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Sheep slaughter is unnecessary Wild Abundance, a homesteading business near Asheville, plans to teach a “humane” do-it-yourself slaughtering workshop that will include the killing of a live sheep. The instructors and self-styled “ethical butchers” leading this class promote the idea that what’s needed to bridge the gap between urbanized meat eaters and the animals behind the meat is to slaughter their own animals. Look your chicken or your goat in the eye and “honor” the animal as you slice “its” throat and watch “it” suffocate to death in “its” own blood.

Bear in mind that serial murderers “bond” with their victims — they

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know their victim’s pain and experience it vicariously as pleasure.

Bonding and “connecting” do not necessarily entail compassion and violating another’s body does not lead to sympathy with the victim. Indeed, hurting others is a thrill for many people who lust for more of the delicious sensation. We know this is true when it comes to humans intentionally hurting other humans, but when it comes to humans intentionally hurting animals, the rhetoric disconnects from reality as easily as the face disconnects from a small helpless body under the smack of a hatchet.

One of the instructors of this upcoming class, and the person who will kill the sheep being brought in for this “honor,” is local butcher Meredith Leigh, who states [in a February Ashevegas interview] that “ego is largely to blame about why we get so upset about eating animals. We assume we are important . . . our ego just gets in the way.”

Yet her position is infected with ego, based as it is on the entitled idea that “might makes right,” and that dietary preference is more important than an animal’s life.

When you choose to kill an animal for culinary pleasure, you are saying that for you this animal is nothing.

You are everything. And since animals have no protection against us, we can say and do whatever we please about our reasons for destroying them.

Beyond the injustice of killing animals needlessly, farmed animals are inefficient converters of food and require far more crops, land, water and energy than sustainable plantbased agriculture. If Wild Abundance truly aspires to be a model of sustainable and ethical living, they should focus instead on regenerative plantbased food production.

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Machipongo, Va. Editor’s note: A response from Meredith Leigh appears in the letter “Slaughtering Class Is About Life and Awareness” in this issue.

Slaughtering class is about life and awareness As a former ardent vegan, I completely understand the decision to adopt a plant–based diet. I understand and I honor that choice as one that is personal and one that has been effec8

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tive, to scale, in awakening people to the flaws in our food system. I no longer choose a plant-based diet for several reasons, none of them having to do with a dysfunction in my personality or a lack of compassion. …

I have written The Ethical Meat Handbook not as a murderer with a passion for death, but as a guide for humans who choose, as I do, to eat meat, or who require meat for their health. …

Having never called myself “the ethical butcher,” I speak and provide demos in all types of cooking, including vegan cooking. I have been invited to Wild Abundance next weekend to assist with the annual Cycles of Life class, and there will be nothing pleasing to me about slaughtering a sheep. There never will be anything easy or lovely or pleasurable to me about slaughter.

That said, having spent over 15 years in deep study and practice of agriculture and food processing, I have close experience with the lifedeath-life cycle that informs nature as a whole. This cycle informs the production of crops like soy and hemp, and it informs the production of meat.

I strive to see the whole system in all things, live my life in service of holistic thought and practice, and work daily to expose the interdependence and synergy of systems to others. This is the overarching perspective I hope to bring to Wild Abundance next weekend, in service of life.

The assertion that animals are inefficient converters of energy and abusers of land and resources is based on the same reductionist science that has been used to measure and build the same industrial system of calorie production that both vegans and conscious meat eaters oppose for its purpose of producing money and its simultaneous creation of disproportionate hunger, disease, waste, anger, war, global warming and endless other distresses. Both groups oppose this system that does not function in service of the cycles of nature.

Where disconnect begins between these groups is in the analysis of the system and in the diverse opportunities and challenges we face in fixing it. …

The misquoted statement about ego, which is taken entirely out of context, has nothing to do with “might makes right,” but rather a deep contemplation of the role of ego and projection in our collective experience of death.

This contemplation can apply to the death of a sheep and also to the death of our human counterparts. It is not at all surprising that those who refuse to listen to and consider a perspective

that is not aligned with their own continually fail to understand it.

The Cycles of Life class scheduled for next weekend is not about deriving pleasure from pain or bonding with an individual animal or serial killing or “might makes right.” It is also not about singular death. It is about life and awareness, holistic dynamism and inevitable change. It is about the synergy of life and death, a baffling collusion of opposites that humans have struggled to grasp physically and spiritually since the dawn of our species. The dance of life and death is even more complicated than the idea of vegans and conscious meat eaters perhaps someday working together to conjure a more positive culture and a healthier world. I have space, time and daily energy for both of these wild ideas.

Respectfully, — Meredith Leigh Author, The Ethical Meat Handbook Asheville Editor’s note: This letter is in response to the letter “Sheep Slaughter Is Unnecessary” in this issue. A longer version of this letter will appear online at mountainx.com.

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REVIVING A TRADITION: OWL Bakery’s election cake. Photo by Susannah Gebhart The other day on NPR New Orleans, they spoke of the OWL Bakery [in Asheville] attempting to bring back the election cake this year. I have been baking election cakes for years on Election Day. My recipe is from the 11th edition of The Fannie Farmer Cookbook, 1965. I often have a supper party or an afternoon tea on or near Election Day and serve the dessert. My cake is a nice, moist cake that, with a dollop of whipped cream or Cool Whip and a good cup of coffee, is a very nice dessert. I have never thought

C A RT O O N B Y B R E NT B R O W N of taking some to the poll workers to enjoy and give them inspiration, but this is a nice idea.

The OWL Bakery has more of the history of the cake than I do. My history says that the women baked the cakes, and they were served in the bars where the men waited long, long hours for the results of the election to be final. The bars did not want the men to become totally drunk while they waited. It was my understanding there was not a forerunner of “muster” cake. Interesting.

I will try and bake one of the OWL Bakery cakes. I am sure it is good. Thanks to the OWL Bakery for trying to revive this tradition.

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The Gospel According to Jerry Steamed up: The birth of Asheville’s industrial riverfront

BY JERRY STERNBERG We have to know where we’ve been before we can know where we’re going.

City Council is considering rezoning the Asheville riverfront, starting with what they call the River Arts District, but it’s their obvious intention to rezone the entire stretch of riverfront from the northern city limits at the Woodfin line near Broadway to the city’s eastern border along the Swannanoa River.

I’ve offered to give City Council, the members of the Asheville Area Riverfront Redevelopment Commission and Chamber of Commerce executives a tour of the district from my historical perspective, but as of this writing they haven’t taken me up on it. I’ve therefore decided to write a series of articles giving my readers a virtual tour of the riverfront as it has evolved over time.

The district’s current zoning is mixed-use, except for large undesirable land uses called LULUs, such as asphalt plants and livestock pens.

In 1936, when I was 5 years old, my daddy took me to his workplace, which was in an old building at the Lyman Street railroad crossing, and began teaching me the rudiments of the hide, fur and scrap metal business.

I’ve spent most of my working career in the River District, operating numerous businesses and owning several properties. At the very least, this ought to qualify me as the “Ole Man of the River.”

In the early 19th century, I can only imagine that the land along the river was vacant bottomland used primarily for farming. It must have been an idyllic setting, quiet and pastoral.

JERRY STERNBERG The invention of steam power brought the Industrial Revolution, creating new industries such as railroads and heavy machinery. This changed the landscape of most of the world, and Asheville was no exception.

Whenever planners cast their eyes on the River District, they must recognize that there are two huge elephants in the room that must be dealt with: the river itself and the railroad, neither of which much lends itself to moderation or change.

When the railroad was constructed, it naturally followed the riverbed, because this was the cheapest and easiest way to build in our rugged mountain terrain. As the railroad snaked its way up from Tennessee through Hot Springs and Woodfin to Asheville, and beyond to South Carolina and eastward, this modern transportation mode replaced the horse and wagon, changing the whole

character of the region, adding light and heavy industry — and bringing many new visitors and residents to enjoy our mountain climate.

Almost all of this new activity grew up along the flat land on the riverbanks that had access to the railroad.

The newly developed steam generators that powered these industrial plants demanded huge amounts of coal and water, supplied by the river and the railroad. They also needed a convenient dumping place for wastewater, and the river suited their purpose.

The Steam Age dictated the architecture of the industrial community.

The buildings were long, narrow rectangles, often two or more stories, with very low ceilings to accommodate the line shafts that ran the length of the building. The line shaft was a steel rod with numerous pulleys; keeping the ceiling low reduced the amount of expensive leather belting needed to connect the line shaft to the machinery on the building’s floor. At one end, the shaft was connected to the steam-driven flywheel; the whole assemblage thus transmitted power to the machines.

The coal-fired steam generator (affectionately called the “Jenny”) required smokestacks 100 feet or more in height.

They generously distributed the acrid smoke for all to smell and breathe, coating every structure in the surrounding area with a gray, dingy soot. The manufacturers were quite proud of those smokestacks, displaying them prominently on their literature and stationery in all their phallic splendor.

These burgeoning industries also required rail sidings to deliver the coal

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and raw materials to the factories and take away the finished products. Thus they became the community’s lifeline.

The upside of all this was the thousands of jobs they provided for local labor, particularly indigent farmers who moved to the city because the farm economy could no longer sustain them. This inflow of industry spurred a vibrant new business community that provided services to the mills and their workers, and Asheville prospered.

Up till then, leather had primarily been used for shoes, clothing, reins and saddles. The Steam Age, however, demanded enormous amounts of leather belting, creating the need for new and bigger tanneries to process the hides into leather.

My grandfather S Sternberg (short for Siegfried) had been a cattle trader in Germany. He arrived in the port of Houston around 1900 and made his way to Asheville, where he established a large hide-processing plant. In later years, my father and I followed him into the business. The green hides, freshly skinned from the carcass, were purchased from farmers and meatpackers and cured in brine. After that they were shipped to the newly built tanneries, such as Hans Rees on Riverside Drive and Joe Silverstein’s Transylvania Tannery in Brevard.

For many years, life revolved around steam and the kingdom of coal, but change was a-comin’, and I’ll tell you about it in the next installment.

Asheville native Jerry Sternberg, a longtime observer of the local scene, can be reached at gospeljerry@aol.com. X

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MAGIC CARPET RIDE New transportation models could revolutionize getting from here to there

BY VIRGINIA DAFFRON vdaffron@mountainx.com With his courtly manners — addressing women as “ma’am,” men as “sir” and leaping from the driver’s seat to open the door for his passengers — Mike Trombino could have stepped straight out of a 1950s film.

The 26-year-old former college athlete sports close-cropped hair and an immaculate polo shirt.

The car, though, is strictly 21st century: Trombino tools around town in a Polaris GEM all-electric vehicle. And his clean-cut looks and polite demeanor coexist with another, distinctly modern persona: tech entrepreneur.

In October, Trombino quietly launched RideSlidr, an environmentally friendly downtown shuttle service. For now, riders must call for a pickup or hail one of his splashy six-passenger electric vehicles on the street, but Trombino says he’ll soon introduce a mobile app that will summon a Slidr with a tap on your smartphone’s screen.

RideSlidr will work much like Uber, with two exceptions: The new business operates only within a 2-square-mile area around downtown Asheville, and there’s no charge for the service itself: The drivers work strictly for tips.

If it succeeds in gaining a foothold in Asheville, RideSlidr will be the latest innovation in a rapidly changing local transportation landscape.

Together with Uber, a proliferation of hotel shuttle services and a potential new city-financed shuttle, RideSlidr could help reduce traffic congestion, mitigate parking woes and improve the overall downtown experience.

Looking further ahead, expanded countywide transit options and, eventually, self-driving vehicles may offer even more choices.

It remains to be seen how much these new possibilities will reduce transportation’s environmental impact and reshape the city’s physical landscape, as some observers predict.

But Trombino and others say a profound behavioral change is already underway — and its influence will only increase in years to come.

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NEED A LIFT? Entrepreneur Mike Trombino says he wants to serve locals and tourists alike with his new downtown shuttle service, which operates 11 a.m.-11 p.m., seven days a week. The service is free, and drivers work for tips. Photo by Virginia Daffron

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That influence, however, could be creating new problems as well. Critics say these new business models may be turning a profit on the backs of underpaid drivers.

NOT SO FAST Initially, Trombino planned to make money from his fare-free service by selling large-scale advertising on the exterior of his shuttles and digital ads on iPads mounted in the seatbacks.

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party advertising isn’t permitted on the exterior of commercial vehicles operating in the city,” Transportation Director Ken Putnam explains.

Trombino, though, says he’s confident his basic idea can still work.

He’ll focus on selling the digital ads, which city officials have said is OK. Trombino must also seek a franchise agreement with the city, which will take at least until January, says Putnam. The franchise fee is $1 per day ($365 per year).

In the meantime, the budding entrepreneur has temporary permission to

operate while he jumps through the various hoops; Putnam says state law requires such agreements to be heard at a minimum of two City Council meetings. Another operator, Land of Sky Shuttle, received a franchise agreement last Nov. 17, but Putnam says the owner hasn’t been able to get that service off the ground.

RideSlidr operates seven days a week, from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. “We’ll have more drivers out on the road on Friday and Saturday nights,” Trombino explains. “When the wait times are longer, people are less likely to use us.”

ON THE GO With a maximum speed of 26 mph, Trombino’s electric vehicles don’t travel roads with speed limits over 35, and the limited range means they won’t stray too far from the South Slope base station. Still, the service area extends north from downtown as far as Greenlife, Trader Joe’s and Harris Teeter on Merrimon Avenue. Riders seeking a lift to the grocery stores or Staples are welcome, Trombino says. To the west, RideSlidr serves the River Arts District as far as New Belgium Brewing. South of downtown, the service covers South Slope, Biltmore Village and parts of Kenilworth.

Pets are welcome on the carts, but smoking is not. Eventually, Trombino hopes to equip some vehicles with ramps and extra space to accommodate wheelchairs. The only passengers he’s not keen on serving are folks whose rude or dangerous behavior puts the driver at risk. That could get the person’s riding privileges revoked, notes the business owner, “but we always give people the benefit of the doubt.”

And though he hails from Florida, Trombino isn’t worried about operating in winter. He plans to install heaters in his vehicles in December and says the service will transport passengers in most weather conditions, barring ice and significant snowfall.

“If it’s just a little snow, I don’t see the problem with that.”

Trombino believes RideSlidr and Uber can coexist productively in Asheville. “I actually drove an Uber driver a couple of days ago,” he says.

“He thought Slidr seemed really cool. He doesn’t like taking people up the hill and dropping them off.

Their main thing is taking people longer distances.”

WELCOME TO ASHEVILLE Spend a few days checking any of the Facebook pages targeting Asheville Uber contractors, and one thing becomes clear: These drivers are astonishingly upbeat about helping people get around the area. “I LOVE meeting visitors and locals,” writes Denise Hayes, adding, “Best job I’ve ever had.”

On the whole, Uber drivers seem to feel that helping promote the area is a key part of their mission.

Brevard native Russell Badger, who recently retired from a career in manufacturing, says he’d “had enough of corporate America.” He’s been driving for a couple of months

now and says, “I have a lot of fun doing this. A big part of it is being an ambassador for WNC.” If Uber drivers are Asheville’s ambassadors, the city’s gleaming new breweries are the embassies. “I pick up more people destined for the breweries than any other group,” Badger reports. And though he’s not much of a beer drinker, he says Uber has helped him find his own niche in the new beer economy.

“Of course, we’ve always had Biltmore House and the outdoors, but now a lot of people come here solely for the beers and the breweries,” notes Badger, saying that’s particularly true with “the big guys” — Sierra Nevada and New Belgium.

It’s not yet clear how much such services have reduced the incidence of impaired driving. According to spokesperson Christina Hallingse, the Asheville Police Department “is very grateful that services like Uber, and taxicab companies are present throughout the city, providing extra ways for people who are impaired to safely arrive at their final destination.

Unfortunately, we do not have any statistics to show what kind of impact these services have had.”

Anecdotally, though, drivers and passengers alike say Uber has done much to keep those who’ve had one too many local brews out of the driver’s seat. “I work door at a bar and see about five or six Uber pickups every night,” Adam Strange wrote on the Asheville Politics Facebook page.

Driver Tom Bargeloh says he’s heard that The Cliffs at Walnut Cove community has a weekly Uber night.

“It’s a bunch of couples who like to go out. They’ll call two or three Ubers, and then they don’t have to worry about designated drivers or any of that.”

Bargeloh says his passengers’ most popular drop-off point is Wicked Weed on Biltmore Avenue. Other frequent destinations include Catawba Brewing Co., Tupelo Honey Cafe, Thirsty Monk Brewery, Biltmore Estate, the airport and UNC Asheville.

Bargeloh, who retired here from Los Alamos, N.M., says he enjoys ferrying a diverse group of tourists and locals around town in his black BMW X5. He overheard one customer, a Grove Park Inn guest, call his recent divorce “the best $25 million I ever spent!” The next passenger, a server who’d lost his license after a second DWI conviction, “had basically no money at all,” Bargeloh recalls.

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Michael, a veteran driver who asked that his last name be withheld, says he’s logged over 2 million miles behind the wheel of a tractor-trailer and another million driving smaller vehicles. He and other drivers say Uber has reduced its pay rates several times since entering the Asheville market in August 2014. Back then, drivers got 80 percent of $1.85 per mile.

After the most recent cuts in January, the standard per-mile rate dropped from $1.25 to 85 cents. And drivers who began contracting with the company after last November get only 75 percent of the per-mile rate, plus the same percentage of both the $1.50 base fee and a 15 cents-per-minute charge.

Uber drivers earn more during periods of high demand, such as late on Friday and Saturday nights, when rates can more than triple. That gives them an incentive to work the busiest times. And for customers, notes driver Ian Hilley, “Uber has rates so low that even when it surges, it’s still manageable.”

But Wendy Inglefield, who says she’s been driving for the company since it launched here, thinks surge pricing often hits those the hardest who can least afford it. “The surge is always on, and highest, when bartenders, wait staff and other service industry workers need a ride home after 2 a.m.,” she explains. “I often see these exhausted potential riders sitting on sidewalks staring at their phones, waiting for the surge to go away.”

Higher base rates, Inglefield maintains, wouldn’t discourage tourists from using the service in Asheville, since they’re generally coming from areas where Uber’s prices are higher.

In any case, Uber drivers don’t appear to be getting rich: Several said they end up averaging about $8 per hour when you factor in the operating expenses, insurance and slow periods.

Uber initially stressed the cash-free nature of its service and said tipping wasn’t necessary, but recent court decisions have forced the company to change its tune. Uber still says tipping isn’t expected, but drivers may accept tips and even post signs in their vehicles indicating that tipping is appreciated.

Michael, meanwhile, worries that carrying cash will make drivers more of a target for robberies. He says he’d rather have a five-star customer rating than a tip, but most drivers say they appreciate both.

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ON DEMAND: Asheville’s Uber drivers say they love the flexibility of the work and the fun of interacting with different types of people. But they’re less keen on the company’s business practices, which they say have led to an oversaturated market and steadily declining earnings for drivers. Here, a group of local Uber drivers celebrate National Ice Cream Day this past July 17. Photo by Ian Hilley HONEYMOON OVER? More than vomiting drunken passengers and traffic jams, drivers seem to resent the company’s constantly changing rules and opaque communication system. Uber eliminated its help line for answering drivers’ questions and resolving problems related to payment or other logistics: Drivers must now email their concerns, sometimes waiting several hours or more for a response. Some also maintain that Uber’s continuous efforts to recruit new drivers have oversaturated the market.

It’s hard to know what the company’s position on these complaints might be, since multiple calls and emails to Uber’s Corporate Communications Department and North Carolina communications team went unanswered.

Concerns about how Uber treats its contractors have led Asheville piano teacher and transportation activist Kim Roney to spurn the service, even though she doesn’t own a car and gets around by bike and public transportation. “Using active transportation is ideal but not always an option, depending on the weather, time limitations, hours of public transit and personal ability,” says Roney, who serves on the city’s Multimodal Transportation Commission. “Many people, including tourists, see smartphone apps like Uber as a safe way to get home that is more affordable than a cab, but that’s not always the case, especially during peak times when they drastically hike the rates.”

Roney says she doesn’t use Uber “because of their history of lack of respect for their contracted drivers, because they have increased profit by cutting costs like taxes and insurance, and because many people are driving from out of town to take advantage of driving for Uber in Asheville.” When she needs to travel by car, Roney explains, she calls a locally owned cab company, often requesting a driver she knows.

Ian Wilker, who says he’s been driving for Uber since May of last year, wrote on Facebook that he finds the work satisfying and believes the service has “greatly improved our community’s transportation system.” At the same time, he charges, the company sees its drivers as a commodity — and its responsibility in the marketplace as limited to obeying the laws of supply and demand. Uber, says Wilker, “constantly pushes the boundaries of how much of the costs and risks involved in transporting its customers it can offload onto its drivers.”

For her part, Inglefield says she’s made her last trip for the company, adding, “I am going to focus my energy instead on getting Lyft [a competitor] to Asheville.”

Asked about the possibility, company representative Mary Caroline Pruitt said, “We’ve been gauging driver interest in Asheville, and while we have no immediate news to share at this time, we look forward to bringing Lyft to Asheville and other cities in North Carolina in the future.”

MARKET DYNAMICS Uber and RideSlidr aren’t the only transportation providers that have responded to Asheville’s growing popularity, points out Stephanie Pace Brown, executive director of the Asheville Convention and Visitors Bureau. Local hotels and motels have greatly expanded their downtown shuttle services; hostelries as far afield as the Holiday Inn Biltmore West (at Exit 44 off Interstate 40) now offer guests downtown transportation for $5 per person round-trip.

The Crowne Plaza offers a similar service, but an online rate sheet shows that, for trips to the airport, Uber would usually be cheaper and less complicated to access.

The new Hilton Garden Inn on College Street uses a spiffy six-seat electric shuttle vehicle wrapped in a graphic showing Asheville’s cityscape. “Guests enjoy it because it’s different,” explains General Manager Dan Jordan, “and Asheville residents like it because it produces no emissions.” He expects demand for the service, which covers the downtown area, to continue to grow.

Asheville’s Gray Line Trolley Tours were an early car-free option for sightseers, notes Brown, and quirky options like LaZoom and the Pubcycle add plenty of zest to the business of moving bodies around town. The visitors bureau is also advocating for a local bike rental program, she reveals.

BALANCING ACT Still, continues Brown, the addition of Uber helps accommodate peak demand. In the past, she says, “That’s been a challenge for this destination. When we have a big influx

of people who want to leave their car behind for a big event, we haven’t had enough transportation options.”

Making sure Asheville has the right types of transportation, she believes, “is a balancing act.” While Uber’s flexibility and ease of entry for drivers adds something valuable to the local market, she says, it’s “worthwhile to preserve taxi service and the legacy regulations that go along with it,” such as requiring more extensive background checks and commercial insurance.

According to Michael Boshart, who says he’s driven for the locally owned AVL Taxi for the past six years, his company is known for its reliability. And like other local cab companies, AVL Taxi features uniform pricing, regardless of the time of day: a $3.50 base fee, plus $2.50 per mile and $2 per passenger over two.

Cabdrivers buy their own gas and get half the fare plus tips. Unlike Uber drivers, though, they don’t pay for wear and tear on the vehicle, car repairs or insurance, says Boshart.

“Uber has made everybody step up,” he comments. “Cabdrivers have had to stop being that rude cabdriver that everyone expects.”

They also lack the flexibility Uber offers: His company’s drivers, says Boshart, must work a 12-hour shift.

And while they can make up to $300-$400 per night, he continues, “There’s no guarantee. You always make money doing this, but that might be $20 for 12 hours.” Cabbies, he says, make their best money around 3 a.m., when the bars let out and most Uber drivers have already gone home.

Adam Charnack, who chairs the city’s Transit Committee, says Uber’s presence should have “zero impact” on Asheville’s ongoing commitment to providing ample public

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Transportation, concludes Brown, “is not about just one solution: It’s a complicated dynamic that has to be studied holistically. …

It’s good that the city is looking at a variety of options.”

FUTURE VISION In January, City Council adopted a 20-year strategic vision that included this appealing picture: “Whether you drive a car, take the bus, ride a bike or walk, getting around Asheville is easy. Public transportation is widespread, frequent and reliable. Sidewalks, greenways and bike facilities get us where we want to go safely and keep us active and healthy. It is easy to live in Asheville without a car and still enjoy economic, academic and social success.”

Council member Cecil Bothwell was a driving force behind the creation of that vision, but left to his own devices he would have pushed it even further.

“We need to start thinking about when, not if, we will ban human drivers downtown,” Bothwell asserts, citing Uber’s efforts to move autonomous vehicles closer to everyday reality. In Pittsburgh, the company is already testing self-driving vehicles on the roads, though human beings sit in the driver’s seat, ready to take over in an instant.

Comparing the shift to the adoption of other previously unimaginable technologies such as smartphones, Bothwell foresees a huge change over the next two decades in how people get around. “The thing about private cars,” he says, “is that they are parked something like 95 percent of the time. They represent an enormous resource investment for little gain.”

The prospect of abundant autonomous vehicles providing on-demand transportation is a big reason Bothwell believes the city should stop investing in parking garages — and why he thinks the major widening planned for Interstate 26 through Arden and the I-26 connector project through Asheville are misguided.

According to Bothwell, America has already reached “peak car.” In the future, he says, autonomous

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public transportation, on-demand taxis and private vehicles will use existing road space much more efficiently, reducing the capacity needed to keep traffic flowing smoothly.

And with fewer cars on the roads, continuously circulating to pick up their passengers wherever they are, argues Bothwell, “You don’t want to build new 75-year parking decks if the parking problem is not going to be there in 25 years.”

Putnam, the city’s transportation director, points out that it’s hard to plan for a technology that doesn’t even exist yet.

But in the meantime, says Bothwell, even existing transportation technologies can offer new solutions to vexing problems like affordable housing. Instead of building new affordable housing in the city center, where costs are high and land is scarce, it would make more sense to create new transportation options to help workers access housing outside of downtown, he maintains.

WHATEVER WORKS Trombino, the RideSlidr entrepreneur, isn’t focused solely on Asheville.

He’s already working to launch his next-generation transportation service in two other cities, which he declines to name at this point. One is in this region, he says, while the other is “a little farther away.”

With funding from a bank and a private investor, Trombino says there are multiple approaches to providing electric vehicle shuttle services in downtown areas, and he’s open to considering “whatever makes this business work. I’m exploring what’s most cost-effective and most beneficial. We have to look at both sides of that spectrum.”

Meanwhile, on the street, pedestrians and motorists alike turn to stare when RideSlidr vehicles pass by, Trombino reports. “People say, ‘What the heck is that?’ They’re always coming up to the cars and asking about the service. We give them a business card and tell them our app is coming soon.”

The company has a handful of reviews on Facebook, nearly all of them glowing. “Took it tonight, and it was perfect for lazy people like me!!!” one reviewer wrote.

“This is going to be a very successful big hit,” Trombino predicts. X

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Election results, an empty seat and a museum opening CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 10 Republican Patrick McHenry (I): 219,589 votes — 63.15 percent Democrat Andy Millard: 128,114 votes — 36.85 percent CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 11 Republican Mark Meadows (I): 228,897 votes — 64.09 percent Democrat Rick Bryson: 128,236 votes — 35.91 percent NC SENATE DISTRICT 48 (NO INCUMBENT) Republican Chuck Edwards: 61,125 votes — 62.03 percent Democrat Norm Bossert: 37,409 votes — 37.97 percent NC SENATE DISTRICT 49 Democrat Terry Van Duyn (I): 71,370 votes — 74.44 percent Libertarian William Beau Meredith: 24,500 votes — 25.56 percent NC HOUSE DISTRICT 114 Democrat Susan Fisher (I): 38,977 votes — 100 percent NC HOUSE DISTRICT 115 Democrat John Ager (I): 25,126 votes — 55.6 percent Republican Frank Moretz: 20,067 votes — 44.4 percent NC HOUSE DISTRICT 116 Democrat Brian Turner (I): 27,821 votes — 100 percent CHAIR, BUNCOMBE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS (NO INCUMBENT) Democrat Brownie Newman: 73,801 votes — 55.96 percent

Republican Chuck Archerd: 58,070 votes — 44.4 percent DISTRICT 1, BUNCOMBE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS (NO INCUMBENT) Democrat Jasmine Beach-Ferrara: 37,663 votes — 100 percent DISTRICT 2, BUNCOMBE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS* Republican Mike Fryar (I): 22,352 votes — 50.35 percent Democrat Nancy Nehls Nelson: 22,045 votes — 49.65 percent *Results are being contested by Nehls Nelson; for more information, see below.

DISTRICT 3, BUNCOMBE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Republican Joe Belcher (I): 22,714 votes — 56.16 percent Democrat Ed Hay: 17,731 votes — 43.84 percent DISTRICT 3 (SHORT-TERM), BUNCOMBE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS (NO INCUMBENT) Republican Robert Pressley: 22,940 votes — 56.71 percent Democrat David King: 17,510 votes — 43.29 percent REGISTER OF DEEDS Democrat Drew Reisinger (I): 73,292 votes — 57.91 percent Republican Pat Cothran: 53,263 votes — 42.09 percent CITY OF ASHEVILLE BOND REFERENDUM General obligation transportation bonds ($32 million): Yes: 35,181 votes — 75.81 percent No: 11,226 votes — 24.19 percent General obligation housing bonds ($25 million):

lanthropy,” Ryckman noted. “Stiletto networks aren’t something you get when you’re powerful, they’re something that makes you powerful.”

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Yes: 33,072 votes — 71.22 percent No: 13,364 votes — 28.78 percent General obligation parks and recreation bonds ($17 million): Yes: 35,951 votes — 76.97 percent No: 10,758 votes — 23.03 percent

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TOWN OF WOODFIN BOND REFERENDUM General obligation parks and recreation bonds ($4.5 million): Yes: 2,058 votes — 71.36 percent No: 826 — 28.64 percent APPOINTMENT NEEDED With Newman winning the chair race, the remaining two years of his District 1 term will need to be filled. Kathy Sinclair, chair of the Buncombe County Democrats, tells Xpress the party’s executive committee will elect someone for the post.

Sinclair says, via email: “A meeting will be called of the members of the Buncombe County Democratic Party Executive Committee who reside in District 1, and they will elect a replacement to complete the remaining two years of his term. No date has been set.”

New commissioners will be sworn in on Dec. 5.

— Dan Hesse CONCESSION STAND Meantime, District 2 Democratic candidate Nehls Nelson posted on Facebook that she isn’t ready to concede the race to Republican incumbent Fryar. Nehls Nelson wrote, “With only 307 votes separating me from my opponent, my race is eligible for a recount by state law.

