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Tiny homes, big dreams The blogosphere is abuzz these days with romantic visions of picturesque miniature dwellings. And a growing number of local advocates say the “tiny home movement” could help achieve a wealth of positive outcomes, from environmental efficiencies to enhanced affordability. Amid the swelling interest, however, many hurdles remain.

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Beer tourists beware of Gorges State Park On the evening of July 4, I parked at the visitor center of Gorges State Park to refill water bottles. A park ranger pulled up behind me, and asked if I had any alcohol. At first I said “no,” but when he persisted, I fessed up to a six-pack of canned Oskar Blues Dale’s Pale Ale in my cooler along with burgers and corn on the cob. He then treated me like a common criminal, calling for backup from another ranger, demanding that I place the beer on his truck, berating me for lying and searching my daypack for “drugs and guns.”

When I lost my temper and shook the contents of my pack out on the back seat of my car, he barked to put my left hand on the top of the car while he grabbed my right arm and pushed it against my back. He then got my ID and called it in while I was made to stand with both hands

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on the hood of my car. The rangers then poured out the beer, and mercifully let me go with a warning instead of a $200 citation.

As I told the ranger, in my many years of camping in North Carolina state parks, it’s never been a problem to discreetly enjoy a couple of beers with my burgers or hot dogs.

I have never been so humiliated by any state or national park ranger, who are usually wonderful public servants.

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The objectification of a young woman was disappointing enough, but what really puzzled me was the juxtaposition of the sloth. My background in art history prompted me do a little online research to determine if there existed any symbology associated with the image of a sloth.

To my horror, I discovered a popular online meme called the “rape sloth.”

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Graphics for this meme usually feature a sloth in a naked woman’s arms, whispering in her ear. The captions in most variations of this meme advocate rape in some manner. In one version, the sloth whispers, “Psst ...you [sic] gonna get raped.” This is one of the tamer captions I encountered!

(Source: knowyourmeme.com/ memes/rape-sloth) Even if we give the mural artist the benefit of the doubt and assume that he had no knowledge of the “rape sloth” meme when he included the sloth in his composition, we now know what

the combination of the sloth and the young woman insinuates. I urge Orbit DVD to remove this mural without delay. I doubt Orbit wants to give the impression that it endorses the trivialization of rape.

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Remarkable tree trunk on display in North Asheville Residents of North Asheville will notice the absence of the white oak at 189 Kimberly Ave. Broken in a storm two years ago, it was bolted in five places and cabled in two in an effort to keep it upright.

Subsequent testing showed the tree to be hollow in the bottom one-third of the trunk. Observation over the past two years found it to be pulling away from the bolts and developing additional cracks.

Heroically, it was able to maintain its weight on not more than 7 inches of solid wood at any point in the bottom one-third of the trunk. The residents have chosen to display a portion of the trunk in the yard to illustrate the challenges faced by those who fought to save it.

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Profiles in suspicion A book’s cover does tell you something I just finished reading your long story on burglary in Asheville (“Home Sweet Target,” July 2 Xpress). What stood out most for me, because of its unexpectedness, was the caution against profiling from Sean Davis, identified in the story as a “community resource officer” for the Asheville Police Department. You quote him as saying, “In no way does race, gender, sexual orientation or religion make an individual suspicious.” This was in the context of advising citizens to be vigilant for suspicious activity in their neighborhoods.

I’m not sure why Mr. Davis included “sexual orientation” and “religion” in this list, since those are characteristics one can’t usually discern by briefly watching the actions of a stranger on the block, so I’ll set those aside.

But it flies in the face of reality to pretend that every individual is equally likely to have nefarious motives for unusual behavior. If a face I don’t recognize is looking into a neighbor’s window, my level of suspicion that a crime is afoot will be different if that face belongs to a young adult black male than if it belongs to an elderly white female. And yours would be, too, no matter how deeply you are steeped in the dictates of modern political correctness.

It is objectively false to say or imply that observable demographic characteristics tell us absolutely nothing about the probability of an individual’s criminal intent, when they are seen behaving suspiciously.

Age, sex and race are all statistically strong correlates of the likelihood of criminal behavior.

To use just the most convenient example — freely admitting that it is purely anecdotal — consider the four people named in your story as having been arrested for the string of burglaries that formed the story’s hook. Google their names and you’ll quickly find news reports featuring their mug shots. All four are males. All are young adults (ages 17 to 26). Three of them are black, one white.

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Does that small sample come anywhere close to matching the probable demographic breakdown of four randomly selected Ashevilleans? Of course not.

Convicted criminals, as a group, and those arrested for crimes, as a group, simply do not form representative samples of the general population on any variable you care to analyze.

If we looked at all of those convicted of burglary in Asheville over, say, the past 10 years, would the demographic profile of that group more closely match that of these four suspects or that of the city as a whole? Surely no thoughtful person can doubt that the answer would be the former. Naturally, one would expect the convicts to include both sexes, a range of ages and a racial spectrum. But would it be heavily skewed toward young adult males? Without question.

Would it also be racially skewed in a way that cuts against the grain of Asheville’s general populace?

Almost surely.

Those facts remain even if you account for part of the demographic differences by assuming — with good reason — that young black men are more likely to be arrested and convicted than other people of equal guilt but different appearance.

It is an uncomfortable, unpleasant, ugly fact that young men commit crimes at higher rates than women or older men, and that even within that group racial minorities are disproportionately represented. I think all rightminded people share my wish that it were not so and hope that some day it will not be so.

But in the here and now, it blinkers reality to assert that

basic demographic variables observable at a glance contribute nothing at all to a rational assessment of whether an individual’s conduct is best interpreted as sufficiently suspicious to warrant phoning the police. We do have to make such judgment calls, after all, unless we are going to either ignore every stranger to the neighborhood or drop a dime on every unfamiliar passer-by.

I don’t have any pat answers for exactly how one should weigh demographic information in making that decision in any given set of circumstances. But it can form some rational part of the equation, even in a person who harbors no personal animus toward males, young adults or racial minorities.

That Mr. Davis would assert otherwise suggests to me that he is more concerned with being inoffensive than being helpful to the citizens he is charged with advising on such matters.

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SO HUMBLE “For some, tiny houses represent an opportunity to downsize their lives, simplify and get away from what Western culture has encouraged for many years, which is acquiring more and more things and putting them in a bigger house,” says Teal Brown, (pictured right) who recently started Wishbone Tiny Homes with his father, Gerry Brown (left).

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he blogosphere is abuzz these days with romantic visions of picturesque miniature dwellings and the cost savings and lifestyle simplification they make possible.

A growing number of local advocates say the tiny home movement could help achieve a wealth of positive outcomes, from reduced environmental impact to enhanced affordability.

In fact, several local builders now specialize in such structures, hoping to find business success that fits with their environmental values.

Amid the swelling interest, however, many hurdles remain. In addition to financial and legal barriers, the mainstream culture continues to trumpet the message that bigger is inherently better. And at the moment, there seem to be more people curious about tiny homes than folks willing to actually live in one. Still, if some of the ideas being kicked around now come to fruition, they could have a substantial local impact.

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Will tiny homes be Asheville’s next big thing?

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UPSIDES OF DOWNSIZING Natalie Pollard has made her home in studio apartments, a trailer and even a tent cabin over the years. But Pollard, who owns the Villagers homesteading supply shop in West Asheville, has never lived any place as mini as the new 260-square-foot dwelling she’s preparing to move into.

There are several reasons for the move, says Pollard, who’s more recently been renting conventional houses in the neighborhood.

“Looking back, I realized I felt the most content and least burdened living in really small spaces,” she explains. “There’s less maintenance, less to worry about, less to fill. … A lot of it has to do with simplifying and ridding of extraneous responsibilities, so I have more time and, ironically, space in my life to do other things.” And then, she continues, “There’s the economical and practical side of things, as far as not wanting to

be burdened with debt. … There’s the sustainable aspect of it too: less waste, less footprint.”

So Pollard commissioned Nanostead, a new Madison County-based business, to build her pint-sized residence. This is the company’s first foray into creating a mobile tiny home, but staffer Tony Beurskens hopes it won’t be the last. “We have dreams of building an assembly line for tiny homes,” he reveals. Pollard’s is taking shape on a 24-foot trailer in a vacant lot along Main Street in downtown Marshall, where its unusual size and shape have attracted plenty of attention. When it’s finished, perhaps next month, Pollard plans to display it outside her shop to help grow interest in the idea.

She’s also been blogging about the project throughout the design and construction phases. “It seems like every other customer is asking me about it,” she reports. “It’s sparking people’s interest, like, ‘Oh, is that something I might want to do?’”

But Pollard won’t be able to park her new quarters in West Asheville for long. Because she opted to have the home built on a trailer bed — a common practice — state law classifies it as a recreational vehicle, not a legal residence. As such, it’s licensed by the N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles; both Asheville and Buncombe County prohibit living in such vehicles, except in places like campgrounds and RV parks.

political paradigm that needs to shift,” says Brown. Accordingly, he and others have begun organizing an as-yetunnamed group that will push for changes in local and state rules to accommodate “implementing tiny homes in Asheville,” he explains. Meanwhile, the Asheville Tiny Home Association, launched last year to provide educational opportunities for do-it-yourselfers and to “let people know there’s another option,” now has 297 members, says founder Kristen Salvatore.

And though Brown’s group hasn’t yet formulated specific requests, he says, “We’re really looking forward to making ourselves known to the city. We don’t look at it as a battle but as a dissuasion, a give-and-take.”

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Next month, the Villagers shop in West Asheville plans to screen the documentary TINY: A Story About Living Small and host a forum on tiny home living.

Shop owner Natalie Pollard will also display her own new tiny home. As this story went to press, the date and details were still being finalized. For more information, visit hellotinyhome.tumblr.com.

Here are some other links concerning local tiny homes: meetup.com/ AshevilleTinyHomeAssociation wishbonetinyhomes.com nanostead.com brevardtinyhouse.com projectwosho.com 120squarefeet.com

GIVE AND TAKE Definitions of the tiny home vary, but the consensus seems to be that they’re livable structures under 400 square feet. According to CNN, the average new home built in the U.S. last year was 2,598 square feet — up from 2,330 square feet 10 years ago.

The smallest tiny homes, on the other hand, range from 120 to 275 square feet, and they’re often built on trailers for convenience and ease of movement. But as Pollard learned, that places them in tricky legal territory.

“When I originally committed to this, I envisioned being in town, because I don’t like driving; I don’t like commuting,” she explains. Now, however, she’s planning to occupy a rural plot in Candler. There, she’s less likely to run afoul of the ban on permanently living in an RV, since cases are investigated only if someone complains.

Teal Brown, who co-founded Wishbone Tiny Homes earlier this year with his father, Gerry Brown, says quality is what sets their product apart. RVs, he explains, are typically sparsely insulated plastic-and-metal structures designed for travel, whereas Wishbone’s offerings come complete “with all the features of a traditional

BIG PLANS, TINY HOME: Natalie Pollard is downsizing into a 260-square-foot house, hoping the change helps her simplify her life, cut costs and reduce her environmental footprint. home,” only on a much smaller scale. A tour of their first model reveals well-insulated wooden walls and windows, custom handcrafted trim, intricately carved cabinets, modern kitchen appliances and bathroom fixtures, and a loft bed over the mostly open, 170-square-foot space.

“They’re not fantastic travelers, but they are fantastic to live in, because you feel like you’re in a home,” notes Brown.

That craftsmanship has already attracted attention. The model home was featured at this spring’s Tiny House Conference in Charlotte, billed as the largest such gathering in the country so far, and the Downtown Raleigh Home Show has commissioned Wishbone to display the model there this fall. The business recently moved into the former Steebo Sculptures studio on Haywood Road and is hiring workers to help complete three more homes for clients.

Local interest, says Brown, has been overwhelming.

“The people that come to us range from college age all the way through retirement,” he reports. “For some, tiny houses represent an opportunity to downsize their lives, simplify and get away from what Western culture has encouraged for many years, which is acquiring more and more things and putting them in a bigger house.”

For others, affordability is the prime concern. Depending on size and features, Wishbone’s homes cost anywhere from $25,000 to $75,000, and Nanostead’s range from about $28,000 to $47,000, not including land and utility hookups. According to a report from Keller Williams Realty, the average home sale price in Buncombe County from December through May of this year was $258,391 (including land).

Tiny home dwellers also have substantially lower utility bills.

For the local industry to reach its full potential, though, “There’s a social and

BUILDING A FOUNDATION For those willing to place their small home on a permanent foundation, the law is already more forgiving. If care is taken to meet minimum state standards for kitchen, bathroom and living spaces, it’s possible to legally inhabit a home in Asheville that’s less than 250 square feet.

Marcus Barksdale, for example, has occupied the 240-square-foot dwelling he built in West Asheville since 2012. “It’s been fantastic. If you’re careful about how you design it, you can create a space that’s really fun and exciting to be in and won’t feel oppressive,” he maintains. “A lot of people think it means you live in a cramped little room, but that doesn’t have to be the case.” During construction, Barksdale recalls, more than 100 people came around to ask him about it, and now, he says, folks driving by often “stop, turn their heads and point. … I

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WISH COME TRUE: In this 170-square-foot house by Wishbone Tiny Homes, a loft bed rises over the mostly open space bordered by well-insulated wooden walls and windows, custom handcrafted trim, intricately carved cabinets and modern kitchen appliances. Photo by Chris Tack

think people are surprised to see such a small building in town.” Barksdale’s home was also featured in the national Tiny House Blog.

Neighbors “have been super supportive,” he reports. But if the trend catches on and other city residents start becoming concerned about property values and related issues, notes Barksdale, he won’t be sympathetic.

“As long as it meets all the rules, then it’s no one else’s business. Everyone has a right to build what they want where they want it.”

Downsizing from a 1,600-square-foot house in Montford enabled Barksdale to save money that had previously gone to pay a “huge mortgage,” he says. But having recently married, he’s now devoting much of those savings to renovating a 750-square-foot residence that will give the newlyweds a home office and the ability “to entertain guests a little easier.”

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CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES Green builder Barry Bialik says Barksdale’s need for more space is typical of what he hears from clients.

A pioneer in the local tiny home movement, Bialik says he built his first mobile unit about six years ago, but it ended up being his last, as he couldn’t find any buyers. Inspired by a previous stint living on a small houseboat in Seattle, “I thought there’d be more of a market for that, but I realized that there really wasn’t,” says Bialik, who also owns the Thirsty Monk Pub & Brewery.

Seeking greater market appeal and fewer legal barriers, Bialik went on to found The Compact Cottage Co., which now specializes in building bigger, “condo-size houses,” he explains. The most popular models run from about 1,000 to 1,400 square feet and range from around $100,000 to $150,000, not including land.

“Looking back, I realized I felt the most content and least burdened living in really small spaces. There’s less maintenance, less to worry about, less to fill.”

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Bialik says he’s having no problem selling them, either: The company typically has about five houses under construction at any given time, he reports.

And while he’s happy to see the buzz about tiny homes, Bialik says he’s confident that the houses he builds will continue to be a more practical option for most folks.

Longtime local builder Boone Guyton, a founding member of the WNC Green Building Council, agrees.

“There’s a lot of demand for smaller homes — around 1,000 to 1,200 square feet — but people still really like three bedrooms. It’s hard to get that in less and have any kind of reasonable size for each room,” Guyton explains. “I can’t imagine living in a 400-squarefoot house for a long time. I see them as a beginning or something you add on to.”

Don’t tell that to Laura LaVoie, however. She and her husband say they have no plans to leave the 120-square-foot house in Madison County that they moved into in 2012.

They both work out of their solarpowered home, and “The downscaling allowed me to quit my corporate job in Atlanta and pursue freelance writing, which is something I’d always wanted to do,” she explains. A keynote speaker at the Charlotte conference, LaVoie continues to document the experience in her blog, “Life in 120 Square Feet”; she’s also written a book titled 120 Ideas for Tiny Living.

“Everything I do for the tiny house community is really a labor of love,” says LaVoie. “It was the catalyst that changed my life, so I like to be able to share that with people.”

WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD? Locals wanting to give tiny home living a try may soon have more options.

Nanostead, says Beurskens, is exploring ways to partner with local campgrounds and RV parks to offer vacation rentals

with the option of buying either a mobile or a fixed-foundation model afterward.

The idea is a spinoff of the concept pioneered by Caravan – The Tiny House Hotel in Portland, Oregon, a city often cited as a hotbed of tiny home enthusiasm.

And down in South Asheville, Sarah Gilgen hopes to erect four tiny homes on a half-acre plot she owns in the Shiloh neighborhood, creating a mini community of long-term renters.

Inspired by the documentary film TINY: A Story About Living Small, Gilgen says: “I wanted to be part of it in some way. … In America, it seems like the more stuff you have, the better. The cars should be big; you should own this and have that, and I am not about that.”

Instead, she continues, “I would like to build up a little family, people that are like-minded — obviously they are, or else they wouldn’t be living in a tiny home — people that love the earth.” There’s a bus stop nearby, she says, and it’s less than a mile walk to the bars, restaurants and shops of Biltmore Village.

Gilgen has recruited Brown to help her with the project. More and more, he predicts, “You’re going to see tiny homes on foundations in infill areas and singlefamily lots.”

Meanwhile, although purists wouldn’t consider them “tiny,” plans for the proposed 169-acre Coggins Farm development in Riceville do include 12 to 24 homes in the 400- to 600-square-foot range. “We’ve been surprised by the appeal they have across a diverse swath of people,” says Nathan Taylor, a partner in the project. “The most common interests are as second/vacation homes or as a detached ‘in-law suite’ which could also be used as a … [vacation] type rental when not occupied by the owner. We don’t see much demand for tiny homes to replace regular single-family homes, though they could be an alternative to small apartments and condos.”

is still prohibitive for many residents — particularly since banks are often loath to provide financing.

“A lot of people who are interested in this don’t necessarily have $40,000 in the bank,” Beurskens points out.

He previously worked for Green Opportunities, an Asheville nonprofit that helps people in poverty find environmentally friendly jobs. Beurskens and Brown both say they’d eventually like to partner with nonprofits to get people in need into their companies’ homes, but that will have to wait till their respective businesses are more established. In the meantime, Wishbone makes a $1,000 donation to either Green Opportunities or Habitat for Humanity, buyer’s choice, for every home it sells.

Another national trend is building tiny home villages to house the homeless — often at a fraction of the cost of conventional affordable-housing complexes.

And in Alabama, notes Guyton, Auburn University’s 20K House project made national waves recently, developing several models that a contractor could build for $20,000.

In Asheville, however, it’s hard to find a buildable lot for less than $40,000, notes Bialik, and hooking up water and sewer lines costs about $8,000, regardless of the home’s size.

There’s no easy answer, Guyton maintains, saying,“Market-based affordable housing is really a tough nut to crack.”

Brown agrees. “Rent, as we all know, is insane in this town, and so is buying houses,” he says, adding that in the long term, he hopes Wishbone can be part of the solution.

LaVoie, too, believes increased tiny home living could be an important component of a broader answer to the puzzle of how we can improve local quality of life economically, environmentally and culturally. “So it seems like a good idea to get the subject on the table and try to figure out ways we can make it viable within our community,” she says. “Asheville’s really progressive, and if there’s anywhere in the Southeast that would be a good place to start this movement and get them legitimized, this is it.” X

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by Cameron Huntley

cameron.huntley1@gmail.com

Passing judgment Buncombe commissioners debate the details but pass the new budget On a contentious 5-2 vote July 8, Buncombe County’s Board of Commissioners held the property tax rate steady in the new fiscalyear budget but juggled numbers to pump more money into the school system. Commissioners also got their first look at an early-retirement plan that could save $1 million but result in the county losing many of its most experienced workers.

Commissioners Mike Fryar and Joe Belcher opposed the budget, questioning such expenses as $2.3 million in grants to local nonprofits and the cost of implementing cleanenergy measures that were previously approved.

Fryar also noted that scrambling to move the disbanded Culture and Recreation Authority’s finances back into the overall county budget has “got us all screwed up.” The CRA — terminated by state legislators just one year after its creation — managed the county’s libraries, parks and recreation facilities.

Belcher latched onto the money allotted for Pack Place in the county’s list of grants to local nonprofits.

He noted that $275,000 would pay for utilities and maintenance on the building but questioned whether an additional $134,000 was needed. “If we keep saying yes to everything,” said Belcher, “We may not be able to do X, Y or Z when we need to.”

Fryar questioned funding for the Asheville Art Museum and suggested shuffling the budget deck. “I’m all for the schools,” he said, arguing, “in the nonprofits [funding], we can come up with this $500,000 to $600,000 to help these teachers.”

But commissioners Ellen Frost and Holly Jones backed the $2.3 million in grants to local nonprofits.

Frost said, “Even with the great commitment to the art museum, pretty much everything we have in community funding touches children, [and] these numbers … were carefully thought out. Nothing was frivo-

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lous.” She told Fryar, “I wouldn’t be on a fishing expedition in community funding to cut anything.”

Fryar stuck to his argument and also questioned — as he has on previous occasions — the county’s ongoing efforts to reduce its carbon footprint. Although Frost and Jones tried to interject comments and questions, Fryar kept plugging along. “We’re wasting money. …. Let’s give this money to the schools like these people are asking for.”

