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STARTS ON PAGE 17 ADVENTURE TIME Western North Carolina is a haven for the adventurous — whether you dig outdoor expeditions with your cat, liveaction role-playing, eating cricket tacos or other out-of-the box pursuits. On the cover: Emmylou, cat adventurer, at Devil’s Courthouse. COVER PHOTO Courtney Hall with Fotobycoco COVER DESIGN Scott Southwick

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10 ONWARD AND UPWARD Asheville Regional Airport plans for future growth

17 ‘BRUISED AND BEDRAGGLED’ 18 WHO LET THE CATS OUT? 21 DRESS-UP FOR GROWN-UPS

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42 NOT PLAYING IT SAFE Adventurous entertainment in Asheville

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In defense of Montford In response to Karen Ramshaw’s thought-provoking article about housing and density [“Let’s Be Honest, Asheville: Elitism and Scapegoating Won’t Solve Congestion, Affordable Housing and Sprawl,” Sept. 11, Xpress], I have to defend Montford as I would if one of my kids was attacked. I’ve lived in The Montford Historic District since 1980 and have weathered a lot of challenging situations to protect the integrity of our beautiful neighborhood. No one I know is against apartments. In fact, we have many on every block, and they are welcome neighbors. The problem with this proposed Starnes Avenue project is that it does not follow many rules in the Historic Resources Commission’s guidelines and will have a huge effect on parking. If it was smaller and more sensitive to the design guidelines and the environment (like the proposed greenway along Broadway), I think it would be welcomed. — Susan Roderick Asheville

We have chance to change direction of City Council You may recall that the citizens of Asheville overwhelmingly voted against districting in City Council elections in November 2017. Political carpetbagger Sen. Chuck Edwards, R-Henderson, and

his GOP cohorts in our nanny state legislature disregarded our collective will and will force district elections upon us. What happened to the GOP mantra of limited government that protects the individual’s right to self-determination, in this case the citizens of the city of Asheville? That’s the downside. The upside is that we have a year to identify and recruit candidates in our respective local districts to run for City Council in 2020. As a community, we have the opportunity to change the direction and priorities of City Council by electing representatives who more closely reflect our values and vision for Asheville going forward. If you’re tired of seeing downtown Asheville morphing into a gentrified concrete jungle of high-rise buildings, boutique hotels and parking garages, then elect City Council reps who will oppose those projects. If you’re tired of paying additional school taxes for a system that has failed our minority students for 20-plus years, then elect someone who will advocate for a merger with Buncombe County Schools, eliminate Asheville City Schools administration and lower your property taxes. These are just two of the issues that the community at large can effect change by electing Council members who will reflect the will of the people in their district instead of the developers and entrenched bureaucracy. — Nancy Tabel Asheville

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Let’s be honest about proposed apartments in Montford Karen Ramshaw makes several good points in [the recent] opinion piece [“Let’s Be Honest, Asheville: Elitism and Scapegoating Won’t Solve Congestion, Affordable Housing and Sprawl,” Sept. 11, Xpress], but her criticism of Montford residents’ resistance to the proposed apartment buildings on Elizabeth Place and Starnes Avenue ignores the real and far-reaching consequences of the project. As a renter who has lived in Montford for 11 years, I’m well aware of the need for more affordable housing here and throughout the city, but this particular development simply isn’t an acceptable answer. First, it violates explicit guidelines established by the Historic Resources Commission of Asheville and Buncombe County. The plan would demolish a 1940s house, remove more than 20 trees, raise the soil grade by 28 feet, and install a 19-foot retaining wall, dramatically altering the landscape of a small residential intersection. Given that the role of the HRC is to preserve the historical integrity of districts like Montford (to the point where it’s almost impossible to get permission to fix a leaking window), it seems insane that they would even consider the project, yet somehow it has remained on the meeting agenda for five months. (Could it be because nine of the 12 current members of the HRC are involved in the development industry?) Furthermore, the plan provides only 12 parking spaces for 22 rental units and removes three current on-street parking spaces, which will make an already tight situation virtually impossible in an area where many commuters from outside the neighborhood already park. Perhaps most importantly, an approval of this plan would open the door for future developers to disregard HRC policy, citing this project as precedent. This has long-term consequences for all of Montford, and I applaud my neighbors for holding the HRC to its own mission. If developers want to work in a historic district, let them come up with sensible plans that adhere to the same rules and regulations that property owners and renters have to live by. There’s nothing wrong with the appearance of the proposed buildings. There just isn’t room for a development of this size in the proposed location. Ramshaw characterizes those of us opposing the plan as elitist NIMBYs who “fight inclusion” by “weaponizing” historical guidelines to avoid the “inconveniences of growth.” But this isn’t about 6

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not wanting to deal with construction noise or a change in the view from a few people’s windows. It’s not an automatic “anti-development” move by neighbors who haven’t done their research. And it’s not about opposing multifamily structures or wanting to keep people out — we value diversity here. It’s unfortunate that Ramshaw takes such a divisive stance against one part of the city while at the same time arguing that we need to start listening to one another. For more information about this proposed development and to sign a petition to the HRC (should you be inclined), please see www.stopoverdevelopment.net/. — Meggen Lyon Asheville Editor’s note: Regarding the part of the letter about the role of the Historic Resources Commission, Xpress contacted HRC Chairman Bryan Moffitt with a summary of the letter writer’s points, and he offered the following response: “The Historic Resources Commission is a 12-member joint city/county body, whose members must have demonstrated special interest, experience or education in history, architecture, archaeology, architectural history, historic preservation, landscape architecture or a related field, in accordance with N.C. General Statutes. While some members of the HRC may work with the development community, no current members are professional developers. “To provide for due process, the HRC must hear all applications proposed within the historic overlay. Furthermore, commission members are required to follow all rules of procedure and base their decisions solely on the factual evidence presented to them in the public hearing, using the relevant design guidelines, rather than preferential opinion. “The multifamily project on Elizabeth Place has been continued for several months at the request of the applicant. This is not unusual for projects under review by the HRC and is in accordance with the commission’s rules of procedure.”

Reflexology must stay separate from massage therapy Professionally trained, certified reflexologists are being threatened with the loss of their livelihoods by the N.C. Board of Massage and Bodywork Therapy. The massage board’s attorney wants to force reflexologists and other energy bodyworkers to become licensed massage therapists in order to be “allowed” to legally practice their profession. It is like

C A R T O O N B Y B R E NT B R O W N forcing a plumber to become a licensed electrician to be legally allowed to do plumbing work. To become a certified reflexologist, one has to undergo extensive training that includes an understanding of anatomy and medical terminology. Professional reflexologists would like their certification process, training and professionalism to be honored and respected. In addition, as a separate therapy, we need to remain separate from massage therapy. Professional reflexology is a standalone, self-governed energy bodywork therapy. The American Reflexology Certification Board is a separate, national accreditation process specific to reflexology. [Reflexology is] supported by state, national and international associations. It is not massage or a subspecialty of massage. Proper reflexology does not have to hurt to be effective. The Mayo Clinic recognizes professional reflexology as a viable treatment option. Finally, all health care professionals are ethically bound to practice only in their area of training/expertise, as well as make referrals to professionals outside their scope of practice. We all have the right to our choice of health care practitioners: medicine, chiropractic, reflexology, acupuncture, massage, etc. By remaining separate from massage, we all win. Remember, all our intentions are the same: your health, healing and well-being.

A professional, trained reflexologist does no harm. Reflexology clients, for your protection, always ask for the practitioner’s credentials and training prior to a session. Contact reflexology-nc.org for more information. — Phyllis Weimar, ARCB-CR (American Reflexology Certification Board Certified Reflexologist) Black Mountain

Brother Wolf is broken There’s a major disconnect between volunteers and management at Brother Wolf Animal Rescue. I worked with Ferguson, one of the dogs euthanized recently, for almost two years. He was described as “aggressive.” With dogs, yes, but not with people. I took him to area parks, and he was friendly with all he met. He was a 2-1/2-year-old, highenergy dog who loved to run and play, go on hikes with me, ride in the car, swim in the river. A volunteer who was known to take dogs out without asking staff took him on an Outward Hounds hike on Aug. 12. He didn’t know Ferguson and took him without a muzzle (which he wore because of reactivity with other dogs). This volunteer and another man tried to force a muzzle on Ferguson while all the dogs were barking around them; he bit the MOUNTAINX.COM

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C A R T O O N B Y I R E NE O L DS guy on the leg, as any dog might under those circumstances. He was put on “bite hold” and cooped up in his run for 10 days. During that time, the “quality of life” committee (headed by Executive Director Leah Craig Fieser and Director of Operations Jesse Winters) assessed him, consulting with an outside behaviorist. Ferguson wasn’t on the quality-of-life list until his last week — not a good time to judge

the behavior of an energetic young dog that can’t get out and exercise. I wrote a letter to Leah about the Ferguson I knew; she responded with an impersonal letter saying he’d be euthanized the next day. Leah’s mission is to bring in “adoptable” dogs. She says there aren’t enough resources for rehabilitating long-stay dogs. Yet she gets a six-figure salary and recently remodeled the administrative offices. She has a “her way

or the highway” mentality: If you speak out, you’re gone. Two other volunteers and I did, and we’re gone. I’m hoping that Ferguson’s and Rhubarb’s deaths won’t be in vain. There’s a dedicated, talented group of experienced volunteers who want to do the work with the long-stay dogs. Why not let them do that and restore uncompromised compassion? — Sandra Krakowiak Asheville Editor’s note: Xpress contacted Leah Craig Fieser, executive director of Brother Wolf Animal Rescue, with a summary of the letter writer’s points and received the following response: “Animal rescue is extremely emotional work. Part of our work, as with most nonprofits, is making really hard decisions that not everyone is going to agree with. We understand that most people only have a snapshot of the whole picture and are susceptible to false information. We continue to move forward in a way that is best for the animals in our community as a whole and for the longevity of our organization, whose work has a big impact on the lives of animals in Western North Carolina. I encourage readers to check out our blog titled The Hardest Decision on our website, www.bwar.org, and to be part of the solution through adoption, fostering, volunteering or donating to causes they care about. We’re grateful to our many supporters who make Brother Wolf’s critical work possible.” X

Xpress urges clear guidelines on Buncombe records fees At the Sept. 17 regular meeting of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners, Mountain Xpress shared concerns about new fees for the fulfillment of public record requests. In a unanimous vote, the commission authorized the county’s communications office to assess special charges for requests deemed particularly extensive. Xpress had planned to offer its perspective before the board’s decision. However, at the start of the meeting, Chair Brownie Newman announced that the board would adhere to its written policy of only allowing public comment on new items at the request of at least two commissioners. The board had ignored that rule and automatically sought comment on all agenda items for at least four months prior to the meeting. Because no commissioners asked for public comment on the new fees, Xpress spoke during the general public comment period, after the changes had passed. The full transcript of those comments, deliv-

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ered by county reporter Daniel Walton, is included below. Chairman Newman and Commissioners, On behalf of the Mountain Xpress, I would like to register our concern about the new fee schedule for open records requests proposed by the Buncombe County Communications Office. We would like to draw your attention particularly to the special service charge proposed for the “excessive use of information technology resources, clerical time or supervisory assistance.” While NCGS 132-6.2 gives local governments the authority to charge such fees for providing public records, the statute provides no definition for “excessive.” Xpress has been informed by county staff that the assessment of a special fee “would be determined on a case-by-case basis,” with no specific criteria listed for that determination.

Public interest in the county’s documents has increased in the wake of revelations regarding corruption among former Buncombe officials. Xpress believes that such interest is a sign of a healthy democracy, and we are worried that the potential for county staff to arbitrarily assess a special charge without specific criteria could have a chilling effect on the public’s ability to access information about a local government entity that has repeatedly violated the public’s trust in the past. We urge that this specific language be tabled until county staff develop quantifiable guidelines for assessing a special service charge. Open records requests promote the county’s goal of transparency, and concrete guidelines will help both citizens and the media shape their requests going forward. Thank you for your consideration of this matter. X

Is North Carolina really changing? Don’t be fooled by Hendersonville’s gay pride event BY MILTON READY National Public Radio’s “Newscast” clearly thought Hendersonville’s first-ever LGBTQ+ pride event, in June, was significant. Of course media outlets, especially those in New York and Washington, D.C., are always on the lookout for any signs of a progressive pulse in Southern states. That’s particularly true for North Carolina, Georgia or Texas. But in Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama? Not really, even if they do elect a conservative Democrat as a senator or governor once every 30 or 40 years. Writing for NPR on June 22, Monique LaBorde positively gushed over the potluck picnic, which drew perhaps 500 participants. “I didn’t think it was possible,” LaBorde exclaimed. The Southern-ness of it all, especially the down-home cooking, seemed to strike her as much as the event itself. Participants came “bearing casserole dishes of homemade food,” gallons and gallons of sweet tea, and salads, lots and lots of them: bean, cucumber-potato, macaroni, carrot-and-raisin, a pea salad and several “tricolor pasta salads.” “Happy Pride Y’all” proclaimed the decoration on one yellow cake. Delicious. The Rev. Joan Saniuk gave the communal blessing, and the crowd responded with a loud “Amen!” Food and blessings go together in a very Southern, hospitable way, no matter the event. More amazing to LaBorde, though, was that no one showed up to protest: no hooded Ku Klux Klan members, no pastors or congregants from a plethora of nearby fundamentalist churches, no plus-size locals bearing signs that warned participants they would burn in hell — or, worse, have to move to California if they didn’t repent — and no pro-lifers waving signs opposing everything else in life. Why bother? In fact, the event hardly registered in Hendersonville, long a rock-solid conservative bastion and the epicenter of Mark Meadows Land in North Carolina. The 11th Congressional District is the reddest of all the gerrymandered ones in the state, and Meadows, the leader of the Freedom Caucus in Congress, is perhaps the

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“Never mind the occasional Jim Hunt or Harvey Gantt progressive blip: North Carolina remains one of the most reactionary states in the South.” nation’s most pro-Trump acolyte. If anything, the event probably generated a few more votes for him. So is Hendersonville the barometer of a changing North Carolina or its western mountain counties? Is it becoming like — gasp! — Asheville, that cesspool of sin and corruption in the mountains, a granola ghetto governed mostly by ... women? Aargh! Say it ain’t so, Mark Meadows. Don’t worry: It isn’t. Monique LaBorde was writing about Hendersonville but thinking about the Goldilocks state of Asheville where, to outsiders, things seem “just right.” It’s a fantasy mistake that’s frequently made by “foreigners” who occasionally parachute in seeking that progressive pulse. Laura Bannister, the event’s coorganizer, moved to the area from Washington, D.C., three years ago with her partner and now heads the LGBTQ Democrats of Henderson County, tolerated because of their

insignificance, not their importance. You won’t see rainbow flags adorning businesses in downtown Hendersonville — although, these days, you might glimpse an occasional defiant same-sex couple holding hands or walking together. Remember, this is North Carolina, the nation’s leader in anti-gay legislation and the state that passed a constitutional amendment in 2012 — by a nearly 2-1 margin — declaring same-sex marriages illegal. It’s the same state that unfailingly reelected Jesse Helms, probably the most homophobic senator of our time, for 30 years and, yes, the same North Carolina that enacted the infamous “bathroom legislation” to protect its citizens from all sorts of sexual predators who aren’t kin. Never mind the occasional Jim Hunt or Harvey Gantt progressive blip: North Carolina remains one of the most reactionary states in the South. Despite looming demographic shifts, misogyny, racism and nativism remain political bedrock here, and you can erect a statue in Raleigh to that (a male one, of course). Hendersonville is changing, but there’s little danger of it emulating Asheville, even if it occasionally

displays a purple or even rainbow hue. Surely some righteous echoes of “Thank goodness!” will follow that comment. The key indicator that the status quo wouldn’t change in Hendersonville, or in North Carolina, came not from the event itself but from what had happened earlier at City Hall. The day the mayor, Barbara Volk, issued a proclamation declaring June 15, 2019, as Pride Day, some 60 protesters greeted her with signs displaying Bible verses or proclaiming things like “Bruce Jenner is still a man, Homosexuality is still a sin” and “The culture may change. The Bible does not.” It’s all about political power in the seats of government — and, at present, the Laura Bannisters of North Carolina have but little of it. No, Hendersonville won’t turn into Asheville, any more than Mayberry would ever resemble Charlotte. Nor will Andy Griffith morph into Caitlyn Jenner — who, although confused about bathrooms, nevertheless voted Republican. For the foreseeable future, North Carolina will, too, even though Andy never did. X Retired UNC Asheville history professor Milton Ready lives in Hendersonville.

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ONWARD AND UPWARD

Asheville Regional Airport plans for future growth

BY DANIEL WALTON dwalton@mountainx.com Lay out a graph with the passenger numbers served by the Asheville Regional Airport over the past several years, and the result looks similar to the takeoff pattern of a jumbo jet. From a runway of roughly 678,000 fliers in 2013, the count climbs steadily upward before spiking toward the proverbial clouds. Last year, AVL hosted over 1.13 million passengers, an 18.6% jump from 2017’s total and over 67% more travelers than used the airport five years prior. Both the total number and growth rate are records for the facility — but Tina Kinsey, the Greater Asheville Regional Airport Authority’s director of marketing, public relations and air service development, says that skyward flight is still far from its final destination. “Everyone’s growing, but we’re really growing. It’s pretty significant,” Kinsey told a meeting of the Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority on Aug. 28 as she compared the airport to its regional competitors. AVL had 42% more seats for sale from August through October of this year than were available during the same period in 2018, she said, compared with 8% growth for the GreenvilleSpartanburg International Airport and 17% growth for the McGhee Tyson Airport, which serves Knoxville, Tenn. As any good pilot knows, however, a too-steep climb can cause an airplane to stall out. Speaking with Xpress, Kinsey says the airport is now striving to manage its expansion and

GONNA FLY NOW: Asheville Regional Airport officials inaugurated new American Airlines flights to Philadelphia, New York and Dallas in May. Photo courtesy of the Greater Asheville Regional Airport Authority ensure its long-term path maintains a steady cruising altitude. “We’re in a period right now where we’re really working to support our airline partners and their success in the market,” Kinsey explains. “We certainly want what’s here to be successful and retain that for our region’s travelers.”

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ALL AT ONCE The airport’s facilities — parking lots, terminal and airfield — “can really accommodate quite a bit of growth” as they are now, says Kinsey. The biggest limitation, she points out, is not overall passenger volumes but “peak activity,”

or how many travelers come through AVL at any one time. According to a study conducted last year by consultants CHA Design/ Construction Solutions and Leo A. Daly, the airport’s busiest month is October, when it averages over 3,400 passengers per day. During its peak period, 4:15-5:45 p.m., approximately 716 passengers arrive at or depart from AVL. That figure is expected to grow to 829 passengers by 2023 and 1,168 by 2038, a more than 63% increase. Kinsey says the airport has implemented a number of short-term projects to reduce the pressure at peak times. In the terminal itself, for example, walls have been removed and offices reconfigured to expand the ticketing lobby area for waiting travelers. Parking went up by 1,100 spaces with the completion of a five-story garage last year, and Kinsey says nearly 400 new spaces will become available after a shuttle lot is finished across Airport Road (U.S. Highway 280) at the former site of J&S Cafeteria. Airplanes are getting more places to park as well: An expansion to the north terminal ramp wrapped up last year, and a similar project for the south ramp is now underway. How quickly the airport can process planes is also set to increase in the near future. Although Kinsey told the TDA that Project SOAR, a $75 million initiative to replace AVL’s runway and add a new taxiway, has been delayed due to unspecified “contractor issues,” officials hope to commission the runway by the end of the year.

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RATE OF CLIMB: Over the past five years, passenger volume at the Asheville Regional Airport has increased substantially, with the most dramatic growth taking place in the past year. According to AVL’s Tina Kinsey, 42% more seats were offered for sale from August through October of this year than were available during the same period in 2018 (not pictured on chart). Graphic by Scott Southwick FLIGHT OF FACILITY Despite these moves, the airport’s growth is straining its ability to keep up. The 2018 consultants’ report, Kinsey says, concluded that AVL’s over-113,000square-foot terminal was at its peak

capacity and needed to expand. By 2023, the report projects a demand for more than 221,000 square feet, with nearly 276,000 required by 2038.

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NEWS At an estimated cost of $150 million-$200 million, the terminal expansion represents a heavy lift for an airport with an estimated profit of roughly $1.8 million last fiscal year. Lew Bleiweis, the airport’s executive director, says a key piece of funding for the new terminal is a higher passenger facility charge. Currently set at $4.50 per flight segment, the PFC is a federal fee added to all passenger tickets that airports can use to pay for infrastructure projects. Bleiweis hopes to nearly double the fee to $8.50, a move that would require congressional action. “The PFC needs to increase — it is so important to our nation’s airport infrastructure and, on a local level, to AVL,” Bleiweis says. “I have advocated to all of our elected officials to support the PFC increase and I have been encouraged that our elected leaders are listening and gaining a deeper understanding of what the funding means to our aging airports.” U.S. Rep. Mark Meadows, who sits on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and whose district includes the airport, generally supports raising the fee, according to spokesperson Ben Williamson. “We’re in close touch with local airport officials pretty frequently and certainly want to make

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sure their needs are met from a federal standpoint,” he says. Even if the PFC funding comes through, the terminal expansion and other capital projects will have to contend with the airport’s physical constraints. Existing roadways and geographic features, Kinsey says, may prevent AVL from growing its footprint. “We always watch for opportunities for land acquisition,” Kinsey explains. “However, because we are bordered by Interstate 26 to the north and the French Broad River to the west and south, opportunities are very limited.” STEADY AS SHE GOES For now, Kinsey says the airport’s top priority is maintaining its recently added service. Five of AVL’s six airlines have established routes or expanded existing flights since the start of 2018, including three flights to Florida destinations by Spirit Airlines that began last September and a nonstop flight to Denver, the airport’s westernmost destination, operated by Allegiant Air. Further growth plans, Kinsey explains, will be driven by data on passenger origins and final destinations. Public information from the federal Department of Transportation, as well as details collected from passengers who opt in to fast WiFi at the airport, help AVL officials determine where unmet demand exists. “If it makes sense, we talk with our airline partners about the possibility of a nonstop flight to that particular destination, or we may help them see that there’s a strong demand to a specific destination, that perhaps more seats on connecting flights might serve our region well,” Kinsey says. “It’s all about trying to connect the dots and make sure that we’re growing appropriately.” The TDA, Kinsey adds, has provided “talking points” to help convince airline planners that AVL is worth an investment of their limited routes and airplanes. The tourism authority’s marketing expertise, she says, can give airlines “a clear image, a picture, an experience, an understanding” of the area that might push Asheville over other destinations. Both new and existing routes depend on a ready supply of pilots, which airport officials have listed as a challenge. According to Tim Anderson, who chairs the aviation management and career pilot technology program at A-B Tech, the personnel crunch results from a combination of aging pilots, increased recruitment by foreign airlines and new federal regulations. A 2013 rule instituted in response to a 2009 regional airline crash, Anderson explains, requires all regional airline

pilots to have 1,500 hours of total flight time, up from a previous requirement of 250 hours. “It can take years and many tens of thousands of dollars to build 1,500 hours,” he says. “Consequently, many people are choosing other, more accessible careers, and the pool of qualified pilot applicants from which the airlines have to pick is much smaller.” Thanks to a federal exception, Anderson continues, A-B Tech offers the only two-year program in the Carolinas that allows students to qualify for Airline Transport Pilot certification at 1,250 hours instead of 1,500. The college also partners with Piedmont Airlines, a regional subsidiary of American Airlines, to offer internships for its graduates. WATCH THE SKIES As outlined in its consultants’ report, AVL’s growth projections show a smooth and steady increase through 2038 — a pattern that assumes a lengthy period of business as usual. That certainty, however, is up for debate: Asheville officials have raised worries over a possible economic recession, and Buncombe County set a goal in 2017 that would have the entire community, including the airport, use only renewable energy by 2042. All commercial aircraft are currently powered using nonrenewable fossil fuels. The air travel industry has come under increasing scrutiny for its contribution to a changing climate. According to the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, aviation accounts for roughly 3.5% of all human climate impacts, and U.N. scientists have called for “rapid and far-reaching transitions” in transportation infrastructure to avoid the worst consequences of climate change. “The existence of carbon emissions in aviation is a complex and important issue that is being addressed in many ways within the industry,” Kinsey says in response to a question about AVL’s handling of climate concerns. She points to environmental measures such as the installation of energy-efficient lighting, use of on-airport electric vehicles and a recycling program. The airport, Kinsey says, believes in the strength of its future prospects. “The growth we are experiencing is due to many factors: advocacy, yes, but also the result of the sheer vibrancy of Western North Carolina,” she says. “Airlines will grow where they can have the best customer base, and we are one such place. And the growing connectivity is excellent for our region — both from an air service perspective and an economic perspective.” X

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Support your local paper NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS: Cellist Shana Tucker will host a business workshop for performing artists at the Wortham Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, Sept. 27. Photo by Chris Charles for Creative Silence courtesy of the artist THE BUSINESS OF ART Cellist and singer-songwriter Shana Tucker, the Wortham Center for the Performing Arts’ first artist in residence, will present a business-focused workshop for performing artists at 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27, in the Henry LaBrun Studio, 18 Biltmore Ave. Covering topics including branding, networking and collaboration, the workshop aims to help artists increase their administrative and creative productivity. Tickets are $15; registration at avl.mx/6j8. CITY ANNOUNCES NEW NAME FOR OFFICE TO BOOST CONTRACTING EQUITY The Asheville Business Inclusion Office is the new name of the department charged with expanding city contracting opportunities for people of color. According to a press release, “The name change [from the Minority Business Program] is to better reflect how we are moving forward with the equity work that the city is doing; we need to internally change the way we view race, ethnicity and gender.” Located on the fifth floor of Asheville City Hall at 70 Court Plaza, the department offers online

appointment scheduling at avl.mx/6j6. Staff will also hold regular outside office hours at the following places and times: • Burton Street Center, 134 Burton St., second Monday of the month 2-5:30 p.m., and third Saturday of the month 11 a.m.-1 p.m. • Stephens-Lee Recreation Center, 30 George Washington Carver Ave., second and fourth Wednesdays of the month 5-8 p.m. BUSINESS ROUNDUP • Charleston, S.C.-based LGND launched an Asheville version of its travel app, which matches travelers with information on things to see and do in Asheville provided by locals. The company also plans to expand to other tourist destinations including Chicago, Nashville and Savannah. • Club Pilates Asheville will host a grand opening celebration on Saturday, Oct. 5, for its North Asheville location at 80 Charlotte St. Owners Kevin and Hadley Cropp will be on hand to show off renovations to the building, which was formerly a carpet showroom. • Jackie Kiger, managing attorney for Pisgah Legal Services, was appointed the nonprofit organization’s first chief opera-

tions officer. According to a press release, “This newly created position will support the structure of the organization, be a resource for staff and lead the organization in innovative ways to continue to meet the demand for its services.” • Asheville-based businesses Earth Equity Advisors and Mandala Chocolate announced they had received Best for the World recognition. The honor comes from B Lab, the nonprofit that certifies and supports B corporations, for-profit companies that use business as a force for good. According to press releases from both businesses, the Best for the World designation places the two companies in the top 10 percent of all 3,000 B corps worldwide for their positive impact on their customers. • A new “luxury group campground” is set for a soft opening this fall near Brevard and adjacent to Pisgah National Forest. Cherryfield Creek will focus on accommodating large groups for special events or gatherings of outdoor enthusiasts. According to a press release, four covered tent pads can host up to 100 campers. Information and reservations at avl.mx/6j7. X

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A LA CARTS: Buncombe County residents can choose from three cart sizes under the county’s new arrangement with Waste Pro. Graphic courtesy of Buncombe County regular meeting and was added by unanimous vote of the board. Many customers, Pedersen said, were confused over what would be

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trash and one for recycling, as well as weekly trash pickup and recycling collection every two weeks. That charge represents a $3.13 monthly increase for customers who are not currently renting containers from Waste Pro. However, Pedersen said, mandating cart rental will improve efficiency and make all containers compatible with the company’s new collection vehicles. Gingles said that customers can choose among 48-, 64- and 96-gallon carts. The deadline for that selection, which can be made online at avl.mx/6j0 or by phone at 828-585-5074, is Tuesday, Oct. 1; those who miss the deadline, he added, will be assigned the 96-gallon carts by default. Bearproof containers are available at an additional one-time cost of $300 each. Commissioner Mike Fryar noted that several of his constituents had expressed concerns over the new cart requirements. Elderly residents living in rural areas, he said, often found the large cans unwieldy, especially if they had to maneuver them down long mountain driveways from their houses to the curb. Fryar told the story of a 77-yearold resident, living on a fixed monthly income of $757, for whom the required container rental represented both a financial and logistical burden. “One bag of trash is basically what she has. She could get it down to the end of the road with her car [for pickup], but now she has no way to do that,” he said. “One of our slogans is ‘Caring For Our Communities,’ and that’s what we’re all about,” Gingles responded. He said Waste Pro was working with county staff to develop solutions for residents with special circumstances but did not name any specific initiatives. Residents who choose not to subscribe to Waste Pro service can take their trash and recycling to either the Buncombe County Transfer Station, 190 Hominy Creek Road, Asheville, or the Buncombe County Landfill, 85 Panther Branch Road, Alexander. Both locations charge $2 to accept a 33-gallon bag of household waste; there is currently no charge for recycling, and a list of accepted materials is available at avl.mx/6iv.

