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PaGe 12 LaND OF THe SKY-HIGH ReNTS What’s behind the big price increases for downtown retail space? Xpress looks at the factors involved and the effects on local businesses. And be sure to check out part two of the 2016 Best of WNC “X” Awards. cover photo Thomas Calder cover design Scott Southwick

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The letter writer for “Rethink Your Battles, Protesters,” [Aug. 3, Xpress] really must have a very calloused heart to say that police killings under “circumstances that were obviously unjust” was “incredibly disheartening.” I would say the repeated, almost daily, killing of unarmed and nonviolent black men, boys, women and girls is absolutely heartbreaking, soul-destroying and completely depressing. It is the lack of any public remorse by our country’s police that is incredibly disheartening. But one thing that writer did not mention is that often the original police stories of those killings were often proven totally false when videos came to light. That has happened many times. And no one faces any real consequences.

That letter writer then goes on to defend the Asheville Police Department officer in the recent shooting of Jai Lateef Solveig “Jerry” Williams, without any corroborating evidence other than what has been presented via the APD in the local media. I was not at the scene of this shooting, but I have heard from

people who have talked to witnesses on the scene, and they are telling a very different story. I have also heard that there is video from this shooting, but that APD still has the cell phones with the videos on them. If that is true, then the APD needs to release the cell phones and videos and let the public judge the evidence.

And I think the State Bureau of Investigation report on A.J. Marion should be released also. I feel that would go a long way to corroborate the APD’s version of what happened at that [September 2013] shooting — or not. I have lots of doubts about that incident.

At Bele Chere in 2007, I saw an APD officer grab a young women and throw her to the pavement and then yell at her to leave immediately or he would have her arrested. She jumped up and ran off. I went up to this officer a few minutes later and asked him why he threw her to the ground, and he told me that he did not throw her to the ground, she tripped. I found out that two local women (one a friend, one a stranger) had also seen this incident from a closer perspective. We decided to pursue this with Chief [Bill] Hogan.

After months of stalling, we met with Chief Hogan and two city officials. At that meeting, Chief Hogan told us we did not see what we thought we saw. I learned from that experience that APD officers can lie to my face, and the chief

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and city will back him up. Things may be different today, but I suspect not.

I do agree with that letter writer that “it’s not safe with people shooting off assault rifles.” And the only way to counter that problem is to ban assault rifles and round them up.

Having the police shoot up people with assault rifles strikes me as a dangerous course to pursue. I feel it is not the protesters who do not understand the seriousness of the situation -- I think it is the letter writer, the APD and some city officials.

The ones out there protesting do realize how bad the situation is for black people in our country -- we are treating them like their very right to go on living is not an important issue.

We are treating them like their lives do not matter. We are treating them like they are less than fully human with the same rights and same opportunities as anyone else in our country.

There is a rage developing (and has been developing for a long time), and this is a situation that could totally explode, since justice and truth have been denied for so very long. It is a soul-destroying situation that cannot continue. #BlackLivesMatter.

— Susan Oehler Asheville editor’s note: When contacted by Xpress about the 2007 Bele Chere incident, Asheville Police Chief Tammy Hooper provided the following response: “In reference to the 2007 case mentioned [in the letter], that took place nine years prior to me beginning with the Asheville Police Department.

Our Professional Standards Unit did locate an investigative file regarding the incident. The complaint was investigated and a letter sent to the complainant informing her of the results. We cannot release any information on the case due to it being a personnel matter, however, I do agree that the investigation appears to have taken longer to complete than it should have.

Our procedures have been updated since 2007 and require that investigations be completed in a timely manner. If a citizen wishes to make a complaint, they can follow instructions on our website, or call our Professional Standards Unit at (828) 259-5907.

The Asheville Police Department is dedicated to providing the best police service possible and as such, will thoroughly investigate any accusation of wrongdoing by our officers.”

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City should reconsider Biltmore for substation The Sparks Fly article in the last issue [“Sparks Fly: City Struggles to Locate, Regulate New Electrical Substations,” Aug. 3, Xpress] was well-laid-out and informative. There were some statements however, that should be debated and clarified. If the Western Carolinas Modernization and Expansion project was truly a “modernization” project, then Duke Energy Progress would not be trying to cram 100-year-old, air-cooled, ugly substations into the downtown urban core. They would use more modern technology and design that encased the substation in a building with a small footprint, using gasinsulated substation technology.

Second, there is no data to back up the statement by company spokesman [Tim] Pettit that a gas-insulated substation has a tenfold increase in costs. Readily available literature states that the cost may be twice as much, but property savings somewhat offset that cost. Duke has $16 million invested in property around Asheville that they could resell and use the difference to put in a modern substation. The Hilliard site is “a densely populated urban area.”

The city has removed two other sites that are more suitable to installing the old “not modern” air-cooled substation from discussion. Both the Matthews Ford site and the Isaac Dickson site would have allowed a 100-foot setback from the substation and even 50 feet of vegetation. One of the city’s justifications per Mayor [Esther] Manheimer is “that you can’t have a tax-creditfinanced redevelopment within 500 feet of a substation.” This is not true!

The source of funding for the tax credit for the Lee Walker Heights redevelopment is “LIHTC.” The 2016 Qualified Application Plan for LIHTC states that you get six points if not within 500 feet of a substation, but there is no prohibition.

This information is easy to access, and hopefully the city will drop that justification.

If you read the Lee Walker development plan, it does not require the Matthews Ford site for anything other than Phase 2. Phase 2 has nothing to do with the redevelopment of Lee Walker. Phase 2 promises to bring small retail, some market-rate housing, some subsidized housing, a parking garage, etc. The city does not need more retail along Biltmore Avenue.

Phase 2 is all about providing a devel-

oper with prime real estate to build more commercial space along a primarily medical corridor.

The city should allow Duke to build the substation at the Matthews Ford site if Duke insists on “not modern” air-cooled substations. It will not create a public eyesore that is seen constantly by residents and tourists!

— Betsy Sterling Asheville

Fear doesn’t help young men If threats to contraception and abortion access in Western North Carolina cause women to fear sex, and a community in which women fear sex is extremely unpleasant for young men, then why aren’t young men up in arms in defense of contraception and abortion access?

My theory is that both sides of the debate have sought to define men as having some interest in keeping women barefoot and pregnant, but I very much doubt this is the case.

Some young men pull Halloween pranks, but very few would intentionally produce fears so serious or chronic. The reproductive rights movement is being intentionally divided and conquered by gender.

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Why did Meadows skip forum?

The League of Women Voters traditionally sponsors candidate forums prior to elections as part of its commitment to educate voters, register voters and help voters understand our rights as citizens. It has come to my attention that Mark Meadows will not participate in usual forums prior to this very important November election.

Why is Mark Meadows ducking WNC women?

Chapters of the League of Women Voters in Henderson County and Macon County recently invited the congressional candidates in the N.C. 11th District to participate in forums wherein they would be allowed to speak briefly, then field questions put to them by the audience.

Democratic candidate Rick Bryson accepted.

c art o o n B Y B r e n t B r o w n Republican candidate Mark Meadows declined.

One is inclined to wonder why Meadows would avoid an open discussion with WNC women. Is it because the questions are not vetted by his staff? Is it because they might ask about the ethics issue [regarding severance pay to his former] chief of staff ... ? ...

So, Mark, what’s the story? What don’t you want to say in front of WNC women? This snub is not only an insult, but it is unconscionable to deprive our WNC voters (of all genders, races, creeds, ethnicity, etc.) the opportunity to hear and question, in a nonpartisan venue, candidates for public office.

— Suzanne Thomas Franklin

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Land of the sky-high rents Downtown businesses face steep cost increases ies, and the financial clout of chains and national brands.

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haPPY eNDING: ZaPow’s downtown rent woes attracted widespread social media attention in June. Gallery co-owner Lauren Patton says that things seem to be working out for the best now that she’s signed a 10-year lease on a larger space on Coxe Avenue in the up-and-coming South Slope district. Photo by Virginia Daffron

BY Virginia DaFFron vdaffron@mountainx.com aDDitional reporting BY lee elliott

In our broad valley at the confluence of the French Broad and Swannanoa rivers, ringed as we are by mountains and sheltered by the architecture of glory days long past, it’s possible to imagine Asheville as a city apart, populated by quirky individualists and served by independent businesses tailor-made to suit the local ethos.

But it’s dawning on us that our illusion of isolation is just that — an illusion. In the sky above Asheville, construction cranes swing to and fro, building towers for national hotel chains. At the street level,

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some storefronts are already occupied by well-known national brands, from clothing retailers Urban Outfitters and Anthropologie to restaurant chains Marble Slab Creamery, Jimmy John’s and Mellow Mushroom.

Beside the river, Colorado-based New Belgium Brewery has opened its East Coast outpost. And along commercial corridors like Hendersonville and Tunnel roads, strip development and big-box stores abound.

Asheville has well and truly been discovered, and our growing integration into the national economy has brought both rewards and threats.

Last fall, downtown independent business owners timed a protest against the growing presence of chain retailers to coincide with the opening of an Anthropologie store on Lexington Avenue. This spring, a national

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study by the Institute for Local SelfReliance revealed that Asheville experienced the fourth-fastest increase in retail rents in the country, among urban areas. With a 17 percent jump in average retail rental rates between 2014 and 2015, Asheville trailed only Charleston, S.C. (at 26 percent), Portland, Maine (22 percent), and Nashville, Tenn. (19 percent). And, the study points out, over the same period, both median per capita income and retail sales grew just 1 percent.

So if sales revenues aren’t growing, what’s behind the big price increases for urban retail space? According to the study, and to a number of locals interviewed for this story, some of the factors contributing to the price surge include intense demand for commercial real estate as an investment, the growing popularity of cit-

While today’s local business advocates lament the influx of chains, downtown Asheville once boasted plenty of big-name retailers, from the iconic S & W Cafeteria to J.C. Penney, Sears and Belk department stores. After those businesses moved to the Asheville Mall in the 1970s, commercial activity downtown dwindled and many storefronts were boarded up. As the center of the city stagnated, ownership of many downtown buildings was consolidated in the hands of a small number of families.

The Lantzius clan is one such family. In the late 1970s, john lantzius — a landscape architect who was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, raised in Asheville and, as an adult, resided in both cities — began buying buildings along Lexington Avenue. Lantzius cleaned and repaired the old commercial buildings and began curating a considered mix of small businesses to promote his vision of a dynamic, livable city with an emphasis on historic preservation. With other downtown advocates, Lantzius opposed a city plan to demolish an 11-block area to create a downtown shopping mall.

After city voters nixed the downtown mall idea in a hard-fought $40 million bond referendum on Nov. 3, 1981, Lantzius continued to acquire property, eventually owning buildings along both sides of Lexington Avenue from College Street to Interstate 240, as well as several properties on Broadway Street. He and his family members amassed over 500,000 square feet of commercial space and were among the public-spirited catalysts for the revival of downtown Asheville. julian price, roger mcguire, david brown and others also acquired property and worked to nurture the city’s comeback. truly ball, owner of Nest Organics on Lexington Avenue, has many fond memories of Lantzius,

who died in 2014. “We had a wonderful, wonderful landlord in John Lantzius, whose legacy was preserving downtown Asheville,” she says, noting that Lantzius had “the personal touch,” often stopping in to chat and check on how her business was faring. He could often be seen picking up trash along Lexington, she recalls.

“Obviously, he was a businessman and he was doing well, but he wasn’t in any way greedy,” Ball explains. “He really cared about the city.” Since Lantzius’ death, however, many tenants, including Ball, have wondered how his heirs will handle the family holdings. tom leslie — who manages properties owned by Lantzius’ sister, dawn, and his two daughters, anne maria strauss and susan rich — says the family remains committed to John Lantzius’ vision for Lexington Avenue. They hope and plan to continue to rent to mostly “home-grown” businesses, Leslie says.

Ball’s shop is a tenant in 49 North Lexington Ave., which sits at the corner of Lexington and Walnut Street. The 71,000-square-foot building also has retail frontage along Rankin Avenue. Those spaces on Rankin, along with several others in the building, have been vacant for quite a while. Leslie explains that city building codes require a new sprinkler system to be installed before any unoccupied units can be rented. He is soliciting bids for that work, as well as for a new roof. When those projects are completed, Leslie expects the spaces on Rankin Avenue to rent for $20-$28 per square foot per year, which he describes as “market rate” for downtown Asheville.

trulY local: Homegrown retailer Truly Ball of Nest Organics says about 60 percent of her merchandise is locally or regionally produced. Photo by Virginia Daffron IN hIGh DemaND According to the ILSR’s April report, one of the main factors fueling rising rent prices is demand for real estate as an investment. “A global surplus of capital seeking higher returns is flooding into urban commercial real estate, causing a speculative run-up in prices,” the report explains.

Local real estate broker jim diaz of CoveStar Investment Realty Advisors agrees that there’s more demand for downtown investment property than there is supply. “Because of the

appeal and the unique character of Asheville,” he explains, “there is a desire for ownership ... no matter what it costs.” That demand has led to a market in which prices have become disconnected from the underlying investment fundamentals, Diaz says.

“People are now willing to pay more for the same cash flow [from commercial leases]. As the values have gone up, returns are going down.”

Citing recent downtown sales including 28 North Lexington Ave., 60 Patton Ave., 29 Page Ave. and 50 and 60 McCormick Place, broker austin

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walker of Whitney Commercial Real Estate Services agrees that the market for Asheville property is red hot.

For example, the Junior League of Asheville bought its headquarters at 29 Biltmore Ave. — which served as the home of its Next to New thrift shop until the store closed in 2009 — for $35,000 in 1984. The 4,000-square-foot building sold on June 14 of this year for $875,000 to local real estate investor alex Quarrier, who told Xpress he hopes to continue to work with the current retail tenant, Van Dyke Jewelry & Fine Craft. On the upper floors, Quarrier says, he’s looking to attract an office tenant; in the future, he may consider creating residential units above the retail space. The Junior League has moved to new office space at 409 Executive Park, which is located on College and Charlotte streets.

As well, the former Jesse Ray Funeral Home property at 185 Biltmore Ave. was sold in March last year for $875,000 after it passed into the estate of julia ray, jesse ray’s widow. Although the brick building had a lot of history — it was Asheville’s first hospital serving the African-American community when the Rays bought it in 1951 — the structure was demolished and the parcel now serves as a parking lot for Green Man Brewery. moVING BlueS Across the street from the Lantzius property at 49 North Lexington Ave., smoke shop Octopus Garden occupied a storefront at 80 North Lexington starting in the early 1990s, says greg casey, who manages all of the retailer’s seven locations around Asheville. When

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Octopus Garden’s lease ended, Casey explains, the Seattle-based owner of 80 North Lexington declined to renew the agreement, saying the owner plans to develop residential units on the upper floors of the building.

When they realized the lease wouldn’t be renewed, Casey says, Octopus Garden had only 30 days to find another space. Though Casey originally planned to move overnight and open in the shop’s new location at 188 Coxe Ave. the next morning, things didn’t work out that way.

Delays in obtaining necessary city permits led to the shop’s equipment being placed in storage, where it remains two months after the move. Casey says he hopes to open the new store in one or two months.

But looking on the bright side, Casey continues, Octopus Garden is “super excited” about moving to Coxe Avenue, one of the main thoroughfares in the area that locals and city planners are calling the South Slope. “It’s definitely the up-and-coming area,” he comments. When the new store opens, it will have more than twice the area of the old downtown location, yet the rent will be slightly less. Casey says he expects it will take foot traffic in the South Slope a couple of years to catch up to that on Lexington Avenue, but he’s optimistic about the store’s future in its new location. That’s fortunate, because Octopus Garden signed an 18-year lease. “We didn’t want any chance of going through what we are experiencing right now anytime soon,” Casey says.

Joining Octopus Garden in the fastgrowing district will be ZaPow art gallery, which will move to 150 Coxe Ave. in October. Gallery co-owner lauren patton says she was thrilled to sign a 10-year lease on a space that will include the gallery, a recording studio and classroom, storage space for artwork, a mailing area and two public unisex bathrooms.

The area’s many breweries and restaurants will be a great draw for her customers, she continues.

ZaPow’s lease renewal negotiations for its current space, Unit 101 at 21 Battery Park Ave., drew attention in June when the business faced a big rent increase. When Patton and matt johnson first leased the location in 2011, their rent was below market rate for the 2,700 square foot space. By this year, Patton says, the gallery was paying $22 per square foot.

Walker says Patton’s rent is close to the average for current rents downtown, which he pegs at $24 to $26 per square foot. A year or 18 months ago, he explains, average rents were around

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SPreaD the loVe: ZaPow and Octopus Garden will join restaurants and breweries in the up-and-coming South Slope district. In October, ZaPow plans to move into 150 Coxe Ave. (the building under construction in this photo); Octopus Garden will be just down the street at 188 Coxe Ave. Photo by Virginia Daffron $18 per square foot. “Then they just started skyrocketing,” he says.

ZaPow’s landlord outlined several possibilities for the gallery’s lease renewal, ranging from an 18 percent increase for a one-year extension to a 24 to 36 percent increase over a fiveyear term. All of the options required immediate payment of an additional month’s rent as a security deposit.

Patton and Johnson took to social media, asking for pledges to help cover the increased costs; the property owner subsequently withdrew from the negotiations.

While Patton declines to identify the property owner, public records indicate that Unit 101 belongs to tom flora, who operates Three Dog Bakery next door in Unit 103. Flora, however, says he’s not the gallery’s landlord, and that father-son team greg and eric barnes of Atlanta own the space. Asked why public records name him as the owner of the unit, he says, “Well, because the records are kind of screwed up in this building.”

Attorney thomas grella, whom the Buncombe County Tax Office identified as the lawyer for the transactions involving units 101, 102 and 103, did not return a call seeking clarification.

Salon owner rebecca hecht — who founded the local business advocacy group UnChain Asheville — points

out that moving a business is far from easy or cheap. Beyond hiring movers to relocate furniture, merchandise and equipment, business owners must secure new signage, phone lines, internet service, printed materials and more. The costs, plus the disruption of the move and the challenge of attracting customers to the new location, Hecht says, can severely strain the viability of a small business. traffIc uP, SaleS DoWN asia guyer owns the North Lexington clothing boutique Virtue.

When Guyer began building her downtown retail clothing business in the early 2000s, her target demographic was local Asheville women who wanted fun, fashionable and affordable wardrobe items. But lately, with sidewalks crowded and parking scarce, her customer base seems to be tilting more and more toward vacationers and away from locals. Guyer says she believes residents are choosing to shop in lesscongested areas, and her sales are at their lowest level in six years.

“Tourists don’t spend as much money,” Guyer says. “They’re traveling, they’re on a budget and

they’re thinking about what they can throw in their suitcase.” While Guyer didn’t want to comment on her lease situation, public records show her building is owned by local real estate investors david and cecelia brown.

Nest Organic’s Ball agrees that an increase in foot traffic hasn’t yielded a corresponding increase in sales. As well, she’s noticed that visitors seem to be coming from farther afield, with a noticeable uptick in European tourists, a trend also reported by other downtown retailers.

Hecht concurs that the demographics of the visitor mix have shifted. Previously, she says, “We had a lot more people in their 30s to their 50s, and they had a little more expendable income.” These days, she sees a younger crowd with a different set of reasons for visiting the city. “Whereas before it was like, ‘Oh, there’s a great arts-and-crafts scene here, there’s great food and lots of awesome little shops,’” she explains, “now it’s beer, beer, beer.”

Local salon customers, Hecht says, have complained more about the hassles of driving and parking downtown in the past year and a half than ever before. While she values the vibrant atmosphere of downtown, and the cachet that comes with an urban location, she has begun to question whether the visibility of Adorn Salon & Boutique’s location on College Street is worth it. “If your locals aren’t downtown anymore, it’s not like they even have the awareness that you’re there,” she explains.

PoWer of chaINS Anthropologie’s Lexington Avenue shop is one of over 200 locations for the retailer. Asheville resident faymi winters oversees the store, along with seven others, as a district manager for the brand. “We have been welcomed so warmly by our local customers and business owners along Lexington,” she reports.

Winters doesn’t buy into the “chains versus local businesses” debate. “Some of my favorite stores are local businesses, and my team feels the same way. When I shop at Minx [on Lexington], I see customers there with bags from Anthropologie, bags from Tops For Shoes and I see the same in our store,” she says. “There’s room for everybody,” Winters suggests.

But there’s no denying that national businesses bring a lot of bargaining clout to the table in real estate negotiations. As the ILSR report points out, “Banks and other lenders often provide lower interest rates or better terms if a property owner or developer has signed national, brand-name tenants.” Not only that, but chains are increasingly seeking urban space for expansion, “... having saturated the suburbs and under pressure from shareholders to show square footage growth year after year,” the report explains.

National retailers generally require larger spaces than independent local businesses need or can afford. Once an older building has been redeveloped to suit a national tenant, the chances that the resulting space will ever again be home to an independent business are slim, according to the ILSR report.

Mayor esther manheimer says the city could require an additional approval process for knocking down interior walls or other building projects that would create bigger spaces within existing downtown buildings.

Beyond targeted measures that seek to preserve spaces suitable for local businesses, Manheimer says, the city’s options are limited. “We have no ability to exert rent control, and we can’t prohibit chains or any other category of business from renting space downtown,” she explains.

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GroWth aND coNSeQueNceS Once upon a time, urban planner joe minicozzi says, “Chains built valuable assets in communities. Now they don’t.” National retailers, he continues, come to Asheville to extract wealth from the community. That money is distributed to shareholders and corporate employees who, by and large, are elsewhere. But Minicozzi doesn’t think that giving handouts to local independent businesses is the answer. Rather, he says, Asheville should seek to level the playing field by encouraging growth downtown and in emerging areas like the South Slope, which would create new opportunities to grow the local economy and deliver local benefit. While he professes that, “generally speaking, monolithic chains cause harm,” it’s important to remember, “This is a downtown, not a museum.”

Minicozzi expresses frustration that one of the key components of the city’s 2009 Downtown Master Plan has not been implemented: the establishment of “Community Investment Districts” to oversee and maintain sections of

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news downtown. Within district boundaries, property owners would pay slightly higher taxes; the increase would be dedicated to administering and improving that CID. John Lantzius, Minicozzi recalls, was a great supporter of the CID concept, and he owned buildings within an improvement district in Vancouver.

In Asheville’s downtown, says Minicozzi, who advises cities across the country, “We are lucky that we’ve got so many different spaces.

It would be awful if we were all chains. But we run the risk of going that direction.” Because Asheville is ambivalent about growth, he continues, “We’re not growing our city to capture the demand that’s coming in. The property that’s left as we get more popular becomes so precious, and then, of course, prices go up.”

But independent businesses can learn from national chains. For a start, suggests Minicozzi, indie businesses could keep their shops open past 6 p.m.“Most cities would kill for the foot traffic we have in the evening, especially on Friday nights and the weekend,” he says.

Resentment toward chains that move into Asheville may be misplaced, Minicozzi points out. “To some extent, it isn’t about hating the player, but hating the game.”

BuIlDING commuNItY When architect jim samsel set out to purchase 60-64 Biltmore Ave. in 1985, he recalls, “The first banker I tried to get to look at it wouldn’t even get out of the car.”

By taking on what he describes as “a great deal of risk,” Samsel and a partner eventually secured financing to buy the two buildings, and embarked on a multiyear renovation to update the 1920s-era structures. Samsel now has five partners in the limited liability company that owns the property.

In 1991, Samsel’s first tenant, Laurey’s Catering, moved in. After a while, the Asheville Wine Market took up residence in the building.

Samsel thinks the synergy between the two businesses helped both to grow, a phenomenon he’s seen repeated with other tenants over the years. With few exceptions, he’s managed to rent mainly to locally owned small businesses, and he says he’s tried to keep his leases reasonable. Over time, though, costs do go up and those must be shared by tenants, he explains.

For those buying into the market now, maintaining affordability

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freakS out? Colorful and funky, Lexington Avenue draws crowds of visitors. Many local retailers say the growing foot traffic is bringing higher rents — potentially pricing out the indie businesses that created the street’s vibe. Photo by Virginia Daffron is more of a challenge, Samsel says: “If you buy a building in today’s market, you pay a higher price per square foot to start with and the taxes are higher.” Newer downtown owners may also be what Samsel calls “folks from afar.” Those investors, he continues, “might have different expectations for the return on their investment.”

Adorn Salon & Boutique’s Hecht says she’s been lucky to rent from landlords who share her perspective as a retailer. Tops For Shoes’ bob and ellen carr, she explains, “understand the ups and downs and ins and outs of retail business, so they can be more realistic with what they think of as reasonable rent increases.” Her husband, evar hecht, has also been fortunate in his landlords at 12 Wall St., the longtime location of Paul Taylor Custom Sandals. The owners of his unit, Hecht explains,

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have been “really reasonable about keeping the rent stable.” But like all downtown retailers, Hecht and her husband don’t have a crystal ball for predicting what will happen at the end of Paul Taylor’s current lease.

