Mountain Xpress 10.05.22

CAPTIVE AUDIENCE

Some days in downtown Asheville, amplified music dom inates the sonic landscape. That means businesses and residents can be subject to hours of loud performances each day. We spoke with downtown workers, city offi cials and buskers about the balance between art and noise.

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Thanks for speaking out about students’ needs

After reading Olivia Senor’s commentary on “Emphasis on Excellence: Does Pushing Students to Succeed Foster Achievement or Cause Harm?” [Sept. 21, Xpress] and as a teacher myself for over 26 years, I want to congratulate her for getting down to the facts about what is not working in our present school system on the whole. Too much emphasis is put on the achievers, and so many children are left behind.

This being a multifaceted chal lenge to correct, I want to applaud Olivia’s experiential knowledge and compassion for all students’ differ ences and needs that need to be addressed differently in order to put an emphasis on “each child’s” needs. An impossible task it may seem to be, but extremely important to recog nize and change within our programs called “educational institutions.” Thank you, Olivia, for your commen tary, and hopefully the eyes who can make change will read this article!

— Claudia Green Burnsville

Earth Day action expresses radical hope

As one of the Earth Day 8, I planned to defend myself in Buncombe County District Court on Aug. 31 for second-degree trespassing on Earth Day, bringing attention to the fact that Raytheon, owner of the Pratt & Whitney plant, won’t go away and we can demand environmentally friend ly businesses be invited to this area.

The climate I thought was gener ations into the future is happening now. On that Earth Day, I aligned myself with many others in Asheville and around the country who were standing up for people and the envi ronment. On a hidden dirt road, we stopped a long line of huge trucks for two hours, stopping work as usual on the Raytheon plant, where they will be making one part for the F-35 stealth fighter plane.

There are 900 more acres that could be used for criminal, though legal, weapons creation. We were discouraging other businesses of this nature to come to WNC.

My defense of my civil resistance was based upon the six maxims in “Ethical Maxims for a Marginally Inhabitable Planet” by two medical ethics professors, David Schenck and Larry R. Churchill.

1. Work hard to grasp the immen sity of the change. There are nine planetary boundaries, five of which

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are already crossed, according to the Stockholm Resilience Centre and the Applied Economics Clinic. No longer in denial about the current climate catastrophe, I am wrapping my mind around this most disturbing fact.

2. Have a line in the sand. Mine is nonviolence. Gandhi said in 1935, “Nonviolence is the greatest force at the disposal of humankind.” In this David and Goliath metaphor, I acted for the future generations of all species.

3. Train your mind and body. Daily mental, spiritual, emotional and physical practices make me fit to be available for opportunities to make the truth known.

4. Appreciate the astonishing opportunity of life at this time. This Earth Day action offered the amaz ing opportunity for both education and media attention. Ours was one of eight coordinated events in the U.S. that week showing the military industrial complex’s contribution to Climate Catastrophe. I am not a crim inal; in my view, Raytheon, a kill ing machine creating death around the world, is the criminal. Through collaboration, cooperation and a big effort from many, we can make this a better climate for all species and a just and healthy society for ourselves and the world.

5. Cultivate radical hope. Sometimes, as a retired hospice RN, I feel I am providing hospice care to our dying planet. Life based in colonial mindsets of extraction and violence, my hope lies in making the present as healthy as possible by supporting life-affirming jobs. This Earth Day action, demonstrating for green jobs that benefit people and environment, is radical hope.

6. Act for the future generations of all species. I wanted to invite the judge and jury to act with me by finding my citation for trespassing was for the greater good of Asheville, Western North Carolina and our world. I wanted the opportunity to bring attention to the fact that I and many others don’t want more war industries to come to this area. In my opinion, Raytheon is involved in crimes against humanity with indis criminate death from F-35s, and its impact on the environment is as yet to be determined, contributing to carbon production and reduction of species habitat. I wanted to invite them to envision an economy sup porting environmentally friendly and life-affirming jobs.

Since the trial has been indefinite ly dismissed, the Mountain Xpress audience can be the judge and jury. I welcome your wisdom and expe rience with these concerns in these times in WNC.

— Padma Dyvine Bat Cave

Editor’s note: A longer version of this letter will appear at mountainx. com.

Is this the city centerpiece we want?

[ Regarding “A Dark Cloud: Downtown Dodged a Mall, but Substation Now Looms,” Aug. 10, Xpress, and “Update on City of Asheville and Duke Energy Partnership to Identify a Suitable Site for Duke Energy Rebuild of Critical Power Infrastructure in Downtown Asheville,” Sept. 16, Xpress website:]

So this city/area that gets its tour ists from its mountain beauty is going to have a new landmark in its center?

Trees, etc., give way to a maze of “electric hardware”? How creative not! But surely it will draw tour ists. Who created this idea? Maybe it wasn’t “created” but “sold” to Council members.

— Emily L. Cooper Asheville

Important bonds depend on your vote

On Nov. 8, we will not only be voting for candidates, but for two important bonds for Buncombe County.

Please vote “Yes” for the housing bond, which will support affordable homes for people serving our com munity. Hospitality and restaurant workers, young farmers, entrepre neurs and young people who grew up here (and want to remain here) need affordable housing. As we’ve heard recently, many of these people are struggling to afford to live in this area.

Please vote “Yes” for the open space bond. This bond will support conservation, preserve farmland,

protect our natural resources and beautiful views, and increase access to greenways. This will also support and nurture our young families and our longtime residents. This bond will enable Buncombe County to meet the 2030 goal of conserving 20% of its land.

Thank you very much for your consideration to vote “Yes” for these two bonds.

— Lisabeth Sample Asheville

Berthiaume shows compassion, interest in listening

When Maggie Ullman Berthiaume decided last fall to run for City Council, I joined her campaign team. The reason I joined is that my hus band, Dane, worked with her for three years when he volunteered for the city’s sustainability commission and Maggie was serving as the city’s first sustainability officer.

Dane developed deep respect and admiration for Maggie. Because he thought so highly of her, I was inspired to join her team.

Now, after nearly a year of working directly with Maggie, I know her well and I now hold her in every bit as much esteem as my husband does — as does everyone who knows her well.

You may have heard about Maggie’s insight into our city’s chal lenges and opportunities as a qual ification for her to represent us on Asheville City Council.

What’s just as important to me has been seeing Maggie demonstrate compassion, a genuine interest in lis tening to all parties, an ability to build coalitions and a relentlessly positive drive to actually get things done. These are exactly the traits we need on our City Council.

I encourage you to vote for Maggie on Nov. 8 because she is well-quali fied in both matters of the mind and matters of the heart.

— Cynthia Barrager Asheville

Editor’s note: Barrager reports volunteering for the candi date’s campaign.

We can do better than Edwards for Congress

I’ve heard people express relief that Madison Cawthorn is not on the ballot for reelection to the NC-11 congressional seat. At least, they say, if Chuck Edwards wins, we won’t have to be embarrassed any more.

I think we should set our sights a little higher.

When he won the Republican pri mary, Edwards said that his foremost goal would be “restoring the policies that we enjoyed under the Trump administration, to help get this coun try back on track.”

Personally, I have no nostalgia for the Trump years — a time when regulations that protect our air and water were gutted and legislation to protect our planet was set aside. When corporations — excuse me, job creators — and the rich were given huge tax cuts with the tired argument that their good fortune will somehow trickle down to the rest of us. The result? The rich got richer and the poor got poorer, and the deficit exploded.

In the state Senate, Edwards took a hard line against changes in the distribution of Buncombe County’s occupancy tax revenues to allow more to be spent on tourism-related capital expenditures and less on mar keting to tourists. This would have relieved the tax burden on financially strapped citizens. Finally, last year, he agreed to support a change from a 75/25 split to a 66/33 division.

Edwards voted for North Carolina’s very own “don’t say gay” bill, or as Senate Republicans termed it, The Parents’ Bill of Rights. This bill permits any parent who objects to a book, a topic, a poster, a lesson — to file a suit against the district at tax payer expense. The rest of us would be on the hook to pay legal costs, whether we agree with the lawsuit or not.

What these bills do is to allow a few parents to decide what other parents’ children read, study and discuss in class. Parents disagree on values. That is why I want educators, librar ians, historians, scientists, mathema ticians and other content experts to make decisions about topics and instructional materials. Teachers are not grooming and indoctrinating our kids. They are professionals doing their best to teach in the war zone politicians have created.

Edwards states on his website that he is “pro-life,” that he believes that life begins at conception. Perhaps it ends at birth, since for years, he blocked the federally funded expan sion of Medicaid in North Carolina (only 12 states have declined). Medicaid has been proven to be a major factor in protecting the health of mothers and babies. Expansion would also help assure the financial survival of the many small, rural hos pitals in this district and make health insurance available to thousands of the working poor in this state. Good news: The senator has had a sud

den change of heart about Medicaid, though the state assembly has yet to pass legislation.

An unspoken corollary to Edwards’ “forced-birth” stance is that he does not believe that women should be permitted to make their own health care decisions or that families should be able to decide whether and when to have children. If Republicans gain control of national government, we can expect a nationwide ban on abor tion. Perhaps right here in North Carolina, we’ll be telling 10-year-olds that having their rapist’s baby is an opportunity, sending bounty hunters after women and throwing doctors in jail for providing lifesaving medi cal care.

Edwards likes to tout his “moun tain values” and business expertise. I don’t share those values, and, with Trump, we’ve seen that a business man does not always make a good public servant.

Surely, we can do better. I hope you will join me in voting for Democrat Jasmine Beach-Ferrara for Congress.

— C.S. Chima Asheville

Editor’s note: A longer version of this letter will appear at mountainx. com.

Pick candidates who support women’s right to choose

A thriving democracy is dependent upon we the people casting votes for whom we choose to represent us. It is a responsibility we have and one that we must act on if democracy is to survive.

It is my hope that most individ uals who are eligible to vote in the four-county Asheville metropolitan area will vote in the November election. I would suggest that vot ers choose candidates who sincerely wish to represent we the people on issues that matter. There will be such candidates on the November ballot. There are other candidates who hope they will win the election, and if that is the case, they will create and support legislation that is of their own mind. Those candidates will be on the ballot as well.

Regardless of whether you are a Democrat, Republican or indepen dent, male or female, there is an easy way to determine how you should cast your vote. One single issue will provide you with the information you need. Ask yourself which candidates support women’s bodily autonomy and the right to choose. Then, ask yourself which candidates do not

support women’s bodily autonomy and the right to choose.

In our community, the two most important races are the 11th Congressional District and the con test for who will represent us in the U.S. Senate. Jasmine Beach-Ferrara, who is running for the seat in U.S. House of Representatives, and Cheri Beasley, who is running for the U.S. Senate seat, support a woman’s bodi ly autonomy and the right to choose.

Neither Chuck Edwards, who is running for the 11th District seat, nor Ted Budd, who is running for the U.S. Senate, support a woman’s bodily autonomy and the right to choose. Essentially, they advocate for the state becoming the landlord of a woman’s uterus once she is pregnant.

The readers of the Mountain Xpress should encourage their friends and acquaintances of voting age to make their decision based on women’s bodily autonomy and the right to choose, and where these four candidates stand on this issue. In so doing, Jasmine BeachFerrara will represent us in the 11th Congressional District and Cheri Beasley will represent us in the U.S. Senate because freedom of choice is key to a thriving democracy.

— Richard Boyum Candler

Brush kill leaves ugly mark

I just traveled extensively in the Eastern U.S. by car. Nowhere did I see the type of ugly, burnt band of chemical brush kill that I see all over North Carolina’s highway margins.

Who answers for this? Please find out and have them explain here. Thank you.

— Doug Zurick Black Mountain

Editor’s note: Xpress contacted the N.C. Department of Transportation and received the following response from spokesperson Bridgette Barthe: “For safety reasons, it is necessary to apply herbicides in the growing season following mechanical cutting to ensure that vegetation does not impede on signage along the road way. In most cases, brush cut in 2021 has already grown to several feet in height. This application ensures that future growth is reduced. NCDOT uses extreme care when applying herbicides and does so under supervi sion of licensed individuals. All prod ucts used by NCDOT are approved by the Environmental Protection Agency and applied according to the manufacturer’s instructions.” X

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Captive audience

Buskers, downtown businesses grapple over amplification

BY JESSICA WAKEMAN

jwakeman@mountainx.com

Andrew Fletcher knows the ingredients for the best busking experience in downtown Asheville: “The right band, the right spot and the right weather.” That combina tion yields the perfect recipe for tips, he says.

One ingredient that isn’t necessary for street performers, says Fletcher, is an amplifier. “The better-tipped buskers tend to be quieter and gen erally more acoustic in Asheville,” explains the self-described “semire tired busker.”

Downtown Asheville does have its share of low-key ukulele players and banjo strummers. But some days amplification, particularly of electric guitars, dominates the sonic land scape. That means downtown busi nesses (including the Wall Street offices of Mountain Xpress) and resi dents can be subject to hours of loud performances each day.

Xpress spoke with several buskers, as well as workers at 11 downtown shops and restaurants, about the use of amplification by street performers. Few people agreed to on-the-record interviews; many feared causing offense, and some mentioned previ ous confrontations with musicians.

A complicated picture emerged of how businesses relate to musi cians who amplify their playing. Says Malinda Fumia, manager of Spiritex, “When they’re playing loudly, you can hear it in the store. It’s hard to hear our own music [and] you have that conflicting sound, which is obnoxious.” Still, Fumia

notes that large crowds watching performers in front of her store do equate to more foot traffic.

Buskers are visible ambassadors of Asheville’s artistic community, and some workers say street per formances create a convivial atmo sphere. “I’ve been out here for two years across from one of the prime busker spots and I’ve seen some incredible talents,” says Nathan Armstrong, a valet at the Haywood Park Hotel near the Flatiron statue. “I see them as a very valuable part of Asheville’s downtown.”

But for others who work downtown, amplified sound is a daily cacophony.

‘BUSKERS ARE SELF-REGULATED’

The latest updates to Asheville’s noise ordinance were approved by City Council in July 2021. However, busk ers have primarily relied on a street performers’ brochure for guidance on public noise. The 2016 document was co-developed by city agencies and the Asheville Buskers Collective, which formed in 2014 in response to proposed busking regulations.

“We were able to work together [with the collective] on clear guid ance on what’s allowed and on some etiquette for what’s encouraged,” explains downtown planning manag er Dana Frankel

When the new ordinance came into effect last September, its regulations included language that seemed appli cable to street performers, noting that “[n]o person shall make … any noise disturbance originating from a right-of-way, street or other public space.” (All sidewalks in Asheville are public space.) It also set an upper limit on noise of 72 decibels, the high est level in the city, from 7 a.m.-7 p.m. downtown.

Enforcement of noise violations largely transitioned from the Asheville Police Department to the city’s Development Services Department. The DSD noise compliance team now investigates complaints made on the Asheville app or through noise@ asheville.gov.

However, what constitutes a “noise disturbance” is largely up to business owners and workers to decide. “I think [the noise compliance division] recognizes, and I recognize, that noise generated from public space is a little bit subjective in terms of how it’s enforced,” Frankel says.

Daniel Oropesa, noise compli ance officer, is a bit more blunt. “We don’t regulate the buskers,” he says. “They’re self-regulated through the buskers collective.” (The Asheville Buskers Collective did not respond to multiple requests for comment.)

Oropesa says he hasn’t used his sound meter to investigate any busk ing complaint. “Buskers are great — they’re not even on our radar for problems,” he adds. Todd Justice, who administers the DSD noise com pliance division, says vehicular noise downtown is in the division’s cross hairs instead.

Some downtown businesses agree that amped-up music isn’t their big gest concern. Anthony Coggiola, co-owner of Mayfel’s, says that while “the noise is noticeable, our main issue is the loitering, the sleeping by the building and drug paraphernalia.”

Yet despite assurances that busker noise isn’t a city priority, in a oneyear update on the noise ordinance

THE MUSIC MAN: Jimmy Clifton is an Asheville-based guitarist who busks downtown regularly. He

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shared with City Council Sept. 27, Justice and DSD Director Ben Woody acknowledged “downtown amplifi cation” as a challenge, particularly when offenders are resistant.

“Most individuals voluntari ly comply” when addressed about amplification, the presentation reads. “However, compliance is difficult when an individual is unwilling to cooperate.”

Approximately 100 of 1,671 city noise complaints from last September through August claimed the dis turbance was in “public space,” according to DSD data included with the presentation.

‘I DON’T WANT TO BE TOO ANNOYING’

The etiquette guide in the Asheville Buskers Collective brochure advises “Keep your amps turned down and drum kits baffled.” It also says city officials can take into account “wheth er the noise has been enhanced in vol ume or range by any type of mechan ical means” when considering wheth er a noise violation has taken place.

Not every musician is aware of the Asheville Buskers Collective bro chure. Jimmy Clifton, a guitarist who sings mostly Christian music, says he hasn’t seen the brochure, although he was aware the collective exists. He had busked in Hendersonville, which he says does not allow amplification, for six years before starting to busk in downtown Asheville for better expo sure six months ago. He’s since quit his job at Chick-fil-A to play music full time.

Clifton performs gigs and tries to busk at least an hour each day, usually outside the Ben & Jerry’s on Haywood Street. He uses a battery-operated amp and says he thinks he plays less loudly than do other performers. He adds that he tries to be a good neighbor. “I don’t want to be too annoying to people,” he tells Xpress Although Clifton says he’s been asked to turn his volume down a few times, he says most passersby “are like, ‘Sounds great, turn it up!’”

It’s unclear how many downtown buskers are newcomers like Clifton and how many are longtime regulars. Several interviewees theorized that those who originally established the city’s busking norms have dispersed. Some street performers travel from city to city, meaning the musical com munity in Asheville is ever-changing. The disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic — as well as rising housing prices, suggests Fletcher, who is now running for City Council — may have flushed some performers out of the city as well.

While some musicians may not know the details of the city’s noise ordinance and busking etiquette, some workers also seem unclear. One business owner griped to Xpress that APD was not enforcing the noise ordi nance, despite that responsibility now falling to DSD. And Justin Souther, manager of Malaprop’s Bookstore/ Cafe, says he assumed amplification

was forbidden and all the musicians using amps were ignoring the rules. (The Asheville Downtown Association, an advocacy group for downtown businesses, did not respond to multi ple requests for comment.)