“What would you take out?”

Frost asked.

“First, I’d take out the art [museum] deal. We take it out, that’s [money] we can give to this school [system],” he answered.

“What nonprofits would you take out?” she asked.

“Art and carbon footprint,” he replied. Fryar contended that the carbon-reduction measures cost a lot of money up front but don’t produce measurable returns on the county’s investment for years and that the community funding had increased substantially.

Jones said she was “trying to be patient.” She argued that nonprofit funding “went up $116,000. …. It is an increase. But it’s not this ‘half a million.’ It’s not $700,000.

It’s not these crazy numbers being thrown around.”

“Let’s be accurate,” Fryar rejoined, citing a variety of numbers and sticking to his estimate that the community nonprofit grants total was more than $700,000 higher than it was two years ago.

More back-and-forth argument ensued, until the chair of the board, David Gantt, gave Jones the floor. She said, “I respect that people on this dais have different approaches to government and investments.” Nonprofit grants, she continued, “are investments in our community and citizens.

They’re not giveaways.”

She concluded, “This is a $368 million budget, with no tax increase, and we’re quibbling about some line items.”

Public comment on the budget focused on the concern raised by two county school swimming

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HOLD YOUR BREATH: Buncombe’s one publicly owned indoor pool — located at the Zeugner Center in Skyland — needs major repairs. Commissioners are seeking options. Photo by Cindy Kunst

coaches, who asked why a $6.7 million plan for a new indoor pool had been dropped from the budget. County Manager Wanda Greene replied that the CRA had asked staff to look at various options, “so we pulled the $6.5 million out.” Greene assured the coaches, “We did keep a little over $400,000 in [the budget] to try and keep the [Zeugner Center] pool running, and we’ll do everything in our power to do that.” She added, “It’s old and it has some problems.”

Many school swimming teams have their meets at Zeugner, the only county-owned indoor pool in Buncombe.

General Services Director Greg Israel said that studies indicate that $800,000 would be needed just to bring the pool up to Americans with Disabilities Act standards — and that doesn’t include improvements to the 50-year-old pool itself. Israel said the pool was up and running for this year but that everyone should “hold their breath.”

Greene and the commissioners told the coaches that plans for a new indoor facility were not dead and that they would take a look at available funds in the next budget cycle.

Just before commissioners voted on the budget, Fryar introduced an amendment that would “direct the

county manager to sell the properties located at 225 E. Chestnut St. and return the proceeds to the county fund balance.” Fryar said, “We do not use the property and have no further use for the [two-parcel] property.” He also asked county staff to provide an inventory of all real properties in the county’s possession, including details about future plans for those properties.

The commissioners were open to Fryar’s suggestions, but Gantt called for further study, saying he didn’t know anything about the E. Chestnut property.

The commissioners directed staff to inventory all properties and separate them into properties that have plans for future uses and those that don’t. The 225 East Chestnut St. property will be included in the review.

During the meeting, Greene introduced a proposal for a retirement incentive plan for county employees. The idea is to recoup at least $1 million in annual savings and permanently cut 12 positions. There are 280 county workers currently eligible for either full or reduced retirement, Greene explained. She said that these employees have been encouraged to consider the retirement incentive, and 178 of them have done so. Sixty of those have indicated that they would take the deal.

The retirement incentive is threefold: extending medical insurance premiums until age 65, which many county employees are already eligible for; reducing the years required to qualify for the Medicare supplement; and paying a year’s salary over the three-year post-retirement period. The deal requires no immediate cash dispersal, Greene explained.

She said the county has lost 200 employees since the beginning of the recession, and she knows it’s difficult to consider further staff reductions. Nonetheless, said Greene, “We see that there are some challenges ahead, but we are going to be able to do what we need to do.”

In other business, commissioners picked Belcher to be the voting delegate at this year’s N. C. Association of County Commissioners Conference, with Gantt as alternate. The conference will be held in Asheville on Aug. 14-17. X

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by Erik Peake

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Beyond the trees Environmentalists, Forest Service and citizens consider the forests’ future From the crags of Grandfather Mountain to the glow of Shining Rock; from the gape of Linville Gorge to the plunge of Looking Glass; from the rush of the Nantahala to the haunt of Graveyard Fields, Western North Carolina’s forests offer a trove of treasured destinations. These woods birthed the nation’s first school of forestry and continue to host the gauntlet of the Appalachian Trail.

But what’s in store for the future of the forest?

On Thursday, July 10, the Western North Carolina Alliance hosted a daylong information session aimed at reviewing and discussing the USDA Forest Service’s National Forests Plan Revision for the Pisgah and the Nantahala National Forests. The event, held at Asheville’s Crowne Plaza Resort and attended by more than 100 people, provided a forum on wildlife habitats, wild and scenic rivers, and ecological integrity in these two forest jewels of the Carolina crown.

Turnout matched enthusiasm as the attendees filled every seat. The hosts were even obliged to hunt down extra chairs in order to accommodate the forest conservationists, environmental-group representatives and wildlife enthusiasts who showed up to voice their opinions on a plan that will chart the course of the Pisgah and the Nantahala Forests for the next 15 to 20 years.

All attendees had the opportunity to advocate for their respective causes, and none let that chance go to waste.

In the first half of the program, Sheryl Bryan — a fisheries and wildlife biologist with the U.S. Forest Service — defined the 11 eco-zones that constitute WNC’s forests. She compared the potential natural vegetation in these habitats with the actual vegetation already there, and she explained that these contrasts could help direct the National Forest Plan Revision. “What we’re doing today is taking suggestions and input on what this landscape quilt should look like,” Bryan said.

She noted that the Forest Service is not a regulatory agency, but representatives from such groups as the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League and Frack Free NC were eager to initiate a conversation.

For its part, the Forest Service is planning more sessions for August and September on topics such as Establishing Management Areas, Desired Conditions, Objectives, Standards and Guidelines in the Revised Plan, with six public meetings across Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests in the vicinity of the six ranger districts.

For more information or to comment on the National Forests Plan Revision, go to the Forest Service website at avl.mx/0co. Comments or questions about the Plan revision or process can emailed to NCplanrevision@ fs.fed.us. X FOREST FUTURES: The U.S. Forest Service is seeking public input on its National Forests Plan, which will chart the course for the Pisgah and Nantahala forests for the next two decades. File photo

Following Bryan’s presentation, attendees were asked to participate in a “Wildlife Habitat Exercise.”

They were invited to select up to five species of wildlife they wanted the Forestry Service’s plan to promote or protect — and to pinpoint on a map these animals’ habitats (many Post-It notes were used).

Popular selections included deer, turkeys, grouse and elk. The crowd also pressed for the proliferation of early-successional habitats (habitats dominated by grasses, shrubs and young forests that require disturbance to thrive), the conservation of old growth forests and the maintenance of clean water — especially in riparian environments.

After a break for lunch, Gary Kauffman — a botanist and ecologist for the National Forests of North Carolina – and Jason Rodrigue — a forest silviculturalist with the same organization — began by explaining what ecozones were.

“Essentially, a group of plant communities or a strong plant community,” Kauffman replied.

The pair then made a valiant attempt to plow through a technical discussion that involved the interplay between watershed management and ecological integrity. The composition of forest communities, the different types of forests and their age-class structures and the natural range of variation approach to forest management were discussed. The evaluation, eligibility and classification of wild and scenic rivers also came into play.

Another group activity focused on watershed management concluded the program.

But one topic that didn’t make the itinerary, yet was discussed in an ad hoc gathering, was the state’s controversial inquiries into oil and fracking leases — some on Forest Service lands. During an impromptu meeting of 12 conference-goers that materialized during the lunch break, Forest Supervisor Kristin Bail said that oil exploration is not part of the forest management plan because no one has approached her regarding the subject.

“Frankly, we are not thinking about fracking. No one is asking about oil and gas,” Bail said.

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BENEFITS BLUE RIDGE FOOD VENTURES FUNDRAISER 687-7234, BlueRidgeFoodVentures.org • TH (7/24), 6pm - Tickets to "Stir Crazy," a cocktail and jazz party, benefit this nonprofit business incubator at A-B Tech. $25/$20 advance.

Held at The Boathouse Riverside Pavilion, 318 Riverside Drive TRYON ARTS CENTER BENEFIT CONCERT 859-8322, tryonarts.org • TH (7/24), 7pm - Donationbased admission to this ol' timey bluegrass concert and silent auction sponsor scholarships to Pacolet JAM, a music program for elementary students. Held at Tryon Fine Arts Center, 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon

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ANYTHING GOES AT ANYTHING FLOATS: Registration is open for RiverLink’s annual French Broad River parade, Anything Floats. Contestants may craft and build decorated rafts, floats or flotilla for a chance to win in the categories of Most Creative, Green Machine, Funniest and Judge’s Choice. Get your float ready to premiere at the August 9 event. Photo courtesy of RiverLink. (p.14)

BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY A-B TECH SMALL BUSINESS CENTER 1465 Sand Hill Road, Candler, 3987950, abtech.edu/sbc Free unless otherwise noted.

• 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.

• TH (7/22), 6-8pm - Lab: "QuickBooks for Small Business."

Previous attendance at July 15 class and registration required.

• TH (7/24), 6-9pm - Seminar: "The New Era of Mobile Friendly & Responsive Web." AMERICAN BUSINESS WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION abwaskyhy.com, abwaskyhychapter@gmail.com • TH (7/17), 5:30-7:30pm - Monthly

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meeting with speaker Marcy Stahl. Includes dinner. $25. Held at Crowne Plaza Expo Center, 1 Resort Drive BUSINESS IN A MORE BEAUTIFUL WORLD meetup.com/Business-in-a-MoreBeautiful-World • TH (7/24), 6:30-8:30pm Networking event for those interested in collaborative, purposedriven business models. Free to attend. Held at Edna's, 870 Merrimon Ave.

CLASSES, MEETINGS & EVENTS

5 WALNUT GALLERY • MANDALA ART EXHIBIT (pd.) Nina Anin, the Auracle of Asheville, presents Mandala Drawings and Paintings, now through July 31.

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. 718956-8539 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 WOMEN’S WILDERNESS WORKSHOPS (pd.) Three-days, Women only, cushy camping, local foods, healing arts, medicinal plants, primitive skills, permaculture, yoga, tea parties, sisterhood and connection with Mother Earth and more!

Register online: www.womenswil-

dernessworkshops.com or 770893-1616 BUNCOMBE COUNTY SPORTS PARK 58 Apac Circle, 250-4260, buncombecounty.org • SA (7/19), 10am-1pm - Model airplane airshow. Free to attend.

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 Sponsored by UNCA, this 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.

ONTRACK WNC 50 S. French Broad Ave. • TH (7/24), 5:30-7pm - Women's Financial Empowerment Center class: "Savings & Goal Setting."

Free. Registration required. Held at 50 S. French Broad Ave.

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.

PRESERVATION SOCIETY OF ASHEVILLE AND BUNCOMBE COUNTY 321-271-4593, psabc.org • SA (7/19), 1-4pm - Self-guided driving tour of North Fairview historic homes and cabins. Free.

Contact for route and directions.

FOLKMOOT USA 112 Virginia Ave., Wayneville, 452-2997, folkmootusa.org • FR (7/18) through SU (7/27) - Annual dance festival with dancers representing nine different cultures. Held throughout WNC. See website for full events listings and locations. $0-30.

VETERANS FOR PEACE vfpchapter099wnc.blogspot.com • WE (7/23) through SU (7/27) - Annual convention including speakers, camping and live music. Contact for full events listings and locations.

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 BREVARD'S OLD TIME STREET

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 Street, 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 SOUTHERN LIGHTS SQUARE AND ROUND DANCE CLUB 697-7732, southernlights.org • SA (7/19), 6pm - "Summer Splash Party." Held at Whitmire Acitivity Building, Lily Pond Road, Hendersonville

ECO FRACKING UPDATES delcoglianon@email.appstate. edu.

Information sessions on possible fracking in WNC. • TH (7/17), 7pm - Held at Burnsville Library, 321 School Circle, Burnsville.

• TU (7/22), 7pm - Held at Spruce Pine Library, 142 Walnut Ave., Spruce Pine.

WNC SIERRA CLUB 251-8289, wenoca.org • SA (7/19), noon-4pm - Annual summer picnic. Free to attend.

Held at the sheltered picnic grounds on Bull Mountain Road.

at Downtown Spruce Pine, Main St., Spruce Pine

FOOD & BEER JUBILEE COMMUNITY CHURCH 46 Wall St., 252-5335, jubileecommunity.org • TU (7/22), 7-9pm - "GMOs: What do you know?" presentation with Debi Athos of Organicfest. $5.

GARDENING AFTERNOON TEAS AND LECTURES 398-7852, abtech.edu • WE (7/16), 2pm - Members of the Men’s Garden Club discuss Frederick Law Olmsted and recreating Olmsted blueprints. Free.

Held in the Fernihurst Building on A-B Tech’s campus.

BUNCOMBE COUNTY EXTENSION MASTER GARDENERS 255-5522, buncombemastergardener.org • TU (7/22), 7pm - Master gardener Janice Kennedy discusses the Black Mountain Library's seed library program and tips for seed harvesting. Free to attend.

Held at Black Mountain Public Library, 105 N. Dougherty St., Black Mountain LIVING WEB FARMS • SA (7/19), 1:30-7pm & SU (7/20), 1:30-5pm - Workshop with author and organic orchardist Michael Phillips. $35 per day.

Held at 176 Kimzey Road, Mills River

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS HENDERSON COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY 692-6424, myhcdp.com Meets at 905 Greenville Highway, Hendersonville, unless otherwise noted.

• WE (7/16), 11:30am - Senior Democrats meeting. Held at party headquarters, 905 Greenville Highway, Hendersonville.

FESTIVALS SPRUCE PINE BBQ CHAMPIONSHIP AND BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL sprucepinebbqbluegrass.org • FR (7/18), 4-10pm & SA (7/19), 10am-4pm - Includes music, vendors, kids activities and a 5K. $4 for Friday/$7 for Saturday. Held

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.

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Equipment supplied. Details: www.ashevillehockey.org SMITH-MCDOWELL HOUSE HISTORY CENTER 283 Victoria Road, 253-9231, wnchistory.org Located on the A-B Tech campus.

• SA (7/19), 10:30am - "Crafty Historian" with Gee Haw Whimmy Diddle toys. $7.

SPELLBOUND CHILDREN'S BOOKSHOP 50 N. Merrimon Ave., 708-7570, spellboundchildrensbookshop. com • FR (7/18), 6-7:30pm - Book & Pizza Party for middle school readers, ages 7 to 12. $10. Reservations required.

Artisan food for all WHAT: Blue Ridge Food Ventures’ Stir Crazy Fundraiser WHEN: Thursday, July 24, 6-9 p.m.

WHERE: The Boathouse Riverside, Pavilion, 318 Riverside Drive WHY: Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and check out the lineup that Blue Ridge Food Ventures is serving up this July. BRFV will host an evening full of Asheville specialties, including artisan food, craft beer, signature cocktails, wine and, of course, live music. Proceeds will support BRFV in their mission to aid aspiring food entrepreneurs as they move food product ideas from the test kitchen to the marketplace.

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Reedy says that BRFV is in the process of “finding new and different ways to become more self-sufficient,” which will include fundraising events like Stir Crazy as well as a promising new co-packing operation.

“We’re going to have loads and loads of our producers’ products,” says Reedy of the fare for Thursday’s soiree. “Everybody from UliMana Chocolate to Smiling Hara Tempeh will have product at the event.” Reedy is also excited that attendees will get a sneak peak of the adjacent Smoky Park Supper Club, which opens later this summer or in early fall.

Asheville musicians One Leg Up will provide the musical backdrop for the party, playing their signature mix of upbeat gypsy jazz, Latin, swing and original jazz tunes.

Tickets to Stir Crazy are $20 ($25 at the door) per person and include all food, beverages, and entertainment.

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit blueridgefoodventures. org. — Kat McReynolds

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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) •EC = Enka-Candler Library (1404 Sandhill Road, 250-4758) •FV = Fairview Library (1 Taylor Road, 250-6484) •LE = Leicester Library (1561 Alexander Road, 250-6480) •NA = North Asheville Library (1030 Merrimon Avenue, 250-4752) •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, 2506488) •SW = Swannanoa Library (101 West Charleston Street, 250-6486) •WV = Weaverville Library (41 N. Main Street, 250-6482) • 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, children's magician. Reservations required. WV • TH (7/17), 6pm - Nighttime Storytime. Ages 3-6. SA • TH (7/17), 11am - Performance

by Fish the Magish, children's magician. Reservations required. LE • FR (7/18), 3pm - Performance by Fish the Magish, children's magician. Reservations required. SW • MO (7/21), 3pm - Live snakes.

FV. • TU (7/22), 7pm - Pajama party story time for all ages. WV. • TU (7/22), 5pm - Robot dance lessons with Studio Zahira and a robot puppet show by Madison

Cripps. EC. • WE (7/23), 3pm - "Eww, Gross!" science lesson. PM. • WE (7/23), 3pm - Hands On! Museum presents science experiments that fizz, boom and pop.

Reservations required. NA. • TH (7/24), 9am-4pm - Song writing workshop with Secret Agent 23 Skidoo. Registration required.

BM. • TH (7/24), 11am - Juggling and magic show with Paul Miller. SS. • TH (7/24), 10:30am - A visit from the Fairview Volunteer Fire Department. Preschoolers only.

LE. • TH (7/24), 10:30am - Slime making activity. LE. • TH (7/24), 3pm - Performance by musician Steve Weeks.

Reservations required. WV.

OUTDOORS BLUE RIDGE BICYCLE CLUB blueridgebicycleclub.org • TH (7/17), 5:30-7:45pm - Group bike rides to the ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating the designation of 4th Avenue as a “Bike Boulevard." Two meeting locations: Patton Park, 114 E. Clairmont Drive, Hendersonville & Laurel Park, 441 White Pine Drive, Hendersonville. Free to attend.

BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY HIKES 298-5330, nps.gov, gail_fox@ nps.gov • TH (7/17), 7pm - An easy walk along the French Broad River discussing its geology and history. Meets at MP 393.5.

• FR (7/18), 10am - Moderate 1.5mile hike to Fryingpan Fire Tower.

Meets at MP 409.6.

BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY RANGER PROGRAMS ggapio@gmail.com • SA (7/19), 7pm - Discussion of the decline of hemlock trees.

Held at Linville Falls Campground Amphitheater, MP 316.

LAKE JAMES STATE PARK 6883 N.C. Hwy. 126, Nebo, 5847728 • SA (7/19), 9am - Kids activity: making animal track molds. Meets in basement classroom.

• SA (7/19), 1:30pm - Kids activity: hands on with moths and butterflies. Meets at bathhouse breezeway, Paddy's Creek area.

• SA (7/19), 3pm - Kids activity: geometry of nature. Meets at Discovery Trail in Paddy's Creek area.

• SU (7/20), 10am - Ranger-led morning boat tour. Meets at east end of Paddy's Creek parking lot.

Registration required.

• SU (7/20), 11am - Kids activity: learning tree shapes. Held in the

Catawba River area basement classroom.

• SU (7/20), 3:30pm - Rangerled program about relationships between plants and animals. Meets at Paddy's Creek area bathhouse breezeway.

• WE (7/23), 8pm - Ranger-led look at toads. Starts at bathhouse breezeway at the Paddy's Creek area.

RIVERLINK EVENTS 252-8464, riverlink.org Through FR (8/8) - Registration is open for the Anything Floats Parade, a raft building contest held August 9. $20 per craft.

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SWANNANOA VALLEY MUSEUM HIKES 669-9566, swannanoavalleym@ bellsouth.net • SA (7/19), 10am - A hike to the bottom of Catawba Falls. Held at Swannaoa History Museum, 223 W. State St, Black Mountain

PARENTING BRANDI NICHOLE FAMILY ENRICHMENT CENTER 3400 Sweeten Creek Road, Arden, 687-3776, brandinichole. org • WE (7/23), 1-2pm - Foster care open house with discussion of the program and the needs of children in our community.

SENIORS ADULT FORUM AT FCC 692-8630, fcchendersonville.org • SU (7/20), 9:15am - An introduction to Soul Healing Miracles by Zhi Gang Sha. 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.

SPIRITUALITY ABOUT THE TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION TECHNIQUE: FREE INTRODUCTORY TALK (pd.) Thursday, 6:30 p.m., Asheville TM Center, 165 E. Chestnut. 828-254-4350 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 practicing compassionate communication (nonviolent communication).

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

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.

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

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

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

AWAKENING DEEPEST NATURE MEDITATION CLASS (pd.) Consciousness teacher and columnist Bill Walz. Healing into life through deepened stillness and presence. Meditation and lessons in unorthodox enlightenment. Mondays, 6:30-7:30pm, Asheville Friends Meeting House at 227 Edgewood Ave. (off Merrimon). Donation. (828) 258-3241, healing@billwalz.com. www.billwalz.com.

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JUBILEE COMMUNITY CHURCH 46 Wall St., 252-5335, jubileecommunity.org • SA (7/19), 3-5pm - Intuitive Awakening Seminar with Charley Castex. $15 donation suggested.

