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Parade to the polls There may be no presidential candidates on the ballot, but Western North Carolina voters this fall will get to weigh in on a long list of local and state races that could help shape the region’s course for years to come.

In this week’s issue, look for stories on some of the key races as well as an election guide from the nonpartisan local nonprofit, Children First/ Communities in Schools.

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CARTOON BY RANDY MOLTON

Asheville becoming an elitist city For some years, my husband and I have been fortunate to own homes in both Sarasota, Fla., where we worked, and a vacation home here in Asheville.

After we both retired three years ago, we had to downsize to one home.

It was a tough choice, but we both said that Sarasota had lost the one thing that drew us there to begin with: its funkiness. The little beach cottages were bought and replaced with gated high-rise condos along with expensive restaurants and high-end specialty shops.

Noise ordinances soon followed, stifling music venues. For us it lost its soul, and it lost us to become residents of Asheville.

Now déjà vu: It's happening all over again!

Asheville is also losing the funk and soul that we thought our hippie hearts would enjoy the rest of our lives.

Gone are Bele Chere, Lexington Avenue Arts and Fun Festival, Goombay and affordable living for the 99 percent of us.

Just this week we received a postcard from Biltmore Estate informing us they will no longer allow outside food and beverages brought in to their Live After Five concert series on the lawn at Antler Hill Village, which was so much fun for families bringing kids, dogs and picnic baskets (with our own wine). All

must be now purchased on-site from Biltmore vendors.

This is another stake in the heart for Asheville families trying to find fun on limited budgets.

What is next to go: Downtown After 5, the drum circle at Pritchard Park, buskers? That would be my prediction for a city that is being molded to cater to the privileged 1 percent. The energy and soul of this city have shifted, and sadly, it no longer feels like home.

Joan Deaver Asheville

Asheville or ashtray?

Asheville is a wonderful city.

It’s no wonder so many tourists are lured to this beautiful environment. The Blue Ridge Mountains provide us with a plethora of hiking trails, waterfalls and stunning views.

We’re surrounded by nature’s gifts.

But the exquisite scenery isn’t the only reason Asheville is unique. We have a vibrant music scene, a surplus of high-quality restaurants, breweries, art galleries, festivals, shops, street performers and so much more.

Asheville is a dynamic small town loved by many.

With so many wonderful aspects, as well as interesting people who reside here, it can be challenging to find anything to complain about.

There is one sad drawback that continues to annoy, frustrate and

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disappoint me: cigarette smoking in public spaces.

It’s almost impossible to walk downtown without being exposed to secondhand cigarette smoke at every block. It’s so widespread that sometimes it appears as if we’re living in a time before smoking was known to be a health hazard. With over 69 animal and/or human carcinogens (thetruth. com) in tobacco smoke, you’d think people would be deterred from lighting up. This isn’t the case.

If some [people] want to put toxic chemicals in their body, that’s their personal prerogative. But contaminating open spaces for nonsmokers is insensitive, rude, unhealthy and unacceptable. Secondhand smoke is really hard on nonsmokers. For

some of us, the fumes can cause extreme headaches that can linger for hours. The smell stays in our hair and on our clothes.

Asheville takes a progressive stance on so many issues, but when it comes to cigarette smoking, the city is asleep. It is time for smokers to show some respect.

I also think smokers should be held responsible for discarding their cigarette butts. Where do smokers think their cigarette butts end up? Either business owners or workers end up sweeping them up, or the butts get washed into the French Broad River.

Did you know one cigarette butt soaked in a liter of water killed half of the fish exposed in a scientific study (www.thetruth.com/facts)?

It would be great if City Council would pass and enforce an ordinance for no smoking in public spaces or at least an ordinance for no smoking within 50 feet of doorways or windows.

I’m also asking business owners to ask patrons not to smoke within 50 feet of doorways or windows. We all love Asheville. Let’s all come together to keep this city clean and healthy.

Michael Hernandez

Asheville

Designated driver could use a cold (nonalcoholic) beer I love our beer.

I love our water.

Sometimes, I’m the “DD” (designated driver) and would love to enjoy a cold Asheville beer (nonalcoholic) instead of grabbing a European option.

It would be wonderful to have an Asheville local brewery make one or all the local brewers chip in to make one together that is available at all breweries, supporting a great concept of the “DD.” How about it, Asheville Brewers Alliance? You can do it!

Kathy Hurley

Asheville

Be consistent in enforcing panhandling ordinance This letter is about the equal and consistent enforcement of the panhandling ordinance by the Police Department. A recent online article from a local newspaper dated July 23, 2014, indicated that there had been an increase in arrests in downtown for panhandling.

Asheville police Sgt. Dave Romick was quoted as saying: “Asheville officers assigned to the downtown are

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trained to cite or arrest ‘serial beggars,’ those who frequent the downtown to panhandle. Officers try to make a distinction between the repeat offenders and people who suddenly find themselves in an emergency situation.”

This cannot possibly be true because for long hours on a nearly daily basis, I see a man in a wheelchair asking for “help.” He seems to be a local celebrity and is allowed to continue to panhandle day after day. Why is that happening? Are the police doing their job? Is he exempt from the ordinance?

Is the deterrent effect of the ordinance ineffective because continuing to panhandle pays better than the fines imposed when arrested? I know there are “shades of grey” in everything, but discretion by those who should enforce such rules (i.e. those in power) really concerns me.

Paul Viera

Asheville

Presnell polishes her wood sense Unlike some other people I could name, I would like to congratulate state Rep. Michele Presnell, R-Burnsville, on her “Friend of Forestry” award from the N.C. Forestry Association, which she recently skipped a candidates’ debate in Marshall to accept.

Good for you, Michele! You earned it! Don’t listen to the haters!

The emotional ladies of the Madison County League of Women Voters are apparently bent out of shape because the debate with Democratic challenger Dean Hicks was scheduled months in advance and people came from the far corners of the district to attend.

Well, boohoohoo.

What was Presnell supposed to do? Keep track of her many appointments on some sort of calendar? Send an assistant to accept the timber award so she wouldn’t have to stiff all the people sitting in that drafty auditorium who could have been home watching television? (I speak from some personal knowledge here.)

Ask the Forestry Association to move the award to another night of its three-day convention? How was any of that even possible? Besides, I think folks got a fair idea of Presnell’s legislative abilities just by looking at her empty chair. So, no harm done.

And, sure, people might question why somebody who got a “zero” rating from the N.C. League of

CARTOON BY BRENT BROWN Conservation Voters deserves to be honored by the corporate stewards of our forest heritage. But no one worked harder on this year’s campaign to frustrate “green certification” in state construction, which, had it succeeded, would have helped protect clear-cutting, chemical-spraying and other brawny practices in our all-too-pristine forests for years to come.

So, people can just get off her case about missing that one measly debate. I do hope, however, that no other public-spirited organization is planning to honor Presnell for her legislative achievements soon, so she won’t have to ditch any more speaking engagements at the last minute.

And just in case she does show up in the future, here’s a tip: Wear your “World’s Greatest Grandma” sweater, Michele. We rustics are very impressed by prestigious awards.

Peter Robbins

Marshall

Ayurveda most definitely works Recently, you had a story about how well Ayurveda works (“Ayurveda Rising: New Program Highlights Local Practice, Art and Training,” Sept. 24, Xpress). It most definitely does.

Earlier this year, I ran across information for different vision problems in an inexpensive book of mine, Ancient Healing Secrets (Practical Cures That Work Today) by Dian Dincin Buchman.

(Her book has information involving varying ailments and conditions.)

She said Ayurvedic doctors in India designed a series of easy eye movements called mudras. Practiced daily, mudras help individuals see more clearly and read from great distances.

I have been practicing since May 6 of this year, and my vision has been improving gradually but more quickly than I expected. I doubt that I’ll need long-distance glasses ever again.

Ayurveda is amazing.

Diana Van Dyke

Fletcher

What about the animals on the Cherokee reservation?

In your article of Sept. 17 (“Simple Solutions: Cherokee’s Garden Kit Program Spurs Community Wellness”), Chief Michell Hicks discussed how the community garden kits benefit the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians tribal members, stating that the Cherokee “suffer from the excesses

of modern living” and “are working to overcome poor eating habits, a lack of exercise …”

This is a laudable goal, and the chief is to be commended for his promotion of gardening.

What a shame that Hicks’ concern ends with the humans on the Cherokee reservation and doesn’t extend to the animals living there. Cherokee Bear Zoo is a tawdry roadside zoo where bears are imprisoned in small concrete pits, and primates, big cats and other animals live in tiny cages. The grossly overweight bears beg for the food tossed to them by visitors — the only pleasure or stimulation allowed them in their barren cement prison cells. All the animals are clearly depressed from the isolation and confinement.

Where is Hicks’ sense of ethics and leadership? Why does he allow this cruelty on the reservation? Does he have no compassion for the animals’ needs for healthy food, exercise, companionship and freedom?

If he does, he will close this little hellhole (owned by Barry Coggins, not a Cherokee) and have the animals transferred to quality sanctuaries.

If I’m not mistaken, the Cherokees don’t have a history of imprisoning animals for fun and profit.

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Mr. Hicks, please open your heart to include the captive animals on the reservation, and use your leadership to continue the Cherokee tradition of respecting ALL creation.

Robbie Coleman

Asheville

Who is my state representative?

I am confused.

I am told that I live in the 115th District, and I am represented by Nathan Ramsey, but looking at his record since being sent to Raleigh, I think that I am actually represented

by Tim Moffitt.

During the short session, both Representatives were primary sponsors or co-sponsors on almost 30 legislative bills.

One bill that allows warrantless drone surveillance was introduced

by Tim Moffitt and Nathan Ramsey.

Tim Moffitt sits on the board of the American Legislative Exchange Council. Its mission is to author farright legislation to be introduced in state houses around the country.

ALEC wrote the drone bill.

Those living in the 115th District need to think whether they want Tim Moffitt and Nathan Ramsey looking into their living rooms — or other rooms for that matter.

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Everyone remembers the movie Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, where Mr. Smith (Jimmy Stewart) continued to represent his family, friends and community. Mr. Ramsey went to Raleigh and forgot about his family, friends and community. The only thing he remembers is what Tim Moffitt tells him to do.

I have gotten to know John Ager over the past year. He can honestly say he is a farmer (Hickory Nut Gap Farms) and not a lawyer/farmer.

John always talks about the community and the environment.

Ramsey and Moffitt seem to think we need fracking. My wife is from Youngstown, Ohio, which is now plagued by earthquakes since fracking began.

Moffitt and Ramsey also sponsored the new coal commission to deal with the coal-ash ponds.

That bill falls far short of approving any power to prevent an environmental disaster in our community.

If you want to find out more about your current representative, you can find his newsletter on the Asheville Tea Party website. I urge my neighbors not to make the same mistake twice.

Remember, a vote for Ramsey is a vote for Moffitt. We need to send someone to Raleigh like John Ager, who cares about us and not an organization (ALEC) located in Washington, D.C.

Joel Mazelis

Weaverville

Take Voter Guide with you to the polls Thanks to the Voter Guide by the Blue Ridge Republican Women’s Club.

Being that there is no straight party voting this election, this publication makes it very easy to see who not to vote for. Take this publication with you to the polls and DO NOT VOTE for anyone in this guide.

Vote Democrat, and let’s take our state back. This voter guide appeared in the Oct. 1 issue of the Mountain Xpress.

Johann McKay

Candler

Terry Van Duyn diligent, dedicated, passionate and selfless There’s a terrific, all-volunteer local charity called Children’s Welfare League that promotes the education and welfare of disadvantaged students in the high schools of Asheville and Buncombe County.

As a volunteer with CWL, I have worked on several projects with Terry Van Duyn, and she is one of the most diligent, dedicated, passionate, selfless individuals I have ever known.

Terry takes on the task, gives it her all, accomplishes the goals and resists commendation. She is thorough, dependable, trustworthy and confident, and if Terry says it is so, then it is so.

It was no surprise to those who know her well when she was appointed to the late Sen. Martin Nesbitt’s office. Let Terry continue to represent us in the N.C. Senate by voting Van Duyn in November!

Jimmie Cochran Pratt

Asheville

Tate MacQueen is the best choice for the 10th Congressional District Who will be the best representative for North Carolina’s 10th Congressional District?

Someone like Patrick McHenry, who has taken thousands from the fracking and fossil fuel industries and the banking sectors, or Tate MacQueen, who continues to fight against pollution at the CTS site in Asheville?

Polls show that most Americans support strengthening Social Security and Medicare, but Patrick McHenry has signed the Rep. Paul Ryan budget, which would create vouchers for Medicare and privatize Social Security.

Mr. MacQueen would preserve these popular programs and opposes cuts to food assistance programs like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program that many in the 10th District rely on.

Tate doesn’t believe that corporations are people, but McHenry agrees with the terribly flawed Citizens United ruling that equates money with speech.

Tate is a champion for pay equity and living wages, while McHenry voted against raising the minimum wage from $7 to $10.10 in 2014.

Tate is the true pro-lifer. He values education, affordable health care for all and sustainability for the environment.

The differences are quite stark.

We need Tate MacQueen to bring integrity, fairness and compassion to the 10th District and Washington, D.C.

Linda Pannullo

Asheville

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Register of Deeds Drew Reisinger issued the first Buncombe County license to a same-sex couple.

Here’s a sampling of Twitter dispatches as the events unfolded.

The Supreme Court turned away appeals Monday [Oct. 6] from five states seeking to prohibit same-sex marriages ... t.co/gVhXEczEsv — Oct. 6, @HuffPostPol

After judge declares Amendment One ban unconstitutional, local same-sex couples take their marriage vows

In case you were wondering [there’s] a really, really big Pride flag on City Hall in #AVL, NC. — Oct. 9, @ CSElive (Campaign for Southern Equality)

by Margaret Williams A crowd gathered at the Buncombe County Register of Deeds on Oct. 10 as the news spread on Twitter: Friday could be the day that same-sex marriages took place in North Carolina. It was, and by early evening, more than a dozen couples said “I do.”

All 7 members of #avl city council apparently ok’d the giant pride flag on city hall. — @CaseyBlakeACT (Asheville Citizen-Times)

Amy Cantrell, center right, and Lauren White, left, received their marriage license from Register of Deeds Drew Reisinger, far right, as Rev. Lisa Bovee-Kemper looks on.

Photo courtesy of CSE

A few days earlier, the U.S. Supreme Court had declined to intervene in five state cases involving bans on the marriages (Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah, Wisconsin and Virginia) — “paving the way for an immediate expansion of gay and lesbian unions” in those states and six others, including North Carolina, the Huffington Post reported.

Shortly after 5 p.m., U.S. District Court Judge Max O. Cogburn Jr., ruled that Amendment One, the ban approved by state voters in 2012, was unconstitutional. Minutes later,

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[Chad[ Nesbitt & [Carl] Mumpower object to rainbow banner at #Avl City Hall, compare #avlgov to Nazis — @ JakeFrankel (Mountain Xpress) North Carolina couples wait for marriage ruling. — Oct. 10, @CSElive While we wait for #DayOneNC we’re seeing great images coming from offices in #AVL, #GSO, #ILM and Raleigh. Any other places? — @ equalitync (Equality NC) Gathering getting mixed reactions from passersby. —@MaxCooperAVL Gay Marriage OK In NC — @WUNC Betty Mack and Carol Taylor of #asheville, partners of 41 years, show off their marriage certificate. — @ CaseBlakeACT X

Register of Deeds Drew Reiinger, who has been active in advocating for same-sex marriage since he took office in 2012, celebrates after receiving word that a judge had overturned North Carolina’s ban.

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By JAKE FRANKEL

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There may not be any

BUNCOMBE COUNTY DISTRICTS for the Board of Commissioners

presidential candidates

on the ballot, but Western North Carolina voters this year will have a chance to weigh in on a lengthy list of local and state races that could help shape the region’s course for years to come.

DISTRICT 1 DISTRICT 2

BARNARDSVILLE

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Four candidates are battling for two seats on the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners. In each case, these contenders hold vastly different views on a range of issues, from taxes and spending to growing the economy and protecting the environment. Also at stake is which party holds a voting majority on the board. Check the following pages to learn more about who these candidates are and where they stand.

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FAIRVIEW ENKA

MAPPED: Since 2011, when the N.C. General Assembly imposed a new system for electing Buncombe County commissioners, the county has been divided into three districts. In District 1, Democrat Brownie Newman is running unopposed. In District 2, Democratic incumbent Ellen Frost is facing a challenge from Republican Christina Merrill. In District 3, Republican Miranda DeBruhl is vying with unaffiliated candidate Nancy Waldrop. Residents can vote only in their home district race, and the winners will each earn a four-year term. To look up which district you’re eligible to vote in and your polling location, visit voter.buncombecounty.org.

Xpress is also partnering this year with a nonpartisan local nonprofit, Children First/ Communities in Schools, to distribute an extensive Buncombe County Voter Guide. It includes information on various other key races, such as the N.C. General Assembly and Buncombe County’s district attorney, sheriff and school board. In Buncombe County only, look for it in this week’s print edition. It will also be available online at votebuncombe.org.

And as always, stay tuned to

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fight for control High-profile races for the Board of Commissioners in Districts 2 and 3 are spotlighting fundamental differences between the candidates that could significantly impact county policy going forward. Here’s a closer look at those races.

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District 2 Republican Christina Merrill has logged a lengthy list of criticisms of Democrat Ellen Frost since losing to her in the 2012 election by a mere 18 votes. After mounting an unsuccessful legal challenge (see “Ballot Brouhaha”), Merrill opted to oppose the incumbent in a rematch this year.

Their previous faceoff gave Democrats a 4-3 majority on the board, and this year’s race could have the same impact, potentially steering county government in two very different directions.

Both candidates are vying to represent District 2, which encompasses Black Mountain, Fairview and Weaverville and is nearly evenly divided between registered Democratic and Republican voters.

Merrill, a Fairview resident who owns a small marketing business, wants the county to focus on cutting spending. One of Frost’s most egregious moves, her opponent maintains, was her 2013 vote in favor of a budget that increased the property tax rate while giving the commissioners a 1.7 percent pay raise.

“I don’t look at Buncombe County as a big corporation and

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worry about Buncombe County’s bottom line,” says Merrill. “I worry about the taxpayer’s bottom line and my neighbor’s bottom line.”

In 2013, Frost and all of her colleagues except Republican Mike Fryar voted to approve a budget that raised the tax rate from 52.5 cents to 60.4 cents per $100 of property value. “I don’t like tax increases anymore than anyone, but it was the responsible thing we had to do,” says Frost, arguing that unusual circumstances made the move necessary.

That year, Buncombe County reappraised property values for the first time since 2006 and the subsequent real estate crash. The revaluation, conducted by the county’s Tax

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Department, slashed total property value by $2.8 billion. So even though the rate increased, residents whose property dropped in value didn’t necessarily have to pay more to the tax collector, notes Frost.

Merely to generate the same amount of revenue as before, the county would have had to raise the rate to 57.83 cents. The remainder of the increase was mostly to cover unfunded state and federal mandates, she says.

As for the pay raise, Frost calls it a “cost-of-living increase” that benefited all county employees — and, for her, “amounted to $8 a week.”

Serving as a commissioner, she maintains, is “more than a full-time job, and I think we need to be care-

ful. If we make the salary nonexistent, we’re probably going to end up with folks who are retired or wealthy.”

Merrill, however, says the county could have kept the tax rate down by cutting spending. “I would’ve found ways to reduce the budget so we would not have to raise taxes,” she asserts. Asked specifically what she would cut if elected, she points to “excess” money given to nonprofits that the county contracts with to provide services beyond what is mandated.

This year, on a 5-2 vote, Frost joined the majority of commissioners in approving $2.3 million worth of community funding grants to a wide range of organizations, up

from last year’s $1.88 million but decidedly less than the nearly $4 million requested. The funding, argues Frost, provides a good return to the community while representing less than 1 percent of the county’s nearly $300 million budget.

About 83 percent of that budget, notes Frost, funds “core services” — health and human services, education and public safety. Merrill, though, says that’s not enough. She wants “to put our core services back on top of the priority list,” charging that her opponent has “gone off on a tangent of personal projects.”

One example Merrill mentions is Frost’s vote to award $80,000 to Moogfest, a private festival held in Asheville back in April. The county funding was part of its economic incentive program. But, argues Merrill, “If our classrooms are falling short, in my opinion that money should go to the classrooms.”

Frost, meanwhile, cites a report by the Economic Development Coalition for Asheville-Buncombe County, which concluded that the five-day event injected $14 million into the county’s economy, including $696,000

in local and state taxes. Frost calls that “a pretty good return.”

Merrill also faults Frost’s successful push to give Mountain BizWorks $50,000 in economic development money for the nonprofit’s small-business microloan program. “It’s not fair to hand-pick who you give taxpayer money to and not have them go through the same process as every other nonprofit,” she asserts. But Merrill doesn’t stop there. “There’s a conflict of interest when you personally, as a commissioner, have received funds for your business from that nonprofit,” she alleges.

However, Frost, who owns the Bed & Biscuit pet boarding facility in Black Mountain, responds: “I’ve never received money from Mountain BizWorks. We worked with several different groups to see who would be best for the county to partner with, and Mountain BizWorks was by far the best.”

In April the nonprofit leveraged that county money to receive an additional $300,000 in

federal funding. “And they’ve been able to help six businesses and create 31 more jobs,” says Frost.

“These are truly small loans, but that sometimes makes a difference in whether a business can get started or expand.”

Looking ahead, Frost says her top priority would be “creating living-wage jobs.” Besides providing economic incentives to encourage companies such as GE Aviation to expand their presence here, Frost says she wants to establish a new program to “incentivize” major employers such as Ingles to raise their pay.

“Right now, taxpayers are paying for employees who don’t make a living wage,” says Frost, adding that these workers must often rely on government subsidies to get by.

Another top priority is looking for ways to partner with day care facilities to provide around-the-clock service for people working nontraditional hours. “If we can work on those two things, then we can lift people out of poverty,” she says.

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tion needs a top priority.” This year, the commissioners increased funding for the Buncombe County and Asheville City school systems by a combined $3.1 million compared with 2013, mostly to help cover teacher raises. But Merrill, responding to the Children First candidate questionnaire (see Buncombe County Voter Guide), wrote, “The county could do better to prioritize resources so more money can be allocated to classrooms and teacher pay.”

To facilitate job growth, Merrill wants to re-evaluate what she sees as an “abundance of restrictions” in order to make the county “more conducive for potential employers.”

As currently written, she maintains, the zoning, outdoor lighting and signage rules are examples of “blanket ordinances that hurt businesses.

They need to be more specific.”

And when it comes to using incentives to encourage companies to expand, Merrill says she has mixed feelings. “My tendency is to lean on the side of the taxpayer,” she says.

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the case of GE, I understand there were 300 jobs at stake. Each incentive situation is unique, so I can’t give a blanket answer.”

Meanwhile, due to her marketing background, Merrill would also be interested in serving on the board of the Asheville Convention and Visitors Bureau. “Tourism is a great revenue source for our county,” she says. “It’s an area I’d like to see continue to grow.”

District 3 Meanwhile, political newcomers Miranda DeBruhl and Nancy Waldrop are squaring off in District 3, which stretches from Arden to Sandy Mush and includes the most conservative parts of the county. Waldrop is mounting an unaffiliated campaign after DeBruhl defeated incumbent David King, Waldrop’s husband, in this spring’s Republican primary.

To get on the ballot, Waldrop needed to collect 2,300 signatures from registered voters in the district.

With the help of over 100 volunteers, Waldrop gathered nearly 4,000 signatures — more than the 2,054 votes DeBruhl received in the primary.

A retired Buncombe County public school teacher and real estate agent, Waldrop says she jumped into the race “to give voters a choice.”

Previously a lifelong registered Republican, she switched to unaffiliated this year after witnessing “this huge resistance in the Republican Party to working with people of differing views,” she says. “The letter beside your name doesn’t determine who you are. Your character determines who you are. I got very tired of the polarization.”

In her campaign announcement, Waldrop characterized DeBruhl as an “ultraconservative,” and she worries that her opponent would value political ideology over practical considerations.

DeBruhl dismisses those charges as “political rhetoric,” saying, “This is someone who entered the race after her husband lost in May. … I think it’s very hypocritical.”

DeBruhl, a nurse and convenience store owner, says she decided to run for the Board of Commissioners after becoming “extremely concerned when they passed the [2013] budget.”

“The tax increase and the pay raise is when red flags really started going up for me,” she explains.

“Commissioners should never allow themselves to be paid extra when they’re putting more of a burden on the taxpayer. Money

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could’ve been either saved or generated to avoid the tax increase.” If elected, she says, her focus will be on “smart spending” and prioritizing “core services.”

Asked how, specifically, she would generate revenue or cut spending, DeBruhl says she wants the county to scrutinize hiring and sell “unused assets” such as the Busbee Community Center property. “I would look at any unfilled positions that have been vacant for a while. Maybe we don’t really need to fill that position.”

In a move that DeBruhl says she supports, 125 county employees opted this summer to take an early retirement incentive, which County Manager Wanda Greene says will save the county more than $1 million a year.

On her website, DeBruhl says another priority would be “to ensure tax dollars are spent efficiently on items desired by our citizens, not just special-interest groups.” Asked for examples of such spending and groups, DeBruhl says she’s “not going to name names.” Instead, she continues, “I want to be guarded … against the appearance of a lot of pet projects or pandering.”

As a former student, DeBruhl says she’d be particularly interested in issues involving A-B Tech.

And as a nurse, she’d also focus on health concerns, though she doesn’t have specific changes in mind at this time. “I think it would be presumptuous of me to have a plan and changes that I would like to be implemented,” she says. “I’d start by talking to staff and listening to their recommendations.”

Waldrop, meanwhile, says she thinks the county is going in the right direction overall and wants to stay the course. She cites a long list of moves made in the last couple of years that she supports, from increasing school funding to offering GE Aviation millions in incentives in exchange for expanding its local operations.

Such incentives are often controversial, Waldrop concedes, but she says the county “can’t afford not to do it. Like it or hate it all you want, you can’t not play by those rules if you want jobs for your county.”

