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Starvation wages pass on costs to all of us There is a loud message in the proposed uses of the money raised by Asheville’s bond issues — that the city has fallen far behind in its maintenance work. While a 10 percent increase in our property taxes for 20 years is supposed to clear the backlog, would it not have been better — and cheaper — to have paid an extra 10 percent over the last 20 years and not fallen so far behind? Logic, of course, didn’t enter into it. Successive councils seem to have been frightened off such a course by the pitchforks-and-torches mob’s dislike of taxes. It’s strange, though, that while getting so upset by taxes levied by elected representatives who can always be removed at the next election, the mob never utters a peep of protest at the taxes levied on us by faceless, unaccountable bureaucrats hiding within parasitic businesses. A business that does not pay a living wage is simply ignoring part of the true costs of its operations and leaving the rest of us to pick up the tab — subsidized housing and transport, food banks and the like are all taxes, no more and no less. Challenged, you might hear one of these businesses whine: “If I

didn’t pay starvation wages, I would go out of business.” Then you are insolvent: Give the rest of us a break and shut down, declare bankruptcy and let someone else try. That’s called capitalism. “I pay starvation wages because I must keep my shareholders happy.” In a world where the average holding period for New York Stock Exchange-traded shares is falling toward 10 seconds, this argument is b.s. because, clearly, shareholders can have nothing to do with the management of the business. So this argument collapses into the third: “I pay starvation wages because I can.” All markets have two sides, so this is easily addressed. Retail businesses work on very thin margins. If you know a business — a big-box store perhaps, or a restaurant — that is only paying starvation wages, don’t patronize it. If enough people join you, the faceless bureaucrats’ computers will notice, and changes will happen — the store may close, relieving us all of the taxes it levies on us, or (don’t hold your breath) they might act like Christians and treat their workers with respect. — Geoff Kemmish Asheville

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“Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.” — Mark Twain We will, of course, disagree as individuals about the “when our government deserves it” part, but what is crystal clear is that our country has always been stronger because of dissent and protests. It’s what separates us from Vladimir Putin’s Russia, from China, from Saudi Arabia, from North Korea. The First Amendment of our Constitution reads: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.”

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Rep. John Lewis, one of our great national heroes, marched and was nearly beaten to death by the police because he dared march for the right to vote in 1965. This is just one example of when the protections enshrined in the Constitution were ignored. The KKK has planned a march on Dec. 3 to celebrate Donald Trump’s election. I cannot disagree more with their views, and I thank the North Carolina Republican Party for speaking out against the march. But even the KKK has the right to march under the First Amendment. And if the Loyal White Knights of Pelham, N.C., do march, you better believe I will be there to protest and speak out. I will speak out and protest against policies that target black and brown people, LGBTQ individuals and families, immigrants and religious minorities. And I will not apologize for protesting, because the ability to dissent, the First Amendment’s guarantee of the right to speak out against the government, is what makes America great. — Aaron Sarver Asheville

Let’s start conserving water now With the recent drought and wildfires, it’s time for all of us to remember to conserve water. We are not in danger of running out as of now, but who knows how long [it will be] before it becomes an issue. Please take shorter showers; don’t run the tap when brushing your teeth; only run dishwashers and washing machines on full loads; think about a low-flow toilet adapter and anything else that uses less water. If we all do our part, it could make a big difference. Thanks. I’d also like to invite other readers to share their ideas and ways to conserve water. — Kelli Perry and Keith McGuire Asheville

Vegan cheese: not just for vegans I loved seeing the article on vegan cheese in WNC [“Pizza, Hold the Dairy,” Nov. 9, Xpress]. I hope more restaurants

C A RT O O N B Y B R E NT B R O W N catch on to this and realize they gain more than vegan business as well. As a lactose-intolerant person, I am thrilled to have these options available for pizza and for many of the local ice cream shops. When I was younger, eating pizza and/or ice cream was out of the question. Now I can enjoy these things just like anyone else. The fact that the vegan options are usually lower-fat is a bonus. However, I have gotten some funny looks when I order the mighty meaty pizza with vegan cheese. — Kyle Rhodes Asheville

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Asheville’s best export?

Local nonprofits playing key roles in devastated Haiti

BY LORIN MALLORIE

Asheville rallied to support Haiti after the 2010 earthquake, investing in ongoing relief and development projects headed by organizations based here. Last month, however, Hurricane Matthew became the first Category 4 storm since 1964 to make landfall on the island, leaving massive devastation in its wake. Meanwhile, nearly seven years after the quake, it’s no secret that the multibillion-dollar international aid response did little to help Haiti rebuild. In fact, the “humanitarian aftershocks” triggered a range of harmful albeit unintended consequences, and today, things are actually worse. Asheville understands the importance of sustainability and buying local. And by consistently working on the ground in Haiti, supporting its communities and local commerce, several Asheville-based organizations continue leading the charge for a new, empowering approach: solidarity, not charity. For more than 15 years, Asheville’s Consider Haiti has pioneered selfsustaining development by supporting local teams to implement community medical care, nutrition and clean water programs. Focused on Montrouis, a coastal section of western Haiti’s central plateau, the organization has one objective: promoting the health and welfare of children in Haiti. “The farm in Montrouis is a mess. An 8-foot storm surge took out the front gate, and water covered the entire place,” board President Todd Kaderabek, an Asheville real estate

agent, said just days after Hurricane Matthew left an estimated 1.4 million Haitians in need of food assistance. “Lots of trees are down, the nursery is gone, the crops are gone. Again, we will rebuild.” The storm destroyed an estimated $538 million worth of crops and productive infrastructure. But against that grim backdrop, notes Consider Haiti spokesperson Ashleigh Stoia, “I am hoping the grassroots connection between Asheville and Haiti will become Asheville’s best export. We

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REMEMBER HAITI: Residents of the devastated city of Jeremie in southern Haiti after Hurricane Matthew tore through last month. Several Asheville-based organizations are continuing their efforts to support Haiti’s communities through emergency help and long-term projects. Photo courtesy of AMURT-Haiti know our message will resonate with Ashevilleans who really want to make a long-term difference.” Right now, however, local donations to Consider Haiti are down, Stoia reveals. “We are way behind on what we need to support our current programs, and with the hurricane, we need even more support.” There are many great causes out there, notes the Asheville-based mother of four, but when people give to Consider Haiti, their money is going directly to help Haitian children and their families.

“You can literally track where the money is being spent, whether it’s to buy a goat to produce milk to sell for family income, a filter for clean water a community can both drink and sell, or seeds or sustainable nutritional resources for children.” And with local infrastructure already in place, they don’t need a paid American staff, even for disaster relief. Perhaps most importantly, the organization doesn’t buy U.S. resources and ship them to Haiti. Such donations, studies have shown, can inadvertently replace local markets, undermining long-term development. “The only things we send to Haiti are seeds to plant, medical supplies for our volunteer medical trips and money we raise to support the programs,” notes Stoia. “Everything else is purchased in Haiti, and all our employees are local Haitian community agents.” The American Jewish World Service funnels international funds directly to grassroots organizations and their allies in the developing world. “Local organizations tell us what they want to do, and we fund them,” UNC Asheville alumna Amber Munger explains. After reaching out to partners on the ground, the nonprofit helps ensure that the right kinds of help reach the most vulnerable populations. In Haiti, “Our work will focus on cholera, building and equipment repair for community radios and supporting some small community projects,” notes Munger. The organization also works to strengthen border communities, so Haitians don’t feel pressured to emigrate to the Dominican Republic,

particularly given the Dominican government’s increasing animosity toward Haitian immigrants. “Most of what we fund is organizing and advocacy, also some local NGOs like human rights reporting, independent radio stations and legal fees.” U.N. peacekeepers relocated from Nepal to Haiti after the 2010 earthquake imported the deadly cholera bacterium, infecting the Artibonite River and killing more than 9,000 Haitians to date. According to The New York Times, the U.N. finally plans to make cash payments to victims, but the agency still refuses to take legal responsibility for the devastating outbreak. Munger and her 3-year-old daughter moved to the Dominican Republic last year because there’s no free public education in Haiti, and even mediocre schools are prohibitively expensive. After more than a decade of hard living in rural Haiti, Munger enjoys living in the Colonial Zone, “where all the tourists come to relax, see the sites and listen to the wandering musicians. It reminds me of Asheville.” UNC Asheville alumnus Demeter “Dharma” Russafov heads up the Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team, which operates a wide variety of projects in Haiti. The group says the greatest needs are emergency food, water, sanitation, medical and emergency kits, temporary shelter, child-friendly spaces and cash for work programs to clear debris and repair roads. “The real crisis will deepen week by week, as the sparse stocks of seeds and supplies begin running out,” says Russafov. “With the major sources of livelihoods (particularly salt and farming) severely impacted, those most vulnerable have lost the only source of meager income that’s helped them meet their basic food needs.” The Universal Relief Team also has three long-term initiatives in the area. InnovEd trains teachers. ESPRI focuses on women’s cooperatives for salt production. And a Cash for Work program employs 5,000 vulnerable people protecting watersheds, planting trees and building roads. But as is so often the case in this vulnerable, deforested island nation, critical disaster response must take precedence over long-term agendas. Even before Matthew, the U.N. had already designated north-

western Haiti an “extreme vulnerability zone” due to a three-year drought. “Now,” says Russafov, “the farming and environment of the entire area has been devastated and has led to increased migration, the spread of cholera and a shrinking of livelihoods.” Let’s show Haiti, and the rest of the world, that Asheville cares by supporting these groups’ critical efforts. Freelance journalist and publicity agent Lorin Mallorie is traveling in Haiti to continue her reports. X

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Ghost signs haunt downtown Asheville properties,” she explains. “If there were any historic signs associated with those, we would do a review for any potential changes. … I’m not familiar with any of those buildings having ghost signs.” But in general, she continues, “I think they’re kind of interesting in the state that they’re in.” A SENSE OF WONDER “I guarantee you can find a number of people who work in downtown Asheville that walk past a sign every single day of their lives and have never seen it,” says Jack Thomson, executive director of The Preservation Society of Asheville and Buncombe County. Ghost signs, he maintains, create “urban grain” — the layering effect of time on any given building, which enables those so inclined to play detective. Thomson, in fact, delights in discovering new ghost signs. He’ll spend several minutes scrutinizing the faint letters before heading to Pack Library’s North Carolina Room, where he’ll search old city directories to pinpoint when the enterprise existed at that location. In 2014, Thomson led a downtown ghost sign walking tour aimed at educating people on “how to look at a building, but also how to see the building — not just glance at it.” These signs, he says, help “create a sense of wonder that enhances the interest in a place that has benefited from age.”