STRING THEORY: Not all of Asheville’s buskers use amplification when they perform. Jordan Feil, a traveling musician visiting from Broward County, Fla., busked with his five-string banjo at the corner of College and Haywood streets. Photo by Jessica Wakeman

Fletcher believes a focus on ampli fication is misguided. A musician playing with an amp can modulate sound volume better than one per forming without, he says. Souther agrees that volume is “dependent on the busker,” the instrument and style of playing. “I’ve had buskers that are not amplified that are somehow loud er,” he says, referring to a musician drumming on an upturned bucket who ignored requests to move on.

(That musician was the only per former who prompted Souther to con tact the Asheville Buskers Collective. He says a representative from the collective was attentive to remedying the issue.)

Adhering to suggested time lim its could also foster goodwill among downtown eardrums. “It can be a bit exhausting to listen to the same person,” Souther says. The busking brochure suggests musicians cap performances at two hours to give others a turn, but performers regulate themselves on this matter as well.

Several business owners vented about hearing five-six continuous hours of amplified busking. Sal Membreno, co-owner of Asheville Club, wishes street musicians wouldn’t exceed 90 minutes of per forming. And he says Asheville offi cials should be more aggressive about enforcing existing laws on noise. If city ordinances “apply to everybody else, why shouldn’t they apply to peo ple on the street?” he asks.

Musical quality also isn’t regulated. The city’s noise compliance division received a complaint online “that the busker was out of tune,” Oropesa

says with a laugh. “This is really not a legitimate complaint.”

DOWNTOWN: ‘INTERESTING, FUN AND DIFFERENT’

Even those workers feeling the most frazzled by amplification still felt fondly about some of the musi cians playing downtown. Everyone Xpress interviewed could name their favorite performers. (Joshua Lauth, who juggles tennis balls while bal ancing his dog on his shoulders, is a clear favorite.)

Coggiola from Mayfel’s says, “I don’t mind the buskers, but I think they should be mindful of their vol ume.” Fletcher says employees at Rhubarb on Pack Square have let buskers use their bathrooms and have shared leftovers.

Blair Logue, a co-owner of Earth Guild, acknowledges she doesn’t always enjoy buskers’ musical choic es. But she tells Xpress “sanitizing downtown is a mistake.” She sees street performances are crucial to Asheville’s identity and loathes the idea of “making it like every other mall in the world and getting rid of the people who make it interesting and fun and different.”

Souther echoes many downtown workers when he says he appreci ates the variety of performances. He enjoys listening, as long as buskers behave respectfully.

Adds Souther, “It’s always funny in the spring — you get to start seeing who’s going to be outside your busi ness for the summer.” X

Little boxes

WNC explores tiny homes as housing solution

BY CHLOE LIEBERMAN

chloeblieberman@gmail.com

Western North Carolina leaders have been thinking big when it comes to the region’s affordable housing crisis, with Buncombe County alone aiming to create or preserve up to 3,150 affordable units by 2030. But when it comes to actually building those spaces, some in the area are also think ing small.

On Sept. 7, local nonprofit BeLoved Asheville raised the first wall at a planned tiny house village in East Asheville. And in down town Asheville, local development firm Mori Blue Holdings received a roughly $593,000 grant from city government June 14 to build an 80-unit microhousing complex on Hilliard Avenue. The same devel oper is currently seeking approv al for a 231-unit development on Aston Street that uses a similar microhousing model.

The 12 homes planned for the BeLoved development will each be no larger than 600 square feet, while the Mori Blue apartments won’t exceed 250 square feet. By contrast, according to the National Association of Home Builders, the median size of a new single-family

home in the U.S. was 2,338 square feet as of late 2021.

While tiny living spaces aren’t new to WNC — a 2014 post on the popular blog Tiny House Giant Journey called Asheville the “East Coast capital for tiny homes,” and Simple Life in Flat Rock opened the region’s first dedicated tiny home community in 2017 — devel opers are revisiting the concept as housing demand intensifies and construction costs increase.

TAKING A VILLAGE

Since its inception, BeLoved’s tiny house village has been driven by a group of Asheville residents with lived experience of the hous ing crisis. “Simply put, we are working on a project that is what people who are impacted by hous ing insecurity and/or homelessness say they want,” says Amy Cantrell , the nonprofit’s co-director.

Starting in 2015, a group of such folks met weekly with BeLoved staff to imagine what kind of hous ing they wanted. During one 2016 meeting, Cantrell recalls, Asheville police knocked on the door and asked those present to identify a body: It was their friend Janet Jones , who had frozen to death due

RAISING COMMUNITY: Volunteers with BeLoved Asheville are helping con struct the nonprofit’s tiny home village in East Asheville. When complete, the development will offer 12 affordable homes of no more than 600 square feet each. Photo courtesy of BeLoved

to housing insecurity. The tragic shock moved the group into action.

“I remember someone in the room saying, ‘What are we going to do about this?’ Not, ‘What is the government going to do?’ What are we going to do?” recounts Cantrell. At that point, the group started to create a concrete plan for the tiny house village.

The project’s 12 homes will pro vide “deeply affordable housing,” defined by BeLoved as fitting the budget of those making 30%-40% of the area median income. That works out to earnings of no more than $22,500 per year for a single person or $25,700 for a couple — half the 80% AMI threshold that many city of Asheville affordable housing programs aim to meet. Residents won’t own their homes, but BeLoved plans to help them build equity through a communi ty trust.

And the development offers what impacted people have said they want: a real home, with a full bathroom, space to garden and be outdoors, neighbors to connect with, even art on the walls. The dwellings won’t technically meet the definition of a tiny home out lined by the 2018 International Residential Building Code (under 400 square feet), but their small sizes nonetheless keep costs down. Each is estimated to cost about $95,000, including site work and 30 years of maintenance; the average building cost of a new single-family home in Buncombe County is near ly $248,000, according to industry website Construction Coverage.

Natalie Bogwalker , who teaches tiny home construction through Barnardsville-based permaculture school Wild Abundance and has lived in various tiny houses she’s built over the past 20 years, says BeLoved’s plans are a great size for the nonprofit’s goals. “I think around 400 square feet is great

for a single person, and between 500 and 800 is ideal for a family,” she explains.

IN THE HEART OF IT

Mori Blue’s Hilliard Avenue proj ect targets a different demograph ic: downtown workers, particularly those in service industry jobs. The fully furnished microapartments will rent at around $1,000 per month with internet and utilities included, a level considered afford able for those making 80% AMI.

Developer David Moritz says he was inspired to build the project by his friend and business part ner, Scott Shapiro of Eagle Rock Ventures. Shapiro had successfully built microapartments in Seattle and Tennessee, and the pair thought a similar approach could work in Asheville.

Moritz says the model combines privacy with an element of com

munal living. Each unit has a bath room and minikitchen, but each floor also features a full kitchen and lounge where residents can spread out and interact.

“It’s a more sustainable form of living,” says Moritz. “You’re down town; you don’t have to drive to work. … Also, it tends to be more social. People tend to get to know each other a little bit better.”

The microapartment approach is significantly different from the traditional tiny home model, in which individual structures are built on mobile trailer bases. (BeLoved’s homes are being built on permanent foundations.) But Moritz believes it allows greater density, and thus, lower costs, in high-demand areas like downtown.

WHAT’S NEXT?

Dedicated tiny-living develop ments are still a rarity in Buncombe

County. While stationary tiny homes are allowed by right — as long as they conform to the state residential building code, which among other mandates requires indoor plumbing, laundry hookups and an approved heat source — mobile tiny homes are regulated similarly to recreational vehicles, and residents aren’t legally allowed to live in them for more than 180 days per year. In 2019, Asheville City Council cited that restriction as it denied a request to expand where tiny homes on wheels would be allowed in the city.

At the state level, regulators are allowing some flexibility for tinyhome builders. A September 2021 hearing by the N.C. Building Code Council created a separate appen dix in the code for tiny homes, with special rules including lower minimum ceiling heights and alter natives to masonry foundations.

Bogwalker with Wild Abundance says that more could be done to encourage tiny-home construction. For example, she’d like to see code changes that allow for alternative insulation materials.

“These spaces are so small that they don’t require much energy to heat and cool anyway,” she points out. “It would be great to allow people to utilize natural building techniques that are sustainable and perfect for small spaces.”

Whether they’re hand-built for ever homes or microapartments for folks walking to work down town, tiny living spaces may be a powerful tool for addressing not only housing, but also other com munity issues. “We’re interested in co-solving crises. We’re looking at intersections of housing, rac ism, the climate crisis, isolation and loneliness,” Cantrell says. “These are community crises that are not actually separate from one another.”  X

MAKE MINE MICRO: The 80 units in a Hilliard Avenue development planned by Mori Blue Holdings will each be no more than 250 square feet. Rendering courtesy of the city of Asheville

Asheville proposes changes to manufactured home rules

City of Asheville

The public will be able to provide input on two conditional rezoning requests and one proposed zoning text amendment at the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting 5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5, which will take place in person at City Hall’s firstfloor North Conference Room at 70 Court Plaza. A pre-meeting of the same body to review the agenda, which is open to the public but does not allow public comment, will be held at 4:30 p.m. in the fifth-floor Large Conference Room.

The Design Review Committee will meet virtually at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20, with a pre-meet ing held at 12:15 p.m. the same day. The agenda for that meeting was not available as of press time.

PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION

Residents can submit comments over email and voicemail until 24 hours prior to the meeting or pro vide in-person comment during the meeting itself. Instructions on how to attend and comment, as well as the full meeting agenda, are avail able at avl.mx/c1n.

Ingles #79 (780, 852, 856 and 848 Hendersonville Road, 28803)

Ingles Markets Inc. requests the rezoning of 15.81 acres on Hendersonville Road from Office and Highway Business I to Highway Business – Conditional Rezoning to rebuild an existing store and sur rounding businesses.

Currently, the site houses an Ingles, a dry cleaners, DMV tag office, post office, mattress facto ry and mattress retail store. The

proposed site plans would demolish the existing buildings to construct a 84,533-square-foot Ingles market, 6,918-square-foot Gas Express sta tion and a 4,858-square-foot Zips Car Wash. Three additional retail spaces are also listed, totaling nearly 44,000 square feet; one of these spaces will house the mattress store and factory.

Recommendations for the project listed in the most recent city staff report include building two bus shel ters to support the development’s location along a high-frequency transit corridor. Project documents, including landscape and tree canopy plans, can be accessed at avl.mx/c1j.

Orange Capital Multifamily Development (110 River Hills Road, 28805)

Orangeburg, S.C.-based Orange Capital LLC requests the rezoning of 10.8 acres on River Hills Road from Commercial Industrial to Residential Expansion – Conditional Zoning to construct a 153-unit multifamily building and a clubhouse. Of those units, 31 (20%) will designated as affordable for residents making 80% of the area median income ($45,000 for one person or $64,250 for four) for a minimum of 20 years; 16 units will accept housing choice vouchers.

Orange Capital requests that the 10-foot width requirement for side walks be reduced to 5 feet, both for internal sidewalks and a sidewalk on River Hills Road itself. The devel oper also requests an unspecified modification of the landscape buffer requirement on the eastern line of the property.

This project is tentatively sched uled to come before Asheville City Council on Tuesday, Nov. 15. Project documents can be accessed at avl.mx/c1k.

Manufactured homes zoning text amendment

Asheville planners Ricky Hurley and Sasha Vrtunski will present a series of proposed amendments to the city’s United Development Ordinance rules regarding manufac tured homes.

The first proposed change con cerns the acceptable timeline for replacing manufactured homes.

Currently, section 7.17-5 of the UDO prohibits the replacement of any manufactured home in established housing parks, locations zoned for manufactured housing (known as “overlay” districts) or where a man ufactured home once stood after the spot has been vacant for 180 days.

The city proposes to remove that barrier completely for spaces in manufactured housing parks and to change the replacement cutoff date for overlay districts from 180 to 365 days. Current zoning also states that replacement homes must be no older than previous homes on the site, a stipulation that the city propos es eliminating.

“This update is a small, incre mental change that addresses the replacement of manufactured homes where they previously exist ed,” Hurley and Vrtunski wrote in a Sept. 26 presentation to the city’s Neighborhood Advisory Committee.

“This change will stop the slow attrition of affordable housing units that are desperately needed in our community.”

Finally, the city proposes chang ing the UDO’s definition of manu factured housing to conform to the state’s guidelines. The move would eliminate campers and trailers from qualifying as “manufactured homes” because they do not fit North Carolina building codes.

MAKING HOME: Proposed rules would make it easier to replace existing man ufactured homes with similar housing within Asheville. Photo by David Floyd

Land Use Incentive Grant pro gram presentation

Vrtunski will also give a presenta tion on the city’s Land Use Incentive Grant program, which is designed to give developers incentives to build affordable housing. Vrtunski says that the presentation will review the basic structure of the program and provide specifics about the number of projects approved, units built and other statistics.

Xpress previously examined this program in detail in a July “WTF” feature (see avl.mx/c1s). The cur rent LUIG standards, last updated in June 2021, can be accessed at avl.mx/prx2.

Buncombe County

Three projects requiring special use permits will be on the agenda at the Buncombe County Board of Adjustment meeting, taking place at noon Wednesday, Oct. 12. The in-person meeting will be held at the Board of Commissioners Chambers, 200 College St.

Information on how to attend and apply for comment can be found at avl.mx/anq. No email or voicemail comments will be accepted.

Hawthorne at Sheehan Road (145, 183, 231 and unaddressed par cel on Sheehan Road, unaddressed parcel on Baldwin Road, Limestone Township, Fletcher)

Greensboro-based developer Hawthorne Residential Partners requests a special use permit to construct a 260-unit multifamily development over seven buildings on 28.49 acres between Arden and Fletcher. The buildings will stand between three and four stories, depending on the site. The density is 9.13 units per acre, less than the maximum allowed 12 units per acre. An outdoor grilling area, community clubhouse and walking paths are also proposed.

Detailed project documents can be accessed at avl.mx/c1m.

Glen Bridge Rental Units SUP (824 Glen Bridge Road, Avery Creek Township)

Alpharetta, Ga.-based developer TR 35 Glen Bridge Rd, LLC requests a special use permit on 10.46 acres to build a Level 1 Planned Unit Development, consisting of 120 townhouse-style rental units across 20 buildings, a clubhouse and a pool. The property is currently a vacant hayfield.

Each unit will have a driveway and one-car garage. Sixty-eight addition al parking spaces will also be built for a total of 308 spaces. The developer requests permission to have 15 feet of distance between buildings rather than the current requirement of 20 feet. The density will be 12 units per acre, the maximum allowed under R-3 zoning requirements.

An N.C. Department of Transportation traffic study con ducted for the project recommends widening the westbound approach on nearby Brevard Road to include a shared straight/left-turn lane and a right-turn only lane.

Detailed project documents can be viewed at avl.mx/prx1.

Pleasant Grove Townhomes SUP (9 Pleasant Grove Road, Reems Creek Township, Weaverville)

Fletcher-based Pleasant Grove of WNC LLC requests a special use permit to build a Level 1 Planned Unit Development on 6.73 acres. The development will consist of 40 townhouse-style units across ten buildings. A playground and other open space areas are also planned. The density will be 6.0 units per acre, half of the maximum allowed density of 12 units per acre in the R-3 zoning district. Each unit will have a two-car garage.

Detailed project documents can be accessed at avl.mx/c1l.

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Asheville gets one-year update on noise ordinance

One year after implementing a new noise ordinance, Asheville City Council heard an update on what is — and isn’t — working under the revised language. Staffers with the city’s Development Services Department, which the new ordi nance tasks with enforcing noise regulations, presented on their work during Council’s Sept. 27 meeting.

Before the noise ordinance was passed last September, most noise complaints were called in to the Asheville Police Department none mergency line and responded to by police officers. While APD still han dles nighttime noise complaints and those that might come with safety risks, DSD resolved 71% of com plaints made from last September through August.

Noise complaint calls to the APD nonemergency line have also decreased by 24% since the ordinance passed, although they still represent the largest source of complaints. More complaints are now coming through the city’s online form or the Asheville App. (Further data on com plaints and their resolution is avail able through an online dashboard at bit.ly/COA-Noise-Dashboard.)

Council member Antanette Mosley noted a decrease in the number of noise complaints in some minority neighborhoods over the past year. “To the public, it became a discussion of music,” she said about the debate surrounding the noise ordinance passed last year. “But what was actually happening was Black and brown neighborhoods were requesting help. When I look at this, it looks like, for the most part, there has been some success.”

DSD Director Ben Woody attributed that success to building

partnerships within neighborhoods. He said that Daniel Oropesa, the city’s noise compliance officer, has spent time working with residents in those census blocks and responding to noise concerns in their multifam ily developments. Woody said DSD had established relationships with 64 apartment complexes since the new ordinance was passed.

However, Woody noted that the city still struggles with other types of noise issues, such as vehicle noise and amplification downtown. DSD also receives recurring noise com plaints where commercial and resi dential developments meet. A com mercial property may comply with the objective decibel limits outlined in the noise ordinance, he said, but

the sound might still seem loud to those right next door.

Council members Sage Turner and Kim Roney suggested exploring ways to mitigate chronic commercial noise, such requiring street trees, limiting construction hours or chang ing building standards to reflect noise back towards the source. The city’s volunteer Noise Advisory Board will be tasked with recommending any of those changes.

Council members question Housing Trust Fund requirements

Later during the Sept. 27 meet ing, a proposed affordable housing

development raised questions about the city’s Housing Trust Fund, a low-interest affordable housing loan program.

The Laurel Woods II development, proposed for 650 Caribou Road in the Shiloh neighborhood, includes 54 new units for people aged 55 and over who make less than 80% of the area median income ($45,000 annu ally for a single person or $51,400 for a couple). The project would also renovate 51 existing low-income senior housing units. In exchange for offering this affordability, devel oper Volunteers of America asked the city for a $1.5 million loan at 2% interest, with payment deferred for 30 years.

Of the new units, 12 will be set aside for housing choice voucher holders, which meets the city’s requirement for Housing Trust Fund loans. But Council member Roney asked why Volunteers of America didn’t designate more of the units as accepting vouchers.

