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PAGE 8 RECKONING DAY “An architect of this culture of corruption” — aka former Buncombe County Manager Wanda Greene — was sentenced to federal prison last week, along with three former county employees and a former longtime contractor for the county. Yet a Greene retaliation tactic for dealing with county personnel is still available to the new county manager.

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City should do more for its vulnerable citizens In the midst of a new search for an Asheville schools superintendent, much conversation has occurred around Asheville City Schools and the racial disparities there. Much pressure has been put on the Asheville City Schools district to do better and to decrease the racial disparity in education.

Asheville City Schools can and should do better, but what about Asheville city?

I would argue that this is not just an Asheville City Schools problem, but an Asheville city problem and that Asheville city should bear a brunt of the responsibility. A large portion of the students who are filtering into the Asheville City Schools system who are falling behind academically are coming from the poorest neighborhoods in our city, neighborhoods funded by and represented

by Asheville city. Neighborhoods that City Council members and Asheville city have a responsibility to serve.

Many of these children come to school already disadvantaged in part because of the communities that they live in, where there are little to no economic opportunities for their families. They have limited access to good preschool education, positive role models or extracurricular activities due to income barriers in their home, and they live in communities where I would venture to guess most citizens of the city of Asheville would be afraid to visit.

It does not escape me the amount of money that the city of Asheville funnels into the tourism industry here in Asheville, yet we do not have the money or funding to make the communities where these children live safe or enriching. I, for one, think this is deplorable and unacceptable and would like to see Asheville city do more to help the most vulnerable citizens of our community.

— Arlene Whiteside LCSW-A (Licensed Clinical Social Worker Associate) Waynesville

Of vines and the river Just wondering who is responsible for the state of the land around the Swannanoa River. On Swannanoa River Road from Biltmore Avenue — especially near the Antique Tobacco Barn and on down toward Tunnel Road — the overgrowth over the river is a sorry sight indeed.

Vines have nearly covered up the river in some areas — poles, wires and trees are thickly covered with vines as well. Not a pretty sight and tragic that one cannot even see the river at all around there.

I know that there is a group called Riverkeepers? Can they help remove some of the growth? Does the city ever remove vines over a city river? Anyone know the deal?

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Editor’s note: Xpress contacted French Broad Riverkeeper Hartwell Carson at the nonprofit MountainTrue with the letter writer’s questions, and he offered the following information: “The French Broad Riverkeeper is a program of MountainTrue, and we work very hard to monitor, improve and protect the French Broad River Watershed, including tributaries like the Swannanoa River. Some of my coworkers at MountainTrue do a great deal of work removing and treating

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for invasive species in priority watersheds and conservation areas. The Swannanoa is a big focus for improving the water quality and removing trash, but we don’t have plans to do any invasive or other plant control in that area. We are always looking for volunteers to help our efforts and have a river cleanup on the Swannanoa River with Catawba Brewery and Asheville Greenworks scheduled for Sept. 7. [Info at] MountainTrue.org.”

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I can hear (too loud) music at Biltmore First let me say I love the Biltmore, the grounds, the hiking and biking trails, the winery, etc. So I was very much looking forward to [the recent] Beach Boys concert.

As soon as the first note from the band was played, I was shocked at the volume! I was immediately afraid that I would do serious and permanent damage to my hearing if I sat there and listened to the music at such a high volume. Since I had brought a friend, I didn’t want to leave right away (although had I gone by myself, I would have been out of there before the first song was finished).

I didn’t know what to do, so I did the best I could. I sat through the entire first act with my fingers pressed tightly against the outside of my ears to block as much of the noise as I possibly could. We left the grounds during the intermission.

Needless to say, this changed the experience from a pleasant one to a miserable one.

I simply don’t know why the volume had to be at such a deafening level.

Do they think the audience is hard of hearing? Are they not concerned about the damage that they are doing to our ears? It is a well-established fact that listening to music at such a level does in fact destroy part of the delicate cells in the ear and leads to permanent hearing impairment. …

I might have expected such a loud volume if I attended a concert at a venue in West Asheville. But at the Biltmore? I always thought of the Biltmore as a family place.

— Dr. Roger Gilmore, D.D.S.

Mars Hill Editor’s note: Xpress contacted Biltmore with a summary of the letter writer’s points and received the following response from spokeswoman LeeAnn Donnelly: “We regret that this guest’s experience fell below expectations. We are extremely sensitive to sound levels at our concerts and have set guidelines for sound to align with industry standards.

We have measurements in place to assure the safety of our guests, nearby neighborhoods and Biltmore House itself. Sound is managed by sound technicians who are with the band. Additionally, the sound on the South Terrace varies depending on where you sit. We are always willing to accommodate guests if they prefer to move if additional seating is available.”

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Prison for all in Buncombe corruption scheme

BY DANIEL WALTON dwalton@mountainx.com Buncombe County resident Dave Heim is a betting man. Soon before Wanda Greene was scheduled to be sentenced on a slew of federal corruption charges, Heim said, he gathered with fellow veterans at a local Waffle House to wager how long the former Buncombe County manager would spend in prison.

Heim’s own estimate was conservative, as he shared with Xpress on the limestone steps of the federal courthouse prior to the sentencing hearing. “I think the fix is in,” he said, projecting that Greene would be given only four years of a maximum 33-year sentence for federal program fraud, making a false tax return and receiving kickbacks.

Thanks to the decision of U.S. District Judge Robert Conrad, Heim is out $2. Calling Greene’s activities a “tragic waste on a personal level” with “horrific consequences for the county of Buncombe,” Conrad sentenced her to seven years in federal prison and ordered her to pay a $100,000 fine.

HALL OF JUSTICE: Presiding over the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, Judge Robert Conrad sentenced Wanda Greene and others involved in the ongoing Buncombe County corruption scandal to fines and federal prison time. Photo by David Floyd Conrad described Greene as “an architect of this culture of corruption” in Buncombe County and said she exhibited “flagrant disrespect for the rules” as he proclaimed the sentence. From over $58,000 of personal purchases on county credit cards beginning in 2007 to the 2017 purchase of $2.3 million in life insurance policies using money earmarked for

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settlements of civil rights lawsuits, he said her behavior had escalated “out of control” during her time as the county’s top unelected official.

FOUR FOR FOUR Four others indicted for illegal activities involving Greene — her son and former county Business Intelligence Manager Michael Greene, former County Manager Mandy Stone, former Assistant County Manager Jon Creighton and former county contractor Joseph Wiseman, Jr. — all left Conrad’s courtroom with active prison time, a year of supervised release and a financial penalty. “Maybe we’ll have to decide who goes where,” Conrad joked, after all of the convicted felons had requested prison assignments close to Asheville.

Wiseman was handed a $15,000 fine and a sentence of 37 months, at the low end of the range recommended by federal officials, with Conrad balancing his “heinous” participation in kickbacks against his “early and truthful cooperation” with prosecutors. Stone received 33 months and a $15,000 fine; although Conrad reduced that sentence based on her limited role in awarding contracts to Wiseman, he said her conduct showed “entitlement” to using taxpayer money for personal benefit.

Although Conrad noted that Creighton was more culpable in the kickback scheme than was Stone, he gave the former official only 18 months of prison time, along with a $25,000 fine.

Prosecutor Lee Edwards had recommended a reduced sentence due to Creighton’s “extraordinary substantial assistance” in the investigation, saying that in nearly 35 years of experience, he’d “never had this level of defendant [cooperation], white-collar or otherwise.”

Michael Greene received the lightest sentence, just six months of imprisonment and a $5,000 fine, as punishment for his misuse of county credit cards, which federal officials regarded as the least serious of the crimes being considered. Conrad did not mince words in handing down the judgment, however, saying Greene had a “sense of arrogance” and “a history of misuse of position as a county official.”

Greene’s attorney, Richard Besen, had asked Conrad not to impose more than a $2,000 fine on his client. In response, Conrad pointed out that Greene had listed a $5,000 monthly stipend from his mother as part of financial documents filed before sentencing.

Those recurring funds gave him a “greater ability to deal with any monetary costs imposed by the court,” the judge remarked.

END OF THE BEGINNING Edwards noted that both Wanda Greene and Wiseman could serve less prison time than announced due to their help in the federal government’s ongoing look into Buncombe County corruption. In each case, he referenced Rule 35 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, which allows a court to reduce sentences for “substantial assistance in investigating or prosecuting another person.”

The prosecutor called Buncombe County a “target-rich environment” of current and former officials. Edwards noted that former Commissioner Ellen Frost had already been indicted for allegedly conspiring with Greene to direct county funds to the Tryon International Equestrian Center and other equestrian pursuits; another as-

SHAKY FOUNDATION: U.S. District Judge Robert Conrad called former County Manager Wanda Greene “an architect of this culture of corruption” as he sentenced her to seven years in federal prison and a $100,000 fine.

Photo by Max Cooper yet-unnamed former commissioner, he said, had used gift cards illegally obtained by Greene. He added that the former manager, despite exhibiting the “most obvious” corruption to date, would not be considered a “sore

thumb” once the federal investigation was concluded.

Edwards said it was “standard practice” for contractors to pay for expensive meals, wine and gifts — including a set of golf clubs — as they entertained high-level county staff members and commissioners in expectation of government contracts. He also suggested that Buncombe officials failed to investigate obvious signs of corruption, such as Stone seeking county reimbursement for an airline seat upgrade on a Wiseman-funded pleasure trip to Florida but not providing details for the flight itself.

“That doesn’t make any sense,” remarked Conrad.

“You’re looking at it from the perspective of rationality and internal controls. This was Buncombe County,” Edwards replied.

At the end of the hearings, Conrad said he hoped his assignment of active prison sentences would serve as a deterrent to other would-be offenders and foster “a respect for the law” among government officials. Yet as he ruminated on how Buncombe County could go about restoring the public’s trust, the judge said he was “at a loss to answer that question.” X

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WHISTLE STOP As of June 9, 2015, Stacey Woody was making over $50,000 annually in her role as public relations coordinator for Buncombe County. The very next day, she was making nearly $16,000 less per year, her responsibilities slashed to those of a library associate.

Buncombe County personnel records officially attribute this change to a reduction in force, the “elimination of the employee’s position due to reorganization” according to the county’s personnel ordinance. But federal prosecutors suggest a different motive: retaliation by former County Manager Wanda Greene after Woody questioned a $125,000 invoice for county sponsorship of the Tryon International Equestrian Center.

According to the July 16 indictment of former Commissioner Ellen Frost, who allegedly conspired with Greene to illegally direct over $575,000 in taxpayer money to equestrian activities, Woody “became concerned that such a large sum of county money was being paid to an out-of-county business, so she asked Greene if this was correct.” Woody raised the question on June 8, 2015; her reduction in force was effective just two days afterward on June 10.

In contrast with this rapid turnaround, the county personnel ordinance says that employees subject to a reduction in force should be given

at least two weeks’ notice. The ordinance also says that reductions in force should be initiated by the relevant department head and the county human resources director — unless the county manager makes an exception. That power remains in the hands of current County Manager Avril Pinder, meaning that employees can still face reassignment or other unilateral staffing decisions by Buncombe’s top administrator.

County spokesperson Kassi Day declined to confirm whether Woody had in fact been given two weeks’ notice of the reduction in force, did not provide any documentation of the move and would not say whether Woody had appealed her transfer. “We simply are not at liberty to discuss your follow-up questions,” Day replied in response to multiple Xpress records requests. She also said that Woody did not wish to comment on the matter.

At the time of the move, Woody’s direct supervisor was former County Clerk Kathy Hughes, and the human resources director was Rob Thornberry. Hughes retired in June 2018, while Thornberry left the county in August 2015. Hughes did not respond to a request for comment, while Xpress was unable to find current contact information for Thornberry.

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Greene retaliation tactic still available to county manager director and relevant department directors before authorizing a reduction in force, then submit a report to City Council about the action.

Buncombe does not require the Board of Commissioners to be notified.

Pinder said that she does not anticipate revisiting Buncombe’s personnel policy in the immediate future. She added that the county is instead focusing on developing a strategic plan, for which the commissioners have identified “respect,” “honesty/integrity” and “embracing a culture of collaboration” as the most critical values.

That plan, Pinder said, “will define commissioner-identified priorities, guide county operations, and drive future policy and budget decisions. It is my hope that the end result will be an ambitious plan that meets the dynamic needs of our community and that all employees can see themselves in.”

WORKER PROTECTION: Buncombe County Manager Avril Pinder, pictured, can conduct personnel moves with significantly less oversight from other staff members and elected officials than can her Asheville counterpart, City Manager Debra Campbell. Photo by Emmanuel Figaro, courtesy of UNC Asheville A PERSONAL MATTER? Another section of the Buncombe personnel ordinance indicates that Greene may have been permitted to transfer Woody without consulting anyone else at the county. “Rather than just the involved departments, the county manager, who has the final authority to determine the employee(s) to be separated because of reduction in force, may consider the entire county workforce subject to his or her authority or control when making his or her decision,” the ordinance reads.

Xpress first asked for confirmation that Greene could have independently conducted reductions in force on Aug. 6.

County staff did not provide an answer until Aug. 23, when Day acknowledged the possibility. “To the extent you are asking about county policy in general, Article VIII Section 5.A.6 of the Buncombe County Personnel Ordinance is applied on a case-by-case basis,” she said.

That ordinance still stands, and it gives significantly more power to Pinder than the equivalent city of Asheville policy gives to City Manager Debra Campbell.

The city requires that its manager consult with both the human resources

GETTING BACK Woody was transferred back to the County Clerk’s office in August 2017, over a month after Greene left the county, and currently works as a deputy clerk, earning an annual wage of more than $55,000. Beyond that move, Pinder did not mention any plans to compensate Woody for the earning potential she lost as a result of Greene’s actions.

“My goal is to move forward in a positive way, acknowledging the past but opening a new chapter in which employees feel empowered to speak up,” Pinder explained. “I do not have plans to revisit personnel decisions that may have been made in the past.”

Pinder added that she has held 27 meetings with staff members as part of a broad listening initiative since taking the manager role in March, speaking with roughly half of all county employees. At those meetings, she reminded employees of Buncombe’s existing whistleblower resources, such as the county’s no-retaliation policy — adopted in October 2017, after Greene’s departure — third-party reporting hotline and internal auditor.

“At the department meetings, I reassured employees that I am here to listen to their concerns and to encourage individuals to speak up if they see anything that doesn’t feel right,” Pinder said.

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The event is also a fundraiser to benefit the local financial education nonprofit OnTrack WNC and will include networking, cocktails and hors d’oeuvres. According to a press release, “Since its founding in the fall of 2018, Asheville Investment Club has deployed over $1.5 million into locally connected businesses and helped create 50+ jobs.” Tickets are $20; more information at avl.mx/pru7.

TEDX RETURNS TO ASHEVILLE Sunday, Sept. 8, will mark the 10th appearance of the red TEDx letters on an Asheville stage. This year’s featured speakers are Kat Houghton of Community Roots; Sarah Poet of Embodied Breath; Jen Aly, business coach; Evan Parker of Conserving Carolina; Sara Delaney, social entrepreneur; Daniele Martin, con-

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INSPIRATION FROM THE NEW ECONOMY Members of the national New Economy Coalition will hold the organization’s annual meeting in Asheville and will present a public talk, “Stories from the New Economy: Building from the Bottom Up” on Thursday, Sept.

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WHO’S IN, WHO’S OUT • Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity launched a new ReStore location in Weaverville.

• Tech repair brand uBreakiFix opened a new location in Arden.

• Spartina 449 Asheville opened at 4 Swan St. in Biltmore Village. The women’s speciality retailer offers handbags, accessories, apparel and gifts.

• Attorney Kevin Mahoney will lead the new Asheville location of The Law Offices of James Scott Farrin. The practice will have a particular focus on representing clients involved in complex land use cases, especially as they relate to eminent domain. Mahoney served most recently as the Special Deputy Attorney General in the N.C. Department of Justice’s Asheville office.

• The Captain’s Bookshelf bookstore announced plans to close its downtown location by early next year. The bookstore, which has done business at 31 Page Ave. for 43 years, plans to continue selling books online and will be holding inventory sales while the store remains open.

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by Brooke Randle | brandle@mountainx.com COUNCIL TO DISCUSS TEMPORARY HOTEL BAN The city’s Planning and Economic Development Committee voted on Aug. 29 to put the question of imposing a temporary moratorium on new hotel construction to the full Council at an upcoming meeting. First proposed by Council member Julie Mayfield, a moratorium could give the city time to develop new policies for considering hotel proposals, as well as ways to reduce the negative impacts of hotels on the community.

City Attorney Brad Branham told committee members that the city must consider the issue at two Council meetings prior to imposing a moratorium, one of which must include a public hearing on the proposal.

Should Council move forward with the ordinance, Branham recommended that the hotel ban last no longer than a year, adding that extensions will not be available without extenuating circumstances and that city officials must use the time to develop new policies. They must also present a schedule to the public for their deliberations during the moratorium.

Hotels that have already been approved by Council will not be affected by the ban, regardless of whether construction has started.

Planning & Urban Design Director Todd Okolichany said that more than 1,300 hotel rooms have opened in Asheville since 2015, and an additional 1,400 rooms have already approved by Council.

The proposed ban comes in response to community concerns surrounding infrastructure, displacement of local residents and a lack of consistency by which hotels proposals have been approved.

ON THE BACK BURNER Members of City Council deferred a vote on an amendment that would have simplified the city’s definition of homestay kitchens. The officials asked for revisions of the proposed definition, which would have allowed refrigera-

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LET LEAF FANS REJOICE: Beverly Collins, professor of biology at Western Carolina University, says that if current weather forecasts hold, fall leaf colors will be vibrant throughout Western North Carolina, with peak colors arriving during the last week of October. Photo courtesy of Western Carolina University tors and kitchen sinks while still prohibiting stoves in homestays out of concern that the change could increase the number of accessory dwelling units being converted to short-term homestay rentals, thereby reducing Asheville’s supply of housing for long-term residents.

Supporters of the amendment, including Homestay Network organizer Jackson Tierney, said the change would make it easier for homestay operators to comply with city rules and provide greater flexibility in the use of their property.

DAFFRON TO APPEAR ON ETHICS IN JOURNALISM PANEL SEPT. 10 Mountain Xpress Managing Editor Virgina Daffron will join NPR’s Public Editor Elizabeth Jensen, NPR’s Senior Editor for Standards and Practices Mark Memmott and BPR’s News Director Matt Bush in “Building Trust in an Age of Mistrust,” a panel discussion presented by National Public Radio and Blue Ridge Public Radio that will examine the role of ethical journalism and the importance of building public trust in the media.

The panel will also include other local media professionals, including Asheville Citizen Times Opinion Editor Casey Blake and Smoky Mountain News Publisher/ Editor Scott McLeod.

The event will be held Tuesday, Sept. 10, at 7 p.m. at the Wortham Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets are $20 and may be purchased by visiting avl.mx/6h8.