GHOST SIGNS: The past remains alive on many of Asheville’s buildings. Some signs are easy to see, while others require a sharp eye. Photo by Thomas Calder

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The Halloween candy is probably gone. Rot has set in on the jack-o’lanterns. The ghosts, goblins and other graveyard lawn decor have been broken down, boxed up and put to bed till next year. Yet certain other ghosts still linger: ghost signs, those fading advertisements painted on the sides of old buildings. In Asheville they are legion. Entering downtown by way of

Merrimon Avenue, you’ve probably seen the black-and-white dry cleaning sign on the exterior of Olive or Twist restaurant and bar. “Curb Service,” it proudly proclaims, and in the lefthand corner is the former business’s year of establishment: 1919. There are many others. On the back wall of the former Vincenzo’s Ristorante on North Market Street the words “Printers Binders” are now barely legible. Down the block, on College Street, “Traffic Management School” is visible on the building housing the Asheville Music School and Sola Salons. Several

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old advertisements adorn the exterior of Pack’s Tavern — “Hayes & Hopson Inc. Everything Automotive” can be seen on its south wall, while “Builders Hardware, Mantles Grates, Tiling And Fireplace Fixtures” is slowly disappearing from the building’s eastern side. These and other such markings “speak to a time that was,” says Alex Cole, the city’s historic review specialist. Asheville, she says, supports the idea of preserving ghost signs, but her department lacks the resources to do so. “We do design review for locally designated historic

WALL DOGS Before the invention of boom lifts, sign painters had to rely on less stable means of support. “You were kind of in a precarious position in those days,” says John Cheadle, who owns Cheadle Sign Works. Throughout the early 20th century, a block and tackle was sign painters’ only means of leverage. Cheadle, whose father opened a sign shop in the family’s Asheville home back in 1959, began working full time in the family business in 1974. “We used to have stirrups that you put your workboard in, and you had a big pulley. You’d go up and down on the wall with an old rope,” he recalls. “We used to hand-

WALL DOG: Timothy Maddox carries on the tradition of hand-painted signs. Photo by Aven Gully paint billboards for Ghost Town and Frontier Land — amusement places in Cherokee. We also hand-painted all the Biltmore House billboards. … I wish I had some photos of that; I don’t think I have.” Fellow sign shop owner Larry Colemon has similar memories. “Wall dogs, that’s what we called the guys who painted the walls,” he explains. Until the mid-’80s, everything was done by hand. But the introduction of the Gerber IVB, which cut vinyl and plotted layouts, “revolutionized the industry,” says Colemon. “It was so much easier to repeat yourself when you got everything on a screen and you just plug it in.” There was a downside, however: “You feel like you’re just a robot. You don’t feel like you’re really creating anything anymore.” FAST AND LOOSE Timothy Maddox began documenting ghost signs in 2011. Over the last five years, he’s photographed thousands of images in Western North Carolina, Eastern Tennessee, parts of Mississippi, California and the Big Island of Hawaii. “I’ve always done lettering art,” he says. “But seeing fading signs on the streets and seeing the brush strokes ... such finesse!” That infatuation led Maddox to learn the craft. Based in

Asheville, he now makes his living as a full-time traditional sign maker. Maddox’s passion for sign painting is matched only by his enthusiasm about its history. “Some wall dogs,” he says, “would just lay it out. They were used to working big and right up against a building and could just lay it out with a yardstick and chalk. … If there was a pictorial or some graphic or a very specific type of lettering, oftentimes they’d use a grid system. “It’s a craft,” he continues, “only this one is related to commercial advertisement, and so it gets replaced really easily.” The appearance of the signs offers clues as to when they were painted, Maddox explains. “Script in the early part of the 20th century would have been very controlled, very defined, clean, crisp. When you get into the ’60s, the script becomes really loose and looks more like it came off the tip of a brush, more rapid-looking.” NEW DISCOVERIES Michael Files, the brand director for Buxton Hall Barbecue, remembers the first time he stepped inside

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THE PAST INFLUENCES THE PRESENT: The discovery of old murals at Buxton Hall Barbecue played a role in the restaurant’s layout. Photo by Jacob Biba the South Slope building that now houses the eatery. On the walls were murals of ice skaters, skiers and polo players. “It influenced our decision on how we wanted to set up the restaurant,” he notes. Realizing that the kitchen equipment would cover up and potentially damage some of the images, Files and co-owners Meherwan Irani and Elliott Moss opted to place the kitchen at the south end, where the murals showed the greatest wear. Layout aside, the paintings also sparked curiosity about the building’s history. Research, says Files, revealed that they originated in 1936, when the building was home to the Asheville Skating Club. The roller-skating rink served the African-American community, and “We theorize that [the murals] were done to commemorate the Berlin 1936 Olympics, when Jesse Owens represented the United States,” he explains. Over on North Lexington Avenue, workers renovating No. 37 in prep-

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aration for the new Anthropologie boutique uncovered a pristine 1946 Dr Pepper advertisement whose colors are still radiant. “It’s never been restored,” says apparel supervisor Jen Raven. “It’s a great conversation starter: Most folks are used to seeing Coke murals. It feels unique that we have the Dr Pepper one.” PLASTIC HISTORY A recurring theme among the preservationists, historians, craftspeople and business staffers who spoke with Xpress was this somewhat troubling question: Is there a way to preserve these historic signs without compromising their authenticity? Thomson of the Preservation Society has given this a lot of thought. “Restoration is an option, though oftentimes the work makes the signage too fresh, giving misleading clues of age,” he explains. “There are methods of arresting further deterioration, but care must be taken

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GRADUAL FADE: Ghost signs inevitably fade. For some, restoration is an option; others worry it creates a false sense of history. Photo by Thomas Calder that the treatment doesn’t adversely affect the underlying substrate. Doing nothing is an option, but of course, loss will continue.” Maddox actually offers clients the option of new signs that look old. The technique, which involves toning down colors to maintain a duller look, is also available for restoring old signs. The artist, however, must first study the existing work to better understand how it was created. “As the paint breaks down, you start to see the construction of the letters,” he says. “They become very tactile because you can see where the paint was thicker and where it was thinner, based on how the paint came off the brush, which is often very indicative of how the letter was created. … You kind of see what were the really important strokes to define the letter and what was more of the fill-in.” But Buxton Hall, which uses Maddox for much of its sign-related work, wasn’t interested in the faux approach. “As Elliott put it, we want to ‘earn the fade,’” Files explains.

“There’s something rotten at the core of American businesses trying to capture a sense of nostalgia without putting in the difficult work of what made some aspects of the past great.” Thomson concurs. Although a new “faux-aged” sign may be commendable as a piece of public art, he worries what effect this approach may have on “the future interpretation of the buildings they’re painted on.” Such signs, says Thomson, convey a “false sense of authenticity” that he fears may “really just be a device used by out-of-town enterprises that are eager to put forward their own sense of authenticity.” When it comes to restoring older signs, however, Thomson sees the technique as the ideal way to strike a balance, letting the sign show its age without completely fading away. In such cases, he maintains, full restoration would be “too much of a plasticized, Disney World version of history.”

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GOING, GOING, GONE… Like the city, the Preservation Society lacks the resources to try to preserve Asheville’s ghost signs, though Thomson says he’d probably be doing it “if we had better bandwidth, if I had a preservation director and an education director.” These artifacts, he points out, “create a tangible connection to the past. They remind us that there was somebody before us and there’s going to be somebody after us.” Others, such as Colemon, say the signs may trigger simple nostalgia: “Everything old is new again.” Now 68, the former wall dog still operates his West Asheville sign shop, though he no longer gets up on a ladder. As we continue discussing the matter, however, his thoughts return to the craft. “As I get older, my body is rebelling,” he says. “It’s getting to where arthritis and things like that are messing with me to the point where even handling a brush is not the snap it used to be. … But there are people who appreciate people like us who are able to do the handwork. I don’t ever want to lose it.”

