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Pingpong and politics with Will Shortz Will Shortz is the crossword puzzle editor of The New York Times, Puzzlemaster for NPR, and has a Wikipedia entry long enough to warrant serious consideration. To a good portion of Buncombe, he is probably unknown; to the other segment of Asheville, his name triggers instant recognition. For example, my wife, an interpreter for DSS whose first language is not English, is addicted to his NYT crossword puzzles as a means of expanding her mastery of English. Shortz is also a table-tennis fanatic. ... He owns the Westchester Table Tennis Center, arguably one of the largest in the country (although never as reputably congenial as our local club, the Asheville Table Tennis Club). ... Following my welcome to the ATTC, his [recent] visit started with my innocently asking one of our members what, in view of the evidence, was the reason for his continuing support for Mr. Trump. (At 82 years old, I am allowed to break convention and address politics, religion, sex and money). Dr. X, a well-educated medical doctor, immediately went into an emotional explanation of the social and economic policy differences between Republicans and Democrats. Nearby was Mr. Y, an equally fervent anti-Trumper, whose Prius (natu-

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executives. A more diverse sport would be hard to find. Asheville and the surrounding county are equally diverse, ranging from the Billy Graham Training Center to Indivisible Asheville and with a local mixture of every skin color, sexual preference, economic standing, religious faith and political position only mischievous gods could design in their bored, leisured moments. In witness to this heated moment, Shortz and I discussed how, despite pressures by both parties to demonize the

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other and thereby create a dangerous chasm of silence, it was imperative that, at every level, (1) we marginalize those who would divide and silence us and (2) begin a dialogue across the chasm that will find common ground for solutions to social and economic issues. Shortz was giving a lecture … in Hendersonville that night, and I left him with the thought on how Asheville, with its diversity, is a window into the Southern heartbeat that pumps energy into this country. Its problems, its con-

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frontations, its opposing policies and views are just a mirror for our times. — Richard Unanue Asheville Editor’s note: A longer version of this letter will appear at mountainx.com.

‘No’ to roadside herbicide spraying One of the most scenic drives in Buncombe County extends out of urban Asheville, north from Broadway through Woodfin and along the French Broad River into Madison County. In fact, N.C. 251 is designated as a state Scenic Byway. All along its length, people use the numerous parks and river accesses to enjoy the river and partake of the beautiful open vistas that exemplify the natural splendor of our mountains. Folks come to picnic, canoe, kayak, tube, bird-watch, walk their dogs, have family picnics or merely find inspiration. Periodically, the Department of Transportation mechanically cuts the brush and trees that tend to encroach the roadway. Recently, DOT followed the mechanical cutting with broadcast herbicides all the way from Woodfin up through Alexander. The swath sprayed by the DOT lies within 50 to 100 feet of the river! With the extremely heavy rains we have been getting, there is no doubt that the poisoned runoff from this chemical goes right into the French Broad. The use of this herbicide is absolutely appalling in light of fact that the glyphosate in the weed-killing Roundup has been implicated in causing cancers in farmworkers, landscapers, foresters and other agricultural workers. Lab studies have also established links between glyphosate to miscarriages, other reproductive toxicities, liver and cell toxicities, DNA damage and lethality to amphibians and other life forms. ... What puzzles me about this widespread, hazardous herbicidal spraying all along the length of N.C. 251 in the French Broad River basin is why? I do not believe I have ever seen such a massive use of this dangerous chemical in such a populated and heavily used thoroughfare. Was it to protect the large truck traffic on the way to the landfill? Was it to kill the beautiful wildflowers along this road? Was it to kill the vegetation that is helping to hold the mountainside in place? Was it to harass the cyclists and tourists that enjoy this river byway? The fact remains that in the French Broad River watershed, an area so heavily used by locals and tourists alike for recreation and water use, to spray

this dangerous chemical is beyond the realm of understanding. Manual and mechanical cutting of roadsides should be sufficient to keep this corridor clear. The DOT should stop future use of this herbicide along waterways! — Jay S. Gertz and Charmaine Strong Alexander Editor’s note: Xpress contacted the DOT and received the following response from Jeff Wait, roadside environmental engineer for NCDOT Division 13, who said in part: “Officials with the Roadside Environmental unit of NCDOT [addressed] concerns with the reader and assuaged fears because NCDOT uses other herbicides than the chemical mentioned. We encourage anyone with maintenance concerns to first contact either their respective county maintenance office or the Roadside Environmental office. “On N.C. 251, overgrown, unwanted and invasive woody and broadleaf vegetation near signs, along guardrails and in traditional mowing patterns needed to be eradicated. Well-maintained areas along the road, and areas near homes maintained by the owner, were not sprayed. In time, the areas will grow back as easily maintained natural and native grasses. “NCDOT uses extreme care when applying herbicides and are applied under supervision of individuals who are licensed by the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. All treatments used by NCDOT are approved by the Environmental Protection Agency and applied according to the manufacturer’s instructions.” The Citizen Times’ John Boyle wrote about similar concerns in a recent column, which can be found here: avl.mx/5bn.

Show me the scripture The other night, my wife and I were watching the news. Lord, have mercy on my soul — the Christian Broadcasting Network chief political analyst was there on the screen debating with a political commentator. My mind went back in time to Long Branch, Locust Field and Jarrett Memorial Baptist churches that my mother insisted I attend until I was almost through high school. If any of those churches ever had a political analyst in its membership, I was never aware of it. Do any churches in Western North Carolina have one of those positions today? I have been wondering since then what Biblical scripture suggests or mandates the position of chief political analyst. I reread Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5, King James Version),

C A R T O O N B Y B R E NT B R O W N thinking maybe it was in those profound teachings. But I did not find a word. Please help me out on this. Show me the scripture that encourages political activity by churches. — Dave Waldrop Webster

Educating our children for peace Asheville is a unique place. There are many people and groups in our small corner of the world who participate actively in the caring profession and make themselves visible in promoting justice and peace at home and abroad. Walking my dog here and there, I discover how many young people are either working in the caring profession or attending college with the goal of entering the caring profession as a nurse, teacher or some field of healing. Add to this the numerous retirees who volunteer their time for worthy causes. Even more visible are many groups advocating for peace and justice. The Veterans for Peace vigil every Tuesday at Vance Monument, and other groups such as the Physicians for Social Responsibility, WNC4PEACE and Just Peace for Israel/ Palestine offer various kinds of activities inviting us to participate in the great work for peace and justice in the hope of creating a better world for our children.

Let’s support the local activists and religious groups who continue to shine a light in a prophetic manner and call us not to destroy, but to bring out what is best in our society and the world — to honor the sacredness of creation reflected in mature spiritual religions. We have become a fearful country “measured” by our relationship to weapons and guns. There is a connection between our reliance on wars abroad and guns at home. This is reflected in our active or passive support of the “militarization of our country and our youth” in high schools. The war mentality has not and will not secure our happiness. It blinds us to the common good of humanity. Is this our legacy for children? Militarization brings fear and distress that diminishes our collective capacity for the true and the beautiful. Our military responses result in permanent “undeclared” wars and a global military presence in over 100 countries as well as the militarization of our police and our youth in Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps programs in high schools. I say “no” to the militarization of our youth in our public schools. We can do better than that with the ideals that reflect peace. Alternatives to JROTC can be found throughout the country that build self-esteem and aid positive educational goals better than the JROTC program; perhaps not as exciting to young students, but powerful in the effort to bring a

better understanding of good citizenship, reconciliation, creativity, respect, empathy and compassion. In short, this would invest in our highest ideals. ... Educational funding needs be increased for the needs of our children, not for a political ideology. ... Should the Army subsidize high school soldiering? Or, would it be better to subsidize teachers’ ongoing education and badly needed innovations in schools to inspire positive values for more people, including teachers, parents and the general public? The militarization of our youth reflects a lack of faith in the goodness of humanity mirrored by those who suggest school teachers be armed and concealed weapons be allowed in public places, including churches. We the people can speak out and vote for a future in which our country will match our desire for guns with our moral restraint; our wealth with our wisdom; and our military power with empathy, truth, goodness, and beauty. One place to start is to support genuine conservative values by educating our children, supporting families and respecting all who are in need. May we live each day gentle in words, compassionate of heart and generous in love. — Ed Sacco Asheville Editor’s note: A longer version of this letter will appear at mountainx.com.

Litter can be deadly to wildlife Many of us may not realize that our litter can be deadly, but if it’s not disposed of properly, it often puts wildlife at risk. A raccoon whose head was stuck in a tin can was saved by firefighters in Florida, and two quick-acting men in Canada rescued a skunk whose head was stuck in a soda can. Both animals could have been hit by a car, attacked by predators or died from dehydration, starvation or suffocation. The bear who was recently seen in Henderson County with his or her head stuck in a plastic container is facing the same risks. We can protect wildlife by rinsing jars and replacing the lids, folding back the tab on beverage cans to block the hole, crushing cans before recycling them and cutting apart every section of six-pack rings. Fishing line can be deadly for birds who get tangled in it and swallow the hooks — pick up discarded line and never fish. Animals can choke on plastic bags or die from intestinal blockages. Take reusable bags when shopping. It can be the difference between life and death. — Craig Shapiro PETA Foundation Norfolk, Va.

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NIMBY Town BY ADAM ROSEN “I want to keep things the way they are. I don’t like all these newcomers and changes. I want to preserve my way of life. All these people need to go back where they came from.” The talking points of a closed-minded conservative? Actually, the refrain of many a selfstyled “progressive” in Asheville and other proudly liberal cities and towns across the country. When it comes to housing, your average Subaru-driving, craft-beer swilling, buy-local enthusiast can sound as dogmatic as a wild-eyed Tea Partier. Just consider the recent hullabaloo over a proposed development that would replace the Fuddruckers’ property on Charlotte Street in North Asheville with a 180-unit, four-story apartment complex. One thread about it on my local Nextdoor site has over 100 comments, most of them loudly denouncing the move. With each announcement of a proposed new multifamily housing development, the same old clichés are pulled out and dusted off: “We need more housing, just not here. This won’t fit with the neighborhood character. Think of all the traffic. We need more time. Not in my backyard.” There’s always a better place or a better time. Meanwhile, rents and house prices continue to rise, driving more and more people out of the city. This attitude, of course, isn’t unique to Asheville. Berkeley, Calif. — that mecca of all things artisanal and liberal — offers an extreme but illuminating exam-

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ADAM ROSEN ple. In 2017, a proposal to build a two-story house was put before the Berkeley City Council. One resident complained that the new building “would cast shadows on her zucchini plants,” according to a reporter at the hearing. The City Council sided with the zucchini. Ironically, when it comes to housing, Republican areas are often much more successful at achieving the goals progressives say they want. The Sunbelt is one of the fastest-growing regions of the county, and yet housing in Republican strongholds such as Arizona and Texas has largely remained affordable, despite huge population growth (much of it driven

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Conservative progressives hold Asheville back by people fleeing sky-high rents in California and New York). A big part of this is because of relaxed height restrictions and zoning requirements, which have effectively thwarted NIMBYism and its guise of “preserving neighborhood character.” Accidentally or not, this hands-off approach has brought real benefits to middle- and working-class people, who aren’t forced to hand over an ever-larger chunk of their paycheck to housing. Not so in San Francisco, Boulder, Asheville and other progressive strongholds which, in large part, have come to restrict entry to the affluent and very affluent. Two things can be true at the same time. Yes, some — maybe even many — developers are “greedy,” in that they want to make a hefty return on their investments. But in our current economic system, they are the ones who can increase the supply of desperately needed housing. They may be greedy, but they’re also one of the keys to increasing a city’s affordability and density. Another way of looking at the situation, though, is that it’s development-opposing homeowners who are greedy. After all, they seek to keep the city and its amenities all to themselves by effectively shutting others out, not to mention benefiting from the rise of their property values as the city’s profile has exploded over the past decade. Since 2003, the median sales price of a home in the Asheville city limits has risen from $148,000 to $315,000 in the first half of this year — an appreciation of 113 percent. Not too shabby. I’m a homeowner myself. And a Subaru-driving, craft-beer swilling,

buy-local-enthusiast to boot. But I see a dynamic city that’s adaptable and welcoming to young families, recent graduates, newcomers, and the middle and working class as much more important to my quality of life than the rise of my property’s value or the current configuration of my neighborhood. I love my neighbors more than I love their dwellings. Liberal commentators have increasingly been coming around to the gap between expressed liberal values and the reality in progressive cities. In a 2016 post on the (nowdefunct) housing policy blog Better Institutions, the author pleads with his fellow liberals “to stop acting as though the subjective value of ‘neighborhood character’ (which has always been and will always be a moving target) is of equal importance to the hard economic realities of unaffordable housing, inequity of opportunity and homelessness.” Just building more housing isn’t enough to solve the housing crisis. But if this obstructionism continues, the results will be predictable. Asheville can become a gilded city, where locals drink from gold-plated reusable straws and feel good about themselves, or it can strive toward a more inclusive vision. Change is hard. But I thought that’s what progressivism was all about: looking ahead to a different but better future, not back to some mythical past. Conservative progressives: It’s time to abandon your campaign to Make Asheville Great Again. Hotels, though — enough already! X Adam Rosen is a freelance writer and book editor in Asheville.

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Kenilworth residents renew noise complaint against Mission Hospital

BY DANIEL WALTON dwalton@mountainx.com Cindy Stephens says she hears it every time she steps out on her front porch in Kenilworth — a low but constant mechanical drone at frequencies that filter through the rush of traffic on nearby Biltmore Avenue. “It feels like the presence of the machine there constantly,” she explains. Even the sound of the water fountain in her front yard can’t completely mask the ceaseless hum. The source of this noise, Stephens and her fellow members of the Kenilworth Residents Association maintain, lies directly to the west: Mission Health’s St. Joseph and Memorial campuses. In September 2017, the association filed a formal complaint against Mission Hospital with the city of Asheville. But the group withdrew its complaint, which was backed by over 100 signatures, after Mission leadership agreed to address the problem through a joint hospital/neighborhood committee. Those talks are over now, and on July 25, the residents association filed a new complaint, alleging that the changes Mission has made to address the noise concerns haven’t eliminated the problem. In addition, the residents claim in their letter to the city (avl.mx/5at) that they have “credible reason to believe that, rather than undertake serious efforts to reduce its noise emissions, Mission is running out the clock.” While Mission points to 12 improvements made as a result of those talks (see sidebar, “Noise Reduction Efforts”), association member Reb Haizlip contends that the changes were relatively minor and don’t fully address the underlying issues. The health system’s true purpose in agreeing to establish the joint committee, he suggests, was to minimize additional public controversy as it navigated sensitive negotiations with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina and HCA Healthcare. “Mission could have simply said, ‘Buzz off: We don’t care,’” Haizlip points out. “Instead, they took us through this really long, manipulative process and wasted a lot of people’s time, mine included, on trying

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BORDER DISPUTE: The Kenilworth neighborhood sits directly across from Mission Health’s St. Joseph campus, with the hospital’s chiller energy plant less than 200 feet from some residences. Satellite image from Google Maps, captions by Scott Southwick to accomplish a goal that they never intended to do.” Throughout repeated requests for comment, Mission Health personnel declined to talk about most of the neighborhood’s specific allegations, citing the “formal proceeding initiated by a few Kenilworth residents.” In a general response about the noise issue, however, Rowena Buffett Timms, senior vice president for government and community relations, said Mission representatives “have been and are engaged and focused on a win/win solution that meets reasonable expectations for those choosing to live in an urban environment. “Mission Health has demonstrated a great deal of understanding and has gone to great lengths to address the concerns of the Kenilworth residents while still providing lifesaving treatment for our community members

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in Western North Carolina,” Timms added. “We scheduled these meetings in order to have open dialogue and ongoing communication with the Kenilworth Residents Association.” Meanwhile, other Asheville neighborhoods are also fighting their own battles concerning business-related noise and are exploring ways to give residents more leverage with alleged noise polluters. CONFLICTING ACCOUNTS Even before the September 2017 noise complaint, Mission officials had met informally with residents association representatives to discuss noise in the area, and from January through April 2018, the parties held biweekly formal meetings. But while Haizlip acknowledges that the talks made

some progress, he says the neighborhood had to fight hard for every change the hospital agreed to make. “We are frustrated by Mission’s resistance to commit to a permanent solution to this problem and perplexed, given the technical simplicity of installing noise abatement measures to block noise at the source,” the residents explain in their complaint to city officials. Haizlip, an architect whose specialty is designing institutional facilities such as museums and educational projects, says he personally alerted Mission staff to a number of key issues. “They changed an exhaust fan on top of the garage tower because I went up there and told the facilities guy, ‘You’ve got a bad bearing,’” he recalls. He also takes credit for calling their attention to a problem with the duct-

work on top of the radiology building, which they subsequently addressed. Haizlip says he even drafted a design for changes to the chiller energy plant at the St. Joseph campus, the mechanical facility that’s closest to Kenilworth. Mission officials say they constructed a wall to buffer the plant’s cooling towers and reinforced it with additional sound-absorbent materials, but Haizlip claims those changes constitute only half of the needed work. “They’ve tried to satisfy us in dealing with these isolated points, but they can’t really get to the overall problem,” says Haizlip. “I don’t think that they’ve been prepared to admit the fact that there’s a larger problem.” In May 2017, Mission hired Blue Ridge Research and Consulting, a local acoustical engineering firm, to conduct a study of noise emissions from both campuses and measure sound levels at its property lines. While Mission officials say they made changes “over and above” the consultant’s recommendations, Stephens counters that the association wasn’t consulted about the study’s methodology and hasn’t been allowed to see the final report. Both Mission and the consulting firm also declined to share the report with Xpress. “They didn’t take our input. They didn’t measure where we asked them to measure,” charges Stephens. “When you don’t take a community’s input when you’re trying to solve a community health issue, it’s ridiculous. We’re a major stakeholder in this.” Josh Mellon, the lead consultant on the team that conducted the sound study, turned down an interview request, saying he may be called to participate in formal proceedings concerning the noise complaint. Mission Health Senior Vice President Sonya Greck, who led the health system’s representatives in meetings with Kenilworth residents, also declined to comment through a spokesperson. A Sept. 19 email forwarded by Haizlip to Xpress, addressed from Mission Health board chair Dr. John Ball, noted that “The western Kenilworth neighbors have chosen to live in an urban environment that borders a very busy traffic thoroughfare, as well as the hospital. Nevertheless, the only acoustic experts who have studied this situation have concluded that the neighborhood noise levels during sample periods ‘were significantly quieter than the permissible decibel levels in relevant, comparable N.C. noise ordinances.’” At press time, Ball had not responded to mul-

tiple requests seeking confirmation of or comment on those remarks. WHISTLEBLOWER WEIGHS IN Meanwhile, on April 8, Haizlip reports that a whistleblower “informed us that Mission had entered the process with the distinct intent to simply stall our efforts to be public about this.” In a July 4 letter (avl.mx/5at) to Josh Stein, North Carolina’s attorney general, Kenilworth residents summarized the informant’s claims of bad faith. “We have credible reason to believe Mission Hospital has engaged the neighborhood in a disingenuous process to offer relief, while buying time to avoid negative media coverage, negotiate with HCA and sell the hospital before committing to noise abatement,” they wrote. Xpress spoke directly with the whistleblower, who asked to remain anonymous out of fear of reprisal. The informant says that at the time of the association’s first formal complaint last year, Mission was in the midst of a much-publicized spat with Blue Cross and was worried about further damage to its public image. “Mission didn’t want to have any additional issues or any additional information in the news, so [Greck’s] goal was to get [Haizlip] to hold the noise complaint with the city,” the source claims. “Her whole motivation has just been to delay, delay, delay until they go away.” The whistleblower also alleges that Mission is misleading the public about the extent of its attempts to address neighborhood concerns. The most egregious inaccuracy, the informant claims, concerns a dehumidifier on the radiology building. Mission says it replaced an old unit with a newer, quieter model in response to residents’ concerns, but the source maintains that the dehumidifier was an addition, not a replacement, and that the recently installed unit may have actually increased the total noise coming from hospital facilities. Greck did not personally address any Xpress request for comment on the whistleblower’s claims. In Mission’s only direct response to the informant’s assertions, Timms wrote that “The alleged source has made statements that are not accurate.” On Aug. 31, Mission Health’s board approved the institution’s sale to HCA Healthcare for about $1.5 billion plus additional expenditures by the buyer. Attorney General Stein must now sign

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QUIET TIME: A sign at the St. Joseph campus chiller energy plant urges employees to protect their hearing. Photo by Daniel Walton off on the deal; his office’s review process is expected to wrap up by the end of November. NEGOTIATIONS SPUTTER According to Haizlip, the talks between Mission and the residents association began to unravel when the hospital postponed a meeting in late April. After that, he says, they didn’t meet again until June 25, a session he characterizes as frustrating. And after Haizlip approached Mission with the whistleblower’s allegations in a July 20 email, he says, the health system cut off regular communication with the residents association. “Clearly, there’s a strategy recalculation here,” Haizlip maintains. In an Aug. 6 email to Xpress, Haizlip shared an email he’d received from Dr. Ron Paulus, president and CEO of Mission Health, that same day. Haizlip maintains that it’s the only direct communication Kenilworth residents have received from hospital staff since July 20. “While it is unfortunate that you have not felt that our many, many actions and dutiful engagement are acceptable to you, we have done more than what a comparable organization would do given the relatively low starting noise levels,” the CEO wrote. “While disappointed in your choice to pursue a complaint, if that’s your decision, while incredibly regretful, we’ll have to both see what happens,” Paulus continued. “Again, I’m very sorry that you are not happy, but if one is going to live in an urban envi12

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ronment, one should expect normal urban noise levels.” Stephens, who has a doctorate in nursing practice, says Paulus’ position is particularly upsetting given current research on the health effects of noise pollution. Both the World Health Organization and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, she points out, have tied chronic environmental noise to higher levels of stress and cardiovascular disease. A 2011 report from the WHO Regional Office for Europe, for example, estimates that Western Europeans lose at least 1 million healthy life years annually due to the effects of trafficrelated noise alone. Specific estimated impacts of that noise include over 1,600 annual nonfatal heart attacks in Germany and over 24,000 annual lost healthy life years in the Netherlands due to sleep disturbance. On a personal level, Stephens notes that her neighbors have complained about disrupted sleep and have stopped opening their windows or reduced the amount of time they spend outdoors to avoid the incessant noise. “It’s just absolutely ironic that a community health system will not take us at our word that we’ve been upset at this,” she says. The Sept. 19 email attributed to Ball said that Mission’s board chair would be willing to explore “a mutually acceptable resolution” with hospital management. Such negotiations would be contingent on Kenilworth residents providing “two types of information that I have thus far not seen”: specific acceptable noise levels and specific “physical or mechanical

remedies the neighborhood proposes, evidence for how they would reduce noise in a significant way and what your best cost estimates are for implementing each of those remedies.” Responding to Xpress by email on Sept. 20, Haizlip said the neighborhood does not intend to change its approach “until we see some evidence of real intent from Mission” and will maintain the formal noise complaint. “We believe Dr. Ball is sincere and honest, but we have been down this path with the hospital administration before,” he wrote. LIMITS OF THE LAW As the residents association pursues its complaint, however, Haizlip worries that the city’s noise ordinance is insufficient to deal with industrialscale problems. Even if the Noise Ordinance Board of Appeals does find Mission guilty of a violation at the hearing, currently scheduled for 3 p.m. in the Chief’s Conference Room at the Asheville Police Department on Thursday, Oct. 25, its judgment would be limited to a $50 citation for a first offense, with a maximum fine of $300

for fourth and subsequent offenses. In 2017, Mission had total revenues of roughly $1.8 billion, according to reporting by North Carolina Health News, an independent, statewide nonprofit. “It’s an ordinance that’s written to protect neighbors from the sorts of distractions we’re all familiar with: dogs barking, lawnmowers running at odd hours of the day, parties at people’s houses running late into the night,” says Haizlip. “It does not recognize that, because Asheville is densifying and growing at a rapid pace, we’re putting residences and commercial, industrial and institutional users into tighter spaces.” Assistant City Attorney John Maddux points out that the ordinance “does not prevent persons from pursuing other legal remedies for damages or the abatement of noise.” Haizlip, however, contends that it’s unrealistic to expect his neighborhood group to go up against Mission in a civil nuisance lawsuit. “The city attorney is advising David to use the court system to fight

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N EWS Goliath. How’s that going to work out?” asks Haizlip. “That the city would say you need to use legal means to fight a problem that should be handled by the noise ordinance is just not right.” Meanwhile, the residents association is seeking legal support from the state attorney general. On Aug. 14, Haizlip urged neighborhood residents to send complaints to Stein’s office describing the noise and asking for Mission’s sale to be contingent on a new community benefits agreement. This binding document would allocate funds from the sale “to abate hospital noise pollution for the protection of the health and well-being of Kenilworth residents.” Haizlip also wrote directly to HCA Healthcare on May 4 but says he received no answer. In response to an Xpress request for comment, HCA spokesperson Ed Fishbough wrote, “It’s our understanding that, while Mission Health has always been in compliance with local ordinances, they took extra steps to address the issue.”

