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PAGE 8 400 YEARS LATER In the coming weeks, a number of local individuals and organizations will mark the anniversary of the landing of the first enslaved Africans in what’s now the U.S. — ranging from work to preserve the South Asheville Cemetery, a former slave burial ground, to a fiveday interdisciplinary series hosted by UNCA, 400 Years of African American Resilience.

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Take time to advocate for our planet Thank you to all those who facilitated and attended the recent climate change rally in downtown Asheville. If we continue to destroy the Earth, we destroy ourselves. Now is the time to try to effect change. I recently heard the phrase “analysis paralysis.” The saying seems to reflect what we see happening around us. Because there are so many serious issues, some of us have become overwhelmed. Many of the looming disasters, already very real for much of the world, are connected.

For example, there is a huge connection between war and climate crisis.

Facts and figures can be difficult to find these days, so I appreciated the recent short paper written by an advocate of peace, people and the planet, who helped me understand some of the connections [“Ten Ways the Climate Crisis and Militarism Are Intertwined,” by Medea Benjamin]. The Pentagon is the single largest institutional consumer of fossil fuels and gas emissions in the world.

This is a fact that can be measured.

The author says, “We could cut the Pentagon’s current budget in half and still be left with a bigger military budget than China, Russia, Iran and North Korea combined.” If the government were to use the potential savings to invest in an Earth-friendly infrastructure, we could have cleaner air and 128,879 fair-

wage jobs that help the planet stay green.

Wouldn’t that be nice!

Military actions and saving the planet are very connected. I believe that changing this country’s toxic foreign policy is the most immediate and effective way to help our environment. If we can encourage our government to stop wasting precious resources and our tax dollars on wars, we could have a positive impact on our climate.

The Friends Committee for National Legislation has just recently trained a new team in Asheville to engage in dialogue with members of Congress. I am grateful to be one of those new team members. This year’s focus is on the repeal of the Authorization of the Utilization of Military Force that has allowed the last three presidents to engage in military actions without the approval of Congress. This legislation seriously alters our Constitution, changing the balance of power. Team members are asking that the United States Senate pass the House provisions to repeal the 2001 and 2002 AUMFs in the final defense spending bill as written. The Asheville FCNL team is excited about the upcoming opportunity we have been given to speak to Sen. Thom Tillis’ staff about the repeal of the 2001 and 2002 AUMFs. We’ll be back in touch to let you know how it goes.

Meanwhile, take the time to advocate for our planet and those who have no voice of their own, like trees and children, like your neighbors and yourself.

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Smarten up and dumb it down I have more serious issues on my mind but wanted to send out my appreciation to radio personalities Blades & Crystal at 105.9 The Mountain. I used to be a huge NPR listener but have become disengaged from them and the news in general. Every media outlet seems to have a political agenda in its reporting. I typically do not listen to the radio, preferring instead podcasts and purchased music from my cellphone. On the occasion that I do tune in, The Mountain is about the only channel I can stomach. Specifically, to listen to Blades & Crystal.

Yes, I am a multiple time winner of their morning ticket challenges but honestly enjoy the show for more than the payoff. The hosts keep it light and simple and positive. In jest, I began this letter with a statement of more serious issues at hand, but tuning out to the sad general shape of our media to tune into a positive outlet is quite serious to me. Whether it is a good song, positive conversation, such as the ones Blades & Crystal have each morning, or the good deeds of others, my emotional well-being is better suited to the positive and avoiding the negative.

Maneuvering the traps of extreme opinion on social media and online news outlets is a tricky path to travel. Many of my Facebook “friends” break my heart with their far left or far right hateful views toward the other party. I cannot even breach a political subject with many of my family members due to a “one size fits all” opinion of the world.

Maybe we could smarten up by dumbing it down sometimes. Filling our heads with peaceful talk, fun music and games might cure what ails us. Yes, we should stay aware of the needs of others, the needs of society. Yes, we should stop sweating what we cannot change and confront what we can. But can we take a break from the craziness for a while and just chill out?

— Jeff Bloomer

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Lawmakers must adequately fund mental health care As lawmakers consider the future of the public behavioral health system, I hope they keep my story and those

of countless other North Carolinians in mind. Anyone who’s experienced a mental health crisis can attest it’s often a dark road with few resources.

Misunderstanding and stigma surround what you’re going through, making it hard to heal and recover. Substance abuse is a social crisis that grows with increasing mental health care cuts, making access out of reach for so many.

I speak from experience. I was married, gainfully employed in teaching with a master’s in education and engaged in projects to help disadvantaged children get a good education.

Then, a traumatic, abusive experience brought my world tumbling down, leaving me with complex post-traumatic stress disorder.

More than a diagnosis, I needed help and support. I didn’t know where to turn or what questions to ask. PTSD led to severe substance use. Despite multiple attempts to identify programs that reached beyond rehab, hospital and jail walls, I found myself homeless, unemployed and relying on mercies that kept me physically alive while my mental condition worsened.

Finally, I found Jennifer, a certified peer support specialist, who led me to Family Preservation Services.

Her ability to understand what I was going through and the inspiration and hope she provided have been lifesaving to me.

Today, I’m proud to support my community. I’m passionate about helping others on their path to recovery.

And I’m a newly certified peer support specialist. None of this would be possible without the hope that Jennifer and FPS gave me when I had none left.

Organizations like FPS are essential to our community — a place to go when there’s nowhere else to turn. Without these services, I wouldn’t be writing this today; someone else would be writing my obituary. I urge our lawmakers to adequately fund life-changing mental health care for the good of our society, economy and future.

— Kate Brereton Asheville

In defense of McHenry I felt a need to respond to the letter written by Stephen Advokat [“Patrick McHenry and the NRA,” Oct. 2, Xpress], which vilified Rep. Patrick McHenry for accepting a donation from the NRA, a civil rights organization. Yes, that’s correct, the NRA is one of our nation’s first civil rights organization. Since its inception, the NRA has stood for defending the civil rights of Americans who want to be able to defend themselves and their loved ones. Shortly 4

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after the Civil War, emancipated African Americans were being attacked and lynched by those who were angry at their newfound freedom. At the time, black Americans were prohibited from owning firearms. The NRA went to bat, got the laws changed and gave those newly freed citizens the means with which to defend themselves.

Advokat claims that NRA money is “blood money”! There is no logic in that statement. More than almost any other organization, the NRA is working for enhanced school safety and educating Americans about the safe handling of firearms. They are as upset as anyone when a tragic shooting occurs.

Would Advokat criticize a candidate who accepted money from Planned Parenthood, an organization that conducts abortions? Wouldn’t that qualify as “blood money”?

I can’t comment on the exact merits of the two bills Advokat mentions in his letter, HR 8 and HR 1112, and I am sure McHenry had good reasons for casting a “No” vote on each one of them.

Advokat claims that his candidate will pass “responsible gun safety regulations” if she wins the election. Let’s be clear, when politicians talk about “responsible” gun legislation, they are really talking about taking the initial steps toward gun confiscation.

We already have many, many laws on the books to keep guns out of the hands of criminals. The problem is, criminals, by definition, do not obey the laws.

We can pass all the gun legislation in the world, and criminals will still have access to firearms. Since they can’t pass background checks, criminals simply buy their guns on the black market.

All that we will accomplish by passing new gun legislation will be to tie the hands of law-abiding citizens while giving criminals free rein. Just take a look at how unsuccessful drug laws have been at stemming the epidemic of drug addiction in this country to know that this is true.

— Roger Gilmore

Mars Hill Editor’s note: The NRA’s account of its founding on its website says two Union Civil War veterans “dismayed by the lack of markmanship shown by their troops” formed the organization in 1871 in New York. A Snopes article, “Was the NRA Founded to Protect Black People from the Ku Klux Klan?” offers: “While it is not impossible that some black Americans were indirect beneficiaries of the NRA’s firearms training evangelism after the Civil War, we rate these revisionist notions about the group’s founding purpose False.”

C A R T O O N B Y B R E NT B R O W N

Why is sound inconsistent at Thomas Wolfe?

It is time we had an honest discussion about the sound system at the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium: It is horrible.

I most recently saw Kacey Musgraves.

Her lyrics were impossible to distinguish; when she was talking between songs, her words were barely discernible. A few years back, with Wilco, same thing. When you have a singer-songwriter giving a performance, it is important to be able to actually understand the lyrics. On a more positive side, when I saw Bon Iver there, every word and every note was perfectly presented. So why the inconsistency?

I know the first reaction of the sound folks at Thomas Wolfe will be to come up with a myriad of excuses.

I’m not interested in excuses; I’m interested in having the problem fixed. For the fans, for the artists and for Asheville’s music reputation.

I’m not a sound engineer; I’m a livemusic fan. Perhaps I’m spoiled by so many other great sound systems at so many great venues in Asheville (and other cities). For now, that is where I will spend my time and money.

— Todd Smith Fairview

Editor’s note: Xpress contacted Chris Corl, general manager of the U.S. Cellular Center Asheville, with a summary of the letter writer’s points and received the following response, which said in part: “Thank you for joining us for so many shows! Until recently, each show at the Thomas Wolfe brought in an outside rental of sound equipment. ... Last year, the U.S. Cellular Center purchased its own house system, which has now been used for nearly 50 concerts and was the system used for the recent Kacey Musgraves concert.

“Our rig has been professionally calibrated numerous times by industry leaders. … However, per contract, with all artists, we must provide them with 100% control over all lighting and audio systems. Some touring engineers utilize our recommended set points, and some do not. ... We always advise touring engineers immediately when we receive feedback during shows.

“Also, keep in mind that Thomas Wolfe Auditorium is an older venue, and the acoustics are less than ideal.

“The city of Asheville is currently working through a conceptual design to greatly improve the guest and artist experience at the venue. We hope to move forward on a significant renovation in the near future.” X MOUNTAINX.COM

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It’s no longer a throwaway world The Gospel According to Jerry

BY JERRY STERNBERG In social discussions about “climate change,” I often hear people say that the world has had catastrophic weather events for thousands of years. They view weather scientists as pointy-headed, liberal, socialist ideologues.

These people resent what former Vice President Al Gore called “an inconvenient truth”: that our climate is headed for disaster if we don’t make costly, annoying, unpleasant and, yes, very inconvenient changes in our lifestyle.

When we read about wildfires, hurricanes, flooding, droughts and massive crop failures, we mostly think of them as happening someplace else. Those of us who are over 50 often find it hard to justify making sacrifices in our lifestyle just to stave off some nebulous concept.

I grew up in the King Coal era, the heyday of the Industrial Revolution.

Coal-powered trains delivered endless loads of this highly prized fuel to run the steam engines that produced jobs in local industries such as the Asheville Cotton Mill, Sayles Biltmore Bleachery and Beacon Manufacturing. In addition, a high percentage of local homes heated and cooked with coal.

It wasn’t just coal smoke that American Enka and Champion Paper spewed from their stacks, though: Huge amounts of noxious fumes blanketed the whole valley with a deep layer of ill-smelling, yellowish smoke that filled residents’ nostrils. Pointy-headed scientists pointed out that this venomous witches’ brew was not only unpleasant but toxic, leaving countless people vulnerable to respiratory and other diseases. Politicians and industry leaders, however, convinced the public that this smoke “smelled like money.”

Everything was gray, and soot was everywhere. The paint on both commercial buildings and private homes had a much shorter life. It seems counterintuitive that, in the midst of this, our local sanitariums were promoting Asheville’s clean mountain air: Nothing could have been further from the truth.

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JERRY STERNBERG many people disposed of their garbage by burning it.

When I was in the scrap metal business, we would often burn copper wire in an open field to remove the insulation, so the metal could be recycled. This produced huge amounts of black smoke containing copper oxide. We also melted lead and zinc scrap in an open pot to remove the iron, so we’d have a clean product to recycle. Similarly, junk automobiles were burned to get rid of the rubber and wood.

We treated our water resources no better. Industries indiscriminately dumped their wastes into the French Broad and other local rivers, and residents straight-piped their sewage there as well. Many industries built their plants along the French Broad to take advantage of this lowcost disposal method. It was common practice for scrap recyclers to take the plugs out of junk auto batteries and dump sulfuric acid right on the ground, letting it drain into the groundwater or a nearby stream.

Believe me, there were far worse things to be concerned about than the E. coli contamination we now read about in the river. Our local waterways were sewers, plain and

“It’s difficult to change our ways. Almost no one worried about gas guzzlers when gas cost 19 cents a gallon.” simple, and no one back then would have dared to engage in the many aquatic activities our community enjoys these days.

I’m not singling out the scrap industry here: Many others caused far worse environmental damage, but this is the industry I worked in, so I have firsthand knowledge of it.

Our landfills were mostly operated by city and county governments that, like industry, traveled the path of least resistance. There were no linings and quite often no limits on what was accepted. Industry disposed of toxic waste in these landfills, and much of this dangerous material still remains just a few feet below the surface.

It’s difficult to change our ways. For instance, almost no one worried about gas guzzlers when gas cost 19 cents a gallon. The pointy-headed scientists would have had a tough time citing air pollution from cars and trucks as a reason to build more fuel-efficient vehicles. When gas went to $1 and then $2 a gallon, people started dumping those big, fancy gas guzzlers for the much more fuel-efficient European and Japanese cars.

When we were young, many of us threw our trash out the car window. “Hey, it’s a big world out there: Somebody will pick it up.” Many people dumped old tires anywhere they could, including in our lakes and streams. During oil changes, we let our oil drain right onto the ground.

Remember when those cigarette companies were extolling the benefits of smoking? Those pointy-headed scientists had been warning us that both smoking and secondhand smoke threatened our health, but it took the deaths of many relatives and friends to convince us that ol’ pointyhead had been right all along.

I can hear all the younger generations asking how you older folks could even be a party to this. I can only answer that most people do the most convenient and economical thing unless there’s empirical evidence that the practice will harm them or someone they care about.

Before you get too judgmental about the sins of your fathers and mothers, however, let me remind you that many of you still buy beer and soda with those six-pack rings, and you are only now beginning to switch from plastic to paper in order to protect marine life.

Oh, and do you have any idea what happens to that old or wrecked car of yours when it’s recycled? Or your old refrigerator, computer or TV? I hear some of the pointy-heads saying, “Hey, we’d better take a closer look at marijuana, as we don’t have enough scientific evidence to prove it’s not a health risk.” I only hope that in 40 years, your kids or grandkids aren’t watching you in your hospital bed saying, “How in hell could you smoke that stuff?”

To our older generations, I say step outside in the morning and take a look at Western North Carolina’s clear blue sky and our beautiful mountains. Go down to the river and watch the youngsters frolicking in the clear water, and observe how much cleaner our city is without coal.

Those pointy-headed scientists might have been right to persuade us to do the inconvenient. Now, let’s go the next step and listen to their argument for reducing our energy consumption and reliance on fossil fuels, and transitioning to solar and wind power — to save not only our beloved Western North Carolina but the entire world. X Asheville native Jerry Sternberg, a longtime observer of the local scene, can be reached at gospeljerry@aol.com.

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400 YEARS LATER

Asheville reflects on the legacy of slavery

BY THOMAS CALDER tcalder@mountainx.com Each semester, Tiece Ruffin, the interim director of Africana studies at UNC Asheville, asks her students to raise their hands if they’ve ever heard of Ellis Island. Almost all of them have. Located in New York harbor, it opened as an immigration station in 1892. From then until its closure in 1954, the site processed hundreds of thousands of new arrivals each year, most of them from southern and eastern Europe.

Next, Ruffin asks students to raise their hands if they’ve heard of Angel Island. At most, she says, a few students have; but typically, no hands are raised. Located in San Francisco Bay, the site operated as an immigration station from 191040, processing mostly Chinese and Japanese immigrants.

The survey, says Ruffin, drives home to her classes a key point: “We only know about Eurocentric history.” When it comes to America’s past, she says, people of color are often “relegated to the background — not held in a place of prominence; not shared in our K-12 or tertiary institutions.”

Along with several of her UNCA colleagues, Ruffin continues to push for a more inclusive narrative. She’s the lead organizer for 400 Years of African American Resilience, a fiveday interdisciplinary series the university will host starting Sunday, Oct. 20. Through musical performances, historical exhibits, a film screening and a keynote address by renowned author and scholar Molefi Kete

SACRED GROUND: DeWayne Barton, left, Jack Thomson, center, and Ellen Holmes Pearson are among the local residents, activists and scholars working to preserve the South Asheville Cemetery, a former slave burial ground. Photo by Joe Pellegrino Asante, the series will honor African Americans’ contributions and struggles as part of a national movement commemorating the landing of the first enslaved Africans in England’s North American colonies in 1619.

In the coming weeks, a number of local individuals and organizations will mark this pivotal anniversary in various ways. Like Ruffin and her colleagues, these groups are looking to the past in order to promote a more equitable future.

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THE BURIED PAST “As a white woman and historian who is very interested in my own ancestry, I am privileged to be able to trace it back generation after generation,” says UNCA history professor Ellen Holmes Pearson.

But for African Americans, such historical and genealogical road maps are far harder to come by, the historian points out. When their ancestors were stolen from their homelands,

transported across the Atlantic, sold into slavery and given new names, entire histories were wiped out. “I can’t even imagine what it’s like to not really know where you’re from,” says Holmes Pearson.

Since the early 2000s, Holmes Pearson has worked alongside several other community members and educators to research and maintain the South Asheville Cemetery.

Established in the early 1800s as a slave burial ground, it remained

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— Tiece Ruffin, interim director of Africana studies, UNCA operational until 1943. According to Holmes Pearson, who’s a member of the South Asheville Cemetery Association, there are 2,000 bodies interred on the 2-acre property, the vast majority in unmarked graves.

Volunteer groups help maintain the site, but more consistent maintenance is needed.

On Saturday, Oct. 19, from 10 a.m.noon, DeWayne Barton, the founder of Hood Huggers International and co-founder of the Burton Street Community Peace Gardens, will lead the latest service day at the cemetery.

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Existence as Resistance: Expressions of Resilience

Conference organizer Darin Waters. Photo courtesy of UNCA The sixth annual African Americans in WNC and Southern Appalachia Conference returns to UNCA ThursdaySaturday, Oct. 17-19. This year’s theme is “Existence as Resistance: Expressions of Resilience.” The conference will feature a series of lectures, presentations and art exhibits. All events are free, but you must register (aawnc.unca.edu, 828-255-7215) to reserve a seat. Unless otherwise noted, all will take place in the Blue Ridge Room of the Highsmith Student Union on the UNCA campus.

Here’s the complete schedule: THURSDAY, OCT. 17 Opening reception: YMI Cultural Center, 39 S. Market St. in Asheville; 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free.

FRIDAY, OCT. 18 Student presentations: Topics will include diversity in local media, black students in WNC’s educational system, the life and comedy of Jackie “Moms” Mabley, the history of Shiloh Elementary School and the effects of gentrification on African Americans in WNC. Presentations will run 9-11:45 a.m.

Black Lens on Tourism: A panel discussion moderated by Kimberly Hunter, featuring Lisa Withers, DeWayne Barton and Tiffany Tolbert. 1-2:30 p.m.

Red Summer: A screening of the film Knoxville’s Red Summer: The Riot of 1919, followed by a panel discussion moderated by Gene Hyde and featuring William Isom II, Matthew O’Neal, Yunina

Barbour-Payne, Marie Cochran and William H. Turner. 2:45-4:15 p.m.

Art presentations by Asheville Middle School students: 4:30-5:30 p.m.

Heritage, arts and wellness: Ongoing exhibits, screenings, discussions and wellness sessions, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Highsmith Student Union Grotto, UNCA. For a detailed schedule, visit avl.mx/6ky.

Black Roots of Appalachian Music: Community concert, YMI Cultural Center, 39 S. Market St. Special dedication to the late Ed Cabbell, co-editor of Blacks in Appalachia. 7-9 p.m.

SATURDAY, OCT. 19 Resistance Made Manifest — The Reemergence of the NAACP in WNC: Panel discussion with Enrique Alberto Gómez, Robin Ellis, Melinda Lowrance, Penny Smith and Katherine Bartel. 9:15-10:45 a.m.

Honoring the Legacy of StephensLee High School (brunch): Reservations required. $10; free for UNCA students and Stephens-Lee alumni. Emceed

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Historical Perspectives: Panel discussion led by Gene Hyde, featuring Jeffrey Keith and Brooke Mundy. Topics will include the history of the Swannanoa Tunnel and African American women in Buncombe County. 12:45-2:15 p.m.

Art as a Tool for Cultural Preservation and Community Storytelling: Panel discussion led by Cortina Jenelle Caldwell, featuring members of the adé PROJECT; Black, Appalachian, Young & Rising/The STAY Project; and the Black History Collective of Henderson County. 2:30-4 p.m.

CoThinkk Community Awards Night: The fourth annual awards program recognizes community leaders in WNC. Big Top Event Space at Hi-Wire Brewing, 2B Huntsman Place.

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NEWS “They need some help out there,” says the entrepreneur and local historian. Along with removing dead vegetation and leaves, Barton will be trying to organize a regular maintenance program. The cemetery association, he says, is doing the best it can, and meanwhile, “We’re trying to get a more year-round calendar going, not only for cleanups but for people going out there to celebrate.”

For Holmes Pearson, Barton’s call for volunteers is a welcome chance to engage with new members of the community. Ongoing research at the site, the historian points out, could give some residents crucial links to their past. “For us to be able to uncover the history in the cemetery, and for us to be able to perhaps help some people at least find some of their ancestors — that is so important,” she says.

HARVESTING HISTORY The lack of documentation is a major research hurdle for the cemetery association. George Avery, a former slave owned by William Wallace McDowell, was the site’s

FREEDOM FIGHTER: Tiece Ruffin, UNCA professor and interim director of Africana studies, is the lead organizer of the university’s upcoming conference, 400 Years of African American Resilience. One of her goals for the conference is encouraging local activism. “We are still not in a post-racial society,” she says. “We still need people to work as freedom fighters and social justice advocates.” Photo by Thomas Calder first known caretaker. Born in 1844, he oversaw burials there from 1865 until his death in 1938. He left no known written documents. Much of

what’s known about the cemetery’s past has come from oral histories.

Katherine Cutshall of the North Carolina Room at Pack Memorial Library has run into similar roadblocks while researching her 2019 online series, “52 Weeks, 52 Communities: A Journey Through Buncombe County.”