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 MINDFULNESS SANGHA mountainmindfulness.org • MONDAYS, 7-8:30pm & THURSDAYS, 8-8:40am - In the tradition of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. All levels. Free. Held at Urban Dharma, 29 Page Ave. 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.

SPOKEN & WRITTEN WORD ASHEVILLE STORYTELLING CIRCLE 274-1123, ashevillestorycircle.org • 3rd MONDAYS, 7-9pm - Meets at Asheville Terrace, 200 Tunnel Road.

BLUE RIDGE BOOKS 152 S. Main St., Waynesville, 4566000, blueridgebooksnc.com • SA (7/19), 3pm - Tom Davis discusses his memoir, The Most Fun I Ever Had With My Clothes On. BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC

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LIBRARIES LIBRARY ABBREVIATIONS - All programs are free unless otherwise noted. Each Library event is marked by the following location abbreviations: •SS = Skyland/South Buncombe Library (260 Overlook Road, 2506488) •SW = Swannanoa Library (101 West Charleston Street, 250-6486)

com • SATURDAYS, 11-11:30am Storytime. Ages 2-6. Free.

• TH (7/17), 7pm - Book club: The Girls of Atomic City by Denise Kiernan. SS • WE (7/23), 10am - Swannanoa Sewing Circle. SW

WCU'S MOUNTAIN HERITAGE CENTER 227-7129, facebook.com/mountainheritagecenter Mountain Heritage Center • TH (7/17), 7pm - Donna Glee Williams discusses her book, The Braided Path.

CITY LIGHTS BOOKSTORE 3 E. Jackson St., Sylva, 586-9499, citylightsnc.com • TH (7/17), 10:30am - Coffee with the Poet: Karen Holmes • FR (7/18), 6:30pm - Mary Joyce discusses her book, Cherokee Little People Are Real.

• SA (7/19), 3pm - Todd Ransom discusses his book, Waterfalls of Panthertown Valley.

• WE (7/23), 5pm - Batman's 75th birthday celebration.

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

• 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 (7/19), 7pm - Douglas Stevenson discusses his books The Farm Then & Now and Out to Change the World.

• SA (7/19), 10-11am - Slam Asheville Youth Poetry.

• TU (7/22), 7pm - Virginia Pye discusses her novel, River of Dust.

• WE (7/23), 7pm - D.B. Jackson discusses his book, A Plunder of Souls.

• WE (7/23), 7pm - Salon discussion of Women Who Run With Wolves.

• TH (7/24), 7pm - Chris Bohjalian discusses his novel, Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands.

SPELLBOUND CHILDREN'S BOOKSHOP 50 N. Merrimon Ave., 708-7570, spellboundchildrensbookshop.

STORIES ON ASHEVILLE’S FRONT PORCH 251-9973, ashevilledowntown.org • SA (7/19), 1030am - Community stories featured as part of Asheville’s Front Porch Kaleidoscope. Free. Held at Pack Place, 2 S. Pack Square

VOLUNTEERING ASHEVILLE PARKS AND GREENWAYS FOUNDATION myashevilleparks.org, info@ parksgreenways.org • Through SA (7/26)- Volunteers needed to prepare for and work at the Highland Ale Share benefit for the greenways.

LITERACY COUNCIL OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY 254-3442, volunteers@litcouncil. com • WE (7/16) & TH (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.

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD 692-3211 • WE (7/23), 6:25pm Information session on program the to help African children. Held at First Presbyterian Church of Hendersonville, 699 N. Grove St., Hendersonville PEDIATRIC BRAIN TUMOR FOUNDATION 418-0826, curethekids.org • SA (7/26), 6:30am-11:30am Volunteers needed to assist with the Asheville Color Run, which benefits the foundation. Must be 15 or older.

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Briefs Buncombe man following recapture by Caldwell County Corrections Center: ‘They haven’t built the lightly guarded work detail that can hold me!’

Meadows, Shuler vie for release of ‘Road to Nowhere’ funds, citing ‘Cul-de-sac to the Abyss’ precedent US Customs intercepts teddy bears containing human skulls intended for Santeria rituals Multiple human bone marimbas with femur mallets allowed to cross the border without incident

Mountain Medicine From the tastefully-edited journals of Old Granny Trantham, 3rd generation Appalachian healer When the great hiatus of life comes over us womenfolk, the temperature can climb up to heaven, but you feel all to hell. Some even lose their nature toward their loving husbands. Not me, buster! One time Doc Green come by the house with a wild look in his eye [paragraph partially redacted] … running through the woods with his pants around his ankles, as my spouse’s gunfire echoed after him in the holler. But I digress.

The cure for that miserable midlife feeling comes in the form of a beautiful, little plant called bugbane by us locals and black cohosh by your botanist types. One time, a botanist come up to the house all the way from the coast. Why, when he took out [paragraph partially redacted] … like I’d been hit by a train. Whew!

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Homeless Asheville man enjoys moment in spotlight after being confused for Owen Wilson ASHEVILLE, MONDAY — It was a case of “right face, right time” for one down-on-his-luck Asheville man when passers-by on the sidewalk where he was panhandling Wednesday morning mistook him for actor Owen Wilson.

Wilson has been spotted around town during the local filming of scenes for a movie based on the reallife robbery in 1997 of an armored car company in Charlotte.

His homeless doppelgänger, Chris Tomlinson, spent the better part of the day posing for pictures, signing autographs and discussing the film that he hadn’t previously heard of after being identified as Wilson.

“I couldn’t believe Owen Wilson was just sitting on the sidewalk on Eagle Street, but there he was,” said mistaken celebrity-spotter Deborah Calvino. “He looks healthier in person.”

Tomlinson is taking his new found fame in stride.

“I’m interested in doing some work as Owen’s stunt-double,” said Tomlinson. “Especially if the director needs someone to stand in during a dangerous scene involving a fiery hangover.”

Calvino is thrilled so many Hollywood stars are popping up in and around Asheville.

“I saw Zach Galafakanis at the Goodwill store this morning, and later on, I ran into him at the DMV,” said Calvino. “My server at Curate yesterday was Kristen Wiig.”

Burger King updates old slogan

After 40 years of “Have it your way,” fast-food giant Burger King is dropping its now threadbare slogan in favor of “Be your way.”

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Glowacki, an expert in nonequilibrium molecular reaction dynamics and who is presently a visiting scientist at Stanford University, was attending a special “informal” performance at which audience members were encouraged to stand and cheer loudly instead of showing the usual demure appreciation. He said afterward that he could not control himself when the performance moved to the “Hallelujah Chorus.”

CULTURAL DIVERSITY • A formal-dress rental store in Fukui, Japan, with a side business making keepsake portraits of client brides, was surprised at the number of men who began requesting a similar service — to be outfitted just like the women, in wedding gowns and other frills. In fact, just as women expect full makeup and hairstyling for their portraits, so, too, do the men. The store, Marry Mariee, charges the equivalent of about $400 ($600 on weekends).

Said the manager, “We want to provide opportunities for people to enjoy showing their real selves, whether they are men or women.”

• Paid time off of work for women experiencing brutal menstrual periods is not yet guaranteed in U.S. law, but it is a staple of workplace rights in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Indonesia, according to a May report by The Atlantic (although in Indonesia, women report that some employers require on-the-scene “proof” of condition; Japan’s policy has been in place for over 60 years).

However, concluded The Atlantic, the policies are based less on rights of workers than on “the scientifically dubious notion” that stressing females during menses will result in difficult future childbirths.

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gender imbalance, have provoked the government to fund a series of matchmaking conventions to create opportunities and incentives for matrimony. However, because of widespread disinterest by singles, many of the attendees at the recent Shanghai Matchmaking Expo were parents touting their kids’ credentials to other unmarrieds. A dispatch from Vice.com reported “notice boards” full of cards (resembling baseball trading cards) and makeshift posters attached to umbrellas, reciting age, education and salary. Success of the expos was hard to predict, wrote Vice, because (as is so often the case with social mixers) many singles passed the time in silence, and many desirable candidates were no-shows.

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PERSPECTIVE San Francisco’s activist Board of Supervisors, among the boldest in the country to rid its cities of obnoxious goods and services, added disposable plastic water bottles to the list in March (to join circumcision, plastic shopping bags and nutritionchallenged “Happy Meals” that contain toys). The water bottle vote was unanimous (covering distribution on city-controlled property), compared to the cliff-hanging 2012 vote (6-5), in which the board finally decided to ban unclothed people from the streets (mostly men, of course), where until then some freely wandered downtown sidewalks stark naked.

LATEST RELIGIOUS MESSAGES The leader of Romania’s Orthodox church was shown in June on the church’s website performing a traditional blessing of a newly inaugurated facility, in this case the churchowned Trinitas Radio and Television studios. The rooms are big and the walls are tall, and Patriarch Daniel is pictured applying holy oil to the facilities with a long-armed commercial paint roller. X

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Think small, grow big Urban farming, without the farm

BY CARRIE EIDSON Send your garden news to ceidson@mountainx.com

Edwin Gonzalez may have the best view in Asheville. From the garden he tends on the 14th floor of Battery Park Senior Apartments, you can see the whole city — if you look beyond the leaves and blooms of his container garden full of herbs, vegetables and many, many flowers.

“I like to mix my vegetables with flowers,” Gonzalez says. “It’s so pretty. You got to have flowers.”

Gonzalez has tended the rooftop garden at Battery Park for four years, taking over a smaller and neglected project. He learned to garden in his native Puerto Rico, where his grandfather was a pineapple and sugar cane farmer, but Gonzalez was always most interested in growing flowers. He kept a large flower garden at his home in Lexington, Kentucky for decades, but when he first moved to Asheville and his downtown apartment, he worried his gardening days would end.

“I thought I would miss gardening,” Gonzalez says. “But when I got to this building and I saw the garden that was here, I said, ‘Bingo!’ I’m going to make this awesome here.”

Gonzalez cares for the garden himself, watering it twice a day and sharing the bounty with his neighbors, who are free to use the herbs and enjoy (but not pick) the flowers. He draws his inspiration from Europe — the cities of Italy, Spain and Greece where he recalls flowers growing on every roof, every balcony, every cranny.

Looking out from Gonzalez’s garden, you can see the entire downtown skyline — but only a handful of other rooftop gardens. It’s more than were there a few years ago, Gonzalez says, but it’s not enough.

“It’s such a waste,” he says, shaking his head. “Look at that building

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LOOK UP, LOOK DOWN, LOOK ALL AROUND: Small-scale urban farms and gardens can be found creeping into the overlooked spaces of Asheville, including the Battery Park Senior Apartments and its rooftop garden. Photos by Carrie Eidson.

there and look at all that space that is wasted on the top of it. This could be so beautiful.”

VALIDATING THE VACANTS Gonzalez’s dream of a flower garden made from a mosaic of city roofs isn’t far off from the urban farm model many in Asheville are striving for — where every tiny space is being utilized.

“Ideally, that’s what an urban farm looks like,” says Safi Mahaba, co-founder of the Burton Street Community Garden. “You find these little patches that no one is using for anything and you turn them into a space for growing food.”

Mahaba says many in Asheville are working to make a network of tiny farms throughout the city, including the nonprofit Bountiful Cities, which she co-founded, and the for-profit Patchwork Urban Farms. But the idea of creating a series of satellite gardens has a special place in the Burton Street community, once an horticultural center that hosted E.W. Pearson’s agricultural fairs.

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Inspired by the community’s history, Mahaba, her husband, DeWayne Barton, and others have already worked to turn a vacant lot and an unused part of a neighbor’s property into gardens that grow food to give to the neighbors. But Mahaba says she would love to see more gardens, an intergrated patchwork that would someday become a business and bring money and jobs to Burton Street.

Of course, there are challenges to growing on a patchwork model, Mahaba says. A small lot is susceptible to being entirely wiped out by bugs, vandals or even neighborhood dogs.

Another challenge? Getting permission. And the first step in that process — figuring out whom to ask — is often the hardest.

Mahaba mentions two lots in the Burton Street community, left vacant after the owners had passed away. The properties were inherited by multiple people — distant relatives who lived in many different locations, with no executor of the estate.

“We had cousins wanting to sell it, cousins wanting to keep it, cousins who would let us use it, cousins who said no,” she says. “Some of these people didn’t even know each other, let alone us.”

The other problem with growing on vacant lots? Finding them.

They’re disappearing fast, Mahaba says, as West Asheville becomes a more desirable place to live and work.

“Trying to find vacant lots in a place that has become really trendy grows more and more challenging over time,” she explains. “There is a weird synergy that happens when you create a good energy in a neighborhood and people want to be there — it actually leads to fewer resources being available to continue the things that attracted people to the neighborhood to begin with.”

In lieu of vacant residential lots, Mahaba says there is potential to use abandoned commercial properties or ask neighbors to donate even a tiny portion of their yard.

The most effective approach is to focus on getting the spaces to work together, she notes, which requires participation, communication and — most essentially — knowing your neighbors.

“We like to have this notion that we should do everything ourselves, but there’s so much potential in collaboration,” Mahaba says.

So how small a space can used in a patchwork farm model? Pretty tiny, Mahaba says.

“So, let’s take these tomatoes, for example,” she says, pointing to a container garden on a 4-by-4-foot platform. “Any given tomato plant will put on six to 10 fruits at a time, and I’ve got five in this space. That’s more tomatoes than any one person can eat, which means that just one person can contribute a full crop of tomatoes for their neighborhood just from a space this small.”

URBAN COMMUNES Many in Asheville may think their living situation doesn’t allow for a garden. Perhaps they live in an apartment building, have only a small yard, have a landlord who restricts use of the yard or move too frequently to establish a garden.

NOTHING GONE TO WASTE: Urban farmers like Edwin Gonzalez (left) and Safi Mahaba (right) prove that the overlooked spaces of apartment buildings and neighborhoods can be transformed into community green spaces.

Falconhurst Community Garden is a backyard garden for people who may not have a backyard. It’s also a perfect example of something big that grew from something small.

The garden began 10 years ago, in a small space between two homes in West Asheville, when Abby Walker and her neighbor decided to grow vegetables for their families in a tiny communal garden.

“We would have to do a lot of things vertically to best utilize the space,” Walker says. “But growing for two families, you actually don’t need that much space.”

Over time, other neighbors became interested in participating in the neighborhood garden, but that would require a larger space. In the back of the Walkers’ property sits a hillside where five different properties converged — once “an extra, unmowed, unused space,” Walker says. Four years ago, Walker and her neighbors decided to turn part of that space into a communal backyard — now used by 10-30 community members to grow food and hold neighborhood potlucks and gatherings.

“Most people live within walking distance, but some people live further away,” Walker says, noting that the members include future community members — couples who are building homes in the neighborhood but haven’t moved in yet — and younger people who move frequently and

aren’t able to establish a garden at home.

The communal garden also attracts people who don’t have any other green space, Walker adds — not uncommon in a desirable neighborhood like West Asheville, where the cost for renting or purchasing a home with a yard is more than many can afford.

“I think a lot of people want to live in a house with a garden, but there can be limited access to that,” she says.

“So we want this to be a very open, communal space for people who don’t have that option.”

Besides, she notes, even if you have a yard, a communal garden can be a welcome alternative.

“People always get so excited in the spring and want to start a new garden,” Walker laughs. “But they say it takes 10 years to really establish a garden — it isn’t something you just do on a whim.

It’s much easier to join something that is already established, where there are more eyes and more help. You get support from other people, and there’s a social component.”

Walker says she’s seeing more condominiums and apartments going up near the Falconhurst neighborhood and hopes that may bring more interested neighbors to the garden.

“There’s always extra food, and we still have more lawn we could use,” Walker says. “I would like to see more people join. Just like people get excited about starting their own garden, people get excited when they join this garden.” X

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Meditation in motion Local flow artists use props for mental and physical health

BY DOUG GIBSON

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It’s Tuesday night at the Bywater, a riverside bar in Asheville, and patrons sit in clusters under the stars. The largest group occupies one corner of the fenced-in compound next to an area marked off with orange ribbon.

Suddenly, Tom Linton steps into this improvised ring and lights the grouped wicks at both ends of the staff he’s carrying. When the wicks burst into flame, he begins to spin the staff — around his hands, his arms, his shoulders and his waist — in a hypnotic series of patterns.

When the wicks burn out, he stops, earning a smattering of applause.

Without bowing or otherwise acknowledging the end of his performance, he steps out of the ring. A young woman quietly takes his place, lights the wicks on her hoop and begins to spin.

This is the scene at the Bywater fire-spinning session. It’s one of several weekly gatherings in Asheville for people practicing a hybrid of exercise and meditation known as flow arts, the manipulation of props in order to trigger the mental state of flow.

Deven Eldreth, a flow artist from Asheville who organizes the Bywater gathering, explains: “When people talk about flow, they’re talking about that mind state where you’re doing something without thinking about doing it, having that mental release of not being focused on anything in particular and just moving your body.”

However, Paul Van Heden, who organizes a jam for hoopers at the Asheville YMCA on Thursday nights, stresses that flow artists are not dervishes. They don’t rely simply on repetitive movement to induce a meditative state. Instead, flow artists find themselves attracted to the practice because that mind state won’t come until “you’ve mastered your prop to

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GO WITH THE FLOW: Experienced flow artists and newbies gather for the weekly Hooping at Pritchard Park event every Tuesday evening.

Photo by Tim Robison

the point where you can act without thinking,” he says.

Not all props involve playing with fire. “There’s a type of flow arts for everybody,” says Jennifer Jeter, who attends Van Heden’s Thursday hoop jam. Jeter’s preferred props include silks and fans. Other props used by flow artists include hoops, poi (balls at the end of strings), wands, staffs and most objects used by jugglers. As evidenced by the Bywater gathering, some flow artists do like to set their props on fire. The flow-arts community has developed rules for fire safety, but, as Van Heden puts it, “Getting set on fire improves focus.”

Talk to flow artists, and they will tout flow arts as exercise. “You’re not

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sitting down anymore — you’re moving,” says Melanie McNeil, who organizes a hoop gathering at Pritchard Park on Tuesday evenings. “It’s a low-impact cardiovascular workout,” says McNeil. And hooping and flow arts in general offer muscle strengthening and toning, “not just on the core, but on the arms and the legs,” she adds, depending on the routine.

Jeter, who discovered the YMCA hoop jam when she got bored with other exercise, concurs. Working with her fans, she says, “takes a surprising amount of arm strength.

Five minutes of that isn’t bad, but try doing that for an hour.”

Still, flow artists wax most eloquent on the mental benefits of

inducing flow. Linton, whose dragonstaff routine led off a recent session at the Bywater, puts it this way: “You’re not worried about anything other than what’s going on in that moment. For me, it’s a huge stress reliever.” McNeil, a social worker who encourages her mental health clients to hoop, says that flow arts are “meditation in motion.

You’re not worrying, you’re not sad, you’re not lonely, you’re just tuned in.”

As a meditative practice, flow arts are unusual because they provide an opportunity for performance as well.

Fire spinners in particular work to create spectacular effects. “People love to watch it,” says Eldreth. “It’s nice to have that performance aspect.” In part, it’s the showmanship that has led to flow arts’ expanding appeal. “Some clubs have an LED-gets-in-free policy,” says Van Heden, since flow artists with LED-lit props offer clubgoers some spectacle and inspire a higher vibration among those dancing.

Paired with its mental and physical benefits, this social aspect of flow arts renders it unique. Most flow-arts gatherings attract dozens of people.

McNeil has learned to bring “piles” of hoops with her when she does her routines in public because passers-by consider her performance as an invitation to hoop. “I can hoop alone,” says McNeil, “but hooping almost always generates a crowd.”X

WANNA FLOW? These groups meet locally and regularly: •Hooping at Pritchard Park, sponsored by the Downtown Association and Mission Hospital, Tuesdays , 5:307 p.m.

•Firespinning at the Tuesdays, 9:30 p.m.-1 a.m.

Bywater,

• Hoop Jam at the Asheville YMCA, Thursdays, 8-10 p.m.

•Open Gym at Toy Boat Community Art Space (mostly jugglers), Sundays, 4-6 p.m.

•Open Hoop Jam at Toy Boat Community Art Space first Wednesday of the month, 8-10 p.m.

WELLNESS

by Lea McLellan

lmclellan@mountainx.com

Standing tall Living Healthy Leader Training Learn more about how you can make a difference in your health AND the health of your community. Support behavioral and perspective shifts that will impact individual and community through this evidence-based health promotion LEADER Training.

Dates and Time: August 7,8,14 &15 - 5pm each day

REACH FOR THE SKY: Kids at the Boys and Girls Club in West Asheville work their muscles with Pilates teacher Brooke Tyler. Photo by Tim Robison

Kids get active with Pilates

On a hot summer afternoon at the Boys and Girls Club in West Asheville, about a dozen elementary school kids in bright, mismatched socks arrange their exercise mats in a small circle. At the center of that circle is Brooke Tyler, a tall, energetic Pilates teacher and owner of Clasique Acupuncture and Pilates Studio in downtown Asheville. Tyler calls out Pilates moves, and the kids follow suit, giggling and struggling to keep up with the fast-paced instructions.