THE SOUND OF PROGRESS Other local neighborhood organizations, says Haizlip, have communicated with the Kenilworth Residents Association concerning their own ongoing noise problems. Through the Coalition of Asheville Neighborhoods, he says, groups representing Montford, Oakley and Grove Park are exploring ways to strengthen the city’s ordinance. “The noise ordinance needs to set limits on the amount of noise that can be generated at a property line. It’s common; it’s done across the country,” Haizlip explains. The city of Charlotte, for example, sets daytime and nighttime limits of 85 and 60 decibels, respectively, for noise at the edge of a commercial property. “Let there be hospitals and small manufacturing plants and art studios and residents all living together, but respect the fact that noise is a killer, and we can’t just indiscriminately pollute,” Haizlip says. Asheville’s current ordinance doesn’t specify what decibel levels could trigger a violation. Instead, a “noise disturbance” is defined as “any unreasonably loud and raucous sound

or noise” that “endangers or injures the health or safety of humans or animals” or “disturbs a reasonable person of normal sensitivity.” The ordinance was last revised in 2012, when residents pushed for stricter rules about disturbances at night and in residential areas. Asked about these issues, Maddux said that although City Council’s Public Safety Committee has briefly discussed revisions to the ordinance during the past year, he’s unaware of any current effort to change the language. In an Aug. 24 email response to Haizlip, Mayor Esther Manheimer said it was her understanding that the Public Safety Committee would soon begin reviewing the noise ordinance and specific outstanding complaints. Two days later, she noted that Cathy Ball, the interim city manager, had discussed the Kenilworth complaint with a Mission representative. “Again, it’s likely that the ordinance may need to be amended generally, but we’re hopeful to get a handle on the Mission noise issue specifically,” Manheimer wrote. Speaking with Xpress, Ball noted that the noise issue had come up regularly over the past six months of her standing monthly meetings with Greck to talk about general Mission Health business. She added that those conversations have primar-

ily focused on Mission’s progress on noise abatement, not the neighborhood’s responses. “My hope is that they would’ve been able to work it out without it going to the noise appeals board,” Ball said. Regarding the noise ordinance in general, Ball confirmed that city staff are not currently working on any revisions. She said that staff will wait for guidance from the Public Safety Committee before suggesting changes. Council member Vijay Kapoor, who doesn’t serve on the committee, chose not to comment on the Kenilworth residents’ complaint but says he’d be open to revisiting the ordinance. “As Asheville continues to grow, concerns over quality-of-life issues such as traffic and noise are becoming more and more frequent,” he explains. “I don’t think it’s a bad idea for City Council to look at our ordinances in these areas to make sure that they’ve kept pace with how Asheville has changed.” That position gives Haizlip hope for the future. “The greater goal of the noise ordinance is to let Asheville become a place that is diverse,” he says. “Let’s live together, but let’s coexist well together.” X

NOISE REDUCTION EFFORTS In a set of responses previously provided to WLOS and now forwarded to Xpress (avl.mx/5au), Rowena Buffett Timms, Mission Health’s senior vice president for government and community relations, listed the following 12 changes Mission says it’s made to reduce noise in the Kenilworth neighborhood. In their formal complaint to the city of Asheville, Kenilworth residents wrote that “The net effect has not altered the intensity of noise in the neighborhood.” • Rerouting Mountain Area Medical Airlift helicopter flight paths to avoid passing over residential areas whenever possible. • Requesting that other medical helicopter services adjust their flight paths to avoid residential areas. • Instructing contractors for new hospital construction not to use the gate closest to Kenilworth before 7 a.m. • Instructing contractors to use the side of the construction site farthest

from Kenilworth for concrete pours, which can begin at 2 a.m. • Instructing contractors not to begin excavations before 7 a.m., reversing an earlier exemption from the city of Asheville. • Emailing residents to warn them of rock blasting during site excavation. • Building and enhancing a sound wall between the cooling towers of the St. Joseph chiller plant and Kenilworth residences. • Requiring the roll-up door of the St. Joseph chiller plant to stay closed. • Installing mufflers on generators at a new central energy plant. • Replacing a bearing in the exhaust fan on the Biltmore parking deck. • Adjusting the speed of mechanical equipment on the radiology roof, rerouting ductwork and replacing a Kathabar dehumidifier unit. • Designing rooftop mechanical equipment placement on the new Mission Hospital for Advanced Medicine to minimize sound.

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POINTED RESPONSE As Hillary Brown, executive director of The Steady Collective, sees it, Asheville’s city government doesn’t have a problem with her organization running a weekly needle exchange from the community space of Firestorm Books & Coffee in West Asheville. At a press conference in that same community space on Sept. 20, Brown said that Shannon Tuch, the city’s principal planner, had told the group her issue was with “not what we do, but who we serve.” Libertie Valance, a Firestorm member-manager, explained that the clientele coming to the bookstore for Steady’s needle exchange every Tuesday afternoon consists primarily of “drug users, the homeless, neighbors who use syringes for legal medical treatment or transgender individuals like myself who are undergoing hormone replacement therapy.” By calling the needle exchange a “shelter” operation in violation of the Unified Development Ordinance, Valance

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LAYING OUT THE CASE: Representatives from Firestorm Books & Coffee and The Steady Collective, including Libertie Valance, far left, and Hillary Brown, far right, argued that city officials were incorrect in calling Steady’s needle exchange a shelter operation. Photo by Daniel Walton contended, the city was discriminating against groups entitled to equal treatment under the law. Firestorm and Steady announced that they had formally appealed their notices of violation on Sept. 17. The appeals will likely be considered at the next meeting of the city’s Board of Adjustment, which takes place on Monday, Oct. 22. If the board rejects the appeals, the groups face civil penalties of $100 for every day they remain out of zoning compliance. Tuch initially issued the NOVs against Firestorm and Steady on Aug. 8 for establishing a needle exchange program in a zoning district where such activity was not a permitted use. However, the UDO does not include language defining or regulating needle exchanges, which were legalized at the state level only in 2016. On Aug. 17, Tuch amended the violations to specify that the problem was operating a shelter, defined as “a nonprofit, charitable or religious organization providing boarding and/or lodging and ancillary services on its premises to primarily indigent, needy, homeless or transient persons.” In an Aug. 10 open letter, interim City Manager Cathy Ball said the city’s zoning actions came in response to community complaints about activity around Firestorm’s address, 610 Haywood Road. She wrote that specific issues included “finding hypodermic needles littered on neighboring properties, witnessing intravenous drug use in public, defecating on neighboring properties and harassment of neighboring businesses’ patrons, students and residents.” But when Firestorm and Steady representatives made multiple requests to the city to receive specific complaints explicitly naming their organizations, Valance said, they were told no such complaints

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existed. Therefore, the groups believe that the city is citing them in an effort to show action on larger issues of drug use and homelessness. “Rather than dealing with those problems directly, [city government] has chosen to target individuals and organizations that are already working with those populations to try and reduce the impact of the harm,” Valance said. Brown noted that the city’s actions had already hindered her group’s ability to serve its clients. Steady’s insurance company did not renew its coverage due to the NOV, which in turn disqualified the needle exchange from a Buncombe County contract worth $25,000 over the course of the fiscal year (see “Less damage done,” Aug. 8, Xpress). The group is now relying on crowdfunding to support its regular operations, city fees for the appeals — $832 each for Steady and Firestorm — and ongoing legal costs. Both of the appeals, authored by Asheville attorney John Noor, argue that Steady’s needle exchange takes place for just 3.5 percent of Firestorm’s total operating hours and that the “vast majority of community use within the space is unrelated to the exchange.” Because Firestorm’s primary purpose is retail sales, Noor wrote, the needle exchange is an accessory use “permitted in conjunction with an allowable principal use.” A similar line of reasoning was used successfully to challenge NOVs against Kairos West Community Center and 12 Baskets Café, two other organizations cited for operating an unpermitted shelter at 610 Haywood. Speaking with Xpress after the press conference, the Rev. Milly Morrow of The Cathedral of All Souls, which sponsors Kairos West, said the city rescinded its action once she pointed out that just two of the 36 groups

using the space in the past six months served primarily indigent populations. “The city did no research before they issued the violations. They simply drove by and took complaints. If they did anything else, they have not told me about it, and I’ve asked them,” Morrow said. “When I sent that [usage information] to them, there was no way they could argue anymore.” Morrow added that her church’s congregation had extensively pressured city officials, including Mayor Esther Manheimer, through a phone campaign. While she noted that Firestorm and Steady supporters are also civically engaged, she suggested that class differences had played a role in the city’s response. “I think it’s also about the demographics of who my church is compared to who shops in this store,” Morrow said. Firestorm describes itself as using “an alternative economic model based on cooperative, libertarian principles” and “providing a hub for anarchist thought and culture.” Tuch could not be reached for comment on the city’s position. Steady and Firestorm representatives said they will continue to combat the NOVs to the fullest possible extent. Should their appeals fail at the city level, they said the matter could go the N.C. Superior Court, the N.C. Court of Appeals and the N.C. Supreme Court. But if a final verdict upholds the city’s zoning interpretations, the groups will have no choice but to stop the needle exchange. “We don’t have the financial resources to operate while being hit with punishing fines every day,” Valance said. “That’s not an option on the table for us.” X

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Camera-shy candidate kicks off voter forum What did we learn as the first of three planned League of Women Voters of Asheville-Buncombe County candidate forums opened on Sept. 20? Sen. Terry Van Duyn (D, Buncombe) moved to this area when her now-adult son was in third grade. Rep. John Ager (D, Buncombe) would be giving a talk on challenges facing dairy farmers at another venue later in the evening. Republican Amy Evans is a veteran of the armed forces. Democrat Amanda Edwards has a “big sweet” dog named Charlie. And Republican Mark Crawford objected to being photographed or recorded during the forum, despite its being a public event in the Black Mountain Library. Crawford’s unusual demand that he not be photographed or recorded, even incidentally while photographing or recording other speakers, came as the candidates prepared to give their opening statements. The Republican, who is challenging Van Duyn in District 49, gave no reason for his request. After Xpress affirmed its reporter would be recording and photographing the event, Crawford asked which law allows recording and photography in public places. As moderator Mike Czeczot began speaking, Crawford’s question went unanswered, and Xpress’ recorder and camera rolled. N.C. SENATE DISTRICT 49 In his introductory remarks, Crawford returned to his objection to recording. As a teacher of many years, he said, “I always like to test my students ... I was curious how many people would respond to my request. I’ve had outright denials ... to my courteous request: ‘No, no, we’re going to do it regardless.’ I’ve seen a multitude of people stand up to take photos which I find it hard to believe that I wouldn’t be in.” Media law attorney Amanda Martin commented on Crawford’s question in an email to Xpress after the event. “The basis for the principle that people have a right to take photographs or video recordings on public property is the First Amendment,” she wrote. “When you are on public property, or on private property with permission, the First Amendment gives you the right to photograph with your camera what you can see with your eyes. You do not need anyone’s permission to

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CANDID CAMERA: Republican N.C. Senate candidate Mark Crawford, center, asked not to be photographed at a public candidate forum hosted by the Asheville-Buncombe County League of Women Voters on Sept. 20, even incidentally as part of shots of other candidates. Also shown here are, left, Amy Evans, Republican candidate for N.C. House of Representatives, and incumbent Democratic Sen. Terry Van Duyn, right. Photo by Virginia Daffron take their photograph for news or other noncommercial use.” Furthermore, Martin said, in deciding New York Times Co. versus Sullivan in 1964, the U.S. Supreme Court “made plain that public officials subject themselves to scrutiny and criticism. … Those who do not want public attention and public scrutiny ought not seek public office.” With less than one minute remaining of his allotted time in the introduction, Crawford noted that if elected, “I will do my utmost to prod, to force, to do whatever it takes to free Andrew Brunson,” a local preacher who is imprisoned in Turkey for allegedly assisting in a coup attempt. However, he conceded that Brunson’s case is “a national-level issue.” Van Duyn explained that her entry into state politics came as a consequence of her advocacy for her son, who had special educational needs and was well-served by the local school system before “things started to change in North Carolina” in 2010. At that time, she said, funding for educational programs was cut “dramatically.” Van Duyn was first appointed to the senate in 2014 to replace Sen. Martin L. Nesbitt, Jr., who died while holding office; she has since been re-elected twice. Gov. Roy Cooper, she said, “has a vision for North Carolina that will bring good businesses here by making us a top10 educated state.” If re-elected, she plans

to “go back next January and help him realize his vision.” Discussing the economy, Crawford pointed out that Buncombe County has the lowest unemployment rate in the state. Still, he said, “The tourist trade does not for the most part pay a living wage. I would rather see good clean industry, good strong jobs that actually pay sufficient funds, so that a family can actually live without having to work two or sometimes three jobs.” Van Duyn pointed out that, “Although we have a low unemployment rate here ... the gap between what it costs to live in Buncombe County and what you can reasonably make living in Buncombe County is the largest in the state.” She believes the solution is “making sure we maintain investments and improve investments in education across the board.” Crawford highlighted the difference between his and Van Duyn’s views on immigration, calling them “diametrically opposed.” The concept of sanctuary cities amounts to a proposition that “laws will be ignored in order to protect those who have committed felonies [by entering the country illegally],” he said. Van Duyn argued that local law enforcement should focus on local crime rather than enforcing federal immigration laws and that statistics show immigrants commit less crime than those born in this country.

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N EWS Both candidates said they would support passing the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Both also spoke in support of redistricting reform, expanded state efforts to fight the crisis of opioid abuse and overdose, and environmental protections to ensure air and water quality. N.C. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT 115 Ager, who has held his District 115 seat since 2015, faces Evans in the general election. Asked his opinion of the state’s budget, the Hickory Nut Gap farm owner said that although it has “quite a lot of good things in it,” he voted against it. “There’s not a dollar in this budget to deal with climate change. And I think that is our fundamental challenge,” Ager said. As a businesswoman, Evans said, “Of course I’m more concerned about the fiscal aspects of the budget. And I was pretty happy.” Calling herself “sort of a soldier for the blue-collar worker here in North Carolina,” she advocated for

“good-paying jobs for people to raise their children in a good environment.” Continuing on the theme of the economy, Evans noted that she had experienced difficulty finding a job when she moved to the area six years ago. In the region’s tourism- and retirementdependent economy, “Maybe having a job, bringing home the bacon, is not the No. 1 priority on everybody’s plate,” she said. But for those who want or need to work, she said, “deregulation of a lot of the different policies that I believe have a stranglehold on our economy” over the past 18 months has improved the local economic climate. “I am an expert as a contractor in manufacturing and in consulting, and some of these companies in this area ... the minimum wage has gone up already to $15, $16 without anybody ever reporting it,” Evans said. “People are bringing home good money, and they also don’t have to work two and three jobs to put the bread on the table.” Ager noted three factors for the state economy. First, he said, “one of the easy things we can do is to finish repealing HB2,” noting that “discrimination

has been a real barrier” for companies like Apple considering locating to North Carolina. Second, solar and other forms of renewable energy are a strength for the state. Finally, to train the next generation of workers, “we need to strongly support our community colleges,” Ager said. Discussing safety in public schools, Evans said putting guns in the classroom is “a little extreme for me,” and she believes solutions to gun violence should focus on “systemic issues” rather than throwing money at the problem or jumping on political bandwagons. As a supporter of the Second Amendment, Ager said he favors commonsense gun laws and better strategies to identify community members with “unstable natures.” BUNCOMBE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS DISTRICT 2 Democratic candidate Amanda Edwards’ opponent for the District 2 seat currently held by Commissioner Ellen Frost is Republican Glenda Weinert. Because Weinert was not pres-

ent, Edwards was allowed to give a prepared statement but not to answer questions from the audience. Edwards said, “Throughout my executive careers at the Literacy Council of Buncombe County, the Red Cross and now at A-B Tech, I’ve helped people improve their lives. ... “My campaign is centered around restoring trust, accountability and providing fiscal oversight so that we can come together to address the opioid crisis, the affordable housing challenges, inequities, and to simply be trusted to provide oversight and deliver effective, efficient services throughout Buncombe County. “I took over the Red Cross in 2012, not long after an employee had embezzled 10 percent of the organization’s revenues. I worked hard to rebuild trust within the community and those folks who give to the Red Cross. I provided accountability, and I am ready to do the same thing for Buncombe County as your next commissioner.”

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Retirees ask for protection as county considers benefit cuts A handful of former Buncombe County employees had a message for commissioners during their regular meeting on Sept. 18: “Please consider the retirees.” Facing a projected budget gap of about $1.7 million for FY 2020, the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners heard a proposal by interim County Manager George Wood that’s intended to get the county closer to a balanced budget. Along with drastically curtailing a policy that allows county employees to sell unused leave back to the county, the proposal would replace the county’s three employee health care plans with two new plans. Three Buncombe County retirees expressed concern about how a change to the county’s health care offerings would affect them and their peers. “We worked for the county not because it had the best pay but because of good benefits,” said Chris Winslow, a retired sheriff’s department employee who was also a candidate for Buncombe County sheriff in this year’s Democratic primary. Retirees, he stressed, don’t benefit from automatic pay raises or promotions. “What we receive from retire-

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BUDGET QUESTIONS: With an estimated $1.7 million budget shortfall on the horizon, interim Buncombe County Manager George Wood, second from left, suggested that the county consider reducing the cost of certain fringe benefits to plug the gap. Photo by David Floyd ment each month is all that we will receive until Social Security starts. If it’s still available.” Rosemary Kuykendall-Rice, a retired detective in the sheriff’s office, said many former Buncombe County employees have accepted early retirement, a decision they were told would save county government resources. “We didn’t do that job because of the

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money,” she said. “We did it because we wanted to and we wanted to protect the county. And now we’re hoping that y’all will protect us.” Compared to peer counties and cities, Buncombe County has the richest health care benefits, said Curt Euler, director of employee benefits and risk management. “That is not a bad thing,” Euler told commissioners. “I

think that’s something that we want to be a leader in. That’s the main reason a lot of people come to work for the county; that’s the main reason a lot of people stay with the county for as long as they do.” While he believes it’s important for the county to preserve its benefits to the extent possible, Euler said the

NEWS BRIEFS county also needs to be realistic about its financial health. “The health plans’ costs are increasing at an exponential rate, and we don’t have the revenues to make up the deficits,” he said. In a Sept. 11 memo to commissioners, Wood estimated county expenses associated with health insurance claims would increase by 10 percent, or $2.7 million, in FY 2020, based on recent trends. Of the county’s three plans, the standard plan provides the most generous benefits: After an employee meets his or her deductible, the county pays 95 percent of the cost of medical claims and the employee pays 5 percent. Wood said comparable counties don’t offer a similar plan because of its high cost. About 54 percent of Buncombe County employees and retirees are on this plan, Wood said, but it has been closed to new hires since 2009. “We simply cannot afford this plan,” Wood wrote in the memo, “nor can we justify to our taxpayers keeping it.” The two plans proposed by Wood would both have an 80/20 cost ratio. One, the Consumer Directed Plan, would combine a high deductible with a health savings account, and the other would use Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina’s preferred provider organization. To encourage employees to pick the Consumer Directed Plan, Wood said the plan would charge lower premiums, and the county would deposit $1,000 in employees’ health savings accounts annually. Euler said that in 2017, Buncombe County paid 95 percent of its employees’ health care costs, excluding premiums. Similar employers that use the Blue Cross Blue Shield network pay on average 86 percent of health care costs, leaving 14 percent to employees. “Our employees are paying a lot less than other comparable government agencies with Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s book of business,” Euler said. Adopting the two proposed plans, Euler said, would bring the percentage the county pays on employee health care down to 87 percent — close to the 86 percent average cost share of comparable government agencies that use the Blue Cross network. It would also save the county an estimated $1.24 million. Winslow acknowledged that the county needs to change. “But look after your retirees,” he said, “the ones that stayed with Buncombe County for those benefits.” Commissioners did not vote on the proposal on Sept. 18.

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by News staff | news@mountainx.com THAT’S A WRAP State legislators representing Western North Carolina will share their thoughts on the recently concluded 2017-18 session of the N.C. General Assembly at a breakfast gathering hosted by the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce from 8:3010 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 27, at Celine and Co., 49 Broadway, Asheville. Register at avl.mx/5bg. TAKE IT OUTSIDE Have you ever wondered about how city government works and how you might become more involved? Reading Xpress’ coverage of local government is one way to learn; attending Democracy in the Park noon-6 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 30, at Carrier Park Pavilion, 220 Amboy Road, Asheville, is another. Described by organizers as “a convergence space for community members to engage with local activists and organizers about city government, how it works, how it could be improved and to discuss with each other ways to expand public participation in the process,” the event seeks to increase engagement in democracy on the local level. “Democracy in the Park is a safe, inclusive container for local citizens to engage in dialogue around local government, understand how it works and vision how we’d like to see it change,” says organizer Kat Houghton. More information at avl.mx/5bh. LOCAL TEACHERS HONORED J.B. Halpin of Pisgah Elementary was named the 2019 Buncombe

TOP TEACHER: J.B. Halpin of Pisgah Elementary was named the 2019 Buncombe County Schools Teacher of the Year at the district’s annual Teacher of the Year banquet on Sept. 12. Photo courtesy of the Buncombe County Schools County Schools Teacher of the Year at the district’s annual Teacher of the Year Banquet on Sept. 12. Other finalists for Buncombe’s top teacher honors included Kylie Peek of Barnardsville Elementary, Sarah Camby of Haw Creek Elementary, E. Lissa Pedersen of Leicester Elementary, Paul Irvin of Nesbitt Discovery Academy, Krista Langlois of Owen Middle School and Katrina Fox of Valley Springs Middle School. Karren Herrick of North Buncombe High School received this year’s Ruth Henderson Award, which recognizes an altruistic teacher who unselfishly gives back to students and fellow staff members. Jason Carter of Evergreen Community Charter School in Asheville was offered a Fulbright Teachers for Global Classrooms grant. Carter is one of fewer than 80 U.S. citizens who will travel abroad through the program in 2018-19. Recipients of Fulbright grants are selected on the basis of academic and professional achievement, as well as demonstrated leadership potential.

