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Take a sober view of refugees A report from the Gatestone Institute (http://avl.mx/2w6) titled, “A Month of Islam and Multiculturalism in Germany: July 2016. Islamist terrorism has arrived in Germany” is a mustread for any American who believes that bringing refugees into America is safe. The report chronicles numerous attacks on Germans just in the month of July. Examples: “July 15. At least 24 women were sexually assaulted at a music festival in Bremen … Police have been able to identify only five perpetrators, all of whom are migrants from Afghanistan … groups of men surround women in order to grope them …” And, “July 24. A 21-year-old Syrian asylum-seeker murdered a 45-year-old Polish woman and her unborn baby in a machete attack in Reutlingen.” And, “July 25. Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere revealed that German authorities are currently investigating 59 refugees because of the ‘suspicion that they are involved in terrorist structures.’” With this evidence of what can happen when refugees are accept-

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The N.C. Cooperative Extension Service has been a key partner with the WNC AgOptions program since 2004. County agents and other agricultural industry representatives work together to administer grants and help farmers with the successful completion of their projects. WNC Communities, an Asheville-based nonprofit agency, is the grant administrator and provides marketing and technical support to grantees. Please be aware N.C. Tobacco Trust Fund Commission funding has not “just this year … vanished” as shared in the article. NCTTFC continues to provide vital funding for agriculture projects across the entire state of North Carolina. For information on its programs and processes, I recommend contacting them: www.tobaccotrustfund.org. We are grateful for Mountain Xpress’ coverage of our program over the past years and know that accurate information is as important to the staff, with which we have worked, as well as to your readers. Thank you for the opportunity to provide correct information about the WNC AgOptions program … — Jennifer Ferre Project Coordinator WNC AgOptions Asheville

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BY MAX HUNT mhunt@mountainx.com Business gets started early at Smiley’s Flea Market, located on Hendersonville Road, a few miles from the airport — oftentimes, before the crack of dawn. Vendors refer to the early risers as “flashlight vampires” — people who arrive in the pre-dawn twilight, headlamps strapped to their heads, some still in robes, searching for items they can buy at a good discount, sometimes to re-sell at their own flea market booths. These nocturnal bargain-hunters are just one of many colorful kinds of folks who can be found at local flea markets scattered across Western North Carolina, where tens of thousands of residents make the weekly pilgrimage in search of great deals, rare goods and a fun time. While some folks see flea markets simply as a way to find “cheap stuff,” others celebrate the markets’ sense of community and locally focused entrepreneurial spirit, finding in them a form of commerce supportive of their neighbors. VALUE VILLAGE “There’s a lot of history and community involved with the flea market business,” says Ben Campen Jr., president of both the Smiley’s Flea Market company and the National Flea Market Association. “It’s really fun to watch the interaction between people and the energy that comes with every weekend.” Strolling through Smiley’s outdoor “yard sale” area, one quickly realizes the market is about more than sales. The smells of Mexican cuisine waft through the open air while different languages and accents bounce back and forth among the crowds. In one corner of the yard, a carousel circles slowly, carrying a dozen or so children, as parents take a brief respite among the shaded tables surrounding it. You might also find Campen’s father, Ben Campen Sr., the co-founder of Smiley’s, making the rounds, checking on customers and vendors, picking up trash and ensuring that all runs smoothly. The elder Campen opened Smiley’s Fletcher location — the company also owns a market in Macon, Ga.,

SEA OF SALES: On any given weekend, 15,000 to 20,000 customers and vendors flock to Smiley’s Flea Market in Fletcher, according to estimates from the company. Smiley’s is just one of many local flea-market venues where residents gather to buy, sell and share commodities, meet new people and have a good time. Photo courtesy of Smiley’s Flea Market and an antiques mall in Gainesville, Fla. — in 1984 because, he says, he “loved the mountains and wanted to create something permanent that would be of service to the community.” Since those early days, Smiley’s Flea Market has grown into its own subculture. “It’s turned into its own little village,” Campen Sr. says. “We have a meat market, a bakery, car tinting and auto services, and a huge yard sale with about 700 spaces outside.” Richard Pope, a retired Air Force veteran, sits grinning behind a table of assorted books and collectibles he’s scoured from other markets, thrift stores and yard sales. “It’s a good way to make a little extra dough,” he says of the market. “Plus, I like dealing with people.” As the afternoon sun hangs high above the outdoor portion of the market, the crowds thin out and vendors load the backs of trucks and cars. A few sellers and buyers walk the yard, searching trash cans and now-vacant vendor tables for abandoned gems.

“Everything that can, gets reused,” laughs one vendor as he packs things into his trunk. “You sell something, and you’re liable to see it on someone else’s table next week.” START SMALL, THINK BIG Flea markets might be a great way for folks to get rid of unwanted household items and make a few extra bucks, but with rental rates for retail businesses around Asheville on the rise [See “Land of Sky High Rents,” Aug. 19, 2016, Xpress], they also offer a low-cost way for entrepreneurs to start a business and create a new income stream. “We’re kind of an incubator for small business,” Campen Jr. says. “[Vendors] can come out and start to hone their craft before they go out and get into something where there’s a lot more overhead.” Campen Sr. says he’s noticed a more diverse range of sellers hoping to

establish professional businesses since Smiley’s early days, especially since the Great Recession and its ensuing slow economic recovery. “For a lot of people, it’s their full-time job,” he notes. “During the week, they’re acquiring new inventory, [or] they’re going out to other flea markets or estate sales or auctions. I’ve seen it grow to that sophistication of a more professional business, where people understand they can really make a good living.” “The most interesting aspect about any of the models [of] flea market is that they create local micro-economies,” says Susanne Watson, co-owner of The Downtown Market, or the DTM, located at 45 South French Broad Ave., on the edge of downtown Asheville. “The influx of these types of markets has arisen due to our economic climate and created a huge new class of businesses that cannot afford to have a shop of their own.”

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MAKING ENDS MEET Other vendors, Watson notes, use venues such as the DTM as one of several sources of income they need to afford the higher cost of living in the region. Rental housing rates in Asheville climbed 7.6 percent in the past year alone, reaching a median of $1,180 a month, according to an April 12, 2016 Citizen-Times article, and the lack of available housing has driven home prices to a premium recently. “It used to be that doing this type of selling was for the veteran picker, antique dealer, festival vendor, fine crafter or the weekend hobbyist,” she says. “Now, many people find that it’s one of the ways to generate income in a town with very few job options, let alone career opportunities.” Susannah and Bob Powell, the owners of Rocks Are Here rock shop at Smiley’s, are an example of vendors whose business grew from a way to get by to a way of life. The Powells say they started out selling general home maintenance and construction equipment several years ago, after Bob was unable to keep his job as a contractor due to health concerns. But after “rescuing” a large private mineral collection at a storage sale a few years ago, they decided to open the rock shop, which has expanded into several adjacent stalls and also offers fossils, decorative skulls and a whole section of mining equipment. “Even though we’re only out here three days a week, it’s really a fourday job,” Susannah notes, adding that her shop’s visitors range from local school groups on field trips to customers wanting jewelry crafted from a meaningful stone. SERVICE WITH A SMILE In a community-minded region like Western North Carolina, flea markets can be a good place to connect with a variety of sellers and customers in ways that go beyond mere monetary transactions. At the Jupiter Tailgate Market, just off Exit 15 on future Interstate 26, sellers range from elderly farmers and scrap-metal collectors to young families selling T-shirts and pre-packaged socks. Subarus are parked next to pickup trucks, their passengers wending their way among the vehicles in route to and from the tables. It’s a smaller crowd than usual for a Saturday on the day of our visit, because of the heat, says a bubbly furniture and decorations vendor named Kaye, who pauses periodically to chat with browsers about family, church

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TOOLS OF THE TRADE: Flea markets offer not only a diversity of goods and commodies, but also attract a variety of vendors and buyers. At the Jupiter Tailgate Market, one can find anything from toys and furniture to crafts, produce and tools on a given weekend. Photo by Cindy Kunst and weddings. “That’s my main objective,” she says, “making people feel good and welcome to be here.” One of Kaye’s customers nods her head enthusiastically in agreement. “There’s a big community aspect here,” the woman says. “I’ve been coming here five years, and these are the friendliest people I know.” The origins of the Jupiter market itself speak to a community coming together, according to a longtime vendor named Donald. “We used to sell out by the side of the road,” he notes. “But the folks in Barnardsville and the state didn’t like that.” In response, the owners of Jupiter Enterprises, a local trucking company, opened the front of their property for the sellers to congregate on weekends. Customer service is a big part of any business’s success, but at the flea market, it’s absolutely crucial. The personal relationships you develop with customers at the market, says Powell, is something not often found at regular retail stores.

“I think any psychology major in college should have to intern at a flea market for a month, because you get exposure to so many different people and personalities,” she laughs. “Customers don’t just buy something at the counter and go away: People start talking and it turns into a conversation — you can get an insight you wouldn’t normally get [elsewhere].” One recent visitor, she says, was a woman seeking out a special stone to help give her strength after a cancer diagnosis. Another was a badly burned boy, who had decided to begin a rock collection while he recovered from his injuries. “Those interactions mean the most,” she notes. “If you approach someone with a friendly attitude and just ask them about themselves — that person becomes more than just a customer.” Other markets, like the DTM, try to facilitate an atmosphere that goes beyond shopping and creates a community space for customers and sellers alike. The Sly Grog Lounge, attached to the DTM and also owned by Watson and

The term “flea market” is often as broad in meaning as the variety of goods one finds perusing them. While generally considered to be an outdoor market specializing in secondhand goods, it can also be a treasure trove for rare, unusual or specially crafted items. “Lots of people come out for our produce, and we’ve been recognized as having some of the best Mexican food in Western North Carolina,” says Campen Sr. “You never know what you’ll find here.” As an example, he notes local lawyer Frank Abrams’ 2012 purchase of an old tintype photograph from a Smiley’s vendor for $10. Over time, Abrams began to suspect the photo’s subjects to be none other than the legendary outlaw Billy the Kid and his former friend and eventual murderer Pat Garrett. While researchers are still analyzing the photograph to determine its authenticity, it may be worth millions of dollars, according to a Jan. 11, 2016 article in the Asheville Citizen-Times. At the DTM, Watson and Hardcastle select vendors that reflect the market’s mission, with a focus on vintage items, antiques, upcycled products and crafts. “The Downtown Market was one of the first in the area to try to curate consciously a mixture of vendors, so that customers could find a wide variety of needed, useful and beautiful cool things all in one shop,” explains Watson. “We have thought of ourselves as an ‘anti-mall,’ a collective and a community. Our type of market reflects the local scene and flavor of Asheville — higher-end markets both in town and in larger cities shop with us, as well as locals and tourists looking for interesting things at reasonable prices.” Sometimes, the unusual finds extend past what’s being bought and sold. Longtime residents will remember the former Dreamland Drive-In on South Tunnel Road, which doubled as a flea market dur-

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seller digital supermarkets like eBay and Craigslist, social media has also facilitated online flea market communities across the region. Facebook groups like the “West Asheville Exchange” and “Buncombe County Buy, Swap, Sell, Give Away” have attracted large followings and developed close-knit communities all their own. Amanda McDevitt, who took over the Buncombe Swap group in 2014, says that membership has ballooned from 5,000 people to 34,000 in her time as administrator. “As far as I know, mine is the largest buy/sell group in Buncombe County,” she writes in an email. “Something must be working for the group to have grown so rapidly.” The convenience of being able to sell and shop online, she notes, is the primary reason why people gravitate to these online forums: “Instant gratification plays a big part, [plus there’s] no waiting for or having to deal with shipping.” Sellers advertise their goods on the page, according to a specific group’s guidelines, and potential buyers contact them to offer a bid. If accepted, the transaction is usually conducted in person, to prevent fraud or shifty deals. While the Internet may be the hot new option for local sellers and buyers,

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Campen Sr. believes that traditional flea markets still offer many things their online counterparts can’t. “Smiley’s offers people the chance to get out and exercise, get some vitamin D, meet and negotiate,” he says. “You get to touch and feel the products, and it’s exciting.” “Consumerism has become a way of life in our country and it can be very isolating, especially with the rise of online shopping and crowded malls and box stores,” agrees Watson. “Many of our vendors also use eBay and Etsy. However, our store is a great testing ground for these people, to see if their product or ability to procure things will work for them.” A HARD BARGAIN Despite the freewheeling atmosphere, low-overhead costs and creative license that flea markets offer, they’re not always immune to the harsh realities of commerce. At the Jupiter market, one elderly produce vendor bickers with a woman and her husband over the quality of the cantaloupes spilling from the back of the vendor’s truck. “You have to deal with people trying to find flaws with

everything,” the old farmer mutters as the couple ambles off. “That way they find an excuse not to pay what [an item’s] worth.” A vendor must also be careful about where and from whom he buys his goods, says Donald. “You can’t buy from just anyone,” he cautions. “Things may be stolen or who knows what.” That unfortunate reality of flea market culture has its effects on how it is perceived, according to Powell. “It’s scary to some people, because they think it’s just full of — I don’t know,” she muses. “They have this perception that it’s too lowly for them to shop there, even though there might be a lamp down the way that would be $200 in a store on sale for $45.” Nor are the markets themselves immune from changing economic and development trends. The Dreamland Flea Market, despite its popularity, eventually was consumed amid a wave of development around East Asheville in the mid-1990s. By 1997, as a sign of the changing times, big-box retailer Lowe’s Home Improvement had received approval from City Council to build a store on the property. This August, Watson and Hardcastle announced that The Downtown

Market would be closing at the end of September, due to an inability to find an affordable new space coupled with declining sales. The Sly Grog Lounge will move to a new location and remain a stand-alone business. “Finding a [new] space that has the right traffic for our business, parking, affordable rates and doesn’t require a huge amount of up-fit has proven to be challenging,” Watson and Hardcastle wrote in their official closure announcement. “After a lot of soul searching, we feel that we need a break.” Despite DTM’s troubles, Watson feels that the market served an important role for both its vendors and customers in its time. “Our story is one that reflects our local, national and even global economy,” she writes. “We feel that with all of our loyal customers and vendors we have created a community, a loving and supportive family, and a small but meaningful economic impact.”

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DEALING IN THE FUTURE With technology changing the nature of private sales and no guarantee of success, many flea market owners, sellers and buyers prefer to focus on the things they can control. While Campen Jr. says that Smiley’s is always open to considering new locations, his focus for the moment is on making their existing locations in Fletcher and Macon, Ga., the best they can be. “We’re concentrating on those and making sure we’re taking care of our vendors and customers,” he says. “If we could open another location or two, that [would] be great, but you just kind of have to see how things are. I don’t want to get spread too thin.” Powell hopes that more people will change their attitudes about flea markets and give Smiley’s a try. “I’d like to see more people come out that perhaps think it’s not for them,” she says. “There’s all kinds of people that come here, from all walks of life. It can be a very fun and intimate experience, [more] than just going downtown.” As for Donald, he sees the Jupiter Tailgate Market continuing to grow in the coming years, as new development springs up in and around the Weaverville area. Regardless of what the future holds, he says he’ll be out there on the weekends, rain or shine, come what may. “I’ve been doing it all my life,” he says. “Once it gets in your blood, it’s there.” X

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The current presidential campaign highlights frustrations many Americans have with the two major parties and their candidates. Onetime presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders has shown that Democrats are not unified under nominee Hillary Clinton on how progressive the party should be. Republican candidate Donald Trump has fractured his own party, with many high-ranking GOP officials declining to officially support him. And a poll conducted by statistician Nate Silver shows there is “record distaste” for both candidates. Voters’ discontent with the two choices on the ballot may pass with the coming of the new year, but it could also create pressure for a policy window in which ballot access reform could slip through. In North Carolina, nearly 2 million registered voters are unaffiliated, and Buncombe County has 67,875 people registered as unaffiliated. That number gives the county the fourth-highest total of unaffiliated voters in North Carolina and outpaces registered Republicans in the county by 21,085. By comparison the county has 46,790 Republicans, 76,382 Democrats and 1,184 Libertarians registered as of Aug. 20. PARTY FOUL

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Currently only three parties enjoy statewide ballot access: the Republican, Democratic and Libertarian parties. So just what does an unaffiliated or third-party candidate have to do to get on the ballot? The short answer is: Collect thousands of signatures. North Carolina’s current requirements are broken into two categories: statewide and single-county. For statewide ballot access, including presidential candidates, a political party must obtain signatures of registered voters equivalent to 2 percent of the total number of votes in the last gubernatorial race, or 89,366 confirmed signatures. Statewide access means a party’s candidate will be on the ballot for any partisan race. Single-county legislative districts and municipal elections require a number of registered voter signatures equivalent to 4 percent of the county’s total registered voters, or, in Buncombe County, 7,677 confirmed signatures. In 2016, seven new parties attempted to gain statewide ballot access, but

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STATE OF SIGNATURES: Petition thresholds vary by state, but North Carolina has the highest number of confirmed signatures needed for full-party access, which allows a party to field candidates on the ballot in every race. * Figures provided by Ballot Access News ** No petition required; parties just have to follow filing procedures all of those petitions failed to get the number of required signatures. The North Carolina Green Party was closest to success, with 10,484 confirmed signatures — but it still fell about 79,000 signatures short. The party collected 12,877 signatures, but 2,393 were disqualified. Signatures can be deemed invalid if contact information is incorrect, the signer isn’t a registered voter, the information is illegible or for other reasons. Wayne Turner, co-chair of the North Carolina Green Party, says it had a signature rejection rate of about 18 per-

cent. “This is remarkably good based on past experience. The county boards do a good job of verifying signatures and appear to be dedicated to fairness,” he adds. “Given the ridiculousness of the number of signatures required, the process itself is a wildly unnecessary burden. It has little to do with the sanctity of the vote and a lot to do with making sure the major parties aren’t unduly bothered by challenges from third parties and independents.” Richard Winger, editor of Ballot Access News and sitting editorial board member of the peer-reviewed Election

Law Journal, says, “For president it’s easily the worst state in the country… North Carolina has the biggest number [of required signatures on a petition]. Furthermore, when you compare deadlines, North Carolina has the secondearliest deadline in the country.” The Tar Heel State’s petition deadline is June 1. “North Carolina has never had a candidate for either house of Congress as an independent on the ballot, and it’s never had an independent candidate on the ballot for governor. There’s no other state that you can say that about,” he adds. Whatever one’s opinion about the thresholds for ballot access, the current petition process is one of the most accessible in the state’s history. Winger says North Carolina began printing official ballots in 1901, but, “The legislature said the only way to be on the ballot is as a qualified party, and that was defined as one that got at least 50,000 votes for governor in 1900. Well, once you pass a law referring to a past event, it can never change that only Republicans and Democrats can be qualified parties.” He adds that, for about three decades, third-party and unaffiliated candidates had to print and distribute their own ballots. The N.C. General Assembly passed its first law regarding petitioning for ballot access in 1929. That general statute established a signature threshold of 10 percent of the number of people who voted in the last gubernatorial election. In 1935, the legislature upped the number of petition signatures to 25 percent of those who voted in the previous gubernatorial election, a 150 percent increase. According to Winger, this action was in response to the Socialist Party giving the established political powers a scare when its presidential candidate, Norman Thomas, made it onto the state’s ballot. As well, the state’s attorney general “threatened to prosecute anybody who signed [the petition] who wasn’t an actual duespaying member of the Socialist Party. He interpreted the law to mean it’s fraud if you signed the petition and you weren’t a bona fide member. Nothing happened, but that just shows you the attitude,” says Winger. More than three decades went by before the General Assembly modified the law again, and in 1967, the petition threshold to establish a new party on the ballot was set at 10,000 registered voter signatures. Over time, the 10,000-signature requirement became easier to satisfy, and “outsiders” yet again invaded the ballot. Winger says the Socialist Workers Party made it onto the bal-

lot in 1980. The next year, the legislature lowered the number of required signatures to 5,000. But there was a caveat. “The petition had to have in big print that if you sign this petition and it’s approved, your voter registration is going to be changed to list you as a member of this party. Members of the legislature figured people would never sign as a member of the Socialist Workers Party if they knew they would then get registered into it,” he notes. Another amendment in 1981 created the addition of a 5-cents-per-signature fee that remained valid until 1999. Winger believes, over the decades, the increase of signature requirements, addition of fees and other potential barriers were simply reactionary measures by the established two-party system. “Both the Communist and Socialist parties had been organizing as well as they could in the textile mills, and the legislature was afraid they were making headway. Fear drives these things,” he says. THREE’S COMPANY In today’s political landscape, some of those historical reservations about outside parties might still be alive. Nathan West, chair of the Buncombe County GOP, says he’s in favor of ballot access, but not for every party: “Any party or candidate that doesn’t go directly against the Constitution of the United States, like the Communist Party, I think they should have the opportunity to do their petitions and be on the ballot.” And as far as the requirements for those petitions go, West believes they are fair. “When you’re looking at elected offices in general, they represent the majority. If a candidate can’t get enough signatures to get on as a third party, then we’re not looking at a majority group anyway. Otherwise, we’d have everyone and their brother looking to get on the ballot.” However, West is also aware of the current mood of American voters and thinks widespread dissatisfaction with the two major parties is contributing to the uptick of unaffiliated voters. “The unaffiliated growth forces, and rightfully so, Democrats and Republicans to re-evaluate their policies.” Kathy Sinclair, chair of the Buncombe County Democrats, initially agreed to answer questions via email about ballot access. Later, however, she declined to answer those questions or to provide a statement. Meanwhile, Nate Phillips, chair of the Buncombe County Libertarian Party, thinks ballot access is controlled

by the Democrats and Republicans. “I don’t think there is any wrongdoing, but the level where it is set to get ballot access, both county and state, is extraordinarily high and requires [an] extraordinary amount of work for small parties to achieve those numbers,” he says. Phillips adds that the two major parties are hardly recognizable heading into November’s election. “There are factions in these two parties that have become blatantly obvious. They don’t even know who they are anymore, let alone speak for hundreds of millions [of] people.” To that end, Phillips welcomes more competition. “The more voices, the better. I wish the Green Party had ballot access this year. We want more people on the ballot. In a perfect world, if someone pays a filing fee and legitimately pursues getting elected, they should be allowed to do so,” he says. SIGN ON THE DOTTED LINE “This system is antiquated. You have disaffected Democrats on the left of the political spectrum who are not represented by their candidates nationally, and you have center-right Republicans

who are conservative, but not radical, being ousted by their own party,” says Eddie Milanes, co-chair of the Western North Carolina Green Party. “Given the rise and fall of the Sanders campaign, and people looking for alternatives to Trump-Clinton, we are at a time where the system is falling apart.” Milanes believes North Carolina’s petition threshold is prohibitive, calling the state “one of the worst ... for third-party ballot access.” But he also believes some litmus test is reasonable. “To be clear, ballot access standards should be set in place, but not as restrictive [as those for] states like North Carolina. For someone without celebrity status to run as an independent here would require something close to a miracle to win.” Phillips says barriers to getting the number of required petition signatures include time, resources and fighting the perception of being an outsider. “It requires a huge investment of manhours. You’ve got to have someone stand outside the post office all day, or downtown … It takes away all the time they should be putting into their campaigns,” he notes. “When you’re trying to get ballot access, the initial

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NEWS perception is they don’t take you as serious. It’s like they think, ‘If you’re not on the ballot, you’re probably some small party, and that’s good for you, but it’s not for me.’” And while the Libertarian Party currently enjoys statewide ballot access, it’s a status that’s always in limbo. If the party does not receive at least 2 percent of the overall gubernatorial vote in November, it will lose that access and have to start the petition process over again with new thresholds that will be set by the upcoming general election. However, Phillips is optimistic about his party’s potential turnout: “We feel pretty confident we’ll get 2 percent. Our presidential candidate [Gary Johnson] is polling high and bringing out a lot of Libertarians. I certainly hope we don’t ever have to go back to collecting signatures.” (Buncombe County’s Libertarian Party registration is the fourth-highest in the state, and the party has gained 497 members since 2012.) Chris Cooper, head of Western Carolina University’s political science and public affairs department, says you’re not crazy if you think Republicans and Democrats don’t want to share the ballot: “It’s in the interest of the two major parties to limit the opportunity for a third party to take away their votes. And the two major parties have actively worked to do just that in all 50 states.” But he also sees reasonable ballot access restrictions as necessary. “It’s a barrier, for sure. But that’s what it’s intended to be. Most states want to limit the number of candidates on the ballot so your crazy uncle Dan can’t run just because he feels like it,” he notes. “Candidates for major parties have to get through a primary season—and that’s a significant barrier to appearing on a general election ballot. Most states want to make sure that minor-party and independent candidates also have to show organization and viability before appearing on a ballot.” WHERE THERE’S A WILL, THERE’S A WAY While many people feel the number of verified signatures is excessive, history shows that procuring them can be done. In 2014, Nancy Waldrop completed a successful petition drive to appear on the ballot as an unaffiliated candidate for District 3 of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners. The threshold for District 3 in 2014 was 2,247 verified signatures, based on a requirement of 4 percent of the district’s 56,187 registered voters. Her ballot campaign, she says, relied on the help of about 100 volunteers scrambling to collect signatures over