Overall, she continues, “What I see happening in Buncombe County is extremely positive: There is growth here.”

And to keep up the progress, Waldrop says a top goal is “increasing community participation.” She says she’ll explore various ways

to do that, including holding more community meetings outside downtown Asheville. “In some form or fashion, I feel like it needs to happen,” says Waldrop.

For her, such participation has already included volunteers from the Sierra Club of Western North Carolina, who helped collect signatures in the write-in campaign that got her on the ballot. Waldrop says she supports a wide range of county environmental policies, including carbon reduction goals, land conservation easements and the dark sky ordinance to limit light pollution.

DeBruhl, however, has been critical of the county’s goal of eventually reducing carbon emissions by 80 percent, saying, “It was passed without the commissioners even knowing the final cost.” As for the other above-mentioned environmental issues, DeBruhl says she’d need to do more research before forming an opinion.

“I will support any environmental proposal that doesn’t harm our economy or our budget or business environment,” DeBruhl declares.

“It’s a juggling act. I’m really looking forward to getting in there and digging in and having the staff there to assist me.”

For Waldrop, though, the county’s initial carbon reduction plans — updating heating systems and lighting in county-owned buildings — makes sound financial as

well as environmental sense.

“I grew up being told to turn off the lights all the time, so I don’t think this is something particularly new,” she points out, adding, “I think it’s vital that we conserve our energy.”

And just as with other county policies, Waldrop says she wants the carbon reduction plan regularly assessed for cost-effectiveness. “If you continually reevaluate what you’re doing (as you should do, in whatever business you’re in), and you find out it isn’t working, then you make adjustments to it.” X

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tion system and district boundaries engineered by GOP leaders in Raleigh resulted in recounts and a protracted legal battle. When all was said and done, a handful of provisional ballots cast by residents of Warren Wilson College were added to the final tally, giving Ellen Frost an 18-vote edge over Christina Merrill — and Democrats control of the board.

The Warren Wilson campus was divided between Commissioner Districts 1 and 2. But as of Election Day, most residents were registered to vote at the address of the school’s mailing facility rather than their dorms, as state law requires. That left Election Services scrambling to determine which ballots should count in each race. Eventually the bipartisan state Board of Elections unanimously voted to dismiss Merrill’s charges that local election officials had violated any laws.

But Merrill says she remains dismayed by the process. “It’s concerning to me that college students may have been manipulated to change the outcome of an election,” she explains.

Frost dismisses those allegations. “What happened at Warren Wilson was not caused by anybody except the Legislature and how they drew those lines,” she says, adding, “The votes were counted three times.”

Merrill also takes issue with the commissioners’ decision last year

to hire Bob Deutsch to advise the board on legal matters after he’d successfully represented Frost in the battle over those ballots. “It seems like a big conflict of interest,” says Merrill.

Frost responds: “It was a board decision. … He no longer represents me for anything, so I don’t know what the conflict would be.

We’ve explored every aspect of that, and there’s no conflict.”

Meanwhile, Cathy Kramer, Warren Wilson’s dean of service, says she feels good about how the matter was resolved. “How it ended affirmed students’ right to vote here: Their votes were counted,” she points out.

Kramer also says the school has been working with local election officials this year to ensure that similar problems don’t arise this time around. All student dorms have been assigned street addresses, and officials consult that master list when registering residents to vote, she reports.

Election Services Director Trena Parker says her department sent notifications to any student still registered at the mailing facility, explaining that they must change their registration address.

“I can tell you that we’ve done everything we possibly can to make sure that people can have the correct ballots,” says Parker.

“All citizens in Buncombe County, not just Warren Wilson students … everybody. That’s been our focus.”

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Battle of the Fairview farmers Ramsey and Ager debate issues, vie for N.C. House seat Republican N.C. House Rep. Nathan Ramsey and Democratic challenger John Ager have a lot in common. They’re both longtime residents of Fairview, where they own and operate neighboring family farms. But when it comes to the issues facing the N.C. House, they shared opposing viewpoints at an Oct. 9 forum at the Dr. Wesley Grant Sr. Southside Center in Asheville.

They’re each hoping to represent District 115, which stretches from Fairview to Black Mountain and Weaverville.

Ager, whose father-in-law is the former 11th District Congressman Jamie Clarke, slammed Ramsey over his vote not to expand Medicaid.

“This was one of the no-brainers that the no-brainers in Raleigh turned down,” he said. “It was going to help 500,000 people.”

Ramsey defended his vote, saying the expansion would’ve cost the state millions: “We need to reform Medicaid expansion before we expand it.”

Ager also went on the attack over a new state law paving the way for hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” a controversial form of mining for natural gas. He said Ramsey voted in favor of the 2013 Domestic Energy Jobs Act, “which is what started the whole fracking business.”

Environmental groups have been airing TV commercials criticizing Ramsey and other Western North Carolina Republicans for the move.

But Ramsey was one of the only Republicans in the state to vote against a more recent bill this year that will allow the state to start issuing permits to companies to begin the mining process. He said he’d like to see more studies on the practice to determine its safety. “I voted against fracking,” said Ramsey.

Ager called new rules regulating coal ash contamination “a sweetheart deal” for companies like Duke Energy, which operates a Buncombe County power plant that stores the toxic waste in ponds near the French Broad River. Ramsey disagreed, calling the law “the most stringent coal ash bill” in North Carolina’s history. The law places the Buncombe County plant, located on Lake Julian in Skyland, on a high priority list for cleanup.

The former chair of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners, Ramsey cited the endorsement of the Republican chair of the county school board, Rob Rhinehart, as a sign he’s supportive of public education. He called this year’s teacher pay increase — which he voted for — “an important first step” even though it’s “not a perfect solution.”

The teacher raises didn’t go far enough for Ager, who said the state’s pay still ranks near the bottom in the country. He said the problem is a matter of insufficient revenue, blaming tax cuts Ramsey supported that primarily benefit “the very wealthy.” Ager said he wants the state “committed to find the revenue so we can build the North Carolina education system.”

Asked if they support changing the way Asheville voters elect City Council from an at-large system to a district system, Ager said he’d only favor such a move “if City Council thought it was a good thing.”

Republican Rep. Tim Moffitt, who represents District 116 in Buncombe County, has floated such an idea in the past. Council aggressively opposed it.

Ramsey didn’t answer the question on district elections directly, but said he thinks Moffitt’s successful push to impose a similar district election system on the county’s board of commissioners in 2011 “has worked out really well.”

OTHER STATE RACES Meanwhile, Moffitt, whose district includes much of western Buncombe, did not attend the forum. His Democratic opponent Brian Turner criticized his absence, telling attendees, “I’m sorry that you’ve come out tonight and will

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not be able to hear our different approaches to what North Carolina is about. I want to hear from the constituents.” It was the second forum in the last two days Moffitt was invited to but did not attend, he said. “My opponent wants to sit back and stuff lies in your mailbox,” Turner added.

“I’m sorry he’s not here to defend his record. I think his record is indefensible.”

Democrat Terry Van Duyn, the incumbent state senator in District 49, which includes Asheville and most of Buncombe, addressed the crowd of about 70 people. As she discussed her background and priorities, her Republican opponent Mark Crawford listened from the back of the room but didn’t come to the podium and speak.

His lack of participation in the debate was the result of miscommunication, according to organizer Lizzi Shimer with the League of Women Voters of Asheville-Buncombe. After the event, the group received an email from Crawford saying that he was “upset that he was not recognized to speak,” Shimmer writes in an email to Xpress.

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In addition to the League of Women Voters of AshevilleBuncombe, the forum was organized by The American Association of University Women, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Children First/ Communities in Schools, and the YWCA. Asheville Citizen-Times Executive Editor Josh Awtry served as moderator. X

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Nicknames like “Beer City USA,” “Foodtopia” and “Paris of the South” all acknowledge Asheville’s increasing significance as a food and drink haven. But for city development officials, keeping pace with the permitting needs of a burgeoning food industry has been a hard bite to swallow.

THE RESTAURATEUR’S HOLY GRAIL A certificate of occupancy must be obtained and displayed prominently in commercial establishments, but for some restaurateurs the legal document also serves as a battle scar of sorts. In business settings, the CO states that a building is fit to be occupied by a certain number of customers, and this human safety aspect makes it more troublesome to acquire than most food and alcohol licenses.

In the simplest terms, the quest for a CO consists of two phases — the planning stage and the buildout — and the approval of both can require smaller prerequisite permits and months of collaboration between city officials and a restaurateur’s team.

Although Asheville’s business development-related services were consolidated into one building years ago, departments continued to operate in functional silos. Last summer, City Manager Gary Jackson created the Development Services Department — a new one-stop shop aimed at streamlining the fragmented permitting process. Despite major strides, his efforts haven’t placated everyone just yet.

PERMITTING ROUNDTABLE: IS THE CITY KEEPING PACE? “We had a very difficult time in the permit process during plan review,” says Hole doughnut shop co-owner Caroline Whatley. Typically, plan reviews are facilitated by a single reviewer, but in Whatley’s case, a sudden reassignment added more than 20 new items to Hole’s to-do list, tag-

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ging an extra month onto the plansapproval process.

“The process is slower than it has ever been,” says Thirsty Monk owner and general contractor Barry Bialik.

He feels the consolidated approach causes a bottleneck, since many processes are initiated by the handful of employees running the permit desk.

“Everyone I know calls it ‘the time warp,’” he says. “You pretty much have to budget, for the most minor thing, that you’re going to be there for 45 minutes to an hour.”

Still others are satisfied with the city’s pace. Catawba Brewing coowner Billy Pyatt says his Biltmore Village tasting room “came together pretty quickly,” thanks to the helpful guidance of the city staff who handled his beverage permitting. And Vortex Doughnuts co-owner Ron Patton echoed those sentiments, stating that inspectors were “thorough but fair” and worked with him over a “fairly normal” term.

Still, crossing the planning hurdle is a fleeting victory for those who face more challenges during round two — on-site inspections.

Doug Parry, who recently completed the build-out for Sovereign Remedies, reports that the sheer quantity of permits per project has gotten out of hand this year. “That’s been incredibly frustrating for me and inspectors,” he says, calling the conundrum an information overload.

Sovereign Remedies owner Charlie Hodge says that permits have a domino effect on each other.

For example, a ramp permit triggered sprinkler and electrical inspections, causing a major source of bewilderment during his buildout. When Hodge called in his final inspection with the fire marshal, an official advised him to get a “final final” — one more head-scratcher to conclude the process. “It was comical — almost,” he says.

Yet most restaurateurs and contractors agree that city representatives are generally as helpful as they can be. It’s the system that needs repair.

CATCHING UP TO DEMAND Development Services Director Shannon Tuch reports that although the city process is in a period of transition, users can already notice two of Jackson’s key improvements — more managers and new permitting software.

Jackson created three DSD management roles to coordinate the moving parts for complicated projects, field difficult questions and facilitate the orderly movement of permits throughout the system. The city had no formal permit tracking system before switching to Accella software

last November, but now managers can analyze the number and start dates of applications that are pending or in review.

“The main benefit that people would experience right now is that they can pull permits online,” says Tuch of Accella’s benefits to external users. Although state law mandates that the person who pulls a permit must be the one completing the relevant work, Tuch says this rule was “clogging things up” for general contractors who could not coordinate and schedule inspections for their subcontractors. “We turned that off,” she reports, explaining that it is now presumed the parties are working together.

Bialik says that improvements in one area often lead to a bottleneck elsewhere but acknowledges the city’s efforts, such as the recent hire of former restaurateur Marni Graves. “This is the first time they’ve hired someone who has been on the other side of the desk,” he says approvingly.

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Despite significant improvements to the online platform, many users aren’t privy to the upgrades.

“We found out about that when we were pretty much done,” says Brooke Souhail, former co-owner of Urban Café. Souhail and her business partners took on the permitting maze single-handedly since their downtown space was previously a fully functioning commercial kitchen, but approval of minor electrical changes took several weeks.

“As an individual coming in and trying to do it yourself, you don’t get the information upfront,” she says.

“You get bits and pieces as you go along.” Urban Café recently closed for reasons unrelated to permitting.

“Maybe they are working on things, but the communication is not the greatest,” says Bialik, who also remained unaware of online functionality despite years of experience working with the city and several current residential construction projects.

“If it was, maybe there wouldn’t be some of these frustrations.”

Bialik’s latest struggle stems from scheduling inspections, though.

According to the contractor, a new policy requires officials to perform multiple inspections per trip to a job site. However, Bialik’s ability to continue scheduling single inspections muddles the rule and leads to no-show appointments. He says the policy has not been communicated

and is haphazardly enforced, with no notice of cancellations.

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“They’ve got a hard job, and they do it pretty well,” says Elm Construction and Design owner Trey Greer, assessing the city’s performance. Greer isn’t fazed by the city’s transition and chalks the “horror stories” up to the inherent intricacies of restaurant building.

“Building a restaurant is literally one of the most complicated construction projects that you can walk into,” he says. “If you don’t have qualified experience — contractors, architects, engineers — involved, there is a lot of opportunity for things to go wrong.”

Korean House general manager Jayson Im experienced this firsthand. “We hired the wrong people,” he says, recalling a multimonth struggle to gain approval for a new grill concept. Now that his team includes an experienced electrician and engineer, the restaurant is back on track to install the grills this month. Im notes more responsiveness and proactivity from city officials in recent months.

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According to Tuch, city officials are transitioning as best they can with limited resources.

“We’re still working out some kinks with how the system works,” she says, explaining that some of the most complicated aspects are internal changes. “It’s getting better and better, and I think in the next six months it will be working really well.”

Tuch says the DSD has been understaffed from the start and struggles to find qualified individuals to fill vacancies due to high demand for development employees nationwide. Plus, the volume of permit applications is staggering.

“We’ve had a real uptick in activity,” she says. “At any given time, we have 1,000 or more applications in process.”

Once the city’s resources catch up with demand, Tuch hopes to work with Asheville Independent Restaurants to create a guide for restaurant development steps, but “right now, we’ve just got to keep up with permit volume,” she says. X

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Animals Blessing of the Pets at FCC 692-8630 • SA (10/18), 11am - In memory of Jane Peck. Free. Held at First Congregational UCC of Hendersonville, 1735 5th Ave. W., Hendersonville Waggers and Readers 250-4754 • SA (10/18), 10am - Book sharing for school age kids with certified therapy dog.

Reservations required. Free.

Held at Oakley/South Asheville Library, 749 Fairview Road

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THE MYSTICAL ARTS OF TIBET: Monks from the Drepung Loseling Monastery in Atlanta will be at UNC Asheville for a weeklong residency beginning Monday, Oct. 20 and continuing until Friday, Oct. 24. The week’s events include educational lectures on the history of Tibet and Buddist meditation, a dance and music performance and the construction of a mandala sand painting, which will be available to the public to view and interact with for the duration of the residency. Photo courtesy of UNCA. (p.20)

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Terra Nova Center 3475 Reasonover Road, Cedar Mountain, 862-5909, brigadeoflight.org • SA (10/18), 9am-6pm - Fall fundraising festival includes arts, crafts and baked goods.

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Business & Technology A-B Tech Small Business Center 1465 Sand Hill Road, Candler, 398-7950, abtech.edu/sbc Free unless otherwise noted.

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• WE (10/15), 3-6pm - “Using WordPress to Blog for Your Business” workshop.

• WE (10/15), 6-9pm - “How to Start a Non-Profit Entity” workshop.

• TH (10/16), 10am-12pm “Starting a Better Business” workshop.

• WE (10/22), 3-6pm WordPress for service businesses.

Economic Development Coalition 258-6101, ashevillechamber. org/economic-development • WEDNESDAYS, 9am - “1 Million Cups,” coffee and networking event for local entrepreneurs. Free to attend.

Held at Mojo Coworking, 60 N. Market St. Henderson County Chamber of Commerce 692-1413, hendersoncountychamber.org • FR (10/17), 3pm - Business expo. Free. Held at Blue Ridge Community College, 180 West Campus Drive, Flat Rock OnTrack WNC 50 S. French Broad Ave., 2555166, ontrackwnc.org Registration required.

• MONDAYS and WEDNESDAYS until (10/22), 5:30pm - “Homebuyer Education Series,” HUDcertified investment class. $35.

• FR (10/17), 12-1:30pm “Understanding Credit: Get it.

Keep it. Improve it” financial education class. Free.

• SATURDAYS until (10/18), 9am-12pm - “Manage Your Money Series,” financial education class. Free.

• TU (10/21), 5:30-7pm “Saving & Goal Setting,” financial education class. Free.

SCORE Counselors to Small Business 271-4786, ashevillescore.org Registration required. Free.

• SA (10/18), 9am - Positioning and Marketing workshop. Held at A-B Tech Small Business Center, 1465 Sand Hill Road., Candler • MO (10/20), 9am-12pm - “Starting a Business” workshop, part one. Held at A-B Tech Madison Site, 4646 US 25-70, Madison Venture Asheville ventureasheville.com, 258-6137 • TH (10/23), 5-7pm - Tech job fair and mixer with local Asheville companies. Free. Held at Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce, 36 Montford Ave.

Classes, Meetings & Events 13 SECRETS OF CREATIVE MANIFESTATION (pd.) Free Webinars, Asheville Area Talks, paid 2-week residential WORKSHOPS Nov and May. call 828-270-7994 or go to www.krmel.info/ to learn more.

HOLIDAY GIFT PREVIEW (pd.) 11/1, 11AM-5PM. Multiple vendors, indoor venue. The Blue Mandala, 1359 Cane Creek Rd., Fletcher, NC. www.thebluemandala.com, 828-275-2755 NEW COLLECTIVE YOUTH PERFORMANCE LAB! (pd.) A unique and innovative theatrical learning experience for youth ages 8-15.

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SECRETS OF NATURAL WALKING WORKSHOP (pd.) Monday, October 27th, 9am-5pm - $150 YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly, Black Mountain “Let your walking be your healing with others worldwide!” SONWAsheville@gmail. com Deborah 828-215-6033 THIS WEEKEND Asheville Kitchen and Bath Show (pd.) October 18-19, 10am5pm. This 2-day event showcases the latest options in kitchen and bath design and remodeling. Meet and see the work of local designers, builders and artisans. Design seminars, culinary demonstrations and DIY workshops each day.

WNC Ag Center, 1301 Fanning Road, Fletcher. Admission is $10; $5 in advance.

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Held at The Fairview Tavern, 831 Old Fairview Road Buncombe County Public Libraries buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/library Free unless otherwise noted.

• WE (10/15), 5pm Swannanoa Knitters, knitting and needlework for all skill levels. Held at Swannanoa Library, 101 West Charleston St., Swannanoa • WE (10/8) & WE (10/22), 10am - “Sew What?”

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Held at Swannanoa Library, 101 West Charleston St., Swannanoa • TH (10/23), 7pm - “A Look Back at the American Enka Corporation: A Dynamic Industry - A Vital Community Partner (1929-1985),” local history presentation. Free.

Held at Enka-Candler Library, 1404 Sandhill Road, Candler Crowd Funding Conference at BRCC 694-1779, blueridge.edu/sbc • FR (10/17), 1-5:15pm Workshops and speakers discussing best practices and strategies for funding project or ventures. Free. Held at Blue Ridge Community College, 180 West Campus Drive, Flat Rock Hendersonville Wise Women 693-1523 • 1st & 3rd WEDNESDAYS,

1:30pm - A safe, supportive group for women “of a certain age.” Held at Grace Lutheran Church, 1245 Sixth Ave. W., Hendersonville

Lipinsky Auditorium.

• TH (10/23), 7pm “Symbolism of the Sand Mandala” lecture. Humanities Lecture Hall.

Preservation Society of Asheville and Buncombe County 321-271-4593, psabc.org • SA (10/18), 10am - “Tragedy of Frankie and Charlie,” lecture with museum and downtown tours. Free. Held at Yancey History Association, 3 Academy St., Burnsville

Western Carolinians for Peace and Justice in the Middle East mepeacewnc.org • FR (10/17), 3:15pm General meeting. Held at Brooks-Howell Home, 266 Merrimon Ave.

Rural Heritage Museum at Mars Hill 100 Athletic St., Mars Hill, 689-1304 • Through SA (2/28) Exhibit: Our Story – This Place: The History of AfricanAmerican Education in Madison County and the Anderson Rosenwald School. Free.

Smoky Mountain Chess Club facebook.com/ SmokyMountainChessClub • THURSDAYS, 1pm - Players of all ages and skill levels are welcome. Free. Held at Blue Ridge Books, 152 S. Main St., Waynesville Smoky Mountain Knitting Guild smkguild.com • WEDNESDAYS, 1-3pm Knitting classes. Free. Held at Blue Ridge Books, 152 S. Main St., Waynesville The Mystical Arts of Tibet Tour 251-6674, cesap.unca.edu A weeklong residency with monks from the Atlantabased Drepung Loseling Monastery. Held on the campus of UNCA. Free unless otherwise noted.

• MO (10/20), 1pm - Mandala sand painting construction and opening ceremony with chanting and music. In the Highsmith Union.

• MO (10/20) through FR (10/24), 10am-5pm Community sand mandala painting and live exhibition. In the Highsmith Student Union.

• MO (10/20), 11:25am - “Death and Dying: The Tibetan Tradition” lecture.

Lipinsky Auditorium.

• TU (10/21), 7pm “Meditation: A Tool for Conscious Living” lecture.

Humanities Lecture Hall.

• WE (10/22), 7pm - “Sacred Music, Sacred Dance for World Healing” performance. $22/$13 faculty, staff & alumni/$8 Asheville-area students/$6 UNCA students. In

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Elisha Mitchell Audubon Society emasnc.org • TU (10/21), 7pm Presentation on biodiversity in the Southern Appalachians with author Jennifer FrickRuppert. Held in UNCA’s Reuter center. Free.

Democrats social and BYO lunch. Held at 905 S. Greenville Highway, Hendersonville • SA (10/18), 5:30-8:30pm - Chili Cook-off and silent auction. $15/$13 advance. Held at First Congregational UCC of Hendersonville, 1735 5th Ave. W., Hendersonville

Green Grannies avl.mx/0gm • 3rd SATURDAYS, 5pm - “Sing for the Climate,” demonstration. Free. Held at Vance Monument, 1 Pack Square

Marty Katz for Sheriff electmartykatzsheriff.com • TH (10/16), 7pm - Oldfashioned town hall meeting. Held at Crab Creek Community Center, 53 Jeter Mountain Road, Hendersonville • TU (10/21), 7pm - Oldfashioned town hall meeting.

Held at Emanuel’s Corner Community Center, 726 First Ave. West, Hendersonville

Festivals East End / Valley Street Neighborhood Association 423-6476, avl.mx/0h5 • SA (10/18), noon-7pm Family Fall Festival, includes children’s activities, live music, hot air balloon rides and more.

Free to attend. Held at Martin Luther King Jr Park, 50 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive

A focus on fundraising what: The Silver Social, a fundraiser for The Asheville Darkroom whEN: Saturday, Oct. 25, at 8 p.m. whERE: The Crow and Quill, 106 Lexington Ave. whY: The Asheville Darkroom is hosting a night of revelry and nerdy photo fun to support art education and public darkroom access as part of its mission to “expose” photography as a community art form.

In order to keep the night’s focus on photography, revelers are encouraged to come dressed as their favorite photograph or photographer.

The Asheville Darkroom, located in the Phil Mechanic Building, was once a privately owned film studio, but, since June 2012, director Bridget Conn has been working to develop the location into a business and public space.

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use their hands creatively,” says Conn. She adds that funds from membership and participation have increased this year, but the Darkroom is still “busting out of our seams right now.” It order to properly function as a classroom, organizers hope to renovate and maybe even expand their space in the future.

The Silver Social, featuring costume contests, a raffle, a silent art auction and live music, will support the activities and needs of the Darkroom in the coming year, helping offset rental and renovation costs and establish a scholarship for local students who want to work in the darkroom but cannot afford it.

Entry fee for the event is $5, and all funds raised during the event will support The Asheville Darkroom. For more information about The Silver Social, contact Conn at avldarkroom@gmail.org. — Michael McDonald

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Fall Harvest Days applecountry.org • TH (10/23) through SA (10/25), 8am-5pm - Includes working crafters and antique machinery.

Sponsored by the Apple Country Antique Engine & Tractor Association. $8 per day. Held at WNC Agricultural Center, 1301 Fanning Bridge Road HardLox: Jewish Food Heritage Festival 253-2282, hardlox.com • Includes traditional Jewish food and music and kids’ and educational activities. Free to attend. Held at Pack Square Park, 121 College St.

Food & Beer Hendersonville Oktoberfest 693-1580, smartstarthc.org • SA (10/18), 1-6pm - Includes live music, polka lessons, Germanfest games, Dachshund races and beer. A portion of sales benefit Smart Start of Henderson County. $5 entry.

Held at Southern Appalachian Brewery, 822 Locust St. Suite 100, Hendersonville

Government & Politics Henderson County Democratic Party 692-6424, myhcdp.com • WE (10/15), 11:30am - Senior

Mountain People’s Assembly mountainmoralmonday.wordpress.com • TH (10/23), 3:30pm - “Moral March to the Polls,” early voting rally. Free. Held at Vance Monument, 1 Pack Square

Kids Groce United Methodist Church 954 Tunnel Road, 298-6195, groceumc.org • SA (10/18), 10am-2pm - Fall children’s activities including bounce castle, music, clogger and pumpkin patch. Free to attend.

Kids’ Activities at the Libraries buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/library • WE (10/15), 11am - Fall Harvest, for kids of all ages.

Held at East Asheville Library, 902 Tunnel Road • WE (10/15), 3:30pm - Makers and Shakers Club: Let’s Build! engineering workshop. Grades K-5. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. Spellbound Children’s Bookshop 50 N. Merrimon Ave., 7087570, spellboundchildrensbookshop.com • SATURDAYS through (10/25), 10:30am - Interactive music workshop with The Moozic Lady.

For ages 3-7. $5 per family.

• SATURDAYS, 11-11:30am Storytime. Ages 2-6. Free.