“This is an example of our poli cy. They are applying for what the policy requires,” responded Turner, “Is that enough? I think that’s a broader conversation beyond this one project.”

The size of the loan also attracted scrutiny. At $1.5 million, the amount exceeded the $1 million threshold set by city policy. Turner point ed out that receiving applications for loans in excess of $1 million is becoming a regular occurrence; Council approved a $1.28 million loan for affordable housing at 360 Hilliard Ave. in 2018 and a $1.2 million loan for the Amaranth Apartments in 2019.

“Is the policy in the right place if the applications are always asking for a variance from it?” Turner asked.

Despite these questions, Council unanimously approved issuing the loan to Volunteers of America. Members also unanimously approved a conditional rezoning that allows the project to proceed.

Turner and Mosley, both mem bers of the Housing and Community Development Committee that reviews Housing Trust Fund applica tions, said the committee is planning to tweak the loan requirements in the next few months. Turner added that Laurel Woods is likely to be the last application Council will review before the policy is revamped.

WHAT’S THAT RACKET? Most noise complaints in Asheville are residential, but business activity, vehicle noise and construction also contribute. Graphic courtesy of the city of Asheville

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WELLNESS

Therapeutic Recre ation: Wednesday Morning Movement

A variety of physical activities such as active games, aerobics and dancing. Open to indi viduals ages 17+ with disabilities. Contact the Therapeutic Recreation Program at (828)2324529 for additional information.

WE (10/5, 13), 10am, Tempie Avery Montford Community Center, 34 Pearson Ave Zumba Gold for Adults 50+

This free class helps work on mobility while moving to the beat to burn off calories. Every Wednesday and Friday.

WE (10/5, 13),

FR (10/7), 11am, Linwood Crump Shiloh Community Center, 121 Shiloh Rd

5Rhythms Sweat Your Prayers

Let it in, let it out, let it go. Hosted by Karen weekly.

WE (10/5, 13), 5:15pm, Homewood, 19 Zillicoa St

Men's Cancer Support Group

Safely meet in a large conference room and stay socially distant while wearing masks.

RSVP to Will (412)9130272 or acwein123@ gmail.com.

WE (10/5), 6pm, Woodfin YMCA, 40 N Merrimon Ave, Ste 101

Dementia Partners Support Group AVL

Providing a social setting for individuals to meet and discuss coping techniques, share experiences, and present resource speakers from a variety of agencies.

TH (10/6), 6pm, Scenic View Terrace Clubhouse, 60 Fallen Spruce Dr

A Creative Conversa tion with Grief

Seeks to explore threads of grief and healing through portals of creativity with four artists, including dance/movement therapy, poetry and narrative medicine,

songwriting and singing, as well as an exercise in embodi ment and reclaiming divine alignment.

FR (10/7), 6pm, $20, Revolve, 821 Riverside Dr, #179

There's No Place Like Home: Returning Home to the Body Through Movement

A collaboration from Karen Chapman, certified 5Rhythms teacher from Asheville, and DeeAnn Macom son, certified AZUL teacher from Charlotte.

Contact Chapman 5Rhythms@gmail.com for registration and more information.

FR (10/7), 7pm, Haw Creek Commons, 315 Old Haw Creek Rd

Wild Souls Authentic Movement Class

A conscious movement experience in a 100-year old building with a community of like-minded women at all life stages.

SU (10/9), 9:30am, Dunn's Rock Com munity Center, 461 Connestee Rd, Brevard

ART

We Will Not be Silenced: Standing for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

A series of photo graphs and sculptures that bring voice to the international Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) movement through the lens of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Com anche Nation, Lumbee, and other Native American artists. Open 10am Tuesday through Friday.

WCU Bardo Arts Center, 199 Centennial Dr, Cullowhee

We Built This: Profiles of Black Architects and Builders in NC

From Preservation North Carolina, this exhibit is part of a multi-faceted educa tional program about the history and legacy of Black builders in our state. Through Oct.

COME TO THE CABARET: Asheville Contemporary Dance Theatre will present The Josephine Cabaret, a celebration of the life of the legendary 1920s and ’30s jazz era performer Josephine Baker. The BeBe Theatre will be transformed into a French cabaret setting on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 7 and 8, at 8 p.m., while actors dance and sing onstage and through the aisles. Photo courtesy of Asheville Con temporary Dance Theatre

10. Open 10am, closed Sunday and Monday.

Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St

Mountain Legacies: Exploring Appalachian Culture

This exhibit shows how early settlers made their way into the Appalachian Mountains and made them their home, dispelling the myth of an uncultured people and reveal lives rich with customs and traditions, including herbal medicines, handicrafts, and bluegrass music. Open Thursday through Saturday, 12pm.

Transylvania Heritage Museum, 189 W Main St, Brevard

A Walk in the Woods

Five guest artists approach the Carolina woodlands through their personal perspectives, revealing Appalachia through a fresh lens, inspired by fall. Open daily 10am, through Oct. 30.

Marquee Asheville, 36 Foundy St

First Fridays at Downtown Asheville Arts District (DAAD)

Explore downtown's vibrant art scene with a variety of open galleries and studios, plus light refreshments.

FR (10/7), 5pm, Downtown Asheville (multiple locations)

Abstract Meditations Artist's Reception & Discussion

A solo exhibition of paintings, drawings, and collage by Helmut Barnett, a mixed media artist from Austin, Texas. Through Oct. 23. Open daily 10am, 12pm on Sunday.

SA (10/8), 6pm, Bender Gallery, 29 Biltmore Ave

Fall Studio Tour in Kenilworth

Meet the artists who live and create in his toric Kenilworth. This year’s participating artists will showcase a wide range of media: works in oil, watercol or, acrylic, gouache, encaustic, jewelry, pottery, ceramics, glass, fiber, woodcraft, mixed-media, pho tography, paper and collage.

SA (10/8) & SU (10/9), 10am-5pm, Kenilworth Neighborhood Augmented Reality and Oil Painting Exhibition: Big, Bold, and Colorful Contemporary artist Jaime Byrd will be fea tured for the months of Oct. and Nov., exhibiting her larger scale works. Open daily 10am. Through Nov. 30. Champagne reception Oct. 8 4pm. Trackside Studios, 375 Depot St

Our Ecology, Shifting

Our Gaze Inward Atlanta born and raised artist Bevelyn Afor Ukah’s art reflects a collaboration of perspectives on race, sexuality and body image. Through Oct. 30, with a reception and artist's talk on Oct. 22 from 7–9pm. Open daily 10am, 12pm on Sunday.

Pink Dog Creative Gallery, 348 Depot St

Nature’s Gems featuring artist Judy Rentner

The oil painter's colorful works will be on display through Oct. 31. The opening reception will be held on Friday, Oct. 7, 5-8pm. Gallery open daily 11am.

Asheville Gallery of Art, 82 Patton Ave Rebel/Re-Belle:Explor ing Gender, Agency, and Identity Combines works, primarily created by women, from two significant collections of contemporary art to explore how artists have innovated, influ enced, interrogated, and inspired visual culture in the past 100 years. Through Jan. 16, 2023. Open 11am, closed Tuesdays.

Asheville Art Museum, 2 S Pack Square

Andrea Clark Histor ical Photo Exhibit Reception A reception to cele

brate the exhibit of the local photographer's historical photos of Asheville’s East End neighborhood. The exhibit will be shown in Flowstate Commu nity Arts Space at the library throughout Oct. TU (10/11), 5pm, East Asheville Library, 902 Tunnel Rd

Sip, Dip and Paint All skill levels welcome. TU (10/11), 6pm, Linwood Crump Shiloh Community Center, 121 Shiloh Rd

NCGC Pumpkin Patch Glassblowers will be filling D Space gallery with glass pumpkins in an array of colors, styles and sizes. Purchases support the nonprofit glass center. Open 10am, closed Tuesday. Through Oct. 31. North Carolina Glass Center, 140 Roberts St, Ste B

Cultivating Collec tions: Glass

In this year’s exhibition, student researchers tell the stories of the Museum’s glass col lection, which includes a range of artists who have made significant contributions to the Studio Glass Movement in Western North Carolina. Open Tuesday through Fri day, 10am. Reception Oct. 13 5pm.

WCU Bardo Arts Center, 199 Centennial Dr, Cullowhee

The Way I'm Wired: Artist Reflections on Neurodiversity This exhibition invites artists to share their lived experiences with neurodiversity and how these experiences have impacted their work as an artist.

Open Tuesday through Friday, 10am.

WCU Bardo Arts Center, 199 Centennial Dr, Cullowhee

When Was the Last Time You Saw a Miracle? Prints by Corita Kent

Shaped by her expe riences as an artist, teacher, and Catholic nun, Corita Kent used her art to bring people together and ignite social change. Open Tuesday through Friday, 10am.

WCU Bardo Arts Center, 199 Centennial Dr, Cullowhee

Inspiration Features jewelry, fiber, clay and wood from six Southern Highland Craft Guild members. Open daily 10am. Folk Art Center, MP 382, Blue Ridge Parkway

The Liturgical Year in Hymns, Anthems, and Organ Music

Featuring music from the traditional Christian calendar including Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Easter, and All Saints’ Day.

SU (10/9), 4pm, The Episcopal Church of Saint John in the Wilderness, 1905 Greenville Hwy, Flat Rock

LITERARY

Storytelling on the Mountain

Sit back and listen to true life stories from your friends and neigh bors in the community. If interested in being a storyteller, contact Jim at jamesrludwig@gmail. com. Monthly. WE (10/5), 5:30pm, Homeplace Beer Co., 6 South Main St, Burnsville

Poetry Open Mic w/ Host Caleb Beissert Weekly. WE (10/5), 8pm, Sovereign Kava, 268 Biltmore Ave

Homecoming Concert

With local talent Kat Williams, Mary Kay Wil liams, Rhoda Weaver and the Unity Band.

FR (10/7), 7pm, $20, Unity of the Blue Ridge, 2041 Old Fanning Bridge Rd, Mills River

Pianist Brian Turner Solo piano favorites in the Great Hall.

FR (10/7), 7pm, The Omni Grove Park Inn, 290 Macon Ave

Senza Surprise

The Blue Ridge Orchestra leads off its 2022-23 season with two afternoon performances of Senza Surprise, featuring Franz Josef Haydn’s Symphony No. 94, known as the Surprise Symphony for reasons better experienced than described.

SA (10/8) & SU (10/9), 3pm, $5-20, Lipinsky Auditorium at UNCA, 300 Library Ln

JYSC'S FavoritesMasterworks #1 The Hendersonville Symphony Orchestra begins an era with its new Music Director, John Young Shik Concklin. For the inaugural concert, the program features two of his favorite pieces: Symphony No. 39 in E flat Major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Symphony No. 2 in D Major by Johannes Brahms.

SA (10/8), 7:30pm, Blue Ridge Community College, 45 Oak Park Dr, Brevard

Queer Nature: A Poetry Reading Centers on LGBTQIA+ voices and perspec tives in a collection of contemporary nature poetry. Showcasing over 200 queer writers from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century with readings by contributors Amie Whittemore, Khalisa Rae, Jessica Jacobs, Ed Madden, Amber Flores Thomas, Tara Burke and Brian Teare.

TH (10/6), 6pm, Mal aprop's Bookstore and Cafe, 55 Haywood St

WNCHA History Hour: Lost Cove, North Carolina

Once described as where the “moonshiner frolics unmolested,” the small town in Yancey County existed from 1864-1957, but today is a ghost town accessible mainly to hikers hoping to catch a glimpse of the desolate settlement. TH (10/6), 6pm, avl.mx/c0i

A Night Of Poetry: Marybeth Holleman’s tender gravity

An evening of poetry, conversation, wine, and live music to celebrate the Asheville local's debut book of poetry. Royalties from book sales will support MountainTrue.

TH (10/6), 8pm, plēb urban winery, 289 Lyman St

Fairview Friends of the Library Book Sale All proceeds benefit the Friends of the Fairview Library.

FR (10/7)& SA (10/8), 10am, Fairview Library, 1 Taylor Rd, Fairview

COMMUNITY MUSIC

Wisdom Keeper: My Extraordinary Journey to Unlock the Sacred Within

Author Chloe Kemp will read from her spir itual memoir, revealing the Divine pathway to a more peaceful, happy, fulfilled, and healthy life.

FR (10/7), 6:30pm, West Asheville Branch Library

THEATER & FILM

The 14th Annual Music Video Asheville Awards

Celebrate with a red carpet 5-7pm, videos and awards show 7-10pm and an after party.

WE (10/5), 5pm, $1215, Salvage Station, 468 Riverside Dr The Roommate

A comedy from Jen Silverman, about what it takes to re-route your life – and what happens when the wheels come off.

WE (10/5) - SA (10/8), 7:30pm, SU (10/9), 2pm, NC Stage Co., 15 Stage Ln

Blood Knot

Part of The Black Box Series. Various dates and times through Oct. 9. See p26-27

Flat Rock Playhouse, 2661 Greenville Hwy, Flat Rock

God of Carnage

A comedy of manners. Various dates and times through Oct. 8. See p26-27

Flat Rock Playhouse, 2661 Greenville Hwy, Flat Rock

Cat Fly or Die: Hallow

een Film Fest

Highlighting inde pendent, LGBTQ+, BIPOC, and more underrepresented and up-and-coming filmmakers of the Southeast with a focus on horror, thriller, sci-fi and all things camp.

Featuring curated short films, a live reading by Palimpsest Podcast, workshops, BYOF (Bring Your Own Film) screening, parties and more throughout the weekend. See p32

TH (10/6)-SA (10/8), Multiple Locations across Asheville

Second Chance Dogs

A documentary about the work of the ASPCA Behavioral Rehabilita tion Center located in Weaverville, the first and only permanent facility dedicated strictly to the study and behavioral reha bilitation of extremely fearful, undersocialized dogs, most victims of cruelty or neglect.

TH (10/6), 6:30pm & 8pm, Asheville Pizza & Brewing Co., 675 Merrimon Ave TheaterWorksUSA presents Pete the Cat’s Big Hollywood Adventure

Join Pete the Cat and his buddy Callie as they get lost in Hollywood Studios and go on a musical adventure through the world of the movies.

Recommended for Grades PreK-3. 10am and 12pm.

FR (10/7), 10am & 12pm, $12, Diana Wortham Theatre, 18 Biltmore Ave

Dinner and a Movie: Encanto Dinner will be homemade soups and fixings provided by the Leicester Library Giving Garden and the Friends of the Leicester Library. Bring a blanket or chair - outdoors.

FR (10/7), 5:30pm, Leicester Library, 1561 Alexander Rd, Leicester

Goddess Trilogy Film Series: Goddess Remembered Donna Read's critically acclaimed films, which have appeared on public television, create an experience of women's culture and history from the Paleolithic caves of France to the streets of San Francisco in the 1990s. Viewing followed by discussion. Open to the public.

FR (10/7), 7pm, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville, 1 Edwin Pl

Shirley Valentine

Local theater company Ovation Theatre Arts Collective's inaugural performance, starring local actor Madison Brightwell.

FR (10/7) & SA (10/8), 7pm, SU (10/9), 2pm, Black Mountain Center for the Arts, 225 W State St, Black Mountain Assassins

This multiple Tony Award-winning theatri cal production explores the lives of nine men and women who either killed (or tried to kill) one of the presidents of the United States.

FR (10/7) & SA (10/8), 7:30pm, SU (10/9), 2pm, Hart Theatre, 250 Pigeon St, Waynesville

The Magnetic Theatre presents: The Franken stein Rubrics

Asheville playwright David Hopes puts a unique spin on Mary Shelley’s iconic monsterocal favorite. Performances run Oct. 7-22. See p33

TH (10/6)-SA (10/8), 7:30pm, SU (10/9), 4pm, $25, The Magnetic Theatre, 375 Depot St

The Josephine Baker Cabaret

A celebration of Baker's life through dance, theater and song. Dress in theme and be transformed into a French Cabaret setting with little round tables, open bar, dancing waiters and

a singing bartender.

Hors d’oeuvres will be served with beer and wine.

FR (10/7), 8pm, BeBe Theatre, 20 Commerce St

Hamlet

Montford Park Players presents Shakespeare's classic revenge tale.

FR (10/7)-SU (10/9), 7:30pm, Hazel Robin son Amphitheatre, 92 Gay St

Our Town

ACT gives this American classic a fresh approach and contemporary design to reflect our own town of Asheville today: how we look and sound, how we work and play, how we live and die. Various dates and times through Oct. 16.

FR (10/7) & SA (10/8), 7:30pm, SU (10/9), 2:30pm, Asheville Community Theatre, 35 E Walnut St

Quilters: The Musical The musical is presented as a series of short tales and tableaux matched with musical numbers, each presenting an aspect of frontier life or womanhood.

Presented by Western Carolina University's Department of Stage and Screen.

SA (10/8), 7:30pm, SU (10/9), 5pm, $15-25, The Village Green, 160 Frank Allen Rd, Cashiers

MEETINGS & PROGRAMS

Spanish Club

Spanish speakers of all ages and levels are welcome to join together for conver sation to practice the language in a group setting.

WE (10/5), 6pm, Black Mountain Brewing, 131 NC-9, Black Mountain Euphoric, Low-Caloric Soul Food Speaker and author Ed Foote Ed will present three short talks: Introduction to the Edgar Cayce Readings, Introduction to A Course In Miracles, and a brief look at Discovering Your Soul's Purpose

WE (10/5), 7pm, avl.mx/8u5

Music To Your Ears

Discussion Series: Bill Kopp and Jay Bergen on John Lennon

Explore John Lennon’s Rock 'N' Roll LP and the controversy and legal battles surround ing it. Bill Kopp is joined by guest host Jay Bergen, author of Lennon, the Mobster and the Lawyer and the attorney who represented John Lennon and Yoko Ono during legal battles

surrounding the album.

WE (10/5), 7pm, Asheville Guitar Bar, 122 Riverside Dr

Laurel Chapter of the Embroiderers' Guild of America

This month’s program will be a needle art project done on perforated paper.