Cheadle agrees, saying, “There’s an art to the hand-painted signs, and you don’t like to see that go away.” Maddox, meanwhile, is in the early stages of creating an online archive where he plans to share the images he’s captured over the last five years. Eventually, Maddox hopes signpaintingarchive.org will foster more research and study of the craft in America. The site, he says, will also enable others to upload and share their own ghost sign discoveries, adding, “It would focus on different regional styles that developed in different decades, and link it to different industrial and economic booms.” Remembering the old HarleyDavidson sign that was removed from the south wall of the former Smashing Guitars music store on Broadway during recent renovations, Maddox says, “I always get sad when that happens: When it’s gone, it’s gone.” X

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GOODBYE GANTT: After 20 years as a county commissioner, David Gantt chaired his last meeting on Nov. 15, and members of Asheville City Council presented him with a proclamation that Nov. 15 was David Gantt Day in the city. In his final remarks as a commissioner, Gantt urged the new board to listen to each other and practice compromise. Photo by Cataldo Perrone BUNCOMBE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS The Buncombe County Board of Commissioners held its last meeting with current members on Tuesday, Nov. 15. Outgoing Chair David Gantt and Commissioners Holly Jones and Tim Moffitt did not seek re-election. IT’S YOUR DAY Asheville Mayor Esther Manheimer and other members of Asheville City Council used the public comment session to proclaim Nov. 15 as Holly Jones Day and David Gantt Day. “We need to retire more often; this is fun,” remarked Gantt.

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Moffitt, who served a six-month term, did not get a proclamation, but the city did present him with a gift for his service.

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Gantt, Jones and Moffitt said goodbye to fellow commissioners, staff and the community. Moffitt said he hadn’t known what to expect after being appointed to fill a sixmonth term. “My experience has been incredible. Relationships I’ve made are ones I will keep forever,” he said. “[David] Gantt, if I say too much, I’ll start tearing up. You’ve served with passion, dedication, courage … our meetings have been an incredible personal experience for me. I have grown because of it, and I thank you for that,” Moffitt said while addressing Gantt.

Commissioners unanimously approved $10,000 for the AfricanAmerican Heritage Commission. The money will go toward planning art installations at the new county courthouse. At its last meeting, the board tabled consideration of courthouse historical exhibits due to lack of minority involvement. SEAL THE DEAL Commissioners allocated $9,300 for state seals in 10 courtrooms in the new

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Jones will be stepping down after eight years of service with the county. She noted that, when she was elected, the relationship between the city and county wasn’t great, but now it’s an asset. “This has made a difference in economic development proposals, infrastructure projects ... and I hope the future board will see the value of this relationship,” said Jones. “At this particular moment, in our community, there are people hurting and despondent. To these folks I say I understand and I’m right there with you,” continued Jones. “Also know Buncombe County is a safe place for everyone and all are welcome.” Finally, Gantt, who is stepping down after 20 years of service, addressed the room. “There are three things I think you have to look at to see how you did: Did you keep your promises; did you

leave the county in better position than when you got here; and did you treat people fair along the way?” he said. He touted the county’s triple-A bond rating, new schools, health care, the Family Justice Center, environmental preservation, domestic partner benefits for county employees and more. “We need to hear each other. Whether we agree or not. When you don’t, you lose the fabric of our society, which is compromise,” remarked Gantt. The open space adjacent to the county’s administrative building at 200 College St. will now be known as David Gantt Plaza. NEW WAVE Newly elected members Jasmine Beach-Ferrara and Robert Pressley will be sworn in Dec. 5; the two will attend their first meeting as commissioners the next day. Chair-elect Brownie Newman will assume leadership of the board, and the replacement for his District 1 seat will be appointed by county Democratic leadership. FACEBOOK FALL OUT During the county board’s public comment session, Rondell Lance, president of the Fraternal Order of Police Asheville Lodge 1, voiced concerns about a Facebook post made by a commissioner he did not identify. On Nov. 2, two Iowa police officers were killed while on duty; the suspect in the shooting is a white male. Lance read an excerpt from the commissioner’s Facebook post on the shooting: “I’ve been waiting all day for my Facebook to highlight this tragedy. If the suspect had been an AfricanAmerican male, and not a white guy mad about his Confederate flag, there would have been outrage.” Lance continued, “For a commissioner to suggest families of the two murdered officers are not outraged because the killer was not AfricanAmerican is the height of disrespect for these officers and their families.” “I’m not here to ask for an apology. ... I am here to warn the community not to listen to, nor believe or follow, such divisive rhetoric that [perpetuates] pure lies,” he said. Jones acknowledged she was the commissioner in question. “I appreciate you being gracious and not naming the commissioner. I heard you loud and clear that you are not asking for an apology. With that said, I deeply apologize if I was offensive to a profession I hold in the highest regard,” she said.

“We’ve got some very serious challenges. I want to be an advocate for law enforcement and I want to be an advocate for communities of color that have legitimate concerns,” said Jones. “I will say that if you read deeper into [the post], and it doesn’t change the post at all, I articulate the crime as murder and a crime of the utmost disgust.” — Dan Hesse CITY COMMISSIONS PLAN TO HEAD OFF CLIMATE-RELATED DISASTERS A draft Asheville city climate-resiliency plan — due to be released by the end of the year — will focus largely on averting floods, controlling wildfires and limiting damage from landslides. Officials presented details of the evolving strategy during a Wednesday, Nov. 16, meeting at The Collider downtown. Like government emergency-preparedness plans, climate-resiliency policies outline a set of threats along with potential responses in case those threats materialize, said Jim Fox, director of the National Environmental Modeling and Analysis Center, during his Wednesday presentation. NEMAC is based at UNC Asheville. City leaders contracted with NEMAC for $20,000 to develop the plan, said Amber Weaver, sustainability officer for the city. The center is matching that amount with a contribution from its own funds, Fox said. The climate-resiliency strategy likely will exist as a stand-alone document and will be incorporated into the city’s comprehensive plan, Weaver said. — Mike Cronin CITY MANAGER’S DEVELOPMENT FORUM Asheville City Manager Gary Jackson treated a roomful of locals interested in development topics to lunch on Friday, Nov. 18 at the U.S. Cellular Center. The City Manager’s Development Forum provided an overview of demographic trends, construction activity, planning, proposed zoning changes and water department accomplishments. Jackson also briefly discussed the next steps for $74 million in general obligation bonds, which were approved by city voters on Nov. 8. Asheville is approaching 91,000 residents, said Community and Economic Development Director Sam Powers. According to the state demographer, North Carolina is now the nation’s tenth-largest state, while Asheville is the eleventh-largest city in the state. “So we’re not a rural area anymore,” Powers noted.

The unemployment rate in the Asheville metro area continues to go down, Powers said, while the economy continues to grow. Some of that growth comes from manufacturing. “We certainly don’t have the total manufacturing base that we once had here in Asheville and Buncombe County,” said Powers. “But the companies that we have are doing advanced manufacturing ... They’re doing the kinds of things that companies that moved offshore really don’t have the capacity to do.” Other busy areas of the economy include professional and business services, healthcare, retail, leisure and hospitality. Housing prices and sales are holding steady, Powers said, and the tourism sector is returning money to the area through the portion of the hotel occupancy tax that funds local projects. Airport passenger numbers also remain strong, he said. With 2,477 construction permits representing $356,330,850 in construction value issued so far in 2016, this year is trending slightly below 2015 in terms of construction activity, Development Services Director Jason Nortz reported. Commercial construction is on an upward trajectory, he said, while residential new construction is down. The Development Services Department serves an average of nearly 100 customers a day in its Development Center on South Charlotte Street, Nortz said. To shorten wait times, the department has issued a request for proposals for an electronic document review system. A vendor for the new system should be selected by the end of the year, according to Nortz. Todd Okolichany, planning and urban design director, provided an update on the city’s comprehensive planning process, which kicked off earlier this year. The planning team recently released a 150-page document (available at ashevillenc.gov/compplan), which examines all existing city plans and also considers benchmarking data from several other cities. Public input sessions are planned at a variety of locations throughout the city Dec. 6-7. The Planning and Urban Design Department is also working on a potential zoning change that would reduce required lot width and area by 20 percent to increase density within the city’s residential neighborhoods. Increasing density could boost the supply of housing in the city, which is suffering from a shortage of affordable options. Another zoning change, which would give City Council a greater role in approving large building projects, could go to a vote as soon as February, according to Alan Glines of the planning department. MOUNTAINX.COM

Current rules require City Council review for downtown projects greater than 175,000 square feet or 145 feet in height. The changes would require Council review for projects over 99,000 square feet or 100 feet in height, for residential communities with 50 units or more (same as current) and for hotels with more than 21 guest rooms. With Water Resources Department Director Jade Dundas at his side, Jackson outlined progress at the city’s water system, including a 30 percent reduction in water lost through leakage and other distribution system problems. Jackson also discussed the next steps the city will take in planning for the use of $74 million in bond funds approved by voters. At upcoming work sessions (which are open to the public), city staff will present City Council with options for layering bond-funded initiatives with already budgeted projects to achieve economies of scale, he said. The bond funds, Jackson said, are likely to be drawn in three separate disbursements (called “tranches”) over the next five to seven years. X — Virginia Daffron

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ANIMALS 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 FIRESTORM CAFE AND BOOKS 610 Haywood Road, 255-8115 • Fourth FRIDAYS, 6pm - Animal rights reading group. Free to attend.