Tot Time at Asheville Art Museum 282-253-3227, ashevilleart.org • TU (10/21), 10:30am - Held in the museum’s ArtPLAYce. Admission fees apply. Held at Asheville Art Museum, 2 N. Pack Square

Outdoors WILD WOMEN WEEKEND! (pd.) Wilderness skills, Wild herbals and Beyond! October 24-26, with wild foods and survival guru Richard Cleveland, and herbalist Stacy Philips. In one exciting weekend we’ll cover everything you need to know to feel safe and secure in the Great Outdoors! (865) 8509715. lovetheearth.com Blue Ridge Parkway Hikes 298-5330, nps.gov, gail_fox@ nps.gov • FR (10/17), 10am - “Top of the World: Black Balsam,” 2-mile hike. Free. Meets on Black Balsam Road, MP 420.

Free.

Blue Ridge Parkway Ranger Programs 295-3782, ggapio@gmail.com • SA (10/18) & SU (10/19), 10am-3pm - Ranger-led tours of Cone Manor’s second floor departing hourly. Reservations required. Free.

• SA (10/18), 3:30pm “Beavers: Nature’s Sacred Center,” ranger-led program.

Held at Julian Price Picnic Ground, MP 296 Blue Ridge Parkway • SA (10/18), 7pm - Mountain Murder Mysteries: Death on Long Hunt, ranger-led program. Held at Linville Falls Campground Amphitheater, MP 316 Blue Ridge Parkway DuPont State Recreational Forest Entrance: 1400 Staton Road, Cedar Mountain, 877-6527, dupontforest.com • SA (10/18) & SU (10/19), 9am - Tour de Falls, bus tour of High Falls, Triple Falls, Bridal Veil Falls and Lake Julia. $12/$6 under 18.

Lake James State Park 6883 N.C. Highway 126, Nebo, 584-7728 • WE (10/15) 7:30am - “Bird Hike at Paddy’s Creek,” ranger-led migration hike. Free.

• WE (10/22), 9am - “Explore Lake James by Canoe,” ranger-led canoeing instruction.

Registration required. Free.

Swannanoa Valley Museum Hikes 669-9566, swannanoavalleym@ bellsouth.net • SA (10/18), 10am - Moderate 3-mile hike discussing Montreat history. $30/$20 members. Held at Swannanoa Valley Museum, 223 W State St., Black Mountain

Thomas Wolfe 8k thomaswolfe8k.com • SA (10/18), 10am - Includes portions of Montford, the Reed Creek Greenway and Riverside Cemetery. A portion of proceeds support the Thomas Wolfe Memorial. $40/ $35 advance. Held at Thomas Wolfe Memorial, 52 N. Market St YMCA - Woodfin 30 Woodfin St., 505-3990, ymcawnc.org/centers/woodfin • SA (10/18), 8:45am - DuPont Forest Falls hike. $5.

• SU (10/19), 8:45am Catawba Falls Trail hike. $5.

• TH (10/23), 9:15am - Carrier Park urban hike. $3.

Move to Amend of Buncombe County 299-1242, movetoamend.org/ nc-asheville, mabco@movetoamend.org • TU (10/21), 7pm - Activist David Cobb speaks. Held at Jubilee Community Church, 46 Wall St. Public Lectures at UNCA unca.edu. Free unless otherwise noted.

• FR (10/17), 11:25am “Women & Inequality.”

Humanities Lecture Hall.

• FR (10/17), 11:25am “World War One and the Russian Revolution.” Lipinsky Auditorium.

• MO (10/20), 11:25am “Conflict and Coexistence.”

Humanities Lecture Hall.

Parenting ATTENTION PARENTS • ENROLLING CHILDREN NOW (pd.) At Irene Wortham Center, children ages 6 weeks to pre-K (with and without developmental challenges) learn, play and grow together. • NC 5-Star-Rated • Small Class Sizes • Highly-Qualified and Medically-Trained Staff • Child Development Focused • Healthy Food Program. 828-777-6639. ireneworthamcenter.org We Are The Village AVL 407-2061, wearethevillageavl.org • SA (10/18), 9:30am-2pm - Community parenting conference and expo includes vendors, information sessions and children’s activities.

Free to attend. Held at First Baptist Church of Asheville, 5 Oak St.

Public Lectures Center for Cultural Preservation 692-8062, saveculture.org • TU (10/21), 7pm - “WNC’s First People - Cherokee Culture Yesterday and Today.”

Held in the Patton Building on the campus of Blue Ridge Community College. Free.

Ethical Humanist Society of Asheville 687-7759, aeu.org • SU (10/19), 2pm - “My Journey from Minister to Humanist,” with former Mennonite minister Calvin King. Held at Asheville Friends Meetinghouse, 227 Edgewood Road

Seniors Olli at UNCA 251-6140, olliasheville.com, olli@unca.edu • WE (10/16), 7pm - Advance care planning workshop discussion of end-of-life issues, such as treatment wishes, ethical/ legal issues and advance directives. In the Reuter Center. Free.

Spirituality 13 SECRETS OF CREATIVE MANIFESTATION (pd.)- Free Webinars, Asheville Area Talks, paid 2-week residential WORKSHOPS Nov and May. call 828-270-7994 or go to www.krmel.info/ to learn more.

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The only meditation recommended by the American Heart Association. • Topics: How the major forms of meditation differ—in practice and results; What science says about TM, stress, anxiety and depression; Meditation and brain research; What is Enlightenment? • Thursday, 6:30-7:30pm, Asheville TM Center, 165 E. Chestnut. 828-254-4350 or MeditationAsheville.org ABRAHAM/HICKS: LAW OF ATTRACTION MEETING (pd.) Live with joy! Uplifting, positive group! Understand vibration, and how to manifest in your life. Every Wednesday, 7pm, Free! (828) 274-5444.

Asheville Open Heart Meditation (pd.) Experience effortless techniques that connect you to your heart and the Divine within you. Your experience will deepen as you are gently guided in this complete practice. Love Offering 7-8pm Tuesdays, 5 Covington St. 296-0017 heartsanctuary.org.

Astro-Counseling (pd.) Licensed counselor and accredited professional astrologer uses your chart when counseling for additional insight into yourself, your relationships and life directions. Readings also available.

Christy Gunther, MA, LPC. (828) 258-3229.

A WEEKEND OF SELF COMPASSION OCTOBER 24-26 (pd.) Join a group of likehearted people at the Go-With-The-Flow Homestead in Fairview to practice self compassion. We will sit with the trees, in between two creeks and share words and drumming rhythms around the fire circle. For more Info: 252-0538 or innerempathy. com/weekend.html

Awakening Deepest Nature Meditation Class (pd.) Consciousness teacher and columnist Bill Walz.

Healing into life through deepened stillness, presence & wisdom. Meditation, lessons & dialogue in Zen inspired unorthodox enlightenment. Mondays, 6:30-7:30pm - Asheville Friends Meeting House at 227 Edgewood Ave. (off Merrimon). Donation. (828) 258-3241, healing@billwalz. com, www.billwalz.com

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Crystal Visions Books and Event Center (pd.) New and Used Metaphysical Books • Music • Crystals • Jewelry • Gifts • Incense • Tarot. Visit our Labyrinth and Garden. 828687-1193. For events, Intuitive Readers and Vibrational Healing providers: www.crystalvisionsbooks.com

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THE ANCIENT EGYPTIAN SIRIUS ODYSSEY • A JOURNEY INTO SPIRIT AND SOUND (pd.) Special presentation from BioGeometry® Founder Dr. Ibrahim Karim from Cairo, Egypt. An exploration of the Power of Sound for activating and balancing energy fields, in human beings and the environment. • Friday, November 7, 7pm. $15, Limited Seating. Will sell out. Hilton at Biltmore Park, Asheville.

More information or purchase tickets at (828) 298-7007 or WWW.VESICA.ORG THIS SATURDAY • SINGING BOWL WORKSHOP/CONCERT (pd.) Singing bowl Workshop and group healing Concert with Mark Handler. October 18, 7-10pm, Bodhi Tree, 23 Broadway St, Asheville. $20-$40/ person. (828) 424-7889. www. bodhitreeasheville.com Biltmore Church of Christ 823 Fairview St., 274-2829, biltmorecofc.org • SU (10/19), 9:30-10:15am “Hosea’s Message for America,” group dialogue. Free.

First Congregational UCC of Hendersonville 1735 5th Ave. W., Hendersonville, 692-8630, fccendersonville.com • SU (10/19), 9:15am “Christianity After Religion,” discussion of Diana Bass’ philosophy. Free.

Shambhala Meditation Center 19 Westwood Place, 200-5120, shambhalaashvl@gmail.com • SUNDAYS, 10am-noon Morning sitting meditation.

Instruction provided. Free.

Spiritual Study Group 275-8226, washboardben@gmail. com • TUESDAYS, 9:30-11am - Shares spiritual paths, journeys and individual callings. Free. Held at Kairos West Community Center, 742 Haywood Road St. George’s Episcopal Church 1 School Rd., stgeorge.diocesewnc.org • TUESDAYS, 10am-noon “Spirit Collage,” making collage prayer cards. Free.

Spoken & Written Word Asheville Storytelling Circle 274-1123, ashevillestorycircle.org

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• 3rd MONDAYS, 7-9pm Meets at Asheville Terrace, 200 Tunnel Road. Free.

Blue Ridge Books 152 S. Main St., Waynesville • SA (10/18), 3pm - Rev. Bruce Lieske discusses his book Frozen Memories: An Old Man Recaptures His Youthful Adventure in Antarctica.

• SU (10/19), 2:30pm - Journal making workshop. Ages 11+. $5.

Buncombe County Public Libraries buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/library Free unless otherwise noted.

• TH (10/16), 2:30pm - Book Club: The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler. Held at Skyland/South Buncombe Library, 260 Overlook Road.

• FR (10/17) & SA (10/18), 10am-4pm - Antique and Collectible Book Sale. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • FR (10/17) & SA (10/18) - Fall book sale to benefit the library.

Held at Enka-Candler Library, 1404 Sandhill Road, Candler • TU (10/21), 7pm - Jerry Pope discusses his book The Elvis Tooth. Free. Held at Black Mountain Public Library, 105 N. Dougherty St., Black Mountain • TU (10/21), 7pm - Evening Book Club: The Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher by Timothy Egan. Held at Fairview Library, 1 Taylor Road, Fairview • TH (10/23), 5:30-7:30pm Not for Children Only series: Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White and Bridge to Terabithia

by Katherine Paterson.

Registration required. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. City Lights Bookstore 3 E. Jackson St., Sylva, 5869499, citylightsnc.com Free unless otherwise noted.

• TH (10/16), 10:30am - Coffee with the Poet Series: Wesley Satterwhite.

• FR (10/17), 6:30pm - A Look at Climate Change and Extinction: discussion of The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert.

• SA (10/18), 3pm - Julia Watts discusses her book Gifted and Talented.

Courtyard Gallery In the Phil Mechanic Building 109 Roberts St., 273-3332, ashevillecourtyard.com • MONDAYS, 8pm - True Home Open Mic. Free.

Grateful Steps 159 S Lexington Ave., 2770998, gratefulsteps.org • FR (10/17), 5:30-7:30pm - Art Ramsay discusses his book Illumination of the Stones. Free.

Malaprop’s Bookstore and Cafe 55 Haywood St., 254-6734, malaprops.com Free unless otherwise noted.

• SU (10/19), 3pm - Writers at Home: readings from UNCA’s Great Smokies Writing Program.

Spoken Word at UNCA unca.edu • WE (10/15), 7pm - Fred Bahnson discusses his book Soil and Sacrament: A Spiritual Memoir of Food and Faith.

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Synergy Story Slam avl.mx/0gd, tlester33@gmail. com • WE (10/15), 7:30pm Storytelling event with a different theme each month. Free to attend. Held at Odditorium, 1045 Haywood Road The Writer’s Workshop 387 Beaucatcher Road, 2548111, twwoa.org • SA (10/18), 1-4pm - “Writing as Therapy” workshop with Dr. Lucy Daniels. $35/$30 members.

Volunteering Big Brothers Big Sisters of WNC 253-1470, bbbswnc.org Helps children thrive through partnerships with trained adult mentors.

• TH (10/23), 12pm - Volunteer information session. Held at United Way of Asheville & Buncombe, 50 S. French Broad Ave. • TH (10/23), 5-7pm - Volunteer information session. Held at Creekside Taphouse, 8 Beverly Road Eliada Foundation 254-5356, eliada.org • Through (10/26) - Volunteers are needed for many tasks related to Eliada’s Corn Maze.

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The entrepreneurial spirit Doris Carvalho of Tampa, Florida, is raising venture capital to expand her hobby: crafting high-end handbags from groomed, recycled dog hair (two pounds’ worth per bag). With investors, she could lower her costs and, thus, the $1,000 price tag, since it now takes 50 hours’ labor to make the yarn for her haute couture accessory.

The continuing crisis Names in the News: (1) One of the three suspects in an August arrest for making fraudulent purchases at a Jupiter, Florida, shop: Ms. Cherries Waffles Tennis, 19.

(2) The president of the Alabama Public Service Commission (who invoked prayer in July as the most effective way to fight federal restrictions on coal-fired power plants): Ms. Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh. (3) The investigator for the Ohio state auditor’s office who was ordered by his supervisor in July to end a romantic relationship with another government official: Jim Longerbone.

But It’s About “Safety,” Not “Money”: On the same day in September, Washington, D.C., and New York City made traffic-camera announcements, with Washington declaring a revenue crisis and New York revealing that just one speed camera in Brooklyn had earned the city $77,550 in a single day. The District of Columbia had projected $93 million in annual camera income, but estimated it would collect only $26 million, while New York City,

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which has many fewer cameras, was marveling at the 1,551 tickets the Brooklyn camera zapped on July 7.

American scenes (1) Staci Anne Spence, 42, was hauled to jail for assault in Sandpoint, Idaho, in September, but when the squad car arrived at the station, officers learned that during the ride, she had completely gnawed through the back seat — foam padding and seat cover. (2) A 38-yearold man was taken, unconscious, to St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota, in August. After allegedly choking his mother-in-law and refusing to cooperate with police, who used a stun gun and chemical spray on him to no effect, he dramatically KO’d himself with an empty beer bottle.

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Doctors just want to have fun An August West Virginia Board of Medicine report accused Martinsburg doctor Tressie Montene Duffy, 44, of overprescribing drugs and repeatedly exposing herself to coworkers. Duffy, who owns a “weight and wellness” clinic, allegedly forced one employee to “motor boat” her surgically enhanced breasts.

Least-competent criminals Not Ready for Prime Time: (1) Police in West Valley City, Utah, searched for an exceptionally unintimidating man in August after reports that the man had tried to rob a Subway sandwich shop and a Family Dollar store.

Each time, an employee told the man to wait, went into a backroom and then simply failed to return; the “robber” eventually walked away emptyhanded. (2) In Londonderry, Northern Ireland, in August, Kevin Clarence, 20, entered a supermarket and only then, witnesses said, put a plastic garbage bag over his head and got in line for a cashier. He quickly tired of waiting, however, and walked out, saying, “I’ll be back,” but was caught by police minutes later. X

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While it may be all of these things, Asheville’s meditation leaders have found that group practice is much more. “Once you start to meditate and connect with all of those parts of yourself that you have been ignoring, your heart naturally opens up, ”says Ronya Banks, founder and lead teacher of Asheville Insight Meditation.

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relate to themselves, their jobs and other human beings.

In that way, meditation can be the very foundation for building true community.

This is a natural process, says Banks, “moving from ‘me’ to ‘we.’”

In fact, most mindfulness-based meditation practices start with inquiring into the self as a means of informing how we relate to what is happening “out there,” in our lives and in the world.

Meditation “can help one learn to listen and respond to what is happening in their life in the present moment. When we can do this, we have better clarity about how to help others,” says Teijo Munnich, guiding teacher at the Zen Center of Asheville and Great Tree Zen Women’s Temple.

In Asheville, most meditation groups incorporate community building through open public sittings, group discussions, potlucks, hikes, book shares and, in some cases, volunteer projects. These offthe-cushion activities provide practitioners with an opportunity to build relationships with other motivated and supportive individuals who are interested in “inner work.”

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vision for the center is to build an enlightened society. “We look into what it means to be human, uncovering qualities like compassion, dignity and fearlessness.” Shambhala holds a weekly public meditation every Thursday evening. When the gong sounds to end the session, meditators are encouraged to stick around for tea, conversation and a light reading instead of hurrying back into their lives and stories.

Group meditation is really where the magic and transformation happens, says Tom Ball, director of the Asheville TM Center. He’s especially fond of group meditation because of “the power of collective consciousness.” When we meditate in groups, he says, “ the experience is intensified, the results amplified.”

The results can even lead to engaged action in the greater community. Banks, the founder of the group Asheville Insight Meditation, has taken community building out into the city by sponsoring service projects. Currently, meditators in group are working with Homeward Bound to address homelessness in Western North Carolina. “With most of us living separate, busy lives in our insulated homes, we do not get an opportunity to satisfy our innate need for human connection,” says Banks. Through the Homeward Bound project, Asheville Insight volunteers collect and donate housewares and furniture for a family to move into a home of their own. In this way, the meditation community supports one

another in practicing dana (generosity) for the larger community and fellow human beings.

Govinda Bhava, director of the Bodhi Tree Healing Center, believes that we must first have clarity in our own lives before we can begin to understand what is best for the community as a whole. Bhava notes that this has been happening in different cultures for thousands of years: “When we are authentic in the sharing of our truth, strong bonds are formed in the community. We gain strength from being in the company of truth, and through that, community is instantaneously formed.”

For more information on our local meditation groups, check out one of the following public meditation events (and if you know of others, email Xpress at wellness@mountainx.com): Mondays-Saturdays: Open Sit, 9 a.m., Asheville Insight Meditation Mondays, Wednesdays: Meditation, 7 a.m., Bodhi Tree Tuesdays: Meditation & Movement, 10 a.m., Bodhi Tree Thursdays: Meditation, 6 -6:45 pm, Shambhala Meditation Center • Intro to Meditation, 6:30 p.m., Asheville TM Center • Meditation and Dharma talk, 7-8:30 pm, Asheville Insight Meditation Sundays: Meditation, 10 a.m.-noon, Shambhala Meditation Center • Meditation, 3:30 & 4:30, Asheville TM Center X

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WELLNESS CALENDAR

by Carrie Eidson & Michael McDonald College, 140 Sweeten Creek Road

Wellness

National Alliance on Mental Illness 20% PROCEEDS • BREAST CANCER AWARENESS • OPEN HOUSE (ww) Wednesday, October 22, 6-7:30pm. Join us for product samples, mini services, prizes and giveaways, plus hors d’oeuvres and beverages. Call (828) 2777705. 520 Hendersonville Road, Suraj Spa Salon.

505-7353, namiwnc.org • TUESDAYS and SATURDAYS through (11/15) - Family-to-Family, class for mental health caregivers. Tues: 6-8:30pm; Sat: 1:30-4pm. Location given upon registration. Free.

Asheville Art Museum

252-0562, ourvoicenc.org/trauma-education-series • TUESDAYS, 5:30-6:30pm - Workshop and support group, “Understanding the Mind, Body and Spirit after Sexual Violence.” Free. Held at Our Voice, 44 Merrimon Ave. Suite 1, 28801

2 N. Pack Square, 253-3227, ashevilleart.org • TH (10/17), 10am - Yoga in the Galleries. $12/$8 members.

Asheville Community Yoga Center 8 Brookdale Road, ashevillecommunityyoga.com • WEDNESDAYS through (10/29), 6pm - “Harvesting the Quiet” yoga. $40/ $11 per class.

• SA (10/18), 12-2pm - “The Royal Path,” raja yoga. $20.

• SA (10/18), 2:30-5pm - Head-to-toe self massage workshop. $25.

HeartSpeak Empathy Circle heartspeakpeace.com • 3rd TUESDAYS, 7:30-9pm - For practicing and experiencing empathy. Free. Held at 386 Kenilworth Road MemoryCare

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St. George’s Episcopal Church 1 School Road, stgeorge.diocesewnc.org • MONDAYS through (10/27), 2:30-3:30pm - Tai Chi for arthritis. All levels. $10.

Sunshine Institute 20 Fall Pippen Lane Suite 200, 785-1381, sunshineinstitute.org • WEDNESDAYS through (10/29), 9:15am - Seminar on self-help tools for balance and harmony. $10 per class.

Support Groups

771-2219, memorycare.org • TUESDAYS through (11/18), 3:30-6pm - “Caregiver College,” improving dementia care workshop. $20 per session. Registration required. Held at South

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Alcoholics Anonymous For a full list of meetings in WNC, call 254-8539 or aancmco.org.

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Adult Children of Alcoholics & Dysfunctional Families For people who grew up in an alcoholic or otherwise dysfunctional home. Info: adultchildren.org.

Visit mountainx.com/support for full listings.

Al-Anon/ Alateen Family Group A support group for the family and friends of alcoholics. Info: wnc-alanon.org or 800-286-1326.

Visit mountainx.com/support for full listings.

Asheville Women for Sobriety 215-536-8026, www.womenforsobriety.org • THURSDAYS, 6:30-8pm – YWCA of Asheville, 185 S. French Broad Ave. Asperger’s Adults United meetup.com/aspergersadultsunited • 2nd & 4th SATURDAYS, 2-4pm - Held at Hyphen, 81 Patton Ave. Occasionally meets additional Saturdays. Contact for details.

Asperger’s Teens United facebook.com/groups/AspergersTeensUnited • SATURDAYS, 6-9pm – For teens (13-19) and their parents. Meets every 3 weeks starting June 28.

Chronic Pain Support deb.casaccia@gmail.com or 989-1555 • 2nd SATURDAYS, 12:30pm – Held in a private home. Contact for directions.

CoDependents Anonymous 398-8937 • TUESDAYS, 8pm - Asheville 12 Step Recovery Club, 1340-A Patton Avenue • WEDNESDAYS, 7-8pm & SATURDAYS, 11am-

12:15 pm - First Congregational UCC, 20 Oak St. Use back door.

Debtors Anonymous debtorsanonymous.org • MONDAYS, 7pm – First Congregational UCC, 20 Oak St., Room 101 Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance magneticminds.weebly.com or 367-7660 • WEDNESDAYS, 7pm & SATURDAYS, 4pm – 1316-C Parkwood Road Diabetes Support laura.tolle@msj.org or 213-4788 • 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 3:30pm – Mission Health, 1 Hospital Drive. Room 3-B. Eating Disorder Support Groups Info: thecenternc.weebly.com or 337-4685. Visit mountainx.com/support for full listings.

Electro-Sensitivity Support For electrosensitive individuals. For location and info contact hopefulandwired@gmail.com or 255-3350.

Emotions Anonymous For anyone desiring to live a healthier emotional life. Info: 631-434-5294 • TUESDAYS, 7pm – Oak Forest Presbyterian Church, 880 Sandhill Road Food Addicts Anonymous 423-6191 or 301-4084

This Saturday • 7-10 pm • October 18

SINGING BOWL Workshop & Concert • THURSDAYS, 6pm – Asheville 12 Step Club, 1340A Patton Ave. Heart of Recovery Meditation Group Teaches how to integrate meditation with any 12-step recovery program. asheville.shambhala. org • TUESDAYS, 6pm - Shambhala Meditation Center, 19 Westwood Place.

Heart Support For individuals living with heart failure. 2746000.

• 1st TUESDAYS, 2-4pm – Asheville Cardiology Associates, 5 Vanderbilt Drive.

Living With Chronic Pain Hosted by American Chronic Pain Association; 776-4809 • 2nd WEDNESDAYS, 6:30 pm – Swannanoa Library, 101 W. Charleston Ave. Memory Loss Caregivers For caregivers of those with memory loss or dementia. network@memorycare.org • 2nd TUESDAYS, 9:30am – Highland Farms Retirement Community, 200 Tabernacle Road, Black Mountain Men Working On Life’s Issues 273-5334 or 231-8434 • TUESDAYS, 6-8pm – Held in a private home.

Contact for directions.

Mission Health Family Group Night For caregivers of children with social health needs or development concerns. 213-9787 • 1st TUESDAYS, 5:30pm – Mission Reuter Children’s Center, 11 Vanderbilt Park Drive.

Nar-Anon Family Groups For relatives and friends concerned about the addiction or drug problem of a loved one. Info: nar-anon.org. Visit mountainx.com/support for full listings.

National Alliance on Mental Illness For people living with mental health issues and their loved ones. Info: namiwnc.org or 505-7353. Visit mountainx.com/support for full listings.

Overcomes of Domestic Violence For anyone who is dealing with physical and/or emotional abuse. 665-9499.

• WEDNESDAYS, noon-1pm – The First

Christian Church, 470 Enka Lake Road, Candler.

Overeaters Anonymous Info: 258-4821. Visit mountainx.com/support for full listings.

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Recovering Couples Anonymous For couples where at least one member is recovering from addiction. Info: recoveringcouples.org • MONDAYS, 6pm – Foster Seventh Day Adventists Church, 376 Hendersonville Road.

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S-Anon Family Groups For those affected by another’s sexaholism.

Four confidential meetings are available weekly in WNC. For dates, times and locations contact wncsanon@gmail.com or 258-5117.

Smart Recovery Helps individuals gain independence from all types of addictive behavior. Visit mountainx. com/support for full listings.

St. George’s Episcopal Church • SATURDAYS, 6-9pm - Asperger’s Teens United. For teens (13-19) and their parents. Meets every three weeks.

Strength in Survivorship For cancer survivors. Strengthinsurvivorship@ yahoo.com or 808-7673 • 1st & 3rd SATURDAYS, 11am-noon – Mills River Library, 124 Town Drive, Mills River Sylva Grief Support Hosted by Four Seasons Compassion for Life. melee@fourseasonscfl.org • TUESDAYS, 10:30am - Jackson County Department on Aging, 100 Country Services Park, Sylva Underearners Anonymous underearnersanonymous.org • TUESDAYS, 6pm – First Congregational UCC, 20 Oak St., Room 102 Western North Carolina Brain Tumor Support 691-2559, wncbraintumor.org • TH (10/16), 6:15-8pm - Informational presentation with Dr. Matthew Hull, radiation oncologist with Mission Health. Held at MAHEC Education Center, 121 Hendersonville Road

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spotlight on Small Towns Haywood County gems Waynesville and Canton embrace local food, art, history and more Haywood County’s towns are nestled in a spectacular natural setting that’s been wowing residents and visitors for generations. Home to part of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the county boasts stunning mountain peaks, including the famed Cold Mountain (6,030 feet) — the setting for Charles Frazier’s award-winning novel and the 2003 Hollywood film of the same name.