HERE’S LOOKING AT HAYWOOD STREET Asheville City Council approved a nearly $300,000 contract with landscape architecture firm Nelson Byrd Woltz to develop up to three design alternatives for city-owned properties at Haywood Street and Page Avenue. Members of the Haywood Street Advisory Committee will work with the design team throughout the process. The city also plans to hold public meetings this fall regarding the progress of the design proposals. More information at avl.mx/6h5.

The Haywood Streetscape project is a city initiative to improve Haywood Street and portions of College, Walnut and Flint streets; Page Avenue; and possibly Rankin Avenue.

The improvements, which the city estimates will begin in January and take up to a year, will include sidewalk rehabilitation, street resurfacing, stormwater improvements, sanitary sewer improvements and new street amenities.

On Thursday, Sept. 5, Asheville officials will hold a public meeting to discuss the project timeline, share draft plans and answer questions.

The meeting will take place at 9 a.m in the Banquet Hall of the U.S. Cellular Center at 87 Haywood St. More information at avl.mx/6h4.

COUNCIL SEEKS SOLUTIONS ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING Council will hold a work session on Friday, Sept. 6, to discuss the city’s role in affordable housing. The session will include staff presentations and roundtable talks. While the event is open to the public, public comment will not be allowed unless Council specifically asks questions of individuals in the room. The session will take place 8:45 a.m.-1 p.m. in the U.S. Cellular Center Banquet Hall, 87 Haywood St. The city will also be livestreaming the event at avl.mx/6h6. X

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by Thomas Calder | tcalder@mountainx.com

Shots fired The streetcar strike of 1913

HORSEPLAY: When trolley conductors took to the streets in 1913 in protest of low wages, local “cabbies” thrived with services that included horse-drawn carriage rides.

Photo courtesy of the North Carolina Collection, Pack Memorial Library, Asheville On April 26, 1913, at 11:45 a.m., the city’s streetcars unexpectedly headed back to the station. By noon, “every car was in the barn,” reported The Asheville Gazette News in the paper’s afternoon edition. Shortly thereafter, the conductors were on the street: A strike over wages was officially underway.

Despite the measure, the newspaper assured readers that those protesting the Asheville Power and Light Co. had “no intention of conducting anything other than an orderly strike.”

Unfortunately, not everyone who supported the union members’ cause agreed with the group’s peaceful approach. The following day’s paper reported that “a crowd of mischievous boys and young men cut the trolley rope on a car,” when Asheville Power and Light Co. replaced strikers with office staff. According to the article, the substitute driver “climbed on top of the car, held the trolley against the wire with his hands, and so proceeded to the barn.”

Because of the incident, services shutdown early Saturday night and remained discontinued that Sunday. This hiccup was temporary, promised general manager Harry Plummer. “The cars will run,” he proclaimed in a statement published in The Sunday Citizen. “This is a duty we owe the public, and that duty will be fulfilled.”

Meanwhile, other residents capitalized on the dearth of transportation options.

In that same day’s paper, The Sunday Citizen reported: “It was a great day and a still greater night for the ‘cabbies.’ Dilapidated

vehicles that looked as if they had last seen service during the Civil War, were resurrected from their peaceful resting places, and, attached to horses that had only escaped the humane officer by a miracle[.]”

Despite the antiquated mode of transportation, cab fare was steep — between a quarter and a half-dollar per ride versus the required nickel to take the trolley. The financial impact was immediate.

Saturday night shoppers were noticeably absent from downtown, The Sunday Citizen declared. “Crowds on the street were mostly composed of the sterner sex, wishing themselves at home, but afraid that they would miss something were they to leave.”

Anticipated community unrest, however, would not surface until the following day, when 21 strikebreakers were brought in to drive the streetcars. The out-of-town men were briefly housed at the Langren Hotel (see “Asheville Archives: The Langren Hotel brings the latest amenities to the city, 1912,” Jan. 16, 2018, Xpress), where an angry mob quickly formed in protest.

The Asheville Citizen estimated a crowd of 2,000 formed outside the hotel, “shouting and jeering at the strike-breakers, and daring them to come forth and show themselves, promising all sorts of unpleasant things in case the men within complied with the demands.”

According to the paper, the 21 men were whisked away to the Southern Railroad depot, where they caught the 7 p.m. eastbound train. “Heroic work on the part of the members of the Asheville police

department alone prevented the storming of the hotel,” the paper reported.

The final days of April passed without additional conflict. Armed guards accompanied subsequent strikebreakers on their daily rides. Meanwhile, the newspaper, civic leaders and union members all expressed the same desire to quell further violence while in pursuit of a resolution. But as the strike continued, the message ultimately fell on deaf ears.

On May 1, 1913, The Asheville Citizen wrote: “Under cover of the darkness, a mob composed of about two hundred young men and boys gathered on Ashland avenue last night, and gave vent to their feelings against the strikebreakers lodged in the building of the Asheville Power and Light company, by hurling bricks and other missiles against the sides of the building, practically demolishing all the windows on the lower end of the building.”

At one point during the night, shots were fired from inside the Asheville Power and Light building. “The effect on the crowd was instantaneous,” the paper reported. “Some of those who had been making the loudest talk, and doing most of the yelling, were the first to put distance between themselves and any possible danger.”

Seven people were arrested that evening.

In a public statement, local union President Z.C. Fisher denounced the violence. Within the address, he also directly outlined the union’s grievances. “[T]he cost of living in Asheville has increased at least 40 per cent within the last seven years,” he declared.

Meanwhile, “[T]he wages of the street car men in the city of Asheville have been increased only 1 ½ cent per four in the seven years mentioned.”

That evening, an estimated 1,800 citizens gathered at the city auditorium to address the matter. A resolution was adopted, calling for arbitration between the two parties. The following day, the matter was resolved. New rates were agreed upon, increasing pay from 17-21 cents to 19-25 cents.

Fisher offered his thoughts on the settlement in that day’s paper, stating there had never been “the slightest ill will between the company officials and the men.” Later he added, “We will start to work tomorrow morning, every man pledged to give the same unswerving loyalty, the same conscientiousness and the same hard work that has always characterized our relations to the company[.]”

Editor’s note: Peculiarities of spelling and punctuation are preserved from the original documents. X

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ACTIVISM CITIZENS-POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE • 1st WEDNESDAYS, 5pm - Citizens-Police Advisory Committee meeting. Free. Meets in the 1st Floor Conference Room, Public Works Building, 161 S. Charlotte St. GENDER JUSTICE • SU (9/8), 4-6pm Carolina Jews for Justice/ West hosts a workshop titled, Let’s Talk About Gender Justice! Free.

Held at Congregation

Beth HaTephila, 43 North Liberty St. WRITERS FOR MIGRANT JUSTICE • WE (9/4), 6-8pm - Writers for Migrant Justice fundraiser supporting the work of Immigrant Families Together (IFT), BeLoved Asheville and Steve Energia. Readings

by Juan Sánchez Martinez, poets from Warren Wilson College, youth poets from Proud to Be Brown, Homeword and more. Free to attend. Held at BeLoved Asheville Liberation Station, 10 N. Market St.

ANIMALS BLESSING OF THE PETS • SA (9/7), 10am - 11th annual Blessing of the Pets spiritual service for dogs, cats, rabbits and any other pet. Free. Held at Mills River Presbyterian Church, 10 Presbyterian Church Road, Mills River

FARM TO VILLAGE DINNER • TH (9/5), 6-10pm - Proceeds from this outdoor farm to village dinner with live music benefit MANNA FoodBank. $115. Held at Historic Biltmore Village, 10 Brook St.

PLOW DAY • SA (9/7), 9am-2pm - 20th annual Plow Day with old-time music, cake walk, craft demonstrations and children’s activities. Warren Wilson’s resident draft horses Doc and Dan are being celebrated for more than a decade of service.

Fresh produce and herbal products for sale. $3.

Held at the White Barn at Warren Wilson College, 2745 Riceville Road, Swannanoa

GROVE PARK TOUR OF HOMES • SU (9/8), 11am-5pm - Proceeds from this self-paced tour of homes and gardens in the Grove Park Neighborhood benefit North Asheville Neighborhood parks.

Transportation included.

Tickets: gp-smna.org. $25/$20 advance.

BENEFITS BIG SCARY FISH TANK • FR (9/6), 6-9pm Proceeds from this event with cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and networking, followed by a live-pitch event where pre-selected businesses vie for investment dollars, benefit OnTrack WNC. Information: bigscaryfishtank.com. $20. Held at Asheville Masonic Temple, 80 Broadway DOG DAY AFTERNOON • SA (9/7), noon-5pm - Proceeds from this dogfriendly event with dog adoptions, live music, doggie contests, weiner dog race, fastest dog in Asheville competition, food trucks and craft beer benefit Asheville Humane Society, Brother Wolf Animal Rescue, Boxer Butts and Other Mutts and Charlie's Angels. $8.

Held at Salvage Station, 468 Riverside Drive FALL PLANT SALE • FR (9/6) & SA (9/7), 9am-4pm - Proceeds from the fall plant sale benefit Bullington Gardens' educational programs. Free to attend. Held at Bullington

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MILLS RIVER VALLEY RACE • SU (9/8), 8:30am - Proceeds from this dog-friendly 10K, 5K and 1-mile run benefit the Blue Ridge Humane Society and the Mills River Community. Information: bit.ly/343dSzH. $20 and up. Held at Mills River Park, 124 Town Center Drive, Mills River NATIONAL EATING DISORDER ASSOCIATION WALK • SA (9/7), 9:30-11:30am Donations at the National Eating Disorder Association Walk benefit the National Eating Disorder Association. Information: nedawalk.org/ asheville2019. Held at Carrier Park, 220 Amboy Road NO BARRIERS OUTDOOR CLASSIC • MO (9/9) & TU (9/10) - Proceeds from this fundraising golf, tennis and hiking event benefit No Barriers USA. Registration: give.nobarriersusa.org.

Held at The Cliffs at Walnut Cove, 158 Walnut Valley Parkway, Arden WAGS TO RICHES BENEFIT • SA (9/7), 6-10pm - Proceeds from the Wags to Riches benefit featuring a silent auction, live music and cocktails benefit the Blue Ridge Humane Society. $100. Held at Hendersonville Country Club, 1860 Hebron Road, Hendersonville

ASHEVILLE CHESS CLUB • WEDNESDAYS, 6:30pm - Sets provided.

All ages and skill levels welcome. Beginners lessons available. Free.

Held at North Asheville Recreation Center, 37 E. Larchmont Road

BLESS HIS POINTY LITTLE HEAD: On Saturday, Sept. 7, Mills River Presbyterian Church hosts the 11th annual Blessing of the Pets at 10 a.m. on the front lawn. Bring a lawn chair for this half-hour service by the Rev. Randall Boggs, with dogs on leashes and cats and other pets in crates. A freewill love offering benefits the New Hope program at Blue Ridge Humane Society. Photo courtesy of Kathy Ziprik (p. 14) BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY A-B TECH SMALL BUSINESS CENTER 1465 Sand Hill Road, Candler, 828-398-7950, abtech.edu/sbc • TU (9/10), 5:30-8:30pm - How to Start a Nonprofit, seminar. Registration required. Free.

• TH (9/12), 9am-noon Mighty Messaging: How to Use Storytelling to Raise Awareness and Dollars For Your Cause, seminar.

Registration required. Free.

DEFCON 828 GROUP • 1st SATURDAYS, 2pm - General meeting for information security professionals, students and enthusiasts. Free to attend.

Held at Earth Fare South, 1856 Hendersonville Road GAME DESIGNERS OF NORTH CAROLINA • TU (9/10), 5pm - Meeting for game designers to discuss game design, playtest games and learn about the industry. Free to attend.

Held at Hillside Games, 611c Tunnel Road WNC LINUX USER GROUP • 1st SATURDAYS, noon Users of all experience levels

discuss Linux systems. Free to attend. Held at Earth Fare South, 1856 Hendersonville Road

CLASSES, MEETINGS & EVENTS EMPYREAN ARTS DROP IN CLASSES (PD.) AERIAL KIDS on Wednesday 4:30pm. HANDSTANDS on Thursdays 6:30pm.

PARTNER ACROBATICS on Sundays 6:30pm.

AERIAL CONDITIONING on Thursdays 1:00pm. AERIAL FLEXIBILITY on Thursdays 5:15pm and Saturdays 1:00pm. INTRO TO POLE FITNESS on Mondays 6:15pm, Tuesdays 7:15pm, and Saturdays 11:30am.

EMPYREANARTS.ORG. SEPTEMBER SUNDAYS 7, 15, 22 & 29 @ CANDLER CABOOSE! (PD.) Yoga 12-1pm, two craft/ art/DIY sessions ($10+, kidfriendly) 1:30-3:30 & 4-6pm & 7pm movie + lawn games, fire pit + drinks for sale.

SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES (PD.) Potluck Dinner and a Short Film on Cultural Prejudice followed by small group discussions. FREE. Spon-

ASHEVILLE NEWCOMER'S CLUB • 2nd MONDAYS, 9:30am - Monthly meeting for women new to Asheville interested in making friends and exploring the community. Free to attend. Held at First Baptist Church of Asheville, 5 Oak St. ASHEVILLE ROTARY CLUB • THURSDAYS, noon-1:30pm - General meeting. Free. Held at Renaissance Asheville Hotel, 31 Woodfin St. ASHEVILLE TAROT CIRCLE • 2nd SUNDAYS, noon - General meeting.

Free to attend. Held at Firestorm Books & Coffee, 610 Haywood Road BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • WE (9/4), 11am - Bingo for all ages.

Prizes and snacks. Free.

Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • THURSDAYS, 10:30am-noon - Modern money theory study group. Free. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. GENEALOGY CLUB • 2nd TUESDAYS, 3pm - Genealogy Club.

Free. Held at Mountains Branch Library, 150 Bill's Creek Road, Lake Lure KOREAN WAR VETERANS CHAPTER 314 • 2nd WEDNESDAYS, noon - Korean War Veterans Association, General Frank Blazey Chapter 314, general

meeting. Lunch at noon, meeting at 1pm. Free to attend. Held at Golden Corral, 2530 Chimney Rock Road, Hendersonville LEICESTER COMMUNITY CENTER BOARD MEETING • 2nd TUESDAYS, 7pm - Public board meeting.

Free. Held at Leicester Community Center, 2979 New Leicester Highway, Leicester ONTRACK WNC 50 S. French Broad Ave., 828-255-5166, ontrackwnc.org • TH (9/5), noon-1:30pm - Understanding Credit.

Get it. Keep it. Improve it. Seminar. Registration required. Free.

• TH (9/5), 5:30-7pm - Budgeting and Debt, class. Registration required. Free.

• WE (9/11), 5:30-7pm - Budgeting and Debt, class. Registration required. Free.

• TH (9/12), 5:30-7pm - Understanding Credit.

Get it. Keep it. Improve it. Seminar. Registration required. Free.

WEEKLY SUNDAY SCRABBLE CLUB • SUNDAYS, 12:304:30pm - Scrabble club. Information: ashevillescrabble.com.

Free. Held at Stephens Lee Recreation Center, 30 George Washington Carver Ave.

FOOD & BEER CULINARY POSSIBILITIES OF MUSHROOMS • TH (9/5), 6:30pm - West NC Area Mushrooms (WAM) founder James Pader showcases the culinary possibilities of mushrooms. Free.

Held at Jackson County Public Library, 310 Keener St., Sylva FAIRVIEW WELCOME TABLE • 2nd THURSDAYS, 11:30am-1pm - Community lunch. Admission by donation. Held at Fairview Christian Fellowship, 596 Old US Highway 74, Fairview

FESTIVALS CAROLINA MOUNTAINS LITERARY FESTIVAL • TH (9/5) until SA (9/7) The 14th annual Carolina Mountains Literary Festival featuring Charles Frazier as keynote speaker, brings 31 authors, 50 events and four workshops. Registration: cmlitfest.org. Free to $35. Held at Burnsville Town Center FALL FUN FESTIVAL • SA (9/7), 10am-1pm - Celebrate the Library’s 20th anniversary with carnival games, cakewalks, giant bubbles, pumpkin painting and roving performers. Free. Held at Fairview Library, 1 Taylor Road, Fairview FINES CREEK HERITAGE FAIR AND MUSIC FESTIVAL • FR (9/6), 5-10pm, SA (9/7), 11am-11pm & SU (9/8), noon-5pm - Festival with live music, exhibitions, demonstrations, arts and crafts vendors and food available for purchase. Information: fb.me/finescreekorg. $3-$10/Children under 7 free. Held at Fines Creek Community Center, 190 Fines Creek Road, Clyde MOUNTAIN SONG FESTIVAL • FR (9/6) through SU (9/8) - Proceeds from Mountain Song Festival with national bands benefit Boys and Girls Club of Transylvania County. Tickets: mountainsongfestival. com. $37 and up. Held at Brevard Music Center, 349 Andante Lane, Brevard NC MOUNTAIN STATE FAIR • FR (9/6) through SU (9/15) - NC Mountain State Fair celebrates the people, agriculture, art and regional tradition with rides, exhibits, performances, animals and food and drink vendors. See website for schedule and admission fees. Held at WNC Agricultural Center, 1301 Fanning Bridge Road ROCK OUT FOR KIDS FESTIVAL • SA (9/7), noon-10pm Proceeds from this familyfriendly festival featuring live music from eight bands, bounce house,

face painting and other activities benefit Helping Hand Development Center. Information: facebook.com/hh4kids. $10/$5 children. Held at Guidon Brewing, 415 8th Ave E., Hendersonville

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS ASHEVILLE WOMEN IN BLACK • 1st FRIDAYS, 5pm Monthly peace vigil. Free.

Held at Vance Monument, 1 Pack Square BLACK MOUNTAIN AND SWANNANOA TOWN HALL MEETING • TH (9/12), 5:30pm - Black Mountain Swannanoa Chamber of Commerce and the Town of Black Mountain town hall meeting with area merchants and businesses. Free. Held at Black Mountain Town Hall, 160 Midland Ave., Black Mountain BLUE RIDGE REPUBLICAN WOMEN'S CLUB MEETING • 2nd THURSDAYS, 6pm - General meeting. Free to attend. Held at Yao, 153 Smoky Park Highway CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING • TU (9/10), 5pm - City Council public hearing.

Free. Held at Asheville City Hall, 70 Court Plaza HENDERSONVILLE CITY COUNCIL CONVERSATIONS • TU (9/10), 6pm - Community conversation with Hendersonville City Council members. Free to attend. Held at Dry Falls Brewing Co., 425 Kanuga Road, Hendersonville HENDERSON COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY MONTHLY BREAKFAST • 1st SATURDAYS, 9-11am - Monthly breakfast buffet. $9/$4.50 for children under 10.

Held at Henderson County Democratic Party, 1216 6th Ave. W., Suite 600, Hendersonville HENDERSON COUNTY LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS IMMIGRATION LUNCH AND LEARN • TH (9/12), 11am-1pm -Immigration 101: Facts vs. Fiction, panel discussion focused on the subject of duplicated

services. Free. Held at Immaculate Conception Church, 208 7th Ave. W., Hendersonville HENDERSONVILLE TOWN HALL MEETING • FR (9/6), 7pm - Town hall meeting with two current WNC legislators, John Ager and Joe Sam Queen.