We also will wait until all absentee ballots and provisional ballots

THREE’S COMPANY: Incumbent Buncombe County Commissioners Joe Belcher, left, and Mike Fryar, right, celebrate with incoming Commissioner-elect Robert Pressley at the DoubleTree by Hilton Asheville on Nov. 8. Photo by Virginia Daffron have been counted before there is any thought of conceding.”

The Buncombe County Board of Elections told Xpress it will begin counting provisional ballots on Thursday, Nov. 17. The Board has 1,035 provisional applications to consider. However, not all of those will be related to the District 2 race. As of press time, the Board of Elections had not provided an estimate of when the recount will be completed.

— Dan Hesse INAUGURAL WOMANUP GATHERING AND AWARDS Female business leaders and entrepreneurs from across the area gathered in A-B Tech’s Mission Health Conference Center Thursday, Nov. 10 for the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce’s inaugural WomanUP networking event.

The morning meeting featured a breakfast reception, an awards ceremony and a keynote address by Pamela Ryckman, author of Stiletto Network: Inside the Women’s Power Circles That Are Changing the Face of Business.

Three local leaders received awards recognizing their contributions to the community and to promoting women in business: Jael Rattigan, co-founder of French Broad Chocolates; Suzanne DeFerie, Asheville Savings Bank president and CEO; and Tracy Buchanan, president and CEO of CarePartners Health Services.

Following the awards presentation, Ryckman shared findings from her research on Stiletto Network, emphasizing the importance of support groups and networks made up of female entrepreneurs and business leaders.

“What we’re looking at now is women across the nation coming together to shake the foundations — not only of business, but also of politics and phi-

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The Asheville Museum of Science held a soft opening at its new location in the Wells Fargo building at 43 Patton Ave. on Friday, Nov. 11. In addition to providing a first look at the new facility, the event included a ceremony celebrating a $400,000 grant from the Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority.

Formerly the Colburn Earth Science Museum, AMOS is the culmination of more than a year of fundraising and moving efforts. The new space features several interactive exhibits including local minerals and paleontology, a replica Mars Rover and a hurricane simulator.

Several more exhibits featuring the natural history of the French Broad River, dinosaurs and forestry will be installed before AMOS’ grand opening in early 2017.

“We are going to show the world something truly homegrown,” said AMOS board chairman Edward Gardiner. “It represents all of you — your energy and dollars are making that possible for students all over the county and the city to get much-needed education in science.”

The museum still seeks to raise $300,000 to complete the installation of the remaining exhibits before its grand opening. Until that time, attendees will enjoy half-price admission and 20 percent off memebership fees. AMOS is open Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. and Sundays from 1-5 p.m. X — Max Hunt

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FACING THE FUTURE What happens when a nonprofit leader steps down?

BY ABLE ALLEN aallen@mountainx.com Thirty years is a long time to devote to any pursuit, and Karen Cragnolin, the oft-honored founding mother of RiverLink, can attest to that. During that time, she says she held every job in the organization and was planning to finally move on this year when, during surgery, she suffered an aneurysm that robbed her of much of her mobility. But the board was ready with a succession plan, and after about a six-month search, Garrett Artz came on board Sept. 1 as the new executive director.

Across the state, however, thousands of nonprofit boards of directors are facing CEO transitions as burnout takes its toll and aging baby boomers retire. According to “Countdown to the Inevitable,” a new report from the North Carolina Center for Nonprofits, almost one-third of respondents to the organization’s survey of nonprofit CEOs said they’re planning to leave their job in the next two years, and most of those have already notified their boards. Nearly 60 percent said they’d be leaving within four years.

And while a clear majority cited retirement or simply said, “It’s time to go,” about a third attributed their exit to such stressors as inadequate board support or compensation, or the burden of continual fundraising.

(It should be noted that statistically, the report has only limited significance, since its findings are based on an anonymous, voluntary survey of the center’s membership.)

How many local nonprofits fall into this category is hard to say, due in part to the veil of secrecy that typically surrounds the nonprofit board/ executive relationship: The public usually finds out that a CEO is leaving only long after the board is informed and has begun behind-the-scenes preparations. Trisha Lester, the N.C. Center’s acting president, says she doesn’t have separate results for the mountain region, but “we see it happening in so many places in North Carolina that I really think it’s pretty true to form in all communities.”

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PASSING THE BATON: When RiverLink founder Karen Cragnolin, left, stepped down from her leadership role after 30 years, the board of directors implemented their succession plan and have found a new executive director in Garrett Artz, right. The pair met during the transition, and Cragnolin shared her depth of experience. Photo by Cindy Kunst THE END OF AN ERA Of the 640 CEOs who responded, 79 percent were founders or cofounders of their respective organi-

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zations, many of which have been in existence for decades. That longevity may be a contributing factor to their plans for departing in the nottoo-distant future.

Chris Cavanaugh, who serves on the board of Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity, played a major role in navigating the succession when Lew Kraus told his board in the spring of 2015 that he was ready to retire.

“Anytime you have an executive director who was basically there at the beginning and served in that position for over 30 years, you’re going to have big shoes to fill,” says Cavanaugh. “As a [search] committee, you recognize that you can’t find another Lew Kraus: There’s only one. At the same time, you recognize that you don’t want to go overboard in trying to find someone who’s the opposite of Lew. He has certainly been an iconic person, both within Habitat International and within the community, and you want to find a worthy successor.”

RiverLink board member Dick Hall, who helped orchestrate that organization’s transition, says his board adopted a similar strategy. The board looked for someone with environmental experience and strong management, organizational and fundraising skills, but not necessarily someone exactly like Cragnolin.

These two leaders’ retirements have a lot in common. Several decades ago, both of them, essentially working out of their homes, founded what would become wellestablished, widely respected local nonprofits. Both wore many hats and built on challenges as well as successes. When they finally did feel ready to retire, they gave their boards plenty of notice. And each board developed a transition plan that suited the organization’s needs.

Cragnolin says RiverLink had developed a succession scheme two years before her departure, as part of the group’s most detailed strategic plan ever. “I didn’t have a specific date in mind,” she says, “but I was getting older, and we knew we needed a plan.” Cragnolin also began documenting and organizing the knowhow needed to run the organization, creating a package of standard procedures and instructions.

Once she’d announced that she would retire as soon as a new director could be found, Cragnolin helped put together a job description and solicit applications, notes Hall, but she wasn’t part of the final selection process. The board felt it needed to be wholly responsible for the decision, and it wasn’t practical for Cragnolin to participate. “She worked with us, but it was almost at arm’s length because of what she was going through medically at the time,” he explains.

After online interactions narrowed the search to a handful of candidates, board members brought in two for final interviews. Artz, who’d previously worked locally at Pisgah Legal Services and founded Connect Enka, was the final choice.

While she was recovering in the hospital, Cragnolin held meetings with staff. And when she formally ended her employment, she and Artz met several times to pass the proverbial baton. “That really helped,” he says. “It was an honor to meet her and, under the circumstances, learn a little bit more about what my job would really entail.”

Cragnolin continues to serve as a consultant for RiverLink on matters such as real estate transactions and management. Artz, meanwhile, is working with a transition team developed by the board.

Kraus, too, spent time with his successor, Andy Barnett, as Habitat transitioned. Cavanaugh says that while the organization had ample time to make the new hire, board members felt some urgency because “we really wanted to get someone in place who could spend a little bit of time with Lew before he departed permanently.” Kraus wasn’t available for comment due to a death in the family.

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LIKE AN OSTRICH “Many people don’t understand that to do it well, planning for succession takes time,” says Lester.

“It’s not just a matter of a CEO tells her board that she’s planning to leave in a year, the community prepares, the board puts together a job description and voila! All of a sudden, you have a new CEO in place. It doesn’t happen like that.”

If the board decides to use an executive search firm, just choosing the right one can take time.

The organization may also need to build up financial reserves to help it weather the changeover. “There are a lot of building blocks,” says Lester, “that need to have been put in place in order to undergo a healthy transition.”

Additionally, the board must get clear about what it wants from a new leader. It’s rare, she says, that an organization will need the same things from a successor that the founder brought to the table.

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change can be challenging. Common reasons for stepping down include reaching retirement age, believing they’ve accomplished what they could, or simply feeling burned out.

But, she cautions, “Life isn’t always so nice and neat.”

One outgoing CEO quoted in the report said: “My board is like an ostrich when it comes to executive succession.

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An alarmingly high percentage of the nonprofits surveyed said they had no emergency backup plan to cover an executive director’s absence, and over 71 percent don’t have a board-approved succession plan in place.

On the flip side, however, roughly half the CEOs who responded said there was someone in-house who’d be a good candidate to fill the vacancy, and almost three-quarters said there was at least one staffer they

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would trust to make important decisions without them.

Patrick Fitzsimmons, executive director of Mountain BizWorks, says his organization doesn’t have a solid plan in place for his eventual departure. “It’s something that gets talked about a lot among nonprofits,” he says, “but I think most of us don’t really have it — in any kind of serious fashion, anyway.” Fitzsimmons himself had previously retired from the local Red Cross affiliate; the BizWorks board brought him in after it had to assume a management role while searching for a new CEO. “Luckily we have built a very strong team here at BizWorks,” he says, “so if I take off for a week, it’s not a problem. … We have folks in program director positions here who are very capable of managing things in my absence.”

Still, even planned transitions can be exhausting, says Lester. There’s a lot of pressure to get it right, to avoid having to go through the whole process again in short order.

At such times, she notes, an interim director — perhaps another staffer

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or someone from outside whom the board trusts — can buy time for stepping back and reflecting. This is particularly useful, she says, when an executive leaves suddenly.

When Green Opportunities CEO George Jones decided in September to pursue other options after just 14 months on the job, he gave less than a month’s notice, and the organization had to take fairly quick action.

“It was blind-siding but not that blind-siding because, in a lot of ways, we were prepared a little bit,” says Dewana Little, co-chair of the organization’s board.

Fortunately, she recalls, some board members had already begun looking into succession planning, so “it wasn’t necessarily panic mode.”

In addition, it wasn’t the first such transition they’d faced, so they had at least a general idea of what steps were necessary.

Board members, says Little, had already identified a potential interim director, but wanting to be inclusive, they asked the staff who they would like to have. The unanimous choice was J Hackett, the director

of student development. The board then went into closed session, and a few days later, he was at the helm.

“It was kind of cool that we were all on the same page,” notes Little.

Once the permanent position is posted, Hackett can submit an application, and the Leadership Transition Committee — two board members, two staff, two community members and a GO student — will take his interim performance into consideration.

STEPPING BACK “Daring to Lead,” a national study published in 2011, painted a similar picture: 67 percent of the nonprofit CEOs who responded said they planned to depart by 2016. Lester says her organization’s report, which focuses on North Carolina, could be treated as an opportunity for board members to step back and take a big-picture look at their support role. The report’s findings on stressors for nonprofit CEOs, she notes, could help boards identify the pressure points that might lead to burnout. The bot-

tom line, though, is that the need for a transition will come eventually, and boards must be ready.

“We want to prepare all organizations for this change,” says Lester.

“The transitions are inevitable. …

It’s just a matter of when, not if.”

Meanwhile, even organizations that have a plan in place may benefit from some of the ideas in the report.

In Green Opportunities’ case, says Hackett, “The data helped us think about what questions to ask and what kind of things we need to do at the agency, just to plan for the inevitable.” And it’s not just about people quitting or retiring, stresses Little: Anything from an illness to a car accident can trigger the need for a succession plan.

“It’s never easy to have a big transition,” notes Cragnolin, who says RiverLink’s preparations made for a fairly smooth shift, “but I think it can be a bonding process for staff and board to go through and collaborate on.” Regardless of an organization’s size, she concludes, “Having a succession plan for their leadership is critical.” X

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RAISING THE BAR Nonprofits scramble to adjust to new overtime requirement

BY DAN HESSE dhesse@mountainx.com A new federal regulation requiring employers to pay workers earning less than $47,476 per year time and a half for overtime could have an outsize impact on the nonprofit sector.

Traditionally, many nonprofits have relied on folks who were more interested in following their passion than in earning top dollar or keeping track of hours.

“Pay tends to be a little bit lower than in the for-profit sector, so there are more employees who are below the new salary threshold,” explains David Heinen, vice president for public policy and advocacy at the North Carolina Center for Nonprofits. In addition, he continues, “The average wages in the nonprofit sector here

are lower than in the Northeast. The median nonprofit salary is below the new salary threshold in 95 of the state’s 100 counties.”

On Dec. 1, the threshold for exemption from overtime pay will more than double from the current $23,660. Many nonprofits, notes Heinen, “are already operating on a very tight budget,” and most aren’t in a position to raise salaries enough to retain the exemption.

Unlike businesses, he points out, “A nonprofit can’t just raise its prices to bring in more revenue.”

And if the rule change triggers layoffs, the economic impact could be considerable. In Buncombe County alone, nonprofits employed 16,196 people in 2013, according to Heinen’s organization. Statewide, nonprofits accounted for 8.8 percent of all jobs in 2012, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports.

LOOPHOLES The new overtime rule aims to “put more money in the pockets of middleclass workers, or give them more free time,” the U.S. Department of Labor’s website explains. But how much it puts local nonprofits behind the eight ball will largely depend on how each one is structured.

For example, The POP Project, an Asheville-based literacy advocacy group, won’t be affected at all, because it’s “100 percent volunteer-led: We don’t make regular time, much less overtime,” says Sarah Giavedoni, the director of volunteers. “Our strategy and mission will continue on as planned.”

And the staff members of the Buncombe County Special Olympics are actually county employees who are pro-

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OVERTIME HIKE: Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy hosts a variety of events that call for its staff to work evenings or weekends. Photo coutesy of Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy vided as an in-kind contribution so that project is also exempt from the change.

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tions,” says Josh O’Conner, the manager of Buncombe County Recreation Services. “We do have several staff that contribute to the overall administration and operation, but I only know of one

who might potentially be affected. At this time, I don’t see us making any changes.”

RESTRUCTURING THE WORKLOAD Patrick Fitzsimmons, executive director of Mountain BizWorks, says that despite the challenges, his organization welcomes the change. “As someone who supports people earning a living wage and making good money, I think it’s good — and about time. The old laws were pretty outdated.” At the same time, however, “As a business manager, I also wondered how it will affect my bottom line.”

That concern has led Fitzsimmons to re-evaluate both job descriptions and salaries. “I’ve looked at how I have my staff structured and if there is a way to restructure the organization either to prevent unnecessary costs or to elevate staff to positions with more responsibilities and money,” he says.

Employees’ reactions have mostly been tepid, Fitzsimmons continues. “For them, it’s not a big deal. Either you stay within 40 hours [a week], and we’ll give you overtime, or we’ll adjust their job so they have greater responsibility but higher pay.”

Over at United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County, it’s also mainly business as usual. “We actually have a 37 1/2-hour workweek, so that already gives us a little padding before we hit 40,” says Chief Financial Officer Layton Hower.

“We do have hourly workers, but we’ve already been paying them time and a half on the rare occasion they work more than 40 hours a week.”

United Way, says Hower, also favors the new measure. “We think it’s important for people to be paid for the work they do, and we support proper compensation, whether employees work in or out of nonprofits. We believe the law strengthened the financial security of employees in our community, so we’re very supportive of it.”

Pisgah Legal Services, a nonprofit law firm, echoes that sentiment. “I think it’s a great thing that people are getting an opportunity to be paid more and not be taken advantage of,” says Human Resources Director Samantha Galloway, adding that the new rule will have only a minimal effect on her organization. “The majority of our support staff is already paid on an hourly basis, so it didn’t change much for us,” she explains.

Starting next month, the law will consider salaried workers making less than

the new threshold to be getting paid by the hour. “The other large majority of our staff are attorneys who are exempt from this regulation.”

CULTURAL SHIFT Some local nonprofits will face institutional changes, however. The Hendersonville-based Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy has been preparing since the new rule was announced back in May. Julianne Johnson, the nonprofit’s assistant director for operations, says a number of its currently exempt staff will now be subject to the requirement.

“We have staff who do a good bit of work on the weekends — leading volunteer workdays, hikes and outings, events and trainings for the AmeriCorps Project Conserve program run out of our office,” she says. “While these staff have always had the opportunity to take comp days during the week when they have weekend work commitments, scheduling those comp days has been left up to them, and oftentimes, people decide to work longer weeks rather than take the

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comp time. We will have to change the way staff and supervisors schedule and commit to some projects or activities.”

The conservancy, says Johnson, will simply have to adjust. “It’s going to be a big cultural shift in getting approval for working overtime: We are used to putting in whatever hours it takes to get the work done,” she explains. “We’re always trying to work in the most efficient ways possible and not overload staff, but I think the new rules heighten awareness of what our staff is, and is not, able to take on.”

Johnson hopes increased public support will enable nonprofits to adjust their budgets to accommodate overtime hours. “I think there’s an opportunity to highlight to supporters that their contributions are so vital to the staff being able to carry out the work of the organization,” she points out. “The new rules will squeeze many nonprofit budgets, making general, unrestricted donations and memberships even more important.”

The change will also affect several employees at the Asheville-based Children First. Executive Director Allison Jordan says her organization is absolutely in favor of fair wages for hours worked, but there will be challenges. “We will lose some of the flexibility that we’ve previously given staff,” she foresees. “We often have weekend and night work, taking the children we serve to a ballgame, play or other new experience. In preparation, we’ve had multiple conversations about prioritizing and time management.”

The nonprofit, notes Jordan, will now require written permission for overtime.

“We also added language encouraging

staff to prioritize the most important work and talk with their supervisor if they feel they’re not able to meet their workload,” she continues.

And like her colleagues, Jordan hopes public awareness of the issue will translate into increased revenue.

“There will be additional costs to the organization because of this. I hope that funders realize this and can increase support to all organizations.”

Mission Health, Western North Carolina’s biggest employer, is also preparing for the upcoming change. The nonprofit has more than 9,000 full-time workers across its various campuses, says Richard Holcomb, the director of compensation. “The new regulations will mean changes to compensation for some Mission Health team members,” he reports. “Some will become eligible for overtime, and some will receive pay increases to satisfy the new minimum salary level.” Overall, however, less than 0.2 percent of Mission employees will see changes in pay, says Holcomb.

Paul McDowell, the hospital’s chief financial officer, says patients won’t bear the brunt of the change. “We planned for it, and we reduced costs in other areas to offset this modest increase in compensation costs,” he explains.

Still, notes Holcombe, “One of the biggest challenges will be an adjustment among some team members. … Those who had previously been exempt from overtime will now be required to log hours and attendance in our payroll system. We will support these team members with training because we understand this is a new process for them.” X

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LISTEN UP WNCAP says education is still the key to preventing HIV and other illnesses

BY LESLIE BOYD leslie.boyd@gmail.com Before taking the stage at a local middle school to talk about HIV/ AIDS prevention, Michael Harney overheard one pre-teen boy offer a preview to another.

“He’s going to pray to the vagina,” one boy said.

Apparently, word gets around, says Harney.

“I fall on my knees and offer thanks for vaginas because none of us would be here without them,” Harney says, smiling. “I offer information in ways people will remember because it’s so important that they do remember.”

As an employee of the Western North Carolina AIDS Project, Harney has been educating children, teens and adults on safe sex practices for 20 years. He says that what he does best is street outreach, which means talking frankly about safe sex practices and advocating for education and harm reduction.

Some adults might be uncomfortable with his methods in reaching youth, but he’s undeterred.

“Kids today don’t have any memory of what AIDS was,” says Harney, who has degrees in business administration and Spanish. “They think it’s a chronic, manageable disease, which it is now, but will it stay that way?

Isn’t it better to prevent it rather than treat it?”

“The evidence of return on prevention versus treatment is all around us,” says Jeff Bachar, executive director of WNCAP. “It’s much, much more efficient and inexpensive to prevent HIV/AIDS than it is to treat it.”

Although it’s difficult to quantify, the education offered through WNCAP has helped to lower the incidence of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases, says Harney.

“Our rates [of new cases] are lower here than in many other places,” he says.

Across North Carolina, the rate of HIV/AIDS per 100,000 population in 2014, the latest year for which figures

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are available, was 13.6; in Buncombe County, it was 8.4, according to the N.C. Division of Public Health (publichealth.nc.gov).

Harney has been approached by people who attended his talks a decade or longer ago, say they took his advice to heart and credit him with their current state of health.

That anecdotal evidence is heartening, but the lower rates of HIV/AIDS are even more so, says Harney.

“When I drop that pebble of information into the pond, the ripple effect is such that it comes back to you in unexpected ways,” he says.

When Harney began as an educator, HIV/AIDS was still a death sentence to many who contracted the virus. Treatments were making inroads into the death toll, but prevention was — and still is — the best way.

“We have to reach people where they are,” says Amanda Stem, outreach coordinator for WNCAP. Harney was the one who motivated her to join the fight against HIV/ AIDS when he spoke to one of her college classes, she says. “We have to speak in the parlance, in the language people use,” says Stem.

Every physician should ask every patient whether they want to be tested as part of a routine annual physical, Stem says. It is one of the reasons she is active in the effort to expand access to health care for everyone. “We need to understand one of the reasons everyone should have access to care is that access helps people stay healthy by catching health problems early, and it helps doctors educate people in ways to stay healthy,” she says.

Stem is concerned with the lack of knowledge most people have about HIV. “Too many people don’t realize that the most common form of HIV transmission is heterosexual sex,” she says. “Right now, more than 90 percent of new cases are from heterosexual, not gay sex. And when we ask people how HIV can be transmitted, too many people — especially

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ALL ABOUT PREVENTION: Michael Harney of the Western North Carolina AIDS Project has been spreading the word about prevention for the past 20 years. Photo courtesy of WNCAP

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young people — don’t know it can’t be transmitted by kissing.”

Harney also believes every doctor’s office, every health clinic, should have references to testing and to safe sex practices where patients can see them. “Put up posters, have a basket of condoms, wear a red bracelet or ribbon,” he says. “Bring up the topic and talk about it, even if people aren’t completely comfortable.”

One of the highest rates of transmission of STDs is among older adults, and that’s because they don’t realize how vulnerable they are, Stem says.

And it’s not just HIV/AIDS, Bachar says. Cases of syphilis and gonorrhea are on the rise, and cases of antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea are appearing.

“Right now, 2 percent of gonorrhea cases are antibiotic-resistant in the United States,” Harney says. “The only way to fix that is to prevent new cases, resistant or otherwise.”

In Buncombe County, the rate of gonorrhea went from 82.9 per 100,000 people to 97.8 between 2012 and 2014, and rates of syphilis went from 2.5 per 100,000 to 5.6, according to the state Division of Public Health.

One of the most effective prevention methods is making sure anyone who uses needles for whatever purpose uses clean needles, Harney says.

“You should never have to use a needle that has been used by someone else, whether you’re using it for insulin or heroin,” Harney says. “I don’t expect to get my flu shot with a dirty needle, and I don’t expect anyone else to have to use a dirty needle for any reason.”

WNCAP has made access available to more than 400,0000 clean needles in the last year and would have offered more if there had been more money to buy them, says Bachar.

“We’re about meeting people where they are and not condemning them for their behaviors but by giving them the tools they need,” Stem says.

People come in with behaviors that are stigmatized, and they don’t always believe there are no strings attached to the clean needles and condoms, Bachar says.

“They may feel a lot of shame about what they’re doing, but we are not here to judge them; we are here to help them,” Bachar says.

It is that welcoming attitude that encourages people to come back, and it plants the first seeds of selfesteem in many people, Harney says.

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This exhibit is free and open to the public.

WHERE Renaissance Hotel Ballroom, 31 Woodfin St. WHEN 6 p.m., Nov. 21-27 WHAT WNCAP’s Annual World AIDS Day Commemoration, which features HIVpositive speaker Cecil Baldwin from the podcast “Welcome to Night Vale” (welcometonightvale.com); viewing of the HIV/AIDS-related documentary “The Last One” (thelastonefilm); and words by local and regional leaders in HIV service and advocacy.

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ONE, TWO, TREE Dogwood Alliance marks two decades of defending Southern forests

BY VIRGINIA DAFFRON vdaffron@mountainx.com Danna Smith was hanging over the side of a supertanker docked in the port of Savannah, Ga., when she found her calling. Smith and co-conspirators working with the Rainforest Action Network had walked onto the ship, which was loaded with Brazilian mahogany, to hang a massive banner saying, “Save the Amazon: Ban Mahogany Imports.”

But as the young environmental lawyer dangled there for six hours, suspended in a harness, she looked across the Savannah River at her home state of South Carolina and asked herself, “What’s going on with forests here?”

At that moment, she says, a new conviction was born: “I feel like I should be doing something to protect forests in my own backyard.”

A few months later, Smith attended a rally in Alabama, teaming up with a group of other activists to coordinate a regional campaign against the threats posed to Southern forests by the increasing pace of industrial logging.

That was in 1996. “I don’t think anybody then could have imagined we’d still be around in 20 years,” says Smith, the Dogwood Alliance’s executive director. “Just getting from week to week at that point was extremely challenging.”

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Yet the grassroots coalition of forest supporters did survive, and while there’s been significant growth, particularly over the last three years, the organization’s 14 staffers still punch far above their weight when it comes to influencing billion-dollar national and global companies. The Asheville-based group has secured agreements with many top-tier corporations to embrace forest-friendly sourcing practices and avoid buying materials from endangered or ecologically significant forest areas.

But even as the alliance was serving as a catalyst for a new spirit of corporate social responsibility during the late 1990s and 2000s, a new threat to Southern forests emerged. Ironically, European regulations aimed at increasing the use of renewable energy created a new market for a Southeastern wood product: pellets used to fire electrical power plants.

“This new market exploded, and it is threatening to roll back in a major way all the positive gains that we’ve made,” Smith laments.

Addressing this challenge while continuing to monitor the corporate commitments it’s negotiated over the years means the Dogwood Alliance won’t be resting on its laurels as it embarks on the next chapter in its history.

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SMALL BUT MIGHTY: Dogwood Alliance is a 14-person nonprofit that has made a big impact over its 20-year history. The group has convinced some of America’s largest corporations to adopt forest-friendly sourcing practices. Now it’s fighting the wood pellet industry, which the organization says is logging Southern forests and turning them into fuel for generating electricity in Europe. Photo courtesy of Dogwood Alliance EARLY VICTORIES “Big change happens from the ground up,” says Smith, and that’s been a key element of the Dogwood Alliance’s strategy since day one.

The regional campaign against the growing number of chip mills threatening Southern forests in the 1990s mobilized a massive citizen-led engagement effort that culminated, Smith explains, in the U.S. Forest Service’s landmark 2002 Southern Forest Resource Assessment.

Communications Director Scot Quaranda, who’s been with the nonprofit since 2000, says the federal agency’s assessment was unprecedented because it considered privately owned forests in addition to public land. Since over 90 percent of Southern forests are privately held, he continues, any substantive effort to understand the impact of logging practices must look at all forest lands.

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That study and others showed that over 9 million acres of mixedspecies Southern forests had been converted to single-species pine plantations during the 1980s and 1990s. Based on these studies’ conclusions, the Dogwood Alliance began lobbying for a number of what it felt were modest measures, including requiring landowners to notify a state agency when planning large clear-cutting operations. But “It was a real uphill battle,” Smith recalls, “and we hit a brick wall.”

Lawmakers, she says, weren’t willing to regulate logging on private lands — and were actively promoting policies to subsidize landowners engaged in commercial forestry. “Those who are financially benefiting from the destruction of forests are politically the most powerful,” Smith observes.

So the organization decided the time had come to adopt a new strategy.

TAKING ON STAPLES “Dogwood Alliance really came after us hard,” says Mark Buckley,

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Staples’ vice president of environmental affairs, recalling the campaign the organization launched in the 1990s urging the office supply retailer to reform its wood-sourcing policies. “They were very brave in going up against such a large organization,” Buckley says. “And then I think we also were brave in entering into conversations that led to a lasting partnership with them.”

Through a series of letters — “They didn’t know who Dogwood Alliance was,” Smith points out — the organization first threatened and then launched a national protest campaign against the retailer’s paper-sourcing practices.

“We were protesting outside their stores all over the country, and Danna was in the executive boardroom meeting with the company’s vice presidents and talking about what they needed to change,” remembers Quaranda.

The Staples campaign, says Smith, was “part of the wave in the U.S. that pushed this whole concept of corporate social responsibility. …

You could no longer say, ‘This wood

is coming from private landowners; we can’t control that.’ No, the public was going to hold the company responsible for their impacts down through the supply chain, down into the woods.”

EXPANDING THE MODEL After Staples committed to new sourcing practices, including using Forest Stewardship Council-certified materials in its products, the alliance launched similar campaigns aimed at Office Depot and OfficeMax. And as those companies fell into line, the nonprofit set its sights on an even bigger prize: the nation’s largest paper manufacturers.

Within a year of targeting Bowater, the alliance extracted a promise that the major paper producer would no longer source its pulp from landowners who were converting natural forests to plantations. That, Smith explains, was “a huge nut to crack.”

Moving from victory to victory, the organization then negotiated agreements with GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson, Sony Pictures

Home Entertainment, the Universal Music Group and Georgia-Pacific. A campaign against Kentucky Fried Chicken, whose takeout buckets were made from wood logged in North Carolina’s coastal hardwood forests, put the nonprofit in contact with the biggest fish of them all: International Paper.

In 2013, the corporate giant agreed to become the world’s largest user of Forest Stewardship Council-certified wood. The company also partnered with the Dogwood Alliance to map endangered forests and avoid sourcing from areas that were identified as endangered or having a high conservation value.

Taking its commitment even further, International Paper pledged $7.5 million to fund land conservation across the South. “Which was a big deal,” says Smith.

BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE When the Dogwood Alliance first became aware of the emerging

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market for wood pellets in the southeastern U.S., the organization attacked the problem with the toolkit it had used so successfully in reforming the paper market. “We mapped out who the biggest customers and users were. We tracked that to Drax, a big utility in the United Kingdom, and Enviva, the largest manufacturer of wood pellets in the South,” Smith explains.

But it quickly became clear that the wood pellet market was a horse of an entirely different color. Driven

by European environmental policies requiring a certain amount of electricity to be generated from renewable sources, Drax imports wood pellets (also known as biomass) and burns them to create power.

Incinerating trees to generate electricity, says Smith, “is a big double whammy on the climate.”