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GREEN PARTY PEOPLE: This year, the Green Party attempted to get enough signatures for its presidential candidate, Jill Stein, to be on the North Carolina ballot — but came up about 79,000 signatures short. Members of the Western North Carolina Green Party, above, promote a write-in campaign for Stein in downtown Asheville. Photo courtesy of WNC Green Party about a two-week period. “It was 24-7, and I had a huge support group behind me. You have to have people willing to do the legwork. We went door to door, we canvassed at public places like supermarkets until we were told to leave… It was just people really determined to make it happen,” she recalls. “I really wouldn’t recommend anyone running for office that’s not backed by a political party. I don’t necessarily think that’s good, but it’s the reality.” Waldrop’s bid for office was ultimately unsuccessful. In addition to garnering the necessary signatures, Waldrop’s campaign had to confront the reality that a certain percentage of those would be rejected, noting that if a hypothetical petition needs 2,000 signatures, it’s best to get upward of 4,000. She says that she encountered myriad reasons a signature didn’t pass muster: “People don’t always know if they’re registered to vote, or if they really live in your district. Very well-meaning people don’t always give you accurate information.” After completing all the necessary hurdles to get on the ballot as an unaffiliated candidate, Waldrop now feels that North Carolina ballot access law is overly prohibitive. “You don’t want frivolous candidates taking up space just because they have a whim, but I do think there should be a better method, because it does prohibit people with legitimate reasons for running,” she says. However, Turner, speaking of this year’s failed ballot attempt by the state’s Green Party, says the signatures members collected are “enough in many states to qualify, but [are] only 11.7 percent of the North Carolina requirement. The process requires planning, diligence and hundreds of hours of volun-

teer time. In the past, we have not used paid signature gatherers.” He cites the going rate for hired help as upward of $3 per signature, a cost that would add up in trying to gain statewide ballot access: “Worst case, not counting administrative and organizing time, and assuming the 18 percent rejection rate, it would have cost approximately $316,000 to get all signatures using paid gatherers.” WATERED-DOWN BALLOTS A common argument for keeping the current status quo is that third-party and unaffiliated candidates will just take up space on the ballot. Cooper says reducing barriers will lead to a mixed bag of candidates, some legitimate, others not so much. “There are many advantages of a two-party system — it tends to avoid extreme candidates and reward candidates who position themselves in the middle of the ideological spectrum, for example. It also gives voters labels that they tend to understand, even if they may not like them. The question for me is whether it does the best job of reflecting the will of the people,” he adds. Turner thinks the crowded-ballot argument is a cop-out. “Other states, like California, have many more candidates and parties on their ballot and do not experience these problems. Ballot clutter is an excuse the states use to disenfranchise third parties and independents,” he says. Winger suggests that implementing instant runoff voting is the “obvious solution” to the watered-down-ballot argument. It’s a style of voting that ranks candidates for each office versus the

model of plurality voting, which allows a single vote per office. Buncombe County’s only unaffiliated elected official, Cecil Bothwell, is also in favor of instant runoff voting. The Asheville City Council member recently left the Democratic Party, but city elections are nonpartisan, so he won’t face ballot access issues should he choose to run for re-election. However, if he eyes a county or statewide post, he would have to align with a recognized party or petition for ballot access. Bothwell says November’s presidential election is a great example of when instant runoff voting would be ideal: “So if your first choice doesn’t win, you get your second choice. It helps do away with the argument there’s going to be a spoiler.” Bothwell also notes there is historical precedence for having more than two viable presidential candidates. “It’s kind of strange how restrictive we’ve made this country in terms of parties. If you look back through history, there were four parties running in the presidential election in 1948,” he says. “We’ve kind of reached a dead end in the process. So many people are upset this year about the two major presidential candidates, for different reasons. There’s a lot of people saying, ‘Gee, I wish I had another viable option.’” Cooper, too, thinks it might be time to ditch our traditional voting model. “I would love to see more potential for third parties to have access, but unfortunately access won’t solve the problem,” he says. “For true reform to take place, we need to rethink the plurality voting system we have and consider going toward proportional representation, or something similar. Otherwise, we’ll get more third-party candidates on the ballot, but they won’t have much more luck winning.” Turner adds that the current model of voting and more viable ballot options can’t coexist. “The two-party system is the result of plurality voting. It was never built into the framework of the government but evolved as groups of politically like-minded individuals vied for power. It did not become firmly established until the late 1800s but has been entrenched ever since,” he says. GO AHEAD, THROW YOUR VOTE AWAY Phillips says the Libertarian Party is experiencing a surge in people interested in choices outside the traditional, two-party candidates. “People on Facebook say, ‘I don’t like Trump, I don’t like Clinton. Gary Johnson seems all right, how do I learn more?’” Regardless of the voting model, it will

take such genuine interest in third-party candidates to ply votes from the traditional two parties. One major barrier to encouraging that shift is the notion that a vote cast outside the two major parties is a wasted vote. Phillips is frustrated, hearing so many people talk about voting against a candidate in order for their vote to count. “If everybody who said that actually voted [for] who they wanted to vote for, it would be such a different landscape and possibly change results in the polls,” he laments. Further, he notes that for the Libertarian Party, third-party voting is essential, because having statewide ballot access isn’t guaranteed beyond November if the Libertarians don’t garner at least 2 percent of the total gubernatorial vote. “And if we don’t get that, it will cost hundreds of thousands of dollars and tens of thousands of manhours over the next few years to regain that ballot access,” he says. Milanes doesn’t believe in the wastedvote theory. “Every vote counts, and every person’s voice counts, whether you disagree with them or not. This notion that a vote for X is actually a vote for Y is bullying,” he says. “Thirdparty candidates can win and have won local offices in the past. Look at Sanders; he was elected as mayor of Burlington, elected into the House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, all as an independent.” At the local level, Waldrop also believes there are no wasted votes. “Voting makes a difference. One vote in a precinct can sway a whole election,” she says. There’s also the ideological argument that voting one’s conscious is sufficient, regardless of potential outcomes. As Cooper says, “If a vote is a way for a citizen to express their opinions about politics and government, and who wins or loses is secondary, then it is absolutely not wasted.” PARTY ON The question remains: Will widespread dissatisfaction with the two presidential candidates translate to more choices on North Carolina’s ballot? Bothwell thinks the timing might be right. “The national trend is parties are shrinking and the number of unaffiliated voters is going up,” he notes. “Getting it changed is going to be a hard pull, but I think there’s some interest.” And Winger thinks it’s only a matter of time before the Tar Heel State sees the writing on the wall. “North Carolina is just looking like an oddity. If people just notice there’s something weird about it, maybe the legislature

will change it.” Turner worries if ballot access reform doesn’t happen, the new petition thresholds triggered by this November’s election could make it impossible for the Green Party to ever see statewide recognition. “We have proposed in legislation that the percentage of participating voters used to determine the number of signatures drop from 2 percent to 0.25 percent. This creates a reasonable number of signatures, about 11,000, and is enough to ensure that no one undertakes this effort frivolously,” he says. “If participation increases in the fall, the next signature requirement could easily run over 100,000. My personal opinion is that the state has no business acting as gatekeeper to the political process.” The state has discussed ballot access reform legislation as recently as 2009 and 2011. Both times the bills were approved in the House but defeated in the Senate. The Electoral Freedom Act of 2011 would have lowered the signature threshold for statewide access from 2 percent to .25 percent of the total number of votes in the 2012 gubernatorial election. It also would have extended the petition deadline from June 1 to the third Friday of July. The proposed legislation received bipartisan support in the House with former Buncombe County-based Reps. Tim Moffitt and Patsy Keever, and current Rep. Susan Fisher, voting in favor of it. In the other chamber it received bipartisan opposition with former Buncombe County-based Sens. Martin Nesbitt and Tom Apodaca voting against the measure. As for ballot access being raised in the next legislative session, which begins January, Fisher says it’s a possibility. She adds that there needs to be a signature threshold to keep candidates serious, but she’s open to exploring rolling back that number: “I would definitely give it some thought. I have been privy to a few candidates that have been quite impressive who have gone to the effort to become candidates by gathering signatures. It’s sparked my interest, I will say.” At the end of the day, Winger believes it’s all about keeping the constant drumbeat of interest going, something he says falls largely on media outlets, noting that North Carolina newspapers aren’t using their editorial voice to shame the legislature. “In other states that have improved their laws it was with newspapers constantly criticizing the old laws. Newspapers in North Carolina have been partly at fault. They don’t pay any attention.” X

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ASHEVILLE AERIAL ARTS 301-5615, info@ashevilleaerialarts.com • FRIDAY through SUNDAY (9/2) until (9/4) - Becoming. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 2:30pm. $25/$10 children. Held at Asheville Community Theatre, 35 E. Walnut St. SOUTHERN LIGHTS SQUARE AND ROUND DANCE CLUB 697-7732, southernlights.org • TU (9/6), 7-9pm - Western style square dance class. Free. Held at the Hendersonville Salvation Army Gym, North Grove St. and 3rd Ave. East, Hendersonville

FESTIVALS WARREN WILSON PLOW DAY 701 Warren Wilson Road, Swannanoa • SA (9/3), 9am - “Plow Day,” family event demonstrating traditional farming methods. Includes kids activities, logging competition, traditional cider press, cake walk, old-time music and food and craft vendors. $3/Free for children under 6.

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS CITY OF ASHEVILLE 251-1122, ashevillenc.gov • TU (9/6), 5pm - Asheville City Council formal public meeting. 5pm. Held at Asheville City Hall, 70 Court Plaza

HENDERSON COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY 692-6424, myhcdp.com/ • SA (9/3), 9-11am - Buffet breakfast and conversation. $9/$4.50 children under 10. Held at Henderson County Democratic Party, 905 S. Greenville Highway, Hendersonville NORM BOSSERT FOR SENATE bossertforstatesenate.com • WE (8/31), 7-8pm - Town hall with Norm Bossert, candidate for NC Senate. Free.Held at the Pisgah Fish Camp, 663 Deavor Road, Pisgah Forest

KIDS ATTIC SALT THEATRE COMPANY 505-2926 • SATURDAYS through (12/31) - Family theater performances. $5. Held at The Magnetic Theatre, 375 Depot St. FLETCHER LIBRARY 120 Library Road, Fletcher, 687-1218, library.hendersoncountync.org • WEDNESDAYS, 10:30am - Family story time. Free. SPELLBOUND CHILDREN'S BOOKSHOP 640 Merrimon Ave., #204, 708-7570, spellboundchildrensbookshop.com • SATURDAYS, 11am - Storytime for ages 3-7. Free to attend.

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THOMAS WOLFE MEMORIAL 52 North Market St., 253-8304, wolfememorial.com • Through SA (9/24) - Submissions accepted for the "Telling Our Tales," student writing competition. Open to grades 4-5, 6-8 and 9-12. The original work must be inspired by the Thomas Wolfe short story, The Far and the Near. Free. 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 (9/1), 7pm - After Hours Hike: "The Last One,” ranger-led easy 2-mile hike. Meet at MP 384.7 • FR (9/2), 10am - Hike of the Week: “Nature’s Road Trip,” ranger-led, moderate, 2.2 mile round-trip hike focused on migration. Meet at MP 403.6 • FR (9/2), 1pm - Ranger guided hike to Hebron Falls. Limited to the first 25 people. Meet at MP 296

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FACING FORWARD: Dark shades contrast the light Douglas Lail says he sees in individuals overcoming addiction. “He actually does portraits of folks that graduate from Sobriety Court,” says the local organization’s coordinator, Jillian Davis. “And then, he uses their portraits and stories in his exhibit.” Lail will display these works at the Sounds for Recovery benefit. Images courtesy of Lail WHAT: A benefit concert for Buncombe County’s Veterans Treatment Court, Sobriety Court and Adult Drug Treatment Court WHERE: First Presbyterian Church WHEN: Thursday, Sept. 1, from 7-9:30 p.m. WHY: In addition to the goal of treating and rehabilitating, rather than incarcerating, citizens, Buncombe County’s Veterans Treatment Court, Sobriety Court and Adult Drug Treatment Court are in pursuit of greater financial sustainability. “And we’re trying to be creative about how we do that,” says probation/parole officer James Lewis, “because we live in a community [where] the culture is very entertainment-focused.” Accordingly, the courts’ inaugural Sounds for Recovery event hinges on live sets by local musicians like Malcolm Holcombe, George Terry, Io Trio, Aaron Price, The Bluebirds and Raising Caine.“ Several [acts] are connected to recovery and have their own stories,” Lewis says. Others were simply eager to participate. Visual art, too, will be on display, specifically the Hello My Name Is... portrait series by Douglas Lail. Early in his departure from addiction, the local

artist began pairing black-and-white drawings of his recovering peers with their quotes or backstories. The project grew from a handful of pensive depictions to dozens of them, earning financial support from Kickstarter backers and the Asheville Area Arts Council. For spoken programming, court participants will recount personal experiences, and organizers plan to honor National Overdose Awareness Day (Aug. 31) and National Recovery Month (September) before adjourning. “We’ll also be sharing about the [court] programs themselves — what they offer, success stories. ... We ultimately want to raise awareness of what the county and our state are doing. It’s a progressive approach to criminal justice and corrections to address people’s individual needs from a treatment perspective, rather than just treating them as a docket,” Lewis explains. “But mainly, we want to offer a good night of music for a good cause.” Admission to Sounds for Recovery costs $35 and includes a commemorative T-shirt. Visit soundsforrecovery.eventbrite.com for tickets or further information. X

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BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY RANGER PROGRAMS 295-3782, ggapio@gmail.com • SA (9/3), 10-11am - "Otters," ranger presentation. Free. Held at MP 296 • SA (9/3), 7pm - "Everyone Wants to See a Bear!" Ranger presentation. Free. Held at MP 296 LAKE JAMES STATE PARK 6883 N.C. Highway 126, Nebo, 584-7728 • WE (8/31), 8:30am - "Fall Migration? You Bet!" ranger led birding walk. Free. PISGAH CHAPTER OF TROUT UNLIMITED pisgahchaptertu.org/New-Meeting-information.html • 2nd THURSDAYS, 7pm - General meeting and presenta-

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PARENTING 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: 298-7911 ext. 4347. Free.

buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/library • Last WEDNESDAYS through (9/28), 6-7:30pm “Asheville in the 1980s: A Formative Decade As Told By Those Who Shaped It," presentation series sponsored by the Friends of the North Carolina Room. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library - Lord Auditorium, 67 Haywood St. PUBLIC LECTURES AT UNCA unca.edu • TU (9/6), 7:30pm - World Affairs Council Talk: "Russia,"

by Steven Solnick, president of Warren Wilson College. $10/Free to UNC Asheville students. Held in the Reuter Center • WE (9/7), 4:30pm - OLLI STEM Lecture: "X-Planes," presentation by Jim Tyson, pilot. Free. Held in the Reuter Center

SENIORS COUNCIL ON AGING OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY, INC. 277-8288, coabc.org • FR (9/2), 2-4pm - "Medicare Choices Made Easy," information session. Free. Held at Goodwill Career Training Center, 1616 Patton Ave. • WE (9/7), 8:30am-3pm - "Successful Aging Health Fair," event for older adults, caregivers, and anyone interested in aging successfully. Bag lunch provided. Free. Held at the UNC Asheville Reuter 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. ASTRO-COUNSELING (pd.) Licensed counselor and accredited professional astrologer uses your chart when counseling for additional insight into yourself, your relationships and life directions. Readings also available. Christy Gunther, MA, LPC. (828) 258-3229. EVOLUTIONARY WOMEN (pd.) Small group of pioneering souls, called to be guides for planetary birth. Co-create, communicate in and anchor resonant field; meditate on evolutionary codes; embody emerging Universal Self. For details go to www.soulcaper.com. Meets in E. Asheville alternating Tuesdays, 7-8:30pm starting September 27. Diane Hausler, facilitator, 828-2803371. 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 • 1st FRIDAYS, 7pm - "Dreaming a New Dream," meditation to explore peace and compassion. Free. • TUESDAYS, 10:30-11:30am - Science of Mind magazine discussions. Free. CROSSROADS ASSEMBLY 20 S Bear Creek Road, 254-5519, crossroadsasheville.com/ • Through WE (8/31) - Open registration for a 9-week course to assist in eliminating household debt. Registration: 254-5519.

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GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 1245 Sixth Ave., W. Hendersonville, 693-4890, gracelutherannc.com • Through WE (9/7) - Open registration for the September 10, "YOUnique" all ages workshop. Registration required. Free.

• SU (9/4), 7pm - Louise Penny presents her book, A Great Reckoning. Free to attend. • TU (9/6), 7pm - Frank Brown presents his book, In The Fate of Gender: Nature, Nurture and the Human Future. Free to attend. • WE (9/7), 7pm - W. Scott Poole presents his book, In

SPOKEN & WRITTEN WORD ASHEVILLE WRITERS' SOCIAL allimarshall@bellsouth.net • 1st WEDNESDAYS, 6-7:30pm - N.C. Writer's Network group meeting and networking. Free to attend. Held at Cork & Keg, 86 Patton Ave. BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE MUSEUM & ARTS CENTER 56 Broadway, 350-8484, blackmountaincollege.org • SU (9/4), 10am - Basil and Martha King workshop on process, reading and editing. $30/$15 for members. BLUE RIDGE BOOKS 152 S. Main St., Waynesville • 1st & 3rd SATURDAYS, 10am - Banned Book Club. Free to attend. BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/library • SA (9/3), 10am-3pm - Annual used book sale. Free to attend. Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville • TU (9/6), 7pm - Eugene O’Neill, Long Day's Journey Into Night. Free. Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville • WE (9/7), 3pm - Eugene O’Neill, Long Day’s Journey Into Night. Free. Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville CAROLINA MOUNTAINS LITERARY FESTIVAL 208-4731, cmlitfest.org • TH (9/8) through SA (9/10) - Carolina Mountains Literary Festival. See website for full schedule: cmlitfest.org. CITY LIGHTS BOOKSTORE 3 E. Jackson St., Sylva, 586-9499, citylightsnc.com • SA (9/3), 3pm - Ann Hite presents her novel, Sleeping Above Chaos. Free to attend. FIRESTORM CAFE AND BOOKS 610 Haywood Road, 255-8115 • 1st FRIDAYS, 6:30pm - "The Tipout Artist Showcase," open mic with local music, poetry and other arts. Free to attend.  FLETCHER LIBRARY 120 Library Road, Fletcher, 687-1218, library.hendersoncountync.org • 2nd THURSDAYS, 10:30am - Book Club. Free. • 2nd THURSDAYS, 1:30pm - Writers' Guild. Free. HAYWOOD COUNTY LIBRARY-CANTON 11 Pennsylvania Ave., Canton, 648-2924, haywoodlibrary.org • TU (9/6), 4pm - 125th anniversary celebration with storyteller Vicky Town. Free. HAYWOOD COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY haywoodlibrary.org • TU (9/8), 5:30pm - Presentation by author and poet Fred Chappell. Free to attend. Held at Colonial Theatre, 53 Park St., Canton MALAPROP'S BOOKSTORE AND CAFE 55 Haywood St., 254-6734, malaprops.com • SU (9/4), 3pm - POETRIO: Poetry readings by Janet Joyner, Ginger Murchison and James Kimbrell. Free to attend.

the Mountains of Madness: The Life, Death, and Extraordinary Afterlife of H.P. Lovecraft. Free to attend. • TH (9/8), 7pm - Elizabeth Heaney presents her book, The Honor Was Mine: A Look Inside the Struggles of Military Veterans. Free to attend. WAYNESVILLE BRANCH OF HAYWOOD COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 678 S. Haywood St., Waynesville, 452-5169 • TU (9/6), 1-3pm - Waynesville Library Birthday Party with cake and refreshments. Free.

VOLUNTEERING TUTOR ADULTS IN NEED WITH THE LITERACY COUNCIL (pd.) Literacy and English language skills help people rise out of poverty and support their families. Volunteer and give someone a second chance to learn. Sign up for volunteer orientation on 9/21 (9:00 a.m.) or 9/22 (5:30 p.m.) by emailing volunteers@litcouncil.com. www.litcouncil.com FRIENDS OF CONNECT BUNCOMBE weconnectbuncombe.org/about • Through SA(10/1) - Volunteer to help with the Sandy Mush Cycle to Farm event benefitting Friends of Connect Buncombe. HANDS ON ASHEVILLE-BUNCOMBE 2-1-1, handsonasheville.org • TU (9/6), 6-8:30pm - Volunteer to bake homemade cookies for hospice patients and their families. Registration required. • TU (9/6), 6-8pm - Volunteer to help sort and pack food at MANNA Food Bank to be given to agencies serving hungry people in 17 Western North Carolina counties. Registration required. HOMEWARD BOUND OF WNC 218 Patton Ave., 258-1695, homewardboundwnc.org • 1st THURSDAYS, 11am - "Welcome Home Tour," tours of Asheville organizations that serve the homeless population. Registration required. Free to attend. MOUNTAINTRUE 611 N. Church St., Hendersonville, 258-8737, mountaintrue.org • TH (9/1) - Volunteers needed for the "Wild & Scenic Film Festival." Register online. SWANNANOA VALLEY MUSEUM 223 W State St., Black Mountain, 669-9566, history.swannanoavalleymuseum.org • FR (9/2), 10:30am - Volunteer orientation session for museum docents. For more volunteering opportunities visit mountainx. com/volunteering

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THE FOUR ELEMENTAL MOTHERS African priestess offers healing ceremonies in Asheville BY EMILY NICHOLS emilynicholsphoto@gmail.com It’s not every day that you get to sit down for peppermint tea with a fifth-generation African-Caribbean seer, a person who has visions about the future. As I approached OM Sanctuary, the designated meeting spot for an interview with Yeye Omileye Achikeobi-Lewis, the seer, and her husband, Chief Olu Derrick Lewis, I didn’t know what to expect. In their international work with UNICEF’s Global Interfaith WASH Alliance, the couple have helped protect the world’s waterways. I also knew that they were starting a year-long partnership with OM, a retreat center located at the former Richmond Hill Inn overlooking the French Broad River. This down-to-earth, chuckling, light-hearted couple had been on an academic track until Achikeobi-Lewis had a vision that couldn’t be ignored. She’s an initiate in the Ifa oracular tradition, which originated in the Yoruba communities of southwestern Nigeria. “I come from a family where having visions is our gift,” says Achikeobi-Lewis. Her great grandmother and great-greatgrandmother were seers. “But in the West it’s not seen as a gift; it’s seen as a madness,” she says. In April, she had a vision that brought her to Western North Carolina. The vision delivered “a message from Oshun, the Yoruba goddess of wisdom and love, that there was a great suffering coming to earth, and it was going to be huge, bigger than any suffering we have experienced before,” she says. Achikeobi-Lewis recalls feeling deeply disturbed, as though pain was moving through her entire body. Lewis checked with the Ifa oracle and was told to consult their priest in Nigeria. The priest agreed that her vision was indeed true. “Part of the vision was that people are no longer listening to the ancestors, to the mother, and that this is part of the great suffering that is coming,” says Achikeobi-Lewis. “I

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HONORING THE ELEMENTS: Chief Olu Derrick Lewis and Yeye Omileye Achikeobi-Lewis will bring the African Yoruban tradition to OM Sanctuary starting in September. “Individual action is prayer,” says Achikeobi-Lewis. “You have to be the ceremony by living in balance and love.” Photo by Emily Nichols was told to go see the oracle of the Tibetan people for answers.” Less than three weeks later, the couple were inside a monastery in Dharamsala, India, where they met with the NeyChung Oracle of the Tibetan People, Kuten-la. He listened patiently as she recounted her vision, says Achikeobi-Lewis. Then there was a long silence, which the oracle broke by saying that “he had the exact same vision two days before I arrived,” she says. Flabbergasted, Achikeobi-Lewis listened as Kuten-la “said that the four elemental mothers were weak and that the solution to the future of the world and alleviating the great suffering to come would be doing ceremonies of apology and forgive-

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ness to the four elemental mothers of water, earth, fire and air.” LOCAL ACTION: PRAYING TO THE ELEMENTS The couple returned to Asheville with a mission and promise to perform those ceremonies. In the coming year, they will lead an array of ceremonies, prayers, weekly classes and free presentations at OM, spreading the message about the four elementals and putting the envisioned solution into action, says Achikeobi-Lewis. “We hope to help lift people out of this situation we are in by using the four elemental mothers, wisdom, ceremony and sharing,” says Lewis.

Starting in September, the couple will hold a monthly water blessing at the French Broad River. Achikeobi-Lewis says that working on healing our relationship with water is foremost. “The Ifa oracle said that water is one of the key elements in trouble,” she says, “If we can heal the water issues, we can heal the world.” For those interested in working with the four elements within, the husband-wife team will offer classes on Thursday nights at OM Sanctuary starting in September. “Individual action is prayer,” says Achikeobi-Lewis. “You have to be the ceremony by living in balance and love.”