Free. Held at Henderson County Democratic Party, 1216 6th Ave. W., Suite 600, Hendersonville INDIVISIBLE COMMON GROUND • 1st WEDNESDAYS, 6:30-8pm - General meeting. Free. Held at St. David's Episcopal Church, 286 Forest Hills Road, Sylva

KIDS APPLE VALLEY MODEL RAILROAD & MUSEUM • WEDNESDAYS, 1-3pm & SATURDAYS, 10am-2pm - Open house featuring operating model trains and historic memorabilia. Free. Held at Apple Valley Model Railroad & Museum, 650 Maple St., Hendersonville BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • 1st WEDNESDAYS, 11am-noon - Storytime + Art, project for preschool students. Free. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. • 1st WEDNESDAYS, 4-5:30pm - Heroes Unlimited, role playing game for grades 6-12. Registration required. Free. Held at Fairview Library, 1 Taylor Road, Fairview • WE (9/4), 4pm - LEGO builders, ages 5 and up. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • WE (9/4), 4pm - Marvel Super Heroes RPG with supplies and snacks provided. For grades 6-12.

Registration required.

Free. Held at Fairview Library, 1 Taylor Road, Fairview • FR (9/6), 2:30-3:30pm - Sign up to read for 15-minutes with J.R. the therapy dog. Registration required. Free. Held at Skyland/South Buncombe Library, 260 Overlook Road

• FR (9/6), 4pm - LEGO builders, ages 5 and up. Free. Held at EnkaCandler Library, 1404 Sandhill Road, Candler • FR (9/6), 6:30pm - Lego building, ages 5 and up.

Free. Held at Fairview Library, 1 Taylor Road, Fairview • SA (9/7), 4pm - LEGO builders, ages 5 and up.

Free. Held at Oakley/ South Asheville Library, 749 Fairview Road • MO (9/9), 10am - Make a bookmark, supplies provided. Registration required. Free. Held at Black Mountain Public Library, 105 N. Dougherty St., Black Mountain • MONDAYS, 10:30am - Spanish story time for children of all ages. Free.

Held at Enka-Candler Library, 1404 Sandhill Road, Candler • MO (9/9), 4pm - LEGO builders, ages 5 and up.

Free. Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville

preschoolers. $7/Caregivers free. Held at Asheville Museum of Science, 43

PISGAH CENTER FOR WILDLIFE EDUCATION 1401 Fish Hatchery Road,

Patton Ave.

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YOUTH ART CLASS • SATURDAYS, 10:30-noon - Youth art class. $10. Held at Appalachian Art Farm, 22 Morris St., Sylva

OUTDOORS CHIMNEY ROCK AT CHIMNEY ROCK STATE PARK (PD.) Enjoy a day of birding at Western North Carolina’s premier birding event

Flock to the Rock on Saturday, Sept. 14, from 11am-3pm. Info at chimneyrockpark.com BEAVER LAKE BIRD WALK • SA (9/7), 8am - Bird walk.

Free. Held at Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary, US-25 BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY HIKE • FR (9/6), 10am - Cats vs.

Dogs, guided, moderate, 2.8-mile round trip hike on

FLETCHER LIBRARY • WEDNESDAYS, 10:30am - Family story time. Free. Held at Fletcher Library, 120 Library Road, Fletcher HOMESCHOOL ART PROGRAM • 2nd TUESDAYS, 11am12:30pm - Homeschool program for grades 1-4.

Registration required: 828-253-3227 x 124. $4 per student. Held at Asheville Art Museum, 175 Biltmore Ave. JUNIOR APPALACHIAN MUSICIANS • TU (9/10), 4pm Register for Junior Appalachian Musicians, old-time mountain music to children 4th grade and up in Haywood County.

2019-20 school year held Tuesday afternoons, (9/10) through (5/19), 4-5:30pm. Lessons: $95/ semester (~$6 per class), siblings $50/semester.

Information: 828-452-0593 or bmk.morgan@ yahoo.com. Application: avl.mx/6dq. Held at First United Methodist Church of Waynesville, 556 S. Haywood St., Waynesville LITTLE EXPLORER'S CLUB • 1st & 3rd FRIDAYS, 9-10am - Little Explorer's Club, science topics for

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the Mountains to Sea trail to discuss bobcats and foxes. Free. Meet at Blue Ridge Parkway, Milepost 361.2 FOREST RESTORATION ALLIANCE OPEN HOUSE • TH (9/5), 11am-3pm - Forest Restoration Alliance open house highlighting efforts to restore hemlocks.

Free. Held at Mountain Research Station, 265 Test Farm Road, Waynesville FRIENDS OF THE SMOKIES HIKE • TU (9/10) - Guided day hike on Trillium Gap Trail. Registration required. $35/$20 members.

PISGAH CHAPTER OF TROUT UNLIMITED • 2nd THURSDAYS, 7pm - General meeting and presentations.

Free to attend. Held at Ecusta Brewing, 49 Pisgah Highway, Suite 3, Pisgah Forest SHUT-IN TRAIL MST BIRTHDAY HIKE • SA (9/7), 1pm Mountains to Sea Trail Birthday, moderate, 4.3-mile hike along the Mountains to Sea Trail.

Free. Meet at French Broad River Overlook, Blue Ridge Parkway, MP 393.5

PARENTING BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • TUESDAYS, 11am - Baby Gym play time with baby and toddler toys, tunnels and climbing structures. Free.

Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • WEDNESDAYS, 11:30am - Play time for toddlers and toddler toys, tunnels and climbing structures, ages 18 months-3 years. Free.

Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. COLLEGE NIGHT • TU (9/10), 5:307:30pm - College Night offers high schoolers the opportunity to meet representatives from 50+ colleges and

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INTO THE MYSTIC: Shruthi Vishwanath gives two performances at the Rainbow Community School auditorium. On Saturday, Sept. 7, 7:30-9 p.m. is a concert titled Soul Songs of the Mystics, and on Sunday, Sept. 8, 1-5:30 p.m. her workshop called Women’s Voices in Indian Mysticism is an afternoon of poetry, singing and musical satsang. Both events are fundraisers for the school, with suggested donations of $15 for the concert and $30-$60 for the workshop.

Information is available at debra@holybeepress.com or 828-712-0880. Photo courtesy of Tell-a-Tale Studios (p. 36)

universities across the Southeast. Information: 828-694-1801. Held at Blue Ridge Community College Conference Hall, 49 E. Campus Drive, Flat Rock HAYWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER 262 Leroy George Drive, Clyde, 828-452-8440, myhaywoodregional. com • THURSDAYS, 11:30am-1:30pm Social gathering for mothers and their babies. Registration required. Free to attend.

• TH (9/5), 7-9pm - Your Amazing Newborn.

Registration required.

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• TH (9/12), 7-9pm - Breastfeeding A-Z. Registration required.

Free to attend.

PUBLIC LECTURES AN OUT-OF-THISWORLD CHAT WITH CHARLIE DUKE • WE (9/11), 5:30pm - The Free Enterprise Speaker Series returns featuring Charlie Duke, an Apollo astronaut and the youngest moonwalker.

Registration required: avl.mx/6gx. Free. Held at The WCU Bardo Arts Center, 199 Centennial Drive, Cullowhee BLUE RIDGE PUBLIC RADIO & NPR • TU (9/10), 7pm Public Media: Building Trust In An Age of Mistrust, presented

by Blue Ridge Public Radio and National Public Radio. $20. Held at Wortham Center for the Performing Arts, 18 Biltmore Ave. BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • TU (9/10), 7pm - A talk by Nancy Lewis on A Raisin in the Sun

by Lorraine Hansberry about it's significance as a great American play and it's attributes with classic Greek drama. Free. Held at

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Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville • FR (9/12), 6pm - Keynote

by Dr. Valerie Ann Johnson for You Have to Start a Thing: NC Women Breaking Barriers Symposium at UNCA. Registration: avl.mx/6gq. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library - Lord Auditorium, 67 Haywood St. CITY & COUNTY EFFORTS TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE • TH (9/5), 7-9pm - Brownie Newman, chair of the Buncombe County Commission and Asheville City Councilwoman, Julie Mayfield, discuss the City's plans to combat climate change.

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Asheville’s busy restaurant scene may be best known for its hip decor, farm-to-table ingredients and carefully crafted cocktails, but when Hendersonville retiree Doris Galloway wants to meet friends or family for dinner, she has another top priority: a quiet ambiance.

Galloway, whose hearing in her right ear was impaired by a surgical procedure when she was a young adult, says the growing number of loud restaurants and other gathering places make socializing a challenge for her.

“There are times when I just don’t go into certain situations because I know that it’s hard to figure out what people are saying,” she explains. “If it’s a one-on-one conversation and there’s a lot of other noise, sometimes it’s just impossible.”

Galloway is not alone. A 2016 study

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It’s not just a question of simple frustration, says Christopher Hamilton, a doctor of audiology at The Hearing Center of Asheville.

“For someone with hearing loss, or living with a hearing aid and maybe struggling in those situations, there could be associated effects like social isolation and depression,” he points out. Thus, loud environments may unintentionally exclude folks with hearing difficulties or extra sensitivity to noise. And in any case, continues Hamilton, “It also degrades the thing that eating out is meant to create: a shared social experience that rejuvenates, rather than harms, its participants.”

PHYSICAL IMPACTS Clearly, exposure to very loud sounds is associated with hearing damage and loss, says Bruce Ikelheimer, founder of the Ashevillebased Acoustic Analytics. But even

low-level background noise can have signifcant impacts, he notes, triggering anxiety or stress reactions.

“Long-term exposure to elevated levels of noise has been shown to have all kinds of serious health effects,” says Ikelheimer, who’s studied noise control for over 25 years. “It’s less direct than saying if you breathe asbestos you get lung cancer, and the connections are definitely less obvious, but elevated noise creates a physical response in the body, sort of a fight-orflight thing, even at low levels.”

Hamilton, meanwhile, says that while most restaurant patrons probably aren’t at risk, it may be a different story for folks who work in those environments for eight or more hours at a stretch.

“The short answer is that in the majority of restaurants, the noise level isn’t going to be loud enough to damage your hearing,” he explains.

“Maybe if it was a loud nightclub/bar type of situation — superloud for an extended period of time, maybe live music. If you look at the restaurant worker versus the patron, you’re probably more likely to run into an issue.”

CONTEMPORARY CACOPHONIES Restaurateur Kevin Westmoreland, an Asheville native who co-owns the Corner Kitchen in Biltmore Village and Chestnut downtown, says local eateries may not be intentionally turning up the volume. Many local restaurants and bars, he points out, are in repurposed warehouses or other older structures with high ceilings and a lot of hard surfaces, which amplify rather than dampen sounds.

And while fine dining used to come with carpeted floors, heavy drapery and tablecloths, “A lot of people are starting to use concrete bars, concrete floors — the sort of, I guess you could call it, minimalist or industrial decor,” says Westmoreland. “There’s a lot of that and a lot of glass. You combine glass and metal and concrete, you’re going to get noise.”

For Peter Pollay, executive chef at Posana, it’s one of a number of key factors to consider. “It’s not the first thing but it’s always, I’m going to say, the middle of your mind. You can always get carried away with the designs because it’s so exciting and

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As awareness of the issue grows, however, some restaurant owners have begun fighting back. Both Pollay and Westmoreland say they’ve worked with acoustician Scott Varn to combat excessive noise and give guests a quieter dining experience. Varn owns the Ashevillebased Harmony Interiors, a nearly 20-year-old company that specializes in reducing noise through a blend of interior design and custom-made, sound-deadening panels.

“The thing is, if you go into an environment that is sonically hostile, you will not go back. It doesn’t matter how much you like their food. I’m not saying it’s the most important thing, but it’s certainly a factor in the overall feel of the space,” Varn maintains. “Even Yelp now has a rating for noise level, and I absolutely get it.”

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TABLE TALK: Hendersonville resident Doris Galloway, who has coped with hearing loss since she was a young adult, says that some restaurants and other social spaces are too loud for one-on-one conversation.

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“The thing is, if you go into an environment that is sonically hostile, you will not go back. It doesn’t matter how much you like their food.”

— Scott Varn, Harmony Interiors Restaurant owners, notes Varn — or, for that matter, anyone wishing to reduce noise in a building — can use decorative features such as drapes, rugs, tapestries and more to dampen loud spaces.

The challenge, says Westmoreland, is striking the right balance between creating a lively ambiance and providing a quiet, comfortable setting for guests of all hearing levels and sensitivities.

“If you put in too much sound deadening and you walk in the room, it’s like you walk into the library: You can hear everyone’s conversation, and you don’t want that,” he says.

THE SOUND OF SILENCE Still, even in a busy restaurant, notes Hamilton, there are steps you can take to enhance your chances of finding a quiet table — depending, of course, on the layout and the time of day.

“Basic recommendations would be not to sit with your back to a wall

or hard surface,” he explains. “If you’re using hearing aids, or even if you’re not, sometimes it’s good to sit with whatever seems to be the noisiest part of the restaurant at your back. There’s some natural directionality to your ears and how your hearing works, and hearing aids, if they’re working properly, should be facing more toward the front.”

Hamilton also advises those with hearing difficulties or extra sensitivity to avoid peak activity times and ask restaurant staff to lower the volume of background music.

Despite everyone’s best efforts, however, says Pollay, the simple fact is that social spaces, including restaurants, do sometimes invite boisterous behavior.

“It’s not perfect all the time, and it does depend on who’s there, because you can get some yellers and some screamers and some celebrators, and that throws off the balance of noise. We try to control what we can, but there’s some things we can’t control. It’s a science, that’s for sure.” X

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BEYOND NET ZERO The workshop series supports Green Built Alliance’s larger effort to promote sustainability in the North Carolina building industry.

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Bullington Gardens Fall Plant Sale Recent bouts of unseasonably cool weather have no doubt had Western North Carolina gardeners turning their thoughts from black-eyed Susans and coneflowers to chrysanthemums and other autumnal blooms. On Friday and Saturday, Sept. 6-7, Bullington Gardens, a public garden and horticul-

WHAT Fall Plant Sale WHERE Bullington Gardens 95 Upper Red Oak Trail Hendersonville 828-698-6104 or bullingtongardens.org

AUTUMN BLOOMS: Asters, chrysanthemums and many other fall-blooming perennials, shrubs and native plants will be available at Bullington Gardens’ annual fall plant sale, Sept. 6-7. Photo courtesy of Bullington Gardens

WHEN 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Friday and Saturday, Sept. 6-7.

Events happen rain or shine. Cash, checks and credit cards are accepted.

tural education center in Hendersonville, will offer plenty of mums along with other fall-blooming perennials, shrubs and native plants at its annual fall sale.

And autumn is the perfect time to get trees, shrubs and perennials in the ground, says Henderson County Extension master gardener Joellen Johnson, who is also the volunteer coordinator at Bullington

Gardens. “The weather is cool, but the soil is still warm, which encourages excellent root growth without stimulating flowering that comes with spring planting,” she said in a press release about the sale.

A garden-focused rummage sale is also part of the event. “Every year different items appear, all donated by volunteers and friends. This year, we’ll offer a number of gently used hand tools, rakes, shovels, hoes, decorative pots, planters, fencing, trellises and more,” says Johnson.

She notes that some of the more unusual items donated for this sale include hand-painted picture frames, patio furniture, a garden cart and an oldfashioned push mower. There are also vintage and recently published gardening books at bargain prices. Gardening magazines are offered for free.

ECO BUILDINGS AS CARBON CAPTURE & STORAGE DEVICES • FR (9/6), 10am-noon - Buildings as Carbon Capture & Storage Devices, workshop. $20/$15 members/$10 students. Held at AB Tech, Ferguson Auditorium, 340 Victoria Road CITY & COUNTY EFFORTS TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE • TH (9/5), 7-9pm - Brownie Newman, chair of the Buncombe County Commission and Asheville City Councilwoman, Julie Mayfield, discuss the City’s plans to combat climate change.

Free. Held at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville, 1 Edwin Place CLEAN VEHICLES COALITION • MO (9/9), 11am-1:30pm - Clean Vehicles Coalition stakeholder meeting features a tour of Town of Waynesville Propane Vehicle Fueling and Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure. Held at Waynesville Public Works Building, 129 Legion Drive, Waynesville

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MOUNTAIN BOGS: JEWELS OF THE BLUE RIDGE • TH (9/5), 6:30pm - Mountain Bogs: Jewels of the Blue Ridge, presentation by ecologist Owen Carson. Free. Held at Transylvania County Library, 212 S. Gaston St., Brevard RIVERLINK RIVERFRONT BUS TOUR • 1st THURSDAYS, 10am-1pm - Proceeds from the Riverfront bus tour benefit RiverLink.

Registration: avl.mx/68a. $45.

SMALL SCALE BIOGAS DIGESTERS • TU (9/10), 6pm - Small Scale Biogas Digesters, workshop with Richard Freudenberger.

Registration required. $10. Held at Living Web Farms - Biochar Facility, 220 Grandview Lane, Hendersonville STORIES FROM THE NEW ECONOMY: BUILDING FROM THE BOTTOM UP • TH (9/12), 7:30pm - Speakers from the New Economy Coalition (NEC) present Ted-like Talks about the successes and challenges of the emerging bottom-up economy that puts people and planet first.

Free. Held at YMI Cultural Center, 39 S. Market St.

Items (other than chemical products, which can’t be accepted) can still be donated at the garden through Thursday, Sept. 5. Drop-off time is 9 a.m.-4 p.m. All proceeds from both the plant and rummage sales support the garden’s educational programming, which includes horticulture therapy for children and adults with physical and mental challenges, occupational training courses for high school students, science-based gardening classes for elementary school students and more.

Also coming up this month at Bullington Gardens is the annual Dahlia Daze event Thursday and Friday, Sept. 17-19, featuring free tours of the property’s extensive dahlia plantings (preregistration is required).

Bullington’s fourth annual Wine & Dahlias benefit follows on Saturday, Sept. 20. Check the organization’s website (see info box) for more details.

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FARM & GARDEN ORGANIC GROWERS SCHOOL’S 6TH ANNUAL HARVEST CONFERENCE (PD.) September 6-7, 2019, held at Warren Wilson College in Swannanoa.

Featuring day long workshops on Wild Edibles, Medicine Making, Hemp Farming, and Forest Farming with renowned regional educators.

Affordable, hands-on, and regionally applicable.

OGS is a 501c3 nonprofit. organicgrowersschool.org or 828.214.7833.

FALL PLANT SALE • FR (9/6) & SA (9/7), 9am-4pm - Proceeds from the fall plant sale benefit Bullington Gardens’ educational programs. Free to attend. Held at Bullington Gardens, 95 Upper Red Oak Trail, Hendersonville HANDS-ON COMPOSTING WORKSHOP • SA (9/7), 10-11:30am - Hands-on composting workshop with MasterGardener intern, John Bowen. Free. Held at Dr. John Wilson Community Garden, 99 White Pine Drive, Black Mountain HARVEST TIME • WE (9/11), 9-11am Join Master Gardeners

for demonstrations exploring seasonal activities, problems, solutions and successes in the harvest time garden. Registration: 828-255-5522.

