Mountain Xpress 10.20.21

OUR 28TH YEAR OF WEEKLY INDEPENDENT NEWS, ARTS & EVENTS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA VOL. 28 NO. 12 OCT. 20-26, 2021

2

OCT. 20-26, 2021

MOUNTAINX.COM

C ONTENT S

NEWS

NEWS

FEATURES 8 BUST, BOOM AND THEN What happens to short-term rentals in the long term?

13 BIZ BRIEFS Asheville mom starts kids cycling club and other business updates

PAGE 20 RAIN CHECK In the aftermath of Tropical Storm Fred, Gaining Ground Farm lost 85% of what it had in the ground and about 30% of its gross revenue for the season. Despite the heavy hit, the farm bounced back thanks to support from locally owned restaurants.

COVER PHOTO Jack Sorokin

ARCHIVES

COVER DESIGN Scott Southwick 15 ‘THIRD RATE RESORT’ City faces housing shortage for summer tourists, 1920

4 LETTERS 4 CARTOON: MOLTON

WELLNESS

5 CARTOON: BRENT BROWN 18 HEALTH ROUNDUP HCA hosting opioid takeback events and other wellness news

6 COMMENTARY 8 NEWS 12 BUNCOMBE BEAT

A&C

16 COMMUNITY CALENDAR 22 TWICE THE FUN NC Music Hall of Fame hosts double induction ceremony

18 WELLNESS 20 ARTS & CULTURE

A&C

26 CLUBLAND 25 AROUND TOWN Black Mountain explores its haunted history with walking tours and other cultural happenings

30 FREEWILL ASTROLOGY 30 CLASSIFIEDS 31 NY TIMES CROSSWORD

Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited. Mountain Xpress is available free throughout Western North Carolina. Limit one copy per person. Additional copies may be purchased for $1 payable at the Xpress office in advance. No person may, without prior written permission of Xpress, take more than one copy of each issue.

To subscribe to Mountain Xpress, send check or money order to: Subscription Department, PO Box 144, Asheville NC 28802. First class delivery.

One year (52 issues) $130 / Six months (26 issues) $70. We accept Mastercard & Visa.

CONTA CT U S : ( 82 8 ) 2 5 1 - 1 3 3 3 • F AX ( 8 2 8) 2 5 1 - 1 3 1 1 news tips & story ideas to NEWS@MOUNTAINX.COM letters/commentary to LETTERS@MOUNTAINX.COM sustainability news to GREEN@MOUNTAINX.COM a&e events and ideas to AE@MOUNTAINX.COM events can be submitted to CALENDAR@MOUNTAINX.COM or try our easy online calendar at MOUNTAINX.COM/EVENTS food news and ideas to FOOD@MOUNTAINX.COM wellness-related events/news to MXHEALTH@MOUNTAINX.COM business-related events/news to BUSINESS@MOUNTAINX.COM

venues with upcoming shows CLUBLAND@MOUNTAINX.COM get info on advertising at ADVERTISE@MOUNTAINX.COM place a web ad at WEBADS@MOUNTAINX.COM question about the website?

WEBMASTER@MOUNTAINX.COM find a copy of Xpress DISTRO@MOUNTAINX.COM WWW.MOUNTAINX.COM FACEBOOK.COM/MOUNTAINX follow us @MXNEWS, @MXARTS, @MXEAT, @MXHEALTH, @MXCALENDAR, @MXENV, @MXCLUBLAND

STA F F PUBLISHER & EDITOR: Jeff Fobes ASSISTANT TO THE PUBLISHER: Susan Hutchinson EDITOR: Thomas Calder

36,000 SQ. FT.

ASSISTANT EDITOR: Daniel Walton

OF ANTIQUES, UNIQUES & REPURPOSED RARITIES!

ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR: Thomas Calder OPINION EDITOR: Tracy Rose STAFF REPORTERS: Able Allen, Edwin Arnaudin, Thomas Calder, Brooke Randle, Jessica Wakeman, Daniel Walton COMMUNITY CALENDAR & CLUBLAND: Justin McGuire, Andy Hall CONTRIBUTING EDITORS: Peter Gregutt, Rob Mikulak REGULAR CONTRIBUTORS: Mark Barrett, Bill Kopp, Cindy Kunst, Kay West ADVERTISING, ART & DESIGN MANAGER: Susan Hutchinson

Red Velvet Antique Chair Find in TRS Inventory

LEAD DESIGNER: Scott Southwick

Best of WNC since 2014!

GRAPHIC DESIGNERS: Olivia Urban, Eleanor Annand MARKETING ASSOCIATES: Sara Brecht, David Furr, Andy Hall, Tiffany Wagner, Liza Albright

Open Everyday! 10-6pm

26 Glendale Ave • 828.505.1108 regenerationstation.com

OPERATIONS MANAGER: Able Allen

TheRegenerationStation

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES & WEB: Able Allen

Declutter your home with Junk Recyclers &

BOOKKEEPER: Amie Fowler-Tanner ADMINISTRATION, BILLING, HR: Able Allen, Jennifer Castillo DISTRIBUTION: Susan Hutchinson, Cindy Kunst

make your House a Home with The Regeneration Station.

DISTRIBUTION DRIVERS: Desiree Davis, Henry Mitchell, Tiffany Narron, Kelley Quigley, Angelo Santa Maria, Carl & Debbie Schweiger

Greenest Junk Removal!

Asheville’s oldest Junk Removal service, since 2010

Purge Unwanted Junk, Remove Household Clutter! call us to remove your junk in a green way!

COPYRIGHT 2021

BY MOUNTAIN XPRESS ADVERTISING COPYRIGHT 2021 BY MOUNTAIN XPRESS ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

MOUNTAINX.COM

828.707.2407

www.junkrecyclers.net OCT. 20-26, 2021

3

OPINION

Send your letters to the editor to letters@mountainx.com.

Can Hippie Girl still wear Chanel?

Forty years ago, I had a vision of Asheville, the Hippie Girl, looking in the window of Neiman Marcus deciding whether she would look good in Chanel. She thought long and hard and figured how she could be true to herself.

So she went in, bought a Chanel jacket, and today wears it with Levi jeans and Birkenstocks.

Why can’t we have both? Sensible development with a conscience?

Keeping the character of Asheville and trees, OMG, the trees to save the environment and for heat-index control. Affordable housing for all?

City Council, I call you out for allowing development under the “conditional” ordinance vote to offset the comprehensive plan already set. We have plans in place with public support for conscientious development.

So you and developers need to follow the plans.

It really is that simple.

Charlotte Street is an example of problematic negotiations, and the developers need to be held accountable for reasonable and environmental design based on plans in place.

City Council, do your job.

Remember: Hippie Girl , child of the ’60s activism, stands up for what she believes and most of all? Votes!

— Susan Hickerson Weaverville

APD should be allowed to use tear gas [Regarding,“APD Announces Policy Changes in Wake of 2020 Protests,” Oct. 6, Xpress:] Absolutely the Asheville Police Department should be allowed gas, if necessary, for crowd control!

Sometimes those involved give you no other option when they become so unruly. We don’t want any of our officers getting injured.

Even though I currently live in Hendersonville, I have lived in Asheville and may again. Officers from any and all departments put their lives on the line every day; we need to provide them with the tools

Editor’s note Due to changing health recommendations related to COVID-19, readers are encouraged to check with individual businesses for the latest updates concerning upcoming events.

4

OCT. 20-26, 2021

C A RT O O N B Y R AN DY M O L T O N they need to best provide a peaceful outcome.

— Candy Champagne Hendersonville

WNC families deserve Build Back Better plan Promoting and voting our true family interests can unify and uplift our region. But we have been tricked into media-driven division.

Unfortunately, “fear sells.”

Would-be leaders like Rep. Madison Cawthorn speak of “bloodshed” and “stolen elections.” Of course, we have other options.

Beneath the roar of doom and gloom, an undercurrent of bold actions by our national government is revitalizing Western North Carolina.

The intent: renewing hope, security and a sense of common purpose.

Already in 2021, President Biden has by executive order strengthened Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act, increased protection of worker health and safety, and restored reliance on science to combat the climate crisis.

He is also promoting union organizing and prioritizing federal buying of “made in America” products to create more good jobs here.

Using paper-thin majorities in Congress, Democrats passed the American Rescue Plan in March to spur recovery of the nation’s health and economy. Since then, COVID-19 testing, tracing and vaccine availability have increased dramatically throughout our region. Many of our local restaurants and small businesses obtained monetary support. Working families gained help with rent and unemployment, and

MOUNTAINX.COM

our daughter received an unexpected direct child tax-credit payment.

More can and must be done, but Build Back Better stimulus bills are stuck in Congress due to Republican opposition. WNC families deserve further kitchen-table results.

— Frank L. Fox Asheville

Sewage costs cause homelessness Many people are definitely homeless because they can’t afford sewer hookups, septic tanks, leach fields or the land to put them in, and I don’t think they deserve this environmental burden.

It is the community, the Tourism Development Authority and those downstream that benefit from these things, and the beneficiaries, based on inherently progressive property tax, that should pay for them, and not the homeless, who don’t have them anyway.

I dug half of mine by hand, so I know how tough it is. They even made me dig it big enough for a family, despite being childless and vasectomized. Beats paying for schools.

— Alan Ditmore Leicester

What if we stopped using money?

Life can be confusing, and sometimes you just can’t see the forest for the trees. I was reading this on the WLOS website (avl.mx/anb) when I decided to write this.

There is a free vaccine available at Ingles that mitigates the extreme effects of COVID. In my opinion, the reason that everyone has not received the vaccine can be back-traced to the need for the accumulation of wealth.

I am not attempting to describe a conspiracy theory because I do not believe in them. One example of many would be that for-profit media choose money over life. This is not a new concept by any means and has led to a great deal of misinformation.

The point of this letter is to possibly begin a local discussion about what life would be like if we stopped using money.

I have had trouble describing this in my past, and then suddenly one day, I could see the forest. As a brief statement, absolutely nothing would be different except we would not use money. I mean this literally, in that you would do everything exactly as you do it today, with the exception of there would not be money. There would not be cashiers at the Ingles, but there would still be Ingles.

I have always considered this from an engineer’s perspective and how my life would be different if education and technology did not come with a price tag. I started thinking about how the medical and housing industries would be different if money were not used. Once again, literally nothing else would change except that you would no longer use money.

This would be the only difference.

If this happened, you would still need to go to whatever job you do today, but it could change in the future. I really like the job I have now, and I feel like I am important to the company. The reason I have my job today, however, is to accumulate wealth for an individual who is not me. This is the single drawback to my job and has caused a lot of stress over the years. I understand this is “how business works”; however, it’s lame.

I used to work in the restaurant industry, and this feeling was worse because the restaurants did not pay a living wage. The company I work for now pays living wages, but the reason for the company and why I have my job is for profit for an individual.

If we stopped using money, I would be a person who works instead of a worker who is a person.

If you have a couple of minutes, think of how your life would change if we just stopped using money, but everything else stayed the same. I believe the best outcome of this would be that everyone would have the same opportunities and access to health care, technology and education.

Thanks for reading my novel!

— Robbie Pitts Green Mountain

CARTOON BY BRENT BROWN

MOUNTAINX.COM

OCT. 20-26, 2021

5

OPINION

Vámonos outside!

Conserving Carolina intern shakes change into Spanish-speaking community

BY ALEXLA PÉREZ SÁNCHEZ When I was a child, anything to do with the outdoors was a mystery to me.

I was always interested in learning more and spending time outside. Yet on the first occasion that my mother, siblings and I ventured into the woods for a hike, we made it to the trailhead at the Carl Sandburg Home and then quickly turned back. All of the signage was in English, and we could not understand any of the information that would help guide us on our adventure. A couple of years later, we went back to try again, and this time we made it farther than the trailhead. We made it about onefourth of a mile, and then we turned around. We faced two obstacles: my mother’s fear and fatigue.

Yes, we had made it farther than before, but this time she was too tired from working many jobs and too scared from her lack of outdoor knowledge to take my siblings and me into the woods safely. The silence walking back to the car was filled with many emotions. In my case, I filled that quarter-mile with frustration, confusion and hopelessness about ever going outside again. My mentality at the time couldn’t comprehend my mother’s wariness or fatigue.

After all, I spent all day at school and playing around our house — and I was fine! Full of energy, in fact!

Not so surprisingly, as I got older, that energy was more difficult to retain, but along with that, I began to realize what had happened to us. My mother’s caution made sense. After

6

OCT. 20-26, 2021

all, most would not take on a new and potentially dangerous challenge and then bring along their 13-, 8and 6-year-old kids without a second thought. In high school, I learned that similar situations had happened in my friends’ families. They, too, were forced to turn back because of a lack of knowledge and confidence about the outdoors.

This year, more than a decade later, I was given the opportunity to shake some change into the Spanishspeaking community by improving participation in the outdoors and the sense of inclusion we are shown there. This internship was based in Conserving Carolina, a WNC conservation nonprofit, and was funded by Dale Weiler and Loti Woods of Tryon.

The goals were to expand community outreach and engage more people as partners and ambassadors, with impacts extending well beyond this internship’s span. And on a timeline of 19 weeks, I hit the ground running.

There was absolutely no time to lose.

NEW ADVENTURES, NEW MOMENTS

In the first few weeks, we set the foundation for the Nuevas Aventuras, Nuevos Momentos bilingual hike series. I came up with the name (which translates to New Adventures, New Moments) because of the experience I hoped people would have as firsttime hikers and outdoor adventurers.

The series consisted of one hike per month, June-September. The outings were meant to be at an introductory

MOUNTAINX.COM

HAPPY TRAILS: Joao Paulo Rodrigues, left, and Noah Rodrigues take part in the first Nuevas Aventuras, Nuevos Momentos hike in DuPont State Forest.

Photo courtesy of Conserving Carolina level and include outdoor/environment educational opportunities to grow and develop.

Our first hike was to Wintergreen Falls in DuPont State Forest, where we learned about trail etiquette and safety. At The Park at Flat Rock, we participated in a plant scavenger hunt for nonnative invasive species. Our third hike, at the Brevard Greenway, focused on bird-watching, and we successfully identified 35 species of birds, thanks to our wonderful volunteers. But alas, not all great things are perfect. Our fourth hike — meant for the Vaughn Creek

Greenway — was canceled due to a shortage of participants.

The conversations that arose allowed us to step out of our comfort zones and take in different perspectives. It turns out that fear and weariness were not the only reasons for the lack of participation from many Spanish speakers in the outdoors.

There were transportation issues, work interferences and a misunderstanding of what someone should wear or own to “properly” go on a hike. And in case anyone needs to hear this: There is no dress code for hiking. Well, to an extent, of course.

Responsible Automotive Service & Repair But I mean that most participants were under the impression that they could not go hiking unless they had the most expensive hiking boots or the most popular trekking poles.

Folks, for most introductory hikes, a pair of closed-toed shoes and a filled-up water bottle will do just fine. Everything else can be bought to preference later on.

New methods were learned.

Confidence was built. Strangers became friends. And in the time of a pandemic that requires social distancing and isolation, all of these new skills and moments seemed like a breath of fresh air! (Pun intended.) But even more importantly, my Spanish-speaking community finally felt actively welcomed in the outdoors! The progress made through this program was incredible and much needed, but the work is only beginning.

I say to the individuals reading this article: Go outside today and do something that brings you joy and strength! And while you’re at it, take someone with you! Help them.

Encourage them. Grow with them.

As my friend Tony Beurskens once taught me, “Put yourself in a place of discomfort for the sake of growth” and remember that “there is beauty in our differences and comfort where they overlap.”

Nature deserves our respect, love and acknowledgment. Our community also needs these things, and being a part of a community comes with both good and bad. But it is the responsibility of us all to make sure that the bad becomes good and the good keeps its course.

MORE TO BE DONE

In addition to the hike series this summer, I translated eight trails’ pages on Conserving Carolina’s website, along with all of its trailhead signage. I also created videos that

would educate our community — of all demographics — about conservation, wildlife and ecology, and give Spanish-speaking community members a voice regarding their experience and connection with nature. I also have helped with the beginning of a new project, Las Flores, that we hope to convert into a Hispanic and Latine community center where individuals can continue to learn more about the environment and find comfort in nature.

As I reflect on my internship experience, I recognize that if Dale and Loti hadn’t invested in this internship, I would not be where I am now. If my supervisors, Rose Jenkins Lane and Ericka Berg, hadn’t given me the support, motivation and love that got me through the challenges of this internship, I would not be where I am now. If Conserving Carolina had not listened to my struggles and supported me throughout the internship, I would not be where I am now.

A series of events unfolded for me, and I gave it my all to make sure that there would not be another family that turns back a quarter-mile into a trail, all because they could not understand the signage or felt unknowledgeable about it what awaits them.

And although I did a lot, I believe that there is still much more to be done. At 20 years old, I have fought for my community and for people to have a voice, but I am far from stopping now. This internship taught me many things, but one of the most important lessons has been that there will always be people who want to help you help others. So, I expect that more members in the community will strive to assist others and give it their all. Remember, your community has your back.

Alexla Pérez Sánchez is a senior at UNC Asheville, where she is majoring in political science, and will be earning her master’s in human rights at the University of Essex in the coming year. X

Go ahead, take the scenic route.

Voted one of the BEST OF WNC for 16 years in a row.

Thank you!

Call us!

255.2628

organic-mechanic.com • 568 Haywood Rd • West Asheville

Place your Thanksgiving orders online For additional details please visit our website www.smokypark.com ALEXLA PÉREZ SÁNCHEZ MOUNTAINX.COM

OCT. 20-26, 2021

7

NEWS

Bust, boom and then What happens to short-term rentals in the long term?

BY MARK BARRETT markbarrett@charter.net The cloud of COVID-19 came with a golden lining for owners of many properties in Asheville and Buncombe County that are rented out via online platforms like Airbnb and VRBO. The amount of money brought in by these short-term rentals in Buncombe County and its municipalities during the first half of this year, $97.9 million, was up 131% compared with STR revenue for January through June 2019, according to county government. By contrast, while hotel and motel sales were recovering during the first half of 2021, they remained below the level seen two years before.

A lot of that STR money ended up in the pockets of owners of highend properties like those managed

by Asheville-based Yonder Luxury Vacation Rentals, which handles tasks like booking, cleaning and maintenance for 170 homes in 12 area counties.