WARREN WILSON ENROLLS LARGESTEVER FRESHMAN CLASS Warren Wilson College placed a big bet on its new North Carolina Free Tuition Plan, which guarantees a tuition-free college education to every eligible incoming North Carolina undergraduate student. That bet seems to have paid off in the form of an incoming freshman class of 250, the largest in the college’s history and a 71 percent increase over last year’s freshman class. Of the new freshmen, 104 were from North Carolina, a 246 percent increase over last year’s firstyear North Carolina freshman numbers. The initiative, called NC Free, “has definitely made me more interested in staying closer to home for college,” says freshman Hazel Freeman, who hails from Brevard. “With NC Free, I am able to enjoy my college experience without having to worry about a tremendous amount of student debt.” X

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Residents debate the demolition of Battery Park Hill, 1922

DIG IT: In 1922, excavation began on Battery Park Hill. Dirt from the dig was used to fill gullies along Coxe Avenue. Photo courtesy of the North Carolina Collection, Pack Memorial Public Library, Asheville

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Debate about development is nothing new in Asheville. One of the more heated examples took place in the final months of 1922, when local developer E.W. Grove announced plans to raze the original Battery Park Hotel in order to replace it with a modern, 200-room, fireproof structure (see, “Asheville Archives: ‘On the Highest Hill in the Town,’” Oct. 3, 2017, Xpress). In addition to tearing down the 1886 hostelry, the project called for the demolition of the property’s hill, which amounted to roughly a quarter of a million cubic yards of dirt. On Nov. 28, 1922, The Asheville Citizen reported, “While Mr. Grove appreciates the sentiment that has existed for many years on the part of patrons of the Battery Park Hotel and the residents of Asheville toward Battery Park Hill, the hotel is rapidly outgrowing its period of usefulness.” Still, not all Ashevilleans were on board with Grove’s big plans. On Dec. 13, one resident wrote to the paper, calling the project “the greatest piece of vandalism that was ever attempted in this whole section.” The writer (who signed off as “The Kicker”) continued: “It would, of course, be all right to remove the old hotel and erect a new one in its place, but to cut the hill down and make it on a level with Patton Avenue and Haywood Street, would destroy its beauty and, in my judgement, cause deep regret and sorrow to the many thousands of people who have spent many happy days upon the porches of Battery Park Hotel watching the mountains in all of their beauty. Asheville, without Battery

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Park Hill, and Battery Park Hotel, would be like the play Hamlet, without Hamlet.” Two days later, the newspaper published yet another letter (this time written by “A friend of the hills and mountains”). In it, the writer posed several questions about the project and its future implications. Namely, if Battery Park Hill came down, what would prevent additional mounds and mountains from falling? The letter ended with a cautionary note: “Since everything is being put on a commercial basis, we natives of this Land of the Sky, which we thought was ours, had better look with fear and trembling on our beautiful blue sky, for some one will come along some day bent on what he will call progress, (but not, Mr. Editor, of the soul or heart or mind, but just business progress), and will want to extract all the color from our sky and glorious sunsets, to make paint or blueing, or anything that makes money. And what can we do then, any more than now?” Opposition to the project, however, was not universal. In one published response, resident Charles Lee Sykes dismissed the previous letter writers as “sentimentalists.” On a similar note, Grove’s business associate, A.H. Malone, derided the complaints, accusing the authors of hyperbole. Asheville had many hills and mountains, he wrote, arguing if the city was “situated on a prairie with only one lone elevation, which you would infer from the letters of some of the critics, then it would be a most cruel thing, indeed, to cut down this hill.” Other residents, like Judge Frank Carter, expressed ambivalence about the project. While he bemoaned the loss of the

hostelry and its hill, he claimed that opposition to Grove’s plans was futile. If the city wanted to preserve the location and site, he wrote in the Dec. 16 edition of The Asheville Citizen, cooperation between the building’s former owners and civic leaders should have been established long ago. “But the vision was lacking and the Hill perishes,” he opined. Carter went on to note: “Hills are the handiwork of the Most High, which man rarely touches but to mar. This hill of hills had a beauty which was able to withstand much of violence, but it couldn’t stand everything. It was tortured by many cruel gashes and shamed by the multiplication of architectural excrescences; and still it was the throne of our civic pride. But when its fairest face was slashed and scarred for a thousand feet or so of business frontage on Government Street and Patton Avenue, and its then only remaining natural slope, its proud front toward Pisgah and The Rat, was murdered by the monstrosity of Otis Street, the Hill of symmetrical beauty and tender memories was pretty well done for.” But unlike some of the paper’s previous letter writers, Carter saw reason for hope in Grove’s plans. At the end of his article, the judge declared: “Towns, no less than religions, are builded on faith; and when you tell the world that large-minded investors have the faith in Asheville that literally removes mountains, the world will not return unto you void.” Editor’s note: Peculiarities of spelling and punctuation are preserved from the original documents. X

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CLASS AT VILLAGERS (PD.) • Making Paper and Books with Plants of Appalachia. Two Sundays: September 30 and October 7. 5:30-8:30pm. Registration/ Information: forvillagers.com

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ANIMALS ASHEVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY 828-761-2001, ashevillehumane.org • TH (9/27) - Proceeds from the Vaso de Vino Wine Dinner benefit Asheville Humane Society. Registration required: 828-6873838. $30. • SA (9/29), 2-10pm - Proceeds from "Rockin' for Rescue" event with live music by The Notch, The Breakout Band, The Analog Playback and The Remainders benefit Asheville Humane Society. Admission by donation. Held at Bold Rock Hard Cider, 72 School House Road, Mills River • SU (9/30) noon-4pm - Proceeds from this "Pop-Up Cat Café" benefit Asheville Humane Society. Enjoy a beverage and spend 30 minutes with the adoptable cats. $10. Held at The Wedge Studios, 129 Roberts St. LEICESTER COMMUNITY CENTER 2979 New Leicester Highway, Leicester, 828-774-3000, facebook.com/ Leicester.Community. Center • SA (9/29), 11am2pm- Kid’s dog show. Free.

BENEFITS AMICIMUSIC 802-369-0856, amicimusic.org • SU (9/30) 7pm Proceeds from “Songs of Passion” opera with AmiciMusic benefit the Saluda Fire Department. $55.

Held at The Orchard Inn, 100 Orchard Inn Lane, Saluda ASHEVILLE BARNAROO ashevillebarnaroo.com • FR (9/28) through SU (9/30) - Proceeds from this 3-day live Americana, folk and rock festival benefit Asheville Music School. See the website for full schedule and details. $10-$100. Held at Franny's Farm, 38 Came Sharp Road, Leicester ASHEVILLE BROWNS BACKERS CLUB 828-658-4149, ashevillebbw@gmail. com • SU (9/30), 4pm Proceeds from this social gathering to watch the Cleveland Browns benefit local charities. Free to attend. Held at The Social, 1078 Tunnel Road ASHEVILLE GREENWORKS 828-254-1776, ashevillegreenworks. org • SA (9/29), 6-9pm - Proceeds from the annual Root Ball, featuring live music, food and drinks, benefit Asheville GreenWorks. $25/$20 members. Held at Smoky Park Supper Club, 350 Riverside Drive CAMPLIFY barbequeball.com • SU (9/30), 2:30Proceeds from the The Camp for All Barbeque Ball event with outdoor activities for all ages, silent auction, and catered dinner benefit Camplify. $75/$100 per couple/$125 per family of four. Held at Camp Ton A Wandah, 300 W Ton A Wondah Road, Hendersonville

DAY CAMP: Camp Ton-A-Wandah in Hendersonville is the site of the 11th annual BBQ Ball on Sunday, Sept. 30, 2:30-7:30 p.m. The day of camp activities for kids of all ages, plus a silent auction, bar, live music and a catered supper from Hubba Hubba Smokehouse raises funds for Camplify, which provides youth development programs that serve over 200 children annually. Tickets are $125 for a family of four ($25 for each additional member), $100 for couples or $75 for individuals. For more information, visit camplifync.org. Photo courtesy of Camplify (p. 21) CATCH THE WAVE woodfingreenwayandblueway.org • WE (10/3), 5-7:30pm - Proceeds at the outdoor “Catch the Wave Celebration,” event to learn more about the Woodfin Wave, Greenway and Blueway project with a raffle, refreshments, information and presentations benefit the Woodfin Greenway and Blueway project. Register online. $10. Held at Woodfin River Park, 1630 Riverside Drive CROP HUNGER WALK hunger.cwsglobal.org • SU (9/30), 2pm Donations at this community hunger walk benefit ABCCM, MANNA FoodBank and Loving Food Resources. Information: crophungerwalk.org/ashevillenc. Registration at 1:30pm. Admission by donation. Held at St. Mark's Lutheran Church, 10 North Liberty St. ELIADA 828-254-5356, eliada.org, info@eliada.org • SA (9/15) through SU (10/28) - Proceeds from this annual corn maze event with activities for kids and hay rides benefit

Eliada. See website for full schedule and prices: EliadaCornMaze.com. Held at Eliada, 2 Compton Drive HARMONIES FOR HOMES facebook.com/ thereachfund • SA (9/25), noon-5pm Proceeds from this concert fundraiser with live music by Josh Blake and arts and crafts vendors benefit R.E.A.C.H Fund and Homeward Bound. Held at Salvage Station, 468 Riverside Dr. PRESERVATION SOCIETY OF ASHEVILLE AND BUNCOMBE COUNTY 321-271-4593, psabc.org • SA (9/29). 6-10pm Proceeds from the "Time Traveling Gala" featuring three different era inspired parties at three different historic locations with trolley rides between locations benefit the Preservation Society of Asheville and Buncombe County. $100 and up. PUMPKIN PATCH groceumc.org • SU (9/30) through WE (10/31) - Proceeds from sales of pumpkins at this pumpkin patch benefit Groce United Methodist

Church. Mon.-Sat.: 10am7pm. Sun.: 12:30-7pm. Free to attend. Held at Groce United Methodist Church, 954 Tunnel Road

BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY A-B TECH SMALL BUSINESS CENTER 828-398-7950, abtech.edu/sbc • WE (9/26), 3-6pm - "Using Wordpress to Build a Website for Your Business," seminar. Registration required. Free. Held at A-B Tech Small Business Center, 1465 Sand Hill Road, Candler • SA (9/29), 9am-noon - "Financial Planning for Starting a Business," seminar. Registration required: conta.cc/2JEIEnT. Free. Held at A-B Tech Small Business Center, 1465 Sand Hill Road, Candler • TU (10/2), 11:30am1:30pm - "Branding: Every Business Needs a Good Brand," seminar. Registration required: conta.cc/2JV3EGr. Free. Held at Lenoir Rhyne Center for Graduate Studies, 36 Montford Ave. • WE (10/3), 6-9pm - "Basic Internet Marketing," seminar. Registration required.

GET OFF THE GRID FEST 2019 PLANNING CHARRETTE (PD.) • Seeking community input- Come tell us what YOU want from a Get Off The Grid Fest - Live music Salvage Station - Sept. 30 • 2-10 p.m. (Doors open at 1 p.m.) FREE ADMISSION for attendees, organizers, vendors. GetOffTheGridFest. com Stephanie GetOffTheGridFest@ gmail.com

HANDPAN CONCERT INSIDE SALT CAVE (PD.) October 4, 6-7pm. This musical journey is an opportunity to sink into the relaxing environment of the Salt Cave while immersing in healing tones/resonances. ashevillesaltcave.com. RETIREMENT PLANNING WORKSHOP (PD.) Western Carolina University at Biltmore Park. • Three night class October 17, 22, and 24. Cost: $79/person or couple. Call 828227-7397 or Register Online pdp.wcu.edu ASHEVILLE ROTARY CLUB rotaryasheville.org • THURSDAYS, noon1:30pm - General meeting. Free. Held at Renaissance Asheville Hotel, 31 Woodfin St.

Free. Held at A-B Tech Small Business Center, 1465 Sand Hill Road, Candler ASHEVILLE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 828-258-6114, ashevillechamber.org • WE (10/3), - 19th annual Asheville Metro Economy Outlook with keynote address by economist, Dr. Michael L. Walden. Registration required. $45/$40 members. Held at The Biltmore Estate, 1 Lodge St. FLOOD GALLERY FINE ART CENTER 850 Blue Ridge Road, Unit A-13, Black Mountain, 828357-9009, floodgallery.org • THURSDAYS, 11am-5pm - "Jelly at the Flood," coworking event to meet up with like-minded people to exchange help, ideas and advice. Free to attend.

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CONSCIOUS PARTY ROOT DOWN: “We work hard all year long, planting trees and picking up litter,” says Asheville GreenWorks Executive Director Dawn Chávez. “It’s time to take off our waders and kick up our heels in honor of those working to keep Asheville clean and green.” That opportunity comes via the sixth annual Root Ball on Saturday, Sept. 29, 6-9 p.m. at the Boat House of the Smoky Park Supper Club. Tickets are $25 and include an all-you-can-eat cookout (including vegetarian options), beer from New Belgium Brewing Co. and Highland Brewing Co. and live music by jazz trio the Roaring Lions. Kids under 12 years old get in free with adult admission. All proceeds benefit Asheville GreenWorks. For more information, visit ashevillegreenworks.org. Photo by Mitchell Anderson (p. 21).

ASHEVILLE SUBMARINE VETERANS ussashevillebase.com, ecipox@charter.net • 1st TUESDAYS, 6-7pm - Social meeting for U.S. Navy submarine veterans. Free to attend. Held at Ryan's Steakhouse, 1000 Brevard Road

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BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • TH (9/27), 6pm "Coaching & Healing for the Living & Dying," presentation by Sacred Passage Doula, Maggie Purnell. Free. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. GLENVILLE AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY 828-743-1658, historicalsocietyglenvillearea@yahoo.com • TH (9/27), 6:30pm Glenville Area Historical Society annual meeting. Free. Held at Glenville Area Historical Society, Highway 107, Glenville HELPMATE

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LAUREL CHAPTER OF THE EMBROIDERERS' GUILD OF AMERICA 828-686-8298, egacarolinas.org • Monthly meeting with instructions to create a no-sew needle book. Registration at 9:30am. 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 (9/26), 5:30-7pm "Understanding Credit. Get it. Keep it. Improve it." Seminar. Registration required. Free. PUBLIC EVENTS AT UNCA unca.edu • TH (10/4), 10am-1pm - “NextFest,” event showcasing careers, service opportunities and graduate schools. Open to area students, alumni and community members. Free. Held at UNC Asheville Sherrill Center, 227 Campus Drive SHOWING UP FOR RACIAL JUSTICE showingupforracialjustice. org • TUESDAYS, 10amnoon - Educating and organizing white people for racial justice. Free to attend. Held at Firestorm Books & Coffee, 610 Haywood Road TRANZMISSION PRISON PROJECT tranzmissionprisonproject. yolasite.com

• Fourth THURSDAYS, 6-9pm - Monthly meeting to prepare packages of books and zines for mailing to prisons across the U.S. Free to attend. Held at Firestorm Books & Coffee, 610 Haywood Road

• SA (9/29), 10am-5pm - Outdoor fair with over 130 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

VETERANS FOR PEACE 828-490-1872, VFP099. org • TUESDAYS, 5pm - Weekly peace vigil. Free. Held at the Vance Monument in Pack Square. Held at Vance Monument, 1 Pack Square

OLD TIMEY FALL FESTIVAL oldtimeyfallfestival.com • SA (9/29) 10am-4pm Outdoor event featuring live music, food vendors, old-timey craft vendors and demonstrations and antique tractors, cars and trucks. Free to attend. Held at Town Square, Town Square, Burnsville

VFW POST 9157 165 Cragmont Road, Black Mountain • WE (9/5), 7pm & 9pm Poker night. Free.

FESTIVALS BLUE RIDGE PRIDE blueridgepride.org • SA (9/29), 10:30am Welcoming Communities of WNC, LGBTQA+ pride parade. Register online to walk. Free to attend. Held at Pritchard Park, 4 College St. • SA (9/29), 11am-7pm 10th Annual Blue Ridge Pride Festival, outdoor LGBTQA+ event with live music, performances, art and craft vendors and food vendors. Free to attend. Held at Pack Square Park, 121 College St. MOUNTAIN HERITAGE DAY mountainheritageday.com

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS CITY OF ASHEVILLE 828-251-1122, ashevillenc.gov • 1st WEDNESDAYS, 5pm - Citizens-Police Advisory Committee meeting. Free. Meets in the 1st Floor Conference Room. Held at Public Works Building, 161 S. Charlotte St. COMMUNITY ROOTS cmroots.com • SU (9/30), 6pm "Democracy in the Park 2018," event focused on transformational politics with facilitated discussion. Free. Held at Carrier Park, 220 Amboy Road FRIENDS OF CONNECT BUNCOMBE weconnectbuncombe. org/about

• TH (9/27), 6-7:45pm - Pathways candidate forum to meet and learn about candidates for the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners. Free. Held at Holiday Inn Asheville-Biltmore West, 435 Smokey Park Highway INDIVISIBLE ASHEVILLE indivisibleavl.org • TH (9/27), 6pm Public town hall for Districts 10 and 11 congressional candidates. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library - Lord Auditorium, 67 Haywood St. INDIVISIBLE COMMON GROUNDWNC Indivisible-sylva.com • 1st WEDNESDAYS, 6:30-8pm -General meeting. Free. Held at St. David's Episcopal Church, 286 Forest Hills Road, Sylva LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS 828-258-8223, abc.nc.lwvnet.org • WE (9/26), 6pm - Public forum to meet candidates vying for seats in NC Rep 114, County Commissioner District 1, Erwin school district, Sheriff and Soil & Water races. Free. Held at West Asheville Public Library, 942 Haywood Road • TU (10/2), 6pm Public forum to meet candidates vying for seats in NC Senate 48, NC Rep 116, County Commissioner District 3 and Enka school district. Free. Held at Leicester Library, 1561 Alexander Road, Leicester OUR REVOLUTION ASHEVILLE facebook.com/ ourrevolutionavl/ • WE (9/26) 6-7:30pm Meeting to recruit and organize volunteers to run the October rally. Free. Held at Rainbow Community School Auditorium, 58 State St. PRITCHARD PARK 4 College St. • SA (9/29), 1pm - Public rally in support of medical cannabis. Free.

KIDS APPLE VALLEY MODEL RAILROAD & MUSEUM 650 Maple St, Hendersonville, AVMRC.com • WEDNESDAYS, 1-3pm & SATURDAYS, 10am-2pm - Open house featuring operating model trains and historic memorabilia. Free.

ASHEVILLE BOTANICAL GARDENS 151 W.T. Weaver Blvd., 828-252-5190, ashevillebotanicalgardens. org • SU (9/30), 8-10am Autumn bird walk with expert birder, Aaron Steed. $20/$15 members. BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY HIKES 828-298-5330, nps.gov

• FR (9/28), 10am Moderate, three-mile, round-trip, ranger-guided hike to a rocky outcrop with views. Free. Meet at MP 363.4, Blue Ridge Parkway BUNCOMBE COUNTY RECREATION SERVICES buncombecounty.org/ Governing/Depts/Parks/ • TUESDAYS through (10/30), 5:30-7pm - Lawn games including badmin-

BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • 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 (9/26), 7pm - "Pajamarama Storytime," storytime in which participants are encouraged to wear pajamas. Free. Held at Skyland/South Buncombe Library, 260 Overlook Road • FR (9/28), 4pm Sign up to read for 15-minutes with J.R. the Therapy Dog. Registration: 828-2504758. Free. Held at Enka-Candler Library, 1404 Sandhill Road, Candler • MONDAYS, 10:30am - "Mother Goose Time," storytime for 4-18 month olds. Free. Held at Skyland/South Buncombe Library, 260 Overlook Road WHOLE FOODS MARKET 4 S. Tunnel Road • MONDAYS, 9-10am - "Playdates," family fun activities. Free to attend.

OUTDOORS CHIMNEY ROCK STATE PARK (PD.) Enjoy breathtaking views of Lake Lure, trails for all levels of hikers, an Animal Discovery Den and 404-foot waterfall. Plan your adventure at chimneyrockpark.com

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CHIMNEY ROCK STATE PARK 431 Main St., Chimney Rock, 828-625-9611, chimneyrockpark.com • SA (9/29), 5pm through SU (9/30), 10am - Rangerled camping event for parents with children. Admission fees apply.

GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN 2050 Blowing Rock Highway Linville, 828733-4337, grandfather. com • SA (9/29), 6-9:30pm Creatures of the Night & Bonfire Delight, outdoor storytelling with s'mores for participants over eight years old. Registration required: bit. ly/2PaBpXk. $20. HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY 12 Old Charlotte Highway, Suite 200 Asheville, 828-299-3370, highlandbrewing.com/ • TH (9/27), 6pm "Backpacking Basics," class with Diamond Brand Outdoors and The Frugal Backpacker. Free to attend.

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MALAPROP'S BOOKSTORE AND CAFE 55 Haywood St., 828254-6734, malaprops. com • WE (9/26), 6pm - Payson Kennedy presents, NOC Stories: Changing Lives at the Nantahala Outdoor Center Since 1972. Free to attend. MOUNTAINTRUE 828-258-8737, mountaintrue.org • FR (9/28) 5-8pm Celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Wild & Scenic Rivers Act with live music and a screening of the short film 5000 Miles of Wild. Free to attend. Held at New Belgium Brewery, 21 Craven St. SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS RESERVE 558 Summit Ridge Road, Lake Toxaway, 828-8852050, southernhighlandsreserve.org/ • TU (10/2), 10am-noon -Visitors' Day tours of the land. Register online: southernhighlandsreserve.org. $15.

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• TUESDAYS until (10/16), 6pm - Parenting classes with Black Mountain Counseling Center. Registration required: 828.669.8571. Free.

Economic Intertwining," lecture by Remedios Gómez Arnau, Mexico’s consul general serving in Raleigh. $10. Held at UNC-Asheville Reuter Center, 1 Campus View Road

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PUBLIC LECTURES AT WCU wcu.edu • TH (9/27), 6pm - Jerry Jackson Lecture: “Our Stories and Our Values,” lecture by Clemson philosophy professor, Jerry Jackson. Free. Held at The WCU Bardo Arts Center, Room 223, 199 Centennial Drive

PISGAH LEGAL ANNUAL POVERTY FORUM pisgahlegal.org • TH (9/28), 7pm Proceeds from this reception and keynote speech “Making Ends Meet: Women and Poverty in WNC,” by Kathryn Edin, Princeton sociologist and author, benefit Pisgah Legal Services. Cocktail reception at 5:30pm. Keynote presentation at 7pm. $15 forum/$50 reception & forum. Held at Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, 87 Haywood St. PUBLIC LECTURES AT UNCA unca.edu • MO (10/1), 7:30pm - 21st Annual Squibb Lecture: Lecture by environmental health research professor, Dana Boyd Barr. Free. Held in Rhoades Robinson Hall, Room 125 • TU (10/2), 7:30pm - World Affairs Council Series: "Mexico and the U.S.: A View of their

WNC SIERRA CLUB 828-683-2176, wenoca.org • TH (10/4), 7-9pm "Cultural & Human History of the Pisgah & Nantahala Forests," presentation by author Marci Spencer. Free. Held at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville, 1 Edwin Place

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a program of varied social, cultural, and outdoor activities. Visit ashevillenewfriends. org SENIOR OPPORTUNITY CENTER 36 Grove St. • MO (12/4), 2-3pm Bingo for seniors and older adults. .75 per card.

• Meditation and community. By donation. 60 N. Merrimon Ave., #113, (828) 200-5120. asheville.shambhala. org CREATION CARE ALLIANCE OF WNC creationcarealliance. org • TH (10/4), 6pm Creation Care gathering. Free. Held at Black Mountain Presbyterian, 117 Montreat Road, Black Mountain

SPIRITUALITY ASTRO-COUNSELING (PD.) Licensed counselor and accredited professional astrologer uses your chart when counseling for additional insight into yourself, your relationships and life directions. Stellar Counseling Services. Christy Gunther, MA, LPC. (828) 258-3229. SHAMBHALA MEDITATION CENTER (PD.) Thursdays, 7-8:30pm and Sundays, 10-noon

MILLS RIVER UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 137 Old Turnpike Road, Mills River • Through WE (9/26), 9:30am-noon - Adult vacation Bible school led by storyteller, singer and theologian, Ed Kilbourne. Registration required: millsriverumc. org. $25. THE CENTER FOR ART AND SPIRIT AT ST. GEORGE'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 1 School Road, 828258-0211

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• 4th FRIDAYS, 10amnoon - Contemplative Companions, meditation. Free. • TUESDAYS 7-8:30pm - Mountain Mindfulness Sangha. Admission by donation.

SPORTS ASHEVILLE WOMEN’S RUGBY ashevillewomensrugby. com, ashevillewomensrugby@gmail.com • Through SA (11/10) - Open registration for the fall season. No experience necessary to participate. Free.