In between exercises, Tyler asks her students how they’re feeling. “I feel confident,” yells out one of the two boys in the group, while balancing on one foot. “This is my jam!”

“It’s easier when you get out of your mind and into the chi,” one girl adds quietly. Tyler explains to the group that chi is akin to “the force” in Star Wars. “I got a lot of chi generating!” calls out a boy during an especially difficult move. “Yeah!” says another girl.

“Feel my chi muscles!”

Cost: No charge with commitment to lead one class in the next 12-months.

Lunch and supplies provided.

Location: Eliada Homes, 2 Compton Dr, Asheville, PARC bldg Registration: Required.

Space is limited. Contact Rebecca (see below) for details

Contact Rebecca at Land-of-Sky Regional Council by phone: 828-251-7438 or email: rebecca@landofsky.org for details.

This is the first summer that Tyler is teaching regularly at the Boys and Girls Club, but she has been involved with the organization, as well as Girls on the Run, for many years.

The summer program will continue into the school year with after-school Pilates classes for 10- to 12-year-olds as well as high school students. “The kids love it because it’s challenging, but also because it’s fun,” says Tyler.

“My goal is for them to feel their bodies, feel something and then feel like they can stand up tall. To give them a sense of how they carry themselves in the world — that’s a big deal.”

After five years running her business, Tyler is looking to increase her community service, especially with younger people. “A lot of these kid don’t have anything else to do after school,” says Tyler. “And they normally don’t have an opportunity like this. I love it because it takes away some of that idea that Pilates is for people who have a ton of money and people who have a ton of free time and just want to look good. It turns it into how you feel about yourself, how you carry yourself.”

Learn more about the Boys and Girls Club at salvationarmycarolinas.org/ bgcasheville.

Learn more about Clasique Acupuncture and Pilates at studioclasique.com. X

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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 AMERICAN HERBALISTS GUILD 125 S. Lexington Ave. Suite 101, 617-520-4372, americanherbalistsguild.com • SA (7/19), 10am-5pm & SU (7/20), 10am-noon “Mid-Summer Stress Buster,” workshops and walks focusing on stress and herbal remedies. See website for full schedule. $20/$10 members.

ASHEVILLE BIRTHKEEPERS • 2nd & 4th WEDNESDAYS, 5:30-7:30pm - Meets at the Spiral Center for Conscious Beginnings, 167A Haywood Road.

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

• SA (7/19), 12:30-2:30pm - Fire Practice. $20.

• WEDNESDAYS through (8/13), 6-7:30pm Meditation series: “The Quiet Mind” with Jerome. $40 for four sessions.

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.

BRAIN INJURY AWARENESS DINNER 828-274-7518, ext. 103, ireneworthamcenter.org • TH (7/24), 5pm-9:30pm - A dinner meeting to increase and improve community awareness of brain injury and the services of nonprofits. Sponsored

by Brain Injury Association, Irene Wortham Center and Liberty Corners. Free to attend. Held at Pomodoros South, 75 Long Shoals Road.

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

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

• FR (7/18), 11am-3:30pm - Blue Ridge Pharmacy, 948 Tunnel Road. Appointments and info: 298-3636.

• FR (7/18), 3:30-8pm - Weaverville Community at Rodney’s Auto Service, 37 N. Main St., Weaverville. Appointments and info: 800-733-2767 or redcrossblood.org.

• MO (7/21), 2pm-6:30pm - Buncombe Baptist Association, 227 Hazel Mill Road. Appointments and info: 252-1864.

• TU (7/22), noon-4:30pm - Big Lots, 130 Weaver Blvd., Weaverville. Appointments and info: 800-7332767 or redcrossblood.org.

• TU (7/22), 2-6:30pm - Skyland United Methodist Church, 1984 Hendersonville Road. Appointments and info: 684-7283.

• TH (7/24), 1:30-5:30pm - Ridgecrest Conference Center, 1 Ridgecrest Drive, Black Mountain.

Appointments and info: 800-733-2767.

• TH (7/24), 12:30-5pm - Black Mountain Neuro Medical Treatment Center, 932 Old U.S. Highway 70, Black Mountain. Appointments and info: 259-6908.

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.

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.

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

Have you tried the LOVE YOUR BODY WORKOUT?

ASHEVILLE UNDEREARNERS ANONYMOUS underearnersanonymous.org • TUESDAYS, 6 p.m. – First Congregational UCC, 20 Oak St., Room 102 ASHEVILLE WOMEN FOR SOBRIETY 215-536-0618, www.womenforsobriety.org • THURSDAYS, 6:30-8 p.m. – YWCA of Asheville, 185 S. French Broad Ave. 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 DEPRESSION AND BIPOLAR SUPPORT ALLIANCE magneticminds.weebly.com or 367-7660 • WEDNESDAYS, 7 p.m. & SATURDAYS, 4 p.m. – 1316-C Parkwood Road DIABETES SUPPORT laura.tolle@msj.org or 213-4788 • 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 5:30pm – Mission Health, 1 Hospital Drive. Room 3-B. EATING DISORDER SUPPORT GROUPS Info: thecenternc.weebly.com or 337-4685.

Visit mountainx.com/support for full listings.

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. 2746000.

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

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LIVING WITH CHRONIC PAIN Hosted by American Chronic Pain Association.

776-4809.

• 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

RECOVERING COUPLES ANONYMOUS

MEN WORKING ON LIFE’S ISSUES 686-5590 or 683-7195 • TUESDAYS, 6-8pm – Meets at 90 Zillicoa Ave.

S-ANON FAMILY GROUPS For those affected by another’s sexaholism. Four confidential meetings are available weekly in WNC. For dates, times and locations contact wncsanon@gmail. com or 258-5117.

MISSION HEALTH FAMILY GROUP NIGHT For caregivers of children with social health needs or development concerns. 213-9787 • 1st TUESDAYS, 5:30 p.m. – Mission Rueter Children’s Center, 11 Vanderbilt Park Drive.

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.

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.

OVERCOMES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE For anyone who is dealing with physical and/or emotional abuse. 665-9499.

• WEDNESDAYS, noon-1pm – The First Christian Church, 470 Enka Lake Road, Candler.

OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS Info: 258-4821. Visit mountainx.com/support for full listings.

For couples where at least one member is recovering from addiction. Info: recovering-couples.org • MONDAYS, 6pm – Foster Seventh Day Adventists Church, 376 Hendersonville Road.

SMART RECOVERY Helps individuals gain independence from all types of addictive behavior. Visit mountainx.com/support for full listings.

STRENGTH IN SURVIVORSHIP For cancer survivors. Strengthinsurvivorship@yahoo. com or 808-7673 • 1st & 3rd SATURDAYS, 11am-noon – Mills River Library, 124 Town Drive, Mills River SYLVA GRIEF SUPPORT Hosted by Four Seasons Compassion for Life. melee@ fourseasonscfl.org • TUESDAYS, 10:30am. - Jackson County Department on Aging, 100 Country Services Park, Sylva To add information about your support group, call 251-1333, ext. 114. Support groups must be free of charge to be listed.

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Leah McGrath,RD, LDN Corporate Dietitian, Ingles Markets Follow me on Twitter: www.twitter.com/InglesDietitian Work Phone: 800-334-4936

Ingles Markets sponsoring “STIR CRAZY” with the Asheville Affiliates to benefit Blue Ridge Food Ventures When: July 24 - 6-9 pm Where: Boathouse -318 Riverside Dr. Asheville (Parking is limited - please carpool!)

What: Enjoy food from local farmers and vendors, craft cocktails and beverages, raffles, an auction, music by “One Leg Up” and more.....

Tickets: $20 available on-line: (Asheville Affiliates, www.ashevilleaffiliates.com) Proceeds benefit Blue Ridge Food Ventures a local business incubator and job creation initiative of AdvantageWest, the 501(c)(3) nonprofit economic development organization serving the citizens of Western North Carolina.

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Is farm-to-table working?

Local farmers and restaurateurs discuss the state of the movement

BY JONATHAN AMMONS

jonathanammons@gmail.com

Farm-to-table agriculture has gone mainstream, but does it work as a sustainable model? Some local farmers and restaurateurs aren’t sure, even as they persist in trying.

“Any good farming system has all the components of an actual ecosystem,” says Sunil Patel, who runs Urban Patchwork Farms, a progressive farming venture that seeks to develop inner-city permaculture farms via land sharing with owners of unutilized property. “You’re just mimicking a natural system when you make a healthy farm,” he says.

Patel partners with local restaurants like Bull & Beggar, Table and Storm, to generate enough profit to sustain Patchwork, as well as working with community supported agriculture producers within local communities. “It’s not just [about] farm-to-table.

It’s [about matching] the desires of everyone from the grocery stores to restaurants to home kitchens. People want certain products, and they want them year-round, which doesn’t allow good farming to happen. So, I can feel constricted by that kind of demand.”

Therein lies the problem, according to chef and author Dan Barber, who delves into farm-to-table concepts and challenges in his new book, The Third Plate, which was released earlier this year.

Farm-to-table food has “gone from a fringe idea to a mainstream social movement,” he writes. “Its success comes with mounting evidence that our country’s indomitable and abundant food system, for so long the envy of the world, is unstable, if not broken. Eroding soils, falling water tables for irrigation, collapsing fisheries, shrinking forests and deteriorating grasslands represent only a

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handful of the environmental problems wrought by our food system — problems that will continue to multiply with rising temperatures.”

For centuries, American farming has been driven to produce more and more food, with the demand that it be increasingly cheap, with larger agriculture firms roping in farmers with promises of higher profits, persuading them to grow cash crops like corn or wheat in massive quantities, Barber writes. The practice creates what ecologists call a monoculture, which strips the soil of its nutrients, slowly reducing yields and ruining the land.

Barber proposes that despite practitioners’ best intentions, however, the farm-to-table movement still has not solved the basic problems, including monoculture farming. “The larger problem,” he says, “is that farm-totable allows, even celebrates, a kind of cherry-picking of ingredients that are often ecologically demanding and expensive to grow.” Market forces drive many farmers to regularly grow tomatoes, corn and other demanding produce rather than having the opportunity to rotate in other restorative plants, vegetables and legumes.

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OUTSTANDING IN THEIR FIELD: Sunil Patel, left, and William Dissen, right, at Patchwork Farms’ Pearson garden in Montford. The farmer and chef are both working to improve the local farm-to-table system. Photo by Cindy Kunst

“The farmer ends up servicing the table, not the other way around,” says Barber.

Asheville’s William Dissen, chef of Market Place, agrees. “Is the farm-to-table system broken? Oh yes, 110 percent. … The way our government subsidizes agriculture is completely backwards,” he says.

“You have these major, conventional commodity farms in the Midwest that get these huge tax incentives and government subsidies. I’d like to see a system where they flip-flop that, because the way it is now, the people that are raping the land and are treating animals inhumanely, [yet] they get tax breaks because they produce more.”

Having worked closely with farmers since taking over Market Place in 2009, Dissen has sought to end the cherry-picking habits so common with many farm-to-table chefs, but he says it isn’t easy. “I always like to talk to [farmers] at the beginning of the year, when they are perusing their Johnny Seed catalogs and figuring out what they are going to grow. But at the end of the day, for farms and restaurants, it’s retail. They’ve got goods that they are trying to sell, and we’ve all got to be able to make money.”

Anna Jane Joyner, campaign director for environmental advocacy organization the Western North Carolina Alliance, adds, “Big agriculture is subsidized at a ridiculous amount of money, which inherently stacks the cards against smaller, more innovative farmers.” She continues, “I think there is a systematic change that has to take place. Farmers at our local farmers markets struggle because of the way that our tax systems are set up, because they prioritize traditional, large-scale, monoculture farms, and not the smaller, innovative ones.”

Farmers like Patel focus on developing these small farms in a patch-

work across the city and region to provide small harvests of a great variety of vegetables and meats.

But can they produce enough to really have an impact?

“A lot of us in the permaculture world are creating these really beautiful systems that, as far as yields go, are lacking quite a bit,” Patel says. “So one of my main missions is to develop systems that generate significant yields, and since I am a landless farmer who just makes partnerships with landowners, and I’m making individual partnerships with people from all over the city, my strategy is to move it to a place where I can start to talk to not just single property owners, but multiple property owners at the same time.”

By doing so, he could conceivably turn an entire block of residential property in a single neighborhood like Montford into an apple orchard or paw paw grove, generating higher yields from less land. “By being able to utilize more land like that, and if the patches like this keep multiplying for the farm, and other farms

take on a similar model, I really feel like we can provide so much of the demand for fresh vegetables, herbs, fruits and berries, right here, within the city limits. If we were to start shifting our views of property lines and dropped our notions of what’s mine and theirs, then we’ll be able to zoom out on the city and see that their property can be used for something much bigger.”

“When I think about it,” says Joyner, “when I was growing up, I was fed terribly —lots of processed food, lots of meat and potatoes.”

These were all foods that are increasingly being proven to be unsustainable to produce. “But when my mother was growing up, it wasn’t that way.

Her parents had a garden. They grew their own food. They ate fresh food.

“But I feel like our society went quickly toward food with poor nutrition and processed food for the sake of convenience. But maybe we could just as quickly come away from that.” She reminds us that we really are getting to a point where we have to make that change, “Big agriculture just isn’t as cheap as what we pay for a strawberry.”X

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Pork devotees can celebrate International Bacon Day (and Labor Day weekend) on Saturday, Aug. 30, by pigging out at the second annual BaconFest Asheville.

More than 20 local restaurants came out for last year’s sold-out event to share an array of porkfocused goodies that ranged from straight-up, no-frills bacon to more experimental pork-flavored items including caramel corn, sushi and doughnuts. This year, there is space for a total of 24 competitors in the culinary competition, with slots still available for interested restaurants.

Guests can vote for winners in the categories of Best Traditional Barbecue, Best Bacon, Best Sweet Item and Most Outrageous Dish.

The younger set can get in on a variety of pig-themed kids activities, including a climbing wall and obstacle course, packaged food items will be for sale and the Artemis Pyle Band will provide the background music.

At last year’s event, Michelle Gurbal, chef at the Chop House,

took first runner-up in all four categories, with entries including pork-stuffed, bacon-wrapped jalapenos and dark-chocolate ganachedipped, chocolate-chunk cookies with bacon sprinkles. “I’m going to win it this year!” says Gurbal, who adds that she now plans to downsize to two categories. In 2013, her booth featured an attentiongrabbing bouquet of bacon “roses,” but she says, “I think I’m going to do something a little more outrageous this year.”

The Mountain 105.9 is hosting the event as a fundraiser for Blue Ridge Food Ventures. Organizer Nichole Mitchell says plans are to double the size of this year’s festival, which will be held, as last year, in Highland Brewing Co.’s meadow. Beer lovers can check out a bacon-infused brew Highland is making just for the occasion.

General admission tickets go on sale Monday, July 28. Attendance is limited, and last year’s event sold out within two weeks, so time is of the essence. Some VIP tickets will be available that will include a goody bag, preferred parking and early VIPonly access. Early-bird tickets are $10 through Aug. 3 and $15 starting Aug. 4. VIP tickets are $30. Children ages 9 and younger are free.

BaconFest Asheville, 1-4 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 30, Highland Brewing Co., 12 Old Charlotte Highway. VIP ticket holders can enter at noon. Restaurants wishing to participate should contact Nichole Mitchell at 210-8546.

Details and tickets: 1059themountain.com ASHEVILLE WINE AND FOOD FESTIVAL For many foodies and tipplers, summertime means time for the Asheville Food and Wine Festival. Now in its sixth year, the festival includes four components: the Asheville Scene Chefs Challenge, Elixir, Sweet and the Grand Tasting.

The Chefs Challenge is a seven-week series of competitions, already underway, that pit local and regional chefs against each other in audience-judged tastings. Events continue at 6 p.m.

Tuesdays through Aug. 12 in the Century Room at Pack’s Tavern, with the overall champion to be announced at the Grand Tasting on Aug. 23.

Elixir, to be held 6-8 p.m.

Thursday, Aug. 1, at a secret location, will feature local bartenders in a mixology competition using liquors from North Carolina distilleries. Sweet takes place 7:30-9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 22, featuring chocolates, cakes, tarts, pastries and more by local artisans in the Grove Arcade.

The festival culminates with the Grand Tasting 2-5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23, at the U.S. Cellular Center, and will feature samplings from more than 125 local and international wineries, local breweries, regional distillers, restaurateurs and chefs, farmers and artisan food producers. Cooking demonstrations will take place throughout the day, as well as the Amateur Winemaker Competition.

Tickets to Asheville Scene Chefs Challege competitions are $49 each excluding tax and gratuity. Tickets are $45 for Elixir and Sweet. Grand Tasting tickets are $55 general admission; $70 VIP. ashevillewineandfood.com NEW RESTAURANT UPDATES Asheville has long been clamoring for doughnuts and Ethiopian food, and those two items are about to be on the local foodscene menu. Work continues on Addissae, an Ethiopian restau-

rant soon to be opened in the old Firestorm space at 48 Commerce St. Co-owner Neeraj Kebede says that although he had hoped for a June launch, city inspections are in progress now, and he is hoping to open near the end of August.

Hole, the Haywood Road artisan doughnut project of former Tin Can Pizzeria owners Carolina Whatley and Kim Dryden, has experienced some construction holdups and is now looking at a late-September/early-October opening, according to Dryden.

Meanwhile, Vortex Doughnuts coowner Ron Patton says his South Slope shop is “finally coming together,” and he is hoping for a soft opening in late August followed by a fullblown kickoff in September. In the meantime, The Hop is selling Vortex cinnamon-sugar doughnut ice cream with Squeal Sauce this summer, and attendees at Blue Ridge Food Ventures’ July 24 Stir Crazy event can look for Vortex PBR fritters (yep, as in Pabst Blue Ribbon beer).

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Serendipity Havana Comida Latina closes, the Green Room changes hands

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With a brand-new pizza oven just delivered, the last thing Green Room restaurateur Brian Lee had in mind was selling the place. Chris Kronberg and Samantha Rink, owners of Havana Comida Latina restaurant, were sipping beers in the Green Room on June 28 and chatting with friend Richard Barrett (sales coordinator for Lee’s other business venture, the Altamont).

Rink recalls the moment their destiny changed: “We were sitting at the bar, and I said to Richard, ‘We should take over this place.’”

With its wood floors, exposed brick and high ceilings, the Green Room looks the part of a traditional bistro. Live music is performed up front, tempting passers-by as they stroll quiet Church Street.

In contrast, major construction is set to commence on the crumbling building housing Havana; Kronberg, Rink and third partner Kurt Langkau had already decided they needed a new location.

“The state stepped in mandating a multimillion-dollar roof repair,” Kronberg says.

Lee admits to some indecision. “I thought, ‘It sounds good, but we’re just starting on this new path,’” he says, referring to the new wood-fired pizza oven and plans to revise the menu. Although the gears were already in motion on the new plans, when Lee pulled back and looked at things objectively, selling made sense. “I can start another restaurant later if I’m crazy enough,” Lee says. “But my kids are 9 and 6; you don’t get a second shot at that.”

“Between the condos and events at the Altamont, we’ve got our hands full,” Barrett adds.

On the morning of June 29, Lee met with the Havana partners and banged out an agreement. Just a few hours later, Kronberg met with another happy coincidence.

“Chef Randy Boyd came in saying he wanted to work with me, and my eyes lit up,” Kronberg recalls. “That was the missing piece; we needed a

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THE RIGHT PLACE: Kurt Langkau, left, Chris Kronberg, right, and Samantha Rink, center, recently took over the Green Room from previous owner Brian Lee. A new name for the bistro is coming soon. Photo by Tim Robison

quality chef, and he was my first choice. We closed Havana Sunday at 4 and opened at Green Room Tuesday at 11:30.”

Barrett will continue as booking manager for Green Room’s music. Although the music will remain, Green Room’s menu is gone. Kronberg has been waiting to prepare and serve the food he loves since before they took over Havana. “We inherited that menu and inherited the problems at Havana,” Kronberg explains.

This time around, he is choosing to craft his own fare with the help of his chefs. Inspired by their grandmothers’ recipes, everything is made from scratch using fresh ingredients.

Along with the new menu, the restaurant will get a new name, to be officially revealed in a few

weeks. “It’ll be something like Foggy Mountain,” Kronberg says, a tribute to his favorite bluegrass band, The Foggy Mountain Boys. “Chris got me addicted to bluegrass,” Rink says.

The menu runs the gamut from small bites such as a BLT pasta salad with bacon dripping vinaigrette ($6) to the larger almond-and-herb-crusted trout ($12), with plenty of choices in between including designer burgers, panini and mini-calzones. Vegetarian offerings include creamy lemon-garlic hummus served with veggies and warm pita, signature salads and a baked Wisconsin five-cheese mac with a garlic-Parmesan crust. And just for nostalgia’s sake, there’s the Hav-a-na Good Time Cuban sandwich.

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A new alliance The Asheville Brewers Alliance refocuses its mission Most of us in Asheville only notice the Asheville Brewers Alliance during Asheville Beer Week, if we notice it at all. That’s when a group of volunteers from the ABA organize and promote the dozens of events that happen that week — and help pull off the Beer City Festival.