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All classes and public ceremonies will be multicultural and apply to all people regardless of religious tradition, she adds. “This is not about religion; it is about our humanity that crosses all boundaries,” says Achikeobi-Lewis. “Any way that your tradition dictates to you about honoring the elements, you can do that, even if you are at a river and you pick up rubbish and say ‘thank you’ and you give some feeling of gratitude to the water for all it does to nourish your life; that is a ceremony,” she says. For those skeptical about the four elemental mothers, AchikeobiLewis says this: “Essentially they are what keeps us alive. “You can’t live without water for more than a couple of days,” says Achikeobi-Lewis. “You can’t live without air. ... You can’t live without the earth. And you can’t live without fire, the sun.” Those are the four elemental mothers, Achikeobi-Lewis explains. “They are seen as feminine principles, because it’s that which nourishes and sustains us,” she says. In December, the couple will facilitate an ancient Oshun ceremony at OM Sanctuary. Called the Lighting of the Lights, the ceremony will honor the four elemental mothers and “represent the lighting of Oshun’s wisdom and the relighting of the wisdom of the world,” says Achikeobi-Lewis. “We are creating a reconnection to that which sustains us,” she says. “We are like children that have been disconnected from the womb of our mother Earth, and we cannot live like that. We are getting sicker; our children are getting more disease; we are having more mental and physical issues, having more earthquakes; the temperature is going up on our planet; the waters are drying up,” says Achikeobi-Lewis. “So it is time, time to honor, to ask for forgiveness and to remember.” X

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AND VIRGINIA DAFFRON vdaffron@mountainx.com When the DIY Network’s “Treehouse Guys” put out the word that the television show was looking for WNC property owners interested in constructing a treehouse on their land, two local couples — Michael and Caroline Parrish and Michael and Eva Greene — were among those vying to be chosen. The Parrishes’ treehouse is set to make its national television debut on Aug. 30 and is now ready to welcome overnight guests as the first unit of a planned 20-treehouse vacation-rental resort. The treehouse village will be part of Serenity, a residential development set atop Baird Mountain in Woodfin. The 50-acre project (whose retaining wall is visible from Future Interstate 26), will also include 40 residential homesites and a resort building. Michael Parrish, a retired human resources professional, joined forces with Dale Deines, a dentist, to create the vision for the property. But neither Parrish nor Deines is a real estate developer, let alone an authority on treehouse construction. That’s where the expertise of the DIY Network came in, with show stars James Roth and Chris Haake, along with treehouse pioneer Michael Garnier, all lending their expertise to get the project, well, off the ground. In addition to the project leaders, the DIY Network crew also included arborists, engineers, interior designers and other specialists. The treehouses at Serenity, which rely on trees as their sole support, will meet all applicable building code requirements. “There are no posts supporting the structure,” Parrish says of the newly built first treehouse. “It’s built just between two trees.” The stairs leading up to the entrance of the treehouse, building contractor Robert Anderson adds, are “a hinged staircase — it’s not attached to anything other than the treehouse, so it just floats there right above the ground and can be moved if needed.” Because it’s not connected to the earth, the house moves with the trees during high winds and as the trees grow, Anderson notes. Each treehouse will be between 400 to 500 square feet and, while the

MOUNTAIN HIGH: The only thing better than a cabin in the mountains is a treehouse in the mountains. Set to be revealed Aug. 30 on the DIY Network, this Woodfin treehouse (shown here during construction) is the first of a planned 20-unit vacation rental complex on Baird Mountain in the Serenity development. Photo courtesy of Michael Parrish designs and features will vary, amenities may include outdoor wine bars, fire pits and hot tubs. “It’s all about that whimsical look,” says Parrish, “so we’re going to experiment.” Parrish explains that his goal is to complete the project while borrowing the minimum amount of money necessary, so the treehouses will be constructed only a few at a time. “We’re not going to rush into it and throw a bunch of them up. We’re going to take our time.” THE TREE CASTLE Even though construction on the Greenes’ treehouse began before the Parrishes’, the Greenes’ project is still a few weeks away from completion. Michael Greene, the former owner of Wick & Greene Jewelers in downtown Asheville (the Greenes’ daughter EvaMichelle Spicer and her husband Elliott Spicer recently took over the business) says his Reems Creek treehouse has turned into “more of a tree castle.” Boone-based builder Michael Stam, who is also a trained arborist, reports that the Greenes’ structure incorporates 3 1/2 tons of steel into its structure. In addition to a steel-framed platform, the design also incorporates two steel groundsupport posts.

Sheathed in the outer layers of two hollowed-out oak trees, the steel posts are nearly indistinguishable from the living trees that support the 1,200-squarefoot structure. Built on a steep hillside, the Greenes’ treehouse sits close to the ground on the uphill side, making it easy to reach the treehouse via a curving staircase. On the downhill side, however, the wide, undulating decks soar 35 feet from the ground. “Up here, you have a whole different communication with nature,” Eva Greene says. “You are at the level of the birds. When it rains, it sounds completely different.” Once the project is complete, Eva Greene continues, she and her husband plan to live in the treehouse while their 1920s-era Asheville home undergoes renovations. In the future, the Greenes may operate the treehouse as a very special vacation rental. It sits on the hillside above the Carolina Jewel, a 19thcentury farmhouse and rustic cabin the couple rent out for wedding parties, family reunions and other gatherings. BUILDING GREEN IN THE TREES Hanging out in a treehouse sounds like a nature lover’s dream come true, but how healthy is it for the tree and the environ-

ment? The Parrishes and the Greenes relied on treehouse expert Michael Garnier to ensure that their structures are tree-friendly, safe and sustainable. Garnier, who owns Out ‘n’ About Treehouse Treesort in Cave Junction, Ore., has followed a singular path to his current status as one of the nation’s leading authorities on treehouse construction. After a stint studying engineering in college, Garnier was drafted into the Army and served as a medic with the Green Berets. In 1973, he re-entered civilian life and moved to Oregon, where he practiced medicine as a physician’s assistant. Yet Garnier found himself spending more time on woodworking projects and less on providing health care. In the mid-’70s, woodworking became his full-time occupation. He got interested in polebuilding construction, which led him to wonder how trees could be used to support part or all of a structure’s load. Garnier completed his first treehouse in 1990. From the beginning of his treehouse odyssey, Garnier worked to devise a fastening system that would support the weight of a treehouse while maintaining the health of the tree over time. He developed the Garnier Limb treehouse fastening bolt, which he says is now used across the United States for treehouse residential structures and vacation rentals, ziplines, viewing platforms and aerial walkways. Garnier’s own home is an 1,800-square-foot treehouse supported by seven trees. According to Garnier, the main environmental benefit of treehouse construction over conventional foundation construction is that the trees on the building site can remain in place with their roots undisturbed. Even when ground-based buildings are nestled among trees, Garnier says, their foundations cut into existing root systems and diminish the trees’ ability to absorb nutrients and water from the soil. As a vacation-rental operator, Garnier makes money from his trees. But unlike timber-related operations that require cutting trees down to generate revenue, Garnier’s business cashes in on leaving the trees in place and keeping them healthy. His property now includes 13 rental treehouses as well as aerial walkways, ziplines and swings. When asked about the resort’s popularity, Garnier reports, “We’re renting a year out.”

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STEEL YOURSELF: The structure of Michael and Eva Greenes’ treehouse incorporates 3 1/2 tons of steel. While putting that framework into place was no small feat, the natural environment of the site remains largely undisturbed. Photo by Eva Greene In addition to the benefits to the trees, Garnier continues, vertical building methods that minimize excavation cause far fewer soil erosion and stormwater runoff issues. Plumbing and electrical systems work pretty much the same way in treehouses as in conventional structures, Garnier says, although water supply pipes need to be well-insulated to protect them against freezing. Depending on the height of the treehouse and area water pressure, some treehouses require booster pumps to get the water up to the structure. The maximum size of a treehouse is determined by the number of trees available to serve as its foundation. A single large, healthy tree can support a 350- to 400-square-foot treehouse, while two trees can hold a 700- to 800-squarefoot structure, Garnier explains. Stam estimates that building a treehouse costs 5 to 30 percent more than a comparable conventional structure.

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Although eliminating excavation and a foundation system saves money, every other aspect of the building process costs more and takes longer, since the design and construction approach must be custom-tailored to suit each individual location and stand of trees. Because of an unusual septic system design on the Greenes’ vacation rental property, a treehouse turned out to be the only building method that could have worked on their site. Although that consideration is specific to their property, treehouse construction methods could be well-suited to other ecologically sensitive or fragile sites. And for Eva Greene, the intangible benefits of living in a tree more than make up for the increased cost and complexity. “It’s kind of a childlike dream, being up high among the trees,” she reflects. “But in the case of our treehouse, it comes with all the adult comforts.” X

FARM & GARDEN by Virginia Daffron | vdaffron@mountainx.com

Learn to hunt and cultivate ginseng this fall Fall is an ideal time to hunt for ginseng and other wild crops in the forest, according to Robert Eidus, owner of Eagle Feather Organic Farm in Marshall. Eidus will host a workshop on identifying, using, propagating and protecting medicinal plants such as ginseng, goldenseal, black cohosh and bloodroot at his farm on Sunday, Sept. 4, from 1-4 p.m. The cost of the session is $80. Eidus will introduce attendees to jiaogulan, a ginsenglike plant he says is simple to grow. Native to China, the jiaogulan plant’s leaves can be steeped to yield a tonic tea. Workshop participants can purchase a potted plant to take home. “It doesn’t take a long time to become established like ginseng does,” Eidus notes. Students will learn raised-bed growing techniques, including methods for fertilizing and covering a bed in preparation for winter. Eidus will explain ginseng’s special germination requirements. The finicky plant requires 18 months to sprout from seed. If a would-be grower were to simply plant some seeds in a promising spot this fall, those seeds would have only a 16 percent chance of germinating two springs from now. Using a stratification box — which nurtures the seeds in the cold, moist conditions they require — increases those chances to over 80 percent. Eidus’ work focuses on harvesting and growing wild plants in a way that preserves the natural resource for many years and generations to come. For more information, visit www.ncgoldenseal.com. To register, call or email Eidus at 6493536 or robert@goldenseal.com.

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ASHEVILLE GREEN DRINKS ashevillegreendrinks.com • 1st WEDNESDAYS, 7pm - Eco-presentations, discussions and community connection. Free. Held at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville, 1 Edwin Place RIVERLINK 170 Lyman St., 252-8474 ext.11 • Through WE (8/31), 8am-5pm - Cell phones are collected regardless of condition or age for proper recycling. WNC SIERRA CLUB 251-8289, wenoca.org • WE (9/7), 7-9pm - “How to Avoid the Third Gas Plant in Asheville,” presentation by three members of the Energy Innovation Task Force regarding the plan to move WNC to cleaner energy. Free. Held at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville, 1 Edwin Place

MUSHROOMS OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS - HANDS ON FORAGING (pd.) Saturday, 9/3. 10am-1:30pm - Explore local forests in search of edible, medicinal and regional mushrooms with fungal forager Mateo Ryall. $30 per class. Info: herbandroots.com, livinroots@gmail.com or 413-636-4401. PERMACULTURE DESIGN CERTIFICATION COURSE WITH WILD ABUNDANCE (pd.) September 21-October 2, A place-based Permaculture Design Certification Course & a 10 day crash course on living in balance! Info & details: 7757052, wildabundance.net. ASHEVILLE GARDEN CLUB 550-3459 • SU (9/7), 10am - General meeting and presentation about succulents by Laura Carter from Thyme in the Garden. Bring an interesting container. Free. Held at Asheville Botanical Gardens, 151 W.T. Weaver Blvd. BUNCOMBE COMMUNITY GARDENS caro2arias@gmail.com • SA (9/3), 4:30pm - Buncombe community garden volunteer orientation. Registration: caro2arias@gmail.com. Free.

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ORGANIC GROWERS SCHOOL HOSTS ANNUAL HARVEST CONFERENCE Backyard gardeners, urban farmers and homesteaders of all skill levels are the target audience for the Organic Growers School’s annual Harvest Conference. Now in its third year, the one-day event will run from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, on the A-B Tech campus in Asheville. Attendees can choose among 28 workshops on topics that include fall and winter growing, cooking, fermentation and preservation, homesteading skills, self-reliance and herbal medicine. The cost is $45 for the day of classes. For more information, visit the Organic Growers School’s website (http://avl.mx/2w8). Local, regional and national experts in food, forestry, herbal medicine and sustainable agriculture will be teaching at the event. Special guest Mary Bove will present a workshop on kid-friendly herbs. Bove is an herbalist, teacher and lecturer who is also the author of An Encyclopedia of Natural Healing for Children and Infants and co-author of Herbs for Women’s Health: Herbal Help for the Female Cycle from PMS to Menopause. Bove practices naturopathic family medicine at the Brattleboro Naturopathic Clinic in Vermont, and she works as an educator and advisory board member for Gaia Herbs and as a formulator for GaiaKids, Gaia Herbs’ line of children’s herbal products. X

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It’s no secret that Early Girl Eatery on Wall Street prides itself on selling locally sourced Southern comfort food. But Early Girl enthusiasts might be surprised by just how local their ingredients are. In fact, when they leave the restaurant during its peak weekend brunch hours, they are likely to find Walter Harrill of Imladris Farm — the man behind the jams they just smothered on their biscuits — selling his products in a cart right outside. Harrill and his business partner and wife, Wendy, produce seasonal jams from their seventh-generation family farm in Fairview only 15 miles away. Wearing his trademark Tula hat, which, he jokes, “keeps the sun out of my eyes and off my balding head,” Harrill provides generous samples to Early Girl customers craving seconds. Inside the restaurant, his Berry Best and raspberry jams adorn the tables, and his apple butter is served with Early Girl’s hushpuppies. Jams are not only delicious, Harrill explains, they’re also a way to use produce that may not be visually pleasing enough

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to sell at market but is still 100 percent healthy and flavorful. Before, that fruit might have been wasted or composted, but now it can go into value-added products like jams. “It’s perfect for us,” Harrill says, pointing at the blueberry jam on his cart display. “You’d never know that a blueberry in there had a little ding in it.” Imladris is one of many local farms continuing the Southern Appalachian tradition of jam-making and embracing a seasonal, sustainable approach. And as restaurants in Asheville have increased interest in sourcing ingredients from area farms as part of the local food movement, farmers have found success in new markets. Many of these farm-to-table relationships were conceived by the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project, a nonprofit dedicated to building a local healthy food system in Western North Carolina. Among its many initiatives, ASAP organizes the Asheville City Market, does educational programming with children and helps introduce farmers to business owners interested in selling sustainable food. Jessica DeMarco, who produces handcrafted jams and other artisan foods as

the owner of Copper Pot & Wooden Spoon in Waynesville, calls ASAP an “invaluable connection” in helping her find local produce when she started her business five years ago. DeMarco specializes in seasonal breakfast jams as well as a line of boozy flavors, including apple pie moonshine, bourbon-blueberry and even a spiced apple and beer variety that uses the Tadpole porter from Frog Level Brewing Co. DeMarco also designs recipe collections for her products. “Jam isn’t just for toast,” she says. “There are a lot of pairings people don’t realize.” Her latest collection will feature beer jam, bread mix, pickled jalapeños and a recipe card for beer bread corn fritters and beer jam butter. On Aug. 16, the West Asheville Tailgate Market held its inaugural Summer Jam Festival to boost the spirits of vendors who had endured a rainy market season and to show off local jam offerings. “I wanted to do something to celebrate the summer and the literal fruits of our labor, because it’s the point in the season where our farmers have just been working so hard,” says market director Quinn Asteak. The event had live

music, a kiddie pool filled with corn kernels and a jam-tasting competition where shoppers could try six local jams and vote for their favorite. The winner was the Bears Jam entered by Sarah Decker of Root Bottom Farm, which mixes blackberries, strawberries and raspberries in a sweet but healthy combination. Root Bottom, which Decker runs with her husband, Morgan, in Marshall, is a nospray organic farm offering jams with “twice the fruit and half the sugar” of most conventional preserves. Root Bottom jams are available in the farm’s weekly community supported agriculture boxes, as well as at ticketed farmto-table dinners held on the property. West Asheville’s Sunny Point Café has also been a major local food supporter from the restaurant perspective. Not only does it source whatever ingredients it can from Asheville farmers, it even maintains a garden of fresh produce and herbs right next to the restaurant, which the staff harvests for menu specials. Sunny Point offers a regular fruit jam with its angel biscuits, and its jalapeño Oh, Hot Jam is served with the popular fried chicken and sweet potato waffle sandwich, which is then topped with pimento cheese and maple black pepper bacon. Both jams are made using Sunny Point’s recipes and ingredients but are processed and bottled by Imladris Farm. Assistant manager Noah Hermanson applauds this collaboration, noting that local foods are undeniably connected to positive community development. “Really, it comes down to the fact that you can build a whole business around supporting all these other local businesses,” he says. “The rest falls into place.” Those who are interested in making their own jams can find supplies at many local stores, including Fifth Season, Villagers and Kitchen & Co. And Villagers will offer an affordable

class on the subject on Sunday, Sept. 11 (see sidebar). Also, since jams are shelf-stable, they can be the perfect way for those visiting the area to support local farmers while bringing home an authentic piece of Appalachia. ASAP’s Local Food Campaign program director, Molly Nicholie, says, “To be able to offer jams that folks can take with them and have as a token of their experience here in the mountains is a great tool for connecting them to food and agriculture in the region.” To find more sources of sustainable local produce and jams made in the Blue Ridge Mountains, ASAP’s Local Food Guide is available online at appalachiangrown.org. X

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The Lucky Otter owner made a profound impact on West Asheville and the local food scene He is remembered as a risk-taker with a vision, a leader in the West Asheville renaissance and a successful restaurateur. The community suffered a great loss when Roland Knoll, owner of the Lucky Otter and co-owner of both Nine Mile restaurants and The Trailhead in Black Mountain, passed away Aug. 11 after an extended struggle with cerebellar ataxia. According to Knoll’s obituary in the Asheville Citizen-Times, he loved hot sauce, “Dancing Outlaw” Jesco White and cutting the sleeves off his T-shirts. And it was reported that he made the best smoked meat you’d ever taste. But those who knew him well also remember him as one of a select few who were willing to take a risk several ago on opening a restaurant in the part of town once known as “Worst Asheville.” “I’ll always remember Roland as the embodiment of change in West Asheville,” says Jonas Cole, general manager at the Lucky Otter. Cole describes Knoll as a “pioneer.” The Lucky Otter’s website states that the goal of the restaurant when it opened was to be a “neighborhood place.” Nine years later, after having helped kick off what is now West Asheville’s booming culinary scene, it is still a hub for the Haywood Road community. Knoll encouraged his employees’ ideas with zest and excitement, Cole says, and this support no doubt aided in the success of not only Lucky Otter, but the other local eateries he co-owned. Marc McCloud, owner of Orbit DVD on Haywood Road, says that over the course of 13 years, he and Knoll shared a long and intertwined history. Many times he turned to Knoll for encouragement and advice. “He was a straight shooter who definitely affected the path I’m on now,” McCloud says. “Roland was a few years older, so I leaned on him many times for business advice. He helped to cheer me up during some tough patches, and we almost became partners.” McCloud adds he will always remember Knoll as one of the first to take a chance on “Worst Asheville.”

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PIONEER: “I’ll always remember Roland as the embodiment of change in West Asheville,” says Jonas Cole, general manager of Lucky Otter. Photo courtesy of Paige Knoll Mike Flanigan, co-owner of The Trailhead in Black Mountain, moved to Asheville from New Mexico about nine years ago and landed a job at the Lucky Otter when it opened. “It was a great time to be there,” says Flanigan. “Aaron Thomas, the now owner of Nine Mile, and I worked there together and learned a great deal.” He too recalls the guidance Knoll readily served up. “When I moved to Black Mountain, I was approached with the opportunity to open a place, and it has

always been a dream of mine, so I opened The Trailhead,” he says. “I immediately turned to Roland for guidance and he was like, ‘OK, this is how you open a restaurant.’ If I ever had a problem, I’d put Roland on the job. He was the muscle. He knew everybody in town.” Along with his contributions to the community, Knoll is also remembered for his joyous spirit and friendly personality. “Aside from a good cocktail and/or wine, Roland drank Busch Lite with pride, and his favorite meal was probably anything that he cooked at home for guests,” Cole says. One of the first things that pops into Cole’s mind about Knoll was a look of wonderment and a smirk on his face when he was either telling an amazing story or hearing one, always followed by his signature laugh. “Roland was of the dwindling breed where life and adventure sought him out as much as he sought it out,” he says. “We worked together for almost nine years, and as you can imagine, that resulted in some yelling, tons of laughing, a little hugging and crying and boatloads of shared adventures.”“ A reception at The Trailhead that followed Knoll’s funeral service on Aug. 20 is a testament to that statement. ”We must have had more than 300 people there,“ Flanigan says. ”The back deck, parking lot and all points in between were just swarming with people. Some of those folks were wearing cut-off T-shirts and others were quaffing down — yes — cans of cold Busch Lite.“ The community also came out en masse to support recent efforts by of one of Knoll’s friends, Casey Pond, to take Knoll’s oldest son, Jackson, a huge Green Bay Packers fan, to see the pro football team play the New York Giants in Wisconsin in October. Pond launched a GoFundMe page to secure some financial backing for his plan, and the project reached nearly 100 percent of its $1,900 goal in only two days. ”The whole family has been through a lot over the last few years, and I would love to help create a really great memory for my good friend’s son,“ Pond says on the fundraising page. So, even though Asheville changes daily with a constant influx of new people, many will not forget that Knoll was a man who took chances and cared about people. McCloud says he will be forever grateful for the man, his advice and the conversations they had. ”And, man, those Christmas parties," he adds. X

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SMALL BITES by Thomas Calder | tcalder@mountainx.com

Milk and fire Event tests pepper eaters’ heat tolerance

SCOVILLE SCALE: Named after its creator, pharmacist Wilbur Scoville, the scale measures the amount of heat within chili peppers. Competitors at the Heavenly Greenhouse Hot Pepper Eating Contest will have to eat their way up the scale. Photo courtesy of Joel Mowrey Milk will be in ready supply at Uncle Bill’s Flea Market in Whittier — all 20 contestants of the inaugural Heavenly Greenhouse Hot Pepper Eating Contest will have that beverage available during the 16-round competition. Of course, to drink the milk during the challenge is equivalent to tapping out — an emergency relief for those who can’t handle the heat. There will also be plenty of heat. “We [are] going to start with a jalapeño,” says Jeff Warren, the event’s creator, “and make our way to the hottest pepper in the world — that’s the Carolina Reaper.” First cultivated in 2004 by Ed Currie, the founder of PuckerButt Pepper Co., the Carolina Reaper came about by crossing a Naga pepper from Pakistan and a habanero from the island of St. Vincent. Before reaching that level, contestants will have to endure the likes of the cayenne, lemon drop, fatalli, chocolate habanero and ghost pepper.

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With so much burn and so many different bites in play, contenders will be asked to sign a waiver before sitting down to compete. Along with the emergency milk, Warren will provide each participant a trash bag in case what goes down doesn’t stay down. “It is going to be one heck of a challenge,” says Joel Mowrey, owner of Smoking J’s Fiery Foods & Farm, who will provide the peppers for the event. His farm raises more than 40 varieties, ranging from mild to the hottest available. Mowrey notes that many pepper-eating contests are about volume — who, for example, can eat the most jalapeños. But the Heavenly Greenhouse Hot Pepper Eating Contest, he says, is about competitors making their way up the Scoville scale. Bounce houses, a raffle and beer from Innovation Brewing will be part of the event, too (for viewers, not pepper eaters). “We’re hoping a lot

of people come and bring their kids and have a good time,” says Warren. The winner will walk away with a money prize, while secondand third-place contestants will be awarded trophies and T-shirts. “This is a neat challenge for chili heads who have a good tolerance for the heat,” says Mowrey. “It’ll be a real heat-seekers challenge for sure.” The Heavenly Greenhouse Hot Pepper Eating Contest will take place Saturday, Sept. 10, at 1 p.m., at Uncle Bill’s Flee Market, 5427 U.S. 74, Whittier. The event is free to watch. All contestant chairs have been filled. BACONFEST ASHEVILLE RETURNS Bacon-inspired cuisine returns to the meadow at Highland Brewing Co. for 105.9 The Mountain’s fourth annual

BaconFest Asheville. For those who enjoy bacon bits in their dessert, the Swine Sweet Spot, a new feature at this year’s event, will be held inside Highland’s taproom. A VIP experience at Highland’s new mezzanine and rooftop bar is also available for 500 ticket holders. The VIP ticket offers guests exclusive samples. Throughout the day, kid-friendly activities will include face painting, balloon twisters, inflatable bounce houses and more. Live music from Fritz Beer and the Crooked Beat will also be part of the festivities. Attendees older than 18 can cast their vote for the People’s Choice award, the crowd-favorite bacon creation. BaconFest Asheville is Saturday, Sept. 3, and runs 1-4 p.m. General admission is $15. VIP tickets are $35 (with early entry at noon). The event is free for children 9 and younger, but reservations are required. Tickets are available from the828.com, keyword BACON. Contact Nikki Mitchell at nmitchell@avlradio.com for details. INAUGURAL FARM TO VILLAGE DINNER AT HISTORIC BILTMORE VILLAGE The Cantina, Catawba Brewing, Corner Kitchen, Doubletree Catering, Fig, Hi-Wire Brewing, Red Stag Gill, Rezaz and Village Wayside will be joining forces for the inaugural Farm to Village dinner held in Biltmore Village. Guests will have the opportunity to meet and speak with the event’s chefs and brewers during the five-course meal. Live music will be performed by Simple Folk. All proceeds go to Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project. Farm to Village begins at 6 p.m Thursday, Sept. 8, at 5 Boston Way. Seating is limited. Tickets are $100 per person, and are available at historicbiltmorevillage. com/FarmToVillage. For details on ASAP, visit asapconnections.org. BURNSVILLE DINNER ON THE SQUARE Burnsville will host Farm to Fork Dining on the Square to raise funds for TRACTOR — Toe River Aggregation Center Training Organization Regional — which works with more than 50 small farms in seven Western North Carolina counties, including Buncombe, Madison and

Yancey. The organization collects produce from farms, processes it and distributes it to retailers and restaurants. The event will begin at 6 p.m. with hors d’oeurves at Nu Wray Inn before the multiplecourse meal is served on Main Street. Local produce, meats and cheeses produced by TRACTOR growers will make up the menu. Farm to Fork Dining on the Square begins at 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 4, at Nu-Wray Inn, 102 Town Square, Burnsville. Tickets are $125 each and are available at Yancey County Cooperative Extension office (10 Orchard Drive), TRACTOR office (153 Love Fox Road) and Yancey County/Burnsville Chamber of Commerce (106 W. Main St.). For addition information, visit TRACTORFoodandFarms.com. X

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Food writer Jonathan Ammons lets us in on his favorite dish du jour. The Egg Slut Sandwich at Edison at Omni Grove Park Inn: This brunch-only item is sure to ruffle some feathers and not only because of its name. The eggs are marbleized — not scrambled — in butter, then sandwiched in a buttery roll with thick-cut bacon, cheese and sriracha mayonnaise. Made famous by the Los Angeles restaurant Eggslut, it is a food coma in a bun. After this monster sandwich, expect to make it about 100 yards to the lobby before collapsing into a rocking chair for the remainder of the day — Jonathan Ammons

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Different Strokes! examines postracial America in its latest production

ASKING THE HARD QUESTIONS: In its latest production, Rasheeda Speaking, Different Strokes! explores the subtle ways in which racism still plays a role in the modern workplace and beyond. The cast is, from left, Kristin DeVille, Eamon Martin and Steph Hickling Beckman. Photo courtesy of Different Strokes!