Waynesville (population 9,869) was founded in 1809 by Col. Robert Love, a Revolutionary War soldier who named the town for his commander, Brig. Gen. “Mad” Anthony Wayne (whose nickname is alternately attributed to his fiery temper or his bravery in battle). The Haywood County seat, Waynesville offers a lively downtown with public art installations, seasonal monthly gallery strolls and this weekend’s Apple Harvest Festival on Main Street (10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 18). Plus, the annual Folkmoot USA international folk festival takes place in town and around the region every July.

Canton (population 4,227) — the county’s second-largest town — is named for Canton, Ohio, which supplied material for a bridge spanning the Pigeon River. For more than 100 years, the paper mill (now owned by Evergreen Packaging) in the heart of Canton has dominated (and supported) the town. Canton is also home to the South’s oldest Labor Day celebration, which marked its 108th year in August.

Read on to see what Xpress readers deemed the best in these vibrant mountain communities.

WAYNESVILLE & CANTON Art Gallery

1 Twigs and Leaves Gallery x 98 N. Main St., Waynesville 456-1940 • twigsandleaves.com

An appreciation of nature informs the artwork featured at Twigs and Leaves Gallery. More than 45 artists — most of them regional — fill the downtown Waynesville space with pottery and other clay art, along with furniture, jewelry, landscape photos and paintings, plus quilted wall hangings, stained glass and metal fabrications.

“The gallery has a naturally calming and welcoming feel, exciting all the senses,” says co-owner Carrie Keith. She and her husband, John, bought the gallery 7-1/2 years ago after moving to the area from Florida. “As a six-time first-place winner of the Mountain Xpress Best Of, we are grateful for the continued support of our customers and our artists,” Keith says. The sentiment runs both ways.

2 T. Pennington

15 N. Main St., Waynesville 452-9284 • tpennington.com

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Twigs and Leaves Gallery: Best Art Gallery

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3 Earthworks Galleries

21 N. Main St., Waynesville 452-9500 • earthworksgalleries.com

digs. Patrons can bring their own food to enjoy with the brewery’s concoctions, either inside while listening to live music or on the back deck overlooking the creek. Sounds like just the right recipe for relaxation.

3 Mahogany House

2 The Classic Wineseller

240 Depot St., Waynesville 246-0818 • themahoganyhouse.com

Music Venue

1 Frog Level Brewing Co.

56 Commerce St., Waynesville 454-5664 • froglevelbrewing.com

Frog Level, a low-lying part of Waynesville by the railroad tracks and Richland Creek, had not seen much development since the automobile supplanted rail travel. And yet, over the past 2-1/2 years, Frog Level Brewing Co. — the first microbrewery in Haywood County — has been drawing local patrons to its little corner of town.

From the citrusy/floral Salamander Slam IPA to the smoky Hop-Scotch Ale and the substantial Tadpole Porter, Frog Level Brewing Co. offers up six cleverly named brews at its comfortable

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20 Church St., Waynesville 452-6000 • classicwineseller.com

3 The Strand at 38 Main 38 N. Main St., Waynesville 283-0079 • 38main.com

Neighborhood Gathering Spot

1 Frog Level Brewing Co.

56 Commerce St., Waynesville 454-5664 • froglevelbrewing.com

2 Tipping Point Tavern and Brewery 190 N. Main St., Waynesville 246-9230 • tippingpointtavern.com

3 Panacea Coffeehouse, Café & Roastery

66 Commerce St., Waynesville 452-6200 • panaceacoffee.com

Saturday Night Hangout

1 BearWaters Brewing Co.

130 Frazier St., Suite 7, Waynesville 246-0602 • bwbrewing.com

Tucked away in a Waynesville industrial park, BearWaters Brewing Co. has won devotees for its brews, relaxed atmosphere and friendly service, says owner Kevin Sandefur. “Our culture is one of excellent customer service and an excellent product,” he notes. In fact, the brewery won 10 medals in the 2013 Carolina Championship of Beers, including a gold for its Sliding Rock Ale. Seasonal brews include a Pumpkin brew and an Octoberfest. “We have a Monday night Open Mic Jam Session and live music on the weekends with local musicians,” says Sandefur. “We invested a lot in our sound system, so we have a good quality sound that performers and audience members can enjoy.” And enjoy it they do.

1 Frog Level Brewing Co.

56 Commerce St., Waynesville 454-5664 • froglevelbrewing.com

1 Tipping Point Tavern and Brewery 190 N. Main St., Waynesville 246-9230 • tippingpointtavern.com

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1 Tipping Point Brewery & Tavern 190 N. Main St., Waynesville 246-9230 • tippingpointtavern.com

Fans of Tipping Point Brewery & Tavern appreciate its beer — particularly the brewery’s own Punch in the Face IPA and PBR on tap — along with a friendly sports-bar feel, tasty food and attentive service. The Main Street establishment serves up a variety of pub grub, such as pulled-pork sandwiches, wings, tacos and a burger with a twist: The Santa Fe Burger is served wrapped in a flour tortilla with red chili rice. Notes TripAdvisor reviewer DWinTN (who was pleasantly surprised by the deep-fried corn on the cob): “The atmosphere is a friendly, local sports-bar type of pub with plenty of TVs and a great selection of food and drinks.” Xpress readers offer their seal of approval.

2 Frog Level Brewing Co.

56 Commerce St., Waynesville 454-5664 • froglevelbrewing.com

3 BearWaters Brewing Co.

130 Frazier St., Suite 7, Waynesville 246-0602 • bwbrewing.com

Coffee House

1 Panacea Coffeehouse, Café & Roastery 66 Commerce St., Waynesville 452-6200 • panaceacoffee.com

Panacea Coffeehouse, Café and Roastery opened in 2002 in a former warehouse in Waynesville’s historic Frog Level railroad district.

“Panacea’s unique espresso blend sets us apart from other coffee roasters,” notes business development manager Theresa Lebanno. “Baristas treat everyone as part of their extended ‘Panacea Family,’ focusing on making the very best espresso drinks in the lighter-roasted Northern Italian style, which is roasted in small batches with careful attention to extract the natural characteristics distinct to each growing region.” The comfy café also offers soups, salads and sandwiches, which (in warm weather) might be best enjoyed from its outdoor seating overlooking Richland Creek.

Panacea — defined as “a remedy for all ills or difficulties” — promises to live up to its name.

2 City Bakery Café g z l 18 N. Main St., Waynesville 452-3881 • citybakery.net

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48 Haywood Park Drive, Clyde 627-8905 • coffeecupcafenc.com

3 Smoky Mountain Coffee Roasters 444 Hazlewood Ave., Waynesville 452-1212 • avl.mx/0de

1 City Bakery Café g z l 18 N. Main St., Waynesville 452-3881 • citybakery.net

Waynesville fans of City Bakery particularly dig the café’s breakfast and dessert offerings: House favorites include bacon, egg and cheese on a cheddar-scallion biscuit, along with peanut-butter pies, éclairs and cupcakes (yum!). Breads are formed by hand and baked daily using as little yeast as possible to let the dough rise slowly and develop complex flavors. Pastries — including croissants, Danishes and more — are likewise baked daily. The café also serves up soups, sandwiches and coffees, all delivered with an eye toward fast service and a friendly atmosphere.

“We love what we do and take pride in our work, and that shows through our products,” says Social Media and Marketing Coordinator Nicole Miller.

Xpress readers wholeheartedly agree.

2 Joey’s Pancake House

4309 Soco Road, Maggie Valley 926-0212 • joeyspancake.com

3 Clyde’s Restaurant 2107 S. Main St., Waynesville 456-9135

Lunch Restaurant

1 Nick & Nate’s Pizzeria z 111 N. Main St., Waynesville 452-0027

Nick & Nate’s enticing lunch buffet is part of what keeps folks coming back to the downtown Waynesville pizzeria, says General Manager Jason Mahaffey. “People know they can get in and get out quickly,” Mahaffey says. “They know they’re getting a good quality meal – a homecooked meal – at a reasonable price.” Diners particularly favor the garlic and oil-based Nantahala Pizza: “We sell a ton of them,” he notes.

The restaurant also boasts a rotating selection of 18 brews on tap. “People might come in for a Gaelic and find out that we have a Sierra Nevada Tater Ridge as well,” he says. “We also sponsor local beers such as Frog Level Brewery.” It’s a win, Xpress readers declare.

sashimi to pastas and Weiner schnitzel.

Crab cakes are another menu favorite.

“It’s ironic to be in the mountains and serving the best crab cake I’ve ever had!” exclaims Weaver. Plus, staffers pride themselves on taking care of their customers. Xpress readers: They know a good thing when they find it.

2 Frog’s Leap Public House g 44 Church St., Waynesville 456-1930 • frogsleappublichouse.com

3 Bogart’s

303 S. Main St., Waynesville 452-1313 • bogartswaynesville.com

Sweets/Dessert Place

1 City Bakery Café g z l 18 N. Main St., Waynesville 452-3881 • citybakery.net

2 Pheasant Hill Café and Gallery 112 N. Main St., Waynesville 456-1796 • pheasanthilldesign.com

3 The Chocolate Bear 170 N. Main St., Waynesville 452-6844 • avl.mx/w4

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2 Clyde’s Restaurant

2107 S. Main St., Waynesville 456-9135

2 The Sweet Onion Restaurant

39 Miller St., Waynesville 456-5559 • sweetonionrestaurant.com

3 Thai Spice

128 N. Main St., Waynesville 454-5400 • avl.mx/w5

Dinner Restaurant

1 The Sweet Onion Restaurant x 39 Miller St., Waynesville 456-5559 • sweetonionrestaurant.com

Tucked into downtown Waynesville is The Sweet Onion Restaurant, a cozy, upscale dining spot that opened in July 2007 “because someone took a chance and helped us build our restaurant, letting us design the whole thing ourselves,” explains owner Jenny Weaver. Sourcing from local purveyors such as The Ten Acre Garden and Sunburst Trout Farms, The Sweet Onion maintains an eclectic menu — from fried chicken and tuna

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1088 N. Main St., Waynesville 456-5133

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84 Crossroads Hill Road, Canton 648-2224

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Sunburst Trout Farms CEO Sally Eason had long wanted to open a store in downtown Waynesville and jumped at the chance to open Sunburst Market. The full-scale neighborhood grocery, now under the ownership of Katie Hughes (Eason’s daughter) and her husband, Clay Hughes, has won a loyal following. “I think the community was excited to have a neighborhood grocery come to downtown Waynesville where you can find a lot of local produce, cheese, meats and fish year-round, a place with more organic and allnatural options without having to leave Haywood County,” the owners report. “We support a lot of local farmers, craftsmen, artisans, brewers and vintners year-round.” We’ll chalk this up as another win for the community.

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Over nine years ago, the spa-like Indigo Salon opened to enthusiastic customers banging on the door to get in. Though perhaps a bit calmer now, the loyal clientele still appreciate the certified Aveda Concept Salon. The shop uses Aveda hair and body products exclusively while maintaining an experienced staff — in fact, the least seasoned stylist has 22 years of experience. “Mainly, we are really knowledgeable about what hair will and won’t do. We don’t always do exactly what a customer asks, because we know it won’t always work,” explains manager Sarah Radosevic. “By doing so, we ensure that customers leave happy!”

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Apples help define fall in Western North Carolina, where the fruit was introduced in the 18th century by (legend says) William Mills, a major in the British Army. He settled in Henderson County, but Haywood County boasts its own long tradition of growing apples and will celebrate both the fruit and the season with the 26th annual Apple Harvest Festival on Saturday, Oct. 18.

Coordinated by the Haywood County Chamber of Commerce, the event will fill the streets of downtown Waynesville with live music and

clogging performances; children’s activities; more than 175 art, craft and food vendors and, of course, plenty of fresh Haywood County apples.

It seems like a good plan to head to this event hungry — organizers promise plenty of locally made apple cider, tarts, pies, muffins and cookies that will be for sale all along Main Street. Entertainment will include old-school bluegrass music

by Bobby & Blue Ridge Tradition and Whitewater Bluegrass, plus a folk/country performance by Simple Folk.

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Winter is coming WNC growers embrace the cold and extend the harvest to four seasons

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The long summer is behind us, but for many growers in Western North Carolina, the spring-summer growing season is only half the story. Commercial growers, donation gardens and gardenbased education programs are all finding ways to keep local foods and food security growing in WNC, year-round.

Securing the harvest WNC is populated by many gardens that grow for donation. Garden networks such as Bountiful Cities and Gardens That Give help to connect community gardens with food pantries or neighbors experiencing food insecurity. But what happens when the growing season ends?

“Generally at this latitude, we do not have sufficient hours of sunlight between Dec. 10 and Jan. 10 to [grow] anything,” says Buzz Durham, garden manager at the Grace Covenant Community Garden.

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Year-Round Networking: Alan Rose (left) and his son Andrew designed New Sprout Farms to be a network of regional gardens, allowing for four-seasons growing.

“It’s not that we’re growing ‘off-site,’” Andrew says. “[We] support other small farmers who grow quality organic produce by making them an equal part of New Sprout Farms.”

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But that doesn’t keep local community gardens from erecting simple structures to extend their growing season. At Grace Covenant, Durham says the church’s youth group has worked with the garden volunteers to build a winter grow-

chamber constructed from raised beds covered with thermoplastic sheets that will allow broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower to grow into November and kale, collards and turnips to grow until the temperature reaches -20 degrees.

“The kids gained this understanding of food insecurity from studying Guatemala and Haiti through the church,” Durham says.

“But they realized on their own that food insecurity is something happening in Asheville too. They picked up on that need and wanted to do something.”

Living Web Farms, a member of the Gardens That Give network, will be able to continue its food donation program throughout the year thanks to two on-site greenhouses.

“Our farm was founded on a mission of creating systems that are sustainable — all the time,” says Meredith Leigh, education and community outreach coordinator. “So the farm was designed to be able to grow and to donate food year-round.”

Living Web donates produce to 12 different pantries in WNC, Leigh says, with cabbage, cauliflower, kale, turnips, radishes and bok choy growing for most of the year. She adds that the farm steers clear of “gourmet vegetables” — focusing on foods that are nutrientrich but that people are familiar with and will know how to prepare.

Leigh says Living Web expects to be able to grow more food for donation this year by increasing production in the greenhouses.

She adds that homesteaders or growers looking to combat food insecurity on a neighborhood level can extend their season through simple hoop houses and cold frames, which can be constructed with materials available at local gardening centers.

“When we talk about resiliency, we need to realize that a large part of that is developing systems that support people,” Leigh

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says. “The pantries we work with are always so grateful,” she adds.

“There’s such a gap to fill.”

Putting the pieces together Alan Rose’s life was very different five years ago. Working for an Atlanta-based company tasked with reducing health care costs for clients such as Disney and Nordstrom, Rose says his life was centered around “frequent flier miles” and “Atlanta traffic.” It’s a far cry from his life now — living in Black Mountain, a few blocks away from the organic farm he and his family own.

It was Rose’s son Andrew who introduced his parents to ideas like organic foods and the importance

of a local food economy— coming home from Vanderbilt (where he was president of the campus’ farming initiative) and encouraging his parents to eat healthy foods and read Michael Pollan. “I remember my wife reading Botany of Desire and going, “Oh my god, this is amazing,” Rose laughs.

After visiting Western North Carolina for Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project’s 2011 Farm Tour, the Roses decide to start New Sprout Organic Farms.

That’s right — farms, with an “s.”

Because from the beginning, Rose says, he knew New Sprout wouldn’t just be one place — it would be a network of small farms working together under one umbrella.

“What we realized early on is that it’s really hard to do all the steps — from deciding what to grow, to growing it and harvesting it, then packing and storing, post-harvest handling, the accounts receivable, the accounts payable, the regulations in terms of certification,” Rose says. “We knew there were a lot of folks who are extremely passionate and capable of growing, but who cannot easily or affordably cover the rest of it. So basically we said, ‘If you can grow good-quality, organic produce, then we can do everything else.’”

So the Roses and their crew set out to make New Sprout a network, which by the end of this year will include 15 organic farms with sites in eastern North Carolina, Alabama and Georgia and some sites in Florida joining next year.

The farmers in the network grow their crops in an exclusive contract with New Sprout in exchange for the use of transportation, storage facilities and equipment.

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“It’s not that we’re growing ‘off-site,’” Andrew Rose says.

“There are other companies that go and buy produce from different regions and just sell it under the same branding, but what we want to do is support other small farmers who grow quality organic produce by making them an equal part of New Sprout Farms.”

What the network also does is extend New Sprout’s growing season throughout the year — with growers in the southernmost states still able to harvest crops in January and February. As an independent business, Andrew says it was crucial for New Sprout to overcome the classic farming dilemma — 12 months of expenses without 12 months of harvest. And the growing network, Alan adds, ensures that the storage facility in Black Mountain with its industrial coolers and forklift, isn’t just sitting there unused.

Andrew says several of the farms will also use high-tunnel structures to extend their growing season this year. The simple structures — made from PVC pipes covered with plastic sheets — can be used to canopy as much as three-quarters of an acre, heating crops by trapping solar energy, ambient heat from the earth or heat generated by composting under the plastic hood. It allows New Sprout to extend the season for cucumbers, tomatoes and peppers, and makes it possible for some of the sites to grow bok choy and arugula in the dead of winter.

“I think high tunnels have a chance to have an amazing impact on the Southeast foodshed,” Andrew says. “Just being able to produce more food, and more nutrient-dense food — I mean, that’s why we got into this in the first place.”

CONTINUING education: Hall Fletcher Elementary garden instructor Rachel Lubitz in the school’s greenhouse. The school’s year-round calendar and greenhouse means garden education will continue for all four seaons.

Year-round education Hall Fletcher Elementary School is oddly quiet during the first week of October. The kids are enjoying their fall break, but teachers like garden instructor Rachel Lubitz are busy preparing lesson plans for when the students return.

This summer, Hall Fletcher switched to a year-round academic schedule of nine-weeks on and three-weeks off — meaning Lubitz will also be leading year-round

gardening courses to supplement each grade level’s state-mandated science curriculum.

“It has this great advantage of giving them an understanding of the transition from season to season and what grows in the garden at which time,” Lubitz says. “It also allows us to have variety of edibles, flowers and herbs that they can cook with and explore — so they can investigate the various parts of the plant but also be able to eat things in the gardening program throughout the winter.”

The program utilizes a small greenhouse built in 2001 with funds from a Lowe’s Toolbox for Education grant. Starting in March, the kids will participate in farm fields trips and the Muddy Sneakers outdoor program, but during the winter the greenhouse will be their only outdoor-based learning program, Lubitz says.

“So for example, the fourth graders study what is beneficial for an ecosystem versus what is harmful,” she explains. “We use the greenhouse for experiments where you water one plant with water and another with soda, or plant one in compost and another without compost. It allows them to understand what is beneficial for the plant and also see how human impact can be harmful.”

In the coldest months, Lubitz says the program will focus on cooking demonstrations and incorporating edibles from the greenhouse into recipes and experiments. If funding allows, the school hopes to complete a cob oven for the spring so that, once the harvest starts, community members can grow, pick and even prepare food at Hall Fletcher — a farm-to-table experience within a school.

“I do think about it as a farmto-table thing, but there are also so many other components: nutrition, environmental stewardship, organic gardening, experimental learning, science,” Lubitz says.

“The farm-to-table aspect is just icing on the cake.”

This will be the final Farm & Garden story in our print edition for this season. Keeping sending your garden news and story ideas to garden@mountainx.com and check our website for our year-round coverage. X

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F O O D

Book of love

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Living in a self-proclaimed Foodtopia like Asheville, one can often go one of two directions. You can either go broke eating out every night, indulging yourself on local fare, or you ignore the restaurants, bunker down in the farmers market culture and just cook for yourself.

Fortunately, two local authors have put together a book that meshes those two fronts together. Farmer & Chef Asheville is the latest independent release from local cookbook author Debby Maugans and her business partner, marketing professional Christine Sykes Lowe.

“It’s a love letter and a guidebook to Asheville and the surrounding areas, our food, our farmers and our chefs,” says Maugans. “We wanted to shed light on small farmers and the chefs here in the city.”

The book is dense — more than 270 pages of glossy, local-food porn, all shot by one of Maugans’ friends from Birmingham, Ala., Beau Gustafson.

Forty different restaurants and even more restaurateurs, writers and farmers offer their recipes.

But in spite of its broad perspective, this is no schmaltzy, tourist-fodder cookbook. Assembling something of this magnitude and acuity was a heavy task. Each of the 230-plus recipes, all compiled within a month and a half, had to be tested and logged by Maugans.

Fortunately, this isn’t the author’s first rodeo. She recently shifted from a career as a food writer at The Birmingham News, where she penned a column called “Table for Two,” as well as writing for various publications. In her current role as the food marketer for the Old Mill in Pigeon Forge, Tenn., Maugans develops products, then photographs and writes about them.

“Because of my background, I knew that we wanted to do this right,” she says. “We had everyone submit their recipes formally, with a submission form, and then I tested

and edited all the recipes, putting them in a book form that really made sense, and that was the fun part of the whole process.”

In the pages, Dan and Jael Rattigan of French Broad Chocolate Lounge serve up ginger-coconut meatballs. “He sent Jael out to get lettuce from the garden to make the salad,” Maugans recalls, “and she said, ‘Where’s the best spot to pick it?’ and he said, ‘That chickweed underneath the trampoline out back.’” Most all of the dishes are just as simple and home-cook friendly to prepare.

Chef Traci Taylor of Fig offers North Carolina flounder with a lemongrass broth that Maugans describes as “just divine.”

Meanwhile, Seven Sows’ Michael Moore delivers his fried chicken dinner, of which, Maugans says, “Yahoo called that one of the best chicken dinners you can get in the country.”

Over the past year, Maugans and Lowe partnered with Joe Yonan of The Washington Post and Kathleen Purvis of The Charlotte Observer and Savor the South book series to throw several events with local chefs and restaurants, something they see continuing in the future.

“The cool thing about this book is that if you buy it before you come to Asheville, it is going to be a great

BY THE BOOK: Dozens of local restaurants and farms share recipes in the new Farmer & Chef Asheville cookbook. Pictured is Tupelo Honey’s corn cakes with salsa. Photo courtesy of Farmer & Chef South

way to find out what is here and to get a good view of the restaurants and the food scene,” she says.

“This was our first book,” she continues. “We have three other cities in mind throughout the South, and we’ll see how it progresses.”

A launch party with chef demonstrations and a book signing will be held noon-4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15, at Williams-Sonoma in Biltmore Village. Farmer & Chef Asheville will be released in early November and can be pre-ordered now at farmerandchefsouth.com. X

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ROLLING WITH IT: Thomas Lussier, roast master at Dynamite Roasting Co., rolls Guatemalan coffee beans in a computerized roasting machine. Photo by Cindy Kunst

Local roasters know their beans — and their roots Great coffee is no different from any other art form: The quality of the final product depends both on material and process.

“We can make really great green coffee taste terrible; we can make really great green coffee taste great. But we can’t make bad green coffee taste good: We can only work with what we’ve got,” says Andy Gibbon, co-owner of Dynamite Roasting Co. Freshly roasted artisanal coffee can be found all over Western North Carolina — a multitude of local java businesses, from Black Mountain’s Dripolator to Candler’s Mountain City Coffee Roasters, roll their own beans. In fact, the coffee culture has become one of the area’s defining characteristics. But how many locals could tell you what goes into creating the perfect cup of coffee?

Although the roasting process is important, it’s far from the only piece of the puzzle. “The farmer’s input is really important to what we do here,” Gibbon explains. “The better job they do, the easier it’s going to be for us to roast good coffee.”

The beans start their arduous journey as the seeds derived from what are known as coffee cherries — the fruit of the coffee tree. Coffee cherries are

picked, usually by hand, and then the seeds are separated from the pulpy exterior.

“There are machines that pick coffee in parts of the world, usually Brazil,” says Gibbon. “What we are working with is top-level, specialtygrade coffees, so we only use ripe cherries, because that’s what tastes good, and the only way to do that is by hand-picking.” Typically, there are two seeds per cherry, but occasionally only one of them develops.

This single, more rounded seed is known as a peaberry.

“We source from all over the world, because each one is different, and even farm to farm in the same neighboring valley, it’s going to be very different. Colombian coffee tastes different from Brazilian coffee and Peruvian coffee, even though they’re all South American,” he continues.

Coffee trees are picky: In order to thrive, they require highly specific conditions. “It needs to be close to the equator, because you can’t have freezing temperatures. But you’ve got to have some difference between daytime and nighttime temperatures, which is one of the reasons that coffee is usually grown on top of mountains,” Gibbon says. “You have to have altitude and not freezing temperatures, so there’s only a narrow band where coffee can actually be grown.” That narrow band is known as the coffee belt.

Specialty coffees are produced on small farms along the equator, handpicked, processed and then finally shipped through a coffee broker. The green beans typically arrive packed in big burlap bags piled on pallets.

Andi O’Gorman and Greg Bounds, who own Asheville Coffee Roasters on Weaverville Highway, work hard to form relationships with the farmers who grow their beans. “We know the South American estate that provides our coffee really well; we’ve been invited down there numerous times,” O’Gorman says.

PennyCup Coffee Co. is a smallbatch roasting operation that began rolling beans in Asheville in February.

After the coffee sacks have been hauled into the facility, notes owner Bill Tanner, “We do a cupping and we figure out a roasting profile that we like, and then it’s fairly easy — we just follow the recipe.”

PennyCup roasts in 8-pound batches, so what customers get was most likely made to order. “Our roasts take anywhere from 10 to 15 minutes, depending on the profile,” says Tanner. “Once we get it to the temperature that we want, called the charge

temperature, we release the arm, and the beans go from the hopper into the drum. … As soon as all that cold mass enters, the temperature plummets, and then we simply raise it again. The specific profile for coffee is determined by gauging the rate of that rise.”