The techniques required to complete a miniature sheep pin or hanging ornament will be taught. Visitors welcome. If interested, contact Mary Ann Wyatt at (828)551-7719 or Janet Stewart at (828)575-9195.

TH (10/6), 9:30am, Grace Lutheran Church, 1245 6th Ave W, Hendersonville

The Hesitant Hiker: Hiking Safety with Nancy East Author and Western North Carolina search and rescue team mem ber will speak on how to empower yourself with the knowledge and skills to stay “safe and found” and enjoy your time on the trail without hesitation.

TH (10/6), 10:30am, Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St

Fall Color Webinar

With photographer J. Scott Graham, who will discuss the best ways to enjoy fall color along the Blue Ridge Parkway. Hosted by the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation.

TH (10/6), 11am, avl.mx/aeu

Family Outdoor Fishing Night

This introductory program teaches basic skills and is geared for ages 5 and up. Fishing poles and bait are provided.

TH (10/6), 5pm, Azalea Park, Swannanoa River Rd

Why This Fall's Election Matters for the Environment WNC Sierra Club’s political chair Ken Brame will share insights on the most competitive races and prospects for the State Supreme Court and the NC General Assembly. For further information, contact Judy Mattox, WNC Sierra Club Chair, at JudyMattox15@ gmail.com or (828)6832176.

TH (10/6), 7pm, avl.mx/977

Swannanoa Communi ty Yard Sale

All proceeds from seller space rentals - $15 in advance, $20 day of - help support Friends and Neighbors of Swannanoa (FANS), an all-volunteer nonprofit organization, and the Swannanoa community.

SA (10/8), 8am, Ingles Swannanoa Parking Lot, 2299 US-70, Swannanoa

Native Trees Guided Walk

The 90-minute walk will focus on identifying and understanding trees, especially those native to the area. Co-sponsored by Hen dersonville Tree Board and Friends of the Oklawaha Greenway.

SA (10/8), 10:30am, Oklawaha Greenway, Hendersonville

James Vester Miller: From Walking Trail to Website Launch

The historic contri butions and impact of renowned Black Architect James Vester Miller come to life in a walking trail and new website. Hear Asheville photographer Andrea Clark speak about her grandfather, followed by a guided tour or self-guided walk of the trail. See p32-33

SA (10/8), 11am, Pack Memorial Library - Lord Auditorium, 67 Haywood St

Burton Street Commu nity Cleanup

Help keep the neigh borhood beautified.

SA (10/8), 12pm, Bur ton Street Community Center, 134 Burton St

Indigenous Peoples' Day with Cherokee educator, Lianna Constantino

Learn about Cherokee history and culture with Costantino, a tribal citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and storyteller. RSVP required.

SA (10/8), 3pm, Dreaming Stone Arts and Ecology Center, 382 Pleasant Hill Rd, Rutherfordton

Wild Walk: A Behind the Scenes Tour

The tour includes learn ing about how animals are fed and cared for, an animal enrichment session, and exclusive interactions with the keepers. Masks are required near the animals. 14+

SU (10/9), 1:30pm, WNC Nature Center, 75 Gashes Creek Rd

Stitches of Love Asheville

Monthly meeting of a group of knitters, crocheters, and quilters who enjoy making gifts for charity.

MO (10/10), 7pm, New Hope Presbyterian Church, 3070 Sweeten Creek Rd

Bingo Night Doors open 4:30pm. Up to $2500 in prizes, weekly.

TU (10/11), 7pm, $25, American Legion Post 70, 103 Reddick Rd

Boy Scout Troop 91 Fall Kick Off

For boys ages 11-18, free to attend first two meetings. Visit: avl.mx/bxq

TU (10/11), 7pm, St. Pauls United Methodist Church, 223 Hillside St

Pisgah Legal Service's Twelfth Annual Justice Forum

With speaker Dr Jamila Michener, a professor at Cornell who studies poverty, racial inequality, and public policy and is also the author of Fragmented Democracy: Medicaid, Federalism, and Unequal Politics

Registration required.

TU (10/11), 7pm, Wortham Center for the Performing Arts, 18 Biltmore Ave

Snowy Owls: Living on the Edge of the World Join Blue Ridge Audubon to learn more about these birds from Denver Holt, founder and president of the Owl Research Institute.

TU (10/11), 7pm, OLLI/ Reuter Center, UNCA, 300 Campus View Rd

LOCAL MARKETS

Staples Artisan Market Small and homegrown market.

WE (10/5, 13), 11am, 65 Merrimon Ave

Leicester Farmers Market

Leicester's only community-led farmers market with local produce, cheese, meats and crafts.

WE (10/5, 13), 3pm, Leicester Community Center, 2979 New Leicester Hwy, Leicester

River Arts District (RAD) Farmers Market

Located on the river with live music and over 30 local vendors. Safely accessible via the greenway, plus ample parking.

WE (10/5, 13), 3pm, Smoky Park Supper Club, 350 Riverside Dr Weaverville Tailgate Market

Local foodstuffs, alongside a small lineup of craft and artisan vendors. WE (10/5, 13), 3pm, 60 Lake Shore Dr Weaverville

Etowah Lions Club Farmers Market

Fresh produce, meat, sweets, breads, arts, and more, through

Oct. 26.

WE (10/5, 12), 3pm, 447 Etowah School Rd, Hendersonville

Enka-Candler Tailgate Market

Fresh local produce and heritage crafts. Weekly.

TH (10/5, 13), 3pm, A-B Tech Small Busi ness Center, 1465 Sand Hill Rd, Candler

Flat Rock Tailgate Market

A diverse group of local produce farmers, jam and jelly makers, bread bakers, wild crafters, and merry makers.

TH (10/5, 13), 3pm, Pinecrest ARP Church, 1790 Greenville Hwy, Flat Rock

East Asheville Tailgate Market

Local goods, every Friday.

FR (10/7), 3pm, 954 Tunnel Rd

Sunset Market Series

Special hot drinks, fall cocktails and a bonfire with local artists and vendors.

FR (10/7), 5pm, Oak and Grist Distilling Co., 1556 Grovestone Rd, Black Mountain Hendersonville Farmers Market

Produce, meat, eggs, baked goods, coffee,

crafts and more from 30+ local vendors.

With live music, kids' activities and cooking demos weekly.

SA (10/8), 8am, 650 Maple St

Mills River Farmers Market

A producer-only mar ket, selling products raised or produced within 50 miles of the market. With local musicians, a wide variety of vegetables, fruits, meat, eggs, and high-quality crafts.

SA (10/8), 8am, Mills River Elementary School, 94 Schoolhouse Rd, Mills River

North Asheville Tailgate Market

The oldest Saturday morning market in WNC. Over 60 rotating vendors.

SA (10/8), 8am, 3300 University Heights

Asheville City Market

Over 50 vendors and local food products, including fresh produce, meat, cheese, bread, pastries, and more.

SA (10/8), 9am, 52 N Market St

Black Mountain Tailgate Market

Seasonal community market event featuring organic and sustainably grown produce, plants,

cut flowers, herbs, locally raised meats, seafood, breads, pastries, cheeses, eggs and local arts and handcrafted items.

SA (10/8), 9am, 130 Montreat Rd, Black Mountain

Junk-O-Rama Saturday Vintage antiques market, every Saturday through October.

SA (10/8), 11am, Fleetwood's, 496 Haywood Rd

Jackson Arts Market Makers & Music Festival

With live, local music on Saturdays and an open mic on Sundays.

SA (10/8) & SU (10/9), 12pm, Downtown Sylva Local Makers Market

Vendors, makers, and purveyors from Ashe ville and the mountains surrounding. Bringing art and craft, jewelry, vintage clothing, food items, CBD and more.

With a food truck and live music from the Awen Family Trio.

SA (10/8), 2pm, One World Brewing West, 520 Haywood Rd

Rabbit Rabbit Sunday Market

Vintage clothes, housewares, handmade jewelry, ceramics, apparel - with live music, special activities,

and drinks and bites by AVL Taco and AVL Brewing Co.

SU (10/9), 12pm, Rabbit Rabbit, 75 Coxe Ave

West Asheville Tailgate Market

Over 40 local vendors and live music, every Tuesday.

TU (10/11), 3:30pm, 718 Haywood Rd

FESTIVALS & SPECIAL EVENTS

Royal Gentleman's Academy Fashion Show

Post-fashion show, the participants will join in a live panel discussion to talk about societal bias and their personal stories and experiences. With local food sponsors, and a live music performance by local talent, Zondo.

By Courageous Heart and My Daddy Taught Me That.

TH (10/6), 6pm, $20, Burton St Community, 134 Burton St

An Evening on the Block

Two year anniversary block party with live music, ribbon cutting, small bites and the cast

of "Raising Black."

FR (10/7), 4pm, Noir Collective, 39 S Market St

Asheville Tool Library Open House

Explore the new location and enjoy light snacks, local music, raf fle prizes. Bring a place setting for serving and camp chairs, if you are able.

FR (10/7), 5pm, Asheville Tool Library, 16 Smith Mill Works Rd

The 10th Annual Haunted Trail Ideal for Halloween lovers of all ages (3-12 being the suggested age range), with several local vendors under a festival tent. Ticket sales to this event raise meals for MANNA Food Bank. Various dates and times through Oct. 30. See p32

FR (10/7 & 8), 6:30pm, $18, Adventure Center of Asheville, 85 Expo Dr

Appalachian Folk Festival

Take a tour of the 1815 Allison Deaver House, the oldest frame house west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, as well as craft booths, artisans at work, mountain music, presenters, and children's activities.

Featuring Ravenwood Rd, Skyward Blue, and Lynn Goldsmith and the Jeter Mountain Band.

SA (10/8), 10am, Allison-Deaver House, 2753 Asheville Hwy Pisgah Forest

Bascomb Lamar Lunsford Festival

An all-day festival cele brating regional music and dance traditions, the event is the second longest-running folk festival in Western North Carolina and was named in honor of Bascom Lamar Lunsford, who was a musician and folklorist who dedicated his life to collecting and promoting the music of the Southern Appalachians.

SA (10/8), 10am, Mars Hill University, Mars Hilll

Madison Heritage Arts Festival

More than 60 vendors with traditional crafts, local food and live music - in conjunction with the Bascomb Lamar Lunsford Festival.

SA (10/8), 10am Broyhill Chapel, 338 Cascade St, Mars Hill

Black Mountain Home Fall Festival

A campus and ministry showcase with a silent auction, live music, car show, games for the kids.

SA (10/8), 10am, Black Mountain Home for Children, 80 Lake Eden Rd, Black Mountain

Fall Harvest Festival

Open House

Hayride tours of the market and fall décor of pumpkins, corn stalks, and mums for sale. Sample farm-fresh local apples, apple cider and honey; enjoy food trucks, live bluegrass music, and games such as pumpkin tic-tac-toe and corn hole toss.

SA (10/8), 10am, WNC Farmers Market, 570 Brevard Rd

Bears Bees + Brews Festival

Show your support for wild creatures with family-friendly fun including learning from experts of local wildlife and conservation orga nizations, enjoyiong sweet and savory bites and brews, shopping local vendors and more.

SA (10/8), 12pm, Rabbit Rabbit, 75 Coxe Ave

Asheville Wine & Food Experience

Presented by USA TODAY, this inaugural event will allow guests to taste, savor and explore the Asheville culinary scene, from local trends to regional traditions.

SA (10/8), 1pm, Salvage Station, 468 Riverside Dr

CiderFest NC 2022

The largest annual fundraiser hosted by nonprofit Green Built Alliance in partnership with the NC Cider Association SA (10/8), 1pm, Olivette Riverside Community and Farm, 1069 Olivette Rd

French Broad River Mile 67 Celebration

Celebrating 30 years of community river activiity with gear demos, tube and boat rentals, used gear sale, cornhole tournament, local beer and food trucks; plus live music from the Jon Stickley Trio, Natti Love Joys and Dave Desmelik Trio. By Grey Eagle Events and Asheville Adventure Company.

SA (10/8), 1pm, The Outpost, 521 Amboy Rd

Annual Eliada Fall Festival and Corn Maze

One hundred percent of the proceeds will go to benefit the children, youth and families served at Eliada.

SU (10/9), 10am, Eliada, 2 Compton Dr Fall Festivities

Donation-based pony rides, hay rides, local apples, fresh pressed cider, sould silo and a pig viewing area. All donations go toward Project HNG nonprofit.

SU (10/9), 10am, Hickory Nut Gap Farm, 57 Sugar Hollow Rd, Fairview

221st Anniversary

With special music from the Chancel Choir, Asbury Stringers, and others, followed by a covered dish luncheon in the fellowship hall.

SU (10/9), 11am, Asbury Memorial UMC, 171 Beaverdam Rd

WCMS Fall Festival

Welcoming all WNC physicians, physician assistants, WCMS members, WCMS donors and their fami lies for an afternoon by the river. Family-friend ly activities, live music, lunch and drinks provided.

SU (10/9), 12pm, Smoky Park Supper Club, 350 Riverside Dr

Second Saturday Music Series

With live music by Simple Folk. Outdoors.

SU (10/9), 6pm, Main Street Weaverville, 1 South Main St, Weaverville

WNC Career Expo

Participating employers are expected to be hiring to fill hundreds of available positions in growing industries like health care, advanced manufacturing, hospi tality, and professional services.

TU (10/11), 11am, WNC Agricultural Center, 1301 Fanning Bridge Rd

Job Fair

Find a career where you make a difference!

Hiring for more than 25 positions, $15 minimum wage and $500 signing bonus.

WE (10/12), 5pm, Irene Wortham CenterADA, 18 Azalea St

MountainTrue's 40th Anniversary Celebration

The 1982 throw back-themed gathering will include heavy hors d'oeuvres provided by Chef Steven Moore of The Broke Stove cater ing, as well as an online auction to raise funds for MountainTrue’s work. Registration required.

WE (10/12), 5:30pm, Salvage Station, 468 Riverside Dr

75th Annual Fall Edi tion Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands Filling both the con course and arena levels of the venue, makers exhibit a variety of craft ranging from contemporary to tradi tional in works of clay, wood, metal, glass, fiber, natural materials, paper, leather, mixed media, and jewelry.

TH (10/13)-SU (10/16), 10am, Free-$12, Harrah's Cherokee Center, 87 Haywood St

Blueprint Breakfast for Dinner

Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity and some of Asheville’s culinary best present an evening of creative cuisine and craft beverages in support of one of our region’s most pressing issues–housing. Festivities include music from the Firecracker Jazz Band. See p31

TH (10/13), 5:30pm, Rabbit Rabbit, 75 Coxe Ave

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS

Arts AVL Town Hall: City Candidates Socialize with other arts advocates and find out where Ashe ville Mayor and City Council candidates stand on local arts issues. Moderated by Arts Coalition chairs Jessica Tomasin and Reggie Tidwell.

WE (10/12), 5pm, Wortham Center for the Performing Arts, 18 Biltmore Ave

BENEFITS & VOLUNTEERING

Fairview Road

Resilience Garden

Work Day

Volunteers are needed at the garden every Wednesday. All ages and skill levels are welcome to harvest, weed, plant, and build community.

WE (10/5, 13), 5:30pm, Fairview Resilience Garden, 461 Fairview Rd

Asheville Drag Brunch

A fundraiser for Healing Solutions Counseling, with Divine the Bearded Lady.

FR (10/7), 5pm, plēb urban winery, 289 Lyman St

Your Dog Here

For a donation of $30 to Asheville Humane Society, you can guar antee your pup’s spot on a DSSOLVR beer label and support your local animals. With a raffle and dog photo booth.

FR (10/7), 5pm, The Whale: A Craft Beer Collective, 507 Haywood Rd

Bobby Hicks in Concert

Live music from Grammy-winning bluegrass fiddle player and local grop The Dirty French Broads. All proceeds will be donated to the Ecustra Trail. Cash only.

SA (10/8), 6:30pm, $30, Skyterra Wellness Retreat, 75 Skyterra Way, Pisgah Forest

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BY JESSICA WAKEMAN

jwakeman@mountainx.com

On Sept. 13, Buncombe County Health & Human Services issued an alert on social media and to local groups like the Homeless Coalition about a spike in overdos es in the county.

“Please be advised, over the last several days there has been a con tinued spike in probable overdoses in Buncombe County,” the email alert from spokesperson Stacey Wood read. The alert continued “we strongly encourage agencies to distribute naloxone,” as well as test substances with fentanyl test strips before use.

Although the purpose of BCDHHS’ alert was to warn the community about potential over doses, it also put naloxone, a pri mary weapon in the fight against the opioid epidemic, front and cen ter. Naloxone is a Food and Drug Administration-approved overdose reversal medication. Those who work in the field of harm reduc tion — meaning the strategies to reduce harm to physical and sexual health that can result from drug use — say this lifesaving drug that is easy enough for a layperson to administer can’t be distributed widely enough.

Recovery community seeks to stop more overdoses with naloxone

Kevin Mahoney , peer support specialist at Mountain Area Health Education Center, says that after an overdose is reversed, an individual may become more open to seek ing treatment in that vulnerable moment. “[Alcoholics Anonymous] folks say ‘wait for the miracle to happen,’” Mahoney explains. “The idea is to keep people alive.”

The ultimate hope for people with opioid use disorder is to address the greater systemic issues or underlying trauma that brought them there. But “we can’t do that if they OD,” Mahoney says.

An average of nine people died from a drug overdose each day in 2020 in North Carolina, which was a 40% increase over the pre vious year, the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services announced in March.

HOW NALOXONE WORKS

Using opioids, including pre scription drugs like Percocet or OxyContin, or “street” drugs like heroin, can slow or stop an individual’s breathing, which is an overdose.

Naloxone is an opioid recep tor antagonist, meaning it kicks off anything that is bonded to it, explains Carriedelle Fusco , a MAHEC family nurse practitioner

and co-director of office-based opioid treatment services. It only works for opioid overdoses — not for overdoses of the drug class of benzodiazepines, like Xanax.

Naloxone can be administered as a nasal spray, commonly known by its brand name Narcan, or through a shot in the thigh. “With Narcan, it’s just one spray into a nostril,” explains Justin Shytle , who pro vides training on naloxone for Sunrise Community for Recovery and Wellness, a recovery nonprofit staffed by peer support specialists. (BCDHHS is a partner of Sunrise.)