As its title suggests, the blog examines

the unique history of a different local community each week.

The process, says Cutshall, is a sad reminder of the dearth of documents concerning local African American history. Like Holmes Pearson, Cutshall sees the scarcity as a concrete example of white privilege. “Some of the posts I’ve done have been about my own family, and the information is really easy to find,” she says. “They weren’t particularly well off, my family, but that’s the privilege of being white: Your history is easy to find.”

In an effort to fill in some of the gaps in local African American history, Pack Library will host a pair of Saturday History Harvests on Nov. 9 and Nov. 23, from 1-5 p.m. On both days, black Asheville residents are encouraged to bring photographs, letters and other historical items to the library. The material will be scanned and returned to its owners that same day. Community members will also be able to sign up for future oral history projects that will be recorded and preserved in the North Carolina Room.

Rasheeda McDaniels of Community Engagement, an arm of Buncombe County government, is working closely with Cutshall to encourage participation. One of the challenges, McDaniels notes, is allaying distrust within communities of color.

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Author and scholar Molefi Kete Asante.

Photo courtesy of UNCA UNCA will host a five-day interdisciplinary conference commemorating the landing of the first enslaved Africans in England’s North American colonies in 1619, Sunday-Thursday, Oct. 20-24. The following events are free and open to the public.

SUNDAY, OCT. 20 Aesthetics of the Afro-Americas: A series of live performances presented by the music department.

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MONDAY, OCT. 21 Sankofa: Screening of the 1993 film about the Atlantic slave trade, followed by a Q&A. Highsmith Student Union Grotto, 7-9:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 23 Black History 101 Mobile Museum: Innovative, traveling tabletop exhibit depicting black memorabilia from slavery to hip-hop. Highsmith Student Union, Blue Ridge Room, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Lecture by the exhibit’s founder, Khalid elHakim, noon-1 p.m.

The People Not Property Project and Black Resistance in Western North Carolina: Talk by Brian Robinson, UNC Greensboro fellow for digital curation and scholarship. Ramsey Library, 4-5:30 p.m.

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THURSDAY, OCT. 24 Keynote address: Renowned Afrocentric theorist Molefi Kete Asante has written more than 70 books.

Lipinsky Auditorium, 6 p.m.

McDaniels, who is African American, grew up in Stumptown, a historically black community near Riverside Cemetery. Many of the homes in the area were razed during urban renewal and never replaced.

Her family ties to the region, she says, help her bridge the gap between the city’s African American communities and historically white institutions.

As of this writing, 20 residents have committed to attending the events, she says. Each of these individuals has been encouraged to invite 10 additional people; if they do and all those invitees decide to participate, the library could end up preserving more than 200 individual and family stories for future generations.

“I remember growing up with my granny,” says McDaniels. “And I just wish I could hear her voice again or see pictures. That’s why this is an important project to me: Preserving that history is just a wonderful gift that you can give someone.”

HONORING JOHNNY BAXTER Like Cutshall and McDaniels, the Preservation Society of Asheville

HARVESTING THE PAST: Librarian Katherine Cutshall, right, of the North Carolina Room at Pack Memorial Library is working closely with Rasheeda McDaniels of Community Engagement, an arm of Buncombe County government, on an upcoming project to digitize local African American history. Photo by Thomas Calder and Buncombe County is also in the midst of expanding its outreach. This summer, the organization introduced the Johnny Baxter Award in partnership with UNCA. The annual grant will provide $500-$1,000 to a student who’s doing something to further the study

of African American contributions in Asheville and Buncombe County.

Jack Thomson, the Preservation Society’s executive director, says the award was developed to honor founding board member Johnny Baxter, who grew up in Chunns Cove and was the descendant of slaves. In 1977, Baxter

played a crucial role in adding the YMI Cultural Center to the National Register of Historic Places; at the time, developers were eagerly pushing to transform the core of Asheville’s downtown into a mall.

UNCA senior Brooke Mundy, a history major, is the award’s inaugural winner. Working with several community partners, she’s gathered information on local African American women. In the summer of 2018, Mundy spent days scouring local historic sites, archives and museums to document pertinent material. She’s currently working on creating a database, summarizing the content and noting where the various items are located. Ultimately, the project will also include a website.

In addition, the Preservation Society recently awarded a $5,000 grant to the South Asheville Cemetery Association to help cover the cost of nominating the cemetery for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places.

“We obviously should have been working on this much harder, much

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SPOTLIGHTING INSTITUTIONAL RACISM On Dec. 21, 2017, the 400 Years of African American History Commission Act cleared Congress.

Among other initiatives, the bill encouraged “civic, patriotic, historical, educational, artistic, religious and economic organizations to organize and participate in anniversary activities.”

But even before the bill’s passage, a growing desire for a more inclusive history was evident. Michelle Alexander’s 2010 book The New Jim Crow and Bryan Stevenson’s Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption in 2014 both became New York Times bestsellers.

Meanwhile, in 2016, ESPN aired the five-part miniseries “O.J.: Made in America.” The special chronicles the life, career and criminal trials of football star O.J. Simpson; the series also explores racial tensions and con-

PAYING TRIBUTE: In 1976, Johnny Baxter became a founding member of the Preservation Society. Today, his legacy is remembered through the Johnny Baxter Award, which launched earlier this year. The annual award supports the study of African American contributions in Asheville and Buncombe County. Photo courtesy of the North Carolina Collection, Pack Memorial Library, Asheville

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Shortly after “O.J.: Made in America” debuted, Netflix aired its original documentary 13th, which analyzes the criminalization of African Americans. The film connects today’s mass incarceration to a clause in the 13th Amendment that prohibits slavery and involuntary servitude “except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted.”

“The thing about historians is we’re always shaped by what’s going on around us,” says Steven Nash, president of the Mountain History and Culture Group, a nonprofit providing support for the Zebulon B. Vance Birthplace.

In 2013, Black Lives Matter emerged following the death of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager shot to death by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman.

Zimmerman was found not guilty of second-degree murder. Many local scholars, including Nash, say the grassroots organization has shaped present-day conversations about systemic racism and police brutality. In the process, scholars maintain, the movement has pushed citizens to more closely examine the country’s history of institutional racism, often shifting how we interpret the past.

IDENTITY CRISIS In December 2017, vandals painted “Black Lives Matter” on the log cabin

at the Vance Birthplace; faint red lettering is still visible. “At this point now, it’s a part of the story of the site,” says site manager Kimberly Floyd.

The vandalism, she says, has empowered her to continue taking the site in a new direction, which she’d been attempting to do since her arrival in June 2016. Today, the historic property’s guided tour focuses primarily on the lives of the Vance family’s slaves and “what life was like among early 1800 plantations in Western North Carolina,” Floyd explains.

But that approach, she notes, sometimes generates pushback. Some visitors arrive unaware that slavery existed in Western North Carolina. Others, who associate plantations with the Deep South, assume that the property’s lack of grand antebellum architecture somehow diminishes the cruelty behind the Vance family’s ownership of 18 human beings. The “benign slave owner” trope is yet another response.

And in one case, a schoolteacher called in advance insisting that slavery not be discussed during her class’s upcoming visit; the site didn’t honor the request.

Still, most visiting school groups and teachers embrace the site’s full history, stresses Floyd.

“When someone comes here, they may not have reckoned with the fact that Vance was a white supremacist or what that even means,” she explains. “The uncomfortable part for them is questioning their own identity. … So the pushback is com-

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UNCA Professor Emeritus Dwight Mullen.

Photo courtesy of UNCA In 2006, UNCA professor Dwight Mullen launched The State of Black Asheville, a course that examined the role of race in local public policy. Now a professor emeritus, Mullen continues his work at his new office inside the YMI Cultural Center, 39 S. Market St. in downtown Asheville, Thursdays at 5 p.m.

Students from Western Carolina University, UNCA, Warren Wilson College, Montreat College and Mars Hill University are invited to participate in the weekly gathering.

“With my retirement, I’m looking to find ways to hand [the project] off to others who may want to continue it,” Mullen explains. “I am quite happy to share,” he adds with a laugh.

In addition to his Thursday night sessions, Mullen and his wife, UNCA Professor Emeritus Dolly JenkinsMullen, are in the midst of recording a four-part podcast for WRES-LP 100.7.

The series examines the history and legacy of slavery in the United States. The show’s debut has yet to be determined.

Students interested in joining Mullen for his Thursday evening meetings at the YMI Cultural Center are encouraged to contact him at dbmullen@unca. edu or call the YMI at 828-257-4540.

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— Kimberly Floyd, site manager, Vance Birthplace ing because we’re sometimes forcing people to reckon with that.”

In a way, the Vance Birthplace and visitors’ mixed responses to it are a microcosm of the country as a whole.

As many scholars who spoke with Xpress note, America has yet to truly address the ongoing legacy of slavery.

RESILIENCE AND PERSEVERANCE For Ruffin, connecting the past to the present is crucial. Speaking about the upcoming 400 Years of African American Resilience commemoration, the UNCA professor says, “One of my goals is that we recognize the past so we can understand the legacies of inequalities today and how race is still central.” Mass incarceration, the school-to-prison pipeline, inequities in housing and disparities in education and health are among the ways our country’s history manifests in the present day, she points out.

Another goal is encouraging activism. “We are not in a post-racial America, therefore we still need people to work as freedom fighters and social justice advocates,” argues Ruffin.

Social media posts are not enough, she says: Action is required, and it must begin at the local level.

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That action can take many forms, notes Ruffin. Engaging with community members, volunteering with organizations that work to dismantle racism or making a donation to a nonprofit that’s working along those lines are three easy ways to get involved, she says.

But above all, Ruffin sees the upcoming interdisciplinary commemoration as a celebration of African American resilience and perseverance in the face of monumental odds and horrific cruelty. “I don’t want people to be sympathetic, but I do want people to see that we are fully human,” she says. “Don’t see African Americans from the deficit perspective, because we have made contributions to this great nation.” X

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Image courtesy of The Race Relations Station On Saturday, Oct. 26, The Race Relations Station will host its latest information session at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 337 Charlotte St. Formed in 2016, the group is committed to dismantling racism through multiracial community engagement. The free session runs 3-5

p.m. To RSVP, email Meta Commerse at racerelationstation@gmail.com. For more information about the organization, see “Breaking the Silence: The Race Relations Station Aims For Racial Healing,” Jan. 13 Xpress.

Later that evening, DeWayne Barton will host a separate gathering at the Burton Street Community Peace Gardens, 47 Bryant St. in West Asheville.

The free event, which will run from 5-10 p.m., will include live music, pizzas from a wood-fired oven and libations. Barton says the event will be a chance for residents to come together, eat and be merry while also reflecting on the current state of Asheville’s race relations. “We want to use this as a way of reaching out to the community, as a way to build better relationships,” he explains.

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An important set of benchmark data detailing the 2018-19 academic proficiency scores for all North Carolina districts and schools was posted online during the first week of October. Xpress downloaded the disaggregated proficiency testing results to assess Asheville City Schools’ recent progress in addressing huge disparities in the academic performance of white and black students.

The district has repeatedly said that reducing the gap between white and black student achievement is its top priority.

As Xpress sought to make sense of the massive spreadsheets, however, questions posed to the state education department revealed that certain data hadn’t been included in the state’s report, an oversight the N.C. Department of Public Instruction said it would correct.

The missing data also caused problems for Dwight Mullen, retired UNC Asheville professor and State of Black Asheville founder, as he prepared a presentation for an Oct. 9 meeting of the United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County. “Finding the data is just not an easy thing,” he said. “It exhausts me because I get angry about it; it shouldn’t be inaccessible.”

Mullen said the information breakdown can have real-world consequences. “If you as a program director in a nonprofit or Asheville City Schools are trying to do something — form a policy or a program based on data — you just don’t have the data,” he noted.

Curtis Sonneman, section chief for analysis and reporting at NCDPI, explained the omissions. “After your call, I did some digging,” he told Xpress on Oct. 11. “We have identified a masking rule that was applied a little excessively, and we’re putting a new report out early next week.” He also directed Xpress to another report that contained the missing data — a huge spreadsheet file of over 100 megabytes.

Based on the data available to him as he researched the city schools’ most recent results, Mullen found much that gave him pause. For example, at Asheville High School, only 9.1% of African American students scored at or above grade level on the Math 3 end-of-course test. “But when you look at the percentage of African American students passing the Math 3 class, it’s

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by Virginia Daffron over 80%,” he said. “Now how can you be proficient at the 9% level, but yet 80% of y’all passed the class?”

The same concern applies to graduation rates, he continued. “It looks as though black students are graduating from Asheville High at a very reasonable rate relative to what’s going on across the state,” he said. “What kind of quality of education are students receiving with those diplomas? And I don’t have a lot of faith.”

BACK TO SCHOOL Dana Ayers, chief academic officer for Asheville City Schools, said there are bright spots in the data.

“Definitely with proficiency, we are seeing pockets of strength and pockets of areas that we’re superproud of,” she said. The data is reviewed at monthly administrative meetings with district principals, central office personnel and directors, she explained.

For example, Ayers continued, “At our September meeting ... principals sat down and talked about holistically, as a district, areas of strength that we see and areas that we can continue to excel and continue to grow our kids, both in their proficiency level but also in their growth.”

Asked what specific areas of strength the district had identified, Ayers pointed to its highest-ever graduation rate of 90.7%. While few would dispute the importance of that figure, it’s not directly related to academic proficiency test results, as Mullen pointed out.

“Fifth grade math showed some really positive improvement, as well as

the fact that we didn’t have any schools that were rated D or F,” Ayers added.

Focusing on student cohorts by grade provides a more accurate picture of progress than analyzing yearover-year performance, Ayers said.

“When you look at a cohort group, you’re looking at the same kids’ progress over time,” she said. “If I’m in the third grade, I don’t want to compare me to last year’s third graders, because that wouldn’t be an accurate picture.”

Accurately comparing a cohort’s results, however, was impossible without the information the state says was inadvertently omitted from the disaggregated data. Students in grades three, four, six and seven take two end-of-grade tests per year (in math and reading), while fifth and eighth grade students take three EOGs (math, reading and science).

Before the new release of data, each individual test result was included in the composite proficiency numbers sorted by grade. The number of results in each cohort thus varied significantly by year, rendering comparison statistically meaningless.

At the high school level, students take four end-of-course tests: Math 1, English II, biology and (new in the 2018-19 school year) Math 3. Students take these courses in different years; depending on previous coursework and other schedule considerations, for example, a student might take Math 3 as a sophomore, junior or senior. Given this variability, comparing results for a specific student cohort across time becomes even more complex. “It’s all about when they’re taking those classes,” Ayers said.

Yet another factor that could complicate comparisons between school years is changes to the tests and how they are scored. “Our math scores are based off a newly normed test. So the math test that our students took in grades threeeight, this is a brand new state assessment for them,” Ayers said. “Typically, on a year that a newly normed test comes out, we have a dip statewide, not just districtwide.”

Sonneman, the state official, disagreed with Ayers’ assessment. “It’s not a normed test, and so we don’t renorm it,” he said. The correct term, he explained, would be “standard setting,” which occurs when a panel of teachers establishes what students should know and be able to do at, in the case of mathematics, each of four proficiency levels. (Reading, English and science are scored at five proficiency levels.)

He also disputed Ayers’ characterization of the statewide impact of new standards. “In some grade levels, mathematics went up, some grade levels went down, depending on what you were looking at,” he said. “But generally speaking, there wasn’t a significant shift in one direction or the other.” A summary of state testing results for the 2018-19 school year is available at avl.mx/6me.

Tests taken at the end of the current school year for reading and English II, Sonneman said, will be based on new standards.

Ayers stressed that all the data is available to the public. “If you Google NCDPI test results, you can find that,” she said.

But when asked whether the district will make any of its analysis available alongside those numbers, she said there are no current plans to share that information.

“Any of the data analysis that we do individually, either by grade level or at a school, that’s kept in-house, because that’s what we use to guide our instruction. It’s the same data, it’s just the way we disaggregate it and look at it,” Ayers said. X

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But 90% of those queries, Chiang said during an Oct. 10 event at the Mission Health/A-B Tech Conference Center, could be boiled down into two themes: “When are you funding and are you going to fund in my area?”

Both questions were understandable, Chiang said. DHT, the foundation spun out of the roughly $1.5 billion acquisition of nonprofit Mission Health by for-profit, Nashville-based HCA Healthcare, will be one of the nation’s largest sources of per-capita charitable funding. And its purpose, “to dramatically improve the health and well-being of all people and communities of Western North Carolina,” offers much room for interpretation.

FACE TO FACE: Antony Chiang, the Dogwood Health Trust’s recently hired CEO, asks Yvette Singleton with the Asheville Buncombe Institute of Parity Achievement about her highest priority for his organization. Photo by Daniel Walton Regarding the first query, Chiang said the DHT has targeted fall 2020 for its first round of grant disbursements, a date it’s been sharing repeatedly over the past six months.

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tion over and over again after the answer’s given — I had a mentor who said, ‘Basically, when that happens, it means they don’t like the answer,’” he added, to laughter from the audience of roughly 290 people.

Although the foundation’s main grants will likely stay on that timeline, Chiang said, DHT leaders have been exploring a “flexible fund” that would provide grant writing and technical support for partner nonprofits. Such an approach would leverage Dogwood’s resources for good more quickly, he explained, while still allowing the organization time to complete its strategic plan.

That plan will inform the answer to the community’s other pressing question, Dogwood’s focus areas under the broad umbrella of social determinants of health. Chiang led the audience in an exercise to provide input on those priorities, asking attendees to write down the three quantitative measures of success — “dream numbers” — they most wanted the foundation to influence.

According to DHT staff who grouped those metrics into general categories, the most common concern was educational attainment, followed by health care access, housing, healthy food and substance use and addiction. Chiang noted that audience priorities were significantly different at the foundation’s other listening sessions in the more rural communities of Marion and Sylva; he said a full report on the results would be posted online within the next few weeks.

Chiang also sought the audience’s opinion on the one Dogwood initiative announced to date: $25 million in spending over five years to support the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services in fighting WNC’s opioid crisis. When he asked the crowd how many communities that funding should reach, the vast majority said some should go to all 18 counties and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.

However, Chiang suggested, spreading resources too thin could fail to achieve the foundation’s goal of dramatically improving health metrics.

Splitting $5 million annually 19 ways, he pointed out, equated to just over $263,000 per community. “How’s that sounding per county and tribe to radically do systems change and move the needle on addiction and opioid deaths?” he asked. “This is the type of thing that we’ll be grappling with.”

Speaking during public comment at the end of the event, one attendee noted that Chiang’s example had helped her better understand the challenges DHT will face in stewarding its resources. “I came in with a certain mindset, but because of this meeting, I’m leaving with a greater appreciation for what you have to do,” she said. “It ain’t easy.”

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‘Occasioned by the cut of an axe’ Slavery in WNC This week’s column is an accompaniment to the article spotlighting local initiatives commemorating the 400-year anniversary of the landing of the first enslaved Africans in English colonies in America in 1619 (see “400 years later,” Page 8).

Several local historians and educators who spoke with Xpress about the anniversary noted a common misconception about slavery in Western North Carolina: namely, that many people still believe slavery did not exist in the region.

In 2009, local historian Terrell T. Garren compiled the report Slavery, Civil War and Freedom: A Period Study of African Americans from Buncombe County, Henderson County and Madison County, North Carolina for The Center for Diversity Education at UNC Asheville. The study includes 1860 census records for the three counties. According to these records, Buncombe County had 1,907 slaves and 283 slave owners, Henderson County had 1,371 slaves and 207 slave owners, and Madison County had 213 slaves and 46 slave owners.

Among Buncombe’s 283 slave owners, 54 owned 10 or more enslaved people. Nicholas Washington Woodfin topped the county’s list at 122.

In Henderson County, which at that time included today’s Transylvania County, 38 slave owners owned 10 or more enslaved people. Daniel Blake topped the county’s list at 59.

Finally, in Madison County, five slave owners owned 10 or more slaves. J.A. Gudger topped the county’s list at 22.

Along with the available census reports, local newspapers offer a glimpse into the region’s familiarity with slavery. At right are a series of examples from local papers between 1841 and 1856.

Kimberly Floyd, site director at the Vance Birthplace, says she often encounters pushback from visitors who are uncomfortable with the tour’s discussion of slavery; others, she adds, are upset by her staff’s classification of the site as a plantation.

Academics, Floyd notes, typically define plantations as having

NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS: The four featured announcements appeared in various local papers in the mid-1800s. The left notice is from the Highland Messenger, 1841. The top, right notice is from the Asheville Spectator, 1850. The bottom two announcements are from the Asheville News, 1856 and 1852. at least 20 enslaved people, a minimum of 1,000 acres and a cash crop.

The Vance family, she reports, had 18 enslaved people, 898 acres and over 2,000 pounds of bacon when David Vance Jr. died in 1844.

Pigs, says Floyd, functioned at the plantation’s cash crop.

Today’s emphasis at the Vance Birthplace is on the stories of the enslaved. After leading visitors through the property and going over the types of jobs individuals held, guides conclude each tour with a request.

“We ask people — as they go through their day and their week and their month and their year — to consider thinking about the history that happened here and the work that was done here and the lives that were spent here and how they impacted what would happen,” Floyd says. “And we ask them to think about Zebulon Vance and his policies and how those affect us even today.

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of the tampon tax. Held at Reuter Terrace at Pack Square Park, S. Market St. VIGIL FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM • FR (10/18), 4-4:30pm - Progressive Alliance of Henderson County holds a silent vigil to promote Immigration Reform policies. Held at Henderson County Courthouse,

ANIMALS ASHEVILLE ANIMAL RIGHTS READING GROUP • 3rd FRIDAYS, 6-7:30pm - Animal Rights Reading Group. Free to attend. Held at Firestorm Books & Coffee, 610 Haywood Road TRAVELS WITH MIGRATORY BIRDS • TU (10/22), 7pm - Travels with Migratory Birds presented by Bruce Beehler, Research Associate at the Smithsonian. Free. Held at UNC Asheville Reuter Center, 1 University Heights

BENEFITS ANIMAL HAVEN FALL FUNDRAISER • SU (10/20), 2-6pm - Proceeds from the Fall Fundraiser with catered vegan food, craft beer, wine and live

music benefit Animal Haven of Asheville. $25.