VOLUNTEERING TUTOR ADULTS IN NEED WITH THE LITERACY COUNCIL (PD.) Dedicate two hours a week to working with an immigrant who wants to learn English or with a native English-speaking adult who wants to learn to

read. Sign up for volunteer orientation on 10/9 (9:00 am), 10/11 (5:30 pm), by emailing volunteers@litcouncil. com. READ 2 SUCCEED ASHEVILLE r2sasheville.org • Through WE (10/10) - Sign up to train to be a reading buddy with Read To Succeed on TU (10/10). Contact for guidelines: 828-7472277. THE HEART OF HORSE SENSE heartofhorsesense.org • SA (9/29), 10-11am - Introductory tour, demonstration and volunteer training. Registration and application required. Held at Heart of Horse Sense, 6919 Meadows Town Road, Marshall For more volunteering opportunities visit mountainx.com/ volunteering

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SKY’S THE LIMIT Under One Sky provides an anchor for kids in foster care BY KIESA KAY kiesakay@gmail.com “How would you feel if someone handed you a large grocery bag and said you had to pack all you needed in it?” asks Diane Delafield, founder of the Under One Sky Village Foundation. The Asheville-based nonprofit serves children in foster care and those who have been adopted. Constant disruption and dislocation are experiences nearly all of Under One Sky’s participants share, Delafield says. Former foster child Brandon Nivens, who’s now 27, doesn’t have to imagine the scenario Delafield poses: It happened over and over again during the four years he was in foster care. During that period, he had 11 different placements, he says. He recalls a day when he expected his foster mom to pick him up after school. Instead, his social worker met him, telling him he’d have to leave his school, his friends, his foster family, his room and everything familiar to him – again. “Every time I moved, I lost all my connections,” he says. “I was 16 by the time I got adopted by my mom. By the time most kids are done with the system, having some kind of attachment anxiety is inevitable. Every attachment has been broken, so it’s easier to push people away than let them in.” One constant in Nivens’ life during those four years was attending Under One Sky programs, which include yearround empowerment training and seasonal camps for children and teens in foster care. As an adult, he continues to be involved with the organization as a counselor, speaker and advocate for kids in foster care, alongside his work for a property management company. A DIFFERENT KIND OF FAMILY “I loved camp,” Nivens says. “It was like having a family and an escape from the life I had. Nothing horrific had happened to me, but we connect on a much deeper level when people around us are going through the same kinds of experiences.” Under One Sky has served 500 children and teens since its beginnings in 1996. The kids see the same faces

SOMEPLACE LIKE HOME: Attending weekend events and summer camps connects kids and teens in foster care with peers who share similar experiences. Often, the relationships that form at Under One Sky endure while other connections — such as foster families, schools and activities — undergo constant changes. Photo courtesy of Under One Sky Village Foundation at camp and at long weekends, providing stable relationships in their changing lives, Delafield says. Under One Sky also strives to maintain a consistent staff. The organization employs three permanent staff members and 15 seasonal workers. Camps and other programs take place in rented space at Lutheridge Camp and Conference Center in Arden and the West Campus of Black Mountain Home for Children. “Some of these people are still in my life today, and I keep in touch with them,” Nivens says. “The campers became my family, my brothers and sisters.” This past summer, Under One Sky hosted 42 campers. Indy Srinath, another counselor, says she’s learned more from the kids at camp than she ever could teach them. “The kids are incredible,” Srinath says. “The girls talk about the traumatic things they experienced, listen to each other, cry, and then one will say, ‘Enough of this! Let’s have a dance party!’ We dance

and sing and shake it off. They shake it off so quickly. They have taught me how to make space for trauma and still enjoy life, and they’re my heroes.” TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCES Delafield says her transition to nonprofit work from her previous corporate job can only be described as a calling. “I was working with counties across the state, developing multimedia recruitment campaigns to find adoptive families for older children,” she says. “I interviewed literally hundreds of children and in 2004 started camp-based adoptive programs to find families for them.” But the campers needed even more than a permanent family to heal all the ways they had been harmed by their experiences, Delafield says. Lacking the skills to bond with a new family,

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CALLED TO CONNECT: Diane Delafield, right, describes her work with Under One Sky as a calling to provide children in foster care (such as Robin, left, and Jayden, center) with opportunities to build skills, form lasting relationships and find joy amid trauma and disruption. Photo courtesy of Under One Sky Village Foundation the campers needed opportunities to develop those capacities. Most of all, she explains, they needed one another as a sounding board for sharing experiences, hopes and fears. North Carolina has about 10,500 children and teens in foster care, an increase of 25 percent since 2012. Most of these young people have experienced more than one kind of trauma, including parental incarceration, parental opioid addiction and family separation resulting from immigration laws. Neglect remains the primary reason children enter the system. Less than half the children return to their families of origin. Sadly, not all the kids feel homesick. “If you’re someone who’s always felt unconditional love and a place to go home to, it’s hard to understand what the lack of that anchor is,” says Bess Newton, who joined Under One Sky as its new executive director in May. “If a child is homesick, it’s positive, because they’re longing for a love that they know and they have an attachment.” Asked to give advice to foster parents, Nivens offers poignant counsel. “If you only tell people one thing, tell them never to take a foster kid to the grocery store on the first night at a new place,” he says. “It’s too hard.” Since children in foster care rarely get to make their own choices, he explains, the number of options in such a stocked store can feel overwhelming.

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Then again, when the child does express a preference, he says, it’s important to honor it if possible. He recounts a time when he craved Frosted Flakes, and his mom thought he ought to eat less sugar. She chose low-sugar Cheerios. While it may seem like a small compromise, it felt huge to him as it triggered memories of all the other losses he had suffered and how little control he had over the circumstances of his own life. “At Under One Sky, we’re trained to handle big feelings, dissociation and tough situations,” Srinath says. REMEMBER JOY In addition to the seasonal camps, the children and teens meet between camps for adventures together, such as waterfall hiking at DuPont State Forest and visiting a trampoline park. One favorite outing was a trip to the French Broad Chocolate Factory. “We want to give them experiences to remind them what joy feels like,” Newton says. “When you’re in survival mode, it’s easy to forget joy.” The Junior Journey program offers skill building and fun to children ages seven to 11, and the Journey program goes from 11 to 17. The program focuses on Buncombe, Henderson, Durham, Gaston, Lee, Rutherford, Union and

GIVING THANKS: An Under One Sky participant describes the program’s benefits. “It’s a big rock in my life. It’s a place in my life where my problems don’t chase me,” the child writes. Photo courtesy of Under One Sky Village Foundation Macon counties, but any past or present foster child in North Carolina can take part. Referrals can come from social workers, agencies, teachers or the children themselves. “The Under One Sky experience teaches life coping skills,” says Newton, who adopted three children from foster care. “No matter what our background, we all need compassion and coping skills for transition. This program develops emotional resilience in children so they can grow up to be resilient adults.” Teaching those skills to children who have experienced so much hardship and disruption requires special preparation. “Every staff member has been trained in trauma-focused practices, to have understanding of what kids have experienced and why they react the way they do,” Delafield says. “We have very strict codes and in-depth policies.” The camper-to-staff ratio is four-to-one at night and two-to-one during the day, she says. MIND THE GAP Since Jan. 1, 2017, local children in foster care turning 18 have been eligible to continue receiving supportive services until they turn 21, thanks to the Foster Care 18 to 21 initiative passed by the N.C. General Assembly in 2015. To meet some of the needs of this group of young adults, Under One Sky created its Second Wind Transitional

Program, which fills gaps left by the absence of family. Staff members take teens on campus visits, teach them to write resumes and connect them to work opportunities. Nivens became a participant in Second Wind and later a counselor for the program. With Second Wind, he has also traveled around the state offering education on how to be a good social worker or guardian ad litem (a person who advocates for a child’s interests in court proceedings). “Who better to teach than a young person who has been through it?” Delafield asks. Nivens likes to play piano, and he enjoys being a karaoke DJ. With Delafield, he leads workshops to teach children in foster care how to find needed resources such as laptops and mentors so they can rise above the circumstances of their brief lives. “Kids have dignity and don’t like handouts,” Nivens says. “We tell them that it’s time to get paid back for all the things that have happened to them. If you’re in foster care, your life wasn’t always so great. The system’s in place to help, and we teach how to use those resources to better yourself.”

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BY CASS HERRINGTON cassherrington@gmail.com You could say learning about monarch butterflies is a gateway drug into conservation. “I prefer to say ‘gateway organism,’” said Kim Bailey during Monarch Butterfly Day on Sept. 8 at the North Carolina Arboretum. The local monarch enthusiast was wearing a headband adorned with paper butterflies suspended on wires, giving the illusion of a small swarm fluttering above her head. “Learning about the monarch opens up a whole world of understanding the connections between plants, animals and us,” Bailey said. “It’s the web of life.” Bailey proclaims herself “obsessed” with the orange and black winged creatures. In 2015, she left her full-time job as an environmental educator with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources to start Milkweed Meadows Farm in Fruitland. The business specializes in producing seeds and plants of the monarch’s most critical food source. Like many toddlers, monarchs are finicky eaters in their caterpillar phase. They feast exclusively on the leaves of milkweeds, a collection of perennial

flowering plants named for their toxic, milky latex. Monarchs have evolved to eat milkweeds safely, and they actually store toxins in their bodies to discourage potential predators. But the monarch’s choosy eating habit poses a challenge to the survival of the species. Herbicides, farming and parasites have all diminished milkweed habitats. The nonprofit Monarch Watch estimates that around 147 million acres of milkweed, roughly four times the area of the state of Illinois, have been lost to agriculture and development since 1992. Bailey’s farm provides a Western North Carolina haven for the species, as well as a key supply of milkweed to local seed purveyor Sow True Seed. Through hosting students for educational visits, she also hopes to inspire others to join the monarch’s cause. “Kids are so important for conservation because they really care,” Bailey said. “And you never know — they could end up quitting their job and starting a milkweed farm some day.” HELPING HANDS Fortunately, it doesn’t take a drastic career switch to help the iconic insect.

Educators and nature centers are getting kids involved in the national effort to save monarchs from extinction. The arboretum, for example, coordinates a program called ecoEXPLORE. From June to September, participating children make a real-world impact on ecology research by documenting nature while they’re in the backyard or out visiting nature sites. The kids earn points for each picture taken, which many exchanged on Monarch Butterfly Day for science-themed swag such as binoculars and butterfly nets. “Scientists need your help. We want to let kids know that they’re involved in conservation, just as much as adults,” said Jonathan Marchal, the arboretum’s youth education manager. This summer, 80 ecoEXPLORE kids took photos of wildlife, noted details such as time and location, and submitted them to the arboretum. The photo submissions were then vetted, peer-reviewed and made available for public research. “The kids are really creating a scientific record,” Marchal said. He estimates that participants submitted about 8,000 photos of 1,000 spe-

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technology fields, in which women are generally underrepresented. The children’s photos of monarchs can be used to understand butterfly migration patterns. Scientists looking at those individual data points can identify where monarch roosts are being reported and observe how the roosts move south during the autumn. ON THE MOVE “Big questions in ecology take a lot of different researchers to answer,”

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says Andrew Laughlin, an assistant professor of environmental studies at UNC Asheville. Laughlin incorporates citizen-science data in his ecology class. His students regularly access the website journeynorth.org to track the monarch butterflies’ migration and learn how seasonal changes influence their behavior. Every fall, between late September and early October, monarchs make their way from the Northeastern U.S. to Mexico. Prime butterfly viewing can be found in the Blue Ridge Mountains, where the pollinators stop by wildflowers for sips of nectar along their way south. The coming of autumn alerts the monarchs that it’s time for their Mexican siesta. But scientists are still trying to understand precisely how the warming climate and extreme weather events are affecting their migration and population. That’s where citizen-science data, which pinpoints subtleties like location, time of day and temperature, can be helpful for revealing the bigger picture. “If given enough data over a large enough time span, we could start to see patterns forming, and we can start to see the influence of climate on organisms over a large scale,” Laughlin says. FLUTTER FOR THE FUTURE Beyond the ecoEXPLORE celebration, Monarch Butterfly Day featured a discussion with an entomologist, a milkweed seed-bomb craft and a butterfly tagging and release in the garden. The tags, tiny stickers, adhere to a

“mitten-shaped” vein on the monarch’s lower wing. The stickers don’t affect flight, and they bear unique tracking numbers. In theory, a researcher in Mexico’s highlands could document a monarch that flew the more than 2,000-mile journey from Asheville. Monarch Watch annually distributes more than 250,000 of the small tracking stickers to citizen-science efforts, giving scientists another data point to understand the survival rate of the tiny migrants. By looking up the tracking number, researchers can learn how far a monarch traveled and how long the journey took, as well as determine changes in the overall distribution among butterflies that arrived at roosting sites in Mexico. The monarch’s annual cross-country flight contributes to its charisma in the eyes of its human admirers. But fewer butterflies are making the trip these days. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service estimates that the monarch population in the Eastern U.S. fell from roughly a billion in 1996 to just 33 million in 2014. While the research community agrees that factors like habitat loss are contributing to the declines, they’re still trying to pinpoint what exactly is driving the numbers. That’s where the efforts of citizen scientists and kids are making a real impact on preservation work. Conservationists and educators say that gives them hope. “Often, all you have to do is tell them, ‘There may be a day when there are no monarch butterflies,’” Marchal said. “Who wouldn’t have a sad feeling that comes over them by hearing that? Certainly these kids are going to want to do something.” X

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RAKING IT IN Fallen leaves offer great garden benefits BY ALI MANGKANG alimangkang@gmail.com Asheville’s sanitation department estimates that it collects around 10,000 tons of leaves, brush and yard debris annually. Curious about where it all ends up? According to John Henderson, customer service representative for Asheville’s sanitation services, the city’s bagged leaves are taken to Riverside Stump Dump, a private mulch operation with locations in Asheville, Weaverville and Mills River. In the fall, operations ramp up at the company’s Weaverville location, where leaves from Asheville are transported for processing. “We separate the leaves and run them through one of our grinders, then they are windrowed to generate heat,” says Stump Dump employee Martin Barnwell. “After the heat cycle has been completed, we run the leaf mulch through our screener to remove any larger pieces of wood that may have gotten mixed in.” In addition to producing mulch that’s for sale to the public, Barnwell says, the company provides singlegrind mulch to paper mills in Canton and Kingsport, Tenn., which is burned to generate power for the mills. In Hendersonville, however, the city processes leaves at its own yardwaste facility. Public Works Director Tom Wooten notes that the town employs bagless collection, where citizens simply pile loose leaves curbside for pickup. “We start in mid-October and run collection through the end of December, as well as the month of March,” he explains. After grinding the leaves then composting them for several months, Hendersonville distributes the mulch for free from March to May, or until “people stop coming to get it,” says Wooten. The town announces its annual mulch distribution schedule on its Facebook page (Hendersonville, NC City Government) and through press releases. Residents can also consider using leaf litter in their landscapes and gardens. Megan Riley, owner of M.R. Gardens in Asheville’s Oakley community, considers leaves “the most essential amendment that I add

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FAIR SHARE: Isa Whittaker, Bountiful Cities’ Community Garden Network coordinator, says it makes sense for nonprofits to share resources. His organization offers seed and tool libraries to help gardens get started with little or no cost. Photo by Luke Van Hine hand. MANNA FoodBank serves a 16-county area through a vast network of partner nonprofits, county governments, schools, churches, individual volunteers, health clinics, businesses and other food banks “that are all focused on the same thing: supporting our most vulnerable residents in WNC,” says Communications Director Kara Irani. MANNA’s model of collaboration has one large organization as a central hub for distribution of multiple services. Other models look more like a web, with collaboration shared among all involved partners.

In 2011, Bountiful Cities co-founded the Asheville-Buncombe Food Policy Council with this type of shared collaboration in mind. The effort initially brought together hundreds of individuals from different food-related sectors to find ways to work together and create structure. One of the reasons for having a collaborative food policy council, Hinebaugh explains, “is to have a complementary team approach, reducing a certain amount of inefficiency within the system.” Making the system more efficient doesn’t mean, for example, cutting

GATHERING FORCES: Last fall’s inaugural Regional Food Waste Summit at Warren Wilson College gathered city and county government representatives, nonprofit organizations and business leaders from across Western North Carolina for discussions and strategy sessions on the issue as it impacts local communities. Photo by Cathy Cleary back on the number of cooking classes offered to children because another organization provides a similar service, she points out. “I’d like to move us away from this concept, because we could duplicate the services all day long and we still wouldn’t meet the need,” she says. “I think that the realm of unnecessary duplication is in the realm of administrative overhead.” Hinebaugh gives the example of the Asheville-based FEAST program merging with Bountiful Cities. Both organizations offered programming for kids to learn gardening and cooking techniques for empowerment and increased food security. When organizations do complementary work using complementary skill sets, she explains, “It can make sense to actually just come together, share space, share administrative overhead, reduce unnecessary duplication of expenses — not services — in order to be able to be more efficient with the dollars we have.” Isa Whittaker, coordinator for Bountiful Cities’ Community Garden Network, mirrors Hinebaugh’s remarks, noting the seed and tool libraries offered to anyone involved in the network. “Gardeners don’t even have to have any money to get started,” he points out. Shared tools and seeds, in addition to shared land for growing, allow for more effective use of the dollars these small food hubs have. The more than three dozen gardens in the Community Garden Network in Asheville and Buncombe County partner on work days and take turns hosting educational and skill-building workshops. A central listserv helps gardeners exchange information about things like free mulch or extra

plants, or collaborate on grant funding for infrastructure projects. All of these alliances increase efficiency and effectiveness at the same time. GREATER IMPACT MAHEC health improvement specialist Terri March also focuses on optimizing impact. One of her priorities is the Community Health Improvement Project. “CHIP is intentionally a collective impact process that recognizes the impact of one agency by itself is not likely to make a significant difference across a county with complex health and social issues like food insecurity,” she says. CHIP, which addresses several health priorities, has coalesced one group of organizations, called

the CHIP Food Security Working Group, that specifically looks at food access-related health issues. Formed in 2012, the FSWG explores ways for residents of Buncombe County to increase consumption of fruits, vegetables and other whole foods to support good health. With partners as diverse as the UNCA Department of Health and Wellness, Gardens that Give, YWCA and Buncombe County Health and Human Services, the working group has evolved in the past several years. “A great deal of what has been successful in the past year comes out of developing trust and relationships, to the extent that organizations are sharing their work, making conscious deci-

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F OOD sions to hand off a project or a grant opportunity to another member of the collaborative,” March explains. The Asheville-Buncombe Food Policy Council, also an active partner with the CHIP Food Security group, continues to work with the notion of relationship building. In 2017, it took a lead role in organizing WNC’s first Regional Food Waste Summit. Along with partners including Food Connections, Asheville GreenWorks, West Village Market and Deli, FEAST and UNCA Dining Services, the ABFPC produced a day-long conference that drew people from all over the region. “The summit is an example of how the Food Policy Council has a stake in bringing people together to bring about change,” says ABFPC coordinator Kiera Bulan. As a result of the conference, a working group has formed to conduct education and networking meetings once a quarter to address ways to reduce and recover food waste. As Hinebaugh says, “Any convening where we are all in the room together is an opportunity to deepen collaboration.” On Thursday, Nov. 8, the ABFPC will again bring people together with a conference called Putting Resilience to Work: Food Policy in Action. In 2017, the ABFPC developed a Food Policy Action Plan that was approved by Asheville City Council and was adopted by the city last November. But Bulan says the plan doesn’t feel accessible to people. “The understanding of policy or the scope of what we mean when we say ‘policy work’ is this scary thing that people don’t want to engage with,” she says. Bulan hopes to make her work with policy understandable to a wider audience. “We want to figure out ways we can build stronger bridges with individuals who are already doing this work in the community,” she says. “How do we support them? How do they support us and each other?” In order to have a framework for building those bridges, Bulan has asked Warren Wilson College social work professor Sarah Himmelheber to conduct research. Using a list of stakeholders identified by the ABFPC, Himmelheber’s students will find the mission and vision for each of several food systems’ groups. The information, Hinebaugh says, will help “create a visual representation of how much overlap we have — in other words, look at how much of a shared vision we already have.”

Often called “ecosystem mapping,” this model of overlapping visions can be used to identify gaps in services and make the work of these organizations more impactful and resilient. “It’s not just checking boxes and evaluating for the sake of pleasing our funders, but really tweaking and asking the question, ‘How do we improve our work?’” says Bulan. LOOKING TO THE FUTURE As collaboration in the nonprofit sector grows with the goal of increased food security and resilience, Bulan would like to see more interest from for-profit businesses. “There are individuals within the business sector involved, but it would be good for us to figure out what that looks like,” she says. “Are we talking about the restaurant industry? Food business owners? It’s undefined for us but it’s obviously a big part of the food system.” Hinebaugh thinks the story of building an equitable food system includes stories of land loss, ownership and recovery. “I’m really excited to see partners such as Appalachian Highland Conservancy,” she points out. “They tend to work in a more rural setting. And so we are beginning to deepen that partnership and bridge the divide between urban and the rural.” Reclaiming land intersects with affordable housing, and Hinebaugh would love to see the Southern Appalachian Highland Conservancy lend its many years of wisdom and experience in the area of land reclamation to address affordable housing issues. She would also like to see increased collaboration in the health sector and in the area of economic development as it relates to food security. All of these efforts are complex and will benefit from relationship-building, partnerships and collaboration across a variety of sectors, the thinking goes. Because, as Hinebaugh says, “It’s not just about building a strong, resilient, equitable food system — it’s about building a resilient and equitable community.” Contact cathy@thecookandgarden.com to share ideas and stories about equitable community collaboration. For details on the upcoming Putting Resilience to Work conference, visit avl.mx/prtw or contact coordinator@abfoodpolicy.org.X

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JUST ADD ALCOHOL Galleries and museums tap into Asheville’s craft beverage craze

RAISING THE BAR: Zapow! Gallery owner Lauren DeWorde recently added a bar with craft beer and coffee service. “I think every business could improve by addressing their community’s needs with creative and fresh solutions,” she says. Photo by Luke Van Hine It’s no secret that Asheville’s reputation has been built, at least in part, on its art scene and its fascination with craft beer, liquor — and now wine, as evidenced by the recent opening of plēb urban winery. But if an arts-focused business wants to boost sales, is adding booze a simple solution? (Not that dealing with alcohol permits could ever be called simple.) Many local entrepreneurs have bet on art-plus-booze being a winning formula, but has it paid off? Chris Heagney, the cidermaker behind Daidala Ciders, thinks so. “We

both have certainly benefited from being exposed to two different spheres — art and craft beverage,” he says. The other half of that “we” is Andy Herod, who operates a gallery in Cotton Mill Studios. The two converted Herod’s space into a gallery taproom in April, opting to permanently co-exist as two makers selling their own wares. “There’s paint splattered on our tables, and the bar is covered with Andy’s designs. I think it makes the

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FOOD experience more intriguing for people who come in and feel like they’re being welcomed into our personal space,” Heagney says. Before this partnership, Daidala Ciders was sold only in stores, but now, the gallery allows him a place “to connect with customers and have a location to showcase all the different styles of cider I make,” he says. The timing also helped Herod, who had an opportunity to go to Los Angeles for a few months for a music project but didn’t want to give up his studio or close it for so long. Although Heagney is thrilled with the partnership, he admits it’s not easy to convey the concept to others. “It takes more than just a simple word or phrase such as ‘cocktail bar’ or ‘art studio’ to describe the experience here,” Heagney says. “And some people come to seek out Andy’s art and are surprised to see a bar sitting in the middle of the studio, or customers show up for a cider and are blown away by the artwork covering the walls.” For Lauren DeWorde, owner of ZaPow! Gallery, the reason for adding beer and coffee centers around expanding inclusivity. “Due to the defunding of arts funding nationwide

SIP AND SEE: Daidala Ciders’ new taproom in visual artist Andy Herod’s River Arts District studio benefits both businesses by bringing fresh clientele to each. Photo courtesy of Daidala Ciders and the defamation of intellectualism, many contemporary Americans that are visiting Asheville for beer do not feel welcome in a physical space labeled strictly as an art gallery,” she says. The additions have also transformed ZaPow! into a place where laptop warriors now sit and work by day and a cultural hub for groups like the Asheville Writers meet-up. “Now, we can welcome more bodies through our doors,” she says. “Once they step into ZaPow!, we can begin the dialog of valuing art not only as a purchase but also as a critical aspect of society.” However, DeWorde doesn’t think that adding booze automatically amounts to a winning formula for an art-centric business. “Just doing what we are doing would not be anything new,” she says. “I think every business could improve by addressing their community’s needs with creative and fresh solutions.” And while getting a license to sell alcohol came with a lot of red tape, she assures that “it’s no horror story.” In fact, the new revenue stream helps her keep fees for artists low while supporting her goal of becoming “a true worker-owner cooperative with a healthy bottom line.” Inspired by the corporate ideology of CVS, which she deems “one of the most inspiring businesses in contemporary America,” DeWorde strives to keep ZaPow! ever-changing. “The ZaPow! of five years from now will not be the same

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as the ZaPow! of today. We grow. We change. We thrive,” she says. At Lexington Glassworks, the art has been and always will be top priority, but owners Billy Guilford and Geoff Koslow added a small bar with four beer taps in 2016. “We certainly don’t rely on bar sales to bring people in the door; it’s more of a nice surprise to our clients — most people don’t realize that we have a bar,” says marketing director Ashleigh Hardes. And while the bar might not be the main draw for individual consumers, it does help attract interest in the gallery’s dozen or so annual events, which include pop-ups, concerts, networking evenings and the popular Glassworks Concert Series and Annual Limited Edition Ornament Release Party. “The small beer bar lends itself well to these types of events, and we are able to join forces with local breweries to offer the ultimate Asheville experience — art, beer and music all in one place,” Hardes says. The gallery is also rented out for a few private events each year, and Hardes is happy to report that so far, no problems have arisen from mixing beer and delicate glasswork. “Most people are respectful and very mindful of the space,” she says. Like Lexington Glassworks, Asheville Pinball Museum doesn’t play up the fact that it sells beer, opting to keep its collection of pinball machines the primary focus. “Only roughly 10 percent of our sales would be beer,” explains owner T.C. DiBella. “But we sell beer because, for many of the old-school players, playing pinball and having a beer goes hand in hand.” Spills have been minimal, and like his contemporaries, DiBella doesn’t stay open late, which helps in avoiding rowdy crowds. He does note that alcohol can be a turn-off for some people at certain venues, and he works to convey a family-friendly vibe. “We think of ours as a nice bonus,” he says. “We don’t even advertise that we sell beer and don’t have any signage in the museum besides a small wooden sign from Asheville Brewing.” With attendance at the museum having risen nearly every week for the past five years, DiBella isn’t worried about ramping up alcohol sales anytime soon. And Heagney, for one, doesn’t think adding alcohol is necessarily the answer for boosting the bottom line for all businesses. “Serving beer, wine or cider will certainly keep folks hanging around your space for a longer period of time,” he says, “but I don’t think that offering alcohol will automatically improve sales.” X

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Local food artisan Charles Nembhard recognized with statewide entrepreneurship award

It’s hard to miss Charley King’s Jamaican jerk sauce stall at the Western North Carolina Farmers Market, with its ornamentation of hanging tie-dyed shirts and the verdant green Jamaican flag. However, you will not always find its owner, Charles Nembhard, seated in front. He is compactly built and carries a gentle but steady energy that exudes from his smile and predilection to flit over to neighboring stalls, helping customers bag goods and vendors clean up spills. On a recent day at his stall, he seems frustrated, pointing to an absence of customers at the market. “I see people with ‘Eat Local’ bumper stickers, but where are they?” he asks. “These are local farmers, local producers. This is where I spend my own money whenever I can, putting it back in the community.” This passion has seen Nembhard back on his feet after severe complications from a childhood injury.