“The intramuscular [shot] can seem a little intimidating, but real ly, it’s just pulling up a syringe with a vial, and then the shot would go into a muscular area,” Shytle says. He compares its ease of use to an Epipen, a device that administers epinephrine to stop a life-threaten ing allergic reaction.

The American Medical Association notes that 80% of opi oid overdose deaths happen out side of a medical setting. That means there is a likelihood that naloxone will be administered by a friend, family member, coworker or bystander. Sunrise has focused on increasing access to naloxone at sober living facilities and addiction treatment centers, according to Lance Karner , the harm reduction coordinator at Sunrise.

“It’s important for people com ing out of [addiction] treatment to know how to use Narcan,” he explains. As with people who are leaving incarceration, an individ ual who has been sober for a time may have a lowered tolerance and be more inclined to overdose.

HOW TO SAVE A LIFE

Naloxone is increasingly avail able in Asheville. During fiscal year 2020, Sunrise distributed 856 naloxone kits, says Karner. People who used naloxone on themselves or others reported it reversed 162 overdoses.

This fiscal year, Karner says Sunrise distributed 1,983 naloxone kits and 450 opioid reversals were reported. (Karner says Sunrise pri marily distributed the intramuscu lar naloxone shots.) “Out of every four we give out, one is saving a life,” Karner says.

Adds Shytle, “Just having the Narcan out there has been won derful — it’s been a lifesaver.” He means this personally: Shytle had

OVERDOSE REVERSAL: Lance Karner, harm reduction coordinator for Sunrise Community for Recovery and Wellness, says recipients of nal oxone distributed by his group report that 1-in-4 has been used for an over dose reversal. Photo by Jodi Ford

SPREAD THE WORD: Justin Shytle, who handles safe syringe program container pickup for Sunrise Com munity for Recovery and Wellness, has trained local restaurants and bars on how to administer naloxone.

Narcan administered to him for the first time to reverse an overdose at age 17, he tells Xpress .

He sees making naloxone more accessible in Asheville as a posi tive thing. “For us at Sunrise, we always have some to hand out to make sure people have it,” Shytle says and demonstrates that he’s carrying Narcan in his messen ger bag. “I’ve had to bring back quite a few people” with naloxone, he says.

Sunrise receives naloxone train ing requests from individuals and groups. For example, Sunrise recently did one-on-one training with residents of the Deaverview Apartments, a public housing com munity, Karner says.

Amy Upham , executive director of Eleanor Health Foundation, put together kits of Narcan and infor mational packets, and distributed them to businesses in downtown Asheville and in West Asheville during the holiday season in 2020. When she dropped off kits to busi ness owners, she would explain what Narcan is. Only one business — a restaurant in West Asheville — refused a kit, saying “‘We don’t need that,’” Upham remembers.

Mahoney from MAHEC says he always keeps naloxone with him. “It’s like having a phone with you or your water bottle — you don’t go out without it,” he says.

Naloxone does not have a neg ative effect if it’s administered to

an individual who isn’t overdosing. (For example, if a person is unre sponsive because a stroke is in progress.) And North Carolina has a “Good Samaritan Law” which protects anyone who administers naloxone “if the person has a goodfaith belief that the other person is experiencing a drug-related overdose and the person exercises reasonable care in administering the drug to the other person.”

HOW NALOXONE CAME TO BUNCOMBE

In Buncombe County, nalox one is dispensed by a licensed health care professional through BCDHHS. The department began dispersing the medication around 2016 through a grant with Sunrise, says Upham, who is BCDHHS’ for mer opioid response coordinator.

Naloxone also can be accessed through Buncombe County Sheriff’s Department at the Buncombe County Detention Center. Leaving the criminal jus tice system is one of the most dan gerous times for a potential over dose to occur as an individual’s tolerance for the drug may have lowered while incarcerated, says Upham. “Folks coming out of pris on are 40 times more likely to die of an opioid overdose if they use again,” she says, citing research on over 200,000 formerly incar cerated people in North Carolina published in the American Journal of Public Health in 2018.

Previous Xpress reporting notes that any individual who is identi fied as having an opioid use dis order at intake at the detention center is given an opioid rever sal kit when leaving the jail. The detention center is in the process of stocking a vending machine with free naloxone, says Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Aaron Sarver  X

Photo by Jessica Wakeman

‘Salvage what we can’

BY THOMAS CALDER

tcalder@mountainx.com

Local poet Brit Washburn doesn’t associate poetry with writing.

“It has, for as long as it has appealed to me, seemed a thing apart — the byproduct of a way of being in the world,” says the award-winning poet and author of the 2019 collec tion Notwithstanding. “To be a poet, to my mind, is to be aware. ... To pay attention; to be curious and alert; to

be receptive and reflective, reverent and irreverent, romantic and skep tical; to mourn and to praise; to con template, celebrate and salvage what we can of the universe, on behalf of our species. To be a poet, then, is no more or less than to be fully human and to translate and distill that expe rience into language so meticulously as to evoke and redeem something of life itself.”

Originally from northern Michigan, Washburn is a graduate

November 11

by Brit Washburn

Once a week or so, when we’ve dropped her brother at the gym, and if there are no pressing errands to be run, I take my daughter on a date—a flight of kombucha at Rosetta’s kitchen; sushi at a sidewalk café, doughnuts at Vortex or, her favorite, avocado toast at the City Bakery.

A window seat if one’s available. Coffee for me, bubbly water for her, and no one and nothing to compete for our attention.

I try not to look at my phone, try to answer her questions such as today’s about alfalfa sprouts and Veteran’s Day, the things that remain mysteries to six year-olds-And to me, hard pressed as I am to explain war, or why her grandfather would never want to be thanked for his service in Vietnam, how often we don’t know what we’re getting into until it’s too late, then find ourselves having done something we can’t undo, and hate. All the while, she keeps taking bites, her eyes wide and glistening, as his must have been, then, before I knew him, the tangle of tiny shoots the Arabs called the father of all foods curled into a small nest on the side of her plate.

Poet Brit Washburn on literature’s highest purpose

FOUR SEASONS: “The natural world and changes of season have always strongly informed my life and work, and moving to Western North Carolina has felt, in some respects, like a homecoming for me after so many years in tropical and subtropical settings which, however beautiful, always felt for eign,” says poet Brit Washburn. Photo courtesy of Washburn

of the Creative Writing Program at Interlochen Arts Academy and Goddard College in Vermont. She’s lived and studied in multiple states and countries, including New York, Hawaii, South Carolina, Brazil, France and Italy, before relocating to Asheville in 2017.

“The natural world and chang es of season have always strongly informed my life and work, and mov ing to Western North Carolina has felt, in some respects, like a home coming for me after so many years in tropical and subtropical settings which, however beautiful, always felt foreign,” she says.

Xpress recently spoke with Washburn about the importance of specificity within poetry, forms of inspiration and the ways a poem can help readers feel less alone. Along with the conversation is her poem, “November 11.”

Xpress: Can you speak to the inspiration behind this poem?

Brit Washburn: As with most of what I write, this poem arose when I paused for a moment to notice. Multitasking, however necessary, is really hard for me, and it’s only when I’m doing one thing at a time that the impulse to write asserts itself. This happens most often when I’m read ing or walking or sitting down with a cup of tea. In the case of this poem, it was while having coffee and avocado

toast at City Bakery on Charlotte Street with my little girl. I noticed where I was and who I was with and why and what the sensory experience was like. Paying attention in this way almost always elicits an emotional response from me and frequently a tenderness toward the world around me. It has never seemed to me a mere coincidence that attention and tenderness share a root.

How do you think about the inclusion of proper business names and public locations within your work, especially as it relates to non local readers.

All of us inhabit a highly specific world: We go to particular grocery stores and walk down specific streets, and the woods are full of certain species — even if those are different stores and streets and species for each of us. It makes sense to me then to learn and call these places and things by name, as a way of honor ing their individuality. It also helps to ground writing in what is real and tangible, to avoid abstraction, which can be fatal. That said, most of what I write is set at home, or out in the natural world, so I would say “November 11” is a relatively rare instance of businesses being cited in my work, probably thanks to Frank O’Hara’s “The Day Lady Died.”

Could you elaborate on the notion that abstraction can be fatal?

I like the idea that “the hands do the work of the heart,” and I like to think that language does, too: that it can allow us to translate subjective experience — our thoughts and feel ings and impressions — into concrete imagery — sounds and sights and scents and tastes and textures that can be offered up to the reader, the other, extended like a branch or a hand. Abstraction does the oppo site. Etymologically, it is a drawing away. The hand it extends is empty or nonexistent. It has no weight behind it, provides nothing to bite into, hold onto. An apple can be grasped, devoured. We can feel it fill our stomachs, crave it in its absence. So, I guess when I say abstraction can be fatal, I mean words devoid of substance offer little sustenance. Poems composed of abstractions are likely to fall flat, leave us feeling con fused or cold or, worst of all, nothing. But throw in some bread and a wool blanket, and we begin to feel less alone in the world. If I would have poems do one thing, that would be it.

What was the revision process like for this poem in particular and your poetry in general?

Revision, for me, begins almost as soon as I put pen to paper, if not before then, in my head. I might write a few words and then shuffle them around before going further. Or sometimes a poem will be born close to whole, but I’ll immediately circle back to the beginning and start fiddling. As a result, I almost never have multiple “drafts.” My poems are much more like what we’re told of the human body: continuously shedding cells and generating new ones, so that every seven years, we’re an entirely different organism, but the process has been imperceptible. Similarly, I think I’m always mak ing innumerable choices about form and structure when I write, but I rarely make big, conscious changes. The poems just evolve, as though they themselves are trying to find their way.

Within this poem, you’re capturing a moment with your daughter and a memory of your father. What was the process like in merging those two experiences within the poem itself?

My mother talks a lot about the symmetry of aging: how growing old is much like growing up, but in reverse. There is a way in which the wonder we see in the eyes of children mirrors the hard-won wisdom and wistfulness in the eyes of the elderly. Perhaps this was in the back of my mind when I wrote of them together. The juxtaposition of contrasts often seems to throw their relative signif

icance into relief — war and alfalfa sprouts, for example — though in the case of my father and daughter, there’s nothing relative about it — neither could be more significant to me.

Is there a local poet whose new collection has you particularly excited and why?

I’m excited to see a collection from the Candler-based poet Mackenzie Kozak, though it has yet to come out. If confined to already published books, Nickole Brown’s bestiary, To Those Who Were Our First Gods, is a feat in service of literature’s highest purpose: the cultivation of compas sion. And Swannanoa-based poet Maggie Anderson’s Dear All is among the most devastating books I’ve read in the past decade.

Lastly, who are the four poets on your Mount Rushmore?

My first thought would be just to let the mountain be a poem unto itself or stand for the great mountain poets Hanshan and Gary Snyder. But if we’re talking about American poets who have been important to me, I’d say Richard Hugo, Jim Harrison, Jane Kenyon and Louise Glück would be right up there. X

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Innovation-in-the-round

Local theaters embrace experimental approaches

BY EDWIN ARNAUDIN

earnaudin@mountainx.com

There was something different about this trip to the theater.

As Ariel Casale and her fellow cast members entered the Attic Salt Theatre Company space for its pro duction of Cry It Out, the actors were surrounded on all sides by the audience, seated mere feet away. Performers and patrons alike could have easily reached out and touched one another — not that they would.

Preserving the sanctity of this shared experience seemed of utmost importance to all parties involved.

“Having the audience all around made me more aware of my move ment onstage and my volume and just making sure everyone got a good look at what we were putting out there,” Casale says. “This show put us all to task to ensure we weren’t stagnant in our performances. It’s been a really cool experience.”

Actor Scott Treadway feels the same way about his ongoing role in God of Carnage, which is being staged in the round at Flat Rock Playhouse. Though not his first experience with the experimental approach, he hasn’t performed in the round in many years.

“What I love about this is there’s no [vocal] projection, there’s no mic hanging off the side of my face and

I can just look my fellow actor dead in the eye and talk,” he says. “It’s so intimate and it feels so honest.”

Unlike Treadway, Cry It Out did mark Casale’s first time as an actor surrounded by an audience. The production’s last show ran Sept. 25.

“When the cast was told that was the case for this show, we were all superexcited about the possi bilities and getting to be a part of a new way to be a part of and see a show,” she says. “When we started working out the blocking, it wasn’t much different from what I’ve experienced previously. But as an actor, it was an exercise in mak ing sure that the entire audience saw the performance.”

These experimental approaches and others are being tested out at a variety of local theater companies. Between performances and prepar ing for their next endeavors, mem bers from each production spoke with Xpress about pushing bound aries and the risks and rewards that stem from these efforts.

CREATIVE CHOICES

While previous Attic Salt shows have experimented with form including minimalism and talking directly to the audience — they’ve been presented in traditional pro scenium style, in which all play

attendees are seated and facing the same direction.

Granted, the Attic Salt is not a typical theater. Instead of a proper stage, the nonprofit’s productions are performed in a studio space. Approaching Cry It Out , artistic director Jeff Catanese and the show’s director, Betsy Puckett, were forced to reckon with the venue’s inherent limitations. But instead of succumbing to those hinderanc es in their presentation of Molly Smith Metzler’s dramedy about the fledgling friendship between a pair of new mother neighbors, the cre ative pair turned those limitations into opportunities.

“When I first read Cry It Out, I wanted to create the backyard in which the action of the play takes place. I decided that the easiest way to do that in our space was to ‘fence’ it in, using the audience as the actu al fence,” Catanese says. “Doing this allowed for the play to become that much more immersive for anyone watching. We’ve heard from several audience members that they felt as though they were neighbors, peer ing at the action from a window into someone else’s yard.”

Setting all of that up, howev er, posed numerous challeng es. Lighting, for example, was tough. The same went for making sure the audience had good sight lines, so no

BLACK BOX TKO: The cast of Flat Rock Playhouse’s production of God of Carnage performs within feet of attendees who surround them from four sides. Photo by Treadshots

section felt cheated out of the actors’ full expressiveness. Such obstacles, Catanese continues, often outweigh the rewards and prompt theater professionals to avoid such risks.

“Of course, one is also able to stage the show more real-to-life when you don’t have to worry about facing one way for the entire play,” he adds. “I think that’s part of what makes it so engrossing to the audience.”

That different brand of connection between actors and theatergoers is at the heart of what inspired Lisa K. Bryant, Flat Rock Playhouse pro ducing artistic director, to launch the company’s Black Box Series with God of Carnage (which runs through Saturday, Oct. 8). Rather than view it and Blood Knot (which runs through Sunday, Oct. 9) from the Leiman Mainstage’s auditorium, attendees are on the stage itself, sur rounding a slightly elevated, square stage from four sides.

“We all have to evolve and stay fresh in order to ensure the best pos sible opportunities for longevity,” Bryant says. “We love the commer cial works we produce — musical comedy, farce, mysteries. But there are folks out there who crave some thing a little more robust in the narrative. It’s our job as professional storytellers to tell all the stories, so we’ll do that with our special Flat Rock Playhouse brand of excel lence and invite our patrons to allow their curiosity to lead them into this new experience.”

Bryant is also the director of God of Carnage, French playwright Yasmina Reza’s Tony-winning, dark comedy — translated to English by Christopher Hampton — about two sets of parents who meet to discuss a fight that occurred between their 11-year-old sons. Presented with out an intermission, the 80-minute show grows increasingly tense as various revelations arise and offers a distinct experience for theatergoers depending on where they sit.

“In film, the director and edi tor decide which ’perspective’ they want the audience to view. It isn’t so different with proscenium the ater,” Bryant says. “With theaterin-the-round, you get different per spectives per whichever side of the stage you might be sitting on, which makes the whole experience extra engaging and fun to participate in.”

PURPOSEFUL PROVOCATION

Magnetic Theatre Co-Artistic Director Katie Jones is also fond of theater-in-the-round and has thought about staging shows that way at the company’s River Arts District space, but the room

is not especially conducive to the approach. Instead, she and her colleagues innovate in other ways. For example, in the upcoming pro duction The Frankenstein Rubrics, which runs Friday, Oct. 7-Saturday, Oct. 22, the company will make cre ative use of a new elevated corridor that runs between the space’s two seating areas.

“We’re trying to treat it really immersively. There’s going to be seats all around, and the whole room is essentially going to be transformed into Dr. Frankenstein’s lab,” Jones says. “We’re even going to do ticket sales in the outer lobby so that there’s no ruining the magic. Once you walk through the red doors, you’re in.”

Back at Flat Rock, Bryant hopes to continue the Black Box Series as an annual offering, both with the ater-in-the-round as well as “some fun other audience seating arrange ments” that she and her colleagues continue to identify.

“We want to keep surprising the audience who finds this series to be a blast to participate with, and we want to keep our creatives excited about new artistic chal lenges year after year,” she says.

“Everyone wins.”

That commitment to creativity resonates deeply with Flat Rock Playhouse stalwart Treadway, who believes that all artists deserve to have their creations given a place to be seen or heard and that if those investments aren’t made, a disser vice is being done to the entire art form.

“There’s so many people out there who want [the Black Box Series], and what they want is just as important as the people who

want the comedies or the musicals,” he says. “There’s too much great work out there, and it’s not going to continue to be written or created unless playwrights have a venue to do it.”

Encouraging the long-term health of local theater is also crucial to

Casale. She feels that theater-inthe-round “automatically makes going to the theater a fresh, new experience for seasoned audience members and for new folks,” and that pushing boundaries has the potential to draw in more regulars on both sides of the stage.

“Asheville’s theater scene is booming, and we have so many great spaces and talent in this city,” she says. “It’s important to continue to attract new audiences and talent by keeping it fresh.”

But while Catanese is in favor of trying new things, he cautions that there should always be a purpose behind experimentation.

“It’s not important to push boundaries in theater if you’re just talking about pushing them for push’s sake,” he says. “However, if a company wants to continue to pur sue quality in their work, they have to be open-minded enough to ask in what ways their work can best be presented. If performing in the round enhances the audience expe rience, so be it. However, there’s a place for straight proscenium and many other kinds of stagings as well.”