Free. Held at Buncombe County Cooperative Extension Center, 49 Mount Carmel Road MEN’S GARDEN CLUB OF ASHEVILLE • TU (9/10), 11:301pm - Lunch meeting and presentation on the biodiversity of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Registration: wleginski@yahoo. com. Free to attend/$12 for lunch. Held at First Baptist Church of Asheville, 5 Oak St. MONARCHS, MILKWEED & MORE • TU (9/10), 6-7:30pm Monarchs, Milkweed & More, workshop. Part of proceeds benefit Bring the Hive Alive initiative. $10. Held at Sow True Seed, 243 Haywood St. PASTURE WALK • TH (9/5), 5-6:30pm Pasture walk to discuss pasture health with Buncombe County Cooperative Extension.

Free. Held at Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy’s Community Farm, 180 Mag Sluder Road, Alexander

APPETITE FOR LIFE

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APPLE SEASON

Heirloom varieties are rich in flavor, texture and history

FALL FLAVORS: An apple crisp is a simple way to use up odd-shaped or imperfect apples. Spices and other ingredients can be varied. This one is sprinkled with lavender and garnished with fresh mint. Photo by Susi Gott Séguret As summer ripens into autumn, so do the fruits of the season. Berries are laid by, except for elderberries (not to be confused with pokeberries), which line the fields and roadsides, and are just now showing their lush purple roundness and crying to be turned into jam or elderberry wine. But the real star is the ubiquitous apple. And of all the apples available at local markets, heirloom varieties can offer us the most intriguing surprises.

What makes something an heirloom? And how did the term come to be applied to apples, tomatoes or any other ingredient that may grace our plates?

An heirloom, by definition, is a prized possession handed down through generations. Think watches or tortoiseshell hair clips, china serving platters or yellowed wedding dresses, cut glassware, silver buttons, brass candlesticks, vintage lace — anything that carries with it a feeling of history and mystery, that makes you feel special when you draw it out of its holding place.

Heirloom apples are varieties that can be traced back 50-100 years and more. Their seeds may have been carried across the water by immigrants or passed on by a father to his son

on the day of his wedding. Examples include Arkansas Black, Belle de Boskoop, Blue Pearmain, Chenango Strawberry, D’Arcy Spice, Knobbed Russet and Maiden’s Blush.

In a 2014 National Public Radio story, Ezekiel Goodband, who has cultivated more than 130 varieties of heirloom apples at the historic Scott Farm in Vermont, likened the propagation of these rare and historic fruits to keeping a chain letter alive: a matter of both chance and blind devotion. Some trees produce apples with an appearance that only a mother could love. But, oh, the flavor, the juiciness, the spiciness, the crunch!

According to the N.C. Cooperative Extension, more than 60 percent of Southern Appalachia’s approximately 10,000 acres of apple production is anchored in North Carolina, the country’s seventh-largest apple producing state. Limbertwig apples have been referred to as the quintessential Southern Appalachian apple, sporting at least 45 different varieties. They are known for their distinctive flavor — acidic yet sweet.

The Early Harvest, also known as the June Apple, is another distinctive heirloom, beating all other vari-

eties as the first to grace the table each year.

Many unidentified heirlooms still linger in the fields tucked into our mountains. Often untreated, they may have an irregular appearance and exhibit signs of being visited by worms or other creatures, an indication of their deliciousness. This doesn’t make them any less desirable to humans but does make working them up into a task that takes a bit more time than most people are willing to devote to creating a dish.

This extra effort calls for team involvement. Ask your spouse, child, mother or friend, and make it a social occasion. Examine each specimen and think about how it got in your hands. Imagine the generations that have collected fruit from the same tree and what they might have confected from their harvest. Try a new spice, a new recipe, eat one raw, envision the perfect wine pairing.

Savory dishes with apples are just as appealing as desserts. Applesauce with pork chops is a classic pairing.

Try roasting a whole chicken with chestnuts and apples, adorned with sage leaves. Or fry apples with liver and onions. Toss an apple into a

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stew, especially one made with venison. Sauté apples with spicy sausage and drizzle with sorghum molasses.

Whatever you do with your bounty, share the results, make new friends.

SPICY HEIRLOOM APPLE CRISP This is a great dish to make use of those odd-shaped apples that may have had bites nibbled out by passing deer or hungry children. Use the spices in any combination you choose. The cardamom is what really sets this version apart from other crisps, crumbles and cobblers. You can add nuts, oats or dried fruit to the topping if you like, but I prefer the simple combination of butter, flour and sugar. Be inventive. Make it your own. _____________________________

Ingredients: • Generous amount of apples to fill dish of choice when cut into chunks • 3 or so tablespoons flour • ⅔ cup or so sugar (brown or white or mixed) • ½ cup butter • 1 teaspoon cinnamon • ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper • ¼ – ½ teaspoon ground cardamom or freshly crushed cardamom pods • ¼ teaspoon ginger • ½ teaspoon fresh or dried lavender flowers _____________________________

Wash apples and cut out any bruised or worm-gnawed portions.

Peel only if skin is tough or if apple has been treated. Core and cut into chunks, roughly ¾-inch square (unevenness adds to the charm).

Butter an ovenproof dish and pour in the apples. Stir in ⅓ cup sugar, ½ teaspoon cinnamon, and all the other spices, as well as 1 tablespoon of flour. Meanwhile, melt the butter and stir into the remaining sugar, flour and cinnamon. If using a large baking dish, increase the quantities. Whisk these ingredients together rapidly with a fork, and spread over the apple mixture. Bake at 400 degrees for half an hour to 40 minutes, or until apples are tender and topping is bubbling and gently crisped. (Note: You may have to adjust the quantity of flour or add liquid to the fruit, depending on the juiciness of the apples. A pinch of sea salt in the topping is always welcome, too!)

Serve piping hot with freshly whipped cream augmented with a tablespoon of moonshine or bourbon. Accompany with a crisp local cider, a sip of the alcohol that went into the cream, a steaming cup of coffee or your favorite tea. Eat the rest — hot or cold — for breakfast or for a midnight nibble.

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Chow Chow: An Asheville Culinary Event prepares for its debut

Executive Chef, Anthony Cerrato ACROSS THE BOARD: Pictured, from left, are a few members of the Chow Chow Asheville board of directors: Mike Tiano, Kevin Barnes, Elizabeth Sims, Peter Pollay, Dodie Stephens, Aaron Grier, Katie Button, Jael Rattigan, Jessica Reiser, Adrian Vassallo and John Fleer. The inaugural Chow Chow: An Asheville Culinary Event runs Sept. 12-15 at locations in and around Asheville. Photo by Hannah Ramirez Over the last year and a half, some of the biggest names in Asheville’s food and beverage industries have joined forces to create the nonprofit Chow Chow Asheville. The group’s president is Katie Button, the multiple James Beard Awardnominated chef and owner of Cúrate and Button & Co. Bagels.

Its vice president, Jael Rattigan, is the co-founder and CEO of French Broad Chocolates. Among the other members of Chow Chow’s board of directors are Chai Pani Restaurant Group founder Meherwan Irani, Rhubarb and The Rhu owner and chef John Fleer and Sovereign Remedies’ owner and operator Charlie Hodge.

The organization’s mission is to celebrate Asheville and Southern Appalachia through a four-day food festival that highlights all aspects of the dining experience — from the makers who create the tableware and other items to the chefs and mixologists who prepare the dishes and drinks. The citywide festival, Chow Chow: An Asheville Culinary Event, will debut Thursday, Sept.

12, and continue through Sunday, Sept. 15.

The gathering will feature over 100 participating chefs, 75 beverage professionals and dozens of regional artists and makers hosting a variety

of ticketed meals and workshops ranging in price from $25-$150. In addition, a pair of free events will take place at Pack Square Park: the Food Truck Rodeo, which runs Friday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., and the Makers Market Open FridaySunday, noon-5 p.m.

Button notes that organizing the festival has been a lot like opening a new restaurant. “Except it all happens in one weekend, and it’s so much bigger,” she says with a laugh.

Through its partnership with MANNA FoodBank, the four-day festival will also educate attendees about the region’s struggle with food insecurity. “September is Hunger Awareness Month,” says Button, who notes that one in four children in Western North Carolina experience uncertainty over when and where their next meal will come from.

Though it offers dozens of individual events, Button says at its core, Chow Chow is a celebration of the region’s food and beverage artisans and their dedication to the area. “The people on this board live in Asheville. We’re committed to Asheville. We’ve created our

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“I think that’s important to know,” she continues. “It’s not somebody from the outside coming in and trying to put on a festival. It’s us being like, ‘Let’s create something that we are proud of, and that tells the story of Southern Appalachia and Western North Carolina.”

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On Wednesday, Sept. 11, District Wine Bar will launch its monthly giveback series, Girls Gone Wine.

The inaugural event will benefit Helpmate, a local nonprofit that provides services to victims of domestic violence in Buncombe County.

According to a press release, guests are invited to “sip, shop and party with a purpose.” Moving forward, the events will take place the second Wednesday of each month, highlighting area nonprofits that focus on women and women’s issues.

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Sunil Patel will host a fourpart Indian food cooking series on Sundays starting Sept. 15. The evening courses will cover the foundations of Indian cooking (Sept. 15), main dishes and salads (Sept. 22), snacks and chutneys (Sept. 29), and breads and pickles (Oct. 6) Class size is limited to 10 people. Classes are designed to stand alone, however those who sign up for all four will receive a free spice box. Each evening will conclude with food samples and a discussion. Tickets are $65 per class or $220 for the series.

Classes run 6-9 p.m. Sundays beginning Sept. 15, at Pearson Garden, 408 Pearson Drive. Location is subject to change. For details, visit avl.mx/6gl.

New menu at Monk’s Flask Monk’s Flask recently debuted a new tapas menu. The latest additions “allow us to work with proteins and vegetables you wouldn’t necessarily find on Thirsty Monk’s bar menu,” says Joanna Postlethwaite, marketing and events coordinator at Monk’s Flask. Menu highlights include roasted cauliflower, citrus duck, hummus-stuffed Roma tomatoes and tuna nitsume. Prices range from $6-$13. “Chef Clint Betts has done a fantastic job pairing flavor and presentation in every thoughtful dish,” notes Postlethwaite.

Monk’s Flask is at 2 Town Square Blvd. Closed Mondays. Hours vary. For more information, visit avl.mx/6gj.

Mr. Sushi comes to Merrimon Avenue Mr. Sushi is slated to open a second location in North Asheville later this month. An exact date has not been set, but the family-owned and operated eatery will take over the Merrimon Avenue space previously occupied by BadHappy Poutine. Expansion, notes owner Nandar Win, was always the goal for the business, which launched in 2016. Win says her desire to operate in North Asheville stems from her previous stints as a sushi chef at Greenlife Grocery (now Whole Foods Market) and The Fresh Market, both on Merrimon Avenue. Fans of the Hendersonville Road location will find the same menu options and hours at the restaurant’s new spot.

Mr. Sushi is scheduled to open midSeptember at 354 Merrimon Ave. Suite 50. For details, visit avl.mx/6gg.

Benne on Eagle earns recognition Benne on Eagle was included in Time magazine’s 2019 World’s Greatest Places.

“Informed by the West African spirit of sankofa, which encourages living with a deep respect for history, chef Ashleigh Shanti has developed dishes that recognize the influence of the African diaspora in the Appalachian South by weaving in nods to both cultures,” the magazine notes. For the complete list, see avl.mx/6gi.

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Brewing down the mountain

O, PIONEERS: In spring 2020, Hillman Beer plans to open the first brewery in Old Fort. Pictured, from left, are owners Brad, Brandi and Greig Hillman. Photo by Megan Mauer For multiple, fast-growing Asheville breweries, the next logical step has been to build additional taproom and brewing locations, sometimes in town, other times in new markets. But the latest expansion can only be described as unexpected and surprising.

Hillman Beer, which opened outside Biltmore Village in April 2017, is building a new brewery in Old Fort, a dry town in dry McDowell County. The move is made possible through North Carolina’s Senate Bill 290, which, as of Sept. 1, allows beer, wine and cider to be served on the premises where they are made, “regardless of the results of any local malt beverage election.”

There’s already one brewery in McDowell County — Mica Town Brewing in Marion, a community that allows alcohol sales — but Hillman will be the first such establishment in Old Fort. The new location in the historic Parker Hosiery building will feature a taproom, a 15-barrel brewery and a restaurant.

Founded by Brad Hillman, his brother, Greig Hillman, and Greig’s wife, Brandi Hillman, Hillman Beer already has strong connections to Old Fort, a once booming textile community. Greig

and Brandi have run a Subway franchise there for almost four years.

“We are familiar with the town,” says Brandi, who recently took over as president of the Asheville Brewers Alliance, the nonprofit group that represents area breweries and beerrelated businesses.

“We started talking about [Old Fort] 3 1/2 years ago, but if we couldn’t sell beer there, it didn’t make sense for the investment,” she says. “[The new law] doesn’t mean you can sell beer in the grocery stores, but if we are making it, we can sell it [on-site].”

The early stages of cleaning up the Parker building have begun. “Now that we’re getting permits, we can start other things like drain-cutting,” Brandi says. “But there’s a lot of work ahead of us. We’ll be going from a 5-barrel brewhouse [in Asheville] to a 15-barrel [system].”

The existing Hillman brewery and taproom will carry on as usual, possibly with the addition of serving beers brewed in Old Fort. Brandi anticipates that the second location will open in April or May 2020 with help from around 30 new employees. Hiring will

likely begin in the new year. “We’ve had so many inquiries about that,” she says.

Hillman Beer will occupy 10,000 square feet in the Mill Creek building.

The space was originally used for the production of hosiery, but when that work moved overseas, the Parker family began opening it up for small businesses. “There are 25-foot ceilings — a typical factory-type feel,” Brandi says.

“Our goal is to make it comfortable like our Biltmore Village location.”

She thinks the brewery will attract a mix of both locals who work in Asheville and Black Mountain, and tourists stopping by in search of fun activities. Plans for the location’s food component are not yet final. “And there will be [an entertainment area],” she says. “The town needs that.”

Building a brewery consistently presents construction and permitting challenges, though the Hillmans have been greatly assisted by their Old Fort landlord, Jeff Parker. “This is something new — and that can be a little bit scary,” Brandi says.

Parker believes the brewery and restaurant will be a big boost for Old Fort, which he feels never fully recovered from the flight of manufacturing. “We’ve been working for years to get beer. Every business that we try to recruit here, whether it’s a manufacturer or technology [company], they always ask, ’Why is the town dry?’ They need places for employees to eat,” he says. “I think this is a huge first step for Old Fort. People are dying to invest here. It’s already bearing fruit.”

Parker predicts that the brewery will have a ripple effect, leading to the creation of more jobs in Old Fort, but he knows there will likely be some resistance to beer being made and sold in the town.

“There is a percentage of the population that doesn’t want it here or who don’t drink,” he says. “But they spend their money by driving to Buncombe County to establishments that sell beer and wine. I’ve met many of these citizens who don’t drink and are wary, but they see the economic issues that Old Fort has had. And one of the major reasons is because there is no beer and wine here.

There will be resistance, but it will fade.”

The announcement of the Old Fort expansion comes amid other exciting developments for the Hillmans. In addition to Brandi beginning her work with the ABA, Xpress readers voted the brewery the top neighborhood bar in South Asheville in the 2019 Best of

Hillman Beer expands to Old Fort WNC poll and named Brad the area’s best brewmaster.

“That was pretty awesome,” Brad says. “I am very thankful for all the support that we get at Hillman. It takes a team to do it.” X

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ROAM IF YOU WANT TO RADfest creates a supportive environment within the festival setting

NOW YOU KNOW: “People look at the lineup and see bands they’ve never heard of before,” RADfest organizer Emma Hutchens says. “We make a point to mix in lesser-known bands that are newer or not local or [from] fringe scenes.” This year’s lineup includes, clockwise from top left, Palehound, Ivy Sole, Mushashi Xero and Manas, among others. Palehound photo by Bao Ngo, other images courtesy of the musicians

BY ALLI MARSHALL amarshall@mountainx.com The idea for RADfest, says co-organizer Emma Hutchens, “came from

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wanting to throw a party that our friends and neighbors would want to come to.” But this is also a party with a purpose: produced on a shoestring, with about 95% of the budget going to pay the bands, RADfest

seeks to showcase a lineup of musicians from a wide range of backgrounds, identities and sounds. The two-day event — at The Grey Eagle on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 14 and 15 — includes supporting spe-

cials from local businesses (look for those to be announced) and fosters a safe space for showgoers.

The festival’s harassment policy states, “Absolutely no sexism, no racism, no homophobia, no transphobia, no fatphobia, no ageism, no ableism, no fascism.”

“We make the effort to have strategies in place that hopefully help people feel safer and more welcome,” says Hutchens.

Co-organizer Andrew Vasco made a point, since last year’s festival, to do a lot of research on what it means to create safe spaces and collected best practices information that will be incorporated into RADfest. The festival’s work with Our VOICE includes infographics on social media and sexual violence training for RADfest volunteers.

“Why wouldn’t we want that?”

Ellen Kempner says of safe spaces.

The openly gay leader of Palehound, Sunday’s headlining act, Kempner says she’s excited to return to Asheville for RADfest “to see what it’s like when a bunch of queers or whoever have a whole day just to roam free and listen to music.”

Too often, she adds, festivals are “the worst environment … just a bunch of drunk bros.”

Palehound has played Asheville a handful of times, including a show at The Grey Eagle with Waxahatchee that Kempner describes as really cool. (She’s also quick to name Biscuithead “one of my top 15 tour meals ever.”)

The lineup also includes local hiphop artist Musashi Xero, who will release his new EP, Self Hate as a Viable Currency, during his RADfest performance. The collection “dives into the darker side of my most transparent thoughts and feelings

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A&E analyzing my anxiety, depression and heartbreak” following a personal tragedy, he says. “It’s raw, honest and direct.”

Xero’s set also helps warm up the stage for Saturday headliner Ivy Sole, a queer hip-hop artist originally from Charlotte who is now based in Philadelphia. She’s “very dear to my heart,” says Hutchens. “I’ve loved her music for a long time. …

She’s someone I look up to. The fact

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that he’s coming to the festival, for us, is a really big deal.”

The bulk of the booking was done

by Vasco, who Hutchens describes as “a tastemaker who keeps up with bands that are emerging.” And many of RADfest’s artists are, indeed, upand-coming: “We get both the same criticism and compliment, and that is that people look at the lineup and see bands they’ve never heard of before,” Hutchens says. “That’s on purpose. … We make a point to mix in lesserknown bands that are newer or not local or [from] fringe scenes.”

Avant-garde electronic music artist Abdu Ali, from Baltimore, on the other hand, has already garnered national attention. And local act Manas (Tashi Djori and Thom Nguyn) recently toured with God Speed You Black Emperor: “They’re two musicians who have been in the Asheville scene for a long time and they’ve been doing exciting experimental work,” says Hutchens. “It’s great to welcome them home.”