Held at Animal Haven of Asheville, 65 Lower Grassy Branch Road ART AND ARCHITECTURE DAY • SA (10/19), 8:30am - Proceeds from Art and Architecture Day with welcome coffee, guided walking tour, slide show and a catered lunch benefit Arts Council of Henderson County. Reservations: 828-693-8504. $50. Held at The Center for Art & Inspiration, 125 S. Main St., Hendersonville ELIADA CORN MAZE • Through SU (10/27) - Proceeds from the annual corn maze with activities for kids and hay rides benefit Eliada. See website for full schedule and prices: EliadaCornMaze. com. Held at Eliada, 2 Compton Drive FIRE TRUCK PULL • SA (10/19), 11am4pm - Proceeds from

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MAC AND CHEESES: The Blues Cheese Festival features Mac Arnold and a Plateful O’ Blues, wine and a cheese taste-athon with handmade local cheeses from English Farmstead, Round Mountain Creamery, Yellow Branch Cheese and Pottery, Three Grace’s Diary and Blue Ridge Mountain Creamery. The festival is planned for Saturday, Oct. 19, 3-7 p.m. at The Center for Art & Inspiration in Downtown Hendersonville. Tickets are $35 and $30 in advance, available at avl.mx/6md. Photo courtesy of Tim Kimzey (p. 20)

COMMUNITY

• 103.3 Asheville FM • Asheville Tool Library • Bountiful Cities/FEAST • Council on Aging of Buncombe County • The Mediation Center

• Children First/Communities In Schools of Buncombe County • Muddy Sneakers • My Daddy Taught Me That • OpenDoors of Asheville • Verner

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5:30 – 8:30 p.m.

• Musical performances from Heather Taylor and Asheville Choral Society • Silent Auction

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• All Souls Counseling Center • Bounty & Soul • Girls on the Run • MemoryCare • Western Carolina Medical Society Foundation • WNC Birth Center • WNCAP

EDUCATION

• Asheville City Schools Foundation • Asheville Museum of Science

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• Appalachian Wildlife Refuge • Asheville Cat Weirdos Emergency Fund • Asheville Humane Society • Blue Ridge Humane Society • Brother Wolf Animal Rescue • Friends of the WNC Nature Center • Wild for Life

CREATIVITY & LITERACY • Asheville Choral Society • Literacy Council of Buncombe County

• NC Glass Center • Open Hearts Art Center • The POP Project

ENVIRONMENT • Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project (ASAP) • EcoForesters • Friends of the Smokies • Green Built Alliance • MountainTrue • Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy

SOCIAL JUSTICE • Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity • Asheville Poverty Initiative • BeLoved Asheville • Helpmate • Homeward Bound of WNC • Just Economics • Our VOICE • Pisgah Legal Services

the fire truck pull where teams compete to pull a fully-loaded 33,000 lb fire truck benefit the Trauma Intervention Program of WNC. Event includes live music, kid's activities and food truck. Free to attend. Held at Camping World of Asheville, 2918 N. Rugby Road, Hendersonville FOREVER LIONS 5K • SA (10/19), 8:30am - Proceeds from the 5K run benefit Mars Hill University health, human performance and recreation students and student athletes. Registration: bit.ly/2Ovp9U2. $40. Held at Mars Hill University, 265 Cascade St., Mars Hill OPEN HEARTS ART CENTER • TH (10/17), 5:30-8pm - Proceeds from the costumed Totally 80s Talent Show featuring music, dance, spoken word, original artwork, raffle, food and drinks benefit Open Hearts Art Center. Tickets: bit.ly/2pC930w. $20/$10 children. Held at Highland Brewing Company, 12 Old Charlotte Highway PUMPKIN PATCH • Through WE (11/6) - Proceeds from sales of pumpkins benefit Groce United Methodist Church. Mon.-Sat.: 10am7pm. Sun.: 12:30-7pm.

Free to attend. Held at Groce United Methodist Church, 954 Tunnel Road

BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY A-B TECH SMALL BUSINESS CENTER 1465 Sand Hill Road, Candler, 828-398-7950, abtech.edu/sbc • WE (10/16), 6-9pm - Advanced Internet Marketing, seminar.

Registration required.

Free.

• SA (10/19), 9am-noon - Financial Planning for Starting a Business, seminar. Registration required. Free.

• SA (10/19), 9am-noon - Outdoor Industry Entrepreneurship, certification program. Registration required. Free.

• MO (10/21), noon4:30pm & WE (10/23),

6-9pm - Rocket Business Planning, seminar. Registration required. Free.

• TU (10/22), 3-6pm - Using Analytics to Develop Your Business Platform, seminar. Registration required. Free.

• WE (10/23), 6-9pm - Social Media for Your Business, seminar. Registration required. Free.

• TH (10/24), 5:308:30pm - How to Find Your Customers, seminar.

Registration required.

Free. Held at A-B Tech Madison and NCWorks Career Center, 4646 US Highway 25/70, Marshall FLETCHER AREA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION • 4th THURSDAYS, 11:30-noon - General meeting. Free. Held at YMCA Mission Pardee Health Campus, 2775 Hendersonville Road, Arden GAME DESIGNERS OF NORTH CAROLINAASHEVILLE MEETING • TU (10/22), 5-9pm - Meeting for game designers to discuss board game design, play-test games and learn about the industry. Free to attend. Held at Hillside Games, 611c Tunnel Road

CLASSES, MEETINGS & EVENTS BUNCOMBE COUNTY BEEKEEPERS BEE SCHOOL (PD.) Buncombe county beekeepers will be having our beginners bee school on Nov.2nd and 3rd 2019 at Warren Wilson College in Swannanoa. Cost is $80 and will include course materials, a years membership in Buncombe County Beekeepers Club and lunch on Saturday.

There will be hands on workshops. We will be going over the basics of beekeeping. Seating is limited. For more information and to signup go to www.wncbees.org click on the events tab/ bee school. We are also offering an advanced class on Queen rearing with very limited seating on Saturday Nov. 2nd.

Cost is $45. Lunch and a grafting tool will be included.

EMPYREAN ARTS DROP IN CLASSES (PD.) AERIAL YOGA YIN & RESTORATIVE on Mondays 6:30pm and Wednesdays 7:30pm.

AERIAL KIDS (5-12) on Wednesdays 4:30pm.

HANDSTANDS on Thursdays 6:30pm. INTRO to POLE DANCE on Mondays 7:30pm. INTRO to PARTNER ACROBATICS on Sundays 6:30pm.

EMPYREANARTS.ORG. 828.782.3321

aawnc.unca.edu. Held at UNC-Asheville, 1 University Heights

ILLUMINATE: PSYCHIC & HEALING ARTS EXPO (PD.) Oct 26 & 27, 10-6 both days. Entry $9.00. Over 70 vendors. All readers, healers, $20 per session.

Free workshops, raffle & parking. Crystals, healing technologies, art, jewelry, much more. Blue Ridge Community College Conference Hall, 49 East campus DR. Flat Rock, NC. www. theIlluminateExpo.com or 831-601-9005

buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • 4th TUESDAYS, 6-8pm - Sit-n-Stitch, informal, self-guided gathering for knitters and crocheters.

Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. • TU (10/22), 6pm - Spinning Yarns, knitting and crochet group for all experience levels.

Supplies available for beginners. Free. Held at Skyland/South Buncombe Library, 260 Overlook Road

ROSIE’S VEGETARIAN COOKING CLASSES (PD.) Rosie of Cafe Max & Rosie’s is offering a series of 4 classes including instructions, handouts and food. Come to have fun and learn. Thursday eves. 828-989-6493 for info.

TAYLOR ROAD SHOW AT MUSICIAN'S WORKSHOP (PD.) Tuesday October 22nd 7:30pm Admission FREE- Taylor’s Marc Seal will demonstrate new and unique guitars. Special Taylor Pricing at the Show. Taylor swag to be given away.

38TH ANNUAL PARADE OF HOMES • SA (10/19) & SU (10/20), 1-5pm - Asheville Home Builders Association’s 38th annual Parade of Homes self-guided tour of 44 homes. Visit ParadeOfHomesAsheville.com. Free.

AFRICAN AMERICANS IN WNC AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIA CONFERENCE • TH (10/17) through SA (10/19) - Existence as Resistance: Expressions of Resilience, conference with presentations and workshop. Information and schedule:

ASHEVILLE FRIENDS OF ASTROLOGY • FR (10/18), 7-9pm Mela Carreira presents a talk on Astrological Transits as Spiritual Process.

Free. Held at EarthFare - Westgate, 66 Westgate Parkway BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES

COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR ADULT CARE HOMES • 3rd FRIDAYS, 9-10:30am - Committee meeting. Registration: julia@landofsky.org.

Free. Held at Land of Sky Regional Council Offices, 339 New Leicester Highway, Suite 140 HOMINY VALLEY RECREATION PARK • 3rd THURSDAYS, 7pm - Hominy Valley board meeting. Free.

Held at Hominy Valley Recreation Park, 25 Twin Lakes Drive, Candler LEICESTER HISTORY GATHERING • 3rd THURSDAYS, 7pm - The Leicester History Gathering, general meeting. Free.

Held at Leicester Community Center, 2979 New Leicester Highway, Leicester

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MARINE CORPS LEAGUE ASHEVILLE • 4th TUESDAYS, 6pm - For veterans of the Marines, FMF Corpsmen and their families. Free.

Held at American Legion Post #2, 851 Haywood Road

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C OMMU N IT Y CA L EN D AR ONTRACK WNC 50 S. French Broad Ave., 828-255-5166, ontrackwnc.org • TH (10/17), noon1:30pm - Budgeting and Debt, class.

Registration required.

Free.

• WE (10/16), TH (10/17) & WE (10/23), 5:30-7:30pm - Storytelling event celebrating empowered money stories of women in the community.

Registration required: ontrackwnc.org/ women. Free to attend.

Held at Loretta's Cafe, 114 N. Lexington Ave. • MO (10/21), noon1:30pm - Understanding Credit. Get it. Keep it. Improve it. Seminar.

Registration required.

Free.

• MO (10/21), 5:307pm - Budgeting and Debt, class. Registration required. Free.

• TH (10/24), noon1:30pm - Women's Money Club. Registration required. Free.

BLUES CHEESE FESTIVAL • SA (10/19), 3-7pm - Proceeds from the Blues Cheese Festival featuring Mac Arnold and a Plateful O’ Blues with wine and local cheese taste-a-thon benefits WNC Cheese Trail. $35/$30 in advance. Held at The Center for Art & Inspiration, 125 S. Main St., Hendersonville COOKING WITH FOOD WASTE • TU (10/22), 6-7:30pm - Creative cooking with kitchen byproducts. $10. Held at Living Web Farms, 176 Kimzey Road, Mills River WELCOME TABLE FREE MEAL • WEDNESDAYS, 11:30am-1pm Welcome Table, community meal.

Free. Held at Leicester Community Center, 2979 New Leicester Highway, Leicester

WHAT A TANGLED WEB: One World Circus presents “Webs: A Circus Confronting Sexualized Violence with Humor, Tragedy and Empathy” Tuesday, Oct. 22, 7:30 p.m., at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville. Proceeds from the circus benefit the work of Helpmate and Our VOICE, organizations that work against sexual violence. Tickets are $15 at www.webscircus.com.

Photo courtesy of Elsie Smith (p. 42)

FESTIVALS APPALACHIAN FOLK FESTIVAL • SA (10/19), 10am-3pm Tours of historic buildings, art and craft presentations, live old-time music and food available for purchase. Free

ASHEVILLE SCAREFEST

B FR (10/18) through SU (10/20) - Halloween-themed tabletop gaming convention. Schedule: avlscarefest. com. $15 per day/$40 weekend pass. Held at Montreat Conference Center, 401 Assembly Drive, Montreat

to attend. Held at Vance

DOWNTOWN MARSHALL OKTOBERFEST

Birthplace, 911 Reems

B SA (10/19), 2-5pm -

Creek Road, Weaverville

Family-friendly Oktoberfest

meetings for cityowned properties on Haywood Street and Page Avenue. Food truck lunch and tour followed by presentation in the US Cellular Center. Free. Held at 68 Haywood St. HENDERSON COUNTY LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS

event with live music, hay rides, apple bobbing, pumpkin painting, a bike obstacle course and sack races. Free to attend. Held at Marshall High Studios, 115 Blanahassett Island.

Marshall

(11/3), 5-10pm - Familyfriendly haunted house.

Tickets: bit.ly/2oj0Pua. $15/$10 ages 12-17/$7 under age 12. Held at YMI Cultural Center, 39 S. Market St. HAUNTED HOUSE

TRUNK OR TREAT

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SATURDAYS until (10/26) & TH (10/31), 5-10pm - Proceeds from the haunted house benefit the Fines Creek Community Center. Not held SA (10/12). Attendees must be 13 and up. $5. Held at Fines Creek Community Center, 190 Fines Creek Road, Clyde

7:30pm - Trunk or Treat, family-friendly Halloween event. Free. Held at Groce United Methodist Church, 954 Tunnel Road

GET OUT: HAUNTED HOUSE

B TH (10/24) through

B FRIDAYS & Saturdays until (10/26), 7-9pm - Proceeds from the family friendly, outdoor event with lighted pumpkin trails, music, food, games, storytelling, facepainting, white squirrel scavenger hunt and historic mansion benefit Friends of Silvermont. Information: silvermont.org. $5 parking & $5 admission. Held at Silvermont Park, East Main St., Brevard THE HAUNTED TRAIL

B WE (10/23) through SU (10/27), 6:30-9pm - Proceeds from the haunted trail for all ages (particularly

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ages 3-12) benefit local schools. Information: hauntedtrailwnc.com. $13/$11 children ages 4-9.

Held at Pisgah Brewing Company, 150 East Side Drive, Black Mountain TOUCH-A-TRUCK FAMILY FESTIVAL • SA (10/19), 11am-3pm Festival for children to see, touch, climb on and learn about vhicles of all types.

Quiet hour with no sirens or horns from 11am-noon. $5/Free for children 2 and under. Held at Asheville Outlets, 800 Brevard Road

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WORTHAM CENTER WELCOME DAY • SA (10/19), 10am-5pm - a community open house with family fun, movie screening, kids’ activities, raffle, music, yoga, games, crafts and a jazz concert.

Reservations after 4pm: avl.mx/6mc. Free. Held at Wortham Center for the Performing Arts, 18 Biltmore Ave.

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING • TU (10/22), 5pm - City Council public hearing.

Free. Held at Asheville City Hall, 70 Court Plaza CONCEPT PLANNING MEETINGS • TH (10/24), noon & 5:30pm - Public concept planning information

• TH (10/17), 2:30pm - Climate and Energy Saving, presentations on the effects of a warming planet and how concerned citizens can help.

Free to attend. Held at Hendersonville Community Co-Op, 60 S. Charleston Lane, Hendersonville JACKSON COUNTY REPUBLICANS • MO (10/21), 6:30pm - All Republicans invited to the new North Jackson County Republican Headquarters. Bring ideas for the new space, 2020 election cycle and volunteering.

Held at North Jackson County Republican Headquarters, 52 Front St., Sylva MOUNTAINTRUE 828-258-8737, mountaintrue.org • WE (10/16), 5-7pm Attend a Planning and Zoning Commission meeting with MountainTrue. Free. Held at Asheville City Hall, 70 Court Plaza • TH (10/17), 3:305:30pm - Attend a Sustainability Advisory Committee on Energy and Environment meeting with MountainTrue.

Free. Held at Asheville City Hall, 70 Court Plaza WEST ASHEVILLE CRIME • TH (10/17), 6pm Asheville Police Department invites the West Asheville community to a conversation about crime concerns. Free.

Held at Grace Baptist Church, 718 Haywood Road

KIDS BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • WE (10/16), 11am - Yoga for kids. Free.

Held at Swannanoa Library, 101 West Charleston St., Swannanoa • FR (10/18), 4pm - Sign up to read for 15-minutes with J.R. the therapy dog.

Registration required.

Free. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. • 4th TUESDAYS, 1pm - Homeschoolers' book club. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. • TU (10/22), 3pm Graphic novel book club for ages 8-12.

Free. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. • TH (10/24), 4:30pm Teen writing workshop with Jill Criswell.

For ages 11 and up.

Registration required online. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. CRAFTY HISTORIAN: PAPER QUILLING • SA (10/19), 10:30am-12:30pm - Try your hand at paper quilling. Ages 8 and up. Requires working with small pieces and glue. Reservation: education@ wnchistory.org. $5. Held at SmithMcDowell House Museum, 283 Victoria Road KID YOGA AND MOVEMENT STORYTELLING • WEDNESDAYS until (11/27), 9:45am - Kid Yoga and Movement Storytelling with Miranda Watson, weaves in animal, nature and humanity-themed yoga postures with storytelling. Registration: avl.mx/6m8. Free in Oct./$10 in Nov. Held in Henry LeBrun Studio, Wortham Center for the Performing Arts, 18 Biltmore Ave.

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LITTLE EXPLORER'S CLUB • 1st & 3rd FRIDAYS, 9-10am - Little Explorer's Club, science topics for preschoolers. $7/Caregivers free. Held at Asheville Museum of Science, 43 Patton Ave.

OUTDOORS ASHEVILLE ASTRONOMY CLUB • FR (10/18), 6:45pm Asheville Astronomy Club community stargazing.

Registration required: avl.mx/6ly. Free. Held at Lookout Observatory, 1 University Heights

PUBLIC LECTURES CARTOONIST BOB MANKOFF • TU (10/22), 6pm Cartoonist Bob Mankoff’s talk is titled What’s So Funny and Why AI. Free. Held at Forsyth 101 at Western Carolina University, Cullowhee IMAGINING AN INDIGENOUS FUTURE • SU (10/20), 2:304pm - Imagining an Indigenous Future: Is it possible? presented by Trey Adcock, Director of American Indian & Indigenous Studies discussing issues, ideas and identity in contemporary Native America at the meeting of the Ethical Humanist Society of Asheville. Free.

Held at Asheville Friends Meetinghouse, 227 Edgewood Road KEYNOTE LECTURE BY MOLEFI KETE ASANTE • TH (10/24), 6-7:30pm - Keynote lecture by Molefi Kete Asante for the commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans. Free.

Held at Lipinsky Auditorium at UNC Asheville, 300 Library Lane MUSIC OF THE NORTH CAROLINA TEXTILE MILLS • MO (10/21), 2pm Presentation by Saro Lynch-Thomason about the music produced by textile mill workers in the heyday of North Carolina's textile industry.

Free. Held at The Ramsey Center in Renfro Library, 100 Athletic St., Mars Hill REVITALISING TRADITIONAL MAORI ASTRONOMY • TU (10/22), 7pm Revitalising Traditional Maori Astronomy, lecture

by Rangi Matamua, professor and associate dean at The University of Waikato in New Zealand.

Free. Held at Blue Ridge Ballroom, 1 University Heights US CENSUS BUREAU • FR (10/18), 3-4pm Presentation about the 2020 Census and its importance.. Information provided about

FUN PHILANTHROPY: 2019 marks the fifth year of Give!Local, Mountain Xpress’ end-of-year giving platform that rewards donors and makes every donation count for 45 local nonprofits.

Xpress and the nonprofit partners will launch the fundraising campaign with a kickoff celebration at Salvage Station on Thursday, Oct. 24, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Attendees can get to know the nonprofits and enjoy a silent auction as well as music performances by Heather Taylor and Asheville Choral Society.

The event is free to attend. Food and drink will be available for purchase from Salvage Station.

temporary part-time jobs that are available with the census. Free. Held at Black Mountain Public Library, 105 N. Dougherty St., Black Mountain

SENIORS ASHEVILLE NEW FRIENDS (PD.) Offers active senior residents of the Asheville area opportunities to make new friends and explore new interests through a program of varied social, cultural and outdoor activities. Visit www.ashevillenewfriends. org CHAIR YOGA • THURSDAYS, 2pm Chair Yoga. Free. Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville COUNCIL ON AGING, MEDICARE CLASS • TH (10/17), 7-8:30pm Medicare Choices Made Easy. Free. Held at St. John's Episcopal Church, 290 Old Haw Creek Road • FR (10/18), 2-4pm Medicare Choices Made Easy. Free. Held at Black Mountain YMCA, 25 Jane Jacobs Road, Black Mountain • WE (10/23), 2-4pm Medicare Choices Made Easy. Free. Held at Blue Ridge Community Health Services, 2579 Chimney Rock Road, Hendersonville

YMCA OF WNC 828-210-2265, ymcawnc.org • TH (10/17), 11:30am12:30pm - Understanding Alzheimer's and Dementia, class. Free.

Held at Fletcher YMCA, 2775 Hendersonville Road, Fletcher • TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS until (10/25), 12:30-3:30pm - Tai Chi for Arthritis, class for beginners that can be done sitting or standing.

Registration: 828-3330550. Held at Reuter YMCA, 3 Town Center Blvd.

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CHURCH & CEMETERY TOUR • SU (10/20), 3pm - Tour of historic church and cemetery. Free.

Held at The Episcopal Church of Saint John in the Wilderness, 1905 Greenville Highway, Flat Rock

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DANCES OF UNIVERSAL PEACE • 3rd SATURDAYS, 7:30-9:30pm - Spiritual group dances that blend chanting, live music and movement.

No experience necessary. Admission by donation. Held at Haw Creek Commons, 311 Old Haw Creek Road

& 1pm - Benedictine

MONTHLY SPIRITUALITY GROUP FOR TEEN GIRLS • 3rd SUNDAYS, 11:30am - Monthly group for teen girls ages 13-18 from any background or tradition to recognize spiritual gifts and a sense of pur-

Sharon Oxendine, an tribe of North Carolina.

Free. Held at Unity of the Blue Ridge, 2041 Old Fanning Bridge Road, Mills River REV. DR. MOLLY MARSHALL • SA (10/19), 10am Spirituality for the 21st Century, lectures by Rev. Dr. Molly Marshall.

Free. Held at First Congregational UCC of Hendersonville, 1735 5th Ave. W., Hendersonville SONGS & SILENCE, ALL FAITH TAIZE SERVICE • THURSDAYS, 6:307:15 pm - All faith Taize service of meditation and music. Free. Held at Grace Lutheran Church, 1245 6th Ave W., Hendersonville

VOLUNTEERING TUTOR ADULTS IN NEED WITH THE LITERACY COUNCIL (PD.) Give someone another chance to learn. Provide reading, writing, and/ or English language tutoring and change a life forever. Volunteer orientation 10/10 (9am) or 11/4 (5:30pm) RSVP: volunteers@litcouncil. com. Learn more: www. litcouncil.com.