“Once things started opening up, people really felt, ‘We need some space and fresh air,’” says Mark Bastin, Yonder’s chief marketing officer. “All of Western North Carolina lends itself to that.”

Consumer preferences — and choices to be made by government officials locally and in Raleigh — will affect the size of that gravy train and who will benefit from it in the years to come.

The Buncombe County Board of Commissioners has held informal, preliminary discussions about the possibility of limiting STRs in unincorporated areas of the county, says Chair Brownie Newman, and

8

OCT. 20-26, 2021

on-site. (Rentals of whole homes, apartments and condos have been forbidden in most areas of the city since 2018, with the exception of STRs in operation or approved before the ban.) Semiretired, the Kelders wanted to supplement what Bill Kelder, 70, brings in working part time as an industrial supply salesman. Linda Kelder worked as an Uber driver for a while, but the proceeds were underwhelming, so the couple moved to a different part of the sharing economy.

The small unit often rents for as little as $61 a night. It has its own entrance and, as Bill Kelder says, is “more homey” than a typical hotel room.

Initially, COVID-19 dramatically reduced guest visits. “We dropped off 40%, but now it’s starting to pick back up again,” Bill Kelder says. Now, if time opens up on the apartment’s reservation calendar, “We put it back on [Airbnb], and it’s gone in a day,” Linda Kelder adds.

Bob Michel, head of the Asheville Homestay Network, says there were 700-800 legally permitted homestays in the city before the pandemic but estimates the number has fallen to about 690 today. Because of concerns over COVID-19 exposure, he adds, “Some folks have just shut down” their homestay units.

A QUIET SPOT: Bill and Linda Kelder stand near the entrance to the South Asheville apartment they rent out via Airbnb. Guests appreciate the location because it is quieter and homier than staying in a hotel, Bill Kelder says. Photo

by Mark Barrett a closer look at whether it should act may be coming within months.

Commissioners worry about the effects STRs have on the county’s limited supply of affordable housing and hear complaints from people who live near those properties, he says.

“For some time, the issue around short-term rentals was viewed as more of a concern in Asheville. … But that whole sector has just continued to expand” into the rest of the county, Newman says.

The state General Assembly may have other ideas. The House has passed legislation to curb local governments’ ability to regulate STRs, potentially accelerating what has already been rapid growth in the number of STR units in Buncombe County. Whether the Senate will go along, and the exact impact of the House proposal, is uncertain.

MOUNTAINX.COM

‘MORE HOMEY’

On a recent sunny and crisp September day, a sign near one corner of Bill and Linda Kelder’s South Asheville home marked private parking for “Diana & Paul” and promised “Your suite awaits.” Inside the threeroom apartment the Kelders created in part of their home for Airbnb guests in 2017, a wall held brochures for area attractions and a map with pushpins marking the hometowns of previous visitors. Two muffins — one blueberry, one banana nut — that Linda Kelder had baked herself sat wrapped and waiting on the counter for guests expected later in the day.

Asheville’s city government issues homestay permits allowing holders to rent out rooms or an apartment in their homes so long as they live

THE UPPER END

Exposure to guests is less of a concern for many owners of luxury rentals like those managed by Yonder and similar area companies. A whole ecosystem of businesses has grown up around STRs to manage listings, clean units, deal with guests and make repairs. Once they’ve bought a house or condo and furnished it, about all the owners have to do is pay the bills and cash checks from the management company.

Yonder and the property owners it works with have benefited. More people are seeking its rentals, and more vacation home owners are deciding to rent out their properties, Bastin says.

WNC is a reasonable drive from much of the eastern U.S., he points out, and the idea of a luxury cabin or a grander house in the mountains is especially appealing to city dwellers anxious to travel.

“COVID has definitely impacted our business in a very positive way,” he says. “When COVID hit, people didn’t want to stay in hotels. They didn’t want to get on a plane.”

The region’s STR boom is part of a national trend. AirDNA, a company that tracks the STR industry, says demand for the units was up 67% in small cities and rural areas in April of this year compared to April 2019.

SQUEAKY CLEAN: Cleaner Nancy Harris shows off the antibacterial spray she uses when preparing short-term rental units managed by Yonder Luxury Vacation Rentals in Asheville and the surrounding area.

Photo by Mark Barrett Occupancy rates were down 41% in the United States’ 50 largest cities.

Many people gathered with their extended families at rentals or booked stays while they worked remotely and their kids went to school online, Bastin adds. “With so many people working outside the office, the big question was, ‘How’s your internet speed?’” he quips.

SHIFT OR BLIP?

Hotels and motels in Buncombe County haven’t seen the same boom, although business began recovering strongly this year. Sales of those traditional lodgings for the first half of 2021 were down 5.9% compared with the same period in 2019. Their revenue still makes up the largest portion of sales covered by the Buncombe County occupancy tax, but STRs’ share has grown quickly.

STR sales accounted for 17.8% of all room sales in the county in the

2018-19 fiscal year. Two years later, that share had more than doubled to 37.4% for the 12 months that ended June 30.

However, no one can say with certainty how much of that dramatic increase in local STR revenue represents a temporary shift from hotel and motel stays caused by travelers’ pandemic worries and how much reflects a long-term change in consumer preferences. Some observers think it’s a bit of both.

Industry experts are watching to see whether travelers shift some of their spending back to hotels once COVID19 recedes. AirDNA hedged its bets in a recent forecast, offering three different possible scenarios for STR demand ­­— but all three showed increases, with an average projected boost to demand of more than 23% in 2022.

Vic Isley, president and CEO of the Explore Asheville Convention and Visitors Bureau, notes that hotel and motel sales finally rebounded to pre-pandemic levels this summer.

While most visitors to the area are tourists, business travel and convention and group travel are important for hotels; she says that segment of the travel market is still slow “as people are rightly being cautious about group gatherings.”

Analysts see America’s increased willingness to use Zoom and similar applications for business meetings as a threat to hotel business even after COVID-19 worries subside. Isley declines to speculate on how the local market shares of STRs and hotels and motels may change in the years ahead: “That’s too soon to tell for me.”

COUNTY ACTION?

In contrast with Asheville’s wholehome STR ban, Buncombe County does not regulate STR operations at all.

CONTINUES ON PAGE 10

MOUNTAINX.COM

OCT. 20-26, 2021

9

N EWS

NEW LOCATION

GRAND OPENING Sunday 10/24, 10-6pm

25% off

CONSIGNMENT

10% off RETAIL

boats & SUPS excluded

GIVEAWAYS & RAFFLES

from Second Gear, Sugar & Snow Gelato, and Asheville Adventure Company LIVE MUSIC · USUAL SUSPECTS FOOD TRUCK LOCAL VENDORS · FREE SUGAR & SNOW GEL ATO SECOND GEAR | CONSIGNMENT SHOP IN ASHEVILLE, NC 99 Riverside Drive, Asheville, NC 28801 | secondgearwnc.com

Newman says the county commissioners are concerned that the conversion of homes into STRs is driving up the cost of renting or buying housing for county residents. They also hear from constituents unhappy with how the rise of STRs “impacts neighborhoods in terms of not having real neighbors, loud parties, things like that.”

He says it is unlikely that commissioners would eliminate existing STRs, but they may look at ways of limiting their growth. No specific rules have yet been proposed.

Philip Roth, an Asheville attorney who specializes in real estate law, says many homeowners’ associations in the county are taking up the issue of limiting STRs in their neighborhoods, resulting in some sharp debates and mixed results.

“That’s a hot potato out there,” he says. “There’s a huge number that are doing that.”

There are no restrictions on STRs in Black Mountain, Montreat and Weaverville. They are banned in two low-density zoning districts in Woodfin but allowed in the rest of the town. Meanwhile, Biltmore Forest prohibits rentals of less than 90 days.

RALEIGH SAYS

The state House has passed two bills this year, House Bills 829 and 911, that would restrict local governments’ ability to require permits for STRs. Members inserted the same language into the House version of the state budget bill, Senate Bill 105.

The Senate has not taken up either of the stand-alone bills, and its budget bill makes no reference to the issue. House-Senate negotiators have yet to agree on budget legislation for the fiscal year that began July 1; it’s unclear whether they’ll pass a bill that Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper would sign or whether the STR language would be in it. The legislature’s GOP majority and Cooper have a history of differing on spending issues.

Rep. Dean Arp, R-Union, heads the House’s budget-writing committee and has led the charge in the House for the rental legislation. He has said in floor debate that previous legislation consolidating laws on governments’ regulatory powers contained a provision added “in the cover of night” that favors Wilmington in an ongoing lawsuit challenging its STR rules.

In 2019, Wilmington capped the number of STRs in the city, required that they be at least 400 feet apart from one another and set up a lottery to determine which STRs could continue operation in cases in which the units were not far enough apart.

A Superior Court judge struck down the law after a couple who own an 10

OCT. 20-26, 2021

MOUNTAINX.COM

STR that would be shut down sued.

Wilmington has appealed.

“What you think about short-term rentals, that’s up to you, but [the law] shouldn’t be changed in the middle of a lawsuit to prejudice one party or another,” Arp told the House. His legislation would apply statewide.

Arp’s legislation has the backing of the influential N.C. Realtors Association, which says it is needed to protect an “essential but increasingly embattled residential use.” But the proposal has drawn opposition from affordable housing advocates and those who argue that towns and counties are better able than state legislators to decide what the rules should be for STRs within their borders.

Someone who buys a home in a beach town like Nags Head does so with the expectation that their neighbors will change frequently, says Scott Mooneyham, spokesman for the N.C. League of Municipalities.

“That’s a different expectation than someone who bought a house in a quiet neighborhood 20 years ago” in a town elsewhere in the state, only to suddenly find they’re living next door to an STR, Mooneyham says. He suggests that local governments can best tailor rules that balance the needs of property owners and residents in their jurisdiction.

Kate Pett is the director of local nonprofit Thrive Asheville, which has programs to increase the supply of affordable housing. She says that if local governments lose the ability to “provide some brake on the growth of short-term rentals, we will see an increasing scarcity of housing, and housing prices may increase further.”

Long-term residents’ homes “will be converted to short-term rentals because long-term rental rates can’t compete with the income from shortterm rentals,” she argues.

Barry Bialik, chair of Asheville’s Affordable Housing Advisory Committee and owner of homebuilding company Compact Cottages, has a different view. Allowing construction of more STR units, he suggests, would indirectly increase the supply of longterm rental housing because some STRs would eventually be converted to long-term use.

And some people who host homestays in Asheville voice misgivings about the idea of allowing more homes and apartments to become free-standing STRs. “I hope that doesn’t happen. I think it would just be a free-or-all,” says Brenda Sconyers, who operated a homestay in her house in Montford until she temporarily put it on hiatus because of COVID-19 concerns. “It would hurt neighborhoods. I would not want somebody having a party all weekend in the house next door.” X

MOUNTAINX.COM

OCT. 20-26, 2021

11

NE W S

BUNCOMBE BEAT

130 Charlotte St. development clears Council

WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD: The 130 Charlotte St. development will include 186 residential units, along with roughly 4,500 square feet of commercial and retail space, approximately 230 parking spaces in an underground garage and six parking spaces on East Chestnut Street. Rendering courtesy of Kassinger Development Group Charlotte Street’s historic buildings are about to get a contemporary neighbor after members of Asheville City Council approved a new mixed-use development for the neighborhood.

In a pair of votes on Oct. 12, Council approved conditional zoning and a land use incentive grant for the project at 130 Charlotte St., the former location of Fuddruckers restaurant. The development will include 186 residential units, along with roughly 4,500 square feet of commercial and retail space, approximately 230 parking spaces in an underground garage and six parking spaces on East Chestnut Street.

The grant, which will provide the project’s developer, Kassinger Development Group, with annual rebates of city property taxes on the value of the project for 16 years — a total estimated value of over $1.5 million — was approved unanimously.

Council member Kim Roney was the sole vote against the conditional zoning, arguing that the project didn’t offer enough affordable housing.

The project will include 37 rental apartments that are deed-restricted for 30 years for families earning at or below 80% of the area median income ($60,100 for a family of four). Half of those units will also accept federal housing vouchers and rental assistance for individuals and families at or below 60% AMI. Ten people spoke against the project during the public hearing prior to Council’s votes over concerns it would increase traffic and alter the neighborhood’s character. The property is located in the Chestnut Hill Historic 12

OCT. 20-26, 2021

MOUNTAINX.COM

District, an area listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and was originally zoned for a maximum of 50 units per acre. The new development will nearly double that density.

Council also received an additional 55 emails and nine voicemails in opposition to the development, despite the developer scaling back the project’s parking and commercial elements after meeting with neighborhood groups.

“We’re not going to have a quaint little village anymore where businesses and families thrive, but we’re going to have gridlock,” said resident Paula Coughlin during the meeting.

“Once you change the overlay, the [Unified Development Ordinance], you give conditional zoning, when does it stop, and where does it stop?” added resident Carolyn Warner. “Why can’t the areas around Asheville that are already brownfields, gray fields — Tunnel Road, Patton Avenue, areas that have already been destroyed — be the areas to infill with affordable housing and keep the historic entrances like Charlotte Street the way it is?”

But Council members who supported the project, including Antanette Mosley, highlighted the project’s contribution to housing in an area with a dearth of affordable options. Paul D’Angelo, Asheville’s community development director, noted that the area was one of the highest-earning census tracts in the city, while Shannon Tuch, the city’s principal planner, said that approximately five units of affordable housing exist within the neighborhood, which were approved in 2009.

Consultant outlines reparations program plan Debra Clark Jones, president of TEQuity — the consulting firm selected by City Manager Debra Campbell to manage the city’s reparations program — provided an overview of the next steps her team will take with the goal of developing short-, mediumand long-term recommendations.

Clark Jones said that the firm will first focus on seating the 25-member Community Reparations Commission, which will include 13 representatives from neighborhoods impacted by redlining and gentrification, such as Burton Street, East End/Valley Street, Shiloh and Southside, as well as Asheville Housing Authority communities.

(Asheville’s resolution supporting reparations had called for the commission to be established by July.)

City Council and the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners will each appoint six additional commission members. Applications will open Monday, Oct. 18, and will be accepted through Monday, Nov. 15.

Clark Jones said that the commission appointments will be finalized

by January. More information about how to apply or nominate someone for the commission is available at avl.mx/an0.

— Brooke Randle X

BIZ BRIEFS

Asheville mom starts kids cycling club Teaching children to ride a bike can be nerve-wrecking for parents and kids alike. And Asheville mom Emi Kubota, a longtime cyclist, realized that while a lot of classes existed to teach kids how to ski, there was nothing for cycling.

Kubota, a cycling instructor with the League of American Bicyclists, taught her daughter to ride a bike before her third birthday. She saw her daughter gain self-confidence — and, crucially, develop a love for the outdoors. In June, Kubota launched KidCycle Club, a cycling club that teaches cycling skills to kids from 12 months to 12 years old.

Children on a four-wheel pre-balance bike can learn to glide forward and pick up their feet as early as 12 months old. She pinpoints 12-18 months as a great age for getting on a bike because kids are less inhibited.

During the toddler years, a child can ride a balance bike, which does not have pedals and allows their feet to touch the ground. Older children learn to ride a pedal bike, relying on their balance skills. “We’re teaching kids to ride without training wheels,” Kubota explains. “We really focus on bicycle independence.”

KidCycle Club is offering fourweek bicycling lessons. Classes contain small obstacles — such as riding around cones or riding over ramps made from wooden plates — for kids to learn skills like turning and speed control. Classes take place at Burton Street Community Center and Kolo Bike Park (located in Asheville Treetops Adventure Park). Private lessons are also available.

KidCycle Club requires helmets for classes and lessons. Helmets, pedal bikes, balance bikes and a pre-balance bike are available for rental. More information at https:// www.kidcycleclub.com/.

Goodwill seeks local designers for fashion show

As they say on “Project Runway,” one day you’re in and the next day you’re out. Local fashion designers are invited to get “in” with Goodwill Industries of Northwest North Carolina for its sixth annual upcycled fashion show, Color Me Goodwill.

Designers can apply as individuals or as teams of up to three people, and they must submit photos of their

existing or past work, or links to an online portfolio of work. Seven selected designers and/or teams will each choose a theme color and receive $200 to shop for clothing and materials at local Goodwill stores, which each will upcycle into a five-piece collection.

The fashion show will take place April 29 at The Orange Peel. A panel of judges (probably not Heidi Klum) will score the collections based on creative use of the original materials and construction of garments. Firstplace winner receives a $500 prize, and one designer will take home an audience-choice award of $200.

Visit www.goodwillnwnc.org/ cmgdesigners/ to apply by Monday, Nov. 1.

New location

• Mojo Coworking will move to a new location at 81 Broadway with almost 50% more space on Monday, Nov. 1. The new location expands the conference room capacity and doubles the number of private offices. The expansion is part of a partnership with Hobgood Holdings, a real estate holding company owned by Blair Hobgood.

Mojo Coworking, owned by Craig McAnsh, opened in Asheville in 2011. More information at www. mojocoworking.com/.

Save the dates

• Leadership Asheville at UNC Asheville will hold “Evolving Asheville — The Economy” as part of its Buzz Breakfast Series on Tuesday, Oct. 26, 8-10 a.m. Speakers include Rosanna Mulcahy, business inclusion manager for the city of Asheville, and Vic Isley, president and CEO of Explore Asheville Convention and Visitors Bureau. The breakfast will be held at the Crowne Plaza Resort Expo Center, 1 Resort Drive. For tickets or more information, email leadershipasheville@unca.edu or visit http://avl.mx/aka.

• Wanda Marie, certified master coach and trainer, and Lesley King, a certified professional coach who specializes in empowerment, will hold “Insight Full,” a group speed-coaching session, Thursday, Nov. 4, 5:30-8:30 p.m., at Asheville Masonic Temple, 80 Broadway Street. More information and tickets at http://avl.mx/akb.

• Mountain BizWorks is hosting Mountain Raise Live Offering Event, where graduates from its ScaleUp entrepreneurial cohort will present their pitches to investors, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 5:308:30 p.m., in the event space at Hi-Wire Brewing, 2B Huntsman Place. Tickets are available http:// avl.mx/ak2.

