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Best of WNC 2014, no. 1 In this week’s edition, you’ll find the first part of our annual Best Of WNC results — the bars, poets, parks and media personalities who you say are No. 1. You’ll also find out who, say readers, are our favorite heroes, best “worst villain” and more.

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8 BOOK NOOK Asheville’s Little Free Libraries make a big community impact

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10 FOCUS ON FRACKING North Carolina officials seek public comment on draft rules

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Democrats tell ‘big lie’ about Miranda DeBruhl I’m sure most people know by now that Nancy Waldrop (wife of soonto-be ex-Commissioner Republican David King) was successful in securing the votes needed to run as an unafilliated candidate in November for her husband’s commission position. The Democrats were unable to get anyone from their own party to run for the job, so they decided to throw their support behind exRepublican Nancy and her campaign against the primary winner, Republican Miranda DeBruhl.

I saw an email that Mark Newman, treasurer of the Democratic Party, sent to District 3 precinct chairs implying what to say when asking people to sign Nancy’s petition to get on the ballot. It calls Miranda DeBruhl an extreme tea party candidate and suggests that Nancy Waldrop is the only chance Democrats and those like-minded have to keep tea party folks from getting control of the commission.

Now for the “big lie.”

Miranda DeBruhl has never been associated with the tea party or any other organization. The tea party seemed to favor Lewis Clay as a candidate to run against Ms. Debruhl.

He was touted as very capable for

the job. However, Clay unexpectedly chose to withdraw from the race, for reasons left unsaid, although his name remained on the ballot.

It appears the Democrats feel they had to spread a serious untruth, known as the “big lie” in order get people to sign Nancy Waldrop’s petition. What a sad commentary on running a campaign.

Now, I must tell you about Miranda. She is a Christian, wife, mother of two, a registered nurse and a small-business owner. She is a hard-working, politically knowledgeable conservative and proud of it. She will be a real asset to the commission board. Visit her website at electmiranda.com.

Even if you signed Nancy’s petition you can still vote for Miranda DeBruhl for District 3 commissioner in the November election. It’s not too late. You’ll be thankful you did.

Send a message to the Democrats that “big lies” aren’t the way to get candidates elected.

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OPINION

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July 9, Xpress], we saw the new movie Snowpiercer.

Having endured the two-hour farce, I can only surmise Hanke is enjoying either payola or powerful psychoactive drugs.

This was one of those movies that was so unapologetically bad that it was almost good. It was good in the sense of it entertaining via the many laughable absurdities provided for any mildly astute viewer. Here are a few examples: 1. Our hero Curtis and his partner Gillian begin their siege of the train and find themselves faced with a car load of hooded, ax-wielding goons, and he turns to Gillian and utters in all seriousness, “Be careful.” This, sadly, was not tongue in cheek.

2. A little further on when the mayhem is at full throttle, Curtis does a Three Stooges pratfall on a dead fish, a plot device introduced earlier that is totally disconnected from the thin plot.

And 3. Nearing completion of his mission, Curtis attempts to explain the motivation for his selfless heroics with a rambling story of his early days after civilization collapsed: “They were going to eat the baby, but then a man cut off his own arm and said, ‘Eat this instead.’ Soon other people were cutting off arms and legs to save

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the baby. ... I’ve never seen anything like that before.”

Well, let’s hope not, people! And we as the audience are supposed to take such drivel seriously! I won’t even describe the ending, not to avoid a spoiler, but because I was left speechless and still can’t find the words to portray such inanity.

Snowpiercer screams for a return of the brilliant and sadly forgotten Mystery Science Theater 3000. The movie would provide a rich mine of laughable moments deserving their trademark witty derision.

Unfortunately, Hanke cannot return the two hours of my life I’d like back that I wasted on this movie, but I feel it his moral obligation to reimburse to me the admission price as well as to other viewers who feel as duped as I. Terry Barham Brevard

hear about all the new organic fruits, veggies and new products that Ingles had to carry and the benefits of gluten-free, etc.

Then, in the last month or so, she did a 180-degree turn and started talking about the harmlessness of (some) chemicals and the good use of pesticides. WHAT? As a dietitian, maybe she should inform people about what’s in season and great ways to use it for the most health benefits.

Let us decide whether to buy organic or not. I would think as a nonspecialty grocery store, Ingles would want a diverse clientele to shop there.

This weird backlash against organic is just going to make some people shop someplace else. My advice: Be like Switzerland and stay neutral.

Kelli Perry, Asheville

Why the 180-degree turn on organics?

Leah McGrath’s response: Dear Kelli — First of all, thanks so much for being a loyal reader of my column in the Mountain Xpress! I get a lot of comments and compliments on this column and appreciate all of the Mountain Xpress readers.

For the past two or three years I have been reading “Eating Right for Good Health” by corporate dietitian Leah McGrath from Ingles Markets in Mountain Xpress. At first I would

I think you may be referring to my interview with farmer William Shelton [in which] he talks about the use of pesticides. Ingles buys Shelton Family Farms (Whittier, N.C.) hydroponic lettuce and its Mountain Majesty tomatoes.

I hope you will read this week’s article, which is based on a blog (inglesnutrition@blogspot.com).

I wrote about New Sprout Organic Farms of Black Mountain. Ingles is the largest buyer of its locally-raised organic produce like kale, Swiss chard and beets. New Sprout, like Shelton Family Farms, uses pesticides. In fact both farmers — one conventional and one organic — use copper sulfate, which is approved by the National Organic Program.

My goals are to encourage consumption of fruits and vegetables; inform people of the facts about food labels and terms; dispel fears and misinformation about food; and introduce our shoppers to some of the local farmers Ingles buys from.

As a dietitian and consumer, I am proud of the fact that Ingles offers a variety of locally grown produce (both conventional and organic) and that I have had opportunities to meet and work with many of the hardworking farmers throughout the Southeast that supply Ingles Markets.

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Book nook Asheville’s Little Free Libraries make a big community impact

BY ALLI MARSHALL

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Reading is fundamental — we all know that. The catchphrase is also the name of the oldest and largest nonprofit literacy organization in the country, an endeavor that began with the donation of a bag of used books.

But who knew that sharing a few used books could also build community, bring neighbors together, inspire youths, encourage fitness and spark recycling efforts? Fans of Little Free Libraries knew, that’s who.

In July, the Shiloh Community Association dedicated and installed in its community garden a Little Free Library — a structure the size of a large birdhouse and stocked with books that can be borrowed, shared and restocked by any interested reader. “A friend of mine and I had thought about this for a while,” says Anita White, the association’s leader. Shiloh was undergoing a pedestrian assessment study and among the suggestions to increase walkability was a Little Free Library.

Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity collaborated on the project. Longtime Habitat volunteer Charlie Franck had already built a library, which he passed along to friends since he didn’t have a space to install it. Franck still gets reports on that first construction, now located on Macon Avenue — it’s being stocked with CDs as well as reading material. “I thought it would be a good community service project,” says Franck, who favors lowend workshop projects. He agreed to build a library for Shiloh, using materials salvaged from the Habitat ReStore. The shop’s sales manager, Susan Haynes, donated an initial collection of books.

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During the summer, two churches in Shiloh incorporated the Little Free Library into their youth programs. “What concerns me is getting the right mix of titles,” says White.

“Young adult titles are moving fast.

There’s no easy way for kids who don’t drive yet to get to a public library from Shiloh.”

The books are also attracting adults, who are making it a destination on their neighborhood walks. “My hope is that it will generate an exchange of ideas and some good community interaction,” says White. “I think it’s a movement that will grow. I’ve had relatives in from out of town, and a couple of them are going back to their neighborhoods and churches and starting [Little Free Libraries].”

The idea is already a global movement. The first mini-library was built

by Todd Bol in Hudson, Wis., modeled after a one-room schoolhouse.

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GOOD READS: Members of the Shiloh community with their recently installed Little Free Library. Photo courtesy of Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity

He stocked it with books and placed it in his yard (like a birdhouse or a mailbox) so his neighbors could help themselves. That was in 2009.

Today, there are Little Free Libraries in the Netherlands, Honduras and Ghana, among other locales. Now a nonprofit organization, Little Free Library aimed to build 2,510 book exchanges, matching the number of full-sized libraries supported by the late industrialist Andrew Carnegie. That goal was quickly surpassed and, according to littlefreelibrary.org, “By

January of 2014, the total number of registered Little Free Libraries in the world was conservatively estimated to be nearly 15,000, with thousands more being built.”

That a so community-minded endeavor has found a toehold in and around Asheville is no surprise.

There are Little Free Libraries registered in Hendersonville and West Asheville, and for each one listed on the organization’s searchable world map, there are more unregistered libraries that serve the same purpose. “There is an understanding that real people are sharing their favorite books with their community,” says the website. “These aren’t just any old books; this is a carefully curated collection and the library itself is a piece of neighborhood art.”

When Stephen Griffin and his family made the move from San Francisco to Asheville, their house

ALL BOOKS CONSIDERED: The Griffins inherited one Little Free Library when they bought their Montford house. The family recently added a second library specifically for children. Photo by Alli Marshall

in Montford came with a bonus in the front yard — a miniature book dispensary, complete with a charter number designating it an official Little Free Library. Griffin’s wife, Abigail, a writer, was excited to stock it. “The more people who know it’s an exchange, the better,” says Stephen.

Sometimes the Griffins find religious tracks and food pamphlets left in the library — “Books about religion or food would be better,” Stephen says.

How it works, ideally, is that passersby drop off books they’ve read and pick up new titles that pique their interest. All subject matter (along with CDs and DVDs) is fair game for the communal trade system.

Stephen’s enthusiasm for the project is clear: Since the family includes three children, the couple built a kids library that is located beside the original cupola-topped structure, at a kidaccessible level.

Geoffrey Rollins, who lives in the Five Points neighborhood, is also at work on a multigenerational library.

“Mine is going to be a two-level.

Adult books on top, and children’s on the lower level,” he says. His son and daughter are regulars at Pack Memorial Library’s story time. “Now we have a Little Free Library on our street and another one coming,” he says. “I think it will get kids excited about reading.”

To add a personal touch, Rollins is constructing his with cypress wood from his family’s farm in Mississippi.

Those who are interested in the proj-

ect but don’t have the time or skills to create a Little Free Library can order a kit or pre-constructed model from littlefreelibrary.org.

Unlike the books they hold, though, these buildings are far from free — prices run from $200-$800.

Rollins learned about the project through a Parkway Forest meeting. Greta Bush, co-president of that community’s neighborhood association, says Parkway Forest is in the early stages of installing its own group of libraries, a testament to the movement’s popularity. “I’ve got five households that are interested, but that’s too many for our neighborhood,” says Bush.

She also works at Habitat, as communications coordinator. Franck has offered to construct one for the group, “and I had in my head a Little Free Library building party — a community building event.”

Bush sees the book exchanges as a way to get neighbors out of their houses and talking to each other, hence her plan to place them strategically. One neighbor works at Malaprop’s Bookstore and already has ideas about what books to stock. The project is especially meaningful to Bush, who is a first-time homeowner.

“I’ve always heard about building community and what it means, but I’ve never gotten to experience it,” she says. “I wanted to feed that with a project.” X

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NEWS

by Susan Foster

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Focus on fracking NC officials seek public comment on draft rules After passage of the Energy Modernization Act in June opened the door to fracking in North Carolina, the state’s Mining and Energy Commission is accepting public comment through Sept. 15 on the draft rules for regulating the controversial practice. The law, which lifted the moratorium on fracking enacted in 2012, also prohibits disclosure of chemicals used in the process and bars local governments from banning it.

Fracking, in which large amounts of water, sand and chemicals are injected into shale formations to extract natural gas or oil, is exempt from federal Clean Water Act regulations.

Proponents say fracking can be done safely and could significantly boost the state’s economy; opponents cite concerns about groundwater contamination, impaired quality of life and landowners being forced to sign leases.

Public meetings soliciting input on the draft rules had been scheduled for Raleigh, Sanford and Reidsville; a fourth, in Cullowhee, was added after local environmental groups and businesses requested such a session in the mountain region.

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Sen. Jim Davis of Franklin, a co-sponsor of the bill, says, “It’s important for North Carolina to get in on the natural gas revolution in energy. We shouldn’t sit on the sidelines and watch other states do it. ... In an effort to become more and more energy self-sufficient, I think we ought to do nuclear and conservation and wind and solar and clean coal. We can do this safely, so I don’t see it as a problem.”

But Sally Morgan, a researcher and organizer with the nonprofit group Clean Water for North Carolina, says, “A lot of studies have shown groundwater contamination from fracking. There’s also a lot of industry denial. And a lot of settlement agreements require families not to disclose their groundwater contamination.”

FRACKING IN THE MOUNTAINS? Retired geologist Charles Holbrook, a former Chevron executive who helped craft the draft rules while serving on the Mining Commission, says fracking “would potentially bring a significant new business activity to the state. It would be enriching to the land and mineral owners who experience oil and gas production from their properties. It would also provide a significant number of jobs and a significant amount of revenue

to the state and would allow for creation of a fairly large number of associated small businesses that could participate at various levels in the operational activities.”

Natural gas deposits have already been found in the Deep River and Dan River basins in central North Carolina. State officials have allocated funds for testing for the presence of natural gas in the seven WNC counties Davis represents: Haywood, Jackson, Swain, Graham, Macon, Cherokee and Clay. But Davis says, “It’s unlikely that they’ll do a test well. The rock formation out here is not conducive to natural gas. It would be pretty pointless to do it, because we don’t have a distribution system. There’s no pipeline out here.”

Buncombe County Rep. Tim Moffitt, adds Davis, “is considering putting in a technical corrections bill to not even put money to do a test well out here.”

Nonetheless, Julie Mayfield, co-director of the Western North Carolina Alliance, believes fracking on public land is a major issue facing the mountain region. Although national parks such as the Smokies are off limits, national forest land is not. “The Forest Service,” she notes, “is in the process of revising its management plan … and could open [the Pisgah and Nantahala national forests] to fracking.”

Mayfield says her group “will distill the rules and help people focus on comments. Our job is to make information accessible.” Anyone who’s interested, she notes, can also sign up for action alerts with the WNC Alliance, the North Carolina Conservation Network, or Clean Water for North Carolina.

SAFETY, CLIMATE CHANGE AND PROPERTY RIGHTS Much of the debate about fracking focuses on whether it can be regulated in a way that protects human health and the environment.

When the moratorium was imposed in 2012, legislators were going to hold a second vote — after the rules governing fracking had been written and the public had weighed in — before deciding whether to lift the ban. But the new law eliminated that step.

Holbrook, though, says fracking has been “going on close to 10 years now. More than a million wells have been drilled, and it’s been done safely. There have been a few little minor incidences but primarily related to surface operations. Even

the EPA has stated that they have no credibly documented cases where contamination of freshwater resources has occurred as a result of the hydraulic fracturing operations themselves. These environmental groups who are fighting this tooth and nail … are looking for ways to distort the truth, in my opinion.”

Morgan, however, points out that “Since fracking could potentially contaminate drinking water ... we don’t think it can be done safely for communities or public health. You can’t protect from pollution — only test for it afterward. Groundwater moves slowly; it could take five to 10 years or more for contamination to happen. Once groundwater is contaminated, it’s very hard to clean.”

Fracking, she continues, can also impact climate change.

“There’s this myth that burning natural gas is better for the climate than burning coal, because it releases about half the amount of carbon dioxide. But throughout the entire process of getting natural gas you’re releasing unburned methane, which is ... a very potent greenhouse gas.

We think we’re transitioning to something cleaner with natural gas, but in reality it’s just as bad, if not worse, than coal.”

Morgan says the draft rules should be revised to increase setback distances from water wells, homes and schools; increase the baseline distance used when testing for groundwater contamination; and require public disclosure of all chemicals used, which the new law prohibits.

Morgan also favors eliminating the “compulsory pooling” rule, which would force landowners to lease their mineral rights if 90 percent of the surrounding land (not 90 percent of landowners) is already being leased. Small landowners, she notes, would be at a disadvantage. “If you own your own property, you should be able to decide whether to allow fracking on it,” Morgan maintains. “It could lead to a decrease in standard of living through thousands of truck trips, noise, questionable well water and compressor stations.”

GET THE FACTS UNC Asheville geology professor Jackie Langille says that while there are valid environmental concerns about fracking, there are also many misconcep-

tions. “There will not be environmental issues every time a well is emplaced,” she says.

Groundwater contamination, she points out, occurs “only if there is leaking.” And “methane can be released into groundwater naturally from rocks without fracking … or from natural decay processes. There is often a lot of uncertainty about what was in the water before fracking. Unless you do pre- and post-tests, you can’t know for sure.”

Last year, however, the state Department of Environment and Natural Resources returned more than $200,000 in EPA grant funds that would have paid for such testing in areas that might be affected by future fracking.

And earthquakes, she explains, “are caused by the injection of wastewater” that is a byproduct of fracking, not by the fracking itself.

“When it comes to regulation, it would be good to consider where to store wastewater,” Langille notes.

In the end, she says, the most important thing is “to have an educated point of view, so you can make

your own informed judgment. Be aware of what could happen, but also understand why it can happen and how likely it is.”

“These environmental groups who are fighting this tooth and nail … are looking for ways to distort the truth, in my opinion.”

The Mining and Energy Commission’s public-input sessions on the draft fracking rules are scheduled for Wed., Aug. 20, in Raleigh, 10 a.m.2 p.m.; Fri., Aug. 22, in Sanford, 5-9 p.m.; Mon., Aug. 25, in Reidsville, 5-9 p.m.; and Fri., Sept. 12, in Cullowhee, 5-9 p.m.

To view the draft rules and instructions for submitting written or online comments, go to portal.ncdenr.org/ web/mining-and-energy-commission/ draft-rules.

To sign up for fracking updates, visit cwfnc.org, wnca.org or frackfreenc.org or ncconservationnetwork. org.

For details about the publiccomment meetings, go to: port a l . n c d e n r. o r g / w e b / m i n i n g - a n d energy-commission/public-commentmeetings.X

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SPARRING PARTNERS: The four candidates who are vying for two seats on the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners faced off for the first time on July 30 (pictured left to right: Ellen Frost, Christina Merrill, Miranda DeBruhl, Nancy Waldrop). Photo by Jake Frankel

Buncombe commissioners candidates debate the issues at CIBO luncheon

Differing visions for Buncombe County’s future collided July 30, as the Council of Independent Business Owners hosted the campaign season’s first candidate forum. Four candidates made their case for two seats on the Board of Commissioners.

SPARRING FOR DISTRICT 2 Incumbent Democrat Ellen Frost faces a rematch with Republican Christina Merrill in District 2, which encompasses Black Mountain, Fairview and Weaverville.

In her opening remarks, Merrill said county government “has failed our most vulnerable citizens” by raising the property tax rate last year. The 15 percent rate hike “hit our seniors who are on a fixed income and our young people … hard. I want get into the

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budget and trim some of the fat. We need commissioners who will bring a fiscally conservative perspective to our county.”

