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HempX paves way for remarkable first year of NC hemp For the last four years, Blake Butler and Jill Lieberman have spearheaded HempX Asheville, an event that has catalyzed collaboration and innovation in the emerging hemp industry. As a result, in its first full year of hemp being approved as an agricultural crop in North Carolina, we’re expected to see over $100 million in economic impact via the crop. That translates to jobs, expanded tax base and, most importantly, a revival in North Carolina agronomics. Now positioned to be a national powerhouse, North Carolina is blessed to have Blake as the executive director of the North Carolina Industrial Hemp Association. To that end, my advice to anyone interested in breaking into the hemp space is to look Blake up, and when you do, thank him for his leadership. — Timothy S. Sadler Local business development rep Hempandheal.com Asheville

Edwards is a strong, proven leader Amanda Edwards is poised to make a difference in lives in Buncombe

County. I have lived in Buncombe County for almost 20 years, and I have seen this amazing place I call home change dramatically. Amanda understands the culture of rural communities, having been raised in West Virginia, and will help to protect the things we hold dear. In order for Buncombe County to be a place where locals can thrive, we need government officials locals can trust. Amanda Edwards is that person. With the troubles we have witnessed in county leadership, and as the details continue to unfold, I place my trust in a proven leader — Amanda Edwards. This rises above petty partisan politics. Amanda is a hardworking Buncombe County citizen who wants the best for her family and community, just like me. My family lives in east Buncombe County, an area that still remains mostly untouched by the massive growth explosion other areas of the county have seen in the past decade. We need to be smart about the type of expansion that we encourage as we move forward in District 2. Amanda Edwards is the only candidate in District 2 who will provide accountability and strong oversight, while respecting other voices in our community. We need strong, proven leaders like Amanda to help guide us in the coming years, as Buncombe County continues to be a place for locals to thrive in an ever inclusive and expanding economy.

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Please join me in voting for Amanda Edwards for County [Board of Commissioners] on Nov. 6. — Beth Edwards Swannanoa Editor’s note: Beth Edwards reports that she and Amanda Edwards are related by marriage (their husbands are distant cousins) and that she is helping with the candidate’s campaign.

Let’s make peace a reality I wanted to express a public thankyou to Rachael Bliss and the other organizers of Asheville’s observance of the International Day of Peace on Sept. 21 at the lovely Elder and Sage Garden downtown. It was a beautiful event that helped to keep alive the dream of peace in our homes, our communities, our nation and our world. Sadly, most of our national treasure is still spent on weapons of war and preparations for war, and the U.S. remains the largest arms seller in the world. This is not resulting in a safer, more peaceful world, but it is inflaming resentment, aiding in the destruction of societies and nations, and is a strong reason for the rise of nonstate terrorist actors. Continuing along this route will only reap more of the same. It will never result in the beloved community dreamed of by the prophets. And it will continue to prevent our communities from having all the resources they need to promote life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Imagine if the money Asheville taxpayers contribute to the war paradigm were instead used to uplift our community, to eradicate poverty, to provide physical and mental health care, to support efforts to make our community climate-change resilient, to make sure all our children have what they need to thrive! Those of us who believe that humanity could achieve this may be dreamers. But there is a quote painted across the wall of a church in Tennessee that struck me as I drove past it: “Where there is no vision, the people perish.” What vision do we want to have for our children and our children’s children? Thank you, Rachael, for believing in a positive one. Let’s work to make it a reality. — Anne Craig Asheville

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Changes forced on civic clubs yield leadership decline America has a terrible leadership crisis. It is caused in large part, in my opinion, by the decline in service club membership. Memberships in organizations such as the Kiwanis, Civitan, Rotary, Lions and Optimist have suffered precipitous declines within the past three decades. Why are these civic clubs important? They afford speakers an opportunity to reach groups that can have a positive impact in their communities. In completing valuable projects, these clubs provide a valuable community service. Furthermore, members learn valuable leadership skills. Within the past few decades, the quality of American leadership has become pathetic. To keep from becoming political, I will not mention names. Suffice to say our leadership is not reflective of our great nation. We deserve better. What has caused this decline? I contend we no longer have local leadership training. Why? In 1984, the Roberts v. Jaycees U.S. Supreme Court decision decreed that women be admitted to this all-male civic club. It was followed in 1987 a by a similar Supreme Court 7-0 ruling against the Rotary. With these decisions, all service clubs became coed.

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The Supreme Court acknowledged the right of association. However, they trampled this right by ruling that admitting women would not harm worthy civic causes. With the advantage of hindsight, we can now say, or at least I can, that the court made a horrible mistake. What happened? In 1976, the Jaycees had a peak membership of 360,000. That number has declined to 12,500 members in 2018. Other service clubs are losing members like autumn leaves. In the 1970s, there were Jaycees chapters in Johnson City, Kingsport, Bristol, Erwin and Mountain City, Tenn. Today, the nearest Jaycees chapter is in Knoxville. Since those Supreme Court decisions, the East Tennessee chapters I’m familiar with no longer exist. At their peak in 1976, Jaycees membership was 360,000; today Jaycees membership is 12,500. Locally, I attended a Civitan club meeting in Mars Hill in the 1960s. There is no longer a Civitan club in Mars Hill. I will admit that there are other factors in membership losses. TV, computers, government programs and changes in American lifestyle have been cited. True. But I contend that these two capricious Supreme Court decisions are the main culprit. Our court has effectively denied the “boys” a night out. Shouldn’t men have places where they can socialize, bond, network, serve the community and escape the cares of family life

for a couple of hours each week? With membership dropping, service clubs are closing forever. How can you have community leadership training and the free exchange of ideas without these priceless clubs and without membership? Once, at almost every city limits sign, a small town had plaques to proudly display their civic clubs. Today, most all of them are gone, and only a memory remains. Silently and insidiously, we have been robbed of a vital artery that provided the leadership lifeblood of America. It seems that men are not inclined to attend civic club meetings with women. They probably feel that if they want to be bossed, they can stay at home. Would our nation be the same today had women had been in Philadelphia in 1776? Would we have our Constitution today, or would it have been approved at all? With the negative impact of coed membership on civic clubs, one is left to wonder. — Anthony E. Ponder Mars Hill

A royal (butterfly) mistake The otherwise lovely cover on the [Sept. 26] edition shows a viceroy butterfly, a great monarch imitator. The inside photo on page 31 is correct, and the article [“Keeping the Kingdom: Locals Work to Protect Monarch Butterflies”] is good, too! — Joyce Pearsall Volunteer, Monarch Watch Conservation Specialist www.monarchwatch.org/cs Brevard

A monarch by any other name Thank you for the article on monarch butterfly conservation in your Sept. 26 edition [“Keeping the Kingdom: Locals Work to Protect Monarch Butterflies”]. My daughter enjoyed participating in the ecoEXPLORE program a few years ago. I wanted to point out, though, that the insect on the cover of your print edition is a viceroy butterfly, the well-known mimic of the

C A R T O O N B Y B R E NT B R O W N monarch. Although not related, the two look nearly identical; the most obvious distinction is the dark horizontal line (the “postmedian band”) on the viceroy’s hindwings. The monarch does not have the band. The image heading the article on page 31 shows a true monarch, and there are good comparative images at [avl.mx/5cp]. Readers interested in monarchs and participating in citizen science programs should be aware that viceroys and monarchs occur in much of the same range, including Western North Carolina. — Steve Schoof Weaverville

Vote to save our country, freedom and lives Our current government cares more about power and money than people — that means you and I. Money talks and destroys the truth of our American way! To put an end to this government — which is antiConstitution, anti-American way, and filled with politicians who are guilty of failing to fulfill their oaths

of office and who are also traitors to America for supporting our current traitor in the White House — if you have not registered to vote and are of age to do so, I urge you strongly to get out and register. And once you are registered, I [urge] you to vote blue for Democrats to save our country and our freedoms and our lives. And I am directing this message to those who have been attacked and hurt by this current government, and that means women, the poor, the LGBT community, Muslims, Mexicans and anyone who is not white like they want, and finally the middle class. They care only about the rich and themselves. — Lloyd Kay Asheville

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At a crossroads BY TEDDY JORDAN My trust and confidence level in the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners is currently dismal at best. I see two primary drivers for this: the county government corruption scandal itself; and more important, the Board of Commissioners’ response to it. As the scandal has unfolded, serious issues impacting everyone, financially or otherwise, have surfaced, and new revelations are still emerging. So far, former County Managers Wanda Greene and Mandy Stone, along with former Assistant County Manager Jon Creighton, have been indicted on a long list of charges, including fraud, conspiracy and receipt of bribes and kickbacks. It’s a big deal. However, in spite of the magnitude of both present concerns and yet-to-be-uncovered items in this situation, the Board of Commissioners’ response and reporting to the public has been lacking and at times has seemed reluctant or unenthusiastic at best. It even appears the Board of Commissioners has outsourced reporting to the local media. This is not a confidence builder. There is a huge desire to understand what happened, how it happened, why, what has been learned and what’s changed so far. While no one would wish for this chaos, it’s here now, so what’s the plan, where are we, and what’s next? Clarification is also needed as to how the Board of Commissioners defines its reporting responsibility to the public. In the past few weeks, the board has initiated changes and additional safeguards regarding county management — and those may all be perfect — but it’s hard to tell with compre-

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hensive and detailed reporting lacking or otherwise unavailable. The response to date seems fragmented, not cohesive. It is not clear how those particular items fit into the whole plan. What is the whole picture? What’s the strategic plan? A routinely updated, full, complete and comprehensive report about the impact of the fraud and mismanagement is needed and should reflect information such as: total to date cross-jurisdictional taxpayer costs (direct and indirect); areas of concern and review by type (salary/wages, benefits by type, travel, kickback, etc.); the financial magnitude

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of each fraudulent act and the priority assigned to addressing the underlying structural problem that allowed it to occur; time frame reviewed; progress to date; next steps; and a timeline. Another concern: The main focus of questioning and review by commissioners appears to have been solely directed toward county management and administration without the corresponding and equally (or even more important) focus of reviewing the role of the Board of Commissioners. What changes have been implemented by the board? How does the Board of Commissioners define its role, and what checks and balances can be expected by the public? How, if this exact situation were to present itself again, would the commissioners recognize it? None of this is about blame. All of this is about accountability, transparency and understanding. Interesting system dynamic: Top county administrators are employed full time. The three now under indictment had 95 years of collective experience with the county. By comparison, commissioners serve in a part-time capacity, with alternating four-year term limits generating frequent board member turnover. The current board members have an average length of service of four years. Why does this matter? Because one of the board’s responsibilities is to provide oversight of county operations, and if the Board of Commissioners doesn’t provide meaningful oversight, county government gets a free pass — and we’re seeing the consequences of that now. Questions: What orientation, training and support do commissioners receive in preparation to meet board responsibilities in an independent, strong, objective and effective manner? What is involved? How proficient do commissioners believe they are at understanding the story that the financial reports tell? How is success defined? I wish I felt the Board of Commissioners was “on it,” owned it, was out front with communication and was proceeding with a strong belief that this situation actually represents a huge opportunity. This is the perfect time to unwind, review, learn and rebuild the structure and environment to epitomize best practices — to create a system that, at its core, honors and promotes an ethical culture and is dedicated to the highest ideals of leadership, integrity, transparency and account-

ability. Build the best model in the state and country and become an example for others. It’s totally doable. All it takes is making the decision to do so. This is a choice point. What say you? At a recent meeting, Commissioners’ Chairman Brownie Newman talked about efforts to recoup misappropriated taxpayer funds: “We expect Buncombe County taxpayers to be made fully whole,” he said, according to an Aug. 22 Xpress article “Embattled County, City Officials Struggle to Talk Business.” How is “to be made fully whole” defined? What items are included? Does the county expect to recoup costs associated with: • Hiring a tax attorney? • Legal or other professional costs involved in pursuing this case across state and federal jurisdictional levels? • Overpayments of inflated invoices from the alleged kickback contractor? • Additional retirement costs to the state on inflated wages? • Other ancillary costs? If all taxpayer costs are not included, then that statement, no matter how well-meaning, is inaccurate and misleading. How are state and federal legal and professional costs being accounted for? Fellow taxpayers, you may have noticed that tax bills went out recently. Get yours? Ever wonder about how well your taxes are managed? The ongoing scandal is an example. A weak, high-turnover Board of Commissioners versus a strong, established county management structure is a system, by design, that has the highest potential risk to the taxpayer. This should concern us all. How do you think this should work? What thoughts do you have? Let the Board of Commissioners know. They need our help, and we need to help them. This is a choice point for us, too. One thing is for sure: If we want something different, we’re going to have to do something different. More voices equal better solutions. Let the Board of Commissioners know. What say you? Share your thoughts by either calling the Clerk to the Board at 828-250-4105 or by email using the following link and selecting the Commission Chambers menu option: avl.mx/4a8.. X Asheville resident, taxpayer and voter Teddy Jordan is a retired businesswoman with an accounting degree and a longtime interest in systems theory.

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Asheville beefs up cybersecurity plans

BY DANIEL WALTON dwalton@mountainx.com One late summer day in 2012, Jonathan Feldman, chief information officer for the city of Asheville, was helping his son move into his first college dorm when he got an unexpected call from then-City Manager Gary Jackson. Technological pandemonium was afoot in City Hall, and Jackson was not happy. “It’s hilarious in retrospect,” Feldman recalls. He had contracted an outside vendor to conduct the city’s first cybersecurity drill, which involved sending fake emails to city employees to see if they would click unknown links and inadvertently download dangerous software. The vendor had chosen to copy a popular scam involving “cancellation warnings” from Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance — just as the city was switching to BCBS of North Carolina as its insurance provider. “Not only did people get fooled at that time, but people got mad,” says Feldman. Nonetheless, he maintains that making the city uncomfortable was the right thing to do. Employees who first get tricked by a drill are less likely to trust real scammers, he says, and that skepticism is a critical piece of the cybersecurity puzzle. “It doesn’t matter if you have all the guns and perimeter fences and security cameras around Fort Knox if someone goes, ‘Knock knock, I have free pizza for everyone!’” Feldman offers as an analogy. “If the guard says OK, then that’s all out the window.” Asheville’s situation has drastically improved since 2012. The city’s IT Services department now runs regular cybersecurity drills and has developed an education program for employees, centered on the slogan “Sec_rity: It’s nothing without you.” But as an increasing number of city services get tied into computer networks, Feldman believes it’s time to schedule another upgrade. The Asheville city budget for fiscal year 2018-19 includes money to hire two new staffers, a security coordinator and technical support technician who will “work to minimize threats to the city’s cybersecurity.” 12

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FRAMING THE ISSUE: Asheville’s information technology services department has developed a cybersecurity training program for city employees, including posters with the slogan “Sec_rity: It’s nothing without you.” Photo courtesy of the city of Asheville NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT Feldman laid out the case for adding new capacity in an IT Services business plan distributed to budget staff and the city manager’s office early this year. The department, he says, finds itself squeezed between increasing internal demand for digital work and “mushrooming” external security threats. Within the city, IT Services is managing a wider array of operations and equipment than ever before. Feldman cites web-available parking deck data, security cameras and building access control as three newer areas of concern, but work in general has increased due to bond-funded capital projects and overall growth in city staff. That growth caused the department’s monthly work order backlog to remain at or over 500 for all of 2017. When staff members are constantly stressed with more requests than they can handle, Feldman explains, they might put off work on longer-term security initiatives. “The worst thing

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that could happen is for us to be so task-saturated with immediate and urgent that we stop doing the advisable, proactive stuff,” he says. And in the modern cybersecurity environment, Feldman continues, the city can’t afford to delay those efforts. “I think that we clearly have looked at places like Mecklenburg [County, which contains Charlotte]; we’ve looked at the Atlantas of the world. And you’d be foolish to say it can’t happen here,” he says, citing two recent high-profile cyberattacks on Southern governments. Last December, hackers forced Mecklenburg officials to decline electronic tax payments, process jail admissions by hand and rely on paper records for development services after locking data on nearly a quarter of the county’s servers. The county refused to pay the requested $23,000 for the hackers to lift this ransomware attack and spent six weeks restoring the servers from backup copies. A similar March attack in Atlanta could cost the city up to $17 million in security services, software upgrades and new hardware.

GAP ANALYSIS Asheville’s government finds itself in stiff competition with other organizations as it hires its two new employees. Brian Drawert, an assistant professor of computer science at UNC Asheville, says the city’s planned budget allocation of $131,609 would be on the low end — for a single position. “The going rate is probably 20 percent higher than that for any single position in cybersecurity. They’re highly sought after,” Drawert says. Industry researcher Cybersecurity Ventures estimates a global shortage of 3.5 million cybersecurity professionals by 2021, with roughly 350,000 job openings currently unfilled in the U.S. alone. Drawert says UNCA is doing its part to address this gap by beginning regular cybersecurity courses in the spring semester and considering a new cybersecurity concentration in the university’s computer sciences major. However, he notes that fresh graduates

often lack the experience needed in real-life security environments. “You can learn about all of the pieces you need, but without having had to secure systems, to have gone through being hacked and recovering from the hack, it’s hard to know what to do and how to handle that sort of emergency situation,” Drawert says. “[Asheville] probably could get younger college graduates, but that means they would be ill-prepared were something to actually happen.” To this concern, Feldman counters that one of the new hires is a lower-level support technician, whose job will focus on freeing up capacity for senior staff to handle security issues. The new security coordinator, he says, will act more like a “project manager for a security program” than a more expensive chief information security officer. “We can start with a coordination program and make sure everyone’s talking to one another. It doesn’t matter if the infrastructure people are secure if the application people aren’t secure,” Feldman explains. “I’m not looking to hire somebody that we can’t afford.” The city has already hired a technical support technician at an annual salary of $37,614.98, but Feldman says

his department is still hashing out the exact description for the security coordinator with the advice of an outside professional, a process expected to cost $8,800. While he wants the new coordinator “to have an educational or work experience background in security,” specific qualifications for the role have yet to be determined. “We have been educated that when we insist on degrees versus experience, that has a disparate impact on potential applicants,” Feldman notes in reference to the city’s equity program. “So I’m trying to be careful about what I’m saying.” WORST-CASE SCENARIO According to John Bumgarner, community outreach coordinator for the Bsides Asheville cybersecurity conference and chief technology officer for the U.S. Cyber Consequences Unit think tank, whomever Asheville picks will be thrust into a high-stakes situation. “Any site that’s publicly available to the internet — some hacker, attacker or cybercriminal is scanning those websites or IP addresses every day, and

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N EWS they’re looking for potential vulnerabilities,” Bumgarner says. “Any city can be a target of ransomware or a cyberattack because they have to expose services out to the world.” Those services include Asheville’s development and permitting portal, utilities payment system and open data websites. Any infrastructure with internet-connected equipment, such as traffic lights or the city’s water system, could also be at risk. Bumgarner points to recent cyberattacks on Ukraine’s electrical grid and water control technology as examples of how the city could become a target. Leslie Carreiro, the city’s division manager for water production and water quality, says her department “takes security as seriously as we do our work in the treatment and delivery of water.” She notes that all city water treatment plants are staffed around the clock and that multiple layers of oversight are present for any anomalies in the system. Based on recent history, however, Asheville is more likely to be hit with a ransomware attack like those on Mecklenburg County and Atlanta. Feldman says the city doesn’t have a policy for its response to such a

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SECURITY GUARD: Jonathan Feldman, chief information officer for the city of Asheville, stands in his office by some of his very first personal computers. Photo by Daniel Walton hack, and he declined to give his own preference about paying or refusing a ransom demand. “I think a policy is for something that happens a bunch: sick leave pol-

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icy, vacation policy,” Feldman says. “If [a ransomware attack] happened, I assure you that we would have the attention of the policymakers and we would make a decision.”

The challenge of cybersecurity, Feldman admits, is ever-present. “This stuff is superhard because we have to be right all the time. The bad guys have to be right how many times?” he asks, holding up a single finger. But Feldman notes that Asheville has support from other layers of government. The N.C. Department of Information Technology, he says, keeps an eye on the “dark web” — parts of the internet intentionally hidden from search engines — for stolen employee login credentials and other information. The FBI also conducts occasional audits of Asheville’s systems and offers help evaluating the results. Working within the walls of City Hall, Feldman says the key to security isn’t the latest software package or restrictive policies toward new technology. Instead, it’s a social matter, an attitude of continuous improvement. “The right approach to this stuff is a learning approach,” Feldman says. “If it works out, we do more of it; if it doesn’t work out, we do something different. Because the bad guys? That’s exactly what they’re doing.” X

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Commissioners bicker over early voting, delay benefit decisions Elections. One plan, endorsed by three of the county Election Board’s four members, called for 10 early voting sites. The other, advanced by county board member Jake Quinn, called for 11 sites. In his letter, Newman told members of the state board that he favored Quinn’s plan because it includ-

ed the Dr. Wesley Grant Sr. Southside Center as an early voting site. “A high percentage of the AfricanAmerican community in Buncombe County have utilized the Dr. Wesley Grant Sr. Southside Center as their

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a damn. OK? I’m a commissioner. My name was on that letter that you sent down there.” Election Services staff had estimated that funding an 11th site could cost about $40,000 more than had been budgeted for the 2018 election. “The state Board of Elections has made the determination on an appeal that you have to provide 11 sites, and so by law you have to provide those sites,” interim County Manager George Wood told commissioners. “And so the only question now is, is it going to cost up to $40,000 or less?” Relaying what he had heard from Buncombe County Election Services Director Trena Parker Velez, Wood said the department might be able to absorb some of the cost of the additional site. “What I’m recommending to you is you go on record saying that you are going to fund the 11 sites, but we’ll wait until we see what the cost is and then do a budget amendment if necessary in the spring,” he said. In a 4-3 vote, with Fryar, Belcher and Pressley dissenting, the board committed to funding the location. In August, the Buncombe County Board of Elections brought two early voting plans to the state Board of MOUNTAINX.COM

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N EWS early voting location, which is within convenient walking distance of several neighborhoods,” Newman wrote. The state board ultimately chose the 11-site plan. Some commissioners also criticized the location of the extra site. “My concern is Leicester, Barnardsville, Jupiter, even the Candler area, has a much longer distance to go [to vote],” Pressley said. Referring to the Dr. Wesley Grant Sr. Southside Center, Fryar said funding a site that lies about 2 miles from 30 Valley St. isn’t as critical as another early voting location in outlying areas of the county, where bus service isn’t as readily available, would be. “You decided to go off on your own, by your little self,” Fryar said to Quinn, who was seated in the audience, “with [Newman’s] letter that says the African-Americans need more things. Well, how about the poor old farmer out in Barnardsville? Or … Sandy Mush? Or these other areas? You didn’t think about them.” Commissioner Al Whitesides, the only African-American on the Board of Commissioners, said he’s worried about an apparent effort at all levels of government to keep certain segments of the population from voting. “And one of those segments is African-Americans,” he said. Whitesides said he votes in the precinct that encompasses the Dr. Wesley Grant Sr. Southside Center. The majority of African-Americans in Buncombe County, he speculated, probably live within a 2-mile radius of that precinct. He said the site also serves voters who attend A-B Tech and Asheville High School and those who work at Mission Hospital. “I think we owe it to the people,” Whitesides said. Quinn told commissioners during public comment that the issue in front of them stemmed from a decision made by the General Assembly. The body, he said, pulled “another rabbit out of its dirty, dirty hat” and gave 100 counties an “unfunded mandate” to operate early voting sites from 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Friday this year. “And if you had one site open those hours, you had to have all sites open those hours,” he said. The county originally planned 15 early voting sites, Quinn said, which the election services budget would have supported under previous years’ hours of operation. “What we’re looking at in Buncombe County in this general election is fewer early voting sites and fewer early voting hours,” Quinn said. “I agree with Commissioner Whitesides. Our people deserve much better than that.” 16

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EMPLOYEE BENEFITS Against a recommendation by Wood to curtail certain benefits in light of a potential fiscal year 2020 budget gap, commissioners decided to keep current employee health care plans intact for another year. “On one hand, we say how extraordinary our workforce is, and on the other hand this,” said Commissioner Ellen Frost. “We know employees have been through a horrific time. … They’ve borne the brunt of what’s going on with this federal investigation.” Commissioners said they didn’t want to rush the decision but did leave the door open for changes in the future. In a September memo, Wood had recommended that commissioners replace the three health plans the county offers to employees with two new options. Wood estimated that county health care costs would increase 10 percent next year. The proposed changes to the health plan, he said, would save the county about $1.25 million. Newman said he’s received many emails asking why the board was considering changes to employee health plans. “I think the reason is that there’s genuine concern about the growing cost of these benefits,” he said, “and the concern is that if they continue on that trajectory, it’s going to consume all the resources for so many other priorities we have for our workforce.” Commissioners also delayed a decision on cuts to a policy that allows employees to sell annual leave back to the county. Compared to peer counties, the number of hours Buncombe County allows employees to sell — more than 300 — is by far the largest, according to a chart in Wood’s memo. Mecklenburg, the only other peer county with a similar policy, allows employees to sell a maximum of 40 hours. After discussion about the appropriate number of hours employees should be able to sell, with some commissioners suggesting as many as 80 and others suggesting none, the board asked staff for additional data on how much the county would save by eliminating the policy or setting the maximum at 80 hours. Frost also said she wanted to get employee input. Wood’s memo had initially estimated that the county would save almost $350,000 if it cut the policy back to 40 hours. Whitesides said the board could use the savings from eliminating the policy to offset the rising cost of employee health coverage. The board will consider the issue again during its next meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 16.

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GOP GAP: Republican candidates Chuck Edwards, Marilyn Brown and Robert Pressley did not face their Democratic opponents at the League of Women Voters of Asheville-Buncombe County candidate forum on Oct. 2 at the Leicester Public Library. Photo by Cass Herrington Fifteen minutes. That’s how long the League of Women Voters of Asheville-Buncombe County candidate forum ran on Oct. 2 at the Leicester Public Library. “I guess you could say this is the world’s shortest candidate forum,” said moderator and Citizen Times Opinion Editor Casey Blake with a shrug. According to league policy, candidates without an opponent present are limited to a two-minute opening statement. They are not allowed to take questions from the moderator or the audience during the forum. Four candidates showed up to the event. Democratic candidates included N.C. Senate District 48 hopeful Norm Bossert, N.C. House District 116 Rep. Brian Turner and Buncombe County Board of Commissioners District 3 candidate Donna Ensley, as well as Buncombe County Board of Education Enka District representative Max Queen, who’s running unopposed in the nonpartisan contest. The candidates briefly introduced themselves, then stayed after the forum to chat with attendees, consisting mostly of league volunteers. The three Republicans in the contested races — Sen. Chuck Edwards, House candidate Marilyn Brown and Commissioner Robert Pressley — didn’t appear. While Pressley was attending a meeting of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners, the other two candidates had not responded to Xpress’ requests for comment on their absence by press time.

“It’s always disappointing, but it’s not unheard of,” said league board President Alana Pierce. “The league has often had to deal with forums where a lot of the opposing candidates, specifically Republicans, won’t show up. It’s usually with the state House and state Senate seats that we have issues.” As a nonpartisan organization, the league’s stated mission is to encourage informed and active participation in government. However, the group is increasingly perceived as liberal by groups such as the Capital Research Center, a conservative-leaning, Washington-based think tank. The league does weigh in on issues it feels threaten voting rights and democracy. As recently as Sept. 28, the national organization critiqued the hearing for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, who is a Republican, and demanded a full FBI investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct. In a joint press statement, league President Chris Carson and CEO Virginia Kase wrote, “This hearing was an appalling display of inequity for women’s voices.” Whether such statements discouraged Republicans from turning out in Leicester, Pierce said, is hard to tell. But she suggested that the absent candidates took “an easy way out” of public scrutiny. “They’re counting on people to say, ‘I’m going to vote Democrat, I’m going to vote Republican,’ and not doing the work to get to know people,” Pierce said. “As candidates, they don’t have to do as much work.”