Hats off

• Rachel Edens, a native of North Carolina, is joining Buncombe County government as its first chief equity and human rights officer and will lead the Equity and Inclusion Workgroup. Edens most recently worked at the Vermont Humanities, where she served as Community Programs Officer.

Edens’ first day is Monday. Nov. 1. Learn more at http://avl.mx/ake.

• Formation PR + Brand of Hendersonville, founded by Erica Allison, is a two-time winner in the 2021 Hermes Creative Awards, an international competition held by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals.

The company won the gold award in the print media category for the Pisgah Legal Affordable Care Act Enrollment Campaign, and the platinum award in electronic media for the Dogwood Health Trust’s Digital Annual Report.

“Being a woman-owned business has its challenges, especially if you are a mom,” Allison told Xpress. “I learned years ago that it’s a true ebb and flow all the way around. This is not a solo endeavor.

Success in both personal and professional life comes as a result of a

PEDAL PUSHERS: Emi Kubota, right, owner of KidCycle Club, biked the Biltmore estate with her mother, Becky Cannon, left, and Naomi Walsh Kubota, age 5. Photo courtesy of Kubota supportive family, amazing team members and clients, a lot of grit and determination, and knowing when to go for the next rung on the ladder and when to settle in and excel where you are.”

• AdventHealth Hendersonville named Kristy Ellison its director of behavioral health. She will oversee the hospital’s 36-bed behavioral health unit. A native of Henderson County, Ellison was previously the quality assurance supervisor for AdventHealth’s Behavioral Health Unit.

MOUNTAINX.COM

— Jessica Wakeman X

OCT. 20-26, 2021

13

14

OCT. 20-26, 2021

MOUNTAINX.COM

ASHEVILLE ARCHIVES

Commemorate your

by Thomas Calder | tcalder@mountainx.com

win with an

‘Third rate resort’

official plaque

City faces housing shortage for summer tourists, 1920 A housing shortage was a top concern for many Asheville residents at the start of 1920 — imagine that!

But unlike today’s housing issues, the emphasis in 1920 centered on how the scarcity of homes would negatively impact the city’s reputation as a summer resort.

“People will not return season after season if there is no assurance of a place to sleep,” The Asheville Citizen warned in its 1920 New Year’s Day publication. “Let word gradually go out that in summer Asheville is uncomfortably crowded, and Asheville will be condemned through her own negligence to the position of a third rate resort.”

Heeding the warning, the Board of Trade adopted plans on March 4, 1920, to send “the estimated cost of Kiosk shacks … to various boarding houses and others who might be interested in building a number of these small tent-like structures on lawns or suitable lots near places where board can be secured,” the paper reported. “In addition to these, it was suggested that a tent city be formed with larger tents for dining room and recreation and rest centers all such increased housing facilities could have electric lights, water and the usual conveniences.”

An editorial in the March 28, 1920, edition of The Sunday Citizen approved of the measures. The paper also encouraged the city to consider establishing campgrounds, “equipped with tents, provided with good floors and roofs.”

According to the editorial, the Board of Trade had spent $200,000 ($2.736 million in today’s currency) over the previous 10 years to promote Asheville to visitors. The coming summer crowd, the paper continued, promised to break records.

But without sufficient housing, The Sunday Citizen warned, “The results will be embarrassing to the city as a tourist resort.”

On June 18, 1920, The Asheville Citizen again reported on the dire need for housing tourists. (At this point, talk of tents and kiosk shacks appear to have dropped from the conversation.) “If all the people are provided with rooms and board, it will be necessary for scores of families to get in touch at once with the Board of Trade and list their rooms and the fact that they can take people for meals,” the paper

To purchase, contact advertise@mountainx.com

How did you get into nonprofit work?

Where does your inspiration come from?

JUST VISITING: As Asheville’s popularity as a resort town continued to grow, the city’s housing shortage became more apparent. Boarding homes such as the Bon-Air at 66 Ashland were in high demand during peak tourist season. Photo courtesy of Buncombe County Special Collections, Pack Memorial Library wrote. “The hotels are already well filled and it will not be possible for them to take any more people than they are now accommodating, during the summer.”

It is unclear what solutions came to bear, but further conversations about housing shortages appear to have dropped as the summer visitors continued to arrive. Instead, the paper boasted about the city’s ongoing success as a resort town.

“The summer tourists season is well open now and the city is rapidly filling with thousands of people, not only from practically every state and city in the south, but from many of the eastern and mid-western cities, as well,” The Asheville Citizen wrote on June 21, 1920.

A month later, on July 21, The Asheville Citizen reported on a new proposal to address the city’s future tourism industry needs: a new $1 million hotel project spearheaded by “three northern capitalists.”

The paper asserted that the city’s future reputation “as a resort and commercial city” depended on the measure, which received approval that evening.

Early optimism for the project, however, was soon met by the heavy weight of reality. “Hotel accommodations have not increased since last summer,” The Asheville Citizen wrote on April 28, 1921.

“Construction of one new hotel has never been started because the instability of prices for labor and materials.”

The editorial concluded, “Asheville must not only plead guilty to parsimony in the budget for advertising itself but it must sorrowfully confess that it is marking time in the fundamental matter of housing.”

Editor’s note: Peculiarities of spelling and punctuation are preserved from the original documents. X

For Xpress’ fall Nonprofit issue, we’re asking local nonprofit leaders and employees to share what led them to their area of focus in WNC. Who or what inspired you to pursue your work?

What keeps you motivated? And what are some of the greatest hurdles you and your organization continue to face?

Email your thoughts to trose@mountainx.com by the end of the day Friday, Oct. 22, for possible publication in Mountain Xpress.

Aim for 300 words or less, and please include your name, address and phone number.

We can’t wait to hear your inspiring stories.

MOUNTAINX.COM

OCT. 20-26, 2021

15

COMMUNITY CALENDAR OCT. 20-28, 2021 For a full list of community calendar guidelines, please visit mountainx.com/calendar. For questions about free listings, call 828-251-1333, opt. 4. For questions about paid calendar listings, please call 828-251-1333, opt. 1.

Online Events = Shaded WELLNESS Yoga and the 12 Steps of Recovery (Y12SR) The Y12SR model addresses addiction as a physical, mental and spiritual disease.

WE (10/20, 27), 8:30am, Free, Asheville Yoga Center, 211 S Liberty St Full Moon Series: Yoga under the Full “Harvest” Moon WE (10/20), 7pm, $25-35, Chimney Rock State Park, 431 Main St, Chimney Rock Yoga in the Park Join together alongside the French Broad River in this all-level friendly Hatha/Vinyasa flow taught by certified yoga instructor Ceiara Cartony.

SA (10/23), SU (10/24), 1:30pm, Carrier Park, 220 Amboy Rd Queer Trans Body Love: a Yoga Class in the Park All people across the LGBTQIA+ spectrum and allies are welcome.

Class is fat centering as well. Meet at the bridge to the picnic pavilions.

SA (10/23), MO (10/25), 11am, Carrier Park, 220 Amboy Rd Hip Hop Fitness A lead and follow format class, outdoors.

SU (10/24), 10am, Highland Brewing Co., 12 Old Charlotte Hwy Ben's Friends A local meeting of the national support group for people in the hospitality industry struggling with addiction.

MO (10/25), 10am, Free, AB Tech Culinary Arts & Hospitality School, 30 Tech Dr

Free COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics FEMA's mobile vaccine center will administer up to 250 vaccines each day. First and second doses, as well as booster vaccines will be provided.

MO (10/25), TU (10/26), WE (10/27), 7am, Asheville Outlets, 800 Brevard Rd Rise and Flow Yoga Outdoors.

TU (10/26), 9am, One World Brewing West, 520 Haywood Rd Steady Collective Syringe Access Outreach Free naloxone, syringes and educational material on harm reduction.

TU (10/26), 2pm, Firestorm Books & Coffee, 610 Haywood Rd Bend and Brew Restorative Yoga Taught by Katie Wilson, RYT500, this is an all levels class and is chair accessible. Class is pay-what-you-can.

TU (10/26), 4pm, One World Brewing West, 520 Haywood Rd Outdoor Dancing w/ Vivie Weekly event.

TU (10/26), 6pm, $12, Carrier Park, 220 Amboy Rd Tinnitus - An Informative Session Dr. Marc Fagelson, Professor of Audiology, will enlighten attendees on the causes and possible remediation of this condition. The Meeting ID is 505-9456126 and the password is: asheville (Zoom).

TU (10/26), 6:30pm, avl.mx/amz

Quest4Life 5Rhythms Waves Class Weekly instructional classes based on Gabrielle Roth's work. Mask are required. No dance experience necessary.

TU (10/26), 7pm, $12-22, Terpsicorps Academy, 1501 Patton Ave

ART Grounded Flow Exhibit featuring works by apprentices Caroline Woolard and Keira Peterson.

WE (10/20, 27),TH (10/21, 28), FR (10/22), SA (10/23), SU (10/24), MO (10,25), TU (10/26) 10am, The Village Potters, 191 Lyman St, #180 A Dance of Images and Words: The Nancy Graves/Pedro Cuperman Tango Portfolio Exhibition presents Graves’s eight prints alongside the portfolio frontispiece and a page of Cuperman’s text to immerse visitors in the collaborative dance of the tango.

WE (10/20, 27),TH (10/21, 28), FR (10/22), SA (10/23), SU (10/24), MO (10,25) Asheville Art Museum, 2 S. Pack Square Rural Avant-Garde: The Mountain Lake Experience This exhibition showcases a selection of collaborative creative works that emerged from nearly four decades of the Mountain Lake Workshop series, a program sited in rural southwestern Virginia.

WE (10/20, 27),TH (10/21, 28), FR (10/22), SA (10/23), SU (10/24), MO (10,25), Asheville Art Museum, 2 S. Pack Square Artists Q&A #3- Preservation Through Art: Along the French Broad A fundraiser to preserve the natural landscape along the French Broad through the sale of artwork. Artists will share tales of what it took to find and recreate vantage points from

BE A PART OF THE

GO LOCAL NETWORK FREE SIGN-UP AT

golocalasheville.com TO INCLUDE YOUR BUSINESS IN THE 2022 DIRECTORY 16

OCT. 20-26, 2021

MOUNTAINX.COM

over 150 years ago.

WE (10/20), 6pm, The Wedge at Foundation, 5 Foundy St Glass Pumpkin Patch Hundreds of glass pumpkins are on display from artists across the region. Purchases help support the non-profit studio and artists.

TH (10/21, 28), FR (10/22), SA (10/23), SU (10/24), 10am, North Carolina Glass Center, 140 Roberts St, Suite B Unearthing Our Forgotten Past Exhibit exploring the Spanish occupation of Fort San Juan and the native people who lived in the Joara area of WNC. Sponsored by the Western NC Historical Association.

TH (10/21), FR (10/22), SA (10/23), 10:30am, Smith-McDowell House Museum, 283 Victoria Rd Gestures: Mid-Century Abstraction from the Collection This exhibition, drawn from the museum’s collection with additional select loans, explores works in a variety of media that speak to the vibrant abstract experiments in American art making during the middle of the 20th century.

FR (10/22) SA (10/23), SU (10/24), MO (10,25), W (10/27) Asheville Art Museum, 2 S. Pack Square Modernist Design at Black Mountain College This exhibition is organized by the Asheville Art Museum and curated by Whitney Richardson, associate curator. Through January 24, 2022 at the Asheville Art Museum.

SA (10/23), SU (10/24), MO (10,25), W (10/27) Asheville Art Museum, 2 S. Pack Square Dreamscapes: Beyond Prison Artist Alliance Opening Reception An exhibition by ten contributing artists whom are part of a program with the Avery Mitchell Correctional Institute of

Spruce Pine.

FR (10/22), 5pm, Pink Dog Creative, 348 Depot St

ART/CRAFT STROLLS & FAIRS Midweek Market Weekly vintage arts and crafts market.

WE (10/20, 27), 4pm, Fleetwood's, 496 Haywood Rd Aurora Studio & Gallery’s Fun on Friday Arts/fundraising activity for Asheville visitors. To register, text Lori Greenberg at 828-335-1038.

Suggested donation.

FR (10/22), 2:30pm, $20, The Refinery, 207 Coxe Ave Ooh La La Curiosity Market Showcasing the work of more than a dozen local artists.

SA (10/23), 10am, Pritchard Park, 4 College St Turgua Craft Pottery Pop-Up Hand-crafted pottery from eight local and nationally-recognized potters along Cane Creek.

Both days will feature live music and food trucks.

SA (10/23), SU (10/24), Free, Turgua Brewing Co, 3131 Cane Creek Rd, Fairview Uncommon Market Antiques, jewelry, vintage, handmade and more in the River Arts District.

SU (10/24), 10am-4pm, 1 Foundy St Asheville Punk Flea A pop-up flea market featuring vendors from local and surrounding areas.

SU (10/24), 12pm, Fleetwood's, 496 Haywood Rd Mountain Makers Craft Market A monthly indie art fair designed to cultivate community in Western NC. Twenty+ artisans selling handmade and vintage goods, the first Sunday of each month.

SU (10/24), 12pm, Haywood Square Plaza, 308 N. Haywood St, Waynesville

COMMUNITY MUSIC Arco Belo - The Space Between Disguises Performance by ensemble that pulls language from the worlds of chamber music and jazz orchestrated for strings, percussion, bass and piano/accordion.

TU (10/26), 7:30pm, Brevard Music Center, 349 Andante Ln, Brevard

SPOKEN & WRITTEN WORD Miss Malaprop’s Storytime Recommended for ages 3-9.

WE (10/20), 10am, Registration required, avl.mx/7b9

A Single Rose: Muriel Barbery, Jesse Ball & Catherine Lacey in Conversation The authors discuss Barbery’s book. Sponsored

by Malaprop’s.

WE (10/20), 4pm, Registration required, avl.mx/aku A Harp in the Stars: An Anthology of Lyric Essays w/Randon Billings Noble, Eric Tran, Sayantani Dasgupta, Michael Dowdy Sponsored by Malaprop’s. WE (10/20), 6pm, Registration required, avl.mx/akv Buncombe County Special Collections Closure BCSC at Pack Memorial Library will be closed on Tuesday, Oct. 19 and Thursday, Oct. 21 as part of a collaboration between Special Collections staff and the YMI Cultural Center to begin processing of archival materials held by the YMI as they begin a renovation project.

TH (10/21), Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St Hybrid Event: Denise Kiernan presents We Gather Together in conversation w/Bruce Steele The authors discuss Kieran's book. In-person and online.

TH (10/21), 6pm, Registration required, Malaprop's Bookstore and Cafe, 55 Haywood St Notorious HBC (Malaprop's History Book Club) Participants discuss Royal Witches by Gemma Hollman.

TH (10/21), 7pm, Registration required, avl.mx/9s9 Friends of the Enka Candler Library Book Sale Book sale proceeds fund the programs and property enhancements of the Enka Candler Branch Library. Masks and social distancing required. Limited number of adults and no children under 12 years allowed.

Children's books outside under awnings.

FR (10/22), SA (10/23), 10am, Enka-Candler Library, 1404 Sandhill Rd, Candler Malaprop's Science Fiction Book Club Participants will discuss H.P. Lovecraft's The Horror at Red Hook.

MO (10/25), 7pm, Registration required, avl.mx/7on And the Creek Don't Rise: A History of Floods in WNC Presented by Friends of the East AVL Library. Via Zoom.

TU (10/26), 6:30pm, avl.mx/an9

Christy Alexander Hallberg presents Searching for Jimmy Page in conversation w/ Lee Zacharias The authors discuss Hallberg's book. Sponsored

by Malaprop's.

WE (10/27), 6pm, Registration required, avl.mx/amf

THEATER Hunter's Full Moon Fundraiser Gala w/the Resonant Rogues An evening of stories and music to support nonprofit Firefly.

WE (10/20), 5pm, Hazel Robinson Amphitheatre, 100 Gay St Peppa Pigs' Adventure A 60-minute live musical experience.

WE (10/20), 6pm, Thomas Wolfe Auditorium at Harrah's Cherokee Center, 87 Haywood St Things That Go Bump in the Night Current First Draft Resident, Gina Cornejo, will be performing nine autobiographical tales of her examinations within the matrix of modern misogyny. Masks and proof of vax required.

WE (10/20), 6pm, $15, Revolve, 821 Riverside Drive, #179 Bloodbath: Victoria's Secret Written and Directed by Jamieson Ridenhour. T. TH (10/21, 28), FR (10/22), SA (10/23), 7:30pm, SU (10/24) 4:30pm,The Magnetic Theatre, 375 Depot St Clue ACT's 76th season opening show, directed

by Jeff Cantanese. Based on the cult classic movie, and the board game.

Limited seating.

FR (10/22), SA (10/23), 7:30pm, SU (10/24), 2:30pm, $15-26, Asheville Community Theatre, 35 E. Walnut St Living Dead in Denmark Presented by the Montford Park Players.

Outdoors.

FR (10/22), SA (1023), SU (10/24), 7:30pm, Hazel Robinson Amphitheatre, 92 Gay St Magnetic in the (Smoky) Park A River Arts District collaboration. Bring your own chair.

TU (10/26), 7pm, $15-20, Smoky Park Supper Club, 350 Riverside Drive Live from WVL Radio Theatre: The Word Exchange A world premier play based on the novel The Word Exchange by Alena Graedon. In-person and virtual tickets available. All in-person audience members must wear a mask and show either proof of vaccination or proof of a negative lab-conducted COVID-19 test taken within 48-72 hours of the performance.

TH (10/28), 7:30pm, $25, North Carolina Stage Company, 15 Stage Ln

FILM Movie Night: The River Runner A film about kayaker Scott Lindgren and his attempt to complete an unprecedented whitewater expedition 20-years-in-the-making, when a brain tumor derails his goals,. Bring a chair and beverages.

TH (10/21), 7pm, Free, SylvanSport, 21 Welcome St, Brevard Rocky Horror Picture Show In-person screening of the cult classic. Free.

TH (10/28), 7:30pm, WCU Bardo Arts Center, 199 Centennial Drive, Cullowhee

BENEFITS Blue Ridge Humane Society 2nd Annual Historic District Pup Crawl Proceeds from the event, as well as a portion of sales from the host locations, will provide rescue services for animals in Henderson County.

