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OUR 22ND YEAR OF WEEKLY INDEPENDENT NEWS, ARTS & EVENTS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA VOL. 23 NO. 15 NOVEMBER 2 - NOVEMBER 8, 2016

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In part two of our voter guide for local races, Xpress takes a look at the candidates running for seats on the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners, the Buncombe County Board of Education and more. cover illustration Randy Molton cover design Norn Cutson

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Candidates need strategy for early learning A recent bipartisan poll shows that in the midst of a divisive election year, there is an issue that unites all North Carolinians — early learning. Significant majorities of Republicans, independents and Democrats want more investments in early learning — including providing greater access to affordable, high-quality child care, Smart Start, NC Pre-K and programs that build parenting skills.

Building a stronger North Carolina and Buncombe County is rooted in ensuring our children have a strong start and our families are supported. We know that early learning investments have both short- and long-term benefits.

That’s why more than three out of four voters say that high-quality early learning programs help set children up for success in middle and high school; help children achieve their third-grade reading goals; and help create a larger pool of highly skilled workers in the long term.

Buncombe Partnership for Children is our local partner in the Smart Start network, and their investments in young children, their families and the early childhood system in Buncombe County are essential to the long-term success of our children.

Eighty-four percent of North Carolina voters support expanding Smart Start and NC Pre-K. That includes 70 percent of Republicans (up from 50 percent), 92 percent of Democrats (same as 2014) and 87 percent of independents (up from 73 percent) who all support increasing funding for these programs.

This recent poll shows that North Carolina voters care deeply about elected officials investing in early education, with 74 percent of N.C. voters saying we should be doing more to ensure children begin kindergarten with the knowledge and skills they need. This level of support reflects a 9 percent increase from 2014.

We have heard little during this campaign season on early learning —an issue that everyone from top military, business and law enforcement leaders say is essential for our future security and prosperity. Every candidate for public office should have an early learning strategy. As the poll shows, it’s the people’s will.

For more information about local investments in early childhood education, visit www.buncombepfc.org.

— Laurie Stradley Board Vice Chair Buncombe Partnership For Children — Jacque Pennick Executive Director Verner Center for Early Learning and a partner in the NC Pre-K Program Asheville

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I was stunned by the [Oct. 6] Mountain Xpress to find a voter guide which was only about Republicans, a conservative voter guide. That is the most destructive thing for the state of North Carolina that I’ve seen. Every one of those people will continue the destruction of this wonderful state and continue taking away the citizens of North Carolina’s freedom.

I guess you all were paid a lot of money to publish this, but there is a morality issue. And so [as] far as I’m concerned, for printing that for money, you’re nothing but greedy and immoral, and people who vote for these conservatives are voting for a complete destruction of this state.

— Lloyd Kay Asheville editor’s response: The insert in question was a paid advertisement and identified as such. Voter feelings and attitudes in this particular campaign season are markedly polarized, but our country is committed to freedom of speech and a democratic process.

Xpress’ mission is to build community and promote democracy, in part by promoting civic dialogue. We aim to treat all candidates fairly, according to consistent policies, which include set advertising rates applicable to all political ads.

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Recent [letters to the editor] in the Mountain Xpress have rebutted the idea of establishing a local slaughterhouse.

Mainly, these authors have argued that eating

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animals is amoral and ought to be compared to the Holocaust.

While I accept that there are many good reasons to become vegetarian, and have been for three of the last six years, we all know that our country and community will not be switching to a completely vegetarian diet anytime soon.

Considering that Western North Carolina will continue to eat meat, there is infrastructure and policy that we can put in place to benefit our community, including establishing a local slaughterhouse. Demand for higher quality, local and grass-fed meat will only continue to increase as carnivores understand the health hazards of conventional, grain-fed meat.

Locally slaughtering meat reduces costs and emissions from transport and produces local jobs while keeping our farmers’ dollars here in WNC. Finally, if the proposed slaughterhouse were regulated by the state, not the USDA, animals could be slaughtered significantly more humanely while also being able to operate at a smaller, local scale.

A local abattoir would thus be a boon for our local economy, environment and overall health.

— Casey Epstein Asheville

Livestock production inhumane, harms environment Mr. Clifford Andrew King III says that God has given man dominion over the animals [“Eating Meat Is a Personal Choice,” Oct. 12, Xpress].

My understanding of this biblical statement is that humans are to take care of the planet we live on, as well as our fellow humans and other animals.

The vast numbers of animals that are raised for killing and eating are not in accord with this.

It is an inhumane practice that is associated with the production of a large fraction (18 percent) of humanassociated greenhouse-gas production and encourages the ingestion of unnecessarily large amounts of animal foods.

— Stephen Rinsler Arden

Fundraiser benefited LGBT seniors We are so grateful to live in the Asheville community with such supportive community members. On Sept.

22, the Fine Arts Theatre graciously screened the film Reel In The Closet … which turned out to be a very successful fundraiser for the LGBT Elder Advocates of WNC, whose mission is to enrich the lives of LGBT seniors in Western North Carolina by connecting LGBT people to necessary resources and promoting cultural change.

It was preceded by a lovely wine and cheese reception at the Blue Spiral 1 art gallery, where guests were able to meet the film’s director, Stu Maddux, known for his many works in the genre.

We felt it necessary to publicly thank all the folks who attended the event, and all the folks, including those from the regional AARP office, who worked to provide such a nice evening and facilitated a wonderful discussion afterward. Thank you!

— Rebecca Chaplin Board member The LGBT Elder Advocates of WNC Advisory Board Barnardsville

Stein offers experience, independence I have lived in North Carolina for most of my adult life. I have raised my

c A rt o o n B Y B r e nt B r o w n children here. I have been paying attention to how politics have shaped our beautiful state. It is time for a change.

Josh Stein is my choice for attorney general and here is why: When it comes to the choosing North Carolina’s next attorney general, the decision is clear. Only one candidate, Josh Stein, offers the experience, the values and priorities, and the independence to fight for our families.

Josh Stein is ready to work for us on day one. He served eight years as senior assistant attorney general, taking on big banks, utility monopolies and pharmaceutical companies in our best interests. His opponent has no such experience.

When it comes to values and priorities, Josh Stein wants our state to be inclusive and looking forward. His opponent was a champion for the passage of House Bill 2, which has already cost our state thousands of jobs, hundreds of millions of dollars in investments and even the ACC and NCAA basketball tournaments. …

Josh Stein will serve as an independent advocate for the people of our state, not an out-of-state advocacy group. Josh Stein is the only choice in November for our people and our future.

— Lisa Ringelspaugh-Irvine Asheville

Weighing in on the bond Virginia Daffron’s article in the [Oct 19] Mountain Xpress [“Go or No Go: Asheville Leaders and Organizations Weigh In on Bond Choice”] was well done, factual, fair and balanced, and therefore, refreshing.

There are many supporters of this bond, but as a Realtor representing real estate in this community, it stands to reason that if you are selling or buying a home, it’s in the best interest of sellers and buyers alike to know the community is willing to maintain our assets and infrastructure.

Is there a sound alternative?

Perhaps it could be delayed and neglected for what some might claim to be sound reasons, but ultimately assets, infrastructure and development have to keep pace with growth.

Growth in Asheville is a relatively new phenomenon to many of us. It requires an approach perhaps different than some of our residents are willing to consider. If you disagree, what are the alternatives short of doing nothing?

Don’t misunderstand or misinterpret this. Debt can be a killer. [An accompanying Xpress] article did a masterful job explaining how crushing debt severely crippled our town for decades.

However, it can be also an instrument of sound financial planning.

In this case, based on where the city finds itself financially and considering what the future holds for the growth of Asheville, it makes sense to do in now.

On the other hand, if there are dark clouds forming, such as no growth, shortage of good-paying jobs, global political turmoil, a new administration with ideas and policies unknown and more, they create no shortage of the things to worry about or to work on.

However, all of these issues, albeit worthy to be concerned about, affect all of us. If something of a catastrophe should befall us, we would all in the same boat ― bond or no bond. With this said, are there dark omens worthy of clouding this issue to a degree of not offering the citizens a chance to vote at this time? If not now, when? If not by us, who?

With the support for this bond also brings the responsibility to hold our elected officials, present and future, accountable to carry out their duties with credibility, transparency and honesty. If we thought that we are being harmed by the system, we would be the first to raise an army against such behavior. Moreover, if this were to happen, we suspect Asheville could never get a future bond approved.

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On the other hand, there needs to be flexibility given to those in control to change priorities but only with the vote of the elected officials on those recommendations from staff and with public input, not just automatically change priorities without open debate.

Elected officials are our representatives. They will be held responsible.

Workforce housing has needed and will always require some kind of subsidy if we expect to make any meaningful headway. Whether or not the fantasies of the past worked or didn’t, we need to build affordable workforce housing in this city. It’s not a secret to anyone that we live in a high costof-living area with a great many lowpaying jobs. We should be grateful for the work of Habitat for Humanity, Mountain Housing Opportunities, and … for-profit providers of workforce housing, but can we do more?

Now, maybe for the first time in decades, we have an opportunity to do something. If you have concerns or criticisms, make them apparent to our elected officials, but let’s do this one correctly.

Join us in supporting this bond.

— Mike Butrum Government Affairs Director Land of the Sky Association of Realtors

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CHAIR (Incumbent David Gantt is not running for re-election)

XPRESS VOTER GUIDE

CHUCK ARCHERD

BUNCOMBE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

Republican

THE QUESTIONS

BROWNIE NEWMAN Democrat

chuckarcherd.com Place of residence: South Asheville

brownienewman.com Place of residence: Asheville

Occupation: Small-business owner, CPA

Occupation: Partner at Headwaters Solar

Political experience: I am not a politician. I have 36 years of real-life business experience, dealing with people, negotiating business transactions and making decisions that affect my customers, employees and me.

Political experience: Two terms on Asheville City Council and currently serving second term on the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners.

What is Buncombe County’s best path toward creating more jobs outside of the service and tourist industries? And how do you plan on making it happen?

As a CPA and with 36 years of business and financial experience, I believe we should recruit businesses to Buncombe County that pay a higher-than-average wage and are a good fit for our community and quality of life. We need to market our county to specific industries that meet our criteria and that may be able to utilize existing buildings or build new facilities on currently vacant property.

We should build stronger partnerships with initiatives such as Venture Asheville, Mountain BizWorks and Self-Help Credit Union, which are helping locally owned companies grow and create more jobs.

These organizations and others have a proven track record of helping foster local job creation, but the solutions need to be scaled up. We need a greater focus on supporting women-owned and minority businesses in these strategies.

North Carolina law states footage from the Sheriff’s Department body cameras is not part of the public record. Do you agree or disagree with this decision? Why or why not?

This is truly a state or federal issue and should not be addressed by the County Commission. From my personal perspective, I believe body cameras should be public record, utilized to protect the rights of both our dedicated police officers and our citizens.

I am glad the Sheriff’s Department is using body cameras. This is an important as well as complex issue. If there is a dispute between a citizen and law enforcement, the video footage should be made available to the citizen to help resolve disputes and assure accountability. It is not legal or appropriate to make all footage automatically available for public review. For example, if police officers have reason to come into your home and their body cameras are recording, would you want the media or total strangers to be able to review video footage taken inside your home? There are legitimate privacy concerns, and the wishes of family members and property owners must be taken into consideration.

As infrastructure needs grow, would you consider using bonds to fund projects? Why or why not? And, if so, what type of bond would you pursue?

I am very concerned about Buncombe County’s debt, which has more than doubled over the past four years from $220 million to over $457 million while my opponent has been on the commission. I don’t believe it is wise to take on more debt and keep raising taxes to pay for it. We have to be smart as a commission, controlling our debt and living within our means.

Yes, I would. I am open to considering a general obligation bond referendum, such as the city is currently considering, for improving the county’s infrastructure. This approach has two advantages. First, it allows the voters to decide what projects and priorities they want to see funded by holding a referendum.

Second, it allows the local government to access the lowest-cost financing, which means more of the taxpayers’ money is spent on improving infrastructure and less on interest payments to a bank.

Does HB2 highlight the state overstepping its bounds in regard to legislating municipalities? Why or why not?

I believe the Charlotte City Council overstepped its bounds with its ordinance. This was done not to solve a problem, but to create a political issue for this election. Actions taken by government to divide its citizens instead of bringing them together are wrong. We have enough problems to solve without creating new ones.

Yes, it does. It was rushed through without garnering any public input and without thinking through the consequences. The legislature should have never even gotten involved in this issue. If local communities disagree with how their local governments are approaching an issue, they can hold those officials accountable in local elections.

As development continues to boom, how can the county help ensure affordable housing for its residents?

Housing costs are driven by the economics of supply and demand; there is no silver bullet to ensure affordable housing. We can make life more affordable by making government more efficient, thus lowering taxes and also by reducing government regulations and controls.

The county directly invests in projects that include permanently affordable housing, and we also have incentives for all projects to include a percentage of affordable housing. We need to expand both our investments to create permanently affordable housing and our incentives so that most new projects that are built include at least a percentage of affordable apartments or homes.

Are the current zoning policies adequate to deal with the pressures of increased development in the county?

Zoning is a very complicated issue; at times it causes more problems than it solves. At present, the current zoning policies are adequate to deal with the pressures of increased development in Buncombe County.

No, they need to be strengthened and updated. We should update our plans to encourage growth in areas of the county where our transportation infrastructure can support it, while preserving our steep slopes, watersheds and our family farmlands.

What zoning designation that doesn’t currently exist would you like to see, or what is an existing, but underutilized, zoning designation?

Any changes in zoning would require significant input from the citizens. Only after listening to their input and a great deal of study on this issue would I be open to considering changes.

I’d like to see some areas designated as transit-oriented developments. We will need to extend transit into additional areas in the county. We should encourage clustered development in areas that can be served by higher quality public transit, near jobs and services.

What county-run service needs the most improvement, and how would you address it?

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We are fortunate to have talented, professional department leaders and staff working throughout the county government. In light of the growth pressures facing the community, we need to invest more in our planning department so we can take a more proactive approach in our community planning work.

What is the most important issue facing Buncombe County, and how do you plan on addressing it?

Transparency in government is the most important issue. Most taxpayers are not aware that our taxes have increased 18 percent over the past four years, and our debt has more than doubled to $457 million. Several actions related to the current budget were pushed through by my opponent without open public discussion and input. Great care and open discussion is needed when we spend our hard-earned tax dollars.

The most important issue is building a stronger local economy that works for everyone. Buncombe County has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the state, but local wages are below the state average. Meanwhile, housing costs are high. A lot of people who work full time struggle to make ends meet in our community. There is no single solution to this challenge, but local government can make a positive difference. We can address it through how we support local businesses, affordable housing, taxes, job training and, in the long run, by improving educational opportunities for all.

What makes you the most qualified candidate for this position?

As chairman, I will bring 36 years of business and financial experience to the commission. As the CFO for a large entity with a budget larger than Buncombe County’s, I know how to manage a large complex entity. I understand that each tax dollar was first earned by the taxpayer, taken out of their household budget, then spent by government. I will always have what is best for the taxpayers in mind with every vote I cast. You vote for me, and I’ll vote for you.

I grew up on a working farm in the foothills of the mountains. I have lived in Buncombe County for 26 years. I bring the perspective of having worked in both the environmental community and in the business community. I have served two terms on the Asheville City Council and Board of Commissioners. My opponent has said that he enthusiastically supports Congressman Mark Meadows, who is best-known for leading efforts to shut down the government and for asserting that President Obama is from Kenya.

This reflects a Tea Party/Donald Trump mentality that goes against the values shared by most people in our community and makes him unqualified to lead Buncombe County.

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CANDIDATE ENDORSEMENTS, MONEY RAISED & TOP DONORS

JASMINE BEACH-FERRARA

CHAIR

Democrat

Running unopposed

jasmineforbuncombe.org Place of residence: Asheville

Occupation: Executive director, Campaign for Southern Equality

Chuck Archerd - Republican

Brownie Newman - Democrat

deadline.

Amount of money raised: $25,000 Top 3 donors: Mack Pearsall, $2,000; Ken Brame, $500; Rich Wasch,

Endorsements: Too many to list, and don’t want to leave anyone out.

Amount of money raised: That will be reported by the filing

Endorsements: Buncombe County Association of Educators; N.C.

Sierra Club; Asheville Citizen-Times

Top 3 donors: Many have given the same amount.

Political experience: I have been active as an organizer and volunteer on Democratic campaigns and civil rights campaigns since 2004.

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DISTRICT 1 Jasmine Beach-Ferrara - Democrat

We are seeing real momentum in our local economy, and we need to make sure that continues, with an emphasis on creating more living wage jobs across sectors. Economic development incentives are one critical tool. Another is creating more educational and pre-professional programs for high school and college students that prepare them for jobs in health, technology and manufacturing sectors. A high quality of life is part of what keeps existing businesses here and attracts new companies. This includes affordable housing, strong schools, protecting the stunning beauty of our natural resources and greenways — yet one more reason why we need to continue strong support in these areas.

The release of body camera footage is part of a much broader set of questions that we face regarding law enforcement, our criminal justice system and race. We need to work together as community members, law enforcement and elected officials to address policy issues and to build trust and empathy in new ways. I believe that footage should be part of the public record and that there must also be some mechanism in place to ensure that privacy is protected, particularly for those who are vulnerable. For example, if footage shows a minor, there should be mechanisms in place to address privacy issues.

Transparency, accountability and due process are critical guideposts in such decision making.

Yes. Bonds are an important tool for funding vital infrastructure projects. And bond decisions are made by the voters, so they are an excellent way for community members and taxpayers to have a voice in the process. Buncombe County currently has the highest possible bond rating of AAA, as assigned by Standard & Poor’s, which allows the county to borrow money at historically low rates.

HB2 is a disaster and must be repealed immediately. Its harms include discrimination against LGBT people, the state overstepping its bounds in legislating municipalities and the state doubling down on opposition to raising the minimum wage. The cost of HB2 is tremendous to our people, our economy and our reputation.

Affordable housing is a top concern in our county — for folks who rent and those who are homeowners. I’m now hearing stories about people who accept jobs here and then have to turn down offers because they cannot find housing that will fit their needs and budgets. We need innovative, collaborative strategies to answer the housing crisis. There are many tools at the county’s disposal to promote affordable housing, including workforce housing, public investment in affordable housing projects, partnerships with nonprofits and builders, zoning decisions and working with the city of Asheville to address this issue. Bottom line, we must address this issue now, or it will continue to negatively impact people in our community and suppress economic growth.

Zoning is one important tool in addressing the affordable housing crisis and in ensuring the protection of our extraordinary natural resources. This is particularly true as we look at areas of the county that have not historically had a zoning designation. As development expands across the county, we must evolve our zoning policies to respond to current needs, responsibilities and opportunities.

This is exactly the kind of conversation we need to be having with all stakeholders present.

Two important concepts for me are using zoning to protect our natural resources through more conservation and promoting affordable housing through zoning for higher density in certain areas. I look forward to sitting down with stakeholders to have this conversation when I take office.

Our county has an incredible track record of using innovation, collaboration and best practices to address complex social issues and pressing human needs. We see this with the Family Justice Center and the county’s health and human services. Two areas that urgently need greater attention are the realities that: One in four children in our county live in poverty; and African-American county residents experience significant disparities in areas including infant mortality, unemployment, poverty and education (see “State of Black Asheville”). As an incoming commissioner, I pledge to focus on these issues, joining the many community leaders, county staff and elected officials who are deeply engaged in this work through policy, services and public-private collaborations.

Endorsements: Buncombe County Association of Educators; Western

North Carolina Central Labor Council; Equality NC; The Sierra Club of Western North Carolina Amount of money raised: $48,652.42 Top 3 donors: Jeff Cooper, Judy Meelia and Kevin Jones

Running unopposed

DISTRICT 2 Mike Fryar - Republican

Nancy Nehls Nelson - Democrat

actively working on raising funds through the end of the month. (See next campaign finance report). These are public record.

Top 3 donors: See campaign finance report when due at the end of October

Educators, WNC Central Labor Council, Equality NC, Common Cause of North Carolina; Asheville Citizen-Times Amount of money raised: $23,500 Top 3 donors: Sierra Club, $2,000; Ken Brame, $1,000; Bernard Arghiere, $1,000

Endorsements: (Did Not Answer) Amount of money raised: $17,000 through primary, and I am still

Endorsements: Sierra Club, Buncombe County Association of

DISTRICT 3 Joe Belcher - Republican

Ed Hay - Democrat

Endorsements: Sierra Club; Buncombe County Association of Educators; WNC Central Labor Council Amount of money raised: Approximately $15,000 Top 3 donors: Ken Brame, $1,000; Madelynn Leslie, $1,000; Richard Wasch, $750

Endorsements: Asheville Citizen-Times Amount of money raised: On record Top 3 donors: On record

DISTRICT 3: SHORT TERM Robert Pressley - Republican

David King - Democrat

Endorsements: Buncombe County Association of Educators; Sierra

Endorsements: Asheville Citizen-Times Amount of money raised: (Did Not Answer) Top 3 donors: (Did Not Answer)

Club; Western North Carolina Central Labor Council

Amount of money raised: Approximately $18,000 Top 3 donors: Ted Van Duyn, $5,000; Ken Brame, $1,500; Bob and

Leslie Rhinehart, $1,000

REGISTER OF DEEDS Patricia (Pat) Cothran - Republican

Endorsements: I did not seek political endorsements for this elected

office because it is an apolitical position.

Amount of money raised: I’ve received donations from voters of all affiliations. Campaign finance reports are available to the public on the Board of Elections website.

Top 3 donors: Campaign finance reports are available to the public on the Board of Elections website.

Drew Reisinger - Democrat

Endorsements: The Sierra Club; Land of Sky Association of Realtors;

WNC Central Labor Council

Amount of money raised: $12,382 Top 3 donors: The Ellen Frost Campaign, $750; Rev. Jim Curl, $650;

Buzz Berry, Todd Williams and the NC Realtors PAC each donated $500.

BUNCOMBE COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICTS

One in four children in Buncombe County lives in poverty. That’s a moral crisis, and we need to come together in new ways to ensure that every child in our community has an equal opportunity to thrive. That means the public sector, private sector, nonprofits, providers and the faith community. A few top priorities: expanding pre-K; ensuring robust support for our public schools; recognizing the connections between poverty, living wage jobs, affordable housing and public transportation; and, when possible, addressing those issues holistically.

I love our community and am committed to serving. My background as a minister, an organizer and a nonprofit leader have taught me invaluable lessons about how to work with others, including those with differing views, and how to help create real change that helps people. As an LGBT person, I know firsthand how important policy is and how directly it touches people’s lives, either to uplift them or harm them; that’s a personal understanding I’ll bring into serving as county commissioner. I believe in a politics of empathy which starts in our local community, where we know each other and are neighbors.

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DISTRICT 2: BARNARDSVILLE, BLACK MOUNTAIN, FAIRVIEW, WEAVERVILLE

MIKE FRYAR

BUNCOMBE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

INCUMBENT – Republican avl.mx/32k Place of residence: Fairview Occupation: Retired Political experience: Buncombe County Commissioner since 2012

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NANCY NEHLS NELSON Democrat Electnancynehlsnelson.org Place of residence: Weaverville Occupation: Retired project manager Political experience: Active in political campaigns lifelong. Never ran for public office personally until now

What is Buncombe County’s best path toward creating more jobs outside of the service and tourist industries? And how do you plan on making it happen?

I am always in favor of working to bring jobs to Buncombe County and plan to continue working to do so as one of my top priorities.

I support offering incentives to businesses who want to join Buncombe County’s successful economic family and partnerships between educational institutions and employers to guarantee adequate skills for employment. We must also offer first-class education to all students, which builds the foundation for investing in our next generation of leaders. This indicates to businesses that we are committed to a strong economy, and it drives growth of well-paying jobs and expanding technologies throughout the county.

North Carolina law states footage from the Sheriff’s Department body cameras is not part of the public record. Do you agree or disagree with this decision? Why or why not?

I believe that the Sheriff’s Department and the district attorney are more qualified to make this decision.

The Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office has set up specific guidelines for how body cameras are used. This includes the right for any citizen to view the tape of an incident that they are personally involved in. The tapes are retained under guidelines for lawyers of defendants and the Sheriff’s Office to review, if necessary, for ongoing legal proceedings. With overall crime reduced by 14 percent in the last eight years, I trust Sheriff Van Duncan and his department to use this information wisely for the benefit of the public.

As infrastructure needs grow, would you consider using bonds to fund projects? Why or why not? And, if so, what type of bond would you pursue?

I am not usually in favor of bonds if it results in more tax increases.

Infrastructure growth is funded from many different sources. Currently, Buncombe County, with its sound financial programs, excellent credit, low debt and AAA bond rating, doesn’t seek funding from bonds. If that need arose, it would just be another tool in the toolkit for funding. I’m sure use would follow the School of Government’s Best Practices.

Does HB2 highlight the state overstepping its bounds in regard to legislating municipalities? Why or why not?

It seems that with all of the good economic news resulting from the governor’s leadership, some only want to focus on the subject regarding HB2. There is nothing discriminatory about being concerned about the safety and welfare of our children, and when we look at markets in other states, Asheville has outperformed other places when it comes to growth and income rates.

HB2 was a state-level Republican strategy that has made our state an embarrassment all over the country. It should be repealed as soon as possible. HB2 is another example of fixing a problem where no problem existed, very much like fixing “voter fraud” when none existed. It has cost our state millions of dollars in hard cash and good will. It has shown that our state government does not support equal care and opportunity for all people. Our state government, indeed, overstepped its bounds.

As development continues to boom, how can the county help ensure affordable housing for its residents?

As long as demand is greater than supply, this issue will be challenging to find solutions and will need support from the public and private sectors.

County government continues to work with private builders and nonprofits on various projects to ensure affordable housing. Any destination city that relies as heavily on tourism and visitors as Asheville does faces this issue. Connecting areas by public transportation and providing local access to services will lessen the burden for those who have to live in one area and commute to jobs.

Are the current zoning policies adequate to deal with the pressures of increased development in the county?

I believe that they are more than adequate as there are 91 pages of zoning ordinances for Buncombe County.

Buncombe County has come a long way from the early 2000s, when development really began accelerating in WNC. Ordinances continue to be updated, and county municipalities have created some excellent land-use master plans to guide growth. Steep slope building and property lighting spillover have been addressed. Subdivision guidelines and water use restrictions are today under scrutiny. I believe more work needs to be done at the county level, and I want to play a significant role working with an excellent Planning Board.

What zoning designation that doesn’t currently exist would you like to see, or what is an existing, but underutilized, zoning designation?

None that I am aware of.

During the two years I served on Weaverville’s Planning & Zoning Board, an excellent Master Land Use Plan was passed by the Town Council. There is a designation of “Countryside Rural” that takes into consideration rural/agricultural areas. It is these kinds of plans, already on the books, that I would like to look at for the entire county. I would like to see open-use designation become a thing of the past.

What county-run service needs the most improvement, and how would you address it?

County-run services strive to provide the best cost-efficient services that they can and should continue to work toward doing so.

Support for our traditional public schools has been eroding since 2008. The commissioners need to work diligently with our state representatives to bring back funding for classroom supplies, textbooks and teaching assistants. This is the major expenditure of our county, and it needs attention.

What is the most important issue facing Buncombe County, and how do you plan on addressing it?

We must prioritize three issues to create opportunity in Buncombe County: education, jobs and not increasing property taxes. But reducing taxes should be our main focus in order to provide residents of Buncombe County opportunity.

I believe that the most important issue is keeping our economy strong through reasonable and smart land use. We must not kill the goose that laid the golden egg, yet do not have an unlimited water supply, especially up here in northern Buncombe County, an area aptly named “Dry Ridge.” We need to carefully consider what we do with bottomland used for farms and ridgetops that continue to bring tourists and visitors to this area. These areas need to be protected.

What makes you the most qualified candidate for this position?

I have worked to be accountable to the citizens of Buncombe County and provide valuable services and use the citizens’ tax dollars wisely.

