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THE REFORMER The most pivotal law enforcement figure in Asheville is relative newcomer Tammy Hooper, chief of the city’s police department. Xpress recently sat down with Hooper for an extended interview about her role as leader, the state of the department and policecommunity relations.

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What will be RAD’s effects on Southside residents?

The Sept.14 issue’s headlining article, “Road to Redevelopment: Big Infrastructure Upgrades on RAD’s Horizon” [Xpress], was certainly thorough in its appraisal of how the RAD’s redevelopment would affect artists’ businesses and daily lives — however, the article neglected to evaluate how the construction and infrastructure improvements will affect the surrounding residential neighborhood of Southside. This leads to an unbalanced public discourse that centers the narrative of development on the positive impact for some, while ignoring the experience of many of the area’s deeply rooted citizens.

This article mentions that one of the greenways “will thread its way through the booming South Slope neighborhood … Along the way, signage and exhibits will highlight the South Slope’s heritage as a vibrant African-American community during the days of segregation and the civil rights movement.” As of the last Census (2010), the neighborhood was 55 percent black, which is quite a significant when one considers that Asheville is only 13 percent

African-American. This suggests that Southside is more than historically African-American as the article seems to put forth, but is also presently home to a significant black population.

Southside has been gentrifying since the area’s urban renewal project of the 1970s when huge swaths of Southsiders were removed from their homes and placed in public housing (according to Inside East Riverside, the neighborhood was 98 percent black at the time). One wonders: Will these new infrastructure projects raise property value in such a way that makes rates of gentrification in the area rise exponentially? Is the city interested in offsetting this issue and maintaining and growing diverse communities — starting with folks who have been in Asheville decades upon decades?

Asheville’s history with urban renewal and the city’s moves toward slowly eliminating public housing and pushing poor folks out into the county suggest that the city doesn’t actually want to truly maintain a racially diverse Asheville. I suggest the Mountain Xpress account for these realities in future discussions of the RAD redevelopment project and other projects like it.

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Carl Mumpower, John Boyle (Asheville Citizen-Times columnist) and company really should read the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Boyle’s recent [column] in the A C-T on protests at the Trump rally made it very clear that he and Mumpower are on the same page about it.

Once again, Mumpower announces he wants to get a lawyer and sue the city of Asheville — this time over the Asheville Police Department’s handling of the recent Trump rally. Why does the Asheville Citizen-Times write a story about Mumpower every time he gets five people at a “press conference” and says he is going to find a lawyer and sue? He only does this to get attention and look like a big shot in the newspaper, and every time, the Asheville Citizen-Times falls for it.

Mumpower mentions the Asheville swearing law in the A C-T story, and I am quite sure that the Asheville swearing law (when did they pass it — in the ’20s?) is unconstitutional. Anyway: Mumpower, anyone can sue in federal court and go pro se, so why don’t you do it yourself? I am not that smart, but I sued the city twice pro se in New York City (where the city has an army of attorneys on the payroll) and won both times on First Amendment issues.

No attorney qualified to practice in federal court in North Carolina is going to touch this, Carl, because it is a loser, and an attorney could be slapped with big fines and court costs for filing a frivolous lawsuit in federal court, so do it yourself. The federal court clerks in Asheville will be happy to sell you a guide on how to do it and file the papers for you.

Here’s a thought, since John Boyle seems to agree with you on swearing and the First Amendment, why not team up and sue the city together?

(Note to readers: I submitted this letter to Mountain Xpress because there is no way the Asheville Citizen-Times would publish it.)

— John Penley

Asheville Editor’s note: A Sept. 23 article in the Citizen-Times reported that a state law barring profanity “on a public road or highway” was found to be unconstitutional in 2011.

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Holocaust comparison is disturbing I read with dismay the letter from the reader in the Sept. 21 Mountain Xpress [“Slaughterhouse ‘Blues’ Is Shocking”]. If she wants to abstain from eating meat and try to persuade others to behave similarly, that is her prerogative.

But her comparison of the killing of animals for their meat and other products to the genocide committed by Nazi Germany against 6 million Jews, countless others from other ethnic groups, not to mention other “undesirables,” such as homosexuals and the mentally disabled, is disturbing, to say the least.

Apparently, the reader’s singleminded disagreement with raising and killing animals for their meat has blinded her to the crimes that have been and continue to be committed throughout history by people against people. Or, and this is generous, she is simply ignorant of the true horrors of the Holocaust and should endeavor to learn more about it.

At a minimum, she should apologize profusely to any Jewish person that she knows for her misguided statement.

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Grounded play explores dilemma of war A long time ago, I came across a reviewer’s comment: “This book is not about what the book seems to be about,” and this applies [to Grounded, now playing at NC Stage].

A highly qualified, top-notch U.S. Air Force female fighter pilot finds herself pregnant, and, regulations say, this is enough to ground her.

Very hard to accept, but she must, and after the pregnancy leave, she finds herself reassigned to pilot drones on real warfare missions in the Mideast, while operating out of a U.S. air base near Las Vegas.

I was attracted to this play because I am a pilot, and thought the flying part alone would hold my attention, but that is not even remotely what the play is about. Instead we are drawn slowly, but inexorably, into the very real ambiguities of war and the physical, moral and philosophical impact fighting in war has on us — even more so when operating safely far from the action and doing it almost on a career basis, where you can go home to husband and child at the end of the day.

The contrasts, ironies, and yes, contradictions, draw you into the theme’s implications and are heightened by the actress [Blythe Coons’] apparently simple, yet incredibly powerful delivery — done with the terse sentences you would expect from a pilot communicating, alone in the plane, with controllers on the ground dealing with multiple situations simultaneously.

The dilemma of war, all wars, and human violence, whether individually, or done by society as a whole, emerges as the central theme and reminds us how little progress we have made over the eons in not just preventing it, but in just understanding it.

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Don’t cut Big Ivy

BY WILL HARLAN You already know that Buncombe County is the most populous and developed county in Western North Carolina. But you probably didn’t know that it’s also home to one of the largest old-growth forests in the East.

Big Ivy — a section of the Pisgah National Forest in the northeast corner of Buncombe County near Barnardsville — is one of the wildest spots in Appalachia. It’s home to over 40 rare and endangered species and is one of the country’s most biologically diverse forests. And it’s only a 30-minute drive from downtown Asheville.

Even if you haven’t visited Big Ivy, you’ve probably seen it: It’s the most photographed spot on the Blue Ridge Parkway. The vistas from Craggy Gardens span the unscarred, unbroken forests of Big Ivy. Big Ivy protects the headwaters of the Ivy River, a primary tributary of the French Broad and the drinking water supply for the town of Weaverville. It’s also one of the most popular recreation areas in Western North Carolina — an outdoor oasis for hiking, mountain biking, hunting, fly fishing, climbing, trail running and horseback riding.

Hollywood blockbusters have been filmed in Big Ivy, including The Hunger Games and The Last of the Mohicans.

Dozens of cascades — including 70-foot Douglas Falls — thunder down its rugged slopes. Big Ivy’s beauty and recreational opportunities have also attracted ecotourism, agritourism and jobs: Navitat Canopy Tours has helped revitalize the local Barnardsville economy, and local Dillingham Family Farm and Ivy Creek Family Farm are highlights of farm tours and tailgate markets.

Colleges and universities across the region bring students to Big Ivy for education and research in its living laboratories of old-growth forests.

Unfortunately, the big trees of Big Ivy could be in big trouble.

The U.S. Forest Service is rewriting its management plan for the entire Pisgah-Nantahala National Forest.

This plan will govern how the forest is managed for the next two decades.

In a draft released this summer, over 70 percent of Big Ivy would remain open to logging. Appalachian District Ranger Matt McCombs says there are no current plans for logging. But that could change once the forest plan is finalized next year.

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WILL HARLAN This is not the first time that Big Ivy has been threatened by logging. In the 1980s and 1990s, the Forest Service planned substantial commercial logging projects for Big Ivy. But the local community rallied together, organized a grassroots campaign and halted the projects.

Yet, for the past 20 years, Big Ivy has remained largely unprotected. The latest draft of the Forest Plan could leave Big Ivy even more vulnerable to logging. So Big Ivy supporters have been mobilizing once more — and encouraging local leaders to help them.

Two weeks ago, the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to support permanent protection against logging in Big Ivy. Instead of leaving over 70 percent of the forest open to logging, the Buncombe County resolution supports protecting 7,900 acres of the forest as wilderness, especially its old-growth forests, rare species habitat, scenic vistas and pristine headwaters.

The wilderness recommendation does not affect any current uses of Big Ivy. Mountain biking, horseback riding, hunting and fishing will all continue to be allowed. All mountain bike trails are outside of the recommended wilderness area. No roads or hiking trails will be closed to anyone. The wilderness recommendation simply prohibits logging and development in trail-less, high-elevation areas of Big Ivy where most of the oldgrowth forests are located.

A Big Ivy wilderness designation has strong public support. This past February, over 300 people packed the Big Ivy Community Center (and at least 100 more were locked out of the meeting due to fire code restrictions) to oppose potential logging in Big Ivy.

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Buncombe County’s most ancient forest is still unprotected And at the recent commissioners’ meeting, nearly 200 Big Ivy supporters flooded the chambers and overflowed into adjacent rooms. The public comment period lasted for nearly two hours. Not a single person spoke against wilderness.

There were plenty of hippies, environmentalists and outdoor enthusiasts speaking in support of a Big Ivy wilderness. But they were joined by some of the region’s most respected biologists — including UNC Asheville professor and Smithsonian botanist David Clarke; Warren Wilson College biologists J.J. Apodaca and Liesl Erb; renowned old-growth expert Josh Kelly; and Mars Hill College’s Alan Smith, who has spent 39 years conducting field research in Big Ivy. Big Ivy’s old-growth forests are cherished by Republicans and Democrats, old and young, horseback riders and mountain bikers, longtime local families and new transplants. Irene Richards Dillingham — an 82-yearold fourth-generation Barnardsville resident — spoke in favor of protecting the forests where she played as a child. Barnardsville resident Natalie Bogwalker, nine months pregnant, expressed hope that her child will walk beneath Big Ivy’s towering trees.

There are places in Western North Carolina where logging may be appropriate. But Big Ivy is not one of those places. Big Ivy is far more valuable as an intact forest, a cornerstone of recreation, tourism and biodiversity in Western North Carolina.

The commissioners’ resolution was a monumental first step. Now it’s up to the Forest Service to include an expanded wilderness recommendation for Big Ivy in its upcoming forest plan. A Big Ivy wilderness has strong scientific support, unanimous political backing from county leaders and overwhelming public approval, as expressed in the two public meetings for protection of the area.

A wilderness designation for Big Ivy would be an amazing asset to Buncombe County and the entire region. It would permanently protect one of the last and most ancient forests in the East.

Let’s keep Big Ivy just the way it is — wild, scenic, adventurous and uncut.

Voice your support for an expanded Big Ivy wilderness in the upcoming Forest Plan by sending comments to NCPlanRevision@fs.fed.us. More information and sample letters can be found at friendsofbigivy.org or on Facebook: Friends of Big Ivy. Will Harlan is a Barnardsville resident and a Friends of Big Ivy organizer. X

BEAUTIFUL BIG IVY: A view of Big Ivy, a part of the Pisgah National Forest in Buncombe County that activists are trying to protect from logging. Courtesy photo by Steven McBride

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BY ABLE ALLEN aallen@mountainx.com A string of violent confrontations has thrust policing practices into the national spotlight, as departments across the country face extra scrutiny over use of force, particularly against people of color.

The debate over best approaches to law enforcement is heating up.

Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump offer different visions of what the country needs from its police forces. Clinton advocates strategies that aim to reduce implicit bias and end racial profiling, while Trump has called for cities to expand stop-and-frisk, a practice that at least one federal court has ruled unfairly targets minorities.

The executive branch is attempting to steer police department best practices. Across the country, many departments are implementing recommendations from President Obama’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing.

The debate over American law enforcement practices even extends to an international level. The United States recently accepted most of the peer-review recommendations from United Nations member states on counteracting racial discrimination, racial profiling and the use of excessive force by police officers.

Meanwhile, when it comes to policing in the small, anything-but-quiet mountain town of Asheville, the most pivotal law enforcement figure is relative newcomer Tammy Hooper, chief of the city’s Police Department.

Xpress recently sat down with Hooper for an extended interview, asking about her role as leader, the state of the department and policecommunity relations. We present here excerpts of her comments. In our editing, Xpress has attempted to accurately represent Hooper’s thoughts and protect both her voice and meaning. The text has been edited substantially for brevity and is organized by topic.

ON BEING AN AGENT OF CHANGE “That’s what I was brought here for.

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TALKING AND LISTENING: With the Asheville Police Department in the spotlight recently, Chief Tammy Hooper, right, has been called upon to do extra explaining lately at city government meetings, where strong criticism of local police has been voiced during public comment periods. Many are impatient for reform; Hooper says that has been a priority for her, too, but that it takes time.

Photo by Able Allen happened before I was here, but since I’ve been here I feel like we’re doing a pretty good job.

“Internally, we’ve done a lot of hard work to try to situate ourselves so we can be more efficient in how we respond to things and also how we do our business inside, the checks and balances that we have to do of our own processes that have caused problems in the past.

I think that how we are structured definitely had an effect in the past, so [since I arrived,] we’ve tried to be very intentional about ... putting checks and balances in place so [that] we don’t have to have things falling through the cracks, and we don’t have situations where something will just linger ... like

the radar thing that happened, where they weren’t calibrating radars. We’ve got checks and balances now in that process, so we know for a fact that it gets done.

“For [another] example, in our property and evidence section we’ve been able to make tremendous strides in getting through our backlog of property.

I know that in the year or two prior to me getting here, we were really only able to inventory about 1 percent of the property and evidence since we had the audit. We are now [due to greater efficiency and additional staff] more than 40 percent through that backlog; our goal is to be done by next July.

“One of the first things we did when

The evidence room problem A 2011 partial audit of APD’s evidence locker found numerous problems, notably missing or uncatalogued guns, drugs and money. Shortly afterward, evidence-room manager Lee Smith, who was later convicted of wrongdoing in the matter, resigned after being suspended; this was followed by the abrupt resignation of Chief Bill Hogan. An outside audit, completed the following year, revealed massive disarray.

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I got here was reestablish how we were organized. There were a lot of disparities in the span of control and workloads of our mid-management. ... By being able to fix that and make it more efficient, we are in a better place to make sure we’re getting things done the way that we should.

“We’ve [also] revised probably 25 or more of our policies and procedures since I’ve been here. We’re going to continue to update and revise how we are doing our business to make sure that how we practice our policing is consistent with best practices and that we’re doing things in a contemporary manner. “[In regards to best practices and modernizing], we have the body cameras now. That’s a big change. It’s a change in mindset for officers. But … officers are very happy to have cameras on the whole. So, we’ve already started working to roll out our body camera program, which I think is going to be very helpful in the long run. Now, how that comes out as far as the limitations on releasing videos, that go into effect Oct. 1 with the North Carolina law, we’ll have to see how that is. But it has been pret-

Police footage law House Bill 972 went into effect on Oct. 1. It makes police-unit video footage exempt from normal public records regulations. Under the law, only the people who appear in police camera footage and their “personal representatives” may request permission from a police agency to see the video and a court order is required for public release. The law preempts any local policies.

ty effectively shown that having the body cameras does reduce complaints against officers. Maybe it affects the officer’s behavior, maybe it affects the person that they’re dealing with’s behavior or a combination of both, but the more we can reduce complaints the better, and the more trust we can build in the community. And there’s the [aspect of] transparency [that cameras can offer]. “[In regards to transparency], I think it looks largely like where we’re trying to go — which is to give as much information as we can. We spend a huge amount of time responding to information requests. We provide a huge amount of information — not just to the media, but to anyone who asks — that isn’t lawfully required [to be given]. I think we do a lot on our [use

of] social media, to talk about things that are going on in the department, things going on in the community.

Again, the more information we’re able to discuss the better. So, how we get that out, and how many people are looking at it, that’s what we need to figure out: how to do better.”

ON POLICING PHILOSOPHY “Community policing — partnerships, problem-solving — those are the two elements [of our approach]. And I would say, by and large, we’ve got that dialed in. [But] we have room to grow. “[Essentially,] I think the department’s philosophy is, as far as if you talk to [individual officers], they do have this community-minded mindset.

They want to be out there doing the work that we’re doing for the good of the community.

“I think if we get to the point where we’re actually very focused on the community-policing aspects of partnership and problem-solving, that we can make huge progress. Not just in building trust and relationships, but also in actually getting down to [answering the question] ‘How do we affect people’s quality of life in neighborhoods in a positive way?’

“You can put the Band-Aid on, of the quality-of-life enforcement ..., but that doesn’t solve any problems. That

doesn’t solve the issue of environmental contributions. It doesn’t solve the issue of socioeconomic contributions.

The general over-arching principle behind community policing is getting beyond enforcement and looking a little bit deeper into what’s going on, as well as having relationships and rapport with people so that you can have conversations to get to some of that information.

“But I see that there could be a place for some quality-of-life enforcement that’s part of an overall community

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Quality-of-life enforcement Quality-of-life enforcement is an approach to policing employed by the New York Police Department and others since the 1990s. It arose from “broken windows” policing, which is the idea that a broken window negatively affects a house, which in turn degrades the whole neighborhood and consequently the whole community. Expressed in non-metaphorical terms: Disorder breeds and sustains more serious crime. Experts debate these terms and what they’ve come to mean, but quality-of-life enforcement can be shorthand for the daily handling of small crimes like disorderly conduct, vandalism and other minor offenses. This sort of policing often hinges on the judgment of individual officers.

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OUT AND ABOUT: Police Chief Tammy Hooper says she has strived to be available to the public to hear their needs and desires. She has gone to every Coffee with a Cop event, as well as numerous other community events and forums. Photo by Virginia Daffron policing plan. … [There’s a] problemsolving aspect of [the broken windows policing model that] doesn’t just focus on ‘enforce the small crimes and the big crimes go away.’ It really has to do with a more holistic approach ... that’s more involved than just the enforcement side of it. It’s also looking environmentally at how you get to the root cause of issues, and you correct them. So … environmentally approach it and that sometimes can help, along with not letting people get away with nuisance or quality-of-life crimes in that area. So, quality-of-life enforcement certainly is part of it.

“What’s not part of it is stop-and-frisk, which has become equated to it. That’s not part of what any police department should be doing.”

ON FOSTERING COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS AND REBUILDING TRUST “That’s one of the things I think I’ve found to be much more challenging than I expected here. I think it is a bit challenging for our officers in the field to [foster relationships]. We have a lot of officers who do spend a lot of time in neighborhoods. They know people in the business community, they know people

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who live in the communities. So, those relationships are very important, and that’s how we’re able to partner with the community to get things done. Which, if you look at community policing, that partnership is one of the prime components. I think in other neighborhoods we have a lot more of a challenge trying to develop those relationships and that type of partnership. So, I think there’s work to be done there.

“I think we have a lot of the same challenges as a lot of the police departments in the country right now, which [are]: trying to build trust in the community, particularly in communities of color.

There [are also] reform efforts, and those definitely have trickled down here. The President’s 21st Century Policing Task Force report that came out in May of ’15 put a lot of recommendations out there that many police departments, including here, are putting into place. This year, in May of ’16, we got Use of Force and De-escalation [guidelines]. We’re putting those into play. Just coming here, when I started, the vision that I put out for the department definitely talks about issues of respect and dignity and procedural justice. And those reforms are happening, but they take time.

“I think those events [like Sgt. Tyler Radford using lethal force on Jerry Williams and Officer Shalin Oza’s videoed use of force on a minor] do bring out people to be more vocally in opposition to how police do their business. ... I think that that’s indicative of the broader national picture that we’re talking about where we’re discussing trust in the community. Things do happen; like I said, a lot of these reforms, we’re doing them. We’re taking that stuff to heart, but it takes time to get there and things happen. “[And when things happen that damage community relationships], it doesn’t even have to be force related, we have to do whatever work is necessary to mend those relationships and get that trust back. ... We can’t do our job without the community’s support and ... consent.

“I think that being accessible to people, being out, going to community meetings, talking to people, developing relationships and rapport are things that we’re working very hard to do.”

“What we have to stop doing is believing that all of [building trust and improving community quality of life] falls to the police. We get a huge amount of responsibility put on our officers out there to deal with a whole lot of situations that we don’t do a very good job of equipping them to deal with. And we try to work through that with training as much as we possibly can, but it’s a challenge. Our officers in Asheville, last year, ran [more than] 106,000 calls for service.

We have [about] 120 officers out there running calls. That’s a huge workload. To ask them to not just handle those complaints and calls for service, but to then have downtime where they’re working to build relationships and have conversations and do more of a community-oriented approach or to do more proactive work like traffic enforcement and things like that, it becomes overwhelming.

ON CHALLENGES TO OVERCOME “A lot of what is portrayed in media and social media makes it look like we’re not making [reform] efforts, but we really are. [As far as building trust], I think we always have a challenge of getting out information. In a dynamic situation, sometimes things change. Something we may know right at the onset or we may think right at the onset could change when we look into it a little deeper, so we have a struggle to get information

ON DEPARTMENTAL STRENGTHS “[To help officers deal with all this,] we do look at our training and our policies, [in such a way that] when we have to change a policy we need to make sure that our officers understand what those changes are, and that they’re trained to do [an operation] tactically differently than we were doing it before. As far as if we have officers who are upset or frustrated in

a certain incident, we certainly have support built in for that. We have peer support; we have different kinds of support for officers if they’re involved in a critical incident.

“We also try to make sure that officers understand that we appreciate the good work that they do. I can’t tell you how many letters I get on a weekly basis, commending officers. ... In fact I had a call today [from] a lady who was observing officers handling a domestic violence situation and [she] was just talking about how compassionate they were and how well they handled the situation. We make sure officers know when citizens compliment how they do their job.

“I’m not surprised by what I’ve found here in the department. I expected that we would have good staff. ... They’ve certainly exceeded my expectations in their professionalism and their dedication to this community and the work that we do here. I think the detectives here are some of the best I’ve ever seen: [They] will work day, night, you have to tell them to go home half the time.

“One of the things that impresses me both with our patrol officers and with our detectives is how many people they really do know in the community. They see a picture and they’re like, ‘Oh, that’s this guy or that person.’ “ I think our officers’ ability to manage their calls for service is very good … because they are able to do a lot of other activities in addition to handling calls: They do traffic enforcement ... foot patrolling ... community meetings.

So they try to have a balance in what we call ‘discretionary time.’”

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“But the biggest challenge right now ... is the speed of social media and the basic ability of anybody to say or do anything regardless of whether it’s true, whether it’s accurate or what part of it they want to portray to tell a certain story. There’s just no way that we can be faster than the misinformation that goes out ahead of us. We also have limitations about how much we’re allowed to say. For example, in North Carolina we’re not allowed to talk about personnel issues. So, it may seem like we’re not being open, but we have lawful limitations about what we’re allowed to talk about. Or, like with the shooting case, we’re not handling that case, the [State Bureau of Investigation] is. We have zero control over what they will or won’t say about that. “[When it comes to departmental morale and frustration], in a lot of ways [the Williams ordeal and the community’s response represents] a sort of no-win situation— because we still are responsible for policing our community. And people are still committing crimes. In fact, we’re about 11 percent up on violent crime compared to last year.

“I think the total number of gunrelated calls last year was something like 794. That’s a couple of times a day officers [are] responding to calls involving guns. We have had a significant increase in aggravated assaults and homicides. And many are gunrelated, so our officers are certainly concerned for their safety and they try to respond in a way that helps them be as safe as possible. But a lot of times, that type of response is misunderstood. We’re facing a community that doesn’t often understand why we’re doing things the way that we are ... [we need to] help them understand why we do things a certain way, and, on our own, to look at how we do it and is it the best way. So we have to balance those things. Internally, we do have to look at all of our practices, our training, [and whether we are] doing things the best way that we can.”

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PERSONAL CHALLENGES “I can tell you that all of the staff have been very cooperative, [and] I think they have a general will for us to keep moving forward in a positive direction [and] keep our department where it really needs to be. For me, I guess if I have one criticism of it, it’s [that] things don’t happen always as fast as I’d like them to. But, that’s not unusual in any kind of government situation.

“This year, it’s just been about trying to figure out the community, trying to figure out who’s who in the community, who’s operating out there that represent other people that I can talk to and develop relationship and rapport with. So, I’ve been doing a lot of work to try to get out with as many people in the community as I can, [because] I think one of my primary challenges is that I need people to trust me if they’re going to trust us.” X

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BLOOD AND BALLOTS The history of the AfricanAmerican vote in Western North Carolina is “a long and tangled thing,” says Dr. Dan Pierce, history professor at UNC-Asheville.

African-American men first exercised their right to vote in the 1868 election. While their numbers were not high in Western North Carolina, Pierce notes, the state’s white party affiliation was evenly divided, which put the Republican Party at a distinct advantage, as former slaves heavily favored the party of Lincoln.

The possibility that the state’s Democratic stronghold would go to the Republican Party led to “fears of the elections turning violent,” says Dr. Steven E. Nash, assistant professor of history at East Tennessee State University. These fears quickly manifested in bloodshed.

This history continues to shape North Carolina’s political landscape.

Most recently it played a role in the federal appeals court decision to strike down the state’s voter identification law. In the unanimous decision by its three judges — Diana Motz, James A. Wynn Jr. and Henry F. Floyd — the court writes, “Examination of North Carolina’s history of race discrimination and recent patterns of official discrimination, combined with the racial polarization of politics in the state, seems particularly relevant in this inquiry.” Within the same 83-page document, Motz adds, “Unquestionably, North Carolina has a long history of race discrimination generally and racebased vote suppression in particular.”

In Nash’s recent book, Reconstruction’s Ragged Edge: The Politics of Postwar Life in the Southern Mountains (University of North Carolina Press, 2016), the historian chronicles the political and social struggles that arose in Western North Carolina in the immediate aftermath of the Civil War. Nash argues that there remains a significant gap in our understanding of this history. When the Civil War began in 1861, African-Americans made up roughly 10 percent of the mountain counties’ populations. “That fact,” writes Nash, “led many popular observers and historians to conclude that the region was less committed to slavery, hence less devoted to the Confederacy and finally, less affected by emancipation.”

Both Nash and Pierce concur that this is far from the case — that racial

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EARLY REGISTRATION: In its Sept. 28, 1867, publication, Harper’s Weekly included this engraving, titled: “Registration at the South—Scene at Asheville, North Carolina.” tension filled the valleys and mountains of Western North Carolina before, during and after the Civil War, leading to intimidation, violence, murder and eventually the disenfranchisement of the AfricanAmerican vote. This issue would not be rectified until the Voting Rights Act of 1965, before again finding its way back into the national conversation following the initial passing and subsequent invalidation of North Carolina’s voter ID law.

‘THE HOTBED OF REBELLION’ A series of surrenders in the spring of 1865 led to the end of the Civil War. The 13th Amendment, which freed the slaves, was ratified by the states on Dec. 6 of that year. Over the next five years, the 14th and 15th Amendments would be ratified.

The former granted citizenship to the recently freed slaves, while the latter gave black male citizens the right to vote.

Tension mounted leading up to the gubernatorial and Constitutional Election of 1868. The Reconstruction Act had been passed the previous year, converting all the former Confederate states into military districts. The Freedmen’s Bureau, a government agency, was brought in to help the South adjust from slave to

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paid labor. One of its members, Oscar Eastmond, deemed Asheville “the hotbed of rebellion in this section of the state,” following an attack on members of Asheville’s Union League, a Northern organization cultivating loyalty to the Union and the Republican Party, which spread throughout the South following the war. The attack was carried out by Southern Democrats (who at that time identified as conservatives).

By April of 1868, the Ku Klux Klan was reported in the region. Its members, writes Nash, “permeated the conservative-controlled courts and local law enforcement.” The historian adds that conservatives embraced the organization out of a sense of “powerlessness and racial alarm.”

Much of this worry stemmed from the rhetoric of such prominent conservative leaders as North Carolina’s former Civil War-years governor, Zebulon Vance. In a party meeting in Rutherford County, Vance gave a three-hour speech during which, Nash writes, Vance urged his listeners to “defend their white skin. …

To oppose the integration of the militia, to denounce social equality as black supremacy, and to save their children from the indignity of integrated schools.”

Such alarm predictably led to violence against blacks, as well as whites who supported equal rights. While Nash writes of numerous accounts throughout the region, in conversation he highlights two events that took place in Asheville.

“Virgil Lusk was a white man from Buncombe County,” Nash says. “He was a lawyer who volunteered and served as a Confederate cavalryman during the war.” After the war, however, Lusk became a Republican.

“This made him a ‘scalawag,’” Nash continues, “which is somewhat of a derisive term that white Southerners gave to other white Southerners who became Republicans.”

As solicitor of the 12th Judicial District, Lusk would challenge the Klan, making several enemies in the process. One such foe was former Confederate, Klan member and founder of the Asheville Citizen, Randolph A. Shotwell.

In 1869 Shotwell chastised Lusk in the public square (Pack Square) for his accusations against the white supremacy group, raising a rattan cane and dealing numerous blows to the solicitor’s head and back. Lusk fell to the ground as Shotwell continued to beat him. Lusk managed to pull out his .32-caliber Smith & Wesson pistol, shooting Shotwell in the leg. “It’s this big local event,” says Nash, adding that Shotwell would go on to be “one of the few Klansmen in the South that [went] to federal jail.”

The Asheville Riot of 1868 marks another significant event in the city’s history. On Nov. 3 of that year, James Smith, a black resident, was denied the right to vote by a white county clerk on account of a previous criminal record.

“Following the exchange of heated words and a brief altercation, angry blacks and whites took to the streets, waving clubs and voicing their discontent with the other side,” writes Nash.

The exact cause of the escalation remains unclear. Nash cites historians who attribute it to an altercation between Smith (a Republican) and a fellow African-American named Silas, who had voted conservative. Court testimonies assert that Smith threw a rock at Silas. Whites came to Silas’ side, hoisting guns and taking aim from nearby storefronts.

THE KU KLUX KLAN: The white supremacy group was first reported in Western North Carolina in 1868. This photo, taken in 1922, shows members of the organization at a Klan funeral with members of the Asheville police and fire departments. Photo courtesy of the North Carolina Collection, Pack Memorial Library By the time the final shot rang out, Smith was dead. Eighteen other AfricanAmericans were wounded, as were two whites. A letter written by Harriet Jones, daughter of Congressman Alexander H. Jones (who coincidentally had been housing Smith until his death), attributed the violence to the Klan.

DOUBLE-EDGED EFFECT Amid this violence and unrest, the Republican Party managed to win the election. William Holden was elected governor. The victory, Nash notes, had a double-edged effect. In one sense, it showed intimidation could not deter the will of the people. But it also led national policymakers to view the Republican win as evidence that congressional Reconstruction had worked. The Freedmen’s Bureau agents were ordered to leave North Carolina by Jan. 1, 1869.

Without the agency’s presence, the Klan became a prominent force throughout the state. On Feb. 26, 1870, Wyatt Outlaw, a black Republican, was found dead, hanging from a tree outside the Alamance County Courthouse.

Three months later, John W. Stephens, a white Republican, was stabbed to death in the Caswell County Courthouse.

Between 1868 and 1872 there were over 100 whippings of African-Americans in Rutherford County alone.

Yet the Rutherfordton Western Vindicator, much like the Raleigh Daily Sentinel, denied the very existence of the Klan. Nash writes that

both papers accused “the Republican victims of fabricating stories of violence for political purposes.”

That same year, Democrats regained control of the legislature. By 1871 Gov. Holden was impeached, a result of fallout from his mobilization of the state’s militia against the Klan. In 1876, Zebulon Vance returned to his former position as governor.

It wouldn’t be until the 1898 election, however, that the Democrats began their white supremacy campaign, referring to themselves as the “white man’s party.”

Following the Democratic victory, new voting laws were put into place. “But because of the 15th Amendment,” says Pierce, “they couldn’t just disenfranchise black voters, so they had to find a way to do it.” Pierce points out this was done primarily through the poll tax and literacy tests.

‘THE SOUTH IS THE BEST PLACE IN THE WORLD FOR A DECENT NEGRO TO MAKE A DECENT LIVING’ In Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of “separate but equal.” The case marks the start of what is known as the Jim Crow era in the South. In the decades that followed, AfricanAmericans would not fare well.

In North Carolina, the black population steadily dropped. Immediately after the Civil War, African-Americans constituted a third of the state’s overall population. By 1940, the number was down to 27.5 percent. In 1900 there were

18 black majority counties; by 1940, this number fell to nine. A Chatham County study conducted in the 1920s showed that the average annual income of 102 black tenants was $257; comparable statistics revealed an average white tenant’s income was $626.

Black citizens faced many health issues. In A History of African Americans in North Carolina, by Jeffrey J. Crow, Paul D. Escott and Flora J. Hatley, the historians write that in 1940, black “deaths from tuberculosis, syphilis, and malaria were one-and-one-half times as great as whites’ deaths from the same diseases.” Crow, Escott and Flora go on to note that there was “one white physician for every 1,127 white persons, but only one black physician for every 6,499 black persons.”

Housing was yet another need. The historians write that a 1939–40 report showed that “80 percent of black families lived in substandard housing, and two thirds of black households earned less than $800 per year.”

These factors influenced the large number of African-Americans who left the state. A 1919 Department of Labor report quotes one migrant who left for Iowa, who noted that there were better educational opportunities in the North, as well as better wages, shorter hours and “the privilege of voting.”

Problems arose with the departure of so many of the state’s residents. In 1916, 87 percent of the state’s counties reported labor shortages. In 1920, Governor Thomas Bickett addressed the General Assembly, proclaiming that the state would welcome back 25,000 AfricanAmericans. “[T]he South is the best place in the world for a decent negro to make a decent living,” the governor said. He went on to note, however, that the state was not interested in “negroes [who] have become tainted or intoxicated with dreams of social equality or of political dominion ... for in the South such things are forever impossible.”