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Asheville climate strikers join global throng

YOUTH QUAKE: “If you did your job, we would be in school!” chided one sign held by a teen activist at Asheville’s observance of the Global Climate Strike on Sept. 20 outside City Hall. About 300 young people and adults walked out of school and work to call for action to cut carbon dioxide emissions by half by 2030 to avoid the worst effects of climate change. Photo by Brooke Randle Joining demonstrators worldwide, hundreds of local teenagers, children and adults walked out of class and work to participate in the Global Climate Strike on Sept. 20. Gathered in front of Asheville City Hall, the activists held a climate protest and “die-in” inspired by the work of 16-year-old Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg. “When I was 14, I searched all around me for a leader to stand up for what is right. I didn’t find one,” 17-year-old Dean Wortas told the crowd of about 300. “I realized that I must find a leader and if I can’t find one, I must become one myself.” Asheville’s demonstration was led by local nonprofits Community Roots and Sunrise Movement Asheville in partnership with the national Youth

Climate Strike and Fridays for Future movements. “We are one of over 5,500 strikes happening all around the world today as part of the global climate strike in hundreds of countries,” Ashley McDermott, a founding member of Sunrise Movement Asheville, told the crowd. “We are here today in the middle of this beautiful day because we are disrupting business as usual because we are in a climate emergency.” Several young speakers flagged the urgency of the moment while calling on city leaders to increase their commitment to positive change. Asheville’s 100% Renewable Energy Initiative has set as its goal transitioning all city operations away from fossil-fueled energy by 2030, but 16-year-old Kaiya Jade told the crowd that more is needed.

“In order to save my children’s future, we have to cut carbon emissions by 50% in this decade,” Jade said. “We like to

think of ourselves as an environmentally friendly city, but our city is not taking this crisis seriously. Asheville’s current plan to cut CO2 emissions only accounts for 1% of our city’s energy — and that’s just not going to cut it.” Led by the Rev. Amy Cantrell in a “die-in,” scores of participants sprawled across the pavilion at 60 Court Plaza while other volunteers outlined their bodies in chalk on the pavement. With the heat of a clear, end-of-summer day beating down, the demonstrators held their positions for 11 minutes to symbolize the number of years the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has said remain to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by about half to avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change. “At the last climate strike, there were 1.4 million youth worldwide with the same urgency, the same ideas we have. Today there will be more,” Wortas said. “We proved that age is not a factor. If anything, our age is an advantage.”

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COUNT DOWN: Strike participants also engaged in a “die-in” for 11 minutes to symbolize the number of years remaining to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change. Photo by Brooke Randle

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DOGGED DETERMINATION: Clifford, left, and Kevin Rumley will graduate from a two-year advanced training program offered by Warrior Canine Connection on Saturday, Sept. 28. The pair work in the Buncombe County Courthouse, especially in Veterans Treatment Court, where Rumley is a coordinator. Photo courtesy of Warrior Canine Connection Rumley in a press release. “From providing snuggles to traumatized youth in the courtroom (during difficult [guardian ad litem] trials) to supporting justice-involved veterans (in Veterans Court), Clifford is having a positive impact on every person he meets.” BISSETTE TO SPEAK ON PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION AT OCT. 2 FORUM Former Asheville Mayor and past chair of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors Lou Bissette and others will address higher education accessibility, funding, faculty recruitment and retention and governance at a free

Political science faculty members at UNC Asheville lead a team of researchers that develops the Political Terror Scale, a human rights data set. The team released an update that shows significant increases in the number of people living in “hell on earth” conditions. According to a press release, “PTS ranks human rights conditions in nations around the world on a scale from one to five. … At level four, ‘Civil and political rights violations have expanded to large numbers of the population. Murders, disappearances and torture are a common part of life.’ Level five conditions are described this way: ‘Terror has expanded to the whole population. The leaders of these societies place no limits on the means or thoroughness with which they pursue personal or ideological goals.’” Researchers concluded that nearly 70% of the world’s people live in nations ranked at levels four and five. The data also revealed a very dire trend: “Level four countries went from only about a quarter of the world’s population in 1985 to more than 60% by the year 2000 and 64.4% in 2018.” More information is at politicalterrorscale.org. X

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‘Bruised and bedraggled’ The great deer hunt of 1936

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OPEN SEASON: In 1936, for the first time in its history, Pisgah National Forest invited hunters to bag bucks throughout the preserve. This photo, taken in 1929, predates the historical event. Photo courtesy of the North Carolina Collection, Pack Memorial Library, Asheville For hunting enthusiasts of the time, Oct. 11, 1936, must have been an exciting day. “The entire Pisgah National Game preserve of 85,000 acres will be opened for deer hunting by permit during November and December,” the Sunday edition of the Asheville CitizenTimes reported. “This is the first time in the history of the preserve that the entire area has been opened for hunting.” Bambi fans, fear not! Hunters were prohibited from shooting does and fawns. Only bucks with visible antlers were fair game, the Sunday edition explained, in an effort to “reduce a ‘surplus crop’ of deer.” (Granted, by session’s end, 40 does were reported dead and three men arrested.) The same day’s paper also announced Pisgah’s six-day open season on squirrels. For $1 a day, eager hunters could kill up to 10 fidgety rodents. Like the planned deer hunt, the squirrel expedition came with a number of rules and regulations, including restrictions on the type of guns and

ammunition used. Dogs were prohibited from the outing, as well, and a permit was also required. “You may think this sounds a little complicated just for a few days of squirrel hunting,” the paper read, “but there are plenty of squirrels in the forest and you should be amply repaid with game and a good time.” According to reports, 72 hunters partook in the Oct. 12-18 outings, resulting in 244 dead rodents. By month’s end, the Chamber of Commerce hosted a drawing to select winners for Pisgah’s deer hunt sweepstakes. Nearly 3,000 applicants from 20 states applied, but only 1,700 could partake. Each hunter was granted three days to try and bag a single stag with either a nonautomatic rifle, a nonautomatic shotgun or bow and arrow. Like the squirrel hunt, dogs were prohibited. Participation cost $5 (or roughly $92 in today’s dollar). “Khaki-clad hunters ... are rapidly decreasing the deer population of Uncle

Sam’s beautiful Pisgah Forest,” The Asheville Citizen wrote on Dec. 8, 1936. “At any other time a haven for all native forms of wild animal life, the reservation now resounds daily to the crack of many rifles and buck deer pay dearly.” At the time, over 1,000 hunters had descended on the forest, killing 400 bucks. “Unlike their forefathers, who had to be quick of trigger and nimble of foot to outlive beasts of the forests, the Pisgah hunters face comparatively little danger,” the paper declared. “While some of the nimrods take their hunting seriously, it’s just a lark to many of them,” the paper continued. In the same article, The Asheville Citizen shared a handful of anecdotes and stories from outings. The most shocking involved an unidentified hunter who allegedly straddled what he assumed to be a dead deer. Upon contact, the buck leaped to its hooves, taking the man on a brief ride. Eventually, the hunter subdued the creature. The nimrod, the paper wrote, “lost his watch and other personal effect, and was considerably bruised and bedraggled.” During the weeks immediately following the monthlong hunt, Pisgah officials sent out questionnaires to participants. On Dec. 31, 1936, The Asheville Citizen reported that roughly 300 hunters replied. According to the paper, 98% of responses included complimentary remarks about the experience. But in addition to praise, responders offered suggestions. Along with bucks, they wanted the right to kill does. Others petitioned that a bear hunt be held in connection to future events. Meanwhile, some solicited for the construction of a boardinghouse somewhere in the forest. In total, 544 deer were killed during the monthlong hunt. Despite this number, the paper reported, “the overstocked condition of the deer has not been greatly alleviated.” Still, contemporaneous reports suggest those involved in the activity — whether a novice or an expert hunter — relished the opportunity. And at least one local resident capitalized on the outdoor venture. In the Dec. 8, 1936 edition of The Asheville Citizen, while the hunt was still going on, the paper wrote: “About one mile east of the [forest] station is the camp of Leland Jones, Asheville taxidermist, who is doing a profitable business mounting deer heads for the hunters. He lives in a tent and with the aid of an assistant turns out rush orders.”

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WHO LET THE CATS OUT? Adventure cats hit WNC streets and trails At 3 years old and only 8 pounds, Asheville resident Emmylou is already an avid hiker and experienced camper who can canoe with the best of them. She and Annie King are constant companions on excursions in Western North Carolina’s mountains and valleys. But Emmylou isn’t your typical adventure buddy: She’s a cat. “We’ve done a lot of hiking. She goes whitewater rafting. She’s done up to Class III whitewater in the raft,” says King, a veterinarian at the Pet Vet on Patton. Don’t worry: Emmylou has her own cat-size life jacket, says King. Safety first. And while some folks see cats as less outgoing than dogs, cat owners in Asheville and beyond are bucking the stereotype, taking their feline companions to places they’ve never been before. Instagram and Facebook are rife with images of courageous kitties scaling mountaintops, road-tripping across deserts and, yes, whitewater rafting their way into mainstream mountain culture and other social settings. Judging by King’s own WNC Adventure Cats Facebook group, which boasts more than 300 members and growing, the practice of transforming ordinary house cats into so-called adventure cats may be more than just a passing trend.

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FOR THE HEALTH OF IT While cats may be known for wild or independent tendencies that seemingly no longer exist in dogs, the notion of bringing a feline friend along on outings may not be as far-fetched as it seems, says Veronica Coit. “We don’t have the saying ‘Curiosity killed the cat’ for no reason,” notes Coit, who founded the popular Facebook group Asheville Cat Weirdos. “Cats are naturally pretty inquisitive.” In fact, she continues, cats are equipped with strong hunting and survival instincts, and the prominence of feral cat populations demonstrates their ability to weather life outdoors. Still, many cat owners raise their pets within the safety of their home, away from predators, traffic, viruses and other perils. And while King encourages clients to prioritize their pets’ safety, she also emphasizes that living indoors exclusively can leave an animal vulnerable to boredom and neurotic behaviors. 18

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ADVENTURE TIME: Veterinarian Annie King, pictured with her cat, Emmylou, says cat owners can train their companions to join them on outdoor excursions. Photo by Will King “It’s safer for cats to live inside only, but it’s a pretty small world, and it’s not their natural environment at all,” she points out. “With indoors-only cats, we need to provide them with enrichment.” For some cats, says King, that can mean a constant supply of new toys, a window or even a specially built “catio” where they can be exposed to outside sights and sounds. But for those animals that yearn for the great outdoors, harness training might enable them to

venture outside safely. Cats trained to walk with a leash and harness are then better equipped to satisfy some of their instinctual needs while avoiding the biggest threats posed by outdoor living. “They also get exercise,” adds Coit. “You see a lot of overweight cats, so this kind of outdoor stimulation and play can be a great way to expend some of that energy.” But outdoors doesn’t necessarily mean back of beyond. For Carmen

Small Footprint Travels “Take it really easy. Cats are not people pleasers, so you have to be superpatient and make them decide that that’s what they want to do.” — Asheville veterinarian Annie King Bryant and her cat, stimulation includes cozying with the regulars at their favorite local watering hole. Sherlock, she notes, “goes all kinds of places with me, but we like this place the most,” as the 8-year-old orange tabby stretches lazily across the bar at 27 Club on Patton Avenue, unfazed by the surrounding barroom clamor. “He even has a litter box back there by the bathrooms,” says Bryant with a laugh. “Some places have dog water bowls, but they have a litter box.” (BACK) INTO THE WILD Dog owners often boast about how smart and well-trained their pets are. Cat owners, though, might recognize the look of stubborn indifference their pets get when asked to perform even a simple trick. But Asheville resident Debra Baumann says get-

ting a cat to perform is not as daunting as it might seem. “If your cat is food-motivated, then you can train them, because it’s all based on positive reinforcement,” says Baumann, who works with The Amazing Acro-Cats, a Chicago-based, traveling cat circus features rescued animals. “If they do something you like, if it’s harness training and they wear their harness, you just give them treats. It’s fun and a good way to bond with your cat.” King, meanwhile, recommends starting small and gradually working up to more extensive adventures. Keep them inside while they adapt to a harness, she advises, and then start by venturing into the backyard or some other controlled environment where they can ease into a new experience. A carrying case or other type of shelter gives your

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FE AT U RES cat a place to retreat to should they become anxious or overstimulated. “Take it really easy,” urges King. “Cats are not people pleasers, so you have to be superpatient and make them decide that that’s what they want to do.” And while they say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks, Baumann maintains that it’s different with cats. Her beloved Captain Patch, she says, quickly adapted to life on tour with the circus at the ripe old age of 10, despite having lost an eye when he was just a kitten. “He really travels everywhere with me. He is so good in the car; he flies with me. He just loves going out and meeting people,” Bauman reveals. “I‘d just like to stress that older kitties and even special-needs kitties can be trained. It’s still a really fun experience for them.” KNOW THE LIMITS Jewelry artist Dylan Pugh — who’s rarely seen strolling the streets of West Asheville without his year-old tuxedo cat, Dr. Pickles, perched atop his shoulder — stresses that adventure cat owners must always take extra care when bringing their feline companion outside of its comfort zone. Even well-

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trained, harnessed cats are still vulnerable to dogs, vehicles and other less predictable threats. “We’re walking down Haywood Road, and they were having this big event over at the church,” Pugh recalls. “There was this wacky inflatable arm man, and I could just tell that Dr. Pickles got really spooked. He kind of got switchy and dug his claws into me, and I was like, ‘What’s going on?’ It was a generator: It really freaked him out.” Dr. Pickles, notes Pugh, also generally welcomes the attention of his cadre of adoring fans, but pet owners should be extra mindful during encounters in public spaces. “There have been a couple of times when someone has been obviously drunk or has very enthusiastically approached us, and he’s like, ‘Uhh, I don’t trust this situation,’” Pugh explains. King concurs, saying it’s the owners’ responsibility to remain aware of their pet’s reactions at all times and be prepared to leave the situation if a cat seems distressed. “There are multiple medical issues that are directly related to stress. There are always going to be times when you want to try something new and then you realize it’s not working.” Emmylou, for example, “does not

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ON THE CATWALK: Dylan Pugh says his cat, Dr. Pickles, enjoys exploring West Asheville from atop his shoulder. Photo by Dylan Pugh like bikes,” King says with a laugh. “She doesn’t like to be near them, and she is definitely not going to ride on one.” KEEP IT IN PERSPECTIVE Traveling with Dr. Pickles, says Pugh, offers more than just a good photo op: It

enables both owner and cat to interact with the community while helping others develop an appreciation for the species. “It’s so interesting that so many people respond to us as some kind of surreal happening, and I love that,” says Pugh. “It feels great to help people get a small interruption from everyday, so to speak.” At the same time, cautions Coit, your pet’s safety and well-being must come first. “Yes, the Instagram photos are going to be amazing if you do a trail hike with your cat, but if they’re terrified the whole way, it’s not really fair to them — and you can get just as good photos in your front yard in a safe, controlled environment.” King agrees. “It is tough with social media, and people get kind of caught up in that, wanting to do things and get the pictures. But you have to take a step back and ask, ‘Are they having fun?’” she maintains. “The point is that you’re trying to expand their world, give them something new to think about — something that they’re going to enjoy.” X

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DRESS-UP FOR GROWN-UPS Costumed adventures allow locals to transcend time and space box, but each sandbox exists on the same beach: Fortannis. Each chapter has a plot team, which sets the action in motion for each game. Leveille gives an example: “It could be that a farmer has lost his daughter and needs help recovering her.” Throughout the course of the year, the mini-plots coalesce into a narrative arc. And, of course, there’s combat. “When you look across the field and see everyone fighting and taking it seriously, it’s so neat,” Leveille says. Alliance has garnered a sizable following across the continent, including a contingent of enthusiasts here in Western North Carolina. Ten times per year, upward of 20 LARPers journey to a 33-acre field in Greeneville, Tenn., where they assume their race of choice (there are 14 in total, including barbarians, dwarves, dryads and stone elves) and spend the weekend absorbed in a fan-

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tasy adventure that resembles something out of The Lord of the Rings. Cell phones aren’t allowed, nor is anything that could compromise the fictional world’s legitimacy. “People are expected to be in period dress throughout the weekend,” Leveille says. “They’re supposed to ‘rep their race,’ which means, for instance, I’ll constantly wear fake ears to show that I’m an elf. That’s a big part of maintaining a sense of reality. When you’re participating, you want to feel like you’re fully in it.” The focus on total immersion allows participants to temporarily inhabit another body. This other-body experience, as it were, acts as a form of harmless escapism — a respite from the pressures of daily life. Indeed, Alliance’s official tagline urges participants to “be all that you can’t be.” “It lets people shed their outer skin and interact with people whom they might not come into contact with in the real world,” Leveille says. Alliance participants run the gamut from “heads of IT to Boeing aeronautical engineers to fantasy authors to

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INTO THE BREACH: The Asheville chapter of the international live-action role-play organization Alliance Crossroads holds about 10 games a year on a 33-acre field in Greeneville, Tenn. The outings feature immersive costumes, plot lines and battles. Photo courtesy of Alliance Crossroads Kelly Leveille was dressed as an elf during a foam sword battle in Seattle when a group of bad guys started moving her way. She was scared, injured and — worst of all — separated from her friends. But then a savior appeared from out of the blue. “This guy picked me up, healed me and protected me the rest of the time,” Leveille says. “I didn’t know who he was, and I never saw him again. But it was a special moment.” Leveille wasn’t dreaming. Nor was she hallucinating. Instead, she was fully immersed in one of the nation’s largest live-action role-playing events: Big West 2019. Big West is hosted annually by Alliance, a “high-fantasy LARP set in a medieval realm where you have the opportunity to be a hero, a villain or anything in between,” as its official website states. Alliance has 17 chapters

across the United States and Canada — including one in Asheville, known as Alliance Crossroads (XR), in which Leveille often participates. She knows it’s all make-believe, of course. But when she’s in-character as her elf-self, as it were, the line between fantasy and reality becomes pleasantly blurred. “That’s one of the great things about the experience,” she says. “Logically, you know it’s not real. But when you’re in the moment, a sense of panic overtakes you. It’s this feeling of ‘my character is in danger, and I might die.’ When in reality, you’re just getting hit with a foam sword.” Alliance exists in a highly complex and coherent world known as Fortannis. Its continuity allows any player to seamlessly jump into any game, regardless of location. As Leveille explains, each city (or chapter) is its own individual sandMOUNTAINX.COM

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FEA T U RE S fantasy geeks and everyone in between,” Leveille says. One of the most surprising things she’s discovered is that LARPing attracts a lot of ex-military personnel. The game allows them to “exercise their combat muscle,” as Leveille sees it. In fact, it was a military guy — Leveille’s older brother, a Navy man — who initially turned her onto LARPing. He loved it, and as his younger sister, she wanted to be involved too. That was six years ago. She lives in Atlanta, and he’s in Virginia. But they often convene

at that big field in Tennessee to enter the world of Fortannis — not as human siblings, but as elf siblings. “It’s been something we’ve grown together with,” Leveille says. “It’s been cool to see each of us find our niche within the game.” SWORD-FIGHTING IS NOT DEAD Alliance Crossroads isn’t the only Asheville-area organization that com-

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LIVING HISTORY: Jennifer Farley dresses in period wear and travels to state historic sites throughout Western North Carolina, educating the public about what life was like for women in past eras of American history. She makes most of the costumes herself. Photo courtesy of Farley bines costumes with recreation. There’s also Warriors of Ash, whose members don period wear and duel with longswords and other medieval weapons. WoA is a non-profit founded in 2016 by Lochlan Koulouris. Its members practice Historical European Martial Arts, which is quite different than the Easternbased martial arts (such as karate, jiujitsu and others) that have become staples of Western culture. First of all, HEMA focuses on medieval weapon-based combat. Perhaps because of that, the combative art form in its original iteration “died out a while ago,” as Koulouris puts it. Unlike a martial art such as karate, which offers self-defense applications, there’s little practical use for learning how to competently brandish a longsword. But there’s been a movement to bring HEMA back in recent years. In 2014, The New York Times published an article on the phenomenon, which included the following explanatory quote: “Unlike … role players, who don theatrical costumes and medieval-style armor, [HEMA] competitors treat sword-fighting as organized sport.” When Koulouris saw that piece, he discovered something he’d been seeking his whole life.

“I’d gone from one martial art to another, trying to figure out what was right for me,” he says. “When I saw HEMA, I had to have it. I self-studied and when I moved to Asheville, that’s when I got Warriors of Ash off the ground.” WoA, now about three years old, averages a monthly membership of 16. It’s unique among HEMA organizations in that it emphasizes historically-accurate garb. Koulouris takes the emphasis one step further, encouraging his fighters to create their own gear, from hand-stitched chest pieces to leather neck protectors and everything in between. “A lot of [HEMA organizations] don’t try to be historical with it, but we’re all about it,” Koulouris says. “Each person has a time period they prefer: Some like Vikings, others like Renaissance garb, others go for the poofy pants of the 16th century or Dark Ages clothing. But regardless, we’re the only school I’ve seen that actually makes its own armor.” WoA, which is part of the Piedmont Historical Fencing League, has earned a reputation for being a group of “welltrained fighters,” as Koulouris puts it. Its members are routinely competitive at big tournaments in Raleigh, Atlanta and elsewhere, but WoA is also highly involved in the Asheville community. For instance, the organization will participate in the Festival of Heroes in Montford Park on Saturday, Oct. 26, which will include dramatic HEMA battles throughout the day. All WoA events are free, Koulouris says, and most raise funds for local initiatives that share the organization’s values of inclusion and acceptance. Koulouris stresses that WoA doesn’t discriminate based on race, gender, sexual orientation or on other grounds. “We’re as open as we could possibly be,” he says. This sense of unity has helped WoA form a tight-knit community. And at the end of the day, that’s what makes Koulouris most proud. “I love the camaraderie,” he says. “We’ve become such a supportive family. Everyone calls it ‘the tribe.’” DRESSING UP, FOR HISTORY Jennifer Farley dresses up for the sake of history. As the West Region supervisor for North Carolina State Historic Sites, she travels throughout the western half of the state, interpreting American history in period-appropriate dress, from the pre-Revolutionary War era all the way through the 1940s.

