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CARTOON BY RANDY MOLTON

Culture deserves investment I am the vice-president and secretary for the Chaddick Foundation, which donates money to various notfor-profit groups in Asheville. I am quite concerned by the comments recently made by Ken Michalove and others regarding the Asheville Art Museum [See “Disorder in the House” elsewhere in this issue]. Our foundation has donated to the AMM’s capital campaign, and I have been thrilled with what I have seen. AAM Director Pam Myers and her team used just $100,000 in private and in-kind donations last year to overhaul 20,000 square feet of space vacated by the Health Adventure. She wants people to get a sense of what can be achieved. She redid the floors, painted the walls (and yes, she did some of the painting herself), added new spaces and procured the impressive entryway/bathroom/front room artwork, all done by local artists. It was all done with just $100,000 in private donations and discounts offered by local businesses who also agree with her vision. My taxes go to pay for schools and sidewalks, even though I have no children and the closest sidewalk to my home is more than a mile away. Our foundation supported the Top-A-Stop program to shelter

our elderly and handicapped, even though my family is dead and I do not ride the bus . We have given to the Western Carolina Ministries Mission, MemoryCare and the St. Vincent DePaul Society, even though I am neither homeless nor incapacitated. Sometimes, as Americans and as Asheville citizens, our taxes are used for projects in which we are not particularly interested or personally invested. We do it for the betterment of our community and the country. I don’t know if Myers will raise the $24 million that she wants for the AAM. But I do know that every penny I have given her has been used to create a space that will attract both locals and visitors. People complain that Asheville has become a place to eat, get drunk and get into fights. Supporting our arts and cultural events mitigates that, and will bring in higher-income tourists who will spend more money, thereby keeping our property taxes fairly low. In a town as small as Asheville, everyone knows everyone and there is no scandal in that. This, frankly, is the story of a very strong institution, an ambitious and focused leader and a board of directors who believe in their project and ask for others to do the same. — Suzanne Hudson Asheville

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As longtime election workers in Asheville Precinct 17.1 (Beth Israel Synagogue), we protest the intention of newly appointed Board of Elections member Robert Knapp to force out Elections Director Trena Parker. Under Parker's leadership, the Buncombe County Board of Elections has attained a reputation as the best county board in the state. Election officials all over the state have begun emulating processes first adopted here in Buncombe. Parker has the enthusiastic backing of almost everyone who has “worked the elections” for the past two decades. She is professional. She is impartial and fair to all voters and all employees. In last year's disputed District 2 election for the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners, Parker and the elections board fairly and impartially applied the laws and rules that were set by a Republicancontrolled legislature. It is totally wrong for Knapp to attempt to punish Parker for following the letter of the law when the laws they wrote backfired in their attempts to bias the election process in the one party's favor. We [writing this letter] are Republicans and Democrats. We have served as chief judge, party judge and/or election assistant in precinct 17.1. The Buncombe County Republican Party should help keep the Board of Elections free of political manipulation by immediately removing Knapp from his position on the board and appointing a Republican who would stick to overseeing the elections process in a professional and nonpartisan manner. Having done that, they should urge Jack Westall, the party's other appointee, to reconsider his decision to not be sworn in. — Ernie Thurston (Democratic Judge); Betty S. Parks (Republican Judge); Jane Northway (Chief Judge); Geneve H. Bacon (Democratic Election Assistant); Bill Berdahl (Republican Election Assistant); Jamie Berdahl (Democratic Election Assistant)

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Organize, agitate and spread the truth Sen. Thom Goolsby restated his Chatham Journal op-ed headline “Moron Mondays” to a new agenda titled “Money Mondays,” [which you can read at his website, thomgoolsby.com]. Aha! The truth is out! He has to connect ‘money’ to Rev. Barber’s movement because he and his Republican cronies cannot, for the life of them, connect the movement with morality! There is not a moral bone in their bodies. Talk about money. This legislature was, with the help of the “Citizens United” case, bought and paid for by corporate money. There is another movement afoot to amend the Constitution to declare that corporations are not persons. Sixteen states have signed

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resolutions to amend. It takes 38 states to take it to Congress. It will take some time, but it will be done (there is a petition online at MoveToAmend.org). Make no mistake about it: Republicans are terrified of these grassroots movements that are growing and coming to a city near you soon. Moral Monday in Asheville on Aug. 5 at 5 p.m. Be there if you care! — Joan Palmroos Otto

Gender bias in Bele Chere lineup? I was talking today with a group of friends about the musical lineup during Bele Chere, and from our inspection it appears that less than 20 percent of the lineup features bands with a female lead. What’s more, all of the bands with a female lead play outside of prime time, or not on a main stage. This means that every single one of the prime-time, main-stage acts are male-fronted bands (that’s seven out of seven bands).

Does this represent the talent pool here in the region? No. There are an amazing selection of female-fronted acts based locally or regionally, and their voices and messages are both important and beautiful. While I would not go so far as to say this bias was intentional, I would say that this may be a moment when we can clearly face the fact that even in such a progressive space as Asheville, women still face significant challenges in getting recognition for the amazing work they do. — Solon David Smith Asheville

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The face of abortion By Danielle Dulken

I was 19 years old when I went to Femcare for an in-clinic surgical procedure known as aspiration. The Asheville center is the only one in the state that meets the surgicalambulatory restrictions proposed in House Bill 695, or the Family, Faith and Freedom Protection Act, and Senate Bill 353, or the Health and Safety Law Changes. These bills, different in name, but alike in provision, developed concurrently in the North Carolina General Assembly. However, SB 353 has an additional section mandating doctors remain present for the use of “medication” abortion, a threeday treatment that uses mifepristone. As of July 11, both of these aggressive anti-abortion bills passed the House and Senate and now await Gov. Pat McCrory’s signature. If put into effect, the unmanageable hike in costs resulting from the laws will not make abortion clinics safer — it will make abortion clinics nonexistent. The difference between an abortion clinic and a surgical ambulatory center, or a hospital-style surgical center, is estimated to be $1 million in facility additions. According to Raleigh news outlet WRAL, the renovations included in this budget are: adjusted sink proportions, heavy construction for wider hallway dimensions sufficient for two gurneys and larger parking-lot spaces. And though it is not explicitly stated in the bill text that a doctor will have to remain available for all three days of mifepristone treatment, the adjustments to medical staff for the initial dose of treatment will further strain clinics.

This is not to say that the state’s other 15 clinics currently serving the women of North Carolina compromise the health of their patients. These clinics are routinely inspected and can be suspended for failure to meet regulations. Furthermore, Planned Parenthood states that an in-clinic abortion, in non-ambulatory centers, is a procedure 11 times less likely to end in fatality than childbirth. The burden of HB 695’s and SB 353’s strict and costly regulations are indeed more of a strategic move against women’s rights than a response to safety concerns. Most of the chief national media outlets, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, The Wall Street Journal, MSNBC and USA Today, have headlined some of this year’s most aggressive restrictions coming from states like Texas, Ohio, Wisconsin and North Dakota, where the state assembly just lost its battle to prohibit abortion after six weeks. Six weeks into my pregnancy, my period was not exactly late, and the tests I administered consistently yielded negative responses. It was not until nine weeks, after no indications of menstruation, that I visited my college’s infirmary where, through a blood test, I learned I was pregnant. I carefully deliberated my options, turning to my supportive mother to discuss adoption and other alternatives. It was in these moments of fear, when I was reeling from impending uncertainty, that my mother revealed she too once had to make this choice. My mother’s story of her decision to have an abortion gave this demonized term a tangible face, my own mother’s face.

Two pending bills will make abortion clinics nonexistent in North Carolina

And like my mother, I also became a face of abortion. Seven years ago, had I not had the ability to make that choice in North Carolina, because a state legislation with an unjust agenda usurped my reproductive freedoms, it is possible I could have had to carry an unwanted child to term. Unwanted childbirth, a phenomenon that is the subject of a study directed by Diana Greene Foster at The University of San Francisco, can undermine the health and wellbeing of a child. Such negative consequences are just now gaining attention through Dr. Foster’s groundbreaking analysis. (For more about Foster’s “turnaway” research, visit ansirh.org/ research/turnaway.php). When HB 695 and SB 353 reach Gov. McCory’s desk, despite the skepticism he shared about the blindsided tactics used to pass some of the legislation, I expect at least one of them will be met

with his signature. But, what he and the numerous party officials controlling all of North Carolina’s state politics fail to admit is that they too have seen a face of abortion, as have you. According to Planned Parenthood, 1 out of 3 women in the U.S. have an abortion by the time they are 45 years old. This face might pass you on your way to work, in the hallway at your office, or even sit across from you at your own breakfast table. I was 19 years old when I chose to have an abortion — a decision I have never once regretted. My partner and I had the unconditional support of my family. And thankfully my home state, North Carolina, recognized my right to make the best choice, my own choice, without legislative obstructions. I deserved the right to make that choice then, just as the women in your lives do now. X

When HB 695 and SB 353 reach Gov. McCory’s desk, I expect at least one of them will be met with his signature. But, what he and the numerous party officials controlling all of North Carolina’s state politics fail to admit is that they too have seen a face of abortion, as have you. mountainx.com

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Rumors that the developing Harris-Teeter complex on Merrimon Avenue would include a certain Southern fastfood drive-thru chain have been wafting through town for some months, and on July 15, food writer Emily Patrick confirmed the news. “Chick-fil-A confirmed through an email to Xpress that the new location is ‘projected to open,’ although public relations representative Bernard Hendrix says it’s too early to say exactly when.” While there are existing Chickfil-A locations in Asheville already, the proximity to downtown Asheville perhaps rekindled the ire some residents felt when the Georgia-based restaurant’s chief operating officer Dan Cathy made public comments in June 2012 opposing same-sex marriage. His comments were in response to reports that Chick-fil-A had made charitable contributions to organizations similarly opposed to the same cause. Boycotts were called, “appreciation days” were planned in rebuttal, and eventually downtown Asheville had a mural of Cathy done up in the garb of ‘70sera drag queen Divine (pictured). Aside from the cultural implications of the chain’s downtown outpost, other readers lamented the encroachment of non-local business and the inevitable traffic complications of a drive-thru at the already dense, busy intersection of Merrimon and Chestnut Street. But not everyone’s feathers are ruffled. A few readers welcome the establishment. As one reader, Mookie, put it on mountainx.com: “Dude, Chick-fil-A is delicious and I’m gay.” Let us know what you think at http://avl.mx/xy. Via Facebook For people in AVL who like their highly processed “chicken” slathered in homophobia with a side of religion. — Scott Benson I’d rather have mine slathered in

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A mural painted by Gus Cutty in 2012 satirized the controversial statements of Chick-fil-A’s Dan Cathy. Photo by Jaye Bartell

religion with a side of homophobia, a side of racism, and a side of Republican filibuster. Chikfil-A-Buster — Sean Zigmund And don’t forget the pickle! — Jeffrey Long I think that’s super! Now I don’t have to take the garbage in my car all the way to Tunnel Road! I can put it in the parking lot of the Merrimon one! — Diane Hollifield Vote with your $$. Don’t eat there, and they will hopefully go away eventually. With Bojangles’ across the street, can there really be that much demand for disgusting fried chicken? — jenna yarosh I know right?! That Bojangles’ doesn’t get much business anyway! — Kelly Prime I just lost my appetite. — Reese Huffman

Anti-gay restaurant in Asheville? I don’t think that’s going to go so well. — Casey Willette I gotta laugh at all the hate. I love Chik-fil-A, I could care less what their COO has to say about human rights. It’s not like the people who run restaurants are elected, folks. Giving an entire chain hell over someone’s opinions is flat-out dumb. — Bruce Whitaker Bruce, it is not about a person’s opinions. It is about the company giving millions of dollars to groups that advocate an anti-gay agenda. The money you spend on that sandwich goes to hate groups. — Jill Boniske This is our elected officials hard at work. This is proof of their ineffective and outright spineless money grab. They will sell our oncequaint and culturally significant town to any group with a financial agenda. They will use tired broken

rhetoric and talking points to achieve victory come election time. Asheville is still an amazing place to live, but what are they thinking! Who signs off on this? Who dissents? How many more horrible decisions are they going to allow (like Merrimon isn’t a horrible traffic nightmare — now with two chain groceries, it will become worse). Not really sure how the revenue outweighs the congestive future nightmare. Thank your City Council, people, and the mayor. Thank the county commissioners; thank them for working so hard to keep Asheville drunk on craft beer, and shopping at the same chain grocery stores, and staying at high-dollar boutique hotels. I am really ashamed of these decisions. — Marshall Pyle Seems like downtown is starting to go more corporate. It’s funny that it is mostly centered around the Merrimon exit (Patton Avenue in West Asheville is already lost). I couldn’t believe when I got home from tour and there was a big ugly brick wall that said Staples on it, right by the interstate. Made me feel like I was in the wrong city. I must say that I feel like that has been somewhat balanced out by the awesome artwork on the bridge. Someone should propose a budget to Staples to paint their brick wall with some cool local Asheville art. In Hawaii, they only use lowpressure-sodium street lights and have size regulations on business signs to preserve the natural beauty and cut down on light pollution. Jus’ sayin’! We are an artistic community that believes in supporting local business, that is something to be proud of, and is a reason many folks travel here to spend “out of town money.” Let’s keep Asheville unique! — John-Paul Miller Let’s see … What have we got on Merrimon? McDonald’s, of course. Subway. Jersey Mike’s, Bojangles, Wendy’s, Atlanta Bread Company, what am I leaving out? China Wok. On the positive tip, we also have Marco’s, Circle In The Square, Rise’n’Shine, The Hop, Urban

Burrito, Zen Sushi, HomeGrown and Dough. I suppose we should be grateful that we don’t have Burger King, Taco Bell, Krispy Creme, etc. And of course I just can’t wait to see the incredibly clever solution for managing traffic at the Merrimon/Chestnut intersection. There is one, right? — Dave Erickson

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Talk about a square peg in a round hole ... or a turd in a punch bowl. How stupid for Harris Teeter to choose that chain. Why not a realfood, locally owned restaurant? I see no reason to ever go there. — Nila Scribner My apartment already smells like Bojangles’ half the time ... — Mister-Photon Haptic-Interface Furr But imagine all those minimumwage jobs! — Susan Troianello It’s tasty chicken — nothing more, nothing less. — Kathleen HilkerLawlor They can’t tolerate gays but if you walk in there in a cow costume with udders sticking out from your pelvic area, you get a free sandwich! — Janet Swan Mmmm — chicken soo good — Hugh Owings Tsk, tsk. Let it go ! — Eddie Baker Via Mountainx.com Boo! Go away Chick-fil-A! We don’t want you or your moral majority biggotry here. Go open up at Dolly World where you belong. — John Lomax If you don’t want to help them, pipe down. The year of the big anti-gay boycott produced their most profitable year, spurred by 12 percent growth. — indy499 I’m not trying to either help them or hurt them, and the likelihood of a posted comment on this site having any effect at all on anyone or any business is slim to none. While marches, protests and attempts at boycotts have and will continue to have the opposite effect, as you note. Thanks for the advice, but I decline to accept it. — Dionysis

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After nearly two years, the switchboard lights are glowing once again inside MAIN-FM’s studio on Haywood Street. And that’s good news for Western North Carolina, says Wally Bowen, who founded both the community radio station and the nonprofit Mountain Area Information Network, which operates the station. “At a time when commercial media, particularly radio and TV, are pretty much totally controlled by absentee corporations, there’s just virtually no opportunities for local voices to be heard,” Bowen maintains. “There’s definitely a hunger out there for local radio.” It’s been a rocky road for MAINFM. When it was launched about 10 years ago, Federal Communications Commission regulations limited the signal strength to 1 watt. That meant the broadcasts could be heard only in parts of west and south Asheville, Oakley and certain spots in Kenilworth. And beginning in the fall of 2011, problems with its Busbee Mountain tower forced the station to shift most of its programming to the Internet and maintain only the minimum amount of broadcasts needed to keep its license. As a result, people tuning into 103.5 FM found little more than dead air. In January, however, the FCC changed its restrictions on low power FM stations, and the following month, MAIN-FM obtained a new broadcast frequency. After some equipment upgrades, the station came back on air in June. It can now be heard at 103.7 FM within a 10-mile radius of downtown Asheville, in places as far away as

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Fletcher, Candler and Weaverville. That expanded reach, notes Bowen, means it can be “a powerful new outlet for local voices.” Broadcast magic Bowen’s not alone in his passion for community radio. Asheville FM is in the process of obtaining a low power FM broadcast license to augment its Internet presence. Co-manager Kim Roney says the station’s nearly 60 volunteers are what keeps it going. Other area residents are eager to jump on MAIN-FM’s bandwagon. “Back to the Garden,” a radio callin show that ran on WCQS several years ago, can now be heard on MAIN-FM Wednesdays at 7 p.m. and Sundays at 1 p.m. Besides providing a chance to resurrect the show, being part of

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BACK TO THE RADIO: On MAIN-FM, Peter Loewer (left), Patrik Battle (right) and Alison Arnold (not pictured) revive “Back to the Garden,” which aired for several years on WCQS. Photo by Max Cooper

MAIN-FM offers new opportunities, notes co-host Patrik Battle. “I really want there to be a truly independent voice for the people of Western North Carolina,” he says. “I want as many diverse voices as possible: I want dialogue.” Meanwhile, Blue Ridge Community College history professor Patricia Furnish is teaming up with Mark West to pro-

duce “Carolina Clean Air Acts,” an hourlong documentary-style radio program. Later this year, the duo plans to start exploring the region’s untold stories, including such topics as fracking, North Carolina’s standyour-ground law and adult literacy. For too long, West asserts, geographic isolation and financial barriers have meant that some WNC residents were left out of important community conversations. Not everyone has high-speed Internet, he points out, but “You can go to Goodwill and get a working FM radio for a dollar. So that means it’s accessible to anybody, anywhere, anytime,” says West, who chairs UNCA’s Mass Communication Department. And that, he maintains, makes radio the most democratic medium of all. “The on-air signal is a crucial aspect of the effort to reach everybody.”

“People still want to hear a story. They want you to weave a narrative for them and inform them at the same time.” — Patricia Furnish, co-host of “Carolina Clean Air Acts,” a new show being planned for MAIN-FM.

The little station that could But before MAIN-FM could start using its new frequency, notes Bowen, the station had to make some key investments. All told, it cost about $10,500 to hire broadcast engineers and an FCC attorney, buy a new transmitter, replace a production room mixer, invest in an antenna upgrade, pay staff and cover installation fees. “In the world of media reform, change takes time and patience,” he observes. Revenue generated by MAIN, a nonprofit Internet service provider, cover most of the station’s roughly $50,000 annual operating budget, Bowen reports, with donations making up the rest. Under FCC rules, low power FM radio stations like MAIN-FM broadcast only noncommercial, educational programming and operate at less than 100 watts. In addition to its local programming, the station is the only one in the region that broadcasts

“Democracy Now!” and “The Thom Hartmann Program” live, he points out. But technical issues aren’t the only challenges the station has faced. Bowen, who has Lou Gehrig’s disease, stepped down as executive director July 1. “I’m still actively involved on the board and still obviously have a leadership role, but I just can’t provide the day-to-day management in the office, particularly what the Internet service requires.” Nonetheless, he continues to have big dreams for the little station he founded in 2003. Right now, MAIN-FM is in the midst of its summer fundraising drive.

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Bowen agrees, saying, “People are drawn to websites all around the world, but community radio still has the power to bring a local audience together to hear local voices.” For her part, Furnish feels that broadcasting “Carolina Clean Air Acts” over low power FM evokes feelings of nostalgia while satisfying human beings’ fundamental need for stories. “Back in the 1930s and ’40s, people would say, ‘Shh! Our show’s coming on; we want to hear!’” And even today, she says, “People are listening intently to these evocative voices. People want you to weave a narrative for them and inform them at the same time. I’m very interested in narrative storytelling on the medium of radio: I think there’s almost something primal about it that we’re missing today.”

Looking ahead, Bowen would like to explore using additional frequencies to expand the station’s reach, and perhaps resurrect URTV, Buncombe County’s defunct public access channel. But what drives his vision, Bowen emphasizes, is the thing that makes community radio so powerful. “It’s immediacy. Ultimately, most of our content will be live,” he says. And even if “Carolina Clean Air Acts” isn’t live, Furnish, who came up with the idea for the show, feels that unpredictability provides an element of surprise that keeps listeners hooked. “I wanted to do something that was journalistic and investigative, but also along the lines of NPR’s ‘This American Life,’ where the stories are sometimes very quirky and where, at certain points, you don’t even know why this is a story and then there’s that connection that happens,” she explains. “But for our program, I want that connection, that trail, to always lead back to Asheville or Western North Carolina.” X

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In the running Filing closed on July 19, so Ashevilleans now know who’s running for office in this fall’s city elections. Three candidates are vying to be the city’s next mayor, and five seek to fill three open City Council seats (a sixth candidate, Anastasia Yarlborough, filed but a few days later, announced via Facebook that she was withdrawing).

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The field of Asheville City Council and mayoral candidates

With three candidates up for mayor, there will be a primary on Oct. 8. The regular election takes place on Nov. 12. With the state legislature working on voting bills, it’s not yet clear when early voting will commence. Here’s a rundown of the candidates, and their statements.

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Esther Manheimer manheimerformayor.com Occupation, experience: Attorney, current vice mayor Statement: “Our challenges and opportunities have multiplied, and I see that our need for inclusive, inspired, strategic leadership is perhaps greater than ever. Because I am committed to providing that leadership, I will ask for the people’s support to be elected as Asheville’s next mayor.”

Cecil Bothwell cecilbothwell.com Occupation, experience: Builder, writer, current Asheville City Council member Statement: “Bothwell’s platform emphasizes a greener, more sustainable Asheville; maintaining our schools, community centers and parks; equal rights for all Ashevillians; and more affordable housing. In a second term, these areas will be the focus of Bothwell’s endeavors.”

John Miall miallformayor.com Occupation, experience: Consultant, former risk management director, city of Asheville. Statement: “I have a passion to return to public service and lead the City of Asheville as its Mayor. I spent a lifetime building relationships and taking leadership roles to achieve success, both locally and nationally. I want to bring those skills to City Hall where I believe they are needed.”

Mike Lanning Occupation, experience: Former Asheville Police Department officer, former head of Police Benevolent Association Statement: “I’m running because of the issues with the Asheville Police Department, because there needs to be accountability and transparency...Because somebody up there needs to ask questions, and not just accept the information city staff are giving them.”

Martin Ramsey Occupation, experience: Works at Early Girl Eatery, activist Statement: “Given the circumstances surrounding our city in dealing with a hostile General Assembly, the rewriting of our local election system, corporate welfare, police misconduct, expensive housing, and an over investment in an ecologically and economically unsustainable tourist economy, I could not allow this race to proceed without a meaningful debate on these issues.”

Gordon Smith gordonforavl.com Occupation, experience: Family therapist, current Asheville City Council member Statement: “We can grow Asheville’s middle class and become a more independent, more resilient community. We can have more livingwage jobs, more affordable housing, more affordable transportation, increased food security, and a culture of equality for all of our citizens. Asheville is an aspirational city, and we can rise to this occasion.”

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A-Team: Archaeologists Robin Beck, David Moore and Christopher Rodning led the excavation, assisted by students from Warren Wilson College.

“Our work at the Berry site helps us to learn more about the early and critical period of interaction between the native peoples and European colonizers,” says Moore, who’s been assisted over the years by teams of Warren Wilson students. “It’s a complex and compelling story that foretells the troubles and tragedies faced by Native Americans over the next several centuries. At the same time, it is a story of native resilience, a story that also reflects the position

Excavations near Morganton reveal America’s oldest inland European fort

of native peoples today.” Spanish Captain Juan Pardo and his men built Fort San Juan in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains in 1567, nearly 20 years before Sir Walter Raleigh’s “lost colony” at Roanoke Island and 40 years before the Jamestown settlement established England’s presence in the region, according to a press release from the University of Michigan, who’s faculty was also instrumental in the findings. “Fort San Juan and six others that together stretched from coastal South Carolina into eastern Tennessee were occupied for less than 18 months before the Native Americans destroyed them, killing all but one of the Spanish soldiers who manned the garrisons,” explains Michigan archaeologist Robin Beck. The site is located along a tributary of the Catawba River and was built in the Native American town of Joara, part of the moundbuilding Mississippian culture that flourished in the Southeast between 800 and about 1500 CE. In 2004, with support from the

National Geographic Society and the National Science Foundation, the team of archeologists began excavating several of the houses occupied by Spanish soldiers at Joara, where Pardo built the fort. Yet the remains of the structure itself eluded discovery until last month. “We have known for more than a decade where the Spanish soldiers were living,” says Christopher Rodning of Tulane University. “This summer we were trying to learn more about the Mississippian mound at Berry, one that was built by the people of Joara, and instead we discovered part of the fort. For all of us, it was an incredible moment.” Using a combination of large-scale excavations and geophysical techniques like magnetometry, which provides X-ray-like images of what lies below the surface, the archaeologists have now been able to identify sections of the fort’s defensive moat or ditch, a likely corner bastion and an entryway to the garrison. Excavations in the moat conducted in late June reveal it to have been a large V-shaped feature measuring 5.5 feet deep and 15 feet across. Artifacts recovered this summer

fter years of excavations, archaeologists are confident they’ve discovered the location of the earliest European fort in the North American interior at a Western North Carolina site near Morganton, shedding light on the complicated relationship between colonizers and native peoples. David Moore, a Warren Wilson College professor and director of a field school at the site, is one of several archaeologists whose work led to the revelation.

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include iron nails and tacks, Spanish majolica pottery and a type of iron clothing hook used for fastening doublets and attaching sword scabbards to belts. Fort San Juan was the first and largest of the garrisons that Pardo founded as part of an ambitious effort to colonize the American South. Of the six garrisons that Pardo built, the fort is the only one to have been discovered by archaeologists. During their brief time at Joara, Beck notes, the Spaniards were actively prospecting for gold but never found any. Yet the gold was there: In the early 1800s, American settlers found an abundance of it lying on the surface near rivers. In fact, there was so much of the precious metal that a 17-pound nugget was used as a doorstop and a federal mint was established in Charlotte, triggering the first gold rush in U.S. history. Had the people of Joara given Pardo’s soldiers more time to discover this gold, Spain would probably have launched a full-scale colonial invasion of the area, England would have had difficulty establishing its foothold at Jamestown and the entire Southeast might instead have become part of Latin America, researchers speculate. Why did the native Mississipians wipe the Spaniards out so quickly? Beck and his colleagues argue that it probably had to do with “food and sex.” “The soldiers believed that when their gifts were accepted, it meant that the native people were their subjects,” says Beck. “But to the natives, it was simply an exchange. When the soldiers ran out of gifts, they expected the natives to keep on feeding them. By that time, they had also committed what Spanish documents refer to as ‘indiscretions’ with native women, which may have been another reason that native men decided they had to go.” “The significance of Fort San Juan extends far beyond the Carolina Piedmont,” adds Moore. “The events at Fort San Juan represent a microcosm of the colonial experience across the continent. Spain’s failure created an opening that England exploited at Jamestown in 1607, when America’s familiar frontier narrative begins. “For Native Americans, though, this was the beginning of a long-term and often tragic reshaping of their precolonial world.” X

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Disorder in the house

J’accuse: At City Council’s July 23 meeting, former Mayor Ken Michalove accused the city manager, vice mayor and a council member of ethics violations related to allocating $2 million for renovations at the Asheville Art Museum. Photo by Max Cooper

Michalove continues to criticize Asheville City Council’s art-museum funding decision

An otherwise uneventful and relatively short Asheville City Council July 23 ended with a brief ruckus: former Asheville Mayor Ken Michalove accused Vice Mayor Esther Manheimer, City Manager Gary Jackson and Council member Marc Hunt of “multiple violations of the City Council Code of Ethics” in granting $2 million to the Asheville Art Museum for renovations. Presenting Council with a thick stack of documentation, Michalove claimed that Manheimer and Jackson are friends of Asheville Art Museum Director Pam Myers. This connection is one reason the city approved $2 million for renovations to the museum’s city-owned building, he claimed.