“When the lease is up, we’ll see what we deal with then,” she says.

Another local business that counts itself fortunate in its landlord is Bouchon, a French-inspired bistro run by chef michel baudouin on Lexington Avenue. The restaurateur, who has operated eateries in Asheville for 11 years, attributes part of his success to stable, long-term leases. “I can only speak for myself, but it has been a very good run for Bouchon,” Baudouin says. “I have several years left on my lease and an option to renew.”

At the same time, more local shop and restaurant owners declined to speak to Xpress for this story than were

willing to comment, citing concerns about the possible consequences of discussing the terms of their leases for future lease negotiations.

ShaNGrI-la IN PerIl Former downtown business owner and current City Council member brian haynes says Asheville faces a real risk of diluting what has made the city so popular. “If our downtown were to become dominated by corporate chains or large national retailers, it would destroy the very fabric that made us this destination hot spot,” Haynes comments.

Losing the city’s unique small businesses would turn Asheville into “Anywhere, USA,” he warns.

Manheimer agrees that maintaining downtown Asheville’s character is both a challenge and a priority for the city. “I hope that having a

large number of local owners will, in the long run, help us preserve more downtown space for local businesses,” she says. Broker Jim Diaz also puts considerable faith in local real estate developers and owners. “The last thing they want to do is put a bunch of national credit retail downtown, pouring bleach on the scene and homogenizing the landscape,” he says. “That wouldn’t work at all.”

“Asheville’s downtown is our community jewel,” says pat whalen.

While other cities grapple with knitting together the holes in their urban fabric, the developer continues, Asheville struggles with different issues: a compact footprint, limited parking and inadequate sidewalk space.

Lexington Avenue provides a great example, Whalen says: “The city has designated Lexington as one of our key pedestrian streets, and it’s a 3-foot sidewalk with utility poles in the middle of it all the way down from Patton.”

Whalen, who’s been the president of the pioneering development firm Public Interest Projects since 1991, says the dangers facing Asheville are real: “I’m concerned if we can’t spread the love of Asheville’s urban experience to more properties [outside the city center], all that attention to the Central Business District will continue to produce just what we are seeing — higher rents.” And higher rents definitely hit small local businesses much harder than national brands, he concedes.

The solution, in Whalen’s eyes, is expanding the CBD by allowing denser development in the six to 10 blocks surrounding the city’s center, building new parking structures and replacing some existing on-street parking areas with wider sidewalks.

For Hecht, downtown Asheville represents the culmination of a community effort involving the city, property owners, business owners and customers. In the face of the pressures that have inflated the value of commercial real estate and squeezed local businesses, she says, “I’m really hoping it’s not too late to save this really special, really unique downtown that we’ve all worked hard together to create.” X

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from shame to sharing New Family Justice Center provides one-stop resource for domestic and sexual abuse victims This week’s opening of Buncombe County’s Family Justice Center offers hope, but takes its inspiration from a tragic past.

In 2013, a year that saw 108 domestic violence-related homicides across North Carolina, Buncombe County tallied eight of those and tied for second highest in the state, according to the Attorney General’s Office. Data also shows in the previous five years the county had 16 domestic violence-related murders, bringing the six-year total to 24 people.

Those statistics were the catalyst for creating a one-stop center for abuse victims, according to julie Klipp nicholson, coordinator of the county’s new FJC. The FJC, located in the William H. Stanley Center, received $1 million from the county to renovate the space, which now houses nonprofits, law enforcement agencies, health and forensic services and other abuserelated resources. Klipp Nicholson says the FJC streamlines services, making it easier for victims to get the information and help needed to move on with their lives. “We are really a part of what’s becoming a national movement. There are a few other family justice centers in the state,” she says.

SIGNS of the tImeS The Asheville area hasn’t always been as intentional about helping victims escape abuse. ann von brock moved to Asheville in 1978 and was influential in starting Helpmate, a nonprofit with that very mission as its focus. In stark contrast to the FJC’s sensibility, Von Brock says, the societal attitude toward domestic abuse victims in the late ’70s and early ’80s was hush-hush. “Basically, at that point in time, it was hidden from the public. Family members and neighbors who were aware of domestic violence tended to put the responsibility back on the victim. There were also families that worked hard to rescue victims. But there was a sense in the community that you didn’t talk about it. It was an underground problem.”

Even if it wasn’t discussed in polite company, Von Brock and others knew domestic violence was a problem. She joined a city task force focused on help-

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all haNDS oN Deck: The Family Justice Center provides victims of abuse the opportunity to receive a variety of resources at a centralized location. Staff from Helpmate, Our VOICE, law-enforcement agencies, Mission Health, Pisgah Legal Services and others all will be housed in the facility. Pictured are, front row from left: Elisa Jacobs, Angelica Wind, April Burgess-Johnson, Julie Klipp Nicholson, Sonya Greck and Dr. Kellet Letson. Back row from left: Geoff Sidoli, Sgt. Ben McKay, Capt. Stony Gonce, Sheriff Van Duncan, District Attorney Todd Williams and Jim Barrett. Photo courtesy of FJC ing battered women, an initiative that provided a volunteer-staffed hotline for abuse victims and which would evolve into Helpmate. “In 1978, the task force did a survey of law enforcement and local agencies to try to figure out the extent of abuse, and the numbers were much higher than projected. We had expected, based on national FBI statistics, there would be about 5,000 people in Buncombe County who were being battered, and it was more like 7,000,” says Von Brock. ellen clarke, another pioneer in organizing the city’s resources for abuse victims, served as the founding executive director of Western Carolinians for Criminal Justice and was involved in efforts that led to the creation of the Rape Crisis Center, an entity that would become the sexual assault-awareness nonprofit Our VOICE. She says the fight for awareness went beyond family

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and social circles. When the Rape Crisis Center wanted to introduce rape kits to emergency rooms, and as an investigative tool for law enforcement, “It got nowhere,” Clarke recounts. “There was no interest whatsoever by law enforcement to have an outside group coming in and talking to them about how to investigate a rape.”

Von Brock also remembers trying to make rape-kit protocol a best practice. “Back then, emergency room staff didn’t have training in rape kits, and even though they were supposed to be kept in the hospital, very few ER physicians were familiar with them or knew how to collect the evidence required. The whole issue of rape kits being available and used certainly was a struggle back then,” she says.

Beyond raising awareness, there was also a need to provide resources for victims. Von Brock says abuse survivors didn’t have anywhere to go in the early

days and volunteers would invite them into their own homes. “They would go pick up a woman who had just escaped an abusive situation and take her home until she could figure out what to do next. That evolved into a series of safe places to go: an apartment at the Allen Center, the Salvation Army’s Women’s Lodge. Eliada Home offered a cottage.

We had a sporadic network of places where women could go,” she recalls.

Clarke also remembers trying to reform antiquated state laws and policies. North Carolina did not have the option of prosecuting marital rape until 1993. “That was huge: the idea you weren’t property and didn’t have conjugal obligations. It’s so archaic,” says Clarke.

farther DoWN the roaD Since the spate of domestic violence-related deaths from 2008-2013, Buncombe County has experienced no such homicides in 2014 and 2015, according to april burgess-johnson, Helpmate’s current executive director. However, abuse continues to be an issue, she says, noting that from July 2015 to June 2016, her organization responded to 2,890 crisis calls and provided shelter to 144 adults, which included 143 women and one transgendered person, and 81 children. And those are just the ones who reached out for help, Burgess-Johnson adds.

While it might seem counterintuitive, there are reasons victims don’t seek to escape abusive relationships.

“Often the victim has been intimidated and threatened to the point where she literally fears for her life if she tells,” Burgess-Johnson says. “One common tactic is for abusers to isolate their victims physically and emotionally, effectively cutting the victim off from all avenues of support.” A surprising number of abusers are prominent members of the community, she notes. “The victim fears not only not being believed, but also destroying the career of the partner she loves. Frequently, the income of the abuser is the only financial support a mother has for her children.”

Unreported abuse is a problem, says jim barrett, executive director of Asheville-based nonprofit Pisgah Legal Services, which works to mitigate economic barriers that can keep victims in abusive relationships. “The reason [victims] don’t get help earlier is because it’s gradual. It might start with psychological abuse and control, move into threats and then move into something more serious. We’re trying to intervene earlier in the cycle, before it gets physically violent,” Barrett says.

Barrett’s agency keeps busy helping about 5,000 abuse victims each year.

“My impression is that it’s pretty bad everywhere in North Carolina. Where you have lower education [or] economic distress, I think that puts more pressure on families and partnerships,” Barrett says.

However, Barrett, who’s been with Pisgah Legal Services since 1983, has also seen attitudinal changes in Buncombe and surrounding counties.

“We definitely have had to work on the awareness front. But recently, the leaders of local law enforcement have been very good to train their staff,” he says. Regular training is crucial, he adds. “The people who work in law enforcement reflect the population at large, and there’s all kinds of people that have those jobs. Some of them are

maybe sexist, biased, racist or whatever.

It’s something you have to constantly train on.”

Partner abuse also costs taxpayers, says Klipp Nicholson. “When we look at the financial cost of these incidents, it’s an estimated $6.7 million a year. That’s looking at law enforcement response, incarceration, the medical care, the long-term mental health impacts,” she says. uNDer oNe roof The goal of the FJC is to expedite the process of providing victims with the multitude of resources they will need — a process that, in the past, could involve a victim’s traveling to as many as seven different agencies and having to repeatedly bear witness to harrowing accounts of abuse and trauma. Klipp Nicholson also hopes its presence will bring more abuse victims out of the shadows.

“At the FJC, a survivor of domestic violence or sexual assault has the convenience of coming to one building to access most of the resources she may need. She tells her story one time and then can see advocates, attorneys, counselors, law enforcement, social workers, a forensic nurse and case managers all at the same place. For the professionals, it is a way to network among one another, build relationships for stronger advocacy and [offer] more efficient help for our clients.

Our convenient location at the courthouse will also make it easier for clients to access services,” Burgess-Johnson says.

Barrett also believes the conglomeration of services will foster an environment of collaboration. For example, he says, “There’s a relatively new law that a landlord has to allow the victim of abuse to change the locks. Well, who knows that? Nobody knows that. That little bit of information might allow you to have stable housing versus having to give up your lease and look for housing in this tight market.” Barret believes the FJC will foster a cross-pollination among organizations, making each more aware of the range of services, expertise and resources that the various agencies bring to the table.

Meanwhile, law enforcement is also touting the benefits of advocacy support.

“Over the years, investigators supporting the survivors of domestic and sexual violence, while building prosecutable cases, have had countless experiences where the investigation has benefited from the assistance of an advocacy group,” says Asheville Police Department Sgt. joe silberman. “These partnerships have not changed the role of the investigator, but reinforced it, allowing the detective or officer to fully concentrate on their role as part of a process that is aimed not at statistics associated with closing

a victim’s case, but the human aspect of providing the best outcome for a survivor possible. The support of this new community has already seen successes beyond what had been previously possible,” Silberman says.

Von Brock reflects on how far the community has come in erasing the taboo of exposing abuse. “One of the most significant aspects is the fact [the FJC] is so visible and public. In the ’70s, people didn’t want to talk about abuse,

and certainly didn’t want to acknowledge it. We now have a community stepping up in a big way and saying publicly, ‘We’re going to make sure this community is safe for people.’”

Clarke says the FJC displays a spirit of cooperation that is “promising and delightful.” She, too, wishes it could have arrived sooner, citing, “This is really the model we were looking for 25 to 30 years ago. It’s taken a whole lot of time to get where it is, but it’s a great thing.” X

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PreSerVING our PollINatorS: Central United Methodist Church is collaborating with Creation Care Alliance and local artists to host a community discussion and art show on the importance of preserving local pollinator communities. The event will be facilitated by Scott Hardin-Nieri, director of the Creation Care Alliance, and will feature the work of artists Moni Hill and Claire Sordoni, who create environmentally conscious paintings meant to help create connection to the natural world. The free event will be held at Central United Methodist Church on Sunday, Aug. 21, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. For more information, visit centralumc.org/events.

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community Foundation of Henderson county. $35-$135. Held at Kenmure Country Club, 100 Clubhouse Drive, Flat Rock raft for kIDS Sake 800-451-9972, wildwater.info • SA (8/20), 2pm - Proceeds from whitewater rafting on the Nantahala benefit Big Brothers Big sisters of swain county. $50.95. Registration required. Held at Wildter Rafting, 10345 Highway 19 W, Bryson City SaVe kat WIllIamS

aSheVIlle ruNNING exPerIeNce ashevillerunningexperience.com • FR (8/19) through SU (8/21) - Proceeds from this 3 day running experience with six different running events benefit eblen and other local charities.

Register for schedule, locations and pricing. celeBratING aDam • FR (8/19), 6pm - Proceeds from this celebration of the life of Adam Cooper, include live music with Phuncle Sam and the Bald Mountain Boys and silent auction benefit the family of late West Asheville resident Adam Cooper. Free to attend. Held at the Asheville Food Park, 219 Amboy Road commuNItY fouNDatIoN of heNDerSoN couNtY 697-6224, cfhcforever.org • WE (8/24), noon-1:30pm - Proceeds from “Own Your Philanthropy-Community Foundation of Henderson County’s 2016 Annual Luncheon,” with keynote speaker Meridith Elliott Powell benefit the

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tinyurl.com/savekatwilliams • SU (8/21), 5-8pm - Proceeds from this live music event featuring Free Planet Radio and West Sound benefit Kat williams fight to heal from cancer. $20.

Held at Renaissance Asheville Hotel, 31 Woodfin St. SlIDe the fletch BeNefIt 350-6400 • SA (8/20), 11am-3pm - Proceeds from this outdoor event with a gigantic slip and slide, human bowling, baby pool kick ball, live music and food trucks benefit Hall of Fletcher elementary pto. $8/$5 under 18.

Held at Hall Fletcher Elementary, 60 Ridgelawn Ave. traNzmISSIoN Tranzmission.org, Info@Tranzmission.org • SA (8/20), 7-10pm - Donations at this "Get Physical" early evening dance party benefit Tranzmission. Admission by donation. Held at Vitality Fitness Asheville, 125 S. Lexington Ave., Unit 102

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slide the fletch, take two

THE WETTER THE BETTER: Organizer Robin Payne hopes to raise $4,000 to $5,000 at Hall Fletcher Elementary’s second Slide the Fletch event, which features outdoor water attractions, live music and food. Photo by Jason Garris what: A Slip’N Slide party with outdoor activities benefiting Hall Fletcher Elementary where: Hall Fletcher Elementary field when: Saturday, Aug. 20, from 11 a.m., to 3 p.m. (in-person registration begins at 10:30 a.m.) why: The promise of 50- and 100foot water slides lured several hundred people to last year’s Slide the Fletch event, an outdoor benefit that raised about $3,500 for Hall Fletcher Elementary. For the second iteration, organizer and PTO member robin payne has loftier plans — literally.

“We’ve got an even bigger, inflatable double water slide,” she says, estimating a height of 20 feet. “It excites the kid in all of us.”

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Other attractions at the field day include a human bowling set-up, additional water slides, a covered toddler area and an up-and-coming sport called baby pool kickball. That station is shaped like a regular baseball diamond, Payne explains, but “you run on a Slip’N Slide, and you have to slide into a baby pool instead of the base.”

“We don’t want to turn anybody away,” she continues, so there’s a suggested donation for the wristband that sliders must wear: $5 for individuals younger than 18 and $8 for adults.

Donations beyond that are welcome, but spectators and toddlers can attend for free, too. For them, the gathering offers live music by The Square Circles, refreshments from The Hop and Melt Your Heart food truck, and top-notch people watching.

Earnings from last year’s Slide the Fletch supported progress on Hall Fletcher’s Outdoor Learning Center, a garden area and mini teacher grants to cover expenses like field trips.

Payne expects to use this year’s funds on similar student enrichment projects, though the PTO and teachers will determine specifics.

Considering Hall Fletcher in relation to neighboring institutions, she adds: “We are significantly lower income here. We also have a smaller school. ...

That’s why it’s important that we open our fundraisers up past our school family and out into the community.”

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Coming in September homINY ValleY recreatIoN Park 25 Twin Lakes Drive, Candler, 242-8998, hvrpsports.com • 3rd THURSDAYS, 7pm - Hominy Valley board meeting. Free. leaDerShIP aSheVIlle Summer BreakfaSt SerIeS 255-7100, leadershipasheville.org • WE (8/24), 8-9am - "Finding Shelter," panel discussion with Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity, Asheville Housing Authority, Dewey Property Advisors, First Citizens Bank and Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce. $20 includes breakfast.

Held at Renaissance Asheville Hotel, 31 Woodfin St. leIceSter commuNItY ceNter 2979 New Leicester Highway, Leicester, 774-3000, facebook.com/Leicester.Community.Center • 3rd THURSDAYS, 7pm - The Leicester History Gathering general meeting. Free. oNtrack WNc 50 S. French Broad Ave., 255-5166, ontrackwnc.org • WE (8/17), 5:30-7pm - "Going to College without Going Broke," class. Registration required.

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• FR (8/19), noon-1:30pm - "Budgeting and Debt Class." Registration required. Free.

• TH (8/25), noon-1:30pm - "Going to College without Going Broke," seminar. Registration required. Free.

• TH (8/25), 5:30-7pm - "Budgeting and Debt Class." Registration required. Free.

ShoWING uP for racIal JuStIce showingupforracialjustice.org • TUESDAYS, 10am-noon - Educating and organizing white people for racial justice. Free to attend. Held at Firestorm Cafe and Books, 610 Haywood Road traNSItIoN aSheVIlle 296-0064, transitionasheville.org • SA (8/20), 9am-3pm - Community skill sharing

event. Free. Held at Francine Delany Elementary School, 119 Brevard Road WNc aSPerGer'S aDultS uNIteD facebook.com/WncAspergersAdultsUnited • SA (8/20), 6-9pm - Mini-golf social gathering. $6. Held at Tropical Gardens Mini Golf, 956 Patton Ave. • WE (8/24), noon-2pm - Spectrum Dining: Lunch at Kathmandu Cafe. $9.95. Held at 90 Patton Ave.

DaNce StuDIo zahIYa, DoWNtoWN DaNce claSSeS (pd.) Monday 5pm Ballet Wkt 6pm Hip Hop Wkt 7pm Zydeco 7pm Hip Hop Fusion 8pm Tap • Tuesday 9am Hip Hop Wkt 6pm Intro to Bellydance 7pm Bellydance 2 8pm Bellydance 3 •Wednesday 9am Hip Hop Wkt 5:30pm Hip Hop Wkt 6:30pm Bhangra 7:30pm POUND Wkt 8pm • Thursday 9am Hip Hop Wrkt 7pm West African • Saturday 9:30am Hip Hop Wkt 10:45 Electronic Yoga Wkt • Sunday 3pm Tap 2 6:30pm Vixen 7:30pm Vixen • $13 for 60 minute classes, Wkt $5. 90 1/2 N. Lexington Avenue. www.studiozahiya.com :: 828.242.7595 aSheVIlle frINGe artS feStIVal ashevillefringe.org • WE (8/24), 8pm - Fringe Night: The Accidentals, improv dance. $5. Held at Crow & Quill, 106 N. Lexington Ave. ISIS reStauraNt aND muSIc hall 743 Haywood Road, 575-2737 • "Hot Summer Nights 2016: 80s meets 90s," dance performances by Christine Garvin Dance Company. $23/$18 advance.

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attIc Salt theatre comPaNY 505-2926 • SATURDAYS through (12/31) - Family theater performances. $5. Held at The Magnetic Theatre, 375 Depot St. Blue rIDGe ParkWaY raNGer ProGramS 295-3782, ggapio@gmail.com • TH (8/18), 10:30am - Children’s hour with storytelling, traditional games and crafts for ages 4-12.

Free. Held at Cone Manor, MP 294 BuNcomBe couNtY PuBlIc lIBrarIeS buncombecounty.org/governing/ depts/library

NCDOT TO HOST PUBLIC MEETING AUGUST 30 REGARDING THE PROPOSED CONVERSION OF THE LIBERTY ROAD (S.R. 1228) GRADE SEPARATION OVER I-40 TO AN INTERCHANGE AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW ROADWAY BETWEEN U.S. 19 (SMOKEY PARK HIGHWAY) / N.C. 151 AND MONTE VISTA ROAD (S.R. 1224) IN ASHEVILLE TIP Project No. I-4759 Buncombe County The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) will hold an open-house public meeting for the proposed conversion of Liberty Road (S.R. 1228) Grade Separation over I-40 to an interchange, and construction of a new roadway between U.S. 19 (Smokey Park Highway) / N.C. 151 and Monte Vista Road (S.R. 1224) in Asheville.

The project will address the lack of connectivity along I-40 between U.S. 19/23 and Wiggins Road by providing an alternate access point to I-40.

The open-house public meeting will be held in the Gymnasium at St. Francis Asbury United Methodist Church, located at 725 Asbury Road, in Candler from 4:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. Interested citizens are encouraged to attend at any time during those hours. NCDOT and Consultant staff will be available to provide information on the project, answer questions and receive comments. Please note there will be no formal presentation.

A map of the proposed project is available on the NCDOT Public Meetings Website at: http://www.ncdot.gov/projects/publicmeetings/.

Anyone desiring additional information regarding the project may contact Ahmad Al-Sharawneh, NCDOT Project Development Engineer at (919) 707-6010 or by email at aalsharawneh@ncdot.gov.

Comments may be submitted until September 13, 2016.

NCDOT will provide auxiliary aids and services under the Americans with Disabilities Act for disabled persons who wish to participate in this workshop. Anyone requiring special services should contact Ms. Diane Wilson, Senior Public Involvement Officer at (919) 707-6073 or email: pdwilson1@ncdot.gov as early as possible so that arrangements can be made.

Aquellas personas que hablan español y no hablan inglés, o tienen limitaciones para leer, hablar o entender inglés, podrían recibir servicios de interpretación si los solicitan antes de la reunión llamando al 1-800-481-6494.

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• 4th TUESDAYS, 1pm - Homeschoolers' book club. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. • WE (8/24), 10:30am - Dulcimer Story Time for children of all ages. Free. Held at Leicester Library, 1561 Alexander Road, Leicester cataWBa ScIeNce ceNter 243 3rd Ave., NE Hickory, 322-8169, catawbascience.org • Through (8/28) - "When the Earth Shakes," hands-on interactive exhibit that explore the science of earthquakes, tsunamis, tectonic plates and earthquake engineering.

Admission fees apply. fletcher lIBrarY 120 Library Road, Fletcher, 687-1218, library. hendersoncountync.org • WEDNESDAYS, 10:30am - Family story time. Free.

GIrlS oN the ruN 713-3132, gotrwnc.org • WE (8/17), 5:30-6:30pm - Girls on the Run information session with exercise lesson.

Free. Held at Carrier Park, 220 Amboy Road haNDS oN! a chIlDreN'S GallerY 318 N. Main St., Hendersonville, 697-8333 • WE (8/17), 4-5pm - "Mad Scientist on Wheels," activities. Registration required.

Admission fees apply.

• TH (8/18), 11am - "Healthy Kids Club," for kids of all ages. Admission fees apply.

• TU (8/16), 10am-3:30pm - "Critter Craft– Dogs," crafts for kids. Admission fees apply.

• TU (8/23), 10am-3:30pm - "Late Summer Flower Festival," activities for all ages about and with flowers. $5.

PISGah ceNter for WIlDlIfe eDucatIoN 1401 Fish Hatchery Road, Pisgah Forest, 877-4423 • SA (8/20), 9-11am - "Nature Nuts: Skunks," craft, hike and skunk story. For ages 4-7.

Registration required. Free.

• SA (8/20), 1-3pm - "Eco Explorers: Compass," activities for ages 8-13 to learn how to use a compass. Registration required.

Free.

SmIth-mcDoWell houSe muSeum 283 Victoria Road, 253-9231, wnchistory.org • Through SA (8/20) - Open registration for The Crafty Historian Series back-to-school craft using decoupage technique and illustrations from Our State Magazine. $5.

SPellBouND chIlDreN'S BookShoP 640 Merrimon Ave., #204, 708-7570, spellboundchildrensbookshop.com • FR (8/19), 6pm - Teen Book Club for ages 14-18. Check website for title. Free to attend.

• SATURDAYS, 11am - Storytime for ages 3-7. Free to attend. toYBox theatre • TH (8/18), 8pm - Billy the Liar, puppet show presented by Toybox Theatre. $10/$5 kids.

