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STARTS ON PAGE 16 ALL CRAFT, ALL WEEK The 10th annual American Craft Week takes place Friday, Oct. 4-Sunday, Oct. 13, when studios and craft centers around WNC will hold special exhibits and events. On the cover: Artist David Dick works on a piece of concrete pottery at Sweetwater Gallery & Studio in Hayesville.

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32 WISE WOMEN GATHER 15th annual herbal conference will focus on nourishing body and spirit

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35 HOW TO RECYCLE RIGHT Recycle Right NC campaign kicks off; Forest Service urges wildfire caution; plus upcoming events and more

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8 BEYOND PUNISHMENT Christopher Hickman’s controversial plea deal and what it means for Asheville

39 PICNIC IN THE PARK The first Chow Chow culinary festival set the table for future growth

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We owe artists an opportunity, not a living I just read the article today about the plight of our artistic community [“Gimme Shelter: Is Asheville’s Creative Community Getting Priced Out?” Sept.

18, Xpress]. I wish to share a thought.

Let’s say 100 artists are struggling to make a living in downtown Asheville.

Assume 50 decide to leave for economic or housing reasons. Also assume the population of Asheville continues to grow, and tourism does also. Instead of 100 artists splitting the growing revenue pie, now there are only 50, so each artist stands to double their sales opportunity. Also with 50 fewer artists renting spaces, it is reasonable to assume that the supply of spaces would exceed the demand, thus benefiting the 50 who remain.

I do not wish to see any artist leave, but in business, the cream has a way of rising to the top, and our most talented and business-savvy artists stand to benefit in a less-saturated market. As the supply of art increases, the average artist might have to reduce prices just to sell anything. That is not a formula for success. Can their industry seek a profitable and sustainable level without community funding? We owe them an opportunity, but not a living.

— Charles Peele Asheville

Can we emulate Eastern Band’s syringe program?

Perfectly apropos is the cartoon by Brent Brown [“A Growing Concern”] in the Sept. 11 issue of Mountain Xpress! But what if we protected our community streets and property at least as much as we protect (or try to protect) out national forests?!

Check out what the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians has done about syringe and hypodermic needles (still laughing, Brent!!) disposal with its magnificently successful and fully integrated Syringe Services Program: Syringe disposal kiosks placed all around the community.

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Buncombe County and the city of Asheville are about to launch a pilot program using similar disposal kiosk units, which shall hopefully lead to a change in our overall behavior as it relates to proper sharps disposal — for any and everyone, even my grandmother who uses insulin syringes for her health. No stigma, no discrimination; just plain old public health standards where there is no fear about possessing hypodermic needles, especially on the way to the disposal kiosks around the city and county.

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But will there be as many as in Cherokee? They are doing it the right way out there on the Qualla Boundary and in the Snowbird Community. Let’s try to emulate their program right here, right now. We can talk about safe injection facilities another time.

— Michael J. Harney Jr. Co-founder, Needle Exchange Program of Asheville

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Patrick McHenry and the NRA As part of his $3.73 million re-election war chest last year, Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-District 10, accepted $42,070 from the National Rifle Association.

McHenry’s opponent raised only $130,010. So, having raised 30 times that, Rep. McHenry certainly had all the money he needed to win.

Moreover, Distict 10 is one of the nation’s most gerrymandered districts.

With the playing field so incredibly tilted in his favor, once again Rep. McHenry entered the midterm as he enters most re-election campaigns, justifiably confident of victory.

So, our incumbent congressman could have returned the NRA’s $42,070 and probably not even have missed it.

But he didn’t.

The NRA likes Rep. McHenry. It endorsed him in 2018 and rates him an impressive 93. And this past February, McHenry repaid the favor.

The House passed two gun safety bills: HR 8 requires that gun sellers conduct background checks on every sale, and HR 1112 enhances background checks and extends gun sale waiting periods from three to 10 days.

Rep. McHenry voted against both measures.

Gina Collias (www.ginacolliasforcongress.com) supports both measures.

She’s an attorney, businesswoman, mother and now a candidate seeking to oppose McHenry in the 2020 election.

Her campaign isn’t relying on any NRA money. And when she gets to Washington, one of her top priorities will be passing responsible gun safety regulations.

As for our incumbent congressman, who knows how much NRA blood money he plans to accept for the 2020 election. But here’s an idea: Let’s ask him!

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— Stephen Advokat Asheville Editor’s note: Advokat reports that he is an unpaid volunteer for Gina Collias for Congress. Xpress contacted McHenry’s spokesman but did not receive a response.

What does beer have to do with art?

I just read in [the Sept. 12] Citizen Times that the reason the Asheville Art Museum is not open yet is because it was delayed because, “They didn’t include a brewery in the original plans.”

What on Earth does an art gallery and museum need a brewery in it? This doesn’t make any sense at all. It sounds like somebody who wants to put a brewery in there is holding up the works. This is ridiculous. I’ve never heard anything so asinine in my life.

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Editor’s note: In John Boyle’s recent “Answer Man” column, the question of whether the lack of a brewery was delaying the art museum’s opening appears to be tongue-in-cheek, though perhaps a plausible query in this hops-friendly town. In any case, the museum now notes a Nov. 14 opening day on its website, with a series of celebratory events surrounding the public reveal (ashevilleart.org/ opening/), including — drum roll — a special beer launch.

How hearing assistive dogs can help Many people are curious about service dogs that assist some of us with a variety of physical and mental conditions.

Hearing assistive dogs are among those.

What exactly is it that a dog can do to help someone who has difficulty hearing? We know that they are trained to act as someone’s ears. If we look online, we learn that such a dog will nudge or paw at their owner to alert them to sounds such as doorbells, the ring of a telephone or alarms. Do they lead the person to the source of the sound? Yes, in some situations, but also their behavior may cue the driver of a car, for example, to sounds in the environment, leading owners to have a greater sense of security.

Here’s one personal account from an Asheville resident: “My dog let me know when the doorbell rang; she also was trained to alert me if my husband fell or needed me, and she did. She let me know when someone was behind me, especially if we had to step out onto the street. Jeez, she alerted me to everything! My subsequent hearing dog was trained to pick up anything I dropped.

If she couldn’t pick it up, she would not let me keep walking; she stayed with the dropped object!”

But how are they trained? How does all that work in practice? The Asheville Chapter of the Hearing Loss Association of America will host someone who knows at their meeting at CarePartners, 68 Sweeten Creek Road, on Wednesday, Oct. 2, at 10:15 a.m. Dr. Danielle Rose is a pediatrician and ambassador for [the nonprofit] Dogs for Better Lives.

The chapter always welcomes people who are not hard of hearing who might be a relative or friend seeking guidance in relating to such a person, and this time would particularly welcome dog lovers wanting more understanding about our incredible companions and how they assist us.

— Ann Karson Candler Editor’s note: For more info on the meeting, Karson can be reached at akarson57@gmail.com. X

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BEYOND PUNISHMENT Christopher Hickman’s controversial plea deal and what it means for Asheville

BY THOMAS CALDER tcalder@mountainx.com Across the country, progressive district attorneys are experimenting with strategies aimed at slowing the growth of the nation’s prison population. According to a 2018 report by the nonprofit Fair and Just Prosecution (an organization of newly elected prosecutors), incarceration rates have quintupled over the last four decades, with roughly 2.2 million prisoners now behind bars and an estimated 10.6 million people cycling in and out of jail each year. People of color make up a disproportionate number of inmates.

Restorative justice — a victim-led mediation that brings injured parties in direct contact with their offenders in an attempt to repair the harm caused by a crime — is one approach that many argue better serves individuals and communities than traditional punitive measures.

Yet in Asheville, a recent sentence employing the progressive approach has met with skepticism from many local residents. Growing anger over the disparate impact of police misconduct on people of color, the failure of the criminal justice system to hold officers accountable and a dearth of details about how the restorative justice process will work seem to lie at the heart of community concerns.

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PLEA DEAL: Former Asheville Police Officer Christopher Hickman, left, speaks with Jon Powell, who is leading a local restorative justice program as part of Hickman’s Aug. 9 plea deal.

Photo by Virginia Daffron BRUTAL BACKDROP In an Aug. 9 plea deal, former Asheville Police Officer Christopher Hickman, who is white, pleaded guilty to the 2017 felony assault by strangulation of black resident Johnnie Rush, as well as two misdemeanor counts. Hickman received 12 months of supervised probation. Part of the deal also requires that the former officer continue participating in a local

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Had the case gone to trial, Williams believes the defense would have asked the judge to move the trial to a different location in light of the extensive media coverage of the incident.

“And a motion to change venue in North Carolina doesn’t mean you get to go from Asheville to another similarly situated community like Charlotte or Winston-Salem,” the DA explains.

Rather, the case would have gone to a neighboring county with a more conservative jury pool, reducing the likelihood of a conviction.

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restorative justice program led by Jon Powell, director of the Restorative Justice Clinic at Campbell University, located 30 miles south of Raleigh.

Many community members see Hickman’s assault on Rush as part of a larger pattern of brutal encounters between black boys and men and police officers. The deaths of Eric Garner, 41, John Crawford III, 22, Tamir Rice, 12, and Philando Castile, 32, are among the high-profile cases that have captured national attention within the last five years. Like Rush’s beating, many of these instances were captured on film. In each of the named cases, none of the involved officers faced criminal charges.

For Buncombe County District Attorney Todd Williams, who brokered Hickman’s deal, the outcomes of those cases factored into his pursuit of the restorative justice plea deal. North America’s 400-year history of racial inequality, he notes, continues to this day, manifesting in ways that include excessive and deadly use of force by police.

“We’ve had a real mixed bag in terms of the ability of the system to hold officers to account for their misdeeds,” he says.

When it comes to the criminal justice system, Buncombe County Commissioner Al Whitesides says he supports the restorative justice approach — but only “if it’s done in the right way,” and applied to the right cases, he clarifies.

Whitesides, Buncombe County’s first African American commissioner, considers the Hickman deal a misstep. “When you look at the history … and what’s going on today with policing in the African American community, I think it sends out a bad signal,” the commissioner says. Especially, Whitesides continues, “when you can have black men … getting years [in prison] for marijuana or a small amount of drugs. Let’s be fair about restorative justice.”

According to a 2019 report by the Pew Research Center, African Americans represented 12% of the country’s adult population but 33% of the sentenced prison population in 2017. Whites, on the other hand, accounted for 64% of the adult population but 30% of the prison population. Meanwhile, the report notes, Hispanics made up 16% of the adult population but accounted for 23% of total inmates.

Those disparities, along with the history of police misconduct, are a red flag for community members, Whitesides says. Many residents see the restorative justice approach “as another way of protecting the policeman,” he says.

Those involved in Hickman’s plea say that while they understand the criticism surrounding the deal, they view it as a way to implement the model in future cases.

“It’s a start,” says James Ferguson, an Asheville native and prominent civil rights attorney who represented Rush.

“My hope is we’ll see more and more opportunities in the criminal justice system and in the community as a whole to put into place the principle and concept of restorative justice so that ultimately we can move steadily toward a criminal justice system that is

NEW DEAL: James Ferguson, left, Todd Williams, center, and Noel Nickle believe Hickman’s restorative justice plea deal is a step in the right direction for a more progressive, less punitive criminal justice system. Photos, from left, courtesy of Ferguson, the District Attorney’s Office and Nickel based on more than just punishment as an end in and of itself.”

But Whitesides — who notes his long-standing friendship with and respect for Ferguson — remains skeptical. Too many questions surround the plea deal, he says. For example, what will the restorative program look like for this case? Who will oversee Powell’s efforts? And how much can be achieved within Hickman’s 12-month probationary period?

Neither Powell nor Williams could provide a definitive outline for the yearlong program. In part, that’s because much of the work depends on community participation, they say. With respect to the project’s supervision, Powell states he is “ultimately reporting to and being supervised by the court.” And as to whether the process will benefit the community — that remains an open question.

‘HOW?’ In late February 2018, the Citizen Times released leaked footage from Hickman’s body-worn camera, which captured from the officer’s perspective his pursuit, beating, choking and tasing of Rush in the early morning hours of Aug. 25, 2017. Community outrage ensued. Mayor Esther Manheimer publicly apologized to Rush on March 1, 2018. Six days later, residents expressed their anger and grief at a meeting of the city’s Citizens Police Advisory Committee.

Fallout from the incident touched many parts of city government. On July 10, 2018, Hickman was indicted. The following month, the city reached a $650,000 civil settlement with Rush. City officials’ mishandling of the case also factored into the firing of City Manager Gary Jackson and the resignation of Asheville Police Chief Tammy Hooper.

A month after the publication of the leaked video, the city of Asheville released nine official videos from six officers’ body cameras, totaling roughly 93 minutes of footage relevant to the incident. One of the shared videos captures a scene outside Mission Hospital, where Rush was taken for medical attention following the assault.

The 21-minute video includes a lengthy exchange between Hickman and Rush, as the two calmly discuss the beating while smoking a cigarette.

“No disrespect to you, sir, you know, I understand that I ran and whatnot, but you didn’t have to keep punching and choking me,” Rush tells the officer.

“Yeah, I did,” Hickman responds.

“How?” Rush asks.

“Because you never complied with my order,” the officer says.

“How, sir, when you already got me on the ground?” Rush inquires.

“You didn’t put your hands behind your back,” Hickman answers.

“How, when you choking me?”

Rush presses.

“I didn’t start choking you till after I probably punched you 10 times,” Hickman answers.

Rush momentarily drops out of the frame, as he shakes his head and quietly laughs at Hickman’s response.

The conversation continues in this vein for several minutes.

Rush’s inquisitive nature and desire to understand Hickman’s actions, says Williams, factored into the district attorney’s decision to consider a restorative justice approach. In order to proceed, however, Williams needed Rush’s consent.

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According to both Williams and Ferguson, Rush — interested in an apology and a deeper understanding of why the beating occurred — was open to the restorative justice process. Rush’s agreement to pursue the novel approach, Williams underscores, predated the victim’s Jan. 28, 2019, drug-related charges, which are still pending.

As a result of Rush’s decision, he and Hickman (accompanied by their attorneys), participated in a victim-offender dialogue facilitated by Powell, on Sept.

7, 2018. According to Powell, a standard confidentiality agreement signed by the participants prevents those present other than Hickman and Rush from offering detailed accounts of the session.

Xpress made several attempts to contact Rush for this article but was unable to reach him. On Sept. 14, “The Asheville View,” a local weekly online video talk show, aired an interview with Rush, who offered his first public comments since the Aug. 9 sentencing. In the episode, Rush expressed frustration with the plea deal, stating: “I didn’t like the outcome of that. [Hickman] should have been doing time right now.”

Invoking language reminiscent of the United States’ long history of racial terror, Rush later continued: “If it was me did that to him or anybody else … they would have probably charged me with attempted murder and everything else with that. … They would have probably tried hanging me.”

Individuals involved in the plea deal who spoke with Xpress did so prior to Rush’s Sept. 14 interview. In an email exchange following Rush’s public remarks, Williams writes that both he and Rush “understand it would have been satisfying to have Mr. Hickman

serve time.” But after extensive conversation with both Rush and Ferguson, Williams continues, “It was decided and agreed upon by Mr. Rush that a path of restorative justice, which has only just begun, would be the most effective path for bringing resolution to him, most effective at confronting Hickman with the harm done by his actions, most effective for compelling change in future policing for Buncombe County.”

Further, Williams notes, “Mr. Rush was absolutely included in the process of deciding on Hickman’s sentencing.

The DA’s office drafted the plea offer presented in the courtroom with both Mr. Rush and Hickman understanding the primary restitution process would be established outside of the courtroom.”

Neither Powell nor Ferguson responded to questions concerning Rush’s Sept. 14 statements.

In discussing the mediation, Powell says, “I did not feel that anything in that meeting was off-limits. … I felt like anything was open for question and I felt like there were honest answers given.”

Ferguson has a similar take. “I viewed [Hickman’s] answers as honest and candid,” he says. “And I viewed Mr. Rush’s response to those answers as honest and candid.”

By meeting’s end, Ferguson says, his client received the apology that he wanted. Whether or not Rush forgives Hickman is irrelevant, he adds.

“We hope as individuals that we can all learn to forgive as we understand,” Ferguson explains. “But to me, forgiveness is not necessarily the goal. … The promotion of understanding and the pursuit of a resolution that involves something other than punishment for the sake of punishment is part of the goal.”

A DIFFICULT SELL The way Powell sees it, the main issue with the restorative justice approach is that so few people understand it. At the same time, his explanations for Hickman’s plea deal and its expected outcomes leave many questions unanswered.

“We have a traditional legal process that basically asks, ‘What law was broken? Who did it? And what does that person deserve?’” explains Powell.

“That’s what we’re used to. It’s a retributive system. It’s an adversarial system.”

On the other hand, Powell continues, “Restorative justice asks three very different questions: ‘Who has been hurt? How have they been hurt?

And who has an obligation to do something about that?’”

For his part, Williams cites a June 29, 2016, article written by Vann R. Newkirk II and published in The Atlantic as a major influence on the plea deal. The piece, “An Alternative to the Madness of Proving Police Injustice,” considers the potential for restorative justice to address what courts rarely do: police killings and their impact on communities.

The article ran shortly after Baltimore police officer Caesar Goodson Jr. was acquitted of all charges related to the death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black man who died from injuries sustained as Baltimore police transported him in a van. Five additional officers were involved in the case; none faced criminal charges.

Among many other questions, the article asks: “What precisely does the legal concept of murder mean for an agent empowered to kill people?” Despite the ubiquity of video footage, Newkirk writes, “the overwhelming tolerance of police violence has still not been cracked by convictions, much less overturned.”

Later in the piece, Newkirk speculates on the potential positive impact that restorative justice might bring to communities. “The lack of the prospect of a long prison sentence would lower the stakes and reduce the adversarial nature of dialogue between community and police,” Newkirk writes. “That might make police more willing to root out problems in their ranks, instead of resorting to obstruction and grandstanding.”

At the same time, Newkirk acknowledges that the history of police brutality, especially within communities of color, makes the approach a difficult sell.

CONFRONTING COMPLEXITY That is certainly the case in Asheville.

According to Noel Nickle, a local licensed clinical social worker who will assist Powell on a limited basis over the project’s next 12 months, a major hurdle for Hickman’s restorative justice plea to overcome is the overall damage inflicted.

“Mr. Rush is not the only one who is harmed,” she says, pointing to the larger Asheville community, which is still grappling with the beating, as well as the controversial plea deal.

Meanwhile, Nickle continues, “Mr. Hickman is not the only one or the only system, so to speak, for which we need to seek accountability.” She states that excessive use of force and implicit bias “are symptomatic of white supremacy culture.” As residents join in the restorative process, Nickle believes larger issues, including policing practices as well as inequities in the justice system, will be addressed.

Community-minded thinking will guide the next 12 months, according to Powell. “One thing that I would like for folks to understand is that this process is not over,” he says. “One thing that I will be doing … is reaching out to the community to hear from them and to try and understand what harm they have experienced and how they best think that that harm can be addressed. That is the piece that has yet to be accomplished.”

Future plans, says Powell, will include one-on-one sessions with residents, as well as possible community forums.

According to the restorative justice expert, there is also a good chance that Hickman will address the Asheville Police Department, discussing his behavior on the evening of Aug. 25, 2017, and its consequences. In addition, Powell notes, meetings between Hickman and members of Rush’s family could take place.

Whether or not Rush participates in subsequent sessions is up to him as the victim in the assault, Powell explains.

Over the next 12 months, Hickman also holds the right to refuse participation. However, Powell stresses, if the former officer chooses that route, he risks violating his probation.

GROWTH AND CHANGE At present, exact details outlining Hickman’s restorative justice plea deal remain aspirational at best. No one involved in the process argues otherwise. Nor do they present the resolution as a fix-all.

“Whatever the next particular steps are, they are not going to address all of the fundamental root causes of excessive use of force and police brutality,” says Nickle. “Our community has a lot of work to do together. This process alone will not get us there all the way.”

But it’s a step in the right direction, says Ferguson. “Unless we can move toward a system that moves beyond punishment, we don’t progress much as a community and we find ourselves going around and around on the same merry-go-round,” he says. “I think the restorative justice process offers an opportunity for us to grow as individuals. … I think the main two participants will tell you that there has been growth.

I think there is still great opportunity for the community to grow.”

Further, the civil rights attorney continues, “One of the things I hope to see come out of this is that we begin to look at conflict resolution in our community when it comes to communitypolice relations — that conflict can be addressed in ways that allow opportunities for greater understanding. … I know all of that sounds idealistic, and to some extent it is, but we don’t ever move forward unless we embrace and pursue change.” X

Speak your mind Over the next 12 months, community involvement will be an essential component in the restorative justice process, says Jon Powell. “I’m certainly interested in talking to anybody that feels like they’ve been affected by [the Hickman case],” he notes.

Residents interested in engaging with Powell about the restorative justice process in relation to the Hickman conviction and plea deal can email him at jonpowell@campbell.edu. X

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Council members say no to new hotels for one year With the unanimous support of Asheville City Council members during their Sept. 24 meeting, the city will implement a temporary ban on new hotel approvals starting Sept. 25. In the same meeting — as if to hammer home their point — Council members also unanimously denied the proposed mixed-use hotel Create 72 Broadway.

“I hope you all heard a massive sigh of relief in the community when [the hotel moratorium] was proposed.

I think there were thousands of people that were relieved,” resident Daren Callahan told Council members during public comment on the issue.

The ban is scheduled to last one year, and extensions will not be available without extenuating circumstances, City Attorney Brad Branham told Council members during a Sept. 10 meeting. City officials must use the time to develop new policies for considering hotel proposals. Hotel projects of more than 20 rooms, as well as any

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UNDER THE WIRE: The rezoning of the historic Flatiron Building was the last hotel proposal to be approved by members of Asheville City Council before they implemented a year-long hotel moratorium.

Photo by Virginia Daffron building over 100,000 square feet, must receive Council approval; however, Council members currently have no standardized criteria for approval of new hotel projects.

The first phase of the moratorium, as outlined in a presentation by Branham and Todd Okolichany, the city’s director of planning and urban design, will involve contracting with the Charlottebased Urban Land Institute. The research nonprofit’s real estate and land use experts will examine hotel industry trends, impacts and best management practices and provide the city with a written report by the start of next year.

The second phase of the moratorium, led by city staff, will include community engagement and public input. Staff members will then begin drafting recommendations and present plans to Council before the ban’s end next September.

Several speakers during the Sept.

24 meeting said that, while they look forward to the city quantifying tourism issues such as hotel saturation

and infrastructure demands, Council should make the assessment more comprehensive, with consideration of environmental impacts and changes to the overall character of the city. Speaker Ashley Cooper also displayed skepticism over the notion of the city undertaking a study without implementing new policies.

“Unfortunately, every one of you knows how many plans and research studies have happened in this city that have sat on shelves and not been turned into anything,” Cooper said.

Many speakers echoed a suggestion from Council member Brian Haynes, who said that the city should examine the distribution of the occupancy tax managed by the Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority. The 6% tax, collected on all lodging sales in Buncombe County, generated $23 million in revenue last year, 75% of which went toward advertising and public relations efforts to increase area tourism. The remaining 25% flowed into the Tourism Product Development Fund, which provides grants to capital projects with the potential to boost overnight stays.