That may be a key step, but all sorts of other factors also influence the way a particular cup of coffee ends up tasting: the location of the farm, the workers who pick and process the beans, even the coffee brokers.

“The analogy to wine grapes is a good one,” says Gibbon. “You’ve got different varietals: chardonnay grapes and merlot grapes, and they taste different. But if you grow chardonnay grapes in France, they’re going to taste different from chardonnay grapes grown in California. Soil conditions, processing techniques, climate, moisture — all those things that affect wine grapes are going to affect coffee in the same way.”

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Beer at the library A new informational series debuts at the Skyland/South Buncombe Library

As a kid, the public library was a magical place. It had endless shelves of colorful adventures, and it was a place to go for story time.

As an adult, some of us still use the library for more than voting. They have those old-fashioned paper books and audiobooks, after all.

However, not many of us think of the library the way we did when we were kids: as a fun place to hang out and to learn.

One Buncombe County library branch is looking to change that by bringing in beer — or at least a beer expert. “We do a really good job with [our programming] for kids and for senior citizens,” says Sarah Arnaudin, branch manager for the Skyland/South Buncombe Library. “But we often don’t reach the [young adult] demographic … people in their 20s and 30s.”

Since each library branch has autonomy to develop its own public programming, Arnaudin and her team decided it was time to try something different, something that just might bring in those 20- and 30-year-olds.

According to Arnaudin, the idea of an informational series on beer was a natural fit not only for young adults, but for all adult patrons.

“The whole point of a public library is to reflect the population and community it serves,” says Arnaudin.

“That applies to fiction and books, but and we’re also a place for free education [on many topics], and beer is huge in Asheville.”

So Arnaudin contacted Cliff Mori, owner of the local business BrewEd. Mori worked with the library to develop a three-part series, where each session has a different theme.

That way anyone interested could attend a single session or all three.

The first one took place on Oct. 2 and sped through the history of beer.

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BEER AMONG THE BOOKS: Cliff Mori and Sarah Arnaudin are bringing beer education to the South Buncombe Public Library. Photo by Thom O’Hearn

“I tried to cover a range of things in 45 minutes, from beer’s origins to its history in Asheville to its economic impact for things like tourism,” says Mori.

The event was a success, despite an obvious obstacle: The series is funded by the Friends of the South Buncombe Library, but that funding doesn’t include snacks or for beer. “Normally I teach these sorts of classes at breweries, so everyone can have a pint,” says Mori. “But at the library we had to get creative … I brought in some malt to munch and hops to sniff.”

Look for the next part of the series at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6, where the focus will be on brewing ingredients. The series will wrap up on Thursday, Dec. 11. Arnaudin and Mori say the focus for December is still being finalized and may depend somewhat on the feedback from the first two classes.

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Going for Gold The Great American Beer Festival, hosted by the Brewers Association in Denver, is one of the nation’s largest and most prestigious festivals.

This year more than 5,500 beers from all over the country competed for just 268 medals. It’s a chance for large brewers to prove they’ve still got what it takes, and it gives small brewers a rare shot at the nationwide spotlight.

Though the festival is more than 30 years old, for decades not many Asheville breweries traveled to the event. Even fewer brought home medals. That’s started to change in recent years, with Highland and the LAB medaling, and Wicked Weed winning Asheville’s first gold medal in 2013. This year was the biggest haul yet for Western North Carolina, with three native breweries and two newcomers bringing home medals, including three golds: Fonta Flora (Morganton) won a gold for Irish Table in the Irish-

Style Dry Stout category; Pisgah (Black Mountain) won a gold for Chocolatized Vortex II in the Chocolate Beer category; Wicked Weed won a gold for Mampara in the Specialty Honey Beer category; Oskar Blues (Longmont, Colo./Brevard) won a silver for Death by Coconut in the Chocolate Beer category; and Sierra Nevada (Chico, Calif./ Mills River) won a bronze for Narwhal Imperial Stout in the Imperial Stout category.

Two other North Carolina breweries also won awards. Mystery of Raleigh took home a silver for La Querelle in Belgian Style Ale while Duck Rabbit of Farmville took home a silver for DuckRabbit Marzen and a bronze for its Schwarzbier in those respective categories.

Breweries that win awards at GABF will often showcase the winning beer at their tasting rooms or rebrew the beer for a special release. Look for the winners around town soon or for some of the seasonal beers the next season they’re available. X

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Thursday ALTAMONT: Live music: Angela Pearly & the Howling Moons (rock), 9pm ASHEVILLE BREWING: $3.50 pints at Merrimon location FRENCH BROAD: Live music: Matt Walsh, 6pm

ale & guest taps from Germany; Live music: Mountain Top Polka Band; German food & treats & costume contest; Kids activities, 1-6pm WEDGE: Food Truck: El Kimchi (Korean/Mexican street food) WICKED WEED: Bend & Brew Yoga ($15, includes beer tasting), 11am

HIGHLAND: Pink Pint Night: Ladies Night Out benefit; Live music: Porch 40 (funk); Food Trucks: The Lowdown, Little Bee Thai, 4-8pm

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OSKAR BLUES: Live music: Eric Congdon (singer-songwriter), 6pm

HI-WIRE: Bend & Brew Yoga ($15, includes beer tasting), 12:15pm

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LEXINGTON AVE (LAB): Live Music: Bluegrass brunch; $10 pitchers all day

THIRSTY MONK BILTMORE PARK: New Brew: Peanut Butter Belgian Stout WEDGE: Food Truck: Tin Can Pizzeria

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by Gina Smith Oakley Farmers Market Harvest Festival The Oakley Farmers Market will wrap up its third season with its annual Harvest Festival and community dinner on Thursday, Oct. 16. Along with the regular market vendors, there will be raffles, live music by Searra Gisondo, balloon and caricature art, outdoor story time with the Oakley/ South Asheville Library librarians, a farm tractor exhibit and a Blessing of the Animals ceremony. The outdoor community dinner will feature barbecue pulled chicken latkes with Cajun coleslaw, sweet potato macaroni and cheese, roasted winter squash, kale and apple salad and unlimited homemade desserts. Donations of $7 per adult plate and $5 per child’s plate are suggested to cover the cost of the food.

One raffle ticket comes with each meal. The dinner is available throughout the duration of the festival, while supplies last.

3:30-6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16, Oakley Farmers Market, 607 Fairview Road (behind Oakley United Methodist Church); www.oakleyfarmersmarket.com

SPREADING THE LOVE: Marty Stickle prepares bagels and lox at a past HardLox festival. Photo courtesy of Marty Gillen

HardLox Jewish Food & Heritage Festival The HardLox Jewish Food & Heritage Festival will schlep its annual “challahbaloo” of klezmer and knishes to Pack Square on Sunday, Oct. 19. Challahbaloo! is the theme for this year’s festival, now enjoying its 12th anniversary, and as always, guests can expect to find a host of traditional Jewish delicacies for their noshing pleasure.

Some of the goodies will be brought in from far afield for the sake of authenticity — the lox comes from a smokehouse in Atlanta, for example, and the knishes are flown in from Gabila’s in Coney Island.

“We try to source here,” says event organizer Marty Gillen, “but there are just a lot of Jewish foods you can’t get here in Asheville.”

But Gillen assures that the majority of the eats are handmade. Around 200 volunteers — most of them from the host temple, Beth HaTephila — work weeks ahead making baked goods and specialties. “Last week

we made 35 gallons of chicken soup and 1,100 matzo balls, plus rugelach and mandelbread. We do a lot of that kind of baking ourselves because those are the traditional kinds of things that Jewish mothers make,” says Gillen.

All 12 Jewish organizations in the Asheville area will be represented at the festival, and opportunities to learn about and enjoy Jewish culture will abound. Entertainment will include Israeli dancing, klezmer music, a performance by Billy Jonas and more.

There will be crafts, educational activities and a Kids Zone for the younger set, and during an official ceremony, Asheville Mayor Esther Manheimer will proclaim Oct. 19 as HardLox Day in the city of Asheville.

“Our goal with HardLox has always been to put the Jewish community out there so people can see [its] dynamics and to share our food and music and heritage with Asheville,” Gillen says.

11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19, in Pack Square; hardlox.com

ed by Meana. Diners will have a chance to talk with Button and Meana, and are asked to complete comment cards to give feedback about their experience.

The last dinner of the first series is on Tuesday, Oct. 21, but additional series have been scheduled in November and December.

Tuesday Tasting Menu dinners are $48 per person, with $30 extra for the cocktail pairing or $34 for a wine pairing. Nightbell also has a Halloween Masquerade Gala planned for Friday, Oct. 31, complete with magicians, tarot card readings and a costume contest — and, of course, dinner, drinks and dancing. Seating is limited.

Tickets range between $6 and $98 per person, including dinner and drinks.

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Non-GMO Day The West Village Market will host a Non-GMO Day event on Saturday, Oct. 18, featuring educational activities and samples of non-GMO beer, wine and food. Local companies, including Silvermoon Chocolate, No Evil Foods, Blue Ridge Mountain Pastured Turkey, Eden Out, Red Moon Herbs, Sow True Seeds and many more, will provide samples, offer information and do demonstrations. Events will include a continuous showing of the documentary film GMO-OMG and an informative scavenger hunt. Non-GMOcertified items on the store’s shelves will be highlighted.

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“We loved Asheville, but it’s too pretty,” says Mallory Graham, half of indie-folk duo The Rough & Tumble. “All we wanted to do was take hikes and drink delicious beer.” Graham and her collaborator, Scott Tyler, were members of The Walk-In Residents when they lived in Western North

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Carolina. Three years ago they relocated to Nashville to get serious about songwriting.

Shortly after the move, they launched The Rough & Tumble, initially as a writing project. “But then we thought, ‘let’s start recording and let’s start touring,’ and it tumbled into this thing that we want to do full time,” says Tyler.

It’s about to become very full time: The couple plan to buy an RV and go out on the road permanently.

But first they’ll visit Asheville for a Saturday, Oct. 18, show at Isis Restaurant & Music Hall.

That performance comes on the heels of a cross-country jag with stops in Michigan, Nebraska, Colorado and New Mexico. The trip came about because, as an incentive for a Kickstarter donation, The Rough & Tumble offered a house show. The winner of the prize lives in Las Vegas, so Graham and Tyler

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GOOD MILEAGE: After leaving Asheville for Nashville, singersongwriters Mallory Graham and Scott Tyler formed The Rough & Tumble. “We thought, let’s start recording and let’s start touring, and it tumbled into this thing that we want to do full time,” says Tyler.

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organized a tour around that one gig. “Then we thought, ‘We’re only four hours from L.A.,’ because that’s what you think when you’re a touring musician,” says Graham.

Here’s what’s not an afterthought: traveling with a 97-pound bullmastiff mascot named Butter. The dog commandeers the backseat of the duo’s vehicle and sometimes complicates their plans. “Most of the time she can come into the club or

the house show,” says Graham.

“There are times when we have to be a little creative about where to put her whenever we’re playing at restaurants or places that don’t allow dogs. Last night we paid a guy to sit in a parking lot and watch her.”

But Butter’s benefits are many: She provides fodder for fun photos, requires Graham and Tyler to take driving breaks and walks, and “she’s a great conversation starter,” says Tyler. “We joke that if you don’t like our music, at least you’ll like our dog.”

The canine companion is cute but not necessary to attract listeners to The Rough & Tumble.

The band’s thoughtful and often quirky spin on Americana, country and singer-songwriter styles has a tried-and-true feel, delivered with a wink. The previously mentioned crowd-funding

initiative made possible last year’s release, The Rough & Tumble’s Holiday Awareness Campaign — a collection of 24 songs commemorating “those tens and twenties of holidays that get upstaged each year

by Christmas,” as the musicians explain on their Bandcamp page.

Groundhog’s Day, April Fool’s Day and Boxing Day make the list, along with “A Day for the Remembrance of the Souls of Lost Whales” — one of many titles that doesn’t make obvious what observance it celebrates. But Graham’s and Tyler’s easy strums, poignant chord organ, moving lyrics and well-matched vocals quickly reveal that Holiday Awareness Campaign is about much more than lesser-known furloughs.

Graham and Tyler are currently at work on a new record, though they’re not in any hurry to complete it. “In the last three years, we’ve released three EPs and a double album, which is a lot of material for a couple of folksingers,” says Graham. The duo are working with Matt Langston of the Black Mountain-based electro-pop project, The Jellyrox.

And, though Tyler says they’re not sure where they’re going to take the album, the songwriters agree that their new songs share a common inspiration.

It’s a theme that’s either really strange or completely fitting for two musicians about to trade a rental house for an RV, and gigging for nonstop tour: “We’re writing about home,” says Graham. “It seems a little sentimental for us, but it also feels very new for each of us, and something is rumbling.” X

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Jumping with joy Paul Taylor Dance Company performs at Diana Wortham Theatre

TAKE THE LEAP: A contingent of male dancers in the Paul Taylor Dance Company performs in “Arden Court,” which the company will stage in Asheville.

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Laura Halzack likens performing with the Paul Taylor Dance Company to playing for the New York Yankees: It’s the biggest of the big leagues. “There are very few dance jobs like this,” she says. The opportunity to work with Taylor, a modern dance pioneer who, at 84, has choreographed 139 dances, has been amazing, she says. The New York-based troupe takes the stage at the Diana Wortham Theatre Friday and Saturday, Oct. 17 and 18.

One of the 16 dancers (eight women, eight men) in the company, Halzack grew up in Suffield, Conn., and began her dance training at age 4. She studied at the School of Hartford City Ballet, The Hartt School and the Conservatory of Dance at Purchase College before joining Paul Taylor in 2006. “It’s been my dream job,” she says. “It was the only company I wanted to dance for. I have gotten to dance

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some of Paul’s classic works and have been ‘created on’ by Paul.”

It’s hard to explain to someone who doesn’t dance how Taylor is able to convey not only the movements he wants but the emotions behind them. “With each dance it’s different,” says Halzack. “Some dances are very athletic; the movements are, anyway. But Paul has this incredible way of imbuing a humanness through the dance: the subtlest gesture; the way he tells you to touch somebody’s hands.”

In “Arden Court,” one of the pieces the company will perform in Asheville, “The men do these spectacular leaps and jumps, and the same with the women,” says Halzack. “Paul created subtle movements where he allows the dancers to connect, so that when you’re jumping, you’re jumping with joy.”

Taylor doesn’t tell his people how to move: He guides them. “I have been in dances of his where he gives me words like ‘cool’ and ‘sweet,’” Halzack says. “He gives you imagery. He gives you an idea of who you are in the context of the situation. He lets each dancer grow into their parts. You’re more likely to hear from Paul when you’re doing something he doesn’t like.”

“Arden Court,” an exuberant dance set to baroque music by William Boyce, looks at three kinds of relationships: supportive, com-

petitive and flirtatious. Halzack describes it as less a single story than a series of vignettes. And though it’s hard to tell precisely how Taylor approaches the creation of a new work, for him, it always starts with the music. “He has it all counted out, but the process is different every time. Sometimes he asks us to come up with a movement, sometimes he has a very specific idea of your character and sometimes he just lets it unfold.”

For her own part, Halzack tries not to think too much about how her character will unfold onstage.

“I know that sounds strange, but performing is something that has to come from inside,” she says.

“Once I know the steps, I like to give myself over to being onstage.

That is when performances are most alive: It’s more like you’re becoming, not reacting. In ‘Arden Court,’ I become the joy and romance of the music. To be able to communicate with someone without speaking — the way you move informs the way they move.”

This leads to a lot more sound onstage than what’s obvious to the audience beyond the first few rows. The dancers’ breathing, the sibilant softness of the slippers as they move across stage. “We all giggle if someone lands a little too loud,” says Halzack. “Those things happen: Sometimes the texture of the floor is really rough; sometimes it squeaks. But there’s a collective energy that we’re doing this together.”

Working with Paul Taylor is a life-altering experience that most dancers would covet: “He made me be stronger, braver and more mature,” Halzack says about the venerable choreographer. “He trusted me to push me to those places — what an honor.” X

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Concertmaster Asheville Chamber Music Series attracts international talent

This may come as a surprise, but the story behind the unassuming-sounding Asheville Chamber Music Series has the makings of a Hollywood movie. The classical music organization was founded in 1952 by Joe Vandewart, a refugee from Nazi Germany who first landed in New York City, where he worked as a butler. Eventually, the music lover moved to Asheville and persuaded his musician friends in New York to visit and perform in his new locale. To fund the concerts, Vandewart set up a stand in the Grove Park Inn, selling $4 season passes to the newly minted music series.

Now, six decades later, the Asheville Chamber Music Series attracts musicians from all over the world.

For its next concert, the organization brings the Festival Pablo Casals Prades to the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville on Friday, Oct. 17. The festival, which is around the same age as the Asheville Chamber Music Series, first took place in 1950, when Spanish cellist Pablo Casals was encouraged to put together a performance in celebration of J.S. Bach’s bicentennial. Now led by artistic director and French clarinetist Michel Lethiec, the event will feature Milhaud’s “La Creation du Monde,” Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet, Prokofiev’s “Overture on Hebrew Themes” and Faure’s Piano Quartet No. 1.

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TAKE NOTES: Michel Lethiec, French clarinetist and artistic director of Festival Pablo Casals Prades, performs at the next installment of the Asheville Chamber Music Series. International artists are drawn to the local series, says board member Marilynne Herbert, because “I think that they feel a warmth [here] that they might not feel in other cities.” Photo courtesy of the Asheville Chamber Music Series

How did Vandewart’s $4 season pass “for an unspecified number of concerts” launch one of the oldest chamber music organizations in the U.S., hosting 250 concerts by some of the world’s finest classical musicians over the past six decades? Local support accounts for the series’ longevity as well as its ability to attract audience members and donors. Most recently, the organization was able to purchase a Steinway piano thanks to a $50,000 fundraising effort within the span of two years. “That really says a lot for a small city like Asheville,” says board member Marilynne Herbert.

For the uninitiated, chamber music is a form of classical music composed for a small group of musicians. Board president and concert pianist Polly Feitzinger says it’s the proximity that really makes the music special. “You’re so close to the musicians,” she says. “I think there was a famous German poet who said that chamber music is the most intimate form of music between people who are playing together.” The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville has become a favorite venue for that reason. The semicircular shape and raised seating of the church’s sanctuary creates a cozy atmosphere, and “everybody has a wonderful view,” Feitzinger says.

Over the years, the Asheville Chamber Music Series has been approached by more and more agents interested in booking performances — a welcome shift from the past when Feitzinger had to reach out to performers. She and Herbert attribute the increased interest not only to Asheville’s rise in popularity as a tourist destination, but also the reputation

the series has acquired as being a good host. “After the performance, the musicians mingle,” says Herbert.

“There’s a genuine respect and admiration. I think that they feel a warmth [here] that they might not feel in other cities.”

While the series does have a strong local base of concertgoers — often drawing more than 200 audience members for each performance — the organization would love to attract people who don’t typically seek out classical music, says Herbert. “We’re trying to encourage more young people to attend the concerts so they can experience how wonderful it is.” To that end, tickets are free for students under the age of 25, and the Asheville Chamber Music Series is actively booking youthful and exceptionally talented artists.

“These are not all old, grayhaired musicians,” says Herbert.

“These are young, attractive, dynamic musicians.” X

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Confessions of a songwriter Sharon Van Etten returns to Asheville with new album, Are We There

Sharon Van Etten first appeared on the national music scene in 2009, with her debut album Because I Was In Love. Her debut was in a fairly conventional singer-songwriter fashion. Armed with nothing much more than an acoustic guitar, a collection of songs about a bad breakup (they were almost too difficult to listen to) and an exquisitely heartbroken voice (hitting notes that reverberated down to the marrow), Van Etten quickly won rave reviews and a cult following. While her follow-up albums maintained an emotionally thematic consistency, they also stretched further and further from those humble folkladen beginnings, with increasingly ambitious arrangements and instrumental layers.

That trajectory has led to Van Etten’s latest effort, Are We There, easily her finest work to date.

(Her tour in support of that album brings her to The Grey Eagle on Tuesday, Oct. 21.) The album is full of sweeping, grandiose arrangements that see the musician matching the sound of her record with the emotional intensity of her lyrics for the first time.

There’s the psychedelic sprawl of the six-minute-plus “Your Love is Killing Me,” the lilting dream-pop of “Our Love,” the laid-back yet laid-bare soul ballad “Tarifa” and the forlorn indie-rock thunder of “Afraid of Nothing.” Each song seems carefully crafted with a precise sonic milieu.

As stunning as the album is, Van Etten chalks up much of its musical power to a fairly organic process of working with a core group of musicians over an extended period of time. “It wasn’t intentional in the beginning,” she says of the sound of the record. “This was the first time I went into the studio with a band I had been touring with, and we’ve really learned how to communicate

over the last few years. This was also the first time I didn’t have to tell people as much what to do because they saw the natural progression of the songs from me writing [them] on the road to me working on [them] in the studio.”

For this album, Van Etten wrote more songs on an Omnichord than a guitar. “I learned to play the Omnichord on [2012’s] Tramp because of the song ‘Magic Chords,’ and it turned into a really great writing tool,” she says. “I started writing on it on tour because you can put headphones on and use a real instrument without bugging the people around you.”

As for the songs themselves, Van Etten stuck with her time-honored approach of writing material deeply entrenched in the most harrowing of confessionals about fear and love, life and relationships. “I don’t know how to write any other way,” she says. “They aren’t even songs when I write them; it’s just my outlet for feeling better. When I hear a melody or there’s a line that I think is relatable, that’s when I share it with people.”

It’s hard to fault this approach — after all, she has received much critical acclaim for her work, and Are We There debuted in the top 40 of the Billboard album chart earlier this year. Van Etten admits to being thrilled at the success

but believes it has little to do with her creative process. “I can’t help what I write, I just know what I need to do,” she says. “I put songs out in public when I feel like we’ve done a really good job of finishing a piece, and it’s honest and true. Beyond that, I can’t control how people feel about it.” X

SELF DIAGNOSIS: “They aren’t even songs when I write them; it’s just my outlet for feeling better,” says Sharon Van Etten about her writing process. “When I hear a melody or there’s a line that I think is relatable, that’s when I share it with people.”

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From swamp-pop to funk-rock live, but the studio can’t match the spiritual presence that happens at a live concert, either. It’s a nice balance.

Since you’re a repeat visitor to LEAF, other than performing, what are you most looking forward to at the festival? And if you could collaborate with another LEAF performer, who would it be?

Wyatt Espalin: I’m looking forward to camping at LEAF with fall weather. I love camping! I grew up [at] a campground and now I’ve inherited one in Hiawassee from my granddad. ...I’d love to work with Abigail Washburn.

I remember seeing her with her old band, Uncle Earl, in Nashville in 2005. I just loved watching her play that banjo.

POWER PLAY: The Nth Power describes its sound as, simply, “Love.” With musicians culled from bands like Dumpstafunk and John Brown’s Body, the collective plays an intoxicating mix of soul, funk, jazz, gospel and world-beat. They’ll perform two shows on Saturday, Oct. 18. Photo by Joshua Brasted

LEAF performers in their own words

Leading up to the LEAF festival, Mountain Xpress is talking to a number of artists from across the country and across musical genres.

Acts like locally based West African folk music outfit Mande Foly, singersongwriters David Wilcox and Wyatt Espalin, soul-funk-worldbeat collective The Nth Power and swamp-pop group The Revelers offer insights into their performances, and their unique sounds. Read the full series at mountainx.com Xpress: What’s it like to be a West African band in Western North Carolina, versus in West Africa? What sort of WNC influences find their way into the Mande Foly sound?

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Mande Foly: In West Africa, Mandingue musicians grow up with much of the repertoire that Mande Foly plays, and can get together and make music without rehearsal. Because our group is composed of non-Africans as well, we must transmit the music and vocabulary to these musicians. Having diverse musical backgrounds, everyone brings something that influences the outcome and vibe of our music, while retaining that flavor unique to West Africa. WNC and West Africa share something in that they are both hotbeds for folk music. It’s also interesting that the kamel n’goni is related to the modern banjo, an instrument central to both old-time and bluegrass music.

Your music taps into energy that’s simultaneously sexy and spiritual. Is that something that you think about, and if so, do those energies ever seem at odds with each other?

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Nigel Hall, keyboardist for The Nth Power: They both have to do with the human experience. They are both dealing with creationalist energy — making spiritual connections, making love, making other humans, making music.

This is your second show in WNC in under a month. How will your LEAF performance differ from your recent Grey Eagle show?

Daniel Coolik, fiddler for The Revelers: Most of us have pretty strong ties to the Asheville area and have tons of musician friends and other artist friends who we enjoy visiting with when we are around. ...We usually change our set a little if we are playing sit-down theater shows, but both LEAF and The Grey Eagle are more about getting the crowd up and moving and having fun. X

Do you approach outdoor festivals differently from indoor concert hall shows? Yes, we it turn up.

Your new album, Blaze, was made with a full band, but you often perform solo. Is there ever a challenge in translating the lushness of an album to a singer-songwriter performance?

David Wilcox: A live concert has a spiritual dimension that we don’t even have language for. But a studio recording can sound much more interesting with the complex textures of the musicians collaborating. I can’t match the complexity of a studio recording when I play

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V.O.V. triple-CD release party Kuzdu Swamp Spectactular Local roots-rocker Reed Turchi earned the title “kudzu boogie” for the gritty and snarling brand of Americana that he and his band, Turchi, perform. Meanwhile, North Florida-based guitarist Daryl Hance (formerly of JJ Grey & Mofro) has a sound oft-compared to the watery lowlands of his home state. “Daryl Hance’s music is appropriately swampy. The sweltering jams are thick with humidity,” said Free Times in Columbia, SC. So the two acts combined their Southernevocative styles for the Kudzu Swamp Spectacular co-bill. Hance's new release, Land of Trembling Earth, has been called “stout and shout, let it all hang out singalongs” while Turchi's Can't Bury Your Past takes its cues from around the deep South as well as Western North Carolina. Turchi and Daryl Hance perform at The Grey Eagle on Thursday, Oct. 16, at 9 p.m. $10 advance/$12 day of show. thegreyeagle.com. Turchi photo courtesy of the band

Led by local music maven Lenny Pettinelli, Vibration of Versatility (V.O.V.) is a collaborative Asheville-based recording project that has already drawn from the talents of 70 instrumentalists. V.O.V. aims to produce albums from 12 genres in 12 months. With hip-hop, electronic, reggae and singer-songwriter genres already covered, Pettinelli is excited to release volumes 5 (jazz) and 6 (funk) this week. Pettinelli’s side-side-project, Hopetoun, an eight-piece funk band with Asheville and New Orleans roots, will also debut its latest record, From the Big Easy to the Cesspool of Sin, at the release party.

