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FEATURES 10 BACK ON TRACK Buncombe County’s Teen Court tailors justice to first-time offenders

12 LOOKING DAM FINE Asheville celebrates North Fork project completion

PAGE 8 CAPITAL IDEA The second Mountain Raise, a program of nonprofit Mountain BizWorks, aims to take Western North Carolina’s “shop local” energy to the next level through local investing. Five WNC enterprises will present their business plans — and fundraising goals — at Hi-Wire Brewing Wednesday, Nov. 10. COVER PHOTO Neil Jacobs

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Short-term rentals are harming neighborhoods [Regarding, “Bust, Boom and Then: What Happens to Short-term Rentals in the Long-term?” Oct. 20, Xpress:] We have deep concerns about the sharp increase in short-term rentals in Buncombe County, which is negatively impacting established neighborhoods. We live in Arden, which does not regulate STRs. Investors are buying little plots of available land, cutting down the forests and building “tiny homes” solely to rent out; they are buying existing homes, taking off the mailbox and turning them into STRs, thereby creating “hotels” in the middle of established neighborhoods. Not only is this driving up prices of homes, making it unaffordable for regular people who actually want to live here, but it destroys the whole idea of a “neighborhood,” where people live, know and and help each other. STRs increase traffic and safety concerns. There absolutely should be zoning rules, restrictions and regulations in Buncombe County that prevent investors, who have no interest in an area beyond making money, from creating these stand-alone STRs in established neighborhoods. The STRs detract from the quality of life. Who wants to live next to an STR house that either stands empty for long stretches of time or is continually occupied by rotating strangers? — Nancy Sultan and Roland Green Arden

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people. Cars all over the place, latenight noise, every weekend. Homestays should be OK. Nothing else outside of specific zoning areas, such as motel zoning, etc. — Chris McGrayne Asheville

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Don’t allow government interference with short-term rentals [Regarding, “Bust, Boom and Then: What Happens to Short-term Rentals in the Long-term?” Oct. 20, Xpress:] Well, certainly, a precedent has been in Asheville since the days of Julia Wolfe (mother of Thomas Wolfe with her Old Kentucky Home boardinghouse) because travelers and tourists of that day with only

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modest means could have a place to stay while visiting our city. I’m sure those who advocate government control would cry that in today’s time, the “homestays” and STRs have exploded in number. But they are serving a demand as well as allowing a property owner to capitalize on their asset, much as Julia Wolfe did in the first third of the 20th century. Government control or oversight is not a suitable answer to this issue, and in so advocating, one is violating the basic tenet of property ownership. I would argue not to allow government interference with a homeowner’s right to use his/her property to its highest and best use. — Bob Ray Asheville

Let cities regulate short-term rentals [Regarding, “Bust, Boom and Then: What Happens to Short-term Rentals in the Long-term?” Oct. 20, Xpress:] The state legislature shouldn’t tell municipalities how to run their towns. The Republicans are so into “local control,” and now they want state control. Can’t have it both ways. I went to the early meetings in Asheville relative to the regulation of short-term rentals and heard many horror stories about absentee owners renting out houses every weekend to frat parties, family reunions, bridal parties and other unruly

Kudos to Niko Kyriakou for some of the most fair-minded pandemic reporting I’ve seen yet in the Mountain Xpress for the article “Face Time: Some Local Schools Reject COVID Advice From Health Officials” [Oct. 13]. As we struggle over the issue of whether or not schoolchildren should be mandated to wear masks, it’s helpful to have a writer who is unafraid of adding some basic facts to the mix, such as a COVID-19 survival rate for children of over 99.9% and the fact that zero — yes, zero — deaths of children due to the pandemic have occurred in Buncombe County. The fact that the Buncombe County school board has once again mandated masks for this school year in the face of a 0% mortality rate and a myriad of known harms from mask wearing is outrageous. Buncombe County Schools Superintendent Tony Baldwin rationalized the mandate by saying “universal” mask wearing would mean that even if a student tests positive, there would be no need for quarantines. But wearing masks does not inhibit the free flow of virus particles, which travel on finer particulate much more than droplets. Virus particles easily pass through both cloth and surgical masks. From loss of social connection to depression … wearing of masks poses very serious health risks. We are ignoring these dangers for a 0% mortality rate? Really? The rush to give the COVID-19 genetic modification injections to children is beyond shocking. I personally know of two deaths and four permanent disabilities occurring within weeks of the injections. The CDC’s Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System [as reported on the independent website OpenVAERS] now shows around [17,000] reports of death following the injections and over [800,000] adverse events, including over [26,000] disabled. … Why would we subject our beloved children, with only a 0.01 chance of

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mortality, to these dangers? Have we all forgotten that the government, Big Pharma and the media are chronic liars? So it was a great relief to hear that at least a few local schools are protecting children against what I firmly believe are the real dangers of our time — thank you, thank you, thank you to the Appalachian Academy of Therapeutic Arts, the Faith Covenant Christian Academy, the Haywood Christian Academy and Classical Scholars. Jaydee Azavari of AATA stated in the article that she believes that masks and other recommendations (social distancing, contact tracing, vaccines, etc.) from the StrongSchoolsNC toolkit actually do more harm than good, and I couldn’t agree more. Many people know this, but those who give their heart and soul to building an alternative, like Ms. Azavari, are rare. It takes courage, heart and a lot of hard work to go against the tide of belief that masking, injections and other dangerous actions — reinforced daily by lies and fearmongering from the media — are the only way to protect our children. Thanks to the courage and clear thinking by administrators of the above schools, at least a few children will escape the net, for which I am profoundly grateful. — Denise Mewbourne Leicester Editor’s note: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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Don’t perpetuate vaccine dogma Recently, I walked by a local entertainment venue (that I have supported for many years) and saw a sign announcing that admission was restricted to vaccinated people, and they would be allowed to remove masks once they were seated. I respect the venue’s authority as a private business to set rules for patrons inside their establishment, and I have no opposition to businesses asking people to wear masks. But the policy to exclude unvaccinated people makes no sense. As we have seen with delta, vaccinated people may be less likely to get seriously ill and die from COVID-19 but are clearly able to contract and transmit the virus to others. In an indoor setting, coronavirus can spread through aerosols — regardless of whether the people sitting in the seats are vaccinated. Excluding unvaccinated people perpetuates the false narrative that the only people contracting, transmitting and getting sick with coronavirus are the unvaccinated — and that is wildly untrue. This falsehood leads to policies that violate civil liberties, such as vaccine mandates for federal employees and contractors,

health care workers and military personnel. OSHA’s regulation compelling certain employers to collect proof of vaccination from employees or absorb the cost of weekly testing — or face significant fines — is designed simply to coerce individuals into getting vaccinated — not to address the spread of coronavirus. How do we know that with absolute certainty? If the goal of these policies truly was to prevent the spread of coronavirus, OSHA’s policy would be to test all individuals on a regular basis, in an attempt to detect both symptomatic and asymptomatic infection. And more importantly, vaccine mandates would allow an exception for individuals who test positive for antibodies, whether from a vaccine or from naturally acquired immunity, which has been proven to be stable and at least as long-lasting as antibodies from the vaccine. Likewise, if this business was concerned solely with preventing transmission of the virus, they would not be excluding customers based on their vaccination status alone. COVID-19 is an aggressive virus, but is not deadly to more than 99.5% of people who contract it (I am one of them who has had a full recovery). Age, weight and some medical conditions may cause a person to be more severely affected by COVID19 — but for healthy individuals and children, the risk of hospitalization and death is close to zero. We are still learning about the side effects associated with the multiple vaccines. The decision to take a vaccine should be an individual’s choice alone, based on their own cost-benefit analysis and their understanding of their own vulnerability to serious illness — not a response to political pressure. This local business is among many private and public institutions that are perpetuating vaccine dogma — pretending the shot provides a different kind of protection than it actually does. — Anne Lancaster Leicester Editor’s note: Johns Hopkins University reports a U.S. observed case-fatality ratio of 1.6%. (avl.mx/aqk)

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Mountain Raise connects small businesses with local investors

BY SARA MURPHY hello@saramurphyphd.com Supporters of Asheville’s small businesses have long urged Western North Carolina to shop locally. But now, Mountain BizWorks wants to convince the mountain community to invest locally, too. That’s why the Asheville-based nonprofit is hosting its second Mountain Raise Wednesday, Nov. 10, 5:30-8:30 p.m. at Hi-Wire Brewing. The event features five WNC businesses — Cardstalk, GreenLifeTech, North Cove Leisure Club, Spectra3D Technologies and SteakAger — that will present their fundraising goals to the community in the hopes of drawing local investors from all income levels and walks of life. “When a community member invests in a business that is geographically close to them ... it allows for that investor to actually, on an ongoing basis, influence the success of the business,” says Chris Grasinger, director of the nonprofit’s Invested program. As businesses succeed, he continues, so does the community as a whole, creating a cycle of economic growth that encourages more local investment. The Mountain Raise name alludes to the barn raises of WNC’s agricultural past, Grasinger says. “The whole community comes out to help put up the framing together, and it’s this new beautiful barn [that] is part of that community,” he explains. “We thought of it as, we’re raising the mountains even higher through supporting these entrepreneurs.”

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HER CUP RUNNETH OVER: After presenting at the 2019 Mountain Raise event, Asheville Tea Co. founder and owner Jessie Dean raised $80,000 for her business to hire new employees and upgrade to more sustainable packaging. Photo courtesy of Dean

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Mountain Raise is the capstone event for two of Mountain BizWorks’ small-business courses: ScaleUp and Invested. Now in its sixth year, ScaleUp has helped 190 businesses develop growth strategies and identify funding opportunities. The Invested course, launched in 2018, helps businesses that are

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ready to raise capital negotiate federal Securities and Exchange Commission regulations, understand their fundraising options and put together campaigns. The latter program was a direct response to a 2015 SEC decision that legalized regulation crowdfunding. Prior to that rule, only accredited investors — banks, loan companies, government programs and wealthy individuals — could legally invest in private companies not listed on a stock exchange. Now, anyone with disposable capital can invest in these businesses. North Carolina has joined at least 35 states that have taken advantage of the SEC’s rule change. And in 2016, the General Assembly passed the N.C. Providing Access and Capital to Entrepreneurs Act to let businesses raise more funds from state residents. “It really democratizes investment,” Asheville Tea Co. founder and owner Jessie Dean says of the new regulations. A graduate of both the ScaleUp and Invested courses, she presented at the first Mountain Raise event in November

2019, seeking funding to hire new employees and upgrade to more sustainable packaging for her company’s sustainably grown, additive-free teas. Thanks in part to Mountain Raise, Asheville Tea Co. procured $80,000, enough to achieve both objectives. “It definitely gave me confidence to execute on our goals to build the business,” Dean says of the experience. As a local business owner, she adds, it meant even more that she could learn how to structure compelling presentations and raise funds through a local organization. Aron Wehr, co-founder and co-owner of Wehrloom Honey and Meadery in Robbinsville with his wife, Jessica, appreciates how the Invested course helped him navigate SEC-compliant crowdfunding investment sites like Wefunder — and the mountain of complex legal paperwork needed to set up an SECcompliant business. “I don’t think I would have jumped into [Wefunder] without the class,” he said. Wehr got his Wefunder site running just days before pitching at the 2019 Mountain Raise, where he laid

out the company’s plans to add a taproom in downtown Asheville. “A lot of times you start a business and … your main investors are Visa, MasterCard,” he says. Instead, thanks to the event, Wehrloom raised $107,000 from 119 investors through January 2020. Wehr estimates that 10-20 of those investors contributed only $100 or $150. Small businesses also have greater flexibility in how and when they provide returns when dealing with local investors instead of bank loans. Instead of offering equity in the business, Wehrloom decided to repay investors through revenue shares, which provide a portion of the company’s profits over time until a certain amount is paid. That choice proved fortuitous when the pandemic delayed the planned opening of Wehrloom’s South Slope taproom for five months. Because its investor reimbursement was tied to revenue, the company didn’t have to make large fixed loan payments as its sales dipped during lockdown. And because revenue sharing sets no time limit for repayment, Wehrloom didn’t have to put the taproom plans on hold or cut costs in order to repay investors. Although COVID-19 has curtailed the taproom’s hours of operation, Wehr believes the company remains on track to repay investors within the five- to seven-year timeframe he presented at Mountain Raise. Meanwhile, Wehrloom continues to grow: It’s about to start selling its carbonated honey wine in cans as well as bottles, and Wehr hopes to start accepting Bitcoin by the end of the year.

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TAPPING INTO COMMUNITY: Aron Wehr’s presentation at the 2019 Mountain Raise event helped Wehrloom Honey and Meadery open a taproom on Asheville’s South Slope. Photo courtesy of Aron and Jessica Wehr funding successes at this year’s Mountain Raise. In addition to alumni updates and this year’s pitches, multiple guest speakers will talk about the potential for regulation crowdfunding to impact the local community. One is William McGuire, whose Raleigh-based startup incubator Incolo specializes in consulting with small businesses, including Invested cohort members, on the process. A “top-secret” guest, whom Mountain BizWorks spokesperson Justin Thompson describes as “the founder of a rapidly growing Blackowned enterprise,” is also scheduled to speak at the event. Kareen Boncales, the nonprofit’s director of entrepreneurship, notes that Mountain BizWorks has recently escalated its efforts to support entrepreneurs of color: Last year, the nonprofit launched a one-year program for business owners of color called the Catalyst Cohort.

Ten small businesses received one-on-one mentoring, team coaching, advice from guest presenters and $2,000. Mountain BizWorks is also piloting a Multicultural Catalyst Fund that will provide up to 20 entrepreneurs of color with loans of up to $50,000, coaching and assistance building credit. “We’re actively working on how to design so that we can feed more of the graduates from the Catalyst Cohort and/or Catalyst Fund into the Invested program,” Grasinger says. Each pitch at the Mountain Raise event will be only five minutes long, leaving plenty of opportunity for potential investors to ask questions. This year, entrepreneurs will take advantage of a new SEC rule adopted in March that allows companies to “test the waters” by pitching the details of a potential crowdfunding campaign to investors before filing legal documents. These nonbind-

ing communications, Grasinger explains, will help businesses determine investor interest before committing to the substantial time and money needed to go through with a campaign. To make sure all who are interested can hear the pitches, potential investors can attend Mountain Raise either in person using COVID19 safety protocols or online. “One event curated for two separate audiences,” rather than a hybrid experience, is how Thompson characterizes the approach. Online participants will watch a livestream of the pitches as they’re delivered and get their own opportunity to speak directly to business owners in virtual interactive breakout rooms. “It’s this really dynamic ecosystem that gets created,” says Boncales of the community relationships that investing develops between business owners and customers. “You’re investing more than just financially here.” X

If you go WHAT Mountain Raise WHERE The Event Space at Hi-Wire Brewing, 2B Huntsman Place, and online WHEN Wednesday, Nov. 10, 5:30-8:30 p.m. TICKETS $20, available at avl.mx/ak2 Proof of COVID-19 vaccination is required to attend in person, and masks must be worn at all times.