Five years later, Bickett’s successor, Governor Angus W. McLean, addressed a crowd at the Negro State Fair. During this speech he chided, “There is no longer a real race problem in the South. It exists only in the minds of those, white and colored, who are seeking selfish advancement; who are trying to intimidate others, and have no better weapon than the cowardly appeal to racial prejudice and racial antipathy.”

ONE HUNDRED YEARS LATER Boycotts against segregation began as early as the 1930s. Historians Crow, Escott and Hatley write that in 1932, black ministers in Raleigh refused to attend the dedication ceremony of the new War

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School boycotts began in the 1940s, with the help of the NAACP. The 1954 ruling in Brown v. Board of Education put an end to segregation in public schools (although Crow, Escott and Hatley note, “Complete desegregation of North Carolina’s public schools did not occur until the 1970s”).

By the 1960s, North Carolina students adopted civil disobedience as a way to protest segregation in public facilities.

The F. W. Woolworth in Greensboro took center stage on Feb. 1, 1960, when four black students from North Carolina A&T College sat at the lunch counter at the five-and-dime. The students remained at the counter until the store closed, without being offered service.

Crow, Escott and Hatley write, “This action by the four Greensboro students is generally credited with being the opening salvo of the sit-in movement of the early 1960s.”

On Aug. 6, 1965, 100 years after the Civil War, President Lyndon Johnson signed into law the Voting Rights Act. It put an end to the very laws that had disenfranchised black voters at the turn of the century.

Between 1965 and 2013, Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act prohibited North Carolina — along with six other Southern states that had used literacy tests and other voting impediments — from making any changes to its statewide voting laws without first gaining approval from either a federal court or the Department of Justice.

On June 25, 2013, in Shelby County v.

Holder, the Supreme Court ruled that the supervision dictated by Section V imposed an unconstitutional intrusion on state autonomy. The following day, the North Carolina state legislature moved forward with what would become the voter ID law. In it, early voting was reduced from 17 to 10 days; same-day registration, as well as provisional ballots for those voting at the wrong precinct, were eliminated.

Three years later, the law was struck down in federal court. Among the 4th Circuit’s findings was that members of the General Assembly “requested and received a breakdown by race of DMVissued ID ownership, absentee voting, early voting, same-day registration, and provisional voting (which includes out-of-precinct voting).” The court goes on to write, “This data revealed that African-Americans disproportionately used early voting, same-day registration and out-of-precinct voting, and disproportionately lacked DMV-issued ID.”

The 4th Circuit further contends that “The record reveals that, within the time period that the district court found free of ’official discrimination’ (1980 to 2013), the Department of Justice issued over fifty objection letters to proposed election law changes in North Carolina — including several since 2000 — because the State had failed to prove the proposed changes would have no discriminatory purpose or effect.”

Within its ruling, the 4th Circuit notes that its assessment does not deem any member of the General Assembly as harboring “racial hatred or animosity toward any minority group.”

However, according to the ruling, the law did target voters based on race; regardless of whether or not this was done for partisan ends, it still constituted racial discrimination.

DIFFERING OPINIONS Opinons on the ruling remain hotly contested. Jay DeLancy, founding member of Voter Integrity Project, based out of Raleigh, argues that the law’s repeal opens the door to voter fraud in the upcoming election.

Anita Earls, executive director at Southern Coalition for Social Justice, disagrees. She cites the 4th Circuit’s finding that the state “failed to identify even a single individual who has ever been charged with committing in-person voter fraud in North Carolina.”

In an email follow-up, DeLancy writes, “Voter impersonation fraud is the perfect crime, since there is no way to detect it unless the crook is VERY unlucky and happens to get caught by both an observer who knows the person is lying about his/her name AND by an election employee who cares.”

DeLancy goes on to cite the November 2015 conviction of Pasco Parker, a former resident of Lake Lure, as evidence of how easy it is to register and vote in multiple states. In 2012, Parker voted three times in the general election.

Two of those votes were cast through absentee ballots (in North Carolina and Florida), while the third was an inperson vote in Tennessee. Parker, who is white, pleaded guilty, receiving two years probation.

“It seems to me the fact that he was convicted in the first place, shows the system works,” Earls maintains.

DeLancy argues the conviction took three years, and that the crime itself is a Class I felony. “It’s such a low level felony,” says DeLancy. “Rarely does anyone ever prosecute [it].”

Earls points out that within the former voter ID law, absentee voting was exempt from the photo ID requirement.

That means Parker would have been

able to commit the crime whether or not the law was in place. The 4th Circuit noted this issue in its report, along with many other issues. Unlike early voting, same-day registration and out-ofprecinct voting, which were all disproportionately used by African-Americans, the court highlighted that the General Assembly’s data showed absentee ballots were disproportionately used by white voters.

DeLancy maintains eyewitnesses have brought forward other accounts of voter fraud. “Either all these fine, upstanding citizens are pathological liars, or they just realize their hands are tied and nobody cares and the legislators won’t do anything about it. Voter ID is the only way to prevent it. We have a system that is fraud-friendly that’s designed in such a way that detection is difficult and prosecution is impossible.”

In his email follow-up, DeLancy continues, “The problem is that nobody has yet created a way to measure a crime that goes on [with lots of eyewitnesses] but without an evidence collection method that would meet probable cause.

In short, the academics cannot see the fraud because their instrumentation [or measurement method] is inadequate. To then claim that the thing they were looking for ‘does not exist’ is a logical fallacy.

Carl Sagan summed it up as this: ‘The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence.’”

Earls insists in-person fraud “defies logic.” She points to the fact that impostors would need to know not only a person’s name, but their address and what precinct they vote in. “If you’re going to try and impact an election, absentee ballot fraud is a much more effective way.”

DOES COMMON GROUND EXIST? Both DeLancy and Earls agree that North Carolina needs to prioritize its values. In DeLancy’s opinion, fraud deserves just as much attention as disenfranchisement. “There needs to be a balance between those two and there is none. You’ve got zero percent toward anything preventing fraud and 100 percent toward [preventing] anything that would cause disenfranchisement.”

Earls agrees that these considerations are important, but asks, “Who should be able to vote who won’t be able to, in the pursuit of further deterring the one or two people who commit in-person voter fraud?... I’m all for making [elections] better, but I want to make them better in a different way — by making sure that everyone who wants to vote is able to vote by making it easy and convenient.

I think we can do that while still making elections secure and accurate.

“I think that it’s fine to ask people if they have an ID,” continues Earls.

“Because the vast majority of us do have them. That isn’t the problem. …

The [problem] is what do you do about someone who doesn’t have an ID? I say, you let them vote anyway, and have them sign the paper saying they are who they say they are. I think that’s a reasonable compromise.”

A FUTURE VERDICT In the 4th Circuit’s repeal of the voter ID law, Motz wrote, “Because of race, the legislature enacted one of the largest restrictions of the franchise in modern North Carolina history.”

Like the debate surrounding the law itself, however, opinions on what future generations will think of the case vary.

“I think it’ll be part of the context of the history of the battle for political power in this state,” says Pierce. “It’s about staying in power and using every means that you can.”

“Historically, we’re not in possession of everything,” says Nash. “We don’t have the advantage of seeing the correspondents. We don’t have the documents that are all behind the scenes. … As a historian that’s always a caveat.

But what came out of the decision from the federal bench certainly appears to be damning.”

DeLancy worries less about posterity’s assessment, and more about the potential threat that he considers inevitable if voter fraud continues. “The logical conclusion to voter fraud is totalitarian government. That’s it. … We’re going to wake up one day with a government that’s totally stolen. And people like me, who tried to tell them what would happen, will either be laughed at or [they’ll] haul us off to concentration camps.”

Earls isn’t sure what the future holds.

She can only speak to the past. And the more recent past, she notes, suggests promise. “I’ve been doing voting rights work for almost 30 years now. The kind of protests at the legislature, when the bill was being contested and passed, with students in the gallery with tape across their mouths, with people at the Moral Monday protest willing to be arrested and articulating the reasons they were willing to be arrested ... I haven’t seen that level of personal commitment so broadly across an electoral state the whole time I’ve been doing this work.

“It’s a sign of the time,” she continues, “that there’s a real strong feeling about the importance to partake in elections and to protect the right to vote.” X

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ANIMALS ASHEVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY 761-2001 ext. 315, ashevillehumane.org • WE (10/5), 6pm - Animal adoption event. Free to attend. Held at Sanctuary Brewing Company, 147 1st Ave., Hendersonville FULL MOON FARM WOLFDOG RESCUE 664-9818, fullmoonfarm.org • WE (10/12), 5pm - Proceeds from this fundraiser with wolf dogs benefits Full Moon Farm Wolfdog Sanctuary. Free to attend. Held at Sanctuary Brewing Company, 147 1st Ave., Hendersonville HEY DAY FALL FAMILY FESTIVAL wncnaturecenter.com • SA (10/8), 10am-4pm - Family friendly festival with games, arts and crafts, educational animal programs, entertainment, live music, local food vendors, and wildlife. Admission fees apply. Held at WNC Nature Center, 75 Gashes Creek Road SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN HIGHLANDS CONSERVANCY 253-0095, appalachian.org • FR (10/7), 10am - Moderately strenuous guided hike with Brother

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OUT OF THE DARKNESS WALK: The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s Out of the Darkness Walk takes place Sunday, Oct. 25, from 2-4 p.m. at Carrier Park. This walk raises awareness about depression and suicide, and provides comfort and assistance to those who have lost someone to suicide. The walks take place nationwide during this time of year to raise money for AFSP’s research and education programs to prevent suicide and save lives. Last year’s walk brought out over 130 people, and organizers are hoping for over 300 people this year. The event is free to attend. For more information, visit goo.gl/4eETxU. Photo courtesy of Out of the Darkness Walk Asheville (p. 20)

Wolf Animal Rescue dogs in Montreat. participants choose a dog from the adoption center to hike with. Registration required: haley@ appalachian.org or call (828) 253-0095 ext. 205. Free.

BENEFITS NO DAPL STANDING ROCK FUNDRAISER 466 Riverside Drive, salvagestation.com • MO (10/10), 4-9pm - Proceeds from this family-friendly fundraising event with speakers, silent auction, raffle benefit and live music by Rising Appalachia, Numatik and Santos benefit #NoDAPL at Standing Rock reservation. $10 and up/Free for children under 12.

ASHEVILLE AFFILIATES affiliatesofasheville.com • TH (10/13), 6-9pm - Proceeds from "Throwback Thursday," dj dance party benefit Asheville Affiliate nonprofits. $15 includes 2 beers and raffle ticket. Held at Catawba Brewing South Slope, 32 Banks Ave., Suite 105 ASHEVILLE AREA PIANO FORUM BENEFIT CONCERT 257-4530, dwtheatre.com/boxoffice

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• SU (10/9), 3pm - Proceeds from this concert featuring solo, two-piano and ensemble piano music benefit the Asheville Area Piano Forum. $25/$50 Patron/$3 students. Held at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville, 1 Edwin Place ASHEVILLE ART MUSEUM 2 N. Pack Square, 253-3227 • TH (10/6), 4:30-9pm - Proceeds from the Annual Urban Loft and Art Tour of downtown Asheville art lofts benefit the Asheville Art Museum.

Includes a reception and raffle. $55/$50 members.

ASHEVILLE DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION 251-9973, ashevilledowntown.org • SA (10/8), 1-6pm - Proceeds from this Oktoberfest event featuring 26 breweries, live polka music and games like the stein hoisting competition, costume contest, and the chicken dance benefit the Asheville Downtown Association. $45. Held at Pack Square Park, 121 College St. ASHEVILLE LYRIC OPERA ashevillelyric.org/ • TH (10/13), 5pm - Proceeds from this fundraising event with reception and performances from Approaching Ali benefit the Asheville Lyric Opera. $20. Held at Asheville Masonic

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Temple, 80 Broadway • TH (10/13), 5:30-7pm- Proceeds from this reception with performances from the new American opera benefit the Asheville Lyric Opera.

Registration: 236-0670 or info@ashevillelyric.com. $20 and up. Held at Harry's On the Hill, 819 Patton Ave. AURORA STUDIO & GALLERY 335-1038, aurorastudio-gallery.com • FR (10/7), 6-10pm - Proceeds from this live music event featuring over 30 musicians playing songs from the Beatles benefit Aurora Studio & Gallery. $10. Held at Highland Brewing Company, 12 Old Charlotte Highway COUNCIL ON AGING FOR HENDERSON COUNTY 692-4203, coahc.org, wbillings@coahc.org • TH (10/6), 6-9pm - Proceeds from the "Wine Around the World 2016," wine and food tasting fundraiser with live jazz benefit the Council on Aging for Henderson County. $75/$100 for two people. Held at the Cedars, 211 7th Avenue West, Hendersonville CROP HUNGER WALK hunger.cwsglobal.org • SU (10/9), 2pm - Proceeds from donations at this walk benefit local and global hunger organizations.

Registration ends at 1:30pm. $100 or more. Held at First Baptist Church of Asheville, 5 Oak St. GROCE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 954 Tunnel Road, 298-6195, groceumc.org • MO (10/3) through MO (10/31) Proceeds from pumpkin sales at this pumpkin patch benefit local mission groups. Mon.-Sat.: 10am-7pm. Sun.: 12:30-7pm. Free to attend.

OUT OF THE DARKNESS WALK goo.gl/KI9gUf • SU (10/9), 2pm - Proceeds from this annual suicide prevention walk benefit The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Admission by donation. Held at Carrier Park, 220 Amboy Road PISGAH LEGAL ANNUAL POVERTY FORUM pisgahlegal.org • WE (10/5), 7pm - Proceeds from this poverty forum, "Ending Child Poverty Now," featuring keynote speaker Marian Wright Edelman benefit Pisgah Legal Services. Reception at 5pm. $15 for the forum/$50 for the reception and forum. Held at Diana Wortham Theatre, 2 S. Pack Square

TAILS & TRAILS 5K ADVENTURE RUN http://avl.mx/30w • SA (10/8), 9am - Proceeds from this trail run for people and their dogs benefit the Asheville Humane Society. $20 and 2 cans of dog food/$10 and 2 cans of dog food for children. Held at Charles D. Owen Park, 875 Warren Wilson Road, Swannanoa THE WALK RUN OR ROLL BENEFIT eblencharities.org • SA (10/8), 9am - Proceeds from this 5K and 10K walk and run event benefit Eblen Charities. $15/$5 children.

Held at A-B Tech, 340 Victoria Road WALK TO END ALZHEIMER'S tinyurl.com/zmfy7qq • SA (10/8), 10am - Proceeds from this walk benefit the Alzheimer's Association for research, education, and support. Registration begins at 8:30am. Free to attend. Held at Jackson Park, 801 Glover St., Hendersonville WINDING CREEK STABLES & EQUINOX HORSE FOUNDATION FUNDRAISER 337-2250, windingcreekstablesnc@gmail.com • SA (10/8), 11am-4pm - Proceeds from this fundraiser with pony rides,

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face painting, concessions, silent auction and raffle benefit Winding Creek Stables and Equinox Horse Foundation services for abled and differently abled kids and adults.

Free to attend. Held at Winding Creek Stables, 720 Old Marshall Highway WNC BIRTH CENTER 390 South French Broad, wncbirthcenter.com • SU (10/9), 2-5pm - Proceeds from this open house event benefit the WNC Birth Center. $25 and up.

BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY A-B TECH SMALL BUSINESS CENTER 398-7950, abtech.edu/sbc • WE (10/5), 6-9pm - "SCORE: Advanced Internet Marketing," seminar. Registration required. Free.

Held at A-B Tech Enka Campus, 1459 Sand Hill Road, Candler • SA (10/8), 9am-noon - "SCORE: How to Find Your Customers," seminar. Registration required. Free.

Held at A-B Tech Enka Campus, 1459 Sand Hill Road, Candler • TU (10/11), 10am-noon - "Starting a Better Business," seminar.

Registration required. Free. Held at Goodwill Career Training Center, 1616 Patton Ave. • WE (10/12), 10am-11:30am - "Doing Business with the Government," seminar. Registration required. Free. Held at A-B Tech Madison Site, 4646 US 25-70, Marshall PUBLIC EVENTS AT WCU 227-7397, wcu.edu • FR (10/7), 10am-4pm LEAD:WNC: “Advancing our Economy, Preserving our Environment,” conference. $29 advance tickets. Held in the Grandroom of A.K. Hinds University Center

CLASSES, MEETINGS & EVENTS "WRITE YOUR LIFE" WORKSHOP (PD.) • By Ann Randolph. Lauded San Francisco one-woman-show star teaching exclusive 2-day workshop “Write your Life” before rare Asheville performance of hit “Inappropriate in All the Right Ways” at NYS3 October 15,16.

Info@NYS3.com ONE MILLION CUPS OF COFFEE (PD.) • WEDNESDAYS, 9am - Asheville’s startup community gathers weekly for presentations by founders of emerging high-growth startup businesses. Run by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs. Free coffee, open

to the public. RISC Networks, 81 Broadway. www.1millioncups.com/ asheville THE GREATEST EVENT IN HISTORY IS NOW UNFOLDING (PD.) • The Transformation Has Begun.

Maitreya, The World Teacher and Masters of Wisdom are in the world.

Rise of people power. Economic, Social, environmental justice.

Increase in UFO sightings. Crop Circles. Signs and miracles. Find out how these events are related.

Saturday, October 22,Asheville Friends Meeting house. 227 Edgewood Road. 2pm. Free presentation. 828-398-0609.

ASHEVILLE HOUSING FAIR ashevillehousingfair.com • SA (10/8), 10am-2pm - Fair for those seeking to learn more about affordable housing options. Includes workshops and one-on-one assistance from nonprofit organizations regarding buying, lending, property management and credit repair. Free.

Held at Stephens Lee Recreation Center, 30 George Washington Carver Ave. ASHEVILLE LAND OF SKY TOASTMASTERS 274.1865 or 954.383.2111 • TUESDAYS, 7am - Group meeting to develop speaking and leadership skills in a supportive environment.

Free. Held at Reuter YMCA, 3 Town Center Blvd.

ASHEVILLE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN ashevillenow@live.com • 2nd SUNDAYS, 2:30pm - Monthly meeting. Free. Held at YWCA of Asheville, 185 S French Broad Ave. ASHEVILLE TOASTMASTERS CLUB 914-424-7347, ashevilletoastmasters.com • THURSDAYS, 6:15pm - General meeting. Free. Held at YMI Cultural Center, 39 South Market St. ASHEVILLE WOMEN IN BLACK main.nc.us/wib • 1st FRIDAYS, 5pm - Monthly peace vigil. Free. Held at the Vance Monument in Pack Square.

ASHEVILLE ZOMBIEWALK ashevillezombiewalk.com, ashevillezombie@gmail.com • SU (10/9), 5:30pm - 11th annual costumed zombie walk in downtown Asheville. Meets at Aston Park, 336 Hilliard Ave. BIG IVY COMMUNITY CENTER 540 Dillingham Road, Barnardsville, 626-3438 • 2nd MONDAYS, 7pm Community club meeting. Free.

BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/governing/ depts/library • TU (10/11), 6:30pm - Adult coloring club. Free. Held at Enka-Candler Library, 1404 Sandhill Road, Candler FIRESTORM CAFE AND BOOKS 610 Haywood Road, 255-8115 • WEDNESDAYS, 6pm - "What's Up with Whiteness" discussion group.

Free to attend.

• 2nd SUNDAYS, noon-2pm Discussion group on the tarot. Free to attend.

LAUREL CHAPTER OF THE EMBROIDERERS' GUILD OF AMERICA 686-8298 , egacarolinas.org • TH (10/6), 10am - Monthly meeting with presentation by Kim Sanders, on the second session of a two-part stumpwork project.

Free. Held at Cummings United Methodist Church, 3 Banner Farm Road, Horse Shoe

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LEICESTER COMMUNITY CENTER 2979 New Leicester Highway, Leicester, 774-3000, facebook.com/ Leicester.Community.Center • 2nd TUESDAYS, 7pm - Public board meeting. Free.

MISSION HEALTH mission-health.org • SA (10/8), 1-4pm - Mission Health career fair. Free to attend. Held at SECU Cancer Center, 21 Hospital Dr. ONTRACK WNC 50 S. French Broad Ave., 255-5166, ontrackwnc.org • WE (10/5), noon-1:30pm "Understanding Credit. Get it. Keep it. Improve it." Seminar. Registration required. Free.

• WEDNESDAYS (10/5) through (10/19), 5:30-8pm - Manage Your Money Series. Registration required.

Free.

• TH (10/6), noon-1:30pm - "Going to College without Going Broke," seminar. Registration required. Free.

• TU (10/11), 5:30-7pm "Understanding Credit. Get it. Keep it. Improve it." Seminar. Registration required. Free.

• TH (10/13), noon-1:30pm "Budgeting and Debt Class."

Registration required. Free.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2016 • 5 - 10PM • TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW • Live Music and Entertainment

Lagerhosen • The Klaberheads • The Soul Rebels Chicken Dance Contest • Flash Your ‘Stache Contest Live Glassblowing Demo & Auction FOR TICKETS AND MORE INFORMATION GO TO WWW.SIERRANEVADA.COM/OKTOBERFESTNC

SHOWING UP FOR RACIAL JUSTICE showingupforracialjustice.org • TUESDAYS, 10am-noon Educating and organizing white people for racial justice. Free to attend. Held at Firestorm Cafe and Books, 610 Haywood Road VETERANS FOR PEACE 582-5180, vfpchapter099wnc.blogspot.com/ • 2nd TUESDAYS, 6:30-8:30pm General meeting. Free to attend.

Held at Firestorm Cafe and Books, 610 Haywood Road

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Imagine Lennon benefit concert

CREATIVE MINDS: “There are a lot of people with mental illnesses that are just amazing creative souls,” says local musician Ian Reardon. He’s organizing a multi-artist concert to help Aurora Studio & Gallery offer more art classes to individuals affected by mental health issues, addiction or homelessness. Fittingly, the event falls during Mental Illness Awareness Week, and it’s days before what would be the 76th birthday of John Lennon — the artist whose music will be performed live. An oil painting of Lennon will also be up for auction.

Artwork by Aurora participant Robert Ransom WHAT: A benefit concert for Aurora Studio & Gallery, featuring the music of John Lennon WHERE: Highland Brewing Co. WHEN: Friday, Oct. 7, from 6-10 p.m.

WHY: “I feel like every one of us has some kind of mental health issue in a certain sense — or is affected by it,” says local guitarist and singer Ian Reardon.

“But it’s not always the first topic people go to for benefits.”

Reardon and his friends did their part to correct that imbalance last year. They staged a benefit concert for Auruora Studio & Gallery, which, through funding from Arts2People and other donors, offers arts instruction and supplies to those affected by mental health issues, addiction or homelessness.

That event celebrated the artistic output of Syd Barrett — the former Pink Floyd frontman whose untamed creativity came alongside mental instability — while this year’s follow up draws on John Lennon’s work. The legendary artist overcame drug abuse, among other life challenges.

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The Dirty Badgers, Cindi Lou & The Want To, Reardon’s band Alarm Clock Conspiracy, and about 20 local guest musicians like Bill Kopp, Andrew Scotchie, Dorsey Parker, Laura Blackley, John McKinney, Forrest Smith and R. Scott Murray. There’ll be lots of movement as the contributors hop on and off the stage, covering highlights from Lennon’s plentiful catalogue, including politically charged tunes to acknowledge election season.

Following Alarm Clock Conspiracy’s electric and acoustic sets, local act Carpal Tullar will join in. “They’re going to help us end the show with a huge band, which is going to have three keyboard players, two guitars, bass, drums, pedal steel, upright bass — a bunch of stuff. So, it’s going to be a really cool night.”

Local businesses have donated dozens of prizes for a silent auction, from musical gear and movie passes to gift certificates for food, outdoor equipment and yoga classes. Artwork by Aurora participants will also be up for grabs.

Admission to Imagine Lennon is by donation ($10 suggested). Visit aurorastudiogallery.com for more information. X MOUNTAINX.COM

DANCE POLE FITNESS AND DANCE CLASSES AT DANCECLUB ASHEVILLE (PD.) • Pole Dance, Burlesque, Jazz, Funk, Exercise Dance, Booty Camp, Flashmobs! NEW! Drop-in Tuesdays 6:30-Hip Hop Latin Dance Fitness.

6 Week Intro to Pole Series starts September 21. 4 Week Beginner Jazz/Funk Series starts September 27. 17 Drop-in Classes every week!

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Info: danceclubasheville.com Email: danceclubasheville@gmail. com 828-275-8628 STUDIO ZAHIYA, DOWNTOWN DANCE CLASSES (PD.) • Monday 5pm Ballet Wkt 6pm Hip Hop Wkt 7pm Hip Hop Fusion 8pm Tap • Tuesday 9am Hip Hop Wkt 4:30pm Teen Bellydance 6pm Intro to Bellydance 7pm Bellydance 2 8pm Bellydance 3 8pm Hip Hop Choreography •Wednesday 9am Hip Hop Wkt 5:30pm Hip Hop Wkt 6:30pm Bhangra 7:30pm POUND Wkt 8pm • Thursday 9am Hip Hop Wrkt 4pm Girls Hip Hop 5pm Teen Hip Hop 7pm West African • Saturday 9:30am Hip Hop Wkt 10:45 Electronic Yoga Wkt • Sunday 3pm Tap 2 6:30pm Vixen • $13 for 60 minute classes, Wkt $5. 90 1/2 N. Lexington Avenue. www.studiozahiya.com :: 828.242.7595 FOLKMOOT USA 452-2997, folkmootusa.org • MO (10/10), 6pm - Serbian meal followed by a performance by the Sebian dance troupe, Tarija Art Company. $18/$10 children. Held at Folkmoot Friendship Center, 112 Virginia Ave., Waynesville

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS BUNCOMBE COUNTY REPUBLICAN MEN'S CLUB 712-1711, gakeller@gakeller.com • 2nd SATURDAYS, 7:30am Discussion group meeting with optional breakfast. Free to attend.

Held at Corner Stone Restaurant, 102 Tunnel Road BUNCOMBE COUNTY SENIOR DEMOCRATS 274-4482 • TH (10/13), 6pm - General meeting and potluck with guest speaker John Ager. $5 or bring potluck dish to share. Held at Buncombe County Democratic Headquarters, 951 Old Fairview Road CITY OF ASHEVILLE 251-1122, ashevillenc.gov • TU (10/11), 5pm - Formal public meeting of the Asheville City Council. Free. Held at Asheville City Hall, 70 Court Plaza

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PUBLIC EVENTS AT WCU 227-7397, wcu.edu • WE (10/12), 7pm - Political debate between opponents for the N.C. House of Representatives District 119:incumbent Joe Sam Queen (D-Haywood) against Mike Clampitt (R-Swain). Free. Held in room 204 of the Health and Human Sciences Building

KIDS ASHEVILLE ART MUSEUM 2 N. Pack Square, 253-3227 • 2nd TUESDAYS, 11am-12:30pm - Homeschool program for grades 1-4. Registration required: 253-3227 ext. 124. $4 per student.

ATTIC SALT THEATRE COMPANY 505-2926 • SATURDAYS through (12/31) Family theater performances. $5.

Held at The Magnetic Theatre, 375 Depot St. BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/governing/ depts/library • FR (10/7), 3:30pm - Young Novel Readers' Club: The Iron Trial by Cassandra Clare. Free. Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville • FR (10/7), 3:30pm - LEGO builders club for kindergarten age and up. Free. Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville • SA (10/8), 1-4pm - Dungeons & Dragons for teens. Registration required: 250-4720. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. CATAWBA SCIENCE CENTER 243 3rd Ave., NE Hickory, 322-8169, catawbascience.org • Through (12/31) - Sonic Sensation, interactive exhibition focused on science and hearing. Admission fees apply.

FLETCHER LIBRARY 120 Library Road, Fletcher, 6871218, library.hendersoncountync.org • WEDNESDAYS, 10:30am - Family story time. Free.

HANDS ON! A CHILDREN'S GALLERY 318 N. Main St., Hendersonville, 697-8333 • WE (10/5), 11am - "Batty Book n’ craft!" Storytelling and craft.

Admission fees apply.

• TU (10/4) through FR (10/7), 10am-5pm - "Pumpkin Math!," selfdirected activities for ages 3 and up.

Admission fees apply.

• TU (10/4) & TH (10/6), 2-5pm - " Makerspace!" Hands on activities for children to build out of provided materials. Admission fees apply.

MALAPROP'S BOOKSTORE AND CAFE 55 Haywood St., 254-6734, malaprops.com • WEDNESDAYS, 10am - Miss Malaprop's Story Time for ages 3-9.

Free to attend.

• SA (10/8), 3pm - Constance Lombardo presents her book, Mr. Puffball: Stunt Cat Across America!

Free to attend.

• WE (10/12), 10am - Mary Parry presents her book, Sadie McGrady Runs for President. Free to attend.

• WE (10/12), 7pm - Lidija Dimkovska presents her novel, A Spare Life. Free to attend.

• TH (10/13), 7pm - Megan Shepherd presents her middle grade novel, The Secret Horses of Briar Hill. Free to attend.

MOUNTAIN GATEWAY MUSEUM AND HERITAGE CENTER 102 Water St., Old Fort, mountaingatewaymuseum.org/ • 2nd SATURDAYS, 10am-3pm Plein air painting demonstrations.

Free.

PISGAH CENTER FOR WILDLIFE EDUCATION 1401 Fish Hatchery Road, Pisgah Forest, 877-4423 • SA (10/8), 9-11am - "Nature Nuts: Nocturnal Animals," presentation with craft and story time and outdoor activity. For ages 4-7. Free.

• SA (10/8), 1-3pm - "Eco Explorers: Mountain Habitats," presentation and hands-on exploration for ages 8 and older. Free.

SPELLBOUND CHILDREN'S BOOKSHOP 640 Merrimon Ave., #204, 708-7570, spellboundchildrensbookshop.com • SATURDAYS, 11am - Storytime for ages 3-7. Free to attend.

UNITED WAY OF ASHEVILLE & BUNCOMBE 50 S. French Broad Ave., 255-0696, unitedwayabc.org • TH (10/13), 7pm- Megan Shepherd presents her new middle grade book, The Secret Horses of Briar Hill. Free to attend.

OUTDOORS BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY RANGER PROGRAMS 295-3782, ggapio@gmail.com • FR (10/7), 3-5pm - "Cone Cemetery Walk," ranger led walk in the Cone Manor Cemetery. Free.

Held at MP 294 • SA (10/8), 7pm - "O Christmas Tree," ranger presentation about fir trees. Free. Held at MP 316 • SA (10/8), 7pm - Randy Johnson presents his book, Grandfather Mountain: the History and Guide to an Appalachian Icon. Free. Held at MP 296 • SA (10/8), 10am - "Coyotes in Our Midst," ranger presentation. Held at MP 294

Magical Offerings ELIADA 2 Compton Drive, 254-5356 • Through SU (10/23) - Proceeds from the Eliada outdoor corn maze with kids activities benefit Eliada kids and families. See website for full schedule: eliada.org. $15/$10 for ages 4-16/Free under 4.

LAKE JAMES STATE PARK 6883 N.C. Highway 126, Nebo, 584-7728 • FR (10/7), 1pm - Ranger led canoe excursion. Registration required.

Free.

• SA (10/8), 8am - Autumn rangerled birdwatching hike. Bring binoculars and field guide if you have them. Free.

• SU (10/9), 10:30am - "Pollinator Gardens Tour," ranger-led tour of the gardens. Free.

• TU (10/11), 9:45am - "Island Hopping Boat Tour," ranger led boat tour of Lake James islands.

Registration required. Free.

MOUNTAINTRUE 258-8737, wnca.org • SA (10/8) - "French Broad River Section Paddle." Moderate, class II/ III guided paddle from Del Rio to 25/70. $10/$10 rental.

PISGAH CENTER FOR WILDLIFE EDUCATION 1401 Fish Hatchery Road, Pisgah Forest, 877-4423 • TH (10/6), 9am-3pm - "On the Water: Little River," fly-fishing skills practice for ages 12 and older.

Registration required. Free. Meet at the Hooker Falls Parking Area.

• FR (10/7), 9am-noon - "Advanced Fly Tying: Dry Flies," for ages 12 and up. Registration required. Free.

• SA (10/8), 9am-3pm - "Introduction to Hunting," for ages 12 and up.

Registration required. Free.

• TU (10/11) & WE (10/12), 6-9pm - Hunter Education Course for all ages. Registration required. Free.

PISGAH CENTER FOR WILDLIFE EDUCATION ncwildlife.org/Learning/ Education-Centers/Pisgah/ Event-Registration • TU (10/11), 10am-3pm - "On the Water: East Fork French Broad," fly-fishing practice with instructors for ages 12 and up. Registration required. Free. Meet at the Exxon/ Kountry Mart store, 985 Old Rosman Highway, Brevard PISGAH CHAPTER OF TROUT UNLIMITED pisgahchaptertu.org/ New-Meeting-information.html • 2nd THURSDAYS, 7pm - General meeting and presentations. Free to attend. Held at Pardee Health Education Center, 1800 Four Seasons Blvd., Hendersonville

PARENTING FIRST PARENT CENTER firstparentcenter.org/ • Through WE (10/5) - Open registration for the "Incredible Years Parenting Classes." Classes are 14-weeks long and pre-school age classes take place on Tuesday nights and school age classes take place on Thursday nights. Childcare and dinner provided. Registration required: surveymonkey.com/r/ IYregister or Chris@firstparentcenter. org. Free.

PUBLIC LECTURES PUBLIC LECTURES AT UNCA unca.edu • TH (10/6), noon - Dr. Steve Buser and Dr. Len Cruz discuss their new, co-edited book, A Clear and Present Danger: Narcissism in the Era of Donald Trump. Free. Held in the Sherrill Center Mission Health Room • TH (10/6), 7pm- "Dog Whistles, Diversity and Election 2016," lecture by Keith Woods, NPR Vice President for Diversity in News and Operations. Free. Held in the Humanities Lecture Hall • FR (10/7), 11:30am - Fab Friday Lunch-and-Learn: "Beer City USA," with Asheville craft brewers. Free.