Michalove — mayor from 1989 to 1993, as well as city manager from 1977 to 1984 — also asserted that the vice mayor’s law firm, Van Winkle, “has represented the ... museum in the past and only in the past year turned that representation over to another attorney.” Manheimer should have recused herself from Council’s vote on the matter, he said. And Hunt, Michalove added, had acted improperly in his role on the Pack Place Board, representing the Art Museum’s interests rather than the city’s as a whole. The museum funding was part of a tax increase estimated to raise nearly $12 million for a variety of projects, such as parking decks and affordable housing. Council adopted the increase in late June, and the museum funding proved controversial: several residents, including mayoral candidate and former city Risk Management Director John Miall, said it was too much money to award a nonprofit at a time when the city faces more essential concerns. Asheville staff and museum supporters countered that the $2 million will cover essential improvements and

@DavidForbes help attract tourism to the area. Council’s code of ethics doesn’t require members to recuse themselves due to friendships — only if a measure might directly benefit themselves, their immediate family, their employer or their business interests. The same policies allow Council members to express their opinions or advocate for positions, and doesn’t preclude from doing so when appointed to a board. But Michalove asserted that an April 26 fundraiser for Manheimer’s mayoral campaign, held at the art museum, did “not meet the fundamental nonprofit rental requirements of ‘Education, Art, and Science’ as required by the Pack Place legal documents.” Council members didn’t respond to Michalove during the meeting, though Mayor Terry Bellamy thanked him for sharing his thoughts and documentation, which included CDs of recorded Pack Place Board and committee meetings. The next day, however, Heather Nelson, Pack Place managing director, told Xpress that political events don’t violate the venue’s policies, as long as the organizers rent the space under the same terms any other organization would. And Van Winkle refused comment on how long they had represented the museum, with a spokespersonstating, “We don’t give out that kind of information.” (Manheimer told the Asheville Citizen-Times that the firm no longer represents the museum.) Michalove later explained that he was against the $2 million renovation funding because the the museum’s free rent and maintenance are already enough of a subsidy. In other actions • Council, in response to complaints from East End residents, agreed that this will be the last year the Brewgrass festival will take place in Martin Luther King Jr. Park. However, Council didn’t agree on where the festival should go. Bellamy objected to moving it to the nearby Memorial Stadium. Council delayed a vote until Aug. 13. • Council members voted 6-0 to extend downtown’s zoning rules to a piece of property on Asheland Avenue currently occupied by Keller Williams real estate offices. Council member Chris Pelly, who works as a Realtor there, was recused from the decision. X

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An irreverent romp: See all 37 of Shakespeare’s plays, plus a sonnet or two, at Flat Rock Playhouse’s production of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), starring Scott Treadway. Opening night is Thursday, Aug. 1 and performances run through Sunday, Aug. 18. (pg. 25)

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Animals Brother Wolf Animal Rescue A no-kill organization. Info: bwar.org or 505-3440. • WEDNESDAYS, SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS, 10am-1pm - Outward Hounds invites the public to take adoptable dogs on local hikes. Meets at BWAR, 31 Glendale Ave. Free. Free Spay Vouchers • The Humane Alliance offers free spay services for female felines. Pick up a Dudley Fund voucher at Humane Alliance, Pet Harmony, BWAR, Friends 2 Ferals or Asheville Humane Society. Info and appointment: humanealliance. org or 252-2079. Spay/Neuter Vouchers • SA (8/3), 11:45am-3pm - Free and low cost spay/neuter vouchers will be available to Henderson County residents at The Blue Ridge Mall (next to JoAnne's

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Art JG PHOTO GALLERY (pd.) Inside Chocolate Gems 25 Broadway (Next to Strada) Open every day. Info: (828) 302-1988 or john@ jgphoto.com http://www.jgphoto.com Photographs by John Gellman. John lives at the crossroads of eclectic documentary and fine art photography with a dash of rock ‘n roll (Bob Dylan, Rolling Stones, George Harrison) thrown in. THIS SATURDAY • FUNCTIONAL METAL ART SALE (pd.) August 3, 10am-5pm, 244 Short Coxe Avenue. Salvage metal jewelry, planters, vases, candle holders and more amazing pieces. Original art at great prices! (828) 301-2243. www. skrapmonkey.com

A Round AVL • FR (8/2), 7pm - A reception for Zen Sutherland's circular photographs on hand-painted boards will be held at Ananda West Hair Salon, 37 Paynes Way, Suite 5. Wine and snacks available. Free. Info: zenasheville.blogspot. com. American Folk Art and Framing Oui-Oui Gallery is located at 64 Biltmore Ave. Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm; Sun., noon-5pm. Info: amerifolk.com or 281-2134. • Through TH (8/22) - Those of Humble Mind. • TH (8/1) through MO (8/26) Migration: Interpretations. • FR (8/2), 5-8pm - Opening reception. AnTHM Gallery Located in the Monte Vista Hotel, 308 W. State St., Black Mountain. Tues.-Sat., 5-9pm; Sun., 11am-9pm. Info: anthmgallery.com. • Through SU (9/1) - From Outsider In,

works by self-taught artists. Art at ASU Exhibits take place at Appalachian State University's Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, unless otherwise noted. Tues.-Thurs. & Sat., 10am-6pm; Fri., noon-8pm. Donations accepted. Info: tcva.org or 262-7338. • Through SA (8/3) - Victor Ekpuk: Drawing Memories will be on display in Gallery B and Mayer Gallery's West Wing. • Through SA (8/3) - Negotiation of the Secret Society Cloth: An Exploration of Ukara will be on display in Gallery A and Mayer Gallery's West Wing. • Through SA (8/3) - The BFA senior studio exhibition will be on display in the Community Gallery's East Wing. Art at Mars Hill College Weizenblatt Gallery: Mon.-Fri., 9am5pm. Info: mhc.edu. • Through TH (9/5) - Urban Imagery and Personal Fantasy

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group photography show. Art at UNCA Art exhibits and events at the university are free, unless otherwise noted. Info: unca.edu. • Through TU (8/13) - Avoid, paintings by Shawn Burdick, will be on display in the Blowers Gallery. ArtEtude 89 Patton Ave. Sun., noon-5; Mon.-Thurs., 10am-6pm; Fri. & Sat., 10am-7pm. Info: artetudegallery.com or 252-1466. • Through (8/12) - Spirits, new sculptures by Leonid Siveriver. Asheville Area Arts Council Gallery 346 Depot St. Tues.-Sat., 11am4pm. Info: ashevillearts.com or 258-0710. • FR (8/2) through SA (8/31) - Pots that Pour, featuring 10 national clay artists. • FR (8/2), 6-9pm - Opening reception. • FRIDAYS, 9-11am - Artist business brainstorming sessions will feature one-on-one opportunities for artist entrepreneurs. Free or by donation. Call to confirm dates. • SUNDAYS, 10am-1pm - Asheville Art Church, a "Sunday morning sanctuary for the creative spirit," invites the public to write, paint, draw and craft. $10-$20 donation. Asheville Art Museum Located on Pack Square in downtown Asheville. Tues.-Sat., 10am-5pm and Sun., 1-5pm. Programs are free with admission unless otherwise noted. Admission: $8/$7 students and seniors/Free for kids under 4. Free first Wednesdays from 3-5pm. Info: ashevilleart.org or 253-3227. • Through SU (9/29) - PLAY, works from the permanent collection, will be on display in the East Wing. • Through SU (9/8) - Legacy: The Emily Fisher Landau Collection, a traveling exhibit from the Whitney Museum of American Art. • Through SU (9/1) - A Sense of Balance: The Sculpture of Stoney Lamar. Asheville BookWorks 428 1/2 Haywood Road. Gallery hours: Mon.-Fri., 1-5pm; Sat., 1-4pm. Info: ashevillebookworks.com or 255-8444. • Through SA (8/31) - Works by Impractical Labor in the Service of the Speculative Arts members. Asheville First Friday

Art Walk • FIRST FRIDAYS, 5-8pm The Downtown Asheville Art District will host a First Friday Art Walk throughout downtown. A free hop-on, hop-off trolley tour is available. Info: ashevilledowntowngalleries. org. Asheville Gallery of Art 16 College St. Mon.-Sat., 10am5:30pm; Sun., 1-4pm. Info: ashevillegallery-of-art.com or 251-5796. • FR (8/2) through SA (8/31), Scene Around Asheville and WNC, watercolor and pastel paintings by Al Junek. Bella Vista Art Gallery 14 Lodge St. Summer hours: Mon., Wed., & Thurs., 11am4pm; Fri. & Sat., 11am-5pm. Info: bellavistaart.com or 7680246. • Through MO (9/30) - Works by Nancy Varipapa, Shellie Lewis Dambax, Karen Jacobs and Jane Cartwright. Black Mountain Center for the Arts 225 W. State St., Black Mountain. Mon.-Fri., 10am5pm. Info: BlackMountainArts. org or 669-0930. • FR (8/2) through FR (9/13) Works by five professional photographers from the Southern Appalachian Photographers Guild. • FR (8/2), 6-8pm - Opening reception. Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center The center, which preserves the legacy of Black Mountain College, is located at 56 Broadway St., Asheville. Tues. & Wed., noon-4pm; Thurs.-Sat., 11am-5pm. Info: blackmountaincollege.org or 350-8484. • Through WE (8/21) - Harry Seidler: Architecture, Art and Collaborative Design. Castell Photography 2C Wilson Alley. Tues.-Sat., by appointment. Fri. & Sat., 11am6pm. Info: castellphotography. com or 255-1188. • FR (8/2) through SA (10/5) This Side of the Blue, works by Timothy Pakron. • FR (8/2), 6-8pm - Opening reception. Courtyard Gallery Phil Mechanic Studios, 109 Roberts St. Info: ashevillecourtyard.com or 273-3332. • Through TU (9/27) - The Anything Goes, Everything Shows mail art show will fea-

ture local and international artists. • SA (8/3), 6-9pm - Opening reception. Downtown Books and News The News Gallery is located at 67 N. Lexington Ave. Sun.-Thurs., 9am-7pm; Fri. & Sat., 9am-9pm. Info: downtownbooksandnews.com or 348-7615. • FR (8/2), 7pm - An opening reception for Neon Froth will feature the science fiction and fantasy explorations of local artists. Dusty Roads • Through WE (7/31) - Dusty Roads, photography by Barbara Sammons, will be on display at the Canton Public Library, 11 Pennsylvania Ave. Info: barbarasammons.com or 648-2924. Flood Gallery The Phil Mechanic Building, 109 Roberts St. Tues.-Sat., 10am4pm. Info: floodgallery.org or 254-2166. • SA (8/3) through FR (9/30) Works by Brazilian artist Cibelle Leonetti. • SA (8/3), 6-9pm - Opening reception. Fly Over • Through SA (8/31) - Fly Over, a photography exhibition of World War II warbirds and crop dusters by Candler resident Barbara Sammons, will be on display at the Asheville Regional Airport's art gallery. Info: barbarasammons.com. Folk Art Game Boards • Through TH (10/10) - An exhibit of hand-painted folk art game boards (checkers and tic-tac-toe) by Francine Menor will be on display at the Canton Public Library, 11 Pennsylvania Ave., Canton. Info: twigdiva. com or 633-0202. Foundry 92 Charlotte St. Hours: Mon.Sat., 10am-6pm. Info: digfoundry.com. • Through WE (7/31) - Dive into the Plastiquarium, works by David Edgar. Grand Bohemian Gallery Located at the Grand Bohemian Hotel in Biltmore Village, 11 Boston Way. Mon.Thur., 10am-7pm; Fri.-Sat., 10am-8pm; Sun., 10am-5pm. Info: bohemianhotelasheville. com or 505-2949. • Through WE (7/31) - Lush Life: Flora and Fauna, paper

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paintings by Elizabeth St. Hilaire Nelson. Grovewood Gallery Located at 111 Grovewood Road. April-Dec. Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm & Sun., 11am-5pm. Info: grovewood.com or 2537651. • Through SU (9/22) Celebration of Color, group wood sculpture show. HandMade in America Located at 125 S. Lexington Ave. Info: handmadeinamerica. org or 252-0121. • Through FR (9/13) - Needled: Contemporary Needle Craft. Mica Fine Contemporary Craft 37 N. Mitchell Ave., Bakersville. Mon. & Sat., 10am-5pm. Sun., noon-5pm. Info: micagallerync. com or 688-6422. • Through SU (9/15) - Tradition Revisited, metal quilts by David Earl Tomlinson.

Whimsical percussionist helps Africa What: A concert and dinner featuring Billy Jonas, to benefit Africa Healing Exchange. When: Monday, Aug. 5, 5:30-8 p.m. Where: Avenue M, 791 Merrimon Ave. $25 adult; $10 children. Includes vegetarian buffet dinner. Info: africahealingexchange.org. Why: When The New York Times calls you “witty, smart and raw,” you know your music is onto something. And when percussionist Billy Jonas presents what he calls a “neo-tribal hootenanny,” the audience knows that a wildly creative act is in progress. Jonas’ upcoming concert will do more than delight listeners. It will

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also raise money for Africa Healing Exchange, a new Asheville-based partnership between Rwandans and Americans. The organization uses a strengths-based approach to bolster resources for Rwandans, with the goal of “healing past traumas and providing support for recovery from substance abuse and addiction.” The public is invited to write letters to Rwandans before the show. An opportunity to help design a mural will be followed by a vegetarian buffet. The concert will begin at 6:30 p.m. Billy Jonas’ press materials explain that he wants to “help audiences discover the music within common items … and within themselves.” This goal will spread beyond Asheville with an evening of joyous music and wholehearted philanthropy.

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SemiPublic Gallery 305 Hillside St. Tues.-Sun., noon5pm. Info: semipublicgallery. com or 215-8171. • SA (8/3), 5-7pm - Opening reception for New work on Paper, works by Carley Dergins. Seven Sisters Gallery 117 Cherry St., Black Mountain. Summer hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm and Sun., noon-5pm. Info: sevensistersgallery.com or 669-5107. • Through SU (8/11) - Ceramics and paintings by Denise Riddle. Swannanoa Valley Fine Arts League Red House Studios and Gallery, 310 West State St., Black Mountain. Mon.-Sat., 10am5pm; Sun., noon-4pm. Info: svfal.org. • FR (8/2) through MO (8/26) Juried members exhibit. • FR (8/2), 5-7pm - Opening reception.

Mimi Harvey • Through SA (8/31) - A solo show of works by Mimi Harvey will be on display at West Asheville Library, 942 Haywood Road. Info: childrens-art-prints. com or 250-4750.

The Bender Gallery 12 S. Lexington Ave. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10:30am-5pm; Sun., noon-5pm. Info: thebendergallery.com or 505-8341. • Through SA (8/31) Meditations: What Lies Beneath the Surface.

Monte Vista Hotel's First Friday • 1st FRIDAYS, 6-9pm - AnTHM Gallery's First Friday will feature art and drink specials. Held at the Monte Vista Hotel, 308 W. State St., Black Mountain. Free. Info: anthmgallery.com or 669-8870.

The Dogwood Gallery Located at Artisan Catering and Deli, 1390 Sand Hill Road, Candler. Info: 665-3800. • Through MO (9/30) - Works by Mary Catherine Cozens. • SA (8/31), 6pm - Meet-theartist event.

N.C. Arboretum Located at 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way. 9am-5pm daily. Info: ncarboretum.org or 6652492. • Through SU (9/22) - TwentyFirst Century Clay, pottery by Matt Jones. Pastel Exhibition • Through SU (8/18) - The North Carolina Statewide Pastel Exhibition, On Common Ground: Pastel Paintings from the Mountains to the Sea, will be on display at the Hickory Museum of Art, 243 Third Ave. N.E., Hickory. Info: appalachianpastelsociety.org. Push Skate Shop & Gallery Located at 25 Patton Ave. Mon.Thurs., 11am-6pm; Fri. & Sat., 11am-7pm; Sun., noon-6pm. Info: pushtoyproject.com or 225-5509. • Through TU (8/13) - Throw Me a Bone, a DIY Foundation skate spot fundraising exhibit.

Transylvania Community Arts Council Located at 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9:30am-4:30pm. Info: artsofbrevard.org or 884-2787. • Through FR (8/9) - Land of Waterfalls Camera Club exhibit. • FR (7/26), 5-9pm - An opening reception will be held in conjunction with the Brevard gallery walk. Upstairs Artspace 49 S. Trade St., Tryon. Hours: Tues.-Sat., 11am-5pm. Info: upstairsartspace.org or 8592828. • Through SA (8/31) - Seeing Is Believing and Crossing The Line. Window (Re/production | Re/presentation) • Through WE (7/31) - The July Window (Re/production | Re/ presentation) installation will feature works by Leigh-Ann Pahapill. On display in the window of Henco Reprographics, 54 Broadway St. Info: windowcontemporary.org.

ZaPow! 21 Battery Park, Suite 101. Mon., Wed. & Fri., noon-8pm. Thurs., noon-5:30pm; Sat., 11am-10pm; Sun. 1-6pm. Info: zapow.net or 575-2024. • SA (8/3), 7-9pm - An opening reception for Rock and Roll Art will feature music by Deezil Speed and free beer.

Art/Craft Fairs Mount Mitchell Crafts Fair • FR (8/2) & SA (8/3), 9am-5pm - The Mount Mitchell Crafts Fair will feature 150 vendors in the Burnsville town square. Free to attend. Info: mtmitchellcraftsfair. com. Ooh La La Curiosity Market • SA (8/3), 10am-4pm - This market will include local art, jewelry, music and a raffle to benefit Animal Haven, an Asheville no-kill shelter. Held in Pritchard Park. Info: avl.mx/fr. Paris of the South Flea Market • SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS, 8am-3pm - The Paris of the South Flea Market will feature a "gypsy-style" market including handmade clothes, jewelry, art, food trucks and live music. Held at U.S. 70 at Lytle Cove Road. Free to attend. Info: avl.mx/s5. The Little Flea • SATURDAYS, 3-7pm - The Little Flea will feature produce and "hand-selected fare and wares" behind Grace Baptist Church, 718 Haywood Road. Free to attend. Info: littleflea. org.

Auditions & Call to Artists Apple Festival Arts and Crafts Fair • ONGOING - Opportunity House is currently accepting vendor applications for its Apple Festival Arts and Crafts Fair, scheduled for Aug. 30 and 31. Info: leslie@opportunityhouse. org or 692-0575. Art on the Island • Through SU (9/1) - The Madison County Arts Council seeks vendors for its Art on the Island fall festival through Sept. 1. Info: laura@madisoncountyarts.com or 649-1301. Arts Council of Henderson County

Grants • Through FR (8/16) - The Arts Council of Henderson County will accept applications for RAPG grants through Aug. 16. Info: acofhc@bellsouth.net or 693-8504. Asheville Symphony Chorus • TH (8/8) & TU (8/13), 3-8pm Asheville Symphony Chorus will hold auditions for its upcoming season at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, 10 N. Liberty St. Info and appointment: mlancastercond@gmail.com. Bring Us Your Best X • MO (8/5) & TU (8/6), 10am4pm - The Arts Council of Henderson County will accept submissions for its Bring Us Your Best X exhibit in BRCC's Technology Education and Development Center. Info: acofhc.org or 693-8504. Cremation Urn Exhibition • Through FR (8/2) - Shine on Brightly seeks lidded vessels and containers for its cremation urn exhibition. Submissions accepted through Aug. 2. Info: info@shineonbrightly.com. Media Arts Project • Through TH (8/15) - The Media Arts Project will accept grant applications from artists for its {Re}HAPPENING festival through Aug 15. Info: themap. org/grants. Montford Park Players • TU (8/6) & WE (8/7), 6-10pm Montford Park Players will host auditions for its production of Othello at Masonic Temple, 80 Broadway St. Info: info@ montfordparkplayers.org or 254-5146. N.C. Arts Council Grassroots Arts Program • Through TH (8/1) - North Carolina Arts Council's Grassroots Arts Program will accept applications from nonprofit organizations through Aug 1. Info: handmadeinamerica.org or 252-0121. RiverFest • Through MO (8/5) - RiverLink will accept vendor applications for RiverFest and the Anything That Floats Parade. First come, first serve. Info: crowhurst2@ gmail.com or 400-4541. TC Arts Council Applications available at tcarts@comporium.net or 8842787. • Through WE (9/18) - TC Arts Council will accept submissions for its collaborative exhibit

through Sept. 18. Works must be created by two or more artists. Tucker’s Gallery • ONGOING - Tucker’s Gallery in Lenoir seeks sculpture artists for its outdoor gallery. Info: info@caldwellarts.com.

Benefits CAREPARTNERS FOUNDATION ADULT MINIGOLF TOURNAMENT (pd.) Saturday, August 3, 2013. 6pm at The Venue, 21 N. Market St. • Grab your friends and coworkers and spark some friendly competition to benefit Mountain Area Child and Family Center, a nonprofit early care and education center located in East Asheville. • Dinner, drinks, live music and a silent auction! $50 per person. More information and register online: www.macfc.org Artful Bra Challenge • WE (8/7), 6-9pm - The Artful Bra Challenge, to benefit Ladies Night Out cancer screenings, will feature an exhibit of handcrafted bras, entertainment, live and silent auctions and a fashion show. Held at Kitsch Fabrics, 742 Haywood Road. $1 per vote for best bra. Info: ashevilleartfulbra.com. Beer tasting • MO (8/5), noon-8pm - A beer tasting event, to benefit RiverLink, will be held at Oskar Blues Brewery, 342 Mountain Industrial Drive, Brevard. Info: riverlink.org. Dark Night Revue • MO (8/5), 5:30pm - Dark Night Revue, to benefit Flat Rock Playhouse, will feature an auction and cabaret-style revue on the theme of "Revolution on the Rock." Held at Flat Rock Playhouse, 2661 Greenville Highway, Flat Rock. $125 picnic/$40 performance only. Info: flatrockplayhouse.org/dnr or 693-0731. Downtown Waynesville Dog Walk • SA (8/3), 10am - The Downtown Waynesville Dog Walk, to benefit Sarge’s Animal Rescue Foundation, will depart from the Haywood County Courthouse, Main St., Waynesville. $15 per dog. Info: sargeandfriends.org. Eight Eight • TH (8/8), 5pm - "Eight Eight," to benefit the Big Love festival,

will feature music by Pleasure Chest. Held at The Bywater, 796 Riverside Drive. $2 per raffle ticket. Info: loveasheville. org. Family Mini Golf Tournament • SA (8/3), 9 & 10:30am - A family mini golf tournament, to benefit Mountain Area Child and Family Center, will feature breakfast and prizes. Held at Fun Depot, 7 Roberts Road. $25 per family. Info and registration: macfc.org. Fundraiser at Fun Depot • SA (8/3), noon-4pm - Fun Depot, 7 Roberts Road, will donate a portion of proceeds to The Bair Foundation, a Christian foster agency serving WNC. Mention Bair and receive a $10 discount. Info: rivey@bair.org. Gay '80s Prom • SA (8/3), 8:30pm - A "Gay '80s Prom," to benefit Anam Cara Theatre Company, will feature a prom king and queen contest, photo booth and silent auction. Held at Toy Boat Community Arts Space, 101 Fairview Road. Must be 21 or older. $5-10 suggested donation. Info: anamcaratheatre. com or 252-2505. Give Me Love • FR (8/2) & SA (8/3), 8pm "Give Me Love," an evening of music by George Harrison, will feature a diverse lineup of local musicians. Proceeds benefit MANNA FoodBank and Homeward Bound. Held at White Horse Black Mountain, 105C Montreat Road. $20/$15 in advance. Info: whitehorseblackmountain.com or 6690816.

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The Cathedral of All Souls provides limited funding to small non-profit organizations incorporated in NC who serve the homeless, young, elderly, poor and disenfranchised in Western North Carolina. Last year grants of $1,000 - $3,000 were awarded to local non-profits from proceeds of the Cathedral’s Annual Village Arts & Crafts Food Booth Sale. The deadline for receipt of this year’s applications is

Friday, august 16 Cathedral of All Souls • Biltmore Village 9 swan st., asheville, NC 28813 Grant Criteria & Applications at:

www.allsoulscathedral.org • 828-274-2681 A special thank you to all local non-profits who serve our community everyday.

Jeff Bowen Memorial Workout • SA (8/3), 9 & 10am - A CrossFit workout, to honor the memory of the family of fallen firefighter Captain Jeff Bowen, will be held at LT's Primal Fitness, 96 Thompson St., Suite 107. Donations accepted. Info: ltsprimal.com or 450-1688. • SU (8/4), 10am-2pm - A CrossFit workout, to benefit the family of Captain Jeff Bowen, will be held at CrossFit Pisgah, 151 W. Haywood St. $20-$40 suggested donation. Info: communityfitnessevents. com. LEAF Schools and Streets • WEDNESDAYS, 5-7pm Wine tasting and jazz, to ben-

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Road, Maggie Valley. Cards and boards available. All levels welcome. Free. Info: kei3ph@ bellsouth.net or 926-3978. Music Library Club • The Music Library Club seeks people interested in "meeting occasionally to listen to recorded music in our homes." All ages welcome. First meeting planned for Aug. 14, 1-4 pm. Free. Info and directions: HomemadeRadio@juno.com or 669-1193.

Blue Ridge artisans: The Mount Mitchell Crafts Fair will feature more than 150 juried crafters in the Burnsville town square on Friday, Aug. 2, and Sat., Aug. 3. (pg. 20)

efit LEAF Schools and Streets, will be held at 5 Walnut Wine Bar, 5 Walnut St. $5 suggested donation. Info: theleaf.org or Jocelyn@theLEAF.org. Mini Golf Tournament • SA (8/3), 9am-1pm - Families are invited to a mini golf tournament at Fun Depot, 7 Roberts Road, to benefit Mountain Area Child and Family Center, a nonprofit early care and education center in Asheville. $25 per family. Info and registration: macfc.org. The Benefit of Culture • TH (8/8), 6pm - The Benefit of Culture will feature a New Orleans-themed evening of music, food and beer to benefit LEAF. Held at Highland Brewing Company, 12 Old Charlotte Highway. $30/$15 ages 10-17/ children under 10 free. Info: theLEAF.org or 686-8742. Wine Tasting and Silent Auction • FR (8/2), 4:30-6:30pm - A wine tasting and silent auction, to benefit Pisgah Legal Services, will be held at Appalachian Vintner, 745 Biltmore Ave. $10. Info: 210-3444.