PAST MEETS PRESENT: Participants dressed in 1918-inspired attire at last year’s Thomas Wolfe birthday celebration. Outfits, such as the soldier’s uniform, offered visitors visual reminders of significant events during the time period, including the end of World War I. Photo by Thomas Calder So how do Farley’s costumes — most of which she makes herself — enhance her teaching abilities?

First of all, they allow her to become whomever she’s dressed as. “The way the clothing affects my

movement, mannerisms and even the way others interact with me teaches me about the time period

in question … [which] makes me a better interpreter,” she says. Secondly, the clothing itself educates those Farley meets by virtue of its historical accuracy. “[People] will learn how class and station were reflected in dress, how the styles did or didn’t constrain the wearer and what sorts of fabrics … were available to citizens [at that time],” she says. Farley has taught, in costume, at the Alamance Battleground (Burlington), Vance Birthplace (Weaverville), the Thomas Wolfe Memorial (Asheville) and numerous other State Historic Sites over the past two decades. In recent months, she’s created two new outfits that she’s particularly excited about: one of a 1912 suffragist, the other of a World War II Woman Ordnance Worker (aka “Rosie the Riveter”). She debuted the former at an event at the state capitol Sept. 7, and the latter at a World War II gathering at Fort Fisher in Wilmington Oct. 12. And what’s the purpose of it all? “I hope to demystify the past,” she says. “Hopefully, by seeing myself and others perform routine tasks in these outfits … we can make our ancestors and their lives more relatable.” X

The 37th Annual Asheville Quilt Show September 27-29 9-5 Friday & Saturday, 10-4:30 Sunday

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More than 300 Quilts from across the US. Over $10,000 in Prize Money. 25+ Unique Vendors. Demonstrations, Silent Auction, Gift Shop, Opportunity Quilt, Kids Sewing Station, Quilts for Sale, Group Discounts, Multi-Day Pass. Free Parking, Handicap Accessible

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AUTUMN IN THE MOUNTAINS CAR SHOW • SA (9/28), 9am-3:30pm Proceeds from donations at this British and European cars and motorcycle show benefit Meals On Wheels of Buncombe and Henderson Counties. Free to attend. Held at Asheville Outlets, 800 Brevard Road

CALENDAR GUIDELINES For a full list of community calendar guidelines, please visit mountainx.com/calendar. For questions about free listings, call 828-251-1333, ext. 137. For questions about paid calendar listings, please call 828-251-1333, ext. 320.

ACTIVISM CITIZENS-POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE • 1st WEDNESDAYS, 5pm - Citizens-Police Advisory Committee meeting. Free. Meets in the 1st Floor Conference Room., Public Works

ANIMALS ROTARY CLUB METRO TALKS SERIES • TH (9/26), 6pm - All About Service Dogs, presentation by Nicole Shumate from Paws & Effect. Held at Montford Community Center, 34 Pearson Drive

Building, 161 S. Charlotte St. SHOWING UP FOR RACIAL JUSTICE • TUESDAYS, 10amnoon - Educating and organizing white people for racial justice. Free to attend. Held at Firestorm Books & Coffee, 610 Haywood Road VETERANS FOR PEACE • TUESDAYS, 5pm Weekly peace vigil. Free. Held at Vance Monument, 1 Pack Square

BENEFITS ASHEVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY • SU (9/29), 3-7pm Proceeds from this familyand leashed pet-friendly anniversary celebration with live music, contests, games and food available for purchase benefit the Asheville Humane Society. Free to attend. Held at Highland Brewing Company, 12 Old Charlotte Highway

BAA'D TO THE BONE SHAKEDOWN • TH (10/3), 5:30pm - Proceeds from this Tex-Mex dinner and live music event featuring The Rewind Band, benefit Throwing Bones, patients fighting multiple myeloma and other blood cancers. Tickets: bit.ly/2mk0kOR. $30/$45 with t-shirt/$100 VIP. Held at Highland Brewing Company, 12 Old Charlotte Highway BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS GOLF CLASSIC @ THE CLIFFS • TU (9/25), noon Proceeds benefit the Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club of Buncombe County. Registration: erin.c.wilson@ uss.salvationarmy. org or 828-450-6202. Registration at 10:30am. $1250 foursome/$2500 sponsorship. Held at The Cliffs at Walnut Cove, 158 Walnut Valley Parkway, Arden

CAMP FOR ALL BBQ BALL • SA (9/28), 4pmProceeds from this outdoor celebration with activities for all ages, silent auction, catered dinner and squaredance benefit Camplify. Information: barbequeball. com. $75/$100 per couple/$125 per family of four. Held at Camp Ton-A-Wandah, 300 W. Ton A Wondah Road, Hendersonville CATCH THE WAVE CELEBRATION • WE (10/2), 5:30-7:30pm - Proceeds from this fundraiser with live music by The Barsters, raffles, information sessions, food and refreshments benefit the Woodfin Greenway and Blueway. $10 and up. Held at French Broad River Academy, 1990 Riverside Drive CROP HUNGER WALK • SU (9/29), 2pm - Donations at this community hunger walk benefit Buncombe Co. Schools Meals Assistance Program, ABCCM, and Loving Food Resources. Information: crophungerwalk.org/ ashevillenc. Registration at 1:30pm. Admission by donation. Held at St. Mark's Lutheran Church, 10 N. Liberty St.

ON TOP OF THE WORLD: Conserving Carolina hosts guided hikes every other Friday through Nov. 22 and on Saturday, Nov. 16. On Friday, Sept. 27, the organization plans a moderate 5-mile trek from Sam Knob to Flat Laurel Creek in Pisgah National Forest. In the photo, hikers enjoy Black Balsam Knob. Register for upcoming hikes at 828-697-5777, ext. 300 or pam@ conservingcarolina.org. Photo courtesy of Conserving Carolina ELIADA CORN MAZE • Through SU (10/27) Proceeds from this annual corn maze with activities for kids and hay rides benefit Eliada. See website for full schedule and prices: EliadaCornMaze.com. Held at Eliada, 2 Compton Drive LIBERTY CORNER • SU (9/29), 3-5:30pm - Proceeds from the house concert with the Resonant Rogues benefit Liberty Corner Enterprises programs for adults with developmental and intellectual disabilities. Tickets: lcewnc.org. $30.

LIVE STORYTELLING • FR (9/27), 7-10pm Proceeds from the Woods and Wild storytelling event featuring stories by Nicole Townsend, Cortina Jenelle, Isa Abdul-Halim Whitaker, Indy Srinath and Ali McGhee benefit the Dogwood Alliance. $20. Held at The Mothlight, 701 Haywood Road

rummagesale. 7-7:30am: $1 early admission. Free to attend. Held at Groce United Methodist Church, 954 Tunnel Road PISGAH LEGAL ANNUAL JUSTICE FORUM • TH (10/3), 7pm Proceeds from donations at this forum featuring keynote speaker Jose Antonio Vargas benefit Pisgah Legal Services. Registration required: pisgahlegal.org/ justiceforum. Free/$60 for pre-forum reception. Held at Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, 87 Haywood St.

MOMMA BEAR RUMMAGE SALE • SA (9/28), 7:30-3:30pm - Proceeds from this rummage sale benefit Asheville Moms of Multiples. Information: ashevillemom.com/

SPARC AFTER DARK • TH (10/3), 6-9pm - Proceeds from this party with live music, raffle and local food and drinks benefit the SPARC Foundation. Tickets: sparcafterdark.simpletix. com. $25. Held at The Boathouse at Smokey Park, 350 Riverside Drive WALK TO END ALZHEIMER'S • SA (9/28), 10:30am - Proceeds benefit Alzheimer’s care, support and research. Registration begins at 9am. Information:

Be the change you wish to see in the world. Present An Afternoon With

Langhorne Slim and The Lost at Last Band

BE THE CHANGE: Creating Peace Within And Without SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2019 AT UNITY OF THE BLUE RIDGE

2041 OLD FANNING BRIDGE RD. MILLS RIVER, NC (near AVL Airport)

with Dr. Arun Gandhi Sunday, September 29

Firefly Field at

Gates at 1pm / Music at 2pm

125 Underwood Road | | Fletcher, NC

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David Mayfield Parade BENEFIT SHOW. 50% GOES DIRECTLY TO FERNLEAF SCHOOL 24

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Grandson of Mahatma Gandhi Gandhi believed in the essential unity of all peoples and all religions. His grandson, Dr. Arun Gandhi, will share personal lessons and the principles of peace, inclusivity and non-violence in an inspiring public event.

MORNING PRESENTATION: 10AM-NOON EVENING PRESENTATION: 6PM-8PM

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BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY A-B TECH SMALL BUSINESS CENTER 1465 Sand Hill Road, Candler, 828-398-7950, abtech.edu/sbc • WE (9/25), 5:308:30pm - Grant Writing 101, seminar. Registration required. Free. • SA (9/28), 9amnoon - Marketing Your Business with Google, seminar. Registration required. Free. • WE (10/2), 3-6pm - Using Wordpress to Build a Website for Your Business, seminar. Registration required. Free. FLETCHER AREA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION • 4th THURSDAYS, 11:30-noon - General meeting. Free. Held at YMCA Mission Pardee Health Campus, 2775 Hendersonville Road, Arden GAME DESIGNERS OF NORTH CAROLINA • TU (10/1), 5-9pm - Meeting for game designers to discuss board game design, play-test each others games and learn more about the industry. Free to attend. Held at Hillside Games, 611c Tunnel Road LEADERSHIP ASHEVILLE FORUM • WE (10/2), 6-7:30pm - North Carolina Public Higher Education: How Could it be More Effective in Building Our Future? Public forum with presentations and discussions. Free. Held at UNC Asheville Reuter Center, 1 University Heights

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. PEACE-WHAT IS IT, WHERE IS IT, AND HOW CAN I GET IT? (PD.) The Peace Education Program, currently presented in over 80 countries worldwide, will be offered freely in Asheville at the North Asheville Recreation Center at 37 E. Larchmont Rd. Beginning Tuesday, September 24, 10 weekly video based 1 hr. classes will be held each Tuesday evening at 6:30 pm thru November 26. Please email or call to register for the free 10 week course at pep.Asheville@ gmail,com or 828-7770021 On FB: Peace Education Program Asheville Sponsored by Peace is Possible NC, www. peaceispossiblenc.org SEPTEMBER SUNDAYS 7, 15, 22 & 29 @ CANDLER CABOOSE! (PD.) Yoga 12-1pm, two craft/art/DIY sessions ($10+, kid-friendly) 1:30-3:30 & 4-6pm & 7pm movie + lawn games, fire pit + drinks for sale. AMERICAN LEGION POST 70 • LAST MONDAYS, 6pm - General meeting. Dinner at 6pm. Meeting at 7pm. Free. Held at American Legion Post 70, 103 Reddick Road ASHEVILLE ROTARY CLUB • THURSDAYS, noon-1:30pm - General meeting. Free. Held at Renaissance Asheville Hotel, 31 Woodfin St. ASHEVILLE SUBMARINE VETERANS • 1st TUESDAYS, 6-7pm - Social meeting

for US Navy submarine veterans. Free to attend. Held at Ryan's Steakhouse, 1000 Brevard Road BLACK MEN MONDAYS • LAST MONDAYS, 6:308pm - Black Men Mondays, group to bring positive, strong and like-minded black men together for the benefit of one another and the community. Information: 828-361-4529. Free. Held at Community Action Opportunities, 25 Gaston St. BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • SA (9/28), 3-6pm - Party with food, games and music celebrating 53-years of the East Asheville Library before it closes for construction of a new library. Free. Held at East Asheville Library, 902 Tunnel Road • Every other TUESDAY, 4pm - Basic computer skills class. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St.

• THURSDAYS, 10:30amnoon - Modern money theory study group. Free. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. • THURSDAYS, 5pm - Spanish conversation group for adults. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. COMMUNITY SHRED DAY • SA (9/28), 10am-noon Event for participants to shred up to four bags or boxes of personal documents. Information: bit.ly/2m8Grud. Free. Held at Better Business Bureau, 112 Executive Park LAUREL CHAPTER OF THE EMBROIDERERS’ GUILD OF AMERICA • TH (10/3), 10am - General meeting with presentation on crazy quilting. Free. Held at Cummings United Methodist Church, 3 Banner Farm Road, Horse Shoe ONTRACK WNC 50 S. French Broad Ave., 828-255-5166, ontrackwnc.org

• WE (9/25), 5:30-7pm Assessing Your Insurance Needs. Registration required. Free. • TH (9/26), noon-1:30pm - Women's Money Club. Registration required. Free. • TH (9/26), 5:30-7pm Budgeting and Debt, class. Registration required. Free. • MONDAYS (9/30) & (10/7), 1-4pm - Basics of budgeting, setting goals, planning, saving strategies and tracking spending series. Registration required. Free. PUERTO RICO CELEBRATION • FR (9/27), 5:30-8pm Cooking and history lessons celebrating the fusion of cultures in Puerto Rico. Free. Held at BeLoved Asheville Liberation Station, 10 N. Market St. SWANNANOA & BEACON BLANKET TOUR • SA (9/28), 10am-3pm - Walking tour of the old downtown area and the historic buildings that were once part of the textile mill town. $20 and up. Held at

Swannanoa Valley Museum, 223 W State St., Black Mountain TRANS & NONBINARY CLOTHING SWAP • SA (9/28), 1pm - Participants bring clothes that no longer fit body or style and take home something new. Free to attend. Held at Firestorm Books & Coffee, 610 Haywood Road TRIVIA NIGHT • TUESDAYS, 7pm - Trivia night. Free. Held at VFW Post 9157, 165 Cragmont Road, Black Mountain

FOOD & BEER ADULT COOKING CLASS • TH (10/3), 5:30-7pm - DIY Dips, Dressings and Spreads, class with dietitian, Lauren Furgiuele. $25/$15 members. Held at Asheville YMCA, 30 Woodfin St. ASHEVILLE VEGAN RUNNERS • 4th SATURDAYS, 5:30-6:30pm - Open group meeting. Free to attend. Held at Firestorm Books

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WALK THIS WAY: While Asheville’s 2019 Walk to End Alzheimer’s is already in the books, Henderson County’s walk is still to come. Check-in begins at 9 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 28, at Mills River Park, and the walk starts at 10:30 a.m. For more information visit act.alz.org/HendersonCounty or call 800-272-3900. Photo courtesy of the Alzheimer’s Association - Western Carolina Chapter

& Coffee, 610 Haywood Road COOKING DEMONSTRATION • FR (9/27), 11:30am - Rice and bean burrito cooking demonstration. Free. Held at Mountains Branch Library, 150 Bill's Creek Road, Lake Lure

FERMENTATION WORKSHOP • WE (9/25), 5-7pm Hands-on workshop. Free. Held at Burton Street Community Center, 134 Burton St. . FOOD POLICY COUNCIL • TH (9/26), 5-7pm Meeting of the Whole, family-friendly potluck

picnic with presentations and information about the organization. Spanish translation provided. Free/ Bring a potluck dish to share. Held at Carrier Park, 220 Amboy Road LEARN ABOUT COFFEE • TH (9/26), 6-8pm Gathering with Honduran coffee producing partners

from Cafe Organico Marcala coffee cooperative. Free to attend. Held at City Bakery, 60 Biltmore Ave. • FR (9/27), 6-8pm Gathering with Honduran coffee producing partners from Cafe Organico Marcala coffee cooperative. Free to attend. Held at Dynamite Roasting

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FESTIVALS ASHEVILLE JUGGLING FESTIVAL • FR (9/27) through SU (9/29) - Festival with large indoor juggling space, variety shows, workshops and space for non-jugglers to receive instruction. See website for full schedule, registration, costs and locations: ashevillejugglingfestival. com DUPONT FOREST FESTIVAL • SA (9/28), 10am-2pm - Outdoor, family- and dog-friendly festival with live demonstrations, wildlife presentations, bike clinics, food trucks and history. Information: dupontforest.com. Free to attend. Held at DuPont State Recreational Forest Guion Access Area, 3045 Sky Valley Road, Hendersonville GREEK FESTIVAL • FR (9/27) & SA (9/28), 11-9pm & SU (9/29), 11-4pm - Festival with traditional Greek food and beverages, music, dancing, kid's activities and vendors. Free to attend. Held at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 227 Cumberland Ave. MOUNTAIN HERITAGE DAY • SA (9/28), 10am-5pm - Mountain fair with over 150 art and craft vendors, live music and dance and a focus on Southern Appalachian mountain culture. Free to attend. Held at the WCU Intramural Field, Cullowhee OLD TIMEY FALL FESTIVAL • SA (9/28) 10am4pm - Outdoor event

featuring live music, food vendors, old-timey craft vendors and demonstrations and antique tractors, cars and trucks. Free to attend. Held at Burnsville Town Square

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS HENDERSONVILLE CITY COUNCIL CONVERSATIONS • TU (10/1), 6pm - Public community conversation with Hendersonville City Council members. Free to attend. Held at Boys & Girls Club of Henderson County, 1304 Ashe St., Hendersonville

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INDIVISIBLE COMMON GROUNDWNC • 1st WEDNESDAYS, 6:30-8pm - General meeting. Free. Held at St. David's Episcopal Church, 286 Forest Hills Road, Sylva TOWN HALL • TH (10/3), 8:30am2:30pm - Town hall with panel discussions and four breakout groups regarding the opioid and addiction crisis. Hosted by the WCU Center for the Study of Free Enterprise and the Jackson County Community Foundation. Registration required by MO (9/30): go.wcu.edu/ townhall. Free. Held at AK Hinds University Center, Memorial Drive, Cullowhee

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 • WE (9/25), 11am - Yoga for kids. Free. Held at Swannanoa

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Library, 101 West Charleston St., Swannanoa • 2nd SATURDAYS, 1-4pm & LAST WEDNESDAYS, 4-6pm - Teen Dungeons and Dragons for ages 12 and up. Registration required: 828-250-4720. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • WE (9/27), 4pm - Lego building, ages 5 and up. Free. Held at Leicester Library, 1561 Alexander Road, Leicester • FR (9/27), 4pm - Sign up to read for 15-minutes with J.R. the therapy dog. Registration required. Free. Held at Enka-Candler Library, 1404 Sandhill Road, Candler • 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 MALAPROP'S BOOKSTORE AND CAFE 55 Haywood St., 828-2546734, malaprops.com • WE (9/25), 10am Madelyn Lantz reads her book, The Singing Pool. For children 8 years and older. Free to attend.

MOUNTAINS BRANCH LIBRARY 150 Bill's Creek Road, Lake Lure, 828-287-6392, mountainsbranchlibrary.org • TH (9/26), 4:30pm - Learn about hydroponics and indoor growing. Help start the tower garden. Free. • FR (9/27), 4pm - Science and technology activities for all ages. Free. MY PLACE IN RACE • SA (9/28), 9am-4pm Experiential racial equity workshop for middle school students. Facilitated by Alexandria Ravenel, co-chair of Building Bridges of Asheville. Lunch, snacks and transportation provided. Registration: bit.ly/2ktHQuY. Free. Held at Evergreen Community Charter School, 50 Bell Road PISGAH CENTER FOR WILDLIFE CLASSES • WE (10/2), 10am-3pm - On the Water: Little River, outdoor workshop for ages 12 and older. Registration required. Free. Held at Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education, 1401 Fish Hatchery Road, Pisgah Forest

OUTDOORS CHIMNEY ROCK AT CHIMNEY ROCK STATE PARK (PD.) • Join a Park naturalist on Saturday,Oct.19, from

9am-1pm for this Fall Ridge Guided Hike that explores one of the seldom-seen areas of the Park. Advance registration required. Info at chimneyrockpark. com Held at Paid Listing, Asheville ASTRONOMY CLUB OF ASHEVILLE • TH (10/3), 7-9pm Meeting with guest speaker. Information: astroasheville.org. Free. Held at UNC Asheville Reuter Center, 1 University Heights FALL HIKING SERIES • FR (9/27) - Guided, moderate hike in the Pisgah National Forest. Registration: 828-697-5777, x 300 or pam@ conservingcarolina.org. Free. GRASSLAND OBSERVATORY • FR (9/27), 7:20pm - Night sky viewing with the Asheville Astronomy Club. Visit website on the day of the event for a gate code. Free. Held at Grassland Mountain Observatory, 2890 Grassland Parkway, Marshall HIKE OF THE WEEK • FR (9/27), 10am - Moderate, 2-mile, round-trip hike along the Big Butt Trail. Free. Meet at MP 359.8, Walker Knob Overlook, Blue Ridge Parkway

Send your event listings to calendar@mountainx.com MONARCH BUTTERFLY DAY • SA (9/28), 10am-4pm Educational program for participants to learn ways to help monarch butterflies, create make-and-take butterfly crafts and witness monarch butterfly releases. Parking fees apply. Held at NC Arboretum, 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way PISGAH CENTER FOR WILDLIFE EDUCATION 1401 Fish Hatchery Road, Pisgah Forest, 828-8774423 • WE (9/25), 6-9pm Hunter Education Course open to all ages. Registration required. Free. • SA (9/28), 10am-3pm - National Hunting and Fishing Day. Free. • MO (9/30), 9am-noon Birding class for beginners ages 10 and up. Registration required. Free. SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS RESERVE VISITORS’ DAY • TU (10/1), 10am-12:30pm - Visitor’s day guided tour. $25. Held at Southern Highlands Reserve, 558 Summit Ridge Road, Lake Toxaway TOUR OF HISTORIC BARNS • FR (9/27), 9am-noon Van tour of historic barns in Mars Hill. Registration required: info@ appalachianbarns.org or 828 380-9146. $40.

PARENTING HAYWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER 262 Leroy George Drive, Clyde, 828-452-8440, myhaywoodregional.com • THURSDAYS, 11:30am1:30pm - Social gathering for mothers and their babies. Registration required. Free to attend. • THURSDAYS until (10/24), 7-9pm - Preparation for Childbirth, four week series. Registration required. Free to attend.

PUBLIC LECTURES FASCISM: WHAT IT IS AND HOW TO FIGHT IT • TH (9/26), 6:30pm - Ed Hightower, of the Socialist Equality Party presentation, Fascism: What It is and How to Fight It. Free. Held at Asheville Botanical Gardens, 151 WT Weaver Blvd. INNOVATION PRESENTATION • MO (9/30), 7pm - How to Spark Innovation: Creating a Culture of Innovation in Your Library, lecture by Librarian, Georgia Coleman. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library - Lord Auditorium, 67 Haywood St. PUBLIC LECTURES AT UNCA unca.edu

• WE (9/25), 7:30-9pm - Practicing Archaeology (and Science) in the Current Political Climate, lecture by Anne Pyburn. Free. Held at UNC Asheville Sherrill Center, 227 Campus Drive • TU (10/1), 7:309pm - Presentation by Professor Katherine Grenier, regarding what lies ahead for Britain in the political battle over Brexit. Sponsored by the WNC chapter of the World Affairs Council. $10/Free to members. Held at UNC-Asheville Reuter Center, 1 Campus View Road • TH (10/3), - Antisemitism through a Hate Studies Lens, lecture by Kenneth S. Stern. Free. Held at Highsmith Student Union, 1 University Heights

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A MATTER OF BALANCE • Through MO (9/30) - Open registration for Managing Concerns About Falls, class series focused on preventing falls. Held MONDAYS, (10/7) through (12/2). Registration: stephanie@ landofsky.org or 828251-7438. Free. Held at Fletcher Town Hall, 300 Old Cane Creek Road, Fletcher BLACK MOUNTAIN YMCA 25 Jane Jacobs Rd. Black Mountain • WE (9/25), 2-4pm Medicare Choices Made Easy. Free. • TU (10/1), 2-4pm Medicare Choices Made Easy. Free. FOCUS ON FLEXIBILITY • TUESDAYS, 2:30pm - Focus on Flexibility, exercise class focused on stiffness, balance and body alignment. Information: 828-299-4844. Free. Held at Haw Creek Commons, 311 Old Haw Creek Road

SPIRITUALITY ANATASATI MAGGA (PD.) Sujata Yasa (Nancy Spence). Zen Buddhism. Weekly meditations and services; Daily recitations w/mala. Urban retreats.

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JEWISH WOMEN'S CIRCLE • TH (9/26), 7-9pm - PreRosh Hashanah ladies night out with activities and refreshments. Registration: chana@ chabadasheville.org. $18. Held at Chabad House, 127 McDowell St. SONGS & SILENCE, ALL FAITH TAIZE SERVICE • THURSDAYS, 6:30-7:15 pm - All faith Taize service of meditation and music. Free. Held at Grace Lutheran Church, 1245 6th Ave W., Hendersonville THE CENTER FOR ART AND SPIRIT AT ST. GEORGE'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 1 School Road, 828-2580211 • 4th FRIDAYS, 10amnoon - Contemplative Companions, meditation. Free. • TUESDAYS 7-8:30pm - Mountain Mindfulness Sangha. Admission by donation.

VOLUNTEERING TUTOR ADULTS IN NEED WITH THE LITERACY COUNCIL (PD.) 43% of adults with low literacy live in poverty. Volunteer and help our neighbors rise above the confines of poverty. Orientation 10/7(5:30pm) or 10/10(9am) RSVP: volunteers@litcouncil. com. Learn more: www. litcouncil.com. 12 BASKETS CAFE VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION • TUESDAYS 10:30am - Volunteer orientation. Held at 12 Baskets Cafe, 610 Haywood Road BAT FORK BOG WORKDAY • TH (9/26), 10am-2pm - Volunteer to remove non-native invasive species from this rare bog habitat. Registration required: volunteer@ conservingcarolina.org or 828-697-5777 x 211.