FR (10/22), $15-20, Historic Hendersonville's 7th Ave, Hendersonville Loving Food Resources 30th Anniversary Food Drive Deliver necessary items and celebrate the anniversary with a cupcake to go. For more information please contact Brent Wyatt, bwyatt@lovingfood.org, 828.255.9282 SA (10/23), 9am, Loving Food Resources, 123 Kenilworth Rd Blue Ridge Humane Society Pet Food Giveaway Cat and dog food will be distributed first come, first serve, as supplies last to those in need or affected by COVID-19.

If a pet owner is in need of food but unable to attend the pick-up, please call or text the BRHS helpline at (828) 393-5832.

SA (10/23), 10am, Boys & Girls Club of Henderson County, 1304 Ashe St, Hendersonville 13th Annual Authors for Literacy Dinner & Auction New York Times bestselling author of Where the Crawdads Sing, Delia Owens, will keynote Literacy Together’s 13th Annual Authors for Literacy Dinner & Auction.

TH (10/28), 6pm, Crowne Plaza Resort, 1 Resort Drive

CLASSES, MEETINGS & EVENTS Casting for Beginners Ages 12 and older. Call (828)877-4423.

WE (10/20), 9am,

DuPont State Recreational Forest, Entrance: 1400 Staton Rd, Cedar Mountain Eco-Grief Circles Seven-week online session will explore grief and sorrow, anxiety and fear, guilt and shame, anger and despair. Sponsored by the Creation Care Alliance.

WE (10/20, 27), 12pm, avl.mx/aey What is Modern Money Theory?

A four week course that will explore a new way of understanding how money actually works in the U.S. economy. Register via email richardgenz@protonmail.com. Vaccination required.

TH (10/21, 28), 10:30am, North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave 10 Flashes of Unconventional Practices for Highly Successful, Joyful, Ageless, Energetic People Presented by Pat Parker, who will use her coaching and writing skills to take the "bunk" out of stereotyping women and aging. Includes lunch.

TH (10/21), 12pm, $5, Focal Point Coworking, 125 South Lexington Ave Suite 101 Creative Care Alliance: Prophetic Witness, Environmental Justice & the Mountain Valley Pipeline All-region Zoom meeting with Rev. Michael Malcom, Executive Director of The People's Justice Council and Alabama Interfaith Power & Light.

Rev. Malcom will discuss his experience protesting with those on the frontlines of the struggle against the Mountain Valley Pipeline.

TH (10/21), 6pm, avl.mx/ana WNCHA Lectures: Beacon Blanket Mill A presentation on the history of Swannanoa’s Beacon Blanket mill, once billed “the largest blanket manufacturer in the world,” from writer and director Rebecca Williams. TH (10/21), 6pm, avl.mx/ali Fall Peaks Hiking Series This free hiking series will follow the peak fall colors through its different stages based on elevation. Sponsored

by Black Mountain Recreation and Parks.

Registration required.

Call (828) 669-2052.

FR (10/22), Upper Hickory Nut Gorge Trailhead, 3836 Gerton Highway, Gerton NC Community Shred Day Properly discard personal information such as old tax returns (7 years or older), bills, medical statements, and other personal items while you remain in your car.

Attendees are limited to three copy paper boxes or smaller or three kitch-

en trash bags or smaller per vehicle. Please place all items to be shredded in your trunk. Paper clips, staples, files, spiral notebooks & credit cards are all included.

No binders or binder clips allowed.

FR (10/22), 10am, Carol L. King & Associates, P.A., 40 N. French Broad Ave The Great Smoky Mountains African American Experience UNC Asheville’s Africana Studies Program & Department of History presents The National Park Service’s Antoine Fletcher, who will lead a 20-minute presentation followed by a Q&A about the untold stories of African Americans in and around the Smokies.

For more information, contact Emily Herzog at eherzog@unca.edu.

FR (10/22), 2pm Wolf Howl An evening learning about red and gray wolves of North America, including legends and lore.

Followed by a visit to the onsite wolf habitat.

Not recommended for children under three.

FR (10/22), 6pm, $20-30, WNC Nature Center, 75 Gashes Creek Rd The Venardos Circus A unique Broadway-style circus. No animals will be used.

WE (10/20, 27),TH (10/21, 28), FR (10/22), SA (10/23), SU (10/24), MO (10,25), TU (10/26), $17-27, Asheville Outlets, 800 Brevard Rd Bazaar & Rummage Sale Featuring knitted and crocheted items, holiday items for Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas, books, and bake sale.

SA (10/23), 8am, St Barnabas Church, 109 Crescent Hill Rd, Arden Family Migrations Into and Out of WNC This 4½ hour webinar will provide information about some of the paths followed by families into and out of WNC from the early 1700s to the mid-1900s.I All those who have registered will receive an email on October 24 with a link to the recordings.

SA (10/23), 11am, $20, avl.mx/aml

and deepening our understanding of our true connection." Meets second and fourth Sunday of every month.

SU (10/24), 12:30pm, Center for Spiritual Living Asheville, 2 Science Mind Way Comedy Hosting Workshop Local comedy pro Becca Steinhoff will be teaching everything from the very basics of hosting live comedy to some of the skills and tricks that only come from 10+ years of experience. Donations encouraged. 21+ SU (10/24), 7pm, Free, Getaway River Bar, 790 Riverside Drive Social Contract Bridge Group For more info, contact Stefano 727-481-8103.

MO (10/25), 12:30pm, free, Senior Opportunity Center, 36 Grove St Money Visioning and Goal Setting Class focuses on creating realistic savings goals and planning the steps needed to reach them. Sponsored by OnTrack WNC Financial Education & Counseling.

MO (10/25), 5:30pm, avl.mx/akl Expand Your Circle: Speed Connecting for Women Entrepreneurs Outdoors, weather permitting. This project receives support from NC IDEA. TH (10/28), 5:30pm, $10, Focal Point Coworking, 125 South Lexington Ave Suite 101 Farmers of Color Network The Farm and Faith Partnerships Project connects NC churches with farmers from RAFI’s Farmers of Color Network to create sustainable food-based partnerships that further the work of creation care, food justice, and racial justice.

TH (10/28), 6pm, avl.mx/anc

FESTIVALS Smoky Mountains Bluegrass Festival Food trucks, lawn games, children's area, artist demos and vendors. Musicians include Unspoken Tradition, Kruger Brothers and Balsam Range. Outdoors, rain or shine.

SA (10/23), Maggie Valley Festival Grounds, 3374 Soco Rd, Maggie Valley Fall Harvest Festival for Housing A pumpkin and gourd patch, pumpkin painting, seasonal festival games and prizes, live music, and more. Sunswept Flower Farm will also bring their cider press and offer fresh pressed apple cider, apple butter, honey and art.

Donations will directly aid in facilitation of Community Housing Coalition urgent home repair and rehabilitation programs.

SA (10/23), 12pm, The Farm Connection Marshall, 2161 HWY, Marshall Scarecrow Festival Community members are invited to construct scarecrows as an individual, family, group, school, business, club, or organization. Register by October 19.

MO (10/25), Free, Lake Julian Park, 37 Lake Julian Rd, Arden

PARENTING Kooshlie Doula Connections A discussion of what a doula does to support pregnant women and their growing families.

Meet other families as well as several birth and postpartum providers.

SA (10/23), 10am, Free, Kooshlie Care Doula Services, 59 Green Valley Rd

5 Star Google-Rated Salon

SPIRITUALITY FOOD & BEER RAD Farmers Market Every Wednesday, yearround. Featuring 30+ local farmers, makers, bakers, & craft artisans.

WE (10/20, 27), 3pm, Pleb Urban Winery, 289 Lyman St

Storytelling at Vance Birthplace Dr. Delanna Reed, member of the Jonesborough Storytellers Guild and a professor at East Tennessee State University, tells Appalachian ghost stories. Recommended for ages 12 and up.

SA (10/23), 7pm, Free, Vance Birthplace, 911 Reems Creek Rd, Weaverville

Flat Rock Farmers Market TH (10/21, 28), 3pm, Flat Rock Farmers Market, 1790 Greenville Hwy, Hendersonville

Better Together Discussion Group Group's goal is "to empower a racial awakening through building relationships

Jackson Arts Market Weekly event every Saturday through Dec. 18.

SA (10/23), 1pm, 533 W Main St, Sylva, Sylva

Mills River Farmers Market Weekly farmers market.

SA (10/23), 8am, Mills River Elementary School, 94 Schoolhouse Rd, Mills River

Baha'i Third Wednesday Devotional Informal unstructured monthly gathering.

WE (10/20), 7pm, Free, avl.mx/alf Baha'i Sunday Devotional An informal gathering with prayers, readings, music, and inspiration.

A Zoom link will be sent in advance to those who register.

SU (10/24), 10am, avl.mx/a4t

Consistent • Professional High Quality Designs TUESDAY - FRIDAY: 9am-7:30pm SATURDAY - SUNDAY: 9am-6pm MONDAY: Closed

VOLUNTEERING Edible Park Community Work Day Mulching, pruning and clearing invasive plants.

FR (10/22), 2:30pm, Dr. George Washington Carver Edible Park, 30 George Washington Carver Ave

511 Smokey Park Hwy, Ste 102, Candler, NC 28715 828.747.7333 • avanteavl@gmail.com

www.avantebeautylounge.com MOUNTAINX.COM

OCT. 20-26, 2021

17

WELLNESS HEALTH ROUNDUP

HCA hosting opioid takeback events

HEMP & HEALTH Join Us to Celebrate our

3rd Birthday of the Merrimon Location 15% OFF everything in the Store all day!

Thursday, Oct. 21st 10am-7pm 211 Merrimon Avenue, AVL, NC 28801

15% OFF 1 item Online Use Code: 3YEARS Valid through 10/31/21

ASHEVILLE SOU TH ASHEVILLE HENDERSON VILLE WWW.FRANNYSFARMACY.COM

by Jessica Wakeman | jwakeman@mountainx.com

Members of the public can anonymously dispose of unused or expired opioid medications at HCA Healthcare’s Crush the Crisis events at various locations. Local law enforcement agencies are partnering with HCA Healthcare for the takeback event on Saturday, Oct. 23.

The drop-off locations are Mission Hospital in Asheville, 1 Hospital Drive, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; Mission Hospital McDowell in Marion, 430 Rankin Drive, 10 a.m.-noon; Angel Medical Center in Franklin, 120 Riverview St., 9 a.m.-noon; Highlands-Cashiers Hospital in Highlands, 190 Hospital Drive, 9 a.m.-noon; and Blue Ridge Regional Hospital in Spruce Pine, 125 Hospital Drive, 10 a.m.-noon.

HCA Healthcare’s Crush the Crisis events take place on National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, which is sponsored by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.

Any medications will be accepted at the takeback events, but the focus is on opioids: tablets, capsules and patches of hydrocodone (Lortab, Norco, Vicodin); oxycodone (Oxycontin, Percocet); tramadol (Ultram); codeine; fentanyl (Duragesic); morphine; hydromorphone (Dilaudid); and Oxymorphone (Opana). Inhalers, liquids, lancets, needles and syringes will not be accepted.

For more information, call 833-582-1970.

Pardee adjusts monoclonal infusions policy

In response to high demand and limited supply, Pardee UNC Health Care has adjusted its eligibility criteria for monoclonal antibody infusions. As of Oct. 7, Pardee will only offer treatment to referred COVIDpositive patients who are within five days of onset of their symptoms; previously, the clinic accepted patients within 10 days of onset.

Pardee will also provide both REGEN-COV and bamlanivimab and etesevimab (BAM/ETE) combination monoclonal antibody infusions. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has not approved REGEN-COV and BAM/ETE for treatment of COVID19, but both drugs have received emergency use authorization from the FDA. 18

OCT. 20-26, 2021

MOUNTAINX.COM

CRUSH IT: HCA Healthcare’s Crush the Crisis events take place on National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, Saturday, Oct. 23. The event is sponsored by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. Photo by iStock “What we’re facing at the moment is a supply issue that simply cannot match the demand for this highly effective treatment,” said Carol Stefaniak, chief nursing officer for Pardee, in a statement. “With the distribution of REGEN-CoV now being managed at the state and federal level, we’re experiencing a reduction in supply. Thankfully, we have adequate supply of BAM/ETE in stock and anticipate receiving additional doses in the near future.”

From February to August, Pardee provided monoclonal antibody infusions through a clinic in its emergency department. But in August, to meet the increasing demand, Pardee relocated the clinic to an outpatient facility in Hendersonville. Thus far, Pardee has administered a total of 1,200 infusions, with 800 of those provided since the relocation on Aug. 11. Among patients receiving an infusion in Pardee’s clinic, 1.2% required hospitalization, Stefaniak told Xpress. There have been no deaths, she noted.

A monoclonal antibody infusion takes 20 minutes but requires a onehour observation period afterward. To be scheduled for an infusion, patients must be at high risk for developing severe COVID-19, have a positive COVID-19 test and a referral from a Pardee Urgent Care or primary care provider. Monoclonal antibody infusions are available at no cost to eligible patients.

For more information, call 828-694-8222.

Student Health Ambassador Program A $486,524 grant from Dogwood Health Trust is funding a Student Health Ambassador Program at six area colleges for 2021-22. UNCA Asheville is leading the initiative in partnership with Mountain Area Health Education Center. The other colleges are Brevard College, Mars Hill University, Montreat College, Warren Wilson College and Western Carolina University.

The grant will employ nearly 50 SHAs who will receive training and provide peer-to-peer public health education to classmates. Last year, a grant to the N.C. Policy Collaboratory at UNC Chapel Hill funded the initiative’s 2020 pilot effort to address the COVID-19 pandemic at the same six schools.

UNCA senior Nora Maybury says students receiving COVID-19 health and safety recommendations from SHAs like her can feel less “condescending.” SHAs are expected to lead by example, such as wearing masks on campus, rather than calling out students who didn’t follow guidelines, she said.

Last year, SHAs hosted tables on campus to hand out masks and hand sanitizer, filmed YouTube videos about COVID-19 safety and quarantine health and volunteered with vaccine distribution. The program liaises with UNCA’s mental health services as well.

In April, Maybury moderated a UNCA webinar with Elizabeth McCorvey, a counselor from UNCA, and other

Turn in your unused or expired medication for safe disposal

experts about grieving during the pandemic and dealing with ongoing loss.

network. Alignment is a Californiabased company contracted to operate Medicaid Advantage health insurance plans. Beginning Jan. 1, Medicaid-eligible seniors in Buncombe, Henderson, Madison, McDowell, Avery, Mitchell and Transylvania counties may enroll in Alignment’s HMO and PPO plans and access Mission Health providers.

WNCAP volunteers needed Western North Carolina AIDS Project is seeking volunteers for food-box distribution across Western North Carolina. Volunteers distribute food as well as personal care items to isolated individuals living with AIDS. The greatest need for volunteer shifts is on the second and fourth Thursdays of every month, as well as Fridays and Saturdays from 10 a.m.noon. Interested volunteers must have a dependable car and be able to carry a 50-pound box for short distances.

For more information, visit wncap.org/.

Save the dates

• The Hearing Loss Association of America Asheville chapter is hosting a virtual info session about tinnitus Tuesday, Oct. 26, at 6:30 p.m.

Marc A. Fagelson, professor of audiology at East Tennessee State University, will speak on Zoom.

More information, visit avl.mx/amz or email hlasheville@gmail.com.

• OUR VOICE, a nonprofit centered on survivors of sexual violence, will hold a learning series each Monday through November from 12:30-2 p.m. Counselors and other OUR VOICE staff will discuss trauma responses via Zoom. For more information, contact Wendy at counselingintern@ourvoice.org or 252-0562 ext. 115.

• The National Alliance on Mental Illness Western Carolina will hold its annual meeting on Thursday, Dec. 9, at 6 p.m. The guest speaker will be Dylan Simosko, N.C. Medicaid ombudsman program director for Pisgah Legal Services.

For more information, visit www. namiwnc.org. X

News notes

• Free COVID-19 vaccines are available from a Federal Emergency Management Agency mobile vaccine unit at Asheville Outlets, 800 Brevard Road. The Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines are available. First and second doses, and booster vaccines, will be provided. FEMA’s mobile vaccine unit is open MondayWednesday, Oct. 25-27, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Monday-Saturday, Nov. 1-6, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.; and MondaySaturday, Nov. 8-13, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. No appointment is necessary.

• Mission Health has joined Alignment Healthcare’s provider

Nature’s Vitamins & Herbs [FORMERLY NATURE’S PHARMACY]

Now Offering Our

Private Label Brand Of CBD Oil

Along with other top CBD brands: • Charlotte’s web • SunsOil • Plus CBD • Palmetto Harmony

24 YE ARS

PROFESSIONAL ADVICE on CBD Oil, Supplements

Products Available by Mail Out, Curbside Service, or In Store

Setting the Standard for Excellence Owners:

Mike Rogers, PharmD Bill Cheek, B.S. Pharm

We stock great vitamin brands including: Pure Encapsulations • Thorne Research Metagenics • King Bio Professional brands • and more!

Bring this ad in for 10% off

Professional advice since 1996 MONDAY-FRIDAY 10-4

752 Biltmore Avenue • 828-251-0094 • naturesvitaminsandherbs.com

Saturday, October 23rd, 10am-2pm substancefreeyouth.com/events

Keeping Asheville Weird Since 2010

VOTED WNC #1 KAVA BAR

Feeling good?

Feel better.

OPEN DAILY • 828.505.8118 268 Biltmore Ave • Asheville, NC WWW.ASHEVILLEKAVA.COM

Buncombe Partners in Prevention, a collaborative involving Helpmate, Mountain Child Advocacy Center, Our VOICE, and Pisgah Legal Services, has developed a Community Violence Prevention Task Force that meets monthly to discuss community preventive services and programs and other interventions aimed at improving life in Buncombe County. Our goal is to promote healthy relationships where people live, learn, work, play, and worship, ultimately reducing the perpetration of sexual violence, intimate partner violence, and child abuse in Buncombe County.

The Violence Prevention Task Force is open to the public and welcomes folks of all experiences. Whether you're a curious community member or involved with a specific organization, we'd love to share in this work with you! Depending on COVID conditions and restrictions, these meetings are hybrid, with the option of attending either in-person or virtually every fourth Wednesday of the month from 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm. We encourage you to join us.