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Basics Level 1, Thursdays iCloud, Fridays - iPad Basics Level 2, first Tuesday of each month - iPhoto, second Tuesday each month - Safari, third Tuesday each month -Mac OS X Level 2, fourth Tuesday each month - iMovie. Register at www.charlottestreetcomputers.com/classes MUSIC LESSONS WITH MOSES ATWOOD (pd.) Find your own musical style-- All levels welcome. Songwriting. Voice. Guitar. Piano. Dobro. Music Theory. $30 an Hour. mosesatwood@ gmail.com The Painting Experience (pd.) The Painting Experience Experience the power of process painting as described in the groundbreaking book Life, Paint & Passion: Reclaiming the Magic of Spontaneous Expression. August 16-18 at the Asheville Art Museum at Pack Place. www.processarts.com, (888) 639-8569. SINGLE AND LOOKING FOR SOMETHING FUN? (pd.) Try AVL Speed Dating! Events start at 6:30pm and are held monthly at The Cantina in Biltmore Village • Next event: Tuesday, August 13th (21-39 age group) and Monday, Sept. 16th (35-49 age group). • To make a reservation or for more info, call (828) 242-2555 or see AVLSpeedDating.com Animation Workshop Wednesdays • WEDNESDAYS, 3-6pm - Animation Workshop Wednesdays invites the public to learn stop motion anima-

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tion. Bring a digital camera, if possible, to the game room of Asheville Pizza and Brewing, 675 Merrimon Ave. Ages 10 and up. $10. Info: facebook.com/ WorldPeasAnimations. Apple Valley Model Railroad Club Located at the Hendersonville Depot at the corner of 7th Avenue and Maple Street. Info: avmrc.com. • ONGOING - Coming of the Railroad, a replica of the Saluda Mountain Grade. Sat., 10am2pm & Wed., 1-3pm. Asheville Masonic Temple • SA (8/3), 2pm - The Asheville Masonic Temple will celebrate its centennial with a discussion of the blue lodge. Held at 80 Broadway St. Free. Info: 2523924. Dinner with Progressives • MO (8/5), 6-8pm - Dinner with Progressives, a social night for "thoughtful people" will feature dinner and presentations at Firestorm Cafe and Books, 48 Commerce St. Info and cost: firestorm.coop or 255-8115. Embroiderers' Guild of America • TH (8/1), 9:30am-noon The monthly meeting of the Embroiderers' Guild of America will be held at Cummings United Methodist Church, 3 Banner Farm Road, Horse Shoe. Info and cost: 696-3829. Maggie Valley Cribbage • TUESDAYS, 6:30pm Cribbage will be offered at Maggie Valley Inn, 70 Soco

Pritchard Park Cultural Arts Performances • WE (7/31), 5:30pm - Nina Ruffini will lead a circus arts performance featuring LEAF Schools and Streets participants. Held in Pritchard Park in downtown Asheville. Free. Info: http://avl.mx/xh. Queer Oriented Rap/ Rock Day School • SA (8/3), 5-6pm - The Queer Oriented Rap/Rock Day School end-of-camp showcase will be held at Toy Boat Community Arts Space, 101 Fairview Road. $3-$5. Info: facebook.com/ Qords. Swannanoa Valley Museum Rummage Sale • SA (8/3), 8am-noon - The Swannanoa Valley Museum rummage sale will be held at Town Road at Old U.S. 70. Free to attend. Info: 669-1679. UNCA Informational Tours • Through TH (8/2) - UNCA will offer informational tours of the campus. Info, times and departure location: unca.edu/ admissions or 251-6481.

Comedy Disclaimer Comedy • FRIDAYS, 8-9:30pm Disclaimer Comedy presents weekly stand-up at Elaine's Piano Bar in the Grove Park Inn, 290 Macon Ave. Free. Info: disclaimercomedy.com. Disclaimer Stand-up Open Mic • WEDNESDAYS, 9pm Disclaimer Stand-Up Lounge open mic is held at the Dirty South Lounge, 41 N. Lexington Ave. Free. Info: DisclaimerComedy.com. Slice of Life Comedy • TH (8/1), 8:30pm - Stand-up comedy and booked open mic will include snacks, drink specials and a raffle for charity. Held at Pulp, below the

Orange Peel, 103 Hilliard Ave. $5. Info and booking: sliceoflifecomedy@gmail.com. The Feral Chihuahuas • FR (8/2), 7:30 & 9:30pm; SA (8/3), 7 & 9pm - The Feral Chihuahuas will perform "genetically modified comedy" at N.C. Stage Company, 15 Stage Lane. $15/$13 in advance. Info: feralchihuahuas. com.

Dance Beginner Swing Dancing Lessons (pd.) 4 week series starts first Tuesday of every month at 7:30pm. $12/week per person. • No partner necessary. Eleven on Grove, downtown Asheville. Details: www.SwingAsheville. com DANCECLUB DANCE CLASSES! (pd.) Mon. 6-7, Jazz/Funk, 8 wk series starts Jul. 29. • Mon. 7:30-8:30, Sexy Burlesque, 8 wk series starts Jul. 29 • Tues. 6:30-7:30 Jazz/Funk Level 1, 4 wk series starts Aug. 6 • Wed. 7:30-8:30 Burlesque Striptease, 8 wk series starts Aug. 14. More Info: 828-275-8628; idodances@gmail.com • idodances.com Lava Nights • FRIDAYS, 10:30pm-2:15am - Lava Nights will feature Latin dance with DJ Carlos Carmona. Held at Mela, 70 N. Lexington Ave. $5. Info: melaasheville. com Mountain Dance and Folk Festival • TH (8/1) through SA (8/3), 7pm - The Mountain Dance and Folk Festival will feature bluegrass and old-time music and dance. Held at Diana Wortham Theatre, 2 S. Pack Square. $20/$10 children 12 and under. Info: folkheritage.org. Mountain Shag Club • TUESDAYS - The Mountain Shag Club meets weekly at The Hangar at the Clarion Inn, 550 Airport Road. Free lessons from 6:30-7pm. Shag DJ from 7-10pm. $5. Info: mountainshagclub.com. Street Dance • MONDAYS through (8/12), 7-9pm - Street Dance will feature bluegrass music, square dancing and clogging at Hendersonville's Visitors Center, 201 S. Main St. Square dance lessons at 6:30pm. Free. Info: historichendersonville.org.

Eco Sierra Club Meeting • WE (8/7), 7pm - The Sierra Club will discuss smart growth and the future of the I-26 Connector Project. Meets at Unitarian Universalist Church, 1 Edwin Place. Free. Info: wenoca.org. Water Quality Monitoring • WEDNESDAYS through (9/25), noon-3pm - WNCA invites volunteers to sample water in the French Broad River Basin. Meets at Westfeldt Park, 280 Old Fanning Bridge Road. Info: avl.mx/ue or 258-8737.

Festivals N.C. Mineral and Gem Festival • TH (8/1) through SU (8/4), 10am-6pm - The North Carolina Mineral and Gem Festival will feature fine jewelry, gemstones, fossils, minerals and more. Held at Bridge Coliseum, 97 Pinebridge Ave., Spruce Pine. $3. Info: ncgemfest.com. SugarBrew • SA (8/3), 11am-6pm SugarBrew will feature craft beer, wine and live music. Held at Sugar Mountain Resort, 1009 Sugar Mountain Drive. A portion of proceeds benefits Sugar Mountain Ski and Snowboard Foundation. $35/$30 in advance. Info: sugarbrew.com.

Film SCREENWRITING BOOTCAMP (pd.) - Asheville Produced filmmaker and professional screenwriter is offering a Screenwriting Bootcamp on the weekend of August 17-18. The goal of the workshop is to help beginner/intermediate writers with their feature screenplays and ideas. The cost of the camp is $200, and each student will receive 16 hours of instruction. References available. Call Bob at 843-276-4441 for details and to reserve your spot! Lincoln MO (8/5), 6:30pm - Montreat Conference Center, 401 Assembly Drive, Montreat, will screen Lincoln, featuring Daniel Day Lewis. Free. Info: montreat.org or 669-2911.

Movie Night at Colony Earth • TUESDAYS, 8pm - Colony Earth screens "unique and uplifting" feature films, documentaries and more. By donation. Info and location: avl.mx/vb. Romance in Italy Film Series • TUESDAYS (8/6) through (8/27), 3pm - The Romance in Italy film series will be held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. Free. Info: 2504700.

Food & Beer Celebrate the Day • SA (8/3), 10am-5pm - The Food Matters Market's "Celebrate the Day" anniversary party will feature samples, giveaways, free chair massages, pet adoptions, music and more. Raffle proceeds Transylvania County organizations. Held at 1 Market St., Brevard. Free. Info: foodmattersmarket.com.

Government & Politics Buncombe County Republican Men's Club • 2nd THURSDAYS, 6:30pm - The Buncombe County Republican Men's Club meets at the Renaissance Hotel, 31 Woodfin St. Optional buffet dinner at 6pm. Info: buncombegop. org. Drinking Liberally • TH (8/1), 7pm - Join other liberals at Asheville Brewing Company to discuss local, state and national politics. 77 Coxe Ave. Info: drinkingliberallyasheville@gmail.com.

Kids 50% OFF • PARENT/CHILD CLASS • REGISTER NOW (pd.) For children ages 4-9 months, begins August 20. Call 667-9588 or check us out online: http://www.tlgashevillenc.com/ for details. The Little Gym. Cradle of Forestry Events Open daily, 9am-5pm. Route 276, Pisgah National Forest. Info: cradleofforestry.org or 877-3130. • THURSDAYS through (8/1), 10:30am-noon & 1:30-3pm Woodsy Owl’s Curiosity Club (for children ages 4-7) will focus on outdoor-oriented activities that explore a forest-related theme.

$4. Registration required. • SA (8/3), 11am-1pm - A celebration of Smokey Bear’s birthday will include games, music, birthday cake and more. $6/$3 children 15 and under. Hands On! This children's museum is located at 318 N. Main St., Hendersonville. Tues.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Programs require $5 admission fee/free for members, unless otherwise noted. Info: handsonwnc.org or 697-8333. • TH (8/1), 10:30am-12:30pm - "Bubble-mania" will teach children ages 6-10 about the science of bubbles. $16/$10 members. • FR (8/2), 10:30am-12:30pm - "Let’s Go Fly" camp will use paper airplanes to teach children ages 7-12 about aerodynamics. $16/$10 members. Looking for Neemoe • WEDNESDAYS through SATURDAYS until (9/2) - The public is invited to look for Neemoe at the Team ECCCO Aquarium, 511 N. Main St., Hendersonville, for a chance to win a free one-year membership. Patrons eligible with $4 admission fee. Info: teamecco.org. Play and Learn for Preschoolers and Parents • TUESDAYS & WEDNESDAYS through (8/27), 10 & 11am - An eight-week pre-literacy class for parents, caregivers and children ages 3-5 from Buncombe County will be held at Asheville City Schools Preschool, 441 Haywood Road. Free. Info: 350-2904. Youth Basketry Class • TH (8/1) & TH (8/8), 1-4pm - A basketry class for ages 12 and up will be held at Opportunity House, 1411 Asheville Highway, Hendersonville. $35 includes materials. Info and registration: 692-0575.

Music African Drumming Workshop • WE (8/7), 5:30pm - An African drumming workshop with Adama Dembele will be held in Pritchard Park in downtown Asheville. Free. Info: http://avl. mx/xh. AmiciMusic amicimusic.org. • TH (8/1), 7:30pm - "Violin Voyage" will feature performances by Rachel Patrick and Daniel Weiser. Held at White Horse Black Mountain, 105C Montreat Road. $15/$5 in advance. Info: whitehorseblackmountain.com

or 669-0816. • FR (8/2), 7pm - An additional "Violin Voyage" concert will be held at a private home in Hendersonville. $35 includes light food and wine. Info and reservations: daniel@amicimusic. org or (802) 269-0856. • SA (8/3), 2pm - An additional "Violin Voyage" concert will be held in E. Asheville. $35 includes light food and wine. Info and reservations: daniel@amicimusic. org or (802) 269-0856. • SA (8/3), 8pm - A "Jazzical" concert will feature jazz and classical music. Held at Freeburg Pianos, 2314 Asheville Highway, Hendersonville. $20/$18 seniors/$5 children and students. Info: amicimusic.org. • SU (8/4), 4pm - An additional "Jazzical" concert and art auction will feature local musicians and hors d’oeuvres on a New Orleans theme. Held at Congregation Beth Israel, 229 Murdock Ave. $25/$10 children under 18. Info and tickets: admin@bethisraelnc.org or 2528660. Black Mountain Center for the Arts 225 W. State St., Black Mountain. Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm. Info: BlackMountainArts.org or 6690930. • FRIDAYS through (8/2), noon1pm - The Lunchtime Literary and Music Series will feature composer Michael Jefry Stevens and poet Tina Barr. Bring a bagged lunch. Free; donations accepted. Black Mountain Drum Circle • SATURDAYS, 4pm - Steven Townsend hosts a traditional West African drumming workshop, followed by an open drum circle, at the Carver Community Center, 101 Carver Ave., Black Mountain. All skill levels welcome. Free. Info: 669-2052. Brevard Music Center Festival Held in the Brevard Music Center, 349 Andante Lane, Brevard. Info and cost: brevardmusic.org or 862-2105. • Through SU (8/4) - The Brevard Music Center festival features a wide array of classical music, including symphonies, opera and chamber music. See website for schedule. Concerts on the Creek • FR (8/2), 7:30-9:30pm Concerts on the Creek will feature Whitewater Bluegrass Company at Bridge Park, 76 Railroad Ave., Sylva. Free. Info: mountainlovers.com or (800) 962-1911.

David Cody • SA (8/3), 6pm - David Cody (acoustic) will perform at The Mountaineer Restaurant, 6490 Soco Road, Maggie Valley. Free. Info: firesidecottages.net or 926-1730.

Popcorn Sutton Jam • FR (8/2) & SA (8/3) - The Popcorn Sutton Jam will honor moonshiner Popcorn Sutton with music and more. Held at Maggie Valley Fairgrounds, 3340 Soco Road. $5. Info: avl.mx/xb.

Homegrown in the Park • THURSDAYS, 6:30-8:30pm Homegrown in the Park will feature local singer-songwritiers performing in Pritchard Park. Free. Info: ashevilledowntown.org.

Shindig on the Green • SATURDAYS until (8/31), 7pm Shindig on the Green will feature traditional music, dance and storytelling at Pack Square Park, downtown Asheville. Bring a blanket. Free; food for sale. Info: folkheritage.org.

Jimi McKenzie • WE (7/31) - Jimi McKenzie (singer-songwriter) will perform at Sid's on Main, 117 Main St., Canton. Info: jimimckenzie.com. Music Fest at Blue Bear Mountain • FR (8/2) & SA (8/3) - The Music Fest at Blue Bear Mountain will feature music by David Holt, Josh Goforth, The SteelDrivers and others. Held at Blue Bear Mountain Campground near Boone. Info, schedule and cost: musicfestatbluebearmountain. com. Music on Main Street • FR (8/2), 7-9pm - Music on Main Street presents The Crew (classic and modern songs) and a car show outside the Visitors Information Center, 201 S. Main St., Hendersonville. Free. Info: historichendersonville.org or 693-9708. Park Rhythms • TH (8/1), 7:30pm - Park Rhythms will present the Cedric Burnside Project (blues) at Lake Tomahawk, 401 Laurel Circle Drive, Black Mountain. Free. Info: deanna.stone@townofblackmountain or 669-8610. • TH (8/8), 7:30pm - Park Rhythms will present Social Function (Top 40) at Lake Tomahawk, 401 Laurel Circle Drive, Black Mountain. Free. Info: deanna.stone@townofblackmountain or 669-8610. Pickin' in Lake Lure • SATURDAYS through (8/31), 7pm - Pickin' in Lake Lure will feature performances by local bands followed by an open jam. Held on the Lake Lure Smokehouse deck, 2795 Memorial Highway, Lake Lure. Free. Info: 674-0677. Pickin’ in the Park • FRIDAYS, 7-10:30pm - Pickin’ in the Park will feature bluegrass and old-time bands at Canton Recreational Park‚ 77 South Penland St. Free. Info: blueridgemusic.org.

Swannanoa Gathering • Through WE (8/7) - The Swannanoa Gathering will feature banjo and traditional music performances on the WWC campus. $20 per concert/$10 children under 12. Info and schedule: swangathering.com or 298-3434. Thomas Wolfe Memorial Located at 52 N. Market St. Info: wolfememorial.com or 253-8304. • FR (8/2), noon-2pm - Pickin' on the Porch will feature George and Brooke Buckner (Appalachian music). Free.

Outdoors Beautiful Lake James Marina • Boat Slips Available (pd.) Reserve a covered, uncovered or houseboat slip. Great location at Canal Bridge. Security, gas sales, marine store and customer lounge. Call (828) 584-0666. www.mountainharbourmarina.com Fryingpan Fire Tower Hike • FR (8/2), 10am - Blue Ridge Parkway rangers will lead a moderate 1.5-mile hike to Fryingpan Fire Tower. Meets at MP 409.6 on the BRP. Free. Info: 298-5330.

Parenting Foster Parent Classes • MONDAYS, 6pm - Learn about becoming a therapeutic foster parent with The Bair Foundation. Classes held at 217 Executive Park; dinner provided. Free. Info: bair.org.

Seniors Gentle Yoga for Every Body • TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 9am - A slow and gentle style of yoga, particularly well-suited for all fitness levels, will be hosted

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Spirituality Open Heart Meditation (pd.) Experience easy, wonderful practices that opens your life to the beauty within and connects you to your heart. • Free 7pm, Tuesdays, 5 Covington St. 2960017 or 367-6954 http://www. heartsanctuary.org 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. 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 & 4th Thursdays, 5:00-6:15 Mindfulness Meditation Class (pd.) Explore the miracle of healing into life through deepened stillness and presence. With consciousness teacher and columnist Bill Walz. Info: 258-3241. www. billwalz.com. Mondays, 7-8pm – Meditation class with lesson and discussions in contemporary Zen living. At the Asheville Friends Meeting House at 227 Edgewood Ave. (off Merrimon). Donation. CHANNELING YOUR HIGHEST SELF (pd.) Fri-Sun 10am-4pm Communicate with your highest self and ascended beings. Info: UltimateEnergyHealing.com/ channeling “Life Unlimited” Series with Herb Montgomery (pd.) From Renewed Heart Ministries on August 4-10, each night from 6:30-8:30pm, at the Mount Pisgah Academy SDA Church (21 Academy Drive, Candler, NC 28715). For more info, call 828-707-5369 or go to www.jesus4skeptics.com OPEN HEART WORKSHOPS (pd.) Level 1, August 24, Level 2, August 25, 9am-5pm, 5 Covington St. These workshops are a beautiful way to connect

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individual time with Swami Ken and closing blessing. Free. • SA (8/10), 3pm - An additional meditation session will be held. • TH (8/8), 2-4pm - "Dr. Sha's Soul Healing Class," facilitated by Ellen Logan. $20. Montreat Conference Center 401 Assembly Drive, Montreat. Programs are free, unless otherwise noted. Info: montreat. org or 669-2911. • WE (7/31), 7-8pm - "Women and Leadership in the Church," with Rev. Shannon Johnson Kershner. • WEDNESDAYS until (7/31) The arts in worship lab will help spiritual organizations "create Sunday art for worship and develop new visions for your church." $5. Mountain Zen Practice Center • TUESDAYS, 7pm - Conscious Compassionate Awareness meditation and group discussion guided by the teachings of Cheri Huber. First Tuesday orientation. Donations appreciated. Info: mountainzen.org.

A little bit of everything: Artists from Asheville to Greece will be featured in the Anything Goes, Everything Shows mail art show at the Courtyard Gallery. An opening reception, including works by Helen McCarthy (pictured), will be held Saturday, Aug. 3. (pg. 19)

with, feel and strengthen your spiritual heart, deepening your experience of living a heartcentered life. Register with Suzy, 367-6954, ohworkshopswnc@ gmail.com, http:/wncheart.com/ open-heart-workshops Asheville Insight Meditation • WEDNESDAYS, 7-8:30pm & SUNDAYS, 10-11:30am Practice Mindfulness Meditation (also called Vipassana or Insight Meditation) with a supportive group. Held at 29 Ravenscroft Drive, Suite 200. Free. Info: ashevillemeditation.com or 808-4444. Celtic Christian Holiday Service • SA (8/3), 3pm - Honor Lughnassadh during a service at a private home in Weaverville. An optional vegetarian potluck will be held after the service. Free. Info and location: avalongrove.org or 645-2674.

• 1st TUESDAYS, 6pm Discussions on spiritual healing and practice. Church of the Garden • SUNDAYS, 11am – The Church of the Garden is a spiritual community that draws meaning from ancient wisdom, new thought and the natural history of the Blue Ridge. Meets at OM Sanctuary, 87 Richmond Hill Drive. Donations appreciated. Info: ashevillechurchofthegarden.org. Cloud Cottage 219 Old Toll Circle in Black Mountain. Info: cloudcottage. org or 669-6000. • WE (7/31), 6-7:30pm - Dharma teacher Roger Shikan Hawkins will discuss "the great heart of the Buddha." • TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS & SATURDAYS, 7:30-8am - Sitting meditation.

Christian Science Reading Room 2 Wall St. Info: 254-2448.

Grace Lutheran Church 1245 Sixth Ave. W., Hendersonville. Info: gracelutherannc.com or 693-4890. • TH (8/1) through SU (8/18)

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- Grace Lutheran Church will accept registration for its ninemonth disciple bible study through Aug. 18. Cost varies based on level of study. • TUESDAYS through (8/12), 6:30-8pm - A summer learning series will feature stories about Ruth, Samuel, David and Elijah during the People of Faith bible study. Free. Registration requested. Light Center 2196 N.C. Highway 9 S., Black Mountain. Info: urlight.org or 669-6845. • WEDNESDAYS, 2:30-3:30pm & SUNDAYS, 3-4pm - Prayer and meditation for United States and world conditions. Free. • ONGOING, 10am-5pm Open meditation to music with energy balancing lights. 160acres of meditation hiking trails. By donation. • TUESDAYS, 7:30pm - Self Energy Awareness Group. • WE (8/7), 7pm - Meditation with Swami Ken, including onehour meditation, Satsang, Q&A,

Open Discussions on Spiritual Healing • 1st TUESDAYS, 6pm Featuring selected readings and a discussion of practical spiritual healing and practice. Held at the Christian Science Reading Room, 2 Wall St., first floor. Free. Info: 254-2448. Shambhala Meditation Center of Asheville 19 Westwood Place. Visitors welcome; donations accepted. Info: asheville.shambhala.org. • THURSDAYS, 6-6:45pm - Meditation followed by Dharma reading and discussion at 7pm. Meditation instruction offered. Open house first Thursdays. • SUNDAY, 10am-noon - A public sitting will feature meditation instruction. Come for a portion or the entire time.

Spoken & Written Word Asheville City Poets • WEDNESDAYS, 9pm Asheville City Poets will present public readings at Vanuatu Kava Bar, 15 Eagle St., produced by Asheville poet Caleb Beissert. All poets and musicians welcome. Free. Info and registration: meetup.com/ Asheville-City-Poets. • SU (8/4), 3pm - An open reading for local poets will be

held at Five Walnut Wine Bar, 5 Walnut St. Buncombe County Public Libraries LIBRARY ABBREVIATIONS - All programs are free unless otherwise noted. Each Library event is marked by the following location abbreviations: n EA = East Asheville Library (902 Tunnel Road, 250-4738) n EC = Enka-Candler Library (1404 Sandhill Road, 250-4758) n FV = Fairview Library (1 Taylor Road, 250-6484) n SS = Skyland/South Buncombe Library (260 Overlook Road, 250-6488) n SW = Swannanoa Library (101 West Charleston Street, 250-6486) n WV = Weaverville Library (41 N. Main Street, 250-6482) n Library storyline: 250-KIDS. • Through WE (7/31) Buncombe County Public Libraries will host "Dig into Reading" summer programs for kids at various libraries. Info and schedule: avl.mx/ug or 250-4721. • TH (8/1), 10:30am - Kids music with Moonshaped Lines. FV --- 6:30pm - Book club: I Am Forbidden by Anouk Markovitz. EA • TU (8/6), 6-8pm - Knit-nchain. SS --- 7pm - Book club: Defending Jacob by William Landay. EC --- 7pm: Book club: Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo. WV • WE (8/7), 3pm - Book club: Confederates in the Attic by Tony Horwitz. WV --- 5pm Swannanoa Knitters. SW • TH (8/8), 1pm - Book club: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. FV --- 6pm - Book club: Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver. SW City Lights Bookstore Located at 3 E. Jackson St., Sylva. Events are free, unless otherwise noted. Info: citylightsnc.com or 586-9499. • SA (8/3), 6:30pm - Carolyn Toben will present her book Recovering a Sense of the Sacred: Conversations with Thomas Berry.

are free, unless otherwise noted. • TH (8/1), 7pm - Brandt Ayers will discuss his memoir In Love with Defeat: The Making of a Southern Liberal with Asheville Citizen-Times publisher Randy Hammer. • SA (8/3), 1pm - Carolyn Toben will present her book Recovering a Sense of the Sacred: Conversations with Thomas Berry. • SU (8/4), 3pm - Poetrio will feature Bethany White and Ellen Braverman. • MO (8/5), 7pm - Bridging Differences Book Club: The Secret Piano: From Mao's Labor Camps to Bach's Goldberg Variations by Zhu Xiao-Mei. • TU (8/6), 7pm - The Women in Lively Discussion Book Club (WILD) will discuss The Enchanted Life of Adam Hope by Rhonda Riley at Battery Park Book Exchange, 1 Page Ave. • WE (8/7), 7pm - Fred Bahnson will present his book Soil and Sacrament: A Spiritual Memoir of Food and Faith. -- 7pm - Malaprop's Book Club: Swan: Poems and Prose Poems by Mary Oliver. • TH (8/8), 7pm - Sarah Dessen will present her novel The Moon and More. Orchard Book Club • WE (7/31), 10:30am-noon - Orchard at Altapas, 1025 Orchard Road, Spruce Pine, will host a book club featuring Under the Mercy Trees by Heather Newton. Free; lunch available for $10. Info: altapassorchard.org or altapass. orchard@gmail.com. Spellbound Children's Bookshop 21 Battery Park Ave. Free, unless otherwise noted. Info: spellboundchildrensbookshop. com or 232-2228. • SU (8/4), 4pm - The Royal Book Club, open to adults 18 and older interested in young adult fiction, will discuss A Girl Named Digit by Annabel Monaghan.

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Let’s Talk About It Series • TH (8/8), 4-8pm - The "Let’s Talk About It" summer series will focus on Shiloh & Other Stories by Bobbie Mason. Held at Haywood County Library, 678 S. Haywood St., Waynesville. Free. Info: 4565311.

Aqua Fitness Class • TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 12:10-12:50pm - WCU will offer an aqua fitness class in the Reid Gymnasium pool. $35. Info: learn.wcu.edu.

Malaprop's Bookstore and Cafe 55 Haywood St. Info: malaprops.com or 254-6734. Events

Asheville Ultimate Club • MONDAYS through (8/12), 8-10pm - The Asheville Ultimate Club will offer

women's and rookie leagues at Memorial Stadium, 30 Buchanan Ave. $10. Info: ashevilleultimate. org. Buncombe County Pools • MONDAYS through FRIDAYS, noon-5:45pm; SATURDAYS, 11am-6:45pm; SUNDAYS, 1-6:45pm - Buncombe County Pools offer daily open swim sessions. $3. Info and locations: avl. mx/tb. Hoop Jam • TUESDAYS, 5:30-7:30pm Hoop Jam invites the public to hula hoop in Pritchard Park. Hoops available to borrow. Free. Info: ashevilledowntown.org. Youth Disc Golf Tournament • SA (8/3), 9:30am - A youth disc golf tournament will be held at Vance Street Park, Waynesville. $20. Info: recprogramspecialist@townofwaynesville.org or 456-2030.

Theater Asheville Community Theatre Located at 35 E. Walnut St. Tickets and info: ashevilletheatre. org or 254-1320. • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS (8/2) until (8/18) - Steel Magnolias, the story of six Southern women in northern Louisiana. Fri. & Sat., 7:30pm; Sun., 2:30pm. $22/$19 students and seniors/$12 children.

Carl Sandburg Home Located three miles south of Hendersonville off U.S. 25 on Little River Road. Info: 693-4178 or nps.gov/carl. • WEDNESDAYS through SATURDAYS, 10:15am Apprentice actors from the Flat Rock Playhouse will perform at the park amphitheatre. Wednesdays and Fridays: The World of Carl Sandburg; Thursdays and Saturdays: Rootabaga!, based on Sandburg's Rootabaga Stories. Free. Flat Rock Playhouse Mainstage: Highway 225, Flat Rock. Downtown location: 125 South Main St., Hendersonville. Info: flatrockplayhouse.org or 693-0731. • WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS until (8/18) - Les Miserables, the story of "a French peasant of abnormal physical and moral strength and his never-ending quest for redemption." Performed at the Mainstage location. Wed.-Sat., 8pm.; Thurs., Sat. & Sun., 2pm. $40 with discounts for seniors, military and students. • WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS (8/1) until (8/18) - The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged). Performed at the downtown location. Wed.-Sat., 8pm; Thurs., Sat. & Sun., 2pm. $35 with discounts for seniors, military and students.

Montford Park Players Unless otherwise noted, performances are free and take place outdoors at Hazel Robinson Amphitheater in Montford. Donations accepted. Info: montfordparkplayers.org or 254-5146. • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until (8/18) - Love’s Labour’s Lost, performed in the style of a 1980s teen romance movie, will tell the story of "a group of students sworn to studious celibacy who fall comically in love with three beautiful French foreign exchange students." 7:30pm.