CORN MAZE • Through (10/27) - Volunteers needed to work three hour shifts at the Elida Corn Maze. Information: EliadaCornMaze. com. Held at Eliada, 2 Compton Drive GIRLS ON THE RUN OF WNC • SA (9/28), 9am-noon - 20+ volunteers needed at Race to the Taps 5K, Girls on the Run. Free t-shirt and refreshments. Registration: hannah.robinson@ girlsontherun.org. Held at Archetype Brewing, 265 Haywood Road HOMEWARD BOUND OF WNC • THURSDAYS, 11am - See the Hope Tour, find out how Homeward Bound is working to end homelessness and how you can help. Registration required: tours@ homewardboundwnc. org or 828-785-9840. Free. Held at Homeward Bound of WNC, 19 N. Ann St.

NATIONAL PUBLIC LANDS DAY • SA (9/28) - Volunteer at public parks across the country. Volunteer opportunities: neefusa. org/npld-event-search. TRANZMISSION PRISON PROJECT • Fourth THURSDAYS, 6-9pm - Monthly meeting to prepare packages of books and zines for mailing to prisons across the US. Free to attend. Held at Firestorm Books & Coffee, 610 Haywood Road

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INNER ADVENTURES Unusual therapies offer wellness with a difference BY KAY WEST kswest55@comcast.net Has your wellness routine become just a bit too routine? Are you weary of the same old same old? Bored with the predictable and uninspired by the mundane? The good news is Asheville abounds with alternatives for adventurous healing journeys and opportunities to indulge your curiosity.

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VIBRANT VESSEL WELLNESS Iona Jones says a frequent response from women after their first session with her is “I’ve been looking for this my whole life and didn’t know it existed!” What they’re referring to, says Jones, is actually an assortment of therapies and practices that she’s assembled during her own journey and combined into what she calls “womb work.” Raised in the Appalachian region, Jones, the owner/operator of Vibrant Vessel Wellness in Boone, studied multiple modalities at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, Calif. She apprenticed under master teachers in the fields of somatic psychology and integrative bodywork and chose craniosacral therapy as her specialty. After moving back east, she launched Vibrant Vessel in Asheville before relocating it to Boone in 2017. Womb work sessions might include such approaches as Mayan abdominal massage, pelvic floor opening and releasing techniques, sacred spot awareness and the yoni egg process. Mayan massage works with the area from the pelvis and hips to where the diaphragm meets the rib cage; in the egg process, the patient inserts an egg-shaped gemstone into her vagina and practices intentional breathing and becoming attuned to that area of her body. “So many women are so disembodied from their womb space, so disconnected from it,” notes Jones. “There is so much societal and cultural shame and embarrassment infused into our relationship with our moon blood, ovulation process and sexuality. Womb wellness means healing and reconnecting with this sacred space.” Sessions may be 60, 90 or 120 minutes, and more than one is needed, she explains, to work through issues. Jones says she has many Asheville clients who

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tanks. Corey Costanzo, who owns Still Point Wellness with his wife, Robin Fann-Costanzo, calls the experience an inner adventure. “When you go in the tank there is no sound and no light,” he explains. “It blocks all your external senses, so your inner senses start to come alive. The minutes go by, and in your mind you’ve been thinking of what you did last week and what you have to do tomorrow, but at some point your mind says, ‘Try to let it go.’ And all the energy we use to think, to fight gravity, to walk around and hold our body tight starts to free up, and your body uses it where it is most needed.” At Still Point, the adventure takes place in an 8-foot-long by 6-foot-wide by 7 1/2-foot-tall tank, one of the largest on the market, notes Costanzo. One thousand pounds of Epsom salts are dissolved in 400 gallons of water. “The saltwater is only 12 inches deep: You don’t need 4 feet of water to float. That means the ceiling is another 5 feet from the surface of the water, which is comforting

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— Daniel James Wicker, Appalachia Guild of Healing Arts to people who are afraid they might feel claustrophobic. Your eyes and mouth are above water, your ears below it.” To begin their 60-, 90- or 120-minute session, clients enter the private floatation suite, undress, shower, insert earplugs, step into the tank, lie back … and float. The heat is maintained at about 95 degrees and fresh air is pumped in; as the air warms up, the temperatures of the air, water and skin equalize, so even the sense of touch goes away. At the end of the session, clients shower, dress and are served hot tea, sitting in front of a 120-gallon saltwater aquarium. “We encourage people to partake of the whole experience, from beginning to end,” says Costanzo. “It’s a mind-body reset.” More information at stillpointwell.com. HOLD ME AVL “I have friends who say, ‘Hey, I love to cuddle — I want to be paid to do it!’” Ishka Shir says with a laugh. “Me too! But there’s a lot more to it than that.” Shir has training in such modalities as massage, yoga and therapeutic touch, to complement what she calls her compassionate nature and skill at listening. “I was cuddling friends in a comforting sense for many years, but when I heard about professional cuddling, I realized I could offer it to more than friends and acquaintances, so I started Hold Me AVL. I prefer to call it therapeutic cuddling, because I think that’s more reflective of what I do.” Some people come to her unsure of what they’re looking for, and her intake form starts the conversation. “Other than logistical questions like name and address, I only have three questions, and one of those is ‘What are your goals and expectations for this session?’ Some people are very clear, and some don’t know but are curious. I think it’s great that they’re willing to try it.” Good communication is crucial, stresses Shir, as are recognizing and maintaining boundaries. “With firsttimers, I do a ton of checking in. Do you want to hold my hand? Is it OK for me to put my arm around you? Do you want my hand to be stationary on your shoulder or give you soft touches? Some people just want pillow talk. Some people want to cry and express emotion.”

Individual sessions are 30, 60 or 90 minutes, and many of her clients are men. Group events, such as the opento-all Snuggle in the Park gatherings at The Botanical Gardens at Asheville, tend to attract more women, some of whom are dealing with sexual trauma and looking for ways to get safe touch. “One woman told me that her goals were to start by feeling comfortable with women touching her, and then perhaps someday she will be able to think about touching men again.” More information at holdmeavl.com. NAMASTE IN NATURE In Asheville, yoga studios seem second only to breweries in number, with several to choose from in every corner of the county, but only one local practice takes place exclusively outdoors. “I did my yoga training in India, backpacked around Asia and hiked the Himalayas, the Andes and the Alps,” says Miranda Peterson, the founder of Namaste in Nature. “When I came back to my hometown, Spartanburg, I taught in a studio there for about a year while I was figuring out what next. I moved to Asheville in 2017, and a friend suggested yoga hikes. I said, ‘That’s a thing?’ She said she had seen it but not around here, so I said, ‘Done!’” Peterson began with Meetup groups, and when people started coming whom she didn’t already know, she realized the concept would work and went professional. On her website is a blog post she wrote listing 108 benefits of yoga hiking. “That’s a lot,” she concedes with a laugh, so she summarized her message at the front end, highlighting such positives as boosting the immune system, lowering blood pressure, reducing stress, increasing confidence, losing weight and improving memory and focus. Peterson offers three yoga hike options; the most popular is a threehour excursion to Catawba Falls. “We meet at the trailhead,” she explains. “We hike to the waterfall and have a guided meditation there. Being outside with the sound of the falls, connecting with the earth while meditating, is an amazing way to release those negative

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ence deep relaxation with crystal bowls, gongs, didgeridoo and other peaceful instruments. $15. At Skinny Beats Sound Shop, 4 Eagle Street skinnybeatsdrums.com ATHLETES WITH EATING DISORDERS • FR (9/27), 9:30-11:30am - Fumbles, Fouls, and False Starts: Lessons Learned Treating Athletes with Eating Disorders, presentation. Registration: bit.ly/2m6GyGD. $30. Held at Goodwill Career Training Center, 1616 Patton Ave. AWAKENING THE DREAMER SYMPOSIUM • SA (9/28), 10am-1:30pm - Interactive workshop regarding environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling and socially just living. Hosted by the Pachamama Alliance. Registration: bit.ly/32dbogF. Free. Held at Jubilee Community Church, 46 Wall St. BE MINDFUL • TUESDAYS, 7:30-8:30pm - Guided,

Chinese fire cupping. “Integrative energy work is kind of our catchall term for what we do, and it is really dependent on the practitioner,” Wicker explains. “I practice reiki and a little bit of qi gong and chakra balancing. I might combine those in a session. One of our practitioners does shamanic energy work, and we have done polarity therapy.” He says reiki is the most accessible form of energy work, and it can be integrated into a massage. Every second Sunday, the guild hosts a “reiki recharge circle” for practitioners, amateurs and folks who might want to dip their toes into the practice and learn more. “People can be skeptical sometimes, but we think it’s amazing and want everyone to try it. We want people to experience more than just the massage therapy and bodywork and start to learn about advanced modalities and energy work, try some of these other things out, have some experiences and open the door to the other work we do. This community is so open to and curious about things of a healing nature. It’s about holding space for each other.” More information at appalachiahealingarts.com. X

non-religious sitting and walking meditation. Admission by donation. Held at Urban Dharma, 77 W. Walnut St. CHAI CHATS SERIES • SA (9/28), 3-4pm Dream Yoga, interactive workshop focused on dream interpretation through shamanistic yoga practices. $5-$25. Held at OM Sanctuary, 87 Richmond Hill Drive COFFEE AND CONVERSATION: AMONG FRIENDS • 4th WEDNESDAYS, 11:30am-noon - Coffee and conversation on wellness topics. Free. Held at Ferguson Family YMCA, 31 Westridge Market Place, Candler MAT PILATES • SA (9/28), 11am - Mixed level mat Pilates. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. RICEVILLE COMMUNITY WORKOUT • THURSDAYS, 6pm Community workout for all ages and fitness levels.

Bring yoga mat and water. Free. Held at Riceville Fire Department, 2251 Riceville Road SPECIAL OLYMPICS ADAPTIVE CROSSFIT CLASSES • WEDNESDAYS, 3-4pm - Adaptive crossfit classes for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Free. Held at South Slope CrossFit, 217 Coxe Ave., Suite B TOOLS FOR FAMILY CAREGIVERS • TU (10/1), 10-11:30am - Interactive 6 week workshop for family caregivers. Registration required: bit.ly/2k6t64Q. Free. Held at Land of Sky Regional Council Offices, 339 New Leicester Highway, Suite 140 WALKING CLASS • TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 9am - Walking exercise class. Free. Held at Grace Lutheran Church, 1245 6th Ave W., Hendersonville

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CLEAR OUTLOOK: Western North Carolina’s outdoor recreation industry brings in roughly $4.84 billion annually, but area business leaders believe there’s considerable room for growth. Photo by Derek DiLuzio, courtesy of the Growing Outdoors Partnership

BY LAURA HACKETT laurafaye15@gmail.com With its rugged and mountainous landscape, it’s no surprise that Western North Carolina is a proverbial gold mine for the outdoor recreation industry. A 2017 report from the Outdoor Industry Association found that consumer spending on outdoor recreation in WNC totals $4.84 billion annually. And statewide, the industry generates $28 billion per year, over $3

billion more than the financial and insurance sector. While those sums are far from chump change, area business leaders and economic development professionals believe that much of the outdoor industry’s potential remains unrealized. “In the mountains, it’s very difficult to drop down a giant site and invite people to come out. But what we do have is a culture of whitewater fishing, hiking, biking,

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G RE EN SC E N E kayaking, summer camps,” says Arthur Salido, Western Carolina University’s executive director of community and economic engagement and innovation. “If we could develop that industry, get more folks to participate and help it grow, that would have a huge impact.” That economic opportunity is the inspiration behind the second annual Outdoor Economy Conference, which takes place Thursday, Oct. 10, at the Crowne Plaza Resort in Asheville. Through presentations and breakout sessions, the conference will highlight outdoor recreation leaders from WNC and beyond with the goal of lifting up the area as an East Coast hub for the industry. In its inaugural year, the conference sold out, with over 250 attendees. This year, it’s expected to more than double in attendance, largely thanks to the efforts of the Growing Outdoors Partnership. Formed last October with over $1.7 million from the Appalachian Regional Commission and community stakeholders, the partnership brings together more than a dozen businesses, academic institutions and government agencies to boost sustainable job growth in the local outdoor gear and recreation industries. OUTWARD BOUND “At the first conference, we focused on connectivity across the industry,” says Noah Wilson, project manager for the Growing Outdoors Partnership. “This year, we’re really looking at the building blocks of the outdoor economy: workforce development, branding and marketing, supply chains and recreational infrastructure.”

WILD DIAMOND: Peter Metcalf, the Outdoor Economy Conference’s keynote speaker, grew Black Diamond Equipment into a $90 million company after spinning it off from clothing maker Patagonia. Photo courtesy of the Outdoor Economy Conference Sarah Wood, chair of the N.C. Outdoor Recreation Coalition, notes that the outdoor sector has recently shown strong growth at the state and national levels. Still, she continues, “WNC is uniquely positioned with a cluster of existing outdoor brands, manufacturers, natural mountain and river resources, as well as state-of-the-art educational institutions and support organizations like the Outdoor Recreation Coalition, the Outdoor Gear Builders and Mountain BizWorks.” In the region’s more rural locales, which have historically lagged behind metro areas in economic growth, the industry is particularly ripe with opportunity. Together, the Nantahala and Pisgah national forests span more

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than 1 million acres of WNC, encompassing an area larger than the state of Rhode Island. If residents could find ways to harness those economic assets, Wilson says, the community would see increases in jobs, capital and overall quality of life. To further this concept of rural development, a new Building Outdoor Communities track has been added to the conference lineup. The intensive day-and-a-half workshop series will provide guidance on how to channel outdoor recreation into an economic driver, specifically addressing topics such as project funding, building infrastructure and the planning/visioning process. The program will be led by Andy Williamson, principal of Active Strategies, and feature industry leaders who have found success in outdoor communities such as Grand Junction, Colo. and Duluth, Minn. “What it’s all about is helping these communities harness and leverage the assets they have,” says Williamson. “Each community is unique; we want them to create an authentic approach to this process.” Once communities are aware of their existing resources — whether that’s the potential to develop more of a hiking scene or a new whitewater park — they have to find the money, build the infrastructure, engage the community, attract tourists and figure out a way to measure the return on investment, Williamson explains. “We help these communities, no matter where they are, to plug in and help them take it to the next level,” he says. GET ON THE TRAIL Another goal of the conference is to inspire area entrepreneurs who are focused on outdoor recreation. Both local and national industry leaders grace the lineup, including Judy Gross, founder of Fletcherbased LightHeart Gear, and Amy Allison, marketing manager of Asheville-based hammock manufacturer Eagles Nest Outfitters. Starring as the keynote speaker is Peter Metcalf, the founder and former CEO of Utah-based Black Diamond Equipment. Metcalf spun off Black Diamond from clothing maker Patagonia and grew it into a separately successful outdoor company, which he sold in 2010 for $90 million. “[Metcalf] truly exemplifies leadership for the outdoor industry,” says conference planning commit-

tee member Sandra Dennison, who directs the Cullowhee/Asheville office of the state Small Business & Technology Development Center. “All companies have their challenges, but to be able to grow a company to the size and sought-after brand of Black Diamond is one most entrepreneurs dream of building. To learn about strategic partnerships and advocacy efforts from Peter will be valuable for our region.” Channeling a similar vision as Metcalf’s, several regional entrepreneurs are taking their businesses to adventurous edges of the industry. The Candler-based startup Bellyak, for example, has created a kayak paddled in a belly-down, swimming position, which is both novel and accessible for users with spinal cord injuries. Meanwhile, Brevard-based Sylvan Sport has earned several industry awards, including Best of Adventure Gear from National Geographic, with its reimagined minimalist concept for pop-up camping trailers. The evening before the conference on Wednesday, Oct. 9, from 5:30-8:30 p.m., the community will have the chance to hear from other up-and-coming outdoor startups at New Belgium Brewing. The public reception features five-minute pitches from 10 growing brands in the new Waypoint Accelerator program — the East Coast’s first outdoor business accelerator — including Asheville-based “bikepacking” gear maker Rockgeist and Sylvabased heirloom ax manufacturer Shira Forge. “The Waypoint Accelerator is an example of how our community is leading the way,” says Wilson. “This conference is building a bigger engine for the region. It leverages healthy landscapes and clean water. It’s going to help rural communities. And when we do recreation right, we help with conservation too. We’re building that platform and audience for folks to recognize the importance of the outdoors.” X

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Monarch Butterfly Day September is the month of monarchs in Western North Carolina. Every year at this time, North America’s East Coast population of monarch butterflies passes through the area en route to their winter home in the oyamel fir forests of Mexico’s Sierra Madre Mountains. In celebration of this milkweed-dependent pollinator and its unique journey, The North Carolina Arboretum hosts several weeks of Monarch Month events, classes and exhibits each September, culminating with Monarch Butterfly Day. Scheduled this year for Saturday, Sept. 28, Monarch Butterfly Day is family friendly, with take-home butterfly crafts and educational demonstrations and exhibits from Bee City Hendersonville, Bee City Asheville and Asheville GreenWorks, says Jonathan Marchal, arboretum youth education manager. Children ages 5-13 who register in the Arboretum’s ecoEXPLORERS program prior to the event (sign up at ecoexplore.net) can participate in a free workshop during which they can view all stages of the monarch life cycle, learn about the butterfly’s life-or-death connection to the milkweed plant and explore one of the garden’s milkweed plots to hunt for eggs and caterpillars. Sessions are 10-11:30 a.m. and 2-3:30 p.m.; preregistration is required (ecoexplore@ncarboretum.org). Adults can preregister for the Build a Better Monarch Garden class, which runs 10 a.m.-noon ($34 arboretum

ECO GREENFEST AT UNCA sustainability.unca.edu • WE (9/25), 6:308:30pm - Climate Reality, meeting with presentation by the WNC Chapter of The Climate Reality Project. Free. Held at Highsmith Student Union, 1 University Heights • TH (9/26), 7pm - Hidden Rivers, documentary film screening. Free. Held at Highsmith Student Union, 1 University Heights INVERTEBRATE MONITORING PROJECT • SU (9/29), 9am-4pm - Stream Monitoring

Information Exchange (SMIE) training in water quality monitoring methods. Registration required: staff@eqilab. org or call 828-357-7411. Free. Held at UNCAsheville, 1 University Heights RIVERLINK RIVERFRONT BUS TOUR • 1st THURSDAYS, 10am-1pm - Proceeds from the Riverfront bus tour benefit RiverLink. Registration: avl.mx/68a. $45. SIERRA CLUB • TH (10/3), 7-9pm - Bird Migration and Climate Change, presentation by ornithologist Simon Thompson. Free. Held

TAG TEAM: Educators at The N.C. Arboretum will attach numbered tags to monarch butterflies and release them into the wild for their annual migration to Mexico during the Sept. 28 Monarch Butterfly Day. Scientists use the tags to gather information about the insects’ journey. Photo courtesy of The N.C. Arboretum members/$39 nonmembers; preregister at avl.mx/6iy). Landscape entomologist Adam Baker will discuss how backyard gardeners can help with the conservation of monarchs and other endangered pollinators, covering topics such as current conservation efforts, milkweed varieties, citizen scientist involvement and more. All ages can watch at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. as arboretum educators and a few members of the ecoEXPLORE program

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FARM & GARDEN IDENTIFY THE COMMON INVASIVE PLANTS OF WNC • SA (9/28), 10am-noon Barb Harrison, Extension Master Gardener, presents on Can You Identify the Common Invasive Plants of Western North Carolina? Registration required: 828-255-5522. Free. Held at Buncombe County Cooperative Extension Center, 49 Mount Carmel Road, Suite 102

NUTS AS STAPLE FOODS • SA (9/28), 1:30-7pm - Class discussing all aspects of harvest, storage, processing, and culinary use of acorns, hazelnuts, chestnuts, hickories and black walnuts. Registration required: livingwebfarms.org. $15. Held at Living Web Farms, 176 Kimzey Road, Mills River SEASONAL MULCH & COMPOSTED LEAVES GIVEAWAY • THURSDAYS, FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS until (11/2) - Seasonal mulch giveaway. Thurs. & Fri.: 3-7pm. Sat.: 8am-noon. Free. Held at 80 Balfour Road, Hendersonville

tag the wings of adult butterflies with tiny stickers and release them into the wild. The tag numbers and other information will be recorded with conservation organization Monarch Watch. “When someone finds a butterfly with a tag either along the way to Mexico or in Mexico, they can upload the tag number so that scientists can learn more about their migration routes,” explains Marchal. The butterflies to be released were collected as eggs in the wild by Kim Bailey of Milkweed Meadows Farm in Henderson County, then raised in captivity at the arboretum, he says, noting that Bailey’s farm is also the source of the milkweed grown at the arboretum. Several species of milkweed plants will be offered for sale during the event — look for bright orange, sun-loving butterfly weed; pink-flowered, wet soiltolerant swamp milkweed; and the tall,

quick-spreading common milkweed, among the many varieties. Plants cost $6 each or five for $20 with proceeds benefiting the arboretum’s youth education programming.

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BY LAURA HACKETT laurafaye15@gmail.com Culinary boredom is real. Depending on your culture, lifestyle or budget, the monotony may manifest in different ways. Maybe it’s smoothies and salad ad nauseam. Or pizza three days in a row. For me, it’s the healthy but bland rut of grain bowls and roasted vegetables. Don’t get me wrong, my love for all those dishes (especially you, pizza) is undying. But when we approach food with a sense of adventure rather than habit, the experience transcends mere sustenance. Adventurous eating is one of the best ways to challenge ourselves, connect with the community and learn more about the world. That’s why for the past month, I’ve tried to channel my inner Anthony Bourdain, sampling the more unusual, off-the-beaten-path and adventurous dishes the Asheville area has to offer. Along the way, I’ve become more inspired than ever about the capacity for food to teach us something new. While some may not find these dishes unfamiliar, I hope that at least a few items on the list challenge readers beyond their comfort zones. BUG OUT Chapulines, the Spanish term for crickets or grasshoppers, are a delicacy in Mexico and particularly famous in the Oaxaca region, where children are known to sell and eat the bugs like popcorn. Traditionally, the grasshoppers are toasted with garlic, lime juice, salt and, in some cases, chili powder. You can sample these specimens in a chapulines taco at Never Blue ($6.75; theneverblue.com), an eclectic tapas bar in downtown Hendersonville. In the taco: a generous handful of the chapulines, whole roasted and sautéed in herb butter, tucked under a thick blanket of fresh corn, cherry tomatoes, queso fresco and cilantro. If you can get past the sensation of swallowing tiny legs, antennae and wings, you’ll be rewarded with a light and smoky crunch of some of the most nutrient dense and cheap protein around. Interested in the flavor but not so much the extremities? En La Calle in downtown Asheville offers it in pow-

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BUG BITES: In Mexico, grasshoppers — called chapulines — are toasted with garlic, lime juice, salt and, in some cases, chili powder. The chapulines taco at Never Blue in Hendersonville features chapulines roasted and sautéed in herb butter, served with fresh corn, cherry tomatoes, queso fresco and cilantro. Photo by Laura Hackett dered form, sprinkled over grilled street corn, or elote ($5; 15 Eagle St.). The smokiness of the bugs, ground and blended with chili powder and cayenne, harmonizes beautifully with the drizzles of cotija cheese, lime and chili crema. You can also find powdered chapulines garnished around the rim of En La Calle’s Vampira Margarita ($11.50) or the Maya Margarita at En La Calle’s sister restaurant Limones ($11; limonesrestaurant.com). JAMAICAN ME CURR-AZY While Caribbean food can be found at a few spots around town, the Grill Jamaica food truck is arguably the most affordable and authentic spot for Jamaican cuisine (828-226-5624 or look for the truck on Facebook). I mean, you can hear the island music blasting from owner Judith Bourkan’s speakers from a block away, and customers routinely drive from neighboring towns to visit

this truck, which is usually posted at the Haywood Country Club parking lot in West Asheville. Bourkan, who cooks alongside her mother, Jacqueline Duncan, brings her grandmother’s traditional island recipes to life with deep, savory flavors that zing and pop with garlic, pimento, ginger, thyme and a few other aromatics she prefers to keep secret. While some Jamaican dishes like jerk chicken have become well known in America, the slow-roasted oxtail and curried goat stew make for a rare treat. In both recipes, the bones in the meat drive the flavor. The oxtail, a gelatin-rich cattle tail, is slow-roasted for hours in a brown sauce and falls off the vertebrae with velvety grace and rich flavor ($15). The curried goat, bright yellow and laden with onions and potatoes, is succulent, beefy and served with fat hunks of bone ($10-12). If you’re doing this dish right, by the end of the meal you’ll be prying the

last bits of meat off the bone with your bare hands and maybe even sucking out bits from the crevices. ANATOMY LESSON Organs are enjoying a moment in the sun at Benne on Eagle, a new fine dining establishment on The Block, the historically African American area of downtown. The menu beckons eaters with a contemporary selection of Afrilachian eats with influences from West African and Appalachian soul food. Order the liver and pickles for an assortment of fried chicken livers, liver pudding, a variety of pickled vegetables and a butchered-in-house rabbit sausage made with kidney, liver, fatback and fresh aromatics ($16; benneoneagle.com). In the fried liver especially, the squishy texture and flavor of cooked blood are dense and bright. And the pudding — creamy and salty — really shines when scooped on a cracker and paired with one of the accompanying pickled hot peppers or watermelon radishes. Hands down, my personal favorite was the rabbit sausage, which was juicy, tender and balanced with a nice drizzle of red hibiscus mustard.