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Buncombe County’s Teen Court tailors justice to first-time offenders BY JESSICA WAKEMAN jwakeman@mountainx.com When Jamie Lee Willocks was a teenager, she brought a cellphone with her to band class, which was not allowed. She received a text message from her mother, and the band director heard it. Willocks fessed up and paid the price with an in-school suspension. “I got in so much trouble and I did nothing in ISS,” she remembers. When Willocks, now the coordinator of Buncombe County’s Teen Court, tells those referred to the program about her one and only time getting in trouble, they are not impressed. “Some kids roll their eyes so hard at me — ‘That’s all you ever did?’” she recalls good-naturedly. An initiative of the nonprofit Buncombe Alternatives, Teen Court is funded by Buncombe County’s Juvenile Crime Prevention Council, itself a project of the N.C. Department of Public Safety. The program seeks to “make referrals for court-involved or at-risk kids to send them to programs as opposed to sending them to [adult] court,” says Sylvia Clement, chief court counselor for Juvenile Justice in Superior Court District 28, which covers Buncombe County. Teen Court holds hearings for dozens of Buncombe County juveniles each year, serving 47 clients in both 2019 and 2020. The program has continued through the COVID-19 pandemic, operating remotely and at lower volumes. (So far this year, four teens have been diverted to Teen Court out of 100 referred to Juvenile Court Services.) While a virtual option remains available, the court returned to in-person hearings at the Buncombe County Courthouse Oct. 25.

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Teens in the Buncombe County education system may end up in Teen Court for breaking school rules, as well as for committing Class 1, 2 and 3 misdemeanors under state law. Willocks says the most common infractions recently have been possession of alcohol, vaping devices or marijuana; Clement says truancy was a frequent reason for referral during the 2020-21 school year. 10

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COURT IN SESSION: Jamie Lee Willocks, Teen Court coordinator for Buncombe Alternatives, says teenagers are receptive to the idea of getting a “fresh start” through participation in a restorative justice program. Photo courtesy of Willocks Teens can be referred to Juvenile Justice in several ways, including by a school resource officer, social worker (typically when truancy is involved), parent or citizen, explains Clement. An intake counselor reviews the complaint and reaches out to the teen’s family to make an appointment for meeting with the child and a guardian. Based on that review, the counselor either reviews the case for Juvenile Court, diverts it to Teen Court or closes the clase. Teen Court hearings take place the second and fourth Mondays of every month at 5 p.m. in two courtrooms on the fourth floor of the Buncombe County Courthouse. Each hearing lasts 45-90 minutes, and one or two hearings usually occur per evening. The program “has a mock court structure, but it’s not like being sent to Juvenile Court,” Clement says. About 12 student volunteers between 11 and 17 years old participate in each hearing as jurors, attorneys and a judge; proceedings are confidential and can’t be discussed at school or on social media. Willocks explains to participants that the program “is not supposed to be punitive, but restorative.” Students are used to a traditional punishment-based justice system, she says, but in Teen Court, they are encour-

aged to consider how to repair the harm caused by an offense. Prior to the pandemic, the peer jury could sentence teens to restorative sanctions, such as completing up to 20 hours of community service at MANNA FoodBank, Animal Haven of Asheville, community gardens or other nonprofits. Due to COVID-19, teens have been required to complete at-home projects, like writing thankyou letters to workers and residents at nursing homes and apology letters for their offenses. Students who are referred to Teen Court are also required to fill out interactive journals throughout the restorative justice process, allowing Buncombe Alternatives to assess their growth and change. Parents are generally supportive of the Teen Court process, Willocks says, adding that they seem to appreciate the peer-to-peer aspect. “They want [their kids] to learn from their mistakes and have other teenagers on their side,” she explains. Hannah Legerton, who coordinates the Juvenile Crime Prevention Council for Buncombe’s Justice Services department, says that over the past decade, North Carolina has tried to help teens learn accountability in different ways than traditional detention and commitment. “When you treat young people in developmentally appropriate ways, providing the supports that they need and the opportunities to repair harm, we get better outcomes, and it can lead to better safety and opportunities for our young people and our communities as a whole,” she says.

because she believed justice-involved teens and their families needed better help. “To see what the court system is capable of doing to a family and to see what the court system is capable of doing for a family — and understanding there is a big difference — it’s really opened my eyes to how helpful our systems can be if they’re used correctly,” she says. Teen Court intentionally takes place after-hours at the courthouse so participants can experience going there and following the courthouse dress code. “You treat it as if it was a

real court,” Willocks says. “When you get a taste of what real court could be like as a 13-, 14-, 15-year-old, you’re like, ‘Oh, wow, this is serious. … Wow, this is a lot. This is not fun.’” The program does not work for everyone, Willocks acknowledges; some teens reoffend. But many are receptive to the idea of getting a “fresh start,” especially if their involvement with Juvenile Justice is over an accident or “a horrible dare,” she continues. “For the students it does work for, it’s an amazing change to watch the

dynamic go from, ‘Everyone here is against me,’ to ‘Everyone here is working together with me,’” she says. Every teen who has a hearing is required to come back and do jury duty for another offender’s hearing. The idea is for the kids to see the process from the other side, Willocks says. And occasionally, a Teen Court defendant becomes a Teen Court volunteer. “When a client chooses of their own volition to continue to participate as a juror, it shows me they ... believe in what’s happening,” Willocks says. “It makes me feel so proud.” X

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Juvenile courts in North Carolina work with young people ages 6-17. “The Price of Poverty in North Carolina’s Juvenile Justice System,” a report produced by the N.C. Poverty Research Fund at the UNC School of Law, notes that the juvenile justice system can create challenges for low-income families — particularly for families of color, given that one in three Black or Latino youths in the state are low-income. North Carolina’s juvenile courts can impose fees on parents or guardians, including court-appointed lawyer fees, fines or restitution. “One in seven households in North Carolina, and one in five Black and Latinx households, have zero or negative net worth; they have no savings to draw on when faced with an extra expense,” the report explains. “Their financial precariousness compromises their ability to comply with court orders.” Willocks previously worked as a teacher and transitioned careers

RAIN OR SHINE: The crowd at the North Asheville Tailgate Market got a treat this past weekend from Misa Terral, center, and the Soulpower Dancers. The sudden flash mob appeared out of the crowd and performed two choreographed routines during the rainy Saturday market. The cheers and the energetic dancing warmed up the performers, proving that the soul thrives with style and courage, rain or shine. Photo by Linda Ray

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Looking dam fine For the first time in 10 years, the gates of the North Fork Reservoir and Water Treatment Plant opened Oct. 20 to members of the media as the city of Asheville celebrated the completion of a three-year, $38.5 million improvement project. Approximately 65 people, mostly city employees and public officials, participated in a ribbon-cutting atop the dam’s new auxiliary spillway, one of several upgrades to the facility’s safety and climate resilience.

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The project, recognized by the national Association of Dam Safety Officials as its Rehabilitation Project of the Year, raised the dam 4 feet to accommodate rainfall from extreme weather events that a state report says are becoming increasingly common due to climate change. Water is now released automatically via fixed concrete weirs when the reservoir becomes too full, and the dam’s downstream slope was buttressed with earth to prevent damage from earthquakes.

Asheville City Council member Gwen Wisler, who has served on the body since 2013, commented that it was the first time she had visited the site. “I’m just amazed at how gorgeous it is — and just really glad that not very many people get to see it, because we do such a good job protecting it and keeping it safe,” she said. Leslie Carreiro, the city’s water production and water quality division manager, noted that the reservoir supplies roughly 70% of

Asheville’s drinking water — more than 14 million gallons per day — and called it one of the city’s greatest assets. “It’s been a long, hard road to get this project where it is today, and it’s very exciting to realize that this group has left a legacy for our community,” Carreiro said. “The tremendous benefits that will result from your hard work here will be felt for many years to come.”

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Council approves funding for Haywood Street development Development property between 157 and 261 Asheland Ave. for a similar project. However, the nonprofit abandoned the proposal after Black activists objected to the sale of the land, which the city had acquired as part of the East Riverside urban renewal program, to a whiteled organization. The new proposed location for the affordable development is between 343 and 357 West Haywood St. All of the apartments would be reserved for people earning less than 80% of the area median income ($60,100 for a family of four); up to half of those units could be available for those earning 30% AMI or less. During the Oct. 26 meeting, Wisler said that while she agreed with the need for affordable housing, Haywood Street Community Development had not yet secured funding for the roughly $8.3 million

When one door closes, another one opens. That’s at least true for Haywood Street Community Development, which after dropping previous plans for an affordable housing project due to community pushback is under contract for a new location in the West End/ Clingman Avenue Neighborhood. With only Gwen Wisler in opposition, the members of Asheville City Council approved an amended grant agreement with the nonprofit to cover an additional $225,000 in due diligence costs for the potential site Oct. 26. Together with a previous $71,000 grant, the city’s total investment in the 42-unit residential project now sits at $296,000, to be funded through $25 million in affordable housing bonds approved by voters in November 2016. The city had previously agreed to sell Haywood Street Community

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project. She argued that the city would lose its investment if the sale fell through or the nonprofit couldn’t fund construction. “What ‘due diligence’ did the city do to say that this project is going to get funded?” Wisler asked prior to the vote. “Do we have any other circumstances where we’ve committed funds — we clearly are already in for $71,000 — but this level of funds for any other project at this early stage in the development?” Nikki Reid, the city’s interim director of community and economic development, said that Haywood Street had confirmed $2 million in funding from the Dogwood Health Trust and had submitted a proposal through Buncombe County’s American Rescue Plan Act grant application process for another $2 million. The nonprofit also plans to ask the city for $2 million through its own ARPA funding process and will seek a bank loan for the remaining expenses. “It’s a valid point that these are risks. We realize that, as we look at development projects, there are some that do come to fruition and some that don’t,” Reid said. “But this is certainly the landscape that we find ourselves with funding affordable housing.” Vice Mayor Sheneika Smith said she shared Wisler’s concerns but believed that other sources of funding might follow after initial investments from the city. “I’ve been on board since day one,” Smith said. “I know it’s a deep risk and I know we don’t want to be the first people to put ourselves out there, but this is something I feel very compelled deeply to do.”

The Grind enters lease agreement; Council appoints P&Z member Council members unanimously approved a lease agreement with The Grind, a Black-owned coffee shop, for a city-owned property and structure at 8 River Arts Place. The Grind will be one of 58 Black-owned businesses to collaborate in an eco-

HOUSING OPTIONS: The new proposed location for the affordable development is within the West End/Clingman Avenue Neighborhood. All of the apartments would be reserved for people earning less than 80% of the area median income; up to half of those units could be available for those earning 30% AMI or less. Screen grab from Google Maps nomic development project known as Black Wall Street at the location. Before the vote, Smith asked that the terms of the lease agreement be amended to charge the new tenant $1 per year, instead of the $1,500 per month or $18,000 per year noted in the contract. She noted that the city has a similar arrangement with Mike DeWine, governor of Ohio and owner of the Asheville Tourists baseball team, for the leasing of McCormick Field. City Attorney Brad Branham said that the required legal notice for a lease amendment is 30 days. Council members thus agreed to approve the original lease agreement with the intention to amend the lease at a future meeting and reimburse the tenant for any difference in rent if the rate were lowered. A majority of Council members also voted to appoint Kelsey Simmons, who works as a program director at YMI Cultural Center and a real estate agent, to the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission. Smith and Sage Turner instead voted for Nicholas Dugan, while Kim Roney picked Sara Wilcox.

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Conference on reparations comes to UNCA Nov. 6 Activists, political leaders and people around the country are demanding reparations for Black residents. But what do reparations look like? And how do Asheville’s reparations efforts measure up to those of other cities? The eighth annual African Americans in Western North Carolina and Southern Appalachia Conference, presented by UNC Asheville, will examine both local and national reparations Saturday, Nov. 6. The free event takes place virtually 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and is open to the public. This year’s theme, Reparations, Revelations and Racial Justice: The Path Forward, will explore reparations efforts through a panel discussion and keynote speakers. Participants include former Asheville City Council member Keith Young; Rob Thomas of the Racial Justice Coalition; Dwight Mullen, UNCA professor emeritus and creator of The State of Black Asheville, an undergraduate research project that provides data about and analysis of racial disparities in Asheville; and Gholdy Muhammad, author of Cultivating Genius: An Equity Framework for Culturally and Historically Responsive Literacy. “When I think of reparations, I think of giving children and people in general what they need to thrive and to fill those gaps of what was not provided for them in terms of equity for all,” says Muhammad, a professor of language and literacy at Georgia State University who specializes in education equity. “We can have all of what our children need. We don’t have to have an either/or dilemma. We can have the skills and the state standards, but also the identity, the equity and the joy.” The event will also feature presentations from UNCA faculty and students on initial findings from the Urban Renewal Archival Database and the Lost Black Wealth Study. A virtual exhibit, Black in Black on Black, will explore the lives and contributions of African American communities in Western North Carolina. Asheville made national headlines in July 2020 after becoming one of the first cities in the country to pass a reparations resolution. The language charged the city with establishing a new commission to make short-, medium- and long-term recommendations to “address the creation of generational wealth” in the Black community and to “make significant progress toward repairing the damage caused by public and private

TALK ABOUT IT: With the theme of Reparations, Revelations and Racial Justice: The Path Forward, this year’s African Americans in Western North Carolina and Southern Appalachia Conference will explore reparations through talks and presentations from former Asheville City Council member Keith Young, right, and author and educator Gholdy Muhammad, among other speakers. Photos courtesy of Young and Muhammad systemic racism.” At a June 8 meeting, Asheville City Council voted to appropriate $2.1 million from the sale of city-owned land to establish initial funding for the program. “Resolutions are great beginnings,” says Tiece Ruffin, one of the event’s organizers and the interim director of Africana Studies at UNC Asheville. “It’s wonderful to have a legal document moving forward to say, ‘This is what we’re committed to, and we apologize.’ However, what do we do next? How do we actualize this so that it moves beyond promises and things we think are great ideas to actually moving the needle to have a paradigm for justice?”

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Asheville’s resolution supporting reparations had called for a joint city and county Community Reparations Commission to be established by July. The city has failed to meet that and other deadlines related to reparations, causing some community members to criticize the process. City Manager Debra Campbell hired consulting firm TEQuity for $366,000 to manage the program in September. The consulting fee will come out of the $2.1 million already set aside for reparations. Applications for the commission opened Oct. 18 and will be accepted through Monday, Nov. 15. Debra Clark Jones, president of TEQuity, told Council on Oct. 12

that appointments will be finalized by January. An Oct. 20 city press release also acknowledges community calls for the selection to be an “inclusive process that engages our Black community members” and linked to an online survey that asks for feedback on the application and nomination methods. “I am aware that there are some community members that believe that the process has not fully engaged the community,” says Ruffin. “I appreciate community members that have questioned the process because I believe that the community should engage as critical thinkers.” Young, who helped develop the reparations resolution but has been critical of Ashevile’s progress on racial equity since losing reelection in 2020, adds that the city should take unprecedented efforts to reach Asheville’s roughly 11,000 Black residents. He suggests that a door-to-door campaign similar to that used during the U.S. census should be considered to ensure as much participation as possible. “Every Black voice needs to be heard in some way, shape or form. We only have a small percentage of Black folks in Asheville. There needs to be an effort like nothing before for community engagement,” Young maintains. “Everybody can’t be a city manager. Everyone can’t be mayor or sit on Council. … Only a handful are going to be picked to represent their communities on [the Reparations Commission],” he continues. “But what everybody can do is lend their voice.” More information and registration for the event are available at avl.mx/apk.