While the league typically hosts its candidate forums in the city, it staged two of this year’s events in neighboring Black Mountain and Leicester. The group hoped to give more rural constituents an opportunity to speak directly to candidates about issues pertaining to their communities, such as a long-awaited road-widening project to relieve congestion on Leicester Highway. Turner touched on some of those concerns in his statement. Rural areas such as Leicester, he said, lack options for public transit and face challenges to high-speed internet access. He added that different areas of the county often get overshadowed by the city of Asheville on issues like education spending and clean water. The absent candidates, Turner said, may have wanted to skirt around these problems. “A big part of this job is showing up,” he said. “If you’re avoiding these conversations, to me it says, ’You don’t want to speak seriously about policy issues. You just want to hide behind your paid media.’” Xpress has also covered the league’s previous forums in Black Mountain (avl.mx/5cl) and West Asheville (avl. mx/5cm). The next league event is a public discussion about proposed amendments to the North Carolina Constitution on Thursday, Oct. 11, at 7 p.m., at the Buncombe County Courthouse in Courtroom 1A. More information can be found at LWVAB.org.

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City Council weighs parks, fire spending at budget work session up the slack after the Pack Square Park Conservancy, a public-private partnership tasked with funding the space, dissolved in 2012. “There never was a formal agreement saying that [Buncombe County] would provide X amount of funding,” Simmons noted. “It was kind of just a mutual conversation.” Mayor Esther Manheimer said the city would have to re-enter negotiations with the county but warned against taking too hard a line, lest the two governments devolve into tit-for-tat retribution. “I fear opening that can of worms,” she said in response to Wisler’s comment about installing a fence on the Pack Square parcel. “For example, [the county owns] the patch right in the middle of where the Montford Park Players perform.” On a larger scale, Simmons said his department was looking to bring many maintenance operations currently assigned to outside vendors — the current Parks and Recreation

When it comes to Pack Square Park, Vice Mayor Gwen Wisler suggested at Asheville’s Sept. 25 budget work session, Buncombe County should pay to play. After Roderick Simmons, the city’s parks and recreation director, explained that the county owns a portion of the park but had reneged on a spoken agreement to help the city fund its upkeep, Wisler responded, “Well, let’s fence it off.” The exchange came during the second of five scheduled monthly events putting Asheville’s budget under the microscope. Offered in response to public demand for greater transparency in the city’s finances, the work sessions allow each governmental department to explain how it uses its portion of more than $180 million in spending. The sessions also provide a forum for Council members to seek information on specific budget items, such as Pack Square Park maintenance. Simmons said that the city had picked

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UNDER THE COVER: Through a series of five monthly work sessions, Asheville City Council is examining the budget for each governmental department. Screen capture from the city of Asheville budget contains nearly $1.56 million for contracted services — back under direct city supervision. He added that the department had been downsized during last decade’s recession and has yet to fully recover. Representing the city’s third-largest department by spending behind water and police, interim Fire Chief Chris Budzinski encouraged Council to continue investing in new equipment for the Asheville Fire Department. Maintaining a fleet of vehicles an average of 10 years old, he said, is the AFD’s biggest operational expense at $680,000 for the current fiscal year. Budzinski noted that the AFD had trimmed roughly $100,000 from last

year’s maintenance budget thanks to vehicle replacements. “We’re hopeful that we can continue with an apparatus replacement program that continues to help us reduce the cost of the maintenance of those vehicles,” he said. Wisler again drilled down to specifics as she asked Budzinski about the costs and benefits of operating specialized emergency services. The AFD maintains a swift-water rescue unit, dive team and hazardous materials response team, the latter of which responds to incidents throughout the state’s 19 westernmost counties. “I do feel like we’re possibly offering services to our

NEWS BRIEFS neighboring communities at our citizens’ cost,” Wisler said. The interim chief responded that the department would analyze expenses and reimbursements for those services. Asheville’s distance from other large cities, Budzinski added, means it can’t rely on outside help for a timely response to unusual incidents. “It’s one of those things we kind of need to provide to our residents quickly,” he said. Leaders from the city’s communications and human resources departments also presented their plans to Council. Dawa Hitch, communication and public engagement director, said her team benefited from “a community that is very much more engaged than others.” However, she pointed out that citizens can become frustrated when their feedback doesn’t get routed to the proper department inside city government. Hitch called for an expansion of CAPE, which currently accounts for just over $700,000 in city spending, to meet that need, as well as to provide better communication during crises. “We do need additional resources, and that is a request that has been made,” she said. In contrast, interim Human Resources Director Jaime Joyner shared how her department had already been expanded with two new positions, the first for “organizational development and employee engagement” and the second for “talent acquisition support.” Those roles bring HR’s total full-time headcount up to 21.6, with total spending of roughly $1.66 million. The challenges facing HR, Joyner said, have remained consistent over time. Like other employers in the region, the city faces a low-unemployment labor market and difficulty keeping quality staff. “Retaining employees through employee engagement and our benefits and compensation package is key,” she explained. “We have to set ourselves apart from other employers.” The next budget work session takes place at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 23, in council chambers on the second floor of City Hall at 70 Court Plaza. The full meeting agenda and supporting documents are available five days before each meeting date at avl.mx/59r.

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by News staff | news@mountainx.com CITY CELEBRATES FESTIVAL OF NEIGHBORHOODS The focus of this year’s annual Festival of Neighborhoods event, according to Brenda Mills, the city’s neighborhood and community engagement manager, is “to help people understand what’s next since the [Living Asheville] comprehensive plan has been approved.” Mills says the city is hearing concerns about development from multiple neighborhoods, and city staff from a range of departments will be available to answer residents’ questions. The festival will take place Saturday, Oct. 27, 10 a.m.-noon, at A-B Tech’s Ferguson Auditorium, 19 Tech Drive. Breakout sessions will provide information on how the new corridor planning initiative in different areas of the city — beginning with South Tunnel Road — will also take neighborhood concerns into consideration, while another session will review the city’s Plan on a Page neighborhood planning process. Attendance is free, but registration is encouraged at avl.mx/5cj. For more information, contact Mills at BMills@ashevillenc.gov or 828-259-5506. LOAD UP ON BOOKS For some, attending book sales hosted by friends of public libraries groups can be dangerous to the structural stability of their bookshelves. If that’s you, avert your eyes: The Friends of the Polk County Public Library will hold its fall book sale Thursday, Oct. 11, 9 a.m.7 p.m.; Friday, Oct. 12, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; and Saturday, Oct. 13, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., with a $5 bag sale running 9 a.m.-noon that day. The sale will feature fiction and nonfiction books in hardcover and paper-

FAVORED FELINE: A popular resident of the WNC Nature Center, Pisgah the cougar, died Sept. 27 of kidney failure. Photo courtesy of the city of Asheville back, as well as DVDs and CDs. According to a press release, “Items have been donated by members of the community or withdrawn from circulation at the Polk County Public Libraries. Many items at the sale will be priced at $1 or less.” The fun/danger happens at the Columbus Library, 1289 W. Mills St. PISGAH THE COUGAR DIES Pisgah, an 8-year-old Western cougar who had been a resident of the WNC Nature Center since May 2011, died Sept. 27 from complications related to kidney failure. According to a press release from the Nature Center, Pisgah was one of two cougars who came to the facility after being rescued in Grants Pass, Ore. “We received Pisgah and his brother, Mitchell, as very young cubs from the Oregon Zoo in Portland. They have been a joy to watch as they grew to adulthood. It is a sad day for us here at the Nature Center,” said Chris Gentile, the center’s director. “Despite his prognosis, our dedicated staff worked tirelessly to make him comfortable, especially these past few weeks as his health rapidly

declined. He will be missed by not only our team but the entire community.” WOMEN’S MARCH TO RETURN The Women’s March on Asheville will return for its third year on Sunday, Jan. 20, at 11 a.m. at the Vance Monument in downtown Asheville. The march will proceed along a 0.6-mile route, ending at Martin Luther King Jr. Park at 50 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. Lead organizer MarieLine Germain will work with several women from the 2017 march planning committee, 2018 lead organizer Sawyer TaylorArnold and other activists. “Our aim in organizing this 2019 march,” Germain says in a press release, “is to peacefully show our administration that we will continue to stand together in solidarity with our families and friends for the protection of our rights, safety and health until we no longer need to.” Actor Kelly McGillis (who first came to fame for her leading role in the 1986 movie Top Gun) will be one of the event speakers. Additional speakers will be announced at WomensMarchAVL. com. X

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What has more energy than a barrel of monkeys? For one, the group of women assembled in Five Little Monkeys Quilt and Sew in Weaverville on a recent afternoon. All own businesses in Weaverville’s downtown district, a bustling hamlet that puts the lie to the notion of small towns as sleepy places where nothing much ever happens. As classic rock blares through the brightly lit space and shoppers admire colorful fabric, the entrepreneurs discuss how Weaverville has evolved into a locus of women-owned enterprises. “I feel like there’s a lot of opportunity for collaboration in this town,” says Angie Lamoree, the shop’s owner and the organizer of the gathering. In less than 24 hours, she’s managed to pull together more than a dozen female business owners to chat with Xpress. “These are just the ones who could make it,” she says. “A lot more wanted to be here but were too busy.” Beth Mangum, who owns Mangum Pottery with her husband and serves as the current president of the Weaverville Business Association, says even she and Lamoree were surprised to realize how many of the town’s businesses are owned by women. “We were talking about how many women-owned businesses there were here, and we started making a list, and it just kept growing. It was like, wow, that’s most of the businesses in town,” says Mangum. According to 2016 census data, 53 percent of management, business and financial operations in Weaverville are run by women, well above the national average of 45 percent. ACCIDENTAL ENTREPRENEUR

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TEAM WEAVERVILLE: A few of Weaverville’s many female business owners gathered on the town’s main street for a group photo. They include, front row, from left, Angie Lamoree, Five Little Monkeys Quilt and Sew; and Victoria Hurd and Terri Wilson, Gotta Have It Antiques. Second row, from left, are Brandi Bailey, Aabani Salon; Beth Mangum, Mangum Pottery; Jennifer Jenkins, Miya Gallery; Cindy Ward, Weaverville Realty; Maureen McDonnell, health care consultant; Kimberly Young, Sassy Jacks Stitchery; and Dr. Kim Walters, Optix Eye Care. Photo by Lori Williams Lamoree: She’s used to happy chaos in her shop. “We have five kids — that’s how we got the name. Our youngest was 3 years old when we opened the business.” Lamoree says she took up quilting after going through a divorce while raising two toddlers and a newborn. “I thought it would be good therapy,” she says. “And it was. Quilting is very therapeutic.” After remarrying, Lamoree bought a long-arm sewing machine to stitch quilt tops together with layers of batting and backing. She used the machine to run a home-based quilting business for eight years. About 18 months ago, she took the plunge and opened her Main Street store. “I don’t know why I did it. I was crazy,” she says, laughing. “My husband got in a car accident and hurt his back. He couldn’t work, so we took the pathetic settlement and parlayed it to open the brick-and-mortar. It was just enough for a down payment on the business loan.”

OPEN-DOOR POLICY Right next door, another new business has set up shop. Kimberly Young, owner of Sassy Jacks Stitchery, says her landlord initially worried the two stitching-related businesses might be “adversarial.” In fact, the opposite has turned out to be true. “The reality is that we have a lot of the same demographic and are very complementary,” Young says. Young and Lamoree don’t even have to go outside to visit one another’s shops — an interior door connects the two businesses. “We do a lot of things together,” says Lamoree. “We’re doing a block-of-themonth right now, where people handstitch a block each month, and then I’ve made a kit so they can take their stitching and turn it into a wall hanging or a lap quilt.” “Angie and I do strategy meetings every week,” says Young. “She had

an event a couple of weeks ago, and I helped her set up. And I had an event about a month ago, and she came and helped me.” BREAKING THE MOLD If sewing and needlework are traditionally female hobbies, classic cars are, well, not. But 28-year-old Lara Vernon has managed to turn her passion for unusual automobiles into Rare Exotic Vehicles, a car sales and rental company. Offerings listed on the company’s website range from a red 1964 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu SS listed at $36,995 to a wood-paneled 1995 Buick Roadmaster Wagon Estate that will set you back $4,800. “I grew up gawking at exotic cars, reading all the magazines,” Vernon says. “I’ve always loved anything on wheels with an engine.” She’s been living her dream since launching REV in 2016, but the realities of the business can be daunting: “Sometimes we do great one month and struggle the next,” Vernon says. To build a more consistent and sustainable business, REV has started renting its classic cars for weddings, events and guided tours. Vernon says it’s the only service of its kind in the area. “We do a [Blue Ridge] Parkway tour, a brewery tour, an Asheville city tour, and we’re working with some of the local art galleries now to do an art gallery tour in the northern Asheville area,” she explains. “We do date nights, proms, you name it — and we’re the chauffeurs.” THE ART OF COMMUNITY Leah Baker is the owner and curator of Artisans on Main, an art gallery and store that features the work of artists in the Weaverville community and surrounding areas. “I represent over 40 local and regional artists, and we house five working studios,” says Baker. “It’s like a little bit of River Arts in downtown Weaverville.” One of those studios is where Baker makes her own work, creating lamps under the name Luminosa Lighting. “The building I rent now became available right at a time when I needed to move my studio,” she says. “I wasn’t really planning to open a store, but it just made sense to step out onto that branch and make it happen.” Mangum’s shop is next door to Artisans on Main; she introduced Baker to her landlord and to some of the artists Baker now represents in her gallery. “I think that we have been really good at networking and providing connections for each other,” Mangum says.

Brandi Bailey, owner of Aabani Salon next door on Artisans on Main’s other side, is “always sending her clients over here when they’re waiting on their hair appointments,” Baker says. Baker enjoys paying it forward by sending people to other nearby businesses when there’s an opportunity. “Cross-pollinating abounds in Weaverville. It’s a close-knit community,” she says. OUT ON THE TOWN Weaverville owes much of its success as a shopping destination to a handful of special events the town puts on every year, Art in Autumn chief among them. The full-day arts and crafts festival in downtown Weaverville took place on Sept. 15 this year. “When I first joined the group, Art in Autumn was in its infancy, and now about 12 years later, it’s a standard, fabulous event for Main Street and for the community,” says Cindy Ward, owner of Weaverville Realty and the immediate past president of the Weaverville Business Association. “Since then, we put the Candlelight Stroll on, and just a couple of years ago, we did the Music on Main event, which was kind of a Downtown After Five event,” Ward says. “We’ve only done two of those, but we are hoping to do more.” Coming up on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 3-4, the Weaverville Art Safari will present a fall studio tour from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. each day, with a preview party Friday, Nov. 2, 6-8 p.m., and many of Weaverville’s woman-owned businesses will take part. Caroline Zocher, owner of Mountain Massage Studios, relishes the community spirit that comes out when the town throws one of its big events. “One of our favorite things is our whole neighborhood gets up at 4, 5 a.m. and comes down to help all the vendors set up [for Art in Autumn],” she says. “And then there’s the candlelight stroll that we have and Art Safari. All the things we do, we really love to be a part of it together.” Another thing Zocher enjoys is the scale of living and working in Weaverville. “It’s nice to be a bigger fish in a smaller bowl,” she says. The town’s supportive business community, Lamoree says, has helped women of different ages and stages of life overcome the initial obstacles to business ownership. “Being a female business owner is more common than it used to be, but I feel like it still comes with its own challenges,” she says. “I think that this being a small town in the South, we’re probably somewhat of an oddity.” X MOUNTAINX.COM

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Special Advertising Section By many measures, women are doing pretty dang well in Western North Carolina. Women make up 52 percent of the population of Buncombe County, and many area elected, nonprofit and business leaders are women. Those powerhouse professionals include Asheville Mayor Esther Manheimer; Kit Cramer, the president and CEO of the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce; Stephanie Pace Brown, the president and CEO of the Explore Asheville Convention and Visitors Bureau; and Janice Brumit, the chair of the proposed Dogwood Health Trust, which would come into existence to receive the proceeds of the sale of Mission Health to for-profit HCA Healthcare.

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According to data provided by the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce, the number of femaleowned firms with paid employees increased 54 percent from 2007 to 2012, compared to 3 percent for all firms with paid employees in Buncombe County. With so many women in top leadership positions and a bustling community of women business owners, we at Xpress sometimes wonder whether — in 2018 — there’s still a need for a special issue focused on women in business. That rumination lasts only as long as it takes for us to recall how warmly the community welcomes this in-depth look at the Asheville area’s energized female business folk by supplying story ideas, advertising support and readership.

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And no matter how successfully many women may be in pursuing their dreams and business endeavors in this region, we shouldn’t overlook that in 2016, full-time male employees made 1.33 times more than full-time female employees in North Carolina. In that year, the average salary for a man in the state was $59,625, compared to the average salary of $44,744 for a woman. More women live in poverty than men here, especially in the 18-24 and 25-34 age groups. In this special section, you’ll find advertorial features in which business women tell their own stories. Elsewhere in this week’s issue, look for editorial content (marked with the Women in Business badge) throughout our different sections reporting on just some of this area’s dynamic women in business. X

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Are you longing to explore and rediscover yourself after many years of being a dedicated partner, parent, workaholic, caregiver and all-around excessive doer? Imagine: Your mind chatter stops, your heart beats at a slow, meditative rhythm, and all you hear are the sounds of ocean waves rolling onto the beach, a private choir of birds singing, and goats calling to one another as the Caribbean breeze resuscitates your soul. Jamaica introduced a new way of thinking and living that resonated with my soul. I saw the power of truly living in community. I saw through the eyes of the Jamaican people what it was like to see the beauty in everyone. In Jamaica, I felt beautiful inside and out. I felt the freedom to really express my authentic self. My wounded heart beamed love again. This is why I created the retreat division of Acu-Na Wellness Center.

Ready to jump in? Visit our website @ https://healingwaters.shaktilifechangingretreats.com/ Call Acu-Na Wellness Center at 828-974-7058 or email us at events@acu-na.com for more details

Sandie Jones is a bit of a pioneer in the IT industry. She was an entrepreneur in the early 1990s when there were few women-owned businesses in the field. It was an exciting time in the IT industry, filled with many opportunities and not a few obstacles. The attributes that drew clients to her initially are still present in her business model today — customer respect, quality service and good business ethics. “Developing the relationship and understanding the customer’s needs are the most important things we do,” she says. “We aim to achieve our customers’ goals, not just our own.” Located in South Asheville, Bits & Bytes focuses on providing IT services to meet a variety of clients’ needs – ranging from networking services, outsourced tech support, structured wiring and computer-printer repair. Give the team at Bits & Bytes a call and find out why they have been a Western North Carolina favorite for over 27 years.

Bits & Bytes Technology Group 1987 Hendersonville Road, Suite B, Asheville, NC 28803 828-684-8953 • info@bitsbyte.com www.bitsbyte.com

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The best hemp-extract CBD is the one that works for you. We have a wide variety of the highest-quality CBD products, including organic ingestible CBD oil, topical salves and creams, vaping oil, honey infusions and even tasty chocolates! If you’ve been disappointed by the lack of results in modern medicine, our CBD expert Lauren Calvert is ready to listen and advise on the best way to naturally improve your daily life in a way that works for you. She can offer information that may benefit owners of nervous or stressed pets, too! Scientific research is ongoing into the potential benefits of CBD, including: • Bone growth promotion • Reduction of seizures and convulsions • Pain and anxiety relief • Reduction of inflammation • Muscle spasm suppression • Reduction of vomiting and nausea • Psoriasis treatment • Vasorelaxant • Neuroprotectant

We are pleased to carry Palmetto Harmony, a full-spectrum CBD oil line of products that offers tinctures, salves, vape oil, capsules and suppositories as well as a pet line of CBD. Palmetto Harmony was started by a group of concerned parents who wanted a natural alternative to the current pharmaceutical model. Since the company operates a research facility, its commitment to the quality of its product and knowledge about conditions and their responses to CBD are some of the reasons I believe this brand to be one of the best on the market. They have been here since the beginning and are one of the voices that rallied and helped facilitate the legalization and acceptance of CBD. The company uses a botanical-oil extraction process that keeps this product rich and pure. I have been selling this product for several years and have witnessed the relief it has brought to so many people countless times, and this is why I believe in CBD. — Lauren Calvert

Secrets of a Duchess 1439 Merrimon Ave Asheville, NC 28804 • 828.350.7900 • englishjudi@gmail.com • secretsofaduchess.com 24

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Claying Around isn’t your ordinary paint-your-own pottery shop! Aside from the hundreds of different pottery pieces to choose from, you can also choose to work with glass fusing, mosaics, canvas painting, potterywheel lessons, handbuilding with clay, and silver clay. All activities are walk-in based, (no reservations needed) except for pottery-wheel lessons, which you can schedule online at the shop’s website. Claying Around has five different kinds of birthday parties to choose from, as well as some fun add-ons like face painting, decorating cupcakes and tie-dye! Not all parties are for kids — Claying Around does bachelorette, baby and bridal showers, church groups and team-building workshops, and all parties can be customized to suit your individual needs. They also offer a few different weeks of camp in the summer for ages 5-6 and 7-12. The shop is bright and spacious, with friendly and helpful staff members, who can show even the most “I’m not creative” person how to make their own masterpiece. It’s a great place to create those lasting memories with friends and family; you can’t beat that kind of quality time. Be sure to check out the website or social media for a schedule of events, monthly classes and more. All parties, wheel lessons, classes and camps can be booked online. Claying Around has been in business for 13 years with the same owner, Leigh Cohen, who has her master’s degree in ceramics.

(828) 277-0042 • www.clayingaround.com 1378 Hendersonville Rd., Suite D • Asheville, NC 28803

Michelle Shelfer RD, LDN, CEDRD-S

Licensed & Registered Dietitian Michelle is a dietitian who is credentialed as a certified eating disorder specialist. She is also credentialed to supervise other health professionals who want to become eating disorder specialists. Michelle has been providing MNT (medical nutritional therapy) in her downtown office for nearly seven years. “I’m proud to say that, in working with people in recovery from substance abuse, eating disorders and disordered eating, I’ve been able to fully appreciate Asheville’s recovery community. I am grateful for all I continue to learn from my clients.” “A special thanks to all of my colleagues working in the field of recovery, and to CRC for ED, our local nonprofit providing support groups, education and referrals for those in need. “And a sweet goodbye to my colleagues at Willow Place for Women and all of the beautiful human beings I was able to work with in my six years as nutrition director.” * In-network with BCBS, United Health Care and Aetna. * Internship opportunities available through her S-corp: WNC Nutrition Counseling & Services, established in 2013.

WNC Nutrition Counseling & Services

13 1/2 Eagle St., Office G •Asheville, NC 28801 • (828) 337-5148 www.michelleshelfer.com • michelle@michelleshelfer.com

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SOME PEOPLE SHOULD USE A GLUESTICK INSTEAD OF CHAPSTICK

I’ve been working at Mostly Automotive since 2001. Former owner Ed Dyson found me at a diner uptown. He kept asking me all these questions about car repair, and I kept answering. The next thing I knew, I was working at Mostly, and now I own the business. I never would have guessed it 18 years ago, but I love car repair and am so happy to be a part of the community. I love my customers and their families — I’ve watched kids grow up and start driving! I love their dogs also.

Jessica and I love our work. It feels so good to help people, and we try to give back and support our community — we love MANNA FoodBank, Habitat for Humanity and Pisgah Legal Services. Come by and visit us! We would love to have you as part of our family. Bring your puppy, too — we have treats! Now offering easy, quick, free alignment checks with state-ofthe-art equipment.

BRING YOUR SENSE OF HUMOR , AND YOUR ASIAN CAR— TOYOTA, LEXUS, HONDA, ACURA, SUBARU, NO EUROPEAN MODELS

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WHAT IS YOUR BODY, MIND, AND SOUL ASKING FOR? Sometimes you can “do all the right things” and there is still something missing — a gap between the person you are being and the goddess you know you truly are. Dr. Chelsea Rae Verslues has lived this pain and, through it, has discovered her greatest gifts. Raised on a farm, she was born with a passion for humanity, the Earth and the thriving of both. She insisted on living her fullest life — practicing mindfulness and meditation, bodywork, movement, clean eating and a full social calendar. Yet, she found herself with a thyroid autoimmune disease, painful cystic acne and even cancer in her early 20s. An unspoken part of her was ready to quit. Quit everything. This is when Network Care entered her life — a breath of ease and flow where it was previously strained. The symptoms faded and transformed into an energized life that fueled her. Network Care was the answer and continues to empower her to help others heal in the most authentic and powerful way. After practicing Network Care around the Western Hemisphere, she has joined Nourish & Flourish to bring this life-giving work to other women who are ready for the life they know is possible. If you are curious about how you could thrive more, join us for our introduction and demonstration of Network Care at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 18. Call 828-255-2770 to reserve your place at one of these monthly events and ask about our free gift to you for attending.

Nourish & Flourish 347 Depot St Suite 201 Asheville 28801 • 828-255-2770 info@nourishflourishnow.com • Nourishflourishnow.com Town and Mountain Realty, a locally owned and operated real estate company, is proud of its cohesive team of 34 professional women REALTORS® and staff. We are honored to have been described as enthusiastic, reliable, informed, efficient, creative and exemplary professionals who go above and beyond for our clients. We lift each other up and create a family atmosphere of support and love within Town and Mountain and within our community. We are experts at focusing on our clients’ needs, and would love to hear your story and help you realize your real estate dreams. Drop by anytime to meet our crew!

Feminine Bliss

A Day to Nourish Your Body, Soothe Your Soul, & Inspire Your Mind When was the last time you felt on top of the world, creative, vibrant and empowered? It’s not easy these days, is it? The pressure to juggle the multiple areas of our lives and keep up the image of “wonder woman” makes it difficult for us to carve out time to care for ourselves. It doesn’t have to be this way. I’ve created this one-day workshop (right before the holidays!) as a day to clarify your purpose, uncover limiting beliefs, balance & harmonize both your male & female energies, increase your intuition, nourish your body, and inspire your mind. By balancing our masculine energy & cultivating our feminine energy, we can be productive and open to receive greater ease, harmony, and pleasure in our lives. I am a living example of this. Unfortunately, it took a life-threatening illness before I realized these truths. I am passionate about helping women make this transformative shift in their lives. Join me for the Feminine Bliss workshop at The Center Within, in Black Mountain, on Saturday, November 10, 2018, 10am-5pm, and Reconnect with Your Power & Radiance!

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Manual Lymph Drainage for Wellness and Lymphatic Conditions

I am a physical therapist who has specialized in lymphatic disorders for the past 18 years. I am certified in the original Dr. Vodder method of manual lymph drainage and combined decongestive therapy through the Dr. Vodder School of North America. This certification is the most rigorous and requires recertification every two years. I have always advocated for my clients, and this has led me to specialize in the treatment of fat disorders, such as lipedema and Dercum’s disease. For people with these disorders, I provide manual lymph drainage, CVAC sessions, Hivamat therapy, instrument-assisted myofascial release, advocacy and education. I also provide manual lymph drainage for general wellness and health. I would be honored to help you with your journey toward empowerment and better health. “From the start, Jean has been the only health provider who believed my symptoms and collaborated with me to form a treatment plan for managing my Dercum’s disease. Through ongoing treatment with her, I have been able to reduce the amount of swelling and inflammation in my body. She is open to my suggestions about what works for me, and we share education to help me manage this condition.” — Carrie R., Hendersonville

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Ginger is not your ordinary facilitator and collaborator. She is a connector … And an encourager of the good in the world … And a believer in the power of our common humanity. Team building, conflict management, interpersonal communication and problem-solving are the core of the majority of professional development presentations. The “connecting the ANDs” approach revitalizes these modes of thinking by bridging the gaps between attendees, igniting the creative and lateral thinking necessary to see solutions, and instilling a sense of joy and purpose in the pursuit of common goals. Investing in a workforce with creative training has a demonstrable positive effect on work performance, staff retention and customersatisfaction outcomes. Creating a work culture that emphasizes empathy and recognizes multiple modes of thought and contribution is key to competitiveness and adaptability in the marketplace. Teams that work with Ginger as part of their professional development engage in compelling art-and-design-based experiences that deliver solid results. Her unique approach to corporate training is based on her connecting the ANDs philosophy, employing a process of communal art making as a natural and powerful conduit for connection and collaboration. Talk to us today to schedule your new best teamgrowth experience.