I have a background in business and project management. My work at AT&T Bell Labs was with people from all over the world. I’ve worked hard to preserve the cultural heritage of our farmlands and the natural beauty of WNC by serving on the county Land Conservation Advisory Board. I serve our veterans by volunteering at the VA hospital. I teach at the UNC Asheville OLLI College for Seniors.

Most of all, I know that at the heart of our democracy is a balance between the individual and community, and I want to bring that view to the County Commission by being the new commissioner in District 2.

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DISTRICT 3: ENKA, LEICESTER

JOE BELCHER INCUMBENT – Republican Belcherforcommissioner.com Place of residence: Candler Occupation: Retired Political experience: Current Buncombe County commissioner, District 3

ED HAY Democrat

Edhay.org Place of residence: Asheville Occupation: Attorney Political experience: In addition to service on a number of boards and commissions, I served on Asheville City Council for six years, including a term as vice mayor.

I supported the construction of our new STEM high school (science, technology, engineering, math) as one step in preparing our young students for jobs in advanced manufacturing and other fields.

I believe in CTE (career and technical education) courses to provide direction for middle and high school students also. I was one of the original organizers and supporter of the RAMP initiative (raising awareness of manufacturing possibilities) that promotes cooperation between local skilled labor companies and Buncombe County Schools as well as A-B Tech.

I believe it is critically important that county government be purposeful in designing creative and thoughtful strategies for job creation. Recent studies suggest that while Buncombe County has a robust economy now, we’re running far behind in preparing ourselves for the job market of the future.

We need to invest in attracting the types of industries that will sustain good-paying jobs as well as making a new investment in our community.

This is an issue that our Sheriff Van Duncan would make a recommendation to the commission. I would support his recommendation.

My strong predisposition is that body camera footage should be part of the public record, subject to reasonable and reviewable limitations designed to protect public safety.

Most bonds are used for infrastructure needs; for example, school construction. In Buncombe County, we fund these capital requests through part of our sales tax and meet the need without putting a burden on property tax. I do not see the need for bonds to meet county funding.

County government has earned an extremely favorable credit rating, which means that the cost of borrowing money is very low. In light of that, issuing bonds now to pay for infrastructure improvements which will cost more in the future might make good business sense. I would want them to be general obligation bonds, requiring a public vote.

HB2 was in response to the Charlotte ordinance. I have said before that I would not support a Charlotte-style ordinance. As a gentleman, I believe it could be harmful to women and children.

HB2 represents just one more step in the long history of efforts by Raleigh lawmakers to limit local government’s ability to govern itself. It deprives local citizens of the ability to make important decisions about their daily lives. The efforts to manage local government from Raleigh are contrary to democratic principles.

We must be an advocate for affordable housing in all its forms. Most conversations that occur about affordable housing involve only affordable rentals, and we must create a path to equity in Buncombe County by helping make homeownership affordable. This can be achieved by looking at all forms of housing, including smaller square-footage stick-built construction, factory-built, tiny homes, manufactured and modular construction. Also, we must look carefully at the cost of regulation for our builders. The cost of permitting in city and county locations is excessive.

County government has a number of tools available to address affordable housing issues, such as building incentives for developers in the zoning ordinance and direct financial assistance to the construction of new projects. Market conditions work against the creation of affordable housing in the private sector, so county government needs to find ways to make those efforts more financially feasible. A collateral issue is that the county, through its zoning ordinance, needs to protect the existing affordable housing stock which may be lost to new development.

I believe that we need to protect our beautiful mountains with common-sense requirements.

The county’s current zoning ordinance is inadequate to deal with the exploding growth, much of which is spilling over from the city. We need to engage the community in a comprehensive review of the existing ordinance, with the goal of improving and expanding it. We should welcome growth, but we should also be able to direct growth where we want growth to be, while at the same time recognizing the rights of those who have an expectation that they will be protected.

Our R3 designation needs some work. Currently, we are not keeping pace with the rest of the country when it comes to factory-built housing. Allowing ranch-style models in comparable communities is a way to help [people own or rent an] affordable house. We should also look at tiny homes as an option. Many millennials prefer smaller homes and consider them a popular choice across the country.

Use of open zoning as a classification needs to be revisited. It is a legacy of the imposition of a countywide zoning ordinance where one didn’t exist before. We need to undertake an effort to fill the open zoning portions of the county with appropriate, enforceable zoning.

I would like to see our nonprofit community service funding requests move from individual asks once a year to contract-based agreements. This would allow most of these programs to come under our Health and Human Services Department and be managed better. These are contracted services that would be needed to help those struggling in Buncombe County. By bringing them into this department, we would deliver better services to the public.

Until I have had an opportunity to familiarize myself with daily operations, as any new commissioner should do, it would be unfair to identify any service or department as needing improvement. I do hope that we can provide resources and direction to the Planning Department to upgrade our zoning ordinance countywide, in order to effectively address issues resulting from explosive growth.

This is difficult because it depends on where you live. There are those that believe traffic is our problem, congestion in certain areas. But if you ask our Sheriff’s Department, it would be concerned about our drug problems. We have families that struggle, so they would look for help with wages, jobs and economic development. We must seek to involve our community at all times as this needle is moving.

The most important task is the broad issue of preparing county government for the future. If our schools are not going to be adequately supported from Raleigh, then we need to identify ways to keep them strong. If job creation efforts are not focused on the future, we need to develop new strategies. If our county faces explosive growth, we need land-use plans which can address it. Buncombe County citizens have the right to expect that they can trust their future to the county commission.

I am the most qualified because I have served my constituents for four years with compassion and dedication. I am very visible and accessible in all our communities. You must know everyone in your district, and I do. Whether they live in Sandy Mush, Candler or South Asheville, I have listened to issues and fixed problems. I have supported four new schools and thousands of additional jobs. I pushed for teacher assistant pay increases and was successful. I will not ignore the cries of the least to meet the needs of the loudest.

I’ve served on boards and commissions from Pisgah Legal Services to the ABC Board to the Economic Development Commission to Pack Place, and served six years on Asheville City Council.

I understand local government and how to get things done, and I have a strong belief in the ability of local government to make a difference in people’s lives.

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DISTRICT 3: SHORT-TERM (No incumbent, 2-year vacancy from resignation of Miranda DeBruhl)

ROBERT PRESSLEY

BUNCOMBE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

Republican Robertpressley.com Place of residence: Bent Creek

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DAVID KING Democrat

Davidkingbuncombe3.com Place of residence: Candler

Occupation: Small-business owner

Occupation: Farrier, self-employed

Political experience: None

Political experience: Buncombe County Commissioner, District 3, 2012-14

What is Buncombe County’s best path toward creating more jobs outside of the service and tourist industries? And how do you plan on making it happen?

More jobs are created when the cost of doing business goes down. To a large extent, that means keeping taxes low and doing our best to get rid of costly regulations. We already live in one of the most beautiful places in the country — we need to do our part to help businesses thrive by getting out of the way. The citizens of Buncombe County have a right to earn an honest living, and as elected officials, we have an obligation to make that as easy as possible.

The best path toward creating more jobs outside of the service and tourists industries requires [that] Buncombe County remains a desirable place to live. We do this by ensuring the qualities attracting people to us — our quality schools with quality teachers, and our natural environment with clean air, clean water, woodlands, farmlands and green spaces — remain a priority. The county should also continue to work closely and vigorously with the Economic Development Coalition to recruit new and good-paying businesses.

North Carolina law states footage from the Sheriff’s Department body cameras is not part of the public record. Do you agree or disagree with this decision? Why or why not?

As I understand it, that was the situation until the General Assembly passed a new law, which became effective on Oct. 1. The new law establishes, for the first time, a legal process for releasing these videos through the court system. Until now, it’s been up to politicians and individual law enforcement agencies. I think it’s a good change and I support it, because it balances the needs of investigations by law enforcement, privacy and the public’s right to know.

The law concerning the footage from the Sheriff’s Department body cameras not being part of the public record is an issue I do not have strong opinions on, either pro or con. This is an issue determined by the lawmakers, law enforcement and the courts. It is my understanding some of the body camera footage is currently made available to the public. It is also my understanding civilians involved have some right of privacy. Any decision to expand or change the current law would come from lawmakers (county commissioners do not make law) or the courts. The role of commissioners is to abide by the laws on this issue or any other.

As infrastructure needs grow, would you consider using bonds to fund projects? Why or why not? And, if so, what type of bond would you pursue?

Yes, but they must be very specific and very targeted. Too often, the language of a bond referendum is very vague and open-ended, which allows politicians to use taxpayer money on projects that have little or nothing to do with what the bond was intended for. In some cases, I think you’ve seen that on the state level, and now with the bonds on the ballot this fall in Asheville. It’s a shell game as old as the hills. I believe in being honest and upfront with taxpayers on how we spend their money. I would not propose any debt financing until we can retire at least 40 percent of our current debt. That’s just prudent housekeeping.

Since infrastructure needs are real and the county is very limited in the options it has to obtain funding, I would not close off any funding possibilities, like bonds, the county does have. However, the best option, bond or otherwise for funding a particular project, may not be evident until the project is presented and a funding request is made.

Does HB2 highlight the state overstepping its bounds in regard to legislating municipalities? Why or why not?

I think HB2 highlights just the opposite — the Charlotte City Council clearly overstepped its bounds when it mandated that the thousands of private businesses within the city limits could no longer have gender-segregated bathrooms, showers and changing rooms — even at places like the YWCA. That’s just plain nuts, I don’t care what the politically correct opinion of the day is. And North Carolina is not a “home rule state” — meaning that city and county governments only have the authority granted to them by the legislature. Charlotte didn’t have the authority to do what they did, so they needed to be reined in.

The state’s relationship with municipalities and counties is a matter of state law via the state constitution/amendments and court rulings. My feeling is, just because you can do something does not mean you should. I feel it is very important the state does not abuse its power over, or its relationship with, local governments. A more balanced approach to governing than the one we have seen lately between the state and local governments is the type of relationship I would prefer.

As development continues to boom, how can the county help ensure affordable housing for its residents?

Although I don’t think that it’s necessarily up to government to ensure that housing (or anything else) is affordable — I’m a big believer in the free market — as policymakers, we can take a good, hard look at how the county itself can often make the affordable housing situation worse. That can come in the form of costly, unnecessary regulations on businesses that drive up the cost of development and lower wages. Government needs to get out of the way by keeping taxes low and cutting red tape.

When it does, wages go up, and prices come down.

County government does not have a solution for the very real problem of affordable housing. Most of the factors affecting affordability, such as market value, reside in the private sector. However, the county can/has supported efforts, such as the Community Development Ordinance, which offer incentives for developers in order to make it feasible to create more affordable housing. This, and other such measures, can provide a small amount of relief to the issue of affordability. I would continue to support these efforts as well as be open to finding other opportunities to help alleviate this difficult situation so many people face.

Are the current zoning policies adequate to deal with the pressures of increased development in the county?

Yes. There is a process for handling complicated growth and development trends, and much of what the county board does is make adjustments to existing zoning regulations. Our zoning policies are not ideal, but they are adequate to manage the short-term stress of growth. If I could, I would repeal zoning in the county and let communities manage their own lives.

Based on rapid and increased development all over the county, I do think current zoning polices are due for a review. Many once-rural areas of the county are now very urbanized and have very different needs from those truly rural/agriculturally oriented sections. A one-size-fits-all approach will not work for the growth and development we are experiencing. We want to meet the needs of the areas experiencing very real traffic and safety issues, while at the same time meet the needs of areas concerned with preserving the land and green spaces which make them the communities they are.

We need to work diligently to ensure a quality of life beneficial to each area of the county.

What zoning designation that doesn’t currently exist would you like to see, or what is an existing, but underutilized, zoning designation?

I think the Neighborhood Service District is somewhat underused. The NSD allows homes and community-oriented businesses to coexist in a unified zoning designation. A harmonious mix of business and residential land use can also help startups and home-based businesses thrive. We should also look at maximizing the Open Use District, which is basically “no zoning.”

In relation to zoning, I would like to see an overall review of the current designations — what is working and what isn’t — with input by the citizens and the county planning staff. If changes are to be made, and I do believe some changes are necessary in light of our rapid growth and resulting issues, input, review and planning must occur first in order to make sure we are helping the situations we feel need to be fixed.

What county-run service needs the most improvement, and how would you address it?

The county board itself could use some improvement — and I’d try to address that by getting elected in November. But I need help to get there, so I’m asking for everyone on District 3 to vote for me.

While serving on the County Commission, it was my experience county-run services were continually being evaluated for improvement. While all services can/should be open to improvement as an ongoing process, I am not aware of any service in need of any major improvement. That said, I would be open to input from all sources if it is felt specific improvements in any service area are needed.

What is the most important issue facing Buncombe County, and how do you plan on addressing it?

We need to retire the county’s debt of over $500 million. Until we do, the taxpayers are on the hook for every penny, and I’m just not comfortable with that. We have to take a fresh look at our priorities and how we are spending your money. I believe I can help to provide that much-needed fresh perspective.

It is difficult to point to one issue facing Buncombe County as most important. Issues aren’t usually isolated. One issue — jobs, economy, education, housing — impacts another. My feeling, however, is the most challenging issue would be growth. I would work to ensure we have necessary county planning in place to meet the needs we have and needs we can anticipate in the future. I would work for a plan to protect our family farms and green spaces. I would also want to see the county doing everything possible to reduce less desirable impacts of growth on more urban/suburban areas by working to implement necessary infrastructure allowing easier biking, walking and mass transit access between all areas of the county.

What makes you the most qualified candidate for this position?

I don’t have a political ax to grind or a political agenda to implement. I’ve made a career in NASCAR, and now I run a small business both serving and employing the good folks here in Buncombe County.

I know what matters most to ordinary folks who are just trying to earn a living, raise a family and live a decent and rewarding life.

A background in manufacturing, small-business ownership and county government from 2012-14 gives me a good foundation to serve as a commissioner in Buncombe County. My previous service is a record of working to bring new businesses with higher-paying jobs into our county and working to retain existing industry, keeping citizens employed. I am a huge advocate of public education and helped secure funding for four new schools built in the county and city since 2012. I also worked for land conservation and a healthy environment. Perhaps more importantly, I want to work to meet the challenges synonymous with the growth and changes ahead and ensure greater opportunities for our citizens in the future, always putting people first.

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REGISTER OF DEEDS

PATRICIA (PAT) COTHRAN Republican

DREW REISINGER INCUMBENT – Democrat

patcothran.com Place of residence: Leicester

drewfordeeds.com Place of residence: West Asheville

Occupation: Title insurance underwriter, insuring property documents recorded in the Register of Deeds office

Occupation: Buncombe County Register of Deeds

Political experience: 38 years of corporate business and leadership experience, which requires multiple political relationships

Political experience: Buncombe County Register of Deeds, 2011-present

Why are you running?

Because it matters. The citizens deserve an educated, experienced, accountable business professional and proven leader. The incumbent accepted special treatment from the county by taking health insurance coverage without the six-month waiting period required of all other county employees. He cost the taxpayers in excess of $600,000 when he closed the office for a day and a half without permission, ignoring clear rules of operations and accountability he must uphold. He ignored state open meeting laws by polling county commissioners. He challenged our constitution.

He politicizes the office with his personal agendas. All this is well‐documented in the media. I’m running because his actions are intolerable. I will restore accountability, professionalism and integrity to our county’s Register of Deeds office.

My experience as Buncombe County’s Register of Deeds has been rewarding, and there is still more that we can do to improve the lives of the citizens of Buncombe County and make it easier to do business here. As the Register of Deeds, I am privileged to interact with people throughout their lives: recording deeds of people’s property, providing marriage licenses for loving couples and maintaining birth certificates for our newest residents. I take this job very seriously, and I am running to continue my record of increased efficiency, excellent customer service and responsible use of taxpayer dollars.

Should the Register of Deeds be an elected position or hired by county administration based on academic and professional qualifications?

The purpose of N.C. General Statute 161, Article 3, is “to attract the most highly qualified talent available within the state to the position of register of deeds.” The public is best served by hiring the most highly qualified person in terms of pertinent academic training, proven successful private-sector experience and fully vetted professional qualifications. This ensures the office will run effectively and efficiently instead of suffering the wasteful and irresponsible mistakes made by the incumbent. Traditionally, register of deeds elections tend to be “endorsement races” — contests where political backing, connections and even backroom deals count more than qualifications for office. With the important duties performed by the ROD for all citizens, true qualifications matter more than political affiliation.

Our office is funded through taxpayer dollars, and we are charged with protecting the most vital documents of our citizens. I feel that it is important for citizens to have a voice in who carries this responsibility in order to maintain accountability and transparency.

What fee would you consider lowering, and how could you do so without affecting service?

The county Register of Deeds has no dominion over the fee schedule; the N.C. General Assembly mandates fees. In fact, it recently passed Senate Bill 19, taking effect Oct. 1, to adjust the uniform fee for recording deeds of trust to comply with TILA‐RESPA Integrated Disclosure (TRID). NCGS 161‐10 (a) sets forth the purpose and amount of the fees to be collected “... which shall be uniform throughout the State.” As the Register of Deeds, I will examine the workload using queuing theory to determine appropriate staffing levels to maximize productivity and review vendor contracts to seek savings in operational costs. I cannot unilaterally lower fees, but I can improve service and accuracy for all our citizens.

Fees in our office are set by state statute; therefore, it is not possible for me to lower fees. However, I have worked to reduce our office’s budget by implementing technology and streamlining services.

Since I took office in 2011, Buncombe County has since seen a significant increase in real estate recordings. We have managed this increase by providing more efficient services. Under my tenure, revenues are up, and expenditures are down. We were one of the first counties in North Carolina to give citizens the ability to order documents online. Many counties have followed suit but have added additional fees. Our prices have remained the same while adding new, convenient services for our citizens.

Beyond preservation, how would you proactively contribute to community’s sense of history?

As a genealogist and historian, and a trustee at the historic Brick Church in Leicester for more than 20 years, where I descend from seven generations of ancestors who settled here in the 1800s (the incumbent is an Orlando native), I have a great appreciation for a sense of history. I spearheaded a cemetery project there to locate 418 unmarked graves of both white and African-American community members, which culminated in the placement of markers at each site. I would create an ad hoc advisory committee to initiate an online searchable database, by cemetery, of the names of those buried throughout our county, which would be linked to Ancestry.com and other research sites, making this historical data easily accessible.

My office was the first in the nation to digitize our county’s slave records and make them easily accessible to the public. This allows students and researchers to better understand the impact that slavery had on our region, while also assisting African-Americans in tracing their genealogy. I am currently working with our state archivist to create an online database of all North Carolina slave records. In my first term in office, we completed a digitization project of all of our county’s birth, marriage, death and real estate records. Record preservation keeps us safe from natural disaster, increases transparency and is a vital part of my responsibility as your Register of Deeds.

What service can be better modernized and/or improved, and how would you do so?

The incumbent touts some modernization as an accomplishment when, instead, that’s a basic duty of any leadership position. A leader does what is necessary to move the business forward, whether through technology, modernization, cost savings, etc. Going above and beyond is an accomplishment; simply fulfilling one’s job description is not. Failing to realize that the current practice of system updates during daytime working hours causes computer downtime for customers is simply irresponsible. I would change the update schedule to after‐hours only. Further, the incumbent ignores his fiduciary duties by failing to ensure accuracy in the scanned and indexed files of the user database. I would institute an audit procedure and rectify those existing errors to guarantee a better customer experience.

Over the past five years, I have modernized our office by implementing eRecording, allowing citizens to request marriage and birth records online, and scanning more than 7 million documents. With this massive digitization effort, we also took on an equally challenging effort to redact all sensitive information from our online database, such as Social Security numbers, to protect our citizens from identity theft. My office has consistently been a statewide leader in implementing new technology, and as technology continues to evolve, we will collaborate with other state and local government offices to ensure that the Buncombe County Register of Deeds office is a leader in our state and nation.

Is there a situation where it is appropriate for the Register of Deeds to make political statements that affect the service the office provides? If so, please provide an example. If not, why?

The position of Register of Deeds is best described as one of managerial leadership, providing services of recording, preserving and retrieving life’s important legal documents to all members of the public. The Register must conduct these duties within the existing laws and statutes of the state and county governments, and these services must absolutely be executed without regard to political affiliation or political bias. The Register of Deeds has no authority to set forth or enact any legislation at a local or state level. Therefore, the office should never be used as a public podium in support of any political agenda, used to make political statements or trounce on existing laws, all of which the incumbent has done.

As an elected representative, I do believe that there are times when it is important to stand up for what I believe in, especially when the consequences could to lead inequality or unfair treatment of our citizens. When the N.C. legislature passed SB2, allowing Register of Deeds employees to opt out of giving same-sex marriage licenses, I felt that it was vital for me to express my commitment to equality and to let our citizens know that regardless of their sexual orientation, they would be treated with dignity and respect in my office. As a result of this, same-sex couples from surrounding counties traveled to Asheville to apply for their marriage licenses because they knew they would be treated with respect.

What makes you the most qualified candidate for this position?

Buncombe County’s Register of Deeds directs a multimillion-dollar budget and oversees 16 employees. That office is a business that requires oversight by an experienced business professional.

I am a Buncombe County native and small-business owner/jobs creator with unparalleled credentials for this position. The greatest portion of my life’s work taught me the intricacies of the Register’s office, the legal environment in which the office operates and the protection of our property rights through vigilance. My Master of Business Administration and Master of Entrepreneurship degrees have added to my extensive knowledge of business management. And I respect the constitution of this state. There is simply no one else better qualified to serve Buncombe County’s citizens as Register of Deeds.

In the five years I have been in office, we have achieved many firsts: We were the first office in the state to offer Spanish translation services in-person and online, the first county in the U.S. to digitize our slave records, we are one of the few counties in the country who eRecords plats, and we are the first to allow new mothers to request birth certificates directly from the hospital. In addition, I have been elected to the executive committee of N.C. Association of Registers of Deeds and serve as the chair of the Western District. Under my leadership, Buncombe County will continue to have the most cutting-edge, user-friendly Register of Deeds office in the state.

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BY aBLE aLLEn aallen@mountainx.com The question that may surprise and even confuse some Woodfin residents as they dutifully mark their ballots is: Should the 6,300 residents of the town of Woodfin take on an additional $4.5 million in debt to pay for a greenway, parks and other public works projects along the stretch of the French Broad that flows through the town?

There’s been little discussion in the media about the Woodfin bond. In contrast, voters in Asheville, Woodfin’s much larger neighbor to the south, have been engaged in healthy debate over three proposed bonds amounting to $74 million.

Town Manager jason young says he knows of no groups campaigning for or against Woodfin’s bond referendum. to owe or not to owe?

Woodfin is known for its comparatively low taxes. The town’s nearly $3 million 2016-17 budget is supported by a property tax rate of 30.5 cents per $100 of assessed valuation. By comparison, Weaverville, with just under 4,000 residents, has a much higher tax rate than Woodfin — 44 cents per $100 to support its $7.8 million budget.

If passed, Woodfin’s bond referendum could drive up the tax rate significantly for residents, who would shoulder about $714 each in additional debt burden, and even more than that, considering interest.

Woodfin currently has just over $11 million in public debt, almost all of which is associated with infrastructure improvements in Reynolds Village. But this debt doesn’t show up in the town’s debt accounting because the payments are projected to be covered by the increased tax revenues generated from the development itself over the next two decades or so — using an approach known as tax-increment financing.

Under the tax-increment financing arrangement, if the tax value of the project doesn’t rise quickly enough to cover the debt, Buncombe County will cover the balance due in the short term. But ultimately, Woodfin would still have to pay the debt — in this case,

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investMent in the riverBAnk: Woodfin Riverside Park is an existing part of what may someday be a sizable greenway connecting a system of parks and other green spaces along a transportation vein throughout the county. Photo by Emma Grace Moon over a longer-than-anticipated time, with property tax revenues. Once the debt is fully repaid, the projected tax revenues from Reynolds Village’s increased tax base would begin to flow into the town’s coffers. Assuming all goes according to plan, tax revenues from Reynolds Village are expected to finish paying off the debt and begin boosting the town’s annual budget by about 2037.

Since the debt from Reynolds Village tax-increment financing doesn’t show up in Woodfin’s regular debt accounting, the town is able to say it is almost debtfree. According to Young, the current municipal debt is $217,509, or just $35 per person. If the bond referendum passes, however, that figure will increase by over 2,000 percent.

“The bond referendum would represent a tax [that] the citizens of Woodfin place upon themselves in addition to their current tax rate,” Young says.

But the blow will be spread out over a number of years. “The exact timing of the debt service,” continues Young, “would be dependent upon when the Board [of Aldermen] finalized the bond sale. The board anticipates that the bonds would be sold by the spring

of 2017, and the payback would likely begin in 2018.” whAt’s it All For? While Woodfin voters consider taking on a debt of $714 per resident, Asheville voters are also looking at adding a similar debt burden: $828 per person. But Asheville’s proposed debt will cover a much broader range of improvements — transportation, housing, parks and recreation — than Woodfin’s bond, which would go entirely to parks and greenways.

Considering just the greenways, parks and recreation components of Asheville’s proposed bonds, those projects would add a debt of $248 per person.

A key portion of Woodfin’s 2010 Greenways, Sidewalks and Bikeways Master Plan would be implemented with funds from the proposed bond.

Aimed at improving residents’ quality of life by providing more space for public recreation, the plan is anchored by a green-way running along the French Broad River. The greenway would

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n ews stretch “from the south end of Woodfin near the Broadway and Riverside Drive interchange likely going as far as the town limits up to the [Metropolitan Sewerage District] Administrative Building, where it will peel off in two separate lines,” according to the town website. In time, the greenway would connect with Asheville’s greenway system and, beyond that, greenways planned for southern and eastern Buncombe County. The bond will also help fund a 4.5-acre park on land donated by Silver-Line Plastics, which is just to the north of Asheville’s River Arts District.

“Depending on how far the money goes,” says Woodfin Mayor jerry vehaun, “we’re also looking at a whitewater wave,” an in-river device that can shape the flow of the water into boat-friendly hydraulic features. Former Asheville Vice Mayor marc hunt and other whitewater recreation enthusiasts are pushing to include the whitewater feature in Woodfin’s greenway and park improvement plan.

While the first phase of the greenway plan is estimated to cost up to $10 million, Young says the town will seek other funding to make up the difference between the $4.5 million bond funding

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and the project total. In addition to the general obligation bonds, he explains, the town will seek grants, private donations, corporate sponsorships and other budgetary methods to complete the funding package.

For or AgAinst While the notion of investing in a significant greenway project has been on the table for the better part of a decade, the move to put the question of funding to the people has been quick and fairly quiet. Young explains that the Woodfin board weighed moving forward with piecemeal, pay-asyou-go projects versus a larger single project with at least a portion of the cost financed through a bond.

“Over the last year, discussion has increasingly turned toward exploring the bond issuance,” he says, “in order to leverage outside funding sources, reduce construction and mobilization costs, and present a completed project to the people of Woodfin that they can begin to use and enjoy in the near future rather than over the course of decades.” Vehaun agrees that the bond referendum represents a chance to get a big section of the plan

completed with a single package rather than whittling away at the project year after year.

Although Woodfin has placed a priority on keeping taxes low, the mayor says, “We realized whichever way we went, we’d have to raise taxes.” So the Board of Aldermen opted to seek the voters’ approval for a bond and spread out the cost over a number of years. Doing it this way, Vehaun says, the town will be able to keep the increase to 5.6 cents per $100 of property value.

Woodfin residents would still enjoy the lowest taxes of any municipality in the county.

A key reason that Woodfin voters are seeing the bond question on this particular ballot, Young says, is a 2013 state law restricting bond referendums to evenyear elections.

However, the recent state law is less restrictive than Young seems to believe.

It allows a bond referendum to be placed on a ballot in any primary or general election pertaining to the same voters considering the bond referendum. For instance, according to trena parker, director of the Buncombe County Board of Elections, the Woodfin municipal election in fall 2017 would also be a legal time to hold the referendum. So, the decision

to pose the bond question this year may have been artificially rushed by Young’s understanding of the requirement.