SELLER’S MARKET: Charles Nembhard, center, was awarded the N.C. Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services Small Business of the Year Award on Sept. 10. After overcoming physical challenges, he achieved success with his brand of Charley King’s Jamaican sauces, which he markets at regional grocers and the WNC Farmers Market. He’s pictured with WNC Farmers Market manager Doug Sutton, left, and N.C. Vocational Rehabilitation Services small business specialist Ben Kittner. Photo courtesy of N.C. Department of Health and Human Services

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In 2014, he received hip and femur replacements and rehabilitative therapy at Wake Forest Baptist Medical with support from the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services. Following that medically-imposed hiatus, Nembhard has spent the last two years rebuilding Charley King’s to the stable business it is today. This achievement recently made him one of four recipients of the DVRS’s 2018 Small Business Award. Nembhard, who grew up in a single-parent household with seven siblings in the mountains of Jamaica, is familiar with fame. As a child, he trapped birds and foraged for edible flora around his village. “All of it was organic,” he says with a smile. His gift for grilling what he caught and collected was soon village news. Describing his earliest cooking forays, he says, “Our kitchen was outside. [Family and neighbors] would smell my cooking and come running.” Fast forward and today Charley King’s Jamaican jerk sauces can be found regionally at Ingles, Whole Foods Markets and other local retail-

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ers — and it’s keeping him busy. “There are no days off,” he says. Mike Turner, Nembhard’s rehabilitation counselor, corroborates this when visiting the company’s commercial kitchen in Black Mountain. “Charles and one helper produce and bottle all the sauces, and Charles alone does the marketing, billing and distribution,” Turner explains. “I asked him when he slept. He smiled and said, ‘I get little of that.’” Ben Kittner, a DVRS small business specialist, says award nominees “must have a detailed business plan and overcome a significant disability. Winning businesses show sustainable growth and a network of supporters and advisors in the local business community.” For the first time, the DVRS had multiple outstanding nominees for the award this year. Along with Nembhard, attorney Patrick Newman in Morehead City, Darlene Lane of Dee’s Power Up Cleaning Services in Whiteville and David Tedrow of Senior Health Insurance Brokers, LLC, in Durham were all named Small Business Award winners. Nembhard says his future plans include upcoming lines of salad dress-

ings and beverages and increasing his distribution to Whole Foods and other large chain markets around the country. Also, he hopes to bring more people to the WNC Farmers Market. “I want [the market] buzzing, with lines out the door,” he says. You can catch some of the buzz yourself Saturday, Sept. 29, when Nembhard offers “a taste of authentic Jamaican jerk” with his Charley King’s line of sauces. He will be grilling at the WNC Farmers Market to live reggae music 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Get in touch with Charles Nembhard and get more details about Charley King’s products at charleykings.com. X

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Asheville Coffee Expo is set to grow EARLY GIRL EATERY GOES WEST

The new owner of the Asheville Coffee Expo has big plans for its future. But Abby Dickinson isn’t changing a thing for this year’s event, to be held Saturday, Sept. 29, in the River Arts District. Attendees can expect the same all-things-coffee atmosphere that they experienced during the first two expos, she says. Dickinson, a craft beer marketing executive who helped create the Asheville Beer Expo for the Asheville Brewers Alliance a couple of years ago, bought the coffee expo from founders Stu Helm, a local food writer, and Angie Rainey, owner and coffee curator at Asheville’s Coffee Crate. “Stu and Angie are both superpassionate about the coffee scene here” and made the expo “a great success,” Dickinson says. She views taking it over as “an opportunity to take a wellloved event and grow it to the point that makes Asheville a destination for coffee lovers.”

Early Girl Eatery, the successful Wall Street restaurant that recently changed hands, is opening a new outpost in West Asheville, in the space that has been occupied by King Daddy’s Chicken & Waffle. King Daddy’s closed on Thursday, Sept. 20, and opening day for the new Early Girl is planned for Wednesday, Sept. 26. Early Girl owners Jesson and Cristina Gil, who bought Early Girl Eatery from founders Julie and John Stehling in March, bought King Daddy’s, which the Stehlings also owned, in mid-September. The new Early Girl on Haywood Road will feature the same Southern-inspired menu as the downtown restaurant. The Gils, who are originally from Texas, also own The Blackbird restaurant at 47 Biltmore Ave. Early Girl Eatery, 444 Haywood Road, is open 8-11 a.m. through Tuesday, Oct. 2. The menu after then will include breakfast, lunch and dinner, with hours yet to be determined.

PERKING IT UP: Celebrating Asheville’s distinct coffee culture, the Asheville Coffee Expo, to be held in the River Arts District Saturday, Sept. 29, will grow in coming years, its new owner says. Photo by Dawn Roe The free event is a celebration of not only coffee but also of coffee shops, bakeries, cafés and tea. The expo, which happens on International Coffee Day, features nearly three dozen mostly local roasting companies and providers of goodies. Dickinson, who has assembled for the event a board of advisors who work in the local coffee industry, has worked in operations and marketing at or with Wicked Weed Brewing, Hi-Wire Brewing and Nantahala Brewing Co. She’s been in Asheville 14 years — long enough to see its craft coffee industry grow. “There’s some work to be done to make coffee known at the level that craft beer here is,” she says. She believes the expo can help. “There are so many places in Asheville that are really raising the awareness of coffee and how important it is to our lives. It’s time to showcase what people are doing here,” she says. The third annual Asheville Coffee Expo runs 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, on Ralph Street in the River Arts District. The event is free. For more, visit avl.mx/5b4. 42

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SLOW FOOD ASHEVILLE HAPPY HOUR On Thursday, Sept. 27, Slow Food Asheville will host its latest happy hour event at Noble Cider. The periodic events pair a local chef, brewer, baker or cidermaker with a local farmer to talk about how they use the Slow Food method to create their products. Light appetizers will be served during the talk. Slow Food Asheville Happy Hour runs 5:30-6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27, at Noble Cider, 356 New Leicester Highway. There’s no cost to attend, and snacks are free. BARBECUE DINNER FOR CAMPERS A dinner catered by Hubba Hubba Smokehouse is one highlight of the 11th annual Camp For All Barbeque Ball on Sunday, Sept. 30, at Camp Ton-aWandah in Hendersonville. Adult beverages, archery, crafts, paddling/canoeing, live music and more are included in the ticket price. The event benefits Camplify, a Hendersonville-based nonprofit organization that uses camp-based and experiential learning programs to teach “kids-in-need” the life skills they need to succeed. Camplify helps more than 200 children each year.

Camp For All Barbeque Ball will be 2:30-7:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 30, at Camp Ton-a-Wandah, 300 W. Ton-a-Wandah Road, Hendersonville. Tickets are $75 per person, $100 per couple, $125 per family of four ($25 each additional member) and are available at the Henderson County Chamber of Commerce. For more, visit avl.mx/5ay. WILDCRAFTING MADE TASTY Villagers, an urban homestead supply store in West Asheville, is putting on a workshop Wednesday, Oct. 3, that will teach how to put up wild foods that are good and good for you. Participants will taste medicinal mountain plants that are meant to keep the body strong and vital through fall and winter. Herbal vinegars, honeys, salts and other edibles containing foraged tonic herbs will be sampled. Everyone will leave with an herbal tonic creation. The workshop will be led by Jamie Sparks, founder and director of Herban Farmacy, a locally sourced, wildcrafted herbal apothecary. Preserving Wild Food for Everyday Nourishment will be 6:30-9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3, at Villagers, 278 Haywood Road. The cost is $35-$60. Register at avl.mx/5b3. THE CONTINENTAL LOUNGE IS OPEN He’s back. Vijay Shastri, former owner of Mr. Frog’s Soul & Creole Kitchen and a longtime fixture on Asheville’s restaurant scene, has finally opened his long-awaited venture, The Continental Lounge. Shastri, whose notable past projects in Asheville include Bombay Café and Flying Frog Café, opened his new endeavor Aug. 31 in the former home of Local Provisions downtown. The Continental Lounge offers comfort foods like biscuits for breakfast and meatloaf for supper, as well as salads and healthier fare. The restaurant was initially projected to open in late spring. Its hours have changed since Aug. 31, but lunch hours will resume soon, Shastri says. The Continental Lounge is at 77 Biltmore Ave. Hours are 5-9:30 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday, 5-11 p.m. Friday-Saturday and 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. For more, visit avl.mx/5b2. X

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TOUGH TALK Local videographer A.D. Weighs creates a series about difficult conversations

ON THE RECORD: Videographer A.D. Weighs turned a passion for thoughtful conversation with people from all walks of life into a video series that addresses hard-to-talk-about topics such as racism, police misconduct, suicide, rape culture and toxic masculinity. His guests include “everyday people” culled from friends, acquaintances and those he meets on social media. Photo courtesy of Weighs

BY ALLI MARSHALL amarshall@mountainx.com Most of us, at this point in the evolution of social media, don’t put much stock in memes (or gifs or snarky comments) as means of winning recruits to our side of an argument. But, “Sometimes having conversations, especially when you can do so respectfully, can help change people’s perspectives,” says local vid-

eographer A.D. Weighs. “I’m not saying everybody should think like me — I’m saying everybody should think.” Weighs was on Facebook when he saw a post by someone questioning the merits of Black Lives Matter protests. Weighs offered his thoughtful perspective, to which the poster replied not with a barrage of insults or counterarguments but, simply, “Good point.” In that moment, Weighs realized he had to launch his passion project — “Weighing

in with A.D. Weighs,” a video series of conversations on tough topics. The series, which launches this month, can be viewed at ridgejournal.com and at Weighs’ YouTube channel, avl.mx/5b6. A native of Detroit, Weighs relocated to Asheville five years ago. It was supposed to be a temporary move but “after my second day here, I said, ‘I’m not going anywhere,’” he recalls. “The scenery is beautiful, and I love weird people.

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Weird people are interesting — every time I see them, I want to grab them and put a microphone in their face.” For Weighs, the impetus to interview others is a natural reaction, but he’s quick to admit to being self-taught. Years ago, after hiring an artist to make a video for some hip-hop music he’d produced, Weighs was dissatisfied with the result. “The money I spent on him, I could have bought a camera and learned to do it myself,” he says. “So, I bought a camera and learned to do it myself.” The investment paid off: Weighs has been hired for so much video work (a recent example is his film of local poet Justin Blackburn performing the spoken-word piece “White People US”) that he’s leaving a day job in construction to pursue creative work full time. And with that career move, Weighs is also gearing up to release the first installments from the “Weighing in with A.D. Weighs” series. Episodes include topics such as racism, police misconduct, suicide, rape culture and toxic masculinity. “All the conversations are tough — it won’t be celebrity gossip,” Weighs says with a laugh. In fact, his interview subjects won’t include famous people for the sake of attracting viewers. He’s already

filmed segments with Blackburn, spoken-word artist and social justice activist Nicole Townsend, yoga teacher and wellness activist Daniele Martin and designer and environmentalist Michelle Lupia, among others. Not all of the interview subjects, it’s worth noting, are political liberals, and some will voice opinions that are likely to offend sensitive viewers. “This is how it happens: Someone will post something on Facebook or say something in a conversation that I think is interesting,” says Weighs. “I’ll ask them more questions, and if I think they have a unique perspective, I want them to be interviewed. If it’s something I haven’t heard before or an interesting take on a certain topic, I’m like, ‘Yeah, let’s do it.’” He continues, “I want it to be regular people. I don’t want people to decide whether or not they’re going to watch it based on what guests I’m going to have on. … I want people to want to watch it because of the topic, and they hear everyday people giving their take on it.” Celebrities, he says, can be polarizing because a viewer might not tune in simply because they don’t care for the famous person. Weighs also eschews standardized formatting and talk show-style sets, aiming, instead, to shoot the 15-20-minute videos in a variety of Asheville locations. And, while much of the creation of the “Weighing in with A.D. Weighs” series will be DIY — including Weighs crafting the music himself — a number of collaborations have also come out of the project. Arts resource guide Ridge Journal, for which Weighs writes, is lending support, and violinist Madelyn Sovern will add her talents to the soundtrack for the shows. Beyond those contributions, what surprises Weighs is how many people are willing to share their opinions for the show. “I thought it would be difficult to get people to talk on camera,” he admits. “Some people are shy, but I’ve had far more people asking me if they could do it, like they’re excited to do it.” He adds, “I don’t like asking people for favors because I don’t like to burden people. It turns out that’s all in my head: It’s not a burden.” Weighs does hope the series will be meaningful. “The easiest thing to do is get on video and tell jokes or talk about celebrity gossip, but I don’t want to do the easy thing,” he says. Instead, he’s offering insight into what he believes is a needed skill in Asheville and beyond these days: “This, right here, is the template for how we’re going to have uncomfortable conversations.” X

by Thomas Calder

tcalder@mountainx.com

BLACK AND PROUD Beauty, gender, ethnic identity and stereotypes are among the issues explored in Say It Loud, the latest exhibit from the collection of local curator Hedy Fischer and artist Randy Shull. The mixed-media event will feature paintings, photography, sculptures and video by local, regional, national and internationally recognized African-American artists, including Kehinde Wiley, best known for his official portrait of President Barack Obama. The show continues Fischer’s and Shull’s interest in producing socially and politically charged exhibits. Last year’s ¡Viva! delved into contemporary issues in Latin America. And, more recently, Fischer organized Trigger Happy, a collection of local works confronting gun violence in America. “It’s personally important to us because I don’t see much engagement here in Asheville,” she says, noting a racial divide among many of the area’s communities. “So this is our way, hopefully, of providing an opportunity for people to come together.” Slated to open Saturday, Sept. 29, Say It Loud will debut on the same weekend as the opening of Between Form and Content: Perspectives on Jacob Lawrence and Black Mountain College at Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. The date, notes Fischer, is no coincidence. “To have two major African-American art exhibitions opening on the same weekend in Asheville is a really big deal,” she says. In total, 19 artists will be featured in Say It Loud. Alicia Henry is among the show’s regionally based talents. Her mixed-media works tend to explore the human figure with a particular focus on individual expressions. “She often depicts the face as a mask or a shield to protect the most vulnerable parts of ourselves,” notes Fischer. The use of textiles within Henry’s designs lend to the subject’s overall sense of concealment, Fischer adds. Henry, who teaches art at Fisk University in Nashville, Tenn., says she is pleased to be featured in a show steeped in talent. From Rashid Johnson, the first African-American artist to be a trustee at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City, to MacArthur fellow Kerry James Marshall, Henry describes the collection as a group of “fantastic artists with strong opinions and visual clarity.” The exhibit’s themes, she adds, are particularly relevant in today’s politi-

Exhibit celebrates African-American artists Meanwhile, the origami cranes work on a variety of levels. In one sense, they function as a metaphorical shield of protection, Sligh explains. At the same time, she notes, the curtain is meant to be parted by viewers. Like many of the other works in Say It Loud, Sligh’s piece invites and encourages the audience to push past the barriers to take a closer look. X

WHAT Say It Loud WHERE 22 London Road 22london.org WHEN Opening reception Saturday, Sept. 29, 6-10 p.m. The exhibit will remain on view by appointment through Sunday, Oct. 28. Free

CHALLENGE ISSUED: The exhibit Say It Loud will feature works from award-winning and internationally known artists, including Kehinde Wiley whose 2013 oil painting “Prince Albert, Prince Consort of Queen Victoria,” pictured, will be on display at the exhibit. Wiley is best known for his official portrait of President Barack Obama. Photo courtesy of Hedy Fischer cal climate. “I think we need to work on being able to talk about things and not feel our hairs rise up and get defensive and uncomfortable,” she says. One of the great benefits of shows like this, Henry continues, is that it creates meditative spaces allowing people to contemplate issues without the noise that often disrupts and distracts us. “Sometimes that makes it more approachable for people,” she says, “to be able to first look at an image that deals with something that is going on in society … and then to address it.” Like Henry’s art, work by local artist Clarissa Sligh also asks viewers to consider what’s beyond the surface. Her piece, Blessing of the Men, features nine silver gelatin prints obscured by a curtain of more than 2,000 origami cranes strung on cotton thread.

“Most of her work deals with transformation and change,” explains Fischer. “In this particular piece, she is showing men in their tender moments.” Sligh’s interest in breaking stereotypes associated with masculinity dates back to her childhood. “My father felt that men were supposed to be macho … and maintain some distance between themselves and their family,” the artist says. Blessing of the Men captures nine men of color in various acts. Some are combing their children’s hair, others are sitting contemplatively inside their homes. In one case, a man is tending to a kitten; in another photo, the subject is transferring a bouquet of flowers into a vase. “These are moments outside of the whole notion of the macho man, patriarch, provider — that kind of thing,” says Sligh. MOUNTAINX.COM

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by Susan Foster

susanjfosterphd@gmail.com

IF YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC Art for art’s sake has inspired artists to create for centuries. But local artist and self-identified witch Liz Watkin takes a different approach, engaging in the creative process as a tool for spiritual development. Her recently established collective Open Coven invites people to come together to explore visual art and crafts as a devotional practice. “A creative space is a sacred space,” says Watkin, an e-learning specialist who started the collective last winter. “The mission of Open Coven,” according to the organization’s website, “is to help people find their own magic and spiritual emancipation by fostering creativity and inner guidance.” Open Coven hosts a number of creative classes this fall, such as Art Magick for Witches at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Hendersonville on Saturday, Oct. 6; and the Air installment of the Elemental Art Magick Workshop Series, held at the Burton Street Peace Gardens on Sunday, Oct. 7. The term “magic,” as Watkin uses it, emerges from the Wiccan tradition — an earth-based, pre-Christian religion whose practitioners are called witches or pagans, says Watkin. Magic, she continues, refers to human agency: The ability to make changes in one’s life through spiritual practices. Magic is experienced differently by different people, she notes, but it helps contribute to wellness and self-esteem. Watkin makes it clear that she is not an art therapist, though she says the process of creating art can be healing. A coven, Watkin explains, often refers to a closed group of people practicing Wicca, but she decided to marry the words “open” and “coven” to be “inclusive ... so people can empower themselves.” Open Coven is not limited to witches or pagans, she says, but is for anyone wishing to use art to tap into the power of intuition and the guidance of the subconscious. Open Coven has attracted “a lot of people who are creatively blocked but are willing to pick up a paintbrush,” as well as many politically charged people who are interested in the intersection of art, witchcraft and activism, Watkin says. Although not formally trained as an artist, Watkin has worked over the years in a variety of visual arts and crafts media, including collage, design, painting, illustration and quilting. Art journaling has become a major focus 46

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New collective creates art as a spiritual pursuit and trained, they become the conduit of spirituality.” The result, she continues, is that external authority figures can dictate what constitutes a right or wrong way to express the spiritual, robbing people of their own internal process of creating sacred art. Watkin’s workshops are collaborative and communal. “I like to share what I’m doing,” she says. “I like meeting the people. I like that they get a chance to do something they’ve been putting off. “Being together,” she adds, “is inspiring.” X

UPCOMING WORKSHOPS Find more information and register at opencoven.com WHAT Art Magick for Witches

INVOCATION: Open Coven is not limited to witches or pagans, says founder Liz Watkin, but is for anyone wishing to use art to tap into the power of intuition and the guidance of the subconscious. The collective offers workshops, rituals and online resources. Photo by Cindy Kunst of her work since her husband gave her a book about it last Christmas. “I radiated toward it because it’s different from what other people are doing,” she says. Art journaling, Watkin explains, involves making art in a book that is intended only for oneself. “It’s quite liberating,” she says. “You can use it as meditation and internal exploration.” Watkin has designed an online art-journaling course that includes videos, printable articles, exercises and rituals. One offline workshop, held recently at Asheville Raven & Crone, involved automatic drawing — “allowing your hand to make shapes without a plan,” Watkin explains. “You’re not so dependent on language in developing a story from them.” Watkin maintains a blog and an online store that carries “witchy” T-shirts and pillows. A zine, available for purchase, describes what she says are the three broad spiritual tenets of art: exploration, invocation and devotion. Exploratory art is the most experimental, says Watkin. It is a spontaneous process that has no specific aim (no picture

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or product at the end) but is undertaken for the sake of exploring one’s feelings and intuition. Automatic drawing is an example, as well as the creation of mandalas for meditation and trance work. Invocation, says Watkin, means tapping into our power to effect change. Here is where making art for the purpose of creating magic comes in, whether manifesting intentions or visualizing desires. Visual art created for healing and ritual, and performance art are examples, she notes. Devotional art is the most familiar and accessible kind of spiritual or religious art, Watkin says, citing paintings, sculptures and even standing stones as objects that are made to be celebrated at the end of the creative process. This kind of art “express[es] our joy and love, commitment to and wonder of the divine and our connection to it,” she writes in her zine. Watkin hopes Open Coven can return a sense of the sacred to artistic practice. “The idea of separating people, of elevating certain people and keeping others down … has leached into everything,” she says. “When people are ordained

WHERE Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Hendersonville 2021 Kanuga Road Hendersonville WHEN Saturday, Oct. 6, 2-5 p.m. $25 for Misty Mountain CUUPS members/$30 non-members ____________________ WHAT Elemental Art Magick Workshop Series WHERE Burton Street Peace Gardens 47 Bryant St. Asheville WHEN Air Workshop: Sunday, Oct. 7; Water Workshop: Sunday, Nov. 11. Both are 2-5 p.m., $30 ____________________ WHAT Make a Samhain Altar Triptych WHERE Asheville Raven & Crone 555 Merrimon Ave. Asheville WHEN Saturday, Oct. 20, 2-4 p.m., $25

by Edwin Arnaudin

earnaudin@mountainx.com

LIVE AND DIRECT Before St. Paul & The Broken Bones was a revered, nationally touring band, vocalist Paul Janeway would head to Asheville when he and his wife visited her family in Bristol. Enjoying what he calls “the oasis in the mountains” and his mildmannered father-in-law’s fascination with the Pritchard Park drum circle, Janeway has since experienced the city — and its range of temperatures — on a professional level. “One of the coldest shows we ever played was [at The Grey Eagle in 2014],” Janeway says. “I remember being outside and being like [wheezing sound] and having to have constant tea. It’s funny, the heat — as long as you stay somewhat hydrated, you’re OK in the heat, especially when there’s a lot of humidity in the air. But when it gets really cold, your voice dries out real quick.” The Birmingham, Ala., soul rocker’s May 2017 stop at Highland Brewing Co.’s meadow was also checkered by extreme weather. While it rained throughout the show, Janeway recalls attendees letting loose, much to his delight. The band continues on the local outdoor venue circuit Saturday, Sept. 29, at Pisgah Brewing Co. Through these and other electrifying performances, St. Paul & The Broken Bones have developed a reputation as one of modern music’s most exciting live acts. One consequence of that status, however, is that the group’s studio efforts have become somewhat underrated. “I think that’s what you get scared of — [that] people might think the albums don’t have any merit,” Janeway says. “It’s like, ‘Oh, it’s just new material for them to perform live.’ And that’s not totally the case. We work really hard on the albums.” He continues, “You just don’t want to be the band where, like, ‘Well, they’re the live band. They don’t make good records.’ We don’t feel that way, but when we first did Half the City, we were only a band for three months, so of course by the time you sit on a record for a year and a half, you’re going to get a lot better at performing than you were when you recorded [the songs]. And I think we’re kind of growing out of that.” Janeway and the group, perhaps unconsciously, sought to solidify themselves as purveyors of highquality records with their new album, Young Sick Camellia. Helping them

St. Paul & The Broken Bones bring a new hip-hop infused concept album to Pisgah Brewing

GET LIFTED: St. Paul & The Broken Bones’ vocalist Paul Janeway, levitating, is a longtime fan of Asheville. “It’s this place where all of these creatives and hippies and all these people live, and it’s beautiful,” he says. Photo by McNair Evans achieve that goal, producer Jack Splash (Kendrick Lamar, CeeLo Green) augments the octet’s already dynamic sound with fresh sonic layers. As suggested by his credits, multiple upbeat tracks — especially “Got It Bad” — have a noticeable hip-hop vibe, to the point that one half expects Black Thought or Nas to jump in with a guest verse. The prospect of collaborating with talented MCs appeals to Janeway, who’s also inspired by the creativity that frequently emanates from such artists. “Even popular hip-hop [artists], like Chance the Rapper or Kendrick Lamar, are making really conceptual, smart music,” Janeway says. “It’s well-thought-out, and it’s also weird. It doesn’t do particular structures. It’s different, and I think that that’s something that, as a musician, you have to look at and go, ‘All right. Well, they’re some of the biggest artists on the planet. It’s OK to conceptualize this and really think everything out.’” Adding to Young Sick Camellia’s status as a distinct studio work is the occasional use of clips from a phone call between Janeway and his grandfather. Described by Janeway as “just a normal conversation” before the band opened for Hall & Oates in Texas, the audio jump-started a musical exploration of his family’s dynamics through the perspectives of three generations of Janeway men.