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TDA to unveil plan for tourism grant funds by end of year It’s been more than 2 1/2 years since the Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority has had a clear process for awarding grants from its Tourism Product Development Fund, the portion of occupancy tax revenues devoted to community projects. But according to Vic Isley, president and CEO of the Explore Asheville Convention and Visitors Bureau, new guidelines should be in place by the start of 2022. During the Oct. 27 meeting of the BCTDA board, Isley said the authority would decide in the next few months how it will distribute the money, which totaled over $7.8 million as of Sept. 30. Previous projects to receive support from the fund include the Asheville Art Museum, John B. Lewis Soccer Complex and YMI Cultural Center. “That is a sizable amount of money sitting in that fund,” Isley said. “We plan to come back to you, the TDA board, before the end of this calendar year with a proposed way forward with those funds, ensuring alignment with broader community goals locally and with the state legislative requirements.” The authority collects a 6% occupancy tax on overnight stays in Buncombe County lodgings. State law requires that 75% of that revenue be used for advertising and public relations efforts to increase tourism, with the remaining 25% flowing into the TPDF to fund capital projects with the potential to boost tourism. The TPDF grant application process was paused in February 2019 after then-BCTDA president and CEO Stephanie Brown announced the Tourism Management and Investment Plan. That initiative sought to gather input from community leaders, residents and public entities to develop guidelines for investing occupancy tax revenues over the next decade. A roughly 40-person Community Leadership Council was convened to discuss the hospitality industry and its role in the local economy, and the authority conducted a study of tourism’s local impacts. The roughly $440,000 project was initially set to conclude in April 2020 but was put on hold after COVID-19 disrupted travel worldwide. Seeking to curb the pandemic’s economic impacts on tourism-related businesses, the TDA board voted

SPENDING MONEY: Proceeds from the Buncombe County occupancy tax helped pay for renovation of the Asheville Art Museum, along with other community projects. Photo by Mark Barrett, courtesy of AVL Watchdog to use TPDF money to create the Tourism Jobs Recovery Fund, a $5 million program that provided 394 grants of up to $50,000. The authority credits the fund with helping to preserve 97% of the businesses that accepted grants. Isley, who took the reins of Explore Asheville in December, said at the time she was “taking in perspectives” regarding the TMIP and did not provide more details or a revised timeline for grant awards. But in April, the BCTDA board voted unanimously to approve a $45,000 TPDF grant to cover a new air ionization system at the Wortham Center. Board member Andrew Celwyn voiced concern about approving the funds at that meeting: “No one else knows that we’re available for giving out grants because we hav-

en’t established anything,” he said. The board has not approved further TPDF grants since April. Isley did not clarify at the Oct. 27 meeting whether the authority planned to revisit the TMIP initiative, resume its application-based grant funding process or establish a new approach. She said the authority would wait to see whether state legislation changes the allocation of occupancy taxes, as well as how Buncombe County and the city of

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Q&A with Nnweyna Smith, founder of Sankofa Market AVL Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Nnweyna Smith frequently spoke with her stepmother, Beverly PeppersSmith, about the need for a safe place where Asheville’s Black small-business owners and entrepreneurs could showcase their goods and services. “I think she thought … not that I was crazy, but she’d look at me, like, ‘She’s so youthful and idealistic,’” Smith says. But with the increased community interest in racial equity following the Black Lives Matter protests of summer 2020 and new efforts undertaken by Black entrepreneurs to help grow their numbers — including Black Wall Street AVL and Noir Collective — Smith felt inspired to see her dream fulfilled. She launched Sankofa Market AVL in June. Taking its name from the Akan people of Ghana’s word for “to retrieve” — also symbolized by the mythical Sankofa bird that moves forward while looking back, holding in its beak an egg that represents the future — the pop-up market has been held every other week at YMI Cultural Center’s Impact Center, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. A new location and November market dates were still being finalized at press time. In the midst of those changes, Xpress spoke with Smith about launching the endeavor and the impacts she hopes it will have on the community at large. This interview has been condensed for length and edited for clarity. Are you originally from this area? I moved back to Asheville from Philadelphia — September made it two years. I’m trying to find my footing here, building a place where we could elevate local Black businesses. Sankofa Market is that. We’ve been trying to create a pop-up shop type of atmosphere where we can move around, showcase some artists or showcase services and also provide a safe place for African American people to showcase their work in Asheville. Because there’s not a lot of that here. What is your background in? Nonprofit management, mostly youth development work. I love working in the community, working with youth. But when the recession hit, I got laid off because a lot of the nonprofits lost grants and funding. I’ve always had a skill of doing what we call natural hair in the Black community, so I specialize

in locks and healing work like Reiki and readings. When I got laid off, it was an opportunity to grow my business, so I’ve been mostly doing that — natural hair, healing work and some contract work as far as youth development and event planning. I feel like Sankofa fits right into that — all the culture and event planning, putting everything together and putting it out there. Did you major in business in college? Or something similar? My bachelor’s in criminal justice, and my master’s is in human behavior with a concentration in addiction behavior. So, I have more of a clinical type of background, because in the beginning I wanted to be an FBI agent. I always thought I could go undercover, but because of my background and the neighborhood I come from, I was told by my professor that it wasn’t really a good fit. Instead, I chose to do more in youth development work. I did an internship in a community-based prison for the last coursework of my undergrad. At that time, I was thinking I would go into parole and probation work and build up to the FBI. But when I worked at the community-based prison, it just tugged at my heart so much, and I realized I need to work with the youth so they didn’t end up there. Who has helped you get Sankofa Market going? Bernard Oliphant [a community leader and retired federal civil service worker] has been instrumental. The city had an initiative called the Community Engagement Academy, and we participated in that. Shemekka Ebony [Stewart-Isaacs, founder of Black Girl Magic Market] was brought in from Raleigh to implement the program. Elder Bernard actually goes to the same church I was raised in, but we met in the Academy. Shemekka asked me one day, “Nnweyna, what is it that you want to do with this?” And I said, “We need a Black market.” That’s what I called it then. So she said, “Well, you need to talk to Elder Bernard and see what he thinks.” And I talked to him, and he said, “Nnweyna, this sounds like a great idea. Let’s do it!” So, we had the wheels going, and I felt like if I could get the buy-in from the community and the elders, maybe it can come out into the bigger picture of the city.

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that’s being underserved and lacks resources, and also give ourselves an opportunity to build some generational wealth. That’s the No. 1 thing: homeownership, business ownership, building wealth and supporting our community. I want my community to know that I’m here, I’m ready to work and I’m ready to elevate anyone who’s ready to partner. What other goals do you have for Sankofa Market? We need Black pop-up shops every weekend, all over the city, because there’s enough space for all of us. And if I can get at least 12 vendors to travel with me throughout Asheville, maybe across Western North Carolina, and have sort of a traveling Sankofa Market, that would be great. Then I would feel like I hit the mark. For more information, visit avl.mx/aph.

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Online Events = Shaded WELLNESS Free COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics FEMA’s mobile vaccine center will administer up to 250 vaccines each day. First and second doses as well as booster vaccines will be provided. WE (11/3, 10), TH (11/4, 11), F (11/5), SA (11/6, SU (11/7), MO (11/8), TU (11/9), 7am-7pm, Asheville Outlets, 800 Brevard Rd Yoga and the 12 Steps of Recovery (Y12SR) The Y12SR model addresses addiction as a physical, mental and spiritual disease. WE (11/3, 10), 8:30am, Free, Asheville Yoga Center, 211 S Liberty St Queer Trans Body Love: a Yoga Class in the Park All people across the LGBTQIA+ spectrum and allies are welcome. Meet at the bridge to the picnic pavilions. SA (11/6), MO (11/8), 11am, Carrier Park, 220 Amboy Rd Yoga in the Park Asheville An all-level Hatha/ Vinyasa flow taught by a certified yoga instructor, outdoors beside the French Broad River. SA (11/6), SU (11/7), 1:30pm, Carrier Park, 220 Amboy Rd Hip Hop Fitness at Highland Brewing Lead and follow format, outdoors. SU (11/7), 10am, Highland Brewing Co, 12 Old Charlotte Hwy Ben's Friends A local meeting of the national support group for people in the hospitality industry struggling with addiction. MO (11/8), 10am, Free, AB Tech Culinary Arts & Hospitality School, 30 Tech Dr Rise and Flow Yoga An outdoor session. TU (11/9), 9am, One World Brewing West, 520 Haywood Rd Steady Collective Syringe Access Outreach Free naloxone, syringes and educational material on harm reduction. TU (11/9), 2pm, Firestorm Books & Coffee, 610 Haywood Rd

Quest4Life 5Rhythms Waves Class Weekly instructional classes based on Gabrielle Roth's work. No dance experience necessary. TU (11/9), 7pm, $12-22, Terpsicorps Academy, 1501 Patton Ave Eco-Grief Circles Seven-week online session. Sponsored by the Creation Care Alliance. WE (11/3), 12pm, avl.mx/aey

ART Gallery Group Show: Haec Culti Through Nov. 9. WE (11/3), TH (11/4), FR (11/5), SA (11/6), SU (11/7), Continuum Art, 147 Ste C, 1st Ave E, Hendersonville A Dance of Images and Words: The Nancy Graves/Pedro Cuperman Tango Portfolio Exhibition presents Graves’s eight prints alongside the portfolio frontispiece as well as a page of Cuperman’s text. WE (11/3, 10), TH (11/4, 11), FR (11/5), SA (11/6), SU (11/7), MO (11/8), Asheville Art Museum, 2 S Pack Square Rural Avant-Garde: The Mountain Lake Experience Showcases a selection of collaborative creative works that emerged from nearly four decades of the Mountain Lake Workshop series, a program sited in rural southwestern Virginia. WE (11/3, 10), TH (11/4, 11), FR (11/5), SA (11/6), SU (11/7), MO (11/8), Asheville Art Museum, 2 S Pack Square Gestures: Mid-Century Abstraction from the Collection Explores works in a variety of media that speak to the vibrant abstract experiments in American art making during the middle of the 20th century. WE (11/3, 10), TH (11/4, 11), FR (11/5), SA (11/6), SU (11/7), MO (11/8), Asheville Art Museum, 2 S Pack Square Modernist Design at Black Mountain College Highlights the collection of design from Black Mountain College

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TELL TCHAIKOVSKY THE NEWS: The Brevard Philharmonic will present Sensational Strings Sunday, Nov. 7, at 3 p.m., at Brevard College’s Porter Center. The group’s first live concert since before the pandemic will feature works by Handel, Tchaikovsky, Holst and more. Pictured is concertmaster/violinist Kristine Candler. Photo courtesy of the Brevard Philharmonic and situates it in the context of its influences and surroundings at BMC. WE (11/3, 10), TH (11/4, 11), FR (11/5), SA (11/6), SU (11/7), MO (11/8), Asheville Art Museum, 2 S Pack Square Grounded Flow Exhibit featuring works by apprentices Caroline Woolard and Keira Peterson. WE (11/3, 10), TH (11/4, 11), FR (11/5), SA (11/6), SU (11/7), MO (11/8), TU (11/9), 10am, The Village Potters, 191 Lyman St, #180 The Price of Progress: Remembering the WNC Railroad and the People Who Built It An exhibit focusing on the builders of the Western North Carolina Railroad, the first rail line to penetrate the state’s mountain region and open it for trade and tourism. WE (11/3, 10), TH (11/4, 11), FR (11/5), SA (11/6), SU (11/7), TU (11/9), Mountain Gateway Museum and Heritage Center, 102 Water St, Old Fort Unearthing Our Forgotten Past Exhibit exploring the Spanish occupation of Fort San Juan and the native people who lived in the Joara area of WNC. Sponsored by the Western NC Historical Association. TH (11/4, 11), FR (11/5), SA (11/6), 10:30am, Smith-McDowell House Museum, 283 Victoria Rd

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First Friday at The Refinery View the surrealism paintings of Cheryl Eugenia Barnes, as well as other artists’ works throughout the building. FR (11/5), 5pm, Free, The Refinery AVL, 207 Coxe Ave Black in Black on Black Virtual Tour & Discussion Join curators and exhibiting artists for a virtual tour of the Center for Craft exhibition, followed by a panel discussion. WE (11/10), 6pm, Free, avl.mx/aq4

ART/CRAFT STROLLS & FAIRS Aurora Studio & Gallery’s Fun on Friday Arts/fundraising activity for Asheville visitors. To register, text Lori Greenberg at 828335-1038. Suggested donation. FR (11/5), 2:30pm, $20, The Refinery, 207 Coxe Ave SONshine Crafters Annual Craft Fair Featuring almost 50 craft vendors with a wide variety of products, baked goods, and Southern Hawg BBQ. SA (11/6), 9am, Free, Skyland First Baptist Church, 2115 Hendersonville Rd, Arden Weaverville Art Safari Fall Studio Tour A self-guided, free event that offers a unique look at the artists’ works in their

working environment. SU (11/7), Multiple Locations, Weaverville & Asheville Mountain Makers Craft Market A monthly indie art fair designed to cultivate community in WNC, with 20+ artisans selling handmade and vintage goods. SU (11/7), 12pm, Free, Haywood Square Plaza, 308 N. Haywood St, Waynesville

COMMUNITY MUSIC Brevard Philharmonic: Sensational Strings Limited tickets available. SU (11/7), 3pm, $37, Porter Center, 1 Brevard College Dr, Brevard

SPOKEN & WRITTEN WORD Miss Malaprop's Storytime Recommended for ages 3-9. WE (11/3), 10am, avl.mx/7b9 The World We Need: Stories and Lessons from America's Unsung Environmental Movement A discussion between The World We Need editor Audrea Lim, and contributor Nick Mullins. WE (11/3), 6pm, Registration required, avl.mx/aql

Malaprop's Book Club Participants will discuss Coming into the Country by John McPhee. WE (11/3), 7pm, Registration required, avl.mx/9s5 Annual Fall Book Sale From the Friends of the Madison County Library. WE (11/3), TH (11/4), FR (11/5), SA (11/6), 10am, Marshall Public Library, 1335 N Main St, Marshall The Beer Bible: Second Edition Book Discussion NC writer Bryan Roth will moderate a discussion between author Jeff Alworth and Highland CEO Leah Wong Ashburn. In partnership with Malaprop's. TH (11/4), 6pm, Free, Highland Brewing Co, 12 Old Charlotte Hwy Malaprop's Crime and Politics Book Club Participants will discuss Death in Mud Lick by Eric Eyre. TH (11/4), 7pm, avl.mx/ahj

for the library. SA (11/6), 10am, Fairview Library, 1 Taylor Rd, Fairview Poetrio: Arhm Choi Wild, David Keplinger, Rick Campbell Free monthly event. SU (11/7), 3pm, Registration required, avl.mx/aqm

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Andrew Lawler presents Under Jerusalem In partnership with Malaprop's, Congregation Beth Israel, Asheville JCC, Center for Jewish Studies UNCA and Congregation Beth Ha Tephila. In person and online. SU (11/7), 7pm, Registration required, Congregation Beth Israel, 229 Murdock Ave

Live from WVL Radio Theatre: The Word Exchange A world premier play based on the novel by Alena Graedon. In-person and virtual tickets available. WE (11/3, 10), TH (11/4, 11), FR (11/5), SA (11/6), 7:30pm, SU (11/7), 2pm, $25, North Carolina Stage Company, 15 Stage Ln

LitCafé: Dr. Barbara Duncan Presents Living Stories of the Cherokee Author Dr. Barbara Duncan presents this collection of Cherokee stories. TU (11/9), 6pm, Free$5, avl.mx/aq2