Thriving Children The Success Equation, under the umbrella of Children First/ Communities In Schools, unites the community to reduce the root causes of child poverty. These calendar listings feature community events and volunteer opportunities to help children thrive in Buncombe County. Children First/CIS • Children First/CIS seeks vol-

Parkway Playhouse 202 Green Mountain Drive, Burnsville. Info: parkwayplayhouse.com or 682-4285. • THURSDAYS through SATURDAYS until (8/10) - The Mystery of Edwin Drood, a playwithin-a-play about a "hilariously loony Victorian musical troupe." 7:30pm. 5pm Sunday matinee on July 28. $12-$22.

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Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre Performances are held at Mars Hill College's Owen Theatre. Info: sartplays.org or 689-1239. • Through SA (8/4) - The Sunshine Boys, the story of a one-time vaudevillian team known as Lewis and Clark. See website for times and cost. • THURSDAYS through SUNDAYS (8/7) until (8/18) Blithe Spirit, a comedy about socialite and novelist Charles Condomine. Preview Aug. 7. See website for times and cost.

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and after school program for elementary school children living in public and low-income housing. Mon.-Thurs., 2:30-5:30pm. Volunteer for one hour a week and change the life of a local child. Info: childrenfirstbc.org, facebook.com/SuccessEquation or 768-2072.

• The YWCA MotherLove program seeks volunteers to provide support and encouragement to teen mothers. A commitment of eight hours per month required. Info: 254-7206. Partners Unlimited • Partners Unlimited, a program for at-risk youth ages 10-18, seeks volunteer tutors and website assistance. Info: partnersunlimited@juno.com or 281-2800.

Volunteering Big Brothers Big Sisters of WNC Located at 50 S. French Broad Ave., Room 213, in the United Way building. The organization matches children from single-parent homes with adult mentors. Info: bbbswnc.org or 253-1470. • Big Brothers Big Sisters seeks persons to mentor one hour per week in schools and after-school sites. Volunteers age 18 and older are also needed to share outings in the community twice a month with youth from singleparent homes. Activities are free or low-cost, such as sports, local attractions, etc. Info sessions: Aug. 8 and Aug. 22 at noon. Hands On AshevilleBuncombe Registration required. Youth are welcome on many projects with adult supervision. Info: handsonasheville.org or call 2-1-1. Visit the website to sign up for a project. • MO (8/5), 6-8:30pm - Cookie night invites the public to make cookies for hospice patients at CarePartners' John Keever Solace Center. Literacy Council of Buncombe County Located at 31 College Place, Building B, Suite 221. Info: litcouncil.com, volunteers@ litcouncil.com or 254-3442. • Volunteers are needed to

tutor adults in basic literacy skills including reading, writing, math and English as a second language. Tutors provide one-onone or small group instruction in Buncombe County. No prior tutoring experience or foreign language skills required. Tutors will receive 15 hours of training and ongoing support from certified professionals. Orientation sessions: Sept. 11 and Sept. 12. Volunteers must attend one orientation. The Rathbun Center • The Rathbun Center, a nonprofit corporation that provides free lodging for patients and their caregivers staying in Asheville for medical treatment, seeks volunteers to support and register guests. Weekend shifts: noon-3pm, 3-6pm & 6-9pm. Info: rathbuncenter.org or 251-0595. Tom Sawyer Day • MO (8/5) - Brevard College invites the public to participate in Tom Sawyer Day, an opportunity to beautify the college's campus and gardens. Info and details: 883-8391. CALENDAR DEADLINE The deadline for free and paid listings is 5 p.m. WEDNESDAY, one week prior to publication. Questions? Call (828)251-1333 ext. 365 w

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Large drug treatment center proposed for Montford neighborhood to serve residents of Montford neighborhood asheville, Monday — Asheville’s Montford neighborhood will soon be home to a drug treatment center, and walkin traffic should keep the center full yearround. “We’re not sure whether to just put one roof over the entire Montford district, or connect every home with a path, and make it a drug treatment campus,” said Luke Azalea, director of Montford Commons, a residential substance abuse treatment program. Azalea said the idea came during a quick walk around the neighborhood

during a stay at a Montford bed-andbreakfast. “I realized the owners of the Band-B’s themselves need a place to restore themselves to sanity, as well as home owners and renters throughout the Montford district,” said Azalea. “It will be environmentally friendly, since our treatment residents can literally walk next door for check-in, and when the value of their homes finally bounces back to former levels, they can check out.”

Aging comic-strip characters feeling economic pinch Tappahannock, Tuesday — Although they constitute a small segment of the U.S. population, comic strip characters are an indicator of America’s economic troubles, working well past retirement age in a niche industry with no pension system. Arguably the best-known character of all, Charles “Charlie” Brown began his career in 1947 at age 6 and is still working today, especially on holidays. “The television network skinflints have us by the balls, contract-wise. Schulz (Charles M. Schulz, the “Peanuts” creator) saw to that: he cashed in big time, and all the television residuals went to him, and now to his estate. We have no health insurance, of course: do you think Linus would be carrying that blanket around if he could afford his anti-anxiety medication? We work for a pittance because we have to.” Dagwood Bumstead, 110 years old, echoes Brown’s sentiments: “I’ve had to work for the same ball-busting boss for over 80 years. If I hadn’t fallen in love with Blondie, I could be sitting pretty on the family fortune, but I got disowned because my father didn’t want me marrying a flapper. Now I’m working part time as a Wal-Mart greeter to pay the lawsuit that the mailman won because I’m always

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running over him on my way to work.” Members of the military are not left out: PFC Beetle Bailey began his enlistment in 1951, and still serves his country at the age of 81. Bailey, however, considers himself lucky: “General Halftrack served in the Spanish American War. He was 78 years old when I enlisted, so you do the math.” Perhaps the saddest characters of all reside in “The Family Circus.” Bil and Thel, the parents, are in their 80s and have to endure the nightmare of their disoriented children, who are themselves nearing retirement age, wandering around the neighborhood. “PJ now has a restraining order from about half the people on the block. They see him as a sinister figure, rather like Oskar in The Tin Drum, but he wouldn’t hurt anyone. I’m too tired to chase him anymore, and the cops are usually nice to us,” says mother Thel. “We just don’t have the means to retire, and we definitely can’t afford to put the kids in a home either. So we’re stuck here.” Charlie Brown agrees: “When it comes to a pension, our bosses are like Lucy Van Pelt and that damn football. They promise there will be something there for us, but when the time comes, it’s gone.”

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Vegetarians for Cow Slaughter I’ve never liked cows but I By Andy was recently reminded of Dander their true vulgarity while hiking atop Bearwallow Mountain. Even in a “free-range grass-fed” environment the contempt they befoul their surroundings with is unspeakable. The cow is a factory for methane and E.coli. A poison factory. When the magnitude of this dawned on me I realized, cows should be actively hated and their presence mistrusted. If the price of a steak means allowing such a horrific beast to live anywhere near the water source or the atmosphere of a human being we love, we should stand together and not pay it. They can’t possibly exist in the wild in their highmaintenance stupidity, and without a need for them, the supply will simply dry up. One generation, and we got these bastards beat. Don’t stop eating cows because you love them. Stop eating cows because you love YOU, and you hate them. (That’s what I call a Man’s vegetarian.) You as a sentient, rational being have the ability to know when your appetite is messing with the future of your species. I just saw that sh*t firsthand, and it is bad. I invite you to come walk and smell with me. Take a deep whiff. Tell me that smell, every day for a year, is worth the smell of your grill on the Fourth Of July. Never. Do you know the force and volume with which those creatures spray pee? Someone should have called Erdogan, because the squares in Turkey could have been cleared without the fire-hoses. For now, I promise you, the satisfaction of stabbing your knife into their putrid flesh and gleefully tearing it apart with your teeth is short-sighted at best, even when seen as symbolic vengeance for the havoc they have wreaked upon our ecosystems and cardiovascular systems. But we must handle this in solidarity, and starve them out of their miserable, fetid existences in the next generation. You owe it to your children to make sure the cows have no children of their own.

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• Although Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (the alleged 9/11 mastermind) was waterboarded 183 times among several extreme interrogation techniques, he and his CIA captors eventually reached a moderated state. In 2003, though still housed in a “black site” in Romania, “KSM” asked permission to design a household vacuum cleaner and the highest echelons of the agency cooperated, according to a former senior CIA analyst, speaking to the Associated Press in July. In reality, when a detainee exhausts his intelligence value, the agency’s main mission is to keep him “sane,” in case he is later put on trial, and the vacuum cleaner project was thought likely to engage KSM, who, 15 years before the murders of nearly 3,000 people on September 11, had earned a mechanical engineering degree from North Carolina A&T State University.

• Always Low Wages: A staff report by Democrats on the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce released in June, using data from Wisconsin, found that taxpayers wind up paying out at least $75 million a year in “safety net” assistance to the state’s Wal-Mart workers (food stamps, Medicaid, school lunches, earned-income tax credits, etc.) allegedly because the company’s wages and benefits are so meager. The report, an update on 2004 numbers that were less than half those found this time around, estimated that Wal-Mart families accounted for more than 9,000 Wisconsin Medicaid enrollees. The $75 million, covering 75 stores, represents a low-end estimate with the high end about $130 million.

The Entrepreneurial Spirit • Rose of Sharon Pops: The gourmet lollipop company Lollyphile announced its latest flavor in June: Breast Milk Lollipops (four for $10). Owner Jason Darling said it “slowly dawned on” him that his friends were “producing milk so delicious it could turn a screaming, furious child into a docile, contented one. I knew I had to capture that flavor.” • Flavor Fail: (1) The Rocket Fizz Soda Pop and Candy Shop franchisers, already with a lineup of sometimes-unappreciated flavors such as buffalo chickenwing soda, briefly experimented in June with “ranch dressing” soda, a mistaken adventure that co-founder Rob Powells jokingly blamed on his business partner. (2) Brewmaster John Maier of Rogue Ales in Newport, Ore., pointed out that “wild yeasts” have been used in beer for centuries and thus (according to a June report on FoodBeast.com) his company’s Beard Beer (from yeast of beards, including at one time, his own) should be regarded as a traditional brew.

People Different From Us • Melanie Typaldos, 57, and her husband, Richard Loveman, 54, in Buda, Texas, are supposedly part of a growing trend of people keeping pet capybaras (giant, semi-aquatic guinea pigs that are the world’s largest rodents, at more than 100 pounds). “Gary” sometimes lounges on the couple’s marital bed and frolics in the above-ground pool the couple installed for him. Although Melanie and Richard keep other, more traditional, animals at their home (they told London’s Daily Mail in June), Gary is, of course, the only one as large as a human but with the distinctive body and head of a rat. X

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Off the table Mission Health and Rutherford Regional Health System terminate merger plan

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Plans for a partnership between Rutherford Regional Health System and Mission Health no longer exist. The July 19 announcement came nearly six months after the two organizations entered into a Memorandum of Understanding — a nonbinding agreement that signaled the beginning of a negotiation process that, typically, would have concluded with Rutherford Regional becoming a full-member hospital of Mission Health. However, that option is now off the table, both parties report. Rutherford officials declined to comment further on future mergers or partnerships with another health system, which most smaller hospitals have done in recent years. “Our resolve to enhance our ability to grow and provide more services to our patients remains as strong today as it did when we first agreed to examine this opportunity,” said Terry Hines, chairman of the RRHS Board of Trustees, in a statement. “As we open discussions regarding potential partnership with other highly respected health systems, we are confident that our patients will continue to receive exceptional quality care and services from RRHS’ dedicated employees and medical staff.” Typically, hospital mergers follow either one of two affiliation agreements: a full affiliation or a management affiliation. Last year, Xpress published a

story exploring hospital mergers, including the Mission-Rutherford proposal (“Let’s Get Together: WNC Hospitals Face Financial Pressures to Merge” Oct. 17, 2012). Under the full affiliation that Rutherford Regional Health System and Mission Health were pursuing around that time, the Ashevillebased Mission Health would have acquired the RRHS’ assets and essentially become the owner. When Xpress talked to Mission Health President and CEO Ron Paulus last year, he explained the difference between agreements like this: “The management relationship would be like a dating relationship, and the full affiliation is more like marriage.” Like romantic relationships, though, hospital mergers don’t always work out. In fact, this is the first Memorandum of Understanding between Mission Health and another health system that has not lead to either a management agreement or full affiliation. “Locally, regionally and nationally, health systems are experiencing many firsts as we adapt to the changing health-care landscape,” according to a statement about the terminated MOU from Mission Health. “Additionally, Mission Health faces challenging demographics in Western North Carolina, where our patients are older, poorer, sicker and more likely to be uninsured. However, Mission Health continues to seek opportunities to partner with community organizations who share our goal of improving the health and wellness of our region.” Paulus adds, “After participating in a months-long, intensive process to determine whether and how a partnership would enable both organizations to better meet the needs of our communities, Mission has an even greater respect for the compassion with

which Rutherford Regional Health System and its physicians serve its community. ... We respect and appreciate RRHS’ view that there are other potential partners who may create more value, and we wish them great success.” Rutherford Regional Health System employs more than 130 physicians, approximately 700 clinical and support staff and 200 volunteers. Mission Health is the sixth-largest health system in the state, and employs more than 1,000 physicians, approximately 8,800 employees and 700 volunteers. X

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230 Hour Yoga Teacher Training (pd.) Friday, August 2-Sunday, December 22. 8am8:30pm. Admissions Open Now. We believe the best yoga teachers are authentic and powerful. We give students the tools to be impeccable yoga teachers. Program includes: • 5 months of unlimited yoga. • 5 intensive weekends • 40 Days to Personal Revolution Program. • Teacher Training Workbook. • Alumni Benefits. Cost: $1995, $99 non-refundable Application Fee. RSVP online at Goyogainc.com or call (828) 335-YOGA for more information. 40 Days To Personal Revolution (pd.) Mondays, August 5-September 16, 7:158:15pm. Find mental clarity, ease of body and and illumination of spirit. Restore harmony and overcome limiting behaviors. Program incorporates healthy diet, meditation, journaling, yoga and community meetings. • Cost: $199 includes 6 weeks of unlimited yoga, the 40 Days Book and weekly community meetings. RSVP online at Goyogainc.com or call (828) 335-YOGA for more information. Restorative Yoga (pd.) Fridays, 8:30-9:30am. $12 or 10/$100. 1378 Hendersonville Road. Call 277-5741. Registration suggested, details at www.AshevilleHappyBody. com Thank Dog Bootcamp (pd.) Your DOG is your workout partner! Thank Dog Bootcamp is an outdoor fitness program that combines dog training, weight training, and cardio training for dogs and their people. First class is FREE. MON, WED & THUR 6PM and TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS 8AM @ Recreation Park (65 Gashes Creek Road). Info: info@thankdogavl.com or (828)423-0156. BECOME A MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID RESPONDER (pd.) Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is a National recognized and best practice 8-hour course which teaches participants to respond safely and comfortably to mental health crisis in your work place, with family members and loved ones or in your community. MHFA provides an easy to follow 5-step approach for crisis response and a comprehensive understanding of encompassing mental health issues and addictive disorders. This course will be offered in Asheville on August 20, 2013 from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Course fee is $125.00. For details or to register, visit our website at http:// www.amorrisconsulting.com Asheville Community Yoga Center Located at 8 Brookdale Road. Info: ashevillecommunityyoga.com. • MONDAYS through (8/12), 12:45-2pm - The Low Back Therapeutics series will focus on easing and preventing lower back pain. $40. • WEDNESDAYS (8/7) through (8/28), 6-7:30pm “1,000 Variations” will explore variations on familiar poses. Basic yoga experience recommended. $40. • THURSDAYS (8/8) through (8/29), 6-7:30pm “Mindfulness Now” will include meditation, deep relaxation and mindful movement. $40. Ashtanga Yoga • TUESDAYS 5:30-7pm; FRIDAYS, noon-1:30pm; SUNDAYS 9-10:30am - Apothecary, 39 S. Market St., hosts Ashtanga yoga. Tuesdays: led primary series. Fridays: led primary/intermediate series. Sundays: Mysore practice. All levels welcome. $5-$15 sliding scale. Info: facebook.com/ashevilleapothecary.

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Living Healthy with Diabetes • WEDNESDAYS through (8/14), 5-7:30pm - Find balance with diabetes through this six-week selfmanagement workshop. Open to people with diabetes and their caregivers. $30 suggested donation for series. Held at the Woodfin YMCA, 40 N. Merrimon Ave., Suite 101. Registration required: 251-7438.

Support Groups

Medicine of the Feminine • WE (8/7), 6pm - Muse Lokajickova will focus on Maya Abdominal Massage and holistic pelvic care, while discussing care for the uterus and pelvic bowl, from preconception through postpartum. Hosted by the Doula Association of the Mountain Area at Family to Family, 207 Charlotte St. Free. Info: avl. mx/uo or wncdoulas.com.

Adult Children Of Alcoholics & Dysfunctional Families ACOA is an anonymous 12-step, “Twelve Tradition” program for women and men who grew up in alcoholic or otherwise dysfunctional homes. Info: adultchildren.org. • SUNDAYS, 3pm - “Living in the Solution,” The Servanthood House, 156 E. Chestnut St. Open big book study. Info: 989-8075. • FRIDAYS, 7pm - “Inner Child” study group. Grace Episcopal Church, 871 Merrimon Ave. Info: 9898075. • MONDAYS, 7pm - “Generations,” First Congregational UCC, 20 Oak St. Info: 474-5120.

Opportunity House Blood Tests • WEDNESDAYS, 8:30-10am - Opportunity House will offer blood profile laboratory testing at 1411 Asheville Highway, Hendersonville. $25. No appointment required. Info: opportunityhouse.org or 692-0575.

Al Anon Meeting (Lambda) • FRIDAYS, 8pm - The Lambda (LGBT) group of Al-Anon, a gay-friendly support group for families and friends of alcoholics, holds weekly candlelight meetings at All Souls Cathedral, 9 Swan St. Info: trackerm1001@yahoo.com.

Red Cross Blood Drives 100 Edgewood Road. Info: redcrosswnc.org or 258-3888. Appointment and ID required for blood drives. • WE (7/31), 2:30-6:30pm - Blood drive: Biltmore Church of Christ, 823 Fairview St. Info: 274-2829. • TH (8/1), 1:30-5:30pm - Blood drive: Black Mountain Presbyterian Church, 117 Montreat Road. Info: 669-6729. • SA (8/3), 1-5:30pm - Blood drive: Reed Memorial Baptist Church, 756 Fairview Road. Info: (800) 7332767. • TU (8/6), 1:30-6pm - Blood drive: Calvary Baptist Church, 531 Haywood Road. Info: 712-1756. • TU (8/6), 2:30-6:30pm - Blood drive: Lutheran Church of the Nativity, 2425 Hendersonville Road, Arden. Info: 684-0352. • WE (8/7), 1:30-6pm - Blood drive: Chili’s Grill and Bar, 420 Airport Road, Arden. Info: 684-5067. • WE (8/7), 3:30-7:30pm - Blood drive: Hominy Baptist Church, 135 Candler School Road, Candler. Info: 667-4541. • TH (8/8), noon-5pm - Blood drive: Chili’s Grill and Bar, 253 Tunnel Road. Info: 252-4999.

Al-Anon Al-Anon is a support group for the family and friends of alcoholics. More than 33 groups are available in the WNC area. Info: wnc-alanon.org or 800-286-1326. • WEDNESDAYS, 11:30am - “Daytime Serenity,” Pardee Education Center at the Blue Ridge Mall, 1800 Four Seasons Blvd. --- 7pm - Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, 798 Merrimon Ave. --- 5:45pm - Al-Anon meeting for women, Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, 798 Merrimon Ave. • THURSDAYS, 6pm - Al-Anon meeting for women, New Hope Presbyterian Church, 3020 Sweeten Creek Road. • THURSDAYS, 7pm - “Parents of Children with Alcoholism,” West Asheville Presbyterian Church, 690 Haywood Road. --- 7pm - Pinecrest Presbyterian Church, 1790 Greenville Highway at North Highland Lake Road, Flat Rock. --- 8pm Fletcher United Methodist Church, 50 Library St., Fletcher. • FRIDAYS, 12:30pm - “Keeping the Focus,” First Baptist Church, 5 Oak St. Entrance near Charlotte Street. --- 5:30pm - “Family Matters,” First United Church, 66 Harrison Ave., Franklin. --- 8pm “Lambda” open/LGBT meeting. Cathedral of All Souls, 9 Swan St. Info: 670-6277. • SATURDAYS, 10am - “One Day at a Time,” First Baptist Church, Buncombe and 5th Avenues, Hendersonville. --- 10am - “Grace Fireside,” Grace Episcopal Church, 871 Merrimon Ave. --- 10am “Saturday Serenity,” St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 337 Charlotte St. --- noon - “Courage to Change,” Bess Sprinkle Memorial Library, Weaverville. • SUNDAYS, 5pm - Al-Anon and Alateen, West Asheville Presbyterian Church, 690 Haywood Road. • MONDAYS, noon - “Keeping the Focus,” First Baptist Church, 5 Oak St. Entrance near Charlotte Street. --- 6pm - “Attitude of Gratitude,” Grace Episcopal Church, 871 Merrimon Ave. --- 7pm First Christian Church, 201 Blue Ridge Road, Black Mountain. --- 7:30pm - First United Methodist Church, Jackson and Church Streets, Sylva. --- 8pm - “Al-Anon Spoken Here,” Ledger Baptist Church, U.S. 226 near Bakersville. --- 8pm - Pinecrest Presbyterian Church, 1790 Greenville Highway at North Highland Lake Road. • TUESDAYS, 4pm - Grace Church, 242 Highway 107 N., Cashiers. --- 5:30pm - “Steps to Recovery,” Kenilworth Presbyterian Church, 123 Kenilworth Road. --- 7pm - “One Day at a Time,” First Congregational UCC, 20 Oak St. --- 8pm -

Walk with a Doc • SA (8/3), 9-10:30am - The public is invited to take a group walk with a MAHEC doctor to discuss health topics and socialize. Departs from Karpen Soccer Field, 207 Reems Creek Road, Weaverville. Free. Info: 250-4269. Yoga for Every Body • MONDAYS & THURSDAYS, 6pm - Burton Street Community Center, 134 Burton St., hosts yoga with an emphasis on the connection between breath and bodies for back care, core strength and opening hips and chests. Free. Info: sialiablue@gmail.com. Yoga for Veterans • MONDAYS, 7-8pm - A yoga class for veterans and their families will be offered at Asheville Yoga Donation Studio, 239 S. Liberty St. All levels. Free. Info: youryoga.com or 254-0380. Yoga for Veterans • TUESDAYS, 4:30pm - A beginner class for veterans, appropriate for most fitness levels, is held weekly in the Charles George VA Medical Center cafeteria, 1100 Tunnel Road. Bring mat if possible. Free. Info: kirklandyoga@charter.net.

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Transylvania men’s meeting, Brevard-Davidson River Presbyterian Church, 249 E. Main St. Co-Dependents Anonymous A fellowship of men and women whose common purpose is to develop healthy relationships. • WEDNESDAYS, 7pm & SATURDAYS, 11am First Congregational UCC, 20 Oak St. (use back entrance). Info: 424-6594 or 398-8937. Debtors Anonymous • MONDAYS, 7pm - Debtors Anonymous meets at First Congregational UCC, 20 Oak St., Room 101. Info: debtorsanonymous.org. Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance: Magnetic Minds • WEDNESDAYS, 7-9pm & SATURDAYS, 4-6pm Magnetic Minds provides self-help through weekly, peer-facilitated support meetings offering acceptance, info and techniques to manage challenges. Meets at 1316-C Parkwood Road, across from the West Asheville BB&T. Free. Info: MagneticMinds. weebly.com or 367-7660. Family Hope Line • TUESDAYS, 2-5pm & THURSDAYS, 8-11pm “Compassionate listening, encouragement and help finding recovery resources for individuals and families experiencing mental health challenges and/ or emotional distress.” (855) 446-7348. Free. Info: motherbearcan.org. Family Mental Health Support • WEDNESDAYS, 6:30pm - Mother Bear Family Dens are free recovery education and support meetings open to individuals, families, friends and care providers working with mental health challenges. Held at All Souls Counseling, 35 Arlington St. Info: motherbearcan.org. HIV/AIDS Support Group • 1st & 3rd TUESDAYS, 6pm - Western North Carolina AIDS Project (WNCAP) hosts a free, confidential HIV/AIDS support group led by a trained facilitator. Info and location: 252-7489, ext. 328; thomas.buffkin@gmail.com; 252-7489; or www. wncap.org. Memory Cafe • 1st MONDAYS, 1-3pm; 1st WEDNESDAYS, 2-4pm; 3rd SATURDAYS, 1-3pm; 3rd THURSDAYS, 2-4pm - Memory Cafe is an opportunity for those living with the challenges of dementia to gather and socialize. Free. Info and locations: shendrix@ mountainprojects.org, Asstminister@uuasheville.org, LBrown@FBCA.net or bettyrobbins@morrisbb.net. NAMI Support Groups The National Alliance on Mental Illness offers three types of groups to support people living with mental health issues and their families, friends and loved ones. Free. Info: namiwnc.org or 505-7353. • 1st SATURDAYS, 10am; 2nd & 4th MONDAYS, 11am; 3rd TUESDAYS, 6pm - Connection group for people with mental health issues. 356 Biltmore Ave., Suite 207. • 1st SATURDAYS, 10am; 3rd TUESDAYS, 6pm - Family/Caregiver group for people supporting someone experiencing a mental health issue. 356 Biltmore Ave., Suite 315. Nar-Anon • Nar-Anon provides support to relatives and friends concerned about the addiction or drug problem of a loved one. • TUESDAYS, 7pm - West Asheville Presbyterian Church, 690 Haywood Road; enter through back door. Info: robinplemmons@gmail.com.

We wish you a smiling summer! • WEDNESDAYS, 12:30pm - First United Methodist Chuch, 204 Sixth Ave. W., Hendersonville. Enter through side parking lot. Info: 891-8050. New Moms Support Group • THURSDAYS, 6pm - A group for new mothers (children through 5 years) who suffer from depression will focus on meeting parenting challenges while caring for self and offer solutions in a safe, healthy environment with professional support. Info and location: newmomsgroup@yahoo.com. Overeaters Anonymous A fellowship of individuals who are recovering from compulsive overeating. A 12-step program. • TUESDAYS, 10:30am-noon - Asheville: Grace Episcopal Church, 871 Merrimon Ave. at Ottari. Info: (609) 731-0808. Recovery From Food Addiction • MONDAYS, noon & FRIDAYS, 7pm - A 10-step support group for those suffering from food addiction meets at Biltmore United Methodist Church, 376 Hendersonville Road, second floor. Info: scmunchkin59@yahoo.com. S-Anon • ONGOING - An anonymous 12-step program for those affected by another’s sexual behavior. Four meetings available weekly in WNC. For days, times, locations and additional information call 258-5117. Shambhala Meditation Center • TUESDAYS, 6-7pm - Heart of Recovery meetings integrate Buddhist meditation with 12-step recovery programs. New and experienced meditators welcome. Meetings are anonymous. Held at 19 Westwood Place. Info: asheville.shambhala.org.