“Initially, this whole thing started off as three EPs. I was going to do me and then through my father’s eyes and then through my grandfather’s eyes,” Janeway says. “Now, when you tell a label you’re going to do EPs, they just kind of look at you and go, ‘That’s the kiss of death.’ But then we started working with Jack and we started going, ‘Uh-oh. This is going to be three albums.’ We just had so much material and it was flowing.” With Young Sick Camellia checking off his own vantage point, Janeway plans to complete the trilogy — despite PR people not being thrilled by the expectations set by that statement. He also acknowledges that he could very well lose interest in the project at some point, but for now he’s set on seeing it through,

especially after the recent passing of his grandfather. Also of interest to Janeway is blurring the band’s stage and studio sides with a full-length live album. The group released a Record Store Day 12-inch in 2015 with a few tracks from its Alabama Theatre show, but he says that, for some reason, cutting a full LP is something that’s yet to happen. “I think we’d have to at some point,” Janeway says. “I want to say we record every show, because we like to listen back and see where we’re screwing up. So, it does happen. There’s a lot of material, but I don’t know at this point.” X

WHO St. Paul & The Broken Bones with Mattiel WHERE Pisgah Brewing Co. 150 Eastside Drive Black Mountain pisgahbrewing.com WHEN Saturday, Sept. 29, 8 p.m. $35 advance/$40 day of show/$70 VIP

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

STIG Berklee College of Music has served as a pipeline to Asheville for such artists as Brie Capone and the now-defunct Midnight Snack. One of the latest acts to take that path south from Boston is the instrumental progressive-jazz-funk band STIG, whose five close-knit musicians became enamored with the city while on tour. Eschewing covers, the ensemble’s tunes are described as “all original and are always written as a group to fuse each member’s genre-crossing influences.” This week, after two years of playing together, STIG releases its debut studio album, Agreed Upon, and kicks off its fall tour with a record release party on Saturday, Sept. 29, at 10 p.m. at Foggy Mountain Brew Pub. Free to attend. foggymountainavl.com. Photo courtesy of the band

Mountain Heritage Day Western Carolina University transforms from a place of academic learning to one of cultural celebration on Saturday, Sept. 29, with its annual Mountain Heritage Day. Along with more than 130 food and craft vendors and numerous family-friendly activities, the event features three stages to highlight area performers. The addition of Tried Stone Missionary Baptist Choir, an Asheville-based African-American choir, and Sylva bluegrass gospel band Hollerin’ Home augment the usual wealth of mountain music, which this year includes Balsam Range, Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper and Summer Brooke & the Mountain Faith Band. There will also be ballad singing with Sarah Elizabeth Burkey, clogging, dance performances and storytelling, plus Cherokee stickball games by the Wolftown Indian Ball Team and the Wolftown “Little Wolves” youth team. The festivities run 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free to attend. mountainheritageday.com. Photo courtesy of WCU

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N.C. Dance Festival Back for its 28th season, the N.C. Dance Festival spotlights work by some of the best modern dance choreographers in the state with performances in Asheville, Durham, Charlotte and Greensboro, each showcasing a different collection of featured artists. For the local stops on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 28 and 29, at The BeBe Theatre, Asheville Contemporary Dance Theater presents an excerpt of Death by Plastica, a quartet piece inspired by the use and abuse of plastic. Other group and solo dances from artists hailing from Durham and Burlington explore such topics as female identity and Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy. Both shows begin at 8 p.m. $15 advance for students and seniors/$18 day of show. $18 general admission advance/$20 day of show. danceproject.org. Photo by Chris Walt

OHMME Though Sima Cunningham and Macie Stewart are both classically trained pianists, it was their involvement performing and working for venues within the Chicago experimental music scene that informed their collaborative project OHMME. Or, in Cunningham’s blunt words, “The band started because we knew we could sing well together, and we wanted to make some noise with the guitar.” Inspired by Kate Bush, Brian Eno’s Here Come the Warm Jets, jazz and improvisational music, the duo’s debut full-length album, Parts, is composed of tracks ranging from brief blasts of pop to sprawling, atmospheric anthems. With drummer Matt Carroll in tow, Cunningham and Stewart play The Mothlight on Saturday, Sept. 29, at 9:30 p.m. Asheville instrumental duo Ahleuchatistas opens. $10 advance/$12 day of show. themothlight.com. Photo by Alexa Viscius

THEATER REVIEW by Kai Elijah Hamilton | kaielijahhamilton@gmail.com

‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’ at Hendersonville Community Theatre A birthday party held on the Southern plantation owned by Big Daddy — played by David Mycoff — yields much drama. Maggie (Shari Azar) is feeling tortured by her husband Brick’s inability to be intimate. She is ready for a baby, but Brick (Robert Dale Walker) — battling depression over his best friend Skipper’s death — is drowning himself in liquor to attain peace. Things reach a boiling point when the suspicion of Brick’s and Skipper’s true relationship, and the report of Big Daddy’s failing health, are revealed. This is the setting for Tennessee Williams’ classic play, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, onstage at Hendersonville Community Theatre through Sunday, Oct. 7. At the time the play was written, Williams pushed the boundaries of theater with controversial homosexual subject matter. Still, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1955. The discomfort still works if we’re engrossed in the setting and time period. In the Hendersonville production, when the word “queer” is uttered, a shudder races through the audience, proving the play’s relevance. However, throughout the three acts, the tension present at the top of the show gradually disintegrates. Overall, the actors bring their best to the stage. Azar and Walker have a very clear passion for this play and they work well together. A disconnect infiltrates their woeful characters. Azar particularly surprises, evoking a catlike sensuality. She owns the stage, the way her character was meant to. Most importantly, rather than making Maggie a one-dimensional sex symbol, we feel her longing for a future that’s being threatened. Azar has never been better. Walker’s wonderfully subtle performance makes his character all the more haunting. As Brick gives into alcoholism, we visualize him spiraling into a deep pit. We feel sympathy for him, wondering when the moment will come that he

ing conversation with his son, Brick. Mycoff truly gives one of the best local performances of the year. Ultimately, it’s Mycoff who manages to bind together the vision of the play. The direction, by Jim Walker, is caught somewhere between illusion and reality. While an intriguing concept, the imbalance doesn’t always work. Also, the set dressing appears as if we’re visiting a Hawaiian condo rather than a vast Mississippi Delta plantation. Despite this odd choice, the set design by John Arnett is lovely. Those yearning for a thorough version of this classic will find it here. The cast rises to the emotional challenge and reminds us how wild and untamed Williams’ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof can be. X

WHAT Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

HOT AND BOTHERED: David Mycoff and Nancy Colangione star as Big Daddy and Big Mama in Tennessee Williams’ classic, Cat on at Hot Tin Roof, onstage at Hendersonville Community Theatre. Photo courtesy of Colby Coren finally reaches the bottom. Walker’s physical action with a crutch is very well done. Watching Brick’s inevitable decline is the conniving, busybody Mae Pollitt, played to the comedic hilt by Molly Carlin-Folk. The pregnant Mae is meant to signify what Maggie lacks: a child. Carlin-Folk makes the most of her stage time, and we can’t take our eyes off of her. This show is Nancy Colangione’s finest hour. She plays the role of Big Mama with such reality. For the majority of the play, Big Mama fools herself into thinking Big Daddy’s health is fine. We watch helplessly as Colangione, crippled with heartache, finally has to admit the truth. This production reaches a pinnacle with Mycoff’s utterly brilliant performance as Big Daddy. Towering over

WHERE Hendersonville Community Theatre 229 S. Washington St. Hendersonville hendersonvilletheatre.org

the play in a white suit, there’s never a falsehood. His impactful interpretation is passionate, yet searing. Most memorable is an unexpectedly endear-

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WHEN Through Sunday, Oct. 7 Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. Sundays at 2 p.m. $12-22

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ISLAND ART: The seventh annual Art on the Island Festival returns to Blannahassett Island in downtown Marshall on Saturday, Sept. 29, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. The economic and cultural celebration of creativity in Madison County and Western North Carolina features hands-on activities for all ages, along with live demonstrations of natural dyeing, batik dyeing, brick making and interactive sculpture building. Additional artists, crafters and food vendors will also be on site. Free to attend. For more information, visit madisoncountyarts.com. Photo of bracelets by Elizabeth Olszewski courtesy of Madison County Arts Council (p. 50)

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The 36th Annual Asheville Quilt Show September 28-30 9-5 Friday & Saturday, 10-4:30 Sunday

––– Admission $7 ––– WNC Ag Center, Davis Event Center I-26 Exit 40, Airport Rd., Gate 5 (Across from Asheville Airport)

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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3RD ANNUAL MONTFORD ARTWALK (PD.) Stroll Historic Montford and meet a wide variety of resident artists. Open studios on Saturday, 10/13 from 11-5 pm. BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE MUSEUM & ARTS CENTER 828-350-8484, blackmountaincollege. org • FR (9/28) through SU (9/30) - ReVIEWING Black Mountain College 10, conference exploring the history and legacy of Black Mountain College through presentations, workshops and performances. See website for schedule and costs. Held at UNC-Asheville Reuter Center, 1 Campus View Road LEICESTER COMMUNITY CENTER 2979 New Leicester Highway, Leicester, 828774-3000, facebook.com/Leicester. Community.Center • 1st TUESDAYS, 6:30pm - Community art night for children and adults. Free.

with demonstrations and over 90 vendors. Free to attend Held at Historic Downtown Hendersonville, 145 5th Ave E., Hendersonville ART ON THE ISLAND FESTIVAL 828-649-1301, madisoncountyarts.com • SA (9/29), 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 ART TREK 2018 upstairsartspace.org • SA (9/29), 10am-5pm & SU (9/30), noon-5pm - Self-guided studio tour of artist studios in Polk County. Reception at Upstairs ArtSpace on FR (9/28), 5-7:30pm. Free to attend. Maps online or at Upstairs Artspace, 49 S. Trade St., Tryon

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TRANSYLVANIA COMMUNITY ARTS COUNCIL 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard, 828-884-2787, tcarts.org • 4th FRIDAYS, 5-8pm - Brevard 4th Friday gallery walk with open galleries, art stores, restaurants, live music and refreshments. Free to attend. Held in Downtown Brevard

ART ON MAIN acofhc.org/art-on-main. html • SA (9/29) & SU (9/30), 10am-5pm - Outdoor art and craft festival

WNC AGRICULTURAL CENTER 1301 Fanning Bridge Road, 828-687-1414, mountainfair.org • FR (9/28) through SU (9/30), 9am-5pm - 36th

Annual Asheville Quilt Show with an exhibition of over 300 quilts from across the country. $7. • SA (9/29), 9:30am3:30pm - Land O'Sky Doll Club annual doll show with vendors and appraisals. $5.

AUDITIONS & CALL TO ARTISTS ASHEVILLE AREA ARTS COUNCIL 828-258-0710, ashevillearts.com • Through FR (10/12) Submissions accepted for the Regional Artist Project Grant with the N.C. Arts Council. Contact for full guidelines. HAYWOOD COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL 828-452-0593, haywoodarts.org • Through FR (10/12) Submissions accepted for the Regional Artist Project Grant with the N.C. Arts Council. Contact for full guidelines. HOT WORKS FINE ART SHOW ASHEVILLE hotworks.org • Through MO (10/1) Submissions accepted for the Hot Works' Asheville Youth Art Show. See website for full details. OUR VOICE HEART WORKS SURVIVORS ART SHOW 828-252-0562, ourvoicenc.org • Through WE (10/31) - Submissions accepted

for the 17th annual Survivors' Art Show. Information: arts@ourvoicenc.org. PAN HARMONIA 828-254-7123, panharmonia.org • Through TH (11/15) Submissions accepted for the Pan Harmonia 2018 Music and Poetry Fusion Competition for NC women writers. Full guidelines online. TRANSYLVANIA COMMUNITY ARTS COUNCIL 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard, 828-884-2787, tcarts.org • MO (10/1), 4-8pm - Open auditions for Power Out, a short film. Registration and information: 828-884-2787 or tcarts@comporium.net.

DANCE EXPERIENCE ECSTATIC DANCE! (PD.) Dance waves hosted by Asheville Movement Collective. Fun and personal/community transformation. • Fridays, 7pm, Terpsicorps Studios, 1501 Patton Avenue. • Sundays, 8:30am and 10:30am, JCC, 236 Charlotte Street. Sliding scale fee. Information: ashevillemovementcollective.org LEARN COUNTRY TWO-STEP: 6-WEEK DANCE CLASS (PD.) Wednesdays starting September 26, 7-8pm, Asheville Ballroom. $75.

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828-333-0715. naturalrichard@mac.com • www.DanceForLife.net BEBE THEATRE 20 Commerce St., 828254-2621 • FR (9/28) & SA (9/28), 8pm - NC Dance Festival performance featuring professional modern dance choreographers from across the state. Works by ShaLeigh Dance Works, Megan Mazarick, Ashley McCullough, KT Collective Dance Company and Asheville Contemporary Dance Theater. $15-$20. HABITAT TAVERN & COMMONS 174 Broadway, habitatbrewing.com • 1st MONDAYS, 7-8:30pm - "Salsa Dancing for the Soul," open levels salsa dance. Free to attend. THE ASHEVILLE SCHOOL 360 Asheville School Road, 828-254-6345, ashevilleschool.org • SA (9/29), 1:30-4pm - Dance technique and repertory workshop with NC Dance Festival touring artists Kristen Taylor Duncan and Megan Mazarick. Open to students in 8th-12th grade. Registration required: leinerk@ashevilleschool.org or 828215-2410. $5.

MUSIC AFRICAN DRUM LESSONS AT SKINNY BEATS DRUM 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 ASHEVILLE CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES 828-259-3626, ashevillechambermusic.org • FR (9/28), 8pm - Aspen String Trio presents a program of works by Jewish composers who suffered under the Nazi Third Reich during World War II. $40. Held at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville, 1 Edwin Place BREVARD MUSIC CENTER 828-862-2105, brevardmusic.org • 1st MONDAYS, 12:30pm - Community concert series. Free. Held in the Porter Center at Brevard College, 1 Brevard College Drive Brevard CITY OF ASHEVILLE 828-251-1122, ashevillenc.gov • FRIDAYS, 6-9:50pm Asheville outdoor drum circle. Free. Held at Pritchard Park, 4 College St. DIANA WORTHAM THEATRE 18 Biltmore Ave., dwt.com

• TH (9/27), 8pm Darlingside, concert. $20 and up.

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MILLS RIVER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 10 Presbyterian Church Road, Mills River, 828891-7101 • SU (9/30) 4pm Autumn recital of spiritual and classical music by Chris Crecelius and Andrew Hileron on piano and guitar. Free.

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MUSIC AT WCU 828-227-2479, wcu.edu • TU (10/2), 7:30pm Performance by sitar virtuoso, Sugato Nag. Free. Held at Western Carolina University Coulter Building, Cullowhee SLY GROG LOUNGE 271 Haywood St., 828552-3155, slygrog.wordpress.com/ • SUNDAYS, 7pm Open-mic for storytellers, poets, musicians and all kinds of performance artists. Sign ups at 6:30pm. Free to attend. TRYON FINE ARTS CENTER 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon, 828-859-8322, tryonarts.org • FR (9/28) 8pm - Main Stage Series: "Masters of Soul," concert featuring hits of Motown and classic R&B. $35-$40. WOMANSONG OF ASHEVILLE womansong.org • MONDAYS, 7-9pm - Community chorus rehearsals open to potential members. Free. Held at Unitarian Universalist

ASHEVILLE WRITERS' SOCIAL allimarshall@bellsouth.net • 1st WEDNESDAYS, 6-7:30pm - N.C. Writer's Network group meeting and networking. Free to attend. Held at Battery Park Book Exchange, 1 Page Ave., #101 FLETCHER COMMUNITY PARK 85 Howard Gap Road, Fletcher • TU (10/2), 10am-4pm - Digital Bookmobile, interactive experience for readers of all ages to explore ebooks and audiobooks. Free. MALAPROP'S BOOKSTORE AND CAFE 55 Haywood St., 828-254-6734, malaprops.com • TH (9/27), 7pm - Works in Translation Book Club: Outlaws by Javier Cercas, translated by Anne McLean. Free to attend. • FR (9/28), 6pm - Beth Revis presents her book, Give the Dark My Love, in conversation with F.T. Lukens. Free to attend. • SU (9/30), 3pm - Abbey Mei Otis presents her book, Alien Virus Love Disasters: Stories, in conversation with Nathan Ballingrud. Free to attend. • MO (10/1), 6pm - Pam Kelley presents her book, Money Rock: A Family's Story of Cocaine, Race,

and Ambition in the New South. Free to attend. • TU (10/2), 6pm - Megan Shepherd presents her book, Grim Lovelies. Free to attend. • WE (10/3), 6pm Abigail DeWitt presents her book, News of Our Loved Ones. Free to attend. • TH (10/4), 6pm Kathryn Schwille presents her book, What Luck this Life. Free to attend.

THE WRITER'S WORKSHOP 828-254-8111, twwoa.org • Through SU (9/30) Submissions accepted for the Literary Fiction contest. See website for full guidelines. Held at The Writer's Workshop, 387 Beaucatcher Road

NEW DIMENSIONS TOASTMASTERS 828-329-4190 • THURSDAYS, noon1pm - General meeting. Information: 828-3294190. Free to attend. Held at Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity, 33 Meadow Road

FLAT ROCK PLAYHOUSE 2661 Highway 225, Flat Rock, 828-693-0731, flatrockplayhouse.org • WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS (9/27) through (10/13) - The Glass Menagerie. Wed., Thurs., Sat. & Sun.: 2pm. Wed. & Thurs.: 7:30pm. Fri. & Sat.: 8pm. $20-$52.

PUBLIC EVENTS AT MARS HILL UNIVERSITY mhu.edu • TH (9/27), 6-7pm "Appalachian Evenings: The Holy Ghost Speakeasy and Revival," reading and talk by author Terry Roberts. Free. Held at The Ramsey Center in Renfro Library, 100 Athletic St., Mars Hill SPELLBOUND CHILDREN’S BOOKSTORE 828-575-2266, spellboundchildrensbookshop.com • TH (10/4), 5-6pm Action Book Club for adults, teens and kids and an acitivty to make easy no-sew toys for dogs and cats for the Asheville Humane Society. See website for booklist. Free to attend. Held at The Hop Ice Cream Cafe, 640 Merrimon Ave.

THEATER

HENDERSONVILLE COMMUNITY THEATRE 229 S. Washington St., Hendersonville, 828-692-1082, hendersonvillelittletheater.org • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until (10/7) Cat on A Hot Tin Roof. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 2pm. $12-$22. LOVING FOOD RESOURCES 828-255-9282, admin@lovingfood.org • TH (10/4), 7pm Proceeds from this staged reading of 37 Scars, followed by a reception and discussion with playwright James Graves benefit Loving Food Resources. Admission by donation. Held at Kenilworth Presbyterian Church, 123 Kenilworth Road

MAGNETIC 375 375 Depot St., themagnetictheatre.org • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until (10/7) - Special Needs. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 2:30pm. $18. MONTFORD PARK PLAYERS 828-254-5146, montfordparkplayers.org • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until (9/29), 7:30pm - Hamlet, tragedy. Free. Held at Hazel Robinson Amphitheatre, 92 Gay St. NC STAGE COMPANY 15 Stage Lane, 828-239-0263 • WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS until (9/30) - Dar He: The Story of Emmitt Till. Wed.-Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 2pm. $18$36/$10 for students. THE AUTUMN PLAYERS 828-686-1380, ashevilletheatre.org, caroldec25@gmail.com • FR (9/28) & SA (9/29) 2:30pm - The Wisdom of Eve, reader's theater showcase. $7. Held at 35below, 35 E. Walnut St. • SU (9/30) 2:30pm - The Wisdom of Eve, reader's theater showcase. $7. Held at UNC-Asheville Reuter Center, 1 Campus View Road THEATER AT BREVARD COLLEGE 828-884-8211 • THURSDAY through SUNDAY (9/27) until (9/30) - All In the Timing, Brevard College Theater performance. Thurs.Sat.: 7pm. Sun.: 2:30pm. $10/$5 students. Held

at Owens Theatre, 44 College St., Mars Hill THEATER AT MARS HILL mhu.edu • THURSDAY through SUNDAY (9/27) until (9/30) - All In the Timing, Mars Hill Theatre Arts Department performance. Thurs.-Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 2:30pm. $10/$5 students. Held at Owens Theatre, 44 College St., Mars Hill THEATER AT UNCA 828-251-6610, drama.unca.edu • FR (9/28) & SA (9/29), 7:30pm & SA (9/29), midnight - War of the Worlds the 1938 Radio Script, student performance. $12/$7 students. Held at Belk Theatre, UNC Asheville Campus, One University Heights THEATER AT WCU 828-227-2479, wcu.edu • THURSDAY through SUNDAY (9/27) until (9/29) - WCU School of Stage and Screen present the musical, Cabaret. Thurs.-Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 3pm. $20/$10 students. Held at Western Carolina University Hoey Auditorium, 176 Central Drive, Cullowhee THOMAS WOLFE CENTER FOR NARRATIVE 36 Montford Ave. • SA (9/29), 3pm - Love Makes a Home: The Life of Rebecca Boone, historical play featuring Bruce Greene and Terra Currie. Tickets: boone. brownpapertickets.com. $10.