These meetings will be simultaneously presented in Spanish, English, and ASL. Please email ptfimplementationteam@gmail.com for the Zoom link or more information.

Estas reuniones se presentarán simultáneamente en español, inglés y ASL. Por favor, envíe un correo electrónico a ptfimplementationteam@gmail.com para obtener el enlace de Zoom o más información.

MOUNTAINX.COM

OCT. 20-26, 2021

19

ARTS & CULTURE

Rain check

Flooding destroyed crops but support of community grew resolve

BY KAY WEST kwest@mountainx.com The first full week of October, it rained every day in Asheville, but on Thursday morning, Oct. 7, as the steady drizzle turned into a downpour on the precipice of a deluge, Aaron Grier was surprisingly unperturbed.

“Before [Tropical Storm] Fred, it might have concerned me,” says Grier, who along with his wife, Anne, owns Gaining Ground Farm in Leicester. “But with what we’ve been through and survived, it’s okay. Seeing photos of what people lost in Haywood County puts it in perspective. They lost their homes.

We lost vegetables.”

Lots of vegetables. When Tropical Storm Fred turned Sluder Branch and Newfound creeks into raging rivers on Aug. 17, Gaining Ground was flooded with nearly 5 feet of water.

The 12-acre farm lost 85% of what was in the ground and about 30% of its gross revenue for the season.

A loss that not only impacts the Griers’ bottom line but many local businesses and individuals within the community.

In addition to pulling their tent at the Wednesday River Arts District Farmers Market and ending their sales to Southside Community Kitchen, Gaining Ground immediately ceased deliveries to 10 of its 12 restaurants, excluding Rhubarb and Cucina 24.

“We had our crop of onions, potatoes and garlic already harvested and in walk-in coolers, so we were able to continue at the North Asheville Tailgate Market, but those vegetables are not very exciting,” Grier observes dryly. “Still, it kept us at a market.”

Additionally, Grier says, Rhubarb and Cucina 24 ordered for four times the normal amount of available produce either restaurant normally would place. “It takes a special kind of chef willing to do that.”

OUT OF ORDER

The two restaurants, of course, were still impacted. “Gaining Ground has always been our primary produce provider,” explains John Fleer, chef and owner of Rhubarb, The Rhu and Benne on Eagle. “Prior to Fred, Anne would let us know every week

Join the Organic Growers School at an upcoming program: Farm Beginnings® yearlong training for beginning farmers Journeyperson yearlong training for intermediate farmers Applications for both due September 18, 2021 9/24-25 Forest Farming Intensive 11/9 Farm Dreams Find more on our website: organicgrowersschool.org/events/ 20

OCT. 20-26, 2021

MOUNTAINX.COM

POWER OF COMMUNITY: In the aftermath of Tropical Storm Fred, Gaining Ground Farm lost 85% of what was in the ground and about 30% of its gross revenue for the season. Despite the heavy hit, the farm’s owner, Aaron Grier, right, is optimistic about recovering, thanks in part to the support of local restauranteurs like John Fleer, left. Photo by Will Eccleston what they had, and we’d order as much as we thought we could sell.”

To fill in the holes, Fleer says his restaurants have increased purchases of late summer vegetables from other regular sources, including The Culinary Gardener and Ten Mile Farm.

And, as Grier previously noted, Fleer substantially increased orders of onions and garlic. “We go through a lot of onions at Rhubarb,” he says with a laugh. “We typically buy sweet onions from [Gaining Ground] and added 50 pounds a week of standard onions. Aaron’s garlic is ten times better than any I have ever cooked with, so we just got more of that and bought a lot of potatoes.”

Knowing that Gaining Ground’s produce diversity was radically depleted at the height of summer harvest, Brian Canipelli, chef and owner of Cucina 24, also made similar adjustments to his daily menu to help sustain the Griers in the aftermath of the storm. Canipelli notes adding many iterations of potato and onion toppings to pizzas on the restaurant’s takeout only menu; meanwhile, his five-course daily menus featured more of these same vegetables.

Along with produce, Tropical Storm Fred put a dent in the local trout supply chain. Family-owned Sunburst Trout Farm was the prime source for that popular fish on the menus of over 100 restaurants in the region; when flooding destroyed one of its three farms in Haywood County, the owners had no choice but to reduce weekly allotments to some of their larger clients.

Matt Caudle, chef de cuisine at Curate, previously purchased 50-60 pounds of trout weekly. Currently, “Our allotment decreased to about 30 pounds a week,” he says. “Now we start the week with trout, and when that runs out, we switch it to grilled snapper that we’re buying from Abundant Seafood in Charleston.”

Rhubarb took a huge cut in its weekly allotment from Sunburst as well, cutting back from 100 pounds per week to roughly 40 pounds. Like Curate, Rhubarb is also buying saltwater fish from Abundant to compensate for the loss.

FEEDING COMMUNITY

Restaurants were not alone in navigating a reduction in the local

while supplies last! food supply chain. Nonprofit organizations and community kitchens that purchase area produce for its meal or food distribution programs were also affected by the flooding that hit their farm partners.

Ali Casparian, executive director of Bounty & Soul in Black Mountain, saw it firsthand when she drove out to pick up weekly produce from nearby farms. “At first it was just shock at the immediate end to those crops,” she remembers. “Then it was the realization that even the vegetables that remained in the field after the water receded could not be used due to the possibility of contamination,” she says, including items planted for the fall.

Southside Kitchen experienced similar shock. Since the start of the pandemic, the community center and commercial kitchen has worked with We Give a Share, a local nonprofit spearheaded by Grier. The organization launched at the start of the 2020 lockdown to help keep local farmers in business while restaurants were temporarily closed.

“In the beginning it was just Gaining Ground,” says chef Mark Rosenstein, director of operations at Southside Kitchen.

Since that time, the kitchen’s network of farms has expanded to include nine additional growers.

Still, Rosenstein stresses, Gaining Ground provided the kitchen with a significant portion of its produce prior to the flood.

Furthermore, Southside Kitchen has also lost access to trout it previously purchased from Sunburst.

Fortunately, Rosenstein says, most of the other farms were not impacted by the flooding, and with the summer’s decrease in weekly meal production, Southside Kitchen adjusted, in part, by increasing orders to Mountain Food Products.

There is similar good news for Bounty & Soul. Casparian notes that 38 of the 40 farm partners in McDowell County were not impacted by the storm. “We are pretty diversified as far as providers go, so we reached out to them, and they responded. And we continue to try to support the farmers that were hurt by purchasing what they had in greenhouses, even if it’s a really small amount.”

SOWING SUPPORT

Silver linings abound, even in the aftermath of destructive storm clouds. In August, Cucina 24 donated one week’s worth of its to-go proceeds to Gaining Ground. “We have looked out for each other for a long time,” Canipelli says of the Griers.

The $10,000-plus raised by the Cucina dinners meant Gaining Ground was able to meet payroll and keep its employees to begin the work of rebuilding.

Meanwhile, Fleer had the entire crew from the farm in for a feast at Rhubarb the week after the flood and donated gift cards for Gaining Ground to offer CSA members in compensation for the shortened season.

Grier says those relationships were crucial to restoring his resolve. “At one point, I wondered if we should just close up shop and come back next year, ” he admits.

“But having the support of John [Fleer], Brian [Canipelli] and the volunteers who came out to help us clean up kept us going. We gave our fall crops our full attention, and they’re looking great, and we’re where we would normally be this time of year.”

According to Grier, Gaining Ground also expects to reconnect with Southside Kitchen, as well as additional restaurants and markets in the near future.

Canipelli happily reports that on Oct. 6, Cucina got its first delivery of post-Fred, new crops from the Griers. “We got some chicories, turnips, radishes and puntarella, so that’s great.”

For Fleer, the greater lesson from the recent experience speaks to the powerful connections between restaurants and area growers.

“When you buy locally from people and you have relationships, it’s a whole lot easier to make adjustments,” he says. “Even though our main provider was destroyed, we did not have supply chain issues.

We hated losing Anne and Aaron for that period, but we loved being able to keep our dollars local. We were happy to help our friends get through it and we’re really glad they’re back.” X

10% OFF Online Orders

PROMO CODE: xpress10 Delivery within a 60 mi. radius

1636 Hendersonville Road Asheville, NC 28803 828-575-5051 leantimesmeatco.com

OPEN FOR LUNCH, DINNER & BRUNCH! OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK

Featuring vegan & vegetarian options

Reservations Recommended

47 Biltmore Ave. Downtown Asheville ============== 828.254.2502==============

THEBLACKBIRDRESTURANT.COM MOUNTAINX.COM

OCT. 20-26, 2021

21

ARTS & C U L T U R E

MUSIC

Twice the fun

NC Music Hall of Fame hosts double induction ceremony

BY BILL KOPP bill@musoscribe.com North Carolina has a rich and varied musical heritage, honored each year at the N.C. Music Hall of Fame.

The pandemic, however, forced the cancellation of last year’s ceremony, making this year’s Thursday, Oct. 21, gathering in Kannapolis a special double induction ceremony.

“We have about 400 names on our list to choose from every single year,” says Executive Director Veronica Cordle. To be considered, she explains, one must have sustained national recognition in the music industry for over a decade and be a North Carolina native or have a significant connection to the state.

Past honorees include such towering figures as Nina Simone, Arthel Lane “Doc” Watson, Warren Haynes, George Clinton and John Coltrane.

In anticipation of the 2021 ceremony, Xpress offers a look at this year’s inductees with direct ties to Buncombe County.

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

“I have a moment of pride and gratitude every time someone tells me that my music moved them, gave them courage, changed their life,” writes Roberta Flack in an email exchange with Xpress.

Born in Black Mountain in 1937, Flack is known for her run of hit singles, including 1972’s “The First Time I Saw Your Face,” 1973’s “Killing Me Softly with His Song” and 1974’s “Feel Like Makin’ Love.”

The versatile Flack, who was championed early in her career by soul-jazz legend Les McCann, landed albums on the pop, R&B and jazz charts. A

THERE IS THE LOVE: Black Mountain native Roberta Flack, right, Asheville-born Jermaine Dupri, left, and the late Robert Moog, center, are among the honorees for the N.C. Music Hall of Fame double induction ceremony.

Photos courtesy of the NCMHF 14-time Grammy nominee and fourtime winner, she is the only solo artist to receive Record of the Year for two consecutive years, in 1972 and 1973.

Since her 1969 debut, First Take, Flack has released 20 studio albums. Her latest recording is the 2018 Running.

In 2020, Flack received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. This year, the N.C. Music Hall of Fame, which inducted Flack in 2009, is doing the same.

“What sets her aside is her multiple decades of success in the music industry,” says Cordle.

FATHER AND SON

Grammy Award-winning producer, rapper and entrepreneur Jermaine Dupri was born in Asheville in 1972.

At 21, he launched the label So So Def in Atlanta, where he was raised. His

Asheville’s Premier Professional Ballet Academy Experience the joy of dance, classes for all ages

terpsicorpsacademy.org

$29.99

2 Week Introductory Progr am

1501 Patton Ave., Asheville, NC 28806 | 828.761.1277 22

OCT. 20-26, 2021

MOUNTAINX.COM

debut album, Life in 1472, topped the R&B charts in 1998.

Throughout his professional life, Dupri has helped launch several successful careers, including acts Kris Kross (known for such hits as “Jump” and “Warm it Up”) and Xscape (“Just Kickin’ It”).

The multitalented Dupri has also been involved in business, production and songwriting for many other high-profile artists, including Usher, Destiny’s Child, Mariah Carey and Janet Jackson. In 2015, he collaborated with Queen Latifah to create the reality television series “The Rap Game.”

Dupri’s father, Michael Mauldin, is a 2020 inductee as well. A longtime industry figure, the Murphy native is a former senior vice president of Columbia Record Group. As Cordle notes, “This is our very first [simultaneous] father and son induction.”

Presenting

The

Nutcr acker November 26th & 27th at the

Diana Wortham Theater

A FIRST FOR THE HALL

The late Robert Moog is also being honored in the first recognition of its sort for the annual celebration. “This is the very first time that our Hall of Fame is recognizing an inventor who is is closely related to the music industry,” says Cordle.

Moog, who passed away in 2005, spearheaded development of the synthesizer that bears his name. The invention revolutionized music and paved the way for future creations, including the Minimoog, the world’s first practical and portable keyboard synthesizer — a staple of rock, funk, soul, jazz and many other genres since its 1970 debut.

Moog relocated to Asheville in 1978, where he launched Big Briar, later renamed Moog Music Inc., and became a fixture on the local scene.

In 2019, the Bob Moog Foundation opened The Moogseum in downtown Asheville, dedicated to honoring and preserving Moog’s work and legacy.

“We are thrilled that he will be the first inventor of a musical instrument to be inducted and that his 1964 invention of the Moog synthesizer, which revolutionized nearly all genres of music, is recognized in this way,” says the late inventor’s daughter, Michelle MoogKoussa, who serves as the foundation’s executive director. Moog-Koussa will accept the award on her father’s behalf.

WNC AND BEYOND

Outside of WNC, the 2020 inductees honored at this year’s gathering include The Briarhoppers, Charles Whitfield, Donald Lawrence and The Squirrel Nut Zippers. Meanwhile, the late Tony Rice joins Moog as the only other 2021 honoree. Producer and pianist Tony Brown will join Flack as a recipient of a 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award.

Adhering to social distancing protocols, this year’s event will be limited to 300 guests. That means that the 2020/2021 N.C. Music Hall of Fame gala has something in common with its roster of inductees. “You could describe this year’s event as ‘very exclusive,’” says Cordle. X

WHAT N.C. Music Hall of Fame 2021 Induction Ceremony WHERE Gem Theatre, 111 W. First St., Kannapolis northcarolinamusichalloffame.org WHEN Thursday, Oct. 21, 7:15-10:30 p.m. $45-$90

FOOD ROUNDUP

What’s new in food

After several nuanced openings due to COVID-19, The Wild Violet in Mars Hill is preparing to invite guests into its entire main floor later this month. Operated by mother-and-daughter team, Michele Clark and Sydney Keating, the business is a zero waste organic market and café.

“Years ago, I was on the board of the French Broad Food Co-op and have always been involved in the community around issues of health, social and environmental issues,” says Clark. “Opening this market was my chance to provide a service to this community for people to have easy access to products and information to support the health of their bodies and the planet.”

Launched in November 2020, the market and café began with online orders only. But in August, the owners opened the front portion of the store’s main level to the public.

The summer event coincided with an expanded inventory and more to-go café items, including tea lattes and light fare of fresh-made organic and vegan soups, salads, gluten-free baked goods and their chia pudding of the day.

The renovation of the second floor of the building is nearing completion. Clark plans to offer it for community members to teach yoga and other wellness practices.

Eventually, she will move the café to that floor, and the studio space will be relocated to the basement.

Whatever else might be added in the future, Clark is emphatic it will all be zero waste. “People can use our paper bags for bulk items, bring in their own clean containers to fill, or we have an assortment of glass jars to purchase to build your own home zero-waste pantry,” she says.

Among the hard-to-find bulk items The Wild Violet carries are organic sorghum grain and flour, einkorn grain and flour, and organic spouted brown rice flour.

“It’s really exciting to be part of the growth of Mars Hill and to do it with my daughter Sydney,” Clark continues. “My other daughter, Sadie, is just 10, but customers will see her helping out as well.

We’re a woman-owned, woman-run business.”

The Wild Violet is at 4 N. Main St., Mars Hill. Hours are TuesdaySaturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; the café is open the same hours, ThursdaySaturday. For more information, visit avl.mx/alu.

Zero waste market and café expands in Mars Hill New York Butcher Shoppe is at 200 Julian Shoals Drive, Arden. For more information, visit avl.mx/alw.

Starry, starry night

MOTHER-DAUGHTER BUSINESS: Michele Clark, center, and her partner/ daughter Sydney Keating, left, show Clark’s youngest daughter Sadie Clark the ropes in running The Wild Violet, their zero waste market in Mars Hill.

Photo by Nolan Thompson

Smoke signals

When architect Brent Campbell and some pals attended the huge barbecue competition that used to be staged in Tryon, they were struck by two things: Attendees could not sample the food of the competing teams, and there were a lot of rules.

“We decided to start our own where people could eat the food from the competitors and it wasn’t so serious,” Campbell explains. “We just wanted it to be fun.”

The Knuckle-Deep BBQ Fest fired up in 2007 with five proudly amateur, rule-rejecting, backyard barbecue teams. The field has grown every year since, with 17 colorfully named teams — Juicy Krusty Butts, Fine Swine and Pappy van Brisket among them – competing in five categories.

On Saturday, Oct. 23, teams will assemble and set up stations at the Wedge Brewery at Foundation.

Attendees will be able to sink their teeth and knuckles into pork, chicken and beef the following day, from noon-5 p.m. Presiding over the judges’ bench is Chief Justice Jeff Miller, owner of Luella’s BarB-Que; meanwhile, attendees cast votes for the People’s Choice Award during the Sunday event.

There is no charge to attend but a $12 donation is strongly encouraged.

“We think $12 for a couple plates of barbecue is a fair price to pay,”

The Asheville Museum of Science will host its seventh annual Under the Stars fundraiser on Friday, Oct. 29, 7-10 p.m., with a VIP reception from 6-7 p.m. In addition to music, drinks and dinner, the evening will include a silent and live auction as well as plenty of stargazing from an open-air, heated pavilion at Smoky Park Supper Club.

Tickets are $50 per person or $75 for VIP early admission, which includes a sneak peak of the auction items and an AMOS swag bag. All proceeds will benefit the Asheville Museum of Science.

Smoky Park Supper Club is at 350 Riverside Drive. To purchase tickets, visit avl.mx/alx.

CONTINUES ON PAGE 24

Campbell says. In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month, proceeds from the event will go to a to-be-determined local breast cancer support group. Wedge beer will be available to purchase at the event.

Wedge Brewery at Foundation is at 5 Foundy St. For more information avl.mx/alv.

Visit stradaasheville.com for reservations

Meat up

The New York Butcher Shoppe in Arden is bringing back and juicing up its popular Wine Club dinners under the direction of new General Manager Paddy Collins and new head butcher Kilian Schosker. The first revamped Wine Dinner will take place Sunday, Oct. 24, 5-8 p.m., inside the store.