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Move over, Sister Bad Habit, there’s a new pedaler in town. Jessie Lehmann owns, operates and pedals Asheville Bike Taxi, which gives locals and tourists another way to experience Asheville. “You show people around, you get exercise while you’re working — there’s really so many cool things about this as a job,” says Lehmann, who launched the service in July. The 35-year-old says she got the idea after seeing the way tourism has grown in Asheville. She’s lived in the area since the mid-1990s, when she attended Warren Wilson College to study environmental philosophy. “I’ve done everything you could sort of weirdly think of in Asheville — I play West African drums, I taught middle school, I did wilderness therapy, I’ve been a server, a painter of houses. Seeing the way Asheville’s changed over the last couple of years, I figured I’d try to get into the tourism industry.” Lehmann says it took about two

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Rockin’ the rickshaw: Jesse Lehmann, owner and operator of Asheville Bike Taxi, says she wanted her company to emulate the tradition of rickshaws in India. She offers rides between downtown destinations, starting at $5 for two people. Photo by Julia Ritchey

years to get the business off the ground. She even sold her car and spent three months learning the ins and outs of traveling on two wheels around Asheville. Sparing no expense, she purchased a $7,000, bright yellow pedicab with an electric-assist motor (a necessity because of the downtown’s steep hills). Lehmann says she’s one of the first people to try out this new battery-powered model, made by Main Street Pedicabs, a manufacturer in Broomfield, Colo. “I got the Rolls-Royce of pedicabs,” boasts Lehmann. “This thing is amazing. It has golf-cart

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hydraulic disc brakes, and it’s welded like a beast.” Asheville Bike Taxi received final approval from the city on July 3, so Lehmann was geared up for a busy July 4 weekend, but the weather did not cooperate. Since then, the rainy weather — or “monsoon season,” as Lehmann terms it — has presented challenges for her company. Lehmann says she’s used the time to practice more routes, troubleshoot issues and build up her stamina. The rates are straightfoward: $5 minimum for two people or $7 for three, which will basically get you anywhere downtown. So, say you’ve finished a concert at the Orange

Peel and need a lift back to Hotel Indigo — $5 will get you there. For longer hauls, Lehmann says it will be about $1 a minute, though she’s willing to negotiate. “The goal is very soon to be open Thursday through Sunday, afternoon to late night,” notes Lehmann. She’ll also be available for morning tours. Asheville Bike Taxi will have “Waldo sightings” Monday through Wednesday (if you see the pedicab, you can flag it down for a ride). Lehmann eventually hopes to hire more drivers to fill all the time slots, sell advertising for the side of the cab and add another yellow beast to the fleet. The idea is for Asheville Bike Taxi to be everywhere people are, including West Asheville and the River Arts District. Lehmann wants to spread the word that her bike has enough juice to pull some of Asheville’s toughest grades, and those it can’t, like Walnut Street, she avoids. “I’m learning the flattest routes of Asheville, so to speak. The big thing I really wanted to let people know is we can pretty much handle you. You see me and I’m little. Don’t worry, I can get you up the hills.” On top of expanding her fleet, Lehmann also wants to be a biking advocate. “Part of my mission, secretly, is kind of like, ‘Pedicab drivers of the world, unite!’” Lehmann says. Pedicabs, or rickshaws as they are often referred to, have been around for more than a century. In fact, the bike taxi sports two hand-painted mud flaps given by a friend who bought them from a rickshaw-artist district in India. Says Lehmann of pedicabbing: “It’s fun, it’s friendly and it’s eco-friendly. It’s got a vibe that can be honorable. ... One of my goals is to do bike advocacy and to promote multimodal transport and environmentally friendly ways to get people around, without the carbon footprint.” For more information or to book a tour with Lehmann, visit ashevillebiketaxi.com or call 777-5115. X

Business Calendar ABWA Meeting • TH (8/1), 5:30-7:30pm - The American Business Women’s Association will host a dinner meeting at Crowne Plaza Resort, 1 Resort Drive, featuring a presentation by Vicki O’Conner. $25. Info and registration: abwaskyhychapter.com. Asheville Blogger Society • TU (8//6), 6pm - A meeting of the Asheville Blogger Society will include “Fast and Effective Ways to Build Your Tribe: Get More Readers and More Leads for Your Business or Blog,” with Jason Spencer. All bloggers welcome. Held at Pack’s Tavern, 20 S. Spruce St. Free. Info: avlbloggersociety@gmail.com or facebook.com/ avlbloggersociety. Goodwill Career Classes • ONGOING - Goodwill offers entry-level computer classes. Free. Info and schedule: 298-9023. • ONGOING - Goodwill offers classes for those interested in careers in the food and hotel industries. Hands-on training includes American Hotel and Lodging Association certification. $25. Info and schedule: 298-9023. Meet the Geeks • WE (7/31), 5:30pm - Meet the Geeks, “a casual meetup for tech pros and business own-

ers seeking qualified technology service providers.” Share knowledge, develop partnerships and strengthen the local IT industry during this free meeting at Scully’s, 13 W. Walnut St. Info: info@ meetthegeeks.net. Mountain BizWorks Workshops 153 S. Lexington Ave. Info: 253-2834 or mountainbizworks.org. • MONDAYS, noon & WEDNESDAYS, 4:30pm - An informational meeting about Mountain BizWorks’ programs will help businesses make the first step toward accessing the organization’s services. Free. TAX F Info and registration: victor@mountainbizworks.org REE WEEK or 253-2834. END • TH (8/1), 9am-noon - Express Foundations, a fastpaced version of the Foundations curriculum, uses an integrated approach to emphasize the crossdevelopmentTA of financial and marketing elements. X This five-week FRcourse EE meets Thursdays. Sliding scale. Info and registration: victor@mountainbizworks.org or 253-283. MORE BUSINESS EVENTS ONLINE Check out the Business Calendar online at mountainx.com/events for info on events happening Back8.after August to-

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In the lesser-known public gardens of Western North Carolina, bamboo bursts from the soil, maple trees shade walls of stone and sculptures rise from the earth. From the grounds of a 19th century inn to a whimsical West Asheville plot, our region offers the chance to experience the same sense of wonder that filled 10-year-old Mary Lennox when she turned a rusty key in an old gate and discovered the world of the classic children’s book The Secret Garden. Whether you encounter a half-wild grove of branches and vines or a proper English garden fit for a king, the feeling of amazement is the same, full of hidden passageways and surprising plants. You just need to know where to look. Go beyond the manicured pathways with this guide to a few of the region’s best-kept garden secrets. 34

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A canopy of green: Local gardens entice visitors, from the 1889 WhiteGate Inn & Cottage inviting entryway (above) and orchids (left) to Nichols Nursery’s many Japanese maples (right). Photos by Max Cooper

Open the gate It’s hard to resist the intimate coves and dense greenery of the 1889 WhiteGate Inn & Cottage near downtown Asheville. The gardens got a modern update when Ralph Coffey and partner Frank Salvo bought it in 1999. Coffey moved approximately 450 of his favorite perennials and shrubs from Lake Norman, near

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Charlotte, to create the inn’s backyard garden where once there was just an expanse of grass. Conifers, red-veined begonias and flowering hibiscus line the bed-and-breakfast’s meandering paths, and cozy sitting areas create an elaborate maze that lure casual visitors like a Siren’s call. Coffey invites visitors to experience a “kaleidoscope of color where you

don’t have to do anything but enjoy.” The experience is different each season, with pinks and lavender in the spring, vibrant greens in the summer and a display of yellows, oranges and reds in the fall. The garden also lends its own botanical tunes: One of the garden’s most startling plants is Euphorbia stricta, a small biennial with seedpods that make a snapping sound when they pop open. “What I love about the garden itself is just the different textures, shapes and colors of the trees and conifers and how all that blends together,” Coffey says. The public is welcome to wander through the garden, though the grounds are designed primarily for the inn’s guests, he explains. There’s no need to make an appointment, but if you want to see the inn’s greenhouse, which contains approximately 1,500 orchids and tropical plants, it’s best to call ahead, Coffey mentions. He’s also happy to guide visitors through the stone walkways, pointing out distinctive plants and water features. Each unique tree and flower makes this centrally located, yet lushly private, utopia the perfect place to start your secret garden tour. whitegate.net, 173 E. Chestnut St., Asheville.

A trip to Japan (no plane ticket needed) Bamboo, that king of grasses, whispers in the breeze at Haiku Bamboo Nursery in Hendersonville. The sounds intoxicate and transport visitors to another world. Dried leaves crunch underfoot. A creek, mighty with summer rain, rushes through the back of the property. The air seems cooler. Some of the stalks are 60 feet tall and 12 inches around. Keiji Oshima, who owns the nursery with his wife, Stephani, leads visitors through this dense, 6-acre forest. He stretches his hands around a thick green stalk. The leaf canopy quivers when Keiji shakes the trunk. “Look at that. Just 60 days,” he says with a gentle glee. Keiji speaks with a halting Japanese accent, full of punctuated silences. The bamboo sways above him as he pauses to choose the right word. His quiet nature fits the spirit of the nursery’s regular tours, which can attract as many as 30 visitors per outing. “When they walk through the forest, no more speak,” he says in a whisper. Bamboo-seekers come to the nursery’s classes from as far away as California or Massachusetts. When they do break the silence, Keiji says, they are surprised by the way the leaves rustle in the wind. “First time the tourists come, they say ‘wow’ when they hear the sounds.” Stephani adds that visitors sometimes applaud when they see the giant timber bamboo for the first time. The grove makes for more than a beautiful walking experience. With approximately 50 handmade knives, Keiji crafts nearly everything out of bamboo — from flutes to baskets to toys. Smaller stalks, which can be as thin as a pencil, are best for baskets, while the timber bamboo makes for excellent fencing. Creative students have constructed bamboo bikes and lofty sculptures at what the Oshimas say is the only bamboo school in the country. Keiji also says that the best way to enjoy the bamboo forest is with a lawn chair and a cold beer. He feels relaxed when he enters the forest, and visitors are invited to experience the same sense of calm. “They are happy because I’m happy too,” he says. The Oshimas prefer that visitors attend a scheduled, 90-minute walking tour rather than stop by unannounced. Tours depart from the warehouse on the second and fourth Sundays of each month in spring, summer and fall. Visitors may also make an appointment to pick out bamboo they’d like to buy. Keiji will dig it up on the spot and answer questions about these mighty

grasses. haikubamboonursery.net, 20 Tuttle Road, Hendersonville. Morticia’s paradise With its dark purple trees and blue poppies, Christopher D. Mello’s West Asheville garden is a gothic haven. Over the past decade, he has selected the inkiest hues for plants and features in this plot of the unusual — radiating rows of clover and vintage toy trucks give the garden a whimsical, yet slightly Addams Family feel. And a row of shovels — handles stuck in the ground, blades pointing to the sky like Stonehenge — can be seen from the street, along with bottle sculptures and other plants that would make Morticia Addams and her macabre family proud. No gate separates the garden from West Asheville’s busy streets. It’s tucked behind an auto shop, around the corner from Harvest Records and not far from West Asheville Lounge and Kitchen. “Hardcore gardeners are going to poke their heads in and come in,” says Mello. He sees the property’s lack of signs and gates as a “bravery filter” that tempts adventurous visitors into crossing a permeable threshold, though he says he likes to meet visitors before they make themselves at home. A remote visit is possible, if you’re feeling timid: Mello hopes to make the garden visible from outer space, or more conveniently, Google Earth. He says a “modern-day narcissism” drives him to make his property so distinctive that anyone with a satellite, or access to a 3-D mapping program, can enjoy it. “I’m trying to get everything in the garden to be either really bizarre or really fragrant or really purple,” says Mello. Once he achieves these deep swaths of color, he imagines the property as a home for equally creative performance art. He hopes to host dance parties or perhaps theater-in-the-round productions on a stage made from Tinkertoys or Lincoln Logs. Mello’s garden has no formal name, sign or website, though occasionally he posts a “Christopher’s Garden” sign at the street. Look for the blue and red bottles peeking out from above the hedges at the corner of Westwood Place and Waynesville Avenue in West Asheville. The garden is private property, however, so be respectful and stick to daytime visits. Catch Mello with a shovel in his hand for an impromptu tour.

Hidden sculpture grove: Christopher Mello’s garden features bottle trees, painted fountains and magenta lilies, all tucked behind West Asheville’s Haywood Road. Photo by Rich Orris.

From the grounds of a 19th century inn to a whimsical West Asheville plot, our region offers the chance to experience the same sense of wonder that filled 10-year-old Mary Lennox when she turned a rusty key in an old gate and discovered the world of the classic children’s book The Secret Garden.

Huge bamboo: Keiji Oshima’s 60-foot-tall bamboo touches the sky at the Haiku Bamboo Nursery in Hendersonville. Photo by Rich Orris.

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The many gardens of West Asheville West Asheville’s whimsical neighborhoods are prime real estate for creative gardens. A stroll along the area’s side streets reveals wildly imaginative groves that reflect the community’s eccentric residents. Here are a few semipublic plots that are worth a visit.

Meet the tree geeks Nichols Nursery provides a world where 1,000 different cultivars of Japanese maple trees stretch out their limbs and beckon garden-hunters into the greenhouse. Norman Nichols, the original “Mr. Maple” of the family, started this wonderland of maples 40 years ago as a hobby, and many of his original trees still sway in the wind. Six years ago, sons Matt and Tim Nichols took over the nursery and made the business official. The family’s homestead serves as the hub of the farm, with a formal Japanese maple garden in front and rows of greenhouses to the side. Each greenhouse bursts with a lush array of maples and Ginkgo trees, lined up by the thousands. “Here’s a kagero, and this is a tamin nishiki,” says Matt, who bellows as he weaves under and around limbs and leaves, and ducks into each of the nursery’s many greenhouses. “They’re probably some of the rarest in the world,” he declares. Both brothers are selfproclaimed tree geeks who rattle off complicated Japanese names with a Southern drawl. The brothers regularly welcome visitors from as far away as New Jersey. Maple lovers flock to their East Flat Rock nursery to pick out the perfect sapling. “Folks just kind of make a vacation out of coming to this area and picking up some new trees,” says Matt. The Nichols travel, too, trekking to Belgium and England to view international gardens and speak at conferences. These adventures spark their creativity and passion for delicate Japanese maples. With some advance notice, they’re happy to share this knowledge with visitors from near and far. “Folks are welcome to give us a call and come out to see the whole operation,” says Matt. “Mr. Maple” (which, these days, could mean either brother) travels 36

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Maple heaven: Tim Nichols (left) and Matt Nichols (right) grow over 1,000 cultivars of Japanese maples at their East Flat Rock nursery. Photos by Max Cooper

to dozens of garden shows each year, hauling a 33-foot trailer packed with trees behind them. When they’re not on the road, you’ll often find them grafting maples on an additional property a few miles down the road from the family’s homestead. To view some of the most unusual Japanese maples in the world, give them a call or send an email before stopping by. mrmaple.com or 551-6739, East Flat Rock. How to (really) see a garden So you’ve made it out to one of WNC’s secret gardens. You’re standing at the gate, about to enter, but what do you look for? Experiencing a garden can be its own art form, and it’s up to each viewer to fully appreciate the beauty. Linda Alford, a Buncombe County Extension master gardener volunteer, suggests thinking about whether you feel delighted, calm, serene or excited as you walk inside. Then celebrate the gardener’s imagination by focusing on the entire space rather than one interesting plant. As you take it all in, spend a moment thinking about how the garden is composed and what draws your eye, as you would when walking through an art museum. But unlike a painting or photograph, viewing a garden is a 3-D, full-

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sensory experience. No artist guides your eye to the left or right; it’s up to you to let the plants and trees guide you, she says. Share the secret Whether it’s the grand Biltmore Estate, the North Carolina Arboretum or one of the many smaller public gardens in WNC, the best way to enjoy them is to follow the owner through hidden passageways and around unusual plants. Or ask the gardener to let you take a peek inside. Chances are, they will enchant you with a tour and share tips for improving your own garden. While the adventure will be full of discoveries, don’t let your visit be a surprise to private garden owners. Be sure to call ahead. Then take a moment to engage the gardener and let them share the beauty that grows behind the gate. Once you find these treasures, let the rest of us in on the secret. Tell your friends, family, maybe strangers and Xpress. Point out masterpieces of bamboo, Japanese maple, daylilies, tulips and sculpture as you pass by. Who knows, maybe you’ll find the key to a hidden garden with many of the lush botanicals that make our region such a wondrous place to live. X

The Burton Street Community Peace Garden teems with fruits, vegetables and even chickens. Residents tend to this once-abandoned baseball field with great pride and care. In addition to a flourishing garden, the plot also serves as a gathering space for the neighborhood. The garden recently celebrated 10 years of growth and is open to the public. 134 Burton St., West Asheville. avl. mx/x6 Wamboldtopia is the home and sanctuary of artists Damaris and Ricki Pierce. Expansive stone work, a salvaged fire hydrant and a geometric herb garden create a magical haven of creativity. The garden is a private residence, so the public should wait to visit until the owners’ next open house, tentatively scheduled for early October. The occasional driveby is permitted, but the gardeners ask that you be respectful of their privacy. Group and private tours are available with advanced notice, or just be patient until the next open house. It’s definitely worth the wait. Located at 69 Wamboldt Ave. wamboldtopia.com Get the inside dirt on the neighborhood’s most interesting gardens with the West Asheville Garden Stroll. Organizers select the area’s most beautiful and original plots for a self-guided tour each fall. This year’s tour is planned for Saturday, Sept. 14, and will include a kickoff at Christopher Mello’s garden.

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For more information, including the exact start and end dates of markets, contact the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project. Info: buyappalachian.org or 2361282. • WEDNESDAYS • 8am-noon - Haywood Historic Farmers Market, 250 Pigeon St., Waynesville. • 8am-noon - Waynesville Tailgate Market, 171 Legion Drive. • 1-5pm - Asheville City Market South, Biltmore Park Town Square, Town Square Blvd. • 2-5pm - Spruce Pine Farmers Market, 297 Oak Ave. • 2-6pm - French Broad Food Co-op, 90 Biltmore Ave. • 2-6pm - Montford Farmers Market, 36 Montford Ave. • 2:30-6:30pm - Weaverville Tailgate Market, 60 Lakeshore Drive. • 3-6pm - Opportunity House, 1411 Asheville Highway, Hendersonville. THURSDAYS • 8am-2pm - Henderson County Curb Market, 221 N. Church St., Hendersonville. • 3-6pm - Flat Rock Tailgate Market, 2720 Greenville Highway. • 3:30-6:30pm - Oakley Farmers Market, 607 Fairview Road. • 4-6:30pm - Tryon Tailgate Market, McCowan St. • 4-6pm - Blowing Rock Farmers Market, 132 Park Ave. • 4-8pm - Evening Harvest Farmers Market, Hayesville town square. FRIDAYS • 3-6pm - East Asheville Tailgate Market, 945 Tunnel Road. • 3-6pm - Opportunity House, 1411 Asheville Highway, Hendersonville. SATURDAYS • 6am-noon - Caldwell County Farmers Market, 120 Hospital Ave., N.E., Lenoir. • 8am-noon - North Asheville Tailgate Market, UNCA commuter lot C. • 8am-noon - Haywood Historic Farmers Market, 250 Pigeon St., Waynesville. • 8am-noon - Mills River Farmers Market, 5046 Boylston Highway. • 8am-noon - Waynesville Tailgate Market, 171 Legion Drive. • 8am-1pm - Asheville City Market, 161 South Charlotte St. • 8am-2pm - Henderson County Curb Market, 221 N. Church St., Hendersonville. • 8am-12:30pm - Transylvania Tailgate Market, 190 E. Main St., Brevard. • 8:30am-12:30pm - Yancey County Farmers Market, U.S. 19 East at S. Main Street, Burnsville. • 9am-noon - Black Mountain Tailgate Market , 130 Montreat Road. • 9am-noon - Jackson County Farmers Market, 76 Railroad Ave., Sylva. • 9am-noon - Historic Marion Tailgate Market, West Henderson and Logan

Streets. • 9am-1pm - Madison County Farmers and Artisans Market, Mars Hill College, Highway 213 and Part Street. • 9am-2pm - Leicester Farmers Market, 338 Leicester Highway. SUNDAYS • noon-4pm - Sundays on the Island, Blanahasset Island, Marshall. • SU (7/14), 9am-1pm - Historic 7th Avenue District’s Farmers Market, 7th Ave. Held July 14 and Sept. 1. TUESDAYS • 8am-2pm - Henderson County Curb Market, 221 N. Church St., Hendersonville. • 3-6pm - Historic Marion Tailgate Market, West Henderson and Logan Streets. • 3:30-6:30pm - West Asheville Tailgate Market, 718 Haywood Road. DAILY • 8am-6pm - WNC Farmers Market, 570 Brevard Road.

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Stone Landscaping Workshop (pd.) Stone Landscaping Workshop One-day workshop in building a drystone sidewalk and steps. Workshop led by certified drystone mason Joe Dinwiddie. Instruction will cover history, drystone building methods, tools and hands-on building of a sidewalk and steps. August 10, 2013 9am-5pm, rain or shine. Location Swannanoa, NC. Cost $75 (optional catered lunch: $6). To Register, call (828) 3184333. www.drystonejoe.com ADDISON FARMS FRIDAY WINE TASTINGS (pd.) Visit us every Friday and Saturday, Noon5pm and Sundays, 1pm-5pm. You’ve got to try our 2 newest releases! 4005 New Leicester Hwy, Leicester NC. See more: addisonfarms.net American Chestnut Orchard Tours • WEDNESDAYS, 11am - Guided tours of an American chestnut orchard will be offered at Cataloochee Ranch, 119 Ranch Drive, Maggie Valley. $15 includes lunch. Registration requested: 926-1401. Botanical Gardens at Asheville 151 W.T. Weaver Blvd. Registration required for most classes. Info: ashevillebotanicalgardens.org or 252-5190. • SU (8/4), 2-3:30pm - “Journaling the Trees” will focus on learning about trees by observing them through the four seasons. Part of a fourweek series. $15/$10 members per class. Buncombe County Extension Master Gardeners Programs are held at 94 Coxe Ave. unless otherwise noted. Info: 255-5522. • MONDAYS through THURSDAYS, 9:30am3:30pm; FRIDAYS, 9:30am-12:30pm - The Master Gardener Hotline will accept gardening questions via phone and in-person. Info: 2555522 or buncombemastergardener.org. • WE (7/31), 9am-3pm - A canning class will

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Haywood County Plant Clinic • MONDAYS through FRIDAYS, 9am-noon & 1-4pm - Haywood County Master Gardeners will host a plant clinic at 589 Raccoon Road, Suite 118, Waynesville. Questions about lawns, vegetables, flowers and trees will be answered. Info: 456-3575.

• TH (8/1), 2-6pm - Learn about new business opportunities for organic and biodynamic production in WNC during this event at the Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center, 455 Research Drive, Mills River. Free. Info: ces.ncsu.edu/fletcher.

Highlands Biological Station Botanical garden: 265 N. Sixth St., Highlands. Nature center: 930 Horse Cove Road, Highlands. Free. Info: highlandsbiological.org or 526-0188. • MONDAYS through (8/26), 10:30am - Tours of the botanical garden will depart from the nature center amphitheater. Mountain ‘Mater Festival • FR (8/2), 3-11pm & SA (8/3), 9am-11pm - The Mountain ‘Mater Festival will feature crafts, a car show, music, activities for kids, a farmers market and tomato-based foods for sale. Info: focusofcanton.com. N.C. Arboretum Located at 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way. 9am-5pm daily. Info: ncarboretum.org or 6652492. • SATURDAYS, 1pm - Interpretive guides will lead small groups through woodland trails and a variety of forest types. Topics include wildflowers, plant identification, natural history and land use. Free with $8 parking fee; donations encouraged.

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Tomatoes are one of summer’s many delights. One bite of these juicy fruits with their tangy skins and sweet insides are enough to make a veggie-lover swoon. Celebrate this fruit at two free festivals in early August. ASAP will put the fruits front and center at its annual tomato festival, Saturday, Aug. 10, at the Asheville City Market (event info at avl.mx/ xd). Activities include a chance to sample and vote on a wide array of tomato varieties from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Farmers will also share some of their favorite recipes and the public is invited to submit their own at avl. mx/xc. Put your recipe to the test, whether you hold the secret to your grandma’s famous sauce or have a modern tomato creation all your own. William Dissen, executive chef and owner of The Market Place, will cook up tomato concoctions on the spot, such as heirloom tomatoes with hand-pulled mozzarella. Or his menu could include a tomato-andmelon salad with pork belly. Curious tomato-lovers will have to see for themselves. The town of Canton will also honor the lovable tomato at its very own Materfest. The area’s flagship event features a parade, antique cars, music and plenty of tomatoes for everyone. Are you or your gal the most luscious tomato-lover or eater in the land? Prove it at the Mrs. Materfest pageant. The queen of the ‘maters will be crowned on Friday, Aug. 2, at 6:30 p.m. Then see how many tomatoes fit in your belly at a tomato-eating contest on Saturday, Aug. 3, at 6 p.m. The festival is held in downtown Canton. Don’t forget a napkin and your appetite. Canton Materfest: Friday, Aug. 2, and Saturday, Aug. 3, (focusofcanton.com). Help for tomato troubles It’s been a rough year for tomatoes. Early blight swept through the region and ravaged many tomato plants when they were still young

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Triumphs and woes: Tomatoes have had a tough season, so celebrate these fruits of the vine at festivals near and far. Courtesy of ASAP

and tender. The crops that made it through the first round face their own set of challenges — late blight and too much rain. But it can be hard for the beginning gardener to tell the difference between over-watering and late blight. In both cases, the leaves turn yellow and the plant begins to look sickly. “I’ve seen some gardens that look pretty sad,” says Lew Applebaum, Buncombe County Cooperative Extension master gardener volunteer. He has a few suggestions: The first line of defense is to prune any yellowing leaves, especially from the bottom of the plant. If upper leaves develop dark spots, consider putting down plastic mulch to stop blight from splashing on the bottom of the plant. If you think your plants can be saved or are looking for a way to prevent blight, you can apply copper as an organic option (this works best before blight sets in). When all else fails, rip out the entire plant. Late blight travels via rain and can infect your neighbors’ tomatoes if not removed. Your neighbors will thank you for destroying the plants and keeping blight at bay. And if you ask

nicely, chances are they’ll show their appreciation with a few ripe tomatoes to share. North American fruit hunters You probably won’t see these explorers with pith helmets and machetes, but they are blazing the trail in the fruit world. The Buncombe Fruit and Nut Club will host the next North American Fruit Explorers meeting Thursday, Aug. 8, through Sunday, Aug 11. The gathering will honor the club’s original founders and educate younger members who “want to know what the old farts have to say for themselves,” says orchardist Bill Whipple on the club’s website. The meeting will be like “an old camp revival,” with plenty of opportunities for people to share ideas and interact with members young and old. The funds raised by the gathering will go toward supporting the NAFEX library of rare fruit and nut books. $60 includes local food. buncombefruitnuts. blogspot.com X

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Charlotte Street has been waiting for a new business since last fall, when Blue Water Seafood closed. In February, Josh Wright of The Chop Shop Butchery announced he would open a bar, Shambles, in the space, which is near the intersection of Charlotte and Chestnut streets. But he recently reconsidered. Not to worry, Charlotte Street. Chop Shop abides, and a new bar is still on the way — only now, one of the owners of Zambra will lead the project. “Things are great with Chop Shop,” Wright says. “I just have some stuff going on. I can’t really do both things right now. … Chop Shop is not going anywhere.” Instead of Shambles, King James Public House is on the way. Zambra co-owner Peter Slamp and sous chef

Steven Goff named the venture after the 1920s-era building that houses the shops. They expect to open this fall. Goff will prepare dishes in two formats: modernist small plates and family-style, Escoffierinspired dishes. For the former, think a deconstructed oxtail with braised meat, jus and roasted vegetables. The family-style offerings will consist of roasts for four and side dishes like gratins, served still-bubbling from the oven. Goff sees the larger portions as a new way of eating out for Asheville, although other cities have already embraced that style. “I feel like the larger roast is not a market niche we’ve fulfilled here,” he says. “But if you look at the big-

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Maybe you’re not big on planning, or you’re doing the Zen thing, or your calendar has a really small space to write in. That’s understandable. But occasionally, a good party merits planning ahead. Here are three reasons to mark your calendar, or update your iPhone, or adjust your sundial — whatever you do — for the Asheville Wine & Food Festival. Tickets sell out: The Grand Tasting (samples galore) takes place on Saturday, Aug. 24, and several thousand tickets are available, but smaller events lead up to the big day, and you don’t want to miss them. Chefs battle it out for the title of Best Chef in WNC and a $5,000 cash prize in the final rounds of WNC Chefs Challenge. On Tuesday, Aug. 20, crews from Tomato Jam and Zambra face off.