Along with the direct carbon emissions generated by burning wood, using biomass as a fuel source means those trees aren’t available to absorb and store carbon. Her organization’s “Our forests aren’t fuel” campaign promotes alternative renewable energy sources such

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as solar and wind while pressuring governments, companies and citizens to stop burning wood to create electricity.

Besides being an ecological disaster in the making, Smith asserts, the wood pellet market disproportionately affects the most economically vulnerable communities in the South. “The rural communities that are most impacted by high logging rates are some of the poorest in the country,” she reports, pointing out that standing forests offer protection against the negative effects of climate change that are likely to hit these communities hard, such as flooding, drought, extreme weather and threats to water quality.

Local consultant Desiree Adaway praises yet another aspect of the alliance’s work. “As a woman of color who’s been working with this organization for several years, I’ve seen firsthand how committed they are to inclusion, equity and social justice work,” she says. The model of the “white environmentalist savior,” continues Adaway, is no longer the only way this kind of work gets done. The Dogwood

Alliance is bringing voices to the table “that may not have ever been there before.”

In addition, notes Adaway, the organization is in it for the long haul. “They are trying to dig in deep and create lasting relationships. This is the hardest of the hard work, but they are committed to learning by asking, ‘What did we do right? What did we do wrong?

Who did we hurt? How do we make it better?’”

A STRIDENT VOICE Steve Kallan has spent his career working with environmental nonprofits, including a stint as chief financial officer of The Wilderness Society in Washington, D.C. And with its focus on using market pressure along with relationships with corporations to advocate for change, he says, the Dogwood Alliance is “as successful, if not more so, as any regional environmental organization in the country.”

Kallan knows the nonprofit well, having recently completed a threeyear term as chair of its board of

directors. He’s now serving as vice chair. Despite its small size, he says, it would be a mistake to underestimate the Dogwood Alliance. “This is a powerful, sophisticated organization using limited resources to create partnerships with corporate enterprise to stand against threats to this region’s forests in a powerful way,” he maintains. “I don’t believe any nonprofit can be careful in its vision. Successful nonprofits have to be strident and hold themselves accountable to have an impact.”

Joshua Martin, director of the Environmental Paper Network, has volunteered with and supported the Dogwood Alliance for 17 years.

He says it stands out from other nonprofits “because they represent grassroots voices, they challenge corporate greed and power, they are creative, and they win.” What’s more, he continues, the group takes on issues that no one else does: “If not for Dogwood Alliance, European leaders would not be reconsidering their misguided plans to massively

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exploit wetland hardwood forests in the southern U.S. to make wood pellets for biomass energy.”

According to Smith, her organization is funded by a combination of grants from private foundations and donations from individuals. Growing its base of individual supporters, she says, “allows us to be a more sustainable organization that is not reliant solely on our foundations’ priorities, which change periodically.”

Finding ways to directly engage supporters in the Dogwood Alliance’s work is crucial, says Smith, whether it’s connecting the organization with a potential local business sponsor, meeting with an elected official or attending a protest. “We try to focus on the individual — who they are, what strengths they have and where their passions are — to find ways for them to get involved.”

For her own part, though, Smith is pretty clear about her path. “I can’t imagine doing anything else with my life at this point. We are putting Southern forests on the map in a big way, not just across our region but also on a national and now, increasingly, an international level.”

Most folks don’t realize, she says, that “ground zero globally for industrial logging is right in our backyard.

And the impacts of that on climate, on biodiversity and on our communities are significant. Dogwood is the only group in the whole country that’s exclusively focused on addressing this issue.” X

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Shortbus Studio 414 East Main Street Burnsville, NC 28714 828-682-4394 shortbusart.com The mission of Shortbus Studio is to help bridge barriers between adults with developmental disabilities and their communities, and to teach us that in the end, we are more alike than we are different.

Shortbus Studio is no traditional isolated and boring sheltered workshop.

In fact, the day program located in Burnsville has become the model for inclusive programs where outdoor adventure, volunteering and the arts are used to build collaborations and everyday relationships between people with disabilities and their communities. Participants create art, volunteer, make short films, do extreme sports, and just generally have a whole lot of fun while making meaningful contributions to society. People in the larger community come to see for themselves that individuals with disabilities are much more alike than different from them.

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Asheville organizations highlight gratitude and strengthen community through Thanksgiving dinner events

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As with all our thoroughly Americanized and commercialized holidays, Thanksgiving is a marketing powerhouse, the true meaning of the holiday long buried beneath reams of wispy orange and brown streamers, turkey-shaped confetti and Miss Crocker’s boxed goods. But we’re lucky enough to live in Asheville, where at least a halfdozen organizations are devoted to furthering the concepts of generosity and gratitude — breaking down barriers by breaking bread.

These institutions are committed all year long to uniting community through the common bond of good food, and at Thanksgiving, they shine. During this year’s holiday, Asheville’s nonprofits (and some for-profits, too) will host gatherings where folks from all walks of life can huddle around tables wooden and plastic, wobble-legged and wheeled, to share a meal and stories of thankfulness.

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Students of Green Opportunities’ Kitchen Ready program (a free, 15-week course that prepares local low-income adults for culinary positions in the foodservice industry) get to use their archetypal whetstones and sharpen their literal knives in the Southside Kitchen, the program’s soul food eatery. Southside Kitchen serves as a true restaurant and interactive classroom for students, who prepare, cook and serve three weekly lunches for guests and special pop-up dinners — all free of charge.

If the weekly lunches are an invaluable learning experience for members of the program and attendees alike, they’re nothing compared to the annual Southside Community Thanksgiving dinner, judging from sheer numbers alone.

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Last year students prepared 20 turkeys for over 500 guests, and the celebration is only expected to grow. This year, the third annual Southside Community Thanksgiving Dinner will be held 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 22, in the gymnasium of the Arthur R. Edington Education & Career Center, 133 Livingston St. This bounteous feast isn’t just a meal, it’s a celebration of community and an opportunity for collaboration between some of the region’s greatest organizations. Local civic leaders, including Asheville Mayor Esther Manheimer, District Attorney Todd Williams, Assistant Fire Chief Wayne Hamilton and Asheville Housing Authority neighborhood outreach coordinator and former Asheville Mayor Terry Bellamy, will pick up their ladles and help serve the crowds of community members expected at this year’s dinner.

In addition to the hundreds of meals for anticipated guests, GO students will also prepare an additional 200 meals to be delivered by AHA vans to local elderly folks unable to join in the festivities.

More than anything, the Southside Community Thanksgiving Dinner (like so many similar celebrations around town) is an opportunity for Asheville at large — rich and poor, young and old — to gather together over good food. “This meal is an important example of fellowship through food and eating to live, not living to eat,” says chef Liam LuttrellRowland, who directs the GO Kitchen Ready Program.

To learn more about the program or its meal schedule, look for “GO Kitchen Ready” under “What We Do” at greenopportunities.org.

HAYWOOD STREET CONGREGATION’S THANKSGIVING FEAST Haywood Street Congregation’s Downtown Welcome Table is the antithesis of a traditional soup kitchen. Guests of all backgrounds receive the same

FOOD FOR ALL: Pictured are diners at the Asheville Poverty Initiative’s 12 Baskets Café.

The café will offer free Thanksgiving dinner for all who wish to attend. “Our goal is to build relationships, because only through getting to know our neighbors — all our neighbors — will we be able to recognize there is no such thing as only a ‘have’ or a ‘have not,’ says the Rev. Shannon Spencer, director of the API. Photo courtesy of 12 Baskets Cafe

experience: Serving dishes weighted with fresh fare are delivered by volunteer waitstaff to large, round tables set with china plates, fresh flowers and cloth napkins. Guests pass the food around the table family-style, serving each other and making new friends. It’s a meal where poverty and privilege fade and the proverbial princes and paupers dine in companionable solidarity.

When the holidays roll around, the mission of Downtown Welcome Table grows to encompass the magic of the season. “The intention with our holiday meals is to re-create the family dinner table on a special occasion,” says Laura Kirby, executive director of Haywood Street Congregation. “We hope for it to be the same scene that is played out all over Asheville on Thanksgiving and Christmas: old friends and long-lost relatives welcomed back with open arms.

Plenty of laughter and stories shared.

Good food and lots of it. Favorite family recipes mixed with holiday classics.”

All are welcome at HSC’s Thanksgiving Feast on Wednesday, Nov. 23, with seatings at 10:30 and 11:15 a.m., noon and 12:45 p.m. at the Haywood Street Congregation, 297 Haywood St.

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GATHER AROUND THE TABLE: The Haywood Street Congregation serves high-quality, fresh meals to all members of the community free of charge, all served by volunteer waitstaff on china with cloth napkins. The organization will offer a community meal for Thanksgiving.

Photo courtesy of the Haywood Street Congregation For details on the work of the Haywood Street Congregation, visit haywoodstreet.org.

12 BASKETS THANKSGIVING LUNCH Our city’s fledgling foodcentric nonprofit program, 12 Baskets Café, is a product of the Asheville Poverty Initiative. The café is open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, serving lunch to folks of all types using untouched, quality castoffs from local hot bars, buffets and groceries. The organization embodies the idiom “waste not, want not,” even as it fosters the emergence of a new kind of community.

“Our goal is to build relationships, because only through getting to know our neighbors — all our neighbors — will we be able to recognize there is no such thing as only a ‘have’ or a ‘have not,’” says Rev. Shannon Spencer, director of the API. “Hanging out and getting to know each other over delicious, quality food served in a dignified manner truly empowers each of us.”

An extended lunch service will be offered from 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m.

Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 24, at 12 Baskets Café, 610 Haywood Road (below Firestorm Books and Coffee). The meal will celebrate the Asheville community and all who reside within it as well as our shared

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love for good food. “There is enough for us all,” says Spencer, “and that is what we celebrate.”

More information about the Asheville Poverty Initiative is available at ashevillepovertyinitiative.org.

THANKSGIVING POTLUCK AT THE CATHEDRAL OF ALL SOULS Following a special service on Thanksgiving Day, Biltmore Village’s stunning Cathedral of All Souls will host a potluck in celebration of the holiday. After the adjournment of the 10:30 a.m. worship service, the church offers a feast of turkey, cornbread dressing and giblet gravy, supplemented with a bevy of trimmings and treats to be provided by guests. Tickets are just $5 each with a $15 cap for families. The meal takes place 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at 9 Swan St. in Biltmore Village.

ANNUAL THANKSVEGAN DINNER AT THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Celebrate the season without the meat at the BLOCK Off Biltmore. In partnership with the Asheville Vegan Society, the BLOCK will host its second Thanksgiving Day potluck dinner on Thursday, Nov. 24, beginning with a cocktail hour at 4:30 p.m. and dinner at 5:30 p.m. The meal will be followed

by The BLOCK’s regular open-mic event at 7:30 p.m. Guests are encour-

aged to bring a plant-based dish that will feed five or more. A suggested $10 donation will benefit local nonprofit Animal Haven, which rescues abandoned, abused and neglected farm animals. The BLOCK Off Biltmore is at 39 S. Market St. COMMUNITY THANKSGIVING DINNER AT BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA This Weaverville pizza purveyor will put aside the dough and crank

out a traditional Thanksgiving feast for locals this Turkey Day. As a token of gratitude for the community, Blue Mountain Pizza hosts this free Thanksgiving Day dinner from noon-3 p.m. every year for the needy and lonely alike. The menu will include favorites like turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes and pies, all offered free of charge for those who wish to stop by. Blue Mountain Pizza is at 55 N. Main St., Weaverville. X

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR Roots + Wings Creative Campus Join us for an afternoon filled with gratitude and re-discover the art of the hand-written note! Give thanks, share love or just say HI! Donations welcome, but not required. Go to rootsandwingsarts.com for more information.

NOVEMBER 16 - 24, 2016 ANIMALS BLUE RIDGE HUMANE SOCIETY 692-2639, blueridgehumane.org • WE (11/16), 6pm - Adoptable pet event. Free to attend. Held at Sanctuary Brewing Company, 147 1st Ave., Hendersonville BROTHER WOLF ANIMAL RESCUE 505-3440, bwar.org • WE (11/23), 6pm - Adoptable pet event. Free to attend. Held at Sanctuary Brewing Company, 147 1st Ave., Hendersonville FULL MOON FARM WOLFDOG RESCUE 664-9818, fullmoonfarm.org • SA (11/19), 1-5pm - "Howl for the Holidays" farm tours and warm drinks. Supplies for the farm accepted. Register for location. Admission by donation.

BENEFITS 5TH ANNUAL HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS FUNDRAISER (PD.) • Saturday, December 10, 2016. 5pm9:30pm, The Orange Peel, Asheville, NC. Proceeds from this fundraiser will benefit 5 Local Nonprofits. Admission is by donation. Join us for Santa, live music, kid's games, food/drinks, silent auction, photo booth and more! Town and Mountain Realty/828-232-2879. www.townandmountain.com/ ashevillefundraiser ANAM CARA THEATRE 545-3861, anamcaratheatre.com • FR (11/18), 7:30pm - Proceeds from the "Abandoned London Pub: 1880" costumed fundraising event with silent auction and performances benefit Anam Cara Theatre Company. $12/$10 advance. Held at Toy Boat Community Art Space, 101 Fairview Road, Suite B ARTHUR MORGAN SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP AUCTION arthurmorganschool.org/ • FR (11/18), 6-9:30pm - Proceeds from this silent auction and reception with live music by Bob Early's jazz group benefit The Arthur Morgan School. $35/$25 advance. Held at Burnsville Town Center, 6 Main St., Burnsville ASHEVILLE BROWNS BACKERS CLUB 658-4149, ashevillebbw@gmail.com • SUNDAYS, 1pm - Proceeds raised at this weekly social group supporting the Cleveland Browns benefit local charities. Free to attend. Held at The Social, 1078 Tunnel Road

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ASHEVILLE BUNCOMBE COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES 259-5300, abccm.org • TH (11/17), 7am-1pm - "Toasty," annual blanket and winter wearables donation drive. Donations of new or clean, gently used blankets, coats, hats, scarves and gloves accepted for ABCCM. Held at Executive Park parking lot, corner of College St. and Charlotte St. CARNIVAL OF NUTS FUNDRAISER nuttybuddycollective.com • SU (11/20), 4-8pm - Proceeds from this carnival with games, performances and food benefit the Nutty Buddy collective purchase commercial scale nut processing equipment. $10 minimum entry for 1 bag of tokens. Held at Toy Boat Community Art Space, 101 Fairview Road, Suite B EBLEN CHARITIES 255-3066, eblencharities.org • TH (11/17) & FR (11/18), 6pm Proceeds from "Back Home Again," tribute show to John Denver featuring Tom Becker benefit Eblen Charities. $65 dinner and show/$35 show only.

Held at Crest Mountain Dinner Show, 6 Celebration Place FEAST 704-562-2828, feastasheville.com • Through FR (11/18) - Proceeds from this homemade apple pie fundraiser benefit Asheville Middle School students. Pick up pies on Tuesday, Nov. 22, noon-3pm. Reserve your homemade apple pie: feast.avl@ gmail.com. $15.

FOLKMOOT USA 452-2997, folkmootusa.org • SA (11/19), 5-8pm - Proceeds from the “Hazelwood School Reunion” with storyteller Donald Davis, school tours and Thanksgiving style dinner benefit Folkmoot USA. $38/$35 advance/$10 children.

HENDERSON COUNTY TOY RUN 606-2989 • SA (11/19), 10am - Proceeds from this motorcycle ride and toy drive benefit foster children in Henderson County. $15/toy donations. Held at Fletcher Community Park, 85 Howard Gap Road, Fletcher HIGH COUNTRY TURKEY TROT hcturkeytrot.org • TH (11/24), 9am - Proceeds from this fun run and 5K benefit Hearts of Hospitality House. $30/$10 fun run.

Held at Boone Greenway Trail, Boone ONE CENTER YOGA 120 Coxe Ave., 3rd Floor, 225-1904, onecenteryoga.com • SA (11/19), 7-8:30pm - Proceeds from the "Gratitude Kirtan

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MAKE YOUR OWN MOCCASINS! (PD.) • Make beautiful, comfortable fitted buckskin moccasins the Southeastern way! Saturday, November 26, 9am5pm at Earthaven Ecovillage with Jeff Gottlieb. $95 plus $5 for materials if you have your own skin; otherwise $35 for buckskin. Register online at or call 828 669-1965. culturesedge.net

LIGHT A PATH: One Center Yoga is hosting A Gratitude Kirtan on Saturday, Nov. 19, from 7 until 8:30 p.m. for the nonprofit organization Light a Path. Light a Path is dedicated to bringing yoga and meditation into women’s prisons and homeless shelters and connecting service-minded yoga teachers, somatic therapists and body workers to populations with limited access to holistic resources. The group singing and music-making kirtan involving ancient Sanskrit chants features musicians Osel, Amah Devi, Rob Kane, Kyle Nuccilli and Michael Johnson. Attendees are asked to make a financial contribution or donate a gently used or new yoga mat.

For more information, visit onecenteryoga.com or lightapath.org. Photo courtesy of One Center Yoga Fundraiser" with live music benefit Light a Path. Admission by monetary donation or with a gently used or new yoga mat.

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD samaritanspurse.org/occ • MO (11/14) until MO (11/21) Drop off gift-filled shoeboxes for Samaritan’s Purse at drop-off points within the Asheville area. For more information and locations visit the website.

PINUPS FOR PITBULLS BENEFIT facebook.com/ events/378892445776133 • SA (11/19), 8-11:30pm - Proceeds raised at this anniversary party with refreshments and live music by Ouroboros Boys benefit Pinups for Pitbulls. Free to attend. Held at Cork & Keg, 86 Patton Ave. SONGS FROM THE HEART BENEFIT TheAltamontTheatre.com • SU (11/20), 7:30pm - Proceeds from this live music event with Jane Roman Pitt, Danny Ellis, Billy Jonas, Chris Rosser, Franklin Keel, Al Schlimm and Matthew Richmond benefit Jaron Rosser, who is on the waiting list for a heart transplant. $15/$12 advance. Held at Altamont Theatre, 18 Church St. THE CENTER FOR CULTURAL PRESERVATION 692-8062, saveculture.org

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• MO (11/21), 7pm - Proceeds from this screening of the PBS film, Call of the Ancient Mariner, benefit the Center for Cultural Preservation. Registration: saveculture.org or 692-8062. $10. Held at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Hendersonville, 2021 Kanuga Road, Hendersonville TURKEY TROT 5K tinyurl.com/z5km3x7 • TH (11/24), 8:30am - Proceeds from this 5K and fun run benefit MANNA food bank. $35. Held at Pack Square Park, 121 College St.

BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY A-B TECH SMALL BUSINESS CENTER 398-7950, abtech.edu/sbc • TH (11/17), 6-8pm - "Business Formation: Choosing the Right Structure," workshop. Registration required. Free. Held at A-B Tech Enka Campus, 1459 Sand Hill Road, Candler FLETCHER AREA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION jim@extraordinarycopywriter.com • TH (11/17), 5:30-7pm - "Business after Hours Meeting," with the Henderson County Chamber of Commerce. Free. Held at Trinity View, 2533 Hendersonville Road, Arden

G&W INVESTMENT CLUB klcount@aol.com • 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 11:45am General meeting. Free to attend.

Held at Black Forest Restaurant, 2155 Hendersonville Road, Arden

CLASSES, MEETINGS & EVENTS AERIAL ARTS, DANCE & FLEXIBILITY CLASSES AT EMPYREAN ARTS (PD.) • Beginning Aerial Arts drop-in classes happen weekly every Sunday at 4:15pm, Monday at 5:15pm, Tuesday at 11:00am, Wednesday at 4:15pm, and Thursday at 5:00pm.

• Flexibility drop in classes happen weekly every Tuesday at 8:00pm and Thursdays at 1:00pm.

• Liquid Motion Dance class happens every Wednesday at 8:00pm. Sign up at empyreanarts.org or call/text at 828.782.3321.

CLAY STUDIO SCULPTURE CLASS (PD.) • Starts December 8, Harvest House (Kenilworth Road). Hand-Building students make sculpture of their own design. Harvest House: (828) 3502051 or Jim Kransberger: (828) 5051907 for details. Space is limited.

COMMUNITY LETTER WRITING AND MAKING DAY (PD.) • Sunday, November 20th 3:30-5pm

MAKE YOUR OWN UKRAINIAN EGG ORNAMENT (PD.) • Learn to make beautiful Ukrainian holiday egg ornaments: Pysanky workshops in the River Arts District or your location. AshevilleStudioA. com • call or text (828) 423-6459 • AvlStudioA@gmail.com for signup + more info.

ONE MILLION CUPS OF COFFEE (PD.) • WEDNESDAYS, 9am - Asheville’s startup community gathers weekly for presentations by founders of emerging high-growth startup businesses.

Run by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs. Free coffee, open to the public. RISC Networks, 81 Broadway. www.1millioncups.com/asheville POLE DANCE & FITNESS CLASSES AT EMPYREAN ARTS (PD.) • Beginning Pole drop-in classes happen weekly every Sunday at 5:45pm, Wednesdays at 5:30pm, Thursdays at 11:00am, and Saturdays at 11:45am.

Sign up at empyreanarts.org or call/ text at 828.782.3321.

ST. NICHOLAS CHRISTMAS BAZAAR (PD.) Kick off the holidays at our free, family-friendly festival! Food, wine, silent auction, kids’ activities, church tours, music & more! Hope to see you there!

Dec. 17th, 10am-4pm. 5 Park Ridge Drive, Fletcher, NC 28732.

TRANSFORMING EDUCATION FOR ADULTS (PD.) • Asheville, help us launch a new style of college-level learning: No grading, leading-edge content, affordable.

• Saturday, November 19, 11am12:30pm at Firestorm Books, 610 Haywood Road. Hosted by Sphere College Project. Free to public. spherecollege.org/events WHAT IN THE WORLD IS HAPPENING? (PD.) • Billions living in poverty.

Environmental destruction. Endless war. But, Hope Grows: Maitreya, The World Teacher is in the world.

People demanding environmental and social justice. UFOs/Crop Circles.

Signs and miracles. The Forces of Light are Gathering. What does this mean for you? Saturday, November

19, Asheville Friends Meeting. 227 Edgewood Rd. 2pm. Free presentation. 828-398-0609.

ASHEVILLE ASPERGER'S ADULTS AND TEENS UNITED meetup.com/aspergersadultsunited/, wncaspergersunited@gmail.com • SA (11/19), 3-5:30pm - Gaming group and holiday polutck. Free/ Bring a dish to share. Held at The Autism Society, 306 Summit St. • SA (11/19), 3:50 - Group meetup to watch the film, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Registration required. Purchase movie tickets in advance. Held at Carolina Cinemas Asheville, 1640 Hendersonville Road ASHEVILLE HOLIDAY PARADE 251-9973, ashevilledowntown.org • SA (11/19), 11am - Asheville holiday parade. Free. Held along Biltmore Ave. and Patton Ave. ASHEVILLE LAND OF SKY TOASTMASTERS 274-1865 or 954-383-2111 • TUESDAYS, 7am - Group meeting to develop speaking and leadership skills in a supportive environment.

Free. Held at Reuter YMCA, 3 Town Center Blvd.

ASHEVILLE TOASTMASTERS CLUB 914-424-7347, ashevilletoastmasters.com • THURSDAYS, 6:15pm - General meeting. Free. Held at YMI Cultural Center, 39 South Market St. BLUE RIDGE HOLISTIC NURSES 989-4981, brholisticnurse@gmail.com • SA (11/19), 10am-noon "Transitions in nursing career," presentation and general meeting.

Active and retired nurses welcome.

Free to attend. Held at EarthFare Westgate, 66 Westgate Parkway BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/governing/ depts/library • WE (11/16), 4pm - "Coloring and Conversation," for adults. Free. Held at Swannanoa Library, 101 West Charleston St., Swannanoa • MO (11/21), 10am-noon - Itching to Stitch, needlework group. Free. Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville • 4th TUESDAYS, 6-8pm - "Sit-nStitch," informal, self-guided gathering for knitters and crocheters. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. FIRESTORM CAFE AND BOOKS 610 Haywood Road, 255-8115 • WEDNESDAYS, 6pm - "What's Up with Whiteness" discussion group.

Free to attend.

HOMINY VALLEY RECREATION PARK 25 Twin Lakes Drive, Candler, 242-8998, hvrpsports.com • 3rd THURSDAYS, 7pm - Hominy Valley board meeting. Free.

IKENOBO IKEBANA SOCIETY 696-4103, blueridgeikebana.com • TH (11/17), 10am - “Using Evergreens in Ikenobo Ikebana,” presentation and workshop. Free.

Held at First Congregational UCC of Hendersonville, 1735 5th Ave., W. Hendersonville LEICESTER COMMUNITY CENTER 2979 New Leicester Highway, Leicester, 774-3000, facebook.com/ Leicester.Community.Center • 3rd THURSDAYS, 7pm - The Leicester history gathering general meeting. Free.

MCDOWELL COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY- MARION BRANCH 90 W Court St., Marion, 652-3858 • WE (11/16), 3pm - "Introduction to Proposal Writing," workshop.

Registration required: mcdowellpubliclibrary.libcal.com/event/2913262.

Free.

MOMS DEMAND ACTION momsdemandaction.org • 3rd MONDAYS, 4:30pm - Moms Demand Action For Gun Sense in America, general meeting. Free. Held at St. Mary's Episcopal Church, 337 Charlotte St. ONTRACK WNC 50 S. French Broad Ave., 255-5166, ontrackwnc.org • WE (11/16), 5:30-7pm - "Budgeting and Debt Class." Registration required. Free.

• FR (11/18), noon-1:30pm "Understanding Credit. Get it. Keep it. Improve it." Seminar. Registration required. Free.

• TU (11/22), noon-1:30pm "Budgeting and Debt Class."

Registration required. Free.

• TU (11/22), 5:30-7pm "Understanding Credit. Get it. Keep it. Improve it." Seminar. Registration required. Free.

• TU (11/22), 5:30-7pm - "How to Find Extra Income in Your Day-to-Day Life," seminar. Registration required.

Free.

PUBLIC LECTURES AT UNCA unca.edu • FR (11/18), 5-6:30pm - "Death Café," monthly series of gatherings for storytelling and discussion about death in a death-phobic culture, facilitated by Karen Sanders, Greg Lathrop and Sa’id Osio of Third Messenger. Information: deathcafe. com. Free. Held in the Reuter Center SHOWING UP FOR RACIAL JUSTICE showingupforracialjustice.org • TUESDAYS, 10am-noon - Educating and organizing white people for racial justice. Free to attend. Held at Firestorm Cafe and Books, 610 Haywood Road TRANSGENDER DAY OF REMEMBRANCE facebook.com/ events/519298638239719/ • SU (11/20), 6pm - Annual

Transgender Day of Remembrance.

Free Held at Pritchard Park, 4 College St. TRANZMISSION PRISON PROJECT tranzmissionprisonproject.yolasite. com • Fourth THURSDAYS, 6pm - Tranzmission Prison Project. Free to attend. Held at Firestorm Cafe and Books, 610 Haywood Road WNC PHYSICIANS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY wncpsr.org • 3rd FRIDAYS, noon-2pm - Monthly meeting. BYO lunch. Free. Held at First Congregational UCC of Asheville, 20 Oak St.

DANCE POLE FITNESS AND DANCE CLASSES AT DANCECLUB ASHEVILLE (PD.) • Pole Dance, Burlesque, Jazz/ Funk, Hip Hop, Flashmobs! Drop in for a class or sign up for a series: • 6 Week Intro to Spin Pole-Begins Oct. 27 • 8 Week Jazz/Funk to BeyonceBegins Oct. 27 • Halloween Flashmob Mystery Workshop-Oct. 30 • 6 Week Intro to Pole-Begins Nov. 2 DanceclubAsheville.com 828-275-8628 Right down the street from UNCA 9 Old Burnsville Hill Rd., #3 STUDIO ZAHIYA, DOWNTOWN DANCE CLASSES (PD.) • Monday 5pm Ballet Wkt 6pm Hip Hop Wkt 7pm Hip Hop Fusion 8pm Tap • Tuesday 9am Hip Hop Wkt 4:30pm Teen Bellydance 6pm Intro to Bellydance 7pm Bellydance 2 8pm Bellydance 3 8pm Hip Hop Choreography •Wednesday 9am Hip Hop Wkt 5:30pm Hip Hop Wkt 6:30pm Bhangra 7:30pm POUND Wkt 8pm • Thursday 9am Hip Hop Wrkt 4pm Girls Hip Hop 5pm Teen Hip Hop 7pm West African • Saturday 9:30am Hip Hop Wkt 10:45 Electronic Yoga Wkt • Sunday 3pm Tap 2 6:30pm Vixen • $13 for 60 minute classes, Wkt $5. 90 1/2 N. Lexington Avenue. www.studiozahiya.com :: 828.242.7595 SOUTHERN LIGHTS SQUARE AND ROUND DANCE CLUB 697-7732, southernlights.org • SA (11/19), 6pm - "Harvest Ball" themed dance. Advance dance at 6pm. Early rounds at 7pm.

Squares and rounds at 7:30pm.

Free to attend. Held at Whitmire Activity Center, 310 Lily Pond Road, Hendersonville

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ECO ASHEVILLE GREEN DRINKS ashevillegreendrinks.com • 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 7pm - Ecopresentations, discussions and community connection. Free. Held at Lenoir Rhyne Center for Graduate Studies, 36 Montford Ave. ASHEVILLE GREENWORKS 254-1776, ashevillegreenworks.org • SA (11/19), 10am-2pm - "Hard 2 Recycle," donation event for difficult to recycle items such as styrofoam, electronics, books, batteries, cooking Oil and more. Held at 2310 Hendersonville Road, Arden

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Limited Opportunity To End Gerrymandering," presentation and general meeting. Free. Held in the Hendersonville Chamber of Commerce, 204 Kanuga Road, Hendersonville YOUR VOICE, YOUR FUTURE TOWN HALL MEETING wlos.com • TH (11/17), 8pm - "Your Voice, Your Future" town hall focusing on the "affordable housing crisis" in Asheville. Hosted by WLOS. Free.

Held at WNC Agricultural Center, 1301 Fanning Bridge Road

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• WEDNESDAYS, 10:30am - Family story time. Free.

HANDS ON! A CHILDREN'S GALLERY 318 N. Main St., Hendersonville, 697-8333 • TU (11/15) through FR (11/18), 10am-4pm - "Let’s Play Games!"

Activities celebrating National Game and Puzzle Week for all ages.

Admission fees apply.