Frost countered that the commissioners had to raise the rate just to keep the same amount of revenue coming in after a revaluation significantly reduced the overall value of county property. “We were really dealt a hand of lemons, because we had to deal with a reval,” she explained, adding that since 92 percent of the budget covers state and federal mandates, there’s “not a lot of wiggle room.”

But Frost also said she’s proud of the budget, because it funds construction at five schools and maintains a “community that is strong and fair and balanced.”

In a disputed 2012 election, Frost edged Merrill by only 18 votes, giving Democrats a voting majority on the board. Merrill mounted an unsuccessful legal effort to exclude many provisional ballots cast by oncampus residents of Warren Wilson College, who tend to be left-leaning.

Since then, she’s been a frequent

critic of county spending decisions.

At the CIBO forum, Frost asked Merrill to name specific budget items she would target for cuts. Merrill said she’d scrutinize nonprofit spending while favoring an early retirement incentive program to encourage the county’s most experienced, highest paid employees to leave.

Frost pointed out that at $2.1 million this year, nonprofit spending represents only a tiny fraction of the county’s $367 million budget. She also said the county already has an early retirement incentive program in the works.

Merrill also asked Frost if she “feels any guilt or remorse at all for receiving a raise” while voting to increase the tax rate.

Frost, noting that the raise amounted to $10 per week, added: “Do we want to have only commissioners who are wealthy or retired? This is a fulltime job.”

The two candidates also butted heads over zoning. Asked if they would support allowing manufactured homes in more residential areas of the county, Merrill said, “Zoning can be an example of government overreach,” adding that she wants to reevaluate “all the zoning.”

Frost, meanwhile, said manufactured homes are already allowed in the vast majority of land in the county, and she doesn’t “think they need to be in every [zoning] district.”

IN THE RUNNING FOR DISTRICT 3 Republican Miranda DeBruhl is matched up against Nancy Waldrop in District 3, which stretches from Arden to Sandy Mush and encompasses the most conservative areas of the county.

Waldrop is mounting an unaffiliated campaign after DeBruhl defeated her husband, incumbent David King, in this spring’s Republican primary.

To get on the ballot, Waldrop needed to collect 2,300 signatures from voters in the district. With the help of over 100 volunteers, Waldrop gathered nearly 4,000 signatures — significantly more than the 2,054 votes DeBruhl received in the primary. Waldrop said she was inspired to run “to give voters a choice.” A political newcomer, she touted her experience as a former Buncombe County teacher and smallbusiness owner.

When she jumped into the race in June, Waldrop cast DeBruhl as “an ultraconservative.” At the CIBO debate, DeBruhl countered that her primary win “undoubtedly shows I have bipartisan support.” (No Democrat is running in this race, and registered Democrats couldn’t vote in the Republican prima-

ry, though unaffiliated voters could.)

DeBruhl also called it “extremely ironic” that Waldrop changed her party affiliation from Republican to unaffiliated “after her husband lost the primary.”

A nurse and small-business owner, DeBruhl said she wants to serve on the board because she’s “tired of feeling like the average hard-working taxpayer isn’t being fairly represented,” adding, “I will resist government overreach.”

The tension between the two candidates was also apparent when DeBruhl asked Waldrop why her campaign hadn’t included what she called “in-kind donations” from the Sierra Club in its finance reports.

Waldrop replied, “I don’t have any idea what you’re talking about. … I can’t report what I don’t know.”

After the debate, Ken Brame, political chair of the local Sierra Club chapter, told Xpress that he thought the question was misleading. The environmental advocacy group did send out a mailer to its members urging them to help put Waldrop on the Nov. 4 ballot, he said. But the mailings weren’t orchestrated or funded by Waldrop, nor were they an in-kind donation, he maintained, and her campaign is under no legal obligation to report them.

The club’s efforts, continued Brame, were motivated by DeBruhl’s opposition to the county’s plan to reduce carbon emissions by 80 percent.

Waldrop, meanwhile, asked DeBruhl how effectively she’d be able to work with Democrats on the board in light of some of her statements in the primary stressing the need for a GOP voting block.

“I really don’t know what you mean,” said DeBruhl. “Discussing Republican principles was fitting.

Everyone is a taxpayer; tax hikes affect us all. I will represent everyone fairly and equally.”

Despite the evident tension, moderator Rod Hudgins tried to end the forum with a moment of levity, joking, “You all did very well. There’s no blood on the table or anything.”

The candidates also discussed fracking, teacher pay, immigration and whether it’s appropriate for the Register of Deeds to be an elected position. Watch the full debate (a video

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Commissioner candidates split over teacher pay

BY CAMERON HUNTLEY cameronhuntley1@gmail.com

“It is the responsibility of the legislature to fund teacher pay,” District 2 incumbent Democrat Ellen Frost declared at the July 30 Council of Independent Business Owners candidate forum.

But though most school funding comes from the state, the county does provide a supplement each year, usually about 20 percent of total school funding. In the fiscal year that ended June 30, for example, local sources (mostly Buncombe County) provided nearly $54 million of the school system’s $244.5 million budget.

The county can also choose to contribute additional funds. In the current budget, the commissioners approved $1.2 million to cover a teacher pay raise state lawmakers were expected to approve, which would also apply to teachers whose salaries are paid by the county, and $575,000 to help the county schools retain teacher assistants whose jobs might otherwise be cut.

Frost, however, maintained that “While county pay increases may work in the short term, in the long term we would be putting teacher pay raises entirely on the backs of Buncombe County taxpayers.”

District 3 unafilliated candidate Nancy Waldrop, a former teacher, concurred, saying, “We don’t want to see the county take over the state’s role. Nobody wants to see North Carolina at the bottom of the teacher pay scale, but the county only has property and sales tax dollars to fund teacher pay, and tax dollars are not infinite. We need to work closely with the legislature to find solutions, but ... the worst thing would be to have a pay raise one year and rescind it the next.”

According to Frost, the school supplement alone accounts for about 5 cents of the property tax (currently 56.9 cents per $100 of assessed value).

But Republican Christina Merrill, who’s challenging Frost in District 2, said: “What I want to do as commissioner is find out where the money is. So if the state does increase the pay raise ... there is money that can be used. As a mother whose children

went through county schools, I know how important it is that teachers are paid well for what they do.”

District 3 Republican candidate Miranda DeBruhl said the county has enough money to consistently fund teacher raises regardless of what the Legislature does. “We just have to get our priorities straight; money is fungible.”

“Above all,” said Waldrop, “teachers want to be treated fairly and respected. They don’t want to be used as political grandstanding.”

Meanwhile, after weeks of wrangling, state lawmakers released a final budget July 30 that included a teacher pay raise averaging 7 percent. As this issue went to press, however, the full Legislature hadn’t yet approved the budget and the governor hadn’t signed it.

What this means for the county schools is not entirely clear at this point. But if there’s one thing all the candidates seemed to agree on, it’s that the issue of teacher pay isn’t going away anytime soon.

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ANIMALS FRENCH BROAD FRIDAY: DOG DAZE 649-7889, downtownmarshallnc. com • FR (8/8), 5-10pm - Pet adoptions, food vendors, live music and a dog parade at 6:30pm. Proceeds benefit Friends of Madison County Animals. Held on Main Street, Marshall.

BENEFITS COMEDY NIGHT BENEFIT 333-3882 • TH (8/7), 8pm - Tickets to this comedy performance benefit Neighbor in Need's food shelf. $10/$6 ages 5 to 18. Held at Marshall Depot, 282 South Main St., Marshall GET LOCAL LA TOMATINA 236-1282, asapconnections.org • WE (8/6), 6:30-9:30pm - Tickets to this multi-course tomato-themed

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GET YOUR BLUEGRASS ON: The N.C. State Bluegrass Festival will run Aug. 14-16 in Marion with 10 hours of music each day. The festival’s lineup includes Grammy-nominated duo Jamie Dailey and Darrin Vincent (pictured), as well as Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out, The Seldom Scene, Rhonda Vincent & The Rage, Nothin’ Fancy and many more. Photo courtesy of Adams Bluegrass, LLC. (p.14)

dinner featuring local food support Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project and their Get Local campaign. $125. Held at Cúrate, 11 Biltmore Ave.

of Massage event benefit Aura Home for homeless women, vets and children. $27. Held at WNC School of Massage, 131 McDowell St. Suite 302

GOSPEL CONCERT BENEFIT 645-5798 • SU (8/10), 4pm - Donationbased admission to this FourEver His Gospel Quartet performance supports the North Buncombe Music Scholarship. Held at First Baptist Church of Weaverville, 63 N. Main St., Weaverville

PAWS FOR A CAUSE 761-2001 or 254-4429 • SU (8/10), 10am-6pm - All proceeds from AHS inspired tattoos will be donated to the Asheville Humane Society. $40. Held at Freaks & Geeks Tattoo Sideshow, 745 Haywood Road.

LEAF'S BENEFIT OF CULTURE 686-8742, theleaf.com • TH (8/7), 5-10pm - Tickets to this annual fundraising party featuring food and circus performers benefit LEAF Community Arts programs. $35. Held at Highland Brewing Company, 12 Old Charlotte Highway.

MASSAGE BENEFIT FOR TRANSITIONAL HOUSING 450-0979 • WE (8/13), 5:30-8:30pm - 50 percent of sales from this WNC School

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BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY A-B TECH SMALL BUSINESS CENTER 1465 Sand Hill Road, Candler, 3987950, abtech.edu/sbc Unless otherwise noted, classes are free.

• TH (8/7), 10am-noon - Seminar on assessing business ownership skills and the feasibility of ideas.

Registration required.

AMERICAN BUSINESS WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION abwaskyhy.com, abwaskyhychapter@gmail.com • TH (8/14), 5:30-7:30pm - With a discussion of branding. $25 includes dinner. Held at Crowne Plaza Resort, 1 Resort Drive.

CLASSES, MEETINGS & EVENTS A NEW ART SCHOOL IN ASHEVILLE! (pd.) Weekly classes at Astoria Art Center, East Asheville. $210 for 6 classes. Free supplies and all levels welcome. Thursdays 7-10 PM. 718956-8539 astoriaartcenter.com LINDA PANNULLO MOSAICS AND WORKSHOPS (pd.) Concrete Leaf Class, Saturday, September 13, create a bird bath or garden centerpiece. • Carol Shelkin Mosaic Portrait workshop: September 20 and 21 and mosaic jewelry class, September 19. • Deb Aldo Pebble Mosaic Mandala

workshop, November 8 and 9. For info and registration: call 828-3376749 • http://www.lindapannullomosaics.com/ DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL RESOURCES WESTERN OFFICE 176 Riceville Road, 296-7230 • Through FR (10/3) - The Photography of Lewis Hine: Exposing Child Labor in North Carolina, 1908-1918, photographs of child textile workers.

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

Registration required.

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

Registration required.

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

Includes American Hotel and Lodging Association Certification.

Call for times. $25.

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

Registration required.

LAUREL CHAPTER OF THE EMBROIDERERS' GUILD OF AMERICA 654-9788, egacarolinas.org • TH (8/7), 9:30am - Monthly meeting with discussion of needle art technique. Held at Cummings United Methodist Church, 3 Banner Farm Road, Horse Shoe LEADERSHIP ASHEVILLE SUMMER BREAKFAST SERIES 255-7100, leadershipasheville.org • TU (8/12), 7:30am - "Secrets of Enduring Businesses" breakfast and panel discussion. $20. Held at Renaissance Asheville Hotel, 31 Woodfin St. MOVE TO AMEND BUNCOMBE COUNTY 299-1242 • MO (8/11), 7pm - Monthly meeting. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. ONTRACK WNC 50 S. French Broad Ave., 255-5166, ontrackwnc.org • TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS through (8/14), 5:30-8:30pm

- HUD-certified course with stepby-step explanation of the homebuying process. $35. Registration required.

• TH (8/7), noon-1pm "Budgeting 101" seminar from the Women's Financial Empowerment Center.

Free. Registration required.

• TU (8/12), noon - Women's Financial Empowerment Center seminar on understanding and improving credit. Registration required. Free.

PISGAH ASTRONOMICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE 1 PARI Drive, Rosman, 862-5554, pari.edu • FR (8/8), 7pm - "An Evening at PARI," with discussion of solar activity with NASA solar scientist Mitzi Adams. Reservations required. $20/$15 seniors & military/$10 children under age 14.

TARHEEL PIECEMAKERS QUILT CLUB tarheelpiecemakers.wordpress. com • WE (8/13), 10am - Monthly meeting. Held at Balfour United Methodist Church, 2567 Asheville Highway, Hendersonville WNC KNITTERS AND CROCHETERS FOR OTHERS 575-9195 • MO (8/11), 7-9pm - Monthly meeting. Held at New Hope Presbyterian Church, 3070 Sweeten Creek Road WNC ORCHID SOCIETY wncos.org • SU (8/10), 2pm - With a speaker from the American Orchid Society. Held at Asheville Eye Associates, 8 Medical Drive.

YOUTH OUTRIGHT youthoutright.org • SUNDAYS, 4-6pm - Weekly meeting for LGBTQ youth and straight allies. Held at First Congregational UCC of Asheville, 20 Oak St.

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

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

Details: www.SwingAsheville. com ROCOCO BALLROOM PARTNER DANCING (pd.) Rococo Ballroom has opened in Reynolds Mountain offering all forms of partner dance. Call 828-575-0905 to schedule a FREE sample lesson with one of our highly trained instructors.

STUDIO ZAHIYA, DOWNTOWN DANCE CLASSES (pd.) Tuesday 9am Hip Hop Wrkt 6pm Bellydance 1 7pm Bellydance 2 8pm West African • Wednesday 6pm Bellydance 3 • Thursday 9am Hip Hop Wrkt 10am Bellydance Wrkt 4pm Kid's Dance 6pm Bellydance 1 7pm West African 90 1/2 N. Lexington Avenue.www.studiozahiya. com :: 828.242.7595 CIRCLE 8'S SQUARE DANCE CLUB circle8s.info, garwoods2@yahoo. com • TUESDAYS, 7:30-9pm - Weekly dance classes. $5. Held at Oakley United Methodist Church, 607 Fairview Road.

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

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

ECO WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL 254-1995, wncgbc.org • 2nd THURSDAYS, 5:30pm "Green Edge," a networking event for the green building community and interested members of the public. Free to attend.

Held at Burial Beer Co., 40 Collier Ave. WNC SIERRA CLUB 251-8289, wenoca.org • WE (8/6), 7-9pm - Monthly meeting includes presentation on birds. Free to attend.

Held at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville, 1 Edwin Place.

FESTIVALS 37TH ANNUAL SOURWOOD FESTIVAL 800-669-2301, sourwoodfestival. com • SA (8/9), 9am-8pm & SU (8/10), 9am-5pm - Includes music, food and art vendors, children's activities and 5K. Held in downtown Black Mountain.

NORTH CAROLINA STATE BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL 706-864-7203, adamsandandersonbluegrass.com • TH (8/14) through SA (8/16), noon-10pm - Includes food and kids activities. $35 per day.

Contact for full schedule. Held at Tom Johnson Camping Rally Park, 1885 U.S. Highway 70 West, Marion

LOCAL TUESDAY IS BACK AT ASHEVILLEʼS ONLY AUTHENTIC SALT CAVE

RIVERFEST: SAT AUG 9 PLANKEYE PEGGY SOLDIER’S HEART ASHLEY HEATH 1PM - 7PM FRI AUG 29 THE ARTIMUS PYLE BAND ANDREW SCOTCHIE & THE RIVER RATS (classic rock/blues) FRI SEP 12 FRUITION

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RIVERLINK EVENTS 252-8474, riverlink.org • SA (8/9), 1pm-7pm - RiverFest and Anything That Floats Parade, featuring hand-constructed vessels, live music, kids activities and food. Held at 508 Riverview Drive.

FOOD ASHEVILLE GINGERS UNITE facebook.com/ashevillegingersunite • FR (8/8), 8pm - Pub crawl for redheads and friends. Meets at Altamont Brewing Company, 1042 Haywood Road.

WNC BATTLE OF THE BURGER 941-268-1081, wncburgerbattle. com • SU (8/10), 4pm - 15 area restaurants compete in this qualifying round for the World Food Championships. Includes live music. Percentage of sales supports Eblen Charities. $5/ $30 unlimited burgers ticket. Held at Renaissance Asheville Hotel, 31 Woodfin St.

GOVERNMENT CAROLINA JEWS FOR JUSTICE - WEST

Get inked for animals WHAT: Paws for a Cause WHERE: Freaks & Geeks Tattoo Sideshow, 745 Haywood Road WHEN: Sunday, Aug. 10, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

WHY: Are you serious about your support for the Asheville Humane Society and its mission to make Buncombe County a no-kill community? Are you looking for a permanent symbol of your affection for our four-legged friends?

Paws for a Cause is one of the Humane Society’s most popular events, says Heather Hayes, marketing manager for the organization. “People wait all year for this event,” she notes. “We get messages and phone calls — there’s a lot of excitement.”

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hours at the tattoo parlor. Tattoo artists will be offering a selection of four pet-themed designs at $40 each, with all of the day’s proceeds donated to the Humane Society.

“Every member of the crew at Freaks & Geeks is a pet owner and an animal lover,” says LeMeaux in a release for the event. “[They] look forward to donating their time and skill to lend a hand to the animals around the Asheville area who need it.”

No appointments will be taken for the event, so be sure to get there early, Hayes cautions. “People line up out the door,” she says with a laugh.

And even if you have attended the event in the past, you may still have cause to be excited: Hayes points out that new designs are offered every year.

For more information on Paws for a Cause, call 254-4429 or visit freaks-ngeeks.com — Carrie Eidson

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carolinajewsforjustice.org • SU (8/10), 1-3pm - A training session on voter registration. Held at Jewish Community Center, 236 Charlotte St. INTERNATIONAL SOCIALIST ORGANIZATION Asheville.Socialist@gmail.com • WE (8/13), 6pm - A discussion on the history of U.S. policies in the Middle East with a focus on imperialism and occupation.

Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St.

OUTDOORS BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY HIKES 298-5330, gail_fox@nps.gov • FR (8/8), 10am - Ranger-led, moderate 2-mile hike discussing beech, birch and buckeye trees.

Free. Meets at MP 363.

BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY RANGER PROGRAMS ggapio@gmail.com • WE (8/6), 11am-noon & SA (8/9), SU (8/10) 10am-3pm - Ranger-led tours of Cone Manor. Reservations required. Free. Located at MP 294.

• TH (8/7), 7pm - Ranger-led information session on animal tracking.

Registration required. Meets at the Visitor Center, MP 384.

• SA (8/9), 7pm - Ranger-led discussion of the decline of the American Chestnut. Free. Held at Linville Falls Amphitheater, MP 316.

SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN HIGHLANDS CONSERVANCY HIKES 253-0095, ext. 205, appalachian. org Registration required. Contact for directions.

• SA (8/9), 9am - Bird watching hike, moderate difficulty. Meets at Roan High Knob trailhead.

SENIORS AARP SMART DRIVER CLASSES 253-4863, aarpdriversafety.org • FR (8/8), 12:30pm - $20/ $15 AARP members. Registration required. Held at Land of Sky Regional Council, 339 New Leicester Highway, Suite 140.