The following evening, Strada and Dough throw down. The winners take part in the final round at the Grand Tasting. Many Asheville restaurants will celebrate the festival with their own food events. Dough invites diners to “Be a Commis” (chef’s assistant) on Saturday, Aug. 17, and MG Road and Strada are also planning collaborative events with the festival. (Visit the “pairing dinners” tab of the ashevillewineandfoodfest.com for details You make wine: The festival gives amateurs a chance to test their vintage. The French Broad Vignerons, a WNC-based group that enthuses over grapes, wine and the like, judges the entries (which must be submitted by Saturday, Aug. 10). For more information, contact info@ashevillewineandfood.com. You’re a mixology master: This year, the festival includes a cocktail contest, Elixir. It’s a bartenders’ shakedown — or stir-down, as the case may be — using local and regional liquors. To enter, email kris@ashevillewineandfood.com. For details about any of the above events, visit ashevillewineandfood. com. Tickets are available online through Eventbrite. X

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Edison opens at Grove Park Inn with plenty of seating to take in the view Grove Park Inn launches its most inventive restaurant yet this week (excuse the pun). Edison opens Wednesday, July 31. It’s one of seven dining outlets at the resort, but it’s perhaps the most versatile with lounge, bar and terrace seating, plus a more formal dining room. Like the Inn’s other prominent restaurants, Horizon’s and the Blue Ridge Dining Room, it benefits from a panoramic mountain view. At 250 seats, it’s a big place — although, most things at the Inn are large, so it’s sized to scale. “It’s a lot of seats, but in a good way,” says Tracey Johnston-Crum, director of public relations. “[The Inn] is just such a big and beautiful place that it almost starts to dwarf things. Edison fills a couple of niches; it’s both sports bar and full-service restaurant, Johnston-Crum explains. There’s a dining room that takes reservations (although they’re not required), but the bar and terrace are for walk-ins.

The restaurant focuses on small plates and beer. Johnston-Crum recommends the Scotch eggs: quail eggs coated in ground lamb and feta and Parmesan cheeses, flash fried. The 10 North Carolina beers on tap come from Altamont, Hi-Wire, Green Man and Foothills. Weeping Radish Brewery also has a tap handle. “Nobody else has them,” Johnston-Crum says. “We’re really happy that we’re getting to bring them to town.” Founded in 1986, Weeping Radish claims to be the oldest microbrewery in the state. It’s based near the Outer Banks and focuses on German-style beers (and house-made sausages). The bar also offers classic cocktails and whiskey flights, which are curated by region: Kentucky, Ireland and Scotland are all represented. Mixing the posh and the practical, the bar features both local art and television. “There’s some TVs integrated into the back of the bar, nothing too overpowering, but a great place to watch something interesting,” she says. That is, if you can peel your eyes off the mountain view. X

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It’s not often that chefs market their restaurants as vegetal and ambiguous, but that’s John Fleer’s tack. His Pack Square restaurant, which will open this fall in the former Bistro 1896 space, goes by the name Rhubarb. Fleer thinks the name sounds evocative, but not in any particular way. “Ultimately, I don’t think you should have to explain the name of your restaurant,” he says. “It should conjure things, and it might conjure different things for different people.” Rhubarb is a rather indeterminate plant, he explains. “It’s thought to be a fruit, but it grows like asparagus,” he says. “That’s one of the things I love about it: It’s ambiguous in how it’s defined.” Although it is technically a vegetable, he adds. So what does the name have to do with the food Fleer will serve? Well, in some ways, nothing. Rhubarb is a Chinese plant, and he’s not necessarily planning to do stir-fry. In the United States, it grows in most regions. “More than anything, it’s breaking some sort of barrier to give myself more freedom,” Fleer says. “I’m trying to break out of that Southern stereotype.” Of course, the menu will feature rhubarb, particularly roasted and in sauces, Fleer says.

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Smarting off Public Radio’s Wait Wait ... Don’t Tell Me returns to Asheville

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“As opposed to somebody who knows a lot about one thing, I know a little about a lot of things,” says National Public Radio personality Peter Sagal. That doesn’t qualify him to do anything he says, “except for hosting shows in which I talk about a lot of things.” Luckily, after being tapped as a panelist for early editions of radio quiz show Wait Wait ... Don’t Tell Me (first broadcast in January of ’98), Sagal was promoted to the position of host a few months later. Wait Wait ... Don’t Tell Me first came to Asheville in 2007; Sagal and his collaborators return to town on Aug. 1 for a show at the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium. Panelists will be style writer Roxanne Roberts, standup comedian Brian Babylon and actor/comedian Bobcat Goldthwait. The episode will be broadcast nationally on Saturday, Aug. 3. “Not only did we have a great time in Asheville just doing the show,” Sagal says of Wait Wait’s previous local stop at Diana Wortham Theatre, “but also, I got to stay there for an extra day or two to do a signing at Malaprop’s.”

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He is the author of The Book of Vice (“From strip clubs to gambling halls to swingers clubs to porn sets — and then back to the strip clubs, but only because he left his glasses there — Sagal explores exactly what the sinful folk do,” according to the book description), which might make him a unique authority on Asheville’s “cesspool of sin” designation. It’s a city moniker that the Wait Wait staff especially likes. “I hope that Asheville becomes the ‘cesspool of sin’ the same way that New York is ‘the Big Apple’ or Boston is ‘the hub of the universe’ or San Francisco is ‘Baghdad by the Bay,’” says Sagal. “Seriously, I think that you guys should embrace that and it should become part of Asheville’s identity.”

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The director-free director’s cut: Wait Wait host Peter Sagal says the live show allows for tangents, risks and jokes than could never go out over the radio waves. Photo by Ryan Muir for NPR

He adds, “As North Carolina gets stranger, you guys are becoming this bizarre redoubt out there, and I love that about you. Defending sin and cesspoolness.” Sagal says that, while Wait Wait travels around the country, he’s noticed that many states are becoming “weird centrifuges, where everything’s spinning

around so quickly, politically, that all the people on one end wind up in one place.” But Sagal and company will put on their show at either end of the spectrum and in any city that will welcome them. Prior to 2000, Wait Wait was broadcast-only. The move to live shows (that are recorded and edited to be aired later) started with a Salt Lake City production. It was actually seeing the live audience that convinced Sagal of the show’s success. “It’s one thing to sit around and listen to something because you’re doing your dishes and there’s nothing better on,” he says. “It’s another thing to pay money to come out and see us.” As far as the show’s material — humor delivered in quiz format —

Sagal says the five-person team relies on their own instincts and on each other to know what works and what doesn’t. If one person can’t convince the rest of the group that a joke is legitimately funny, it’s scrapped. “In general, we just try to amuse and make ourselves happy, and we’ve done that pretty much from the beginning of the show,” says Sagal. The live shows, which Sagal describes as “the extra-special directors cut, except there’s no director,” adds another element. Because it’s live-to-tape, there isn’t added laughter or faked moments, and very little dialogue is scripted. Improvisation is key to the radio production and even more so in the live performance. “Our panelists will go off on bizarre tangents,” says Sagal. “People come up to us all the time and say, ‘You should make the unedited version available,’” says Sagal. “The great thing about doing it live-to-tape, rather than live, is you can take risks. You can go places you’d

probably be scared to go if you knew a million people were going to listen to it.” Like the panelists, Sagal has a lot of experience to draw from. Besides being an author, he’s a playwright and a runner (he’s currently at work on a book about running), he competed on Jeopardy! in ’88 and, most recently, hosted the PBS series Constitution USA with Peter Sagal. Of the many differences between radio and TV, Sagal said the most notable was that “I didn’t have to be funny all the time. On Wait Wait ... Don’t Tell Me, I have to make a joke every 20 seconds or I get shot. On this show, I got to have serious conversations about serious things, and I enjoyed that.” Not that he wants to be serious all of the time. “One of my jokes is that we’re a quiz but we’re a really easy quiz,” Sagal quips about Wait Wait. “The reason we do that is that we’ve discovered that the No. 1 hobby of Public Radio listeners is feeling smug. That’s kind of true.” X

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release. “We’re hosting a Saturday broadcast listening party so all community members can join the fun. The show, recorded live in Thomas Wolfe Auditorium on Aug. 1, will broadcast coast-to-coast to 3.2 million listeners the following Saturday at 11 a.m.” Local Wait Wait fans are invited to The Orange Peel on Saturday, Aug. 3 from 10:30 a.m.-noon. The show starts at 11 a.m. Admission is free, but donations are welcome to help fund programming and operations of the station. — A.M.

Didn’t get tickets to the live production of NPR’s Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me? Local Public radio station WCQS hosts a special listening party for the show’s broadcast. “Although we expected the live show to sell out, it did so in just over a day,” WCQS says in a press

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Glam bam The Glampas strive to be the loudestdressed band making the loudest noise

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The sales clerk at J.C. Penney assumed the gold skinny jeans were for Jeff Japp’s wife. When the clerk offered to show his wife to the women’s dressing room, she was politely turned down. The clerk never suspected the shoppers were headed upstairs so Japp could try the jeans on in the men’s dressing room. Such are the occupational hazards of glam rock. Japp is the lead guitarist and vocalist of the Glampas, a local tribute band who pay homage to ‘70s glam acts like Sweet, T. Rex and David Bowie. And much like the glitter rock titans whose music they adore, the Glampas believe in the visual aspect of rock ’n’ roll. “I have to get my kids to paint my nails,” Japp admits to Bill Kopp, the Glampas’ keyboardist and vocalist. The two are sitting on a couch at The Hop Ice Cream Café wearing street clothes that, with the possible exception of Japp’s Ziggy Stardust T-shirt, belie the platform boots and stretch pants they’ll don at their July 31 show at the Odditorium. “We’re really looking forward to the gig at the Odditorium because some of the gigs we’ve had — the one

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that jumps to my mind is HarleyDavidson. You can’t really glam up too much at Harley-Davidson,” Japp says. “Not if you want to get out of there alive,” Kopp adds. Rock pageantry is important to the Glampas if you intend to call yourself a performer on stage. “A lot of bands come out dressed as if someone walked up to the mic and said, ‘Excuse me, is there a bass player in the house,’ and somebody just walked out of the audience, strapped on a bass, and started playing,” Kopp says. When rousing an audience to relive one of the most hedonistic, larger-than-life periods in rock history, the Glampas know the goofy outfits help the crowd release their inhibitions and shout along with their fists pumping. “It’s kind of a communal thing when it’s at its best,” Kopp says. “Us and the audience are all one sort of hardy thing, so we just have to be the loudest-dressed people making the loudest noises.”

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After all, giving the people a good show is the entire point. Japp and Kopp fondly remember the finest shows they’ve seen as the ones where the performers were having the best time and projecting that energy into the crowd. The Glampas intend to recapture a simpler era. Live bands played fun tunes at high school dances, and DJs were free to play songs based not on the whims of some corporate programmer, but on the merits of their hooks. “When we think about doing songs, it’s really, ‘Is it fun? Will people get up and dance to it?’” Japp says. “That’s the main thing we consider whenever we’re deciding whether to add a new song to our repertoire.” And half the fun is hearing songs by Alice Cooper or Thin Lizzy that you won’t hear from your average tribute band. “There are classic rock/jukeboxtype bands who play ‘Free Bird,’ ‘Gimme Three Steps,’ ‘Stairway to Heaven,’ or whatever,” Kopp says. “Our idea is to pick stuff that people

are going to remember or feel like they remember, but that they haven’t been beaten over the head with.” But such a simple idea for an innovative take on the tribute band phenomenon started off as little more than a joke. Japp suggested the humorous concept to Kopp when the two played in a classicrock-style band called the Back Pages. It was years later, after the Back Pages had split and Japp and Kopp had pursued other musical avenues, that the two revisited the concept more seriously. However, the real break came when Japp’s friend Seth Kellam entered the fold on rhythm guitar and vocals. Kellam, who is younger than the rest of the group, may appear at first glance a little more Mötley Crüe than Mott the Hoople. But with him he brought his collegehoned talent as a vocalist, an asset to the Glampas’ arrangements, which often include three-part harmonies. “We would have limped along and had a little bit of fun here and there if it weren’t for Seth. Getting him made a world of difference,” Kopp says. “We had to up our game too. It was like, ‘Oh, we’re going to have to work harder on the vocals now so we don’t sound like clowns next to him.’ It raised the bar.” Now, with Kellam, bassist Greg Allen, and drummer Dan Rosenthal in tow, the Glampas are ready to stir up the freaky folks at the Odditorium with a heaping dose of KISS, ELO and the Bay City Rollers. “I feel like the Odditorium gig is going to be a good venue for us to fit into,” Japp says. “People can get in there and be as freaky as they want to be. We can dress as wild as we want to. We’re just hoping that we get a good turnout and have a lot of fun there.” X

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Long remembrance Cherokee bonfires offer legends and lore

As we gather around the fire, the sound of the Oconaluftee River warbles in the breeze. Dressed in traditional Cherokee garb, a statuesque man gestures expansively at the park that surrounds us. “You are in our church,” he says. “It is all around us. As long as we have grass, water, sky.” His eyes fill with a reverence for the land that rises to the peaks of the mountains and plunges to the depths of the valleys, encompassing everything. Meet Sonny Ledford, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee and one of the speakers at the Cherokee Storytelling Bonfire, a free program designed to inform, enlighten and entertain. The first half of the bonfire is educational and engaging, dispelling many myths and stereotypes associated with the Cherokee people. The second half includes marshmallow roasting, traditional Cherokee dances and the hypnotic spell of legends told fireside. Ledford is one of the seven original members of the traditional dance group, Warriors of Ani Kituwah. He has taught the Cherokee culture for more than half of his life — an honor bestowed by his people, and one that he takes seriously. When

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he is not speaking at the bonfire or performing traditional dances, he works with the Cherokee Historical Association, and practices a list of arts and crafts which include beadwork, flint-knapping and woodcarving. Standing in front of the group that has gathered for the bonfire, Ledford implores the audience to take to heart what he has to tell them. “How long will you remember this?” he asks us, “This river? Me standing here. ... We come here and share our stories with you so that you too will become teachers. So that you will take what you learn here and spread that knowledge.” According to the Cherokee, their people have always been in these mountains. Archaeological findings date the civilization back for at least the past 11,000 years, since the time of the last ice age. Despite eradication from disease brought by European explorers, persecution and forced removal, the Cherokee people have persisted in making these mountains their home.

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The wisdom they have gained over that time cannot be found on the pages of a book written by someone outside of their culture. If you seek this knowledge, look to the people themselves to tell you. They are more than happy to share it with you. The Cherokee Storytelling Bonfire is one such opportunity. While you are there, be sure to visit the booths adjacent to the parking lot where you can buy beautiful beaded jewelry and artwork direct from the Cherokee artisans themselves. Many pieces mirror the legends attendees have the privilege of hearing. When Ledford finishes, long roasting forks and marshmallows are distributed to the children. They gather around the fire, and the storyteller of the evening, John Grant, Jr., or “Jon Jon,” introduces himself. Grant is an accomplished musician and storyteller, and is also a member of the Warriors of Ani Kituwah dance group. He begins to play a Cherokee flute, known to his people as a “music maker” in what he tells us is “the original language of this land.” It begins quietly, melodic, then sharp and high-pitched, the rhythm becoming more complicated. It fades back

into softer tones, interspersed with urgent high pitched trills. One senses that the melody tells a story of its own, and we settle in for the storytelling that we have gathered to hear. As the sun sinks in the sky, Grant’s voice carries us back to a time when life was informed by stories told around a fire just like this one. The lights of modern Cherokee and the thrum of passing cars hover on the periphery. Here in the circle however, we are carried away from all of this; drawn into the world he spins. His words echo the long ages over which they have been spoken, and his speech is charismatic and passionate. As he speaks the river slides past, as it always has. The fire dies down, and the embers glow orange like a heart in the center of the wood. Under the sometimes commer-

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cialized face of Cherokee lies the purity and truth of this ancient place, as well as a wealth of genuine cultural opportunities for you to experience. While you are in town, be sure to also check out the Museum of the Cherokee Indian, the Oconaluftee Indian Village and the acclaimed drama, Unto These Hills. These attractions are designed to educate not only on the history of the Cherokee, but also on their living culture that continues to thrive to this day. Come to the Qualla Boundary, and listen to the Cherokee people tell you their story in their own words. X

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Last LAAFF? The news came on Wednesday evening: Lexington Avenue Arts and Fun Festival will not happen in 2013. The statement from festival director Arieh Samson and the Arts2People board of directors said that they “will use the time between now and Labor Day weekend 2014 to put on LAAFF’s revival and resume celebrating the fascinating culture that exists in our city, Asheville, N.C. “We would like to thank everyone for their thoughts, considerations, efforts and collective involvement going into the planning of LAAFF this year, and for the past 11 years. Our community’s celebration will continue as we allow it the time to blossom and give Asheville the LAAFF it deserves.” The festival is currently slated to return in 2014. Arts2People board president Paul Van Heden points out that other festivals, such as All Go West (also helmed by Samson) have skipped years. Samson, who was involved with programming LAAFF last year, declined to comment and directed questions to Van Heden. “It’s a real blow,” Van Heden says. “It’s so gut-wrenching — LAAFF is such an expression of how downtown Asheville views itself.” This year would have been the event’s 12th consecutive run. As of early July, it seemed that it was on track. Planners sent out a press release announcing a new website and name (“LAAFF Asheville Street Festival”) and said the Lexington Avenue fête was “scheduled to return in all of its magnificent, fur-trimmed, sparkle-hooped glory this year” with a “focus on extending programming, rather than vendors-only on Rankin Avenue” and “a centralized focus to create a participatory, innovative, art-focused, street festival that builds the local community.” A preview party was scheduled for July 25 at the Emerald Lounge, which included a Battle of the Bands to select acts for both LAAFF and DIG Festival. That event has since been rebranded as the DIG Festival Battle of the Bands. “It makes me really sad that it’s not going to happen this year, but to make it go forward would have disrespected

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all the work that people put into it,” says Van Heden. “People put their heart and soul in, and deserve the best possible event, and we couldn’t do that this year. So that’s why we had to put it off.” He says that, ideally, it costs about $15,000 to run LAAFF and that while the event is profitable, it has not been so in the past two years. “Last year it ran at a deficit,” he reports. In fact, following 2012’s festival, organizer Jen Gordon enlisted public help via a Facebook post. Since LAAFF is an Arts2People program, “all of its initial finding would come from us. However, this year, Arts2People is low on funding,” says Van Heden, who sites a larger festival footprint than was feasible, as well as disappointing beer sales and payments to bands as reasons for the lack of profits. He says, “The main thing was the beer sales, far and away. It wasn’t as efficient as it was in previous years.”

But, Van Heden points out, hindsight is easy, and LAAFF has never relied on corporate sponsorships to stay afloat. “It’s done by the community,” he says. “We were hoping maybe the vendors would come through and there would be enough capital. At the end of the day, things just weren’t working.” Still, even though there were earlier indications that the festival might not return this year (the previous two years’ deficit, among them), so many people wanted the event to happen that planners moved ahead with meetings, zoning and the new website. “The reason it went forward was because there’s a huge amount of support for this festival,” says Van Heden. Indeed, since its 2001 inception, LAAFF has been known for its celebration of local food and drink, local art and music and its initially local audience that has, over the years, expanded to include many visitors.

The festival is largely volunteerrun, though Samson, as director (along with a few other staff members), would have been paid had LAAFF turned a profit. Van Heden says Arts2People will “look at what went wrong and recalibrate for 2014.” He adds, “It’s really difficult to put on a profitable festival, but a festival does not have to be profitable for the community to derive benefit from it. The point of a festival isn’t just to pitch a particular product. It’s something for a community to come together, to share and experience together and to define their community and why they live in a particular geographic area.” And, even though local festivals have taken a hit — this is Bele Chere‘s last year, at least as a city-sponsored event; and Goombay will not be held in 2013 — Van Heden insists the festival scene, overall, is doing well. “There needs to be a new view of what a festival is,” he says. “LAAFF is trying to figure out what that is, and we have choices.” Those choices include only accepting local sponsors and making sure contributors are paid a fair wage. Going forward, Van Heden says, “The whole LAAFF festival itself is solid. The issue isn’t that it’s not sustainable. It’s one of the things that is. It just needs a few tiny tweaks.” His hope is that as-yet-to-be-announced fundraisers and more prep work over the next year will provide a base for LAAFF: “It’s going to happen in 2014, and it’s going to be 50 times better.” X

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A Documentary of Sorts at Izzy’s Asheville receives no shortage of media and artistic attention for our cultural oddities, art and fashion. But in A Documentary of Sorts, a new photo exhibition opening Friday, Aug. 2, at Izzy’s Coffee Den, distances itself from this type of portrayal. Asheville photographer Anthony Bellemare has instead looked to the peripheries of Asheville’s cultural stratosphere for subjects. Thirty-eight black and white photographs hang from several cables anchored into the walls. Each work explores and records one of four regional scenes: falconry, kayakers at the Green River Race, the Big Dawg Mud Sling in Burnsville and street-shot portraits. The works, he says, are subdivided into mini-photo documentaries — each being a study of one particular event, moment or group of individuals living and working in the area. Falconry, by the way, is the practice of hunting small game with specially trained birds of prey, and it’s been around for thousands of years. Bellemare spent several weeks in early winter of 2012 going out with Asheville area falconers, photographing the process, techniques and the people and collecting information about the practice. He did the same for the Green River Race and at the Burnsville track, but on a grander scale. Those two bodies of work are years

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Anthony Bellemare first went to the Big Dawg Mud Sling in Burnsville just to watch. Eventually, he brought his camera, “trying to get the experience from the larger sense of place.” Photo by Anthony Bellemare

in the making. Each is built from repeated trips to Burnsville and the Saluda area. As with the falconry, the more he learned about each event and person, the more telling the photographs. “It’s trying to get the experience from the larger sense of place, a sense of the people and the details,” Bellemare told Xpress. “It’s the feeling of movement and sound, but without hearing it or seeing it.” The portraits, though few in number, have been culled from a larger body of work taken from everyday downtown life. They offer pared-down views of individuals in Asheville, but they don’t necessarily convey Asheville. That’s to say, the works avoid territorial and cultural recognition of our patented everyday oddities. Bellemare’s work offers a reprieve from such photography. You won’t find any trace of downtown’s socio-

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cultural bubble, which can be, at times, underwhelming — particularly when spelled out in repetitious 8”-by-10”s (Even more so after a major festival weekend). With the exception of the few portraits, he’s almost entirely departed to the countryside and the woods. He began going to the race track three years ago. The track itself is a straight, mud-filled pit lined with concrete blocks that drivers bolt through, slinging mud everywhere, including the audience. Bellemare’s first few visits were as a general spectator, but he soon began meeting the drivers and families involved. Photos take in action shots of the cars and trucks roaring through the mud. Others feature crash scenes, families in the audience and pre- and postrace get-togethers. “I’ll change what the focus of the character is,” he says. “It’s so that I see it differently.” Those characters

are the vehicles, the crowd shots and then the people involved. Those who manage to hold still long enough for a portrait do so with comfort and unabashed pride. It’s in pursuit of timelessness, according to Bellemare. Any one of his photographs could’ve been taken within the last 30 years and in any number of places — a factor he largely attributes to the black and white medium. But it’s his alternating focus between individuals and objects, still shots and motion that simultaneously separate the viewer from an official time stamp. The trucks are old, but not old enough to qualify as vintage. And rivers don’t show too many signs of short-term aging, though, kayakers could probably judge by the boat models. The people he’s photographed have almost all been meticulously captured to deny an exact sense of time. They, too, are devoid of the technological cues that could cement them into the past or present. “It gets it to a basic level,” he says. Each series is about a particular event, leaving each photo to be a particular instant of that event. “It’s a moment in time, rather than a date and time.” When viewed separately, his subjects could have been plucked from any city street, river, racetrack or countryside field. But they’re regionally relevant when drawn together. The four groups end up exemplifying a different view of WNC. It’s a view that’s arguably been around for decades, and it ignores the eccentricities that have come to define downtown Asheville. It’s a view that bypasses the waterfalls, creeks and Blue Ridge Parkway overlooks and goes straight to a unadulterated population that lives and breathes without regular, anxious attention from tourists and cameras alike. A Documentary of Sorts opens Friday, Aug. 2 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Izzy’s on Lexington Avenue. X

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Love’s Labour’s Lost Shakespeare’s play, Love’s Labour’s Lost, was first published in 1598. It’s about the King of Navarre and his three friends who vow to give up women in order to pursue their studies. But when the princess and her three ladies show up, the best laid plans go comically awry. Montford Park Players has reinterpreted the play in the style of a John Hughs’ romcom, set in a 1980s high school where “a group of students sworn to studious celibacy all fall comically in love with three beautiful French foreign exchange students.” Love’s Labour’s Lost runs through Sunday, Aug. 18. FridaysSundays,7:30 p.m. at the Hazel Robinson Amphitheatre. Free (donations accepted). montfordparkplayers.org.

Andrew Hayes at Blue Spiral On Aug. 1, Blue Spiral 1 gallery will be opening a new series of exhibitions. You won’t want to miss checking out the new sculptures that Asheville artist, Andrew Hayes, will be showing. The featured piece, “Converge,” is a smallscale sculpture that is made of bent steel and book pages, a unique combination that is both crisp and elegant. The exhibition will be on display through Sept. 30. For more information, visit bluespiral1.com.

Mountain Dance & Folk Festival The annual Mountain Dance & Folk Festival was founded by folklorist Bascom Lamar Lunsford in 1928. Each year, the event — the indoor, ticketed companion to Shindig on the Green — showcases “mountain performers who share songs and dances that echo centuries of Scottish, English, Irish, Cherokee and African heritage,” according to press. This year’s lineup includes Buncombe Turnpike, Folk Heritage Smooth Dancers, Laura Boosinger, Southern Mountain Fire Cloggers, Pinetop Revival and many more. Held at the Diana Wortham Theatre. Thursday through Saturday, Aug. 1-3, 7 p.m. nightly. Adults $20 / children $10 or $54/$24 for three nights. dwtheatre.com. Photo by Jerry Nelson

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The Dustbowl Revival If, when you think of American roots music, you don’t immediately think of Los Angeles, that city’s The Dustbowl Revival might just change your mind. Of the band’s sound, press says, “This rambling, rolling spirit is the same spark that lit a fire under the past two centuries of Westward migration in America. It comes from a need for wide-open vistas, rollicking street parties, laidback lifestyles, and communities that you build yourself.” New album, Carry Me Back Home, infuses string band offerings with bombastic energy and spirituals with barroom revelry. The Dustbowl Revival takes the stage at Jack of the Wood on Saturday, Aug. 3. 9 p.m., $7. jackofthewood.com.

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C L U B L A N D Dr. Aqueous & the Fantastik Apparatus (electronic rock), 9pm

Wednesday, July 31

Tressa's Downtown Jazz and Blues WestSound Review (R&B, soul, dance), 8:30pm

185 King Street Dave Desmelik, Keturah Orr & Josh Gibbs, 8pm

Vincenzo's Bistro Ginny McAfee (piano, vocals), 7pm

5 Walnut Wine Bar Juan Benevides Trio (flamenco, Latin), 8pm

Water'n Hole Karaoke, 9pm

Athena's Club Mark Appleford (singer-songwriter, Americana, blues), 7-10pm

White Horse "Music From Around the World" (classical, spirituals, tango), 7:30pm

Barley's Taproom Dr. Brown's Team Trivia, 8:30pm

Wild Wing Cafe Sarah Tucker (folk, singer-songwriter, pop), 8pm

Black Mountain Ale House Bluegrass jam, 9pm

WXYZ Lounge Jason Daniello (singer-songwriter), 7pm

Blue Mountain Pizza & Brew Pub Open mic, 7pm

Yacht Club Kamakazi karaoke (no control over song choice), 9pm

Club Hairspray Requests w/ DJ Michael, 8pm

Zuma Coffee Bluegrass jam w/ Bobby Hicks

Club Remix Open mic variety show, 9pm

Friday, August 2

Cork & Keg Tom Leiner ("baby boomer flashbacks"), 7:30pm Dirty South Lounge Disclaimer Standup Lounge (comedy open mic), 9pm

5 Walnut Wine Bar Jamar Woods acoustic band (soul, funk), 10pm

Double Crown Country night w/ Dr. Filth, 9pm

Altamont Theater Seth Walker (swing, rock, blues), 8pm

Shout it out: Desert Noises’ melodic, harmony-rich indie rock is jangly and rhythmic, “music for shouting into canyons, jumping into rivers and getting married to the wide-open road,” according to the band. The Utah-based quartet plays The Grey Eagle on Saturday, Aug. 2.