MALAPROP'S BOOKSTORE AND CAFE 55 Haywood St., 254-6734, malaprops.com • WEDNESDAYS, 10am - Miss Malaprop's Story Time for ages 3-9.

Free to attend.

ELISHA MITCHELL AUDUBON SOCIETY emasnc.org • TH (11/17), 6-8pm - Birds and Brews Social & Movie: The Wood Thrush Connection. Free to attend.

Held at Highland Brewing Company, 12 Old Charlotte Highway

ASHEVILLE COMMUNITY THEATRE 35 E. Walnut St., 254-1320, ashevilletheatre.org • FRIDAY through SUNDAY (11/18) until (11/20) - Beauty and the Beast, Jr., presented by students. Fri.: 7:30pm. Sat. & Sun.: 2:30pm. $6.

SMITH-MCDOWELL HOUSE MUSEUM 283 Victoria Road, 253-9231, wnchistory.org • SA (11/19), 10:30am-12:30pm Crafty Historian: "Embossed Foil Leaf," activity for kids. Registration required. $5.

GREEN GRANNIES avl.mx/0gm • 3rd SATURDAYS, 4pm - Sing-a-long for the climate. Information: singfortheclimate.com Free. Held at Pritchard Park, 4 College St.

ATTIC SALT THEATRE COMPANY 505-2926 • SATURDAYS through (12/31) Family theater performances. $5.

Held at The Magnetic Theatre, 375 Depot St.

RIVERLINK 170 Lyman St., 252-8474 ext.11 • TH (11/17), 11:45am-2:30pm Riverfront bus tour of the French Broad and Swannanoa Rivers.

Registration required: bustour@riverlink.org. $20/Free for members.

BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/governing/ depts/library • WE (11/16), 3:30pm - "Makers & Shakers: Upcycled T-Shirt Bags with Asheville Greenworks," activities for ages 5 and up. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • TH (11/17), 4pm - "LEGO Builders," for all ages. Free. Held at Swannanoa Library, 101 West Charleston St., Swannanoa • FR (11/18), 4-5:30pm - Teen Awesome Group. For 6th grade and up. Free. Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville • FR (11/18), 4pm - Teen Cosplay Club. For ages 13 and up. Free. Held at Enka-Candler Library, 1404 Sandhill Road, Candler • FR (11/18), 4pm - "Grossology," hands on activities for kids sponsored by the Hands On! Science Museum.

Registration required: 250-6480.

Free. Held at Leicester Library, 1561 Alexander Road, Leicester • 4th TUESDAYS, 1pm Homeschoolers' book club. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave.

SPELLBOUND CHILDREN'S BOOKSHOP 640 Merrimon Ave., #204, 708-7570, spellboundchildrensbookshop.com • FR (11/18), 6-7pm - Teen Book Club: The Untimely Deaths of Alex Wayfare. For ages 14-18. Free to attend.

• SATURDAYS, 11am - Storytime for ages 3-7. Free to attend.

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POLK COUNTY FRIENDS OF AGRICULTURE BREAKFAST polkcountyfarms.org • 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 7-8am Monthly breakfast with presentations regarding agriculture. Admission by donation. Held at the 4-H Center, Locust St, Columbus SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN HIGHLANDS CONSERVANCY 253-0095, appalachian.org • SU (11/20), 1-5pm - Farmer Workshop Series: "Farm Planning Basics," introduction to planning and layout of land for small-scale farming production. Registration required: 490-2565. $40. Held at Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy's Community Farm, 180 Mag Sluder Road, Alexander

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS HENDERSON COUNTY LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS lwvhcnc.org • TH (11/17), 3-5pm - "Population Dynamics Might Save Democracy in North Carolina: A Time-

DIANA WORTHAM THEATRE 2 S. Pack Square, 257-4530, dwtheatre.com • TU (11/15) & WE (11/16), 10am & noon - Skippyjon Jones: Snow What,

by Theatreworks USA. For grades Pre-school through 3. $7.50.

FLETCHER LIBRARY 120 Library Road, Fletcher, 687-1218, library.hendersoncountync.org

OUTDOORS BIG IVY COMMUNITY CENTER 540 Dillingham Road, Barnardsville, 626-3438 • SATURDAYS through (11/19), 10am - Turkey shoot. Priced per shot.

PISGAH CENTER FOR WILDLIFE EDUCATION 1401 Fish Hatchery Road, Pisgah Forest, 877-4423 • SA (11/19), 10am-2pm - Outdoor open fire cooking workshop.

Registration: ncwildlife.org/Learning/ Education-Centers/Pisgah/EventRegistration. For ages 12 and up.

Free.

PARENTING YOUTH OUTRIGHT 866-881-3721, youthoutright.org • 3rd SATURDAYS, 11am - Middle school discussion group. Free. Held at First Congregational UCC of Asheville, 20 Oak St.

PUBLIC LECTURES BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/governing/ depts/library

Give!Local Events Calendar Give!Local nonprofit events from 11/16 through 11/24

BY ABIGAIL GRIFFIN | agriffin@mountainx.com Thank you to all the Give!Local donors! The 60-day campaign is into its third week! The Give!Local campaign provides a fun, fast and easy way to give online, from $1 to $1,000s. Donors can give to as many of the participating nonprofits as they like and pay with one easy credit card transaction. Plus, there are hundreds of fun, valuable incentives to encourage donations from everyone, from people who don’t get tax breaks, to a whole new generation of givers — children! To give, or for more information, visit givelocalguide.org A big congratulations to Max and Donna Kull of Weaverville, who won the Big Give Week Home Improvement package by donating $20 or more during the Big Give Week that took place Tuesday, Nov. 1 through Monday, Nov. 7.

WELLNESS ASHEVILLE COMMUNITY YOGA CENTER 8 Brookdale Road, ashevillecommunityyoga.com • MONDAYS until (11/28), 7:158:15am - “Sunrise Flow,” yoga class. $5-$15.

SUPPORT GROUPS MY DADDY TAUGHT ME THAT mydaddytaughtmethat.org • MONDAYS & WEDNESDAYS, 6-8pm - Men’s discussion group.

Free. Held in 16-A Pisgah Apartment

THEATER DIFFERENT STROKES PERFORMING ARTS COLLECTIVE 275-2093, differentstrokespac.org • THURSDAYS through SATURDAYS until (11/19), 7:30pm - Night of the Living Dead Redux. $18. Held at The Magnetic Theatre, 375 Depot St.

BENEFITS ANAM CARA THEATRE 545-3861, anamcaratheatre.com

The Kulls won a home assessment from the Green Building Council, $100 worth of cleaning from Green Home Cleaning, a $50 gift certificate for the Habitat for Humanity ReStore, a pass to the Organic Grower’s School spring conference and a dog or cat adoption package from the Asheville Humane Society.

The Big Thanks Give Week for the 2016 Give!Local campaign takes place Sunday, Nov. 20 until Sunday, Nov. 26. If you give $20 or more during Thanksgiving week, you will be entered into a prize drawing for this year’s big mystery prize. Meanwhile, the prize will be kept under wraps until its winner is revealed in the Dec. 6 issue of Xpress.

Here’s what the Give!Local nonprofits are up to this week:

• FR (11/18), 7:30pm - Proceeds from the “Abandoned London Pub: 1880” costumed fundraising event with silent auction and performances benefit Anam Cara Theatre Company. $12/$10 advance. Held at Toy Boat Community Art Space, 101 Fairview Road, Suite B FEAST 704-562-2828, feastasheville.com • Through FR (11/18) - Proceeds from this homemade apple pie fundraiser benefit Asheville Middle School students. Pick up pies on Tuesday, Nov. 22, noon-3pm.

Reserve your homemade apple pie: feast.avl@gmail.com. $15.

ECO ASHEVILLE GREENWORKS 254-1776, ashevillegreenworks.org • SA (11/19), 10am-2pm - “Hard 2 Recycle,” donation event for difficult to recycle items such as styrofoam, electronics, books, batteries, cooking Oil and more. Held at 2310 Hendersonville Road, Arden

KIDS ATTIC SALT THEATRE COMPANY 505-2926 • SATURDAYS through (12/31) Family theater performances. $5.

Held at The Magnetic Theatre, 375 Depot St.

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SENIORS COUNCIL ON AGING OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY, INC. 277-8288, coabc.org • FR (11/18), 2-4pm - “Medicare Choices Made Easy,” workshop.

Registration required. Free.

Held at Goodwill Career Training Center, 1616 Patton Ave.

VOLUNTEERING ASHEVILLE GREENWORKS 254-1776, ashevillegreenworks. org • SA (11/19), 10am-2pm Volunteer to help with the last “Hard 2 Recycle” collection of 2016. Registration: 2327144 or volunteer@ashevillegreenworks.org. Held at 2310 Hendersonville Road, Arden HOMEWARD BOUND OF WNC 218 Patton Ave., 258-1695, homewardboundwnc.org • 3rd THURSDAYS, 11am “Welcome Home Tour,” tours of Asheville organizations that serve the homeless population.

Registration required. Free to attend.

WE HAVE A WINNER: Max and Donna Kull, pictured, of Weaverville, won the first Big Give Week home improvement package. Give!Local is an online donation platform designed to make giving to great causes fun and rewarding. Nov. 20-26 is Big ThanksGive Week; one lucky donor from that week will be selected for a mysterious package of prizes to be announced in December.

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Magical Offerings 11/17 - Circle Round:

Drumming Workshop 7-9pm, Donations 11/19 - Reading & Book Signing: “Children of Lilith” by Lauren Devora 3-5pm 11/20 - Welcoming Circle 5-6:30pm, Donations 11/21 - Astrologer: SpiritSong, 12-6pm 11/23 - Tarot Reader: Susannah Rose, 12-6pm

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LIVE AND LEARN: For students at Arthur Morgan School, classroom lessons come alongside immersive educational trips, multiday backpacking excursions and other hands-on learning experiences. The school’s annual auction funds scholarships that reduce most students’ tuition burden. Photo courtesy of AMS WHAT: A live and silent auction to fund Arthur Morgan School scholarships WHERE: Burnsville Town Center WHEN: Friday, Nov. 18, 6-9:30 p.m.

WHY: Academics are just one priority at Arthur Morgan School, where nearly 30 students in grades seven to nine also help with daily chores, build structures like outdoor classrooms and barns, present proposals for school improvements and grow food that’s served on the residential campus.

“Everyone is responsible for pitching in for the running and maintenance of the school,” says its development coordinator, Heather Dawes. “It very much is a living learning community.

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That participatory spirit, she adds, is what sets the farm school’s auction apart from other fundraisers. Not only do students provide handmade creations like ceramics, fiber and paper arts and knitted goods — including the gauntletstyle fingerless gloves that are trending among the school’s knitters — but they also divide into five labor crews that are live-auctioned. Winning bidders get help on a project come April.

“We spend six hours working, and most groups have seven people. So it’s a huge amount of work that we can get done,” Dawes says. “[The crews] have to come up with themes and theme music, costumes and skits, and they do this performance before they get auctioned. It’s hilarious.”

Returning auctioneer Jeff Goodman, too, riles the crowd, according to Dawes. Plus, a local jazz group led by Bob Early will play during the silent auction, which includes myriad donations from area artists and businesses.

Students will also staff a handmade market, selling their smallest crafts at set prices.

In past years, the affair has raised almost $30,000 for need-based scholarships, and “It’s my dream to get over that,” Dawes says.

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C OMMU N IT Y CA L E N D AR • WE (11/16), 6:30-7:30pm - "A Course In Shamanism," presents an evening of discussion for healing work with Tom Wright. Free. Held at West Asheville Library, 942 Haywood Road

people working for a better world.

Non-sectarian. No fees. A simple altruistic service for the world. Free.

Wednesday. November 16. 7pm.

Crystal Visions. 5426 Asheville Hwy. Information: 828-398-0609.

PUBLIC LECTURES AT UNCA unca.edu • TH (11/17), 7:30pm - "Expressions of Pride in the Iconography of Roman Craftsmen," lecture by Jared Benton, field supervisor of excavations in Morgantina in central Sicily. Free.

Held in the Ramsey Library Whitman Room.

OPEN HEART MEDITATION (PD.) • New Location 70 Woodfin Pl. Suite 212 Tues. 7-8 PM. Experience the spiritual connection to your heart and the stillness & beauty of the Divine within you. Suggested $5 Love Offering.

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SENIORS COUNCIL ON AGING OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY, INC. 277-8288, coabc.org • FR (11/18), 2-4pm - "Medicare Choices Made Easy," workshop.

Registration required. Free. Held at Goodwill Career Training Center, 1616 Patton Ave.

SPIRITUALITY ABOUT THE TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION TECHNIQUE • FREE INTRODUCTORY TALK (PD.) • Deep with everyone is a limitless field of peace, energy and happiness, waiting to be discovered and fully lived in daily life. With proper instruction you can access that inner wellspring and meditate effortlessly and successfully—every time. Learn how TM is different from mindfulness, watching your breath, common mantra meditation and everything else.

NIH-sponsored research shows deep revitalizing rest, reduced stress and anxiety, improved brain functioning and heightened well-being. Thursday, 6:30-7:30pm, Asheville TM Center, 165 E. Chestnut. 828-254-4350.

TM.org or MeditationAsheville.org ASHEVILLE INSIGHT MEDITATION (PD.) • Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation. Learn how to get a Mindfulness Meditation practice started. 1st & 3rd Mondays. 7pm – 8:30. Asheville Insight Meditation, 175 Weaverville Road, Suite H, ASHEVILLE, NC, (828) 808-4444, www.ashevillemeditation.com.

ASTRO-COUNSELING (PD.) • Licensed counselor and accredited professional astrologer uses your chart when counseling for additional insight into yourself, your relationships and life directions. Readings also available. Christy Gunther, MA, LPC. (828) 258-3229.

FULL MOON TRANSMISSION MEDITATION (PD.) • Want to help the world, but don't know where to start? Group meditation that 'steps down' energies from the Masters of Wisdom for use by

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SHAMBHALA MEDITATION CENTER (PD.) • Wednesdays, 10-midnight, Thursdays, 7-8:30pm and Sundays, 10-noon • Meditation and community. Admission by donation. 60 N. Merrimon Ave., #113, (828) 200-5120. asheville.shambhala.org URBAN DHARMA 29 Page Ave, 225-6422, udharmanc.com • SUNDAYS (11/20) through (12/4), 10am-noon - "Milarepa's Songs," teachings, songs and guided meditation. $15-$30 per Sunday.

SPOKEN & WRITTEN WORD 35BELOW 35 E. Walnut St., 254-1320, ashevilletheatre.org • TH (11/17), 7:30pm - "Listen to This," storytelling series featuring stories and songs from locals. $15.

BLUE RIDGE BOOKS 152 S. Main St., Waynesville • 1st & 3rd SATURDAYS, 10am Banned Book Club. Free to attend.

BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/governing/ depts/library • TH (11/17), 2:30pm - Skyland Book Club: The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George. Free. Held at Skyland/ South Buncombe Library, 260 Overlook Road LENOIR RHYNE CENTER FOR GRADUATE STUDIES 36 Montford Ave., 778-1874 • TU (11/22), 5-8pm - “Wayfaring Strangers: The Musical Voyage from Scotland and Ulster to Appalachia,” presentation by Doug and Darcy Orr for the Asheville Book Circle.

Information: facebook.com/ AshevilleBookClub/. Free.

LITERARY EVENTS AT UNCA unca.edu • TH (11/17), 5pm - UNC Asheville faculty read from creative works in Spanish, Portuguese, and Cherokee.

Free. Held in Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum.

LITERARY EVENTS AT WCU wcu.edu • TH (11/17), 7-8pm - Author George Ellison presents his newest work, Literary Excursions in the Southern Highlands: 50 Nature Essays.

Reception at 6pm. Free. Held in the Robinson Building Auditorium.

MALAPROP'S BOOKSTORE AND CAFE 55 Haywood St., 254-6734, malaprops.com • SU (11/20), 3pm - "Writers at Home Reading," featuring contributing writers to the online literary journal, The Great Smokies Review. Free to attend.

NOVELS & NOVELTIES BOOKSTORE 408 N. Main St., Hendersonville, 6971870, fountainheadbookstore.com • WE (11/16), 7pm - Mark De Castrique presents his novel, The Singularity Race. Free to attend.

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TELLABRATION! A WORLDWIDE STORYTELLING EVENT ashevillestorycircle.org/ • SU (11/20), 3pm - "Tellabration!

A Worldwide Storytelling Event," hosted by the Asheville Storytelling Circle. $10. Held at Folk Art Center, MP 382 Blue Ridge Parkway THE WRITER'S WORKSHOP 254-8111, twwoa.org • Through WE (11/30) - Submissions accepted for the "Memoirs Contest."

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

CITY OF HENDERSONVILLE cityofhendersonville.org • TH (11/24), 8:30am - Turkey Trot 5k for all ages and fitness levels. $11.

Held at the Hendersonville City Hall, 145 5th Ave. E, Hendersonville

VOLUNTEERING TUTOR ADULTS IN NEED WITH THE LITERACY COUNCIL (PD.) • Literacy and English language skills help people rise out of poverty and support their families. Volunteer and give someone a second chance to learn. Sign up for volunteer orientation on 1/4 (5:30 pm) or 1/5 (9:00 am) by emailing volunteers@litcouncil. com. www.litcouncil.com ASHEVILLE GREENWORKS 254-1776, ashevillegreenworks.org • SA (11/19), 10am-2pm - Volunteer to help with the last "Hard 2 Recycle" collection of 2016.

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Held at 2310 Hendersonville Road, Arden HANDS ON ASHEVILLEBUNCOMBE 2-1-1, handsonasheville.org • TU (11/17), 4-6pm - Volunteer to assist with unpacking and pricing the merchandise in a nonprofit, fair-trade retail store. Registration required.

• SA (11/19), 2-5pm - Volunteer to help accept donations at the Habitat ReStore. Registration required.

• SU (11/20), 1-2:30pm - Volunteer to knit hats for community members in need. All skill levels welcome.

Registration required.

• MO (11/21), 6-8:30pm - Volunteer to help bake homemade cookies for hospice patients and their families at CarePartners' John Keever Solace Center. Registration required.

HOMEWARD BOUND OF WNC 218 Patton Ave., 258-1695, homewardboundwnc.org • 3rd THURSDAYS, 11am - "Welcome Home Tour," tours of Asheville organizations that serve the homeless population. Registration required.

Free to attend.

N.C. ARBORETUM WINTER LIGHTS 665-2492, ncwinterlights.com • WE (11/16) through SU (1/1) Volunteer to help with the Winter Lights exhibition. ​Individuals, couples and groups are welcome! Must be 18 or over. Registration and training required. Held at N.C. Arboretum, 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way

The fun way to give! givelocalguide.org

For more volunteering opportunities visit mountainxpress.com/ volunteering

WELLNESS BREAST/TESTICULAR CANCER PATIENTS DESIRED FOR HEALING WORK (PD.) • SA & SU (12/3 - 12/4) 9am-3pm both days. Breast or testicular cancer patients needed as clients for advanced hands-on healing students.

Earth-based healing school. FREE. Interested parties must register at registrar@wildernessFusion.com.

Asheville, NC area. (828) 785-4311, wildernessFusion.com.

HEALTHY FROM THE INSIDE OUT • THIS SATURDAY (PD.) • A free talk on Ayurveda and the Power of Digestion with Greta KentStoll, November 19, 11am-Noon.

One Center Yoga, 120 Coxe Ave., #3B. RSVP: greta.ayurveda@gmail. com. www.ashevilleayurveda.net LET YOUR LYMPH SYSTEM WORK FOR YOU (PD.) • Clear stuffy heads, heal quicker, reduce stress, detoxify, decrease fluid retention.

Discover Manual Lymph Drainage Massage with Jean Coletti, PT. 828-273-3950. ColettiPT.com

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ASHEVILLE COMMUNITY YOGA CENTER 8 Brookdale Road, ashevillecommunityyoga.com • MONDAYS (11/7) until (11/28), 7:15-8:15am - “Sunrise Flow,” yoga class. $5-$15.

BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/governing/ depts/library • WE (11/16), 11:30am - “Laughter Yoga,” class for adults. Free. Held at Swannanoa Library, 101 West Charleston St., Swannanoa FAIRVIEW ADVENTIST CHURCH 57 Cane Creek Circle Fairview, 685-2635 • 3rd SUNDAYS, 10am-2pm “Community Care Day,” with blood tests, physician counseling, fungal toenail trim and haircuts. Free.

PARDEE HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER 1800 Four Seasons Blvd., Hendersonville • FR (11/18), noon-1pm - Lunch and Learn Lectures: “Cancer and Blood Clots: Understanding Your Risk.”

Registration required: 696-1341 or carol.brown@pardeehospital.org.

Free.

QIGONG/CHI KUNG COMMUNITY PRACTICE GROUP allen@ashevilleqigong.com • FRIDAYS, 9:30am - Qigong/Chi Kung class. All levels welcome. Free to attend. Held at The Alternative Clinic, 23 Broadway THE MEDITATION CENTER 894 E. Main St., Sylva, 356-1105, meditate-wnc.org • 4th WEDNESDAYS, 6-8pm “Reflections Through The Looking Glass,” journaling and meditation.

Registration required. $10.

SUPPORT GROUPS ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS & DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILIES adultchildren.org • Visit mountainx.com/support for full listings.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS • For a full list of meetings in WNC, call 254-8539 or aancmco.org ALZHEIMER’S LGBT SUPPORT GROUP 277-5950, dparris@phhc.com • 3rd WEDNESDAYS 6-7pm Alzheimer’s support for the LGBT community. Held at Premier Home Health Care Services, 1550 Hendersonville Road, Suite 210 ASHEVILLE WOMEN FOR SOBRIETY 215-536-8026, womenforsobriety.org • THURSDAYS, 6:30-8pm – Held at YWCA of Asheville, 185 S French Broad Ave.

ASPERGER’S TEENS UNITED facebook.com/groups/ AspergersTeensUnited • For teens (13-19) and their parents.

Meets every 3 weeks. Contact for details.

BRAINSTORMER’S COLLECTIVE 254-0507, puffer61@gmail.com • 3rd THURSDAYS, 6-7:30pm - For brain injury survivors and supporters. Held at Kairos West Community Center, Haywood Road, Asheville BREAST CANCER SUPPORT GROUP 213-2508 • 3rd THURSDAYS, 5:30pm - For breast cancer survivors, husbands, children and friends. Held at SECU Cancer Center, 21 Hospital Drive CODEPENDENTS ANONYMOUS 242-7127 • TUESDAYS 7:30pm - Held at Asheville 12-Step Recovery Club, 370 N. Louisiana Ave., Suite G4 • FRIDAYS, 5:30pm - Held at First United Methodist Church of Waynesville, 556 S. Haywood Waynesville • WEDNESDAYS, 7-8pm & SATURDAYS, 11am – Held at First Congregational UCC of Asheville, 20 Oak St. DEBTORS ANONYMOUS debtorsanonymous.org • MONDAYS, 7pm - Held at First Congregational UCC of Asheville, 20 Oak St. DEPRESSION AND BIPOLAR SUPPORT ALLIANCE 367-7660, depressionbipolarasheville.com • WEDNESDAYS, 7pm & SATURDAYS, 4pm – Held at 1316-C Parkwood Road DIABETES SUPPORT 213-4788, laura.tolle@msj.org • 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 3:30pm - In room 3-B. Held at Mission Health, 509 Biltmore Ave. FOOD ADDICTS ANONYMOUS 423-6191 or 242-2173 • SATURDAYS, 11am- Held at Asheville 12-Step Recovery Club, 370 N. Louisiana Ave., Suite G4 FOUR SEASONS COMPASSION FOR LIFE 233-0948, fourseasonscfl.org • THURSDAYS, 12:30pm - Grief support group. Held at SECU Hospice House, 272 Maple St., Franklin • TUESDAYS, 3:30-4:30pm - Grief support group. Held at Four Seasons - Checkpoint, 373 Biltmore Ave. GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS gamblersanonymous.org • THURSDAYS, 6:45pm - 12-step meeting. Held at Basillica of St. Lawrence, 97 Haywood St. GRIEF PROCESSING SUPPORT GROUP 452-5039, haymed.org/locations/the-homestead

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by Chuck Shepherd THE NANNY STATE New York City officially began licensing professional fire eaters earlier this year, and classes have sprung up to teach the art so that the city’s Fire Department Explosives Unit can test for competence (if not “judgment”) and issue the “E29” certificates. In the “bad old (license-less) days,” a veteran fire eater told The New York Times in October, a “bunch of us” performed regularly for $50 a throw, largely oblivious of the dangers (though some admit that almost everyone eventually gets “badly burned”). For authenticity, the Times writer, a fire eater who dubbed herself Lady Aye, completed the licensing process herself (“as sexy as applying for a mortgage”), but declined to say whether she is awaiting bookings.

BRIGHT IDEAS • A major streetlight in the town of Pebmarsh Close, England, went out of service when a truck hit it a year ago, and despite pleas to fix it from townspeople — and Essex county councillor Dave Harris — no action has been taken. In October, Harris staged

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a “birthday party” on the site, formally inviting numerous guests, and furnishing a birthday cake — to “celebrate” the “age” of the broken streetlight. (The shamed county highway office quickly promised action.)

• Prominent British radio host Dame Jenni Murray suggested in October that the U.K. scrap traditional “sex education” courses in school and instead show pornographic videos for classes to “analyze it in exactly the same way as (they analyze Jane Austen)” in order to encourage discussion of the role of sex.

Younger students might explore why a boy should not look up a girl’s skirt, but older students would view hardcore material to confront, for example, whether normal women should “shave” or make the typical screeching moans that porno “actresses” make. Dame Jenni said simply condemning pornography is naive because too much money is at stake.

• At a World Cup qualifier match in October in Quito, Ecuador, police arrived during the game to question star player Enner Valencia about an unpaid alimony complaint, and he saw them waiting on the sideline. Local

media reported that Valencia then faked an on-field injury near the end of the match to “necessitate” being taken away by ambulance, thus outmaneuvering the police. (He settled the complaint in time for the next match.)

ARE WE SAFE? • The security firm Trend Micro disclosed in October its “surprise” to find, in the course of a routine investigation, that firms in several crucial sectors (nuclear power, electric utilities, defense contractors, computer chip makers) send critical alert messages via old-style wireless pagers wholly unsecured against hacking. In fact, Trend Micro said the enormously popular WhatsApp message-exchange app has better security than the alert systems of nuclear power plants. (Infrastructure engineers defended the outdated technology as useful where internet access was unavailable.)

• Life Imitates Art: Security experts hired by the investment firm Muddy Waters (which is being sued for defamation by St. Jude Medical Inc. over claims that St. Jude’s cardiac implant

device can be hacked) disclosed in an October court filing that they agree the devices are anonymously and maliciously hackable. They found that a popular control device (Merlin@Home) could be remotely turned off, or jiggered to carry a dangerous electrical charge from up to 100 feet away. (A similar incident was part of a plot in Season 2 of the “Homeland” TV series, as the means by which the ailing U.S. vice president was assassinated.)

WAIT, WHAT? New York’s prestigious Bronx High School of Science enrolls some of the “best and brightest” students in the city — some of whom (perhaps rebelling against the “nerd” label) for the last two years have held unauthorized, consensual fistfights (a “fight club”) in a field near the school, according to an October New York Daily News report.

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“Upper management at Gannett corporate headquarters let me know I’m doing a good job by not including my name on the most recent twice-yearly layoff list,” Boyle said.

“I believe they worried it would be noticed if my ‘Answer Man’ column just carried the questions, and no answers.”

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As the sunny days of early autumn transition to a crisp November chill, many local tour companies, farms and restaurateurs have wrapped up their outdoor offerings, shifting their focus to the offseason work that demands attention. But while farm stands sit bare and seasonal ingredients disappear from menus, the period from late November through early spring provides lesser-known possibilities for savoring the season’s particular charms.

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and Friday, Nov. 23-25, participants can tour local farms in Buncombe County, Madison County or Fairview, depending on the day.

When asked what sets her recently launched business apart, Ann Stauss says, “I think the main thing is starting at the place you’re visiting and being able to eat that same food that same day.” Each tour lasts four to 5 1/2 hours and combines visits to at least three local farms with a prepared meal featuring produce or goods from each of them. The biggest thrill has been seeing people sit down and eat things they’ve just seen growing at the different places,” Stauss says. “People have been really excited and happy about that.”

Many clients, continues Stauss, “have been very surprised with how thrilled they are to experience the source. I’ve had people say, ‘I don’t really care about

farms; they don’t really interest me,’ but by the end of the day they have a whole different perspective.”

Another benefit, she notes, is finding out where these items are regularly available, whether through a community supported agriculture program, a tailgate market or a store.

Stauss also brings along empty coolers to hold purchases guests make during the tours.

Annie Louise Perkinson, co-manager of Flying Cloud Farm, says the tours “have been wonderful. It’s been really interesting to connect with people from all different walks of life and all different places who are interested in farming. I think when people have a connection to their food, they’re more inclined to support local farms.”

Victor Chiarizia of Blue Ridge Mountain Creamery agrees, saying Stauss is “doing a good job of bringing

a diverse crowd of people through, and they really appreciate learning about cheese. We show them how we make the cheese, give them a nice sampling of cheeses, and then they can look in the cave to see what goes on in there. It’s a lot different doing it in an underground cave as opposed to just a cold room.”

Asheville Farm to Table Tours will continue offering some private outings throughout the fall and winter.

Contact the business for more information (see box).

Stauss’ business is not the only one keeping the momentum going while waiting for the clocks to spring ahead once again. Creative Mountain Food Tours in Black Mountain will maintain its schedule throughout the winter months, encouraging those seeking an especially festive holiday experience to join either the Thanksgiving weekend Ultimate Foodie Tour or an outing on Saturday, Dec. 3, which coincides with Holly Jolly weekend festivities in Black Mountain.

Eating Asheville walking food tours, meanwhile, will continue offering tours seven days a week. During two weeks of the holiday season, says founder Stephen Steidle, The High Roller tour “is packed to the brim with seasonal food and drink, giving the restaurants an opportunity to show off.”

No Taste Like Home will be running tours by request throughout the winter. The business is currently offering a holiday special on its gift certificates, which can be applied to a private winter tour or saved for

use next spring, summer or fall. And finally, Asheville Food Tours’ 3 1/2hour walking tours, available yearround, feature at least six tasting stops in downtown Asheville.

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WNC Regional Cookbook & Food Writing Festival “It’s very exciting that Western North Carolina is home to so many rich foodways, as well as so many talented and prolific cookbook writers,” says Jodi Rhoden, founder of Short Street Cakes and author of Cake Ladies: Celebrating a Southern Tradition.