BY THOMAS CALDER tcalder@mountainx.com “As a black woman, I want to keep people comfortable,” says Steph Hickling Beckman, actor and managing artistic director at Different Strokes! Performing Arts Collective. “I don’t want people to think I’m being an angry black woman, just because I’m trying to stir the pot.” This balancing act created initial pause when Beckman read the script for Rasheeda Speaking, which opens Thursday, Sept. 1, at The BeBe Theatre. The play follows Beckman’s character, Jaclyn, who has returned to work following a brief illness. While she was away, a series of changes occurred in the office. Meetings were held without her. Her boss, Dr. Williams (Eamon Martin), is acting more awkward than usual. And her fellow co-recep-

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tionist, Ileen (Kristi DeVille), has suddenly become her boss. “It touches on things that we don’t really know exist,” Beckman says, addressing how the play questions the notion of postracial America. It is “not the outright racism that people think you’re accusing them of when you bring up privilege.” Privilege, Beckman notes, influenced her decision to bring on Scott Keel as the play’s director. As a black women, Beckman worried if she took on the position, it might overshadow the play. “People would hear me and just say, ‘Yes, she’s still angry. ... She’s got some feelings about this.’” With Keel (a white man) at the helm, those assumptions went away. The very process, Beckman points out, is an example of privilege. “People get very upset these days when you say they’re privileged. And that comes because they don’t really understand what that

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privilege means. But that privilege means exactly what I describe: the privilege to never have to wonder if something happens because of the color of your skin.” This is an issue Beckman’s character faces throughout the play. The fact that Jaclyn is left to wonder if the office has turned on her because of her race is, in and of itself, a consequence of racism. “It’s interesting how subtle it is in the play,” Beckman says, “which is pretty much the place where I think most Americans are, regardless of what race we are.” Ironically, Keel’s own reservations about directing the production were due to the fact that he is a Caucasian male. “I asked [Beckman], ‘Why would you want that lens on a play that deals this heavily with this issue?’” he says. Beckman saw Keel’s question as among the many attributes that made him qualified to handle the material.

“He recognizes as a straight white male, [dealing with] microaggression is not part of his daily life — that he knows nothing about that,” says Beckman. “To hear him say that goes a lot further than to hear me say that. He might not experience it, but he sees it.” The play looks to push boundaries and call attention to the subtle and quiet ways that race still impacts individuals’ daily interactions. Its aim isn’t to accuse, but to create awareness. Regardless of its intent, challenges arise. “The subject matter is so taboo,” says Keel. One consequence is the potential in alienating the audience: “You really have to make sure that [the characters] are portrayed in a way that is palpable so an audience can go, ‘OK, I can get on board with this person.’ And then, as the play goes on, if things get rougher or more

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uncomfortable, we’ve already identified them as people.” Post-show discussions will occur between cast and audience members following each Friday and Saturday performance. “We find it’s a great supplement,” says Beckman. “Because the material is ... really thought-provoking.” The interaction offers the audience a chance to further consider the issues that the production confronts. The talk also gives the actors a chance to share their experiences in producing the play. “It’s really been cool, because during rehearsals we have table work,” says Beckman. “We sit around and look at the script and analyze it and talk about our characters and their intentions and motivations. ... We’ve talked about our own feelings about race, about how we feel it affects us in our everyday lives ... it’s brought out a lot more understanding.” Encouraging such dialogue seems to be the greater goal behind the Different Strokes! production of Rasheeda Speaking. Keel points out

that, at times, audiences create walls, distancing themselves from what is happening onstage. “People think, ‘This isn’t real life, this is larger than life, so I don’t actually have to connect with it,’” he says. With Rasheeda Speaking, Keel intends to ground the audience by making the drama “as real as humanly possible — a reflection of what we experience on a dayto-day basis so people are forced to look at that mirror and go, ‘Oh sh*t, I do that.’” X

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Montford Park Players stage Pride and Prejudice Now in their 44th season, Montford Park Players have staged North Carolina’s longest-running Shakespeare festival. Yet for its summer finale, the company decided to go with an adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. “Our membership has the privilege of selecting three of the shows that we do each year,” says Scott Keel, Montford Park Players’ artistic director. “Pride and Prejudice was one of those three.” Playwright and MPP member Gregory Roberts-Gassler wrote the stage version of the classic novel. “There has been a call for some time to do a Jane Austen adaptation,” says Keel. “Gregory has been hard at work on this version for many years.” The production opens Friday, Sept. 2, at the Hazel Robinson Amphitheatre. A story of manners, marriage, morality and upbringing, Pride and Prejudice follows the five unmarried daughters of the Bennet household. When Charles Bingley (a young gentleman played by Jason Williams) rents the manor at nearby Netherfield Park, a great stir ensues.

Director Dusty McKeelan hopes to add to the commotion through cross-gender casting. “[It’s] meant to be a symbolic statement against HB2,” he says. “It also reinforces the absurdity of a society that forces people into binary gender roles that fit very few of us.” McKeelan adds, “Our primary intention in the direction and performance of the play is to give the audience a lighthearted romantic comedy that will leave them smiling, but I also hope that — even if on a very small level — we contribute to the movement against this embarrassing legislation.” X WHAT Pride and Prejudice WHERE Hazel Robinson Amphitheatre 92 Gay St. montfordparkplayers.org WHEN Fridays to Sundays Sept. 2-24, 7:30 p.m. Free

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BRINGING IT ALL BACK TOGETHER David LaMotte releases his first new album in a decade Before 2006, David LaMotte was an extremely busy musician. “In those first 18 years, I kicked out 10 records,” he says. But in the decade that followed, he released exactly zero albums of new material. It wasn’t that he had gone inactive or had even stopped writing music; he was simply involved in other pursuits. But the Black Mountain-based singer-songwriter’s long quiet spell ends Friday, Sept. 2, with the release of The Other Way Around and a concert at the Diana Wortham Theatre. That time away from recording and performance found LaMotte, his wife, Deanna, and their son traveling the globe. “I moved to Australia to [earn] a master’s degree in peace studies,” he says. He also spent time with a development organization in India. “When we got back to the States,” LaMotte says, “I got wrapped up in stuff that was important to me.” He wrote the book Worldchanging 101. He and his wife started PEG Partners, a nonprofit organization, to support education in Guatemala. “And being a dad occupies a lot of time, too,” he adds. But music continued to tug at LaMotte: “I kept writing songs all the time.” To have done otherwise, he laughs, “would have been unhealthy, a bad idea.” He began performing again around 2012. By the time the musician made the decision to record and release a new album, he was stunned to realize that an entire decade had passed. LaMotte continues to be deeply immersed in his roles as speaker and author; making music simply has to find its place in that mix. When he’s booked as a speaker, he’s sometimes asked to weave music into the program. “I’ve tried that a few times,” he says. “It seems like it ought to work. But it’s a trainwreck. I’m talking about things that are fairly academic, stacking ideas on top of each other. To stop in the middle of that flow, when I’m getting passionate about that, just doesn’t work.”

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But there is a good bit of overlap in the worldview LaMotte brings to his various pursuits. Asked to illustrate that common ground in the form of a Venn diagram, he makes two thumband-forefinger circles, and overlaps them nearly completely. The energy and messages are complementary, he says. “The peace and justice work with which I’m involved is really about rehumanizing each other. And even though we all have different experiences, we’re all painting off the same palette of emotions.” The Other Way Around tackles many of these big-picture themes, but LaMotte’s approach is subtle. “I don’t like songs that are all message-y, that hit people over the head,” he says. His music almost always has an objective, “but I want to make the point artfully, in such a way that people can interpret it as they like.” He prefers to write “from an oblique angle, leaving room for the listener’s experience.” LaMotte recalls the best stagecraft advice he’s ever received, one night long ago at The Grey Eagle. Bill Melanson of the Billys told him, “I want you to strike these words from your vocabulary: ‘This is a song about ...’” LaMotte’s new album brings together the fruits of his efforts in one particularly notable way. He first met the then-12-year-old José “Pepe” Patzan in Guatemala at a music school that PEG Partners had co-founded. Patzan went through the school’s entire course of study; today he is a professional musician and teacher. Patzan plays marimba on the track “Angelita” on The Other Way Around, and LaMotte is visibly proud of having played a role in Patzan’s life. The Diana Wortham concert will mark the official release of LaMotte’s new album, and the show will feature a long list of well-known local guests, including Leeda “Lyric” Jones, BJ Leiderman, Tom Prasada-Rao, Ian Ridenhour and many others.

PART OF THE MIX: David LaMotte addresses his peace and justice concerns as a speaker, author and — once again after a long break — as a musician. His concert at the Diana Wortham Theatre celebrates a new album and his 25th anniversary in music. Photo by Mike Belleme Connection between people has always been key to LaMotte’s music; even a quarter-century ago, he was self-releasing his albums and directly building relationships with listeners. The Other Way Around continues that approach: The album was crowdfunded via a successful Kickstarter campaign. “We all have a lot of the same hopes and dreams,” the artist points out. He believes that music helps bring people together via shared experience: “It connects our hearts.” X

WHO David LaMotte’s The Other Way Around release concert WHERE Diana Wortham Theatre 2 Pack Square dwtheatre.com WHEN Friday, Sep. 2, 8 p.m. $25

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MAEVE’S WORLD For an Asheville-set satirical web series deeply rooted in the city’s quirks and charms, Transplanting’s first season received significant attention from beyond Western North Carolina. Among its numerous accolades, the show was featured on Vimeo’s curated comedy page, two episodes were posted on the popular mindful life website Elephant Journal and all 12 installments screened at the inaugural Pilot Light TV Festival in Manchester, England. The show is soon to be distributed on the website and mobile app of the comedy-driven broadcast network Laff, but it also proved to be a hit on the local level. In addition to garnering generally positive feedback from the Asheville community, writer Lea McLellan and co-creator/director Andrew Vasco held a holiday party that filled The Mothlight. They launched a successful Kickstarter campaign to fund season two, which debuts Wednesday, Sept. 7, on transplantingseries.com. The series continues with a new installment each Wednesday for the subsequent nine weeks. The second, and potentially final, run of episodes aims to provide further relatable-yet-exaggerated aspects of Buncombe County life. McLellan — an Xpress contributor and former staffer — sees that ability to connect with viewers as the series’ greatest success and doubles down this year with such additions as a poetry busker and a downtown bachelorette party aboard the Amazing Pubcycle. “People say things like, ‘Oh my God, I’ve been to that date’ or, ‘I know the real-life Chandra,’” says McLellan, referencing the Womyns Group leader memorably played by Jennifer Trudrung in one episode. “Whenever I see these things or people in real life, I’m always pleased because I feel like we hit upon something that people will recognize and readily associate with Asheville culture.” At the conclusion of season one, former New Yorker Maeve (Hayley Heninger) had found a job and met a love interest in Dave (Drez Ryan), gains that Vasco says are “a good start for a transplant, but not really all it takes to be part of a community.” After the pair of 2015 holiday specials, he and McLellan began brainstorming big-picture ideas of what could happen next. Both creators wanted to see Maeve and other characters grow and devel-

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Transplanting builds on first season success

TWICE AS NICE: Season two of the Asheville-set satirical web series “Transplanting” debuts Sept. 7 with new lovingly exaggerated aspects of local living. “Whenever I see these things or people in real life, I’m always pleased because I feel like we hit upon something that people will recognize and readily associate with Asheville culture,” says writer/co-creator Lea McLellan. Photo by Evan Kafka op — a challenge with their commitment to short, viewer-friendly episodes, but not impossible. Shortly thereafter, McLellan started writing. “The storyline this season is less about Maeve being supernew to town, and more about her finding her niche and putting herself out there,” McLellan says. “Maeve was often the sounding board for these other, wackier characters. For this season, I wanted Maeve to come out of her shell and show her true colors and personality.” Along with continuing her friendship with Jade (Sam Lebrocq) and relationship with Dave, Maeve attempts to join a writers’ circle and shows off her New York side when her bride-to-be friend from the Big Apple holds her aforementioned bachelorette party in Asheville. True to the show’s theme of relatable slices of local life, Vasco wanted to include the latter scenario after having a downtown supper during which four such groups happened to simultaneously be in the same room. Other familiar faces include the return of Chandra as well as actors Chase McNeil and Maximilian Koger, who’ve transitioned from baristas to bartenders. Raven Tenderfoot is new to the show as Tayne, the alluded-to yoga teacher of brogi (that’s a bro who practices yoga) Bruce (James Allen) from season one, plus NPR composer BJ Leiderman,

appearing in what McLellan calls “a fun role.” Filmed over 10 days in April at Battery Park Book Exchange, French Broad Chocolate Lounge, Little Volcano Yoga, The Salvage Station, Franny’s Farm, The Odditorium, The Mothlight and a yurt provided by Asheville Yurt Co., the new season came together with significant help behind the scenes. An experienced editor, producer and set dresser, Vasco had directed only a handful of smallscale projects before Transplanting’s first run. With one person running sound, the occasional help of a production assistant and McLellan filling multiple technical roles, Vasco was left with a daunting set of responsibilities including art, lighting and camera operation. Though he still sees plenty of room for improvement on his end, that hard work paid off and attracted new collaborators such as assistant director Daisy Talley and Keeley Turner, editor of the final three episodes. Both stepped forward to volunteer their time and lighten the director’s load. “We were blessed with so many wonderful and amazing crew members,” Vasco says. “They are the real heroes of season two.” X

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The second in a two-part installment, Xpress offers two more winning entries from our Indie 500 flash fiction contest. This week brings stories by runners up Mare Carmody Borgelt and Dan Damerville. Read the winning entry, “Finding Astrid” by Felice Bell, in last week’s issue or online at mountainx. com. — Alli Marshall “INK” BY MARE CARMODY BORGELT “So what kind of tattoo?” “Something different. Kind of dramatic.” “Like a sleeve tattoo? Please tell me it won’t be on your leg. Or your neck.” My daughter sighs, moves her coffee spoon around on the table, not looking at me. We have had this kind of conversation before, except it was about an eyebrow piercing that never happened. She already has multiple small tattoos, is old enough to do whatever the hell she wants, yet somehow needs my complicity. “I don’t know why you need to ask me. You know how I feel. Have you thought about what your tattoos will look like when you’re 75? How they’ll look with wrinkles?” I gave birth to Leelah when I was 19. Now she is 23 and I’m 42, and we could not be further apart, in every sense of the word. Or at least it seems that way to her. To me, my daughter is a walking, talking duplicate of me at that age — brash, opinionated, stubborn. Back then, though, we weren’t getting tattoos. “Really? That’s all you can think about it?” Leelah jabs her Ray-Bans onto her nose and rises from the table. I notice she makes no effort to take the check, which the waitress just brought us, so I guess this date’s on me. “Everything with you is a cautionary tale. If I tell you about a new kind of car, you’ll have a story for me about someone who died in a horrible, fiery crash.” “I guess I want to you to be aware.” I pay for our lunch: Two Sunny Point Mighty Good Breakfasts, two large coffees, a habit we definitely share. “Leelah,” I call to her. “Do what you want.” “Don’t worry about that.” When did we start needing to illustrate ourselves? Ink documents of life events, dreams, yearnings? Now the technicolor quality of skin art makes

Mare Carmody Borgelt, left, and Dan Damerville. Borgelt’s photo courtesy of the author; Damerville’s photo by Thomas Calder our daddies’ mermaids, eagles and sweethearts’ names look primitive. Leelah and I reconnect two months later at a Hendersonville brewery. I’ve taken my two small nondescript mutts with me to the brewery courtyard. It’s that portion of the day when the air is still warm, yet softened, the sun not down yet, but the promise of a cool spring night ahead, cigarette smoke and bursts of laughter off somewhere to the side. Leelah comes through the gate with a coterie of her friends, some of whom I recognize. My daughter is laughing, full-on, at something she’s being told, raking her hair back from her face, eyes closed. It could be a still-shot for a fashion advertisement. For the briefest of moments, I am jealous. As she draws nearer, I see on her bare upper arm the beginnings of the tattoo she’s having done: A leopard, green vines, a coral orchid. We haven’t spoken yet. Soon I will show her my ink: A small blue rose, petals unfurling tentatively. Its place is the inside of my elbow, where the skin is tender and unwrinkled. “HITTERS” BY DAN DAMERVILLE Back then, the Swannanoa High School principal’s word was law. So, when Mr. Williams told me to bend over and grip the edge of his office desk, I bent and gripped. He tapped his paddle, a sawed off boat oar, against his thick thigh and said something about hard cases having to learn the hard way.

Then I heard a loud whomp and a boy crying out, “Ohhhhh! Ohhhhh!” I was hopping up and down uncontrollably and holding my butt cheeks, tears and snot flowing down my face. I had been hit before, frequently, regularly, with belt and switch, fist and open hand. I had been kicked by feet both booted and bare. “Don’t take it as anything personal,” my mother explained. “He’s just a hitter.” Although I had grown accustomed to beatings from my father, Mr. Williams had introduced me to something different, something new. Rather than abating, the pain that shot up and down my legs like electric fire seemed to grow more intense. My legs seem to have a life of their own. Why couldn’t I stop hopping? My older brother, Petey, still loves to tell the story: “Robbie was such a fighter back then. On the first day of ninth grade, he got paddled by the principal for punching a kid out.” The punch-out part wasn’t quite true. Mike McClenny had hit me several times, good shots to the head and neck, before I tagged him square on the nose. Even when his face exploded with blood, he kept on swinging blindly until Coach Stevens waddled out of his office to break us up. “Here — clean yourself up.” Through a blur I looked up to see Mr. Williams holding out a handkerchief. “I’m going to check on Mr. McClenny.” Mr. Williams gestured toward a chair, “When you can stand to sit — that’s a joke, son — I want you to think about what you have against Mike and whether it’s worth a paddling.”

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As he walked out, he hung the paddle on the wall, and I could see it had a dozen or so holes drilled through it. I can’t remember what I thought about back then. Probably how to avoid getting clobbered by my father for getting paddled by Mr. Williams for fighting with Mike. Now, I think I didn’t have anything against Mike, not really. It was true that we had fought twice before in elementary school. As seniors we would be arrested by the Buncombe County Deputy Sheriff after a wrenchenhanced brawl in the high school parking lot. But there didn’t seem to be much personal about our fighting. Similarly, I don’t think I had anything personal against the other boys and men I would fight in the years to come. I certainly didn’t hate them. They were just guys. Guys looking for something. Hitters, like my father. Like Mr. Williams. Like me. X

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Dex Romweber Google “Dex Romweber” and nearly every link will inform you: The guitarist and singer built a rockabilly empire with the Flat Duo Jets in the ’80s and ’90s, and later formed a band with his sister on drums — all the while impressing a younger generation of A-list fans like Jack White and Cat Power. But let’s move on to current affairs. Romweber is about to release a solo album that’s brimming with moody textures, from the mischievous growl of retro rock ’n’ roll to the ominous, galloping melodies of a lone ranger. Several covers also make their way into the collection, including a dissonant take on Charlie Chaplin’s “Smile” that, counterintuitively, is among the most serotoninstarved tracks. Romweber and JD Wilkes (The Legendary Shack Shakers) both perform sets at The Grey Eagle on Wednesday, Sept. 7, at 9 p.m. $12/$15. thegreyeagle.com. Photo by Stan Lewis

Déjà Fuze Seven years after its conception, Déjà Fuze’s album Some Sort of Green is finally set for release. Part of the delay was due to a geographic separation that fragmented the self-described “progressive electric fusion” group in 2012. But 2016 brought a reunion. And although the bandmates are writing new, “more layered and textured” music, they also felt compelled to complete their debut full-length recording, which features the older, road-tested tunes. “Though our perceptions have definitely changed, we feel like it has only made the music grow and mature,” says bassist and vocalist Keith Harry. “So, playing it now is really a new inspiration rather than trying to capture what once was.” A Jamiroquai tribute act opens the album release party — which also features live painting, local vendors and prizes — at Asheville Music Hall on Friday, Sept. 2, at 10 p.m. $10/$12. ashevillemusichall. com. Photo courtesy of the band

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Lee Camp Some animals are so ugly, they’re cute. And some social and political systems are so blatantly dysfunctional that they manage to invite humor. That’s the point where Lee Camp does his best work, dissecting current events with spirited wit. As the creator and lead anchor on his weekly comedic news show “Redacted Tonight,” Camp covers topics like the presidential election, drivers of police brutality and other quagmires — the fact that rage is such a common (but unnecessary) response to seeing a goth “running a hardware store out of his face,” for instance. Before launching the show, Camp spent more than a decade doing stand-up comedy, an art form he’ll revisit twice in Asheville. Krish Mohan opens for Camp at The Southern Kitchen & Bar on Saturday, Sept. 3, at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. $10/$12 per show. leecampasheville.bpt.me. Photo courtesy of the comedian

Crank County Daredevils Crank County Daredevils’ new single, “Kicked In The Teeth,” bucks and snarls before regrouping for the next verse — kind of like the group itself, which just reunited after six challenging years apart. “It’s part of the DNA of the band to get kicked in the face and, just when you think the fight is over, to get back up and do it again,” says vocalist Scotty P. “I always say there’s no expiration date on this band as long as we’re all above ground and capable of throwing down bareknuckle rock ’n’ roll. And we are! [We’re] a little older and scarred like junkyard dogs — and just as mean.” The Daredevils start their fall tour with a hometown show at The Mothlight on Sunday, Sept. 4, at 9:30 p.m. The Go Devils open. $5. themothlight.com. Photo courtesy of the band

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Send your event listings to calendar@mountainx.com ART ART AT WARREN WILSON COLLEGE warren-wilson.edu • TH (9/8), 5:15pm - "An Annotated Life," visiting artist talk by Travis Head. Free. Held in Holden Auditorium

‘GOD AND COUNTRY’: Artists Alli Good and Hannah Dansie, have come together to create God and Country — a new collaborative painting exhibition at the Satellite Gallery that uses humor, surrealism and iconography to explore politics, religion and identity. The artists state that the show explores contradictions during a “time of unknown, turmoil, violence and change in the United States, as well as pretty much every nation in the world, [where] people are facing themselves more directly and placing claim on their beliefs loudly. The louder crowd can lead to strength and unity, but also fear, despair, idiocrasy and humorous irony around each turn.” The opening reception for the show is Friday, Sept. 2 at 7 p.m., and the show runs until Sunday, September 25. Painting by Hannah Dansie (p. 47)

ASHEVILLE AREA ARTS COUNCIL 1 Page Ave., 258-0710, ashevillearts.com • TH (9/1), 5pm - "Regional Artist Project Grant" workshop. Free. Held at Spruce Pine TRAC Gallery, 269 Oak Ave., Spruce Pine • TH (9/1), 7pm - "Regional Artist Project Grant" workshop. Free. Held at Madison County Arts Council, 90 S. Main St., Marshall • TH (9/8), 5pm - "Regional Artist Project Grant" workshop. Free. Held at Burnsville TRAC Gallery, 102 W. Main St., Burnsville • WE (8/31), 4pm - "Regional Artist Project Grant" workshop. Free. BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE MUSEUM & ARTS CENTER 56 Broadway, 350-8484, blackmountaincollege.org

• TH (9/1), 7pm- Basil King: Mirage, documentary film screening followed by a poetry reading. $5/Free for members. DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE FIRST FRIDAY ART WALKS downtownashevilleartdistrict.org. • 1st FRIDAYS, 5-8pm Downtown Asheville museums and galleries open doors to visitors. Visit the website for participating venues and full details. Free to attend. FIRESTORM CAFE AND BOOKS 610 Haywood Road, 255-8115 • 1st FRIDAYS, 6:30pm - "The Tipout Artist Showcase," open mic with local music, poetry and other arts. Free to attend.