Led by NOLA-expatriate Dave Einzig, Hopetoun will headline the shindig after a multitude of performances by fellow V.O.V. collaborators, including members of Empire Strikes Brass, The River Rats, The Roaring Lions and Magenta Sunshine. The festivities take place at The Millroom on Monday, Oct. 20, at 9 p.m. $5. ashevillemillroom.com.

Photo of Pettinelli and Einzig courtesy of Hopetoun

WNC Video Music Awards

Jabali Acrobats

Asheville is poised to one-up MTV with the launch of the WNC Video Music Awards. Bioflyer Productions, the Arden-based event organizers, aim to provide a new way for Asheville creatives to showcase their abundance of quality video projects. A curated assemblage of submissions will be screened at the competition, a democratic affair in which all attendees share the weighty responsibility of judgeship. Cash prizes for the top three contestants range from $100-$300, and the next three runners-up each receive a $50 gift certificate. Here’s hoping that winners will take home trophies shaped like mountain men instead of moon men.

The inaugural WNC Video Music Awards ceremony takes place on Thursday, Oct. 16, at 7:30 p.m. at the Fine Arts Theatre. $7 seniors/$9.75 adults. avl.mx/0gl.

Photo of a Pack Square video shoot courtesy of Bioflyer Productions

Visiting from Mombasa, Kenya, for their LEAF performance, the agile Jabali Acrobats aptly demonstrate the “link between athletics and arts,” transitioning from dance to human pyramids, chair balancing, complex footwork and other contortions — all to the beat of a stimulating musical backdrop. “These phenomenal acrobats combine the artistry of fast-paced movement, music, dance and incredible acrobatic elegance to perform a full-stage theatrical extravaganza,” claims a press release. Jabali culture and history lessons are woven into the interactive performance, which is hosted by LEAF Schools and Streets. This family-friendly event takes place at The Orange Peel on Monday, Oct. 20, at 11 a.m. $3 youths/$5 adults. Contact intern@theleaf.org or 6868742 for school group discounts. theorangepeel.net. Photo courtesy of the Jabali acrobats

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by Carrie Eidson & Michael McDonald

Music African Drum Lessons • Skinny Beats Drum Shop (pd.) Sundays 2pm, Wednesdays 6pm.

Billy Zanski teaches a fun approach to connecting with your inner rhythm. No experience necessary. Drums provided. $12/class. (828) 768-2826. www.skinnybeatsdrums.com THIS SATURDAY • BRAHMS PIANO CONCERTO NO. 1 (pd.) The Asheville Symphony performs October 18 at 8pm in Thomas Wolfe Auditorium. Daniel Meyer conducts works

by Harris, Grieg and Brahms, featuring pianist Simone Dinnerstein. www.ashevillesymphony.org

QUICK STEP: Step Afrika! dance ensemble will combine storytelling and movement in their performance at Western Carolina University on Wednesday, Oct. 22. The company focuses on a percussive dance style known as “stepping,” which is rooted in African traditional dance. Photo courtesy of WCU. (p.54)

Free to attend. Held at VFW Post 5206, 900 N Main St., Hendersonville

Art Art at WCU 227-3591, fineartmuseum.wcu.edu • TH (10/23), 2pm - Artist’s talk with graphic designer Douglass Grimmett. Free. Held in the Bardo Arts Center.

Asheville Area Arts Council Gallery 1 Page Ave., 258-0710, ashevillearts.com • FR (10/17), 6pm - Discussion of Give and Take exhibit with curator Colby Caldwell. Free.

Asheville Art Museum 2 N. Pack Square, 253-3227, ashevilleart.org • FR (10/17), 12-1pm - Lunchtime Art Break: discussion of Mary Frank: Finding My Way Home.

Admission fees apply.

• TH (10/23), 5:30-7pm - “Up for Discussion: Two Hundred Years of the Cherokee Language,” presentation by linguist Dr. Hartwell Francis.

Admission fees apply.

• FR (10/24), 5-7pm - Build + Beer, mask making workshop. $20/$15 members. 21+ only.

Registration required.

Asheville History Center 253-9231, smh@wnchistory.org.

• SA (10/18), 2pm - “The Arts and Crafts of Appalachia,” history presentation. $5. Held in the Reuter Center at UNCA. ASHEVILLE INCLUSIVE ARTS MEETING polly.medlicott@gmail.com TH (10/16), 6:30pm - A discussion of how Asheville cam be more inclusive of artists and patrons with disabilities. Free to attend. Held at Asheville Area Arts Council, 1 Page Ave. Henderson County Crafters Association hendersoncountycrafters.org • SA (10/18) & SU (10/19) - Arts & Crafts Show.

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LEAF Schools & Streets 686-8742, theleaf.org • MO (10/20), 11am - Jabali Acrobats, interactive performance. $5/$3 students. Held at Orange Peel, 101 Biltmore Ave. Ooh La La’s Holiday Bazaar 669-7467, morningstarrcreations@gmail.com • SATURDAYS through (11/1), 10am-4pm - Craft sale with works by local artists. Free to attend.

Held at Pritchard Park, 4 College St. Southern Highland Craft Guild 298-7928, craftguild.org • TH (10/16) through SU (10/19) - Annual Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands. $8/free under 12.

Held at US Cellular Center, 87 Haywood St.

Auditions & Call to Artists Land of the Sky Chorus 866-290-7269, ashevillebarbershop.com • TUESDAYS, 7-9pm - Open rehearsal and auditions for men. Ages 16+. Free. Held at Westwood Baptist Church, REACH of Haywood County 456-7898 • Through WE (10/22) - Call for singers and musicians ages 16 to 30 to perform at the “HCC Sing Out!” concert and domestic violence awareness event.

Transylvania Community Arts Council 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard, 884-2787, tcarts.org • Through (11/5) - Applications will be accepted for artists and crafters interested in selling art at the ArtMart fundraiser.

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AmiciMusic 802-369-0856, amicimusic.org • FR (10/17), 7pm - Songs of Nature, world music in five languages. $20/$15 church members. Held at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 900 Blythe St., Hendersonville • SU (10/19), 4pm - Jazzy Jews, Klezmerinspired music. $20/$15 church members. Held at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville, 1 Edwin Place • SU (10/19), 7:30pm - Jazzy Jews, Klezmer-inspired music. $35. Held in private residence. Register for details.

Asheville Chamber Music Series 259-3626, ashevillechambermusic.org • FR (10/17), 8pm - Festival Pablo Casals Prades Collective performs music of J.S. Bach. $40. Held at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville, 1 Edwin Place Blue Ridge Community College 180 West Campus Dr., Flat Rock, 6941885 • SU (10/19), 3pm - “Fall Colors,” Hendersonville Community Band concert. $10/free for students.

Flat Rock Playhouse Downtown 125 S. Main St., Hendersonville, 693-0731, flatrockplayhouse.org • THURDAYS (10/16) through SUNDAYS (10/26), 8pm - Music on the Rock: John Denver, tribute concert. $24/$22 seniors/$14 students.

J.E. Broyhill Civic Center 1913 Hickory Blvd. SE, Lenior, broyhillcenter.com • SA (10/18), 6:15pm - “Pop Rocks 60’s, 70’s & 80’s Grazing Menu Through the Years,” dinner and concert with The Hit Men. Dinner: $12.81/$6.41 children/$10 students. Concert: $25.62/$10.68 children.

Lake Junaluska Singers 454-6681, lakejunaluska.com/singers • FR (10/17) & SA (10/18), 8:30pm “Songs of Hope” concert. $17.50. Held at Stuart Auditorium, 91 N Lakeshore Drive, Lake Junaluska Land of the Sky Chorus 866-290-7269, ashevillebarbershop.com • SA (10/18), 3pm - “Kings of the Road” concert. $15. Held at Colonial Theatre, 53

Park St., Canton Mission for Temporal Art 68 N. Main St., Marshall, 917-650-7321, themissionfortemporalart.blogspot.com • SU (10/18), 7pm - Meghan Mulhearn and Elisa Faires live recording concert. $10.

Music at Brevard College 884-8211, brevard.edu/fineartsevents • WE (10/15), 5pm - Jazz workshop with Jamey Aebersold.

Music at UNCA 251-6432, unca.edu • WE (10/15), 12:45-1:35pm - Jazz clinic with Jamey Aebersold.

Music at WCU 227-2479, wcu.edu • SA (10/18), 9am-9:45pm - Tournament of Champions, high school marching band competition, with performances by WCU’s Pride of the Mountains marching band. $10/free 12 and under.

St. Matthias Church 1 Dundee St., 285-0033, stmatthiasepiscopal.com • SU (10/19), 3pm - Classical violin concert.

Admission by donation.

Tryon Fine Arts Center 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon, 859-8322, tryonarts.org • TH (10/16), 7pm - Pan Harmonia, classical ensemble. Admission by donation.

• SU (10/19), 3pm - Blue Ridge Rounders, string band. Admission by donation.

Theater Asheville Community Theatre 35 E. Walnut St., 254-1320, ashevilletheatre. org • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until (10/26) - The Addams Family. $25/$22 seniors and students/$15 children. Fri.-Sat.: 7:30pm; Sun.: 2:30pm.

Black Mountain Center for the Arts 225 W. State St., Black Mountain, 669-0930, blackmountainarts.org • TH (10/16) through SA (10/18), 7:30pm Turn of the Screw. $15.

Dance at WCU 227-2617, sacarter@wcu.edu • WE (10/22), 7:30pm - Step Afrika! percussive dancing. $5/free for WCU students. Held in the Bardo Arts Center.

Flat Rock Playhouse Highway 225, Flat Rock, 693-0731, flatrockplayhouse.org • WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS until (10/26) - A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. Wed.-Sun.: 8pm; Thu., Sat., Sun.: 2pm. $40 Henderson County NAACP abnaacp@bellsouth.net • TU (10/21), 2pm & 6pm - Granny D: You Are Never Too Old to Raise a Little Hell. Free.

Held at Henderson County Public Library, 301 N. Washington St., Hendersonville

Hendersonville Little Theatre 229 S. Washington St., Hendersonville, 692-1082, hendersonvillelittletheater.org • THURSDAYS through SUNDAYS (10/17) until (11/2) - Sylvia. Thu.-Sat.: 7:30pm; Sun.: 2pm. $20/$15 students/$10 children.

Montford Park Players 254-5146, montfordparkplayers.org • THURSDAYS through SUNDAYS through (10/26) - The Winter’s Tale. Thu.Sat.:7:30pm; Sun.:2:30pm. $15. Held at Asheville Masonic Temple, 80 Broadway NC Stage 15 Stage Lane, 239-0263, ncstage.org • WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS through (10/19) - A Visit With Golda Meir. Wed.-Sat.: 7:30pm; Sun.: 2pm. $14-24.

Toy Boat Community Art Space 101 Fairview Road. Suite B, 505-8659, toyboatcommunityartspace.com • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until (10/27), 7:30pm - Waiting For Godot. $15/$12 students.

Gallery DIRECTORY

5 Walnut Wine Bar 5 Walnut St., 253-2593 • Through SA (11/1) - Papercuts, small collage works on paper.

Altamont Brewing Company 1042 Haywood Road, 575-2400 • Through FR (10/24) - Paintings by Liz Niemeyer.

American Folk Art and Framing 64 Biltmore Ave., 281-2134, amerifolk.com • Through WE (10/22) - Essence, woodblock prints by Kent Ambler.

Art At Brevard College 884-8188, brevard.edu/art • Through FR (10/31) - Works by faculty.

Art at Mars Hill mhu.edu • Through (11/7) - Photography by Joe Franklin.

Art at UNCA art.unca.edu • Through WE (10/15) - Works by Luis Martinez Cruz, Victor Palomino, Victor H. Verde and Gustavo Villota. Highsmith Student Union.

• Through TU (11/4) - Works by Penland School of Crafts’ resident artists. In the S. Tucker Cooke Gallery.

• Through FR (10/31) - For Abigail, with my greatest love, pastels by Cecilia Frederic. Free.

Art at WCU 227-3591, fineartmuseum.wcu.edu • Through FR (10/17) - Forest/City, graphic installation by Gary Kachadourian. In the Bardo Arts Center.

• Through FR (11/7) - Abstract Autobiography for a Fractured Narrative, works by Rebecca Ringquist. In the Bardo Arts Center.

Asheville Area Arts Council Gallery 1 Page Ave., 258-0710, ashevillearts.com • Through SA (11/8) - Give and Take, pairings of works by Asheville and Washington D.C. artists Asheville Art Museum 2 N. Pack Square, 253-3227, ashevilleart.org • Through SU (1/18) - Finding My Way Home, works by Mary Frank.

Asheville Gallery of Art 16 College St., 251-5796, ashevillegallery-ofart.com • Through FR (10/31) - Small Works Show, works smaller than 12 X12 inches.

Bascom Center for the Arts 323 Franklin Rd., Highlands, 526-4949, thebascom.org • Through SA (1/4) - Appalachian Pastel Society national exhibition.

Bender Gallery 12 S. Lexington Ave., 505-8341, thebendergallery.com • Through SU (11/30) - Spirits of the Flame, flameworked glass sculpture.

Black Mountain Center for the Arts 225 W. State St., Black Mountain, 669-0930, blackmountainarts.org • Through FR (11/21) - Swannanoa Valley Fine Arts League juried show

Mica Fine Contemporary Craft 37 N. Mitchell Ave., Bakersville, 688-6422, micagallerync.com • Through FR (11/14) - What I Know, photography by Dana Moore.

NewZart Gallery & Studio 133 S. Main St. Loft 207, Marshall, 649-9358, newzart.com • Through Fr (11/31) - Fauvist-Surrealist figurative works by Matt Zedler Odd’s Cafe 800 Haywood Road, 505-7776, oddscafe.com • Through SU (11/9) - Ignition, works by Ron Killian.

Satellite Gallery 55 Broadway St., 305-2225, thesatellitegallery.com • Through MO (11/24) - It Was A Day Like Any Other, works by Geza Brunow.

Seven Sisters Gallery 117 Cherry St., Black Mountain, 669-5107, sevensistersgallery.com • Through (11/2) - Folk art paintings by David Bryan Swannanoa Valley Fine Arts League svfalarts.org • Through TU (10/28) - Carolina Colors, members’ works inspired by fall colors. Held at Red House Studios and Gallery, 310 W. State St., Black Mountain

Toe River Arts Council 765-0520, toeriverarts.org • Through SU (11/1) - Fiber Optics, basketry and photography by Billie Ruth and Doug Sudduth. Held at Burnsville TRAC Gallery, 102 W. Main St., Burnsville Transylvania Community Arts Council 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard, 884-2787, tcarts.org • Through FR (10/17) - Works by Shellie Lewis-Dambax and George Peterson.

Upstairs Artspace 49 S. Trade St., Tryon, 859-2828, upstairsartspace.org • Through FR (11/28) - Four Makers, Four Materials, wood, steel, glass and clay works.

• Through FR (11/28) - Shifting Plates II, works by 16 printmakers.

• Through FR (11/28) - Self Exam, self portraits by Ursula Gullow.

ZaPow! 21 Battery Park Suite 101, 575-2024, zapow. net • ONGOING - Spooky, pop-art works by member artists.

Contact the galleries for hours and admission fees.

Downtown Books & News 67 N. Lexington Ave., 348-7615, downtownbooksandnews.com • Through SU (11/30) - Weirdness Threshold, works by Julie Armbruster, Tiffany Ownbey and Jessica C. White.

Green Sage Cafe - Westgate 70 Westgate Parkway, 785-1780, greensagecafe.com • Through WE (10/15) - ZOOM IN: An Exhibition of Asheville Street Photography, works by six local photographers.

• FR (10/17) through TH (1/15) - Exploring the Depth & Magic of Nature, photography

by Susanna Euston, Bonnie Allen and Joanne Senkus. Opening reception: Oct. 17, 6pm.

Grovewood Gallery 111 Grovewood Road., 253-7651, grovewood.com • Through WE (12/31) - Hops & Crafts, mugs, steins & tankards by regional artist.

HandMade in America 252-0121, handmadeinamerica.org • Through TH (11/20) - Handmade bookbound pieces by Mary Carol Koester. Artist’s reception: Oct. 15, 5:30pm Held at BeverlyHanks Discovery Center, 1 Town Square Blvd.

Local Cloth localcloth.org, secretary@localcloth.org • Through SA (12/6) - Excite, contemporary textiles and fiber art. Held in the Creative Arts Building on Haywood Community College’s campus.

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C L U B L A N D Rims & Keys w/ BomBassic & Disc-Oh (IDM, electronic), 10pm

Wednesday, October 15

Asheville Sandwich Company Wendy Loomis (jazz), 5:30pm

185 King Street Mike & Mike Show w/ Mike Guggino & Mike Ashworth (bluegrass), 8pm

Black Mountain Ale House Lyric (acoustic soul), 9pm

5 Walnut Wine Bar Wine tasting w/ Jon Stickley ("jazzgrass"), 8pm Sankofa (world), 8pm

Blue Kudzu Sake Company Trivia night, 8pm Blue Mountain Pizza & Brew Pub Larry Dolamore, 7pm

Ben's Tune-Up Live band karaoke w/ The Diagnostics, 9pm

Classic Wineseller Lacy Green (country), 7pm

Black Mountain Ale House Buncombe County Boyz (folk, bluegrass), 7:30pm

Double Crown 33 and 1/3 Thursdays w/ DJs Devyn & Oakley, 10pm

Blue Mountain Pizza & Brew Pub Open Mic hosted w/ Billy Owens, 7pm

Elaine's Dueling Piano Bar Dueling Pianos, 9pm

Bywater Soul night w/ DJ Whitney, 8:30pm

Foggy Mountain Brewpub Resonant Rogues (jazz), 9pm

Crow & Quill Uncle Shabby's Singalong Parlour (piano karaoke), 9pm

French Broad Brewery Tasting Room Matt Walsh, 6pm

Double Crown DJs Greg Cartwright & David Wayne Gay (country), 10pm

Good Stuff Jacob Cummings (singer-songwriter), 7pm Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern Turchi & Daryl Hance (boogie, fuzz-rock), 9pm

Dugout Karaoke, 9pm Good Stuff Blue Ribbon Healers (psych, indie, funk), 7pm Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern Whitey Morgan & the 78's w/ Savannah Smith (country, alternative), 9pm Grind Cafe Trivia night, 7pm

Howl at the moon: Angela Perley and The Howlin’ Moons will bring their original roots-rock sounds to Altamont Brewing Company on Thursday, Oct. 16, at 9 p.m. “There is something magnetic, vulnerable, dangerous, and electric about Angela Perley,” reads a short bio from the band. She’s a “dynamic frontwoman who commands the stage with her booming voice and incisive lyrics.”

Iron Horse Station Mark Shane (R&B), 6pm Isis Restaurant and Music Hall Sweet Claudette (Americana, soul), 7pm Jack of the Wood Pub Old-time session, 5pm Lex 18 The Roaring Lions (jazz), 9pm Lobster Trap Ben Hovey (dub-jazz, trumpet, beats), 7pm Mojo Kitchen & Lounge DJ Molly Parti "Get Over the Hump-day" dance party (funk, soul, hip-hop), 5:30pm Mountain Mojo Coffeehouse Open mic, 6:30pm

New Mountain Rajasthani Music Workshop (rhythm w/ wooden blocks), 6pm Kali Arms & Ninja Camels Workshop (dance, step), 6pm Ghoomar & Kalbelia Gypsy Dance Workshop (traditional folk dancing), 7pm Bollywood Choreography Workshop (dance), 7pm The Wailers w/ the Stooges Brass Band, The Mighty Mystic (reggae), 8pm Nightbell Restaurant & Lounge Tribute to War on Drugs w/ César Meana DJ, 7pm Noble Kava Open mic w/ Caleb Beissert, 9pm Odditorium Cowboy Crisis, Tashi Dorji, Ryan Oslance Duo & Secondary Modem, 9pm Off the Wagon Piano show, 9pm

To qualify for a free listing, a venue must be predominately dedicated to the performing arts. Bookstores and cafés with regular open mics and musical events are also allowed / To limit confusion, events must be submitted by the venue owner or a representative of that venue / Events must be submitted in written form by e-mail (clubland@mountainx.com), fax, snail mail or hand-delivered to the Clubland Editor Hayley Benton at 2 Wall St., Room 209, Asheville, NC 28801. Events submitted to other staff members are not assured of inclusion in Clubland / Clubs must hold at least TWO events per week to qualify for listing space. Any venue that is inactive in Clubland for one month will be removed / The Clubland Editor reserves the right to edit or exclude events or venues / Deadline is by noon on Monday for that Wednesday’s publication. This is a firm deadline.

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Olive or Twist Swing dance lessons w/ Bobby Wood, 7:30pm 3 Cool Cats (vintage rock), 8pm One Stop Deli & Bar Telekinetic Walrus w/ Stereospread & Rais (psychedelic bass, electro), 10pm Orange Peel The War On Drugs w/ Peter Bauer of the Walkmen (indie, alternative, rock), 9pm Pisgah Brewing Company Miss Tess and the Talkbacks (Americana, swing, rockabilly), 6pm

The Phoenix Jazz night, 8pm The Social Get Vocal Karaoke, 9:30pm The Southern Disclaimer Comedy open mic, 9pm

Jack of the Wood Pub Bluegrass jam, 7pm Lex 18 Michael Jefry Stevens & Simone Bernhard (jazz), 8pm Lobster Trap Hank Bones ("The man of 1,000 songs"), 7pm Market Place Ben Hovey (dub jazz, beats), 7pm New Mountain Blockhead w/ Elaquent, Muneshine (hiphop, funk), 8pm

Tiger Mountain Sean Dail (classic punk, power-pop, rock), 10pm

Odditorium Crooked Books, Peacoat, Minorcan & Prairie Fires, 9pm

Timo's House Spectrum AVL w/ Dam Good (dance party), 9pm

Off the Wagon Dueling pianos, 9pm

Town Pump Open mic w/ Aaron, 9pm

Olive or Twist West Coast swing lesson w/ Ian & Karen, 7:30pm Pop the Clutch (beach, jazz, swing), 8:30pm

Tressa's Downtown Jazz and Blues Blues & soul jam w/ Al Coffee & Da Grind, 8:30pm Urban Orchard Poetry on Demand w/ Eddie Cabbage, 6:30pm

One Stop Deli & Bar Phish 'n' Chips (Phish covers), 6pm

Vincenzo's Bistro Lenny Petenelli (high-energy piano), 7pm

Orange Peel The Werks vs. Zoogma (electronic, DJ), 9pm

Wild Wing Cafe Karaoke, 9pm

Oskar Blues Brewery Eric Congdon (singer-songwriter), 6pm

Wild Wing Cafe South Skinny Wednesday w/ J LUKE, 6pm

Pack's Tavern Scott Raines & Jeff Anders (acoustic rock), 9pm

Thursday, October 16

Straightaway Cafe Lyric (funk, soul), 6pm

5 Walnut Wine Bar Hank West & The Smokin' Hots (jazz exotica), 8pm

TallGary's Cantina Open mic & jam, 7pm

Alley Kats Tavern Open mic night, 7pm

The Mothlight Twin Peaks w/ Tweens (garage, indie, rock), 9:30pm

Altamont Brewing Company Angela Perley & The Howling Moons (rock), 9pm

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Pisgah Brewing Company Gaslight Street (blues, rock), 8pm Purple Onion Cafe Tellico (bluegrass, Americana), 7:30pm Renaissance Asheville Hotel Brad Earnhardt (classical guitar), 6:30pm Scandals Nightclub DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm Southern Appalachian Brewery Jeff Michaels & Jim Robertson (Americana), 7pm

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The Mothlight Cherokee Red w/ Bulgogi, Warm The Bell (eerie-folk, dream pop), 9:30am The Phoenix Bradford Carson Duo (mountain music), 8pm The Social Open mic w/ Scooter Haywood, 8pm

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The Southern DJ Leslie Snipes (dance), 10pm Tiger Mountain New Wave dance w/ Cliff (80s pop, postpunk, punk-rock, synthpop), 10pm

SAT • OCT 18 MELISSA REAVES BAND 6:30-8:30

Timo's House Unity Thursdays w/ Asheville Drum 'n' Bass Collective, 9pm Town Pump Squirrelly Birds (folk, bluegrass), 9pm

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Tressa's Downtown Jazz and Blues The Westsound Revue (Motown, blues), 9pm Urban Orchard Stevie Lee Combs (acoustic, Americana), 6:30pm

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Vincenzo's Bistro Ginny McAfee (guitar, vocals), 7pm White Horse Black Mountain Rural Academy Theatre, 7:30pm

Friday, October 17 185 King Street Bullfeather Music Factory (punk-a-billy), 8pm

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Altamont Brewing Company Jon Stickley Trio (newgrass), 9:30pm Asheville Music Hall Supatight w/ Bubonik Funk & Donnie Dies (jam, funk, rock), 10pm Asheville Sandwich Company Jam Sandwich (Dead, blues), 5pm Athena's Club Mark Appleford (singer-songwriter, Americana, blues), 7pm Black Mountain Ale House Ginny McAfee (country, folk), 9pm Blue Mountain Pizza & Brew Pub Acoustic Swing, 7pm Boiler Room Rebirth (EDM), 10pm Bywater Drayton & The Dreamboats (jazz, honkytonk), 9pm Classic Wineseller Joe Cruz (Beatles, Elton John covers), 7pm Club Eleven on Grove DJ Jam (old-school hip-hop, R&B, funk), 9pm Ladies Night & Asheville High Class of '89 after-party, 10pm Cork & Keg Vollie McKenzie & The Leadfoot Vipers (country, swing), 8:30pm Diana Wortham Theatre Paul Taylor Dance Company, 8pm Double Crown DJ Greg Cartwright (garage & soul obscurities), 10pm Elaine's Dueling Piano Bar Dueling Pianos, 9pm