MOTHERLY LOVE: From left, Mikhale Sherrill, Ariel Casale and Mash Hes perform a scene in Attic Salt Theatre Co.’s production of Cry It Out. Photo by Rodney Smith/Tempus Fugit Design

BY EDWIN ARNAUDIN

“I was thinking — and that’s dan gerous,” said Al Whitesides , rough ly halfway through the Arts AVL Town Hall forum for Buncombe County commissioner candidates on Sept. 28.

The comment from the Democratic incumbent from District 1 drew scattered chuckles. The self-depre cating remark was one of the few engaging moments during an eve ning where many participants drift ed off-topic. Instead of focusing on the arts-specific items raised by the event’s moderators, Asheville Area Arts Council Arts Coalition Chairs Stephanie Hickling Beckman and Liz Whalen Tallent , most of the speakers focused instead on countywide issues.

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Other participants in the sec ond of three candidate forums hosted by the AAAC included fel low incumbent Amanda Edwards (District 3, Democrat) and challeng ers Anthony Penland (District 1, Republican), Don Yelton (District 3, Republican) and Martin Moore (District 2, Democrat). Incumbent Robert Pressley (District 2, Republican) was scheduled to attend but was not present.

Though candidates spoke about affordable housing, arts and culture funding, the county occupancy tax and other matters, they primarily kept their comments broad regard ing the local creative sector. During introductory remarks, Whitesides mentioned his wife Shirley Whitesides ’ former 35-year career as an Asheville City Schools art teacher, and Moore revealed that he played drums in numerous bands; but the other candidates’ experi ences with the arts largely ceased after high school or freshman year of college.

In turn, few references were made to ongoing engagement with the county’s rich cultural offerings, and while all agreed that the arts community warrants funding, they differed on where the money should come from.

Asked what county government should do to address affordable housing for local creative workers,

Penland turned the conversation into one of sufficient housing for all county residents. He then voiced his opposition to the housing bond referendum on the Nov. 8 ballot, citing the increased annual taxation it would place on area homeowners. (If passed, the bond will cost resi dents roughly $32 more in property taxes for a home valued at $200,000 and $64 for one valued at $400,000.)

“At the current pricing [and] the way things are going in this county and this country, is it the right time to be doing it?” Penland said. He went on to argue that in attempting to address affordabil ity issues, the bonds would make things “less affordable.”

Despite a block grant of near ly $130,000 that commissioners approved in the 2022-23 budget for the AAAC, Buncombe County still lags behind fellow tier 3 North Carolina counties when it comes to local government support for the arts. Moore said, if elected, he would favor increasing funds for the local creative sector.

“This has a positive impact on everyone, and I think we need to continue to invest in things that work,” he said.

Yelton noted that an additional $100,000 annually would get the county above the tier 3 average. But going forward, he proposed a differ ent plan to help cover the costs.

“We are bringing lots of people to Asheville who’ve got lots of money,” he said. “What if we tax the sale of art and let it go straight to the [Arts Council]? Nobody touches it. It doesn’t go to Raleigh. … It doesn’t go to the county. … It goes straight to you guys, in the arts.”

Another question concerned whether cultural infrastruc ture should be addressed in the Buncombe County Comprehensive Plan and if a countywide cultural plan would help foster more inclu sive access to the arts for all coun ty residents.

In response, Edwards applauded the collaboration of the AAAC and fellow nonprofits Thrive Asheville and Asheville GreenWorks in cre ating a natural and cultural asset inventory that’s scheduled for completion in late spring 2023. Edwards noted its potential positive impact on low-income residents.

“One of the things that’s really important to me as we think about cultural equity in the arts is [that] a lot of times folks in underres ourced communities don’t come to the arts,” she said. “How do we ensure equity [so] that everyone has access? And how do we take the arts and creative sector to our folks where they are?”

Yelton then asked for a show of hands regarding how many attend ees had been contacted for input on the Comprehensive Plan, which focuses on the next 20-year period, looking at the relationships involv ing land uses, infrastructure and key community services and ame nities. When only AAAC Executive Director Katie Cornell answered in the affirmative, Yelton said the plan couldn’t be called “comprehensive” since input from every Buncombe County citizen hadn’t been sought. Whitesides responded that over 3,000 residents have given feedback in public meetings that have been held on the plan and that more would be heard at upcoming events.

“We’ve got to include everybody in everything that we do, and if we’re not doing that, we’re not being responsible in doing our jobs as commissioners,” Whitesides said. “The arts community is not on an island by [itself]. You’re a big part of our community, and we’ve got to make sure that you are included — and that’s what we’re trying to do.”

The Arts AVL Town series con cludes Wednesday, Oct. 12, with Asheville mayor and City Council candidates. The event is free to attend, but registration is required. To learn more, visit avl.mx/af1. X

GENERALLY SPEAKING: From left, Buncombe County commissioner candi dates Al Whitesides, Anthony Penland, Martin Moore, Amanda Edwards and Don Yelton participate in the second Arts AVL Town Hall. Photo by Edwin Arnaudin

Exploring the vast expanse of the River Arts District — whether vis iting the hundreds of artist studios and galleries in repurposed factories or exploring the Wilma Dykeman Greenway — can work up a powerful appetite and thirst. Restaurateurs, breweries, bakers and wineries have responded by planting their stake in the area — from White Duck Taco on the northern edge of the district to Rosabees on the southern end, from Grind Coffee Shop at Pink Dog Creative to The Bull and Beggar at The Wedge Studios building.

In late September, Newstock, joined that growing list, opening inside Riverview Station, the sprawling brick building home to 60-plus artists and, now, one food artisan. Though new to the space, owners Ashley Capps and Travis Schultz are not new to the business.

In early 2020, the two chefs left their restaurant jobs with inten tions of opening their own place in Weaverville. COVID, however, panned that plan. Pivoting, the pair launched Newstock in April 2020 as a meal delivery and subscription service. Subleasing a commercial kitchen, the

fresh breads baked in the same space by their friend Gus Trout

As their client base grew, so did their time spent on deliveries. Pivoting once again, the couple shift ed to pickup at All Souls Pizza in the River Arts District. “We had run Newstock about as far as we could in that operational mode,” says Schultz. “Things were shifting as people were going out again, so we needed to figure out the next step for us.”

Fortunately for the pair, Helaine Greene, who co-owns Riverview Station, approached them about an available space in the building.

“The food studio is strictly retail,” Schultz explains, noting that he and Capps will continue baking items inside their commercial kitchen space.

Newstock — tucked into a corner suite next to newly opened Tyger Tyger Gallery — is evocative of a little market found in the French country side, clean and light, with polished concrete floors, a pale green vintage wood counter, white-painted cinder block and brick walls lightly stenciled with fruits and vegetables.

Shelves mounted on the walls dis play other local food-makers’ prod ucts, and coolers are packed with heat-and-eat entrees, sides, cold sal

LAUGHING STOCK: Chefs Ashley Capps and Travis Schultz recently opened Newstock in Riverview Station. The food studio is stocked with their hand made salads, sandwiches and heat-and-eat dinners as well a fresh breads and other locally made products. Photo courtesy Newstock

ads and sandwiches. Fresh breads by Trout, desserts by Kelsianne Bebout of Flour Coffin and macar ons by Beeswax and Butter are also available for purchase. Meanwhile, fresh organic coffee is brewed behind the counter. And those seeking some thing cold and sweet can try a cup of kakigōri, Japanese shaved ice.

“Yes, this space is ours and a place for all the food Travis and I make, but we want to share it with people we respect and love,” says Capps. “We want to make room for other small businesses that make products we value.”

Looking back nearly three years to their dashed plans to open a restau rant, Schultz and Capps are settling

into this new home and eager to see what’s ahead. “You try to control the timing of everything and then you find out the timing controls you,” Capps says. “This is the perfect place for us to be right now and we’re happy to be in such a community of creatives.”

Newstock is at 191 Lyman St. Studio 115. For more information, visit avl.mx/c19.

Tastes of India

Whether you’re in the mood for an elevated, table-service immersion in North Indian cuisine, or a quick-serve dive into Indian street food, restau

rateur Al Singh has you covered at 5 Biltmore Ave. For the former, pivot left and choose Suite B, where Singh opened Mëhfil this spring. For the latter, swivel right and head into Suite A, home of newly opened Dilbar.

“Street food is very big and com plex in India,” Singh explains. “The menu we have created for Dilbar is from all over — Mumbai, Kolkata, New Delhi.”

For example, dosa — the plate-cov ering crepes made of fermented rice folded over savory or sweet fillings — is from south Indian; pani puri, the bite-sized fried hollow puri with a spoonful of potato and chickpea mash, spices and pani (flavored water) is believed to have originated in Uttar Pradesh in north India.

Meanwhile, the frankie is a street food from Mumbai and has nothing to do with hot dogs. “It is a flatbread spread with egg, cabbage, onion, choice of protein, cheese and secret sauce, then rolled up,” Singh explains.

Most intriguing is Indian-Chinese food, which includes dishes such as vegetarian hakka noodles and Szechuan chicken and fried rice. “When the Chinese came to India and opened restaurants, no one ate at them because they were too bland,” says Singh. “The restaurants adapted by using Indian spices on traditional Chinese dishes, so it’s a totally dif ferent flavor profile. Indian-Chinese street food is very big in India.”

Indian sweets and beverages — the mango milkshake is a two-in-one — are also available.

Dilbar is at 5 Biltmore Ave. Suite A. For more information, visit avl.mx/c15.

Rhubarb launches Tuesday Table

At Rhubarb, Tuesday is the new Sunday. In 2013, shortly after John Fleer opened the restaurant, he insti tuted Sunday Supper, a prix-fixe menu for a family-style, communal meal. “We saw it as a way to spotlight our local purveyors while creating connection and forging relation ships,” he explains. “COVID 100% wiped that out.”

Deterred but not defeated, the alliterative prone Fleer has launched Tuesday Table, adjusting the night of the week as well as the set up to accommodate lingering health con cerns about sharing food with strang ers. “We are not yet doing the commu nal table,” he says. “We’re testing the waters to see how comfortable people are. But conceptually, Tuesday Table will be similar to Sunday Supper.”

The Tuesday Table menu, which will change weekly, will present four starters to share; the table then

must decide between two entrée options, one of which will be vege tarian. Desserts will be individually plated because, Fleer admits, “We have yet to crack the code on fami ly-style dessert.”

As Rhubarb approaches its ninth anniversary on Friday, Oct. 14, Tuesday Table will revive dishes from its original 2013 menu, such as lobster corn dogs with comeback sauce, brick oven oysters and Rhubarb glazed pork with cracked corn grits.

Fleer hopes Tuesday Table will be a welcoming place for Ashevillians. “A big hope is by being on a Tuesday night, we can entice locals down town and make connections with in our community. That was a big part of Sunday Supper we hope can be reborn.”

Rhubarb is at 7 SW Pack Square. Visit avl.mx/prx0 for more information.

House money

Like many nonprofits, Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity had to pause annual fundraisers during the peak of the pandemic. This year, with production from Shay Brown Events Management and a new location at Rabbit Rabbit, the organization has flipped the script on its long time Blueprint Breakfast event and re-imagined it as Blueprint Breakfast for Dinner.

The whole shebang is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 13, beginning at 5:30 p.m. The evening will include cocktails and passed appetizers, a program about Habitat’s work sup porting stable housing in Asheville, live music from the Firecracker Jazz Band and nine chef stations for grazing on breakfast-inspired dish es. Smoky Park Supper Club chef/ owner Michelle Bailey, Tastee Diner chef/owner Steven Goff, Holeman & Finch chef/owner Linton Hopkins and Ladies Who Brunch Beth Kellerhals, Michele Gentille and Terri Terrell are among the partici pating tastemakers.

“Bringing people together is cen tral to Habitat’s mission which is why we are excited to partner with the culinary community around one of our region’s most pressing issues — housing,” says Andy Barnett, exec utive director of Asheville Habitat.

“Blueprint Breakfast for Dinner will help fund the construction of an affordable home so a local fam ily can build strength, stability and self-reliance.”

Rabbit Rabbit is at 75 Coxe Ave. Tickets, which include food, two com plimentary drinks and door prizes are $120 per person and can be purchased at avl.mx/c17.

Tree line

Happy 10-year anniversary to restaurateurs Joe Scully and Kevin Westmoreland, who on Sept. 23, 2012, opened their second restau rant, Chestnut, in the then-develop ing South Slope area of downtown Asheville. (Their first restaurant, Corner Kitchen, launched in 2004 and continues to operate in Biltmore Village.) At the time, 48 Biltmore Ave. was considered a “cursed” location, but Scully says he looked in his crys tal ball and saw opportunity.

“We knew Aloft hotel was coming to Biltmore, Orange Peel was there, the building next door had been redeveloped into condos with gallery space on the street level. We felt like if we were going to open [a restaurant] downtown, that was the time.”

Chestnut’s dinner menu changes out monthly, but Scully says two dish es are sacrosanct. “The lobster bisque has been there since the start; and when we tried to take off the petite filet, people brought out the torches and pitchforks. We know better.”

Chestnut is at 48 Biltmore Ave. For more information, vistion avl.mx/c1a.

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Around Town

The Haunted Trail bills itself as “Asheville’s only family-friendly haunt,” and there’s a reason for that.

“We believe it’s important for kids and their developing minds to have an outlet for Halloween that is more advanced than painting pumpkins but also not aggressive and vulgar,” says Lauren Rivas, creative director of Asheville Plays, which runs the trail. “This event from entrance to exit has been created with families in mind.”

The 10th annual Haunted Trail gets underway at The Adventure Center of Asheville on Friday, Oct. 7, 6-9 p.m., and runs Fridays and Saturdays through the end of the month, with additional days and hours the week before Halloween.

The trail and related activities are open to all, but organizers say the suggested age range is kids 3-12.

With that in mind, the event fea tures an aerial glow trail in Treetops Adventure Park, a Pirates Cove and a Little Ghouls play area for families with smaller kids. And every night at 6:30, there will be a sneak peak tour for youths who still aren’t sure about being scared, even for fun. The trail is actor-free at this time, allowing parents to decide if they want to expe rience the full trail show.

Speaking of the trail, it features 15 live-action scenes portraying classic Halloween themes, including crowd-fa vorite Frankenstein’s monster, Hansel and Gretel battling the witch and a circus scene. “The circus is as truly scary as our show gets, because clowns are just inherently freaky,” Rivas says. “We put this scene first, so if you don’t like clowns just walk fast.”

New this year is a lava walk bridge and erupting volcano.

Also on tap is an activities tent as well as pizza from Mellow Mushroom and a selection of alcoholic and nonal coholic beverages.

For every ticket sold, The Haunted Trail will donate four meals to MANNA FoodBank. Over the course of the 2020 and 2021 events, it donated more than 38,000 meals.

“I truly believe in the power of cre ativity and the magic of imagination, and want to create a show that encour ages everyone, but especially kids, to explore that artistic creative side of themselves,” Rivas says.

The Adventure Center of Asheville is at 85 Expo Drive. Tickets are $18-$40; children 3 and younger enter for free. For more information, including addi tional days and times, visit avl.mx/c1b.

Oh, the horror

Horror movies hold a special place in the world of indie film.

“A lot of up-and-coming film makers start within that genre because it’s so accessible,” says Madeleine Richardson, co-founder of Asheville’s Cat Fly Film Fest. “It’s really easy to take a camera into the woods and shoot something Blair Witch Project-style.”

Just in time for Halloween season, Cat Fly Film Fest will present Cat Fly or Die Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 6-8, at various venues around town, includ ing Fleetwood’s Chapel, The Odd, Different Wrld and the Funkatorium.

“Focusing on horror and thriller really speaks to the mission of the [Cat Fly Film] festival itself, which is to provide a platform for rising Southern filmmakers to screen their work,” Richardson says.

Cat Fly or Die is a rebrand of Cat Fly Halloween, a one-day film fest that was held three times, most recently in 2019.

The event has expanded to three days and will include 13 curated Halloween-themed films, along with a live-scored short. Several of the films are from Asheville filmmakers, includ ing Jennifer Trudrung (Posture), Joshua Overbay (Spyder), David Gwaltney (Trigger Warning) and Hamish Horton (director of the music video for Machine 13’s new single “Jai”).

Also on the schedule are a live pod cast reading of local horror anthology podcast series Palimpsest, cabaret theatrics from South Carolina band Wasted Wine, comedy and more.

“This time of year is when we like to get experimental,” says Brittany Jackson, Cat Fly co-founder. “Since it’s not the main festival, it’s a great time to try new things.”

For a full list of films, times and venues, go to avl.mx/c1c.

Brick by brick

James Vester Miller built many of the historic brick churches, public buildings and homes that still stand in downtown Asheville. But the work of the renowned mason has gone largely unrecognized until recent years.

“He worked with high-profile busi nessmen, architects and engineers, which earned him the respect for them to use him and his craft, to produce a large part of Asheville’s landscape and cityscape,” says Ali Rivera, Miller’s great granddaughter. “However, he was not documented like his cauca sian counterparts.”

ALL AGES: The Haunted Trail at the Adventure Center of Asheville is de signed to be family-friendly. Photo courtesy of Asheville Plays

The Haunted Trail returns with family-friendly fun

Miller’s life and work will be in the spotlight with a new walk ing trail and website presented by Buncombe County Public Libraries’ Special Collections and The Preservation Society of Asheville & Buncombe County.

The trail and website will be launched Saturday, Oct. 8, at 11 a.m., with a program at Pack Library’s Lord Auditorium. Asheville photographer Andrea Clark, Miller’s granddaugh ter, will speak about her grandfather.

The free program will focus on the launch of the new James Vester Miller website, designed by UNC Asheville student AJ Jolly under the guidance of Victoria Bradbury, assistant pro fessor of new media. Participants will be encouraged to walk the trail or join a guided tour that will take place following the program, noon-2 p.m.

The website includes an interactive map for the trail, as well as information on Miller’s background and the East End Neighborhood. Rivera says orga nizers hope schools will use it when teaching U.S. and U.S. Black history.

Among the buildings featured on the trail are St. Matthias Episcopal Church, Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church, the YMI building and the Asheville Municipal Building.

“The trail gives people an opportuni ty to physically explore the structures he built and have a better sense of his legacy,” Rivera says. “His masonry is truly an art, and amongst adversity he still prevailed, leaving a mark for us to view today.”