Hi, I’m Cam MacQueen, the creator/ owner of THE BLOCK off biltmore, Asheville’s first & only woman-owned, eco-vegan, community bar located downtown in the beautiful & historic YMI Building at the corner of Eagle & Market streets. For nearly three years (thank you, Asheville, & our amazing team!), we’ve been honored to support & be supported by activists, students, educators, artists, resisters, dreamers and nonprofits engaged in positive change in WNC & beyond. With reasonably priced local libations, nonalcoholic elixirs & light, plant-based bites, THE BLOCK off biltmore’s mission is to be a melting pot for those thirsting for a more inclusive Asheville worthy of your aspirations. Enjoy live music & dancing, Salsa & Swing nights, spoken-word, storytelling, comedy, art, benefits/fundraisers & community gatherings. Join us at THE BLOCK off biltmore, “Where Your Drink Makes a Difference.” We’d love to host your special event. Our space features upgraded sound, new stage & increased occupancy. Parking nearby. 39 S. Market St, Asheville, NC 28801 • 254-9277 • theblockoffbiltmore.com

Doulas of Asheville is a boutique doula agency, connecting families that are expecting infants with compassionate, experienced and professional support. Owned by certified doula Christine Robinson, and labor and delivery nurse Elizabeth Pauley, Doulas of Asheville has carefully curated a team of professionals to support Western North Carolina families looking for the absolute best in pregnancy, birth and in-home postbirth support. Doulas of Asheville’s doulas and educators are specialists in providing modern, evidence-based, unbiased and judgment-free support. Through pregnancy, childbirth, surrogacy, adoption or the adjustment to life with baby(ies), we help parents and other caregivers feel calm, confident and unconditionally supported through what can be a challenging time. Regardless of your goals, preferences or parenting style, we are committed to supporting you, your way. Doulas of Asheville offers pregnancy and birth support (doulas), in-home support for families with infants (including overnight infant care), and private and small-group classes on childbirth and baby care.

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Echoview Fiber Mill is a small, womenowned, fiber processing and spinning mill based just outside of Asheville. We make soft, squishy, and beautifully designed craft knitting and weaving yarns using natural fibers like wool, alpaca, silk, mohair, and organic cotton. We are a team of textile lovers, knitters, weavers, dyers, dreamers, and total creatures of comfort. Our work reflects who we are in a style that is both simple and modern. Our facility is a Gold LEED certified building, so sustainability is literally the foundation of everything we do and is taken into account in each decision we make. We are a living wage certified company, and deeply grateful to the WNC community for helping to support our mission and values. Our mill shop is open to the public, and we also host community craft-nights and interesting classes and workshops on a range of fiber related subjects.

One of Western North Carolina’s most trusted cleaners It’s important to us to provide all of our clients with peace of mind. We treat every project — whether it’s a home, vacation rental, office or new construction — as if it were our own property. We know the secret to a deep clean: It’s attention to the details. Our business plan is simple and straightforward. Flying Squirrel’s trusted and trained staff will give your home, office or rental a top-to-bottom clean every time! We are fully insured and bonded and offer a safe and green clean with our all-natural products to protect your family and our staff.

Give us a call to set up a cleaning today! (828) 620-0672. Open Mon-Sat: 8am-5pm. flyingsquirrelcleaningcompany.com

www.echoviewnc.com • 76 Jupiter Road, Weaverville, NC 28787

The Parlor Hair Salon is a family friendly, laid back salon in the heart of North Asheville. We are a woman owned business with a staff that includes many stylists and a nail tech that have all been voted as some of the best by MtnX readers. We welcome you to our space for haircuts, color, highlights, balayage, perms, barber cuts, hair extensions, waxing, and nail services. We want to thank all the hundreds of clients that enter our door every week for all the generous support you have continually given us. Your support keeps us thriving and in turn you are helping drive a sustainable community here in our beloved Asheville. We look forward to your next visit!

My name is Annie Wolfe. I grew up in these bountiful mountains, right here in Asheville. I love living here still with my darling husband and our four precious offspring. I began my healing journey in 2009, and little did I know what lay ahead. I did know, however, that I was facing the possibility of a life I had always dreamed of having. Not a life of fame or fortune, but a life of freedom from shame. A life that called me to wake up and step into my soul’s power and feel in my body the purpose that only I can feel in the world. I left anxious thoughts of failure behind me and embarked on a partnership of body, mind and spirit. I believe we all have this “dream” inside us, and I am passionate about helping you find the path your awakening is calling you to take. Our purpose is never a job, but rather the experience of truly being who we are in each moment. In my private practice, Sacred Empath Healing, I walk beside you and teach you how to listen to what your body is saying to you. When you empower your body, you will impassion your life.

7 Beaverdam Road, Asheville, NC 28804 828-348-5202 • theparlorofasheville.com

Sacred Empath Healing 2 Wall St., Suite 114 , Asheville, NC 28801 828-712-6061 • annie@sacredempath.com • anniewolfe.com

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Weddings don’t have to be stressful epics that break the bank. We created Haiku I Do to offer a wedding-and-special-events space that is elegant and affordable. Just outside Biltmore Village, we provide all-inclusive packages so that your special day is worry-free. Whether you are having a traditional wedding, elopement, anniversary, birthday or bridal shower, come celebrate with us at Haiku I Do, where all are welcome because love is love.

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Franny is an inspiring farmer who rocks the hemp scene in North Carolina. She has degrees and work experience in forestry and education, and worked in the pharmaceutical industry for over a decade. In Asheville since 1999, along with her husband, Jeff, and son, Zach, plus friends and family, they built their family farm in winter 2012. It now serves as an agritourism hub, welcoming visitors from all over the world to stay over in one of their many lodging options, celebrate a farm wedding, do yoga with goats and enjoy local music festivals. She is the first female farmer in North Carolina to plant industrial hemp and has entered the hemp scene as a force for education and collaboration with growers and processors, product development and the Women in Hemp nonprofit. Farmer Franny is on a mission to learn about and educate others about hemp. Look for her upcoming Tedx talk: Listen and learn about the journey! Franny and Jeff have opened a CBD dispensary on Merrimon Avenue called Franny’s Farmacy. Taking their hemp from seed to sale, they offer tinctures, topicals, smokables, vape hardware, edibles and more. Come meet Franny in person at the grand opening of their store, with events and specials offered from Wednesday, Oct. 10, to Sunday, Oct. 14.

Made just for you! 26 Sweeten Creek Road, Asheville, NC 28803 828.412.3939 | haikuido.com

211 Merrimon Ave., Suite 111 Asheville, NC 28801 828-505-7105 • www.FrannysFarmacy.com

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828.885.2599 Healthy Harvest Natural Foods is located in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of Brevard. Our mission as a health-food store is to bring you the highest-quality vitamin, herbal and homeopathic supplements, while carefully and attentively helping you to tend to your dietary and health care needs. We believe that herbs are food and that food is medicine. We also believe that there are times when one has to supplement their diet with vitamins and minerals - not just any supplements, but whole-food and plant-based supplements that enhance the body’s natural responses to everyday life, including stress, fatigue and immune issues. We also believe that eating well is the key to good health. We are dedicated to providing you with the best local and organic foods, supplements, and health and beauty products. Visit us at Healthy Harvest Natural Foods, where living organically is cause for celebration! Woman-owned. Living-wage certified.

Healthy Harvest Natural Foods 29 W. French Broad St., Suite 105, Brevard, NC 28712 healthyharvestnaturalfoods.com connect@healthyharvestnaturalfoods.com

Raven & Crone As soon as you enter Asheville Raven & Crone, you encounter a feast for the senses! Candles, teas, books and art are available throughout this cozy haven in North Asheville. This womanowned, pagan-run store offers “Old Age,” metaphysical and magical supplies. Owner Lisa Anderson and her staff will offer suggestions and guidance for all your magical and nonmagical needs. Have friends who describe themselves as witches, heathens or pagans? This is the place to shop. A solitary practitioner who is not sure of the next step in your journey? You will be welcomed and guided. In addition, the store offers classes and workshops, as well as daily readers (tarot, runes, scrying, astrology and psychics are among the options). Lisa also fosters community with gatherings such as the Welcoming Circle and Circle Round, which are held monthly. A wide variety of herbs, incense, jewelry and journals also will entice you. If you find yourself returning to the store often, be sure to get a “Frequent Flier” card. After 10 purchases, the card will enable you to receive 20 percent off your 555 Merrimon Ave., Suite 100 next purchase.

Asheville, NC 28804 828-424-7868 ashevilleravenandcrone.com Daily readers including Scrying, Runes, Tarot, & More! Walk-ins welcome!

Merry Meet! We look forward to seeing you soon!

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Robin Cape

Marcy and Tom Gallagher opened Kilwins Chocolates, Fudge & Ice Cream in downtown Asheville in April 2008. Celebrating 10 years was a milestone for the couple, who are proud to be a part of the lively downtown business community.

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My clients say: “We are so thankful to have met Robin and to have worked with her to find our home. She was a joy to work with, very knowledgeable, helped us find the perfect home for us, very communicative, and just an overall amazing person to work with. I feel like I do not have the words to describe how wonderful our experience was with Robin.” — Kaitlin and Heather

“We live in Asheville and supporting local charitable organizations, the arts, the Asheville Tourists and schools, among others, is very important to us,” says Marcy. Marcy enjoys the “meet and greet” aspect of owning and operating Kilwins. She loves the local customers, who have made coming to Kilwins a family tradition, and says it’s exciting to meet people who visit Asheville from all over the United States and around the world.

“Robin is just great! She is responsive, thorough, competent and fun. She also used just the right approach to help me sell my home. Thank you Robin!” — Susan “I highly recommend Robin Cape if you are looking for real estate in the Asheville area. Robin’s the ultimate professional and a pure delight to work with. Felt like a great partnership, and my daughter and I closed on a house quickly, thanks to Robin’s attention to detail, organization skills and strong work ethic. Robin’s values are internal, and she is trustworthy — a precious commodity in today’s world.” — Karen M.

Marcy will tell you that the best part of owning and operating Kilwins is working side by side with her staff, many of whom have been with Kilwins Asheville for six to 10 years. “I’m proud to say we’re a great team, but we’re also a family,” she adds.

Locally owned and operated since 2008! Open 7 days a week! • Like us on Facebook! 26 Battery Park Ave., Asheville, NC 28801 • 828-252-2639

www.robincape.com • 828.216.4009 robin@townandmountain.com

Willow Place is a partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient program for women specializing in the treatment of substance dependence and eating disorders located in Asheville, North Carolina. We proudly offer day treatment services for substance dependence and eating disorders as well as supportive housing. We use an integrative approach to healing, focusing on the resolution of core issues and co-occurring issues, including trauma, sex and love addiction, and other mental health diagnoses. Our program focuses on the necessity of self-love and spiritual soundness in recovery from eating disorders and addiction. Our goal is to provide a safe and supportive environment to guide women on a path to stability, hope, and healing. 30 Garfield St., Suite A, Asheville, NC • 828-707-6084 info@willowplaceforwomen.com • www.willowplaceforwomen.com 30

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MOVEMENT OF CHANGE When women support each other, incredible things happen!

Movement Mortgage is a force to be reckoned with. The foundation of our company is built on a culture of empowering and promoting each other.

Women entrepreneurs bring a sense of community and purpose in the home-buying journey. Kim Winters, Chase Hanks, Teela Waggoner, Kristin Rogers, Tracey Keith (not pictured), Jennifer Balkcom, Marie Fox and Jane Clark create a team of amazing women at Movement Mortgage, with 50 years combined experience. This team has successfully assisted thousands of clients over the years navigate the mortgage process on their way to homeownership. With 91 percent of the real estate home purchase decisions made by women, our team leads the Asheville market in home purchases. With offices in Asheville, Hendersonville and Waynesville, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got you covered for a variety of loan programs, including refinance, second home, renovation, VA, FHA and Jumbo. We are proud and excited to represent a company that strongly invests in its communities and nurtures its employees in creating their own success stories!

84 Coxe Ave., Suite 1-A, Asheville, NC 28801

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How can we help you grow? Ernie Daniels came to Asheville, North Carolina to die of tuberculosis. In those days doctors often “prescribed” the clear mountain air. But Ernie was a businessman and an entrepreneur. Armed with only a steno pad he took up shop on a park bench at Pritchard Park and started offering steno services to local businesses. Later, he cut a deal with a local law firm offering to do their typing in the mornings - for free - if they would allow him to use their typewriter and sell typing to others in the afternoon. Since its humble beginnings in 1948, the company has grown to include a full suite of marketing services; print, mail, warehousing, fulfillment, marketing automation portals, and a 24/7 call center. Last year, their production facility implemented “5-S Lean Manufacturing” - a system of continual improvements in visual order, organization, cleanliness, and standardization. The Daniels Group brings decades of experience and cutting-edge technology to a long list of loyal customers. Jami Daniels, the next generation of leadership, is bringing innovation and expansion to the customer-focused traditions set in place by her father and grandfather. As a WBE-certified business, Jami has one more tool she can use to continue to grow her companies.

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Women in business are changing the world. Hi, I’m Sarah Poet. As a woman, I used to function in overwhelm, taking on too much and burning myself out as a professional educator. I realized I was being called to remember something deeper — my own feminine essence and authentic expression. We cannot be female leaders without it. I created Embodied Breath, offering personal and couple’s coaching, to support the true evolution of the human soul — to encourage you to break free of perceived limitations and honor your own soul’s calling. I work with powerful women in leadership positions to offer close coaching and healing support that deeply empowers your personal truth and liberates your self-expression. I like to create deeply meaningful and impactful experiences, based in a traumainformed, soulful coaching model, in which we integrate body, mind, soul and spirit. I work with clients who are ready to embrace their truth, remove blocks and live a powerful life, once and for all. The world is ready for authentic women. Contact me if you are ready to say a powerful “yes!” to your own soul.

www.yourembodiedbreath.com

8th Element CVAC, LLC, is womenowned and operated by health professionals who are bringing high-tech cellular conditioning to the mountains. Cyclical Variations in Adaptive Conditioning is a Space Age, research-based pod that rapidly changes air pressure from sea-level to mountain altitudes within a 20-minute session. The sessions aim to achieve aerobic, anaerobic and lymphatic effortless conditioning. Learn more! www.8thElementCVAC.com 8th Element CVAC 38-B Rosscraggon Road Asheville, NC 28805 828-571-0400 info@8thElementCVAC.com

Welcome to Rose’s Garden Shop! Rose Bartlett, a former garden designer and co-author of The Bartlett Book of Garden Elements, opened her shop in 2013 in a historic building in Asheville’s Albemarle Park. At Rose’s Garden Shop, we are dedicated to providing unusual plants for the house, porch and garden. Our educated staff (left to right: Dee, Rose, Julie) is delighted to guide you in the selection of plants suited to your individual needs and environmental conditions.

“After my abdominal surgery, I always felt swollen in my stomach. After two sessions in the CVAC, my clothes were roomy and my ankles weren’t swollen!” — L.D. “I had a CVAC session at a research university hospital in the Southwest. This technology was recommended for my health condition. I’m excited that I can have CVAC sessions in my hometown!” — C.R.

You’ll find more than plants at Rose’s Garden Shop! Rose frequents auctions and many varied sources and artisans throughout the region to offer an ever-changing selection of antiques, furnishings, vintage accessories and seasonal decor at affordable prices. Come by and see what’s new each week as the fall season progresses. And we’re here throughout the year so let us brighten up the dark days of winter!

211 Charlotte St. • Asheville 828-252-2100 www.rosesgardenshop.com

At The Little Gym, our goal is to bring serious fun to the children of our community by providing a safe, fun and supportive environment for them to learn gymnastics, dance and sports skills. We use individualized instruction to build confidence and self-esteem in children ages 4 months to 12 years by focusing on what they can achieve instead of what they can’t. When you visit The Little Gym, you can count on a family-friendly environment, a clean facility and highly trained instructors to provide your child with a foundation for success. We teach much more than cartwheels and handstands; we teach life skills such as taking turns, following directions, being supportive of others, working toward and achieving goals and believing in yourself. The leadership at The Little Gym of Asheville has a diverse background in sports, dance and teaching, but above all, a passion for working with children. As we begin our fifth year together, we look forward to continuing to be the springboard to life’s adventures for the children of Asheville!

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Crime and clairvoyance The great jewelry heist of 1912

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guides in our issues of Oct. 24 and Oct. 31.

Online beginning Oct. 22.

Check your voter registration status at avl.mx/5ct To register, you may download and print a voter application at avl.mx/312. In Buncombe County, the mailing address for voter registration is: Election Services PO Box 7468 Asheville, NC 28802-7468 You may also register in person at the Buncombe County Board of Elections, 77 McDowell St., Asheville. Information at 828-250-4200. Mail or in-person registration must be completed by Friday, Oct. 12, to vote in the 2018 general election on Tuesday, Nov. 6.

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PALMISTRY: There is no known photograph of clairvoyant Mme. Nina Lester. This image, believed to have been taken in 1900, shows an elderly woman reading the hand of a woman in the woods. Photo courtesy of the North Carolina Room Collection, Pack Memorial Public Library On June 20, 1912, an advertorial in The Asheville Citizen announced: “Asheville is favored at present with the presence of one of the most wonderful and successful Clairvoyants and Palmists of modern times[.]” Over the next month, several similar notices would appear in the paper, all touting the gifts of one Mme. Nina Lester. Residing at 18 Merrimon Ave., Lester claimed to possess the “wisdom of the ancients, the mysticism of Egypt and the occult sciences of the Orient[.]” While she usually charged between $2 and $5 per reading, the fortuneteller offered residents a reduced rate of $1 as a way of “introducing herself and work to the people of Asheville.” By June 25, Lester’s promotional language grew more technical. In that day’s paper, she both defined and provided examples of her combined expertise in astrology, palmistry, astronomy, phrenology and psychics. Metaphorical language was also employed: “Through Mme. Lester’s wonderful ability to draw aside one curtain which hides the vista of the future from our view as well as her ability to read what has been written in the archives of the

past, she can at once tell you whether the troubles over which you brood are real or fancied.” Two days later, on June 27, it was announced in the paper that Lester would make Asheville her permanent home. On Independence Day, the latest advertorial proclaimed, “Hundreds of the best people in Asheville have consulted Mme. Lester and have gone away satisfied that she is a great life reader.” But by no means were her services limited to the city’s elite. According to the announcement, the clairvoyant was regularly besieged by visitors from all walks of life. Lester’s final known ad appeared on July 21, in The Sunday Citizen. Along with its usual rhetoric, the announcement declared that the fortuneteller would continue to offer her $1 reading rate for the next two weeks. The promotion, however, would not stand. Lester would flee Asheville the following day. On July 23, The Asheville Citizen reported: “The members of the local police department are looking for Mme. Nina Lester, clairvoyant and fortune teller and the Asheville department has

issued a call to wearers of the blue uniforms and brass buttons in other cities to arrest her if possible. It was stated at the department yesterday that Mme. Lester has disappeared and likewise a number of ex-owners of precious stones and jewelry have been robbed of their property, while seeking advice and information from the woman who has made her disappearance. A prominent Asheville woman who lost a very valuable ring has authorized the police department to offer a reward of $50 for the apprehension of the woman of wisdom and the money will be placed in one of the local banks this morning to be used for that purpose.” According to the article, Lester was around 35 years of age, stood 5 feet, 7 inches tall and weighed an estimated 150 pounds. She had arrived in Asheville with a 12-year-old girl and a man named Munroe (“the possessor of brown hair and a brown mustache”). Both the “sad-looking girl and meaning-look man” had also fled the city, the paper reported. The Asheville Gazette-News offered information on the robbery, as well. It claimed that among the stolen jewels was a diamond valued at $400. (The consumer price index inflation calculator puts this at $10,397.77 in today’s currency.) The Gazette continued: “It is believed here that Mme. Lester is the same woman desired in Spartanburg, where she beguiled a number of gentlemen into believing that they had gold buried on their places and that it could be found by the simple process of giving her $100, which she would combine with a like amount of her own, attach a charm to the combination and carry for a few days, after which some geni would appear on the scene and disclose to her the exact spot where the gold was located. She carried the hundreds but inadvertently she carried them too far, and the owners have never since been able to ascertain just how far it was carried, likewise they have never located the buried gold.” There is no indication that Lester, the sad-looking girl or the mean-looking man were ever located by the authorities. If you or someone you know has any information regarding the 1912 jewelry heist, who knows? Maybe that $50 reward still stands. (Which, according to the consumer price index inflation calculator, would amount to $1,264.61 in today’s currency.) Editor’s note: Peculiarities of spelling and punctuation are preserved from the original documents. X

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ANIMALS PUBLIC LECTURES AT MARS HILL mhu.edu • WE (10/10), 6-7pm Appalachian Evenings: "The Seen and Unseen Benefits of Bats," lecture by Gary McCracken. Free. Held at The Ramsey Center in Renfro Library, 100 Athletic St,, Mars Hill

BENEFITS ASHEVILLE BROWNS BACKERS CLUB 828-658-4149, ashevillebbw@gmail. com • SU (10/14), 1pm Proceeds from this social gathering to watch the Cleveland Browns benefit local charities. Free to attend. Held at The Social, 1078 Tunnel Road ASHEVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY 828761-200-1315, ashevillehumane.org • SA (10/13), 6-9pm - Proceeds from the Taste of Compassion Gala with silent and live auctions, dancing to DJ P-LO, and local cuisine and libations, benefit the Asheville Humane Society. $75. Held at A-B Tech Conference Center, 340 Victoria Road ASHEVILLE SISTER CITIES 828-782-8025, ashevillesistercities.org, ashevillesistercities@ gmail.com • WE (10/17), 7-9pm - Proceeds from the World Wide Wednesday event featuring Scottish music, drinks, food and a presentation about Scotland benefit Asheville Sister Cities.

$10. Held at The BLOCK off biltmore, 39 South Market St. DIYABLED diyabled.com • WE (10/10), 7pm - Proceeds from a live music event with voter registration benefit DIYabled in their cause to raise awareness for disabled persons. Held at Fleetwood’s, 496 Haywood Road EBLEN CHARITIES eblencharities.org • SA (10/13), 9am Proceeds from the Walk, Run or Roll 5K and 10K walk and run event benefit Eblen Charities. $20/$5 children. Held at AB Tech, 340 Victoria Road ELIADA 828-254-5356, eliada. org, info@eliada.org • Through SU (10/28) - Proceeds from this annual corn maze event with activities for kids and hay rides benefit Eliada. See website for full schedule and prices: EliadaCornMaze.com. Held at Eliada, 2 Compton Drive GREEN BUILT ALLIANCE greenbuilt.org • SA (10/13), 1-5pm - Proceeds from Ciderfest NC festival benefit Green Built Alliance. $33-$55/$15 designated driver. Held at Salvage Station, 468 Riverside Drive GROCE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 954 Tunnel Road, 828-298-6195, groceumc.org • Through WE (10/31) - Proceeds from sales of pumpkins at this pumpkin patch benefit Groce United

TINY TREES, BIG ATTRACTIONS: Home to one of the most celebrated bonsai displays in the Southeast, the North Carolina Arboretum hosts the 23rd annual Carolina Bonsai Expo on Saturday, Oct. 13, and Sunday, Oct. 14. The weekend features juried bonsai displays from 15 Southeast organizations, along with bonsai workshops, demonstrations and opportunities to purchase bonsai plants and supplies. The Asheville Chapter of Ikebana International will also host a special ikebana exhibition throughout the expo. The guest speaker for 2018 is Bjorn Bjurholm. The owner of Eisei-en Bonsai Garden in Nashville, Tenn., he developed an interest in bonsai at the age of 13, attended his first Carolina Bonsai Expo at the arboretum two years later and went on to become the first and only foreign-born working bonsai professional in Japan. Admission to the expo is free. Standard parking fees for nonmembers apply. For more information, visit ncarboretum.org. Photo of Bjurholm courtesy of the North Carolina Arboretum (p. 48) Methodist Church. Mon.Sat.: 10am-7pm. Sun.: 12:30-7pm. Free to attend. HENDERSONVILLE SISTER CITIES hendersonvillesistercities. org • TH (10/18), 6-8:30pm - Proceeds from the "Blue Ridge & Beyond: Connecting Culture Through Student Diplomacy" event with local cuisine, Italian drinks and Jordanian desserts, auction and presentation from two local students benefit Hendersonville Sister Cities’ travel scholarship program. Registration required online. $45. Held at Appalachian Coffee Company, 1628 5th Ave. West, Hendersonville POSTPARTUM SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL postpartum.net • SA (10/13), 10am-noon Proceeds from the Climb

Out of Darkness Walk to raise awareness for pregnancy and postpartum mental health disorders benefit Postpartum Support International. Information: postpartum. net. Admission by donation. Held at Carrier Park, 220 Amboy Road ROCK STEADY BOXING rocksteadyboxing.org • SA (10/13), 8:30am Proceeds from the Knock Out Parkinsons 5K Run or Walk benefit Rock Steady Boxing. Registration at 7am or online: bit. ly/2Rre9Gj. $25. Held at Fletcher Community Park, 85 Howard Gap Road, Fletcher THE VANISHING WHEELCHAIR 175 Weaverville Road. Suite L., 828-645-2941, VanishingWheelchair.org • 2nd & 4th FRIDAYS, 7pm - Proceeds from “Magic, Mirth & Meaning,”

family-friendly, hour-long production featuring storytellers, singers, jugglers, and magicians benefit The Vanishing Wheelchair. $10/$5 children. THRIVE 828-697-1581, thrive4health.org • MO (10/15), 5-8pm Proceeds from the Bids and Blues Fundraiser featuring live music by Eric Congdon Blues Revue, Peggy Ratusz and Daddy Longlegs benefit Thrive. $40. Held at Hendersonville Country Club, 1860 Hebron Road, Hendersonville

BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY A-B TECH SMALL BUSINESS CENTER 828-398-7950, abtech.edu/sbc • WE (10/17), 6-9pm - "Advanced Internet

Marketing," seminar. Registration required. Free. Held at A-B Tech Small Business Center, 1465 Sand Hill Road, Candler • TH (10/18), 10-11am "Five Money Questions for Women Owned Businesses," seminar. Registration required. Free. Held at A-B Tech Small Business Center, 1465 Sand Hill Road, Candler • TH (10/18), 6-9pm "What Social Media Tools Can Tell About Your Customers," seminar. Registration required. Free. Held at A-B Tech Small Business Center, 1465 Sand Hill Road, Candler ASHEVILLE RENAISSANCE HOTEL 31 Woodfin Ave. • WE (10/17), 11:45am1:30pm - "Strategic Planning in an EverChanging World,"

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LIKABLE APPLES: As Urban Orchard Cider Co. and Noble Cider set up second locations downtown, the sixth annual CiderFest NC celebrates the local industry and raises funds for the nonprofit Green Built Alliance on Saturday, Oct. 13, 1-5 p.m., at Salvage Station. Both of the aforementioned cideries and 22 additional cider, mead and apple wine makers from across the state and beyond will pour their creations. Numerous food options will also be available, along with such family-friendly activities as live music from Chikomo Marimba and Queen Bee and the Honeylovers, arts and crafts, a kids zone and a sustainability education area. General admission tickets are $33 and include unlimited beverage samples. Attendees who purchase a $55 VIT (Very Important Taster) ticket receive event access starting at noon and free on-site parking. Designated driver tickets are $15 and attendees under age 21 get in free. For more information, visit ciderfestnc.com. Photo by Pat Barcas

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THE COLLIDER 1 Haywood St., Suite 401, 1828, thecollider.org/ • TH (10/18), 5:30pm Earth Equity Advisors' Annual Speaker Series: "Inclusion and the Next Economy: A Solutions Based Conversation," with Pete Krull, Nzinga Shaw and Betsy Moszeter. Registration required. Free.