SENIOR CRIBBAGE MEETINGS 367-7794 • MONDAYS, 6pm - Instruction provided. Free to attend. Held at Atlanta Bread Company, 633 Merrimon Ave.

KIDS SPIRITUALITY FLETCHER LIBRARY 120 Library Road, Fletcher, 6871218. Free to attend.

• WE (8/6), 10am - A visit with llamas.

• WE (8/13), 10am - Sonja Brooks presents Kids Music.

LEGO CLUB AT THE LIBRARY 250-4758 • FR (8/8), 4-5pm - For ages 6-12.

Held at Black Mountain Library, 105 Dougherty St. • MO (8/11), 4-5pm - Ages 6 and up. Held at Weaverville Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville.

A COURSE IN MIRACLES (pd.) A truly loving, open study group. Meets second and fourth Mondays. 6:30 p.m. in East Asheville. Grace United Methodist Church. For information, call Susan at 828-712-5472.

ABOUT THE TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION TECHNIQUE: FREE INTRODUCTORY TALK (pd.) Thursday, 6:30 p.m., Asheville TM Center, 165 E. Chestnut. 828254-4350 or MeditationAsheville. org

AIM MEDITATION CLASSES (pd.) Ramp up your meditation practice with AIM’s Meditation’s Classes: Mindfulness 101- Basics of Mindfulness Meditation, Mindfulness 102 - More advanced, intermediate class. Class dates and times: www.ashevillemeditation.com/events, (828) 808-4444 ASHEVILLE COMPASSIONATE COMMUNICATION CENTER (pd.) Free practice group. Learn ways to create understanding and clarity in your relationships, work, and community by practicing compassionate communication (nonviolent communication). 252-0538 or www.ashevilleccc.com • 2nd and 4th Thursdays, 5:00-6:00pm.

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

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

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

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.

AWAKENING DEEPEST NATURE MEDITATION CLASS (pd.) Consciousness teacher and columnist Bill Walz. Healing into life through deepened stillness and presence. Meditation and lessons in unorthodox enlightenment. Mondays, 6:30-7:30pm, Asheville Friends Meeting House at 227 Edgewood Ave. (off Merrimon). Donation. (828) 2583241, healing@billwalz.com www. billwalz.com BOOK SIGNING FOR THE TIMELESS LOVE OF TWIN SOULS (pd.) SA (8/15), 2-4pm- Plus a free talk on Eternal Love, Life and Twin Souls by author Janet Kay Darling.

Crystal Visions Bookstore, 5426 Asheville HWY, Hendersonville.

COMMUNITY HU SONG (pd.) In our fast-paced world, are you looking to find more inner peace? Chanting this once-

secret name for God, HU, has helped people throughout time find inner peace and divine love.

Maybe it will help you! Date: Sunday, August 10, 2014, 11am to 11:30am, fellowship follows.

Eckankar Center of Asheville, 797 Haywood Rd. (lower level), Asheville NC 28806, 828-2546775. (this is a free event) www. eckankar-nc.org CRYSTAL VISIONS BOOKS AND EVENT CENTER (pd.) New and Used Metaphysical Books • Music • Crystals • Jewelry • Gifts • Incense • Tarot. Visit our Labyrinth and Garden. 828-6871193. For events, Intuitive Readers and Vibrational Healing providers: www.crystalvisionsbooks.com DISCOVER VIBRATIONAL HEALING! EGYPTIAN BIO-GEOMETRY AND MARCEL VOGEL'S CRYSTAL TECHNOLOGY (pd.) Join Robert J. Gilbert Ph.D. on Tuesday, August 19 at 7 pm as he unveils the mysteries of the Egyptian system of BioGeometry; learn how the vibrations of shapes, sounds, angles and numbers affect locations and all living beings. Dr. Gilbert will also discuss Marcel Vogel's (inventor of modern LCD technology at IBM) precision-cut quartz crystal technologies, and their effects on human energy & consciousness. Lecture $10, payable at the door at The Vesica Institute, 1011 Tunnel Road, Suite 200, Asheville, NC 28805. Space is very limited, so come early to ensure a seat! More information at WWW.VESICA.ORG LOOKING FOR GENUINE SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE AND HELP? (pd.) We are in a beautiful area about 10 minutes from downtown Asheville,very close to Warren Wilson College. www.truththomas. org 828-299-4359 MINDFULNESS MEDITATION (pd.) ASHEVILLE INSIGHT MEDITATION Deepen your authentic presence, and cultivate a happier, more peaceful mind by practicing Insight (Vipassana) Meditation in a supportive community. Group Meditation.

Thursdays, 7pm-8:30pm. Sundays, 10am-11:30pm. 29 Ravenscroft Dr., Suite 200, Asheville, (828) 808-4444, www.ashevillemeditation.com ASHEVILLE HARE KRISHNA 506-0996, gopalonetwo@yahoo. com • SUNDAYS, noon - Includes chanting, discussion and a vegetarian meal. Free. Held at Kuntao Arts, 211 Merrimon Ave.

CRYSTAL VISIONS 5426 Asheville Highway, Hendersonville, 687-1193, crystalvisionsbooks.com • TH (8/14), 7pm - Flo Aeveia Magdalena, author of I Remember Union, gives an introductory lesson on HeartThread. Free.

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

• TH (8/14), 1pm - Afternoon

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

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STUDY OF JOHN'S GOSPEL 273-4418 • THURSDAYS, 7-8pm - Focuses on an emphasis on the spirit. Free.

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Life by Louise Penny. LE. • TU (8/12), 7pm - Mystery book club: The Thieftaker by D.B. Jackson. BM. book club: Where'd You Go Bernadette? by Maria Semple. FV. CITY LIGHTS BOOKSTORE 3 E. Jackson St., Sylva, 586-9499, citylightsnc.com • FR (8/8), 6:30pm - Jeremy Jones A Personal History of a Mountain Homeland.

GRATEFUL STEPS 159 S Lexington Ave., 277-0998, gratefulsteps.org • 6pm - Book release for photographer Joe Longobardi and his book Urban Photography From The Streets Of A Bohemian Mountain Town. Free to attend.

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301 N. Washington St., Hendersonville, 697-4725

BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES LIBRARY ABBREVIATIONS - All programs are free unless otherwise noted. Each Library event is marked by the following location abbreviations: •BM = Black Mountain Library (105 N. Dougherty St., 250-4756) •EA = East Asheville Library (902 Tunnel Road, 250-4738) •FV = Fairview Library (1 Taylor Road, 250-6484) •LE = Leicester Library (1561 Alexander Road, 250-6480) •NA = North Asheville Library (1030 Merrimon Avenue, 2504752) •SS = Skyland/South Buncombe Library (260 Overlook Road, 2506488) •SW = Swannanoa Library (101 West Charleston Street, 250-6486) •WV = Weaverville Library (41 N. Main Street, 250-6482) •WA = West Asheville Library (942 Haywood Road, 250-4750).

• WE (8/6), 3pm - Afternoon book cub: The Moviegoer by Walker Percy. WV • WE (8/6), 6pm - Swannanoa Knitters. SW • TH (8/7), 6:30pm - Book club: The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester. EA. • SA (8/9), 10am- Book club: The Posionwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver. WA. • TU (8/12), 7pm - Discussion of

• SA (8/9), 6pm - Centennial celebration and dinner with North Carolina authors. $35.

SMITH-MCDOWELL HOUSE MUSEUM 283 Victoria Road, 253-9231, wnchistory.org • SA (8/9), 2pm - A lecture on the significance of oral and written storytelling in Appalachian culture and history. Free.

VOLUNTEERING CARL SANDBURG HOME 1928 Little River Road, Flat Rock, 693-4178, nps.gov/carl • Through (8/30) - Volunteers needed to monitor monarch butterflies to aid conservation efforts and knowledge.

LUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA, NC CHAPTER 877-849-8271, lupusnc.org • Through (8/30) - The foundation seeks two volunteers to serve as group facilitators for a proposed local support group. Contact for details.

For more volunteering opportunities, visit mountainx.com/ volunteering

Read to Succeed will hold an information session on Saturday, Aug. 23 for prospective volunteers interested in learning more about the literacy coaching program. Pat Bastian, communications director, tells us more about the work of Read to Succeed volunteers.

Mountain Xpress: Tell us about Read to Succeed’s mission.

Bastian: Read to Succeed Asheville provides one-on-one literacy coaching to Asheville elementary school students, most of whom live in public housing. These students begin kindergarten already behind their peers and below grade level; many do not know the alphabet and have a limited vocabulary.

The R2S mission is to help these students reach grade-level proficiency in reading by the end of the third grade.

What is covered at a training session?

The training sessions are intense and comprehensive. Volunteers meet three times each week from Aug. 23 - Sept. 20, learning the very specific phonics-based, multisensory coaching skills, based on Orton Gillingham methodology. The group is limited to 20 volunteers. There is a $25 materials

fee, which may be waived for qualified candidates.

What are the requirements for being a volunteer?

Our reading coaches must be highly motivated and able to adjust to school schedule changes. We require a time commitment of two 45-minute coaching sessions each week during regular school hours. Volunteers must prepare a well-organized lesson plan that follows our curriculum. Coaches should also have a normal hearing range and be able to hear students pronounce sounds and words.

Can you share a particular success story that has come from the program?

When Chrissie joined the program in 2012 as a first-grader, she didn’t know the letters of the alphabet or the sounds they represented. She was frustrated and told her coach, “I’ll never know how to read.” This year, Chrissie completed second grade and is an eager and confident reader. Her success is typical of the program: 70 percent of our students are reading sentences and passages fluently and independently by the end of second grade.

For more information, contact volunteer coordinator Julie Sherman for details, 251-4949 or mjuliesherman@gmail.com.

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“Our national debt has skyrocketed over 17 trillion dollars,” Obama said. “In trying to solve this problem, we have already sold the gold in Ft. Knox to Cash4-Gold, cut our cable subscriptions, and we’re even renting out a room in the White House. But it hasn’t been enough.”

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Time to unwind rinth and extensive hiking trails — all of which are free and open to the public. “Our mission is to help increase the individual’s awareness of oneness,” says center director Sarah Gayle. “It’s a place of peace and beauty where you can come to relax. Experience the colored-light chamber; meditate in the geodesic prayer room; walk the labyrinth or hike to Meditation Rock on the Broad River. This is a place for you to forget the cares of the world and reconnect with your inner peace.”

The Light Center offers workshops and retreats, but Gayle made it clear that any fees are only for specific programs. The main focus of The Light Center is to be a free place for people to come and explore their spiritual path. “The Light Center began as a place dedicated to prayer for Earth and its inhabitants,” says Gayle, “and to help people reconnect with their inner light. After 35 years, we are still open to the public, fulfilling this mission.” For more information, visit urlight.org.

Wellness retreat centers in WNC

BY HAYLEY STEINHARDT

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Western North Carolina has long been a healing mecca. From its early sanitarium days to the present, the area has been filled with many wellness centers where people can go to relax, rejuvenate, heal and unwind. Today, many of these centers offer a variety of reasonably priced programs, from classes and workshops to individual and group retreats to lectures and events, some of which are donation-based or even free and open to the public.

Here are some of WNC’s wellness centers and their offerings.

THE HEART CENTER, ROBBINSVILLE Center director Liz Velazquez first envisioned The Heart Center during a workshop she attended in 2005. Having already acquired the property — 30 acres, including the former Mountain View School — Velazquez began creating her vision of a place where people of all ages could feel loved and safe while experiencing the beauty of nature. The center currently has two cabins

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PATH TO PRAYER: Walk the labyrinth at The Light Center or enjoy its wilderness trails. Photo courtesy of The Light Center

where visitors can stay, with a third cabin underway.

The Heart Center offers personalized individual, couple, family and group retreats focusing on self-exploration and healing. Some of the activities include contemplative living workshops based on the writings of Thomas Merton, guided and silent meditations, reiki healing, chakra energy cleansing and balancing, the Enneagram, labyrinth walks and artistic expression through music and dance. And of course, being with nature. “An integral part of our healing and rediscovering process involves developing an intimate relationship with Mother Nature through walking, hiking, water activities, grounding work and simply remembering to feel and savor her beautiful energies, sights and sounds,” says Velazquez.

The Heart Center is always open for visitors to come and explore the land for free. Simply call ahead to

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walk the labyrinth, participate in a meditation or fire ceremony, or attend a drumming session. Reiki sessions are offered on a donation basis. For more information on The Heart Center, or to find out about upcoming events, visit TheHeartCenter9.com.

THE LIGHT CENTER, BLACK MOUNTAIN The history of The Light Center dates to 1976, when its parent nonprofit organization, United Research Inc., was founded as a way to support the public in learning about prayer (nonreligious, nondenominational). The Light Center itself is a white, two-story dome built in 1979 with the intention of providing a free and open place where anyone could pray.

In addition to the domed prayer room, the center offers a coloredlight meditation chamber, a laby-

PRAMA INSTITUTE, MARSHALL The Prama Institute is a holistic retreat center and nonprofit organization founded on the principle of prama, which in Sanskrit means “dynamic balance.” The institute offers educational workshops, yoga retreats and workshops, spiritual retreats, workplace seminars and a variety of other events. It also rents out its facilities for personal and group retreats, and the rental fee includes event-planning support.

“At the Prama Institute,” says the center’s information coordinator, Rachel Maietta, “we live and work in a sustainable community, providing holistic education for the people and the planet. Plans are also underway to expand into a thriving eco-village that includes a yoga therapy clinic, organic farming and other sustainable projects.” The institute also recently expanded to create Prama Wellness Center, which specializes in detox and rejuvenation techniques centered on healing foods.

In addition to retreats and workshops, Prama welcomes the public to

explore the property for free. “We sit on 120 shared acres only 20 minutes from Asheville,” said Maietta.

“We have trail maps available, and our land has many beautiful places to sit and meditate. We love having visitors, meeting new people and seeing old friends. We just ask that you call or email ahead of time. We are also always open to volunteers.” For more information, visit pramainstitute.org.

OM SANCTUARY, ASHEVILLE OM Sanctuary is on the grounds of the former Richmond Hill Inn. The nonprofit and retreat center purchased the property in 2011 and has worked hard to create it anew as the beautiful holistic wellness haven it is today. At the heart of OM’s offerings are what it calls “Rest and Renewal Stays” where, in addition to enjoying yoga, meditation and holistic fitness classes, visitors are asked to explore spending time in silence and disconnecting from their cellphones and computers.

In fact, several areas of the OM Sanctuary campus are electronicsfree zones.

“As part of our ‘Bring-a-Program’ endeavor, we offer discounted group lodging to facilitators who wish to hold a holistic education program in a retreat environment,” says program manager Cathy Desfosses. “OM Sanctuary also hosts a variety of holistic education retreats and seminars conducted by local and outof-state practitioners at an affordable fee for the community,” says Desfosses. “And we offer scholarship spaces in all of our programs.” Many of the daily yoga, tai chi, qi gong and meditation classes are offered by donation, and they are free for those who come to the center for a Rest and Renewal stay.

OM Sanctuary is on a beautiful stretch of 54 acres, giving people plenty of space to explore, reflect and relax.

OM’s mission is to create a place where the community can have access to wellbeing services, healthy food and a variety of resources for mindful living. For more information, visit omsanctuary. org.X

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WELLNESS CALENDAR

by Carrie Eidson & Michael McDonald

ABOUT THE TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION TECHNIQUE: FREE INTRODUCTORY LECTURE (pd.) Healing and Transformation Through Transcendental Meditation. Learn about the authentic TM technique. It’s not concentrating, trying to be mindful, or common mantra practice. It’s an effortless, non-religious, evidencebased technique for heightened well-being and a spiritually fulfilled life. The only meditation recommended by the American Heart Association. • Topics: How the major forms of meditation differ—in practice and results; What science says about TM, stress, anxiety and depression; Meditation and brain research; What is Enlightenment? • Thursday, 6:30-7:30pm, Asheville TM Center, 165 E. Chestnut. 828-2544350 or MeditationAsheville.org

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EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING/PERSONAL GROWTH WEEKEND WORKSHOP (pd.) Intensive 26-hour self help weekend encounter, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, August 29-31. • Seating is limited. • Save $75 today, call (828) 484-1676. Information/Registration: heartofasheville.com ASHEVILLE BIRTHKEEPERS • 2nd & 4th WEDNESDAYS, 5:30-7:30pm - Meets at the Spiral Center for Conscious Beginnings, 167A Haywood Road.

ASHEVILLE COMMUNITY YOGA CENTER 8 Brookdale Road, ashevillecommunityyoga.com • WEDNESDAYS through (8/13), 6-7:30pm Meditation for quieting the mind. $40 for series.

• THURSDAYS through (8/28), 6-7:30pm Prenatal yoga. $40 for series.

• FRIDAYS through (8/22), 2-3pm - Yoga Nidra meditation. $11/$40 for series.

BLACK MOUNTAIN CENTER FOR THE ARTS 225 W. State St., Black Mountain, 669-0930, blackmountainarts.org • THURSDAYS - T’ai Chi Qi Gong with Charles Pannell. $12 drop-in.

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

• WE (8/6), 9-11am - Leicester Community Center, 2979 New Leicester Highway.

GROCE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 954 Tunnel Road, 298-6195 • SA (8/9), 10am-2pm - Bone marrow drive.

Appointments required.

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MISSION HEALTH 778-1092, mission-health.org • WE (8/6), 2-4pm - “An Introduction to Energy Medicine.” Held in the Integrative Healthcare Department at Mission Hospital, 508 Biltmore Ave. SIDE-BY-SIDE SINGING FOR WELLNESS sidebysidesinging.wordpress.com • WEDNESDAYS, 1-2:30pm - For people with dementia, Alzheimer’s or brain damage and their care-partners. Held in UNCA’s Sherrill Center.

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

Held at Pack Square Park, 121 College St.

SUPPORT GROUPS ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS & DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILIES For people who grew up in an alcoholic or otherwise dysfunctional home. Info: adultchildren.org.

Visit mountainx.com/support for full listings.

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

Visit mountainx.com/support for full listings.

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

ASHEVILLE UNDEREARNERS ANONYMOUS underearnersanonymous.org • TUESDAYS, 6 p.m. – First Congregational UCC, 20 Oak St., Room 102 ASHEVILLE WOMEN FOR SOBRIETY 215-536-0618, www.womenforsobriety.org • THURSDAYS, 6:30-8 p.m. – YWCA of Asheville, 185 S. French Broad Ave. ASPERGER’S ADULTS UNITED facebook.com/WncAspergersAdultsUnited • 2nd & 4th SATURDAYS, 2-4:30pm - Held at Hyphen, 81 Patton Ave. ASPERGER’S TEENS UNITED facebook.com/groups/AspergersTeensUnited • SATURDAYS, 6-9pm – For teens (13-19) and their parents. Meets every 3 weeks starting June 28.