Held at the Reuter Center THOMAS WOLFE MEMORIAL 253-8304, wolfememorial.com • WE (10/5), 6pm - "Snapshots of History: Thomas Wolfe’s Asheville," panel discussion. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library - Lord Auditorium, 67 Haywood St.

SENIORS OLLI AT UNCA 251-6140, olliasheville.com • FR (10/7), noon-4pm - Safe Driving Program from AARP and OLLI at UNC Asheville. Course designed to help mature drivers remain safely on today's faster highways. Registration required: 708-7404 or csel@mindspring.com. $20/$15 for AARP members.

• TH (10/13), 7-9pm - OLLI Advance Care Planning Workshop with panel discussion about end-of-life issues.

Free. Held in the Reuter Center

SPIRITUALITY ASHEVILLE INSIGHT MEDITATION (PD.) • Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation. Learn how to get a Mindfulness Meditation practice started. 1st & 3rd Mondays. 7pm – 8:30. Asheville Insight Meditation, 175 Weaverville Road, Suite H, ASHEVILLE, NC, (828) 808-4444, www.ashevillemeditation.com.

Oct. 6 - Tarot Reader: Becky, 12:30-6pm Oct. 8 - Preparing for Samhain w/ Byron Ballard: 3-5pm, $10 Donation Oct. 10 - Astrology w/ SpiritSong: 12-6pm Oct. 12 - Tarot Reader: Susannah Rose, 12:30-6pm Oct. 15 - Student Psychic Fair: 11-7pm, Free reading w/ $25+ purchase

ASTRO-COUNSELING (PD.) • Licensed counselor and accredited professional astrologer uses your chart when counseling for additional insight into yourself, your relationships and life directions. Readings also available. Christy Gunther, MA, LPC. (828) 258-3229.

EXPERIENCE THE SACRED SOUND OF HU (PD.) • In our fast-paced world, are you looking to find more inner peace?

Singing HU can lift you into a higher state of consciousness, so that you can discover, in your own way, who you are and why you’re here. • Sunday, October 9, 2016, 11am-11:30am, fellowship follows.

Eckankar Center of Asheville, 797 Haywood Road. (“Hops and Vines” building, lower level), Asheville NC, 28806, 828-254-6775. (free event). www.eckankar-nc.org

Oct. 18 Tarot Readers: Byron Ballard, 1-3pm Jonathan, 3-6pm

FULL MOON TRANSMISSION MEDITATION (PD.) • Want to help the world, but don't know where to start? Group meditation that 'steps down' energies from the Masters of Wisdom for use by people working for a better world.

Non-sectarian. No fees. A simple altruistic service for the world. Free.

Wednesday, October 19, 7pm.

Crystal Visions. 5426 Asheville Hwy. Information: 828-398-0609.

LOOKING FOR GENUINE SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE AND HELP? (PD.) • We are in a beautiful area about 10 minutes from downtown Asheville, very close to Warren Wilson College. www.truththomas.org 828-299-4359 OPEN HEART MEDITATION (PD.) • New Location 70 Woodfin Pl. Suite 212 Tues. 7-8 PM. Experience the spiritual connection to your heart and the stillness & beauty of the Divine within you. Suggested $5 Love Offering.

OpenHeartMeditation.com SHAMBHALA MEDITATION CENTER (PD.) • Wednesdays, 10-midnight, Thursdays, 7-8:30pm and Sundays, 10-noon • Meditation and community. Admission by donation. 60 N. Merrimon Ave., #113, (828) 2005120. asheville.shambhala.org ASBURY MEMORIAL UMC 171 Beaverdam Road, 253-0765 • SU (10/9), 11am - 215th Anniversary Homecoming Celebration with worship service and guest speaker District Superintendent Rev. Beth Crissman.

Potluck meal following the service.

Free.

CENTER FOR ART & SPIRIT AT ST. GEORGE 1 School Road, 258-0211 • 2nd SUNDAYS, 7pm - Dances of Universal Peace. Simple circle dances & chants. $10.

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StoneCreek Health & Rehabilitation Brother Wolf Animal Adoption Event and Vegan Cookout Saturday, October 15, 2016 • 11am-2pm, in the courtyard Donate $5 or pet food to Brother Wolf and eat vegan cookout styled food

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Tuesday, October 25, 2016 • 5:30pm Enjoy a free meal • Presentations by Keith McCulloch, Crime Prevention Officer and Jeff Cooper, Elder Law Attorney RSVP by October 19 at (828) 252-0099 455 VICTORIA ROAD, ASHEVILLE, NC 28801 sanstonehealth.com/locations/stonecreek MOUNTAINX.COM

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COM M U N I TY CA LEN DA R CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING ASHEVILLE 2 Science Mind Way, 253-2325, cslasheville.org • 1st FRIDAYS, 7pm - "Dreaming a New Dream," meditation to explore peace and compassion. Free.

• TUESDAYS, 10:30-11:30am - Science of Mind magazine discussions. Free.

• WEDNESDAYS through (11/2), 7pm - Class series Exploring the 12 touchstones of Emma Curtis Hopkins that were the mystical impetus in the Science of Mind movement. Admission by donation.

FIRST CONGREGATIONAL UCC OF HENDERSONVILLE 1735 5th Ave., W. Hendersonville, 692-8630, fcchendersonville.org • SATURDAYS until (10/29), 10am-noon - "Spiritual SelfCare: Techniques for Mind and Heart," classes. Free.

URBAN DHARMA 29 Page Ave, 225-6422, udharmanc.com • WE (10/5), 7-8:30pm - "The Mandala in Buddhist Art and Meditation," presentation by Dr. Hun Lye. Admission by donation.

• SA (10/1) through TH (10/6), 10am-5pm - Sand mandala construction by Tibetan Buddhist monks, Khenpo Chophel and Lama Sonam. Admission by donation.

• TH (10/6), 4-5:30pm - "Calming the Mind and Settling the Heart," a guided meditation. Admission by donation.

• TH (10/6), 7-9pm- "An Evening of Spiritual Food."

Asheville Interfaith gathering to learn about foods from various religious traditions. Program from 7-8pm. Meetn-eat from 8-9PM. Admission by donation.

• FR (10/7), 7-9pm - Vasudhara empowerment with Khenpo Chophel. Admission by donation.

• SA (10/8), 10am-4pm - Vasudhara practice with Khenpo Chophel, Lama Sonam and Dr. Hun Lye. Admission by donation.

• SA (10/8), 4-5pm - "Living the Life Abundant: A Mandala of Openheartedness, Generosity, and Magnanimity," dissolution of the sand mandala.

Admission by donation.

SPOKEN & WRITTEN WORD ASHEVILLE COMMUNITY THEATRE 35 E. Walnut St., 254-1320, ashevilletheatre.org • WE (10/12), 7pm - "Do Not Lose Heart: We Were Made For These Times," an evening with Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés. $40.

ASHEVILLE WRITERS' SOCIAL allimarshall@bellsouth.net • 1st WEDNESDAYS, 6-7:30pm - N.C. Writer's Network group meeting and networking. Free to attend. Held at Cork & Keg, 86 Patton Ave. BATTERY PARK BOOK EXCHANGE 1 Page Ave., #101 • MO (10/10), 5:30pm - Coloring and conversation. Free to attend.

BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/library • WE (10/5), 3pm - Anthony Trollope, The Way We Live Now. Free. Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville • WE (10/5), 3pm - Weaverville Afternoon Book Club: Just Mercy by Bryan Stephenson. Free. Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville • TH (10/6), 4pm - Leicester Friends of the Library meeting. Free. Held at Leicester Library, 1561 Alexander Road, Leicester • TH (10/6), 6pm - Byron Ballard presents her book, Asfidity and Mad Stones: A Further Ramble through Hillfolks Hoodoo. Free. Held at Enka-Candler Library, 1404 Sandhill Road, Candler NC

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• SA (10/8), 3pm - West Asheville Book Club: Animals in Translation by Temple Grandin. Free. Held at West Asheville Library, 942 Haywood Road • TU (10/11), 1pm - Leicester Book Club: Brooklyn,

by Colm Toibin. Free. Held at Leicester Library, 1561 Alexander Road, Leicester CITY LIGHTS BOOKSTORE 3 E. Jackson St., Sylva, 586-9499, citylightsnc.com • SA (10/8), 3pm - Darnell Arnoult and Keith Stewart poetry and essay readings. Free to attend.

FIRESTORM CAFE AND BOOKS 610 Haywood Road, 255-8115 • First THURSDAYS, 6pm - Political prisoners letter writing. Free to attend.

FLETCHER LIBRARY 120 Library Road, Fletcher, 687-1218, library.hendersoncountync.org • 2nd THURSDAYS, 10:30am - Book Club. Free.

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

GRATEFUL STEPS 333 Merrimon Ave., 277-0998, gratefulsteps.org • SA (10/8), 4:30pm - Wayne G. Cox presents his book, London to Kabul, the journey that led me to her. Free to attend.

LITERARY EVENTS AT WCU wcu.edu • TH (10/6), 8am-4pm - Hunter Library annual book sale.

Free to attend.

MALAPROP'S BOOKSTORE AND CAFE 55 Haywood St., 254-6734, malaprops.com • TH (10/6), 7pm - Thomas Mullen presents his book, Darktown. Free to attend.

• SA (10/8), 3:30pm - "Poetry on Request," with poets Katherine Soniat and Tracey Schmidt. Free to attend.

• SU (10/9), 3pm - Glenis Redmond presents her poetry collection, What My Hand Say. Free to attend.

ODDITORIUM 1045 Haywood Road, 575-9299 • WE (10/12), 7:30pm - Storytelling open mic with the theme "eye spy: stories about watching, being watched." Admission by donation.

THOMAS WOLFE MEMORIAL 52 North Market St., 253-8304, wolfememorial.com • TH (10/13), 5pm - "Conversation with Wolfe's Parents," dramatic reading sponsored by the Wilma Dykeman Legacy. Free.

VOLUNTEERING TUTOR ADULTS IN NEED WITH THE LITERACY COUNCIL (PD.) Literacy and English language skills help people rise out of poverty and support their families. Volunteer and give someone a second chance to learn. Sign up for volunteer orientation on 11/2 (9:00 a.m.) or 11/3 (5:30 p.m.) by emailing volunteers@litcouncil.com. www.litcouncil.com ASHEVILLE DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION 251-9973, ashevilledowntown.org • Through FR (10/7), 1-6pm - Volunteer on Saturday, Oct. 8 for the Asheville Downtown Association Oktoberfest event. Registration: signupgenius.com/go/30e0449aaa92fa0f85-2016.

BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF WNC 253-1470, bbbswnc.org • WE (10/5), noon - Volunteer to spend time twice a month with a young person from a single-parent home and/or to mentor 1 hour a week in elementary schools and after-school sites. More information: 253-1470. Free.

NCDOT TO HOLD A CORRIDOR PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PROPOSED WIDENING OF I-26 FROM U.S. 25 TO I-40 HENDERSON & BUNCOMBE COUNTIES

Held at United Way of Asheville & Buncombe, 50 S. French Broad Ave. BOUNTY & SOUL 419-0533, bountyandsoul.org • Through TU (10/25) - Volunteers needed to assist with the Wednesday, Oct. 26, 4:30-7:30pm "Felicidad y Salud" celebration of health and wellnes. Seeking Spanish speakers to assist with translating for agencies, in the children's area, at sampling stations and throughout the event.

Registration: bountyandsoul.org.

TIP Project No. I-4400/I-4700 The N.C. Department of Transportation (NCDOT) will hold a public hearing on Thursday, October 13, beginning with an open house from 4 to 6:30 p.m., followed by a formal presentation at 7 p.m. at the Biltmore Baptist Church, 35 Clayton Road in Arden.

The project proposes to widen approximately 22 miles of I-26 in Buncombe and Henderson Counties from U.S. 25 (Greenville Highway) in Henderson County to I-40/I-240 interchange in Buncombe County, including reconstruction of the existing pavement. The Blue Ridge Parkway structure over I-26 is proposed to be replaced as part of this project and the National Park Service-Blue Ridge Parkway is a Cooperating Agency for the project. The purpose of this project is to meet future travel demands for the I-26 corridor and to improve insufficient pavement structure and deteriorating road conditions. The Federal Highway Administration approved the environmental document; a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS), in August 2016.

ELIADA 2 Compton Drive, 254-5356 • Through WE (10/19) - Volunteers (over age 18) needed to help with the Eliada corn maze.

Registration: goo.gl/mpfxs1.

HANDS ON ASHEVILLE-BUNCOMBE 2-1-1, handsonasheville.org • SA (10/8), 9:30am-noon - Volunteer to assist with unpacking and pricing the merchandise in a nonprofit, fair-trade retail store. Registration required.

• SA (10/8), 10:30-noon - Volunteer to help create book packages for people recently placed in new housing by Homeward Bound of Asheville.

Registration required.

• TU (10/11), 6-8pm- Volunteer to help sort and pack food at MANNA Food Bank to be given to agencies serving hungry people in 17 Western North Carolina counties. Registration required.

• WE (10/12), 5-7pm - Volunteer to help keep up with the maintenance of the Verner Community Garden. Registration required.

HOMEWARD BOUND OF WNC 218 Patton Ave., 258-1695, homewardboundwnc.org • 1st THURSDAYS, 11am - "Welcome Home Tour," tours of Asheville organizations that serve the homeless population. Registration required. Free to attend.

MOUNTAINTRUE 258-8737, wnca.org • 2nd SATURDAYS, 9am-1pm - Urban Forest Workdays: Richmond Hill Park invasive plant removal work days. Held at Richmond Hill Park, 4641 Law School Road, East Bend NATIONAL MS SOCIETY & WNC MS COMMUNITY 704-525-2955, walkms.org, jsutton2@earthlink.net • Through FR (10/14) - Open registration for volunteers to participate in the "MS Service Day Fall Cleaning" event to help assist individuals and families living with MS. Registration: www.mscommunitywnc.org. Free.

RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVES redcrosswnc.org • Ongoing - Volunteer as a Blood Donor Ambassador to help blood donors feel welcome and comfortable, sign them in and visit with them while giving out snacks and beverages after they donate blood. Shifts vary, but are generally 3-5 hours. Registration: www.redcross.org/volunteer, alison.gibbons@redcross.org or 333-9296.

WNC KNITTERS AND CROCHETERS FOR OTHERS 575-9195 • MO (10/10), 7-9pm - General meeting for group that makes and donates knitted and crocheted items to over 16 local charities. Free. Held at New Hope Presbyterian Church, 3070 Sweeten Creek Road For more volunteering opportunities visit mountainx.com/volunteering

The purpose of this hearing is to provide information about the project and receive public input. Interested individuals may attend the prehearing open house at any time during the above hours. NCDOT representatives will display maps and be available to answer questions and receive comments. Written comments can be submitted at the meeting or later by November 14, 2016. The formal presentation at 7 pm will include an explanation of the location and design of each widening alternative, the state-federal funding relationship and right of way procedures. The presentation and comments received will be recorded and included in the alternative selection and design process.

A copy of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) and maps displaying the alternatives are available for public review at the locations listed below.

• • • • • • • •

NCDOT Division 13 Office, 55 Orange Street, Asheville.

NCDOT Division 14- District 1 Office, 4142 Haywood Road, Mills River.

French Broad River Metropolitan Planning Organization, 339 New Leicester Highway, Suite 140, Asheville.

National Park Service, 199 Hemphill Knob Road, Asheville.

South Buncombe Library, 260 Overlook Road, Asheville.

The document and maps are also available online at http://www.ncdot.org/projects/i26Widening and http://www.ncdot.gov/projects/publicmeetings/ Document (DEIS) only at: • Asheville City Hall, 70 Court Plaza.

• Hendersonville City Hall, 145 5th Avenue East, 2nd floor.

• Fletcher Town Hall, 300 Old Cane Creek Road.

• Buncombe County Planning, 46 Valley Street, Asheville.

• Henderson County Planning, 100 North King Street, Hendersonville.

The US Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District, will be issuing a public notice describing the ongoing process in choosing the LEDPA (Least Environmentally Damaging Practicable Alternative) for the subject project, under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. That public notice will be available at this website: http://www.saw.usace.army.mil/Missions/Regulatory-Permit-Program/Public-Notices/.

For additional information, contact Anamika Laad at 1598 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, 27699-1598, by email at alaad@ncdot.gov, by phone at (919) 707-6072, or by fax at (919) 212-5785.

NCDOT will provide auxiliary aids and services under the Americans with Disabilities Act for disabled persons who wish to participate in this hearing. Anyone requiring special services should contact Ms. Laad as early as possible so that arrangements can be made.

Persons who speak Spanish and do not speak English, or have a limited ability to read, speak or understand English, may receive interpretive services upon request prior to the hearing by calling 1-800-481-6494.

Aquellas personas que hablan español y no hablan inglés, o tienen limitaciones para leer, hablar o entender inglés, podrían recibir servicios de interpretación si los solicitan antes de la reunión llamando al 1-800-481-6494. Если вы говорите только по-русски или вам трудно читать и воспринимать информацию на английском, мы можем предоставить вам услуги переводчика. Пожалуйста позвоните по тел. 1-800-481-6494 предворительно до собрания чтобы запросить помощь.

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Precision medicine leads to personalized care in Asheville

BY KATE LUNDQUIST kvlundo@gmail.com What if a medical practitioner told you it was possible to look into the future of your health?

To predict what illnesses you might get and what medications could be helpful or harmful to you? While it might sound fantastical, companies around Asheville are starting to dive into exactly that: Precision or “personalized” medicine (also known as targeted medicine) is beginning to gain traction.

“I don’t want to live to be 200, but I would certainly love to be incredibly healthy until I am at least in my late 90s,” says Sandra Grace, a patient at Apeiron Medical in Asheville. She attributes her success with weight loss, hormonal balancing and relief from depression to the program run by Dr. Daniel Stickler, co-founder and chief medical officer, and Mickra Hamilton, co-founder and chief executive officer.

Hamilton says Apeiron Medical offers precision medicine to optimize human potential by taking into account each individual’s physiology, emotional makeup, genetics and genomics (the study of an organism’s genes to find variations that affect health, disease or drug response). Once all that is analyzed, Hamilton and her team prescribe evidence-based therapies that facilitate longevity and peak performance.

“It’s kind of like somebody out there actually knows my life blueprint,” Grace says. “They are working with your whole life blueprint, DNA, your genetics and genomics and how it balances.”

Hamilton and Stickler assess over 300 genetic base pairs that vary among individuals to give guidance to the client. These genetic variations help them in guiding individuals to their best dietary and supplementation pattern. Athletic gene variations can even be used to optimize athletic performance or exercise response by providing individual information on heart-lung capacity, metabolic capacity from the mitochondrial level, propensity for muscle fatigue and ability to recover from intense workouts.

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IT’S IN YOUR GENES: Lynn G. Dressler, director of personalized medicine and pharmacogenomics at Mission Health, confers with Pablo Sagaribay, microarray lab team leader at the Fullerton Genetics Center in Asheville. Photo courtesy of Mission Health “We don’t let our clients focus on their disease because that becomes their identity and that becomes part of psyche,” says Hamilton, a colonel in the Air Force and a human performance expert who helps people with stress reduction, diet and exercise. Hamilton was on the team that authored the Human Performance Concept of Operations for the Air Force.* Although located in Asheville, Apeiron also works with clients around the world, both virtually and in conferences. In Asheville, how-

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ever, clients have access to a variety of equipment, including a sound healing chamber, a Dexiscan (which scans a person’s body for fat, bone and muscle density), a brain mapping cap and exercise equipment.

Hamilton and Stickler are also developing their investment platform so they can open a research center in Fairview — a long-term goal that would enable people to fly in for treatment and stay in villas that they are also planning to build. They already have the blueprint from an architect, Hamilton notes.

While Apeiron prefers to focus on creating lifestyles based on genetic blueprints, Lynn Dressler, director of personalized medicine and pharmacogenomics at Mission Health, focuses more on what medications might cause harm, based on a person’s genetics. “Personalized medicine is a broad term, but mostly it is how someone’s genetic makeup will respond to a drug, like side effects or if a drug is effective for a condition,” she says. In accordance with Mission Health’s media policy, the interview with Dressler

AWAKEN was conducted in the presence of a Mission communications staffer, in this case Nancy Lindell, communications consultant in media relations. While the field of personalized medicine started in cancer research, Dressler explains, it now encompasses many different ailments as well as the side effects of pharmaceuticals. The idea behind personalized medicine, she adds, is to minimize side effects and maximize drug benefits for the individual.

Mission is now using genomics for prevention as well as treatment. “Drug responses with bad side effects cost upward of $ 7 (million) to $10 million a year to treat, and the ability to try to prevent some of those drug responses is huge, and the potential to know up front could save that patient time, money and minimize misery,” Dressler says.

This year, the Personalized Medicine Program was awarded a Presidential Grant of $45,000 from the North Carolina Biotechnology Center to help support a pilot research study evaluating the feasibility of providing personalized medical testing in the primary care setting. Dressler is now connecting with primary care practices in Western North Carolina to study what the barriers are to providing personalized medical tests to their patients. Primary care providers have an opportunity to get involved, she notes, and the cost is covered, including education. Dressler’s team will consult with physicians and patients on a one-to-one basis. “We want to look for a panel of markers to help guide the physician or patient,” Dressler says.

While personalized medicine programs are typically found throughout the U.S., mainly in universities and research centers, Dressler says it is unique that a health system in WNC is in a designated rural area where many are underserved.

Dressler hopes to have “personalized medicine” become a household term and wants to generate awareness, which she does by offering lectures to the public. “We have done so well in cancer [for genetic testing], so how can we apply that for mental health, diabetes, cardiovascular or chronic disease?” she asks. “Wouldn’t it be wonderful to understand genetics for bipolar and to identify susceptibility to chronic disease to

prevent or minimize severity?” She adds that genetic testing will soon help people choose the foods in the grocery store that are most healthful for them.

But genetics is not the only thing that impacts us, Dressler reminds us. Lifestyle, exercise and other factors are still part of the complex situation of care, disease and drug response, she says. “Genomics are one piece of the puzzle that helps us to understand why we are who we are, but there are many other factors that in the future, like environmental factors, will be part of it. This is one part of understanding disease and health, and has to be taken with all the other pieces of information we have. It is not 100 percent accurate; nothing is. The more we know, the more we realize we don’t know, but it lets us use the information we have in a responsible way.”

Kelly Riedesel, a Mission patient who has received personalized medicine, offers a testimonial curated

by Mission’s media relations department: “I think that on top of being great for patients, it can really save a lot of money by fewer adverse drug events, fewer diagnostic tests, fewer wrongful death suits, etc. I think it also draws patients much more into taking responsibility for their own health instead of relying solely on our fragmented system of individual doctors that don’t communicate with each other much. It gives patients medical evidence they can take from doctor to doctor about what works for them and what doesn’t.” X *Hamilton notes that her views are her own and do not represent the U.S. Air Force.

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Registration required. $40.

• FRIDAYS (10/7) through (10/28), 1:30-3pm - "Creating Sustainable Yoga Practices for Aging Bodies," class series. $40.

FLETCHER UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 50 Library Road, Fletcher • SA (10/8), 9-11am - Community Health and Resource Fair. With stroke risk assessments, blood pressure screenings, gait analysis and shoe fitting, chiropractic screenings and health insure plan information and assistance. Free.

THE MEDITATION CENTER 894 E. Main St., Sylva, 356-1105, meditate-wnc.org • 2nd WEDNESDAYS, 6-8pm "Inner Guidance from an Open Heart," class with meditation and discussion. $10.

SUPPORT GROUPS ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS & DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILIES adultchildren.org • Visit mountainx.com/support for full listings.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS • For a full list of meetings in WNC, call 254-8539 or aancmco.org ASHEVILLE WOMEN FOR SOBRIETY 215-536-8026, womenforsobriety.org • THURSDAYS, 6:30-8pm – Held at YWCA of Asheville, 185 S French Broad Ave. ASPERGER'S TEENS UNITED facebook.com/groups/ AspergersTeensUnited

• For teens (13-19) and their parents. Meets every 3 weeks. Contact for details.

BRAINSTORMER’S COLLECTIVE 254-0507, puffer61@gmail.com • 1st THURSDAYS, 6-7:30pm - Led by brain injury survivors for brain injury survivors and supporters.

Held at Kairos West Community Center, Haywood Road, Asheville CHRONIC PAIN SUPPORT 989-1555, deb.casaccia@gmail.com • 2nd WEDNESDAYS, 6 pm – Held in a private home. Contact for directions.

CODEPENDENTS ANONYMOUS 242-7127 • TUESDAYS 7:30pm - Held at Asheville 12-Step Recovery Club, 370 N. Louisiana Ave., Suite G4 • WEDNESDAYS, 7-8pm & SATURDAYS, 11am – Held at First Congregational UCC of Asheville, 20 Oak St. • FRIDAYS, 5:30pm - Held at First United Methodist Church of Waynesville, 556 S. Haywood Waynesville DEBTORS ANONYMOUS debtorsanonymous.org • MONDAYS, 7pm - Held at First Congregational UCC of Asheville, 20 Oak St. DEPRESSION AND BIPOLAR SUPPORT ALLIANCE 367-7660, depressionbipolarasheville.com • WEDNESDAYS, 7pm & SATURDAYS, 4pm – Held at 1316-C Parkwood Road FOOD ADDICTS ANONYMOUS 423-6191 or 242-2173 • SATURDAYS, 11am- Held at Asheville 12-Step Recovery Club, 370 N. Louisiana Ave., Suite G4 FOUR SEASONS COMPASSION FOR LIFE 233-0948, fourseasonscfl.org • WE (10/5), 1-3pm - Support group for caregivers. Free. Held in the food court area. Held at Asheville Outlets, 800 Brevard Road

• THURSDAYS, 12:30pm - Grief support group. Held at SECU Hospice House, 272 Maple St., Franklin • TUESDAYS, 3:30-4:30pm - Grief support group. Held at Four Seasons - Checkpoint, 373 Biltmore Ave. G.E.T. R.E.A.L. phoenix69@bellsouth.net • 2nd SATURDAYS, 2pm - Group for people with chronic 'invisible' auto-immune diseases. Held at Fletcher Community Park, 85 Howard Gap Road, Fletcher GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS gamblersanonymous.org • THURSDAYS, 6:45pm - 12-step meeting. Held at Basillica of St. Lawrence, 97 Haywood St. HAYWOOD COUNTY COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS 400-6480 • 1st THURSDAYS - Support group for families who have lost a child of any age. Held at Long's Chapel United Methodist Church, 175 Old Clyde Road, Waynesville HONORING GRIEF CIRCLE griefcircle.net • 2nd & 4th TUESDAYS, 6pm Layperson support group for grief.

Held at Swannanoa Valley Friends Meetinghouse, 137 Center Ave., Black Mountain INFERTILITY SUPPORT GROUP resolveasheville@gmail.com • 1st THURSDAYS, 6:30-8pm Held at Earth Fare South, 1856 Hendersonville Road LIFE LIMITING ILLNESS SUPPORT GROUP 386-801-2606 • TUESDAYS, 6:30-8pm - For adults managing the challenges of life limiting illnesses. Held at Secrets of a Duchess, 1439 Merrimon Ave. LIVING WITH CHRONIC PAIN 776-4809 • 2nd WEDNESDAYS, 6:30pm Hosted by American Chronic Pain Association. Held at Swannanoa

Library, 101 West Charleston St., Swannanoa LUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA, NC CHAPTER 877-849-8271, lupusnc.org • 2nd WEDNESDAYS, 7-8pm Lupus support group for those living with lupus, their family and caregivers. Held at All Souls Cathedral, 9 Swan St. MEMORY LOSS CAREGIVERS network@memorycare.org • 2nd TUESDAYS, 9:30am – Held at Highland Farms Retirement Community, 200 Tabernacle Road, Black Mountain MEN DOING ALLY duncan2729@yahoo.com • WE (10/12), 7-8:30pm – Men's practice group to address white privilege, oppression, sexism, queerphobia and racism. Held at Firestorm Cafe and Books, 610 Haywood Road MINDFULNESS AND 12 STEP RECOVERY avl12step@gmail.com • WEDNESDAYS, 7:30-8:45pm Mindfulness meditation practice and 12 step program. Held at Asheville 12-Step Recovery Club, 370 N. Louisiana Ave., Suite G4 MOUNTAIN MAMAS PEER SUPPORT GROUP facebook.com/ mountainmamasgroup • 2nd THURSDAYS, 1-3pm - Held at The Family Place, 970 Old Hendersonville Highway Brevard NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS 505-7353, namiwnc.org, namiwc2015@gmail.com • 2nd MONDAYS, 11am Connection group for individuals dealing with mental illness. Held at NAMI Offices, 356 Biltmore Ave. • THURSDAYS (8/25) through (11/10), 6-8:30pm - Family-to-Family Program for families & caregivers of individuals living with a mental illness. Held at NAMI Offices, 356 Biltmore Ave.

OUR VOICE 35 Woodfin St., 252-0562, ourvoicenc.org • Ongoing drop-in group for female identified survivors of sexual violence.

SHIFTING GEARS 683-7195 • MONDAYS, 6:30-8pm - Groupsharing for those in transition in careers or relationships. Contact for location.

OVERCOMERS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 665-9499 • WEDNESDAYS, noon-1pm - Held at First Christian Church of Candler, 470 Enka Lake Road, Candler

SMART RECOVERY 407-0460 • WEDNESDAYS, 6:30-8pm - Held at Sunrise Community for Recovery & Wellness, Unit C4, 370 N. Louisiana Ave.

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BRANCHING OUT Forest farming can bring economic, environmental benefits to WNC

INTO THE WOODS: Volunteers are developing a new demonstration forest farm at the Madison County Public Library to increase awareness and knowledge of forest farming techniques. Photo courtesy of Rachell Skerlec

BY ELIZABETH MARTIN toadstoolstudio@gmail.com Farming: For most of us, the word conjures images of geometric rows of vegetables, cows contentedly grazing in well-mown pastures, and carefully pruned and tended orchards bearing grocery-store-bin fruit. In Western North Carolina, however, that traditional image of farming is being met with an alternate view: of the cultivation of ginseng and other medicinal native plants, and apple trees replaced by chestnuts; of acorn

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gathering and even kudzu harvesting — all accomplished not in wide-open fields and pastureland, but beneath a wild forest canopy.

WHAT IS FOREST FARMING? Forest farming, as this alternative agricultural practice is known, is defined as “the intentional cultivation or stewardship of plants with economic value under a forest canopy,” at ground level in established forested areas, according to Bristol, Va.–based U.S. Forest Service researcher Jim Chamberlain. Along with silvopasturing (raising animals in

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the forest), alley cropping (growing crops in rows between timber or nut crops), windbreaks and planting in buffer zones along waterways, forest farming is a component of agroforestry.

While some local forest-farming practitioners may blur the lines among these categories when describing their agricultural practices, the bottom line, Chamberlain says, is that agroforestry cultivation methods can benefit both farmers and the environment.

Chamberlain, who studies and writes about non-timber forest products, became interested in agroforestry while serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in the

Philippines, where he realized that other countries harvest more than timber and wildlife from their forested areas. On his webpage (http://avl.mx/30j), Chamberlain writes, “Long before we had technology to cut timber, people were foraging forests for food, medicine and other sundry items. That practice continues today, yet very little is done to ensure that [these] harvests are sustainable.”

In Western North Carolina, Chamberlain explains, native crops such as ginseng, goldenseal, black cohosh and ramps benefit from forest- farming practices, which protect these valuable plants from over-harvesting and preserve both

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FUNGUS AMONG US: Stumps inoculated with mushroom spores produce a cash crop at Glorious Forest Farm in Madison County. Photo by Michael Kinnear their quality and chemical profile. As well, he adds, forest farming tends to yield greater volumes of the plants than does wild harvesting.

FOREST FAN Sylva native Zev Friedman is a passionate local advocate for sustainable agriculture. Through his Living Systems Design consulting practice and other groups, he teaches farming techniques that meet human needs while preserving and regenerating the natural environment. Friedman says forest farming is a natural fit with the topography and the native plants, animals and fungi of Western North Carolina.

The ultimate goal of forest farming, Friedman maintains, is to easily manage forested areas to get the highest yields for the least work while maintaining the health of the system and playing to the natural tendencies of the organisms involved. He points to traditional practices like the milpa crop rotation system of Mesoamerica as a model that can inform modern approaches to sustainable agriculture. According to Living Systems Design’s website, the milpa system produces many different

annual crops planted together in clearings rotated through a forest ecosystem over time. After seven to 15 years, a planting area is allowed to return to a forested state, which preserves topsoil and biological diversity.

Friedman is also working to find productive uses for plants present in WNC, even those that are invasive species imported from other places.

Japanese knotweed, for instance, is showing promise as a botanical source for a possible treatment for Lyme disease, he notes. And in a TEDx talk last year, Friedman spoke about kudzu, which was originally brought to this country from Japan to control erosion, and has taken over 7 million acres in the Southeast. Yet, while the vine can cover and kill other trees and plants, it does have some redeeming features, he explained: The plant fixes nitrogen in the soil, and it loosens packed soil and breaks up subsurface rock.

At his Kudzu Vine Camp, in Sylva, Friedman demonstrates kudzu’s usefulness by teaching methods for harvesting the plant for fiber, food and medicine.

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Friedman has also been busy collaborating with the Friends of the Madison County Library and the Marshall Native Garden Initiative to create a demonstration Forest Farm. The farm, which has been in development since 2012, is located at the main branch of the Madison County Library, at 1335 N. Main St. in Marshall.

The site of the Forest Farm was originally covered with invasive plant species and dead wood. The land was cleared with a controlled burn (carried out by Marshall firefighters as a training exercise), and today, young nut-bearing trees such as chestnuts and hazels are becoming established, as are blueberries and other species of shrubs that will help prevent erosion. In the sunlit spaces between the trees, volunteers plan to plant annual food crops.