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Asheville Coffee Expo returns to the RAD “Asheville has a burgeoning specialty coffee scene,” says Abby Dickinson, founder of the Asheville Coffee Expo. Nevertheless, she adds, the growing industry often feels overshadowed by the city’s breweries and restaurants. Yet as local roasters and cafes continue popping up, Dickinson believes the collective chorus of steamers, grinders and percolators will soon rise in volume. Dickinson’s festival, the Asheville Coffee Expo, now entering its fourth year, has been working to make sure this comes to fruition through its celebration of the local industry. The $14 ticketed event ($17 at the door), moves down the road this year from its former home on Ralph and Depot streets in the River Arts District to plē b urban winery. The morning festival, which runs 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 28, will feature competitions and an educa-

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STEEPED IN COFFEE: Residents will have the chance to sample 20 different roasters at the fourth annual Asheville Coffee Expo, taking place Saturday, Sept. 28, at plēb urban winery. Photo courtesy of Abby Dickinson tion tent as well as samples from 20 roasters, including Dynamite Roasting Co., PennyCup Coffee Co. and South Slope Coffee. The event will also offer a free street fair, featuring local food and beverage businesses, including the Underground Café with DoughP Doughnuts, Beeswax & Butter, The Rhu and Asheville Tea Co. Sustainability, notes Dickinson, is the theme for this year’s festival, and the topic and its relation to the coffee industry will be covered in the expo’s education tent. Further, Dickinson points out, Asheville Coffee Expo has

teamed with The Bright Angle, a local designer-maker collaborative pottery studio, to sell handmade tasting cups for $12 during the event in an effort to cut back on waste. As Asheville’s overall reputation as a culinary destination continues to gain national attention, Dickinson notes, it only seems natural to think the region’s coffee culture will, too. “This is sort of a logical next step,” she says of the industry. “As Asheville develops a city of tastemakers, it just makes sense that coffee would come up alongside that.”

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BeLoved Asheville, a volunteerrun nonprofit that seeks to empower community, will host a potluck dinner celebrating Puerto Rican culture on Friday, Sept. 27. The evening will include cooking and history lessons, as well as art displays, storytelling, music and dance. Attendees are asked to bring an object, a dish or a story to share that highlights their pride in being Puerto Rican. The potluck celebration runs 5:308 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27, at BeLoved Asheville’s Liberation Station, 10 N. Market St. For more information, visit avl.mx/6ii.

Dinner at Green Toe Ground Farm Pickled vegetables, skewers of lamb and sweet pasta-encased cheesecake will be on the menu at Green Toe Ground Farm’s upcoming farm dinner. The meal will be prepared by South Carolina chef Dan Williams, with desserts made by pastry chef Ashley Capps of Buxton Hall Barbecue. Proceeds from the dinner will benefit Soul Fire Farm, an organization that works to provide funds to emerging farmers of color. Tickets are $75. Dinner starts at 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29, at Green Toe Ground Farm, 411 Pope Road, Burnsville. For tickets, visit avl.mx/6ik.

Autumn Harvest Candlelight Tea Asheville Tea Co. and Ivory Road Cafe & Kitchen will team up to host the Autumn Harvest Candlelight Tea on Sunday, Sept. 29. The event will include a tea tasting flight of seasonal blends as well as scones and shortbread cookies with jam, honey butter and clotted cream, finger sandwiches and petit-fours-

Transport Your Senses style desserts. Cost is $27.95 per person; reservations are required. The tea event runs 5-7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29, at Ivory Road Cafe & Kitchen, 1854 Brevard Road. To make reservations, visit avl.mx/6im.

NCRLA Mixologist of the Year, Joe Nicol, will be a judge. The competition runs 6-8:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 30, at Angus Barn’s Bay 7 in Durham. For details, visit avl.mx/6in.

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On Sunday, Sept. 29, Sunflower Diner will host a grand opening brunch inside West Village Market & Deli. The diner replaces Farmacy Juice and Tonic Bar, which closed earlier this month. According to a press release, Sunflower Diner will offer classic breakfast and lunch options, such as Belgian waffles, homemade biscuits and veggie burgers, with a focus on local food sources that are organic and non-GMO. Sunflower Diner’s grand opening runs 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29, at 771 Haywood Road. For more information, visit avl.mx/6ip.

The S&W Market A new food hall, The S&W Market, will launch next spring inside downtown’s historic S&W Building. Meherwan Irani of Chai Pani Restaurant Group will act as the market’s culinary consultant. According to a recent press release, the two-story space will include four Asheville-based food stalls, and Highland Brewing Co. will have bars on the building’s main floor and mezzanine. More updates will follow as the opening nears. The S&W Market is slated to open in the spring at 56 Patton Ave. X

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The cider side of sipping Local cideries get creative with the fruit of WNC’s apple harvests Give humans a fruit, vegetable or grain, and they’re likely to find a way to make booze out of it. The apple — a fruit that grows well in so many places around the world — is no exception. Cider, an alcoholic beverage made from fermented apple juice, has been produced since before recorded history began. But like everything else in the world of food and drink, enterprising souls have refined and expanded the process to create cider on a larger scale. And with Henderson County’s abundance of apple orchards, Western North Carolina has proved an ideal location for a modern day renaissance of this ancient drink. The Hendersonville area accounts for a full 85% of the state’s apple production. Today, there are nearly a halfdozen commercial cideries in or near Asheville. The area’s first, Noble Cider, opened in 2012 and began bottling its products for distribution by 2016. Bold Rock Hard Cider was launched in Virginia in 2012 and opened an Asheville cidery and taproom in late 2015. A smaller craft operation, Black Mountain Cider Works, also makes mead, a honey-based alcoholic beverage with a story of its own (we’ll cover mead in a future article). More than a decade ago, Asheville native Josie Mielke was making cider at home with her then-husband, Shiloh, her dad and brothers. “As a gluten-free person, I drank my share of red wine,” she says with a laugh. “But we were looking for something with a lower ABV (alcohol content).” Cider typically comes in between 5% and 9% alcohol, roughly the same as beer. “But I don’t think we ever thought it would be a business,” she admits. When Urban Orchard Cider Co. opened its production facility and tasting room in West Asheville in October 2013, space was tight. “Imagine production in a shoebox,” says Mielke. The recently opened South Slope location has allowed the cidery to expand its production significantly. “We’re doing around 30,000 gallons a year of finished product,” she says, noting that (theoretical) capacity is more than 100,000 gallons of cider annually. But because Urban Orchard only works with locally sourced apples in 40

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spice) and Green Glory, an “aggressively hopped” cider. “We’re going to do a Spanish-inspired gin barrel-aged cider in the fall,” Heagney says. Both Heagney and Mielke agree that Asheville and its surrounding region is yielding some of the best cider in the country. “Because of the apple varietals that do well here in the Appalachian region,” Mielke says, “you’re going to get a very crisp, clean, apple-forward cider.” And she says that works well with Urban Orchard’s approach. “Our mantra is to support local farmers and community while producing something that’s free of artificial flavors, colors, aromas and high-fructose corn syrup. We’re really just breaking it down to trying to have the most premium product that we can.” “Creative ciders speak to a lot of people who are interested not just in craft beer, but sake, interesting wines and cocktails,” Heagney says. “I think as long as you’re making a really compelling product, people will be interested in it.” X

CiderFest NC 2019 FRUIT FORWARD: Cider makers Josie Mielke, left, of Urban Orchard Cider Co. and Chris Heagney of Daidala Ciders bring their own unique products and approaches to the local cider scene, but both focus on the visionary aspects of their craft. “Creative ciders speak to a lot of people who are interested not just in craft beer, but sake, interesting wines and cocktails,” Heagney says. Urban Orchard and Daidala will be among dozes of cider makers participating in CiderFest NC on Oct. 12. Photo by Luke Van Hine season, production isn’t year-round. “We treat our cider more like wine — when the apple crop comes in, we start fermenting,” Mielke explains. “And when the apple crop is gone, we stop. So everything you’re drinking is actually last year’s crop of apples. We’re 100% Hendersonville apples.” Urban Orchard features more than a dozen ciders, all aged at least eight months. Styles range from a straightforward Dry Ridge to the spicy and complex Sidra del Diablo, a sweet cider with prominent habañero and vanilla notes. An unusual entry into the local cider scene is Daidala Ciders, Chris Heagney’s one-man operation. After first tasting cider in the United Kingdom, he was hooked. Even after returning to the States and getting a job at a Connecticut brewery, he says, “I had cider on my mind the whole time.” At that point there were relatively few commercially made ciders on the domestic market, and most were overly sweet and undistinguished. Heagney eventually got a job at Reverend Nat’s Hard Cider in Portland,

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Ore. “That’s where I learned the cider side of fermentation,” he says. He also developed a keen interest in experimenting with flavors. “Pushing the boundaries; that’s where I got to love creating fun ciders,” he says. After moving to Asheville and venturing forth on his own, Heagney built Daidala Ciders around his “nomadic cidermaker” concept. “I lease space from other cider companies and work with them to collaborate on batches,” he says. “I have a recipe which they can ferment at certain temperatures and with specific yeasts for me.” Beginning distribution in 2017, Daidala opened its facility to the public last year. The taproom doubles as a functioning art gallery — Andy Herod’s art fills the space and adorns the outside of the building in the River Arts District. Herod also designs all of Daidala’s labels. Daidala’s ciders are relatively small runs. Heagney’s intriguing flavors include Physical Graffiti (a sour gose-style cider with kiwi), Bourbon Garland (aged in bourbon barrels and suffused with chai

More than two dozen local and national cider and mead makers will pour samples of their products at the seventh annual CiderFest NC, 1-5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12, at Carrier Park, 220 Amboy Road. The family-friendly festival will also feature bites from local food artisans, live music, arts and crafts and a kids zone as well as short film screenings, interactive demonstrations and workshops on sustainability and green building. The largest annual fundraiser for the Green Built Alliance, CiderFest NC will offset its carbon footprint with contributions to the Appalachian Offsets program, which is raising money to install a solar system on the roof of Isaac Dickson Elementary School. Admission is $33 in advance, $45 at the gate (if available). Designated driver tickets are $15, and ages 20 and younger are admitted free. Very Important Taster tickets cost $55 and include noon event access and a commemorative CiderFest NC snifter. Parking will be available at A-B Tech, with shuttles running to and from Carrier Park all afternoon. Parking is limited, so carpooling and biking are encouraged. No pets or coolers are allowed. For tickets and further details, visit ciderfestnc.com.

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FREEWHEELIN’: Asheville on Bikes produces a number of community rides each year, including the Halloween-themed Pumpkin Pedaller, pictured. Routes allow for cyclists of a range of skill levels to take part in the group excursions, and most of the local bicycle advocacy organizations events are free to attend. Photo courtesy of Asheville on Bikes

BY ALLI MARSHALL amarshall@mountainx.com Dinner and a show, beers and bands, a visit to a gallery or stroll along the Urban Trail: All of these pastimes put locals and visitors in touch with Asheville’s creative side. But what if you want to add an extra layer of intrigue to your recreation? How about a bike ride in costume? Or, perhaps, a beer tasting in the dark? Read on for those and more ideas … if you’re feeling brave. EASY RIDER The earliest community events, hosted by Asheville on Bikes in 2006, drew about 50 people. Today, rides organized by the local bicycle advocacy group bring out 200-700 cyclists, depending on the weather. “There are elements of each event that I savor,” says Mike Sule, AOB’s executive director. For example, at the Summer Cycle, “We get a lot of young riders participating and it shows growth in the organization — it’s not just for the rough and rowdy.” In fact, Sule explains, a lot of thought goes into making AOB’s community rides available to a range of abilities. Events offer 2-, 10- and 14-mile journeys that connect so cyclists on each route 42

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meet up, and those originally at the back of the ride find themselves leading the pack. “We come from a place where cycling should be safe, fun and accessible,” says Sule. “It’s how we grow as a community.” Most rides are free to further reduce barriers. Bike of the Irish, in March, kicks off the spring cycling season, but it’s the Pumpkin Pedaller that often attracts the largest number of riders. For the annual Halloween-themed excursion (scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 26), some people spend all year working on their costumes, Sule says. And many creative bike enthusiasts incorporate their wheels into their alter egos. The organization now has about 450 active members and a large social media following. “Asheville on Bikes is more successful in our advocacy work because there are more people responding to our calls to action,” Sule says. So what direction might that activism take in the future? “I really want to see our city move to adopt [National Association of City Transportation Officials] design standards,” says Sule. “Because if we can change the policy and if we can change the standards for how active transportation facilities are built, that’s a more holistic approach to how we do infrastructure. … If we update the design standards, we’ll get facilities that are equipped to move all people by

a variety of modes, safely. That’s one of our biggest pushes.” And if one of those modalities just happens to be a leisurely pedal with family and friends on a crisp autumn day, while dressed as a ninja pirate … that’s fine by us. Learn more and join a cycling event at ashevilleonbikes.com. QUICK ON THE DRAW The first session of the Figure Drawing Salon at Colourfield was held nearly five years ago when the visual art and dance space first opened. The term “salon” was chosen “because it feels more a gathering than a class,” says Colourfield manager Alex Alford. “Plus, music is playing, sometimes we chat as we draw, there are light snacks, and we’re all there to learn from each other.” Alford explains that figure drawing is part of every artist’s development and a matter of ongoing discovery for some. “When Colourfield opened, we had the space, and with dancers and actors using the space, we had plenty of willing models,” he says. “It seemed a natural thing to do.” Across town in Riverview Station, artist Andrew Mastriani saw a need for a second figure-drawing opportunity. He launched The Drawing Room, a

Wednesday night session, when models hold a single position so artists can work on “prolonged drawing of one pose and really focus on one piece much more than having multiple pieces at the end of the night.” At Alford’s Friday evening salon, models move through a variety of poses. He and Mastriani attend each other’s sessions — intentionally scheduled on different nights — “to work these two different mindsets of drawing,” Mastriani says. There are many other similarities between the two figure-drawing classes: Both are open to artists of all experience levels. Beginners are welcome, though there isn’t instruction, and critique isn’t offered unless requested. “There’s no judgment, no pressure and always a good vibe,” Alford says. At both, basic ground rules create a safe space. For example, the person posing decides if he or she wants to talk or remain silent and can refuse to hold a position that feels in any way uncomfortable, Mastriani notes. Those in attendance must “draw the whole time (no sitting and staring; that’s creepy),” adds Alford. Plan on arriving 15-30 minutes early to set up and get settled. At Colourfield, artists are permitted dry mediums only, and no photography is allowed. But, “folks don’t need to bring anything; all supplies are provided. … Folks are free to bring whatever dry drawing materials they choose (charcoal, pencil, pastel, etc.),” Alford notes. The Drawing Room provides easels on a first-come, first-served basis. There, due to the longer-held poses, “you can bring wet or dry medium, or if you even want to sculpt — if you’re not taking up too much space — you can bring clay,” says Mastriani. Asheville boasts a number of people who have either been a figure model previously or are open to the idea, Mastriani says. “We have people of different body types and genders,” he continues. “It’s about studying the human form — that’s the essence of figure drawing.” TheFigureDrawingSalonatColourfield meets Fridays, 6-9 p.m., 54 Ravenscroft Drive. $15, info at colourfield.com/art. The Drawing Room meets Wednesdays, 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Riverview Station, 191 Lyman St., JMK Studio 236. $10. Contact andrewmastriani@gmail.com or on Instagram @thedrawingroom_Asheville. THE GREAT ESCAPE To enter The Conundrum, a visitor descends a flight of stairs and presents a password through the hatch in a speakeasy door. And, while the low-lit, cinematic interior doesn’t house bootleggers

or mobsters, it does contain an array of secrets and diversions. The Noir Room offers wine- and beertasting in the pitch-dark room (servers wear night-vision goggles) and is “one of our most popular things with locals whenever they have people visiting,” says manager Cary Nichols. People who’ve entered the room as strangers have had enough fun to go to dinner together after the show, she adds. The Conundrum started with one escape room 3 1/2 years ago. “Shawn Verbrugghe, the owner, constantly adds,” says Jeff Catanese, also a manager. “We’re very soon to have four escape adventures,” plus there’s a full bar and live music events on Saturday nights, as well as private parties and corporate, team-building events. Escapes include The Attic of Abigail Falkirk — complete with eerie lightning flashes through a dormer window — and the comedy-based Brewery of Dr. WunderBrugghen. Conundrum hires local actors, Catanese notes, and the newest escape adventure, Who Whacked Wise Guy, was designed by the actors who are familiar with the venue’s particular brand of escapade. That room — an extension of the bar — continues the Prohibition-era ambiance with luxe wallpaper and red upholstery. Despite the below-ground location, the feeling is cozy (and a little naughty) rather than claustrophobic. “Although this one has puzzles like an escape room, you’re interrogating suspects and trying to solve a mystery [rather than] trying to get out the room,” Catanese explains. “It’s our most theatrical,” Nichols adds. Most adventures are an hour long for two to eight people; a soon-to-be-added escape adventure (slated for October) will be a two-person challenge that should take about 30 minutes. “We do have some of the more difficult escape adventures,” Nichols says. While the national escape rate for such experiences is about 50%, The Conundrum boasts a mere 30% rate. For those who don’t make it out on time, a waiver signed before the challenge begins “allows us to hit the incinerator button,” Catanese jokes. Kidding aside, players can ask for as much help as they want, “so [the games are] only as hard as you want to make them,” Nichols says. “It’s been a delightful study of human nature.” Book an adventure, $25-$35 at entertheconundrum.com or visit The Conundrum, 1 Battle Square, Suite 2B.

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EASEL DOES IT: Attendees to two local figure-drawing nights have the opportunity to sketch (or paint and sculpt, depending on the session) live models. Open to serious, focused artists, both classes welcome all skill levels, from beginners to advanced. Image from a line drawing session by Andrew Mastriani WALK ABOUT IT Earlier this year, local artist Anna Helgeson and her wife took an LGBT history tour while on vacation in Madrid, Spain. “As a gay tourist, I’m always looking for things like this. … Just to know they exist is really encouraging and lets me feel more welcome and safe in that city,” she says. Back in Asheville, she created the Downtown Asheville LGBTQ+ walking tour, available through Airbnb Experiences. The two-hour trek starts at Rustic Grape and includes stops at gay-owned businesses and sites of LGBT-focused events, such as Blue Spiral 1, Malaprop’s and Pack Square Park. Trade and Lore Coffee is “the wildcard on the tour,” Helgeson says. “Since their opening, they’ve [displayed] gender-neutral bathroom signs. I feel like they’re part of a new generation of business owners who are aware of being inclusive regardless of whether they’re gay or not.” This new paradigm leads to a discussion of why there are fewer displayed Pride flags these days, and fewer “gayborhoods” — geographical areas frequented by LGBT-identifying people. Helgeson points out that, while the lessening need for the recognized boundaries of gay villages is progress, there’s also loss associated with that 44

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shift. In researching Asheville’s LGBT history, she found that information was decentralized and stories were sometimes hard to unearth. “Back in the ’90s there were LGBTQ community centers,” says Helgeson. “Sometimes they’d have an archive, sometimes there would be people you could contact.” Asheville used to have a publication called Community Connections that shared information about meetings and events for the lesbian and gay community. Helgeson’s tour ends at O.Henry’s, the oldest continuously running gay bar in North Carolina. The venue’s new owner was on board with the tour from its inception, Helgeson says, and some of the bartenders have worked there for decades, so “it’s an important place to go and acknowledge and recognize.” Drinks are, of course, on offer at O.Henry’s, and other tour stops include samples of wine, cheese, chocolate and honey. The refreshments sweeten an excursion that offers a look into a past at turns quirky, inspirational and shaped by hardships. “Oppressed people’s histories [are] not one of those things that are comfortable,” Helgeson says. But it’s an important part of Asheville’s story. The Downtown Asheville LGBTQ+ walking tour takes place Fridays, 4-6 p.m., $45 per person. Register at avl.mx/6i3. X

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GREAT EXPECTATIONS: Blue Ridge Pride’s theme for 2019 — “Becoming Our Greater Selves Together” — honors the organization’s intersectional approach to the celebrations. This year’s festival includes booths, food and drink vendors, an array of music acts and a kickoff procession. Photo by Sheryl Mann Tina White, executive director of Blue Ridge Pride, moved to Asheville three years ago after a 35-year corporate career in New York City. “I transitioned from Tom to Tina on the job. I stayed on the job for two [more] years, and then I realized I wanted to spend the balance of my life paying it forward.” She and her wife decided to move South, where White felt she could make an impact. “The day we’re barreling down I-87 in our U-Haul, the news comes on the radio with something about HB2. And that was my introduction to North Carolina and Asheville.” The notorious “bathroom bill,” officially known as the Public Facilities Privacy and Security Act, required transgender people to use the public bathroom that corresponds with their birth certificate, and it had just been signed into law by then-Gov. Pat McCrory. It was one of many things about which local LGBTQ folks were buzzing with concern during that fall of 2016, when White attended her first Blue Ridge Pride Festival in Pack Square.

There, she met then-Executive Director Yvonne Cook-Riley who, she says, “grabbed me up, and I just got more and more involved.” Now in its 11th year, Blue Ridge Pride’s main focus is a series of events that run Friday-Sunday, Sept. 27-29. It will all begin Friday when Youth OutRight holds its Youth Night by the stage in Pack Square Park and Blue Ridge Pride presents its first story slam at The BLOCK off Biltmore. The slam is an outcropping of the all-volunteer organization’s newest program, the Western North Carolina LGBTQ Oral History Project, a partnership with UNC Asheville and the YMCA. The slam, White says, will feature eight storytellers, “not just LGBTQ [but also] allies, who will be telling some of their stories about coming to terms with either their own identity or sexuality, or with their family, or with a loved one. … It’s free because we

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wanted it to be accessible to anyone in the community. It’s something we hope to continue, even outside the festival calendar in the future.” Saturday will launch with a procession from the parking lot across from 23 Grove Street to Pack Square Park, to kick off the daylong festival. The weekend will close Sunday morning, with a brunch and auction at Tupelo Honey’s downtown location. During Saturday’s festival, attendees can explore the maze of nearly 200 booths spotlighting local organizations, some of which will be offering vaccines for the uninsured, health screenings, name-change clinics and voter registration information. There will also be food and drink vendors and a diverse roster of entertainment. A major draw is WNC’s best drag performers — in addition to the better-known drag queens, the festival will close with a junior drag showcase Saturday night. The music schedule begins at 11:15 a.m. and includes local rockers Modern Strangers, R&B artist Ryan RnB Barber, guitarist Aaron “Woody” Wood, the Asheville Gay Men’s Chorus and the party band 80H Project. Local musician Laura Blackley will also be on tap with her indie-roots band, The Wild Flowers. Blackley is a darling of the Asheville songwriter scene who had a radio show on WNCW for seven years and has been known to sit in with various other artists around the region. At Pride, “I get to see people I haven’t seen in a while, and the band and I get to do our thing,” Blackley says. “I look forward to … bringing music and community together.” Indeed, bringing community together is one of Blue Ridge Pride’s main focuses. Once the festival is over, the group’s next project is launching North Carolina’s first virtual LGBTQ community center, which will be more

widely accessible than any brick-andmortar facility. To boot, its theme for 2019 — “Becoming Our Greater Selves Together” — honors the organization’s intersectional approach to the celebrations. White notes that, in addition to amplifying the voices of local groups like Tranzmission, Campaign for Southern Equality, SONG and Youth OutRight, she has worked with other festivals to create partnerships across various communities in Asheville. She was pleased that Shindig on the Green invited Blue Ridge Pride to set up a booth this year and hopes that these kinds of connections only continue to grow. “The Human Rights Campaign had a gala in Charlotte in February,” she says, “and we were there … handing out ‘Welcoming WNC’ buttons. That’s our big theme, which extends beyond LGBTQ [visibility]. “I find that in Western North Carolina, the vast majority of people and institutions at least aspire to be welcoming,” she adds. “They may fall short sometimes. They may not understand all the things they should be doing, but we are a community that, at its heart, is a welcoming one. So we just want to help everybody find a voice.” X

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IN THE FAMILY WAY The Marcus King Band hosts its third festival at Pisgah Brewing Co.