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

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

DEBTORS ANONYMOUS debtorsanonymous.org • MONDAYS, 7 p.m. – First Congregational UCC, 20 Oak St., Room 101 DEPRESSION AND BIPOLAR SUPPORT ALLIANCE magneticminds.weebly.com or 367-7660 • WEDNESDAYS, 7 p.m. & SATURDAYS, 4 p.m. – 1316-C Parkwood Road DIABETES SUPPORT laura.tolle@msj.org or 213-4788 • 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 5:30pm – Mission Health, 1 Hospital Drive. Room 3-B. EATING DISORDER SUPPORT GROUPS Info: thecenternc.weebly.com or 337-4685.

Visit mountainx.com/support for full listings.

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

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

HEART SUPPORT For individuals living with heart failure.

274-6000.

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

LIVING WITH CHRONIC PAIN Hosted by American Chronic Pain Association. 776-4809.

• 2nd WEDNESDAYS, 6:30 p.m. – Swannanoa Library, 101 W. Charleston Ave. MEMORY LOSS CAREGIVERS For caregivers of those with memory loss or dementia. network@memorycare.org • 2nd TUESDAYS, 9:30am – Highland Farms Retirement Community, 200 Tabernacle Road, Black Mountain MEN WORKING ON LIFE’S ISSUES 273-5334 or 231-8434 • TUESDAYS, 6-8pm – Held in a private home. Contact for directions.

MISSION HEALTH FAMILY GROUP NIGHT For caregivers of children with social health

needs or development concerns. 213-9787 • 1st TUESDAYS, 5:30 p.m. – Mission Rueter Children’s Center, 11 Vanderbilt Park Drive.

in WNC. For dates, times and locations contact

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

SMART RECOVERY

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

ST. GEORGE’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH

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

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

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

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

S-ANON FAMILY GROUPS For those affected by another’s sexaholism.

Four confidential meetings are available weekly

wncsanon@gmail.com or 258-5117.

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

• SATURDAYS, 6-9pm - Asperger’s Teens United. For teens (13-19) and their parents. Meets every three weeks.

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

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I could walk from the parking lot of our corporate offices and distribution center in Black Mountain NC and into the neighboring fields growing pumpkins for New Sprout Organic Farms. Alan Rose and his wife Jill are the owners of New Sprout Organic Farms, and along with about 20 other employees, including their son Andrew, they grow organic produce on 50 acres in Black Mountain and Asheville.

Their produce is certified organic and part of the Appalachian Grown program with ASAP (Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture).

Though New Sprout is a local farm and is not large by US standards; you won’t find them selling their produce at tailgate markets. Alan’s farm manager Danielle Hutchinson explains, “...there’s enough competition for those markets.” New Sprout sells their organic produce to retailers including Ingles. As Alan says, “We are filling a niche in Buncombe Country that no one has been able to fill.”

In their warehouse I meet employee Kathy Smith who comes from a long background in organic farming. Kathy talks about how they need to constantly monitor their fields to be proactive and prevent problems. I ask about the use of pesticides and Andrew Rose explains that yes, they do have to use pesticides, “...otherwise we’d be just growing crops for the insects.” Jill Rose is quick to add that everything they use meets the standards of the National Organic Program (regulated by the USDA).

The Rose’s are passionate about supplying quality organic produce to give customers a choice in the supermarket. Both Alan and his Farm Manager, Danielle feel strongly that it’s important to know your farmer - regardless if they are local organic or conventional farmers.

New Sprout strives for transparency with their website and Facebook page to provide information about the crops they grow. (Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/newsproutorganicfarms website: http:// www.newsproutfarms.com/

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Designing Laurey’s legacy Sunday 8/24 11:30-3:30 $60

Asheville Design Center and the YWCA partner for a Laurey Masterton memorial garden

BY CARRIE EIDSON ceidson@mountainx.com 251-1333 ext. 114

A green space can do a lot of things — provide a place for recreation and storytelling, increase heathy food awareness, serve as an outdoor classroom or encourage community gatherings. And, as the YWCA of Asheville recently found out, a green space can even be a way to alleviate a congested parking lot and honor the memory of a beloved community member.

The Asheville Design Center, through its Asheville DesignBuild Studio, is helping the YWCA to construct an outdoor classroom, covered pick-up spot and memorial garden honoring community activist, entrepreneur and former YWCA board president Laurey Masterton, who died in March.

According to Chris Joyell, executive director of The Asheville Design Center, the YWCA first approached ADC about creating a master plan that would help alleviate traffic congestion in its parking lot — where

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A LIVING MEMORIAL: The YWCA aims to complete an edible garden to honor the late Laurey Masterton by the end of September. “She was really commited to creating a Beloved Community,” says Executive Director Beth Maczka. “She cared about people who were frequently forgotten.” Image courtesy of the Asheville Design Build Studio.

parents pick up and drop off over 200 children daily. The project was selected for the Asheville DesignBuild Studio, a 10-week program that tasks students from different design disciplines with creating a project that will have “a lasting and positive impact on the community,” Joyell says.

Construction on the first phase of the project — a covered area over the stairs on the side of the YWCA’s building — is nearly complete. The area will serve as a drop-off and pickup area where parents can easily meet their kids, instead of parking and going into the building.

“The design will allow traffic to keep flowing, even in inclement weather, but that’s only the first part of the master plan,” Joyell says. “It was very important to the YWCA to also find a way to honor Laurey and her legacy in Asheville.”

The students at DesignBuild Studio created plans for a pavilion and an edible garden, which will rest in an unused green space at the top of the stairs. The garden’s design includes hexagon-shaped raised beds clustered together in the shape of a honeycomb, an homage to Masterton’s passion for beekeeping. Children in the YWCA’s after-school and summer programs also contributed ideas for the garden, including art installations of bees and

honeycombs that will be built into the surrounding fence.

YWCA Executive Director Beth Maczka said this will be the organization’s second on-site garden. The original, which is located near the childcare facilities and is closed to the public, was started by Masterton.

“We wanted to expand on what she had started and create a green space that the public could see and visit, that could also be used by the kids as part of their outdoor learning environment,” Maczka says.

Maczka added that the YWCA decided to focus on edibles in the garden in order to foster its emphasis on healthy eating.

We wanted something that would be enticing to the kids to just reach out and try something,” Maczka says. “We’re calling it a snack garden.”

The covered drop-off area will be completed in time for a ribboncutting ceremony on Friday, Aug. 8, but the DesignBuild Studio students will wrap up their course before the garden is installed. Joyell and Mackza say the YWCA is accepting monetary and resource donations — including lumber and soil for the raised beds — to help meet their goal of having the garden completed in September.

organic juice & tea bar Maczka says she feels the garden will be a fitting memorial to Masterton, who worked to foster child nutrition and welfare, as well as community well-being.

“She was really committed to our mission of eliminating racism, empowering women and creating a Beloved Community — a place where everyone is welcome,” Maczka says. “She cared about people who were frequently forgotten.”

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Garden Calendar

ASHEVILLE GARDEN CLUB 550-3459 • WE (8/6), 9:30am- Field trip to the tree house studio and gardens of a club member. Free.

Meets at North Asheville Community Center, 37 E. Larchmont BUNCOMBE FRIENDS OF AGRICULTURE 250-4794, maria.wise@buncombecounty.org • TU (8/12), 7-8am - Local foods breakfast with discussion of local agriculture. Free. Held at WNC Agricultural Center, 1301 Fanning Bridge Road, Fletcher.

ENVIRONMENTAL & CONSERVATION ORGANIZATION 692-0385, eco-wnc.org • SA (8/9), 10am-4pm - 7th Annual Green Homes and Edible Gardens Tour, self-driving tour of seven Henderson County farms. $12.

HAYWOOD COUNTY MASTER GARDENERS haywood.ces.ncsu.edu/haywoodcountymastergardenersprogram, tim_mathews@ncsu.edu

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Burger warriors The Social readies for the inaugural WNC Battle of the Burger

BY GINA SMITH

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Burgers are serious business in Western North Carolina — for both chefs and diners — and this weekend’s inaugural Battle of the Burger promises some stiff competition for the title of Best Burger in WNC. Among a diverse field of challengers, ranging from the Farm to Fender food truck to downtown cocktail lounge the Rankin Vault, a little East Asheville bar and grill, The Social, is planning to bring its A-game to the event on Sunday, Aug. 10.

“Our burgers are our most popular menu item,” says The Social coowner and chef Ryan Marshall. “Oh, yeah, it’s the burgers by far,” agrees Clarissa Marshall, Ryan’s business partner and wife.

They aren’t giving away any secrets, but the couple say that for the competition, they plan to use one of the handmade, 100 percent Black Angus burgers off their regular menu — choices range from a basic patty on a bun to a chipotle fried-pickle burger with cheddar and onions.

Regardless of the toppings, they say the bun (details are closely guarded at this point) is essential, and the patty itself will be seasoned with Ryan’s original burger shake blend and “cooked with love.”

“I’m so excited to be a part of the competition,” says Clarissa. “It’s such a big honor. I feel like it’s a big step for us.”

“Well, it’s a little stressful for me,” Ryan adds with a laugh.

But they will certainly have some people rooting for them on the east side of town. The couple were both raised in the Haw Creek community, where they still live with their three children less than a mile from their

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business, and they have been a part of East Asheville’s modest restaurant and bar scene for years.

Ryan used to be a manager and received his sommelier’s certification at Café Azalea, and Clarissa was a bartender at Ruby’s BBQ Shack on Beverly Road before it became Creekside Taphouse (which will also be competing in the Battle of the Burger). “We’ve both worked and played on the east side of town for so long that sometimes when I go to the grocery store, it’s like I know half the people in there,” Ryan says.

Their romance even began in an East Asheville restaurant: The couple met seven years ago when they were both working at Pomodoros on Tunnel Road. And it was during a post-work poker game with co-workers at Holland’s, the bar next door to Pomodoros, that their idea for The Social was born.

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SECRET INGREDIENT: The 100 percent black Angus burgers at The Social are “cooked with love,” says co-owner Clarissa Marshall, right.

She is pictured with her husband, co-owner and chef Ryan Marshall.

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“We joke that we won the bar in a poker game,” Clarissa says with a grin, “but really it was just that during the game we got the idea to buy the place.”

Holland’s owner, Don Ponder, encouraged them to take the idea seriously and ultimately helped it become a reality. “There was no way we could [buy] it. We didn’t have the money,” says Clarissa. “I mean, we were both servers, you know, with kids, and [owning a restaurant] was just this crazy dream.”

But Ponder made them a deal that worked with their budget.

In April 2013, the Marshalls opened The Social, and although the first few months were a struggle (for a while, Ryan continued to work nights as a server at the Grove Park Inn’s Sunset Terrace to make money to pay his employees), the place is slowly gaining ground as a neighborhood hangout.

The food menu features quesadillas, seven varieties of wings, salads, sandwiches — and, of course, burgers — as well as appetizers, including the popular bacon-wrapped jalapeño tater tot skewer. Prices are affordable with burger-and-fries platters running $8.95 (add a slice of cheese — including a spicy ghost pepper variety — for an extra 50 cents), and sandwiches with homemade chips priced between $6.95 and $10.95.

The bar menu includes daily drink specials, a selection of moonshine

martinis, rotating local draft beer specials and an ever-changing wine list. The space offers a variety of games and features nightly entertainment, including Monday night open mics hosted by Ben Saylor of local bluegrass band Brushfire Stankgrass, regular Tuesday night acoustic sets by Ashli Rose and ’80s karaoke on Sundays.

Having worked for years in the service industry, the Marshalls always keep both the kitchen and bar open until 2 a.m. daily to cater to local restaurant and bar employees.

“We work on trying to get people to come back again the very next day,” says Ryan. “I think if we hadn’t been able to get a group of regulars ... without that support from a group of people who really like what we’re doing, I don’t think we would have made it.”

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“Raw food is going to be the next big thing in Asheville,” says Tim Boissy, the executive chef of The Nectar Lounge. The new raw foods café, which will also feature vegan and gluten-free options, is slated to open in North Asheville near the end of August. “Raw food is an essential part of a balanced diet,” says Boissy, who has been vegan for the last 28 years and regularly incorporates raw foods into his daily meals.

Boissy feels that Asheville could not be any more ready for this kind of restaurant. “Asheville is one of the only towns of this size that can support a raw foods restaurant. The consciousness around food is here,” Boissy explains, noting that two new juice bars have opened within the last year and that the movement toward superhealthfood restaurants doesn’t seem to be stopping anytime soon.

Boissy’s interest in a healthy lifestyle led him to operate a vegan catering service, Vegin’ Out, with partner William Najger for 12 years before moving to Northern California. There he met a 55-year-old woman who had just overcome stage 4 throat cancer with a superfood diet of raw foods, medicinal mushroom teas and green smoothies. Together they started Easy Living Foods, a premade raw food and superfood company, which quickly found its way into almost every Whole Foods in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Boissy was deeply inspired by the impact food could have on a person’s health and well-being, but he lamented, “When I got to Asheville, the only restaurant really offering raw options was the Laughing Seed.”

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IN THE RAW: A raw kale and tomato salad is among dishes Chef Tim Boissy is testing for the menu at his new restaurant venture, The Nectar Lounge.

Photo by Emily Nichols

The Nectar Lounge is Boissy’s latest and possibly greatest project.

“The focus of The Nectar Lounge is ‘food is medicine.’ We want to create awesome and delicious food that is also healing.” The menu will be made up of about 80 percent raw foods and will feature items including raw pizzas and large zucchini pasta bowls, raw flax nachos with cashew cheese, a homemade raw goat cheese and organic juices. “We aren’t expecting anyone to follow a complete raw foods diet, but we do want to raise awareness and create more options for someone who wants to go out and have a nutritious meal,” says Boissy.

Particularly unique to The Nectar Lounge is its location and the educational opportunities available on site. The restaurant is on the first floor of a larger wellness center called Centerpoint Discovery, which also includes a fully renovated yoga studio and private practitioner rooms where

restaurant patrons may take their health to another level.

“While the food will be incredible, we will also be focusing on education. Here we have the resources to offer classes and workshops on various methods of detoxing, cleansing, nutrition and juicing classes,” says Boissy.

While someone could just swing by for a kelp noodle bowl, The Nectar Lounge hopes to bring health full circle in a supportive and balanced environment by providing healthy food, nutritionists, meditation, yoga and movement classes in one spot.

“The restaurant is just a piece of this larger vision for whole-body healing,” Boissy says.

The Nectar Lounge will be open seven days a week at 853 Merrimon Ave. (formerly Northside Bar & Grill). For more information, visit centerpointdiscovery.com.X

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Growing like a weed Wicked Weed Brewing announces two-pronged expansion

At 18 months old, most toddlers are able to say a handful of words.

Wicked Weed just needed two as it celebrated its own 18-month anniversary: massive expansion.

While most beer lovers already knew the Funkatorium — a sour beer production facility and tasting room — was on the way, Wicked Weed surprised everyone by announcing an even more ambitious master plan that includes a 40,000-square-foot production plant outside of town. The brewery owners say the space will eventually enable them to brew about 50,000 barrels of beer per year. That would put them on par with Highland Brewery Co.’s current production — and Highland’s now celebrating its 20th anniversary (in years, not months).

THE PRODUCTION FACILITY The large building that Wicked Weed plans to use is owned by the county and located in Enka Commerce Park off Sand Hill Road.

That’s also where New Belgium will have its own distribution center — the two businesses could practically use tin cans and string as means of communication.

The building will be purchased in a lease-to-own arrangement with the county, says David Gantt, chairman of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners. Rick Guthy, one of the owners of Wicked Weed, says the expansion will add 80 or more new jobs, and the total investment will be in the $5 million range. (The company already employs approximately 150 people.)

The brewhouse in the new facility will be 30 barrels, but with the right supplementary tanks and schedules, the brewery will maximize its capacity. Brewing is expected to be underway by fall 2015, and the first order of business will likely be bottles of Freak Imperial IPA, which is the closest thing Wicked Weed has to a

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head brewer at Wicked Weed. “Now we’ll do the same thing, except it’s only three blocks away.”

In addition to convenience, Abby Dickinson says, “The Funkatorium will allow for increased cooperage. It will provide much-needed room for foudres and puncheons [large barrels], and ample space for beers to age in barrels for six, 12 or even 24 months.”

The Funkatorium will be located at 147 Coxe Ave. It will have 16 taps and a limited tasting menu. It’s projected to open in September.

Wicked Weed’s Facebook page will have the exact opening date and details once finalized.X BRING THE FUNK: Wicked Weed’s sour beers on display in the new Funkatorium.

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flagship brew, according to the brewery. Plans down the line may include canning as well.

One interesting component of the expansion announcement is that Wicked Weed plans to continue selfdistributing its beer. That means while its ability to send beer across the state — and across state lines — will grow exponentially, the owners do not plan to use one of the major beer distributors to get the beer to accounts. Currently, the largest brewer in the area that selfdistributes is Pisgah Brewing, and its distribution is largely limited to Buncombe County.

Guthy also mentioned that the site will have a tasting room and is large enough to host concerts and other entertainment, although the ownership does not yet have concrete plans for things like a stage.

THE FUNKATORIUM The production facility will not be online until 2015, but the Funkatorium will provide plenty of excitement in the meantime.

In a nutshell, the Funkatorium will have two roles. First, it gives the company the ability to house roughly 1,000 bourbon, wine, gin, rum and other spirit barrels that it uses to age some of

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its most popular beers. Second, it will have a small tasting room that focuses on these sour and barrel-aged beers.

In larger beer cities, such as Portland, Ore., it’s not unusual to stop by a tasting room and sample a half dozen sour or barrel-aged beers. It’s also possible to order bottles of beer that have been aged by the brewery for a couple of years or more. However, in Asheville, the Funkatorium will be the first tasting room that offers all of the above.

“Wicked Weed’s sour program was deeply ingrained in who we would be as a brewery even before our inception,” says Abby Dickinson, the company’s communications director.

“Our first batches were crafted and barrel-aged months before our doors ever opened.”

The brewery has continued to make a name for itself with these beers despite the time and labor it takes to produce them. (Wicked Weed won Asheville’s first gold medal at the Great American Beer Festival in 2013 for Serenity, one of its sour farmhouse ales.) Since sour beers involve cultures beyond the yeast traditionally used, a separate facility is necessary. For the past year and a half, that facility was in Fairview. “We’ve basically been brewing and loading up a U-Haul to take beer out there,” says Luke Dickinson,

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THURSDAY ASHEVILLE BREWING: $3.50 pints at Merrimon location FRENCH BROAD: Live Music: Small Town Gossip, 6pm GREEN MAN: Food Truck: Taste & See, 3pm

HIGHLAND: LEAF’S Annual Benefit of Culture: A Pirate Party Hullabaloo, 6pm OYSTER HOUSE: $4 well drinks SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN: Live Music: Nitrograss (bluegrass), 7-9pm; Food Truck: Farm to Fender WEDGE: Food Truck: Tin Can Pizzeria

WICKED WEED: Bend & Brew Yoga ($15, includes beer tasting), 11am SUNDAY HI-WIRE: Bend & Brew Yoga ($15, includes beer tasting), 12:15pm LEXINGTON AVE (LAB): Live Music: Bluegrass brunch; $10 pitchers all day

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GREEN MAN: Food Truck: Root Down (Cajun, comfort food), 3pm

WEDGE: Food Truck: Cecilia’s Culinary Tour (crepes, tamales); Live Music: Vollie McKenzie & Hank Bones (acoustic jazz, swing), 6pm

HIGHLAND: Clawhammer Oktoberfest Celebration w/ Raising Caine (country), 4-9pm; Food Trucks: Appalachian BBQ & Gypsy Queen Cuisine

WEDGE: Food Truck: Cecilia’s Culinary Tour (crepes, tamales)

FRENCH BROAD TASTING ROOM: $2.50 pints OSKAR BLUES: Mountain Music Mondays, 6pm

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Stand-up and deliver Laugh Your Asheville Off comedy festival returns

BY EDWIN ARNAUDIN

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Wondering what comedic qualities make the best fit for the Asheville audience? Los Angeles television developer and live event businessman Charlie Gerencer has the answer. “We do our best to find famous comedians who also play a banjo, brew their own beer and build furniture out of sticks from the woods while waiting for their potato bread to bake, but they are hard to come by,” he says. “I thought we had a lead on a topless comedian who did her whole act while hula-hooping, but she had some issue about Dollar Shave Club sponsoring her show.