Pack Memorial Library is at 67 Haywood St. The Miller website can be found at avl.mx/c1d.

It’s alive

The Magnetic Theatre will pres ent the world premiere of The Frankenstein Rubrics Friday Oct. 7-Saturday, Oct. 22.

The play, written by David Hopes, explores possibilities from famil iar threads of Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel, Frankenstein. “We know the story, but what if the creation takes on a life of its own, and what if, by the act of making the monster, the scientist was changed as well?” reads a press release for the event.

Directed by Doug Savitt, The Frankenstein Rubrics features Evan Eckstrom, Daniel Henry, Morgan Miller, Daniel Moore, Strother Stingley, Jon Stockdale and Hannah Williams.

Performances run Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 4 p.m.

The Magnetic Theatre is at 375 Depot St. For more information, visit avl.mx/c1e.

Ellis wins award

Longtime arts advocate John Ellis recently received the Asheville Arts Council’s John Cram Arts Leadership Award for his service to the area arts community. He will be honored at this year’s State of the Arts Brunch on Wednesday, Nov. 2 at The Orange Peel.

Ellis served as executive director of the Diana Wortham Theatre, now the Wortham Center for the Performing Arts, for two decades. During his ten ure, he created the Mainstage Series, which brought nationally renowned touring shows and artists to the theater.

“I was blessed to spend the final 20 years of my career in arts manage ment in Asheville,” Ellis said in a press release. “The Wortham Center was created to assist in the revitalization of downtown Asheville, and it has been fascinating to watch the growth of downtown over the years and to see the role the arts and the Wortham played in that growth.”

The Orange Peel is at 101 Biltmore Ave. For more information or to reserve a seat at the brunch, go to avl.mx/c1f.

NC State Fiction Contest

The annual N.C. State Fiction Contest is accepting entries through Friday, Oct. 14. The competition is open to all North Carolina residents, including out-of-state and interna tional students who are enrolled at North Carolina universities.

Contestants may enter one story in each of the two contest catego ries: The James Hurst Prize for Fiction, which must be a an unpub lished short story of no more than 5,000 words; and the Shorter Fiction Prize, an unpublished short story of no more than 1,200 words.

This year’s guest judge is S.A. Cosby, author of the New York Times bestseller Razorblade Tears and the Los Angeles Times Book Prizewinning Blacktop Wasteland.

No emailed entries are accepted. Mail entries to: N.C. State Fiction Contest, Department of English, N.C. State University, Campus Box 8105, Raleigh, NC 27695-8105. Entries must be postmarked by Friday, Oct. 14.

For more information, go to avl.mx/aus.

Dykeman honored

The Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority awarded the late Wilma Dykeman the annu al William A.V. Cecil Leadership Award, given those who have made

a significant contribution to the travel and hospitality sector in Asheville and Buncombe County.

Dykeman was a writer, speaker, teacher, historian and environmen talist who dedicated her life to chron icling and sharing the stories of the people and land of Appalachia. The award was accepted by her son Jim Stokely during the BCTDA annual meeting on Sept. 22.

For more information, visit avl.mx/c1g.

Marshall plan

T-Mobile awarded a $50,000 Hometown Grant to the town of Marshall to repair the roof and struc ture of the historic Madison County Arts Council building.

“The Madison County Arts Council is working diligently to renovate and restore this building for the purpose of having more spaces available for our arts, children, town and public,” Marshall Mayor Nancy Allen says in a press release.

For more information, go to avl.mx/c1h.

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MOVIE REVIEWS

Local reviewers’ critiques of new films include:

BROS: Billy Eichner dazzles in his first cinematic leading role, playing Bobby, an NYCbased podcaster whose fear of commitment gets tested when he meets the handsome Aaron (Luke Macfarlane). Co-written by Eichner and director Nicholas Stoller, it may be the year’s best comedy thus far. Grade: B-plus — Edwin Arnaudin

HOCUS POCUS 2: The Sanderson Sisters are back in this nostalgic, surprisingly funny, yet ultimately sappy romp that doesn’t earn its heartfelt climax. Grade: B-minus — Edwin Arnaudin

Find full reviews and local film info at ashevillemovies.com patreon.com/ashevillemovies

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5

12 BONES BREWERY

Robert's Totally Rad Trivia, 7pm

ASHEVILLE BEAUTY ACADEMY Beauty Parlor Comedy: Jono Zalay, 7pm

BOLD ROCK MILLS RIVER Trivia Night, 6pm

CAMDEN'S COFFEE HOUSE Open Mic hosted by Kathryn O'Shea, 7pm

CATAWBA BREWING BILTMORE Singo (musical bingo), 7pm

CATAWBA BREWING SOUTH SLOPE Trivia w/Billy, 7pm

DOUBLE CROWN Western Wednesday, 8pm

FINCH GOURMET MARKET Altamont Jazz Project, 5pm

HI-WIRE BREWING RAD BEER GARDEN Game Night, 6pm

HIGHLAND BREWING CO. Well-Crafted Wednes days w/Matt Smith, 6pm

ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743

• Trae Sheehan (Ameri cana, roots), 7pm

• Mourning [A] BLKstar (progressive soul), 8:30pm

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB

Old Time Jam, 5pm

OKLAWAHA BREWING CO. Mountain Music Jam, 6pm

ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL

Wednesdays, 10pm

WORLD

WEST

Night Wednesdays w/DJ Mtn Vibez, 8pm

RENDEZVOUS Albi (musique Fran caise), 6pm

SILVERADOS Wednesday Night Open Jam hosted by Hamza Vandehey, 6pm

SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BREWERY

Jazz Night w/Jason DeCristofaro, 6pm

SWEETEN CREEK BREWING

Witty Wednesday Trivia, 6:30pm

THE FOUNDRY HOTEL Andrew Finn Magill (acoustic), 7pm

THE GREY EAGLE

• Todd Baker (sing er-songwriter), 5pm

• Steve Kimock & Friends, 8pm

THE ODD RUGG, Seismic Sutra, Powder Horns, Socialist Anxiety (alt/indie), 8pm

THE ORANGE PEEL Sunny Day Real Estate (emo), 8pm

THE POE HOUSE Team Trivia w/Wes Ganey, 7pm

THE SOCIAL Wednesday Night Karaoke w/LYRIC, 9pm

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6

185 KING STREET Congdon & Co. ft Hope Griffin (covers), 7pm

ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR

• MGB (covers, sing er-songwriter), 7:30pm

• Blue Ridge Jazzway w/ Reggie Headen & Sara Stranovsky, 8pm

ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL

The Widdler w/Sicaria Sound & Makak (edm), 9pm

CAFE CANNA SpanGLISH Karaoke Patio Party, 9pm

CASCADE LOUNGE Trivia Night w/Nick, 7pm

LONG MONDAY: On Monday, Oct. 10, at 7 p.m., local “soulsoaked Americana” band The Knotty G’s will host an evening at The Grey Eagle paying tribute to singer-songwriter John Prine, who died in 2020. The band will consist of, pictured from left, wife and husband duo Gill and Chuck Knott with Felix Pastorius, as well as Lyndsay Pruett, Jackson Dulaney, Daniel Combs and Kent Spillman. Several special guests will also be featured. Photo courtesy of the Knotty G’s

CATAWBA BREWING BILTMORE

Thursday Trivia w/Billy, 6:30pm

FLEETWOOD'S Gentlemen's Crow, Tongues of Fire & Pic tures of Vernon (stoner rock, grunge), 8pm

FRENCH BROAD BREWERY

Jerry's Dead (Grateful Dead & JGB Tribute), 6pm

GIGI'S UNDERGROUND Mr Jimmy (blues), 10pm

GREEN MAN BREWERY

Robert's Totally Rad Trivia, 7pm

HIGHLAND DOWNTOWN TAPROOM

Highland Reverie (Americana, folk), 6pm

HOMEPLACE BEER CO.

Big Dawg Slingshots (Western swing), 6:30pm

ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743

• Jacob Johnson (Americana, jazz), 7pm

• The Faux Paws (acoustic, jazz, pop Cajun), 8:30pm

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB

Bluegrass Jam w/Drew Matulich & Friends, 7pm

ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Phirsty Phursdays w/ Lumpy Heads (Phish tribute), 9pm

ONE WORLD BREWING WEST Part Time Companions (Southern rock, jam), 8pm

PISGAH BREWING CO. The JackTown Ramblers (bluegrass, swing, jazz), 6:30pm

SILVERADOS Line Dance Thursdays w/DJ Razor, 9pm

THE FOUNDRY HOTEL The Foundry Collective ft Pimps of Pompe (jazz, acoustic), 7pm

THE GETAWAY RIVER BAR Rum Punchlines Comedy Open Mic, 6pm

THE GREY EAGLE

• The Greybirds (rock, folk, roots), 5pm

• Jill Andrews & Clem Snide (singer-songwrit er), 8pm

THE ROOT BAR Perry Wing Combo (rock), 6pm

WXYZ BAR AT ALOFT

B2B: DJ Molly Parti & DJ Lil Meow Meow, 6pm

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7

27 CLUB Bellizia, No Moniker, and Elysium Falls (alt/ indie, punkgrass), 9pm

305 LOUNGE & EATERY Geriatric Jukebox (oldies), 5pm

ASHEVILLE CLUB

Classical Cello w/ Patrick, 6pm

ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Mr. Jimmy's Big City Chicago Blues, 7:30pm

BLOOM WNC FLOWER FARM Songwriters Round, 5:30pm

BOLD ROCK ASHEVILLE Emo Night, 6pm

BOLD ROCK MILLS RIVER

Jeb Rogers Band (funk, soul, bluegrass), 6pm

CASCADE LOUNGE Friday Night Bonfire Karaoke, 6:30pm

CEDAR MOUNTAIN CANTEEN Jazz w/Jason DeCristo faro, 2pm

CORK & KEG Elise Eden and Jeff Anders (singer-songwrit er), 8pm

DIRTY JACK'S Patrick Dodd and Josh Singleton (blues, rock, singer-songwriter), 7:30pm

GIGI'S UNDERGROUND Chaotic Comedy, 10pm

HIGHLAND BREWING CO.

Laura Blakely and the Wildflowers (Ameri cana), 7pm

HIGHLAND DOWNTOWN TAPROOM

Drag Music Bingo w/ Divine the Bearded Lady, 7:30pm

ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743

• Banjocats ft Michael & Jennifer McLain (Americana, bluegrass), 7pm

• Ellis Dyson & the Shambles (folk, jazz, swing), 8:30pm

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB

The Knotty G’s (soulsoaked Americana), 9pm

MEADOWLARK

MOTEL

Friday Night Karaoke, 7pm

ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL

Free Dead Friday w/ Generous Electric and Gus & Phriends, 6:15pm

ONE WORLD BREWING 5j Barrow (folk rock), 8pm

ONE WORLD BREWING WEST Krave Amiko w/Pixel Vision (alt, indie, Nintendo jazz fusion), 8pm

OSKAR BLUES BREWERY

Welcome Home Party w/West Fork Fiasco (rock), 7pm

RABBIT RABBIT Death Cab for Cutie (rock), 7pm

STATIC AGE RECORDS

Darsombra, Khandro ma, Nuygen & Shahmir Duo (psychedelic), 8pm

THE GETAWAY RIVER BAR Getaway Comedy: Tina Friml, 8pm

THE GREY EAGLE Carnivale Macabre: The Talent Show from Hell, 7:30pm

THE ODD

Bleedseason: Halloween

6.0 (metal), 8pm

THE ORANGE PEEL Alex G w/Barbie (alt/ indie), 8:30pm

THE SOCIAL

Rory Kelly Band (rock), 9pm

WXYZ BAR AT ALOFT

Dirty Bird (pop fusion), 7pm

WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN

Kevin Spears & DJ Morphonic: Ecstatic Dance, 8pm

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8

305 LOUNGE & EATERY

Old Men of the Woods (folk, pop), 3pm

ASHEVILLE BEAUTY ACADEMY

Beauty Parlor Comedy: Ginny Hogan, 7pm

ASHEVILLE CLUB Mr Jimmy (blues), 8pm

ASHEVILLE GUITAR

BAR

Robert Thomas Band (70s classic rock jazz fusion), 7:30pm

ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Eggy (alt/indie), 10pm

BATTERY PARK BOOK EXCHANGE Dinah's Daydream (Gypsy jazz), 5:30pm

BENT CREEK BISTRO

Old Men of the Woods (folk, pop), 12pm

BLACK MOUNTAIN BREWING

Seth and Sara (Americana, country, pop), 6pm

BOLD ROCK

ASHEVILLE

Jeb Rogers Band (funk, soul, bluegrass) & Metro Rock, 7pm

BOLD ROCK MILLS

RIVER

• Gin Mill Pickers (Americana, Piedmont blues, ragtime), 2pm

• Silver Travis Band (country), 6pm

CLUB ELEVEN ON GROVE Milonga de Mis Amores w/DJ Lisa Jacobs, 8pm CORK & KEG Joe, Riley, Mark & Alex (old time), 8pm

GIGI'S UNDERGROUND

Don't Tell Comedy (Downtown Secret Show), 10pm

HAYWOOD COUNTRY CLUB

Latin Grooves w/DJ Mtn Vibes, 9pm

HIGHLAND BREWING CO. Darby Wilcox (sing er-songwriter), 6pm

HIGHLAND DOWNTOWN

TAPROOM

Swamp Rats (punk/ metal inspired blue grass/folk), 7pm

HOMEPLACE BEER CO.

• Colin Cutler and Hot Pepper Jam (Americana, blues, roots rock), 6:30pm

• Pisgah Pickers (bluegrass), 7:30pm

ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743

• Anna Tivel Trio w/ Lou Hazel (Americana, folk), 7pm

• Queen Bee and the Honeylovers (jazz, swing), 8:30pm

JACK OF THE WOOD

PUB

• Nobody’s Darling String Band, 4pm

• Jackson Grimm Band (singer-songwriter, Appalachian folk), 9pm

MEADOWLARK

MOTEL BBQ & Live Music, 6pm

MILLS RIVER BREWING Oktoberfest, 12pm

OKLAWAHA BREWING CO.

Abby Elmore Band (rock), 8pm

ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC

HALL

Pressing Strings (soul, rock), 10pm

ONE WORLD BREWING WEST

Hispanic Heritage Party w/Latin Soul, 9pm

PISGAH BREWING CO. Phuncle Sam (Grateful Dead tribute), 6:30pm

SUNNY POINT CAFÉ Albi (fingerstyle guitar), 6pm

THE DFR LOUNGE

The Bryan McConnell Trio ft saxophonist Will Boyd, 6pm

THE GREY EAGLE

• Pleasantly Wild (indie/ alt, surf rock), 6pm

• Caroline Rose (alt/ indie), 9pm

WXYZ BAR AT ALOFT DJ RexxStepp, 7pm

WAGBAR

Live Music - Aurora Whim, 5pm

WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN

The Black Feathers (Americana), 8pm

WORTHAM CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

Appalachian Road Show, 8pm

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9

27 CLUB

Katie Sachs, Pierce Alexander, The Floral Hygienists (indie rock), 9pm

ASHEVILLE CLUB

Sunday Honky Tonk w/ Vaden Landers, 6pm

ASHEVILLE GUITAR

BAR Mark's House Jam and Beggar's Banquet, 3pm

BENT CREEK BISTRO

Old Men of the Woods (folk, pop), 12pm

BOLD ROCK MILLS RIVER

Baggage Brothers (acoustic duo), 1pm

GREEN MAN BREWERY

Divine's Karaoke Kiki, 7pm

HIGHLAND BREWING CO.