185 King Street 877-1850 5 Walnut Wine Bar 253-2593 Adam Dalton Distillery 367-6401 Altamont Brewing Company 575-2400 The Altamont Theatre 348-5327 Asheville Music Hall 255-7777 Athena’s Club 252-2456 Barley’s Tap Room 255-0504 Black Mountain Ale House 669-9090 Blue Mountain Pizza 658-8777 Boiler Room 505-1612 Broadway’s 285-0400 The Bywater 232-6967 Cork and keg 254-6453 Creekside Taphouse 575-2880 Diana Wortham Theater 257-4530 Dirty South Lounge 251-1777 Double crown 575-9060 dugout 692-9262 Eleven on Grove 505-1612 Foggy Mountain Brewpub 254-3008 French Broad Brewery Tasting Room 277-0222 Good Stuff 649-9711 green room cafe 692-6335 Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern 232-5800 Grove House The Grove Park Inn (Elaine’s Piano Bar/ Great Hall) 252-2711 Highland Brewing Company 299-3370 Isis music hall 575-2737 Jack of the Wood 252-5445 LEX 18 582-0293 The Lobster Trap 350-0505 Metrosphere 258-2027 Millroom 555-1212 Monte Vista Hotel 669-8870 Moonlight mile 335-9316 Native Kitchen & Social Pub 581-0480 NIGHTBELL 575-0375 Noble Kava Bar 505-8118 odditorium 575-9299 OLIVE OR TWIST 254-0555 OneFiftyone 239-0239 One Stop Bar Deli & Bar 255-7777 O.Henry’s/TUG 254-1891 The Orange Peel 225-5851 oskar blues Brewery 883-2337 Pack’s Tavern 225-6944 The Phoenix 877-3232 Pisgah Brewing Co. 669-0190 Pulp 225-5851 Purple Onion Cafe 749-1179 Red Stag Grill at the Grand Bohemian Hotel 505-2949 Root Bar No.1 299-7597 Scandals Nightclub 252-2838 Scully’s 251-8880 SLy Grog Lounge 255-8858 Smokey’s After Dark 253-2155 the social 298-8780 Southern Appalacian Brewery 684-1235 Static Age Records 254-3232 Straightaway Cafe 669-8856 TallGary’s Cantina 232-0809 tiger mountain 407-0666 Timo’s House 575-2886 Town Pump 357-5075 Toy boat 505-8659 Treasure Club 298-1400

Isis Restaurant and Music Hall Jim Arrendell Dance Party (dinner + dancing), 9pm Jack of the Wood Pub Six String drag w/ The Parmesans (Americana, roots), 9pm Jerusalem Garden Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7pm

Nightbell Restaurant & Lounge César Meana DJ (indie-tronica), 10:30pm Noble Kava Steve Karla (gypsy-jazz, jam), 8:30pm Odditorium Savannah Sweet Tease Burlesque Troupe, 9pm Off the Wagon Dueling pianos, 9pmOlive or Twist Westsound (Motown), 8pm Late Night DJ (techno, disco), 11pm

The Mothlight stephaniesid w/ dep (pop, indie, melody), 8pm The Phoenix Bullet Horse (Americana), 9pm The Social Get Vocal Karaoke, 9:30pm Tiger Mountain Devyn (psychedelic, indie, metal, rock), 10pm

One Stop Deli & Bar Free Dead Fridays w/ members of Phuncle Sam (jam), 5pm The Royal Noise (retro-future punk), 10pm

Timo's House Thunderdome w/ Fighted, Primitive Tools & Kool Aid, 10pm

Orange Peel SoMo: The Wide Awake Tour w/ Francesco Yates (R&B, hip-hip), 9pm

Toy Boat Community Art Space Waiting for Godot (play), 7:30pm

Oskar Blues Brewery Riyen Roots & Kenny Dore (blues), 7pm Pack's Tavern DJ MoTo (pop, dance, hits), 9pm

Tressa's Downtown Jazz and Blues The Lowdown, 7pm Ruby Mayfield & The Friendship Train (soul, R&B), 10pm

Root Bar No. 1 The Horse Traders (rock), 8pm

Vincenzo's Bistro Steve Whiddon (classic piano), 5:30pm

Scandals Nightclub DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm

Water'n Hole Swamp Candy (blues), 10pm

Scully's DJ, 10pm

Wild Wing Cafe South A Social Function (acoustic), 9:30pm

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Iron Horse Station Dave Desmelik (singer-songwriter), 7pm

TallGary's Cantina Carolina Rex (rock), 9:30pm

OCT

THE WORKS vs. ZOOGMA After-

16 party: Rims & Keys w/ Bombassic & THU AMH

Highland Brewing Company Joe Lasher Jr. (country), 6:30pm

Market Place The Sean Mason Trio (groove, jazz, funk), 7pm

Disc-Oh 10 PM $8 21+

OCT

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Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern Billy Joe Shaver (country), 8pm

Straightaway Cafe Jam Boogie Band, 6pm

The Royal Noise 17 FRI OCT

10 PM $5 21+

Supatight w/ Bubonik Funk &

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Good Stuff Eddie Taylor (garage, rock), 8pm

Lobster Trap King Leo (jazz), 7pm

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OCT Dubtown Cosmonauts w/ Mac and 18 Juice Quartet 10 PM $5 21+ SAT

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French Broad Brewery Tasting Room Tellico (Americana, bluegrass), 6pm

Southern Appalachian Brewery The Lazy Birds (blues, jazz, country), 8pm

OCT

ALIGNING MINDS PRESENTS:

18 WAVEFORMS 2.0 feat. Blue Sky SAT AMH

Foggy Mountain Brewpub The Paper Crowns (rock, Americana), 9pm

Lex 18 The Byron Hedgepeth Vibes Trio (jazz), 9pm

Black Death, Aligning Minds, and RBTS WIN 10 PM $12/$15 21+

OCT The Brown Bag Songwriting 20 Competition 7:30 PM $3/FREE to watch MON AMH

Tressa’s Downtown Jazz & Blues 254-7072 U.s. Cellular center & Thomas Wolfe Auditorium 259-5544 VINCENZO’S 254-4698 Westville Pub 225-9782 White Horse 669-0816 Wild Wing Cafe 253-3066 wxyz 232-2838

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Alley Kats Tavern The Twisted Trail Band, 9:30pm Altamont Brewing Company Galactic Cowboy Orchestra (newgrass), 9:30pm Andrews Brewing Co. Jamie Kent, 6pm Asheville Music Hall Waveforms: w/ Blue Sky Black Death, Aligning Minds, RBTS WIN (IDM, electronic), 10pm Asheville Sandwich Company John Hardy Party (old-time), 5pm Athena's Club Mark Appleford (singer-songwriter, Americana, blues), 7pm Black Mountain Ale House Matt Walsh (blues, rock), 9pm

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Bywater Hot Point Trio (gypsy jazz), 9pm

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Classic Wineseller Fall for Jazz w/ Steve Davidowski Trio, 7pm

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Blue Mountain Pizza & Brew Pub Patrick Fitzsimons, 7pm

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Waveforms 2.0: Blue Sky Black Death, Aligning Minds and RBTS WIN (pictured) will come together for a night of “innovative aesthetics and forward thinking electronic music” at Asheville Music Hall on Saturday, Oct. 18, at 10 p.m.

“RBTS WIN is a sample-based/psych-pop production duo heavily influenced by the sounds of soul and R&B,” reads a passage from the band. “The band is known for their emotionally charged live performances, using a feast of analog synthesizers, drum machines, guitars and vocals.”

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Club Eleven on Grove Postal Express Street Riders (anniversary dance party), 9pm Cork & Keg Buddy Davis & The Session Players (honkytonk, country), 8:30pm

Diana Wortham Theatre Paul Taylor Dance Company, 8pm Double Crown DJ Mister Lance (R&B, rockabilly, punk-n-roll), 10pm Elaine's Dueling Piano Bar Dueling Pianos, 9pm Foggy Mountain Brewpub Felix & the Femmes (rock), 10pm French Broad Brewery Tasting Room The Gravelys (Americana, rock), 6pm Good Stuff Owen Family Band (square dance, folk), 8pm Green Room Cafe & Coffeehouse Aaron Coffin (singer-songwriter), 6:30pm Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern Shakey Graves (indie, singer-songwriter), 9pm Highland Brewing Company Melissa Reaves Band (rock, funk, blues), 6:30pm Iron Horse Station Mark Bumgarner (Americana), 7pm Isis Restaurant and Music Hall Jazz Brunch w/ Amicimusic's Jazzy Jews, 11am Matt Townsend, Even the Animals, The Rough and Tumble (Americana, folk, indie), 8:30pm Jack of the Wood Pub The Floorboards (rock, country), 9pm Jerusalem Garden Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7pm Lex 18 The Byron Hedgepeth Vibes Trio (jazz), 9pm Lobster Trap Sean Mason Trio (jazz), 7pm Marco's Pizzeria Sharon LaMotte Band (jazz), 6pm Market Place DJs (funk, R&B), 7pm

New Mountain Alex Grey (electronic), 8pm Nightbell Restaurant & Lounge DJ Tony Z (deep house), 10:30pm Odditorium Temptations Wings, Through the Fallen & Black Hand Throne (metal, hard rock), 9pm Off the Wagon Dueling pianos, 9pm Olive or Twist 42nd Street (jazz, swing), 8pm Late Night DJ (techno, disco), 11pm One Stop Deli & Bar Reggae Family Jam, 2pm Dubtown Cosmonauts w/ Mac and Juice Quartet (rock, funk, jam), 10pm Orange Peel Kacey Musgraves w/ John & Jacob (singer-songwriter), 9pm Oskar Blues Brewery Doug Gibson (blues), 6pm Pack's Tavern Howie's House Party (blues, fusion), 9pm Purple Onion Cafe Lonesome Road Band (classic rock, bluegrass, folk), 8pm

DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm

Sunday, October 19 5 Walnut Wine Bar Resonant Rogues (old-fashioned originals), 7pm Altamont Brewing Company Vinyl night w/ DJ Kilby, 9pm Altamont Theater Mike Farris (blues-rock, R&B), 7pm Blue Kudzu Sake Company Karaoke & brunch, 2pm Blue Mountain Pizza & Brew Pub Larry Dolamore, 7pm

Southern Appalachian Brewery Marc Yaxley (classical jazz guitar), 5pm Spring Creek Tavern The Paper Crowns, 4pm Straightaway Cafe Gary Segal, 5pm TallGary's Cantina Jason Brazzel (acoustic), 6pm The Mothlight The Illuminated Paths + Ingrown Records Showcase (multiple artists), 5pm

Double Crown Karaoke w/ Tim O, 9pm

The Phoenix Howie, Ellen & Woody (acoustic blues), 12pm

Iron Horse Station Mark Shane (R&B), 6pm

The Social '80s night, 8pm

Isis Restaurant and Music Hall Jazz showcase, 6pm Jack of the Wood Pub Irish session, 5pm

Town Pump Sunday Jam w/ Dan, 4pm Toy Boat Community Art Space Waiting for Godot (play), 7:30pm Vincenzo's Bistro Steve Whiddon (classic piano), 5:30pm

Lex 18 Ray Biscoglia (jazz piano), 8pm Lobster Trap Tim Marsh (jazz, fusion), 7pm

White Horse Black Mountain Jimmy Landry w/ Will Straughan & Chris Rosser, 7:30pm

Root Bar No. 1 Linda Mitchell (blues, jazz), 8pm

Millroom Service Industry Night: I Want my MTV dance party, 9pm

Yacht Club Steely Dan Sunday, 5pm

Scandals Nightclub DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm

Mojo Kitchen & Lounge Sunday night swing, 5pm

Scully's DJ, 10pm

Odditorium Krang!, 9pm

Southern Appalachian Brewery Oktoberfest w/ The Mountain Top Polka Band, 1pm

Off the Wagon Piano show, 9pm

Monday, October 20 5 Walnut Wine Bar The Get Right Band (funk, rock, reggae), 8pm

Spring Creek Tavern Blue Ribbon Healers, 9pm

Olive or Twist Shag & swing lesson w/ John Dietz, 7pm Oldies & dance DJ, 8pm

Straightaway Cafe Hobos & Lace, 6pm

One Stop Deli & Bar Bluegrass brunch w/ The Pond Brothers, 11am

TallGary's Cantina Rory Kelly (rock), 9:30pm

Orange Peel The Jayhawks w/ Trapper Schoepp (rock, country, folk), 9pm

The Admiral Soul night w/ DJ Dr. Filth, 11pm The Mothlight Axxa Abraxas & Heavenly Beat (post-rock, indie, psych), 9:30pm The Phoenix Sean Austin Leonard (singer-songwriter), 1pm Bootleg Dynasty (alt-country, Southern rock), 9pm The Social Get Vocal Karaoke, 9:30pm Tiger Mountain IIIrd Wave dance night w/ Lynnnn & Sarah K (avant-dance, disco, darkwave), 10pm Timo's House Fisticuffs: Nex Millen vs. DJ Ra Mak ('90s vinyl battle), 10pm Town Pump Chilled Monkey Brains (punk), 9pm Toy Boat Community Art Space Waiting for Godot (play), 7:30pm Tressa's Downtown Jazz and Blues The King Zeros, 7pm Westsound, 10pm Vincenzo's Bistro Steve Whiddon (classic piano), 5:30pm

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Bywater Open mic w/ Taylor Martin, 9pm Courtyard Gallery Open mic (music, poetry, comedy, etc.), 8pm Double Crown Punk 'n' roll w/ DJ Leo Delightful, 10pm Good Stuff Riverside Trivia Show, 7pm Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern Contra dance, 7pm Jack of the Wood Pub Quizzo, 7pm Lobster Trap Bobby Miller and Friends (fast bluegrass), 7pm Millroom Vibrations of Versatility CD release party, 9pm Odditorium Free Movie Weirdo Night, 9pm Off the Wagon Open mic, 8pm Orange Peel Jabali Acrobats (acrobat performance), 11am Oskar Blues Brewery Mountain Music Mondays (open jam), 6pm The Mothlight Free Monday w/ Isaacson, Means Well, VIA (rock), 9pm

Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern Sharon Van Etten w/ Tiny Ruins (indie, rock, folk), 8pm Iron Horse Station Open mic w/ Kevin Reese, 6pm Isis Restaurant and Music Hall Bluegrass session, 7:30pm Lex 18 HotPoint Duo (gypsy string), 8pm Lobster Trap Jay Brown (Americana, folk), 7pm Marco's Pizzeria Sharon LaMotte Band (jazz), 6:30pm Market Place The Rat Alley Cats (jazz, Latin, swing), 7pm

White Horse Black Mountain Michael Jefry Stevens & friends (jazz), 7:30pm Wild Wing Cafe Team trivia, 8:30pm

Tuesday, October 21 5 Walnut Wine Bar The John Henrys (ragtime jazz), 8pm Alley Kats Tavern Bluegrass Tuesday, 8pm Altamont Brewing Company Open mic w/ Chris O'Neill, 8pm Asheville Music Hall Tuesday Night Funk Jam, 11pm Black Mountain Ale House Trivia, 7pm Blue Mountain Pizza & Brew Pub Mark Bumgarner, 7pm Buffalo Nickel Trivia night, 7pm Bywater Fire-spinning night, 9pm Club Eleven on Grove Swing lessons & dance w/ Swing Asheville, 6:30pm Tango lessons & practilonga w/ Tango Gypsies, 7pm Drayton & The Dreamboats (jazz), 8:30pm

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Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern Doug Seegers (country, singer-songwriter), 8pm Grind Cafe Trivia night, 7pm Iron Horse Station Mark Shane (R&B), 6pm Isis Restaurant and Music Hall Sweet Claudette (Americana, soul), 7pm Jack of the Wood Pub Old-time session, 5pm Lex 18 The Roaring Lions (jazz), 9pm Lobster Trap Ben Hovey (dub-jazz, trumpet, beats), 7pm

Off the Wagon Rock 'n' roll bingo, 8pm

Mountain Mojo Coffeehouse Open mic, 6:30pm

One Stop Deli & Bar Tuesday night techno, 10pm

Noble Kava Open mic w/ Caleb Beissert, 9pm

Orange Peel Movie Night: Hocus Pocus, 7pm

Odditorium Killing Solves Everything, Raging Nathans & The Dimarcos (punk, rock), 9pm

TallGary's Cantina Jam night, 9pm

Vincenzo's Bistro Steve Whiddon (classic piano), 5:30pm

Good Stuff Christopher Bell (singer-songwriter, pop, indie), 7pm

Mojo Kitchen & Lounge DJ Molly Parti "Get Over the Hump-day" dance party (funk, soul, hip-hop), 5:30pm

The Social Hartford bluegrass jam w/ Ben Saylor, 8pm

Town Pump Ali Holder & Little Brave (folk, country, blues), 9pm

Dugout Karaoke, 9pm

Odditorium Comedy open mic w/ Tom Peters, 9pm

Scully's Open mic night w/ Jeff Anders, 9pm

Timo's House Service Industry Night w/ Nex Millen (dance party), 9pm

OCTOBER 15 - OCTOBER 21, 2014

Double Crown Punk 'n' roll w/ DJs Sean & Will, 10pm

The Phoenix The Moon & You (folk, Americana), 8pm

Tiger Mountain Honky-tonk (classic country & rockabilly) w/ DJ Lil Lorruh & David Wayne Gay, 10pm

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Cork & Keg Honkytonk jam w/ Tom Pittman & friends, 6:30pm

The Social Ashli Rose (singer-songwriter), 7pm Timo's House 90s Recall w/ Franco (90s dance, hip-hop, pop), 10pm Tressa's Downtown Jazz and Blues Early Tuesday w/ Pauly Juhl & Oso, 8:30pm Vincenzo's Bistro Steve Whiddon (classic piano), 5:30pm Westville Pub Blues jam, 10pm White Horse Black Mountain Irish sessions --- Open mic, 6:30pm Wild Wing Cafe South Trivia, 8:30pm

Wednesday, October 22 5 Walnut Wine Bar Wine tasting w/ Alarm Clock Conspiracy (indie-rock), 5pm Sankofa (world), 8pm

Off the Wagon Piano show, 9pm Olive or Twist Swing dance lessons w/ Bobby Wood, 7:30pm 3 Cool Cats (vintage rock), 8pm One Stop Deli & Bar Arum Rae (rock, soul, pop), 10pm Pisgah Brewing Company Bradley Carter & Friends w/ Sanctum Sully's Banjo Wizard (grass, old-time), 6pm Straightaway Cafe Caribbean Cowboys, 6pm TallGary's Cantina Open mic & jam, 7pm The Mothlight Dedsa w/ Wyla, Petey (electronic, rock), 9pm The Phoenix Jazz night, 8pm The Social Get Vocal Karaoke, 9:30pm The Southern Disclaimer Comedy open mic, 9pm Tiger Mountain Sean Dail (classic punk, power-pop, rock), 10pm

Altamont Brewing Company Dirty Soul Revival (rock, blues, soul), 7pm Art Reception w/ Brad Pope (country), 7pm

Timo's House Spectrum AVL w/ Dam Good (dance party), 9pm

Ben's Tune-Up Live band karaoke w/ The Diagnostics, 9pm

Town Pump Open mic w/ Aaron, 9pm

Black Mountain Ale House Buncombe County Boyz (folk, bluegrass), 7:30pm

Tressa's Downtown Jazz and Blues Blues & soul jam w/ Al Coffee & Da Grind, 8:30pm

Blue Mountain Pizza & Brew Pub Open Mic w/ Mark Bumgarner, 7pm Bywater Soul night w/ DJ Whitney, 8:30pm Crow & Quill Uncle Shabby's Singalong Parlour (piano karaoke), 9pm Double Crown DJs Greg Cartwright & David Wayne Gay (country), 10pm

Urban Orchard Poetry on Demand w/ Eddie Cabbage, 6:30pm Vincenzo's Bistro Lenny Petenelli (high-energy piano), 7pm Wild Wing Cafe Karaoke, 9pm Wild Wing Cafe South Skinny Wednesday w/ J LUKE, 6pm

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Art and Craft

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DIRECTOR: Sam Cullman, Jennifer Grausman, Mark Becker

Asheville Pizza & Brewing Co. (254-1281) Please call the info line for updated showtimes How to Train Your Dragon 2 3D (PG) 1:00, 4:00 Lucy (PG-13) 7:00, 10:00 Carmike Cinema 10 (298-4452)

PLAYERS: Mark Landis, Matthew Leininger, Aaron Cowan, Jill Chancey DOCUMENTARY

RATED NR

THE STORY: Documentary about a very peculiar art forger — one who makes gifts of his forgeries to altogether-too-credulous museums.

THE LOWDOWN: Immensely likable little documentary about a singularly strange man with a penchant for gifting museums with his forgeries of the works of famous artists. It’s pretty indifferent as filmmaking, but its subject and the questions it raises carry it.

Chances are that you’ve never heard of Mark Landis. Goodness knows there are at least 46 museums around the country that wish they hadn’t. You see, Landis — an improbable little fellow with the voice and demeanor of a slightly befuddled Truman Capote — is an art forger, but he takes no money for his forgeries. No, he simply donates them to museums as bequests from nonexistent relatives. Therein lies the problem for the unlucky recipients of his largesse — what he’s doing may be “immoral,” but since he doesn’t profit from this, it isn’t illegal. It seems that one day he decided to become a “philanthropist,” and this is the path he chose. He insists that what he’s done isn’t wrong — but it has left a lot of overly willing museum curators with egg on their faces, especially when they learned that several museums had been given copies of the same pictures.

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Mark Landis in the entertaining documentary on him and his life as a very odd art forger, Art and Craft.

There’s nothing remarkable about the filmmaking here — except perhaps for the fact that it took three credited directors to make the movie. It’s straightforward stuff with a tendency to crowd in uncomfortably close on its subject and spend too much time on shots of Landis walking or driving to no real point.

You also have to realize that a fair amount of what we’re seeing is obviously staged. The likelihood of questions not being raised about the presence of a camera crew when Landis — in one of his guises (sometimes he poses as a Jesuit priest) — presents a museum with one of his gifts is, at the least, astronomical. I’m not crying “foul” here — all documentaries “cheat” to some extent — but it’s as well to realize that we’re not just flies on the wall. No, we are moviegoers being told a story.

The question arises — and it has troubled a handful of critics — as to whether or not the filmmakers are exploiting Landis. The man has a history of mental illness — having suffered a nervous breakdown when he was 17, at which time he was diagnosed as (among other things) schizophrenic.

Landis himself is open about this and

happy to read the report on him aloud, citing what he does and doesn’t agree with. He has no friends and measures time strictly in terms of “when Mother died.” (He was plying his forgery trade long before that.) He worries that he was a disappointment to his father. He frets over being stopped in his philanthropy. And yet, there’s a mischievous streak in him that makes you wonder if he isn’t, in his own way, exploiting the interest of the filmmakers.

The film is pretty clearly on his side, though it’s at pains not to say that outright. He’s befuddled, vague, seemingly confused, but the people who come off badly are the ones on the other side of the fence — especially the obsessed former registrar of the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Matthew Leininger, whose sole mission in life is stopping Landis at all costs. OK, so Landis’ activities are perhaps wrong, but there’s no way to spin this where it doesn’t look like Leininger is really just out for petty revenge over having been made a fool of. In fact, everyone who was duped by Landis looks pretty silly — and way too willing to accept his gifts as genuine in the first place. This becomes even more clear as you realize that Landis’ copies in their cheap, “distressed” craft

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store frames really aren’t that convincing under scrutiny.

What we’re left with, though, is a beguiling — sometimes sad — portrait of a wholly fascinating character given to rambling discourses and quoting from old movies. (Well, his credo is that you should always watch TV while you do your “arts and crafts” projects.) He’s also a character who you’re never sure isn’t in on the joke, even while he takes a pull from a Milk of Magnesia bottle filled with cheap wine and seems thoroughly confused. The filmmakers may not have made a great movie, but they have a remarkable subject. Not Rated and containing nothing offensive.

Starts Friday at Fine Arts Theatre. reviewed by Ken Hanke

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day HH DIRECTOR: Miguel Arteta (Cedar Rapids) PLAYERS: Steve Carell, Jennifer Garner, Ed Oxenbould, Dylan Minnette, Kerris Dorsey KIDDIE COMEDY

RATED PG

THE STORY: A put-upon young boy gets his wish that his family finds out what a bad day is like when they’re on the receiving end.

The Lowdown: A very long 80 minutes of obvious slapstick and loud performances pitched to the family-friendly crowd, which should demand better.

Miguel Arteta has made a couple of pretty good films in a career mostly devoted to TV — The Good Girl (2002) and Cedar Rapids (2011). His latest, on the other hand, is pretty bad and out of character. This is Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day — or, as I like to think of it, The Persecution and Assassination of Alexander as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum at Disney Under the Direction of Someone Who Should Know Better.

Unfortunately, turning the title into a variant on Marat/Sade doesn’t do anything to help this shrill, broad, unfunny, tedious, badly-paced

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movie. Plus, the main character is never assassinated, but then this is of the family-friendly stripe (see the PG rating). It’s based on the “beloved” children’s book of the same name, but I have serious doubts that the book includes a sequence where Alexander’s sister gets accidentally trashed on liquid cold medicine, or one where dad mistakenly hires a group of male strippers for Alexander’s 11th birthday party. (Of course, the book probably doesn’t have a wallaby and a kangaroo, which are plusses, but marsupial value only takes you so far.) Then again, what do I know about modern pretween kid literature?