So, we keep it simple by booking talent that is funny. Funny is a universal language that every person everywhere can understand.”

It was local comedian Greg Brown who launched the first Laugh Your Asheville Off in 2007, back when the city had no stand-up comedy scene of which to speak. Shortly after the modest one-night event, he teamed with Gerencer, who started Asheville’s first comedy open mic (Tomato

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Tuesdays at the since-closed New French Bar) and generally worked to make the festival a major attraction. “We built the door for Asheville comedy fans to walk through,” says Gerencer. “Now there’s comedy every week in Asheville. Everyone who runs a comedy room in Asheville has the same passion we started with, and they love making their community laugh.”

The fruit of those labors, the eighth annual Laugh Your Asheville Off comedy festival, begins Wednesday, Aug. 13. The opening night show at Highland Brewing Co., featuring headliner Chris Porter, doubles as a benefit for Brother Wolf Animal

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PUN INTENDED: Laugh Your Asheville Off comedy festival headliner Chris Porter also performs at the opening night show at Highland Brewing. That event doubles as a benefit for Brother Wolf Animal Rescue. Photo courtesy of the comedian

Rescue. Three more days of comic showcases follow at The Millroom, The Altamont Theatre and Diana Wortham Theatre.

As the owner and executive producer of Laugh Your Asheville Off, Gerencer strived to build

the brand through spring, summer and fall concert series. But as the Asheville comedy scene blossomed in recent years, he and Brown decided to focus more on the annual festival, taking the necessary steps to get it to the next level of national exposure. Though Gerencer now operates on a nationwide platform and attracts national acts, he’s mindful of working only with local sponsors and maintaining the event’s core values.

“I don’t think the festival’s foundation has changed,” Gerencer says.

“We still stay true to our goals of providing the highest-quality comedy entertainment at a price everyone can afford.”

Joining Porter are 49 comics, any of whom Gerencer could see follow in the footsteps of past festival performers: “I saw them first at Laugh Your Asheville Off” has become somewhat of a festival calling card.

Recent notable breakouts include Tom Segura’s podcast “Your Mom’s House” and his Netflix special Completely Normal; Rory Scovel’s casting in the TBS sitcom Ground Floor; Joe Zimmerman’s July 25

WHAT Laugh Your Asheville Off laughyourashevilleoff.com WHEN Wednesday-Saturday, Aug. 13-16 WHERE Highland Brewing (Wednesday, 8 p.m.), The Millroom (Thursday, 7 p.m.) The Altamont Theatre (Thursday and Friday, 9:30 p.m.) and Diana Wortham Theatre (Friday, 7 p.m., and Saturday, 8 p.m.). $16 per showcase

Comedy Central Half Hour special; and Seaton Smith’s role in the Fox sitcom Mulaney, which debuts this fall. “It makes us proud to know that we have the ability to recognize great talents before they explode in popularity,” Gerencer says.

Splitting his time between Western North Carolina and L.A., Gerencer works with his Asheville production team to search for talent throughout the year. Exposing the festival’s audience to a diverse group of comedians is also a high priority, as is the order of performers on each 10-act bill. “We make every possible attempt to balance out the shows so that there is a great eclectic feel across the board,” Gerencer says. “Some would say that we overthink some of this, but we are very in tune with making sure that every show is a seamless and hysterical time for the audience.”

So far, the formula has been a success. “Laughter is contagious in a theater or room,” Gerencer says.

“When the house is full, there is an energy that comes from the audience that the performers feel as well. It’s like magic.” X

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Between a rock and a soft place

HAPPY CAMPERS: Moses and Lulu try out the kids play tent, chalkboard and tea table from Hatchett Designs. Photo by Tim Robison

INSIDE OUT: Glamping promises the great outdoors with most of the comforts of home. Sarah Merrell poses with gear from Diamond Brand. Photo by Tim Robison

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py world of musty sleeping bags and soggy matches — for hard-core campers, that’s part of the beauty — but to offer an alternative for people who want to experience the woods without the hassle.

Camping is wonderful. Except when it’s not. The stars in the night sky, the roar of the campfire, the birdsong at sunrise — all memorable. But then, too, there are the nagging mosquitoes, the potentially disease-bearing ticks, the ache of sleeping on the ground. For a novice, setting up the dreaded tent can feel like origami.

Enter glamping (an elision of “glamorous camping”), which brings the comforts of modern life into the wilderness. This means soft beds, climate control, even stylish décor.

The idea isn’t to replace the scrap-

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This ultratrendy concept traces its lineage to the African safaris that wealthy Americans like President Theodore Roosevelt embarked upon in the early 1900s. These extravagant trips, sometimes known as “champagne safaris,” included electric lights, dozens of porters and chefs, plush armchairs and beautifully decorated tents that spanned up to an acre.

Twenty-first-century glamping is a modern take on this philosophy of bringing indoor luxuries outside.

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Campfire Lodgings in Asheville offers glamping accommodations in cabin or yurt — the latter a type of conical fabric tent originally used

by Eastern European and Asian nomads. These yurts boast stylish bedding, dimmable halogen lights, indoor gas fireplaces and microwaves. “You’re in the woods and it feels like camping in the wild, but there is air conditioning and cable TV,” says Campfire Lodgings’ manager Ande Rappaport.

Asheville-based artists and mother-and-daughter team Darlene and Amber Hatchett are currently developing a line of glamping accessories for young girls. Some of Hatchett Designs’ pieces, slated for the Screen Door, include a pink-and-white fabric-draped tent, a chandelier made from tree branches, a chalkboard with a wilderness scene and a tea table (with matching kettle) made from a sliced tree stump. “It kind of gives girls a pre-camping experience until they’re old enough to get out there,” says Amber.

“Glamping is like camping for a lot of people who wouldn’t do it otherwise,” adds Darlene.

ROUGHING IT, JUST A LITTLE Although it still equips true adventurers with needed supplies, Diamond Brand Outdoors also offers luxury backpacking pillows, camping wine

glasses and Therm-a-Rest sleeping pads at its retail location in Arden.

The products are geared toward people who don’t mind pitching a tent but who also value a good night’s sleep. “It’s been a trend in the outdoor industry as a whole that people aren’t going on those hard-core backcountry backpacking trips as much,” says Diamond Brand’s marketing manager Sarah Merrell. “A majority of our customers are looking for a camping trip that’s easy. They want to be able to pack everything in their car and just drive right up to the campsite.”

Michelle Helms is a seasoned backcountry camper adept in wilderness survival skills, including food foraging and land navigation.

“One of the greatest attractions of camping is getting away from people,” she says. “I like to pack a bag, spend some time alone in the woods and return to humanity with more patience.”

But while she’ll always favor roughing it, Helms also admits she doesn’t mind a little luxury now and then. In fact, she recently accepted an invitation for a ladies’ summer glamping trip on top of Mount LeConte in East Tennessee.

“They have llamas carry up wine and gourmet meals to a cabin,” she says. “I’m not opposed to a little glamping, if someone else wants to foot the bill.” X

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of Pritchard Park — or at the other Bonfires for Peace shows Pascua and his partner, Marta Osborne, have organized around the country — the bonfire is there in spirit. “It’s metaphorical,” says Pascua. “Of course in the Philippines, you can build a bonfire. You don’t have to have a permit for that. The symbol of a bonfire is open-ended. There are no walls or ceilings, it’s a circle, and the fire gathers people. In San Francisco, we did it inside a club. It’s still [called] Bonfires for Peace.”

The second Traveling Bonfires for Peace concert of the summer will take place at Pritchard Park on Saturday, Aug. 9, from 4-9 p.m. The event is free and family-friendly.

Pascua says that when he launched the concert series in Asheville in 2002, he wasn’t picky about who played. “I just invited people in,” says Pascua. “I wasn’t very strict with ‘You’re good, you’re bad.’ The only rules were don’t cuss, don’t say bad words, don’t yell, don’t be angry, don’t promote any political or religious espousals.” With time, however, Pascua was able to attract better-known local musicians to the festival. The Aug. 9 show will

feature local activist and musician Marshall Jim Dincan, Celtic-blues band Pipapelli, soul-pop act Lyric and blues-soul band Riyen Roots.

Perhaps the most impressive thing about the long-running series is how much Pascua and his small team are able to accomplish with a minimalist budget. Osborne estimates that each concert runs them about $250, much of which they are able to raise through advertising sales in their small newspaper, The Indie. “I don’t believe in growing a huge budget for one project or issue,” says Pascua.

Small scale has always been his mode of operations. “It just doesn’t make sense to me to have a big concert. You can’t do it the next year because you don’t have the money for it anymore.”

He continues, “I know I don’t have money, but I know I can do it.”

A big part of what makes the concerts possible, says Pascua, is the community. “Here [in Asheville], you don’t have to go through corporate structures. … Here, you walk in to Rosetta’s Kitchen, you see Rosetta, you say, ‘Can you help us?’ We stick to that barrio thinking where I come from.” X

GATHER ’ROUND: Asheville soul act Lyric performs at a previous Bonfires for Peace concert at Pritchard Park. Photo courtesy of Pasckie Pascua

Bonfires for Peace concert series is (not so) serious DIY

Pasckie Pascua may be a selfdescribed career activist, but he says his long-running DIY concert series, Bonfires for Peace, isn’t about politics. “The mission is … gathering the community,” Pascua says. “It’s wholesome; [it’s about] family, diver-

WHAT Bonfires for Peace with Lyric, Marshall Jim Duncan, Pipapelli and Riyen Roots WHERE Pritchard Park WHEN Saturday, Aug. 9, 4-9 p.m.

Free. ashevilletravelingbonfires. blogspot.com

sity. We try to stick to just fun. No politics, no speeches, no religion.

Sometimes when you say peace, people think it’s political, but it’s not, actually.”

As a journalist in the 1980s, in his home country the Philippines, Pascua became involved in the antiwar effort and has been advocating for peace ever since. “Wherever I go I’m advocating something, so I don’t want [the concert] to be like that. This is separate, this Traveling Bonfires community,” he says. “If I make it political, I will be building walls. … The bonfires are just a gathering, and when you gather, that’s the time to talk. When you talk, you split into groups, and that’s where you can advocate.”

He adds, “You don’t advocate to people when they’re dancing.”

When Pascua first started building Bonfires for Peace in the Philippines, during the politically turbulent mid-’80s, the gatherings were simply intended to bring people together. While you won’t find an actual bonfire at the center

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STORY TIME: Of the narrative designs she uses, Shoko Teruyama says, “Characters are developed based on what I have experienced, but they are not there to tell specific stories.” Photo courtesy of the artist

Clay artist Shoko Teruyama works with form and decoration Although the color palette is in pastels, the imagery is of a marionette girl wielding a hatchet at a chicken. Odd character drawings such as this often make appearances in the work of clay artist Shoko Teruyama — another of her pieces shows an apron-wearing farm animal alongside a birdcage and a mouse-

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cage. These are strange combinations to be found on ceramics, but the imagery creates intrigue with subtly drawn lines and a muted color palette.

Teruyama is based in Marshall and has been living in Western North Carolina for nearly a decade, including her three-year artist residency at Penland School of Crafts. Her work is currently on exhibit at Penland’s Focus Gallery in a collection that includes largescale pinched buckets, large handbuilt tullipiere, pinched bowls, flower plates, narrative plates

and slip cast blue and white cups.

It’s worth noting that Penland’s benefit auction will bring crowds to the campus this weekend (see sidebar). Those not attending the auction might want to visit the gallery another time.

Pulling from her life experiences, Teruyama’s pictorial character drawings approach a narrative, but they stop just shy of a storyline. “Characters are developed based on what I have experienced, but they are not there to tell specific stories,” she says.

She’s more interested in view-

WHAT Exhibition of Shoko Teruyama’s ceramics WHERE

dish or a flower vase. She says on her website that they’re appropriate for “sacred spaces of the home like the center of a formal dining room table, a hope chest or a bedside stand.” To develop her imagery, Teruyama uses a scratching technique called sgraffito. After covering an entire piece with white slip, she then carves through this layer to reveal the underlying red clay. Then, colored glazes are applied to further develop the surface ornamentation.

Pattern is used widely in Teruyama’s design, sometimes adjacent to the characters and sometimes as the central focus. The patterns present a visual texture that defines the spaces and adds interest. “I developed vine patterns to wrap around pots and lead your eye around the work,” she says. “Sometimes they represent wind or water.” X

Focus Gallery at Penland School of Crafts, penland.org/gallery WHEN Through Sunday, Sept. 7

Penland Auction Weekend

ers approaching the drawings and creating their own narratives.

While some characters are reused in her work, they do have a life cycle. “I use characters slightly differently each time, until I don’t get inspired,” says Teruyama.

“Then they disappear.”

A native of Japan, the ceramicist draws inspiration for her surfacing from that country’s traditional ornamentation practices. “I look at sacred places in Japan like temples and shrines — oftentimes they are highly decorated,” she says. “Even when looking at these, sometimes animals show up among vine patterns to tell stories.”

Teruyama grew up with handmade pottery. “I like it because I can use my fingers and be able to touch to manipulate the material,” she says. And though the forms and surface ornamentation could easily be transferred to alternate art materials, she finds the clay itself to be integral to her artwork. The interplay of form and surface extends to the object’s beginnings. Even while building the shape, she’s simultaneously considering the drawings that will adorn the piece.

Many of Teruyama’s earthenware forms have an underlying functionality, such as a serving

Penland’s annual benefit auction, a fundraising event scheduled for Friday and Saturday, Aug. 8 and 9, draws collectors of contemporary craft from across the nation. Over the two days, more than 200 pieces donated by school-affiliated artists are auctioned off. The proceeds go toward school operations.

The event is one of the highestgrossing craft auctions in the nation with weekend revenues exceeding half a million dollars in 2013. Tickets are $225 for Friday events only (includes a cocktail party, dinner and dancing), $275 for Saturday events only (coffee at artists’ studios, lunch and reception), and $385 for the full weekend. Artwork is also available by absentee bid, for a $25 fee, for those who don’t wish to attend. All pieces are viewable in the online catalog at penland.org/support/auctioncatalog14.pdf.

This year’s centerpieces were commissioned from Penland community member Pablo Soto, who crafted luscious clear glass globes that, when filled with water, refract light to create an alluring glow.

Soto is also showing work in Blue Spiral 1’s current exhibition, Ahead of the Curve.

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Wood & Wine Grovewood Gallery recently added an exhibition space dedicated to fine wood art. And how better to celebrate than with a toast? That’s the idea behind Wood & Wine, a showcase and celebration featuring contemporary sculptural and functional work. Included in the show is French artist Alain Mailland, “who specializes in green wood hollowing techniques,” according to a press release, and Nashvillebased artist John Jordan, “whose turned and carved vessels are featured in the permanent collections of more than 25 museums.” Wood & Wine — an open house intended to introduce the Asheville community to the gallery’s fine wood art collection — takes place Thursday, Aug. 7, from noon-6 p.m. grovewood.com. Pictured: “The Dervish” by Mailland

Rich Robinson As rock band The Black Crowes broke up, regrouped, went on hiatus and then back on tour, guitarist Rich Robinson — who co-founded that outfit with his brother Chris and drummer Steve Gorman — has consistently continued to make and play music. His side projects included Circle Sound with Luther Dickinson, an album with his own son playing drums and work with Patti Smith. This summer, Robinson released his third solo record, The Ceaseless Sight. Rolling Stone (which streamed the album before its release) described it as “so rich in textures and assured in the writing that it sounds like a true debut.” The Rich Robinson Band performs at the Asheville Music Hall on Sunday, Aug. 10, at 9 p.m. Prophet Omega and Hollis Brown also play. $15/$20. ashevillemusichall.com. Photo by Alysse Gafjken

Mark Morales Veteran Broadway performer Mark Morales (West Side Story, Sunset Boulevard) is based in Asheville these days, but the stage and screen actor can still be seen in commercials. Soon he’ll be regularly heard as well: Morales just recorded his first album, Something’s Coming, which includes some of the songs he performed on Broadway. “I honestly believe this type of music is a much-needed addition to the music palette of our fair city,” Morales says. He is holding an album release party at White Horse Black Mountain with accompaniment from pianist and composer David Troy Francis on Sunday, Aug. 10, at 7:30 p.m. $15/$20. whitehorseblackmountain. com. Photo courtesy of Morales

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Titus Andronicus Shakespearean tragedy Titus Andronicus is considered to be the Bard’s bloodiest and most violent. Themes include sibling rivalry, murder and revenge. So gruesome is it that it fell out of favor with the sensitive Victorians but came back into popularity by the middle of the 20th century. Anam Cara Theatre Company puts its own spin on the play.

“Using dance, song, special effects and community partnerships, Anam Cara aims to unite audiences, cast and crew in reflecting on the brutality of human nature and what we can do to stem the tide of violence in our community,” says a press release. The show is staged at Toy Boat Community Arts Space on Fridays and Saturdays, Aug. 8, 9, 15 and 16, at 8 p.m. Post-show talk-backs follow the Saturday shows. $12/$15. anamcaratheatre. org. Photo courtesy of the theater company

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Pavilion, 401 S. Laurel Circle Dr., Black Mountain SHAGGING IN THE STREET & CRUISE IN 652-2215 • FR (8/8), 6:30pm - The Fantastic Shakers, easy listening. Includes a car show. Free. Held on Main Street, Marion.

THEATER ANAM CARA THEATRE 545-3861, anamcaratheatre.com • FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS, (8/8) through (8/16), 8pm - Titus Andronicus. $12. Held at Toy Boat Community Art Space, 101 Fairview Road, Suite B

THE JOURNEY OF A FRIENDSHIP: The Pultizer winning play by Alfred Uhry, Driving Miss Daisy, will be performed at Asheville Community Theatre Friday through Sunday nights, as well as Sunday afternoons, through Aug. 17. Photo courtesy of Asheville Community Theatre. (p.40)

ART ARTS COUNCIL OF HENDERSON COUNTY 693-8504, acofhc.org • FR (8/8), 5-7pm - Opening reception and awards ceremony for Bring Us Your Best X. Held at Blue Ridge Community College, 180 West Campus Dr., Flat Rock FLOW GALLERY 14 South Main St., Marshall, avl.mx/aw • TH (8/14), 5:30pm - Artist talk and demonstration with woodcut print artist Nancy Darrell. Free to attend.