Skyland Distributing will sample five seasonal wines from Talbot Wines Sleepy Hollow Vineyard, along with the shop’s four presentations of seafood, chicken, beef and pork. The wines tasted will be available to purchase at a discounted price.

“The events used to be monthly with a couple of wines and a couple of small bites,” says Collins. “We’re going to make the dinners bigger and quarterly and open them up to non-members.”

Join the wine club at the club link on the store’s website, and admission is included, or purchase tickets ($40/ individual or $60/couple) by calling 828-303-2737.

ROOFTOP BRUNCH 10am-2pm • Sat. & Sun.

Vegan “Lox”

Multi-grain toast, vegan cream cheese, capers, pickled red onion & shaved marinated carrot

Exec. Chef, Anthony Cerrato Consistently Voted One of WNC’s Best Chefs

27 Broadway, Downtown AVL

MOUNTAINX.COM

OCT. 20-26, 2021

23

A R TS & CU LTU R E

Cocktails for a cause Asheville mixologists recently raised the bar to use their spirit-ual powers for the good of local nonprofits.

For all of October, Little Jumbo in North Asheville and The Golden Pineapple in West Asheville are crossing borders to collaborate on the Brandy Crusta, which Little Jumbo’s co-owner Chall Gray describes as a tasty, cognac-based sipper.

“We each came up with a variation,” Gray says. “Ours will be served at The Golden Pineapple all month, and their version at Little Jumbo.” Every Brandy Crusta sold through October will result in a $1 donation to Our VOICE, a local nonprofit which fights sexual violence and human trafficking.

Meanwhile, through Sunday, Oct. 31, Ukiah Japanese Steakhouse will donate a portion of proceeds from the sale of its Purple Rain — an exotic concoction featuring the Japanese distilled beverage Shōchū, dry curacao, lemon and egg whites — to Food

MOVIE LISTINGS Bruce Steele’s and Edwin Arnaudin’s latest critiques of new films available to view in local theaters and via popular streaming services include: THE LAST DUEL: Director Ridley Scott’s stunning medieval epic blends three distinct perspectives concerning an assault and lets viewers draw their own conclusions, building to one of cinema’s most enthralling, actionpacked finales in years.

Grade: A-minus. Rated R HALLOWEEN KILLS: This middle film in director David Gordon Green’s lousy reboot trilogy is so focused on homages and grisly violence that it loses sight of the characters that make this series special. Grade: D-plus. Rated R

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

Connection, a local nonprofit that serves fresh meals to those experiencing hunger.

Little Jumbo is at 241 Broadway; The Golden Pineapple is at 503 Haywood Road; Ukiah Japanese Steakhouse is at 121 Biltmore Ave.

Pup you up

Dogs and their humans are invited to tour the businesses of Hendersonville’s Historic Seventh Avenue District at this year’s Pup Crawl to benefit the Blue Ridge Humane Society. Taking place Saturday, Oct. 23, noon-5 p.m., each venue will feature a pet giveaway or treat and an interactive activity such as a paw print painting. Passports, referred to as “pupports,” will be stamped at each spot; when the crawl is completed, each “pupport” will be entered into a grand prize drawing.

Pupports can be purchased on site for $20 on the day of the crawl.

For more information, visit avl.mx/alz.

Contrada e aperto Cucina 24’s satellite bar and café, Contrada, has reopened with a fresh new look, a total of 24 seats inside the chic space and on the built-out, enclosed sidewalk café. Contrada serves Peroni Italian beer, wine, cocktails on tap, pizza baked in Cucina’s wood-fired oven, antipasti and gelato, Friday-Sunday, 2-9 p.m. Becky Bronson and Spencer Schultz, owners of Bad Art Beverage Co., will oversee the bar program, with Schultz serving as general manager.

Contrada is at 28 Wall Street. Learn more at avl.mx/aly.

FOB The Asheville chapter of Ben’s Friends — the national support group for members of the hospitality industry — has moved its meeting site to Avenue M, where it will be hosted by the restaurant’s chef and chapter head Andrew McLeod. Meetings will take place every Monday at 10 a.m.

Avenue M 791 is at Merrimon Ave.

— Kay West X

MOU NTA IN XPR ESS PR ESE NTS

FALL 2021 NONPROFIT ISSUE 11.10.21

24

OCT. 20-26, 2021

MOUNTAINX.COM

For more information, contact advertise@mountainx.com

ROUNDUP

Around Town

Black Mountain explores its haunted history with walking tours Pal the German shepherd has been dead for more than 50 years, but some folks in Black Mountain swear he isn’t really gone.

“Pal would deliver groceries to his owners in town,” says K. LeAnne Johnson, director of the Swannanoa Valley Museum & History Center.

“Sometimes he can be seen on his way to pick up and deliver the groceries in the early mornings or late evenings.”

That’s one of several family-friendly ghost stories visitors will hear about during the museum’s Haunted History walking tours in downtown Black Mountain FridaySaturday, Oct. 22-23. Tours start at 5 p.m. and take place every half-hour until 8:30 p.m.

“Halloween is always a great way to tell myths, legends and haunted history of a time,” Johnson says.

“These kinds of oral traditions really bring a town to life.”

Tours will leave from the museum, 223 W. State St., with ghostly guides taking visitors to such notable spots as The Inn Around the Corner, a former livery stable and the McKoy Building, which served as an emergency hospital for victims of the Spanish flu in 1920.

In previous years, the tour has been hosted at various historic sites in the Swannanoa Valley. Organizers decided to focus on the downtown historic district this year to allow for outside social distancing. Masks are encouraged but not required.

Each tour is limited to 20 attendees per tour and lasts about two hours.

The event is a fundraiser for the museum. Tickets are $25 for museum members, $30 for nonmembers.

To register or to find out more, go to avl.mx/al7.

Lost and found

No one knows what happened to Tommy Hodges, a student who disappeared from the rolls of Biltmore Forest School in 1908. But every year for more than two decades, various writers have concocted tales, complete with mysterious strangers, real historical figures and twist endings, to explain the young man’s fate.

FIND Outdoors will present its annual outdoor drama The Legend of Tommy Hodges Friday-Saturday, Oct.

22-23, at 6:30 and 8 p.m. Each show will be limited to 50 participants.

The performances take place along the 1-mile Biltmore Campus Trail at the Cradle of Forestry, U.S. 276 in the Pisgah National Forest (11250 Pisgah Highway, Pisgah Forest). “Audience members are led around the trail and watch scenes at each of the seven historical buildings,” says Stephanie Bradley, Cradle of Forestry education manager and one of the show’s writers.

The cast is made up of Cradle of Forestry resident hosts, and audience members are invited to dress up in early 20th-century clothing to immerse themselves in the event and take part in the story.

Admission to the show is $14 for ages 13 and older, $7 for 12 and younger.

Half-price tickets are also available for Cradle Annual Pass, America the Beautiful and Golden Age Passport holders. For more information, visit avl.mx/al4.

Extinction event Daniel McClendon loves dinosaurs.

“They are just fantastic and ridiculous,” says the Asheville-based visual artist. “Almost incomprehensible, despite knowing they actually lived on this very earth.”

That’s why dinosaurs are a recurring motif in INVINCIBLE, McClendon’s new exhibit featuring 13 paintings influenced by his feelings about COVID-19 and its aftermath. “What better to represent some obscene destructive force of nature like the pandemic?”

INVINCIBLE will be on display at McClendon’s Lift Studios daily from Saturday, Oct. 23, through Wednesday, Nov. 24, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. or by appointment. An opening reception for the show will be Saturday, Oct. 23, 7-10 p.m. at the studio.

“I see the work as humor, fear and beauty wrapped into one big ball of yarn,” he says. “I do harbor hopes that my work can shake something awake in an audience. I hope it instigates a desire to participate for a moment and maybe self-reflect. To what end, I don’t know.”

The Lift Studios is at 349 Depot St. in the River Arts District. Proof of COVID-19 vaccination and masks are required at the studio. For more information, go to avl.mx/al5.

GHOSTLY GATHERING: The Haunted History walking tours in downtown Black Mountain will include a stop at bookstore Sassafras on Sutton, formerly a livery stable and motor company, which suffered damage from a major downtown fire in 1912. Photo courtesy of Swannanoa Valley Museum & History Center

A touching moment The Junior League of Asheville’s Touch-a-Truck Family Festival returns to Asheville Outlets Saturday, Oct. 23, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. A quiet hour with no sirens or horns will take place 11 a.m.-noon.

The festival will give kids (and adults, for that matter) the chance to see, touch and learn about firetrucks, police cars, utility trucks, construction equipment and other types of vehicles.

Guests will get to meet the drivers and people who operate these vehicles.

“It’s a great place for kids to learn about what to do in an emergency,” says Elizabeth Slosiarek, vice president of fund development for the Junior League. “I know it helped my children be less afraid of the emergency responders when we were in an accident on the interstate. Getting checked out in the back of an ambulance was less scary because, ‘It’s just like Touch-a-Truck.’”

Each child will be given a bag of candy upon exiting the event. Other activities include balloon animals, fairy hair and Halloween treats. Kids are encouraged to wear costumes.

Asheville Outlets is at 800 Brevard Road. Tickets are $5 per person for ages 3 and up. For more information, visit avl.mx/al8.

If you Rebuild it, they will come Asheville Americana duo Zoe & Cloyd will celebrate the release of their fourth studio album, Rebuild, at Isis Music Hall Saturday, Oct. 23, at 8:30 p.m.

“The pandemic has touched everyone in some way, and Rebuild emerged

during this time period,” says co-songwriter John Cloyd Miller, in a press release. “It is a theme that runs through the whole album, whether it’s the idea of rebuilding ourselves, our relationships and our societies, or something more subtle such as connections to place and our acceptance of change.”

Isis Music Hall is at 743 Haywood Road. Tickets are $20, and masks and proof of vaccination are required at the event. For more information, go to avl.mx/alh.

Holt honored

Four-time Grammy winner David Holt is the recipient of this year’s Bascom Lamar Lunsford Award, given annually since 1980 to a person who has made major contributions to the folk, music or dance traditions of the Southern mountains.

The award usually is presented during the Bascom Lamar Lunsford Mountain Music Festival at Mars Hill University, but with this year’s festival canceled due to COVID-19, there won’t be an in-person presentation ceremony.

Holt is a musician, storyteller and historian and was the host of the long-running PBS series “Folkways.”

He is the current host of “David Holt’s State of Music,” also on PBS. He founded the Appalachian Music Program at Warren Wilson College in 1975.

“I am so honored to be selected for this award,” Holt states in a press release. “It really means a lot to me.

Bascom certainly was a great influence on my music, and I always felt a kinship in trying to spread the good word of mountain music.”

For more information, visit avl.mx/alc.

MOUNTAINX.COM

— Justin McGuire X OCT. 20-26, 2021

25

CLUBLAND

k

The featured icon indicates which venues or artists require proof of vaccination for upcoming shows. Due to the evolving nature of the matter, the list may not be comprehensive.

Before heading out, please check with all venues for complete information on any vaccine or negative COVID-19 requirements.

For questions about free listings, call 828-251-1333, opt. 4.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20

NOW OPEN!

12 BONES BREWERY Robert's Totally Rad Trivia, 7pm 185 KING STREET Trivia Night, 7pm 305 LOUNGE & EATERY Mark Fisher (solo acoustic), 1pm ALLEY CAT SOCIAL CLUB Karaoke, 9pm ASHEVILLE BEAUTY ACADEMY • Beauty Parlor Comedy w/Jason Hillmank 7pm • Aqaunet: Goth Nightk 9pm

BEER • WINE • CIDER • SPRITZ • ART HOPPYTREES.COM • 7 FLORIDA AVE WEAVERVILLE, NC 28787

ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Satsang (reggae, hip-hop, world), 8pm BEN'S TUNE UP Big Blue (jam), 8pm BLACK MOUNTAIN BREWING Jay Brown (roots), 6pm BOLD ROCK HARD CIDER Trivia Night, 6pm CASCADE LOUNGE Open Bluegrass Jam, 6pm CATAWBA BREWING SOUTH SLOPE General Themed Trivia Night w/Bingeable, 7pm GREEN MAN BREWERY Trivia, 7pm HANDLEBAR & GRILL Ladies Night Karaoke, 7pm HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Songwriter Series w/Matt Smith, 6pm ICONIC KITCHEN & DRINKS Marc Keller (acoustic), 6pm ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 RIVVRS (Americana)k 7:30pm MYSTIC DOME STUDIO Open Jam in the Dome (open mic), 6:30pm OFF THE WAGON All Request Piano Show, 8pm OKLAWAHA BREWING CO. French Broad Valley Mountain Music Jam, 6pm

26

OCT. 20-26, 2021

SILVERADOS Open Mic Night, 7pm SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BREWERY Jazz Night w/Jason DeCristofaro, 5:30pm SWEETEN CREEK BREWING Witty Wednesday Trivia, 6:30pm THE 2ND ACT Round Robin Open Mic w/Letters to Abigail, 6pm THE DUGOUT Open Bluegrass Jam w/ The Well Drinkers, 8pm THE GREY EAGLE • Casey Noel (singer-songwriter)k 5pm • Madison Cunningham (singer-songwriter)k 8pm THE ODDITORIUM Halfway to Halloween Bash w/Bumpin Uglies (dance), 8pm THE OMNI GROVE PARK INN The B's (jazz, standards), 7pm TRISKELION BREWING CO. TriskaTrivia, 7pm WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Irish Music Circle, 7pm

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21 131 MAIN Aaron LaFalce (soul, rock, pop), 6pm 185 KING STREET The Harrows (blues, gospel), 7pm 305 LOUNGE & EATERY Bob Sherill (singer-songwriter), 1pm ALLEY CAT SOCIAL CLUB Open Mic with Lincoln, 8pm ASHEVILLE BEAUTY ACADEMY Move on Up: Soul/R&B Nightk 9pm ASHEVILLE CLUB Mr Jimmy (blues), 5pm BEN'S TUNE UP Offended! Open Mic (comedy), 9:30pm BOLD ROCK HARD CIDER Robert's Totally Rad Trivia, 7pm

ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Free Anesthesia (psychedelic power trio), 9pm

BURNTSHIRT VINEYARDS Andrew Wakefield & Friends (bluegrass, Americana), 3pm

RENDEVOUS Albi (vintage jazz), 7pm

CASCADE LOUNGE Team Trivia, 7:30pm

MOUNTAINX.COM

BALL, Y’ALL: Asheville’s Red Clay Revival, consisting of band members Doug McElvy, Zebulon Bowles, Jacob Baumann and Daniel Ianuccie, will headline The Red Clay Ball at Salvage Station Friday, Oct. 22, at 6:30 p.m. Joining them will be local musicians Pauly Juhn of Empire Strikes Brass and Josh Phillips, formerly of Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band. Photo courtesy of Red Clay Revival DOWNTOWN HENDERSONVILLE SOUTH MAIN STREET Rhythm & Brews Concert Series w/The Broadcast (psychedlic rock, soul), 5:30pm GINGER'S REVENGE CRAFT BREWERY & TASTING ROOM Gluten-Free Comedy (open mic), 6pm ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Lover's Leap (Americana) k 7:30pm JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Bluegrass Jam w/Drew & the Boys, 7pm MAD CO. BREW HOUSE Ashley Heath (Americana), 5pm MILLS RIVER BREWING Funky Ass Trio Jam (funk), 6pm OFF THE WAGON All Request Piano Show, 8pm ONE WORLD BREWING WEST In Flight (Americana, world, funk), 6pm PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Very Jerry Band (Jerry Garcia tribute), 6:30pm RABBIT RABBIT Sunset Rooftop Comedy, 6:30pm RYE KNOT KITCHEN BREWERY DISTILLERY Chris Flanders (acoustic), 6pm SALVAGE STATION Kitchen Dwellers + Fireside Collective (bluegrass), 6:30pm SILVERADOS Perry Wing Combo (blues), 7pm STATIC AGE RECORDS DJ night w/Lil Meow Meow and LC Tamagotchi, 9pm SWEETEN CREEK BREWING Open Mic, 6pm THE FOUNDRY HOTEL The Foundry Collective (jazz, acoustic), 8pm THE GREY EAGLE • Fast Preacher & Blase (pop, rock, funk)k 6pm

• Drivin' & Cryin' (folk rock)k 9pm THE JOINT NEXT DOOR Rod Sphere (rock), 5:30pm TRISKELION BREWING CO. Open Mic Night, 7pm WAGBAR Open Mic Night, 7pm

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22 185 KING STREET Sally & George (folk), 8pm ALLEY CAT SOCIAL CLUB Latin Dance Nite, 9pm ASHEVILLE BEAUTY ACADEMY Everybody Free Dance Party, 10pm ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Mr Jimmy (blues), 7:30pm ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Rocky Horror Music Show, 9pm BEN'S TUNE UP DJ Kilby Spinning Vinyl (throwback dance party), 10pm BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Acoustic Swing (acoustic duo), 7pm BURNTSHIRT VINEYARDS Rory Jagdeo (acoustic), 3pm BURNTSHIRT VINYARDS CHIMNEY ROCK Roots and Dore (roots), 5pm DRY FALLS BREWING CO. Howl in the Valley (Americana), 7pm GETAWAY RIVER BAR Getaway Comedy w/Brad Sativa, 8pm GINGER'S REVENGE CRAFT BREWERY & TASTING ROOM Off The Freeway Trio (psychedelic rock, gospel roots, funk), 7pm GUIDON BREWING Mark McDonald (blues, roots), 7pm ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Kim Richey (Americana, country, folk), 8:30pm

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Brother Smith Band (country, funk, soul), 8pm MAD CO. BREW HOUSE John Eason (outlaw country, Southern rock), 6pm OKLAWAHA BREWING CO. Todd Cecil & Dirt Yard Choir (bluegrass), 8pm ONE WORLD BREWING WEST Space Granny (psychedelia, classic r&b, funk), 6pm SALVAGE STATION The Red Clay Ball (with Red Clay Revival, Pauly Juhl, and Josh Phillips), 6:30pm

THE ODDITORIUM Terraoke Karaoke Takeover, 8pm THE SOCIAL MicroMania Midget Wrestling, 7pm Lyric (soul), 8pm TRISKELION BREWING CO. Razzle (funk, rock), 7pm WNC OUTDOOR COLLECTIVE King Garbage (funk, soul), 6:30pm WILD WING CAFE SOUTH Commodore Fox (rock, dance), 8:30pm