ART/CRAFT FAIRS CASHIERS ROTARY ARTS & CRAFTS SHOW ashiersrotary.org/events/ arts-crafts-fair • SA (9/3) & SU (9/4), 10am-5pm Proceeds from this arts and crafts show benefit the Cashiers Rotary Club. Free to attend. Held at The Village Green, Intersection of Highways 64 & 107, Cashiers

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AUDITIONS & CALL TO ARTISTS AUDITIONS FOR BROADWAY MUSICAL PREMIER WORKSHOP (pd.) Audition: Sept. 1, 12pm4pm. Asheville Community Theatre. Actors, Singers, Dancers of all ages. Men & Women. Seeking male 30s swashbuckling type, Two acrobatic young men to play youths/teens or children age 10-14. Experienced non-equity, Equity if allowed a non union stipend. Two Songs: Up Tempo & Ballad, Bring dance shoes, ballet or character, Present a short monologue. Rehearsals: Asheville Community Theatre: Reading and Blocking Rehearsals Sept. 6-9, 12pm-4pm. Must be available all days. There will be a small stipend for all at weeks’ end. This is a working play for playwright/composer/

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choreographer. No memorization required. More rehearsals to come this fall. This is a BIG HUNGRY PRODUCTION. CALDWELL ARTS COUNCIL 601 College Ave., SW Lenoir, 754-2486, caldwellarts.com • Through (9/9) - Submissions accepted for a Caldwell Arts Council logo. See website for full guidelines. Free. • 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. CELEBRATION SINGERS OF ASHEVILLE 230-5778, singasheville.org • TH (9/1), 5-6pm - Audtions for singers from 2nd grade through high school. Bring prepared song and sheet music. Contact for full guidelines. Free. Held at First Congregational UCC of Asheville, 20 Oak St. MADISON COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL 90 S. Main St., Marshall, 649-1301, madisoncountyarts.com • Through FR (9/9) - Open submissions for fashion designers and artists for the Friday, September 9 Patchwork exhibition. 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. 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 ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS 254.7841, afta-fbca.net, info@afta-fbca.net • 1st TUESDAYS, 12:05-12:35pm - "Bach's Lunch," half-hour organ concert. Box lunch available for purchase. More information: goo.gl/YxTlZc. Free/$5 lunch. Held at First Baptist Church of Asheville, 5 Oak St.

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by Abigail Griffin FIRESTORM CAFE AND BOOKS 610 Haywood Road, 255-8115 • 1st FRIDAYS, 6:30pm - "The Tipout Artist Showcase," open mic with local music, poetry and other arts. Free to attend. FLAT ROCK PLAYHOUSE DOWNTOWN 125 S. Main St., Hendersonville, 693-0731, flatrockplayhouse.org • THURSDAYS through SUNDAYS until (9/4) - The Music and Dancing of Dirty Dancing. Thurs.: 7:30pm. Fri. & Sat.: 8pm. Sat. & Sun.: 2pm. $30. GRAND HIGHLANDS AT BEARWALLOW MOUNTAIN 10 Autumn Sky Drive, Hendersonville, 233-1017, grandhighlands.com • TU (9/6), 7:30pm - William Jackson, Scottish/Irish music. Registration: 233-1017. $15. LEXINGTON GLASSWORKS 81 South Lexington Ave., 348-8427 • 1st FRIDAYS, 5-8pm "Glassworks Concert Series," with glassblowing, beer and bluegrass by Aereo-plain String Band. Free to attend.

TRYON INTERNATIONAL EQUESTRIAN CENTER 4066 Pea Ridge Road, Mill Spring, tryon.com • SA (9/3), 8pm - Sounds of Nashville Concert featuring Mitch Rossell and Julia Cole. Free to attend.

THEATER ANAM CARA THEATRE 545-3861, anamcaratheatre.com • SA (9/3), 2pm - Explorations: Breaking Barriers through Theatre, an all-teen performance. $10/$5 advance. Held at Toy Boat Community Art Space, 101 Fairview Road, Suite B DIFFERENT STROKES PERFORMING ARTS COLLECTIVE 275-2093, differentstrokespac.org • THURSDAYS through SATURDAYS (9/1) through (9/17), 7:30pm - Rasheed Speaking. $21/$18 advance. Held at BeBe

MUSIC AT UNCA 251-6432, unca.edu • TU (9/6), 3:15-4:45 - "Hobo Old Time Country Music Legacies," Brody Hunt of the Carolina Cud Chewers plays rare 78 RPM country hobo records of the 1920s & 30s. Free. Held in Lipinsky Hall, Room 44 • WE (9/7), 6-8pm - "Away Out On the Mountain: Asheville at 78 RPM," presentation by Brody Hunt of the Carolina Cud Chewers. Free. Held in the Humanities Lecture Hall • TH (9/8), noon - Percussion workshop with Roy “Futureman” Wooten and Wayne Kirby. Free. Held in Lipinsky Hall room 18 • TH (9/8), 7pm - Carolina Cud Chewers, stringband. Free. held in the Humanities Lecture Hall

Theatre, 20 Commerce St.

SHINDIG ON THE GREEN 258-6101 x345, folkheritage.org • SATURDAYS 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.

Amphitheatre, 92 Gay St.

TOP OF THE GRADE CONCERTS saluda.com • FR (9/2), 7am - Aaron Burdett, Americana. Free. Held at McCreery Park, Smith Drive, Saluda • SU (9/4), 4-6pm - Sound Investment. Free to attend. Held at McCreery Park, Smith Drive, Saluda

Sun.: 3pm. $20/$18 for seniors,

HENDERSONVILLE COMMUNITY THEATRE 229 S. Washington St., Hendersonville, 692-1082, hendersonvillelittletheater.org • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until (9/4) - Oliver! Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm. Sat. & Sun.: 2pm. $26/$20 students 18-25/$15 students under 18. MONTFORD PARK PLAYERS 254-5146, montfordparkplayers.org • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS, (9/2) through (9/24), 7:30pm - Pride and Prejudice. Free to attend. Held at Hazel Robinson

PARKWAY PLAYHOUSE 202 Green Mountain Drive, Burnsville, 682-4285, parkwayplayhouse.com • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until (9/10) - You Can’t Take it with You. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm. students & military/$10 children. THE MAGNETIC THEATRE 375 Depot St., 279-4155 • THURSDAYS through SATURDAYS until (9/24), 7:30pm - Off the Rails. $24/$21 advance.

GALLERY DIRECTORY ARROWHEAD GALLERY 78 Catawba Ave., Old Fort, 668-1100 • Through TH (9/15) - Bring Us Your Best, annual juried art exhibition. ART AT MARS HILL UNIVERSITY 689-1307, mhu.edu • 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 ART AT UNCA art.unca.edu • Through WE (9/7) - Exhibition of UNC Asheville student work in theater costuming. Held in the Highsmith Art & Intercultural Gallery. ART AT WARREN WILSON COLLEGE warren-wilson.edu • MO (9/5) through (10/5) - A Place in Space, group exhibition. Held in Holden Art Gallery. Opening reception: Thursday, September 8, 4:306:30pm. ART AT WCU 227-3591, fineartmuseum.wcu.edu • Through FR (9/30) - Handed On: Three Generations of Corn Shuck Artists, exhibition. Held at the Mountain Heritage Center • Through WE (11/23) - Light and Air: The Photography of Bayard Wootten. Held at the Mountain Heritage Center ARTWORKS 27 S. Broad St., Brevard, 553-1063, artworksbrevardnc.com

• MO (8/1) through FR (9/30) - Etude in Black and White, exhibition of the black and white photography of Steve Owen. • TH (9/1) through FR (9/30) - Spirit People, exhibition of the paintings of Cason Rankin. ASHEVILLE AREA ARTS COUNCIL 1 Page Ave., 258-0710, ashevillearts.com • Through (9/16) - Point of View Exhibition: Off The Clock, curated by local poet Elaine Bleakney. Reception: Friday, September 2, 5-8pm. • Through FR (9/16) - Hello My Name Is.., painting exhibition by Douglas Lail. Reception: Friday, September 2, 5-8pm. ASHEVILLE ART MUSEUM 2 N. Pack Square, 253-3227 • Through FR (9/30) - Geometric Landscapes by Black Mountain College Artists, exhibition. 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. • FR (9/2) through FR (9/30) - Studies in Color and Light, exhibition of the paintings of Everett Schmidt. Reception: Friday, September 2, 5pm. BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE MUSEUM & ARTS CENTER 56 Broadway, 350-8484, blackmountaincollege.org • FR (9/2) through SA (12/24) - Basil King, Between Painting and Writing,

exhibit curated by Brian E. Butler and Vincent Katz. Opening Reception: Friday, September 2, 5:30-8pm. 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. GROVEWOOD GALLERY 111 Grovewood Road, 253-7651, grovewood.com • Through WE (8/31) - Southern on High, solo exhibition by Greg Krolick. HAYWOOD COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL 452-0593, haywoodarts.org • FR (9/2) through SU (10/2) - WNC Design Guide, group exhibition. Opening reception: Friday, September 2, 6-9pm. Held at the Haywood County Arts Council, 86 N. Main St., Waynesville HICKORY MUSEUM OF ART 243 3rd Ave., NE Hickory, 327-8576 • Through WE (10/9) - Holy Land Revisited, exhibition of works by Norma Suddreth. • Through SU (11/13) - Palimpsest, exhibition of photography and projections by Sally Fanjoy and James Labrenz and sculpture by Tom Shields. Opening reception: Thursday, September 1, 5:30-7:30pm.

MORA CONTEMPORARY JEWELRY 9 Walnut St., 575-2294, moracollection.com • Through WE (8/31) - Laura Wood jewelry exhibition. • TH (9/1) through FR (9/30) Exhibition of the jewelry of Caitie Sellers. Artist Reception: Friday, September 2, 5-8pm. ODYSSEY COOPERATIVE ART GALLERY 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. • TH (9/1) through FR (9/30) Exhibition of the ceramic work of Joanna Carroll and David Voorhees. SATELLITE GALLERY 55 Broadway St., 305-2225, thesatellitegallery.com • FR (9/2) through SU (9/25) - God and Country, exhibition of paintings by Alli Good and Hannah Dansie. Opening reception: Friday, September 2, 7pm. SPRUCE PINE TRAC GALLERY 269 Oak Ave., Spruce Pine, 765-0520, toeriverarts.org/facilities/spruce-pinegallery/ • Through (9/17) - My Other Self, exhibition of the sculptures of Robin Martindale. • Through SA (9/10) - Exhibition of the photographic works of H. Allen Benowitz.

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SWANNANOA VALLEY FINE ARTS LEAGUE 669-0351, svfalarts.org • FR (9/2) through FR (9/30) - Autumn Glory, group exhibition. Opening reception: Friday, September 2, 5-7pm. Held at Red House Studios and Gallery, 310 W. State St., Black Mountain TOE RIVER ARTS COUNCIL 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 375 Depot St., 545-6235 • TH (9/1) through FR (9/30) - Patterns, exhibition of the watercolor and ink of Sandra Brugh Moore. • 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 • Through MO (10/3) - Trio, exhibition of works created by songwriters and artists using the same book inspiration. UPSTAIRS ARTSPACE 49 S. Trade St., Tryon, 859-2828, upstairsartspace.org • Through FR (9/16) - Filling A Void: The Art of Installation, exhibition of the work of five artists. Contact the galleries for admission hours and fees

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CLUBLAND THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Wednesday Hemp Day w/ Leif Erickson (folk, blues, reggae), 9:00PM THE JOINT NEXT DOOR Bluegrass jam, 8:00PM THE MOCKING CROW Open Mic, 8:00PM THE PHOENIX Jazz night w/ Jason DeCristofaro, 8:00PM THE SOCIAL LOUNGE Phantom Pantone (DJ), 10:00PM TOWN PUMP Open mic w/ Billy Presnell, 10:00PM TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Blues & Soul Jam, 9:00PM UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Songwriter Night w/ Dave Desmelik & Pierce Edens (Americana) , 8:30PM WILD WING CAFE SOUTH J Luke (acoustic), 6:30PM

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Jason Moore & Trust Trio (jazz, funk), 8:00PM BARLEY'S TAPROOM Alien Music Club (jazz), 9:00PM BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Bluegrass Jam w/ The Big Deal Band, 8:00PM BOGART'S RESTAURANT & TAVERN Eddie Rose & Highway Forty (bluegrass), 6:30PM CATAWBA BREWING SOUTH SLOPE Thursday Troubadour Series w/ Willie Carlisle (songwriter, gritty folk), 6:00PM

LOCAL LEGENDS: Originally formed in 1980, Asheville-based Americana and bluegrass outfit The Midnight Plowboys spent the next two decades touring across the eastern U.S., recording several albums and bringing its masterful, diverse take on traditional American music to hundreds of audiences. Reborn in 2012, the band are at it again with several talented new members added to its lineup. Catch the rebooted Midnight Plowboys Saturday, Sept. 3 at Isis Music Hall in downtown Asheville, beginning at 7 p.m. FUNKATORIUM Staves & Strings (bluegrass), 6:30PM

O.HENRY'S/THE UNDERGROUND "Take the Cake" Karaoke, 10:00PM

185 KING STREET Vinyl night & cornhole league, 7:00PM

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

ODDITORIUM Benefit for Overdose Awareness, 9:00PM

5 WALNUT WINE BAR Dave Desmelik (acoustic), 5:00PM Les Amis (African folk), 8:00PM

GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Uncle Earl Reunion w/ Anna & Elizabeth (stringband), 8:00PM

ALTAMONT THEATRE Noble Kava pop-up bar & Poetry Open Mic w/ Caleb Beissert, 8:00PM

GRIND CAFE Trivia night, 7:00PM

OLIVE OR TWIST Swing dance lesson w/ Bobby Wood, 7:30PM 3 Cool Cats (vintage rock), 8:00PM

HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Woody Wood Wednesdays (rock, soul, funk), 5:30PM

ONE STOP DELI & BAR Geeks Who Drink Trivia, 7:00PM Charge The Atlantic (funk, reggae), 9:00PM

ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL Hard Bop Explosion Reunion w/ Michael W Davis (instrumental, jazz), 7:00PM

ONE WORLD BREWING Resonant Rogues, 8:00PM

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31

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 BURGER BAR Karaoke, 6:00PM CREEKSIDE TAPHOUSE Open mic w/ Riyen Roots, 8:00PM CROW & QUILL Occult Night (discussions of arcane pursuits, tarot), 9:00PM FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREWPUB Billy Litz (Americana), 9:00PM

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JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Old-time session, 5:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 10:00PM LEX 18 Andrew J. Fletcher (barrel house & stride piano), 7:00PM

OFF THE WAGON Piano show, 9:00PM

OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Oskar Blues cornhole league, 6:00PM ROOM IX Fuego: Latin night, 9:00PM SALVAGE STATION Fritz Beer & the Crooked Beat, 8:00PM

CLUB ELEVEN ON GROVE Grove House Band, 8:30PM CREEKSIDE TAPHOUSE Station Underground (reggae), 8:00PM CROW & QUILL Carolina Catskins (ragtime, jazz), 10:00PM ELAINE'S DUELING PIANO BAR Dueling Pianos, 9:00PM FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREWPUB West End Trio (folk, Americana), 9:00PM FRENCH BROAD BREWERY Billy Litz (soul, roots), 6:00PM GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Jordan Okrend (rock, jazz, soul), 6:00PM Bob Log III w/ The Kevin Dowling Fitness Hour & The Low Counts (rock, experimental, one man band), 9:00PM ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL Laid Back Thursdays w/ Ram & friends (jazz, reggae, funk), 6:30PM Isis Music Hall and Mt. Spirit :: An Evening w/ Richard Gilewitz, 7:00PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Bluegrass jam, 7:00PM K LOUNGE #WineitUp Thursday w/ Dj AUDIO, 9:30PM LOBSTER TRAP Hank Bones ("The man of 1,000 songs"), 6:30PM

SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Gabe Smiley (singer-songwriter), 7:00PM

ODDITORIUM The Spiral w/ Fire Martial Bill & Commune (punk), 9:00PM

MOUNTAIN MOJO COFFEEHOUSE Open mic, 6:30PM

SLY GROG LOUNGE Sound Station open mic (musicians of all backgrounds & skills), 7:30PM

OFF THE WAGON Dueling pianos, 9:00PM

NOBLE KAVA Open mic w/ Caleb Beissert, 9:00PM

STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE Pierce Eden, 6:00PM

LOBSTER TRAP Ben Hovey (dub, jazz), 6:30PM

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OLIVE OR TWIST The Mike & Garry Show (acoustic, variety), 7:30PM

OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Josh Erwin & Troy Harris (Americana, bluegrass), 6:00PM PULP Slice of Life Comedy Open Mic, 9:00PM PACK'S TAVERN Scott Raines & Jeff Anders (acoustic rock), 8:00PM PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Gruda Tree (blues, jam), 8:00PM PURPLE ONION CAFE Tom Eure (folk, Americana, acoustic), 7:30PM ROOM IX Throwback Thursdays (all vinyl set), 9:00PM SALVAGE STATION Disc Golf Weekly Competition, 5:30PM Copernicus w/ Lo Wolf, 9:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Andy Ferrell (Americana), 7:00PM SCANDALS NIGHTCLUB DJ dance party & drag show, 10:00PM Versace America College Party, 10:00PM SMOKY PARK SUPPER CLUB Pleasure Chest (blues, rock, soul), 6:00PM

WILD WING CAFE SOUTH DJ dance party, 9:30PM

HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Goldie and The Screamers (soul, R&B), 7:00PM

WXYZ LOUNGE AT ALOFT HOTEL Jim Arrendell (acoustic), 8:00PM

ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL Dark Water Rising, 7:00PM Larry Keel Experience (bluegrass, old-time, jam), 9:00PM

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 5 WALNUT WINE BAR David Earl & The Plowshares (rock 'n' roll), 9:00PM ALTAMONT THEATRE A Tribute to The Grateful Dead (albums Skullfuck & Europe '72), 8:00PM ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Deja Fuze w/ The Space Cowboys & Cosmic Girls (Jamiroquai tribute), 9:00PM ATHENA'S CLUB Dave Blair (folk, funk, acoustic), 7:00PM BEN'S TUNE-UP Woody Wood & the Asheville Family Band (acoustic, folk, rock), 7:00PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Acoustic Swing, 7:00PM

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Those Poor Bastards w/ Pierce Edens (country doom), 9:00PM JERUSALEM GARDEN Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Totes Dope Tite Sick Jams w/ (ya boy) DJ Hot Noodle, 10:00PM LEXINGTON GLASSWORKS Aereo-plain String Band, 5:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Hot Point Trio, 6:30PM LUELLA'S BAR-B-QUE Ben Phan (indie, folk, singer-songwriter), 6:00PM

SOL BAR NEW MOUNTAIN METAPØD w/ Ives, Zeplinn & Murkury (EDM, weird bass), 9:00PM

BURGER BAR Bike night, 6:00PM The Blacktop Rockets (rockabilly, country), 8:00PM

SPRING CREEK TAVERN Open Mic, 6:00PM

BYWATER Les Amis (African folk), 9:00PM

MARKET PLACE The Sean Mason Trio (groove, jazz, funk), 7:00PM

STONE ROAD RESTAURANT & BAR Open Mic w/ Tony the Pony, 8:00PM

CATAWBA BREWING SOUTH SLOPE The Dirty Dutch Bastard (one man rock 'n' roll band), 6:00PM

MCCREERY PARK Aaron Burdett Band (folk rock, bluegrass, blues), 7:00PM

THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Jazzy Happy Hours w/ Bill Gerhardt, 5:00PM Thursday night open mic, 7:00PM

CORK & KEG Red Hot Sugar Babies (jazz, blues, swing), 8:30PM

THE IMPERIAL LIFE The Roaring Lions (jazz), 8:00PM

CREEKSIDE TAPHOUSE Andy Ferrell (Americana), 8:00PM

THE MOTHLIGHT Hannah Kaminer & The Heartbreak Highlight Reel w/ Momma Molasses (folk), 8:00PM

CROW & QUILL Vendetta Creme (cabaret), 9:00PM

TIMO'S HOUSE TRL REQUEST NIGHT w/ DJ Franco Nino, 7:00PM TOWN PUMP Craig Veltri (rock), 9:00PM TRAILHEAD RESTAURANT AND BAR Open Cajun & swing jam w/ Steve Burnside, 7:00PM TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Jesse Barry & The Jam, 9:00PM TWISTED LAUREL Karaoke, 8:00PM WILD WING CAFE Hope Griffin (folk, Americana), 9:00PM

LUELLA'S BAR-B-QUE BILTMORE PARK Riyen Roots (blues), 6:00PM

NEW MOUNTAIN THEATER/AMPHITHEATER Sawyer Fredericks w/ Amy Vachal (Americana), 7:00PM O.HENRY'S/THE UNDERGROUND Drag Show, 12:30AM

DIANA WORTHAM THEATRE David LaMotte CD Release ‘The Other Way Around’, 8:00PM

ODDITORIUM Morbids w/ Hectorina, Southern Racing Inferno & Votaries (punk), 9:00PM

DOUBLE CROWN DJ Greg Cartwright (garage & soul obscurities), 10:00PM

OFF THE WAGON Dueling pianos, 9:00PM

ELAINE'S DUELING PIANO BAR Dueling Pianos, 9:00PM FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREWPUB Calvin Get Down (funk), 10:00PM FRENCH BROAD BREWERY The Low Counts (rock), 6:00PM GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Scott Stapp - the Voice of Creed w/ Relentless Flood (alt. rock), 8:00PM

Events ➔ theblockoffbiltmore.com 39 S. Market St., Downtown Asheville

ONE STOP DELI & BAR Free Dead Fridays w/ members of Phuncle Sam (jam), 5:00PM Rug Kutting w/ DJ Kutzu (dance), 10:00PM ORANGE PEEL Satisfaction — The International Rolling Stones Show (Rolling Stones tribute), 9:00PM OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Ten FIDY Imperial Stout release party, 6:00PM

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Wed •Aug 31 Woody Wood @ 5:30pm Fri •Sept 2 Goldie & the Screamers @ 7:00pm Sat •Sept 3 BaconFest feat. Fritz Beer & The Crooked Beat @ 1pm check website for tickets

Sun•Sept 4 Reggae Sunday hosted by Dennis Berndt of Chalwa @ 1pm

Tue• Sept 6

Team Trivia w/ Dr. Brown @ 6pm

Dinner Menu till 10pm Late Night Menu till

Tues-Sun

5pm–12am

12am

Full Bar

COMING SOON WED 8/31 5-9 PM – ALL YOU CAN EAT SNOW CRAB LEGS : $35 MUSIC BY WEST END TRIO ON THE PATIO 7:00PM –

HARD BOP EXPLOSION REUNION WITH MICHAEL W. DAVIS THU 9/1

6:30PM – LAID

BACK THURSDAYS WITH RAM & FRIENDS

7:00PM –

AN EVENING WITH

RICHARD GILEWITZ FRI 9/2

SAT 9/3

7:00PM – THE MIDNIGHT PLOWBOYS 9:00 PM - JUAN BENEVIDES AND

THE RESONANT ROGUES:

LIVE MUSIC... never a cover THU. 9/1 Scott Raines & Jeff Anders

“ROMANY REVELRY”- AN EVENING OF WORLD MUSIC AND DANCE SUN 9/4 5:30PM – VENDETTA CREME 7:30PM – THE MUSIC OF HORACE SILVER WED 9/7

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

THU 9/8 6:30PM – DREAM GUITARS &

MOUNTAIN SPIRIT PRESENT: DON ALDER 8:00PM – ALBUM RELEASE CONCERT:

SETH WALKER

7:00PM –

GINA SICILIA W/ ROOTS & DORE

9:00PM – ASHEVILLE SONGWRITER SHOWCASE

SAT 9/10

6:30PM – AMICIMUSIC PRESENTS:

FRI. 9/2 DJ OCelate

SUN 9/11

SAT. 9/3 96.5 House Band

(classic hits, rock ‘n’ roll)

SCANDALS NIGHTCLUB DJ dance party & drag show, 10:00PM STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE Train Whistle Tattoo, 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 MOTHLIGHT Mother Explosives w/ Utah Green (singersongwriter), 9:30PM THE SOCIAL Steve Moseley (acoustic), 6:00PM TIGER MOUNTAIN Dark dance rituals w/ DJ Cliffypoo, 10:00PM TOWN PUMP The Hazy 88's (R&B, rock), 9:00PM TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Mark Shane (blues), 7:30PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Marcel Anton and friends, 8:00PM WILD WING CAFE Andy Buckner (Southern rock, country), 9:00PM WILD WING CAFE SOUTH A Social Function (acoustic), 9:30PM WXYZ LOUNGE AT ALOFT HOTEL Ben Hovey (live souljazztronica), 8:00PM ZAMBRA Zambra Jazz Trio, 8:00PM UNWINE'D AT MELLIE MAC'S King Garbage (soul), 7:00PM

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3

FRI 9/9

(acoustic rock)

(dance hits, pop)

PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Tree Tops w/ American Gonzoes (jam, rock), 9:00PM

SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Eric Congdon (singer-songwriter), 7:00PM