At the same time, the aldermen of Woodfin do seem ready to take action. In July, the board took up the question of the referendum at its monthly meeting.

During a public hearing that lasted just five minutes, only one attendee spoke up: Resident bill neireemer said he was in favor of putting the measure on the ballot this year. The board adopted the resolution, with four members voting in favor and two against.

“The bond is an opportunity to allow the citizens of Woodfin to always have walking and biking trails in undeveloped land, to have an additional park on the banks of the river and to have access to the French Broad River in a way that has never been visualized in the past,” says debbie giezentanner, the alderwoman who proposed the resolution. To her, the town’s six miles of riverbank are an underutilized resource, and creating the section of greenway with parks and other green features amounts to a positive investment in the future of the town. “[The] greenway bond will ensure that our citizens will continue to enjoy and

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n ews benefit from access to the river and the woodlands that have always been part of living in the town of Woodfin.”

She points to the rapid growth in the county as a sign that the time is right for such an investment. “Many people want to live in Woodfin, and residential developments are being brought before the Board of Aldermen frequently,” she says.

The bond can bring more prosperity, she continues, citing studies that show greenways attract new businesses and increase property values.

It stands to reason that some town residents must oppose the bond measure.

After all, two aldermen, don hensley

and ronnie lunsford, voted against placing it on the ballot. However, neither responded to Xpress’ requests for comments on the issue, and no groups seem to have organized in opposition to the measure.

Vehaun says he is optimistic about the bond’s chances: “I think it’ll pass.

I haven’t heard any opposition to it.”

At a previous town hall meeting about parks and greenways, Vehaun recalls, residents seemed largely in favor of adding the new amenities. “Everything that I’ve heard from the public out there has been positive.” X

Official referendum wording, as it will appear on the ballot “SHALL the order authorizing $4,500,000 of bonds plus interest to pay the costs of acquiring, constructing, renovating and improving parks and recreation facilities, including greenways, on the French Broad River, and the acquisition of any necessary furnishing and equipment, land, rights-of-way and easements in land required therefor, and providing that additional taxes may be levied in an amount sufficient to pay the principal and interest on the bonds be approved?”

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• TH (11/10), 9am-5pm North Carolina Ginseng Association forum on growing organic American ginseng, with a focus on producing for the domestic market.

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governMent & politics henDerson coUntY DeMocrAtic pArtY 905 S. Greenville Hwy. Hendersonville, 692-6424, myhcdp.com • 1st SATURDAYS, 9-11am - Monthly breakfast buffet. $9/$4.50 for children under 10. the Asheville school 360 Asheville School Road, 254-6345, ashevilleschool.org • TH (11/3), 7:15pm - “Not Black & White: A Political Debate of Reversed Roles,” debate by CNN political commentators Sally Kohn and Tara Setmayer. Held in the Graham Theater. Free.

kiDs ArrowheAD gAllerY 78 Catawba Ave., Old Fort, 668-1100 • SATURDAYS, 10am-noon - Children's art classes with Jake Mouery. $15.

Asheville Art MUseUM 2 N. Pack Square, 253-3227 • 2nd TUESDAYS, 11am12:30pm - Homeschool program for grades 1-4.

Registration required: 2533227 ext. 124. $4 per student.

BUncoMBe coUntY pUBlic liBrAries buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/library • FR (11/4), 3:30pm - LEGO Builders. Free. Held at Fairview Library, 1 Taylor Road, Fairview • WE (11/9), 4pm - Art club for school age kids. Free.

Held at Leicester Library, 1561 Alexander Road, Leicester • TH (11/10), 4pm - "BATS: Creepy or Friends?" presentation. Free. Held at Swannanoa Library, 101 West Charleston St., Swannanoa DiAnA worthAM theAtre 2 S. Pack Square, 257-4530, dwtheatre.com • TH (11/10, 10am & noon The Wright Brothers: Those Daring Young Men and Their Flying Machine, by Fresh Brewed Productions.

Recommended for grades 2-6. $7.50.

FirestorM cAFe AnD Books 610 Haywood Road, 255-8115 • SU (11/6), 11am-1pm "Great Illustrations: Kids Create Characters," with Constance Lombardo and Laura Boffa. Free to attend.

Fletcher liBrArY 120 Library Road, Fletcher, 687-1218, library.hendersoncountync.org • WEDNESDAYS, 10:30am Family story time. Free.

hAnDs on! A chilDren's gAllerY 318 N. Main St., Hendersonville, 697-8333 • Through FR (11/4), 10am5pm - "Make a Paper Bag Puppet!" for all ages.

Admission fees apply.

• TH (11/3), 2-5pm "Makerspace!" activity for all ages to make misfit toys.

Admission fees apply.

• WE (11/2), 4-5pm - “Mad Scientist on Wheels” for all ages. Registration required.

Admission fees apply. Held at Mills River Library, 124 Town Center Drive, Suite 1 Mills River • TU (11/8), 11-11:30am - "Mad Scientists Lab: Candy Count and Crunch!"

Activities for ages 3 and up. Registration required.

Admission fees apply.

• TU (11/8) through TH (11/10), 10am-5pm - "Kids Vote!" voting activities for pre-K through 2nd grade.

Admission fees apply.

• WE (11/9), 11am - "Book n’ Craft," story time and craft for all ages. Admission fees apply.

• TH (11/10), 11am-noon "Blue Ridge Humane Day!" Activities and animal event with Blue Ridge Humane Society. Admission fees apply.

Jewish coMMUnitY center 236 Charlotte St., 253-0701, jcc-asheville.org • FR (11/4), 10am - "Musical Tot Shabbat," musical Shabbat celebration for young children and families.

Free.

• MO (11/7), 10am - "Musical Tot Havdalah," musical Havdalah celebration for young children and families.

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MAlAprop's Bookstore AnD cAFe 55 Haywood St., 254-6734, malaprops.com • WEDNESDAYS, 10am - Miss Malaprop's Story Time for ages 3-9. Free to attend. spellBoUnD chilDren's Bookshop 640 Merrimon Ave., #204, 708-7570, spellboundchildrensbookshop.com • SATURDAYS, 11am Storytime for ages 3-7. Free to attend.

oUtDoors Big ivY coMMUnitY center 540 Dillingham Road, Barnardsville, 626-3438 • SATURDAYS (11/5) through (11/19), 10am - Turkey shoot.

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rUn For it: Youths with serious illnesses, along with their family members, can participate in art classes offered by Arts for Life. The nonprofit will receive proceeds from Run Sing Thing, a musical 5K organized by Jenny Greer Fares, pictured. Photo

by Luxe House Photographic what: A singalong 5K benefiting Arts for Life where: Carrier Park when: Sunday, Nov. 6, from 2-5 p.m. why: As the former frontwoman of Jen and the Juice and founder of Asheville Music Professionals, Music Video Asheville, the Brown Bag Songwriting Competition and design company Sound Mind Creative, jenny greer fares is a seed sower in the local arts sphere. And around 2014, she tasked herself with growing something new.

“I was trying to be more creative with how groups make music,” she says. “I wanted to come up with a concept that took music off the stage and put it back in the audience.”

Setting aside her initial idea for a pop-up ensemble called Great Balls of Choir, Fares decided to organize a 5K run wherein participants would sing in unison throughout the route.

She attracted about 20 participants but didn’t pursue a repeat event until this year, when Arts for Life executive director rachel Zink approached her about holding it as a fundraiser.

“It’s all kind of an experiment,” Fares says of Run Sing Thing’s format. Upon arrival, attendees will split into groups of 10-20 people to spur socializing, but everyone will reconvene for the run. Fares will lead calland-response singing of well-known pop and folk numbers — most with a running tie-in — and ideally, joggers’ synchronized feet will set the tempo.

Afterward, everyone will gather for a stationary “Kumbaya”session.

“It’s just not that hard,” she says of singing and jogging at a shared pace.

“As soon as people do it, it feels like a natural thing.”

“Probably the only goal I have is to give people a sense of community and to unite people,” Fares adds. She points out that various research has supported the idea that group singing prompts benefits like the release of oxytocin and converging heart rates. “Even if we struggle through it, that actually plays into part of bonding.”

Registration costs $25 per person (advanced or day of run) and includes a T-shirt designed by Sound Mind Creative. For more information, visit runsingthing.com. X

coMMU n it Y cAl en D Ar Thunderstruck Ridge. Hike offered in partnership with Highland Brewing. Register for location: haley@appalachian.org or 253-0095 ext.

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pArenting First pArent center 277-1315, firstparentcenter. org • Through MO (11/14) Enrollment for the "Incredible Years" 12-week parenting series to learn positive discipline. Classes take place Tuesdays beginning Nov. 15 from 5:45-7:45pm. Childcare and dinner provided.

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pUBlic lectUres pUBlic lectUres At UncA unca.edu • TH (11/3), 7pm - "Poster Art and the National Parks," presentation by artist and designer Joel Anderson. Nationally recognized Nashville, Tennessee artist and designer Joel Anderson. Free. Held in the Humanities Lecture Hall.

• FR (11/4), 11:30am-1:15pm - Fab Friday Lunch n' Learn: "The Answer World with Answer Man and Answer Woman," lecture by columnists John Boyle and Casey Blake. Free. Held in the Reuter Center • MO (11/7), 7pm - "Public

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Lands, Private Profit," presentation by climate activist Tim DeChristopher and singer/ songwriter Bryan Cahall. Free.

Held in the Highsmith Union Grotto.

• MO (11/7), 7pm - "AbleBodied Like Me," keynote speech by Matt Glowacki, former Paralympian and a successful entrepreneur. Free.

Held in the Highsmith Union Alumni Hall.

• WE (11/9), 12:30pm "Neurodiversity - Creativity and Innovation Thrive When We Welcome Diverse Minds," presentation by autistic writer, artist and activist Sparrow Rose Jones. Free. Held in Ramsey Library, Whitman Room.

• TH (10/10), noon - "Students with Disability Panel," panel discussion. Free. Held in Highsmith Union room 224.

spiritUAlitY ABoUt the trAnscenDentAl Meditation technique • Free introDUctorY tAlk (pD.) The technique for diving effortlessly within to experience the limitless field of peace, energy and happiness that’s already there deep within everyone. Learn how TM is different from mindfulness, watching your breath, common mantra practice and everything else. • Evidencebased: The only form of meditation recommended for high blood pressure by the

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277-8288, coabc.org • TH (11/10), 2-4pm "Medicare Choices Made Easy," workshop. Registration required. Free. Held at Pardee Signature Center, 1800 Four Seasons Blvd., Hendersonvillew

American Heart Association.

• NIH-sponsored research shows deep revitalizing rest, reduced anxiety, improved brain functioning and heightened well-being. Thursday, 6:30-7:30pm, Asheville TM Center, 165 E. Chestnut.

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Asheville insight MeDitAtion (pD.) Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation. Learn how to get a Mindfulness Meditation practice started. 1st & 3rd Mondays. 7pm – 8:30.

Asheville Insight Meditation, 175 Weaverville Road, Suite H, ASHEVILLE, NC, (828) 8084444, www.ashevillemeditation.com.

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

Christy Gunther, MA, LPC. (828) 258-3229. elationships • this sAtUrDAY (pD.) November 5, 10am-5pm, Meeting Room of the Country Inn & Suites, 22 Westgate Parkway, near West Asheville EarthFare. Come to a workshop exploring the fun of elationships, embodying the joy of our true nature as we interact with ourselves, each other and the world. Presented

by Asheville resident Abby Murphy, the elationship model was designed by Jerry Stocking, currently residing in Clarksville, Georgia. $99/ pre-registration required.

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enneAgrAM conFerence • Know Your nuMber (pD.) Friday and Saturday, November 11-12, 2016. Used by therapists, clergy, and business consultants around the globe, the Enneagram teaches that there are nine personality styles. It shows us who we are at both our best and worst and suggests ways we can become our most authentic selves. $125/person, $200/ couple. More info, knowyournumberasheville.eventbrite. com (828) 252-4781. fbca.net looking For genUine spiritUAl gUiDAnce AnD help? (pD.) We are in a beautiful area about 10 minutes from downtown Asheville, very close to Warren Wilson College. www. truththomas.org 828-299-4359 open heArt MeDitAtion (pD.) new Location 70 Woodfin Pl. Suite 212 tues. 7-8 Pm. Experience the spiritual connection to your heart and the stillness & beauty of the Divine within you.

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“A great day with great Presenters.” • Information/ Registration: (864) 877-8450. shAMBhAlA MeDitAtion center (pD.) Wednesdays, 10-midnight, Thursdays, 7-8:30pm and Sundays, 10-noon • Meditation and community.

Admission by donation. 60 N. Merrimon Ave., #113, (828) 200-5120. asheville.shambhala.org tenDing the Fire (pD.) With Brian McLaren and Becca Stevens, offered by AwakeningSoul. Music by Fran McKendree and the AwakeningSoul Ensemble.

Conversation, music, art, and worship form a sacred container where important work of the soul can be done.

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• TUESDAYS, 10:30-11:30am - Science of Mind magazine discussions. Free.

First congregAtionAl Ucc oF henDersonville 1735 5th Ave., W. Hendersonville, 692-8630, fcchendersonville.org • MO (11/7), 11am-7pm Silent, interfaith prayer vigil.

Stop in anytime. Free. grAce lUtherAn chUrch 1245 Sixth Ave., W. Hendersonville, 693-4890, gracelutherannc.com • WE (11/2), 5:45pm - Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebration with face painting, flower offerings, scripture readings and writing/calling the names of loved ones deceased. Free.

• THURSDAYS through (11/3), 10am - "Martin Luther: The Catechism and Music" seminar series. Free.

• SU (11/6), 4pm - Taizé Service of Prayer for Healing of the Nations. Service with prayers, devotional readings, meditative music and scripture. Free.

• TH (11/10), 12:15pm "Lunch & Learn," presentation by retired chaplain Vicki Marshaler on the importance of laughter. Bring a bag lunch. Registration: 693-4890 ext. 304. Free.

JUBilee coMMUnitY chUrch 46 Wall St., 252-5335, jubileecommunity.org • SA (11/5), 1-3pm - "Tap the Higher Guidance in Your Dreams," workshop.

Registration: wisedreams. info/workshops. $25.

UrBAn DhArMA 225-6422, udharmanc.com/ • THURSDAYS, 7:30-9pm Open Sangha night. Free.

Held at Urban Dharma, 29 Page Ave

spoken & written worD Asheville writers' sociAl allimarshall@bellsouth.net • 1st WEDNESDAYS, 6-7:30pm - N.C. Writer's Network group meeting and networking. Free to attend.

Held at Cork & Keg, 86 Patton Ave. BlUe riDge Books 152 S. Main St., Waynesville • 1st & 3rd SATURDAYS, 10am - Banned Book Club.

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BUncoMBe coUntY pUBlic liBrAries buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/library • WE (11/2), 3pm Weaverville Afternoon Book Club: The Signature of All Things, by Elizabeth Gilbert.

Free. Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville • TH (11/3), 6:30pm - East Asheville Book Club: First Frost. by Sarah Addison Allen. Free. Held at East Asheville Library, 902 Tunnel Road • FR (11/4), 3:30pm - Young Novel Readers Club for 5th through 7th grade. Free.

Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville • SA (11/5), 10am-3pm - Half Price used book sale. Free to attend. Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville • TU (11/8), 1pm - Leicester Book Club: My Name is Lucy Barton, by Elizabeth Strout.

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FirestorM cAFe AnD Books 610 Haywood Road, 2558115 • First THURSDAYS, 6pm - Political prisoners letter writing. Free to attend.

• SA (11/5), 4-6pm - "Moving Beyond Capitalism," presentation by Cliff DuRand. Free to attend.

BUncoMBe coUntY recreAtion services

Fletcher liBrArY 120 Library Road, Fletcher, 687-1218 library.hendersoncountync. org • 2nd THURSDAYS, 10:30am - Book Club. Free.

• 2nd THURSDAYS, 1:30pm Writers' Guild. Free. literArY events At UncA unca.edu • SA (11/5), 2-4pm - "Pitch Perfect: The Art of the Business of Writing," workshop by UNC Asheville Writer-in-Residence Wiley Cash. Registration required: nwilliam@unca.edu or 250.2353. $35.

• TU (11/8), noon - Feminist/ queer fiction author Lucy Corin presents her works, One Hundred Apocalypses and Other Apocalypses and The Entire Predicament and Everyday Psychokillers: A History for Girls (FC2). Free.

Held in the Karpen Hall Laurel Forum.

• TH (11/10), noon Presentation by Leigh Ann Henion, author of Phenomenal: A Hesitant Adventurers Guide to the Natural World. Free. Held in the Karpen Hall in the Laurel Forum.

MAlAprop's Bookstore AnD cAFe 55 Haywood St., 254-6734, malaprops.com • TH (11/10), 7pm - John Hartness and Jake Bible read excerpts from their latest releases. Free to attend. the writer's workshop 254-8111, twwoa.org • Through WE (11/30) Submissions accepted for the "Memoirs Contest." For

thoMAs wolFe MeMoriAl 52 North Market St., 2538304, wolfememorial.com • TH (11/10), 5:30pm Dramatic reading of letters to and from Wolfe's women.

Free to attend. wAYnesville BrAnch oF hAYwooD coUntY pUBlic liBrArY 678 S. Haywood St., Waynesville, 452-5169 • SA (11/5), 1-4pm - Local authors fair with readings, book signings and sales and gift wrapping provided by the Friends of the Library.

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buncombecounty.org/ Governing/Depts/Parks/ • Through MO (12/19) Open registration for the winter adult dodge ball league. $30 per player.

volUnteering literAcY coUncil oF BUncoMBe coUntY volUnteer inForMAtion session (pD.) W (11/2), 9 & TH (11/3), 5:30 - Information session for those interested in volunteering two hours per week with adults who want to improve reading, writing, spelling, and English language skills. Free. hAnDs on AshevilleBUncoMBe 2-1-1, handsonasheville.org • MO (11/7), 6-8:30pm Volunteer to help bake homemade cookies for hospice patients and their families at CarePartners' John Keever Solace Center.

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The effects of surviving a crime can be long-lasting, especially in sexual assaults, which are often treated differently from most other crimes in society and the legal system.

“We tend to blame the victim more in cases of sexual assault than in other crimes, and women who come to us usually are experiencing self-blame,” says joyce cody, director of My Sister’s Closet, the rape crisis center in Madison County.

“We live in a society that tends to blame the victims of sexual assault. What was she wearing? Did she allow the man to buy her a drink? Where was she walking?

Did she get into a car with him?”

For savannah, who has asked that her full name not be used, the consequences will be lifelong. At age 13, she was assaulted by two older teenagers. The two later confessed, but many friends and family refused to believe her account.

Married now, 22 years old, and mother to an infant son, Savannah is going to school to become a counselor because she believes she would not have survived without counseling. Her assailants, then 19 and 17, were sentenced to four to six years. Both have served their time and are out of jail.

But one of the assailants returned to his hometown and is living nearby, which causes Savannah a great deal of anxiety.

And she has lost several friends and family members, who still don’t believe her.

“People have to make a choice about which person to believe,” Cody says. “And the accused person is often somebody people want to trust.”

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victiM rights: Even with a new federal law granting rights to victims of sexual assault, rural police departments are often underfunded, and as a result, “cases are mishandled, and cases fall through the cracks,” says Mike Boone, chief of police in Marshall. stress disorder, flashbacks, anxiety and depression. They are more likely to abuse drugs and alcohol in efforts to self-medicate, and they reject intimacy or react by seeking out more sex — riskier sex — which leaves them more vulnerable to sexually transmitted illnesses.

When it comes to procedures for investigating and prosecuting sexual assault, laws and practices vary from state to state, but what it boils down to is that only 3 percent of rape cases result in a conviction, Cody says. What’s worse, she adds, is when cases result in conviction but the perpetrator receives a light sentence because a judge feels sorry for him, as happened in California earlier this year when Brock Turner, a Stanford University student and athlete, was sentenced to just six months in jail for rap-

ing a young woman. He served just three months.

In North Carolina, 1,736 rapes were reported in 2014, the last year for which figures are available — a rate of 18.1 per 100,000 people. Total arrests for rape were 429, according to the N.C. Department of Justice State Bureau of Investigation (http://crimereporting.ncsbi.gov/Reports.aspx). In 2010, 1,954 cases were reported, a rate of 21.5 per 100,000 people, and 658 arrests were made.

The site did not document convictions, but rape cases can take two years or more to resolve, which Cody says can be another source of trauma for victims.

“When a victim can’t put the crime behind her and get on with her life for two years or longer, that has an effect,” Cody says.

Sexual assault is a crime that, by its very nature, rarely has witnesses, so without physical evidence, there is little chance for a conviction, says mike boone, chief of police in Marshall.

That’s why a woman who has been assaulted should go immediately to a hospital for examination. Boone spent nine years as a sexual crimes investigator in Madison County before joining the Marshall police force.

“It’s difficult, even traumatizing, to go through the exam,” he says. “It’s invasive. But the nurses who perform the exam are trained, and there is other help there for victims, and it’s important that evidence is gathered.”

But what happens to that evidence can be traumatizing as well. Rape kits too often go untested. Recently one rape kit was discovered in a refrigerator in Hot Springs, and it apparently had been there for several years. In some states, the kits can be destroyed before the statute of limitations on the crime has elapsed, leaving a woman with no evidence against her attacker.

In North Carolina, the rape kit must be kept in a secured evidence locker or evidence room, Boone says. Evidence can’t be destroyed without a court order, and only then if the trial is ended.

But small, rural police departments often don’t have the funding to test every rape kit, says Boone, and they often are underfunded. Large, urban departments face similar issues, he says.

But small departments also have fewer officers specifically trained to work on sexual assault cases and often have to work with outdated equipment.

“Cases are mishandled and cases fall through the cracks,” he says.

A new federal law granting rights to victims in federal sexual assault cases (where the crime occurred on federal property) sets out procedures for gathering and keeping evidence, the timing for when the evidence can be destroyed and granting victims the right to have a copy of the police report.

And while increased victim rights no doubt will be helpful, the trauma of the crime as well as the blame remain, says crystal webb, a victim advocate with My Sister’s Closet.

Even with extensive counseling, Savannah says she still suffers the effects of the assault, but she is coping.

“I am a religious person,” she says. “I have prayed to be able to forgive, and I have forgiven, but forgiveness doesn’t erase what happened, and I still have the scars. That won’t change.”

Savannah also says she will raise her son to know her story and be aware of issues surrounding sexual assault.

She will teach him to respect women as equals and to understand that a woman’s right to safety is pre-eminent.

That, says Webb, is the best method for prevention. Educating boys and men that “no” means “no,” that women’s wishes are to be respected, is the only way to make the numbers better. When we tell women how to avoid rape, we put the burden of blame on them, when it really belongs with the people who are committing the crimes. X

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sonal level. “This is about a practice,” she says. “Moment by moment, there is an opportunity to practice acts of worship.”

For Tuttle, that practice includes mindful attention to even the smallest, most overlooked aspects of energy usage. “In the morning, when I unplug the power strip beside my bed and unplug my coffeemaker after I have my cup of coffee, that is an act of worship. And when I get into my car to make the hour commute to work,” she adds, “I pray as an act of atonement for the fossil fuel that I’m going to be using to do so. And this practice creates peace.”

krichardson@mountainx.com You may have noticed this summer was a bit toastier than normal and lingered well past its expiration date of Sept. 22. It wasn’t just your imagination: This past summer was the hottest Asheville has experienced since record-keeping began, according to a September article in the Asheville Citizen-Times. What’s more, 15 of the Earth’s hottest 16 years on record have occurred since 2001, per NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies.

And unless you are a true hermit, you surely noticed that both the national and global politico-cultural landscapes have become red hot, as demonstrated over the past few months by a particularly contentious presidential campaign, police violence begetting violent protests, a mass shooting in an Orlando nightclub and ongoing reports of atrocities committed in Syria.

But what do rising temperatures have to do with scorching political and cultural unrest?

As climate change scientists busily crunch numbers and sift data, local clergy and people of faith will be gathering Nov. 10–13 at the Lake Junaluska Conference and Retreat Center to conduct a different sort of exploration: to investigate the possible effects that climate change could have on our ability to maintain a peaceful and stable world.

A pAssion For peAce “To become better custodians of creation”: That simple statement about an anything-but-simple task, found on the Lake Junaluska Peace Conference Facebook page, is the goal of this year’s conference, titled “The Climate Crisis and Peace.”

“We have representatives from different faith groups on our conference design committee who are passionate people, passionate about peace,” says tammy mcdowell, the assistant director of program ministries for the center. This team chooses which aspect of peace is to be explored at each conference, including such topics as peace and the world’s children, economic justice and the transformative power of nonviolence. This year’s focus on the climate crisis was inspired 30

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peAce signs: The Interfaith Peace Conference at Lake Junaluska will bring together Christians, Jews, Muslims and members of other religious traditions to advance the work of reconciliation and peace. Photo courtesy of Lake Junaluska Conference and Retreat Center by a statement from United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calling the climate crisis the biggest threat to world peace.

“We’ve asked each of the [conference] speakers to talk about climate change from their own faith perspectives and educate others on what their religion says about stewardship of the Earth,” says frank stith, a resident of Lake Junaluska. He believes that bringing together these representatives of different faith traditions can have an impact on the discussion.

“The Climate Crisis and Peace Conference at Lake Junaluska comes at a perfect time in our national and global history, to deepen spiritual roots and offer broad connections with likeminded and big-hearted people who are seeking to transform our broken world,” says scott hardin-nieri, the director of Creation Care Alliance of WNC, the interfaith arm of the Asheville-based mountainx.com

environmental advocacy organization MountainTrue.

Hardin-Nieri is one of several WNC faith leaders and laity across religious traditions who will be offering workshops at the conference. Citing the devastation left in the wake of Hurricane Matthew, North Carolina’s record-breaking September temperatures and the severe drought in WNC, he adds, “We can see more clearly that an unstable climate and environment disrupts peace for not only God’s creatures, but for all people. … Whether in our own minds, our families, communities, nation or globe, we can see that climate change and ecological collapse challenge peace in unimaginable ways.” susannah tuttle, director of the N.C. Council of Churches’ environmentally focused Interfaith Power & Light program, will be co-presenting with Hardin-Nieri. Tuttle brings the theme of peace and climate change to a per-

“Global climate change is the largest compromise to security in the world,” says Rabbi justin goldstein of Congregation Beth Israel in Asheville. For Goldstein, the link between a shifting climate and global unrest is self-evident.

Goldstein will be presenting a workshop at the peace conference titled “A Jewish View of Urban Planning: Ancient Wisdom for a Sustainable Future,” in which he will explore the Torah’s focus on creating balance between urban landscapes and green spaces. “We need to realize that balance and sustainability are ancient wisdom,” Goldstein says.

Further, Goldstein believes that people of faith no longer have the luxury of choosing not to advocate in the face of a changing climate. “My motivation is to be a model to compel others in this work. Our faith traditions have, built into them, the idea of communal responsibility and stewardship, which is a binding obligation. We must craft community and care for each other.”

How is that ideal being expressed in his own congregation? Goldstein says that while individual members are “very serious” about their commitment to climate advocacy, “[Right now] we’re building relationships and trust to find ways to contribute [as a whole.]” One step Beth Israel has taken is to shift away from the use of disposable goods. bill maloney also wants his congregation to serve as a model to others. A member of Asheville’s St. Eugene’s Catholic Church, Maloney

will be presenting on “Greening Your Congregation.” He says, “We have a very vibrant creation care and justice committee [at St. Eugene’s], and we asked ourselves, ‘How can the Catholic Church be a witness and make a difference?’ Because global climate change is the most important thing. If we don’t solve this, we won’t have to worry about anything else.”

St. Eugene’s has done more than just talk. After the church underwent an energy audit in 2014, Maloney says, “We decided, ‘Let’s do solar!’”