BENEFITS 5TH ANNUAL HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS FUNDRAISER (PD.) • Saturday, December 10, 2016. 5pm-9:30pm, 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/ 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 DECK THE TREES BENEFIT 669-8870, themontevistahotel.net/

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RACING TO EXTINCTION: Environmental activist and professional racecar driver Leilani Munter will discuss environmentalism and her role in the internationally renowned documentary Racing Extinction at UNC Asheville on Thursday, Dec. 1, from 7-10 p.m. The documentary, which was created by the Academy Award-winning filmmakers of The Cove, involves a team of artists and activists exploring mass extinction issues and uses state-of-the-art technology and covert tactics to document connections between carbon emissions and species extinction. The event will begin with a discussion led by Munter, the screening of Racing Extinction and culminates in an open question-and-answer session. The event is free and takes place in the Swannanoa River Room in Highsmith Student Union on the campus of UNCA. For more information, contact sec@unca.edu. Photo of Leilani Munter courtesy of UNC Asheville. (p. 24)

MANNA food bank. $35. Held at Pack Square Park, 121 College St. VETERAN JAM 5K RACE AGAINST PTSD veteranjam.org • SA (11/26), 11am Proceeds from this 5K benefit Veterans with PTSD. $30/$20 youth/Free for veterans. Held at Fletcher Community Park, 85 Howard Gap Road, Fletcher

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) 350-2051 or Jim Kransberger: (828) 505-1907 for details. Space is limited. MAKE YOUR OWN MOCCASINS! (PD.) • Make beautiful, comfortable fitted buckskin moccasins the Southeastern way! Saturday, November 26, 9am- 5pm 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 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.

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. ASHEVILLE ASPERGER'S ADULTS AND TEENS UNITED meetup.com/ aspergersadultsunited/, wncaspergersunited@gmail. com • SA (11/26), noon-3pm - Spectrum wide monthly bowling. $3 per game. Held at Sky Lanes, 1477 Patton Ave. • 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. BIG IVY COMMUNITY CENTER 540 Dillingham Road, Barnardsville, 626-3438 • 4th MONDAYS, 7pm Community center board meeting. Free. BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • 4th TUESDAYS (7/26), 7-9pm - "Advance Care Planning Workshop," sponsored by the Mountain Coalition for Healthcare Decisions. Free. Held at West Asheville Library, 942 Haywood Road CARL SANDBURG HOME 1928 Little River Road, Flat Rock, 693-4178, nps.gov/carl • SA (11/26), 10am-1pm "Christmas at Connemara," with music storytelling and hot cider. Admission fees apply. FIRESTORM CAFE AND BOOKS 610 Haywood Road, 255-8115 • WEDNESDAYS, 6pm "What's Up with Whiteness" discussion group. Free to attend. MARINE CORPS LEAGUE ASHEVILLE 273-4948, mcl.asheville@gmail.com • Last TUESDAYS - For veterans of the Marines, FMF Corpsmen, and their families. Free. Held at American Legion Post #2, 851 Haywood Road

ONTRACK WNC 50 S. French Broad Ave., 255-5166, ontrackwnc.org • MO (11/28), noon-1:30pm - "Understanding Credit. Get it. Keep it. Improve it." Seminar. Registration required. Free. • WE (11/30), 5:30-7pm "Preventing Identity Theft," seminar. Registration required. Free. 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 THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN susangrable2@gmail.com • TU (11/29), 11:30am Monthly meeting with guest speaker, Chaplain Carol Dalton from the Swannanoa Correctional Center for Women. Register for optional $12 lunch: susangrabel2@gmail.com. Free. Held at First Baptist Church of Asheville, 5 Oak St. WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AIDS PROJECT 252-7489, wncap.org • SU (11/20) through SA (11/26) - NAMES Project, AIDS memorial quilt exhibit. Reception: Monday, Nov. 21, 6pm. Held at Renaissance Asheville Hotel, 31 Woodfin St.

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FARAWAY FRIENDS: Ashevillean Sara Legatski has traveled to the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation several times, and while at home, she helps organize fundraisers for the movement unfolding there. One such upcoming concert and art auction feature work by Ravi Mitchell, Faryn Davis and Peter Parpan, pictured from left. As protestors of the Dakota Access Pipeline continue to occupy the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, Ashevilleans are offering aid in various forms. Here are several upcoming benefits:

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There are two chances to support the Standing Rock movement by embarking on a LaZoom comedy tour. Both entail beers aboard LaZoom’s iconic purple bus, which makes pit stops at several breweries, plus mobile music performances by Sirius B (Thursday, Dec. 1) and Josh Phillips Folk Festival (Thursday, Dec. 8). LaZoom’s bus departs from Tasty Beverage Co., at 7 p.m., on both nights. $50 donation per person supports All Nations Indigenous Center. lazoomtours.com.

“It’s fine to come out for a night and support Standing Rock and just listen to music, hang out and drink a beer,” says local activist Sara Legatski. “But if you’re really in the spirit and want to support this, you need to swallow some of the hard truth and understand some of the details. It motivates you. It fires you up.” Legatski has helped condense the Standing Rock movement and its precursors into a brief presentation, which she’ll share at the start of Rock for Standing Rock. It usually leads to questions, she says, so an informal talk will follow. “And then we have tons of art,” she adds. Around two dozen local artists and several out-of-state supporters have donated pieces to the silent auction. The night’s headlining act, local band Death & The Reverend, contacted Legatski about staging the fundraiser after she put a call out to bands. Proceeds will help indigenous-led nonprofit All Nations Indigenous Center provide the Rosebud Lakota camp with emergency supplies as winter conditions set in.

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STANDING ROCK ASHEVILLE COUNCIL’S MEETINGS Whether you want to start your own Standing Rock-related project or support an existing initiative, Standing Rock Asheville Council’s weekly meetings provide an opportunity to get involved. At each public gathering, participants present information, hold Q&A sessions and break into focus groups for further planning. Sol Bar hosts SRAC on Sundays, 5-7 p.m. newmountainavl.com. X

Give!Local Calendar Nonprofit events from 11/23 through 12/1 BY ABIGAIL GRIFFIN | agriffin@mountainx.com Dealing with post-election or holiday depression and stress? Looking for ways to make positive change in a world that seems overwhelming? Taking action to support local nonprofits in your community is a great way to combat the current-state-of-affairs or just plain help. The Give!Local campaign offers an easy way to make a difference by directly supporting local nonprofits of all sorts. The 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, including people who don’t get tax

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SUPPORT GROUPS MY DADDY TAUGHT ME THAT mydaddytaughtmethat.org • MONDAYS & WEDNESDAYS, 6-8pm Men’s discussion group. Free. Held in 16-A Pisgah Apartment, Asheville OUR VOICE 252-0562, ourvoicenc.org/ trauma-education-series/ • SU (11/30), 6-8pm - “I Believe The Women,” safe space for survivors of sexual violence to process feelings of anxiety and helplessness generated by the recent campaign. Held at Firestorm Cafe and Books, 610 Haywood Road

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VOLUNTEERING BOUNTY & SOUL 419-0533, bountyandsoul.org • WE (11/23), 2-5:45pm - Volunteer to sort and place produce and other food onto the truck and serve the community. Held at Black Mountain Elementary School, 100 Flat Creek Road, Black Mountain, Black Mountian • TU (11/29), 9am-1pm - Volunteer to sort and place produce and other food onto the truck and distribute to the community at the mobile market. Held at St. James Episcopal Church, 424 W State St., Black Mountain BOUNTY AND SOUL 999 Old US Highway 70, Black Mountain • TH (12/1), 1:30-3:30pm - Volunteer to sort and place produce and other food onto the truck. HOMEWARD BOUND OF WNC 218 Patton Ave., 258-1695, homewardboundwnc.org • 1st THURSDAYS, 11am - “Welcome Home Tour,” tours of Asheville organizations that serve the homeless population. Registration required. Free to attend.

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ECO PUBLIC LECTURES AT UNCA unca.edu • TH (12/1), 7-10pm - Public lecture by Leilani Munter, a professional race-car driver and environmental activist, about her role in the film, Racing to Extinction. Free. Held in the Swannanoa River Room in Highsmith Student Union.

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FLETCHER LIBRARY 120 Library Road, Fletcher, 687-1218, library.hendersoncountync.org • WEDNESDAYS, 10:30am - Family story time. Free. HANDS ON! A CHILDREN'S GALLERY 318 N. Main St., Hendersonville, 697-8333 • TU (11/29), 11-11:30am - Mad Scientists Lab: "Popping with Power!" activities for ages 3 and up. Registration required. Admission fees apply. • WE (11/29) through FR (12/2), 10am-4pm - "Animal Rubbing Plate Fun," activities for all ages. Admission fees apply. LAKE JAMES STATE PARK 6883 N.C. Highway 126 Nebo, 584-7728 • TH (11/24), 10am - "Gobble! Gobble! Wild Turkey Story Time and Crafts," ranger event for all ages. Registration required. Free. MALAPROP'S BOOKSTORE AND CAFE 55 Haywood St., 254-6734, malaprops.com • WEDNESDAYS, 10am - Miss Malaprop's Story Time for ages 3-9. Free to attend. SPELLBOUND CHILDREN'S BOOKSHOP 640 Merrimon Ave., #204, 708-7570, spellboundchildrensbookshop.com • SATURDAYS, 11am - Storytime for ages 3-7. Free to attend. • SA (11/26), 3-4pm - Megan Shepherd presents her book, The Secret Horses of Briar Hill. Part of proceeds from book sales benefit the equine therapy program at Eliada Homes. Free to attend. SPELLBOUND CHILDREN’S BOOKSTORE 575-2266, spellboundchildrensbookshop.com • WE (11/30), 5pm - Jan Brett present her book, Gingerbread Christmas. Free to attend the presentation. Held at Vance

Elementary School, 98 Sulphur Springs Road THE VANISHING WHEELCHAIR 175 Weaverville Highway, Suite L, 645-2941, VanishingWheelchair. org • 2nd & 4th FRIDAYS, 7pm “Magic, Mirth & Meaning,” familyfriendly, hour-long storytelling singing, juggling and magic production. Admission by donation. • LAST SATURDAYS, 3pm “Birthday Magic” magic show for children. $5.