9:00 PM – LARRY KEEL EXPERIENCE

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

PACK'S TAVERN DJ OCelate (dance hits, pop), 9:30PM

SALVAGE STATION Freeway Revival, 8:00PM

7:00 PM – DARK WATER RISING

TAVERN

CLU B LA N D

CELLO CHARM

MOLLY VENTER & GOODNIGHT SUNSHINE

5:30PM –

7:00PM –

SUNDAY JAZZ:

BILL BARES & ROAD LESS TRAVELED Every Tuesday 7:30pm–midnite

BLUEGRASS SESSIONS

185 KING STREET The Blacktop Rockets (rockabilly, country), 8:00PM 5 WALNUT WINE BAR James Hammel (jazz), 6:00PM Eleanor Underhill (Americana, soul), 9:00PM ALTAMONT THEATRE Jeff Thompson Giving Trio (funky pop, rock, soul), 8:00PM ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Make America Dance Again w/ live rotating DJs (dance), 10:00PM ATHENA'S CLUB Michael Kelley Hunter (blues), 6:30PM BHRAMARI BREWHOUSE Bend & Brew (yoga class), 11:00AM BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE David Earl & The Plowshares (rock 'n' roll), 9:00PM

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AUGUST 31 - SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

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CATAWBA BREWING SOUTH SLOPE Ouroboro Boys (post-punk, neo-surf), 6:30PM Brody Hunt & the Handfuls (classic country), 8:00PM CORK & KEG Vollie McKenzie (swing, jazz, vintage country), 3:00PM The Old Chevrolette Set (country, Americana), 8:30PM CREEKSIDE TAPHOUSE Brenden Carroll, 8:00PM CROW & QUILL John the Revelator w/ Amy Lynne Reed (folk, swamp stomp), 9:00PM DOUBLE CROWN Pitter Platter w/ DJ Big Smidge, 10:00PM ELAINE'S DUELING PIANO BAR Dueling Pianos, 9:00PM FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREWPUB Blood Gypsies (R&B, soul), 10:00PM FRENCH BROAD BREWERY Skylarks (indie, rock), 6:00PM GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Sloppy Seconds w/ Pleasures of the Ultraviolent & Drunk in a Dumpster (punk), 9:00PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Baconfest Asheville , 1:00PM ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL An evening w/ The Midnight Plowboys (Americana, bluegrass, old-time), 7:00PM "Romany Revelry w/ Juan Benavides Group & the Resonant Rogues (flamenco, world music, folk), 9:00PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Andalyn Lewis Band (rock, country, Americana), 9:00PM JERUSALEM GARDEN Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Sonic Satan Stew w/ DJ Alien Brain, 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Sean Mason Trio, 6:30PM MARKET PLACE DJs (funk, R&B), 7:00PM NEW MOUNTAIN THEATER/ AMPHITHEATER SoGnar One Year Anniversary w/ BogTroTTer, DJ Bowie, Live Animals, Cut Rugs & Soul Candy (EDM), 9:00PM O.HENRY'S/THE UNDERGROUND Drag Show, 12:30AM ODDITORIUM Alarka w/ Polygons & I Am Godot (metal), 9:00PM 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 ONE STOP DELI & BAR Oso Rey & friends w/ Louque (electronic, rock), 10:00PM ORANGE PEEL Abbey Road LIVE! (Beatles tribute), 8:00PM OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Heidi Holton (country, blues), 6:00PM PACK'S TAVERN The House Band (rock n' roll), 9:30PM

BOILER ROOM Domination (kink-friendly event), 9:00PM

PISGAH BREWING COMPANY The Mountain Express Band w/ The Pond Brothers (jam), 9:00PM

BURGER BAR Asheville FM 103.3 DJ Night, 6:00PM

PURPLE ONION CAFE Peggy Ratusz (blues), 8:00PM

ROOM IX Open dance night, 9:00PM

UNWINE'D AT MELLIE MAC'S

SALVAGE STATION Signal Fire, 8:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Yoga w/ cats, 10:30AM Vintage Vinyl (rock), 3:00PM Hustle Souls (Americana, soul), 8:00PM SCANDALS NIGHTCLUB DJ dance party & drag show, 10:00PM

Purple Possum Fest w/ Cristal Rose and The

STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE Laura Thurston, 6:00PM THE ADMIRAL Soul night w/ DJ Dr. Filth, 11:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE MoveOn's "United Against Hate" Campaign Party w/ Lo Wolf, 8:00PM

Silver Foxes, The Big Deal Band & Zach Cooper

THE MOTHLIGHT Marley Carroll w/ RBTS WIN & Doc Aquatic (indie rock, IDM, electronica), 9:30PM

TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES The King Zeros (blues), 7:30PM The Jordan Okrend Experience (blues, dance), 10:00PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN The Asheville Jazz Orchestra, 8:00PM WILD WING CAFE Karaoke, 9:00PM WXYZ LOUNGE AT ALOFT HOTEL Naked Scholar (groove, soul, R&B), 8:00PM

Largest Selection of Craft Beer on Tap • 8 Wines 6 Sours on tap at all times! Music Trivia Every Monday- 7:30pm

9/3- DJ Niko Grande 8pm-12pm 9/8- Ballast Point Night!

THE LANTERN RESTAURANT & BAR Tyler Herring, 5:30PM

TOWN PUMP Hard Rocket (rock), 9:00PM

Featuring

Karaoke every Wed. 8pm!

Sing for your pizza slice & $3.50 Pints!

Free Pool Games on Thursdays! (benefit), 3:00PM

On Tap!

$4 Mimosa Sundays!

Serving food from Asheville Sandwich Company!

800 Haywood Road P o u r Ta p R o o m . c o m Monday - Thursday 12-11pm Fri. & Sat. 12-1am • Sunday 12-11pm

ZAMBRA Zambra Jazz Trio, 8:00PM UNWINE'D AT MELLIE MAC'S Roberta Baum (jazz), 7:00PM

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Laura Blackley & The Wildflowers (folk, country, soul), 7:00PM BARLEY'S TAPROOM Like Mind Trio, 7:30PM 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 BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Sunday Jazz Brunch w/ James Hammel & friends, 11:30AM BYWATER Cornmeal Waltz w/ Robert Greer (classic country, bluegrass), 6:00PM CATAWBA BREWING SOUTH SLOPE The All-Arounders (delta blues, swamp rock), 7:00PM CORK & KEG Vollie McKenzie (swing, jazz, blues), 3:00PM CREEKSIDE TAPHOUSE Origami Birds, 2:30PM DOUBLE CROWN Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 9:00PM GOOD STUFF Honey Magpie (indie, folk), 5:00PM

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HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Reggae Sunday w/ Dennis "Chalwa" Berndt, 1:00PM ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL Vendetta Creme (cabaret), 5:30PM The music of Horace Silver (hard pop, jazz), 7:30PM

Where The Blue Ridge Mountains Meet the Celtic Isles

MONDAYS Quizzo – Brainy Trivia • 7:30pm

LOBSTER TRAP Hot Club of Asheville, 6:30PM ODDITORIUM Heptagua, Bones of Mary (metal), 9:00PM

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 DOUBLE CROWN Country Karaoke, 10:00PM GOOD STUFF Songwriter's "open mic", 7:30PM

OFF THE WAGON Piano show, 9:00PM

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

OLIVE OR TWIST Zen Cats (blues), 7:00PM

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Quizzo, 7:00PM Todd Cecil & friends (Americana, blues), 9:00PM

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

ORANGE PEEL Waltz Night, 6:00PM

FRI 9/2 SAT 9/3 FRI 9/9

THOSE POOR BASTARDS w/ PIERCE EDENS 9PM / $8

ANDALYN 9PM / $5

WEST END STRING BAND 9PM / $5

IRISH SUNDAYS Irish Food and Drink Specials Traditional Irish Music Session • 3-9pm OPEN MON-THURS AT 3 • FRI-SUN AT NOON CRAFT BEER, SPIRITS & QUALITY PUB FARE SINCE 1996

95 PATTON at COXE • Downtown Asheville

252.5445 • jackofthewood.com

AUGUST 31 - SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

LAZY DIAMOND Tiki Night w/ DJ Lance (Hawaiian, surf, exotica), 10:00PM

BYWATER Open mic w/ Rick Cooper, 8:00PM

CAJUN TWO STEPPIN’ TUESDAYS Featuring Cafe Sho Every Tuesday in Sept. • 7pm Gumbo, Po Boys and more!

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

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Irish session, 5:00PM

BURGER BAR Honky Tonk night, 6:00PM

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ONE STOP DELI & BAR Bluegrass brunch w/ Woody Wood, 11:00AM Sundays w/ Bill & friends, 5:00PM

OSKAR BLUES BREWERY The Blacktop Rockets (rockabilly, country), 2:00PM PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Travers Jam, 6:00PM

LEXINGTON AVE BREWERY (LAB) Kipper's "Totally Rad" Trivia night, 8:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Dave Desmelik (Americana), 6:30PM O.HENRY'S/THE UNDERGROUND Geeks Who Drink trivia, 7:00PM

SALVAGE STATION Gruda Tree, 5:00PM

ODDITORIUM Odd karaoke night, 9:00PM Oskar Blues Brewery Mountain Music Mondays (open jam), 6:00PM

SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Aaron Burdett Band (folk rock, bluegrass, blues), 6:00PM

SALVAGE STATION The Bluebirds, 1:45PM Labor Day Block Party w/ Dub Kartel, 5:00PM

SCANDALS NIGHTCLUB DJ dance party & drag show, 10:00PM

THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Labor Day Party w/ Fight For 15!, 7:00PM

STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE Peter Fraser, 4:00PM

THE OMNI GROVE PARK INN Bob Zullo (pop, rock, blues), 7:00PM

THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Matt Ryans, 7:00PM

THE VALLEY MUSIC & COOKHOUSE Monday Pickin' Parlour (open jam, open mic), 8:00PM

THE IMPERIAL LIFE DJ Phantone Pantone, 9:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT Crank County Daredevils w/ The Go Devils (rock 'n' roll), 9:30PM THE OMNI GROVE PARK INN Lou Mowad (classical guitar), 10:00AM Bob Zullo (pop, rock, blues), 7:00PM THE SOCIAL Get Vocal Karaoke, 9:30PM THE SOCIAL LOUNGE Sunday brunch on the rooftop w/ Katie Kasben & Dan Keller (jazz), 12:30PM THE SOUTHERN Yacht Rock Brunch w/ DJ Kipper, 12:00PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Michael Jefry Stevens Chamber Jazz Ensemble, 7:30PM WICKED WEED Summer Concert Series, 4:00PM WILD WING CAFE SOUTH Sunday Funday w/ Crocs Duo, 5:00PM

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5

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 UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Old-time jam w/ Mitch McConnell, 6:30PM URBAN ORCHARD Old-time music, 7:00PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Take Two Jazz, 7:30PM

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 5 WALNUT WINE BAR The John Henrys (hot jazz), 8:00PM ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Tuesday Night Funk Jam, 11:00PM BACK YARD BAR Open mic & jam w/ Robert Swain, 8:00PM BEN'S TUNE-UP Eleanor Underhill (country, soul), 7:00PM

185 KING STREET Open mic night, 7:00PM

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

5 WALNUT WINE BAR Siamese Jazz Club (soul, R&B, jazz), 8:00PM

BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Trivia, 7:30PM

IRON HORSE STATION Open mic, 6:00PM ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL Tuesday bluegrass sessions w/ Dear Brother, 7:30PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Cajun Two-steppin' Tuesday w/ Cafe Sho's (Cajun, zydeco, dance), 7:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Classic Rock 'n Roll Karaoke, 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Jay Brown (folk, singer-songwriter), 6:30PM

BURGER BAR Karaoke, 6:00PM CREEKSIDE TAPHOUSE Open mic w/ Riyen Roots, 8:00PM CROW & QUILL Hearts Gone South w/ Morgan O'Kane (country, honky tonk), 9:00PM FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREWPUB Redleg Husky (bluegrass, Americana), 9:00PM

GOOD STUFF Jim Hampton & friends perform "Eclectic Country" (jam), 7:00PM GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN JD Wilkes of the Legendary Shack Shakers w/ Dex Romweber (American roots), 9:00PM

ODDITORIUM Odd comedy night, 9:00PM

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Old-time session, 5:00PM

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

LAZY DIAMOND Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 10:00PM

SALVAGE STATION The Paper Crowns, 7:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Taco and Trivia Tuesday!, 7:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Jazzy Happy Hours w/ Bill Gerhardt, 5:00PM Jazz-n-Justice benefit Tuesday (benefit for Liberty Corner Enterprises), 7:30PM THE MOTHLIGHT Lush Agave w/ Tantrum & Elisa Faires (experimental, classical, electronic), 8:00PM THE PHOENIX Open mic, 8:00PM THE SOCIAL LOUNGE Phantom Pantone (DJ), 10:00PM TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Early Funk Jam, 9:00PM URBAN ORCHARD Billy Litz (Americana, singer-songwriter), 7:00PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Irish sessions & open mic, 6:30PM

6PM DOORS

7PM DOORS

9/7

8PM DOORS

W/ THE KEVIN DOWLING FITNESS HOUR, THE LOW COUNTS

7PM DOORS

SCOTT STAPP THE VOICE OF CREED W/ RELENTLESS FLOOD

W/ PLEASURES OF THE ULTRAVIOLENT & DRUNK IN A DUMPSTER

JD WILKES (OF THE LEGENDARY SHACK SHAKERS)

DEX ROMWEBER (OF FLAT DUO JETS)

AN EVENING OF COMEDY WITH BRIAN POSEHN SEAN HAYES CAR SEAT HEADREST HOLLY BOWLING

GRIND CAFE Trivia night, 7:00PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Woody Wood Wednesdays (rock, soul, funk), 5:30PM

OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Trivia night w/ DJ Josie Breeze, 6:00PM

9/3 SLOPPY SECONDS

9/8 9/9 9/10 9/11

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

MARKET PLACE Rat Alley Cats (jazz, Latin, swing), 7:00PM

ORANGE PEEL Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats w/ Danava & The Shrine (metal, rock, doom), 8:00PM

9/2

BOB LOG III

8PM DOORS

GRAND HIGHLANDS AT BEARWALLOW MOUNTAIN “LIVE on the Mountain” presents William Jackson, 7:30PM

BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Open Mic, 7:00PM

9/1

8PM DOORS

GOOD STUFF Old time-y night, 6:30PM

BEN'S TUNE-UP Honky Tonk Wednesdays, 7:00PM

WED

DOUBLE CROWN Honky-Tonk, Cajun, and Western w/ DJ Brody Hunt, 10:00PM

BARLEY'S TAPROOM Dr. Brown's Team Trivia, 8:30PM

THUR

CROW & QUILL Boogie Woogie Burger Night (burgers, rock n' roll), 7:00PM

OKREND 9/1 JORDAN ON THE PATIO FREE

THUR

CREEKSIDE TAPHOUSE Matt Walsh (blues), 6:00PM

5 WALNUT WINE BAR This Frontier Needs Heroes (cosmic Americana), 5:00PM Les Amis (African folk), 8:00PM

8/31

FRI

CORK & KEG Old time jam, 5:00PM

185 KING STREET Vinyl Night &Cornhole League, 7:00PM

SAT

BYWATER DJ EZ & fire-spinning, 9:00PM

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7

WED

BUFFALO NICKEL Trivia, 7:00PM

LOBSTER TRAP Ben Hovey (dub, jazz), 6:30PM

09/01

thu

09/03

sat

hannah kaminer +

the heartbreak highlight reel w/ momma molasses

MOUNTAIN MOJO COFFEEHOUSE Open mic, 6:30PM NEW MOUNTAIN THEATER/ AMPHITHEATER Earphunk (funk, jam), 9:00PM

marley carroll

w/ rbts win, doc aquatic

09/04

NOBLE KAVA Open mic w/ Caleb Beissert, 9:00PM

crank county daredevils

sun

w/ the go devils

lush agave

09/06 tue

O.HENRY'S/THE UNDERGROUND "Take the Cake" Karaoke, 10:00PM ODDITORIUM Thera Roya, Wilted Spine & Pleasant (metal), 9:00PM

09/07

wed

OFF THE WAGON Piano show, 9:00PM

09/08

thu

w/tantrum, elisa faires

75 dollar bill

w/ manas twin peaks

w/ white reaper, modern vices

OLIVE OR TWIST Swing dance lesson w/ Bobby Wood, 7:30PM 3 Cool Cats (vintage rock), 8:00PM

09/09

ONE STOP DELI & BAR Geeks Who Drink Trivia, 7:00PM OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Oskar Blues cornhole league, 6:00PM

fri

joan shelley

w/ maiden radio

09/10 sat

PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Dennis Berndt (reggae, roots, folk), 6:00PM

09/12

ROOM IX Fuego: Latin night, 9:00PM SALVAGE STATION Pleasure Chest, 8:00PM

mon

pallbearer

w/ horsef lesh, squidlord

odd squad

w/obsideoneye, the spiral

free!

Details for all shows can be found at

themothlight.com

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SLY GROG LOUNGE Sound Station open mic (musicians of all backgrounds & skills), 7:30PM SOL BAR NEW MOUNTAIN Leopold & His Fiction (rock, blues), 8:00PM

OLIVE OR TWIST The Mike & Garry Show (acoustic, variety), 7:30PM

STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE Circus Mutt, 6:00PM

OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Evan Taylor Jones (soul, rock), 6:00PM

THE JOINT NEXT DOOR Bluegrass jam, 8:00PM

OSKAR BLUES REEB RANCH Steep Canyon 50k Ultramarathon & Relay Hullabaloo, 10:00AM

THE MOCKING CROW Open Mic, 8:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT 75 Dollar Bill w/ MANAS (rock, rhythm), 9:30PM

Bywater

PULP Slice of Life Comedy Open Mic, 9:00PM PACK'S TAVERN Lenny Pettinelli (acoustic rock), 8:00PM

THE PHOENIX Jazz night w/ Jason DeCristofaro, 8:00PM

PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Hustle Souls (Americana, soul), 8:00PM

THE SOCIAL LOUNGE Phantom Pantone (DJ), 10:00PM

PURPLE ONION CAFE Millie Palmer Jazz Trio, 8:00PM

TIMO'S HOUSE TOUCH Samadhi Psychedelic Wednesdays (electronic), 9:00PM

ROOM IX Throwback Thursdays (all vinyl set), 9:00PM

BOILER ROOM North By North w/ The Spiral & Mr. Mange (garage psych), 9:00PM BURGER BAR Bike night, 6:00PM CATAWBA BREWING SOUTH SLOPE Bryan Marshall & the Payday Knights (outlaw country), 7:00PM CLUB ELEVEN ON GROVE Grown Folkin Dance Party w/ DJ Superman (ole skool hip hop, R&B, soul), 10:00PM CORK & KEG Sparrow & Her Wingmen (gypsy jazz), 8:30PM CREEKSIDE TAPHOUSE Nate Robinson, 8:00PM CROW & QUILL One Leg Up (gypsy jazz), 9:00PM DOUBLE CROWN DJ Greg Cartwright (garage & soul obscurities), 10:00PM

UPCOMING MUSIC

TOWN PUMP Open mic w/ Billy Presnell, 10:00PM

SALVAGE STATION Disc Golf Weekly Competition, 5:30PM Fireside Collective, 8:00PM

SEPT

TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Blues & Soul Jam, 9:00PM

SCANDALS NIGHTCLUB DJ dance party & drag show, 10:00PM

FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREWPUB Paper Crowns (rock, Americana), 10:00PM

WILD WING CAFE Iggy Radio (acoustic), 9:00PM

SMOKY PARK SUPPER CLUB Eleanor Underhill & Friends (Americana, soul), 6:00PM

FRENCH BROAD BREWERY Laura Blackley & The Wildflowers (folk, country, soul), 6:00PM

SPRING CREEK TAVERN Open Mic, 6:00PM

GOOD STUFF Cameron Sutphin (country, folk, rock), 8:00PM

STONE ROAD RESTAURANT & BAR Open Mic w/ Tony the Pony, 8:00PM

GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Sean Hayes w/ Charley Crockett & Tim Carr (singer-songwriter), 8:00PM

FRI

SEPT

FRI

SEPT

SAT

SEPT

FRI

SEPT

SAT

SEPT

WED

LES AMIS 9pm

NAKED SCHOLAR 9pm $5

COLONEL BRUCE HAMPTON

MON

THU

SAT

SUN

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 185 KING STREET NFL Kickoff Potluck, 8:00PM

THE MOTHLIGHT Twin Peaks w/ White Reaper & Modern Vices (garage rock, punk), 9:30PM

LYRIC

5 WALNUT WINE BAR Pleasure Chest (blues, rock 'n' roll, soul), 8:00PM

TIMO'S HOUSE TRL REQUEST NIGHT w/ DJ Franco Nino, 7:00PM

BARLEY'S TAPROOM Alien Music Club (jazz), 9:00PM

TOWN PUMP Redleg Husky (Americana, folk), 9:00PM

9pm $6

BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE NFL Kickoff Party, 8:00PM

SYD STRAW

CLUB ELEVEN ON GROVE Russ Wilson & his Nouveau-Passe Orchestra (jazz), 8:30PM

TRAILHEAD RESTAURANT AND BAR Open Cajun & swing jam w/ Steve Burnside, 7:00PM

8:30pm $5

UPLAND DRIVE 9pm $15

OPEN MIC

w/ RICK COOPER [Sign Up is 7:30] 8-11pm

TUE

WILD WING CAFE SOUTH Skinny Wednesdays w/ J Luke, 6:30PM

11pm $10

WEEKLY EVENTS

TWISTED LAUREL Karaoke, 8:00PM

CROW & QUILL Carolina Catskins (gritty ragtime jazz), 10:00PM

WILD WING CAFE SOUTH DJ dance party, 9:30PM

ELAINE'S DUELING PIANO BAR Dueling Pianos, 9:00PM

WXYZ LOUNGE AT ALOFT HOTEL Pendulum Trio (jazz), 8:00PM

FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREWPUB Wild Card Trio (funk, jazz), 9:00PM FRENCH BROAD BREWERY Benjo Saylor (of Brushfire Stankgrass), 6:00PM

9pm

GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN An evening of comedy w/ Brian Posehn, 8:00PM

w/ DJ CAPTAIN EZ

DRINK SPECIAL 1/2 OFF DIRTY FRENCH BROADS DRINK SPECIAL $5 MIMOSAS CORNMEAL WALTZ

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

AUGUST 31 - SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Jesse Barry & The Jam, 9:00PM

CREEKSIDE TAPHOUSE Station Underground (reggae), 8:00PM

FIRE SPINNING

796 RIVERSIDE DR. ASHEVILLE, NC BYWATER.BAR 54

OFF THE WAGON Dueling pianos, 9:00PM

ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL An Evening with Don Alder (roots, bluegrass, blues), 6:30PM Seth Walker (soul, blues, singer-songwriter), 8:00PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Bluegrass jam, 7:00PM

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 185 KING STREET Further To Fly (Americana, rock), 8:00PM 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Sankofa (electrofolk, world music), 9:00PM ALTAMONT THEATRE Improv Comedy w/ Reasonably Priced Babies, 8:00PM ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL The Grass Is Dead (bluegrass, Grateful Dead tribute), 9:00PM

ELAINE'S DUELING PIANO BAR Dueling Pianos, 9:00PM

ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL An evening w/ Gina Sicilla (Americana, blues, jazz), 7:00PM Asheville Songwriter Showcase, 9:00PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB West End String Band (bluegrass, Americana), 9:00PM JERUSALEM GARDEN Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Totes Dope Tite Sick Jams w/ (ya boy) DJ Hot Noodle, 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Calico Moon, 6:30PM LUELLA'S BAR-B-QUE Matt Walsh (blues), 6:00PM MARKET PLACE The Sean Mason Trio (groove, jazz, funk), 7:00PM O.HENRY'S/THE UNDERGROUND Drag Show, 12:30AM ODDITORIUM Hot Vibes! (reggae vs. hip-hop), 9:00PM OFF THE WAGON Dueling pianos, 9:00PM ONE STOP DELI & BAR Free Dead Fridays w/ members of Phuncle Sam (jam), 5:00PM Cranford Hollow (Americana), 10:00PM

ATHENA'S CLUB Dave Blair (folk, funk, acoustic), 7:00PM

ORANGE PEEL The Stump Mutts w/ Posh Hammer & The Jellyrox (rock, alternative), 8:00PM

LOBSTER TRAP Hank Bones ("The man of 1,000 songs"), 6:30PM

BEN'S TUNE-UP Woody Wood & the Asheville Family Band (acoustic, folk, rock), 7:00PM

OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Chicken Fried Possum (old-time, newgrass), 6:00PM

ODDITORIUM Daggers & Zin Vetro (rock, punk), 9:00PM

BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Acoustic Swing, 7:00PM

PACK'S TAVERN DJ MoTo (dance hits, pop), 9:30PM

K LOUNGE #WineitUp Thursday w/ Dj AUDIO, 9:30PM

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PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Citizen Mojo (blues, funk), 8:00PM

CORK & KEG Café Sho (Cajun two-step, waltz), 8:30PM

SALVAGE STATION Sol Rhythms, 9:00PM

CREEKSIDE TAPHOUSE Just The Crust, 8:00PM

SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Brooks Dixon, 8:00PM

DOUBLE CROWN Pitter Platter w/ DJ Big Smidge, 10:00PM

SCANDALS NIGHTCLUB DJ dance party & drag show, 10:00PM

ELAINE'S DUELING PIANO BAR Dueling Pianos, 9:00PM

STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE James Hammel, 6:00PM

FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREWPUB Sol Rhythms (Latin dance), 10:00PM

THE ADMIRAL Hip-hop dance party w/ DJ Warf, 11:00PM

FRENCH BROAD BREWERY Ten Cent Poetry (folk, pop), 6:00PM

THE LANTERN RESTAURANT & BAR Matthew Curry, 6:00PM

GREEN ROOM CAFE & COFFEEHOUSE North Main Music Series: Justified Vibe, 5:00PM

THE MOTHLIGHT Joan Shelley w/ Maiden Radio (folk, singersongwriter), 9:00PM THE SOCIAL Steve Moseley (acoustic), 6:00PM THE STRAND @ 38 MAIN Etta May (comedy), 8:00PM

TOWN PUMP Jonny Monster Band (rock), 9:00PM

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Sufi Brothers (bluegrass, rock, folk), 9:00PM

TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES The Bill Mattocks Band (blues, dance), 10:00PM

JERUSALEM GARDEN Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7:00PM

WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Joshua Messick (folk, world music), 8:00PM

LAZY DIAMOND Jack Oblivian & The Sheiks (rock), 10:00PM Sonic Satan Stew w/ DJ Alien Brain, 10:00PM

WXYZ LOUNGE AT ALOFT HOTEL Ben Hovey (live souljazztronica), 8:00PM ZAMBRA Zambra Jazz Trio, 8:00PM UNWINE'D AT MELLIE MAC'S Bread & Butter Band (bluegrass, country, rock), 7:00PM

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REVIEWS & LISTINGS BY JUSTIN SOUTHER & SCOTT DOUGLAS

HHHHH = H PICK OF THE WEEK H

Don’t Breathe doesn’t disappoint.