CLASSES, MEETINGS & EVENTS ACT AND SAT ONEON-ONE TUTORING (PD.) Learn strategies to increase your test scores. Friendly, 8+ year ACT/ SAT tutor, moved from successful Ohio practice. • References available. Email Kathleen at kcalby@sbcglobal.net

BLUE HORIZONS PROJECT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MEETING (PD.) Please join us on October 25 from 5 to 7 PM at The Block off Biltmore, 39 South Market St. We will have light snacks and discuss the past, present, and future of the community engagement initiatives. www. bluehorizonsproject.com CLASSES AT VILLAGERS (PD.) • Making the Sacred Hand Drum. Sunday, October 14. 5:308:30pm. $100. • Foraging Fall Edibles and Herbs. Wednesday, October 17. 6:30-9pm. $25. Registration/ Information: www.forvillagers.com EMPYREAN ARTS CLASSES (PD.) Weekly drop in classes: Contemporary Pole Flow on Mondays 7:30pm. Intro to Pole on Tuesdays 7:15pm and Thursdays 8pm. Sultry Pole on Wednesdays 7:30pm. Handstands on Tuesdays 6pm and Thursdays 6:30pm. Aerial

Yoga on Wednesdays 8pm and Fridays 12pm. EMPYREANARTS.ORG 828.782.3321. RETIREMENT PLANNING WORKSHOP (PD.) Western Carolina University at Biltmore Park. • Three night class October 17, 22, and 24. Cost: $79/person or couple. Call 828-2277397 or Register Online pdp.wcu.edu AMERICAN LEGION POST NC 77 216 4th Ave. W, Hendersonville • 2nd THURSDAYS, noon - Korean War Veterans Chapter 314, general meeting. Free. ASHEVILLE CHESS CLUB 828-779-0319, vincentvanjoe@gmail. com • WEDNESDAYS, 6:30pm - Sets provided. All ages and skill levels welcome. Beginners lessons available. Free. Held at North Asheville Recreation Center, 37 E. Larchmont Road

ASHEVILLE TAROT CIRCLE meetup.com/ Asheville-Tarot-Circle/ • 2nd SUNDAYS, noon General meeting. Free to attend. Held at Firestorm Books & Coffee, 610 Haywood Road BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • TU (10/16), 6pm Spinning Yarns, knit and crochet group for all levels. Free. Held at Skyland/South Buncombe Library, 260 Overlook Road CRÊPERIE & CAFÉ 113 N Main St, Weaverville, creperieandcafe.com • TH (10/11), 7-9pm Event for Welsh speakers and learners to practice conversation skills. All levels welcome. Free to attend. HOMINY VALLEY RECREATION PARK 25 Twin Lakes Drive, Candler, 828-242-8998, hvrpsports.com • 3rd THURSDAYS, 7pm - Hominy Valley board meeting. Free.

C OMMU N IT Y CA L EN D AR LEICESTER COMMUNITY CENTER 2979 New Leicester Highway, Leicester, 828-774-3000, facebook.com/Leicester. Community.Center • 3rd THURSDAYS, 7pm - The Leicester History Gathering, general meeting. Free. MOMS DEMAND ACTION momsdemandaction.org • WE (10/10), 6pm Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, meeting. Free to attend. Held at The BLOCK off biltmore, 39 South Market St. ONTRACK WNC 50 S. French Broad Ave., 828-255-5166, ontrackwnc.org • TH (10/11), 5:30-7pm "Emotions & Spending," workshop. Registration required. Free. • SATURDAYS (10/13) until (10/20), 9am12:30pm - "Money Management and Credit," class series.

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Registration required. Free. • MO (10/15), 5:307pm - "Budgeting and Debt," class. Registration required. Free. • WE (10/17), noon1:30pm - "Savings & Goal Setting," workshop. Registration required. Free. • THURSDAYS (10/18) until (11/1), noon-1:30pm - "Your Money Future: Vision. Protect. Invest," class series. Registration required. Free. PUBLIC EVENTS AT A-B TECH 828-398-7900, abtech.edu • TU (10/16), 9am-noon - Career fair hosted by NCWorks Career CenterMadison. Free. Held at NCWorks Career CenterMadison, 4646 US Highway 25/70, Marshall PUBLIC EVENTS AT UNCA unca.edu • TH (10/18) through SA (10/20) - Fifth Annual African Americans in Western North Carolina

and Southern Appalachia Conference. See website for more information and registration: aawnc.unca.edu.

FOOD & BEER FAIRVIEW WELCOME TABLE fairviewwelcometable. com • THURSDAYS, 11:30am1pm - Community lunch. Admission by donation. Held at Fairview Christian Fellowship, 596 Old US Highway 74, Fairview LEICESTER COMMUNITY CENTER 2979 New Leicester Highway, Leicester, 828-774-3000, facebook.com/Leicester. Community.Center • 3rd TUESDAYS, 2:30pm - MANNA food distribution. Free. • WEDNESDAYS, 11:30am-1pm - Welcome Table, community meal. Free.

FESTIVALS ASHEVILLE OUTLETS 800 Brevard Road, shopashevilleoutlets.com • SA (10/13), 9am-3pm Proceeds from donations and registration fees at this British and European car and motorcycle show benefit local charities. Free to attend. BIG IVY COMMUNITY CENTER 540 Dillingham Road, Barnardsville, 828-626-3438 • FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS (10/12) through (10/27), 7pm - "Peek-A-Boo Path," haunted trail for all ages. Free. FALL FESTIVAL AT LAKE JULIAN 828-250-6707, buncombecounty.org/ parks • SA (10/13), 11am-2pm - Family-friendly outdoor festival with games, crafts and activities, face painting and free popcorn and cotton candy.

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Free. Held at Lake Julian Park, Overlook Extension GROCE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 954 Tunnel Road, 828-298-6195, groceumc.org • SA (10/13), 10am-1pm - Fall Festival with bouncy house, children's activities, bake sale, pumpkin walk and hot dogs. Free to attend. HARDLOX JEWISH FOOD & HERITAGE FESTIVAL hardloxjewishfestival.org • SU (10/14), 11am-4pm Outdoor festival with traditional Jewish dancing, music and food vendors. Free to attend. Held at Pack Square Park, 121 College St. SILVERMONT PARK East Main St., Brevard • FRIDAYS & Saturdays (10/12) until (10/27), 7-9pm - Proceeds from "PumpkinFest," family friendly, outdoor event with lighted pumpkin trails, music, food, games, storytelling, facepainting, white squirrel scavenger hunt and historic mansion benefit Friends of Silvermont. Information: silvermont.org. $5 parking & $5 admission. THE GREY EAGLE 185 Clingman Ave., 828-232-5800, thegreyeagle.com • SA (10/13) & SU (10/14) - RADfest, music and arts festival featuring live music by headliners Diet Cig, over 15 other bands and live mural art installation. Information: radfestavl.com. $25 single day/$40 weekend pass.

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GOVERNMENT & POLITICS BLUE RIDGE REPUBLICAN WOMEN’S CLUB facebook.com/BRRWC • 2nd THURSDAYS, 6pm General meeting. Free to attend. Held at Gondolier Restaurant, 1360 Tunnel Road. BUNCOMBE COUNTY SENIOR DEMOCRATS 828-274-4482 • TH (10/11), 4:30pm - Monthly meeting, postcard writing and potluck. Free/Bring a dish to share. Held at Buncombe County Democratic Headquarters, 951 Old Fairview Road DEMOCRATIC WOMEN OF HENDERSON COUNTY 828-692-6424, myhcdp.com • FR (10/12), 11:30am2pm - Annual luncheon with presentations by local democratic candidates. Registration: 828-692-5001. $35. Held at Hendersonville Country Club, 1860 Hebron Road, Hendersonville HENDERSON COUNTY LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS lwvhcnc.org • TU (10/16), 6-8pm Forum for Henderson County school board candidates with moderator, Paul Goebel. Questions will address the topics of academic standards, school safety, Hendersonville High School, funding and the non-partisan status of a school board candidate. Free. Held at Hendersonville City Operations Center,

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305 Williams St., Hendersonville JACKSON COUNTY REPUBLICANS 828-743-6491, jacksonctygop@yahoo. com • TH (10/11), 6:30pm General meeting. Free. Held at Jackson County Republican Headquarters, 91 West Main St., Sylva JACKSON PARK 801 Glover St., Hendersonville, hendersoncountync.org/ recreation/parks/ jacksonpark.html • SA (10/13), 11am2pm - "We Read the Constitution," outdoor event with elected officials, candidates, live music and kids activities. Co-sponsored by the Henderson County GOP, Men's and Women's Clubs and Asheville Tea Party. Free to attend. LAKE TOMAHAWK PARK 401 S. Laurel Circle Drive, Black Mountain, 828-669-8610, townofblackmountain. org/rec&parks.htm • SA (10/13), 4-8pm - East Buncombe Democratic unity barbecue with live music and democratic candidates. Free to attend. LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS 828-258-8223, abc.nc.lwvnet.org • TH (10/11), 7-8:30pm Senator Terry Van Duyn and County GOP Chair, Carl Mumpower, discuss the proposed constitutional amendments. Free. Held in Courtroom 1A, Buncombe County

KIDS ASHEVILLE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE 43 Patton Ave., 828-2547162, colburnmuseum.org • 2nd & 4th FRIDAYS, 9-9:45am - Little Explorers Club: Guided activities for preschoolers (with their caregivers). Admission fees apply. • 2nd FRIDAYS, 5:307:30pm - "Night at the Museum," parents night out event for children 4-10 years old. Event includes pizza, movie and activities. Registration required. $15. BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • WE (10/10), 4pm - "Introduction to Ornithology," presentation and activities with the NC Arboretum. Free. Held at East Asheville Library, 902 Tunnel Road • 2nd SATURDAYS, 1-4pm & LAST WEDNESDAYS, 4-6pm - Teen Dungeons and Dragons for ages 12 and up. Registration required: 828-250-4720. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • MONDAYS, 10:30am - Spanish story time for children of all ages. Free. Held at Enka-Candler Library, 1404 Sandhill Road, Candler • TU (10/16), 4pm Science Shenanigans: "Kidsenses Brings Science to Life!" program for grades K-8. Free. Held at Swannanoa Library,

101 West Charleston St., Swannanoa • WE (10/17), 4pm "Makers & Shakers: Let's Weave," cardboard looms weaving activity for ages 5 and up. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. FLETCHER LIBRARY 120 Library Road, Fletcher, 828-687-1218, library. hendersoncountync.org • WEDNESDAYS, 10:30am - Family story time. Free. MALAPROP'S BOOKSTORE AND CAFE 55 Haywood St., 828-2546734, malaprops.com • WEDNESDAYS, 10am - Miss Malaprop's Story Time for ages 3-9. Free to attend. SWANNANOA VALLEY MUSEUM 223 W State St., Black Mountain, 828-669-9566, history. swannanoavalleymuseum. org • 2nd & 4th SATURDAYS, 2-4pm - Historically oriented crafts and activities for children. Free to attend. THE CENTER FOR CRAFT, CREATIVITY AND DESIGN 67 Broadway, 828-785-1357, craftcreativitydesign.org/ • SA (10/13), 2-5pm Family Fun Day with treats, nature-themed crafts, kid-friendly tours and stories. For children ages 5 and up. Free to attend.

OUTDOORS CHIMNEY ROCK STATE PARK (PD.) Enjoy breathtaking views of Lake Lure, trails for all levels of hikers, an Animal Discovery Den and 404foot waterfall. Plan your adventure at chimneyrockpark.com BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY HIKES 828-298-5330, nps.gov • FR (10/12), 10am Ranger-led, easy, 2-mile, round-trip hike to the base of Sam's Knob. Free. Meet at MP 420.2 BUNCOMBE COUNTY RECREATION SERVICES buncombecounty.org/ Governing/Depts/Parks/ • SU (10/14), 10am Guided, moderate, 5-mile hike on the Snowball Trail. Register for location: 828.250.4260 or bit.ly/2RsuTwR. Free. • TUESDAYS through (10/30), 5:30-7pm - Lawn games including badminton, ladder ball, corn hole and bocce ball. Free. Held at Buncombe County Sports Park, 58 Apac Circle CARL SANDBURG HOME NHS 1800 Little River Road, Flat Rock, 828-693-4178, nps.gov/carl • WE (10/17), 9am-5pm - 50th anniversary celebration of national historic site with open house, live music, tours and a reading of "We The People." Admission fees apply. DUPONT STATE RECREATIONAL FOREST Entrance: 1400 Staton Road, Cedar Mountain,

828-877-6527, dupontforest.com • SA (10/13), 8:45am-1pm - Volunteer to clean drains on the Reasonover Creek Trail. Meet at the High Falls Access Parking Lot. PISGAH CHAPTER OF TROUT UNLIMITED pisgahchaptertu.org/ New-Meeting-information. html • 2nd THURSDAYS, 7pm - General meeting and presentations. Free to attend. Held at Ecusta Brewing, 49 Pisgah Highway Suite 3 Pisgah Forest

PARENTING CAROLINA DAY SCHOOL 1345 Hendersonville Road, 828-274-0757, alawing@carolinaday.org • WE (10/17) 9-10am Lower school admission question and answer session. For grades K-5. Free to attend. SWANNANOA VALLEY MONTESSORI SCHOOL 101 Carver Ave., Black Mountain, 828-669-8571, swanmont.org • TUESDAYS (9/25) until (10/16), 6pm - Parenting classes with Black Mountain Counseling Center. Registration required: 828.669.8571. Free.

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PUBLIC LECTURES AT A-B TECH 828-398-7852, abtech.edu, marthagball@abtech.edu • WE (10/17), 7-9pm Local panelists explore death, dying and the soul from Buddhist, Jewish, Indigenous, Contemplative and Eastern Indian traditions. Informal discussion and snacks follow the talk. Free. Held in the Elm Building, Room 214, at AB Tech, 340 Victoria Road

SENIORS ASHEVILLE NEW FRIENDS (PD.) Offers active senior residents of the Asheville area opportunities to make new friends and to explore new interests through a program of varied social, cultural, and outdoor activities. Visit www. ashevillenewfriends.org JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF WNC, INC. 2 Doctors Park, Suite E, 828-253-2900 • TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 11am2pm - The Asheville Elder Club Group Respite program for individuals with memory challenges and people of all faiths. Registration required: 828-253-2900. $30. JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF WNC, INC. 828-253-2900, jfswnc.org

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MEDITATION STATION Zabuton cushions made in WNC help prison inmates practice mindfulness BY KIESA KAY kiesakay@gmail.com Surrounded by concrete walls, confined by steel bars and subjected to near-constant noise, people serving time have little respite from the unforgiving prison environment. Prison-based meditation programs provide an island of calm amid the hard surfaces and echoing clamor; advocates say the programs help reduce inmates’ levels of stress, encourage reflection and develop coping skills. To help inmates along the path of personal change, a local woman-owned business supplies zabuton cushions — a type of meditation mat — to create a space for contemplation and rest inside the prison walls. Carolina Morning

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SIT A SPELL: Keenan Phillips, left, and Mari Ohta-Weir demonstrate the use of Carolina Morning-produced zabuton meditation cushions. The company has designed similar mats to meet the requirements of correctional institutions for use in prison-based meditation and mindfulness programs. Photo courtesy of Carolina Morning Designs Designs, located in the Toe River Valley south of Burnsville, has modified its products to meet correctional facility requirements. “I’ve used a meditation mat since I first began meditating, and it makes me feel grounded and stable,” local inmate David (whose name has been changed to protect his privacy) writes in a recent letter. “It helps me quiet my mind and find peace.” INSTITUTIONAL DESIGN When Sherry Geno wanted a meditation mat for her son, Adam, who had been confined to a prison, she ordered from Carolina Morning. While every prison has its own rules, mats generally must have no openings and be no more than 3 inches thick. The first zabuton Geno ordered measured at 4 inches deep. That didn’t fly, so Carolina Morning

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sent a second, thinner mat, but it got rejected as well. “When Adam got the original mat and had it overnight, guys came to visit it like it was a pet,” Geno recalls. “Besides Adam, two other guys had tears in their eyes when the guards took it away.” Carolina Morning founder Linsi Deyo, a former Appalachian Trail thru-hiker, doesn’t give up easily. So the company began designing anew, flattening and adjusting the fluffy stuffing, pounding and shaping and figuring out how to eliminate the zipper from the mat’s cover until the team had created a mat that passed muster with the prison system. “Linsi’s compassion, her 18 months of dealing with me — in tears, happy, frustrated, furious — and her determination to find a work-around for my son and for the other guys was astonishing for me,” Geno says. “I thought she would say it was too much and

they would not redo manufacturing processes for such a small group, with so little profit. Instead, she and her team made a priceless gift, both reproducible and affordable.” BENEFITS DURING AND AFTER INCARCERATION Adam has changed prisons three times, and he has kept his zabuton. His mother’s gift has inspired him to continue his spiritual practice as a Wiccan, and he now leads a group of 12 practitioners, she says. On holidays, as many as 40 prisoners attend. “Adam has changed so much that he’s almost unrecognizable as the man who went in there,” Geno says. “He’s peaceful inside now and gentle in a way that he wasn’t. He’s thoughtful now. Meditating on that zabuton gives him a way to step outside of where he is and imagine better things in a way he never could do on his bunk or on

Magical Offerings the floor. When he sits and meditates, he feels surrounded by positive feelings of love and concern. I believe that zabuton was made with every bit of care and concern that I would have put into it.” Burnsville resident Bob Repoley, who died in September, founded a weekly meditation group at the medium-security Avery-Mitchell Correctional Institution in Spruce Pine. In 2012, Lee Horsman began participating in the sessions as a volunteer. At that time, he recalls, “The men were using folding metal chairs and were seated during the sessions.” Soon, however, Horsman made a discovery: Many sets of zafu and zabuton cushions made by Carolina Morning for a Zen center in Asheville were sitting unused following the center’s closure. “When I came to know of the cushions in storage, I inquired about their availability, and permission was obtained through AMCI for eight sets to be brought in and stored near the chapel in the administration building,” Horsman explains. “They are brought out weekly for the sessions and then returned to their locked closet.”

Receiving the mats marked a turning point. “It went from being a bunch of guys slouching on chairs and on the floor to a group of men ready to learn and grow. Having those zabutons meant the men had a physically defined place to honor bringing inner peace into their lives,” Horsman says. For the past several years, following the retirement of Repoley and other volunteers, Horsman has led the program at AMCI, which has a capacity of over 800 inmates. A study published in 2015 in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health faced difficulty in creating consistent conditions to evaluate the efficacy of prison meditation programs, but concluded that the “low-cost treatment approach offers potential utility for use in correctional settings and may lead to cost savings in treating stress, anxiety and depression in this population.” In addition to improving prisoners’ lives during their incarceration, learning to focus on the

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present moment can help former inmates avoid repeating negative patterns of behavior when they return to the general population after completing their sentences, Horsman says. “Meditation helps me clearly see the pitfalls that lie in wait for those who are not mindful and aware, and those pits can be very dark and very deep,” David says. “The more I discover about myself, the more I change, hopefully for the better.” While the benefits can be many, reaping the rewards of practicing meditation takes time. “Meditation is about peeling away that which does not allow you to think, feel, speak or act from your true self,” David continues. “We are trying to rid ourselves of unwanted fears, opinions, thoughts, oppressions that hinder us from seeing life and the world as it truly is and acting accordingly. It takes years to peel those things away.” SEW IT GOES The crew at Carolina Morning strives to embody mindfulness in every part of the company’s manufacturing process. Each piece of fab-

BE HERE NOW: Carolina Morning Designs’ production manager Robert Silvers says he finds meaning in every step of the company’s process. Here, he cuts pieces of fabric for meditation cushions. Photo courtesy of Carolina Morning Designs

ric, each strip of hook-and-loop fastening tape, matters and gets placed carefully by hand. “Over the years, we learned to make the processes more efficient,” says Robert Silvers, production manager. Silvers finds the sewing to be meditative, a time when his mind can drift as he gets into the flow of the work. He knows every aspect of how to make the products, from cutting to stuffing to sewing, and he maintains the machines. His brother, Jonathan Silvers, often works by his side. “I could work locally in other places, but here, I get to work as I live, caring about people,” says Bethany Rountree, a poet and customer service expert. “When people call, they talk to a person, not a machine. I like being able to help people solve problems and find the comforts they need.” “At its core, meditation is a way to see clearly and to end suffering,” says Deyo. “As we heal our own inner wars, we contribute to the healing of outer wars as well. It’s quiet, yes, and revolutionary.” “What place has more suffering than prison?” she asks. “We always will offer a discount to prisoners.” X

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Price. Information: 828-407-4263 or susy.chandler@lr.edu. Free. OLLI AT UNCA 828-251-6140, olliasheville.com • FR (10/12), 11:30am1pm - Fab Friday Health Education Series: "Your Precious Eyesight: Strategies to Preserve, Protect and Enhance," presentation. Free. Held at UNC-Asheville Reuter Center, 1 Campus View Road • TH (10/18), 7-9pm Advance care planning workshop with a panel of medical and legal experts. Participants can come away with legally executed, notarized Health Care Power of Attorney and Living Will. Inforamtion: bit.ly/2Nq1sIC. Free. Held at UNC-Asheville Reuter Center, 1 Campus View Road

RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVES redcrosswnc.org • TH (10/11), 11am-4pm - Blood drive and water collection for those impacted by Hurricane Florence: Appointments & info.: 1-800-RED-CROSS. Held at Park Ridge Health South Asheville, 15 Skyland Inn Drive THE CENTER FOR ART AND SPIRIT AT ST. GEORGE'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 1 School Road, 828-258-0211 • WEDNESDAYS, 3:30-5pm & 6:30-8pm - Open mindfulness meditation. Admission by donation. THE HEART OF HORSE SENSE heartofhorsesense.org • SA (10/13), 11amnoon - Demonstration and tours of the farm dedicated to equineassisted therapy to atrisk-youth and veterans. Free. Held at Heart of Horse Sense,

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BY CATHY CLEARY cathy@thecookandgarden.com A trip to any Asheville-area tailgate market reveals as many vendors with hair pulled back into a bun as those sporting a bushy beard. Of course, hairstyle does not necessarily indicate gender, and although some farmers have both bun and beard, a great number of Western North Carolina’s farm-fresh products represent the hard work of women farmers. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, in 2013, for the first time in history, women outpaced men in the total number of bachelor’s degrees awarded in agriculture. On a local level, Amy Marion, program coordinator for the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project’s Local Food Research Center, says, “Forty-five percent of all Appalachian Grown farmers in Western North Carolina are female, and 38 percent of the principal operators — people making the primary day-to-day decisions about farm operations — are female.” “Women are the fastest-growing demographic in primary producers,” says Nicole DelCogliano, farmer programs coordinator at the Organic Growers School and co-owner since 2001 of Green Toe Ground Farm. “OGS tends to serve more women; people that come into our programs are more likely to be women — I think it’s over 60 percent.” Women in WNC are obviously increasingly looking at careers in agriculture as an attractive and viable option. And with that, they are beginning to question accepted norms surrounding the definition of the word “farmer.” HISTORICAL ROLES Women’s leadership in farming is nothing new in WNC. “I am the sixth generation on a farm that was inherited from the female side of our family,” says Robin Reeves, who runs her family farm, Reeves Home Place in Leicester. “My great-grandmother ran the farm when her husband passed away. She had seven children and would take eggs into Asheville on horseback.” Susan English, co-owner of the Marion-based English Dairy and English Farmstead Cheese, tells a

FLYING COLORS: Annie Louise Perkinson represents the fourth generation of her family to farm the land in the Fairview valley where she owns and operates Flying Cloud Farm. Her mother and aunt, she says, helped introduce agritourism to the area with public cider-pressing events. Photo courtesy of Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project similar story. “If it weren’t for the women on this farm, English Dairy, which has been here since 1900, would have closed.” Annie Louise Perkinson, co-owner of Flying Cloud Farm, says her mother and aunt kick-started the agritourism industry that still thrives today in the Fairview valley her family has farmed for four generations. Apples from the family’s huge orchard were being sold to Gerber to make baby food, and in the early 1980s, Perkinson says, “My mom and her sister, Annie, started making the apples into a direct-market agritourism thing. They would press cider, and people could walk around and buy apples.” But historically, the vital roles women played on farms did not necessarily entitle them to be viewed by society as farmers. Even today, women

may be hesitant to give themselves the title of primary operator. “When we do our Local Food Guide, we ask how many primary operators there are on the farm,” says Molly Nicholie, ASAP’s Local Food Campaign program director. “The person filling out the survey is often a woman. Usually, they don’t claim themselves as the primary operator.” Nicholie reports that, in many cases, the same women who do not see themselves as filling leadership roles on their farms manage their operations’ accounting, production, marketing, sales, infrastructure, agritourism, strategic planning, human resources or bookkeeping — all critical elements to a business’s survival. WHITE MALES ON TRACTORS “It’s only in recent history people are starting to value the occupation

of farming,” Nicholie says. “In rural Appalachia, people wanted to get off the farm because it was associated with poverty. So, as farmers are valued, there is also this opening up of what it looks like to be a farmer — it doesn’t have to be a white male on a tractor.” Endless amounts of innovation and creativity can come into play when producing food. Gabi White, urban homesteader and Patchwork Urban Farm collaborator, began her journey to farming during college in Ithaca, N.Y. “I came into farming through wild foraging because I was so passionate about free things that are in the most beautiful places in the world that I can ingest, then enjoy the beautiful places even more,” she says. She found it fascinating and fun to learn from mentors who were experts in

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FAR M & GA R DE N areas of nut production, mushrooms, processing roadkill for food and gleaning wild fruit like pawpaws. Now she grows and sells plants and does raspberry production for PUF. Lauren Rayburn, co-owner of Rayburn Farm, gives herself the title of “gap-filler.” “I run the numbers, handle and collect invoices, and update our weekly availability — pretty much anything that needs to be done on a computer,” she says. Rayburn says she also spends a lot of time doing strategic planning, figuring out what niches her Barnarsdville farm can fill in the Asheville market. This is a critical part of any business, but one that definitely takes place behind the scenes. For the operation she and her husband, Michael Rayburn, run, this means growing produce that meets the needs of the area’s creative artisan food and beverage producers, which can be anything from berries for The Hop Ice Creamery to herbs for the Asheville Tea Co. or pumpkins for a local brewery’s special fall beer. Finding a niche in a competitive market can translate to success or failure for a business, so having the vision to

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be strategic can change everything for a farm. Thinking outside the stereotypical box for a farmer might also look like increasing flower production, an incredibly Instagram-able version of farming that’s seeing a recent rise. At Flying Cloud Farm, Perkinson says, “I’ve always enjoyed doing the flowers. They attract beneficial insects and pollinators. It’s fun having things blooming throughout the season.” Not only does she grow the flowers, she arranges and sets them up for clients at weddings and other events. MEETING THE CHALLENGES

FACES OF FARMING: Rayburn Farm co-owner Lauren Rayburn, pictured with her husband, Michael Rayburn, says she’s seeing a change happen in the agriculture industry. “It’s not just male, and it’s not just white,” she says. “These shifts have to happen to ensure we’re able to have a more equitable food system.” Photo courtesy of ASAP

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So much ambition and drive are evident as women farmers describe their work, especially when discussing the challenges they face. Reeves recalls wanting to be a part of the WNC Beef Cattle Commission when she was young, but at the time, women weren’t even allowed to attend the meetings. As an adult, she went on to become the first female president of the commission, even though “one man quit coming to the

FALL IS FOR PLANTING! meetings because a female was there,” she says. White laments a lack of female mentors in the male-dominated industry. Recalling gatherings of women farmers, she says, “The culture is breathtakingly different. There was so much sharing and reciprocity; it felt a lot more equal.” When her children were young, English says people questioned what would happen to her farm because she didn’t have any sons. “It used to infuriate me,” she says. “It doesn’t mean the end of the road for a farm just because I don’t have sons. Daughters can do it!” If farming itself isn’t hard enough, the additional obstacles female farmers face point to a particular resilience and grit needed by women in the business. As global and political forces make it increasingly difficult to make a living as a farmer, innovations like offering flower arranging, producing value-added products and engaging in agritourism are the key to survival for many farms. A series of studies from the Catalyst Information Center dating back to 2004 shows that organizations with women in leadership roles have improved financial performance, better-leveraged employee talent, increased innovation and superior group performance. That is certainly true in English’s case. For 35 years, she worked as a nurse, making money to put help put her three children through college. When she quit nursing about five years ago, she started a whole new business making value-added cheeses with milk from her dairy. “I turned my hobby into a business, and now the cheese business supports the farm,” she says. She thanks the attorney who advised her to start English Farmstead Cheese as a separate entity. “We are in the third year of terrible milk prices — they are almost half what they were five years ago,” she explains. Her cheese business is able to support her dairy business by paying more than market price for its milk. As a result, the generations-old dairy farm lives on. At Flying Cloud Farm, conservation and diversification have been integral to the operation’s continued success. “I harvest everything there is to sell — the little sweet potatoes and the funnylooking carrots — I make sure they get picked and dispersed to someone who is going to use it, even if I’m feeding it to pigs or donating to Lord’s Acre,” says Perkinson. She adds that setting up a farm stand along Charlotte Highway, the busy road next to her farm, accounts for a surprising amount of her overall

business. The sales breakdown, she says, is “one-third farm stand, onethird [community-supported agriculture program] and one-third direct tailgate markets.” Offering everything from berries to flowers to kale and squash, her stand can almost be one-stop shopping for the customer, and growing a wide range of products has benefits for Perkinson as well. “Having a diversified farm makes it more interesting as a farmer,” she says. But sometimes making ends meet on a farm requires some moonlighting. Historically, Nicholie says, subsistence farms in WNC’s isolated rural communities were likely to to source some income from women’s off-farm jobs. “When you were looking for work, there wasn’t a factory or other type of job; there was a school. And so women would work off the farm as a teacher or a nurse,” she explains. “So in some of these small rural communities, there were more employment opportunities off the farm for women than there were for men.” White says she holds down two parttime jobs in addition to her farming work, while Reeves says she is an Uber driver part time. In Rayburn’s case, she always planned to have a second career outside of farming. As an environmental planner in rural development for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, she facilitates reviews and grants for the utilities sector. After receiving a full scholarship from the USDA to study Earth and environmental science at N.C. A&T State University, she was guaranteed a job at graduation. Her husband studied horticulture. “He followed me around for a while — I worked in [Washington] D.C. for four years — but we knew we would move when we wanted to start a family.”