OUTDOORS FOOTHILLS CONSERVANCY OF NORTH CAROLINA 437-9930, foothillsconservancy.org • TH (12/1), 5-9pm -Winter membership drive. Free to attend. Held at Granite Falls Brewing, 47 Duke St., Granite Falls

SPIRITUALITY 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. OPEN HEART MEDITATION (PD.) • New Location 70 Woodfin Pl. Suite 212 Tues. 7-8 PM. Experience the spiritual connec-

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Christmas Trees, Wreaths, & Gifts BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • TU (11/29), 7pm - Greg Brookshire presents his book, Leicester: History of a Mountain Place. Free. Held at Leicester Library, 1561 Alexander Road, Leicester FIRESTORM CAFE AND BOOKS 610 Haywood Road, 255-8115 • First THURSDAYS, 6pm - Political prisoners letter writing. Free to attend. THE WRITER'S WORKSHOP 254-8111, twwoa.org • Through WE (11/30) - Submissions accepted for the "Memoirs Contest." For full guidelines see website. $25. WNC ASPERGER'S ADULTS UNITED facebook.com/WncAspergersAdultsUnited • Last SATURDAYS, 2pm - Writers' circle. Free. Held at The Autism Society, 306 Summit St. • Last SATURDAYS, 4pm - Monthly writer's circle. Free to attend. Held at Atlanta Bread Company, 633 Merrimon Ave.

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.

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• Inexplicable: 1.) The police chief of Bath Township, Ohio, acknowledged the overnight break-in on Oct. 10 or 11 at the University Hospitals Ghent Family Practice, but said nothing was missing. It appeared that an intruder (or intruders) had performed some medical procedure in a clinical office (probably on an ear) because instruments were left in bowls and a surgical glove and medication wrappings tossed into a trash can (and a gown left on a table). 2.) A 35-year-old man was detained by police in Vancouver, British Columbia, in October after a home break-in in which the intruder took off his clothes, grabbed some eggs and began preparing a meal. The homeowner, elsewhere in the house, noticed the commotion and the intruder fled (still naked). • How to tell if you’ve had too much to drink: Ashley Basich, 49, was arrested in Cheyenne, Wyo., in October and charged with DUI after police found her, late at night, using an industrial forklift to pick up and move a van that she explained was blocking her driveway. Problems: She works for the state forestry department and had commandeered a state-owned vehicle, she had a cooler of beer in the forklift and was operating it while wearing flip-flops (OSHA violation!), and the van “blocking” her driveway was her own. • Though most Chicago Police Department officers get no more than five civilian complaints in their entire careers (according to one defense

attorney), CPD internal records released in October reveal that some had more than 100, and, of 13,000 complaints over 47 years in which police wrongdoing was conceded, only 68 cases resulted in the officer actually being fired (although the worst police offender, Jerome Finnigan, with 157 complaints over two decades, is now in federal prison). • Compelling explanations: Two men in rural Coffee County, Ga., told sheriff’s deputies in November that they had planned to soon attack a scienceresearch center in Alaska because peoples’ “souls” were trapped there and needed to be released (or at least that is what God told Michael Mancil, 30, and James Dryden Jr., 22, causing them to amass a small, but “something out of a movie” arsenal, according to the sheriff). The High Frequency Active Aural Research Facility, run by the University of Alaska Fairbanks, has long been a target of conspiracists, in that “the study of the Earth’s atmosphere” obviously, they say, facilitates “mind control,” snatching souls.

People with issues A 49-year-old man was partly exonerated by a court in southern Sweden in September when he convinced the judge that he had a severe anxiety attack every time he received an “official” government letter in the mail (known as “window envelopes” in Sweden). Thus, though he was guilty of DUI and several other minor traffic offenses while operating his scooter, the judge dropped the charge of driving without a license because the man never opened the string of “frightening” letters informing him that operating a scooter requires a license.

Least competent criminals Jacob Roemer, 20, was arrested in Negaunee Township, Mich., after a brief chase on Oct. 29 following an attempted home invasion. The resident had confronted him, chasing Roemer into the woods, where a State Police dog eventually found him lying on the ground unconscious and bloody, after, in the darkness, running into a tree and knocking himself out.

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CALMING CUPPING: Lisa Sherman offers gliding cupping to a patient at her office in downtown Asheville. Photo by Kate Lundquist

Because of a recent back injury, I decided to try what Michael Phelps made popular at this year’s Olympic Games: cupping therapy. I popped in for a session with Lisa Sherman, a local acupuncturist who offers this therapeutic approach. Cupping, a process in which heated glass cups are applied to the body to create suction, is a unique form of therapy.

Although this is the traditional manner of cupping, Sherman uses no heat and instead applies pressure to silicone cups, which when released pull the oxygen out, she says. “It exerts negative pressure as it pulls the tissue up,” explains Sherman, who studied molecular biology at Kings College in London and acupuncture at the University of Westminster. Cupping is similar to massage in that both squeeze and pull muscles to bring relief — one with the hands and the other with cups. For me, the effect was a week without as much back pain and some purple dots to show for a few days.

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Historically, cupping is said to go back to 3000 B.C. First recorded on Egyptian papyrus in 1550 B.C., the therapy was a part of Egyptian, Arabic and classical Greek medicine. In this country, it became commonly used in Appalachian folk medicine. Many acupuncturists use fire cupping, which utilizes a glass cup that resembles a Mason jar, Sherman says. A flame produced on a cotton roll and held inside the jar consumes oxygen; then the flame is removed and the cup is flipped onto the skin so that suction and vacuum are created. That’s also the

traditional Chinese method of cupping, but modern advances offer safer methods to prevent burns. Sherman, for example, uses oil on the skin and a silicone cup that slides across the body.The cup sucks the muscular tissue into it, thus removing oxygen. Pressing down on silicone cups or using a cupping gun draw out the air and pull the skin into the cup. “Static, or stationary cups, and gliding, the action of moving the cups along the skin, are the two main techniques,” Sherman notes. “You can see the tissue go pink when blood is drawn into it,” she says. “With a small amount of suction you get pinkness, and you might see red dots start to appear and then purple dots. ... You are increasing blood supply to the tissue, which brings in things that are good, like oxygen and nutrients, and takes away things that are bad, like lactic acid and byproducts of metabolism.” Sherman wrote her dissertation on the topic, so she understands the molecular process involved. If a client has an injury or muscle atrophy, the tissue gets stagnant, she explains, and there are micro-adhesions in the tissue that eventually cause the tissue to become “shrink-wrapped.” Muscles that would normally contract and release nicely end up becoming stuck together. Over time, muscles that have been injured cause inflammation and then fibrosis (where fibers knit muscle together), causing them not to release, Sherman continues. Cupping pulls blood into the tissue, which stretches the muscle and helps with adhesion as well as inflammation. The pressure and vacuum break the capillaries in the tissue, which is what Phelps brought to the public eye with his big purple spots. “This causes microtrauma to the tissue; when the body comes in to fix the microtrauma, it goes in ... and mops it up,” says Sherman. “Tiny trauma to the tissue is like waving a flag to the immune system to come fix it. Chronic inflammation happens when the trauma doesn’t switch off, but transient inflammation like cupping is part of the healing process.” There is some evidence of the salutary effects of cupping, but it is limited, Sherman says. A 2016 study, in which cupping was applied to 60 people with neck and shoulder pain, showed decreased pain by 6 points on a 10-point scale.

Anita Shannon, owner of MediCupping and VacuTherapies in Asheville, was a massage therapist for 32 years before she got hooked on cupping. Shannon was inspired by the effects of cupping and created her own prototype for a cupping machine, the MC-600 MediCupping Machine, which performs what she calls VacuTherapy or Medi-Cupping. “We work with surgeons who do preand post-surgery, and we work with a lot of patients who have had a mastectomy,” she says. “We go in with the [MediCupping] vacuum and work with scar tissue to increase range of motion. We’ve seen some doctors’ eyeballs pop out, they were so surprised [by the results].” The machine, a pulsating vacuum that sucks the skin into a cup and then releases it, has several intensity settings and different-sized cups. It makes a gentle hum. Shannon trains licensed professionals — including massage therapists, nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and chiropractors — to do cupping. Her program, called Ace Massage Cupping, is offered in Asheville and around the country. Next year, Shannon says, she will turn her training center into a full-time clinic for vacuum manual therapy (aka MediCupping) that will focus mostly on mastectomy clients but also scoliosis clients. “We work on fascia [injury] that happened during trauma, which locks itself into a twist and keeps pulling the spine out of alignment,” says Shannon, who offers trainings at her Asheville clinic several times a year. “It’s definitely a huge twist on an old tool, a kind of an updating,” Shannon says about modernizing the Chinese process, which included a flame, alcohol and glass cup, all of which could injure clients or pracitioners. Cammie Townes Taylor became passionate about working with her hands as a massage therapist but opened her eyes to her own body mechanics while doing massage and decided to investigate an alternative way of working on clients that was less taxing to her body. She took Shannon’s course last summer. “The first step is to take a step back and remember my body, and how it feels is as important as the client’s. That is why I was drawn to cupping,” says Taylor, who integrates cupping into her massage therapy. She notes that cupping can be a beneficial tool that helps practitioners sustain their own practice. According to the American Massage Therapy Association, the average career span for a massage therapist is seven years, and for some it is a much

quicker burnout. “Cupping came into play because it’s helpful with the nitty-gritty stuff that saves my hands,” says Taylor, who uses several sizes of cups as well as magnetic cups. “I don’t want to lose the tranquility and deep focus pressure of a massage, but I see cupping as another tool on my tool belt for when it is appropriate to integrate into work,” says Taylor, who has an office at the Point Collective in West Asheville. She likens cupping to using a metal detector: As she glides it along, the cup may come to a halt where “the fascia is gummed up and there are adhesions, and I will let the cup rest there and be stationary,” she says. “I try to follow lymphatic passageways, break up adhesions and move pooled lymph back to lymph nodes to help flush old blood out and bring in new oxygen rich-blood,” Taylor explains. Donna Ginther started having massage with Taylor as a result of her hereditary lymphedema, which causes swelling of the legs. Taylor suggested cupping because it would help with the fluid buildup in Ginther’s legs. “The first session we did was phenomenal,” Ginther says. “She was moving the fluid, which sometimes is so solidified. She would cup and then massage, and I could literally feel her move the muscle and fluid, and it kept the fluid off my legs for almost two weeks.” Taylor was able to move the fluid more effectively with the cups than her hands, Ginther says. “Normally, when [Taylor] does stretching of the muscle with massage, I will have some relief from leg pain, and for two to three weeks I can walk without a cane.” But with the addition of cupping to her massage therapy, she went almost six weeks without a cane, she notes. “I think you use every tool you can,” Ginther says, “and I think cupping has a place in that.” X