Since then, the church became the first Catholic parish in the United States to implement a solar energy program, installing 146 solar panels on the parish building’s roof.

The goal of being a witness to other Catholic congregations was served as well: “We’ve had three of our families install solar and have had three other churches call to talk to us about installing solar,” he notes.

But what do solar panels have to do with promoting peace? “If you want peace,” Maloney urges, “work for justice. And if you want justice, work to fight climate change.”

A BAttle AgAinst wAr norman wirzba sees a direct link between global climate change and global peace. “We know that climate change is going to create destabilizing effects in our world,” says Wirzba, professor of theology, ecology and agrarian studies at Duke University’s School of Divinity, who will be one of five keynote speakers at the Lake Junaluska Peace Conference. “When we see how Syrian refugees are destabilizing Europe, in countries and between countries, this is just a small introduction to what lies ahead for us with the coming of climate refugees.”

Wirzba points out that a great number of the world’s population live in coastal cities, which are vulnerable to climate change-induced sea level rise. “[This] could create millions of climate refugees,” he says, resulting in countries having to confront border crises, the re-formation of their national identities and food insecurity.

“We are at war with our geography and our habitats,” Wirzba continues.

“And the pain and suffering from our war against the Earth, the destructive effects for our land, for creatures, for humans, will manifest in our food production, our water supplies, in [the incidence] of disease. We must make peace with our land.”

Wirzba stresses a sense of urgency in confronting climate change. “It’s already being felt,” he says. “We are,

right now, experiencing intense storms, drought, heat, torrential rains, changing weather patterns. Farmers are concerned about their ability to grow crops. … We need to stop thinking about climate change as an abstraction. It’s no longer about prevention, but adaptation.” the DiFFicUltY oF cliMAte chAnge ADvocAcY Tuttle echoes Wirzba’s thoughts nearly verbatim: “We’re in the adaptation stage now with climate change. So we need to put our faith into action to confront the issue, but people tend to think that means going without. It’s not about going without, but defining what is enough.”

Another issue that faith-based leaders must confront is fear. “The problems of climate change and creation care can be paralyzing in their scope and implications,” Hardin-Nieri says. “[That’s why] our spiritual communities and teachers [can] offer a vital active hope.”

Goldstein agrees. “[Global climate change] is just so huge ... and there’s so little that is actually tangible,” he says. “We don’t see results like we may in other avenues and pursuits.

We can build a Habitat for Humanity house, see the progress, see the smiling grateful family and feel like we accomplished something. But confronting climate change feels insurmountable and almost ethereal.”

And sometimes the problem lies in theology and doctrine. “For lots of people,” Wirzba notes, “climate change doesn’t register as a religious issue, let alone a peace issue. [Yet creating] a peaceful life together is central to the Christian framework.”

So what can people of faith, and of no faith, do to confront this issue head-on?

“Climate change is real, and it’s human-caused,” Maloney says. “That means we can do something about it.

Take care of the Earth. Pick something, one thing, you can do about it. The important thing is to act.”

For more information on the Lake Junaluska Peace Conference, contact Tammy McDowell at 828-454-6681, or tmcdowell@lakejunaluska.com, or visit avl.mx/prsv. The conference will host five keynote speakers, as well as four-time Grammy Award winner David Holt, along with multiple local WNC faith leaders and laity workshop presenters.

Karen Richardson Dunn is an ordained minister with the United Church of Christ and minister for the UCC’s newly created Environmental Justice Network, Southern Conference. X mountainx.com

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BY JonatHan ammonS jonathanammons@gmail.com On a Friday night, it’s not uncommon to see a crowd hanging out in the front window of the Asheville Yacht Club. Sometimes there’s a small line of out-of-towners waiting to get into the private club, signing up for new memberships and shouting to the bouncer or to one another above the blistering sounds of the Deaftones or Slayer.

Over the years, the garishly decorated tiki-themed downtown bar has become a beloved hangout for Asheville’s service industry. The Yacht Club sees its fair share of tourists as well, but more often than not, it tends to be men and women in dirty chef’s coats who belly up to the bar, usually around midnight, pounding

boilermakers and handfuls of tater tots served here by the pitcher.

There are a lot of things to see in a place like this, particularly around midnight. But no matter what you order — whether it’s a burger, totchos or a round of tequila for the crew — one thing you won’t see here or at any other private club in North Carolina is a health score. no inspection reQUireD In October 2013, Gov. pat mccrory, with support from Sen. phil berger and then-House Speaker thom tillis, signed House Bill 74, known as the Regulatory Reform Act, into law. The wide-ranging bill mandated sweeping reforms, loosening regulation on everything from proximity of landfills

to wildlife preserves to the transportation of venomous snakes to groundwater contamination. But amid the furor brought forth by the environmental community at the time of the bill’s passing, a small section of the law seems to have slipped by without much notice. That is, until people started noticing health scores disappearing from neighborhood bar and restaurant walls.

“If an establishment has a mixedbeverage private club permit from the [North Carolina Alcoholic Beverage Control] Board, they are exempt from our rules and therefore are not required to be inspected,” says jessica silver, the environmental health director at the Buncombe County Department of Health and Human Services. “This law passed a couple of years ago.”

Xpress reached out to both McCrory’s and Berger’s offices but received no response.

“I’ve seen fire marshals, but never health inspectors,” says crystal pruett, the head chef and kitchen manager at the Yacht Club. “My main concern is food safety. If there is no inspection and grade, [the law] should at least require a ServeSafe for the kitchen staff.”

ServSafe certification is common in commercial kitchens, demonstrating that employees have been trained in basic kitchen safety. State law requires that every commercial kitchen have at least one ServSafe-certified employee on staff. But HB 74 eliminated that requirement for club kitchens.

The law essentially altered the state’s definition of a private club to align with Alcoholic Beverage Control’s description. Or as the UNC School of Government said in its assessment of the alteration: “Under prior law, a private club was defined solely as a nonprofit organization that maintains selective members, is operated by the membership, and does not provide food or lodging to anyone other than a member or a member’s guest. Section 7 retains this definition, but adds ‘an organization that … meets the definition of a private club set forth in G.S. 18B-1000(5)’. ... The effect of this redefinition is to exempt bars that prepare and serve food from the food sanitation laws, so long as they qualify as private clubs under the ABC laws.”

Whereas the previous definition of a private club pertained mainly to country clubs and racquet clubs, HB 74 merged that definition with G.S. 18B-1000(5), which establishes a private club as a permitted location to serve mixed drinks and liquor without having to meet the 30 percent food sales quota required under the state’s

ABC laws. The argument goes that since patrons are either members or guests of a private club, the club bears any liability as it is not open to the general public. This new definition opens the door for clubs to do such things as sell burgers and hot dogs from patio grills or even offer full menus under the radar.

One major kink in that reasoning is that back when private club membership requirements were established, there was also a state law mandating a waiting period of three days before a new member could enter a club. But this made things difficult for tourists and visitors to Asheville. So as tourist traffic continued to grow along with the number of private clubs functioning as pubs and bars, that waiting period was scrapped, allowing out-oftowners to acquire same-day membership for as little as $1 or, in some cases, free. no sAFegUArDs “There’s no difference between us and any other restaurant,” says Pruett, standing in front of the stove, dusting a pan of macaroni with grated cheese.

A nearly 20-year veteran of the service industry, she has spent time in the kitchens of The Southern, Lexington Avenue Brewery, Black Rose and Moe’s Original BBQ and had a 12-year career at Waffle House.

“It’s a small kitchen here, and we work in small batches, so it’s not hard to keep an area clean,” she continues.

“But if anything happens, it falls on us.

It falls on the owners, and there really aren’t any safeguards at all.” When asked if this is the first kitchen she’s worked that doesn’t receive health inspections, she quickly responds, “Yes, the first ever. To me, it’s just absolutely bizarre.”

Her kitchen is spotless. In fact, as she speaks, her face reflects in the shiny metal splash guard behind the deep fryers. “I’ve seen some awful stuff in restaurants before,” she says. “A lot of people really don’t care. For me, I’m the boss, this is my kitchen, and I have standards for myself but that doesn’t work for everyone. I require a ServSafe certification in my kitchen.

To know cooking temps and holding times is so important.”

Pruett has only one employee, a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, and she trusts her to maintain the same high standards in the kitchen. But she notes that not all chefs play by those rules. “I had a head chef ... that would tell us to change dates on products, often,” she says. “I was told to just rinse off rancid chicken

outdated. According to the [North Carolina] liquor laws, there are no bars in [the state], only restaurants and private clubs. And, as you and I know, that’s not true.”

In addition to the Yacht Club and the DeSoto, there are just under a dozen private clubs in Asheville with fully functioning kitchens. But other cities are affected more drastically

by HB 74. According to WSOC-TV, Charlotte has nearly 150 private clubs serving food that have not seen a health inspector since the law was passed in 2013.

“I would not be alarmed or worried in any way if we did have inspections,” says Pruett. “But there’s also not really a way to shut down any place that really needs it, and that’s the most concerning part for me.” X

to serve because it was too expensive to just throw away. I refused. That’s why I quit.”

BeYonD Asheville West Asheville’s DeSoto Lounge is another private club that is also known for its food. The late-night hangout spot offers a menu of snacks, sandwiches and salads to complement its beverage offerings. Co-owner lisa gambrell says that, like the Asheville Yacht Club, the DeSoto takes food safety and cleanliness very seriously, but she has issues with state laws regarding private clubs.

“We clean our place the same as when we were regularly inspected, so it’s not a big deal to us,” she says. “However, since you ask, North Carolina’s ABC laws are

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CROSSING THE BORDER Scully’s owners pursue a long-awaited project with Mountain Madre Mexican Kitchen & Agave Bar Downtown Asheville will soon boast another restaurant and bar as Mountain Madre Mexican Kitchen & Agave Bar gets set to open at 13 Walnut St. Located in the space that previously housed Scully’s Bar and Grille, the new venture will feature craft tequila and traditional Mexican food with an Appalachian twist.

The restaurant is the passion project of North Asheville residents paige and danny scully, the husband-and-wife team who owned and operated Scully’s for nearly a decade before shutting it down on July 31. Since Scully’s closed, the pair have worked feverishly on an aggressive construction timeline to completely renovate the space while also assembling a crack team to bring their vision to life.

“Mountain Madre had been kicked around as a concept for about six years,” Paige Scully says, but it wasn’t until early this year that the couple made the decision to officially move forward with it. The name originates from her days as a student at West Virginia University, where the school’s theme song, John Denver’s “Take Me Home, Country Roads,” has been performed at every home football pregame show since 1972.

For years, Scully says, she thought the words “mountain mama” from the song’s chorus would make for a great restaurant name. With a switch to the Spanish word “madre,” Mountain Madre was born.

Heading the kitchen crew will be chef Kyle allen, a graduate of the Cooking and Hospitality Institute of Chicago and an Illinois native who’s been cooking since he started making his own pizzas at age 14. The decision to bring Allen on board grew from a casual conversation between Danny Scully and Allen at CrossFit Pisgah, where the two had come to know each other from regular workout sessions over the years. When Scully mentioned his need for a chef to lead the new operation, Allen, who’d taken a few years off from professional cooking to work at Real Recovery, an adventure-based sober living and extended care program for young men in Asheville, told Scully how eager he was to get back in the kitchen.

Conversations progressed from there, and the rest is history. “We didn’t think we’d know the chef coming in, which was scary,” says Paige Scully. “There was a

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new chApter: Paige and Danny Scully owned and operated the popular Scully’s Bar and Grille downtown for nearly a decade before shutting it down on July 31. The couple are renovating the Walnut Street space with plans to open Mountain Madre Mexican Kitchen & Agave Bar this fall. Photo by Nick Wilson personality gel from the very beginning, and it’s really comforting having a builtin trust when you’re bringing someone into your little family.”

Allen had previously worked under chef jordan arace at Posana and, before that, spent years working at a wide variety of restaurants in Chicago.

The chef doesn’t lack energy or excitement when he talks about cooking. “It’s almost like playing a sport,” he says. “It’s challenging. … You can leave an amazing shift and feel like you just won a game. … It’s kind of how I’ve looked at being in the kitchen since I started.”

Allen says restaurant customers can expect traditional Mexican dishes with a slightly modern spin that include locally sourced, seasonal ingredients from places like Hickory Nut Gap Farm, the Brevard Farmers Market and North Carolina seafood distributor 3Fish. The appetizer menu will feature an empanada filled Hickory Nut Gap Farm ground beef, cheese and bell peppers served with salsa verde and Mexican crema.

Entrées will include roasted poblano peppers stuffed with Monterey Jack cheese then lightly fried and served with a red chili sauce, queso blanco

and cilantro and lime rice, plus a dish of pan-seared salmon with seasonal vegetables and a creamy, fire-roasted tomato sauce. A caramelized banana and ice cream topped with hot-chocolate drizzle will be on the dessert menu along with a refreshing mango and lime mousse.

The bar at Mountain Madre will include “craft tequila flights, mescal flights, traditional sangrita palate cleansers, margaritas and palomas for days,” says bar manager tim walker, who joins the Mountain Madre team after working over nine years at Scully’s. Walker is excited about transitioning from Scully’s more general, wide-ranging bar menu to the more focused approach of Mountain Madre.

“It’s been really creatively inspiring to keep agave as the focus and to put more attention to plating and presentation,” he says, noting that patrons can also expect unique local beer and wine options.

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Guy Fawkes Day at Black Mountain Ciderworks On the night of Nov. 4, 1605, Guy Fawkes broke into the cellar of the House of Lords in London. There were 36 barrels of gunpowder stacked and awaiting his expertise. Fawkes was assigned the duty of igniting these barrels the following day while King James I sat for the opening of parliament.

But the explosion never happened.

Fawkes was discovered by the king’s men that night and tortured for two days before being sentenced to a gruesome death. When the sentence was announced, Fawkes leapt from the gallows, breaking his neck and ending his life.

Every year on Nov. 5, bonfires blaze across England as Guy Fawkes is burned in effigy to celebrate the failed plot and survival of the king. Since opening in 2014, Black Mountain Ciderworks + Meadery has joined the celebration with a bonfire of its own. david bowman, who co-owns the cidery along with his wife and fellow ciderist, jessica puzzo bowman, proudly admits the two are a pair of Anglophiles. He adds that their idea to honor Guy Fawkes Day, also known as Bonfire Day, came after tasting a country-style cider from England’s West Country.

At this year’s event, Black Mountain Ciderworks + Meadery will offer s’mores and English-inspired food such as meat pies (with a vegetarian option), treacle toffee, candied apples and winter vegetables. The celebration coincides with the release of Croatan — the cidery’s late-fall seasonal cider made with Eastern North Carolina sweet potatoes and molasses.

A few surprise meads and ciders will also be revealed at the gathering, and nonalcoholic apple cider will be available as well.

Bowman considers this year’s Guy Fawkes Celebration to be particularly relevant on account of the upcoming U.S. presidential election.

“The original Gunpowder Treason Plot of 1605 was at a time of real heated division in England between Protestants and Catholics,” he says.

“It’s kind of hard not to see the similarities this election year.”

rAD FArMers MArket hArvest Dinner All Souls Pizza will host the River Arts District Farmers Market’s annual Marketto-Table Dinner fundrasier on Monday, Nov. 7. The menu will include pickled vegetables, radishes, local greens, goat cheese, leek vinaigrette, spelt egg noodles, cauliflower cream sauce, radicchio, Hungarian apple pie, whipped crème fraiche and whey caramel. A majority of the ingredients will be sourced from market vendors. All Souls chef brendan reusing and Farm and Sparrow baker david bauer will prepare the dinner. The evening will also include live music and a cash bar.

The Market-to-Table Dinner begins at 5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 7, at All Souls Pizza, 175 Clingman Ave. Tickets are $45 in advance, $50 at the door. All ages are welcome. Tickets can be purchased online at radfarmersmarket.com. pickleD Beets workshop

BonFire night: Black Mountain Ciderworks owners David Bowman and Jessica Puzzo Bowman will mark the release of their Croatan latefall seasonal cider on Saturday, Nov. 5, with a bonfire, special ciders and meads and Englishinspired food celebrating England’s Guy Fawkes Day. Photo by Cindy Kunst He adds that the event is nonpartisan. “We think it’s a tongue-in-cheek way for us to blow off steam and come together around a fire right before the election,” he says. “We want everyone to feel welcome.”

The Guy Fawkes Celebration and Croatan Release runs 1-11 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5. Admission is free. Donations will be accepted for the food with all proceeds benefiting Friends2Ferals. For more about Friends2Ferals, visit avl. mx/33o. Visit blackmountainciderworks. com for more information on the event.

Villagers will offer a workshop led by sheefra blumenthal on Tuesday, Nov. 8, on the process of preserving sweet pickled beets. Participants will get their own jar of beets to take home along with Blumenthal’s recipe. Blumenthal, who now lives in Asheville, spent four years as co-manager at Nagdeo Farm in Gresham, Ore. — a residential primitive and homestead skills school.

The pickled beets workshop runs 6:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8, at 278 Haywood Road. Tickets are $15-$30 per person on a sliding scale. For tickets and details, visit avl.mx/33m. siciliAn wine pAiring Dinner At chestnUt Chestnut is teaming up with the Asheville School of Wine from MetroWines for an evening of Sicilian wine and dinner. The menu, by chefs joe scully and mike case, will include a chilled calamari salad, lemoncaper pesto-seared quail over chestnutflour fettuccine, tomato-braised pork arancini with caponata and more.

Wines will include Tasca D’ Amerita Grillo 2014, Planeta Etna Biacno 2015, Planeta Cerasuolo di Vittoria, Tasca Regaleali Rose 2015 and Tasca d’Almerita Lamuri 2013. mike bell, manager for Mutual Distribution, will also share insights, stories and a video presentation of his recent trip to Sicily, where he met with the winery owners and winemakers who helped create the dinner’s pairings.

The Sicilian wine-pairing dinner happens at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10, at Chestnut, 48 Biltmore Ave. Tickets are $90 and include dinner, wine, tax and gratuity. For details and tickets, visit avl.mx/33k.

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The answer this year is Thursday, Nov. 10, at 4 p.m. with allotments available for purchase the following two days at the brewery. In-store arrival begins Monday, Nov. 14, in many markets where Highland is sold.

The brainchild of Highland cofounders oscar wong and john mcdermott, the beer debuted in 1996 as Holiday Ale. The brewers, inspired by mulled wine with its festive mix of spices, aimed to evoke seasonal sensations in those who drink the beer.

The results were popular from the start and packaged from the beginning in 22-ounce bottles. But Highland realized fairly quickly that the name Holiday Ale limited the amount of time the beer was relevant and changed it to Winter Ale. Then in 1997, charles frazier’s novel Cold Mountain was published.

Wong loved the book, and seeing as all Highland seasonal brews are named after a local land feature, he reworked the name one last time to Cold Mountain Winter Ale. Fans of the beer love to speculate on each forthcoming edition’s unique flavor palate, which Highland marketing coordinator molly mcQuillan says was always intended to change slightly from year to year. Back in May, she and her colleagues got together on a Sunday morning with instructions not to eat breakfast or drink coffee and ideally abstain from brushing their teeth prior to arrival. Under the guidance of brewmaster hollie stephenson and sensory scientist anna sauls, the staff’s clean palates were presented with a series of tastings, each of which simulated different varieties of spice additions. Based on the feedback, Stephenson and Sauls crafted the beer’s ultimate profile.

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holiDAY Brews: Highland Brewing Co.’s Cold Mountain Winter Ale and, this year, its new Imperial Cold Mountain Winter Ale join Asheville Brewing Co.’s Ninjabread Man in ringing in the holiday season in Western North Carolina. Photos courtesy of Highland Brewing Co. and Asheville Brewing Co. Cold Mountain fans also love to debate which year’s batch is superior.

McQuillan’s favorite is 2010, but she thinks this year’s creation might be even better and is especially impressed by the new imperial version. Brewed in honor of its 5.9 percent ABV sibling’s 20th anniversary, the 8 percent ABV newcomer is slightly chocolate-forward with hints of fruits and nuts. It will be released in 1-liter and 22-ounce bottles exclusively at the brewery for a limited time as well as on draft in the Highland taproom and in select retail locations.

Another enticing aspect of attending the release party is the Cold Mountain casks, which are only available at the brewery. Each brewer generally does one flavor, and this year’s offerings include vanilla, coffee and cocoa, figs and currants, kiwi mountainx.com

and papaya and bourbon-soaked oak and cherries.

However, special as the casks are, another factor makes the event even more meaningful for the Highland crew. “Truly, the festivity of the party comes from the people that are so excited to be there, and we’re just as excited, so the whole brewery just has this great vibe about it,” McQuillan says. “It’s Asheville’s oldest seasonal, and I think they’re proud of it, and they love it.” rUn, rUn, rUn, FAst As YoU cAn Among those looking forward to 2016 Cold Mountain is Asheville Brewing Co. head brewer pete langheinrich. “It would probably be the first beer that I tried in Asheville that had that kind of

waiting list feel to it, that kind of, like, ‘Line up at the door,’” he says. “It’s one of those beers you sip, and the brain is immediately in the holiday, cold-weather feeling — it evokes that season. I think they nail it with that beer, and I like how they change it, too.

I think that’s pretty cool to take a beer that’s so popular and then go, ‘All right, let’s do it a little bit different this year.’”

Langheinrich cites Cold Mountain as the primary local inspiration for Asheville Brewing’s own holiday beer, Ninjabread Man Porter — not in terms of a desire to emulate or copy it, but to put the brewery’s own spin on the winter warmer style. Released on Oct. 14, Ninjabread Man is now in its third year of major production. The infusion of gingerbread cookie flavor to Asheville Brewing’s flagship Ninja Porter started as a small-batch beer and has experienced an organic growth from its cask origins to last year’s 30-barrel batch with bottling and distribution.

The brewers made the initial syrup for Ninjabread Man from scratch using cinnamon, ginger, raisins and fresh vanilla. (“As long as I have the final say in Asheville Brewing, that beer will never touch any extract of any kind,” Langheinrich says.) But considering the ingredients and the baked goods outcome for which they were striving, he met with the brewpub’s then-head chef and asked what he thought about their process.

“He definitely took us to the next level. He caramelized the ginger, he dialed in our toasting, the cinnamon process — and it was a blast. The staff was really excited about the beer and having a hand in the brewery,” Langheinrich says. “If it wasn’t for that internal collaboration, I don’t think the syrup would have the legs that it does.”

Small quantities of Ninjabread Man have been aged in bourbon and cabernet sauvignon barrels to wide acclaim, including one that sold out quickly in 90-degree heat at the most recent Beer City Festival. But while the concoction is more readily available than Cold Mountain and doesn’t yet have the kind of following where a shipment is likely to sell out in an afternoon, Langheinrich loves the small-batch feel it’s maintained and, for now, would prefer to keep its access modest.

“It’s truly a gritty, labor-intensive beer. It’s not something [where] you call a local farm and order the Ninjabread syrup. It doesn’t work like that at all, so to ramp it up in production, we’d have to scale up not just how much beer we brew, but how we brew it,” he says. “It’s definitely a small-batch beer at its core and it’s kind of fun to have a limited local offering like that, too.” X

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Miss Gay Latina Asheville returns to Diana Wortham Theatre

BY cooGan BREnnan coogan.brennan@gmail.co “This year, Miss Gay Latina Asheville is going global,” says founder and organizer elio gonzalez. “The competition has gotten so much publicity in the drag world, now I have competitors coming from not just Asheville, not just North Carolina.

California, Phoenix, New York, Atlanta. And these are big names coming to compete.”

Gonzalez has a right to be proud.

He started the Miss Gay Latina Asheville drag pageant in 2008 in a West Asheville church that held 200. It outgrew that venue by its second year and moved to its current annual home at the Diana Wortham Theatre. This year’s performance, on Saturday, Nov. 5, will be the pageant’s ninth. During its short life span, our culture has experienced a massive change in exposure to transgender issues and appreciation of drag culture.

This awareness has been helped in part by the rise of Logo TV’s “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” Launched in 2008 by artist rupaul, the series has become a sleeper hit with millions of viewers from all walks of life. Weekly, they cheer contestants on through drag challenges and performances in an attempt to become “America’s Next Drag Superstar.” This year, “RuPaul’s Drag Race” helped break Nielsen records for TV viewership on Logo, and RuPaul won an Emmy for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program.

The show helped acclimate America to the campy aesthetic of drag queens and establish drag pageant formats. Both translate well to Miss Gay Latina Asheville, which takes a traditional beauty pageant program (interview, costume, talent and evening gown) and injects flair and cultural awareness. In the costume category, for example, contestants will present a traditional look from the country or region they choose to represent. Previously, the focus was on Hispanic countries, but this year, contestants can choose any location in the world.

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ABsolUtelY FABUloUs: In this photo, 2009 Miss Gay Latina Asheville winner Celine Rodriguez shows off her culturally inspired couture during the costume portion of the pageant. Valeria Coutier, the winner of last year’s event, says, “I’m an entertainer, but I am also an educator. The stage has been a classroom for me to educate the public — both gay and straight — on the perspective of the transgender community.”

Photo courtesy of Elio Gonzalez

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“It’s my favorite part of the pageant,” Gonzalez says. “It gives you culture, history. You learn something.

Contestants spend a lot of money and time putting these costumes together. They’re going to come up with something really special.”

While many drag shows take place in bars or clubs where there might not even be a backstage in which to change, the local pageant “takes care of contestants and respects and appreciates their effort,” Gonzalez says. “When they go to the green room, they’ve got food, they’ve got water. For some of these girls, they come into the theater and say, ‘This is like a dream come true.’”

In the time of HB2, such awareness and recognition of transgender issues couldn’t be more timely. All are welcome to compete, regardless of experience or sexual orientation, and all are welcome in the audience. And while the template of a beauty pageant may seem outdated and superficial, Gonzalez says it’s not necessarily the most beautiful who will win.

Strong personalities, costumes and performances might trump outward appearance.

Some of the contestants will be local, but the majority are seasoned veterans who participate year-round on the drag-pageant circuit. “These girls love competing,” Gonzalez says. “They invest so much money and time in their talents, participating in big competitions that take place all over the U.S. For them, it’s an honor to be recognized, because that opens doors for them to more opportunities. They can stay busy all the time.”

One such established figure is mokha montrese, who has earned many national titles, including Miss Gay USofA 2015. She will be a celebrity judge for Miss Gay Latina Asheville and give a performance during the show. Miss Gay Latina Asheville 2015 winner valeria coutier will also be onstage with the Night Boys, a small, six-person dance company from Miami.

Coutier also lives in Miami and predominantly speaks Spanish.

Through an interpreter, she discussed the dual roles a title like Miss Gay Latina Asheville bestows.

“I’m an entertainer, but I am also an educator,” she said. “The stage has been a classroom for me to educate the public — both gay and straight — on the perspective of the transgender community.”

Of her fondest memories from last year’s pageant, Coutier says, “the public, the competition and, most of all, the acceptance from the Asheville community.”

This year, the title brings other substantial awards, including cash, jewelry and cosmetics. “The winner will walk away with almost $2,500 in prizes,” Gonzalez says.

For those thinking of attending who fear they might feel out of place, Gonzalez says the audience is usually 60 percent heterosexual. While the show comes just after Hispanic Heritage Month, the audience breaks evenly between Hispanic and non-Hispanic, and many walks of life are represented by the audience. “There is a pastor who comes every year and brings tons of people from his congregation,” Gonzalez says. “He always says this is one of the best events in Asheville.”

The Talent and Interview category will be conducted in Spanish and English with professional translators. Gonzalez has two emcees, one in English and one in Spanish.

“We think of Latinos, especially the Latino male, as such a macho man, big machismo,” Gonzalez says. “They come to this event, though, and they’re the first ones to clap.”