According to Rachell Skerlec, the volunteer champion of the demonstration project, plant succession planning — which takes into account changing conditions as upper-story plants grow and mature — is a critical part of forest farming. “As things start to grow up,” she explains, “you lose some of the ability to do those [annual] garden crops, but now you’re starting to have other crops available to you … which can be used for various purposes.” When trees and shrubs grow large enough to begin blocking light at the ground level, she continues, farmers introduce woodland plants that will thrive in shady areas, like aronia, ginseng and goldenseal.

The demonstration farm will provide many opportunities for educating visitors on the possibilities of forest farming, Skerlec says. Tags will identify individual plants, while a brochure will provide additional information about plant species used in the project. The Friends of the Madison County Library and the Marshall Native Garden Initiative plan on offering both fall and spring classes on forest farming on site, and volunteers can get hands-on experience during monthly volunteer workdays as the farm is developed and maintained.

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Osker Brown established Glorious Forest Farm in 2012 on 100 acres in Madison County. According to the farm’s website, the operation strives “to work with the rich plants already living in our region, while carefully introducing appropriate plants and animals to instigate a new sacred cuisine.”

In bottomland previously used for growing annual crops, Brown has planted hazelnut and mulberry trees. While waiting for those trees to mature, Brown uses

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VINE TIME: Zev Friedman teaches techniques for using kudzu vines and roots for food, crafts and medicinal benefits at his annual kudzu camp in Sylva. Photo by Jennings Ingram the area between the trees for pasturing pigs. The animals feed on plants that are generally considered weeds, he says.

However, not everyone agrees with the practice. Although it has a long history in Appalachia, U.S. Forest Service’s Chamberlain explains, pigs can destroy native plant species along with invasive weeds, and they can cause erosion by rooting in and displacing the soil.

Brown has also discovered a good use for the tulip poplar. The fast-growing tree, which is abundant in WNC, doesn’t produce much food for humans or animals, but it is a prolific pioneer that takes hold after land has been cleared, thereby preventing erosion. As well, once they reach an appropriate size, the trees can be cut, and Brown then uses their stumps as a medium for growing mushrooms. The mushrooms provide a food or cash crop, and the cut trunks of the trees decompose into material that will enrich the forest floor. More desirable tree species, such as hazelnut and chestnut, can then be planted in spots where the forest floor has been opened up to sunlight.

Brown especially prizes oak trees for their acorns, which can provide a food source for people and livestock.

He teaches workshops on the process of turning acorns into flour, and he also shares detailed tips on his website, www.gloriousforestfarm.com.

Glorious Forest Farm uses pruning techniques that manipulate trees’ growth to create higher yields or other

benefits. For instance, Brown cuts the trunks of mulberry trees to the ground to allow shoots to grow from the roots — a practice known as coppicing. The mulberry trees then grow in a bush form, which makes gathering leaves and berries more manageable. Coppiced trees can also yield firewood or building material. Using the shoots from a coppiced tree as firewood reduces labor since the wood does not need to be split.

FUTURE OF FOREST FARMING “We do a tremendous job managing forests for timber and wildlife, but we do very little to manage those same forests for food or medicine,” Chamberlain writes on his website. “Forests are more than trees! To manage for biodiversity, we must consider the understory vegetation that is harvested for subsistence and commercial gain.”

Since interest in forest farming is still in its infancy in this country, Chamberlain and other experts, including Friedman, believe the field offers lots of potential. As farmers and communities find new ways to combine forest conservation with commerce, writes Chamberlain in an article for the Cooperative Extension Service, they will discover opportunities to grow food, rebuild soils, restore aquifers and mitigate the effects of floods and droughts.

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WORKSHOP: HOMESTEAD DREAMS, DESIGN & PLAN FOR LIVING ON YOUR LAND (PD.) • SAT 10/8, All day. Common sense, relevant information to maximize your independence, increase self-reliance, and plan your land-based dreams. AB Tech Enka/Candler Campus, $65.

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ASHEVILLE CITIZENS’ CLIMATE LOBBY citizensclimatelobby.org/chapters/ NC_Asheville/ • 2nd SATURDAYS, 12:30-3pm Open meeting regarding climate change solutions. Free. Held at Kairos West Community Center, Haywood Road, Asheville CREATION CARE ALLIANCE OF WNC creationcarealliance.org • TH (10/6), 5:30-7:30pm - Harvest celebration potluck dinner. Bring a potluck dish to share. Free. Held at Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, 789 Merrimon Ave.

KEEP YOUR COOL: Chris Link of the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy will host a two-part workshop on building an economical mobile walk-in cooler for use on the farm and on the road. Photo courtesy of SAHC As the growing season winds down and the harvest is nearly done, Chris Link of the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy is offering a two-part workshop on a project he’s excited to share: building a mobile walk-in cooler.

Using the CoolBot, a tool that overrides air conditioner temperature sensors to cool a space to as low as 38 degrees, Link says farmers, market gardeners and others can build an efficient and affordable cooler for use on the farm, for transport to market or other purposes.

Link first encountered a mobile cooler built using a CoolBot on a farm in Massachusetts a few years ago. Locally, he’s helped build a cooler for Second Spring Market Garden, which is located on the SAHC property in Alexander. Second Spring uses its 6-by-10-foot trailer cooler to transport produce to two farmers markets, 13 restaurant wholesale customers and the 50 members of its community-supported agriculture program.

At the first of two sessions, Link explains, workshop participants will start off with classroom instruction about the technical aspects of the project. After an hour or two, they’ll move outside and get busy cutting a hole in the side of a trailer for an air conditioner. Over the course of the two workshops, Link will also demonstrate configuring the CoolBot, building a structure to support the air conditioner, insulating the trailer and cladding the interior. He will provide guidelines for achieving the right balance among the size of the trailer, the size of the air conditioner, the amount of insulation and the interior storage space of the finished cooler.

The cost of the walk-in cooler trailer Link will build in the class will be around $3,000, he says, which is less than half the cost of a commercial cooler of comparable size.

A list of the potential uses for the CoolBot technology is available on the company’s website at www.storeitcold.com. In addition to agriculture, some of the uses include coolers for hunting, floral design, mortuary and wine storage.

Link stresses that no special skills or equipment are needed to take part in the workshop. The sessions will be held on Sunday, Oct. 9 and Sunday, Oct. 23, 1-5 p.m. at the SAHC Community Farm, 180 Mag Sluder Road, Alexander.

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251-8289, wenoca.org • WE (10/5), 7-9pm “Environmental Legislative Update – The Good, the Bad, the Ugly,” presentation on coal ash, water quality, clean energy and recycling from the past and upcoming NC legislative session. Free. Held at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville, 1 Edwin Place

FARM & GARDEN HELLEBORES IN THE GARDEN (PD.) • SAT 10/15, 10AM. SeminarPlease join us for a fun filled hour with Maggie Terry to hear about the new lenten roses on the market, and companion plants for the fall season. Talk will include new and exciting varieties of these popular evergreen, deer-resistant plants in the garden along with other shade-loving perennials and shrubs. The presenter, Maggie Terry from Riverbend Nursery, has over 25 years’ experience in the green industry, including managing and owning her own garden center and other garden centers in the NC region. Free, but please pre-register at 828645-3937. Reems Creek Nursery, 70 Monticello Road, Weaverville, NC. www.reemscreek.com

BUNCOMBE COUNTY EXTENSION MASTER GARDENERS 255-5522, buncombemastergardener.org, BuncombeMasterGardeners@ gmail.com • Through WE (10/5) - Open registration for the WE (10/12), 8am-4:15pm, WNC Gardening Symposium: “Our Gardens in a World of Change,” educational sessions, breakfast and lunch. $55. Held at The DoubleTree Hotel, 115 Hendersonville Road HAYWOOD COUNTY MASTER GARDENERS 456-3575, sarah_scott@ncsu.edu • Through (10/31) - Applications accepted for educational or research grants for gardening, horticulture and environmental projects in Haywood County.

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LIVING WEB FARMS 176 Kimzey Road, Mills River, 505-1660, livingwebfarms.org • TH (10/11), 6-7:30pm - “Biomass Cookstoves,” workshop. $10.

SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN HIGHLANDS CONSERVANCY 253-0095, appalachian.org • SU (10/9), 1-5pm - ‘Mobile Walk-In Cooler Design/Build,” workshop with hands on building experience. $20. Held at Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy’s Community Farm, 180 Mag Sluder Road, Alexander

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PUTTING IT ON THE LINE Asheville restaurateurs embrace Living Wage Certification to stay competitive in attracting back-of-house talent

A FINE LINE: Anejandro Gonzalez works the line at Chestnut. As retaining back-of-house employees becomes increasingly challenging, many local restaurants are working to sweeten the pot with higher wages, more benefits and greater opportunities for advancement. Photo by Cindy Kunst

BY LIISA ANDREASSEN LiisaS66@gmail.com Line cooks are the backbone of restaurants. They toil behind the scenes and spend long hours

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on their feet but get very little of the glory.

“The job is physically hard, can have odd hours and puts the cook in contact with fire and sharp objects,” says Kevin Westmoreland,

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co-owner of the Corner Kitchen and Chestnut and president of the Asheville Independent Restaurant Association.

Historically, pay for line cooks has also been lower than in other

parts of the restaurant industry, which could contribute to why it’s getting more and more difficult for restaurateurs to find line cooks who are willing to commit for the longterm. In order to attract and retain

good employees, many restaurateurs consider becoming Living Wage Certified to be a step in the right direction.

WHAT’S A LIVING WAGE? PayScale.com reports that a line cook earns an average of $10.73 per hour with only modest increases in pay over the first five to 10 years in the position. Additional experience does not always have much impact on income, and most people in this line of work will move on to other positions after 20 years or less in this field.

Vicki Meath, executive director of Just Economics of Western North Carolina, reports that her organization currently counts among its Living Wage Certified members 24 full-service restaurants that employ line cooks. In addition, she says, there are other food-service businesses, such as catering companies, counter service-only eateries and food trucks, that have obtained the certification as well.

“Every certified employer has the same rules,” Meath says: Employers must] pay $12.50 per hour or $11 per hour with employer-provided health insurance. Interns, apprentices and staff who are still in their first 90 days of employment are excluded from the criteria, she adds, and a few adjustments are made for benefits such as free shift meals.

To become certified, employers must fill out a short application and pay a fee that ranges from $50 to $250, depending on the number of employees. Once an application is submitted, a Just Economics staff member follows up to gather any additional information needed, and a recommendation is made to the organization’s board of directors about whether the application meets criteria and should be approved.

But after jumping through suchhoops, the benefits to the employer can include reduced staff turnover, increased productivity, lower training and development costs, an elevated base of conscious consumers and more, says Meath. Once certified, businesses must go through a recertification process every two years.

STEPPING UP THEIR GAME To address the line cook shortage, a growing number of Asheville restaurants are also focusing on offering more benefits in addition to bet-

ter pay. Westmoreland reports that his restaurants pay all of their line cooks a living wage and offer health insurance to staff who work more than 30 hours per week.

“Our goal is to make sure that all our staff have two days off each week and that the shifts are reasonable when they are at work, but it’s still a tough job,” Westmoreland says.

Jesson Gil, owner of downtown’s The Blackbird restaurant, says that when he and his wife, Cristina, purchased the business last spring, they knew it was important to them to become Living Wage Certified.

“Before we entered the picture, on average, line cooks were making about $8.50 an hour,” Gil says. “Now, we’re close to $10. It’ll take us a couple of years to get to $12.50. The business here continues to grow each month in sales, and the wages will keep trend. It’s my belief that through twice-a-year reviews and raises we would continue to see wages move up past the Living Wage threshold.”

Other benefits at Blackbird include three days of bereavement pay and a flexible schedule. Next year, he says, there’s a chance of adding health insurance too.

Gil says that his desire to offer fair pay and benefits comes from personal experience. “I grew up poor. We were a family of seven.

My dad made about $11,000 a year.

Our water got turned off all the time, and since we were in a border town [El Paso, Texas], we would shop in Juarez, Mexico, for clothes and other necessities,” he says.

“The insecurity that comes with low wages strikes in my soul. I worked at McDonald’s to put myself through college and can mark a lot of life as being a struggle. Just 10 years ago, I lived paycheck to paycheck.

Really, it just sucks to struggle like that, and if I can do my part, I’d like to try.”

So, have these wage raises worked in these restaurateurs’ favor?

At Blackbird, Gil says, retention seems to have improved only slightly with higher wages.

“In my last businesses, I consistently paid more than the restaurants around me — by about a dollar an hour. I also gave regular wage increases and offered health insurance and other benefits. Initially, there’s some excitement, but then the wage becomes the norm and it becomes an issue of work environment,” he says. “It may make us a

little more competitive. Asheville is a small town and the word gets out about how people are treated or paid.”

For Katie Button, chef and coowner of Cúrate and Nightbell, offering a living wage not only helps her businesses stay competitive but also helps her sleep at night. “It doesn’t really seem to make a big difference in retention, but it does help us to attract better talent, and it’s just a good benchmark for us,” she says. “It makes me feel good about what we do.”

Part-timers who work less than 34 hours per week are paid $11.85 after 90 days. Full-time employees start at well over $11 per hour plus benefits that include health insurance, dental and vision coverage. After 90 days, employees can also start accruing paid time off — up to one week during the first year and two weeks after that. She hopes offering benefits will encourage people to work full-time. “People should be able to spend time with their family or take a sick day without being penalized,” she says.

Button says that when she hires line cooks, she hopes they’ll stay for the long term, but, for the most part, she finds that most stay for a year or so and move on. “That’s fine too,” she says. “I think many people don’t really understand the job. It can be very repetitive, and it’s difficult.

Many line cooks are young and still trying to figure out what they want to do. What really hurts is when you invest the time and money in a new hire, and they leave before 90 days.

I want to know someone is going to stay for at least a year, and I hope being Living Wage Certified will help in that regard.”

But line-cook jobs can also be stepping stones within the business. She mentions an intern she hired when she opened Cúrate nearly five and a half years ago who moved up to line cook and today works as her sous chef. Another hire, she says, worked as a line cook for more than a year and is now her director of culinary operations.

“Most of the time, people become cooks because they love food and what they can do with it,” says Westmoreland. “Not everyone can do the job. We work hard to appreciate that skill.” X

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HOLD THE MEAT Asheville Plant-Based Face-Off challenges local chefs to highlight vegan cuisine

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MEAT-FREE OCTOBER: Chestnut’s vegan tonkatsu dish is one of more than a dozen plant-based menu items being offered this month at local restaurants as part of Asheville Vegan Outreach’s Plant-Based Face-Off competition. Diners can try featured dishes from participating eateries and vote for their favorites. Photo courtesy of Westmoreland & Scully

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A new monthlong initiative from Asheville Vegan Outreach and local plant-meat purveyor No Evil Foods may sway those with negative preconceived notions about vegan food to think again.

The inaugural Plant-Based Face-Off, sponsored by national vegan activist group VegFund, is designed to shoot down misconceptions about animal-free cuisine while demonstrating to food-

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ies of all kinds what Asheville’s eateries have to offer.

“We saw other cities doing it and we thought, ‘Asheville is a super vegan-friendly city; this is a great way to build awareness surrounding how delicious vegan food can be,” says Rowdy Keelor, outreach director for Brother Wolf Animal Rescue, which coordinates Asheville Vegan Outreach. Durham, for

example, hosted the Bull City Vegan Challenge in April, and Sacramento, Calif., is holding its sixth annual Vegan Chef Challenge this month.

Throughout October, 13 participating Asheville restaurants are offering a vegan dish created specifically for the competition. No Evil Foods has provided a 20 percent discount to eateries that feature the company’s products in a

Face­-Off dish. Diners can vote online for their favorites in three categories: Best Overall, Most Creative and Best Interpretation of a Traditional Dish.

Both chefs and participating diners will be awarded prizes at an event after the voting is finished.

The idea behind the initiative, explains Keelor, is to show restaurants, chefs and customers that vegan cuisine can be just as satisfying as omnivorous offerings, while being much kinder to animals, the planet and human health. “Our goal is taking animals out of the consumption narrative,” he says. “There are strategic steps in getting there, and in a country of instant gratification, one of them is that we have to show people that it can be delicious to eat vegan food. All of us — not just omnivores and meat eaters — like food that tastes good.”

The eateries that are onboard for the face-off run the gamut from all-vegan favorites like Plant to typically meatstrong establishments such as Gan Shan Station (known for its fresh seafood). Menu offerings similarly cover a wide range of global flavors. Dobra Tea in West Asheville, which already has a vegan-focused menu, offers a sampler platter featuring cashew brie

veggies, house-made katsu sauce and sriracha sweet chili. Meanwhile, the West Village Market and Deli is going Greek with a garlicky “chicken-esque” gyro, and Posana sticks to the tasteful classics with seared tofu, charred broccoli, quinoa, sunflower seed, butternut squash, cardamom carrot and citrus oil.

Kevin Westmoreland, co-owner of the Corner Kitchen and Chestnut, says his restaurants joined the challenge because both businesses like to offer meat-free menu items as part of a focus

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Image courtesy of Asheville Vegan Outreach from Udderly Not Cheese, lentil-walnut paté, greens, pears, grapes, mapleglazed walnuts, house mango chutney, house pickles, olives and millet-flax lavash. Corner Kitchen takes a Latin approach with chargrilled No Evil Foods chorizo, whipped malanga root, pumpkin seed-jalapeño pureé, puffed black beans and green mango slaw.

At Chestnut, a pan-Asian tonkatsu will showcase No Evil Foods’ Prepper paired with kaffir lime sticky rice, stir-fried local

on sustainability. “We love all kinds of food, but we find more and more of our guests enjoy vegan and vegetarian items,” he says. “The Plant Based FaceOff makes it fun to see how creative we can be with items that have not necessarily been part of our menus over the years. There are also more plant-based items available now. This makes it easier to create dishes that guests who are new to vegetarianism can really enjoy.” X

The Plant-Based Face-Off runs through Monday, Oct. 31, at the following restaurants:

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Gan Shan Station — 143 Charlotte St., ganshanstation.com Chestnut — 48 Biltmore Ave., chestnutasheville.com Corner Kitchen — 3 Boston Way, thecornerkitchen.com Dobra Tea West — 707 Haywood Road, dobrateanc.com/wavl Green Sage Café (all three locations) — 5 Broadway, 1800 Hendersonville Road and 70 Westgate Parkway; greensagecafe.com Mellow Mushroom — 50 Broadway, mellowmushroom.com/store/asheville Plant — 165 Merrimon Ave., plantisfood.com Posana — 1 Biltmore Ave., posanarestaurant.com Rezaz — 28 Hendersonville Road, rezaz.com Social Lounge — 29 Broadway, socialloungeasheville.com Strada Italiano — 27 Broadway, stradaasheville.com West Village Market and Deli — 771 Haywood Road, westvillagemarket.com Zia Taqueria — 521 Haywood Road, ziataco.com

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by Thomas Calder | tcalder@mountainx.com

Taco Throwdown at The Grey Eagle Taqueria Speciality tacos will take center stage at The Grey Eagle Taqueria’s inaugural Let’s Taco‘bout It Taco Throwdown and Tequila Tasting on Saturday, Oct. 8. The competition and fundraiser — 50 percent of ticket sales will benefit RiverLink — brings together Asheville restaurants including Belly Up Food Truck, Asheville Taco & Taps, Mamacita’s Taco Temple, The Salvage Station, Chupacabra Latin Café and The Grey Eagle Taqueria.

The event was created by UNC Asheville student and Grey Eagle intern Marianne Beasley.

Taqueria manager Russ Keith says he was immediately on board when she approached him with the idea.

“I’ve seen all these wing cookoffs and burger cook-offs, and I thought, ‘Why is no one doing a taco cook-off, as crazy as this taco town is at this point?’” he says.

Each competing restaurant will offer its finest speciality taco, and each entry has two chances of taking home a prize.

The People’s Choice award will be decided by those in attendance, while the Best Taco award will be determined by a panel of local celebrity judges: food writers Stu Helm and Jonathan Ammons, WNCW radio host Scotty Robertson and chef Steve Goff of Sovereign Remedies.

Flights of tequila will be for sale during the event — guests will be able to choose from Fidencio Mezcal, Espolon Blanco, Casamigos Anejo, Herradura Anejo, Hornitos Resposado and Don Julio. In addition to tacos, drinks and competition, local post-punk band Ouroboros Boys and Brevard-based singer-songwriter Dave Desmelik will perform.

“We’re looking to throw a good party that benefits RiverLink, our dear neighbors that we like to help out as much as possible,” says Keith.

“That’s the biggest thing we’re trying to get out of it.” He pauses for a moment, then adds,“and maybe a title for the Taqueria. We’ll see.”

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TACO TIME: Gaby Santoyo showcases some of the tacos The Grey Eagle Taqueria may bring to its inaugural taco competition. Photo

by Thomas Calder Let’s Taco‘bout It Taco Throwdown

VIP tickets are $35 and include a

and Tequila Tasting takes place noon-

taco from each vendor plus a flight

3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8, at The Grey

of tequila or beer. For more infor-

Eagle Taqueria, 185 Clingman Ave.

mation and to purchase tickets, visit

General admission tickets are $10.

thegreyeagle.com.

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CÚRATE COOKBOOK RELEASE PARTY Cúrate chef and co-owner Katie Button will host a special event at the restaurant on Monday, Oct.

10, to celebrate the release of her new cookbook, Cúrate: Authentic Spanish Food from an American Kitchen (Flatiron Books). At the free gathering, Button will sign copies of the book, which will be for sale at the event. Complimentary wine and tapas will be available as well. Preceding the book’s release, Button is hosting a sweepstakes with a grand prize of a trip for two to Spain. The winner and a guest will join a small private wine and culinary excursion tour with an itinerary custom-designed by Button and her husband, Felix Meana.

The book launch celebration runs 5-8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 10, at Cúrate, 11 Biltmore Ave. The event is free and open to the public. For details, visit heirloomhg.com/curate. To enter the sweepstakes, visit avl.mx/30c.

p.m. Tuesday Oct. 11, at Living Web Farms, 176 Kimzey Road, Mills River. Register at avl.mx/309. Both workshops are donation-based ($10 suggested).

VELVET & LACE HARVEST MOON COCKTAIL SERIES “October is the perfect month for a witchy theme,” says Kelly Vormelker, the events coordina-

tor at Buxton Hall Barbecue. The Harvest Moon cocktail pop-up events —presented by the Buxton Hall’s Velvet & Lace femalecentric cocktail series — feature crafty drinks, dark music and light snacks.

The Thursday, Oct. 6, Harvest Moon will feature two out-of-state female bartenders: Robin Nance of Chicago and Zahra Bates of Los Angeles. Velvet & Lace launched its inaugural series in 2015, spotlight-

ing the talents of Asheville’s female mixologists. Vormelker says she’s excited to bring the event back and highlight talented female bartenders from around the country.

Harvest Moon is a two-part series.

The first event runs 10:30 p.m.-2 a.m.

Thursday, Oct. 6, and the final event runs 10:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 20., both at Buxton Hall Barbecue, 32 Banks Ave. Visit buxtonhall.com or avl.mx/prsq for details. X

SIAM THAI RESTAURANT OPENS IN NORTH ASHEVILLE Siam Thai Restaurant held its grand opening in North Asheville on Oct. 2. This is owner Pon Wyatt’s second Asheville restaurant — in 2013, Wyatt opened Pon Thai’s Cuisine at the Stop-and-Go on Sweeten Creek Road (the former location of Little Bee Thai). The new venture seats 54 and offers lunch and dinner.

Menu items include a variety of curries, stir-fries, noodles and friedrice dishes. Specialities include a seafood basil, tamarind duck, duck curry and hor mok tilapia.

Siam Thai Restaurant is at 100 Stone Ridge Blvd. Hours are 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m. and 5-9 p.m. TuesdaySunday. For details, visit facebook. com/SiamThaiRestaurantAsheville.

COOKING WORKSHOPS AT LIVING WEB FARMS Living Web Farms offers a pair of food-related workshops this month.

On Thursday, Oct. 6, it will host Sweet Enough, a cooking class on low-sugar desserts, at the French Broad Food Co-op. The class will cover recipes and techniques for preparing treats with less sugar, along with samples. On Tuesday, Oct. 11, the farm will offer a class at its biochar facility on how to build clean-burning, gasifying and biochar-producing biomass cookstoves from salvaged materials.

Sweet Enough runs 6-7:30 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 6, at the French Broad Food Co-op, 90 Biltmore Ave. Register at avl.mx/308. The biomass cookstoves workshop runs 6-7:30

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by Edwin Arnaudin | edwinarnaudin@gmail.com

Apple season = cider season Local cideries celebrate fall fruit, industry growth and CiderFest NC Beer may still be the alcoholic beverage of choice for the majority of Asheville-area drinkers, but the rapid growth of the local cider scene has Bold Rock Hard Cider co-founder Brian Shanks and his industry colleagues in high spirits regarding its future.

“It’s very exciting times, really,” he says. “It’s neat to see all the expansion and the demand and the rise of popularity of cider. When I look at when John Washburn, my partner, and I first came [to Mills River] really looking at this in about 2010, there was only a very small amount of cider here, there and everywhere, and yet we sort of looked and saw the history of cider.”

“Two-hundred years ago, in and around all these parts, down the East Coast of America, cider was probably the drink of choice,” Shanks continues.

“John and I often look together and talk about it and think it’s kind of a neat thing to be part of the renaissance or revival of the cider industry. It’s a lot of fun, and we’re very conscious of the roots of where it’s come from.”

The uptick in interest is so sizable that for the category of Best Brewmaster in the 2016 Mountain Xpress Best of WNC readers poll, the top spot went to Josie Mielke of West Asheville’s Urban Orchard Cider Co. Jeff Anderson, marketing and creative director at Urban Orchard, credits the cidery’s strong local following for its continued success, but also points to the benefits of the local industry’s rising number of cider producers. With large businesses like Bold Rock — whose distribution footprint stretches from Pennsylvania to South Carolina and over into Tennessee — and others more modestly sized, he compares their collective growth and trickle-down effect to that of the local brewery industry.

“I believe whatever’s good for the goose is good for the gander, as they say. As long as the other cideries are popping up, that brings more attention to the fact that great cider is in this area,” Anderson says. “Maybe [visitors] don’t come to the area looking specifically for Urban Orchard, but they may find themselves at our cidery because they’re interested in cider in general. It’s the same kind of idea with the breweries. People come

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DRINKABLE HARVEST: Western North Carolina’s historically vibrant hard cider industry is enjoying a renaissance as demand for the product increases. Photos, clockwise from left, courtesy of Jeff Anderson, marketing and creative director of Urban Orchard Cider Co., Bold Rock Hard Cider and Noble Cider. here looking for the Highlands or New Belgiums and find themselves at Burial and Hi-Wire and everywhere else.”

With apple season at its peak, fall is an especially active and invigorating time for Urban Orchard, which produces its entire year’s supply over the course of a few months. Anderson says the cidery eventually plans to experiment with single varietal batches, but for now all ciders derive from the same base blend of Hendersonville apples with specific yeast strains creating the range of flavors. Its ciders’ maturation phase lasts eight to 12 months, meaning that the beverages currently pouring in its taproom were made about a year ago.

Noble Cider in Leicester, which recently installed a new bottling line and filter and has expanded distribution to Nashville, Tenn., and into South Carolina down the I-26 corridor, produces yearround but focuses on specialty batches this time of year. Upcoming single vari-

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etals will be derived from the likes of local Arkansas Black and Pink Lady apples as well as European varieties grown in Virginia. “Just some ‘strange fruit,’ as I like to call it,” says Trevor Baker, general manager and co-founder of Noble.

Unlike crossovers at local breweries, collaborative cider-making has yet to occur, but the cideries have found other creative ways to work with area businesses outside of the beverage industry.

Noble and Urban Orchard have both made treats with French Broad Chocolate Lounge and The Hop Ice Cream Café as well as local caramel makers. And with the first meeting of the North Carolina Cider Association in late September, more unified efforts among cideries are on the horizon.

One of Baker’s goals in using the newly formed network is to follow in the footsteps of New York and Virginia and develop a North Carolina Cider Week in 2017. He envisions days of activities

similar to Asheville Beer Week, offering such opportunities as tastings with area restaurants. Events would either start or end with CiderFest NC, an annual fundraiser for the WNC Green Buidling Council that takes place this year on Saturday, Oct. 15, at Salvage Station. The week could possibly be bookended by another comparably sized event, which could be an enjoyable means of sharing year-round and specialty offerings with cider drinkers while also gauging their interests.

“It’s a way for us of becoming involved in the community, becoming aware of what people really want and what they like to drink and their preferences and tastes,” Shanks says. “It’s a wonderful way for us as cidermakers to get feedback from people. You sell to a shop and the shop sells to the customer — you’re a little bit divorced from the customer. But when you go to these festivals where everybody’s having fun and you get to chat and talk to the people who are consuming your products, you learn a lot and you get to understand what it is they like and what it is they don’t like.” X

CIDERFEST NC WHAT CiderFest NC WHEN 1-5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15 WHERE Salvage Station, 468 Riverside Drive DETAILS General admission for ages 21 and older is $30 in advance, $40 at the gate or $15 for designated drivers.

Admission for ages 20 and younger is free. Visit ciderfestnc.com for event information and tickets.

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MURDER ONSTAGE

October brings horror to many theater productions

BY THOMAS CALDER

$10 student rush tickets available 15 minutes before curtain with valid I.D.

tcalder@mountainx.com Nervous — very, very dreadfully nervous: Throughout the month of October, this is the mood many local theater companies want to create. Horror is king at Asheville Community Theatre, The Magnetic Theatre and North Carolina Stage Company. Serial killers, ax murderers and mysterious fiends step into the spotlight, leaving a few bodies behind in the process.

MURDER AND PIE

JEKYLL AND HYDE Robert Louis Stevenson’s novella, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, was published in 1886.

Framed as a detective story, it follows London lawyer Gabriel John Utterson as he investigates the arrival of the ever mysterious Edward Hyde. The lawyer is unaware that his client, Dr. Henry Jekyll, actually is Hyde — a new personality derived from a chemical concoction.

Within a year of its publication, the work was adapted for the stage.

“The minute it was turned into a play ... there was always a love interest added,” says local playwright Steven Samuels. In 2011, The Magnetic Theatre staged Samuels’ own version, When Jekyll Met Hyde.

This month, Samuels brings the production back to the playhouse with a new cast and one revised character. The love interest in all past productions, including his own, Samuels notes, lacked “a truly intelligent, thoughtful woman.” While the playwright remains tight-lipped about the specifics, he says this reworking offers a feminist twist to a century-old tale.

Another unique component of Samuels’ adaptation is its dialogue. “I steal everything I can from the greatest literature I can find,” he says. Among the many works, his characters speak lines from Shakespeare, Charles Dickens and Edgar Allan Poe. The writer also incorporates bits from comic books and late-night television. The approach originated as an homage to Samuels’ mentor, Charles Ludlam, a cultural recycler who ran a group in New York called The Ridiculous Theatrical

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SEEING DOUBLE: Erik Moellering plays the dual roles of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in When Jekyll Met Hyde at The Magnetic Theatre. Photo Rodney Smith/Tempus Fugit Design Company. The variance in the play’s language lends itself to the production’s embrace of the absurd. “There are all of these rather unusual juxtapositions,” Samuels says. “You’ll go from some pretty highfalutin’ language to pretty straight-ahead, downand-dirty language. It elevates the play significantly.”

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WHERE The Magnetic Theatre 375 Depot St. themagnetictheatre.org WHEN Through Saturday, Oct. 29.

Thursdays-Saturdays, at 7:30 p.m. $21 advance/$24 at the door.

“I’ve lost count of how many people get murdered onstage,” says Jenny Bunn, marketing director of Asheville Community Theatre. Its latest musical, Sweeney Todd, opens Friday, Oct. 7.

Bunn is quick to add that the show’s director, Jerry Crouch, is thoughtful in his approach toward violence: “He’s more interested in making sure we remember the elements of revenge and the psychology behind what Sweeney is doing, rather than the shock-factor of getting splattered by a bucket of stage blood.”

The Stephen Sondheim musical (adapted from a mid-19th century story from The People’s Periodical and Family Library), tells the story of the titular barber, who returns to London after 15 years in exile, seeking revenge on the corrupt judge responsible for his banishment. When a fellow Londoner attempts to blackmail the barber, Sweeney kills him.

In a scheme to get rid of the body, Sweeney teams up with local baker, Mrs. Lovett, who needs fresh meat for her pies. A partnership ensues.

It’s not all murder and pie, though.

“It also has elements of comedy in it,” says Crouch. He notes that this component of the musical is crucial to its success. “You really need that to balance out the storyline. … I wouldn’t say it’s a black comedy, but the tongue is definitely in the cheek.”

Both Bunn and Crouch discuss the challenges that come with the production. The score itself is at times dissonant. The harmonies also prove challenging; parts of the narrative are told by a 24-person Greek chorus, which offers commentary on the actions of the main characters. It all comes together, though, under the leadership of musical director Lenora Thom, who Crouch calls “the very best.”

Crouch and Thom have been directing musicals together for 16 years.

“They’re just both at the top of their games,” Bunn says. “To have them working together, you just know the end result is going to be solid.”

trial and acquittal of a woman who was accused of murdering her father and stepmother in Fall River, Mass. The performance will offer imagined versions of what could have happened on the fatal night. With Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” WVL Radio Theatre brings the post-Revolutionary War tale of Ichabod Crane to the present-day — which, for purposes of continuity, is post World War II America, circa 1947.

Willie Repoley, a cast member as well as the show’s producing director, understands the challenges that come with performing horror stories onstage. “There aren’t a lot of plays out there that are actually scary,” he says. “The theater does a lot of things well, but really frightening you — that is usually accomplished more easily by a book or movie.”