2018

The 32nd Annual

Asheville Greek Festival 2018

September 28, 29, & 30 Fri. & Sat. 11am to 9pm Sun. 11am to 4pm

Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church 227 Cumberland Avenue, Asheville

For Info: HolyTrinityAsheville.com/greek_festival

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GALLERY DIRECTORY 22 LONDON 22 London Road • SA (9/29) through SU (10/28) - Say It Loud, exhibition of contemporary art from the collection of Hedy Fischer and Randy Shull. Reception: Saturday, Sept. 29, 6-10pm. AMERICAN FOLK ART AND FRAMING 64 Biltmore Ave., 828-281-2134, amerifolk.com • TH (10/4) through WE (10/24) Bowls, Bowls, Bowls, exhibition of handmade bowls by five regional artists. Reception: Friday, Oct. 5, 5-8pm. ART AT BREVARD COLLEGE 828-884-8188, brevard.edu/art • Through FR (9/28) - Brevard College art faculty show. Held in the Sims Art Center, Brevard College Held at Brevard College, 1 Brevard College Drive, Brevard ART AT MARS HILL UNIVERSITY mhu.edu • WE (9/26) through FR (11/2) Exhibition of art by Randy Shull. Reception: Wednesday, Oct. 3. Held at Weizenblatt Art Gallery at MHU, 79 Cascade St., Mars Hill ART AT WCU 828-227-2787, wcu.edu • Through FR (5/3) - Defining America, group exhibition. Held at The WCU Bardo Arts Center, 199 Centennial Drive • WE (9/26) through WE (11/7) - The Way We Worked, Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibit. Held at Mountain Heritage Center, Cullowhee ART IN THE AIRPORT 61 Terminal Drive Fletcher • Through MO (12/31) - Roots, exhibition featuring seven multidiscipline artists. ASHEVILLE GALLERY OF ART 82 Patton Ave., 828-251-5796, ashevillegallery-of-art.com • Through SU (9/30) - Life is Art, exhibition of encaustics by Michelle Hamilton. • MO (10/1) through WE (10/31) - Textures . . . Colors, exhibition of the paintings of Kate Thayer. Reception: Friday, Oct. 5, 5-8pm. BENDER GALLERY 29 Biltmore Ave., 828-505-8341, thebendergallery.com • Through SA (10/20) - Linear Angularity, exhibition of glass art by Toland Sand. BLACK MOUNTAIN CENTER FOR THE ARTS 225 W. State St., Black Mountain, 828-669-0930, blackmountainarts.org • Through FR (10/5) - Lux and Lumen, exhibition of photography by Lynette Miller. BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE MUSEUM & ARTS CENTER 120 College St., 828-350-8484, blackmountaincollege.org • FR (9/28) through TH (1/31) - Between Form + Content: Perspectives on Jacob Lawrence and Black Mountain College, exhibition. Reception: Friday, Sept. 28, 6-8pm. BLUE SPIRAL 1 38 Biltmore Ave., 828-251-0202, bluespiral1.com

SEPT. 26 - OCT. 2, 2018

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SHARED TECHNIQUE: The work of local artists Joy and Stephen St. Claire will be featured in the FW Gallery at Woolworth Walk throughout the month of October. The husband and wife team employ a technique developed by Stephen that he calls “Dialuminism,” which involves sculpting an oil composition onto the canvas with multiple layers of modeling compound and gesso, then covering the whole surface with Italian aluminum leaf. Light then reflects off the metal background layer, passes through the layers of paint and is then refracted by the layers of solar-resistant resin that act as a clear lens, fused to the painting’s surface. An opening reception takes place Friday, Oct. 5, 5-7 p.m. For more information, visit woolworthwalk.com. Photo of Last Light on an Autumn Day courtesy of Woolworth Walk • Through FR (11/9) - Folk + Figure, exhibition of paint, print, sculpture and ceramic works by Ke Francis, Bethanne Hill, Matt Jones, Charles Keiger, Noah Saterstrom and Deborah Rogers. DISTRICT WINE BAR 37 Paynes Way, Suite 9 • TH (10/4) through TH (11/1) - Haus of Blues, exhibition of paintings by Mark Bettis and Jacqui Fehl. Reception: Thursday, Oct. 4, 5:30-8pm.

• Through MO (10/15) - Patina of Energy, exhibition of paintings by Valerio D'Ospina. HAYWOOD COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL 86 N Main St., Waynesville, 8 28-452-0593, haywoodarts.org • Through SA (9/29) - Exhibition of work by Bee Sieberg and her students.

DOUBLETREE BY HILTONASHEVILLE-BILTMORE

JACKSON COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 310 Keener St., Sylva, 828-5862016, fontanalib.org/sylva/ • Through SU (9/30) - Exhibition of art by Jane McClure.

115 Hendersonville Road, 828-274-1800 • TH (9/27) through MO (12/31) - Exhibition of paintings by Valentino Bustos. Reception: Thursday, Sept. 27, 5-7pm.

MARK BETTIS STUDIO & GALLERY 123 Roberts St., 941-587-9502, markbettisart.com • Through SA (9/29) Inspiration, curated group show.

FLOOD GALLERY FINE ART CENTER

MOMENTUM GALLERY 24 North Lexington Ave. • Through WE (10/31) Exhibition of mixed media paintings and textile works by Samantha Bates. • Through WE (10/31) Transformation: Earth, Water & Wood, exhibition of works by Mariella Bison, David Ellsworth, Vicki Grant and Ron Isaacs.

850 Blue Ridge Road, Unit A-13, Black Mountain, 828-357-9009, floodgallery.org • SA (9/29) through (10/20) Anything Goes…Everything Shows!, group mail art exhibition. Reception: Saturday, Sept. 29, 6-9pm. GRAND BOHEMIAN GALLERY 11 Boston Way, 877-274-1242, bohemianhotelasheville.com/ • Through SU (10/7) - Animalia Chordata, exhibition featuring works by Mitch Kolbe, John Mac Kah, Evan Kafka and Mohamed Sabaawi.

MONTREAT COLLEGE 310 Gaither Circle Montreat, 828-669-8012, montreat.edu • Through FR (9/16) Southerland Art: Seeing Things Backward Since 1978, exhibition of art by Professor Jim Southerland.

GROVEWOOD GALLERY 111 Grovewood Road, 828-253-7651, grovewood.com • Through SU (10/28) - Animal Attraction, group exhibition.

MORA CONTEMPORARY JEWELRY 9 Walnut St., 828-575-2294, moracollection.com • Through SU (9/30) - Exhibition of jewelry by Sarah West.

HAEN GALLERY ASHEVILLE 52 Biltmore Ave., 828-254-8577, thehaengallery.com

MUSEUM OF THE CHEROKEE INDIAN 589 Tsali Blvd, Cherokee

• Through SU (9/30) - Renewal of the Ancient: Cherokee Millennial Artists, exhibition of over 60 works from 18 artists including traditional and contemporary media. OPEN HEARTS ART CENTER 828-505-8428, openheartsartcenter.org • Through SU (9/30) - Exhibition of art work by artists from Open Hearts Art Center. Held at Farm Burger South Asheville, 1831 Hendersonville Road PINK DOG CREATIVE 348 Depot St., pinkdog-creative.com • Through SU (10/7) Machinations, oil on wood paintings by Juan Benavides. THE GREENHOUSE MOTO CAFE 4021 Haywood Road, Mills River • Through TH (11/1) - Exhibition of the photographic work of Robin Anderson. THE REFINERY 207 Coxe Ave., ashevillearts.com • Through FR (9/28) - New Vision, New Hope: Asheville Artists in Recovery, exhibition curated by Pedro Esqueda. THE VILLAGE POTTERS 191 Lyman St., #180, 828-2532424, thevillagepotters.com • Through WE (11/25) - The Horse: Passion and Fire, exhibition of work by painter Jenny Buckner and ceramic artist Judi Harwood. TOE RIVER ARTS COUNCIL 828-765-0520, toeriverarts.org • SA (9/29) through SA (11/3) - Exhibition of paintings, woodworks and drawings of Paul and Kim Fuelling. Reception: Saturday, Sept. 29, 5-7pm. Held at Spruce Pine TRAC Gallery, 269 Oak Ave., Spruce Pine

TRACEY MORGAN GALLERY 188 Coxe Ave., TraceyMorganGallery.com • FR (9/28) through SA (11/3) - The Lost State of Frankland, exhibition of photography by Mike Smith. Reception: Friday, Sept. 28, 6-8pm. TRANSYLVANIA COMMUNITY ARTS COUNCIL tcarts@comporium.net • FR (9/28) through FR (10/19) - Seeking Home, exhibition of works by artists Bianca Mitchell, Stephen P. Jackson, Costanza Knight and Fred McMullen. Reception: Friday Sept. 28, 5-8pm. Held at Transylvania Community Arts Council, 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard TRYON ARTS AND CRAFTS SCHOOL 373 Harmon Field Road, Tryon, 828-859-8323 • Through WE (10/24) Transcendence, Southern Highland Craft Guild exhibition. WOOLWORTH WALK 25 Haywood St., 828-254-9234 • MO (10/1) through WE (10/31) - Exhibition of paintings by Joy and Stephen St. Claire. Reception: Friday, Oct. 5, 5-7pm. ZAPOW! 150 Coxe Ave., Suite 101, 828575-2024, zapow.net • Through SA (10/13) - Go To Your Happy Place, group exhibition. • Through SU (9/30) - Exhibition of works by Cheryl Eugenia Barnes. Contact the galleries for admission hours and fees

CLUBLAND

WEIGHT OF THE WORLD: Over the course of their careers, each member of The Weight Band has played in a line up that included The Band founding members Levon Helm or Garth Hudson. Jim Weider, for example, who curated The Weight Band’s membership, joined The Band in 1985, replacing original guitarist Robbie Robertson. Isis Music Hall will host The Weight Band performing its self-described “Woodstock sound,” as well as originals from the group’s new album, World Gone Mad, Friday, Sept. 28, at 9 p.m. $30 advance/$35 day of show. isisasheville.com Photo by Michael Bram Bram

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Les Amis (African folk music), 8:00PM BEN'S TUNE UP Open Bluegrass Jam w/ The Clydes, 6:00PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Open Mic w/ Mark Bumgarner, 7:00PM BYWATER Open Can of Jam, 8:00PM CORK & KEG 3 Cool Cats, 7:30PM DOUBLE CROWN Western Wednesdays (classic honky-tonk), 9:00PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Meadow Show: Primus [SOLD OUT], 7:00PM ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Isis Lawn Series: Whistlepig, 6:30PM Danny Burns, 7:00PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Old Time Jam, 5:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim, 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Cigar Brothers, 6:30PM LOCAL 604 BOTTLE SHOP Spoken Word Open Mic, 8:00PM NOBLE KAVA Open Mic w/ Caleb Beissert (sign-ups at 7:30pm), 8:00PM ODDITORIUM MDC, The Elected Officials & The Asound (punk), 9:00PM OLE SHAKEY'S Sexy Tunes w/ DJ's Zeus & Franco, 10:00PM

ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Brown Bag Songwriting Competition 2018, 5:00PM Disclaimer Lounge Comedy Open Mic, 9:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING Pomeranian Muffler Shop (bluegrass, jazz, folk, rock), 9:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING WEST In the Loop: Will Franke (looping violin), 8:30PM PILLAR ROOFTOP BAR Dave Desmelik, 7:00PM ROOT BAR NO. 1 Lucky James (blues, Americana), 7:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY French Broad Mountain Valley Acoustic Jam, 6:30PM SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BREWERY Jazz Night hosted by Jason DeCristofaro, 7:00PM STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE The Everydays, 6:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Flavors of Brazil w/ Bill Gerhardt, Bryan McConnell & Cheryl Bennett, 7:30PM Open Grateful Dead Jam, 10:00PM THE GOLDEN FLEECE The Tune Shepherds, 7:00PM THE IMPERIAL LIFE The Berlyn Jazz Trio, 9:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT Gobbinjr w/ Thelma & Nathanael Jordan, 9:00PM

TIMO'S HOUSE Hip Hop Hump Day w/ Forest, 8:00PM TOWN PUMP Open Jam w/ Billy Presnell, 9:00PM TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES JJ Kitchen All Star Jam (blues, soul), 9:00PM

CAPELLA ON 9@THE AC HOTEL Capellas on 9 w/ Pam Jones, 8:00PM CORK & KEG Gal Holiday & The Honky Tonk Revue, 8:00PM CROW & QUILL Carolina Catskins (gritty ragtime jazz), 10:00PM

TWIN LEAF BREWERY Open Mic Night, 8:00PM

DIANA WORTHAM THEATRE Darlingside, 8:00PM

UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Music Bingo, 8:00PM

DISTRICT WINE BAR Throwback Thursday w/ Molly Parti, 8:30PM

WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Jazz Night: Linda Baker & The Bill Bares Trio, 7:30PM

DOUBLE CROWN Rock 'n' Roll Vinyl w/ DJ Alien Brain, 10:00PM

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Pleasure Chest (blues, rock, soul), 8:00PM AMBROSE WEST G.A.M.E. (Grateful Dead Jam), 8:30PM ARTISTS INTERNATIONAL SONGSTAGE Andrew Reed, 7:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Will Ray & The Space Cooties, 7:30PM ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL OTT: Last night in Sweden, Kaya Project (DJ set) w/ Nick Holden, 9:30PM BARLEY'S TAPROOM & PIZZERIA Alien Music Club (ljazz), 9:00PM BLUE FIREFLY INN Chatham Rabbits, 7:00PM

THE SOCIAL LOUNGE Pimps of Pompe, 10:00PM

BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Ben Phan, 7:00PM

THE WINE & OYSTER Jazz Open Mic hosted by Jesse Junior, 7:00PM

BYWATER Open Mic w/ John Duncan, 7:00PM

FLOOD GALLERY FINE ART CENTER True Home Open Mic (6pm sign-up), 6:30PM FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREWPUB Bag O’ Tricks (Americana, folk), 10:00PM FRENCH BROAD BREWERY Jordan Pepper, 6:00PM FUNKATORIUM Kriegsmarine, 8:30PM HABITAT TAVERN & COMMONS AIC's Monthly Improv Jam, 7:30PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY The Patrick Dodd Trio, 6:00PM ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Isis Lawn Series: Queen Bee & The Honeylovers, 6:30PM Elisabeth Beckwitt, 7:00PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Bluegrass Jam, 7:00PM LAZOOM ROOM LaZoom Comedy Night: Kate Willett, 9:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Old Gold w/ DJ Jasper (rock 'n soul vinyl), 10:00PM

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SEPT. 26 - OCT. 2, 2018

C LUBLAND LOBSTER TRAP Hank Bones, 6:30PM LOCAL 604 BOTTLE SHOP Vinyl Night, 8:00PM NOBLE KAVA Hip Hop Night, 9:00PM ODDITORIUM Party Foul: Drag Circus, 9:00PM

COMING SOON WED 9/26 6:30PM–ISIS LAWN SERIES: WHISTLEPIG

7:00PM– DANNY BURNS

THU 9/27

6:30PM–LAWN SERIES: QUEEN BEE & THE HONEYLOVERS

7:00PM– ELISABETH BECKWITT W/ KENNA

FRI 9/28 6:30PM–ISIS LAWN SERIES: GOLD ROSE

ONE WORLD BREWING Annachristie Sapphire (Americana, indie, folk), 9:00PM

7:00PM–MIKE AND AMY AIKEN 9:00PM–DAMON FOWLER

ORANGE PEEL Chromeo w/ Steven A. Clark, 9:00PM

SUN 9/30 5:30PM–JONATHAN BYRD & THE PICKUP COWBOY 7:30PM–JIG JAM

TUE 10/2 7:30PM–TUESDAY BLUEGRASS SESSIONS

WED 10/3 7:00PM–A DIFFERENT THREAD 8:30PM–AVL PRODUCERS SUMMIT W/ LIVING LIGHT

THU 10/4 7:00PM–THE “BE YOU” TOUR WITH SARA CLANTON & HEATHER MAE 8:30PM–KASSA OVERALL TRIO AND YOUNG BULL

FRI 10/5

7:00PM– SAM BAKER

SAT 10/6

7:00PM–DEAN OWENS WITH WILD PONIES 8:30PM– FREE PLANET RADIO

SUN 10/7 5:30PM–FRANK AND ALLIE’S HONEYMOON SHOW

7:30PM– JESSE BARRY SINGS CAROLE KING’S TAPESTRY

TUE 10/9

7:30PM–TUESDAY BLUEGRASS SESSIONS W/ THOMAS CASSELL BAND

WED 10/10 7:00PM– SARAH MCQUAID

THU 10/11

7:30PM–THE REEL SISTERS- MUSIC OF THE ISLES 8:30PM–RACHEL PRICE AND LANCE & LEA

FRI 10/12 7:00PM–LOGAN MARIE EP RELEASE SHOW

SAT 10/13 7:00PM–SOUTH FOR THE WINTER AND THE TRAVELING ONES 8:30PM–THE BELLE HOLLOWS AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY

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

TUES-SUN 5PM-until 743 HAYWOOD RD 828-575-2737

SEPT. 26 - OCT. 2, 2018

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ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Mitch's Totally Rad Trivia, 7:00PM Disclaimer Lounge Comedy Open Mic, 9:00PM Zoofunkyou, 10:00PM

7:00PM– TOW’RS LIVE IN ASHEVILLE 9:00PM–THE WEIGHT BAND FEAT. MEMBERS OF THE BAND & THE LEVON HELM BAND

SAT 9/29

828-575-9622 356 new leicester hwy asheville, nc 28806

OLE SHAKEY'S Karaoke w/ Franco, 10:00PM

OSKAR BLUES BREWERY West End String Band (bluegrass), 6:00PM PACK'S TAVERN Eric Cogdon, 8:00PM PILLAR ROOFTOP BAR 3 Cool Cats, 7:00PM PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Egg Eaters, 8:00PM PURPLE ONION CAFE Eric Congdon & Billy Cardine, 7:30PM ROOT BAR NO. 1 Jarvis Jenkins Band (Allman Bros Tribute), 7:00PM SALVAGE STATION The Artisanals, 9:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Billy Litz, 7:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Black Masala (Balkan, brass, world), 9:00PM THE BARRELHOUSE Trivia Night, 7:00PM THE GREENHOUSE MOTO CAFE Live Band Karaoke, 7:00PM THE GREY EAGLE Patio Show: Carrie Morrison, 6:00PM Family & Friends w/ Walden, 9:00PM THE IMPERIAL LIFE The Burger Kings (classic rock n' roll), 9:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT Olivia Gatwood (spoken word, poet) w/ Joaquina Mertz, 7:00PM

THE SOCIAL LOUNGE Kylie B & The Birds, 10:00PM TIMO'S HOUSE BRRRZDAYZ w/ JJ Smash & Genetix, 8:00PM TOWN PUMP Andrew Thelston Band, 9:00PM TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Jesse Barry & The Jam (blues, dance), 9:00PM TWIN LEAF BREWERY Craft Karaoke, 9:30PM UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Dave Desmelik Songwriter Series, 7:00PM W XYZ BAR AT ALOFT Hope Griffin, 8:00PM

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Sidecar Honey (Americana, rock), 9:00PM AMBROSE WEST Courtyard Series: David Gwaltney, 5:30PM Reasonably Priced Babies (improv comedy), 8:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR AGB Celebrity All Stars, 8:00PM ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Dr. Bacon w/ Arson Daily, & C2 and the Brothers Reed, 8:30PM BATTERY PARK BOOK EXCHANGE Hot Club of Asheville, 5:30PM BEBE THEATRE NC Dance Festival, 8:00PM BEN'S TUNE UP Throwback dance Party w/ DJ Kilby, 10:00PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Acoustic Swing, 7:00PM BOLD ROCK HARD CIDER Outdoor Show: Daniel Sage, 6:00PM CAPELLA ON 9@THE AC HOTEL Capellas on 9 w/ Phantom Pantone, 9:00PM CATAWBA BREWING SOUTH SLOPE Evan Wade Trio, 7:00PM CORK & KEG One Leg Up, 8:30PM CROW & QUILL Ragbag Productions (burlesque), 9:00PM

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27 DOUBLE CROWN Rock 'n' Soul Obscurities w/ DJ Greg Cartwright, 10:00PM FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREWPUB West End Trio (folk, jam), 10:00PM FRENCH BROAD BREWERY Buncombe Turnpike Trio (bluegrass), 6:00PM FROG LEVEL BREWERY Elysium Park, 7:00PM FUNKATORIUM Cynefin, 8:30PM GINGER'S REVENGE Ryan Furstenberg, 8:00PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Third Nature, 7:00PM ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Isis Lawn Series: Gold Rose, 6:30PM Tow'rs (folk rock), 7:00PM The Weight Band w/ members of The Band & The Levon Helm Band, 9:00PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Phantom Playboys, 9:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Hot 'n' Nasty Night w/ DJ Hissy Cruise (rock & soul), 10:00PM LOCAL 604 BOTTLE SHOP Acoustic Music & Open Mic, 8:00PM MAD CO BREW HOUSE Coy Wolf, 6:00PM MOE'S ORIGINAL BBQ WOODFIN Taller Than Dogs, 7:00PM NOBLE KAVA Trivia w/ Lau, 6:00PM Noble Pursuits Original Music Series w/ Jason Moore, 9:00PM

ODDITORIUM Asheville After Dark Presents: Perversions (Kink Night, 18+), 9:00PM

THE MOTHLIGHT

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

The Wine & Oyster Asheville Jazz Quartet, 7:00PM

ORANGE PEEL Amanda Shires w/ Leah Blevins (rock n' roll), 8:00PM OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Jeff Michael's Folkadelic Jam, 6:00PM

Egg Eaters w/ Tongues of Fire, Mr. Mange & The Dirty Badgers, 9:00PM

TIMO'S HOUSE The Biltmore Connect & friends, 8:00PM TOWN PUMP Corey Hunt Band, 9:00PM

TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Chuck Lichtenberger jazz, dance, 7:30PM Jim Arrendell & The Cheap Suits (funk, soul), 10:00PM TUNNEL ROAD TAP HAUS The Clydes, 6:00PM UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Mama Danger (folk, bluegrass, newgrass), 8:00PM

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CAROLINA IN MY MIND: Last month, Asheville-based folk-bluegrass group Town Mountain was named one of NPR’s Artists You Should Know. The band’s forthcoming studio album, New Freedom Blues — Town Mountain’s sixth release — was recorded at Echo Mountain, produced by Caleb Klauder and boasts all-original music. To celebrate, the band is gearing up for a fall tour including a sold-out leg with Tyler Childers. Town Mountain’s show at The Orange Peel on Saturday, Oct. 6, with indiebluegrass artist Lindsay Lou, kicks off at 9 p.m. $15 advance/$18 day of show. Photo by Sandlin Gaither. theorangepeel.net

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Peggy Ratusz & Daddy Long Legs (blues, jazz), 9:00PM AMBROSE WEST Courtyard Series: Chuck Lichtenberger, 5:30PM A Tribute to Steely Dan w/ The Fine Columbians, 8:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Swing Step Swing Jam 4:30PM Jody Carroll Roots & Blues, 8:00PM ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Cofresi & Edamame, 10:00PM BALSAM MOUNTAIN INN Chatham Rabbits, 6:00PM BANKS AVE SES: Satisfaction Every Saturday, 9:00PM BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Jeff Thompson (Americana, jazz & rock), 7:30PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Paul Defatta, 7:00PM BOLD ROCK HARD CIDER Rockin' for Rescue, 2:00PM CAPELLA ON 9@THE AC HOTEL Los Abrojitos, 8:00PM CATAWBA BREWING SOUTH SLOPE In The Weeds, 7:00PM