The Magnetic Theatre and Delighted Tobehere present Drag 101 A comedic, live singing A to Z course in drag. TH (11/4), FR (11/5), SA (11/6), SU (11/7), 7:30pm, $25, The Magnetic Theatre, 375 Depot St

Reader Meet Writer: Frankie & Bug with Gayle Forman The author of Frankie & Bug discusses her book. Sponsored by Malaprop's. TH (11/4), 7pm, Registration required, avl.mx/aoi

UNC Press Presents Michael Graff & Nick Ochsner, Authors of The Vote Collectors A conversation with the authors, moderated by Christopher Cooper. In-person or online. WE (11/10), 6pm, Registration required, Malaprop's Bookstore and Cafe, 55 Haywood St

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Clue Directed by Jeff Cantanese. Based on the cult classic movie, and the board game. Limited seating. FR (11/5), SA (11/6), 7:30pm, SU (11/7), 2:30pm, $15-26, Asheville Community Theatre, 35 E Walnut St

BENEFITS Only Hope WNC: Sleepout Inviting residents of WNC to sleep outside

in honor of National Youth Awareness Month. Proceeds benefit Only Hope WNC. FR (11/5), 6pm, $25, One Historic Courthouse Square, Hendersonville 7th Annual Veterans Day 5K & Fun Run To benefit the Sgt. S. Matthew Baynard Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to funding athletic opportunities and training for children and young adults. SA (11/6), 9am, Mills River Park, 124 Town Center Dr, Mills River 41st Annual Smoky Mountain Toy Run Bring a toy worth $15 or more, to benefit Eblen Charities. Parade begins 1pm. SA (11/6), 10am, Kearfott, 2858 US Hwy 70, Black Mountain Coats for the Cold Individuals lacking in coats, hats, gloves, scarves, and hand warmers are welcome. All items will be distributed on a firstcome-first-serve basis. For more information, call 828-254-1529. SA (11/6), 12pm, Western Carolina Rescue Ministries, 225 Patton Ave

CLASSES, MEETINGS & EVENTS Asheville Garden Club: Fall Planning & Planting for Spectacular Early Spring Blooms A discussion of flowers for that enjoy a cold start, and when and where to plant them. WE (11/3), 9:30am, All Souls Cathedral, 9 Swan St WNC Nature Center Virtual Costume Contest Take a picture of your child and/or family in their Halloween costume and email it to intern@wildwnc.org by Wednesday, November 3. Voting will start on November 7 on the WNC Nature Center Facebook page for the spookiest, most creative, and animal/nature themed costumes. WE (11/3) Where Building Science Meets Climate Science Presented by AIA Asheville and CASE Consultants International. In person and online. TH (11/4), The Collider, 1 Haywood St, Suite 401 Laurel Chapter of the Embroiderers' Guild of America Cathryn Herrell, founding member, will lead members to create a holiday ornament without using a pattern. TH (11/4), 9:30am, Cummings United Methodist Church, 3 Banner Farm Rd, Horse Shoe

WNCHA Presents: Adventures in Mountain By-Ways: 1874 Illustrations for The Land of the Sky Mike McCue will share his research, reading passages from The Land of the Sky and describing how these historic images came about. TH (11/4), 6pm, avl.mx/9bn WNC Sierra Club: Bird Migration of America and Europe with Simon Thompson Listen to local ornithologist and owner Simon Thompson, for insight into bird migration both here in Eastern North America and Europe. TH (11/4), 7pm, avl.mx/aox Wolf Howl Learn about the red and gray wolves of North America. This adult focused program starts with an indoor presentation, followed by a trek to the onsite wolf habitats. FR (11/5), 6pm, WNC Nature Center, 75 Gashes Creek Rd Hemlock Treatment Demo The Hemlock Restoration Initiative is partnering with the Flat Rock Playhouse to host a demonstration of chemical treatment methods to control the invasive hemlock woolly adelgid. SA (11/6), 9:30am, $20, Flat Rock Playhouse, 2661 Hwy 225, Flat Rock African Americans in WNC & Southern Appalachia Conference Featuring keynote speakers and panel discussions connected to this year’s theme: Reparations, Revelations & Racial Justice: The Path Forward. Open to everyone. SA (11/6), 10am, Free, avl.mx/8g1 Say "I Do" Hendersonville Bridal Show Approximately 30 vendors will showcase examples of their work. SA (11/6), 10am, Blue Ridge Community College Conference Hall, 49 E Campus Dr, Flat Rock Time to Tell Your Life Story Workshop With Deborah Wilbrink, author of Time to Tell Your Personal & Family History. Practice a different writing technique for each of your personal story elements. SA (11/6), 10am, The Writers' Workshop, 387 Beaucatcher Rd Treasured Tree Walk Join the Swannanoa Valley Treasured Tree Alliance on a walking tour of the downtown loop of Treasured Trees. A tree dedication will follow the two mile walk.

SA (11/6), 10am, Swannanoa Valley Museum, 223 W State St, Black Mountain PumpkinPOST All pumpkins that are still edible will be donated to Bounty & Soul, while carved pumpkins will be smashed for composting. SA (11/6), 2pm, Dr. John Wilson Community Garden, 99 White Pine Dr, Black Mountain Miss Blue Ridge Valley & Miss Asheville An open scholarship competition. SA (11/6), 6pm, Colonial Theatre, 53 Park St, Canton F&B Worker Meet and Greet Meet others who are interested in organizing for a better workplace and hear about an upcoming campaign. Outdoors. SU (11/7), 4pm, Catawba Brewing South Slope, 32 Banks Ave, Ste 105 Appalachian Experience: The Scots-Irish in Appalachia This presentation will provide a deeper understanding of who the Scots Irish were and how they left their mark on our region. MO (11/8), 6:30pm, $8-12, avl.mx/ar3 Farm Dreams Workshop An entry-level workshop regarding sustainable farming. Sliding scale. TU (11/9), 6pm, $35, avl.mx/aq1 Virtual Hendersonville Green Drinks: Neighborhood Hawks John Lane, Emeritus Professor of environmental studies at Wofford College, will be presenting on his book called Neighborhood Hawks. Presented by MountainTrue and Conserving Carolina. TH (11/11), 6pm, Free, avl.mx/aq6

FOOD & BEER RAD Farmers Market Year-round, midweek market featuring 30+ local farmers, makers, bakers, and craft artisans. WE (11/3, 10), 3pm, Pleb Urban Winery, 289 Lyman St Jackson Arts Market Every Saturday through Dec. 18. SA (11/6), 1pm, 533 W Main St, Sylva West Asheville Tailgate Market Local market, every Tuesday. TU (11/9), 3:30pm, 718 Haywood Rd

FESTIVALS 2nd Annual Asheville Tattoo Arts Convention & Festival Artists, vendors, entertainment, seminars

and contests. FR (11/5), SA (11/6), SU (11/7), $20-40, Harrah's Cherokee Center - Asheville, 87 Haywood St Spiritual Fusions Psychic & Holistic "Pop-Up" Expo Featuring 40 psychics, mediums, holistic healers, artisans, vendors and aura photography. SA (11/6), SU (11/7), 10am, WNC Ag Center (Boone Building), 761 Boylston Hwy, Fletcher 10th Annual Tryon Beer Festival Regional beer tasting, local food favorites, live music and more. 21+ event, no pets and no weapons. SA (11/6), 1pm, Free$40, Tryon Depot Plaza, Depot St, Tryon Dogwood Alliance 25th Anniversary Virtual Festival Including award-winning documentary films, stories, musical performances, and more, with virtual access Nov. 7–14. Suggested donation. SU (11/7), Free-$15, avl.mx/aq0 The Venardos Circus A unique Broadway-style circus. WE (11/3, 10), TH (11/4, 9), FR (11/5), SA (11/6), SU (11/7), 4pm, $17-27, Asheville Outlets, 800 Brevard Rd Cold Mountain 25th Anniversary With live music and food trucks. TH (11/11), Highland Brewing Co, 12 Old Charlotte Hwy

SPIRITUALITY Online Baha'i Sunday Devotional An informal, unstructured gathering. SU (11/7), 10am, avl.mx/a9m Baha'i Holy Day Observance and Devotions The observation of the birth of Bahá’u’lláh, founder of the Baha'i faith. All are welcome. SU (11/7), 4pm, Free, avl.mx/ar4 Baha'i Fireside: The Purpose and Unity of Religion 'Abdu'l-Baha's teachings about the nature of religions into focus. All are welcome. TU (11/9), 7pm, Free, avl.mx/aq3

VOLUNTEERING Experiential Garden Volunteers Needed Looking for volunteers who are interested in landscaping, gardening, carpentry, and art. Please contact Polly Phillips at pphillips@ verneremail.org. Ongoing, Verner Center for Early Learning, 2586 Riceville Rd

aims high in its seventh year This season, Give!Local donors could help Asheville’s one-stop platform for philanthropy top $1 million. Since Mountain Xpress launched the annual campaign in 2015, the community has helped raise over $750,000, benefiting more than 100 area nonprofits.

Entering its seventh year, the 2021 Give!Local Guide includes 46 participating nonprofits. Five of these organizations — Asheville Humane Society, Friends of the WNC Nature Center, Homeward Bound, MountainTrue and Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy — have been involved in the annual guide since its debut. This year, we also welcome several new participants, including Aurora Studio & Gallery, Caring for Children, Environmental Quality Institute, NAMI Western Carolina, WNC Superheroes and YMI Cultural Center. Please show them some love! With global supply shortages looming, holiday shopping is going to be more challenging than ever. Why not consider giving the gift of nonprofit support to your loved ones? Let us know in your order the name and address of the person you’re honoring, and we’ll send a holiday card on your behalf informing them about your donation. Additionally, if your donation is $75 or more, we’ll send a reward voucher book to you and your honoree. Talk about the gift that keeps on giving. Here are three more reasons (among many others) that you may want to check out Give!Local for your end-of-year giving: • Every penny counts. Thanks to a partnership with Blue Mountain Pizza, 100% of your donation will go directly to the nonprofits of your choice. • Flexible options. You can give to as many participating nonprofits as you like in one easy transaction. • Locally based rewards. If you give $25 or more, you’ll get a voucher book with freebies and special deals from great local businesses. And there are two more tiers of extra rewards you can earn with your gen2 erosity! At $400 in total gifts, 2 0 donors will get an envelope 0 Vouc 2 her Book 2 full of gift cards; at $1,500 or 2 0 Vouche 2 2 more, givers will receive a r B oo k 1 2 basket full of local goodies. 0

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BY JESSICA WAKEMAN jwakeman@mountainx.com The room is quiet and dimly lit, with two rose quartz lamps glowing softly. A lotus flower adorns the wall, and two ceiling fans lazily circulate. Nine students lay mats on the floor beside foam blocks and blankets. The gathering looks like many other yoga classes in Asheville. But this Tuesday morning class at Asheville Community Yoga is called “Yoga for Cancer Recovery,” and the instructor, Dr. Robyn Tiger, is a trained yoga therapist as well as a physician. For 75 minutes, she slowly guides students through the yoga poses called asanas. They point their feet up and draw circles in the air with their big toes; they roll their shoulders back and forth. They lunge forward on their mats and hold their arms to the ceiling for Warrior 1 pose, then bring their arms parallel to the floor as they transition to Warrior II pose. “It doesn’t matter how much you move; it only matters how you move,”

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Tiger tells her students. “And only you can decide that.” The class ends with Savasana, the final resting pose. Tiger gently unfolds blankets over her students, then pulls the curtains closed so the room is in darkness. “Be kind to one another and be kind to yourself,” she says gently.

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People begin yoga practice for many reasons: loosening tight necks, improving posture, looking more toned in skinny jeans. Lowering stress is another common entry point to the discipline, and research affirms that yoga offers mental health benefits for people with cancer as well. The practice has a stamp of approval from both the American Cancer Society and Breastcancer.org. In a 2017 analysis of 24 studies about yoga and mental health in female breast cancer patients and survivors, the authors concluded that yoga improves health-related quality of life. A 2018 study found that yoga therapy can alleviate anxiety symptoms in cancer patients. And research published

in 2021 determined that yoga therapy reduces the symptoms of cancer-related fatigue, with the biggest benefit for women with breast cancer. Prior to Tiger’s class, ACY hadn’t offered yoga tailored to the unique needs of cancer survivors. While Asheville is brimming with yoga instructors, fewer practice yoga therapy, which requires extensive specialized training. Anyone on the cancer journey can attend the class. However, most of its students are recovering from cancer, “which for many really is the most stressful time,” explains Tiger. “Because all of a sudden the doctor’s like, ‘OK, you’re good, we’re done!’ And there’s nobody watching them anymore.” Recovery is an ideal time to practice yoga, she continues. “Chronic stress makes it so our immune system isn’t functioning to the capacity that it should,” she explains. “It’s really important to get that stress down, especially in that recovery period.” Student Shoshana Slatky of Woodfin calls the class “a goddess-send.” She has attended Yoga for Cancer Recovery

Alcohol and teen parties don’t mix. Even if an adult is present, while facing recurrences of an aggressive cancer, including while undergoing chemotherapy and radiation. “I dragged myself here even when it was really tough,” she says. “I was trying to survive. And I know that … doing healthful things for myself was going to help accomplish that goal.”

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The International Association of Yoga Therapists describes yoga therapy as “eliminating, reducing or managing symptoms that cause suffering; improving function; helping to prevent the occurrence or reoccurrence of underlying causes of illness; and moving toward improved health and well-being.” Tiger came to the field after 15 years in mainstream medicine as a diagnostic radiologist; she often worked in women’s imaging, primarily looking for breast cancer. But what she saw from patients beyond the X-rays and MRI scans, she says, had the most impact. “I saw physical, emotional psychological debilitation that was coming from them hearing ‘You have cancer,’” Tiger recalls. “I wanted to do more. I would go home and actually cry sometimes, [asking] what else can I do for people?” The work took an emotional toll on her, and she felt consumed by anxiety and stress; she also lost three medical colleagues to suicide. Tiger turned to yoga practice to support her own mental health and eventually became certified as a yoga therapist in 2013. Some of her first students were cancer patients at the New Jersey location of Gilda’s Club, a nonprofit for people with cancer and their loved ones. In addition to offering yoga therapy, Tiger is the founder of wellness practice StressFreeMD and works directly with burnt-out physicians. She describes her work as teaching people “how to manage their mind and how to work with their own physiology,” with a focus on self-care that she believes is missing from medical education.

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Tiger’s trauma-informed pedagogy in yoga therapy contrasts with regular yoga classes, where “the students are conforming to the teacher, independent of what’s going on with them,” she says. “I always let my students know that everything I share is an invitation for you to try. If something doesn’t feel good for you, that’s OK. If you want to rest, that’s OK.” Those offerings include numerous modifications to traditional yoga moves that accommodate decreased range of motion and other challeng-

es unique to cancer survivors. Some survivors may have injured muscles from breast reconstruction surgery, while others may have had lymph nodes removed. Students can have lymphedema, or swelling in the arms or legs; osteoporosis from decreased estrogen; neuropathy, which is numbness in the hands and feet as a side effect from chemo; or hot flashes from being forced into menopause. Unlike in a regular yoga class where the teacher adjusts student poses, Tiger says, “I don’t touch — I use my words.” This hands-off approach helps her students, who may have decreased immune function, feel safer. Slatky, who has experienced lymphedema and neuropathy, appreciates this care. “Sometimes her doctor side comes out more if you ask her certain questions, so I feel I can really trust how she’s leading us,” she says of Tiger. “I don’t have to worry, ‘Does this person know how to work with a cancer patient?’” Student Barbara Michalove of Asheville recalls Tiger telling the class that “doing nothing is something,” explaining, “You can come to the class, and if you’re not feeling up to doing everything, you can just come and be a part of the class.” At one recent class, Michalove continues, she couldn’t participate but still sat among her classmates.