Rhoden joins 11 other local chefs, restaurateurs and cookbook writers for Barnes & Noble’s WNC Regional Cookbook & Food Writing Festival on Saturday, Nov. 19. Participants include Katie Button, owner of Cúrate and author of Cúrate: Authentic Spanish Food from an American Kitchen; Carolyn and Jason Roy, owners of Biscuithead and authors of Biscuithead: New Southern Biscuits, Breakfasts, and Brunch; Anne-Fitten Glenn, author of Asheville Beer: An Intoxicating History; Angela Koh, owner of 12 Bones Smokehouse and author of 12 Bones Smokehouse: A Mountain BBQ Cookbook; Debby Maugans and Christine Sykes Low, authors of Farm & Chef Asheville; Ashley English, author of Quench, A Year of Pies and Homemade Gatherings; Barbara Swell, author of The 1st American Cookie Lady, The Lost Art of Pie and Old-Time Farmhouse Cooking; and Kitty and Lucian Maynard, authors of Campstar Chefs.

The two-hour event will include a panel discussion. “It should be a pretty intimate look into some of their writing processes,” says Nicole Lowery, community business development manager at Barnes & Noble. “It’s also going to have a heavy focus on their personal history of cooking and favorite family recipes.”

Free samples derived from recipes in the cookbooks will be offered to guests as well. While the full menu of samples has not been finalized, confirmed items include ribs and apple crisp courtesy of 12 Bones, a pound cake courtesy of Short Street Cakes and duck confit topped with bourbon figs along with smoky pimento on a biscuit cracker courtesy of Biscuithead.

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FARM HERITAGE TRAIL’S HOLIDAY EVENT Three local Leicester farms will participate in the Farm Heritage Trail’s holiday event on Sunday, Nov. 20.

Franny’s Farm will offer free chicken chili along with tours of the farm.

Guests who have preordered heritage turkeys from the farm can pick up their birds; sweet potatoes, greens, herbs and other speciality items from the garden will be for sale. Lauren Holte of Misty Mountain Bakeshop will be at the farm as well with yeast rolls and desserts for sale. Guests who drive over to Sandy Hollar Farm can buy cut Christmas trees, wreaths and handcrafted ornaments with free hot chocolate, and a short distance away, Addison Farms Vineyard will host a wine tasting, with 10 percent discounts on bottles.

The free holiday event takes place Sunday, Nov. 20. Franny’s Farm is at 22 Franny’s Farm Road. Event hours, 1-6 p.m. Preorder a heritage turkey by calling 708-5587 or by emailing info@frannysfarm.com. Sandy Hollar Farm is at 63 Sandy Hollar Lane. Event hours are 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Addison Farms Vineyard is at 4005 New Leicester Way. Event hours are 1-5 p.m. Contact Ariel Zijp at ariel. zijp@buncombecounty.org for details on any of the events.

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realized how many regional cookbook authors we had. ... I think, more than anything, it’s going to be real informative for people, and, hopefully, it will inspire some great holiday gift[s]. ... If you’re going to buy a cookbook this season, I don’t think there’s any better way to do it than to share a piece of Asheville and the Blue Ridge Mountains with everybody.”

The WNC Regional Cookbook & Food Writing Festival runs 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Nov 19, at Barnes & Noble, Asheville Mall, 3 S. Tunnel Road. For more information, visit barnesandnoble.com.

WEEKEND WORKSHOPS AT FIFTH SEASON GARDENING CO. On Saturday, Nov. 19, Kathleen Fleming of Majestic Unicorn is leading a workshop titled “Badass Broths.” The three-hour course will include a tasting, as well as a tutorial on broth-making.

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ishing broths,” in addition to Fleming’s DIY immunity resources booklet and a 16-ounce glass jar of simple chicken broth. Other topics discussed that day will include the difference between broths and stocks, as well as a brief history of the broth-making process. On Sunday, Nov. 20, Lindsey Menendez of Copper Cauldron Cheese Co. will lead a cheesemaking workshop. The five-hour class will focus on mozzarella and ricotta, and participants will learn the chemistry behind the cheesemaking process.

Attendees will leave the workshop with their homemade cheeses and a booklet that includes a milk guide, equipment list, recipes and troubleshooting Q&As. Badass Broths runs 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19. The Artisan Home Cheesemaking workshop runs 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 20. Both events take place at Fifth Season Gardening Co., 4 S. Tunnel Road, Suite 450. Tickets for Badass Broths are $36 and can be purchased at avl. mx/351. Tickets for The Artisan Home Cheesemaking workshop are $69-$75 and can be purchased at avl.mx/xmasjas.

Asheville City Market will hold its holiday market, 8 a.m.-noon Saturday, Nov. 19, at the Asheville Masonic Temple, 80 Broadway. Black Mountain Tailgate Market will hold its holiday market, 8 a.m.-noon Saturday, Nov. 19, at 130 Montreat Road, Black Mountain, before closing for the winter.

French Broad Food Co-op Wednesday Tailgate Market closes Nov. 23. North Asheville Tailgate Market closes Saturday, Nov. 19; it will hold its Holiday Bazaar Saturday Nov. 26 and Dec. 3, 10 and 17, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at UNCA parking lot P-28. River Arts District Farmers Market closes Wednesday, Nov. 23, with its holiday market held that day, 2-5:30 p.m. at 175 Clingman Ave. West Asheville Tailgate Market closes Tuesday, Nov. 22; its holiday market will run Tuesdays, Nov. 29, Dec. 6, 13, and 20, 2:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. at The Mothlight, 701 Haywood Road. Yancey County Farmers Market holiday market runs 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays until Dec. 17 in the main room at the Burnsville Town Center.

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Meet the new boss 2016 has seen a profusion of highlevel corporate shuffling in the craft beer industry. CEOs have departed national breweries like Dogfish Head, Ballast Point, Stone and SweetWater in recent months. Co-founder and CEO of Athens, Ga.-based Terrapin Brewing John Cochran recently left the company just prior to its buyout at the hands of Miller-Coors craft division Tenth and Blake, and New Belgium CEO Christine Perich surprised the industry by announcing that she would be moving on from the company in coming weeks.

Cochran’s and Perich’s career transitions have direct implications for the Asheville craft brewing community as Perich oversaw the development of New Belgium’s Asheville production facility, and Cochran purchased Altamont Brewing in West Asheville, now rebranded as UpCountry Brewing. The disproportionate degree of changeover in the highest echelons of corporate leadership has prompted speculation on the part of industry analysts as to the health of the craft beer business landscape and the prospects for its continued growth.

One person uniquely suited to comment on the significance of strong corporate leadership in the burgeoning craft brewing industry is Scott Hickman, new CEO of Riverbend Malthouse. Riverbend founders and co-owners Brent Manning and Brian Simpson brought Hickman on board in August to help facilitate the maltster’s growth and future expansion plans. On the state of the craft brewing industry, Hickman cites corollary antecedents in his assertion that the explosion in craft consumption is not a bubble, but a growth curve that must be managed responsibly.

“With American tastes, the genie is out of the bottle in terms of consumption behaviors for beer,” says Hickman. “In the same way that, if you look back at the wine industry in the ’70s or coffee in the ’80s, when suddenly good and then great products became available, nobody said, ‘Oh, this was a bubble, now we’re going back to drinking Sanka and cheap central-California wines.’ The consumption pattern won’t change; it’ll continue to grow.

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GROWTH CURVE: Scott Hickman, the new CEO of Riverbend Malthouse, says the explosion of the craft beer industry is not a bubble that’s set to burst. “The consumption pattern won’t change,” says Hickman. “It’ll continue to grow.” Photo courtesy of Riverbend Malthouse

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will be single-digit growth or doubledigit, but I think we’ll continue on a monotonic trend toward increasing the percentage of beer by volume and by dollars that is craft.”

Riverbend was the third craft maltster in the nation and the first in the South, and Hickman was attracted to the idea of partnering with Manning and Simpson on the basis of their company’s business model and strategic position in a rapidly expanding market.

“Within 500 miles of us there’s about 170 million pounds of malt consumed annually just for beer, excluding secondary markets like craft distilling and tertiary markets like chocolate,” he points out. “The capacity to provide malt within that region is about 2 million pounds. If one of the primary reasons people drink craft beer is that it’s

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produced locally, where is all that malt coming from?”

Hickman, who earned his bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from Stanford and a master of business administration degree from Harvard Business School, formerly headed up tech giant Sun Microsystems’ Eastern European division and served as CEO for an industrial manufacturing company here in Asheville before joining Riverbend. Simpson and Manning similarly hold multiple degrees and had successful careers in other industries and also come from multigenerational North Carolina farming families. One of the primary motivations behind Riverbend was to provide a source of revenue for local farmers and manufacturing jobs for Western North Carolina workers.

“Brent and Brian have a real passion for the local aspect of what we’re doing, they really want to help the farming community, and I applaud and support that,” Hickman says. “I have an equivalent passion for creating manufacturing jobs in the United States and specifically in Western North Carolina. We have a lot of great people here who have been whacked over generations by the loss of the textile and furniture industries, and America just has to be a manufacturing country. We’ve got 22 million people who work for the government and 12 million that work in manufacturing, and that ain’t right. So I’m motivated by the prospect of a local entity that creates a lot of good-paying jobs.”

Hickman is quick to point out that Riverbend’s business model is substantially different from that of a typical small brewery, but the craft malting business is nevertheless inextricably tied to the beer market and Manning and Simpson are on the cutting edge of their industry.

“What they’ve done in the first six years of Riverbend reminds me a lot of the early days of Sierra Nevada, with a lot of skinned knees and duct tape and trying to figure out ‘Will this work?’” says Hickman.

“Because these guys have built such a great brand with a great product, over the last 18 months we’ve turned down $2 of business for every dollar we accept. We have to increase our capacity to meet that demand, and that’s what we’ll be focusing on over the next year.”

While “corporate” may sound like a dirty word to many in the craft beer business, Riverbend is a prime example of how solid executive leadership and an innovative corporate culture don’t have to be mutually exclusive. Hickman points out that a firm grasp of the business side of brewing is essential to any growing brewery’s continued success.

“You can’t grow without having a certain amount of structure,” he says. “As companies get larger, the ones that are going to be successful are going to have that, but without losing that renegade spirit that is at the heart of what the craft brew industry is about.” X

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RENAISSANCE MAN

Quanstar brings new LP and comic books to Timo’s House

BY EDWIN ARNAUDIN edwinarnaudin@gmail.com One look at Quanstar’s resumé is enough to light a fire under even the most motivated individual. Not only is he a rapper, comic book artist, filmmaker, author, cooking show host and Android app developer — as well as a student, husband and father of three — but he foots the bill for each of his endeavors.

The Compton-born, Atlantabased Renaissance man performs at Timo’s House on Thursday, Nov. 17, in support of his two latest projects: the hip-hop album Play Games Volume 2 and a double issue of his comic series, A Rapper’s Words. The show marks his 10th time at the Biltmore Avenue venue in the past five years. With Coach K as his DJ, Quanstar takes to the stage with fellow rapper Evaready RAW, with whom he started his musical career in the hip-hop band First Team. The two now tour together as solo artists, mixing in both artists’ songs and working off of each other in their shared set.

Play Games Volume 2 is Quanstar’s 12th album and features the MC’s socially conscious rhymes and infectious flow over jazzy production by the brotherly tandem LexZyne. The collaboration was sparked roughly six years ago when the pair contacted Quanstar on Twitter, asking if they could send him some beats. He gave them the green light and three months later had 5GBs worth of instrumentals from them. They’ve since worked together on his last five albums, all other aspects of which Quanstar handles himself.

“I used to do studios, but I do so much that it just becomes expensive,” Quanstar says. “In order to do certain things, I need certain allowances, so I figured it out. I set up my home studio, I invested in a mic and, over the years, as I’m putting out projects, I’m teaching myself how to mix better and master and stuff like that.”

Quanstar takes a similar approach to A Rapper’s Words, the latest issue of which combines Vol. 2 and 3 in the same printing. For

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ON TO THE NEXT: Artistic Swiss army knife man Quanstar lives by two mottos: “Work now, rest when I die” and “Keep moving forward.” Adhering to them has resulted in a successful independent career in music, literature, filmmaking and other fields.

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each installment, Quanstar takes the lyrics from one of his songs and visualizes each line illustrated frame by frame. After he writes out the overall story, he indicates what he’d like to see in each frame from Brazilian artist Rafa Lee, with whom he connected on the website Deviant Art.

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“I do it, drop in a [folder through the online file hosting service] DropBox, he’ll draw it up, send back a sketch.

[I’ll say,] ‘Yes, I like this. No, I like this. Could you change that?,’ send it back to him, and we just keep going back and forth off of each other for a couple of months,” Quanstar says.

If those projects and touring weren’t enough, much of Quanstar’s time this fall and winter will be consumed with editing his debut feature film, They Told Me This Would Sell. The title stems from the suspect advice people have given him over the years regarding ways to increase his commercial appeal. Back in 2012, Quanstar wrote and recorded a satirical concept album about how heeding such artistically compromising counsel is rife with negative consequences. Once his wife heard the songs, she suggested he delay the release and develop his ideas into a larger work. Already in the planning stages of writing a handful of short films, he adapted the album into a 98-page screenplay and immersed himself in the craft.

Freaked out by “dumbass articles” claiming that independent films cost between $250,000 and $10 million, Quanstar mapped out his budget and realized he could make the film for under $10,000.

Family members let him use their homes and cars for the production, his actor acquaintances recruited other veteran screen performers, and he filled in the blanks with his friends. Co-director Anthony Neal, the man behind the Quanstar documentary Do It!, provided guidance in setting up shots and other directorial advice, but otherwise Quanstar learned about filmmaking’s technical aspects and techniques on the fly.

Shooting spanned a year and a half. With most of the songs from the album that inspired They Told Me This Would Sell being performed in the movie, Quanstar calls it “a hip-hop musical, in a way.” It’s set for a spring release and will go straight to DVD in tandem with a film tour. Starting with 10 cities and ideally expanding to another 10, the plan is to host a free screening — Asheville Brewing Co.’s theater is a proposed site — followed by a performance at a local venue. Also slated for the new year is the film’s soundtrack, an EP with Asheville’s Underground Unheard crew and another solo album, answering any doubt regarding the common bond between Quanstar’s myriad artistic interests.

“They all intertwine because it all comes back to music. The book I wrote [Water From Turnips] is about music. The movie is about Quanstar, an artist in an alternate reality, and it has an album.

I’m writing another book that’s a spinoff of the movie, the comic book is about my music, so everything stems from that part,” he says. “My music is the root from where the tree grows, so to speak, so all the branches that happen, it still comes back to music.” X

WHO Quanstar with Coach K, Evaready RAW and Bobby FKN White WHERE Timo’s House 5 Biltmore Ave. timos-house.com WHEN Thursday, Nov. 17, 10 p.m. Free

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PLAY TO PAY

The Resonant Rogues plan a crowdfunding wrap concert

KEY CHANGE: The Resonant Rogues have been incorporating social activism into recent shows, and the band was invited to play the 29th Folk Alliance International conference. The event’s theme is Forbidden Folk: Celebrating Activism in Art. Photo by SicImages In December 2014, The Resonant Rogues raised $8,595 from 174 fans on Kickstarter. With that, the band released its eclectic debut full-length album, Here & Gone Again.

Crowdfunding “made it possible, period,” says accordionist, banjoist and vocalist Sparrow Pants. She plays alongside her fiancé and co-writer Keith Smith (guitar, vocals), Craig Sandberg (upright bass, vocals), Drayton Aldridge (fiddle, vocals) and the lineup’s most recent addition, Mattick Frick (drums).

“We are full-time professional musicians with a fairly young band, and even though we make a living doing what we do, we don’t have the startup capital that it takes for a big project like recording at a nice studio.”

Nearly two years later, the artists are hoping for a repeat — with an increased goal of $10,000. That will enable them to return to the “incomparable” Echo Mountain Recording Studio and make Hands in the Dirt, again with engineers Josh Blake and Julian Dreyer Guest players, including pianist Chuck Lichtenberger (formerly of stephaniesid) and saxophonist Ben Colvin, will also contribute on sever-

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al songs. The current crowdfunding campaign for the project culminates on Friday, Nov. 18, when the band performs at The Mothlight.

The follow-up work maintains a “pretty classic Rogues sound,” Pants says. “But, as a songwriter, I definitely am very influenced by what I listen to, and I like to write songs that feel classic in various styles. So, in this album there’s a doo-wop song … an old-timeyfeeling song, a country songwriter song and an instrumental Balkan song.”

For the past several years, Pants says she and her bandmates have been working to refine their proficiency within those constituent styles so that each song “feels true to its influences.” They also hope the recordings will take on their live feel, just “extra dialed in.”

Between the forthcoming album and its predecessor, The Resonant Rogues spent significant time on the road — not only touring domestically, but also exploring and performing in foreign lands.

“Traveling through Europe really gave me a new inspiration for activism — just seeing how so many folks over there care deeply about so many issues

and really put a lot of thought and effort into supporting activist causes,” Pants says.

The refugee crisis, for instance, inspired a tune called “Can’t Come In.” A friend of the band, who is a Syrian refugee, has written a verse for it in Arabic. He’ll record his part remotely.

One of Smith’s tracks, titled “Foggy Day,” is based on a community in New Orleans — a second home, where the group got its start — that has been dealing with sexual assault. “So we’ve been talking a lot about consent at our shows,” Pants says. “We made a little trifold zine for it, explaining what consent is and how to use it.”

Despite playing more than 300 shows since the release of Here & Gone Again, the musicians enjoyed more downtime than usual in Asheville this year. That allowed Pants, who lived on a minifarm before the band started, to maintain a garden for the first time in four years — a pursuit she calls a “radical act of reconnection” to a basic process of life amid an increasingly disconnected society. The song she’d sing to herself while planting and tilling became the title track of the forthcoming album.

But it’s back to hustling as The Resonant Rogues prepare for their Kickstarter countdown concert at The Mothlight — the last full-band show they’ll play locally until the album release next spring. Attendees can contribute to the campaign on-site, claiming perks like first access to the new recordings, a house concert or private music lessons with Pants or Smith. Regardless, everyone will hear an early live version of Hands in the Dirt in its entirety. X

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‘TRUE FELLOWSHIP DANCING’ Bannerman Family Thanksgiving Folk Dance Camp celebrates its 47th year

FAMILY AFFAIR: This year, four generations of Bannermans are involved with the annual dance camp, as well as many other friends, who initially may have come as strangers, but have become close over the decades. “It’s really a community of family,” says founder Glenn Bannerman. Photo by Megan Bannerman

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The Bannerman Family Thanksgiving Folk Dance Camp began more than four decades ago, when Glenn and Evelyn Bannerman traveled around the country with their children to attend folk dances.

“We’ve always been dancers,” Glenn Bannerman says in his warm drawl.

“We belonged to folk dance groups, we danced in high school, jitterbugging and all that kinds of stuff.”

At that time, it was difficult to find a group that would also be engaging for their children. “We’d bring the kids and [the groups would] tolerate them, but not program for them,” Bannerman says. “We talked with some other folks and said, ‘There ought to be a place where families of all ages can come.’”

So the Bannerman family launched its own dance camp. The tradition, now in its 47th year, includes contra, Western squares, line and big circle mountain dance — all taught and performed. The camp will take place Thursday through Sunday, Nov. 24-27, at the YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly in Black Mountain.

“We’ve been blessed with the way folks, especially the family, have wanted to be a part of it,” says Bannerman.

Intergenerational cooperation has been the key to the event’s longevity. This year, four generations of Bannermans are involved with the camp, as well as many other friends, who initially may have come as strangers, but have become close over the decades.

“It’s really a community of family,” Bannerman says. “There are no prima donnas. It’s all about helping each other, encouraging each other, getting to know different people.” This year, the camp is making ticket options easier for community members. Local participants can pay a lower price for meals, and day passes are also available for Friday and Saturday.

Even if the gathering is laid-back, its leaders and participants are passionate about folk dance. The international instructor Marcie Van Cleave teaches at the Folk Arts Center of New England in Boston. This year’s contra dance instructor, Jeff O’Connor, is the director of the

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Stockton Folk Dance Camp in California.

Earlier this year, he taught contra in Japan to 2,000 students.

At the camp, dance lessons are taught in the morning in two general sections to two age groups — youth and adult. Van Cleave will teach primarily Balkan folk dance in the international lesson, and O’Connor will cover contra and other American styles. While contra does involve following potentially tricky instructions, others forms, like big circle mountain dance, are much more approachable.

“Big circle mountain dance, in Appalachian culture, is what I call the true fellowship dancing,” Bannerman says. “It’s simple, and you don’t have to listen to a call the whole time.” Couples line up facing each other, forming two concentric circles. The caller offers basic instructions for the couples. Then, one partner moves to the left and one stays, allowing everyone to dance with each other. “You get to dance a real social dance,” Bannerman says.

The event starts on Thursday with registration and a turkey dinner provided by the Blue Ridge Assembly. The next day begins the typical daily schedule of breakfast followed by a group event and all-age classes. After lunch, there’s free time for family-friendly entertainment, hiking or sightseeing.

After dinner, the campers come together for a last dance of the day with live music accompaniment. In keeping with the original intention of the camp, free, professional child care is included with the price of admission.

Underpinning all this tradition is the importance of community and family.

One of the major things the organizers are emphasizing this year is how excited they are to welcome new members from the public into the Thanksgiving Folk Dance Camp family, regardless of ability. “The beautiful part about the camp is folks are welcome that don’t particularly want to dance, but love to be in the environment with families and children,” Bannerman says.

The Bannermans began the camp as a way to create family-friendly environments for fun and fellowship. They’ve certainly reached that goal with the age group of participants ranging from toddler to nonagenarian. The bonds of dance bring them all together. “When the older participants come in, teenagers, as well as children and others, go hug and greet them,” Bannerman says, “It’s pure family all the way.” X

WHAT Bannerman Family Thanksgiving Folk Dance Camp WHERE YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly 84 Blue Ridge Assembly Drive Black Mountain WHEN Thursday through Sunday, Nov. 24-27.

See website for full program, room and meal prices.

One-day passes are $73 ages 13 and older/ $46.50 children. bannermanfamily.com/ Thanksgiving.htm

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bill@musoscribe.com

MAN OF STEEL

Jonathan Scales’ national tour swings through his hometown

HEAVY HITTERS: Jonathan Scales leads an all-star ensemble of musicians under his Fourchestra name on a tour that includes a date at Isis Restaurant & Music Hall. Photo by Sophie Conin Spontaneity is a highly valued commodity in the jazz world, and Jonathan Scales has that quality in great supply. He brought his just-intime approach to a national search for musicians to serve as cultural ambassadors for an international concert tour in 2017 and won a spot. And, right now, he’s touring with a collective of esteemed musicians — the group held its first rehearsal at the beginning of this week. Scales’ current seven-date tour includes a performance at Isis Restaurant & Music Hall on Sunday, Nov. 20.

The tuned-percussion steel drum, or pan drum, is relatively uncommon in jazz and/or fusion. But it’s Scales’ chosen means of musical expression.

And even his selection of the instrument had an air of spontaneity — he had never played the steel drum before enrolling in the music program at Appalachian State University. “I had some drumline background, and

I played saxophone in my high school band,” he says. “I was there to be a composer. I didn’t want to play steel drums at first; I was apprehensive.

My friends talked me into it the week before my freshman year.”

As he immersed himself in mastering the steel drum, Scales learned about the instrument’s place in jazz.

He cites players such as Len “Boogsie” Sharp, Andy Narell, Dave Samuels and Othello Molineaux (the latter played with jazz great Jaco Pastorius) as major names who helped popularize the steel drum. What Scales fails to mention is that the Wikipedia entry for the instrument lists his name right alongside those players.

Scales released his debut album, One Track Mind, in 2007; four others have followed, including two with his longtime band, the Jonathan Scales Fourchestra. His success at incorporating steel drum as a lead instrument into jazz fusion won him

accolades and prepared him for his upcoming role as a cultural ambassador for the United States. Scales first learned about the State Department program three years ago. “My booking agent at the time told me about it, saying, ‘Hey, this might be something cool you might want to try.’” He went through the lengthy application process but wasn’t selected. He tried again the next year and still wasn’t chosen as a semifinalist.

In January, he tried a third time and succeeded. Out of the 300 applicants, about 45 were chosen; those musicians each gave a 15-minute audition in New York City. Auditions consisted of an original song, an arrangement of a folk song (chosen ahead of time by the judges), a music business lecture and a sample music lesson. So with plenty of notice, Scales put his program together well ahead of time, right?

Wrong.

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“The day before the audition, we were on tour in Michigan,” Scales recalls. When he awoke that morning, he wrote out his arrangement of the Lebanese folk tune. Then he headed to the school, where he was scheduled to perform. “I taught it to [the band] before the kids came in: ‘We’re playing this tomorrow, so make sure you guys remember it.’ Then we flew to New York.”

But at least he had memorized the talks he’d have to give in front of the judges, right?

Wrong again.

“We got to the hotel about 10 o’clock the night before the audition,” says Scales. “I worked on the two lectures and quietly practiced the Lebanese folk tune.” The audition went well, and Scales was confident he had made the cut. Indeed he had, and in February he embarks on a 30-day tour of China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Indonesia.

But right now, Scales is focused on his U.S. tour. After leading the Fourchestra with a fairly stable lineup for several years, his new approach — still under the Fourchestra name — is to team up with like-minded (and high-caliber) musicians based on their availability and suitability for a specific project. This tour features keyboardist Robert “Sput” Searight from Snarky Puppy, former Prince bassist Dwayne “MonoNeon” Thomas Jr. and renowned African percussionist Weedie Braimah, formerly of the Nth Power.

But even this collaboration displays Scales’ spontaneous nature. “I show up, say ‘Hey, how’s it going?‘ And then we’re off,” he laughs. X

WHO Jonathan Scales Fourchestra with the Funky Knuckles WHERE Isis Restaurant & Music Hall 743 Haywood Road isisasheville.com WHEN Sunday, Nov. 20, 9 p.m. $15 advance/$18 day of show

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Tellabration!

“When I was a child growing up in Waynesville, Asheville was the magical ‘big city’ for us,” says storyteller Donald Davis. He will return to the area for Tellabration!

A Worldwide Storytelling Event, which celebrates the historic art of storytelling with modern renditions. For 21 years, the Asheville Storytelling Circle has hosted the local event, bringing together the region’s finest tellers. This year’s lineup includes Kathy Gibson and David Joe Miller. Tellabration! takes place at the Folk Art Center on Sunday, Nov. 20, at 3 p.m. $10. ashevillestorycircle.org. Davis will also visit Malaprop’s on Thursday, Nov. 17, at 7 p.m. to tell stories and sign copies of his new book, Cripple Joe: Stories From My Daddy. Photo courtesy of Davis

Last year, local singer-songwriter Jane Roman Pitt worked with producer (and Free Planet Radio musician) Chris Rosser on her fifth solo recording, Road to Dreamland: Unexpected Lullabies for All Ages, an album of sweet songs penned for her grandchildren and bedtimers everywhere. The album went on to win the Gold Award from the Parents’ Choice Foundation. In a heartbreaking twist of fate, Rosser’s own son, Jaron, was placed on the waiting list for a heart transplant.

“Songs for the Heart,” an evening of music, will simultaneously celebrate the Rosser family and the release of Road to Dreamland, with proceeds benefiting Jaron. Pitt will join other local musicians, including Danny Ellis, Billy Jonas and Al Schlimm, at The Altamont Theatre on Sunday, Nov. 20, at 7:30 p.m. $12/$15/$25 VIP. thealtamonttheatre.com. Photo by Juan Pont Lezica

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Sarasota, Fla., native Kim Logan, a fiery songstress with old-school sensibilities and new-school talent, now calls herself a Nashville resident — she even performs with the opera company of her adopted hometown. Logan’s latest project is a series of singles called Pseudoscience. Like the tracks found on her first self-titled release, these songs entwine honky-tonk rock with ’50s doo-wop, all marked by soulful beats. Logan’s classical training and tantalizing allure of a good girl gone bad will be onstage at the Crow & Quill on Saturday, Nov. 19, at 9 p.m. $5-$10 suggested donation. thecrowandquill.com. Photo by Ben Wentzel

Sarah Clanton, Pretend Sweethearts and Heather Mae

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Put three distinct voices on one stage, and musical magic happens.

Sarah Clanton, Pretend Sweethearts and Heather Mae are united in art, but their sounds are significantly different. Mae offers positive pop, and Pretend Sweethearts bring romantic soul and bluesy guitar. Clanton, pictured, whose smoky take on the cello has a speakeasy spirit, has history here: “Asheville was one of the first cities I ever played an open mic in when I began to gravitate away from the classical world. I love the people, the food, the mountains and the vibe of the city,” she says. The three women-led groups will perform at Isis Restaurant and Music Hall on Thursday, Nov. 17, at 8:30 p.m. $10. isisasheville.com. Photo by Jeremy Ryan

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Send your event listings to calendar@mountainx.com with two guest artists benefit MANNA FoodBank and to Kiva.

Free to attend. Held at 55 Woodward Avenue

ART ART HOP facebook.com/artgallerytrailwnc1/, artgallerytrailwnc1@gmail.com • 3rd FRIDAYS, 5-8pm - Selfguided tour of artist studios in Hendersonville and Flat Rock.

Free to attend.

‘A THOUSAND CRANES’: Studio 52, the youth theater for Flat Rock Playhouse, invites the community to get involved with its production A Thousand Cranes by helping to fold a thousand origami cranes that will be sent to Japan for the 58th anniversary of the unveiling of Sadako Sasaki’s statue in Hiroshima Peace Park. The stage show, which runs until Sunday, Nov. 20, at the Playhouse Downtown, is based on the true story of Sadako Sasaki, a 12-year-old girl who folded origami cranes for luck and peace as she fought radiation sickness from the bombing of Hiroshima. For information, visit flatrockplayhouse.org. For directions on folding cranes, email studio52@flatrockplayhouse.org.

Photo courtesy of Flatrock Playhouse (p. 68)

ART/CRAFT FAIRS ART AT WCU

MOUNTAIN GATEWAY MUSEUM AND HERITAGE CENTER 102 Water St., Old Fort, mountaingatewaymuseum.org/ • 3rd SATURDAYS, 10am-3pm - Woodcarving demonstrations.

Free.