“Everything is about unity, not discriminating or hating each other,” Gonzalez says. “Once the audience sees the contestants perform, they don’t care if it’s in Spanish or English. They go crazy.” X

what Miss Gay Latina Asheville where Diana Wortham Theatre 2 S. Pack Sq. dwtheatre.com when Saturday, Nov. 5, 7:30 p.m. $22

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For the BirDs: Waggishly anointing themselves “America’s No. 1 country-Motown supergroup,” the four women of Sweet Claudette — from the left, Amanda Platt, Melissa Hyman, Dulci Ellenberger and Amber Sankaran) — celebrate the release of their first full-length album with shows in Saluda and Asheville.

Photo by Evoke Emotion Photography On the 2013 For the Birds EP, the members of Sweet Claudette successfully blended classic country and Americana, delivering six original tunes in an intimate, homespun style that focused on their vocal strengths. But on Whiskey Drunk on Puppy Love, the Asheville foursome has taken a giant leap forward, incorporating Stax and Motown textures into the mix, creating an album of fully realized pop perfection. Sweet Claudette celebrates the release of its new record with

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a pair of live dates at The Purple Onion in Saluda (Thursday, Nov. 3) and The Mothlight (Friday, Nov. 4).

The group believes that there’s plenty of room left to explore in the styles of soul music makers Stax Records from Memphis, and Motown Records from Detroit.

And many of the original tunes on Whiskey Drunk on Puppy Love are cast in that mold. “Genres never get exhausted; there’s always room for more,” says amanda platt, one of Sweet Claudette’s four songwriter/

vocalists. “To have original music in a classic genre is a great thing and should absolutely be continued.”

In the hands of skilled singers and songwriters, classic-style arrangements provide infinite possibilities. “One of my personal favorite things is backup vocals,” says dulci ellenberger. “I love singing them and writing them. And I love hearing all of our ideas come together. If you’ve got it, you may as well use it.”

The band — originally called For the Birds — first came together in 2010 when melissa hyman (The Moon and You) organized the second in a series of women’s songwriter showcases. She admits that her initial motivation for the series was to “meet and play music with the women in town whom I really admired as songwriters and performers.” But once she discovered the joys of working with Ellenberger, Platt and amber sankaran, her energies quickly shifted to the vocal quartet.

“I ended up with this incredible group, and we didn’t want to stop playing together,” Hyman says. “The showcase didn’t survive because I was too busy having another band!”

These days, all four are busy with multiple projects: Ellenberger sings with Holy Ghost Tent Revival; Hyman makes music with husband Ryan Furstenburg as The Moon and You. Platt leads The Honeycutters, and Sankaran has started writing songs: “The Other Shoe” is “the poppiest, hookiest, most ear-catching song” on Whiskey Drunk on Puppy Love, says Ellenberger.

In fact, the album provides a lot of competition for that distinction.

With four songwriters contributing songs, there’s no shortage of topnotch material for an album. Many songs arise out of Sweet Claudette’s annual retreat. “We do what we call Bird Camp,” explains Platt. “We hole up somewhere where there are no distractions — no boys — and we learn new songs.”

“It’s almost time for another Bird Camp,” adds Ellenberger.

The group’s individual songwriting styles provide variety, yet there’s a unity and cohesiveness among the tunes no matter who has written them. “More than any of us, Dulci writes with ‘space’ left for background vocals,” says Platt. And Bird Camp’s collaborative nature imbues the songs with that Sweet Claudette aesthetic.

“That’s a cool thing about how the songwriting works,” Platt says.

“We bring a whole lot of data, but we don’t bring the production of the songs. That’s the collaboration.”

The album title, Whiskey Drunk on Puppy Love, is equal parts saucy and playful; those adjectives aptly sum up the vibe of Sweet Claudette’s music. Sankaran came up with the title, drawn from the lyric of Platt’s “One More Taste,” another standout track on an album full of gems.

The band’s friend and longtime associate daniel shearin of River Whyless produced Whiskey Drunk on Puppy Love. “He produced For the Birds as well,” says Ellenberger.

“He’s been with us since we were just a little acoustic four-piece with no rhythm section.”

“Dan will be our producer as long as he will have us,” adds Hyman.

Each of the four singers has her own specific vocal range; together, the group has the ability to create vocal clusters that give the music a great deal of texture. “My voice is clearly the lowest,” says Hyman, whose pipes are showcased on the thrilling “Don’t Have Time.”

Platt’s range is a bit higher, with Ellenberger and Sankaran working more in the upper register.

“There’s a learning curve,” explains Hyman, “a constant evolution of fitting together. Like, ‘Here, we’re going to be moving in thirds as a chord. And here we’re gonna weave in and out and do some counterpoint.’ I think that stuff has gotten more sophisticated over time with us.”

Though great care goes into songwriting and instrumental arrangements — the foursome are joined onstage by a rhythm section dubbed “The Claudes” — it’s those lush, carefully worked-out vocal harmonies that are the group’s most distinctive quality. “When we all sing together, that’s the voice of Sweet Claudette,” says Ellenberger. “Sweet Claudette makes it complete.” X

who Sweet Claudette with The Mobros where The Mothlight 701 Haywood Road themothlight.com when Friday, Nov. 4, 9 p.m. $10 advance/$12 day of show

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NO LAUGHING MATTER Former U.S. poet laureate Billy Collins reads at Christ School

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Don’t compare billy collins’ poetry to sketch comedy. He won’t like that one bit.

Sure, some of his work is funny. Many of the 20 lines of “Bachelorette Party” are about the word “bachelorette,” and how it could just as easily mean “tiny bachelor.” “Cosmology” presents an alternate universe in which the entire planet rests on Keith Richards’ head, and “as long as Keith keeps talking about / the influence of the blues on the Rolling Stones / the earth will continue to spin merrily.” Elsewhere in his new collection, The Rain in Portugal, the poet places William Shakespeare on a modern airliner (sharing a set of earbuds with Collins) or follows his own thoughts to absurdist extremes.

Just don’t get too stuck on his punchlines — or worse, think they are the point of his verse.

“The making of a poem is different from anything,” says Collins, who will give a reading and book signing at Christ School in Arden (the alma mater of yet another U.S. poet laureate, Charles Wright) on Wednesday, Nov. 9. “Poetry, if you think about its lineage and its history, is unflattered by comparisons to comedy sketches.” Compare his poetry to this lesser form of entertainment, as he puts it, and you denigrate it.

If Collins is confident, he’s also been wildly successful. From 2001-03, he was poet laureate of the United States. The 9/11 terrorist attacks occurred during his term, presenting him with the daunting prospect of writing a poem to commemorate the first anniversary of that event; he rose to the occasion with “The Names.”

The Rain in Portugal is a New York Times best-seller, and Collins has seen six-figure book deals — both rarities in the world of verse. This year, he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

He’s received criticism for being too playful and for not burdening his poetry with personal misery. “I don’t start out to amuse, I don’t start out to be funny,” Collins says. “I don’t start out to do anything except for to make a good poem and, in the process, to entertain myself.”

He isn’t compelled to write “I had an experience walking in an orchard once, and I saw the full moon, and I’m going to tell you about it” poetry, he says, lambasting that approach. It’s claustrophobic, he explains, with that kind of verse stuck in

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in verse: Former U.S. poet laureate Billy Collins, who will read at Christ School on Wednesday, Nov. 9, has been criticized for being too playful and for not burdening his poetry with personal misery. “I don’t start out to amuse,” he says. “I don’t start out to do anything except for to make a good poem and, in the process, to entertain myself.”

Photo by Bill Hayes the past of the speaker.

Rather, Collins writes from a persona that is not interested in personal experience unless it’s imaginative or cerebral. Accordingly, many poems — “The Bard in Flight” or “Poem to the First Generation of People to Exist After the Death of the English Language” — were born of thought experiments. The speaker in the latter work is a pissed off, crotchety imaginary poet lamenting the loss of his parlance.

“It’s fun to get down on your hands and knees and play with the language and find yourself in the interior of something that is being made, and not knowing what it is going to look like in the end,” Collins says. When he conducts poetry workshops, he tells attendees they aren’t there to express themselves, but to build something. Think of it as a cabinet or a birdhouse, he says. Think of your poem as something you’re constructing to delight a reader.

Humor can be a part of that. Collins treats it as a strategy rather than a means in itself: A serious poem can turn funny, or an initially funny poem can end up tragic. He requires a poem to proceed from one place to another, anyway, so it’s not going to come out like sketch comedy or a sitcom like “Seinfeld,” he explains, where there has to be a laugh every dozen seconds.

“And yet those programs pretend to handle real life, romance, divorce, getting in trouble with the law, all sorts of things,” he says.

Collins has also been criticized for is his success. “I sell a lot of books.

Frankly, if I were not Billy Collins and I were a poet. I wouldn’t like me very much either,” he admits. “I don’t think I would go as far as to get a gun and shoot my books, but I would harbor some simmering resentment.”

Last spring, the owners of The Captain’s Bookshelf did discover a copy of Collins’ Nine Horses that had been blasted with a shotgun. It was disturbing news, Collins says, but it wasn’t hard to interpret — this was the work of a person who seriously doesn’t care for his work. Maybe they thought it was too light or maybe they were jealous of Collins’ popularity.

“Here’s a paradox,” the poet says. “It seems to me that the people who wring their hands over the lack of a popular mass audience for poetry are the same ones who are quick to attack anyone who breaks out of the pack and manages to secure a wider audience.” X

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THE ART OF WEAVING SONIC TAPESTRIES Weyes Blood returns to The Mothlight The growth natalie mering has exhibited over the past two years, while writing songs as Weyes Blood, is the type of breakthrough that music lovers dream about, yet rarely see. While her pleasant 2014 album The Innocents showed plenty of promise, highlighting her haunting vocals and interest in early polyphonic choral music, it felt like somewhat of a niche record limited by its historical nods. No such barriers hold back her new release, Front Row Seat to Earth.

The nine-song collection is exponentially more modern and features a sonic richness practically unmatched in contemporary music outside of Beach House.

The recent Los Angeles transplant returns to The Mothlight on Saturday, Nov. 5. She often has complex textures in mind when first writing songs, but typically begins in a simple fashion. “A lot of the songs do start out with piano and guitar and kind of more basic elements, sometimes even just the vocal line,” Mering says. “But when I’m demoing or getting ready to record, in my mind I kind of already am experimenting with what kind of sound effects or what kind of elements that normally might not fit to be tossed in there.”

She adds, “I like bringing in things that don’t seem to work and making it work.”

Acoustic, “Beatle-esque” demos provided Mering and her studio band with a foundation from which to work on most of Front Row Seat to Earth’s songs. However, album standouts “Do You Need My Love” and “Seven Words,” as well as “Used to Be,” were recorded from scratch — an approach that clearly paid off, but came with its share of challenges.

“It was really difficult explaining to the band how [‘Do You Need My Love’] went,” she says. “I think everybody was generally confused because I played with a bassist on that, and my producer [chris cohen] was playing drums, and we’re all kind of sitting there, and I was like, ‘And then

the BAckUp plAn: Natalie Mering’s new Weyes Blood album, Front Row Seat to Earth, is her best work to date. But if she ever gets tired of music, filmmaking could be her next career move. Mering directed the videos for her songs “Generation Why” and “Do You Need My Love” and has been talking about starting a production company with her friend Nikki Smith. Photo by Katie Miller this part’s like this,’ and they were kind of like, ‘But how is that different than this part?’ It took a long time for them to see the big picture.”

The ensemble got on the same page through trial and error, following the ideas that resonated most and producing plenty of what Mering calls “happy accidents” in the process. Though careful to prevent the songs from becoming too busy, she went big more often than not, leaving album mixer Kenneth gilmore to clean things up in post-production.

“There’s a fine line. I think it’s important to keep mixing in mind because mixing can make everything possible,” Mering says. “Mixing can make an overloaded track sound fine, and mixing can make an under[loaded] track sound full.

So it’s really depending on how good the mixer is and how you sculpt that. I think at a certain point, things can get crowded harmonically, but for the most part, I think that’s more of a mixing thing than a tracking thing.”

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Adapting Front Row Seat to Earth for the stage with ben babbitt (bass), booker stardrum (drums) and walt mcclements (keys) has likewise proved difficult but rewarding. “We’re still kind of working out all the kinks because there’s so much going on on the record.

There’s two keyboards, one that’s the basic piano/organ keyboard and one that’s this flashy synth keyboard; a bass sampler; drums; and a little tiny keyboard,” Mering says. “Overall, it’s kind of like an orchestra. There’s also slide guitar and acoustic guitar on some songs, so we kind of have a pretty big setup, but we’re all multi-instrumentalists, so we switch off, and that’s how we make it all work.”

As was the case on The Innocents, Mering does her own vocal harmonies on the new record. Loops and vocal effects allow her to simulate those layers live, but ideally she’d have a second female singer accompanying her.

A desire to keep the band small would necessitate that person also knowing her way around other instruments, and so far a candidate fitting that bill has yet to materialize.

“I feel like they must exist somewhere. I’m trying to get the guys in the band to sing. They do sing, but it’s sketchy. It’s not as beautiful as when a lady sings,” Mering says. “Women are very special, and a lot of the girls who are really good enough to do that have their own thing going on, but I’m still putting the feelers out there.” X

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Hope Griffin The same soul-stirring, boottapping sounds that won Hope Griffin the title of Best SingerSongwriter in this year’s Best of WNC reader poll are apparent on the local musician’s sophomore album, Where the Soil and Stars Meet. After growing up in an inherently musical home, Griffin studied classical voice at Carson-Newman University. Her passion eventually brought her to Asheville, where she released her first album and EP, garnering praise, prizes and more than a few groupies. With complex acoustic chords, haunting melodies and eloquently phrased observations on life, Where the Soil and Stars Meet serves as Griffin’s true entree into a musical career. Griffin plays an albumrelease party at Isis Restaurant and Music Hall on Sunday, Nov. 6, at 7:30 p.m. $10. isisasheville.com.

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Jonathan Edwards In 1968, Jonathan Edwards traded in his college textbooks for a gitfiddle and wandering shoes, and began his life’s work. Over the past 40 years, he’s released 16 albums, including his latest, Tomorrow’s Child. He may be best known for the singsongy ’70s hit, “Sunshine (Go Away Today),” but the 21st-century tunes of Tomorrow’s Child are true Americana, roughened with grit and laced with echoes of his ringing, melodic optimism.

That upbeat attitude translates to Edwards’ perspective of Asheville, too. “I’ve always enjoyed the music-loving people of the area,” he says, “and I really love the revitalization of the arts that seems to be breathing new life into this beautiful big town/little city.” The folk icon performs at The Altamont Theatre on Friday, Nov. 4, at 8 p.m. $25/$30/$35 VIP. thealtamonttheatre.com. Photo courtesy of Randy Findlay

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Julius Caesar Productions of Shakespeare’s works have long been known for their gender-bending execution — boys powdered and wigged, men decked in tights — but rarely do the genders bend the other way. The Montford Park Players bring Julius Caesar to the limelight with a twist: an all-female cast. The political play comes at a poignant time. “Women are participating in the electoral process at higher levels and in more visible ways than ever before in our democratic republic,” says Jane Hallstrom, who plays the part of Caesar.

“Our all-female production highlights the responsibility each of us, man or woman, must assume to preserve our country from passions gone awry.” The Montford Park Players will perform their free rendition of the Shakespearean classic at the BeBe Theatre from Friday, Nov. 4, to Sunday, Nov. 20, at 7:30 p.m. montfordparkplayers.org. Photo courtesy of Montford Park Players

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Since the Different Strokes!

Performing Arts Collective formed in 2010, it has delivered challenging and edgy performances to Western North Carolina. The troupe’s latest? Night of the Living Dead. The cult-horror flick is known for its gory progenation of zombie culture, but local writer and director Rodney Smith adapted the frame of the story to address modern cultural questions. “Although our show’s overall narrative is the same as the original film, our theme exploration is a bit different,” he says.

“Each of the characters represents a unique facet of society — how they act, interact and generate resolve with each other is really what moves this narrative along.” Catch the reimagining of the classic at The Magnetic Theatre from Thursday, Nov. 3, to Saturday, Nov. 19, at 7:30 p.m. $18/$21. differentstrokespac.org. Photo courtesy of Rodney Smith

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Billy Zanski teaches a fun approach to connecting with your inner rhythm. Drop-ins welcome. Drums provided. $15/class. (828) 7682826. www.skinnybeatsdrums.com DiAnA worthAM theAtre 2 S. Pack Square, 257-4530, dwtheatre.com • FR (11/4), 8pm - Balsam Range, bluegrass. $32/$27 student/$20.

pUlsAr JoUrneY: Probe the connection between art and science at a limited-engagement painting exhibit at the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute from Saturday, Nov. 5, through Saturday, Dec. 3.

Pulsar Journey, the exhibit by French artist Amélie Beaudroit, showcases 11 works depicting the stellar stages of a pulsar. Admission is included as part of the general admission fee to the science education and research center, where there are radio and optical telescopes, Earth science instruments, NASA space shuttle artifacts, Earth science instruments and the astronomical photographic data archive. For more information and directions to the PARI campus, visit www.pari.edu. Photo courtesy of PARI (p. 47) Art Art At wcU 227-3591, fineartmuseum.wcu.edu • TH (11/3), 6pm - Table loom weaving workshop. $20/Free for students. Held in the Bardo Center, room 150 • TH (11/10), noon-5pm - School of Art and Design open house.

Free.

Asheville MAkers ashevillemakers.org • FR (11/4), 6-8pm - "Repair Café," where participants can bring broken electronics and small appliances, and engage in the process of fixing them with guidance. Event held in conjunction with The Future of Fixing exhibition. Volunteers are welcome to help facilitate.

Registration required. Free to attend. Held at The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design, 67 Broadway Downtown Asheville First FriDAY Art wAlks downtownashevilleartdistrict.org.

• 1st FRIDAYS, 5-8pm Downtown Asheville museums and galleries open doors to visitors. Visit the website for participating venues and full details.

Free to attend.

horse + hero 14 Patton Ave., 505-2133 • TH (11/3), 6:30-7:30pm Risograph printing workshop.

Free to attend. oUr voice heArt works sUrvivors Art show 252-0562, ourvoicenc.org • TH (11/10), 5-9pm - 15th Annual Survivors’ Art Show featuring Anne Heck. Performances and presentations at 8 pm. Free to attend. Held at YMI Cultural Center, 39 South Market St. the lUMBerYArD 170 King St., Brevard • SA (11/5), 1-8pm - Block party with art vendors, food vendors and live music. Free to attend.

Art/crAFt FAirs winter MAgnoliA pop-Up shop wintermagnoliadesigns.com • SU (11/6), noon-4pm - Winter Magnolia Pop-up Shop with live music from Wyatt Yurth and the Gold Standard. Free to attend.

Held at All Souls Pizza, 175 Clingman Ave. wnc potterY FestivAl 631-5100, wncpotteryfestival.com • SA (11/5), 10am-4pm - Outdoor

pottery festival with demonstrations, pottery competitions, activities and 42 master potters. $5.

Held along Front St., Dillsboro

AUDitions & cAll to Artists hot works Fine Art show Asheville 941-755-3088, patty@hotworks.org • Through WE (12/7) Submissions accepted for the Hot Works' Asheville Fine Art Show, exhibition of nationally juried art works. See website for full details: zapplication.org/eventinfo.php?ID=5105. Held at US Cellular Center, 87 Haywood St. Miss henDersonville pAgeAnt missasheville.org, info@missasheville.org • Through SA (11/5) - Open registration for Henderson County women age 17 through 23 interested in competing in the Miss Hendersonville Pageant. st. MArY's episcopAl chUrch 337 Charlotte St., 254-5836, stmarysasheville.org • Through TH (11/3) - Open registration for art and craft vendors for the St. Mary's Church

henDerson coUntY pUBlic liBrArY 301 N. Washington St., Hendersonville, 697-4725 • MO (11/7), 6:30pm Gingerthistle, folk music. Free.

Jewish coMMUnitY center 236 Charlotte St., 253-0701, jcc-asheville.org • MO (11/7), 6:30-8:30pm Community old-time bluegrass music jam for intermediate level.

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MUsic At UncA 251-6432, unca.edu • FR (11/4), 3pm - "Chamber Music Chat” with Pan Harmonia. Free.

Held in the Reuter Center • TH (11/10), 7pm - "Vistas and Voices," musical celebration of the National Park Service Centennial

by The Asheville Singers and UNC Asheville New Media Students.

Free. Held in the Lipinsky Hall Lobby.

MUsic At wcU 227-2479, wcu.edu • TH (11/3), 7:30pm - WCU Percussion Ensemble concert. Free.

Held in the Coulter Building Recital Hall. st. MAtthiAs chUrch 1 Dundee St., 285-0033, stmatthiasepiscopal.com/ • SU (11/6), 3pm -Chamber music concert featuring viola quintets and works by Michael Haydn and Ludwig Beethoven. Admission by donation.

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AnAM cArA theAtre 545-3861, anamcaratheatre.com • TH (11/10), 8pm & FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS until (11/11), 8pm - The God of Hell. $20/$16 advance. Held at Toy Boat Community Art Space, 101 Fairview Road, Suite B Asheville coMMUnitY theAtre 35 E. Walnut St., 254-1320, ashevilletheatre.org • FRIDAY through SUNDAY, (11/4) until (11/6) - Anything Goes, presented by the youth production class. Fri.: 7:30pm. Sat. & Sun.: 2:30pm. $6.

by Abigail Griffin Attic sAlt theAtre coMpAnY 505-2926 • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS (11/4) until (11/20) - How I Learned to Drive. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm.

Sun.: 2:30pm. $20. Held at 35below, 35 E. Walnut St. DiAnA worthAM theAtre 2 S. Pack Square, 257-4530, dwtheatre.com • SA (11/5), 7:30pm - Miss Gay Latina Asheville contest.

Tickets: gonzalezdiazent@ aol.com or 704-779-4500. $22.

DiFFerent strokes perForMing Arts collective 275-2093, differentstrokespac.org • THURSDAYS through SATURDAYS (11/3) until (11/19), 7:30pm - Night of the Living Dead Redux. $18. Held at The Magnetic Theatre, 375 Depot St. FlAt rock plAYhoUse Downtown 125 S. Main St., Hendersonville, 693-0731, flatrockplayhouse.org • THURSDAYS through

SUNDAYS until (11/6) Vintage Hitchcock, A Live Radio Play. Thurs.: 7:30pm.

Fri. & Sat.: 8pm. Thurs., Sat., & Sun.: 2pm. $15-$40. henDersonville coMMUnitY theAtre 229 S. Washington St., Hendersonville, 692-1082, hendersonvillelittletheater. org • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS (11/4) until (11/13) - Enid Bagnold’s, The Chalk Garden. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm.

Sun.: 2pm. $22/$18 students/$12 youth.

MontForD pArk plAYers 254-5146, montfordparkplayers.org • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS (11/4) until (11/20), 7:30pm - Julius Caesar. Free to attend.

Held at BeBe Theatre, 20 Commerce St. theAter At UncA 251-6610, drama.unca.edu • FR (11/4), 1:30pm - "NC Stage Behind the Scenes," with director and co-founder Charlie Fynn-McIver. Free.

Held in the Reuter Center.

gAllerY DirectorY AppAlAchiAn pAstel societY appalachianpastelsociety.org • Through (11/11) - Juried member show. Held at Opportunity House, 1411 Asheville Highway Hendersonville ArrowheAD gAllerY 78 Catawba Ave., Old Fort, 668-1100 • Through TH (11/17) "Battle of the Brushes" plein air competition exhibition.

Art At MArs hill UniversitY 689-1307, mhu.edu • Through TU (11/22) Installation and textile exhibit featuring the work of Donna Price and Elisa Treml. Held in Weizenblatt Gallery • (11/9) through (12/16) - Mentors and Heroes, photography exhibition by David Holt. Reception: Wednesday, Nov. 9, 6-8pm.

Art At UncA art.unca.edu • Through FR (11/4) Spanning from 1980s Campus Scenes to the Present, exhibition of photographs by David Pickett.

• Through FR (11/11) Exhibition of works by Erin Canady. Held in Owen Hall, 2nd Floor Gallery • Through FR (11/11) Exhibition of works by UNC Asheville's Art Front student organization.

Held in Highsmith Art and Intercultural Gallery • TU (11/8) through FR (12/16) - All My Relations, exhibition of photos of the Cherokee by Eastern Band artist Shan Goshorn.

Reception: Tuesday, Nov. 15, 5-7pm.

Art At wcU 227-3591, fineartmuseum.wcu.edu • Through MO (11/17) “The Language of Weaving: Contemporary Maya Textiles,” exhibition. Held in the Bardo Center • Through MO (12/12) Contemporary Clay: A Survey of Contemporary American Ceramics, exhibition. Held in the Bardo Center Asheville AreA Arts coUncil 258-0710, ashevillearts.com • Through WE (11/23) - Best of WNC: Emerging Craft Artist Showcase. Reception: Friday, Nov. 4, 5-8pm. Held at The Refinery, 207 Coxe Ave. • Through WE (11/23) - Hello

My Name Is..., paintings

by Douglas Lail. Reception: Friday, Nov. 4, 5-8pm. Held at The Refinery, 207 Coxe Ave. • Through WE (11/23) - New Works, exhibition by Melanie Norris. Reception: Friday, Nov. 4, 5-8pm. Held at The Refinery, 207 Coxe Ave. Asheville gAllerY oF Art 82 Patton Ave., 251-5796, ashevillegallery-of-art.com • Through (11/30) - Elements Unite, exhibition of the encaustic and mixed media work of Michelle Hamilton.

Reception: Friday, Nov. 4, 5-8pm. cAlDwell Arts coUncil 601 College Ave., SW Lenoir, 754-2486 • Through SA (11/19) - 2 SQUARED, exhibition of artwork by Jon Sours, Mercedes Jelinek, Tamie Beldue and Rob Amberg.

DepArtMent oF cUltUrAl resoUrces western oFFice 176 Riceville Road, 296-7230 • Through FR (11/18) - North Carolina in the Great War, exhibition. hAYwooD coMMUnitY college Regional High Technology Center 112 Industrial Park Drive, Waynesville, 258-8737 • Through SA (11/19) Forest, Farm + Garden, 19662016, exhibition. lonDon District stUDios 8 London Road • Through MO (11/14) - Open to Interpretation- one artist, many perspectives, exhibition of paintings by William Dill.

MArk Bettis stUDio & gAllerY 123 Roberts St., 941-5879502, markbettisart.com • Through MO (11/21) Jewels of the River Arts District, exhibition of jewelry

by Vicki Rollo. oDYsseY cooperAtive Art gAllerY 238 Clingman Ave., 285-9700, facebook.com/ odysseycoopgallery • Through WE (11/30) November exhibition featuring the ceramic art of Dyann Myers, Kate Gardner and Laura Peery. pisgAh AstronoMicAl reseArch institUte 1 PARI Drive Rosman, 862-5554, pari.edu

• SA (11/5) through SA (12/3) - Pulsar Journey, exhibition of paintings by Amélie Beaudroit. swAnnAnoA vAlleY Fine Arts leAgUe 669-0351, svfalarts.org • Through TU (11/22) - Swannanoa Valley Fine Arts League juried show. Held at Black Mountain Center for the Arts, 225 W. State St., Black Mountain • FR (11/4) through WE (11/30) - Looking Back, exhibit of past works from the Swannanoa Valley Fine Arts League. Reception: Friday, Nov. 4, 5-7pm. Held at Red House Studios and Gallery, 310 W. State St., Black Mountain • FR (11/4) through SA (12/31) - Fabulous Fakes, exhibition of copies of iconic paintings painted by members of the Swannanoa Valley Fine Arts League. Reception: Friday, Nov. 4, 5-9pm. Held at Monte Vista Hotel, 308 W. State St., Black Mountain the Asheville school 360 Asheville School Road, 254-6345, ashevilleschool.org • Through TH (12/15)- Obair na Mban, exhibition of paintings by Hannah Seng and Elizabeth Porritt Carrington. the gAllerY At FlAt rock 702-A Greenville Highway, Flat Rock, 698-7000, galleryflatrock.com/ • Through SA (12/31) - Wabi Sabi: Beauty in Imperfection, exhibition of 21 local artists. trYon Arts AnD crAFts school 373 Harmon Field Road, Tryon, 859-8323 • Through WE (11/9) - Black & White Gallery, exhibition of black & white works by regional artists.