No money from the occupancy tax, however, goes directly to city operations. Property owners foot the bill for police and fire service, road and sidewalk repair and construction and the costs associated with managing and cleaning up after large numbers of visitors.

Council member Julie Mayfield, who also serves on the TDA board as a nonvoting member, noted that the TDA’s ongoing Tourism Management and Investment Plan is examining the role of tourism in the community and will broaden the scope of occupancy tax distribution. Yet she stopped short of saying that the funds could be used for infrastructure or other needs not directly tied to tourism promotion. She also pushed back at the notion that the city should challenge the state law that dictates how occupancy taxes are spent.

“I don’t think it would be possible, certainly with the current legislature, for the city to unilaterally secure a change to that,” Mayfield said. “From my standpoint, this is an opportunity for the city and the TDA to find a way to cooperate so that more of those occupancy tax dollars come to the city to meet the needs of our residents in a way that everybody has expressed tonight.”

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their vehicles,” he said. “Each day things may change, and they need to be mindful of that as they travel through here.”

According to Nathan Moneyham, assistant construction engineer for NCDOT Division 13, which includes Buncombe County, the project’s most immediate impact will be the narrowing of I-26’s eastbound lanes to 11 feet

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The interstate that runs alongside the French Broad River is itself about to get considerably broader. Beginning this week, contractors will begin installing roadside signs and safety barriers on an approximately 18-mile stretch of Interstate 26, the first step in a $534 million project that will add multiple lanes to the heavily trafficked road.

From Brevard Road in Asheville to the U.S. 25 exit in Henderson County, I-26 is slated to double from four to eight lanes. Widening from four to six lanes will then continue eastbound to U.S. 64 at the Four Seasons Boulevard exit in Hendersonville. The N.C. Department of Transportation anticipates that construction will wrap up by the summer of 2024.

Brian Burch, division engineer for NCDOT Division 14 — responsible for the Henderson County portion of the project — referenced the road noise that echoed over his remarks while speaking at a Sept. 25 press event held in a Biltmore Park parking garage. After nearly two decades of discussions and planning, he said, much-needed relief was coming for the region’s motorists.

“It’s no secret, as you can hear in the background, that we have problems with congestion on I-26,” Burch said.

“For the past 17 years, our department has been working on trying to deliver this very important project, not only for our region, but really for the Southeast and the Ohio Valley.”

While excited about the project’s potential benefits, Burch also urged drivers to be more cautious than usual when navigating the construction zone.

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through the U.S. 25 exit. That restriction, he said, will allow for placement of a safety barrier on the outside shoulder. Both existing eastbound lanes should remain open during daytime hours, with occasional nighttime closures, but the speed limit will be set at 55 mph at all times.

To keep traffic moving smoothly during construction, the NCDOT’s Mountain Traffic Management Center will monitor much of I-26 on weekdays using closedcircuit TV. Chad Franklin, an NCDOT regional intelligent transportation systems engineer, said those eyes on the road will direct first responders and towing companies to efficiently clear any wrecks that occur.

The NCDOT can also use its observations to trigger prearranged signal changes that will increase traffic flow on detour routes such as U.S. 25, 64 and 176.

Information on current traffic conditions, Franklin said, will be displayed on electronic message boards throughout the project area.

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Council viewpoints differ on impact of district elections on minority voters While the question of how stateimposed district elections for Asheville City Council would affect minority groups, particularly African American voters, has been discussed since before Senate Bill 813 came into effect in June 2018, the issue blew wide open during Council’s Sept. 24 meeting. After public hearings on amending the city’s charter to overturn the districts and reinstate primary elections, Council members exchanged strong words about minority representation.

“I’ve been here my whole life and I do have the ability to speak for people who look like me,” said Council member Keith Young, addressing colleague Vijay Kapoor. “So if you haven’t heard from anybody that looks like me, you just ain’t talking to them — and they don’t want to talk to you.”

Young was responding to Kapoor’s suggestion that officials reach out to

AT ODDS: Asheville City Council member Vijay Kapoor, left, clashed with Council members Sheneika Smith, center, and Keith Young, right, during a Sept. 24 meeting over whether stateimposed district elections for Council would help or hurt African American voters in Asheville.

Photos provided by Kapoor, Smith; photo of Young by Virginia Daffron black community members regarding their opinions on districts. As an Indian American elected official, Kapoor said he “wouldn’t pretend to speak” for all Indian Americans. Kapoor also asked

that the city’s Office of Equity and Inclusion weigh in on whether the state-drawn districts actually created a racial gerrymander.

“We didn’t engage the African American community on as important an issue as this and we still have the opportunity to do so,” said Kapoor, who supports a system that would maintain Council districts elections while adding two at-large seats and setting term limits for members. “I realize we have two members of Council who are African American, but I don’t think that should stop us from trying to engage the community.”

Kapoor’s assertions set off angry retorts by those two black Council members, Young and Sheneika Smith. Young called his comments “complete political puffery,” while Smith said the remarks almost “made a mockery of” recent black political progress. The present Council is the first on which two African American members have served simultaneously in three decades.

“I don’t really want to respond to what I call foolery, but my heart is beating so bad right now,” Smith said. “They [the African American community] already spoke and they don’t want a different system. They

want the at-large system that has produced consecutively two African American voter candidates that they favor, period.”

Smith and Young, along with Council member Brian Haynes, who is white, claimed that race was a factor behind the district elections law in a June 6 Citizen Times op-ed.

“By diluting the collective force of the black vote, this effectively influences the entire election. By reducing the concentrated number of black voters to a single district and spreading the rest throughout the city, that particular group loses influence. They are no longer allowed to vote for every candidate,” the officials wrote.

Advocates for the city returning to an at-large election system have echoed that claim, saying that the law amounts to racial discrimination.

“We can’t pretend that districts are not about lessening opportunities for black and brown folks to serve as elected officials,” said black community organizer Nicole Townsend during a July 2 special session on the issue. “The same representatives who are fighting for districting across North Carolina also had their hand in the pot when it comes to the voter ID laws, which we know are racist.”

In contrast, former City Council and mayoral candidate Jonathan Wainscott, who is white, has supported the state’s move toward district elections in Asheville, saying that the districts would help black voters.

“The new system spreads representation all over town,” he told Council members at the Sept. 25 meeting. “It wasn’t difficult to figure out how this affected the African American vote. It’s still not difficult to figure that out: It strengthens the African American vote.”

While the public hearings on whether to amend the city’s charter did not require action from Council members, Mayor Esther Manheimer said that votes are expected during their next scheduled meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 22, at City Hall.

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American Craft Week events around WNC

The 10th annual American Craft Week takes place Friday, Oct. 4, to Sunday, Oct. 13. A number of studios and craft centers around Western North Carolina will hold special exhibits and events during that time. Addresses are in Asheville unless otherwise noted. Lean more and find additional participating galleries at americancraftweek.com/wnc.

• John C. Campbell Folk School, 1 Folk School Road, Brasstown, has been producing its fall festival for nearly half a century. The 45th annual celebration of Appalachian culture runs Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 5 and 6, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. More than 200 craft artists exhibit wares and more than 30 artisans offer demonstrations. There will be food vendors on hand as well as pony rides and alpaca petting for children. Plus, “Fill your ears with bluegrass, gospel, folk and Celtic music on both days,” says the website. “Tap your toes to clogging, Morris, Rapper Sword and Garland dance performances throughout the weekend.” $5 adults/$3 children ages 12-17/free for children younger than 12. folkschool.org.

• Asheville Art in the Park, 80 Court Plaza, takes place on three autumn Saturdays. On Oct. 5, 12, and 19, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., local artists showcase their work at booths throughout Pack Square Park. Glass, ceramics, wood, jewelry and metals will be on display. ashevilleartinthepark.com.

• The Village Potters Clay Center, 191 Lyman St., No. 180, holds special events during American Craft Week such as a Master Series Workshop with Cynthia Lee on Saturday, Oct. 5; the annual Multi-Kiln Opening on Saturday, Oct. 12; and the ongoing Women of Influence exhibition, which celebrates the center’s resident potters and “the strong women who influenced their lives,” according to a show description. thevillagepotters.com.

• Local Cloth, 207 Coxe Ave., Studio 11, hosts several classes during American Craft Week. Offerings include work on a three-color cowl with simple stitch repeats; Recipes for Upcycling (transforming old clothing into new apparel); Eco Printing (using natural dyes and plant materials to print on silk scarves and cotton dinner napkins) and more.

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SWOON OVER SPOONS: The Grovewood Gallery’s exhibition, Spoonin’: A Showcase of Handcrafted Spoons, features work by 18 notable artists. Among those pieces is “Talisman for the Home” from the collection of nature-inspired spoon sculptures by Kristin LeVier, pictured. Photo courtesy of Grovewood Gallery nonmembers to $100/$120. Visit the website for dates, times and to register. localcloth.org.

• Majik Studios, 207 Coxe Ave., Studio 13, offers the two-day Papermaking & Lamp Building workshop with Pam Granger Gale on Saturday, Oct. 5, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., and Sunday, Oct. 6, noon-4 p.m. “You will build the wood structure support of the lamp and learn simple electrical wiring to light up your paper,” according to the website. $240 to participate, plus $60 for materials. Register at majik-studios.com.

• Tyson Graham Pottery, 6148 Peniel Road, Tryon, acts as home to the 44th Little Mountain Festival on Saturday, Oct. 12, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. “The gas kiln will be fired that week, and we’ll unload it at 11 a.m. after I give a brief talk about my work,” Graham says on his web-

site. “Outside the studio, musicians will gather and hold impromptu jam sessions.” Beard Instruments and Hannah Seng Art will also be represented. tysongrahampottery.com.

• MICA Gallery, 37 N. Mitchell Ave., Bakersville, plans to kick off American Craft Week on Friday, Oct. 4, 4-7 p.m., with a townwide art walk (visitors can stop at the contemporary craft gallery, along with Anita’s Atelier, Bowditch’s Antiques and Framing, David’s on the Corner and In Tandem) that also promises food and festivities. micagallerync.com.

• Haywood Community College, 185 Freedlander Drive, Clyde, will offer a community craft day and open house in its Creative Arts facility on Saturday, Oct. 5, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. The event, to celebrate

American Craft Week, is free to attend. creativearts.haywood.edu.

“Each day we will have a special display and possibly an artist doing a live demo,” says press for the gallery. Details at mtnmade.com.

• Art Connections with Sherry Masters will lead tours during American Craft Week. “This is a perfect way to explore the area and see studios off the beaten path,” says the website. Schedule a tour at arttoursasheville.com.

• Firefly Craft Gallery, 2689-D Greenville Highway, Flat Rock, plans to showcase “local artists demonstrating their techniques in fiber art, woodcarving, stained glass and more,” says a press release. “Sweet tea and cookies will be served” during the displays on Saturdays, Oct. 5 and 12, noon-4 p.m. fireflycraftgallery.com.

• Azalea Bindery, 1 Brookgreen Place, will offer a bookbinding and marbling demonstration at the studio of Mary Carol Koester.

The Saturday, Oct. 12, event, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., is open to the public. azaleabindery.com.

• Center for Craft, 67 Broadway, is currently undergoing an expansion and plans to reopen in November. The center will host a Craft City Food & Art Tour on Saturday, Oct. 5, 3-6 p.m.

“Visit galleries, taste local beers, watch live demonstrations, sip craft cocktails and meet the creatives that continue to make Asheville a Craft City,” says the website. Reserve a spot at avl.mx/6he.

• Mountain Made, 1 Page Ave., Suite 123, will feature 10 categories of

SHOW AND TELL: Artists will demonstrate their techniques at Firefly Craft Gallery in Flat Rock. Photo courtesy of the gallery arts and crafts, including books and music, fiber and textiles, furniture, glass, jewelry, photography and more.

• Grovewood Gallery, 111 Grovewood Road, continues its exhibition Spoonin’: A Showcase of Handcrafted Spoons, which features pieces by 18 notable artists working in materials ranging from wood to sterling silver and copper. Spoon-making demonstrations by Asheville-based artist Aaron Iaquinto will take place Saturdays, Oct. 5 and 12, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Iaquinto will “talk about the different stages in his spoon-making process and demonstrate how he creates the handles and bowls for his spoons,” says a press release. “He will also show metal inlay techniques for creating intricate designs on wooden handles.” grovewood.com. X

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GO AND SEE The best-known trails in Western North Carolina lead explorers to views that take their breath away: the panoramic mountain bald of Max Patch on the Appalachian Trail, for example, or the cascading Upper Falls along the trails at Graveyard Fields. The Blue Ridge Craft Trails have a similar aim in mind — even if the sights are considerably smaller scale.

Established in 2017 by the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area Partnership, the project seeks to help tourists find their way to the many craft artisans spread throughout WNC. Printed materials, a new website (BlueRidgeCraftTrails.com) and regional marketing all direct visitors to take drivable routes that connect craft destinations.

While the initiative has so far been limited to pilot efforts in Cherokee, Clay and Henderson counties, the plan is for the trails eventually to reach all 25 counties in the heritage area. Thanks to $125,000 in new grant funding from the Appalachian Regional Commission and Community Foundation of Western North Carolina, says Angie Chandler, the region’s High Country is next on the list for craft tourism development and its projected economic benefits.

“Some of our most isolated rural counties are out in the far west and up in the northwest corner of the state, and so we wanted to go outward and come in,” says Chandler, executive director of the BRNHA. “They get touched first, because sometimes they feel like they’re the last.”

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TURN FOR THE BETTER: Clay County-based woodworker Joe Waldroup says his inclusion on the Blue Ridge Craft Trails has helped spark customer interest. Photo by Chris Aluka Berry, courtesy of the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area Partnership

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MORE ON THE MAP The craft trails grew out of the partnership’s market research, conducted together with Appalachian State University and Asheville-based Magellan Strategy Group, on how to reach younger audiences. Chandler explains that many respondents already had an interest in craft, but not to the exclusion of other activities.

That insight led the BRNHA to focus on the concept of itineraries, joining multiple craft attractions with other recreational opportunities such as cooking classes or craft breweries. A sample itinerary for Cherokee County begins with a jaunt along the River Walk and Canoe Trails in Murphy, while one for Hayesville in Clay County mentions the town’s summer bluegrass and old-time concert series.

“You combine all that and then add the element of the craft to that — it really makes for a nice package,” Chandler says. “We hope that by promoting it that way, we’ll not only help Western North Carolina in general but specifically bring more attention to the artists as well, because they will very much be a part of that packaging.”

This more integrated approach to marketing the region, Chandler continues, is a logical extension of the BRNHA’s work. Beyond crafts, she says, the partnership is also tasked with preserving and promoting natural, musical, agricultural and Cherokee heritage assets.

Although definitive data on the program’s effectiveness isn’t yet available — the Clay and Cherokee pilots wrapped up in late spring, while the third test run in Henderson County is scheduled to conclude by early December — Chandler says her organization has seen increased engagement on its craft-related social media posts. More extensive marketing of the trails is planned over the next year in conjunction with county tourism organizations, she adds, and artist surveys will be conducted at the end of each season to gather feedback.

Anecdotally, artists involved in the program report mixed results. Furniture maker Jo Kilmer, who owns Spirit Tall in Murphy, says that she hasn’t yet received any additional business from the trails but has gotten very positive responses when informing her custom-

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COTTAGE INDUSTRY: The Highlander Gallery in Brasstown is among the Clay County destinations featured on the Blue Ridge Craft Trails. Photo courtesy of the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area Partnership ers about them. “So far, it is the first time they have heard about it. I believe it just takes a little bit of time to get the word out there,” she says.

In contrast, Clay County-based woodworker Joe Waldroup notes that increasingly more of his customers are familiar with the trails. “This often leads to more interest and conversation about the work that I do,” he says. “Many times customers will take a second look at a piece that may have caught their eye. Sometimes that’s what it takes to make a sale.”

MAKING HAYESVILLE The biggest success for the craft trails to date may be in Hayesville, Chandler says. Local arts supporters, she explains, have leaned into the project with additional signage and posters that help visitors find their way between destinations.

Sandy Zimmerman, board chair for Small Town Main Street/Historic Hayesville, says the trails lined up with

the community’s recent work to enliven its main square and develop a barn quilt trail as public art. “A lot of this has evolved in the last couple of years, and that’s why we felt this would be a really good project to focus on these things,” she says.

This summer, Zimmerman says, her organization’s museum and art studio saw more than 600 visitors, a 40% increase over the same period in 2018.

Sales of hand-painted barn quilt blocks, which run $150-$300 each and are a major fundraiser for downtown revitalization, are up by roughly 30%.

“The barn quilts have brought in at least $20,000. That’s good for a little town of 377 people!” Zimmerman says. “And our county population is between 10,000 and 11,000, so we’re pretty small over here.”

One Hayesville artist says that the promise of the Blue Ridge Craft Trails was the pivotal factor for taking her work public. Lee Holland and her partner, David Dick, launched Sweetwater

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Gallery & Studio in November 2018 after attending local listening sessions about the project and learning how their idea might fit in.

“We had toyed with the idea of opening a business for some time; however, we only decided to move forward with the idea after hearing about the plan to develop the BRCT,” Holland says. “We feel privileged to belong, without cost, to an association backed by Fortune 500 staff and advertisement, having our gallery’s name listed among other credible businesses in the three westernmost North Carolina counties, and receiving press and magazine exposure along with being listed on the BRCT website.”

STAY A WHILE Hayesville is also an example of how the driving-oriented craft trails can still lead to serendipitous pedestrian discoveries. Tourists may arrive by car, but the town’s compact arrangement around a central square allows people to park in one location and take in the sights — both on and off the trail — by foot.

“Right now, whether it’s fortunate or unfortunate, the way folks are getting around in our rural communities is by automobile,” says Chandler. “We encourage people to park their car and to walk in these small towns and get the flavor and the history of what it’s like to be a local there, and to enjoy the quaintness and to just enjoy all they have to offer.”

Moving forward, Chandler hopes to keep visitor numbers up while reducing the impact of vehicles by developing group bus tours along the craft trails. She says similar initiatives have been successful for the Blue Ridge Music Trails, another BRNHA project.

Regardless of how people set out to find WNC’s crafts, Chandler says, the trails are one way to keep those traditions alive for future generations. “Our long-term goal is to build a stronger network across the region for craft artists and help to further preserve our craft assets,” she explains. “By calling attention to them and raising them up as something very important and specific, that also plays a role to ensure that they are preserved.” X

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SHOWCASING THE HANDMADE: Local makers were featured at the Southern Exposition, held in May 1925 inside the Grand Central Palace in New York. Photo by George Masa, courtesy of the North Carolina Collection, Pack Memorial Library, Asheville Enthusiasm and anticipation lined the pages of local newspapers throughout much of 1924, following The Asheville Citizen’s Jan. 7 announcement of the “Great Southern Exposition.” The event, scheduled to take place the following year in New York City, was “dedicated to the important purpose of showing [the country] that they have not heard half of the story of the South’s advancement in the past 30 years,” declared the Jan. 8 edition of The Asheville Citizen.

A yearlong print pep rally ensued. The paper regularly touted the region’s economic potential and progress via its abundance in natural resources. One editorial, featured in the Aug. 2, 1924, edition of The Asheville Citizen, described the South as undergoing an “industrial renaissance.” Its continued rise, the piece concluded, benefited everyone: “To boost the South is to boost all the United States.”

Asheville’s participation in the expo began taking shape in the late summer and early autumn of 1924. Pamphlets promoting the region were in the works, as was a statewide motion picture “presenting an intimate record of the daily expressions of life in this State,” The Asheville Citizen reported on Oct. 11.

By November, additional word arrived: A giant relief map of Western North Carolina would be displayed at the exhibit, denoting major mountain peaks, lakes, waterfalls, gorges and highways. Meanwhile, mountain crafts, including pottery, weaving, woodcarving and basketry would also be featured in an Asheville exhibit.

But as 1924 came to a close, the paper reported the Southern Exposition’s postponement; the January event was being pushed back to November in order for states to appropriate additional funds for their exhibits.

Despite the setback, the newspaper’s enthusiasm (and spin) remained high. On Dec. 3, 1924, The Asheville Citizen presented the delay as a chance to find new ways of contributing to the expo, declaring: “Here is opportunity, large and alluring, for any man who can produce ideas.

A new and practical idea advertising the South, describing one of her resources or summing up her amazing possibilities, will bring treasure to the South and reputation to its originator.”

Later in the same piece, the paper likened the event to battle. “Through this Southern Exposition the South is undertaking to carry a war of conquest into

the realms of business to the North and West of us,” it proclaimed, insisting that the campaign’s success required all hands on deck. “It is up to the South, who before the Civil War dominated both the business and the politics of America, to show the remainder of the country that in the South is the home of big opportunity in America today.”

Whether this battle cry factored into the Southern Exposition’s earlier launch date is unclear. Nevertheless, the November schedule was ultimately pushed up to May. Throughout the expo, The Asheville Citizen continued its campaign of unmitigated approval and promotion of the city’s contributions to the greater South.

For example, in a May 25 report, the paper featured a series of unattributed quotes praising the Biltmore Industries (which participated in the two-week event). According to The Asheville Citizen, Biltmore’s homespun suits were lauded by a number of attendees who shared a common declaration: “The most satisfactory fabric I have ever worn.”

Meanwhile, Roger Miller, manager of the Asheville Chamber of Commerce, praised the city and region’s local talents. “The mountain arts and crafts industries are worthy of the best support we can give them,” he told the paper.

“The Southern Exposition provided an extraordinary advertising opportunity and our display will result in greatly increasing the demand for the products of the mountain industries.”

A similar theme followed in the next day’s paper. Once again, The Asheville Citizen spotlighted the region’s arts and crafts, with a particular focus on the area’s pottery. According to the article, “two of the leading potteries of this section was almost entirely exhausted by the sales during the first week of the exposition and it was necessary to replace the display with a second shipment.”

Once more, Miller shared his thoughts with the paper, commenting, “The arts and crafts of this region offer an unusual opportunity for profitable development … and there is no longer any questions concerning the demand.”

Because of the city’s success at the expo, the paper continued, the chamber planned to host a similar, albeit smaller, local expo that summer “for the purpose of advertising these industries to the thousands of tourists who will come to Asheville from all sections of the United States.”

The Mountain Arts and Crafts show took place in August 1925. According to the paper, the event drew thousands.

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FOCUS ON AMERICAN CRAFT WEEK

by Alli Marshall | amarshall@mountainx.com

QUALITY AND QUANTITY When local craft studios meet the interior design industry

FIRED UP: Lexington Glassworks was launched with the idea that it would be a custom lighting studio. Now in its fifth year, the company has created lighting for a number of Asheville hotels and restaurants as well as private homes, while also producing one-of-a-kind pieces for its studio collection. Photo by Olive and West Photography “I wish I could make a proclamation for Asheville: If you move here, you have to buy local art,” says Sherry Masters.

Through her business, Art Connections, Masters offers consultations “for those who want interesting art focal points for their home, business or outdoor space.”

It’s a niche she’s carving from her years of experience as a gallerist, an art tour guide and by being involved in projects such as the Handmade House at The Ramble — a home in an upscale development that was furnished and decorated with local art and crafts, from a custom tile backsplash to a bespoke bench for the sculpture garden. There’s always a question, Masters says, of “How do you find the customer? How do you connect the artists to the right projects?”