227-3591, fineartmuseum.wcu.edu • TH (11/17), noon-7pm - Handmade Holiday Sale featuring handmade artwork, ceramics, sculpture and clothing from students, staff and alumni. Free to attend. Held in the Fine Art Museum.

THE VILLAGE POTTERS 191 Lyman St., #180, 253-2424, thevillagepotters.com • SA (11/19), 4-8pm - Fifth Anniversary event with demonstrations, raku firing, kiln opening and raffle prizes. Registration: lindsey@thevillagepotters.com.

Free to attend.

ST. BARNABAS CATHOLIC CHURCH 109 Crescent Hill Road, Arden • SA (11/19), 8:30am-2pm - Christmas Bazaar with handcrafted items, sewn, knitted, crocheted, painted and carved, homemade candy and baked goods. Free to attend.

VOORHEES FAMILY ART SHOW & SALE 698-8775, voorheesfamilyart.com • SA (11/19), 10am-5pm & SU (11/20), noon-5pm - Proceeds from this art show featuring six Voorhees family members along

ST. MARY'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 337 Charlotte St., 254-5836, stmarysasheville.org • SA (11/19), 10am-5pm Proceeds from this Christmas fair with handmade and custom

designed items and Christmas decor benefit A-Hope, a ministry serving the homeless. Free to attend.

SUGAR HOLLOW ARTISANS HOLIDAY MARKET • SA (11/19), 9am-4pm - Holiday market with award winning art vendors from the Southern Highlands Craft Guild. Free to attend. Held at 200 Sugar Hollow Road, Fairview UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP OF HENDERSONVILLE 2021 Kanuga Road, Hendersonville, 693-3157 • SA (11/19), 10am-3pm - Annual holiday craft fair with handmade crafts and baked goods. Free to attend.

AUDITIONS & CALL TO ARTISTS HOT WORKS FINE ART SHOW ASHEVILLE 941-755-3088, patty@hotworks.org • Through WE (12/7) Submissions accepted for the Hot Works' Asheville Fine Art Show, exhibition of nationally

New Beer Thursdays

Nov. 17 SNOWBOUND WINTER WARMER AVL Community Theatre TASTING ROOM LOCATIONS

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juried art works. See website for full details: zapplication.org/event-info. php?ID=5105. Held at US Cellular Center, 87 Haywood St. THE CENTER FOR CRAFT, CREATIVITY & DESIGN 67 Broadway, 785-1357, craftcreativitydesign.org • Through WE (11/16) Applications accepted for the Materials-Based Research Grant.

See website for full guidelines.

MUSIC THIS SATURDAY • FALL CONCERT • VILLAGE MARIMBA (PD.) • November 19, 7pm, Rainbow Community Auditorium, 60 State Street, West Asheville.

Featuring student bands playing world music on Zimbabwean style marimbas, plus Asheville High School’s AHCappella. • Admission: Love Donation. A benefit for a musician and teacher from Zimbabwe. • http:// www.ashevillepercussionfestival. com/village-marimba/ ASHEVILLE AREA PIANO FORUM 669-3878, ashevillepiano.org, president@ashevillepiano.org • SA (11/19), 10:30am - "The Piano of Tomorrow: A Virtual Tour," presentation by Nathan Shirley. Free. Held at Piano Emporium, 828 Hendersonville Road ASHEVILLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 254-7046, ashevillesymphony.org • SA (11/19), 8pm - Masterworks Series: 'Rhapsody in Blue,' featuring pianist Conrad Tao and selections from Copland, Diamond and Gershwin. $22 and up. Held at Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, 87 Haywood St. BLACK MOUNTAIN CENTER FOR THE ARTS 225 W. State St., Black Mountain, 669-0930, blackmountainarts.org • FR (11/18), 7:30pm - Acoustic Corner instructors’ concert. $15.

BLUE RIDGE RINGERS HANDBELL ENSEMBLE blueridgeringers.tripod.com, blueridgeringers@gmail.com • SU (11/20), 3pm - Blue Ridge Ringers in concert with the Hendersonville Chorale. Free.

Held at First United Methodist Church of Hendersonville, 204 6th Ave., West Hendersonville DIANA WORTHAM THEATRE 2 S. Pack Square, 257-4530, dwtheatre.com • SU (11/20), 3pm - Land of the Sky Symphonic Band fall concert. $15.

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by Abigail Griffin MUSIC AT UNCA 251-6432, unca.edu • TH (11/17), 7pm - UNCA Wind Ensemble concert. Free. Held in Lipinsky Hall Lobby • FR (11/18), 1:30pm - "Inside the Music," with Melodie Galloway, artistic director and conductor of the Asheville Choral Society. Free. Held in the Reuter Center.

• FR (11/18), 3pm - Symphony Talk with Daniel Meyer of the Asheville Symphony Orchestra.

Free. Held in the Reuter Center.

• SU (11/20), 3pm - Percussion Ensembles concert. Free. Held in Lipinsky Auditorium • TU (11/22), 7pm - “Gendered Power Relationships in Mashups,” presentation by Christine Boone, assistant professor of music. Free. Held in Lipinsky Auditorium.

PAN HARMONIA 254-7123, panharmonia.org • SU (11/20), 3pm - "La bella più bella," baroque concert featuring works by Luigi Rossi, Virgilio Mazzochi, Girolamo Frescobaldi and Giovanni Battista Buonamente. $20/$15 advance.

Held at Oakley United Methodist Church, 607 Fairview Road ST. MATTHIAS CHURCH 1 Dundee St., 285-0033, stmatthiasepiscopal.com/ • SU (11/20), 3pm - Chamber music concert featuring Christopher Berg on guitar.

Admission by donation.

UR LIGHT CENTER 2196 N.C. Highway 9 Black Mountain, 669-6845, urlight.org • SU (9/25), 3-5pm - Fall Equinox concert and meditation with Richard Shulman. $20/$15 advance.

VOICES IN THE LAUREL voicesinthelaurel.org • FR (11/18), & SA (11/19), 6pm - "Welcome to the Renaissance,” choral concert and dinner. $30/$15 children. Held at First Baptist Church of Waynesville, 100 S. Main St., Waynesville

THEATER ATTIC SALT THEATRE COMPANY 505-2926 • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until (11/20) - How I Learned to Drive. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 2:30pm. $20. Held at 35below, 35 E. Walnut St. DIFFERENT STROKES PERFORMING ARTS COLLECTIVE 275-2093, differentstrokespac.org

• THURSDAYS through SATURDAYS (11/3) until (11/19), 7:30pm - Night of the Living Dead Redux. $18. Held at The Magnetic Theatre, 375 Depot St. FLAT ROCK PLAYHOUSE 2661 Highway 225, Flat Rock, 693-0731, flatrockplayhouse.org • WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS (11/17) until (12/17) – A Christmas Carol. Wed. & Thurs.: 7:30pm. Fri. & Sat.: 8pm.

Wed., Thurs., Sat. & Sun.: 2pm. $15-$40.

FLAT ROCK PLAYHOUSE DOWNTOWN 125 S. Main St., Hendersonville, 693-0731, flatrockplayhouse.org • FRIDAYS through SUDAYS until (11/20) - A Thousand Cranes, presented by Studio 52. Fri.: 7pm. Sat. & Sun.: 2pm. $10-$18.

HENDERSONVILLE COMMUNITY THEATRE 229 S. Washington St., Hendersonville, 692-1082, hendersonvillelittletheater.org • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until (11/13) - Enid Bagnold’s, The Chalk Garden. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 2pm. $22/$18 students/$12 youth.

MONTFORD PARK PLAYERS 254-5146, montfordparkplayers.org • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until (11/20), 7:30pm - Julius Caesar. Free to attend. Held at BeBe Theatre, 20 Commerce St. THEATER AT UNCA 251-6610, drama.unca.edu • SA (11/19), 2pm - TheatreUNCA presents The Tolstoy Story, for all ages. Held in the Carol Belk Theatre. $5.

• SA (11/19), 7:30pm - TheatreUNCA presents The Nightmare WASP. Held in the Carol Belk Theatre. $12.

• SA (11/19), 7:30pm - Proceeds from the TheatreUNCA presentation of The Nightmare WASP benefit Mitchell County SafePlace. Held at the Mitchell County Historic Courthouse, Bakersville. $12.

THEATER AT WCU 227-2479, bardoartscenter.wcu.edu • WEDNESDAY through SUNDAY (11/16) until(11/20) - In the Soundless Awe. Wed.-Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 3pm. $16/$11 faculty and seniors/$10 students.

Held in Hoey Auditorium

GALLERY DIRECTORY ARROWHEAD GALLERY 78 Catawba Ave., Old Fort, 668-1100 • Through TH (11/17) "Battle of the Brushes" plein air competition exhibition.

ART AT MARS HILL UNIVERSITY 689-1307, mhu.edu • Through TU (11/22) Installation and textile exhibit featuring the work of Donna Price and Elisa Treml. Held in Weizenblatt Gallery • Through (12/16) Mentors and Heroes, photography exhibition by David Holt.

ART AT UNCA art.unca.edu • Through FR (12/16) - All My Relations, exhibition of photos of the Cherokee by Eastern Band artist Shan Goshorn.

• FR (11/18) through TU (12/20) - Care Artifacts, exhibition of works by Megan Van Deusen.

Reception: Friday, Nov. 18, 6-8pm. Held in the Owen Hall Second Floor Gallery.

ART AT WCU 227-3591, fineartmuseum.wcu.edu • SA (11/19), 1-4pm & SU (11/20), 1:305pm - “Horace Kephart: Revealing an Enigma,” exhibition. Free. Held in Room 161 of Hunter Library.

ART LEAGUE OF HENDERSON COUNTY 692-9441, artleague.net • Through TH (1/5) - Fall member group exhibition. Held at Opportunity House, 1411 Asheville Highway Hendersonville ASHEVILLE AREA ARTS COUNCIL 258-0710, ashevillearts.com • Through WE (11/23) - Best of WNC: Emerging Craft Artist Showcase.

Held at The Refinery, 207 Coxe Ave. • Through WE (11/23) - Hello My Name Is..., paintings by Douglas Lail. Held at The Refinery, 207 Coxe Ave. • Through WE (11/23) New Works, exhibition by Melanie Norris. Held at The Refinery, 207 Coxe Ave.

ASHEVILLE GALLERY OF ART 82 Patton Ave., 251-5796, ashevillegallery-of-art.com • Through (11/30) Elements Unite, exhibition of the encaustic and mixed media work of Michelle Hamilton.

BLACK MOUNTAIN CENTER FOR THE ARTS 225 W. State St., Black Mountain, 669-0930, blackmountainarts.org • Through TU (11/22) Swannanoa Valley Fine Arts League juried show.

BLACKBIRD FRAME & ART 365 Merrimon Ave., 225-3117 • Through SA (12/31) Asheville Printmakers group holiday show.

DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL RESOURCES WESTERN OFFICE 176 Riceville Road, 296-7230 • Through FR (11/18) North Carolina in the Great War, exhibition.

GROVEWOOD GALLERY 111 Grovewood Road, 253-7651, grovewood.com • Through SA (12/31) Vessels of Merriment, exhibition of handmade drinking vessels.

HAYWOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE Regional High Technology Center 112 Industrial Park Drive Waynesville, 258-8737 • SA (10/1) through SA (11/19) - Forest, Farm + Garden, 1966-2016, exhibition.

HICKORY MUSEUM OF ART 243 3rd Ave., NE Hickory, 327-8576 • FR (11/18) through SU (3/5) - "Innocent & Ethereal: The Visionary Work of Paul Lancaster," exhibition. Reception: Friday, Nov. 18, 5:307:30pm.

MARK BETTIS STUDIO & GALLERY 123 Roberts St., 941-5879502, markbettisart.com • FR (10/21) through MO (11/21) - Jewels of the River Arts District, exhibition of jewelry by Vicki Rollo.

ODYSSEY COOPERATIVE ART GALLERY

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238 Clingman Ave., 2859700, facebook.com/odysseycoopgallery • Through WE (11/30) - November exhibition featuring the ceramic art of Dyann Myers, Kate Gardner and Laura Peery.

PISGAH ASTRONOMICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE 1 PARI Drive Rosman, 8625554, pari.edu • Through SA (12/3) Pulsar Journey, exhibition of paintings by Amélie Beaudroit.

57 Broadway • Downtown Asheville vavavooom.com

SWANNANOA VALLEY FINE ARTS LEAGUE 669-0351, svfalarts.org • Through TU (11/22) - Swannanoa Valley Fine Arts League juried show.

Held at Black Mountain Center for the Arts, 225 W. State St., Black Mountain • Through WE (11/30) - Looking Back, exhibit of past works from the Swannanoa Valley Fine Arts League. Held at Red House Studios and Gallery, 310 W. State St., Black Mountain • Through SA (12/31) - Fabulous Fakes, exhibition of copies of iconic paintings painted by members of the Swannanoa Valley Fine Arts League.

Held at Monte Vista Hotel, 308 W. State St., Black Mountain TRANSYLVANIA COMMUNITY ARTS COUNCIL 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard, 884-2787, tcarts.org • Through FR (11/18) Sculpture + One, invitational sculpture exhibit.

TRANSYLVANIA HERITAGE MUSEUM 189 W Main St., Brevard, 884-2347, transylvaniaheritage.org • Through TH (12/22) Aluminum Christmas Tree Museum, exhibition of vintage trees and ornaments.

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DANCING WITH THE DEVYL: Funky and soulful, the pop-rock septet The Devyl Nellys has made quite a name for itself since forming in 2011. The band’s distinctive blend of introspective, witty lyrics paired with funk-pop jangle has been heard everywhere from the NASCAR Coca-Cola Summer Festival to New York’s Webster Hall, on ESPN and the Fast and The Furious movie soundtrack. The Devyl Nellys dance their way down into Asheville on Saturday, Nov. 19 for a 8 p.m. show at Asheville’s 5 Walnut Wine Bar. Photo courtesy of Effective Immediately PR WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16 185 KING STREET Vinyl Night, 6:00PM 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Dave Desmelik (acoustic), 5:00PM Les Amis (world music), 8:00PM 550 TAVERN & GRILLE Open mic w/ Caribbean Cowboys, 8:00PM ALTAMONT THEATRE Darrell Scott w/ Malcolm Holcombe (country), 7:00PM ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band & The Supersuckers (country, punk), 8:00PM

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BEN'S TUNE-UP Live Honky-Tonk w/ Town Mountain members, 7:00PM

GOOD STUFF Jim Hampton & friends perform "Eclectic Country" (jam), 7:00PM

BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Open Mic w/ Mark Bumgarner, 7:00PM

GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Driftwood w/ Chinquapin Trio (Americana, folk, rock), 8:00PM

BUFFALO NICKEL David Joe Miller presents Ray Christian (storytelling), 7:00PM BURGER BAR Karaoke w/ Zoe & Deirdre, 9:00PM CREEKSIDE TAPHOUSE Open mic w/ Roots & friends, 7:00PM CROW & QUILL Sparrow & Her Wingmen (swing jazz), 9:00PM DOUBLE CROWN Classic Country w/ DJ David Wayne Gay, 10:00PM

BARLEY'S TAPROOM Dr. Brown's Team Trivia, 8:30PM

FUNKATORIUM Staves & Strings (bluegrass), 6:30PM

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GRIND CAFE Trivia night, 7:00PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Honey Island Swamp Band (Americana, roots rock), 8:00PM ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL Peggy Ratusz’s Voices on the Verge Showcase, 7:00PM

MOUNTAIN MOJO COFFEEHOUSE Open mic, 6:30PM NOBLE KAVA Open mic w/ Caleb Beissert, 9:00PM O.HENRY'S/THE UNDERGROUND "Take the Cake" Karaoke, 10:00PM ODDITORIUM Black Mass w/ All Hell (metal), 9:00PM OFF THE WAGON Piano show, 9:00PM OLIVE OR TWIST 3 Cool Cats (vintage rock), 8:00PM

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Old-time session, 5:00PM

ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Brown Bag Songwriting competition, 5:00PM

LAZY DIAMOND Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 10:00PM

ONE WORLD BREWING Billy Litz, 8:00PM

LOBSTER TRAP Ben Hovey (dub, jazz), 6:30PM

ORANGE PEEL Lecrae w/ Ambre (hip hop), 8:00PM

PISGAH BREWING COMPANY The Clydes (bluegrass, Americana), 6:00PM

Jauntee (prog, rock), 8:00PM BARLEY'S TAPROOM Alien Music Club (jazz), 9:00PM

ROOM IX Fuego: Latin night, 9:00PM

BEN'S TUNE-UP Chris Coleman Blues Experience, 8:00PM

SALVAGE STATION What It is w/ Kip Veno, 8:00PM

BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Bluegrass Jam w/ The Big Deal Band, 8:00PM

SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Adoptable Pet Night w/ Blue Ridge Humane Sociey, 6:00PM Karaoke Night!, 7:00PM

BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Erin Kinard, 7:00PM

SLY GROG LOUNGE Sound Station open mic (musicians of all backgrounds & skills), 7:30PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Carolina Wray w/ Charlotte Berg & Kiernan McMullan (indie, singer-songwriter), 8:00PM

ONE WORLD BREWING Matt Sellars, 8:00PM

BYRISH HAUS & PUB Caribbean Cowboys, 7:00PM

ORANGE PEEL Wild Nothing w/ Small Black (indie, rock, synthpop), 9:00PM

CLUB ELEVEN ON GROVE House Hoppers, 8:30PM

THE MOTHLIGHT Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms w/ Wyatt Yurth & the Gold Standard (country), 9:00PM

CROW & QUILL Carolina Catskins (gritty ragtime jazz), 10:00PM

THE PHOENIX Jazz night w/ Jason DeCristofaro, 8:00PM

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

THE SOCIAL LOUNGE International soul and R&B night w/ Phantom Pantone (DJ), 10:00PM

ELAINE'S DUELING PIANO BAR Dueling Pianos, 9:00PM

TOWN PUMP Open mic w/ Billy Presnell, 9:00PM

FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREWPUB West End Trio (blues, folk), 9:00PM

TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Blues & Soul Jam (blues, soul), 9:00PM

FRENCH BROAD BREWERY Joe Cat (Americana, roots), 6:00PM GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Murder by Death w/ Laura Stevenson (indie rock, alt. country, folk), 9:00PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Birds and Brews social & movie, 6:00PM

5 WALNUT WINE BAR Pleasure Chest (blues, rock, soul), 8:00PM ALTAMONT THEATRE Darrell Scott w/ Boy Named Banjo (country), 7:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Will Ray & The Space Cooties, 7:00PM

ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL An evening w/ Brian Ashley Jones, 7:00PM An evening w/ Sarah Clanton, Pretend Sweethearts & Heather Mae, 8:30PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Bluegrass jam, 7:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Schnellertollermeir, DFW Trio, Bill Coonan & Patrick Kukucka (experimental), 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Hank Bones ("The man of 1,000 songs"), 6:30PM

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OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Clydes, 6:00PM PULP Slice of Life Comedy Open Mic, 9:00PM PACK'S TAVERN Scott Raines & Jeff Anders (acoustic rock), 9:00PM PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Grateful Red (redheaded Grateful Dead tribute), 8:00PM PURPLE ONION CAFE One Leg Up (jazz), 8:00PM ROOM IX Throwback Thursdays (all vinyl set), 9:00PM SALVAGE STATION Disc Golf weekly competition, 5:30PM Gruda Tree, 7:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Billy Litz (one man soul band), 7:00PM SCANDALS NIGHTCLUB DJ dance party & drag show, 10:00PM SPRING CREEK TAVERN Open Mic, 6:00PM STONE ROAD RESTAURANT & BAR Open Mic w/ Tony the Pony, 8:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Thursday Open Mic Night (sign-up @ 7 p.m.), 7:30PM THE MOTHLIGHT The Moth: True Stories Told Live (storytelling), 7:30PM THE SUMMIT AT NEW MOUNTAIN AVL Summit Jam, 6:00PM

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OLIVE OR TWIST The Mike & Garry Show (acoustic, variety), 7:30PM

BUXTON HALL BBQ Harry Nilsson pop-up dinner, 6:00PM

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OLE SHAKEY'S O.S.O.M. Open Mic, 10:00PM

ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Mitch's Totally Rad Trivia Night, 7:00PM Space4lease (rock), 10:00PM

CLADDAGH RESTAURANT & PUB Irish Music Thursdays, 7:00PM

WILD WING CAFE SOUTH Live music w/ J Luke, 6:30PM Paint Nite "Autumn Daze”, 7:00PM

OFF THE WAGON Dueling pianos, 9:00PM

BURGER BAR Krekel and Whoa (rock 'n' roll), 9:00PM

THE JOINT NEXT DOOR Bluegrass jam, 8:00PM

WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Wednesday Night Waltz, 7:00PM

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ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL An evening w/ Jordan Tice & Horse County, 7:00PM Dangermuffin w/ Emma's Lounge, 9:00PM

UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Dave Desmelik Songwriter Showcase, 7:00PM

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Movie Night: 7pm

TRAILHEAD RESTAURANT AND BAR Open Cajun & swing jam w/ Steve Burnside, 7:00PM

TWISTED LAUREL Karaoke, 8:00PM

Appalachian Chic 4:30-9pm Bonfire Night 5-8pm

HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY One Leg Up (Gypsy jazz, Latin, swing), 7:00PM

TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Jesse Barry & The Jam (live music, dance), 9:00PM

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18 185 KING STREET Nick Dittmeier & the Sawdusters (Americana), 8:00PM 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Goldie and The Screamers (soul, R&B), 9:00PM

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB The Blood Gypsies (soul, jazz, R&B), 9:00PM JERUSALEM GARDEN Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Drag Sounds, Konvoi & The Ouroboros Boys (weirdo post-punk rock 'n' roll), 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Calico Moon (Americana), 6:30PM MARKET PLACE The Sean Mason Trio (groove, jazz, funk), 7:00PM O.HENRY'S/THE UNDERGROUND Drag Show, 12:30AM ODDITORIUM AVL Battlegrounds 4 (hip hop), 9:00PM

550 TAVERN & GRILLE Smoke-N-Mirrors, 9:00PM

OFF THE WAGON Dueling pianos, 9:00PM

ALTAMONT THEATRE Hannah Gill & The Hours w/ special guests (rock, blues, soul), 8:00PM

OLIVE OR TWIST Rhoda Weaver (rock, soul, blues), 8:00PM

ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Jimkata In Motion Tour w/ Third Nature, 8:00PM ATHENA'S CLUB Dave Blair (folk, funk, acoustic), 7:00PM BEN'S TUNE-UP Woody Wood & the Asheville Family Band (acoustic, folk, rock), 7:00PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Acoustic Swing, 7:00PM BOILER ROOM Styrofoam Turtles, The Mercury Arcs, The Stir & Field Note (indie), 9:00PM BURGER BAR Bike Night, 9:00PM Hot Knives (indie, alternative), 9:00PM

ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Free Dead Fridays w/ members of Phuncle Sam (jam), 5:00PM Tweed w/ Danimal Planet (jamtronica), 10:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING Calvin Get Down, 9:30PM ORANGE PEEL Stick Figure w/ The Movement & Sundried Vibes (roots, reggae, dub), 9:00PM OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Conservation Theory, 6:00PM PACK'S TAVERN DJ MoTo (dance, pop hits), 9:30PM PATTON PUBLIC HOUSE Mark Keller (acoustic classic rock), 6:00PM

BYWATER Snake Oil Medicine Show (Asheville Art Rock), 9:00PM

PISGAH BREWING COMPANY The Screaming J's (boogie-woogie, swing), 9:00PM

CLUB ELEVEN ON GROVE Hot Bachata Nights (salsa), 9:30PM

QUOTATIONS COFFEE CAFE Wyatt Espalin (singer-songwriter), 6:00PM

CREEKSIDE TAPHOUSE Nate Robinson, 7:00PM

SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Fin Dog, 8:00PM

CROW & QUILL Momma Molasses (dreamy indie folk), 9:00PM

SCANDALS NIGHTCLUB Pechakucha night, 7:00PM

DOUBLE CROWN DJ Greg Cartwright (garage & soul obscurities), 10:00PM ELAINE'S DUELING PIANO BAR Dueling Pianos, 9:00PM FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREWPUB Jesse Berry Trio (blues, soul), 10:00PM FRENCH BROAD BREWERY Buncombe Turnpike Trio (bluegrass), 6:00PM GOOD STUFF Savannah King (folk, indie rock, pop), 8:00PM GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN AMG AVL Music Awards w/ DJ Audio, Nexmillen, J Val, Mayor Black, Trig Sass & B Rad, 8:00PM

SCARLET'S COUNTRY DANCE CLUB Open Mic and DJ w/ host Sam Warner, 9:00PM THE ADMIRAL Hip-hop dance party w/ DJ Warf, 11:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Jazzy Happy Hours w/ Marilyn Seits Duo, 5:00PM Community singalong w/ Ash Devine, 6:30PM LOOK Fridays Dance Party w/ DJ Audio, 10:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT The Resonant Rogues w/ Ellis Dyson and the Shambles & Vaden Landers (Gypsy jazz, old-time, swing), 9:30PM THE SOCIAL Steve Moseley (acoustic), 6:00PM

THE SOCIAL LOUNGE Ultra Lounge w/ Phantom Pantone, 9:00PM THE SUMMIT AT NEW MOUNTAIN AVL SOL Vibes w/ Our House Productions & Kimball Collins, 9:00PM TIGER MOUNTAIN Dark dance rituals w/ DJ Cliffypoo, 10:00PM TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Al "Coffee" & Da Grind (blues, soul, dance), 10:00PM

CROW & QUILL Kim Logan (rock and soul), 9:00PM DOUBLE CROWN Lonesome Doves w/ Esther Rose (sweet honky-tonk), 8:00PM ELAINE'S DUELING PIANO BAR Dueling Pianos, 9:00PM FRENCH BROAD BREWERY Dave Desmelik (Americana), 6:00PM GOOD STUFF Drew Xavier Richter (singer-songwriter), 8:00PM

TWISTED LAUREL Request-powered dance party w/ Phantom Pantone, 10:30PM

GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Rainbow Kitten Surprise w/ CAAMP (indie, alternative), 9:00PM

UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Jeff Sipe w/ Kaizen (jazz, funk), 9:30PM

HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY The Ralph Roddenbery Band (Americana, roots, rock), 7:00PM

WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Cabaret Jazz: Tribute to Etta James w/ Paula Hanke & Peggy Ratusz, 8:00PM WILD WING CAFE Mike Snodgrass (acoustic), 9:00PM ZAMBRA Zambra Jazz Trio, 8:00PM UNWINE'D AT MELLIE MAC'S Michael Jefry Stevens (jazz piano), 7:00PM

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19 185 KING STREET Devils in Dust CD release (Americana, alt. country, roots rock), 8:00PM 5 WALNUT WINE BAR The Duo of Dreams & Splendor (jazz, swing), 6:00PM The Devyl Nellys (funk, pop), 8:00PM ALTAMONT THEATRE Karla Bonoff w/ Aaron Price (folk, rock, pop), 8:00PM

ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL The Weiser/Liston-Kraft Duo, 7:00PM Daniel Romano w/ Caitlin Rose, 9:00PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB JDMS Project (bluegrass, soul, rock 'n' roll), 9:00PM JERUSALEM GARDEN Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7:00PM

MARKET PLACE DJs (funk, R&B), 7:00PM

BEN'S TUNE-UP Gypsy Guitar Trio, 3:00PM Savannah Smith & Southern Soul (Southern rock), 8:00PM

OLIVE OR TWIST The Crown Jewels w/ Paula Hanke (jazz, Motown, pop), 8:00PM Dance party (hip-hop, rap), 11:00PM

BHRAMARI BREWHOUSE Bend & Brew (yoga class), 11:00AM

ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Calabash (rock, blues), 10:00PM

BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Crooked Old River (bluegrass), 8:00PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Bob Zullo (rock, jazz, pop), 7:00PM

ORANGE PEEL Asheville Toy Expo, 9:00AM Mipso w/ Look Homeward (bluegrass, folk, alt. country), 9:00PM

BOILER ROOM Dance Party & Drag Show, 10:00PM

OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Ross Osteen & the Crossroads, 6:00PM

BURGER BAR Asheville FM 103.3 DJ Night, 9:00PM

PACK'S TAVERN 96.5 The House Band (classic covers, rock 'n' roll), 9:30PM

CREEKSIDE TAPHOUSE King Garbage (soul), 8:00PM

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CORK & KEG Rock Doll w/ Deirdre “Little Darling” Franklin & Ouroboros Boys (benefit for Pinups For Pitbulls), 8:00PM

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NEW MOUNTAIN THEATER/ AMPHITHEATER TAUK + Dynamo (jam), 9:00PM

ATHENA'S CLUB Michael Kelley Hunter (blues), 6:30PM

CLASSIC WINESELLER Mean Mary (rock, bluegrass), 7:00PM

Eclectic Menu • Over 30 Taps • Patio • 14 TV’s • Sports Room • 110” Projector Event Space • Shuffleboard • Open 7 Days 11am - Late Night

LOBSTER TRAP Sean Mason Trio (jazz), 6:30PM

ODDITORIUM Eureka California w/ Fashion Bath and Kingdoms & Classes (rock), 9:00PM

BYWATER Juan Benevidas Quartet (Latin jazz fusion), 9:00PM

Downtown on the Park

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

ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL The 2016 Brown Bag Songwriting Competition Finals, 6:00PM

BYRISH HAUS & PUB Hope Griffin Duo, 7:00PM

TAVERN

PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Hackensaw Boys w/ Findog (old-time, alt. country), 9:00PM PURPLE ONION CAFE Red Dirt Revelators (blues, roots), 8:00PM QUOTATIONS COFFEE CAFE Terina Plyler (singer-songwriter), 6:00PM ROOM IX Open dance night, 9:00PM SALVAGE STATION The Get Right Band w/ The Company Stores, 9:00PM

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SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Yoga w/ Cats with Blue Ridge Humane Society, 10:00AM Carver and Carmody (Americana), 8:00PM

Live in the Event Center Doors Open @7pm; Show @8pm $15 adv./ $18 day of

SCANDALS NIGHTCLUB DJ dance party & drag show, 10:00PM SCARLET'S COUNTRY DANCE CLUB The Nuthin Fancy Band (outlaw country, rock), 9:30PM

Thu• Nov 17 Wood Thrush Birds & Beer Social

THE ADMIRAL Soul night w/ DJ Dr. Filth, 11:00PM

COMING SOON

@7pm

WED 11/16 EVERY WEDNESDAY- BURGER AND A BREW

Fri •Nov 18 One Leg Up @7pm

$10 AWARD WINNING BURGER WITH THE PURCHASE OF ADULT BEVERAGE

7:00PM – PEGGY RATUSZ’S VOICES ON THE VERGE SHOWCASE

Sat•Nov 19 The Ralph Roddenbery Band @7pm

THU 11/17 THU 11/10

7:00PM – BRIAN ASHLEY JONES 8:30PM – SARAH CLANTON, PRETEND

SWEETHEARTS, & HEATHER MAE FRI 11/18

7:00PM – JORDAN TICE AND HORSE COUNTY 9:00PM – DANGERMUFFIN

WITH EMMA’S LOUNGE

SAT 11/19 7:00PM – CLASSICAL MUSIC:

THE WEISER/LISTON-KRAFT DUO

9:00PM – DANIEL ROMANO WITH CAITLIN ROSE

SUN 11/20

5:30PM – CHARLOTTE SUMMERS WITH MICHAEL JEFRY STEVENS AND FRIENDS 9:00PM- JONATHAN SCALES FOURCHESTRA

11/16 wed 11/17

thu

11/18

fri

11/19 11/21

caleb klauder

w/wyatt yurth and the gold standard

the moth: true stories told live

resonant rogues

w/ ellis dyson and the shambles, vaden landers sat

mon

thanks for sharing:

a thanksgiving talent show

malevich

w/�veldtchasm, pallor, covenator

free!