Emerald Lounge Blues jam w/ Riyen Roots, 8pm Hangar Lounge Old-school DJ ('70s-'90s) & open mic, 8pm Isis Restaurant and Music Hall Live music on the patio, 6pm Jerry Garcia birthday party w/ Jerry Garcia Cover Band & Raising Caine, 9pm Jack of the Wood Pub Old-time jam, 5pm Lobster Trap Tim Marsh (eclectic guitar), 7pm O.Henry's/TUG Karaoke, 10pm Odditorium The Galmpas (glam rock), 9pm One Stop Deli & Bar Activation Festival pre-party, 8pm Oskar Blues Brewery Bradford Carson (singer-songwriter), 6pm Phoenix Lounge Jazz night, 8pm

9pm Jack of Hearts Pub Old-time jam, 7pm

Tressa's Downtown Jazz and Blues Jazz trio feat. Micah, 9pm

Jack of the Wood Pub Bluegrass jam, 7pm

Vincenzo's Bistro Aarron Lucca (piano, vocals), 7pm

Lobster Trap Hank Bones ("man of 1,000 songs"), 7-9pm

Yacht Club Open jam w/ Justin Brophy of the Go Devils, 9pm

Market Place Ben Hovey (dub-jazz, trumpet, beats), 7-10pm

Double Crown Friday night hootenanny w/ DJ Greg Cartwright, 9pm

Zuma Coffee Open mic w/ Greg & Lucretia Speas

Millroom Om units (electronic), 9pm

Emerald Lounge Riyen Roots (blues, roots) w/ Wrecking Ball, 9pm

Odditorium Room Full of Strangers w/ Pleasures of the Ultraviolent, Wyla & Them Teasters (rock), 9pm

French Broad Brewery Tasting Room Damien LeMaster & LeMaster Plan (alternative), 6pm

Pisgah Brewing Company Jon Stickley & friends (bluegrass, Americana), 6pm

5 Walnut Wine Bar The Big Nasty (ragtime jazz), 8-10pm

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Boiler Room Woody Wood (rock, blues) w/ David Earle & the Plowshares & The Low Counts, 9pm

Timo's House Blues night, 9pm

Barley's Taproom Alien Music Club (jazz jam), 9pm

Athena's Club Mark Appleford (singer-songwriter, Americana, blues), 7-10pm DJ, 10pm-2am

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To qualify for a free listing, a venue must be predominately dedicated to the performing arts. Bookstores and cafés with regular open mics and musical events are also allowed / To limit confusion, events must be submitted by the venue owner or a representative of that venue / Events must be submitted in written form by e-mail (clubland@mountainx.com), fax, snail mail or hand-delivered to the Clubland Editor Dane Smith at 2 Wall St., Room 209, Asheville, NC 28801. Events submitted to other staff members are not assured of inclusion in Clubland / Clubs must hold at least TWO events per week to qualify for listing space. Any venue that is inactive in Clubland for one month will be removed / The Clubland Editor reserves the right to edit or exclude events or venues / Deadline is by noon on Monday for that Wednesday’s publication. This is a firm deadline.

Apothecary Sasha Popovici art opening, 7pm

Bywater Game night, 8pm

One Stop Deli & Bar Phish 'n' Chips (Phish covers), 6pm

Bywater Ram & Friends (fusion), 9pm Classic Wineseller James Hammel (jazz, popular), 7pm Club Eleven on Grove DJ Jam (old-school hip-hop, R&B, funk), 9pm

Highland Brewing Company Invisible III (funk, jazz, fusion), 6pm

Oskar Blues Brewery Dave Desmelik (Americana), 6pm

Isis Restaurant and Music Hall Nikki Talley & Jason Sharp (Southern rock, blues) w/ Passerine, 9pm

Pack's Tavern Stephen Poteat (funk, jam), 9pm

Jack of the Wood Pub Sons of Ralph (bluegrass), 9pm

Phoenix Lounge Bradford Carson (rock, jam, blues), 8:30pm

Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB) Mobility Chief (prog, post-rock, experimental) w/ Onawa & Wyla, 9:30pm

Club Eleven on Grove Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School (live drawing), 6:30pm

Pisgah Brewing Company Bobby Miller & the Virginia Daredevils (old-time, bluegrass), 8pm

Club Hairspray Karaoke, 8pm

Purple Onion Cafe Marjorie Thompson, 7:30pm

Native Kitchen & Social Pub The John Henrys (gypsy jazz), 8pm

Club Remix Reggae dance night, 9pm

Scandals Nightclub Dance party, 10pm Drag show, 12:30am

O.Henry's/TUG Dance party w/ DJ Abu Disarray & DJ Champale, 10pm

Sly Grog Lounge Open mic, 7pm

Odditorium Beyond Pink w/ Zombie Queen & Suicidal Crack Babies & Church Jerks (punk), 9pm

Double Crown International cuts w/ DJ Flypaper, 9pm Emerald Lounge Dead Nite w/ Phuncle Sam, 9pm French Broad Brewery Tasting Room Paul Cataldo (roots, folk), 6pm Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern Jimmy LaFave (singer-songwriter) w/ Lennings, 8pm Harrah's Cherokee Live band karaoke, 8pm-midnight Isis Restaurant and Music Hall Tim Carter, Barbara Lamb, Tim May & more (bluegrass),

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Southern Appalachian Brewery Live music, 7pm TallGary's Cantina Asheville music showcase, 8pm The Social Salsa dancing, 9pm Timo's House Asheville Drum 'n' Bass Collective, 9pm Town Pump

Monte Vista Hotel Dave Lagadi (jazz, standards), 6pm

One Stop Deli & Bar Samuel Paradise (electronic) w/ Hi-Alta & Splynter, 10pm Oskar Blues Brewery Jeff Santiago (singer-songwriter), 7pm Pack's Tavern DJ Moto (dance, hits), 9pm Phoenix Lounge Alex Krug Combo (folk), 9pm

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Pisgah Brewing Company The Screaming J's (honky-tonk, ragtime, rock), 8pm Root Bar No. 1 Lea Renard & Triple Threat (blues), 9pm Scandals Nightclub Zumba, 7pm Dance party, 10pm Drag show, 1am Sly Grog Lounge Trivia night, 7pm Southern Appalachian Brewery Carolina Rex (blues, funk, R&B), 8pm TallGary's Cantina Unnamed Suspects (rock), 9:30pm The Social Enlightened Rogues (rock, blues), 9pm Town Pump Burn the Sun (rock), 9pm Vanuatu Kava Bar Kava Bar Trio (electro-coustic, improv), 8:30pm Vincenzo's Bistro Steve Whiddon (old-time piano, vocals), 5:30pm Wall Street Coffee House Open mic, 9pm White Horse George Harrison tribute feat. BJ Leiderman, Kat Williams, Peggy Ratusz, David LaMotte & more, 8pm Wild Wing Cafe A Social Function (classic rock, jam), 8pm WXYZ Lounge Ben Hovey (dub-jazz, trumpet, electronic), 9pm

Saturday, August 3 5 Walnut Wine Bar Firecracker Jazz Band (hot jazz), 10pm Altamont Theater Livingston Taylor (folk, pop, jazz), 8pm Athena's Club Mark Appleford (singer-songwriter, Americana, blues), 7-10pm DJ, 10pm-2am Black Mountain Ale House The Low Counts (rock, Americana), 9pm Boiler Room Dance night w/ DJ Drees & Queen April (goth, industrial), 9pm Bywater Pleasure Chest (rock, soul), 9pm Classic Wineseller Joe Cruz (piano, vocals), 7pm Club Eleven on Grove Salsa social, 10pm Double Crown Saturday shakedown w/ DJ Lil' Lorrah, 9pm Emerald Lounge Official Gratifly afterparty w/ Futexture, Skytree & Michael Garfield, 9pm French Broad Brewery Tasting Room Dave Desmelik (folk, Americana), 6pm Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern Desert Noises (indie rock) w/ Morning Teleportation, 9pm Highland Brewing Company Jump Yur Grin (blues), 6pm Jack of the Wood Pub Dustbowl Revival (roots, blues, country), 9pm Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB) Today the Moon, Tomorrow the Sun (indie pop, electronic, rock, dance) w/ When We Say Go & The Luxury Spirit, 9:30pm Monte Vista Hotel Blue Moon (jazz, country, rock), 6pm O.Henry's/TUG Guest DJ, 10pm Odditorium The Space Truckers w/ Sex Knuckle & Russ T. Nuts (blues, country), 9pm One Stop Deli & Bar

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185 King Street 877-1850 5 Walnut Wine Bar 253-2593 Altamont Brewing Company 575-2400 The Altamont Theatre 348-5327 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 Hairspray 258-2027 Club Metropolis 258-2027 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 Eleven on Grove 505-1612 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 Jack of Hearts Pub 645-2700 Jack of the Wood 252-5445 Lexington Avenue Brewery 252-0212 The Lobster Trap 350-0505 Millroom 555-1212 Monte Vista Hotel 669-8870 The Mountaineer (926-1730) Native Kitchen & Social Pub (581-0480) odditorium 505-8388 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 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

Bloody mary Bar Sundays @ noon thirst parlour 407-0666 Timo’s House 575-2886 Toy boat 505-8659 Treasure Club 298-1400 Tressa’s Downtown Jazz & Blues 254-7072 Vanuatu Kava Bar 505-8118 VINCENZO’S 254-4698 Wall Street Coffee House 252-2535 Westville Pub 225-9782 White Horse 669-0816 Wild Wing Cafe 253-3066 wxyz 232-2838

Grace & Tony (punkgrass), 9pm Lobster Trap Leo Johnson (hot club jazz), 7-9pm Monte Vista Hotel Antonio Aversano (Native American flute), 11am Odditorium Demon Waffle w/ Crazy Tom Banana Pants (ska), 9pm

Scandals Nightclub Dance party, 10pm Drag show, 12:30am Southern Appalachian Brewery Ellen Trnka (folk, blues), 5pm Straightaway Cafe Hobos & Lace (Americana), 6pm

Bluegrass brunch w/ Grits & Soul, 11am

The Social '80s Vinyl Night, 8pm

Orange Peel PANTyRAiD (electronic, dance), 9pm

Vincenzo's Bistro Steve Whiddon (old-time piano, vocals), 5:30pm

Oskar Blues Brewery The Mug (blues, funk, rock), 7pm

White Horse George Harrison jam, 3pm

Pack's Tavern Lyric (pop, funk, soul), 9pm Phoenix Lounge George Terry (acoustic), 1pm Purple Onion Cafe GiGi Dover & the Big Love (Americana, rock, soul), 8pm Root Bar No. 1 Live music, 9pm Scandals Nightclub Dance party, 10pm Drag show, 12:30am Southern Appalachian Brewery Circus Mutt (world, roots, rock), 8pm Straightaway Cafe Sherry Lynn & Mountain Friends (folk, country), 6pm

Phoenix Lounge Moon Shine Babies (folk), 7pm

White Horse George Harrison tribute feat. BJ Leiderman, Kat Williams, Peggy Ratusz, David LaMotte & more, 8pm

The Social Open mic, 8pm Tiger Mountain Thirst Parlour Honky-tonk (classic country & rockabilly) w/ DJ Lorruh & Dave, 10pm Timo's House Open jam, 9pm Tressa's Downtown Jazz and Blues Scary-Oke, 10pm Vincenzo's Bistro Steve Whiddon (old-time piano, vocals), 5:30pm

5 Walnut Wine Bar Mande Foly (African rhythm), 7pm

Water'n Hole Open mic, 9pm

Black Mountain Ale House Jazz brunch w/ Mike Gray Trio, 11:30am

Westville Pub Trivia night, 9pm

Double Crown Soul gospel Sunday w/ DJ Sweet Daddy Swamee, 6pm Karaoke w/ KJ JD, 10pm

Zuma Coffee Blues & BBQ w/ Steve Davidowski & friends

Jack of the Wood Pub Irish session, 3pm

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Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern Contra dance, 8pm

Westville Pub Kyle Sorenson & Horse Ghost (roots, rock), 10pm

Isis Restaurant and Music Hall Upstairs lounge: Gail Ashburn (jazz), 6pm Main stage: Fairy Godmother (jazz), 8pm

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Emerald Lounge Vinyl night w/ DJ Ra Mak, 9pm

Oskar Blues Brewery Old-time jam, 5-8pm

Grove Park Inn Great Hall Two Guitars (classical), 10am-noon

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Bywater Open mic w/ Taylor Martin, 9pm

Vincenzo's Bistro Steve Whiddon (old-time piano, vocals), 5:30pm

Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern Chris Pureka (folk, country) w/ Emy Reynolds Band, 8pm

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Avenue M Africa Healing Exchange benefit w/ Billy Jonas (percussion, singer-songwriter), 5:30pm

Orange Peel Movie night: "This Is Spinal Tap," 8pm

Emerald Lounge Total War (indie rock) w/ Comet West & Love Animals, 9pm

pinball, foosball, ping-pong & a kickass jukebox kitchen open until late

Apothecary Cartoon networking, 7:30pm

Trailhead Restaurant and Bar The Travers Brothership (rock), 9:30pm

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5 Walnut Wine Bar The Get Right Band (blues, funk), 7-9pm

Odditorium Bingo night, 9pm

WXYZ Lounge DJ Malinalli (Latin), 10pm

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Town Pump January Gray (roots rock), 9pm

Wild Wing Cafe Burning Bright Band (rock), 10pm

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Do what you love, love what you do: Tim Carter has dedicated his life to music, both as a recording engineer and performer. The multi-instrumentalist and bluegrass enthusiast visits Isis Music Hall on Thursday, Aug. 1 in support of his debut solo recording, Bang Bang.

Swing lessons, 6:30 & 7:30pm Tango lessons, 7pm Dance, 8:30pm Club Hairspray Trivia night, 8pm Emerald Lounge Open mic w/ Andrew Usher, 8pm Isis Restaurant and Music Hall Bluegrass sessions, 9pm Jack of the wood Singer-songwriters in the round, 7pm Brief Awakening (roots), 9pm

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5 Walnut Wine Bar Hotpoint Trio (jazz), 5pm Juan Benevides Trio (flamenco, Latin), 8pm Apothecary Landing w/ Wyla (psychedelic, drone, pop) & Villages (drone), 8pm Athena's Club Mark Appleford (singer-songwriter, Americana, blues), 7-10pm Barley's Taproom Dr. Brown's Team Trivia, 8:30pm Black Mountain Ale House Bluegrass jam, 9pm Blue Mountain Pizza & Brew Pub Open mic, 7pm Club Hairspray Requests w/ DJ Michael, 8pm Club Remix Open mic variety show, 9pm Dirty South Lounge Disclaimer Standup Lounge (comedy open mic), 9pm

Oskar Blues Brewery Trivia, 6pm

Double Crown Country night w/ Dr. Filth, 9pm

Phoenix Lounge The Anarchists' Real Book 3.0 (jazz fusion), 8pm

Emerald Lounge Blues jam w/ Riyen Roots, 8pm

Timo's House Open mic variety show, 9pm

Hangar Lounge Old-school DJ ('70s-'90s) & open mic, 8pm

Tressa's Downtown Jazz and Blues Get Vocal w/ Kat, 9pm

Isis Restaurant and Music Hall Live music on the patio, 6pm

Vincenzo's Bistro Steve Whiddon (old-time piano, vocals), 5:30pm

Jack of the Wood Pub Old-time jam, 5pm

Westville Pub Blues jam, 10pm White Horse Irish sessions, 6:30pm Open mic, 8:45pm Wild Wing Cafe Julia Ann Band (bluegrass), 6pm

Wednesday, August 7

O.Henry's/TUG Karaoke, 10pm Odditorium Dance party w/ Antler's Keep (DJ), 9pm Phoenix Lounge Jazz night, 8pm Pisgah Brewing Company Campfire Reverends (blues, Americana), 6pm

TallGary's Cantina Open mic/jam, 7pm Timo's House Blues night, 9pm Tressa's Downtown Jazz and Blues Live jazz, 8:30pm Vincenzo's Bistro Aarron Lucca (piano, vocals), 7pm Yacht Club Open jam w/ Justin Brophy of the Go Devils, 9pm Zuma Coffee Open mic w/ Greg & Lucretia Speas

Thursday, August 8 5 Walnut Wine Bar The Big Nasty (ragtime jazz), 8-10pm Barley's Taproom Alien Music Club (jazz jam), 9pm Bywater Game night, 8pm Club Hairspray Karaoke, 8pm

WestSound Review (R&B, soul, dance), 8:30pm Vincenzo's Bistro Ginny McAfee (piano, vocals), 7pm Water'n Hole Karaoke, 9pm Wild Wing Cafe DJ Moto, 8pm Yacht Club Kamakazi karaoke (no control over song choice), 9pm Zuma Coffee Bluegrass jam w/ Bobby Hicks

Friday, August 9 5 Walnut Wine Bar One Leg Up (hot jazz), 10pm Apothecary Giant Giants (electronic, post-rock, experimental) w/ Elisa Faires, Otho & Shane Perlowin, 8pm Athena's Club Mark Appleford (singer-songwriter, Americana, blues), 7-10pm DJ, 10pm-2am

Club Remix Reggae dance night, 9pm

Boiler Room Temple of Thieves w/ Vulture Viking Metal & Blood Junkie (metal), 9pm

Double Crown International cuts w/ DJ Flypaper, 9pm

Classic Wineseller "Bohemian Jean," 7pm

Emerald Lounge Elijah Hooker (rock) w/ Space Truckers & Schools, 9pm

Club Eleven on Grove Salsa night, 10pm

French Broad Brewery Tasting Room Conservation Theory (folk, bluegrass), 6pm

Double Crown Friday night hootenanny w/ DJ Greg Cartwright, 9pm

Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern Blowfly (X-rated comedy, rap, funk) w/ Doomster, 9pm

Emerald Lounge mindshapefist (hard rock, metal) w/ Blue Jeans & Khaki Pants (X-rated honky-tonk), 9pm

Harrah's Cherokee Live band karaoke, 8pm-midnight

Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB) Boubonik Funk (rock, funk, jam), 10pm Lobster Trap Hank Bones ("man of 1,000 songs"), 7-9pm Market Place Ben Hovey (dub-jazz, trumpet, beats), 7-10pm Odditorium Last of the Red Giants (metal) w/ Motives & Illusion of Owl, 9pm One Stop Deli & Bar Phish 'n' Chips (Phish covers), 6pm Orange Peel El-P & Killer Mike (hip-hop) w/ Despot & Kool A.D., 9pm Pack's Tavern Moonshine Martini Duo (jazz, soul, blues), 9pm Phoenix Lounge Bradford Carson (rock, jam, blues), 8:30pm

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French Broad Brewery Tasting Room Ten Cent Poetry (folk, pop), 6pm Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern Rob Delaney (comedy), 7:30pm Jack of the Wood Pub L Shaped Lot (roots, country, bluegrass, rock) w/ Dave Dribbon & the Stomping Rain, 9pm Monte Vista Hotel Jeff Thompson (singer-songwriter), 6pm Native Kitchen & Social Pub Typical Mountain Boys (bluegrass), 8pm Odditorium Leigh Glass (rock, blues), 9pm One Stop Deli & Bar Cesar Comanche (hip-hop) w/ The Ones, Ghost Dog & Phonetic, 10pm Orange Peel Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers (rock, jam, bluegrass, blues), 9pm

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Pisgah Brewing Company JJ Grey & Mofro (blues, soul) w/ Colonel Bruce Hampton, Ret. & Shane Pruitt Band, 7:30pm Root Bar No. 1 Linda Mitchell (jazz, blues), 9pm Scandals Nightclub Dance party, 10pm Drag show, 1am Sly Grog Lounge Trivia night, 7pm Straightaway Cafe Dave Turner (jazz/pop piano), 6pm Vanuatu Kava Bar Seraphim Arkistra (electro-coustic, ambient, improv), 8:30pm Vincenzo's Bistro Steve Whiddon (old-time piano, vocals), 5:30pm Wall Street Coffee House Open mic, 9pm

Pack's Tavern DJ Aaron Michaels, 9pm

White Horse Pierce Pettice (singer-songwriter), 8pm

Phoenix Lounge The American Gonzos (rock, funk), 9pm

Wild Wing Cafe A Social Function (classic rock, jam), 8pm

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PICK OF THE WEEK

THEATER LISTINGS

Fruitvale Station HHHH

Friday, August 2 Thursday, August 8 Due to possible scheduling changes, moviegoers may want to confirm showtimes with theaters.

Director: Ryan Coogler Players: Michael B. Jordan, Melonie Diaz, Octavia Spencer, Kevin Durand

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Fact-Based Drama Rated R The Story: Based on the true story of Oscar Grant — specifically, the final day of his life — a young, black Oakland resident who was gunned down by a police officer on New Year’s Day 2009. The Lowdown: Despite verging a bit too much on ham-fisted melodrama, the film works on a purely emotional level, but isn’t an especially deep look at race, profiling or the use of excessive force.

Ryan Coogler’s film attempts to piece together the final day of Oscar Grant, here played by Michael B. Jordan (Chronicle). Grant was a 22-year-old black man who lived in Oakland, was restrained by police after an altercation on a train and fatally shot in the back by an officer in the early hours of New Year’s Day 2009. The case itself was big news — Grant’s death was caught on numerous cell-phone videos, and led to riots and protests. The film itself has been lauded by critics, and in some ways they’re spot on — Fruitvale Station is perhaps the most emotionally affecting film I’ve seen this year. Any time a film can create an emotional reaction in me, it’s doing something right, but I have this nagging sense that Coogler’s film has accomplished this in spite of numerous flaws. Stripped

Michael B. Jordan and Melonie Diaz in Ryan Coogler’s emotionally powerful Fruitvale Station.

down to its simplest pieces, Fruitvale Station attempts to humanize Oscar by portraying him as a normal person, as opposed to a pixelated image in a YouTube video or a talking point on cable news. Here, Oscar’s a complicated figure: an unemployed ex-con prone to outbursts of anger, but with a girlfriend and daughter he loves, a family who supports him and a desire to live his life on the straight and narrow. Jordan is excellent in the role, able to portray Grant’s highs and lows, and it’s for this reason that — by the time of his inevitable death — there’s a sense of sorrow and waste. But to create these feelings, the movie cuts some corners with the script — also written by Coogler — which often feels too pat, ham-fisted and melodramatic. The scenes when Oscar’s mother (Octavia Spencer) urges him to take the train, or when his daughter (Ariana Neal) is frightened by fireworks and worried about his

safety, are obvious and heavy-handed (to the point of cringe-inducing). On top of this, the film gets to its climax and tosses away all the attention it paid to showing Oscar as a fully formed human being, and instead chooses to unfortunately — and uncomfortably — boil down the heartbreaking nature of his death to little more than the fact that he was a father. Yes, this is agonizing, but this isn’t the entire story, let alone the story Fruitvale Station seems to set out to tell. I have no doubt that Coogler is totally invested in telling Oscar’s story. But by taking a solely visceral approach instead of exploring the greater picture, he’s created a movie that lacks a certain amount of scope. Yes, Oscar’s death is tragic on a simply personal, human level, but it’s also part of something much bigger and systemic. Questions of racism, racial profiling or the use of excessive, lethal force are never broached. I assume

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this is a deliberate choice by Coogler in order to separate Oscar from the noise of politicization. And I understand the choice of this approach. It’s certainly the least controversial, most easily digestible approach to take. But since nothing’s being questioned, what exactly is being discussed here? For me, it leaves Fruitvale Station feeling a bit shallow — an unfortunate shortcoming for a movie that gets a lot right. Rated R for some violence, drug use and language throughout. reviewed by Justin Souther Playing at Carmike 10, Carolina Cinemas, Regal Biltmore Grande

Stories We Tell HHHH Director: Sarah Polley (Take This Waltz) Players: Michael Polley, Harry Gulkin, John Buchan, Cathy Gulkin, Geoffrey Bowes, Diane Polley Documentary Rated PG-13 The Story: A somewhat unorthodox documentary that attempts to piece together a portrait of director Sarah Polley’s mother, only to become much more.

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The Lowdown: Mixing interviews, home movies, archival and recreated footage, Sarah Polley has created a strikingly personal work about her family and herself. It may not be perfect, but it’s warm and perceptive.

Sarah Polley has yet to make a film that I flat-out loved, but she’s at least made movies that contain elements I’ve admired. Her new film, Stories We Tell, is no exception, though I like it less than her first two features, Away from Her (2006) and Take This Waltz (2011). That may partly reflect my own bias against documentaries, but it also reflects my feeling that the film’s final stretch is too long. It almost feels like Polley thinks that if she keeps pressing, the film will reach some blinding revelation — and that just doesn’t happen. In fact, she keeps going with such misguided tenacity that her family becomes more like victims than relatives. But for all that, Polley has crafted

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an involving, strikingly human film that plays fast and loose with the documentary form. Rather than settle for talking heads, home movies and archive footage, Polley has created ersatz “archival” material to — fairly seamlessly — flesh things out. In most cases, I was hard-pressed to tell where reality left off and reconstruction began. That might wring the withers of traditionalists, but it makes for involving filmmaking. What Polley gives us is a film that starts out to be a portrait of her late mother, Diane, as pieced together from the memories of her family. In itself, this offers an interesting look — cobbled together from people who remember Diane more clearly than Sarah Polley (she was 11 when her mother died). It also shows a notable level of self-awareness from Sarah’s father, Michael, who notes early on that Diane didn’t so much fall in love with him as she fell in love with the character he was playing on the stage. The reality of Michael turned out to be more introverted and unexciting than that character. However, he is clearly the star of this film — not only serving as interview subject, but as narrator. It helps that he’s an engaging, casually outrageous character. This is a man on whose dining room table we see no less than three COPD inhalers — and an open pack of cigarettes. (Yes, I admit I can identify with him.) This composite portrait of Diane is soon complicated by the growing suspicion that a family joke about Michael not really being Sarah’s father might not be a joke. But if he’s not, who is? And so the film becomes a kind of detective story to uncover who her biological father may be. The answer to that question is not quite as easily answered as it might seem. Even once it’s solved, it isn’t simple. For that matter, even a positive answer raises as many questions as it answers. Polley has warned us at the onset that this is a story that can never be answered, and while it is in a sense, the ramifications of it all never can be really answered. But that’s kind of the point — the collision of reality with a story that’s long been told. And it’s a collision that’s worth watching. In the end, of course, everyone involved is left with his or her assessment of the truth — usually, it’s the one that offers the most personal com-

fort. It may seem more important to the filmmaker than it is to us — how could it not be? — but you’ll likely come away feeling your time was well spent. Rated PG-13 for thematic elements involving sexuality, brief strong language and smoking. reviewed by Ken Hanke Starts Friday at Carolina Cinemas

The Wolverine HHH Director: James Mangold (Knight and Day) Players:Hugh Jackman, Tao Okamoto, Rila Fukushima, Hiroyuki Sanada, Svetlana Khodchenkova, Haruhiko Yamanouchi COMIC BOOK ACITON Rated PG-13 The Story: The Wolverine goes to Japan to see a dying man whose life he once saved, only to find himself enmeshed in dire doings. The Lowdown: It passes the time. It’s neither particularly bad nor especially good — and it’s almost completely unmemorable.