RED HOUSE STUDIOS AND GALLERY 310 W. State St., Black Mountain, 699-0351, svfalarts.org • 2nd SATURDAYS - Open studio show and artists reception. Sponsored by the Swannanoa Valley Fine Arts League. Free to attend.

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

AUDITIONS & CALL TO ARTISTS ARTS COUNCIL OF HENDERSON COUNTY 693-8504, acofhc.org • Through (8/16) - Applications will be accepted for the N.C. Arts Council Regional Artist Project. Open to artists in Henderson, Polk, and Transylvania counties. Contact for guidelines.

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

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

MUSIC AMICIMUSIC 802-369-0856, amicimusic.org • SA (8/9), 6pm - "Jewish Jazz." Held in a private home. Directions given with reservations. $25.

• SU (8/10), 1pm - "Jewish Jazz." $20 / $15 church members. Held at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville, 1 Edwin Place BONFIRES FOR PEACE ashevilletravelingbonfires.blogspot.com, pasckie@yahoo.com • (8/9), 4-9pm - Concert and family event featuring Peace Jones, Pipapelli, Lyrics and Riyen Roots. Free. Held at Pritchard Park, 4 College St. HENDERSONVILLE'S MUSIC ON MAIN STREET 693-9708, historichendersonville.org • FR (8/8), 7-9pm - Dashboard Blue, funk.

Free. Held in downtown Hendersonville.

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

PARK RHYTHMS CONCERT SERIES 669-8610 • FR (8/7), 6-9pm - Adam Brooks Dudding, Americana. Free. Held at Lake Tomahawk Park

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ASHEVILLE COMMUNITY THEATRE 35 E. Walnut St., 254-1320, ashevilletheatre.org • FRIDAYS through SATURDAYS until (8/17) - Driving Miss Daisy.

Fri.&Sat.:7:30pm; Sun.:2:30pm. $12$22.

BEBE THEATRE 20 Commerce St., 254-2621 • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS (8/8) until (8/24) - Sisters. Fri.-Sat.: 7:30pm; Sun.: 3pm. $15/$12 online, students and seniors.

FLAT ROCK PLAYHOUSE Highway 225, Flat Rock, 693-0731, flatrockplayhouse.org • WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS until (8/24) - Miss Saigon. Wed.-Sat.: 8pm; Thu., Sat. & Sun.: 2pm. $40.

FLAT ROCK PLAYHOUSE DOWNTOWN 125 S. Main St., Hendersonville, 6930731, flatrockplayhouse.org • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS through (8/9), 8pm - Music on the Rock: The Songs of the 60s, tribute concert. $24.

MONTFORD PARK PLAYERS 254-5146, montfordparkplayers.org • FRIDAY through SUNDAYS until (8/23), 7:30pm - The Taming of the Shrew. Free. Held at Hazel Robinson Amphitheatre, 92 Gay St. SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REPERTORY THEATRE Owen Theatre Mars Hill University, Mars Hill, 689-1384, sartplays.org • WE (8/6) through SA (8/9), 7:30pm & SU (8/10), 2:30pm - Smoke on the Mountain Homecoming. $26.56.

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

AMERICAN FOLK ART AND FRAMING 64 Biltmore Ave., 281-2134, amerifolk.com • Through TH (8/21) - Pattern Texture Emotion, quilts.

ARTETUDE GALLERY 89 Patton Ave., 252-1466, artetudegallery. com • Through SU (8/31) - Life in Motion, works

by Alyson Markell and Kenn Kotara.

ARTS COUNCIL OF HENDERSON COUNTY 693-8504, acofhc.org • FR (8/11) through FR (8/29), 10am4pm - Bring Us Your Best XI, works by competition winners. Held at Blue Ridge Community College, 180 West Campus Drive, Flat Rock ASHEVILLE ART MUSEUM 2 N. Pack Square, 253-3227, ashevilleart. org • ONGOING - Community, abstract works

by Sharon Louden.

• ONGOING - Sol LeWitt: Creating Place, Wall Drawing #618, conceptual art. Opening reception: Aug. 9, 10 am.

ASHEVILLE GALLERY OF ART 16 College St., 251-5796, ashevillegalleryof-art.com • Through SU (8/31) - Paintings by Joyce Schlapkohl.

BLACK MOUNTAIN CENTER FOR THE ARTS 225 W. State St., Black Mountain, 6690930, blackmountainarts.org • Through FR (9/12) - Carolina Through My Lens, photography by Joye Ardyn Durham.

BLUE SPIRAL 1 38 Biltmore Ave., 251-0202, bluespiral1. com Blue Sprial 1 • Through SA (9/27) - Works from artists Kenneth Baskin, John L. Cleaveland, Brad Sells, Lee Sipe and Mike Smith.

• Through SA (9/27) - Ahead of the Curve, contemporary works focusing on lines.

FOLK ART CENTER MP 382, 298-7928, craftguild.org • Through (10/28) - Into the Fire, glass, clay and metal works.

GRATEFUL STEPS 159 S Lexington Ave., 277-0998, gratefulsteps.org • Through SU (8/31) - Urban Photography From The Streets Of A Bohemian Mountain Town, street photography by Joe Longobardi. Opening reception: Aug. 6, 8pm.

HANDMADE IN AMERICA 125 S Lexington Ave #101, 252-0121, handmadeinamerica.org • Through TU (8/19) - Glass works by John Almaguer. Held at Beverly-Hanks Discovery Center, 1 Town Square Blvd.

METRO WINES 169 Charlotte St., 575-9525, facebook. com/MetroWinesAsheville • Through (8/31) - Lost at Sea, works by Sandee Johnson. Artist's reception: Aug. 8, 6pm.

PACK MEMORIAL LIBRARY 67 Haywood St. • FR (8/1) through SA (8/30) - Paintings, architectural drawings and iron work by Anthony Lord.

PUSH SKATE SHOP & GALLERY 25 Patton Ave., 225-5509, pushtoyproject.com • Through SU (8/31) - Screen prints, stickers and other works by California artist Bigfoot.

RED HOUSE STUDIOS AND GALLERY 310 W. State St., Black Mountain, 6990351, svfalarts.org • Through SU (8/31) - Swannanoa Fine Arts League members juried exhibit.

SILVER FOX GALLERY & INTERIORS 508 N. Main St., Hendersonville, 6980601, silverfoxonline.com • Through WE (8/27) - Wooden sculptures by Mark Gardner.

THE BENDER GALLERY 121 S. Lexington Ave., 505-8341 • Through TU (9/30) - Artifacts and Contraptions, glass and mixed media sculptures by artists Peter Wright and Audrey Wilson.

THE GRAND BOHEMIAN GALLERY 11 Boston Way, 877-274-1242, bohemianhotelasheville.com • FR (8/8) through SU (9/14) - Imagined Circus and Travelers, paintings by Diana

LaRose-Weaver. Opening reception: Aug. 8, 5pm.

TOE RIVER ARTS COUNCIL 765-0520, toeriverarts.org • TH (8/7) through SA (9/20) - Edwina Bringle Retrospective, weaving. Artist's reception: Aug. 16, 5pm. Held at Spruce Pine TRAC Gallery, 269 Oak Ave., Spruce Pine • SA (8/9) through SA (9/20) - Works by Barbara Littledeer. Held at Burnsville TRAC Gallery, 102 W. Main St., Burnsville TRANSYLVANIA COMMUNITY ARTS COUNCIL 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard, 884-2787, tcarts.org • Through FR (8/15) - Works by artists of Burlingame Country Club.

URBAN DHARMA 29 Page Ave., 225-6422, udharmanc.com • Through FR (10/31) - Drifting Toward the Names of Things, paper works by Brian T. Leahy.

ZAPOW! 21 Battery Park Suite 101, 575-2024, zapow.net • Through FR (9/26) - British Invasion, works inspired by the British pop culture.

Contact the galleries for hours and admission fees.

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C L U B L A N D CORK & KEG Honey Swamp Stompers (country, blues, jazz), 8pm

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6

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

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

DUGOUT Slumberjack (alt-rock), 9pm

ALTAMONT BREWING COMPANY Bret Johnson & The Call Up (blues), 9:30pm

ELAINE'S DUELING PIANO BAR Dueling Pianos, 9pm

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

FRENCH BROAD BREWERY TASTING ROOM Small Town Gossip (folk, pop), 6pm

BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Open mic w/ Billy Owens, 7pm

GOOD STUFF Tyler Talks to Doors (rock, indie), 6pm

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

GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Small Town Lights & Carolina Story (honky-tonk, Americana), 8pm

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

HAVANA RESTAURANT Open mic (instruments provided), 8pm

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

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Bluegrass jam, 7pm

DUGOUT Karaoke, 9pm

LEX 18 Michael Jefry Stevens & Nancy Simmons (jazz), 7:30pm

EMERALD LOUNGE Blues jam, 8pm GOOD STUFF T. C. Costello (world, punk), 7pm GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN HoneyHoney w/ Annabelle's Curse (alternative, folk), 8pm GRIND CAFE Trivia night, 7pm

LIKE IT’S 1776: Asheville-based hard-rock band The Redcoats are Coming, consisting of members of Kings of Prussia and By Morning, plays the Orange Peel on Saturday, Aug. 9, at 8 p.m., for part two of a two-night local rock showcase with A Time Devised and Killing Abraham. “We are like The Avengers,” the band wrote on its ReverbNation page. “We assemble, write a song and save the world.”

IRON HORSE STATION Kevin Reese (Americana), 6pm ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL Hovey Katn (in the lounge), 7pm Original acoustics w/ Taylor Martin (on the patio), 7pm JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Old-time session, 5pm

MOUNTAIN MOJO COFFEEHOUSE Open mic, 6:30pm NOBLE KAVA Open mic w/ Caleb Beissert, 9pm ODDITORIUM Western Medicine, Ancient Whales & Thee Loud Crowd (garage), 9pm

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

OLIVE OR TWIST Swing dance lessons, 7pm

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

ONE STOP DELI & BAR Soulshine Farms Pre-Party w/ Jerry Leeman, Terina Plyler, and Kendra Warren, 6pm Black Milk (hip-hop) w/ Colston n DJ Jet, 10pm

MOE'S ORIGINAL BAR-B-QUE John Trufant & Tim Fisher, 6pm

SLY GROG LOUNGE Open mic, 7pm 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 Hayley Benton 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.

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STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE Thicker Than Water (Christian rock), 6pm TALLGARY'S CANTINA Open mic & jam, 7pm THE MOTHLIGHT Tall Tall Trees (indie, psych-folk) w/ Christopher Paul Stelling, Mother Explosives, 9:30pm THE PHOENIX Jazz night, 8pm THE SOCIAL Get Vocal Karaoke, 9:30pm TIGER MOUNTAIN THIRST PARLOUR Sean & Will (classic punk, power pop, rock), 10pm

TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Blues & soul jam w/ Al Coffee & Da Grind, 8:30pm URBAN ORCHARD Poetry on Demand w/ Eddie Cabbage, 6:30pm VINCENZO'S BISTRO Lenny Petenelli (high-energy piano), 7pm WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN AmiciMusic: Jewish Jazz w/ Dr. Daniel Weiser, Matthew Boyles & Rachel Patrick, 7:30pm WILD WING CAFE SOUTH Skinny Wednesday w/ J LUKE, 6pm

THURSDAY, AUGUST 7 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Hank West & The Smokin' Hots (jazz exotica), 8pm ALLEY KATS TAVERN Open mic night, 7pm ALTAMONT BREWING COMPANY The Jangling Sparrow (Americana, indie-folk), 9:30pm ASHEVILLE SANDWICH COMPANY Laura Thurston (Americana), 6pm BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Karaoke, 9pm BLUE KUDZU SAKE COMPANY Trivia night, 8pm

TIMO'S HOUSE Release AVL w/ Dam Good (dance party), 9pm

BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Rocket Science, 7pm

TOWN PUMP Open mic w/ Aaron, 9pm

BUFFALO NICKEL Leigh Glass (rock, Americana), 9pm

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LOBSTER TRAP Hank Bones ("The man of 1,000 songs"), 7pm LOOKOUT BREWERY Daryl Hance (Southern rock), 6pm MARKET PLACE Ben Hovey (dub jazz, beats), 7pm NATIVE KITCHEN & SOCIAL PUB Billy Litz (Americana), 7pm NEW MOUNTAIN Thomas Wynn and The Believers (rock, blues) w/ The Dead 27’s, 9pm ODDITORIUM Crazy Tom Banana Pants (ska), 9pm ONE STOP DELI & BAR Phish 'n' Chips (Phish covers), 6pm Cardinal Sons, 7pm Ceschi (hip-hop) w/ Little Books, Mikal kHill, and Rob DaVerb, 10pm PACK'S TAVERN Jason Whittaker (acoustic-rock), 9pm POSH BAR Acoustic jam, 6pm PULP Shark Week Comedy Showcase w/Dan Weeks, 9pm PURPLE ONION CAFE Nikki Talley, 7:30pm RENAISSANCE ASHEVILLE HOTEL TLQ + 2 (rock, blues), 6:30pm SCANDALS NIGHTCLUB Dance party, 10pm SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BREWERY Nitrograss (bluegrass), 7pm THE MOTHLIGHT Axxa Abraxas (psych, rock) w/ Old Smokey, Wyla, 9:30pm THE PHOENIX Bradford Carson & Will Knight (mountain music), 8pm THE SOCIAL Open mic w/ Scooter Haywood, 8pm TIMO'S HOUSE Unity Thursdays w/ Asheville Drum 'n' Bass Collective, 9pm

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TOWN PUMP Linda Mitchell (blues, jazz), 9pm

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TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES The Westsound Revue (Motown, blues), 9pm URBAN ORCHARD Stevie Lee Combs (acoustic, Americana), 6:30pm

($35 TICKETED EVENT) – THE MEADOW IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!

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

FRIDAY• AUGUST 8 CLAWHAMMER CELEBRATION WITH RAISING CAINE (6:30-8:30)

WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Mean Mary (singer-songwriter), 7:30pm

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Thursday

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Friday

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Saturday

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WILD WING CAFE Lyric (funk, soul), 7pm WILD WING CAFE SOUTH Josh Michaels & Howe Jellis, 6pm

FRIDAY, AUGUST 8 185 KING STREET DJ DOGG dance party, 8pm 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Pleasure Chest (rock 'n' roll), 9pm ALLEY KATS TAVERN Amos & The Mixx Live, 9:30pm

Monday

ALTAMONT BREWING COMPANY The Northside Gentlemen (funk, soul), 9pm

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ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Normal Bean Band (rock) w/ The Goodnight Brothers Band, 10pm

10.00 YugoBurger with Craft Beer 5.00 Margaritas Open Mon-Thurs 4-8pm, Fri 4-9pm Sat 2-9pm, Sun 1-6pm

ATHENA'S CLUB Mark Appleford (singer-songwriter, Americana, blues), 7pm BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Acoustic Swing, 7pm CLUB ELEVEN ON GROVE DJ Jam (old-school hip-hop, R&B, funk), 9pm CORK & KEG The Gypsy Swingers (jazz, Latin), 8:30pm

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ELAINE'S DUELING PIANO BAR Dueling Pianos, 9pm FRENCH BROAD BREWERY TASTING ROOM Nikki Talley (folk, alt-country), 6pm GOOD STUFF Bullfeather Music Factory, 8pm GREEN ROOM CAFE & COFFEEHOUSE Jeff Michels (singer-songwriter), 6:30pm GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Ben Nichols (alt-country, rock), 8pm Kyle Kinane w/ Minori Hinds & Tom Peters, 10pm

Brothers Band 10PM $7/$10 21+

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IRON HORSE STATION Ben Wilson (Americana), 7pm

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ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL Michaela Anne & the Wild Hearts (on the patio), 7pm JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Woody Pines (blues, ragtime) w/ Hive Robbers, 9pm JERUSALEM GARDEN Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7pm

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

TOWN PUMP Call the Next Witness (punk, country, rock), 9pm VINCENZO'S BISTRO Steve Whiddon (classic piano), 5:30pm WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN The Asheville Jazz Orchestra, 8pm WILD WING CAFE Crocs 3 Piece, 7pm WILD WING CAFE SOUTH A Social Function (acoustic), 9:30pm

SATURDAY, AUGUST 9 LEX 18 Michael Jefry Stevens & Joe Lulloff (jazz piano & saxophone), 7:30pm LOBSTER TRAP Buncombe County Boys (folk), 7pm MARKET PLACE The Sean Mason Trio (groove, jazz, funk), 7pm METRO WINES Stand up comedy w/ Disclaimer Comedy, 7pm NATIVE KITCHEN & SOCIAL PUB Mark Bumgarner (Americana), 7:30pm NEW MOUNTAIN Hackensaw Boys (folk) w/ Packway Handle Band and Rosco Bandana, 8pm NIGHTBELL RESTAURANT & LOUNGE Resident Dulítel DJ (indie-tronic), 11pm NOBLE KAVA Seraphim Arkistra (electro-coustic improv), 9pm ODDITORIUM Mannequin Pussy w/ Petey, Doomster & Free Pizza (punk), 9pm

185 KING STREET Andrew Thelston & the Local All-Stars (rock), 8pm 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Sean Gaskell (kora), 6pm The John Stickley Trio (gypsy, Latin, bluegrass), 9pm ALLEY KATS TAVERN The Twisted Trail Band, 9:30pm ANDREWS BREWING CO. Angela Easterling & The Beguilers (Americana, folk-rock), 6pm ATHENA'S CLUB Mark Appleford (singer-songwriter, Americana, blues), 7pm BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Bob Zullo, 7pm BYWATER Colonel Bruce Hampton (eclectic rock), 9pm CORK & KEG Old-time open jam, 8:30pm DOUBLE CROWN DJ Lil Lorruh (50s, 60s R&B, rock), 10pm

OLIVE OR TWIST Late Night DJ (techno, disco), 11pm

DUGOUT Flashback Sally (classic rock), 9pm

ONE STOP DELI & BAR Free Dead Fridays w/ members of Phuncle Sam (jam), 5pm IckyBob w/ Musashi Xero, 10pm

ELAINE'S DUELING PIANO BAR Dueling Pianos, 9pm

ORANGE PEEL Local Hard Rock Showcase w/Rip Haven, Gutterhound & Twist Of Fate, 8pm PACK'S TAVERN DJ Dolt (pop, dance, hits), 9pm ROOT BAR NO. 1 Trielement w/ AO Donovan (rock), 9pm SCANDALS NIGHTCLUB Dance party, 10pm SCULLY'S DJ, 10pm SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BREWERY Peggy Ratusz Trio (blues, Americana), 8pm STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE Carver & Carmody (Americana), 6pm THE MOTHLIGHT Natural Child (rock) w/ Promised Land Sound, 9:30pm THE PHOENIX Picasso Facelift (blues, rock), 9pm THE SOCIAL Get Vocal Karaoke, 9:30pm TIGER MOUNTAIN THIRST PARLOUR Dr. Filth (soul, psych, punk), 10pm TIMO'S HOUSE FTO, Professor Toon & MountainWalker (hip-hop), 10pm

FRENCH BROAD BREWERY TASTING ROOM Black Robin Hero (rock, Americana), 6pm GOOD STUFF Laura Thurston (singer-songwriter), 7pm Tyler Talks to Doors (rock, indie), 9pm GREEN ROOM CAFE & COFFEEHOUSE Elise Pratt & Mike Holstein (jazz), 6:30pm GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Jessy Carolina & The Hot Mess w/ Ragtime Hawks (jazz), 9pm HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Dave Dribbon & the Stomping Rain (rock), 6:30pm IRON HORSE STATION Barb Turner (R&B), 7pm ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL Saturday Classical Brunch w/ Amicimusic's "Jewish Jazz,” 11am JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Shane Pruitt Band (blues, soul), 9pm JERUSALEM GARDEN Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7pm LEX 18 Juan Benavides Trio (Latin jazz), 7:30pm LOBSTER TRAP Sean Mason Trio (jazz), 7pm MARKET PLACE DJs (funk, R&B), 7pm

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PICASSO AT PHOENIX: Picasso Facelift is all about fun. The ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s cover-playing, classic rock band will perform on Friday, Aug. 8, at 9 p.m., at Brevard’s farm-to-table restaurant and venue, The Phoenix. “Mostly classic rock with some blues, reggae, punk and even a TV theme song for good measure,” reads the band’s website. “It’s an eclectic mix to be sure.”