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Students describe Yoga for Cancer Recovery as providing more than breathwork, exercise or meditation. The community formed among fellow travelers on the cancer journey is essential. It’s a relief “to be around people that know the difficulties” of cancer, says Vicky DeKoster of South Asheville. “It’s easier to speak with people who’ve been through it and just say what you need to get out without worrying your friends or family.” Michalove says Tiger encourages students not to feel embarrassment about letting the tears flow during class. This openness is welcomed by a group who is repeatedly told they are strong, tough fighters and may feel they need to put on a brave face for loved ones. “It’s kind of like a cleansing relief,” explains DeKoster, of the safe space to cry. “You don’t even realize you’ve got it bottled up in there.” Tiger “says, ‘Let it out, let it out,’” adds Michalove. “Well, I’ve got that down really good.” She is an older student and new to yoga practice. “I never thought that I would do yoga when it was mentioned to me,” Michalove tells Xpress. “And now, I think I’ll never not do yoga.” X

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Ann Miller Woodford is many things, but one thing she’s admittedly not is “a data person.” Instead of making sense of the world through statistics, the Andrews-based artist, author and activist takes creative approaches and shares them through paintings, books, public speaking and other actions that focus on racial justice and equity. This commitment dovetails nicely with her involvement in the multiyear Heart of Health: Race, Place and Faith in Western North Carolina project, which approaches those topics from a social science standpoint. Together, Woodford and colleagues created Black in Black on Black: Making the Invisible Visible, an exhibit that pairs area artists’ work with the research team’s findings, resulting in a stunning,

EYE CONTACT: Ann Miller Woodford’s paintings “Queen,” left, and “He” serve as foundational pieces for the collaborative art and social science exhibit, Black in Black on Black. Images courtesy of Woodford well-rounded experience that grants greater meaning to each component. The collaborative project opened Sept. 6 in the John Cram Partner Gallery at the Center for Craft and will be on display through the first week of January. The selected artwork and the study’s key findings are viewable online and will soon be joined by a virtual tour by Saturday, Nov. 6, in time for UNC Asheville’s African Americans in Western North Carolina and Southern Appalachia conference.

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In 2019, Ameena Batada, UNCA professor of health and wellness; JéWana Grier-McEachin, executive director of the Asheville Buncombe Institute of Parity Achievement; and Jill Fromewick, a research scientist at the Mountain Area Health Education Center, were awarded a three-year, $350,000 Interdisciplinary Research Leaders fellowship from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Together, they set out to explore rural African Americans’ perceptions of racism and health, and investigate the association between racism and health outcomes. Helping steer their research was a community advisory board composed of 10 individuals, mostly African American, from across Western North Carolina, representing a variety of professional expertise and experience. 24

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According to Batada, the study has three main components. The team conducted a secondary data analysis, in which they worked with a statistician to understand mortality in the region and across North Carolina, as well as the difference between rural and urban populations, particularly African American. They also did historical and archival research, consulting U.S. census data beginning in the late 1700s to gauge the percentage of WNC’s African American population over time, as well as government data regarding social determinants of health, utilization of health care and related matters for that particular community. “And then the last part of it was interviews that we did and oral history coding,” Batada says, referring to the way people answer questions rather than what they say. “We tried to complement the quantitative data with qualitative data and use story data to help bring more richness to those numbers. Nobody wants to be simply a stat, so that was really important to us.” Woodford, author of When All God’s Children Get Together: A Celebration of the Lives and Music of African American People in Far Western North Carolina, is among the advisory board members. “They reached out to me because they wanted to find out what I know about the African American people and the disparities in health and dis-

parities all over that we have in this region,” Woodford says. “They consider me a mentor to the group, and I go out and talk with people and try to bring back the information.” Through the project, Woodford was reminded that people of all skin colors in the far western part of the state are notoriously private and don’t like to speak about their health. “It’s difficult to help them if they won’t talk, but we’ll continue to try,” she says. “After the project is finished at end of the year, we’ll continue to keep doing as much research as we can.” According to Batada, the study’s key findings are that data on Black and African American populations is fairly limited in WNC, particularly in the more rural counties. And when data is available, racial inequities exist across everything from health outcomes to such determinants as owner-occupied households and the prevalence of Black farmers compared to the overall population. “Despite this apparent invisibility, there are really rich stories of the contributions that Black and African American populations are making in this region — but you have to pay attention,” Batada says. “And [these populations] need to be integrated into the public health and health care systems, so that that community is also prioritized.”

THE COMPLETE PICTURE

Working with Woodford and fellow artists Ronda Birtha and Viola Spells, the Heart of Health team saw the potential to have their research reach a greater audience through the power of art — a mindset sparked by one of Woodford’s oil paintings. “It really started when we saw ‘Queen,’” Grier-McEachin says. “The art was just so striking, and ‘Queen’ is the opposite of invisibility.” Just as the people in Woodford’s paintings turn their gaze back on the viewer, Batada feels that Birtha’s conversational photographs — which include Woodford’s late father, Purel Miller — invite onlookers into the subjects’ homes. She adds that Spells’ jewelry and sculptural pieces likewise exude a distinct, tangible history that sheds light on long-held African American artistic traditions. As for the exhibit’s title, Black in Black on Black is also the name of Woodford’s recent series of paintings, which the artist says is about African American people emerging out of darkness after a long period of reserved behavior. “People say, ‘I don’t see color,’ and they mean something good by that. They mean to say that they’re looking at people as people, but it’s not a

good thing to say,” Woodford says. “I always try to be sure to let them know, ’Don’t say that, because that means I’m invisible. If you don’t see me, if you can’t see me, then you don’t see a person. You don’t see my heart, my spirit, my love, my care for the community.’ So that is very important.” Asheville-based artist Reggie Tidwell tied the various pieces and research together with his design work, and upon seeing the complete exhibit, the Heart of Health team experienced an epiphany regarding how to share data. “As a researcher, I feel more accountable and challenged to ensure that my research is relevant and makes a difference in some way,” Batada says. “One of the things that people who come to the exhibit have been telling me, especially my colleagues at UNCA, is that this is such a wonderful way to make research findings tangible, understandable and relatable to people who don’t read and use research on a daily basis.” Grier-McEachin likewise witnessed the power of this presentation on the public. “It was interesting to see an intergenerational appreciation for the exhibit,” she says. “During opening night, there were older people, but there were also teenagers who came through and were able to talk with the artists and have meaningful conversations with them.” All three artists and the three researchers will take part in a guided virtual tour of the exhibition and a panel discussion on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 6-8 p.m. Once Black in Black on Black ends its run at the Center for Craft, Woodford says it will be moved to the Mountain Heritage Center at Western Carolina University for a few months. After that, it will likely find a home at a few other locations across the area, and she plans to add new work for these subsequent moves. “I’ve had people up in Highlands and at Mars Hill [University] and different places like that asking me about displaying,” Woodford says. “I have to paint seriously so I’ll have some work for them.” X

WHAT Black in Black on Black: Making the Invisible Visible WHERE Center for Craft, 67 Broadway. avl.mx/ajd WHEN Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.- 6 p.m., through Jan. 7

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Beer without the buzz

Breweries, bars and entertainment venues ponder nonalcoholic beer options BY KAY WEST kwest@mountainx.com My long, and until recently, happy relationship with beer began as a child, Saturday nights at my grandparents’ home in a small blue-collar town south of Philadelphia. At their Formica kitchen table, while I enjoyed a rare treat of Coca-Cola, they enjoyed Schlitz beer poured into small Pilsner glasses kept in their freezer. (God save the child that used one of those glasses for milk. “It’s ruined!” Alton would declare before tossing it in the garbage.) My relationship with beer continued to evolve with new flavors introduced in every city I lived in: Rolling Rock in Wilmington, Del., where I grew up; Miller Lite when I moved to New York City; and Lone Star longnecks while visiting my family when they moved to Texas. I only met craft beer once I moved to Nashville when Yazoo Brewing Co. opened in 2003 — after that, there was no turning back. Relocating to Asheville in 2019, I spent my first year exploring the city’s seemingly endless craft beer options. When COVID-19 locked taprooms up tighter than a drum, I bought my favorites at retail outlets and continued enjoying the liquid gold on my deck through the summer of 2020. But that fall, inexplicably and overnight, alcohol turned on me. The smallest amount — an ounce of vodka, 2 ounces of organic wine, 6 ounces of moderately low ABV beer — would take me out for the entire next day, putting my head in a vise and my brain in a fog machine that made writing a moderately clever sentence impossible. I consulted multiple professionals, took many tests, and still, I remain a medical mystery. So, I stopped drinking, going through one of the most fraught eras in history stone-cold sober, dry but not high. One silver lining was the discovery of the explosion of the nonalcoholic beer industry — not only in quantity but quality. There are nonalcoholic beer choices that are so remarkably close to the real thing — particularly when poured into a chilled Yazoo pint glass — that I checked the cans to be sure I hadn’t mixed it up with a real beer hopefully awaiting my attention in the back of the fridge. I’ve also since discovered I’m not alone in my new drink of choice. Local residents have multiple and 26

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CHEERS: Lindsay Levine, left, and Brooke Randle raise a toast to nonalcoholic beer. Photo by Levine varied reasons for leading nonalcoholic lifestyles. But finding breweries and venues that serve nonalcoholic beers remains a challenge. For those in the local beer, service and entertainment industries, the reasons for or against including these products are equally as varied, though for breweries, it is predominantly tied to costs and the complexity of brewing nonalcoholic options.

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Brooke Randle, staff reporter for Xpress, and Lindsay Levine, newly hired general manager for Harvest Pizzeria, both say their sober-month experiments turned into an ongoing choice. “I’m not much of a cocktail drinker, so when I went out and wanted an alcoholic beverage, it was beer,” says Randle, whose first job was in a microbrewery. “During the pandemic, I was trying to be healthy and in a good head space, so I decided to take a little break. It had a really positive effect on my life, and a month turned into over a year.” Levine had a similar experience. “I’m not a big drinker, I’m a mom,” the former Wicked Weed bartender says. “But even a beer or a glass or two of wine made me feel foggy the

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next morning when I had to get my kid up for school.” Initially, Levine planned to forgo alcohol for the month of February. But in the process, she discovered feeling the best she had in years. So, she decided to stick with it. And while happy with their choices, Randle and Levine — who met while both bartended at Thirsty Monk — still wanted to partake in social gatherings without having to nurse a glass of water or soda. Nonalcoholic beers were an option, albeit a difficult one to come by. That all changed for Randle after discovering a variety of options at The Whale in West Asheville. The venue, Randle says, is her new happy place and where she and Levine sometimes meet for a tasty IPA, minus the alcohol.

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Randle can thank Doug Ross, father of Whale co-owner Andrew Ross, for the multiple selections of nonalcoholic beers available at the West Asheville spot (in addition to the business’s other locations). “My dad doesn’t drink anymore, so it was important to me and out of respect for him that we always had something that was an option for him when he came to The Whale,” Ross explains.

When The Whale opened four years ago, the first nonalcoholic beer it carried was Einbecker, a traditional German lager. After being well-received, the company expanded its search, which Ross points out coincided with a time when the nonalcoholic beer market was expanding. “We started to see new producers in nonalcoholic options that were still craft-beer-driven,” he says. “We started to see IPA without alcohol, then nonalcoholic variations on darker beer, and now we’re starting to see nonalcoholic fruited sours and nonalcoholic hazy IPAs and nonalcoholic imperial stouts. It’s such a departure from anything you’d expect. We really embrace it.” Today, The Whale carries at least 10 nonalcoholic beers on its menu. “We want to be sure we are always carrying the highest quality of everything, including nonalcoholic options,” Ross says. “It’s not something sitting in a dusty mop closet, and if someone wants one, we’ll quickly chill it for you. We want to be as proactive with it as possible and offer it with as much enthusiasm as any other option.”

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Unfortunately for nonalcoholic beer enthusiasts, similar options are not available at Asheville breweries, despite a growing trend within the industry. According to an August report published by The Business Research Co., the global nonalcoholic beer market was expected to grow from $15.09 billion in 2020 to $16.65 billion in 2021. According to the same study, 2020 sales for nonalcoholic beers were largest in North America. Meanwhile, major players like Anheuser-Busch and Coors are developing new options, and companies such as WellBeing Brewing Co. and Athletic Brewing Co. are solely dedicated to brewing craft, nonalcoholic beer. “There are a number of conversations happening on a larger scale in the country and the world about traditional breweries getting into nonalcoholic beer,” says Leah Rainis, executive director of the Asheville Brewers Alliance. “I have not heard that discussion locally among our members. I can’t tell you how many times I am asked if there are any breweries in Western North Carolina making nonalcoholic beer. I have to tell them no.

It is prohibitively expensive and complicated for small, independent breweries to add that to their production.” Drew Kostic, head brewer at Archetype Brewing since July, concurs. “I am not a nonalcoholic beer expert, but I am certain that the sticker price for entry would be very, very high, especially for breweries of our size,” he says. He points out that the testing involved in meeting the strict standards applied when labeling beer as nonalcoholic would add additional costs and compliance issues. Such variables for a product with an uncertain return don’t leave much incentive for local breweries. “Operationally, the vast majority of product you make is with alcohol,” continues Kostic. “If only 10% of your volume goes through this expensive new equipment, that’s a very small use for that investment. It makes sense for a company exclusively devoted to making nonalcoholic beer, or the huge national breweries or maybe a bigger place like New Belgium.” Or maybe not (or at least not yet), says Michael Craft, New Belgium Asheville community and communications ambassador. “I am not a brewer, but from what I understand producing nonalcoholic

beer is very complicated and very expensive,” he says. Nevertheless, Craft says, the company is testing the market, offering non-New Belgium nonalcoholic beers at the company’s Fort Collins, Colo., taproom. If consumer demand supports the addition, a similar option could arrive in Asheville. Open-mindedness, Craft points out, is part of New Belgium’s history and philosophy. “We were a Belgian-style brewery for a very long time, and we evolved out of our ‘category’ with the IPA segment that has been on fire for us. Last year, we came out with a fruit smash seltzer. I can assure you the conversation about nonalcoholic beer is happening, and it’s a business model we are keeping our eye on.” PRO-CHOICE With her professional experiences in the service industry, Levine says she and many other servers in the local scene would like to have nonalcoholic options to offer inebriated customers as an alternative to cutting them off, which almost always results in a confrontation. She suggests that if local breweries find making their own nonalcoholic beers cost- and

space-prohibitive, these businesses should still consider carrying a national brand devoted exclusively to the product. “We’re not in competition with them,” she continues. “And we don’t know what that market would be unless we offer the option.” Offering the option is a start. Some months ago, I attended a show at a local club. When I asked the bartender what nonalcoholic beer was available, she practically scoffed at me. “We don’t,” she replied. “They don’t sell.” After buying a water and putting a tip on the bar, I pointed out it’s hard to sell something not available. Some entertainment venue owners, however, get it. Katie Hild, marketing manager for Salvage Station, reports that in addition to Shanti Elixirs, Yerba Mate, Fonta Flora Brewery sparkling water and nonalcoholic ginger beer, the venue offers the popular Heineken 0.0. “We are very open to customer suggestions to carry specific brands,” she says. Asheville Pizza & Brewing President Mike Rangel says Rabbit Rabbit, the entertainment venue he co-owns, has hopped on the sober-friendly wagon. “We are definitely in the nonalcoholic game with three different nonalcoholic beers from Athletic Brewing Co., as

well as Hop Water from Lagunitas Brewing,” he writes in an email exchange. “The nonalcoholic segment of the population continues to grow, and we are committed to providing as many alternatives as possible.” Back at The Whale, Andrew Ross agrees. “American culture is deeply rooted in alcohol consumption; it always has been and always will be. But not everyone can or wants to consume alcohol. We want to make sure we provide a space so that those don’t have to be exclusive of each other. You can still enjoy the experience of having a cold beer in your hand and the taste of a cold beer, without alcohol attached to that experience.” Personally, as someone who enjoyed tasting a variety of craft beers at The Whale my first year in Asheville, I am glad to know I can join Randle and Levine there for nonalcoholic options. But as someone who also spent many a solitary late afternoon on New Belgium’s deck, decompressing after work with a Voodoo Ranger IPA, watching the French Broad River roll by, let me be clear that a glass of water just doesn’t cut it. I’m pulling for New Belgium’s trial run in Fort Collins to make its way to Asheville. First round’s on me. X