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KIDS AND COMMUNITY The desire to have children and farm eventually brought the couple to WNC. They now have a son, Elijah, 6, and Rayburn says she and her husband try to incorporate him into the farm activities and consider his input. “This summer he was part of the farm team, doing deliveries and handing off invoices,” says Rayburn. “Sometimes he would say, ‘Mommy and Daddy, you’re doing too much,’ and then we try to stop and do something as a family.” “That’s one of the reasons women and younger families are drawn to farming,” says Nicholie, who operated

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Are you ready for the that,” she says. “Your career is interrupted in a different way, especially with a land-based-type business.” She says she’s considered working with beginning women farmers through the Organic Growers School on ways to strategize for integrating parenthood into the business, asking questions such as “who’s going to do what, and how are you going to stay engaged and part of the business?” In some cases, community becomes family and vice versa. Reeves has plans to give back to her community and to the Latinx people who work on farms in her area by constructing a building for hosting coming-of-age celebrations, known as quinceañeras, on her farm. “I have two Hispanic nieces, and I want them to have their ethnic or other cultural traditions fitting in here,” she says.

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GREEN THUMB: “I am the sixth generation on a farm that was inherited from the female side of our family,” says Robin Reeves, who operates her family farm, Reeves Home Place in Leicester. “My great-grandmother ran the farm when her husband passed away. She had seven children and would take eggs into Asheville on horseback.” Photo courtesy of ASAP a farm in Yancey County for several years before moving to Asheville. “It’s something you can do and be with your kids. When you talk to farmers, that whole lifestyle of living and working and being with your kids and having it be a part of your work is very different from other jobs.” She describes picking up her kids from school and having everyone harvest with headlamps in the dark because the produce had to go to market the next morning. Or waking up at 2 a.m. to check on the sheep because “you have to see how the lambing is progressing, but then at the same time, you can stand with your 2-year-old and watch a lamb being born.” Not many other professions allow for that level of family involvement. English says all of her children and grandchildren have always worked on the farm, and they still do. Her three daughters all have professional careers off the farm, but they still help with various aspects of the business. “My 10-yearold granddaughter can run the farm stand store in front of the cheese room. We sell more retail out of our store in two days than all of our wholesale business.” As helpful and fulfilling as it can be to have family involved with farm work, DelCogliano says she talks with professional women farmers about how their role changes on the farm when they have children. “They didn’t really anticipate

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ago and now just can’t do what she could previously. As a result, she’s had to make some changes. “I reduced the number of cattle I have and got some sheep instead,” she says. “They don’t require as much.” She also gets her cousin to help her when heavy lifting is required. Perkinson also talks about the physical aspects of the work. “I think it can be healthy as long as it’s a diversity of activity. But truthfully I kind of hurt right now,” she says. “I’ve never really gotten massages, but I want one bad. But sometimes I don’t know when I’m going to have time.” A growing number of resources are becoming available locally for women farmers to gather and address such issues in women-only spaces. An upcoming event planned by the Organic Growers School, Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture and the Western Women’s Business Center will focus entirely on self-care techniques, yoga and networking for professional women farmers. These kinds of opportunities to gather and share information specific to women in the farming business have the potential to bring about

ALL IN THE FAMILY: Susan English, owner of English Farmstead Cheese and Dairy, says her children and grandchildren have always worked on the farm. “My 10-year-old granddaughter can run the farm stand store in front of the cheese room. We sell more retail out of our store in two days than all of our wholesale business,” she says. Photo courtesy of ASAP

innovation and change in the industry, says DelCogliano. “Women want to be in a space where they are not necessarily shy or embarrassed to ask certain questions that might be obvious to someone with more experience,” she says. “So trying to create the spaces where it can just be women, I think, is important.” Many visions of WNC’s farming future are not, as Nicholie says, just white men on tractors. Not only are there women on the tractors, but as Rayburn says, “There are multiple models and hybrids for sustainable agriculture.” She envisions introducing new products outside of existing markets and monetizing items through social media. “It’s a unique skill set sharing family, sharing farm life and not being confined within a stereotypical role.” Rayburn sees women using technology and taking advantage of opportunities to get involved in farming on various levels. “Since I’ve been involved, I’ve seen a shift in agriculture,” she says. “It’s not just male, and it’s not just white. These shifts have to happen to ensure we’re able to have a more equitable food system.” X

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erstwhile Dough. Meanwhile, in the S&W Building, The Times cocktail bar welcomed Dive, a seafood popup eatery from former Buxton Hall Barbecue sous chef Sarah Cousler. When the S&W Cafeteria opened in its ornate Art Deco downtown location in 1928, it was a boom time for Asheville. Just months before Black Friday would lead to the Great Depression, architect Douglas Ellington — who also designed Asheville City Hall and Asheville First Baptist Church — spared no expense and left no detail without a flourish. The building sported towering arched windows patterned with green and blue tiles, a teal terra-cot-

ta roof, checkered tile floors beneath ornate ceilings and gold-leaf wallpapers as flamboyant as a peacock. But since the cafeteria vacated the premises in 1974 to join other major downtown stores in their exodus to the Asheville Mall, it seems to have left a curse on one of Asheville’s prettiest spaces. Nearly every business that has moved into the space since has struggled to establish roots and bloom. Steak & Wine steakhouse had a good run, but never seemed to catch on. Satchel’s Bar held down the upstairs of the building for a while, but it, too, eventually folded.

A recent revamping of the space saw the 2017 opening of The Mez, a Greek-driven eatery, that was similarly short-lived. A downstairs nightclub, the Ellington Underground, closed after just a few months following a drug bust in May — ironic, perhaps, considering the basement location originally served as a speakeasy during Prohibition. BREAKING THE HEX The Times cocktail bar, set in the east wing of the building, has proven its muster, holding its own while other new businesses launched at the same time have shuttered beneath the same roof. But when the Greek kitchen exited the premises, so did the food. That’s when Cousler stepped in. “It’s like this building has a f***ing hex on it,” she jokes. “But I want to save it; I want to make it cool.” Before her stint at Buxton Hall, Cousler spent time in the kitchens of The Admiral, Bull & Beggar, Cucina 24, Zambra and a handful of other restaurants. She was also instrumental in some of chef Elliot Moss’ popular pop-ups, including Punk Wok and Thunderbird. “When I did Dive as a pop-up at Buxton, it was a very different, transformative thing,” she says. “I made everyone wear white, and we had these neon lights, and it was a pop-up — a whole concept. But when I carried it here, it was because I thought it would fit well with the space and with the cocktail bar.” Whereas previous concepts she was involved in had specific themes that required focused menus, Dive offers versatility. “Thunderbird was a very specific, New American menu; Punk Wok was a very specific Asian menu. This is less specific — delicate, really nice ingredients, simple food,” she says. Cousler intends to stretch her tentacles into even more of the S&W Building, with a goal of offering latenight Asian food in the upstairs of the old cafeteria space — a concept she’s considering dubbing the Little Devils Club. “I feel like the damn ghosts of this building are finally giving me some leads,” she says. “I’m, like, one with them.” Cousler’s style of cooking is anything but fusion, although it borrows heavily from Asian and New American techniques. “There’s really this new way of cooking, and it’s such a natural way, which is just pulling all of your influences together,” she says. There’s her

oiled pickled reds, which riffs on a South Carolina method of preserving shrimp. Her green beans and broccoli with fish sauce, mackerel served in tomato water with peach butter and fennel, and pan-seared barrel fish with eggplant and black garlic sauce are other dishes that dance back and forth between the American South and the Far East. “I feel like if there is a way to encompass what I cook, it’s just superlight flavors,” she says. BIG THINGS, SMALL SPACE Meanwhile, over at 5 Walnut, Spaeth is pulling cheddar biscuits out of the oven. She says owner Matt Logan tapped her to develop a bakery program for the small bar “to get the most out of our space.” Originally from Chicago, Spaeth cut her teeth as a baker in Savannah, Ga., at Lulu’s Chocolate Bar before relocating to Asheville, where she baked at Dough. Her new bakery, she says, is “just like the wine bar: It’s really laid back — one roast of coffee and everything in the bakery case is made here in-house.” While many downtown breakfast joints, like Over Easy and Early Girl, have lines down the block, Spaeth hopes 5 Walnut will be able to provide something a little more accessible. “It’s hard in the mornings to get into all of the crazy-busy restaurants, so we just wanted a place for people to get something quick and easy to go or just hang out,” she says. She observes that most of the clientele so far has been locals. The kitchen setup couldn’t be simpler — a convection oven and Cuisinart stand mixer handle the bulk of the work. “It really feels like a home kitchen, but everything is just a little bit bigger and more professional-looking,” she notes. But out of that tiny kitchen, Spaeth has been cranking out coffee cakes, doughnut muffins, pimento goat cheese corn muffins, orange cranberry scones and other delicacies that fill the deli case. And 5 Walnut’s long-standing cheese shop is still fully functional as well, offering meat-and-cheese boards, as well as bulk cheeses to go. “We’re incorporating as much of the local cheese and meats as we can into everything,” she says. “I love how each creamery really has its own terroir.” X

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The Mediterranean changes hands After some 50 years in the restaurant business and 43 years at the Mediterranean Restaurant, owner Pete Apostolopoulos has called it quits. On Sept. 11, he sold the popular downtown diner to the owners of Foggy Mountain Brew Pub, who don’t plan on changing a thing. “They’re young and energetic and will do a great job keeping it like it was,” Apostolopoulos says. “I hope that Asheville supports them like they supported me.” The Med, as it’s commonly called, opened on College Street in 1975. Back then, downtown Asheville was “a place you wouldn’t be caught dead after 6 o’clock at night,” Apostolopoulos says. Despite having few large downtown businesses to draw patrons from, he seized an opportunity to buy out his partner and built a business by keeping things simple. That formula — simple food wellprepared — is still popular among diners, even as Asheville experiences a restaurant renaissance. Apostolopoulos’ approach to food and to The Med in general was what attracted the owners of Foggy Mountain, which is nearby on Church Street. The brewpub partners liked that The Med is “simple, cozy and quiet,” says Samantha Kronberg, who bought it with Chris Kronberg, Rachel Goodman and Eli Scott (Scott runs The Med). The partners started meeting with Apostolopoulos and his wife, Paula Apostolopoulos, last winter after hearing that Pete Apostolopoulos, approaching 70, was thinking about retiring. They liked the way he “paid attention to everything,” Samantha Kronberg says. “We’re four people filling one person’s shoes, and we’ve got our hands full.” Scott, at the grill since mid-September, works up a few specials daily, and the new owners will see how those are selling before making any changes, Samantha Kronberg says. The old staff

stayed on, helping maintain continuity. Also contributing is Apostolopoulos, who has lived in Asheville since he moved from Greece at age 17. “My whole life was there,” he says of the restaurant. “I was a young man when I got there and got married after I bought the place and raised two wonderful children and educated my kids and lived the American dream, all because the people of Asheville supported me and my family.” Though he no longer has to get up at 4 a.m., Apostolopoulos still goes to the restaurant, as much to catch up with friends as to be available if Scott needs advice. The new owners have returned the affection — a plaque at the end of the counter notes that the stool there is “Reserved for Pete Apostolopoulos.” The Med, 57 College St., is open 6 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday and 6 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday. SCHOOL OF HARDLOX Craving corned beef on rye, homemade matzoh ball soup, potato knishes or just a good kosher hot dog? The 15th annual HardLox Jewish Food & Heritage Festival will serve those and more on Sunday, Oct. 14, at Pack Square. Hosted by Asheville’s Congregation Beth HaTephila and cosponsored by the city of Asheville, the free festival is an immersion into the Jewish culture of Asheville and Western North Carolina. There will be music, singing and dancing, as well as plenty of food, including home-baked challah and treats made by the women of Beth HaTephila. The HardLox Jewish Food & Heritage Festival is 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 14, at Pack Square. Learn more at hardlox.com.

COFFEE BREAK: Pete Apostolopoulos, center, sold The Med to Eli Scott, right, and partners but still shows up to see old friends. Photo by Paul Clark INAUGURAL ASHEVILLE TACO TAKEOVER You can help decide which taco in Asheville is the best. On Sunday, Oct. 14, All American Food Fights will present the inaugural Asheville Taco Takeover at the Salvage Station. Guests will be able to sample tacos from all over the area while sipping tequila cocktails and beer and listening to live music. Asheville Taco Takeover is 1-5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 14, at the Salvage Station, 468 Riverside Drive. Tickets are $8 advance, $12 door. For details, visit allamericanfoodfights.com/ashevilletacotakeover. FOOD CONNECTION HEADS EAST For nearly four years, Ashevillefounded nonprofit Food Connection has supplied unserved food from catered events to people who need it. Now the organization is getting free, healthy meals to people in Black Mountain and Swannanoa through a new division, Food Connection East. Since June, it has delivered more than 8,000 proteinrich meals to seven organizations that feed the hungry. The initiative was started by Brenda Thornburg and Lorraine Edwards and was organized by Food Connection’s executive director, Flori

Pate. Volunteers coordinated by Thornburg and Edwards run the program, which includes weekly pickups of dishes like grilled salmon and roasted pork from Ridgecrest Conference Center. Beneficiaries include Black Mountain Home for Children, Veterans Restoration Quarter in East Asheville and Bounty & Soul, which passes along fresh, free produce to clients in the Black Mountain area. Food donors include Celine and Company, Montreat Conference Center and Highland Farms. Black Mountain Brewing and Black Mountain Ale House will host fundraisers for Food Connection East on Wednesday, Oct. 10, with 10 percent of food sales and $1 from each pint going directly to the nonprofit. The Food Connection East fundraisers are 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10, at Black Mountain Brewing, 131 Broadway Ave., Black Mountain, and Black Mountain Ale House, 117 Cherry St., Black Mountain. NEW BOTTLE SHOP COMES TO BREVARD The owners of Magpie Meat & Three restaurant in Brevard’s Lumberyard Arts District will open Wolfbrew Bottle Shop this fall. The shop, which will be in the alley at 36 Main St., will sell

regional, national and global craft beer brands as well as beer to be consumed on-site. Wolfbrew Bottle Shop is the creation of Keavy McAbee and Lee Marchbanks, owners of the restaurant on King Street. McAbee is a craft beer enthusiast and manager of the craft beer program at Magpie. Marchbanks is a 12-year restaurant industry veteran who heads Magpie’s kitchen. Beer and pie pairings and local art and community events that have been held at Magpie may shift to Wolfbrew, the owners say. Find updates on the opening date at wolfbrewbottleshop.com and @wolfbrewbrevard on Instagram.

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CIDER IN THE CITY: Jeff Anderson, marketing and creative director for Urban Orchard Cider Co., toasts to the cidery’s new South Slope taproom and production facility. The grand opening party for the company’s second location takes place Oct. 27. Photo by Edwin Arnaudin As apple season wraps up and favorite varieties of the fruit are pressed for hard cider, two local producers who started on different ends of Asheville are expanding into second locations downtown. CIDER SLOPE

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“We feel like we’re trendsetters in a lot of ways,” says Jeff Anderson, marketing and creative director for Urban Orchard Cider Co. In addition to establishing Asheville’s first cider-focused taproom, the West Asheville operation uses local ingredients, works closely with area farmers, ages its product eight to 12 months and uses a variety of yeasts — practices that Anderson says few of its peers follow due to cost and time constraints. The company has now blazed another trail, becoming the first craft cidery in Asheville’s South Slope brewing district. Doors to the new 24 Buxton Ave. location opened Sept. 28, and on Saturday, Oct. 27, Urban Orchard will host its grand opening, a celebration that doubles as its fifth-anniversary

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party, typically held on the Saturday closest to Halloween. Previously home to Eagles Nest Outfitters, the building was also once a Hav-A-Tampa cigar factory, signage for which remains on the interior walls of the space’s production side. By the end of November, Anderson expects 100 percent of Urban Orchard’s output — which will soon be triple that of its current figures — to be occurring at the new location. Cider will also be aged on-site instead of at a warehouse down the street from its original spot. Other key behind-the-scenes features include new 2,500-gallon, glycoljacketed fermenters, a drive-in production cooler and a sizable cooler to feed the tap system, whose short lines from kegs to tap handles make them easier to clean. The company also plans to eventually bottle its product. “We’ll have to have a few months under our belt to figure out, ‘What is it going to take to feed this location with cider?’ Once we have a good grasp on that and can make an educated decision based on hard data, then we can start planning how much production we need to handle packaging,” Anderson says.

Driving those numbers will be the building’s taproom. Of its 30 draft options, 20 will offer ciders from Urban Orchard’s nearly 100 styles, some of which will be exclusive to downtown. The other 10 will pour a selection of beers from industry partners, with one reserved for nitro coffee. Customers can enjoy these beverages at a bar just inside the main entrance and at a long primary bar with a view of the taps surrounded by attractive custom tile and sleek shelves built out of reclaimed wood from the owners’ Weaverville family estate. There’s also a mural above the taps by local artist Ishmael, who collaborated with Ian Wilkinson on a portrait on the building’s exterior that Anderson says is inspired by 1920s Havana. The room’s base color palette of grays, including a Venetian plaster back wall, welcomes pops of color such as the chartreuse green of certain giant stylized letters spelling out “Art of Fermentation” high on the right wall. The word “Fermentation” is dressed with moss, clumps of which were individually placed by Anderson over the course of two and a half weeks.

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F OOD The space also features a large custom lighting piece at the entrance by metalworker Warren Perdue, who’s additionally doing the location’s sign work, and custom-built booths by carpenter Peter Scheuerman with upholstery by Erin Hardy, whose studio is next door to the cider’s West Asheville location. “We like to help out our neighbors and employ anybody we can that’s already doing [a trade] locally,” Anderson says. The new location will not open with food, as originally intended, but will have a small stage for live music in the taproom’s back right corner and an outdoor stage on the loading dock by Millard Avenue. At the open-air spot’s test run during Xpand Fest in June, Anderson says Leicester-based sound and lighting engineers Stewart Sound praised the acoustics created by the brick wall to the left and that of Green Man Brewery’s across the street. Using that setup, the stage will host two bands at the grand opening, then six free outdoor shows, likely once a month, from May to November 2019. By adding the South Slope taproom, Urban Orchard seeks to provide locals with more options and offer accessibility to customers from outside the area. Anderson notes that downtown tourists have a tendency to want to stay within a set number of blocks instead of venturing to West Asheville, despite it only being 2 miles away. Meanwhile, little will change at Urban Orchard’s original location, which will host its usual anniversary party on Saturday, Oct. 27. “We want to make sure that we’re always catering to our locals in West Asheville,” Anderson says. “It’s near and dear to our hearts. It’s where we got our start. It’s because of that community that [we’ve gotten] to this point.” BUILDING CONNECTIONS Shortly after Trevor Baker moved to Asheville in 1994, he took a shine to the historic Tyler Building that’s flanked by Rankin Avenue, Lexington Avenue and West Walnut Street. That appreciation grew while he worked for a furniture importer on the building’s ground-level Lexington side and whenever he ventured to the top floor on Rankin to peruse the secondhand store. “I’ve always liked that building, and it was sad to see it empty for the most part for so long,” Baker says. “It’s always been underutilized, in my opinion, to have such a cool building in downtown Asheville right across from the parking decks.” As the city grew and Baker co-founded and became general manager of Noble Cider, he kept an eye on the building. Then in fall 2017, he saw a

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“For Lease” sign in the window of the Rankin side’s primary space and investigated it for the company’s second location. With the shell work complete and permits in place, he expects Noble’s new restaurant and taproom to be open by late January. “Our mission, basically, is to inspire and innovate the entire cider experience, which in our minds includes food and cocktails and the story behind how the tree is grown and the fruit,” Baker says. “That whole experience of what cider can be, just to educate people about what it is, is more effectively achieved, I think, if you can provide more than just a taproom.” Noble plans to elevate customers’ understanding of its beverages through pairing opportunities, cooking with cider and creative cider cocktails. The new location will feature 14-16 taps, among them a couple of beers, as well as a full bar and a few red wines. The 100to 120-seat space will also offer a food menu that Baker describes as “modern American bistro” with the chef “pulling flavors from all over the world.” The generous amount of glass on the exterior means plentiful natural light for the restaurant, and there will also be a glass wall offering views into the kitchen. Baker envisions the “vibe of an old-school, ’50s garden room,” achieved through plants, custom-made banquettes, tables and a mix of other comfortable seating. Once the restaurant opens, it will be business as usual for Noble’s current Leicester Highway location. It will remain the company’s sole production facility, though Baker says the new place might have a cask or small wood barrel with some aging going on at the bar. He also sees plenty of potential connections between the two locations as hubs for the local cider industry. “You might have someone that comes into your downtown spot and becomes interested, and they want to come [to the Leicester Highway location] and check out where it’s made or make their way down to Henderson County and be inspired to go to a U-pick orchard,” Baker says. “I see it as a way to be more inclusive of the experience and be able to educate in the way we do out here, but in a different way downtown. It’s always a moment to get cider across to people in a way that’s fun and approachable and enjoyable.” The grand opening party for Urban Orchard Cider Co.’s new location at 24 Buxton Ave. is Saturday, Oct. 27, noon-2 a.m. Free to attend. Live outdoor music 4-8 p.m. Dance party begins at 10 p.m. Noble Cider’s new restaurant and taproom are scheduled to open in January at 45 Rankin Ave. X

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NEW RAD-ITUDE

RAD Fest seeks to create a safe, equitable, community-centered experience

BY ALLI MARSHALL amarshall@mountainx.com This is a story that was once synonymous with Asheville’s art and event scene and now is rarely heard: “We started with no capital … so we really needed community partners that were invested in this vision we had,” says Emma Hutchens, who, with fellow Asheville FM DJ Andrew Vasco, is launching the inaugural RAD Fest. “Asheville is changing so rapidly, and there’s this desire, for folks who’ve been here a long time or are in certain niche parts of the community, to keep having weird, DIY art happenings.” Hutchens, who has lived here for 10 years and has no plans to move on, says, “I think it’s my responsibility, as an Asheville resident, to keep doing weird, community-based projects that uplift local people and marginalized people here in Asheville — a place that’s becoming less and less hospitable for those groups.” Despite not having financial backing — as is the case with many newer-to-Asheville businesses and events — Hutchens and Vasco persevered. The culmination of that vision, RAD Fest, will take place over two days, Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 13 and 14, in the River Arts District, from which the music and arts initiative takes its name. The Grey Eagle — RAD Fest’s first community partner — hosts bands on two stages, and showgoers can also take in the RAD’s Second Saturday Art Walk, which runs concurrently. Additionally, muralists Ian Wilkinson and Gus Cutty will be painting at The Grey Eagle, and Indian Summer Press will be live-printing T-shirts, along with other art initiatives. The eclectic lineup of RAD Fest gives a hint of what to expect. The roster includes Anna Burch (a selfdescribed purveyor of “bummer pop”), dark-folk artist Common Holly, punk trio Pie Face Girls and many others, including local acts such as electro-pop musician Celia Verbeck and noise-rockers Nest Egg. The collection of artists is fringey, womenled, often queer-identifying, and less white-centric than the typical Western North Carolina music festival. “When we set up this festival, we thought about how can we do this differently?” says Hutchens. She points out that statistics — such as Pitchfork’s annual data about the

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NEW VOICES: RAD Fest was born, in part, out of asking the question, “How would we do a music festival that is something where … our friends and community, who are not all straight, not all white, not all documented … would feel welcome and safe?” says organizer Emma Hutchens. The inaugural lineup includes, clockwise from top left, Contour, Linqua Franqa, Anna Burch and Nest Egg. Photos courtesy of the musicians diversity of music festivals in the U.S. — show that around 70 percent of artists booked are male. And, according to the Chicago Tribune, “More than 90 percent of female concertgoers surveyed by OurMusicMyBody experienced being harassed in music spaces between 2016 [and] 2018.” She adds, “It’s not like we think we’re saving the world by doing a music festival. We still have to go back to our social justice work. But how would we do a music festival that is something where … our friends and community, who are not all straight, not all white, not all documented … would feel welcome and safe?” One answer was to partner with nonprofit crisis intervention and prevention agency Our VOICE.