James Mangold’s The Wolverine can proudly take its place with most of the rest of its comic book brethren this summer — high atop the mountain of the Massively OK. It’s getting pretty crowded up there, since this kind of movie has been climbing that dubious summit for more than a few summers now. Like the ones before it, The Wolverine isn’t particularly bad. It just isn’t much of anything. It’s two hours of middling entertainment, and, as such, I guess it serves its function. Oh, it has a few inspired moments — the opening in Nagasaki when the atomic bomb hits, an amusingly silly fight on a bullet train, occasional images that recall Akira Kurosawa and some others that suggest a familiarity with the animated films of Satoshi Kon — but they don’t add up to anything memorable. The whole movie rests on Hugh Jackman — a man who has become so gym-ratted-up that he looks more uncomfortable than imposing — and it’s too much to ask of him. In his favor, he doesn’t sing selections from Les Misérables. That’s a plus. When I say the whole thing rests

on Jackman, that’s not a figure of speech. It’s really the case. Much of the cast is entirely made up of Japanese actors you mostly don’t know and one Russian actress you probably saw in 2011’s Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. (There are some dream sequences with Famke Janssen as Jean Grey encouraging him to hurry up and die so he can join her on the other side, à la Lorelei in Frank Miller’s much maligned 2008 flick, The Spirit.) But mostly, it’s all Jackman as Logan/The Wolverine. It’s Logan in gloomy mode and Logan in surly mode and Logan in action mode and ... well, you get the idea. It starts with him saving a Japanese officer, Yashida (Haruhiko Yamanouchi), from the atomic bomb in Nagasaki. It then quickly moves to him living on a cliff-side (why, I do not know) in Canada for a sequence that really serves no discernible function before he’s whisked off to Japan for a meeting with the now dying Yashida. This is where the plot kicks in — a convoluted industrial takeover involving Yashida’s business empire. Of course, there’s a darker, deeper plot afoot that you can probably spot early on. It mostly doesn’t matter, because the movie’s primary raison d’être is Logan fighting off ninja assassins — with time out for a visit to a rundown, erotic adult hotel that looks like it was left over from Blue Valentine (2010). The whole thing, of course, leads to a big showdown of the kind these movies are all geared toward. It’s no better or worse than most, and at least it doesn’t involve destroying an entire city. The big centerpiece here involves a giant chrome-plated samurai warrior that somehow manages to be a lot less menacing than the giant warrior in Terry Gilliam’s Brazil (1985). It’s all moderately exciting while it’s going on, but loses most of its punch thanks to a supposed big revelation that is neither big nor much of a revelation. Like everything else about the movie (including the pointless 3-D), it’s ultimately just sort of there — at least up to the tease during the end credits that tantalizes us with a more interesting looking movie to come. Call me old-fashioned, but I really think a movie ought to be more than a two-hour trailer for a better movie. Rated PG-13 for sequences of intense sci-fi action and violence, some sexuality and language. reviewed by Ken Hanke Playing at Carolina Cinemas, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande, United Artists Beaucatcher

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Stories We Tell See review in “Cranky Hanke”

2 Guns Remember Contraband — last year’s actioner from Icelandic director Baltasar Kormáku and starring Mark Wahlberg? Yeah, no one else does either. Well, now they’re back — this time with Denzel Washington — with an R-rated action picture about two undercover agents on the run after their attempt to infiltrate a drug cartel goes wrong. It may or may not be telling that it hasn’t been shown to critics. (R)

The Smurfs 2 The maestro of mediocrity Raja Gosnell returns with The Smurfs 2. It was inevitable because his first Smurfs movie made money. People never seem to learn that if they spend money on these movies, it encourages those responsible to keep making them. The solution is in your hands — yes, you, the moviegoer, can put a stop to this. (PG)

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Lisa Fischer, Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Judith Hill, Mick Jagger, Bette Midler Music Documentary Documentary on the world of backup singers. Charming, tuneful, occasionally moving and always entertaining about the singers who contributed so much to so many great songs. Rated PG-13

The Conjuring HHHH

Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Lili Taylor, Ron Livingston, Shanley Caswell, Hayley McFarland Horror A family moves into an old house where evil spirits dwell. Is it as good as you’ve heard? No. It has script problems galore. But director James Wan still manages to pull off one creepy movie with some solid scares, even if it lacks some of the flair of his earlier films. Rated R

Despicable Me 2 HHH

(Voices) Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Benjamin Bratt, Miranda Cosgrove, Russell Brand, Steve Coogan Animated Comedy The formerly villainous Gru is recruited by the Anti-Villain League to catch a new super criminal. It contains all the elements of the agreeable original film, but the structure is a mess and, despite pleasing moments, it’s just not very good. Rated PG

Michael B. Jordan, Melonie Diaz, Octavia Spencer, Kevin Durand Fact-Based Drama Based on the true story of Oscar Grant — specifically, the final day of his life — a young, black Oakland resident who was gunned down by a police officer on New Year’s Day 2009. Despite verging a bit too much on ham-fisted melodrama, the film works on a purely emotional level, but isn’t an especially deep look at race, profiling or the use of excessive force. Rated R

Grown Ups HHH

Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade, Salma Hayek Gross-Out Family Comedy A day in the life of the families of the original Grown Ups. A chintzy, lazy, plotless comedy, whose jokes rely solely on raising the bar on bodily function humor. Rated PG-13

The Heat HH Sandra Bullock, Melissa McCarthy, Demián Bichir, Marlon Wayans, Michael Rapaport Odd Couple Cop Raunch-com A buttondown FBI agent is teamed with an overbearingly vulgar Boston cop. Stale and predictable. Its supposed novelty lies in the fact that the leads are women. Sandra Bullock is solidly professional as the “straight man,” while Melissa McCarthy swears a lot and is angry most of the time. Rated R

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The Lone Ranger HHHHH

Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer, Tom Wilkinson, William Fichtner, Helena Bonham Carter, Ruth Wilson Revisionist Epic Western Comedy Revisionist take on the origins of the Lone Ranger. Big, spectacular, amazingly personal blend of the Western epic and comedy that addresses issues more weighty than one usually finds in summer movies — and this makes it troubling to some. Rated PG-13

Pacific Rim HHHH Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day, Burn Gorman, Clifton Collins Jr., Ron Perlman Sci-Fi Action It’s giant robots vs. giant monsters as (of course) the fate of the world hangs in the balance. It’s big. It’s deliberately dumb. And it’s a lot of good-natured fun with all the stock giant-monster movie clichés intact. However, it must be noted that the robot vs. monster bouts tend to be too dark and shot too close-up to fully register. Rated PG-13

R.I.P.D. HH Ryan Reynolds, Jeff Bridges, Kevin Bacon, Mary-Louise Parker, Stephanie Szostak Supernatural Action Comedy A murdered cop finds himself in the afterlife and conscripted into the Rest in Peace Department, a law enforcement agency for the dead. A charmless mix of Men in Black and Ghostbusters that’s only barely watchable, thanks to Jeff Bridges. Rated PG-13

RED 2 HHH

Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, MaryLouise Parker, Helen Mirren, Anthony Hopkins, Byung-hun Lee, Brian Cox Action Comedy Those aging secret agents and cuddly hit men/women are at it again. Strictly by the numbers, overlong rehash of the first film with most of the original cast plus Anthony Hopkins. Lots of shooting and explosions. Very little inspiration. Rated PG-13

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HHHH Michael Polley, Harry Gulkin, John Buchan, Cathy Gulkin, Geoffrey Bowes, Diane Polley Documentary A somewhat unorthodox documentary that attempts to piece together a portrait of director Sarah Polley’s mother, only to become much more. Mixing interviews, home movies, archival and recreated footage, Sarah Polley has created a strikingly personal work about her family and herself. It may not be perfect, but it’s warm and perceptive. Rated PG-13

Turbo HH (voices) Ryan Reynolds, Paul Giamatti, Michael Pena, Bill Hader, Luis Guzman Animated Action Comedy An everyday garden snail who dreams of speed get superpowers in a freak accident and sets his sights on winning the Indy 500. Mostly harmless, yet slightly below-average in almost every sense. Rated PG

The Way, Way Back HHHH

Liam James, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Sam Rockwell, Allison Janney, AnnaSophia Robb, Maya Rudolph Comedy Drama A lonely, awkward 14-year-old is forced to spend the summer at the beach with his mother and her new mean-spirited boyfriend. It takes a while to find its footing, but this warmly nostalgic coming-of-age comedy wins out with its array of unusually well-crafted characters. Rated PG-13

The Wolverine HHH Hugh Jackman, Tao Okamoto, Rila Fukushima, Hiroyuki Sanada, Svetlana Khodchenkova, Haruhiko Yamanouchi Comic Book Action The Wolverine goes to Japan to see a dying man whose life he once saved, only to find himself enmeshed in dire doings. It passes the time. It’s neither particularly bad nor especially good — and it’s almost completely unmemorable. Rated PG-13

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HORROR At one time — owing to its inclusion in the “Son of Shock” TV package — Roy William Neill’s The Black Room (1935) was a staple of classic horror. It had a good story, solid production values, slick direction and one (or two, since he plays two characters) of Boris Karloff’s best performances. But somehow the film has fallen by the wayside in recent years. Why? Probably because its studio, Columbia (Sony), is plainly lousy at promoting its old movies. That’s too bad. It may not quite attain the quality of the best of the Universal horrors, but neither is it that far from them. The Thursday Horror Picture Show will screen The Black Room Thursday, August 1, at 8 p.m. in the Cinema Lounge of The Carolina Asheville and will be hosted by Xpress movie critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther.

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COMEDY MELODRAMA Having made a huge success of its first all-star film, Grand Hotel (1932), naturally MGM would attempt a follow-up in the same style. To this end, the studio bought George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber’s play Dinner at Eight, filled it with stars (some from Grand Hotel), laid on the production values and came up with a film nearly as good as its predecessor. Some would even say it’s superior. The Asheville Film Society will screen Dinner at Eight Tuesday, August 6, at 8 p.m. in the Cinema Lounge of The Carolina Asheville and will be hosted by Xpress movie critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther.

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The Magic Flute HHHHH COMEDY FANTASY OPERA Ingmar Bergman’s 1975 film is one of his most playful works. Bergman presents the Mozart opera as if it were onstage, but this apparent constraint does not make the film in any way stagey. If anything, it seems to make Bergman more resourceful. However, a taste for the original opera is probably a requirement to really appreciate the film. The Hendersonville Film Society will show The Magic Flute Sunday, August 4, at 2 p.m. in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community (behind Epic Cinemas), 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville.

Red Beard HHHHH DRAMA Akira Kurosawa’s 1965 film is rarely cited as one of his best — and I can’t imagine why. It’s a long film — 185 minutes, with an overture and an intermission — but not a single one of those minutes is dull. If, as I’ve read, Kurosawa set out to make “something so magnificent that people would just have to see it,” I think he succeeded — even if only in the long run, since the film seems to have underperformed on its original release. The problem, I think, is that rather than the epic audiences expected, Kurosawa instead gave them a small-scale drama about a young doctor, creating what might be called an epic of humanity. An altogether beautiful film. Classic World Cinema by Courtyard Gallery will present Red Beard Friday, August 2, at 8 p.m. at Phil Mechanic Studios, 109 Roberts St., River Arts District (upstairs in the Railroad Library). Info: 273-3332, www.ashevillecourtyard.com

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SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELOR The NC Dept of Public Safety/Swannanoa Correctional Center for Women is seeking a credentialed or registered substance Abuse Counselor for a time limited grant position for a new Aftercare/Community Re-Entry Program. • Duties will include: Case management, provide chemical dependency counseling, education and information to clients in a prison treatment setting, develop vocational plans and social/ vocational skills building which relate to their treatment plan, develop discharge plans and referrals. This will also include group counseling, educational classes, and relapse prevention, and crisis interventions. • Preference: working with female offenders with addiction issues. Working schedule: Monday-Thursday, Approximately 30 hours/week with occasional modifications to schedule. Applicants must possess a current CCJP, CSAC or LCAS credential from the North Carolina substance abuse professional Practice Board. • Mail resume and cover letter to: NC Department of Public Safety, Black Mountain SA Treatment Center for Women, 1449 North Fork Road, Black Mountain, NC 28711, ATTN: Personnel. SUBSTANCE ABUSE RECOVERY GUIDE Four Circles Recovery Center, a young adult wilderness therapy program is seeking highly motivated, energetic, compassionate individuals for direct care positions. Direct Care Recovery Guides work on a rotating week on/week off schedule. Treatment takes place in both wilderness and residential settings. Personal or professional experience with the 12-Steps, Substance Abuse Treatment, and Wilderness Therapy are preferred. We offer competitive pay, health benefits, professional substance abuse and clinical training. Substance abuse and clinical supervision are available. Please submit resumes to Mick Masterson at guidejobs@fourcirclesrecovery.com THE ASHEVILLE OFFICE OF FAMILY PRESERVATION SERVICES Center for Recovery, Education, and Wellness is seeking the following: Licensed or provisionally Licensed Therapist to work on our Community Support Team; Fully Licensed Therapist to work with adults on our Assertive Community Treatment Team and to serve as the team lead; Fully licensed or provisionally Licensed Therapist to provide Outpatient Therapy to adults. PA or NP to work with adults. Please send resumes to csimpson@ fpscorp.com THE ASHEVILLE OFFICE OF FAMILY PRESERVATION SERVICES Is seeking the following: Licensed or provisionally Licensed Therapist to work with youth and families in our School-Based Program (10 month position available); and Licensed or provisionally Licensed Therapist and QMHP to work with youth and families in our intensive In Home Program. Please send resumes to csimpson@ fpscorp.com 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) 258-0031 ext. 348 or debbie.smiley@thementornetwork.com

Professional/ Management BUSINESS MANAGER FOR INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE CLINIC Bachelors or advanced degree, minimum 3 years in health care and management, familiar with holistic medicine. Email cover letter/resume: hr@familytofamily.org DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS Children First/CIS seeks Director of Programs. Requires nonprofit/educ exp., supervisory exp., 4 year degree. • Duties: program management, evaluation, staff supervision and community collaboration. More info: www.cfcisofbuncombe.org DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR GENDER AND RELATIONSHIPS At Warren Wilson College. Full description available at http://www.warren-wilson.edu/~humres/positions_ staff.php. Requires Master’s in Social Work, Counseling, Education or related. Cover letter, resume, and three professional references to HR@ warren-wilson.edu. www.warren-wilson.edu ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR Community Action Opportunities Asheville, NC. We are a high-performing, non-profit Community Action Agency (CAA) created by the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 to end poverty and are recruiting a seasoned and skilled professional to fill a full-time position as the Agency’s Economic Development Department Director. We are looking for a unique individual with a variety of skills and talents to plan, develop, and oversee the implementation of a broad portfolio of federal and state grant-funded economic and social development anti-poverty initiatives. • This Director is also the primary administrator for, and developer of, an agency-owned, statewide subscription-based data collection and reporting software. • The successful Candidate must have the knowledge, skills and abilities to: Facilitate department-level strategic planning that aligns with the Agency’s Plan; Plan and manage a variety of state and federal grantfunded anti-poverty programs including but not limited to: Weatherization Assistance, comprehensive self-sufficiency services, parenting classes, family resource centers, etc.; Administer and continue the development of, the agencyowned Results-Oriented Management and Accountabilitybased (ROMA) client data and reporting software: Accountable Results for Community Action, (AR4CA); Support the AR4CA Help Desk and conduct User training; Prepare

and monitor department-wide budgets and refunding applications; Use ROMA concepts and tools to help program staff to establish and monitor program operations and report outcomes and Generate supplemental program resources. This position requires: The ability to meet repeated deadlines, critical thinking and budget development skills, proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite software and Google Apps and strong oral and written communication skills. This work also requires the Director to incorporate the Agency’s principles: Teamwork, Communication, Quality and Respect into standard supervisory practices and daily work. • Minimum education and experience: Graduation from a regionally- or CHEA-accredited four-year college or university with a Master’s degree in Business, Public Administration, Social Work Administration, Computer or Environmental Science or related field with some emphasis on workforce development and energy-efficient building science or a combination of the above in Bachelor and Master degrees. Also requires, at least, ten years in a governmental, quasi-governmental, CAA or other publically or federal/state grant-funded organization(s) in progressively responsible program manager, department or assistant director positions. Experience must include a minimum of five years using team-based methods to supervise professional and/or technical managers and, at least, two years as a software administrator. Must also possess a valid North Carolina Driver License and pass pre-employment background checks. Preferred experience: All of the above plus fluency in Spanish. Compensation: $57,000 to $90,000 plus competitive benefit package including 401(k) This position is exempt under FLSA and ineligible for overtime pay. CAO shall exclude from consideration applicants who fail to, fully, comply with the following submittal requirements: Send resume, cover letter and three (3) professional work and two (2) personal character (no relatives) references with complete contact information to: Ms. Linda Gamble, Human Resources Manager 25 Gaston Street, Asheville NC, 28801 or Admin@communityactionopportunities.org or (828) 253-6319 (Fax) EOE & DFWP Open until filled. Interviews are set to begin in late August. Position Available October 1, 2013. For agency-related information and to review the classification description, visit: www.communityactionopportunities.org

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EXPERIENCED PARALEGAL Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice experience required. Full-time position. Salary commensurate with experience. Computer skills and ability to work with the public a must. Resume: laura@ theelmorelawfirm.com Volunteer Coordinator The Asheville JCC is seeking a part-time Volunteer Coordinator to launch a new adult volunteer engagement program. Bachelor’s degree and experience in coordinating and training volunteers preferred. Must be organized, self-motivated, proficient in database software and Microsoft Office applications, and possess strong communication skills. For more information, contact lael@jccasheville.org or visit www.jccasheville.org.

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ACCOUNTING INSTRUCTOR Instructor, Accounting An instructor in Accounting will demonstrate the versatility and expertise necessary to provide instruction and practice in a variety of Accounting courses. • Minimum requirements: 1. Master’s degree in Accounting or related field with 18 graduate semester hours in Accounting, one year teaching experience, and one year experience in business practices. • Salary: $30.75 per contact hour. • For additional information and application instructions please visit: https://abtcc.peopleadmin. com/postings/2379

DEVELOPMENTAL ENGLISH/READING INSTRUCTOR An instructor to teach developmental English or reading courses for students in the Developmental Studies Department at A-B Tech. He/ she possesses the knowledge

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DIRECTOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT Provides leadership and supervision for the Workforce Development department, leading the employer outreach initiative; engaging with community employers as a leading economic development partner through the delivery of contract and customized training programs. Minimum Requirements: 1. Bachelor’s degree in education, technical, business or related field; 2. A minimum of three years of supervisory experience; 3. Experience with sales, recruitment and/or outreach team; with documented results; 4. Experience developing customized training programs for businesses; 5. Proficient in word processing, spreadsheet, database and presentation software; 6. Demonstrated interpersonal and organizational skills; 7. Excellent oral and written communication skills. • Salary Range: $51,972 - $58,470. Click on the hyperlink to view full job posting or to complete online application: https:// abtcc.peopleadmin.com/ postings/2391

ECONOMICS INSTRUCTOR An instructor in Economics will demonstrate the versatility and expertise necessary to provide instruction and practice in Economics and Business Finance courses. Minimum requirements: 1. Master’s degree in Economics or related field with 18 graduate semester hours in Economics; 2. At least one year teaching experience; 3. At least one year experience in business practices. Salary: $30.75 per contact hour. • For additional information and application instructions please visit https://abtcc.peopleadmin. com/postings/2378 PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER (Part-Time) ArtSpace Charter School is accepting applications for a part-time Physical Education teacher. Applicants must have a current North Carolina teaching license for P.E. Applicants must be willing to work in a collaborative, integrated, experiential environment. Position open until filled. Please send resumes and cover letters to: resumes@ artspacecharter.org with the subject heading "P.E. Teacher". SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST ArtSpace Charter School is seeking a part-time Speech Language Pathologist. Candidates must hold a current license and have at least one year’s experience working in a public school setting. Position open until filled. Please email cover letter and resume to: resumes@artspacecharter. org, email subject heading “SLP.” THANKS AGAIN TO MOUNTAIN XPRESS Our ad last week, and on-line, resulted in 50 resumes, and a wealth of well-qualified candidates. Bill McGuire Director/CEO, Child Abuse Prevention Services, Inc.

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An icon of style, J.Crew is known worldwide for its sophisticated, fun clothing and accessories to live, work, play and even get married in. We are growing and currently seeking the following positions in our Asheville Distribution Center. MERCHANDISE PROCESSORS Second Shift Seasonal full-time positions (Must be able to lift up to 60 pounds and stand the duration of work shift) Positions start at $9.50-$11.40 per hour. DISTRIBUTION CENTER SUPERVISOR Second Shift Full-Time Exempt position The primary responsibility of a DC Supervisor is to ensure efficient processing of all merchandise to service our stores while maintaining and developing departmental staff. Benefits are offered for all positions. Your benefit package may vary depending on your employment status and may include; medical, life, and dental insurance, 401k and 25 days of paid time off. All associates receive a 30% discount off J.Crew merchandise! Overtime and extended hours will be required during peak times. Please apply online at www.jcrew.com. We are committed to affirmatively providing equal opportunity to all associates and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, marital status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, legally protected physical or mental disability or any other basis protected under applicable law.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) To add zest to mealtime, you might choose food that has been seasoned with red chili peppers, cumin or other piquant flavors. Some chimpanzees have a similar inclination, which is why they like to snack on red fire ants. Judging from the astrological omens, I'm guessing you are currently in a phase when your attraction to spicy things is at a peak — not just for dinner but in other areas of your life, as well. I have a suggestion: Pursue rowdy fun with adventures that have metaphorical resemblances to red chili peppers, but stay away from those that are like red fire ants.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) The 19th-century English artist John Constable specialized in painting landscapes. The countryside near his home especially excited him. He said, "The sound of water escaping from mill dams, willows, old rotten planks, slimy posts and brickwork, I love such things. They made me a painter, and I am grateful." Take a cue from Constable, Taurus. Spend quality time appreciating the simple scenes and earthy pleasures that nourish your creative spirit. Give your senses the joy of getting filled up with vivid impressions. Immerse yourself in experiences that thrill your animal intelligence.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Sergei Diaghilev was a Russian ballet impresario who founded Ballets Russes, one of the 20th century’s great ballet companies. At one point in his career he met French playwright Jean Cocteau. Diaghilev dared Cocteau to write a piece for a future Ballets Russes production. “Astonish me!” he said. It took seven years, but Cocteau met the challenge. He created “Parade,” a ballet that also featured music by Eric Satie and sets by Pablo Picasso. Now let’s pretend I’m Diaghilev and you’re Cocteau. Imagine that I’ve just told you, “Astonish me!” How will you respond? What surprising beauty will you come up with? What marvels will you unleash?

This is Grand Unification Week for you Geminis. If your left hand has been at war with your right hand, it's a perfect moment to declare a truce. If your head and heart have not been seeing eye to eye, they are ready to find common ground and start conspiring together for your greater glory. Are there any rips or rifts in your life? You will generate good fortune for yourself if you get to work on healing them. Have you been alienated from an ally or at odds with a beloved dream or separated from a valuable resource? You have a lot of power to fix glitches like those.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) In an episode of the TV show Twin Peaks, special agent Dale Cooper gives the following advice to his colleague Harry: “I’m going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don’t plan it, don’t wait for it, just let it happen.” Now I’m passing on this advice to you, Cancerian. It’s a perfect time for you to try out this fun game. You are in a phase of your astrological cycle when you’ll be wise to intensify your commitment to self-care, deepen your devotion to making yourself feel good and increase your artistry by providing yourself with everything you need to thrive.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Since 1948, the chemical known as warfarin has been used as a pesticide to poison rats. Beginning in 1954, it also became a medicine prescribed to treat thrombosis and JULY 31 - AUGUST 6, 2013

filled up your brain with ideas and desires that aren't in alignment with your highest values? For instance, has your imagination gotten imprinted with conditioning that makes you worry that your body's not beautiful enough or your bank account's not big enough or your style isn't cool enough? If so, Sagittarius, the coming weeks will be an excellent time to get uncolonized. There has rarely been a better time than now to purge any brainwashing that puts you at odds with your deepest self.

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other blood ailments in humans. Is there anything in your own life that resembles warfarin? A person or an asset or an activity that can either be destructive or constructive, depending on the situation? The time will soon be right for you to employ that metaphorical version of warfarin in both capacities. Make sure you're very clear about which is which.

An old Chinese poem tells us that "the true measure of a mountain's greatness is not its height but whether it is charming enough to attract dragons." You and I know there are no such things as dragons, so we can't take this literally. But what if we treat it as we might a fairy tale? I suggest we draw a metaphorical meaning from it and apply it to your life. Let's say that you shouldn't be impressed with how big and strong anything is; you shouldn't give your mojo to people or institutions simply because they have worldly power. Rather, you will be best served by aligning yourself with what's mysterious and fabulous. You're more likely to have fun and generate good fortune for yourself by seeking out stories that appeal to your soul instead of your ego.

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"My heart was a hysterical, unreliable organ," wrote Vladimir Nabokov in his novel Lolita. We have all gone through phases when we could have uttered a similar statement. But I doubt that this is one of those times for you, Libra. On the contrary. I suspect your heart is very smart right now — poised and lucid and gracious. In fact, I suggest you regard the messages coming from your heart as more trustworthy than any other part of you — wiser than your head and your gut and your genitals put together.

The questions you have been asking aren't terrible. But they could be formulated better. They might be framed in such a way as to encourage life to give you crisp insights you can really use rather than what you've been getting lately, which are fuzzy conjectures that are only partially relevant. Would you like some inspiration? See if any of these inquiries help hone your spirit of inquiry. 1. What kind of teacher or teaching do you need the most right now? 2. What part of you is too tame, and what can you do about it? 3. What could you do to make yourself even more attractive and interesting to people than you already are? 4. What is the pain that potentially has the most power to awaken your dormant intelligence?

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) The Holy Grail of skateboarding tricks is called the 1080. To pull it off, a skateboarder has to do three complete 360-degree revolutions in midair and land cleanly. No one had ever pulled it off until 12-year-old Tom Schaar did it in 2012. Since then, two other teenage boys have managed the same feat. But I predict that a Scorpio skateboarder will break the record sometime soon, managing a 1260, or three and a half full revolutions. Why? First, because your tribe is unusually geared to accomplish peak performances right now. And second, you have a knack for doing complex maneuvers that require a lot of concentration.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Can you think of ways that you have been colonized? Have any powerful institutions

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) "There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method." So says Ishmael, the hero of Herman Melville's 19th-century novel Moby Dick. He is ostensibly referring to whale hunting, which is his job, but some modern critics suggest he's also talking about the art of storytelling. I suspect his statement applies to a certain enterprise you are currently engaged in, as well. Can you wrap your mind and heart around the phrase "careful disorderliness," Pisces? I hope so, because I think it's the true method. Here are some other terms to describe it: benevolent chaos; strategic messiness; purposeful improvisation; playful experiments.

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Retail AVAILABLE POSITIONS • THE MONTREAT STORE The Montreat Store is looking for a Part-Time Sales Associate. The ideal candidate will be energetic, helpful, and have excellent customer service skills. Retail experience is a plus. This position will work 15-20 hours/week. The Montreat Store is owned and operated by the Montreat Conference Center. Come join our team today! • Exciting new position: Part-time Buyer! The ideal candidate will have professional experience in analyzing customer demand, price pointing, purchasing/ ‘buying’, going to markets, and arranging the floor. This is a part-time position that offers flexibility and a great work environment. Some floor work and customer service will be required. Find out more information and fill out an application at www. montreat.org/about/employment-opportunities

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Classes & Workshops CREATIVE EXPLORATION THROUGH PAINTING! LET THE GREAT MYSTERY MOVE THROUGH YOUR BRUSH! Intuitive Painting Workshop Sunday Aug.4th 9:30am to 3:30pm. $65 investment in yourself! All supplies provided! Learn to trust your intuition! Feel the Joy of Spontaneous Expression! Phone 252-4828. kaylinamichaela@yahoo.com. www.sacredspacepainting. com SCREENWRITING BOOTCAMP - Asheville Produced filmmaker and professional screenwriter is offering a Screenwriting Bootcamp on the weekend of August 17-18. The goal of the workshop is to help beginner/intermediate writers with their feature screenplays and ideas. The cost of the camp is $200, and each student will receive 16 hours of instruction. References available. Call Bob at 843-276-4441 for details and to reserve your spot!

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