NEW MOUNTAIN Seelie Court Masquerade (multiple artists, costume), 9:30pm NIGHTBELL RESTAURANT & LOUNGE DJ Celebrity (electronic, lounge), 11pm NOBLE KAVA Cigarette Umbrella (improvisational), 8:30pm ODDITORIUM Zin Vetro & Daggers (rock), 9pm OLIVE OR TWIST Late Night DJ (techno, disco), 11pm ONE STOP DELI & BAR Reggae Family Jam, 2pm Copper Into Steel (bluegrass) w/ Special Guests, 10pm ORANGE PEEL Asheville Toy Expo, 10am Local Rock Showcase w/The Redcoats Are Coming, A Time Devised & Killing Abraham, 9pm

THE ADMIRAL Soul night w/ DJ Dr. Filth, 11pm THE PHOENIX Mike Sweet (acoustic-rock), 1pm The Resonant Rogues (gypsy jazz), 9pm THE SOCIAL Get Vocal Karaoke, 9:30pm TIGER MOUNTAIN THIRST PARLOUR DJ Devyl's Hands (psychedelic, indie, metal, rock), 10pm TIMO'S HOUSE R4Y UP7OWN, In Plain Sight, Gabe Real & Heavy Hands (DnB), 10pm

PRITCHARD PARK Bonfires for Peace: Riyen Roots, Lyric, Peace Jones & Pipapelli, 4pm

VINCENZO'S BISTRO Steve Whiddon (classic piano), 5:30pm

ROOT BAR NO. 1 Science! (upbeat indie), 9pm SCANDALS NIGHTCLUB Dance party, 10pm SCULLY'S DJ, 10pm

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STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE Letters to Abigail (country, Americana), 6pm

TOWN PUMP Bullfeather (punk-a-billy), 9pm

RIVERWATCH BAR & GRILL MotownBlue (soul, R&B), 6pm

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SPRING CREEK TAVERN Al Coffee & Da Grind (blues), 9pm

PACK'S TAVERN Lyric (pop, funk, soul), 9pm

PURPLE ONION CAFE Donna Hughes Band, 8pm

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SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BREWERY Blue Ridge Entertainers (bluegrass), 8pm

WILD WING CAFE A Social Function, 8pm WILD WING CAFE SOUTH Hip Slack (throwback night: hip-hop mashups), 8pm

SUNDAY, AUGUST 10 185 KING STREET Sunday Funday, 12pm Charles Walker Band (R&B, soul, funk), 8pm

5 WALNUT WINE BAR Lyric (funk, soul), 7pm

VINCENZO'S BISTRO Steve Whiddon (classic piano), 5:30pm

ALTAMONT THEATER Paloma Devi (devotional music) w/ Daniel Barber & Daniel Chambo, 7pm

WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Mark Morales (broadway), 7:30pm

ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Rich Robinson Band w/ Prophet Omega & Hollis Brown (southern rock), 9pm BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Jazz brunch w/ Mike Gray Trio, 11:30am BLUE KUDZU SAKE COMPANY Karaoke & brunch, 2pm

WILD WING CAFE SOUTH Mike Snodgrass, 5:30pm YACHT CLUB Steely Dan Sunday, 5pm

MONDAY, AUGUST 11

DIANA WORTHAM THEATRE Montana Skies (jazz), 3pm

5 WALNUT WINE BAR Juan Merced (Latin), 8pm

DOUBLE CROWN Karaoke w/ Tim O, 9pm

ALLEY KATS TAVERN Open mic, 8pm

DUGOUT Appalachian Fire (bluegrass), 9pm

ALTAMONT BREWING COMPANY Old-time jam, 8pm

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

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

ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL Jazz showcase, 6pm

BYWATER Open mic w/ Taylor Martin, 9pm

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Irish session, 5pm

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

LEX 18 Andrew J. Fletcher (barrelhouse piano), 12pm MichaelJohnJazz & friends (jazz), 7:30pm

CROW & QUILL Stevie Lee Combs (old-time, folk, blues), 9pm

LOBSTER TRAP Tim Marsh (americana, funk), 7pm

GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Contra Dance, 7pm

MILLROOM Jeff the Brotherhood (psych, grunge), 9pm

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Quizzo, 7pm

NEW MOUNTAIN Seelie Court Masquerade (multiple artists, costume), 9:30pm

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

ODDITORIUM Drag Sounds w/ Broken Lilacs & Blots (garage), 9pm OLIVE OR TWIST Shag & swing lesson w/ John Dietz, 7pm DJ Michael Filippone (beach, swing, ballroom, rock), 8pm

ODDITORIUM Neat Freak, Gross & Dispatch Calls (punk, metal), 9pm ORANGE PEEL Raising Arizona (movie night), 8pm OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Mountain Music Mondays (open jam), 6pm THE MOTHLIGHT Call The Next Witness, Poet Radio, Skunk Ruckus (rock, alt), 9:30pm

ORANGE PEEL Toadies (alternative, rock), 8pm

THE PHOENIX Carrie Morrison & Steve Whiteside (classic covers & originals), 8pm

RIVERWATCH BAR & GRILL Garry Segal (Americana, roots-rock, blues), 1pm SCANDALS NIGHTCLUB Dance party, 10pm SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BREWERY Carver & Carmody (country, folk), 5pm SPRING CREEK TAVERN Andy Buckner (Southern rock), 2pm THE MOTHLIGHT The High End, The Jellyrox, Cairo Fire, Stereospread (indie, rock, electronic), 8:30pm THE PHOENIX Blue Shiraz (tin pan alley standards), 12pm THE SOCIAL '80s night, 8pm TIMO'S HOUSE Art show, 9pm TOWN PUMP Ben Davis, Jr. (Americana, singer-songwriter), 5pm

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

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TIMO'S HOUSE Service Industry Night w/ Nex Millen (dance party), 9pm TOWN PUMP The Vine Brothers (acoustic), 9pm Open mic w/ Aaron, 9pm VINCENZO'S BISTRO Steve Whiddon (classic piano), 5:30pm WESTVILLE PUB Trivia night, 8pm WILD WING CAFE SOUTH The Doghouse Band & Mountain Thunder Cloggers (bluegrass), 6pm

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5 WALNUT WINE BAR The John Henry's (swing, jazz), 8pm Autarch, Jungbluth, Uninhabitable & Centuries (punk), 9pm ALLEY KATS TAVERN Bluegrass Tuesday, 8pm ALTAMONT BREWING COMPANY Open mic w/ Chris O'Neill, 8pm ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Tuesday Night Funk Jam, 11pm BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Mark Bumgarner, 7pm BUFFALO NICKEL Trivia night, 7pm

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CLUB ELEVEN ON GROVE Dance, 8:30pm CORK & KEG Honkytonk jam w/ Tom Pittman & friends, 6:30pm DOUBLE CROWN Punk 'n' roll w/ DJs Sean & Will, 10pm GOOD STUFF Old-time Jam, 7pm IRON HORSE STATION Open mic w/ Kevin Reese, 6pm ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL Bluegrass session, 7:30pm JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Singer-songwriters, 7pm Matt Townsend & The Wonder of the World (folk), 9pm

EMERALD LOUNGE Blues jam, 8pm GRIND CAFE Trivia night, 7pm HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Laugh Your Asheville Off!, 8pm IRON HORSE STATION Mark Shane (R&B), 6pm ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL Acoustic on the Patio w/ Taylor Martin & friends, 7pm JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Old-time session, 5pm LEX 18 The Roaring Lions (jazz), 7:30pm LOBSTER TRAP Ben Hovey (dub-jazz, trumpet, beats), 7pm MILLROOM Jonny Fritz (country), 9pm MOUNTAIN MOJO COFFEEHOUSE Open mic, 6:30pm

ODDITORIUM Parasites, Dimarcos & Flamingo Nosebleed (punk), 9pm

MARKET PLACE The Rat Alley Cats (jazz, Latin, swing), 7pm

ONE STOP DELI & BAR Two For Tuesday: Lightning Jar & Displace, 8pm Tuesday night techno, 10pm

TIMO'S HOUSE 90s Recall w/ Franco (90s dance, hip-hop, pop), 10pm TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Early Tuesday w/ Pauly Juhl & Oso, 8:30pm VINCENZO'S BISTRO Steve Whiddon (classic piano), 5:30pm WESTVILLE PUB Blues jam, 10pm WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Irish sessions --- Open mic, 6:30pm WILD WING CAFE SOUTH Trivia, 8:30pm

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Wine tasting w/ Verse (singer-songwriter), 5pm Juan Benavides Trio (Latin), 8pm

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DUGOUT Karaoke, 9pm

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

THE SOCIAL Ashli Rose (singer-songwriter), 7pm

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

NOBLE KAVA Open mic w/ Caleb Beissert, 9pm

SCULLY'S Trivia night, 9pm

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

LEX 18 The HotPoint Duo (gypsy, swing), 7:30pm

ODDITORIUM Autarch, Jungbluth, Uninhabitable & Centuries (punk), 9pm

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

OLIVE OR TWIST Swing dance lessons, 7pm ONE STOP DELI & BAR Bailiff (rock), 10pm PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Likewise (harmony, roots), 6pm SLY GROG LOUNGE Open mic, 7pm STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE Jam Boogie Band (rock, funk, jam), 6pm TALLGARY'S CANTINA Open mic & jam, 7pm THE MOTHLIGHT Sylvan Esso w/ Blanko Basnet (electronic, edm), 8:30pm THE PHOENIX Jazz night, 8pm THE SOCIAL Get Vocal Karaoke, 9:30pm TIGER MOUNTAIN THIRST PARLOUR Sean & Will (classic punk, power pop, rock), 10pm TIMO'S HOUSE Release AVL w/ Dam Good (dance party), 9pm TOWN PUMP Open mic w/ Aaron, 9pm TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Blues & soul jam w/ Al Coffee & Da Grind, 8:30pm URBAN ORCHARD Poetry on Demand w/ Eddie Cabbage, 6:30pm

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

VINCENZO'S BISTRO Lenny Petenelli (high-energy piano), 7pm

BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Open mic w/ Mark Bumgarner, 7pm

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DIRECTOR: Richard Linklater PLAYERS: Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke, Ellar Coltrane, Lorelei Linklater, Steven Prince, Marco Perella DRAMA RATED R THE STORY: A film — shot over a period of 12 years — that chronicles the life of one boy from childhood to the beginning of adulthood.

THE LOWDOWN: Unlike anything you’ve seen, Richard Linklater’s Boyhood is a must-see work of quiet, subtle power that nearly justifies the great reputation that precedes its arrival.

Whatever it is, Richard Linklater’s Boyhood is not quite like anything else. Even the Michael Apted Up series is a different beast, since those are documentaries and this is a self-contained dramatic creation. Just about everyone in the critical world has heaped unstinting praise on it (166 positive reviews vs. two negative ones on Rotten Tomatoes). That it has proved enough of a box office performer for it to be treated as a kind of blockbuster in art film terms is certainly remarkable. This so easily could have been a grand folly by a filmmaker who is no stranger to follies — grand or otherwise. Boyhood is a work that few would even consider undertaking: the story of a boy’s life shot over a period of 12 years — with the same major players in for the duration — that tells its story in vignettes of little more than 10-minute durations each year. Linklater’s attempt is less to tell a story than it is to capture both a life and its times in

ELLAR COLTRANE and ETHAN HAWKE in Richard Linklater’s remarkable Boyhood — a film shot over a period of 12 years following the story of a boy from 6 to 18.

narrative form. As an idea, it’s ... well, on the crazy side. That it works at all is astonishing. That it works as well as it does is almost miraculous.

Setting aside the almost stunt quality of its making (which is hard to do), how good is it really? Is it the “game changer” that has been claimed? Well, since shooting movies over a period of 12 years is unlikely to catch on, I’d say it isn’t. Is it the “greatest coming-of-age” film of all time? I’m hesitant to climb on that bandwagon, because covering a life from 6 to 18 is both more and less than a coming-of-age story — that swath is too broad to conveniently pigeonhole. It has to be taken on its own terms. Is it a great film? Well, maybe — time will tell. It is not without its problems. The acting is often uneven. Linklater’s daughter, Lorelei, who plays Mason’s (Ellar Coltrane) sister, Samantha, is sometimes distractingly shrill (especially early on). Coltrane himself makes up for any acting inexperience by having a likable screen presence.

The nature of the film also makes it a rather long affair — 165 minutes — but I don’t think it would work at all were it any shorter. Some of the

minor criticisms I’ve read — that it’s sometimes pleasantly observational and other times too story-driven — seem to me to miss the point. Life itself is like this — and that’s what Linklater is after here.

There really isn’t much in the way of a plot. We simply drop in on Mason and his family — and fluctuating extended family — once a year.

What drama there is — apart from Mom’s (Patricia Arquette) less-thanstellar choices in husbands, perhaps including Dad (Ethan Hawke) — is largely incidental. It’s mostly in the details — often little things you barely notice, like the obliteration of a children’s growth chart in a rental property — that the film scores its points. Ultimately — like life — it matters very little that the story lacks much in the way of shape, because the individual moments add up to something perhaps even better. And I mean that in terms of this one case. I don’t think I’d care for a steady diet of this approach, but here it works. It evokes memories of one’s own life, even if the specifics are different, and the whole film is infused with a bittersweet quality that stays with you long after the film.

Almost as remarkable as the idea of a filmmaker following the same characters for 12 years is the concept of a filmmaker staying true to such an idea for that same period of time.

By this I mean that Richard Linklater isn’t the same filmmaker — or person — that he was in 2002 when this started. A lot of artistic growth — to say nothing of personal events we know nothing about — happened in that time. If the film reflects those changes — and it almost certainly must — it does so smoothly. It does so so smoothly that it always feels like a single film. I think that may impress me more than anything, which is saying something, since there is much here that impresses me — even if I’m not quite as in love with Boyhood as I’m supposed to be. Rated R for language including sexual references, and for teen drug and alcohol use.

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

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DIRECTOR: Tate Taylor (The Help) PLAYERS: Chadwick Boseman, Nelsan Ellis, Viola Davis, Dan Aykroyd, Lennie James MUSICAL BIOPIC RATED PG-13 THE STORY: The life and times of James Brown, from extreme poverty to the height of his fame and beyond.

THE LOWDOWN: While its nonlinear narrative is interesting as filmmaking, it’s not enough to conceal the numerous biopic pitfalls that drag the film down.

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a pretty exhausted premise, a combination that ultimately creates one disappointing, frustrating whole.

The film is a biopic of The Godfather of Soul, James Brown (here played

by Chadwick Boseman, 42), and suffers from the general condition of simply being a biopic. The story can be too broad at times, and Taylor often loses focus and lets the film meander a bit too much towards the end, leading to an unwieldy 138-minute running time.

But there’s a curious byproduct to these inherent failings, in that Taylor seems to be fully aware of the problems of the worn-out nature of the biopic. To combat this, he throws every narrative device he knows against the wall, making for a much stranger, more interesting movie than one might expect from the director of The Help (2011). Get on Up opens in 1988, with a drug-addicted, velour tracksuit-wearing Brown, then quickly hops back to 1968, with Brown nearly dying on his way to a USO show in Vietnam. After this, we jump five years further into the past — but not before a momentary stop to an interview in the ’70s with Brown’s close friend Bobby Byrd (Nelsan Ellis, The Help) — and then all the way back to Brown’s impoverished childhood in 1930s Georgia.

It’s an impressive feat of cinematic gymnastics that only picks up from there, since the movie never follows a linear narrative path, but rather an emotional one. It switches between eras (sometimes just for moments), often breaking the fourth wall with eccentric, bizarre yet erudite commentary from Brown, and occasionally falling into surreal fits of fantasy.

It’s all an attempt at peeling away the layers of Brown’s personality, a man who was at once a passionate performer and a heartless, driven businessman, constantly at odds with expectations of what he should be and white America’s social values. It’s a complicated look at the man — and one that doesn’t always work. Taylor doesn’t shy away from Brown’s shadier aspects (like domestic abuse), which is admirable as far as honesty goes, but removes much of the sympathy from Boseman’s charismatic portrayal (which is little more than an impersonation, but a damn good impersonation) of the man. That all of Brown’s complexities and foibles are supposed to be boiled down to a rough upbringing and a negligent relationship with his mother (Viola Davis) seems both wholly reason-

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able and unduly simplistic when placed within the framework of the plot. This makes the film’s ideas often feel muddled and unclear. Not helping things is the fact that the story can’t support its length, while Taylor’s bag of tricks is only so deep and can only go so far. Really, there needs to be a Ken Russell level of bombast to make this sort of thing truly transcendent cinematically. While Taylor’s made perhaps the year’s most curious mainstream release, it’s one that never quite pushes its way through to greatness.

Rated PG-13 for sexual content, drug use, some strong language and violent situations.

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

Guardians of the Galaxy HHHH DIRECTOR: James Gunn (Super) PLAYERS: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Lee Pace COMIC BOOK SCI-FI ACTION COMEDY RATED PG-13 THE STORY: A mismatched — and pretty ragged — quartet of unlikely heroes may be the only chance to save the universe.

THE LOWDOWN: A thoroughly engaging, funny, exciting, even charming sci-fi actioner with an appealing cast that makes for excellent summer movie fare.

Once you get away from all the tiresome fanboy “greatest movie ever” gush (why do people do this?), it turns out that James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy is a lot of fun. Sometimes it’s downright delightful. It’s also something pretty rare in that it’s a comic book movie that feels personal and at least provides the illusion of something fresh. That this freshness is mostly the result of reassembling a lot of comfortably well-worn components is not all that important.