Alliance members don’t take the rest of the year off, but with no other signature events, a website that was out of date until last month and a Twitter account with fewer than 50 tweets, the group hasn’t exactly made a priority of engaging with the public in years past.

“The ABA started as a way to get everyone [from Asheville breweries] in a room together,” says Anne-Fitten Glenn, communicatrix at Oskar Blues Brewery and current member of the alliance’s board of directors. “Our industry is collaborative in many ways, but also competitive. … It’s a lot harder to have a conflict continue for a long period of time when you have the chance to discuss something face to face.”

As time went on, the organization became more active but primarily behind the scenes, according to Billy Pyatt, co-owner of Catawba Brewing and treasurer for the ABA. “People in general don’t see a lot of what we do because much of it is technical events for the brewery members — draft beer seminars, sensory evaluations and so on. We also do service projects — we’ve built a house for Habitat for Humanity, and this past winter we kicked money toward fuel for people that needed it. However, we don’t do a great job of publicizing that,” he says.

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make it easier for breweries to have resources available online.

“It can be as simple as a library of logos,” says McLucas. “When breweries collaborate [on beers or events], we should have what they need.”

However, the beer-drinking public won’t be left out. McLucas says that the alliance’s new website, which launched last month, is only the first step on that front.

“We’ll be making it a lot more robust, with things of interest beyond Asheville Beer Week,” says McLucas. “And our fans and followers, especially those visiting Asheville, will find that our Facebook page and Twitter handle will be great resources.”X NEW DIRECTION: Jennifer Vincenzo McLucas recently stepped in as the first paid director for the Asheville Brewers Alliance. Photo by Thom O’Hearn

that are much larger in scale than other breweries with board members in the alliance. They’re also not technically in Asheville, but then again, neither is the new president, Joe Rowland of Nantahala Brewing in Bryson City.

“Really, we are much more than just Asheville now,” says Pyatt.

However, the change in size and scope is not the biggest news at the alliance. That would be the hiring of the organization’s first independent and paid director, Jennifer Vincenzo McLucas. “From my point of view, we have some great people with a lot of energy, but none of us can handle the entire job of the ABA director, which is to market Asheville beer,” says Pyatt.

According to Pyatt, alliance members always have great ideas, but their day jobs (which often turn into night and weekend jobs) mean they only have so much spare time. “Jen will be able to keep us all on task and to make sure things get pushed forward. She’ll be the one to communicate on behalf of the ABA to the public,” says Pyatt.

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to put a plan in place for our next one, three and five years, and we’ve only had one meeting since I’ve been on board … so I don’t have a ton of specifics yet,” says McLucas.

“However, I can say that if people are coming to Asheville for the beer or going to a brewery they wouldn’t have because we nudged them in that direction … then we’ll have done our job,” she says.

As far as initiatives go, McLucas says there could be a variety of approaches. “It could be press releases, working with local tourism development organizations on daytrip itineraries or overnight trips, or it could be events,” says McLucas. “We want to plant the seeds and get our breweries on more tourism radars.”

Glenn says the ABA will have increasing ownership of Asheville Beer Week and more consistent communication and marketing. Other new events are not out of the question. “When it’s winter and things are slower, how do we get people visiting breweries?” asks McLucas. “If the answer is new events, the ABA will absolutely consider it.”

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“In high school, a friend developed a theory he called ‘the Pull,’” author Jeremy Jones writes in his debut memoir, Bearwallow. Like a giant magnet, this hypothetical phenomenon draws natives of rural Henderson County back to the mountains, whether they want to return or not: “Nothing was to be done about the Pull, if you were within its grasp.”

Jones, it seems, is not immune.

To be clear, he’s traveled far: to Costa Rica and Honduras as well as Iowa and South Carolina. But he always seems to land back in North Carolina’s apple country.

Accordingly, he has just moved back.

“Here, you feel kind of covered up. And I know for some people it makes them claustrophobic, but for me it feels more comforting,” he says. The flatness of Iowa City and then Charleston, S.C., left him exposed. The winters in the former were too cold and, in the latter, too warm. It just wasn’t right. “Even though we loved Charleston and were happy there, I knew exactly what mile marker the mountains would appear on the landscape, coming up Interstate 26.”

Jones doesn’t fit the stereotype of the mountain boy coming back home. In fact, Bearwallow‘s three-

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way balance of memoir, travelogue and folk history plumbs the identity crisis of the author as well as the region. In 2005, a then-24-year-old Jones had just returned from teaching English in the Honduran mountains to be an English as a Second Language instructor at Edneyville Elementary. Back in the small mountain community where he grew up, Jones soon discovered the titular peak could soon have an exclusive gated community atop it. And he was suddenly on a first-name basis with his elementary school teachers, who were now his co-workers. The mountains were changing, and so was he.

So he wrote a book.

While Bearwallow doesn’t answer whether the region should resist devel-

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BACKTRACK: Following a stint in the Honduran mountains as an ESL teacher, Henderson county native Jeremy Jones came home to learn a beloved mountaintop could be taken over by a gated development. That and other ideas inspired his debut memoir, Bearwallow.

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opment or what it means to have deep local roots, Jones’ ruminations on familial, personal and regional history are detailed, honest and thorough. His book is less a collection of answers and more a window to the introspection that apparently dominated the author’s 24th year.

“One of the driving forces was that question: ‘Now that this world is way more opened up than it has ever been, what should happen, culturally?’” he says. “What should it look like, and is there any value in hanging onto the way things were? Or should we embrace this sort of new, open world?” One reason, historically, that people came here was to fade into the mountains and hide — from loyalists in the late 1700s to Unionists during the Civil War — and that still plays a role in locals’ attachment to their land and guardedness around newcomers, Jones says.

Yet the mountains’ increased accessibility, even as far back as an 1800s railroad climbing Saluda Grade where Interstate 26 runs

today, led to high-dollar vacation and retirement homes in places like Flat Rock. “A lot of Charlestonians, very well-to-do plantation owners, vacationed here as early as the early 19th century,” Jones says. “Even the Sandburg house in Flat Rock was formerly the house of the first secretary of the Confederate treasury during the Civil War.” What set the proposed community atop Bearwallow Mountain apart, though, was that it violated invisible lines of development.

Jones’ family’s area — Edneyville and Fruitland — had remained agricultural, even as second homes cropped up elsewhere in the county. “Flat Rock just happened,” Jones says of the prevalence of pricier homes in that community.

“It’s been happening for so long, but certainly in a slower way than someone showing up and putting up 300 houses in a span of less than a year.”

The economic downturn and housing bubble collapse scuttled the Bearwallow gated community,

even within the time frame of Jones’ book. There have been other developments, but no major ones, and many locals in their 50s and 60s — Jones’ parents’ generation — are holding onto their apple farms, “But none of their kids want to take things over.”

Jones has come back not to farm but to work as an assistant English professor at Western Carolina University: “I’m mostly just hoping to steal some of Ron Rash’s mojo,” he laughs. And he’s moving out of Henderson County and into Asheville soon — an improvement on the long commute to Cullowhee, though it takes him away from his family land again. At WCU, he’ll teach nonfiction writing to students who, like him, may face similar regional identity crises. Many of them grew up insulated from their ancestors’ toil, though certain of elusive meaning in the lost world of rural, isolated Appalachia.

“I am of the lucky-but-discontented generation,” Jones writes in Bearwallow. “But now, barely an adult, I’m trying to return to a world that barely exists.” X

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Fancy footwork Folkmoot brings together world and regional folk dancers

With folk dancers from Taiwan, Trinidad, Romania, Russia and other far-flung places performing at Folkmoot, it might be easy to overlook the fact that southern Appalachia has its own dance custom to share. Dressed in their full crinoline skirts and tap shoes, four Appalachian clogging teams represent the mountain tradition at the international folk dance festival.

“It used to be you could tell whether a [clogging] team was from Haywood or Buncombe county just from their beat,” says Shirley Finger,

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director of the Dixie Darlin’ clogging team in Waynesville, who will participate in Folkmoot this year for the second time.

These days, the dance is typically performed for competitions and showcases. It originated as major entertainment in isolated Appalachian villages.

“On Saturday night, everybody would get together,” says Finger. “[Clogging] was a social event, but now it’s dwindling down. I hate to say that, but it is. Used to be, you’d get to Maggie Valley, and there would be two rings [of dancers]. There would be so many people, you couldn’t fit them all in.” Along with the Dixie Darlin’ team, the Southern Appalachian Cloggers, The J Creek Cloggers and the Green Grass Cloggers will perform throughout Folkmoot at venues like Haywood Community College and the Stompin Grounds in Maggie Valley, Friday, July 18 through Sunday, July 27.

Appalachian clogging is a unique blend of Irish jig, English step dancing, African rhythms and Native American dance. It’s characterized by quick, percussive footwork, an erect upper body and an old-time, bluegrass beat. These days, most teenagers aren’t likely to spend their weekend nights clogging, but the dance is far from extinct.

Kim Ross, director of the J Creek Cloggers, says dancers on her team range from 10 to 81 years old. Ross grew up buck dancing and flat-footing — two close rela-

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tives of traditional clogging — in Virginia before moving the Western North Carolina 20 years ago. Small differences in dance style across county and state lines are indicative of how the tradition is passed from parents to children. “Even state to state it’s different,” says Ross. “I think it just depends what part of the country you were raised in.” For instance, says Ross, she had never had a set of taps on her shoes before moving to WNC, which is common with most regional groups.

Finger says that the Dixie Darlin’s style is more traditional than most.

“We do it the old way … close to the floor, the old figures. Now don’t get me wrong, they’re very high-energy, but we still do the true southern Appalachian [style],” she says. “Most of our [dancers] are from here, and that’s what they’ve grown up with. … That’s why I say it’s true southern Appalachian mountains. It’s what their parents did, the same way they did it.”

But the real key to the traditional style is the rhythm, says Finger.

“You’ve got to have that southern Appalachian beat. I don’t know to describe it. It’s something that thank God we’ve got.”

The differences between clogging forms may seem tiny compared to the differences among

the international dancing teams at Folkmoot. But differences in costume, dance steps and even language don’t stop the dancers from sharing their moves and getting to know one another. Ross recalls dancing with a Canadian team at last year’s Folkmoot: “We had a big square dance and brought everyone into it,” says Ross. “The Canadian dancers did more of a jig instead of an actual clog, so that was something different — but we all had the same beat. That’s what was really neat. The Canadian bands played an old town mountain song for us, and my group combined with the Canadians, and we all kept the same rhythm. It was really the neatest thing I’d ever seen.”

Both Finger and Ross recall past Folkmoot festivals where the different dance teams enthused over each others’ styles and costumes, asking about shoes and steps. “Even though we can’t communicate in English, music and dance can bring the world together,” says Ross.

“We’ve had groups jump up and dance with our traditional music, we’ve jumped up and tried to dance with their music. And even though we can’t communicate well, we can all hold hands in a circle and dance and have a good time.” X

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Lip service Black Lips’ own brand of maturity By the time they hit the stage at The Orange Peel on Saturday, July 19, Black Lips’ reputation will have preceded them. After all, as the hook from the lead single of March’s Underneath the Rainbow says, “Them boys are wild / Back in the wood.”

Since erupting from the comfortable Atlanta suburb Dunwoody — not exactly the woods, but not far, either — the garage-punk quartet’s built a strong reputation for, well, not really giving a damn about its reputation. Most of the rumors you’ve heard about Black Lips’ notoriously wild live shows — the band’s members have stripped naked while playing gigs; they had to escape from India after kissing each other

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onstage and being chased by local authorities and promoters; and other, grosser stories involving various bodily fluids — are true, says bassist Jared Swilley.

On the other hand, those stories no longer really represent Black Lips as a band. “If anything, a lot of the early shows and stuff that gets written about from when we were supercrazy or whatever, there weren’t that many people to see that,” Swilley says. “Those were shows when there were 10 people there. So I think people kind of created this weird mythology.”

Black Lips shows are still crazy, but not because of any bad behavior. “We’ve gotten way better,”

Swilley says. “Now we just put on a good show.”

Underneath the Rainbow is Black Lips’ seventh record since 2000, meaning the band’s been around for nearly 15 years. So it’s only natural that they’ve mellowed out a bit. “Most of us have mortgages,” Swilley deadpans. “So, you know, that’s pretty mature.

I have a bank account. I have a credit card.” (Furthering that point, guitarist Ian Saint Pé left the band just before the start of its current tour. “Ian has a house, a wife and a dog and doesn’t want to deal with a rigorous touring schedule anymore,” Swilley told Atlanta’s Creative Loafing, adding, “He’s not totally out, and might even come into the studio with us again at some point. We’re all still buddies.” Saint Pé’s replacement, Jack Hines, played with Black Lips from 2002-05.)

Much like the band’s live shows, Black Lips’ records, too, have gotten crisper over time — the music is catchier as Swilley and company grow more confident. “I think we’re better at writing songs,” he says. “That’s mature. I wrote a bridge in a couple songs. I didn’t even know what one of those was when we started.”

There’s that word again: mature. Recorded with both Black Keys’ Patrick Carney and DapTone Records all-star Thomas Brenneck (“He puts more passion into it than almost anyone I’ve ever worked with,” Swilley says of Brenneck), Underneath the Rainbow is Black Lips’ cleanest, hookiest record to date. It likely boasts the band’s finest playing: Note the assured strut of “Make You Mine,” the bleary, feral blues crawl of “Boys in the Wood,” the nervy verve of the driving “Dorner Party.”

All of which raises an interesting question: Can a punk band grow up, get better at making music and still be a punk band?

“I mean, a lot of my favorite bands come from a punk start. You’re raw and you’re loved,” Swilley says, citing The Clash as a particular example. “The key thing is never forgetting what made you

ONLY THE GOOD DIE YOUNG: Much like the band’s live shows, Black Lips’ records have gotten crisper over time. “We’ve gotten way better,” says bassist Jared Swilley, near right. “Now we just put on a good show.” Photo by Mick Rock

cool in the first place, what made people love you.”

Just because Underneath the Rainbow is spit-polished doesn’t mean it has better manners. Black Lips still sound like the same brash band they’ve always been. Swilley’s smirking “Smiling” recounts a rough night spent in a county lockup. There’s the Cramps-level crass self-gratification ode, “Do the Vibrate.” Opener “DriveBy Buddy” reaffirms the Lips’ Fonzieesque attitude, with guitarist Cole Alexander belting “We’re hanging on a broken T-Bird hood.”

But even as they embrace their aesthetic, Black Lips are working on pre-empting their notorious image, using scent over sight. The band’s touring with a smell machine that emits a scent of their own design.

The idea, Swilley says, is to have a scent for each song, to complete the band’s physiological assault. “We still have a way to go on the technology,” he says. “But we’re getting there. I mean, airplanes sucked when they were first invented, so we just gotta work out the kinks. Eventually, it’s going to be a 5-D experience.” X

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Before thong swimsuits, fringed half-shirts and other travesties of the modern seascape, beach beauties dressed with an eye for silhouette, achieving a certain sundrenched élan. Figure-enhancing swimsuits, leisure-class sunglasses and an anklekissing caftan all nod to midcentury beach culture. And because of their enduring style, they can’t be relegated to kitsch.

In recent years, boutique online clothiers such as Modcloth, Esther Williams Swimwear (after the competitive-swimmer-turned-actress of ’40s and ’50s movie fame) and Pinup Girl Clothing have brought back retro-style swimsuits with halter bodices, ruched middles, high waists and flattering leg cuts. The trend has even filtered down to the suits offered by midlevel outfitters and big-box lines like Land’s End and Catalina.

For a poolside shoot at Aloft Asheville Hotel, Sara Legatski, owner of Honeypot, provided dresses and swimsuits fit for an Old Hollywood afternoon at the Chateau Marmont: pellucid florals in swinging shapes, ornamented with such special finds as a pair of vintage Christian Dior sunglasses. Legatski believes vintage swimwear is popular not only for the nostalgia factor but because “the lines accentuate femininity while remaining modest. And yes,” she says, “I do think modesty is coming back.”

Apparel and accessories from Honeypot, swimcaps from Alanna Hibbard at Poutfits; vintage glasses, tray and ice bucket by East West Vintage. Models: Leah Donatelli (in swimcap), Margaux Weinstock (in big hat), Trecy Bergen (blowing bubbles) and Heather Fisher (in white flower dress). Hair by Wesley Bolden and Carlton Alexander at Eclipse, makeup by Jennifer Sellers. X

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Cultural double talk Southern Appalachia can thank any number of movies and TV shows for flagrantly misconstruing us as a bunch of lawless, illiterate hicks and hillbillies.

Such characters have softened and intoxicated our sheriffs, put moonshine stills in all of our kitchens and rendered snakes as common as hymnals in our churches. And docudramas such as Moonshiners and movies including Deliverance have made overalls our de facto dress code in the same way that our rivers will permanently call to mind the twang of “Dueling Banjos.”

The history and cultural persistence of these and other insultingyet-laughable regional stereotypes make up the meat and bones of Hillbilly Land: Myth and Reality of Appalachian Culture, a contemplative and text-heavy new exhibition, curated by author and UNC Asheville history professor Dan Pierce, currently on view at the Smith-McDowell House Museum.

Hillbilly Land weaves through five major pillars of southern Appalachian cultural identity: religion, art and craft, music, moonshine and isolation. Each forms a literal and fantasized foundation of daily mountain life, both historical and contemporary.

The show features a series of information panels that hang in the south side of the museum’s ground floor. These are illustrated by photos

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from the likes of Tim Barnwell, Doris Ulman, Ralph Burns and Ron Amberg, along with several installation pieces ranging from a banjo, fiddle and a spinning wheel to a copper-topped still and a wooden toy set of a farm, complete with a barn, little chickens and a baby-wielding mother.

Ulman’s photographs depict mountain life, circa the 1930s.

The grainy black-and-white stills show artisans crafting chairs and sitting on porches. Others play banjo or work on quilts. They portray the isolated and sloweddown lifestyle that was, and still is, associated with homesteading and remote mountain living. That very isolation is the proposed source of our cultural and social delinquency, and thus the basis for such easy stereotyping.

Meanwhile, the photos of Amberg, Barnwell and Burns shed contemporary light on DIY signage, architectural improvisation and some of the more popular and extravagant examples of Appalachian religious practices, most notably snake handling and river baptisms. Two snakes stretch across an open Bible in one closeup shot. Another view, taken from the middle of a river, looks past a waist-deep preacher, usher and baptismal candidate and toward a short bluff filled with devout onlookers. Only, it’s hardly a river.

To the upper left is a large drainage pipe — they’re in a roadside ditch-turned-creek.

Such images play on the exhibition’s overarching cultural and historical binder: ignorance. For it’s our supposed ignorance of place, time, practice and social norms that easily lends to the aforementioned stereotypes and to perceived regional backwardness. But this isn’t to say that the show is an attack. Rather, it’s an introspective and slightly tonguein-cheek embrace.

Social motifs are on display, placed in Plexiglas cases, as if they’re far-off relics of a remote and isolated past. Only, they’re clearly still alive and well here in

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THE HILLS ARE ALIVE: Photos, among other forms of art, give context to regional sterotypes at Hillbilly Land, on exhibit at The Smith-McDowell House Museum. Above, “Broadway Street Asheville, N.C., 1992,” by Ralph Burns

Western North Carolina. After all, the banjo is more prevalent than ever thanks to its inclusion in pop music, country and indie rock.

Even the placards play on our imposed cultural awkwardness — title blocks and subject headings all feature a backward letter or two.

“They help play on the idea of the region’s backwardness,” says Elaine Blake, volunteer coordinator at the Smith-McDowell House Museum.

“The purpose of this exhibition is not to preach the evils of the hillbilly stereotype, but to challenge the visitor to think about the reality, the complexity and the nuanced texture of mountain life,” Pierce explains in the show’s introduction. He does so through story, rather than data recitation. Where one would expect information placards laden with dense academic prose, Pierce has instead placed poems and literary excerpts from local and region-

al authors, including Ron Rash, Kathryn Stripling Byer, Michael McFee, Fred Chappell and Wiley Cash. These give the show a narrative flow that’s enjoyable and breaks up the information overload.

Pierce immediately acknowledges the region’s historic complacency in its own cultural misinterpretation. “[Mountain people] willingly played the role when it served to profit them,” he writes. Pierce’s inclusion of historical examples with modern and contemporary cases only goes to prove what could be seen as his main point: that we still play into these identities.

View Hillbilly Land through Dec. 31 at The Smith-McDowell House Museum. Admission is $9 for adults, $5 for students and children. For more information on the exhibit and a list of associated events, visit wnchistory. org. X

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South Pacific “Chosen not only for its easily recognized show tunes, [‘I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair’ and ‘Some Enchanted Evening’ among them] Asheville Lyric Opera hopes to introduce the Asheville audience to the classical stage genius of Rodgers & Hammerstein,” says a press release. The musical South Pacific is set on a remote island with American soldiers, Navy nurses and island natives. Romances bloom, and racism threatens to tear lovers apart. The summer production of South Pacific takes place at the Diana Wortham Theatre on Friday and Saturday, July 18 and 19, at 8 p.m., and on Sunday, July 20, at 3 p.m. $30-$58. ashevillelyric.org. Photos courtesy of the performers

Aaron Burdett and Tellico It’s not too surprising that singer-songwriter Aaron Burdett won top honors from Our State magazine for his song “Going Home to Carolina.” Burdett’s thoughtful, acoustic-driven take on Southern Americana is a fitting soundtrack for life in the Blue Ridge Mountains. With the addition of his four-piece band, he creates music that is deeply rooted in the region — with potential to cross state lines.