One advantage that Live from WVL Radio Theatre has over more traditional theatrical performances is its set-up. “We’re already engaging the audience in an imaginative way with the radio setting,” says Repoley. Along with the production’s outdated soundboard, “On-Air” and “Applause” signs will mark the stage. In a strange way, says Repoley, this encourages theatergoers to play the role of a live 1940s radio audience. He believes this slight shift from passive member to active participant “makes them more receptive to enjoying some good scares.” X

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ANOTHER SLICE OF PIE: Asheville Community Theatre stages the musical Sweeney Todd. Steve Parkin plays the title role, with Christy Montesdeoca as Mrs. Lovett. Photo by Rodney Smith/ Tempus Fugit Designs

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SCREAMS ACROSS THE AIRWAVES Eggbeaters, washboards, miniature doors and a pair of shoes will provide the sound effects for Live from WVL Radio Theatre: The Headless Hessian of Sleepy Hollow. Along with shrieks and screams, the production will transport the audience back in time to the 1940s. Two microphones, two tables and four thespians (who play 1940s radio actors voicing on-air characters) will take the stage for an evening of horror stories that include Edgar Allan Poe’s “A Tell-Tale Heart,” a reimagining of the Lizzie Borden ax murders and Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.”

The show’s rendition of Poe’s work will stay true to the original story — one of a murderer recounting his crime, while arguing his sanity. The Lizzie Borden tale is a true account based on the 1892

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by Bill Kopp

bill@musoscribe.com

OUT FROM BEHIND THE TINY DESK

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DESK JOB: River Whyless has seen its profile raised thanks to appearances on “Tiny Desk Concerts,” “World Cafe” and other tastemaking opportunities. The Asheville-based quartet plays The Orange Peel this week. Photo by Jethro Waters When beginning work on what would be their second full-length album, the four musicians of Ashevillebased River Whyless decided to change their approach to songwriting.

The result is showcased on the recently released recording, We All the Light.

Bassist Daniel Shearing describes the new method as “more building fresh from the beginning, and not so much tearing apart.” River Whyless’ current tour swings through the group’s hometown for a Saturday, Oct. 8, show at The Orange Peel.

The River Whyless sound doesn’t lend itself to easy categorization; listeners may hear hints of everything from the Decemberists to Paul Simon to the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack to Peter Gabriel. The music on We All the Light is folkflavored, but with a definite pop-leaning sensibility. “We were struggling for a while to find common ground,” explains drummer Alex McWalters,

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“and one of the things we came together on was a more straightforward approach, a little bit poppier and more concise way of doing things. And that got us all excited.”

“We’re not consciously crafting the record to sound any certain way,” adds guitarist Ryan O’Keefe. “It’s just [the product of] how we’re feeling at the time, and the kind of music that inspires us.” Shearing describes “Baby Brother” and the 10 other songs on We All the Light as the realization of “a grab-bag approach. The three of us — Halli [Anderson, violin], Ryan and myself — write a lot of songs. In the past, we’d bring an essentially completed song to the table. And then the four of us would tear it apart and rebuild it in a completely new way.”

But for We All the Light, they brought “little bits of kindling,” says Shearing. “One of us would have a verse, or Alex would have a drum beat. And we’d start from scratch.

That approach is fairly new to this band.”

All four members are longtime friends from college. The quartet came together in 2011 when Shearing joined the other three musicians, who had just finished recording their debut album, 2012’s A Stone, A Leaf, An Unfound Door. He came on board just in time for the opening show on the album’s release date. In addition to his bass guitar, Shearing’s harmonium adds one of several distinctive elements to the group’s rich instrumental mix. When he first joined the band, he tried to buy one of the small pump organs from a Craigslist seller, but they couldn’t come to terms. “I came to the band and said, ’This just happened, and it’s terrible!’” Shearing recalls.

“But a week later, Ryan ordered one on eBay.” River Whyless got a major break after attending last year’s AmericanaFest in Nashville. NPR radio host Bob

Boilen took notice of the group and invited the musicians to appear on his influential “Tiny Desk Concerts” program. Delivering stripped-down arrangements of three tunes that would eventually appear on We All the Light, the group found its profile raised significantly.

Boilen “did sort of take us under his wing,” says violinist Halli Anderson. “‘Tiny Desk’ was so much fun. It was a really special moment. When we play live now, more people know the words, because of ‘Tiny Desk.’ It was a big deal for us, and it pushed us forward into having a larger and different kind of fan base coming out to our live shows.”

“Tiny Desk Concerts” would in fact be only one of several opportunities for River Whyless.

Late last month, the musicians returned to Nashville for a second AmericanaFest appearance; also in September they performed on WXPN’s “World Cafe.”

Opportunities like these help bring the group’s music to new audiences who are predisposed to appreciate the River Whyless sound. “It’s not just one thing that’s going to

pluck you out of obscurity, moving you forward in big leaps,” concedes O’Keefe. “Triple-A [Adult Album Alternative] radio, things like ‘Tiny Desk,’ articles … all those have to combine to help a career.”

Though their current tour includes a show at Las Vegas’ House of Blues and the revered Mountain Stage in West Virginia, the four musicians of River Whyless are most excited about their Orange Peel date. “That one’s going to be our ideal show,” promises Shearing. “We’re going to get to do everything we’ve always hoped and dreamed to do onstage.

And it’s our hometown, so you can’t beat that.” X

WHO River Whyless with Shannon Whitworth WHERE The Orange Peel 101 Biltmore Ave. theorangepeel.net WHEN Saturday, Oct. 8, 9 p.m. $13

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by Alli Marshall

amarshall@mountainx.com

READING LIST

Malaprop’s hosts an array of local authors in October

Wondering what your next read should be? Get a preview from the authors themselves when three local authors, one former local poet and a noteworthy regional writer share their newest works at Malaprop’s Bookstore/Cafe. Offerings include adult, young adult and middle grade fiction as well as verse. Events take place at the bookstore’s 55 Haywood St. location unless otherwise noted.

Info at malaprops.com.

FAMILY TIES

MR. PUFFBALL RIDES AGAIN The beloved and bowtied kitty returns for more adventures in Mr. Puffball: Stunt Cat Across America, written and illustrated by Constance Lombardo. The book, recommended for ages 8-12 (though it’s plenty amusing for adults, too), finds Hollywood hotshot Mr. Puffball walking away from his career as a stunt artist. He hopes to move into lead actor territory, starting with a buddy film, only to

Redmond’s new collection of poetry, What My Hand Say, has been called “a welcome collection by a poet engaged in the necessary work of writing with a full sense of place and history,” by author and editor Kwame Dawes. And former North Carolina Poet Laureate Kathryn Stripling Byer says, “In its lines I hear a voice that harks back to the praise-singers of West Africa, as well as to the porches and back yards of the deep South, voices that sing beyond their ancestral birthplaces into that larger culture in which we live.”

Redmond presents What My Hand Say on Sunday, Oct. 9, at 3 p.m. Free.

— Alli Marshall

SHE KNOWS BOOKS: Not only is Ann Patchett an award-winning writer, she’s also the coowner of independent bookstore Parnassus Books in Nashville. Patchett presents her new novel, Commonwealth, at UNC Asheville’s Humanities Lecture Hall on Tuesday, Oct. 11.

Photo courtesy of Patchett learn that his part has been stolen away

by Benedict Cumbercat. Hoping to win back the support (and financial backing) of the Paramount Studios execu-

tives, Puffball and his pals El Gato, Rosie and Bruiser set off cross-country to film the best buddy film trailer of all time.

Lombardo’s book is a breathless romp of misadventures, cat puns and cinematic trivia. It’s part text and part cartoonlike illustrations of Puffball and company.

Lombardo holds a release celebration for Mr. Puffball: Stunt Cat Across America on Saturday, Oct. 8, at 3 p.m. Free.

— Alli Marshall TELL IT TO THE HAND Though Glenis Redmond no longer lives in Asheville — she’s currently poet in residence at the Peace Center in Greeville, S.C. — her legend looms large.

A multiyear winner of the Best Poet in Western North Carolina in Xpress’ annual Best of WNC readers’ poll, she’s also a two-time Individual Southern Fried Slam Champion, founder of Peace Voices, a Cave Canem Fellow and a North Carolina Literary Fellowship recipient.

Author Ann Patchett received the 2002 PEN/Faulkner Award for her novel, Bel Canto. She’s penned a dozen other works of nonfiction, memoir and fiction, including her most recent novel, Commonwealth. The book follows six siblings over five decades, starting when Bert Cousins kisses Beverly Keating at a christening party for Beverly’s daughter, Franny, thereby breaking up two marriages and ultimately creating a blended family.

“When, in her 20s, Franny begins an affair with the legendary author Leon Posen and tells him about her family, the story of her siblings is no longer hers to control,” says the HarperCollins website. Patchett traverses the complex terrain with a deft hand, weaving intricate storylines and mining intense emotions. But the writing is not precious. Patchett’s characters suffer and struggle, but their worlds are colored in with rich detail and intricate imaginings. Ultimately, the novel feels like a spiraling in, following a maze through lives and years to unravel the story.

It’s worth noting that, besides being an award-winning writer, Patchett is also the co-owner of independent bookstore Parnassus Books in Nashville.

As such, she’s a fierce advocate for indie businesses. “Maybe we just got

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lucky,” she wrote in the “Bookstore Strikes Back” chapter of her memoir, This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage.

“But this luck makes me believe that changing the course of the corporate world is possible. Amazon doesn’t get to make all the decisions; the people can make them, by choosing how and where they spend their money. If what a bookstore offers matters to you, then shop at a bookstore.”

Patchett presents Commonwealth, in a conversation with author Barbara Kingsolver, at UNC Asheville’s Humanities Lecture Hall on Tuesday, Oct. 11, at 7 p.m. $35 (includes a copy of the book). — Alli Marshall

Ironically, she connected with that voice by writing for herself. “I kind of pretend that I’m writing for adults,” Shepherd says of her foray into middle grade writing. “I don’t think about writing for kids. I just write a story that I would love.”

Nevertheless, Shepherd hopes to keep publishing YA fiction as well as middle grade. “I really like going back and forth,” she says. “They use different parts — maybe not different parts of the brain, but different parts of the heart. I find that really renewing.”

Shepherd launches The Secret Horses of Briar Hill on Thursday, Oct. 13, at 7 p.m. — Doug Gibson

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Megan Shepherd is best known for the Gothic thriller series that began with The Madman’s Daughter. She recently broke into The New York Times bestseller list with The Cage, the first book in the science-fiction trilogy that began with The Hunt. But “middle grade [fiction] was my first love as a writer,” Shepherd says. After struggling to find an authentic connection with middle-grade audiences, she shifted to young adult fiction: “That’s what clicked at the time.”

Then one day, while driving through rural North Carolina to attend a conference, Shepherd’s mind began to work with an idea that would eventually become The Secret Horses of Briar Hill, which she will present on Thursday, Oct. 13. It’s the story of a young girl in a tuberculosis asylum during World War II England who sees mysterious winged horses in the hospital mirrors and befriends a wounded winged horse in one of the surrounding gardens.

The idea captivated Shepherd immediately, and as she developed the story, she found a voice that would allow her to write for younger readers.

“I think every author gets one book where everything just falls into place,” she says, “and that’s what happened to me with this book.”

The release of wartime spy novel, Projekt 1065 (along with The Monster War, the third book in his steampunk League of Seven series), comes at a busy time for Alan Gratz, who is constantly attending conferences and visiting schools. “Ten years ago I was sitting at home saying, ‘Why doesn’t anyone ever call me?’” he says with a laugh.

Though his packed schedule keeps Gratz in contact with his audience, he was still surprised by the success of one of his previous books, Prisoner B-3087, an as-told-to memoir of a Holocaust survivor who was sent to the concentration camps as a boy. “I get more fan mail for that one book than all of my others combined,” Gratz says. Many of those letters includes requests that he write more about World War II, a topic Gratz says consistently sparks interest among middle-grade audiences. “Kids this age get upset when they see somebody wronged,” he says.

“I think that heightened sense of justice that middle schoolers have fits really well with World War II.” Gratz saw an obvious wartime topic in the Hitler Youth, but he realized he needed to approach the Nazi boy’s organization from the outside: “Writing from the viewpoint of a kid who is indoctrinated into the Hitler Youth was going to be a real challenge.” Then he learned that, despite a neutral status, Ireland’s diplomats passed valuable intelligence to the Allies. So Gratz invented an Irish ambassador in Berlin whose son spies for the Allies, using his Hitler Youth membership as a cover. The result is Projekt 1065, a fast-paced spy thriller with a young protagonist.

More than an exciting story, however, Gratz says the book is meant to be “subversively educational.”

Gratz launches Projekt 1065 and The Monster War on Saturday, Oct. 15, at 3 p.m. — Doug Gibson X

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TWICE AS NICE For the inaugural 5Point Adventure Film Festival in Asheville last year, then-Executive Director Sarah Wood was cautiously optimistic regarding its future in Western North Carolina. Though the flagship festival in Carbondale, Colo., organically grew into a four-day event, whether that number made sense for the new Southeastern regional hub would depend on attendees’ response to the initial two-day offering.

The hope was that the 2016 iteration might expand to as many as three days. But turnout and enthusiasm for the first year were so encouraging that 5Point has doubled its stay for round two, which takes place Thursday, Oct. 6, through Sunday, Oct. 9.

“I was blown away by how hungry Asheville was for this event,” says Micah Pulleyn, the Asheville festival’s manager. “The community embraced the events throughout the weekend, primarily the film programs. I had so much positive feedback from people that they were deeply moved by the films we shared.”

After four years with 5Point, Wood recently transitioned to a new career in engineering with Asheville-based Industry Nine Componentry. In addition to overseeing logistics for the local festival and her myriad duties as national events director — including managing the one-night On the Road traveling film series — Pulleyn has absorbed many responsibilities that were once under her colleague’s umbrella. “She leaves some pretty big shoes to fill, that’s for sure,” Pulleyn says.

Pulleyn notes the Carbondale festival is “stacked with special guests, workshops, presentations, panel dis-

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cussions, podcast recordings and fun activities like dance parties, late-night dodgeball and night rides.” She feels “very confident that Asheville can carry the same weight” of a four-day schedule and is experimenting with its possibilities this year.

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MOUNTAIN LOVE: Kyle Dempster is shown in a still from Road From Karakol. The American alpinist, who died in early September while on an expedition in Pakistan, will be honored Oct. 8 at the 5Point Adventure Film Festival with a screening of 5 Ways to Love in the Mountains, in which he’s prominently featured. Photo courtesy of 5Point Film

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adventure vehicles has been given its own day on Oct. 6 at Salvage Station.

In an effort to not overlap events, the expansion to Oct. 9 honors requests for a second unicycling clinic and a leisurely raft trip. The extra day also provides an opportunity for the community to relax together after sharing the experience of being in Thomas Wolfe Auditorium for two evenings of film programs.

“5Point curates films that go deeper than the traditional ‘action porn’ so celebrated in the adventure film festival industry,” Pulleyn says. “Our films get under your ribcage and offer more of the human experience in their storytelling. Or, we feature films that are beautiful and inspire in ways that make you ask yourself some big questions.”

Along with surprise selections created by local filmmakers and a few premieres, Pulleyn is excited to share Trail to Kazbegi with the Asheville community. Director Joey Schusler and expedition members Brice Minnigh (editor-in-chief of Bike Magazine) and Sam Seward will be onstage to talk about their adventure. They’ll also offer a bikepacking workshop on Saturday,

Oct. 8, at Second Gear, to bring their work to life.

“Another film we are honored to bring to Asheville is 5 Ways to Love in the Mountains, a film featuring Kyle Dempster, who died just a few weeks ago while on a big expedition,” Pulleyn says. “Kyle’s film, Road From Karakol, was in last year’s Asheville lineup, and we will pay tribute to Kyle and his spirit Saturday night with some special guests.”

Both film programs will be hosted by local filmmaker, storyteller and community builder Brett McCall.

Pulleyn praises McCall’s magnetic stage presence as well as his ability to illuminate the films with articulate comments and inspire special guests with thought-provoking questions.

Entertaining and uplifting as the evening events are in their reflection of the festival’s five (hence the name) principles — balance, commitment, purpose, humility and respect — strong language in some of the films proves a potential deterrent for a family-friendly outing. Filling that void is the Youth Adventure Program on the morning of Oct. 8, featuring films that appeal to a younger audience, including some animated works.

“We like to inspire the next generation with films that are about kids who take risks, ‘go big’ in their own ways and stretch the definition of adventure,” Pulleyn says. “Our mission is to inspire adventure of all kinds, connect generations through shared experience and respect, to engage passion with a conscience and to educate through film.” X

WHAT 5Point Adventure Film Festival WHERE Thomas Wolfe Auditorium and other Asheville area sites 5pointfilm.org/asheville WHEN Thursday, Oct. 6 through Sunday, Oct. 9. $57 VIP weekend pass/ $19 individual night tickets/ $9 youth program/ages 12 and younger get in free to all films

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Isaiah Rice photography collection Last fall, UNC Asheville was gifted more than 1,000 photographs by artist Isaiah Rice, including many shots taken locally from the ’50s to the ’70s. “What people will see in these photos is a different Asheville as far as the presence of African-Americans is concerned,” UNCA assistant history professor (and grandson of the now deceased Rice) Darin Waters told Xpress just before the exhibit was unveiled. A year later, the university is loaning a portion of the collection, titled The Way We Were, to public radio station WCQS, where the images will be displayed through November. Waters curated the sampling along with UNCA Special Collections head Gene Hyde, and he’ll speak at the opening reception at WCQS, 73 Broadway, on Friday, Oct. 7, at 5 p.m. Free. avl.mx/prsn. Photo by Isaiah Rice

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Ras Alan In addition to celebrating a long history of writing and playing music, Ras Alan’s 25 Years of Appalachian Reggae tour showcases a different type of handiwork by the artist. Alan, a woodworker and former guitar-shop owner, is now designing and building his own guitars, using organic materials that he finishes with his proprietary “Moonshine Polish.”

So, each anniversary show will double as a demo of his company, Childres Guitars’, new line of instruments. On them, he’ll introduce fans to new songs from his most recent Love the Way You Love recording session, while saving time for past tunes, too. “Original music deserves an original sound,” he reasons. Alan has two local shows scheduled: a set at Salvage Station on Saturday, Oct. 8, at 9 p.m., (free), and a performance at 185 King Street in Brevard on Saturday, Nov. 5, at 8 p.m. ($10 public/$5 members). salvagestation.com. Photo courtesy of the artist

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“Remember before Facebook when you could just be annoyed by someone’s dumb face and not have to hear their opinion? I miss the old days.”

So says Los Angeles-based comedian Andy Hendrickson in a Facebook post that exemplifies his matter-offact sense of humor. Hendrickson specializes in highlighting life’s silly details — when his mother audibly consults him before buying “naners” at the grocery store, for instance — and his anecdotes are often laced with a hearty disapproval that’s directed inward and out. This exasperated guy-next-door has appeared on “The Late Show with David Letterman” and “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson,” and next he’ll perform at The Millroom on Friday, Oct. 7, at 8 p.m. $12/$14. ashevillemillroom.com.

Photo courtesy of the comedian

The struggles, aspirations and everyday doings of conjoined twins Zlata and Srebra unfold as Eastern Europe transitions out of communism in Lidija Dimkovska’s latest novel. A Spare Life begins in 1984 in the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia, where the author was born and began her collegiate pursuit of literature. Another commonality: She’d be roughly the same age (correcting to the book’s timeframe) as her ambitious protagonists, whose “lives are thrown into crisis when an incident threatens to destroy their bond as sisters,” according to a media release. “They fly to London, determined to be surgically separated — but will this dangerous procedure free them or only more tightly ensnare them?” A Spare Life was translated from Macedonian after it earned Dimkovska a 2013 European Union Prize for Literature. She’ll present the English release at Malaprop’s on Wednesday, Oct. 12, at 7 p.m. Free. malaprops.com. Images courtesy of the author

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ART ARROWHEAD GALLERY 78 Catawba Ave., Old Fort, 668-1100 • TH (10/13), 6-8pm - "Brushes N Brew," painting class with Dawn Dreibus. Bring your own beverage. $35/$25 members. Cost includes all materials.

ART AT WCU 227-3591, fineartmuseum.wcu.edu • TH (10/6) through FR (10/7), 9am-5pm - Contemporary Clay Symposium with guest lectures, demonstrations and panel discussions. Free. Held in the Bardo Center

ASHEVILLE VAUDEVILLE GETS POLITICAL: The election is just around the corner, and Asheville Vaudeville is here to give everyone some pre-election laughs. The Saturday, Oct. 8, shows (at 7:30 and 10 p.m.) are full of political antics and delights from host Walter Beals of Forty Fingers and a Missing Tooth. The performances will showcase puppetry by Toybox Theatre and Jim Julien; belly dance by Found World Bellydance; antics of LuLu the Clown; a rock opera moment with Iggy Ingler; comedy and song by Millie Van Illa; burlesque with Diana Dirty-Mind and Hester Prynncess; and pole dancing by Ella Minopee. The adult-only shows take place at the Toy Boat Community Artspace, and tickets are available at the door ($15 for the 7:30 p.m. show and $12 for the 10 p.m. show) For more information, visit ashevillevaudeville.com. Photo of Walter Beals courtesy of Asheville Vaudeville (p. 52)

BEARFOOTIN’ PUBLIC ART WALK downtownhendersonville.org/ bearfootin-public-art-walk-2015/ • SA (10/1) through SA (10/22) - Public art display featuring fiberglass outdoor bear sculptures. Free.

Held on Main St., Hendersonville BLUE SPIRAL 1 38 Biltmore Ave., 251-0202, bluespiral1.com • FR (10/7), 4pm - Artist Talk: “Well off the beaten path” with artist Julyan Davis.

CAROLINA’S NATURE PHOTOGRAPHERS ASSOCIATION asheville.cnpa-regions.org/ • SU (10/9), 5:30pm -"Photoshop Techniques," class with Rodney Smith . Free to attend. Held at the UNC Asheville Reuter Center CRUCIBLE GLASSWORKS 60 Clarks Chapel Road, Weaverville, 645-5660, crucibleglassworks.com • FR (10/7) & SA (10/8), 10am-5pm - Hot glass demonstrations, raffle for free studio class, glass pumpkin workshops, glass pumpkin exhibition and refreshments. Free to attend.

DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE FIRST FRIDAY ART WALKS downtownashevilleartdistrict.org.

• 1st FRIDAYS, 5-8pm - Downtown Asheville museums and galleries open doors to visitors. Visit the website for participating venues and full details. Free to attend.

FIREFLY CRAFT GALLERY 2689 D Greenville Highway, Flat Rock, 231-0764 • SA (10/8), noon-4pm - American Craft Week artisan craft demonstrations. Free to attend.

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GROVEWOOD GALLERY 111 Grovewood Road, 253-7651, grovewood.com • SA (10/8), 11am-4pm - Meet Your Maker: Self-guided tour of the artist studios and demonstrations by Josh Cote’ and Matt Tommy. Free to attend.

HIGHWAY 80 SOUTH ART HOP 80arthop.com • SA (10/8) & SU (10/9), 10am5pm - Self-guided studio tour along Highway 80 South in Yancey County.

Maps available at OOAK Gallery.

Held at OOAK Art Gallery, 573 Micaville Loop Burnsville MOUNTAIN GATEWAY MUSEUM AND HERITAGE CENTER 102 Water St., Old Fort, mountaingatewaymuseum.org/ • 2nd SATURDAYS, 10am-3pm Plein air painting demonstrations.

Free.

ODYSSEY COOPERATIVE ART GALLERY 238 Clingman Ave., 285-9700, facebook.com/odysseycoopgallery • 2nd SATURDAYS, 11am-5pm Gallery open house with food, music and artists' demonstrations. Free to attend.

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EAST WEST FALL POP UP MARKET (PD.) • Oct 13-15, 10am-8pm, Free entry.

Featuring over 50 local, indie artists, makers, and vintage collectors. 278 Haywood Rd. www.eastwestpopupshop.com.

Raising funds and awareness for 47 worthy local nonprofits that make a big difference where we live.

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ARTIST'S AUTUMN FAIR 749-9224, wildflourbakerync.com • SA (10/8), 10am-4pm - Outdoor art fair featuring art, craft and food vendors and live music. Free to attend. Held in Nostalgia Courtyard, 171 E Main Street, Saluda LEAF FESTIVAL visitcashiersvalley.com/ • (10/7) through (10/9), 10am-5pm - Arts and crafts festival with over 100 artisans.

Free to attend. Held at the Village Green and Commons, Downtown Cashiers MOONLIT ART MARKET burialbeer.com • 2nd THURSDAYS through (10/13), 8-11pm - Arts and craft market. Free to attend. Held at Burial Beer Co., 40 Collier Ave. MOUNTAIN GLORY FESTIVAL 652-2215, mtngloryfestival.com • SA (10/8), 9:30am-5pm - Crafts, quilt show, food vendors and live music. Free to attend. Held in Downtown Marion.

SPRUCE PINE POTTER’S MARKET sprucepinepottersmarket.com • SA (10/8) & SU (10/9), 10am-5pm Spruce Pine Potters Market, with vendors and exhibitions. Free to attend. Held in the Cross Street Building, Cross St., Spruce Pine WNC OPEN STUDIOS wncopenstudios.org • Through SU (10/16) - Open studio event for 40 local craftsmen and artists in Buncombe, Polk & Transylvania Counties.

Visit website for full schedule and locations. Free to attend.

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auditions for The Young Man From Atlanta. Contact for full guidelines.

CALDWELL ARTS COUNCIL 601 College Ave., SW Lenoir, 754-2486 • Through TU (11/1) - Submissions accepted for artists & crafters to participate in the annual Satie's Holiday Sale, December 2-24. Bring samples to the Arts Council on Tuesday, Oct. 4 or Tuesday, Nov. 1.

THE BIG CRAFTY thebigcrafty.com/, crafty@thebigcrafty.com • Through SU (10/9) - Applications accepted for artist to vend at The Big Crafty.

Contact for full guidelines.

THE CENTER FOR CRAFT, CREATIVITY & DESIGN 67 Broadway, 785-1357, craftcreativitydesign.org • Through WE (11/16) - Applications accepted for the Materials-Based Research Grant. See website for full guidelines.

MUSIC AFRICAN DRUM LESSONS AT SKINNY BEATS DRUM SHOP (PD.) • Sundays 2pm, Wednesdays 6pm. Billy Zanski teaches a fun approach to connecting with your inner rhythm. Drop-ins welcome. Drums provided. $15/class. (828) 768-2826. www.skinnybeatsdrums.com THIS FRIDAY • RIVERMUSIC (PD.) • This Friday, October 7, the final in RiverLink’s RiverMusic series offers an outstanding slate of eclectic bands starting with locals The Get Right Band at 5:30, followed by The Broadcast at 6:45. Headliner Blitzen Trapper, whose influences range from Americana to psychedelia to hip-hop, takes the stage at 8. www.riverlink.org ASHEVILLE LYRIC OPERA ashevillelyric.org/ • SU (10/9) - "Singing in the Park," outdoor concert. Free. Held at Pack Square Park, 121 College St. BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/governing/ depts/library • TH (10/6), 4pm - Interpreting Classical Music: Classic animated shorts with Chip Kaufmann. Free. Held at Skyland/South Buncombe Library, 260 Overlook Road

• In Swannanoa Business Center, 2263 US 70 Highway, Swannanoa. $125/month. For more information: (828) 669-1030. swannanoabusinesscenter.com

BURNSVILLE TOWN CENTER 6 Main St., Burnsville, townofburnsville.org/crafts-fair • SA (10/8), 7:30pm - NewTown, bluegrass. $12/Free for children under 11.

ASHEVILLE COMMUNITY THEATRE 35 E. Walnut St., 254-1320, ashevilletheatre.org • MO (10/10) & TU (10/11), 6-9pm. Open auditions for Snowbound. Contact for full guidelines.

• TU (10/11), 10:30am-2:30pm - Open

DIANA WORTHAM THEATRE 2 S. Pack Square, 257-4530, dwtheatre.com • FR (10/7), 8pm - Darlingside, Americana. $32/$27 student/$20 children.

• SA (10/8), 8pm - Nnenna Freelon, jazz. $40/$35 student/$20.

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FLAT ROCK PLAYHOUSE DOWNTOWN 125 S. Main St., Hendersonville, 693-0731, flatrockplayhouse.org • THURSDAYS through SUNDAYS until (10/8) - Music on the Rock: The Music of Fleetwood Mac tribute concert. Thurs.: 7:30pm. Fri. & Sat.: 8pm. Sat. & Sun.: 2pm. $28 and up.

HENDERSONVILLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 697-5884, hendersonvillesymphony.org • SA (10/8), 7:30pm - “Iberian Inspiration,” concert. $40. Held at Blue Ridge Community College, 180 West Campus Drive, Flat Rock J.E. BROYHILL CIVIC CENTER 1913 Hickory Blvd., SE Lenior, broyhillcenter.com • TH (10/6), 7pm Tenth Avenue North and Hawk Nelson, Christian music. $26.

LEXINGTON GLASSWORKS 81 South Lexington Ave., 348-8427 • 1st FRIDAYS, 5-8pm - "Glassworks Concert Series," with glassblowing, beer and bluegrass. Free to attend.

MUSIC AT MARS HILL 866-642-4968, mhc.edu • SA (10/8), 10:30am - Homecoming choral concert. Free. Held in Broyhill Chapel MUSIC AT UNCA 251-6432, unca.edu • THURSDAYS (10/6) through (10/27), noon - "Live at Lunch Concerts." Free.

PUBSING 254-1114 • 2nd SUNDAYS, 6-8pm - Gospel jam and sing-along. Optional snack time at 5:30pm.

Free to attend. Held at French Broad Brewery, 101 Fairview Road SONG O' SKY CHORUS songosky.org • SA (10/8), 3pm - "the Wizardz of ChOrdZ," chorus. $15/Free for students.

Held at AC Reynolds High School, 1 Rocket Drive UR LIGHT CENTER 2196 N.C. Highway 9, Black Mountain, 669-6845, urlight.org • SU (9/25), 3-5pm - Fall Equinox concert and meditation with Richard Shulman. $20/$15 advance.

THEATER "WRITE YOUR LIFE" WORKSHOP (PD.) • By Ann Randolph. Lauded San Francisco one-woman-show star teaching exclusive 2-day workshop “Write your Life” before rare Asheville performance of hit “Inappropriate in All the Right Ways” at NYS3 October 15,16. Info@NYS3.com ALTAMONT THEATRE 18 Church St., 274-8070 • SA (10/8), 8pm & SU (10/9), 2pm - War Virgin, musical comedy. Donations col-

lected for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. $25/$20 advance.

ASHEVILLE COMMUNITY THEATRE 35 E. Walnut St., 254-1320, ashevilletheatre.org • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS (10/7) until (10/30) - Sweeney Todd. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 2:30pm. $15-$25.

• TH (10/13), 7:30pm - Loveland, written and performed by Ann Randolph. $25.

ASHEVILLE VAUDEVILLE facebook.com/AshevilleVaudeville/ • SA (10/8), 7:30 & 10pm - Asheville Vaudeville performances including burlesque, puppetry, comedy and dance. $15 for 7:30pm show/$12 for 10pm show.

Held at Toy Boat Community Art Space, 101 Fairview Road, Suite B CITY OF MORGANTON MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM 401 South College St. Morganton, 433-SHOW, commaonline.org • TH (10/6), 7:30pm - Fame, musical. $36-$45.

FLAT ROCK PLAYHOUSE 2661 Highway 225, Flat Rock, 693-0731, flatrockplayhouse.org • THURSDAYS through SUNDAYS (10/13) until (10/30) - Beehive: The Musical. Thurs., Sat., Sun.: 2pm. Thurs.: 7:30pm. Fri. & Sat.: 8pm. $15 and up.

NC STAGE COMPANY 15 Stage Lane, 239-0263 • WEDNESDAYS through SATURDAYS until (10/9), 7:30pm - Grounded. $16-$40.

PARKWAY PLAYHOUSE 202 Green Mountain Drive Burnsville, 682-4285, parkwayplayhouse.com • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until (10/8) - The Great Gatsby. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm.

Sun.: 3pm. $20/$18 for seniors, students & military/$10 for children.

THE MAGNETIC THEATRE 375 Depot St., 279-4155 • THURSDAYS through SATURDAYS until (10/29), 7:30pm - When Jekyll Met Hyde. $24/$21 advance.

THEATER AT MARS HILL 689-1239, mhu.edu • THURSDAY through SUNDAY (10/6) until (10/9) - On The Verge, play by Eric Overmyer. Thurs.-Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 2:30pm. $15/$13 students & seniors.

THEATER AT UNCA 251-6610, drama.unca.edu • FR (10/7), 2pm - "Is Shakespeare Relevant?" Presentation by the Montford Park Players. Free. Held at the Reuter Center THEATER AT WCU 227-2479, bardoartscenter.wcu.edu • WE (10/5) through SA (10/8), 7:30pm - Intimate Apparel. $16/$11 faculty and seniors/$10 students. Held in the Bardo Center.

GALLERY DIRECTORY #AVLGLITCH glitchavl@gmail.com • Through SU (10/30) #AVLGLITCH, exhibition of glitch related art from over 46 international artists held in three venues (Orange Space, The Asheville Darkroom & The BLOCK off Biltmore). First Friday Reception: Friday, Oct. 7, 6pm at The Asheville Darkroom, AAAC Refinery, 207 Coxe Ave. Closing Reception: Friday, Oct. 28, 6pm at The BLOCK off Biltmore, 39 Market St. AMERICAN FOLK ART AND FRAMING 64 Biltmore Ave., 281-2134, amerifolk.com • TH (10/6) through WE (10/26) - Straight Out of Alabama, exhibition of the art of James A. “Buddy” Snipe.

ART AT MARS HILL UNIVERSITY 689-1307, mhu.edu • Through FR (10/21) - A Walk in Big Ivy, exhibition of photographs

by Steven McBride. Held in Weizenblatt Gallery • Through FR (10/21) - Cecil Sharp Centennial, exhibition. Held in Weizenblatt Gallery ART AT UNCA art.unca.edu • Through TH (10/6) - Black Lives in Germany, exhibition of selfportraits and biographies. Held in Ramsey Library • Through FR (10/14) - On the Other Hand..., exhibition of collaborative and individual prints by members of the Asheville Printmakers Group.