Held at Trade & Lore Coffee, 37 Wall St. WNc4Peace wnc4peace.com • Through WE (9/7) - Submissions accepted

for Buncombe County students creative works that promote the importance of peacemaking. Categories include: poetry, video, artwork and essays. Entries sent to: wnc4peace@gmail.com. For more information contact: 378-0125. Free.

outDoorS Blue rIDGe ParkWaY hIkeS 298-5330, nps.gov • TH (8/18), 9:30am - Ranger guided Hike to Hebron Falls. Limited to the first 25 people.

Free. Meet at MP 296 • TH (8/18), 7pm - Blue Ridge Parkway After Hours Hike: “Dogs and Cats,” 2-mile easy to moderate ranger-led hike. Free. Meet at MP 377.4 • FR (8/19), 10am - Blue Ridge Parkway Hike of the Week: “Walking the Big Butt,” moderate, 3.2 mile ranger led hike on the Big Butt Trail. Free. Meet at MP 359.8 Blue rIDGe ParkWaY raNGer ProGramS 295-3782, ggapio@gmail.com • SA (8/20), 9-10am - "Magnificent Voyagers," ranger presentation and display of waterfowl. Free. Held at Bass Lake, off US Highway 221, Blowing Rock • SA (8/20), 10-11am - "Wings, Stings and Crawly Things," ranger presentation about insects. Held at MP 294 • SA (8/20), 7pm - "The Civil War in the Mountains," presentation by historian Michael Hardy . Free. Held at MP 297 heNDerSoNVIlle tree BoarD 692-3026 • SA (8/20), 10am - Oklawaha Greenway Walks and Talks: Guided walk focusing on wildflowers. Free. Held at Patton Park, Asheville Highway, Hendersonville lake JameS State Park 6883 N.C. Highway 126 Nebo, 584-7728 • FR (8/19), 9:45am - "Island Hopping Boat Tour," ranger led boat expedition to lake islands. Registration required. Free.

• TU (8/23), 9am - "Toad Trek," ranger led search for amphibians. Free.

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Free.

• FR (8/19), 10am-3pm - "Casting for Beginners: Level II," fly fishing class for ages 12 and up.

Registration required. Free.

• TU (8/23) & WE (8/24), 6-9pm - "Hunter Education Course," 2-day course for all ages.

Registration required. Free.

PareNtING BuNcomBe couNtY PuBlIc lIBrarIeS buncombecounty.org/governing/ depts/library • TH (8/25), 6pm - "Raising a Money Smart Child," workshop. Free. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. Pack'S taVerN 20 S. Spruce St., 225-6944 • MO (8/22), 5:30pm - Community celebration of the career of midwife Jan Verhaeghe.

Registration required: 684-1040 (leave message). $5.

VerNer ceNter for earlY learNING 2586 Riceville Road • Through TU (10/4) - Open registration for a veteran parenting workshop. Classes take place Tuesdays October 4-25, 7pm. Registration: 2987911 ext. 4347. Free.

PuBlIc lectureS leaDerShIP aSheVIlle Summer BreakfaSt SerIeS 255-7100, leadershipasheville.org • WE (8/24), 8am - "Finding Shelter?" panel discussion by local Asheville leaders. Breakfast included. $20. Held at Renaissance Asheville Hotel, 31 Woodfin St. PuBlIc lectureS at uNca unca.edu • SA (8/20), 2-3:30pm - "Cherokee Nation of WNC: The Removal Era and Trail of Tears," public lecture by Dr. Brett Riggs from WCU. $5.

Held at the Reuter Center • TU (8/23), 7pm - Public lecture by visionary technologist and author, Kevin Ashton. Free.

Held in Kimmel Arena PuBlIc lectureS at Wcu wcu.edu • FR (8/19), 5:30pm - “Overcoming Adversity: Turning a Disadvantage into an Advantage," R.J. Mitte speaks at the new student convocation. Free. Held in Ramsey Regional Activity Center

SPIrItualItY 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, 175 Weaverville Road, Suite H, ASHEVILLE, NC, (828) 808-4444, www.ashevillemeditation.com.

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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) 2583229. full mooN traNSmISSIoN meDItatIoN WorkShoP (pd.) Want to help the world, but don't know where to start? Transmission Meditation. Group meditation that 'steps down' energies from the Masters of Wisdom for use by people working for a better world. Non-sectarian. No fees. A simple altruistic service for the world. Free.

Wednesday, August 24, 7pm, Crystal Visions, 5426 Asheville Hwy. Information: 828-398-0609. oPeN heart meDItatIoN (pd.) new location 70 woodfin pl. suite 212 tues. 7-8 pm. Experience the spiritual connection to your heart and the stillness & beauty of the Divine within you. Suggested $5 Love Offering. OpenHeartMeditation.com ShamBhala meDItatIoN ceNter (pd.) Wednesdays, 10-midnight, Thursdays, 7-8:30pm and Sundays, 10-noon • Meditation and community. Admission by donation. 60 N. Merrimon Ave., #113, (828) 200-5120. asheville. shambhala.org ceNter for SPIrItual lIVING aSheVIlle 2 Science Mind Way, 231-7638, cslasheville.org • MONDAYS through (8/22), 7-9pm - Summer Prosperity Series. Admission by donation.

• TUESDAYS, 10:30-11:30am - Science of Mind magazine discussions. Free. the aSheVIlle meDItatIoN cIrcle of Self-realIzatIoN felloWShIP 370 North Louisiana Ave., Suite A4, 299-4214 • WE (8/24), 7:30-8:30pm - "Janmashtami," Krishna Commemoration Day Service. Free.

SPokeN & WrItteN WorD 35BeloW 35 E. Walnut St., 254-1320, ashevilletheatre.org • TH (8/25), 7:30pm - Listen To This: "You’re fired” stories. $15.

BatterY Park Book exchaNGe 1 Page Ave., Suite 101, 252-0020, batteryparkbookexchange.com • TU (8/23), 7-9pm - Han Vance presents his book, Golden State Misadventures. Free to attend.

Blue rIDGe BookS 152 S. Main St., Waynesville • 1st & 3rd SATURDAYS, 10am - Banned Book Club. Free to attend.

Buffalo NIckel 747 Haywood Road, 575-2844, buffalonickelavl.com/ • WE (8/17), 7pm - David Joe Miller presents "Mountain Stories" with Adam Booth and Vixi Jil Glenn. $15/$12 advance.

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• TU (8/18), 2pm - Storyteller Adam Booth performance. Free. Held at Leicester Library, 1561 Alexander Road, Leicester • TH (8/18), 2pm - Skyland/South Buncombe Book Club: Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks.

Held at Skyland/South Buncombe Library, 260 Overlook Road • TH (8/25), 6:30pm - Flash fiction reading with OLLI's Flash Fiction Class and the Black Cap Writers Group. Free. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. leNoIr rhYNe ceNter for GraDuate StuDIeS 36 Montford Ave., 778-1874 • TH (8/18), 6-9pm - "Mining The Fools Gold," story writing workshop with Adam Booth.

Sponsored by The Thomas Wolfe Center for Narrative and The Asheville Storytelling Circle. $35. lIterarY eVeNtS at uNca unca.edu • FR (8/19), 7pm - Appalachian storytelling with Connie Regan-Blake, David Joe Miller and Tom Godleski. Free. Held in the Reuter Center our VoIce 252-0562, ourvoicenc.org/trauma-education-series • SA (8/20), 10am-4pm - "Writing Beyond Rape: From Silence to Song," writing workshop for survivors of sexual abuse with Laura Hope Gil. Registration required: arts@ourvoicenc.org.

Free. Held at Lenoir Rhyne Center for Graduate Studies, 36 Montford Ave. the Block off BIltmore 39 South Market St., 254-9277, theblockoffbiltmore.com • WE (8/24), 8pm - Spoken word open mic. Bring ten minute story, poetry or written work. Sign-ups begin at 7:30pm. Free to attend. thomaS Wolfe memorIal 52 North Market St., 253-8304, wolfememorial.com • SA (8/20), 2-3pm - "Writers at Wolfe," with Tommy Hays author of the middle grade fiction What I Came to Tell You. Free. traDe aND lore coffeehouSe 37 Wall St., 424-7291 • FR (8/19), 8pm - The Charlotte Storytellers present "Conforming." $5.

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Advance directives help patients create end-of-life roadmaps

home VerSuS hoSPItal: Attorney Eva Clement, who helps people prepare advance-care directives, notes that the legal world hasn’t caught up with the cultural shift from at-home to institutionalized deaths. Photo by Thomas Calder

BY emilY Ferron emily.ferron@gmail.com What choices would you like loved ones to make for your endof-life care? Advance directives can help them avoid administrative hassles that interfere with patients’ wishes during an often emotional time, say a local attorney and an end-of-life service provider.

“When my mom was 80 years old, she had a stroke. Immediately afterward, she was cogent, but cloudy,” says an Asheville man who prefers to remain anonymous.

His mother had not made her medical wishes known in any formal way, he says.

“She more or less told my siblings and me, ‘I want to die,’ and

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[she] was moved to critical care shortly after.”

But the elderly woman remained on life-support measures for nearly a year. Meanwhile, it took time for the eight surviving adult siblings to reach a consensus on her care, says the Asheville man. A lack of dedicated guidance from the hospital impeded the process, he says. “The medical machine is great at extracting money from people, for keeping them alive through Medicare and insurance, without considering quality of life. ... There’s no room for conversation about what should actually happen.”

Eventually, the siblings agreed to remove their mother from life support and be with her when she died, the Asheville man says. “But it took my sister’s partner, a professional facilitator who had an outsider’s perspective, to

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say, ‘This is not good for your mom,’ before everyone could make the conscious shift to let it happen.” from home to hoSPItal Asheville attorney eva clement offers a legal perspective on end-of-life experiences like these: Until a few decades ago, the vast majority of Americans died at home, but now, at-home deaths are rare, she says. “The legal world hasn’t totally caught up with how drastically that shift happened,” says Clement.

“We’re caught in this really awkward place between the medical profession’s legal requirement to extend life, regardless of what that really looks like, and the reality, which is that most people do not want to arti-

ficially extend their life with no regard to cost or quality of life.”

Advance health care directives are a proactive measure against this end-of-life gray area and the painful scenarios it can cause, she explains. aDVaNce DIrectIVeS By stating patients’ medical care preferences regarding terminal illness, incapacitation and death ahead of time, advance directives assist surviving family members making critical decisions when patients can no longer speak for themselves. Advance directives are often known as “living wills,” though the latter term is sometimes used more narrowly in reference to specific types of directives.

Advance directives also free medical professionals from liability, a key reason that hospitals provide prolonged, expensive care when patients are terminal. In practice, the “do no harm” obligation often precludes end-of-life measures like the removal of a ventilator or feeding tube. But following a patient’s wishes, whether verbal or through an advance directive, releases the medical staff from liability.

In a living will, Clement explains, people state their wishes about when to receive life-sustaining measures, such as feeding tubes and artificial respiration, versus palliative care that focuses on relieving pain and easing symptoms. Directives may also include other types of medical self-determination, such as choosing to be an organ donor or not.

Despite the benefits of advance directives, there are widespread problems with establishing and enforcing them, says Clement. “For one, most people don’t have them,” she says, “and the people who actually have [directives] don’t make them well-known enough to be put into practice.” a PartIcIPatIoN ProBlem According to a 2014 study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, fewer than 27 percent of adults have prepared advance health care directives.

Cultural attitudes about death contribute to the lack of participation, says caroline yongue, founder of the Asheville-based nonprofit Center for End of Life Transitions.

CEOLT helps individuals prepare for death through education and alternative hospice and burial services. “All of us are going to die,” says Yongue. “People forget that.

They don’t want to look at that,” she says.

Yongue once worked as a home funeral director but began offering workshops on advance directives, based on her observation that no one was prepared for death. “We’ve got lots of choices,” she says. “Most people are unaware of what their choices are and are misinformed about what they have to do.”

Not everyone has a concept of what advance directives are, say both Yongue and Clement, and those who do often face vague definitions and requirements. Standards vary from state to state, and in most states, directives may be approached in different ways.

In North Carolina, stateissued forms exist (see “More Info”), but directives can also be established through other written or verbal communication. “Even a very simple expression of your wishes has to be taken into consideration by your doctor,” Clement explains. “If you were to Google ‘North Carolina advance directives,’ you would find a handful of forms, but none of them would be actually required.”

One person’s directives might consist of a heartfelt set of written wishes accompanied by a comprehensive set of documents, while another may choose to check boxes on a form.

Yongue teaches advance-directive workshops that allow plenty of room for spirituality and reflection, too.

“We break a nine-hour class into three sessions. We can’t do it all in one day because it’s too much,” she says. “What does it mean to have a health care agent? What does it mean to have a living will?”

Yongue continues.

Answering such questions isn’t easy, she says, and in the process, “What arises are people’s fears, their beliefs, their postures.”

Clement says she often adds advance directives when making a client’s will. “Otherwise people don’t think about it and would never do it on their own,” she says. But the extra effort might go a long way.

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GooD commuNIcatIoN Even when advance directives exist, they are rendered useless when not communicated properly.

An individual may express a desire for a natural death on paper but not tell family and friends. Unaware of the documentation, they’re left to guess the incapacitated person’s wishes. Clement advises, “Best-case scenario, you have the written document, you’ve [also] had ongoing verbal conversations with your doctor, and your friends and family know what’s going on.”

Out-of-date directives can also be a common problem. Often created at the same time as a will (or after a diagnosis or other catastrophic event), the instructions may be forgotten by the time they’re needed. Yongue suggests, “I think they should teach advance directives in high school. ... And you should revisit them every year during your birthday month. ”

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The 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act originally included a provision for paying doctors to dispense advice on endof-life planning. But then-Alaska governor Sarah Palin and others claimed that such counseling would create “death panels” — a bureaucratic rationing of health care by the U.S. government. Federal funding for medical advice on advance directives lost momentum as a result of political pressure by opponents.

“If you’re going to receive Medicare funding, you’ve got to have a written protocol in place for seeing if patients have advance directives in place, and then following them,” says Clement, citing federal law.

But the law doesn’t require patients to prepare advance directives, nor does it provide funding for advance directive counseling. Some private health insurers have started reimbursing patients who seek assistance in end-of-life

planning, but this practice is far from widespread.

The proposed Care Planning Act (S. 1549), a bipartisan bill sponsored by Sens. Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.), would extend Medicare coverage to include advance-directive planning and require that the contents of the directives be featured prominently in a patient’s medical record.

The bill would also give patients an option to sign a “portable treatment order” requiring Medicarecertified providers to comply with the order in any care setting. This could prevent patients from receiving unwanted life-prolonging care in their home only to later be brought to a hospital against their wishes.

“Of course it would be a good idea for Medicare to cover advancedirective planning,” says Yongue.

“Then more people would have them, and more people would have a good death.” X

more info At sosnc.gov/ahcdr, the N.C. Secretary of State offers free forms that meet the legal requirements for several kinds of advance directives, as well as a state-administered Advance Healthcare Directive Registry. While not necessary for creating effective directives, they help establish a framework for communicating one’s desires.

These forms include: • health care power of attorney, in which you designate another individual as a health care agent when you cannot make decisions on your own.

• living will, which lets you identify the situations in which you would prefer not to receive life-prolonging measures like feeding tubes, hydration and ventilation; and • advance instruction for mental health treatment, which identifies which mental health treatments you would consent to and which you would refuse.

The Advance Healthcare Directive Registry is an online lockbox for storing advance-directive documents that can be made available to health care personnel and family members.

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Full instructions for using the registry are at sosnc.gov/ahcdr.

Use of the registry does not bypass the need to make directive documents accessible elsewhere. Third parties, such as health care providers and family members, cannot view documents in it without a stateassigned file number and password.

Only the author of the directives can choose whether to share this requisite access information.

It is not legally necessary to have professional help completing advance directives, but it could help clarify a nebulous process and foster improved communication by facilitating discussion of end-oflife matters.

CEOLT offers Advance Directive workshops in Western North Carolina; class descriptions are at ceolt.org/events/advanced-careand-after-death-care-directives.

Alternatively, individuals can consult an attorney who specializes in estate planning or health care law, or ask their primary care physician for more information.

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BY elizaBetH martin toadstoolstudio@gmail.com As Western North Carolina’s population expands, our landscape’s capacity to absorb rainfall is increasingly pushed to — and beyond — its limit. As trees are cut to make way for development, and hard surfaces such as concrete cover more and more ground area, the amount of stormwater that runs into streams and rivers is growing. And that runoff carries with it debris, sediment, pollutants and heat, all of which affect the ecology of local waterways.

The North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service has published a detailed guide to help property owners address and mitigate stream bank erosion. The publication, Small-scale solutions to stream bank erosion, is available for free online (http://avl.mx/2uu) and explains why stream banks often need attention and how to improve them. Some tips and advice from the publication are outlined below. crumBlING BaNkS Even a moderate amount of rain can quickly discharge a large volume of water into streams and creeks. One inch of rain falling on a 1-acre parking lot, for example, can drain 27,000 gallons of water into waterways. When that much water roars through, stream beds can shift course and can also become more deeply incised into the surface of the surrounding land. Fast-moving water doesn’t allow much sediment to be deposited and, without replenishment, the stream bank may begin to erode.

Area streams also face another threat: People like to look at them.

In order to clear the view, property owners often mow right up to the edge of the stream bank. Though understandable, this practice also contributes to erosion, since relatively shallow-rooted turf grass washes away more readily than a mix of plantings.

Erosion degrades wildlife habitat by adding sediment to the water and by altering the physical shape of

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uP a creek: Crumbling banks can lead to loss of land, water pollution and habitat degradation for wildlife. A guide from the N.C. Cooperative Extension Service provides property owners with advice and strategies for stabilizing stream banks on their property.

Photo courtesy of N.C. Cooperative Extension Service the stream. Erosion also results in the loss of riparian, or river bank-related, land, which is itself a rich and unique habitat for wildlife and plant species.

Shifting creek banks can also damage bridges, fences and roads, not to mention houses and other buildings. fIrSt StePS So what is a responsible steward to do? The answer is not always simple.

According to gary higgins, a representative of the Buncombe County Soil and Water Conservation District, there are a few things landowners need to know when considering a stream bank repair.

The first step, Higgins says, is to figure out whether your property and stream lie within the area designat-

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ed as the 100-year floodplain. A fact sheet from the U.S. Geological Survey explains, “The term ‘100-year flood’ is really a statistical designation, and there is a 1-in-100 chance that a flood [of a particular] size will happen during any year.” Thus, the 100-year floodplain is the area that will be inundated when a flood of that magnitude occurs.

Most cities and towns have flood zone maps available for the public to view, or you can visit the website www. freeflood.net to search for your property address. The website is free to use, though it does require that you create an account with a valid email address.

If the property does fall within the 100-year floodplain, you will need to obtain permits from the Army Corps of Engineers, the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, the county where the land is

located and possibly other entities.

If it does not, you may be able to do some repairs and maintenance without permits.

Next, examine the stream in detail.

Higgins points out that “Every situation is different. You have to know what the stream is trying to do, what is natural.” Some things to note include the size and direction of the flow; the stream’s depth and width; how steep the stream bank is; and what sort of plants grow there, including what kinds of root systems are in place. eroSIoN-coNtrol alterNatIVeS Once you have a good understanding of the conditions on your property, there are several possible

solutions if you do have an eroded bank. The first is also the simplest: Allow nature to reclaim the bank.

Instead of mowing to the edge, leave a buffer of vegetation up to 15 feet from the bank. This method is costfree and requires no work, but it can leave the area looking weedy, and some undesirable invasive plants could take over. The bank may still experience some erosion until the plant buffer matures.

Or you could choose to halt the progress of the erosion by planting appropriate native vegetation without moving any earth. Trees and shrubs work to hold the soil in place and to shade the stream, allowing the water to maintain the cooler temperatures hospitable to native stream dwellers like fish, crayfish, salamanders and dragonflies. Experts advise planting native trees 5 feet from the bank’s edge and small shrubs 3 feet apart at the water’s edge, planting in rows wherever the soil remains saturated.

According to the pamphlet Is Your Backyard Washing Away? published

by North Carolina State University in collaboration with various agencies, some good choices for native plantings in our area include beautyberry, sweet pepperbush, cardinal flower, redbud, sweetspire, fringe tree and soft rush. The planting work is best done while plants are dormant, between October and March. This erosion control method is relatively inexpensive, but it isn’t as permanent as regrading.

The longest-lasting and most visually appealing results require grading the bank to a 3:1 (about 18 percent grade) slope and planting with native plants.

While the use of grading machines may compact the soil, the benefits of a safer, more stable bank can be worth it. After grading, the area will require trenching to control water flow, as well as placement of a tough but biodegradable matting material like coir, held in place with 2-foot wooden stakes driven into the ground. Straw and temporary seeding can also help to retain the top layer of soil until permanent plantings become established.

One final aspect of stream bank repair to consider is cost. Variables that affect cost include accessibility to the site and types of plants used.

Intensive grading to achieve a desired slope or the presence of a lot of instream rock structures can drive the price up dramatically. In the case of small projects, the permits and engineering can cost as much as the restoration itself, especially for properties in the 100-year floodplain.

The Buncombe County Soil and Water Conservation District works with the United States Department of Agriculture program, Environmental Stream Initiative, on stream bank repairs of 1,500 lineal feet or more.

Sometimes landowners will band together to use this program collectively. You can learn more by contacting the Buncombe County Center of the Cooperative Extension Service at (828) 255-5522 or the Buncombe County Soil and Water Conservation District at (828) 250-4786. X

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The Asheville culinary renaissance is bringing a wealth of new restaurants to the area along with countless nods from national news outfits. Local diners have an enviable landscape of restaurants to choose from. According to U.S. Census Bureau data, the Asheville metro area (which comprises Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson and Madison counties) added 190 restaurants from 2004-14 — a leap from 750 to 940 establishments.

While it’s appetizing for customers to have a smorgasbord of eating options, this growth also means potential service industry employees are eyeing a vast menu of occupational opportunities.

There are nearly 19,300 food and drink industry positions in the Asheville metro area, say statistics from the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce.

The chamber also notes that the industry has expanded faster than others in the area over the past decade, adding 4,710 jobs since 2006. The closest competitor is ambulatory heath care services, which added just over 2,900 jobs over the same period.

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Even more impressive is the local food and drink industry’s 32 percent growth rate over the past 10 years compared to the Asheville area’s overall job growth of just 9 percent during the same time. National and state food and drink industry growth rates also lag behind Western North Carolina’s at 21 and 24 percent, respectively.

Significantly, however, although the number of people living in Western North Carolina has increased, that growth has not kept pace with the region’s restaurant boom. The Asheville metro area’s population grew 11 percent, adding a total of 44,398 people, between 2006 and 2014, the most recent year for which the U.S. Census Bureau has data available.

INcreaSeD traffIc Beyond the math, it’s not hard to observe the uptick in the number of eateries and bars. jim coleman, owner of Standard Pizza in West Asheville and Biltmore Village, says he’s watched the Haywood Road corridor change since opening his first store in 2009. “There was a handful of bars and restaurants — it was pretty limited back then, espe-

cially the late-night business,” says Coleman. “One of the biggest differences I’ve noticed in West Asheville is, back in 2009, after 9 p.m., there wasn’t really any foot traffic or cars on the road; it was a completely different scene. Now West Asheville is such a happening spot late at night. There are always people walking up and down the street.”

And back then, Coleman says, people were hungry for employment.

“The entire time I was working on the space to get it ready, I had a constant revolving door of people coming in and asking when we were opening, if we were still hiring, dropping off resumes,” he says. “I had a flood of applications. The economy had just crashed the year before so I was getting resumes from people with graduate degrees, just a lot of people that are overqualified to work in restaurants.”

Some people have been waiting much longer for the current climate the city is enjoying. Back in 1995, mike rangel opened Asheville Pizza & Brewing Co. on Merrimon Avenue. He now has three locations of that business and a forthcoming taco venture. Rangel describes downtown

Asheville in the ’90s as having had an underdeveloped restaurant scene.

“There were more people and fewer jobs available, so we had a good opportunity to choose some stellar people.

When we first opened, we were only looking for a few employees and still had 30 to 40 people apply,” he says. He now employs about 155 people.

Rangel is keenly aware the restaurant industry has become considerably more competitive, noting “It definitely takes us awhile longer to get a management candidate than it used to.” barry bialik, owner of Thirsty Monk, opened the first of his three pubs in 2008. His first venture had him searching for about six employees, and he now has a staff of about 50. “It was a lot easier” then, he says. “It was in the early days of the growing brew and restaurant scene, so there were a lot of good candidates to pick from.

The quality was definitely higher.”

Particularly challenging these days, says Bialik, is finding qualified managers. “People have moved up faster than they really should have. It obliterated midlevel management.” atteNtIoN to reteNtIoN Finding a good employee doesn’t guarantee longevity. Aside from variables that can’t be controlled, such as graduating college or relocating due to personal issues, employers are looking to lock down competent workers.