Woodpecker Pie

FEATURING: ROBERT “SPUT” SEARIGHT OF SNARKY PUPPY, MONONEON OF PRINCE, AND WEEDIE BRAIMAH OF THE NTH POWER WITH THE FUNKY KNUCKLES TUE 11/22 7:30PM – TUESDAY BLUEGRASS SESSIONS WED 11/23 7:30PM – FRANK LEE AND ALLIE BURBRINK fri 11/25

8:30PM – THE KRUGER BROTHERS sat 11/26 7:00PM – SARAH POTENZA 8:30PM – THE KRUGER BROTHERS sun 11/27 7:30PM – VIRGINIA AND THE SLIMS &

THE BILL MATTOCKS BAND thu 12/1

8:00PM – IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE:

LIVE FROM WVL RADIO

Savory and Sweet Hand Pies!

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Yoga at the Mothlight

DINNER MENU TIL 9:30PM LATE NIGHT MENU TIL 12AM

5pm to last call

Tues., Thurs., and Sat. 11:30am Details for all shows can be found at

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THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Conscious Comedy Night w/ Grayson Morris, 7:00PM International Salsa Night w/ DJ Malinalli, Harry Darnell & DJ Audio, 10:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT Thanks For Sharing (Thanksgiving talent show), 8:00PM THE SOCIAL LOUNGE Ultra Lounge w/ Phantom Pantone, 9:00PM THE STRAND @ 38 MAIN Radney Foster (country, singer-songwriter), 7:30PM

HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Reggae Sunday w/ Dennis "Chalwa" Berndt, 1:00PM ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL Charlotte Sommers w/ Michael Jefry Stevens & friends, 5:30PM Jonathan Scales Fourchestra w/ Robert “Sput” Searight, MonoNeon & Weedie Braimah and The Funky Knuckles, 9:00PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Irish session, 5:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Punk night w/ DJ Homeless Plumber aka "Chubberbird", 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Cigar Brothers ("y'allternative"), 6:30PM ODDITORIUM Odd Dance Night, 9:00PM OFF THE WAGON Piano show, 9:00PM OLIVE OR TWIST Zen Cats (blues), 7:00PM

THE SUMMIT AT NEW MOUNTAIN AVL Old-School dance party (age 30+), 6:00PM

ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Bluegrass brunch w/ Woody Wood, 11:00AM Sundays w/ Bill & friends, 5:00PM

THOMAS WOLFE AUDITORIUM Asheville Symphony: Rhapsody in Blue (classical), 8:00PM

ORANGE PEEL Blues Traveler w/ Ripe (rock, blues, jam), 8:00PM

TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES The King Zeros (delta blues), 7:30PM Free Flow (funk, soul), 10:00PM

PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Sunday Travers jam, 6:00PM

TWISTED LAUREL Dance Party w/ Phantom Pantone, 10:30PM

SALVAGE STATION The Digs, 6:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Community Meal, 1:00PM

WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Richard Smith, 8:00PM

SCANDALS NIGHTCLUB DJ dance party & drag show, 10:00PM

WILD WING CAFE Karaoke, 9:00PM

THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Chuck Lichtenberger's Piano Recital & Brunch by Eden-Out, 1:00PM Eric Everett (guitar), 7:30PM

ZAMBRA Zambra Jazz Trio, 8:00PM

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20

THE IMPERIAL LIFE DJ Phantom Pantone (dark wave, trap, house music), 9:30PM

5 WALNUT WINE BAR Los Abrojitos (tango), 7:00PM

THE MOTHLIGHT Nest Egg w/ Holy Wave, Jovontaes, Warm Deltas (psych rock), 9:30PM

ALTAMONT THEATRE Jane Roman Pitt & Benefit for Jaron Rosser (folk, jazz, blues), 8:00PM

THE OMNI GROVE PARK INN Lou Mowad (classical guitar), 10:00AM Bob Zullo (pop, rock, blues), 7:00PM

BARLEY'S TAPROOM Andy Ferrell Band, 7:30PM

THE SOCIAL Get Vocal Karaoke, 9:30PM

BEN'S TUNE-UP Dub Kartel (reggae, dub), 6:00PM

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

BHRAMARI BREWHOUSE Sunday brunch w/ live music, 11:00AM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Billy Litz (Americana, ragtime), 7:00PM BYWATER Cornmeal Waltz w/ Robert Greer (classic country, bluegrass), 6:00PM DOUBLE CROWN Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 9:00PM FLOOD GALLERY True home open mic (sign-up @ 7 p.m.), 7:30PM GOOD STUFF Esther Rose & the Lonesome Doves (Americana, country, folk), 5:00PM GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN The King Khan & BBQ Show w/ Paint Fumes & Cadavernous (garage rock, punk), 9:00PM

THE SOUTHERN Yacht Rock Brunch w/ DJ Kipper, 12:00PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Richard Shulman & Bruce Lang, 7:30PM

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Siamese Jazz Club (soul, R&B, jazz), 8:00PM BEN'S TUNE-UP Open-mic, 7:00PM BURGER BAR Old Skool Hip Hop, 9:00PM BYWATER Open mic w/ Rick Cooper, 8:00PM

ODDITORIUM Goth Night, 9:00PM OLE SHAKEY'S Jonathan Ammons & Take The Wheel (honky-tonk karaoke), 9:00PM ORANGE PEEL Peter Hook & The Light (Joy Division & New Order tribute), 8:00PM OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Mountain Music Mondays (open jam), 6:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT Malevich w/ Veldtchasm, Pallor & Covenator (hardcore, metal), 9:00PM

GOOD STUFF Old time-y night, 6:30PM IRON HORSE STATION Open mic, 6:00PM ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL Tuesday bluegrass sessions w/ Jack Devereux & friends, 7:30PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Cajun Two-steppin' Tuesday w/ Cafe Sho's (Cajun, zydeco, dance), 7:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Heavy Metal Karaoke, 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Jay Brown (folk, singer-songwriter), 6:30PM MARKET PLACE Bob Zullo (rock, jazz, pop), 7:00PM

THE OMNI GROVE PARK INN Bob Zullo (pop, rock, blues), 7:00PM

ODDITORIUM Odd comedy night, 9:00PM

THE SOCIAL LOUNGE Rooftop movies w/ Phantom Pantone DJ Collective, 9:00PM

OLE SHAKEY'S Booty Tuesday, 11:00PM

THE VALLEY MUSIC & COOKHOUSE Monday Pickin' Parlour (open jam, open mic), 8:00PM TIGER MOUNTAIN Service industry night (rock 'n' roll), 9:00PM

ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Turntable Tuesdays (DJs & vinyl), 10:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING TRIVIA! w/ Ol' Gilly, 7:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Taco and Trivia Tuesday!, 7:00PM

URBAN ORCHARD Old-time music, 7:00PM

THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Jazz-n-Justice benefit for BeLoved House, 7:30PM

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22

THE MOTHLIGHT Oariana w/ Kurma, Andy Loebs & Human Energy Field (synth, electronic), 9:30PM THE PHOENIX Open mic, 8:00PM

5 WALNUT WINE BAR The John Henrys (hot jazz), 8:00PM

THE SOCIAL LOUNGE Phantom Pantone (DJ), 10:00PM

550 TAVERN & GRILLE Shag Night, 6:00PM

TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Early Funk & Jazz Jam (funk & jazz), 9:00PM

ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Tuesday Night Funk Jam, 11:00PM BACK YARD BAR Open mic & jam w/ Robert Swain, 8:00PM

URBAN ORCHARD Billy Litz (Americana, singer-songwriter), 7:00PM

BEN'S TUNE-UP Lenny Pettinelli (singer-songwriter, keys), 7:00PM

WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Irish sessions & open mic, 6:30PM

BLACK BEAR COFFEE CO. Round Robin acoustic open mic, 7:00PM

Featuring CAFE SHO

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

WEDNESDAYS Asheville’s Original Old Time Mountain Music Jam • 5pm THURSDAYS Mountain Feist • 7pm Bluegrass Jam • 9:30pm Bourbon Specials

FRI 11/18

OLIVE OR TWIST Blues Night w/ Remedy, 8:00PM

UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Old-time jam w/ Mitch McConnell, 6:30PM

WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Jay Brown (roots), 7:00PM

CAJUN TWO STEPPIN’ TUESDAYS

WILD WING CAFE Sons of Ralph & The Cole Mountain Cloggers, 6:00PM

SAT 11/19

FRI 11/25

THE BLOOD GYPSIES

ASHEVILLE’S ORIGINAL ROCK-EDGED, SOUL-JAZZ AND R&B OUTFIT 9PM / $5

JDMS PROJECT

JOSH DANIEL & MARK SCHIMICK IN THEIR ALL STAR, FIERY STRING BAND. BLENDING BLUEGRASS, SOUL, REGGAE & ROCK N’ROLL 9PM / $5

11/16

DEATH 11/17 W/ LAURA STEVENSON

HIGH ENERGY, GOSPEL, BLUES & ROCK N’ ROLL DANCE PARTY 9PM / $5

IRISH SUNDAYS Irish Food and Drink Specials Traditional Irish Music Session • 3-9pm OPEN MON-THURS AT 3 • FRI-SUN AT NOON CRAFT BEER, SPIRITS & QUALITY PUB FARE SINCE 1996

W / CHINQUAPIN TRIO

MURDER BY

11/18 11/19

SHANE PRUITT BAND

DRIF TWOOD

11/20

11/23 11/25 11/26 11/27

AMG AVL MUSIC AWARDS

DJ AUDIO, NEXMILLEN, J VAL, MAYOR BLACK, TRIG SASS, B RAD

RAINBOW KITTEN SURPRISE W/ CAAMP

THE KING KHAN & BBQ SHOW W/ PAINT FUMES, CADAVERNOUS

7PM DOORS

O.HENRY'S/THE UNDERGROUND Geeks Who Drink trivia, 7:00PM

DOUBLE CROWN Honky-Tonk, Cajun, and Western w/ DJ Brody Hunt, 10:00PM

8PM DOORS

LOBSTER TRAP Bobby Miller & friends (bluegrass), 6:30PM

CROW & QUILL Boogie Woogie Burger Night (burgers, rock n' roll), 9:00PM

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

8PM DOORS

LEXINGTON AVE BREWERY (LAB) Kipper's "Totally Rad" Trivia night, 8:00PM

CREEKSIDE TAPHOUSE Matt Walsch (rock 'n' roll), 6:00PM

8PM DOORS

LAZY DIAMOND Benefit w/ DJ Murphy Murph (punk, rock 'n' roll), 10:00PM

CATAWBA BREWING SOUTH SLOPE Jon Edwards & the Musicians in the Round, 6:00PM

8PM DOORS

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Quizzo, 7:00PM

BYWATER DJ EZ & fire-spinning, 9:00PM

Where The Blue Ridge Mountains Meet the Celtic Isles

WED

GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Contra dance (lessons, 7:30pm), 8:00PM

BURGER BAR Old Time Blues Jam, 9:00PM

THU

GOOD STUFF Songwriter's "open mic", 7:30PM

BUFFALO NICKEL Trivia, 7:00PM

FRI

DOUBLE CROWN Country Karaoke, 10:00PM

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

SAT

CREEKSIDE TAPHOUSE Trivia w/ Emily, 7:00PM

BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Trivia, 7:30PM

SUN

COURTYARD GALLERY Open mic (music, poetry, comedy, etc.), 8:00PM

THE DIRTY BADGERS, HARD ROCKET, AVL BURNOUT DAVID WILCOX AND FRIENDS ACOUSTIC SYNDICATE SHANE PARISH (ALBUM RELEASE SHOW)

CONTRA DANCE: MONDAYS 8PM

95 PATTON at COXE • Downtown Asheville

252.5445 • jackofthewood.com MOUNTAINX.COM

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23 185 KING STREET Vinyl Night, 6:00PM Stacy Robin & Ed Gould (singer-songwriter), 8:00PM 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Patrick Fitzsimons & Priscilla Hunt (folk), 5:00PM Les Amis (African folk), 8:00PM BARLEY'S TAPROOM Dr. Brown's Team Trivia, 8:30PM BEN'S TUNE-UP Live Honky-Tonk w/ Town Mountain members, 7:00PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Open Mic w/ Billy Owens, 7:00PM BURGER BAR Karaoke w/ Zoe & Deirdre, 9:00PM CREEKSIDE TAPHOUSE Open mic w/ Roots & friends, 7:00PM CROW & QUILL Sparrow & Her Wingmen (swing jazz), 9:00PM DOUBLE CROWN Classic Country w/ DJ David Wayne Gay, 10:00PM FUNKATORIUM Staves & Strings (bluegrass), 6:30PM GOOD STUFF Jim Hampton & friends perform "Eclectic Country" (jam), 7:00PM GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN The Dirty Badgers w/ Hard Rocket & AVL Burnout (rock, blues), 8:00PM GRIND CAFE Trivia night, 7:00PM ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL An evening w/ Frank Lee & Allie Burbrink, 7:00PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Old-time session, 5:00PM

LAZY DIAMOND Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Ben Hovey (dub, jazz), 6:30PM MOUNTAIN MOJO COFFEEHOUSE Open mic, 6:30PM NOBLE KAVA Open mic w/ Caleb Beissert, 9:00PM

THE SOCIAL LOUNGE International soul and R&B night w/ Phantom Pantone (DJ), 10:00PM TOWN PUMP Open mic w/ Billy Presnell, 9:00PM TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Blues & Soul Jam (blues, soul), 9:00PM

O.HENRY'S/THE UNDERGROUND "Take the Cake" Karaoke, 10:00PM

WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Ryan Barber Band (singer-songwriter), 7:30PM

ODDITORIUM PJ BABY w/ RGH & Sentiments (punk), 9:00PM

WILD WING CAFE Paint Nite "Fall Wreath with Apples" , 7:00PM

OFF THE WAGON Piano show, 9:00PM OLIVE OR TWIST 3 Cool Cats (vintage rock), 8:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING Brie Capone, 8:00PM PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Andy Ferrell (folk, Americana), 6:00PM ROOM IX Fuego: Latin night, 9:00PM SALVAGE STATION What It is w/ Kip Veno, 8:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Adoptable Pet Night w/ Brother Wolf Animal Rescue, 6:00PM Ryan Adams Tribute, 7:00PM SLY GROG LOUNGE Sound Station open mic (musicians of all backgrounds & skills), 7:30PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Hemp Day, 6:00PM THE JOINT NEXT DOOR Bluegrass jam, 8:00PM THE MOCKING CROW Open Mic, 8:00PM THE PHOENIX Jazz night w/ Jason DeCristofaro, 8:00PM

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Pleasure Chest (blues, rock, soul), 8:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Will Ray & The Space Cooties, 7:00PM BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Bluegrass Jam w/ The Big Deal Band, 8:00PM BURGER BAR Thursday surf/garage night w/ DJ PAPA Wheelie, 9:00PM CROW & QUILL Orphans' Thanksgiving Potluck, 11:59PM DOUBLE CROWN Sonic Satan Stew w/DJ Alien Brain , 10:00PM ELAINE'S DUELING PIANO BAR Dueling Pianos, 9:00PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Bluegrass jam, 7:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Heavy Night w/DJ Butch, 10:00PM OFF THE WAGON Dueling pianos, 9:00PM OLE SHAKEY'S O.S.O.M. Open Mic, 10:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Mitch's Totally Rad Trivia Night, 7:00PM PULP Slice of Life Comedy Open Mic, 9:00PM PACK'S TAVERN Spalding McIntosh, 8:00PM ROOM IX Throwback Thursdays (all vinyl set), 9:00PM SCANDALS NIGHTCLUB DJ dance party & drag show, 10:00PM SPRING CREEK TAVERN Open Mic, 6:00PM STONE ROAD RESTAURANT & BAR Open Mic w/ Tony the Pony, 8:00PM THE SUMMIT AT NEW MOUNTAIN AVL Summit Jam, 6:00PM TIMO'S HOUSE TRL REQUEST NIGHT w/ DJ Franco Nino, 7:00PM TRAILHEAD RESTAURANT AND BAR Open Cajun & swing jam w/ Steve Burnside, 7:00PM TWISTED LAUREL Karaoke, 8:00PM

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25

ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Fritzgiving w/ Marley Carroll & Hustle Souls, 9:00PM

185 KING STREET Mike Guggino & Mike Ashworth present: Hometown Holiday Jam (dance party), 8:00PM

ATHENA'S CLUB Dave Blair (folk, funk, acoustic), 7:00PM

5 WALNUT WINE BAR Lyric (acoustic soul), 9:00PM

BEN'S TUNE-UP Woody Wood & the Asheville Family Band (acoustic, folk, rock), 7:00PM

550 TAVERN & GRILLE Caribbean Cowboys (rock), 9:00PM ALTAMONT THEATRE Byrds of a Feather Tribute to Gene Clark & Gram Parsons, 8:00PM

CROW & QUILL Gypsy Swingers (swing jazz), 9:00PM DOUBLE CROWN DJ Greg Cartwright (garage & soul obscurities), 10:00PM ELAINE'S DUELING PIANO BAR Dueling Pianos, 9:00PM

BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Acoustic Swing, 7:00PM

GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN David Wilcox & friends' annual Thanksgiving Homecoming Concert, 8:00PM

BURGER BAR Bike Night, 9:00PM

HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Black Watch Friday!, 4:00PM

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ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL An evening w/ The Kruger Brothers, 8:30PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Shane Pruitt Band (gospel, blues, rock 'n' roll), 9:00PM JERUSALEM GARDEN Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Dan Melchior & Greg Cartwright (solo set), 9:00PM Rotating Rock 'n' Oldies DJs, 10:00PM

Bywater UPCOMING MUSIC NOV

18

FRI

NOV

19

SAT

NOV

25

FRI

SNAKE OIL REVIVAL SHOW

26

SAT

ODDITORIUM Eye of the Destroyer w/ Corpse Hoarder, Bleedseason & Built on Ruins (metal), 9:00PM OFF THE WAGON Dueling pianos, 9:00PM OLIVE OR TWIST The 42nd Street Band (Cole Porter-era jazz), 8:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Free Dead Fridays w/ members of Phuncle Sam (jam), 5:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING Deja Fuze, 10:00PM ORANGE PEEL TRiG LIVE w/ SASS, Deelayne, Ken Trips, Chris Angel, Leequan, Mayor Laz & YPC Darius , 9:00PM

185 KING STREET Jamie Laval & Pretty Little Goat (Celtic, old-time), 8:00PM

PACK'S TAVERN A Social Function (classic covers, rock, hits), 9:30PM

BEN'S TUNE-UP Gypsy Guitar Trio, 3:00PM Savannah Smith & Southern Soul (Southern rock), 8:00PM BHRAMARI BREWHOUSE Bend & Brew (yoga class), 11:00AM BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Matt Walsh (blues, rock), 9:00PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Ben Phan (indie, folk, singer-songwriter), 7:00PM

PATTON PUBLIC HOUSE Mark Keller (acoustic classic rock), 6:00PM

9pm

BYWATER Ram Mandlekorn, Cody Wright, Phill Bronson (funk), 9:00PM

PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Vibe & Direct (electronic, jam), 8:00PM

CLUB ELEVEN ON GROVE Dance Party (hip-hop, R&B, funk), 10:00PM

THE MOON AND YOU’S FRIENDSGIVING CELEBRATION

SCANDALS NIGHTCLUB DJ dance party & drag show, 10:00PM

CREEKSIDE TAPHOUSE Pistol Hill, 8:00PM

STONE ROAD RESTAURANT & BAR 3 Cool Cats (vintage rock 'n' roll), 7:30PM

CROW & QUILL The Old Chevrolette Set (country, Americana), 9:00PM

RAM MANDELKORN, CODY WRIGHT, PHILL BRONSON 9pm

OPEN MIC

w/ RICK COOPER [Sign Up is 7:30]

THE SOCIAL Steve Moseley (acoustic), 6:00PM THE SOCIAL LOUNGE Ultra Lounge w/ Phantom Pantone, 9:00PM THE SUMMIT AT NEW MOUNTAIN AVL SOL Vibes, 9:00PM TIGER MOUNTAIN Dark dance rituals w/ DJ Cliffypoo, 10:00PM

TUE

SPIN JAM

WED

THE WOODSHED

TWISTED LAUREL Request-powered dance party w/ Phantom Pantone, 10:30PM

9pm

DIRTY DEAD

Every Sunday in November 8:30pm

796 RIVERSIDE DR. ASHEVILLE, NC BYWATER.BAR NOVEMBER 16 - NOVEMBER 22, 2016

WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Joshua Messick: Hammered Dulcimer Christmas, 8:00PM WILD WING CAFE Flashback (70's, 80's, 90's & now), 9:00PM

ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Vibe & Direct (jam, electronic), 10:00PM

ATHENA'S CLUB Michael Kelley Hunter (blues), 6:30PM

JUAN BENAVIDES QUARTET

THE MOTHLIGHT Tatsuya Nakatani & Makoto Kawabata Duo w/ Clang Quartet & Few More Days (experimental, percussion), 9:30PM

OLIVE OR TWIST The Crown Jewels w/ Paula Hanke (jazz, Motown, pop), 8:00PM Dance party (hip-hop, rap), 11:00PM

ORANGE PEEL The Wholigans (The Who tribute), 9:00PM

BURGER BAR Asheville FM 103.3 DJ Night, 9:00PM

THE ADMIRAL Hip-hop dance party w/ DJ Warf, 11:00PM

OFF THE WAGON Dueling pianos, 9:00PM

5 WALNUT WINE BAR Ten Cent Poetry (folk), 6:00PM The Gypsy Swingers (gypsy jazz), 9:00PM

PACK'S TAVERN DJ MoTo (dance, pop hits), 9:30PM

TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Marcel Anton, 12:00PM Laura Blackley, 7:00PM Gruda Tree, 10:00PM

SUN

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26

9pm

8-11pm

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BOILER ROOM Dance Party & Drag Show, 10:00PM

WEEKLY EVENTS MON

MARKET PLACE The Sean Mason Trio (groove, jazz, funk), 7:00PM

UNWINE'D AT MELLIE MAC'S Mountain Bitters (string-vocal trio), 7:00PM

OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Straw Man, 6:00PM

8:30pm

NOV

LOBSTER TRAP The Hip Trio (jazz), 6:30PM

DOUBLE CROWN Pitter Platter w/ DJ Big Smidge, 10:00PM ELAINE'S DUELING PIANO BAR Dueling Pianos, 9:00PM FRENCH BROAD BREWERY Salt of the Earth (folk), 6:00PM

PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Phuncle Sam (Grateful Dead tribute), 9:00PM PURPLE ONION CAFE The Secret Band, 8:00PM QUOTATIONS COFFEE CAFE Marc Yaxley (jazz, flemenco), 6:00PM ROOM IX Open dance night, 9:00PM SALVAGE STATION 4th Annual Thanksgiving Party w/ Travers Brothership, 9:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Yoga w/ Cats with Blue Ridge Humane Society, 10:00AM Nikki Talley & Jason Sharp, 8:00PM SCANDALS NIGHTCLUB DJ dance party & drag show, 10:00PM THE ADMIRAL Soul night w/ DJ Dr. Filth, 11:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Conscious Comedy Night w/ Grayson Morris, 7:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT Coconut Cake w/ Malasana (rumba), 9:30PM

GOOD STUFF Honey & Garbage (acoustic, blues, folk), 8:00PM

THE SOCIAL LOUNGE Ultra Lounge w/ Phantom Pantone, 9:00PM

GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Acoustic Syndicate: annual Thanksgiving Homecoming (bluegrass, rock), 9:00PM

THE SUMMIT AT NEW MOUNTAIN AVL Old-School dance party (age 30+), 6:00PM

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Director Barry Jenkins finds emotional depth in the masterful Moonlight

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In writer-director Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight, character is destiny. What Jenkins has accomplished with his second feature is nothing short of remarkable, mining difficult subject matter for a story that transcends its narrative

details. While those details would be salaciously compelling enough for most directors, Jenkins goes deeper to find the heart of his film’s emotional journey, providing a riveting glimpse into how culture and environment inexorably shape us all in ways both unexpected and inevitable. Almost unendurably intimate, Moonlight tells the story of a young gay black man growing up in the projects without sensationalizing its protagonist’s sexuality or socioeconomic status, leaving room for a sensitive and revealing character study that will resonate with moviegoers regardless of their individual circumstances.

Adapting from Tarell Alvin McCraney’s stage play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue, Jenkins studies identity from a nuanced perspective that leaves no room for prejudicial preconceptions. Structurally, the film functions as three distinct chapters chronicling the evolution of

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DIRECTOR: Barry Jenkins PLAYERS: Mahershala Ali, Naomie Harris, Trevante Rhodes, Ashton Sanders, Alex Hibbert, Jaden Piner, Janelle Monae DRAMA RATED R THE STORY: A young black man growing up in a Miami housing project must struggle with his sexual identity as the world around him threatens to break his spirit.

THE LOWDOWN: A remarkably affective tale with ramifications that reach far beyond its subject, Moonlight is a must-see.

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a young boy struggling to reach adulthood while in constant conflict with his environment and a profound inner turmoil surrounding his sexuality. This tripartite structure is delineated by the protagonist’s various names, his designations shifting as his sense of self is gradually beaten into submission by the people and events that make up his experience of life. The film’s primary visual motifs, water and moonlight, allude to the fluidity of identification and its subservience to the inexorable pull of forces beyond the capacity of the individual to control or even fully comprehend, yet the film never comes across as heavy-handed or self-important, instead allowing its protagonist to be accepted on his own merits.

The first act is entitled “Little,” the pejorative epithet ascribed to a boy of about nine by the bullies that constantly plague him. A quiet boy, Little is taken in by a local drug pusher named Juan (an outstanding Mahershala Ali) who serves as a surrogate father figure and provides the child with the sole source of stability in his tumultuous life. By the time Little adopts his given name Chiron (pronounced Shy-RONE) in the second act, the boy’s mother has spiraled into crack addiction and Juan has long since died off screen.

Under constant threat of violence from his peers, adolescent Chiron struggles to understand his nascent attraction to a school friend while navigating a brutal world that could destroy him for no other reason than his otherness. Out of that furnace comes the prison-hardened “Black,” Chiron in his mid-twenties, having adopted the illicit carrier path and affectations of power he watched Juan exhibit in his youth.

This character arc may sound straightforward on paper, but in execution it’s anything but. The three actors that portray Chiron (Alex Hibbert as Little, Ashton Sanders as teen Chiron, and Trevante Rhodes as Black) are all exceptional, creating a continuity of performance through consistently employed gestures and body language.

Their shared embodiment of the character affectively establishes the subversion of the self that Chiron must undergo to survive his harsh world, and it’s heartbreaking to watch. The sup-

M A X R AT I N G porting cast is critical to the success of this endeavor, as Ali’s portrayal of Juan proves essential to establishing a fundamental dichotomy inherent to masculinity, the capacity to be both nurturing and exploitative. Conversely, Naomie Harris’ bravura turn as Chiron’s beleaguered mother Paula undermines the myth of the infallible matriarch, delivering a devastating character arc in just a handful of scenes. The juxtaposition of these influential figures in Chiron’s evolution provides startling insight into the forces that unconsciously shape who we are, for better or for worse.

There really are no weak performances in this film, suggesting that the cast understood the significance of the story they were tasked with telling and poured their souls into the process.

Like the Chiron of Greek myth, the protagonist of Moonlight functions as a guide and mentor to the audience, teaching through example the ways in which our superficial perceptions of other human beings can do a great injustice to our understanding of the person beneath the persona. If the majority of the film seems largely devoid of hope, the resolution at least provides some respite from the relentless striving for actualization and individuation that Chiron’s inner nature must undergo throughout his story.

This film is not strictly an explication of what it means to be black and gay in contemporary American culture, but also provides a deeper glimpse into what it means to retain one’s humanity in a world that has always been cruel and unforgivingly capricious to those who deviate from normative societal roles. Though things may seem obscure in the moonlight, all it takes is a closer look to reveal the hidden truth, and Jenkins has accomplished something magnificent in the service of such truth. Rated R for some sexuality, drug use, brief violence, and language throughout.

Opens Friday at Fine Arts Theatre.

REVIEWED BY SCOTT DOUGLAS JSDOUGLAS22@GMAIL.COM

Almost Christmas HH

DIRECTOR: David E. Talbert (Baggage Claim) PLAYERS: Danny Glover, Omar Epps, Kimberly Elise, Mo’Nique, J.B. Smoove HOLIDAY FAMILY COMEDIC MELODRAMA RATED PG-13 THE STORY: A widowed patriarch welcomes his out-sized, specifically dysfunctional family for the holidays.

THE LOWDOWN: Generic, flat and bloated with characters and plot, here’s a holiday movie that only goes as far as its likable cast takes it.

Here we are with David E. Talbert’s Almost Christmas, the opening salvo in 2016’s descent into holiday schmaltz. There is nothing special nor noteworthy about Talbert’s film, the billionth version of this specific type of Christmas movie, packed with too many characters, bloated with plot and bogged down in melodrama. Some laughs are spread around here and there, but they’re hardly enough to save the movie from its own lack of originality. It’s certainly not going to become some mainstay of holiday cinema, the great dream of these types of movies.