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CHESTNUT Jazz Brunch, 11:00AM CORK & KEG Albi & The Lifters, 8:30PM CROW & QUILL Mountain Bitters (Appalachian folk), 9:00PM DISTRICT WINE BAR Saturday Night Rock Show, 10:00PM DOUBLE CROWN Soul Motion Dance Party w/ DJ Dr. Filth, 10:00PM FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREWPUB STIG (funk, jam), 10:00PM FRENCH BROAD BREWERY Carolina Bound (Americana, folk), 6:00PM HABITAT TAVERN & COMMONS Tom Peters Farewell to Asheville Show - Peters Out! (comedy), 9:00PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY TurnUp Truk, 7:00PM ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Mike and Amy Aiken, 7:00PM Damon Fowler, 9:00PM

MG ROAD Late Night Dance Parties w/ DJ Lil Meow Meow, 10:00PM ODDITORIUM Blue Ridge Pride After Party, 7:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL The Ellameno Beat, 10:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING The Lincoln Project (rock, blues), 9:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING WEST DJ Bowie's Birthday Bash ft. Cozmic Theo, DJ Bowie, Trillium Dance Company & More! (DJs, live looping Experimental), 9:00PM OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Berlyn Trio (jazz, funk jam), 6:00PM PACK SQUARE PARK 10th Annual Blue Ridge Pride Festival, 11:00AM PACK'S TAVERN The Rewind House Band, 9:30PM PILLAR ROOFTOP BAR Laura Blackley & The Wildflowers, 7:00PM

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PISGAH BREWING COMPANY St. Paul & The Broken Bones, 7:00PM

LAZY DIAMOND Rock 'n' Roll Vinyl w/ DJ Alien Brain, 10:00PM

PRITCHARD PARK Welcoming Communities of WNC Procession Thru Asheville, 10:30AM Medical Cannabis Rally, 1:00PM

LEXINGTON AVE BREWERY (LAB) Tunes & Brunch at the LAB, 11:30AM LOBSTER TRAP Sean Mason Trio, 6:30PM LOCAL 604 BOTTLE SHOP Synth & Modular Tunes, 8:00PM LUELLA'S BAR-B-QUE BILTMORE PARK Leo Johnson's Gypsy Jazz Brunch, 1:00PM

PURPLE ONION CAFE Millie Palmer Quartet, 8:00PM ROOT BAR NO. 1 Perry Wing & the Wingmen (alternative country), 9:30PM SALVAGE STATION Donna the Buffalo w/ The Maggie Valley Band, 8:00PM Cody Canada & The Departed, 9:00PM

SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Austin Miller, 8:00PM SLY GROG LOUNGE Metal Moonsault Massacre, 7:00PM STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE Rasta Acoustic, 6:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE WNC Solidarity Concert Series, 1:00PM Saturday Salsa & Latin Dance Party Night w/ DJ Edi Fuentes, 9:30PM THE GREY EAGLE Joshua Hedley, 9:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT SALES, 9:00PM Ohmme w/ Ahleuchatistas, 9:30PM THE WINE & OYSTER Jessa Barry w/ Kelly Jones, 7:00PM TIMO'S HOUSE The Show w/ JJ Smash & Genetix, 8:00PM TOWN PUMP Georgia Dish Boys, 9:00PM TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Lenny Pettinelli (jazz, pop, evergreens), 7:30PM Free Flow (funk, soul), 10:00PM UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Roots & Dore Band, 8:00PM W XYZ BAR AT ALOFT WXYZ Live: Kylie B. & The Birds, 8:00PM WNC FARMERS MARKET A Taste of WNC Farmer's Market w/ Chalwa (reggae), 11:00AM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Chuck Brodsky, 8:00PM

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OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Circus Mutt (jazz grass), 3:00PM PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Pisgah Sunday Jam, 6:30PM ROOT BAR NO. 1 Dennis Carbone (folk, acoustic), 7:00PM SALVAGE STATION Get Off The Grid Fest Kick-Off Organizer w/ Bayou Disel, Natti Lovejoys & Pleasure Chest, 1:00PM SLY GROG LOUNGE SGL Lucky Flea Market & Music Fest, 10:00AM Sly Grog Open Mic, 7:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE De la Noche - Tango CD Release Party, 8:00PM THE BARRELHOUSE Open Mic, 6:00PM THE GREY EAGLE The Way Down Wanders, 8:00PM THE IMPERIAL LIFE Select DJ Sets, 9:00PM TIMO'S HOUSE BYOV w/ Squad ctrl, 8:00PM TOWN PUMP Redleg Husky, 9:00PM

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THE MOTHLIGHT Sunwatchers w/ Nest Egg, 9:30PM THE WINE & OYSTER Jordan Okrend (singersongwriter), 7:00PM TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Early Funk Jam hosted by JP & Lenny (funk, jazz), 9:00PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Irish Jam, 6:30PM Open Mic, 8:30PM

MOVIES

REVIEWS & LISTINGS BY SCOTT DOUGLAS, FRANCIS X. FRIEL & JUSTIN SOUTHER

HHHHH = H PICK OF THE WEEK H

Director Jeremiah Zagar crafts an affecting look at adolescence, in We the Animals.

We the Animals HHHHS

DIRECTOR: Jeremiah Zagar PLAYERS: Evan Rosado, Sheila Vand, Raúl Castillo, Josiah Gabriel, Isaiah Kristian DRAMA RATED R THE STORY: A young boy navigates his rocky home life and burgeoning sexuality. THE LOWDOWN: A beautiful and heartfelt film about family and growing up and all the confusion that brings. There are a number of films like Jeremiah Zagar’s We the Animals that attempt to really peg the confusion, fear and love of growing up. There are similarities to movies like Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are (2009) and Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life (2011), both stylistically and thematically. But there’s a fire and a heart in Zagar’s ethereal little movie that those two examples are missing, something that not only sets it apart

from similar films but also makes it special on its own merits. Based on Justin Torres’ well-regarded novel of the same name, the movie is built around a simple premise, following a young boy named Jonah (Evan Rosado) in the months surrounding his 10th birthday. What we’re shown is a happy family life with his parents (Sheila Vand from A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night and Raúl Castillo) and two brothers (Josiah Gabriel and Isaiah Kristian) that soon turns into something much more violent and flimsy than it appears at glances. There’s also an amount of the prepubescent Jonah innocently entering the first stages of his own sexual awakening and queerness. In this way, the film is more about feeling and emotion than anything else. The movie’s sole purpose is to show the way in which we drift through childhood, never truly understanding what is happening and instead follow-

ing along to where events take us. The violence and anger of Jonah’s father is never excused by any means, but the movie does show how complicated relationships like those can be, as well as the ways in which love can be unconditional and still muddy the waters of what makes the most sense for one’s life. The film is never really explicit about what is happening or has happened, instead attempting to replicate how a child would see the world. This isn’t just in the way the story is told, which passes through events with little explanation, but also aesthetically. All of the camera angles give a child’s-eye view, and its grainy, washed-out photography gives the sense of old home movies or distant memory. Director Zagar has a background in documentary filmmaking, something that gives We the Animals its sense of realness. There’s a definite cinéma vérité style to the movie that thankfully never feels obnoxious or dull. At the same time, there are fantastical elements that never seem forced but instead — once again — are used to convey emotion without overdoing it. Everything about Zagar’s film feels measured, heartfelt and above all, thought out. Genuine care and craftsmanship are on display here, two things that make We the Animals special. Rated R for strong sexual content, nudity, language and some underage drug and alcohol use. Now playing at Grail Moviehouse. REVIEWED BY JUSTIN SOUTHER JSOUTHER@MOUNTAINX.COM

Love, Gilda HHHH DIRECTOR: Lisa DaPolito PLAYERS: Chevy Chase, Bill Hader, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Martin Short, Melissa McCarthy, Lorne Michaels, Paul Shaffer, Cecily Strong, Laraine Newman

MAX RATING Xpress reviews virtually all upcoming movies, with two or three of the most noteworthy appearing in print. You can find our online reviews at mountainx.com/movies/reviews. This week, they include:

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THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS WALLS HHH

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BIOGRAPHICAL DOCUMENTARY RATED NR THE STORY: A biograpic documenting the life of comedian and cancer crusader Gilda Radner. THE LOWDOWN: A lightweight but professional doc that provides little in the way of new insight but plenty of personality thanks to its scintillating subject. There are cinematic love letters, and then there’s Lisa DaPolito’s Love, Gilda, a documentary whose title reads less like an epigraph than a commandment from on high. And realistically, what’s not to love? I can’t think of anyone who would characterize Gilda Radner as anything other than a cultural treasure. From her early work with National Lampoon and Second City, to her career-making turn as the first NotReady-For-Primetime-Player cast by Lorne Michaels on “Saturday Night Live,” to her tragic and untimely death from ovarian cancer at age 43, DaPolito’s camera crafts an endearing portrait of an uncommonly lovable celebrity taken from the world too soon. DaPolito leans heavily on talkinghead interviews, but the spine of her film is constructed around the personal writings and archival recordings

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MOVIES left behind by Radner. This conceit sounds like a move from the Ken Burns crib sheet, but it works better here than it might under other circumstances on the basis of having recent SNL alums such as Amy Poehler, Bill Hader and Maya Rudolph read the words of someone who clearly inspired them. And then there’s the fact that the audience is allowed to see Radner’s handwriting, simultaneously delicate and volatile, adding a layer of intimacy that a base recounting of the historic record could never deliver. Still, it feels as though Radner’s life and legacy deserved a deeper look than the somewhat cursory overview that Love, Gilda provides. For those unfamiliar with the basics of Radner’s life, there’s exactly enough here to get you up to speed. Those looking for deeper insight have a plethora of books to choose from, but will find DaPolito’s treatment on the slight side. That said, I doubt anyone really wants a warts-and-all expose of Radner, and although DaPolito does touch on sensitive subjects such as the star’s struggle with eating disorders and her fraught love life, these periods of turmoil are presented matter-offactly and with little fanfare and even

less elucidation. Part of the problem here is that so many of Radner’s contemporaries are no longer with us, but there’s more than enough information on these topics in the public record to have ameliorated such shortcomings. The lack of genuine probing on DaPolito’s part may be understandable, but it can also be a bit frustrating at times. Viewers with a deep pre-existing affinity for Radner, either through her comedy stardom or her later cancer activism, will find that Love, Gilda aptly lionizes its subject, and the few revelations offered into Radner’s character and psychology are fascinating even in their sparseness. DaPolito’s style is suitably slick without feeling overproduced, and her sense of pacing is brisk without being breezy. Still, Love, Gilda feels like an appetizer when some of us may have been hoping for a main course. Even so, Radner’s personality was so magnetic that any time spent in her glowing presence seems like a net win. Not Rated. Now Playing at Grail Moviehouse. REVIEWED BY SCOTT DOUGLAS JSDOUGLAS22@GMAIL.COM

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Tales of Hoffman HHHH DIRECTOR: Michael Powell, Emerich Pressburger PLAYERS: Moira Shearer, Robert Rounseville, Robert Helpman, Pamela Brown, Leonide Massine OPERA Rated NR This is the odd-film-out in the major works of Michael Powell and Emerich Pressburger — rarely spoken of in the same breath with their standard classics, The Life and Death of Col. Blimp, Stairway to Heaven, Black Narcissus and The Red Shoes, yet clearly part of the same creative impetus behind those films. It’s a nonstop barrage of gorgeous color and precise filmmaking — with a perfect ending bit involving the legendary conductor Sir Thomas Beecham and a nicely defiant final touch that reminds us how British films were generally perceived at the time. That it seems to be suffering from the Tin Woodsman’s complaint of lacking a heart doesn’t prevent it being a glorious fusion of sight and sound unlike anything then seen — or much seen since. This excerpt was taken from a review by Ken Hanke published on Jan. 25, 2006. The Hendersonville Film Society will show Tales of Hoffman on Sunday, Sept. 30, at 2 p.m. in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community, 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville.

The Lives of Others HHHH DIRECTOR: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck PLAYERS: Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Mühe, Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Tukur DRAMA Rated R This is one of those movies I’m supposed to like a lot more than I do. But the fact is that I’m pretty indifferent to this as filmmaking, despite the quality of its screenplay and acting. That isn’t to say it’s a bad movie — just one that, for me, misses greatness. Many people feel differently, so bear that in mind. As a story, The Lives of Others, set in Soviet-era East Germany, is strong. The very idea of a committed “party man” being drawn into the humanist world of a possibly subversive writer he’s spying on is an interesting one. The fact that the spying is a put-up job by the man’s superior might start to undermine the spy’s faith in the system, but it’s really his awakening to the “lives of others” and their art that’s ultimately central to the film. And on this level, the film definitely scores. This excerpt was taken from a review by Ken Hanke published on March 4, 2009. Classic World Cinema by Courtyard Gallery will present The Lives of Others on Friday, Sept. 28, at the new Flood Gallery location in Black Mountain, 850 Blue Ridge Road, Unit A-13, Black Mountain. 60

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RETURN OF THE SHORTS: The Australian film Lacrimosa is one of nine finalists in the Manhattan Short Film Festival. The program will screen Sept. 29, Oct. 2 and Oct. 6 at Pack Memorial Library. Photo courtesy of the Manhattan Short Film Festival • Asheville Socialists present a screening of Pride on Wednesday, Sept. 26, at 6 p.m. in Room 103 of Rhoades Robinson Hall on the campus of UNC Asheville, 1 University Heights. Refreshments will be provided, and pizza will be ordered during the movie. Free to attend. facebook.com/AshevilleISO

Blind Pig, 68 N. Lexington Ave. The event takes place Sunday, Sept. 30, at 9:30 p.m., and features a late-night menu — inspired by the film — by Chef Ryan Kline of Zambra. Food is available for purchase, and complimentary popcorn will be provided. Free to attend. theblindpigsupperclub.com

• The Manhattan Short Film Festival returns to Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St., for three screenings. The 2018 contest received 1,565 entries from 73 countries, from which nine finalists were chosen. In late September and early October, these short films will be shown in more than 300 cities on six continents and will also be eligible for Oscar nominations. The Asheville screenings take place Saturday, Sept. 29, 1-3:30 p.m.; Tuesday, Oct. 2, 5-7:30 p.m.; and Saturday, Oct. 6, 1-3:30 p.m. Free tickets, limited to two per person, are available at the library’s front desk on a first-come, first-served basis. The program lasts roughly 150 minutes, and some films contain adult content. Attendees will be given a ballot to vote for the best short films and performer at the conclusion of the show. Votes will be tallied at the Manhattan Short headquarters in New York City, and the winners will be announced on Monday, Oct. 8. manhattanshort.com

• Ambrose West, 312 Haywood Road, hosts a screening of Hemp Road Trip on Monday, Oct. 1, at 7 p.m. The documentary follows hemp activist Rick Trojan as he meets with senators, farmers, lawyers, activists and business owners who share a common interest in the plant and its numerous uses. Tickets are $10 and available online. ambrosewest.com

• Indiana Jones and the Temple Of Doom is the next selection in the Late Night Outdoor Cinema series at The

FILM BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • SA (9/29), 1pm Manhattan Short Film Festival, featuring three

short films. Information: manhattanshort.com. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. FLOOD GALLERY FINE ART CENTER 850 Blue Ridge Road, Unit A-13, Black Mountain,

• On Thursday, Oct. 4, 7-9 p.m., the Astronomy Club of Asheville hosts filmmaker Stephen van Vuuren for its monthly indoor meeting in the Manheimer Room at UNCA’s Reuter Center, 1 Campus View Road. The guest speaker will discuss the making of In Saturn’s Rings, a film that creates a fly-through of the universe using 5.5 million images from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and a dozen massive Hubble galactic mosaics. Narrated by LeVar Burton, the film uses no computer-generated images, instead employing multiplane photo animation created solely in Adobe After Effects with image processing by more than 50 volunteers in Adobe Photoshop, GIMP and custom Java/ImageJ programming tools. Free. astroasheville.org X

828-357-9009, floodgallery.org • FR (9/28), 8-10:30pm - Classic World Cinema: The Lives of Others, film screening. Free. MOUNTAINTRUE 828-258-8737, mountaintrue.org

• TH (9/27), 6:30pm Flight of the Butterflies, movie screening and discussion with Estela Romero, international monarch expert and educator. Free. Held at Blue Ridge Community College, 180 W Campus Drive, Flat Rock

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Blaze Musical biographical drama from writer/director Ethan Hawke. According to the studio: “Inspired by the life of Blaze Foley, the unsung songwriting legend of the Texas outlaw music movement that spawned the likes of Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson.” Early reviews positive. (R)

Hell Fest Low-budget horror programmer from director Gregory Plotkin. According to the studio: “A masked serial killer turns a horror-themed amusement park into his own personal playground, terrorizing a group of friends while the rest of the patrons believe that it is all part of the show.” No early reviews. (R)

Night School Comedy starring Kevin Hart. According to the studio: “The comedy from director Malcolm D. Lee (Girls Trip) follows a group of misfits who are forced to attend adult classes in the longshot chance they’ll pass the GED exam.” No early reviews. (PG-13)

Smallfoot Animated family adventure comedy. According to the studio: “A bright young Yeti finds something he thought didn’t exist — a human. News of this Smallfoot throws the simple Yeti community into an uproar over what else might be out there in the big world beyond their snowy village, in an all new story about friendship, courage and the joy of discovery.” Early reviews positive. (PG)

The Children Act Indie courtroom melodrama. According to the studio: “Fiona Maye (Emma Thompson) is an eminent High Court judge in London presiding with wisdom and compassion over ethically complex cases of family law. But she has paid a heavy personal price for her workload, and her marriage to American professor Jack (Stanley Tucci) is at a breaking point. In this moment of personal crisis, Fiona is asked to rule on the case of Adam, a brilliant boy who is refusing the blood transfusion that will save his life. Adam is three months from his 18th birthday and still legally a child. Should Fiona force him to live?” Early reviews mixed. (R)

The Wife Directed by Bjôrn Runge and adapted from Meg Wolitzer’s novel of the same name about Joan and Joe Castleman (Glenn Close and Jonathan Pryce) after 40 years of marriage. According to the studio, “Where Joe is casual, Joan is elegant. Where Joe is vain, Joan is self-effacing. And where Joe enjoys his very public role as Great American Novelist, Joan pours her considerable intellect, grace, charm and diplomacy into the private role of Great Man’s Wife. Joe is about to be awarded the Nobel Prize for his acclaimed and prolific body of work. Joe’s literary star has blazed since he and Joan first met in the late 1950. The Wife interweaves the story of the couple’s youthful passion and ambition with a portrait of a marriage, 30-plus years later-a lifetime’s shared compromises, secrets, betrayals and mutual love.” (R)

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Do you have any skills at living on the edge between the light and the dark? Are you curious about what the world might look like and how people would treat you if you refused to divide everything up into that which helps you and that which doesn’t help you? Can you imagine how it would feel if you loved your life just the way it is and not wish it were different from what it is? Please note: People less courageous than you might prefer you to be less courageous. But I hope you’ll stay true to the experiment of living on the edge between the light and the dark. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): According to Popbitch. com, most top-charting pop songs are in a minor key. In light of this fact, I encourage you to avoid listening to pop songs for the next three weeks. In my astrological opinion, it’s essential that you surround yourself with stimuli that don’t tend to make you sad and blue, that don’t influence you to interpret your experience through a melancholic, mournful filter. To accomplish the assignments that life will be sending you, you need to at least temporarily cultivate a mood of crafty optimism. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Gemini regent Queen Victoria (1819–1901) wore crotchless underwear made of linen. A few years ago, Britain’s Museums, Libraries and Archives Council accorded them “national designated status,” an official notice that means they are a national treasure. If I had the power, I would give your undergarments an equivalent acknowledgment. The only evidence I would need to make this bold move would be the intelligence and expressiveness with which you are going to wield your erotic sensibilities in the coming weeks. CANCER (June 21-July 22): I’ve taken a break from socializing, my fellow Cancerian. In fact, I’m on sabbatical from my regular rhythm. My goal for the coming days is to commune with my past and review the story of my life. Rather than fill my brain up with the latest news and celebrity gossip, I am meditating on my own deep dark mysteries. I’m mining for secrets that I might be concealing from myself. In accordance with the astrological omens, I suggest that you follow my lead. You might want to delve into boxes of old mementoes or reread emails from years ago. You could get in touch with people who are no longer part of your life even though they were once important to you. How else could you get into intimate contact with your eternal self? LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Here’s a quote from A Map of Misreading, a book by renowned literary critic, Harold Bloom: “Where the synecdoche of tessera made a totality, however illusive, the metonymy of kenosis breaks this up into discontinuous fragments.” What the cluck did Harold Bloom just say?! I’m not being anti-intellectual when I declare this passage to be pretentious drivel. In the coming days, I urge you Leos to draw inspiration from my response to Bloom. Tell the truth about nonsense. Don’t pretend to appreciate jumbled or overcomplicated ideas. Expose bunk and bombast. Be kind, if you can, but be firm. You’re primed to be a champion of down-to-earth communication. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): A data research company, Priceonomics, suggests that Monday is the most productive day of the week and that October is the most productive month of the year. My research suggests that while Capricorns tend to be the most consistently productive of all the signs in the zodiac, Virgos often outstrip them for a six-week period during the end of each September and throughout October. Furthermore, my intuition tells me that you Virgos now have an extraordinary capacity to turn good ideas into practical action. I conclude, therefore, that you are about to embark on a surge of industrious and high-quality work. (P.S.: This October has five Mondays.)

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Biologists are constantly unearthing new species, although not new in the sense of having just appeared on our planet. In fact, they’re animals and plants that have existed for millennia. But they’ve never before been noticed and identified by science. Among recent additions to our ever-growing knowledge are an orchid in Madagascar that smells like champagne, an electric blue tarantula in the Guyana rain forest, and a Western Australian grass that has a flavor resembling salt and vinegar potato chips. I suspect you’ll be making metaphorically comparable discoveries in the coming weeks, Libra: evocative beauty that you’ve been blind to and interesting phenomena that have been hiding in plain sight. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): There is no such thing as a plant that blooms continuously. Phases of withering and dormancy are just as natural as phases of growth. I bring this fact to your attention to help you remain poised as you go through your own period of withering followed by dormancy. You should accept life’s demand that you slow down and explore the mysteries of fallowness. You should surrender sweetly to stasis and enjoy your time of rest and recharging. That’s the best way to prepare for the new cycle of growth that will begin in a few weeks. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): If you were ever going to win a contest that awarded you a free vacation to an exotic sanctuary, it would probably happen during the next three weeks. If a toy company would ever approach you about developing a line of action figures and kids’ books based on your life, it might also be sometime soon. And if you have ever had hopes of converting your adversaries into allies, or getting support and backing for your good original ideas, or finding unexpected inspiration to fix one of your not-so-good habits, those opportunities are now more likely than they have been for some time. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): An 81-year-old Capricorn man named James Harrison has donated his unique blood on 1,173 occasions. Scientists have used it to make medicine that prevents Rhesus disease in unborn babies, thereby healing more than 2.4 million kids and literally saving thousands of lives. I don’t expect you to do anything nearly as remarkable. But I do want to let you know that the coming weeks will be a favorable time to lift your generosity and compassion to the next level. Harrison would serve well as your patron saint. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): On a spring morning some years ago, a smoky aroma woke me from a deep sleep. Peering out my bedroom window into the backyard, I saw that my trickster girlfriend Anastasia had built a bonfire. When I stumbled to my closet to get dressed, I found my clothes missing. There were no garments in my dresser, either. In my groggy haze, I realized that my entire wardrobe had become fuel for Anastasia’s conflagration. It was too late to intervene, and I was still quite drowsy, so I crawled back in bed to resume snoozing. A while later, I woke to find her standing next to the bed bearing a luxurious breakfast she said she’d cooked over the flames of my burning clothes. After our meal, we stayed in bed all day, indulging in a variety of riotous fun. I’m not predicting that similar events will unfold in your life, Aquarius. But you may experience adventures that are almost equally boisterous, hilarious and mysterious. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): I’ve got three teachings for you. 1. Was there a time in your past when bad romance wounded your talent for love? Yes, but you now have more power to heal that wound than you’ve ever had before. 2. Is it possible you’re ready to shed a semi-delicious addiction to a chaotic magic? Yes. Clarity is poised to trump melodrama. Joyous decisiveness is primed to vanquish ingrained sadness. 3. Has there ever been a better time than now to resolve and graduate from past events that have bothered and drained you for a long time? No. This is the best time ever.

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