“Anytime we recognize a superstar in the making, we do anything we can to

make sure they’re treated well and feel happy,” says Rangel. “And now more than ever, because there are so many cool places to work at — there are restaurants I’d like to work at.”

Rangel says that attempts to boost retention often involve giveaways and other morale builders. “Every couple of years we do a thing called the Euro Lotto.

We do a drawing to send a staff member to Europe; it’s two round-trip tickets for Paris, London or Amsterdam,” he says.

Coleman has had success in keeping a consistent nucleus of staff at his Haywood Road location, with most employees having at least two years under their belts.

“We try to keep a laid-back environment and also a respectful one,” says Coleman.

“I’ve worked for managers that talk to people in a disrespectful and insulting manner. I don’t like to talk to other people that way, whether they’re employees or not. Everyone gets along really well, and we’ve got a core of people that have been there for awhile. It’s kind of like this little family.”

Beyond his managerial philosophy, Coleman offers a 401k plan and profitsharing to all employees after one year on staff. He also notes that the addition of his second location in Biltmore Village facilitated the opportunity to create two salaried general manager positions so he could focus on administrative issues.

Those positions went to two of his most tenured employees, he says.

Bialik says finding long-term employees is the goal. “We hire every person with the intent they could be a manager for us. As we’re looking to grow, it is harder for us to find people,” he says, adding that he’s seen a dramatic down-

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swing in the number of applicants for job openings. “When we used to advertise for a position, we would sometimes get up to 250 applicants,” he says, whereas now he sees about one-tenth of that response. “When you go to Craigslist and search for ‘cook,’ there’s usually 150-200 job postings, and that’s a lot.

There’s more jobs out there than there are people to fill them,” he says.

Bialik also notes that losing staff is often a product of moving up in the world. “When we lose people it’s usually because they become managers at other places. People who are bartenders get hired as general managers at other places,” he says. feaSt or famINe Ultimately, there are only so many people in the Asheville metro area to fill the more than 19,000 food and drink industry jobs. Of course, variables such as management style, location, dress codes (or lack thereof), hours of operation and number of available shifts also play a role in the recruitment and retention of employees that will inherently favor some businesses over others. However, the need for labor is clearly growing.

Also continuing to increase is the city’s desirability for people who are prime candidates for working in the food and drink industry. The question is whether those two growth rates will ever keep pace with each other. “I’d say it’s more of a quantity issue,” says Rangel. “The quality of people that move to Asheville always has been, and always will be, better than other cities because Asheville is a cool town, so the people it attracts are the same ilk.”

Meanwhile, Bialik isn’t waiting for the right people to move here. “When we hire for managers, we’ve been hiring from outside,” he says. “We’ve actually moved people to Asheville to be managers for the Thirsty Monk. The restaurant and brewing scene is growing faster than people are able to move to town, faster than the employment pool. And it dilutes the quality a bit.” To that end, he says his last two general manager hires have been out-of-market and achieved by advertising in what Bialik calls “feeder regions” such as Chattanooga, Knoxville and Atlanta.

But not everyone is feeling the pinch.

Coleman says, “I certainly haven’t experienced [a labor shortage]. With that being said, I’ve been really lucky with the West Asheville crew and have had very little turnover. The Biltmore location has had more turnover. Nothing significant, and I’ve always got a stack of resumes to choose from.” X

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As Asheville’s craft cocktail scene blossoms, it’s inevitable that locals with a DIY attitude would want to jump on the beverage bandwagon and learn some tricks of the trade. To meet that need, The Imperial Life, an intimate cocktail bar and lounge upstairs from Table restaurant, has rolled out an ongoing series of bartending classes for the home mixologist.

Class size is limited to 13 people so everyone can sit at the bar and get up close and personal with the process. ben johnson, bar manager for The Imperial Life and beverage manager for Table, leads the classes with the help of jasper adams, general manager and creative director for Table and Imperial Life.

While Johnson talks, Adams shakes and stirs. For the inaugural class on July 10, the two spotlighted the Manhattan and the daiquiri.

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“I chose these two because they are such ubiquitous cocktails,” says Johnson, who previously worked behind the bar at both Santé Wine Bar and Nightbell. “I didn’t want to get into anything too esoteric or obscure.

I wanted to keep the cocktails to three ingredients that wouldn’t require a lot of hardware, either.”

After some instruction, class participants receives the ingredients to try their hand at making (and, of course, then drinking) each cocktail. House-made snacks are provided, and take-home bar swag is part of the fun, too. While the aspiring home bartenders sip and swirl, Johnson shares tips for buying ingredients as well as tidbits of cocktail lore and history and technical details.

“Let’s start with the bitters,” he says to students during the recent class. ‘The ones we’re using today are Angostura

and Regan’s Orange.” “In general, for bitters, Johnson recommends looking for products that are alcohol-based rather than glycerin-based. “Fee Brothers, for example, is used all over town, and they taste synthetic because they’re glycerin-based,” he says.

Moving on to vermouths, Johnson names five: Cocchi Vermouth di Torino, Punt e Mes, Carpano Antica Formula, Dolin Rouge and Cinzano. “There are hundreds — if not thousands — of other vermouth brands out there,” he says. “But these five cover the gamunt.”

He goes on to recommend local businesses that sell these products. Appalachian Vintner, he says, has the best vermouth selection in town. “They also sell half bottles of vermouth,” he says. “Start with these, because they won’t last as long and

will let you to try other brands more quickly. Vermouth has varied levels of sweetness and will require different builds. Experiment.”

Johnson acknowledges that, for home bartenders, assembling a decent collection of liquors and materials is daunting. “Sometimes building a home bar can be intimidating and expensive, but it doesn’t have to be,” he says. “Do it slowly.”

For spirits for the daiquiris and Manhattans, Johnson chose Cruzan rum and Knob Creek Rye whiskey, with an eye toward both quality and affordability. ”Both of these are fantastic products that won’t set you back too much,“ he says.

Speaking of fantastic, the maraschino cherries that sunk sweetly to the bottom of the Manhattan glass were dreamy. “Some people make these at home, but they’re simply not as good as what you can get online,” he says. “I recommend Fabbri [Amarena] cherries. They’re imported from Italy, come in a beautiful little jar and taste great.”

When asked which cocktail is his favorite, Johnson is torn. “During a hot summer day, definitely a Sazerac. On a Sunday afternoon, Ramos gin fizz.

On a hot night, Tom Collins. On a weekend night, daiquiri. On a night when I’m a little bit moody, a Martinez.

It all depends. There’s always a cocktail to suit the time and place.” X

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asheville wine, food fest changes as soon as we smell them,” says organizer mark lynn ferguson in a press release. Ferguson hosts the contest on his blog The Revivalist: Word from the Appalachian South. Those who submit entries to the contest will be eligible to win a two-night getaway at the historic Mast Farm Inn. Two runners-up will win one-year subscriptions to Smoky Mountain Living magazine.

To learn more about the contest, visit therevivalist.info/appalachianappetite-2016/.

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a WeekeND of treatS: “We’ve found a model that works, and each year it grows in attendance,” says Kris Kraft, director of Asheville Wine and Food Festival. Photos by Julie McMillan (left) and Kat McReynolds “It always makes it tons of fun to say we get to eat dessert first,” says Kris Kraft, director of Asheville Wine and Food Festival. Now in its eighth year, the two-day event will once again kick off with Sweet, an evening highlighting the work of local bakers, chocolatiers, patissiers, wine vendors and brewers.

The Friday night gathering will take place at the Grove Arcade.

In addition to samples of regional treats, wine and coffee, the Reggie Sullivan Band will perform a mix of jazz and rock. “It will begin very ambient,” says Kraft of the band’s set. “But they’ll pump it up throughout the evening, ending with quite a bit of fun, danceable music.”

The following afternoon, nearly 200 vendors will fill all three floors of the U.S. Cellular Center for the Grand Tasting. As in previous years, guests will have the opportunity to sample the wares of local and regional restaurants, wineries, breweries and artisan food producers.

There will also be plenty of cooking demonstrations, author book signings and blind beer and wine tastings.

Unlike in the past, the 2016 Grand Tasting will not include the Chefs Challenge cooking competition. “We

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found that it ran its course,” says Kraft.

“What we’ve decided to do this year is to reach out to chefs all across the Southeast” to offer cooking demonstrations in three kitchen areas sponsored

by Kitchen & Company, WilliamsSonoma and FRS Asheville.

The event’s layout has also changed.

“Because of our limited space and the amount of growth that we had, we removed the VIP area off of that main footprint, so that we could pack even more vendors in for everybody,” Kraft says. She adds that all vendors invited to the festival are “industry-relevant.”

“Our general mission,” Kraft continues, “is to highlight the fabulous food and beverage scene that is Asheville. We appreciate the support that we get every year.”

The Asheville Wine and Food Festival is Friday-Saturday, Aug. 19-20. Sweet runs 8-10 p.m Friday, Aug. 19, at the Grove Arcade, 1 Page Ave. Tickets are $50. The Grand Tasting is 2-5 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 20, at the US Cellular Center, 87 Haywood St. General admission tickets are $65. VIP tickets offer early entrance at 1 p.m. with exclusive third-floor access and an after party 4-7 p.m. VIP tickets cost $100. For details, visit ashevillewineandfood.com. mountainx.com

GaN ShaN StatIoN’S SuNDaY SuPPer DINNer SerIeS Chef daniel heinze (formerly of Charleston’s McCrady’s) will join Gan Shan Station’s chef patrick o’cain for the restaurant’s second installment of its ongoing Sunday Supper Series.

Oskar Blues Brewery will provide speciality beer pairings for a fixed-price, three-course menu that will include various Asian-themed entrées, small plates and desserts. Guests will have the option to choose one dish from each course. Ingredients from local purveyors Paper Crane Farms and The Culinary Gardener, among others, will be featured. Additional dates for the series will be announced soon.

The next Sunday Supper runs 5-9:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 21, at Gan Shan Station, 143 Charlotte St. Cost is $45 per person, including tax, gratuity and beverages. For details, contact Gan Shan Station at info@ganshanstation.com or 774-5280. aPPalachIaN aPPetIte Appalachian Appetite returns for its second year with a food photo contest that looks to capture family recipes. “These dishes help define who we are, [dishes] that bring back memories

On Sunday, Aug. 21, Sanctuary Brewing Co. will celebrate its first anniversary with festivities and live music by Town Mountain. In its first year, Sanctuary has raised nearly $3,000 for a number of organizations, including Team ECCO Ocean Center & Aquarium, Brother Wolf Animal Rescue, Blue Ridge Humane Society, The Turtle Hospital, Earthshine Nature Programs and Full Circle Farm Sanctuary. With a rotating list of 16 handcrafted beers, Sanctuary Brewing will also compete in this year’s Great American Beer Festival.

The festivities begin at 1 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 21, at Sanctuary Brewing Co., 147 First Ave. E., Hendersonville. Town Mountain performs at 3 p.m. Tickets cost $15 and include a commemorative beer glass. For more information, visit sanctuarybrewco.com. the cheeSe Store of aSheVIlle PaIrS WIth Blue GhoSt BreWING co.

The Cheese Store of Asheville is teaming up with Fletcher’s Blue Ghost Brewing Co. for Beer & Cheese 101. The event will involve four guided pairings, led by cheese and beer experts from both organizations.

Beer & Cheese 101 happens 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 25, at Blue Ghost Brewing Co., 125 Underwood Road, Fletcher. Tickets are $15 and are available at avl.mx/2uh. X

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Asheville All Stars play fourth consecutive Downtown After 5

BY eDwin arnauDin edwinarnaudin@gmail.com If there’s anyone qualified to select Asheville’s best musicians and harmoniously put them together in a show, it’s josh blake.

The guitarist plays in ensembles ranging from the house band for Asheville Music Hall’s Tuesday Night Funk Jam to his eponymous Jukebox group. He’s a producer and engineer at Echo Mountain Recording Studios and one of the founders of the webbased video production and live concert streaming channel Independent Arts and Music of Asheville. Blake has an especially solid connection to much of the local music community.

Former Downtown After 5 booker frank bloom thought as much when he approached Blake in 2012 about organizing a local showcase to headline one of the monthly summer concerts. So did Bloom’s successor, jeff whitworth, who followed through on the idea. Honored to be entrusted with the assignment, Blake celebrates his fourth consecutive year of curating the Asheville All Stars show on Friday, Aug. 19, when his latest lineup hits the North Lexington Avenue outdoor stage.

After a successful debut in 2013, much of the All Star band wanted to play the following year. Instead, Blake decided to keep the members rotating in order to feature the abundance of talented local musicians. The rich pool provides him with plentiful options, but there’s also the challenge of having to limit the band size for function and efficiency. “This is where some personal pressure exists, because I have many friends and peers who could easily crush this gig, who have not yet had a chance to, and many who have played in the past and could easily do it again,” Blake says.

Though he notes it’s impossible to represent every aspect of the local music scene in one evening, Blake strives for maximum diversity. Past All Star iterations have incorporated funk, pop, rock, hip-hop, ballads, bluegrass, country, reggae and jam-band songs, all in one show. To achieve these varied ends, Blake looks for people who are actively contributing to Asheville’s

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Jam WIth a PlaN: The revolving cast of the Asheville All Stars draws from across the local music scene’s many genres and instruments.

The annual performance as part of the Downtown After 5 street festival showcases talent and collaboration. Photo by Jim Donohoo musical community and have had an impact on keeping it vibrant. Ensemblewide chemistry also plays a significant factor in his selections. But while Blake intentionally includes pockets of players who’ve previously played together — providing what he calls “an anchor … within the chaos of having 17 folks on stage” — a greater thrill comes from assembling those who’ve yet to collaborate. “This is where some of the greatest magic from this gig happens, where the spirit of music and community shine the brightest,” he says.

Blake always makes sure to include a few veteran players, such as mike barnes in 2015 and jeff sipe in 2014. peggy ratusz, river guerguerian, je weidenhouse and charles lichtenberger fill that role for 2016, though the organizer also does his best to make room for up-and-coming musicians. A then 17-year-old indigo desouza played the 2014 gig and this year andrew scotchie, whom Blake calls “one of the city’s hardest working young talents,” is on board.

Other than Blake, trombonist derrick johnson is the lone returning player for the 2016 show, after which over 75 musicians will have represented the city as an Asheville All Star. As for those who’ve yet to be invited, Blake fields requests each year from players who want to be

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involved. He usually lets them know they’ll get their chance as long as the Asheville Downtown Association keeps the gig going — and often that person is someone he already has in mind for the next year’s show.

The setlist is usually a blend of originals and unique takes on covers, and when everybody is done picking songs, Blake arranges them in a way he thinks will make the evening flow well. In order for the eight vocalists — among them caromia tiller, juan holladay and rapper mike l!ve — to remain involved throughout the night, each selects two songs to lead and typically refrains from singing on consecutive numbers.

Keyboardists and guitarists split up songs as evenly as possible, and a new drummer and bassist step in mid-set. Horns and other melodic contributions, such as jonathan scales on steel pans, are used throughout the performance.

Otherwise, the group as a whole approaches each song and sees what works best during three rehearsals.

The first focuses on the front half of the show and the second on the latter section. Conflicting schedules mean not everyone makes these two practices, but Blake says the vibe is always great. A strong collaborative effort is fostered there, especially in

the full run-through of the set the day of the gig.

Blake views the All Star showcase not only as a job but a statement for Asheville as a home to world-class musical talent. It’s an opportunity for residents to discover that great local music is available in town on any given night, and a chance for performers and audiences alike to experience a sense of encouragement, collaboration and optimism. “This is the fabric from which our collective cloth has been woven,” Blake says. “Asheville is such a special place, and this gig is a perfect reflection of the love we all feel making a life for ourselves here together.” X

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Controversy in theater is nothing new. Henrick Ibsen’s A Doll’s House was protested as an attack on family, and Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? was deemed obscene.

A production of Tony Kushner’s AIDS-related Angels in America, at the Charlotte Repertory Theater, “resulted in a $2.5 million loss to

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the North Carolina Arts & Science Council’s annual fund,” according to Backstage. But it’s unusual for the backlash to precede the production.

That’s exactly the case for Red Pill Diaries by local playwright toni sherwood, which opens at N.C. Stage Company on Thursday, Aug. 18.

The production, a satire about the “manosphere” (or men’s rights movement), takes its name from the The Red Pill online community, hosted on Reddit, “where men go to air their toxic views about women,” as The Guardian said. It was inspired by the events that unfolded last year around Waking Life Espresso. “I went down

the rabbit hole,” says Sherwood, who was obsessed with the story of local café owners Jared Rutledge and Jacob Owens, who discussed their alleged sexual conquests, in graphic and derogatory detail, on a podcast. The news went viral, picked up by New York magazine and Daily Mail, among other outlets.

And, although Red Pill Diaries — which stars john cantley, hayley heninger, darren marshall, dianne chapman, alya ayers, dakota mann, jenni robinson and bri tureff, and features comedic song and dance numbers — is not a literal retelling of the Waking Life scandal, it hit a nerve. Victims feared humiliating details would be rehashed. Sherwood received a number of comments on social media and enlisted Our VOICE to help mediate between her and those who do not want the play to be staged.

“Once we started the talks, I was able to hear and listen to their concerns,” Sherwood says. Because the script had been leaked, the requests were specific, such as to remove all references to actual events. She did. For example, instead of a café, the play is set in a dessert shop called Pie Hole.

Sherwood had initially used some transcripts of Rutledge’s and Owen’s podcast and agreed to get rid of that material. “I realized if I did that, I could come up with something really funny and even better,” she says.

Though the end result may be better for it, criticism was hard to take. “There was a time when the only person who wanted to put this up was me,” Sherwood says of the production. But she was inspired to tell the story because she recognized the misogynist behavior. In the mid-1980s, she was among the first wave of women traders on the stock exchange floor in Chicago.

There, sexism and harassment were tools of intimidation. “Being called a c**t in front of 50 guys who hate you is really hard,” she says.

“But I knew at that moment, if I cried, my career was over.”

When Rutledge and Owens’ podcast became public knowledge, “everyone was shocked, but I was like, ‘I’ve heard this sh*t before.

This is nothing new,’” Sherwood says. She went to a meeting, held in the event space of lingerie boutique VaVaVoom, where women could discuss the Waking Life scandal. “I found it fascinating to be in a room with people who

agreed with me. … I remember at the end of the meeting, everyone was like, ‘What can we do now?’”

Sherwood began to pen Red Pill Diaries. “Silence is power,” she says.

“If I hadn’t written a play, I would have done nothing.”

And, despite a number of trigger warnings on promotional material for the production, the ultimate intention is humor and parody. “My attitude is, let’s get together and laugh at these f**kers,” Sherwood says. “They’re absurd and pathetic.”

N.C. Stage, which hosts the play as part of its Catalyst Series, has also been supportive of Sherwood’s vision.

The series “is a venue for other theater artists, aside from N.C. Stage, to explore their artistic voice,” says founder and artistic director charlie flynn-mciver. “Such shows have included benign comedies and dramas, [burlesque troupe] the Rebelles, experimental dance and theater and also dramas and comedies that handle more difficult subject matter.”

He continues, “N.C. Stage is not in the habit of censoring its Catalyst Series companies in their effort to express their artistic voice, even or especially regarding controversial subjects. We have determined as a nation that the best remedy for perceived offensive speech, in this case the behavior and culture of the men’s rights movement, is more speech, not less.”

Flynn-McIver adds, “Seeing as how, in this election year one of the major political parties’ nominee is a particular hero of the men’s rights movement … it felt like now was the precise time to support Toni in helping her fulfill her mission of bringing this behavior to light and scrutiny.” X

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When the beach boys’ Pet Sounds was released in May, 1966, few listeners could have predicted its enduring legacy.

Continuing his musical departure from that group’s earlier songs about cars and surfing, songwriter/producer brian wilson crafted an album that dealt with relatively more “adult” themes like love and loss. Now, more than 50 years later, the post-Beach Boys Wilson and his band are bringing a live performance of that historic album — billed as one of the final Pet Sounds performances — to Thomas Wolfe Auditorium on Thursday, Aug. 18.

Wilson understands and accepts that countless listeners have been moved to tears by the music and lyrics of songs like “Caroline, No” and “God Only Knows,” the latter sung on Pet Sounds by his brother, Carl. “I think the spirituality, the vocal harmonies, the melodies and the lyrics all appeal to people,” Wilson says.

Modern-day listeners might be surprised to learn that on its original release, Pet Sounds was considered a commercial disappointment in the U.S.; it fared much better — both chart-wise and in critical reviews — in England, where it was almost immediately hailed as a masterpiece. The Beatles readily admitted that Pet Sounds was a major inspiration for

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the musical adventures of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, released just over a year later. Wilson doesn’t pretend to understand why the British embraced Pet Sounds so warmly, other than noting, “I think the people in England were more sensitive to Americans’ music; they were more in tune with it.”

Pop-music historian and Beach Boys scholar domenic priore, author of Look!

Listen! Vibrate! Smile!, points out the influence Pet Sounds would extend both overseas and at home. “In England, Pet Sounds got accolades from the members of the rock cognoscenti,” he notes. Priore also credits the album’s arrangement and production qualities as influences upon mainstream pop such as Petula Clark’s “Don’t Sleep in the Subway,” songs by the Association (“Along Comes Mary”) and many other hits. “Those were all grandiose productions that could have only happened because of Brian Wilson’s production of Pet Sounds,” he says.

In 2003, Rolling Stone magazine ranked Pet Sounds second — bested only by Sgt. Pepper — on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time.” But within the halfcentury-plus career arc of The Beach Boys, the group’s ambitious music of that era hasn’t always been embraced.

Priore notes that in the early 1970s — a

time when Wilson was largely absent from the group — the Beach Boys worked a significant portion of the Pet Sounds material into their live shows.

“They would do a lot of college touring, trying to convince people that the Beach Boys were, indeed, worthy of counterculture respect. Eventually [American audiences] started saying, ‘Hey, this Pet Sounds, maybe there is something behind this.’”

But with the release of a two-LP retrospective focusing on their early surfing and car songs, the group turned its back on ambitious music, becoming and remaining an oldies act. “They blew this all in 1974 when it became nostalgia with the release of Endless Summer,” Priore says. Moreover, Wilson — who was suffering from improperly treated manic depression and schizoactive disorder — was nonetheless brought back into the fold for numerous “Brian’s back!” publicity events that did little to burnish the group’s reputation.

In the 21st century, Wilson — working with his own group — doesn’t shy away from his ambitious studio creations of the mid 1960s; in fact, he embraces them. In 2004, he recorded a new version of SMiLE, his legendary unreleased 1966 follow-up to Pet Sounds. Meanwhile, his former group remains a strong draw, playing “Surfin’ Safari,” “California Girls,” “Kokomo” and the like.

Still, these days Wilson — who tours with a large band that includes former fellow Beach Boys al jardine and blondie chaplin as well as longtime members of critical-darling band Wondermints — doesn’t really go in for deep musicological analysis of Pet Sounds or the contemporary performances of that music. Asked about the touring band, he’s straightforward. “I like the way my band members play their instruments,” he says. “And they sing great, too.” X

who Brian Wilson’s 2016 Pet Sounds 50th Anniversary World Tour where Thomas Wolfe Auditorium 87 Haywood St. uscellularcenterasheville.com when Thursday, Aug. 18, 8 p.m. $59.50-$115

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getting strange with strangers Artist Andy Herod finds his muses on Facebook

PortraItS of PeoPle You maY kNoW: Artist Andy Herod’s latest collection opens at PUSH Gallery on Friday, Aug. 19 and runs through Tuesday, Oct. 4. Who knows, maybe your image will be among the featured works. Photo by Lydia See Last winter, artist andy herod received an email from a stranger.

The message was brief. The woman, identified only as evelyn, wanted to know if Herod had painted a picture of her. He had, and for two weeks the piece had hung in his Cotton Mills studio. “I was kind of nervous,” Herod recalls. “I didn’t want her to think I was a creepy stalker.”

In his latest collection, Sorry I Made It Weird: Portraits of People You May Know, all of the artist’s subjects come courtesy of Facebook. Specifically, from the profile pictures of people the social media platform thinks Herod might know. The series will be on display at PUSH Gallery through Oct. 4, with an opening reception held Friday, Aug. 19, at 6 p.m.

Known primarily for his prints of animals (and his role as the frontman for indie-rock band Electric Owls),

Herod says the inspiration for his latest series didn’t initially stem from Facebook, but rather from a desire to shake things up. “I wanted to do human subjects just to see if I could,” he says. While in pursuit of this new challenge, a stranger’s face showed up on Herod’s homepage. “It was a really beautiful photo and I was like, ‘I want to paint her.’”