Palehound’s return to Asheville is part of the band’s tour in support of Black Friday. A vulnerable and lyrics-forward release, Kempner says she initially worried that listeners

wouldn’t connect. “It was cool to release it and let go of those anxieties,” she says. Initially, bringing such personal songs to her band can be difficult, Kempner says, “but we always find a way.”

She continues, “We’re always adjusting and figuring out how to recreate songs live.” This tour includes a newly added keyboardist, and the front woman shreds less on guitar to give her lyrics more space. But that’s not a permanent change: “I’ll get back to that. … I love playing guitar and I love riffing,” she says. “But for this album … I wanted to showcase a different side of my songwriting.”

RADfest’s organizers seek to encourage all such forms of creative expression — both within its lineup and for its attendees. “We’re working with Priya Ray of DIYabled as a consultant on making the event more accessible,” Huchens says, speaking to a practical consideration. She also encourages those showgoers who can do so to bike to The Grey Eagle, lessening the carbon footprint and traffic flow in the congested River Arts District. Hutchens considers that a step toward being good neighbors.

“Before the area around Depot Street and Clingman Avenue was the River Arts District, it was a black commercial district and a center for industry in the city,” she says. “We have to acknowledge and understand that we’re contributing to change in the area. We just hope to be contributing to positive, inclusive change that centers marginalized people and artists.”

Hutchens adds, “We hope to be able to be part of that community and contributing to [it] alongside our neighbors for years to come.” X

WHAT RADfest radfestavl.com WHERE The Grey Eagle 185 Clingman Ave. WHEN Saturday, Sept. 14, 4:30 p.m. and Sunday, Sept. 15, 3:30 p.m. $20 advance per day/$25 at the door per day/$30 weekend pass

by Arnold Wengrow

a.wengrow@yahoo.com

HOT-BUTTON ISSUES, HOT-TICKET SHOWS Different Strokes takes up residence at The Wortham Center It must have been theater karma that brought Stephanie Hickling Beckman (the managing artistic director of Asheville-based Different Strokes Performing Arts Collective) together with Rae Geoffrey (the managing director of the recently relaunched Wortham Center for the Performing Arts).

Last fall, Hickling Beckman was facing a three-year delay opening a new theater in Colourfield Studios on the South Slope, where her company rehearses. For the last four years, the group has performed mostly at The BeBe Theatre, which seats 49. Meanwhile, Geoffrey was planning a flexible, black box theater next to The Wortham Center’s 500-seat performance hall. The new space accommodates 100.

In November, the two women were on a panel at The Wedge in the River Arts District on the state of Asheville’s performing arts. “I was talking about our space problems,” Hickling Beckman says, “and Rae said, ‘Let’s talk.’” Fast forward 10 months, and Different Strokes is the first resident theater company at The Wortham Center (formerly known as BAD BEHAVIOR: Daniel Henry as Ted and Anna Lyles as Pedge have very different memoThe Diana Wortham Theatre). That ries of an encounter from five years ago in The Education of Ted Harris. The play by Jamie partnership and the Tina McGuire Knox opens Sept. 12 at the Tina McGuire Theatre. The production marks a new partnerTheatre debut with the premiere ship between Different Strokes Performing Arts Collective and The Wortham Center for the of Different Strokes’ production, Performing Arts. Photo by Stephanie Hickling Beckman The Education of Ted Harris, on Thursday, Sept. 12. happens when we like them and what husband to open a yoga studio. As The play, like all Different Strokes does it say about us when we’re rooting a playwright, she looks for what lies offerings, tackles what Beckman for them?” beneath what her characters are saycalls “hot-button issues in our coun Knox, with a master’s degree in ing. “I’ve always been attracted to try and our community” — in this theater from Texas State University, secrets and lies,” she says, “especially case, the #MeToo movement. moved to Asheville in 2016 with her in the tightknit family dynamic. I’m College student Ted Harris is home one weekend and meets his high Come school-age girlfriend, meetsister’s our newest robot!

16-year-old Pedge. After they share tēmi beers one night, he offers too many to let Pedge crash in a nearby house his family is renovating.

Five years later, they meet again.

Ted recalls a romantic encounter.

A MUSEUM OF ODD AND Pedge has a very different memory.

For Asheville playwright Jamie UNUSUAL THINGS Knox, The Education of Ted Harris probes the gray areas around consent. “It’s one thing when there’s a 828.505.2650 • 547 Haywood Rd, Avl clear ‘no,”’ she says, “but what about NC 28806 when there’s not? What if the victim doesn’t quite know if saying ‘no’ is the safest thing to do? We like to see our perpetrators as monsters. What

drawn to the secret unraveling and the crumble it causes.”

When Hickling Beckman founded Different Strokes in 2010, she wanted to create more opportunities for actors of color, like herself.

“Asheville is not as diverse as people want to think it is,” she says. “As a black actor trying to get cast in Asheville, it was very difficult. ‘We loved your audition, we would really love to cast you, but we can’t match you onstage.’”

To remedy that, Different Strokes has intentionally recruited and cast minority actors. “We do feel accomplished that of the 38 plays we have produced in nine years, 79% of those have featured or starred actors of color,” Hickling Beckman says. But, for The Education of Ted Harris, “Unfortunately, we did not have any local actors of color audition.” Different Strokes recently received a grant from the Honey Bee Foundation to hire actors of color from neighboring cities over the next two years.

Beyond more diverse casting, Different Strokes began looking at other marginalized communities.

“We wanted to talk about the issues of the plays and how we can make it better in our community,” Hickling Beckman says. Post-show discussions were integral to the experience: “We can save the world this way,” she says with a smile.

Different Strokes Performing Arts Collective is not the only local

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A &E group to benefit from The Wortham Center’s Tina McGuire Theatre. The black box stage will be available to other organizations.

It joins another new performance space, The Henry LaBrun Studio, a multipurpose room for 80 that can be configured for classes, workshops, meetings and small-scale arts events.

“The mission of The Wortham Center has always been to provide a home for arts organizations to create and present their work in a state-ofthe-art venue with professional systems and staff,” says Geoffrey.

In a recent interview, Jared McEntire, The Wortham Center’s community engagement director, explained how the two spaces differ: “The Tina McGuire is a full-functioning performance space first, with as [many] production facilities as we can pack in a room that size. It’s a multiuse space, second. The LaBrun is an educational, versatile event space first and a performance space second.”

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from a cost perspective and an operations perspective,” he says.

The Wortham Center will also produce events in both rooms. Dance and yoga classes for all ages begin in The Henry LaBrun Studio in October.

The Tina McGuire Theatre showcases the progressive Chapel Hill-based folk group Violet Bell in December and the Australian theater collective The Last Great Hunt — with a multimedia show combining actors, puppets and animation — in January. X

WHAT The Education of Ted Harris presented by Different Strokes Performing Arts Collective WHERE Tina McGuire Theatre Wortham Center for the Performing Arts 18 Biltmore Ave. dwtheatre.com WHEN Sept. 12-28. Thursdays-Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. $18

by Bill Kopp

bill@musoscribe.com

ROSÉ ROCK VS. EMO-COUNTRY Penny & Sparrow showcase a new direction at an Orange Peel show The crystalline instrumentation and emotionally resonant vocal harmonies of Penny & Sparrow have earned the Austin, Texas, folk duo both critical plaudits and a dedicated following. But Penny & Sparrow — Andy Baxter and Kyle Jahnke — are about much more than indie-folk: Their latest album, Finch, draws from a wide (and perhaps unexpected) array of styles, most notably rhythm and blues. The duo plays The Orange Peel on Saturday, Sept. 7.

Penny & Sparrow have given Frank Ocean’s Blond CD countless spins since its release. That might surprise some of Baxter’s and Jahnke’s longtime fans; Penny & Sparrow’s signature sound lies closer to Fleet Foxes than to Ocean’s brand of radio-ready R&B. Jahnke knows what he finds special in Ocean’s music. “What drew me continually back to it was that, no matter how many times I listened, I could always find some new layer, something else worth listening to,” he says. “They’re fun songs, and at the same time they’re really thoughtful.”

And on that level, there’s a clear connection between songs such as Blond’s sultry “Nights” and Finch tracks such as “Long Gone.” Jahnke says that when he and Baxter started writing songs for their new record, “We were ingesting R&B. And a lot of the melodies that we were writing were coming out that direction; that started changing everything with our sound.”

Early Penny & Sparrow releases, such as the group’s 2013 debut, Tenboom, rely almost solely on acoustic guitars and vocals. In many ways, songs such as that record’s “Just and Just As” are a long way from the duo’s current approach. So it’s fair to wonder if the two still think of themselves as folk musicians. “That’s a tough one,” says Baxter with a hearty laugh. Calling folk a “junk-drawer genre,” he makes the point that the genre label has been used to describe everyone from Bob Dylan to Glen Hansard (The Swell Season) to John Paul White (The Civil Wars).

“I don’t much care what it gets boiled down to, as long as people dig it,” Baxter says. “We’ve got on Rolling Stone’s country playlists, altcountry and Americana playlists.

a few elements. The layered sound of Finch looks to be more of a challenge to reproduce in concert — maybe Jahnke and Baxter won’t even try. “We’ll let you know in about a month!” Baxter says with a laugh.

“Since Andy and I perform as a duo, every single song is going to change a little bit,” Jahnke says.

“And I think that makes it interesting. Instead of just hearing a copy of the recording, if you come to a live show, you’re hearing a variation on every song. We’re trying to give [each] song as good of a service as possible, in a live way, without having to add too many other ingredients.” X

WHO Penny & Sparrow WHERE The Orange Peel 101 Biltmore Ave. theorangepeel.net

CALL IT WHAT YOU WILL: Penny & Sparrow were pigeonholed early as an indie-folk act.

But as the duo’s new album, Finch, vividly demonstrates, there’s a great deal more to Kyle Jahnke, left, Andy Baxter and the music they make. Photo courtesy of the artists Call it what you will; we’re going to keep trying to change and experiment with different stuff.”

Jahnke agrees. “We’ve had an elbowto-the-ribs, eye-roll moment of saying, ‘I guess that’s what we are, for lack of a better phrase,’” he says with a knowing chuckle. “We’ve had at least a dozen conversations — late at night while drinking — when we’ve tried to rename our genre: ‘rosé rock,’ emo country.’ …

We’ve had a lot of attempts.”

Even with the R&B-flavored textures on Finch, there are unifying characteristics that extend across Penny & Sparrow’s six albums; foremost among those is emotional honesty. Baxter says that each recording is “another chapter in the ongoing autobiography. Every album is indicative of who we were at the time of writing it: what we thought, what we believed, how we loved.”

He emphasizes that those projects don’t — and cannot — give the full picture. “Even if you did fully understand [any given] record, it wouldn’t be allencompassing to the full human beings that we are,” he says. “But it feels nice to go back and listen to previous records because that’s how they were built: as an overview of the type of men that we were at that time.”

It was a relatively straightforward endeavor to deliver early Penny & Sparrow songs live onstage. The spare yet careful arrangements center on just

WHEN Saturday, Sept. 7, p.m. $20 advance

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by Thomas Calder

tcalder@mountainx.com

FOR THE PEOPLE,

BY THE PEOPLE Local art show welcomes countywide talent Chaos, happiness and opportunity are among the driving forces behind the inaugural All Access Art Show, says local maker and co-organizer Jeannie Regan. The three-week exhibit, hosted by the Asheville Area Arts Council, launches Friday, Sept.

6, and will feature both emerging and established Buncombe County artists, ages 18 and older.

“There is so much talent and just so much joy for making here,” says Regan. “But it’s not always so easy to get that work shown.”

To be considered for an exhibition, Regan explains, artists typically must submit portfolios for review, along with an artist statement and biography. Like a job resume, a thin CV can impede a young artist’s chances of being selected. Regardless of the outcome, Regan notes, submission fees are par for the course (with prices generally ranging $25-$100). For those fortunate enough to be chosen, additional shipping costs follow (if self-delivery options are unavailable).

“Quite often it’s a net loss for any artist,” Regan says. “It can be very depressing to spend so much just to get into a show.”

To level the playing field, All Access did away with the selection process, inviting all Buncombe County artists to submit their work to the Asheville Area Arts Council on Tuesday, Aug. 27. With space for 500 works, accep-

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tance was based on a first-come, firstserved basis. Meanwhile, the only associated cost was a sliding scale fee of up to $10 to cover post-show repairs.

In simplifying the submission process, “we opened up the gates so that anybody who wanted to have their art seen has the availability and the place to do so,” says Brianne Stoehr, co-organizer and curator. This includes self-taught artists who, according to Stoehr, are sometimes overlooked and undervalued, due to their lack of academic credentials.

Challenging this notion through broader exposure, says fellow organizer Mary Cozens, is among the show’s many missions. Art, notes Cozens, allows a

deeper understanding of individual experiences, no matter the degrees held by a given maker. “That’s kind of the heart of it,” Cozens says about the upcoming show. “We want to get conversations started and really have the whole Asheville community back up everybody from all different parts of Buncombe County.”

But, without a unifying thematic guideline, the range of topics explored and the sheer number of works presented might overwhelm some visitors, notes Regan. “Salon-style presentations are not for everyone,” she says. She recommends approaching the collection not as a series of individual works, “but also as an entity — the gloriously haphazard sum of us.”

Along with celebrating the joyful chaos of an inclusive community art show, the exhibit is also a great way for young artists to build their confidence, says Mamie Fain, program manager at the Asheville Area Arts Council.

Through their participation in the upcoming exhibit, Fain hopes local creatives feel encouraged to apply to more shows in the future. “Even if it’s something like a coffee shop or a boutique,” she says. “Everyone needs to start somewhere.”

Regan echoes the importance of taking that initial step in showing your work publicly. “Being an artist can often be a really solitary, lonely existence,” she says. “You’re toiling away in your studio and if you’re working multiple jobs to support yourself as well … it can be very tiring and very discouraging to work that hard and to never get to show your work outside of your friends and family.

“So being able to place your work in public, and to stand back and have people look at it and appreciate it, is an incredibly validating experience. And it can really sort of make that hard work feel totally worth it. You feel part of a wider community of artists and makers. I think it’s really important, emotionally, to feel that connection with other people who create and to be part of that artistic tradition.” X

WHAT All Access Art Show WHERE The Refinery Creator Space 207 Coxe Ave. avl.mx/6gc WHEN Opening Friday, Sept. 6, 5-8 p.m.

Artwork will remain on display through Friday, Sept. 27

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Pan Harmonia

Boogarins Four months after opening for Tame Impala at U.S. Cellular Center, Tuareg guitarist Mdou Moctar returns to Asheville for a Sunday, Sept. 8, show at The Grey Eagle. While his name is likely to draw a healthy crowd of concertgoers who’ve witnessed or heard enthusiastic reports of Moctar’s previous local shows, opening act Boogarins is similarly worthy of a generous turnout. Noted for its high-energy live performances, the Brazilian psych-rock quartet has honed its studio sound over its past two albums — including this year’s release, Sombrou Dúvida — all without losing an onstage edge that’s been known to inspire the occasional crowdsurfing. Whether such activity will occur in the noted listening room remains to be seen. $17 advance/$20 day of show. thegreyeagle.com.

Photo by Pedro Margherit

Directed by Kate Steinbeck and long known for featuring talented female instrumentalists, Asheville-based music repertory company Pan Harmonia doubles down on that commitment in its 20th season with intimate concerts that celebrate women’s creative genius.

Shows by The Reel Sisters (Scottish smallpipes player Rosalind Buda and harpist Kelly Brzozowski) are slated for later in September, but first Steinbeck combines her flute skills with the classical guitar expertise of Amy Brucksch in Sambas and Serenades. The duo debuts the program at The Haen Gallery on Monday, Sept.

9, at 7 p.m. Music lovers unable to make that performance — or who enjoy Round One so much they’d like a second helping — may catch an encore on Friday, Sept. 13, at 5:30 p.m., inside St. Philip’s Episcopal Church in Brevard. $20 advance/$25 day of show. panharmonia.org.

Photo by Warner Photography

Chris Jamison’s Ghost

Dale Neal In Appalachian Book of the Dead, Asheville-based author Dale Neal’s third Blue Ridge Mountain-set novel, the energy of presumed-dead murderer Angel Garcia Jones haunts the woods in which he disappeared years ago and the lives of the people who live on its edges. Among these residents are local girl’s summer camp caretaker Doyle Smathers, yurt-dwelling, Buddhist-meditating detoxer Sharon Morse and restless Chicago transplants Joy and Cal McAlister. Their narratives intersect in what’s been described as “a metaphysical thriller, a meditation on recovery and reincarnation, marriage and betrayal, death and rebirth [and] an exploration of how our fears give flesh to our hungry ghosts.”

The former Asheville Citizen Times reporter and columnist will read from his latest work at Malaprop’s on Wednesday, Sept. 11, at 6 p.m. Free to attend. malaprops.com.

Author photo courtesy of Neal

A native of Texas, Chris Jamison was raised on the Virginia side of the Blue Ridge Mountains and finished high school across the Atlantic in London, where he started writing songs and playing shows. Now based in Marshall, the Americana artist currently counts six records to his name, most recently 2017’s Mindless Heart. When the father of two isn’t performing solo throughout the Southeast, he has a full band in tow under the moniker Chris Jamison’s Ghost, fleshing out his poetic compositions with impressive sonic balance. The next chance to catch the haunting configuration is on the Jack of the Wood stage on Saturday, Sept. 7, at 9 p.m. $5. jackofthewood.com.

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A & E CALENDAR ART 'AROUND THE WORLD, A RETROSPECTIVE' • WE (9/11), 5-6:30pm - Around the World, a Retrospective, slide show and presentation featuring photography

by H. Allen Benowitz.

Free to attend. Held at Yancey County Public Library, 321 School Circle, Burnsville HAYWOOD COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL 86 N. Main St., Waynesville, 828-452-0593, haywoodarts.org • SA (9/7), 1-4pm - Rug hooking demonstration with Debbie Savage. Free.

• MO (9/9), 5:306:30pm - Grassroots art grant workshop.

Free.

LAUREL CHAPTER OF THE EMBROIDERERS’ GUILD OF AMERICA • TH (9/5), 10am - Monthly meeting.

Registration at 9:30am. Free. Held at Cummings United Methodist Church, 3 Banner Farm Road, Horse Shoe MENDING WORKSHOP WITH SEWING REBELLION • WE (9/11), 5-6:30pm - Learn to fix clothes, like buttons, zippers or patches. September special project: revive your worn and damaged denims.

Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPES THREE WAYS • TH (9/12), 6-8:30pm - Mountain Landscapes Three Ways: Making Art of our Mountains, workshop with Nate Barton. $35. Held at Black Mountain Center for the Arts, 225 W. State St., Black Mountain

ART/CRAFT STROLLS & FAIRS ART AFTER DARK • 1st FRIDAY, 6-9pm - Seven galleries open

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Free to attend. Held at Downtown Waynesville, S. Main St.