The same might be said of the new Asheville-based Americana/bluegrass band, Tellico. The rootsy outfit is known both for its instrumental prowess and “hardedged yet nostalgic themes.” Both bands perform at Isis Restaurant & Music Hall on Thursday, July 17, at 8 p.m. $10/$12. isisasheville.com. Photo of Burdett, right, by Hang The Moon Photography

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D. Striker Friday promises to be country-strong: First, Texas songwriter Hayes Carll headlines Downtown After Five. And later, Nashville-based musician D. Striker plays Jack of the Wood. Of the tracks on his new album, Come Over Here, Striker says, “‘Three Dudes In An Office’ questions the sincerity of chest-thumping country boys singing redneck odes penned by Music Row office writers. ‘She Don’t Want Me (She Just Wants Attention)’ finds the song’s narrator baffled by a woman who blows up his phone with text messages but cannot give him attention in person.”

Striker, aka The Man in Yellow, also publishes RR, a zine that “tackles Nashville’s past and present while throwing up a salute to revelry and crazy people” — which means this musician knows country. He takes the stage on July 18, 8:45-9:30 p.m. Grandpa’s Cough Medicine and The Whiskey Jackets also perform. $5. jackofthewood.com. Photo by Thomas Petillo

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ed for the Literary Fiction Contest, stories of 5000 words or less. $25. Contact for guidelines.

• Through WE (7/30) - Submissions will be accepted for the Hard Times Essay Contest, describing a difficult personal experience in 5000 words or less. $25. Contact for guidelines.

MUSIC SONG O' SKY CHORUS (pd.) Tuesday 6:45-9:30 PM Song O' Sky Chorus Calvary Baptist Church (Chandler Center), 531 Haywood Road, 28806.

Asheville's only a capella barbershop-style chorus! We welcome all women who love to sing! www.songosky.org or (866) 8249547 Parking available behind the church.

GROOVING IN THE GARDEN: Roots and Fruits Market in Black Mountain will host an outdoor concert of acoustic music with singer-songwriters Jean Rohe and Skye Steele on Friday, July 18 in the market’s blooming outdoor garden.

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ART ARTS COUNCIL OF HENDERSON COUNTY 401 N. Main St., Hendersonville, 693-8504, acofhc.org • WE (7/23), 3:30-5pm - Grant-writing workshop for artists. Registration required.

BENCHSPACE GALLERY & WORKSHOP 67 Broadway, 785-1357, craftcreativitydesign.org • FR (7/18), 6pm - Art critic Garth Clark discusses the renewed interest in ceramic arts. Free.

RIVERLINK EVENTS 252-8474, riverlink.org Held at 170 Lyman St., unless otherwise noted.

• TH (7/24), 10am-noon - Interactive session: "How to be a city art contractor." Held at 170 Lyman St. Registration required.

AUDITIONS & CALL TO ARTISTS 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.

ARTS COUNCIL OF HENDERSON COUNTY 693-8504, acofc.org • 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.

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.

TRYON LITTLE THEATER 516 S. Trade St., Tryon, 859-2466, tltinfo.org • FR (7/18), 7-10pm & SA (7/19), 10am - Auditions for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.

PARK RHYTHMS CONCERT SERIES 669-8610 • TH (7/17), 6-9pm - The Broadcast, soul/ rock. Free. Held at Lake Tomahawk Park Pavilion, 401 S. Laurel Circle Dr., Black Mountain

WRITERS' WORKSHOP EVENTS 254-8111, twwoa.org, prez@twwoa.org • Through SA (8/30) - Submissions will be accept-

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HENDERSONVILLE'S MUSIC ON MAIN STREET 693-9708, historichendersonville.org • FR (7/18), 7-9pm - Deano and the Dreamers, oldies covers.

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.

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BREVARD MUSIC CENTER 349 Andante Lane, Brevard, 862-2100, brevardmusic.org • TH (7/17), 7:30pm - A performance of Mozart's opera Don Giovanni. $40.

• FR (7/18), 7:30pm - BMC Orchestra performs Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 2. $15-40.

• SA (7/19), 7:30pm - Performance of suites from Verdi and Prokofiev. $15-40.

• TU (7/22), 7:30pm - Mary Chapin Carpenter, singer-songwriter. $20-40.

• WE (7/23), 7:30pm - Brevard Camerata. $20.

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RHYTHM & BREWS CONCERT SERIES 233-3216, https://www.facebook.com/ RhythmAndBrewsHendersonville • TH (7/17), 6-9pm - The Fritz, funk-rock.

Held in downtown Hendersonville.

ROOTS AND FRUITS MARKET 151 S. Ridgeway Ave., Black Mountain, 664-0060 • FR (7/18), 6:30pm - Outdoor concert with Jean Rohe, singer-songwriter, and violinist Skye Steele. $5-$15.

ST. MATTHIAS CHURCH 1 Dundee St., 285-0033, stmatthiasepiscopal.com • SU (7/20), 3pm - Lenoir Sax, saxophone group.

SUMMER MUSIC SERIES ON THE NANTAHALA RIVER 488-7185, noc.com.

Held at Nantahala Outdoor Center, 13077

Highway 19 West, Bryson City • FR (7/18), 6pm - Pioneer Chicken Stand, folk/ alt-country. Free.

• SA (7/19), 6pm - Porch 40, rock/funk. Free.

SWANNANOA CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL swannanoachambermusic.com • TUESDAYS through (7/29), 7:30pm - Held at Kittredge Theatre at Warren Wilson College. $21.40.

THEATER 2ND STAGE THEATRE Washington St., Hendersonville, hendersonvillelittletheatre.org • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS (7/18) until (7/27) - Art. Fri.-Sat.: 7:30pm; Sun.: 2pm. $12.

DIANA WORTHAM THEATRE 2 South Pack Square, 257-4530, dwtheatre. com • FR (7/18), 8pm & SA (7/19), 8pm & Sun (7/20), 3pm - Asheville Lyric Opera presents South Pacific. $17-$40.

FLAT ROCK PLAYHOUSE Highway 225, Flat Rock, 693-0731, flatrockplayhouse.org • WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS (7/24) until (8/24) - Miss Saigon. Wed.-Sat.: 8pm; 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 (7/17) until (8/3) - Joseph. Thu.-Sat.: 7:30pm; Sun.: 2:30pm. Opening show: July 16, 7:30pm. $26.56.

WHITE HORSE 105C Montreat Road, Black Mountain, 6690816 • SU (7/20), 7:30pm - A modern retelling of The Illiad. $18/$15 advance.

GALLERY DIRECTORY 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 • 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 PUSH SKATE SHOP & GALLERY 25 Patton Ave., 225-5509, pushtoyproject.com • SA (7/19) through SU (8/31) - Screen prints, stickers and other works by California artist Bigfoot. Opening reception: July 18, 7pm.

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.

TRANSYLVANIA COMMUNITY ARTS COUNCIL 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard, 884-2787, tcarts. org • FR (7/18) through FR (8/15) - Works by artists of Burlingame Country Club. Artist’s reception: July 25, 7-9pm.

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 BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Karaoke, 9pm

WEDNESDAY, JULY 16

BLUE KUDZU SAKE COMPANY Trivia night, 8pm

5 WALNUT WINE BAR Wine tasting w/ Hot Point Trio (fiddle), 5pm Juan Benavides Trio (Latin), 8pm

BUFFALO NICKEL George Terry & Aaron Price, 9pm CORK & KEG First Thursday Square Dance & old-time jam, 7pm

ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Nightmares on Wax w/ Aligning Minds (experimental, hip-hop, electronic), 10pm

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

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

ELAINE’S DUELING PIANO BAR Dueling Pianos, 9pm

BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Buncombe County Boys (bluegrass), 7pm BYWATER Soul night w/ DJ Whitney, 8:30pm

FRENCH BROAD BREWERY TASTING ROOM One Leg Up Duo (jazz), 6pm

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

GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN PHOX w/ Trails & Ways (indie-pop), 9pm

DOUBLE CROWN DJs Greg Cartwright & David Wayne Gay (country), 10pm

HAVANA RESTAURANT Open mic (instruments provided), 8pm

EMERALD LOUNGE Blues jam, 8pm

ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL On the Patio: Laid Back Thursdays w/ Ram Mandlekorn, Simon George & Jon DeLeon (jazz, reggae, funk), 7pm Tellico & The Aaron Burdett Band (Americana), 8:15pm

GOOD STUFF Skippy Skip (alt-rap), 8pm

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Bluegrass jam, 7pm

DUGOUT Karaoke, 9pm

GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Avers, Hermit Kings (psych-pop, garagerock), 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 ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL Acoustic on the Patio w/ Taylor Martin & friends, 7pm JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Old-time session, 5pm LEX 18 The Roaring Lion (jazz trio), 7:30pm LOBSTER TRAP Ben Hovey (dub-jazz, trumpet, beats), 7pm

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NORTHEASTERN SOUTHERN ROCK: One part alt-country and one part Southern rock, with elements of funk, blues, jam, reggae and soul, New Jersey’s Quimby Mountain Band has built a following by opening for big-time bands like Foghat, Marshall Tucker, Railroad Earth and Dark Star Orchestra. Now, headlining its own show, the Mountain Band will drop by West Asheville’s Altamont Brewing Company, on Thursday, July 17, at 9:30 p.m., for some down-home tunes and an incredible live performance.

MOUNTAIN MOJO COFFEEHOUSE Open mic, 6:30pm NOBLE KAVA Open mic w/ Caleb Beissert, 9pm ODDITORIUM Lemuria, Kind of Like Spitting, Muscle & Bone and Means Well (punk, rock), 9pm OLIVE OR TWIST Swing dance lessons, 7pm 3 Cool Cats (Vintage rock ‘n’ roll), 8pm ONE STOP DELI & BAR Forward Thinking Sounds Showcase w/ Alexander Supertrill & New Planet (future), 10pm ORANGE PEEL Music Video Asheville Showcase w/ Posh Hammer, Stereo Reform, Indigo DeSouza, Hellblinki and Crazyhorse & Colston, 9pm PISGAH BREWING COMPANY The Blood Gyspies (jazz, funk), 6pm SKY CITY BBQ Local music showcase (folk, bluegrass), 8:30pm

TIGER MOUNTAIN THIRST PARLOUR Sean & Will (classic punk, power pop, rock), 10pm TIMO’S HOUSE Release AVL w/ Dam Good & guests (dance party), 9pm TOWN PUMP Open mic w/ Aaron, 9pm 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

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SLY GROG LOUNGE Open mic, 7pm

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

TALLGARY’S CANTINA Open mic & jam, 7pm

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

THE MOTHLIGHT Death Blues w/ Villages, Thom Staton/Tashi Dorji, 9:30pm

ALLEY KATS TAVERN Open mic night, 7pm

THE PHOENIX Jazz night, 8pm THE SOCIAL Karaoke, 9:30pm

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

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

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

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

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FRIDAY • JULY 18 CIRCUS MUTT 6:30-8:30 PM

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10/25 Sarah Lee Guthrie 7/18 GRANDPA’S COUGH & Johnny Irion MEDICINE BAND w/ Battlefield • 9pm $10 W/ THE WHISKEY JACKETS & D. STRIKER 9PM • $5 10/26 Firecracker Jazz Band & HALLOWEEN Costume 7/19 THE LOW COUNTS Party & Contest • 9pm W/ DRUNKEN PRAYER 9PM$8 • $7 10/27 Vinegar Creek • 9pm FREE 7/22 DEAD FINGERS • FREE (DONATIONS 10/289PM Mustard PlugENCOURAGED) • 9pm $8 w/ Crazy Tom Banana Pants 7/25 THE CORDOVAS FROM CA 10/299PM Singer Songwriters • $5 in the Round • 7-9pm FREE

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7/26 JOHN THE CONQUEROR w/ Anthony Tripi, Elise Davis THE •DARNELL BOYS MudW/Tea 9pm FREE

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TIMO’S HOUSE R4Y Up7own, ADBC, Real Liez (drum ‘n’ bass), 9pm TOWN PUMP Billy Litz & Mountain City Rhythm (Americana/ funk), 9pm TRESSA’S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES The Westsound Revue (Motown, blues), 9pm URBAN ORCHARD Stevie Lee Combs (acoustic, Americana), 6:30pm VINCENZO’S BISTRO Ginny McAfee (piano, vocals), 7pm WILD WING CAFE Thirsty Thursday w/ Mike Snodgrass, 7pm WILD WING CAFE SOUTH DJ Josh Michael, Brad Blackwell, 6pm

FRIDAY, JULY 18 185 KING STREET Rick Rushing and The Blues Strangers (blues), 8pm 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Jamar Woods Acoustic Band (funk), 9pm ALLEY KATS TAVERN Amos & The Mixx Live, 9:30pm ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Curtis B w/ Lo IQ (breakbeat, bass), 10pm ATHENA’S CLUB Mark Appleford (singer-songwriter, Americana, blues), 7pm BREVARD BREWING COMPANY Sean Austin Leonard (rock), 7pm BYWATER Broken Lilacs (soul, country, rock), 9pm

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FRI. 7/18 DJ MoTo (pop, dance hits) SAT. 7/19 “The Mix” 96.5 House Band (rock n’ roll, classic hits)

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ELAINE’S DUELING PIANO BAR Dueling Pianos, 9pm FRENCH BROAD BREWERY TASTING ROOM Rickshaw Roadshow (rock, blues), 6pm GOOD STUFF 49 Winchester (folk-rock), 8pm Hearts Gone South (country, honky-tonk), 9:30pm GREEN ROOM CAFE & COFFEEHOUSE Carrie Morrison (Americana), 6:30pm HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Circus Mutt (rock), 6:30pm IRON HORSE STATION Mark Shane (R&B), 7pm 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

LEX 18 The Byron Hedgepeth Vibes Trio (latin jazz), 7:30pm The Kings County Lighthouse (jazz), 11:30pm

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Scars on 45 w/ Broken Anchor 9PM $8/$10 21+

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DOUBLE CROWN DJ Greg Cartwright (garage & soul obscurities), 10pm

JERUSALEM GARDEN Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7pm

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LOBSTER TRAP Calico Moon (Americana), 7pm

185 KING STREET 877-1850 5 WALNUT WINE BAR 253-2593 ALTAMONT BREWING COMPANY 575-2400 THE ALTAMONT THEATRE 348-5327 APOTHECARY (919) 609-3944 AQUA CAFE & BAR 505-2081 ARCADE 258-1400 ASHEVILLE CIVIC CENTER & THOMAS WOLFE AUDITORIUM 259-5544 ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL 255-7777 ATHENA’S CLUB 252-2456 BARLEY’S TAP ROOM 255-0504 BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE 669-9090 BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA 658-8777 BOILER ROOM 505-1612 BROADWAY’S 285-0400 THE BYWATER 232-6967 CORK AND KEG 254-6453 CLUB REMIX 258-2027 CREEKSIDE TAPHOUSE 575-2880 ADAM DALTON DISTILLERY 367-6401 DIANA WORTHAM THEATER 257-4530 DIRTY SOUTH LOUNGE 251-1777 DOUBLE CROWN 575-9060 ELEVEN ON GROVE 505-1612 EMERALD LOUNGE 232- 4372 FIRESTORM CAFE 255-8115 FRENCH BROAD BREWERY TASTING ROOM 277-0222 GOOD STUFF 649-9711 GREEN ROOM CAFE 692-6335 GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN 232-5800 GROVE HOUSE THE GROVE PARK INN (ELAINE’S PIANO BAR/ GREAT HALL) 252-2711 HANGAR LOUNGE 684-1213 HARRAH’S CHEROKEE 497-7777 HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY 299-3370 ISIS MUSIC HALL 575-2737 JACK OF THE WOOD 252-5445 LEX 18 582-0293 THE LOBSTER TRAP 350-0505 METROSHERE 258-2027 MILLROOM 555-1212 MONTE VISTA HOTEL 669-8870 MOONLIGHT MILE 335-9316 NATIVE KITCHEN & SOCIAL PUB 581-0480 NIGHTBELL 575-0375 ODDITORIUM 575-9299 ONEFIFTYONE 239-0239 ONE STOP BAR DELI & BAR 255-7777 O.HENRY’S/TUG 254-1891 THE ORANGE PEEL 225-5851 OSKAR BLUES BREWERY 883-2337 PACK’S TAVERN 225-6944 THE PHOENIX 877-3232 PISGAH BREWING CO. 669-0190 PULP 225-5851 PURPLE ONION CAFE 749-1179 RED STAG GRILL AT THE GRAND BOHEMIAN HOTEL 505-2949 ROOT BAR NO.1 299-7597 SCANDALS NIGHTCLUB 252-2838 SCULLY’S 251-8880 SLY GROG LOUNGE 255-8858 SMOKEY’S AFTER DARK 253-2155 THE SOCIAL 298-8780 SOUTHERN APPALACIAN BREWERY 684-1235 STATIC AGE RECORDS 254-3232 STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE 669-8856 TALLGARY’S CANTINA 232-0809 TIGER MOUNTAIN

THIRST PARLOUR 407-0666 TIMO’S HOUSE 575-2886 TOWN PUMP 357-5075 TOY BOAT 505-8659 TREASURE CLUB 298-1400 TRESSA’S DOWNTOWN JAZZ & BLUES 254-7072 VANUATU KAVA BAR 505-8118 VINCENZO’S 254-4698 WESTVILLE PUB 225-9782 WHITE HORSE 669-0816 WILD WING CAFE 253-3066 WXYZ 232-2838

MARKET PLACE The Sean Mason Trio (groove, jazz, funk), 7pm METRO WINES Stand up comedy w/ Disclaimer Comedy, 7pm NEW MOUNTAIN Blackalicious (hip-hop), 9pm Stokeswood (Blackalicious after-party), 11pm NOBLE KAVA Kings County Lighthouse (chillwave), 8:30pm ODDITORIUM Girly Girl Revue Burlesque w/ Art Show, 9pm OLIVE OR TWIST 42nd Street Band (classic jazz) with swing & ballroom dancing, 8pm ONE STOP DELI & BAR Free Dead Fridays w/ members of Phuncle Sam (jam), 5pm 4th Ward Afro-Klezmer Orchestra (soul, funk), 10pm

VINCENZO’S BISTRO Steve Whiddon (old-time piano, vocals), 5:30pm WHITE HORSE Joshua Messick & friends (dulcimer champion), 8pm WILD WING CAFE Crocs (acoustic), 9pm WILD WING CAFE SOUTH A Social Function (acoustic), 9:30pm

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5 WALNUT WINE BAR Patrick Fitzsimons (jazz blend), 6pm El Duende (Latin jazz), 9pm

ANDREWS BREWING CO. The Scott Holt Band (blues, rock), 6pm ATHENA’S CLUB Mark Appleford (singer-songwriter, Americana, blues), 7pm BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Jeff Thompson Band (rock, jazz), 9pm BREVARD BREWING COMPANY Sliding Rockers (pop-rock), 7pm CLASSIC WINESELLER Rockell Scott & Bill Bares (jazz), 7pm CORK & KEG The Major Sevens (rock, bluegrass, folk), 8:30pm

FRENCH BROAD BREWERY TASTING ROOM Wayne Graham (alt-rock, Americana), 6pm

SCULLY’S DJ, 10pm SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BREWERY ‘Round the Fire (jam band), 8pm TALLGARY’S CANTINA Fine Line (classic rock), 9:30pm 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 TRESSA’S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES The Patrick Dodd Band (blues), 7pm The Nightcrawlers (blues/rock), 10pm

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DOUBLE CROWN DJ Lil Lorruh (50s, 60s R&B, rock), 10pm

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

SCANDALS NIGHTCLUB Dance party, 10pm

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

ELAINE’S DUELING PIANO BAR Dueling Pianos, 9pm

ROOT BAR NO. 1 Tuesday & The New Custards (rock, funk), 9pm

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GOOD STUFF Doctor Aqueous & The Fantastik Apparatus (funk, soul, electronic, hip-hop), 9pm GREEN ROOM CAFE & COFFEEHOUSE Lake & Moore (folk, Americana), 6:30pm GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Chris Smither (folk, blues), 8pm IRON HORSE STATION Mark Bumgarner (Americana), 7pm ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL Juan Benavides Group (Latin, jazz, soul), 9pm JACK OF THE WOOD PUB The Low Counts w/ Drunken Prayer (rock), 9pm JERUSALEM GARDEN Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7pm LEX 18 The Byron Hedgepeth Vibes Trio (Latin, jazz), 7:30pm LOBSTER TRAP Sean Mason Trio (jazz), 7pm MARKET PLACE DJs (funk, R&B), 7pm MILLROOM DJ Transputer w/ Shuhandz & Daniels Jack (electronic, IDM), 9pm NOBLE KAVA Aaron Price (acoustic explorations), 8:30pm

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DOUBLE-DEAD-HEADER: Indie-rock group Dead Fingers, consisting of Kate Taylor and Taylor Hollingsworth (plus drummer Alan Rosser), will set up camp two nights in a row in Western North Carolina. “Having fostered their songwriting skills through years of hard-won apprenticeships in late night bars and dingy rock clubs, sweating out 12-bar guitar runs and sweet harmonies over air thick with second-hand smoke and tired hangers-on waiting for the sun to rise, there’s little that has missed these two as they made their way through the ranks of indie-rock reality-checks, both with each other and on their own,” reads a passage from the band’s website. The first of two shows will be at Good Stuff in Marshall, on July 21, at 8 p.m. The second is set for July 22, at Jack of the Wood, at 9 p.m.