• Through WE (10/26) - Faculty art show with works in varied media.

Held in the S. Tucker Cooke Gallery in Owen Hall.

• Through (10/13) - Hispanic Heritage Month Exhibition, with works by Monica Weber and Cornelio Campos. Held in the Highsmith Union Intercultural Gallery ART AT WARREN WILSON COLLEGE warren-wilson.edu • Through (10/5) - A Place in Space, group exhibition. Held in Holden Art Gallery.

ART AT WCU 227-3591, fineartmuseum.wcu.edu • Through MO (11/7) - “The Language of Weaving: Contemporary Maya Textiles,” exhibition. Held in the Bardo Center • TH (10/6) through MO (12/12) Contemporary Clay: A Survey of Contemporary American Ceramics, exhibition. Held in the Bardo Center ART IN THE AIRPORT 61 Terminal Drive, Fletcher • Through FR (1/6) Revealed, group exhibition of regional artists.

ARTWORKS 27 S. Broad St., Brevard, 5531063, artworksbrevardnc.com • Through SU (10/30) - Balance, Rhythm and Flow, exhibition of collage by McKenzie Keenan.

Reception: Friday, Oct. 28 5-8pm.

ASHEVILLE ART MUSEUM 2 N. Pack Square, 253-3227 • Through SU (10/30) - Creating Change: Political Art from the

Permanent Collection, exhibition.

Reception: Friday, Oct. 7, 5-8pm.

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ASHEVILLE BOOKWORKS 428 1/2 Haywood Road, 2558444, ashevillebookworks.com • Through MO (10/31) - Camaraderie, book art and printmaking exhibition.

238 Clingman Ave., 285-9700, facebook.com/odysseycoopgallery • SA (10/1) through MO (10/31) - Exhibition of ceramic art

by Anne Jerman, Trish Salmon and Ed Rivera.

ASHEVILLE GALLERY OF ART 82 Patton Ave., 251-5796, ashevillegallery-of-art.com • Through MO (10/31) “Meditazioni,” exhibition of acrylic abstract paintings by Ruth Ilg. Reception: Friday, Oct. 8, 5-8pm.

BLACK MOUNTAIN CENTER FOR THE ARTS 225 W. State St., Black Mountain, 669-0930, blackmountainarts.org • Through FR (10/7) - For the Birds, exhibition of over 75 birdrelated works.

BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE MUSEUM & ARTS CENTER 56 Broadway, 350-8484, blackmountaincollege.org • Through SA (12/31) - Painters of Black Mountain College, comprehensive exhibition featuring 50 paintings from 38 Black Mountain College artists.

CALDWELL ARTS COUNCIL 601 College Ave., SW Lenoir, 754-2486 • FR (10/7) through SA (11/19) - 2 SQUARED, exhibition of artwork

by Jon Sours, Mercedes Jelinek, Tamie Beldue and Rob Amberg.

Reception: Friday, Oct. 7, 5-7pm.

FLOOD GALLERY 2160 Highway 70, Swannanoa, 254-2166, floodgallery.org • Through SU (10/30) - RED, exhibition of paintings by Connie Bostic.

FLOW GALLERY 14 South Main St., Marshall, avl.mx/aw • FR (10/7) through SA (10/29) Heavy Metal, exhibition of forged metalwork and metal jewelry.

Reception: Friday, Oct. 7, 6-8pm.

HAYWOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE Regional High Technology Center 112 Industrial Park Drive, Waynesville, 258-8737 • Through SA (11/19) - Forest, Farm + Garden, 1966-2016, exhibition. Reception: Tuesday, Oct. 18, 5-7pm.

HEY DAY FALL FAMILY FESTIVAL wncnaturecenter.com • FR (10/7) through MO (10/31) - Painting and fiber exhibition by M. HoneyBee Mckee. Reception: Friday, Oct. 7, 7-8pm. Held at The Mothlight, 701 Haywood Road MADISON COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL 90 S. Main St., Marshall, 649-1301, madisoncountyarts.com • Through (10/7) - Patchwork, group exhibition.

MORA CONTEMPORARY JEWELRY 9 Walnut St., 575-2294, moracollection.com • Through MO (10/31) - Lisa Colby jewelry exhibition. Reception: Saturday, Oct. 15, 2-5pm & 5-8pm.

PENLAND SCHOOL OF CRAFTS 67 Doras Trail Bakersville, 765-2359, penland.org • Through SU (11/20) - Cerca y Lejos, exhibition of two- and three-dimensional images by Cristina Córdova.

• FR (9/23) through SU (10/23) Wood, exhibition of woodwork

by Christina Boy. PINK DOG CREATIVE 342 Depot St., pinkdog-creative.com • Through (10/29) - In Search of The One, exhibition of the paintings of Randy Siegel.

THE ASHEVILLE SCHOOL 360 Asheville School Road, 254-6345, ashevilleschool.org • Through WE (10/19) Capturing the Essence of Peace Through the Elements of Nature, exhibition of paintings by Cheyenne Trunnell. Held in the John M. Crawford Gallery.

TOE RIVER ARTS COUNCIL 765-0520, toeriverarts.org • Through SA (11/12) Since Last We Met, exhibition of art objects by Joe Gottlieb.

Reception: Friday, Oct. 14, 5-7pm. Held at Burnsville TRAC Gallery, 102 W. Main St., Burnsville • Through SA (11/5) - The Toe River Juried Art Show, exhibition featuring over 80 pieces in many mediums. Reception: Friday, Oct. 7, 5-7pm. Held at Spruce Pine TRAC Gallery, 269 Oak Ave., Spruce Pine TRANSYLVANIA COMMUNITY ARTS COUNCIL 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard, 884-2787, tcarts.org • Through FR (10/21) Printmaking exhibition featuring Southeastern printmakers.

Reception: Friday, Sept. 23, 5-8pm.

WCQS 73 Broadway, 10-4800, wcqs.org • FR (10/7) through WE (11/30) The Way We Were, photos from Asheville’s African-American Community in the 1950s-70s on loan from UNC Asheville.

Reception: Friday, Oct. 7, 5pm.

Contact the galleries for admission hours and fees

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CLUBLAND GRIND CAFE Trivia night, 7:00PM

Jamison Adams (singer-songwriter), 7:00PM

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

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

ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL An evening w/ Jeff Black & Ethan Crump, 7:00PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Old-time session, 5:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Ben Hovey (dub, jazz), 6:30PM MOUNTAIN MOJO COFFEEHOUSE Open mic, 6:30PM NEW MOUNTAIN THEATER/ AMPHITHEATER Rittz & Jarren Benton (hip hop, rap), 9:00PM NOBLE KAVA Open mic w/ Caleb Beissert, 9:00PM O.HENRY'S/THE UNDERGROUND "Take the Cake" Karaoke, 10:00PM

THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT: Northampton, Massachusetts’ avant-rock trio And The Kids have quickly mastered the art of blending pop sentiments with existential undertones, producing music that’s at once sassy, energetic, innocent and rueful.

Their debut album Friends Share Lovers has garnered critical acclaim, leading to features on NPR and causing Pitchfork magazine to call the group one of “Western Mass. indie scene’s brightest creative lights.” And The Kids brings their bittersweet symphony to The Mothlight Thursday, Oct. 6 for a 9:30 p.m. set. Photo courtesy of Signature Sounds WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5 185 KING STREET Vinyl Night, 6:00PM 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Dave Dribbon (Americana), 5:00PM Les Amis (African folk), 8:00PM BARLEY'S TAPROOM Dr. Brown's Team Trivia, 8:30PM BEN'S TUNE-UP Honky Tonk Wednesdays, 7:00PM

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

DOUBLE CROWN Sonic Satan Stew w/DJ Alien Brain, 10:00PM

BURGER BAR Karaoke, 6:00PM

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

CLADDAGH RESTAURANT & PUB Irish Music Wednesdays, 8:00PM CREEKSIDE TAPHOUSE Open mic w/ Roots & friends, 7:00PM CROW & QUILL The Tumbling Wheels w/ Duke Aeroplane (honky-tonk, ragtime), 9:00PM

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GOOD STUFF Jim Hampton & friends perform "Eclectic Country" (jam), 7:00PM GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Twobadours on the Run w/ David Ryan Harris & Gabe Dixon (pop, rock, singer-songwriter), 8:00PM

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OFF THE WAGON Piano show, 9:00PM OLIVE OR TWIST Swing dance lesson w/ Bobby Wood, 7:30PM 3 Cool Cats (vintage rock), 8:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Brown Bag Songwriting competition, 5:00PM Geeks Who Drink Trivia, 7:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING Alexa Rose (singer-songwriter), 8:00PM ORANGE PEEL The Growlers (surf, psychedelic, rock), 9:00PM PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Moon Fish 2 (rock, blues), 6:00PM ROOM IX Fuego: Latin night, 9:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Adoptable Pet Night w/ Asheville Humane Society, 6:00PM

CITY OF MORGANTON MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM "FAME" - The Musical , 7:30PM CLUB ELEVEN ON GROVE Swing Jam, 8:30PM

THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Kick Julie's Cancer to the Curb! benefit w/ Vickie Burick & Sam Brinkley (indie, folk, rock), 6:30PM Christine Gavin & Company (dance performance), 7:30PM Surprise DJ, 7:45PM

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

THE JOINT NEXT DOOR Bluegrass jam, 8:00PM

DOUBLE CROWN Lady DJ Night, 10:00PM

THE MOCKING CROW Open Mic, 8:00PM

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

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

FRENCH BROAD BREWERY Dave Dribbon (Americana), 6:00PM

THE SOCIAL LOUNGE Phantom Pantone (DJ), 10:00PM TIMO'S HOUSE TOUCH Samadhi Psychedelic Wednesdays (electronic), 9:00PM TOWN PUMP Open mic w/ Billy Presnell, 9:00PM TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Blues & Soul Jam (blues, soul), 9:00PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN The Core (jazz), 7:30PM

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6 185 KING STREET Mia Rose Lynne (folk, Americana), 8:00PM 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Jason Moore & Trust Trio (jazz, funk), 8:00PM BARLEY'S TAPROOM Dr. Brown's Team Trivia, 8:30PM Alien Music Club (Charlie Parker tribute), 9:00PM BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Bluegrass Jam w/ The Big Deal Band, 8:00PM BLUE RIDGE TAPROOM Official Moe. Afterparty w/ Mike Dillon Band, 11:00PM BURGER BAR Hot Rod (surf rock), 6:00PM

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

GOOD STUFF Caveman Dave (Americana, folk, children's music), 7:00PM GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Sister Sparrow & the Dirty Birds (rock, soul, blues), 9:00PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Pink Pint Night (breast cancer benefit), 4:00PM ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL An evening w/ Amanda Anne Platt & Rebecca Pronsky, 7:00PM Laid Back Thursdays w/ Aaron Austin Trio (soul, jazz, R&B), 7:00PM Blue Water Highway (Americana), 8:30PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Bluegrass jam, 7:00PM K LOUNGE #WineitUp Thursday w/ Dj AUDIO, 9:30PM LAZY DIAMOND Rock 'n' Roll w/Swamp Morbach & Marco Butcher & The All-Arounders, 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Hank Bones ("The man of 1,000 songs"), 6:30PM NEW MOUNTAIN THEATER/ AMPHITHEATER Moe. (prog rock), 6:00PM ODDITORIUM Filth w/ Lordis (metal), 9:00PM OFF THE WAGON Dueling pianos, 9:00PM

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

THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Thursday Open Mic Night (sign-up @ 7 p.m.), 7:30PM

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

ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Chesapeake Sons (Southern rock, country), 10:00PM

THE MOTHLIGHT And The Kids and Palm w/ Luxury Club (indie), 9:30PM

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

THOMAS WOLFE AUDITORIUM Peppa Pig live! (children's show), 5:00PM

BURGER BAR Bike night, 6:00PM Stevie Lee Combs (singer-songwriter, juke, blues), 9:00PM

ONE WORLD BREWING Sarah Tucker (singer-songwriter), 8:00PM ORANGE PEEL August Burns Red w/ Erra, Silent Planet & Make Them Suffer (Christian, metalcore), 7:00PM PULP Slice of Life Comedy Open Mic, 9:00PM PACK'S TAVERN Bean Tree Remedy (eclectic acoustic), 8:00PM PATTON PUBLIC HOUSE Caribbean Cowboys (rock), 6:00PM PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Leaf Amber release w/ Gaslight Street, 5:00PM PURPLE ONION CAFE Bob Sinclair & The Big Deals (Gypsy jazz), 7:30PM

TIMO'S HOUSE The Slimvasion w/ Invader Slim, 7:00PM

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

CORK & KEG The Gypsy Swingers (Gypsy jazz), 8:30PM

Coffeehouse & cafe

TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Jesse Barry & The Jam (live music, dance), 9:00PM

CREEKSIDE TAPHOUSE Evan Wade, 8:00PM

TWISTED LAUREL Karaoke, 8:00PM UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Brie Capone w/ Alexa Rose & Andy Farrell (folk, soul), 7:00PM

QUOTATIONS COFFEE CAFE Leah Shaw (soul, folk, pop), 7:30PM ROOM IX Throwback Thursdays (all vinyl set), 9:00PM

WXYZ LOUNGE AT ALOFT HOTEL Riyen Roots (blues), 8:00PM

SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Emily Bodley (singer-songwriter), 7:00PM SCANDALS NIGHTCLUB DJ dance party & drag show, 10:00PM SMOKY PARK SUPPER CLUB Pierce Edens (Americana, rock), 6:00PM SPRING CREEK TAVERN Open Mic, 6:00PM STONE ROAD RESTAURANT & BAR Open Mic w/ Tony the Pony, 8:00PM

Mon-fri 2pm- 2am Sat-Sun 12pm-2am

CATAWBA BREWING SOUTH SLOPE Luke Sweeney (psychedelic, pop), 7:00PM

TOWN PUMP Paco Shipp (blues), 9:00PM

WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Levi Lowery (singer-songwriter), 7:30PM

SALVAGE STATION Greenliners, 4:00PM Disc Golf Weekly Competition, 5:30PM Pleasure Chest, 6:30PM

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7 185 KING STREET The Sammy & Rut Show, 8:30PM 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Juan Benavides Trio (Flamenco), 9:00PM 550 TAVERN & GRILLE Smoke & Mirrors, 9:00PM ALTAMONT THEATRE Reasonably Priced Babies (improv comedy), 8:00PM

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CROW & QUILL Red Hot Sugar Babies (hot jazz), 9:00PM

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mon-sun 11am-7pm

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

Weekly schedule

FRENCH BROAD BREWERY Luke Mitchem & Vilai Harrington (folk, bluegrass), 6:00PM GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Carl Broemel w/ Daniel Martin Moore (psychedelic, rock, indie), 9:00PM

ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL We Love You John Bear benefit w/ Phuncle Sam, Blad Mountain Boys, The Jarvis Jenkins Band & friends, 8:30PM ATHENA'S CLUB Dave Blair (folk, funk, acoustic), 7:00PM

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB The All-Arounders (delta blues, soul, swamp rock), 9:00PM

Deli LlaMMMa: 4:30-9:00

THU 10/6

Tia B’s Mexican Street Food 11:30-4 TeauFood Culinary Busking 4:30-9:00

10/5 Featured Truck!

HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Imagine Lennon: A Benefit for Aurora Studio & Gallery w/ Alarm Clock Conspiracy, The Dirty Badgers, Chalwa, Andrew Scotchie, Dorsey Parker, R. Scott Murray, Forrest Smith, Bill Kopp, John McKinney & Laura Blackley, 6:00PM ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL Letters To Abigail CD release w/ Tom Rhodes (Americana), 7:00PM The Heavy Pets w/ Jahman Brahman, 9:00PM

WED

Movie Night! 7-9pm FRI 10/7

Food Stop: 4:30-9:00

SAT 10/8

Food Stop: 4:30-9:00

SUN 10/9

Vitamina T 11:30-9:00

TUE 10/12

Tia B’s Mexican Street Food www.ashevillefoodpark.com AshevilleFoodpark 219 Amboy Rd., Across from Carrier Park

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Sat •Oct 8

Front Country @ 7-9pm Sun•Oct 9

Reggae Sunday hosted

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Thunderstruck Release Party @ 4-9pm

LOBSTER TRAP Calico Moon (Americana), 6:30PM

COMING SOON WED 10/5 5-9 PM – ALL YOU CAN EAT SNOW CRAB LEGS : $35 MUSIC BY WEST END TRIO ON THE PATIO

7:00PM – AN EVENING WITH

JEFF BLACK AND ETHAN CRUMP THU 10/6

7:00PM – LAID BACK THURSDAYS WITH

AARON AUSTIN TRIO 7:00PM – AMANDA ANNE PLATT AND REBECCA PRONSKY 8:30PM – BLUE WATER HIGHWAY FRI 10/7

7:00PM – LETTERS TO ABIGAIL CD RELEASE, TOM RHODES OPENS

9:00PM – THE HEAVY PETS WITH

JAHMAN BRAHMAN

SAT 10/8 7:00PM – NO FUSS AND FEATHERS SUN 10/9 5:30PM – THE PAGE BROTHERS

FEATURING AL SCHLIMM

MARS HILL RADIO THEATRE Open Mic, 7:00PM NEW MOUNTAIN THEATER/ AMPHITHEATER Elephant Revival w/ Ben Sollee (Americana), 5:00PM NOBLE CIDER Brian Turner (solo piano covers), 6:30PM O.HENRY'S/THE UNDERGROUND Drag Show, 12:30AM ODDITORIUM Trash Milk w/ Mr. Mange & SHEEP (rock), 9:00PM OFF THE WAGON Dueling pianos, 9:00PM OLIVE OR TWIST Rhoda Weaver & The Soulmates (vintage rock, soul, blues), 8:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Free Dead Fridays w/ members of Phuncle Sam (jam), 5:00PM Tweed w/ Third Nature (jam, rock), 10:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING Midnight Snack (Jack & Zack) w/ Brandon Audette (DJ), 8:00PM

TUE 10/11 7:00PM – TUESDAY BLUEGRASS SESSIONS

ORANGE PEEL The Dirty Doors (The Doors tribute), 8:00PM

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WED 10/12 5-9 PM – ALL YOUWED CAN EAT10/12 SNOW CRAB LEGS : $35 MUSIC BY WEST END TRIO ON THE PATIO

7:00PM – AN EVENING WITH MARI BLACK 8:30PM – HOOT HIGHWAY WITH

THE MIKE + RUTHY BAND AND AMYTHYST KIAH THU 10/13

7:00PM – DRAYTON & THE DREAMBOATS 8:30PM – COREY HARRIS &

THE RASTA BLUES EXPERIENCE FRI 10/14 7:00PM – AMICIMUSIC PRESENTS:

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JERUSALEM GARDEN Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Rotating Rock 'n' Oldies DJs, 10:00PM

Pink Pint Night @ 4-8pm Imagine Lennon @ 6 -10pm

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PACK'S TAVERN DJ OCelate (dance hits, pop), 9:30PM PATTON PUBLIC HOUSE Three Cool Cats (vintage rock 'n' roll, swing), 6:00PM PISGAH BREWING COMPANY David Childers (singer-songwriter), 8:00PM QUOTATIONS COFFEE CAFE Open Jam Session, 8:00PM SALVAGE STATION James Brown Dance Party, 9:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Ross Osteen & The Crossroads (rock), 8:00PM

THE MOTHLIGHT Hearts Gone South w/ Jackomo, Pat Reedy & The Longtime Goners (honky-tonk, country), 9:30PM THE SOCIAL Steve Moseley (acoustic), 6:00PM THE SUMMIT @ NEW MOUNTAIN SOL Vibes, 9:00PM

CATAWBA BREWING SOUTH SLOPE Cyndi Lou & the Want To (classic country), 6:00PM CLUB ELEVEN ON GROVE Dance Party & Drag Show, 11:00PM

THOMAS WOLFE AUDITORIUM 5Point Adventure Film Festival, 7:00PM

CORK & KEG Zydeco Ya Ya (two-steps, waltzes), 8:30PM

TIGER MOUNTAIN Dark dance rituals w/ DJ Cliffypoo, 10:00PM

CREEKSIDE TAPHOUSE Riyen Roots (blues), 8:00PM

TIMO'S HOUSE MP Pride, 7:00PM

CROW & QUILL Tom Waits for No Man (Tom Waits tribute), 9:00PM

TOWN PUMP Will Overman Band (Americana, folk), 9:00PM

DIANA WORTHAM THEATRE Nnenna Freelon, 8:00PM

TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Patrick Lopez (dance, live music), 7:00PM The Free Flow Band (funk, soul), 10:00PM

DOUBLE CROWN Greg Cartwright w/ Margaret Airplane Man (blues, rock), 9:00PM

TWISTED LAUREL Top 40s Girls Night, 11:00PM UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Go For Broke (Americana), 6:00PM Bayou Diesel (Cajun), 9:30PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN The Asheville Jazz Orchestra, 8:00PM WILD WING CAFE Mike Snodgrass Duo (acoustic), 9:00PM WXYZ LOUNGE AT ALOFT HOTEL Ben Hovey (live souljazztronica), 8:00PM ZAMBRA Zambra Jazz Trio, 8:00PM UNWINE'D AT MELLIE MAC'S Tina & Her Pony (indie, folk), 7:00PM

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8 185 KING STREET The Get Right Band (rock, reggae, funk), 8:00PM 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Maureen Renihan & Dan Keller (jazz), 6:00PM Lazybirds (Americana roots), 9:00PM 550 TAVERN & GRILLE Tony Mozz (experimental groove), 9:00PM

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

ALTAMONT THEATRE "War Virgin" (musical comedy), 8:00PM

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

ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL 5Point Adventure Film Festival official afterparty w/ DJ Avx, 10:00PM

THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE First Friday Artwork & jazzy happy hours w/ Kelly Fontes, 5:00PM LOOK Friday w/ DJ Audio, 10:00PM

ATHENA'S CLUB Michael Kelley Hunter (blues), 6:30PM

THE MILLROOM Funny Business w/ Andy Hendrickson & Mia Jackson (comedy), 8:00PM

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

BHRAMARI BREWHOUSE Bend & Brew (yoga class), 11:00AM BOILER ROOM The Stir, Mellowfield & Kingdom and Classes (rock, jazz, blues), 9:00PM

ELAINE'S DUELING PIANO BAR Dueling Pianos, 9:00PM FRENCH BROAD BREWERY Gravel Kings (folk, rock), 6:00PM GOOD STUFF Ryan Allen & Dwight Nix's Wedding, 7:00PM GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Taco Throwdown and Tequila Tasting (Benefit for RiverLink), 12:00PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Front Country (bluegrass, Americana), 7:00PM ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL An Evening w/ No Fuss and Feathers , 7:00PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Restless Leg String Band, 9:00PM JERUSALEM GARDEN Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Sonic Satan Stew w/ DJ Alien Brain, 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Sean Mason Trio, 6:30PM MARKET PLACE DJs (funk, R&B), 7:00PM NEW MOUNTAIN THEATER/ AMPHITHEATER Everyman Jones & the Stick People, 8:00PM O.HENRY'S/THE UNDERGROUND Drag Show, 12:30AM ODDITORIUM Hip hop/rock night (variety), 9:00PM OFF THE WAGON Dueling pianos, 9:00PM OLIVE OR TWIST 42nd Street Band (big band jazz), 8:00PM Dance party (hip-hop, rap), 11:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Intello Rhythm Eclectic (rock, reggae), 10:00PM

ORANGE PEEL River Whyless w/ Shannon Whitworth (Baroque folk), 9:00PM PACK SQUARE PARK Asheville Downtown Association Oktoberfest, 1:00PM PACK'S TAVERN A Social Function (classic hits, rock), 9:30PM PATTON PUBLIC HOUSE Fish Fry w/ Mark Keller (acoustic classic rock), 6:00PM PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Season Closer Celebration w/ Pimps of Joytime, Travers Brothership & Marcel Anton, 5:00PM PURPLE ONION CAFE Dogwhistle, 8:00PM QUOTATIONS COFFEE CAFE Garret Owen (Southern rock), 8:00PM ROOM IX Open dance night, 9:00PM SALVAGE STATION Ras Alan (reggaebilly, singer-songwriter), 9:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Yoga w/ Cats!, 10:30AM The Jangling Sparrow (zydeco, Americana), 8:00PM

THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Shamanic Electronic w/ Christopher DeWilde (ambient, house, reggae), 9:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT The Asheville Darkroom Benefit, 8:00PM THE OMNI GROVE PARK INN The Russ Wilson Jazz Trio, 8:00PM THE SUMMIT @ NEW MOUNTAIN Old-School dance party (age 30+), 6:00PM THOMAS WOLFE AUDITORIUM 5Point Adventure Film Festival Youth Program, 10:00AM 5Point Adventure Film Festival, 7:00PM TIMO'S HOUSE Neon Underground w/ Your Allure, DirtyLooks & Mokey, 9:00PM TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES The King Zeros (blues), 7:30PM Ruby Mayfield & The Friendship Train (dance, live music), 10:00PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Sarah McQuaid (acoustic), 8:00PM WILD WING CAFE Karaoke, 9:00PM WXYZ LOUNGE AT ALOFT HOTEL Juan Benavides Trio (Latin, flamenco), 8:00PM

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

ZAMBRA Zambra Jazz Trio, 8:00PM

THE ADMIRAL Soul night w/ DJ Dr. Filth, 11:00PM

UNWINE'D AT MELLIE MAC'S Roberta Baum (jazz), 7:00PM

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9 5 WALNUT WINE BAR The Moon & You (cello folk, soul), 7:00PM ALTAMONT THEATRE "War Virgin" (musical comedy), 2:00PM BARLEY'S TAPROOM Bean Tree Remedy, 7:30PM BEN'S TUNE-UP Sunday Funday DJ set, 3:00PM Reggae night w/ Dub Kartel, 7:00PM BHRAMARI BREWHOUSE Sunday brunch w/ live music, 11:00AM BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Sunday Jazz Brunch w/ James Hammel & friends, 11:30AM BYWATER Cornmeal Waltz w/ Robert Greer (classic country, bluegrass), 6:00PM CROW & QUILL Beards of Valenccio (poetry, live music), 9:00PM DOUBLE CROWN Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 9:00PM GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Lucero w/ Cory Branan (alt. country, punk, rock), 8:00PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Reggae Sunday w/ Dennis "Chalwa" Berndt, 1:00PM ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL Sunday Classical Brunch, 11:00AM The Page Brothers w/ Al Schlimm, 5:30PM

The Asheville Jazz Orchestra (contemporary jazz), 7:30PM

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JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Irish session, 5:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Clear Plastic Masks w/ Russ Wilson & his Mighty Mighty Men (rock, jump blues, oldies) 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Hot Club of Asheville ("swing'n grass"), 6:30PM ODDITORIUM Odd Dance Night, 9:00PM OFF THE WAGON Piano show, 9:00PM OLIVE OR TWIST Zen Cats (blues), 7:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Bluegrass brunch w/ Woody Wood, 11:00AM Sundays w/ Bill & friends, 5:00PM PULP Old School Hip Hop Party w/ Preach Jacobs & members of Secret B-Sides, 9:00PM PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Sunday Travers jam, 6:00PM

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SALVAGE STATION Benefit for Chad Campbell, 1:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Community Meal, 1:00PM SCANDALS NIGHTCLUB DJ dance party & drag show, 10:00PM

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SAT. 10/8 A Social Function (classic hits, rock)

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95 PATTON at COXE • Downtown Asheville

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THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Presidential Debate Watch Party, 9:00PM

ONE WORLD BREWING Beats & Brews w/ DJ Whistleblower, 8:00PM

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

THE IMPERIAL LIFE DJ Phantone Pantone, 9:00PM

ORANGE PEEL Free movie Monday: Beetlejuice, 7:00PM

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

THE OMNI GROVE PARK INN Lou Mowad (classical guitar), 10:00AM Bob Zullo (pop, rock, blues), 7:00PM

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

GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Bill Melanson & James Fisher on the patio, 6:00PM

THE SOCIAL Get Vocal Karaoke, 9:30PM

SALVAGE STATION Water Is Life Fundraiser in Support of Standing Rock, 4:00PM

THE SOCIAL LOUNGE Sunday brunch on the rooftop w/ Katie Kasben & Dan Keller (jazz), 12:30PM

THE MOTHLIGHT Bulgogi w/ Ghost Dog & Manfeelings (dance, punk, emo), 9:30PM

ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL Tuesday bluegrass sessions w/ Unspoken Tradition, 7:30PM

THE SOUTHERN Yacht Rock Brunch w/ DJ Kipper, 12:00PM

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

TIMO'S HOUSE BYOV Open Decks w/ secret_nc, 7:00PM

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

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Cajun Two-steppin' Tuesday w/ The Cre'ole & In the Way (Cajun, zydeco, dance), 7:00PM

TOWN PUMP Jacqueline Terry (folk, gypsy, pop), 9:00PM WEDGE BREWING CO. Jane Kramer & Anya Hinkle (Appalachian folk, bluegrass, blues), 5:30PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN "After Coal" (film screening), 3:00PM Full Moon Farm Benefit, 7:30PM

MONDAY, OCTOBER 10 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Siamese Jazz Club (soul, R&B, jazz), 8:00PM BURGER BAR Honky Tonk night, 6:00PM BYWATER Open mic w/ Rick Cooper, 8:00PM COURTYARD GALLERY Open mic (music, poetry, comedy, etc.), 8:00PM CREEKSIDE TAPHOUSE Trivia, 7:00PM DOUBLE CROWN Country Karaoke, 10:00PM GOOD STUFF Songwriter's "open mic", 7:30PM GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Contra dance (lessons, 7:30pm), 8:00PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Quizzo, 7:00PM LEXINGTON AVE BREWERY (LAB) Kipper's "Totally Rad" Trivia night, 8:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Bobby Miller & friends (bluegrass), 6:30PM O.HENRY'S/THE UNDERGROUND Geeks Who Drink trivia, 7:00PM ODDITORIUM Odd Karaoke Night, 9:00PM OLE SHAKEY'S Jonathan Ammons & Take The Wheel (honky-tonk karaoke), 9:00PM

IRON HORSE STATION Open mic, 6:00PM

LAZY DIAMOND Heavy Metal Karaoke, 10:00PM

THOMAS WOLFE AUDITORIUM Sigur Ros (post-rock, ambient, experimental), 8:30PM

LOBSTER TRAP Jay Brown (folk, singer-songwriter), 6:30PM

TIGER MOUNTAIN Service industry night (rock 'n' roll), 9:00PM

MARKET PLACE QuickChester (indie, rock, blues), 7:00PM

TIMO'S HOUSE Mystery Flavor Mondays w/ 56kconnection, 7:00PM

ODDITORIUM Odd comedy night, 9:00PM

TOWN PUMP Savanna Chestnue (country), 9:00PM

OLIVE OR TWIST Tuesday Night Blues night w/ The Remedy (dance lessons @ 8pm), 8:00PM

UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Old-time jam w/ Mitch McConnell, 6:30PM URBAN ORCHARD Old-time music, 7:00PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Champian Fulton (jazz), 7:30PM

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11 5 WALNUT WINE BAR The John Henrys (hot jazz), 8:00PM 550 TAVERN & GRILLE Shag Night, 8:00PM ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Tuesday Night Funk Jam, 11:00PM BACK YARD BAR Open mic & jam w/ Robert Swain, 8:00PM BEN'S TUNE-UP Eleanor Underhill (country, soul), 7:00PM BLACK BEAR COFFEE CO. Round Robin acoustic open mic, 7:00PM BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Trivia, 7:30PM BUFFALO NICKEL Trivia, 7:00PM BURGER BAR Old Time Blues Jam, 6:00PM

ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Turntable Tuesdays (DJs & vinyl), 10:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING TRIVIA NIGHT! w/ Ol' Gilly, 7:00PM ORANGE PEEL What So Not w/ Rome Fortune, Jarreau Vandal & James Earl (electronic), 9:00PM SALVAGE STATION CrossFit Pisgah, 6:30PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Taco and Trivia Tuesday!, 7:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Jazz-n-Justice Tuesday (benefit), 7:30PM THE PHOENIX Open mic, 8:00PM THE SOCIAL LOUNGE Phantom Pantone (DJ), 10:00PM TIMO'S HOUSE Service Industry Night, 7:00PM TOWN PUMP Rue Snider, 9:00PM TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Early Funk & Jazz Jam (funk & jazz), 9:00PM

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

URBAN ORCHARD Billy Litz (Americana, singer-songwriter), 7:00PM

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

WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Irish sessions & open mic, 6:30PM

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12 185 KING STREET Vinyl Night, 6:00PM 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Ryan Oslance Duo (jazz), 5:00PM Les Amis (African folk music), 8:00PM BARLEY'S TAPROOM Dr. Brown's Team Trivia, 8:30PM BEN'S TUNE-UP Honky Tonk Wednesdays, 7:00PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Open Mic, 7:00PM

OFF THE WAGON Piano show, 9:00PM OLIVE OR TWIST Swing dance lesson w/ Bobby Wood, 7:30PM 3 Cool Cats (vintage rock), 8:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Brown Bag Songwriting competition, 5:00PM Geeks Who Drink Trivia, 7:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING Redleg Husky , 8:00PM ORANGE PEEL Oh Wonder w/ Kevin Garrett (indie, synthpop, alt. R&B), 8:30PM

BURGER BAR Karaoke, 6:00PM

PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Chris Milam (indie, Americana), 6:00PM