Herod replied to Evelyn’s email, acknowledging that he had, indeed, painted a picture of her. He then sent her a photo of the work. Evelyn’s response was somewhat ambivalent.

“She was like, ‘I guess I’m really flattered,’” Herod says.

It’s this ambivalence and potential uncertainty that both fascinates and fuels Herod’s latest work. While he doesn’t have a thesis for the project’s overall intent, he’s interested in the questions it raises about privacy, oversharing, own-

ership and the unknown doors we willfully — albeit at times unintentionally — open when we create these online versions of ourselves. “It occurred to me,” he says, “that it would be cool to fill a whole room full of strangers and just see what happened. That’s basically how I arrived at this show.”

The criteria for Herod’s project were simple. Facebook had to suggest the individuals to him through its “People You May Know” function. He could not seek subjects out online. The artist could, however, use discretion. “If I just took the first 20 that [Facebook] showed me, the pictures wouldn’t be that interesting, and it would probably be all white people,” he says. The faces also had to belong to locals to whom Herod had no actual ties.

There were some challenges. In one instance, a photographer who took the photo of one of Herod’s subjects objected to the artist’s use of the image. Herod acquiesced. Another time, at an art event, Herod recognized one of his subjects in the crowd. “We ended up next to each other,” he says. “I didn’t want to talk to her, but she was really nice and kept trying to engage me.” Herod was intent on keeping the subject a stranger until the piece was finished, “But I didn’t want to be mean,” he says. “So finally I talked to her.” He didn’t mention the project, however.

As for Evelyn, Herod ran into her, as well. “We talked a little more in depth about it,” he says. “She said, ‘I’ve got to be honest, I kind of wish that you had asked me.’ And I get that, but part of what I really liked about it was that I didn’t ask. I don’t know why, to me, that was the interesting part. ... But do I have to ask someone [permission] when their picture literally shows up on my computer screen every day?”

Herod adds that, despite the show’s title, his aim isn’t to make things weird.

“My intentions are good,” he says. “If someone [I painted] really hates it, I’m happy to take it down or destroy it or whatever, but I’m interested in having a dialogue before I do.” X

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Packway Handle Band When they recruited him, the bluegrass musicians in Packway Handle Band didn’t know how profoundly producer Jim White would influence their next album. A wise and pensive entertainer, White seemed a logical complement for the rambunctious Athens, Ga.-based quintet, whose exuberant performances made him jealous. “I always look like I’m going to the dentist when I’m onstage,” he told Athens newsweekly Flagpole. But, in accepting the project, White upped the ante and essentially invited himself to become a temporary bandmate. Not only does he sing and play on the resulting collaboration, Take It Like A Man, but about half of the songs were pulled from the songwriter’s own bluegrass vault. Somehow, the disparate styles flow together, bobbing up and down in mood but always keeping the ride entertaining. Packway Handle Band performs at The Grey Eagle on Saturday, Aug. 20, at 9 p.m. $12/$15. Photo courtesy of the musicians

Hot Summer Nights There are those who try to forget cultural trends of yesteryear, and others who will defend their favorite decade with gusto. The latter group is who Christine Garvin is targeting with her next event, Hot Summer Nights: ’80s Meets ’90s. “The whole evening is about bringing together these two fantastic decades through dance, music, storytelling, improv, aerials and fun interactive [activities],” Garvin says. Between eclectic individual and group performances, guests can dance to time-tested hits, check out a buti yoga demonstration, play games and stop at a massage area. Plus, local nonprofits Girls Rock Asheville and Girls on the Run receive a portion of ticket sales and proceeds from a retro raffle to support the next generation of doers. The party is at Isis Restaurant & Music Hall on Saturday, Aug. 20, at 8:30 p.m. $18/$23 ($26 VIP). isisasheville.com. Photo by Andrea Coon Photography 46

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Erica Russo Erica Russo’s distinctive, earthy voice wades to the forefront of her latest single, “Honey,” the slow-moving title track from her third full-length album. Backed by Billy Leva on drums, Davis Collins on bass, Fanny Rose on cello and her own guitar work, she sings: “You have got my heart / under your knife / baby, please play nice.” These lyrics are straightforward enough, but the musician’s overall vibe blends the serene and ominous with haunting results. Her new album, which was self-produced and includes several band-backed recordings of previous solo songs, is the first out on fellow local artist Matt Townsend’s Eternal Mind Records. Livingdog and Darien open the release party at The Mothlight on Saturday, Aug. 20, at 9:30 p.m. $6. themothlight.com. Photo by Ryn Arrants

River Valley Blues Festival Local musician Zuzu Welsh launched his own blues gathering in 2015 to counteract what he viewed as a shaky local festival scene. “I guess you could say this is a benefit for local music,” he told Xpress, noting residents’ readiness to support other community causes. For the second iteration, he’s moving the event from Swannanoa to Asheville and swapping up-and-coming artists for a six-pack of local staples. Andrew Scotchie & The River Rats (pictured) headline the night after sets by Peggy Ratusz and Aaron Price, Riyen Roots and Kenny Dore, Rhoda Weaver and The Soul Mates, Stolen Hearts featuring Pam Taylor and Robert Johnson, and The Zuzu Welsh Band. The Salvage Station, which now offers food and drinks, will host the free riverside shindig on Saturday, Aug. 20, from 2 to 10 p.m. salvagestation.com. Photo by Kurt Loveland

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Send your event listings to calendar@mountainx.com artS couNcIl of heNDerSoN couNtY 401 N. Main St., Hendersonville, 693-8504, acofhc.org • Through FR (8/19) - Submissions accepted for the North Carolina Arts Council Grassroots Arts Program subgrants. Contact for full guidelines. aSheVIlle art muSeum 2 N. Pack Square, 253-3227 • FR (8/19), noon - Art Break: "How to Dust Your Artwork: Demonstration & Discussion," with David Goist, conservator. Admission fees apply. come to leIceSter StuDIo tour cometoleicester.org • SA (8/20) & SU (8/21), 10am-6pm - Self-guided open studio tour of Leicester art studios. Free to attend. Held at Addison Farms Vineyard, 4005 New Leicester Highway, Leicester mora coNtemPorarY JeWelrY 9 Walnut St., 575-2294, moracollection.com • MO (8/1) through WE (8/31) - Jeweler Spotlight Series: Exhibition of the jewelry of Laura Wood. Reception: Thursday, August 12, 5-8pm. mouNtaIN GateWaY muSeum aND herItaGe ceNter 102 Water St., Old Fort, mountaingatewaymuseum.org/ • 3rd SATURDAYS, 10am-3pm - Woodcarving demonstrations. Free.

art/craft faIrS folk art SPectacular • FR (8/20) & SA (8/21), 9am-5pm - Folk art sale featuring folk artist, Cornbread. Free to attend.

Held in a private residence, 206 Jones Road, Leicester

auDItIoNS & call to artIStS arroWheaD GallerY 78 Catawba Ave., Old Fort, 668-1100 • TH (8/18), 4-6pm - Artists are invited to submit their work for the, Bring Us Your Best, annual juried exhibition. Contact for full guidelines.

BIllY the lIar: Follow the award-winning puppet adventures of Billy and his friend Suzy as Billy tells more and more lies that get him into more and more trouble. Billy The Liar features Czech-style marionettes, rod puppets, oversized toy theater, found objects and live physical comedy performed by the Thunderelves! The show won Best Performance and Fan Favorite at the 2013 National Puppetry Festival and a 2014 UNIMA Citation for Excellence in the Art of Puppetry — the highest award given in the field of puppetry.Billy The Liar was written, designed and directed by Keith Shubert of Toybox Theatre with construction assistance by Madison J. Cripps and Valerie Meiss, and has original song and music by Valerie Meiss. The all-ages puppet show takes place Thursday, Aug. 18, from 8 to 9:15 p.m. at Trade and Lore Coffee. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children younger than 13. Photo courtesy of Toybox Theatre (p. 25) art arroWheaD GallerY 78 Catawba Ave., Old Fort, 668-1100 • TH (7/21), 6-8pm - "Brushes N Brew," follow along painting class. Bring your own beverage and snacks. Registration required. $35.

art hoP facebook.com/artgallerytrailwnc1, artgallerytrailwnc1@gmail.com • 3rd FRIDAYS, 5-8pm - Self-guided tour of artist studios in Hendersonville and Flat Rock. Free to attend.

artS couNcIl of heNDerSoN couNtY 693-8504, acofhc.org • Through (8/19) - Applications accepted for North Carolina Arts Council Regional Artist Project Grants. See website for full guidelines.

Blue rIDGe orcheStra blueridgeorchestra.com • WE (6/29) through SU (8/17) Open auditions for clarinet, viola, and violin. See website for full guidelines. Free. calDWell artS couNcIl 754-2486, caldwellarts.com • Through SA (9/10) - Sculptors are invited to bring up to 3 sculptures for this one-day competition on Saturday, September 10. Contact for full guidelines. our VoIce heart WorkS SurVIVorS art ShoW 252-0562, ourvoicenc.org • Through MO (10/31) - Submissions accepted for the 15th Annual Survivors’ Art Show.

Register online. Free.

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the WrIter’S WorkShoP 254-8111, twwoa.org • Through TU (8/30) - Submissions accepted for the Literary Fiction Contest. Contact for guidelines. $25.

muSIc afrIcaN Drum leSSoNS at SkINNY BeatS Drum ShoP (pd.) Sundays 2pm, Wednesdays 6pm. Billy Zanski teaches a fun approach to connecting with your inner rhythm. Drop-ins welcome.

Drums provided. $15/class. (828) 768-2826. www.skinnybeatsdrums.com DIaNa Wortham theatre 2 S. Pack Square, 257-4530, dwtheatre.com • WE (8/17), 8pm - Dougie MacLean, songwriter, guitarist and fiddler. $38/$33 student/$20 children. flat rock cINema 2700 Greenville Highway, Flat Rock 697-2463 • SU (8/21), 3pm - Magnolia Concert Series: Michael Reno Harrell, singer-songwriter/storyteller. $12. flat rock PlaYhouSe DoWNtoWN 125 S. Main St., Hendersonville, 693-0731, flatrockplayhouse.org • THURSDAYS through SUNDAYS until (8/21) - The Music of Buddy Holly, concert. Thurs.: 7:30pm. Fri. & Sat.: 8pm. Thurs., Sat. & Sun.: 2pm. $28 and up.

• THURSDAYS through SUNDAYS (8/25) through (9/4) - The Music and Dancing of Dirty Dancing.

Thurs.: 7:30pm. Fri. & Sat.: 8pm. Sat. & Sun.: 2pm. $30. hemPx aSheVIlle hempxasheville.com • FR (8/19) & SA (8/20), noon-10pm Hempcentric festival with live music, fashion show, presentations and vendors. Free/$20 for hemp tasting. Held at Highland Brewing Company, 12 Old Charlotte Highway muSIc at uNca 251-6432, unca.edu • TU (8/23), 6pm - Professor Wayne Kirby and Spanish performance artist Maríaelena Roqué perform as part of the Costume at the Turn of the Century: 1990-2015 exhibition. Free. Held in the UNC Asheville Highsmith Union Grotto. muSIc oN maIN 693-9708, historichendersonville.org • FR (8/19), 7-9pm - Season finale with Tuxedo Junction & a classic car cruise-in. Free to attend.

Held at Hendersonville Visitor Center, 201 S. Main St., Hendersonville rhYthm & BreWS coNcert SerIeS 233-3216, facebook.com/rhythmandbrewshendersonville • 3rd THURSDAYS (5/19), 5-9pm - Outdoor concert series. Free to attend. Held between Allen & Caswell Streets, Hendersonville ShINDIG oN the GreeN 258-6101 x345, folkheritage.org • SATURDAYS (8/13) through (9/3), 7pm Traditional and old-time string bands, bluegrass, ballad singers, big circle mountain dancers and cloggers. Free. Held at Pack Square Park, 121 College St.

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Stecoah ValleY cultural artS ceNter 121 Schoolhouse Road, Stecoah, 479-3364, stecoahvalleycenter.com • TH (8/25), 7:30pm - The Kruger Brothers, American folk music. $25/$10 students.

Summer trackS coNcert SerIeS 290-4316, summertracks.com • FR (8/19), 7pm - The Honeycutters, Americana. Free. Held at Rogers Park, 55 W. Howard St., Tryon toDD Summer coNcert SerIeS toddnc.org • SA (8/20), 6-8pm - The Tillers, folk/bluegrass/ jazz. Free. Held in Cook Park, Downtown Todd

theater aSheVIlle commuNItY theatre 35 E. Walnut St., 254-1320, ashevilletheatre.org • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until (8/28) - Crimes of the Heart, comedy. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 2:30pm. $22/$19 seniors & students/$12 children.

Black mouNtaIN ceNter for the artS 225 W. State St., Black Mountain, 669-0930, blackmountainarts.org • FRIDAY through SUNDAY (8/19) until (8/21) Two Birds One Stone, “dramedy” performed by children presented by The Front Porch Theatre.

Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 2pm. $10/$5 children.

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flat rock PlaYhouSe 2661 Highway 225, Flat Rock, 693-0731, flatrockplayhouse.org • WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS until (8/20) - 9 to 5. Wed., Thurs., Sat. & Sun.: 2pm. Wed. & Thurs.: 7:30pm. Fri. & Sat.: 8pm. $15-$40. heNDerSoNVIlle commuNItY theatre 229 S. Washington St., Hendersonville, 692-1082, hendersonvillelittletheater.org • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS (8/19) through (9/4) - Oliver, musical. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm. Sat. & Sun.: 2pm. $26/$20 students/$15 under 18. moNtforD Park PlaYerS 254-5146, montfordparkplayers.org • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until (8/27), 7:30pm - Measure for Measure, by William Shakespeare. Free to attend. Held at Hazel Robinson Amphitheatre, 92 Gay St. the maGNetIc theatre 375 Depot St., 279-4155 • THURSDAY through SATURDAY, (8/18) through (8/20), 7:30 - The Cardboard Sea presents The Amendments. $14/$12 advance.

• THURSDAYS through SATURDAYS (8/25) until (9/24) - Off the Rails. $24/$21 advance. theater at Wcu 227-2479, bardoartscenter.wcu.edu • TH (8/25), 7:30pm - Galaxy of Stars Series: Tarocco: A Soldier’s Tale by The Fox and Beggar Theater. $24/$20 students/$8 children.

Held in the Bardo Center.

Send your event listings to calendar@mountainx.com

August 5 to 27 Fri-Sun, 7:30pm Hazel Robinson Amphitheatre Admission Free Donations Welcome montfordparkplayers.org 828-254-5146

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artS couNcIl of heNDerSoN couNtY 693-8504, acofhc.org • Through FR (8/19) - Bring Us Your Best, all-media visual art exhibition.

Opening reception: Friday, August 5, 5-7pm. Held in the TEDC Building Blue Ridge Conference Hall. Held at Blue Ridge Community College, 180 West Campus Drive, Flat Rock artWorkS 27 S. Broad St., Brevard, 553-1063, artworksbrevardnc.com • Through WE (8/31) - Etude in Black and White, exhibition of the black and white photography of Steve Owen. Opening reception: Friday, August 26. aSheVIlle area artS couNcIl 1 Page Ave., 258-0710, ashevillearts.com • Through FR (9/16) - Hello My Name Is.., painting exhibition by Douglas Lail. Reception: Friday, September 2, 5-8pm.

• Through (9/16) - Point of View Exhibition: Off The Clock, curated by local poet Elaine Bleakney.

Reception: Friday, September 2, 5-8pm.

GraND BohemIaN GallerY 11 Boston Way, 877-274-1242, bohemianhotelasheville.com/ • Through WE (9/14) - Beyond the Red Barn, exhibition of Bruce MacDonald’s minimalist landscapes.

Reception: Friday, August 5, 5:308pm.

GreeN SaGe cafe - WeStGate 70 Westgate Parkway, 785-1780, greensagecafe.com • Through SA (10/15) - With These Hands: An Appalachian Barn Photography Exhibit, photography of Bonnie Cooper & Don McGowan.

GroVeWooD GallerY 111 Grovewood Road, 253-7651, grovewood.com • Through WE (8/31) - Southern on High, solo exhibition by Greg Krolick. hIckorY muSeum of art 243 3rd Ave., NE Hickory, 327-8576 • Through WE (10/9) - Holy Land Revisited, exhibition of works by Norma Suddreth. mora coNtemPorarY JeWelrY 9 Walnut St., 575-2294, moracollection.com • Through WE (8/31) - Laura Wood jewelry exhibition.

N.c. arBoretum 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way, 665-2492, ncarboretum.org • Through SU (10/23) - Nature Connects - Art with LEGO Bricks, exhibition.

SPruce PINe trac GallerY 269 Oak Ave., Spruce Pine, 765-0520, toeriverarts.org/facilities/ spruce-pine-gallery/ • SA (8/20) through SA (9/17) My Other Self, exhibition of the sculptures of Robin Martindale.

Reception: Friday, August 26, 5-7pm.

The Montford Moppets our Youth Theatre presents Shakespeare Translated August 19-21 6:30-7:30pm

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BloWING rock art & hIStorY muSeum 159 Chestnut St., Blowing Rock, 295-9099, blowingrockmuseum.org/ • Through SA (11/19) - Elizabeth Bradford: Time + Terrain, exhibition.

Reception: Thursday, September 1, 5:30-7:30pm.

reD houSe StuDIoS aND GallerY 310 W. State St., Black Mountain, 699-0351, svfalarts.org • Through SU (8/28) - Swannanoa Valley Fine Arts League Members Juried Exhibition.

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art at uNca art.unca.edu • Through WE (8/28) - Renderings and drawings from the international exhibit Costume at the Turn of the Century: 1990-2015. Reception: Friday, August 26, 5pm. Held in the Ramsey Library Blowers Gallery.

• Through WE (9/7) - Exhibition of UNC Asheville student work in theater costuming. Held in the Highsmith Art & Intercultural Gallery.

BearfootIN’ PuBlIc art Walk downtownhendersonville.org/ bearfootin-public-art-walk-2015/ • Through (10/22) - Public art display featuring fiberglass outdoor bear sculptures decorated in different themes. Free. Held outdoors on Main Street, Hendersonville

238 Clingman Ave., 285-9700, facebook.com/odysseycoopgallery • Through WE (8/31) - Exhibition featuring the ceramic art of Reiko Miyagi, Mary Jane Findley, and Matt Wegleitner.

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art at marS hIll uNIVerSItY 689-1307, mhu.edu • Through (8/17) - Exhibition of the art of Dusty Benedict. Held in Weizenblatt Gallery • Through SU (10/16) - A Cabinet of Curiosity: Selections from the Permanent Collection, exhibition of late 19th century Appalachian homesteading objects. Held in the Rural Heritage Museum

aSheVIlle GallerY of art 82 Patton Ave., 251-5796, ashevillegallery-of-art.com • Through WE (8/31) - Layers, exhibition of oil and acrylic paintings by Jane Molinelli.

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arroWheaD GallerY 78 Catawba Ave., Old Fort, 668-1100 • SA (8/20) through TH (9/15) Bring Us Your Best, annual juried art exhibition.

aSheVIlle art muSeum 2 N. Pack Square, 253-3227 • Through FR (9/30) - Geometric Landscapes by Black Mountain College Artists, exhibition.

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amerIcaN folk art aND framING 64 Biltmore Ave., 281-2134, amerifolk.com • Through WE (8/24) - Memoirs: Paintings Spanning 1997-2016, exhibition of paintings by Elli Ali.

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765-0520, toeriverarts.org • Through SA (9/24) - Twins, exhibition of photography of twins by Marthanna Yater. Held at Burnsville TRAC Gallery, 102 W. Main St., Burnsville trackSIDe StuDIoS & GallerY 375 Depot St., 545-2904, facebook.com/TracksideStudios375/ • Through WE (8/31) - New Approaches to Fine Art Commissions, exhibition of paintings by Sahar Fakhoury. trYoN fINe artS ceNter 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon, 859-8322, tryonarts.org • FR (8/19) through MO (10/3) - Trio, exhibition of works created by songwriters and artists using the same book inspiration. Reception: Friday, August 19, 5-7pm. trYoN PaINterS & SculPtorS 78 North Trade St., Tryon, 859-0141, tryonpaintersandsculptors.com • Through SA (9/10) - Exhibition of the art of Charlotte Brass, Kathy Gagnon and Sharon Eng. Reception: Saturday, July 30, 5:307:30pm. uPStaIrS artSPace 49 S. Trade St., Tryon NC, 859-2828, upstairsartspace.org • Through FR (9/16) - Filling A Void: The Art of Installation, exhibition of the work of five artists.

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Dinner Menu till 10pm Late Night Menu till

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off the WaGoN Piano show, 9:00PM olIVe or tWISt Swing dance lesson w/ Bobby Wood, 7:30PM 3 Cool Cats (vintage rock), 8:00PM PISGah BreWING comPaNY Steel City Jug Slammers (jug band, old-time), 6:00PM room Ix Fuego: Latin night, 9:00PM

COMING SOON

SalVaGe StatIoN Circus Mutt, 8:00PM

WED 8/17 5-9 PM – ALL YOU CAN EAT SNOW CRAB LEGS : $35

SaNctuarY BreWING comPaNY Adoptable Pet Night w/ Blue Ridge Humane, 6:00PM Ben Phan (singer-songwriter), 7:00PM

MUSIC BY WEST END TRIO ON THE PATIO

7:00 PM – KELCY MAE

THU 8/18

SlY GroG louNGe Sound Station open mic (musicians of all backgrounds & skills), 7:30PM

6:30PM – LAID

BACK THURSDAYS WITH RAM & FRIENDS 7:00 PM – AN EVENING WITH

Sol Bar NeW mouNtaIN KP and the Boom Boom w/ The Soul Magnetics (neo-soul), 9:00PM

THE TILLERS

FRI 8/19

StraIGhtaWaY cafe Dave Ribbon, 6:00PM

7:00 PM – AN EVENING WITH

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the Block off BIltmore DD Weiss w/ Cary Cooper (acoustic, percussion), 7:30PM

SAT 8/20

7:00PM – AN EVENING WITH SAUL ZONANA 7:00 PM – HOT SUMMER NIGHTS:

leaN oN me: Asheville’s own jazz and blues chanteuse Kat Williams has been battling Stage 5 kidney disease, which has rendered her unable to perform and desperately in need of a transplant. In response, Williams’ friends have banded together to organize the “Save Kat Williams” fundraiser on Sunday, August 21 at the Renaissance Asheville Hotel, beginning at 5 p.m. Musical guests include local acts West Sound and Free Planet Radio. For tickets and more info, visit tinyurl.com/savekatwilliams. Photo courtesy of Friends of Kat Williams

80’S MEETS 90’S SUN 8/21

5:30 PM – THE JAZZ CATS

7:30 PM – AN EVENING WITH

MICHAELA ANNE AND SAVANNAH SMITH TUE 8/23 7:30 PM – TUESDAY BLUEGRASS SESSIONS

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HOSTED BY KRISTY COX WED 8/24

5-9 PM – ALL YOU CAN EAT SNOW CRAB LEGS : $35 MUSIC BY WEST END TRIO ON THE PATIO

7:00 PM – AN EVENING WITH

HONEY BE NICE AND WAKING APRIL 9:00 PM -THE RIES BROTHERS- FREE SHOW

THU 8/25 6:30PM – LAID

BACK THURSDAYS WITH RAM & FRIENDS

AN EVENING WITH FLAGSHIP ROMANCE

7:00PM – 8:30PM –

AN ACOUSTIC EVENING WITH

SHANNON WHITWORTH AND BARRETT FRI 8/26 7:00 PM – BRIE CAPONE

AND FRIENDS EP RELEASE SHOW Every Tuesday 7:30pm–midnite

BLUEGRASS SESSIONS

185 kING Street Vinyl night & cornhole league, 6:00PM

fuNkatorIum Staves & Strings (bluegrass), 6:30PM

5 WalNut WINe Bar Riyen Roots & Kenny Dore (blues, roots), 5:00PM Les Amis (African folk), 8:00PM

GooD Stuff Jim Hampton & friends perform "Eclectic Country" (jam), 7:00PM

altamoNt theatre Noble Kava pop-up bar & Poetry Open Mic w/ Caleb Beissert, 8:00PM BarleY'S taProom Dr. Brown's Team Trivia, 8:30PM BeN'S tuNe-uP Honky Tonk Wednesdays, 7:00PM BhramarI BreWhouSe Hump Day Party w/ Ram and Friends, 7:00PM Blue mouNtaIN PIzza & BreW PuB Open Mic, 7:00PM Buffalo NIckel David Joe Miller Presents 'Mountain Stories' w/ Adam Booth, 7:00PM BurGer Bar Karaoke, 6:00PM BYWater The Lazybirds (swing, jazz), 7:00PM creekSIDe taPhouSe Open mic w/ Riyen Roots, 8:00PM croW & QuIll Michael Luctan (original piano compositions & covers), 9:00PM