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STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS In 2017, the July Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands featured three Cultivating Craft in Your Daily Life vignettes, which teamed architects and interior designers with local Craft Guild members to demonstrate how local handmade items could be incorporated in home style. Tracey Kearnes of Alchemy Design Studio and fiber artist Barbara Zaretsky produced a bedroom; Laura Sullivan of ID.ology and furniture maker Brian Boggs created a dining room; and Ann Sherrill of Rusticks and Al and Parker Platt of Platt Architecture worked with sculptural art basketmaker Matt Tommey on a living room.

Tommey says the vignettes “came out of my desire to connect [the design

industry] with the wider craft community. … Craft organizations are becoming more and more isolated in their approach to marketing,” he says. “For me, strategic partnerships are at the core of how I built my business.”

Originally from Columbus, Ga., with a background in marketing, Tommey relocated to Asheville following the 2008 economic downturn and opened his studio in 2011. Though he’d made baskets for 25 years, it was just after his move to Western North Carolina that he was recognized by the Smithsonian Institution, won a prestigious award and became a member of the Southern Highland Craft Guild. “All these things started to converge for me,” he says.

Today, Tommey’s waitlist is 3 1/2-4 months out and “95-99% of my clients are luxury mountain homeowners,” he says. As in the vignettes, Tommey often works closely with architects and designers to craft sculptural baskets for his clientele. Also — taking a suggestion from a client years ago — he collects natural materials, such as mountain laurel, from the homesites to incorporate into the bespoke pieces. “I love the collaborative process. It really works for me,” he says.

PUBLIC RELATIONS Barbara Zaretsky of BZ Design, who was also part of the 2017 vignettes, has been involved in similar projects that pair makers with members of the design industry, including contributing pieces to the vignettes at the American Craft Council show in Atlanta and the Craft and Design Show in Richmond, Va. For NY NOW, a wholesale products and innovative designs trade show, “They had chosen my work — pillows — to publish in a number of trade publications,” she says. “That was pretty great.”

But publicity and public appearances don’t necessarily mean immediate sales.

“I know I’ve had people come here to the studio [who saw my work in Richmond],” she says. “It gets in people’s minds, and they remember it. …

It’s like, ‘Oh right, I wanted to do that.’”

Zaretsky’s River Arts District studio is a draw, both to customers who encountered her work at craft shows and to visitors exploring the area’s many maker spaces. “More often than not, people have walked through the studio, and if they haven’t purchased

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FOCU S ON A M E R ICA N C R AF T W E E K something in the moment, they take my information and then call me when they’re ready to have a piece made or when they’re ready to order pillows or table runners,” she says.

Unfortunately, the RAD “has become part of the whole scene. People are walking through with cups of beer,” Zaretsky says. “The majority of people coming through these days are not buyers of high-end work.”

She adds, “But there are serious buyers. They definitely are educated and appreciate craft.”

These are the types of art collectors Masters hopes to match with local artists. In the past year, she’s partnered on several occasions with design firm ID.ology “when a client expressed interest in local artists,” she explains. Some designers work with artists directly, she says. And some local galleries work with clients directly to order custom pieces.

GROWTH SPURT Masters worked at Grovewood Gallery when it expanded to its second floor, adding studio furniture — an idea

ART OF NETWORKING: “I love the potential interaction of working with a designer” says fiber artist Barbara Zaretsky, whose textiles and pillows are pictured.

Certain shows that she’s been part of “give designers the opportunity to learn [what artists] are available and who’s creating work that they might be able to incorporate in the homes of the clients they’re working with.” Photo courtesy of Zaretsky

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later repeated at New Morning Gallery and other craft-oriented businesses.

More recently, Brian Boggs has been in the process of exploring ways to grow his furniture-making business to work more closely with the design industry.

“We’re sort of in between manufacturing and fine craft,” he says. “Our work is definitely fine craft, [but] we have employees, and we want more of them, and we want more customers. Learning to work better with the [design] trade needs to be part of our strategy.”

While Boggs’ company has collaborated with designers for many years, the pieces he’s developed, he says, “focus on artists and highly refined designs that take quite a bit of handwork … to hold tolerances and quality standards that are a very important part of our brand.” He continues, “The design trade doesn’t allow much room in the story for the designer. Our margins are too slim.”

Makers are so passionate about the artistry that production doesn’t tend to drive their companies, Boggs says.

Another piece of the designer-craftsperson marriage is that “you need to be able to work a little bit differently,” Boggs explains. “Designers are used to a certain kind of professionalism that isn’t always part of craft culture.” He’s not talking about poor table manners but, instead, a consistent palette of colors, a run of patterns and the ability to hit deadlines.

“For artists and craftspeople, that’s tough,” Boggs says. “We’ve chosen to work the way that we love to work, and that doesn’t always allow us to be dependable from a timing standpoint.”

To make the partnership with a designer or design firm work, he says, “There has to be a relationship of trust there, built by reputation and repeated success of getting your [work] done to a standard, being able to hit the mark, and learning how to communicate clearly enough and consistently enough that the designer, who’s representing their work to their client, can feel confident.”

NUMBERS GAME The move toward manufacturing on a larger scale or working regularly with a design firm doesn’t make sense for all craftspeople. Though such a change might bring more money into an artist’s studio, there are considerations beyond the bottom line. Industry generally wants multiples, Zaretsky notes. For the way she works, as a fiber artist, that’s more challenging than for, say, ceramists or woodworkers, who can produce in quantity through mechanization and/or with the help of a team.

But for some studios, a production line is the key to success. Early on, Northern Crescent Iron — started by the late black-

smith Matt Waldrop in Taos, N.M., and relocated to Asheville’s Phil Mechanic Studios — “was doing railings and gates and a sculpture here and there,” says operations manager Jeremy Duke.

“It was kind of feast or famine.”

About six years ago, Waldrop and Duke (who joined the company as an apprentice and learned every aspect of the trade from the founder) moved the shop to Flat Rock. “When we started selling hardware and bottle openers and knives, we started getting more consistent business,” Duke says.

They marketed (and continue to offer) knives and bottle openers through online craft marketplace Etsy. At first, there were few sales, “but one year, it started ramping up,” Duke remembers. “We could see there was a lot of interest in those two items, so we started [thinking about], ‘How are we going to produce the amount we need to produce; what do we need, tooling-wise, to do this.’”

Northern Crescent Iron’s line of kitchen and bath hardware attracted the attention of Liberty Hardware. A contract with that company landed Waldrop’s and Duke’s products in the Homegrown Hardware program — metal, glass and ceramic cabinet hardware — at Home Depot stores. “We put a lot of effort into the tooling to be able to hit the price points we needed to hit to sell the hardware to them,” Duke says. “That got the ball rolling, so we were able to produce the hardware in a way that would benefit us.”

And though such production means less focus on one-of-a-kind works, Duke points out the popular North Crescent Iron items have allowed the business to grow: “We wanted to create something more stable so we could keep the people around who were working at the shop and make sure there’s consistent work for them.”

And even if there’s repetition in the making process, “You never know where you’re going to find inspiration,” Duke says. “There’s beauty in the mundane.”

KEEP IT FRESH While Lexington Glassworks hasn’t landed a contract with a big-box store, the business — now in its fifth year in Asheville — has created a customizable line of lighting. “We offer a variety of pendant [lights] that start at about $225 and go all the way up to about $5,000,” says marketing director Ashley Hardes. “Our lighting really spans residential to commercial.”

Clients include people who are replacing old fixtures in their houses, interior designers, builders and contractors.

HOME GOODS: Basketmaker Matt Tommey was inspired by a client to use natural materials from the homesite in creating original sculpture for luxury mountain homeowners. “I love the collaboration process,” he says of working with builders and interior designers. Photo courtesy of Tommey There are six different shapes of luminaries available in a range of colors, textures and sizes. “We work with our customers by asking them for color swatches or images,” explains Hardes.

“We can work with the examples that we have on the [showroom] floor and tweak those a little bit to fit their design, or we can go from scratch” if the customer wants something unique.

Lexington Glassworks also works with Hubbardton Forge Lighting, a Vermont-based commercial forge, which puts the Asheville maker’s lights onto its fixtures.

The glassblowing studio and gallery also offers functional ware, one-of-akind art pieces and gift items. “We offer a little bit of everything,” Hardes says.

And because the enterprise is a working studio, glass is blown seven days a week to fill orders and the in-house collection. Visitors can watch the glassblowing in process or can reserve a spot for a 30-minute demonstration.

Among the local businesses boasting Lexington Glasswork lighting are Kimpton Hotel Arras, Aloft

Asheville Downtown Hotel and AC Hotel Asheville Downtown as well as restaurants such as Jargon, Chiesa, Liberty House Coffee and Café, and the bar Antidote.

So, with production in full swing, does a successful marriage to the design industry mean less time for the imaginative work artists crave?

“That’s the million dollar question: How do you balance filling orders with being creative and still being able to make your work that’s personal to you?” Hardes muses. “We’ve been purposeful, like, ‘I’m going to schedule this entire afternoon [to] just make stuff for the sketchbook. I’m going to try out new designs.’”

She continues, “Over the years we’ve figured out that … trying out new ideas and experimenting is important to keep our work fresh. It’s important to hit reset.”

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ACTIVISM CITIZENS-POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE • 1st WEDNESDAYS, 5pm - Citizens-Police Advisory Committee meeting. Free. Meets in the 1st Floor Conference Room, Public Works Building, 161 S. Charlotte St. MOMS DEMAND ACTION ASHEVILLE • MO (10/7), 6-7pm Non-partisan group educating and advocating for stricter gun safety laws.

Free to attend. Held at The BLOCK off biltmore, 39 S. Market St. PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE OF HENDERSON CO. • FRIDAYS, 4:30-6pm - Postcard writing to government representatives. Postcards, stamps, addresses, pens and tips provided. Free to attend. Held at Sanctuary

Brewing Co., 147 1st Ave., Hendersonville TOOLS TO CHANGE THE WORLD • WEDNESDAYS (10/2) until (11/13), 6:30-8:30pm - Progressive Utilization Theory (Prout) study group, learn activist tools, Tools to Change the World. Info: 828-2741683 or proutasheville@ gmail.com Free. Held at Li Household, 106 Thistle Knoll Ct.

ANIMALS ANIMAL TELEPATHY & CLAIRVOYANCE CLASSES (PD.) “Animal Telepathy”Learn how to send & receive intuitive messages with your animals. 8 wk/$325.

Tues. Oct 1-Nov 19, 6-8:30 or Sat. Oct 5-Nov 23, 2-4:30. “Introductory Clairvoyance”- Awaken your clairvoyance for self-healing as you learn

how to strengthen, use & protect your energy body. 6 wk/$250. Wed. Oct. 2-Nov. 10. Ancient Suns Intuitive Arts, (706) 247-9141, 70 Woodfin Place. ancientsunsacademy@ gmail.com. http://www. ancient-intuition.com COMPASSIONATE COMMUNITY PARTY • WE (10/9), 6:30-8:30pm - The Community Solutions program at Asheville Humane Society provides resources for those keeping pets in their homes. Hear stories and live music. Free.

Held at The BLOCK off biltmore, 39 S. Market St.

BENEFITS OF VALLEY & RIDGE ART SHOW (PD.) FR (10/11), 5-8pm Of Valley & Ridge Art Show Preview Party featuring works inspired by the Parkway by 20 WNC artists. Enjoy food, live music, and art at castle.

Purchases and tickets benefit Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation. Tickets $100 at BRPFoundation. org. Held at Zealandia, 1 Vance Gap Road, Asheville SA, SU (10/12 & 10/13), 10am-5pm Of Valley & Ridge Art Show featuring works inspired by the

Parkway by 20 WNC artists. Purchases benefit Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation. Held at Zealandia, 1 Vance Gap Road, Asheville ANNUAL ROOT BALL • SA (10/5), 6-9pm - Proceeds from this fundraising ball with live music, all-you-can-eat buffet, beverages and silent auction benefit Asheville GreenWorks. $25/$20 members.

Held at The Boathouse at Smokey Park, 350 Riverside Drive ART AND MUSIC TRIVIA • SA (10/5), 6-9pm - Proceeds from this trivia fundraiser featuring host from LaZoom Comedy Tours and silent auction benefit Revolve programming. $35/$25 members. Held at Revolve, 821 Riverside Drive BAA'D TO THE BONE SHAKEDOWN • TH (10/3), 5:30pm - Proceeds from this tex-mex dinner and live music event featuring The Rewind Band, benefit Throwing Bones, patients fighting multiple myeloma and other blood cancers.

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CREEKSIDE JAMFEST • SA (10/5), 4-10pm - Proceeds from the Creekside JamFest with live music

by Larry Keel Experience, Dangermuffin and the Get Right Band with family-friendly activities including Mountain Circus

Arts, Asheville Hoopsw and Asheville Plays benefit Swannanoa Valley Montessori School. $20/$25 door/$40 VIP. Held at Pisgah Brewing Company, 150 East Side Drive, Black Mountain

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DANIEL JOHNSTON MEMORIAL SHOW • FR (10/4), 10pm - Proceeds from this live music show featuring Jimmy McGuirl, Brynn Estelle, Mike Andersen, Michael James, Jane Lovato, Dylan Haiku Puu, Tristen Colby, Sacred Daisy and Matthew Decker benefit the Hi, How Are You Project. $5. Held at Sly Grog Lounge, 271 Haywood St. ELIADA CORN MAZE • SA through SU (10/27) Proceeds from this annual corn maze with activities for kids and hay rides benefit Eliada. See website for full schedule and prices: EliadaCornMaze. com. Held at Eliada, 2 Compton Drive FALL PLANT SALE • TH (10/3), 9am-4pm & FR (10/4), 9am-1pm - Proceeds from the NC State Theater Garden Club's annual fall plant sale benefits the expansion and enhancement of the gardens at The Playhouse and the Village of Flat Rock. Free to attend. Held at Flat Rock Playhouse, 2661 Highway 225, Flat Rock FRIENDS FALL BOOK SALE • WE (10/9) through SA (10/12) - Proceeds from the Friends Fall Book Sale benefit Polk County Public Libraries. Free to attend. Held at Columbus Library, 1289 W. Mills St., Columbus PISGAH LEGAL ANNUAL JUSTICE FORUM • TH (10/3), 7pm Proceeds from donations at this forum featuring keynote speaker Jose Antonio Vargas benefit Pisgah Legal Services.

Registration required: pisgahlegal.org/ justiceforum. Free/$60 for pre-forum reception.

Held at Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, 87 Haywood St. PUMPKIN PATCH PUMPKIN SALE • SU (10/6) through WE (11/6) - Proceeds from sales of pumpkins benefit Groce United Methodist Church. Mon.-Sat.: 10am7pm. Sun.: 12:30-7pm.

Free to attend. Held at

Groce United Methodist Church, 954 Tunnel Road SPARC AFTER DARK • TH (10/3), 6-9pm - Proceeds from this party with live music, raffle and local food and drinks benefit the SPARC Foundation.

Tickets: sparcafterdark.simpletix. com. $25. Held at The Boathouse at Smokey Park, 350 Riverside Drive SWANNANOA COMMUNITY YARD SALE • SA (10/5), 8am-1pm - Proceeds from vendor fees at this community yard sale benefit the Friends and Neighbors of Swannanoa. Information: SwannanoaFANS. org. Free to attend. Held at Ingles Markets Inc., 2299 US Highway 70, Swannanoa WASHINGTON STATE MURALIST LECTURE • TU (10/8), 7pm Proceeds from this public lecture by muralist Jennifer Carrasco benefit Upstairs Artspace.

Registration: frontdesk@ upstairsartspace.org. $30.

Held at Upstairs Artspace, 49 S. Trade St., Tryon YANCEY COUNTY DREAM HOME TOUR • FR (10/4), 10am-4pm - Proceeds from this tour of Yancey County homes benefit the MCC Foundation and student scholarships. Tickets: www.mayland.edu or 828.766.1233. $25.

BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY A-B TECH SMALL BUSINESS CENTER 1465 Sand Hill Road, Candler, 828-398-7950, abtech.edu/sbc • WE (10/2), 3-6pm - Using Wordpress to Build a Website for Your Business, seminar.

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• SA (10/5), 9am-noon - Building Your Business Strategy and Business Planning, seminar. Registration required. Free.

• TU (10/8), 9amnoon - How to Create a Captivating Social Media Strategy for Your Business, seminar. Registration required. Free.

• TU (10/8), 1-4pm - Business Taxes 101, seminar.

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• WE (10/9), 6-9pm - Basic Internet Marketing, seminar. Registration required. Free.

DEFCON 828 GROUP • 1st SATURDAYS, 2pm - General meeting for information security professionals, students and enthusiasts. Free to attend. Held at Earth Fare South, 1856 Hendersonville Road LEADERSHIP ASHEVILLE FORUM • WE (10/2), 6-7:30pm - North Carolina Public Higher Education: How Could it be More Effective in Building Our Future? public forum with presentations and discussions. Free. Held at UNC Asheville Reuter Center, 1 University Heights OUTDOOR BIZ PITCH RECEPTION • WE (10/9), 5:30pm - Outdoor industry business pitches and reception. Information: outdooreconomy.org. $15. Held at New Belgium Brewery, 21 Craven St. SOLUTION SATURDAYS • SA (10/5), 11am3pm - Computer and technology questions answered by tech-savvy volunteers, Free. Held at Enka-Candler Library, 1404 Sandhill Road, Candler WNC LINUX USER GROUP • 1st SATURDAYS, noon - Users of all experience levels discuss Linux systems. Free to attend.

Held at Earth Fare South, 1856 Hendersonville Road

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

HANDSTANDS on Thursdays 6:30pm.

PARTNER ACROBATICS on Sundays 6:30pm.

AERIAL CONDITIONING on Thursdays 1:00pm.

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TO POLE FITNESS on Mondays 6:15pm, Tuesdays 7:15pm, and Saturdays 11:30am.

EMPYREANARTS.ORG. PEACE-WHAT IS IT, WHERE IS IT, AND HOW CAN I GET IT? (PD.) The Peace Education Program, currently presented in over 80 countries worldwide, will be offered freely in Asheville at the North Asheville Recreation Center at 37 E. Larchmont Rd. Beginning Tuesday, September 24, 10 weekly video based 1 hr. classes will be held each Tuesday evening at 6:30 pm thru November 26. Please email or call to register for the free 10 week course at pep.

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WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY RETIREMENT PLANNING CLASS (PD.) WCU Biltmore Park Campus. October 8 and 10. 5:30 PM-8:30 PM. Cost $79 per person/ couple. Call 828-227-7397 or Register Online pdp. wcu.edu ASHEVILLE CHESS CLUB • WEDNESDAYS, 6:30pm - Sets provided.

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Held at North Asheville Recreation Center, 37 E. Larchmont Road ASHEVILLE ROTARY CLUB • THURSDAYS, noon-1:30pm - General meeting. Free. Held at Renaissance Asheville Hotel, 31 Woodfin St. ASHEVILLE WOMEN IN BLACK • 1st FRIDAYS, 5pm Monthly peace vigil. Free.

Held at Vance Monument, 1 Pack Square BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • WE (10/2), 11am BINGO for all ages. Prizes from the Friends of the Library. Coffee and morning snacks. Children must

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be accompanied by an adult. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • THURSDAYS, 10:30am-noon - Modern money theory study group. Free. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. • THURSDAYS, 5pm - Spanish Conversation Group for adults. Free.

Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. GENEALOGY CLUB • 2nd TUESDAYS, 3pm - Genealogy Club. Free.

Held at Mountains Branch Library, 150 Bill's Creek Road, Lake Lure KOREAN WAR VETERANS CHAPTER 314 • 2nd WEDNESDAYS, noon - Korean War Veterans Association, General Frank Blazey Chapter 314, general meeting. Lunch at noon, meeting at 1pm.

Free to attend. Held at Golden Corral, 2530 Chimney Rock Road, Hendersonville LAUREL CHAPTER OF THE EMBROIDERERS’ GUILD OF AMERICA • TH (10/3), 10am General meeting with presentation on crazy quilting. Free. Held at Cummings United Methodist Church, 3 Banner Farm Road, Horse Shoe LEICESTER COMMUNITY CENTER BOARD MEETING • 2nd TUESDAYS, 7pm - Public board meeting.

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DEMOCRATIC WOMEN OF HENDERSON COUNTY LUNCHEON • FR (10/4), 11:30am2pm - Democratic Women of Henderson County Luncheon featuring Julia Buckner, President of NC Democratic Women. Tickets available at HCDP Headquarters, 828-3882897 or dwhc1977@ gmail.com. $35. Held at Hendersonville Country Club, 1860 Hebron Road, Hendersonville

50 S. French Broad Ave., 828-255-5166, ontrackwnc.org • WEDNESDAYS (10/2) through (10/16), 5:308pm - Basics of budgeting, setting goals, planning spending to realize goals, saving strategies and tracking spending. Registration required. Free.

• TH (10/3), noon1:30pm - Budgeting and Debt, class.

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• TH (10/3), 5:30-7pm - Understanding Credit.

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

• TU (10/8), 5:30-7pm - Budgeting and Debt, class. Registration required. Free.

• TH (10/10), noon1:30pm - Women's Money Club. Registration required. Free.

• TH (10/10), 5:30-7pm - Savings & Goal Setting, class. Registration required. Free.

SMOKY MOUNTAIN VETERANS STAND DOWN • TH (10/10), 9am-2pm - Public service event offering haircuts, medical and dental care, employment resources, breakfast and lunch for veterans. Free/Bring veteran identification card. Held at Robert C. Carpenter Community Building, 1288 Georgia Road, Franklin

LARGE SCALE YARD SALE: Swannanoa’s twice-annual community yard sale takes place (rain or shine) on Saturday, Oct. 5, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. in the Swannanoa Ingles parking lot. All proceeds go to Friends and Neighbors of Swannanoa. Photo courtesy of Friends and Neighbors of Swannanoa (FANS) (p. 29)

THOMAS WOLFE BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION • SA (10/5), 9am-4:30pm - Thomas Wolfe birthday celebration with a used book sale, birthday cake and free tours for North Carolina residents. Admission fees apply. Held at Thomas Wolfe Memorial, 52 N. Market St.

FAIRVIEW WELCOME TABLE • 2nd THURSDAYS, 11:30am-1pm - Community lunch. Admission by donation. Held at Fairview Christian Fellowship, 596 Old US Highway 74, Fairview

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FOLK SCHOOL FALL FESTIVAL • SA (10/5) & SU (10/6), 10am-5pm - Festival with more than 200 craft exhibitions, more than 30 artist demonstrations, music and dance. $5 adults/$3 children ages 12-17/Free for children younger than 12.

Held at John C. Campbell Folk School, 1 Folk School Rd, Brasstown

• TU (10/8), 5-8pm - WNC Repair Café, hands-on help repairing broken household items. Reservation recommended. Free to attend.

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at WNC Nature Center, 75 Gashes Creek Road HILLTOP FALL FESTIVAL • SA (10/5), 11am-6pm - Outdoor, family-friendly festival featuring live music, arts and crafts vendors, running and bike race and kids activities. Information and schedule: myrutherfordton.com/ hilltop-fall-festival. Free to attend. Held in Downtown Rutherfordton LUNSFORD FESTIVAL • SA (10/5), 10am-7:30pm - The 52nd Bascom Lamar Lunsford Minstrel of Appalachia Festival celebrates regional music and dance traditions and includes community jam session, ballad swap and community dance. Music workshops: $10. Registration: avl.mx/6ju.