Whether a song is the product of collaboration or writing alone, King emphasizes that all the tunes have to pass one crucial test. “I don’t record anything unless I really dig it,” he says. That trip to Nashville wasn’t intended as a permanent move, but it soon became one. King sees the city as a logical step in his life and career. “I’ve spent a lot of time up here, and everybody I work with is here,” he says. “The food’s good, the people are good, and the guitar stores are a little more plush. It was just a no-brainer for me to come here.” But he still has roots east of Music City. As a way to stay connected, King put together the Marcus King Band Family Reunion in 2017. Now in its third year, the two-day festival (which was sold out at press time) includes a roster of acts chosen by King himself. In addition to a set each night by his band, Jason Isbell, Yonder Mountain String Band, Amanda Shires, Nigel Hall Band, Mimi Naja, Futurebirds and eight other acts take the stage. Ultimately, the emphasis of King’s annual event is on friends and family. “We want all of our actual family there,” the musicians says, “and we want our ‘road family’ — people we don’t get to see often — there too.” X

HELLO, CAROLINA: Though he’s from South Carolina and currently lives in Nashville, guitarist-songwriter Marcus King, far right, says that his earliest support came from fans in and around Asheville. So it’s fitting that his third annual Family Reunion festival takes place at Pisgah Brewing Co. in Black Mountain. Photo by David McClister Guitarist and songwriter Marcus King was born and raised in Greenville, S.C., but he feels a strong affinity for Asheville and Western North Carolina. His mother is from the Blue Ridge, and King says that “those mountains really kind of sing to me” and the Asheville area “is one of the only places in the country where I can hear the Earth singing back.” That may be why he chose the area for his annual The Marcus King Band Family Reunion, which returns to Pisgah Brewing Co. in Black Mountain on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 27 and 28. Music fans in WNC took to him from the very beginning. “Honestly, it was the first market to embrace us before we were an act that went national or international,” King says. “This was before our own actual hometown embraced us.” Though he’s a mere 23 years old, King already has three albums and an EP to his credit. In the space of just a few years, the Southern rock/blues artist has progressed from relative anonymity to bestselling artist. All three of his albums have reached the Top 10 on Billboard’s Blues Albums charts. Following the Family Reunion festival, a headlining tour will take The Marcus

King Band to more than 30 U.S. cities in fewer than eight weeks. King cut his teeth as a performing musician playing in and around Upstate South Carolina; even before his teenage years, he could be found onstage alongside his father, blues-gospel artist Marvin King. Eventually, he came to the attention of Warren Haynes. The Gov’t Mule leader and organizer of Asheville’s long-running Christmas Jam signed The Marcus King Band to a record deal and produced its first album, 2015’s Soul Insight. For a time, King was managed by Haynes’ wife, Stefani Scamardo. Thanks to such backers, King’s masterful guitar chops and his seasoned band, King soon landed a major-label deal with Fantasy Records. His band’s self-titled album was released in 2016, and Carolina Confessions followed in 2018. Along the way, King changed management, moved to Nashville and began writing with other composers, most notably the Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach. But King says that he didn’t actively seek a co-songwriter. “I just got a call one day about a year and a half ago,” he says. “They said, ‘Auerbach wants you to come write for him.’” A fan of Auerbach’s work with the

Black Keys, King didn’t hesitate. He took a plane to Nashville. The pair’s collaborative writing efforts yielded five of the 10 songs on the band’s latest album. King — who continues to pen songs on his own, as well — says that writing with a partner has advantages and drawbacks. “But it’s particularly good if you’re going through a dry spell and you can’t seem to piece things together or get a full thought out,” he admits.

WHAT The Marcus King Band Family Reunion WHERE Pisgah Brewing Co. 150 Eastside Drive Black Mountain pisgahbrewing.com WHEN Friday, Sept. 27, 5 p.m. and Saturday, Sept. 28, 2 p.m. Sold out at press time

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THEATER REVIEW by Patricia Furnish | drpatriqua@yahoo.com

‘The Fire of Freedom: The Story of Abraham Galloway’ N.C. Stage Company opens its 201920 season with The Fire of Freedom: The Story of Abraham Galloway, a historical production adapted for the stage by Howard Craft from David Cecelski’s book. Actor and playwright Mike Wiley, as Galloway, delivers a rousing oneman show on the life of the slave, spy, and N.C. senator. The production runs through Sunday, Oct. 6. The stage is sparse, with two wooden chairs, a weathered trunk, a coat rack and a small table for a Bible and an apple. In the background, a screen displays photographs and other historical ephemera from the Civil War years. The set gives the audience a sense of the midnight meeting about to begin and enhances Wiley’s powerful storytelling. The year is 1863. President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in January, but now it’s spring. Not all slaves are free, and the Union can’t win the war without black men willing to fight. Galloway addresses the audience directly. Calling us “brethren,” he speaks to a group of black men assembled in an attic on Mary Ann Starkey’s property in New Bern. Starkey, a free black woman who runs a boardinghouse, allies herself with Galloway. Everyone waits for Edward Kinsley to arrive from Massachusetts. A Union recruiter for the military, Kinsley hopes to convince black men in the area to join the Union effort and form “colored regiments.” Before Kinsley arrives, Galloway prepares the audience for what they will hear. His preamble serves as a cautionary tale about “the true inclination of white folks.” Galloway reminds us that Lincoln would have preserved the Union without ending slavery if he could have. But that wasn’t possible. They can’t do it without us, he says. So many died at the whipping post, on the battlefield and in the trenches. Wiley lets the ghosts of the horrors Galloway has seen inhabit his face and his body. In a sense, the attic is haunted, and Galloway is a conjurer. The sound design reinforces the narrative with the crack of the whip, pops of gunfire and water lapping against a boat. Through Galloway, we relive parts of the despair and suffering that constitute both slavery and freedom. He bears wit48

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FAN THE FLAMES: Mike Wiley performs in his one-man show on the life of slave, brick mason, spy, abolitionist, and N.C. Sen. Abraham Galloway. Photo courtesy of N.C. Stage ness for the black men crowded in the attic. Behind him, blood splatters across the screen when a 14-year-old black child is tortured and killed for spying on Confederate troops. Galloway brandishes his gun and his knife and says, “No enslaved people talked their way out of bondage.” At Vicksburg, Confederate troops captured and beat Galloway. With the help of another black captive named Isaac, a fight breaks out, gunfire erupts, and the chase is on. Wiley is riveting during this part of the story as he runs, falls, carries an injured man and, ultimately, must save himself. The wrenching choices during wartime, none without consequences, are etched on his face. Because Galloway makes his appeal directly, we get to consider the stakes through the eyes and ears of a black audience at that time and place. The final photograph behind Galloway, at

the end of the show, and the text that follows, reveal the results. Ultimately, each person has to decide what they would sacrifice for freedom. X

WHAT The Fire of Freedom: The Story of Abraham Galloway WHERE N.C. Stage Company 15 Stage Lane ncstage.org WHEN Through Sunday, Oct. 6. Wednesdays-Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m. Each performance concludes with a post-show discussion with Wiley. $26-$40 general/$10 for students

A & E CALENDAR ART BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • SA (9/28), 2pm - Bob Travers' Emerging Artists Showcase and Opening Reception. Held at Fairview Library, 1 Taylor Road, Fairview • MO (9/30), 10am-noon - Itch to Stitch, a casual knitting and needlework group for all skill levels. Free. Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville LEICESTER COMMUNITY ART NIGHTS • 1st TUESDAYS, 6:30pm - Community art night for children and adults. Free. Held at Leicester Community Center, 2979 New Leicester Highway, Leicester MARVELOUS MONDAY STUDIOS • MONDAYS, 9:30am-12:30pm or 1-4pm - Marvelous Mondays, beginner and up, includes watercolor, oils, acrylics, drawing and mixed media. Registration required. $27 and up. Held at 310 ART, 191 Lyman St., #310 MODERN HERITAGE KNITS BOOK RELEASE PARTY • FR (9/27), 6-9pm - Christina Danaee presents her book, Modern Hertiage Knits. Free to attend. Held at Echoview Fiber Mill, 76 Jupiter Road, Weaverville

ART/CRAFT STROLLS & FAIRS ART ON MAIN acofhc.org/art-on-main. html • SA (9/28) & SU (9/29), 10am-5pm - Outdoor art and craft festival with demonstrations and over 100 vendors. Free to attend Held at Historic Downtown Hendersonville, 145 5th Ave. E., Hendersonville ART ON THE ISLAND • SA (9/28), 10am-5pm - Outdoor art and craft festival with live music, art, craft and food vendors and family-friendly activities. Free to attend.

Held at Blannahassett Island, 115 Blannahasset Island, Marshall BREVARD’S 4TH FRIDAY GALLERY WALK • 4th FRIDAYS, 5-8pm Gallery walk with open galleries, art stores, restaurants, live music and refreshments. Free to attend. Held in Downtown Brevard FALL FIRE UP • SA (9/28), 10am-4pm - Open studio tour with live blacksmithing and glassblowing demonstrations. Free to attend. Held at Crucible Glassworks, 60 Clarks Chapel Road, Weaverville

AUDITIONS & CALL TO ARTISTS 'ANYTHING GOES… EVERYTHING SHOWS!' • Through MO (10/7) - Mail-in submissions accepted for the Anything Goes… Everything Shows, mail art exhibition. Contact for full guidelines: floodgallery.org. Held at Flood Gallery Fine Art Center, 850 Blue Ridge Road, Unit A-13, Black Mountain CALL FOR ARTIST PROPOSALS • Through FR (11/1) Proposals accepted for Little Jumbo's Weird Art Installation for 2020. Information: lucia@ littlejumbobar.com. Held at Little Jumbo, 241 Broadway REGIONAL ARTISTS PROJECT GRANTS • Through TH (10/17) - Applications accepted for Regional Artists Project Grants. Information: bit.ly/2lXUGSq. SURVIVORS’ ART SHOW • Through TU (10/15) Submissions accepted for the Survivors’ Art Show. Registration online: ourvoicenc.org.

DANCE SEPTEMBER COUNTRY DANCE W/TWO-STEP DANCE LESSON (PD.) • Friday, September 27th, 7 to 10:30pm at Asheville Ballroom. TwoStep lesson 7 to 8pm.

Dancing 8 to 10:30pm. No partner necessary. Dance your favorite dances to modern Country music. Light refreshments. $10 at the door. 828-333-0715, www.DanceForLife.net CATAPULT • TH (10/3), 7:30pm Catapult, shadow dance company. $35. Held at Tryon Fine Arts Center, 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon

MUSIC 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 AMICIMUSIC 802-369-0856, amicimusic.org • SA (9/28), 2pm Concert featuring Aaron Lipsky, Franklin Keel, Emmanuel Borowsky and Daniel Weiser on clarinet, violin, cello, and piano. $18. Held at Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Home, 1617 Hendersonville Road • SA (9/28), 7:30pm Concert featuring Aaron Lipsky, Franklin Keel, Emmanuel Borowsky and Daniel Weiser on clarinet, violin, cello, and piano. Register for location. $18. Held in a private home. AN AFTERNOON AT THE OPERA • SU (9/29), 3-5pm - An Afternoon at the Opera, Brevard Philharmonic concert featuring soprano, Susannah Biller and tenor, John Bellemer. $35. Held at Brevard College, 1 Brevard College Drive, Brevard 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. BO THOMAS AUDITORIUM Blue Ridge Community College, 180 W. Campus Drive, Flat Rock, 828551-0096, blueridge. edu/upcoming-events • TH (9/26), 7pm - An Evening of Cherokee Culture with Matthew Tooni, musician, storyteller and dancer. $10. • SA (9/28), 8pm - Dance to the Music, concert. Tickets: danielsage.com. $25/kids free.

MAXXMUSIC SERIES • FR (9/27), 8pm - Holly Bowling, piano concert. $22.50 and up. Held at Wortham Center for the Performing Arts, 18 Biltmore Ave. MOUNTAIN AREA RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES CONCERT • SA (9/28), 5pm Concert featuring Jake Hollifield and Rose & The Wildflowers. Free. Held

at Harvest House, 205 Kenilworth Road

kinds of performance art-

OLE TYME PICKERS FRIDAY BLUEGRASS

Free to attend. Held at

• 2nd & 4th FRIDAYS, 7pm - Bluegrass concert. Free. Held at Big Willow Community Building, Willow Road, Hendersonville

Haywood St.

ists. Sign ups at 6:30pm. Sly Grog Lounge, 271

SPOKEN & WRITTEN WORD LISTEN TO THIS • TH (9/26), 7:30pm -

UKE JAM

Listen to This, hosted by

• WE (9/18) & (9/25),

Tom Chalmers, is stories

3:30pm - Ukulele jam,

and songs from local

SLY GROG OPEN MIC

all levels. Free. Held

writers, performers and

• SUNDAYS, 7pm Open-mic for storytellers, poets, musicians and all

at Weaverville Public

citizens. $15. Held at

Library, 41 N. Main St.,

35below, 35 E. Walnut

Weaverville

St.

CELTIC CORNER • FR (9/27), 7pm Celtic Corner, music of the Irish Baroque by The Reel Sisters: Rosalind Buda, Scottish smallpipes and Kelly Brzozowski, harp. $25/$20 in advance. Held at Revolve, 821 Riverside Drive, #179 CINEMATASTIC: THE MUSIC OF THE MOVIES • WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS until (9/28) Cinematastic: The Music of the Movies, musical revue. Wed., Thurs. Sat. & Sun.: 2pm. Wed. & Thurs.: 7:30pm. Fri. & Sat.: 8pm. $17 and up. Held at Flat Rock Playhouse, 2661 Highway 225, Flat Rock FALL CONCERT SERIES • FR (9/27), 7pm - The Mojo Brothers Blues Band, concert. Free. Held at Transylvania County Library, 212 S. Gaston St., Brevard HARLEM QUARTET • FR (9/27), 8pm - String quartet concert featuring works by Bolcom, Mendelssohn, Lopez-Gavilan and Brahms. $40/Free for students under 26. Held at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville, 1 Edwin Place LIVING MIRAGE TOUR • TH (9/26), 8pm - The Head and the Heart, concert. $32.50 and up. Held at Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, 87 Haywood St.

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by Edwin Arnaudin | Send your arts news to ae@mountainx.com

Woods and Wilds This week’s theme of cherished returning events rolls on with the 11th annual Queer Girls Literary Reading, which celebrates Asheville’s talented community of queer literary women. Juniper Bends Reading Series is again co-curating the gathering, handpicking established and emerging voices to share prose, poetry, stories and memoir. Renowned for the emotion-filled ambiance its performers craft, ranging from hilarious to heartbreaking, this year’s version takes place at The Mothlight on Sunday, Sept. 29, at 6 p.m., with a lineup of Joannie Braddock, Mendy Knott, Lori Horvitz, Lockie Hunter, Sophie Payne, Nicole Townsend and Cecelia Tucker. Organizers are requesting a sliding scale donation of $3-$10, abiding by a “more if you can, less if you can’t” approach. themothlight.com. Photo by Kristin Shelly

For 23 years, the Asheville-based nonprofit Dogwood Alliance has, in its own words, “worked with diverse communities, partner organizations and decision-makers to protect Southern forests across 14 states.” Community and grassroots organizing has been the main avenue by which the organization has spread its message and for the past three years has included the Woods & Wilds fundraiser. The storytelling event features local writers/performers sharing personal tales of nature and returns Friday, Sept. 27, to The Mothlight. Tellers at the latest edition include Nicole Townsend, Cortina Jenelle, Isa Abdul-Halim Whitaker, ZaKiya Bell-Rogers, Abby the Spoon Lady, Indy Srinath and Ali McGhee. Emcees for the event, which gets underway at 7 p.m., are Elizabeth Lashay Garland of the “Slay the Mic” program on 103.3 Asheville FM and Lucia Ibarra, program outreach manager for Dogwood Alliance. $20. themothlight.com. Photos, from left, of McGhee, Bell-Rogers and Whitaker, courtesy of the performers

Mountain Heritage Day

Kinobe and Akello

Billed by Western Carolina University as its “annual gift to the community,” Mountain Heritage Day returns to the campus for the 45th year on Saturday, Sept. 28. The celebration of Southern Appalachian culture takes place at WCU’s intramural field and includes live music and clogging groups on two stages, plus opportunities for audience participation via a shape-note singing and ballad singing circle. Storytelling, a chainsaw and timber sports event, and a classic/vintage car show are also on the docket, along with black powder rifle and atlatl demonstrations from members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, whose popular stickball demonstrations come courtesy of its “Wa-lela” Hummingbird and “Kolanvyi” Big Cove teams. Festivities begin at 8 a.m. with a 5K race and conclude following a 7 p.m. community square dance in Reid Gym. Free to attend. mountainheritageday.com. Photo of the Becky Buller Band courtesy of the artists

Want to experience the sounds of Uganda without the steep airfare, long plane ride and other restrictive hurdles? Isis Music Hall has you covered on Wednesday, Oct. 2, with a double dose of East African culture. A veteran of multiple Spring LEAFs, singersongwriter Kinobe is adept at playing kalimba (thumb piano), endongo (lyre family), tama (percussion) and the 21-string kora (harp family). Also on the bill is Jackie Akello, who sings in Acholi, Luganda, Swahili and English about the spirit of togetherness, love and hope. Often confused with Academy Award-winning actor Lupita Nyong’o, the farmer’s daughter is also an entrepreneur, having launched Village Belle, her own coffee brand, in 2017 to help promote ethics and quality control in the coffee-farming chain. The transportive experience begins at 8:30 p.m. $12 advance/$15 day of show. isisasheville.com. Photos courtesy of the musicians

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A& E CA LEN DA R BANNED BOOK DRIVE • SA (9/28), 10am-8pm - Donations of banned books accepted for incarcerated readers in North and South Carolina. Held at Firestorm Books & Coffee, 610 Haywood Road BOOKS & BITES • WE (9/25), 11am1:30pm - Proceeds from this lunch event with presentation from author Sarah McCoy benefit the Friends of the Mountains Branch Library. Registration: 828-287-6392. $25. Held at Lake Lure Inn and Spa, 2771 Memorial Highway, Lake Lure BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty. org/governing/depts/ library • MO (9/30), 7pm - How to Spark Innovation in Your Library with Georgia Coleman. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • WE (10/2), 3pm - Book Club: An American Marriage by Tayari Jones. Free. Held at West Asheville Public Library, 942 Haywood Road • WE (10/2), 6-7:30pm – Hear men read aloud Eve Ensler's The Apology. Free. Held at Swannanoa Library, 101 West Charleston St., Swannanoa CULTURAL EVENTS SERIES • TH (10/3), 7pm - Lamberto Roque Hernandez, presentation. $15. Held at AK Hinds University Center, Memorial Drive, Cullowhee

MALAPROP'S BOOKSTORE AND CAFE 55 Haywood St., 828254-6734, malaprops. com • WE (9/25), 6pm - Jon Sealy presents his book, The Edge of America. Free to attend. • TH (9/26), 6pm John Shore presents his book, Everywhere She's Not. Free to attend. • TH (9/26), 7pm - Works in Translation Book Club discusses, The Woman Destroyed by Simone De Beauvoir. Free to attend. • FR (9/27), 6:30pm - Discussion of Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen. Free to attend. • SU (9/29), 3pm - NC Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green. Free to attend. • MO (9/30), 6pm - Kim Michele Richardson presents her book, The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, in conversation with Sara Gruen. Free to attend. • MO (9/30), 7pm - Science Fiction Book Club discusses, The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers. Free to attend. • TU (10/1), 6pm - Maia Toll presents her book, The Illustrated Bestiary: Guidance and Rituals from 36 Inspiring Animals. Free to attend. • WE (10/2), 6pm - Katey Schultz presents her book, Still Come Home, in conversation with Abigail DeWitt. Free to attend.

HENDO STORY CLUB • TH (10/3), 7pm Open-mic, five-minute storytelling. Free. Held at The Center for Art & Inspiration, 125 S. Main St., Hendersonville

NEW DIMENSIONS TOASTMASTERS • THURSDAYS, noon-1pm - General meeting. Information: 828-329-4190. Free to attend. Held at Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity, 33 Meadow Road

LITERARY FICTION CONTEST • Through MO (9/30) Submissions accepted for the annual Literary Fiction contest by The Writer's Workshop

NORTH CAROLINA WRITERS' NETWORK • TH (10/3), 6-7:30pm - Why Do We Write? Why Do We Write What We Write? What Are We Doing?

QUADROPHONIC SPREE: AmiciMusic performs Quartessence, featuring quartets for clarinet, violin, cello and piano. Aaron Lipsky, 16-year-old clarinetist, is featured along with cellist Franklin Keel, violinist Emmanuel Borowsky and pianist Daniel Weiser. The performance includes the contemporary works Creation by Spanish composer Oscar Navarro and Following Picasso by Lipsky’s grandfather, Phillip Rhodes. Also included is Klezmer Wedding by Canadian composer Srul Irving Glick. Shows are planned for Saturday, Sept. 28, 2 p.m. at St. Giles Chapel and 7:30 p.m. at a private residence and 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29, at White Horse Black Mountain. Visit amicimusic.org for information and tickets. Photo courtesy of AmiciMusic

Presentation followed by writing in place and sharing. NCWN membership not required. Free to attend. Held at The BLOCK off biltmore, 39 S. Market St. SOUTHERN STORYTELLERS SUPPER SERIES • TH (9/26), 5:30pm Supper with storyteller and author David Joy. $23/$20 advance. Held at Flood Gallery Fine Art Center, 850 Blue Ridge Road, Unit A-13, Black Mountain

THEATER 'ANCESTRAL VOICES' • FRIDAY through SUNDAY (9/27) until (9/29) - Ancestral Voices, concert style reading. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 3pm. $5. Held at Brevard Little Theatre, 55 E. Jordan St., Brevard ASHEVILLE JUGGLING FESTIVAL FRIDAY NIGHT RENEGADE SHOW • FR (9/27), 10:30pm - Asheville Juggling Festival, open stage show for adults. Free to attend. Held at Sly Grog Lounge, 271 Haywood St. READERS THEATRE SHOWCASE • FR (9/27) & SA (9/28), 2:30pm - Einstein and the Polar Bear, readers theatre. $8. Held at Asheville Community Theatre, 35 E. Walnut St.

‘THE EDUCATION OF TED HARRIS’ • THURSDAYS through SATURDAYS until (9/28), 7:30pm - The Education of Ted Harris. $21/$18 advance. Held at Wortham Center for the Performing Arts, 18 Biltmore Ave. ‘THE FIRE OF FREEDOM’

THE VENARDOS CIRCUS • WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS (10/2) until (10/20) - Broadway-style, animalfree circus performance. Wed.-Sat.: 6:30pm. Sat. & Sun.: 12:30pm & 3:30pm. Tickets: liveyourcircusdream. com. $25/$15 children under 12. Held at

Asheville Outlets, 800 Brevard Road TIM BURTON BURLESQUE • SA (9/28), 8:30pm Performances dedicated to Tim Burton movies. $10/$40 for a table of four. Held at The Artisan of Flat Rock, 5 Highland Park Road, East Flat Rock

• WEDNESDAYS through SATURDAYS until (10/6) - The Fire of Freedom. Wed.-Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 2pm. Additional shows on SA (9/28) & SA (10/5), 2pm. $26 and up. Held at NC Stage Company, 15 Stage Lane THE MAGNETIC THEATRE 375 Depot St., 828-2399250 • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS (9/27) until (10/20) - The Legacy of Amelia Aldean: A Ghost Story. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 3pm. $23/$13 students. • WE (10/2), 7:30pm - Preview party for the 2019 season of the Bernstein Family Christmas Spectacular. Includes beer, wine, appetizers and live auction. $28. THE MOUSETRAP • THURSDAY through SUNDAY (9/26) until (9/29) - The Mousetrap. Thurs.-Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 3pm. $20/$15 seniors/$10 students. Held at Western Carolina University, Hoey Auditorium, Cullowhee

Nightly Supper starting at 5PM

Sunday Brunch from 10:30-3:30PM

Closed Mondays 828-350-0315 SMOKYPARK.COM

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GALLERY DIRECTORY AMERICAN FOLK ART AND FRAMING • To Have and To Hold, group pottery exhibition. Oct. 3-Oct. 17 64 Biltmore Ave. APPALACHIAN PASTEL SOCIETY • Big Little Paintings, exhibitions of member works from the Appalachian Pastel Society. Oct. 3-Oct. 30 365 Merrimon Ave. ASHEVILLE GALLERY OF ART 82 Patton Ave. • Taking the Ordinary to the Extraordinary, exhibition of paintings by Bill Cole. Sept. 1-Sept. 30 • In Vivid Color, paintings by Judy Rentner. Oct. 1-Oct. 31 BELOVED ASHEVILLE LIBERATION STATION • Indigenous art exhibition. Sept. 13-Sept. 30 10 N. Market St. FLOOD GALLERY FINE ART CENTER • Minimalia: The Commonwealth of Sentiments, exhibition of photographs and poetry by Oguz Erdur. Reception: Saturday, Sept. 28, 6-9pm. Sept. 28-Dec. 30 850 Blue Ridge Road, Unit A-13, Black Mountain GALLERY 101 • Natural Disaster, exhibition of ceramic art by Seung Jun. Sept. 5-Oct. 27 56 S. Lexington Ave., Unit 101 GROVEWOOD GALLERY • Spoonin’: A Showcase of Handcrafted Spoons, exhibition. Sept. 14-Oct. 13 111 Grovewood Road

EVOCATION INCANTATION: Artist Cleaster Cotton identifies as an indigenous black American. The work she presents in her latest show, Evocation, depicts America’s history of racism, violence and oppression and its legacy of slavery and subjugation. The show opens at Pink Dog Gallery on Friday, Sept. 27 at 6 p.m. Cotton’s contemporary primitives, rendered in acrylic, mixed media, photography and collage, incorporate narratives, portraits and vignettes. Photo courtesy of the artist HAYWOOD COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL • ArtShare, exhibition of works that have been donated or consigned to the Haywood County Arts Council. Sept. 6-Sept. 28 86 N. Main St., Waynesville MARK BETTIS STUDIO & GALLERY • Seen and Unseen: Guardians in Glass, solo exhibition by Deb Williams. Sept. 21-Oct. 5 123 Roberts St. MARS HILL UNIVERSITY, WEIZENBLATT GALLERY • The Murder Ballad paintings by British-born artist

Julyan Davis. Reception: Wednesday, Oct. 2, 6-8pm. Gallery talk: Tuesday, Oct. 8, 1-4pm. Sept. 25-Oct. 19 79 Cascade St., Mars Hill MOMENTUM GALLERY • A New Leaf, group exhibition featuring works exploring the subject of foliage. Sept. 12-Nov. 9 24 N. Lexington Ave. PINK DOG CREATIVE • Evocation, exhibition of mixed media paintings by Cleaster Cotton. Reception: Friday, Sept. 27, 6-8pm.