ODDITORIUM Sadgiqacea, Hivelords, Valkyrie, Black Mountain Hunger (metal), 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 Dim Combo (progressive), 10pm ORANGE PEEL Black Lips w/ Curtis Harding & The Shine Brothers (rock), 9pm PACK’S TAVERN “The Mix” 96.5 House Band (rock ‘n’ roll, classic hits), 9pm PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Trampled by Turtles (punk-grass, indie-folk), 7pm PURPLE ONION CAFE Calvin Edwards Trio, 8pm ROOT BAR NO. 1 Southern Bred Co. (rock), 9pm

SCANDALS NIGHTCLUB Dance party, 10pm SCULLY’S DJ, 10pm SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BREWERY The Stipe Brothers w/ Dan Ruiz (rock, pop), 8pm TALLGARY’S CANTINA Picasso Facelift (classic rock), 9:30pm THE ADMIRAL Soul night w/ DJ Dr. Filth, 11pm THE MOTHLIGHT Lucius w/ Her Marigold, 9pm THE PHOENIX Carver & Carmody (Americana), 1pm THE SOCIAL Karaoke, 9:30pm TIGER MOUNTAIN THIRST PARLOUR DJ Devyl’s Hands (psychedelic, indie, metal, rock), 10pm TIMO’S HOUSE Headroom II: Jer Bear & friends (dance party), 9pm

Smokey’s After Dark TOWN PUMP Thicker Than Water (bluegrass), 9pm

WILD WING CAFE SOUTH Party on the Patio w/ Crocs Duo, 5:30pm

TRESSA’S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES The King Zeros (blues), 7pm Jim Arrendell & The Cheap Suits (blues), 10pm

YACHT CLUB Steely Dan Sunday, 5pm

VINCENZO’S BISTRO Steve Whiddon (old-time piano, vocals), 5:30pm WHITE HORSE BJ Leiderman, Linda Go & Bob Hinkle, 8pm

MONDAY, JULY 21

5 WALNUT WINE BAR Jeff Thompson Trio (soul, rock), 8pm ALLEY KATS TAVERN Open mic, 8pm

WILD WING CAFE SOUTH Jason Whittaker Duo, 9pm

BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Bluegrass jam w/ Thicker Than Water, 7pm

185 KING STREET Sunday Funday, 12pm

BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Jazz brunch w/ Mike Gray Trio, 11:30am

DOUBLE CROWN Punk ‘n’ roll w/ DJ Leo Delightful, 10pm

BLUE KUDZU SAKE COMPANY Karaoke & brunch, 2pm

GOOD STUFF Hartle Road (rock), 6pm The Dead Fingers (folk-rock), 8pm A.J. Usher (rock), 9pm

HI-WIRE BREWING Mr. Charlee Boxwood, 5pm IRON HORSE STATION Mark Shane (R&B), 6pm ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL Jazz showcase, 6pm JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Irish session, 5pm LEX 18 Andrew J. Fletcher (barrelhouse piano), 11am Michael John Jazz & friends (jazz), 7:30pm

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SKY CITY BBQ Backyard comedy open mic, 8:30pm

THE SOCIAL Hartford bluegrass jam w/ Ben Saylor, 8pm TIGER MOUNTAIN THIRST PARLOUR Honky-tonk (classic country & rockabilly) w/ DJ Lil Lorruh & David Wayne Gay, 10pm

ORANGE PEEL Waltz night, 6pm

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

SCANDALS NIGHTCLUB Dance party, 10pm

WESTVILLE PUB Trivia night, 8pm

SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BREWERY The Wilhelm Brothers (Artists 4 Life fundraiser), 5pm

WILD WING CAFE SOUTH The Travelers Club & Southern Mountain Fire (bluegrass), 6pm

WHITE HORSE An Illiad w/ Algernon D’Amarosem (oneman theatrical presentation), 7:30pm

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ORANGE PEEL Reignwolf w/ The Broadcast (rock), 9pm

THE PHOENIX Jeff Sipe & Friends (jam, fusion), 8pm

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

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ONE STOP DELI & BAR Scars on 45 w/ Broken Anchor (indie, acoustic), 9pm

OLIVE OR TWIST Shag & swing lesson w/ John Dietz, 7pm DJ Michael Filippone (beach, swing, ballroom, rock), 8pm

THE SOCIAL ‘80s night, 8pm

A True Gentleman’s Club

ODDITORIUM Desperate Pilot, Feral Future & Hot Mess Monster (punk), 9pm

THE MOTHLIGHT Yonatan Gat w/ Kreamy ‘Lectric Santa & Kortiba (psych-rock, post-punk), 9pm

THE PHOENIX Blues brunch w/ Riyen Roots Trio, 12pm

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JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Quizzo, 7pm

ODDITORIUM Hearts Gone South & Sammy Guns (honky-tonk), 9pm

ONE STOP DELI & BAR Bluegrass brunch w/ The Pond Brothers, 11am FreeSessions (open mic, freestyle experiment), 8pm

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DOUBLE CROWN Karaoke w/ Tim O, 9pm

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BYWATER Open mic w/ Taylor Martin, 9pm

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

BYWATER Krektones (surf-rock), 5pm

Free Pool Karaoke Thirsty Thursday “After Dark” $1 Draft Hodgepodge Karaoke Bloody Marys

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ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Tuesday Night Funk Jam, 11pm

DUGOUT Karaoke, 9pm

BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Trivia, 7pm

EMERALD LOUNGE Blues jam, 8pm

BUFFALO NICKEL Trivia night, 7pm

GRIND CAFE Trivia night, 7pm

CLUB ELEVEN ON GROVE Dance, 8:30pm CORK & KEG Honkytonk jam w/ Tom Pittman & friends, 6:30pm DOUBLE CROWN Punk ‘n’ roll w/ DJs Sean & Will, 10pm

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COMING SOON ORIGINAL ACOUSTIC MUSIC ON THE PATIO HOSTED BY TAYLOR MARTIN FREE • 7 PM

TELLICO AND THE AARON BURDETT BAND

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JIM ARRENDELL DANCE PARTY $5 • 9 PM THE JUAN BENAVIDES GROUP WITH WHITNEY MOORE ORIGINAL ACOUSTIC MUSIC ON THE PATIO HOSTED BY TAYLOR MARTIN FREE • 7 PM

Thur LOCUST HONEY CD RELEASE WITH 7/24 THE OVERMOUNTAIN MEN $8/$10 • 8:15 PM Thur 7/31 THE BANKESTERS (BLUEGRASS) $8/$10 • 9pm Fri JERRY GARCIA BAND COVER BAND: 8/1 JERRY GARCIA BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION $10 • 9pm Every Sunday JAZZ SHOWCASE 6pm - 11pm • $5 Every Tuesday BLUEGRASS SESSIONS 7:30pm - midnite

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ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL Acoustic on the Patio w/ Taylor Martin & friends, 7pm

ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL Bluegrass session, 7:30pm

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

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Dead Fingers (indie-rock), 9pm

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

LEX 18 Steve Karla & Phil Alley (gypsy swing), 7:30pm

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

LOBSTER TRAP Jay Brown (Americana, folk), 7pm

MOUNTAIN MOJO COFFEEHOUSE Open mic, 6:30pm

ODDITORIUM Comedy open mic w/ Tom Peters, 9pm ONE STOP DELI & BAR Tuesday night techno, 10pm ORANGE PEEL The Musical Box performs Genesis, 8pm SCULLY’S Trivia night, 9pm THE SOCIAL Ashli Rose (singer-songwriter), 7pm

ODDITORIUM GirlsRock story night (early) w/ Act of Impalement, Van Hagar, MRSA & Beasts of Legend (late), 9pm OLIVE OR TWIST Swing dance lessons, 7pm 3 Cool Cats Band (vintage rock ‘n’ roll), 8pm

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

PISGAH BREWING COMPANY The Wilhelm Brothers (folk, Americana), 6pm

WESTVILLE PUB Blues jam, 10pm

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

WHITE HORSE Irish sessions --- Open mic, 6:30pm

SLY GROG LOUNGE Open mic, 7pm

WILD WING CAFE SOUTH Trivia, 8:30pm

TALLGARY’S CANTINA Open mic & jam, 7pm

ALTAMONT BREWING COMPANY Dave Desmelik songwriting event, 9pm ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Gratifly pre-party w/ Erothyme, Plantrae & Biomigrant (electronic, IDM), 10pm BEN’S TUNE-UP Live band karaoke w/ The Diagnostics, 9pm

THE PHOENIX Jazz night, 8pm THE SOCIAL Karaoke, 9:30pm TIGER MOUNTAIN THIRST PARLOUR Sean & Will (classic punk, power pop, rock), 10pm TIMO’S HOUSE Release AVL w/ Dam Good & guests (dance party), 9pm TOWN PUMP Open mic w/ Aaron, 9pm

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

TRESSA’S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Blues & soul jam w/ Al Coffee & Da Grind, 8:30pm

BYWATER Soul night w/ DJ Whitney, 8:30pm

URBAN ORCHARD Poetry on Demand w/ Eddie Cabbage, 6:30pm

CORK & KEG Irish jam w/ Beanie, Vincent & Jean, 7pm DOUBLE CROWN DJs Greg Cartwright & David Wayne Gay (country), 10pm

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NOBLE KAVA Open mic w/ Caleb Beissert, 9pm

ONE STOP DELI & BAR The Groove Orient w/ Travers Brothership (rock, blues, funk), 10pm

5 WALNUT WINE BAR Wine tasting w/ Steelin’ Time (Western swing), 5pm Juan Benavides Trio (Latin), 8pm

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NEW MOUNTAIN Dynohunter w/ Swimwear (electronic), 9pm

TRESSA’S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Early Tuesday w/ Pauly Juhl & Oso, 8:30pm

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

GOOD STUFF Old-time jam, 7pm

MARKET PLACE The Rat Alley Cats (jazz, Latin, swing), 7pm $8/$10 • 9 PM

HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Woody Wood Wednesdays (rock, soul, folk), 5:30pm

VINCENZO’S BISTRO Aaron Luka (piano, vocals), 7pm WILD WING CAFE SOUTH Skinny Wednesday w/ J LUKE, 6pm

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Life Itself

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PLAYERS: Roger Ebert, Chaz Ebert, Martin Scorsese, Werner Herzog, Ramin Bahrani, Marlene Siskel

Please call the info line for updated showtimes The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (PG-13) 1:00, 4:00, 10:00 Blended (PG-13) 7:00

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THE STORY: Documentary on movie critic Roger Ebert.

THE LOWDOWN: Something of a mixed bag — and one that dodges the hard questions and comes across more like a celebration of its subject than an actual portrait.

It nonetheless does a good job of capturing much of the essence of a man who loved the movies.

It’s difficult to know how to approach a film like this owing to how close to the bone a documentary on a movie critic cuts to another movie critic. It’s perhaps more difficult if you have — as I do — mixed feelings about the critic it examines. (I think I like Roger Ebert the person and Roger Ebert the lover of movies more than Roger Ebert the critic.) And after you traverse the minefield of almost unstinting praise for both the film Life Itself and Ebert, it’s impossible not to feel like a churl if you don’t join the chorus. The sense of hagiography that permeates the film is evident from the poster of an idealized, positively beatific Ebert, ethereally backlit by the light of a projection booth, staring in rapt wonder at an unseen movie screen. (It is perhaps the most cloying poster I’ve ever seen.)

The strange thing about this is that the film itself devotes a great deal of its energy — probably about

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a third of its nearly two-hour running time — showing Ebert in the last days of his life, shining a pitiless light on his post-operation physical condition. This footage — the only time documentarian Steve James had access to his subject — forms the structure of the film and is the one continuous narrative in the movie. I understand why this was the chosen approach. I get the sense that it expresses Ebert’s own refusal to hide from public scrutiny. What I am not sure of is the wisdom of this. It is sometimes hard to watch — not just in the obvious ways, but there is a growing sense of not being sure we should be seeing this. It will not play well to anyone who would prefer to remember him in his more vibrant days.

Overall, it’s a fairly on-target encapsulation of Ebert’s life, though I’m not sure it’s particularly revelatory. I liked learning the story of the Balkan Sobranie jigsaw puzzle that Ebert gave to Ramin Bahrani (a filmmaker Ebert tirelessly championed), but I doubt whether it substantially altered my image of the man in any significant way. The segments detailing his relationship with his TV co-star Gene Siskel are the best and the most complex in the film — not in the least

because some of the things it tells us about Siskel are much fresher than so much of what we’re hearing and seeing about Ebert. Siskel’s widow, Marlene, has far and away the most revelatory and moving observations.

What we end up with — and what I guess was wanted by Chaz Ebert — is a kind of celebration of Ebert.

There’s not a dissenting voice in the crowd. No one points out that Ebert had the great good luck to become a movie critic, mostly on the whim of the Chicago Sun-Times‘ publisher, at the exact same time film criticism was coming into its own. This was something that had more to do with Andrew Sarris and Pauline Kael than with Ebert, regardless of how you feel about them. Sarris is probably more responsible than anyone for the way we now associate the director with the movie. They’d been responsible for helping to legitimize movies — and movie criticism — as an art form to be taken seriously. The times were ripe for this. Older movies were being looked at anew, partly as a by-product of the nostalgia boom, and it is this already plowed and fertilized field where Ebert landed. If he added anything truly new to the mix

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— apart from self-promotion (at which he excelled) and the odious thumbsup brand of criticism — it was the personalization of criticism, and that developed over the years. His increasingly anecdotal approach to criticism was a definite break from the academic — more so than Kael or Sarris ever quite did. The exact value of this may be arguable, though I think it has a place. Not only does it make for a more conversational approach, but it orients the reader to a sense of where the critic is coming from, which is, if nothing else, useful.

Do I think Ebert was a truly great critic? Not really. I think Sarris was a great critic, if you want me to name names. But I found Ebert a compellingly readable one. I often liked the same movies he did, but just as often not for the same reasons. I frequently found him sloppy, many of his enthusiasms puzzling and his blindspots notorious. And though he would sometimes re-evaluate an earlier stance, he never admitted he was doing so. But I think he was genuine. I think he was sincere.

I think — for all his faults — he was a great person. And I think his very real love for the movies is beyond question.

That is something Life Itself makes abundantly clear, and with that I have no issues. Rated R for brief sexual images/nudity and language.

Starts Friday at Carolina Cinemas. reviewed by Ken Hanke

Begin Again HHHS DIRECTOR: John Carney (Once) PLAYERS: Keira Knightley, Mark Ruffalo, Hailee Steinfeld, Adam Levine, Catherine Keener, James Corden OFFBEAT ROM-COM WITH MUSIC RATED R THE STORY: A jilted singer-songwriter and a washed-up record producer team up to produce an album on their own.

THE LOWDOWN: A mostly pleasant but deeply flawed little film that gets by on its stars and a sense of generosity.

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I thought it was kind of charming but annoying. Then I thought it was kind of clever but annoying. Then I thought it was annoying but pleasant. And so on. If I go back over it, it shakes out the same — charming, clever, pleasant and annoying. It is very much trying too hard to be a bigger, slicker, more expensive Once (2007) — the film on which writer-director Carney’s reputation hangs (at least internationally).

Begin Again does look better, but some freshness gets lost in this elaboration, and an extra 20 minutes don’t help matters. That the barely sketched-in and largely inarticulate characters from Once have been replaced by better sketched-in, well-spoken ones played by actual movie stars, Keira Knightley and Mark Ruffalo, should be a plus. But mostly it’s a wash. For everything it brings to the proceedings, it takes something else away. That pretty much describes the whole movie.

Knightley plays Greta, a songwriter (and sometime singer), whose boyfriend, Dave (Adam Levine), has let his music biz success go to his head, leaving her lost and mostly alone in New York. But her old friend, Steve (Brit TV actor James Corden), takes her in, and on the night before Greta is slated to fly back to the U.K., Steve forces her onstage at the bar where he’s playing. Much against her will — and hardly to the audience’s delight — she performs a song that catches the attention of washed-up, generally drunken record producer Dan (Ruffalo). He has a vision of what the song — if properly produced — could be. All this is fine — if on the clichéd side — and it’s presented in a clever, almost literary, fashion with the film backtracking to show how both Greta and Dan ended up at this fateful encounter. Almost as good — though veering dangerously toward the cute — is the way Dan envisions her song and singing. I’m willing to let the cutesiness slide, though, because it mostly works.

It’s tempting to say that it’s after this that the film run into trouble, and while that’s not entirely wrong, it doesn’t take into account earlier signs of trouble. First of all, the whole relationship between Greta and burgeoning pop star Dave is a nonstarter. The writing is part of the problem, but the bigger problem is Adam Levine. He has no problem pulling off being a 24-karat douche, but he’s unconvincing in every other capacity. Second, the portrait of Dan as neglectful dad and crash-

HHHHH = max rating ing record producer is a grab bag of groan-worthy clichés. It’s all painted in the broadest strokes imaginable, and the upshot of his former partner (Mos Def, who has become Yasiin Bey for some mysterious reason) firing him is an obvious conclusion. As good as Ruffalo is, the scene is embarrassing.

But the bigger problems do indeed surface with the film’s major plot — Greta and Dan’s attempts at recording an album of songs using New York City as their sound studio. Even sidestepping — and I’m willing to do this — the improbability of doing this and the even greater improbability of the studio-quality results, Carney’s big theme about the redemptive and regenerative effect of music isn’t as persuasive as it might be. I’m on his side with this theme. I believe in the basics of it, but something about it doesn’t ring true, and all of it is a little too easy. It may have something to do with the fact that the songs are all pretty pleasant, but I came away unable to remember a single one. There are nice moments, yes. I liked the seemingly uptight violinist accepting a percentage of the profits deal “as long as it’s not fucking Vivaldi.” The scene where Greta and Dan listen to each other’s playlists is charming — even if it owes much to the one in Once where Marketa Irglova listens to the song she wrote the lyrics for on a Discman. There’s an overall sense of freedom to the scenes, but there are also horribly contrived moments — like when Dan’s daughter (Hailee Steinfeld) turns guitar virtuoso and Cee Lo Green’s rapper-ex-machina bit.

And then there’s Greta’s song ruined

by Dave’s “sell out” version that feels snatched from Music and Lyrics (2007).

It’s just so much a mish-mash of good and bad — or pleasant and annoying — that it’s impossible to quite embrace. At the same time, it’s impossible to actually dislike. Carney gives the film a likably rough-edged tone and at least avoids two looming cliché pitfalls that would have been disastrous. But a lot of what keeps the film afloat are Knightley and Ruffalo.

Without them, Begin Again would be unthinkable. Rated R for language.

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

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Dawn of the Planet of the Apes HHS DIRECTOR: Matt Reeves (Let Me In) PLAYERS: Andy Serkis, Jason Clarke, Gary Oldman, Keri Russell, Toby Kebbell POST-APOCALYPTIC ALLEGORICAL APE ACTION RATED PG-13 THE STORY: With humanity nearly wiped out by disease and supersmart apes living in the wilderness, human survivors and their intelligent simian counterparts attempt to build an uneasy alliance.

THE LOWDOWN: Deceptively goofy and far too self-important, the attempt to be a thoughtful, intelligent spectacle isn’t enough to give a free pass to what amounts to little less than the usual special effects-heavy summer blockbuster.

With it’s 91 percent approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a bevvy of critics calling Matt Reeves’ Dawn of the Planet of the Apes “brainy” and “intelligent,” I can only lament the sorry state of modern cinema, the flaccid nature of American film critics and the combination of the two in lowering our collective expectations as to what passes as a quality film. That the mere sheen of intelli-

gence in a movie about cartoon apes riding horses and shooting guns is enough to distract from the nonsensical plot and warmed-over bluster of this movie is embarrassing. In reality, it’s little more than another special effects-heavy summer blockbuster intent on explosions and property damage. And hell, I’d be the first to sign up for a movie about gun-toting equestrian chimps, but Dawn of the Planet of the Apes doesn’t even have the sense to be fun. Instead, it smothers itself in the worst kind of postChristopher Nolan blockbuster selfimportance and bombast imaginable.

The film picks up 10 years after Rise of the Planet of the Apes. Most of humanity has been wiped out by disease, and a clan of scientifically engineered, intelligent apes — led by the noble Caesar (a motion-captured Andy Serkis) — have built a simple civilization in the wilderness outside San Francisco. After two years of not seeing any signs of human beings (something difficult to swallow since there’s a colony of them about half an hour away), a group of people searching for an old hydroelectric dam stumble upon Caesar and his clan in an encounter that at first leads to violence, and then to an uneasy, precarious peace between the two factions.