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BY KATIA MARTINEZ In his more than 30 years of service to Western North Carolina’s agricultural community, Marvin Owings Jr. says he’s never seen conditions as dry as these. “The real old-timers have all been telling me the same thing,” he says. “I’ve never seen anything like this in my tenure. It’s never been this dry for this long.” Owings heads the N.C. Cooperative Extension branch in Henderson County, where he works to connect local agricultural communities to one another and to consumers. Across WNC, the average monthly precipitation has declined since this summer, and the Mills River has sunk to record lows. According to the U.S. Forest Service’s Coweeta Hydrological Lab in Macon County, September precipitation totaled 0.79 inches, and October saw just 0.17 inches. Neither was a record-breaker, but together they constitute the driest recorded twomonth period for the area. The state’s Drought Management Advisory Council has been issuing weekly advisories for the last two months, and the drought has extended to the Piedmont. In North Carolina’s far western corner, Clay and Cherokee counties have reached “exceptional drought” levels — the most critical category. Hendersonville Mayor Barbara Volk has been working with her City Council to develop plans in case the water shortage gets more severe but says she isn’t worried about implementing anything just yet.

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HOW LOW WILL IT GO? Shown here on Sunday, Nov. 20, the Mills River in Henderson County supplies the city of Hendersonville with water. Asheville also draws some of its water from the river. If the flow goes below 30 cubic feet per second, emergency water restrictions will be triggered. Photo by Virginia Daffron “Right now there are no changes to our voluntary conservation status,” she reports. The Mills River “has stayed right around 50 cubic feet per second for the past several weeks, and we think it’s stabilizing.” A drought update issued by the city of Hendersonville on Nov. 18 listed the river’s level as 48 cfs.

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Volk says she hopes the water level will hold steady in the coming weeks, but it’s typically closer to 70 cfs, so there’s still a significant shortfall. The level is being closely monitored, with every change reported to Volk. If it drops below 30 cfs, she says, the governor will declare a state of emergen-

cy, and more restrictions will be put in place. At press time, the drought in Asheville and Buncombe County was rated “severe,” one step down from “extreme,” and wildfires in the far western counties continued to tear through tens of thousands of acres.

In a drier environment, fires start more easily and burn longer. A Nov. 10 press release from Gov. Pat McCrory’s office links the recent fires surrounding Lake Lure, as well as dozens of other smaller fires in the area, to the combination of high pressure and lack of precipitation. According to the state Climate Office, the last time Western North Carolina saw a drought of this magnitude was in 1930, and water levels didn’t fully recover for two years. Some two dozen municipalities draw a portion of their water supplies from the French Broad River watershed, and 10 of them are now under at least voluntary drought restrictions. Emergency lines connect these areas to neighboring counties that have other water sources, but so far, there hasn’t been an official request to open any of those lines. The N.C. Division of Water Resources’ Asheville office regulates 70 public water systems across the region. Asheville has two large reservoirs serving the city itself and three smaller towns: Biltmore Forest, Black Mountain and Woodfin. As of this writing, those reservoirs were not at risk (see sidebar, “Gauging Asheville’s Water Supply”). And while towns with more limited supplies might soon start feeling the pinch, local officials’ main concern is with outlying areas and farming communities. “This drought is one that primarily affects agriculture, not water systems,” said Brian Long, spokesperson for the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, in a Nov. 10 press release. The biggest question, he explained, is how farmers can continue to operate under any proposed restrictions. “I’ve asked some of the growers that still would be irrigating their crops, and no one I’ve spoken to has had a problem with their water levels,” Owings reports. “But we could run into some serious problems when the green industry [growers who produce leafy greens that are needed year-round] goes into the winter. They depend on creeks, ponds or wells.” Even a normal winter here is typically pretty dry, and heading into it with water already in short supply could spell trouble. But Owings says the state Department of Agriculture team is working with the federal government to secure funds as a safety net for farmers. So far, he hasn’t heard any complaints about well water dropping to dangerous levels, but unless there’s a significant spike in precipitation, the long-term

effects of the drought will most likely become more serious. “Unfortunately, we’re not looking at any appreciable rain anytime in the next week or so,” says Owings. “Not to say that isn’t going to happen, but these are commodities that would still need water consistently going to them through the next season, so we need to be prepared.” The federal money, which might come out of a disaster relief fund, would also help provide food for livestock. Meanwhile, the French Broad and Mills River watersheds are also home to more than 100 endangered species. And according to RiverLink, an Asheville-based nonprofit, the eightcounty French Broad watershed boasts what some say may be the world’s largest great blue heron population. Chelcy Ford Miniat, project leader at the Forest Service’s Southern Research Station, says the bigger picture “is seeing drier dry years, wetter wet years and longer rainless periods.” And though Owings says conditions are being watched closely, he’s not surprised by the drought. “There’s definitely a change in the weather pattern this year, but in my opinion, it’s all cyclical,” he says. “We’ve dealt with it before, and we’ll deal with it again.” X

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Thanksgiving is an exceptionally personal holiday. Over the last several centuries, the way it’s celebrated has evolved dramatically as the idea was adopted and transformed, both regionally and by individual families. Every new family member, every birth, every death — heck, even new technological advances — can give rise to or alter holiday rituals. For instance, just imagine how the arrival of the kitchen stove influenced Thanksgiving traditions!

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At the same time, though, the fundamental principles endure, manifesting in endlessly varying ways. This year, Xpress asked a handful of local chefs and restaurant owners how they spend Thanksgiving. Amid talk of recipes and cultural differences, we got an intimate glimpse into these food warriors’ lives. PATRICK O’CAIN “Thanksgiving is the American holiday par excellence,” proclaims Patrick O’Cain, paraphrasing Philip

Roth’s novel American Pastoral. “It’s the one time of year where all Americans are brought together to celebrate, no matter their class, color or religious affiliation. It’s stripped of all that. Thanksgiving is almost singular in importance.” Born and raised in North Asheville, O’Cain graduated from Asheville High School. “Thanksgiving is all about food and community; that’s sort of what I’m doing,” says the owner and chef of Gàn Shan Station on Charlotte Street. The Asian fusion restaurant is conveniently nestled “in the com-

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LOCALLY GROWN: Gàn Shan Station chef and owner Patrick O’Cain was born and raised in the North Asheville neighborhood where he now operates his restaurant. He celebrates Thanksgiving each year with family and neighbors. Photo by Cindy Kunst munity where I grew up, in the very neighborhood where I grew up, 2 miles from the house where I was raised,” he explains. A deep sense of community permeates O’Cain’s Thanksgiving Day experience. “We go to our neighbors’ house at 9 o’clock in the morning every year. A group of families in the neighborhood get together, and we all go on a hike, with a picnic lunch and everything.” After a few hours of savoring nature, everyone goes home to finish prepping their individual side dishes before reassembling at the neighbors’ place. O’Cain’s family is responsible for staples like homemade cranberry sauce, Cajun oyster dressing, celeriac purée and their own brined and smoked turkey. “My neighbors actually live in the house that [E.W.] Grove lived in when he was building the Grove Park Inn,” notes O’Cain. “The dining room table is actually my grandfather’s table; it’s the same table my dad ate at for special occasions growing up,” he reveals. The meal itself is sacred. “There’s no television: It’s all just conversation and eating and drinking wine. There’s no external stimulus, which

is great. We’ve been deliberate in that. Everyone has a couple of hours in the afternoon to watch football and relax, but when we’re at the neighbors’, it’s about community and catching up. A fair amount of wine is consumed as well, which is fun,” O’Cain says with a chuckle. “To a large extent, this tradition [influenced] what I chose to do with the restaurant — to give back that spirit of community and create a new space for it to live in,” he explains. HUNTER AND BETH BERRY Some traditions are steeped in repetition of certain rituals; others leave a bit more space for mystery and imagination. “We’ve moved around so much, we don’t really have any established patterns or expectations for Thanksgiving,” says Hunter Berry, the jovial coowner of TacoBilly, a family-run Mexican joint on Haywood Road. Berry and his wife, Beth, started the restaurant a little over a year ago. “But now that we’ve settled in Asheville, we’re finally looking