Free. Held at Mars Hill University, 265 Cascade St., Mars Hill WNC GARLIC FEST • SA (10/5), noon-6pm - Family friendly, garlic

extravaganza with offerings by 30+ vendors and a garlic trail. Free. Held at Sow True Seed, 243 Haywood St.

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS BLUE RIDGE REPUBLICAN WOMEN'S CLUB MEETING • 2nd THURSDAYS, 6pm - General meeting. Free to attend. Held at Yao, 153 Smoky Park Highway CITY OF ASHEVILLE 828-251-1122, ashevillenc. gov • 1st WEDNESDAYS, 5pm - Citizens-Police Advisory Committee meeting. Free.

Meets in the 1st Floor Conference Room, Public Works Building, 161 S. Charlotte St. • FR (10/4), 4pm - Unveiling of a plaque in memory of the first African American policeman in Asheville to become a Lieutenant, Walter Robertson. Free.

Held at Asheville Fire &

HENDERSON COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY 1216 6th Ave. W., Suite 600, Hendersonville, 828-692-6424, myhcdp.com • 1st SATURDAYS, 9-11am - Monthly breakfast buffet. $9/$4.50 for children under 10.

• WE (10/9), 2-3:30pm - Progress Alliance of Henderson County sponsored presentation

by Pam and Charlie Rogers about climate change solutions from Project Drawdown.

Free.

HENDERSON COUNTY LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS lwvhcnc.org • MO (10/7), 6-7:30pm - Meet and Greet of candidates in all of the municipal elections of Hendersonville, Flat Rock, Mills River, Fletcher, Laurel Park and Saluda. Free. Held at City of Hendersonville Operations Center,

305 Williams St., Hendersonville • TH (10/10), 11:30am1pm - Immigration: Fact vs. Fiction, panel discussion with the Immigration Network of Henderson County. Free. Held at Immaculate Conception Church, 208 7th Ave., W. Hendersonville INDIVISIBLE COMMON GROUNDWNC • 1st WEDNESDAYS, 6:30-8pm - General meeting. Free. Held at St. David's Episcopal Church, 286 Forest Hills Road, Sylva PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE OF HENDERSON CO. • FRIDAYS, 4:30-6pm - Postcard writing to government representatives. Postcards, stamps, addresses, pens and tips provided.

Free to attend. Held at Sanctuary Brewing Co., 147 1st Ave., Hendersonville

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

Free. Held at Apple Valley Model Railroad & Museum, 650 Maple St., Hendersonville BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library

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• 1st WEDNESDAYS, 11am-noon - Storytime + Art, project for preschool students. Free. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. • WEDNESDAYS, 11am - Yoga for kids. Free. Held at Swannanoa Library, 101 West Charleston St., Swannanoa • WE (10/2), 4pm Dungeons and Dragons for ages 6-12. Registration required. Free. Held at Fairview Public Library, Fairview • 1st WEDNESDAYS, 4-5:30pm - Heroes Unlimited, role playing game for grades 6-12.

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Free. Held at Fairview Library, 1 Taylor Road, Fairview • THURSDAYS, 6pm Story time designed for children ages 3-6. Free.

Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • FR (10/4), 2:30pm - Sign up to read for 15-minutes with J.R. the therapy dog.

Registration required.

Free. Held at Skyland/ South Buncombe Library, 260 Overlook Road • MONDAYS, 10:30am - Mother Goose Time, storytime for 4-18 month olds. Free. Held at Skyland/South Buncombe Library, 260 Overlook Road • WE (9/25), 11am - Yoga for kids. Free. Held at Swannanoa Library, 101 West Charleston St., Swannanoa

MALAPROP'S BOOKSTORE AND CAFE 55 Haywood St., 828-2546734, malaprops.com • WE (10/9), 10am - Holly Terei presents her book, Jacob the Flapping Dinosaur Goes to School.

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• WEDNESDAYS, 10am - Miss Malaprop's Story Time for ages 3-9. Free to attend.

FLETCHER LIBRARY • WEDNESDAYS, 10:30am - Family story time. Free. Held at Fletcher Library, 120 Library Road, Fletcher

CHIMNEY ROCK AT CHIMNEY ROCK STATE PARK (PD.) Join a Park naturalist on Saturday,Oct.19, from 9am-1pm for this Fall Ridge Guided Hike that explores one of the seldom-seen areas of the Park. Advance registration required. Info at chimneyrockpark.com

HOMESCHOOL ART PROGRAM • 2nd TUESDAYS, 11am12:30pm - Homeschool program for grades 1-4.

Registration required: 828-253-3227 x 124. $4 per student. Held at Asheville Art Museum, 175 Biltmore Ave. LITTLE EXPLORER'S CLUB • 1st & 3rd FRIDAYS, 9-10am - Little Explorer's Club, science topics for preschoolers. $7/Caregivers free. Held at Asheville Museum of Science, 43 Patton Ave.

PISGAH CENTER FOR WILDLIFE EDUCATION 1401 Fish Hatchery Road, Pisgah Forest, 828-877-4423 • WE (10/2), 10am-3pm - On the Water: Little River, outdoor workshop for ages 12 and older.

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• MO (10/7), 9-11am - Squirrels, workshop for ages four to seven.

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• MO (10/7), 1-3pm - Raising Trout, workshop for ages eight to 13. Registration required. Free.

PLAYDATES • MONDAYS, 9-10am - Playdates, family fun activities. Free to attend.

Held at Whole Foods Market, 4 S. Tunnel Road YOUTH ART CLASS • SATURDAYS, 10:30noon - Youth art class. $10. Held at Appalachian Art Farm, 22 Morris St., Sylva

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ASTRONOMY CLUB OF ASHEVILLE • TH (10/3), 7-9pm - Astronomy Club of Asheville meeting with guest speaker. Information: astroasheville. org. Free. Held at UNC Asheville Reuter Center, 1 University Heights BEAVER LAKE BIRD WALK • SA (10/5), 8am - Bird walk. Free. Held at Beaver

Lake Bird Sanctuary, US-25 BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY HIKE • FR (10/4), 10am - The Devil’s In the Details, guided, moderate, 1-mile round trip hike to the top of Devils Courthouse for panoramic views of four states. Free. Meet at Blue Ridge Parkway, Devils Courthouse Overlook at Milepost 422.2 INTERNATIONAL OBSERVE THE MOON NIGHT • SA (10/5), 7:30-10pm - The Astronomy Club of Asheville has telescopes set up at two locations to view the First Quarter Hunter’s Moon and Saturn. Free. Held at Pack Square Park, 121 College St. and also at Tanbark Ridge Overlook off the Blue Ridge Parkway PISGAH CENTER FOR WILDLIFE EDUCATION 1401 Fish Hatchery Road, Pisgah Forest, 828-877-4423 • FR (10/4), 9am-3pm - Intro to fly fishing workshop open to ages 12 and older. Registration required. Free.

• TU (10/8), 10am-3pm - Casting for beginners workshop for ages 12 and up. Registration required.

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

Free to attend. Held at Ecusta Brewing, 49 Pisgah Highway, Suite 3, Pisgah Forest TREE WALK • SA (10/5), 10am - Guided walk to identify and understand native trees.

Free. Held at Oklawaha Greenway, Berkeley Road Parking Area (near to the bridge over Mud Creek), Hendersonville

PARENTING HAYWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER 262 Leroy George Drive, Clyde, 828-452-8440, myhaywoodregional.com • THURSDAYS, 11:30am1:30pm - Social gathering for mothers and their babies. Registration required. Free to attend.

• THURSDAYS until (10/24), 7-9pm - Preparation for Childbirth, four week series. Registration required. Free to attend.

PUBLIC LECTURES ANTISEMITISM THROUGH A HATE STUDIES LENS • TH (10/3), 7-8:30pm Antisemitism through a Hate Studies Lens, lecture by author, attorney and antisemitism expert, Kenneth S. Stern. Free. Held at Blue Ridge Ballroom, 1 University Heights STRONG AMERICA TOUR • FR (10/4), 7-8:30pm Chuck Marohn's Strong America Tour promoting his new book, Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity.

Registration: avl.mx/6jk.

Free. Held at Archetype Brewing Broadway, 174 Broadway UNITY OF THE BLUE RIDGE 2041 Old Fanning Bridge Road, Mills River, 828891-8700 • SA (10/5), 10am - Be The Change: Creating Peace Within and Without, Mahatma Gandhi's grandson, Dr. Arun Gandhi, offers the principles of peace, inclusivity and non-violence. $35 door/$25/$20 students.

• SA (10/5), 6pm - Be The Change: Creating Peace Within and Without, Mahatma Gandhi's grandson, Dr. Arun Gandhi, offers the principles of peace, inclusivity and non-violence. $35 door/$25/$20 students.

Elder Club Group Respite program for individuals with memory challenges and people of all faiths.

Registration required: 828-253-2900. $30. Held at Jewish Family Services of WNC, 2 Doctors Park, Suite E CHAIR YOGA • THURSDAYS, 2pm Chair Yoga. Free. Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville HENDERSONVILLE ELDER CLUB • WEDNESDAYS, 11am2pm - The Hendersonville Elder Club for individuals with memory challenges and people of all faiths.

Registration required: 828253-2900. $30. Held at Agudas Israel Congregation, 505 Glasgow Lane, Hendersonville LEGAL AND FINANCIAL WORKSHOP • MO (10/7), 11-11:45am - Legal and financial workshop for those impacted by dementia. Registration: avl.mx/6jq Free. Held at Lakeview Community Center, 401 Laurel Circle Drive, Black Mountain

SPIRITUALITY ANATASATI MAGGA (PD.) Sujata Yasa (Nancy Spence). Zen Buddhism.

Weekly meditations and services; Daily recitations w/mala. Urban retreats.

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ANATTASATIMAGGA. ORG 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.

DREAMING A NEW DREAM MEDITATION • 1st FRIDAYS, 7pm Dreaming a New Dream, meditation to explore peace and compassion.

Free. Held at Center for Spiritual Living Asheville, 2 Science Mind Way MEDITATION CLASS • 1st SUNDAYS, 10am - Meditation class sponsored by Science of Spirituality. Information: 828-348-9123 or avlmeditation@gmail.com. Free.

Held at Veda Studios, 853 Merrimon Ave., (Upstairs) OPEN SANGHA • THURSDAYS, 7:309pm - Open Sangha

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TAIZE PRAYER MEETUP • 1st FRIDAYS, 7-8pm Taize, interfaith meditative candlelight prayer meetup with song, silence and scripture. Free. Held at St. Eugene's Catholic Church, 72 Culver St.

HOMEWARD BOUND OF WNC • THURSDAYS, 11am - See the Hope Tour, find out how Homeward Bound is working to end homelessness and how you can help. Registration required: tours@ homewardboundwnc.org or 828-785-9840. Free.

Held at Homeward Bound of WNC, 19 N. Ann St.

VOLUNTEERING ASPCA BEHAVIORAL REHABILITATION CENTER PRESENTATION • TU (10/8), 7pm - ASPCA Behavioral Rehabilitation Center is the first permanent facility for the rehabilitation and study of fearful and unadoptable dogs. Learn about volunteering opportunities.

Free. Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS WNC • 2nd & 4th THURSDAYS, noon-12:30pm - Orientation sessions for prospective volunteers. Free.

Held at Big Brothers Big Sisters of Western North Carolina, 50 S. French Broad Ave., Suite 213 CORN MAZE • Through (10/27) - Volunteers needed to work three hour shifts at the Elida Corn Maze. Information: EliadaCornMaze.

LIGHT A PATH • SU (10/6) - Volunteer orientation for individuals to teach yoga and other somatic healing practices to underserved communities. Apply online: lightapath.org.

LITERACY COUNCIL OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY VOLUNTEER INFORMATION SESSION • MO (10/7), 5:30pm - Information session for those interested in volunteering two hours per week with adults who want to improve reading, writing, spelling and English language skills.

Free. Held at The Literacy Council of Buncombe County, 31 College Place, Suite B221 For more volunteering opportunities visit mountainx.com/ volunteering

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WISE WOMEN GATHER 15th annual herbal conference will focus on nourishing body and spirit

BY LESLIE BOYD leslie.boyd@gmail.com The adage that we are what we eat will come to life again, perhaps in some surprising ways, during the 15th annual Southeast Wise Women Herbal Conference at the Kanuga conference and retreat center near Hendersonville. More than 1,000 women of all ages and backgrounds are expected to gather FridaySunday, Oct. 11-13, to study herbal cures, traditions, nutrition and personal growth, with over 50 classes, workshops and intensives on offer.

This year marks a significant change in the event: Founder Corinna Wood is scaling back her involvement, though she’ll still be a presenter. She declined to be interviewed, saying she prefers to keep the spotlight on the conference itself.

Annabeth Hardcastle, who’s attended nearly every year, sums up the event this way: “It’s a thousand beautiful women who gather for plants, the planet, love, acceptance and affirmation.”

WOMAN TO WOMAN Asheville author Byron Ballard, a Pagan priestess, blogger, urban homesteader and lecturer who has attended most years, will offer a workshop on traditional Appalachian healing methods.

“There are things in your own backyard that are more effective and better for you than pharmaceuticals,” says Ballard. “And commercial interests are trying to patent some of them.”

One example she cites is fire cider, a mix of vinegar and spices, garlic and hot pepper. The tonic, she says, alleviates congestion from colds, flu and allergies and also boosts the immune system.

Ballard doesn’t advocate shunning modern medicine, but she does enjoy teaching people, particularly women, how to find common plants right near home that treat various ailments while helping maintain health.

Part of the problem, as Ballard and other women’s health advocates see it, is that most medical research is male-oriented: Historically, the

BECOMING PLANT-WISE: Learning about the healing properties of common plants was a focus at last year’s Southeast Wise Women Herbal Conference. Photo by Brandi Pettijohn model for most drug studies has been an average-weight male.

“The focus of the conference is woman to woman, kind of kitchen to kitchen,” Ballard explains. “It’s about women being together in a women’s space and being free to talk, to do, to teach and to learn from each other.”

REDEFINING NUTRITION Other presenters will also offer alternative visions of both nutrition and medicine.

Sally Fallon Morell is the author of Nourishing Traditions, a bestselling cookbook that challenges conventional wisdom. “I believe the human body benefits from old-fashioned animal fats,” she says. “I’m

talking about whole milk and meat and eggs, real butter.”

Fallon Morell is the founding president of The Weston A. Price Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to returning nutrient-dense food to the dietary forefront. She also recommends bone broths, organ meats and meat from grass-fed animals as part of a diet rich in unprocessed and lacto-fermented foods such as traditional pickles, sauerkraut and sourdough breads.

Recent studies have suggested that meat from animals eating a diverse mix of plants is likely to be lower in saturated fats and that the phytochemicals those animals ingest might help fight low-grade inflammation in humans that can lead to heart disease and other illnesses. According to information from the National Institutes of

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“It’s about women being together in a women’s space and being free to talk, to do, to teach and to learn from each other.”

— presenter Byron Ballard Health, the rise in obesity and Type 2 diabetes corresponds to the rise in industrial farming and the practice of feeding grains or monoculture grass to cattle.

In other words, says Fallon Morell, eating a healthier animal makes for a healthier human.

“These are the foods that kept our ancestors healthy,” she maintains.

“Every culture has a history of fermenting foods. These foods help to feed the biomass in our gut — something we’re just now learning about.”

Her three-hour intensive class, “Nourishing Traditional Foods: The Key to Vibrant Health,” will be offered on the first day of the conference.

BEYOND FOOD A major focus of the conference is nourishment, which Wood sees as including more than just food.

“In the Wise Woman Tradition, we turn our attention away from ‘fixing’ or ‘cleansing’ ourselves, and we move toward nourishing ourselves — such that our bodies respond by moving toward optimum health,” Wood wrote in explaining the conference’s content and focus.

Other related classes will include “Phytonutrients and Food as Medicine” with Dr. Crystal Dawn Silas; “Deep Immunity” with naturopath Rebecca Word; and “The Flavor and Nature of Herbs” with Chinese medicine expert JulieAnn Nugent-Head.

Naturopath Jody Noe will share the most recent science behind can-

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For many women, though, the conference is about more than just the classes: It’s about a tradition of wise women helping others discover natural remedies and folkways.

Kathryn Waple began attending the conference in 2009 and has missed only one since. “It was the same weekend as my wedding,” she explains.

Waple attends with her daughter, Ruthie, now 5, because she enjoys learning from a variety of people, whether it’s “a hippie woods witch or a clinical practitioner.”

Rather than treating women as “less than,” says Waple, the conference highlights women’s wisdom and warmth. “This is my retreat,” she declares. “It’s my annual reset.

It’s so rejuvenating, and I love that my daughter will grow up with it being a part of her life.”

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watching them become aware and grow,” she says. “We have a circle of grandmothers who sit with these teenagers. … We teach them that they are enough. We tell them, ‘If someone tells you you’re not something enough — fill in the blank here — well, yes, you are.’”

The conference also addresses racism, with classes on “Southern African-American Rootwork,” “Overcoming Racial and Social Determinants” and “Healing Historical Trauma and Grief.”

“We have a fire circle devoted entirely to racism,” notes Hardcastle. “Women discuss privilege, guilt and more. It’s powerful and healing.”

And as Wood steps back, neither conference organizers nor longtime participants seem worried about the beloved event’s future.

“Corinna and others have been strong, strong people who created the vessel of the conference, and that will continue in the same spirit,” Ballard predicts. “It is a place with a caretaking, loving, nurturing atmosphere, and I don’t think that will change.” X

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Registration: dogwoodevents.org. Free. Held in the Burrell Building.

Held at Southwestern Community College, 447 College Drive, Sylva • TH (10/10), 5-6:30pm - Dogwood Health Trust hosts a panel of national public health experts highlighting factors that influence health and well-being in the region.

Registration: dogwoodevents.org. Free. Held at A-B Tech Mission Health Conference Center, 16 Fernihurst Drive DOGS FOR BETTER LIVING • WE (10/2), 10:15am Asheville Chapter of the Hearing Loss Association hosts Dr. Danielle Rose, Ambassador for Dogs for Better Living, discussing service dogs. Free. Held at Care Partners Main Campus, 68 Sweeten Creek Road FIT + FABULOUS FITNESS SERIES • 2nd THURSDAYS, 6-7pm - Cardio workout

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Free. Held at The Free Clinics, 841 Case St., Hendersonville GENTLE FLOW YOGA • MONDAYS, 5:30-6:30pm - Gentle Flow Yoga. $5. Held at Leicester Community Center, 2979 New Leicester Highway, Leicester LAND OF SKY REGIONAL COUNCIL 828-251-6622, landofsky.org • Through WE (10/2) - Open registration for this six-week class series regarding ways to live with and manage chronic pain. Class held MONDAYS (10/7) through (11/11), noon2:30pm. Registration: stephanie@landofsky.org or 828-251-7438. Free.

Held at YMCA Mission Pardee Health Campus, 2775 Hendersonville Road, Arden • Through TH (10/3) - Open registration for this six-week class series regarding ways to live with and manage chronic pain. Class held THURSDAYS (10/10) through (11/14), 12:30-3pm. Registration: stephanie@landofsky.org or 828-251-7438. Free.

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Free. Held at Land of Sky Regional Council Offices, 339 New Leicester Highway, Suite 140 QUIT TOBACCO • TUESDAYS (10/8) through (11/19), 5:30-7pm - Smoking cessation workshop series.

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Curbside Management, which processes recyclables for Asheville and unincorporated Buncombe County, is no longer accepting paper pieces smaller than a business card, including shredded paper. Other items commonly placed in recycling bins that should be landfilled include single-use cups (both plastic and paper), carryout containers and six-pack rings.

Composting is often a better way than burning to dispose of materials such as leaves and grass clippings, notes the Forest Service release. Any burning that does occur should optimally take place in the late afternoon, avoid the use of flammable liquids and be supervised until the fires are completely extinguished. A shovel or hoe should be used to clear a perimeter around the planned burn area.

As of Sept. 27, Buncombe County is under an open burn ban until further notice. Although Henderson County has not yet declared a ban, officials are asking residents to avoid burning and take water conservation measures.

Buncombe County’s forest ranger, Dillon Michael, can be reached at robert.michael@ncagr.gov or 828-6865885. Forest Service contacts for other counties can be found at avl.mx/6k0.

Climate change predicted for WNC fall

N.C. Forest Service urges wildfire caution October through early December is the peak of WNC’s wildfire season, according to the N.C. Forest Service, and state officials are encouraging residents to be cautious — especially in light of the area’s abnormally dry recent conditions. “If you’re thinking about burning debris, contact your county forest ranger first,” said Steve Troxler, state agriculture commissioner, in a press release. “The forest ranger can offer technical advice and explain the best options to help maximize safety for people, property and the forest.”

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According to the National Weather Service’s Greenville-Spartanburg office, Western North Carolina is likely in for warmer-than-usual conditions over the foreseeable future.

The office’s three-month temperature outlook, released in September, indicates a 58% chance that the average Asheville-area temperature from October through December will be higher than the median temperature during the 1981-2010 reference period.

The NWS gives only a 26% chance that average temperatures over the period will be below the normal range,

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G REEN SC E N E trict celebrated the end of the first phase in a project to preserve the Haywood County town’s watershed.

A total of 710 acres are now under conservation, with an additional 1,350 acres slated for protection within the next few years.

• Clean Water for North Carolina, an Asheville-based conservation nonprofit, marked its 35th anniversary on Sept. 21. The group’s current initiatives include preventing fracking throughout the state, educating users of well water and cleaning the Pigeon River.

or less than 46.9 degrees Fahrenheit (8.28 degrees Celsius). Instead, it is expected that conditions will be .4 degrees Fahrenheit (.22 degrees Celsius) warmer than the reference period average. The predictions come as part of the NWS’s national outlook, which anticipates above-average fall temperatures for every state except Hawaii. More information is available at avl.mx/6k1.

Tips of the hat • The Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina received a $1.2 million grant from the N.C. Clean Water Management Trust Fund to support the planned Oak Hill Community Park and Forest near Morganton. The nonprofit must raise an additional $1.3 million by the end of the year to purchase 660 undeveloped acres for the project, which it plans to preserve for public access in conjunction with city, state and local partners.

• Conserving Carolina, which has helped protect over 45,000 acres across Western North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina, had its accreditation renewed by the Land

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SCENERY SAFETY: Over 700 acres near Maggie Valley have been protected as part of an effort to preserve the Haywood County town’s watershed. Photo by Val Keefer, courtesy of The Conservation Fund Trust Accreditation Commission. “Our strength means special places, such as Bearwallow Mountain, Little White Oak Mountain, and DuPont State Recreational Forest, will be protected forever,

making this region an even greater place for us and our children,” said Kieran Roe, the group’s executive director.

• On Sept. 13, The Conservation Fund and the Maggie Valley Sanitary Dis-

• On Sunday, Oct. 13, 3-5:30 p.m., Youth Empowered Solutions hosts a free teach-in about the intersection of racial equity and climate change at Asheville High School. The #BlackSummer19 event, open to both youth and adults, will feature interactive presentations, a short documentary and action planning. Register by texting “YESBS19” to 484848.