Brevard Music Center, 349 Andante Lane, Brevard MUSIC FACULTY SHOWCASE

FIRST FRIDAY ART WALK • 1st FRIDAYS, 5-8pm - Downtown Asheville First Friday Art Walks with more than 25 galleries within a half mile radius of historic downtown Asheville.

Free to attend. Held at Downtown Asheville TOURS AT HISTORIC GROVEWOOD VILLAGE • WE (9/4) until SA (9/7), 1 pm - Learn about craft history.

Free to attend. Held at Grovewood Gallery, 111 Grovewood Road

AUDITIONS & CALL TO ARTISTS A CALL TO ARTISTS (PD.) The Fairview Area Art League is now accepting applications for the second annual "FAAL for Art Show" which is a juried show on September 21, 2019 at the Fairview Community Center.

Applications can be found on the Fairview Area Art League Facebook or email FAArtLeague@gmail. com Non refundable 10x10 booth fee: FAAL Members $40 ($25 to join FAAL) FAAL Non-Members $50 'EINSTEIN AND THE POLAR BEAR' • TU (9/10), 10:30am2:30pm - Open auditions for Einstein and the Polar Bear. Visit website for information. Held at Asheville Community Theatre, 35 E. Walnut St. HAYWOOD COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL 828-452-0593, haywoodarts.org • Through FR (9/6) - Applications for Haywood County Arts Council Calls for artists interested in monthly gallery exhibits or retail spaces. Information online.

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• TU (9/10), 7-9pm - Members of UNC Asheville’s music faculty and special guests perform a varied program of music. Free. Held at Lipinsky Auditorium at UNC Asheville, 300 Library Lane PUBSING

HORSE POWER: Warren Wilson College’s 20th annual Plow Day celebrates draft animals and models sustainable agriculture practices. Two of the college’s Belgian workhorses, Doc and Dan, retire at the end of the year after more than 10 years of service at the farm. Plow Day also includes old-time music, food grown on the campus, a cakewalk by local bakeries, Appalachian craft demonstrations and children’s activities. Fresh produce and herbal products will be available for sale.

Plow Day is planned for Saturday, Sept. 7, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at the White Barn, 2745 Riceville Road. Tickets are $3, and children younger than 12 get in free. Photo courtesy of Casey Red Herring (p. 14)

NEW HORIZONS BAND • TH (9/5), 9am-noon - Information session for new wind band for adults forming for fall. No prior musical experience required. Beginning music for first-timers, ensembles for more experienced musicians, community performances at schools, nursing homes and public events. Lessons begin Sept. 12. Information: AshevilleNHB@yahoo.com or text 828-773-1809. Held at New Hope Presbyterian Church, 3070 Sweeten Creek Road REGIONAL ARTIST PROGRAM GRANT WORKSHOP

DANCE DO YOU WANT TO DANCE? (PD.) Have fun learning with Certified instructor.

Contact Richard for information: 828-333-0715, naturalrichard@mac.com, www.DanceForLife.net CONTEMPORARY DANCE PERFORMANCE • FR (9/6), & SA (9/7), 7:30pm - Contemporary dance performances of Levee Damned and MASS, created by Michele Torino Hower and Melissa Wilhoit. $18/$15 students & seniors. Held at BeBe Theatre, 20 Commerce St.

MONDAY NIGHT CONTRA DANCE • MONDAYS, 7:3010:30pm - Community contra dance. $7. Held at The Center for Art and Spirit at St. George's Episcopal Church, 1 School Road SOUTHERN LIGHTS SQUARE AND ROUND DANCE CLUB • SA (9/7), 6pm - Back to School, themed dance.

Advanced dance at 6pm.

Early rounds at 7pm. Plus squares and rounds at 7:30pm. Free. Held at Whitmire Activity Center, 310 Lily Pond Road, Hendersonville

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FAMILY DANCE

• TH (9/5), 5:30pm Regional Artist Program grant workshop. Free.

Held at Jackson County Public Library, 310 Keener St., Sylva

• 2nd SUNDAYS, 3-5pm - Family contra/ square dances for families with children ages 6-12.

All ages welcome. Free.

Held at Harvest House, 205 Kenilworth Road

YOUTH ARTS FESTIVAL

INTERMEDIATE/ ADVANCED CONTEMPORARY LINE DANCING

AFRICAN DRUM LESSONS AT SKINNY BEATS SOUND SHOP (PD.) 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

• WEDNESDAYS, noon-2pm - Intermediate/ advanced contemporary line dancing. $10. Held at Harvest House, 205 Kenilworth Road

50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION CONCERT • SA (9/7), 7:30pm Proceeds from this 50th anniversary concert featuring Branford Marsalis

• Until SA (9/21) - Call to artists, no booth fee, however artists offer live demonstrations of their craft. Info: JCGEP.org. Held at Jackson County Green Energy Park, 100 Green Energy Park Road, Sylva

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and Joey Calderazzo benefit the Tryon Fine Arts Center. $125-$175. Held at Tryon Fine Arts Center, 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon ARBOR EVENINGS • THURSDAYS, 6-9pm - Arbor Evenings, weekly outdoor live music event with refreshments available. Free parking pass available online. Held at NC Arboretum, 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way ASHEVILLE DRUM CIRCLE • FRIDAYS, 6-9:50pm Asheville outdoor drum circle. Free. Held at Pritchard Park, 4 College St. CLASSICAL GUITAR SOCIETY • 2nd SUNDAYS, 1pm - Classical Guitar Society meeting followed by a potluck and musician's jam.

Free to attend. Held at Asheville Guitar Bar, 122 Riverside Drive MOUNTAIN SONG FESTIVAL • FR (9/6) through SU (9/8) - Proceeds from Mountain Song Festival with national bands benefit Boys and Girls Club of Transylvania County. Tickets: mountainsongfestival. com. $37 and up. Held at

• 2nd SUNDAYS, 4-6pm - Gospel jam and sing-along. Free to attend. Held at Zillicoah Beer Co., 870 Riverside Drive, Woodfin RAINBOW COMMUNITY SCHOOL AUDITORIUM 58 State St., 828-258-9264 • SA (9/7), 7:30pm - Soul Songs of the Mystics, concert by Shruthi Vishwanath. $15.

• SU (9/8), 1-5:30pm - Women’s Voices in Indian Mysticism, poetry, singing and musical satsang with Shruthi Vishwanath. $30-$60.

SAMBAS & SERENADES • MO (9/9), 7pm Sambas & Serenades, concert featuring flute and guitar. $25/$20 advance. Held at The Haen Gallery, 52 Biltmore Ave. SUMMER TRACKS • FR (9/6), 7pm - Summer Tracks concert series, Queen Bee and The Honey Lovers.

Information: summertracks.com.

Admission by donation. Held at Rogers Park, 55 W. Howard St., Tryon UKULELE STRUM AND SING • TH (9/5), 3-5pm Ukulele strum and sing for beginners. Bring your own uke or use one provided. For ages 10 and up. Free.

Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville

WOMANSONG OF ASHEVILLE • MONDAYS, 7-9pm - Community chorus rehearsals open to potential members.

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

SPOKEN & WRITTEN WORD BANNED BOOK CLUB • 1st & 3rd SATURDAYS, 10am - Banned Book Club. Free to attend. Held at Blue Ridge Books, 428 Hazelwood Ave., Waynesville BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/ library • WE (9/4), 3pm - Read the play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry and discuss it. Free. Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville • WE (9/4), 3pm Book Club: A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry. Free. Held at West Asheville Public Library, 942 Haywood Road • TH (9/5), 1pm - Creative Writing Group is open to adults who want to write children's books. Free. Held at Leicester Library, 1561 Alexander Road, Leicester • TH (9/5), 3pm - Charles Gritzner presents his guide to North Carolina Ghost Lights and Legends. Free.

Held at West Asheville Public Library, 942 Haywood Road • THURSDAYS, 5pm - Practice Spanish conversation.

Newcomers welcome.

Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • TH (9/5), 6:30pm - Book Club: Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver.

Free. Held at East Asheville Library, 902 Tunnel Road

• MO (9/9), 3:30pm Hola, Asheville is a group for bilingual/bicultural families to get together and play, read and socialize in Spanish. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • TU (9/10), 1pm - Book Discussion Group: This is How it Always Is by Laurie Frankel. Free.

Held at Leicester Library, 1561 Alexander Road, Leicester • TU (9/10), 7pm - Librarian Led Book Club: The Library Book by Susan Orlean. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • WE (9/11), 7pm Culmination of Fairview's Town Wide Read: One Foot in Eden by Ron Rash, with the man himself, in person. Free to attend. Held at Fairview Christian Fellowship, 596 Old US Highway 74, Fairview • TH (9/12), 7pm - Memoir Program: Talk by Michael Lambert, member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and author of Up From These Hills. Free. Held at West Asheville Public Library, 942 Haywood Road FLETCHER LIBRARY 120 Library Road, Fletcher, 828-687-1218, library. hendersoncountync.org • 2nd THURSDAYS, 10:30am - Book Club.

Free.

• 2nd THURSDAYS, 1:30pm - Writers' Guild.

Free.

KATHRYN LISS PRESENTS 'TRUTH IS IN THE PARADOX' • TH (9/12), 6pm Kathryn Liss reads from her new autobiography Truth is in the Paradox.

Free. Held at Firestorm Books & Coffee, 610 Haywood Road LITERARY FICTION CONTEST • Through MO (9/30) - Submissions accepted for the annual Literary Fiction contest.

See website for full guidelines. Held at The Writer's Workshop, 387 Beaucatcher Road

MALAPROP'S BOOKSTORE AND CAFE 55 Haywood St., 828-254-6734, malaprops.com • WE (9/4), 6pm - Casey Cep presents her book, Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee. Free to attend.

• WE (9/4), 7pm - Malaprop's Book Club discusses, Another Country

by James Baldwin. Free to attend.

• TH (9/5), 6pm - Jessica Cory presents anthology, Mountains Piled Upon Mountains: Appalachian Nature Writing in the Anthropocene.

Free to attend.

• MO (9/9), 7pm - Mystery Book Club discusses, The Dry: A Novel by Jane Harper. Free to attend.

• TU (9/10), noon - Discussion Bound Book Club discusses, Ninth Street Women: Lee Krasner, Elaine de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, Joan Mitchell, and Helen Frankenthaler: Five Painters and the Movement That Changed Modern Art by Mary Gabriel. Free to attend.

• WE (9/11), 6pm - Dale Neal presents his book, Appalachian Book of the Dead. Free to attend.

• TH (9/12), 6pm - David Hopes presents his book, The Falls of the Wyona.

Free to attend.

NEW DIMENSIONS TOASTMASTERS • THURSDAYS, noon1pm - General meeting.

Information: 828-3294190. Free to attend.

Held at Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity, 33 Meadow Road NORTH CAROLINA GHOST LIGHTS & LEGENDS • WE (9/4), 6:30pm - Charles F. Gritzner presents his book, North Carolina Ghost Lights and Legends. Free to attend. Held at City Lights Bookstore, 3 E. Jackson St., Sylva • FR (9/6), 3:30pm North Carolina Ghost Lights and Legends, presentation by author Dr. Charles Gritzner.

Free. Held at The Ramsey Center in Renfro Library, 100 Athletic St., Mars Hill

NORTH CAROLINA WRITERS’ NETWORK • TH (9/5), 6-7:30pm - End of Summer Extravaganza, open mic for original poetry and prose.

Free to attend. Held at The BLOCK off biltmore, 39 S. Market St. SEANE CORN PRESENTS ‘REVOLUTION OF THE SOUL’ • TU (9/10), 6:30pm Seane Corn presents her new book, Revolution of the Soul: Awaken to Love Through Raw Truth, Radical Healing, and Conscious Action. Tickets: include a copy of the book, avl.mx/6g4. $30. Held at Jubilee Community Church, 46 Wall St. THE CENTER FOR ART & INSPIRATION 125 S. Main St., Hendersonville • TH (9/5), 7-8:30pm - Philip Bauer presents Under the Heavenly Oak. $15 includes a copy of the book.

• SU (9/8), 3-5pm Storytelling by Gwenda Ledbetter with cello accompaniment by Carol Pearce Bjorlie.

Tickets: thecenterai.com. $18/$15 advance.

THEATER BASIC ACTING FOR ADULTS (PD.) BASIC ACTING FOR ADULTS Come explore how acting works, discover hidden talents and skills. Participate in acting exercises, warm-ups, improvisations and monologues. Find a new creative freedom!

5 classes, Saturday 2-4, Sept.21-Oct.19. $50.00 61 1/2 Main Street, Canton, NC (Haywood Dance Studio upstairs) 912-2248589. 12 students.

‘FATHER ABRAHAM: THE LOVES OF MR. LINCOLN’ • SA (9/7), 6pm - Father Abraham: The Loves of Mr. Lincoln, the first in the triptych of historical dramas about our 16th President. Free with reserved seating for $5.

Held at The BLOCK off biltmore, 39 S. Market St. ‘HOME OFFICE’ • TH (9/5), 8pm - Home Office, mixed media theater installation. $10.

Held at Fleetwood’s, 496 Haywood Road ‘MY GRANDFATHER’S PRAYERS’ • WE (9/4), 7:30pm - My Grandfather’s Prayers, a multi-media theatrical performance by Red Herring Puppets based on the life of famed cantor Izso Glickstein (1889-1947). $15/$18 door. Held at White Horse Black Mountain, 105 Montreat Road 'R. BUCKMINSTER FULLER' • FR (9/6) through SU (9/8), 7:30pm - R. Buckminster Fuller: The History (and Mystery) of the Universe, performance

by David Novak. $20/$10 students. Held at Black Mountain Center for the Arts, 225 W. State St., Black Mountain 'ROUNDING THIRD' • WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS until (9/8) - Rounding Third, bro-medy. Wed. & Thur.: 2 & 7:30pm, Fri.: 8pm, Sat.: 2 & 8pm, Sun.: 2pm. $17-$57.50. Held at Flat Rock Playhouse, 2661 Highway 225, Flat Rock 'THE BAGGAGE PLAYS: CRAZY BAG' AND 'CARRY ON' • THURSDAYS through SUNDAYS until (9/15) The Baggage Plays: Crazy Bag and Carry On, one woman show by Murphy Funkhouser Capps. Chapter One: Crazy Bag, Thurs. & Sat.: 7:30pm, Sun.: 3pm and Chapter Two: Carry On, Fri. & Sun.: 7:30pm and Sat.: 3pm. $20/$10 students. Held at The Magnetic Theatre, 375 Depot St. 'THE EDUCATION OF TED HARRIS' • THURSDAYS through SATURDAYS (9/12) until (9/28), 7:30pm - The Education of Ted Harris. $21/$18 advance. Held at Wortham Center for the Performing Arts, 18 Biltmore Ave. 'TRUTH BE TOLD!' • FRIDAYS and SATURDAYS until (9/21), 7:30pm - Truth Be Told, two one act plays addressing the struggles of sexual abuse and the healing. $20.

Held at 35below, 35 E. Walnut St.

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We look forward to continuing to grow and change with the community. What won’t change is our commitment to promoting community dialogue and encouraging citizen activism on the local level. In the coming months, we’ll be letting you know how you can help us continue to serve as your independent local news source. In the meantime, you can do your part to keep these weekly issues coming by picking up a print copy each week and supporting the businesses that advertise in our pages.

DESERT BLUFFS: The podcast “Welcome to Night Vale” will break the fourth wall at The Wortham Center for the performing Arts. The show, launched in 2012, provides bi-monthly reporting on all the obscure and puzzling happenings in the small desert town. The Asheville stop is part of the A Spy in the Desert tour, a stand-alone story that includes performers Cecil Baldwin, Symphony Sanders, Meg Bashwiner and other special guests. Dane Terry, the composer and storymaker behind the project Dreamboy, opens the show on Monday, Sept. 16, at 8 p.m. $33. dwtheatre.com. Photo

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Les Amis, (African folk music), 8:00PM AUX BAR (80s/90s Dance Music) Wednesday Night Warmup, 5:00PM

ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Isis Lawn Series w/ The Knotty G's, 6:00PM A Different Thread, 7:00PM

ALLEY CAT SOCIAL CLUB Karaoke w/ Kitten Savage, 8:00PM

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Old Time Music Jam Session, 5:00PM

ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR AGB Open Mic, 6:30PM

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

BLACK MOUNTAIN CENTER FOR THE ARTS Junior Appalachian Musicians, 12:00AM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Open Mic w/ Mark Bumgarner, 7:00PM CORK & KEG 3 Cool Cats, 7:30PM DIXIE DINER 1st Wednesday Breakfast Arts Club, 9:00AM

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HAYWOOD COUNTRY CLUB Back to the 80's (new wave, synth, post punk), 10:00PM

MOE'S ORIGINAL BBQ WOODFIN Bluegrass Jam hosted

by Gary Mac Fiddle, 6:00PM NANTAHALA BREWING ASHEVILLE OUTPOST Robert's Totally Rad Trivia, 7:00PM ODDITORIUM Dragula Season 3 Viewing Party, 12:00AM Stonecutters, Old Heavy Hands, Gak (metal), 9:00PM

DOUBLE CROWN Western Wednesday w/ Hannah Juanita & The Hardliners & live Honky Tonk, 9:00PM

ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Disclaimer Lounge Comedy Open Mic, 9:30PM

FUNKATORIUM The Saylor Brothers, 6:30PM

ORANGE PEEL Boris w/ Uniform, 9:00PM

SANCTUARY BREWING CO. French Broad Valley Music Association Mountain Music Jam, 6:00PM SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BREWERY Jazz Night hosted by Jason DeCristofaro, 6:30PM SOVEREIGN KAVA Poetry Open Mic w/ Caleb Beissert (7:30PM Sign Up), 8:00PM STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE Walking Through Glass, 6:00PM THE 63 TAPHOUSE Weekly 9 Ball Tournament (sign ups at 7:00 p.m.), 8:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Happy Hour: Guitar solo classics w/ Albi, 5:00PM Wednesday Night Blues Jam w/ Ruby Mayfield, Jeff Rudolph, Jim Simmons, & Brad Curtioff, 9:00PM THE GOLDEN FLEECE Scots-Baroque Chamber-Folk with The Tune Shepherds, 7:00PM THE GREY EAGLE Egg Eaters, 5:00PM Steve Poltz, 8:00PM THE MARKET PLACE RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE Lenny Pettinelli (solo eclectic keys, singersongwriter), 6:30PM

TOWN PUMP Open Mic w/ David Bryan, 9:00PM TREEROCK SOCIAL CIDER HOUSE Witty Wednesday Trivia, 7:00PM UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Music Bingo, 8:00PM

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Pleasure Chest, (blues, rock, soul), 8:00PM BEN'S TUNE UP Offended! Comedy Open Mic, 9:30PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Chris Jamison, 7:00PM CALYPSO DJ Red Iyah & The Mete (Caribbean beats), 6:00PM CRAFT CENTRIC TAPROOM AND BOTTLESHOP Music Bingo, 7:30PM DOUBLE CROWN Old Gold w/ DJ Jasper (soul 'n' rock 'n' roll), 10:00PM FINE ARTS THEATRE Free Film ScreeningKoolhaas Houselife, 7:00PM FLEETWOOD'S Homeoffice (immersive performance experience), 8:00PM

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FLOOD GALLERY FINE ART CENTER True Home Open Mic, 6:30PM FUNKATORIUM Hot Club of Asheville, 6:00PM ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Danny Schmidt, 7:00PM The Claire Lynch Band, 8:30PM

SLY GROG LOUNGE The Speak Easy Story Slam presents: "Suspended", 7:00PM Meth, Tongues of Fire, Top Chef, 10:00PM SOVEREIGN KAVA Grateful Dead Night w/ members of Phuncle Sam, 8:00PM STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE Acoustic Jam, 6:30PM

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Bluegrass Jam, 7:00PM

THE 63 TAPHOUSE Free Pool Thursdays, 4:00PM

LAZY DIAMOND 80's INVASION, 10:00PM

THE BARRELHOUSE Ter-rific Trivia, 7:00PM

LOCAL 604 BOTTLE SHOP Vinyl Party (bring your to share!), 8:00PM ODDITORIUM Drag Benefit, 9:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Mitch's Totally Rad Trivia, 7:00PM ORCHARD AT ALTAPASS Sound Traveler, 1:45PM PULP Slice of Life Comedy Open Mic hosted by Cody Hughes, 9:00PM

THE GREY EAGLE Hunter Begley, 6:00PM Mike and the Moonpies w/ Grey Payne and The Piedmont Boys, 9:00PM THE IMPERIAL LIFE The Roaring Lions (jazz), 9:00PM

THE MOTHLIGHT Yowler, 9:00PM TOWN PUMP Redleg Husky, 10:00PM WILD WING CAFE SOUTH Acoustic Karaoke Thursdays, 6:00PM

PILLAR ROOFTOP BAR Xpresso, 7:00PM

ZAMBRA Kessler Watson, (jazz), 7:00PM

PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Eric Congdon Electric Trio, 8:00PM POLANCO RESTAURANT Ultra Lounge: Food, Music, Lounge w/ DJ Phantome Pantone, 10:00PM

THIS WEEK AT AVL MUSIC HALL & THE ONE STOP!!!