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Abby Bryant & The Echoes, Brett Naucke and Sally Ann Morgan release new albums First off, the Asheville-based band formerly known as Downtown Abby & The Echoes is in no way a reference to the popular PBS series “Downton Abbey.” Singer-songwriter Abby Bryant adopted what she calls that “fun, kitschy, silly bar-band name” when she and guitarist Bailey Faulkner were first playing watering holes in Boone and Charlotte as their college days at Appalachian State University came to an end. But that didn’t stop folks from assuming that the group was somehow related to the show. “It did get really annoying for us,” Bryant says with a laugh. “There was some confusion. We had people come out to bars in the beginning and be like, ‘Oh, I thought we were going to hear some British music.’” As the band grew its fan base, relocated to Asheville and released a handful of well-received singles, it gradually became clear that the mon-

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iker had served its purpose. That sentiment crystalized for Bryant once the songs for (what would become) Abby Bryant & The Echoes’ debut LP, Not Your Little Girl, started taking shape. “It was time for something new and mature, and for us to have a real career name,” Bryant says. “I liked the idea of using my own name and being me, because ‘Downtown Abby’ was more of a funny, character-type persona. Now that the band is called by my name, I’m able to approach people more personally and directly.” Drawing sonic inspiration from one of her musical heroes, Susan Tedeschi, Bryant more than establishes her identity with Not Your Little Girl and imbues the 13 engaging originals with her own style of bluesy, Southern rock. Helping see her vision through were a few heavy hitters, including Brevard-based drummer (and former Tedeschi bandmate), Jeff Sipe. “Jeff brought new life to our songs and gave us some really important

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advice,” Bryant says. “Being the nice, humble, amazing guy that he is, he’s pretty accessible in this town, which amazes me. If you have a project you’re passionate about, it’s possible to get in touch with him and say, ‘Hey, would you come out and work on this with me?’ And oftentimes, he’s willing and available — and that’s such a treasure in our town.” In addition to Sipe, the band looped in remote collaborations from John Ginty (Robert Randolph & The Family Band; The Allman Betts Band) on Hammond organ and keys, and the New Orleans brass group, The Naughty Horns, to more fully realize the big, full-band sound Bryant had in mind. Abby Bryant & The Echoes, which also includes Anthony Dorion on bass, celebrated Not Your Little Girl with a hometown album release show at Asheville Music Hall on Oct. 23. The performance marked the first time the group played live with a three-

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INSPIRED REFLECTIONS

For nearly 16 years, electronic musician and composer Brett Naucke was happy to return home to Chicago after being out on the road. Then, in November 2019, Ashevillebased electronic instrument creator Make Noise — where several of Naucke’s former Windy City friends worked — invited him to town for a show to celebrate the release of his EP Electronic Hypnosis Program, which the company put out through its in-house record label. “I ended up staying and just had my few friends take me around. We went on a couple of mountain drives, got some drinks, saw a couple of shows,” Naucke remembers. “And I was like, ‘You can walk around

here?’ I think I imagined Asheville to be a very, very different place than it was, for whatever reason.” Enamored with Western North Carolina and increasingly disillusioned with Chicago as the initial months of lockdown set in, Naucke soon received an opportunity to call Asheville home when his wife, Natasha Hernandez Naucke (who uses they/them pronouns), saw that Make Noise was hiring for a position that aligned with their music industry accountant experience. They were hired, and, in August, the Nauckes were unpacking boxes in West Asheville. “It’s been kind of weird leaving a place that was very much my home, but it’s definitely for the better,” Brett says. Prior to moving, he and longtime Chicago-based collaborators Natalie Chami and Whitney Johnson completed Mirror Ensemble, an instrumental album inspired by Andrei Tarkovsky’s visually rich 1975 film, Mirror. The semiautobiographical movie stuck with Naucke from a single mesmerizing viewing in his youth, particularly a scene in which a barn burns down despite heavy rain falling. Upon revisiting it a few years ago, it felt as if he was seeing it for the first time. “As I was watching it, I was just so sparked to make music,” Naucke says. “But I didn’t want to resoundtrack the film. I just wanted to make pieces of music that sounded like what that film looked like to me.” Chami (voice/synthesizer/organ/ piano) and Johnson (viola/violin/ organ) were likewise stirred by the imagery and excited to expand the tracks that Naucke sent them with their own ideas. The buy-in came as a relief to Naucke, who’d never been more nervous to share his work with others. “If I showed them this piece and then show them what I based it on, are they going to be like, ‘What are you talking about?’” he remembers thinking. “But they weren’t like that at all. They were just like, ‘Awesome. I totally see what you mean. We’re excited to work on that.’” While playing the Mirror Ensemble pieces live is especially tricky with Chami now residing in Washington, D.C., the bond Naucke created with her and Johnson is so strong that he says it’s currently difficult to think about being a solo performer. However, he notes that the normalizing of remote collaboration during the pandemic makes their future as a trio far more realistic, and he looks forward to strengthening those bonds while also making more connections within Asheville’s music community. avl.mx/al9

FREE YOUR MIND

was more about the process, of being as free and open as possible while making it.” That mindset also overlaps nicely with Morgan’s six-year running interest in tarot and its suit of cups, whose cards represent one’s feelings, emotions, intuition and creativity. Though she says she’s more of a suit-of-wands person and often draws cards from that fire/activity/creativity realm, she frequently has trouble tapping into her inner instincts and intuition, dating back to a family upbringing where she was taught to censor intense feelings and “get on with the action.” “I see a connection to improvised music, where I am drawing out the inner parts of myself, and something like tarot, especially the cups suit, which are also ways to help myself tap into my deeper feelings, to help me feel those emotions that I might have suppressed,” she says. “I think the tarot is less of a divination tool and more of a tool to help people figure out what they actually already know but can’t quite see.” avl.mx/al2

have strong ambitions to make an album in this style until she became interested in home recording. Over the course of a couple years of what she calls “very casually and experimentally approaching this,” she realized she’d made enough recordings that had a cohesive feel and could work together as an album. The resulting intermingling of fiddle, guitar, banjo, dulcimer, glockenspiel, handbells, xylophone and other instruments occasionally resembles meditation music or something played at a sound bath session. While Morgan says she didn’t intentionally set out to make music for those purposes, she’s fond of a lot of New Age music and was “in a kind of meditative state” while making the bulk of Cups. “I love the sense of optimism and relaxation, the reaching for some airy spiritual vibration without being connected to religion,” she says. “I like a lot of religious worship music, too, but not aligning with any religious tradition. That said, I don’t think I intentionally wanted the music to sound like anything in particular — it

On Sally Anne Morgan’s latest album, Cups, the Alexander-based multi-instrumentalist picks up where her 2020 album, Thread, ended. Though the earlier work featured a majority of arranged and composed songs, the collection’s final two tracks embraced more improvised instrumentals, which inspired Cups. “I like being able to tap into my deep intuition and not worry about lyrics or chord changes and just flow,” Morgan says. “At its best, it’s a kind of meditative, spiritual practice that’s hard to explain in words. If I can let go of expectations, even to some degree of awareness of what I’m doing, I feel like I can channel something deeper — something from the depths of my subconscious that’s possibly connected to the greater universal collective subconscious.” That more intuitive approach defines Cups across its eight instrumental tracks. Though Morgan notes she’s long loved a free-flowing approach to making music, she didn’t

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New singles spotlight No time to hear a full album? Give these standout singles by local artists a spin. Unspoken Tradition, “Irons in the Fire”

Rhinestone Pickup Truck, “Friends”

Shadow Paint, “I Lied”

The Western North Carolina bluegrass ensemble recruited songwriter Aaron Bibelhauser for this ode to the day jobs and side gigs that many professional musicians must undertake. “No matter how much work there is left to do, or how challenging the road ahead appears, freedom lies in the path forward — the journey, not the destination,” Bibelhauser says. Lead singer Audie McGinnis smoothly expresses these sentiments over active, complementary mandolin and banjo. avl.mx/am0

On the lead song off the Ashevillebased garage rock/queer punk band’s new album, Sad Planet Part One, Tristen Colby deftly conveys feelings of isolation through distorted vocals that feel right at home over the track’s driving guitars and drums. Done in just over 90 seconds, the single sets the tone for subsequent brief but compelling tunes, none of which clock in at longer than three minutes. The complete version of Sad Planet was released on Oct. 31. avl.mx/am1

Sleepy Poetry’s Jody Bettencourt describes her new experimental solo project, Shadow Paint, as falling “into the realm of odd pop/bedroom pop.” As with Rhinestone Pickup Truck, brevity is the name of the game across this self-titled, four-track EP, which is held together by Bettencourt’s dreamy, electronically manipulated vocals and layered instrumentation, building to “I Lied,” the album’s closer that resembles a lost track by The xx. avl.mx/am2 X

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Contemplating the mostly unused space that was and eventually will again be home to Cultura restaurant on Coxe Avenue, chef Eric Morris envisioned monthly collaborative pop-ups with local chefs, particularly those cooking from personal cultural traditions. “I wanted to get more perspective on what other people are cooking, give chefs without their own brick-and-mortar some recognition and support causes they are committed to,” he explains. The Cultivated Community Dinner Series launched in September with a five-course OaxaCalifornia menu by former El Gallo chef and Oaxaca native Luis Martinez. A portion of the proceeds benefited Vecinos, a clinic that provides health care to farmworkers in Western North Carolina. Each subsequent dinner will also donate funds to the given chef’s nonprofit of choice. “That dinner was one of the most meaningful evenings I’ve seen in a long time,” says Rachel Dudasik, community engagement and communications manager at Wicked Weed Brewing. “Luis talked about agriculture and foods of Oaxaca, his story of coming to America as an immigrant and what it was like being a farmworker.” More recently, Jonathan Pridgen, head of charcuterie at Cúrate, prepared an eight-course feast showcasing the craft of whole hog butchery. The October event benefited the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project, a local nonprofit that helps area farms thrive. Chefs Silver Cousler and J Chong — attendees at Martinez’s dinner — are up next, Thursday, Nov. 18, and Thursday, Dec. 9, respectively. Tickets are expected to remain at $100 per person and include a welcome cocktail, beverage pairings with each course, taxes and gratuities. Both events begin at 6 p.m. and will be limited to 50 guests. Reservations for the Nov. 18 dinner are currently open and will remain so until the event sells out; subsequent dinner reservations typically open the day after the previous event. To RSVP, email culturareservation@gmail.com. Cultura at Funkatorium is at 147 Coxe Ave. For more information, visit avl.mx/ap2.

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CULTURE CLUB: Cultura chef Eric Morris, left, is hosting chefs and food activists like Luis Martinez, right, at the monthly Cultivated Community Dinner Series. Photo by Julie Lindholm Road, but owners Heather and Matt Wright have since been quick to expand, opening their second location in Biltmore Village in October. The new and smaller shop is focused on specialty foods and beverages, including items by Asheville Charcuterie Co. and Darë Vegan Cheese. Meanwhile, guests can also make their own trail mix, enjoy Abita-based root beer floats served in frosted mugs or imbibe local craft beer and wine on tap. Heather notes that customers who purchase a Pirani tumbler get a free fill-up of craft beer or wine on tap. “Pirani is around the corner from us,

and they came by to introduce themselves while we were working on the store,” Heather explains. “The drinkware is all reusable with the mission to cut down on plastic throwaways.” Provisions Modern Day Mercantile is at 14 Lodge St. and 728 Haywood Road. To learn more, visit avl.mx/ap4.

Cheers to that

On the subject of craft beverages, after four years of planning, the N.C Craft Beverage Museum is making its debut in Asheville. “The mission of the museum is to tell the story

of North Carolina through the lens of craft beverages and artifacts,” says founder and Executive Director Kimberly Floyd. “We have been a museum in planning since 2017 with a board of directors in Asheville, an advisory board across the state and permanent exhibits opening now.” Partnering with local beverage providers to install displays within their spaces, the inaugural three exhibits will be in Asheville. The first, Pour Me Another: A Taste of North Carolina Told Through Drink, looks at North Carolina-made wines and is now on display in Plēb Urban Winery’s new downtown tasting room, The Aventine, 25 Page Ave., suite 102. The two additional exhibits on spirits and craft beer are scheduled to take place at Cultivated Cocktails’ new space next door to The Aventine and Wedge Brewing Co’s latest location inside the Grove Arcade. Dates have yet to be determined. For the latest on the upcoming exhibits, visit the N.C. Craft Beverage Museum website at avl.mx/ap6.

Rolling out with soul Chef Clarence Robinson allows that people really love the Soul Bowl he serves from the window of his Soul on the Road food truck, which he launched in September. But he won’t call it the most popular item on his menu. “Ain’t no such thing!” he says firmly. “If you just have one popular item on your menu you ain’t cooking right. Everything is good. I have a fan base.” Robinson built that base through his exuberant personality, cooking

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MOVIE LISTINGS Bruce Steele’s and Edwin Arnaudin’s latest critiques of new films available to view in local theaters and via popular streaming services include: THE FRENCH DISPATCH: Dense and detailed even for a Wes Anderson film, this episodic ode to The New Yorker is the writer/ director’s most ambitious work yet and practically necessitates a second viewing — and inspired moviegoers will want to revisit it almost immediately once the credits roll. Grade: A. Rated R LAST NIGHT IN SOHO: Co-writer/ director Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead) returns to horror, mostly without the comedy this time, in an uneven but generally spellbinding London-set tale of a modern-day fashion student who has vivid dreams about a murder in the Swinging Sixties. Grade: B-plus. Rated R

A R TS & CU LTU R E classes and Cooking with Comedy catering. He is counting on those fans to follow him to the music rehearsal studio SoundSpace@Rabbit’s, the former Rabbit’s Motel that was a landmark in Asheville’s historic African American Southside district. Eventually, Robinson will lease space there for a soul food café. For now, he is setting the stage by parking Soul on the Road in the building’s lot at 109 McDowell St., TuesdayThursday, noon-6 p.m. He can also be found at the Ferguson Center on the A-B Tech campus every Monday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. In addition to the Soul Bowl, his menu includes grilled shrimp, grilled or blackened salmon and grilled or fried tofu. “I don’t eat meat myself,” he says. “I really want to introduce my people to a different way of eating, in my own style.” For Soul on the Road’s locations and menu, visit avl.mx/ap1.