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foGGY mouNtaIN BreWPuB Phil Alley w/ special guests (folk, Americana), 9:00PM

DIaNa Wortham theatre Dougie MacLean (singer-songwriter), 8:00PM

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GreY eaGle muSIc hall & taVerN Golden Gate Wingmen (jam), 9:00PM GrIND cafe Trivia night, 7:00PM hIGhlaND BreWING comPaNY Woody Wood Wednesdays (rock, soul, funk), 5:30PM ISIS reStauraNt aND muSIc hall Kelcy Mae (alt. country, rock, bluegrass), 7:00PM Jack of the WooD PuB Old-time session, 5:00PM

the JoINt Next Door Bluegrass jam, 8:00PM the mockING croW Open Mic, 8:00PM the PhoeNIx Jazz night, 8:00PM the SocIal louNGe Phantom Pantone (DJ), 10:00PM tImo'S houSe Endymion is the Moon (experimental, folk), 10:00PM toWN PumP Open mic w/ Billy Presnell, 10:00PM treSSa'S DoWNtoWN Jazz aND BlueS Blues & Soul Jam, 9:00PM WhIte horSe Black mouNtaIN Wednesday Night Waltz, 7:00PM WIlD WING cafe South J Luke (acoustic), 6:30PM

thurSDaY, auGuSt 18 185 kING Street Blake Ellege Birthday Bash and All Star Jam , 8:00PM 5 WalNut WINe Bar Pleasure Chest (blues, rock, soul), 8:00PM

lazY DIamoND Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 10:00PM

altamoNt BreWING comPaNY Laura Lee & The Escapees (Americana), 9:00PM

lex 18 Cabaret, Can-Can & L’Amour 1904 (ticketed event), 6:00PM

altamoNt theatre Kyle Tuttle Band Cd Release Party (acoustic, singer-songwriter), 8:00PM

loBSter traP Ben Hovey (dub, jazz), 6:30PM

BarleY'S taProom AMC Jazz Jam, 9:00PM

mouNtaIN moJo coffeehouSe Open mic, 6:30PM

Black mouNtaIN ale houSe Bluegrass Jam w/ The Big Deal Band, 8:00PM

NoBle kaVa Open mic w/ Caleb Beissert, 9:00PM

Blue mouNtaIN PIzza & BreW PuB Patrick Fitzsimons (roots music), 7:00PM

o.heNrY'S/the uNDerGrouND "Take the Cake" Karaoke, 10:00PM

cluB eleVeN oN GroVe Jason DeCristofaro Quartet (jazz), 8:30PM

oDDItorIum Yeesh (rock), 9:00PM

cork & keG The Old Chevrolette Set (country), 8:30PM

Lex 18 creekSIDe taPhouSe Station Underground (reggae), 8:00PM

PurPle oNIoN cafe Scoot Pittman (funk), 8:00PM

croW & QuIll Carolina Catskins (ragtime jazz), 10:00PM

room Ix Throwback Thursdays (all vinyl set), 9:00PM

elaINe'S DuelING PIaNo Bar Dueling Pianos, 9:00PM

SalVaGe StatIoN Disc Golf Weekly Competition, 5:30PM Kill the Clique, 9:00PM

foGGY mouNtaIN BreWPuB The 200s (Americana, rock), 9:00PM

SaNctuarY BreWING comPaNY Billy Litz (multi-instrumental talent), 8:00PM

freNch BroaD BreWerY Chris Wilhelm (indie, folk), 7:00PM

ScaNDalS NIGhtcluB DJ dance party & drag show, 10:00PM

GreY eaGle muSIc hall & taVerN Redleg Husky on the patio (Americana), 6:00PM Folk Soul Revival w/ Lucky Tubb (folk, Americana, rock), 9:00PM

SmokY Park SuPPer cluB The Krektones (surf rock), 6:00PM

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hIGhlaND BreWING comPaNY ASAP's Local Food Experience, 5:30PM ISIS reStauraNt aND muSIc hall Laid Back Thursdays w/ Ram & friends (jazz, reggae, funk), 6:30PM An evening w/ The Tillers (Americana, bluegrass, folk), 7:00PM Jack of the WooD PuB Bluegrass jam, 7:00PM k louNGe #WineitUp Thursday w/ Dj AUDIO, 9:30PM lex 18 Shawn Qaissaunee (jazz guitar extraordinaire), 7:00PM Michael Andersen (eloquent honky-tonk piano), 10:00PM loBSter traP Hank Bones ("The man of 1,000 songs"), 6:30PM lookout BreWING comPaNY Steve Smith, 6:30PM oDDItorIum Dead Flowers Circus Sideshow (freak show), 9:00PM off the WaGoN Dueling pianos, 9:00PM ole ShakeY'S Phantom Pantone (electronic), 10:00PM olIVe or tWISt DJ sets (variety), 8:00PM oSkar BlueS BreWerY QuickChester (indie, rock, blues), 6:00PM PulP Slice of Life Comedy Open Mic, 9:00PM Pack'S taVerN Jason Whitaker (acoustic rock), 8:00PM PISGah BreWING comPaNY Dank (rock, jam), 8:00PM

Schedule at a Glance BOTH FLOORS 8.16 - 8.22 CLOSED FOR UPGRADES The digs

disco funk soul dance party

8.26 9PM 8.26 10PM (Newgrass)

The Mighty Pines

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TUESDAYS

WEDNESDAYS FRIDAYS SATURDAYS

8.27 10PM

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8.31 9PM

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Wed •Aug 17 Woody Wood @ 5:30pm Fri•Aug 19 King MacAlpin Release Party and HempX ft.

Brushfire Stankgrass

SPrING creek taVerN Open Mic, 6:00PM

the PhoeNIx Saul Zonana (progressive pop), 8:00PM

StoNe roaD reStauraNt & Bar Open Mic w/ Tony the Pony, 8:00PM

tImo'S houSe Effete Noise Snobs, 10:00PM

the Block off BIltmore Jazzy Happy Hours w/ Bill Gerhardt, 5:00PM Thursday open mic night w/ Bryan Divisions, 7:30PM

@ 7pm

Sat •Aug 20 HempX ft. London Souls @ 7:30pm

Sun•Aug 21 Reggae Sunday hosted by Dennis Berndt of Chalwa @ 1pm Team Trivia w/ Dr. Brown @ 6pm

the mothlIGht The Moth: True Stories Told Live (storytelling), 7:30PM

treSSa'S DoWNtoWN Jazz aND BlueS Jesse Barry & The Jam, 9:00PM

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TUE

(acoustic rock, folk) THU

(dance hits, pop)

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7pm $6

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WIlD WING cafe South Izzi Hughes (Acoustic), 6:00PM DJ dance party, 9:30PM WxYz louNGe at aloft hotel Pam Jones (jazz), 8:00PM

frIDaY, auGuSt 19 185 kING Street Brackish Water Jamboree (roots), 8:00PM 5 WalNut WINe Bar Lyric (acoustic soul), 9:00PM altamoNt BreWING comPaNY Murmuration (groove, funk), 9:30PM

UPLAND DRIVE

atheNa'S cluB Dave Blair (folk, funk, acoustic), 7:00PM

9pm $6

BeN'S tuNe-uP Woody Wood & the Asheville Family Band (acoustic, folk, rock), 7:00PM BhramarI BreWhouSe Live Music w/ Wild Card Trio , 7:00PM

w/ RICK COOPER

Blue mouNtaIN PIzza & BreW PuB Bob Zullo (acoustic), 7:00PM

8-11pm

BurGer Bar Bike night, 6:00PM

FIRE SPINNING

cataWBa BreWING South SloPe The Bluebirds (folk, bluegrass, Americana), 6:00PM

[Sign Up is 7:30]

w/ DJ CAPTAIN EZ

9pm

DRINK SPECIAL: 1/2 OFF DIRTY FRENCH BROADS

CORNMEAL WALTZ SUN

WIlD WING cafe Thirsty Thursday w/ Jeff and Justin (acoustic), 9:00PM

9pm

DRINK SPECIAL: $5 MIMOSAS

(classic rock)

tWISteD laurel Karaoke, 8:00PM

altamoNt theatre Ethan Jodziewicz & Tatiana Hargreaves w/ Hannah Seng (acoustic), 8:00PM

OPEN MIC

LIVE MUSIC... never a cover

FRI. 8/12 DJ MoTo

THE LAZYBIRDS

WEEKLY EVENTS

Downtown on the Park Eclectic Menu • Over 30 Taps • Patio 13 TV’s • Sports Room • 110” Projector Event Space • Shuffleboard Open 7 Days 11am - Late Night

toWN PumP The Travelers (brand new flavor), 9:00PM traIlheaD reStauraNt aND Bar Open Cajun & swing jam w/ Steve Burnside, 7:00PM

UPCOMING MUSIC

TAVERN

tom JohNSoN camPING rallY Park North Carolina State Bluegrass Festival, all day

the ImPerIal lIfe The Roaring Lions (jazz), 8:00PM

Bywater

Tue• Aug 23

THU. 8/11 Marc Keller

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Feat. Robert Greer and Friends [classic country, bluegrass] 6PM FREE

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cork & keG The Barsters (bluegrass, covers, old-time), 8:30PM creekSIDe taPhouSe Eric Reynolds, 8:00PM DouBle croWN DJ Greg Cartwright (garage & soul obscurities), 10:00PM elaINe'S DuelING PIaNo Bar Dueling Pianos, 9:00PM fIreStorm cafe aND BookS Poetry by Kit Yan & Jess X. Chen, 7:00PM foGGY mouNtaIN BreWPuB Hustle Souls (Americana, soul), 10:00PM freNch BroaD BreWerY West King String Band (bluegrass), 7:00PM GooD Stuff Stephen Evans (singer-songwriter), 9:00PM GreY eaGle muSIc hall & taVerN Annabelle's Curse w/ Fly By Night Rounders, 9:00PM

hIGhlaND BreWING comPaNY HempX Asheville, 12:00PM King MacAlpin release party w/ Brushfire Stankgrass (bluegrass, boogie), 4:00PM ISIS reStauraNt aND muSIc hall An evening w/ Al Petteway (Americana, Celtic, jazz), 7:00PM Jack of the WooD PuB Cyndi Lou & The Want To w/ Bailen (classic country, honky-tonk), 8:00PM JeruSalem GarDeN Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7:00PM lazY DIamoND Sarah Shook & the Disarmers (outlaw country, Americana), 10:00PM lex 18 HotPoint Trio (gypsy swing string trio), 7:00PM Lenny Pettinelli (jazz, pop, all-time favorites), 10:00PM loBSter traP Rob Parks Trio (swing, bluegrass), 6:30PM luella'S Bar-B-Que Riyen Roots (blues), 8:00PM market Place The Sean Mason Trio (groove, jazz, funk), 7:00PM NeW mouNtaIN theater/amPhItheater Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad (reggae, jam), 9:00PM o.heNrY'S/the uNDerGrouND Drag Show, 12:30AM oDDItorIum Variety Hip Hop Show, 9:00PM off the WaGoN Dueling pianos, 9:00PM olIVe or tWISt WestSound (Motown & more), 8:00PM oraNGe Peel Reggae showcase w/ Redlyte and Soundmovement Band, Chalwa & Station Underground, 9:00PM oSkar BlueS BreWerY Dear Brother (bluegrass), 6:00PM Pack'S taVerN DJ MoTo (dance hits, pop), 9:30PM PISGah BreWING comPaNY JJ Grey & Mofro w/ Marcus King Band & Trongone Band (blues, soul), 8:00PM SalVaGe StatIoN The Krektones, 8:00PM SaNctuarY BreWING comPaNY Jamison Adams Project (rock cover band), 8:00PM ScaNDalS NIGhtcluB DJ dance party & drag show, 10:00PM Scarlet'S couNtrY DaNce cluB DJs (request play), 8:00PM StraIGhtaWaY cafe Come On Man, 6:00PM the aDmIral Hip-hop dance party w/ DJ Warf, 11:00PM the Block off BIltmore Jazz Happy Hours w/ Yana Sarokina (boogie woogie, blues, jazz), 5:00PM The Shimmy Shank Review w/ Joy Black & Asher Leigh (comedy, music), 7:00PM the BIltmore eState The O’Jays and Chaka Khan (R&B), 7:30PM the ImPerIal lIfe DJ Malinalli, 10:00PM the laNterN reStauraNt & Bar Tyler Herring, 5:30PM

WIlD WING cafe Mike Snodgrass (acoustic), 9:00PM WIlD WING cafe South A Social Function (acoustic), 9:30PM WxYz louNGe at aloft hotel Triptych Soul (jazz, fusion, electronic), 8:00PM zamBra Zambra Jazz Trio, 8:00PM uNWINe'D at mellIe mac'S William DeHaro & Nick "The Bard" Andrea (world, Celtic), 6:00PM

SaturDaY, auGuSt 20 185 kING Street Cody Siniard & Dem Boys (country), 8:00PM 5 WalNut WINe Bar Duo of Dreams & Splendor (vintage jazz), 6:00PM Resonant Rogues (old fashioned originals), 9:00PM altamoNt BreWING comPaNY Phuncle Sam (Dead tribute), 9:30PM altamoNt theatre Gift of Gab w/ Landon Wordswell & the DJ’s of Turntable Tuesday (hip hop), 9:00PM atheNa'S cluB Michael Kelley Hunter (blues), 6:30PM BhramarI BreWhouSe Bend & Brew (yoga class), 11:00AM Live Music w/ Hearts Gone South, 7:00PM Black mouNtaIN ale houSe Jason Moore & Trust Trio (jazz, funk), 7:30PM Blue mouNtaIN PIzza & BreW PuB Ben Phan (indie, folk, singer-songwriter), 7:00PM BurGer Bar Asheville FM 103.3 DJ Night, 6:00PM BYWater The Digs (nu-soul, funk), 9:00PM cork & keG Zydeco Ya Ya (two-step, waltz), 8:30PM creekSIDe taPhouSe Jason Homan (gospel), 8:00PM croW & QuIll House Hoppers (swing jazz), 9:00PM DouBle croWN Pitter Platter w/ DJ Big Smidge, 10:00PM

WEDNESDAYS Asheville’s Original Old Time Mountain Music Jam • 5pm Brewery of the Month: Blowing Rock / Pint Specials

8PM DOORS 6PM

THE PATIO

8PM DOORS 8PM DOORS

8/20

8PM DOORS

TWO STEP TUESDAYS Live Cajun music Cafe Sho’s • 7-9pm Gumbo, Po Boys and more!

FREE

8/21 8/23

7PM DOORS

WhIte horSe Black mouNtaIN Maureen Renihan & Bill Gerhardt (jazz), 8:00PM

8/19

8/24

8PM DOORS

treSSa'S DoWNtoWN Jazz aND BlueS Mark Shane (blues), 7:30PM Virginia & The Slims (upbeat blues & swing), 10:00PM

MONDAYS Quizzo – Brainy Trivia • 7:30pm

FRI

traIlheaD reStauraNt aND Bar Willy Whales w/ Owen Grooms, 8:00PM

8/18

SAT

toWN PumP Pea Pickin' Hearts (Americana duo), 9:00PM

FREE

SUN

tImo'S houSe Miggs Son (rap), 10:00PM

8/18

TUE

tIGer mouNtaIN Dark dance rituals w/ DJ Cliffypoo, 10:00PM

Where The Blue Ridge Mountains Meet the Celtic Isles

WED

the SocIal Steve Moseley (acoustic), 6:00PM

8/17

7PM DOORS

the PhoeNIx Clint Roberts Band (modern Americana), 9:00PM

THUR THUR

WED

the mothlIGht Jackie Lynn w/ Erica Eso & Difference Clouds, 9:30PM

THURSDAYS Mountain Feist • 7pm Bluegrass Jam • 9:30pm Bourbon Specials

FRI CYNDI LOU & THE WANT TO w/ BAILEN FROM NEW YORK CITY 8/19 9PM / $5

08/18

thu

08/19

fri

BROTHERS (5 PIECE SAT SUFI BAND w/ WOODY WOOD & JASON of THE KREKTONES) 8/20 KREKEL 9PM / $5

08/20 sat

SUN HOOT AND HOLLER w/ ANDY FERRELL 8/21 9PM / FREE (Donations Encouraged)

08/23 tue

IRISH SUNDAYS Irish Food and Drink Specials Traditional Irish Music Session • 3-9pm

08/22

mon

ahleuchatistas

w/ ava mendoza, jessica pavone

free!

august is a ghost town series

marian mclaughlin

w/autumn burnett, truly

08/25

thu

08/26 fri

repeat repeat

w/ bendy cat, port lord

birdcloud

w/ minorcan, missing stares

08/27

sat

the hood internet

08/28 sun 8th annual queer girls

literacy reading

mon

CRAFT BEER, SPIRITS & QUALITY PUB FARE SINCE 1996

08/30 tue

pleasure to burn

w/ vic crown, the beard

Featuring Largest Selection of Craft Beer on Tap • 8 Wines 6 Sours on tap at all times!

08/18- $4 IPA Night 08/19- Bold Rock Cornhole Tournament 6pm 8/20- DJ Night w/ Niko Grande 8pm 8/25- Thirsty Dog Pint Night Karaoke every Wed. 8pm!

w/ showyousuck

08/29

252.5445 • jackofthewood.com

jackie lynn

w/ erica eso, difference clouds erica russo album release! w/ livingdog, darien

OPEN MON-THURS AT 3 • FRI-SUN AT NOON

95 PATTON at COXE • Downtown Asheville

the moth:

true stories told live

free!

august is a ghost town series w/nest egg

horselords

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Sing for your pizza slice & $3.50 Pints!

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$4 Mimosa Sundays!

Serving food from Asheville Sandwich Company!

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c lu Blan D elaINe'S DuelING PIaNo Bar Dueling Pianos, 9:00PM foGGY mouNtaIN BreWPuB Jangling Sparrows (Americana, rock), 10:00PM freNch BroaD BreWerY The Horse Traders (country, rock), 7:00PM GooD Stuff Jason Thompson (country, Americana, punk), 9:00PM GreY eaGle muSIc hall & taVerN Packway Handle Band w/ Caleb Caudle & David and Valarie Mayfield (Americana, bluegrass), 9:00PM

hIGhlaND BreWING comPaNY HempX w/ The London Souls (rock 'n' roll), 12:00PM ISIS reStauraNt aND muSIc hall An evening w/ Saul Zonana (pop, rock), 7:00PM Hot Summer Nights: '80s meets '90s (DJ, dancing, improv), 8:30PM Jack of the WooD PuB Sufi Brothers (bluegrass, rock, folk), 9:00PM JeruSalem GarDeN Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7:00PM lazY DIamoND Sonic Satan Stew w/ DJ Alien Brain, 10:00PM

lex 18 Ray Biscoglia Duo (piano & bass jazz standards), 7:00PM Shelia Gordon (jazz, pop, all-time favorites), 10:00PM

StraIGhtaWaY cafe Hope Griffin and Friends, 6:00PM

loBSter traP Sean Mason Trio (jazz), 6:30PM

the Block off BIltmore Nimbus (world music, dub, lounge), 8:00PM

market Place DJs (funk, R&B), 7:00PM

the laNterN reStauraNt & Bar Matthew Curry, 6:00PM

NeW mouNtaIN theater/amPhItheater Virtual Riot w/ DOMii, DLX & Airplane Mode (electronic), 9:00PM

the mothlIGht Erica Russo w/ Livingdog & Darien (folk, indie), 9:30PM

o.heNrY'S/the uNDerGrouND Drag Show, 12:30AM

the PhoeNIx Celtic Conspiracy (Celtic music), 7:00PM

oDDItorIum Toke w/ Pallor & Covenator (metal), 9:00PM

the SoutherN "The Crowd Work" w/ Cody Hughes & Macon Clark (improv, comedy), 8:00PM

off the WaGoN Dueling pianos, 9:00PM olIVe or tWISt 42nd Street Band (big band jazz), 8:00PM Dance party (hip-hop, rap), 11:00PM

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tImo'S houSe Vinyl Revisions (hip hop), 9:00PM toWN PumP Kingdoms & Classes (soul class), 9:00PM

oSkar BlueS BreWerY The Blue Eyed Bettys (Americana), 6:00PM

traIlheaD reStauraNt aND Bar Kevin Lorenz (guitar, all genres), 8:00PM

Pack'S taVerN The Groove Shakers (bluegrass, rock) , 9:30PM PISGah BreWING comPaNY Urban Soil (swing, jam), 8:00PM

treSSa'S DoWNtoWN Jazz aND BlueS The King Zeros (blues), 7:30PM The Michael Blythe Conspiracy (blues, soul, dance), 10:00PM

PurPle oNIoN cafe The Secret Band, 8:00PM

WeDGe BreWING co.

Movie: 'Blade Runner', 8:30PM

room Ix Open dance night, 9:00PM

WhIte horSe Black mouNtaIN Kristy Cox w/ Danielle Bishop (country, bluegrass), 8:00PM

SalVaGe StatIoN River Valley Blues Festival, 2:00PM Stolen Hearts (country, honky-tonk), 2:00PM

TUE TUE

the aDmIral Soul night w/ DJ Dr. Filth, 11:00PM

WIlD WING cafe Karaoke, 9:00PM

SaNctuarY BreWING comPaNY Nikki Talley, 12:00PM

WIlD WING cafe South Trial By Fire (Journey tribute band), 9:00PM

ScaNDalS NIGhtcluB DJ dance party & drag show, 10:00PM

WxYz louNGe at aloft hotel Free Flow Band (funk, groove), 8:00PM

Scarlet'S couNtrY DaNce cluB The Dixie Devils (country), 9:00PM

zamBra Zambra Jazz Trio, 8:00PM

SlY GroG louNGe John Gernandt w/ Hope Huntington & Brandon Quinn (ballads, instrumental, psychedelic fusion), 7:00PM

uNWINe'D at mellIe mac'S Bread and Butter Band (bluegrass, country, rock 'n roll), 6:00PM

SuNDaY, auGuSt 21 5 WalNut WINe Bar Eleanor Underhill & Friends (Americana soul), 7:00PM altamoNt BreWING comPaNY Record Night w/ Dj Kilby & Ed Mertz, 6:30PM BeN'S tuNe-uP Sunday Funday DJ set, 3:00PM Reggae night w/ Dub Kartel, 7:00PM BhramarI BreWhouSe Sunday brunch w/ live music, 11:00AM Live Music & Brunch w/ Rogue Duo, 2:00PM

SalVaGe StatIoN WNC Battle of the Burger w/ Don Clayton, Jim Arrendell & the Cheap Suits, 2:00PM Supatight, 5:00PM

the Block off BIltmore Last Minute Son (indie, folk, rock), 7:00PM

the SoutherN Yacht Rock Brunch w/ DJ Kipper, 12:00PM

the ImPerIal lIfe DJ Phantone Pantone, 9:00PM

SaNctuarY BreWING comPaNY Sanctuary Brewing 1 year Anniversary, 1:00PM Town Mountain, 3:00PM

tImo'S houSe BYOV Night (Bring your own vinyl), 8:00PM

the omNI GroVe Park INN Lou Mowad (classical guitar), 10:00AM Bob Zullo (pop, rock, blues), 7:00PM

toWN PumP Black Irish Texas (Irish/Texas rockabilly), 9:00PM

ScaNDalS NIGhtcluB DJ dance party & drag show, 10:00PM

the PhoeNIx Ellen Trnka (singer-songwriter), 12:00PM

Sol Bar NeW mouNtaIN Wrvth w/ Pathways, Verse Vica & more, 9:00 PM

the SocIal Get Vocal Karaoke, 9:30PM

WeDGe BreWING co.