CLADDAGH RESTAURANT & PUB Irish Music Wednesdays, 8:00PM

ROOM IX Fuego: Latin night, 9:00PM

CREEKSIDE TAPHOUSE Open mic w/ Roots & friends, 8:00PM

SALVAGE STATION What It is w/ Kip Veno, 8:00PM

CROW & QUILL Pipe Dream (video game cover songs), 9:00PM DOUBLE CROWN Sonic Satan Stew w/DJ Alien Brain, 10:00PM FUNKATORIUM Staves & Strings (bluegrass), 6:30PM GOOD STUFF Jim Hampton & friends perform "Eclectic Country" (jam), 7:00PM GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Of Montreal w/ TEEN (indie, rock), 9:00PM GRIND CAFE Trivia night, 7:00PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Woody Wood Wednesdays (rock, soul, funk), 5:30PM ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL An evening w/ Mari Black , 7:00PM Hoot Highway w/ The Mike & Ruthy Band and Amythyst Kiah, 8:00PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Old-time session, 5:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Ben Hovey (dub, jazz), 6:30PM MOUNTAIN MOJO COFFEEHOUSE Open mic, 6:30PM NEW MOUNTAIN THEATER/ AMPHITHEATER The Widdler w/ Thelem, Futexture & Cut Rugs, 9:00PM NOBLE KAVA Open mic w/ Caleb Beissert, 9:00PM O.HENRY'S/THE UNDERGROUND "Take the Cake" Karaoke, 10:00PM ODDITORIUM Synergy Story Slam, 7:30PM Modern Strangers & John Brute (singer-songwriter), 9:00PM

SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Full Moon Farm Wolfdog Sanctuary Fundraiser, 5:00PM Tessia (singer-songwriter), 7:00PM SLY GROG LOUNGE Sound Station open mic (musicians of all backgrounds & skills), 7:30PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Swiss Army Dance w/ Laura Light, Paul Moore & Jeff Hersk (swing, blues, waltz), 7:30PM THE JOINT NEXT DOOR Bluegrass jam, 8:00PM THE MOCKING CROW Open Mic, 8:00PM THE PHOENIX Jazz night w/ Jason DeCristofaro, 8:00PM

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

DOUBLE CROWN Lady DJ Night, 10:00PM ELAINE'S DUELING PIANO BAR Dueling Pianos, 9:00PM FRENCH BROAD BREWERY The Paper Crowns (indie, folk), 6:00PM GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Delta Rae w/ Sean McConnell (blues, rock, country), 8:00PM ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL An evening w/ Drayton & the Dreamboats , 7:00PM An evening w/ Corey Harris & The Rasta Blues Experience, 8:30PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Bluegrass jam, 7:00PM K LOUNGE #WineitUp Thursday w/ Dj AUDIO, 9:30PM LAZY DIAMOND Country show w/ Sammy Guns & The Cadillac Grainers, 10:00PM

OFF THE WAGON Dueling pianos, 9:00PM OLIVE OR TWIST The Mike & Garry Show (acoustic, variety), 7:30PM

TIMO'S HOUSE Wu-Tang Wednesday w/ Nex Millen & DJ Jet, 7:00PM

ONE WORLD BREWING Copernicus, 8:00PM

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Pleasure Chest (blues, rock, soul), 8:00PM ALTAMONT THEATRE Cliff Cash w/ Grayson Morris (comedy), 9:00PM BARLEY'S TAPROOM Dr. Brown's Team Trivia, 8:30PM Alien Music Club (Herbie Hancock tribute), 9:00PM BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Bluegrass Jam w/ The Big Deal Band, 8:00PM BURGER BAR Hot Rod (surf rock), 6:00PM CLUB ELEVEN ON GROVE Moonshine Rhythm Club, 8:30PM

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ORANGE PEEL Yelawolf w/ Struggle Jennings, Bubba Sparxxx & Jelly Roll (hip hop), 9:00PM PULP Slice of Life Comedy Open Mic, 9:00PM PACK'S TAVERN Jason Whitaker (acoustic rock), 8:00PM

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and the kids & palm w/ museum mouth

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honky tonk country night!

hearts gone south

w/jackomo, pat reedy & the longtime goners, two-step dance instruction with deborah swanson

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the asheville darkroom benefit

mon �free monday!

bulgogi

w/ghost dog, manfeelings 10/13

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standing with standing rock:

w/aleuchatistas, manas, desperate pilot, house & land, manas, nervous dupre, meg mulhearn/ elisa faires

COME SIT OUTSIDE FOR LUNCH! 10/14

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hiss golden messenger

w/ the dead tongues

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ODDITORIUM Shadow Show w/ Kingdoms and Classes, Obsideoneye & Mudbottoms (rock), 9:00PM

ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Lagoons (reggae, funk), 10:00PM

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

10/07

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

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

TOWN PUMP Open mic w/ Billy Presnell, 9:00PM

10/6

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

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PISGAH BREWING COMPANY The Grand Old Conglomeration w/ Woody Wood & Bobby Miller (bluegrass, old-time), 8:00PM PURPLE ONION CAFE Chuck Brodsky (folk, singer-songwriter), 7:30PM ROOM IX Throwback Thursdays (all vinyl set), 9:00PM SALVAGE STATION Disc Golf Weekly Competition, 5:30PM Cam Stack Band, 9:00PM

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SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Laura Thurston (singer-songwriter), 7:00PM

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SCANDALS NIGHTCLUB DJ dance party & drag show, 10:00PM SMOKY PARK SUPPER CLUB Lyric (acoustic, soul), 6:00PM SPRING CREEK TAVERN Open Mic, 6:00PM STONE ROAD RESTAURANT & BAR Open Mic w/ Tony the Pony, 8:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT Standing with Standing Rock w/ Ahleuchatistas, Desperate Pilot, House and Land, MANAS, Nervous Dupre, Meg Mulhearn & Elisa Faires

(Dakota Access Pipeline protest benefit), 9:30PM THE SUMMIT @ NEW MOUNTAIN Summit Jam, 6:00PM TIMO'S HOUSE The Slimvasion w/ Invader Slim, 7:00PM

TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Jesse Barry & The Jam (live music, dance), 9:00PM TWISTED LAUREL Karaoke, 8:00PM UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Riyen Roots (blues), 7:00PM

TOWN PUMP Linda Mitchell (classic jazz, blues), 9:00PM

WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN AmiciMusic (classical cello and piano), 7:30PM

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

WXYZ LOUNGE AT ALOFT HOTEL Pam Jones (jazz), 8:00PM

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14 185 KING STREET Pam Taylor's Stolen Hearts (Southern soul), 8:00PM

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

5 WALNUT WINE BAR Laura Blackley & The Wildflowers (folk, blues), 9:00PM

LAZY DIAMOND Rotating Rock 'n' Oldies DJs, 10:00PM

550 TAVERN & GRILLE Flashback (Motown, R&B, dance), 9:00PM ALTAMONT THEATRE Erick Baker w/ The Tall Pines (acoustic, rock, singer-songwriter), 8:00PM ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Manic Focus w/ Marvel Years (electronic), 8:00PM ATHENA'S CLUB Dave Blair (folk, funk, acoustic), 7:00PM BEN'S TUNE-UP Woody Wood & the Asheville Family Band (acoustic, folk, rock), 7:00PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Acoustic Swing, 7:00PM BLUE RIDGE TAPROOM TsuShiMaMiRe & WE Are The Asteroid, 9:00PM BURGER BAR Russ T Nutz, 6:00PM

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JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Alarm Clock Conspiracy (indie rock, pop, alt-country), 9:00PM

CATAWBA BREWING SOUTH SLOPE Fin Dog (bluegrass, old-time), 7:00PM CORK & KEG One Leg Up (Gypsy jazz, Latin, swing), 8:30PM CREEKSIDE TAPHOUSE Andy Ferrell (Americana), 8:00PM CROW & QUILL Firecracker Jazz Band (New Orleans style jazz), 9:00PM DOUBLE CROWN DJ Greg Cartwright (garage & soul obscurities), 10:00PM ELAINE'S DUELING PIANO BAR Dueling Pianos, 9:00PM FRENCH BROAD BREWERY Tina & Her Pony (indie, bluegrass), 6:00PM GOOD STUFF Chinquapin Duo (Americana, old-time), 8:00PM GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Shooter Jennings w/ Waymore's Outlaws & Brody Hunt and the Handfuls (outlaw country, Southern rock, alternative) , 9:00PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Thunderstruck release party, 4:00PM ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL AmiciMusic presents "French Connection" w/ Daniel Weiser & Franklin Keel (classical), 7:00PM Friday Night Dance Party w/ Jim Arrendell , 9:00PM

LOBSTER TRAP HotPoint Trio (Gypsy jazz, swing), 6:30PM MARKET PLACE The Sean Mason Trio (groove, jazz, funk), 7:00PM MARS HILL RADIO THEATRE Open Mic, 7:00PM

Dead Tongues (folk, blues, alt. country), 9:30PM THE SOCIAL Steve Moseley (acoustic), 6:00PM THE SUMMIT @ NEW MOUNTAIN SOL Vibes, 9:00PM TIGER MOUNTAIN Dark dance rituals w/ DJ Cliffypoo, 10:00PM TIMO'S HOUSE Friday Night Dance Party w/ DJ Deacon, 7:00PM TOWN PUMP Chris Jamison's Ghost, 9:00PM

NOBLE CIDER Brian Turner (solo piano covers), 6:30PM

TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES The Bobby Thompson Project (blues), 10:00PM

O.HENRY'S/THE UNDERGROUND Drag Show, 12:30AM

TWISTED LAUREL Top 40s Girls Night, 11:00PM

ODDITORIUM Akris w/ Horseflesh & I Am Godot (metal), 9:00PM

UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY MilkWeed (Americana, folk), 9:30PM

OFF THE WAGON Dueling pianos, 9:00PM OLIVE OR TWIST Live dance, rock & blues, 8:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Free Dead Fridays w/ members of Phuncle Sam (jam), 5:00PM The Frazier Band w/The Carmonas (bluegrass, rock), 10:00PM ORANGE PEEL Rusted Root (acoustic, world, rock), 8:00PM PACK'S TAVERN DJ MoTo (dance hits, pop), 9:30PM PATTON PUBLIC HOUSE Fish Fry w/ Mark Keller (acoustic classic rock), 6:00PM PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Backup Planet (jam, rock, fusion), 9:00PM RENAISSANCE ASHEVILLE HOTEL 9th Annual Literacy Council Dinner w/ Cliff & Wiley Cash (comedy), 6:00PM SALVAGE STATION Sol Rhythms, 9:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Jukebox Cowboys (honky-tonk, country), 8:00PM SCANDALS NIGHTCLUB DJ dance party & drag show, 10:00PM STONE ROAD RESTAURANT & BAR Three Cool Cats (vintage rock 'n' roll, swing), 7:30PM THE ADMIRAL Hip-hop dance party w/ DJ Warf, 11:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Jazz-n-Justice Tuesday w/ Marilynn Seits Jazz Duo, 5:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT Hiss Golden Messenger w/ The

WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Cabaret Jazz, 8:00PM WILD WING CAFE Vintage (classic rock), 9:00PM WXYZ LOUNGE AT ALOFT HOTEL Capt. EZ (DJ), 8:00PM ZAMBRA Zambra Jazz Trio, 8:00PM UNWINE'D AT MELLIE MAC'S Cristal Rose & The Silver Foxes (rock), 7:00PM

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15 185 KING STREET Joe Taylor Group (guitar, jazz), 8:00PM 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Alarm Clock Conspiracy Duo (acoustic, indie), 6:00PM Mande Foly (electric African folk), 9:00PM ALTAMONT THEATRE An Evening w/ Lucy Woodward (soul, pop, funk), 8:00PM ATHENA'S CLUB Michael Kelley Hunter (blues), 6:30PM BHRAMARI BREWHOUSE Bend & Brew (yoga class), 11:00AM BLUE RIDGE TAPROOM Kenny Zimlinghaus (comedy), 6:00PM Tele Novella (dream pop), 8:00PM BOILER ROOM Dance Party & Drag Show, 10:00PM BURGER BAR Asheville FM 103.3 DJ Night, 6:00PM CATAWBA BREWING SOUTH SLOPE Sammy Guns (classic country), 7:00PM

CORK & KEG Old-time jam, 7:30PM CREEKSIDE TAPHOUSE Chris Willey (rock), 8:00PM DOUBLE CROWN Pitter Platter w/ DJ Big Smidge, 10:00PM ELAINE'S DUELING PIANO BAR Dueling Pianos, 9:00PM FRENCH BROAD BREWERY Mike The Prophet (folk, pop), 6:00PM GOOD STUFF My New Favorites (Americana, folk, singersongwriter), 8:00PM GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Anderson East w/ Los Colognes (Southern soul, R&B, Americana), 9:00PM

SIERRA NEVADA BREWING CO. Oktoberfest, 5:00PM

TIMO'S HOUSE Saturday Night Special w/ Franco Niño, 9:00PM

THE ADMIRAL Soul night w/ DJ Dr. Filth, 11:00PM

TOWN PUMP Michael Martin Band (folk, soul), 9:00PM

THE MOTHLIGHT Anklepants w/ Aligning Minds, 5ifth 7 Nightmare of Noise (electronic, experimental), 9:30PM

TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES The King Zeros (blues), 7:30PM The Jordan Okrend Experience (blues, dance), 10:00PM

THE SUMMIT @ NEW MOUNTAIN Old-School dance party (age 30+), 6:00PM

UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Chalwa (reggae), 9:30PM

WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Richard Shulman and John Serrie (piano), 8:00PM WILD WING CAFE Karaoke, 9:00PM WXYZ LOUNGE AT ALOFT HOTEL Siamese Jazz Club (modern soul, R&B), 8:00PM ZAMBRA Zambra Jazz Trio, 8:00PM UNWINE'D AT MELLIE MAC'S King Garbage (soul), 7:00PM

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HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Rock Academy Quarterly Showcase, 5:00PM Tim Reynolds & TR3 (rock, jazz, blues), 8:00PM ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL An evening w/ Brooks Williams, 7:00PM Holiday Childress CD release, 9:00PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB The Royal Hounds (rock, rockabilly, honkytonk), 9:00PM JERUSALEM GARDEN Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Sonic Satan Stew w/ DJ Alien Brain, 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Sean Mason Trio, 6:30PM MARKET PLACE DJs (funk, R&B), 7:00PM NEW MOUNTAIN THEATER/ AMPHITHEATER Kenny Zimlinghaus (comedy), 6:00PM O.HENRY'S/THE UNDERGROUND Drag Show, 12:30AM ODDITORIUM Blitch w/ Spearfinger & My Seven Mouths (metal, rock), 9:00PM OFF THE WAGON Dueling pianos, 9:00PM OLIVE OR TWIST 42nd Street Band (big band jazz), 8:00PM Dance party (hip-hop, rap), 11:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Ross Osteen & Crossroads (blues), 10:00PM ORANGE PEEL Henry Rollins [SOLD OUT], 9:00PM PACK'S TAVERN Flashback (classic rock), 9:30PM PATTON PUBLIC HOUSE Fun Famdamily (rock, jam), 6:00PM PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Andrew Scotchie & The River Rats (rock, blues, funk), 9:00PM PURPLE ONION CAFE Stolen Hearts (dirty southern soul), 8:00PM ROOM IX Open dance night, 9:00PM SALVAGE STATION 4th Annual CiderFest NC, 1:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Yoga w/ Cats!, 10:30AM Chris Jamison Trio (folk, blues, rock), 12:00PM SCANDALS NIGHTCLUB DJ dance party & drag show, 10:00PM

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Nanni Moretti (left) and Margherita Buy bring pathos and complexity to Mia Madre

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DIRECTOR: Nanni Moretti PLAYERS: Margherita Buy, John Turturro, Giulia Lazzarini, Nanni Moretti, Beatrice Mancini COMEDY DRAMA RATED R THE STORY: A harried Italian director struggles to balance personal and professional responsibilities, helming a problematic film production as her aging mother nears death.

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THE LOWDOWN: A densely layered psychological statement with a prevalent sense of humor, Mia Madre is a deeply personal film with broad relatability and appeal.

Nanni Moretti’s Mia Madre is an intensely personal film in a distinctly Italian tradition. What Moretti achieves here is nothing short of remarkable — a multifaceted exploration of death, loss, work-life balance and the legacy we leave behind MOUNTAINX.COM

when we shuffle off this mortal coil. What’s really special about Moretti’s film is it deals with these lofty ideas directly and honestly while avoiding the pitfalls of selfimportant solipsism that so often beset lesser films.

Like last month’s The Hollars, Mia Madre is a dramedy dealing with the impending mortality of a muchloved matriarch. Unlike The Hollars, Mia Madre is a very good film. The story is deceptively simple; an overworked director tries to care for

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her dying mother as her personal life falls apart and the film she’s shooting inexorably goes off the rails. But the poignancy underlying this premise comes from a very real place, as this is essentially a gender-reversed autobiographical recounting of Moretti’s internal landscape in the wake of his own mother’s death during the filming of his last picture, 2011’s Palme d’Or nominee We Have a Pope. Moretti builds pathos with a subtlety that precludes saccharinity, delivering a profoundly affective and complex emotional range through a superficially straightforward narrative.

Moretti’s direction is masterful without being flashy, constantly finding small moments in which to establish character and context. His seamless use of naturalistic dream sequences, redolent of a more subdued take on Fellini’s fantasies in 8 1/2 (1963), gives these scenes equal prominence with the film’s objective reality. By forgoing the delineation provided by transitional editing techniques, Moretti encourages the audience to accept his protagonist’s psychological experience as being every bit as real and relevant as the more literal events of the narrative.

Moretti is able to insert these intimately personal statements without coming across as contrived or selfserving by undercutting the movie’s more maudlin moments with a generous sense of humor. Much of the comedy in the film comes from John Turturro playing a difficult American actor called in for a leading role in the movie’s film-withinthe-film. Turturro’s performance is broad without digressing into hamminess, providing a perfect counterpoint to the film’s more contemplative aspects. The director himself also provides a contrapuntal comedic perspective as the protagonist’s work-averse brother, a role that may represent something of an escapist wish-fulfillment statement in contrast to his obvious autobiographical stand-in portrayed by frequent collaborator Margherita Buy.

As Moretti’s proxy in the film, Buy delivers a standout performance in one of the most nuanced and well-rounded roles a leading woman could ask for. The script, co-written by Moretti, allows Buy’s character room to breathe as a fully realized human being, flawed and competent in equal measure. Her capacity for authoritative command on the film set is offset by the challenges that plague her personal life, and she embodies this dichotomy with grace and charm.

The audience can’t help but sympathize with her frustrated rage over Turturro’s incessant line-flubbing and terrible Italian pronunciation, and when she harangues a sadistic director of photograph it’s every bit as believable as her emotional breakdown over the inability to find her mother’s electric bill for a pushy salesman. In the hands of a lesser actress, the breadth of this spectrum would likely have led to an incongruous disparity of emotional registers, but Buy pulls it off admirably.

Moretti’s mise en abîme represents a metatextual statement above and beyond the usual, as Buy’s character is shooting a political melodrama focused on striking workers at a factory, a scenario reminiscent of the real-life director’s heavily leftist early films. This additional layer of complexity in an already multifarious autobiographical statement is indicative of what works about Mia Madre as a cinematic whole. Moretti has accomplished a seemingly Sisyphean task, juggling thematic elements ranging from the meaning and value of artistic work to familial relationships and the pervasiveness of regret, all without shortchanging his characters or story. Few films in recent memory have been as heartfelt or impactful as Mia Madre, though not for lack of trying. There has certainly never been a shortage of films trying to engage with the weighty emotional topics this film tackles, but such works typically deliver either significance or entertainment — seldom both. What really distinguishes Mia Madre from other films laboring under similar aspirations is it manages to be pretty damned fun in the process. Rated R for language.

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Deepwater Horizon HHH

DIRECTOR: Peter Berg (Lone Survivor) PLAYERS: Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, Gina Rodriguez, Kate Hudson, John Malkovich DISASTER FLICK RATED PG-13 THE STORY: The based-on-actualevents story of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, one of the worst ecological disasters in history.

THE LOWDOWN: A commendable film in many respects, especially in its intentions and approach, but one that can’t rise above its flimsy characters and disaster-flick DNA. Peter Berg’s Deepwater Horizon is a spectacle with its heart in the right place, which is perhaps the only aspect of the film that’s truly worth mentioning. The movie is a solid disaster picture, though one with an amount of low-key high-mindedness considering that it’s portraying — in critical terms — the lead-up to one of the worst ecological catastrophes in history, the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Thankfully, for the sake of the film — and presumably director Berg, the man behind such bombast as Battleship (2012) and Lone Survivor (2013) — this was an ecological catastrophe that happened to include a lot of explosions, fertile ground for crowd-pleasing one-liners.

I say this generally in jest since Berg’s cinematic sensibilities seem to me like what would happen if Michael Bay gained sentience.

What I mean is he’s all about things blowing up but has some sense of humanity, even if it comes across as a bit treacly in practice. Deepwater Horizon, in this sense, is perfect for Berg, allowing him to focus on the characters that populate the doomed, titular oil rig. This creates a sheen of characterization, though it’s not particularly deep or insightful. There’s a sort of three-pronged attack that Deepwater Horizon takes, showing the actual people (at least within movie terms) on

the rig, illustrating the institutionalized negligence that led up to the disaster and then displaying the life-and-death consequences of said negligence.

Surprisingly, the smallest amount of the film is focused on that last part, as Deepwater Horizon works mostly as an expose and as a drama — and is fairly effective on both counts. Lining up the ways in which money came before safety and common sense feels daring and even a bit important. Putting this kind of greed in relief against actual human life makes total sense. But the film trips itself up with its wafer-thin characters, something that takes its toll when the stakes are ratcheted up and the audience is expected to care about the consequences at hand. There are attempts at shading these people in, but it’s all superficial. The film’s ersatz protagonist Mike (Mark Wahlberg) has a wonderful family at home. That’s about it. Crew member Andrea (Gina Rodriguez) has a Mustang that won’t start. And that’s about it for her.

While I commend the film — especially one with such an eventual penchant for property damage — for being character-driven, Deepwater Horizon is far too sketched-in here.

Thankfully, a likable cast (when they’re not awash in hokey, phony Southern accents) keeps things watchable. Kurt Russell and John Malkovich are both solid. Wahlberg, with his spotty (to be generous) recent filmography, is the best he’s been in years. But all of this goes by the wayside once the film gets to its climax and Deepwater Horizon becomes just another jumble of heroic one-liners and indecipherable action, with a lot of stock characters falling by the wayside. At least this is how it works within the context of the narrative, since the credits remind you these were once all living, breathing people.

The disaster aspect of the film is so noisy and inconsequential that it holds back the rest of what makes for a solid movie, making Deepwater Horizon watchable but nothing to get excited about. Rated PG-13 for prolonged intense disaster sequences and related disturbing images, and brief strong language.

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London Road HHS

DIRECTOR: Rufus Norris PLAYERS: Olivia Colman, Paul Thornley, Nick Holder, Clare Burt, Michael Shaeffer, Tom Hardy MYSTERY MUSICAL RATED NR THE STORY: A bucolic British suburb struggles to recover after a serial killer starts stalking its streets.

THE LOWDOWN: An inventive but ultimately incoherent musical that tinkers with the form in profoundly

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London Road is a bizarre formal experiment, thoroughly testing the boundaries of the screen musical.

For some, this may well be enough to warrant a viewing. As someone who’s never quite been able to get on board with the genre as a whole, this film’s experimentation fails to deliver much more than an odd novelty, a contrived conflation of ripped-from-the-headlines realism and the surrealistic magical thinking inherent to a world in which people burst spontaneously into song. The result is a confused conglomeration that’s certainly strange enough to prompt interest — but not cohesive or coherent enough to maintain it.

Based on the 2011 musical staged by the National Theater in London, which was itself based on a series of murders carried out in Ipswich in 2006, London Road derives its libretto’s verbatim dialogue from contemporaneous interviews with the townspeople affected by the killings. While this premise is unquestionably intriguing, the naturalism of the vernacular is too often at odds with the fact that these lines are sung rather than spoken, and the deliberately unpolished choreography undermines the script’s attempts to provide genuine insight into the psychological fallout of a small town seized by paranoia. In short, the gimmicks that might’ve proven effective on stage become jarring and distracting when translated to the screen.

All of this is not to say the narrative is ill-conceived — in fact, it’s pretty compelling. But ultimately the story feels underserved by its musical treatment, and I found myself frequently wishing the songs would get out of the way of the script. Rather than focusing on the murder of five prostitutes by the so-called “Ipswich Ripper,” the narrative hinges on the town’s reaction to these slayings as recorded firsthand by Alecky Blythe, who wrote both the film and stage versions of London Road. The emotional stakes are evident as the townsfolk adapt to the terror of a killer in their midst, the scrutiny of their community by the police and media, and the difficulties of rebuilding social bonds in the wake of the killer’s apprehension and prosecution. What is less clear than the narrative’s focus is its point, frequently lost as the film finds new excuses for its cast to belt out tunes

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substantially less catchy than those found in more traditional musicals.

If a chorus is intended to reprise a musical idea, here the endless repetition of colloquial verse fails to reinforce sonority and becomes merely monotonous.

The cast comport themselves admirably, with Olivia Colman reinforcing my opinion that she’s solidly among the best English actresses working today. Tom Hardy is a standout as well, with a singing voice that is not at all what I expected. However, those convinced by the film’s promotional materials that Hardy would feature prominently will be disappointed, as he features in exactly one sequence (as a cab driver with a suspicious interest in serial killers). His brief time on-screen is fun, but I couldn’t help feeling a bit shortchanged.

Blythe and director Rufus Norris, who also helmed the stage production, seem too attached to their original work to genuinely adapt it, delivering a finished product that plays as though transposed from the stage to real-world settings rather than as a fully formed film in its own right. Norris’ mastery of the cinematic tools at his disposal is limited at best, and Blythe’s script is too preoccupied with its musical numbers to give much consideration to story or characterization.

In terms of sheer inventiveness, London Road is laudable, but its vehement adherence to its source material constitutes a near-fatal flaw. If nothing else, I have to commend this film for being unlike anything I’ve seen before. Beyond that, there’s not much I can say in its defense. Not Rated.

Opens Friday at Grail Moviehouse REVIEWED BY SCOTT DOUGLAS JSDOUGLAS22@GMAIL.COM

Masterminds HHH DIRECTOR: Jared Hess PLAYERS: Zach Galifianakis, Kate McKinnon, Kristen Wiig, Owen Wilson, Jason Sudeikis, Leslie Jones

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COMEDY RATED PG-13 THE STORY: A group of inept criminals pulls off one of the largest cash heists in U.S. history, but their rampant idiocy leads to their inevitable capture.

THE LOWDOWN: A comedy that works more often than it doesn’t, Masterminds isn’t (quite) as dumb as it looks.

As is practically never the case in modern film marketing, Masterminds is a comedy that’s far funnier than its trailer initially led me to suspect. For once, some of a movie’s best moments are entirely absent from the trailers, leaving the jokes to stand on their own merit.

As has often been true of the films of Jared Hess (Napoleon Dynamite, Nacho Libre), the result is a surprising film that’s passable even if it perhaps doesn’t work in its entirety — and is definitely not for everyone.

And, as with much of Hess’ work, I like it more than I rationally should.

This one is unlikely to find a place among cinema’s greatest comedic achievements, but it does boast enough genuine laughs and “Hey, I know that place!” scenes shot in the Asheville area to warrant a look.

There were plenty of reasons to be apprehensive about this one, primarily the film’s PG-13 rating and its extensively delayed release.

Those readers who remember the film’s shooting in and around Asheville in the summer of 2014 or the marketing materials that popped up last year may be wondering why Masterminds has taken so long to come out. The answer is the studio behind this film, Relativity Media, hit hard times in July 2015 and couldn’t afford to effectively market or distribute the movie until its bankruptcy had been resolved.

I’m pleased to say the delays had nothing to do with the quality of the film, and the lack of an R rating wasn’t indicative of defanged humor as I had initially feared.

Based on the true story of the 1997 Loomis Fargo robbery in Charlotte, the film’s comedic focus is its ’90s-era trailer park aesthetic and the collection of incomprehensibly inept losers who populate those environs. While the factual details of the case may be funnier than the film at times, the movie does manage to mine its fundamental strangeness for all the laughs

it can. This is a hallmark of Hess’ oeuvre — and also one of the pitfalls — as he occasionally skirts the line between sympathetic humor and mocking derision a bit too closely.

You’re never quite sure if the director is laughing at or with his characters. But, if you can accept the film at face value, you’ll likely find yourself laughing all the same.

The real draw here is the ensemble cast of comedic heavyweights whose performances are generally strong across the board, often limited only by the material they’ve been given to work with. Owen Wilson seems to think he’s reprising Dignan from 1996’s Bottle Rocket with a frequently faltering southern accent, but his comedic timing carries his few scenes. Jason Sudeikis’ character doesn’t add much value beyond driving the plot forward in the second act, although watching him do his best (meaning bad) Danny McBride impression is entertaining.

Kristen Wiig delivers possibly the least objectionable turn I’ve ever seen out of her, and Kate McKinnon steals almost every scene she’s in.

But Zach Galifianakis is unquestionably the star of the show, his youth in Wilkesboro predisposing him to play his part almost flawlessly. Galifianakis’ gift for physical comedy is easily the saving grace of this film, which almost certainly would’ve been an exercise in futility without his involvement.

Hess has the prudence and restraint to let the talent he’s assembled do what they do best — and, when it works, it works.

The script lacks polish, and the jokes don’t always land. But most of them do, and the Asheville connection is noteworthy in and of itself.

It may not amount to a masterpiece, but Masterminds has plenty to recommend it, especially to local audiences. Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual humor, some language and violence.

Now playing at Carolina Cinemark, Carmike 10, Regal Biltmore Grande, UA Beaucatcher, Epic of Hendersonville, The Strand Waynesville REVIEWED BY SCOTT DOUGLAS JSDOUGLAS22@GMAIL.COM

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children HHH

DIRECTOR: Tim Burton PLAYERS: Eva Green, Asa Butterfield, Samuel L. Jackson, Chris O’Dowd, Judi Dench, Terrence Stamp FANTASY DRAMA RATED PG-13 THE STORY: A young boy is drawn into a mysterious world of children with unique abilities and must help them defeat a monstrous threat.

THE LOWDOWN: A remarkable adaptation of an unremarkable story, Tim Burton’s latest fails to break free of its trite young-adult source material.

I’ve always loved Tim Burton, but while his first decade of feature direction was almost uniformly outstanding, his oeuvre has been distinctly uneven over the last twenty years or so. Unfortunately, one need look no further than Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children for a perfect case-in-point. While Burton’s macabre aesthetic is preternaturally well-suited to his material here, this tween-lit adaptation fails to avoid the pernicious pitfalls of an overexploited genre. Miss Peregrine is full of interesting visual ideas, most of which are stunningly executed, but its by-the-numbers narrative never measures up to the director’s capacity for cinematic inventiveness.

I’m only passingly familiar with Ransom Riggs’ eponymous YA bestseller that provides the source material here, but if its plot is half as convoluted as what made it into the script there’s little mystery as to why the film feels overstuffed with expository asides. The narrative follows a mopey

teen (Asa Butterfield) who, honoring venerable Grandpa Terence Stamp’s deathbed admonitions, seeks out a fabled Welsh orphanage where the children all possess distinctive supernatural abilities and never age. This last part is because they’ve been kept safe since the second World War as wards of the titular Miss Peregrine (Eva Green) who can turn into a falcon at will. She can also stop time and repeat it endlessly, because I guess that’s a quality associated with falcons? It would seem that thinking too deeply on the plot mechanics is unlikely to garner any further clarity on this one. What’s important to the story is that all of these children, from the invisible boy to the girl with a mouth in the back of her head, are being hunted by some sort of faceless, eye-eating monsters led by Samuel L. Jackson, whose wig from Unbreakable seems to have greyed with age. Obviously, it’s up to our protagonist to save them.

While this inordinately predictable premise amounts to little more than rote franchise building and bears more than a passing similarity to more established intellectual properties like Harry Potter or the X-Men, what works here has nothing to do with what was on the page and everything to do with what wound up on screen. Burton’s distinctive directorial flourishes and spooky set pieces put this film in a different class than your standard YA cash grab, and I highly doubt anyone would ever mistake this as the work of another filmmaker. That said, even Burton can’t overcome the hollow characterization and byzantine backstory of the novel he’s adapting, and these are the drawbacks that preclude the possibility of Miss Peregrine becoming anything more than a footnote in the director’s filmography.

Burton completists might find enough visual reminders of Beetlejuice or Edward Scisorhands to keep them (mostly) engaged, but those in the market for a compelling narrative will have to look elsewhere.

Even the most avid acolytes of the director are likely to find the visuals overly derivative of those earlier works, although his measured use of CG effects is some of his most effective to date. It seems a shame to waste a filmmaker of Burton’s caliber on movie as unexceptional as Miss Peregrine, but even auteurs have to pay the bills somehow - there’s nothing peculiar about that. Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of fantasy action/violence and peril.

Now playing at Carolina Cinemark, Carmike 10, Regal Biltmore Grande, UA Beaucatcher, Epic of Hendersonville.

REVIEWED BY SCOTT DOUGLAS JSDOUGLAS22@GMAIL.COM

Queen of Katwe HHHH

DIRECTOR: Mira Nair PLAYERS: Madina Nalwanga, David Oyelowo, Lupita Nyong’o DRAMA RATED PG THE STORY: A young girl from the slums of Uganda discovers a prodigious aptitude for chess that will change her life.

THE LOWDOWN: An uplifting family film with little of the cloying sentimentality that designation typically implies, Queen of Katwe is an underdog story that transcends its genre.

It’s a rare day indeed when my diametrical opposition to treacly, feel-good family dramas can be overcome, and a still rarer day when I will begrudgingly accept such a film that’s been produced by Disney Corp.

So you can imagine my surprise on finding that Mira Nair’s Queen of Katwe put something of a dent in my generalized cynicism. That cynicism is still intact, but I would be remiss as a reviewer if I did not give this film a strong recommendation despite my initial reservations.

The film is a dramatization of the life of Ugandan chess prodigy Phiona Mutesi, as adapted from the book

by ESPN writer Tim Crothers. I’ve seen this film referred to as a “sports story,” and while I would hesitate to call chess athletic, it is certainly competitive enough to warrant pretty direct comparisons. Chess is a notoriously difficult game to shoot, but Nair and cinematographer Sean Bobbitt manage to make the tournament and training sequences compelling without dwelling too long on the details.