Don’t Breathe HHHHS

DIRECTOR: Fede Alvarez PLAYERS: Jane Levy, Dylan Minnette, Daniel Zovatto, Stephen Lang PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR RATED R THE STORY: Three young thieves attempt to go out on one last big score by robbing a blind Iraq War vet of $300,000 dollars stashed in his Detroit home. What they find within is far more insidious than they could ever have expected. THE LOWDOWN: A nerve-wracking psychological thriller that hits all the right notes, Don’t Breathe delivers chills without excessive gore. Some cinematic solipsists have stated that we are living in the midst of a horror renaissance, simultaneously a golden age of experimentation as well as a revival of the core values of a

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genre which fell into decline following the slasher glut of the late ’80s. I have often differed with this position, citing the overreliance on jump scares and profligate CG monstrosities that seem to be the hallmarks of the postmodern horror film, while opining the lack of originality and general laziness in screenwriting that seem endemic in a genre for which I have always held the deepest affection. As the summer movie season draws to a close, I have seen precious little that would dissuade me from my perspective on the matter. However, I am pleased to say that Don’t Breathe has encouraged me to reexamine my contentions. While it must be acknowledged that a single film cannot redeem an entire genre, I will say that Don’t Breathe has engendered a cautious optimism regarding the potential of contemporary filmmakers to craft taught, suspenseful tales on a shoestring budget

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without falling prey to the unfortunately common shortcuts and shortcomings previously noted. It’s particularly poignant that the filmmakers responsible for my renewed hope are writerdirector Fede Alvarez and co-writer Rodo Sayagues, the duo behind 2013’s Evil Dead remake, a movie that is frequently referenced in arguments supporting the aforementioned renaissance. That’s also a film for which my feelings might generously be described as lukewarm, especially in comparison to the vastly superior original. So when I begrudgingly acknowledge what these two have accomplished with Don’t Breathe, it’s not without an admittedly slight smile on my face. Make no mistake, Don’t Breathe is a film with a particularly warped sensibility, but this is entirely appropriate to its genre and subject matter. What’s particularly laudable about the film is that none of its perversity seems forced or exploitative. Alvarez establishes more character and expository context with his camera in the first five minutes than many films do in the entire first act. While none of the cast’s motivations are explored in great depth, their decisions seem reasonable (if not entirely rational), grounding the story’s more extreme elements in a solid narrative foundation. The premise is relatively straightforward, but the permutations of the plot are far from what you might expect. Alvarez is developing into a consummate stylist — with some gimmicky night-vision shots working far better than they should — but it’s his sense of directorial restraint that really places this film on a higher level than his previous work. Alvarez also makes some excellent decisions with his cast, putting together a team of up-and-coming genre stalwarts who rise to the challenges of this claustrophobic chiller’s dialogue-light, performance-reliant script. Dylan Minnette and Daniel Zovatto ably support Jane Levy, with easily her best performance to date, in the lead. But it’s Stephen Lang who steals the show as The Blind Man, a suitably menacing role that establishes Lang as far more than the competent background player he’s been relegated to for most of his career.

M A X R AT I N G This film is by no means perfect, but when it works, it works. It’s not for everyone, but devoted enthusiasts of psychological horror will find the film more than worth their time. It’s not quite as brutal as Green Room (2015), a similarly unrelenting (and similarly great) sadistic thriller with an equally anarchic tone. But Don’t Breathe knows how to use the threat of violence to its greatest advantage. By avoiding the prolific gore that characterized Green Room, it makes room for the development of tension in a way that never really lets up until the final scene. Don’t Breathe plays something like a rolereversed Wait Until Dark (1967), with its antagonist’s disability becoming an almost superhuman threat to our protagonists’ aims (and lives) and Lang’s performance imbuing the Monster of the piece with some sense of pathos — at least until we find out what he’s really hiding in his locked basement. While I certainly wouldn’t describe Don’t Breathe as a subtle picture, there’s a sense of understatement that differentiates it from the torture porn and Grand Guignol gore that have become the defining characteristics of the postmodern horror picture. If anything, this film is attempting to inject a decadent genre with aspects of Artaud’s Theater of Cruelty and, in trying to do so, give it a new lease on life. Predictable in some places and straining credulity in many others, it nevertheless delivers thrills and chills without succumbing to cheap diversionary tactics. Don’t Breathe breathes new life into a genre that has always seemed preternaturally predisposed to quick stagnation. Rated R for terror, violence, disturbing content and language including sexual references. Now playing at Carolina Cinemark, Regal Biltmore Grande, UA Beaucatcher, Epic of Hendersonville REVIEWED BY SCOTT DOUGLAS JSDOUGLAS22@GMAIL.COM

Little Men HHHHS

DIRECTOR: Ira Sachs PLAYERS: Michael Barbieri, Theo Taplitz, Greg Kinnear, Jennifer Ehle, Paulina García DRAMA RATED PG THE STORY: Two artsy New York teens form a fast friendship, but when their parents enter into a property dispute, their bond is threatened. THE LOWDOWN: A moving human drama with implications that far outstrip its simple premise, Little Men speaks to broader social issues through an appealingly low-key story. Even though Little Men and Morris from America were edged out by Don’t Breathe for Pick of the Week, they are both every bit as good as that film. But being confronted with two exceptional yet substantially different films focused on the struggles of male adolescence, choosing one or the other would have been nearly impossible. So the fact that Don’t Breathe was selected has more to do with that film’s very different subject matter than any real edge in quality or emotional affect. I mention this because some moviegoers may be better served by Morris or Men, or both. Little Men is a small film in the best possible sense, focusing on palpable emotional stakes at a human scale, with no punches pulled. It’s one thing to talk about wealth disparity and gentrification as social ills, another still to watch these issues tear apart the friendship of two boys powerless in the face of overwhelming economic odds. The film views its principal conflict through the lens of two 15-year-old boys whose parents become embroiled in a fiscal feud. And in recontextualizing the disagreement into a look at its impact on two young men who can scarcely understand it, much less influence its outcome, writer/director Ira Sachs has made the issue at once more relatable and more appalling. The story follows Jake and Tony, two kids in New York with artistic aspirations, who find themselves in a fledgling friendship after the death of Jake’s grandfather leads his family to relocate from Manhattan to

an inherited Brooklyn building where Tony’s mother runs a struggling women’s clothing store. As Jake’s bitchy aunt forces his struggling-actor father to raise the store’s rent, the writing is on the wall for Tony’s mother, Leonor, a Chilean immigrant trying to eke out a living in a rapidly changing economic environment. But the boys couldn’t care less; they’re more concerned with fantasy novels, video games and their dreams of attending the prestigious LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts — Jake as a visual artist and Tony as an actor. It’s only as the rent issue comes to a head that the boys realize their parents’ pettiness could cost them their brotherly bond. If the story’s conflict seems relatively straightforward, its implications are not. Tony, a charismatic budding thespian with chops to spare, is instrumental in bringing Jake out of his shell and inspiring him to pursue his artistic aims in spite of his innate lack of confidence. The consequences of losing this relationship for the story’s ostensible protagonist are considerable. It would be easy to attribute the titular designation to these “little men,” but that dubious distinction is better worn by the boys’ fathers: Jake’s dad, Brian, an off-broadway actor who lets his psychotherapist wife pay the bills, and Tony’s absentee father working in Africa, whose parental prowess Tony defines as “better when he’s not around.” The lack of strong father-figures looms large over the proceedings, as the boys themselves are easily the most effectual male characters in the film. Sachs’ humanist leanings are clear, as is his indebtedness to Russian playwright Anton Chekhov, whose drama The Seagull is Brian’s preoccupation for most of the film. Sachs’ direction is heavily influenced by the stage, although his camera movements are more dynamic than those of directors with similar leanings. His greatest strength is his ability to draw exceptional performances from his cast, with Paulina Garcia delivering a standout turn as Leonor, and Greg Kinnear in possibly his best dad-role since Little Miss Sunshine. But it’s the boys who steal the show, with Theo Taplitz as Jake, ably embodying the simmering sensitivity and inherent insecurity of the artistic temperament, and Michael Barbieri blowing his adult costars out of the water with Tony’s superficial exuberance. A scene in which Barbieri dominates his teacher during an exercise in acting class is worth the price of admission alone. If Little Men has any real drawbacks, they’re that the film is somewhat deficient in the denouement department

and that it might lack relatability to audiences without an affinity for, or familiarity with, the New York arts scene. But such quibbling complaints are overshadowed by an understated story and superb performances. Sachs has delivered a poignant and moving human drama, an exploration of the value of friendship and the frustrating powerlessness of youth in the face of an uncaring and ever-changing world. Little Men is not about men but about people writ large, and anyone who qualifies for personhood is likely to find something in this film that will resonate. As far as little films go, this one has a big impact. Rated PG for thematic elements, smoking and some language. Opens Friday at The Grail Moviehouse REVIEWED BY SCOTT DOUGLAS JSDOUGLAS22@GMAIL.COM

Morris from America

HHHHS DIRECTOR: Chad Hartigan PLAYERS: Markees Christmas, Craig Robinson, Carla Juri, Lina Keller COMEDY DRAMA RATED R THE STORY: A black teenager from the Bronx must navigate adolescence and ill-advised love in unfamiliar territory when his soccer-coach dad relocates the family to Germany. THE LOWDOWN: A genuinely moving film with heart to spare, Morris from America avoids coming-of-age clichés to deliver a unique and compelling story. Writer-director Chad Hartigan’s Sundance darling, Morris from America, is a small film with a deceptively simple premise: A young African-American from the Bronx suffers the slings and arrows of outrageous adolescence in Heidelberg, Germany. As it turns out, what could’ve amounted to little more than a rote exercise in fish-out-of-water antics is, in fact, an effective and moving portrayal of

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the existential dilemmas inherent to impending adulthood. Hartigan’s script hits the compulsory coming-of-age notes, but does so without the melodrama such undertakings typically entail. His characters are relatable and well-rounded with a depth and dimensionality that defy the film’s 91-minute running time. Hartigan passes up the easy jokes in favor of a more nuanced sense of humor, and the script is funnier for the effort. But Morris is not, strictly speaking, a comedy. It’s a charming and endearing exploration of identity — and the suffering that establishing a genuine one so often entails. What works in Morris’ script is the distinct relatability of its characters’ struggles and the empathy it manages to build with the audience over the course of the film. The story never delves into saccharine self-indulgence, instead tugging at the heartstrings without becoming trite or hackneyed. Who can’t identify with feeling like a complete outsider or having an unrequited crush on the wrong person? Morris from America manages to touch on such ideas without making them feel clichéd. Perhaps its greatest accomplishment, however, is its deft handling of the casual racism still endemic on both sides of the pond. As Morris’ peers try to coax him into a pickup basketball game strictly on the basis of his ethnicity, the movie’s points about ignorance and prejudice are raised much more effectively than would have been the case if the blatant bigotry of “German d---heads” (as Morris puts it) were more egregious. But Morris is not just about the challenges confronted by its title character, it’s about the way we are defined by our environment as well as our choices. As such, the cast faces a particularly dif-

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Don’t Think Twice

This comedy/drama from writer/ director/actor Mike Birbiglia and producer Ira Glass (This American Life), Don’t Think Twice follows a fictional New York improv comedy troupe portrayed by a who’s who ensemble of notable TV and standup comics. Having opened in limited release this July, the film boasts an impressive 99 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes with 33 critics having weighed in thus far. (R)

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Sports biopic following the life of legendary Panamanian boxer Roberto Duran, who started his professional career at age 16 and retired at 50. Starring Edgar Ramirez as Duran and Robert De Niro as trainer Ray Arcel, early reviews are extremely limited but on the positive side, if not gushingly so. (R)

The Light Between Oceans

Written and directed by Derek Cianfrance, this period melodrama was adapted from a 2012 bestseller of the same name. According to the studio’s synopsis, “On a remote Australian island in the years following World War I, a lighthouse keeper and his wife are faced with a moral dilemma when a boat washes ashore with a dead man and a twomonth-old infant. When they decide to raise the child as their own, the consequences of their choice are devastating.” Starring Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander and Rachel Weisz, The Light Between Oceans has not been screened for critics. (PG-13)

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Morgan

Produced by his dad, Ridley Scott, Luke Scott’s feature directorial debut, a sci-fi thriller, sports a strong cast including Kate Mara, Toby Jones and Anya Taylor-Joy (the standout lead from The Witch). According to the studio: “A corporate troubleshooter (Kate Mara) is sent to a remote, top-secret location, where she is to investigate and evaluate a terrifying accident. She learns the event was triggered by a seemingly innocent ‘human,’ who presents a mystery of both infinite promise and incalculable danger.” No early reviews. (R)

Yoga Hosers

The second installment in writer/ director Kevin Smith’s proposed “True North Trilogy,” Yoga Hosers sees Smith’s daughter Harley reprise her role from Tusk, with Johnny Depp and his daughter Lily-Rose doing the same. The blurb reads: “Fifteen-year-oldyoga-nuts Colleen Collette and Colleen McKenzie love their smart phones and hate their after school job at Manitoban convenience store Eh-2-Zed. But when an ancient evil rises from beneath Canada’s crust and threatens their big invitation to a Grade 12 party, the Colleens join forces with the legendary man-hunter from Montreal named Guy Lapointe to fight for their lives with all seven Chakras, one Warrior Pose at a time.” No early reviews, but your anticipation for this film will likely depend on your affinity for the last. (PG-13)

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ficult challenge as well. Thankfully, the central performances are strong across the board. Karla Juri is endearingly ineffectual as Morris’ 20-something German tutor-armchair therapist, and Lina Keller is both engaging and appalling as Morris’ older love interest (and occasional tormentor). But the best scenes in this film belong to the interactions between Markees Christmas as Morris and Craig Robinson as widowed dad Curtis. Making his feature debut, Christmas shows remarkable restraint and subtlety for a child actor, and fans of Robinson’s deadpan comedic delivery will find it equally effective for more dramatic purposes. There is no ambiguity about the difficulties faced by these two characters, but Christmas and Robinson never allow the slightest hint of self-pity to creep into their performances, leaving the audience with the impression that this father-son bond is strong enough to overcome any obstacle. Hartigan’s stylistic acumen is as distinctive as his characters, with his visual palette aided significantly by location shoots in Heidelberg. As a director, Hartigan has grown significantly since his last feature, the decidedly minimalistic This is Martin Bonner (2013). But, like his title character, Hartigan could be described as having entered an awkward phase as a filmmaker. Some of his stylistic flourishes — a hip-hopdriven fantasy sequence in a museum and a few obtrusive iris wipes — feel a bit forced. Minor shortcomings aside, Hartigan’s eye as director is unique, and his willingness to take risks promises greater things to come. When I first learned of this film’s superficially sentimental storyline, I anticipated a rare misstep in studio A24’s decision to distribute. I couldn’t have been more wrong. Morris from America fits squarely within the wheelhouse of the studio’s outstanding offerings over the last few years. Morris is a film that bridges divides both cultural and expectational with a rare blend of pathos and perspective that challenges preconceptions and defies clichés. Like the phenomenally good Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Morris is a film with surprising heart and a charismatic young lead who plays it straight instead of veering into precociousness. It’s a movie that I never expected to enjoy, but one that I recommend without reservation. Rated R for teen drug use and partying, sexual material, brief nudity and language throughout. Opens Friday at The Grail Moviehouse REVIEWED BY SCOTT DOUGLAS JSDOUGLAS22@GMAIL.COM

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DIRECTOR: Dennis Gansel PLAYERS: Jason Statham, Jessica Alba, Tommy Lee Jones, Michelle Yeoh, Sam Hazeldine ACTION RATED R THE STORY: In order to save the life of a woman, a retired hit man is drawn back into duty by a shifty arms dealer. THE LOWDOWN: A flat, brain-dead action flick with a few moments of energy and creativity buried beneath too much senseless plotting. Do you remember the Jason Statham action vehicle The Mechanic (2011), the remake of the 1972 Charles Bronson action flick of the same name? If you don’t, please don’t feel bad. I reviewed it and barely have any memory of the thing. It appears that most everyone who saw it watched from home, since strong home-viewing revenue was apparently enough to justify Mechanic: Resurrection. So here we are, with the theatrical release of a sequel to a movie that made no money in theaters, looking for all the world like the straight-to-video concoction it should’ve been to begin with. In short, it ain’t pretty. It’s also not especially fun or entertaining. Mechanic: Resurrection had five years to get it together, and this is the best it had. Statham again plays Arthur Bishop, a hit man who specializes in knocking off people in convoluted ways designed to look like accidents. He’s retired, however, spending his days living on a boat, sipping espresso and cleaning his record collection. But nothing gold can stay, and he’s drawn out by an arms dealer (Sam Hazeldine), who wants Bishop to take out his main competitors. The stipulation is that he must make each death look like an accident — a silly proposition, since any cursory observation by a half-competent investigator would easily tell that this isn’t the case. But, of course, there’d be no

FREEWILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19): Truth decay is in its early stages. If you take action soon, you can prevent a full-scale decomposition. But be forewarned: Things could get messy, especially if you intervene with the relentless candor and clarity that will be required for medicinal purification. So what do you think? Are you up for the struggle? I understand if you're not. I'll forgive you if you simply flee. But if you decide to work your cagey magic, here are some tips. 1. Compile your evidence with rigor. 2. As much as is humanly possible, put aside rancor. Root your efforts in compassionate objectivity. 3. Even as you dig around in the unsightly facts, cherish the beautiful truths you'd like to replace them with. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Are you willing to lose at least some of your inhibitions? Are you curious to find out what it feels like to cavort like a wise wild child? If you want to fully cooperate with life's plans, you will need to consider those courses of action. I am hoping that you'll accept the dare, of course. I suspect you will thrive as you explore the pleasures of playful audacity and whimsical courage and effervescent experiments. So be blithe, Taurus! Be exuberant! Be open to the hypothesis that opening to jaunty and jovial possibilities is the single most intelligent thing you can do right now. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): What's the current status of your relationship with your feet? Have you been cultivating and cherishing your connection with the earth below you? The reason I ask, Gemini, is that right now it's especially important for you to enjoy intimacy with gravity, roots, and foundations. Whatever leads you down and deeper will be a source of good fortune. Feeling grounded will provide you with an aptitude for practical magic. Consider the possibilities of going barefoot, getting a foot massage, or buying a new shoes that are both beautiful and comfortable. CANCER (June 21-July 22): A woman in the final stages of giving birth may experience acute discomfort. But once her infant spills out into the world, her distress can transform into bliss. I don't foresee quite so dramatic a shift for you, Cancerian. But the transition you undergo could have similar elements: from uncertainty to grace; from agitation to relief; from constriction to spaciousness. To take maximum advantage of this blessing, don't hold onto the state you're leaving behind -- or the feelings it aroused in you. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In one of my dreams last night, a Leo sensualist I know advised me to take smart pills and eat an entire chocolate cheesecake before writing my next Leo horoscope. In another dream, my Leo friend Erica suggested that I compose your horoscope while attending an orgy where all the participants were brilliant physicists, musicians, and poets. In a third dream, my old teacher Rudolf (also a Leo) said I should create the Leo horoscope as I sunbathed on a beach in Maui while being massaged by two sexy geniuses. Here's how I interpret my dreams: In the coming days, you can literally increase your intelligence by indulging in luxurious comforts and sensory delights. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Play a joke on your nervous anxiety. Leap off the ground or whirl in a circle five times as you shout, "I am made of love!" Learn the words and melody to a new song that lifts your mood whenever you sing it. Visualize yourself going on an adventure that will amplify your courage and surprise your heart. Make a bold promise to yourself, and acquire an evocative object that will symbolize your intention to fulfill that promise. Ask yourself a soul-shaking question you haven't been wise enough to investigate before now. Go to a wide-open space, spread your arms out in a greeting to the sky, and pray for a vision of your next big goal.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The Illuminati do not want you to receive the prophecy I have prepared for you. Nor do the Overlords of the New World Order, the Church of the SubGenius, the Fake God that masquerades as the Real God, or the nagging little voice in the back of your head. So why am I going ahead and divulging this oracle anyway? Because I love you. My loyalty is to you, not those shadowy powers. Therefore, I am pleased to inform you that the coming weeks will be a favorable time for you to evade, ignore, undermine, or rebel against controlling influences that aren't in alignment with your soul's goals. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The dictionary says that the verb "to schmooze" means to chat with people in order to promote oneself or make a social connection that may prove to be advantageous. But that definition puts a selfish spin on an activity that can, at least sometimes, be carried out with artful integrity. Your assignment in the coming weeks is to perform this noble version of schmoozing. If you are offering a product or service that is beautiful or useful or both, I hope you will boost its presence and influence with the power of your good listening skills and smart conversations. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): If you are attuned with the cosmic rhythms in the coming weeks, you will be a source of teaching and leadership. Allies will feel fertilized by your creative vigor. You'll stimulate team spirit with your savvy appeals to group solidarity. If anyone can revive droopy procrastinators and demonstrate the catalytic power of gratitude, it'll be you. Have you heard enough good news, Sagittarius, or can you absorb more? I expect that you'll inspire interesting expressions of harmony that will replace contrived versions of togetherness. And every blessing you bestow will expand your capacity for attracting favors you can really use. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The fictional character known as Superman has one prominent vulnerability: the mineral kryptonite. When he's near this stuff, it weakens his superpowers and may cause other problems. I think we all have our own versions of kryptonite, even if they're metaphorical. For instance, my own superpowers tend to decline when I come into the presence of bad architecture, cheesy poetry, and off-pitch singing. How about you, Capricorn? What's your version of kryptonite? Whatever it is, I'm happy to let you know that you are currently less susceptible to its debilitating influences than usual. Why? Well, you have a sixth sense about how to avoid it. And even if it does draw near, you have in your repertoire some new tricks to keep it from sapping your strength. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): It's quite possible you will receive seductive proposals in the coming weeks. You may also be invited to join your fortunes with potential collaborators who have almost fully awakened to your charms. I won't be surprised if you receive requests to share your talents, offer your advice, or bestow your largesse. You're a hot prospect, my dear. You're an attractive candidate. You appear to be ripe for the plucking. How should you respond? My advice is to be flattered and gratified, but also discerning. Just because an inquiry is exciting doesn't mean it's good for you. Choose carefully. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Would you like to become a master of intimacy? Can you imagine yourself handling the challenges of togetherness with the skill of a great artist and the wisdom of a love genius? If that prospect appeals to you, now would be a favorable time to up your game. Here's a hot tip on how to porceed: You must cultivate two seemingly contradictory skills. The first is the capacity to identify and nurture the best qualities in your beloved friend. The second is the ability to thrive on the fact that healthy relationships require you to periodically wrestle with each other's ignorance and immaturity.