Jane Kramer & Eliza Sydney (Americana), 5:30PM

StraIGhtaWaY cafe Barstool Sailors, 1:00PM Chris Titcher, 5:00PM

the SocIal louNGe Sunday brunch on the rooftop w/ Katie Kasben & Dan Keller (jazz), 12:30PM

WhIte horSe Black mouNtaIN Marcel Anton Benefit, 7:30PM WIckeD WeeD Summer Concert Series, 4:00PM

Black mouNtaIN ale houSe Sunday Jazz Brunch w/ James Hammel & friends, 11:30AM Blue mouNtaIN PIzza & BreW PuB Larry Dolamore (acoustic), 7:00PM BYWater Cornmeal Waltz w/ Robert Greer (classic country, bluegrass), 6:00PM cataWBa BreWING South SloPe Sammy Guns (classic country, honky tonk), 6:00PM cork & keG Vollie McKenzie (swing, jazz, blues), 3:00PM creekSIDe taPhouSe Billy Litz (Americana, ragtime), 2:00PM DouBle croWN Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 9:00PM GreY eaGle muSIc hall & taVerN Matt Fernandez w/ Nick Taylor, Rigel Pawlak & Zane Mitchell (comedy), 7:00PM ISIS reStauraNt aND muSIc hall The Jazz Cats, 5:30PM An evening w/ Michaela Anne & Savannah Smith (alt. country, Americana), 7:30PM Jack of the WooD PuB Irish session, 5:00PM Hoot & Holler w/ Andy Ferrell (Appalachian, Americana, folk), 9:00PM lazY DIamoND Tiki Night w/ DJ Lance (Hawaiian, surf, exotica), 10:00PM lex 18 E. W. Grove Open Casket Wake, a Vaudeville Show (ticketed event), 6:30PM loBSter traP Hot Club of Asheville, 6:30PM oDDItorIum Zin Vetro w/ Prophets of Addiction & Odd Squad (rock), 9:00PM off the WaGoN Piano show, 9:00PM olIVe or tWISt Zen Cats (blues), 7:00PM oraNGe Peel The Bacon Brothers w/ Derik Hultquist (gritty rock), 9:00PM oSkar BlueS BreWerY Roots & Dore (blues), 2:00PM PISGah BreWING comPaNY Travers Jam, 6:00PM reNaISSaNce aSheVIlle hotel Friends of Kat Williams benefit concert w/ West Sound, Free Planet Radio & more (Kat Williams benefit), 5:00PM rootS aND fruItS market Flint Blade, 11:00AM

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MONDAY, AUGUST 22 185 KING STREET Open mic night, 7:00PM 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Siamese Jazz Club (soul, R&B, jazz), 8:00PM ALTAMONT BREWING COMPANY Old-time jam w/ Mitch McConnell, 6:30PM BURGER BAR Honky Tonk night, 6:00PM BYWATER Open mic w/ Rick Cooper, 8:00PM CATAWBA BREWING SOUTH SLOPE Jon Edwards and the Musicians in the Round, 6:00PM COURTYARD GALLERY Open mic (music, poetry, comedy, etc.), 8:00PM CREEKSIDE TAPHOUSE Trivia, 7:00PM CROW & QUILL R. Ariel w/ Oariana, Aloonaluna (ambient, experimental), 9:00PM DOUBLE CROWN Country Karaoke, 10:00PM

THE PHOENIX Laura Blackley (Americana), 8:00PM THE SOCIAL LOUNGE Industry Night Karaoke, 8:00PM THE VALLEY MUSIC & COOKHOUSE Monday Pickin' Parlour (open jam, open mic), 8:00PM TIGER MOUNTAIN Service industry night (rock 'n' roll), 9:00PM TIMO'S HOUSE Timo's Film Society Movies (free popcorn), 7:00PM TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Service Industry Night, 7:00PM TWISTED LAUREL Phantom Pantone (industrial electronic), 9:00PM URBAN ORCHARD Old-time music, 7:00PM

TUESDAY, AUGUST 23

BEN'S TUNE-UP Eleanor Underhill (country, soul), 7:00PM

LOBSTER TRAP Jay Brown (folk, singer-songwriter), 6:30PM MARKET PLACE Bob Zullo (rock, jazz, pop), 7:00PM ODDITORIUM Odd comedy night, 9:00PM

ORANGE PEEL The Wailers Reunited w/ Al Anderson, Aston "Family Man" Barrett, Chalwa & more (reggae), 8:00PM OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Trivia night w/ DJ Josie Breeze, 6:00PM SALVAGE STATION Hoot and Holler, 7:00PM

BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Trivia, 7:30PM

THE BILTMORE ESTATE Rick Springfield w/ Night Ranger and The Romantics (rock), 7:30PM

O.HENRY'S/THE UNDERGROUND Geeks Who Drink trivia, 7:00PM

BLUE RIDGE TAPROOM Tuesday Tease w/ Deb Au Nare (burlesque), 8:00PM

ODDITORIUM Weak Wrists w/ Pig Latin, Gillian Carter, Innerout (punk), 9:00PM

BUFFALO NICKEL Trivia, 7:00PM

THE MOTHLIGHT Ahleuchatistas w/ Ava Mendoza & Jessica Pavone (math rock, avant garde, jazz), 9:00PM

LEX 18 Bob Strain & Bill Fouty (jazz ballads & standards), 7:00PM

SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Taco and Trivia Tuesday!, 7:00PM

BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Mark Bumgarner (Americana), 7:00PM

BURGER BAR Krekel and Whoa (rock n' roll), 8:00PM BYWATER DJ EZ & fire-spinning, 9:00PM CREEKSIDE TAPHOUSE Matt Walsh (blues), 6:00PM CROW & QUILL Boogie-Woogie Burger Night (early rock n' roll, burgers), 10:00PM DOUBLE CROWN Honky-Tonk, Cajun, and Western w/ DJ Brody Hunt, 10:00PM GOOD STUFF Old time-y night, 6:30PM

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LAZY DIAMOND Classic Rock 'n Roll Karaoke, 10:00PM

BLACK BEAR COFFEE CO. Round Robin acoustic open mic, 7:00PM

LOBSTER TRAP Bobby Miller & friends (bluegrass), 6:30PM

THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Jazzy Happy Hours w/ Bill Gerhardt, 5:00PM Jazz-n-Justice Tuesday (jazz, benefit), 7:30PM

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Cajun Two-steppin' Tuesday w/ The Cre'ole Mountain Dewds (Cajun, zydeco, dance), 7:00PM Grizzly Goat (Americana), 9:00PM

ONE STOP DELI & BAR Turntable Tuesdays (DJs & vinyl), 10:00PM

BACK YARD BAR Open mic & jam w/ Robert Swain, 8:00PM

OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Mountain Music Mondays (open jam), 6:00PM

ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL Tuesday bluegrass sessions w/ Kristy Cox, 7:30PM

ALTAMONT BREWING COMPANY Open mic w/ Chris O'Neill, 8:30PM

GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Contra dance (lessons, 7:30pm), 8:00PM

ORANGE PEEL Summer movie series: Animal House, 8:00PM

IRON HORSE STATION Open mic, 6:00PM

OLIVE OR TWIST Tuesday Night Blues Dance w/ The Remedy, 8:00PM

ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Tuesday Night Funk Jam, 11:00PM

LEXINGTON AVE BREWERY (LAB) Kipper's "Totally Rad" Trivia night, 8:00PM

GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN David Liebe Hart (Cartoon Network/Adult Swim) & The Wham Bam Puppet Slam, 8:00PM

5 WALNUT WINE BAR The John Henrys (hot jazz), 8:00PM

GOOD STUFF Songwriter's "open mic", 7:30PM

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Black Irish Texas w/ Bourbon Express (Irish, rockabilly, punk), 7:00PM

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THE MOTHLIGHT Marian McLaughlin Trio w/ Autumn Burnett & Truly (folk), 9:00PM THE PHOENIX Open mic hosted by Keturah, 8:00PM THE SOCIAL LOUNGE Phantom Pantone (DJ), 10:00PM TIMO'S HOUSE Tech Tuesdays (video gamer night), 8:00PM TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Early Funk Jam, 9:00PM URBAN ORCHARD Billy Litz (Americana, singer-songwriter), 7:00PM WEDGE BREWING CO. Pleasure Chest (blues, rock n' roll, soul), 7:00PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Irish sessions & open mic, 6:30PM

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Chris Pine and Ben Foster tangle with Jeff Bridges in Hell or High Water

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DIRECTOR: David Mackenzie PLAYERS: Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Jeff Bridges, Gil Birmingham, Marin Ireland, Katy Mixon CRIME THRILLER RATED R THE STORY: Two brothers rob branches of the bank that’s trying to foreclose on the family farm, but two U.S. Marshals are determined to stop them.

THE LOWDOWN: A genre throwback with remarkable depth, Hell will be a strong contender for many best-of lists, come year’s end.

Hell or High Water is a film that wears its genre influences on its

sleeve. Yes, it’s a post-modern revisionist Western; but it’s also a road movie, a heist movie and bears more than a passing resemblance to ’30s and ’40s gangster pictures and film noir with a heavy dose of ’70s social realism thrown in for good measure. And yet, Hell or High Water is very much its own film. Yes, its subject matter might be slightly derivative, but it is decidedly not a film beholden to its antecedents. Director David MacKenzie and writer Taylor Sheridan have crafted a singular film greater than the sum of its genre constituents, and the result is a must-see antidote to late-summer blockbuster fatigue.

Perhaps the single most impressive feat that Mackenzie accomplishes with Hell is the capacity to deliver

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HHHHH = exposition through purely cinematic means. His opening shot establishes the film’s setting, tone and a good deal of the premise before a word is ever spoken. Dialogue is used primarily to elucidate character and, only secondarily, to move the story forward, with the majority of those duties being carried out by laconic long-takes and carefully composed anamorphic tracking shots. The shadow of Welles looms large, as do the fingerprints of Don Siegel and Sam Peckinpah, but Hell is a profoundly different film than Touch of Evil or Charley Varrick or Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid. As a filmmaker, MacKenzie manages to avoid the easy shortcuts of most actionoriented thrillers of this ilk, instead using violence and spectacle sparingly to punctuate tension. MacKenzie was already on my list of rising directors to watch after last year’s stirring (and disturbing) prison drama Starred Up. Hell has only reaffirmed that opinion.

As with Starred, Hell focuses primarily on male relationships, clearly a significant theme in MacKenzie’s nascent metier. However, explorations of the brotherly bond between Chris Pine and Ben Foster as bankrobbing biological brothers, as well as that between Jeff Bridges and Gil Birmingham as the U.S. Marshal brothers-in-arms tasked with bringing them down, both owe more to Sheridan’s script than to MacKenzie’s direction. And that script is an understated masterpiece of narrative economy, leaning heavily on Cormac McCarthy and Larry McMurtry in its evocation of a West Texas hill country as gritty and unforgiving as the characters that populate it, without belaboring the point. Like Sheridan’s last film, Sicario, this is a crime thriller with a Texan setting and a world made up of deeply flawed characters. But unlike that story, Hell is a more mature, grounded and personal work. This is a complex script, which thematically analogizes the theft of ancestral lands from Native Americans with the economic slightof-hand that led to largely a similar outcome, at least in principle, for the modern American middle class in the wake of the Great Recession — an analogy that, if mishandled,

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could have been painfully blunt and obtrusive. In short, there’s a reason why Sheridan’s script sat atop the fabled “Black List” of great unproduced screenplays in 2012, and I for one am grateful that this film finally came to fruition without being botched.

The aforementioned central cast is uniformly outstanding, in ways I expected as well as ways I didn’t. Jeff Bridges seems justifiably pleased with his late-career renaissance as a specialist in Westerns, and if he wanted to act in nothing else from now on, I’d still watch them all. Gil Birmingham has always been a consistently reliable supporting actor, but he brings a level of nuance to his ball-busting exchanges with Bridges that I don’t recall having seen from him in years. And Chris Pine is so suitably stoic as the straight-man of this piece that I’m shocked to say I’m beginning to wonder if there might not be more to him than his soulless turn as Captain Kirk would suggest. But Ben Foster is by far the standout here in his anarchic role as Pine’s unpredictable ex-con older brother, reveling in the chaotic confidence of his character and supplying some much needed comedic diversion in an otherwise almost unbearably heavy film.

Hell or High Water may not be the feel-good hit of the summer, although I know it certainly made me feel good to come across a film with plenty of moral ambiguity, but no ambiguity about its own nature.

The film’s pacing and texture are definitively in the classical genre mold, but there’s something more thoughtful at play in Hell than its exploitation cinema trappings might lead one to believe. Masterful execution and one of the most gratifying endings I’ve seen in some time make Hell required viewing. Rated R for strong violence, language throughout and brief sexuality Opens Friday at Carolina Cinemark reVIeWeD BY Scott DouGlaS JSDouGlaS22@GmaIl.com

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tHe storY: A gifted young Jewish student from Newark attends a small liberal arts college in Ohio to escape both his overbearing parents and the Korean War, until the attentions of a beautiful but troubled young woman compromise his plans.

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tHe lowDown: An adaptation of Philip Roth’s 2008 novel of the same name, Indignation marks a spotty, but ultimately successful, directorial debut for veteran writer/producer James Schamus.

I was looking forward to Indignation, not because I thought it was going to be particularly good, but because the writer/director was marginally rude to me on one occasion a dozen years ago, and apparently I hold a grudge.

Having shown up early for a class being taught by Andrew Sarris, I entered the screening room and quietly took a seat next to the door. I had walked in on the last 10 minutes of James Schamus’ lecture, and rather than ignore my minor intrusion, he stopped what he was saying and asked, “Are you really this late?” to which I replied, “No sir, I’m really this early.” Now, the benefit of retrospection has granted me some perspective on Prof. Schamus’ consternation at my interruption, but I was sufficiently embarrassed by the incident that I subsequently refused to sign up for any of his classes, and when the opportunity to pan his directorial debut presented itself over a decade later, I have to admit that the prospect of avenging this absurdly

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So imagine my dismay in having to confess that Indignation is actually not that bad. In fact, it’s better than “not bad.”

But just because this film is pretty good doesn’t mean it’s anywhere near flawless. Schamus, a longtime writer and producer for Ang Lee, still knows his way around a script. However, in this adaptation of Philip Roth’s novel of the same name, it would seem that he was faithful to his source material to a fault. Roth’s semi-autobiographical late-career novel, a 1950s comingof-age story about a New Jersey Jew living in WASP-central Ohio while his contemporaries fight and die in Korea, is not exactly the most relatable story or the kind of plot that lends itself to a snappy, fast-paced script. The structure, while sound, lingers so long on the second act that it begins to beg the question of whether or not there’s a point to the proceedings, and a narratively significant framing device established in the opening frames is almost forgotten by the time it comes back around. The script is extremely talky, the dialogue a little stilted, but at least some aspect of this is appropriate to the material.

All that said, when the story does finally come together in the third act, it’s profoundly affective and no punches are pulled. If Schamus could’ve cut 10 or 15 pages from the second act, this script might’ve been close to a masterpiece.

Directorially, Schamus has a little more room to develop. He seems to have lifted several pages from Kubrick’s book, and not all of them successfully. His camera finds its way into symmetrical compositions that often feel forced, and his tendency to shoot directly into exposed light sources lacks the technical mastery that allowed for such decisions to be unobtrusive in Kubrick’s work. His glacial camera movements call to mind the most challenging aspects of films like Barry Lyndon without the benefit of Kubrick’s photographic prowess, making them feel unnecessarily self-indulgent throughout the first act.

However, Schamus seems to find his footing over the course of the film, and the visual symmetry imparted by his opening and closing shots is ultimately gratifying.

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as a producer than a director, but the result is impressive nonetheless.

Schamus’ greatest strength as a director appears to be his ability to coax strong performances from his cast, and this is perhaps Indignation’s saving grace. Logan Lerman carries the film ably, although at times he seems ill-suited to portraying the intensity his character demands.

David Cronenberg-favorite Sarah Gadon is eminently watchable, and if she occasionally stumbles over the script’s byzantine dialogue, she more than makes up for this deficiency with an unhinged energy that perfectly suits her character and illuminates every scene she plays. Playwright Tracy Letts delivers the standout turn of the film in his role as the crusty Dean, turning that trope on its ear with a subtlety and shading that make a 15-minute long unbroken sequence in which he trades intellectual barbs with Lerman inordinately entertaining in spite of its interminable length.

So, if I can’t quite say that Indignation is a perfect film, it is a very promising debut and leaves me curious to see what Schamus will be capable of in the future. Despite my reticence to admit this, Schamus’ work has overcome my own indignation, for lack of a better term. Rated R for sexual content and some language.

Now Playing at Fine Arts Theatre and Carolina Cinemark reviewed by Scott Douglas jsdouglas22@gmail.com

Pete’s Dragon HHH

DIRECTOR: David Lowery (Ain’t Them Bodies Saints) PLAYERS: Oakes Fegley, Bryce Dallas Howard, Oona Laurence, Wes Bentley, Karl Urban FAMILY ADVENTURE RATED PG THE STORY: After a car crash kills his parents, a young boy is taken in by a dragon who lives in the wilderness.

THE LOWDOWN: A gentle, sweet, family-centric movie that has some small points of interest, but one that’s not very exciting as a whole.

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This month marks my 10th year of officially writing movie reviews for the Xpress. I can’t say I’ve learned much (I mean, a decade later and I’ll still watch any old bad movie that passes my way), but I have learned that I loath movies that are “just OK.” These films, the ones I’ll forget about in a couple months, are my least favorite to deliberate on and then sit down and write about. There’s only so much one can say about the perfectly fine.

What I’m slowly getting at here, of course, is that David Lowery’s remake of the 1977 family “classic” (I never encountered the thing during my childhood) Pete’s Dragon is the wholesome, quaint embodiment of that sort of gentle mediocrity. The look of the film is agreeable, the soundtrack is interesting, the cast is good and the overall tone of the film is well-meaning.

But it’s nothing to get excited over, other than the simple fact that it’s a kindhearted, classy family movie in a world where that sort of idea usually feels verboten. The best compliment I can usually think of is, “At least it’s not Suicide Squad.”

What Lowery and company have done is update the original Pete’s Dragon — the dragon is CGI instead of a creation of hand-drawn animators — and add an amount of melancholy to the plot, with the titular Pete (the impossibly named Oakes Fegley) being orphaned after a car crash kills his parents. He then runs into the woods and finds his dragon, a furry, green thing named Elliott who can fly around and turn invisible. The duo spends some years hiding in the wilderness (Pete is more or less feral, though he can speak English pretty well) until a logging operation starts to encroach on their home and the orphaned Pete is found by a park ranger (Bryce Dallas Howard), her friend (Wes Bentley) and his daughter (Oona Laurence).

With Pete taken in, Elliott starts searching for his pal while a group of loggers, led by the especially nefarious Gavin (Karl Urban), begin to hunt the mythical beast.

Pete’s Dragon is straightforward as far as the plot goes, doing what’s expected of it and nothing more. While that’s commendable — it’s saccharine and touching enough to work — there’s just not much here to truly get jazzed about, let alone to hold much interest.

This is truly Pete’s Dragon’s biggest sin, since this has all the trappings of a movie that should be fascinating.

Director Lowery was, briefly, an arthouse darling (or at least on the cusp of it) with the indie curio Ain’t Them Bodies Saints (2013), a languid, form-

less and mysterious little drama.

Going whole-hog Disney and doing it in none-too-spectacular fashion isn’t very reassuring. He adds little points of interest here and there — the film certainly looks nice and the soundtrack (with artists like Leonard Cohen) is curious — but that’s about it. As a whole, Pete’s Dragon is innocuous, and kids should enjoy it well enough, just don’t expect much more than that. Rated PG for action, peril and brief language.

Now playing at Carolina Cinemark, Carmike 10, Regal Biltmore Grande, Epic of Hendersonville. reviewed by Justin Souther jsouther@mountainx.com

Sausage Party HHH

DIRECTOR: Conrad Vernon, Greg Tiernan PLAYERS: Seth Rogen, Kristen Wiig, Jonah Hill, Bill Hader, Michael Cera, James Franco, Danny McBride, Craig Robinson, Paul Rudd, Nick Kroll, David Krumholtz, Edward Norton, Salma Hayek ANIMATED ADULT COMEDY RATED R The Story: An anthropomorphic sausage questions his worldview when evidence emerges that things are not what they seem beyond the supermarket doors.

THE LOWDOWN: A passable raunchcom attack on modern kids’ films that falls short of full-on hilarity.

Sausage Party now holds the record for the highest-grossing August opening for an animated film, and that’s no great shock. In a relatively uncontested weekend for mainstream releases, the theater was packed when I screened it on Friday night. But the audience wasn’t exactly rolling in the aisles — and this is a significant point. While Sausage Party owes its success to a clever premise and a good gimmick, it falls short of fully delivering on its promise of “adult” animation. Sure, there’s ample vulgarity and explicit (albeit awkwardly anthropomorphized) sexual content, but there’s nothing approaching the narrative complexity of late-period

South Park or even a Pixar film. (A throwaway gag involving a bumper sticker that reads “Dixar” should give you some degree of insight into the level of discourse on display here.)

No, Sausage Party is not for kids, but it plays like something a kid might think constitutes adult humor.

It should be noted that I am an avid admirer of offensive comedy, and I’ve consistently enjoyed the films of Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg from Superbad to This Is the End and everything in-between (though we won’t talk about Neighbors 2). Corollaries to the work of Trey Parker and Matt Stone are difficult to avoid here as well. While my illustrious predecessor held a longstanding — and largely understandable — grudge against those filmmakers due to their inadvertent appropriation of his surname as the appellation of a talking piece of yule-themed poo, I have never shared in his disdain for the duo. I’ve gone so far in defense of that pair’s work as to write an analysis of Team America’s influence on U.S. forces in the Iraqi and Afghan conflicts for a college class on war films.

The comparison with South Park is apt on the basis of the tenor of Sausage Party’s humor (and an ill-advised opening musical number), if not its quality.

What Rogen and Goldberg attempt to deliver with Sausage Party is, at best, a poor man’s Book of Mormon. Maybe my expectations for Sausage Party were too high. Or maybe I just wasn’t high enough.

The film hits all the notes you’d expect, and hits them reasonably well. The catch is that it never delves any deeper than its superficial smart-assery. Ostensibly, this film is intended to satirize both modern kids’ films and general religious conflict through an allegorical supermarket faith in which human customers are gods and the true believers among the animated consumables all aspire to be “chosen” and taken through the doors to “the great beyond.” That premise alone should be sufficient fodder for a fun, high-concept skewering of any number of sacred cows, but it never really goes beyond that one-note joke.

And then we get to the interminable stereotyping: a constantly bickering nebbishy bagel and Muslim lavash; an African-American box of grits (“They call me MISTER GRITS!”); a closeted lesbian Latina taco; a gay Twinkie; the obligatory Irish potato — the list goes on and on. Even this on-the-nose writing wouldn’t have been enough to turn me off were the jokes only a little more incisive.

Instead, I had visions of a writing

room, choked with cannabis smoke, in which the ideas that seemed funny when a stoned scribe jotted them on the whiteboard became the entire skeleton of this story.

There are parts of the film that work, many of them visual. This thing looks like the hideously distorted fever dream of a deranged Disney exec. The first act climax lifts the Normandy invasion scene from Saving Private Ryan almost shot-forshot — and it’s hilarious. But, like a lot of the film’s better moments, most of it was in the trailer. Most of the cast performs admirably, with Edward Norton almost unrecognizable in full Woody Allen mode as Sammy Bagel Jr. and Salma Hayek delivering a standout performance as the aforementioned taco with sapphic leanings. And yet, even the talented ensemble has its issues, with Kristen Wiig still managing to annoy me with only her voice and Danny McBride, typically a highlight for me, appearing in approximately two minutes of the film.

Ultimately, a profusion of expletives and insensitive jokes should have made Sausage Party a contender for my affections. But the laziness of the script quashed whatever hopes I had for a good laugh, and even the film’s indescribably bizarre food-orgy climax left me wishing the filmmakers had tried a little harder. It’s not that Sausage is a particularly bad film, but it is the cinematic equivalent of junk food, and this predominantly pun-based diet just didn’t quite satisfy like I had hoped. Rated R for sexual content, pervasive language and drug use.

Now Playing at Carolina Cinemark, Carmike 10, Regal Biltmore Grande, Epic of Hendersonville reVIeWeD BY Scott DouGlaS JSDouGlaS22@GmaIl.com

fIlm BuNcomBe couNtY PuBlIc lIBrarIeS buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/library • FR (8/19), 4:30pm - Alien Invasion Film Series: Wall-E. Free. Held at West Asheville Library, 942 Haywood Road • SA (8/20), 2pm - French New Wave Film Series: Umbrellas Of Cherbourg. Free. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. the Block off BIltmore 39 South Market St., 254-9277, theblockoffbiltmore.com • MO (8/22), 7pm - Trapped, documentary film screening. Free to attend.

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Self-ImProVemeNt BehIND BarS In this still from the film Inside Peace, inmates at Dominguez State Jail in San Antonio, Texas, participate in its Peace Education Program. Grail Moviehouse hosts a screening of the documentary.