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Regenerative farming workshop Regenerative farming, an agricultural approach that promotes healthy, mineral-rich soil by fostering biodiversity, is trending now, and not just among the sustainability-minded set. Even the business and finance sectors are buying in.

“Investing in regenerative agriculture has the potential to address not only the food supply but also climate change, peace and conflict resolution and the water supply to boot,” reads a 2018 story in Forbes.

To offer some insight into this multifaceted movement, Living Web Farms brings farmer, organic inspector, ethnobotanist and educator Mark Cohen to the Mills River Educational Farm on Saturday, Oct. 12, to lead Putting the Pieces Together: The Diverse Potential of Regenerative Farming. In the half-day workshop, Cohen says he will explore how “healthy soil and the biodiversity that generates and maintains it are key in simultaneously improving food security,

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watershed health, preventive medicine and climate mitigation.”

Topics will include natural systems design, nutrient density of food, agroecology, agroforestry, intensive grazing, forest management, riparian and watershed management, ethnobotany, seed diversity, distributed renewable energy and medicine.

“I hope to approach the subject very holistically, [viewing] our land use as a cultural relationship with the biosphere, agriculture being embedded in that process,” says Cohen of his plans for the class. “Exploring exactly what we are regenerating, I will widen the general scope to include all land and water systems.

By emulating the natural processes regulating nutrient and water cycles, habitat and biodiversity enhancement, and climate stability, we will generate a tool kit for how to locally displace destructive trends with regenerative ones.”

The workshop isn’t aimed at just landowners and growers, he says.

“Practical methods are available for everyone to participate in this if they want to, from very small to large scales,” Cohen explains.

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PICNIC IN THE PARK Chow Chow 2019 set the table for growth of the new culinary festival

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BY KAY WEST kswest55@comcast.net “Somebody at work asked me if I was going to Chow Chow, and I said, ’I hate chow-chow! Why would I go to a chowchow festival?’”

Apparently schooled in the difference between chow-chow the pickled relish and Chow Chow: An Asheville Culinary Festival — which made its impressive debut Sept. 12-15 — the man who was overheard dissing the former was clearly relishing the latter. On a sweltering Friday afternoon, he was standing in the festival’s grilling area in Pack Square Park, a locally brewed adult beverage in one hand, a compostable plate loaded with meats fresh off the fire in the other, and a big smile on his face.

Meanwhile, North Carolina chef and host of the PBS series “A Chef’s Life” Vivian Howard was presenting a lively global history of peripatetic pickles from the amphitheater demo stage as volunteers passed out samples of bright yellow and green Appalachian chowchow. Throughout the park, hundreds of attendees who purchased a $125 Pickled in the Park daily pass sampled their way through dozens of food and bever-

age stations in the Grand Tasting Tent, paused to watch Cúrate chef/owner and president of the Chow Chow board of directors Katie Button and guest chefs make huge pans of paella, and strolled the paved walkways and grassy lawn to peruse 20 more food and beverage vendors in satellite stalls.

In multiple locations around town and throughout Western North Carolina, other ticketed experiences — many sold out in advance — included tours of businesses, farms and historic neighborhoods; demonstrations; hands-on workshops; seminars and meals. All were individually and collectively intended to fulfill the mission of the 501 (c)(3) nonprofit founded to produce the event: to celebrate the farmers, growers, chefs, brewers, makers, artists, craftspeople and culture of Southern Appalachia.

“I’ve participated in a lot of festivals,” says Button. “We wanted to make this uniquely Asheville, our amazing community of makers. The board felt like the table is the gathering place where you sit down to break bread, pass plates and come together as community. So one goal was collaboration and bringing the community together. Another was to make sure everything had an intentional, educational component. I think

we did that in most everything we did.

And the other was to raise awareness of MANNA [FoodBank], food insecurity and food waste.”

PARTY WITH A PURPOSE Jane Anderson, Chow Chow board member and executive director of Asheville Independent Restaurants Association, remembers that during the event’s planning stages, local chefs were adamant that whatever form the festival took, it had to have a charity partner. “We invited a crew of chefs together for a facilitated meeting, and the first thing out of their mouths wasn’t about the food, it was that any event had to benefit something, and it had to be MANNA,” she recalls.

Kara Irani, director of marketing and communications for the area nonprofit hunger relief organization, says MANNA benefited in several ways. “Chow Chow offered a place via online ticket sales where people had an option to donate to MANNA, and the committee chose to direct those donations to MANNA Packs for Kids, which supplies a supplemental

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Ultimately, Chow Chow raised a total of $52,769 for MANNA, including a single $50,000 anonymous donation.

MANNA’s tent and box truck parked on-site at Chow Chow also provided an opportunity to share with guests what is largely behind-the-scenes work. And a significant outcome of the partnership was the rescue of surplus food; vendors’ food overages were donated to MANNA, Veterans Restoration Quarters and Food Connection for distribution.

“Chow Chow had a point person who handled all of it. We brought a truck Monday morning and product was going to people that afternoon.” says Irani.

“Food festivals usually operate in the red the first few years, so we were so grateful to be included from the very first year.”

According to Button, John McKibbon, chairman of McKibbon Hospitality and developer of the delayed but soon-to-open Kimpton Hotel Arras, was Chow Chow’s unofficial patron saint. “John was one of the first people on board to support us,” says Button. “He was the only one who came on at the financial level of support he did, and the festival flat out would not have happened without him.”

McKibbon, who lives part time in Asheville, says the reason for his heavy investment is simple. “Our hotels have been very successful here, and we want to take a significant portion of our profits and pour it back into the community,” he explains.

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McKibbon says he was impressed with the parts of Chow Chow that he experienced, including Pickled in the Park.

“The vendors and restaurants really gave their all,” he says.

Button agrees. “The chefs brought their A game; they put a lot of thought into what they were making and their dishes told a story,” she says.

David Van Tassel, executive chef of Corner Kitchen, spent all three days in the Grand Tasting Tent, working with general manager Rachel Morgan. “It was a lot of work, but we had fun, and we were lucky to do all three days,” he says.

Corner Kitchen offered cold food samples with a different culinary theme each day — Spanish with gazpacho and tuna escabeche; French with vichyssoise and chicken liver pate on puff pastry; and Southern with a chilled creamy collard soup, black-eyed pea relish with bread and butter pickles, and tasso ham with crawfish mustard on house-made grits crackers. “Everyone there seemed to be really enjoying themselves and really interested in the food, where it was sourced, the process,” says Van Tassel.

ASHEVILLE MADE: Entry was free to a Makers Market featuring goods made by local artisans and a Food Truck Rodeo, which were situated outside the ticketed area of Chow Chow’s Pickled in the Park. Photo by Reese Moore The restaurant also created a unique mocktail each day to accommodate nonimbibers or people who wanted a break from alcohol. “There were a lot of beer, wine and spirits people there, but I didn’t see anyone who looked like they needed to be cut off,” Van Tassel notes.

For Button, that’s a mission accomplished — at least one of them. She says her motivation, in part, for having the paella station anchor one end of the tent was to balance the booze.

“A lot of food festivals I’ve done, there can be a whole lot of beverage and not enough filling food,” she says.

“I thought if we do a giant paella rice dish, no one will go hungry. It was also neat for people to watch. And it gave me a chance to bring Jose [Andres] to Asheville. My husband, Felix [Meana], and I used to work for him. He is a mentor and friend.”

Andres leads World Central Kitchen, which he founded in 2010 to aid earthquake-ravaged Haiti. A 2019 Nobel Peace Prize nominee for his global efforts providing meals to people in need, Andres and WCK set up three massive kitchens in the Bahamas anticipating Hurricane Dorian. He left his team there to fly to Asheville, where he made oxtail paella, spoke to the crowd at Pickled in the Park then flew back to the Bahamas to resume his work.

That makes him the ultimate celebrity chef as far as McKibbon is concerned. “Jose’s presence brought a lot of publicity to the event,” he says. “But beyond the publicity, he is an inspiration to everyone who worked on and participated in the festival.”

Another highlight for many organizers was the Makers Market. The tented

pop-up store stocked with locally made products was located outside the ticketed area, allowing free access.

“A core vision for the festival was not to make this just about food and wine,” says Anderson. “We really worked to include the whole community, on the board and in the event — makers, growers, historians, farmers.

When I walked through the Makers Market, my heart just filled with pride.

Here were these people who live among us that do this beautiful work that goes to tabletops and kitchens in restaurants and people’s homes.”

ENVISIONING FUTURE FESTIVALS For some Chow Chow organizers, including Button and McKibbon, revamping the cooking demonstration area and moving it from the park’s unshaded plaza to possibly a tent with seating tops the list of changes to be discussed moving forward.

Anderson wants to see more free things for casual visitors and families to do — and more food trucks. She also suggests better signage, less lounge seating inside the Grand Tasting Tent (“People tend to park, and you want to keep them moving,” she says) and more surfaces for resting plates and cups.

Van Tassel hopes organizers will offer more affordable options for hospitality industry employees, possibly a discounted ticket package that could be sold to participating restaurants and distributed to staff by management. He also thinks a later start time for the tasting on Friday would increase traffic.

Final numbers on attendance and funds raised for MANNA Packs

were not available by press time, but McKibbon says he is ready to jump on board again. And Anderson is already dreaming of what Chow Chow 2020 will look like with the fencing around the Art Museum gone and the museum and Hotel Arras open.

John Fleer, Chow Chow board member and chef/owner of Rhubarb, which gave him a bird’s eye view of

the site, was positive. “In the eight years I’ve lived here, I’ve never seen Pack Square Park look better,” he enthused. “I think we have set sail with a very solid product.

We’ve got a great experience under our belts, many valuable lessons learned, and I think next year will be pretty amazing.” X

Chowing down The chow prepared for Chow Chow 2019 by local and nationally celebrated chefs was thoughtful, frequently complex and consistently superb. Here are five that lingered on the palate.

• Corner Kitchen executive chef David Van Tassel’s chunky gazpacho and tuna escabeche with pimento mayo on a cucumber coin provided a refreshing, clean and timely cool-down in the sizzling heat.

• Farhan Momin’s Bhori curry-based marinade slathered on chicken drumettes created such an intoxicating scent in the grilling area that people were grabbing them hot off the fire.

• Preeti Mistry’s crowd-pleasing Pork DaBelly was a mouthful of tamarind-glazed pork belly with pickled onion, cilantro chutney, peanuts, sev (crunchy chickpea noodles) and pomegranate served at Friday night’s sold-out Brown in the South dinner and for even bigger crowds in the Grand Tasting Tent.

• French Broad Chocolate pastry chef Beth Kellerhal’s decadent layers of rich brown butter cake, chocolate cremeux (using French Broad’s 68% dark chocolate), yogurt mousse, fresh figs poached on St. Elizabeth Allspice Dram liqueur and toasted crushed hazelnuts had guests at Cacao, Confections & Cocktails going back for seconds (and thirds).

• A ll the paella! Curate chef/owner Katie Button directed the action at the paella station that anchored one end of the Grand Tasting Tent all weekend, welcoming a new guest chef daily. It was all superb, but Jose Andres’ beefy oxtail was a stand-out. X

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The festival’s ultimate mission, says Smith, is to encourage people to embrace new ideas and flavor combinations: “If we can approach food with an open-minded, adventurous spirit, then I feel like we’ll be at a better place to redefine our food system and make it more interesting and nutritious and fun.”

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ON THE TRAIL: Attendees at last year’s WNC Garlic Fest partake in the event’s annual WNC Garlic Trail. Vendors line the street offering free samples to those adventurous enough to try. The free festival is back at Sow True Seed on Saturday, Oct. 5. Photo courtesy of the WNC Garlic Fest There’s no getting around it: If you eat garlic, you’re going to smell like garlic.

But if everyone else around you is also eating garlic — well then, party on! Such will be the case at the sixth annual WNC Garlic Fest, taking place Saturday, Oct. 5, at Sow True Seed.

For event organizer, Chris Smith, the festival’s unique recipes are what keeps him excited about the annual gathering. “Something that surprises people is that you can use garlic in sweet

dishes,” he says, noting the garlic ice cream, garlic honey and garlic cookies that have become staples at the event.

More recently, Smith adds, Fonta Flora Brewery began brewing a garlic beer for the yearly celebration.

Blunt Pretzels, Roots Hummus, Fermenti, The Hop Ice Cream Creamery and No Evil Foods are among this year’s participating food vendors. Farmers will also be in attendance, offering tips for growing the allium.

Also, the event’s WNC Garlic Trail activity invites attendees to seek out and keep track of the free garlic samples, both to educate consumers and encourage adventurous palates.

Though Sow True Seed hosts the event, this year’s gathering will be managed by Utopian Seed Project, a local nonprofit committed to supporting diversity in food and farming. All proceeds from the day’s raffle will benefit the organization.

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DIY dips, dressing and spreads Asheville YMCA and the YMCA of WNC Nutrition invite residents ages 16 and older to participate in an evening cooking class on Thursday, Oct. 3. According to the event’s Facebook page, dietitian Lauren Furgiuele will lead students in learning to make dips, dressings and spreads with healthy and natural ingredients. Participants are asked to wear close-toed shoes. Tickets are $15 for members and $25 for nonmembers.

The class runs 5:30-7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 3, at Asheville YMCA, 30 Woodfin St. To purchase tickets, visit avl.mx/6ja.

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Cooking with Plants On Wednesday, Oct. 9, Wine Sage and Gourmet will host a fall-themed culinary class, Cooking with Plants, led by Mark and Loretta Zedella.

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by Tony Kiss | avlbeerguy@gmail.com

Seasonal suds With dozens of breweries in Buncombe County, any weekend can seem like a beer festival. Still, big celebrations with hundreds of brews for sampling and savoring remain mighty popular around Asheville, and fall is the season when they are most common.

But there’s been a dramatic change at Asheville’s original beer fest, Brewgrass. Now in its 23rd year, the event has shifted focus from a beer sampling celebration with bluegrass music to a bluegrass festival with big-name talent and beer, organizers have announced.

So, sure, you can still have beer at Brewgrass, but it will be sold one glass at a time on Saturday, Oct. 5, at Salvage Station.

“Asheville is so well known for beer,” says Brewgrass spokeswoman Abby Dickinson. “And there are so many other festivals to compete with. So the decision was made to do something different.”

Brewgrass also found itself scheduled to happen this year on the same date as the Asheville Oktoberfest.

“October has become crowded with things to do,” says Brewgrass co-owner Eddie Dewey. “We are trying to find a niche and give Asheville something it really wants to see. We felt like it was time for a change.”

Part of that need for an update is due to shifts in marketing and culture over the past two decades.

“When Brewgrass started, [sampling festivals] were how breweries marketed beer,” he says. “You didn’t have the social media. Now that whole world has flipped.”

Dewey knows that the new Brewgrass will likely draw a different

presents the free Downtown After 5 street concerts held each summer.

“This is our only ticketed event, so we can continue the free community events,” Bentley says.

Asheville Oktoberfest, 1-6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, Pack Square Park. $45, $10 designated drivers. ashevilleoktoberfest.com BURNPILE

ENDURANCE TEST: Attendees at the 2018 Asheville Oktoberfest practice for the steinhoisting competition. Now in its 11th year, the event returns to Pack Square Park on Oct. 5.

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crowd from past festivals. “That’s not our goal,” he says. “We hope that the core Brewgrass lovers will come out.”

Brewgrass, 3 p.m.-midnight, Saturday, Oct. 5, Salvage Station, 468 Riverside Drive. Music by the Sam Bush Band, Jamie Kent, Unspoken Tradition, Sanctum Sully, Red Clay Revival and Eleanor Underhill. $35. brewgrassfestival.com ASHEVILLE OKTOBERFEST Meanwhile, traditional beer samplings will be offered at two other local events. Asheville Oktoberfest takes place Saturday, Oct. 5, at Pack Square Park, featuring samples of craft beers, wines, ciders, spirits and nonalcoholic beverages, plus games and German-inspired cuisine.

The spirits sampling has expanded from one selection last year to three this year, says J. Nicole Bentley, director of membership and sponsorship for the Asheville Downtown Association, which organizes the celebration. Thirty sampling stations will be scattered around the park, she says.

Beyond the beverages, Bentley says Oktoberfest will include a parade through the park, a pretzel race, a stein hoist, a variety of costume contests and the ever-popular chicken dance. But even with these returning favorites, she echoes the Brewgrass organizers’ sentiments regarding substantial competition on the local fall festival circuit.

“Asheville is blessed with a lot of wonderful events and festivals. Our community is great about supporting everything.

This is our 11th year, and we have been successful every year,” she says, noting that Oktoberfest stands out because it is a themed festival. “The costume contest adds a different element. We have had people dress up as a giant pretzel and sausage before.”

While a lot of locals attend, Oktoberfest also pulls visitors from around the Southeast. “It’s a great time to be in the mountains,” Bentley says. “We usually sell out the event at 2,000.” She adds that most years, some tickets are available at the gate the day of the event.

Oktoberfest is a major fundraiser for the ADA, which promotes the central business district. The group also

Presented by Burial Beer Co. and hosted by the recently opened Forestry Camp Bar and Restaurant, Burnpile 2019 takes place Saturday, Oct. 12, on the historic property near Biltmore Village that’s also home to the brewery’s production facility and barrelhouse. The celebration will feature samples from more than 60 breweries, plus performances by touring bands Beach Fossils, All Them Witches, A Place to Bury Strangers and the Unifire Theater fire troupe.

Beyond the beer, food, and entertainment, one of the draws this year is the location itself. Structures on the Forestry Camp property were built in the early 20th century by members of the federal Civilian Conservation Corps. It’s now home to a craft beverage bar and restaurant led by Cucina 24 chef Brian Canipelli. Meanwhile, the original Burial location at 40 Collier Ave. on the South Slope continues to operate as usual.

The property was purchased four years ago, says Burial co-owner Jessica Reiser. “It’s a 2-acre property with six buildings, so it was a big project,” she says. “It’s a historic property, which we restored. These things take time.”

This is the sixth year for Burnpile, which originally focused on North Carolina breweries. Over the years, Reiser says, more national craft breweries have been invited to attend, and for 2019 the nature of the festival overall has evolved. Previous Burnpiles featured a token system to sell beer samples, but this year the festival has switched to an all-inclusive ticket that allows unlimited samples.

Burnpile 2019, Saturday, Oct. 12, Forestry Camp Bar and Restaurant, 10 Shady Oak Drive. Noon-6 p.m.

VIP, 1-6 p.m. general admission. $40 music-only, $65 general admission, $110 VIP level one, $150 VIP level two. forestrycamp.com X

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OUR NATIVE DAUGHTER

Amythyst Kiah brings her hard-earned musical momentum to Isis

BY EDWIN ARNAUDIN earnaudin@mountainx.com Everything seems to be coming together for Amythyst Kiah.

Fresh off a star-making performance at Nashville’s AmericanaFest in midSeptember and an album and tour with the supergroup Our Native Daughters, the Johnson City, Tenn.-based artist is hard at work on her forthcoming 2020 album, Wary and Strange.

Kiah carries her hard-earned momentum to Isis Music Hall on Saturday, Oct. 5, the latest stop on a multiyear trek that she calls “an emotional and spiritual journey.” A significant component of that restorative path has been her focus on mental health, which has been aided by seeing a therapist since 2015.

“I had a lot of pent-up emotions surrounding grief and loss from years ago when my mom passed away. I’d been carrying that around with me, and it was hindering my creativity and growth as a person,” Kiah says.

“A lot of these newer songs look back at moments where I allowed emotional turmoil to overtake my life. Some songs came in the form of dreams, and some were written within a few hours, but they all have a high personal and emotional connection about something that happened in my life that profoundly impacted me and I learned from moving forward.”

Kiah refers to Wary and Strange as “kind of a culmination of different parts of [my] musical interests over the past 15-20 years of playing music.”

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DYNAMIC SOUL: Working with Rhiannon Giddens, Leyla McCalla and Allison Russell on the Our Native Daughters project reaffirmed Amythyst Kiah’s connections with folk music, but she’s also careful to follow her muse beyond that genre’s traditions. “All I can hope for in my own work is to not be afraid to step out and try something new,” Kiah says. “That’s what makes art art — it doesn’t stay the same and it isn’t static.” Photo by Anna Hedges

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adult. Within those two broad genre monikers, she sees “a vast array of expressions and traditions,” though they often intertwine for her, especially on a songwriting level.

“The lyrical content in both creative expressions that I’ve been drawn to are songs that talk about grief and loss. They’re essentially sad songs, but, for me, sad songs are always cathartic,” Kiah says. “Music started as catharsis for me, and I’m drawn to those kind of themes. It makes me feel less alone to know that someone else is experiencing those things.”

Sonically, she’s quick to express her fondness for acoustic string bands and dreams of one day cutting a progressive folk album with such musicians. Wary and Strange itself was originally going to be composed of acoustic/folk versions of rock songs she’d already recorded, but after a year and a half of tinkering on the project, she found herself drawn more to rock/blues styles. Feeling it was important to focus on her creative needs and songwriting and less on traditional interpretations, she found additional inspiration in grandiose elements from both traditions.

“I’ve always loved arrangements — string arrangements and different things on rock records and folk records. They add a cinematic and more epic kind of feel to the songs,” she says. “There’s some [songs on Wary and Strange] where they’re not called for, but four or five that I felt would benefit sonically from adding those kinds of sounds.”

None of the above would have arisen the way it did without Our Native Daughters, which Kiah credits with kicking a case of writer’s block that

stemmed from unpacking her aforementioned personal issues. The collaboration came about when Rhiannon Giddens reached out to Kiah, former Carolina Chocolate Drops cellist Leyla McCalla and Allison Russell of Americana duo Birds of Chicago about a concept album inspired by her walk through the National Museum of African American History and Culture, specifically its first-floor exhibit on the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

The four artists got together in Louisiana in January 2018 at co-producer Dirk Powell’s studio and drew from various eras of folk music from the Americas, telling narratives through the eyes of black women. Kiah’s first experience with an all-black female musical group was also the first time she’d done co-writes, and while the conceptual subject matter initially didn’t feel as personal as what she’d been writing on her own, she says the trickle-down social implications that remain prevalent years after slavery’s abolishment made it more personal than she expected. Further adding to that intimate impact is the project’s efforts to reclaim the banjo as an African instrument.

“That’s an important thing about this record. It has a lot of layers because,

socially, a lot of us have been conditioned to see different genres of music as being applicable to certain races of people. This album represents there was a time when everyone was just playing music. We were all playing banjos and fiddles — black and white,” Kiah says.

“People brought traditions with them. You sat down to play music and whatever difference you may have, you found that music is where you’re one with that other person and the music. It’s a powerful and important thing.” X

WHO Amythyst Kiah, opening for Alexa Rose WHERE Isis Music Hall 743 Haywood Road isisasheville.com WHEN Saturday, Oct. 5, 8:30 p.m. $12 advance/$15 day of show

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by Bill Kopp

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ADVENTURES IN AD-LIBBING AIC hosts Asheville’s inaugural improv festival

MAKING IT UP AS THEY GO: The inaugural Asheville Improv Comedy Fest features six headliners and more than 30 troupes in performances and workshops. Clockwise from top left, Jaime Moyer, Stephanie Courtney, Celeste Pechous, Maribeth Monroe, Ryan Archibald and Susan Messing will perform. Photos courtesy of Asheville Improv Collective Improvisation is performance without a net: There’s no script and no direction. The actors onstage succeed or fail on the strength of their quick wit and ability to work together.