The idea here is that Alexander Cooper (Australian TV kid actor Ed Oxenbould) is seemingly the only member of his family who doesn’t live a charmed life. Outof-work Dad (Steve Carell) is so relentlessly cheerful and upbeat that he would be drug tested if he was a racehorse. Gainfullyemployed Mom (Jennifer Garner) is no less perky. Big sister Emily (TV actress Kerris Dorsey) is the well-liked rising star of the eighth-grade drama department.

Bigger brother Anthony (TV actor Dylan Minnette) is the smoothest (PG-style) operator of the junior class at high school — complete with hot (but terminally shallow) girlfriend (TV actress Bella Thorne). There’s also a baby brother (played by two baby girls) who, of course, gets all the parental doting. Alexander, however, is a social disaster at school, the butt of every joke imaginable. At home, he’s merely clumsy and overlooked. In short, he’s completely miserable. So, just as he turns 11 he makes a wish that his family could find out what it’s like to have a bad day. And guess what?

Quicker than you can say Freaky Friday his wish comes true.

What happens from there is pretty easy to predict, and even easier to forget before you’re out of the theater. It’s all strained, obvious slapstick played at full volume by an overly energetic cast trying way too hard to sell the movie’s weak gags. (This is by no means the first or the worst movie to fall into the trap of confusing loud with funny, but it’s a good example.) Before it’s over, of course, everything will be set to rights and life lessons will be learned. The nice people will be rewarded. The not-so-nice will be

HHHHH = max rating punished. Better still, Alexander will not realize that the only reason people — including the girl he’s sweet on and his supposed best friend — showed up for his awesome birthday party is because his cool-kid nemesis got sick and had to cancel his party.

That’s perhaps a life lesson for a slightly older age group. Rated PG for rude humor, including some reckless behavior and language.

Playing at Carolina Cinemas, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande, UA Beauctcher. reviewed by Ken Hanke

Dracula Untold HH DIRECTOR: Gary Shore PLAYERS: Luke Evans, Sarah Gadon, Dominic Cooper, Art Parkinson, Charles Dance ACTION HORROR Rated PG-13 THE STORY: The story of how Dracula got the way he is.

THE LOWDOWN: Slapdash, but slick, horror done in comic book terms. Too little horror, too much CGI — and yet another attempt to make a great villain sympathetic with an origin story. Phooey.

Dracula Untold should’ve stayed that way. There. I got the obvious out of my system — but its obviousness doesn’t keep it from being true.

Essentially, it’s just another dumb comic book movie, but with — you know — Dracula. And it would be negligible, except for the fact that there’s a chance that this thing might be popular enough to convince Universal to jump into their purported idea of bringing back their classic monsters in a new series of movies. The difference here will be — if someone doesn’t drive a stake in the thing PDQ — that instead of bringing the various creatures together out of desperation — a la Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943), House of Frankenstein (1944), etc. — it will be planned from the onset. In other words, it’s Marvel’s The Avengers, but with monsters. (Apparently, 2004’s Van Helsing taught them nothing.)

Dracula has been many things over

the years — the scarcely human Max Schreck (1922’s Nosferatu), the Valentino-esque seducer Bela Lugosi (1931’s Dracula), the vaguely Byronic Christopher Lee (1958’s Horror of Dracula), the Eurotrash Udo Kier (1974’s Blood for Dracula), the blowdry Frank Langella (1979’s Dracula), the cool Victorian romantic Gary Oldman (1992’s Dracula). Now we get buff gym-rat antihero Luke Evans. Oh ho and oh hum.

The whole Dracula with an origin story — involving that old laugh-aminute Vlad the Impaler — isn’t new.

It’s been touched on and fiddled with before, but that was before the concept of the origin story had entered the public consciousness. And really, did the lack of such a story hurt Messrs.

Schreck, Lugosi, or Lee? They just were — and their images remain the ones that most people retain to this day. I seriously doubt that Mr. Evans — who I have liked in other movies — poses any threat to their status. Truthfully, this Dracula isn’t likely to be as remembered as Lon Chaney Jr.’s corn-fed count in Son of Dracula (1943) or John Carradine’s seedy stage magician take in House of Frankenstein, House of Dracula (1945), or even — God save us — Billy the Kid vs. Dracula (1964).

Part of what’s wrong here is that it’s yet another whitewash-the-villain yarn. Oh, sure, old Vlad put thousands of folks to the stake, but, hey, he was only being a good ruler, keeping those nasty (non-Christian) Turks at bay. So there. Taking it a step further, he only becomes the supernatural monster of legend (and Bram Stoker) in order to stop — yep — those nasty Turks once again. To do this he visits the Master Vampire (a pleasingly campy Charles Dance) and makes a bad bargain that gives him all the supernatural powers of a vampire for a limited time — as long as he resists the desire to drink blood. If he drinks blood, he becomes permanently afflicted. Any bets on how that works out? I didn’t think so.

Mostly, what we get out of this is an orgy of CGI bat and battle stuff — all of which is remarkably bloodless to hold tight to that PG-13 rating. It’s all pretty tepid and mostly cartoonish.

Some of it, however, is pretty amusing — especially Dominic Cooper as the villainous Turk Mehmed. Sporting a singularly strange hairdo (there must have been a Vidal Sassoon salon in ancient Turkey) and affecting an accent that sounds like a cross between Russian and comic oh-mygoodness-gosh Indian, West is nothing if not preposterous. He’s also pretty entertaining — in ways I do not think were intended. Overall, it’s just plain

not very good, though I freely concede that it seemed much shorter than Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, despite being about 15 minutes longer. I guess that’s something, though we’re talking relative levels of mediocrity. Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of warfare, vampire attacks, disturbing images and some sensuality.

Playing at Carolina Cinemas, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande, UA Beauctcher. reviewed by Ken Hanke

The Judge HH DIRECTOR: David Dobkin (The Change-Up) PLAYERS: Robert Downey Jr., Robert Duvall, Vera Farmiga, Vincent D’Onofrio, Billy Bob Thornton TREACLEY FAMILIAL COURTROOM DRAMA Rated R THE STORY: A hotshot defense attorney is forced into defending his estranged dad’s murder charge.

THE LOWDOWN: A gooey mess of shameless Oscar bait clichés that’s watchable and little else.

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Art and Craft See review in “Cranky Hanke.”

Men, Women & Children See review in “Cranky Hanke.”

The Best of Me Since these things invariably make money, it was only a matter of time before we got yet another Nicholas Sparks adaptation. This one harnesses the talents of director Michael Hoffman (who has sometimes made good movies, other times not so much) and offers Michelle Monaghan and James Marsden (the Easter Bunny himself) as its mature leads, with Luke Bracey and Liana Liberato as their younger selves. We are told this is about “two former high school sweethearts who find themselves reunited after 20 years apart, when they return to their small town for the funeral of a beloved friend. Their bittersweet reunion reignites the love they’ve never forgotten, but soon they discover the forces that drove them apart twenty years ago live on, posing even more serious threats today.” Yep, Nicholas Sparks. (PG-13)

The Book of Life First-time feature director Jorge R. Gutierrez brings us this Halloweenish animated film produced by Guillermo del Toro.

Though it looks a little bit like a Mexican Nightmare Before Christmas, it manages to come across as potentially pretty appealing. The studio says it “tells the legend of Manolo, a conflicted hero and dreamer who sets off on an epic quest through magical, mythical and wondrous worlds in order to rescue his one true love and defend his village.” (PG)

Fury It’s Brad Pitt’s big WWII movie from writer-director David Ayer (End of Watch) with a cast that also includes Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman and Michael Peña.

It’s the only film opening that has much in the way of reviews — and those are on the mixed-leaningpositive side. The basic thrust is that it’s pretty much a straightforward war movie, but with more than usual violence. (R)

The only interesting aspect of David Dobkin’s The Judge is that there are people in the world still making movies like The Judge. It’s the most cynical, shameless kind of Oscar bait, existing in a time when no one wins awards with this kind of bush-league, tear-jerking, fauxsentimental nonsense. And judging by the flaccid box office, it doesn’t look like this kind of movie makes financial sense either.

Among the film’s blatant offenses are daddy issues, alcoholism, divorce, dark family tragedies, cancer and a mentally handicapped character. It’s Oscar bait bingo that has no qualms about being unabashedly manipulative and obvious in its aims. I suppose that honesty is admirable, but the least The Judge could do is extend the common courtesy of giving a damn about its audience. Perhaps that’s too much

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to expect from Dobkin, here with his first foray — after years of stuff like The Change-Up (2011) and Fred Claus (2007) — into “serious” movies. Unfortunately, Dobkin’s idea of serious is grainy, gauzy, soft-focus photography and lots of swelling piano chords papier-mâchéd over the film, with a fat dollop of mawkish familial drama on top.

The Judge revolves around Hank (Robert Downey Jr., playing yet another fast-talking wiseass), a high-priced Chicago defense attorney with little conscience and slim ties to the rest of his family who live in rural Indiana. But the sudden death of Hank’s mother sends him reluctantly home to her funeral — and into the home of his estranged father and small town judge Joseph (Robert Duvall). But — after a stressful, awkward few days — before Hank can leave for good, his father is involved in a hit-andrun and is charged with murder.

Reluctantly — and presumably out of a sense of duty — Hank decides to defend his father.

The film, from this point, becomes part courtroom drama, part familycentric melodrama. Neither part is very strong, and the two combine to stuff the film into a running time that’s at least 20 minutes too long.

There’s just too much plot and not enough focus, as threads and subplots are brought up and eventually forgotten. The courtroom angle suffers from being unfocused, and while it does go in a direction that I wasn’t suspecting (the outcome, while not earth shattering, is a bit surprising considering the type of movie The Judge is) there’s not much of a payoff, while the buildup to the climax of the case eventually fizzles out. The family aspects of the script are even worse, since so much of these people’s entanglements feel put-on and artificial. This is a gussied up soap opera — and not a particularly fun one — where none of the characters have any depth. Hank is solely ruled by his relationship with his father, a relationship that never feels as real as it needs to be thanks both to the actors and the unfocused script.

This is a film in desperate need of an emotional response, and it mucks it up at every turn with poor chemistry and a total inability to get out of its own way. In the end, The Judge just feels pointless. Rated R for language, including some sexual references.

Playing at Carmike 10, Carolina Cinemas, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande. reviewed by Justin Souther

Men, Women & ChildrenHHH DIRECTOR: Jason Reitman PLAYERS: Adam Sandler, Jennifer Garner, Rosemarie DeWitt, Judy Greer, Dean Norris, Ansel Elgort, Kaitlyn Dever, Emma Thompson Drama Rated R THE STORY: Eight intercut — sometimes connected — stories of life in the age of omnipresent social media.

THE LOWDOWN: It’s a worthy idea and there are some moments of grace, but this takedown of society losing actual human connection through its online and text messaging simulation of interaction is too unfocused and overstuffed to be the movie it wants to be.

I wanted to like Jason Reitman’s Men, Women & Children. I’m in sympathy with its vaguely Luddite views on the Internet, social media and the ubiquity of texting. I think its intentions are honorable. I think there are some good moments in the film. There are certainly good ideas. Unfortunately, the film itself is something of a mess. There are too many characters and too many stories — some of which could have easily been cut. The whole story of the anorexic girl (Elena Kampouris) adds nothing to the film — other than characters it doesn’t need — and is just a slab of soap with only the most tenuous connection to the film’s themes.

There’s also too much melodrama, too much angst, too much self-seriousness — and a deadly absence of humor (at least, the conscious kind).

That a filmmaker with Reitman’s credentials would have made this seems incredible. Maybe if I’d seen his much reviled Labor Day from earlier this year, I’d have been less startled. As it is, I’m reduced to calling it a nice try, pointing out that Adam Sandler isn’t embarrassing, and that while both Dennis Haysbert and J.K. Simmons are in it, neither one tries to sell us insurance.

But then, someone might have cautioned Reitman that having Emma Thompson narrate your movie won’t turn it into Stranger Than Fiction

(2006), but it will make you think about how much better that film was.

At the same time, I’m more than a little alarmed by attacks on the film by critics who seem threatened by the idea that anyone would criticize our collective addiction to social media. (Alternatively, perhaps they’re afraid they’ll be called fuddy-duddies for conceding Reitman has a point.) The problem is the movie invites criticism with its ham-handed, often tone deaf approach and its rudimentary grasp of social media. I understand that we’re not supposed to like the control obsessed, overprotective mother played by Jennifer Garner — and I would have understood this without Garner playing her like Piper Laurie in Carrie. She is the most extreme example of the movie’s off-key tone, but the whole movie is trapped in a world of not dissimilar extremes. It dotes on worst-case scenarios — like the mom (Judy Greer) who feeds her daughter’s (Olivia Crocicchia) pursuit of fame by curating an inappropriate website of the girl in come-hither lingerie. Of course,

the movie — being a mainstream creation — is hampered by its inability to illustrate such things as online porn.

The film’s idea of porn is full-on fuddy-duddyism — to the point that this stuff probably wouldn’t shock your granny, assuming she has watched network TV after 10 p.m. recently.

So much of what doesn’t work, however, comes down to the film being overstuffed. Compare it to the little-seen 2013 film Disconnect. It addressed the same issues and traded in melodrama, but it was smarter about it — and one of the ways it was smarter lay in it having three stories. Reitman’s film has eight. As a result, very little is more than sketched in. The best stories — the romance between Garner’s daughter (Kaitlyn Dever) and a football hero (Ansel Elgort) turned into a rather gloomy introvert, an incipient romance between Elgort’s father (Dean Norris) and the Judy Greer character, the marriage of Sandler and Rosemarie DeWitt — all would have benefited from more development. (The reason I’ve avoided character names is that everything is so watered down that the actors exist more than the characters.) No amount of clever animated onscreen “thought bubbles” of online

chatting (I guess it’s like O’Neill’s Strange Interlude for the barely literate) makes up for iffy characterization.

Still, Men, Women & Children isn’t without its points. Yes, the whole business of electronic communications deadening us to actual human interaction is ripe for exploration. There probably is a great film to be made on the topic. This just isn’t it. Too much of what happens — like kids rushing into losing their virginity for its own sake — doesn’t require the Internet.

It’s stuff that’s been around for some considerable time now. Even so, there are strong moments in the film. The whole business of people expecting other people to be so plugged into the Internet or their phones that anything that doesn’t receive an automatic response is cause for worry is nicely conveyed. There are good scenes between the three couples worthy of being called couples. There just aren’t enough of them to really float the movie. Rated R for strong sexual content including graphic dialogue throughout — some involving teens — and for language.

Starts Friday at Carolina Cinemas. reviewed by Ken Hanke

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Witness for the Prosecution HHHHS Director: Billy Wilder Players: Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester, John Williams, Henry Daniell, Una O’Connor MYSTERY COURTROOM DRAMA Rated NR According to the credits, Tyrone Power and Marlene Dietrich were the stars of Billy Wilder’s excellent film version of Agatha Christie’s hit play Witness for the Prosecution. But let’s face it, the movie belongs to Charles Laughton as Sir Wilfrid Robards, the ailing but wily barrister defending Power on a murder charge. The premise finds Sir Wilfrid — with bossy nurse Miss Plimsoll (Elsa Lanchester) in tow — fresh out of the hospital after a heart attack. In theory, he is only to handle quiet, easy civil cases, but

this quickly proves to be purely a theory when — mostly because he’s after a forbidden cigar — he hears the case of Leonard Vole (Power), an American war hero charged with murdering a 56-year-old widow for her money. His only slender hope is the testimony of his wife (Dietrich), who, as things turn out, is not his wife (owing to a previous marriage) and ends up being the title witness for the prosecution. It’s a clever, twisty tale with a surprise ending that the producers were very protective of (the film ends with a voice-over asking viewers not to reveal the ending). Dietrich is excellent, and so is the supporting cast. The only weak link is Power, who looks too old and frankly sick for the part. But the real draw here is Laughton. The Asheville Film Society will screen Witness for the Prosecution Tuesday, Oct. 21, at 8 p.m. in Theater Six at The Carolina Asheville and will be hosted by Xpress movie critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther.

The Rainbow HHHHS Director: Ken Russell Players: Sammi Davis, Paul McGann, Amanda Donohoe, Christopher Gable, David Hemmings, Glenda Jackson DRAMA Rated R Ken Russell’s last large-scale theatrical work, The Rainbow (1989) was the most elaborate of the three films he made for producer Dan Ireland at Vestron Pictures. In many ways, it was an attempt to recapture the quality of Women in Love from 20 years earlier. After all, D.H. Lawrence’s novel was the book that led to Women in Love. So surrounding himself with a cast he mostly knew and trusted, Russell set out to make a masterpiece. While he didn’t quite do that — thanks to a central casting error — he came pretty close and made a beautiful, deeply sensual film, his most ambitious work of the 1980s. What he hadn’t reckoned on was the restructuring of Vestron and the closing of their theatrical arm, leaving him with a very good — sometimes great — movie that almost no one got the chance to see. The Hendersonville Film Society will show The Rainbow Sunday, Oct. 19, at 2 p.m. in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community (behind Epic Cinemas), 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville.

Island of Lost Souls HHHHH Director: Erle C. Kenton (The Ghost of Frankenstein) Players: Charles Laughton, Richard Arlen, Bela Lugosi, Leila Hyams, The Panther Woman (Kathleen Burke), Arthur Hohl HORROR Rated NR Erle C. Kenton’s Island of Lost Souls (1932) is without a doubt the grimmest and most completely horrific of all “golden age” horror films. That’s a statement that few are going to argue with. (It was banned — much to the delight of H.G. Wells, who hated what the filmmakers had done with his source novel — in the UK until sometime in the 1960s.) Its horrors are more straightforward and more in-your-face than anything else of the time. It’s a nasty bit of goods, but it’s a magnificent nasty bit of goods.

This ultrastylish tale of the sadistic Dr. Moreau and his island full of half-human horrors (led by Bela Lugosi) he’s made from animals — not to mention his plans to breed one of them with a shipwreck victim (Richard Arlen) — is just as slick as it is “sick,” and one of the absolute essentials of the first wave of horror movies. Kathleen Burke (billed as The Panther Woman) got her role as the sexy half-human Lota by winning Paramount’s “Panther Woman of America” contest. The Thursday Horror Picture Show will screen Island of Lost Souls Thursday, Oct. 16, at 8 p.m. in Theater Six at The Carolina Asheville and will be hosted by Xpress movie critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther.

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Administrative/ Office CIVIL ESTIMATOR/ ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Fulltime first shift position with highway/ bridge construction company in Asheville, NC. Must be able to study blueprints, project specifications, and related documents to compile all quantities for work to be performed for thorough project analysis/ bid preparation. Aid project managers with subcontracts, purchase orders and invoice processing.

Must be very detailed oriented with strong analytical and math skills. Experience with: AGTEK estimating software, blueprint reading, autocad, excel, word, microsoft project. Drug test and e-verify required. Benefits offered. An EEO employer including those with disabilities and protected veterans. Fax resume to: 828418-1646 GUEST SERVICES • PARTTIME Guest Services is responsible for the efficient management of the reception area in the entrance lobby with a focus on pleasurable guest experiences and the safety and security of all who enter the YWCA facilities. As the

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Minorities are encouraged to apply. Qualified candidates who are fluent in Spanish and English are strongly encouraged to apply. High school diploma or higher is required.

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COOPERRIIS HEALING COMMUNITY LPN PRN IN ASHEVILLE NC CooperRiis Healing Community in Asheville, NC has an immediate need for an LPN, PRN for 8-10 hours/per week. Additional hours expected during Dec-Jan. Hours are 8:00-5:00 weekdays with flexible scheduling. Must be willing to work an occasional holiday. This is a great opportunity for those in school or with children. Qualified candidates must have an unrestricted NC LPN license.

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Human Services COMMUNITY SERVICE TECHNICIANS Universal MH/ DD/SAS is seeking Community Services Technicians to provide assistance with daily and independent living skills to individuals with intellectual developmental disabilities. • Various positions available in Buncombe county including the Weaverville Area. Positions also available in Marshall.

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The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment, is exceptionally organized and deadline-driven, and has excellent communication skills, strong attention to detail, an exceptional creative eye and a desire to ensure the high quality output our readers expect.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): New York City’s Diamond District is home to over 2,000 businesses that buy and sell jewelry. Throughout the years, many people have lost bits of treasure here.

Valuable particles of gold and gems have fallen off broken necklaces, earrings, watches and other accessories. Now an enterprising man named Raffi Stepnanian is cashing in. Using tweezers and a butter knife, he mines for the rich pickings that are packed in the mud of sidewalk cracks and gutters.

“The percentage of gold out here on the street is greater than the amount of gold you would find in a mine,” he says. I’d love to see you get inspired by his efforts, Aries. Dig for treasure in unlikely places where no one else would deign to look.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In 1987, a college freshman named Mike Hayes was having trouble paying for his education at the University of Illinois. He appealed for help to famous newspaper columnist Bob Greene, who asked each of his many readers to send Hayes a penny.

The response was tidal. Although most of the ensuing donations were small, they added up to over $28,000 — enough for Hayes to finance his degree. I encourage you to take a comparable approach in the coming weeks, Taurus: Ask for a little from a lot of different sources.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The word “abracadabra” is a spell that stage magicians utter at the climax of their tricks: the catalyst that supposedly makes a rabbit materialize from a hat or an assistant disappear in a puff of smoke. There’s no real sorcery; it’s an illusion perpetrated by the magician’s hocus-pocus.

But “abracadabra” has a less-well-known history as an incantation used by real magicians to generate authentic wizardry. It can be traced back to Gnostic magi of the second century. They and their successors believed that merely speaking the word aloud evokes a potency not otherwise available. I invite you to experiment with this possibility, Gemini. Say “abracadabra” to boost your confidence and enhance your derring-do. You already have more power than usual to alter things that have been resistant to change, and intoning some playfully ferocious “abracadabras” could put your efforts over the top.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): The 17th-century writer Rene Descartes is regarded as the father of modern philosophy and the founder of rationalism.

His famous catchphrase, “I think, therefore I am,” is a centerpiece of the Western intellectual tradition.

Here’s what I find amusing and alarming about the man: He read almost nothing besides the Bible and the work of Catholic theologian Thomas Aquinas, believing that classic literature was a waste of time.

Is that who we want at the heart of our approach to understanding reality? I say no. In accordance with the astrological omens, I authorize you to instead adopt one or both of the following formulas: “I feel, therefore I am” or “I dream, therefore I am.”

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You can’t give what you don’t have. Here’s a corollary: You can sort of half-give what you half-have, but that may lead to messy complications and turn out to be worse than giving nothing at all. So here’s what I recommend: Devote yourself to acquiring a full supply of what you want to give. Be motivated by the frustration you feel at not being able to give it yet. Call on your stymied generosity to be the driving force that inspires you to get that missing magic. And when you’ve finally got it, give it.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I suspect that one of your allies or loved ones will get caught in his or her own trap. The way you respond will be crucial to how the rest of the story plays out. On the one hand, you shouldn’t climb into the trap with them and get tangled up in the snarl. On the other hand, it won’t serve your long-term interests to be cold and unhelpful. So what’s the best strategy? First, empathize with their pain, but don’t make it your own. Second, tell the blunt truth in the kindest tone possible. Third, offer a circumscribed type of support that won’t compromise your freedom or integrity.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In 1936, Libran author F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote about the “crackup” he’d experienced years earlier.

It included this tough realization: “I had been only a mediocre caretaker of most of the things left in my hands, even my talent.” Let’s use this as a seed for your oracle. Have you been a good caretaker of your talent? Have you been a good caretaker for other things you’re responsible for? Look within yourself and take inventory. If there’s anything lacking, now is an excellent time to raise your game. If you’re doing pretty well, reward yourself.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): On a late summer day in 1666, scientist Isaac Newton was sitting under an apple tree in his mother’s garden in Lincolnshire, England. An apple fell off a branch and plummeted to the ground. A half-century later, he told his biographer that this incident had inspired him to formulate the theory of gravity.

Fast forward to the year 2010. Astronaut Piers Sellers got on the space shuttle Atlantis carrying a piece of Newton’s apple tree. He took it with him as he escaped Earth’s gravity on his trip to the International Space Station. By my reading of the astrological omens, now would be an excellent time for you undertake a comparable gesture or ritual, Scorpio. With a flourish, update your relationship with an important point of origin.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Most birds don’t sing unless they’re up high: either flying or perched somewhere off the ground. One species that isn’t subject to this limitation is the turnstone, a brightly mottled shorebird. As it strolls around beaches in search of food, it croons a tune that the Cornell Lab of Ornithology calls “a short, rattling chuckle.” In the coming weeks, this creature deserves to be your mascot — or your power animal, as they say in New Age circles. Why? I doubt that you’ll be soaring. You won’t be gazing down at the human comedy from a detached location high above the fray. But I expect you will be well-grounded and good-humored — holding your own with poise amid the roughand-tumble. And as you ramble, sing freely!

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Let’s discuss that thing you are eyeing and coveting and fantasizing about. My operative theory is that you can enjoy it without actually having it for your own. In fact, I think it will be best if you do enjoy it without possessing it. There’s an odd magic at play here. If this desired thing becomes a fixed part of your life, it may interfere with you attracting two future experiences that I regard as more essential to your development. My advice is to avoid getting attached to the pretty good X-factor so as to encourage the arrival and full bloom of two stellar X-factors.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way,” said philosopher Alan Watts. You have either recently made a personal discovery proving that this is true, or else you’ll soon do so. The brain-scrambling, heart-whirling events of recent weeks have blessed you with a host of shiny new questions. They are vibrant replacements for the tired old questions that have kept at least one of your oldest dilemmas locked in place.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “There is for everyone some one scene, some one adventure, some one picture that is the image of his secret life,” said Irish poet William Butler Yeats. I invite you to identify that numinous presence, Pisces. And then I urge you to celebrate and cultivate it. Give special attention to it, pay tribute to it and shower it with love. Why? Because now is an excellent time to recognize how important your secret life is to you — and to make it come more fully alive than it has ever been.

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Dinah is a beautiful, affectionate girl with lots of love to give! She’s 9, with the curiosity and energy of a kitten. She’s a lap sitter, and very vocal when she wants attention. She also loves to snuggle next to you while you sleep. Dinah does require special food and but we know this sweet girl is worth it!

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