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movie without this. (I say that like it’s a bad thing.) Tangled up in here is a truly needless subplot where Bishop’s new lady friend Gina (Jessica Alba) is also being held hostage as collateral. This literally serves no purpose in the film besides padding the runtime by about 20 minutes. Not that it matters, since so much of the film tends to meander on its own. For a movie so absurdly constructed ... boy, is it not fun. There are moments of purely sublime farce — Bishop purchasing a tube of shark repellent (literally labeled “SHARK REPELLENT”) so he can escape from a Malaysian prison, or a clever, ridiculous action scene involving a lifeboat — but they’re incredibly rare. The Mechanic: Resurrection even has Tommy Lee Jones with a soul patch and red John Lennon sunglasses and it’s still not fun. The reality, instead, is a movie that feels like a bargain-basement Crank film which was drained of those movies’ pure imagination and sense of tasteless anarchy and boundless energy. Yes, Statham fights a bunch of random dudes, shoots some of them and slams numerous heads into an endless array of kitchen countertops. He even sets countless boats of various sizes on fire. But, inside all this mayhem, nothing feels clever or imaginative. Everything ridiculous feels accidental — and even then it’s buried inside of so much macho tedium and a plot with no forward momentum that it’s impossible to enjoy on its own merits. Rated R for violence throughout and language. Now playing at Carmike 10, Carolina Cinemark, Regal Biltmore Grande, Epic of Hendersonville. REVIEWED BY JUSTIN SOUTHER JSOUTHER@MOUNTAINX.COM

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Detour HHHHH DIRECTOR: Edgar G. Ulmer PLAYERS: Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Claudia Drake FILM NOIR Rated NR Some have called Edgar G. Ulmer’s Detour (1945) the ultimate example of film noir. While I wouldn’t necessarily go that far, it is unquestionably a tour de force and a nigh-unassailable classic of the genre. A Poverty Row cheapie shot in six days on a practically nonexistent budget, Detour bears all the hallmarks of classic film noir; deep shadows and even shadier characters, a salacious and minimalistic plot, a disreputable protagonist and a femme fatale. Ulmer’s compositions are most likely indebted to his time working with Murnau, and the influence does this film some substantial favors. Ulmer’s oeuvre is uneven in places, but when he was on he was on, and this film is possibly his best and certainly my favorite of his films. The Asheville Film Society will screen Detour Tuesday, Sept. 5, at 7:30 p.m. at The Grail Moviehouse, hosted by Xpress movie critic Scott Douglas.

Good Morning HHHH DIRECTOR: Yasujirô Ozu PLAYERS: Keiji Sada, Yoshiko Kuga, Chishû Ryû, Kuniko Miyake, Haruko Sugimura COMEDY Rated NR OK, I’m not a huge fan of Yasujirô Ozu. I recognize his place in world cinema, but I’ve never warmed to his work on a personal level, I don’t care for his restrained style, and I don’t accept the idea that everything he made was of great importance. (If you’re an Ozu completist, sure, but otherwise, no.) Good Morning (1959) is a case in point. It feels a lot like a throwback to the silent I Was Born, But... (1932) with a slightly different set of concerns. It’s a pleasant little slice-of-life story set primarily in a small middle-class neighborhood — a nice enough place, so long as you don’t scandalize anyone. Unfortunately, the neighborhood’s one “showbiz” family is a scandal — in part because they stay in their pajamas all day. They also own the only TV set in the area, making them popular with the local children. It is this TV business that ultimately drives the plot about two boys refusing to speak until their rather reactionary father buys a TV. This is all pretty typical Ozu with its concerns over the Westernization of Japan, but the tone is lighter and more playful. Much of the film is actually given over to the amusing relations and backbiting among the neighborhood women. There’s also a good bit devoted to the employment problem in the area. This, in fact, is shrewdly brought around as a means for the father to settle the TV issue without, in his own mind, losing face. A pleasant film, but hardly a great one. This review by Ken Hanke was originally published on September 2, 2014 Classic World Cinema by Courtyard Gallery will present Good Morning Friday, Sept. 2, 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

Plan 9 From Outer Space HHHS DIRECTOR: Edward D. Wood Jr. PLAYERS: Gregory Walcott, Mona McKinnon, Tor Johnson, Dudley Manlove, Bela Lugosi SCIENCE FICTION FIASCO Rated NR It’s good to see Asheville getting a dose of the peculiar delights of Ed Woodstyle cinema. And those delights don’t come any more peculiar than Plan 9 from Outer Space. It may be the most enjoyable bad film of all time. Wood had no money, no credentials and, worst of all, no talent, but he didn’t let such minor considerations stop him from making movies. Viewed as objectively as possible, Bride of the Monster is easily his best (mostly due to the performance of Bela Lugosi as Dr. Eric Vornoff), but Plan 9 seems to be the general favorite. Armed with maybe five minutes of unrelated footage of Lugosi (Wood’s chiropractor — or chiropodist — would stand in where necessary), Wood sold a Baptist minister and his associates on making Plan 9, which is a monument to lovable ineptitude. Not only does the Lugosi double not match, but we get an airplane cockpit separated from the rest of the plane with a shower curtain, laughably bad model kits on strings masquerading as flying saucers, amateurish acting, shaky sets, a plot that makes no sense and some of the worst dialogue ever committed to film. It’s really rather glorious, in its own way. Viewers might consider following this one up with Bride of the Monster or Burton’s Ed Wood, but don’t miss this legendary non classic. This excerpt was taken from a review published by Ken Hanke on May 25, 2005 The Thursday Horror Picture Show will screen Plan 9 from Outer Space on Thursday, Sept. 1, at 9:15 p.m. at The Grail Moviehouse, hosted by Xpress movie critic Scott Douglas.

The Count of Monte Cristo HHHH FILM AT THE FORK • EXCLUSIVE SCREENING (pd.) Buy ticket online by September 4. Showing Wednesday, September 7, 7pm, Asheville Pizza & Brewing Co. In partnership with The Humane Society of the US. Buy tickets now: AtTheForkFilm.com TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY LIBRARY 212 S. Gaston St., Brevard, 884-3151 • TH (9/8), noon & 6:30pm - America’s First Forest: Carl Schenck and the Asheville Experiment, documentary showing and discussion. Free.

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DIRECTOR: Kevin Reynolds PLAYERS: Jim Caviezel, Guy Pearce, Dagmara Dominiczyk, Richard Harris, Luis Guzman ADVENTURE Rated PG-13 Kevin Reynolds’ The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) is such a gloriously old-fashioned, swashbuckling adventure movie that it makes one wonder if we’ve been blaming the wrong Kevin for the cinematic atrocities that are Waterworld and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. The combination of Reynolds and the memory of the dreary attempt at putting Dumas pere on the screen [in 2001] with The Musketeer certainly sent me into this one with diminished expectations, only to find a very agreeable surprise. It’s a very nearly perfect old-time movie with gorgeous leads, great character actors and all the production gloss you could hope for. Unlike many modern stories, The Count of Monte Cristo is very heavily plotted. Indeed, it’s the twists and turns of Dumas’ plot that give the movie much of its appeal. Some of the events may seem a little too pat, but it’s impossible not to admire the intricacy of the construction: There are no digressions; each piece of the plot is wondrously functional. The movie concerns itself far more with effect than with logic or reality — so much so that when Dantes and his sidekick (Luis Guzman) load far more chests of sunken treasure (never mind that we don’t see how they got it out of the briny anyway) onto their tiny boat than it could possibly hold, we might laugh, but we don’t bother to question it. It’s that kind of a movie. What else can you expect from a film in which the hero makes his appearance as the self-created Count of Monte Cristo via a hot air balloon complete with acrobats on ropes? The thing is that The Count of Monte Cristo is such great fun, so superbly acted and so beautiful to look at that these things don’t matter. It’s just a plain entertaining movie — made with craft, skill, a little artistry and an obvious love of the genre. This excerpt was taken from a review originally published by Ken Hanke on Jan. 1, 2000. The Hendersonville Film Society will show The Count of Monte Cristo, on Sunday Sept. 4, at 2 p.m. in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community, 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville. MOUNTAINX.COM

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HISTORIC FARM HOUSE FOR SALE $169,000 1890’s two-story farmhouse on 1 acre, wood floors, porches, 3 bedroom, 2 bath. City water/Septic. Central heat and air. In Cleveland County. Commercial zoning. $169K, 65 scenic, fertile, maintained acres also avail for lease or purchase. 828-4507027, adafaye@gmail.com

HOMES FOR SALE

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DESIRABLE KENILWORTH FOREST, BEAUTIFUL 3/2 HOME Excellent condition. Finished basement, deck with views, secluded yard. Granite/tile kitchen and bath. Master suite, double sink bath, walk-in closet. Central heat/air. Spacious living, minutes to downtown! $345000 www.forsalebyowner.com/listing/28805/24082425 KENILWORTH • BRING ALL REASONABLE OFFERS! Large historic Arts and Crafts home on almost an acre. Close to Mission Health, Biltmore Village and Downtown Asheville. Listed at $750,000. • Call Angela Sego, Foley Realty: (828) 544-9860.

REAL ESTATE SERVICES VOTED ONE OF THE BEST! Buying or selling? Moving to WNC? Call Sona Merlin, Voted one of the Best WNC Real Estate Agents. Find out why. Appalachian Realty Associates. (828) 216-7908. sonamerlin.com

RENTALS COMMERCIAL/ BUSINESS RENTALS SMALL OFFICE BUILDING FOR RENT perfect for chiropractor, acupuncturist, massage group, small attorney, architect, etc. 1100 sq. ft. Free standing building at 39 McDowell St., Asheville 28801. 2 or 3 treatment rooms, therapy room, reception area, waiting area, 1.5 bathrooms, small break area. Lots of parking. Has been a chiropractic office for 20+ years. Long term lease available to the right person. $2000 per month available October 1, 2016, references and security deposit required. Call today: 828-712-8017

ROOMMATES ROOMMATES ALL AREAS ROOMMATES.COM Lonely? Bored? Broke? Find the perfect roommate to complement your personality and lifestyle at Roommates.com! (AAN CAN) ASHEVILLE • SHORT TERM AVAILABLE Shared housing. Vegetarian, no smoking/animals. On busline. Sliding scale. Peace. Call (828) 348-9183.

EMPLOYMENT GENERAL JUST A QUICK NOTE... ...to say thank you for your help from Mountain Xpress. I had a dozen calls about my ad and it is only Friday. I now know the best route is through your paper. I will definitely place another ad... Mountain Xpress is an excellent paper. Keep up the excellent work. Libby W.

Exciting opportunities with grand opening of brand new Hilton Garden Inn - Downtown Asheville with 140 rooms, restaurant, and rooftop bar located at 309 College St. Hotel is now accepting applications for:

• Executive Housekeeper • Laundry Attendant • Night Auditor • Room Attendant We are seeking self-motivated candidates with positive attitudes! Experience is a plus! Complete benefits package including 401k and profit sharing! For more information about each position and to apply online, please visit http://www.qualityoilnc.com/careers-currentopenings/#Hotel

TROLLEY TOUR GUIDES If you are a "people person," love Asheville, have a valid Commercial Driver's License (CDL) and clean driving record you could be a great TOUR GUIDE! FULLTIME and seasonal part-time positions now available. Training provided. Contact us today! www.GrayLineAsheville.com; Info@GrayLineAsheville.com; 828-251-8687.

ELECTRICAL JOURNEYMEN AND APPRENTICES For Electrical Contractor in Asheville, NC and surrounding areas. Top Pay based upon experience. Insurance, 401K, PTO and Training. EOE & DFWP. Email resume to: danielle@sunelectrical.com

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SKILLED LABOR/ TRADES CUSTODIAN • FULL OR PARTTIME Currently seeking a PT or FT Custodian. Individuals will be responsible for monthly deep cleaning maintaining facility cleanliness, performing tasks throughout the school, dorms, and common areas on campus; keep walkways free from snow and debris. Candidates must have reliable transportation and must pass a background check and drug screening. • Please submit a resume and cover letter for consideration to humanresources@ ashevilleacademy.com • We are Equal Opportunity Employers. • No phone calls or walk-ins please. Asheville Academy For Girls/Solstice East

ACCOUNTING A-B Tech is currently taking applications for Accounting Technician, Student Accounts & Payables, Full-Time Regular position. The start date is 10/03/2016. • A-B Tech is currently taking applications for Technician, State and Institutional Payables, Full-Time Regular position. The start date is 10/03/2016. For more details and to apply: www.abtech.edu/jobs ADMINISTRATION SPECIALIST Red Oak Recovery, a cutting edge substance abuse and co-occurring mental health treatment program for young

adults, is seeking a highly qualified Administration Specialist for our growing programs. Qualified candidates will welcome visitors to the office as well as answer and direct calls on a multi-line telephone system, have strong computer skills with familiarity of Microsoft Office Programs, have effective written and verbal communication skills, have solid organizational skills with management of records and able to meet deadlines, and has the ability to work efficiently in a fast paced environment. The position will require moving between several buildings throughout our large non-smoking campus. • Please submit resume and cover letter including desired salary to jobs@ redoakrecovery.com ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT This Administrative Assistant position provides front desk and office support regarding all things related to the operational success of the front office including membership relations, professional and accounting support. This position serves as the first point of contact at the temple for both phone and in person connections. This position requires the ability to work efficiently in a fast paced environment with a

We are currently seeking experienced Meat Cutters to join our team at our Hendersonville Rd. location! Competitive starting pay and benefits included for both part-time and full-time Team Members! REQUIREMENTS: • Extensive knowledge of meat cuts and cooking techniques with an understanding of cutting meat into sub-primal categories. Skilled in cutting whole chicken into standard parts; and advanced cuts for other meats. •Must demonstrate manual dexterity with potentially hazardous equipment (knives, miscellaneous utensils, etc.) •Ability to learn and use a Falcon hand-held computer scanner and food scale. •Demonstrated ability in knife handling, other cutting equipment and safety procedures. •Knowledge of living conditions of animals and ability to educate the public on these issues. •Ability to explain various cooking techniques. Apply in person at either Asheville location for an opportunity to join a team dedicated to providing ‘healthy food for everyone..everywhere.’ MOUNTAINX.COM

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high degree of attention to detail and accuracy. Excellent communications skills and the ability to interact with individuals with a high level of professionalism and confidentiality and trustworthiness are required. Email resume execdir@bethhatephila.org

EMPLOYMENT SPECIALIST A-B Tech is currently taking applications for Employment Specialist, Full-time regular position. The start date is 10/03/2016. For more details and to apply: www.abtech.edu/jobs

SALES/MARKETING DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS The John N. Gardner Institute for Excellence in Undergraduate Education (http:// www.jngi.org) seeks a Director of Marketing and Communications. Masters level preferred, 3-5 years experience, salary range $35,000$55,000.

MEDICAL/ HEALTH CARE TRIAGE NURSE Triage nurse wanted for busy medical office in Asheville. Please fax resume to 828-6705703 attention Joan.

HUMAN SERVICES

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 www.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 In-Home 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 CLINICAL TECHNICIAN FOR WOMEN Red Oak Recovery, a young adult Substance Abuse Treatment Program located in the Asheville, NC area is seeking highly qualified individuals for direct care positions in our Women’s Recovery Program. Recovery Guides work an eight hour shift, either 4 or 5 days a week. These eight hour shifts will be divided between first, second, and third shift. Treatment takes place in a residential setting with wilderness adventure

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expeditions. WFR, CSAC, or a degree in a Human Services field preferred. Personal or professional experience with 12 Step Recovery, Substance Abuse Treatment, Mental Health Treatment, Wilderness Therapy, Trauma and/or Eating Disorder is preferred. We offer competitive pay, health benefits, professional substance abuse and clinical training. Please submit resumes to jobs@redoakrecovery.com DIRECT CARE STAFF AT ANSR Asheville North Star Recovery is a healing sanctuary for women transitioning from primary treatment for substance abuse, trauma and co-occurring mental health disorders. Direct Care staff provide support, mentoring and supervision. Email director@ashevillenorthstar. com. AshevilleNorthStar.com EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL (ESP) Haywood County. IPS Supported Employment. The ESP functions as part of a team that implements employment services based on the SE-IPS model. The team’s goal is to support individuals with MH/SUD obtain and maintain competitive employment. The ESP is responsible for collaborating with clients on creating and achieving their personal employment goals. They will also develop relationships with potential employers in the community in order to create employment opportunities for clients. Applicants must have a valid driver’s license with no restrictions and a bachelor’s degree or higher. Preference will be given to Qualified Professionals and Certified Employment Support Professionals. Please visit the employment section of our website for further information and apply directly by submitting an application and resume. www.meridianbhs.org HELPMATE SEEKS SHELTER CASE MANAGER Helpmate, a domestic violence service provider, seeks Shelter Case Manager for a full-time position to provide support to survivors of domestic violence during evening or weekend hours. Primary responsibili ties will include monitoring security, providing emotional support to survivors, responding to crisis line calls, creating organization systems, and documenting service provision. Strong communication and crisis management skills required. Qualified candidates must hold a Bachelor’s degree or 2 years’ experience in social work or related field, with preference for experience in domestic violence, or a commensurate combination of work and experience. Diverse candidates are encouraged to apply. Benefits package available for full time positions. Email resume and cover letter to HelpmateAsheville@gmail.com by September 11, 2016 with “Shelter Case Manager” in the subject line. No phone or in person inquiries – please. MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR With Substance Abuse Credentials (CSAC/LCAS) Part-time contract position available in Asheville, NC for CSAC/LCAS counselor. • Fully Certified or Licensed Substance Abuse Counselor wanted to run Saturday morning Substance Abuse group. Contract opportunity available to conduct DWI Assessments. Please contact Bruce directly at (828) 777-3755 or email resume to trcbruce@gmail.com

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.

PROFESSIONAL/ MANAGEMENT SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGER / PURCHASING Job Summary: The supply chain manager will oversee the entire product cycle: identifying new product offerings, establishing and maintaining vendor relationships, international and domestic purchasing as well as managing inventory to meet demand while maintaining proper inventory levels. This role will require the use of continuous improvement principals to advance the entire supply chain system. Job Responsibilities: Vendor Relations o Develop and manage vendor relationships, monitor performance and collaborate to enhance product offerings. o Attend quarterly trade shows to develop new vendor relations, solidify current relationships, identify new opportunities and understand the latest trends in the industry o Negotiate prices and terms with vendors as well as domestic and international freight forwarders Logistics o Maintain systems to ensure inventory optimization o Make recommendations to improve the productivity, quality, and efficiency of supply chain processes Product Expansion o Evaluate price, quality, marketability, and supply chain reliability of new products and suppliers o Source new product opportunities o Continuous communication with sales and marketing on new offerings and pertinent supply chain issues Inventory o Ensure delivery of materials to meet customer demand, issuing purchase orders in a timely manner, following orders from inception to shipping o Review purchase order confirmations o Follow up on open purchase orders to assure promised ship date is met o Provide updates to sales staff o Minimize unnecessary stock by monitoring sales trends o Analyze and evaluate all product lines, sales trends, and market conditions, in order to recommend additions or changes to product inventory Requirements Education and Experience: o BS or BA degree preferred or higher in related field o Supply chain management/purchasing experience a plus Skills and Abilities: o Strong attention to detail o Positive attitude o Self-motivated o Must be able to adapt to changing circumstances with an appropriate sense of urgency o Strong communication skills o Ability to identify, discuss and solve problems o Proactive approach to continuous improvement o Clear understanding of inventory levels and the ability to purchase and adjust based on the business needs, data from our software, finances and communication from management o Highly professional, confident and dependable o Possess keen negotiating skills o Highly proficient with technology, most importantly with Excel o Previous experience with PO and inventory control software o Excellent organizational and multi-tasking skills o Exceptional work ethic Compensation and Benefits: Pay increases and promotions are based on regular performance reviews, experience and company growth. We offer an enjoyable work environment, paid time off, profit sharing, health insurance and 401K. The position is

full time Monday – Friday. Submit cover letter, resume, references, letters of recommendation and salary requirements with your reply to hiringavl@yahoo.com

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TEACHING/ EDUCATION DANCE TEACHER ArtSpace Charter School, a K-8 public school near Asheville, NC, has an immediate opening for an innovative, energetic, Dance Teacher to join its arts integration team starting immediately. Candidates must be willing to work in a collaborative environment and willing to teach various subjects through dance to students in grades kindergarten through eight. • Dance instruction experience and a bachelor’s degree is required. A Dance Education degree and NC licensure are preferred. • Qualified applicants may email their resume and cover letter to: resumes@artspacecharter.org

A GREAT OPPORTUNITY • EARTH FARE Become a part of a growing company dedicated to bringing healthy food to everyone…everywhere! Why us? Aside from our competitive benefits at a part-time and full-time capacity, advancement opportunities and flexible working hours, you can be a part of our healthy movement started back in 1975. We continue to hold true to our values and invite you to join your local Earth Fare’s winning team! • Apply in-person today at either Asheville location!

XCHANGE BUILDING SUPPLIES INSTRUCTOR MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY A-B Tech is currently taking applications for an Instructor, Medical Laboratory Technology Clinical Chemistry position. The start date is 01/09/2017. For more details and to apply: www.abtech.edu/jobs

RARE WORMY CHESTNUT 2,000 board feet of beautiful reclaimed chestnut. All pieces plained and denailed. Various lengths and sizes. $5.50 a board foot. Ideal for floors, trim, furniture, mantels, etc. Call 423-895-5390 for details.

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SPECIALIST • ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION A-B Tech is currently taking applications for Specialist, English Language Acquisition (ELA), Full-time regular position. The start date is 10/03/2016. For more details and to apply: www.abtech.edu/jobs

CAREGIVERS/ NANNY EASTER SEALS UCP NC NEEDS PARAPROFESSIONAL STAFF Staff needed throughout Buncombe county & surrounding counties to work one on one with individuals with Intellectual Developmental Disabilities in their home, the community, or at their job. 8282799780 michelle. kozma@eastersealsucp.com http://www.eastersealsucp.com/ NCVA/

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES PAID IN ADVANCE! Make $1000 A Week Mailing Brochures From Home! No Experience Required. Helping home workers since 2001! Genuine Opportunity. Start Immediately! www.WorkingCentral.Net (AAN CAN)

CAREER TRAINING AIRLINE CAREERS BEGIN HERE Get started by training as FAA certified Aviation Technician. Financial aid for qualified students. Job placement assistance. Call Aviation Institute of Maintenance 800-7251563 (AAN CAN)

COMMERCIAL RESTAURANT EQUIPMENT Wells 2 drawer food warmer. Used, works good. New, lists for $3825, asking $1800. Contact Bill: 828-817-5927 or Bigtrain1349@yahoo.com

SERVICES ART/WRITING EDITING/LAYOUT SERVICES TO WRITERS Author of novels & how-to books will edit your manuscript, design covers, prep for Kindle & CreateSpace. Contact me to discuss your project. Will ghost write, michael@michaelhavelin.com (828) 712-5570 michaelhavelin.com

FINANCIAL ARE YOU IN BIG TROUBLE WITH THE IRS? Stop wage and bank levies, liens and audits, unfiled tax returns, payroll issues, and resolve tax debt Fast. Call 844-753-1317 (AAN CAN)

HOME KELLY DOES YOUR LAUNDRY! Laundry pick-up and delivery. Asheville, surrounding area. Brand-name products and allergy sensitive. • Special requests considered. • Same day service available. Reasonable pricing. Call (828) 620-9063. Kelonthego@gmail.com

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COMPUTER/ TECHNICAL COMPUTER REPAIR TECHNICIAN To work full-time on-site and in-shop. Responsibilities include diagnosing and fixing computers running Windows and OS X, as well as networking issues. Must have your own vehicle and good customer service skills. email resume: tech@oneclickavl.com

PERSONAL ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT A calm space is inspiring - create a home & life that sparks joy! • home & office organization • emailing & transcribing • end-of-summer cleaning ($20-$25/hr) symplifynow@ gmail.com

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U CALL • WE HAUL Removal Services for • Homeowners • Homebuyers • Homesellers. We'll load and haul away unwanted household accumulation, junk and debris. Call today: (828) 200-5268 for a cleaner tomorrow!

HANDY MAN HIRE A HUSBAND • HANDYMAN SERVICES Since 1993. Multiple skill sets. Reliable, trustworthy, quality results. $1 million liability insurance. References and estimates available. Stephen Houpis, (828) 280-2254.

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character, Present a short monologue. Rehearsals: Asheville Community Theatre: Reading and Blocking Rehearsals Sept. 6-9, 12pm-4pm. Must be available all days. There will be a small stipend for all at weeks’ end. This is a working play for playwright/ composer/choreographer. No memorization required. More rehearsals to come this fall. This is a BIG HUNGRY PRODUCTION.

CLASSES & WORKSHOPS CLASSES & WORKSHOPS CLAY CLASSES & WORKSHOPS AT ODYSSEY CLAYWORKS Classes begin September 6. Independent Study/Open Studio, Beginner Wheel Throwing, Handbuilder's Hangout, Ready, Set, Throw One Night Pottery Classes, Slab Building With Bisque Molds Weekend Workshop.

MIND, BODY, SPIRIT 1966 HENDERSONVILLE TRIPLE MURDERS AUTHOR TERRY NEAL CONTINUES ACCEPTING INFORMATION Book 1 finished! "The Kill - Screamin' and Dyin' in Three Acts" (Amazon & B&N) - Continuing to accept files, pictures regarding the 1966 murders and Louise Davis Shumate. terryneal@terryneal.com BEST RATES IN TOWN! 5x10 ($60/month) • 10X10 ($80/month) • 10X15($100/ month) • 10X20 ($120/ month). One block from (Enka) A-B Tech. No deposits. Family owned. (828) 273-1888. Enka Candler (Self) Storage. CASH FOR CARS Any Car/ Truck 2000-2015, Running or Not! Top Dollar For Used/Damaged. Free Nationwide Towing! Call Now: 1-888-420-3808 (AAN CAN) WANTED TO BUY: GINSENG AND STAR ROOT. Will pay top money. 30 plus years in business. Whispering Pines Motel, exit 44, off I-40. (828) 460-4805 or (828) 756-4446. September 1 green and September 15 green and dry.

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