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Hutchens and Vasco also looked to organizations such as HEX, a dance party that raises funds for local causes, which posts its norms — no homophobia, no racism, etc. — inside the door of the venues where its events are held. “We really appreciate the work they’ve done around that and we wanted to try to do an equally good job,” Hutchens says. Raising the level of awareness at a festive event doesn’t have to bring the mood down. Exhibit A: hip-hop artist Mariah Parker, aka Linqua Franqa, on the RAD Fest lineup. Parker’s powerhouse raps and sung verses touch on issues such as depression, abortion, feminism and activism. And she doesn’t just write about politics — she recently ran for and won the seat of Athens-

Clarke County, Ga., commissioner (and swore her oath of office on a copy of The Autobiography of Malcolm X). “After getting tired of organizing around music, [I realized] the public policymakers are the ones who can do the most, so maybe I should be one of those,” Parker says of the inspiration to campaign. “I think democracy is really important and I wanted to throw my hat in the ring. … I thought I could push forward some progressive ideas and conversations about radical change, structurally, in our town.” Parker is one of a number of liberal women making the jump to political office across the country. “I frequently see, in articles, people bring up my name and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortiz [who, in June, won the Democratic

primary for New York’s 14th Congressional District] in the same sentence, which to me doesn’t seem fair — she’s actually amazing,” Parker says. “But it gives me goose bumps to be part of this whole thing.” Parker says she wanted to be a rapper since she was as kid growing up around freestyle cyphers, but, “in those scenarios it felt like, being a girl, the sideline was the place I belonged.” She started to freestyle while a student at Warren Wilson College, but it wasn’t until she moved to Athens, Ga., to pursue doctoral studies in linguistics that she felt empowered to perform and record music. Parker’s debut album received critical acclaim though, initially, she thought it was just something she needed to get out of her system. Despite some experiences of self-doubt, she ultimately found that “I have to use this responsibility to promote something positive. … It took on a new life of its own — this opportunity to really empower people about the situation they’re in.” Hutchens, too, is excited about the opportunity to empower young musi-

cians and those whose sound may not often find space on Asheville’s stages. For example, when she and Vasco heard the newly formed collective Temp Job at Big Ears festival in Knoxville, Tenn., “it blew my mind. We were like, ‘You have to play our festival,’” Hutchens recalls. “Very rarely do we find ourselves in the position to say, ‘Here’s an opportunity.’” Now that she’s created exactly that scenario, Hutchens — and, by extension, RAD Fest — are ready to make the most of it. X

WHAT RAD Fest radfestavl.com WHERE The Grey Eagle 185 Clingman Ave. WHEN Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 13 and 14, starting at noon each day. $25 single day/$40 weekend

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FEEL FREE: Digable Planets, Kishi Bashi and Valerie June headline fall LEAF. The festival’s autumnal theme is “Bring it home.” Photo courtesy of LEAF “What does home mean to you?” asks the website for fall LEAF — the biannual festival’s 47th incarnation. “Music holds a way of guiding us to a place of inner peace, joy and sanctuary unlike anything in the world.” That may be true for many, but LEAF — held at Lake Eden in Black Mountain — has long proved its stellar, eclectic music lineup is just one of many reasons tickets regularly sell out in advance. There’s the gorgeous, rural setting (and autumn colors to boot), the family-friendly community, visual art and craft, tasty eats, water sports and healing arts such as yoga, massage and kirtan. The festival takes place Thursday-Sunday, Oct. 18-21. Highlights include headliners Digable Planets (hip-hop), Kishi Bashi (violin-based indie-pop), Valerie June (roots and blues) and Railroad Earth (bluegrass and folk) as well as the 46th LEAF Southern Fried Poetry Slam, adults and youth puppet slams hosted by Toybox Theater, ecstatic dance, contra dance; workshops in djembe, salsa dance, singing and flat-footing; jam sessions, kids activities and late-night dance parties. Weekend passes (including camping) are $184 adult/$154 youths ages 10-17; singleday passes (no camping) are $56/$46 Friday and Sunday, $67/$61 Saturday. Parking is $10. Details and tickets (sold online, in advance, only) at theleaf.org — A.M. X

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by Lauren Stepp

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IN TUNE Music has long been considered an agent of social change. At the height of the civil rights movement, Joan Baez shared her moody vocals to further pacifism, and The Staple Singers used gospel to mobilize communities. Historically speaking, it’s possible that song has united more times than it has estranged. But that’s not to say unification has been easy. Just ask members of the Asheville Choral Society. When ACS wrapped up a strategic planning process earlier this year, group leadership determined the company was falling short of its mission. “When we identified our core values as an organization, we knew that we would need to take concrete steps to ensure that we were truly honoring our value of diversity and inclusion,” says Laurel Ahrnsbrak, executive director of ACS. “We live our values of excellence, music literacy and vocal artistry every day, but we knew we would need to take some risks and learn a lot to live this stated value of diversity.” To better address that mission, The Deepness of Blue is a celebration of African-American music and poetry. The concert, scheduled for Friday and Saturday, Oct. 12 at 13, at Central United Methodist Church, will include pieces like “Signs of the Judgment,” arranged by Mark Butler; and “Listen to the Lambs,” by R. Nathaniel Dett. The event is anchored by its namesake, “The Deepness of Blue,” which is a five-movement piece with music by William Averitt and words by Langston Hughes, a prolific poet and major figure of the Harlem Renaissance. ACS singer and board member Peter Landis considers the night a departure from previous performances. “On one level is the music itself: It’s really exciting and different,” he says, noting that members will be singing music almost exclusively by African-American composers. “On another, it goes with our desire to be more relevant to the entire Asheville community.” But inclusivity takes legwork. After recognizing the need to support all area residents regardless of skin color, ACS leadership teamed up with racial justice trainers from the YWCA of Asheville to unpack 60

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Asheville Choral Society celebrates black composers with fall concert

DEEP HUGHES: The Asheville Choral Society’s fall concert, The Deepness of Blue, is anchored by a musical adaptation of Langston Hughes’ poetry. Executive Director Laurel Ahrnsbrak says the night just “made sense in that context.” Pictured, center, Artistic Director Melodie Galloway with members of the Asheville Choral Society. Photo courtesy of Asheville Choral Society. how the local choral society might move toward an anti-racist model. “We learned about the history of race and racism in Asheville, and how racism shows up in our daily lives,” says Ahrnsbrak. “We have since had more conversations about how ACS can be an authentically welcoming organization, not just in name or spirit, but in practice, so all people who love to sing will feel welcomed to join. We realize that we have to start with us: our leadership, our membership, our concerts.” The Deepness of Blue signals intentionality, says Ahrnsbrak. Though the chorus has several members of color, ACS has invited singers from other local choruses and AfricanAmerican musicians, including soloists and a pianist, to participate. ACS has also recruited a master class clinician, Kathy Bullock, who will bring her expertise in African-American music — specifically that which has roots in Appalachia. Ahrnsbrak believes the variety of voices will “better tell the story of

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this music.” But in many ways, The Deepness of Blue also informs the organizational story of ACS. Established in 1977, ACS began as a handful of singers dedicated to infusing Asheville’s arts scene with song. Today, the group has more than 100 auditioned singers, ages 16 to 80-plus, and is led by artistic director and UNC Asheville professor Melodie Galloway. Since its beginning, ACS has been applauded for its high-quality, versatile performances. But the society is also recognized for its outward-facing values. On community, the mission statement reads that members “affirm the importance of music in highlighting our shared humanity.” And on inclusivity, they should “seek to increase the diversity of age, ethnicity and socioeconomic status” within the chorus to reflect the surrounding area. October’s concert is an avenue for realizing these goals while also honoring 41 seasons of commitment to the Asheville community, says Ahrnsbrak. But that’s just the beginning.

“We have a stated value about diversity and inclusion, and raising up composers of color is a way that we can live this value out loud for our members and our audience,” says Ahrnsbrak. “We will be living our value of diversity and inclusion more boldly moving forward, and there are infinite ways that this intentionality might show up, so stay tuned.” X

WHAT The Deepness of Blue WHERE Central United Methodist Church 27 Church St. ashevillechoralsociety.org WHEN Friday, Oct. 12, 7 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 13, 4 p.m. $10-$25

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by Bill Kopp

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ALL OVER THE BOARD When it comes to making music, eclecticism for its own sake can be confusing for potential listeners. But when it’s executed with authenticity, casting a wide stylistic net can lead to compelling end results. And that’s the goal of self-described folk-wave group Emma’s Lounge. In celebration of the release of its new album, Confluence, the Asheville-based band is hosting an interstellar prom on Saturday, Oct. 13, at Asheville Music Hall. At that show, attendees will vote upon and crown a nongender-specific prom king and queen, and festive, space age-themed attire is encouraged. “It will be interesting to see what we’ve got cooking for that,” keyboardist Meg Proffitt Heathman teases. “It will be a good time.” In fact, from its cover song choices to genre influences, Emma’s Lounge is hard to peg, and what the musicians will do onstage is anyone’s guess. That wild card spirit might come from the band’s genesis. While Emma’s Lounge is in fact a group — featuring, along with Heathman, guitarists Logan Venderlic and Brendan Bower, drummer Mackenzie Richburg and Emma Forster on fiddle — its origins are hazy. Essentially working solo in 2017, Venderlic, who lives in Asheville, wrote an album’s worth of songs and traveled to an Ohio studio to record them. Before releasing his collection of new tunes, the songwriter decided to assemble a group. “That [album] was made before he even knew we existed and before we knew he existed; it had already been mixed and mastered,” Heathman explains. “We needed a foundation to start on, so we came on, and we just all fell in love with

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Emma’s Lounge debuts its eclectic album ‘Confluence’ at an interstellar prom

COSMIC SHOWGOERS: With a sound that dabbles in everything from arena rock to funk to soul, Emma’s Lounge calls its brand of music “space-age folk-pop.” However one labels the festive, uptempo music, it’s well-suited for the party atmosphere of the group’s upcoming Interstellar Prom. Photo courtesy of Emma’s Lounge his music.” When Heart Heavy came out in late 2017, the album was credited to Emma’s Lounge (more about the band name — no connection to fiddler Forster — in a minute). A year later, Emma’s Lounge includes the creative input of all

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its members (along with Venderlic, Heathman is a primary songwriter), and that character is reflected in the title and sound of Confluence. But the group’s makeup is now far more diverse than the Americanaflavored folk-pop of Heart Heavy. To capture the live feel the musicians wanted, Emma’s Lounge returned to that same Ohio studio and cut the album live with minimal overdubs. “We wanted it to sound the way that we sound,” Heathman says. Two of the cuts on Confluence — the dance-funk “March” and the blues-withfiddle “Breakdown” — sound as if they could have been recorded by two different bands. Elsewhere, “Arvilla pt. II” evokes power-chording arena rock. Two styles of music that don’t enjoy significant representation of Confluence are folk and new wave. So what’s with the folk-wave label? “Lyrically, our messages are rooted in folk,” Heathman

offers. “It’s more of a perspective of where we’re coming from.” The collective’s “come as you are” doctrine gave rise to its moniker. “The name comes from a Charleston [S.C.] dive bar that no longer exists,” Heathman says. “No matter what you were going through or dealing with, there was always a warm reception as soon as you came through the door. And we want to have that same kind of vibe with our music.” That easygoing vibe lends itself especially well to festival gigs. To date, Emma’s Lounge has played at quite a few festivals up and down the Eastern U.S., including the local French Broad River Festival; the BIG What? in Shakori Hills; Soulshine in Green Mountain; Toronto’s NXNE; and the Sweetwater 420 Fest in Atlanta, among others. Heathman calls the festival scene a “creativity explosion. More than likely, festivals have had the biggest impact on the direction that we’re headed,” she says. “I feel like we’re in a music renaissance now. A lot of people are bringing authenticity and coming up with really unique ways to express themselves musically. It’s inspiring to get into that festival scene, meet other bands and listen to what they’re doing.” Onstage, Emma’s Lounge can stick closely to the studio arrangements or extend the tunes, jam-fashion, seemingly at will. “At one show we might sound like the studio [recording],” Heathman says, “and at the next show our songs might be mashed up with a cover.” When Emma’s Lounge does play the songs of other artists, they’re generally unlikely choices. “Logan recently did a really awesome mashup of Justin Timberlake’s ‘SexyBack’ and Nine Inch Nails’ ‘Closer,’” Heathman says. “We’re really all over the board.” X

WHO Emma’s Lounge with Screaming J’s WHERE Asheville Music Hall 31 Patton Ave. ashevillemusichall.com WHEN Saturday, Oct. 13, at 9 p.m., $10

by Alli Marshall

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A TALE OF TWO CITIES Local painter Asya Colie has been involved with art, in various ways, for her whole life. As a child, she was always sketching. She helped her mother make wedding dresses, and, later, Colie worked in the fashion industry herself. In New York City, the French-born artist was involved with prêt-àporter apparel and hair shows. Later, when she and her husband settled in Asheville, she delved into visual art, creating figurative images inspired by the fashion world and abstract canvases informed by nature. Just as Colie has kept her previous occupations alive in her current work, she also remains connected — through painting — to both her Western North Carolina environs and her home in the south of France. “I enjoy painting in both places,” she says. “The paintings are the surroundings … the markets, the people, the vineyards — it’s nonstop color over there.” In Asheville, Colie is readying a collection that will hang in ananda hair studio for three months. An opening reception for that exhibition, titled Fleurs, will take place on Saturday, Oct. 20. While in Cotignac, France, this summer, Colie had a show at Cercle des Arts, the gallery attached to her village’s 16th-century church. “It was an honor for me to show my art in such a great space, adjacent to 15th-, 16th- and 17thcentury stone houses and buildings,” she says. “Just up the street, surrounding half the village, are the amazingly grand Troglodyte [grottoes] that make Cotignac so special.” That exhibition raised money for a school in Senegal. Despite an obvious connection to place and to making artwork in response to her domain and myriad influences, Colie insists that it’s the creative process that excites her, rather than the outcome. “For me, I’m not attached to any of my art because I know I can do better, I can do more,” she says. “What I like is to see people happy. … In this life, nothing really matters because you can’t take anything with you. … All that matters is if you’re happy inside and that you share it.”

Asya Colie mounts an exhibition inspired by Asheville and Cotignac, France tions have tended to evolve that way rather than through artist calls or rigorous applications. She continues, “I have some new, interesting abstracts that I’ve been working with. I’ve been doing a lot of faces [and] expressions. Flowers, ladies with hats.” Chinese, Japanese and Indian ink are new materials for her, which she started experimenting with this summer in France. There, “I was inspired [by] Arles [which has one of] the oldest aqueducts in the world,” she says. Back in Asheville, wild mushrooms have been a muse — especially one specimen that she describes as having a leopard-print look, and took her back, again, to the idea of fashion. “I can’t say I’m a landscape person,” Colie admits. “I always want to do something that doesn’t exist. … My mind keeps jumping to different things, different styles.” X

WHAT Opening reception for Asya Colie’s exhibition Fleurs asyacolieart.com

LA VIE EST BELLE: “One thing [that] is really important in my life is to have so much support from my family and friends in Asheville,” says artist Asya Colie, who divides her time between France and Western North Carolina. Paintings inspired by both locales will be on exhibit at ananda hair studio through January. Photo by Luke Van Hine Just as she leveraged sales of her paintings in France to champion a good cause, in Asheville, Colie also likes to benefit deserving projects. She and her family currently sponsor the Asheville High debate team, of which her son is the captain. But as she describes her creative process, it’s clear that Colie would be moved to paint even if her canvases didn’t help to back worthy initiatives. “I’ve started doing some little white flowers, but in an abstract way with some heavy paint,” she reveals. The title of her collection comes from this recent focus. “Nature, with wildflowers in every season, is inspiring in Asheville,” she says. The ananda exhibition is a chance for Colie to showcase new explorations and favorite motifs. The show

came about from a casual conversation about art, hair and fashion while at the salon — Colie says her exhibi-

WHERE ananda hair studio 22 Broadway WHEN Saturday, Oct. 20, 7-10 p.m. On exhibit through Sunday, Jan. 6

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

Signe Pike As fans of the Outlander books and television series eagerly await the saga’s next installments, Signe Pike looks to fill the historical fiction void with The Lost Queen. The Charleston, S.C.-based author’s debut novel follows the journey of Languoreth, a real-life monarch of sixth-century Scotland, as well as the twin sister of the man who inspired the legend of Merlin. Pike has spent the past 10 years researching the work, which is told through the ruler’s eyes as she comes of age amid violence and political scheming both inside her kingdom and from outside forces. Romance also plays an important role in the tale — the first in a trilogy. Pike will read from and sign copies of her latest work at Malaprop’s on Thursday, Oct. 11, at 6 p.m. Free to attend. malaprops.com. Author photo by Tiffany Mizzell Photography

Chit-chat Fashion Show Billed as “a must, if you follow local fashion and enjoy fashion shows in a unique setting,” the Chit-chat Fashion Show: Talking About Leaves takes place Sunday, Oct. 14, 3-6 p.m., at ZenobiaStudio in the River Arts District. Hosted by Asheville designers Viola Spells and Susan Sertain, the show is a nod to the approach of fall and features six models wearing vintage clothes (from Sertain) with jewelry made of crochet wire with silver and copper leaves (by Spells). The evening’s first half focuses on casual wear, while the second portion turns its attention to “After 5” styles. Each model will weave through the crowd and speak with attendees, who are invited to ask questions about the clothes and jewelry. Jamaican and vegetarian treats will also be served. Free. facebook.com/ZenobiaStudio. Photo by Duncan Chaboudy

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Festival of Heroes The organizers of the popular Medieval Market and Viking Fight Night events aim to bring together the best of those retro gatherings with Festival of Heroes. On Saturday, Oct. 13, 4-11 p.m., the stage of the Hazel Robinson Amphitheater plays host to skilled fighting groups from throughout the region, including members of Valley of Ashes, the Barony of Hawkwood and Warriors of Ash. Additional entertainment comes in the form of interactive belly dancing from Banat Zenobia, while various musicians, artists, artisans, and food and beverage peddlers will also pepper the grounds. Consistent with previous events’ commitment to abolishing any type of hate, discrimination, and offensive behavior and imagery, Festival of Heroes is open to “all folk from all the lands, of all backgrounds and all persuasions.” Free to attend. facebook.com/CuriousFolkAVL. Photo by Donnie Rex

Natalie Prass Richmond-based musician Natalie Prass was all set to record the follow-up to her acclaimed self-titled album. Then the results of the 2016 U.S. presidential election were finalized, and the despair she felt for herself and her fellow Americans made her rethink the next step. “I knew I would be so upset with myself if I didn’t take the opportunity to say some of the things that meant so much to me, so I decided to rewrite the record,” Prass says. Produced by her longtime friend Matthew E. White, The Future and The Past channels those frustrations through a sonic mix of gospel, ’80’s pop, ’90s R&B and Brazilian Tropicália. Prass performs those songs and more at The Mothlight on Wednesday, Oct. 17, at 9 p.m. Australian indie rocker Stella Donnelly opens. themothlight. com. Photo by Tonje Thilesen

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CIVIC UNREST: An ensemble cast clashes during the debate over the fate of a man accused of murder. Photo by Jenn McCormack Photography The weather is stifling hot, and every juror is on edge in a cramped jury room. Nearly everyone appears ready to render a guilty verdict and go home. Juror 8, played by Molly Graves, is the lone holdout who has reasonable doubt about the guilt of the young man on trial for the murder of his father in Twelve Angry Jurors, staged by Different Strokes! Performing Arts Collective at Asheville High School’s Theatre Arts Building through Saturday, Oct. 20. The set design is purposefully minimal: tables for the jurors, a window, a door, a small buffet for water decanters. The most striking element is a photo. Prominent in the background is the proverbial elephant in the room: the official presidential portrait of Donald J. Trump. Director Stephanie Hickling Beckman has modernized the 1954 screenplay, originally titled Twelve Angry Men, to include a diverse group of people more representative of the U.S. population. In her director’s notes, she writes, “Despite the age of the script, or its name, this play is timeless.” She hopes it will touch some nerves as the jurors reveal their own prejudices and viewpoints about “the other” and the criminal justice system. Such a sparse set design is optimal for the movements of the jurors as they get in each other’s faces about “the facts” and “those people.” From the beginning,

the sound of a ticking clock relentlessly reminds the jurors and the audience that some jurors think they’re wasting time, while others think there aren’t enough hours to debate the testimony or to save a man’s life. Juror 8 is pitted against Juror 3 — played by Tracey Johnston-Crum — the holdout for a guilty verdict. The idea that a verdict could be reached through a process of intimidation or personal attacks is disturbing to consider. The play intentionally challenges the idea that a “jury of our peers” genuinely deliberates. Rather than a deliberative process, it’s more about a rush to judgment based on inherent bias and impatience. The physicality of the actors upends ideas about rational discourse and careful consideration of the facts. Instead, the jurors cannot even agree on the definition of “reasonable doubt.” One irate juror is “tired of facts.” For those familiar with the classic film staring Henry Fonda, this production is a desperately needed update to include the ordinary people who would make up a contemporary jury. The casting for the play is superb and challenges audience expectations about who is free of prejudice. A comparison of the film with this play highlights the changes in society in the last 60 years.

Momentum is key to this staging, and the ensemble works well together, almost like a dance choreographed to represent the shifting points of view. Hickling Beckman has rendered a provocative retelling of this masterpiece of courtroom drama. We’re left to consider the fragility of justice and what Henry David Thoreau described in Civil Disobedience as the “majority of one.” That is, the person who, by her own moral position, can call into question the unjust view of the majority. X

WHAT Twelve Angry Jurors by Different Strokes! differentstrokespac.org WHERE Asheville High School’s Theatre Arts Building 419 McDowell St. WHEN Through Saturday, Oct. 20 Thursdays-Saturdays, 7:30 p.m. No show Friday, Oct. 12 $18 advance/$21 at the door

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A & E CALENDAR GRACE CENTER 495 Cardinal Road, Mills River • Through WE (10/17) Submissions accepted for the Grace Centre Gallery 16th Annual Juried Art Exhibition. Information: gracemillsriver.org/ artgallery.

GHOST STORY: Local writer Jamieson Ridenhour found the inspiration for his play Grave Lullaby in 2013 when he and his wife discovered a child’s gravestone in the backyard of their Columbia, S.C., home. From that experience arose the tale of a couple looking for a fresh start after a recent tragedy. Unfortunately, their new neighbors harbor their own secrets, and there’s something not quite right about the neighborhood, either. The play opens Friday, Oct. 12, at The Magnetic Theatre and runs through Sunday, Oct. 28. Performances take place Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. Opening night tickets are $12 and all other shows cost $18. For more information, visit themagnetictheatre.org. Photo by Rodney Smith/Tempus Fugit Designs (p. 67)

ART 3RD ANNUAL MONTFORD ARTWALK (PD.) Stroll Historic Montford and meet a wide variety of resident artists. Open studios on Saturday, 10/13 from 11-5 pm. BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE MUSEUM & ARTS CENTER 120 College St., 828-350-8484, blackmountaincollege. org • WE (10/10), noon1pm - Perspectives - Lunchtime Conversations: Presentation by artist, historian and scholar, Cleaster Cotton. Free. BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty. org/governing/depts/ library • WE (10/10), 6-7:30pm - "Paint Fall Leaves in Watercolor," class. Registration required. Free. Held at Skyland/South Buncombe Library, 260 Overlook Road FIREFLY CRAFT GALLERY 2689 D Greenville Hightway, Flat Rock, 828-231-0764 • SA (10/13), noon4pm - Artist demonstration in celebration of American Craft Week. Free to attend. FOLKMOOT USA 828-452-2997, folkmootusa.org • 2nd SATURDAYS, 6-9pm - Second Saturday Market

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featuring vendors, live music, dance lessons, food and beverages. Free to attend/$10-$15 for dinner/$5 per dance lesson. Held at Folkmoot Friendship Center, 112 Virginia Ave., Waynesville GROVEWOOD GALLERY 111 Grovewood Road, 828-253-7651, grovewood.com • FR (10/12) & SA (10/13), 11am-4pm - Plein air painting demonstration with Shawn Krueger. Free to attend. • SA (10/13), 11am4pm - Wet felting demonstration with Kendall White. Free to attend. JOEY’S PANCAKE HOUSE 4309 Soco Road, Maggie Valley • MO (10/15), 2pm Community unveiling of 25-foot long public mural. Free to attend. ODYSSEY COOPERATIVE ART GALLERY 238 Clingman Ave., 828-285-9700, facebook.com/ odysseycoopgallery • 2nd SATURDAYS, 11am-5pm - "Second Saturday Celebration," event with food, music and artist demonstrations. Free to attend.

• SA (10/13), 10am5pm - Outdoor, handcrafted art market featuring glass, ceramics, wood, jewelry and metal. Free to attend. Held at Pack Square Park, 121 College St. HIGHWAY 80 SOUTH ART HOP 80arthop.com • SA (10/13) & SU (10/14) 10am-5pm - Self-guided tour of 20 studios and galleries along NC Highway 80 South. Information: 80arthop.com. Free to attend. Held at OOAK Art Gallery, 573 Micaville Loop Burnsville MONTFORD ART WALK facebook.com/ MontfordArtwalk/ • SA (10/13), 11am5pm - Self-guided walk through over 15 artist studios in the Montford area. Tour maps available online. Free to attend. Held at Montford Community Center, 34 Pearson Drive. MOONLIT ART MARKET burialbeer.com • 2nd WEDNESDAYS, 8-11pm - Art and craft fair. Free to attend. Held at Burial Beer Co., 40 Collier Ave. PRITCHARD PARK

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4 College St. • SA (10/13), 10am4pm - Oooh La La Holiday Market, outdoor art market with live music. Free to attend.

PURPLE CRAYON 9 Old Burnsville Hill Road, Ste 5, 828-771-6148, purplecrayonavl.com/ • SA (10/13) 10am2pm - Anniversary studio tour and open house. Free to attend. RIVER ARTS DISTRICT STUDIO STROLL Depot St. • 2nd SATURDAYS, 10am-8pm - Gallery walks along a milelong cluster of working artist studios, galleries and eateries with live demonstrations, live music and wine tastings. Free trolley rides available every hour. Free to attend. TOE RIVER ARTS COUNCIL 828-765-0520, toeriverarts.org • SA (10/13) & SU (10/14), 10am-5pm Spruce Pine Potters Market featuring over 30 clay artists from Mitchell and Yancey counties. Information: sprucepinepottersmarket.com. Free to attend. Held at Cross Street Building, 31 Cross St., Spruce Pine

AUDITIONS & CALL TO ARTISTS ASHEVILLE AREA ARTS COUNCIL 828-258-0710, ashevillearts.com • Through FR (10/12) Submissions accepted for the Regional Artist Project Grant with the N.C. Arts Council. Contact for full guidelines.

HAYWOOD COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL 828-452-0593, haywoodarts.org • Through FR (10/12) Submissions accepted for the Regional Artist Project Grant with the N.C. Arts Council. Contact for full guidelines. OUR VOICE HEART WORKS SURVIVORS ART SHOW 828-252-0562, ourvoicenc.org • Through WE (10/31) Submissions accepted for the 17th annual Survivors' Art Show. Information: arts@ourvoicenc. org. PAN HARMONIA 828-254-7123, panharmonia.org • Through TH (11/15) Submissions accepted for the Pan Harmonia 2018 Music and Poetry Fusion Competition for NC women writers. Full guidelines online: panharmonia.org.

DANCE LEARN TO DANCE! (PD.) Ballroom • Swing • Waltz • Salsa • Wedding • TwoStep • Special Events. Lessons, Workshops, Classes and Dance Events in Asheville. Certified instructor. Contact Richard for information: 828-3330715. naturalrichard@ mac.com • www. DanceForLife.net OLD FARMER'S BALL oldfarmersball.com • 2nd SUNDAYS, 3-5pm - Family contra/square dances for families with children ages 6-12. All ages welcome. Free. Held at Harvest House, 205 Kenilworth Road

• THURSDAYS, 8-11pm - Old Farmers Ball, contra dance. $7/$6 members/$1 Warren Wilson Community. Held in Bryson Gym at Warren Wilson College, 701 Warren Wilson Road, Swannanoa

MUSIC AFRICAN DRUM LESSONS AT SKINNY BEATS DRUM SHOP (PD.) Wednesdays 6pm. Billy Zanski teaches a fun approach to connecting with your inner rhythm. Drop-ins welcome. • Drums provided. $15/class. (828) 768-2826. www. skinnybeatsdrums. com ASHEVILLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 828-254-7046, ashevillesymphony. org • SA (10/13), 8am - "Masterworks 2: Beethoven, Mozart, Schumann," concert featuring conductor, Darko Butorac and violinist, Adele Anthony. $24. Held at Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, 87 Haywood St. BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty. org/governing/ depts/library • SA (10/13), 2pm - Concert by Border Radio. Free. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. • WE (10/17), 3-5pm - Ukelele jam for all skill levels. Free. Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville • TH (10/18), 3-5pm - "Learn to Play the Ukulele: Strum and Sing for Beginners," class. Free. Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville CHAPEL OF REST 1964 Highway 268, Lenoir • SU (10/14), 4pm - Corde Cantanti, concert. $15. CITY OF ASHEVILLE 828-251-1122, ashevillenc.gov • FRIDAYS, 6-9:50pm Asheville outdoor

drum circle. Free. Held at Pritchard Park, 4 College St. COMMUNITY SING HOUSE 19 Mount Vernon Circle • WE (10/10), 6:308:30pm - "Songs of Mystery," community sing in which attendees share songs round-robin style, teaching songs to the group or singing solo songs. Free. DIANA WORTHAM THEATRE 18 Biltmore Ave., dwt.com • SU (10/14), 7pm - Dougie MacLean, singer-songwriter concert. $20 and up. HAZEL ROBINSON AMPHITHEATRE 92 Gay St. • FR (10/12), 7pm Outdoor concert featuring Goldie and the Screamers and Pink Mercury. Free. • TH (10/18), 6:3010pm - Outdoor concert featuring Sanctum Sully and Brushfire Stankgrass. Free. HENDERSONVILLE COMMUNITY BAND hcbmusic.com • SU (10/14), 3pm - “Fall Colors," concert. $10. Held at Blue Ridge Community College, 180 W Campus Drive, Flat Rock MUSIC AT MARS HILL mhu.edu • TH (10/11), 7:30pm - Wind symphony

concert. Free. Held in Moore Auditorium. Held at 265 Cascade St., Mars Hill MUSIC AT UNCA 828-251-6432, unca.edu • WE (10/17), 7pm "Lights and Shadows in the Songs of Sepharad," music and lecture by Neil M. Frau-Cortes. Free. Held in the Mountain View Room of the Sherrill Center, 227 Campus Drive PUBSING 828-254-1114 • 2nd SUNDAYS, 4-6pm - Gospel jam and sing-along. Free to attend. Held at Habitat Tavern & Commons, 174 Broadway RHYTHM & BREWS CONCERT SERIES 828-233-3216, facebook.com/ rhythmandbrewshendersonville • TH (10/11), 5-8pm - Outdoor concert featuring Tellico and Angela Easterling. Free to attend. Held at 200 South Main St. Hendersonville THE ASHEVILLE CHORAL SOCIETY 828-232-2060, ashevillechoralsociety. org • FR (10/12), 7pm & SA (10/13), 4pm - "The Deepness of the Blue," concert featuring the poetry and musical compositions of AfricanAmerican composers and over 100 choral singers. $25/$10 children. Held at Central

United Methodist Church, 27 Church St. WOMANSONG OF ASHEVILLE womansong.org • MONDAYS, 7-9pm - Community chorus rehearsals open to potential members. Free. Held at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville, 1 Edwin Place

SPOKEN & WRITTEN WORD ASHEVILLE BOOKWORKS 428 1/2 Haywood Road, 828-255-8444, ashevillebookworks. com • SA (10/13), 7pm Vandercooked Poetry Nights: Poetry readings by Nicole Brown, Rose McLarney and Anna Lena Phillips Bell with live printmaking by Laurie Corral and Gary Hawkins. Free to attend. BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty. org/governing/depts/ library • WE (10/10), 3pm History Book Club: The Half-Drowned King by Linnea Hartsuyker. Free. Held at Enka-Candler Library, 1404 Sandhill Road, Candler • FR (10/12) & SA (10/13), 11am-4pm & MO (10/15), 10am2pm - Fall used book sale. Free to attend. Held

at Skyland/South Buncombe Library, 260 Overlook Road • FR (10/12), 10am6pm & SA (10/13), 10am-4pm - Fall book sale. Free to attend. Held at Enka-Candler Library, 1404 Sandhill Road, Candler • TU (10/16), 7pm - Black Mountain Library Mystery Book Club: The Alienist by Caleb Carr. Free. Held at Black Mountain Public Library, 105 N. Dougherty St., Black Mountain • TU (10/16), 7pm Evening Book Club: Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz. Free. Held at Fairview Library, 1 Taylor Road, Fairview • TH (10/18), 2:30pm - Skyland book Club: The Paris Architect by Charles Belfoure. Free. Held at Skyland/South Buncombe Library, 260 Overlook Road FIRESTORM BOOKS & COFFEE 610 Haywood Road, 828-255-8115, firestorm.coop • 2nd & 4th FRIDAYS, 2:30pm - Wild Words writing group. Free to attend. FLETCHER LIBRARY 120 Library Road, Fletcher, 828-687-1218, library. hendersoncountync. org • 2nd THURSDAYS, 10:30am - Book Club. Free. • 2nd THURSDAYS, 1:30pm - Writers' Guild. Free.