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getting Asheville on the map as a destination for improvisational comedy, the Asheville Improv Collective is hosting its inaugural festival, Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 3-5, at three venues around town.

“We’ve got 33 troupes from around the country — more than a third

of which feature local performers,” says AIC’s art director, George Awad.

The six headliners are Jaime Moyer (Second City Hollywood, Disney’s “KC Undercover”), Stephanie Courtney (The Groundlings, Flo from Progressive Insurance commercials), Celeste Pechous (founder of Dosage

Improv Workshops in Los Angeles, the upcoming political thriller Against All Enemies), Maribeth Monroe (Second City, NBC’s “The Good Place”), Ryan Archibald (Second City, artistic director at Atlanta’s Village Theater) and Susan Messing (former director of Second City’s National Touring Company, Comedy Central’s “Premium Blend”).

The headliners will team up in various combinations. Three show blocks — at The Magnetic Theatre, The Wortham Center for the Performing Arts and Ambrose West — will feature a total of 10 performances. A series of daytime workshops is scheduled at The Wortham Center (Friday) and Ambrose West (Saturday).

AIC brought Monroe and Moyer to Asheville before. “Their shows were phenomenal, and their workshops were amazing,” Hall says. “So the community here already knows and loves them. And we knew that, via them, we’d also be able to get some other people who hadn’t been here just yet.”

And the Asheville-based improvisers are a key part of the festival.

“You’ll get to see a lot of the talent that’s already here in Asheville,” says Clifton Hall, the dean of AIC. “I would put some of our shows up against any other great show that you might see. There’s great improv here.”

Many major cities across the U.S. have thriving improv scenes. And though they arrived here via different routes, both Hall and Awad believed that Asheville would be fertile ground for improv as well. What was needed was a creative collective to organize and promote improvisational comedy.

Hall relocated from Dallas in 2015.

“I was very ingrained in the improv comedy scene there and very much wanted to bring that idea and that community to Asheville,” he says.

Once settled in Western North Carolina, he started doing stand-up comedy. After six months, he decided to take a big step: “I thought, ‘All right, I’m just going to put it out there, start teaching classes,’” he says. “Four people signed up, and we just got started from there.”

Awad first tried improv “on a whim” while in living in Chicago. He moved to Asheville in 2013, handling show booking at Trade and Lore Coffee. He met Hall and scheduled some of Hall’s classes at the coffee shop. Eventually, they moved improv operations to Habitat Brewing Co. on Broadway, expanding their schedule of shows and classes. The AIC stayed

on when Archetype Brewing took over the space in February.

To date, the AIC has seen more than 100 students pass through its various classes. There are five levels of classes for adults, from the basics of long-form improv to an advanced scene studio. Some students are actors; others “might just take one or two classes,” Hall says. “And then they’re like, ‘Cool. Now I’m ready to give those presentations at work.’”

For students ages 13-18, the collective offers a two-level course of study and a workshop. “They fetch us coffee,” Awad jokes. Without missing a beat, Hall chimes in: “Yeah, they do a lot of work around the place.

Small hands; they can reach into spots where we’ve dropped things.”

Along with running the collective, Hall and Awad have frequented improv festivals around the country. “People from all over perform,” Awad says, “but there are also a lot of great workshops, [taught] by the upper echelon in the improv world.

You’re rubbing elbows, you’re seeing new techniques and you’re meeting new people.” He wanted to bring that experience home.

“We have a pretty big crush on where we live,” Hall says. “Every festival I go to, I think, ‘Y’all’s spots are amazing, but check out what we get to look at when we’re doing improv.’” X

WHAT Asheville Improv Comedy Fest 2019 aicasheville.com/aicfest2019 WHERE Ambrose West 312 Haywood Road Wortham Center for the Performing Arts 18 Biltmore Ave. The Magnetic Theatre 375 Depot St. WHEN Shows on Thursday and Friday, Oct. 3 and 4, at 5, 7 and 9 p.m.; Saturday, Oct. 5, at 3, 5, 7 and 9 p.m. $129 all-access pass/ individual shows $15-$25.

Workshops on Friday, Oct. 4, at 10 a.m., 12:30 and 3 p.m.; Saturday, Oct. 5, at 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m., $60-$75

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

NC Dance Festival For its 29th season, the N.C. Dance Festival brings professional dance artists from across the state to Asheville, Durham and Greensboro for engaging evenings of creative movement. The latest edition kicks off Friday, Oct. 4, and Saturday, Oct. 5, at The BeBe Theatre, with such offerings as Greensboro-based Vania Claiborne’s (Bro)tha/Brother, a duet for two men that celebrates and explores black male joy, friendship and humanity; Southern Pines collective MARO Movement’s Impact, which explores mortality and vulnerability and was inspired by choreographer Matthew Rock’s late grandmother; and an excerpt from Asheville company Stewart/ Owen’s new theatrical work about humankind’s manifestation of and surrender to power, control and — again — vulnerability. The program begins at 8 each night. $15 students and seniors, $18 general admission advance/$18 students and seniors, $20 general admission day of show. ncdfavl.brownpapertickets.com.

Photo of Claiborne courtesy of the N.C. Dance Festival

Lunsford Festival Now over the half-century mark, the Bascom Lamar Lunsford “Minstrel of Appalachia” Festival returns to the Mars Hill University campus on Saturday, Oct. 5, for a full slate of folk music. Named for the prolific and iconic preservationist of authentic mountain music and dance, the event features performances by 30 acts, including the Buckner Family, Lillian Chase, the Lonesome Mountain Ears and the Madison County Junior Appalachian Musicians Program. Also on the docket are workshops with such area experts as Roger Howell (fiddle), Jerry Sutton (guitar), Jake Owen (banjo) and Don Pedi (dulcimer). And if that wasn’t enough, there’s a community jam session, a ballad swap and a community dance. Activities run 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Free to attend, though some workshops are fee-based. lunsfordfestival.com. Photo of Howell (seated, in tan cap), leading a fiddle workshop during the 2018 festival, courtesy of Mars Hill University

Rickie Lee Jones Four decades after her self-titled debut album won the Grammy for Best New Artist, Rickie Lee Jones continues to advance her distinct pop/jazz/rock singer-songwriter style. Following recent collaborations with Ben Harper, she returned to the studio in October and November 2018 with collaborators exclusively from her home base of New Orleans, where she’s lived off and on throughout her career. The result is Kicks, a collection of covers that includes fresh takes on Elton John’s “My Father’s Gun,” Skeeter Davis’ “The End of the World” and the Dean Martin standard “You’re Nobody ’Til Somebody Loves You.” Jones calls the album a “veggie gumbo of musical costumes” and begins a monthlong tour of select U.S. cities on Monday, Oct. 7, at Asheville Music Hall. The tunes start at 8 p.m. $50 advance/$55 day of show. ashevillemusichall.com.

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Delicious Through its dextrous exploration of heavy metal, noise and rock, Asheville-based instrumental trio Delicious has been afforded the opportunity to support and tour with artists as diverse as Sean Lennon, Mastadon, Butthole Surfers and Devo. A steady force in the Western North Carolina and Eastern Tennessee music scenes, the ensemble’s next area show takes place Wednesday, Oct. 9, at The Odditorium. The bill also includes fellow local act Night Beers, a hard rock duo that Delicious’ Josh Rosenstein calls “straight-up badasses,” and evening headliner Toke, a stoner/sludge band from Cape Fear, whose members describe themselves as “three dudes writing riffs.” Insert earplugs at 9 p.m. $10. ashevilleodditorium.com. Vintage 2002 photo of Delicious courtesy of the band

A & E CALENDAR ART AMERICAN CRAFT WEEK • SA (10/5), noon-4pm Artist demonstrations in woodcraft, painting, lamp work and silk painting.

Free to attend. Held at Firefly Craft Gallery, 2689 Greenville Highway, Flat Rock BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • SA (10/5), 10:30am Mixed media for Veterans plus one. Registration required. Free. Held at Skyland/South Buncombe Library, 260 Overlook Road • TU (10/8), 6pm - Spinning Yarns knitting and crochet group. Free.

Held at Skyland/South Buncombe Library, 260 Overlook Road • TU (10/8), 6:30pm - Large format puppet hands and small props workshop to support our theme for the Asheville Holiday Parade. Free.

Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • WE (10/9), 5pm - Mending workshop with Sewing Rebellion, learn to do simple fixes on clothes, like buttons, zippers and patches. Bring something to mend. Children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Supplies provided. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. JOEL HUNNICUTT AND HIS WOOD-TURNED VESSELS Bo Thomas Auditorium, Blue Ridge Community College, 180 W. Campus Drive, Flat Rock, 828551-0096, blueridge.edu/ upcoming-events • FR (10/4), 10-11:30am Joel Hunnicutt workshop for wood-turned vessels.

Register: avl.mx/6jj. Free.

• FR (10/4), 5:30-6:45pm - Meet Joel Hunnicutt and see his wood-turned vessels. Register: avl.mx/6jj.

Free.

• FR (10/4), 7-8pm - Color + Form: A Crafts Person’s Perspective, presentation

by Joel Hunnicutt on his wood-turned vessels.

Register: avl.mx/6jj. Free.

QUILTING DEMONSTRATION • SA (10/5), 1-4pm - Quilting demonstration of triangles with Jane Cole.

Free. Held at Haywood County Arts Council, 86 N. Main St., Waynesville VIETNAM PHOTOGRAPHS FROM NORTH CAROLINA VETERANS • MO (10/7), 6pm - Photographer and Vietnam veteran, Martin Tucker presents personal photographs that North Carolina veterans contributed to the North Carolina Museum of History's collection, A Thousand Words: Photographs by Vietnam Veterans. Free to attend.

Held at Malaprop's Bookstore and Cafe, 55 Haywood St.

ART/CRAFT STROLLS & FAIRS ART AFTER DARK • 1st FRIDAY, 6-9pm Seven galleries open late for Art After Dark. Free to attend. Held in Downtown Waynesville FIRST FRIDAY ART WALKS • 1st FRIDAYS, 5-8pm Downtown Asheville First Friday Art Walks with more than 25 galleries within a half mile radius of historic downtown Asheville. Free to attend.

Held at Downtown Asheville MAKEHER MARKET • SA (10/5), 10am-3pm Craft fair with 20 women art and craft vendors. Free to attend. Held at The Mothlight, 701 Haywood Road

AUDITIONS & CALL TO ARTISTS 'ANYTHING GOES… EVERYTHING SHOWS!' • Through MO (10/7) - Mail-in submissions accepted for the Anything Goes…Everything Shows, mail art exhibition.

Contact for full guidelines: floodgallery.org. Held at Flood Gallery Fine Art Center, 850 Blue Ridge Road, Unit A-13, Black Mountain

CAROLINA CHRISTMAS SHOW • SU (10/6), 2:30pm Auditions for ages 7-adult, dancers: 2:30pm, singers, musicians, specialty acts: 3:30pm. Paid, non-union gig. Held at Ferguson Family YMCA, 31 Westridge Market Place, Candler

LEARN COUNTRY TWOSTEP 6-WEEK DANCE CLASS WEDNESDAYS STARTING OCTOBER 2ND (PD.) 7-8 PM: Beginner level.

Asheville Ballroom.

Register online at: www.

DanceForLife.net $75/ pp or pay at door. 828333-0715, naturalrichard@ mac.com

LITTLE JUMBO’S WEIRD ART • Through FR (11/1) Proposals accepted for Little Jumbo’s Weird Art Installation for 2020.

Information: lucia@ littlejumbobar.com. Held at Little Jumbo, 241 Broadway

CATAPULT • TH (10/3), 7:30pm Catapult, shadow dance company. $35. Held at Tryon Fine Arts Center, 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon

‘MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET’ • MO (10/7) & TU (10/8), 6-9pm - Open auditions for Miracle on 34th Street.

Contact for full guidelines.

Held at Asheville Community Theatre, 35 E. Walnut St. REGIONAL ARTISTS PROJECT GRANTS • Through TH (10/17) Applications accepted for Regional Artists Project Grants. Information: bit.ly/2lXUGSq. SURVIVORS’ ART SHOW • Through TU (10/15) - Submissions accepted for the Survivors’ Art Show. Registration online: ourvoicenc.org.

DANCE DANCE CLASSES FOR ADULTS (PD.) Dance Classes for Adults at: DANCE TONIGHT HAYWOOD- 61 1/2 MAIN ST. (Upstairs) CANTON $6 Per class no partner needed, beginners welcome **MONDAYS 6pm Shag/ 7pm Rumba/8pm Bolero **TUESDAYS 7pm Foxtrot/8pm Cha Cha /9pm Rumba **WEDNESDAYS 7pm&8pm Swing **THURSDAYS 7pm&8pm Waltz **FRIDAYS 7pm Variety Class / 8pm Ballroom and Latin Practice **SATURDAYS 10am ZUMBA **SUNDAYS 2pm-5pm Argentine Tango Practice. HIP HOP CLASSES OCT 20th-NOV 25th- 5:30pm Ages 7-17 / 6:30pmAges 18-75+ Call 828-316-1344 for more info and prices

INTERMEDIATE/ ADVANCED CONTEMPORARY LINE DANCING • WEDNESDAYS, noon-2pm - Intermediate/ advanced contemporary line dancing. $10. Held at Harvest House, 205 Kenilworth Road NC DANCE FESTIVAL • FR (10/4) & SA (10/5), 8pm - Modern and contemporary dance performances from professional dance artists in North Carolina. $20/$18 advance. Held at BeBe Theatre, 20 Commerce St. SOUTHERN LIGHTS SQUARE AND ROUND DANCE CLUB • SA (10/5), 6pm - October Fest Dance, themed dance. Advanced dance at 6pm. Early rounds at 7pm.

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

MUSIC AFRICAN DRUM LESSONS AT SKINNY BEATS SOUND SHOP (PD.) Wednesdays 6pm. Billy Zanski teaches a fun approach to connecting with your inner rhythm.

Drop-ins welcome. • Drums provided. $15/ class. (828) 768-2826. www.skinnybeatsdrums. com APPALACHIAN EVENING WITH SUSI GOTT SÉGURET • TU (10/8), 6:30pm - An Appalachian Evening of Music with Susi Gott Ségurett, author of Appalachian Appetite, musician, photographer and chef, blends music, food, words and images.

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A& E CA LEN DA R Free. Held at Leicester Library, 1561 Alexander Road, Leicester

County Public Library, 301 N. Washington St., Hendersonville

ARBOR EVENINGS • THURSDAYS, 6-9pm - Arbor Evenings, weekly outdoor live music event with refreshments available. Free parking pass available online. Held at NC Arboretum, 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way

FIRST MONDAYS CONCERT SERIES • 1st MONDAYS, 12:30pm - The First Mondays chamber concert features cellist Alistair MacRae in a program of works by Domenico Gabrielli, Bernd Alois Zimmerman and Philip Glass. Free. Held in the Porter Center. Held at Brevard College, 1 Brevard College Drive, Brevard

ASHEVILLE DRUM CIRCLE • FRIDAYS, 6-9:50pm Asheville outdoor drum circle. Free. Held at Pritchard Park, 4 College St. BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • TH (10/4), 3:30pm Ukulele strum and sing for beginners. Bring your own uke or use one provided. For ages 10 and up. Free. Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville • TU (10/8), 6:30pm - Ballad singer Saro Lynch-Thomason shares Appalachian songs and folklore of ghosts, death, magic and mystery.

If weather permits, performance held in the pavilion at Grovemont Park. Bring a camp chair or blanket. Free. Held at Swannanoa Library, 101 West Charleston St., Swannanoa ‘DA SOLA’ • SU (10/6), 3pm - Da Sola, unaccompanied works for solo viola da gamba with Gail Ann Schroeder. $15/$20 at the door/$5 student.

Held at St Giles Chapel, In the Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community, 1617 Hendersonville Road DREAM THEATRE • WE (10/9), 8pm Dream Theater: The Distance Over Time Tour. $37 and up. Held at US Cellular Center, 87 Haywood St. ‘EVERYTHING IS ROSIE’ • SA (10/5), 2pm Celebrate the music of Rosemary Clooney, her 1950s hits performed

by Wendy Jones. Free.

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LUNSFORD FESTIVAL WORKSHOP • SA (10/5), noon1pm - Clawhammer banjo workshop with Jake Owen. All skill levels welcome. $10/$5 children. Held at The Ramsey Center in Renfro Library, 100 Athletic St., Mars Hill RUBBLE BECOMES ART • TU (10/8), 7:30pm - World Premiere of Rubble becomes Art, a fusion of music and poetry about healing, reconciliation and transformation. Tickets: avl.mx/6jh. $10-20/$25 at the door/$5 students.

Held at St. James Episcopal Church, 424 W. State St., Black Mountain • TH (10/10), 3pm - World Premiere of Rubble becomes Art, a fusion of music and poetry about healing, reconciliation and transformation. Tickets: avl.mx/6jh. $10-20/$25 at the door/$5 students.

Held at Biltmore United Methodist Church, 378 Hendersonville Road WOMANSONG OF ASHEVILLE • MONDAYS, 7-9pm - Community chorus rehearsals open to potential members.

Free. Held at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville, 1 Edwin Place YOUNG MASTERS CONCERT • SA (10/5), 7:30pm & SU (10/6), 3pm - Concert featuring works by Bach, Beethoven and Weber. $15/$5 students. Held at Lipinsky Auditorium at UNC Asheville, 300 Library Lane

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by Deborah Robertson

NO PLACE LIKE HOME: Asheville Community Theatre’s production of The Wizard of Oz, directed by Jerry Crouch with music direction by Sarah Fowler, opens Friday, Oct. 4, and runs through Sunday, Oct. 27. All of the songs from the classic 1939 movie are included in the musical as well as “The Jitterbug,” a song that was filmed but cut from the movie. The production stars a cast of 41, and all the Munchkins are played by local schoolchildren. Tickets and information, visit ashevilletheatre.org/events/thewizard-of-oz. Photo of Faith Creech as Dorothy and Missy Stone as the Wicked Witch of the West, courtesy of Studio Misha (p. 52)

SPOKEN & WRITTEN WORD AT HOME IN BLACK MOUNTAIN WITH JAN KARON • SU (10/6), 3-5pm - Friends of the Black Mountain/ Tyson Library present Jan Karon, author of the Mitford series, in an interview style conversation and an afternoon tea.

Registration required. $35.

Held at YMCA, Blue Ridge Assembly, 84 Blue Ridge Assembly Road, Black Mountain BEACON BLANKETS • SA (10/5), 10am-3pm Jerry and Kathy Brownstein present their book, Beacon Blankets Make Warm Friends. Free to attend.

Held at Swannanoa Valley Museum, 223 W State St., Black Mountain BLUE RIDGE BOOKS 428 Hazelwood Ave., Waynesville • 1st & 3rd SATURDAYS, 10am - Banned Book Club.

Free to attend.

• SA (10/5), 2pm - Mary Ann Claud presents her book, Alex Dances. Free to attend.

BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • WE (10/2), 3pm - Book Club: An American Marriage by Tayari Jones.

Free. Held at West Asheville Public Library, 942 Haywood Road • WE (10/2), 6-7:30pm – Hear men read aloud Eve Ensler's The Apology. Free.

Held at Swannanoa Library, 101 West Charleston St., Swannanoa • TH (10/3), 1pm - Leicester Library Creative Writing Group is open to adults who want to write children's books. Meetings include writing exercises and group discussions focused on writing picture, early-reader and chapter books for kids.

Free. Held at Leicester Library, 1561 Alexander Road, Leicester • TH (10/3), 6:30pm - East Asheville Book Club, Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places

by Colin Dickey. Free. Held at East Asheville Library, 902 Tunnel Road • FR (10/4), 1-2:30pm Learn how to track ghosts with ghost hunting tools and hear tales of Asheville's haunted places with the Ghost Hunters of Asheville.

Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • SA (10/5), 2pm - Journaling for Inner Peace, for slowing down and self-care, bring a notebook and your preferred writing instruments. Registration required. Free. Held at Skyland/South Buncombe Library, 260 Overlook Road • MO (10/7), 3:30pm - For bilingual/bicultural families (English/Spanish) to get together and play, read and socialize in Spanish. Free.

Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • TU (10/8), 1pm - Book Club: The Swan Thieves by local author Elizabeth Kostova. Free. Held at Leicester Library, 1561 Alexander Road, Leicester • TU (10/8), 7pm - This month read and discuss My Brother Moochie by Isaac J. Bailey. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • WE (10/9), 4pm - A supportive and fun environment for writers through writing exercises and discussion. Free. Held at Skyland/ South Buncombe Library, 260 Overlook Road

CULTURAL EVENTS SERIES • TH (10/3), 7pm - Oaxacan artist Lamberto Roque Hernandez, presents Education Without Borders. $15.

Held at AK Hinds University Center, Memorial Drive, Cullowhee FLETCHER LIBRARY 120 Library Road, Fletcher, 828-687-1218, library. hendersoncountync.org • 2nd THURSDAYS, 10:30am - Book Club. Free.

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

HENDO STORY CLUB • TH (10/3), 7pm - Openmic, five-minute storytelling.

Free. Held at The Center for Art & Inspiration, 125 S. Main St., Hendersonville KATHERINE MIN MEMORIAL READING • SU (10/6), 7pm - Reading

by UNCA Alumni Mesha Maren and M. Randal O'Wain, honoring the legacy of Professor Katherine Min. Free. Held at Laurel Forum, Karpen Hall, UNC Asheville, 1 University Heights MALAPROP'S BOOKSTORE AND CAFE 55 Haywood St., 828-2546734, malaprops.com

• WE (10/2), 6pm Katey Schultz presents her book, Still Come Home, in conversation with Abigail DeWitt.

Free to attend.

• FR (10/4), 6pm Randal O'Wain presents his book, Meander Belt: Family, Loss, and Coming of Age in the Working Class South, in conversation with Mesha Maren. Free to attend.

• SU (10/6), 3pm Poetry readings by Mildred Barya, Ryan Walsh and Annie Woodford. Free to attend.

• TU (10/8), 6pm Thomas Goldsmith presents his book, Earl Scruggs and Foggy Mountain Breakdown: The Making of an American Classic. Free to attend.

• TH (10/10), 7pm - Brian Lee Knopp presents the 10th Anniversary Edition of Mayhem in Mayberry, in conversation with Cecil Bothwell. Free to attend.

MATT RANDALL PRESENTS ‘MEANDER BELT’ • FR (10/4), 10pm Book reception party for Matt Randall’s book, Meander Belt.

Free to attend. Held at Fleetwood’s, 496 Haywood Road NEW DIMENSIONS TOASTMASTERS • THURSDAYS, noon1pm - General meeting.

Information: 828-3294190. Free to attend.

Held at Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity, 33 Meadow Road NORTH CAROLINA WRITERS' NETWORK • TH (10/3), 6-7:30pm - Why Do We Write? Why Do We Write What We Write? What Are We Doing? presentation followed by writing in place and sharing.

NCWN membership not required. Free to attend. Held at The BLOCK off biltmore, 39 S. Market St. POLITICAL PRISONERS LETTER WRITING • First SUNDAYS, 5pm Political prisoners letter

writing. Free to attend.