SANCTUARY BREWING CO. Todd Hoke, 7:00PM

FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREWPUB J.J. Hipps and the Hideaway (blues), 10:00PM

ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Vince Junior Band (refreshingly soulful blues), 8:00PM

FUNKATORIUM The Pitching Fits, 8:00PM

ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Living Light, A Hundred Drums & Morphonic, 10:00PM BATTERY PARK BOOK EXCHANGE Dinah's Daydream (Gypsy jazz), 7:00PM BEN'S TUNE UP DJ Kilby Spinning Vinyl, 10:00PM BLACK MOUNTAIN CENTER FOR THE ARTS R. Buckminster Fuller: The History (and Mystery) of the Universe, 7:30PM BLUE GHOST BREWING COMPANY Mr Jimmy at the Blue Ghost Brewing Co, 7:00PM

THE MARKET PLACE RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE Bob Zullo (rock, pop, jazz, blues), 7:00PM

PACK'S TAVERN Jeff Anders Duo (acoustic rock), 8:00PM

ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Living Light, A Hundred Drums & Morphonic, 10:00 P.M.

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

5 WALNUT WINE BAR Jesse Barry & The Jam, (Blues/funk), 9:00PM AMBROSE WEST Charlie Traveler Presents: Jennifer Hartswick (of Trey's band!) & Nick Cassarino Duo, 8:00PM

HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Phat Lip, 7:00PM ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Chuck Brodsky w/ Chris Rosser, 7:00PM Jonathan Kreisberg Quartet, 8:30PM

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Asheville’s longest running live music venue • 185 Clingman Ave TICKETS AVAILABLE AT HARVEST RECORDS & THEGREYEAGLE.COM

De’rumba w/ dj malinalli Friday, September 6th 9:30pm-2am @ South Slope

FRIDAY NIGHT GET DOWN

ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Free Dead Fridays feat. members of Phuncle Sam acoustic, 5:30PM First Fridays w/ Dirty Dead, 10:00PM

w/ COUSIN TL

Friday, September 13th 8pm-Midnight @ South Slope

ORANGE PEEL Oath and Honor CD Release Show w/ Amnesis, A World of Lies, and Fools Generation, 7:00PM

Check our website for our monthly rotation of Friday Night DJ’s

ORCHARD AT ALTAPASS Debbie Young on Stage, 1:45PM

24 BUXTON AVE • 210 HAYWOOD RD

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Side Hustle

Dirty Dead FRI, 9/6 - SHOW: 10 pm (DOORS: 9 pm) - tix : $15

JODY CARROLL

SUN THE MOTHLIGHT PRESENTS:

W/ GREG PAYNE AND THE PIEDMONT BOYS

LOCAL 604 BOTTLE SHOP RD Johnston, 8:00PM

NEW BELGIUM BREWERY Rye, 5:30PM

FLEETWOOD'S Glove, Kitty Tsunami, BEX, 9:00PM

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LAZY DIAMOND Slayed & Fade w/ DJ Ethan M (rockers & soul), 10:00PM

CAPELLA ON 9 @ THE AC HOTEL DJ Dance Party w/ Phantom Pantone DJ Collective (rotating DJ's), 9:00PM

FINES CREEK COMMUNITY CENTER Fines Creek Heritage Fair and Music Festival, 12:00PM

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LAZOOM ROOM LaZoom Comedy: Rob Christensen Night One, 9:00PM

MAD CO BREW HOUSE Sarah Tucker, 6:00PM

DOUBLE CROWN Rotating Rock 'n' Soul DJs, 10:00PM

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JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Irish Session, 3:00PM Resonant Rogues, 9:00PM

BOLD ROCK HARD CIDER Canaan Cox, 6:00PM

CORK & KEG The Gypsy Swingers, 8:30PM

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6

GINGER'S REVENGE Nick Gonnering & Jack Sielaff (soulful folk and blues), 7:30PM

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SAT, 9/7 - SHOW: 10 pm (DOORS: 8 pm) - adv : $10 dos : $15

SAT 9/7 - SHOW: 10 pm [JAM/ROCK/FUNK] CA$H DONATION$ @ THE DOOR

IT'S BACK! World Famous

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ft. Aaron Woody Woody, Sufi Brothers & Bald Mountain Boys STARTING, SUNDAY 9/810:30AM-3PM

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COMING SOON WED 9/4 6:00PM–ISIS LAWN SERIES WITH THE KNOTTY G’S 7:00PM–A DIFFERENT THREAD

THU 9/5 6:00PM–ISIS LAWN SERIES WITH RAHM & FRIENDS 7:00PM–DANNY SCHMIDT 8:30PM–THE CLAIRE LYNCH BAND RETURNS TO ASHEVILLE!

FRI 9/6 7:00PM–CHUCK BRODSKY WITH CHRIS ROSSER

SANCTUARY BREWING CO. Brother Bluebird, 8:00PM Forsaken Profits, Stand Defiant, Carbon Bandit (punk, metal), 9:00PM SLY GROG LOUNGE Rock the Sly Grog: Black Star Sanctuary: Penny:The Evening Chimes, 9:00PM SOVEREIGN KAVA Kevin "Kalimbaman" Spears, 9:00PM STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE Laura Thurston, 6:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Purple People Party, 9:00PM THE GREY EAGLE Black Garter Revue Presents - A Tribute To Queen, 10:00PM

JONATHAN KREISBERG 7:00PM–JONATHAN KREISBERG QUARTET SAT 9/7 7:00PM–MICHAEL RENO HARRELL 8:30PM–MISSY RAINES BAND WITH AUBREY EISENMAN & THE CLYDES

SUN 9/8 6:00PM–STILLHOUSE JUNKIES 7:30PM–AN EVENING OF SONG WITH JOE JENCKS AND SI KAHN

TUE 9/10 7:30PM–TUES. BLUEGRASS HOSTED BY JIGJAM

WED 9/11

6:00PM–LAWN SERIES W/ HOT CLUB OF ASHEVILLE 7:00PM–THOMAS STRAYHORN 8:30PM–BRAD BYRD WITH REV JUSTIN HYLTON AND GYPSY & ME

THU 9/12

6:00PM–ISIS LAWN SERIES W/ WHISTLEPIG 7PM–AN ACOUSTIC EXPERIENCE W/ KYLE NACHTIGAL

8:30PM–JASON MCCUE AND ADMIRAL RADIO

SAT 9/14 7PM–AMICIMUSIC PRESENTS “UNDER THE MOON & STARS”

8:30PM–THE ALIEN MUSIC CLUB PRESENTS: THE BRITISH ARE COMING

THE IMPERIAL LIFE Select DJ Sets, 9:00PM DJ Dance Party feat.

Phantom Pantone, 10:00PM THE MAGNETIC THEATRE The Magnetic Theatre presents: THE BAGGAGE PLAYS: Crazy Bag and Carry On, 7:30PM THE MOTHLIGHT Rosenau & Sanborn, 9:00PM THE OMNI GROVE PARK INN Andrew J. Fletcher (solo jazz piano), 2:30PM TIGER MOUNTAIN Tiger Dance Party Nights, 10:00PM URBAN ORCHARD CIDER CO. SOUTH SLOPE De' Rumba Dance Party w/ DJ Malinalli, 9:00PM ZAMBRA Jason Moore, (jazz), 8:00PM

SUN 9/15 6:00PM–PRETTY LITTLE GOAT 7:30PM–JOE HERTLER & THE RAINBOW SEEKERS WITH LOS ELK

ISISASHEVILLE.COM DINNER MENU TIL 9:30PM LATE NIGHT MENU TIL 12AM

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 27 CLUB End of Summer Beach Party, 8:00PM 5 WALNUT WINE BAR The Roots & Dore Band, (blues, roots), 9:00PM

AMBROSE WEST Urban Soil w/ The Freewheelin’ Mamas, 8:30 PM ASHEVILLE CLUB Mr. Jimmy, 4:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Swing Step band, 5:00PM Jody Carroll, 8:00PM ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Contraforce, 8:00PM ASHEVILLE YACHT CLUB Iggy Radio, 3:00PM BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE CONFERENCE HALL American Icons: Hendersonville Symphony Orchestra, 7:30PM BOLD ROCK HARD CIDER The Rewind House Band, 6:00PM CORK & KEG The Big Dawg Slingshots, 8:30PM DOUBLE CROWN Soul Motion Dance Party w/ DJ Dr. Filth, 10:00PM DOWNTOWN MORGANTON 38th Annual Morganton Festival, 9:00AM FLEETWOOD'S Two Step Night w/ Vaden Landers Band!, 8:00PM Punk Karaoke, 10:00PM FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREWPUB Shabudikah (jam, funk), 10:00PM FUNKATORIUM Cymatic, 8:00PM GINGER'S REVENGE Emily Musolino (soul, blues, rock), 2:30PM HENDERSONVILLE COUNTRY CLUB Wags to Riches, 6:00PM HIGLAND BREWING COMPANY The Remarks, (indie, rock), 7:00PM ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Michael Reno Harrell, 7:00PM Missy Raines Band w/ Aubrey Eisenman & The Clydes, 8:30PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Old Time Jam, 3:00PM Chris Jamison's Ghost, 9:00PM LAZOOM ROOM LaZoom Comedy: Rob Christensen Night Two 9:30PM

LAZY DIAMOND Slushie Saturdays w/ Los Dos Krektones (instro-surf rock), 2:30PM Raw Funk, Stomp, Rock, Groove, & Skank w/ DJ The Bogart, 10:00PM

THE GREY EAGLE Tricia Tripp & JP Parsons (of Hearts Gone South), 3:00PM Supersuckers: 20th Anniversary of "The Evil Powers of Rock & Roll", 9:00PM

MOE'S ORIGINAL BBQ WOODFIN Gary MacFiddle and Friends, 7:00PM

THE MOTHLIGHT Strand of Oaks w/ Apex Manor, 9:00PM

ODDITORIUM Party Foul Drag Circus, 9:00PM

TIGER MOUNTAIN Tiger Dance Party Nights, 10:00PM

ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL First Saturday w/ Uncle Kurtis and Harry & the Hootenannies, 6:00PM Side Hustle, 10:00PM

TRYON INTERNATIONAL EQUESTRIAN CENTER Tryon Resort’s Saturday Night Lights (music, carousel, face painting), 6:00PM

ORANGE PEEL Penny & Sparrow w/ Caroline Spence, 9:00PM ORCHARD AT ALTAPASS Dollar Brothers & Bearwallow, 1:00PM PACK'S TAVERN Gotcha Groove (popular rock & party hits), 9:30PM PISGAH BREWING COMPANY The Remarks, 7:00PM POLANCO RESTAURANT Ultra Lounge: Food, Music, Lounge w/ DJ Phantome Pantone, 10:00PM

TWISTED LAUREL DJ Dance Party w/ Phantom Pantone DJ Collective (rotating DJ's), 11:00PM

WICKED WEED WEST WW West: Haley Gehrke & Ashton McKinley, 5:00PM WILD WING CAFE Karaoke at the Wing, 9:00PM ZAMBRA Dinah's Daydream, (Gypsy jazz), 8:00PM

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Roots & Dore, (blues, roots), 7:00PM

SANCTUARY BREWING CO. Hope Griffin, 8:00PM

ARCHETYPE BREWING Post-Brunch Blues, 4:00PM

SLY GROG LOUNGE The Minnies, prettypretty, Star 70, 9:00PM

ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Classical Guitar Society Meeting 1:00PM Pot Luck & Musician's Jam, 3:00PM

STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE The Mug, 6:00PM THE 63 TAPHOUSE Karaoke, 9:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Rock the Block Family Showcase, 8:00PM Community Salsa/ Latin Dance Night w/ DJ Edi Fuentes (salsa lesson at 9 PM), 9:00PM

Downtown on the Park Eclectic Menu • Over 30 Taps • Patio 15 TV’s • Sports Room • 110” Projector Event Space • Shuffleboard Open 7 Days 11am - Late Night WE

H AV E FO O O N O U R T BA L L 15 SCREENS!

THU. 9/5 Jeff Anders Duo (acoustic rock)

FRI. 9/6 DJ RexxStep

(dance hits, pop)

SAT. 9/7 Gotcha Groove

(popular rock & party covers)

UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Jarvis Jenkins Band, 9:00PM

SALVAGE STATION Mix 96.5's Dog Day Afternoon, 12:00PM The Fritz w/ E.S.B horns & People's Blues of Richmond, 9:00PM

SOVEREIGN KAVA The Kavalactones (space rock, drip noise), 9:00PM Tres Leches (3 Milk): An Evening of Experimental Music, 9:00PM

TAVERN

ASHEVILLE YACHT CLUB Iggy Radio, 3:00PM BEN'S TUNE UP Good Vibes Sunday w/ The Luv Boat, 6:00PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Larry Dolamore, 7:00PM BOLD ROCK HARD CIDER Bluegrass Brunch, 12:00PM BYWATER Sunday Bywater Bluegrass Jam, 4:00PM

20 S. Spruce St. • 225.6944 packStavern.com

heville Movie Guys s A e h t n i o J for the next Movie Night!

The evening includes a brief introduction by the Asheville Movie Guys, Bruce C. Steele and Edwin Arnaudin of AshevilleMovies.com, as well as a lively discussion with the audience after the credits.

SOME LIKE IT HOT Mon., 9/9, 7pm • Fine Arts Theatre 36 Biltmore Ave., Asheville

It’s Bruce’s 60th birthday and we’re celebrating with a 60th anniversary screening of the Billy Wilder comedy classic.

There will be cake and the night doubles as a benefit for MANNA FoodBank.

Xpress readers who say “Sugar” at the box office receive a discounted ticket price of $6.50 per person.

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Local UPCOMING SHOWS: DOORS 7PM

JENNIFER HARTSWICK

SHOW 8PM

DOORS 8PM

URBAN SOIL

SHOW 8:30PM

TREY'S BAND!) SEPT & NICK(OFCASSARINO SEPT DUO 6 6 PRESENTED BY CHARLIE TRAVELER

SEPT 7

DOORS 7PM

WITH THE FREEWHEELIN' MAMAS

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RAIN OR SHINE: Indie-rock outfit Showers on Mars is celebrating the recent release of The Bright Side, tracked at Falling Waters Recording Studio in Brevard. The Asheville trio (Derrick Pace on vocals and guitar, Enrique Salazar on drums and percussion and Josh Warren on bass) says, “Creating music has always been about connecting with people. Our goal has always been to move people both emotionally and physically.”

The debut album is heavy on positive vibes with sunny reggae roots. Showers on Mars plays Wild Wing Cafe in Arden on Wednesday, Sept. 11, at 8:30 p.m. Free. avl.mx/6h9.

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Through most of his stellar musical career, David Crosby was not a nice person, and he’s largely OK with that. Such is the running theme of this documentary on the singer-songwriter, most famous as a member of The Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash (and sometimes Young).

The 95-minute film, directed by A.J. Eaton and produced by Cameron Crowe (the chief interviewer), doesn’t even pretend to cover Crosby’s entire life, instead highlighting pivotal moments (forming CSN, dating Joni Mitchell, doing jail time for drugs) while almost entirely ignoring some major milestones (his at least three biological children, his decadeslong success as a duo with Graham Nash).

The interviews with Crosby are frank and revealing and no doubt guided the filmmakers’ wise choices, and the coverage of a recent solo tour is steeped in late-life desperation. When Crosby says early on that he’s the only member of CSNY who never penned a hit song, it’s both surprising and revealing — he’s still bitter, still nursing self-doubt.

Equally honest on camera are Stephen Stills and Nash, the latter perhaps the last person — save for Crosby’s devoted wife, Jan (also interviewed) — to give up on

BRUCE STEELE bcsteele@gmail.com him. Crosby makes no excuses for treating people terribly and ruining his and others’ lives with his incessant drug use, but he does acknowledge the damage in his wake.

David Crosby: Remember My Name (the title comes from an early solo album) isn’t a CNN-style primer on its subject as much as a case study in talent given early means to excess and abuse. As such, it’s a remarkable achievement.

Starts Sept. 6 at Grail Moviehouse REVIEWED BY BRUCE STEELE BCSTEELE@GMAIL.COM

After the Wedding HS DIRECTOR: Bart Freundlich PLAYERS: Michelle Williams, Julianne Moore, Billy Crudup DRAMA/REMAKE RATED PG-13 When Michelle Williams can’t quite get an emotional grip on a character, you know there’s something amiss. In After the Wedding, Williams plays Isabel, whom we first meet in India, where she helps run an orphanage. She heads to New York City for a meeting with Theresa (Julianne Moore), a successful entrepreneur who’s dangling a seven-figure donation to the children’s home. The wedding of the title is for Theresa’s daughter, Grace (Abby Quinn). Isabel attends and is dumbfounded to encounter Theresa’s semifamous avant-garde artist husband, Oscar (Billy Crudup, on cruise control), with whom she has a history.