MALAPROP'S BOOKSTORE AND CAFE 55 Haywood St., 828-254-6734, malaprops.com • WE (10/10), 6pm Erin Gibson presents her book, Feminasty: The Complicated Woman's Guide to Surviving the Patriarchy Without Drinking Herself to Death. Free to attend. • TH (10/11), 6pm - Signe Pike presents her book, The Lost Queen. Free to attend. • FR (10/12), 6pm - Melissa Lenhardt presents her book, Heresy. Free to attend. • SA (10/13), 6pm - Jessica Hopper presents her book, Night Moves. Free to attend. • MO (10/15), 6pm Lou Berney presents his book, November Road. Free to attend. • TU (10/16), 6pm - W. Scott Poole presents his book, Wasteland. Free to attend. • TH (10/18), 6pm - David Williams presents his book, When the English Fall. Free to attend. • TH (10/18), 7pm - Notorious HBC (History Book Club): The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America by Andrés Reséndez. Free to attend. SWANNANOA VALLEY MUSEUM 223 W State St., Black Mountain, 828-669-9566, history.

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swannanoavalleymuseum. org • FR (10/12), 11:30am - Swannanoa Valley Museum Book Club: Jacksonland: President Andrew Jackson, Chief John Ross, and a Great American Land Grab, by Steve Inskeep. Free. SYNERGY STORY SLAM avl.mx/0gd • WE (10/10), 7pm - Storytelling open mic on the theme of "hair." Free to attend. Held at Odditorium, 1045 Haywood Road TRYON ARTS AND CRAFTS SCHOOL 373 Harmon Field Road, Tryon, 828-859-8323 • TH (10/11), noon Crafts & Conversation Series: "The Art of Storytelling," with Dottie Jean Kirk. Free.

THEATER ASHEVILLE COMMUNITY THEATRE 35 E. Walnut St., 828-254-1320, ashevilletheatre.org • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS (10/5) until (10/28) - Avenue Q. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 2:30pm. Additional performances TH (10/18) & TH (10/25), 7:30pm. $15-$26. • SA (10/13), 10am - "Adventures in Folklore," Red

Herring Puppets, show for kids. $7. ATTIC SALT THEATRE The Mills at Riverside, 2002 Riverside Drive, Suite 42-O • FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS (10/12) through (10/27), 7:30pm - The Man from Earth, by Jerome Bixby. $15. BREVARD LITTLE THEATRE 55 E. Jordan St., Brevard, 828-884-2587, TheBrevardLittleTheatre. org • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS (10/12) until (10/28) Deathtrap. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 3pm. $18/$12 student/$6 children. DIANA WORTHAM THEATRE 18 Biltmore Ave., dwt.com • TH (10/11) & FR (10/12), 10am & noon - Matinee Series for Students & Families: Theatreworks USA presents, We the People. $10. DIFFERENT STROKES PERFORMING ARTS COLLECTIVE 828-275-2093, differentstrokespac. org • THURSDAYS through SATURDAYS (10/4) until (10/20) Twelve Angry Jurors. Thurs.-Sat.: 7:30pm. $21/$18 advance. Held at Asheville High School Arts Theater, 419 McDowell St.

FLAT ROCK PLAYHOUSE 2661 Highway 225, Flat Rock, 828-693-0731, flatrockplayhouse.org • WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS (9/27) through (10/13) - The Glass Menagerie. Wed., Thurs., Sat. & Sun.: 2pm. Wed. & Thurs.: 7:30pm. Fri. & Sat.: 8pm. $20-$52. MAGNETIC 375 375 Depot St., themagnetictheatre. org • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS (10/12) until (10/28) - Grave Lullaby. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 3pm. $18. TRYON FINE ARTS CENTER 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon, 828-859-8322, tryonarts.org • TH (10/18), 7pm Mike Wiley presents the one-man play, One Noble Journey. $20/$10 students. WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN 105 Montreat Rd, Black Mountain, 828-669-0816, whitehorseblackmountain. com/ • SU (10/14), 3pm - Love Makes a Home: The Life of Rebecca Boone, onewoman play. $15/$12 advance.

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GALLERY DIRECTORY PUSH SKATE SHOP & GALLERY 25 Patton Ave., 828-225-5509, pushtoyproject.com • Through FR (11/2) - Exhibition of paintings, photographs and ephemera by Eerie Von.

22 LONDON 22 London Road • Through SU (10/28) - Say It Loud, exhibition of contemporary art from the collection of Hedy Fischer and Randy Shull. AMERICAN FOLK ART AND FRAMING 64 Biltmore Ave., 828-281-2134, amerifolk.com • Through WE (10/24) - Bowls, Bowls, Bowls, exhibition of handmade bowls by five regional artists.

RAMP STUDIOS 821 Riverside Drive, 828-5480090, therampstudios.com • WE (10/11) through TU (11/6) - Flags on the Floor and Other Popular Transgressions, exhibition of works by Tim Lewis. Reception: Thursday, Oct. 11, 6-8pm.

ART AT MARS HILL UNIVERSITY mhu.edu • Through FR (11/2) - Exhibition of art by Randy Shull. Held at Weizenblatt Art Gallery at MHU, 79 Cascade St, Mars Hill

SMITH-MCDOWELL HOUSE MUSEUM 283 Victoria Road, 828-253-9231, wnchistory.org • Through SA (11/3) - Victorian Mourning, exhibition of clothing, jewelry, art and photography.

ART AT WCU 828-227-2787, bardoartscenter.wcu.edu • Through WE (11/7) - The Way We Worked, Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibit. Held at Mountain Heritage Center, Nantahala National Forest, Cullowhee

THE ASHEVILLE SCHOOL 360 Asheville School Road, 828-254-6345, ashevilleschool.org • TH (10/11) through WE (10/31) - The Way I See It, exhibition of contemporary art by Nan Davis. Reception: Thursday, Oct. 11, 5:307:30pm.

ASHEVILLE GALLERY OF ART 82 Patton Ave., 828-251-5796, ashevillegallery-of-art.com • Through WE (10/31) - Textures . . . Colors, exhibition of the paintings of Kate Thayer.

THE GREENHOUSE MOTO CAFE 4021 Haywood Road, Mills River, facebook.com/ thegreenhousemotocafe/ info/?tab=page_info • Through TH (11/1) Exhibition of the photographic work of Robin Anderson.

BENDER GALLERY 29 Biltmore Ave., 828-505-8341, thebendergallery.com • Through FR (10/26) - Cameras: Interpreters of Reality, exhibition of kiln cast glass cameras by Joshua Hershman.

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BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE MUSEUM & ARTS CENTER 120 College St., 828-350-8484, blackmountaincollege.org • Through TH (1/31) - Between Form + Content: Perspectives on Jacob Lawrence and Black Mountain College, exhibition. BLUE SPIRAL 1 38 Biltmore Ave., 828-251-0202, bluespiral1.com • Through FR (11/9) - Folk + Figure, exhibition of paint, print, sculpture and ceramic works by Ke Francis, Bethanne Hill, Matt Jones, Charles Keiger, Noah Saterstrom and Deborah Rogers. CAROLINA MOUNTAIN SALES 10 Brook St., Suite #235, Asheville • TH (10/18) through MO (12/31) - Exhibition of art by Philip DeAngelo. Reception: Thursday, Oct. 18, 4-6pm. DISTRICT WINE BAR 37 Paynes Way, Suite 9 • Through TH (11/1) - Haus of Blues, exhibition of paintings by Mark Bettis and Jacqui Fehl. DOUBLETREE BY HILTONASHEVILLE-BILTMORE 115 Hendersonville Road, 828-274-1800, doubletree3.hilton. com/en/hotels/north-carolina/doubletree-by-hilton-hotel-ashevillebiltmore-AVLBMDT/index.html • Through MO (12/31) - Exhibition of paintings by Valentino Bustos. FLOOD GALLERY FINE ART CENTER 850 Blue Ridge Road, Unit A-13, Black Mountain, 828-357-9009

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ART, UNDERSCORED: The varied works of Asheville artist Kenn Kotara will be on display in the exhibition _i_u_ at Pink Dog Creative Gallery. The assistant professor and chair of the art department at Mars Hill University employs painting, drawing, sculpture, structure and installation. He describes the collection of “phenomenological meditations” as “subtraction, deduction, rejection, neutral, quiet, silent, truth, literal, deliberate, less, simple, orderly, systemic, temporal, phenomena. Intentionally cryptic and a double entendre, it is the result of both initiating and responding to various catalysts.” There will be an opening reception for the exhibition on Friday, Oct. 12, 6-8 p.m. The show runs through Nov. 11. For more information, visit pinkdog-creative.com. Photo of Barbe espagnole 57 courtesy of Pink Dog Creative Gallery • Through SA (10/20) - Anything Goes…Everything Shows!, group mail art exhibition. FLOW GALLERY 14 South Main St., Marshall, avl.mx/aw • Through WE (11/7) - A Sense of Place: Interpretations, exhibition of photographs and quilt works by Kari Morton and Lauren Rutten. GALLERY 1 604 W. Main St., Sylva • FR (10/12) through FR (12/7) - Exhibition of works by Isabella R. Jacovino. Reception: Friday Oct. 12, 5pm. GROVEWOOD GALLERY 111 Grovewood Road, 828-253-7651, grovewood.com

• Through SU (10/28) - Animal Attraction, group exhibition. HAEN GALLERY ASHEVILLE 52 Biltmore Ave., 828-254-8577, thehaengallery.com • Through MO (10/15) - Patina of Energy, exhibition of paintings by Valerio D'Ospina. HAYWOOD COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL 828-452-0593, haywoodarts.org • Through SA (10/27) ARTQUEST, exhibition of artworks from the upcoming tour of 12 Haywood County artist studios. Information: ArtQuestHaywood.com. Held at Haywood County Arts Council, 86 N Main St., Waynesville

MONTREAT COLLEGE 310 Gaither Circle Montreat, 828-669-8012, montreat.edu • Through FR (9/16) Southerland Art: Seeing Things Backward Since 1978, exhibition of art by Professor Jim Southerland. PENLAND SCHOOL OF CRAFTS 67 Doras Trail, Bakersville, 828-765-2359, penland.org • Through SU (11/18) Exhibition of sculptural works by Maggie Jaszczak. PINK DOG CREATIVE 348 Depot St., pinkdog-creative.com • FR (10/12) through SU (11/11) - _i_u_, exhibition of works by Kenn Kotara. Reception: Friday, Oct. 12, 6-8pm.

THE VILLAGE POTTERS 191 Lyman St., #180, 828-2532424, thevillagepotters.com • Through WE (11/25) - The Horse: Passion and Fire, exhibition of work by painter Jenny Buckner and ceramic artist Judi Harwood. TOE RIVER ARTS COUNCIL 828-765-0520, toeriverarts.org • Through SA (11/3) Exhibition of paintings, woodworks and drawings of Paul and Kim Fuelling. Held at Spruce Pine TRAC Gallery, 269 Oak Ave., Spruce Pine TRACEY MORGAN GALLERY 188 Coxe Ave., TraceyMorganGallery.com • Through SA (11/3) - The Lost State of Frankland, exhibition of photography by Mike Smith. TRANSYLVANIA COMMUNITY ARTS COUNCIL tcarts@comporium.net • Through FR (10/19) - Seeking Home, exhibition of works by artists Bianca Mitchell, Stephen P. Jackson, Costanza Knight and Fred McMullen. Held at Transylvania Community Arts Council, 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard WOOLWORTH WALK 25 Haywood St., 828-254-9234 • Through WE (10/31) Exhibition of paintings by Joy and Stephen St. Claire. Contact the galleries for admission hours and fees

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RAMBLE ON: Kalmia Traver and Alex Toth lead the Brooklyn-based art-pop outfit Rubblebucket. Singer and saxophonist Traver’s battle with ovarian cancer and the conclusion of her relationship with Toth are processed on the group’s fifth album, Sun Machine. The record still offers danceable tracks with messages of love, sorrow and sobriety. On “Habit Creature,” they quip, “Habit creature you’ve got to touch yourself, to feel what you’re feeling. It’s nice to meet you, but you should meet yourself, to begin what we call healing.” Trombonist Adam Dotson and guitarist Ian Hersey also appear with the act onstage. Rubblebucket plays The Grey Eagle on Monday, Oct. 29, at 8 p.m. $16 advance/$18 day of show. thegreyeagle.com. Photo by Shervin Lainez

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Les Amis (African folk music), 8:00PM AMBROSE WEST Asheville Circus, 7:00PM BEN'S TUNE UP Open Bluegrass Jam w/ The Clydes, 6:00PM BYWATER Open Can of Jam, 8:00PM

ONE WORLD BREWING WEST Latin Dance Night w/ DJ Oscar Jimenez & Dance Instructor (Salsa, Bachata, Merengue, Reggueton, Rumba Samba), 9:00PM

FLEETWOOD'S DIYabled Benefit w/ Krekel & Whoa & Friends, 7:00PM

NANTAHALA BREWING ASHEVILLE OUTPOST Robert's Totally Rad Trivia, 7:00PM

HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Woody Wood Wednesday, 5:30PM

NOBLE KAVA Open Mic Night w/ Caleb Beissert (sign up at 7:30PM), 8:00PM

ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Sarah McQuaid, 7:00PM

ODDITORIUM Synergy Story Slam, 7:00PM

ORANGE PEEL The Struts w/ White Reaper & Spirit Animal, 7:30PM

OLE SHAKEY'S Sexy Tunes w/ DJ's Zeus & Franco, 10:00PM

PILLAR ROOFTOP BAR Hope Griffin, 7:00PM

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

CORK & KEG 3 Cool Cats, 7:30PM

LAZY DIAMOND Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim, 10:00PM

CROW & QUILL Black Sea Beat Society (Balkan, klezmer), 9:00PM

LOBSTER TRAP Cigar Brothers, 6:30PM

ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Brown Bag Songwriting Competition 2018, 5:00PM Disclaimer Lounge Comedy Open Mic, 9:00PM

DOUBLE CROWN Western Wednesdays w/ Brody Hunt & The Handfuls, 9:00PM

LOCAL 604 BOTTLE SHOP Spoken Word Open Mic, 8:00PM

ONE WORLD BREWING Art Wavey & Shirley (soul fusion, grease rock), 9:00PM

SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY French Broad Mountain Valley Acoustic Jam, 6:30PM SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BREWERY Jazz Night hosted by Jason DeCristofaro, 7:00PM THE GOLDEN FLEECE The Tune Shepherds, 7:00PM

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C LUBLAND THE GREY EAGLE Murder by Death w/ Tim Barry, 8:00PM THE IMPERIAL LIFE The Berlyn Jazz Trio, 9:00PM The Low Keys, 9:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT Molly Burch w/ Olden Yolk, 9:30PM

COMING SOON WED 10/10 7:00PM– SARAH MCQUAID

THU 10/11

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

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

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

SUN 10/14 5:30PM–THE REEL SISTERSAN EVENING OF SONG AND AIRS

7:30PM– SLAID CLEAVES

TUE 10/16

7:30PM–TUESDAY BLUEGRASS SESSIONS W/ DARREN NICHOLSON BAND

WED 10/17 7:00PM–CARLY TAICH (ASHEVILLE) W/ MY ONE AND ONLY (NASHVILLE DUO) 8:30PM–RACHEL BAIMAN AND ALEXA ROSE

THU 10/18 7:00PM–KIPYN MARTIN AND KIRSTEN MAXWELL 8:30PM–TOWNE AND ZOE CHILD

FRI 10/19

7:00PM–KARYN OLIVER AND CAROLANN SOLEBELLO

9:00PM–RHYTHM FUTURE QUARTET

SAT 10/20 7:00PM–THE NOVEAUX HONKIES

SUN 10/21 5:30PM– JENNER FOX

TUE 10/23 7:30PM–TUESDAY BLUEGRASS SESSIONS W/ SWANNANOA

WED 10/24 7:00PM– SEAFOAM GREEN 8:30PM–LAURA CORTESE & THE DANCE CARDS

THU 10/25 7:00PM–DAYMARK- IRISH MUSIC WITH SWAGGER 8:30PM–ITALIAN NIGHT W/ MIKE GUGINO & BARRETT SMITH

FRI 10/26 8:30PM– MIKE MATTISON AND SCRAPOMATIC

SAT 10/27 7:00PM–THE MISTY MOUNTAIN STRING BAND 8:30PM– ASHLEY DAVIS, COLIN FARRELL, & DAVE CURLEY

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TOWN PUMP Open Jam w/ Billy Presnell, 9:00PM TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES JJ Kitchen All Star Jam (blues, soul), 9:00PM UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Music Bingo, 8:00PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Jazz Night: Zaldivar Trio, 7:30PM

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Pleasure Chest (blues, rock, soul), 8:00PM AMBROSE WEST The Brook & The Bluff w/ Jordy Searcy, 8:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Will Ray & The Space Cooties, 7:30PM ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Ana Popovic, 7:30PM BARLEY'S TAPROOM & PIZZERIA Alien Music Club (live jazz), 9:00PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Andy Ferrell, 7:00PM BYWATER Open Mic w/ John Duncan, 7:00PM CAPELLA ON 9@ THE AC HOTEL Caromia, 8:00PM CASCADE LOUNGE DJ Oso Rey, 9:30PM

DOUBLE CROWN Rock 'n' Roll Vinyl w/ DJ Alien Brain, 10:00PM FLEETWOOD'S S.M. Wolf, Curt Castle & Cigarette Bums, 9:00PM FLOOD GALLERY FINE ART CENTER True Home Open Mic (6pm sign-up), 6:30PM FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREWPUB The Wolf's Jaw (Americana, soul), 9:00PM FRENCH BROAD BREWERY Mr. Jimmy, 6:00PM HABITAT TAVERN & COMMONS AIC's Monthly Workshop Show, 8:00PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY The Patrick Dodd Trio, 6:00PM ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Music of The Isles: The Reel Sisters (Celtic duo), 7:30PM Rachel Price and Lance & Lea, 8:30PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Bluegrass Jam, 7:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Old Gold w/ DJ Jasper (rock 'n soul vinyl), 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Hank bones, 6:30PM LOCAL 604 BOTTLE SHOP Vinyl Night, 8:00PM OWL BAKERY Thursday Night Jazz, 7:30PM ODDITORIUM Party Foul: Drag Circus, 9:00PM OLE SHAKEY'S Karaoke w/ Franco, 10:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Mitch's Totally Rad Trivia, 7:00PM Frazier Band, 10:00PM

CROW & QUILL Carolina Catskins (gritty ragtime jazz), 9:00PM

ONE WORLD BREWING Juan John (blues, rock, classical), 9:00PM

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

ONE WORLD BREWING WEST OWB West: West Side Funk Jam, 9:00PM

WED

10 ORANGE PEEL The Milk Carton Kids w/ Anthony da Costa, 8:00PM PACK'S TAVERN Jeff Anders & Justin Burrell, 8:00PM PILLAR ROOFTOP BAR Juan Holladay, 7:00PM PISGAH BREWING COMPANY The Hackensaw Boys w/ Kenny George Band, 8:00PM PURPLE ONION CAFE One Leg Up, 8:00PM SALVAGE STATION Jimmy Lang’s Almost Doors, 9:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Ben Phan, 7:00PM SLY GROG LOUNGE Bass-N-Yo Face, 8:30PM SOUTH MAIN STREET Tellico@Rhythm & Brews, 5:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Peggy Ratusz, Mare Carmody & Ellen Trnka, 8:00PM THE BARRELHOUSE Trivia Night, 7:00PM THE GREY EAGLE Patio Show: Matt Sellars, 6:00PM Front Country w/ Alonzo Wesley, 8:00PM THE IMPERIAL LIFE The Burger Kings, 9:00PM TOWN PUMP Rossdafareye, 9:00PM TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Jesse Barry & The Jam (blues, dance), 9:00PM

WEEKLY EVENTS

THIS WEEK AT AVL MUSIC HALL

UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Dirty Dawg, 8:00PM

W XYZ BAR AT ALOFT Hope Griffin, 8:00PM WHITESIDE BREWING CO. George Reeves & David Resley, 5:30PM

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Eleanor Underhill & Friends (Americana fusion), 9:00PM AMBROSE WEST Patrick Sweany w/ Gold Rose (blues, rock), 9:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Chris Wilhelm & Friends, 8:00PM ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Vampire's Ball w/ Your Allure, Oneric & ARune, 9:00PM BATTERY PARK BOOK EXCHANGE Hot Club of Asheville, 5:30PM BEN'S TUNE UP Throwback dance Party w/ DJ Kilby, 10:00PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Acoustic Swing, 7:00PM CATAWBA BREWING SOUTH SLOPE Steelin' Time, 7:00PM CORK & KEG Sparrow & Her Wingmen, 8:30PM CROW & QUILL Drayton & the Dreamboats (dreamy vintage pop), 9:00PM DOUBLE CROWN Rock 'n' Soul Obscurities w/ DJ Greg Cartwright, 10:00PM

FLEETWOOD'S Jackson Harem, Those Far Out Arrows & Painted Hands, 9:00PM FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREWPUB Simon George and Friends (jazz, funk), 10:00PM FRACTALS Fractals Comedy Open Mic, 9:00PM FRENCH BROAD BREWERY Rhyan Sinclair (country), 6:00PM FUNKATORIUM The Cycles, 8:30PM GINGER'S REVENGE Mark and Mary (jazz), 7:30PM HAZEL ROBINSON AMPHITHEATRE Goldie and the Screamers & Pink Mercury , 7:00PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY The Freeway Revival, 7:00PM ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Logan Marie EP Release Show, 7:00PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Roots & Dore (blues), 9:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Hot 'n' Nasty Night w/ DJ Hissy Cruise (rock & soul), 10:00PM LOCAL 604 BOTTLE SHOP Acoustic Music & Open Mic, 8:00PM NOBLE KAVA Comedy Night, 9:00PM ODDITORIUM Fortune & Glory, Ghost Diver, George Trouble (Rock), 9:00PM

ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Free Dead Fridays w/ members of Phuncle Sam acoustic, 5:30PM Common Center, 10:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING Jordan Okrend Experience (soul, rock), 9:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING WEST Jeff Sipe & Friends (classic fusion, funk & jazz), 9:00PM

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ELLIS DYSON & THE SHAMBLES

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ORANGE PEEL Schism (Tool tribute band) w/ SIN (NIN tribute band), 9:00PM PACK'S TAVERN DJ Dayo (dance hits, pop), 9:30PM PILLAR ROOFTOP BAR 3 Cool Cats, 7:00PM PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Bass Physics & Eliot Lipp, 9:00PM SALVAGE STATION Motet, Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band & Moon Hooch, 9:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Matt Walsh & The Movers, 8:00PM SILVERMONT PARK Pumpkin Fest at Silvermont, 7:00PM SLY GROG LOUNGE Dopenights Haunted House, 8:30PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Mike Dillon Band (punk, jazz, jam), 10:00PM THE GREY EAGLE Patio Show: Hunter Begley of Yellow Feather, 6:00PM Muscadine Bloodline w/ Jordan Fletcher, 9:00PM

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Vampire’s Ball ft. Your Allure, Oneric and ARune

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ft. Bald Mountain Boys + Aaron “Woody” Wood and Friends - 10:30am-3pm

UPCOMING SHOWS - ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL:

10/18 Ghost-Note w/ Jonathan Scales Fourchestra 10/19 & 10/20 TWO NIGHTS of CloZee w/ Frameworks 10/25 Vibe Life Presents: Birthdayy Partyy, Daniel Jack, DOMii, g3ms & Yuki-San 10/26 Thriftworks w/ Supertask & Hyberbolic Headspace 10/27 Blockhead, Yppah, Arms and Sleepers

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BRAND NEW DANCE: Sparrow & her Wingmen is the Gypsy swing project of Sparrow Pants and Keith J. Smith who also front the Resonant Rogues. The band’s sound bounces between New Orleans jazz, ragtime and jazz Manouche. Je Widenhouse on cornet, JP Furnas on trombone and Craig Sandberg on upright bass round out the Asheville collective. Together they perform “great dance music inspired by the folk roots of jazz, with an emphasis on improvisation, creative arrangements and having a blast.” Sparrow & her Wingmen play Cork & Keg Bar Friday, Oct. 12, at 8:30 p.m. Free. weinhaus.com/cork-keg-bar. Photo by Shaun Sic Images

THE IMPERIAL LIFE Select DJ sets, 9:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT Mothlight 5 Year Anniversary Weekend Kickoff, 9:00PM THE WINE & OYSTER Jesse Junior & The Asheville Jazz Quartet (jazz jam & open mic), 7:00PM TOWN PUMP The Log Noggins, 9:00PM TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Lenny Pettinelli jazz, pop, evergreens, 7:30PM Ruby Mayfield, 10:00PM UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Bennett Sullivan, 9:00PM W XYZ BAR AT ALOFT Bell Hop Bop Karaoke, 8:00PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN AmiciMusic: The Next Generation, 7:30PM WHITESIDE BREWING CO. Laura Buckley & Ian Harrod, 5:30PM

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Old North State (Southern pop rock), 9:00PM AMBROSE WEST Jeff Sipe's Electric Buddha, 9:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Swing Step Swing Jam, 5:00PM Jody Carroll (roots & blues), 8:00PM ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Interstellar Prom w/ Emma's Lounge & Screaming J's, 9:00PM BANKS AVE SES: Satisfaction Every Saturday, 9:00PM BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE The JackTown Ramblers (bluegrass, swing), 7:30PM

CHESTNUT Jazz Brunch, 11:00AM CORK & KEG The Big Dawg Slingshots, 8:30PM CROW & QUILL Burger Kings (proto rock n' roll), 9:30PM