UpstAirs ArtspAce 49 S. Trade St., Tryon, 8592828, upstairsartspace.org • Through FR (12/2) - Joined at Their Art: Three Couples, Six Artists, group exhibition. wcQs 73 Broadway, 10-4800, wcqs.org • Through WE (11/30) - The Way We Were, photos from Asheville’s African-American Community in the 1950s-70s on loan from UNC Asheville.

Contact the galleries for admission hours and fees.

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clUBlAnD MoUntAin MoJo coFFeehoUse Open mic, 6:30PM new MoUntAin theAter/AMphitheAter RÜFÜS DU SOL (electronic), 8:00PM noBle kAvA Open mic w/ Caleb Beissert, 9:00PM o.henrY's/the UnDergroUnD "Take the Cake" Karaoke, 10:00PM

oFF the wAgon Piano show, 9:00PM

BArleY's tAprooM Alien Music Club (jazz), 9:00PM

olive or twist 3 Cool Cats (vintage rock), 8:00PM

Ben's tUne-Up Chris Coleman Blues Experience, 8:00PM

one stop At Asheville MUsic hAll Brown Bag Songwriting competition, 5:00PM

BlAck MoUntAin Ale hoUse Bluegrass Jam w/ The Big Deal Band, 8:00PM

one worlD Brewing Bean Tree Remedy, 8:00PM

BlUe MoUntAin pizzA & Brew pUB Billy Litz (Americana, ragtime), 7:00PM

orAnge peel El Ten Eleven w/ Bayonne (post-rock, ambient, experimental), 9:00PM

BUrger BAr Thursday surf/garage night, 9:00PM

rooM iX Fuego: Latin night, 9:00PM sAlvAge stAtion What It is w/ Kip Veno, 8:00PM sAnctUArY Brewing coMpAnY Adoptable Pet Night w/ Asheville Humane Society, 6:00PM Jamison Adams (Americana), 7:00PM sierrA nevADA Brewing co.

Christmas Jam Session Ale Release Party, 4:00PM

weDnesDAY, noveMBer 2 185 king street Vinyl Night, 6:00PM 5 wAlnUt wine BAr Gypsy Guitars (gypsy jazz), 5:00PM Les Amis (African folk music), 8:00PM BArleY's tAprooM Dr. Brown's Team Trivia, 8:30PM Ben's tUne-Up Live Honky-Tonk w/ Town Mountain members, 7:00PM BlUe MoUntAin pizzA & Brew pUB Open Mic w/ Mark Bumgarner, 7:00PM BUrger BAr Karaoke, 9:00PM clADDAgh restAUrAnt & pUB Irish Music Wednesdays, 8:00PM creeksiDe tAphoUse Open mic w/ Riyen Roots, 8:00PM crow & QUill Sparrow & Her Wingmen (jazz), 9:00PM DoUBle crown

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FUnkAtoriUM Staves & Strings (bluegrass), 6:30PM gooD stUFF Jim Hampton & friends perform "Eclectic Country" (jam), 7:00PM greY eAgle MUsic hAll & tAvern Trevor Hall w/ Dustin Thomas (alt. rock, reggae, acoustic), 8:00PM grinD cAFe Trivia night, 7:00PM highlAnD Brewing coMpAnY Woody Wood Wednesdays (rock, soul, funk), 5:30PM 2016 Give! Local Kickoff Party, 6:00PM isis restAUrAnt AnD MUsic hAll An evening w/ Dave Gunning, 7:00PM JAck oF the wooD pUB Old-time session, 5:00PM lAzY DiAMonD Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 10:00PM loBster trAp Ben Hovey (dub, jazz), 6:30PM

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AltAMont theAtre An Evening w/ Callaghan & Jimmy Landry (singersongwriter, soul), 7:00PM Asheville MUsic hAll PitchBlak Brass Band w/ Primate Fiasco (funk), 9:00PM

pisgAh Brewing coMpAnY Campfire Reverends, Company News & Fox Medicine (songwriting showcase), 6:00PM

Sonic Satan Stew w/ DJ Alien Brain , 10:00PM

5 wAlnUt wine BAr Pleasure Chest (blues, rock, soul), 8:00PM

oDDitoriUM Pictures of Vernon w/ friends (rock), 9:00PM

oskAr BlUes BrewerY The Dirty Dutch Bastards (rock, country), 6:00PM

BAck to BAsics: California singer-songwriter Jackie Greene is no stranger to the big time; For the past fi ve years, the multi-instrumentalist has recorded & toured with some of rock ’n’ roll’s biggest names, including The Black Crowes, Phil Lesh & friends and Gov’t Mule. Now, Greene’s back out on the road to support his latest solo album, the beautiful, roots-driven Back to Birth. Greene sweeps into The Grey Eagle on Nov. 5 for a 9 p.m. show. Photo courtesy of the promoters

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slY grog loUnge Sound Station open mic (musicians of all backgrounds & skills), 7:30PM strAightAwAY cAFe Redleg Husky (bluegrass, country), 6:00PM the Block oFF BiltMore The Panther w/ Ben Allen (indie, alt. rock), 8:00PM the Joint neXt Door Bluegrass jam, 8:00PM the Mocking crow Open Mic, 8:00PM the Mothlight The Goddamn Gallows w/ Gallows Bound & Stump Tail Dolly (punk, metal, bluegrass), 9:00PM the phoeniX Jazz night w/ Jason DeCristofaro, 8:00PM the sociAl loUnge International soul and R&B night w/ Phantom Pantone (DJ), 10:00PM

clADDAgh restAUrAnt & pUB Irish Music Thursdays, 7:00PM clUB eleven on grove Swing Jam, 8:30PM creeksiDe tAphoUse Chris Wiley, 7:00PM crow & QUill Carolina Catskins (ragtime, jazz), 10:00PM DoUBle crown Lady DJ Night, 10:00PM elAine's DUeling piAno BAr Dueling Pianos, 9:00PM FoggY MoUntAin BrewpUB Chicken Coop Willsey Trio (folk), 9:00PM French BroAD BrewerY Andy Ferrell (folk, Americana), 6:00PM greY eAgle MUsic hAll & tAvern Tab Benoit w/ Andrew Leahey & the Homestead (swamp blues, soul), 8:00PM isis restAUrAnt AnD MUsic hAll An evening w/ the Austin Piazzolla Quintet [CANCELLED], 7:00PM Cha Wa (Cajun, funk, jazz), 9:00PM JAck oF the wooD pUB Bluegrass jam, 7:00PM lAzY DiAMonD Heavy Night w/ DJ Butch, 10:00PM loBster trAp Hank Bones ("The man of 1,000 songs"), 6:30PM oDDitoriUM City Mouse w/ Armadilla & The Spiral (rock), 9:00PM oFF the wAgon Dueling pianos, 9:00PM

tiMo's hoUse TOUCH Samadhi Psychedelic Wednesdays (electronic), 9:00PM

olive or twist The Mike & Garry Show (acoustic, variety), 7:30PM

town pUMp Open mic w/ Billy Presnell, 9:00PM

one stop At Asheville MUsic hAll Mitch's Totally Rad Trivia Night, 7:00PM

tressA's Downtown JAzz AnD BlUes Blues & Soul Jam (blues, soul), 9:00PM

one worlD Brewing Sarah Tucker, 8:00PM

white horse BlAck MoUntAin Catharsis (jazz), 7:30PM

orAnge peel Liquid Stranger's Weird & Wonderful Tour w/ Bleep Bloop, Perkulator & Shlump (downtempo, DnB, dubstep), 9:00PM

wilD wing cAFe soUth Live music w/ J Luke, 6:30PM Paint Nite "La Muerta" , 7:00PM YAcht clUB Texas Trash & The Trainwrecks w/ Zin Vetro (rock, country, punk), 7:00PM

oskAr BlUes BrewerY Circus Mutt (bluegrass), 9:00PM pUlp Slice of Life Comedy Open Mic, 9:00PM

pisgAh Brewing coMpAnY Marcel Anton Band (jazz, blues, fusion), 8:00PM pUrple onion cAFe Sweet Claudette (Motown, country), 7:30PM rooM iX Throwback Thursdays (all vinyl set), 9:00PM sAlvAge stAtion Disc Golf weekly competition, 5:30PM Freeway Revival, 9:00PM

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sAnctUArY Brewing coMpAnY Emily Bodley (singer-songwriter), 7:00PM

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scAnDAls nightclUB Swing Jam (dancing), 8:30PM DJ dance party & drag show, 10:00PM spring creek tAvern Open Mic, 6:00PM

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the Block oFF BiltMore Thursday Open Mic Night (sign-up @ 7 p.m.), 7:30PM the Mothlight Kikagaku Moyo w/ Mendocino & Debtors Prism (psychedelic, folk, rock), 9:00PM

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the sUMMit At new MoUntAin Avl Summit Jam, 6:00PM Charlie Traveler presents Shaun Martin & Mark Lettieri (of Snarky Puppy), 8:00PM

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town pUMp Chad Ray (rock, blues), 9:00PM

FRI. 11/4 DJ O’Celate

trAilheAD restAUrAnt AnD BAr Open Cajun & swing jam w/ Steve Burnside, 7:00PM

(dance hits, pop)

tressA's Downtown JAzz AnD BlUes Jesse Barry & The Jam (live music, dance), 9:00PM

SAT. 11/5 DJ Phillip Weinmann (current hits, dance)

twisteD lAUrel Karaoke, 8:00PM white horse BlAck MoUntAin Joy Ike & Alexa Rose (pop), 7:00PM

FriDAY, noveMBer 4 185 king street Matt Townsend & The Wild Lights (folk, rock, pop), 8:00PM

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AltAMont theAtre An Evening w/ Jonathan Edwards (singer-songwriter), 8:00PM

lAzY DiAMonD Rotating Rock 'n' Oldies DJs, 10:00PM

Asheville MUsic hAll Start Making Sense w/ HmfO (Talking Heads tribute), 9:00PM AthenA's clUB Dave Blair (folk, funk, acoustic), 7:00PM Ben's tUne-Up Woody Wood (acoustic, folk, rock), 7:00PM BlUe MoUntAin pizzA & Brew pUB Acoustic Swing, 7:00PM

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new MoUntAin theAter/ AMphitheAter BIG Something w/ Dr. Bacon & Emma's Lounge, 8:00PM o.henrY's/the UnDergroUnD Drag Show, 12:30AM oDDitoriUM Blunt Bangs, Minorcan & Petey (pop, rock), 9:00PM

BYrish hAUs & pUB 3 Cool Cats (vintage rock 'n' roll), 7:30PM

oFF the wAgon Dueling pianos, 9:00PM

BYwAter Ten Cent Poetry w/ Chelsea LaBate & Ryan Oslance (folk), 9:00PM cork & keg The Gypsy Swingers (Gypsy jazz), 8:00PM creeksiDe tAphoUse ,Hunter Grigg, 8:00PM crow & QUill Vendetta Creme (cabaret jazz), 9:00PM DiAnA worthAM theAtre Balsam Range, 8:00PM DoUBle crown Fund Drive Wrap Party & Karaoke, 10:00PM

FoggY MoUntAin BrewpUB Murmuration (funk/jam), 10:00PM French BroAD BrewerY Alarm Clock Conspiracy (indie rock), 6:00PM gooD stUFF The Sulphur Spring String Dippers (Americana, bluegrass, old-time), 8:00PM greY eAgle MUsic hAll & tAvern Ashley Heath & Her Heathens w/ The Paper Crowns (Americana, blues, alt. folk), 9:00PM highlAnD Brewing coMpAnY Highland/Frog Level Veterans' Day collaboration w/ Chappell (rock), 4:00PM isis restAUrAnt AnD MUsic hAll An evening w/ Sam Lewis (Full Band Show), 9:00PM

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MArket plAce The Sean Mason Trio (groove, jazz, funk), 7:00PM

BUrger BAr Bike Night, 9:00PM

elAine's DUeling piAno BAr Dueling Pianos, 9:00PM

COME SIT OUTSIDE FOR LUNCH & WATCH THE LEAVES!

loBster trAp Calico Moon (Americana), 6:30PM

olive or twist Westsound (R&B, soul), 8:00PM one stop At Asheville MUsic hAll Free Dead Fridays w/ members of Phuncle Sam (jam), 5:00PM The Yeahtones w/ The American Gonzos (rock), 10:00PM one worlD Brewing Prince Vs Michael Jackson Dance Party! w/ Brandon Audette (DJ set), 8:00PM orAnge peel Drive-By Truckers w/ Kyle Craft (alt. country, Americana, Southern rock), 9:00PM oskAr BlUes BrewerY Andy Ferrell (Americana), 6:00PM pAtton pUBlic hoUse Fish Fry w/ Mark Keller (acoustic classic rock), 6:00PM pisgAh Brewing coMpAnY Dave Zoll Quartet (rock, fusion), 8:00PM sAlvAge stAtion The Wild Card Trio, 10:30PM sAnctUArY Brewing coMpAnY J.J. Hipps, 8:00PM scAnDAls nightclUB DJ dance party & drag show, 10:00PM scArlet's coUntrY DAnce clUB Open Mic and DJ w/ host Sam Warner, 9:00PM the ADMirAl Hip-hop dance party w/ DJ Warf, 11:00PM

JAck oF the wooD pUB West King String Band, 9:00PM

the Block oFF BiltMore Jazzy Happy Hours w/ Kelly Fontes, 5:00PM LOOK Friday w/ DJ Audio (dance), 10:00PM

JerUsAleM gArDen Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7:00PM

the greenhoUse Moto cAFe Half Step Band, 7:00PM

the Mothlight Sweet Claudette w/ The Mobros (Motown, country), 9:00PM the sociAl Steve Moseley (acoustic), 6:00PM the sociAl loUnge Ultra Lounge w/ Phantom Pantone, 9:00PM the sUMMit At new MoUntAin Avl SOL Vibes w/ AF The Naysayer, TAME The Aspiring Me & MORE, 9:00PM tiger MoUntAin Dark dance rituals w/ DJ Cliffypoo, 10:00PM town pUMp The Wintervals (folk duo), 9:00PM tressA's Downtown JAzz AnD BlUes Company Swing (swing, dance), 7:00PM twisteD lAUrel Request-powered dance party w/ Phantom Pantone, 10:30PM UpcoUntrY Brewing coMpAnY Hustle Souls & Widow Cat (funk, soul), 9:00PM white horse BlAck MoUntAin Renae & Jamie Brame, 8:00PM wilD wing cAFe Shotgun Gypsies (rock, Americana, soul), 9:00PM wilD wing cAFe soUth A Social Function, 9:00PM zAMBrA Zambra Jazz Trio, 8:00PM

sAtUrDAY, noveMBer 5 185 king street Lumberyard Artys District Block Party afterparty w/ Ras Alan, 8:00PM 5 wAlnUt wine BAr Nimbus (world, dub, lounge), 6:00PM Goldie & The Screamers (soul, rock n' roll), 9:00PM AltAMont theAtre An Evening w/ Pretty Little Goat (folk), 8:00PM AthenA's clUB Michael Kelley Hunter (blues), 6:30PM Ben's tUne-Up Gypsy Guitar Trio, 3:00PM Savannah Smith & Southern Soul (Southern rock), 8:00PM BhrAMAri BrewhoUse Bend & Brew (yoga class), 11:00AM BlUe MoUntAin pizzA & Brew pUB Gene Holdway (Americana, bluegrass, folk), 7:00PM Boiler rooM Domination (kink-friendly event), 9:00PM

BUrger BAr Asheville FM 103.3 DJ Night, 9:00PM BYwAter Dharma Bombs w/ Andy Ferrell (folk, swing, jazz), 9:00PM

orAnge peel Drive-By Truckers w/ Kyle Craft (alt. country, Americana, Southern rock), 9:00PM

wXYz loUnge At AloFt hotel DJ Phantom Pantone (lounge & house music), 8:00PM

oskAr BlUes BrewerY J.J. Hipps (blues), 6:00PM

zAMBrA Zambra Jazz Trio, 8:00PM

cork & keg The Old Chevrolette Set (classic country), 8:30PM

pisgAh Brewing coMpAnY The Freeway Revival (blues, country, funk), 9:00PM

creeksiDe tAphoUse Keegan Avery, 8:00PM

pUrple onion cAFe Riyen Roots & Dore (blues), 8:00PM

crow & QUill The Farmer & Adele (honkytonk), 9:00PM DiAnA worthAM theAtre Miss Gay Latina Asheville, 7:30PM

rooM iX Open dance night, 9:00PM

DoUBle crown Pitter Platter w/ DJ Big Smidge, 10:00PM

sAnctUArY Brewing coMpAnY Yoga w/ Cats & Blue Ridge Humane Society, 10:00AM Laura Thurston, 3:00PM The Low Counts, 8:00PM

elAine's DUeling piAno BAr Dueling Pianos, 9:00PM

scAnDAls nightclUB DJ dance party & drag show, 10:00PM

FoggY MoUntAin BrewpUB Calvin Get Down (funk), 10:00PM

scArlet's coUntrY DAnce clUB The Bobby Darrin Band (traditional, Southern), 9:30PM

French BroAD BrewerY Ten Cent Poetry (folk, pop), 6:00PM

the ADMirAl Soul night w/ DJ Dr. Filth, 11:00PM

gooD stUFF J.C. Tokes (honky-tonk), 7:00PM Dirty Dead (Grateful Dead tribute), 8:30PM

the Block oFF BiltMore Conscious Comedy Night w/ Chesney Goodson, 7:00PM Cameron Tate (originals & cover songs), 9:00PM

greY eAgle MUsic hAll & tAvern Jackie Greene w/ Cordovas (Americana, roots rock, blues), 9:00PM

the greenhoUse Moto cAFe Carolina Rex (blues, classic rock), 7:00PM VFW Poker Run, 7:00PM

isis restAUrAnt AnD MUsic hAll The Sulphur Spring String Dippers (Americana, bluegrass, old-time), 7:00PM Midnight Snack (indie), 9:00PM

the Mothlight Weyes Blood w/ Truly & Noel Thrasher (Celtic, experimental, folk), 9:30PM

JAck oF the wooD pUB Grant Farm (cosmic Americana), 8:00PM JerUsAleM gArDen Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7:00PM lAzY DiAMonD Sonic Satan Stew w/ DJ Alien Brain, 10:00PM loBster trAp Sean Mason Trio (jazz), 6:30PM MArket plAce DJs (funk, R&B), 7:00PM new MoUntAin theAter/ AMphitheAter The CrabFeast Standup Tour (comedy), 8:00PM STS9 afterparty w/ Zoogma, 11:00PM

the riDge At new MoUntAin Avl Young Bull & Conspirators, Inc. (R&B), 9:00PM the sociAl loUnge Ultra Lounge w/ Phantom Pantone, 9:00PM the sUMMit At new MoUntAin Avl Old-School dance party w/ DJ Twan (age 30+), 6:00PM thoMAs wolFe AUDitoriUM Sound Tribe Sector 9 (live electronica), 9:00PM town pUMp Bill Noonan & the Hey Joes (C&W classics), 9:00PM tressA's Downtown JAzz AnD BlUes The King Zeros (blues), 7:30PM

o.henrY's/the UnDergroUnD Drag Show, 12:30AM

twisteD lAUrel Dance Party w/ Phantom Pantone, 10:30PM

oDDitoriUM The Unlovables w/ Mikey Erg (punk, rock), 9:00PM

UpcoUntrY Brewing coMpAnY Don Humphries Dinner Show, 7:00PM

oFF the wAgon Dueling pianos, 9:00PM olive or twist Crown Jewels w/ Paula Hanke (jazz, Motown, pop), 8:00PM Dance party (hip-hop, rap), 11:00PM

white horse BlAck MoUntAin Virginia & the Slims (blues, jazz, swing), 8:00PM wilD wing cAFe Karaoke, 9:00PM

sUnDAY, noveMBer 6 5 wAlnUt wine BAr Sparrow & Her Wingmen (oldfashioned), 7:00PM AltAMont theAtre Cornmeal w/ The Greenliners (acoustic, bluegrass), 8:00PM Asheville MUsic hAll Marissa Nadler w/ Luxury Club (folk, indie, Americana), 8:00PM BArleY's tAprooM Skylark (jazz), 7:30PM Ben's tUne-Up Dub Kartel (reggae, dub), 6:00PM BhrAMAri BrewhoUse Sunday brunch w/ live music, 11:00AM

Wed •Nov. 2 2nd Annual Give!Local Kickoff Party @ 6-10pm in the Highland Event Center

Fri• Nov. 4 Highland/Frog Level

Collaboration for Veterans @ 4-9pm

Sat•Nov. 5 Live Music @ 7pm Sun•Nov. 6 Reggae Sunday hosted by Dennis Berndt of CHALWA @ 1-4pm Thu •Nov. 10 Cold Mountain Release Party @ 4-9pm

BlAck MoUntAin Ale hoUse Sunday Jazz Brunch w/ James Hammel & friends, 11:30AM BlUe MoUntAin pizzA & Brew pUB Redleg Husky (bluegrass, country), 7:00PM BYwAter Cornmeal Waltz w/ Robert Greer (classic country, bluegrass), 6:00PM DoUBle crown Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 9:00PM FlooD gAllerY True home open mic (sign-up @ 7 p.m.), 7:30PM greY eAgle MUsic hAll & tAvern Igor & the Red Elvises w/ Ointment Appointment (rockabilly, surf rock, folk), 8:00PM highlAnD Brewing coMpAnY Reggae Sunday w/ Dennis "Chalwa" Berndt, 1:00PM isis restAUrAnt AnD MUsic hAll Hope Griffin CD release, 7:30PM lAzY DiAMonD Punk night w/ DJ Homeless Plumber aka "Chubberbird", 10:00PM loBster trAp Hot Club of Asheville ("swing'n grass"), 6:30PM oDDitoriUM Odd Dance Party, 9:00PM oFF the wAgon Piano show, 9:00PM olive or twist Zen Cats (blues), 7:00PM one stop At Asheville MUsic hAll Bluegrass brunch w/ Woody Wood, 11:00AM

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Dinner Menu till 10pm Late Night Menu till

Tues-Sun

5pm–12am

12am

Full Bar

clU B lA n D

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orAnge peel Louis The Child w/ Quinn XCII & Pham (electronic, future bass, pop), 9:00PM pisgAh Brewing coMpAnY Sunday Travers jam, 6:00PM Rod Melancon (singer-songwriter), 8:00PM

COMING SOON WED 11/2 5-9 PM – ALL YOU CAN EAT SNOW CRAB LEGS : $35

7:00PM – DAVE GUNNING THU 11/3

9:00PM – CHA WA FRI 11/4 9:00PM – SAM LEWIS (FULL BAND

SHOW) WITH MATT HAECK

pUrple onion cAFe Matuto (Americana, blues), 8:00PM sAnctUArY Brewing coMpAnY Community Meal, 1:00PM scAnDAls nightclUB DJ dance party & drag show, 10:00PM the Block oFF BiltMore The Undergrowth Art Auction Fundraiser & dance party w/ Honey Bee & Murkury (benefit), 5:00PM

SAT 11/5 7:00PM – SULPHUR SPRING

the iMperiAl liFe DJ Phantom Pantone (dark wave, trap, house music), 9:30PM

9:00PM – MIDNIGHT SNACK

the Mothlight Flock of Dimes w/ Harkin (indie), 9:30PM

STRING DIPPERS

SINGLE RELEASE PARTY

SUN 11/6 7:30PM –SUN 11/6

HOPE GRIFFIN

CD RELEASE PARTY TUE 11/8

7:30PM – TUESDAY BLUEGRASS SESSIONS

WITH THE JAKOB’S FERRY STRAGGLERS WED 11/9 7:00PM – KELLEY HUNT 8:30PM – RUSS WILSON’S

SWINGIN’ 50TH BIRTHDAY BASH THU 11/10 7:00PM – ITALIAN NIGHT

WITH MIKE GUGGINO & BARRETT SMITH FRI 11/11

7:00PM – EMMA HERN & COLIN ELMORE 8:30PM – PETER ROWAN,

THE JOE WALSH BAND, AND MATT FLINNER TRIO SAT 11/12

9:00PM – MILES NIELSEN AND

THE RUSTED HEARTS

WITH THE PAPER CROWNS SUN 11/13

5:30PM –CELTIC MUSIC WITH THE

BROCK MCGUIRE BAND 7:30PM –JEFF THOMPSON BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION WITH THE LAWSUITS Every Tuesday 7:30pm–midnite

BLUEGRASS SESSIONS

the oMni grove pArk inn Lou Mowad (classical guitar), 10:00AM Bob Zullo (pop, rock, blues), 7:00PM

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leXington Ave BrewerY (lAB) Kipper's "Totally Rad" Trivia night, 8:00PM

BUFFAlo nickel Trivia, 7:00PM BUrger BAr Old Time Blues Jam, 9:00PM BYwAter DJ EZ & fire-spinning, 9:00PM

o.henrY's/the UnDergroUnD Geeks Who Drink trivia, 7:00PM

cAtAwBA Brewing soUth slope Jon Edwards & the Musicians in the Round, 6:00PM

oDDitoriUM Yautja (punk), 9:00PM

crow & QUill Boogie Woogie Burger Night (election night theme), 9:00PM

ole shAkeY's Jonathan Ammons & Take The Wheel (honky-tonk karaoke), 9:00PM orAnge peel Daughter w/ Vancouver Sleep Clinic (rock, neofolk), 9:00PM oskAr BlUes BrewerY Mountain Music Mondays (open jam), 6:00PM the Mothlight Shadow Show, The Mudbottoms & Orange Doors (rock, psych), 9:30PM the oMni grove pArk inn Bob Zullo (pop, rock, blues), 7:00PM

DoUBle crown Honky-Tonk, Cajun, and Western w/ DJ Brody Hunt, 10:00PM gooD stUFF Old time-y night, 6:30PM greY eAgle MUsic hAll & tAvern Kari Blau w/ LAKE (indie, alt. country), 8:00PM iron horse stAtion Open mic, 6:00PM isis restAUrAnt AnD MUsic hAll Tuesday bluegrass sessions w/ The Jakob's Ferry Stragglers, 7:30PM

the sociAl loUnge Rooftop movies w/ Phantom Pantone DJ Collective, 9:00PM

the sociAl loUnge Sunday brunch on the rooftop w/ Katie Kasben & Dan Keller (jazz), 12:30PM

the vAlleY MUsic & cookhoUse Monday Pickin' Parlour (open jam, open mic), 8:00PM

the soUthern Yacht Rock Brunch w/ DJ Kipper, 12:00PM

tiger MoUntAin Service industry night (rock 'n' roll), 9:00PM

UpcoUntrY Brewing coMpAnY Day of the Dead w/ Jeff Sipe, Bill Flemming, Chris O'Neill & Ed Witcan (Garcia and Grateful Dead covers), 4:00PM

UpcoUntrY Brewing coMpAnY Old-time jam w/ Mitch McConnell, 6:30PM UrBAn orchArD Old-time music, 7:00PM

oDDitoriUM Odd comedy night, 9:00PM

white horse BlAck MoUntAin Michael Jefry Stevens Chamber Jazz Ensemble, 7:30PM

white horse BlAck MoUntAin Take Two Jazz w/ Bill Bares & Tim Doyle, 7:30PM

olive or twist Blues Night w/ Remedy, 8:00PM

MonDAY, noveMBer 7 185 king street Open mic night, 7:00PM 5 wAlnUt wine BAr Siamese Jazz Club (soul, R&B, jazz), 8:00PM Ben's tUne-Up Open-mic, 7:00PM BUrger BAr Honky Tonk night, 9:00PM BYwAter Open mic w/ Rick Cooper, 8:00PM

creeksiDe tAphoUse Trivia, 7:00PM

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greY eAgle MUsic hAll & tAvern Contra dance (lessons, 7:30pm), 8:00PM

BlUe MoUntAin pizzA & Brew pUB Ben Phan (indie, folk, singersongwriter), 7:00PM

the sociAl Get Vocal Karaoke, 9:30PM

coUrtYArD gAllerY Open mic (music, poetry, comedy, etc.), 8:00PM

743 HAYWOOD RD 828-575-2737 ISISASHEVILLE.COM

gooD stUFF Songwriter's "open mic", 7:30PM

DoUBle crown Country Karaoke, 10:00PM

tUesDAY, noveMBer 8 5 wAlnUt wine BAr The John Henrys (hot jazz), 8:00PM 550 tAvern & grille Shag Night, 6:00PM

JAck oF the wooD pUB Cajun Two-steppin' Tuesday w/ Cafe Sho's (Cajun, zydeco, dance), 7:00PM lAzY DiAMonD Heavy Metal Karaoke, 10:00PM loBster trAp Jay Brown (folk, singer-songwriter), 6:30PM MArket plAce QuickChester (indie, rock, blues), 7:00PM

one stop At Asheville MUsic hAll Turntable Tuesdays (DJs & vinyl), 10:00PM one worlD Brewing TRIVIA! w/ Ol' Gilly, 7:00PM sAlvAge stAtion One Leg Up, 8:00PM

Asheville MUsic hAll Tuesday Night Funk Jam, 11:00PM

sAnctUArY Brewing coMpAnY Taco and Trivia Tuesday!, 7:00PM

BAck YArD BAr Open mic & jam w/ Robert Swain, 8:00PM

the Block oFF BiltMore Election Day results watch party, 7:00PM

Ben's tUne-Up Lenny Pettinelli (singer-songwriter, keys), 7:00PM

the Mothlight Bongzilla w/ Wizard Rifle & Horseflesh (stoner rock, sludge metal), 9:30PM

BlAck BeAr coFFee co.