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• Mechanical Eye Microcinema presents Why I Left California: Films and Video by Jason Robinson at Grail Moviehouse on Thursday, Aug. 18, at 7 p.m. The program consists of 10 shorts by the filmmaker and newmedia artist, who works primarily in the medium of single-channel experimental video, animated gifs and live performance. Selections include experimental documentaries, music videos, analog video feedback and more about unsuccessful ghost hunts, sad polar bears and the materiality of video tape. $5 suggested donation to Mechanical Eye. mechanicaleyecinema.org • The West Asheville Public Library’s Alien Invasion movie series concludes Friday, Aug. 19, at 4:30 p.m. with a screening of WALL-E, which also kicks off the branch’s forthcoming Pixar movie series. Free and open to the public. avl.mx/1z5 • Grail Moviehouse hosts a screening of the documentary Inside Peace on Saturday, Aug. 20, at noon. cynthia fitzpatrick’s feature-length film centers on four inmates at Dominguez State Jail in San Antonio, Texas, who enroll in its Peace Education Program. One of the few self-improvement programs offered in prisons across the country that are not faith-based, but instead focus on the individual’s inner strength and self-worth, the “Peace Class” is also

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having a positive impact on inmates at the Buncombe County Detention Center. Additional information about the program will be available after the film. Tickets are $7 and available online or at the Grail box office. avl.mx/2ul • Asheville School of Film students in the Filmmaking 101 (An Introduction) course and from all three youth summer programs will have their work screened Saturday, Aug. 20, at noon at Grail Moviehouse.

Students produced short digital films from conception to completion under the guidance of ASoF founders brad hoover and w.s. pivetta. The event also includes a showing of Aubry Blue by Asheville filmmaker samuel coppage. Free and open to the public. ashevilleschooloffilm.com • Wedge Brewing Co. screens Blade Runner in its outdoor courtyard on Saturday, Aug. 20, at 8:30 p.m. Free and open to the public. wedgebrewing.com • Hi-Wire Brewing’s Summer of Bill Murray movie series continues Saturday, Aug. 20, at 8:30 p.m. in the parking lot of its Big Top location with a free screening of Groundhog Day. Foothills Local Meats will provide classic movietheater food, including $3 corndogs.

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Ben Hur

Les Diaboliques HHHHS

A modern 3D remake of the 1959 William Wyler classic, itself a remake of a 1925 silent film directed by Fred Niblo, with all three stemming from the 1880 source novel by Lew Wallace. This version is directed by Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted, Night Watch), so at the very least it should be visually impressive. No early reviews are available, so only time will tell if it’s critical reception will be as warm as that of the 1959 Charlton Heston vehicle.

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Kubo and the Two Strings

A CG animated kids’ action-adventure from Studio LAIKA set in a fantasy version of feudal Japan, Kubo follows a young boy on a quest to save his family after “he accidentally summons a spirit from his past which storms down from the heavens to enforce an age-old vendetta,” according to the studio. Early reviews have been almost uniformly positive, and with a strong voice cast including Charlize Theron, Ralph Fiennes, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Rooney Mara and Matthew McConaughey, this sounds moderately promising as far as such things go. (PG)

Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot Players: Simone Signoret, Véra Clouzot, Paul Meurisse THRILLER Rated NR HenriGeorges Clouzot is noted as France’s answer to Hitchcock, but the argument could be made that he was, at times, even better. Along with Wages of Fear and The Inferno, Clouzot’s mastery of morbidity is at least on par with Hitchcock’s darkest corners. Possibly the director’s best known work, Les Diaboliques (1955) is a gripping suspense-thriller with elements of supernatural horror, but the true nature of the story doesn’t become fully clear until the film’s final frames. And that third-act twist still packs a punch more than 60 years later, even if you know exactly what’s coming. The director’s wife Vera Clouzot and Simone Signoret deliver bravura performances, but it’s Clouzot’s stylization and tense construction that have made this film a true classic. Ignore the regrettable 1996 remake and watch the original instead. The Thursday Horror Picture Show will screen Les Diaboliques Thursday, Aug. 18, at 7:30 p.m. at Grail Moviehouse, hosted by Xpress movie critic Scott Douglas.

Midnight Run HHHS Director: Martin Brest Players: Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin, Yaphet Kotto, John Ashton, Dennis Farina ACTION COMEDY Rated R One of the better — yet probably least remembered — action comedies of the 1980s, Midnight Run (1988) is notable more for the chemistry of its two stars than for its actual script or Martin Brest’s so-so direction. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, mind you. Quite a few films are worthwhile for the performance of one star; this boasts two. Robert De Niro plays a man who specializes in tracking down and returning bail jumpers to bondsmen. Charles Grodin plays his quarry — an accountant who embezzled millions of dollars from the mob. This, of course, means that the mob is out to kill Grodin (and by extension De Niro), while the feds are out to capture him/them. You can pretty much figure out the film from there. Yep, it involves “odd-couple” bonding with thrills. You’ve seen it lots of times, but it’s the sort of thing that works entirely based on the level of the couple doing the bonding. In this case, De Niro and Grodin make it work. Giving them respectable adversaries helps — Yaphet Kotto represents the FBI, Dennis Farina represents the mob — but really the movie belongs to the stars, and its pleasures come from their feuding with each other. They’re natural enemies, who, over the course of the film, come to realize they have more in common with each other than not. By no means is this a great movie, but it’s still a fun one. As an aside, the end-credit music by Danny Elfman is actually a song called “Try to Believe” that for whatever reason ended up minus its vocal on the film, but ended up on Elfman’s penultimate Oingo Boingo album. This review by Ken Hanke was originally published on April 22, 2009 Grail Moviehouse will show Midnight Run as part of its Grail Canon repertory program, with nightly shows starting Friday, Aug. 19.

Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World

Directed and narrated by the inimitable Werner Herzog, this documentary examines the history and implications of a society increasingly dependent upon the internet for its very survival. According to the studio, “Herzog leads viewers on a journey through a series of provocative conversations that reveal the ways in which the online world has transformed how virtually everything in the real world works — from business to education, space travel to healthcare, and the very heart of how we conduct our personal relationships.” This film is currently at 100 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, and on the basis of Herzog’s involvement, this is most likely warranted. (PG-13)

War Dogs

A comedy based on a true story and directed by The Hangover trilogy’s Todd Phillips, according to the studio “War Dogs follows two friends in their early 20s (Jonah Hill and Miles Teller) living in Miami Beach during the Iraq War who exploit a little-known government initiative that allows small businesses to bid on U.S. Military contracts. Starting small, they begin raking in big money and are living the high life. But the pair gets in over their heads when they land a 300 million dollar deal to arm the Afghan Military — a deal that puts them in business with some very shady people, not the least of which turns out to be the U.S. Government.” No early reviews. (R) 60

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The General HHHHS Director: Buster Keaton Players: Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Charles Smith, Glen Cavender SILENT COMEDY Rated NR A highlight of Buster Keaton’s canon, The General (1926) is one of the purest examples of what made him such a noteworthy cinematic force. This film has it all, from Keaton’s death-defying stunts to some of the best physical comedy he ever committed to celluloid. This film is Keaton in his maturity as a filmmaker. It also marks the last time he had complete creative control over one of his films. The film’s Civil War setting threw some critics upon its release, but reevaluation was not long in coming, and it is now generally placed high in the pantheon of silent masterworks, and rightfully so. Easily one of Keaton’s most cohesive and coherent works, The General was a favorite of Orson Welles among many, many others. Really, any Keaton is good Keaton, but The General is without doubt one of his best. The Asheville Film Society will screen The General Tuesday, Aug. 23, at 7:30 p.m. at Grail Moviehouse, hosted by Xpress movie critic Scott Douglas.

The Moon is Blue HH Director: Otto Preminger Players: William Holden, David Niven, Maggie McNamara ROMANTIC COMEDY Rated NR More historically notable than actually good, The Moon Is Blue (1953) may be the best evidence in support of the argument that Otto Preminger should have stayed away from romantic comedies. One of the first films to challenge Hollywood’s self-imposed Production Code, The Moon Is Blue was banned by the Legion of Decency on its release, thus ensuring its financial success as well as its place in the history of American cinema, even if it seems exceedingly tame by modern standards. All the fuss was over the inclusion of words like “virgin,” “mistress” and “seduce” in the script, all of which were holdovers from the stage play from which the film was adapted.

And it’s the adaptation part of the equation that’s a big part of the problem here, as The Moon is Blue was shot in a rigidly stage-like fashion. Even strong performances from William Holden and David Niven can’t quite overcome the film’s interminably talky tedium, but it’s worth a look if only to see what pressed the censors’ buttons in 1953. The Hendersonville Film Society will show The Moon is Blue Sunday, Aug. 21, at 2 p.m. in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community, 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville.

White Nights (La Notte Bianche) HHHHS Director: Luchino Visconti Players: Maria Schell, Marcello Mastroianni, Jean Marais DRAMA Rated NR One of Visconti’s best, and historically most underrated films, White Nights marks a turning point in the director’s career. This film can be seen as the transitional point at which the director begins to abandon the constraints of neorealism for a more operatic stylization, and the results are truly remarkable. As well as representing a high-water mark for Visconti, White Nights is also one of Marcello Mastroianni’s finest roles for anyone other than Fellini. Based on a Dostoyevsky short story, this film plays less like an adaptation than as pure Visconti.

Classic World Cinema by Courtyard Gallery will present La Notte Bianche Friday, Aug. 19, at 8 p.m. at Phil Mechanic Studios (109 Roberts St., River Arts District, upstairs in the Railroad Library). Info: 828-273-3332, www.ashevillecourtyard.com mountainx.com

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SKILLED LABOR/TRADES FACILITIES AND FLEET MANAGER Facilities and Fleet Manager We are recruiting a seasoned and skilled professional to fill a full-time position as the Agency’s Facilities and Fleet Manager to conduct professional, technical and supervisory work related to managing & maintaining agency-owned, leased and donated real property and vehicles. The successful Candidate must have the knowledge, skills and abilities to: Design, implement and monitor timely and cost-effective preventive maintenance of and repairs to agency-owned vehicles and manage/supervise construction, renovation, maintenance and repair of agencyowned, leased and donated buildings, grounds and related fixed equipment; Conduct competitive procurement processes according to federal & state grant standards; Manage service and construction contracts and operational budget; Work in teams to develop, implement and monitor procedures, manuals and programs that meet grant standards and User needs; Respectfully communicate to resolve operational conflicts; Meet repeated deadlines, exercise sound judgment, use critical thinking skills, consistent leadership, use Microsoft Office Suite software, Google Applications and clearly communicate orally and in writing; Respectfully supervise trade and para-professionals, and Produce quality outcomes consistent with grant requirements, federal, state and local laws and regulations, the Agency’s Values, Mission and Vision, policies, Standards for Employee Behavior and other applicable requirements. Minimum education and experience: Graduation from a regionally- or CHEAaccredited college or university with a Bachelor’s degree in building science, civil, environmental or structural engineering, facilities management or related; a minimum of five years of increasingly responsible experience in facilities and fleet maintenance and management including three years of administrative and supervisory responsibility. A combination of education and/ or experience may be acceptable. Must also possess a valid North Carolina Driver License and pass pre-employment background checks. Fluency in Spanish is a plus. • Compensation: $57,331 to $80,263 (DOQ) plus competitive benefit package including 401(k) This position is exempt under FLSA and ineligible for overtime pay CAO shall exclude applicants who fail to, fully, comply with submittal requirements: Send resume, cover letter and three (3) professional work references with complete contact information to: Ms. Linda Gamble, Human Resources Manager 25 Gaston Street, Asheville NC, 28801 or admin@ communityactionopportunities.org Subject: F & F Manager or (828) 253-6319 (Fax) EOE

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ADMINISTRATIVE/ OFFICE ASHEVILLE AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY SEEKS PT HUMAN RESOURCES ASSOCIATE Perform a variety of technical & administrative duties relating to personnel functions and programs including employment recruitment, workers compensation, benefits administration, classification and compensation, and employee relations. Full job description at http://www.ashevillehabitat.org/hrassociate. Email cover letter & resume to jobs@ashevillehabitat.org.

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EOE. SEEKING: ASSERTIVE, POSITIVE AND ORGANIZED OFFICE COORDINATOR Progressive Martial Arts School looking for an Organization Enthusiast and Delegation Superstar with a great attitude! Must be a natural host, organized, assertive, fast typist and quick learner. Apply: ashevilleninjas.com/employment. info@ashevilleninjas.com

SALES/MARKETING SALES AGENT If you are enthusiastic, persuasive, confident, and comfortable talking with business owners and executives, then you might be the person we are looking for. Call 828-351-3000 and follow the directions.

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• Experience required. • Must be 18 years old. • Apply in person between 2pm-4pm, 485 Hendersonville Road. 274-3582.

MEDICAL/HEALTH CARE PARAPROFESSIONAL Paraprofessional staff needed at the Waynesville Park Vista Group home, (32) hour benefited position working overnights with individuals with Intellectual Developmental Disabilities. 828-778-0260 veronica. long@eastersealsucp.com

HUMAN SERVICES 2 POSITIONS • THE MEDIATION CENTER Seeking a Family Visitation Program Visit Monitor and Family Visitation Program Bi-lingual Visit Monitor. Please visit our website for job description and application instructions: mediatewnc.org/about/job • No phone calls, faxes, emails or walk ins.

ADULT SERVICE POSITIONS Meridian Behavioral Health Services is a recovery-focused organization located in the mountains of Western North

Carolina. We are currently recruiting for the following positions to provide Adult Services: • Clinicians and Peer Support Specialists for Recovery Education Center • Psychiatric Nurses and Clinicians for Assertive Community Treatment Team • Employment Support Professionals and Employment Peer Mentors for Supported Employment Services • Peer Support Specialists for Peers Assisting in Community Engagement • Clinician for Integrated Care • Clinician/Team Leader for Community Support Team • Community Partner Clinician • Clinician/Team Leader for Early Recovery Team. Please visit the employment section of our website for further information about any positions listed and apply directly by submitting an application and resume at meridianbhs.org

CHILD SERVICE POSITIONS Jackson County Psychological Services is now partnered with Meridian Behavioral Health Services. We are currently recruiting for the following positions to provide services to children/adolescents: • Qualified Professionals for Day Treatment and Intensive InHome Services • Clinicians for Outpatient, Day Treatment, and Intensive In-Home Services. Please visit the employment section of our website for further information about any positions listed and apply directly by submitting an application and resume at www.meridianbhs.org HELP CHANGE SOMEONE'S LIFE! Montford Hall, a residential recovery program for teenage boys, is hiring mentors. For a full job description and instructions for applying, please visit http://www.montfordhall.org and click on Employment.

INDEPENDENT LIVING SPECIALIST/ASHEVILLE Pathways For The Future, Inc. dba DisAbility Partners is dedicated to partnering with individuals and the community to enhance, advocate for and support personal choices, independent living and community inclusion. • Job summary: The Independent Living Specialist is a strong voice for disability rights and independent living, working to assist consumers in maintaining their lives independently in the community.

Promotes Disability Partners in the seven county service area and collaborates with community agencies to best assist the consumer to reach goals for independent living. The Independent Living Specialist will provide general information and referral for consumers and the community as requested.

The Independent Living Specialist works as a team player to achieve the stated goals and objective of the all Pathways’ programs. • Application packets can be picked up at the Disability Partners office at:

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NC LICENSED CLINICIANS Meridian Behavioral Health is seeking NC Licensed/Associate Licensed Clinicians to join our recovery oriented organization in the beautiful North Carolina mountains. Clinical positions are available in a variety of programs serving Adults and Children such as the Assertive Community Treatment Team, Peers Assisting in Community Engagement, Recovery Education Center, Child and Family Services (including Outpatient, Intensive In-Home and Day Treatment), Community Support Team, and Offender Services. Clinicians provide recovery oriented comprehensive clinical assessments, support, skill building, education, and team consultation both in the office and the community. • To be considered, an applicant should be familiar with the recovery paradigm of mental health and substance abuse services, have a valid driver’s license, reliable transportation, flexibility, moderate computer skills, and must be Licensed or license eligible. • Please visit the employment section of our website, www.meridianbhs.org, to complete a short online application and upload your resume.

Electronics Engineering, and Computer Engineering Technologies, Full-Time Regular position. The start date is 08/11/2016. For more details and to apply: abtech.edu/jobs FULL-TIME HS SCIENCE TEACHER Montford Hall, a residential recovery program for teenage boys, is looking for a full-time science teacher. For a full description and instructions for applying, please visit http://www.montfordhall.org and click Employment.

LONG TERM SUBSTITUTE TEACHER ArtSpace Charter School (Grades K-8) is seeking applicants for an elementary long-term sub position.

Applicants must have a college degree. A NC teaching license and teaching experience is preferred but not required.

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FReeWILL aSTROLOGY arIeS (march 21-april 19): Can you imagine feeling at home in the world no matter where you are? If you eventually master this art, outer circumstances won't distort your relationship with yourself. No matter how crazy or chaotic the people around you might be, you will remain rooted in your unshakable sense of purpose; you will respond to any given situation in ways that make you both calm and alert, amused and curious, compassionate for the suffering of others and determined to do what's best for you. If you think these are goals worth seeking, you can make dramatic progress toward them in the coming weeks. tauruS (april 20-may 20): As I tried to meditate on your horoscope, my next-door neighbor was wielding a weed-whacker to trim her lawn, and the voices in my head were shouting extra loud. So I decided to drive down to the marsh to get some high-quality silence.

When I arrived at the trail head, I found an older man in ragged clothes leaning against the fence. Nearby was a grocery cart full of what I assumed were all his earthly belongings. "Doing nothing is a very difficult art," he croaked as I slipped by him, "because you're never really sure when you are done." I immediately recognized that his wisdom might be useful to you.

You are, after all, in the last few days of your recharging process. It's still a good idea for you to lie low and be extra calm and vegetate luxuriously. But when should you rise up and leap into action again? Here's my guess: Get one more dose of intense stillness and silence.

GemINI (may 21-June 20): My readers have a range of approaches for working with the counsel I offer.

Some study the horoscopes for both their sun signs and rising signs, then create do-it-yourself blends of the two. Others prefer to wait until the week is over before consulting what I've written. They don't want my oracles to influence their future behavior, but enjoy evaluating their recent past in light of my analysis. Then there are the folks who read all 12 of my horoscopes. They refuse to be hemmed in by just one forecast, and want to be free to explore multiple options. I encourage you to try experiments like these in the coming days. The moment is ripe to cultivate more of your own unique strategies for using and interpreting the information you absorb -- both from me and from everyone else you listen to.

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provide unlikely inspirations in unprecedented ways. lIBra (Sept. 23-oct. 22): When you were born, you already carried the seeds of gifts you would someday be able to provide -- specific influences or teachings or blessings that only you, of all the people who have ever lived, could offer the world. How are you doing in your quest to fulfill this potential? Here’s what I suspect: Your seeds have been ripening slowly and surely. But in the coming months, they could ripen at a more rapid pace. Whether they actually do or not may depend on your willingness to take on more responsibilities -- interesting responsibilities, to be sure -- but bigger than you're used to.

ScorPIo (oct. 23-Nov. 21): I suspect that you will soon be culminating a labor of love you've been nurturing and refining for many moons. How should you celebrate? Maybe with some champagne and caviar? If you'd like to include bubbly in your revels, a good choice might be 2004 Belle Epoque Rose.

Its floral aroma and crispy mouth-feel rouse a sense of jubilation as they synergize the flavors of blood orange, pomegranate, and strawberry. As for caviar: Consider the smooth, aromatic, and elegant roe of the albino beluga sturgeon from the unpolluted areas of the Caspian Sea near Iran. But before I finish this oracle, let me also add that a better way to honor your accomplishment might be to take the money you'd spend on champagne and caviar, and instead use it as seed money for your next big project.

SaGIttarIuS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Some species of weeds become even more robust and entrenched as they develop resistances to the pesticides that are designed to eradicate them. This is one example of how fighting a problem can make the problem worse -- especially if you attack too furiously or use the wrong weapons. I invite you to consider the possibility that this might be a useful metaphor for you to contemplate in the coming weeks. Your desire to solve a knotty dilemma or shed a bad influence is admirable. Just make sure you choose a strategy that actually works.

caNcer (June 21-July 22): Have you been drinking a lot of liquids? Are you spending extra time soaking in hot baths and swimming in bodies of water that rejuvenate you? Have you been opening your soul to raw truths that dissolve your fixations and to beauty that makes you cry and to love that moves you to sing? I hope you're reverently attending to these fluidic needs. I hope you're giving your deepest yearnings free play and your freshest emotions lots of room to unfold. Smart, well-lubricated intimacy is a luxurious necessity, my dear. Stay very, very wet.

caPrIcorN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Your assignment, if you choose to accept it, is to compose an essay on at least one of the following themes: 1. "How I Fed and Fed My Demons Until They Gorged Themselves to Death." 2. "How I Exploited My Nightmares in Ways That Made Me Smarter and Cuter." 3.

"How I Quietly and Heroically Transformed a Sticky Problem into a Sleek Opportunity." 4. "How I Helped Myself by Helping Other People." For extra credit, Capricorn -- and to earn the right to trade an unholy duty for a holy one -- write about all four subjects.

leo (July 23-aug. 22): In my opinion, you need to bask in the glorious fury of at least one brainstorm -- preferably multiple brainstorms over the course of the next two weeks. What can you do to ensure that happens? How might you generate a flood of new ideas about how to live your life and understand the nature of reality? Here are some suggestions: Read books about creativity. Hang around with original thinkers and sly provocateurs. Insert yourself into situations that will strip you of your boring certainties. And take this vow: "I hereby unleash the primal power of my liberated imagination."

aQuarIuS (Jan. 20-feb. 18): I suspect that in the coming months you will be drawn to wandering through the frontiers and exploring the unknown.

Experimentation will come naturally. Places and situations you have previously considered to be off-limits may be downright comfortable. In fact, it's possible that you will have to escape your safety zones in order to fully be yourself. Got all that? Now here's the kicker.

In the coming weeks, everything I just described will be especially apropos for your closest relationships.

Are you interested in redefining and reconfiguring the ways that togetherness works for you?

VIrGo (aug. 23-Sept. 22): When you were a child, did you play with imaginary friends? During your adolescence, did you nurture a fantasy relationship with a pretend boyfriend or girlfriend? Since you reached adulthood, have you ever enjoyed consorting with muses or guardian angels or ancestral spirits?

If you answered yes to any of those questions, you are in a good position to take full advantage of the subtle opportunities and cryptic invitations that are coming your way. Unexpected sources are poised to

PISceS (feb. 19-march 20): If you're playing the card game known as bridge, you're lucky if you are dealt a hand that has no cards of a particular suit. This enables you, right from the beginning, to capture tricks using the trump suit. In other words, the lack of a certain resource gives you a distinct advantage. Let's apply this metaphor to your immediate future, Pisces. I'm guessing that you will benefit from what may seem to be an inadequacy or deficit. An absence will be a useful asset.

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T HE N E W Y ORK TIMES CROSSWORD PU ZZL E ACROSS 1 What might be used with a “Giddy-up!”

5 Unexpected problem 9 King Julien in “Madagascar,” for one 14 Words of dawning realization 15 Go bad, as milk 16 Bakery output 17 Stat shared by many pitchers?

19 Order for a “D, E, A, N, S” list?

20 Bent 21 Wash 23 Bird with large green eggs 24 Lady of La Mancha 26 “Leave that lady’s tomb alone!”?

29 “Welcome” sights 31 Politico who said “Buck up or stay in the truck” 32 Gardner who played the Barefoot Contessa 35 Boo-boo 37 Another order for a “D, E, A, N, S” list?

40 Exam that’s losing popularity in high schools?

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44 Be a greeter 45 Release, as gas 46 “That’s so ___!” (compliment, sort of) 47 Rendezvoused near 49 Not so much 52 Example of bad parenting?

55 Grouchypants 59 “It’s no ___” 60 Favored ones 62 Partner of odds 63 Limber 66 Cry from an eager applicant for a delivery job?

68 Units of 70-Across 69 “Would ___?”

70 Geometric calculation 71 “Bye Bye Bye” boy band 72 Crafts website 73 PlayStation maker 1 2 3 4 5 6

7 Hearing-related 8 Serious danger 9 ___ Palmas (province of Spain) 10 Before, to a poet 11 Characteristic of the present 12 Savory sensation 13 Accumulated, as debt 18 Vegetable that’s a good source of protein 22 GPS calculation 25 On 27 Flair 28 Band at a wedding 30 Honeybunch 32 Spots before your eyes?

33 Through 34 Difference between two sides 36 Affirmative response 38 Author Umberto 39 Good name for a guy who’s seething?

DOWN 41 “I’d like to make a point Some puppets …”

Give a buzz song “I’ll Make a Man Out of 42 Bread with a pocket Deprive of courage You” “Sleepless in Seattle,” 43 Couple 53 Shoe brand that sounds like a 48 Turn (up), as intensity for one letter and a number 50 Look Nine-digit ID 54 With lance in hand Rhyme for “Israel,” in a 51 File menu option 52 1998 movie with the 56 Prefix with transmitter carol

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57 How the confident may solve 58 Op-ed, e.g.

61 Geol. and phys.

64 Nest builder 65 & 67 Tool for getting out of a window, in brief

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