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

DISTRICT WINE BAR Saturday Night Rock Show, 10:00PM

LEXINGTON AVE BREWERY (LAB) Tunes & Brunch at the LAB , 11:30AM

DOUBLE CROWN Soul Motion Dance Party w/ DJ Dr. Filth, 10:00PM

LOBSTER TRAP Sean Mason Trio, 6:30PM

FLEETWOOD'S Paint Fumes, Zin Vetro & Bad Spell, 9:00PM

LOCAL 604 BOTTLE SHOP Synth & Modular Tunes, 8:00PM

FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREWPUB Shabudikah (funk, jam), 10:00PM FRENCH BROAD BREWERY Lassos (country, folk), 6:00PM FUNKATORIUM Resonant Rogues, 8:30PM

BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Matt Sellars, 7:00PM

HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Pure Fiyah, 7:00PM

CAPELLA ON 9@THE AC HOTEL Jesse Berry & The Jam, 9:00PM

ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 South for Winter & The Traveling Ones, 7:00PM The Belle Hollows & Josephine County, 8:30PM

CATAWBA BREWING SOUTH SLOPE The Paper Crowns, 7:00PM

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB The Old Chevrolet Set, 9:00PM

LUELLA'S BAR-B-QUE BILTMORE PARK Leo Johnson's Gypsy Jazz Brunch, 1:00PM MG ROAD Late Night Dance Parties w/ DJ Lil Meow Meow, 10:00PM MAD CO BREW HOUSE 2nd Annual Birthday Bash w/ Shadow of the Moon, 5:00PM MARSHALL DEPOT Songs of India: An Inspired Concert of Classical Indian Music, 2:00PM NOBLE KAVA Chris Cooper Project, 9:00PM

ODDITORIUM Systematic Devastation, I the Supplier, I Within, Augur (Metal), 9:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Chachuba, 10:00PM Chachuba (jam, funk), 10:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING OWB Downtown: Maggie Valley Band (dark Appalachian music, folk, indie), 9:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING WEST OWB West: Phuncle Sam, 9:00PM ORANGE PEEL Riley Green w/ Troy Cartwright, 9:00PM PACK'S TAVERN The Lowdown Band (classic rock, hits), 9:30PM PILLAR ROOFTOP BAR King Garbage, 7:00PM PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Marcel Anton Group, 8:00PM PURPLE ONION CAFE Gigi Dover & Big Love, 8:00PM SALVAGE STATION The Fritz, 9:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Rhyan Sinclair, 8:00PM SIERRA NEVADA BREWING CO. Sierra Nevada Oktoberfest, 5:00PM SILVERMONT PARK Pumpkin Fest at Silvermont, 7:00PM SLY GROG LOUNGE Charli Jasper, FurVur, Brief Awakening & Mike AndersEn, 9:00PM STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE Carver & Carmody, 6:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Youth OUTright's Drag Brunch, 11:00AM Saturday Salsa & Latin Dance Party Night w/ DJ Edi Fuentes, 9:30PM THE GREY EAGLE RADfest, 12:00PM

THE MOTHLIGHT Mothlight 5 Year Anniversary Party, 8:00PM THE WINE & OYSTER The Steven Alvarez Trio, 7:00PM THOMAS WOLFE AUDITORIUM Asheville Symphony: Mozart Violin Concerto, 8:00PM TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Ruby Mayfield evergreens, 7:30PM Strange Signals modern funk, 10:00PM W XYZ BAR AT ALOFT Tempest, 8:00PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN The LazyBirds & The Appalucians, 7:30PM

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DOUBLE CROWN Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O , 10:00PM

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FLEETWOOD'S Sunday Coming Down: Charles Hill Jr., Gracie Lane & Michael Sandman, 8:00PM FUNKATORIUM Bluegrass Brunch w/ Gary Macfiddle, 11:00AM

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CLU B LA N D HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Reggae Sunday w/ Chalwa, 1:00PM

ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Classical Guitar Mondays, 7:30PM

THE MOTHLIGHT Valley Maker w/ Gold Light & Snakemusk, Grace Joyner, 9:00PM

ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 The Reel Sisters (Celtic duo), 5:30PM Slaid Cleaves, 7:30PM

BYWATER Baile w/ Shift Mojo, Konglo, & Scripta, 12:00PM

TOWN PUMP Stephen Chopek, 9:00PM

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Traditional Irish/Celtic Jam, 3:00PM JARGON Sunday Blunch w/ Mark Guest & Mary Pearson (jazz), 11:00AM LAZY DIAMOND Punk Night w/ DJ Chubberbird, 10:00PM LEXINGTON AVE BREWERY (LAB) Tunes & Brunch at the LAB, 12:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Phil Alley, 6:30PM

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NOBLE KAVA Zion Rose (Reggae), 4:00PM ODDITORIUM Gladshot, Bad Molly & Thee Sidewalk Surfers (Rock), 9:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Bluegrass Brunch w/ Woody & Krekel & Bald Mountain Boys, 10:30AM PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Pisgah Sunday Jam w/ Shane Pruitt, 6:30PM PURPLE ONION CAFE Chris Smither [SOLD OUT], 9:30PM STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE Paul Cataldo, 6:00PM THE BARRELHOUSE Open Mic, 6:00PM THE GREENHOUSE MOTO CAFE Early Halloween Party & Costume Contest w/ Kilted Creature, 3:00PM

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THE GREY EAGLE RADfest, 12:00PM THE IMPERIAL LIFE Select DJ sets, 9:00PM TOWN PUMP JC Tokes, 9:00PM

CATAWBA BREWING SOUTH SLOPE Open Mic hosted by Jon Edwards, 6:00PM DOUBLE CROWN Country Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 10:00PM FLEETWOOD'S Cliff Cash (comedy), 7:00PM

WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Jay Brown & Greg Lathrop, 7:00PM

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16

Random Animals Ft. Members of Supatight & The Get Right Band (soul, funk, blues), 8:30PM PULP Dustin Thomas, 9:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Taco and Trivia Tuesday, 6:00PM SLY GROG LOUNGE

HENDERSONVILLE COUNTRY CLUB 7th Annual Bids & Blues Fundraiser w/ Eric Congdon & Peggy Ratusz w/ Daddy Longlegs, 5:00PM

5 WALNUT WINE BAR The John Henrys (hot jazz), 8:00PM

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Quizzo Trivia, 7:30PM Open Mic, 9:30PM

ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Brad Hodge & Friends, 8:00PM

LOBSTER TRAP Bobby Miller & Friends, 6:30PM

ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Tuesday night funk jam, 11:00PM

Vintage Blues DJ, 11:00PM

BYWATER Baile w/ Shift Mojo, Konglo, & Scripta, 12:00PM

Patio Show: J.C. Tokes, 5:00PM

CASCADE LOUNGE Tiki Karaoke, 7:00PM

Leo Johnson, 9:00PM

NOBLE KAVA Stage Fright Open Mic (Sign-ups at 7:30PM), 8:00PM ODDITORIUM Risque Monday Burlesque w/ Deb Au Nare, 9:00PM OLE SHAKEY'S Live Band Honky Tonk Karaoke, 9:00PM

CORK & KEG Old Time Moderate Jam, 5:00PM

ORANGE PEEL Hippo Campus w/ The Districts, 8:00PM

DOUBLE CROWN Tuesday Grooves (international vinyl) w/ DJs Chrissy & Arieh, 10:00PM

PILLAR ROOFTOP BAR Christina Chandler, 7:00PM REVOLVE Thalia Zedek & Chris Brokaw, 8:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Ladies Night: The Music of Women Songwriters w/ The Gathering Dark, 7:00PM SLY GROG LOUNGE Yam Fest w/ Corey the Gardener (comedy open-mic), 9:00PM THE ASHEVILLE CLUB Mr. Jimmy, 6:00PM

WHITESIDE BREWING CO. Savannah Hatfield, 1:00PM

THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE AVL Poetry Series w/ Valerie Nieman, 7:30PM

MONDAY, OCTOBER 15

THE GREY EAGLE Big Thief w/ The Range of Light Wilderness & Matt Townsend, 8:00PM

ARCHETYPE BREWING Old-Time Jam, 6:00PM

UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Monday Bluegrass Jam hosted by Sam Wharton, 7:00PM

ONE WORLD BREWING WEST

THE IMPERIAL LIFE Leo Johnson Trio (vintage jazz), 9:00PM

ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 The Darren Nicholson Band, 7:30PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Jangling Sparrows (American, zydeco, 7:00PM LAZY DIAMOND 80s Invasion w/ DJ Chubberbird , 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Jay Brown, 6:30PM NOBLE KAVA Open Jam, 8:00PM ODDITORIUM Open Mic Comedy Hosted by Tom Peters, 9:00PM

The Brandon Quinn Trio, 7:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Swing Asheville & Jazz-n-Justice Tuesday w/ Drayton & The Dreamboats (lesson at 7:00PM), 8:00PM

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THE IMPERIAL LIFE THE MARKET PLACE RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE Rat Alley Cats, 7:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT White Denim w/ Rotem, 9:00PM THOMAS WOLFE AUDITORIUM Pete The Cat, 9:30AM, 11:30AM TOWN PUMP Noah Proudfoot Duo, 9:00PM TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Early Funk Jam hosted by JP & Lenny (funk, jazz), 9:00PM TWIN LEAF BREWERY Robert's Twin Leaf Trivia, 8:00PM

OLE SHAKEY'S Booty Tuesday w/ DJ Meow Meow (rap, trap, hip-hop), 10:00PM

UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY

ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Turntable Tuesday, 10:00PM

WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN

Open Mic Night, 6:30PM

Irish Jam, 6:30PM Open Mic, 8:30PM

MOVIES

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

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Documentarian Heather Lenz paints a thoughtful portrait of prolific and influential artist Yayoi Kusama

Kusama: Infinity HHHH

DIRECTOR: Heather Lenz PLAYERS: Yayoi Kusama BIOGRAPHICAL DOCUMENTARY RATED NR THE STORY: A retrospective examination of the life and work of artist Yayoi Kusama. THE LOWDOWN: A thorough and compelling doc that probes the inner workings and cultural context of an artistic visionary. As someone who dabbled in artistic endeavors in my youth, I can say definitively that the world of the avantgarde left me more than a bit confused at times. Postmodern installation work always struck me as an act of intellectual and aesthetic sleight of hand, audacious con jobs engineered to bilk the bourgeoisie out of substantial sums of cash in punishment for their largesse and lack of taste. If I’ve ever seen a cogent argument to the contrary, it would most certainly be documentari-

an Heather Lenz’s portrait of Japanese painter and sculptor Yayoi Kusama. With Kusama: Infinity, Lenz has developed more than a simple biopic; she’s also elucidated the character and circumstances that forged one of the most prolific and popular artists of the last 50 years and perhaps the most underacknowledged and influential figure in contemporary art. It might not be entirely accurate to say that I was unfamiliar with Kusama — I had seen her work before, but never thought much about the person behind it. This is where Lenz’s approach is particularly effective, even as it threatens to err on the exhaustive side. Lenz’s film is structured with a cautious classicism, presenting a linear chronology with the requisite talkinghead commentary from art world bigwigs and Kusama herself. This takes us from her difficult youth in a rural Japanese mountain town, leading into the first exhibit of her watercolor work in the mid-1950s, then delving into her move to New York and the creation of

her better-known abstract “infinity net” paintings in the early ’60s and her later sculptural installations and Vietnam-era politicized provocations before arriving at her present-day critical reappraisal. Perhaps the only flaw with this approach is that it lacks anything resembling the creative innovativeness of its subject. Even still, Lenz contextualizes Kusama’s work with admirable clarity and insight. The artist’s psychological struggles and suicide attempts are presented with thoughtful restraint, avoiding lazy sensationalism. When we learn the extent to which Kusama’s work was unduly marginalized due to her ethnicity and gender, it’s easy to understand why she became so morbidly depressed. After all, how would you feel if no less than Claes Oldenburg and Andy Warhol were ripping off your work and being lauded for their originality while you struggled against overwhelming odds to find patrons and gallery space? Kusama: Infinity is at its best when it allows the artist to speak for herself and her work to carry the visual aesthetic of the film. Lenz, to her credit, shows the prescience to place Kusama’s art at the fore, ably exploiting the particularly cinematic qualities of the artist’s installation work. While I have no doubt that Kusama’s mirrored-room “peep show” installations are more impressive in person, Lenz’s camera eye captures not only the visual spectacle of such pieces but also indicates the thinking behind them. Visually engaging and thematically resonant, Kusama: Infinity is a film that one doesn’t see so much as experience, and in the process, Lenz sheds an overdue light on a singular artistic voice. Not Rated. Now Playing at Grail Moviehouse.

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Venom HHH DIRECTOR: Ruben Fleischer PLAYERS: Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed, Scott Haze, Reid Scott, Jenny Slate, Melora Walters

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invades his body, giving him superpowers and a hunger for human flesh. THE LOWDOWN: A silly, mindless comic book movie that drops the pretension and revels in its own ridiculousness. An object lesson in lowered expectations: If you’re prepared for the worst, you might come away pleasantly surprised — or at least not bitterly disappointed. Such is the case with Venom, one of the dumbest comic book movies in recent memory, but also not nearly as bad as you may have been led to believe. Yes, it’s big and loud and obnoxious. But then again, so were most of the early comics that represent its protagonist’s genesis. If Venom fails in its aspirations as comics counterprogramming in the vein of Deadpool, it only does so because it pulls too many punches in its quest to court the casual moviegoer at the expense of committing any legitimate transgression. It’s a movie that would have been novel five or 10 years ago. But now? It feels dated on arrival. And that’s not without reason, because the very concept of Venom is rooted in the comics culture of the ’90s collectors’ boom, an anything-goes era of excess for its own sake in which bigger and badder were always seen as better. In that spirit, Venom makes no claim to any kind of respectability, instead favoring a pulpy tenor of disrepute that leaves the film poised for cult

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movie status in ensuing years. But this admirably grimy sensibility is hamstrung by a level of bet-hedging that inexplicably tries to limit the gore inherent to a story about a giant alien that eats brains. The narrative draws from its source material liberally but without a slavish devotion to verisimilitude. For those unfamiliar with the comic books, the character Venom originated when Spider-Man’s sentient extraterrestrial costume bonded with disgraced former reporter Eddie Brock and exploited his grudge against the web-slinger that ruined his career — hey, the ’90s were a weird time for comics. Here the SpiderMan connections are dropped entirely, leaving Venom as something of a standalone film trying to forge its own path, a decision that could be prudent given the current ownership transitions surrounding the intellectual property. If comics fans may feel slighted by the film’s detachment from the broader Spiderverse, not to mention the Marvel Cinematic Universe into which those characters will be inevitably subsumed, there’s some comfort in the film’s tonal adherence to the character’s history. Director Ruben Fleischer may not be the most competent visual stylist to helm a superhero spectacle, but his background with action comedies like Zombieland is apparent here in the repartee between Brock (Tom Hardy) and the Venom symbiont. It’s a film that finds the black humor in its own cynical worldview, and Hardy sells the gags better than one might reasonably expect. While Venom isn’t a great film by any stretch of the imagination, it does boast its own dubious charms, and it scores points for disavowing the self-seriousness that has blighted so many recent comic book adaptations (looking at you, Infinity War). If you’re looking for high art, look elsewhere. But if you’re just after some mindless fun, Venom could take the bite out of an otherwise dreary cinematic landscape. Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action, and for language. Now Playing at AMC River Hills 10, Carolina Cinemark, Regal Biltmore Grande, Epic of Hendersonville. REVIEWED BY SCOTT DOUGLAS JSDOUGLAS22@GMAIL.COM

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by Edwin Arnaudin | earnaudin@mountainx.com LOCAL FILMMAKER INTRODUCES A FEEDBACK APP Tree Hugger and Wild Flowers, the short works of Asheville-based filmmaker Kira Bursky, have garnered several million views apiece on her YouTube channel. In turn, those films prompted a steady stream of users to contact her about their own creations. “For a bit of time, I was providing feedback since I adore supporting fellow artists in sharing their unique visions,” Bursky says. “I’m a full-time freelance artist, so as much as I wanted to personally watch and critique all of these films, it reached a point where it just wasn’t entirely feasible for me. I could not balance out my projects and personal life while responding to all of the requests.” Still wanting to help, Bursky came up with the idea for what she calls “a virtual community that connect[s] these emerging creatives to constructive feedback.” With assistance from her brother Jeremy, a San Diego-based programmer, she created Critiqr, a free mobile app that launched Oct. 5 and serves those purposes. Thirty beta testers, who Bursky says, “for the most part are all indie filmmakers at varying stages in their career,” have also played an integral role in its development. On Critiqr, users (aka Critiquers) upload a video of no more than 20 minutes and select what aspects they would like to have critiqued (e.g., editing, writing or sound). A “General” critique option is also available to have all filmmaking aspects considered, and other specific requests may be made through an optional “Creator Message.” Users can post as many films as they want, but in order to receive a critique, a ticket — earned by critiquing another user’s film — must be applied to their post. To critique a film, the user will select a film from the “Fresh” feed, where all posted content is curated, based on their personal interests. Listings are tagged by genre, topic and requested feedback aspects. Once the selected film has been viewed, the critique form will be unlocked with three main “General Review” question prompts: Overall

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Southside Center, 285 Livingston St. BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • FR (10/12), 2:30pm - Book to Movie Film Screening: Rosemary's Baby. Free. Held at West Asheville Public Library, 942 Haywood Road

THERE’S AN APP FOR THAT: Local filmmaker Kira Bursky parlayed requests for advice from up-and-comers in the video creation world into the Critiqr app, witch she describes as “a virtual community that connect[s] these emerging creatives to constructive feedback.” Photo by Robert Gowan Understanding, Best Moments and Needing Improvement. There is also a “Technical Elements” section where the breakdown of specific filmmaking aspects to critique are listed. Users can provide a 1-5 star rating for the category. Those submitting 5-star reviews will be prompted to elaborate on specific likes, while those offering ratings below that level will be asked to discuss areas for improvement. Users will also be rewarded for posts, critiques and other in-app activities with points. As the community grows, Bursky envisions rewarding active users with such benefits as being featured in a spotlight section of top Creators and Critiquers, the potential to be paid or gifted prizes for critiques and the ability to connect with professional industry Critiquers. Also in the works are private Critiqr groups for use in classroom settings where teachers or moderators can oversee their own virtual workshop. Though the app is free to use — a priority for Bursky in optimizing accessibility — there are plans to implement paid features to further enhance the experience. She also hopes that film is just the beginning for her app. “I envision Critiqr becoming a platform for all forms of art,” Bursky says. “We ultimately plan on branching out to accommodate musicians, visual artists, writers, etc.” critiqrapp.com X

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Bad Times at the El Royale Suspense thriller from writer/director Drew Goddard, with an ensemble cast featuring Jeff Bridges, Chris Hemsworth, Jon Hamm and Dakota Johnson. According to the studio: “Seven strangers, each with a secret to bury, meet at Lake Tahoe’s El Royale, a run-down hotel with a dark past. Over the course of one fateful night, everyone will have a last shot at redemption… before everything goes to hell.” Early reviews positive. (R)

Colette Drama from director Wash Westmoreland. According to the studio: “After marrying a successful Parisian writer known commonly as “Willy” (Dominic West), Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (Keira Knightley) is transplanted from her childhood home in rural France to the intellectual and artistic splendor of Paris. Soon after, Willy convinces Colette to ghostwrite for him. She pens a semi-autobiographical novel about a witty and brazen country girl named Claudine, sparking a bestseller and a cultural sensation. After its success, Colette and Willy become the talk of Paris and their adventures inspire additional Claudine novels. Colette’s fight over creative ownership and gender roles drives her to overcome societal constraints, revolutionizing literature, fashion and sexual expression.” Early reviews positive. (R)

First Man Historical drama that sees director Damien Chazelle reteam with La La Land star Ryan Gosling. According to the studio: “The riveting story behind the first manned mission to the moon, focusing on Neil Armstrong and the decade leading to the historic Apollo 11 flight.” Early reviews positive. (PG-13)

Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween Kids’ horror-comedy sequel from director Ari Sandel. According to the studio: “Halloween comes to life in a brand-new comedy adventure based on R.L. Stine’s 400-million-selling series of books.” No early reviews. (PG)

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DIRECTOR: Fritz Lang PLAYERS: Peter Lorre, Otto Wernicke, Theodor Loos, Ellen Widmann THRILLER Rated NR Yes, Fritz Lang’s first sound film, M (1931), has a few awkward moments, in which Lang hasn’t quite mastered the new medium, but this old warhorse of art cinema works more than it doesn’t and still registers as a compelling work by one of the undisputed masters of film. And calling it an old warhorse is no insult, since the reason things become warhorses is because they’re so good. As a story, it’s the perfect blend of Lang’s penchant for serial-like melodrama with something more on its mind — and in this regard, it’s probably only second to his next film, The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1932), as a successful fusion of the two elements. On the one hand, M is a crime thriller with a twist. Not only do we have the police on the hunt for a serial child murderer, Hans Beckert (Peter Lorre), but the criminal underworld joins in the hunt. Lang is fascinated by the mechanics of both forces engaged in this manhunt, but he’s equally interested in the psychology of Beckert himself — a character who manages to generate a measure of sympathy because he can’t help himself. No film had previously dealt with the idea of a serial killer like this — and few films have ever topped it for psychological perception. It’s entertaining, exciting and distinctly disturbing. This excerpt was taken from a review by Ken Hanke originally published on June 11, 2013. Classic World Cinema by Courtyard Gallery will present M on Friday, Oct. 12, at the new Flood Gallery location in Black Mountain, 850 Blue Ridge Road, Unit A-13, Black Mountain.

The Red Violin HHHH DIRECTOR: François Girard PLAYERS: Samuel L. Jackson, Jason Flemyng, Greta Scacchi, Colm Feore, Jean-Luc Bideau MUSICAL DRAMA Rated R The so-called portmanteau film — a collection of stories in a single vessel — is by its very nature a tricky proposition. Even the best of them — Julien Duvivier’s Tales of Manhattan (1942), the multidirector Dead of Night (1945) — rise and fall on the quality of the individual episodes. Duvivier’s film, for example, soars in its Edward G. Robinson sequence and again in its Paul Robeson/Ethel Waters vignette but plummets somewhere beneath sea level in the story with Ginger Rogers and Henry Fonda. French-Canadian filmmaker François Girard and co-screenwriter Don McKellar mostly circumvent this problem in the 1998 film, The Red Violin. It’s not simply that there’s no actual clunker of a story in the film’s mix (there isn’t); it’s more that they fashioned not one, but two brilliantly conceived and executed framing stories to tie the whole thing together. And it’s a good thing they did, because this may be the most ambitious portmanteau film ever made. This excerpt was taken from a review by Ken Hanke published on Oct. 6, 2004. The Hendersonville Film Society will show The Red Violin on Sunday, Oct. 14, at 2 p.m. in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community, 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville.

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FREEWILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19): In his book The Snow Leopard, Peter Matthiessen describes his quest to glimpse the elusive and rarely seen creature in the Himalayas. “Its uncompromising yellow eyes, wired into the depths of its unfathomable spirit,” he writes, give it a “terrible beauty” that is “the very stuff of human longing.” He loves the snow leopard so much, he says, that it is the animal he “would most like to be eaten by.” I bring this up, Aries, because now would be a good time, astrologically speaking, for you to identify what animal you would most like to be eaten by. In other words, what creature would you most like to learn from and be inspired by? What beautiful beast has the most to give you? TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Richard Nelson is an anthropologist who has lived for years with the indigenous Koyukon people of Alaska. He lauds their “careful watching of the same events in the same place” over long periods of time, noting how this enables them to cultivate a rich relationship with their surroundings that is incomprehensible to us civilized Westerners. He concludes, “There may be more to learn by climbing the same mountain 100 times than by climbing 100 different mountains.” I think that’s excellent counsel for you to employ in the coming weeks. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “It is sad that unless you are born a god, your life, from its very beginning, is a mystery to you,” writes Gemini author Jamaica Kincaid. I disagree with her because she implies that if you’re human, your life is a complete and utter mystery; whereas my observation has been that for most of us, our lives are no more than 80 percent mystery. Some lucky ones have even deciphered as much as 65 percent, leaving only 35 percent mystery. What’s your percentage? I expect that between now and Nov. 1, you can increase your understanding by at least 10 percent. CANCER (June 21-July 22): You Cancerians may not possess the mental dexterity of Virgos or the acute cleverness of Geminis, but you have the most soulful intelligence in the zodiac. Your empathetic intuition is among your greatest treasures. Your capacity to feel deeply gives you the ability to intensely understand the inner workings of life. Sometimes you take this subtle acumen for granted. It may be hard for you to believe that others are stuck at a high-school level of emotional skill when you have the equivalent of a PhD. Everything I just said is a prelude to my advice. In the coming weeks, I doubt you can solve your big riddle through rational analysis. Your best strategy is to deeply experience all the interesting feelings that are rising up in you. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Do you ever experience stress from having to be so interesting and attractive all the time? It may on occasion feel like an onerous responsibility to be the only artful egomaniac amidst swarms of amateur egomaniacs. I have a suggestion that might help. Twice a year, celebrate a holiday I call Dare to Be Boring Week. During these periods of release and relief, you won’t live up to people’s expectations that you keep them amused and excited. You’ll be free to be solely focused on amusing and exciting yourself, even if that means they’ll think you’re dull. Now is an excellent time to observe Dare to Be Boring Week. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): A Chinese proverb says, “Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are.” I’m happy to let you know that you are currently more receptive to this truth than maybe you have ever been. Furthermore, you have more power than usual to change your life in ways that incorporate this truth. To get started, meditate on the hypothesis that you can get more good work done if you’re calm and composed than if you’re agitated and trying too hard.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): My astrological analysis suggests that life is conspiring to render you extra excited and unusually animated and highly motivated. I bet that if you cooperate with the natural rhythms, you will feel stirred, playful and delighted. So how can you best use this gift? How might you take maximum advantage of the lucky breaks and bursts of grace that will be arriving? Here’s my opinion: Be more focused on discovering possibilities than making final decisions. Feed your sense of wonder and awe rather than your drive to figure everything out. Give more power to what you can imagine than to what you already know. Being practical is fine as long as you’re idealistically practical. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): How far is it from the Land of the Lost to the Land of the Lost and Found? What’s the best route to take? Who and what are likely to provide the best help? If you approach those questions with a crisply optimistic attitude, you can gather a wealth of useful information in a relatively short time. The more research you do about the journey, the faster it will go and the more painless it will be. Here’s another fertile question to meditate on: Is there a smart and kind way to give up your attachment to a supposedly important thing that is actually quite burdensome? SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In her only novel, Save Me the Waltz, Zelda Fitzgerald described her main character like this: “She quietly expected great things to happen to her, and no doubt that’s one of the reasons why they did.” That’s a bit too much like fairy-tale wisdom for me to endorse it unconditionally. But I do believe it may sometimes be a valid hypothesis — especially for you Sagittarians in the coming months. Your faith in yourself and your desire to have interesting fun will be even more important than usual in determining what adventures you will have. I suggest you start now to lay the groundwork for this exhilarating challenge. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Russian philosopher George Gurdjieff taught that most people are virtually sleepwalking even during the day. He said we’re permanently stuck on automatic pilot, prone to reacting in mechanical ways to every event that comes our way. Psychology pioneer Sigmund Freud had an equally dim view of us humans. He believed that it’s our normal state to be neurotic; that most of us are chronically out of sync with our surroundings. Now here’s the good news, Capricorn. You’re at least temporarily in a favorable position to refute both men’s theories. In fact, I’ll boldly predict that in the next three weeks you’ll be as authentic and awake and at peace as you’ve been in years. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In the late 19th-century, American botanist George Washington Carver began to champion the nutritional value of peanuts. His influence led to the plant being grown and used more extensively. Although he accomplished many other innovations, including techniques for enhancing depleted soils, he became famous as the Peanut Man. Later in life, he told the story that while young he had prayed to God to show him the mystery of the universe, but God turned him down, saying, “That’s for me alone.” So George asked God to show him the mystery of the peanut, and God agreed, saying, “that’s more nearly your size.” The coming weeks will be a great time for you to seek a comparable revelation, Aquarius. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Every year, people discard 3.3 million pounds of chewing gum on the streets of Amsterdam. A company named Gumdrop has begun to harvest that waste and use it to make soles for its new brand of sneakers, Gumshoe. A spokesperson said the intention was to “create a product people actually want from something no one cares about.” I’d love it if you were inspired by this visionary act of recycling, Pisces. According to my reading of the cosmic omens, you now have exceptional powers to transform something you don’t want into something you do want.

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