CORN MAZE • Through (10/27) Volunteers needed to work three hour shifts at the Elida Corn Maze.

Information: EliadaCornMaze.com. Held at Eliada, 2 Compton Drive FIRESTORM BOOKS & COFFEE 610 Haywood Road, 828-255-8115 • 3rd SUNDAYS, 1-3pm - Send books to inmates in NC & SC. Information: avlcommunityaction. com or

ashevilleprisonbooks@ gmail.com.

• Fourth THURSDAYS, 6-9pm - Monthly meeting of Tranzmission Prison Project to package books and zines for US prisons.

FREE CLINICS INFORMATION • TH (10/17), 3-4pm Volunteer information session. Free. Held at The Free Clinics, 841 Case St., Hendersonville HOMEWARD BOUND OF WNC • THURSDAYS, 11am - See the Hope Tour, find out how Homeward Bound is working to end homelessness and how you can help.

Registration required: tours@ homewardboundwnc. org or 828-785-9840.

Free. Held at Homeward Bound of WNC, 19 N. Ann St. For more volunteering opportunities visit mountainx.com/ volunteering

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

Weekly meditations and services; Daily recitations w/ mala.

Urban retreats. 32 Mineral Dust Drive, Asheville, NC 28806.

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ANATTASATIMAGGA. ORG ASTRO-COUNSELING (PD.) Licensed counselor and accredited professional astrologer uses your chart when counseling for additional insight into yourself, your relationships and life directions. Stellar Counseling Services.

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When Laura Hope-Gill first proposed a narrative health care program for Lenoir-Rhyne University back in 2015, the assistant professor of writing received anything but a warm welcome. “When I brought this topic up to people, I was met with incredible resistance and arguments that would actually get emotional about how this could never work,” she recalls. “It seemed that people were very invested in protecting the line between the humanities and the sciences.”

Fast forward to 2019, and Hope-Gill tells a different story. Her certificate course at the Asheville campus, which explores how an understanding of narrative can lead to better outcomes for patients and practitioners alike, has graduated approximately 20 students in fields ranging from surgery to social work. Hope-Gill herself now receives regular invitations to speak on the topic and advise hospital systems on ways to incorporate the humanities into their work.

The field is set to gain even more local visibility thanks to an upcoming

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event that Hope-Gill has organized.

Medicine Beyond Medication, North Carolina’s first statewide symposium on narrative health care, will take place at the Mountain Area Health Education Center’s Hendersonville Road campus on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 18-19. It will focus on the use of creative and reflective writing to supplement clinical practice. To register, visit narrativehealthcare.net.

Keynote speaker Dr. Rita Charon, who founded the narrative medicine program at Columbia University, presented the 2018 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities. The lectureship is the federal government’s highest honor for intellectual achievement in those fields.

Other presenters will include Dr. Jeff Heck, MAHEC’s CEO, and several graduates of Lenoir-Rhyne’s program, including Dr. Daniel Waters, a surgeon; Dr. Cynthia Yancey, a general practitioner; and Laurie Kovens, a social worker.

“The interest in narrative health care is part of a rising wave,” notes HopeGill. “People are realizing that the commodity-based concepts of health as we have known them are insufficient for describing the real work that practitio-

ners do and experience. We are right in time with a cultural shift.”

HEARING EXAM At the core of narrative health care, Hope-Gill explains, is the concept of close listening. Much of modern medical training, she says, is focused on quantitative data — particularly the numbers and measurements that can be captured in a patient’s electronic health record.

This, however, can cause health care workers to miss valuable information that doesn’t fit in those boxes.

“We’re changing how the clinical encounter is carried out. It’s no longer ‘Here, we have eight minutes: Tell me where it hurts,’” says Hope-Gill. “It’s the physician saying, ‘What do I need to know in order to provide you with good care?’”

Hope-Gill tells the story of a patient who refused to use an oxygen tank, which led to multiple costly emergency room visits. The patient’s care providers discussed the problem at length among themselves, but they didn’t make progress till they asked her directly why she wouldn’t comply. It turned out that when the patient was a child, her moth-

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“By involving the patient in her own care, somebody could go to her trailer and retrain her in how to use [the oxygen tank], so she could do it with confidence,” Hope-Gill continues.

“And she stopped needing visits to the emergency room.”

Heck agrees that listening to stories can be a powerful tool in the healing process. He often encourages his patients, many of whom are elderly, to bring in a photo from when they were younger and describe the circumstances in which it was taken.

“I’ve had patients tell me about a failed marriage or a traumatic event in their childhood that permanently affected the way they think and that flavors every diagnosis, the success of every treatment,” Heck reveals. “When I really understand where the patient came

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“The decisions that filter down into what a patient actually experiences when she comes in to check her health are governed by all of these layers of political, economic — and greedy, in some cases — decisions,” says Charon.

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“Our last experience with helicopters was this overhead cutting, and to see the movement of the branches as the blades are moving — it’s terrifying to think we’re in such a close proximity to a spraying,” Hady says.

AIR DROP In emails with Xpress, Duke spokesperson Jeff Brooks confirmed that a contractor for the company did conduct aerial spraying in the greater Asheville area, including the transmission line right of way adjacent to the Hadys’ property, in September.

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Duke has not yet determined how often power lines will need to be treated. But Brooks said the company hopes using helicopters will reduce the frequency of herbicide application compared to the current three-year cycle of backpack spraying.

Brooks said the main herbicide applied along the lines was Trycera,

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Turning back toward the end of her driveway, Hady sees a much less attractive picture. A swath of sickly, drooping leaves slices through the otherwise still-vibrant foliage of the woods, and a handful of straggly seedlings are all that remains green in the undergrowth. The plants turned brown, she says, after a contractor working for Duke Energy applied her-

bicide on Sept. 9 along a power transmission line adjacent to her property.

Several years ago, the couple posted a small no-spraying sign they had received from Progress Energy, the company that managed electrical utilities in much of Western North Carolina before its acquisition by Duke in 2012. But the crew applying the herbicide last month likely didn’t notice the sign, the Hadys say, because it was working from a helicopter high above the property.

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“Each product addresses different species or has a different mode of action making the application as effective as possible,” Brooks said. “It should also be noted that the blend/ mix is very diluted at the point of application and is predominantly water.”

Three of the products included in the mix — Trycera, Alligare Triclopyr 3 and Krenite S — were not mentioned in a list of herbicides on Duke’s webpage about vegetation management. Asked about these omissions, Brooks responded, “The list of the website is not inclusive of all products that may be used, but rather shows the commonly used products. We have begun using Trycera more recently as we evaluate various methods to maximize the effectiveness of our maintenance activities,” he said. “Most importantly, any product — including Trycera — that we use is rigorously tested and approved by the U.S. EPA [Environmental Protection Agency].”

OUT OF THE LOOP Hady isn’t only concerned by the potential impacts of the herbicides on her property: She was “flabbergasted” that neither she nor her husband received notice that a Duke contractor would be spraying in the area. When the helicopter arrived, she says, she was at home with the windows open; she interpreted its repeated flybys as a firefighting operation.

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UNDER THE WIRES: The vegetation beneath the transmission lines that run next to Cindy and Ted Hady’s property shows the effects of herbicide application. Photo by Daniel Walton would have happened,” Hady says.

“I have asthma. I would’ve closed the windows and I would’ve removed myself from the property.”

Duke’s website on transmission line vegetation management notes that the company usually notifies property owners in “developed and maintained areas,” such as yards, fields and pastures, at least three days before work begins. However, Brooks clarified that no such warning is offered for work conducted on Duke’s own property.

“We only notify customers who are directly affected by the work (e.g., own the property where spray work is crossing),” Brooks wrote. “We cannot inform or consult with customers about work that does not impact them.

Any notifications are courtesy in nature and typically are not required to perform any work in the right of way or on our assets.”

Regarding the Hadys’ past discussions with Progress Energy that resulted in the placement of a no-spray sign, Brooks said that previous arrangements would be reviewed individually. Those agreements would only be honored, he continued, “so long as doing so does not place crews in potential hazardous working conditions (e.g., rugged terrain or difficult to access areas.)”

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Due to the need for laboratory testing, results will likely not be available for several months.

The NCDA&CS declined to comment on the Hadys’ specific case, citing the pending investigation. But Dwight Seal, western district manager for the department’s pesticide section, says he has not previously heard of aerial spraying being used to treat transmission lines anywhere in the state. Although the practice is legal if all relevant regulations are followed, he emphasizes, “That was a first for me.”

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Meanwhile, Brooks said that Duke is meeting with the Hadys to resolve their issues. Other customers concerned about herbicide usage can request to have their property designated as a no-spray area by contacting Duke customer service at 800452-2777 and asking for a vegetation management specialist.

Brooks noted that only “a small fraction of 1% of our total customer base” has requested to opt out of herbicide management. Duke has denied some requests because they created potential hazards for ground-based crews, he added, but no specific numbers on the issue were available.

Hady says she recognizes that Duke needs to keep its lines clear of vegetation and ensure reliable power for its customers. “But I would appreciate at least being able to participate with knowledge, with what to expect, instead of feeling like I’m reeling from reacting to the impacts,” she continues.

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Photo courtesy of Stepp’s Hillcrest Orchard When she was a little girl, Danielle Stepp McCall remembers that after school, the bus would drop her, her sisters and her cousins off at Stepp’s Hillcrest Orchard. The third-generation — now raising a fourth — 70-acre working farm in Hendersonville is now celebrating its 50th anniversary as a U-pick apple orchard.

“We would play in the apple house, build forts out of bushel baskets and sit in Papaw’s chair in the office and pretend to be working,” says McCall.

“Now, I’m here all the time, doing a little bit of everything all season long.”

The season she refers to is apple picking season. At Stepp’s, that season runs from mid-August when the Ginger Gold, Gala and Honeycrisps are ready until the Granny Smith’s and Pink Ladies — last of the 22 varieties in the 38-acre orchard — are plucked off the trees on Oct. 31. Papaw is her late paternal grandfather, J.H. Stepp, who with his wife, Yvonne, moved their family onto the farm in the early ’60s and called it Hillcrest Orchard to honor original owner and distant cousin Polk Hill.

Like many of the orchards in Henderson County, the Stepps depended on the juice and processing market to sell their apples. But in 1969, they turned the informal practice of allowing the community to come at the end of the season to glean apples into a formal U-pick apple orchard.

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Offseason, every one of the hundreds of trees is pruned, the apples on the ground are raked and chopped to become compost for the following year, and the soil is fertilized. Though the picking season is short, McCall says apples picked in October can be enjoyed for months when properly kept.

“Don’t wash them but put them in an airtight bag, and put the bags in the refrigerator. Everyone in our family has an extra fridge at home for apples,” she notes with a laugh. “When you take one out of the bag, do it quick so you don’t expose the rest to oxygen, which will break them down. My mom says she ate her last Pink Lady in July this year.”

At ncapples.com, Blue Ridge Farm Direct Market Association lists five U-pick apple orchards in Henderson County: Stepp’s, Grandad’s Apples N’Such, Justus Orchards, Skytop Orchard and Coston Farm and Apple House. Check individual websites for locations, seasonal operating hours and services offered.

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“We hope that people will tip the same way that they would at a restaurant,” says Megan Watts, director of sales and marketing for Takeout Central.

Founded in Chapel Hill, the company states on its Facebook page’s “About” tab that it “provides restaurant marketing, residential delivery and corporate catering from all of your favorite restaurants” in Asheville, plus the North Carolina Triad, Triangle and Wilmington. Takeout Central and fellow third-party delivery services such as Grubhub, DoorDash and Uber Eats have become popular options for people to supplement their income.

However, Watts says, the poor policies of some competitors — from inflated payment structures to withholding tips to not responding to drivers when they have questions or concerns — have led to more customer inquiries about exactly what goes to her company’s drivers, aka Delivery Heroes.

“Our base delivery fee is $3.49,” Watts says. “Drivers start out getting $3 of that, and then 50 cents gets added each time the distance increases to the next level.”

She refers to the three delivery tiers based on mileage that range from $3.49$7.49 for the customer. Takeout Central also gives Delivery Heroes “slightly more than the base delivery fee” once they reach 300 orders, and they always get to keep 100% of their tips. But as private contractors, they must provide their own vehicle and aren’t reimbursed for gas, vehicle maintenance and other related costs.

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“Most of our office staff are former drivers from both Valet Gourmet [which merged with Takeout Central in 2016] and Takeout Central.”

DELIVERY CULTURE Still, Watts notes that “tipping is a necessary part of [Delivery Heroes’] payment to make delivery driving a sustainable income.” Roman Braverman, owner of Roman’s Deli & Catering, concurs and encourages customers to treat his company’s drivers “how you would want to be treated.”

Hourly wages at Roman’s increase the longer employees are with the restaurant, which uses company vehicles for most deliveries and covers the cost of gas when personal vehicles are necessary. The restaurant serves five delivery zones that carry a higher minimum order and corresponding delivery

fee the farther away the customer is from downtown. Braverman says the amount of the delivery fee that goes to the driver likewise varies, and all tips are pooled and split evenly among the entire staff.

Meanwhile, Asheville Pizza & Brewing Co. pays its drivers $8 per hour and gives them $2.25 out of each $3 delivery fee, plus 100% of tips. Like Takeout Central drivers, they must pay for gas and provide their own vehicle, which company President Mike Rangel acknowledges can cause wear and tear to the interior and exterior of the automobile, though he adds that the compensation — which he believes is the highest for food delivery drivers in the city — is why he has several employees who’ve stuck with the job for over 20 years.

Also helping keep money in his drivers’ pockets is a greater societal awareness of the importance of tipping, says Rangel. He points to Asheville’s large number of service industry workers

who know the impact of tips as well as the normalization of delivery in people’s lives, from groceries to alcohol to new cars.

One of the newest additions to the Asheville Pizza fleet is Patrick Kirk, who’s been delivering since shortly after moving to town in April. Though he appreciates every tip, which he’s well aware is an extra amount on top of the delivery fee, he says he almost doesn’t want to expect gratuity despite it being an industry standard.

Kirk calls customer tipping “hit or miss,” citing regular customers who give roughly 50% on $15 orders, to larger orders in the $50 range that net him a mere $5 gratuity. Among the patterns he’s noticed are that tourists at hotels tend to tip well — $10 is the norm for supper — while lunch orders at various offices and Mission Hospital typically garner lower amounts.

He feels that customers who tip well understand the value of service, and he primarily sees this awareness with evening orders, which he says are often placed when people are coming home from work, have kids to feed and are too tired or simply don’t want to cook.

Their meal then arrives around the same time the customers get home, and

the appreciation is evident, from the verbal thanks from the adults to other members of the family.

“The kids are always excited, and even the pets. The dogs are always so happy to see us, and I’m like, ‘Can I pet your dog?’” Kirk says. “I think people appreciate it, and they know it’s a convenience for them, and that’s probably why the tips are higher at nighttime for dinner rush.”

There’s also the fact that delivery drivers at all three aforementioned businesses aren’t getting paid simply to bring people food. Kirk and his colleagues do plentiful prep work for the restaurant, including cutting vegetables and making sauces. Depending on the order, they also bring plates, napkins, plasticware, extra toppings such as Parmesan cheese and red pepper flakes, plus cups for drinks.

“They probably see us just bringing the food, but we’re answering the phones, we’re taking the orders, we’re processing all the orders, and then we’re making sure everything is right, and then we’re driving it out there,” Kirk says. “It takes a little bit of time and effort on our end to make sure that what they see at their door is exactly what they ordered.” X

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Every fall, brewers and beer lovers convene for a few suds-fueled days in Denver to be part of the Great American Beer Festival, the world’s largest commercial beer competition.

During this year’s 33rd annual event, which ran Oct. 3-5, judges evaluated “9,497 entries from 2,295 breweries representing all 50 states plus Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands,” according to the competition’s website.

North Carolina’s 12 participating breweries brought home a total of 12 medals — four gold, three silver and five bronze. Two of those gold medals were earned by Asheville breweries: Hillman Beer’s ESB earned gold in the extra special bitters category, while Hi-Wire Brewing’s sour brown ale aged on palo santo won gold in the woodand barrel-aged sour beer category.

This year marked Hi-Wire’s third time pouring at GABF, and co-founder Chris Frosaker says the brewery’s recognition at the event has steadily grown. “We now consistently have one of the busiest booths in the Southeast region,” he says.

Frosaker says Hi-Wire’s big win was “a humbling and amazing feeling,” adding that his favorite part of GABF is “trying rare beers from all around the country you don’t normally have access to, as well as meeting new brewers and building relationships.”

The festival has been going strong since 1987, with 2019 being the biggest year yet. Judges are made up of industry professionals from around the world whose objective is to identify the three beers that best represent each beerstyle category. To determine the winners, five three-hour judging and tasting sessions are held before the festival, with judges evaluating beers based on their specific areas of expertise. The resulting awards “are among the most coveted in the industry and heralded by the winning brewers in their national advertising,” according to GABF. Hi-Wire, along with Bhramari Brewing Co., also represented Asheville by pouring samples during the festival’s tasting event. Bhramari also participated in the festival’s Meet the Brewer event.

Several other Asheville breweries also submitted beers for the competi-

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GOOD AS GOLD: Hi-Wire Brewing Co. took home a gold medal from this year’s Great American Beer Festival for its sour brown ale aged on palo santo. Brewery co-founder Chris Frosaker says the big win was “a humbling and amazing feeling.” Hillman Beer also struck gold at GABF with its ESB. Photo courtesy of Hi-Wire tion and made the journey to Colorado to experience GABF, including One World Brewing’s Lisa and Jay Schutz, who attended the festival for the first time this year. “I am not sure if we would ever pour beer there, but I would like to go back again next year,” says Lisa. “We enjoyed the experience because we went to a lot of great events and parties and made great connections at local breweries and with other brewers attending.”

The Schutzes also checked out the Denver beer scene and some of the 160 events, from beer talks to dinners to firkin nights, that happened during Denver Beer Week, which coincides

with GABF. “It was a great time,” Lisa says, but adds that she still prefers some beer festivals that are much closer to home. “Our favorites are Burning Can and Rural Hill in Charlotte,” she says.

“We like talking with people about our beers, and these festivals have great music as well. They are also outside at nice spots.”

Tim Weber of Twin Leaf Brewery has competed in GABF for the past six years and attended this year in part to spend time with fellow Asheville brewers. “I think the festival has a lot of history in the craft movement, and it has been eye-opening to see the changes in the industry over the last decade,” he says. “It also allows folks from around the world to taste and appreciate breweries from around the country that they would not have a chance to try otherwise.”

Weber also recently went to the second No Place Like Homeplace Beer Fest in Burnsville. He says he likes to participate in festivals because they “allow you to show off your best to folks who may not have had the opportunity to try our beer.

It’s a marketing tool, but it’s also great to spend time with your friends in the industry.”

The big-name craft breweries that selected Asheville as their East Coast location — Oskar Blues Brewery, New Belgium Brewing Co. and Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. — slung beers at GABF and served as events sponsors, too. New Belgium was the only medal winner of the three, earning a bronze for its Chess with Checkers Belgian blonde ale as part of the Pro-Am competition, which paired up commercial and home brewers that have already won an award in a sanctioned American Homebrewers Association or Beer Judge Certification Program.

For New Belgium, being part of GABF is a no-brainer. “This is a great way to showcase some of our work to not only customers and fans but our fellow brewing colleagues in the industry,” says New Belgium spokesperson Leah Pilcer. The brewery, she says, gets involved in hundreds of festivals, community events, fundraisers and sampling opportunities all over the country every year. “For us, getting beer in people’s hands is the best way for them to continue to enjoy their favorite NBB beer or try something new,” she says.

Visit greatamericanbeerfestival.com for a full list of 2019 Great American Beer Festival winners. X

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What do you do with your stale bread, citrus peels and coffee grounds? In many home kitchens, these items may meet a similar fate: To the trashcan they go. But for Meredith Leigh, director of education and outreach at Living Web Farms, another person’s trash is often her key ingredient.

“Food waste is a huge topic in the culinary scene right now,” she says.

“And I have been inspired by chefs that I’ve met who are really taking a crack at using seconds and byproducts to create unique food.”

On Tuesday, Oct. 22, Leigh hopes to inspire others through her latest class, Cooking with Food Waste. The affordably priced workshop (admission is a $10 suggested donation) offers a number of inventive ways to make the most of your fruit cores, cheese rinds and vegetable tops.

Banana peel chutney, bread miso and startup vinegars are among the recipes to be shared.

Landfills, Leigh notes, are major contributors to global warming.

Organic waste, she adds, often makes up a large portion of the items chucked into these sites, so by limiting food waste, individuals can make a positive impact on the environment.

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Blue Cheese Festival The inaugural Blue Cheese Festival happens Saturday, Oct. 19, at The Center for Art & Inspiration in Hendersonville. The event will benefit the WNC Cheese Trail, a local nonprofit that promotes local cheese producers through consumer education and tourism. A free cheese taste-athon will be held featuring English Farmstead, Round Mountain Creamery, Yellow Branch Cheese and Pottery, Three Grace’s Dairy and Blue Ridge Mountain Creamery. Bluesman Mac Arnold and A Plateful O’ Blues will perform at the festival. Tickets are $30 in advance; $35 at the door.

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Ciao Asheville, an Italian cultural forum, hosts its first cooking class on Sunday, Oct. 20, led by chef and sommelier Robert Stragiotti.

Participants will learn how to make pasta and a simple red sauce from scratch. Tickets are $25 and include all materials, as well as a glass of Italian wine. Seats are limited.

The class runs 1-3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 20, at Metro Wines, 169 Charlotte St. To purchase tickets, visit avl.mx/6l9.

In an effort to address hunger, Ingles Markets recently launched the Ingles Kids Pantry, which aims to provide meals to food-insecure children throughout Buncombe County.

Donation boxes are situated at the front of all Buncombe County Ingles Markets. Shoppers are encouraged to purchase nutritious, nonperishable food items for the cause. Financial donations can also be made online.