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23

SAWYER SPRINGS VINEYARD Myron Hyman (classic rock, blues), 2:30pm

185 KING STREET Andrew Thelston Band w/ Palenium (rock), 8pm

SLY GROG LOUNGE Ternion Sound + Murkury, Makak, & Trinity Justice (DJs)k 8pm

ASHEVILLE BEAUTY ACADEMY Beauty Parlor Comedy w/ Brad Sativak 7pm

ST. PAUL MOUNTAIN VINEYARDS IN FLAT ROCK Friday Night Jams w/ Wiregrass (bluegrass), 6pm

ASHEVILLE CLUB Kyle Corbett (acoustic), 6:30pm

STATIC AGE RECORDS Stagbriar, Laundry, Goldlight, & Colin Miller (folk, post-punk, classic country), 8pm SWEETEN CREEK BREWING The Lads AVL (classic rock), 6pm THE 2ND ACT Sunlight Drive (acoustic duo), 6pm THE BLACKBIRD RESTAURANT Spiro & The Falling Trees (rock, folk, singer-songwriter), 10pm THE FOUNDRY HOTEL Hot Club of Asheville (jazz), 8pm THE GREENHOUSE MOTO CAFE ALR Trio (blues, rock), 8pm THE GREY EAGLE • Fortezza & Wishmire and the High Hopes (punk)k 6pm • Lera Lynn w/Andrew Combs (singer-songwriter, country)k 9pm

ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR The Travelling Pilsburys (rock, folk, oldies), 7:30pm ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Abby Bryant & The Echoes (rock, soul), 9pm BATTERY PARK BOOK EXCHANGE Dinah's Daydream (jazz), 5pm BURNTSHIRT VINYARDS CHIMNEY ROCK Clay Johnson (singer-songwriter), 2pm CORK & KEG Zydeco Ya Ya (cajun) k 8pm DRY FALLS BREWING CO. 3 Cool Cats (oldies), 7pm FALLOUT ART SPACE Half Blind Eyes w/Southron Rancor (alternative/ indie), 8pm FLEETWOOD'S Cloud City Caskets w/ Shun & FireNest (punk, metal), 8pm

GETAWAY RIVER BAR Slasher: Hard Dance (techno, electro), 10pm

THE DUGOUT The Loudes (punk, folk, rock), 8pm

GUIDON BREWING Rory Jagdeo (acoustic), 7pm

THE FOUNDRY HOTEL Jazz Soul Trio, 8pm

HOME GROUND COFFEE BAR & DELI Bluegrass Brunch Shindig w/Supper Break, 11:30am

THE GREENHOUSE MOTO CAFE Mr Jimmy Quartet, The Flat Third Blues Band (blues), 6pm

ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Zoe & Cloyd (folk, bluegrass, Americana)k 8:30pm

THE GREY EAGLE • Sylmar w/Serotina (indie rock, stoner jazz)k 6pm • black midi (rock)k 9pm

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB • The Saturday Old-Time Jam (musical collaboration), 2pm • Brother Smith Band (country, funk, soul), 8pm JIMMY'S ON THE RIVER Lucky James (Americana), 7pm MILLS RIVER BREWING LazrLuvr ('80s), 7pm OKLAWAHA BREWING CO. Last Full Measure album release party (folk, blues), 8pm ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Joey Fletcher Band (blues), 10pm ONE WORLD BREWING WEST Lua Flora & Awen Family Band (world, American folk), 4pm RABBIT RABBIT Drive-by Truckers (alt country)k 7pm SILVERADOS Dark City Rock Fest, 1pm SLY GROG LOUNGE We're Locals (comedy, 7pm STATIC AGE RECORDS Nag w/Body Safe (hardcore punk), 8pm SUNNY POINT CAFÉ Albi (vintage jazz), 6pm SWEETEN CREEK BREWING Perry Wing Combo (Americana), 5pm THE BLACKBIRD RESTAURANT Reggie Headen Trio (jazz), 10pm THE BURGER BAR Karaoke, 9pm

THE ODDITORIUM Party Foul Outdoor Drag, 8pm THE ORANGE PEEL Spafford (jam)k 8pm CHEROKEE CENTER Gojira w/Knocked Loose & Alien Weaponryk 7pm

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24 185 KING STREET Open Electric Jam w/ the King Street House Band ft. Howie Johnson, 6:30pm ASHEVILLE BEAUTY ACADEMY SUNDAY DANCE PARTY W/ DJ REXXSTEP, 10PM ASHEVILLE CLUB Vaden Landers (country blues, honky tonk), 3pm ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Magic Beans (jam band), 9pm BEN'S TUNE UP Good Vibes Sunday (reggae), 6pm BLACK MOUNTAIN BREWING Dark City Kings (rock), 2pm BURNTSHIRT VINEYARDS Jazzville, 2pm BURNTSHIRT VINYARDS CHIMNEY ROCK Letters to Abigail (acoustic, Americana), 2pm GETAWAY RIVER BAR Sissy Sunday Drag Show, 9pm HIGHLAND BREWING DOWNTOWN TAPROOM Mr Jimmy Duo (blues), 1pm

ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Something You've Got w/ Reggie Headen & Peggy Ratusz (jazz), 7:30pm OFF THE WAGON All Request Piano Show, 8pm OKLAWAHA BREWING CO. Just Rick (Americana), 4pm ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Shakedown Sunday (Grateful Dead tribute, jam), 8pm ONE WORLD BREWING WEST • Sunday Jazz Brunch w/ The Fully Vaccinated Jazz Trio, 1pm • Brother Smith (rock, funk, bluegrass), 5pm PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Sunday Jam w/Travers Bros & Friends (rock, blues), 6pm RIVERSIDE RHAPSODY BEER CO. Drinkin' & Thinkin' Trivia w/Allie & Alex, 5:30pm SALVAGE STATION Buddy Guy (with Ally Venable), 6:45pm SECRET LOCATION Erica Lyle, Manas, & KLS (alternative/indie), 8pm SLY GROG LOUNGE Open Mic w/Mike, 6pm ST. PAUL MOUNTAIN VINEYARDS IN FLAT ROCK Geriatric Jukebox (oldies), 2:30pm SWEETEN CREEK BREWING Mark Keller (easy listening), 3pm THE FOUNDRY HOTEL Daniel Shearin (acoustic), 6pm THE GREY EAGLE • Grayson Jenkins (country, bluegrass, rock) k 5pm • Tonstartssbandht w/ Sham (rock)k 8pm THE OMNI GROVE PARK INN Bruce Lang (guitar, vocals), 7pm

TINA MCGUIRE THEATRE, WORTHAM CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS Amy Speace (folk, Americana), 7pm

MONDAY, OCTOBER 25 ASHEVILLE CLUB Freshen Up (comedy, open mic), 7pm, avl.mx/a6j Freshen Up (comedy, open mic), 7pm HAYWOOD COUNTRY CLUB Open Mic Night, 7:15PM HIGHLAND DOWNTOWN TAPROOM Cheers to Chess!, 5pm JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Quizzo Pub Trivia w/ Jason Mencer, 7:30pm LITTLE JUMBO Jay Sanders' Sinfonietta (jazz)k 7pm OKLAWAHA BREWING CO. House of SYNth, 6:30pm ORANGE PEEL King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard (rock), 7pm, SILVERADOS Monday Bike Night w/ Contagious (rock), 6pm THE GOLDEN PINEAPPLE Robert's Totally Rad Trivia, 8pm THE GREY EAGLE Samantha Rise (jazz, roots, folk)k 6pm THE JOINT NEXT DOOR Mr Jimmy and Friends (blues), 7pm THE ORANGE PEEL X Ambassadors (indie rock)k 8pm

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26 185 KING STREET Tuesday Casual Collaborations Hosted By Travis Book ft. Anya Hinkle w/ Billy Cardine (musical collaboration), 6pm 305 LOUNGE & EATERY Bob Sherill (singer-songwriter), 1pm

MOUNTAINX.COM

OCT. 20-26, 2021

27

CLU B LA N D ANTIDOTE The Little Posey Trio (jazz, swing), 6pm ASHEVILLE BEAUTY ACADEMY Karaoke w/Ganymede, 9pm FRENCH BROAD RIVER BREWERY Robert's Totally Rad Trivia, 7pm GETAWAY RIVER BAR Turntable Tuesday, 10pm GREEN MAN BREWERY Old Time Jam, 5pm HAYWOOD COUNTRY CLUB Grass at the Club (bluegrass), 8pm MAD CO. BREW HOUSE Team Trivia Tuesday, 6pm MILLS RIVER BREWING Trivia Night, 6pm OKLAWAHA BREWING CO. Team Trivia, 7pm ONE WORLD BREWING WEST Grateful Family Band Tuesdays (Dead tribute), 6pm STATIC AGE RECORDS Teenage Halloween, Venus Twins, Tongues of Fire & The Poles (punk rock), 8pm THE GREY EAGLE Frank Turner w/Nathan Gray (alternative/indie) k 8pm

EXPERIENCE WNC’S NEWEST OUTDOOR CONCERT VENUE Tickets On Sale NOW SilveradosWNC.com SAT 10/23

Dark City Rock Fest Kameron Marlowe

FRI 10/29

with special guest Ricky Gunter Band

SAT 11/20

Content Violation the Tour

All Outdoor Concerts are rain or shine • Parking and Shuttle Available Uber/Lyft HIGHLY recommended

Gates 6pm • Show 7pm • ALL AGES SHOW

2898 US 70, Black Mountain NC 28711 Across from Ingles Warehouse

28

OCT. 20-26, 2021

MOUNTAINX.COM

WAGBAR Tuesday Night Trivia, 7pm WHISTLE HOP BREWING CO. Trivia Tuesdays, 6pm

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27 12 BONES BREWERY Robert's Totally Rad Trivia, 7pm 185 KING STREET Trivia Night, 7pm 305 LOUNGE & EATERY Mark Fisher (solo acoustic), 1pm ALLEY CAT SOCIAL CLUB Karaoke, 9pm ASHEVILLE BEAUTY ACADEMY • Beauty Parlor Comedy w/Steven Rogersk 7pm • Aquanet: Goth Nightk 9pm, ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Stand-Up Comedy Open Mic, 8pm BEN'S TUNE UP Big Blue (jam), 8pm BLACK MOUNTAIN BREWING Jay Brown (roots), 6pm BOLD ROCK HARD CIDER Trivia Night, 6pm CASCADE LOUNGE Open Bluegrass Jam, 6pm

CATAWBA BREWING SOUTH SLOPE General Themed Trivia Night w/Bingeable, 7pm

ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Free Anesthesia (psychedelic power trio), 9pm

DIANA WORTHAM THEATRE Susan Werner (folk), 7pm

RENDEVOUS Albi (vintage jazz), 7pm

GETAWAY RIVER BAR Dirty Bingo, 9pm GREEN MAN BREWERY Green Man Trivia, 12am HANDLEBAR & GRILL Ladies Night Karaoke, 7pm CHEROKEE CENTER Indigo Girls (rock, folk rock)k 8pm HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Songwriter Series w/Matt Smith, 6pm ICONIC KITCHEN & DRINKS Marc Keller (acoustic), 6pm ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Whitney Rose (Americana, country), 7:30pm MYSTIC DOME STUDIO Open Jam in the Dome (open mic), 6:30pm OFF THE WAGON All Request Piano Show, 8pm OKLAWAHA BREWING CO. French Broad Valley Mountain Music Jam, 6pm

SILVERADOS Open Mic Night, 7pm SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BREWERY Jazz Night w/Jason DeCristofaro, 5:30pm SWEETEN CREEK BREWING Witty Wednesday Trivia, 6:30pm THE 2ND ACT Round Robin Open Mic w/Letters to Abigail, 6pm THE DUGOUT Open Bluegrass Jam w/ The Well Drinkers, 8pm THE GREY EAGLE • Pimps of Pompe (jazzedup pop & hip-hop)k 5pm • The Districts (indie rock) k 8pm THE OMNI GROVE PARK INN The B's (jazz, standards), 7pm THE ORANGE PEEL Tennis (indie pop)k 8pm TRISKELION BREWING CO. TriskaTrivia, 7pm WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Irish Music Circle, 7pm

MOUNTAINX.COM

OCT. 20-26, 2021

29

FREEWILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19): Even the wisest among us are susceptible to being fascinated by our emotional pain. Even those of us who do a lot of inner work may be captivated and entranced by frustrations and vexations and irritants. Our knotty problems make us interesting, even attractive!

They shape our self-image. No wonder we are sometimes “intensely, even passionately, attached to suffering,” in the words of author Fyodor Dostoevsky. That’s the bad news. The good news, Aries, is that in the coming weeks, you will have extra power to divest yourself of sadness, distress and anxiety that you no longer need. I recommend you choose a few outmoded sources of unhappiness and enact a ritual to purge them.

that being around you will make them smarter.

I suggest you help them realize that fact.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In Norway, you don’t call your romantic partner “boyfriend” or “girlfriend.” You say kjaereste, which is gender neutral and is translated as “dearest.”

In Sweden, you refer to your lover as älskling, meaning “my beloved one.” How about Finland?

One term the Finns use for the person they love is kulta, which means gold. I hope you’ll be inspired by these words to experiment with new nicknames and titles for the allies you care for. It’s a favorable time to reinvent the images you project onto each other. I hope you will refine your assumptions about each other and upgrade your hopes for each other. Be playful and have fun as you enhance your empathy.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Nobel Prize-winning poet Odysseus Elytis was speaking like a consummate Scorpio when he said, “What I love is always being born. What I love is beginning always.” Like most Scorpios, he knew an essential secret about how to ensure he could enjoy that intense rhythm: He had to be skilled in the art of metaphorical death. How else could he be born again and again? Every time he rose up anew into the world like a beginner, it was because he had shed old ideas, past obsessions, and worn-out tricks. I trust you’ve been attending to this transformative work in the past few weeks, Scorpio. Ready to be born again?

Ready to begin anew? To achieve maximum renaissance, get rid of a few more things.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The band Creedence Clearwater Revival, led by Gemini musician John Fogerty, achieved tremendous success with their rollicking sound and socially conscious lyrics. They sold 33 million records worldwide. In 1970, they were the best-selling band on the planet, exceeding even the Beatles.

And yet, the band endured for just over four years. I foresee the possibility of a comparable phenomenon in your life during the coming months. Something that may not last forever will ultimately generate potent, long-term benefits. What might it be? Meditate on the possibility. Be alert for its coming. Create the conditions necessary for it to thrive.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Cancerian philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau wrote, “I am unlike anyone I have ever met. I will even venture to say that I am like no one in the whole world. I may be no better, but at least I am different.” I urge you to make that your own affirmation in the coming weeks. It’s high time to boldly claim how utterly unique you are — to be full of reasonable pride about the fact that you have special qualities that no one in history has ever had. Bonus: The cosmos is also granting you permission to brag more than usual about your humility and sensitivity, as well as about your other fine qualities.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Nigerian poet Ijeoma Umebinyuo writes, “I will always want myself.

Always. Darling, I wrote myself a love poem two nights ago. I am a woman who grows flowers between her teeth. I dance myself out of pain.

This wanting of myself gets stronger with age. I host myself to myself. I am whole.” I recommend you adopt Umebinyuo’s attitude as you upgrade your relationship with yourself during the coming weeks. It’s time for you to pledge to give yourself everything you wish a lover would offer you. You’re ready to claim more of your birthright as an ingenious, diligent self-nurturer.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): As author David Brooks reminds us, “Exposure to genius has the power to expand your consciousness. If you spend a lot of time with genius, your mind will end up bigger and broader than if you spend your time only with run-of-the-mill stuff.” I hope this strategy will be at the top of your priority list during the next four weeks. You will have abundant opportunities to put a lot of “excellent stuff into your brain,” as Brooks suggests. Uncoincidentally, you are also likely to be a rich source of inspiration and illumination yourself. I suspect people will recognize — even more than they usually do —

30

OCT. 20-26, 2021

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Self-help author James Clear describes a scenario I urge you to keep in mind. He speaks of “a stonecutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it.

Yet at the hundred and first blow, it will split in two.” Clear adds that “it was not that last blow that did it — but all that had gone before.”

You’ll thrive by cultivating that same patience and determination in the coming weeks, Libra.

Proceed with dogged certainty that your sustained small efforts will eventually yield potent results.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “I haven’t had enough sleep for years,” author Franz Kafka (1883–1924) once confessed to a friend. It showed in his work, which was brilliant but gaunt and haunted. He wrote stories that would be written by a person who was not only sleep-deprived but dream-deprived. The anxiety he might have purged from his system through sleep instead spilled out into the writing he did in waking life. Anyway, I’m hoping you will make Kafka your anti-role model as you catch up on the sleep you’ve missed out on.

The coming weeks will be a fantastic time to fall in love with the odd, unpredictable, regenerative stories that well up from your subconscious depths while you’re in bed at night. They will refresh your imagination in all the right ways.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “The reason life works at all is that not everyone in your tribe is nuts on the same day,” writes author Anne Lamott. I will add that on rare occasions, virtually everyone in your tribe is functioning at high levels of competency and confidence.

According to my analysis, now is one of those times. That’s why I encourage you to take extraordinary measures to marshal your tribe’s creative, constructive efforts. I believe that together you can collaborate to generate wonders and marvels that aren’t normally achievable.

Group synergy is potentially at a peak — and will be fully activated if you help lead the way.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I believe your plan for the rest of 2021 should borrow from the mini-manifesto that Aquarian author Virginia Woolf formulated at age 51: “I will go on adventuring, changing, opening my mind and my eyes, refusing to be stamped and stereotyped.

The thing is to free one’s self: to let it find its dimensions, not be impeded.” Does that sound like fun, Aquarius? It should be — although it may require you to overcome temptations to retreat into excess comfort and inertia.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “Anyone who isn’t embarrassed of who they were last year probably isn’t learning enough,” writes author and philosopher Alain de Botton. That’s too extreme a statement for my taste. But I agree with the gist of his comment. If we are not constantly outgrowing who we are, we are not sufficiently alert and alive.

Luckily for you, Pisces, you are now in a phase of rapid ripening. At least you should be. The cosmos is conspiring to help you learn how to become a more vibrant and authentic version of yourself.

Please cooperate! Seek all available updates.