Held at Firestorm Books & Coffee, 610 Haywood Road STEVE KEMP WRITER’S RESIDENCY • Until (11/1) - Great Smoky Mountains Association's call for applications to the Steve Kemp Writer’s Residency. Information: avl.mx/6jg

THEATER 'A COMPANY OF WAYWARD SAINTS' • THURSDAY through SUNDAY (10/3) until (10/6) - A Company of Wayward Saints, performed by Theatre UNCA students. Thurs.Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 2pm. $12/$7 students/$10 seniors. Held at Belk Theatre, UNC Asheville Campus, One University Hts, CPO1700 THE MAGNETIC THEATRE 375 Depot St., 828-2399250 • WE (10/2), 7:30pm - Preview party for the 2019 season of the Bernstein Family Christmas Spectacular.

Includes beer, wine, appetizers and live auction. $28.

• FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS (9/27) until (10/20) - The Legacy of Amelia Aldean: A Ghost Story. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 3pm. $23/$13 students.

THE VENARDOS CIRCUS • WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS (10/2) until (10/20) Broadway-style, animalfree circus performance.

Wed.-Sat.: 6:30pm.

Sat. & Sun.: 12:30pm & 3:30pm. Tickets: liveyourcircusdream. com. $25/$15 children under 12. Held at Asheville Outlets, 800 Brevard Road ‘THE WIZARD OF OZ’ • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS (10/4) until (10/27) - The Wizard of Oz, musical. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm, Sun.: 2:30pm. $26-$15. Held at Asheville Community Theatre, 35 E. Walnut St.

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Annual NOUVELLE PASTEL: The Appalachian Pastel Society presents a show of small works, Big Little Paintings, running Oct. 3-30 at BlackBird Frame & Art. The public is invited to the opening reception planned for Thursday, Oct. 10, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Photo of As Shadows Fall by Terrilynn Dubreuil courtesy of the artist.

AC HOTEL ASHEVILLE DOWNTOWN • Wild Places, exhibition of paintings by Stephen St. Claire. Reception: Wednesday, Oct. 2, 5:30-7:30pm.

Oct. 2-30 10 Broadway St. AMERICAN FOLK ART AND FRAMING • To Have and To Hold, group pottery exhibition.

Reception: Friday, Oct. 4, 5-8pm.

Oct. 3-Oct. 17 64 Biltmore Ave. APPALACHIAN PASTEL SOCIETY • Big Little Paintings, exhibitions of member works from the Appalachian Pastel Society.

Reception: Thursday, Oct. 10, 6:30-7:30pm.

Oct. 3-Oct. 30 365 Merrimon Ave. ART AT WCU • Chakaia Booker: Auspicious Behavior, exhibition of works by Chakaia Booker. Reception: Thursday, Oct. 10, 5-8pm.

Oct. 10-Oct. 25 199 Centennial Drive, Cullowhee ASHEVILLE GALLERY OF ART • In Vivid Color, paintings by Judy Rentner.

Reception: Friday, Oct. 4, 5-8pm.

Oct. 1-Oct. 31 82 Patton Ave.

BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES • Exhibition of the work of students of wildlife artist Bob Travers.

Oct. 1-Oct. 31 Fairview Public Library, Fairview FLOOD GALLERY FINE ART CENTER • Minimalia: The Commonwealth of Sentiments, exhibition of photographs and poetry

by Oguz Erdur.

Sept. 28-Dec. 30 850 Blue Ridge Road, Unit A-13, Black Mountain GALLERY 1 • Exhibition of watercolors by Pamela Haddock.

Reception: Friday, Oct. 4, 5pm.

Oct. 1-Nov. 30 604 W. Main St., Sylva GALLERY 101 • Natural Disaster, exhibition of ceramic art

by Seung Jun. Sept. 5-Oct. 27 56 S. Lexington Ave., Unit 101 GALLERY AT FLAT ROCK • On Eye Level with Power, Beauty and Loss, paintings by Veronika Hart, known for her portrayals of the wildlife of East Africa, where she grew up. Opening Reception: Friday, Oct. 4, 5-7pm. Artist Talk: Saturday, Oct, 19, 3 pm.

Oct. 4-20 702-A Greenville Highway, Flat Rock GROVEWOOD GALLERY • Spoonin’: A Showcase of Handcrafted Spoons, exhibition.

Sept. 14-Oct. 13 111 Grovewood Road IZZY'S COFFEE DEN • The Devil, in the fourth title show curated by Justine Briggs, 20 local artists create new works.

Oct. 4-Oct. 31 74 N. Lexington Ave. JUBILEE COMMUNITY CHURCH • Universal Connections, exhibition of visionary art work by Jenna Jaffe.

Reception: Sunday, Oct. 6, 2-5pm.

Oct. 6 46 Wall St. MARK BETTIS STUDIO & GALLERY • Seen and Unseen: Guardians in Glass, solo exhibition by Deb Williams.

Sept. 21-Oct. 5 123 Roberts St. MARS HILL UNIVERSITY, WEIZENBLATT GALLERY • The Murder Ballad paintings by British-born artist Julyan Davis.

Reception: Wednesday, Oct. 2, 6-8pm. Gallery talk: Tuesday, Oct. 8, 1-4pm.

Sept. 25-Oct. 19 79 Cascade St., Mars Hill MOMENTUM GALLERY • A New Leaf, group exhibition featuring works exploring the subject of foliage.

Sept. 12-Nov. 9 24 N. Lexington Ave. PINK DOG CREATIVE • Evocation, exhibition of mixed media paintings by Cleaster Cotton.

Sept. 27-Oct. 27 348 Depot St.

theblockoffbiltmore.com 39 S. Market St. • 254-9277

MOUNTAIN GLORY

F E ST I VA L

Oct 12, 2019

Main Street • Marion, NC • 9:00am - 5:00pm • Arts & Crafts Street Festival with

• Children’s Activities. Best Dressed

• Small Town Celebration of Fall and

• 150 Crafts and Food Vendors

local entertainment

the Glory of the Mountains

Pet Contest. Local Entertainment.

FREE ADMISSION

• Local beer and wine • Possible Bigfoot Sightings For information visit mtngloryfestival.com Email: info@mtngloryfestival.com 828-652-2215 or 828-652-3551

PUSH SKATE SHOP & GALLERY • The Arts of Darkness is based on each artist’s interpretation of All Hallow’s Eve. Reception: Friday, Oct. 4, 7-10pm.

Oct 4 - Nov 10 25 Patton Ave. WINDOW • Feed, exhibition of site specific work by Kirsten Stolle as part of the Terrain Biennual.

Sept. 6-Jan. 6 54 Broadway

Be there at the start of Mountain Xpress’ end-of-year giving project to benefit 45 local nonprofits

ZAPOW! • A Tribute To The Feminine Spirit, solo show by painter Stuart Engel. Reception: Friday, Oct. 4, 7-9pm.

Oct. 4-Oct. 26 150 Coxe Ave., Suite 101

OCT. 24 | SALVAGE STATION

Contact the galleries for hours and admission fees

Kick-off Celebration 5:30 – 8:30 p.m.

For more information, contact givelocal@mountainx.com MOUNTAINX.COM

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ALL THIS TIME: Singer, songwriter and producer Tiffany Renee Darwish, better known by the mononym Tiffany, was the youngest female artist to have a No. 1 record on the Billboard 200 with her debut album in 1987. After wrapping up this summer’s Mixtape Tour, where she shared the stage with fellow ’80s stars New Kids on the Block, Salt-N-Pepa and Debbie Gibson, she’s playing a few shows in support of her own project, Pieces of Me. Tiffany performs at The Orange Peel on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 7:30 p.m. $22.50-$62.50. theorangepeel.net. Photo by Erica Wagner

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2

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12 BONES BREWERY Robert's Totally Rad Trivia, 7:00PM 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Les Amis, (African folk music), 8:00PM ALLEY CAT SOCIAL CLUB Karaoke with Kari, 9:00PM

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

JUDY

ASHEVILLE OUTLETS The Venardos Circus, (a unique Broadway-style circus tour), 6:30PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Open Mic hosted

by Mark Bumgarner, 7:00PM CORK & KEG 3 Cool Cats, 7:30PM DOUBLE CROWN Western Wednesday w/ live Honky Tonk, 9:00PM

Mon., 10/7, 7pm • Fine Arts Theatre

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

Do you want an email reminder prior to each Asheville Movie Guys night?

Send an email with ‘Asheville Movie Guys’ in the subject line to ashevillemovies@gmail.com

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

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

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

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ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR AGB Open Mic, 6:30PM

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FUNKATORIUM The Saylor Brothers, 6:30PM HAYWOOD COUNTRY CLUB Back to the 80's (new wave, synth, post punk), 10:00PM ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Isis Lawn Series: Rahm and Friends, 6:00PM Julian Loida and Alejandro Rowinsky, 7:00PM Kinobe of Uganda feat.

Akello, 8:30PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Old Time Jam, 5:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Killer Karaoke w/ KJ TimO, 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Cigar Brothers, 6:30PM MOE'S ORIGINAL BBQ WOODFIN Bluegrass Jam hosted by Gary Mac Fiddle, 6:00PM ODDITORIUM Trivia Night, 9:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Disclaimer Lounge Comedy Open Mic, 9:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING WEST OWB West: Latin Dance Night w/ DJ Oscar (Bachatta, Merengue, Salsa), 9:00PM

SANCTUARY BREWING CO. French Broad Valley Music Association Mountain Music Jam, 6:00PM SLY GROG LOUNGE Monthly Monster Maker: Exquisite Corpse, 6:00PM SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BREWERY Jazz Night hosted by Jason DeCristofaro, 6:30PM SOVEREIGN KAVA Poetry Open Mic w/ Caleb Beissert (7:30PM Sign Up), 8:00PM STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE Random Animals, 6:00PM THE 63 TAPHOUSE Weekly 9 Ball Tournament (sign ups at 7:00PM), 8:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Albi's Classic Guitar Solos, 5:00PM Ruby's Blues Jam, 9:00PM

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Pleasure Chest, (blues, rock, soul), 8:00PM ASHEVILLE BEAUTY ACADEMY Fletcher & Combs, 8:00PM ASHEVILLE CLUB Live Cello, 7:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Will Ray and the Space Cooties, 7:00PM ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Lost Dogs feat.

Eazybaked, Milano & Vide, 10:00PM ASHEVILLE OUTLETS The Venardos Circus, (a unique Broadway-style circus tour), 6:30PM BEN'S TUNE UP Offended! Comedy Open Mic, 9:30PM BROWN MOUNTAIN BOTTLEWORKS NC Songsmiths, Cantina Acres, 7:30PM

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

CRAFT CENTRIC TAPROOM AND BOTTLESHOP Music Bingo, 7:30PM

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

DOUBLE CROWN Old Gold w/ DJ Jasper (soul 'n' rock 'n' roll), 10:00PM

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

FLEETWOOD'S Underwear Comedy Party AVL, 9:00PM

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FLOOD GALLERY FINE ART CENTER True Home Open Mic, 6:30PM FRENCH BROAD RIVER BREWERY Jesse Friszell, 7:00PM FUNKATORIUM Hot Club of Asheville, 6:00 PM HOTEL ARRAS Rhoda & the Risers, 9:00PM ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Isis Lawn Series w/ the Matt Fassas Trio, 6:00PM The Gina Furtado Project, 7:00PM Reflection Tour w/ Sarah Clanton & Carrie Welling w/ Andy Beckey, 8:30PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Quizzo Pub Trivia, 7:30PM

PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Brother Smith, 8:00PM POLANCO RESTAURANT Ultra Lounge: Food, Music, Lounge w/ DJ Phantome Pantone, 10:00PM PURPLE ONION CAFE Ellen Trnka Blues Trio, 7:30PM SALVAGE STATION Poster Nutbag (Phish tribute), 9:00PM SLY GROG LOUNGE Get "Freaked" at the Speak Easy Story Slam, 7:00PM SOVEREIGN KAVA Grateful Dead Night: Remembering Robert Hunter (jam), 8:00PM STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE Acoustic Jam, 6:30PM

LOCAL 604 BOTTLE SHOP Vinyl Night, 8:00PM

THE 63 TAPHOUSE Free Pool Thursdays, 4:00PM

LAZY DIAMOND 80's INVASION, 10:00PM

THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Westsound, 8:00PM

LOBSTER TRAP Hank Bones, 6:30PM ODDITORIUM Party Foul Drag Circus, 9:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL 1st Thursday's feat.

Jointkiller Brass Band, 5:00PM Mitch's Totally Rad Trivia, 7:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING OWB Downtown: Lenny Pettinelli, 9:00PM ORANGE PEEL Joseph w/ Thad, 9:00PM OSKAR BLUES BREWERY David Earl (southern Americana roots rock), 6:00PM PACK'S TAVERN Jason Whitaker Duo, 8:00PM

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

PILLAR ROOFTOP BAR Ben Phan, 7:00PM

THE BARRELHOUSE Ter-rific Trivia, 7:00PM THE BOATHOUSE AT SMOKEY PARK SPARC After Dark w/ Modern Strangers, 6:00PM THE IMPERIAL LIFE The Roaring Lions (jazz), 9:00PM THE MAGNETIC THEATRE AIC Improv Festival, 5:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT Sheer Mag w/ Tween, 9:00PM TRYON FINE ARTS CENTER Catapult, 7:30PM WILD WING CAFE SOUTH New South Rising, 8:00PM ZAMBRA Kessler Watson, (jazz), 7:00PM

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Jesse Barry & The Jam, (blues, funk), 9:00PM ALLEY CAT SOCIAL CLUB 3 Cool Cats (50's dance party, costumes encouraged), 8:00PM AMBROSE WEST Charlie Traveler presents: An Evening w/ Erick Baker (Americana), 8:00PM ASHEVILLE CLUB Live Classical Guitar, 7:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Vince Junior Band (refreshingly soulful blues), 8:00PM ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL DJ Bowie w/ Morphonic, 9:30PM ASHEVILLE OUTLETS The Venardos Circus, (a unique Broadway-style circus tour), 6:30PM BATTERY PARK BOOK EXCHANGE Dinah's Daydream (Gypsy jazz), 7:00PM BEBE THEATRE NC Dance Festival, 8:00PM BEN'S TUNE UP DJ Kilby Spinning Vinyl, 10:00PM BOLD ROCK HARD CIDER Back South, 6:00PM BROWN MOUNTAIN BOTTLEWORKS Will Easter, 7:30PM CAPELLA ON 9 @ THE AC HOTEL DJ Dance Party w/ Phantom Pantone DJ Collective (rotating DJ's), 9:00PM CORK & KEG The Gypsy Swingers, 8:30PM DOUBLE CROWN Rotating Rock 'n' Soul DJs, 10:00PM

Lost Dogz

First Thursdays w/

THU, 10/3 - SHOW: 10 pm tix . $12/$15

THU, 10/3 - SHOW: 10 pm CA$H DONATION$ AT THE DOOR

Off the Chain Tour ft.

Eazybaked, Milano & vide

Jointkiller Brass Band

JEFF SIPE & FRIENDS

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DOUG STANHOPE 6PM

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FRENCH BROAD RIVER BREWERY The Head, 7:00PM

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FUNKATORIUM The Pimps of Pompe, 8:00PM GINGER'S REVENGE Ryan Furstenberg (indie folk, rock), 7:30PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Jacks River Band, 5:00PM

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KELBY COSTNER

KONGOS W/ FITNESS, YIP YOPS

FREE PATIO SHOW AT 5PM

BRODY HUNT & THE HANDFULLS + ROOSTER

FREE PATIO SHOW AT 5PM

ASHER LEIGH VADEN LANDERS BAND W/ BILL AND THE BELLES

THU 10 MUDHONEY W/ PISSED JEANS

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

ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Charlie Traveler Presents: Cheryl Wheeler w/ Kenny White, 8:30PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Irish Session, 3:00PM LAZOOM ROOM Mom's Out, Local Comedy Showcase, 9:30PM LAZY DIAMOND Nu Disco w/ DJ Strongmagnumopus, 10:00PM LIQUEFY Les Amis (African folk music), 8:30PM LOBSTER TRAP Mark Bumgarner, 6:30PM MAD CO BREW HOUSE Chris Jamison, 6:00PM MÉLANGE BED & BREAKFAST Celtic Music & Mythic Tales, 7:30PM NEW BELGIUM BREWING Michaela Anne, 5:30 P.M. ODDITORIUM Curtis Eller's American Circus w/ The Resonant Rogues Duo, 9:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Free Dead Fridays feat.

Members of Phuncle Sam, 5:30PM

DJ Bowie x Morphonic

Dirty Dead

wsg. K+Lab & Cpt. Hyperdrive

Break Science

Arson Daily

FRI, 10/4 - SHOW: 10 pm (DOORS: 9 pm) - tix . $10

FRI, 10/4 - SHOW: 10 pm CA$H DONATION$ AT THE DOOR

SAT, 10/5 - SHOW: 10 pm (DOORS: 9 pm) - adv. $20

SAT, 10/5 - SHOW: 10 pm CA$H DONATION$ AT THE DOOR

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C LUBLAND ONE WORLD BREWING WEST OWB West: Kaizen (Jeff Sipe, Mike Barnes, & Mark McDaniel), 9:00PM ORANGE PEEL Whitney Morgan w/ Alex Williams, 9:00PM ORCHARD AT ALTAPASS Terry McKinney, 1:45PM

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

7:00PM–JULIAN LOIDA AND ALEJANDRO ROWINSKY

8:30PM– KINOBE OF UGANDA FT. AKELLO

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

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

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

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

SUN 10/6 6:00PM–DANIELA SOLEDADE WITH NATE NAJAR “CONTEMPORARY BOSSA NOVA”

OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Tellico (Americana), 6:00PM PARADOX NIGHTCLUB Halloween Male Revue Tour, 8:00 PM PACK'S TAVERN DJ RexxStep (dance party), 9:30PM PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Front Country w/ Sufi Brothers, 8:00PM RUSTIC GRAPE WINE BAR Katie Sachs, 7:30PM SANCTUARY BREWING CO. Wyatt Espalin Duo, 8:00PM SOVEREIGN KAVA Michael Jerry Stevens, 9:00 PM SLY GROG LOUNGE Pro Peace Song Rally Hosted By Mike Kane, 7:00PM Daniel Johnston Memorial Show to benefit Hi, How Are You Project, 10:00PM STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE James Hammel Trio, 6:00PM

7:30PM– NOCHE FLAMENCA WITH EDUARDO & FLAMENCO CAROLINA

WED 10/9 6:00PM–ISIS LAWN SERIES W/ UPLAND DRIVE

7:00PM–AMY MCCARLEY 8:30PM–ABIGAIL DOWD ALBUM RELEASE WITH SPECIAL GUES ANYA HINKLE

THU 10/10 6:00PM–ISIS LAWN SERIES W/ PIMPS OF POMPE

7:00PM–TRET FURE 8:30PM–LOVE IS A ROSE: CELEBRATING THE MUSIC OF LINDA RONSTADT

FRI 10/11 7:00PM–EMPIRE STRIKES BRASS: 7 YEAR CELEBRATION

SAT 10/12 7:00PM–CLIFF EBERHARDT & LOUISE MOSRIE 8:30PM–HEATHER MAE: GLIMMER ALBUM RELEASE W/ WILLIAM HINSON

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

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THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE DJ Smokifantastic, 6:00PM Freedom's Friday w/ Slay the Mic, 9:30PM THE BARN AT PAINT FORK Locash, 5:00PM THE BARRELHOUSE Hunter Begley, 7:00PM THE GREENHOUSE MOTO CAFE Virginia and the Slims, 7:00PM THE GREY EAGLE Doug Stanhope, 7:00PM James Brown Dance Party, 10:00PM THE IMPERIAL LIFE DJ Dance Party feat.

Phantom Pantone, 10:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT Acid King's Busse Woods 20th Anniversary Tour w/ Wizard Rifle & Warish, 9:00PM

THE OMNI GROVE PARK INN Andrew J. Fletcher (solo jazz piano), 2:30PM TIGER MOUNTAIN Tiger Dance Party Nights, 10:00PM URBAN ORCHARD CIDER CO. SOUTH SLOPE De' Rumba w/ DJ Malinalli , 9:00PM WILD WING CAFE SOUTH Sons of Ralph, 3:00PM New South Rising, 8:00PM WORTHAM CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS AIC Improv Festival, 5:00PM ZAMBRA Jason Moore, (jazz), 8:00PM

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Rhoda & the Risers (R&B, soul), 9:00PM ALLEY CAT SOCIAL CLUB Song Bird Sunday, 8:00PM Dance Party, 9:00PM AMBROSE WEST Asheville Improv Collective presents: Improv Comedy Fest feat. Solid Dad, 3:00PM AIC Fest feat. Roadside Couch, 5:00PM AIC Fest feat. Moyer and Monroe, 7:00PM AIC Fest feat. Mama's Boy, 9:00PM ASHEVILLE CLUB Live Blues w/ Jimmy, 7:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Swing Step Band, 5:00PM Virginia and the Slims, 8:00PM ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Break Science, K + Lab w/ Captain Hyperdrive, 10:00PM ASHEVILLE OUTLETS The Venardos Circus, (a unique Broadway-style circus tour), 3:30PM ASHEVILLE YACHT CLUB Iggy Radio, 3:00PM BEBE THEATRE NC Dance Festival, 8:00PM BOLD ROCK HARD CIDER B- Natural, 5:00PM BROWN MOUNTAIN BOTTLEWORKS Chris Titchner, 7:30PM CATAWBA BREWING SOUTH SLOPE Rooster, 7:00PM

CORK & KEG The Old Chevrolet Set, 8:30PM DOUBLE CROWN Soul Motion Dance Party w/ DJ Dr. Filth, 10:00PM FIRST CONGREGATIONAL UCC OF ASHEVILLE Music Explorations Class, 11:00AM FLEETWOOD'S Ancient Ethel EP release party w/ Ugly Runner & Fortezza, 9:00PM FRENCH BROAD RIVER BREWERY Chris Jamison Duo, 7:00PM FUNKATORIUM Picking' & Pullin', 3:00PM GINGER'S REVENGE Cantina Acres (electronic), 2:30PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY King Garbage, 7:00PM ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Kipyn Martin, 7:00PM Alexa Rose & Amythyst Kiah, 8:30PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Abe Reid & Spike the Drivers (old school gritty blues), 9:00 PM JOHN C. CAMPBELL FOLK SCHOOL Folk School Fall Festival, 10:00AM LAZY DIAMOND Slushie Saturdays w/ Los Dos Krektones (instro-surf rock), 2:30PM Raw Funk, Stomp, Rock, Groove, & Skank w/ DJ The Bogart, 10:00PM LIPINSKY AUDITORIUM AT UNC ASHEVILLE The Young Masters Concert by the Blue Ridge Orchestra, 7:30PM LOBSTER TRAP Sean Mason Trio, 6:30PM LOCAL 604 BOTTLE SHOP Subterrene and NeoElph, 8:00PM

MARS HILL UNIVERSITY Bascom Lamar Lunsford "Minstrel of Appalachia" Festival, 10:00AM Banjo Workshop at the Lunsford Festival, 12:00PM Dulcimer Workshop at the Lunsford Festival, 12:00PM Fiddle Workshop at the Lunsford Festival, 12:00PM Guitar Workshop at the Lunsford Festival, 12:00PM Shaped-Note Singing Workshop at the Lunsford Festival, 12:00PM Lunsford Festival Community Dance, 5:30PM

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DREAM ON: Cantina Acres performs the electronic-ambient music of Ashevillebased singer-songwriter Jason Daniello. Named after an area close to where he was raised in rural New Mexico, the synth-heavy venture is a new project for the evolving musician. A concert at Ginger’s Revenge, in support of Daniello’s upcoming album, Future Youth, is part of the N.C. Songsmith Collective, which showcases handpicked songwriters from North Carolina across many genres. Saturday, Oct. 5, 2:30 p.m.