The movie’s series of grand revelations involving these characters will be familiar to anyone who saw Susanne Bier’s 2006 Danish film of the same name, in which the Isabel and Theresa characters were men, connected by a woman. The gender swap makes perfect sense in this remake, adapted and directed by Bart Freundlich (Moore’s husband). But his at-a-distance filmmaking — replete with unnecessary drone shots — and dull dialogue don’t do justice to the fraught situation.

Moore’s role in particular is missing the poignancy it should project, leaving the actress cool and controlling but without the vulnerability necessary to make Theresa sympathetic. Isabel, on the other hand, is admirable but powerless — not a good fit for Williams, who was so volcanic in F/X’s recent “Fosse/Verdon” minise-

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ries. After the Wedding aims to knock you off your feet with its twists and Big Emotions, but it’s the movie that ends up stumbling to its finish.

Now playing at Grail Moviehouse REVIEWED BY BRUCE STEELE BCSTEELE@GMAIL.COM

Bennett’s War HHHS DIRECTOR: Alex Ranarivelo PLAYERS: Michael Roark, Trace Adkins, Ali Afshar DRAMA/ACTION RATED PG-13 It’s difficult to tell sometimes if the “family-friendly” label serves to bless or curse a decent movie. But tuned to the frequency of rad sports films of the past, the accessible Bennett’s War holds itself together nicely.

Opening on the highlands of Afghanistan, Alex Ranarivelo’s latest feature introduces Sgt. Marshall Bennett (Michael Roark, Beauty and the Beast), who sidestepped a bright career in motocross to ride dirt bikes for the Army.

(Can’t get more than rad than that!) The early combat action proves to be lacking, however, as computer-generated muzzle flashes and blood splatter come off as somewhat unintentionally funny.

But despite its title, Bennett’s War is not a war movie. Rather, it’s a new entry in the against-all-odds subgenre of sports flicks. Here, the broken soldier returns home and conquers doubt and injury to prove he still has the stuff of champions.

Roark takes the slightly underwritten Marshall and fills the voids with gritty leading-man charm. Likewise, country singer Trace Adkins mixes a surprisingly good cocktail out of lesser ingredients, playing grizzled father and emotional rock for Bennett and his stressed-out wife, Sophie (Allison Paige, “Days of Our Lives”). Meanwhile, no sports film is complete without the wiser, older trainer figure, a role filled here by the film’s producer, Ali Afshar. He steps up as Cyrus, the story’s resident sage and dirt bike shop proprietor, and delivers some easy quips along the way.

Wasting not a moment on long, emotional close-ups, you won’t confuse the performances in this movie for Oscar bait. But they move the plot along so

we can get back to the dirt bike action without delay.

While Bennett’s War provides everything needed for a solid sports movie, there are a few missing pieces that would have helped it break from the pack, such as an original song (see: Rocky, “Gonna Fly Now”) and an extended training montage.

Nevertheless, Bennett and family cross the finish line in good shape.

REVIEWED BY CHRIS MAIORANA STANORDAN@GMAIL.COM

Brittany Runs a Marathon HHHH DIRECTOR: Paul Downs Colaizzo PLAYERS: Jillian Bell, Jennifer Dundas, Lil Rel Howery COMEDY/DRAMA RATED R Brittany Runs a Marathon is an inspiring dramedy with a lot of heart.

The film centers on Brittany Forgler (Jillian Bell, 22 Jump Street), a 20-something party animal with a toxic lifestyle who takes up running to improve her health.

Written and directed by firsttime feature filmmaker Paul Downs Colaizzo, the movie succeeds thanks to Bell’s charismatic portrayal of someone trying to get her life together. Brittany is a mess not only with regards to her physical health, but also in terms of her mental and emotional states. Seeing her work toward a better existence through sheer dedication elicits awe and respect, while her desire to run a 26.2-mile race and the victories she achieves toward reaching this goal are tear-inducing. As portrayed by Bell, Brittany is easy to like and empathize with, as well as funny and frustrating. More importantly, she feels like a real person.

Weight consciousness is featured prominently in Brittany Runs a Marathon, exhibiting just how damaging fat shaming can be. Brittany is both criticized for her weight and critical of the weight of others, which posits her as both the abuser and the abused — dual roles that depict the issue honestly and make several scenes difficult to watch. The script likewise brings to life the actions of friends and family who constitute her support system and stresses in a manner neither harsh nor coddling that, even with outside help, her battles are primarily internal.

Thoroughly heartfelt and with only a few flaws, Brittany Runs a Marathon is a true feelgood film and deserves to be

seen for its copious laughs and inspiring message.

Starts Sept. 6 at the Fine Arts Theatre REVIEWED BY CAMERON ALLISON CAMERONRTALLISON@GMAIL.COM

Don’t Let Go HHS DIRECTOR: Jacob Estes PLAYERS: David Oyelowo, Storm Reid, Mykelti Williamson THRILLER/FANTASY RATED R

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For nearly an hour, Don’t Let Go overachieves and gives viewers hope that the film might actually make its wacky premise work.

While LAPD Detective Jack Radcliff (David Oyelowo, Selma) attempts to solve the gruesome death of his brother Garret (Brian Tyree Henry, Widows), sister-in-law Susan (Shinelle Azoroh) and niece Ashley (Storm Reid, A Wrinkle in Time) — the latter of whom can magically phone her uncle from another timeline, hours before the murder — the absurdity of the situation fades as the film transforms into an emotional race against time.

In tandem with the strong performances from the above players, the intriguing writing and sufficiently exciting direction

Brittany Runs a Marathon (R) HHHH David Crosby: Remember My Name (R) HHHHS (Pick of the Week)

by Edwin Arnaudin | earnaudin@mountainx.com Formed last October as a nonprofit bimonthly series, Pisgah Film Project soon saw its screenings in downtown

CURRENTLY IN THEATERS 47 Meters Down: Uncaged (PG-13) HHH After the Wedding (PG-13) HS Angel Has Fallen (R) HHS The Angry Birds Movie 2 (PG) HHHHS The Art of Racing in the Rain (PG) HHHH Bennett’s War (PG-13)HHHS Blinded by the Light (PG-13) HHH Don’t Let Go (R) HHS Dora and the Lost City of Gold (PG) HH The Farewell (PG) HHHHS Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (PG-13) HHHHH Godzilla: King of the Monsters (PG-13) HH Good Boys (R) HHHH Honeyland (NR) HHHH The Lion King (PG) HHH Maiden (PG) HHHHS Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood (R) HHHHS One Child Nation (R) HHHH The Peanut Butter Falcon (PG-13) HHHS Ready or Not (R) HHHH Rocketman (R) HHHH Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (PG-13) HHH The Secret Lives of Pets 2 (PG) HHHS Spider-Man: Far From Home (PG-13) HHHH Toy Story 4 (G) HHHHS

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JUST ANNOUNCED It: Chapter 2 (R) 27 years after its first encounter with Pennywise, the Losers Club returns to Derry, Maine.

from Jacob Estes (Mean Creek) are also enough to attract the high-wattage talent of Alfred Molina for a day of work as Jack’s superior officer and Mykelti Williamson (Fences) as a trusted colleague.

But once answers regarding the mystery begin to arise, Don’t Let Go devolves into a cliché-filled final stretch, complete with lengthy Bond-villain exposition, in which the antagonist’s drawn-out, violent actions come off especially cruel and empty. It’s a lousy end to what had been a promising handling of strange material — and lands with too much of a thud to warrant a recommendation.

HOMESTYLE: Pisgah Film Project Executive Director Philip Henry opens Pisgah Film House in downtown Brevard on Sept. 5. Photo by MacKenzie Henry Brevard’s DFR Room sell out and its attendees craving more frequent shows.

That wish will be fulfilled on Thursday, Sept. 5, when the Pisgah Film House opens at 114 W. Main St., with first-run films screening each Thursday-Sunday.

The first selection is the acclaimed sailing documentary Maiden.

FILM ANATTASATI MAGGA MOVIE NIGHT • WE (9/11), 6-9pm - Departures, film screening hosted by Anattasati Magga. Free. Held at

Zen Center of Asheville, 5 Ravenscroft, 3rd Floor FREE FILM SCREENING • TH (9/5), 7pm Koolhaas Houselife, film screening. Free to attend. Held at Fine Arts Theatre, 36 Biltmore Ave.

In addition to the new releases, Executive Director Philip Henry also plans to host “lots of free screenings and film-related community events.” Among them is the Reel Transylvania series, which starts later in September with the documentary The Biggest Little Farm and a post-screening discussion featuring local farmers. PFP also launched a membership program in early August with perks such as reduced ticket prices and discounts at other art houses, and the response has already exceeded Henry’s expectations.

True to its name, the Pisgah Film House offers an intimate setting in which to view movies. Though the architecture of the modest space resulted in less seating than Henry would prefer, he’s optimistic about providing “more of a community space feeling than a cinema” — complete with a free city parking lot next door — and is excited to build on a successful first year.

“The main thing I learned is that Brevard has some really passionate cinephiles, even more than I suspected,” Henry says. “My hope for Pisgah Film Project is that it’s more akin to a public library than a movie theater, that the relationship between us and our community is less transactional and more conversational. That’s why I’m so energized by the community events we have planned.” pisgahfilm.org X

‘GUARDIANS OF OUR TROUBLED WATERS’ • TU (9/10), 6-7:30pm - Guardians of Our Troubled Waters, film screening. Free. Held at Transylvania County Library, 212 S. Gaston St., Brevard

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FREEWILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19): John Muir (1838-1914) was skilled at creating and using machinery. In his 20s, he diligently expressed those aptitudes. But at age 27, while working in a carriage parts factory, he suffered an accident that blinded him. For several months, he lay in bed, hoping to recuperate. During that time, Muir decided that if his sight returned, he would thereafter devote it to exploring the beauty of the natural world.

The miracle came to pass, and for the rest of his life he traveled and explored the wilds of North America, becoming an influential naturalist, author and early environmentalist. I’d love to see you respond to one of your smaller setbacks — much less dramatic than Muir’s! — with comparable panache, Aries.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Of all the children on the planet, 3% live in the U.S. And yet American children are in possession of 40% of the world’s toys. In accordance with astrological omens, I hereby invite you to be like an extravagant American child in the coming weeks.

You have cosmic permission to seek maximum fun and treat yourself to zesty entertainment and lose yourself in uninhibited laughter and wow yourself with beguiling games and delightful gizmos. It’s playtime!

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The ama are Japanese women whose job it is to dive to the sea bottom and fetch oysters bearing pearls. The water is usually cold, and the workers use no breathing apparatus, depending instead on specialized techniques to hold their breath. I propose we make them your inspirational role models. The next few weeks will be a favorable time, metaphorically speaking, for you to descend into the depths in quest of valuables and inspirations.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Renowned Cancerian neurologist Oliver Sacks believed that music and gardens could be vital curative agents, as therapeutic as pharmaceuticals. My personal view is that walking in nature can be as medicinal as working and lolling in a garden. As for music, I would extend his prescription to include singing and dancing as well as listening. I’m also surprised that Sacks didn’t give equal recognition to the healing power of touch, which can be wondrously rejuvenating, either in its erotic or non-erotic forms.

I bring these thoughts to your attention because I suspect the coming weeks will be a Golden Age of non-pharmaceutical healing for you. I’m not suggesting that you stop taking the drugs you need to stay healthy; I simply mean that music, nature and touch will have an extra-sublime impact on your well-being.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “When you’re nailing a custard pie to the wall, and it starts to wilt, it doesn’t do any good to hammer in more nails.” So advised novelist Wallace Stegner. I hope I’m delivering his counsel in time to dissuade you from even trying to nail a custard pie to the wall — or an omelet or potato chip or taco, for that matter. What might be a better use of your energy? You could use the nails to build something that will actually be useful to you.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “I hid my deepest feelings so well I forgot where I placed them,” wrote author Amy Tan. My Scorpio friend Audrey once made a similar confession: “I buried my secrets so completely from the prying curiosity of other people that I lost track of them myself.” If either of those descriptions apply to you, Scorpio, the coming weeks will be an excellent time to secure a remedy. You’ll have extra power and luck if you commune with and celebrate your hidden feelings and buried secrets.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “No Eden valid without serpent.” Novelist Wallace Stegner wrote that pithy riff. I think it’s a good motto for you to use in the immediate future. How do you interpret it?

Here’s what I think. As you nourish your robust vision of paradise-on-earth, and as you carry out the practical actions that enable you to manifest that vision, it’s wise to have some creative irritant in the midst of it.

That bug, that question, that tantalizing mystery is the key to keeping you honest and discerning. It gives credibility and gravitas to your idealistic striving.

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EMPLOYMENT CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The coco de mer is a palm tree that grows in the Seychelles. Its seed is huge, weighing as much as 40 pounds and having a diameter of 19 inches. The seed takes seven years to grow into its mature form, then takes an additional two years to germinate. Everything I just said about the coco de mer seed reminds me of you, Capricorn. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you’ve been working on ripening an awesome seed for a long time, and are now in the final phase before it sprouts. The Majestic Budding may not fully kick in until 2020, but I bet you’re already feeling the enjoyable, mysterious pressure.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): If you visualize what ancient Rome looked like, it’s possible you draw on memories of scenes you’ve seen portrayed in movies. The blockbuster film Gladiator, starring Russell Crowe and directed by Ridley Scott, may be one of those templates. The weird thing is that Gladiator, as well as many other such movies, were inspired by the grandiose paintings of the ancient world done by Dutch artist Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836–1912). And in many ways, his depictions were not at all factual. I bring this to your attention, Leo, in the hope that it will prod you to question the accuracy and authenticity of your mental pictures. The coming weeks will be a favorable time to get fuzzy and incorrect memories into closer alignment with the truth, and to shed any illusions that might be distorting your understanding of reality.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): If you throw a pool ball or a bronze Buddha statue at a window, the glass will break. In fact, the speed at which it fractures could reach 3,000 miles per hour. Metaphorically speaking, your mental blocks and emotional obstacles are typically not as crackable. You may smack them with your angry probes and bash them with your desperate pleas, yet have little or no effect. But I suspect that in the coming weeks, you’ll have much more power than usual to shatter those vexations. So I hereby invite you to hurl your strongest blasts at your mental blocks and emotional obstacles. Don’t be surprised if they collapse at unexpectedly rapid speeds.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I don’t know if the coming weeks will be an Anais Nin phase for you. But they could be if you want them to. It’s up to you whether you’ll dare to be as lyrical, sensual, deep, expressive and emotionally rich as she was. In case you decide that YES, you will, here are quotes from Nin that might serve you well. 1. It is easy to love and there are so many ways to do it. 2. My mission, should I choose to accept it, is to find peace with exactly who and what I am. 3. I am so thirsty for the marvelous that only the marvelous has power over me. Anything I can not transform into something marvelous, I let go. 4. Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. 5. It was while helping others to be free that I gained my own freedom.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In the 13th century, the Italian city of Bologna was serious about guarding the integrity of its cuisine. In 1250, the cheese guild issued a decree proclaiming, “If you make fake mortadella . . . your body will be stretched on the rack three times, you will be fined 200 gold coins, and all the food you make will be destroyed.” I appreciate such devotion to purity and authenticity and factualness. And I recommend that in the coming weeks, you commit to comparable standards in your own sphere. Don’t let your own offerings be compromised or corrupted. The same with the offerings you receive from other people. Be impeccable.

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Strong communication, organizational, and time management skills are required. The Intake Specialist will provide crisis line support and in-person intake to survivors of trauma at the Buncombe County Family Justice Center. Duties will include communication of highly detailed information to people in crisis, database entry and coordination of services among multiple providers. Candidates must have a Bachelor's degree and 2 years of experience with domestic violence victim advocacy, public health or a related field.

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LEGAL NOTICES CASE NUMBER: 19FL00310FL SUMMONS (Parentage—Custody and Support) NOTICE TO RESPONDENT (Name): ELMA ANTUNES Petitioner's name: ALFONSO ARMENTA You have been sued. You have 30 calendar days after this Summons and Petition are served on you to file a Response (form FL-220 or FL-270) at the court and have a copy served on the petitioner. A letter, phone call. or court appearance will not protect you.. If you do not file your Response on time, the court may make orders affecting your right to custody of your children. You may also be ordered to pay child support and attorney fees and costs. For legal advice, contact a lawyer immediately. Get help finding a lawyer at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courts. cagov/selfhelp), at the California Legal Services website (www.lawhelpca.org), or by contacting your local bar association.

NOTICE: The restraining order on page 2 remains in effect against each parent until the petition is dismissed, or the court makes further orders. This order is enforceable anywhere in California by any law enforcement officer who has received or seen a copy of it. FEE WAIVER: If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form. The court may order you to pay back all or part of the fees and costs that the court waived for you or the other party.

1. The name and address of the court are: Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, 312-C East Cook Street, Santa Maria, California, 93454 2. The name, address, and telephone number of petitioner‘s attorney, or petitioner without an attorney, are: Alfonso Armenta, In Pro Per, 3496 Pinewood Rd, Santa Maria, CA 93455 805-585-3828 Date: FEB 14 2019 Clerk, by M. HILL, PUB: (9/4/19, 9/11/19, 9/18/19, 9/25/19) MOUNTAIN XPRESS

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MIND, BODY, SPIRIT

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16 “Arr, matey! So ye seek buried treasure to fill yer ship’s hull? Well, the first clue is easy. Just ___”

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edited by Will Shortz 19 Muscleman with a mohawk 20 Clip 21 Wintry chill 22 “At yer next clue already? Then off to the races!

Now turn toward the dawn and go ___” 27 Portfolio options, for short 28 Venmo transfer, e.g.

29 Member of a raiding party 33 Like universal recipients 36 “Dies ___” (hymn) 37 Marauder’s tool 39 Vagabond 40 Like an American in Paris 43 Companywide info-sharing system 46 Dennis of “The Alamo” 48 Pond swimmer 49 “Aye, the treasure be heavy, so flex yer biceps! With this third clue, turn right and go ___”

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puzzle by Dan Caprera 55 Folk rocker DiFranco 56 Singer Black 57 1930s Depressionfighting org.

58 “‘X’ marks the spot! Grab a spade! Dance a jig! Here’s the very last clue.

Proceed ___” 63 ___ York (biggest city in los Estados Unidos) 64 Farm female 65 Grab, as booty 66 H.S. exam 67 Sound from a punctured tire 68 Schlep

DOWN 1 Colorful aquarium swimmer 2 Babysitters’ banes 3 Francis Drake, for one 4 Pirate’s parrot, e.g.

5 Where the National Institutes of Health is headquartered

6 It’s gathered during recon 7 “Act your age!”

8 Roast V.I.P.s 9 ___ Island (storied site of buried treasure) 10 Officer’s baton 11 Skateboarding maneuver 12 Salinger heroine 15 Swiss range 17 City on the Nile 18 Build 23 Preschool punishment 24 Refrain syllable 25 Settle up 26 It covers a lot of ground 29 Surveillance org.

30 Magic 8 Ball, e.g.

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42 Things hurled at the Olympics 44 Like John Tyler, among all U.S. presidents 45 Univ. dorm supervisors 47 Looks closely (into) 49 Cut into planks, say 50 Best

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