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Fire ciders Urban Orchard Cider Co.’s latest sensory analysis course focuses on spicy “fire ciders.” Hot peppers — from deseeded jalapeño to scorpion peppers — are among the featured beverages’ key ingredients. Along with samples, the gathering includes a private tour of Urban Orchard’s new cidermaking facility on the South Slope, as well as a complimentary Urban Orchard branded glass.

The course will be led by Gregory Hill, the company’s head cidermaker. Tickets are $25 per person; space is limited.

The class runs 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Oct. 22, at Urban Orchard Cider Co., 24 Buxton Ave. To purchase tickets, visit avl.mx/6la.

Jay Medford purchases Storm Rhum Bar and Bistro Tom and Whitney Israel recently sold their South Slope restaurant, Storm Rhum Bar & Bistro, to Jay Medford, owner of The Underground Cafe with DoughP Doughnuts. Medford is partnering with his wife, Megan Medford, and in-laws Chuck and Robin Jones in the new business. A graduate of the French Culinary Institute in New York City, Medford has replaced Owen McGlynn as Storm Rhum’s executive chef. According to the restaurant’s Facebook page, Medford has already added a few new items to the bistro’s menu, including scallops and beets, cauliflower hash, and shrimp and grits. Medford will continue operating The Underground Cafe with DoughP Doughnuts, inside the Jackson Building.

Storm Rhum Bar and Bistro is at 125 S. Lexington Ave., Suite 103. For more, visit avl.mx/6lb.

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FROM HAMBURG, WITH SWAGGER German ‘techno marching band’ MEUTE plays The Orange Peel

BY EDWIN ARNAUDIN earnaudin@mountainx.com There’s nothing like the sights and sounds that a talented marching band can deliver. While such musical delights were once relegated to football games’ halftime shows and various parades, recent years have seen hornand-drum groups stomp their way indoors, bringing these distinct thrills to entertainment seekers who are specifically there for the high-energy jams.

The phenomenon is also far from confined to the U.S., as evinced by MEUTE — arguably Europe’s most popular such ensemble. Hailing from Hamburg, Germany, the group has played scattered stateside shows, but its current North American tour marks the band’s first official trek through the continent. Founder/ trumpeter Thomas Burhorn adds that the band’s Thursday, Oct. 17, takeover of The Orange Peel (complete with matching red jackets that look like they’re from John Philip Sousa’s day) will be all 11 musicians’ first time in Asheville.

A self-described “techno marching band,” MEUTE elaborates on that concept in the official description on the group’s website. It’s a collective where each player fulfills the role of a DJ with acoustic instruments. Burhorn is happy to clarify that odd concept, which brings to mind images of people scratching records with flutes.

“The job of the DJ is to make the people dance and feel some positive energy,” he says. “That’s what we do

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MARCHING ORDERS: MEUTE reworks dance tracks with brass, woodwinds and percussion. The band makes its Asheville debut on Oct. 17.

Photo by Jennifer Schmid as well. We are playing for the audience and are celebrating with the audience.

We don’t play just for ourselves.”

More specifically, they rework dance tracks with brass, woodwinds and percussion. Past selections include Deadmau5’s “Gluma” and Australian producer Flume’s remix of the Disclosure and Eliza Doolittle collaboration, “You & Me.” In channeling the latter DJ’s fuzzed electronic thumps on the chorus that turned his version

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into an instant earworm, MEUTE utilizes baritone saxophones and low brass on the bottom register in tandem with trumpets lining the upper range to craft its own immensely catchy take. Further putting the group’s stamp on the song is the introductory dance between smooth alto sax and plinking xylophone, plus space for an extended trumpet solo as the track reaches its apex.

Regarding how he knows a song is right for MEUTE to reinterpret,

Burhorn points to the emotional resonance a particular piece of music has with him and his bandmates rather than the work’s technical components.

“The most important thing is that it feels right,” he says. “It’s like a favorite song that comes to you. You don’t choose it by categories — you feel it.”

In reworking the tunes, he reveals that certain players write the arrangements for the entire ensemble. He compares the process to a painter “who

brings the landscape on canvas with different colors, then reality.”

These skills are on full display in MEUTE’s recent release, Live in Paris.

Approaching the group’s April 2019 show at Le Trianon, Burhorn says he and his bandmates “knew that this show had the potential to be a hot concert, and then it was.” Though much of the complete band experience is lost without the visual component — some videos from the performance are available on YouTube — the energetic sound is plenty danceable on its own. Upon additional reflection on the memorable evening, Burhorn recalls the ensemble’s sustained pep all the way through to the final number, during which he and his bandmates experienced something they’d previously never encountered.

“The floor in the room is made from old wood and is very elastic, like a trampoline. So, everyone was jumping really high, and our encore in the audience was a challenge because everything was moving all the time,” Burhorn says.

And, yes, that’s no typo — MEUTE indeed enters the crowd during its show, though the bouncing effect of Le Trianon seems unlikely to be repeated

at The Orange Peel. Accustomed to being close to the audience during outdoor performances, where the sound carries without microphones or other assistance, Burhorn says no significant adjustments are needed to adapt the band’s work to the indoors. For him, “the music is strong enough for every setting,” though at walled-in venues, the musicians do “have a big amplifying system with big sound.”

Also augmenting the experience is “a huge light show,” the convergence of which means it’s not necessary for Burhorn to pick a favorite setting. As he puts it, “Both are best.” X

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SPREAD THE WORD A longtime resident of Chapel Hill, Daniel Wallace (who penned Big Fish: A Novel of Epic Proportions, which director Tim Burton made into a 2003 movie of the same name) was once the assistant director for the literacy council in that city.

“I was in my 20s. It was a fluke, really,” says the author, who now writes and teaches writing at UNC Chapel Hill. “I’d never done anything with literacy, but that was the beginning of my devotion to this effort.”

On Friday, Oct. 25, Wallace will deliver the keynote address at the Literacy Council of Buncombe County’s 12th annual Authors for Literacy event.

Wallace still hosts the Orange County council’s annual fundraiser, but when he worked for the organization, the job he enjoyed the most was pairing students with volunteer tutors. “That was the icing,” he says.

And he compares his work as a teacher of writing to his work with literacy.

Author Daniel Wallace will keynote Literacy Council fundraiser

GETTING A READ: Daniel Wallace, author of Big Fish and Extraordinary Adventures, will keynote the Authors for Literacy event for the Literacy Council of Buncombe County. Those without access to literacy skills, he says, “are kept from the realization of how powerful language can be for us, once we can use it as a tool.” Photo courtesy of Wallace “It is much the same job,” he says.

“Different people, for whatever reason, whether it’s cultural or economic, are kept from the recognition of, and the realization of, how powerful language can be for us, once we can use it as a tool: sharing the power of words with other people, alerting them to their value. That’s what I do in different stages every day.”

In Buncombe County, according to LuAnn Arena, development director of the local Literacy Council, 1 in 10 adults can’t read at a basic level. “It’s an equity issue,” she says. “If someone can’t read instructions from their doctor or notes from their children’s teachers, they’re just not going to have a good chance of making it.” The effects of illiteracy are stark: 2 out of 5 adults who can’t read or write at a basic level live in poverty, and children of parents with low literacy have almost a 3-in-4 chance of also reading at the lowest literacy level.

The Literacy Council exists to combat these problems. Instructors on the council’s staff train tutors who then instruct adults one on one, and other volunteer tutors offer tutoring and other assistance in schools for low-income children who are having trouble with literacy, and — through a partnership with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library program — give participating children a free book every month.

The council also holds English classes for speakers of other languages.

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Currently, this program serves 250 adults in Buncombe County who want to improve their English skills and prepare for their citizenship exams. (“To be able to watch someone achieve that goal — to be present at the swearing-in ceremony — is a dream,” says Arena.)

The Authors for Literacy event is one of the main ways the council funds this work. This year’s iteration will include a cocktail hour with a silent auction, a three-course dinner, a presentation by one of the Literacy Council’s students, and, at the end of the evening, the keynote by Wallace. (“He’s going to delight everyone,” Arena says). All proceeds will go to support the council, whose small, fulltime staff is dedicated to giving everyone a chance to read.

Arena acknowledges that illiteracy is “kind of a hidden issue because of the shame that’s created when being able to read is something people expect.” Still, she finds the work rewarding and mentions a recent success story for the council: a man in his 40s who, thanks to work with a tutor, is now able to read to his child for the first time.

For his part, Wallace emphasizes the importance of the work being done by the students. “We have a well-worn idea of what a person who can’t read or write might be like,” he says, but adds that many don’t fit the stereotype. “There are business owners, there are people whose lives are circumscribed by not being able to read, but somehow manage to get by without it.” And yet they feel compelled to make a change.

“It’s this essential bravery that allows them to admit that their lives could be better,” Wallace says. “To me, it’s an exercise in valor.” X

WHAT Author Daniel Wallace keynotes the Authors for Literacy Dinner and Silent Auction WHERE Crowne Plaza Resort Expo Center 1 Resort Drive WHEN Friday, Oct. 25, 6 p.m. $95 avl.mx/6l7

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FLOWER POWER Everyone knows the dandelion, says herbalist and singer-songwriter Josh Fox. It’s emblematic. “Besides Antarctica, it’s on every continent,” he says. “Everyone grew up with it, probably spraying Roundup on it or seeing it as a sign of evil on the lawn.”

But Fox hopes to change that perception of the common plant to one of hope, healing and tenacity.

“I don’t know many other flowers that will push up through concrete,” Fox says. “To know the dandelion is to embody earth-strength.” To share that idea, he’s releasing a new video for his song, “Dandelion,” on Friday, Oct. 18, at 1 p.m., at avl.mx/6lu.

The video was filmed by Marc Hennessey (also known for his musical project, To All My Dear Friends), shot in a dandelion-filled meadow surrounded by mountain vistas. In it, Fox is dressed in the dandelion costume from a Fairie Kin bee dance performance. Fox was the musical director for that group for about four years.

From the song’s inception, Fox knew it needed a visual element because dandelion season is a vast, golden time, he says. “There’s something so profound about that one week, usually in April, that’s just explosive,” he says.

“It’s always been a spring marker for me when I’d go collect the [dandelion] tops to make mead.”

“Dandelion” is from Fox’s 2016 recording, Spells Cast by Rain, which he describes as “an album of plant songs (and a few heart songs).”

Despite the universal appeal of the dandelion, Fox first wrote about kudzu. “If you’re from this part of the country, you know what it looks like for kudzu to become this monster that climbs over buildings,” he

Josh Fox releases a new video and discusses his plant songs

BLOOM WHERE YOU’RE PLANTED: Herbalist and songwriter Josh Fox shares the healing properties of plants through song. The video for “Dandelion” — a still of which is shown here — was filmed by fellow local artist Marc Hennessey. Photo courtesy of Fox says. “But I don’t know how to explain it to people on the West Coast or other places who don’t get to see the phenomenon of kudzu taking over.” For that reason, it, too, might warrant a visual component.

That song came about before Fox, originally from Atlanta, was studying and teaching about plants. “The kudzu

was a symbol of ‘You can be rooted down but still get around everywhere’ — it’s the best of both worlds,” he says.

A dozen years ago, he was introduced to the mugwort plant while interested in lucid dreaming (a property of that herb).

“I was so blown away by its effect on me. … I thought there must be thousands of other [herbs] that had magic in them.”

Fox made the move to Asheville to apprentice with CoreyPine Shane at the Blue Ridge School of Herbal Medicine and teaches at the school (as well as the Daoist Traditions College of Chinese Medical Arts) today. He notes that one of his heroes is naturalist, herbalist and storyteller Doug Elliott, who, “on plant walks will go around and start singing about some of the plants,” says Fox. “It really touched me that this is actually the way that a lot of herbal knowledge is passed on, through story and song.”

So Fox’s own songs take on a similar bardic spirit, not only entertaining but informing the listener of each plant’s growth cycle and healing properties. “Reishi,” the lead track on Spells Cast by Rain, came about when “I was asked to teach a mushroom class for the Organic Growers School one year,” he says. “I was like, ‘This will be a lot more fun. People have been in lectures all weekend, so I’m going to write this song that gives people the basics. If they can learn at least one verse, they’ll really remember that.” It was a hit.

The track list of the album loosely follows the wheel of the year, or the seasons. There’s “Spring Bee Waltz,” followed by “Dandelion,” and then “Tulsi,” which is more of a summer plant, Fox notes. “The kind of soulful, darker songs are more toward the winter, and ‘Goldenrod’ finishes it, which is more fall.” He adds, “So much of the Daoist medicine that I study is the observation of nature, so it did leave an impression in terms of how to orient the songs.”

The botanical inspiration continues: “I just wrote a new song — a four-part song — which is about the procession of the late spring plants,” Fox says.

That piece, “The Earth Is Alive,” is accompanied by a puppet video and is available on Fox’s YouTube channel.

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bill@musoscribe.com

SAY YES There is no shortage of self-help gurus, motivational speakers and life coaches.

Paths toward enlightenment include everything from mainstream religion and yoga to 12-step programs and meditation. A newcomer to Western North Carolina has combined bits of all of those to create something unique: Elle Swan (professionally known as Bold Mama Elle) distills those approaches into an evening that’s equal parts entertainment and empowerment. Bold Mama Elle’s Naughty has its world premiere at The Wortham Center for the Performing Arts on Sunday, Oct. 20.

Combining dance, speaking and singing (to prerecorded music), the one-woman show is “designed to push the edge of personal and collective freedom,” Swan explains.

“By seeing and hearing and interacting with this hour and a half experience, people can remember what it looks and sounds like to not be afraid.”

The path of the self-described performer, psychic and spiritual teacher has been a circuitous one. Growing up in Detroit and educated at Oberlin College, she worked as a music journalist. Then, in the wake of her father’s death (“He was dead three days before they found his body,” Swan says) things took a dark turn.

“I went into a self-medicating spiral that lasted five years,” she says. By the time she hit bottom, Swan was living on the street, addicted to drugs and alcohol. She eventually entered a sixmonth rehab program in Hollywood.

“I stayed there nine months,” Swan admits with a laugh, “because I wanted to be sure I had it.”

During that program, she began traveling to Alcoholics Anonymous groups in Beverly Hills. Swan maintained that daily regimen of meetings for eight years, focusing on the 12th step. For her, that meant meditation and bringing the message of recovery to others.

“And then I decided that it was time for me to trust life and move on,” she says.

She stopped going to AA and developed her own philosophy.

“I don’t consciously incorporate much of the 12 steps,” Swan says. “I would say it’s more quantum physics; it’s more like Tesla and Einstein. I believe that the only moment is now. The future doesn’t exist, and if it did, someone would’ve found it by now.”

Swan built a new career as a public speaker, writing self-help books (Your Mind Over Habits, Elle-Evations) and guesting on television programs including “Dr. Oz.” In 2012, she attended a yoga 38

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Bold Mama Elle premieres her one-woman show

NAUGHTY, NAUGHTY: Self-described psychic medium, singer, dancer and motivational speaker Bold Mama Elle (aka Elle Swan) presents the premiere of her one-woman show at The Wortham Center. Swan’s message centers on empowerment and overcoming fear.

Photo courtesy of the artist festival where saw a film that inspired her to do something new. She quickly learned to ride a motorcycle, then traveled to India and toured the Himalayas. That trip inspired the creation of Swan’s Bold Moves program, which she describes as “teaching how to climb the mountains within ourselves, facing the fears that block us from our highest life.”

In April of this year, Swan — who was living and working in Sedona, Ariz.

— decided to use music as a vehicle to spread her message of empowerment and personal freedom. That goal

posed challenges because she had absolutely no musical background.

“Nothing,” she says with a hearty laugh. “I’m a writer. I’m an intellectual.” She went online and learned how to use ProTools and bought computer-based music-making gear.

The resulting recordings can be described as a soul- and gospel-tinged take on New Age music. “I’m channeling information that’s coming through as music,” Swan says. “This music, my voice, and the information are designed to break up the density in the human body. The lyrics in my songs inspire that.”

Swan offers two albums — both recorded since that April epiphany — for sale on her website. Treasure sells for $150, and BEAM is available for $125.

Challenged to justify retail prices 10 times the going rate, Swan has a ready response. “If you saw a blown glass vase at a boutique downtown and it was $500, no one would question that,” she says. “But because it’s a thing and we live in a material world, it’s been decided that it’s worth more than music, which is not true.”

In June, a meditation session inspired Swan to move to Asheville, a city she had never visited. “Be bold and constantly say yes because life is on our side,” she explains.

Swan and her assistant rented an SUV and moved a couple of weeks later.

But, while Asheville is Swan’s new base of operations, she’s not staying put. Two days after the Naughty premiere, she’s taking the show to London. Swan purchased one-way tickets, and no performance dates are currently booked.

“I’m just going to show up,” she says.

“If you say yes, then you’ll find out when you get there.” X

WHAT Bold Mama Elle presents Naughty WHERE The Wortham Center for the Performing Arts 18 Biltmore Ave. dwtheatre.com WHEN Sunday, Oct. 20, 6 p.m. $18

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ART 17TH ANNUAL JURIED ART SHOW • SA (10/19), 6:30pm - Reception for the 17th Annual Grace Center Juried Art Show.

Free to attend. Held at Grace Center, 495 Cardinal Road, Mills River ARTIST DEMONSTRATION WITH DENISE SEAY • SA (10/19), 1-4pm - Denise Seay demonstrates hand quilting techniques.

Free. Held at Haywood County Arts Council, 86 N. Main St., Waynesville

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ASHEVILLE ART THEORY READING GROUP • 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 6pm - Asheville art theory reading group.

Free. Held at Revolve, 821 Riverside Drive, #179 COWORK OPEN HOUSE • WE (10/16), 5-7pm - Open house of the new co-working space for the creative sector.

Free to attend. Held at The Center for Craft, 67 Broadway FALL DECOR STRING ART • TH (10/24), 7-9pm Make & Mingle Series: Crafting event for adults to make fall decor string art and socialize with refreshments. $25.

and Georgia Coast.

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

THERE’S ROOM ON MY BROOM: Tom Bailey has been collecting brooms from all over the world for 50 years and has loaned his collection to Madison County Arts Council in Marshall for the exhibit called Swept Away! The opening reception, which falls on the third Thursday, is planned for Oct. 17, 5-8 p.m. The exhibit runs until Monday, Dec. 9. For information visit, madisoncountyarts.com. Photo courtesy of Erich Hubner (p. 43)

Held at Asheville Museum of Science, 43 Patton Ave. FIGURE DRAWING SALON • FRIDAYS, 6-9PM - Open figure drawing sessions with live model. Basic art supplies provided or bring your own, dry media only. $15.

Held at The Colourfield, 54 Ravenscroft Drive HOT SPRINGS PAINT-OUT & RETREAT • TH (10/24) through SU (10/27) - Daily artist retreat to paint locations along

the French Broad River, sponsored by Preserving A Picturesque America.

Meet at 8-9am or 1-1:15pm.

Information: 828-273-5383 or scott@ preservationthroughart. org. Held at Artisun Gallery, 16 Andrews Ave. S., Hot Springs

at Black Mountain College

PERSPECTIVES: TRACEY MORGAN • WE (10/16), noon - Explore our VanDerBeek + VanDerBeek with gallery owner, Tracey Morgan. Free. Held

create ceramic works in a

Museum & Arts Center, 120 College St. POTTERY FOR VETERANS • SA (10/19), 10am-1pm - Pottery for Veterans, an overview of the processes and techniques used to fun and relaxed atmosphere.

Free. Held at Shiloh Community Center, 121 Shiloh Road

THE PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRY • Fourth TUESDAYS, 10am - Volunteer to knit or crochet prayer shawls for community members in need. Free.

Held at Grace Lutheran Church, 1245 6th Ave W., Hendersonville TIM BARNWELL PRESENTS ‘TIDE RUNNERS’ • TH (10/24), 6pm - Tim Barnwell presents his photography book, Tide Runners: Shrimping and Fishing on the Carolinas

UNIQUE IKEBANA TECHNIQUES • TU (10/22), 10am-1pm - Unique ikebana techniques of leaf manipulation by Suzanne Dillingham of the Ichiyo School.

Information: ikebanaasheville.org.

Tickets: suzzdill@aol. com. $20. Held at Folk Art Center, MP 382, Blue Ridge Parkway

ART/CRAFT STROLLS & FAIRS CRAFT FAIR OF THE SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS • TH (10/17) through SA (10/19), 10am-6pm & SU (10/20), 10am5pm - Juried craft fair featuring over 170 booths and work in clay, wood, metal, glass, fiber, natural materials,

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paper, leather, mixed media and jewelry. $8 per day/Free for children under 12. Held at US Cellular Center, 1043 Patton Ave. GROVWEOOD VILLAGE OPEN STUDIO TOUR • SA (10/19), 11am4pm - Resident artists of Grovewood Village open their studios allowing insight into their creative process ranging from jewelry to pottery to sculpture.

Tours are self-guided and free. Held at Grovewood Village, 111 Grovewood Road SHOP & SIP THIRD THURSDAYS • 3rd THURSDAYS, 5:30-9:30pm - Pop-up art show featuring 5-10 artists and makers.

Free to attend. Held at Mad Genius Studios, 121 Cozy Rose Lane, Candler

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Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands Closing in on its diamond anniversary, the Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands notches its 72nd annual event Thursday-Sunday, Oct. 17-20, at U.S. Cellular Center.

More than 190 booths featuring members of the Southern Highland Craft Guild will line the concourse and arena levels, showcasing contemporary and traditional work in clay, fiber, glass, jewelry, leather, metal, mixed media, natural materials, paper and wood. Fresh for 2019 are guest exhibitors from Carolina Designer Craftsmen, Kentucky Crafted, Piedmont Craftsmen and Tennessee Craft, plus the usual array of demonstrations, interactive activities and a stage for mountain musicians. Fair hours are 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday. $8 general admission/$12 weekend pass/free for children younger than 12. craftguild.org. Photo of work by Zan Barnes courtesy of the Craft Guild

In his review of Judy Calabrese’s It Didn’t Happen: An Erotic Odyssey during January’s Asheville Fringe Arts Festival, Michael Poandl calls the onstage depiction of the writer/star’s various secret sexual relationships with women “so honest and authentic, so funny and self-deprecating, you can’t help but be sucked in.”