Sept. 27-Oct. 27 348 Depot St. TOE RIVER ARTS COUNCIL • Spirits of Autumn: A Magical Gathering of Artists, group exhibition. Sept. 20-Sept. 30 269 Oak Ave, Spruce Pine WINDOW • Feed, exhibition of site specific work by Kirsten Stolle as part of the Terrain Biennual.. Sept. 6-Jan. 6 54 Broadway Contact the galleries for hours and admission fees

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CLUBLAND

TUNED IN: Expect instrumental jazz fusion from British outfit The New Mastersounds when they make an Asheville stop on their 20th anniversary tour. Their latest project, Shake It, includes 11 tracks featuring vocals by Atlanta-based singer Lamar Williams Jr. (son of late Allman Brothers bassist Lamar Williams). This is the 13th studio album for the collective, which has been together for two decades. The New Mastersounds will perform at Isis Music Hall on Sunday, Sept. 29, at 8 p.m. $20. isisasheville.com. Photo courtesy of the band

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Les Amis, (African Folk Music), 8:00PM AUX BAR Wednesday Night Warmup, (80s/90s Dance Music), 5:00PM ALLEY CAT SOCIAL CLUB Karaoke with Kari!, 9:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR AGB Open Mic, 6:30PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Open Mic hosted by Billy Owens, 7:00PM CORK & KEG 3 Cool Cats, 7:30PM DOUBLE CROWN Western Wednesday w/ live Honky Tonk, 9:00PM

ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Isis Lawn Series: Whistlepig, 6:00PM The Talbott Brothers, 7:00PM

SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BREWERY Jazz Night hosted by Jason DeCristofaro, 6:30PM

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

SOVEREIGN KAVA Poetry Open Mic w/ Caleb Beissert (7:30PM Sign Up), 8:00PM

LAZY DIAMOND Killer Karaoke w/ KJ TimO, 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Cigar Brothers, 6:30PM MOE'S ORIGINAL BBQ WOODFIN Bluegrass Jam hosted by Gary Mac Fiddle, 6:00PM ODDITORIUM Witchkiss, Temple of the Fuzz Witch (metal), 9:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Disclaimer Lounge Comedy Open Mic, 9:30PM

FLEETWOOD'S Marc's Monthly Groovy Movie, 7:30PM

ONE WORLD BREWING WEST OWB West: Latin Dance Night w/ DJ Oscar (Bachatta, Merengue, Salsa), 9:00PM

FRENCH BROAD RIVER BREWERY Trivia!, 7:00PM

ORANGE PEEL The Growlers w/ Sports, 9:00PM

FUNKATORIUM The Saylor Brothers, 6:30PM

SANCTUARY BREWING CO. French Broad Valley Music Association Mountain Music Jam, 6:00PM

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

SLY GROG LOUNGE Get Weird Wednesdays! An Evening of Electronic Collaboration, 9:00PM

STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE Jeff Thompson, 6:00PM THE 63 TAPHOUSE Weekly 9 Ball Tournament (sign ups at 7:00 p.m.), 8:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Albi's Classic Guitar Solos, 5:00PM Ruby's Blues Jam, 9:00PM THE BARRELHOUSE Oktoberfest, 1:00PM THE GOLDEN FLEECE Scots-Baroque ChamberFolk w/ The Tune Shepherds, 7:00PM THE GREY EAGLE Dave Desmelik, 5:00PM Molly Tuttle, 8:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT Agent Orange w/ The Turbo A.C.'s, 9:00PM THE SOCIAL LOUNGE Music on the Rooftop, 9:00PM

UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Music Bingo, 8:00PM WILD WING CAFE SOUTH J Luke, 8:00PM

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 185 KING STREET Aunt Vicki, 8:00PM 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Pleasure Chest, (blues, rock, soul), 8:00PM ASHEVILLE BEAUTY ACADEMY Lenny Pettinelli & Ruby Mayfield, 7:00PM ASHEVILLE CLUB Live Cello, 7:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Will Ray and the Space Cooties, 7:00PM BEN'S TUNE UP Offended! Comedy Open Mic, 9:30PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Billy Litz, 7:00PM CRAFT CENTRIC TAPROOM AND BOTTLESHOP Music Bingo, 7:30PM

TOWN PUMP Open Mic w/ David Bryan, 9:00PM

CROW & QUILL Big Dawg Slingshots (hot jazz & western swing), 10:00PM

TREEROCK SOCIAL CIDER HOUSE Witty Wednesday Trivia, 7:00PM

DOUBLE CROWN Gospel Night w/ The Gospel Keynotes, 10:00PM

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C LUBLAND FLEETWOOD'S Sick Ride, Half Naked Crisis, Pretty Pretty, 8:00PM FLOOD GALLERY FINE ART CENTER True Home Open Mic, 6:30PM

COMING SOON WED 9/25 6:00PM–ISIS LAWN SERIES W/ WHISTLEPIG 7:00PM–THE TALBOTT BROTHERS

THU 9/26 6:00PM–ISIS LAWN SERIES W/ RAHM & FRIENDS 7:00PM–MATTHEW MAYFIELD 8:30PM–DORI FREEMAN

SAT 9/28 CLOSED FOR PRIVATE EVENT

SUN 9/29

THE GREENHOUSE MOTO CAFE Jeff Sipe & Kaizen, 7:00PM

HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Under the Stars, 6:00PM

THE GREY EAGLE Alex Culbreth, 5:00PM The Steel Wheels, 8:00PM

ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Isis Lawn Series: Fwuit, 6:00PM Matthew Mayfield, 7:00PM Dori Freeman, 8:30PM

THE IMPERIAL LIFE The Roaring Lions (jazz), 9:00PM

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Bluegrass Jam, 7:00PM LAZY DIAMOND 80's INVASION, 10:00PM

ODDITORIUM Party Foul Drag Circus, 9:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Mitch's Totally Rad Trivia, 7:00PM

TUE 10/1 7:30PM–TUESDAY BLUEGRASS HOSTED BY SERENE GREEN

WED 10/2 6:00PM–ISIS LAWN SERIES W/ FWUIT!

7:00PM–JULIAN LOIDA AND ALEJANDRO ROWINSKY

ONE WORLD BREWING OWB Downtown: Custard Pie, 9:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING WEST OWB West: West Side Funk Jam w/ Shabudikah, 9:00PM ORANGE PEEL Bad Suns w/ Lily & Ultra Q, 9:00PM ORCHARD AT ALTAPASS Randy Flack, 1:45PM PACK'S TAVERN Hope Griffin Duo, 8:00PM

8:30PM– KINOBE OF UGANDA FT. AKELLO

THU 10/3 6:00PM–ISIS LAWN SERIES W/ MATT FASSAS TRIO

7:00PM–GINA FURTADO PROJECT 8:30PM–THE REFLECTION TOUR WITH SARAH CLANTON & CARRIE WELLING AND SPECIAL GUES ANDY BECKEY

FRI 10/4 8:30PM–CHARLIE TRAVELER PRESENTS CHERYL WHEELER W/ KENNY WHITE

SAT 10/5 7:00PM–KIPYN MARTIN 8:30PM–ALEXA ROSE & AMYTHYST KIAH

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THE BARRELHOUSE Ter-rific Trivia, 7:00PM

FUNKATORIUM Hot Club of Asheville, 6:00PM

LOBSTER TRAP Hank Bones, 6:30PM

8:00PM– THE NEW MASTERSOUNDS

THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Dance Your Asheville Off w/ Swing Step 8:00PM

PILLAR ROOFTOP BAR Ben Phan, 7:00PM POLANCO RESTAURANT Ultra Lounge: Food, Music, Lounge w/ DJ Phantome Pantone, 10:00PM SALVAGE STATION Asheville Beatles Abbey Road 50th Anniversary, feat. Dirty Logic, 7:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING CO. Ashley Bean, 7:00PM

THE MOTHLIGHT The Styrofoam Turtles w/ Tongues of Fire, Sane Voids, 9:00PM THE SOCIAL LOUNGE Music on the Rooftop, 9:00PM THOMAS WOLFE AUDITORIUM The Head and the Heart: Living Mirage Tour, 8:00PM TOWN PUMP Redleg Husky, 10:00PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Sam Frasier, 7:30PM WILD WING CAFE SOUTH Acoustic Karaoke, 9:00PM ZAMBRA Dinah's Daydream, (gypsy jazz)., 7:00PM

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 27 CLUB Abort Mission: A Comedy Benefit, 9:00PM 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Eleanor Underhill & Friends, (Americana, soul), 9:00PM ALLEY CAT SOCIAL CLUB Lex the Lexicon Artist, Bad Ties & Super Smack, 8:00PM ASHEVILLE CLUB Live Classical Guitar, 7:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Mr Jimmy hosts the Big City Blues Jam, 8:00PM ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Jon1st & Shield, 10:00PM

SOVEREIGN KAVA Hip Hop Night, 9:00PM

BATTERY PARK BOOK EXCHANGE Dinah's Daydream (Gypsy jazz), 7:00PM

STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE Acoustic Jam, 6:30PM

BEN'S TUNE UP DJ Kilby Spinning Vinyl, 10:00PM

THE 63 TAPHOUSE Free Pool Thursdays, 4:00PM

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

WED

25 CAPELLA ON 9 @ THE AC HOTEL DJ Dance Party w/ Phantom Pantone DJ Collective, 9:00PM CATAWBA BREWING SOUTH SLOPE 5j Barrow, 7:00PM CORK & KEG One Leg Up, 8:30PM CROW & QUILL Sparrow & Her Wingmen (swing jazz & more), 9:00PM DOUBLE CROWN Rotating Rock 'n' Soul DJs, 10:00PM FLEETWOOD'S Drool, Cloudgayzer, The Nightmare, 9:00PM FLOOD GALLERY FINE ART CENTER 25th annual Twin Rivers Media Festival: Fever Dreams, 8:00PM FRENCH BROAD RIVER BREWERY The Knotty G's, 7:00PM FUNKATORIUM Hearts Gone South, 8:00PM GASTRO PUB AT HOPEY DOWNTOWN The Mic is Open hosted by Heather Taylor, 7:00PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Emma Hern, 7:00PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Irish Session, 3:00PM Harlem River Noise, 9:00PM LAZOOM ROOM LaZoom Comedy: Mike Lebovitz, Night I, 9:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Nu Disco w/ DJ Strongmagnumopus, 10:00PM LIQUEFY Les Amis (African folk music), 8:30PM LOCAL 604 BOTTLE SHOP The Vermillion Quartet, 8:00PM

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

LUELLA'S BAR-B-QUE Riyen Roots, 8:00PM

THE ARTISAN OF FLAT ROCK Magic Mike XXL Tribute Show, 9:00PM

WORTHAM CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS Holly Bowling, 8:00PM

NEW BELGIUM BREWERY Triangle Afrobeat Orchestra 5:30PM

THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Blue Ridge Pride LGBTQ Story Slam, 7:30PM Freedoms Friday w/ Slay the Mic, 10:00 PM

ZAMBRA Cynthia McDermott, 8PM (Gypsy jazz), 8:00PM

ODDITORIUM Asheville After Dark Presents: Perversions (Kink Night), 9:00PM

THE GREENHOUSE MOTO CAFE Carolina Freightshakers, 7:00PM

185 KING STREET Yarn, 8:00PM

ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Free Dead Fridays feat. Members of Phuncle Sam, 5:30PM The Orange Constant, 10:00 P.M.

THE GREY EAGLE The Biff Buford Experience, 6:00PM That 1 Guy, 9:00PM

27 CLUB Drag me 2 HELL and Back: A Gender Bending Experiment, 10:00PM

THE IMPERIAL LIFE DJ Dance Party feat. Phantom Pantone, 10:00PM

5 WALNUT WINE BAR Fwuit, (retro soul), 9:00PM

MAD CO BREW HOUSE Blushin' Roulettes, 6:00PM MOE'S ORIGINAL BBQ WOODFIN Banjo Mitch, 7:00PM

ONE WORLD BREWING WEST OWB West: The Hot Sun, 9:00PM ORANGE PEEL Bad Romance: A Tribute to Lady Gaga, 9:00PM ORCHARD AT ALTAPASS Sam McKinney, 1:45PM PACK'S TAVERN DJ RexxStep (dance hits, pop), 9:30PM

THE MOTHLIGHT Woods & Wilds: Live Storytelling, 7:00PM THE OMNI GROVE PARK INN Andrew J. Fletcher (solo jazz piano), 2:30PM TIGER MOUNTAIN Tiger Dance Party Nights, 10:00PM

PILLAR ROOFTOP BAR 3 Cool Cats, 7:00PM

TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY LIBRARY Fall Concert Series, 7:00PM

PISGAH BREWING COMPANY The Marcus King Band Family Reunion [SOLD OUT], 5:00PM

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CONGREGATION OF ASHEVILLE Harlem Quartet, 8:00PM

SALVAGE STATION The Motet w/ Star Kitchen, 9:00PM

URBAN ORCHARD CIDER CO. SOUTH SLOPE Breakin' on Buxton, 8:00PM

SANCTUARY BREWING CO. Nikki Talley & Jason Sharp, 8:00PM SIERRA NEVADA BREWING CO. River Whyless w/ The Dead Tongues, 7:00PM SLY GROG LOUNGE Asheville Juggling Festival: Renegade Show!, 10:00PM SOVEREIGN KAVA Noble Pursuits: An Evening with Jason Moore, 9:00PM

Jon1st & Shield (LIVE)

FRI, 9/27 - SHOW: 10 pm (DOORS: 9 pm ) tix : $15

WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Dirty Logic, Steely Dan Tribute, 8:00PM WICKED WEED WEST WW West: Rebecca O'Quinn, 5:00PM WILD WING CAFE A New South Rising, 9:00PM WILD WING CAFE SOUTH A Social Function, 9:00PM

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28

WED

25 THU

FRI

27 THAT 1 GUY

FREE PATIO SHOW AT 5PM

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SAT

FREE PATIO SHOW AT 5PM

SUN

ALEX CULBRETH

THE STEEL 26 WHEELS FRI

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FREE PATIO SHOW AT 3PM

29 JOSH SMITH

THU

NOAH KAHAN

SUN

FREE PATIO SHOW AT 6PM

MON

THE BIFF BUFORD EXPERIENCE

CHRIS DUARTE GROUP

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ALOFT HOTEL Pride. Karaoke. Love, 8:00PM AMBROSE WEST Worthwhile Sounds presents: An Evening with Stephane Wrembel, 8:00PM ASHEVILLE CLUB Live Blues w/ Jimmy, 7:00PM ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Start Making Sense: Talking Heads Tribute Band, 10:00PM ASHEVILLE YACHT CLUB Iggy Radio, 3:00PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Luke Wood, 7:00PM BOLD ROCK HARD CIDER Harvest Festival (hay rides, music, pumpkin painting) 12:00PM BURNSVILLE TOWN CENTER The Old Timey Fall Festival, 10:00AM CATAWBA BREWING SOUTH SLOPE Tusty Hucksters, 7:00PM CORK & KEG Zydeco Ya Ya, 8:30PM CROW & QUILL Hearts Gone South (local honky tonk, 9:00PM

Making Sense The Orange Constant Start (Talking Heads Tribute) FRI 9/27 - SHOW: 10 pm [viNtaGE RoCK] CA$ H DONATION $ @ THE DOOR

SAT, 9/28 - SHOW:10 pm (DOORS: 9 pm ) adv : $15 / dos : $20

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FRI

THU

WED

TUE

10/3 - Lost Dogz - Off the Chain ft. Eazybaked, Milano & Vide • 10/5 - Break Science wsg. K+Lab • 10/7 - An Evening w/ Rickie Lee Jones • 10/11 - Maddy O’Neal (Official OP Afterparty) • 10/12 - An Intimate Evening w/ SunSquabi + Maddy O’Neal Tuesday Early Jam - 8PM Sunday World Famous @AVLMusicHall disclaimer comedy - 9:30pm Mitch’s Totally Rad Trivia - 6:30pm Free Dead Tuesday Night Funk Jam - 11PM Brown Bag Singer-Songwriting BLUEGRASS BRUNCH @OneStopAVL Friday - 5pm LOCAL THURSDAY SHUFFLE - 10pm Electrosoul Session - 11:30PM Competition - 5:30pm 10:30am-3pm MOUNTAINX.COM

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SHE PERSISTED: 27 Club hosts Abort Mission, a comedy benefit to support NARAL NC, a pro-choice advocacy organization. The evening, focusing on reproductive rights for all people, features local comedian Hilliary S. Begley. Other Southeast performers include Art Sturtevant, Rowan Young and Bridgette Martin. The night includes a raffle for personal services, art and adult products. Abort Mission takes place on Friday, Sept. 27, at 9 p.m. $8 advance/$10 day of show. avl.mx/6j4. Photo by Jamey Kay

Paradox Nightclub DOUBLE CROWN Soul Motion Dance Party w/ DJ Dr. Filth, 10:00PM FIRST CONGREGATIONAL UCC OF ASHEVILLE Music Explorations Class, 11:00AM

MARSHALL CONTAINER CO. Robot Party!, 5:00PM MOUNTAIN HERITAGE CENTER Mountain Heritage Day, 10:00AM

WED CHANDLER

9/25

$2 off wine pours, 1/2 off wine pours w/ food order

FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREWPUB 8 String Collective (funk, jam), 10:00PM

ODDITORIUM Great Freak, Big Wave Small Wave, Fortezza, The Walbournes (rock), 9:00PM

THU

DISNEY MUSIC BINGO $4 local drafts

FRENCH BROAD RIVER BREWERY Hope Griffin Duo, 7:00PM

ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Akita, 10:00PM

FUNKATORIUM Added Color, 8:00PM

ONE WORLD BREWING WEST OWB West: Ton Of Hay, 9:00PM

Daily select $4 drafts and $3 singles FRIENDS TRIVIA, MONICA &

9/26 FRI

9/27 SAT

9/28 SUN

9/29

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50% food discount for service industry workers OPEN MIC NIGHT

HOSTED BY PEGGY RATUSZ & AILEEN “BIG AL” PEARLAMN

$2 off 16 oz drafts, wine pours, and food specials

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FLEETWOOD'S Asheville Punk Flea, 12:00PM

MAD CO BREW HOUSE Franklin's Kite, 5:00PM

SEPT. 25 - OCT. 1, 2019

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HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY The Old Chevrolet Set, 7:00PM HILLMAN BEER Oktoberfest, (all day)11:00AM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Riyen Roots Band, 9:00PM LAZOOM ROOM LaZoom Comedy: Mike Lebovitz, Night Two, 9:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Psych show w/ The NEC + TBA, 2:30PM Raw Funk, Stomp, Rock, Groove, & Skank w/ DJ The Bogart, 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Sean Mason Trio, 6:30PM

ORANGE PEEL Ride w/ the Spirit of the Beehive, 9:00PM ORCHARD AT ALTAPASS The Grass Catchers & Tom Sparks, 1:00PM PARADOX NIGHTCLUB Avant (R&B), 9:00PM PACK SQUARE PARK Blue Ridge Pride Festival Welcoming WNC Procession, 9:00AM 11th Annual Blue Ridge Pride Festival (music, performances, speeches), 11:00AM PACK'S TAVERN Blaze the City (dance, rock, funk), 9:30PM

PILLAR ROOFTOP BAR Rhoda & the Risers, 7:00PM

STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE Chris Wilhelm Trio, 6:00PM

PISGAH BREWING COMPANY The Marcus King Band Family Reunion [SOLD OUT], 2:00PM

THE 63 TAPHOUSE 1st Anniversary Party, 2:00PM Karaoke, 9:00PM

POLANCO RESTAURANT Ultra Lounge: Food, Music, Lounge w/ DJ Phantome Pantone, 10:00PM REGENERATION STATION Kid's Open Mic (sign-ups at 2:45 p.m. snacks & juice boxes provided!), 3:00PM RUSTIC GRAPE WINE BAR Albi Podrizki (smooth jazz), 7:30PM SALVAGE STATION Third Vinyl Fetish Record Show, 11:00AM Gran Torino, 9:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING CO. Live Painting & Funky Animal Pop-Up, 12:00PM Benefit for Fire Captain Josh Poore, 4:00PM SLY GROG LOUNGE Tranzmission Presents: Kitty Bubbles Birthday Benefit and Blue Ridge Pride Afterparty, 8:00PM

THE ARTISAN OF FLAT ROCK Tim Burton Burlesque, 8:30PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Aubrey Eisenman & The Clydes, 8:00PM Community Salsa/Latin Night w/ DJ Edi Fuentes (lessons at 9:00pm), 9:30PM THE GREENHOUSE MOTO CAFE The Carbeurators, 7:00PM THE GREY EAGLE Noah Kahan: Busyhead Tour 2019, 9:00PM TIGER MOUNTAIN Tiger Dance Party Nights, 10:00PM TRYON INTERNATIONAL EQUESTRIAN CENTER Tryon Resort’s Saturday Night Lights (music, carousel, face painting), 6:00PM

SOVEREIGN KAVA Shane Parish, 6:00PM

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

ST GILES CHAPEL Quartessence: Piano Quartets for Clarinet, violin, Cello & Piano, 2:00PM

WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN The Karma Mechanics, 7:30PM

WICKED WEED BREWING Pridetoberfest w/ Strolling Accordion, Polka Kings, Lagerhosen, DJ Rexxstep & the Beer City Sisters, 12:00PM WILD WING CAFE SOUTH Post Game Karaoke w/ DJ Razor, 9:30PM ZAMBRA Killawatts, (jazz), 8:00PM

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 27 CLUB Hallelujah! Hillary's Comedy Revival, 9:00PM 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Roots & Dore, (blues, roots), 7:00PM ARCHETYPE BREWING Post-Brunch Blues, 4:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Pot Luck & Musician's Jam, 3:00PM ASHEVILLE YACHT CLUB Iggy Radio, 3:00PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Tim McWilliams, 7:00PM BLUE GHOST BREWING COMPANY Langhorne Slim & the Lost at Last Band w/ Jill Andrews Band, David Mayfield Parade, 2:00 PM BOLD ROCK HARD CIDER Sunday Brunch w/ live music, 12:00PM The Knotty G’s, 3:00PM BREVARD COLLEGE An Afternoon at the Opera, 3:00PM BYWATER Sunday Bywater Bluegrass Jam, 4:00PM CAPELLA ON 9 @ THE AC HOTEL Loft brunch feat. Phantom Pantone, 2:00PM CATAWBA BREWING SOUTH SLOPE Andy Ferrell, 6:00PM DOUBLE CROWN Killer Karaoke w/KJ Tim O, 9:00PM FLEETWOOD'S Asheville Punk Flea, 12:00PM Queer Comedy Party feat. Hayley Ellman, 9:00PM FUNKATORIUM Bluegrass Gospel Sunday, 1:00PM

HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Reggae Sunday w/ Chalwa, 2:00PM Asheville Humane's 35th Anniversary Celebration, 3:00PM ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 The New Mastersounds, 8:00PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Irish Session, 3:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Noiz Oasis w/ DJ Salty Stax (post-punk), 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Phil Alley, 6:30PM NEW BELGIUM BREWERY Totally Rad Trivia Crossover, 5:00PM ODDITORIUM Post Pride Pot Luck With Priscilla Chambers, 9:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL World Famous Bluegrass Brunch, 10:30AM Smash Out Sunday's w/ Mike T & JJ, 9:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING WEST OWB West: Songful Sundays feat. The Saylor Brothers, 4:00PM

TAVERN 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

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THU. 9/26 Hope Griffin Duo (acoustic rock)

FRI. 9/27 DJ RexxStep

(dance hits, pop)

SAT. 9/28 Blaze the City

(dance, rock, funk)

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ORCHARD AT ALTAPASS Terry McKinney & Amantha Mill, 1:00PM PILLAR ROOFTOP BAR Open mic w/ Laura Blackley, 7:00PM PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Travers Sunday Jam w/ Yonrico Scott, 6:00PM Miss Tess & the Talkbacks, 8:00PM SALVAGE STATION WNC Battle of the Burger w/ music by Boogi Therapi, 1:00PM SLY GROG LOUNGE Sly Grog Lounge The Most Open Mic, 6:00PM STRADA ITALIANO Jazz Guitar Brunch w/ Dan Keller, 11:00AM STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE Fraser Fuller, 2:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE DeLa Noche Tango, 8:00PM THE BARRELHOUSE Weekly Original Music Open Mic, 6:00PM THE GREENHOUSE MOTO CAFE Biff Bruford Experience, 3:00PM THE GREY EAGLE Josh Smith, 3:00PM Chris Duarte Group, 8:00PM

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THE IMPERIAL LIFE DJ Dance Party feat. Phantom Pantone, 9:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT The 11th Annual Queer Girls Literacy Reading, 6:00PM TIMBER HALL Engaging with the LivingPulse, 4:00PM

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WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Quartessence: Piano Quartets for Clarinet, violin, Cello & Piano, 2:00PM Angie Heimann, 7:30PM

FULL KITCHEN • TIKI BAR AWARD-WINNING WING SPECIALS

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

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 5 WALNUT WINE BAR CaroMia & Friends (Americana, soul), 8:00PM

Mon-Thur 4pm-2am • Fri-Sun 2pm-2am 87 Patton Ave – Downtown Asheville

CATAWBA BREWING SOUTH SLOPE Musicians in the round hosted by Jon Edwards, 6:00PM DOUBLE CROWN Country Karaoke w/ KJ Tim-O, 10:00PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Quizzo Pub Trivia, 7:30PM Open Mic Night, 9:30PM

SHOW 8PM

WORTHWHILE SOUNDS PRESENTS: AN EVENING WITH

SEPT 28

STEPHANE WREMBEL

SEPT 28

DOORS 7PM

CHARLIE TRAVELER PRESENTS:

SHOW 8PM

OCT 4

ASHEVILLE IMPROV COLLECTIVE PRESENTS:

ASHEVILLE IMPROV FEST

OCT 5

FOUR BLOCKS OF SHOWS (3PM, 5PM, 7PM, 9PM)