This sets the plot in motion, with the humans wanting to fix the dam and restore electricity to San Francisco (their attempt to make contact with the outside world) and the Shakespearean machinations of the apes who are wary of the species that once tortured and experimented on them. This is where the film has gotten most of its goodwill, as Dawn becomes an obvious civil rights allegory, with the apes having broken the chains of imprisonment and the peaceful Caesar and the violent Koba (Toby Kebbell, The Counselor) vying for power and the right to choose how the apes move forward in sustaining their freedom.

As a whole, it almost works, but the rest of the movie can’t hold the center. And that’s without even getting into the notion of representing the black American struggle through the guise of apes. A lot of the film is, theoretically, supposed to explore the purpose of humanity’s survival, pointing out that, while man can do horrible things, there’s good there, too.

The only problem is that nearly all of the people in Dawn are idiots. When they’re not running around shooting things for the hell of it or blowing stuff up, they’re sitting on their hands. The whole purpose of repairing the dam is to fire up some radio transmitter, despite the fact these guys have had

electricity in some capacity for the last decade. And can’t one person in San Francisco build a ham radio?

No one’s seen this huge mass of apes living in the woods? Why is the armory just sitting around abandoned and fully stocked if civilization has collapsed?

Perhaps none of these faulty plot points would be a big deal, but Dawn wants so desperately to be taken seriously, with its languid pacing and bombastic final shot that’s more silly than iconic.

This is yet another movie that crescendos with more mass property damage (and a climax ripped from Tim Burton’s Batman, which is ironic within the world of Planet of the Apes films), iffy CGI (that David Edelstein apparently can’t tell these cartoonish creations from the real thing is depressingly silly) and a whole bunch of assault rifles that never need reloading.

What separates Reeves’ film from so many other dumb, forgotten action movies from the ’80s and ’90s besides the appearance of intelligence? Not a lot, but apparently — and sadly — that’s all that’s needed these days. Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of scifi violence and action, and brief strong language.

Playing at Carmike 10, Carolina Cinemas, Co-ed of Brevard, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande reviewed by Justin Souther

Third Person HHHS

DIRECTOR: Paul Haggis (Crash) PLAYERS: Liam Neeson, Maria Bello, Mila Kunis, Adrien Brody, Olivia Wilde, Moran Atias, James Franco, Kim Basinger DRAMA RATED R THE STORY: Three stories set in three different countries are intercut with each other.

THE LOWDOWN: A fascinating, flawed and occasionally maddening film with a terrific cast giving solid performances. It’s wildly ambitious — probably too much so — overstuffed, overlong and yet compelling in ways that better films often aren’t.

This was a very weird week at the movies for me. I reviewed three new films this week, and each of them would qualify for the term “mixed bag.” However, Paul Haggis’ Third Person might be the most mixed of the lot. Even more peculiar is the fact that I find myself in the position of defending the movie, which seems pretty incredible because no one has ever called me a fan of Paul Haggis’ work. I’m not even sure I’m exactly a fan of Third Person, but it’s getting a raw deal from most of my critical brethren. Or so it seems to me. Maybe I’m just dazzled by a movie in which Liam Neeson isn’t playing an AARPendorsed action hero and where I don’t feel a great need to slap James Franco. These are notable accomplishments in themselves, but there’s more worthwhile to the film than that.

Up front, I will admit it’s not a great film, nor even a very good one, but it’s ambitious — and kind of fascinating.

Haggis’ film is made up of three separate stories in three separate parts of the world — Rome, Paris and New York — that may or may not interconnect. Right away this is likely to call to mind Haggis’ 2005 Crash, a work that’s more notorious for beating out Brokeback Mountain for a Best Picture Oscar than anything else. The odd truth here is that it should call Crash to mind, but not because the two films are all that much alike. No, it’s because the two films are part of a single vision, and it’s that vision that Third Person is ultimately about. The problem with pursuing this line of thought very far is that it can’t be done without giving away more of the film than I should. But when Mick La Salle (one of the movie’s biggest supporters) in the San Francisco Chronicle says it’s the film Haggis “has been building toward for years,” this underlying theme is what he’s talking about, I think. It truly is a kind of summation.

It is also something of a puzzle, and this is where a lot of the complaints about the film originate, and yet the film plays fair in this regard. There are hints throughout — some subtle, one obvious — that things are not quite what they seem.

The three stories that make up the film have similar themes. One theme in particular is, in itself, a clue to the overall movie. In New York we’re dealing with Julia (Mila Kunis), a wreck of a human being trying to keep visitation rights to her son (newcomer Oliver Crouch) despite the best efforts of ex-husband Rick (James Franco) to prevent this.

Julia, who works (not very well) as a chambermaid in a posh hotel, sim-

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ply can’t get it together. In Paris is Michael (Liam Neeson), a writer with both professional and personal problems. He’s in a writing slump and dealing with estranged wife Elaine (Kim Basinger) back in the U.S. and his more-thanslightly disturbed girlfriend Anna (Olivia Wilde) in Paris. In Rome we have low-rent fashion thief Scott (Adrien Brody). While waiting for a plane back to the States, he becomes involved with a beautiful woman, Morika (Moran Atias), who may have mistaken him for a rich American and set him up.

Haggis moves freely from story to story with increasing speed, sometimes blurring the lines. The film builds in momentum to arrive at a conclusion that ... well, makes perfect sense, but is not going to be a crowd-pleaser. It’s also not quite as profound as Haggis seems to think — unless you look at it as part of a broader picture of the artist’s relation to his work. That’s probably not something most people will be willing to do.

Is Third Person a failure? Very probably it is. But it’s a kind of glorious failure — and one that’s beautifully produced and acted. More than that, however, it’s a bold film and an idiosyncratic work of great ambition and personal integrity.

And we don’t get nearly enough of those — certainly not enough that we can afford to overlook a flawed gem like this. Rated R for language and some sexuality/nudity.

Starts Friday at Carolina Cinemas. reviewed by Ken Hanke

Planes: Fire and Rescue You remember last year when Disney knocked out a Cars knockoff called Planes? Well, apparently it did well enough to warrant a sequel — never mind that it was critically trounced, and even a scant 50 percent of the paying audience liked it. Yes, it’s another sequel that nobody asked for.

So far, Justin Change (Variety) liked it, and Todd McCarthy (Hollywood Reporter) didn’t. (PG)

The Purge: Anarchy Continuing the pattern is The Purge: Anarchy — a sequel to last year’s critically lambasted The Purge, which was liked even less — 37 percent — by its audience. They’re barely trying this time. The blurb for this is: “The chaos continues in this Universal Pictures sequel produced by Jason Blum.”

That’s it. Well, it’s to the point — selling chaos. (R)

Sex Tape While Jake Kasdan’s Sex Tape is not a sequel, there’s an air of familiarity about it. It’s a movie where Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel try to spice up their sex life by making the sex tape — or its digital equivalent — of the title. Then Segel — because nobody knows anything about computers in the movies — accidentally sends it out into the Internet rather than deleting it. Mirth follows. Or so they hope. (R)

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Alphaville HHHH Director: Jean-Luc Godard Players: Eddie Constantine, Anna Karina, Akim Tamiroff, Howard Vernon SCI-FI DRAMA Rated NR Jean-Luc Godard’s Alphaville (1965) is simply one of the damndest things you’re ever likely to see. Godard took a popular noir-ish, pulp fiction detective, Lemmy Caution (Eddie Constantine) and plopped him into a nightmarish sci-fi movie that seems to be part serious, part satire — or possibly one huge practical joke.

Is Godard serious or not? Good luck reaching a conclusion on that, but it’s kind of fun to try. And that may well be the point.

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The Clearing HHHS Director: Pieter Jan Brugge Players: Robert Redford, Helen Mirren, Willem Dafoe, Alessandro Nivola, Matt Craven DRAMA Rated R The Clearing was partly shot in Asheville, giving it a certain local interest — though I fear that Asheville watchers may be disappointed that there’s nothing very specifically Ashevillian about it. Not that that’s so surprising, since the movie is supposed to be taking place in Pennsylvania, and most of the North Carolina footage appears to be the wooded scenes. The house in the film may also be local, but it isn’t presented in a manner by which you could really tell. I think the first scenes of Willem Dafoe in a parking garage are on the top floor of the one on Wall Street — though subsequent garage shots are curiously not on a top floor.

The Hendersonville Film Society will show The Clearing Sunday, July 20, at 2 p.m. in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community (behind Epic Cinemas), 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville.

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My Beautiful Laundrette HHHHH Director: Stephen Frears Players: Saeed Jaffrey, Roshan Seth, Daniel Day-Lewis, Gordon Warnecke, Derrick Branche, Shirley Anne Field COMEDY-DRAMA ROMANCE Rated R Since Stephen Frears had a movie up for a Best Picture Oscar — Philomena — last year, it’s apt that his first big hit, My Beautiful Laundrette, should be getting another look. This multicultural, multisexuality comedy-drama-romance kicked off Daniel Day-Lewis’ career and made the first mark for a production company called Working Title. It was also a major breakthrough in how gay characters were treated onscreen. And best of all, it’s funny, touching and entertaining, too.

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SALES/ MARKETING EXPERIENCED RETAIL SALESPERSON Part time experienced salesperson for 20-30 hours a week at downtown Asheville retail store specializing in Himalayan salt crystal lamps.

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JOBS MEDICAL/ HEALTH CARE APPALACHIAN COMMUNITY SERVICES currently has full-time positions in Haywood and surrounding Counties for Clinicians.

The open positions will include both Outpatient Therapist (regular hours) and Mobile Crisis Clinicians (shift work). Detailed information available upon request. Candidates must have a master’s degree in human services with full or provisional clinical licensure in the State of North Carolina (LPC, LCSW, LPA) AND a valid NC Driver’s license. Previous experience is required. Please contact humanresources@ acswnc.com PRN REGISTERED NURSE Eliada Homes has an opening for a PRN RN to work on our beautiful campus in Asheville at our PRTF. If you are an RN that is dedicated to improving the lives of children in our community, please apply online at www.eliada.org

HUMAN SERVICES AVAILABLE POSITIONS • MERIDIAN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Staff Psychiatrist Meridian Behavioral Health Services is a nonprofit provider of community mental health services serving nine counties in Western North Carolina.

We have an opening for a Psychiatrist providing outpatient care for adults. Our primary office locations are in Waynesville, Sylva, Franklin and Brevard. We are seeking physicians who have interest and experience in community mental health care - treatment of persistent mental illness and addiction. Part of this time could involve providing treatment for opioid addiction in our clinicbased buprenorphine (Suboxone) program. Minimal call responsibilities. Our locations have qualified for education loan repayment programs. Send CV to: Matthew Holmes, MD email: matt.holmes@meridianbhs.org or Joe Ferrara, CEO joe.ferrara@meridianbhs.org Transylvania, Haywood, Buncombe

Counties Multiple positions open for Peer Support Specialists working within a number of recovery oriented programs within our agency. Being a Peer Support Specialist provides an opportunity for individuals to transform their own personal lived experience with mental health and/or addiction challenges into a tool for inspiring hope for recovery in others. Applicants must demonstrate maturity in their own recovery process, have a valid driver’s license, reliable transportation and have moderate computer skills. For further information, contact hr.department@meridianbhs.org For further information and to complete an application, visit our website: www.meridianbhs. org/open-positions.html CHILD/ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH POSITIONS IN JACKSON, HAYWOOD, & MACON COUNTIES Looking to fill several full-time positions between now and Aug/ Sept. Licensed/provisional therapists to provide Outpatient, Day Treatment or Intensive In-home services to children/adolescents with mental health diagnoses. Therapists must have current NC therapist license. Apply by submitting resume to telliot@ jcpsmail.org CNA • CAREGIVER POSITIONS We screen, train, bond and insure. • Positions available for quality, caring and dependable professionals. Flexible schedules and competitive pay. Home Instead Senior Care. 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 fulltime, 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 COMMUNITY SUPPORT TEAM LEAD AND TEAM MEMBER POSITIONS AVAILABLE Parkway of FPS seeks Licensed or License eligible staff for CST Lead and QP positions in Buncombe County.

Duties include crisis work, on-call, case management, connection to community resources, and documentation. Paid holidays, vacation time, health, dental, vision and 401K available. Contact EBowman@ fpscorp.com.

LOANED EXECUTIVE 2014 UNITED WAY CAMPAIGN Make your community better, make professional connections. United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County seeks energetic, talented individuals for the 2014 campaign. • Key experience/skills: Fundraising, Public Speaking, Project Management. Fulltime positions run 8/18/1410/31/14. More info/apply: http://www.unitedwayabc.org/employmentopportunities LOOKING FOR A QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL to work from our Asheville office. Candidates must have a 4-year degree in human services and 2 years of post-degree experience working with people who have Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities.

Necessary abilities include goal writing, personnel management, training, and strong communication skills. An official transcript is required. Apply online at www.turningpointservicesinc.com LOOKING FOR FULL OR PART-TIME WORK? We are looking for you. WNC Group Homes provides residential services to people who have Autism and Intellectual Disabilities. Current open part-time positions include Monday-Friday, 6am-9:30am and Saturday/ Sunday, 9am-9pm. • FullTime opening on 2nd shift.

More information about WNC Group Homes and employment opportunities can be viewed at www. wncgrouphomes.org • Applications can be mailed or dropped off at 28 Pisgah View Ave, Asheville, NC 28803.

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 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) 2435163.

THERAPEUTIC FOSTER PARENTS NEEDED If you are interested in making a difference in the life of a child, and live in the Asheville area, please give me a call. Free training. Call Debbie Smiley (828) 2580031 ext. 348 or debbie. smiley@thementornetwork.com 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

TEACHING/ EDUCATION CAROLINA DAY SCHOOL is seeking an interim high school Spanish teacher.

The anticipated length of employment is six weeks, beginning in late August.

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Send application, letter of interest, and resume to: Whitney Boykin, Carolina Day School, 1345 Hendersonville Road, Asheville, NC 28803 wboykin@carolinaday.org 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-wide fundraisers. • Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree and development experience. • Submit resume and application from website: www.evergreenccs.org to: eleanor.ashton@evergreenccs.org HEAD START/NC PRE-K TEACHER ASSISTANT Needed Immediately: Energetic individual to work as an early childhood professional to join our high quality early childhood program. Experience working with preschool children and NC Early Childhood Credentials required. Associates Degree in Early Childhood Education or CDA preferred. Bi-lingual in Spanish-English a plus. Salary: $10.60./hr. A valid North Carolina driver’s license

is required. 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 after-school 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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by Rob Brezny

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19)

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20)

“I have complete faith in the continued absurdity of whatever’s going on,” says satirical news commentator Jon Stewart. That’s a healthy attitude. To do his work, he needs a never-ending supply of stories about people doing crazy, corrupt, and hypocritical things.

I’m sure this subject matter makes him sad and angry. But it also stimulates him to come up with funny ideas that entertain and educate his audience -- and earns him a very good income. I invite you to try his approach, Aries.

Have faith that the absurdity you experience can be used to your advantage.

While at a cafe, I overheard two people at the next table talking about astrology. “I think the problem-solvers of the zodiac are Cancers and Capricorns,” said a young, moon-faced woman. “Agreed,” said her companion, an older woman with chiseled features. “And the problem-creators are Scorpios and Geminis.” I couldn’t help myself: I had to insert myself into their conversation so as to defend you. Leaning over toward their table, I said, “Speaking as a professional astrologer, I’ve got to say that right now Geminis are at least temporarily the zodiac’s best problem-solvers. Give them a chance to change your minds.” The women laughed, and moon-face said, “You must be a Gemini.” “No,” I replied. “But I’m on a crusade to help Geminis shift their reputations.”

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) Bananas grow in Iceland, a country that borders the Arctic Ocean. About 700 of the plants thrive in a large greenhouse heated by geothermal energy. They don’t mature as fast as the bananas in Ecuador or Costa Rica. The low amounts of sunlight mean they require two years to ripen instead of a few months.

To me, this entire scenario is a symbol for the work you have ahead of you. You’ve got to encourage and oversee growth in a place that doesn’t seem hospitable in the usual ways, although it is actually just fine. And you must be patient, knowing that the process might take a while longer than it would in other circumstances.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) Mozart debuted his now-famous opera *Don Giovanni* in Prague on October 29, 1787. It was a major production, featuring an orchestra, a chorus, and eight main singers. Yet the composer didn’t finish writing the opera’s overture until less than 24 hours before the show. Are you cooking up a similar scenario, Cancerian? I suspect that sometime in the next two weeks you will complete a breakthrough with an inspired, last-minute effort. And the final part of your work may well be its “overture;” the first part will arrive last. (P.S.: Mozart’s *Don Giovanni* was well-received, and I expect your offering will be, too.)

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) “We must learn to bear the pleasures as we have borne the pains,” says writer Nikki Giovanni. That will be apt advice for you to keep in mind during the coming months, Leo. You may think I’m perverse for suggesting such a thing. Compared to how demanding it was to manage the suffering you experienced in late 2013 and earlier this year, you might assume it will be simple to deal with the ease and awakening that are heading your way. But I’d like you to consider the possibility that these blessings will bring their own challenges. For example, you may need to surrender inconveniences and hardships you have gotten used to, almost comfortable with. It’s conceivable you will have to divest yourself of habits that made sense when you 62

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VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) I would hate for your fine mind to become a liability. As much as I admire your native skepticism and analytical intelligence, it would be a shame if they prevented you from getting the full benefit of the wonders and marvels that are brewing in your vicinity. Your operative motto in the coming days comes from Virgo storyteller Roald Dahl: “Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.” Suspend your disbelief, my beautiful friend. Make yourself receptive to the possibility of being amazed.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) Kris Kristofferson is in the Country Music Hall of Fame now, but it took a while for him to launch his career. One of his big breaks came at age 29 when he was sweeping floors at a recording studio in Nashville. He managed to meet superstar Johnny Cash, who was working there on an album. A few years later, Kristofferson boldly landed a helicopter in Cash’s yard to deliver his demo tape. That prompted Cash to get him a breakthrough gig performing at the Newport Folk Festival. I wouldn’t be surprised if you were able to further your goals with a similar sequence, Libra: luck that puts you in the right place at the right time, followed by some brazen yet charming acts of self-promotion.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) In her poem “Looking Back,” Sarah Brown Weitzman writes that she keeps “trying to understand / how I fell / so short of what I intended / to do with my life.” Is there a chance that 30 years from now you might say something similar, Scorpio? If so, take action to ensure that outcome doesn’t come to pass. Judging from the astrological omens, I conclude that the next ten months

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SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) “There is no such thing as a failed experiment,” said author and inventor Buckminster Fuller, “only experiments with unexpected outcomes.” That’s the spirit I advise you to bring to your own explorations in the coming weeks, Sagittarius. Your task is to try out different possibilities to see where they might lead. Don’t be attached to one conclusion or another. Be free of the drive to be proven right. Instead, seek the truth in whatever strange shape it reveals itself. Be eager to learn what you didn’t even realize you needed to know.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) Architects in ancient Rome used concrete to create many durable structures, some of which are still standing. But the recipe for how to make concrete was forgotten for more than a thousand years after the Roman Empire collapsed in the fifth century. A British engineer finally rediscovered the formula in 1756, and today concrete is a prime component in many highways, dams, bridges, and buildings.

I foresee a similar story unfolding in your life, Capricorn. A valuable secret that you once knew but then lost is on the verge of resurfacing. Be alert for it.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) Beginning in 1798, European cartographers who drew maps of West Africa included the Mountains of Kong, a range of peaks that extended more than a thousand miles east and west. It was 90 years before the French explorer Louis Gustave Binger realized that there were no such mountains. All the maps had been wrong, based on faulty information. Binger is known to history as the man who *undiscovered* the Mountains of Kong.

I’m appointing him to be your role model in the coming weeks, Aquarius. May he inspire you to expose long-running delusions, strip away entrenched falsehoods, and restore the simple, shining truths.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) In the simplest, calmest of times, there are two sides to every story. On some occasions, however, the bare minimum is three or more sides. Like now. And that can generate quite a ruckus. Even people who are normally pretty harmonious may slip into conflict. Fortunately for all concerned, you are currently at the peak of your power to be a unifying force at the hub of the bubbling hubbub. You can be a weaver who takes threads from each of the tales and spins them into a narrative with which everyone can abide. I love it when that happens! For now, your emotional intelligence is the key to collaborative creativity and group solidarity.

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Note: When this puzzle is done, the seven circled letters, reading clockwise, will spell a phrase relating to the puzzle’s theme.

ACROSS 1 Put off 6 ___-American 10 Pen, e.g.

14 Not engaging 15 “Remove,” to a typesetter 16 Oscar-winning Ben Affleck film 17 Not pass 18 [Canada] 20 Lighted tree, maybe 21 Zilch 22 Party with a piñata, say 23 “For sure, dude!”

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58 Wildcatter’s investment 59 [Japan] 61 Sing with dulcet tones 63 Like many a beanie 64 Intl. association since 1960 65 Place of learning in France 66 Word after “&” in some store names 67 June 14, e.g.

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