Resonant Rogues (Appalachian old-time, New Orleans jazz), 2pm

HIGHLAND BREWING DOWNTOWN TAPROOM

Mr Jimmy Duo (blues), 1pm

ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743

• House of Hamill (Celtic, folk, storyteller), 6pm

• Noah Vonne w/Rodes Baby (rock, soul, blues), 7:30pm

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB

• Bluegrass Brunch, 12pm

• Traditional Irish Jam, 4pm

ONE WORLD BREWING WEST

• Sunday Jazz Jam Brunch, 1pm

• Kid Billy (Americana, roots), 6pm

PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Sunday Jam hosted by Spiro and Friends, 6:30pm

SILVERADOS Karaoke Sunday Nights w/Lyric, 9pm

SKYLARANNA HOTEL & RESORT Altamont Jazz Project, 11am

STATIC AGE RECORDS

Sick Thoughts, Powder Snout & Rocky Mtn Roller (punk, rock), 8pm

THE GREY EAGLE Awen Family Band (world boogie), 5pm

THE ODD

Se Vende Rincon, The Deathbots, Cardboard box Colony (punk rock), 7pm

THE ORANGE PEEL Sammie Rae & The Friends (pop), 8pm

WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN

The Tannahill Weavers (Celtic), 7:30pm

PLĒB URBAN WINERY

Robert's Totally Rad Trivia, 4pm

MONDAY, OCTOBER 10

305 LOUNGE & EATERY

Old Men of the Woods (folk, pop), 5pm

5 WALNUT WINE BAR

Freshen Up Comedy Open Mic, 7pm

CASCADE LOUNGE Industry Night, 6pm

DSSOLVR

Robert's Totally Rad Trivia, 7pm

GREEN MAN BREWERY

Old Time Jam, 5:30pm

HAYWOOD COUNTRY CLUB

Taylor Martin's Open Mic, 6:30pm

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Quizzo! Pub Trivia w/ Jason Mencer, 7:30pm

LITTLE JUMBO

Fly Casual Organ Quartet (jazz), 7pm

SILVERADOS

Bluegrass Jam Mondays w/Sam Wharton, 7pm

STATIC AGE RECORDS

Tim Kaiser & Trigger Discipline (experimental, doom pop), 8pm

THE GREY EAGLE

• Ashley Chambliss & Friends (70s inspired grooves), 5pm

• Celebrating John Prine w/The Knotty G's and Friends, 7pm

THE JOINT NEXT DOOR

Mr Jimmy at and Friends (blues), 7pm

WHITE HORSE BLACK

MOUNTAIN

Carolina Celtic w/Sue Richards and Robin Bullock, 7:30pm

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11

185 KING STREET Travis Book & Friends ft. Hayley Jane w/Tommy Maher, 6:30pm

5 WALNUT WINE BAR

The John Henrys (jazz, swing), 8pm

ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL

Tuesday Night Funk Jam, 10pm

CASCADE LOUNGE Tuesday Bluegrass Jam, 6pm

FRENCH BROAD BREWERY

Robert's Totally Rad Trivia, 7pm

HEMINGWAY'S CUBA Para Gozar (Cuban), 6pm

HOMEPLACE BEER CO. Squatch (Appalachian roots music with teeth), 6:30pm

LITTLE JUMBO Jay Sanders, Zack Page & Alan Hall (jazz), 7pm

ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL

Early Tuesday Jam (funk), 9pm

ONE WORLD BREWING WEST Grateful Family Band Tuesdays (JGB, Dead tribute, rock, jam), 6pm

SALVAGE STATION Free Creatures, 8pm

SOVEREIGN KAVA Open Jam hosted by Chris Cooper & Friends, 7pm

THE GREY EAGLE BALTHVS (psychedelic funk), 8pm

THE ORANGE PEEL Blues Traveler w/Chris Barron (rock, blues, jam), 8pm

THE SOCIAL Travers Freeway Open Jam Tuesdays, 7pm

WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Open Mic Night, 7pm

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12

12 BONES BREWERY

Robert's Totally Rad Trivia, 7pm

ASHEVILLE BEAUTY ACADEMY Ashevillians: a local comedy showcase, 7pm

BOLD ROCK MILLS RIVER Trivia Night, 6pm

CAMDEN'S COFFEE HOUSE Open Mic hosted by Kathryn O'Shea, 7pm

FINCH GOURMET MARKET Altamont Jazz Project, 5pm

FLEETWOOD'S Josh Carpenter, Mon soon, Janet Simpson, Diana Superstar (indie/ experimental), 8pm

HI-WIRE BREWING RAD BEER GARDEN Game Night, 6pm

HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Well-Crafted Wednes days w/Matt Smith, 6pm

ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743

• Kuntala Ray w/Jay and Aditi (world), 7pm

• Sunny Sweeney (American, honky tonk, country folk), 8:30pm

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Old Time Jam, 5pm

OKLAWAHA BREWING CO. Mountain Music Jam, 6pm

ONE WORLD BREWING WEST Latin Night Wednesdays w/DJ Mtn Vibez, 8pm

SALVAGE STATION Monophonics w/GA-20 & Kendra Morris (R&B, soul), 9:30pm

SILVERADOS Wednesday Night Open Jam hosted by Hamza Vandehey, 6pm

SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BREWERY Jazz Night w/Jason DeCristofaro, 6pm

SOVEREIGN KAVA Poetry Open Mic w/ Host Caleb Beissert, 8pm

SWEETEN CREEK BREWING Witty Wednesday Trivia, 6:30pm

THE FOUNDRY HOTEL Andrew Finn Magill (acoustic), 7pm

THE GREY EAGLE Half Gringa (indie), 5pm

THE ORANGE PEEL Two Feet (alt/indie), 8pm

THE POE HOUSE Team Trivia w/Wes Ganey, 7pm

THE SOCIAL Wednesday Night Karaoke w/LYRIC, 9pm

WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Traditional Irish Music Session, 7pm

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13

185 KING STREET

Larry Stephenson Band w/Gypsy & Me (bluegrass), 7pm

ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Blue Ridge Jazzway, 7:30pm

ASHEVILLE PIZZA & BREWING CO. Slice of Life Standup & Comedy Open Mic hosted by Hiilliary Begley, 6:30pm

BATTERY PARK BOOK EXCHANGE Dinah's Daydream (Gypsy jazz), 5:30pm

CAFE CANNA SpanGLISH Karaoke Patio Party, 9pm

CASCADE LOUNGE Trivia Night w/Nick, 7pm

DOUBLE CROWN

The Krektones (surf rock, exotica), 7pm

FLEETWOOD'S Norman Westberg (SWANS), Chandra Shukla (Psychic TV), Watches (industrial), 8pm

FRENCH BROAD BREWERY

Jerry's Dead (Grateful Dead & JGB Tribute), 6pm

GIGI'S UNDERGROUND

Mr Jimmy "After Hours" (blues), 10pm

GREEN MAN BREWERY

Robert's Totally Rad Trivia, 7pm

HIGHLAND DOWNTOWN TAPROOM Chris Jamison Duo (singer-songwriter), 6pm

ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743

• Courtney Patton (Americana, country folk), 7pm

• Italian Night w/Mike Guggino & Barrett Smith (world), 8:30pm

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB

Bluegrass Jam w/Drew Matulich & Friends, 7pm

ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL

Phirsty Phursdays w/ Lumpy Heads (Phish tribute), 9pm

ONE WORLD BREWING WEST Pocket Strange (rock), 7pm

PISGAH BREWING CO. David Zoll Quartet (blues, soul, rock), 6:30pm

SALVAGE STATION

Kitchen Dwellers & Daniel Donato (country), 8pm

THE FOUNDRY HOTEL

The Foundry Collective ft Pimps of Pompe (jazz, acoustic), 7pm

THE GETAWAY RIVER BAR

Rum Punchlines Come dy Open Mic, 6pm

THE GREY EAGLE The Lil Smokies (modern American roots), 8pm

THE ORANGE PEEL Calexico w/Ada Lea (alt/indie), 8pm

FREEWILL ASTROLOGY BY ROB BREZSNY

ARIES (March 21-April 19): When you Aries folks are at your best, you are drawn to people who tell you exactly what they think, who aren’t intimidated by your high energy, and who dare to be as vigorous as you. I hope you have an array of allies like that in your sphere right now. In my astrological opinion, you especially need their kind of stimulation. It’s an excellent time to invite influences that will nudge you out of your status quo and help you glide into a new groove. Are you willing to be challenged and changed?

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Author Toni Morrison thought that beauty was “an absolute necessity” and not “a privilege or an indulgence.” She said that “finding, incorporating, and then representing beauty is what humans do.” In her view, we can’t live without beauty “any more than we can do without dreams or oxygen.” All she said is even truer for Tauruses and Libras than the other signs. And you Bulls have an extra wrinkle: It’s optimal if at least some of the beauty in your life is useful. Your mandate is summed up well by author Anne Michaels: “Find a way to make beauty necessary; find a way to make necessity beautiful.” I hope you’ll do a lot of that in the coming weeks.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Philosopher Alfred North Whitehead said, “It requires a very unusual mind to make an analysis of the obvious.” I nominate you to perform that service in the coming days, both for yourself and your allies. No one will be better able than you to discern the complexities of seemingly simple situations. You will also have extraordinary power to help people appreciate and even embrace paradox. So be a crafty master of candor and transparency, Gemini. Demonstrate the benefits of being loyal to the objective evidence rather than to the easy and popular delusions. Tell the interesting truths.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Cancerian poet Lucille Clifton sent us all an invitation: “Won’t you celebrate with me what i have shaped into a kind of life? i had no model. i made it up here on this bridge between starshine and clay, my one hand holding tight my other hand.” During October, fellow Cancerian, I propose you draw inspiration from her heroic efforts to create herself. The coming weeks will be a time when you can achieve small miracles as you bolster your roots, nourish your soulful confidence, and ripen your uniqueness.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “Dear Rob the Astrologer: This morning I put extra mousse on my hair and blow-dried the hell out of it, so now it is huge and curly and impossibly irresistible. I’m wearing bright orange shoes so everyone will stare at my feet, and a blue silk blouse that is much too high-fashion to wear to work. It has princess seams and matches my eyes. I look fantastic. How could anyone of any gender resist drinking in my magnificence? I realize you’re a spiritual type and may not approve of my showmanship, but I wanted you to know that what I’m doing is a totally valid way to be a Leo. —Your Leo teacher Brooke.” Dear Brooke: Thank you for your helpful instruction! It’s true that I periodically need to loosen my tight grip on my high principles. I must be more open to appreciating life’s raw feed. I hope you will perform a similar service for everyone you encounter in the coming weeks.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): How to be the best Virgo you can be during the coming weeks: 1. You must relish, not apologize for, your precise obsessions. 2. Be as nosy as you need to be to discover the core truths hidden beneath the surface. Risk asking almost too many questions in your subtle drive to know everything. 3. Help loved ones and allies shrink and heal their insecurities.

4. Generate beauty and truth through your skill at knowing what needs to be purged and shed.

5. Always have your Bullshit Detector with you. Use it liberally. 6. Keep in close touch with the conversations between your mind and body.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The Libran approach to fighting for what’s right shouldn’t involve getting into loud arguments or trying to manipulate people into seeing things your way. If you’re doing what you were born to do, you rely on gentler styles of persuasion. Are you doing what you were born to do? Have you become skilled at using clear, elegant language to say what you mean? Do you work in behalf of the best outcome rather than merely serving your ego? Do you try to understand why others feel the way they do, even if you disagree with their conclusions? I hope you call on these superpowers in the coming weeks. We all need you to be at the height of your potency.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “One bad apple spoils the rest” is an idiom in the English language. It refers to the idea that if one apple rots as it rests in a pile of apples, the rest will quickly rot, too. It’s based on a scientific fact. As an apple decays, it emanates the gas ethylene, which speeds up decay in nearby apples. A variant of this idiom has recently evolved in relation to police misconduct, however. When law enforcement officials respond to such allegations, they say that a few “bad apples” in the police force aren’t representative of all the other cops. So I’m wondering which side of the metaphor is at work for you right now, Scorpio. Should you immediately expunge the bad apple in your life? Or should you critique and tolerate it? Should you worry about the possibility of contamination, or can you successfully enforce damage control? Only you know the correct answer.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Of all the signs in the zodiac, you Sagittarians know best how to have fun even when life sucks. Your daily rhythm may temporarily become a tangle of boring or annoying tasks, yet you can still summon a knack for enjoying yourself. But let me ask you this: How are your instincts for drumming up amusement when life doesn’t suck? Are you as talented at whipping up glee and inspiration when the daily rhythm is smooth and groovy? I suspect we will gather evidence to answer those questions in the coming weeks. Here’s my prediction: The good times will spur you to new heights of creating even more good times.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): More than you might realize, people look to you for leadership and regard you as a role model. This will be extra true in the coming weeks. Your statements and actions will have an even bigger impact than usual. Your influence will ripple out far beyond your sphere. In light of these developments, which may sometimes be subtle, I encourage you to upgrade your sense of responsibility. Make sure your integrity is impeccable. Another piece of advice, too: Be an inspiring example to people without making them feel like they owe you anything.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Rapper-songwriter Nicki Minaj says, “You should never feel afraid to become a piece of art. It’s exhilarating.” I will go further, Aquarius. I invite you to summon ingenuity and joy in your efforts to be a work of art. The coming weeks will be an ideal time for you to tease out more of your inner beauty so that more people can benefit from it. I hope you will be dramatic and expressive about showing the world the full array of your interesting qualities. PS: Please call on the entertainment value of surprise and unpredictability.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Author Robertson Davies declared, “One learns one’s mystery at the price of one’s innocence.” It sounds poetic, but it doesn’t apply to most of you Pisceans — especially now. Here’s what I’ve concluded: The more you learn your mystery, the more innocent you become. Please note I’m using the word “innocence” in the sense defined by author Clarissa Pinkola Estés. She wrote: “Ignorance is not knowing anything and being attracted to the good. Innocence is knowing everything and still being attracted to the good.”

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HELPMATE SEEKS OUTREACH AND VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR Helpmate, an intimate partner violence service organization in Asheville, NC, seeks a full-time Outreach and Volunteer Coordinator. This management position's key duties will include provision and oversight of educational programming designed to prevent, respond to or raise awareness about domestic violence. This position will supervise outreach and volunteer program staff and will be responsible for planning and implementing outreach programs and for tracking results. The Outreach and Volunteer Coordinator will help oversee onboarding, training and management of volunteers. This position requires on-call responsibilities, including recurring night/weekend availability.

Qualified candidates will have a commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, including gender equity. Strong communication skills, high attention to detail, the ability to form meaningful collaborations and advanced public speaking abilities are required. Candidates should have BA or BS in human services/related field and 2 years’ experience in intimate partner violence or a commensurate combination of work and experience. Diverse candidates encouraged to apply. The annual salary range is $46,707$51,707. Pay rates are offered on a structured scale and are based on incentives for relevant experience, professional licensure and fluency in Spanish, Russian, Ukrainian, or Moldovan.

Helpmate provides a comprehensive benefits package, which includes health, disability and life insurances, a retirement plan matched up to 5%, optional supplementary

insurances, generous paid PTO, and 14 annual paid holidays. E-mail resume and cover letter to hiring@ helpmateonline.org with the subject line “Outreach and Volunteer Coordinator.”

Applications lacking a cover letter will not be considered.

Posting open until 5pm on October 14. Applications will be considered as they are received and interviews conducted on a rolling basis. www.helpmateonline.org

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The following is a list of unclaimed firearms currently in possession of the Asheville Police Department: Black/Brown, Remington, 870, 12 ga; Black, Kel-Tec, P-32, 32 cal; Blue/Silver, Kel-Tec, P-11, 9mm; Black, Smith & Wesson, Bodyguard, 38 cal; Black, Smith & Wesson, Bodyguard, 38 cal; Black, Mossberg, 715T, 22 cal; Black, Mossberg, Maverick, 12 ga; Black/Silver, Ruger, P97DC, 45 cal; Brown, Glenfield, 25, 22 cal; Black/ Brown, NEF, R92, 22 cal; Black/Brown, Kel-Tec, PF-9, 9mm; Black/Cream, Lorcin, L22, 22 cal; Black, MAB, A, 6.35 cal; Black/Silver, Taurus PT, 111 Pro, 9mm; Black/ Silver,Ruger, SR9, 9mm; Black/Brown, EIG, E15, 22 cal; Brown/Silver, Jennings, J22, 22 cal; Brown/Silver, Raven, MP-25, 25 cal; Black/ Silver, Sig Sauer, P238, 38 cal; Black, CZ, P-10C, 9mm; Black, Ruger, LCP, 9mm; Black, Jennings, T380, 38 cal; Black/Silver, Ruger, SP101, 357 cal; Black/ Silver, Taurus, 38 Special, 38 cal; Black/Brown, Smith & Wesson, 38 Special, 38 cal ; Black, Crusader, ST 15, 223; Black/Brown, Charter Arms, 38 Special, 38 cal; Black/ Silver, Accu-tek, AT-380, 38 cal; Black, Marlin, 25,

22 cal; Black/Silver, FEG, PA-63, 9mm; Black, Colt, 38 cal; Black/Brown, RG, MOD RG 31, 38 cal; Black, Smith & Wesson, Airweight, 38 cal; Black, Ruger, LC95, 9mm; Black/Silver, Smith & Wesson, 38 Special, 38 cal; Black, Beretta, 21A, 22 LR; Brown/Silver, RG, RG 25, 25 cal; Black/Brown, Armi, Tanfoglio, 25 cal; Black, Astra, Unceta C, 38 cal; Black, Harrington & Richardson, Pardner, 20 ga; Black/ Brown, Springfield, 1911, 45 cal; Black, Colt, Police Positiv, 32 cal; Black/Silver, SCCY, CPX-2, 9mm; Silver/ White, Senorita, B, 22 cal; Black/Silver, Smith & Wesson, DS40 VE, 40 cal; Black, Colt, New Frontier, 22 cal; Black/Brown, Marlin, 39A, 22 cal; Black/Gray, Glock, 43, 9mm; Black/Silver, PW Arms, PA-63, 9 x 18mm; Brown/Silver, Harrington & Richardson, 949, 22 cal; Black/Silver, Taurus, PT 738, 38 cal; Black, Glock, 20, 10mm; Black, Hi-Point, C9, 9mm; Black, Smith & Wesson, 14-4, 38 cal. Anyone with a legitimate claim or interest in this property must contact the Asheville Police Department within 30 days from the date of this publication. Any items not claimed within 30 days will be disposed of in accordance with all applicable laws. For further information, or to file a claim, contact the Asheville Police Department Property & Evidence Section at 828232-4576.

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CLASSES & WORKSHOPS

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BUNCOMBE COUNTY BEEKEEPERS CLUB

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PERSONALS

DATING

TALENTED, LOVING CARIBBEAN MAN SEEKS

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ACROSS

1 Chaps

4 Its 27-inch model was discontinued in 2022

8 Inundates with some junk

13 Card game cry

14 Org. that sent Perseverance to 63-Across

15 Academy enrollee

16 *Type of meal first sold by C. A. Swanson & Sons

18 Spice in springerle cookies

19 Only about onesixth of these in humans is visible

20 Call from a cornfield

21 Oscar winner Witherspoon

22 Michigan football rival, for short

24 *Hospital bagful

26 *Multimediafocused school org.

29 Hard or soft finish?

30 Goes first

31 Dictator Amin

32 Up in the air, for short

35 Dubious foodeating guideline … or a hint to the answers to this puzzle’s starred clues

39 Pub pick

40 Code component

41

60 “___ Flux” (1990s MTV series)

61 Help with the dishes

62 Joneses for 63 See 14-Across

Possible reason for a PG-13 rating

DOWN

1 You might be on it during a meeting

2 Be covetous of

Connection point

4 Tripadvisor recommendation, perhaps

Wagnerian princess

Figure (out)

Miner discovery?

Sporty Italian auto, informally

Cover, in a way

Give in

“My lotto ticket might be the winner”

Toro or shiro maguro, at a sushi bar

Busy day, in retrospect

Division of a

Director Kazan

Something to think about?

Dishevels

Longstanding ill will

Eddie Bauer competitor

“There you go!”

kind

beneath

sclera

–

42 “Let’s do this”

44 *Camper’s place, maybe

45 *Up-and-coming group in high school athletics

48 Egyptian ophidian

Covers

50 Horror film cry

52 Some daily temps

56 Bris, bat mitzvah and others

57

5 Nickname for Mowgli in “The Jungle Book”

6 Away from land

It’s lowered in the drive-thru line

8 Devours, with “down”

9 Some convention offerings

10 Bye at the French Open?

ID issuers,

*Federal tax incentive for buying a Tesla, say

59 Good name for a home renter?

11 International athlete who twice made Time’s list of the 100 most influential people in the world

Charger