Round Robin acoustic open mic, 7:00PM BlAck MoUntAin Ale hoUse Trivia, 7:30PM

the phoeniX Open mic, 8:00PM the sociAl loUnge Phantom Pantone (DJ), 10:00PM

5 wAlnUt wine BAr Ryan Oslance Duo (jazz), 5:00PM Les Amis (African folk music), 8:00PM

oFF the wAgon Piano show, 9:00PM olive or twist 3 Cool Cats (vintage rock), 8:00PM

BArleY's tAprooM Dr. Brown's Team Trivia, 8:30PM

one stop At Asheville MUsic hAll Brown Bag Songwriting competition, 5:00PM

Ben's tUne-Up Live Honky-Tonk w/ Town Mountain members, 7:00PM

one worlD Brewing Red Leg Husky (country, bluegrass), 8:00PM

BlUe MoUntAin pizzA & Brew pUB Open Mic w/ Billy Owens, 7:00PM

orAnge peel Chris Robinson Brotherhood (rock), 9:00PM

BUrger BAr Karaoke, 9:00PM clADDAgh restAUrAnt & pUB Irish Music Wednesdays, 8:00PM creeksiDe tAphoUse Open mic w/ Roots & friends, 8:00PM crow & QUill Sparrow & Her Wingmen (jazz), 9:00PM DoUBle crown Sonic Satan Stew w/ DJ Alien Brain , 10:00PM FUnkAtoriUM Staves & Strings (bluegrass), 6:30PM gooD stUFF Jim Hampton & friends perform "Eclectic Country" (jam), 7:00PM greY eAgle MUsic hAll & tAvern Thee Oh Sees w/ Amplified Heat & Nest Egg (garage rock, psychedelic, alternative), 9:00PM grinD cAFe Trivia night, 7:00PM highlAnD Brewing coMpAnY Woody Wood Wednesdays (rock, soul, funk), 5:30PM isis restAUrAnt AnD MUsic hAll An evening w/ Kelley Hunt, 7:00PM Russ Wilson's Swingin' 50th Birthday Bash, 8:30PM JAck oF the wooD pUB Old-time session, 5:00PM lAzY DiAMonD Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 10:00PM

pisgAh Brewing coMpAnY Experience Music AVL (kids rock band), 6:00PM rooM iX Fuego: Latin night, 9:00PM sAlvAge stAtion What It is w/ Kip Veno, 8:00PM sAnctUArY Brewing coMpAnY Pop Up Kitchen w/ Afternoon Delight, 5:00PM slY grog loUnge Sound Station open mic (musicians of all backgrounds & skills), 7:30PM the Joint neXt Door Bluegrass jam, 8:00PM the Mocking crow Open Mic, 8:00PM the phoeniX Jazz night w/ Jason DeCristofaro, 8:00PM the sociAl loUnge International soul and R&B night w/ Phantom Pantone (DJ), 10:00PM town pUMp Open mic w/ Billy Presnell, 9:00PM tressA's Downtown JAzz AnD BlUes Blues & Soul Jam (blues, soul), 9:00PM wilD wing cAFe Paint Nite "Fall Swing Time", 7:00PM wilD wing cAFe soUth Live music w/ J Luke, 6:30PM

thUrsDAY, noveMBer 10 5 wAlnUt wine BAr Pleasure Chest (blues, rock, soul), 8:00PM

BlUe MoUntAin pizzA & Brew pUB Bob Zullo (rock, jazz, pop), 7:00PM BUrger BAr Thursday surf/garage night, 9:00PM clADDAgh restAUrAnt & pUB Irish Music Thursdays, 7:00PM clUB eleven on grove House Hoppers, 8:30PM creeksiDe tAphoUse Station Underground (reggae), 8:00PM crow & QUill Carolina Catskins (ragtime, jazz), 10:00PM DoUBle crown Lady DJ Night, 10:00PM elAine's DUeling piAno BAr Dueling Pianos, 9:00PM FoggY MoUntAin BrewpUB Wild Card Trio (funk/jam), 9:00PM

CAJUN TWO STEPPIN’ TUESDAYS Featuring CAFE SHO

Every Tuesday in Nov. • 7pm Gumbo, Po Boys and more!

WEDNESDAYS Asheville’s Original Old Time Mountain Music Jam • 5pm

greY eAgle MUsic hAll & tAvern Tellico & The Stray Birds (Apalachian folk, bluegrass, blues), 8:00PM

SAT 11/5

JAck oF the wooD pUB Bluegrass jam, 7:00PM lAzY DiAMonD Heavy Night w/ DJ Butch, 10:00PM loBster trAp Hank Bones ("The man of 1,000 songs"), 6:30PM oDDitoriUM Green Meteor w/ Space Wizard & Nate Hall (metal), 9:00PM oFF the wAgon Dueling pianos, 9:00PM olive or twist The Mike & Garry Show (acoustic, variety), 7:30PM

THE PAPER CROWNS

11/5

JACKIE GREENE

11/6

IGOR AND THE R E D E LV I S E S

11/8

11/9 11/10 11/11 11/12 11/13 11/13

7PM 7PM DOORS DOORS

ASHLEY heath AND HER HEATHENS +

w/ Cordovas

W/ OINTMENT APPOINTMENT

KARL BLAU + LAKE

THEE OH SEES TELLICO + THE STRAY BIRDS GUIDED BY VOICES NEW ORLEANS SUSPECTS EMISUNSHINE (2PM FAMILY SHOW) MISSY RAINES AND THE NEW HIP

CONTRA DANCE: MONDAYS 8PM

THURSDAYS Mountain Feist • 7pm Bluegrass Jam • 9:30pm Bourbon Specials

FRI WEST KING BAND 11/4 STRING 9PM / $5

isis restAUrAnt AnD MUsic hAll Italian night w/ Mike Guggino & Barrett Smith (acoustic, world music), 7:00PM

W/ ANDREW LEAHEY & THE HOMESTEAD

8PM DOORS

THU WED

MONDAYS Quizzo – Brainy Trivia • 7:30pm Open Mic Night • 9pm

French BroAD BrewerY Matt A. Foster (banjo blues), 6:00PM

highlAnD Brewing coMpAnY Cold Mountain Extravaganza! w/ Allen Thompson Band & The Royal Suits , 6:15PM

FRI

Where The Blue Ridge Mountains Meet the Celtic Isles

TAB BENOIT

8PM DOORS

oDDitoriUM Synergy Story Slam, 7:30PM Wyla w/ Brucemont & The Sweets (rock), 9:00PM

BlAck MoUntAin Ale hoUse Bluegrass Jam w/ The Big Deal Band, 8:00PM

TREVOR HALL

W/ DUSTIN THOMAS

7PM DOORS

185 king street Vinyl Night, 6:00PM

o.henrY's/the UnDergroUnD "Take the Cake" Karaoke, 10:00PM

Ben's tUne-Up Chris Coleman Blues Experience, 8:00PM

11/2 11/3 11/4

7PM DOORS

weDnesDAY, noveMBer 9

noBle kAvA Open mic w/ Caleb Beissert, 9:00PM

BArleY's tAprooM Alien Music Club (jazz), 9:00PM

SAT

white horse BlAck MoUntAin Irish sessions & open mic, 6:30PM

MoUntAin MoJo coFFeehoUse Open mic, 6:30PM

Asheville MUsic hAll All Get Out w/ Gates & Microwave - (rock), 8:00PM

SUN

UrBAn orchArD Billy Litz (Americana, singersongwriter), 7:00PM

loBster trAp Ben Hovey (dub, jazz), 6:30PM

TUE

tressA's Downtown JAzz AnD BlUes Early Funk & Jazz Jam (funk & jazz), 9:00PM

11/02

SAT ASTRAL PLAINSMEN HONKY TONK DANCE PARTY 11/12 9PM / $5 IRISH SUNDAYS Irish Food and Drink Specials Traditional Irish Music Session • 3-9pm

w/gallows bound, stump tail dolly

11/03

thu

11/04

fri

95 PATTON at COXE • Downtown Asheville

252.5445 • jackofthewood.com mountainx.com

kikagaku moyo

w/mendocino, debtors prism

sweet claudette (album release!)

w/ the �mobros

11/05

sat

weyes blood

w/ truly, noel thrasher

11/06

sun

flock of dimes w/ harkin

11/07

mon free monday!

shadow show w/orange doors, the mud bottoms

OPEN MON-THURS AT 3 • FRI-SUN AT NOON CRAFT BEER, SPIRITS & QUALITY PUB FARE SINCE 1996

the grey eagle & worthwhile sounds present:

the goddamn gallows

GRANT FARM

9PM / $7

FRI WASTED WINE GYPSY CABARET PARTY FOLK 11/11 9PM / $5

wed

11/08

tue

free!

bongzilla

w/ wizard rifle, horseflesh

Details for all shows can be found at

themothlight.com

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one stop At Asheville MUsic hAll Mitch's Totally Rad Trivia Night, 7:00PM Opposite Box & Ripejive (funk, rock), 10:00PM one worlD Brewing Rossdafareye, 8:00PM orAnge peel Tegan & Sara w/ Torres [SOLD OUT], 8:00PM oskAr BlUes BrewerY Jeff Chandler of the Bad Popes, 6:00PM

pUlp Slice of Life Comedy Open Mic, 9:00PM pisgAh Brewing coMpAnY The Groove Orient (funk, blues, jam), 8:00PM

scAnDAls nightclUB DJ dance party & drag show, 10:00PM

pUrple onion cAFe

spring creek tAvern Open Mic, 6:00PM

Jon Shain (folk), 8:00PM rooM iX Throwback Thursdays (all vinyl set), 9:00PM

Bywater UPCOMING MUSIC NOV

TEN CENT POETRY

FRI

9pm

4

feat. Ryan Oslance

NOV

DHARMA BOMBS

SAT

9pm

5

NOV

18

FRI

NOV

26

SAT

w/ Andy Ferel

SNAKE OIL REVIVAL 9pm

RAM MANDELKORN, CODY WRIGHT, PHILL BRONSON 9pm

WEEKLY EVENTS MON

OPEN MIC

w/ RICK COOPER [Sign Up is 7:30] 8-11pm

TUE

SPIN JAM AFTER DARK 9pm

SUN

DIRTY DEAD

Every Sunday in November 8:30pm

796 RIVERSIDE DR. ASHEVILLE, NC BYWATER.BAR 54

sAlvAge stAtion Disc Golf weekly competition, 5:30PM Bill & Friends w/ Paper Crowns Band, 9:00PM

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stone roAD restAUrAnt & BAr Open Mic w/ Tony the Pony, 8:00PM

the Mothlight Eight Vacant Graves w/ A World of Lies & Bleedseason (metal), 9:30PM

trAilheAD restAUrAnt AnD BAr Open Cajun & swing jam w/ Steve Burnside, 7:00PM

the sUMMit At new MoUntAin Avl Summit Jam, 6:00PM

tressA's Downtown JAzz AnD BlUes Jesse Barry & The Jam (live music, dance), 9:00PM

tiMo's hoUse TRL REQUEST NIGHT w/ DJ Franco Nino, 7:00PM town pUMp Red Leg Husky (country, bluegrass), 9:00PM

twisteD lAUrel Karaoke, 8:00PM UpcoUntrY Brewing coMpAnY Habitat for Humanity Jam, 8:00PM

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Movies

REVIEWS & LISTINGS

BY JUSTIN SOUTHER & SCOTT DOUGLAS

HHHHH = H PICK OF THE WEEK H

Jim Jarmusch proves The Stooges have always rocked with doc Gimme Danger

Gimme Danger HHHH

DiREctoR: Jim Jarmusch PLaYERS: Iggy Pop, Ron Asheton, Scott Asheton, James Williamson, Steve Mackay, Mike Watt, Kathy Asheton, Danny Fields muSic DocumEntaRY RATED NR tHE StoRY: The history of Iggy and The Stooges, as told by the surviving band members. tHE LoWDoWn: Director Jim Jarmusch turns his talents to the rockumentary, providing a fun and engaging exploration of a band he clearly loves.

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Gimme Danger is clearly a love letter from a devoted fan. More importantly for cineastes among the prospective audience, that fan is Jim Jarmusch. The director’s auteurial signature is abundantly evident throughout, as is his intention, which is fortunate considering the fact that few filmmakers are better equipped to celebrate the career of any given band than Jarmusch is to chronicle the history of The Stooges. The end result is a satisfyingly cinematic take on the rockumentary subgenera that holds ample appeal for die-hard fans as well as for those with little to no knowledge of the subject. mountainx.com

For devotees of either Jarmusch or The Stooges, Gimme Danger provides a fascinating glimpse into the inner workings of a band as notorious as they were influential, peeling back the layers of disinformation, rumor and innuendo to allow the musicians to speak for themselves. Although the first twenty minutes of screen time are dedicated primarily to one James Osterberg - better known as Iggy Pop - the remainder of the film broadens its focus to the rest of the band, creating a balanced and evenhanded portrait that follows the development of The Stooges in roughly chronological presentation.

Jarmusch’s filmic bent enlivens what would otherwise be little more than a conventional rock doc, augmenting the standard talking head interviews and archival performance footage with clips from antiquated educational films and animated segments that look like something Terry Gilliam would’ve cobbled together from medieval illuminated manuscripts. When Jarmusch uses a shot from a silent Italian film depicting Dante’s conception of the Devil as a proxy for corrupt record company execs, or slaps black bars over the eyes of industry figures who wronged The Stooges to connote the inherent obscenity of such men, it becomes clear that this is not so much a documentary as an editorial statement. Jarmusch has little interest in fulfilling the traditional role of the documentarian as a passive observer and recorder of events. Rather, this is a simple case of an auteur telling a story from his own admittedly biased personal perspective.

This level of personal motivation is at once the film’s most interesting aspect and one of its principal shortcomings, as viewers are left with the distinct impression that Jarmusch is attempting to polish for posterity the reputation of his tarnished idols, leaving most of the band’s more egregiously bad behavior on the cutting room floor. As with Ron Howard’s recent Beatles doc, hero worship can get in the way of unvarnished honesty, leaving us with a story that feels willfully incomplete. That said, the film is expounding on less thoroughly covered territory than the history of the Fab Four, meaning that even in its relative onesidedness Jarmusch’s documentary treatment is novel in both intent and execution.

M A X R AT I N G If Gimme Danger falls somewhat short of pure objectivity, it nevertheless provides some expanded insight into a critical chapter in the history of rock music. Learning that Pop was as influenced by Charles Mingus and Nico as he was by the MC5 is not quite revelatory, but it does provide an interesting layer of complexity to an artist that has been simplistically defined by his offstage debauchery for far too long.

As with last month’s Danny Says, this film adds some much needed context to an under-analyzed aspect of contemporary culture, and hearing some of the stories recounted in that previous biopic from the perspective of the artists rather than the studio proves to be a fascinating counterpoint; the two would make a great double feature.

Jarmusch has delivered a unique piece of filmmaking, a documentary that’s every bit as entertaining as it is informative. Regardless of your personal feelings on The Stooges and their work, there can be little doubt as to the significance of their contribution to twentieth century American music. The service Jarmusch provides in recounting their story through his distinctive lens is to imbue these larger-thanlife personalities with a humanity and relatability that contributes an enhanced dimensionality to their mythos. More importantly, the filmmaker’s aesthetic sensibilities are so closely aligned with those of The Stooges output that the film itself is as raw, powerful and fun as any of their better albums. Like the musicians it lionizes, Gimme Danger is most enjoyable in the absence of excessive intellectualization, and Jarmusch does a commendable job of getting the analysis out of the way so that the music can stand on its own merits. Rated R for drug content and language.

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Certain Women

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DiREctoR: Kelly Reichardt

PLaYERS: Laura Dern, Michelle Williams, Lily Gladstone, Kristen Stewart, James Le Gros DRama RATED R tHE StoRY: Several women in rural Montana struggle to find meaning and purpose in their lives. tHE LoWDoWn: Writer-director Kelly Reichardt paints a vivid picture of the emotional experience of her protagonists in this series of loosely-related vignettes, but the stories don’t seem to serve much of a purpose beyond their obvious beauty and affectiveness.

Kelly Reichardt’s Certain Women is certainly beautiful to look at, and taken on its own terms, it’s some of the writer-director-editor’s most emotionally resonant work.

Fans of the filmmaker will most likely find a great deal of appeal in this elegiac tone poem of women struggling to get what they want out of life, even if those women are uniformly uncertain about what that might entail. However, much like its protagonists, Certain Women feels predominantly aimless from a narrative standpoint, expending a great deal of time and film stock going down roads that seemingly lead nowhere. This is not to say that the film wastes that time, simply that those looking for well defined character arcs or significant dramatic tension will be better served looking elsewhere.

Reichardt is an idiosyncratic filmmaker of the first order, known for crafting intensely personal films that often challenge and defy audience expectations. There’s something undeniably engaging about Reichardt’s willingness to eschew traditional structure and pacing, but ultimately the line between emotional immediacy and excessive self-indulgence is one which the filmmaker too often crosses.

Her camera’s lingering gaze brings out the best in the film’s mountainous Montana setting, but the longer she holds a shot the more questionable its narrative contri-

bution becomes. The authenticity of Reichardt’s authorial voice and her aesthetic acumen are indeed laudable, but as the credits rolled on this latest effort I found myself wondering to what end her prodigious talents were being employed.

Adapted from a collection of short stories by author Maile Meloy, Certain Women is presented as a series of tangentially related vignettes, connected less by a narrative through-line than by its central characters’ shared emotional landscape of frustration, longing and malaise. When Laura Dern’s beleaguered lawyer (the focus of the first vignette) is found to be sleeping with the husband of Michelle Williams’ harried housewife (protagonist of the second), the connection seems arbitrary rather than driven by any narrative necessity. The sole object of Reichardt’s attentions seems to be a level of psychological soliloquizing on the inner journeys of her characters, and your appreciation of her film will be entirely dependent on your taste for such character studies.

Easily the film’s most significant redeeming value is its exemplary central cast, whose performances are exceptional across the board.

Williams is strong if slightly underserved by her somewhat limiting role, while Kristen Stewart and Dern are both phenomenal (which I’ve obviously come to expect of Dern, if not always of Stewart). The standout here, however, is relative newcomer Lily Gladstone, whose practically silent performance steals every scene with its layered and complex depiction of a superficially straightforward character. Reichardt’s willingness to allow her characters the space to emote may verge on the tedious at times, but whether you agree with her aims or not, there can be no question that she achieves them.

Certain Women is a film with very definite drawbacks, but also a work characterized by great sensitivity and nuance. There is value here to be sure, but most of this value will be lost on the casual moviegoer, the film’s primary appeal being relegated almost exclusively to realm of awards-season pontification. That being said, this film marks a major advancement in Reichardt’s maturation as a filmmaker, representing a distinct departure from her oppressively bleak earlier work. If films like Wendy and Lucy were defined by an almost exploitative sense of desperation and hopelessness, Certain Women represents the director’s growth into a more subtly shaded

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emotional atmosphere. Those with an appreciation for Reichardt’s body of work in particular, or for emotionally grounded filmmaking in general, will find Certain Women well worth their time; while I count myself among those ranks, Reichardt’s rambling narrative left me uncertain as to why she felt the need to tell these specific stories. Rated R for some language.

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Christine HHHS

DIRECTOR: Antonio Campos

PLAYERS: Rebecca Hall, Michael C. Hall, Tracy Letts, Maria Dizzia, J. Smith-Cameron DRAMA RATED R THE STORY: A young news anchor leads a life of desperation and depression, culminating in her dramatic on-air suicide.

THE LOWDOWN: A difficult film to watch — but rewarding nonetheless — Christine tackles a profoundly difficult subject adroitly but never quite surmounts the inherent difficulties of recounting this tragic true story.

Christine is an appropriately strange film about an exceedingly bizarre true story. While it doesn’t always work, it’s certainly intriguing enough to warrant a watch.

Seldom have I seen a film that so expertly and effectively explores a profoundly disturbed psyche — and that can be problematic in and of itself at times. The film has a cold, almost impassive, tone, as though the audience witnessing the horror that unfolds is a powerless participant with no capacity to influence the disastrous and inevitable outcome of the on-screen events.

By forcing the audience into silent complicity, director Antonio Campos creates a sense of anxiety and dread in the mind of the viewer undercut by a subtle sense of dark humor.

The result is a film that occasionally drifts into tonal dissonance but ultimately manages its difficult subject matter more successfully than might’ve been reasonably expected.

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The film recounts the tragic final days of Christine Chubbuck, a smallmarket news anchor in Sarasota, Fla., whose rapidly degenerating personal and professional existence led to her on-air suicide in 1974.

This is obviously a very tricky story to address with sufficient sensitivity without coming across as exploitative, and Campos skirts the line a little too closely on more than a few occasions. The director’s aesthetic sensibilities are well-suited to his story’s period setting — and the performances he coaxes out of his central cast are remarkable — but the story itself feels like one that might better have been left untold. (One can only imagine the pain Chubbuck’s loved ones must have endured at the prospect of seeing her sad life and absolutely heart-wrenching death depicted on-screen.) The film never quite overcomes the sense that we’re watching something unspeakably private that should not have been shared in so public a fashion.

Ultimately, the film is saved from these pitfalls by strong performances from Michael C. Hall and Tracy Letts, as well as a riveting turn from star Rebecca Hall. The actress gracefully balances her character’s inexorable mental disintegration with a humanizing touch that engenders the role with a level of complexity and pathos that outweighs the difficulty of her role. Campos captures the visual environment of his period setting with proficient consistency, prudently allowing his actors to carry the weight of the story without employing any of the heavy-handed visual flourishes — stylistic cues that could’ve detracted from a story that is fundamentally character-driven — that have characterized the director’s previous work.

The central issue with telling a story of this nature is there can be no true character arc when your protagonist’s course is so fatalistically set by both her internal landscape and her external context. When the ending is so brutally certain, it’s almost impossible to maintain narrative momentum and audience engagement. Christine comes about as close to pulling it off as any film I can think of, but the certain knowledge of the unavoidable tragedy awaiting our heroine is a difficult stumbling block to overlook.

While Paddy Chayefsky and Sidney Lumet dealt with a strikingly similar plot point when they made Network two years after Chubbuck’s death (accounts differ as to whether that film’s onscreen newscaster suicide was based on her or was simply an unfortunate coincidence), the satirical tone of that movie was in service of a greater message.

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Christine doesn’t seem to share the same sense of purpose, which lends the proceedings an air of near futility. But where the film succeeds is in its capacity to shed light on the workings of a troubled mind and to impart some understanding (insofar as such a thing is possible) of the circumstances that can lead someone to an act as drastic and irrevocable as suicide. This is a film of unquestionably limited commercial appeal, but anyone whose life has been touched by depression will find Christine to be a worthwhile piece of filmmaking on the subject — even if it can be difficult to watch. Rated R for a scene of disturbing violence and for language including some sexual references.

Starts Friday at Grail Moviehouse. reviewed by Scott Douglas jsdouglas22@gmail.com

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DIRECTOR: Ron Howard

PLAYERS: Tom Hanks, Felicity Jones, Irrfan Khan, Omar Sy, Ben Foster, Sidse Babett Knudsen THRILLER RATED PG-13 THE STORY: “Symbologist” Robert Langdon returns to save the world from a man-made plague intended to thwart human overpopulation.

THE LOWDOWN: A painfully condescending pseudo-thriller pulled from the pages of yet another one of Dan Brown’s abortive novels, Ron Howard continues to disappointingly beat the dead horse of The Da Vinci Code with predictable results.

When people talk about Dante Alighieri’s “Divine Comedy,” they most commonly reference “Inferno”; when they talk about Dan Brown’s novels or Ron Howard’s cinematic adaptations of said books, it’s almost inconceivable that the same might prove true. While Inferno is not strictly abysmal, it is sufficiently infuriating to have warranted its box office underperformance and critical lambasting. Even for those with an appreciation of Brown’s dubious authorial oeuvre, Howard’s film feels like a dumbing down of a story that was pretty profoundly dumb in the first place.

Tom Hanks returns to reprise his role as Robert Langdon, the Brown proxy and Indiana Jones by way of Rick Steves’ midlife crisis wish fulfillment fantasy that anchors most of

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Brown’s work. This time around, his expertise as a renowned “symbologist” — an entirely fictitious field of academic endeavor, mind you — is put to use in the quest to stop a truly bizarre plot to decimate the planet’s human population via plague on the part of a mad billionaire played by a criminally underused Ben Foster. If this premise looks silly on paper it’s exponentially worse in practice, with Howard and screenwriter David Koepp taking every lazy narrative shortcut to place their protagonist in picturesque peril across a variety of exotic European settings. The only real surprise here is that Langdon doesn’t travel exclusively by Viking River Cruises.

The film is a stylistic abomination, with Howard’s visual sensibilities so severely ill-suited to his subject that I experienced more dread at the prospect that this middling journeyman director might someday turn his attentions to making an actual horror film than any of the amorphous threats in the film’s plot could drum up.

Several hallucinatory dream sequences ostensibly intended to be evoke some sense of fear or existential menace come across as damned near comedic as a result of Howard’s ineptitude, including one notable scene redolent of the famed elevator sequence from The Shining if Kubrick had replaced his fake blood with cherry Kool-Aid and decided to punch things up with a computer in post-production. If you’ve ever wanted to see Opie’s conception of Dante’s Hell, you’ve earned the cinematic retribution such sinful thinking incurs.

Koepp’s screenplay doesn’t fare any better, with the film’s purported twists seeming every bit as

screen scene contrived as its protagonist’s madeup profession. The screenwriter is clearly operating from the Gilligan’s Island school of story design, with his script’s infighting incident entirely dependent upon a convenient case of medically implausible limited amnesia. This opens the door to scene after scene of exposition being conveyed through awkwardly worded dialogue, amounting to a film that plays more like Hanks narrating the CliffsNotes of the novel than a fully formed movie in and of itself.