He also notes that the show’s sex feels thoroughly real and not “remotely pornographic,” thanks in large part to the lead actor’s “spectacular,” “ridiculously vulnerable” and “subtle” performance. Directed by Phillipe Andre Coquet and co-starring Tasha Pepi, Hallee Hirsh-Martin and Anna Slate, the production heads to the new Tina McGuire Theatre black box space at The Wortham Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, Oct. 18; Saturday, Oct. 19; Friday, Oct. 25; and Saturday, Oct. 26, all at 8 p.m. $22-28, and no one under age 18 is permitted. dwtheatre.com.

Photo courtesy of Calabrese

The Headless Hessian of Sleepy Hollow

The Shady Recruits Allegedly unaffiliated with Eminem, The Shady Recruits hail from Greenville, S.C., and are the brainchild of Marcus King Band drummer Jack “Not the Tom Clancy Character” Ryan. Forged in 2016, the ensemble features fellow MKB member and Greenville native Justin Johnson (horns/vocals), plus a pair of Upstate staples in bassist David Katilius (Scrumptious) and Charles Hedgepath (The Bad Popes) on guitar and vocals. Rounding out the purveyors of dance-friendly funk/jazz originals and covers is Chattanooga-based keyboardist Marcus White (Voodoo Visionary), who’s been granted permission to cross state lines and jam with his musical friends. Promising “a surplus of surprise special guests,” The Shady Recruits head to Asheville Music Hall on Saturday, Oct. 19, for a 10 p.m. show. $10. ashevillemusichall.com. Photo courtesy of the band

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After a year that saw him perform in such diverse projects as Silent Sky (N.C. Stage Company) and South Pacific (Flat Rock Playhouse), local actor Willie Repoley reunites with his co-founded Immediate Theatre Project for the company’s annual autumn show. Live From WVL Radio Theater: The Headless Hessian of Sleepy Hollow features the actors of the titular broadcast troupe performing a retelling of the Lizzie Borden ax murders, a horror story by Edgar Allen Poe and, of course, Washington Irving’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Accompanied by original music, the four cast members use their voices and live sound effects to bring the tales to life before viewers’ eyes in a heartfelt homage to entertainment from a bygone era that remains powerful today. Just in time for Halloween, the production returns to Isis Music Hall on Wednesday, Oct. 23, at 8:30 p.m. $15 student/$20 general admission. isisasheville.com. Photo courtesy of Immediate Theatre Project

A& E CA LEN DA R THIRD THURSDAY IN MARSHALL • 3rd THURSDAYS, 5-8pm - Gallery openings, studio tours, shops, food and drinks. Free to attend.

Held at Downtown Marshall

AUDITIONS & CALL TO ARTISTS CALL FOR ARTIST PROPOSALS • Through FR (11/1) Proposals accepted for Little Jumbo's Weird Art Installation for 2020.

Information: lucia@ littlejumbobar.com. Held at Little Jumbo, 241 Broadway HENDERSONVILLE ARTSCAPE BANNER PROJECT • Through mid-January - The 2020 ArtScape Banner project features 40 Henderson County artists and four young artists (6-11 and 12-17).

Visit artscapehvl.org for application. Held at Historic Downtown Hendersonville, 145 5th Ave. E., Hendersonville REGIONAL ARTISTS PROJECT GRANTS • Through TH (10/17) Applications accepted for Regional Artists Project Grants. Information: bit.ly/2lXUGSq.

DANCE LEARN HOW TO DANCE! BALLROOM, SWING, TWO-STEP & MORE (PD.) Enjoy learning with my progressive learning technique. Certified Instructor. Contact Richard: 828-333-0715, naturalrichard@mac.com, www.DanceForLife.net DANCE NIGHT • SA (10/19), 7-10pm - Dance night with live rock and country music

by Running Wolfe and the Renegades. Spaghetti dinner at 6pm. $5/$7 for food. Held at Fines Creek Community Center, 190 Fines Creek Road, Clyde IMPROVER CONTEMPORARY LINE DANCING • THURSDAYS, noon-2pm - Improver contemporary line dancing. $10. Held at Stephens Lee Recreation

Center, 30 George Washington Carver Ave. INTERNATIONAL FOLK DANCE • TUESDAYS, 7:309:30pm - International folk dancing, dances from around the world. No partner needed. Info: 828-645-1543. Free. Held at Harvest House, 205 Kenilworth Road LINE DANCE PARTY • SA (10/19), 2:305:30pm - Line dance party open to all dancers and non-dancers. $10. Held at Montford Recreation Center, 34 Pearson Drive OLD FARMERS BALL CONTRA DANCE • THURSDAYS, 7:3011pm - Old Farmers Ball, contra dance. $8/$7 members/$1 Warren Wilson Community. Held in Bryson Gym, Warren Wilson College, 701 Warren Wilson Road, Swannanoa SOUTHERN LIGHTS SQUARE AND ROUND DANCE CLUB

B SA (10/19), 6pm - Spooky Spectacular, themed dance, costumes optional. Advanced dance at 6pm. Early rounds at 7pm. Plus squares and rounds at 7:30pm. Free.

Held at Whitmire Activity Center, 310 Lily Pond Road, Hendersonville WORTHAM CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS 18 Biltmore Ave., 828257-4530 • MONDAYS until (11/11), 4pm - Story Choreography with Barrie Barton, personal exploration and community collaboration through weaving story with movement. Registration: avl.mx/6ma. Free in Oct./$15 in Nov. Held in Henry LeBrun Studio • MONDAYS until (11/25), noon - Office Worker’s Warm Up with Coco Palmer Dolce helps relieve stress by releasing back, neck and shoulders.

Registration: avl.mx/6m2.

Free in Oct./$12 in Nov. Held in Henry LeBrun Studio • TUESDAYS until (12/3), 5:30pm - Hip Hop 101 with Otto Vazquez, popular social dances.

Registration: avl.mx/6mb.

Free in Oct./$10 in Nov.

Held in Henry LeBrun Studio • TUESDAYS and THURSDAYS until (11/26), noon - Ballet Discovery for Adults with Heidi Longwith, is for adult beginner or intermediate.

Registration: avl.mx/6m5.

Free in Oct./$10 in Nov. Held in Henry LeBrun Studio • WEDNESDAYS until (11/27), 5:30pm - Pantomime course with Otto Vazquez, traditional pantomime done to music.

Registration: avl.mx/6m9.

Free in Oct./$10 in Nov. Held in Henry LeBrun Studio

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

Drop-ins welcome. • Drums provided. $15/ class. (828) 768-2826. www.skinnybeatsdrums. com 100% LOCAL CONCERT • TH (10/17), 6-9pm Song and dance from performers from Tryon, Saluda, Landrum, Green Creek, Columbus. $10.

Held at Tryon Fine Arts Center, 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon AESTHETICS OF THE AFRO-AMERICAS • SU (10/20< 5:30pm - Student, faculty and community musicians perform djembe drumming, Afro-Brazilian music, blues piano, choir spirituals and funk. Free. Held at Lipinsky Auditorium at UNC Asheville, 300 Library Lane ARBOR EVENINGS • THURSDAYS, 6-9pm - Arbor Evenings, weekly outdoor live music event with refreshments available. Free parking pass available online. Held at NC Arboretum, 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way ASHEVILLE DRUM CIRCLE • FRIDAYS, 6-9:50pm Asheville outdoor drum circle. Free. Held at

Pritchard Park, 4 College St. BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • MO (10/21), 6pm - Jazz concert featuring Michael Jefry Stevens and friends.

Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • TH (10/24), 6:30pm - Ballad singer Saro Lynch-Thomason shares Appalachian songs and folklore of ghosts, death, magic, and mystery. Free.

Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. CLINT BLACK CONCERT • TH (10/24), 8pm - Clint Black country music concert. Tickets: uscellularcenterasheville. com. $37 and up. Held at Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, 87 Haywood St. FRIGHT NIGHT

B SA (10/19), 8pm - Concert featuring works by Anna Clyne, Daugherty, Mussorgsky and Berlioz. $22.50 and up. Held at Thomas Wolfe Memorial, 52 N. Market St. MOUNTAIN MUSIC AND STORYTELLING WITH JOE PENLAND • TH (10/24), 7pm - Keeping the Fires Burning series, Mountain Music and Storytelling with Joe Penland, the 10th generation balladeer and “cultural treasure” from Madison County. $15. Held at Bo Thomas Auditorium, Blue Ridge Community College, 180 W. Campus Drive, Flat Rock MUSIC AT WCU 828-227-2479, bardoartscenter.wcu.edu • SA (10/21), 9am-5pm - Tournament of Champions, high school band competition. $15. Held in E.J. Whitmire Stadium • TH (10/24), 7:30pm - The River, a collaboration between ETHEL, string quartet, and Robert Mirabal, Native American musician and instrument maker. $15. Held at The WCU Bardo Arts Center, 199 Centennial Drive, Cullowhee

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MYSTIC CAFE SINGERSONGWRITER SERIES • FR (10/18), 7:30pm Singer-Songwriter Brian Claflin with special guest, spoken word artist Brook van der Linde. $10-$20.

Held at Jubilee Community Church, 46 Wall St. SMOKE ON THE MOUNTAIN • WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS until (10/19) - Smoke on the Mountain, musical concert featuring bluegrass, gospel and hymns. Wed., Thurs., Sat. & Sun.: 2pm. Wed. & Thurs.: 7:30pm. Fri. & Sat.: 8pm. $17 and up. Held at Flat Rock Playhouse, 2661 Highway 225, Flat Rock

SPOKEN & WRITTEN WORD BOOK FAIR

511 North Main Street, Hendersonville 828-692-8386 • teamecco.org

• WE (10/16) & TH (10/17), 8:30-11am & 4-6:30pm Book fair. Free to attend.

Held at Black Mountain YMCA, 25 Jane Jacobs Road, Black Mountain

BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • WE (10/16), 3pm - History Book Club: The Witchfinder's Sister by Beth Underdown. Free.

Held at Enka-Candler Library, 1404 Sandhill Road, Candler • TH (10/17), 2:30pm - Skyland Book Club: The Barrowfields by Phillip Lewis. Free. Held at Skyland/South Buncombe Library, 260 Overlook Road • THURSDAYS (10/17) through (11/21), 4-5:30pm Six week writing workshop for adults, with Sondra Hall. Registration: 250-6482 or takemywordforit.net/ grown-up-classes. Free.

Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville • SA (10/19), 11am - In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson. Free. Held at Skyland/South Buncombe Library, 260 Overlook Road • TU (10/22), 6:15am Spoken Word Open Mic writers of poetry, short stories, commentaries

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and comedy. Suitable for general audience.

Original material encouraged. Free. Held at Enka-Candler Library, 1404 Sandhill Road, Candler • TU (10/22), 7pm - Brothers Like These, Vietnam Veterans read from their own writings about the war and how they have been affected by it. Free.

Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville • TU (10/22), 7pm - I’m Still Here, by Austin Channing Brown. Free.

Held at Leicester Library, 1561 Alexander Road, Leicester CAITLIN ALISE DONOVAN PRESENTS 'IN THE WAY OF ALL FLESH' • TH (10/17), 6:30pm - Caitlin Alise Donovan presents her book In the Way of All Flesh, queer dark fantasy. Free to attend. Held at Firestorm Books & Coffee, 610 Haywood Road MALAPROP'S BOOKSTORE AND CAFE 55 Haywood St., 828-2546734, malaprops.com • SU (10/20), 3pm Monthly reading series featuring work from UNCA’s Great Smokies Writing Program and The Great Smokies Review.

Free to attend.

• MO (10/21), 6pm Jenny Brown presents her book, Without Apology: The Abortion Struggle Now. Free to attend.

• WE (10/23), 6pm - UNC Press presents Daniel S. Pierce, author of Tar Heel Lightnin’: How Secret Stills and Fast Cars Made North Carolina the Moonshine Capital of the World. Free to attend.

OLLI APPALACHIAN TERM SERIES • WE (10/16), 7-8:30pm Presentation by Kentucky and Affrilachian writer Crystal Wilkinson. Free.

Held at UNC-Asheville Reuter Center, 1 Campus View Road SALUDA TRAIN TALES • 3rd FRIDAYS, 7pm - Saluda Train Tales, storytelling to help educate the community of the importance of Saluda’s railroad history and the Saluda Grade. Free. Held

at Saluda Historic Depot, 32 W. Main St., Saluda SANDBURG POETRY READINGS • SA (10/19), 9am-noon - Community reading of Carl Sandburg’s Pulitzer Prize-winning poetry collection, The Complete Poems. Sign up to read: nps.gov/carl/planyourvisit/ tcp.htm. Free to attend.

Held at Carl Sandburg Home NHS, 1800 Little River Road, Flat Rock STEVE KEMP WRITER’S RESIDENCY • Until (11/1) - Great Smoky Mountains Association's call for applications to the Steve Kemp Writer’s Residency.

Information: avl.mx/6jg

THEATER 'A DOLL’S HOUSE: PART 2' • WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS (10/23) until (11/17) - A Doll’s House: Part 2. Wed.-Sat.: 7:30pm.

Sun: 2pm. Additional Shows on SA (11/9) & SA (11/16), 2pm. $18-$36.

Held at North Carolina Stage Company, 15 Stage Lane ‘CLYBOURNE PARK’ • FR (10/18) until SU (10/20) - Clybourne Park, drama. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm, Sun.: 2:30pm. $10/$5 students. Held at Owen Theatre, 44 College St., Mars Hill DEEP DIVE WITH DIFFERENT STROKES • TUESDAYS until (11/26), 1:30pm - Deep Dive with Different Strokes!: Character Study and Script Analysis with Stephanie Hickling Beckman.

Registration: avl.mx/6m6.

Free in Oct./$12 in Nov. Held in Henry LeBrun Studio, Wortham Center for the Performing Arts, 18 Biltmore Ave. ‘HEALER BY DAY/ HOOKER BY NIGHT’ • SA (10/19), 7:30pm Kristin Reitter’s opening performance of cabaret production, Healer by Day/Hooker by Night with her band. $15. Held at The BLOCK off biltmore, 39 S. Market St.

HENDERSONVILLE COMMUNITY THEATRE 229 S. Washington St., Hendersonville, 828692-1082, hendersonvillelittletheater.org • Hendersonville Community Theatre seeks experienced Stage Directors, Musical Directors and Choreographers for paid positions for the 2020 season. Productions include: Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum (2/14)-(3/1), Noises Off (5/1)-(5/17), Shrek, the musical (7/31)-(8/16), To Kill A Mockingbird (10/23)(11/8), Long Days Journey Into Night (3/27)-(4/5), Ain’t Retirement Grand (6/9)-(6/28), Disgraced (9/11)-(9/20) and A Tuna Christmas (12/4)-(12/13).

Email your resume and cover letter indicating show preference to: Jimmyferraro@ hendersonvilletheatre.org.

• FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS (10/18) until (11/3) - The Addams Family, musical. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm, Sun.: 2pm. $30.

TANGLEWOOD ALUMNI RECEPTION • SU (10/20), 5pm Reception for alumni of Tanglewood Youth Theatre. Performance of The Wizard of Oz at 2:30pm. $30 includes performance and reception. Held at Asheville Community Theatre, 35 E. Walnut St. ‘THE HEADLESS HESSIAN OF SLEEPY HOLLOW’

B WE (10/23), 8:30pm - WVL Radio Theater presents The Headless Hessian of Sleepy Hollow, horror. $20 in advance/$15 student. Held at Isis Music Hall & Kitchen 743, 743 Haywood Road ‘THE LEGEND OF TOMMY HODGES’ • FR (10/18) & SA (10/19), 6:30 and 8pm - The Legend of Tommy Hodges, drama. Tickets: avl.mx/6lx. $12/$6 youth. Held at The Cradle of Forestry, 11250 Pisgah Highway, Pisgah Forest THE MAGNETIC THEATRE 375 Depot St., 828-2399250

B FRIDAYS through

SUNDAYS (9/27) until (10/20) - The Legacy of Amelia Aldean: A Ghost

Story. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm.

Sun.: 3pm. $23/$13 students.

B THURSDAY through SATURDAY (10/24) until (10/27), 7:30pm - The Horror Show: Tales from the Red Room, an homage to cinematic horror anthologies. $23/$10 students.

‘THE SLEEPY HOLLOW EXPERIENCE’

B THURSDAY through SUNDAY (10/17) until (11/3), 7 & 9:30pm - The Sleepy Hollow Experience, immersive theatre.

Tickets: avl.mx/6kj. $35/$25 children under 12. Held at Mountainside Theatre, 688 Drama Road, Cherokee THE VENARDOS CIRCUS • WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS (10/2) until (10/20) - Broadway-style, animal-free circus performance. Wed.-Sat.: 6:30pm. Sat. & Sun.: 12:30pm & 3:30pm.

Tickets: liveyourcircusdream.com. $25/$15 children under 12. Held at Asheville Outlets, 800 Brevard Road ’THE WIZARD OF OZ’ • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until (10/27) The Wizard of Oz, musical.

Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm, Sun.: 2:30pm. $26-$15. Held at Asheville Community Theatre, 35 E. Walnut St. WEBS: A CIRCUS CONFRONTING SEXUALIZED VIOLENCE WITH HUMOR, TRAGEDY AND EMPATHY • TU (10/22), 7:30pm Proceeds from Webs: A Circus Confronting Sexualized Violence with Humor, Tragedy and Empathy benefit Helpmate and Our VOICE. $15. Held at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville, 1 Edwin Place ‘WIT’ • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until (10/27) Wit, by Margaret Edson.

Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 2pm. $20. Held at Black Mountain Center for the Arts, 225 W. State St., Black Mountain

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TONALIST TRADITIONS: Landscapes of Southern Appalachia, a solo exhibition of contemporary landscape paintings by Shawn Krueger are on display at Grovewood Gallery from Saturday, Oct. 19, through Tuesday, Dec. 31 with a reception planned for Saturday, Oct. 19, 2-5 p.m. The show features studio works based on plein air studies Krueger made on his recent travels in Western North Carolina. Photo of Kilmer Forest (Spring), oil on linen courtesy of the artist, Shawn Krueger.

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BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES

• Wild Places, exhibition of paintings by Stephen St. Claire.

Oct. 2-Oct. 30 10 Broadway St.

Fairview Library • Exhibition of the work of students of wildlife artist Bob Travers.

Oct. 1-Oct. 31

APPALACHIAN PASTEL SOCIETY • Big Little Paintings, exhibitions of member works from the Appalachian Pastel Society.

Oct. 3-Oct. 30 365 Merrimon Ave.

FLOOD GALLERY FINE ART CENTER

ART AT WCU 199 Centennial Drive, Cullowhee • Auspicious Behavior, exhibition of works by Chakaia Booker.

Oct. 10-Oct. 25 ASHEVILLE AREA ARTS COUNCIL 207 Coxe Ave. • A Little Something for Everyone, Especially the Artist, by Refinery resident artist, Christine Longoria.

Oct. 4-Nov. 29 • Street Creatures and Dancing Beasts, a showcase of puppetry depicting animals, both real and imagined.

Oct. 4-Oct. 25 ASHEVILLE GALLERY OF ART • In Vivid Color, paintings

by Judy Rentner.

Oct. 1-Oct. 31 82 Patton Ave.

MADISON COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL • Swept Away, an exhibit of brooms from around the world from the collection of Tom Bailey. Reception: Third Thursday, Oct. 17, 5-8pm.

Oct. 17-Dec. 9 90 S. Main St., Marshall

850 Blue Ridge Road, Unit A-13, Black Mountain • Anything Goes…Everything Shows, uncensored free-style mail art show using the postal system as a medium.

Oct. 12-Dec. 30 • Minimalia: The Commonwealth of Sentiments, exhibition of photographs and poetry by Oguz Erdur.

Sept. 28-Dec. 30

MARS HILL UNIVERSITY, WEIZENBLATT GALLERY • The Murder Ballad paintings by British-born artist Julyan Davis.

Sept. 25-Oct. 19 79 Cascade St., Mars Hill

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PUSH SKATE SHOP & GALLERY • The Arts of Darkness, based on each artist’s interpretation of All Hallow's Eve. Oct. 4-Nov. 10 25 Patton Ave.

• Exhibition of watercolors

by Pamela Haddock.

Oct. 1-Nov. 30 604 W. Main St., Sylva GROVEWOOD GALLERY • Landscapes of Southern Appalachia, oil paintings by Shawn Krueger. Reception: Saturday, Oct. 19, 2-5pm.

111 Grovewood Road Oct. 19-Dec. 31 IZZY'S COFFEE DEN • The Devil, in the fourth title show curated by Justine Briggs, 20 local artists create new works.

Oct. 4-Oct. 31 74 N. Lexington Ave.

PINK DOG CREATIVE • Evocation, exhibition of mixed media paintings by Cleaster Cotton.

Sept. 27-Oct. 27 348 Depot St.

THE GALLERY @ DOT EDITIONS • Dies Lunae XI Julius MMXVI, Jonathan Saunders photography.

Oct. 11-Dec. 20 821 Riverside Drive, Suite 164 THE GALLERY AT FLAT ROCK • On Eye Level with Power, Beauty and Loss, paintings by Veronika Hart.

Artist Talk: Saturday, Oct, 19, 3 pm.

Oct. 4-Oct. 20 702-A Greenville Highway, Flat Rock VICTORIA PINNEY STUDIO & GALLERY • When Worlds Collide: New Works, 6 artists working in paint, photography, illustration and furniture.

Reception: Wednesday, Oct. 23, 5-7:30pm.

Oct. 23-Nov. 6 191 Lyman St., Studio 101 WEDGE STUDIOS • A Quiet Strength, by Carrie Cox, bookmaker and mixed media artist.

Opening reception: Saturday, Oct. 19. 5-7pm.

Oct. 19-31 Spotlight Gallery, 129 Roberts St., 2nd floor WEST ASHEVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY • Fauvism, expressionism, through abstract expressionism, paintings by Carl Gacono.

Oct. 1-Nov. 28 942 Haywood Road ZAPOW! • A Tribute To The Feminine Spirit, solo show by painter Stuart Engel.

Oct. 4-Oct. 26 150 Coxe Ave., Suite 101 Contact the galleries for hours and admission fees

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BIG OLD GOOFY WORLD: The U.S. Cellular Center hosts singer-songwriter John Prine on his Tree of Forgiveness Tour. Know as the “songwriter’s songwriter,” the esteemed musician’s career has spanned more than 40 years with many artists covering his extensive catalog. Roger Ebert says of the legend, “He starts slow, but after a song or two, even the drunks in the room begin to listen to his lyrics.