(After all, that’s pretty much the story of cinema.) But perhaps its

HHHHH = max rating biggest selling point lies in the fact that Guardians of the Galaxy revels in its own pulpy qualities without deluding itself into thinking it’s some kind of Shakespearean drama.

Basically, it’s all about Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) — who also calls himself “Star Lord,” though the sobriquet doesn’t seem to catch on with anyone but him — a young man who was kidnapped as a child by space aliens just after the death of his mother. After years of training by his kidnapper/mentor Yondu (Michael Rooker), Peter has become a first-rate, swaggering womanizer and thief (or ravager) — all with the aid of a Walkman and a mixtape his mother made for him.

(Mom’s taste in music was pretty thoroughly 1970s top 40 — with the odd inclusion of Bowie’s “Moonage Daydream,” but, hey, it’s always a plus to find a Bowie song that isn’t “Queen Bitch” or “Under Pressure” on a soundtrack.) Yondu has taxed Peter with getting a mysterious orb that it turns out nearly everyone in the universe is after — including the very evil Ronan (an almost unrecognizable Lee Pace). The fact that Peter gets said orb first is, of course, what drives the movie’s story — and what causes Peter to unintentionally team up with greenskinned Gamora (Zoe Saldana), muscle-bound Drax (wrestler Dave Bautista), wisecracking talking raccoon Rocket (voiced by Bradley Cooper), and ambulatory, sort-of talking tree Groot (voiced by Vin Diesel). This is much more important than the story.

The most important aspect of the film lies in the interaction, animosity, and, of course, the grudging bonding of this decidedly mismatched quartet. Oh, sure, it follows a straightforward pattern, but it does so with good humor and seemingly effortless charm that makes it all go down smoothly. It helps that the dialogue is clever and the characters welldeveloped. Pratt makes a likably corrupt hero. Saldana is an appealing female lead. Cooper’s voice work makes a talking raccoon mostly believable, and Diesel manages to make a single phrase almost eloquent. The real surprise is Bautista, whose vocabulary reminds one of boxer-turned-actor Frank Moran, but whose literal-mindedness makes him something else again.

But the extra bonus from a general viewership stance is that — the obligatory Stan Lee cameo to one side — Guardians of the Galaxy works nicely as a stand-alone movie

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that seems (at this point at least) unconnected to the Marvel universe.

It’s a film you can go to without the slightest knowledge of the comics it’s drawn from and enjoy without feeling left out of the joke. That it won’t stand alone — movies that make the kind of money this is headed toward just don’t — is another matter, but one that has no bearing on this one film. Also in the film’s favor is the fact that the action scenes are largely coherent (that is no small feat these days). The biggest downside is that the battle scenes do tend to outstay their welcome. However, the final confrontation between Peter and Ronan is pretty terrific, and a final touch involving Yondu is the cherry on top. As summer blockbusters go, this is about as good as you’ll find.

Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action, and for some language.

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

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ASHEVILLE ART MUSEUM 2 N. Pack Square, 253-3227, ashevilleart.org • SA (8/9) & SU (8/10), 2pm - Episodes seven and eight of Ken Burns’ Jazz series.

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• WE (8/13), 3pm - Singing in the Rain.

• TH (8/14), 6pm - Film historian Chip Kaufmann hosts a screening of three short silent movie comedies.

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This has all the earmarks of an “art” title — a Lasse Hallstrom film that isn’t from a Nicholas Sparks novel, but rather a Steven Knight screenplay. Helen Miren is in the lead role clearly aimed at the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel crowd (even the poster has the same color scheme). So why is this culture clash comedydrama about French vs. Indian cuisine bromh given a wide release by Touchstone? Who knows?(PG)

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Director Jonathan Liebesman comes trailing a resume of pretty dire movies leading up to this latest film version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Does it matter? Probably not. If these mutated amphibians were a part of your childhood, chances are you’ll want to see it. If they weren’t, you probably won’t. The probability of critics having any impact here is slim indeed. (PG-13)

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Into the Storm Steven Quale — the man who brought you Final Destination 5 (2011) — comes calling with what looks like Twister for the 21st century. Except, of course, this will be bigger, badder and more CGI. Warner Bros. assures us that the film “throws you directly into the eye of the storm to experience Mother Nature at her most extreme.” But they haven’t let anyone review said experience yet. (PG-13)

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White Zombie / The Ape Man HHHH

Director: Victor Halperin / William Beaudine Players: Bela Lugosi, Madge Bellamy, Robert Frazer / Bela Lugosi, Wallace Ford, Louise Currie HORROR Rated NR It’s a double dose of Bela Lugosi at the Thursday Horror Picture Show this week, showcasing both the sublime and the sublimely ridiculous. White Zombie (1932) — the first zombie movie ever — is one of Lugosi’s best films. Despite some surprisingly graphic moments, the film is more like a fairy tale with strange poetry, the feeling of a silent movie and Lugosi in possibly his most wholly evil performance. On the other end of the spectrum, there’s The Ape Man (1943) — one of Lugosi’s infamous “Monogram Nine” and a film that fully lives up to its title with everything that implies. B-grade lunacy at its finest.

The Thursday Horror Picture Show will screen White Zombie and The Ape Man Thursday, Aug. 7 at 8 p.m. in Theater Six at The Carolina Asheville and will be hosted by Xpress movie critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther.

Liliom HHHHS Director: Frank Borzage (7th Heaven) Players: Charles Farrell, Rose Hobart, Estelle Taylor, H.B. Warner, Lee Tracy, Walter Abel ROMANTIC FANTASY DRAMA Rated NR Though its romanticizing of spousal abuse seems both weird and wrong today, Ferenc Molnár’s play, Liliom, was a big hit in Hungary and later on Broadway. That it would be filmed by Frank Borzage — a filmmaker who specialized in stories of transcendence — during that brief period when Fox Film was trying for artistic credibility (1926-30) was inevitable. The results are striking, extraordinary and sometimes just plain odd. Entirely made on studio sets, the film is utterly artificial in its German Expressionist style — an effect enhanced by the deliberately stilted dialogue. If you know the musical Carousel, you know the story — in somewhat altered and sanitized form — of Liliom, an egotistical carnival barker, and Julie, the girl who ill-advisedly loves him. This version, however — in spite of its flaws — is the one that truly captures the play’s strange poetry.

The Asheville Film Society will screen Liliom Tuesday, Aug. 12, at 8 p.m. in Theater Six at The Carolina Asheville and will be hosted by Xpress movie critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther.

Judex HHHH Director: Georges Franju Players: Channing Pollock, Francine Bergé, Edith Scob, Théo Sarapo, Sylva Koscina ACTION CRIME DRAMA Rated NR Georges Franju’s Judex (1963) is one fascinating oddity — both a remake of and homage to Louis Feuillade’s 1916 serial about a caped vigilante crime fighter who calls himself Judex (meaning justice). It’s essentially a simple revenge tale that’s made complex by almost nonstop double-crosses and reversals (hey, it’s from a serial). While Franju’s film is certainly more compact than the original, it retains both the story essentials and most of the aesthetics of the 1916 film. Franju’s camera is a little more fluid and there’s more shot breakdown, but the look is much the same. Its greatest asset perhaps is that it never feels like it’s attempting to be quaint.

The Hendersonville Film Society will show Judex Sunday, Aug. 10, at 2 p.m. in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community (behind Epic Cinemas), 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville.

Goya in Bordeaux HHHS Director: Carlos Saura (Tango) Players: Francisco Rabal, José Coronado, Dafne Fernández, Eulàlia Ramon, Maribel Verdú BIOGRAPHICAL DRAMA Rate R While it’s certainly visually striking and avoids being a standard biopic, Carlos Saura’s Goya in Bordeaux comes with its own set of problems. First of all, Saura assumes that the viewer knows a lot more about Spanish painter Francisco Goya than is probable.

Second, the film — with its transparent scrim walls — often feels like a stage production. Third — and most bothersome — it’s all done at a very slow pace that tends to make it all feel like an academic exercise of notable stuffiness. That’s too bad, because there are moments of brilliance here, and the performances of Francisco Rabal and Maribel Verdú are worth the film’s longueurs.

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CNA • CAREGIVER POSITIONS We screen, train, bond and insure. • Positions available for quality, caring and dependable professionals. Flexible schedules and competitive pay. Home Instead Senior Care. Call (828) 274-4406 between 9am-5pm. www.homeinstead.com/159 FAMILY THERAPIST RED OAK RECOVERY, a young adult substance abuse treatment program in Leicester, NC is looking for a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. Qualified candidates will have experience running multi-family groups, the ability to create programming that supports the entire family during the treatment process and a working knowledge of Substance Abuse and its impact on the family system. Responsibilities include: • Weekly sessions with family members not in treatment. • Education and webinars on topics including: addiction, family roles, codependency, ALANON, parenting young adult children and boundaries. • Facilitating multi-family workshops. • Family history and assessment. • Developing and maintaining therapeutic relationships with clients and their families. Please submit cover letter and resume to jobs@redoakrecovery.com LOOKING FOR DIRECT CARE STAFF to provide services to a young male with Intellectual and/ or Developmental Disabilities.

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Find position descriptions and application at www.turningpointservicesinc.com. Click on "Career Opportunities". "We are an equal opportunity employer" PRN FAMILY VISITATION PROGRAM VISIT MONITOR The Mediation Center is hiring a parttime/PRN Family Visitation Program Visit Monitor. For full job description and details, visit our website at http://mediatewnc. org/about/jobs RESIDENT TEACHERS • WNC GROUP HOMES WNC Group Homes provides residential services for people with Autism, Intellectual Disabilities. Currently recruiting for Full and Part-Time Resident Teachers to work in group homes. Qualified staff must have at least High School Diploma and a current Driver’s License. Full-time hours are for 2nd shift, part time hours are on weekends or early morning during the week. WNC Group Homes provides competitive wages and paid training for all new staff. Look to our website at www.wncgrouphomes.org for job details and application. Applications can be submitted to 28 Pisgah View Ave, Asheville, NC 28803.

SEEKING A LICENSED AFL PROVIDER For a 16 y/o male client. Must be able to pass agency requirements: High School Diploma or GED with test scores, valid - DL, auto registration, and auto insurance, background check, CPR/FA training (provided), ability to physically assist individual, and home inspections.

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SEEKING SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELOR Established Counseling Center seeking licensed therapist looking to establish private practice.

Must have CSAC or LCAS credentials. While building your client base, you'll be conducting Assessments and leading groups. Experience and work background in substance abuse highly desired. Please contact Bruce directly at (828) 777-3755 or email resume to trcbruce@ gmail.com.

SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELOR Parkway of Family Preservation Services in Asheville, NC is seeking a Licensed or License eligible counselor to provide substance abuse services in an outpatient setting.

Some evenings running groups, serving in an on-call rotation, and maintaining an individual caseload are requirements of this postion. Competitive benefits: paid holidays, vacation time, health/dental/vision insurnace plans, and 401K are offered. To apply, please contact Erin Bowman, EBowman@ fpscorp.com

PROFESSIONAL/ MANAGEMENT YWCA DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST The Development Specialist works to coordinate the planning and implementation of the overall annual fundraising plan, including all events, mailings, and other donor contacts required for sustainable resource development. The position is full-time, year-round, benefits eligible and exempt.

The YWCA fosters a team environment and seeks employees who are dedicated to promoting our mission: eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all. Minorities are encouraged to apply.

Qualified candidates who are fluent in Spanish and English are strongly encouraged to apply. Bachelors degree or higher is required. Knowledge of the Benevon model of fundraising a plus. See our website at ywcaofasheville.org for the complete job description.

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YWCA GUEST SERVICES PART TIME Guest Services is responsible for the efficient management of the reception area in the entrance lobby with a focus on pleasurable guest experiences and the safety and security of all who enter the YWCA facilities. As the “face of the organization,” our Guest Services staff provides an excellent first impression by being well informed, computer literate, and exhibiting a pleasant demeanor. This position is parttime, non-exempt and reports to the Guest Services Coordinator. Work on weekends, early mornings and evenings is required. The YWCA fosters a team environment and seeks employees who are dedicated to promoting our mission: eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all. Minorities are encouraged to apply. Qualified

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HOTEL/ HOSPITALITY BILTMORE FARMS HOTELS IS LOOKING FOR CANDIDATES FOR THE HOUSEKEEPING DEPARTMENT Good work atmosphere / Competitive salary is offered. Candidates must be able to work various shifts including weekends and holidays. Must be able to provide verification of legal right to work in the U.S. at time of employment. Must be able to pass background check and drug screening. Biltmore Farms Hotels include: Doubletree, Sleep Inn – on Hendersonville Road, Residence Inn - on Biltmore Avenue, Quality Inn and Suites off Long Shoals Road and Hilton – Biltmore Park off Long Shoals Road. Apply at any of the above hotels.

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ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) Don’t just be smart and articulate, Aries. Dare to be wildly wise and prone to unruly observations. Don’t merely be kind and well-behaved.

Explore the mysteries of healing through benevolent mischief. Don’t buy into the all-tooserious trances. Break up the monotony with your unpredictable play and funny curiosity.

Don’t simply go along with the stories everyone seems to believe in as if they were the Truth and the Way. Question every assumption; rebel against every foregone conclusion; propose amusing plot twists that send the narratives off on interesting tangents.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) Breve orazione penetra is an old Italian idiom. Its literal translation is “short prayers pierce” or “concise prayers penetrate.” You can extrapolate from that to come up with the meaning that “God listens best to brief prayers.” In the coming week, I invite you to apply this idea whenever you ask for anything, whether you are seeking favors from the Divine Wow or the help of human beings.

Know exactly what you want, and express it with no-nonsense succinctness.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) Every February, you go through a phase when it’s easier to see the big picture of your life. If you take advantage of this invitation, your experience is like being on a mountaintop and gazing into the vastness. Every August, on the other hand, you are more likely to see the details you have been missing. Transformations that have been too small and subtle to notice may suddenly become visible to you. If you capitalize on this opportunity, the experience is like peering through a microscope. Here’s a third variation, Gemini: Around the full moons of both February and August, you may be able to alternately peer into the microscope and simulate the view from a mountaintop. I think that’s about to happen.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) You wouldn’t sip dirty water from a golden chalice. Am I right? Nor would you swig delicious poison from a fine crystal wine glass or 10-year-old vinegar from a queen’s goblet. I’m sure you will agree that you’d much rather drink a magical elixir from a paper cup, or a rejuvenating tonic from a chipped coffee mug, or tasty medicine out of a kids’ plastic soup bowl you bought at the thrift store. Don’t you dare lie to yourself about what’s best for you.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) TV comedian Stephen Colbert confesses that his safeword is “pumpkin patch.” Does that mean he participates in actual BDSM rituals?

Is it the codeword he utters when he doesn’t want the intensity to rise any further, when he doesn’t want his next boundary crossed?

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by Rob Brezny

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LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) Every 12 years, the planet Jupiter spends about a year cruising through the sign of Leo. It’s there with you now, and will be with you through early August of 2015.

What can you expect? EXPANSION! That’s great, right? Yes and no. You might love to have some parts of your life expand; others, not so much. So I suggest you write down your intentions. Say something like this: “I want Jupiter to help me expand my faith in myself, my power to do what I love, and my ability to draw on the resources and allies I need. Meanwhile, I will prune my desires for things I don’t really need and cut back on my involvement with things that don’t inspire me. I don’t want those to expand.”

I don’t know. Perhaps he’s simply joking or speaking metaphorically. But whether or not you engage in literal BDSM, Virgo, there’s an aspect of your life right now that bears metaphorical resemblances to it. And I suggest that you do the equivalent of using your safeword very soon. Nothing more can be gained from remaining embroiled in your predicament. Even if the ordeal has been interesting or educational up until now, it won’t be for much longer. Escape your bondage.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) If you’re planning to hurl a thunderbolt, make sure you’re all warmed up and at full strength before you actually unleash it. It would be sad if you flung a half-assed thunderbolt that looked like a few fireflies and sounded like a cooing dove. And please don’t interpret my wise-guy tone here as a sign that I’m just kidding around. No, Libra: This is serious stuff. Life is offering you opportunities to make a major impression, and I want you to be as big and forceful and wild as you need to be. Don’t tamp down your energy out of fear of hurting people’s feelings. Access your inner sky god or sky goddess, and have too much fun expressing your raw power.

You will be well-appreciated, well-treated and well-rewarded. That’s not so bad, right?

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) Lake Superior State University issues a “Unicorn Questing Privilege” to those people who are interested in hunting for unicorns.

Are you one of them? I wouldn’t be surprised if you felt an urge like that in the coming weeks. Unusual yearnings will be welling up in you. Exotic fantasies may replace your habitual daydreams. Certain possibilities you have considered unthinkable or unattainable may begin to seem feasible. Questions you’ve been too timid to ask could become crucial for you to entertain. (You can get your Unicorn Questing License here: tinyurl.com/unicornlicense.)

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) Your ethical code may soon be tested. What will you do if you see a chance to get away with a minor sin or petty crime that no one will ever find out about? What if you’re tempted to lie or cheat or deceive in ways that advance your good intentions and hurt other people only a little bit or not at all? I’m not here to tell you what to do but rather to suggest that you be honest with yourself about what’s really at stake. Even if you escape punishment for a lapse, you might inflict a wound on your integrity that would taint your relationship with your own creativity. Contemplate the pleasures of purity and righteousness, and use them to enhance your power.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) “The thorn arms the roses,” says an old Latin motto. The astrological omens suggest you’ll be wise to ponder that advice in the coming weeks. How should you interpret it? I’ll leave you to draw your own conclusions, of course, but here are a few hints. It may be that beauty needs protection, or at least buffering. It’s possible that you can’t simply depend on your sincerity and good intentions but also need to infuse some ferocity into your efforts. In order for soft, fragile, lovely things to do what they do best, they may require the assistance of tough, strong, hearty allies.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) In your dreams you may travel to Stockholm, Sweden, to accept the Nobel Prize or to Hollywood to pick up your Oscar. There’s a decent chance that in your sleepy-time adventures you will finally score with the hot babe who rejected you back in high school, or return to the scene of your biggest mistake and do things right this time. I wouldn’t be surprised if in one dream you found yourself riding in a gold chariot during a parade held in your honor.

I’m afraid, however, that you’ll have to settle for less hoopla and glamour in your waking life. You will merely be doing a fantastic job at tasks you usually perform competently.

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DID YOU KNOW MURDER VICTIM LOUISE DAVIS SHUMATE IN 1966? Seeking information about Opal Louise Davis Shumate, one of three murder victims in Hendersonville in July 1966.

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If you go to an American doctor to be treated for an ailment, odds are that he or she will interrupt you no more than 14 seconds into your description of what’s wrong. But you must not tolerate this kind of disrespect in the coming days, Pisces — not from doctors, not from anyone. You simply must request (or, if necessary, demand) the receptivity you deserve. If and when it’s given, I urge you to speak your truth in its entirety. Express what has been hidden and suppressed. And this is very important: Take responsibility for your own role in any problems you discuss.

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