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ROASTED MAPLE-GLAZED SWEET POTATOES BY HUNTER AND BETH BERRY • 2/3 cup roughly chopped pecans • 3 pounds sweet potatoes, cut into large dice • Salt and pepper • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter • 3 tablespoons maple syrup • 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper Heat oven to 450 degrees and arrange rack in the middle. While the oven heats, place pecans on a baking sheet to toast until they smell nutty and are slightly darker, about 5 minutes. Remove from oven and set aside. Place sweet potatoes on a baking sheet and drizzle with oil. Season well with salt and freshly ground black pepper and toss to coat. Roast until golden brown and tender when pierced with a knife, about 40 to 45 minutes. Meanwhile, melt butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. When it foams, stir in maple syrup and cayenne and let cook briefly, about one minute. Serve sweet potatoes with a drizzle of maple butter and a scattering of pecans. Note: The Berrys originally found this recipe at foodnetwork.com.

to establish some roots and family traditions,” he continues. Before relocating to Asheville, the Berrys lived in Tulum and Chiapas in Mexico for several years with their four daughters. Before that they were poultry ranching in the Texas Hill Country and building Earthships in the mountains of New Mexico. Those wide-ranging experiences have lent some unconventional touches to the family’s Thanksgiving celebrations. In Mexico, they celebrated “Friendsgiving” with other expatriates. “A lot of our friends from Spain, and the locals, were really excited to get together for such a big meal,” says Hunter. Before Mexico, the Berrys used to spend the holiday with relatives in Texas and Pennsylvania. In Texas, Hunter fondly recalls, “Every casserole has a ridiculous name and a cream-of-something in it.” Beth, meanwhile, remembers the fun games her family of origin would play, including dominoes and Nertz (a card game described as “extreme solitaire”). Nonetheless, says Hunter, “We’re so happy to be here, doing something we chose and really wanted to do.” The couple’s easygoing, free-spirited vibe is evident in how they’re preparing for Thanksgiving this

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year. “I’m not much of a planner,” he says. “There’s no pressure for us, though: Dinner doesn’t need to be on the table by a certain hour. We can just cook leisurely and enjoy each other’s company.” The best part, he maintains, will be “being at home, not having an agenda. That’s been such a rarity for us these days.” Owning and operating a family restaurant has made for “such a crazy year, but a really rewarding one.” As of this writing, the Berrys’ Thanksgiving menu was still largely unplanned, but “there will be some grumpy kids if there aren’t mashed potatoes on the table,” says Beth. Hunter adds, “If there isn’t pecan pie, I will feel personally cheated.” Other favorites include homemade yeast rolls (a recipe from Beth’s mother), roasted maple-glazed sweet potatoes and stuffing. As for the turkey, says Hunter, “We’ll brine it, then inject it with some kind of marinade, then fry it. ... It’s easy and quick.” VELVET JACOBS “My family is part vegan, part vegetarian and part carnivore,” says chef Velvet Jacobs of V’s Vegan Cuisine, a catering service. Jacobs, who’s been cooking with a nutritional focus for more than 25 years, is also a celebrity chef, having dished it up for the likes of singer-songwriter Erykah Badu and the rapper Common. Jacobs says she’s always leaned more toward the vegetarian end of the spectrum. “I was always odd. I had a relationship with animals on my grandma’s farm — everything from horses to pigs, chickens, cats, mules and bulls.” But her transition to full-time vegan was inspired by the dramatic impact the dietary shift had on her sister. Jacobs was amazed at the visible changes in her sibling’s complexion and overall health. As for Thanksgiving, Jacobs is excited to fold vegan options into the traditional mix of foods. “It’s not as hard as you think to make the sides vegan,” she says. “I have a great vegan stuffing recipe. Everybody loves it so much that at the end of the night, they’re stashing it in corners to keep it for later.” But her signature vegan Thanksgiving dishes are her mac and cheese and vegan nuggets. They’re both “to die for,” says Jacobs, adding that the nuggets are a personal favorite of Badu’s.

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For Jacobs, though, Thanksgiving isn’t just about the food. When she was growing up, “Everybody would have to go around the table and say what they were grateful for, what they were thankful for. That really instilled the idea of family and other core values in me. We didn’t just take life for granted — it caused us, even then, to be conscious that not everybody’s having a Thanksgiving dinner; not everyone is as family-oriented.” The holiday, she continues, is “a chance to say, ‘Hey, I love you. So let’s break some bread and eat together.’” That spirit of gratitude and charity shines through in various aspects of Jacobs’ life. In January 2013, she launched Vegan in the Hood, a nonprofit that teaches underserved communities across the country the importance of community gardens, self-sustainability and a healthy diet. This year, Jacobs will be running a Thanksgiving feeding in Atlanta.

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SETAS AL JEREZ (MUSHROOMS SAUTÉED IN SHERRY) BY KATIE BUTTON Serves four to six as a small plate In Jerez, sherry ends up in countless dishes and is often cooked with mushrooms, which readily soak up the woodsy alcohol. To intensify that classic dish, I’ve created a shortcut mushroom stock here that simply simmers dried mushrooms in water. I’m so happy with how much earthy mushroom flavor the stock develops in only five minutes. The stock turns this into a quick side dish that can come together even faster if you find cleaned and cut mushrooms in your store. The seared and saucy mushrooms make a great accompaniment to any kind of meat, especially grilled steak. • 1 ounce dried porcini mushrooms, divided • 1 pound fresh mixed mushrooms, such as oysters, shiitakes, and creminis, divided • 8 tablespoons blended oil, divided • 3 tablespoons minced shallot • 6 thyme sprigs • 1/2 cup dry sherry wine • 1 teaspoon kosher salt Bring the dried porcinis and 1 cup water to a boil in a small saucepan. Reduce the heat to low and simmer for five minutes. Remove from the heat and strain through a fine-mesh sieve, pressing on the solids to extract as much liquid as possible. Discard the solids. You will be left with an intense, rich driedmushroom stock broth. Clean the mushrooms by gently brushing the dirt away with paper towels. Do not wash them with water because this makes them much more difficult to sear. If they are extremely sandy or dirty and you have to use water, put them in a salad spinner to dry them out as much as possible before proceeding. Trim the cleaned mushrooms and cut into 1-inch pieces. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a large skillet over high heat that’s very hot and almost smoking. Add one-quarter of the mushrooms in a single layer and cook, turning every once in a while, until seared to nice deep golden brown, 3 to 4 minutes. Transfer to a bowl. Repeat with the remaining mushroom in three batches, replenishing the skillet with 2 tablespoons oil for each batch. Reduce the heat to medium-high and return all the mushrooms to the skillet. Add the shallot and thyme and cook until the shallot has softened, one to two minutes. Then add the mushroom stock and salt, bring to a simmer, and cook until almost all the liquid has evaporated, stirring often, about 2 minutes. It is important that you take the stock until it’s almost dry, but not so far that the skillet starts to burn. Add the sherry and reduce again until almost dry, about three minutes. Transfer to a dish and serve hot. Note: This recipe was excerpted and adapted from Katie Button’s recently released cookbook, Cúrate. Reprinted with permission from Flatiron Books.

It’s perfectly seasoned throughout and the texture is really nice,” says Button. “But it’s got to be really well packed. Last year, I think my mistake was having too big a turkey and not enough sugar.” Another unusual approach, she notes, is a Spanish recipe that’s “a great way to use leftover turkey. You take the cooked turkey, shred it, mix it with béchamel, let it chill, then roll it and bread it. Then you can keep it in the freezer and pull it out to fry whenever. It’s a perfect appetizer for Christmas or your next holiday party.” Button and Meana are hosting Thanksgiving at their house, a family tradition in recent years. “Both my mom and grandmother have been cooking Thanksgiving for generations. They’re the ones who have taught me my version of Thanksgiving,” says Button. “Now it’s been passed off to me to plan, organize and orchestrate Thanksgiving dinner. But my mom usually helps me cook and execute in the kitchen.” Potential sides, she says, include creamed onions, cranberry sauce, Brussels sprouts, green beans, mashed potatoes, oyster stuffing, biscuits and rolls. “The side dishes kind of get mixed around each year. We’ve moved toward fewer options these days, but we do have this brandied sweet potato soufflé that’s a mainstay. There used to be a sense of pride that came along with stuffing yourself to the point of pain, but we don’t do that as much anymore.” For his part, says Meana, “I’m already full before it starts. I like the family, I like the reunion, I like the tradition, I like the sharing — all these things I know and love make me feel really comfortable. Spaniards are celebrating Thanksgiving more, by the way: Spaniards like an excuse to party.” HECTOR AND AIMEE DIAZ

Historically, notes chef Katie Button, his wife, “The idea was that you go out and shoot a turkey for the meal.” But Meana’s still skeptical about turkey’s central role in the proceedings, and he enjoys injecting a bit of creativity into the holiday staple. “We made turkey cannelloni three or four years ago,” says Button. “That was Felix’s favorite. You confit the turkey meat and shred it off the bone, wrap it in pasta, like in lasagna sheets, cover it in béchamel

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and cheese, and brulée it. It just has all these flavors.” Since then, Meana concedes, “It’s true that Katie’s been improving and taking the turkey as a challenge.” Her latest thing, says Button, “is dry-curing the turkey instead of wet-brining it. You pack the entire turkey in a salt-and-sugar mixture and let it sit overnight. Brown sugar, salt, herbs, some rosemary and thyme, lemon and orange peel. You flip it half-way through the night and the next day you roast it.

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“We’ve got four boys: You can imagine how big the Thanksgiving table might be one day,” says Hector Diaz, the executive chef for Salsas, Bomba and Modesto (and, until recently, the now-closed Chorizo). “We’re pretty deep into parenting,” adds his wife, Aimee. The couple arebusy raising a 12-yearold, a 10-year-old, a 7-year-old and a 5-month-old. “So that’s our focus right now: our family.” Hector agrees. “We’re a working family,” he says. “We try to teach them that we work for our things.