The story here is one as old as time — or at least Christmas movies. Danny Glover plays Walter, the widowed head of an Alabama family, who’s welcoming his entire dysfunctional family home in the days leading up to Christmas.

It’s a pretty threadbare premise from which Talbert (who’s working from his own script) wrenches every cliché he can. The film is awash with both a glut of characters and their various problems ranging from infidelity to drug abuse. Regardless, each is packed full for maximum drama and then mixed in with a hefty dose of familial spats and general holiday-themed high jinks. The requisite family football game is there, as is the mandatory combative family dinner with nary a surprise to be found.

The point here, of course, is a meritless attempt at being heartwarming.

Generally, the film works in this regard, namely because it’s innocuous and wellmeaning enough, but it mistakes a general likability for actual emotion. That

likability has little to do with Talbert’s modest talents as a filmmaker and everything to do with the gigantic cast supporting the film. Glover is nice as the film’s emotional center. Mo’Nique is given free reign to be herself comedically and, along with J.B Smoove, gives the film some much needed energy.

A good, likable cast, however, can only do so much. With a nearly two-hour runtime, the film asks too much from both its cast and the viewer. A general amiability will only get you so far when you’ve got little to say beside the usual family dysfunction found in these types of movies, stretched out over a runtime that needs 20 minutes shorn from it. All this makes Almost Christmas watchable and even occasionally amusing. Just don’t expect much else from it. Rated PG-13 for suggestive material, drug content and language.

Now playing at Carolina Cinemark, Carmike 10, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande, UA Beaucatcher.

REVIEWED BY JUSTIN SOUTHER JSOUTHER@MOUNTAINX.COM

Arrival

HHHH DIRECTOR: Denis Villeneuve PLAYERS: Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg, Mark O’Brien, Tzi Ma SCI-FI RATED PG-13 THE STORY: When mysterious alien spacecraft appear on Earth, one woman must learn to communicate with the visitors before humanity turns on them and destroys itself in the process.

THE LOWDOWN: Engaging and provocative, Arrival contributes a welcome touch of intellectualism to science fiction filmmaking.

Director Denis Villeneuve earned ample accolades last year with Sicario, a methodically paced thriller with cynical overtones and a killer cast. His latest effort, Arrival, is also a methodically paced thriller with cynical overtones and a killer cast. While the similarities may not end there, Arrival couldn’t be much more diametrically opposed in both tone and content to the director’s prior film. The two obviously share Villeneuve’s capacity to attract a top-notch ensemble and allow them to embody their roles to the fullest, along with his pensive approach to charac-

ter development and narrative progression. However, Arrival is a much more deliberate piece of filmmaking with a distinctly humanistic message, emphasizing the personal aspects of its story over the flashy set pieces that characterize so much of the alien invasion subgenre. Villeneuve has crafted a taut, thought-provoking examination of humanity’s strengths and weaknesses, hidden beneath the guise of a typical genre potboiler. The questions his film raises are well worth the audience’s time, even if those in the market for explosions and lasers will have to look elsewhere.

In many ways, Arrival functions as the dialectical antithesis to films like the Independence Day franchise or the whizbang spectacle of J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek reboots. It’s a thinking man’s approach to the prospect of alien life making first contact with humanity. Villeneuve has obviously taken a lot of cues from Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 (1968) while also drawing heavily from the recent spate of more cerebral sci-fi cinema such as Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar (2014). Arrival isn’t as saccharine as Spielberg’s Close Encounters (1977) or as cheese-laden as the Jodie Foster vehicle Contact (1997), but it does share the sense of novelty that made those films successful. Ultimately, Villeneuve has found a new angle on a class of movies that was already feeling played out in the wake of Robert Wise’s seminal The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), which is no mean feat.

The story deals with the ramifications of the eponymous arrival in which a dozen ovoid spacecraft suddenly appear and hover menacingly at disparate global locations. As world governments race to understand the alien visitors’ intentions, linguistics professor Dr. Louise Banks (Amy Adams) and theoretical physicist Ian Donnelly (Jeremy Renner) are recruited by Colonel Weber (Forest Whitaker) in an effort to establish direct communication with the ships’ inhabitants. Even as progress is made, intergovernmental conflict and basic human nature threaten to turn the event into a world war, allowing Villeneuve and screenwriter Eric Heisserer (working from the short story “Story of Your Life” by Ted Chiang) to deal with complex issues ranging from the imprecision of language to the inherent impediments that preexisting biases introduce to communication.

Whitaker and Renner deliver solid supporting performances, fleshing out their relatively limited roles with a solid grounding in character motivation. It’s Adams, however, who drives the film’s emotional arc, imparting her portrayal of Banks with strength and compas-

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sion while also subtly suggesting a deeper vulnerability that contributes greatly to the establishment of pathos.

Far from Sigourney Weaver’s Ripley, this female lead is decidedly human, plagued by self-doubt and obsessive tendencies that lend nuanced shading to the character. Adams’ ability to convey such an intricate emotional and psychological landscape represents a career highlight in the midst of an already impressive resume.

In the broader context of standard cineplex sci-fi, Arrival feels distinctly stripped down and minimalistic in terms of both its cast and its visual aesthetic. While the effects work may have been limited as a result of budgetary constraints, the finished product plays with an efficiency that enhances its otherworldly qualities — the alien “heptapods” constantly shrouded in ethereal mist suggesting something decidedly alien without breaking the bank.

Beyond its exemplary cast, Arrival’s greatest strengths are its ornate structure, densely layered symbolism and carefully constructed narrative, allowing its standard genre trappings to serve a greater purpose.

When I screened Arrival, a handful of moviegoers remained as the credits rolled, discussing the significance of what they had just seen. This is the

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most resounding testament to the film’s efficacy, and it’s difficult to think of a stronger recommendation. While it’s far from the first example, Arrival may be the film that definitively marks the arrival of literate science fiction as a viable subgenere. Rated PG-13 for brief strong language.

Now Playing at Regal Biltmore Grande, UA Beaucatcher, Epic of Hendersonville.

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Shut In H DIRECTOR: Farren Blackburn (Hammer of the Gods) PLAYERS: Naomi Watts, Charlie Heaton, Jacob Tremblay, Oliver Platt

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Farren Blackburn’s Shut In is a thriller in every sense, a movie so ensconced within its own genre trappings it’s totally unable to give anything new nor have a single original idea. It’s not so much that it’s lifting things directly from other movies. Instead, the film gets down the basics of what a thriller should do — while never mastering any of it.

It’s firmly in the M. Night Shyamalan School of Supposedly Clever, propping up so much of its tedious plot on a big twist that’s both convoluted and easy to see coming. What Shut In neglects is literally every notion of creating an entertaining, interesting film.

Naomi Watts — the only compelling thing about this movie — plays Mary, a child psychologist who lives in a remote New England home. The only other resident is her son Stephen (Charlie Heaton), who is paralyzed and unable to talk. She mostly spends her time caring for her child until a deaf boy named Tom (Jacob Tremblay) shows up in her life. Things start to fall apart when Tom goes missing and a nasty ice storm starts to encroach on Mary’s home.

The film then becomes a game of what is and isn’t real, an idea set up by a couple of scenes that turn out to be dream sequences. The film continues to try pulling the rug out from under the viewer in this way, questioning Mary’s sanity and the movie’s own ideas of real-

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ity. This is all fine and dandy, but it takes Shut In forever to get there, moving like molasses in January as my father would have said. It’s tedious and dull before it ever gets to the thrust of the action. By then, Shut In isn’t worth all that effort, instead trading in atmosphere for creaky floorboards and Watts looking frazzled.

Beyond all this — beyond the listlessness of the narrative, the hokey, convoluted and unbelievable twist ending and the general mediocrity of it all — Watts truly is the only aspect worthwhile here. Not that it would take much comparatively, of course. But she tries, dammit, which is more than anyone can say about the rest of Shut In. It’s a professional performance the movie honestly doesn’t deserve, since everything the script gives her to do is either dull or inane. I mean, here’s a movie that makes her bend over a toilet and chug baby shampoo — and she does it with verve and moxie. It doesn’t make anything in Shut In verifiably better, but it does ease the tedium just a tiny bit. Rated PG-13 for terror and some violence/bloody images, nudity, thematic elements and brief strong language.

Now playing at Carmike 10, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande.

REVIEWED BY JUSTIN SOUTHER JSOUTHER@MOUNTAINX.COM

The Love Witch HHHS DIRECTOR: Anna Biller PLAYERS: Samantha Robinson, Gian Keys, Laura Waddell, Jeffrey Vincent Parise, Jared Sanford, Robert Seeley, Jennifer Ingrum, Randy Evans, Clive Ashborn, Lily Holleman, April Showers, Stephen Wozniak ’70S THROWBACK HORROR RATED NR THE STORY: Following the death of her husband (and police suspicion regarding her involvement), a Wiccan relocates to a small California town looking for Mr. Right in all the wrong ways.

THE LOWDOWN: A lovingly conceived pastiche of low-budget, late-1970s horror films, The Love Witch is a great idea poorly executed.

Writer-director-producer Anna Biller is establishing something of an auteurial signature with her sophomore film The Love Witch. Nearly a decade after Viva, her feature debut, The Love Witch expands on Biller’s slavish devotion to ’70s trash cinema, this time turning her attention from the “nudie cuties” of Russ Meyer et al. to the distinctly more limited subgenre of occult sexploitation. While the film often struggles to define its own boundaries between homage and parody, taken on its own terms it’s a fun — if frivolous — piece of nostalgic camp for those inclined to such pursuits (among whose ranks I count myself).

Following the success of films like Rosemary’s Baby (1968) and The Exorcist (1973), misconstrued esotericism equaled big box office bucks in the minds of many studio execs, leading to a glut of poorly thought-out and hastily executed imitators. In some cases, these bandwagon-jumpers led to disastrous results, such as 1976’s To the Devil a Daughter essentially killing Hammer Films. Despite their inherent drawbacks, there’s often a lurid appeal to the technicolor vulgarity of even the worst films of this ilk, though that appeal may be somewhat limited in its reach. The Love Witch understands this attraction and capitalizes on those principal strengths with plenty of primarycolor blood, ample sex and nudity, and a penchant for the bizarre narrative tendencies that defined a generation of low-budget horror.

Biller clearly has a passion for her antecedents, but her insistence on visual verisimilitude occasionally gets in the way of the thematic resonance she’s striving for with this movie. The self-conscious attempts at camp that distinguish most of The Love Witch belie any sense of a deeper reverence for the source material on par with the ’70s throwback horrors of Rob Zombie or Ti West. Even last month’s Ouija sequel played the same game with a little more sincerity. The Love Witch gives off the distinct impression that the mind behind it was afraid audiences might laugh at her work, so she decided to beat them to that particular punch by taking great pains to ensure they would.

There is something to be said for this approach, however, as a film that features lines of dialogue as brutally on the nose as, “People always ask me why I’m a witch — I tell them it’s because I want to have magical powers,” can’t be all bad. Add in significantly more than a touch of

SCREEN SCENE era-appropriate full-frontal nudity, and you have a film distinctly wellsuited to its target audience. Fans of Lucio Fulci or Mario Bava will find plenty to enjoy here, although I ultimately found the whole to be less than the sum of its parts.

The film banks on a solid central performance from Samantha Robinson as the titular (and titillating) witch, a self-absorbed narcissist who employs black magic to seduce ineffectual men in the hopes of garnering the unconditional love she is convinced is her right. There are some allusions to an intriguing feminist gender politic at moments, but the film too often shortchanges these ideas by overemphasizing its protagonist’s latent misandry and coupling it with a level of passive misogyny that leans away from feminism and into sociopathy.

If this film had come along five years ago, it would’ve seemed almost revolutionary. As it stands now, it’s just another enjoyably goofy — yet largely forgettable — trip down memory lane. There are moments of brilliance underlying the intentionally wooden performances, leaden scripting and harsh soundstage lighting that define The Love Witch, but they never quite cohere into the cinematic serenade to a lost era that the filmmaker clearly intended. Much like its protagonist’s victims, I desperately wanted to fall under the spell of The Love Witch, but the potion left me feeling distinctly unsatisfied and maybe a little queasy. Unrated.

Opens Friday at Grail Moviehouse.

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FILM BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/library • FR (11/18), 4:30pm - Pixar Film Series: A Bug’s Life. Free. Held at West Asheville Library, 942 Haywood Road FILM SCREENINGS AT WCU 227-2324 • SU (11/20), 2:30pm & 5pm - Horace Kephart, His Life and Legacy, documentary film screening and post-film discussion. Reception from 4-5pm.

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PLAYTIME: Addison Timlin appears in a still from Little Sister. Filmed and set in Asheville and featuring several area actors, Zach Clark’s comedy has its local premiere on Nov. 17 at the Grail Moviehouse. Photo courtesy of Forager Films • Grail Moviehouse is home to the Asheville premiere of Little Sister on Thursday, Nov. 17, at 7:15 p.m. Shot and set in Asheville, Zach Clark’s comedy follows a young nun — formerly a high school goth — as she returns home to visit her estranged family in the days before the 2008 election. The film stars Addison Timlin (That Awkward Moment), Ally Sheedy (The Breakfast Club), Peter Hedges (writer/director of Dan in Real Life), Keith Poulson (Listen Up Philip), Alex Karpovsky (“Girls”) and Barbara Crampton (Re-Animator), as well as several Asheville-area actors, including Emily Shaules and Krista Tortora.

Asheville native Melodie Sisk is one of the film’s producers and shares a story credit with Clark. A Skype Q&A with Clark will follow the film.

Tickets are $10 and available online and at the Grail box office. avl.mx/35c • The Fine Arts Theatre hosts a screening of Last Men Standing to benefit the Western North Carolina AIDS Project on Thursday, Nov. 17, at 7:30 p.m.

Directed by former Asheville CitizenTimes photographer Erin Brethauer and her former San Francisco Chronicle colleague Tim Hussin, the documentary centers on long-term AIDS survivors in the Bay Area.

The feature is the first full-length film produced by the Chronicle and has screened at film festivals across the U.S. as well as the 21st International AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa.

Brethauer will be in attendance and

participate in a post-screening Q&A. Tickets are $10 and available online and at the Fine Arts box office. avl.mx/35d • West Asheville Public Library’s Pixar film series continues Friday, Nov. 18, at 4:30 p.m. with A Bug’s Life.

The feature will be preceded by the Pixar short film Geri’s Game. Free and open to the public. avl.mx/1z5 • The Center for Cultural Preservation celebrates the PBS premiere of Call of the Ancient Mariner, David Weintraub’s award-winning documentary about sea turtles and human culture, with a viewing party and forum on Monday, Nov. 21, at 7 p.m. at the Unitarian Fellowship of Hendersonville. The evening begins with a reception with music by folksinger Tom Fisch, locally baked goods and hard cider from Bold Rock Cidery.

After the screening, a forum will be held on nature, spirituality and turtles featuring Weintraub and such local spiritual leaders as the Rev. Jim McKinley of the Unitarian Fellowship of Hendersonville, the Rev. Scott Hardin-Nieri of Creation Care Alliance and Bhikkhu Pannadipa, co-abbot of Embracing Simplicity Hermitage. Admission is a donation of $10 or more in support of the Center for Cultural Preservation. Register in advance online or call the center at 6928062. saveculture.org X

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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

J. K. Rowling makes her screenwriting debut in this adaptation of her book of the same title. A spinoff of the immensely popular Harry Poter franchise, Fantastic Beasts is helmed by frequent Potter director David Yates and features a star-studded cast including Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Colin Farrell, Ron Perlman, Jon Voigt and Johnny Depp. The story follows Redmayne’s Newt Scamander as he tracks down the titular beasts in 1920s New York. Early reviews are strongly positive. (PG-13)

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A Chorus Line HHS DIRECTOR: Richard Attenborough PLAYERS: Michael Douglas, Terrence Mann, Alyson Reed, Cameron English, Vicki Frederick, Audrey Landers MUSICAL Rated PG-13 I’ve never been a fan of musicals, and A Chorus Line provides about as good an explanation as I can give as to why. Favoring style over substance yet somehow achieving neither, Richard Attenborough’s 1985 adaptation of one of the longest-running and most successful stage musicals of all time seems to have missed the appeal of the original story of struggling dancers trying to make it big on Broadway. Having stripped the source material of what made it interesting to those who enjoyed it — namely, the dancers and their perspective — and replaced the central conflict with a tepid love story focused on Michael Douglas’ tyrannical producer, Attenborough made a rare misstep for such a talented director. However, if you’re a devout fan of the musical genre, you may enjoy this one more than I did. The Hendersonville Film Society will show A Chorus Line on Sunday, Nov. 20, at 2 p.m. in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community, 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville.

The Bicycle Thieves HHHHS DIRECTOR: Vittorio De Sica PLAYERS: Lamberto Maggiorani, Enza Staiola, Lianella Carell, Gino Saltamerenda DRAMA Rated NR It helps to understand the realities of life in post-War Italy to understand the birth of Italian Neo-Realism — something born as much from economic necessity as an artistic movement. Films like Vittorio De Sica’s The Bicycle Thieves (1948) were partly made simply because they were possible in a country where money was scarce and studios destroyed by the war. Still, it very much became its own artistic form in the way it completely broke with the tradition of studio films.

Neo-Realist works are mostly made on location with rudimentary lighting and often (as in this case) with non-actors. The idea was to break with the artifice of the studio. What it did was show the world a kind of film that was quite different from the norm. Similarly, the plots tended to be realistic, gritty and simple. And what could be simpler than The Bicycle Thieves, with its story of a man searching for the stolen bicycle he needs in order to keep his job? Seemingly nothing, but the film boasts six credited writers in addition to De Sica. Usually this kind of committee approach is disastrous, but, in a film where a thin plot is used as a guiding principle for a series of events, it can prove — here at least — workable. This excerpt was taken from a review by Ken Hanke published on Nov. 17, 2015. Classic World Cinema by Courtyard Gallery will present The Bicycle Thieves Friday, Nov. 18, at 8 p.m. at Flood Gallery Fine Art Center, 2160 Hwy 70, Swannanoa.

The Giant Claw HHHS DIRECTOR: Fred F. Sears PLAYERS: Jeff Morrow, Mara Corday, Morris Ankrum, Louis Merrill, Edgar Barrier, Robert Shayne GIANT PUPPET BUZZARD HORROR Rated NR The Thursday Horror Picture Show is serving Grade-A turkey this week with Fred F. Sears’ deliriously dreadful The Giant Claw. To give some barometer of its quality, consider that it was released in June of 1957, and even though Sears died in November of that same year, in the intervening five months he managed to crank out another eight movies and one TV episode before handing in his Directors Guild card. To say he was a meticulous craftsman would be an untruth of some note, but he could undeniably churn ’em out. And in all honesty, it’s not the workmanlike direction, the screenplay or the echt-1950s acting that stuffs and bastes the bird. It’s the bird itself. In fact, the first 26 minutes of the movie aren’t that bad. And then … the title monster shows up — and not just his claw, but every ill-advised turkey-feathered inch of the damned thing. It is … well, just, wow. This is one of those rare cases — owing to the way the film was put together — where it’s easy to believe that the stars, mindless of what the monster looked like, went to the premiere showing, only to slink away in abject embarrassment, hoping not to be recognized. The truth, though, is that it’s entirely due to this plucked buzzard-from-hell puppet that anyone remembers the movie today. Otherwise, The Giant Claw would be nothing but another 1950s giant monster flick. As it is, its unique awfulness makes it a strange kind of very wayward “classic.” This excerpt was taken from a review by Ken Hanke published on Feb. 10, 2015. The Thursday Horror Picture Show will screen The Giant Claw on Thursday, Nov. 17, at 9:15 p.m. at The Grail Moviehouse, hosted by Xpress movie critic Scott Douglas.

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DIRECTOR: Luis Buñuel, Salvador Dali, Man Ray PLAYERS: Luis Buñuel, Salvador Dalí, Man Ray, Pierre Batches, Simone Mareuil, Jaime Miravilles, Georges Auric Le Comte de Beaumont, Le Vicomte de Noailles Marie-Laure de Noailles, Jacques-André Boiffard SURREALIST EXPERIMENTAL SHORTS Rated NR The Asheville Film Society wraps up its November schedule with a staggeringly strange avant-garde triple-feature that should establish to absolutely anyone’s satisfaction that modern experimental filmmakers will never hold a candle to the masters. First up we recreate the original 1929 double bill of Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí’s seminal statement on Surrealism in cinema, the inimitable Un Chien Andalou, followed by Man Ray’s equally bizarre (if such a thing is even possible) Les Mystères du Château de Dé. Then we finish up with Buñuel and Dalí’s longer and less frequently screened L’Age d’Or. Check your narrative preconceptions at the door and bring your affinity for the abnormal, as this is a must-attend screening for anyone interested in art, film or high weirdness.

Don’t let the triple-feature scare you though, the running time for all three films still clocks in at under two hours. I’ll keep an eye out for you! And if you don’t get that joke now, you will after your see Andalou. The Asheville Film Society will screen Un Chien Andalou/Les Mystères du Château de Dé/L’Age d’Or on Tuesday, Nov. 22, at 7:30 p.m. at The Grail Moviehouse, hosted by Xpress movie critic Scott Douglas.

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CLINICIANS Meridian Behavioral Health Services is seeking NC licensed or Associate licensed clinicians to join our recovery oriented organization in the beautiful North Carolina mountains including the counties of Transylvania, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, and Cherokee. Clinical positions are available in a variety of adult service programs such as the Assertive Community Treatment Team, Recovery Education Center, as well as child and family service programs such as Day Treatment, Intensive In-Home, and Outpatient. Clinicians provide recovery oriented comprehensive clinical assessments, support, skill building, education, and team consultation both in the office and the community. To be considered, an applicant should be familiar with the recovery paradigm of mental health and substance abuse services, have a valid driver’s license, reliable transportation, flexibility, and moderate computer skills. • For further details about each position, please visit the employment section of our website, www.meridianbhs.org, then apply by completing the short online application and uploading your resume.

COUNTY DIRECTOR • CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES Haywood County. This position is responsible for the complete oversite of the complete continuum of child and family programs and services within Haywood County. At the direction of Executive Leadership and reporting directly to the Child and Family Clinical Director, and with the support of a Deputy Director, this position is responsible for the efficient delivery of quality and evidenced based child and family services in Haywood County. In particular, the Haywood Director is the point person for community partners in that county, including but not limited to school systems, principals, other state and federal agencies, and collaborative entities. More specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to, providing supervision of enhanced service delivery and ensuring that this is consistent with the client’s person-centered-plan; referral linkage; ensuring that regular staff supervision is occurring; ensuring that staff meet job performance standards regarding timely completion of documentation and adherence to agency policy; facilitating a clientcentered, team approach to meeting clients’ needs; facilitating positive, collaborative relationships between Meridian and other community agencies; interviewing and making recommendations for hire; and promoting a positive work environment that encourages employee growth and initiative. Fully Licensed Clinician is required and at least 5 years of supervision experience is preferred. Additional preferences will be given to clinicians with experience in community behavioral health and licensed clinical social workers. • If interested, please visit the employment section of our website to apply and submit your resume, meridianbhs.org

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Proficiency in completing paperwork and completing documentation within expected deadlines is required. The floating QP sub also completes case management duties, including but not limited to, referral and linkage to out of home placement when needed. To qualify, QPs must have a Bachelor's degree in Human Services with two years of full time, postdegree experience with this population. Applicants must have a valid driver's license, reliable transportation, flexibility and moderate computer skills. To apply, visit the employment section of our website to complete an application and submit your resume: www.meridianbhs.org LOCAL GROUP HOME SEEKS FULL TIME DIRECT SERVICE PROFESSIONAL Seeking energetic individuals to assist adults with intellectual disabilities with aspects of daily living. Required: highschool diploma and drivers license. Send resume to PO Box 5514 Asheville NC 28813 Attn:DSP

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FREEWILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19): There is a 97 percent chance that you will NOT engage in the following activities within the next 30 days: naked skydiving, tight-rope walking between two skyscrapers, getting drunk on a mountaintop, taking ayahuasca with Peruvian shamans in a remote rural hut, or dancing ecstatically in a muddy pit of snakes. However, I suspect that you will be involved in almost equally exotic exploits — although less risky ones — that will require you to summon more pluck and improvisational skill than you knew you had.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The Onion, my favorite news source, reported that “It’s perfectly natural for people to fantasize about sandwiches other than the one currently in their hands.” You shouldn’t feel shame, the article said, if you’re enjoying a hoagie but suddenly feel an inexplicable yearning for a BLT or pastrami on rye. While I appreciate this reassuring counsel, I don’t think it applies to you in the coming weeks. In my opinion, you have a sacred duty to be unwaveringly faithful, both in your imagination and your actual behavior — as much for your own sake as for others’. I advise you to cultivate an up-to-date affection for and commitment to what you actually have, and not indulge in obsessive fantasies about “what ifs.”

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): I hesitate to deliver the contents of this horoscope without a disclaimer.

Unless you are an extremely ethical person with a vivid streak of empathy, you might be prone to abuse the information I’m about to present. So please ignore it unless you can responsibly employ the concepts of benevolent mischief and tricky blessings and cathartic shenanigans. Ready? Here’s your oracle: Now is a favorable time for grayer truths, wilder leaps of the imagination, more useful bullshit, funnier enigmas, and more outlandish stories seasoned with crazy wisdom.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Kavachi is an underwater volcano in the Southwest Pacific Ocean. It erupts periodically, and in general makes the surrounding water so hot and acidic that human divers must avoid it. And yet some hardy species live there, including crabs, jellyfish, stingrays, and sharks. What adaptations and strategies enable them to thrive in such an extreme environment?

Scientists don’t know. I’m going to draw a comparison between you and the resourceful creatures living near Kavachi. In the coming weeks, I bet you’ll flourish in circumstances that normal people might find daunting.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Seventeenth-century British people used the now-obsolete word “firktytoodle.”

It meant “cuddling and snuggling accompanied by leisurely experiments in smooching, fondling, licking, and sweet dirty talk.” The coming weeks will be prime time for you to carry out extensive experiments in this activity. But here’s an interesting question: Will the near future also be a favorable phase for record levels of orgasmic release? The answer: maybe, but IF AND ONLY if you pursue firkytoodle as an end in itself; IF AND ONLY IF you relish the teasing and playing as if they were ultimate rewards, and don’t relegate them to being merely preliminary acts for pleasures that are supposedly bigger and better. P.S. These same principles apply not just to your intimate connections, but to everything else in your life, as well. Enjoying the journey is as important as reaching a destination.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Here’s an experiment worth trying: Reach back into the past to find a remedy for what’s bugging you now. In other words, seek out on an old, perhaps even partially forgotten influence to resolve a current dilemma that has resisted your efforts to master it. This is one time when it may make good sense to temporarily resurrect a lost dream. You could energize your future by drawing inspiration from possibilities that might have been but never were.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): By the time he died at the age of 87 in 1983, free thinker Buckminster Fuller had licensed his inventions to more than 100 companies.

But along the way, he often had to be patient as he waited for the world to be ready for his visionary creations. He was ahead of his time, dreaming up things that would be needed before anyone knew they’d be needed. I encourage you to be like him in the coming weeks, Libra. Try to anticipate the future.

Generate possibilities that people are not yet ripe to accept, but will eventually be ready to embrace.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Does the word “revolution” have any useful meaning? Or has it been invoked by so many fanatics with such melodramatic agendas that it has lost its value? In accordance with your astrological omens, I suggest we give it another chance.

I think it deserves a cozy spot in your life during the next few months. As for what exactly that entails, let’s call on author Rebecca Solnit for inspiration. She says, “I still think the [real] revolution is to make the world safe for poetry, meandering, for the frail and vulnerable, the rare and obscure, the impractical and local and small.”

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “We all have ghosts inside us, and it’s better when they speak than when they don’t,” wrote author Siri Hustvedt. The good news, Sagittarius, is that in recent weeks your personal ghosts have been discoursing at length. They have offered their interpretation of your life’s central mysteries and have provided twists on old stories you thought you had all figured out. The bad news is that they don’t seem to want to shut up. Also, less than 25 percent of what they have been asserting is actually true or useful.

But here’s the fantastic news: Those ghosts have delivered everything you need to know for now, and will obey if you tell them to take an extended vacation.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In the film Bruce Almighty, Morgan Freeman plays the role of God, and Capricorn actor Jim Carrey is a frustrated reporter named Bruce Nolan. After Nolan bemoans his rocky fate and blames it on God’s ineptitude, the Supreme Being reaches out by phone. (His number is 716-7762323.) A series of conversations and negotiations ensues, leading Nolan on roller-coaster adventures that ultimately result in a mostly happy ending.

According to my reading of the astrological omens, you Capricorns will have an unusually high chance of making fruitful contact with a Higher Power or Illuminating Source in the coming weeks. I doubt that 716-776-2323 is the right contact information. But if you trust your intuition, I bet you’ll make the connection.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Some spiders are both construction workers and artists. The webs they spin are not just strong and functional, but also feature decorative elements called “stabilimenta.” These may be as simple as zigzags or as complex as spiral whorls. Biologists say the stabilimenta draw prey to specific locations, help the spider hide, and render the overall stability of the web more robust. As you enter the web-building phase of your cycle, Aquarius, I suggest that you include your own version of attractive stabilimenta. Your purpose, of course, is not to catch prey, but to bolster your network and invigorate your support system. Be artful as well as practical. (Thanks to Mother Nature Network’s Jaymi Heimbuch for info on stabilimenta.)

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “Aren’t there parts of ourselves that are just better left unfed?” asked Piscean author David Foster Wallace. I propose that we make that one of your two keynotes during the next four weeks. Here’s a second keynote: As you become more and more skilled at not fueling the parts of yourself that are better left unfed, you will have a growing knack for identifying the parts of yourself that should be well-fed. Feed them with care and artistry!

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LEGAL NOTICES REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL The Mountain Area Workforce Development Board as authorized under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (PL 113-128) is seeking proposals for outreach materials including but not limited to a website, videos, and brochures to promote Advanced Manufacturing career pathways in the Local Area region. The Local Area region includes Buncombe, Henderson, Madison and Transylvania Counties. Request for Proposal (RFP) packages will be available for distribution at a Bidders Conference to be held at 9:30 a.m., Monday, November 21, 2016 at the Land of Sky Regional Council offices located at 339 New Leicester Highway, Suite 140, Asheville, NC 28806. RFP’s may also be requested by emailing nathan@landofsky.org no later than 4:00 p.m. Monday, November 28, 2016. The completed bid packages must be returned to the above address no later than 4:00 p.m., Friday, December 16, 2016. Late submittals will not be accepted.

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