OCT 5

CORK & KEG Old Time Moderate Jam, 5:00PM CRAFT CENTRIC TAPROOM AND BOTTLESHOP Trivia Night, 7:30PM DOUBLE CROWN Tuesday Matinee Show Series feat. Local Bands, 6:00PM Sonic Stew w/ DJ Lil Side Salad & Seymour, 10:00PM HILLSIDE GAMES Game Designers of North Carolina- Asheville Meeting, 5:00PM ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Tuesday Bluegrass Sessions hosted by Serene Green, 7:30PM

SANCTUARY BREWING CO. Team Trivia w/ host Josh Dunkin, 7:00PM THE 63 TAPHOUSE Weekly 8 Ball Tournament (sign ups at 7:00 p.m.), 8:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Swing AVL Dance w/ Queen Bee & the Honeylovers (beginner swing lesson at 8:00 p.m., 7:00PM Late Night Blues Dance w/ DJ Bingading, 11:00PM THE GREY EAGLE Jamie White, 5:00PM Sierra Ferrell, 8:00PM

FUNKATORIUM The Saylor Brothers, 6:30PM HAYWOOD COUNTRY CLUB Back to the 80's (new wave, synth, post punk), 10:00PM ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Isis Lawn Series: Rahm and Friends, 6:00PM Julian Loida and Alejandro Rowinsky, 7:00PM Kinobe of Uganda ft Akello, 8:30PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Old Time Jam, 5:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Killer Karaoke w/ KJ TimO, 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Cigar Brothers, 6:30PM

THE MARKET PLACE RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE Rat Alley Cats, 6:30PM

MOE'S ORIGINAL BBQ WOODFIN Bluegrass Jam hosted by Gary Mac Fiddle, 6:00PM

THE MOTHLIGHT Simply Saucer w/ Kreamy 'Lectric Santa, Cadavernous, 9:00PM

ODDITORIUM Trivia Night, 9:00PM

THE SOCIAL Open Mic w/ Riyen Roots, 8:00PM TIGER MOUNTAIN Tigeraoke Tuesdays (karaoke night), 10:00PM TWIN LEAF BREWERY Robert's Twin Leaf Trivia, 8:00PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Irish Music Circle, 6:30PM Open Mic, 8:30PM

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2

LOBSTER TRAP Bobby Miller and friends, 6:30PM

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Wine & Music Tuesdays, 7:00PM

ALLEY CAT SOCIAL CLUB Karaoke with Kari!, 9:00PM

ODDITORIUM Risque Monday Burlesque Hosted By Deb Au Nare, 9:00PM

LAZY DIAMOND Psych Night w/ DJ Marcula (projections and vinyl), 10:00PM

ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR AGB Open Mic, 6:30PM

LOBSTER TRAP Jay Brown, 6:30PM

ASHEVILLE OUTLETS The Venardos Circus, (a unique Broadway-style circus tour), 6:30PM

ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Disclaimer Lounge Comedy Open Mic, 9:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING WEST OWB West: Latin Dance Night w/ DJ Oscar (Bachatta, Merengue, Salsa), 9:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING CO. French Broad Valley Music Association Mountain Music Jam, 6:00PM SLY GROG LOUNGE Monthly Monster Maker: Exquisite Corpse, 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

GRANOLA FUNK EXPRESS SAFE HAVEN BENEFIT

SHOW 9PM

REASONABLY PRICED BABIES

DOORS 8PM

ONE WORLD BREWING WEST OWB West: Jazz Monday, 12:00AM

LOCAL 604 BOTTLE SHOP Modular Synth Jam, 8:00PM

BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Open Mic hosted by Mark Bumgarner, 7:00PM

SANCTUARY BREWING CO. Open Mic Night: It Takes All Kinds w/ host Josh Dunkin, 7:00PM

ODDITORIUM Dragula Season 3 Viewing Party, 12:00AM Free Open Mic Comedy, 9:00PM

CORK & KEG 3 Cool Cats, 7:30PM

W W W. A M B R O S E W E S T. C O M

THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Monday Soul Jam w/ Jamar Woods of the Fritz, 9:00PM

FLEETWOOD'S Free Wednesday: Moontype, Penny, Sacred Daisy, 8:00PM

THE GREY EAGLE Musician's Benefit for the Bahamas feat. Jeff Sipe & Friends, 6:00PM

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THE GOLDEN PINEAPPLE Robert's Totally Rad Trivia, 8:00PM

ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Tuesday Early Jam, 8:00PM Electrosoul Sessions w/ strongmagnumopus, 11:30PM

DOUBLE CROWN Western Wednesday w/ live Honky Tonk, 9:00PM

THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Albi's Classic Guitar Solos, 5:00PM Ruby's Blues Jam, 9:00PM

FRENCH BROAD RIVER ACADEMY Catch the Wave Celebration, 5:30PM

THE MOTHLIGHT C.W. Stoneking w/ Greg Cartwright, 9:00PM

OCT 11

DOORS 7PM

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LAZY DIAMOND Punk show w/ Judy & The Jerks, Stable Boy Hand Job, Kadre, 10:00PM

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

ORANGE PEEL Trick or Treat Tour: Motionless in White, We Came as Romans, After the Burial, Twiztid, 7:00PM

ONE WORLD BREWING OWB Downtown: Open Mic Night, 7:30PM

DOORS 8PM

OCT 12

ERICK BAKER

ALLEY CAT SOCIAL CLUB Open Mic, 8:00PM Alley Cat Karaoke, 9:00PM

WILD WING CAFE NFL Sundays w/ DJ Razor, 1:00PM

ARCHETYPE BREWING Old Time Jam, 5:00PM

DOORS 7PM

5 WALNUT WINE BAR The John Henrys, (Hot Jazz), 8:00PM

ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Evening of Classical Guitar - 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 8:00PM

Sun., Tue., Wed. & Thur. • 6-8Pm

UPCOMING SHOWS:

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1

WICKED WEED BREWING Anthony Mossburg, 4:00PM

ZAMBRA Dan Keller, (jazz), 7:00PM

17 Taps & Domestics • Nightly Drink Specials

UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Monday Night Bluegrass Jam, 7:00PM

SEPT. 25 - OCT. 1, 2019

THE MOTHLIGHT Witch Party w/ Shutterings, Bombay Gasoline, 9:00PM

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ONE WORLD BREWING WEST OWB West: FLOW Jam - Rotating DJ's Every Tuesday Night, 8:00PM

FRENCH BROAD RIVER BREWERY Trivia Night!, 7:00PM

STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE Random Animals, 6:00PM THE 63 TAPHOUSE Weekly 9 Ball Tournament (sign ups at 7:00 p.m.), 8:00PM

WORTHAM CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS Nobunto, 8:00PM

MOVIE REVIEWS THIS WEEK’S CONTRIBUTORS

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5B HHHHS DIRECTORS: Paul Haggis and Dan Krauss PLAYERS: Alison Moed Paolercio, Cliff Morrison, David Denmark DOCUMENTARY RATED PG-13 A contender for the most opaque, off-putting title of the year, 5B is in fact one of the most difficult and moving documentaries of 2019 so far. The name refers to what we’re told is the first dedicated hospital ward for AIDS patients, established in 1983 at San Francisco General Hospital. The film, co-directed by A-list writer/director Paul Haggis (Crash) and documentarian/cinematographer Dan Krauss (The Kill Team), is a straightforward work told in chronological order. It begins with San Francisco gay liberation just before the AIDS crisis, then traces the terror and fearmongering of the epidemic’s early years. The suffering and the dying — mostly young gay men — were shunned by families and neighbors and treated as toxic by terrified health care workers swathed in masks, gowns and gloves. At the time of the creation of the 5B ward, AIDS was indeed a death sentence, and a contingent of compassionate physicians and nurses at the hospital — many of them still around, vividly recalling those days in frank interviews — decided the least they could do was to provide a safe, compassionate space to die. A determined corps of nurses volunteered for 5B, choosing to brave the risks in order to offer humane care, including the

warm touch of an ungloved hand and friendly faces not covered by masks. The film does a fine job of explaining how daring and revolutionary this approach was at the time, contrasting 5B with a small group of other nurses (seen in archival footage) who took the hospital to labor court to demand the right to use masks and gloves whenever they felt the need. (They were supported by a female surgeon who’s interviewed on camera and no less bitter 30-plus years later.) As is standard in such recent-butdistant documentaries, a few detailed case studies stand in for the hundreds or thousands of people whose stories are lost to history. And that tactic, when skillfully deployed — as it is here — still works to humanize the history. In this case, it even includes a surprise twist toward the end. For those too young to remember those days, the movie provides a mesmerizing and disturbing history lesson — if they have the gumption for it. For those who remember the AIDS crisis, it’s worth reliving some soulsplitting feelings in the early going, because the remarkable work these nurses did becomes as comforting to viewers today as it was to their patients at the time. Starts Sept. 27 at Grail Moviehouse REVIEWED BY BRUCE STEELE BCSTEELE@GMAIL.COM

Abominable HHHH DIRECTORS: Jill Culton and

Todd Wilderman PLAYERS: The voices of Chloe Bennet, Sarah Paulson and Eddie Izzard ANIMATED/ADVENTURE RATED PG No stranger to crafting stories that push the boundaries of reality and spark viewers’ imaginations, DreamWorks Animation invites audiences to take a journey to the Himalayas in Abominable, an original tale of friendship and healing that’s just the right mix of serious and silly. It’s easy to feel alone and disconnected in the big city. The seamless collaboration between writer/director Jill Culton (Open Season) and co-director Todd Wilderman (Open Season 2) explores this notion via Hong Kong teenager Yi (voiced by Chloe Bennet, ABC’s “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”), her young neighbor Peng (Albert Tsai, ABC’s “Dr. Ken”) and his universitybound cousin Jin (Tenzing Norgay Trainor, Disney’s “Liv and Maddie”), each of whom are searching for connection in different ways. After getting swept up in the wake of a lost yeti and his pursuers — aging adventurer Mr. Burnish (Eddie Izzard) and zoologist Dr. Zara (Sarah Paulson) — the trio embarks on a thrilling adventure across China to return the yeti to his family on Mt. Everest and, in turn, find the things they’ve been searching for within themselves. In addition to creating the story for Pixar’s Monsters, Inc., Culton has worked on several other DreamWorks productions, so it’s no surprise that Abominable has everything fans expect from a DreamWorks film. The quirky characters, narrative-challenging perspectives and moments of absolute wonder are all there. Plus, the vocal cast does a great job of bringing the characters to life, making them more nuanced as the story progresses and each central player grows in compelling, relatable ways. But what may come as a surprise is the extent to which Abominable is a story of healing — specifically one rooted in allowing oneself to mend. The film also investigates how we can become so locked in by our grief that we forget how one tragedy impacts others. While these serious

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matters might suggest the film is a grim, dark affair, trust that it’s primarily a positive tale about restoration and balance. The exploration of these themes translates to bright and cheery visuals, with softened moments of danger and magical elements tied to repairing nature. Read the full review at elementsofmadness.com Starts Sept. 27 REVIEWED BY DOUGLAS DAVIDSON ELEMENTSOFMADNESS@GMAIL.COM

Judy HHS DIRECTOR: Rupert Goold PLAYERS: Renée Zellweger, Jessie Buckley, Rufus Sewell BIOPIC/MUSICAL RATED PG-13

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M OVIE RE V I EW S Judy is not a full-on biopic, but an account of Judy Garland’s latein-life performances on the British stage — not so much to effect a comeback as to tread water well enough to avoid drowning. The film is set mostly in early 1969, when Garland’s health was poor and her finances were poorer. She hadn’t appeared in a movie in six years, and what money she did have had been allegedly embezzled by her managers (information the movie omits), leaving her with a giant tax bill and little income.

Desperate to provide for her two younger children, Lorna and Joey Luft, and hopefully regain custody, Garland accepts a generous offer to perform several weeks at the cavernous Talk of the Town nightclub in London. That’s the

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STARTING FRIDAY 5B (PG-13) HHHHS(Pick of the Week) Abominable (PG) HHHH Judy (PG-13) HHS

CURRENTLY IN THEATERS Ad Astra (PG-13) HHHHS Angel Has Fallen (R) HHS Brittany Runs a Marathon (R) HHHH Dora and the Lost City of Gold (PG) HH Downton Abbey (PG) HHHH Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (PG-13) HHHHH The Goldfinch (R) HHH Good Boys (R) HHHH Hustlers (R) HHHS It Chapter Two (R) HH Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice (PG-13) HHS The Lion King (PG) HHH Luce (R) HHHHS

DRIVE, SHE SAID: A still from Driving Lessons, directed by Iranian filmmaker Marziyeh Riahi. The work is one of 10 finalists in the Manhattan Short Film Festival, which will screen twice daily at Grail Moviehouse, Sept. 27-Oct. 3. Photo courtesy of Manhattan Short Film Festival • Orvis’ 50/50 On The Water Film Tour, a series of independent films “showcasing women on the water, enjoying time spent fishing with other women, with daughters, sons and husbands and in solitude,” makes its North Carolina debut at New Belgium Brewing Co., 21 Craven St., on Wednesday, Sept. 25, at 7 p.m. Tickets are $8 and available online. All proceeds go to support coldwater conservation and education efforts across the state. 5050filmtour.myeventscenter.com • The Manhattan Short Film Festival moves to Grail Moviehouse, 45 S. French Broad Ave., for its

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background for exploring Judy’s many struggles: with drugs and alcohol, with self-doubt and with a new young suitor. The man is Mickey Deans (Finn Wittrock, The Last Black Man in San Francisco), a nightclub manager whose

22nd annual edition. The program consists of 10 finalists, representing the best short films culled from 1,250 submissions and 70 countries. Attendees will have the opportunity to vote for the Best Film and Best Actor. Two screenings of the complete 150-minute showcase will be offered daily, Friday, Sept. 27-Thursday, Oct. 3. Buncombe County Library patrons who present an active library card at Pack Memorial Library’s front desk will receive one free ticket to select shows. A limited number of tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis to the screenings on Saturday, Sept. 28, 12:30 p.m.; Sunday, Sept. 29, 7 p.m.; Monday, Sept. 30, 12:30 p.m.; and Tuesday, Oct. 1, 7 p.m. Regular admission rates apply to all shows, and tickets may be purchased online or at the Grail box office. grailmoviehouse.com X

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Rambo: Last Blood HHH CASTING CALL: Boone angler Meredith Sessoms is one of many women who’ll attend the 50/50 On The Water Film Tour on Sept. 25. Photo courtesy of Due South Outfitters

Official Secrets (R) HHHS Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood (R) HHHHS The Peanut Butter Falcon (PG-13) HHHS Raise Hell: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins (NR) HHHHS Rambo: Last Blood (R) HHH Yesterday (PG-13) HHHH 60

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upbeat affection and big dreams give Judy hope and the movie some positive energy. Mostly, Judy is a downer, a portrait of self-destruction that gets the crackup right but can’t quite pinpoint its source. Sure, a series of flashbacks to Judy’s teen years at MGM establish the source of her pill habit. But screenwriter Tom Edge (adapting Peter Quilter’s play, The End of the Rainbow) doesn’t connect the dots: What really made Judy Garland so fragile and unreliable? What Judy is left with, then, is Renee Zellweger’s all-in performance in the lead role. Pursing her lips and squinting her eyes endlessly, she creates a credible, entertaining portrayal. She’s good in bad moments, but she’s great in the movie’s few moments of real joy, when Judy sees Mickey as her savior or has a good night on the stage. Sadly, Zellweger has few developed characters to play against. Her best foil is Rufus Sewell as ex-husband Sid Luft, the only person who challenges Judy with hard truths. Their scenes together offer glimpses of Judy’s inner life that are missing from the rest of the movie. The director, Rupert Goold (True Story), has little to offer to turn Judy from an interesting study in impersonation to an in-depth personality study. He’s a skilled enough craftsman, and the movie looks great, but if he’s got a vision for what audiences should take away from Judy other than “child stars make for at-risk adults,” it’s not apparent. Starts Sept. 27 at the Fine Arts Theatre

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DIRECTOR: Adrian Grünberg PLAYERS: Sylvester Stallone, Paz Vega, Yvette Monreal ACTION RATED R In a performance paced to provide no theatrical safe space, Sylvester Stallone rides again as John Rambo in Rambo: Last Blood. It’s old school action full of sound and fury — but signifying something. When the underworld of violence makes its clarion call, Rambo answers promptly. This time, the action-filled plot traces a hard line through the underworld of sex trafficking with

MARKETPLACE urban Mexico serving as the seamy backdrop. Stallone and his collaborators pull no punches in pairing sobering reality alongside Rambo’s fantastical adeptness at controlled mayhem. The concoction proves intoxicating as comic book violence splashes across the screen in ecstatic bursts. Last Blood spares no expense in blood, giblets and brute force. A sequel not to be missed, the latest Rambo calls to mind how very starkly this hero contrasts with Stallone’s other alter ego, Rocky Balboa. John Rambo cuts a much darker figure. The war-torn hero who journeyed home in First Blood (1982) found he had become a pariah in his home country. Bringing us to the current day, Last Blood demonstrates how the man still struggles to quiet his demons. Unlike the ascendant Balboa, who finds himself rocketed from humble circumstances into stardom — a slightly tilted mirror image of Stallone’s real-life celebrity — Rambo remains a tribute to unsung heroes. If you’re planning to wait and catch Last Blood when it comes to your nearest-at-hand streaming service, then you’ll be missing out on a concertlike theatrical exhibition. The sound design in this picture should send you running to a theater fitted with the best acoustics available. Deep, resonant bass notes make the screening a visceral experience that you can feel in every punch. While the digital cinematography can be distracting at times, it seldom pulls you out of the moment. The 89-minute run time feels more like a brisk half-hour. But in recollection, you’ll surely note that there was not a single moment for tedium in this plot and no fat to trim in this pure cinematic muscle. This means, of course, there is little room for anything but action. Even the Rocky movies set aside significant slivers of time for

contemplation and family drama. But that’s not what Rambo is about. Not so easily ignored, concerns about Stallone’s age play a part as well. He’s definitely getting up there in years and questions abound. Is the subtitle Last Blood more telling than it seems? Does the prospect of Rambo: Last Blood Part 2 show promise? You’ll have to see it to find out. HHHHS REVIEWED BY CHRIS MAIORANA STANORDAN@GMAIL.COM

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FREEWILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19): Comedian John Cleese speaks of two different modes toward which we humans gravitate. The closed style is tight, guarded, rigid, controlling, hierarchical and tunnel-visioned. The open is more relaxed, receptive, exploratory, democratic, playful and humorous. I’m pleased to inform you that you’re in a phase when spending luxurious amounts of time in the open mode would be dramatically healing to your mental health. Luckily, you’re more predisposed than usual to operate in that mode. I encourage you to experiment with the possibilities. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Upcoming adventures could test your poise and wit. They may activate your uncertainties and stir you to ask provocative questions. That’s cause for celebration, in my opinion. I think you’ll benefit from having your poise and wit tested. You’ll generate good fortune for yourself by exploring your uncertainties and asking provocative questions. You may even thrive and exult and glow like a miniature sun. Why? Because you need life to kick your ass in just the right gentle way so you will become alert to possibilities you have ignored or been blind to. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Novelist John Irving asked, “Who can distinguish between falling in love and imagining falling in love? Even genuinely falling in love is an act of the imagination.” That will be a helpful idea for you to contemplate in the coming weeks. Why? Because you’re more likely than usual to fall in love or imagine falling in love — or both. And even if you don’t literally develop a crush on an attractive person or deepen your intimacy with a person you already care for, I suspect you will be inflamed with an elevated lust for life that will enhance the attractiveness of everything and everyone you behold. CANCER (June 21-July 22): You know your body is made of atoms, but you may not realize that every one of your atoms is mostly empty space. Each nucleus contains 99% of the atom’s mass, but is as small in comparison to the rest of the atom as a pea is to a cathedral. The tiny electrons, which comprise the rest of the basic unit, fly around in a vast, deserted area. So we can rightfully conclude that you are mostly made of nothing. That’s a good meditation right now. The coming weeks will be a fine time to enjoy the refreshing pleasures of emptiness. The less frenzy you stir up, the healthier you’ll be. The more spacious you allow your mind to be, the smarter you’ll become. “Roomy” and “capacious” will be your words of power. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “We don’t always have a choice about how we get to know one another,” wrote novelist John Irving. “Sometimes, people fall into our lives cleanly — as if out of the sky, or as if there were a direct flight from heaven to Earth.” This principle could be in full play for you during the coming weeks. For best results, be alert for the arrival of new allies, future colleagues, unlikely matches and surprise helpers. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In North America, people call the phone number 911 to report an emergency. In much of the EU, the equivalent is 112. As you might imagine, worrywarts sometimes use these numbers even though they’re not experiencing a legitimate crisis. For example, a Florida woman sought urgent aid when her local McDonald’s ran out of Chicken McNuggets. In another case, a man walking outdoors just after dawn spied a blaze of dry vegetation in the distance and notified authorities. But it turned out to be the rising sun. I’m wondering if you and yours might be prone to false alarms like these in the coming days, Virgo. Be aware of that possibility. You’ll have substantial power if you marshal your energy for real dilemmas and worthy riddles, which will probably be subtle.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “I just cut my bangs in a gas station bathroom,” confesses a Libran blogger who calls herself MagicLipstick. “An hour ago I shocked myself by making an impulse buy of a perfect cashmere trench coat from a stranger loitering in a parking lot,” testifies another Libran blogger who refers to himself as MaybeMaybeNot. “Today I had the sudden realization that I needed to become a watercolor painter, then signed up for a watercolor class that starts tomorrow,” writes a Libran blogger named UsuallyPrettyCareful. In normal times, I wouldn’t recommend that you Libras engage in actions that are so heedlessly and delightfully spontaneous. But I do now. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You could call the assignment I have for you as “taking a moral inventory” or you could refer to it as “going to confession.” I think of it as “flushing out your worn-out problems so as to clear a space for better, bigger, more interesting problems.” Ready? Take a pen and piece of paper or open a file on your computer and write about your raw remorse, festering secrets, unspeakable apologies, inconsolable guilt and desperate mortifications. Deliver the mess to me at Truthrooster@gmail.com. I’ll print out your testimony and conduct a ritual of purgation. As I burn your confessions in my bonfire at the beach, I’ll call on the Goddess to purify your heart and release you from your angst. (P.S.: I’ll keep everything confidential.) SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Two hundred years ago, Sagittarian genius Ludwig van Beethoven created stirring music that’s often played today. He’s regarded as one of history’s greatest classical composers. And yet he couldn’t multiply or divide numbers. That inability made it hard for him to organize his finances. He once wrote about himself that he was “an incompetent business man who is bad at arithmetic.” Personally, I’m willing to forgive those flaws and focus on praising him for his soul-inspiring music. I encourage you to practice a similar approach with yourself in the next two weeks. Be extra lenient and merciful and magnanimous as you evaluate the current state of your life. In this phase of your cycle, you need to concentrate on what works instead of on what doesn’t work. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “When you hit a wall — of your own imagined limitations — just kick it in,” wrote playwright Sam Shepard. That seems like a faulty metaphor to me. Have you ever tried to literally kick in a wall? I just tried it, and it didn’t work. I put on a steel-toe work boot and launched it at a closet door in my basement, and it didn’t make a dent. Plus now my foot hurts. So what might be a better symbol for breaking through your imagined limitations? How about this: use a metaphorical sledgehammer or medieval battering ram or backhoe. (P.S. Now is a great time to attend to this matter.) AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In 1965, Chinese archaeologists found an untarnished 2400-year-old royal bronze sword that was still sharp and shiny. It was intricately accessorized with turquoise and blue crystals, precision designs and a silk-wrapped grip. I propose we make the Sword of Goujian one of your symbolic power objects for the coming months. May it inspire you to build your power and authority by calling on the spirits of your ancestors and your best memories. May it remind you that the past has gifts to offer your future. May it mobilize you to invoke beauty and grace as you fight for what’s good and true and just. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “All human beings have three lives: public, private and secret,” wrote Piscean novelist Gabriel García Márquez. I will add that during different phases of our lives, one or the other of these three lives might take precedence; may need more care than usual. According to my analysis, your life in the coming weeks will offer an abundance of vitality and blessings in the third area: your secret life. For best results, give devoted attention to your hidden depths. Be a brave explorer of your mysterious riddles.

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LEGAL NOTICES AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, BUNCOMBE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Justus Delaney and Clella Delaney, dated November 17, 2008, recorded on January 14, 2009 in Book 4637, Page 1834 of the Buncombe County Public Registry conveying certain real property in Buncombe County to F. Blair Williams, Trustee, for the benefit of Harvard Home Mortgage, Inc. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on October 7, 2019 at 3:00 PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Buncombe County, North Carolina, to wit: Being all of Lot 6, Section III, Woodland Hills Subdivision, which said Plat is duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Buncombe County North Carolina, in Plat Book 38, at

Page 73, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description. Being all and the same lot of ground which by Deed dated January 24, 1994, and recorded among the Land Records of Buncombe County, North Carolina in Liber 1782, folio 431 was granted and conveyed by Dorothy H. Bailey, unmarried unto Justus Delaney and Clella Delaney, husband and wife. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 15 Blueberry Hill Road, Asheville, NC 28804; Parcel ID: 9731-699610-00000 A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, payable to Bell Carrington Price & Gregg, PLLC, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to any and all superior liens, including taxes and special assessments. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Clella Delaney, surviving spouse of Justus Delaney. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 45-21.29, in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. The notice shall also state that upon termination of

a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination [N.C. Gen. Stat. § 45-21.16(b)(2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Cape Fear Trustee Services, LLC, Substitute Trustee _____ ____________________________ _, Attorney Aaron Seagroves, NCSB No. 50979 W. Harris, NCSB No. 48633 5550 77 Center Drive, Suite 100 Charlotte, NC 28217 PHONE: 980-2013840 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,

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