Like Brown’s work in general, these films clearly passed the point of diminishing returns some time ago, and yet stubbornly refuse to give up the ghost. Any film that can make Hanks this thoroughly unappealing is a film that should not have been made. While this potboiler melodrama may play well for devotees of the author’s works or ardent fans of the franchise, I find it increasingly difficult to believe that such people actually exist in the wild. If the point of Dante’s meditation on the afterlife was to examine the nature of sin and redemption, Inferno’s raison d’être must be to clarify that in some cases eternal damnation is entirely justified. Rated PG-13 for sequences of action and violence, disturbing images, some language, thematic elements and brief sensuality.

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MoUntAin MUsic 101: Music historian Doug Orr is interviewed for the documentary From Knee to Knee: The Roots of Mountain Music. The film will be screened during the Culture Vulture Film Festival on Nov. 4 at Blue Ridge Community College’s Blue Ridge Conference Hall. Photo by Ervin Dargan • Grail Moviehouse hosts a screening of Pump Up the Volume on Wednesday, Nov. 2, at 7:15 p.m. A portion of ticket sales go toward helping 103.3 AshevilleFM meet its fall fundraising goal. Tickets are $10 and available online or at the Grail box office. avl.mx/33q • The documentary Alive Inside will be shown Thursday, Nov. 3, at 2 p.m. at the Epic Theatres of Hendersonville, and Friday, Nov. 4, at 1:30 and 3:30 p.m. at Land of Sky Regional Council in Asheville. The film chronicles dan cohen’s efforts to help those with Alzheimer’s and other dementias through the experience of listening to their favorite music. Free and open to the public.

Donations to the Just Press Play: Awakening the Mind through Music Coalition will be accepted to promote the use of individualized music in long-term care facilities in the Asheville area.

• Grail Moviehouse is home to the Asheville premiere of Cutting Chai on Thursday, Nov. 3, at 7 p.m. The documentary features meherwan irani and his head chefs at Chai Pani as they travel through India, hitting 10 cities in 10 days by planes, trains and auto-rickshaws while sampling the local cuisine. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers. Tickets are $13, include a complimentary chai and are available online or at the Grail box office. avl.mx/33r • On Thursday, Nov. 3, at 7 p.m. the Fine Arts Theatre presents HamiltunesAVL, Asheville’s first Hamilton musical singalong.

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dress as their favorite character from the Tony-winning musical and sing their favorite song from the show via an aisle mic, or simply sing from one’s seat with the aid of lyrics projected on the screen. Tickets are $10 and available online or at the Fine Arts box office. Proceeds benefit the Asheville Choral Society. avl.mx/33s • The Center for Cultural Preservation presents the Culture Vulture Film Festival on Friday, Nov. 4, at Blue Ridge Community College’s Blue Ridge Conference Hall.

Selections include the documentaries The Last One (about Western North Carolina moonshiner popcorn sutton), A Mighty Fine Memory (about Madison County fiddler roger howell) and From Knee to Knee: The Roots of Mountain Music. Tickets for dinner, music and films cost $20 and film-only tickets are $15. They may be purchased online or by calling 692-8062. saveculture.org • Grail Moviehouse hosts a screening of Democracy for Sale on Saturday, Nov. 5, at noon. The documentary follows North Carolina native Zach galifianakis throughout his home state as he investigates its transformation at the hands of political spending. Free and open to the public. avl.mx/33t • Mechanical Eye Microcinema’s monthly Cameraless Film Bee takes place Saturday, Nov. 5, from 1-2 p.m. at its 207 Coxe Ave. space. In the hourlong class, students will learn a technique for cameraless animation on 16mm film from charlotte taylor.

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Dr. Strange

The latest film comic book adaptation from Marvel Studios, directed by Scott Derrickson and starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Tilda Swinton, Mads Mikkelson and Chiwetel Ejiofor.

According to the studio, “World-famous neurosurgeon Dr. Stephen Strange’s life changes forever after a horrific car accident robs him of the use of his hands. When traditional medicine fails him, he is forced to look for healing, and hope, in an unlikely place—a mysterious enclave known as Kamar-Taj. He quickly learns that this is not just a center for healing but also the front line of a battle against unseen dark forces bent on destroying our reality. Before long Strange—armed with newly acquired magical powers—is forced to choose whether to return to his life of fortune and status or leave it all behind to defend the world as the most powerful sorcerer in existence.” (pg-13)

Gimme Danger

director: Gregory La Cava players: Walter Huston, Karen Morley, Franchot Tone, C. Henry Gordon, Arthur Byron political fantasy with a dose of fascism Rated NR Gregory La Cava’s Gabriel Over the White House (1933) isn’t a particularly good movie, but as one of a handful of peculiarly pro-fascist movies floating around from that time, it takes the prize for the most alarming of the lot. Walter Huston stars as a shallow party-man politico (which party is never specified) who has been elected president. He has a near-death experience and comes back a changed man—apparently under the influence of some kind of divine intervention. This influence causes him to essentially set himself up as a dictator—complete with brownshirted minions, firing squads for gangsters and an imperialistic stance. Such a man could, the film puports, fix the Depression and bring back prosperity and world peace — all in 85 demented minutes. Looked at in its era, the film makes a certain amount of sense. Still, the message of the movie wasn’t lost on those living in the era it was made. It pretty much seems to have horrified the reviewers, one of whom called it Fascism Over the White House. This excerpt was taken from a review by Ken Hanke published on Sept. 14, 2010. The Hendersonville Film Society will show Gabriel Over the White House on Sunday, Nov. 6, at 2 p.m. in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community, 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville.

Profondo Rosso (Deep Red) HHHHS director: Dario Argento players: David Hemmings, Daria Nicolodi, Gabriele Lavia, Macha Méril horror mystery Rated NR Widely considered — at least by those who consider such things — to be Dario Argento’s best film, Deep Red (1975) is perhaps more of a gory (except that people all seem to bleed red paint) giallo than an outright horror film. One thing is certain — it makes more sense (in strictly relative terms) than the director’s full-blown horror movies that followed. Essentially, this is a mystery — and a surprisingly good one that pulls off the neat trick of showing the murderer to us quite plainly without letting us realize what we’ve seen. (It’s only apparent on subsequent viewings.) David Hemmings stars as a jazz pianist living in Italy who becomes obsessed with solving the murder of a psychic (Macha Méril), whose killer he may have seen.

This, of course, makes him — and several others — a target for the deranged murderer, and this single murder soon becomes a series of murders — with him and a wisecracking newspaper woman/love interest (Daria Nicolodi) on the trail. It’s all pretty effective and compelling — and it doesn’t lack for style. Whether or not it’s Argento’s best film, it’s certainly one of his most visually striking. This excerpt was taken from a review by Ken Hanke published on June 16, 2015 The Thursday Horror Picture Show will screen Profondo Rosso on Thursday, Nov. 3, at 9:15 p.m. at The Grail Moviehouse, hosted by Xpress movie critic Scott Douglas.

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Hacksaw Ridge

Mel Gibson helmed biopic of World War II Army medic Desmond Doss, the first conscientious objector in history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor for his heroism at the Battle of Okinawa, during which he saved the lives of 75 soldiers. Early reviews are strongly positive. (r)

The Hitch-Hiker HHHHS director: Ida Lupino players: William Talman, Edmond O’Brien, Frank Lovejoy film noir Rated NR Ida Lupino is an underexamined icon of the proto-feminist cinema, and The Hitch-Hiker (1953) stands as a perfect case in point. Directed and co-written by Lupino, who was also an accomplished actress probably best remembered for her role opposite Humphrey Bogart in High Sierra (1941), The Hitch-Hiker is widely considered to be the first film noir helmed by a woman — though you’d never guess it from the distinct lack of feminine sensibility in the casting and narrative. Lupino began her directorial career by taking over the production of Not Wanted when director Elmer Clifton suffered a heart attack, and Lupino went on to direct five more features and numerous TV shows. The Hitch-Hiker was Lupino’s penultimate feature behind the camera, and this taught noir thriller undeniably establishes that she was every bit as good as any director working at the time, regardless of gender. The Asheville Film Society will screen The Hitch-Hiker on Tuesday, Nov. 8, at 7:30 p.m. at The Grail Moviehouse, hosted

by Xpress movie critic Scott Douglas.

Trolls

The latest kids’ animated feature from DreamWorks, according to the studio’s site: “From the creators of Shrek comes the most smart, funny, irreverent animated comedy of the year, DreamWorks’ Trolls. This holiday season, enter a colorful, wondrous world populated by hilariously unforgettable characters and discover the story of the overly optimistic Trolls, with a constant song on their lips, and the comically pessimistic Bergens, who are only happy when they have trolls in their stomach.” Early reviews are mixed, leaning positive. (pg)

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GAS SERVICE TECH Asheville / Buncombe County areas The main job duties include safely installing and servicing gas appliances, water heaters, piping, and hearth products.

Hourly pay based on exp.

Monthly Bonus Opportunity BC/BS Health Insurance Dental / Vision Insurance Life Insurance / 401(K) Paid Vacation/ Sick Days Vacation Homes Supportive Work Environment More!!! REQUIREMENTS 1.

High School Diploma or GED 2. Pass background and drug screen 3. Previous propane,

mechanical, or gas appliance experience 4. Prior plumbing or HVAC experience preferred 5. Valid CDL with hazmat endorsement preferred 6. Be outgoing, friendly, and customer service-oriented Apply online at blossmangas.com if qualified Equal Opportunity / Veterans / Disabled

GROUNDSKEEPER A-B Tech is currently taking applications for a Groundskeeper position with a start date of 11/28/2016.

For more details and to apply: www.abtech.edu/jobs MECHANIC NEEDED IMMEDIATELY EXXON at 1378 Patton Avenue. The ideal candidate: Must have own tools, be experienced, dependable, trustworthy and reliable. Variable hours. Random drug test for all employees. Valid driver’s license. $12-$14/hour, depending on experience. Benefits. If interested, please send resume to: westashevilleexxon@ gmail.com NEEDED IMMEDIATELY • ENERGY SERVICE TECHNICIAN I Full-time. Community Action Opportunities needs a skilled crew member to perform responsible residential energy-efficiency and health and safety work on homes of people who live on low income. This position is funded by grants, requires a Technician with a working knowledge of current residential building science principles and techniques and understanding of energyefficiency-related work. The work uses written NC Installation Standards, job-specific work orders, oral instruction and diagnostic information to guide energy-efficiency and health and safety work. Work also includes making minor repairs using materials such as drywall, lumber and glass, making mathematical computations and maintaining up-to-date and accurate written records. Work requires exposure to a variety of potential hazards associated with building construction, including extreme weather conditions and temperatures for prolonged periods, mold, pests, loud noises, chemicals, fumes, lead, dusts and oils; proximity to moving mechanical parts, electrical hand-held and bench-mounted equipment and electrical current.

The EST I must also be able to · Organize and execute work to meet production schedules, • Communicate clearly and accurately with co-workers and customers. • Work on teams or alone and • Use a variety of electronic and internetsupported devices. • Special Requirements: Must possess a valid North Carolina Driver License and pass pre-employment pulmonary function and respirator fit tests. Education and Experience High school graduate or GED required.

Some college, with courses in basic carpentry, industrial work

or environmental science preferred, or two years of work experience in other building trades such as plumber, electrician, HVAC Specialist or related. BPI or related certification and bi-lingual in English/Spanish preferred. • Salary Range: $15.39 an hour to $16.60 an hour DOQ plus paid benefits.

• Send resume, cover letter and complete contact information for three work references to: Human Resources Manager email: admin@communityactionopportunities. org Subject: EST I or Fax: (828) 253-6319 Open until filled. EOE/DFWP For complete job description go to: communityactionopportunities. org

ADMINISTRATIVE/ OFFICE BILLER Four Circles Recovery Center, a wilderness substance abuse recovery program for young adults, is seeking an experienced biller to bill all patient claims. High school diploma/GED and 2 years job-related experience required. Apply online at www.fourcirclesrecovery.com.

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FULL-TIME FINANCIAL SERVICES OFFICE MANAGER Seeking professional, enthusiastic, full-time Financial Services Office Manager for independent practice. Compensation is competitive based on experience; benefits negotiable. Visit our website for full job description & application instructions. www.helmswealth.com HELP WANTED- OFFICE/ CLERICAL Help WantedOffice/Clerical PT Clerical Person needed from Monday-Friday, $250.00 weekly.

Computer skills are a must.

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and flexible working hours, you can be a part of our healthy movement started back in 1975. We continue to hold true to our values and invite you to join your local Earth Fare’s winning team! We are currently seeking Experienced Meat Cutters to join our team at our Hendersonville Rd. location!

Competitive starting pay and benefits included for both parttime and full-time Team Members! Meat Cutter Requirements: • Extensive knowledge of meat cuts and cooking techniques with an understanding of cutting meat into sub-primal categories. Skilled in cutting whole chicken into standard parts; and advanced cuts for other meats. • Must demonstrate manual dexterity with potentially hazardous equipment (knives, miscellaneous utensils, etc.) • Ability to learn and use a Falcon hand-held computer scanner and food scale. • Demonstrated ability in knife handling, other cutting equipment and safety procedures. • Knowledge of living conditions of animals and ability to educate the public on these issues. • Ability to explain various cooking techniques. • Apply in person for an opportunity to join a team dedicated to providing ‘healthy food for everyone…everywhere.

DRIVERS/ DELIVERY CAB DRIVERS NEEDED Looking for cab drivers for a local cab company. Part time and full time positions available.

Will be classified as an independent contractor. Driving experience is preferred by not necessary. Please contact Kelsey for further information: yellowcab3311@att.net 828253-1311

PROPANE ROUTE SALES/ DELIVERY Asheville / Buncombe County areas The position requires delivering propane locally to customers on existing routes, as well as

promoting company products and services. To be successful in this position you must be committed to safety, customer service, and teamwork. Our 65+ year old company experiences little turnover due to our people, supportive work environment, and training. Qualifications -High School Diploma or GED -Pass background/drug screen -Prior propane, route delivery, or mechanical experience -Enjoy helping people; conditioned to hard work; pleasant personality -CDL with hazmat and tanker endorsements preferred PAY BASED ON EXPERIENCE A COMPREHENSIVE BENEFITS PACKAGE AND MONTHLY BONUS OPPORTUNITY INCLUDED TO BE CONSIDERED: Apply online at blossmangas.com EEO/VETERANS/DISABLED

HUMAN SERVICES

NURSE • HAYWOOD COUNTY Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACTT) Meridian is seeking a RN or LPN to join our Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACTT) in Haywood County, which is located in the beautiful mountains of Western North Carolina. The ACTT nurse is responsible for assessing physical needs; making appropriate referrals to community physicians; providing management and administration of medication in conjunction with the psychiatrist; providing a range of treatment, rehabilitation and support services; and sharing shift-management responsibility with the ACTT Coordinator. Employee must have a valid driver’s license without violations or restrictions which could prevent completing all required job functions.

For more information and to apply, visit the employment section of our website: www.meridianbhs.org

CLINICIANS Meridian Behavioral Health Services is seeking NC licensed or Associate licensed clinicians to join our recovery oriented organization in the beautiful North Carolina mountains including the counties of Transylvania, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, and Cherokee. Clinical positions are available in a variety of adult service programs such as the Assertive Community Treatment Team, Recovery Education Center, as well as child and family service programs such as Day Treatment, Intensive In-Home, and Outpatient. Clinicians provide recovery oriented comprehensive clinical assessments, support, skill building, education, and team consultation both in the office and the community.

To be considered, an applicant should be familiar with the recovery paradigm of mental health and substance abuse services, have a valid driver’s license, reliable transportation, flexibility, and moderate computer skills. • For further details about each position, please visit the employment section of our website, meridianbhs.org, then apply by completing the short online application and uploading your resume.

in that county, including but not limited to school systems, principals, other state and federal agencies, and collaborative entities. More specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to, providing supervision of enhanced service delivery and ensuring that this is consistent with the client’s person-centered-plan; referral linkage; ensuring that regular staff supervision is occurring; ensuring that staff meet job performance standards regarding timely completion of documentation and adherence to agency policy; facilitating a client-centered, team approach to meeting clients’ needs; facilitating positive, collaborative relationships between Meridian and other community agencies; interviewing and making recommendations for hire; and promoting a positive work environment that encourages employee growth and initiative. Fully Licensed Clinician is required and at least 5 years of supervision experience is preferred. Additional preferences will be given to clinicians with experience in community behavioral health and licensed clinical social workers. • If interested, please visit the employment section of our website to apply and submit your resume, www.meridianbhs.org

COUNTY DIRECTOR • CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES Haywood County. This position is responsible for the complete oversite of the complete continuum of child and family programs and services within Haywood County. At the direction of Executive Leadership and reporting directly to the Child and Family Clinical Director, and with the support of a Deputy Director, this position is responsible for the efficient delivery of quality and evidenced based child and family services in Haywood County. In particular, the Haywood Director is the point person for community partners

ASSOCIATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Under One Sky Village Foundation (U1SVF) is seeking an Associate Executive Director. For more than 12 years, U1SVF has provided youth in foster care ages 7-18 with year round camp-based programming, adoption support groups and leadership/ mentoring programs that encourage emotional, intellectual, social and spiritual growth.

This full-time salaried position, based in the Asheville area, will report to the Executive Director. For full posting and application procedures, please email U1SVF at jobsunder1sky@ gmail.com and include "MtEx info requested" in the subject line for a return email. No phone calls, please.

COOK FOR WILDERNESS HEALING SCHOOL Cook desired in Asheville area to run a fully stocked, outdoor kitchen. Prepare 3 meals/day for 15-35 adult students during 2-week periods in the months of January, March, June, September, and December. Salary based on experience.

MEAT CUTTERS Become a part of a growing company dedicated to bringing healthy food to everyone…everywhere! Why us? Aside from our competitive benefits at a parttime and full-time capacity, advancement opportunities

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FreeWiLL astroLoGY Aries (March 21-April 19): I am in awe of your headfirst, charge-forward, no-distractions approach.

In fact, I aspire to incorporate more of the Aries-style directness into my own repertoire. But I also love it when, on rare occasions, you flirt with a more strategic perspective. It amuses me to see you experimenting with the power of secrets. Your wisdom often grows at an expedited rate when you get caught up in a web of intrigue that exposes you to dark joys and melodramatic lessons. During times like these, you feel fine about not having everything figured out, about not knowing the most straightforward route to your destination. You allow the riddles and enigmas to ferment as you bask in the voluptuous ambiance of the Great Mystery. Now is such a time. tAUrUs (April 20-May 20): I am pleased to inform you that at least 30 percent of what you think you know about love and lust is too prosaic. Probably too narrow and constrained, as well. But here’s the good news: As soon as you agree to relinquish the dull certainty of that 30+ percent, you will open yourself to a surge of fresh teachings. And soon, I expect, dewy throbs and hot flows will awaken in all the erotic parts of your body, including your heart and brain and soul.

If you’re brave enough to respond, generous lessons in intimacy will keep you entertained for weeks. geMini (May 21-June 20): Over the last two decades, well-meaning Westerners have donated a profusion of clothes to low-income folks in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. Kind and magnanimous, right? Yes, but their largesse has had an unintended consequence: the demise of the textile industry in those African countries. With this as a cautionary tale, I’m asking you to take inventory of your own acts of benevolence and charity. Are they having effects that you approve of? If not completely, how could you adjust the way you give your gifts and bestow your blessings? cAncer (June 21-July 22): Is it possible that you might flourish as a topdog after all the work you’ve put in as an underdog? Can you wean yourself from the worried fantasy that you’ve got endless dues to pay, and then harness your imagination to expand your confidence and build your clout? I believe you can. And in the coming weeks I will unleash a flood of prayers to the Goddess of Holy Reversals, asking her to assist you. Now please repeat after me: “I am a creative force of nature. I am a strong song of liberation. I am a wise animal with direct access to my primal intelligence.” leo (July 23-Aug. 22): The next two weeks could be smooth, peaceful and bland. Is that the experience you want? Mild satisfactions, sweet boredom and slow progress? There’s nothing wrong with any of that. Please feel free to loll and loaf as you explore the healing charms of laziness. Grant yourself permission to avoid conflict and cultivate sunny self-protectiveness.

This is one of those times when silence and stasis are among the best gifts you can give yourself.

Welcome the rejuvenating power of emptiness! virgo (Aug. 23-sept. 22): It’s time to replace bangedup, dried-out old obsessions with ripe, juicy fascinations.

It’s your duty to phase out numbing traditions and deadening habits so as to make room for exciting new rituals, customs and sacraments. Can you summon the electric willpower to shed influences that are technically “correct” but lacking in soulfulness? I think you can. Do you love yourself enough to forswear pretty but meaningless titillations? I think you do. Now get out there and do the hard work necessary to bring more serious fun into your life. Homework: Write an essay titled “What I Can Do to Be More Playful.”

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liBrA (sept. 23-oct. 22): Over the course of his or her life, the average British person says “Sorry” on over 90,000 occasions. The typical Libran Brit probably utters routine apologies upwards of 120,000 times. Libras from other countries may not reach that heady level, but many do specialize in excessive politeness. (I should know, as I have three planets in Libra in my natal chart.) But in accordance with the astrological indicators, I am authorizing you to be a bit less courteous and solicitous than usual in the next two weeks. Don’t go overboard, of course. But allowing yourself some breathing room like this will help you get more rigorous access to your authentic, idiosyncratic, soulful urges — which will be very tonic. scorpio (oct. 23-nov. 21): Until 2007, Scotland’s official slogan was “Scotland, the Best Small Country in the World.” Deciding that wasn’t sufficiently upbeat, the government spent $187,000 on a campaign to come up with something better. “Home of Golf” and “Home of Europe’s Fastest Growing Life Sciences Community” were among the proposed phrases that were rejected. The ultimate choice: “Welcome to Scotland.” I bring this to your attention, Scorpio, because you’re in a favorable phase to rebrand yourself.

But I hope you will be more daring and imaginative than Scotland. How about “Smolderingly Alarmingly Brilliant”? Or maybe “Safely Risky and Unpredictably Wise” or “Home of the Best Secrets Ever”? sAgittAriUs (nov. 22-Dec. 21): I cheer you on as you attend to your difficult but holy duties. I send you my love as you summon the wisdom and resourcefulness you need to weather the gorgeous storm. Here are clues that might be useful: Whether you are partially or totally victorious will depend as much on the attitude you hold in your heart as on your outward behavior. Be grateful, never resentful, for the interesting challenges. Love your struggles for the new capacities they are building in you. cApricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The coming weeks constitute the harvest phase of your personal cycle.

That means you have the pleasure of gathering in the ripe rewards that you have been cultivating since your last birthday. But you also have the responsibility to answer and correct for any carelessness you have allowed to affect your efforts during the previous eleven months. Don’t worry, dear. My sense is that the goodies and successes far outnumber and overshadow the questionable decisions and failures.

You have ample reasons to celebrate. But I hope you won’t get so caught up in your rightful exaltation that you’ll neglect the therapeutic atonements.

AQUAriUs (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Like England and Spain, the Netherlands has a royal family, including a king, queen, prince and princesses. They’re an egalitarian bunch. The young ones attend public schools, and the previous queen’s birthday is celebrated with a nation-wide flea market. The king’s crown is attractive but quite economical. Its pearls are fake, and other “jewels” are made of glass, colored foil and fish scales.

In accordance with the astrological omens, I propose that you create a regal but earthy headpiece for yourself. It’s high time for you to elevate your self-worth in an amusing and artful way. What fun and funky materials will you use in your homemade crown? pisces (Feb. 19-March 20): In her book, A Natural History of the Senses, Diane Ackerman reports on the eccentric methods that professional writers have used to galvanize their creative process. Poet Amy Lowell relaxed into her work day by puffing on Manila cigars. Novelist Colette plucked fleas from her cat. T. S. Eliot’s poetry thrived when he had a head cold. Novelist George Sand liked to jump out of bed after making love and immediately begin writing. Novelist William Gass, who is still among the living, wanders around outside taking photos of “rusty, derelict, overlooked, downtrodden” places.

As for D. H. Lawrence: climbing mulberry trees naked energized his genius. What about you, Pisces? Now is an excellent time to draw intensely on your reliable sources of inspiration — as well as to seek new ones.

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HELPMATE SEEKS PREVENTION EDUCATOR Helpmate, a domestic violence agency in Asheville, seeks a full-time Prevention Educator to provide community education about domestic violence. Primary responsibilities will include formation of partnerships with youth-serving organizations, churches, men’s groups and other key stakeholders to influence community attitudes about intimate partner violence and to prevent violence perpetration. This position will develop curriculum, facilitate trainings, gather data and represent Helpmate on key community groups and task forces. Strong communication skills required. Qualified candidates must hold a Bachelor’s degree or 2 years’ experience in social work or related field, with preference for experience in domestic violence or related field, or a commensurate combination of work and experience. Diverse candidates are encouraged to apply. Benefits package available. Email resume and cover letter to HelpmateAsheville@gmail.com by noon on November 4, 2016 with “Prevention Educator” in the subject line. No phone or in person inquiries – please. www.helpmateonline.org OVERNIGHT AWAKE CASE MANAGER Helpmate, Inc., a domestic violence agency in Asheville, NC, seeks Shelter Case Manager for a part-time overnight awake position.

Primary responsibilities will include providing emotional support to survivors, responding to crisis line calls, creating organization systems, and documenting service provision. Strong communication and crisis management skills required. Qualified candidates must hold a Bachelor’s degree or 2 years’ experience in social work or related field, with preference for experience in domestic violence or related field, or a commensurate combination of work and experience. Diverse and/or bilingual candidates are encouraged to apply. Email resume and cover letter to HelpmateAsheville@gmail.com with “Shelter Case Manager” in the subject line. No phone or in person inquiries – please. helpmateonline.org PEER SUPPORT SPECIALIST This person will be working in the Perinatal Health Partners Program. It will be assisting pregnant women, women seeking custody of dependent children, and women parenting their children, navigate the array of services and programs they are encountering on their journey. Must be a certified Peer Support Specialist and have a valid NC drivers license. Full time.

Contact Suzanne Boehm at: sboehm@insightnc.org SUBSTANCE ABUSE QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL Looking for a substance abuse qualified professional to work in local non-profit agency.

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ACADEMIC ADVISOR A-B Tech is currently taking applications for a Part Time Limited Academic Advisor, Transfer Advising Center position. For more details and to apply: www.abtech.edu/jobs

INTERESTED IN WORKING AT A-B TECH? Full-Time, PartTime and Adjunct Positions available. Come help people achieve their dreams! Apply for open positions at https:// abtcc.peopleadmin.com NOW HIRING MUSIC TEACHERS- PRIVATE LESSONS AND ENSEMBLES Asheville Music School is hiring for the following Music Teacher positions. • Piano Teacher w/ focus on early childhood education.

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NURSING INSTRUCTOR A-B Tech is currently taking applications for an Nursing Instructor. 9 month position with a start date of 12/01/2016. For more details and to apply: www.abtech.edu/jobs TEACHER EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Black Mountain Academy is seeking an innovative and passionate Math/Science/Technology Teacher to work at our new therapeutic boarding school supporting adolescent males age 14-18 with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) or who have social challenges, anxiety, and difficulty in traditional academic settings. • The ideal candidate has experience with this population of students, is student-centered in their teaching approach, and naturally utilizes an inquiry model of teaching to evoke creativity and inspiration in the students.

In this integrated model, skills supporting executive function, student character development, and student processing are necessary to implement alongside academic instruction. • Applicants should have confidence teaching high school level math, science, and technology classes and have confidence in building authentic thematic units of instruction, and be comfortable with co-teaching / collaborative teaching techniques. • Applicants are invited to highlight additional interests and experience in arts and culture as we build this new placebased program. • Candidate must have or be actively pursuing NC Teaching licensure.

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12 Stat 13 Etta of old comics 14 Bird with a forcepslike bill 15 City north of Lisboa 16 Something that sticks out in a church?

17 Former Mississippi senator Trent 18 Outbreak

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31 Like black rhinos 32 Dump 33 Quartet minus one 34 Pro side of a vote 35 Heading in a baseball box score 36 Row 37 “There! I did it!”

38 Like the posture of human beings 39 Specialty skillet 40 ___ Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust memorial 41 Cut

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