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THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Community Salsa/Latin Night w/ DJ Edi Fuentes (lessons at 9:00pm), 9:30PM THE BARN AT PAINT FORK 3rd Annual Backpack Slam Jam, 4:00PM THE BOATHOUSE AT SMOKEY PARK Asheville GreenWorks' 7th Annual Root Ball, 6:00PM THE GREENHOUSE MOTO CAFE Thrust Monkey, 7:00PM THE GREY EAGLE Mother Marrow w/ Painted Honey, 9:00PM

TWISTED LAUREL DJ Dance Party w/ Phantom Pantone DJ Collective (rotating DJ's), 11:00PM ZAMBRA Dinah's Daydream, (Gypsy jazz), 8:00PM

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6 27 CLUB Abort Mission: A Comedy Benefit, 9:00PM 5 WALNUT WINE BAR King Garbage, (indie soul), 7:00PM ARCHETYPE BREWING Post-Brunch Blues, 4:00PM

THE MOTHLIGHT MakeHER Market, 10:00AM

ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Pot Luck & Musician's Jam, 3:00PM

THOMAS WOLFE MEMORIAL Thomas Wolfe Birthday Celebration, 9:00AM

ASHEVILLE OUTLETS The Venardos Circus, (a unique Broadway-style circus tour), 12:30PM

TIGER MOUNTAIN Tiger Dance Party Nights, 10:00PM

ASHEVILLE YACHT CLUB Iggy Radio, 3:00PM

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

BEN'S TUNE UP Good Vibes Sunday w/ The Dub Kartel, 6:00PM BLUE GHOST BREWING COMPANY Hustle Souls, 5:00PM

BOLD ROCK HARD CIDER Sunday Brunch w/ live music, 12:00PM Daniel Sage, 3:00PM BYWATER Sunday Bywater Bluegrass Jam, 4:00PM CAPELLA ON 9 @ THE AC HOTEL Loft brunch feat.

Phantom Pantone, 2:00PM DOUBLE CROWN Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 9:00PM FBO AT HOMINY CREEK The Longview, 4:00PM FUNKATORIUM Bluegrass Gospel Sunday, 1:00PM ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Daniela Soledade w/ Nate Najar (contemporary bossa nova, 6:00PM Noche Flamenca w/ Eduardo & Flamenco Carolina, 7:30PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Irish Session, 3:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Noiz Oasis w/ DJ Salty Stax (post-punk), 10:00PM

LIPINSKY AUDITORIUM AT UNC ASHEVILLE The Young Masters Concert by the Blue Ridge Orchestra, 3:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Phil Alley, 6:30PM ODDITORIUM Carbon Bandit, Stand Defiant, Tombstone HWY, Straight For the Throat (donation for Dog Benefit), 9:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL World Famous Bluegrass Brunch, 10:30AM Smash Out Sundays w/ Mike T & JJ Smash, 9:00PM ORANGE PEEL Waltz Night, 6:00PM ORCHARD AT ALTAPASS Slight Departure & Tru Blu, 1:00PM OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Trivia Night, 5:00PM PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Leftover Salmon's 4th Annual Blue Ridge Jam, 5:00PM SAINT PAUL MOUNTAIN VINEYARDS Seth Brand, 2:30PM SALVAGE STATION Grateful Sunday, 6:00PM

SLY GROG LOUNGE Sly Grog Lounge The Most Open Mic, 6:00PM

ORANGE PEEL Wale w/ Deante Hitchcock, Ade & Young Chris, 9:00PM

STRADA ITALIANO Jazz Guitar Brunch w/ Dan Keller, 11:00AM

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

STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE Lucky James, 1:00PM THE BARRELHOUSE Weekly Original Music Open Mic, 6:00PM THE GREENHOUSE MOTO CAFE Tools on Stools, 3:00PM THE GREY EAGLE Kelby Costner, 8:00PM THE IMPERIAL LIFE DJ Dance Party feat.

Phantom Pantone, 9:00PM WILD WING CAFE NFL Sundays w/ DJ razor, 1:00PM ZAMBRA Cynthia McDermott, (Gypsy jazz), 7:00PM

MONDAY, OCTOBER 7 5 WALNUT WINE BAR CaroMia, Katie Richter, Lilly Merat (folk, R&B), 8:00PM ARCHETYPE BREWING Old Time Jam, 5:00PM ASHEVILLE BEAUTY ACADEMY Jazz Mondays w/ Albi followed by Karaoke WOW!, 7:00PM ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Rickie Lee Jones, 8:00PM CATAWBA BREWING SOUTH SLOPE Musicians in the round hosted by Jon Edwards, 6:00PM DOUBLE CROWN Country Karaoke w/ KJ Tim-O, 10:00PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Quizzo Pub Trivia, 7:30PM Open Mic Night, 9:30PM LOBSTER TRAP Dave Desmelik, 6:30PM ODDITORIUM Risque Monday Burlesque Hosted By Deb Au Nare, 9:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING OWB Downtown: Open Mic Night, 7:30PM ONE WORLD BREWING WEST OWB West: Jazz Monday at One World West, 8:30PM

PORTER CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS AT BREVARD COLLEGE Cellist Alistair MacRae, 12:30PM SANCTUARY BREWING CO. Open Mic Night: It Takes All Kinds w/ host Josh Dunkin, 7:00PM

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Wine & Music Tuesdays, 7:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Psych Night w/ DJ Marcula (projections and vinyl), 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Jay Brown, 6:30PM ODDITORIUM Free Open Mic Comedy, 9:00PM

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

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

THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Swing AVL Dance w/ Queen Bee & the Honeylovers (swing lesson at 7:00 & at 8:00 p.m.), 7:00PM Late Night Blues Dance w/ DJ Bingading, 11:00PM

ORANGE PEEL COIN w/ Arkells, 8:00PM

Andrew J. Fletcher (solo jazz piano), 9:00PM

Robert's Twin Leaf Trivia, 8:00PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Irish Music Circle, 6:30PM Open Mic, 8:30PM

SOVEREIGN KAVA Kavalactones (drip noise), 9:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Porch Magazine's 531 Storytelling - Five Stories, Three Songs, One Community, 7:00PM Monday Soul Jam w/ Jamar Woods of the Fritz, 9:00PM THE GOLDEN PINEAPPLE Robert's Totally Rad Trivia, 8:00PM THE GREY EAGLE Kongos w/ Fitness & Yip Yops, 8:00PM THE IMPERIAL LIFE Leo Johnson Trio, 9:00PM

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8 5 WALNUT WINE BAR The John Henrys, (hot jazz), 8:00PM ALLEY CAT SOCIAL CLUB Alley Cat Karaoke, 9:00PM ASHEVILLE BEAUTY ACADEMY Tuesday Nights at the Beauty Academy, 7:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Gypsy Jazz Jam w/ Steve Karla & Phil Alley, 8:00PM ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Tuesday Night Funk Jam, 11:00PM BOLD ROCK HARD CIDER Tacos & Trivia, 5:00PM CRAFT CENTRIC TAPROOM AND BOTTLESHOP Trivia Night, 7:30PM DOUBLE CROWN Tuesday Matinee Show Series feat. Local Bands, 6:00PM Sonic Stew w/ DJ Lil Side Salad & Seymour, 10:00PM

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= MAX RATING

EDWIN ARNAUDIN earnaudin@mountainx.com

H PICK OF THE WEEK H

Before You Know It HHHS

DIRECTOR: Hannah Pearl Utt PLAYERS: Hannah Pearl Utt, Jen Tullock, Judith Light COMEDY/DRAMA NOT RATED The dysfunctional family dramedy is alive and well and (still) living in New York City. Before You Know It is reminiscent of a Woody Allen or Noah Baumbach film, but with a refreshing absence of male directorial gaze.

In her feature directorial debut, Hannah Pearl Utt delivers the familiar trope of a family that just can’t seem to pry itself out of a lifetime of co-dependent behaviors, further exacerbated by the fact that they are still living under the same roof in their childhood home. Patriarch Mel Gurner (Mandy Patinkin) is an aged and washedup playwright attempting a resurgence in the theater world as he works (and reworks) his newest play with the help of his daughters Rachel (Utt) and Jackie (Jen Tullock, who co-wrote the script with Utt).

The death of their mother during their early childhood has left the sisters to fill that matriarchal void through various archetypal coping mechanisms. Rachel is the responsible, controlling manager of both the stage and the family, while single mother Jackie is stuck in perpetual adolescence. Comically complementary, the sisters’ lives are upended by the sudden death of their father, which also leads to the revelation that their mother (Judith 60

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BRUCE STEELE bcsteele@gmail.com Light) is, in fact, alive and well and living as a successful, aging soap opera star.

The main plotline follows Rachel and Jackie as they search for and reconnect with their long-lost, narcissistic mom. The trio’s tragic flaws are unearthed in predictable yet humorous ways as they awkwardly navigate their new relationship. The real gem of this film, however, is the subplot that follows Dodge (Oona Yaffe), Jackie’s somewhat neglected 13-year-old daughter.

As Rachel and Jackie drop everything to pursue their mother, Dodge is left to grapple alone with the feelings brought on by the death of her grandfather. While the patterns of Gurner family abandonment play out anew within Dodge’s story, her scrappy, intelligent and persevering nature allows her to overcome these issues in a mindful and communicative way, something that her mother and aunt would do well to note.

The highbrow humor, paired with the slightly esoteric NYC theater references, make Before You Know It feel somewhat inaccessible to me and intended for a specialized audience. But to the film’s credit, I did catch myself wondering if there was some self-awareness to this approach in instances when Utt and Tullock seem to be poking fun at those same aspects of the city’s art and theater culture. Regardless, the refreshing take on female character development is the true gift of this film and sets it apart as an important piece of modern cinema and screenwriting.

Starts Oct. 4 at Grail Moviehouse

THIS WEEK’S CONTRIBUTOR

Melissa Myers

year, the latest Manhattan program gets off to a promising start with Nefta Football Club. The funny, quirky, well-made tale of two young Tunisian brothers who stumble upon a donkey with unusual cargo provides a near ideal-hook, but the goodwill is just as quickly compromised with Debris, the saga of one very bad afternoon in the life of a Hispanic immigrant construction worker. While it may be full of tension, the muddled social commentary and sudden attitude shifts from poorly-established characters are jarring in a bad way.

Momentum is soon regained via Driving Lessons, an engrossing story of religious oppression and, ultimately, female empowerment that’s likely to leave

STARTING FRIDAY Before You Know It (NR) HHHS(Pick of the Week) JUST ANNOUNCED Joker (R) Joaquin Phoenix plays the iconic DC Comics villain in this origin story from director Todd Phillips (The Hangover).

CURRENTLY IN THEATERS 5B (PG-13) HHHHS Abominable (PG) HHHH Ad Astra (PG-13) HHHHS Angel Has Fallen (R) HHS Brittany Runs a Marathon (R) HHHH

REVIEWED BY MELISSA MYERS MELISSA.L.MYERS@GMAIL.COM

Downton Abbey (PG) HHHH

Manhattan Short Film Festival HHHS

Hustlers (R) HHHS

DIRECTORS: Various PLAYERS: Various DRAMA/COMEDY/ROMANCE NOT RATED There may not be a better moviegoing bargain than the Manhattan Short Film Festival. Over the course of 150 minutes, viewers get to see 10 works that showcase varied cinematic talents from around the world — and then vote for Best Film and Best Actor.

A good deal more enjoyable than the depressing slate of live-action Oscarnominated short films from earlier this

Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (PG-13) HHHHH

It Chapter Two (R) HH Judy (PG-13) HHS Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice (PG-13) HHS The Lion King (PG) HHH Manhattan Short Film Festival (NR) HHHS The Peanut Butter Falcon (PG-13) HHHS Raise Hell: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins (NR) HHHHS Rambo: Last Blood (R) HHH Spider-Man: Far From Home (PG-13) HHHH Toy Story 4 (G) HHHH

MARKETPLACE audiences cheering. Applause might also follow the downtrodden waitress fantasies of Tipped, while tears could easily be shed over the road trip drama Sylvia, one of two films that coast along in mediocre fashion before a twist makes one rethink what’s come before.

Following a welcome intermission, two middle-age women engage in an occasionally amusing tennis showdown in The Match, paving the way for program highlight This Time Away. Blessed with the arguably unfair advantages of none other than Timothy Spall (Mr. Turner) in the lead role and blockbuster animator Magali Barbé (Avengers: Endgame; Avatar) behind the camera, the charming chronicle of a curmudgeon and a helper droid who becomes his roommate gives off strong Robot & Frank vibes and plentiful smiles.

Like Sylvia, there’s more to dance school drama Malou than it seems, and

similar treacly writing following the big reveal. Laughs promptly return, however, with A Family Affair, a comic triumph in which a 30-year-old woman (writer/director/star Florence Keith-Roach, Juliet, Naked) awakes in unfamiliar surroundings and receives aid from a benevolent senior citizen (John Standing, The Elephant Man).

The crowd-pleaser would have made a far better closing pick than At The End of the World, a dystopian romance that frequently calls to mind the dopey film-student adverts that precede feature presentations at Regal Cinemas. But despite its wonky end, the two-plus hours of shorts is well worth a look and seems destined to help elevate a few deserving filmmakers.

Now playing at Grail Moviehouse REVIEWED BY EDWIN ARNAUDIN EARNAUDIN@MOUNTAINX.COM

by Edwin Arnaudin | earnaudin@mountainx.com p.m., and Blue Ghost Brewing Co., 125 Underwood Road, Fletcher, will show the film on Monday, Oct. 7, at 7 p.m.

Free to attend. paristopittsburgh.com

• There are two opportunities to see the 2018 documentary Paris to Pittsburgh, about U.S. citizens developing practical solutions to combat climate change, narrated by Rachel Brosnahan (Amazon’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”). Trinity Presbyterian Church, 900 Blythe St., Hendersonville, will host a screening on Wednesday, Oct. 2, at 5:30

FILM 'CASA DE COCO' LAUNCH PARTY • TH (10/10), 6-9pm Film screening of Casa De Coco’s, Cosa Buena.

Live score performed

by Mike Johnson, Zack Kardon and Jack Victor.

Free to attend. Held at Revolve Studio, 821 Riverside Drive #179

'PARIS TO PITTSBURGH' • WE (10/2), 5:30pm - Paris to Pittsburgh, a National Geographic climate change documentary. Information: bit.ly/2m2TBZv. Free.

Trinity Presybterian Church, 900 Blythe St., Hendersonville • MO (10/7), 7pm - Paris to Pittsburgh, a National Geographic climate change documentary.

Free. Held at Blue Ghost Brewing Company,

• The monthly Silent Sundays series continues at Grail Moviehouse, 45 S. French Broad Ave., on Oct. 6, at 7 p.m., with a pair of adventure films. First up is the 14-minute short The Land Beyond the Sunset (1912), about a young boy who escapes his oppressive mother, goes on an outing in the country with a social welfare group and dreams of a place without worries. It will be followed by the feature-length 1924 adaptation of J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan. Film historian Frank Thompson will introduce the selections and participate in a post-screening Q&A. Local multi-instrumentalist/composer Gabrielle Tee will provide a live, improvised piano score for each film. Tickets are $12 and available online or at the Grail box office. grailmoviehouse.com X

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Fletcher BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH AS CREATURE IN ‘FRANKENSTEIN’ • SU (10/6), 1:45pm - Sunday Cinema Series returns with pre-recorded film presentations from the London stage. Benedict Cumberbatch in the title role of Frankenstein at 3pm. An educational talk from 1:45-2:15pm by Drs. Brian Gastle and Sandra

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FREEWILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19): In 1956, the U.S. federal government launched a program to build 40,000 miles of high-speed roads to connect all major American cities. It was completed 36 years later at a cost of $521 billion. In the coming months, I’d love to see you draw inspiration from that visionary scheme.

According to my analysis, you will generate good fortune for yourself as you initiate a long-term plan to expand your world, create a more robust network and enhance your ability to fulfill your life’s big goals.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Taurus-born Youtube blogger Hey Fran Hey has some good advice for her fellow Bulls, and I think it’ll be especially fresh and potent in the coming weeks. She says, “Replacing ’Why is this happening to me?’ with ’What is this trying to tell me?’ has been a game changer for me. The former creates a hamster wheel, where you’ll replay the story over and over again. Victimized. Stuck. The latter holds space for a resolution to appear.”

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “The soul has illusions as the bird has wings: It is supported by them.” So declared French author Victor Hugo. I don’t share his view. In fact, I regard it as an insulting misapprehension.

The truth is that the soul achieves flight through vivid fantasies and effervescent intuitions and uninhibited longings and nonrational hypotheses and wild hopes — and maybe also by a few illusions. I bring this to your attention because now is an excellent time to nurture your soul with vivid fantasies and effervescent intuitions and uninhibited longings and nonrational hypotheses and wild hopes.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): I know people of all genders who periodically unleash macho brags about how little sleep they need. If you’re normally like that, I urge you to rebel. The dilemmas and riddles you face right now are very solvable IF and only IF you get sufficient amounts of sleep and dreams.

Do you need some nudges to do right by yourself?

Neuroscientist Matthew Walker says that some of the greatest athletes understand that “sleep is the greatest legal enhancing performance drug.” Top tennis player Roger Federer sleeps 12 hours a day.

During his heyday, world-class sprinter Usain Bolt slept 10 hours a night and napped during the day.

Champion basketball player LeBron James devotes 12 hours a day to the rejuvenating sanctuary of sleep.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Every time my birthday season comes around, I set aside an entire day to engage in a life review. It lasts for many hours. I begin by visualizing the recent events I’ve experienced, then luxuriously scroll in reverse through my entire past, as if watching a movie starring me. It’s not possible to remember every single scene and feeling, of course, so I allow my deep self to highlight the moments it regards as significant. Here’s another fun aspect of this ritual: I bestow a blessing on every memory that comes up, honoring it for what it taught me and how it helped me to become the person I am today. Dear Libra, now is an excellent time for you to experiment with a similar celebration.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Depression is when you think there’s nothing to be done,” writes author Siri Hustvedt. “Fortunately I always think there’s something to be done.” I offer this hopeful attitude to you, Scorpio, trusting that it will cheer you up. I suspect that the riddles and mysteries you’re embedded in right now are so puzzling and complicated that you’re tempted to think that there’s nothing you can do to solve them or escape them. But I’m here to inform you that if that’s how you feel, it’s only temporary. Even more importantly, I’m here to inform you that there is indeed something you can do, and you are going to find out what that is sooner rather than later.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “How inconvenient to be made of desire,” writes Sagittarian author Larissa Pham. “Even now, want rises up in me like a hot oil.

I want so much that it scares me.” I understand what she means and I’m sure you do, too. There are indeed times when the inner fire that fuels you feels excessive and unwieldy and inopportune. But I’m happy to report that your mood in the coming weeks is unlikely to fit that description. I’m guessing that the radiant pulse of your yearning will excite you and empower you. It’ll be brilliant and warm, not seething and distracting.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I envision the next 12 months as a time when you could initiate fundamental improvements in the way you live. Your daily rhythm 12 months from now could be as much as 20% more gratifying and meaningful. It’s conceivable you will discover or generate innovations that permanently raise your long-term goals to a higher octave. At the risk of sounding grandiose, I predict you’ll welcome a certain novelty that resembles the invention of the wheel or the compass or the calendar.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Actor and dancer Fred Astaire was a pioneer in bringing dance into films as a serious art form. He made 31 musical films during the 76 years he worked, and was celebrated for his charisma, impeccable technique and innovative moves.

At the height of his career, from 1933-49, he teamed up with dancer Ginger Rogers in the creation of 10 popular movies. In those old-fashioned days, virtually all partner dancing featured a male doing the lead part as the female followed. One witty critic noted that although Astaire was a bigger star than Rogers, she “did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and while wearing high heels.” According to my reading of the astrological omens, you may soon be called on to carry out tasks that are metaphorically comparable to those performed by Rogers.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Modern literary critic William Boyd declared that Aquarian author Anton Chekhov (1860–1904) was “the best short-story writer ever,” and “the first truly modern writer of fiction: secular, refusing to pass judgment, cognizant of the absurdities of our muddled, bizarre lives and the complex tragi-comedy that is the human condition.”

Another contemporary critic, Harold Bloom, praised Chekhov’s plays, saying that he was “one of the three seminal figures in the birth of early modernism in the theatre.” We might imagine, then, that in the course of his career, Chekhov was showered with accolades.

We’d be wrong about that, though. “If I had listened to the critics,” he testified, “I’d have died drunk in the gutter.” I hope that what I just said will serve as a pep talk for you as you explore and develop your own original notions in the coming weeks.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Your No. 1 therapy in the coming weeks? Watching animals. It would be the healthiest thing you could undertake: relax into a generously receptive mode as you simply observe creatures doing what they do. The best option would be to surrender to the pleasures of communing with both domesticated AND wild critters. If you need a logical reason to engage in this curative and rejuvenating activity, I’ll give you one: It will soothe and strengthen your own animal intelligence, which would be a tonic gift for you to give yourself.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Pisces-born Dorothy Steel didn’t begin her career as a film actress until she was 91 years old. She had appeared in a couple of TV shows when she was 89, then got a small role in an obscure movie. At age 92, she became a celebrity when she played the role of a tribal elder in Black Panther, one of the highest-grossing films of all time. I propose that we make her one of your inspirational role models for both the coming weeks and the next 12 months. Why? Because I suspect you will be ripening fully into a role and a mission you were born to embody and express.

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LEGAL NOTICES AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, BUNCOMBE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed

by Justus Delaney and Clella Delaney, dated November 17, 2008, recorded on January 14, 2009 in Book 4637, Page 1834 of the Buncombe County Public Registry conveying certain real property in Buncombe County to F. Blair Williams, Trustee, for the benefit of Harvard Home Mortgage, Inc. Default having been made of the note thereby

secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on October 7, 2019 at 3:00 PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Buncombe County, North Carolina, to wit: Being all of Lot 6, Section III, Woodland Hills Subdivision, which said Plat is duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Buncombe County North Carolina, in Plat Book 38, at Page 73, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description.

Being all and the same lot of ground which by Deed dated January 24, 1994, and recorded among the Land Records of Buncombe County, North Carolina in Liber 1782, folio 431 was granted and conveyed by Dorothy H. Bailey, unmarried unto Justus Delaney and Clella Delaney, husband and wife. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 15 Blueberry Hill Road, Asheville, NC 28804; Parcel ID: 9731-69-9610-00000 A cash deposit (no personal

checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, payable to Bell Carrington Price & Gregg, PLLC, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to any and all superior liens, including taxes and special assessments. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Clella Delaney, surviving spouse of Justus Delaney. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 45-21.29, in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold.

Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after

receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination [N.C. Gen. Stat. § 45-21.16(b) (2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit.

Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

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