And then he has you.” Ben Dickey opens for Prine on Wednesday, Oct. 30, at 8 p.m. $55.50-$99.50. Photo by Danny Clinch

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16 12 BONES BREWERY Robert's Totally Rad Trivia, 7:00PM 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Les Amis, (African folk music), 8:00PM ALLEY CAT SOCIAL CLUB Karaoke hosted by Kari, 8:00PM ARCHETYPE BREWING Old Time Jam, 5:00PM ASHEVILLE BEAUTY ACADEMY Dance Party w/ Peggy Ratusz & Paula Hanke, 8:00PM ASHEVILLE CLUB Live Jazz Trio, 7:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR AGB Open Mic, 6:30PM ASHEVILLE OUTLETS The Venardos Circus, (a unique Broadway-style circus tour), 6:30PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Open Mic hosted by Billy Owens, 7:00PM CORK & KEG 3 Cool Cats, 7:30PM

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DOUBLE CROWN Western Wednesday w/ live Honky Tonk, 9:00PM FLEETWOOD'S Fast Eddy, Tony and The Haircuts, Radiator King, 9:00PM FRENCH BROAD RIVER BREWERY Trivia Night, 7:00PM ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Vagabond Crowe CD Release, 7:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Killer Karaoke w/ KJ TimO, 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Cigar Brothers, 6:30PM

ONE WORLD BREWING WEST OWB West: Latin Dance Night w/ DJ Oscar (Bachatta, Merengue, Salsa), 9:00PM PILLAR ROOFTOP BAR Fwuit, 7:00PM PISGAH BREWING COMPANY The Sweet Lillies, 8:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING CO. French Broad Valley Music Association Mountain Music Jam, 6:00PM SLY GROG LOUNGE Weird Wed Jam, 9:00PM

THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Classic Guitar Solos w/ Albi, 6:00PM Ruby's Blues Jam, 9:00PM THE GOLDEN FLEECE Scots-Baroque ChamberFolk w/ The Tune Shepherds, 7:00PM THE GREY EAGLE Woodbelly w/ Aunt Vicki, 8:00PM THE HORSE SHOE FARM Oneness Experience w/ Wendolyn (sound, energy healing), 6:30PM THE JOINT NEXT DOOR Mr Jimmy at the Joint Next Door, 7:00PM

MOE'S ORIGINAL BBQ WOODFIN Bluegrass Jam hosted by Gary Mac Fiddle, 6:00PM

SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BREWERY Jazz Night hosted by Jason DeCristofaro, 6:30PM

ODDITORIUM Molly Drag, Past Life, Livingdog, Sleepy Poetry (indie), 9:00PM

SOVEREIGN KAVA Poetry Open Mic w/ Caleb Beissert (7:30PM Sign Up), 8:00PM

THE SOCIAL LOUNGE Live Music on the Rooftop, 9:00PM

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

STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE Eric Congdon, 6:00PM

TOWN PUMP David Bryan's Open Mic, 9:00PM

THE 63 TAPHOUSE Weekly 9 Ball Tournament (sign ups at 7:00 p.m.), 8:00PM

THE MOTHLIGHT Mike Watt & the Missingmen, 9:00PM

UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Music Bingo, 8:00PM

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17 185 KING STREET Eli Lev, 8:00PM 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Pleasure Chest, (blues, rock, soul), 8:00PM

ASHEVILLE BEAUTY ACADEMY The Paper Crowns Duo followed DJ Lil Side Salad, 8:00PM ASHEVILLE CLUB Live Cello, 7:00PM ASHEVILLE DISPENSARY Cacao Night Owl (art, music, cacao, and community), 7:00PM

ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL The Widdler w/ Templo, 10:00PM ASHEVILLE OUTLETS The Venardos Circus, (a unique Broadway-style circus tour), 6:30PM

LAKE EDEN Fall LEAF Festival, 4:00PM

BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Ionize, 7:00PM

LAZY DIAMOND 80's INVASION, 10:00PM

BROWN MOUNTAIN BOTTLEWORKS NC Songsmiths, Andy Ferrell, 7:30PM

ALLEY CAT SOCIAL CLUB Live Music w/ Electric Campfire, 8:00PM

ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Will Ray and the Space Cooties, 7:00PM

BEN'S TUNE UP Offended! Comedy Open Mic, 9:30PM

CRAFT CENTRIC TAPROOM AND BOTTLESHOP Music Bingo, 7:30PM DOUBLE CROWN Old Gold w/ DJ Jasper (soul 'n' rock 'n' roll), 10:00PM FLEETWOOD'S Unknown Nobodies, DeathBots, Moniker, 9:00PM FLOOD GALLERY FINE ART CENTER True Home Open Mic, 6:30PM ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Isis Lawn Series w/ Fwuit, 6:00PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Quizzo Pub Trivia, 7:30PM LAZOOM ROOM LaZoom Comedy: Kevin O'Brien, 9:00PM

LOBSTER TRAP Hank Bones, 6:30PM MAD CO BREW HOUSE Resonant Rogues, 5:00PM ODDITORIUM Feed, Cloudgayzer, Madre (punk), 9:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Mitch's Totally Rad Trivia, 7:00PM

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GRAVEYARD Pinhead's Graveyard Outdoor Haunted House, 8:00PM POLANCO RESTAURANT Ultra Lounge: Food, Music, Lounge w/ DJ Phantome Pantone, 10:00PM PURPLE ONION CAFE Fwuit!, 7:30PM SALVAGE STATION Anders Osborne, 9:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING CO. Jamie Gorsuch, 7:00PM

ONE WORLD BREWING OWB Downtown: Lenny Pettinelli, 9:00PM

SLY GROG LOUNGE The Callers Album Release Show, 9:00PM

ONE WORLD BREWING WEST OWB West: One World Family Band, 9:00PM

STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE Acoustic Jam, 6:30PM

ORANGE PEEL Meute, 8:00PM ORCHARD AT ALTAPASS Reel Time Lucy, 1:45PM PACK'S TAVERN Jeff Anders Duo, 8:00PM PILLAR ROOFTOP BAR Ben Phan, 7:00PM

THE 63 TAPHOUSE Weekly 8 Ball Tournament (sign ups at 7:00 p.m.), 8:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Spanish Guitar w/ David Searra, 6:00PM Tea Cup Thursdays w/ Oil -N-Water feat. Datrian Johnson, Terry Letman and Duane Simpson, 8:00PM

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MIKE FARRIS SINGS! THE SOUL OF CHRISTMAS

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COMING SOON WED 10/16 6:00PM–ISIS LAWN SERIES W/ QUEEN BEE & THE HONEYLOVERS 7:00PM–VAGABOND CROWE CD RELEASE

THU 10/17 6:00PM–ISIS LAWN SERIES W/ FWUIT! 7:00PM–THE TWO PARKERS

FRI 10/18 8:30PM–THE WOOKS

SAT 10/19 7:00PM–MARK MANDEVILLE & RAIANNE RICHARDS

6:00PM–LEAH CALVERT & NEAL FOUNTAIN 7:30PM–FWUIT!

TUE 10/22 7:30PM–TUESDAY BLUEGRASS SESSIONS HOSTED BY THE THEO AND BRENNA BAND

WED 10/23 7:00PM–EG VINES AND NATALIE ROYAL 8:30PM–LIVE FROM WVL RADIO THEATER: THE HEADLESS HESSIAN OF SLEEPY HOLLOW

THU 10/24 7:00PM–DAVID OLNEY 8:30PM–ADAM EZRA GROUP

FRI 10/25 7:00PM–JENNER FOX & GREG KLYMA 8:30PM–THE TULSA MUSIC REVUE FEAT. JOHN FULLBRIGHT, PAUL BENJAMAN & JACOB TOVAR W/ MADI CARR OPENING

SAT 10/26 7:00PM–CHATHAM RABBITS 8:30PM–INTIMATE SOLO PERFORMANCE BY JONATHAN WILSON WITH GUEST THE DEAD TONGUES

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B FINES CREEK COMMUNITY CENTER Haunted House of Horrors, 5:00PM

FLEETWOOD'S Ugly Runner, Gláss, Grim Streaker, 9:00PM

WILD WING CAFE SOUTH Darren Nicholson Band, 8:00PM

FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREWPUB Aunt Vicki (folk, rock), 10:00PM

ZAMBRA Kessler Watson, (jazz), 7:00PM

FRENCH BROAD RIVER BREWERY Seth Brand, 7:00PM

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18 185 KING STREET Dottie, 8:00PM 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Pimps of Pompe, (Gypsy jazz, hip hop), 9:00PM

ASHEVILLE CLUB Live Classical Guitar, 7:00PM

SUN 10/20

The Official Fall Liver Mush Festival of North Carolina, Mush, Music and Mutts, 6:00PM

THE SOCIAL LOUNGE Live Music on the Rooftop, 9:00PM

ASHEVILLE BEAUTY ACADEMY Rooster at the Beauty Academy, 8:00PM

9:00PM–ELLIS DYSON & THE SHAMBLES

B EARL SCRUGGS CENTER

ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR R.E.M. tribute band, Reverand Finster, 8:00PM Hard Rocket & Friends, 9:30PM ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Pink Talking Fish (hybrid tribute fusion act), 10:00PM ASHEVILLE OUTLETS The Venardos Circus, (a unique Broadway-style circus tour), 6:30PM

FUNKATORIUM The Dirty Hands, 8:00PM GINGER'S REVENGE Sister Ivy (neo-soul, jazz, R&B, rock), 7:30PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Sidecar Honey, 7:00PM ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 The Wooks, 8:30PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Irish Session, 3:00PM LAZOOM ROOM LaZoom Comedy: Jono Zalay (Night I), 9:00PM LAKE JUNALUSKA CONFERENCE & RETREAT CENTER Choir Music Weekend, 12:00AM LAZY DIAMOND Nu Disco w/ DJ Strongmagnumopus, 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Mark Bumgarner, 6:30PM LUELLA'S BAR-B-QUE Friday Night Live Music Series, 8:00PM

BATTERY PARK BOOK EXCHANGE Dinah's Daydream (Gypsy jazz), 7:00PM

LUELLA'S BAR-B-QUE BILTMORE PARK Friday Night Live Music Series, 8:00PM

BLUE GHOST BREWING COMPANY Mr Jimmy, 7:00PM

MOE'S ORIGINAL BBQ WOODFIN Dave Desmelik, 7:00PM

BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Acoustic Swing, 7:00PM BOLD ROCK HARD CIDER Billingsley, 9:00PM CAPELLA ON 9 @ THE AC HOTEL DJ Dance Party w/ Phantom Pantone DJ Collective (rotating DJ's), 9:00PM CORK & KEG The Big Dawg Slingshots, 8:30PM DOUBLE CROWN Rotating Rock 'n' Soul DJs, 10:00PM

NEW BELGIUM BREWERY Firecracker Jazz Band, 5:30PM ODDITORIUM Glass Bricks, Tan Universe, The French Browns (rock), 9:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Free Dead Fridays feat. members of Phuncle Sam acoustic, 5:30PM The Higgs, 10:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING OWB Downtown: Digital Suede, 9:00PM

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16 ONE WORLD BREWING WEST OWB West: Free Flow Band, 9:00PM ORANGE PEEL 80's VS 90's Dance Party feat. Molly Parti & DJ Oso Rey, 9:00PM ORCHARD AT ALTAPASS Tom Sparks, 1:45PM PACK'S TAVERN DJ RexxStep (dance party), 9:30PM PILLAR ROOFTOP BAR ZuZu Welsh Band, 7:00PM

B PINHEAD'S GRAVEYARD

THE GREENHOUSE MOTO CAFE Los Burros, 7:00PM

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THE GREY EAGLE The Mighty Pines w/ Rich Nelson Band, 9:00PM THE IMPERIAL LIFE DJ Dance Party feat.

Phantom Pantone, 10:00PM THE OMNI GROVE PARK INN Andrew J. Fletcher (solo jazz piano), 2:30PM TOWN PUMP Seth Martin, 10:00PM

Pinhead's Graveyard Outdoor Haunted House, 8:00PM

URBAN ORCHARD CIDER CO. SOUTH SLOPE De' Rumba w/ DJ Malinalli, 9:00PM

SALVAGE STATION Cash Unchained: The Ultimate Johnny Cash Tribute, 9:00PM

WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN The Buddy K Band, 8:00PM

SANCTUARY BREWING CO. Shabudikah, 8:00PM

ZAMBRA Jason Moore, (jazz), 8:00PM

B SILVERMONT PARK Pumpkin Fest at Silvermont in Brevard NC, 7:00PM SLY GROG LOUNGE LTJ Bukem & Armanni Reign w/ J Law, 8:00PM SOVEREIGN KAVA Bad Comedy Night, 9:00PM

B STECOAH VALLEY CULTURAL ARTS CENTER Stecoah’s Annual Harvest Festival & Concert, 6:00PM STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE The Everydays, 6:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE DJ Smokifantastic, 6:00PM Freedom's Friday w/ Slay the Mic, 9:00PM THE BARRELHOUSE Stephan Horvath, 7:00PM

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

THE CASUAL PINT Les Izmoore (seasoned Americana), 8:00PM

CORK & KEG Zydeco Ya Ya, 8:30PM DOUBLE CROWN Soul Motion Dance Party w/ DJ Dr. Filth, 10:00PM

B EARL SCRUGGS CENTER

ALLEY CAT SOCIAL CLUB Lunchbox Junkies, 9:00PM ASHEVILLE BEAUTY ACADEMY Reggie Headen & Friends followed by DJ Lil MeowMeow, 8:00PM ASHEVILLE CLUB Live Blues with Jimmy, 4:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR The Travelling Pilsburys of Asheville, 8:00PM

THU, 10/17 - SHOW: 10 pm (DOORS: 9 pm ) - tix : $17/$20

BOLD ROCK HARD CIDER 2nd Annual Beardfest, 12:00PM

Downtown Marshall Association Oktoberfest, 2:00PM

5 WALNUT WINE BAR Chris Jamison’s Ghost, (Americana), 9:00PM

w/ Templo

BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Larry Dolamore, 7:00PM

B DOWNTOWN MARSHALL

185 KING STREET The Remarks, 8:00PM

The Widdler

ASHEVILLE YACHT CLUB Iggy Radio, 3:00PM

BROWN MOUNTAIN BOTTLEWORKS Roadside Attraction, 7:30PM

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19

ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL The Shady Recruits, 10:00PM

Touch-a-Truck Family Festival & Truck or Treat, 11:00AM The Venardos Circus, (a unique Broadway-style circus tour), 3:30PM

The Official Fall Liver Mush Festival of North Carolina, Mush, Music and Mutts, 8:00AM

B FINES CREEK COMMUNITY CENTER Haunted House of Horrors, 5:00PM Dance Night w/ Running Wolfe and the Renegades, 6:00PM FIRST CONGREGATIONAL UCC OF ASHEVILLE Music Explorations Class, 11:00AM FLEETWOOD'S Pizza Fest: Cool Bands & Hot Pizza! (pizza sales benefit Beloved House), 8:30PM FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREWPUB Miss Cindy & The Knockin’ Boots (honky tonk), 10:00PM

FRENCH BROAD RIVER BREWERY Tyler Key, 7:00PM FUNKATORIUM Fortune and Glory, 8:00PM

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HAW CREEK COMMONS Asheville Dances of Universal Peace, 7:30PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Jeff Santiago & Los Gatos, 7:00PM

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GINGER'S REVENGE Andy Ferrell (folk rock), 2:30PM

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ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Mark Mandeville & Raianne Richards, 7:00PM Ellis Dyson & the Shambles, 9:00PM LAZOOM ROOM LaZoom Comedy: Jono Zalay (Night Two), 9:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Slushie Saturdays w/ Los Dos Krektones (instro-surf rock), 2:30PM Raw Funk, Stomp, Rock, Groove, & Skank w/ DJ The Bogart, 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Sean Mason Trio, 6:30PM

B MAD CO BREW HOUSE Oktoberfest w/ Back South, 5:00PM NEW BELGIUM BREWERY Bears, Bees & Brews, 12:00PM

UPCOMING SHOWS: DOORS 8PM

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WORTHWHILE SOUNDS PRESENTS

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WORTHWHILE SOUNDS PRESENTS

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ODDITORIUM Party Foul Drag Circus, 9:00PM

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ORANGE PEEL Desert Dwellers, 9:00PM

Pink Talking Fish [Hybrid Tribute Fusion] FRI, 10/18 - SHOW: 10 pm (DOORS: 9 pm ) - tix : $20

The Shady Recruits

The Higgs

w/ Special Guests

FRI 10/18 - SHOW: 10 pm [JAM] CA$ H DONATION $ @ THE DOOR

SAT, 10/19 - SHOW: 10 pm (DOORS: 9 pm ) - tix : $10

Desmond Jones SAT 9/19 - SHOW: 10 pm [ROCK/FUNK/JAZZ] CA$ H DONATION $ @ THE DOOR

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SWAMP BOOGIE: Head over to Mills River for a pre-Halloween bash featuring local tunes, prizes and costumed critters, when Greenhouse Moto Cafe hosts its PreHalloween Party and Costume Contest. Expect alt-country from Biff Buford and “bagpipe-swamp-metal-blues” from local act Kilted Creature, pictured, who plays homage to Creature from the Black Lagoon. Festivities begin at noon on Sunday, Oct. 20, and the costume contest with cash prizes kicks off at 5 p.m. Free. avl.mx/6lz.

Photo by Tammy Buckner

ORCHARD AT ALTAPASS Town & Country & Bearwallow, 1:00PM

TAVERN Downtown on the Park Eclectic Menu • Over 30 Taps • Patio 15 TV’s • Sports Room • 110” Projector Event Space • Shuffleboard Open 7 Days 11am - Late Night H AV E FO WE O O N O U R T BA L L 15 SCREENS!

THU. 10/17 Jeff Anders Duo (acoustic rock)

FRI. 10/18 DJ RexxStep

(dance hits, pop)

SAT. 10/19 The Big Deal Band (rock, bluegrass)

PACK'S TAVERN The Big Deal Band, 9:30PM

B PINHEAD'S

GRAVEYARD Pinhead's Graveyard Outdoor Haunted House, 8:00PM

B PISGAH BREWING CO. Insta-FRIGHT-night: An Immersive Photo Experience (Haunted Trail Night w/ Instagrammable pop-up’s), 6:30PM POLANCO RESTAURANT Ultra Lounge: Food, Music, Lounge w/ DJ Phantome Pantone, 10:00PM PURPLE ONION CAFE Noah Proudfoot, 8:00PM SALVAGE STATION Matisyahu, 8:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING CO. Resonant Rogues, 8:00PM

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B STECOAH VALLEY CULTURAL ARTS CENTER Stecoah’s Annual Harvest Festival & Concert, 7:30PM STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE Sherry Lynn, 6:00PM THE 63 TAPHOUSE Karaoke, 9:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Kristin Reitter & the Vibrators, 7:30PM Community Salsa/Latin Night w/ DJ Edi Fuentes (lessons at 9:00pm), 9:30PM THE GREY EAGLE (Sandy) Alex G w/ Arthur & Tomberlin, 8:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT Amigo the Devil w/ King Dude & Twin Temple, 9:00PM

B THOMAS WOLFE AUDITORIUM Asheville Symphony Masterworks 2: Fright Night Clyne, Daughter, Mussorgsky, Berlioz, 8:00PM

PARK Pumpkin Fest at Silvermont in Brevard NC, 7:00PM

B THOMAS WOLFE

SOVEREIGN KAVA Kalimbaman (World groove), 9:00PM

TOWN PUMP Ghost Latch, 10:00PM

MEMORIAL Fright Night, 8:00PM

TRYON INTERNATIONAL EQUESTRIAN CENTER Tryon Resort’s Saturday Night Lights (music, carousel, face painting), 6:00PM TWISTED LAUREL DJ Dance Party w/ Phantom Pantone DJ Collective (rotating DJ's), 11:00PM UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Cactus Punch, 9:00PM UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY BREVARD October Block Party, 4:00PM

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Appalachian Folk Festival, 10:00AM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Asheville Vaudeville Collective, 8:30PM WILD WING CAFE SOUTH Post Game Karaoke w/ DJ Razor, 9:30PM ZAMBRA Dinah's Daydream, (Gypsy jazz), 8:00PM

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20

ALLEY CAT SOCIAL CLUB Acoustic Sessions Songbird Sunday w/ Jerry Dean, 8:00PM ANIMAL HAVEN OF ASHEVILLE Animal Haven of Asheville Fall Fundraiser, 2:00PM ARCHETYPE BREWING Post-Brunch Blues, 4:00PM ASHEVILLE CLUB Live Bluegrass and Country w/ Vaden Landers, 4:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Pot Luck & Musician's Jam, 3:00PM ASHEVILLE OUTLETS The Venardos Circus, (a unique Broadway-style circus tour), 12:30PM ASHEVILLE YACHT CLUB Iggy Radio, 3:00PM BATTERY PARK BOOK EXCHANGE Pimps of Pompe Trio (Gypsy jazz hip-hop), 2:00PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Chris Jamison, 7:00PM

185 KING STREET Open Jam, 6:00PM

BOLD ROCK HARD CIDER Sunday Brunch, 12:00PM Levi Orr, 3:00PM

5 WALNUT WINE BAR King Garbage, (indie soul), 7:00PM

BYWATER Sunday Bywater Bluegrass Jam, 4:00PM

CAPELLA ON 9 @ THE AC HOTEL Loft brunch feat.