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Avenue M chef Andrew McLeod’s monthly Sunday Supper series fires back up again on Sunday, Nov. 7, 6:30 p.m., with a visit from chef Mark Rosenstein. The local food and downtown Asheville pioneer who opened The Market Place restaurant more than 40 years ago will re-create a 1974 dinner menu from his first place, The Frog & Owl Cafe in Highlands. Fifty guests will savor six courses paired with six wines — including two grand cru — chosen by sommelier Ralph Lonow and importer Steve Pignatiello. Reservations are $130 per person should be made by calling the restaurant at 828-350-8181. Avenue M is at 791 Merrimon Ave.

In a pickle

The 2021 WNC Fermenting Festival will take place Sunday, Nov.

7, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., at the Madison County Fairgrounds, 258 Carolina Lane. Food and beverage displays, demonstrations and a raffle are on the agenda. Admission is $5, and proceeds benefit the Madison County food pantry Beacon of Hope. For tickets and more information, visit avl.mx/ap8.

Board meeting

Just in time for the entertaining season, Asheville Charcuterie Co. is presenting a Fall Charcuterie Workshop on Thursday, Nov. 11, 6:30 p.m., at 12 Bones Smokehouse in Arden. Have a beer while learning how to make salami roses (who knew there was such a thing?) and cut and display all the components of the perfect board. The event permits up to two people per board; $65 per board. 12 Bones South is at 2350 Hendersonville Road. For more information and tickets, visit avl.mx/ap7.

MANNA FoodBank’s annual turkey drive is underway, and the need is greater than ever, according to Art Graff, food sourcing director for MANNA. In a press release, Graff says, “The retail price of turkeys has increased over 20% in one year alone, making it even more out of reach for working families who are already struggling to afford the groceries they need on a day-to-day basis.” People can donate and bring a frozen turkey, ham or other holiday entree to MANNA’s Volunteer Center, 627 Swannanoa River Road, Asheville, Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.noon and 1-3 p.m. For more information on the Turkey Drive, visit avl.mx/ank.

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Growing up in an east Los Angeles barrio, Jose Saïd Osio was surrounded by the iconography and murals of Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), a holiday celebrated Nov. 1-2, in which family and friends gather to pay respects to loved ones who have died. Those images were a vivid influence on the Asheville visual artist and helped inspire Come Honor Your Dead: A Ritual of Remembrance, an exhibition he and fellow local artist Maria Epes will stage at the Nadazul Gallery in the River Arts District Friday, Nov. 5-Monday, Dec. 6, noon-6 p.m., daily. The installation will include original artwork, shrouds, a coffin and an ofrenda (or home memorial altar) for Osio’s daughter Eva, who passed away in 2013. As visitors leave the gallery, they will be encouraged to write a few lines about their own experiences with loss. “The impact on our collective consciousness of over 600,000 lives lost in this country to COVID, the Black Lives Matters movement and the insurrection of Jan. 6 add up to a huge avalanche of suffering and fear,” says Osio. As an activist in the death positive movement, Osio says he hopes his latest exhibit will encourage local conversations about death, healing, compassion and community. The Nadazul Gallery is at Foundation Studios, 27 Foundy St., Suite 6. For more information, go to avl.mx/api.

Life and how to paint it Emil Holzhauer was an Asheville resident for just a few years in the 1940s, but the German American artist found plenty of inspiration in everyday life in Western North Carolina. “His portrayals of ordinary homes and especially African American neighborhoods ... document a part of local history that’s often overlooked and, in many cases, lost to urban renewal and other development,” says John Horrocks, owner of BlackBird Frame & Art. BlackBird’s Holzhauer exhibition concludes Monday, Nov. 15. The show had originally been set to end Oct. 16, but interest was so strong the gallery decided to extend it, Horrocks says. In addition to urban settings, the paintings in the exhibit show rural homes, downtown Murphy, the pottery shop in Penland and the Asheville School for Boys, where Holzhauer taught. BlackBird Frame & Art is at 365 Merrimon Ave. The shop is open Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., and

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Going on a safari

FACING DEATH: Jose Saïd Osio, left, will present Come Honor Your Dead: A Ritual of Remembrance, along with fellow artist Maria Epes. At right is a death mask Osio created using his own face that will be part of the exhibit. Photos courtesy of Osio Saturday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. For more information, visit avl.mx/apj.

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Local filmmaker David Weintraub has signed a deal with PBS to distribute four of his feature-length documentaries to public television stations around the country. “My films have appeared on local PBS stations for years, but given COVID and the need to slow down the filmmaking process and limit the number of interviews and oral histories I was doing, I had more time to pursue expanding the audience I was reaching,” says Weintraub, executive director of the Center for Cultural Preservation in Hendersonville. Films in the PBS deal include A Great American Tapestry: The Many Strands of Mountain Music, Guardians of Our Troubled Waters, Call of the Ancient Mariner and They Who Overcame. The latter may be particularly relevant to viewers these days as it explores how Appalachian people historically have dealt with pandemics, famine and floods. “I was fortunate to be in contact with scores of families whose people overcame the great floods of 1916, 1928, 1940, 1961,” he says. “They lived interconnected lives. Their first responders were

their neighbors who worked together to rebuild barns, homes and broken lives together. This applied to surviving floods as it did surviving the 1918 pandemic and to frequent difficult times when food was scarce. What I learned is that there’s a real difference between living your life as part of a community versus just living in a community.” Weintraub hopes his movies, which begin their national run by the end of the year, will help destroy the stereotype of Southern Appalachian residents as stupid, lazy and unable to hold a job. “In the over 400 oral histories I’ve done over the years, it’s clear that the opposite is the case,” he says. For more information, visit avl.mx/ap5.

The Weaverville Art Safari fall studio tour will be held on Main Street Saturday-Sunday, Nov. 6-7, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. The biannual event is celebrating its 20th year. The self-guided, free event features 28 studios with more than 60 participating artists specializing in various disciplines, including handmade pottery, glass, photography, sculpture, jewelry, furniture, painting, drawing, mixed media, fiber art and wood art. Maps and brochures are available at numerous Asheville and Weaverville locations and also will be available at an information booth on Main Street during the tour. For more information, visit avl.mx/apn.

Between the covers Author Dick Domann, who splits his time between Asheville and Florida, recently published The Arakniv Deception: A Pharmaceutical Thriller. The novel is set in North Carolina’s Research Triangle Park and is inspired by his experiences working in the pharmaceutical industry. It tells the story of a man who is head of security for fictional Valhalla Pharmaceuticals. “As he struggles with personal demons, he discovers a devious plot that, if unchecked, will unleash a devastating wave of illness in the United States and around the world,” Domann says. To purchase the book, go to avl.mx/ap3.

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3 12 BONES BREWERY Robert's Totally Rad Trivia, 7pm 185 KING STREET Trivia Night, 7pm ASHEVILLE BEAUTY ACADEMY • Queer Comedy Party w/Dwayne Duke, 7pm • Aquanet: Goth Night, 9pm ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Disclaimer Stand-Up Lounge Comedy Open Mic, 8pm BEN'S TUNE UP Big Blue (jam), 8pm BLACK MOUNTAIN BREWING Jay Brown (roots), 6pm BOLD ROCK HARD CIDER Trivia Night, 6pm CASCADE LOUNGE Open Bluegrass Jam, 6pm FLEETWOOD'S Kairos Creature Club w/Smoky Mountain Sirens (indie, punk), 8pm GREEN MAN BREWERY Green Man Trivia, 7pm HANDLEBAR & GRILL Ladies Night Karaoke, 7pm HIGHLAND BREWING CO. Well-Crafted Wednesdays w/Matt Smith (Americana, singer-songwriter), 6pm ICONIC KITCHEN & DRINKS Marc Keller (acoustic), 6pm MYSTIC DOME STUDIO Open Jam in the Dome (open mic), 6:30pm OFF THE WAGON All Request Piano Show, 8pm OKLAWAHA BREWING CO. French Broad Valley Mountain Music Jam, 6pm ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Wild Wednesday Funk n Rock w/Free Anesthesia, 10pm RENDEVOUS Albi (vintage jazz), 6pm SILVERADOS Open Mic w/Riyen Roots, 7pm

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ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Free Dead Friday: Gus & Phriends w/Generous Electric Duo, 9:30pm

SWEETEN CREEK BREWING Witty Wednesday Trivia, 6:30pm

ONE WORLD BREWING WEST Joker's Trade (jam band), 6pm

THE 2ND ACT Round Robin Open Mic w/Letters to Abigail, 6pm

SALVAGE STATION The Get Right Band (with Chilltonic), 7pm

THE DUGOUT Dance Party w/3 Cool Cats (vintage rock-nroll), 7pm

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

THE GREY EAGLE John Mark McMillan (singer-songwriter) k 8pm

SLY GROG LOUNGE Waking April w/Zac Plastic (electro-pop), 8pm

THE OMNI GROVE PARK INN The B's (jazz, standards), 7pm

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

THE ORANGE PEEL Starset (rock)k 7:30pm TRISKELION BREWING CO. TriskaTrivia, 7pm WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Irish Music Circle , 7pm Floyd Philharmonic (Pink Floyd tribute), 8pm

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4 131 MAIN Aaron LaFalce (soul, rock, pop), 6pm 185 KING STREET Supper Break (bluegrass), 7pm

NATIVE SONS: Madison County’s Sons of Ralph will play bluegrass on the stage named after their father, Ralph Lewis, at Jack of the Wood, Friday, Nov. 5, at 8 p.m. Lewis’ sons, Don, pictured, and Marty Lewis, will be joined by cousin Steve Moseley and “other brother” Ozzie Orengo Jr. Photo by Andy Hall

ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Will Ray & the Space Cooties (classic & modern hits), 7:30pm ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Dying Fetus, Terror, Brand of Sacrifice & Vitriol (metal), 7pm BEN'S TUNE UP Offended! Open Mic (comedy), 9:30pm BOLD ROCK HARD CIDER Robert's Totally Rad Trivia, 7pm CASCADE LOUNGE Team Trivia, 7:30pm GINGER'S REVENGE CRAFT BREWERY & TASTING ROOM Gluten-Free Comedy (open mic), 6pm ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Darren Nicholson Band (bluegrass), 7:30pm

RYE KNOT KITCHEN BREWERY DISTILLERY Chris Flanders (acoustic), 6pm SALVAGE STATION Circles Around The Sun (indie roots/folk), 8pm SLY GROG LOUNGE Wes Norris Unplugged, 8pm STATIC AGE RECORDS Lavender Blue, Landon George & Chris Head (country), 8pm SWEETEN CREEK BREWING Open Mic , 6pm THE GREY EAGLE • Queen Bee & The Honeylovers (swing) k 5pm

BURNTSHIRT VINEYARDS CHIMNEY ROCK Roots and Dore (roots), 5pm

ONE WORLD BREWING WEST Loophole (hip hop), 6pm SALVAGE STATION Runaway Gin (with special guests JGBCB), 8:30pm

UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Iggy Radio (rock, metal, blues), 6pm WXYZ BAR AT ALOFT Members of Blaze the City (acoustic), 7pm WILD WING CAFE SOUTH Commodore Fox (rock, dance), 8:30pm

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6

GINGER'S REVENGE CRAFT BREWERY & TASTING ROOM Teni Rane (Americana), 7pm

185 KING STREET Pretty Little Goat (roots, traditional), 8pm

ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Mari Black Trio (Celtic, jazz, world)k 8:30pm

ALLEY CAT SOCIAL CLUB House After Dark w/DJ Soulistk (dance), 10pm

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Sons of Ralph (bluegrass), 7:30pm

ASHEVILLE BEAUTY ACADEMY • Beauty Parlor Comedy w/Paul Hooperk 7pm • Hip Hop Night: Vinyl Timetravelersk 10pm

MAD CO. BREW HOUSE The New Rustics (country, bluegrass, rock), 6pm

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Modern Strangers (rock), 8pm

THE GREENHOUSE MOTO CAFE McDaniel & Presnell (guitar & banjo), 3pm

THE SOCIAL Ryan Perry Band (country), 8pm

ONE WORLD BREWING WEST East Coast Dirt (rock), 6pm

ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 • Mark Mandeville & Raianne Rihards (Americana)k 7pm • Life Like Water (contemporary folk), 8:30pm

OKLAWAHA BREWING CO. Blue Ridge Pistols (rock, blues), 8pm

THE ORANGE PEEL The Record Company (rock)k 8pm

185 KING STREET High Blue Heron (Americana, blues), 8pm

HARRAH'S CHEROKEE CENTER TOBYMAC w/Cochren & Co. (rap)k 7pm

THE GETAWAY RIVER BAR Getaway Comedy w/ Allison Rose, 8pm

THE GREY EAGLE • Bald Mountain Boys (bluegrass)k 6pm • The Lemonheads (alt rock)k 9pm

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5

CONTINUUM ART Swing Night, 7pm

MILLS RIVER BREWING Shooting Creek (Southern rock), 2pm

THE JOINT NEXT DOOR Rod Sphere (rock), 5:30pm

ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Phursdays w/Gunslinging Parrots (Phish tribute), 9:30pm

BURNTSHIRT VINEYARDS CHIMNEY ROCK Johnnie Blackwell (acoustic), 2pm

THE DUGOUT Twisted Trail (Southern rock, blues, country), 8pm

OFF THE WAGON All Request Piano Show, 8pm

ASHEVILLE CLUB Mr Jimmy (blues), 5pm

BURNTSHIRT VINEYARDS Eric Congdon (acoustic), 2pm

JIMMY'S ON THE RIVER Lucky James (Americana), 7pm

• Aaron Lee Tasjan w/ Tristen & Chelsea Lovitt (pop, rock, Americana) k 8pm

OKLAWAHA BREWING CO. Muddy Guy (blues), 7pm

BATTERY PARK BOOK EXCHANGE Dinah's Daydream (jazz), 5pm

STATIC AGE RECORDS Nex Millen, DJ Atreau & Virtuous (DJs), 8pm

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Bluegrass Jam w/Drew & the Boys, 7pm

305 LOUNGE & EATERY Bob Sherill (singer-songwriter), 1pm

ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR The Robert Thomas Band (jazz, rock, new age), 7:30pm

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

SILVERADOS Ricky Gunter (country), 8pm SLY GROG LOUNGE Shredding for a Cause w/ALR Classic Power Trio (metal, blues, rock), 6pm STATIC AGE RECORDS Silver Synthetic, MJ Lenderman & The Playrights (indie), 8pm SUNNY POINT CAFÉ Albi (vintage jazz), 6pm THE BLACKBIRD RESTAURANT George Trouble w/Matt Kinne (indie Americana rock), 10pm THE BURGER BAR Karaoke, 9pm THE DUGOUT The Loudes (punk, folk, rock), 8pm THE GETAWAY RIVER BAR Sunset Groove Saturdays w/ DJ Laguna Lou, 4pm THE GREY EAGLE • Oliver Padgett (singer-songwriter)k 5pm • Chris Smither (singer-songwriter)k 8pm

THE ORANGE PEEL Kip Moore (country) k 9pm THE POE HOUSE Daniel Sage (rock), 7pm TRISKELION BREWING CO. Brynn Bowman (poprock), 7pm WXYZ BAR AT ALOFT DJ Abu Disarray, 7pm WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN 13th Anniversary Show (various artists), 7:30pm