And though the story of the plucky underdog overcoming challenging circumstances has been rehashed ad nauseam in the context of sports

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movies, the nature and handling of this story distinguish it from other films of its ilk.

There’s no question that Queen of Katwe hits all the requisite beats of its uplifting subgenre, but the interesting thing about this film is that it never comes across as saccharine pandering. Sure, it glosses over some of the gorier details of its ghetto setting, but Nair finds a way to tell the story on a human scale that affects a true sense of relatability. It would be difficult for me to have less in common with this film’s protagonist, but her emotional breakdown after blowing a game at the Chess Olympiad in Moscow took me right back to my inglorious days as a college wrestler.

The film works where it could’ve fallen apart, and the lion’s share of that credit must go to Nair. The director made a number of extremely smart decisions with this production, choosing to shoot predominantly on location in the Ugandan slums and casting local actors as both extras and principals. The immediacy of Nair’s camera work captures the feel of the setting even when things look a little too clean and polished, and her eye has a gratifying habit of catching details that effectively build her narrative world. From the garishly decorated motorcycle taxis (known as boda-bodas) to the plastic bags filled with lamp oil available in the crowded market, the attention to accuracy likely stems from Nair’s time in Uganda and her extensive research for Mississippi Masala, expanding the filmmaker’s reputation for building worlds that feel believable and lived-in even if they’re largely alien to the intended audience.

The cast Nair has put together functions perfectly under the auspices of her narrative, with Lupita Nyong’o and David Oyelowo both delivering standout performances as the protagonist’s mother and chess coach, respectively. Nyong’o, in particular, is a force to be reckoned with as Mutesi’s tough-as-nails widowed mom, balancing her character’s struggle to attend to the daily needs of her children with her bafflement at her daughter’s newfound calling. 15-year-old Ugandan Madina Nalwanga acquits herself admirably even amongst such august acting talents as Nyong’o and Oyelowo, and by the time the actors are presented alongside their real-world counterparts under the end credits, it’s difficult to imagine anyone else playing the role.

Queen of Katwe is by no means a perfect film, but most of my quibbling

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gripes can be attributed directly to the film’s Disney pedigree and adherence to that studio’s stylistic and textual constraints. The obvious issues of problematic colonial influence that led to chess being remotely on anyone’s radar in wartorn Africa are completely disregarded, and the class distinctions that are brought up by the script are similarly brushed aside. But this is a film with two strong female leads, beautifully realized location filming and an exemplary ensemble that features unheralded local talent rather than casting known names to cater to the American market. Much like its protagonist, Queen of Katwe never quite attains the rank of Grand Master, but its capacity to think several moves ahead of its competition bodes well for its prospects come awards season. Rated PG for thematic elements, an accident scene and some suggestive material.

Now playing at Carolina Cinemark and Regal Biltmore Grand.

REVIEWED BY SCOTT DOUGLAS JSDOUGLAS22@GMAIL.COM

The Birth of a Nation HHHH

DIRECTOR: Nate Parker

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PLAYERS: Nate Parker, Armie Hammer, Jackie Earl Hayley, Aunjanue Ellis, Penelope Ann Miller.

BIOPIC RATED R THE STORY: Literate-slave-turnedpreacher Nat Turner orchestrates a violent uprising against Virginia slave masters in 1831.

THE LOWDOWN: While the subject matter still reverberates today, the director’s attempt at artistry often detracts from the story’s otherwise powerful narrative.

If you only vaguely remember from history class the story of Nat Turner’s 1831 rebellion against slave masters in Virginia, Nate Parker’s The Birth of a Nation does a serviceable job at bringing it to life. Sadly, the first-time director adds some unnecessary artistic touches which more often than not get in the way of the story he is trying to tell.

Parker also plays the part of Turner, co-wrote the story and receives full credit for the screenplay — so the story obviously means a great deal to him. Yet, rather than complementing the gripping narrative of a slave who became literate through reading the Bible and then became an evangelist-turned-antebellum revolutionary, Parker’s vision for the story sometimes overwhelms it.

The main place this occurs is through the (sometimes inconsistent) Christ-like imagery Parker imposes on his protagonist. When the audience first meets young Nat, he has birthmarks on his chest which elders say signify he will grow into a man of greatness. Regardless of whether that is an actual fact taken from the source material of this 119-minute “based on a true story” retrospective, in a dream sequence later in the film we see an adult Nat standing beside his younger incarnation and the stigmata is absent from both versions — making one question the significance of ever introducing it all.

SCREEN SCENE Parker’s predilection for messianic indulgence is repeated whenever one of his important characters dies.

Backlit angels descend to underscore the proceedings with the role of religion in Turner’s story, but this repetitive thematic intrusion is unnecessary when it has already been so solidly established earlier.

To Parker’s credit, his on-screen chemistry with co-star Aunjanue Ellis is palpable in the scenes where Nat rescues his fellow slave from the auction block, and again when a romance blossoms between these two characters fearfully surviving the horrors of slavery. While the supporting performances — Armie Hammer as a slave owner who grew up with Turner, Penelope Ann Miller as Hammer’s wife and Jackie Earl Haley as a despicable overseer — are also top notch, they’re not enough to mitigate the missteps of their director.

Some may find the violence in The Birth of a Nation unsettling (several of those at the screening I attended audibly gasped when Parker’s camera put it front and unflinchingly center), but its inclusion is neither gratuitous nor avoidable and always informs the drama, rather than detracting from it.

What is distracting, however, is the film’s soundtrack, which wavers between bombastic score and choral arrangements to the ponderous addition of Nina Simone’s “Strange Fruit.” Like the whole of the film in which these selections play, the music of The Birth of a Nation represents an auteur trying too hard to make his story seem important when the actual story does so without ever needing nor demanding it. Rated R for disturbing violent content, profanity and brief nudity.

Opens Friday at Carolina Cinemark, Carmike 10, Fine Arts Theatre, Regal Biltmore Grande REVIEWED BY JONATHAN RICH JONATHANWLRICH@GMAIL.COM

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JAILBIRD BLUES: Jordan Salloum stars in Hate Crime, one of the standout selections in the Tryon International Film Festival, which takes place Oct. 7-9.

Photo courtesy of Maven Entertainment The Tryon International Film Festival is only in its second year, but director of media services Kirk Gollwitzer already has big plans in mind as its reputation grows. “We want to be known as ‘Tryon,’” he says. “A single name, like Sundance or Tribeca.”

The 2016 installment of the festival takes place Friday, Oct. 7, through Sunday, Oct. 9, at the Tryon Fine Arts Center, Tryon Theater and Tryon Depot. It continues the town’s rich film tradition. Gollwitzer says David Niven used to spend time in Polk County, as did occasional screenwriter F. Scott Fitzgerald, Sherlock Holmes stage actor William Gillette and Kenneth Lackey, one of the original Three Stooges.

Selections for this year’s festival include the music documentary American Epic, executive produced

by T Bone Burnett, Jack White and Robert Redford; and the narrative feature Hate Crime, starring Redford’s daughter, Amy. Fellow second-generation artist Cecilia Peck, daughter of Gregory, also has her documentary, Brave Miss World, in competition.

Regional topics and filmmakers are also represented through-

out the weekend. The documentary 32-0 chronicles the undefeated run of Rutherfordton-based R.S. Central High School’s men’s basketball team in 1980, while Hendersonville director David Weintraub’s Come Hell or High Water examines Western North Carolina’s great flood of 1916.

True to its name, the festival is indeed an international event as films from the United Kingdom, Kazakhstan, India, Portugal, Spain, France, Iran, Israel and Poland will be screened. Gollwitzer credits an exponential increase in the festival’s name recognition for the rise in global entries. He and his selection committee were contacted by interested filmmakers this year just as much as they actively recruited submissions.

Closing out the festival on Oct. 9, awards will be given in the categories of top Feature Film, Short Film, Documentary and Student Film as well as the Best Overall entry and Best Human Right & Dignity Film.

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Chicken with PLUMS HHHHS DIRECTOR: Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi PLAYERS: Mathieu Amalric, Edouard Baer, Maria de Medeiros, Golshifteh Farahani, Isabella Rossellini COMEDY-DRAMA Rated PG-13 World Cinema is bringing back Chicken with PLUMS, a film that didn’t get the attention it should have when it was released a few years ago. Playful, gorgeous to look at, cinematically brilliant and finally heartbreakingly sad, Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi’s 2011 film is one of those movies that ought to have played here but didn’t. It’s a kind of fairy tale that tells the story of a great violinist (Mathieu Amalric) who becomes so distraught over the destruction of his violin that he decides to lie down and die. That he will succeed is evident, but the film is really about what brought him to this conclusion and the great love of his life. A must-see. This excerpt was taken from a review by Ken Hanke published on April 28, 2015. Classic World Cinema by Courtyard Gallery will present Chicken with PLUMS Friday, Oct. 7, at 8 p.m. at Flood Gallery Fine Art Center, 2160 Hwy 70, Swannanoa.

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Nosferatu / Vampyr HHHHH

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The Girl on the Train

Based on a best-selling novel of the same name, this thriller starring Emily Blunt and Justin Theroux was directed by Tate Taylor (The Help). According to the synopsis provided on the film’s site, “Rachel (Blunt), who is devastated by her recent divorce, spends her daily commute fantasizing about the seemingly perfect couple who live in a house that her train passes every day, until one morning she sees something shocking happen there and becomes entangled in the mystery that unfolds.” No early reviews. (R)

DIRECTOR: F. W. Murnau / Carl Theodor Dreyer PLAYERS: Max Schreck, Gustav von Wangenheim, Greta Schröder / Julian West, Maurice Schutz, Rena Mandel HORROR Rated NR As the Asheville Film Society/Thursday Horror Picture Show continues its month-long celebration of the horror genre, it’s time for the first of three double features: F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu and Carl Theodor Dryer’s Vampyr. Murnau’s Nosferatu, called by Ken Hanke “the stuff legends and nightmares and lawsuits are made of,” is one of the earliest vampire films ever made, and still one of the creepiest. An unsanctioned adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, this film has influenced everyone from Werner Herzog to Tobe Hooper to Tim Burton. The modern horror genre would likely not exist as it does were it not for Nosferatu. Dreyer’s Vampyr is a very different film about a very similar subject, taking the vampire mythos established in Stoker’s novel and exploring it through a unique dream logic that proves more disconcerting and discomfiting than basically anything that’s been put on screen since. You can come for either, but you’ll have to stay for both if you want to argue with me about which is creepier! The Thursday Horror Picture Show will screen Nosferatu and Vampyr on Thursday, Oct. 6, at 9:15 p.m. at The Grail Moviehouse, hosted by Xpress movie critic Scott Douglas.

The Cat and the Canary HHHHS DIRECTOR: Paul Leni PLAYERS: Laura La Plante, Creighton Hale, Forrest Stanley, Tully Marshall, Gertrude Astor, Flora Finch, Arthur Edmund Carewe OLD DARK HOUSE HORROR COMEDY Rated NR The classic tale of relatives gathering at an old mansion for a latenight reading of the will — one of those documents with an alternate heir that is little short of an invitation to drive the real heir (or heiress in this case) insane in order to usurp the inheritance. Still shuddery, with tons of atmosphere and horrific set-pieces — and a liberal dose of comedy. Paul Leni’s 1927 film version of John Willard’s 1922 stage play The Cat and the Canary is not the first of the “Old Dark House” films (nor was the play the first theatrical incarnation of the sub-genre). It is, however, the best, the most important, the most defining and the most influential. This excerpt was taken from a review by Ken Hanke published on March 27, 2012. The Asheville Film Society will screen The Cat and the Canary on Tuesday, Oct. 11, at 7:30 p.m. at The Grail Moviehouse, hosted by Xpress movie critic Scott Douglas.

The Sign of the Cross HHHS The Birth of a Nation See Jonathan Rich’s review

DIRECTOR: Cecile B. DeMille PLAYERS: Charles Laughton, Claudette Colbert, Fredric March, Elissa Landi, Ian Keith BIBLICAL EPIC Rated NR DeMille’s pre-code Romans vs. Christians epic incensed censors and studio heads alike, and while his take on the subject matter is still pretty salacious, it probably didn’t warrant the outcry it received (you never actually see Claudette Colbert’s nipples in the milk bath, despite what some historians will tell you). Still, it’s DeMille doing what he does best, melodrama on the largest scale possible, with plenty of sex and violence thrown in for good measure. Charles Laughton’s gleefully twisted depiction of Nero in and of itself makes this one worth a watch. The Hendersonville Film Society will show The Sign of the Cross on Sunday Oct. 9, at 2 p.m. in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community, 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville.

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MARKETPLACE REA L E S TAT E | R E N TA L S | R OOM M ATES | SERV ICES | JOB S | A N N OU N CEMENTS | M I ND, BO DY, SPI R I T CLAS S E S & WOR K S HOP S | M U S IC IA N S’ SERV ICES | PETS | A U TOMOTIV E | X C HANG E | ADULT Want to advertise in Marketplace? 828-251-1333 x111 tnavaille@mountainx.com • mountainx.com/classifieds If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Remember the Russian proverb: “Doveryai, no proveryai,” trust but verify. When answering classified ads, always err on the side of caution. Especially beware of any party asking you to give them financial or identification information. The Mountain Xpress cannot be responsible for ensuring that each advertising client is legitimate. Please report scams to ads@mountainx.com REAL ESTATE HOMES FOR SALE 10 MINUTES FROM ASHEVILLE • 3BR 2BA Approximately 1900 sqft and 2 acres. Overlooking fishing pond. No realtors. No texts. $299,000. Call for details: (828) 3806095.

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REAL ESTATE SERVICES MOVING TO THE ASHEVILLE AREA? Let a native Ashevillean help you find your perfect mountain home. Call Angela Sego: (828) 544-9860, NC Licensed Broker. angelas@foleyrealtync.com VOTED ONE OF THE BEST! Buying or selling? Moving to WNC? Call Sona Merlin, Voted one of the Best WNC Real Estate Agents.

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RENTALS CONDOS/ TOWNHOMES FOR RENT NORTH ASHEVILLE TOWNHOME 2BR, 1BA, laminate hardwood floors, on the busline, 1 mile from downtown. No pets. $795/month. 828252-4334.

HOMES FOR RENT $1500 MONTHLY; UTILITIES FURNISHED; 2/2; PRIVATE; CONVENIENT; CLEAN Two homes available, each $1500 monthly. Private Bent Creek location, one furnished, one partially furnished. Well appointed and exceptionally well cared for. No pets, short or long term. 828-337-8469 cindysashevillerentals@gmail.com

ROOMMATES ROOMMATES ALL AREAS ROOMMATES.COM Lonely? Bored? Broke? Find the perfect roommate to complement your personality and lifestyle at Roommates.com! (AAN CAN) CHRISTIAN FEMALE ROOMMATE WANTED Gross can't exceed $740 monthly, asking $278 plus 1/2 internet and electric. Bedroom: windows, large closet, dresser, shared bathroom. Laundry across hall. North Asheville, Call 828-450-3323.

EMPLOYMENT GENERAL ASHEVILLE AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY SEEKS FT RESTORE ASSOCIATE Responsible for the pickup, receipt, processing, movement, and storage of all donated goods, as well as for sales support. Must be able to interface successfully with people,

operate equipment safely, and lift and move heavy objects. Complete details at www.ashevillehabitat.org/ restore-associate. EOE GREEN CLEANERS WANTED! F/T AND P/T Local cleaning company seeking hard-working, reliable, upbeat people to join our team. Exp pref. $11/h, $12.50/h at 6wks . Leave a message at 828-407-0598 explaining why you're a good fit.

SATELLITE INSTALLATION TECHNICIANS-ASHEVILLE, HENDERSONVILLE, GREENVILLE, SC MasTec Advanced Technologies is seeking Techs to install, service and upgrade DIRECTV satellite systems.

If your mechanically inclined, enjoy working outdoors, and hate having someone over your shoulder, we should talk – Paid training provided! Company vehicle, great health benefits and career growth opportunities. EOE. Three ways to learn more. please go to: http://ejob.bz/ ATS/jb.do?reqGK=1018630, email Lauren.Shaffer@insperity.com or call 832-601-4642 SEXTON AT GRACE COVENANT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Dynamic congregation seeks full-time Sexton to maintain building; someone called to be welcoming/responsive to all who visit. Variety of tasks from room set ups to repairs. $11/hr + benefits sexton-search@gcpcusa.org TROLLEY TOUR GUIDES If you are a "people person," love Asheville, have a valid Commercial Driver's License (CDL) and clean driving record you could be a great TOUR GUIDE! FULL-TIME and seasonal part-time positions now available. Training provided. Contact us today! www.GrayLineAsheville.com; Info@GrayLineAsheville.com; 828251-8687.

SKILLED LABOR/ TRADES LOT DETAIL PERSONNEL Needed for auto dealership. Applicant must have a background in auto mechanics, be reliable, a self-starter and multi-tasker. • Position is full-time, Monday-Friday. Applicant must have a valid NC Driver’s License, be 19 years or older and provide references.

A background check will be done on all applicants. Call 828-707-0513 for more information or apply in person at 1473 Patton Avenue.

OPEN BOX MOVING SOLUTIONS IS SEEKING MOVERS AND DRIVERS Experience preferred but not required Must be able to pass a back ground check and drug screen Must have reliable transportation Looking for Hardworking, Dependable and Honest people to join our team. 828708-2431 MicahC@MovingYouGreen. com OpenBoxMoving.com SANITATION TECHNICIAN Experienced individual for 30-35 hours/week Monday-Friday. HACCP and GMP experience/knowledge is preferred.

We are a large commercial wholesale bakery and have a variety of sanitation needs. Please email your resume to caroline@anniesbread.com • No phone calls.

ADMINISTRATIVE/ OFFICE MINISTRY ASSISTANT FOR THE PASTOR AND MINISTER WITH SENIOR ADULTS The Ministry Assistant for the Pastor and Minister with

Senior Adults must effectively communicate warmth and interest to office guests and callers; facilitate awareness of the ministry of the Pastor and Minister with Senior Adults; demonstrate competence in managing schedules, publications, Microsoft Word, Excel, InDesign, and the Shelby database software; be proficient in multi-tasking; exhibit efficiency and organizational skills in general office tasks; and provide a professional, welcoming environment. The Ministry Assistant for the Pastor and Minister with Senior Adults must have a Bachelor’s degree. lbrown@fbca.net www.fbca.net ST. MARK’S LUTHERAN CHURCH, ASHEVILLE, NC: PARISH ADMINISTRATOR – FULL TIME. St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, Asheville, NC: Parish Administrator – Full Time Responsible for administrative/financial functions of the Church. Salary/ benefits commensurate with experience. Send resume with references to stmarkslutheranjobs1@gmail.com.

SALES/ MARKETING SALES PERSONNEL Needed for sales office. Position is part-time with the potential to develop as fulltime. Applicant is expected to present a friendly, outgoing, energetic attitude both in person and on the telephone. Applicant must be selfmotivating, computer literate, great at multi-tasking as well as being able to perform basic office tasks and be a team player. • Sales experience is not necessary, training will be provided.

• The ability to work flexible hours as well as Saturdays is a must. Applicant must be at least 19 years of age and have a Valid NC Driver's License.

Call 828-707-0513 for more information or apply in person at 1473 Patton Avenue.

MEDICAL/ HEALTH CARE MASSAGE THERAPIST WANTED TO WORK IN CHIROPRACTIC OFFICE Up to $30 per hour plus bonuses. Experience a plus especially deep tissue and myofascial. License and insurance a must.

Flexible hours. Help bring about optimal wellness . 828-664-0004 familychiro@bellsouth.net.

AVAILABLE POSITIONS • CHILD SERVICES Jackson County Psychological Services is now partnered with Meridian Behavioral Health Services.

We are currently recruiting for the following positions: Clinicians for Outpatient Services • Clinicians for Day Treatment Services • Clinicians for Intensive In-Home Services • Qualified Professionals for Intensive InHome Services • Please visit the employment section of our website for further information about any positions listed and apply directly by submitting an application and resume. www.meridianbhs.org COUNSELORS WITH HEALTHCARE EXPERIENCE NEEDED at a fast-growing healthcare company in Asheville, NC. • North Carolina licenses required • Great working hours/environment • Career advancement opportunities available. Submit your resume today to paul.randell@bhgrecovery.com for immediate consideration, or call at (214)365-6130. We believe addiction is a brain disease, not a moral failing.

Every patient deserves our best. Join us and make a difference.

FINANCIAL EDUCATOR, COUNSELOR & TAX PROGRAM COORDINATOR We’re seeking a full time Financial Educator/Counselor & Tax Program Coordinator. Desire to serve disadvantaged populations & the ability to relate to clients. $30,890 and $33,010 www.ontrackwnc.org - full description.

PEER SUPPORT SPECIALIST This person will be working in the Perinatal Health Partners Program. It will be assisting pregnant women, women seeking custody of dependent children, and women parenting their children, navigate the array of services and programs they are encountering on their journey. Must be a certified Peer Support Specialist and have a valid NC drivers license.

Full time . Contact Suzanne Boehm at: sboehm@insightnc.org

ESOL ASSISTANT (PART-TIME AMERICORPS POSITION) Join the Literacy Council of Buncombe County's team through AmeriCorps!

Make a difference in your community for one year and receive a living stipend, educational award, and more. Details: http://litcouncil.com/ esol-americorps-position/

INSTRUCTOR MEDICAL ASSISTING A-B Tech is currently taking applications for Instructor, Medical Assisting (12-month), Full-time Regular position. Applications for this position will start being reviewed on 10/06/2016.

The start date is 01/02/2017. For more details and to apply: www.abtech.edu/jobs

CHAIRPERSON • MEDICAL ASSISTING A-B Tech is currently taking applications for Chairperson, Medical Assisting (12-month), Full-time Regular position. Applications for this position will start being reviewed on 10/06/2016. The start date is 11/01/2016. For more details and to apply: www.abtech.edu/jobs CHILDCARE WORKER NEEDED Loving, friendly childcare worker needed for Sunday mornings and other occasional events in the nursery of a church in North Asheville.

1-3 years of childcare experience IS essential. $12.00 per hour. Qualified candidates please send resume and 3 references to smeehan@gcpcusa.org EC TEACHER • IMMEDIATE OPENING ArtSpace Charter School, a K-8 public school located in Asheville, NC, has an immediate opening for a fulltime Exceptional Children Teacher.

Candidates must have current NC

ANNOUNCEMENTS ANNOUNCEMENTS MOUNTAIN TECH SPA MANAGER/RECEPTIONIST A-B Tech is currently taking applications for Mountain Tech Spa Manager/Receptionist, Full-time regular position. Applications for this position will start being reviewed on 10/06/2016. The start date is 01/02/2017. For more details and to apply: www.abtech.edu/jobs

XCHANGE YARD SALES THIS SATURDAY • RUMMAGE SALE October 8, 8am-2pm. Tons of stuff: Clothing, Kitchen, Bedroom, furniture, etc. • Baked goods for sale!

• Tours of our 1888 church are free.

Church of the Redeemer. 1201 Riverside Drive, Woodfin, NC 28804.

SERVICES COMPUTER A GEEKS PLACE - COMPUTER REPAIR Pickup/Delivery Service. Flat Rate Labor $50.00. Please contact us at 828-407-1269 or E-Mail us at support@ageeksplace.com

HOME INSTRUCTOR MEDICAL OFFICE ADMINISTRATION A-B Tech is currently taking applications for Instructor, Medical Office Administration/ Medical Coding (12-months), Fulltime Regular position. Applications for this position will start being reviewed on 10/05/2016. The start date is 11/01/2016. For more details and to apply: www.abtech.edu/jobs

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AVAILABLE POSITIONS • ADULT SERVICES We are currently recruiting for the following positions in Adult Services: Peer Support Specialists for REC (Recovery Education Center) Psychiatric Nurses and Clinicians for ACTT Services (Assertive Community Treatment Team) · Employment Support Professionals and Employment Peer Mentors for Supported Employment Services • Clinicians for REC Services (Recovery Education Center) • Peer Support Specialists for PACE (Peers Assisting in Community Engagement) • Clinician for Integrated Care • Clinician/Team Leader for CST (Community Support Team) • Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) • Community Partner Clinician. Please visit the employment section of our website for further information about any positions listed and apply directly by submitting an application and resume. www.meridianbhs.org

licensure in Special Education and at least one year’s experience teaching special education. Candidates must be willing to work in a collaborative learning environment.

Experience with collaborative planning and curriculum integration strategies is preferred. • Please email cover letters and resumes to: resumes@artspacecharter.org Email Subject Heading “EC Teacher.”

INSTRUCTOR PSYCHOLOGY A-B Tech is currently taking applications for Instructor, Psychology (9-month), Full-time Regular position. Applications for this position will start being reviewed on 10/04/2016. The start date is 01/02/2017. For more details and to apply: www.abtech.edu/jobs

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CASH FOR CARS Any Car/Truck 2000-2015, Running or Not! Top Dollar For Used/Damaged. Free Nationwide Towing! Call Now: 1-888-4203808 (AAN CAN) NOTICE OF UNCLAIMED PROPERTY The following is a list of unclaimed and confiscated property at the Asheville Police Department: electronic equipment; cameras; clothing; lawn and garden equipment; personal items; tools; weapons (including firearms): jewelry: automotive items; building supplies; bikes and other miscellaneous items.

Anyone with a legitimate claim or interest in this property has 30 days from the date of this publication to make a claim. Unclaimed items will be disposed of according to statutory law. For further information, or to file a claim, contact the Asheville Police Department Property and Evidence Section, 828-232-4576.

NOTICE OF DISPOSITION The following is a list of unclaimed and confiscated property at the Asheville Police Department tagged for disposition: audio and video equipment; cameras; clothing; lawn and garden equipment; personal items; tools; weapons (including firearms): jewelry: automotive items; building supplies; bikes and other miscellaneous. All items will be disposed of 30 days from date of posting. Items to be auctioned will be displayed on www.propertyroom.com.

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FREEWILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19): At a recent party, a guy I hardly know questioned my authenticity. “You seem to have had an easy life,” he jabbed. “I bet you haven’t suffered enough to be a truly passionate person.” I didn’t choose to engage him, but mused to myself, “Not enough suffering? What about the time I got shot? My divorce? My five-year-long illness?

The manager of my rock band getting killed in a helicopter crash?” But after that initial reaction, my thoughts turned to the adventures that have stoked my passion without causing pain, like the birth of my daughter, getting remarried to the woman I divorced, and performing my music for excited audiences. I bring this up, Aries, because I suspect that you, too, will soon have experiences that refine and deepen your passion through pleasure rather than hardship.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): It’s the Frank and Focused Feedback Phase, Taurus — prime time to solicit insight about how you’re doing. Here are four suggestions to get you started. 1. Ask a person who loves and respects you to speak the compassionate truth about what’s most important for you to learn. 2. Consult a trustworthy advisor who can help motivate you to do the crucial thing you’ve been postponing. 3. Have an imaginary conversation with the person you were a year ago. Encourage the Old You to be honest about how the New You could summon more excellence in pursuing your essential goals. 4. Say this prayer to your favorite tree or animal or meadow: “Show me what I need to do in order to feel more joy.”

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Many of my readers regard me as being exceptionally creative. Over the years, they have sent countless emails praising me for my original approach to problem-solving and art-making.

But I suspect that I wasn’t born with a greater talent for creativity than anyone else. I’ve simply placed a high value on developing it, and have worked harder to access it than most people. With that in mind, I invite you to tap more deeply into your own mother lode of innovative, imaginative energy. The cosmic trends favor it. Your hormones are nudging you in that direction.

What projects could use a jolt of primal brilliance?

What areas of your life need a boost of ingenuity?

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Love wants more of you.

Love longs for you to give everything you have and receive everything you need. Love is conspiring to bring you beautiful truths and poignant teases, sweet dispensations and confounding mysteries, exacting blessings and riddles that will take your entire life to solve. But here are some crucial questions: Are you truly ready for such intense engagement? Are you willing to do what’s necessary to live at a higher and deeper level?

Would you know how to work with such extravagant treasure and wild responsibility? The coming weeks will be prime time to explore the answers to these questions. I’m not sure what your answers will be.

BY ROB BREZSNY

coming weeks, Virgo. Just climb the mountain. Don’t try to push a peanut up there with your nose, too.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “It isn’t normal to know what we want,” said psychologist Abraham Maslow. “It is a rare and difficult psychological achievement.” He wasn’t referring to the question of what you want for dinner or the new shoes you plan to buy. He was talking about big, long-term yearnings: what you hope to be when you grow up, the qualities you look for in your best allies, the feelings you’d love to feel in abundance every day of your life. Now here’s the good news, Libra: The next ten months should bring you the best chance ever to figure out exactly what you want the most. And it all starts now.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Practitioners of the Ayurvedic medical tradition tout the healing power of regular self-massage. Creativity expert Julia Cameron recommends that you periodically go out on dates with yourself. Taoist author Mantak Chia advises you to visualize sending smiles and good wishes to your kidneys, lungs, liver, heart, and other organs. He says that these acts of kindness bolster your vigor. The coming weeks will be an especially favorable time to attend to measures like these, Scorpio. I hope you will also be imaginative as you give yourself extra gifts and compliments and praise.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The coming weeks will be one of the best times ever for wrestling with God or tussling with Fate or grappling with karma.

Why do I say that? Because you’re likely to emerge triumphant! That’s right, you lucky, plucky contender.

More than I’ve seen in a long time, you have the potential to draw on the crafty power and unruly wisdom and resilient compassion you would need to be an unambiguous winner. A winner of what? You tell me. What dilemma would you most like to resolve?

What test would you most like to ace? At what game would you most like to be victorious? Now is the time.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Are you grunting and sweating as you struggle to preserve and maintain the gains of the past? Or are you smooth and cagey as you maneuver your way towards the rewards of the future? I’m rooting for you to put the emphasis on the second option. Paradoxically, that will be the best way to accomplish the first option. It will also ensure that your motivations are primarily rooted in love and enthusiasm rather than worry and stress. And that will enable you to succeed at the second option.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Each of us contains a multiplicity of selves. You may often feel like there’s just one of you rumbling around inside your psyche, but it’s closer to the truth to say that you’re a community of various characters whose agendas sometimes overlap and sometimes conflict. For example, the needy part of you that craves love isn’t always on the same wavelength as the ambitious part of you that seeks power. That’s why it’s a good idea to periodically organize summit meetings where all of your selves can gather and negotiate. Now is one of those times: a favorable moment to foster harmony among your inner voices and to mobilize them to work together in service of common goals.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Do you believe that you are mostly just a product of social conditioning and your genetic make-up? Or are you willing to entertain a different hypothesis: that you are a primal force of nature on an unpredictable journey? That you are capable of rising above your apparent limitations and expressing aspects of yourself that might have been unimaginable when you were younger? I believe the coming weeks will be a favorable time to play around with this vision. Your knack for transcendence is peaking. So are your powers to escape the past and exceed limited expectations.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Pike’s Peak is a 14,115-foot mountain in Colorado. It’s not a simple task to trek to the top. Unless you’re well-trained, you might experience altitude sickness. Wicked thunderstorms are a regular occurrence during the summer. Snow falls year-round.

But back in 1929, an adventurer named Bill Williams decided the task of hiking to the summit wasn’t tough enough. He sought a more demanding challenge.

Wearing kneepads, he spent 21 days crawling along as he used his nose to push a peanut all the way up. I advise you to avoid making him your role model in the

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In one of your nightly dreams, Robin Hood may team up with Peter Pan to steal unused treasure from a greedy monster — and then turn the booty over to you. Or maybe you’ll meet a talking hedgehog and singing fox who will cast a spell to heal and revive one of your wounded fantasies. It’s also conceivable that you will recover a magic seed that had been lost or forgotten, and attract the help of a fairy godmother or godfather to help you ripen it.

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T H E N E W Y OR K TI M ES CR OSSWOR D PU ZZLE ACROSS 1 Sty fare 5 Stuff for sale at concerts 10 Galileo Galilei Airport city 14 Federico of the Clinton cabinet 15 State bordering British Columbia 16 Bow-toting deity 17 Hormel’s assurance that Spam is packed safely?

19 [I need this immediately] 20 Singer Lambert 21 Exposed to risk 23 Like most pretzels 26 Brazil ___ 27 L.A. campus 28 Ill temper 29 Playground equipment thief?

34 Places to hang hats 36 “It’s ___-brainer!”

37 Major conduits 38 “Enough!” as opposed to “You quit that right now!”?

42 Bathroom fixture 44 ___ de toilette 45 Zero, at Ashe Stadium

48 “Miss Dickinson, put your poem on Facebook”?

52 An air ball misses this 53 Mental health org.

54 Parker or Cross 55 Kentucky Derby prize 57 Picnic baskets 59 A skeptic may raise one 61 Victims of the Morlocks, in sci-fi 62 “Use this sparingly” … or a hint to this puzzle’s theme 67 Broadway musical based on “La Bohème” 68 Epic of Troy 69 Tree of Life locale 70 Track figures 71 Reds and Blues 72 Not a good thing to do while driving 1 2 3 4 5

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insulation 6 Dutch cheese town 7 Campaigned 8 China’s ___ Kai-shek 9 Poolside amenity 10 Bog fuel 11 Taxpayers’ bugaboos 12 Penetrates fully 13 Sides 18 Breyers alternative 22 “PAID,” for one 23 Enjoy, as brandy 24 “r,” in a 72-Across 25 Gangland rival of Dutch Schultz 30 Cabinet department until 1947 31 Acct. earnings 32 Rhinoplasty targets 33 Something to hit on the head 35 Silverstein who wrote “A Boy Named Sue” 39 Most common blood group 40 Bit of body art, in 49 Hunter’s document brief 41 Montréal assent 50 Attractive to bargain hunters 42 Come to the rescue 51 Gait slower than a canter 43 Stuck 56 Little hooter 46 Go head-to-head 58 The absolute worst, with 47 Rescue squad “the” letters

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59 Grin from ear to ear 60 Purges 63 Rio automaker 64 Suffix with Gator or Power 65 “The birds and the bees” 66 Explosive in Road Runner cartoons

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