Phantom Pantone, 2:00PM CATAWBA BREWING SOUTH SLOPE Tim McWilliams, 6:00PM DOUBLE CROWN Western Wednesday w/ Hannah Juanita & The Hardliners & live Honky Tonk, 9:00PM FLEETWOOD'S Broad Daylight Karaoke, 1:00PM Comedy at Fleetwood's: John Conroy, 8:00PM

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VINEYARDS Hendersonville Octoberfest w/ Mountain Top Polka Band, 2:30PM SALVAGE STATION Foster Information Fair & Music w/ Rebecca O' Quinn, 2:00PM SLY GROG LOUNGE Sly Grog Lounge The Most Open Mic, 6:00PM SOVEREIGN KAVA Reggae Sunday w/ DJ Zion Rose and Pop Up Supper w/ Alicia Nichols, 4:00PM

FUNKATORIUM Bluegrass Gospel Sunday, 1:00PM

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

HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Reggae Sunday w/ Chalwa, 2:00PM

STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE Lucky James, 1:00PM

ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Leah Calvert & Neal Fountain, 6:00PM Fwuit, 7:30PM LAZY DIAMOND Noiz Oasis w/ DJ Salty Stax (post-punk), 10:00PM LIPINSKY AUDITORIUM AT UNC ASHEVILLE Concert: Aesthetics of the Afro-Americas (djembe drumming, Afro-Brazilian, blues piano & more), 5:30PM LOBSTER TRAP Phil Alley, 6:30PM LUELLA'S BAR-B-QUE Sunday Brunch w/ Hank Bones & Jon Corbin, 12:00PM LUELLA'S BAR-B-QUE BILTMORE PARK Sunday Live Music Series w/ Leo Johnson, 1:00PM NEW BELGIUM BREWERY October Second Line Brunch, 11:30AM ODDITORIUM Yairms, HI My Name Is Ryan, Bless Your Heart, Reversals (rock), 9:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL World Famous Bluegrass Brunch, 10:30AM ORCHARD AT ALTAPASS Jerry Pearce & Rewind, 1:00PM PILLAR ROOFTOP BAR Open Mic Night w/ Laura Blackley, 7:00PM

B PINHEAD'S GRAVEYARD Pinhead's Graveyard Outdoor Haunted House, 8:00PM

THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Blues Dance w/ DJ Bingading, 7:30PM THE BARRELHOUSE Weekly Original Music Open Mic, 6:00PM

B THE GREENHOUSE MOTO CAFE 2nd Annual PreHalloween Costume Contest & Party w/ Biff Buford & Kilted Creature, 12:00PM

THE GREY EAGLE Zakara, 3:00PM Gina Chavez, 8:00PM THE IMPERIAL LIFE DJ Dance Party feat.

Phantom Pantone, 9:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT Sun Seekers & Duncan Fellows, 8:00PM THOMAS WOLFE AUDITORIUM Ray Lamontagne: Just Passing Through Tour, 7:00PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Grant Maloy Smith, 7:30PM WILD WING CAFE NFL Sundays w/ DJ razor, 1:00PM ZAMBRA Cynthia McDermott, (Gypsy jazz), 7:00PM

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CATAWBA BREWING SOUTH SLOPE Musicians in the round hosted by Jon Edwards, 6:00PM DOUBLE CROWN Country Karaoke w/ KJ TimO, 10:00PM

HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Trivia Night, 6:00PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Quizzo Pub Trivia, 7:30PM Open Mic Night, 9:30PM LOBSTER TRAP Bobby Miller and friends, 6:30PM MARS HILL UNIVERSITY Music of the North Carolina Textile Mills, 2:00PM

ODDITORIUM Risque Monday Burlesque Hosted By Deb Au Nare, 9:00PM

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

OLE SHAKEY'S Live Band Honky-Tonk Karaoke hosted by Take The Wheel, 9:00PM

SANCTUARY BREWING CO. Open Mic Night w/ It Takes All Kinds, 7:00PM

ONE WORLD BREWING OWB Downtown: Open Mic Night, 7:30PM

SLY GROG LOUNGE Crystal Logic, Bedazzlor, Rocky Mtn. Roller, 8:00PM

ONE WORLD BREWING WEST OWB West: Jazz Monday, 8:30PM

SOVEREIGN KAVA Stage Fright Open Mic (7:30pm Sign up), 8:00PM

STATIC AGE RECORDS Pianos from Peru, Beloved Binge, and Eggshell (Emily), 9:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Ryan Stout (ambient alien space sounds), 5:00PM Ambigious Roots w/ Jamar Woods of the Fritz, Brennan Dugan & Adam Chase, 9:00PM THE GOLDEN PINEAPPLE Robert's Totally Rad Trivia, 8:00PM THE IMPERIAL LIFE Leo Johnson Trio, 9:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT Mystery Skulls, 9:00PM UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Monday Night Bluegrass Jam, 7:00PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Local Live w/ Ash Devine & Jay Brown, 7:00PM

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22 5 WALNUT WINE BAR The John Henrys, (hot jazz), 8:00PM ALLEY CAT SOCIAL CLUB Open Mic hosted by Mikka Tyler, 8:00PM ASHEVILLE BEAUTY ACADEMY Drayton & Friends, 8:00PM ASHEVILLE CLUB Izzy (singer, songwriter), 7:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Gypsy Jazz Jam w/ Steve Karla & Phil Alley, 8:00PM ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Tuesday Night Funk Jam, 11:00PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Ben Phan, 7:00PM BOLD ROCK HARD CIDER Tacos & Trivia, 5:00PM CRAFT CENTRIC TAPROOM AND BOTTLESHOP Trivia Night, 7:30PM

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DIRECTOR: Takashi Miike PLAYERS: Masataka Kubota, Jun Murakami, Nao Ohmori ROMANCE/COMEDY NOT RATED Japanese auteur Takashi Miike (Audition, Ichi the Killer) has a reputation for scraping away the mask of humanity to reveal the monster underneath. His character-driven studies in depravity and violence keep viewers compelled, walking a tightrope between compulsion to see what happens next and revulsion when that moment comes. In his latest film, First Love, Miike illuminates society’s seedier side once again but softens the narrative’s stark violence with wellplotted comic relief and two young leads who add sweetness — and even hope — to the grim world around them.

The film drops us straight into the action as, in short order, we witness an alleyway beheading, boxing matches and a captive young woman who hallucinates a sinister man wearing a white sheet and tighty-whities. From there, a frenetic plot kicks in as we follow young, aspiring boxer Leo (Masataka Kubota), who suddenly faints during a match and is diagnosed with an inoperable, malignant brain tumor. After a fortuneteller insists he’s in perfect health and advises him to fight for someone other than himself, Leo bumps into Monica (Sakurako Konishi), the young woman we encountered during her hallucination.

It’s a meet-cute for the books since she’s hallucinating (again) and being kidnapped. Despite his disdain for

the fortuneteller’s ignorance of his impending death, he decides to rescue her from her bumbling consort for the evening — crooked but lovable cop Otomo (Nao Ōmori), who is working with charmingly psychopathic Kase (Shôta Sometani), a Judas within the Yakuza, to infiltrate a drug deal and make off with the goods, pinning the blame on rival Chinese gang Triad.

This focus is not a new vein for Miike, who has made many a bloody Yakuzacentered crime film before, but First Love succeeds because of its lively humor, which sneaks into even its most gruesome scenes. This movie is fun, and its laugh-out-loud moments are frequently also its most disturbing.

Some scenes linger a little too long in action or slapstick, and while the budding relationship between Monica and Leo is endearing, Leo is more her protector than her first love, as the title suggests. The Japanese title, Hatsukoi, also translates to “puppy love,” which might be a little more fitting. But these are small quibbles with a delightful, entertaining and, yes, sweet film that ultimately asks some deep questions about bravery, mortality and the importance of true friendship.

Read the full review at mountainx.com/ movies/reviews Starts Oct. 18 at Grail Moviehouse REVIEWED BY ALI MCGHEE ALIMCGHEE@GMAIL.COM

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DIRECTOR: Ang Lee PLAYERS: Will Smith, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Clive Owen SCI-FI/ACTION RATED PG-13

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I’m fine with innovative special effects techniques being used to enhance a story, but when they’re used as a replacement for the story, there are bound to be issues. Such is the case with Ang Lee’s Gemini Man. The film supposes that if we’re given enough Fresh Prince-era Will Smith (via a newfangled FX treatment that makes aging actors look like their younger selves), we’ll forget that the work still needs a plausible plot and at least mild coherency. The gamble doesn’t pay off, which should come as no surprise.

Based on a 20-year-old (not to mention completely inaccurate) idea of how cloning works, Gemini Man makes a lot of technical assumptions about the application of the controversial procedure. I’m no expert on genetic manipulation, but I’m pretty sure traits like sharpshooting aren’t passed down through DNA. Turns out, the concept for Gemini Man has been kicking around Hollywood since 1997 — one year after scientists famously cloned a sheep named Dolly.

And if you can clone a sheep, why not the world’s most dangerous assassin, right? Truth is, Gemini Man may have worked 20 years ago, but in 2019 its bad science is sorely clichéd.

Famous medical breakthroughs and poor scientific understanding aside, the film’s plotting (which finds Smith’s younger self attempting to kill his 51-yearold original version), dialogue and humor also seriously need updating. Gemini Man hits so many beats and tropes found in a late-’80s/’90s action flicks that if you were to close your eyes, you might just travel back in time. For some viewers, the hyperfamiliarity may be a positive — and if it is, by all means, don’t let me stop you from enjoying yourself. However, I expect more, especially from Lee (Life of Pi; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon).

With a small amount of self-awareness, the ’90s throwback approach could have been highly entertaining, but Gemini Man offers no such introspection. It’s a shame, too, because Lee is the kind of director who could have pulled it off.

DIRECTORS: Jon Lucas and Scott Moore PLAYERS: Adam Devine, Wanda Sykes, the voice of Rose Byrne COMEDY RATED R Jexi is an odd paradigm of a film, failing to be one thing and becoming something better in the process.

The latest from the team of Jon Lucas and Scott Moore (Bad Moms) follows Phil (Adam Devine, Pitch Perfect), a screen addict with no friends or social life to speak of, who gets a phone programmed

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M OVI E R EVI EWS to make his life better. However, the titular device (voiced by Rose Byrne) is rude and crass to Phil, berating him at every turn while also forcing him into social situations. But once things start to look bright for Phil, Jexi falls in love with him and proves she will do anything to keep them together.

The film is advertised as a comedy and tries too hard to fulfill the role, destroying nearly every comedic beat present in its nearly 90-minute run time. Jexi is supposed to earn most of the chuckles with her jabs at Phil and her commentary on other characters, but her “dialogue” feels too mean spirited to laugh at most of the time, wearing out its welcome very quickly. Furthermore, characters meant to serve as standout comedic forces, such as Phil’s antagonistic boss Kai (Michael Peña) and phone salesperson Denise (Wanda Sykes), instead act as irritants to both him and the audience.

Despite its comedic shortcomings, the film manages somewhat poignantly to explore how humans can be manipulated to stay in relationships when it’s healthier for them to be away from their partners. Phil’s realization that there’s more to life than his phone also serves as a effective message about how change is possible with help. In an odd way, Jexi can be inspirational, but unless viewers look closely, they’re likely to miss it.

Read the full review at mountainx.com/ movies/reviews REVIEWED BY CAMERON ALLISON CAMERONRTALLISON@GMAIL.COM

Each Addams family member appears distractingly simplistic and undetailed, and lacks a noticeable amount of visual texture and complexity. No character suffers from this more than Wednesday. Her blank white face and vague expressions attempt to convey her deadpan delivery but don’t translate well on screen. Instead, she comes across as virtually devoid of her signature smarts and snark.

With all of its faults, the film is still entertaining enough to captivate a

STARTING FRIDAY First Love (NR) HHHH (Pick of the Week) JUST ANNOUNCED Fantastic Fungi (NR) A documentary about the world of fungi and their numerous positive qualities. At the Fine Arts Theatre Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (PG) The evil sorceress and her goddaughter Aurora see their complex family ties threatened.

Zombieland: Double Tap (R) The rag-tag band of apocalyptic survivors move to the American heartland and face off against new foes.

CURRENTLY IN THEATERS Abominable (PG) HHHH Ad Astra (PG-13) HHHHS

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DIRECTORS: Greg Tiernan and Conrad Vernon PLAYERS: The voices of Charlize Theron, Oscar Isaac, Elsie Fisher ANIMATED/COMEDY RATED PG

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The Addams Family isn’t that creepy and not very spooky, but it’s decently kooky — if you’re a kid.

Centering on Pugsley’s impending rite of passage, the computer-animated take on Charles Addams’ beloved macabre clan is peppered with an encouraging dose of familiar morbidity that fans are used to. But while the visuals looks eerily similar to Addams’ original cartoon renderings, the surprisingly flat imagery leaves much to be desired. Perhaps Pixar’s and Disney’s collective insistence on strikingly realistic animation has rendered my expectations too high, but I couldn’t help but be bothered by the largely plain depictions of these famously eccentric fictional characters.

Downton Abbey (PG) HHHH Gemini Man (PG-13) HS Good Boys (R) HHHH Hustlers (R) HHHS It Chapter Two (R) HH Jexi (R) HHS Joker (R) HHHS Judy (PG-13) HHS Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice (PG-13) HHS The Lion King (PG) HHH The Peanut Butter Falcon (PG-13) HHHS Raise Hell: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins (NR) HHHHS Rambo: Last Blood (R) HHH Toy Story 4 (G) HHHH

MARKETPLACE younger audience’s attention, and, to that end, it’s certainly not the type of film you’d dread having to take your children to. But even with laugh-out-loud moments like Lurch’s wistful organ rendition of R.E.M.’s “Everybody Hurts,” the overall work is just not memorable enough to revisit — unlike the iconic live-action versions from the early ’90s. The central message of accepting others

is tidy and hopeful, which makes it feel a little too saccharine for its subjects. There’s no boldness or bite, but if you’re looking for a kid-friendly entry into their weird world of woe, The Addams Family is an (ironically) pleasant starting point.

Read the full review at mountainx.com/ movies/reviews REVIEWED BY KRISTINA GUCKENBERGER KRISTINA.GUCKENBERGER@GMAIL.COM

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• Submissions are now being accepted for Asheville Pizza & Brewing Co.’s second video contest. The 2019 edition challenges area residents to create a fake movie trailer 30-60 seconds long.

Jury awards will be given to first place ($300 cash), second place ($150) and third place ($100). Also, polls on the company’s Facebook and Instagram pages will determine the People’s Choice Awards, each of whom will receive a $50 company gift card.

All qualifying entries will receive a $25 Asheville Pizza & Brewing gift card and be screened in the preshow entertainment at the Merrimon Avenue location’s movie theater, as well as on its Facebook and Instagram pages. Entries will be accepted through Sunday, Nov. 10, at 11:59 p.m. Complete contest rules and guidelines are available online. avl.mx/6ll

FILM ‘OWNED: A TALE OF TWO AMERICAS’ • TH (10/17), 7pm Owned: A Tale of Two Americas, film screening and panel discussion on affordable housing

comprised of local housing advocates. Free to attend. Held at Fine Arts Theatre, 36 Biltmore Ave. 'SANKOFA' • MO (10/21), 7pm - Sankofa, drama. free. Held at Highsmith

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• The Fine Arts Theatre, 36 Biltmore Ave., hosts a screening of Owned: A Tale of Two Americas, on Thursday, Oct. 17, at 7 p.m. The documentary about affordable housing will be followed by a panel discussion featuring local housing advocates, including representatives from Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity, to discuss area housing issues, solutions and how to get involved. Free to attend and seats may be secured online. avl.mx/6l3 • AVLFilm.com’s next monthly Asheville Filmmaker Mixer, co-hosted by Cat Fly Film Fest, takes place Monday, Oct. 21, 6-8 p.m., at The Asheville Studio, 12 Old Charlotte Highway, Suite 75.

Black Mountain-based actor and educator Kevin Patrick Murphy will offer a professional’s look into the business of acting and discuss actor/agent relationships, the benefits and drawbacks of being in the Screen Actors Guild, forging bonds with casting directors, the importance of creating your own work and more. Murphy’s credits include AMC’s “The Walking Dead,” Netflix’s “Stranger Things” and “House of Cards” and Clint Eastwood’s forthcoming feature, The Ballad Of Richard Jewell.

The gathering seeks to provide an opportunity for filmmakers and media artists in the Asheville area to network and meet one another. Attendees are invited to bring their own beverages.

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FREEWILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19): “We can’t change anything until we get some fresh ideas, until we begin to see things differently,” wrote Aries psychologist James Hillman. I agree. And that’s very good news for you Aries people. In my view, you are more attracted to and excited by fresh ideas than any other sign of the zodiac.

That’s why you have the potential to become master initiators of transformation. One of my favorite types of plot twists in your life story occurs when you seek out fresh ideas and initiate transformations not only in your own behalf, but also for those you care about. I bet the coming weeks will bring at least one of those plot twists.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Metaphorically speaking, Taurus, you are now crossing a bridge. Behind you is the intriguing past; in front of you, the even more intriguing future. You can still decide to return to where you came from. Or else you could pick up your pace and race ahead at twice the speed. You might even make the choice to linger on the bridge for a while; to survey the vast vistas that are visible and contemplate more leisurely the transition you’re making. Only you know what’s best for you, of course. But if you asked me, I’d be in favor of lingering on the bridge for a while.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): As I write this, I’m sitting in a café near two women at another table. One sports a gold cashmere headscarf and pentagram necklace.

The other wears a dark blue pantsuit and a silver broach that’s the glyph for Gemini the Twins. HeadScarf shuffles a deck of Tarot cards and asks PantSuit what she’d like to find out during the divination she is about to receive.

“I would very much like you to tell me what I really really want,” PantSuit says with a chuckle. “I’m sure that once I find out that big secret, I’ll be able to accomplish wonders.” I hope the rest of you Geminis will be on a similar mission in the coming weeks. Do whatever it takes to get very clear about what you want most.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Ancient Greek philosopher Socrates was meandering through an Athenian marketplace, gazing at the appealing and expensive items for sale. “How many things there are in this world that I do not want,” he exclaimed with satisfaction. I recommend you cultivate that liberated attitude. Now is a perfect time to celebrate the fact that there are countless treasures and pleasures you don’t need in order to be charmed and cheerful about your life. For extra credit, add this nuance from Henry David Thoreau: People are rich in proportion to the number of things they can afford to let alone.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): I invite you to try this exercise.

Imagine that one springtime you grow a garden filled with flowers that rabbits like to nibble: petunias, marigolds, gazanias and pansies. This is a place whose only purpose is to give gifts to a wild, sweet part of nature. It’s blithely impractical. You do it for your own senseless, secret joy. It appeals to the dreamy lover of life in you. Got all that, Leo? Now, in accordance with current astrological omens, I suggest you actually try to fulfill a fantasy comparable to that one in the coming weeks.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): My Virgo friend Lola got a text-message from her Scorpio buddy Tanya.

“Why don’t you come over and chill with me and my demons? It’ll be entertaining, I promise! My inner jerks are howlingly funny tonight.” Here’s what Lola texted back: “Thanks but no thanks, sweetie. I’ve been making big breakthroughs with my own demons — giving them the attention they crave without caving in to their outrageous demands — and for now I need to work on stabilizing our new relationship. I can’t risk bringing extra demons into the mix.” I suspect this is an accurate description of what could be happening for you, Virgo.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In ancient holy texts from India, soma was said to be a drink that enhanced awareness and alertness. According to modern scholars, it may have been a blend of poppy, ephedra and cannabis. In Norse mythology, the beverage called the Mead of Suttungr conferred poetic inspiration and the ability to solve any riddle. One of its ingredients was honey. In Slavic folklore, raskovnik is an herb with the magic power to unlock what’s locked and uncover hidden treasures. It’s not a four-leaf clover, but resembles it. I invite you Libras to fantasize about using these three marvels. To do so will potentize your imagination, thereby boosting the cosmic forces that will be working in your favor to enhance your awareness, confer inspiration, solve riddles, unlock what’s locked and find hidden treasures.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Inventor Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983) was a visionary genius in numerous fields, including architecture, design, engineering and futurism. In the course of earning 40 honorary doctorates, he traveled widely. It was his custom to wear three watches, each set to a different time: one to the zone where he currently was, another to where he had recently departed and a third to where he would journey next. “I know that I am not a category,” he wrote. “I am not a thing — a noun. I seem to be a verb.”

I recommend his approach to you in the coming weeks, Scorpio. Be a verb! Allow your identity to be fluid, your plans adjustable, your ideas subject to constant revision.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “Art is good for my soul precisely because it reminds me that we have souls in the first place,” said actress Tilda Swinton.

How about you, Sagittarius? What reminds you that you have a soul in the first place? Beloved animals?

Favorite music? A stroll amidst natural wonders?

Unpredictable, fascinating sexual experiences? The vivid and mysterious dreams you have at night? Whatever stimuli bring you into visceral communion with your soul, I urge you to seek them out in abundance. It’s Soul-Cherishing and Soul-Enhancing Time for you.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The coming weeks will be a favorable time to arrange a series of high-level meetings between your body, mind and soul. You might even consider staging an extravagant conference-like festival and festival-like conference. The astrological omens suggest that your body, mind and soul are now primed to reveal choice secrets and tips to each other.

They are all more willing and eager than usual to come up with productive new synergies that will enable each to function with more panache and effectiveness.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “I believe in inhabiting contradictions,” writes Aquarian author and activist Angela Davis. “I believe in making contradictions productive, not in having to choose one side or the other side. As opposed to choosing either or choosing both.” I think Davis’s approach will work well for you in the coming weeks. It’s not just that the contradictions will be tolerable; they will be downright fertile, generous and beneficent. So welcome them; honor them; allow them to bless you with their tricky opportunities and unexpected solutions.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Piscean pianist Frédéric Chopin (1801–1849) was a poetic genius whose music was full of sweetness and grace. “Without equal in his generation,” said more than one critic. Today, more than 170 years after his death, his work remains popular.

Recently an Italian sound designer named Remo de Vico created an original new Chopin piece that featured all 21 of the master’s piano nocturnes being played simultaneously. (You can hear it here: tinyurl.com/NewChopin.) As you might imagine, it’s a gorgeous mess, too crammed with notes to truly be enjoyable, but interesting nevertheless. I’ll counsel you to avoid a similar fate in the coming weeks, Pisces. It’s fine to be extravagant and expansive and mulitfaceted; just don’t overdo it.

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OF LOT 46 OF THE PROPERTY OF LAKE TOXAWAY CO., BLOCK D, AS PER PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 3, PAGE 15, TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY REGISTRY, TO WHICH REFERENCE IS MADE FOR A MORE PERFECT DESCRIPTION. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 951 North Club Boulevard, Lake Toxaway, NC 28747 Parcel No.: 851279-3008-000. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing.

THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to any and all superior liens, including taxes and special assessments. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s)

of the property is/are Gerald Kanyok and Linda Hoffman (a/k/a Linda Kanyok) as CoTrustees of the Ninth Green Family Revocable Living Trust 3, u/a dated December 11, 2014. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 45-21.29, in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination [N.C. Gen. Stat. § 45-21.16(b) (2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

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