MOUNTAINX.COM

MARKETPLACE

BY ROB BREZSNY

REAL ESTATE & RENTALS | ROOMMATES | JOBS | SERVICES ANNOUNCEMENTS | CLASSES & WORKSHOPS | MIND, BODY, SPIRIT MUSICIANS’ SERVICES | PETS | AUTOMOTIVE | XCHANGE | ADULT RENTALS HOMES FOR RENT BEAUTIFUL 2 BR 1 BATH WITH BONUS ROOM ...

FULL FURNISHED, ALL UTILITIES INCLUDED IN NORTH ASHEVILLE 2 bedroom 1 bath with full unfinished basement and bonus room.

1/2 acre lot with back yard mostly fenced. fully furnished and all utilities included. in beautiful north Asheville. text bob 828.259.9328, email plumbob@main.nc.us PARADISE IN THE MOUNTAINS 2bd/2ba, Deluxe Chalet in the Mts. with vista views from wrap around decks with gardens and privacy tastefully furnished and immaculate west burnsville with easy access to 26; 20 min to Weaverville and 45 min to Asheville; Gas Fireplace and 3 big screen tv's and much more. no pets. ref. $1500+ 1 OR 2 people, 1 car please. Lets talk…Text 954.496.9000.

EMPLOYMENT GENERAL SEAMSTRESSES/SEWERS WORK FROM HOME FOR LOCAL MEDICAL SCRUBS COMPANY Work remotely with flexible, part-time/ full -time hours. Must be experienced in sewing most types of clothing and have your own serger and regular sewing machine. Contact info@largesizescrubs.com. www.largesizescrubs.com

DRIVERS/ DELIVERY MAKE YOUR VEHICLE AN AD SPACE AND MAKE $300 WEEKLY EARN $300 WEEKLY when you drive your vehicle with an Ad on it. Vinyl graphic sheets are installed for free by the Advertiser and you earn $300 by just driving to your normal routine places.

Email Carwrapapplication@ gmail.com or text (772) 218-1799 to apply.

HUMAN SERVICES PART-TIME PEER SUPPORT SPECIALIST USE YOUR CREATIVITY with Aurora Studio & Gallery - seeking a Peer Support Specialist to assist its therapeutic art workshops 4 - 9 hours/week.

Comfort with groups a must!

PROFESSIONAL/ MANAGEMENT AB TECH IS HIRING A-B Tech is currently taking applications for a Full-Time position Purchasing Agent. For more details and to apply: https:// abtcc.peopleadmin.com/ postings/5819

JCC IS SEARCHING FOR A CHILDCARE OPERATIONS COORDINATOR This salaried management position oversees the personnel and financial operations of JCC childcare programs.

To apply, send your resume to michaela@jcc-asheville. org or visit jcc-asheville.org/ employment/licensed-childcare-operations-coordinator/ TEN THOUSAND VILLAGES STORE MANAGER Ten Thousand Villages Asheville is seeking a full-time store manager. For the full job description, an overview of benefits, and how to apply, please visit: https://bit.ly/ ttvjobsavl

SALES/MARKETING

SALES PROFESSIONAL Mountain Xpress is looking to add a new member to our sales team. This is a full-time salaried position with benefits.

Ideal candidates are personable, organized, motivated, and can present confidently, while working within a structure. Necessary skills include clear and professional communications (via phone, email, and in-person meetings), detailed record-keeping, and working well in a team environment. While no outside sales experience is required, experience dealing with varied and challenging situations is helpful. The position largely entails account development and lead generation (including cold-calling), account management, assisting clients with marketing and branding strategies, and working to meet or exceed sales goals.

If you are a high energy, positive, cooperative person looking to join an independent, community-minded organization, please send a resume and cover letter (no walk-ins, please) explaining why you are a good fit for Mountain Xpress to: xpressjob@mountainx.com

TEACHING/ EDUCATION JCC IS SEARCHING FOR 2S & 3S LEAD TEACHER This is a full-time Pre-K teaching position at one of Asheville’s top early childhood centers To apply, send your resume to tiffany@jcc-asheville. org or visit https://www. jcc-asheville.org/news/2sand-3s-lead-teacher/

XCHANGE WANTED BUYING ANTIQUES Vintage, cast iron, pottery, advertising signs, primitives, old collections, estates, old tools,

LOOKING TO MAINTAIN YOUR INDEPENDENCE? I WILL HELP!

Competent CNA–Personalized Home Support Daily Living, Wellbeing, Life Enrichment, Household, Appts, Errands, More! FT/PT. Compassionate Woman with INTEGRITY! Certifications/References Available.

Vaccinated. $24/hr.

Tel: 828-450-7707 mycompassionatecare@gmail.com

taxidermy, rifles, decoys, wood carvings, signs, clocks, and much more! 828-5826097 • steadyaim1@yahoo. com.

SERVICES AUDIO/VIDEO CABLE PRICE INCREASE AGAIN? Switch To DIRECTV & Save + get a $100 visa gift card! Get More Channels For Less Money. Restrictions apply. Call Now! 877-6930625 (AAN CAN) DISH TV SPECIAL $64.99 For 190 Channels + $14.95 High Speed Internet. Free Installation, Smart HD DVR Included, Free Voice Remote.

Some restrictions apply.

Promo Expires 7/21/21.

1-855-380-2501 (AAN CAN) HUGHESNET SATELLITE INTERNET Finally, no hard data limits! Call Today for speeds up to 25mbps as low as $59.99/mo! $75 gift card, terms apply. 1-844-416-7147 (AAN CAN)

HOME 4G LTE HOME INTERNET NOW AVAILABLE! Get GotW3 with lightning fast speeds plus take your service with you when you travel! As low as $109.99/mo! 1-888519-0171 (AAN CAN) NEVER PAY FOR COVERED HOME REPAIRS AGAIN! Complete Care Home Warranty COVERS ALL MAJOR SYSTEMS AND APPLIANCES. 30 DAY RISK FREE. $200.00 OFF + 2 FREE Months! 1-877673-0511 | Hours Mon-Thu, Sun: 9:30 am to 8:00 pm Fri: 9:30 am to 2:00 pm (all times Eastern) (AAN CAN) PERSONAL CHEF SERVICES

BY CHEF MARK DRAGON Let Chef Mark Dragon come to your cabin, rental or private residence and cook for your Birthday, anniversary, dinner party etc. 470-598-9001 www.chefmarkdragon. com for more information. thedragoniam@gmail.com

LEGAL NOTICE OF PETITION STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISTRICT COURT DIVISION COUNTY OF RUTHERFORD 21 JA 073 In Re: J.Z.T. DOB: 11/27/2004 NOTICE OF PETITION MINOR CHILD. FOR ADJUDICATION & DISPOSITION ON ALLEGATIONS OF NEGLECT & DEPENDENCY To: Delores M. Twitty TAKE NOTICE that pleadings seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-entitled action.

The nature of the allegations are NEGLECT AND DEPENDENCY ON THE MINOR CHILD: J.Z.T. (Date of Birth: 11/27/2004) 1. WRITTEN RESPONSE: a written response must be filed within 40 days after service of the Petition and Notice October 6, 2021 which is November 16, 2021 be ADJUDICATED A NEGLECTED AND DEPENDENT JUVENILE as alleged in the petition. A copy of the response must be served on the Rutherford County Department of Social Services or that agency’s lawyer. 2.

REPRESENTATION: you have a right to be represented by an

attorney. Any attorney previously appointed to represent you in this case will continue to represent you unless the court has allowed or allows that attorney to withdraw. If you are not represented by an attorney, you may contact the Rutherford County Clerk of Superior Court immediately at (828) 288-6137 or visit the Clerk’s Office and request a court-appointed attorney. 3.

HEARING: notification of the date, time and place of the hearing will be mailed to you by the Clerk of Superior Court after you file a response or 40 days from the date of service if no response is filed. If no response is filed the Court may determine whether your child is a neglected and/or dependent juvenile as alleged in the Petition. 4. PURPOSE OF HEARING: the purpose of the hearing is to determine whether your child is a neglected juvenile as alleged in the Petition and any Disposition concerning the juvenile. 5.

ATTENDANCE: You have a right to attend all hearings concerning your child. This the 6th day of October, 2021. Joshua Howell, Petitioner’s Attorney State Bar No. 44477 PO Box 242 389 Fairground Road Spindale, North Carolina 28160 Telephone: (828) 287-6199 Facsimile: (828) 287-1202

HOME IMPROVEMENT ELECTRICIAN ELECTRICAL SERVICE Power to the People! Serving Asheville and abroad. Troubleshooting, fixture hanging, can lights, generators, car chargers, remodels, new construction, we do it all!

Licensed and insured. Free Estimates. 828-551-9843

ANNOUNCEMENTS ANNOUNCEMENTS A COURSE IN MIRACLES A truly loving, open study group.

Meets second and fourth Mondays 6:30 pm on Zoom.

For information, contact Susan at 828-712-5472 or email TJ at tjstierslcsw@gmail.com.

BATH & SHOWER UPDATES In as little as ONE DAY! Affordable prices - No payments for 18 months! Lifetime warranty & professional installs. Senior & Military Discounts available.

Call: 1-877-649-5043 (AAN CAN) BECOME A PUBLISHED AUTHOR! We edit, print and distribute your work internationally. We do the work… You reap the Rewards! Call for a FREE Author’s Submission Kit: 844-511-1836. (AAN CAN) COMPUTER & IT TRAINING PROGRAM Train ONLINE to get the skills to become a Computer & Help Desk Professional now! Grants and Scholarships available for certain programs for qualified applicants. Call CTI for details!

1-855-554-4616 (AAN CAN) DONATE YOUR CAR TO KIDS Your donation helps fund the search for missing children.

Accepting Trucks, Motorcycles & RV’s , too! Fast Free Pickup – Running or Not - 24 Hour Response - Maximum Tax Donation – Call 877-266-0681 (AAN CAN)

THE N EW Y OR K TI M ES C ROSSWORD P UZ Z LE SAVE MONEY ON EXPENSIVE AUTO REPAIRS! Our vehicle service program can save you up to 60% off dealer prices and provides you excellent coverage! Call for a free quote: 866-915-2263 (Mon-Fri :9am-4pm PST) STILL PAYING TOO MUCH FOR YOUR MEDICATION? Save up to 90% on RX refill!

Order today and receive free shipping on 1st order - prescription required. Call 1-855-750-1612 (AAN CAN)

LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, HAYWOOD COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Kimberly J. Limon, dated August 21, 2018, recorded on August 21, 2018, in Book RB 957, Page 2119 of the Haywood County Public Registry (“Deed of Trust”), conveying certain real property in Haywood County to Phillip C. Price, Trustee, for the benefit of Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group LLC. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on October 28, 2021, at 1:00 PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Haywood County, North Carolina, to wit: Beginning at a point in center of 30-foot right of way at the Northwest corner of the H&W Builders 0.500 acre lot (Deed Book 346, page 945, Haywood County Registry), and runs thence with line of that lot South 10 deg. 16'48” East 202.40 feet to an iron stake; thence South 79 deg.

43'12” West 113.94 feet to an iron; thence North 10 deg.

16'48” West 182.12 feet to a point in center of 30-foot right of way; thence with center of said right of way four calls as follows: North 81 deg. 17'47” East 21.47 feet, with an arc of a circle on a curve to the left (R = 80.84 feet) a distance of 51.53 feet, North 61 deg. 30'26” East 14.35 feet, and with an arc of a circle on a curve to the right and in an Easterly direction (R = 59.62 feet) a distance of 30.71 feet to the Beginning, and containing 0.500 acre

and being an unnumbered lot as shown on survey and plat of James T. Herron, R.L.S., recorded in Plat Cabinet “B”, Slot 293(I), Haywood County Registry. The above-described property is conveyed together with and subject to the joint use of a 30-foot road right of way running in a generally Southerly direction from US Highway 19 to the property hereinabove described as the same is now laid out and in use. And being all of that property described in deed recorded in Book 635, at Page 2150 of the Haywood County, NC Register's Office.

Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 38 Yarbrough Drive, Maggie Valley, NC 28751; A.P.N.: 769616-8244 A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, payable to Bell Carrington Price & Gregg, PLLC, 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.

Pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 45-21.30, if the highest bidder at the sale, resale, or any upset bidder fails to comply with its bid upon the tender of a deed for the real property, or after a bona fide attempt to tender such a deed, the clerk of superior court may, upon motion, enter an order authorizing a resale of the real property.

The defaulting bidder at any sale or resale or any defaulting upset bidder is liable for the bid made, and in case a resale is had because of such default, shall remain liable to the extent that the final sale price is less than the bid plus all the costs of any resale. Any deposit or compliance bond made by the defaulting bidder shall secure payment of the amount, if any, for which the defaulting bidder remains liable under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 45-21.30. 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 Kimberly J. Limon. 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. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Cape Fear Trustee Services, LLC, Substitute Trustee _______________ ___________________, Attorney Aaron Seagroves, NCSB No. 50979 5550 77 Center Drive, Suite 100 Charlotte, NC 28217 PHONE: 980-201-3840 File No.: 21-47304 NOTICE TO CREDITORS: THE ESTATE OF DORETHA LEWIS KEELING Notice to creditors, having qualified as the Executor of the Estate of Doretha Lewis Keeling, deceased, late of Buncombe County, North Carolina. The undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned at the address below. This will run thirteen consecutive weeks.

If indebted by the mentioned deceased all debts need to be

sent to Enid Thompson, Executor of the Estate. Please mail all claims owned by Doretha Lewis Keeling with marked debt and account numbers.

If debts are owed they will be accepted by Enid Thompson at 955 East Knox Road, Unit 126, Chandler, AZ 85225. Written this day, September 24, 2021.

CLASSES & WORKSHOPS CLASSES & WORKSHOPS

edited by Will Shortz | No. 0915

ACROSS

1

1 ___ Modern (London gallery)

14

5 Put down in writing?

8 Being 14 Word with rest or play 15 Garten of eatin’

2

3

17

21 Puppy’s bite 10 UNCONVENTIONAL PRACTICES FOR HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL, AGELESS, ENERGETIC PEOPLE In-Person Conversation with Pat Parker, author of HOT FLASHES - "How much success, love, money, and energy do you allow for yourself"? 10 "unconventional" practices are shared to raise your existing "upper" limits by unfixing your mind, being irreverent, impractical, and undistractable. RSVP https://www.eventbrite. com/e/biz-and-bites-hotflashes-genderless-and-ageless-tickets-178117232437 619-894-0892 pat@sweethomesnorthcarolina.com

MIND, BODY, SPIRIT COUNSELING SERVICES ASTRO-COUNSELING Licensed counselor and accredited professional astrologer uses your chart when counseling for additional insight into yourself, your relationships and life directions. Stellar Counseling Services. Christy Gunther, MA, LCMHC. (828) 258-3229.

AUTOMOTIVE AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES CASH FOR CARS! We buy all cars! Junk, high-end, totaled – it doesn’t matter! Get free towing and same day cash!

NEWER MODELS too! Call 866-535-9689 (AAN CAN)

22 Amazon tree hugger 23 Card game cry

FATHER AND SON

Home Improvement Billy & Neal Moxley

100 Edwin Place, AVL, NC 28801 | Billy: (828) 776-2391 | Neal: (828) 776-1674

6

7

8

9

10

18

24

28

29 32

25

26

30 33

34

36

35

37

38

39

40

41

46

47

51

52

55

56

42

48

49 53 57

54

58

62

63

64

63 Cent : euro :: ___ : krona 64 They can be even, paradoxically

34 According to

38 Gabbana’s partner in fashion 39 Burger topping 40 Achy 41 Feudal plot

DOWN 1 Prepares to score on a sac fly 2 Garfield’s romantic interest, in the comics

42 Save it for a rainy day

3 “Short and stout” singer of nursery rhyme

46 Old rug in a courtroom?

4 Steinbeck’s “___ of Eden”

50 Cedar relative

5 Like a mathematical function that changes at different intervals

51 The “E” in B.C.E. 53 Roughly speaking?

55 Phrased 57 Basketball feint … or a hint to 17-, 24-, 36and 46-Across?

59 Make it through a difficult period 60 Prohibit

43 50

61

36 Batter’s additions?

45

31

60

32 Ascend

44

27

59

31 Crossed (out)

13

22

28 Four-footed friends 30 Exclamation of shock, spelled in a modern way

12

19 21

23

11

16

24 Canine covering?

52 “I do,” for one

NO JOB TOO LARGE OR SMALL

5

20

17 Socket replacement?

20 Kind of tank

PUZZLE BY SOPHIE BUCHMUELLER AND ROSS TRUDEAU

15

16 “You got me there”

19 Ticks off

4

|

13 Collaborative principle in improv comedy

40 Expelled

18 “Toy Story” antagonist

43 Shaking in one’s boots

21 Casual refusal

44 Chanced

25 One end of the Iditarod

45 Self-grooms

26 Easy-to-read newspaper

48 Competition where you might pull a calf?

41 Not many

47 Turn inside out

27 Preacher’s cry 29 Like fish and rock walls

49 Jupiter or Mars 54 Prefix with futurism

33 Inc. cousin 34 “Big deal”

56 Indie pop’s Tegan and Sara, e.g.

35 57-Down competitor 36 Sends on 37 Once more

57 “I May Destroy You” network

38 “Let’s Make a Deal” choice

58 Musician’s asset

6 Whichever

ANSWER TO PREVIOUS NY TIMES PUZZLE

7 When doubled, a 2010s dance fad

L H A M A I S O N T H W A T T H O G R E N R I G I P A T E S L I L O O K A C H E Y E A E A R R N A

8 Amazon’s business, informally 9 Like some offensive humor 10 Harbor hauler

61 “De ___” (“You’re welcome”: Fr.)

11 Old refrigerators

62 Alliterative “Doctor” of children’s literature

12 Hammer ___ (certain summer Olympian)

MOUNTAINX.COM

S A E L E D O A N B S A D E R I T B E S A S R E S A L I L G E T A G U P O P

S O U T H

U P B E A T

M O A L L E

K I A G T M A M E L T I V E I O N C R A E S S H

F A T C A E A L M E E N I N M D W E T A D O I O T C K I P I N A N G

OCT. 20-26, 2021

E L A T E

Z E R O G

E R I C

S I N K

I S N G E T S 31