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7 185 KING STREET Open Electric Jam w/ the King Street House Band ft. Howie Johnson, 6:30pm ASHEVILLE BEAUTY ACADEMY Life's a Drag Brunchk 11:30am

THE GREENHOUSE MOTO CAFE Tools on Stools (rock, jam), 3pm THE GREY EAGLE Harry Potter Partyk 7pm THE OMNI GROVE PARK INN Bruce Lang (guitar, vocals), 7pm

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8 ASHEVILLE CLUB Freshen Up (comedy, open mic), 7pm DOUBLE CROWN Country Karaoke, 10pm DRY FALLS BREWING CO. Ballad Bingo: 90's Hits, 6pm HAYWOOD COUNTRY CLUB Open Mic Night, 7:15pm

ASHEVILLE CLUB Vaden Landers (country blues, honky tonk), 3pm

HIGHLAND DOWNTOWN TAPROOM Cheers to Chess, 5pm

BEN'S TUNE UP Good Vibes Sunday (reggae), 6pm

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Quizzo! Pub Trivia w/ Jason Mencer, 7:30pm

BLACK MOUNTAIN BREWING Dark City Kings (rock), 2pm

LITTLE JUMBO Jay Sanders' Sinfonietta (jazz)k 7pm

BURNTSHIRT VINEYARDS Hope Griffin (blues), 2pm

OKLAWAHA BREWING CO. House of SYNth, 6:30pm

BURNTSHIRT VINEYARDS CHIMNEY ROCK Letters to Abigail (acoustic duo), 2pm

SLY GROG LOUNGE Phonk Night (hip hop, trap), 9pm

HIGHLAND BREWING DOWNTOWN TAPROOM Mr Jimmy Duo Blues & Brews, 1pm ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Russ Wilson's Birthday Bash (jazz, Big Band), 7:30pm JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Bluegrass Brunch w/ Supper Break, 12pm NOBLE CIDER Robert's Totally Rad Trivia OFF THE WAGON All Request Piano Show, 8pm OKLAWAHA BREWING CO. Roots & Dore (blues, roots), 4pm ONE WORLD BREWING WEST The Feels (Americana fusion), 5pm RIVERSIDE RHAPSODY BEER CO. Drinkin' & Thinkin' Trivia w/Allie & Alex, 5:30pm STATIC AGE RECORDS Public Acid, Special Guest, Narrow Head & Young Guv (punk), 8pm THE FOUNDRY HOTEL Daniel Shearin (acoustic), 6pm

THE GETAWAY RIVER BAR Trivia by the River, 8pm THE GOLDEN PINEAPPLE Robert's Totally Rad Trivia, 8pm THE GREY EAGLE Jack Broadbent w/The Talbott Brothers (blues, rock), 8pm WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Martha Hill (Celtic), 7:30pm

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9 185 KING STREET Tuesday Casual Collaborations: Mimi Naja w/Lyndsay Pruett (bluegrass), 6pm 305 LOUNGE & EATERY Bob Sherill (singer-songwriter), 1pm ANTIDOTE The Little Posey Trio (jazz, swing), 6pm ASHEVILLE BEAUTY ACADEMY Karaoke w/Ganymedek 9pm FRENCH BROAD RIVER BREWERY Robert's Totally Rad Trivia, 7pm GREEN MAN BREWERY Old Time Jam, 5pm

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C L UB L AND HAYWOOD COUNTRY CLUB Grass at the Club (bluegrass), 8pm MAD CO. BREW HOUSE Team Trivia Tuesday, 6pm MILLS RIVER BREWING Trivia Night, 6pm OKLAWAHA BREWING CO. Team Trivia, 7pm SLY GROG LOUNGE Wildstreet w/John Kirby & the New Seniors (rock, metal), 8pm THE GREY EAGLE Matt Heckler w/Jeff Loops & Sweet Baby Jules (bluegrass, world) k 8pm THE ORANGE PEEL Crowder (Christian) k 7pm WHISTLE HOP BREWING CO. Trivia Tuesdays, 6pm WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN White Horse Open Mic, 7pm

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10 12 BONES BREWERY Robert's Totally Rad Trivia, 7pm

185 KING STREET Trivia Night, 7pm ASHEVILLE BEAUTY ACADEMY • Beauty Parlor Comedy w/Hunter Robertsk 7pm • Aquanet: Goth Nightk 9pm ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Disclaimer Stand-Up Lounge Comedy Open Mic, 8pm BEN'S TUNE UP Big Blue (jam), 8pm BLACK MOUNTAIN BREWING Jay Brown (roots), 6pm BOLD ROCK HARD CIDER Trivia Night, 6pm CASCADE LOUNGE Open Bluegrass Jam, 6pm GREEN MAN BREWERY Green Man Trivia, 7pm HANDLEBAR & GRILL Ladies Night Karaoke, 7pm HIGHLAND BREWING CO. Well-Crafted Wednesdays w/Matt Smith (Americana, singer-songwriter), 6pm HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Songwriter Series w/ Matt Smith, 6pm

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ICONIC KITCHEN & DRINKS Marc Keller (acoustic), 6pm MYSTIC DOME STUDIO Open Jam in the Dome (open mic), 6:30pm OFF THE WAGON All Request Piano Show, 8pm OKLAWAHA BREWING CO. French Broad Valley Mountain Music Jam, 6pm ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Wild Wednesday Funk n Rock w/Free Anesthesia, 10pm RENDEVOUS Albi (vintage jazz), 6pm SILVERADOS Open Mic Night w/ Riyen Roots, 7pm SWEETEN CREEK BREWING Witty Wednesday Trivia, 6:30pm

THE ODDITORIUM Cloak, Demiser & Subhollow (rock), 8pm THE OMNI GROVE PARK INN The B's (jazz, standards), 7pm THE ORANGE PEEL GWAR (metal), 8pm

GINGER'S REVENGE CRAFT BREWERY & TASTING ROOM Gluten-Free Comedy (open mic), 6pm ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 The Dirty Grass Players (bluegrass), 7:30pm

TRISKELION BREWING CO. TriskaTrivia, 7pm

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Bluegrass Jam w/Drew & the Boys, 7pm

WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Irish Music Circle, 7pm

OFF THE WAGON All Request Piano Show, 8pm

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11 131 MAIN Aaron LaFalce (soul, rock, pop), 6pm 305 LOUNGE & EATERY Bob Sherill (singer-songwriter), 1pm ASHEVILLE CLUB Mr Jimmy (blues), 5pm BEN'S TUNE UP Offended! Open Mic (comedy), 9:30pm

THE 2ND ACT Round Robin Open Mic w/Letters to Abigail, 6pm

BOLD ROCK HARD CIDER Robert's Totally Rad Trivia, 7pm

THE GREY EAGLE • The Shady Recruits (funk, jazz)k 5pm • The Cybertronic Spree (rock)k 8pm

FLEETWOOD'S Terraoke (karaoke), 6pm

CASCADE LOUNGE Team Trivia, 7:30pm

OKLAWAHA BREWING CO. Collin Cheek (singer-songwriter), 7pm ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Phursdays w/ Gunslinging Parrots (Phish tribute), 9:30pm ONE WORLD BREWING WEST Dirty Dead (Grateful Dead tribute), 6pm PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Hunter Begley & Eric Ledford (Americana), 6:30pm

SALVAGE STATION Galactic, 8pm SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BREWERY Howie Johnson and Bill Mattocks (acoustic), 6pm STATIC AGE RECORDS Michael Potter & Wes Tirey (singer-songwriter), 8pm SWEETEN CREEK BREWING Open Mic , 6pm THE GREY EAGLE • The New Lefties (acoustic cover band) k 6pm • J Roddy Walston (rock)k 9pm THE JOINT NEXT DOOR Rod Sphere (rock), 5:30pm THE ODDITORIUM Bonny Dagger, Call The Next Witness & Bad Banker (alternative, indie), 7pm

RABBIT RABBIT Sunset Rooftop Comedy, 7pm

THE ORANGE PEEL Todd Barry (comedy) k 8pm

RYE KNOT KITCHEN BREWERY DISTILLERY Chris Flanders (acoustic), 6pm

WHISTLE HOP BREWING CO. Jazz and Wine Night w/Adi the Monk, 6pm

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FREEWILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19): Are you still hoping to heal from psychological wounds that you rarely speak about? May I suggest that you consider speaking about them in the coming weeks? Not to just anyone and everyone, of course, but rather to allies who might be able to help you generate at least a partial remedy. The moment is ripe, in my opinion. Now is a favorable time for you to become actively involved in seeking cures, fixes and solace. Life will be more responsive than usual to such efforts. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “The delights of self-discovery are always available,” writes author Gail Sheehy. I will add that those delights will be extra accessible for you in the coming weeks. In my view, you’re in a phase of super-learning about yourself. You will attract help and support if you passionately explore mysteries and riddles that have eluded your understanding. Have fun surprising and entertaining yourself, Taurus. Make it your goal to catch a new glimpse of your hidden depths every day. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Gemini novelist and philosopher Muriel Barbery says, “I find this a fascinating phenomenon: the ability we have to manipulate ourselves so that the foundation of our beliefs is never shaken.” In the coming weeks, I hope you will overcome any tendency you might have to manipulate yourself in such a way. In my view, it’s crucial for your mental and spiritual health that you at least question your belief system‚ and perhaps even risk shaking its foundation. Don’t worry: Even if doing so ushers in a period of uncertainty, you’ll be much stronger for it in the long run. More robust and complete beliefs will be available for you to embrace. CANCER (June 21-July 22): In her book Mathilda, novelist Mary Shelley (1797-1851) has the main character ask, “What had I to love?” And the answer? “Oh, many things: there was the moonshine, and the bright stars; the breezes and the refreshing rains; there was the whole earth and the sky that covers it.” I bring this to your attention in the hope of inspiring you to make your own tally of all the wonders you love. I trust your inventory will be at least 10 times as long as Mathilda’s. Now is a favorable time for you to gather all the healing that can come from feeling waves of gratitude, even adoration, for the people, animals, experiences, situations and places that rouse your interest and affection and devotion. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Our memories are always changing. Whenever we call up a specific remembrance, it’s different from the last time we visited that same remembrance‚ colored by all the new memories we have accumulated in the meantime. Over time, an event we recall from when we were nine years old has gone through a great deal of shape-shifting in our memory so much so that it may have little resemblance to the first time we remembered it. Is this a thing to be mourned or celebrated? Maybe some of both. Right now, though, it’s to be celebrated. You have extra power to declare your independence from any memories that don’t make you feel good. Why hold onto them if you can’t even be sure they’re accurate? VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In 1962, astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth in a spacecraft. His flight marked the first time that NASA, the agency in charge of spaceflight, had ever used electronic computers. Glenn, who was also an engineer, wanted the very best person to verify the calculations, and that was Virgo mathematician Katherine Johnson. In fact, Glenn said he wouldn’t fly without her involvement. I bring this to your attention, Virgo, because I believe the coming months will be a favorable time for you to garner the kind of respect and recognition that Katherine Johnson got from John Glenn. Make sure everyone who needs to know does indeed know about your aptitudes and skills.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): According to an Apache proverb, “It is better to have less thunder in the mouth and more lightning in the hand.” If you act on that counsel in the coming weeks, you will succeed in doing what needs to be done. There is only one potential downfall you could be susceptible to, in my view, and that is talking and thinking too much about the matter you want to accomplish before you actually take action to accomplish it. All the power you need will arise as you resolutely wield the lightning in your hands. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): To encourage young people to come to its shows, the English National Opera has offered a lot of cheap tickets. Here’s another incentive: Actors sing in English, not Italian or French or German. Maybe most enticing for audiences is that they are encouraged to boo the villains. The intention is to make attendees feel relaxed and free to express themselves. I’m pleased to give you Scorpios permission to boo the bad guys in your life during the coming weeks. In fact, I will love it if you are extra eloquent and energetic about articulating all your true feelings. In my view, now is prime time for you to show the world exactly who you are. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “If we’re not careful, we are apt to grant ultimate value to something we’ve just made up in our heads,” said Zen priest Kosho Uchiyama. In my view, that’s a problem all of us should always be alert for. As I survey my own past, I’m embarrassed and amused as I remember the countless times I committed this faux pas. For instance, during one eight-month period, I inexplicably devoted myself to courting a woman who had zero interest in a romantic relationship with me. I bring this to your attention, Sagittarius, because I’m concerned that right now, you’re more susceptible than usual to making this mistake. But since I’ve warned you, maybe you’ll avoid it. I hope so! CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Capricorn author Asha Sanaker writes, “There is a running joke about us Capricorns that we age backwards. Having been born as burdened, cranky old people, we become lighter and more joyful as we age because we have gained so much practice in wielding responsibility. And in this way we learn, over time, about what are our proper burdens to carry and what are not. We develop clear boundaries around how to hold our obligations with grace.” Sanaker’s thoughts will serve as an excellent meditation for you in the coming weeks. You’re in a phase when you can make dramatic progress in embodying the skills she articulates. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): As author Denise Linn reminded us, “The way you treat yourself sends a very clear message to others about how they should treat you.” With that advice as your inspiration, I will ask you to deepen your devotion to self-care in the coming weeks. I will encourage you to shower yourself with more tenderness and generosity than you have ever done in your life. I will also urge you to make sure these efforts are apparent to everyone in your life. I am hoping for you to accomplish a permanent upgrade in your love for yourself, which should lead to a similar upgrade in the kindness you receive from others. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You have at your disposal a prodigiously potent creative tool: your imagination. If there’s a specific experience or object you want to bring into your world, the first thing you do is visualize it. The practical actions you take to live the life you want to live always refer back to the scenes in your mind’s eye. And so every goal you fulfill, every quest you carry out, every liberation you achieve, begins as an inner vision. Your imagination is the engine of your destiny. It’s the catalyst with which you design your future. I bring these ideas to your attention, dear Pisces, because November is Celebrate Your Imagination Month.

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6 Wild guess 10 Big jerk

16 “Put a cork in it!”

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41 Says “I do” at a Vegas drive-thru, say 42 Single-masted boat 44 Newman who wrote “Heather Has Two Mommies” 47 Some thrift shop music purchases 49 It’s in heavy rotation on the highway 50 *Doesn’t eat 53 Type (in) 54 *On this spot 56 On the sheltered side, nautically 57 Shipping choice 58 Tone 59 Christmas trio 61 Ye olde apothecary bottles 64 First responder, in brief 65 Man in the Irish Sea, e.g.

23 27

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47 50

66 When revealed in this puzzle, it reverses the meanings of the answers to the starred clues 67 Daisy Ridley’s “Star Wars” role 68 “… and ___ some” 69 Helen who sang “I Am Woman”

DOWN 1 “___ we having fun yet?” 2 Traditional focus of Brooks Brothers 3 @ follower, on Twitter 4 Assistant with a goofy beatboxing routine (just ask) 5 Reproductive unit in biology 6 Reproductive unit in botany 7 Mammal with a prehensile proboscis 8 Kwik-E-Mart proprietor on “The Simpsons” 9 Shindig 10 Capital of Eritrea 12 Viciously criticizes, informally

11 Clean-___

25 Lease alternative

37 *Changing gradually

34 Helpfully pushy person

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23 *Hold on to

33 One playing with a mouse, maybe

31 Large blue expanses

21 Hatcher of Hollywood plots

29 Unfiltered and unpasteurized brew

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20 ___ Lanka

28 Mane character of classic TV?

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19 Vandalize, e.g.

26 *Done openly

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