We want them to understand that when you go to the supermarket to buy all of this food, the money comes from somewhere. We want them to understand how everything comes together and to be thankful for it.” The work ethic was instilled in Hector at an early age. He moved to New York City from Puerto Rico when he was 12 and has many memories of working in restaurant kitchens on Thanksgiving Day. One year, while working at the New York Athletic Club, he helped make 500 pumpkin pies. Another time, he opened a 14th-floor window and could literally reach out and touch the Snoopy float in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Aimee’s Thanksgiving memories reflect her multicultural heritage. Born in Michigan, she spent seven years in Brownsville, Texas, on the Mexican border. Her father is Hispanic, and her mother is a blond, blue-eyed Englishwoman. He used to playfully remind people that his wife was the immigrant in the family, not him. “My British side, being immigrants, celebrated in a very traditional American way, out of respect,” says Aimee. “They were really thankful and grateful to be here in America.” Still, for the Diazes, Thanksgiving is a hybrid. “I’m definitely the one in the family driving the bus of traditions, but Hector is the one who keeps it fresh,” Aimee explains. Thus, their Thanksgiving feasts include Aimee’s famous cranberry chutney and coquito, a rum drink with coconut milk and spices that’s “almost like a Caribbean eggnog.” Both parents also take pains to mention that their 7-year-old son delivers the annual Thanksgiving prayer. “He’s definitely the one who leads grace,” notes Aimee. “He says beautiful prayers: No matter how many guests are there, he just goes for it.” Hector, meanwhile, tries to make sure that there’s also some new ethnic dish on the table every year. “People may laugh, but I try to open the minds of the family,” he says. “Pickled green bananas, for example, or turkey fricassée, which is a French-style dish that people in Puerto Rico tend to eat.” X

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ISLAND TIME: Esther Frances Joseph stands in front of her new restaurant, Calypso, which she plans to open the first week of December. Photo by Thomas Calder “I think we made a lot of people a lot of great memories,” says Georgia Malki, co-owner of recently closed downtown Asheville restaurant and bar Lex 18. “It’s one thing to go to dinner, it’s another to be transported to a different world.” The restaurant, which closed on Oct. 31, was known for its dinner theater events, moonshine and live jazz performances. Malki says that while the unique dining experience generated loyal guests, it was in some ways, “like shooting yourself in the foot. ... We did jazz music — the most unpopular music around — and we only have 11 tables.” Nevertheless, Malki, who operated the business with her husband, Alan Van de Kamp, says the 2½-year venture ended on positive terms when they signed with a broker in late September in an effort to sell the lease.

Within a matter of weeks, Esther Frances Joseph made an offer on the location. “We knew she was going to be a strong, independent, passionate restaurateur, which is just perfect for that space,” says Malki. “It needs that kind of visionary person.” A TASTE OF ST. LUCIA Lex 18’s niche was, in part, re-creating the past. Whether it involved re-creating post-Edwardian England through its “Downton Abbey” vintage costume banquets or reliving 1929 Asheville by way of its Thomas Wolfe mystery dinners, the restaurant prided itself on carrying guests to a different time and place. Joseph’s new restaurant, Calypso, will offer guests a similar experience, but with a single destination in mind: the

E T H I O P I A N R E S TAU R A N T shores of her childhood home, St. Lucia. Located in the eastern Caribbean, the island is composed of tapered mountains, volcanic beaches and an interior rainforest. “I want [guests] to be transported into a different time, a different space, a different culture,” Joseph says. “I want them to feel like they are walking onto the beach.” Joseph aims to launch Calypso the first week of December, offering both lunch and dinner service. Roti, a flatbread that originated on the Indian subcontinent and is a staple on St. Lucia, will be a featured item on the menu. A variety of plates will incorporate the whole-meal flour flatbread, including goat roti, shrimp roti and chicken roti, along with vegetarian options. In addition, patrons can expect skewers and callalloo (a leaf vegetable dish) and other items, all flavored with chutneys, curry and other spices. Most of these will be imported from the islands, with a few also coming from Joseph’s recent home base, Brooklyn, N.Y. BEER AND COCKTAILS “When you walk onto the beach, you want to have a drink in your hand,” says Joseph. “An island drink in your hand. You’re relaxing and away from the stresses in life. That’s what I want the restaurant to represent.” Bottled beers will play an important component in creating Calypso’s island vibe. Joseph plans to represent not only St. Lucian beer, but also selections from Trinidad, Jamaica and Barbados as well. In addition to beer, Joseph is emphatic about offering “a lot of cocktails — island cocktails, Caribbean cocktails, passion fruit, guava and pineapple.” The bar will also foster late-night fun, offering dancing after 11 p.m. on weekends. Fridays will feature island beats, and disco will be the music du jour on Saturdays. EMBRACING THE CHALLENGE Calypso is Joseph’s first restaurant, and when it opens, she says she’ll have fulfilled a childhood dream. Her previous line of work was in landscaping and irrigation (she still owns her New Yorkbased business, which she has operated from Asheville since 2012). “I’m in the second phase of my life,” she says. “When I arrived to Asheville, that passion and dream of owning my own restaurant became alive again.” The challenges of taking on a new venture have been plenty, but Joseph notes the support from the community has been overwhelmingly positive. In particular, she emphasizes Malki’s assis-

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tance throughout the process. “I didn’t have any connections in Asheville,” she says. “Georgia introduced me to so many people. I am thankful.” Malki points out that one of the biggest issues Lex 18 faced was the small size of the dining area. It was because of that limited space, says Malki, that Lex 18 first began doing dinner theater. But what was a liability for Lex 18, is an asset in Joseph’s mind. “That’s one of the things I liked about Lex 18,” she says. “I liked its intimacy.” Joseph sees the diminutive footprint as a part of Calypso’s overall island theme. “When I was looking for a space ... I wanted it to be small,” she says. “An island is small. The fact that the restaurant is small is actually a plus. I can really create an intimate feeling of family and hope in a small place like that.” INSPIRED Malki and her husband have no plans to open another restaurant. “It’s time for us to do a little departure,” she says. The two will leave Asheville in the coming months for Guatemala, where they intend to settle down for the foreseeable future. Nevertheless, Malki shares the excitement of the new venture with the building’s incoming tenant. “I’m thrilled our space is going to be operated by another woman,” she says. Joseph says the anticipation and support from others has been inspiring. “I am in awe,” she says of the community’s response. “I don’t say that lightly.” She points out that many seem excited about the diversity she brings to the area. “I am an African-American woman,” she says. “I think people see the diversity, and they want that in Asheville. It confirms to me that moving to Asheville ... and opening this restaurant was a good move. I am blessed. I am touched by it, and I am loving it.” Calypso will open at 18 N. Lexington Ave. in early December. For updates, visit calypsoasheville.com. X

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by Gina Smith

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APPALACHIAN LOVE LETTER Asheville chef Susi Gott Séguret’s new cookbook honors the people and flavors of Madison County To be sure, food is the centerpiece of Susi Gott Séguret’s luxurious new book, Appalachian Appetite: Recipes from the Heart of America. The pages, awash with rich images of Madison County vistas, pop with over 100 recipes that let fresh Appalachian-grown ingredients shine. Séguret herself, raised in a log cabin on Tater Gap Road in the mountainous marrow of Madison County and educated at the Cordon Bleu in France, contributes recipes for everything from nettle soup to baked eggs in cream. And chefs as diverse as Madison County musician Ralph Lewis and farm-to-table pioneer Mark Rosenstein offer their own versions of Appalachian dishes, from the comfortingly simple to the thrillingly complex. But Séguret’s book embraces more than just flavors of a culinary nature. It dips deep into other defining facets of Appalachian life — music, family and community. “It’s really a love letter to Appalachia and to the best that Appalachia has to offer,” says Séguret. She adds that the book’s numerous photos, stories, quotes and songs make it, she hopes, something that can “feed you on more than one level.” Séguret kicks the book off with the story of how her parents, Peter and Polly Gott, ventured as newlyweds into Madison County in their little Volkswagen Bug in 1961. They arrived with Peter’s banjo, a couple of sleeping bags and a vision of crafting a simple life in the wilderness. There were no paved roads there in those days, Séguret notes in her introduction, and the Gotts were the first outsiders to venture into those mountains since the start of the 1900s. Séguret was born a year after their arrival and lived a life steeped in the local lore and traditions of her secluded Shelton Laurel community. This included her dad’s love of Appalachian music and song, an affinity that she picked up and turned into a lifelong career as a musician. The theme of music is thoroughly woven into the book. Photos of the author playing her fiddle and

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MOUNTAIN FARE: Susi Gott Séguret’s new cookbook, Appalachian Appetite, explores the cuisine and culture of Appalachia with a particular focus on the author’s native Madison County. Image courtesy of Hatherleigh Press her father on his banjo are sprinkled throughout, and each chapter opens with the lyrics of a traditional Appalachian song.

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Most of the gorgeous photos in the book were taken by Séguret herself, with a few provided by Marshall resident Steve Tweed. “It

seems he has the same eye that I do to get photos of places in Madison County that could be disappearing but maybe, with a little luck and recognition, will be preserved,” says Séguret. As for the recipes, the selection is generous and sundry. There is the oat-crusted trout with red sauce vinaigrette and Carolina slaw contributed by Michelin-starred Irish and Scottish chefs Paul Rankin and Nick Nairn. The pair prepared the dish for Séguret at her cabin with fish caught fresh from the Shelton Laurel River when they visited Madison County during a trip across the United States following the trail of North America’s the first Ulster-Scot settlers. And there are plenty of contributions from local luminaries — teasmoked quail breast from Rhubarb’s John Fleer, chow chow from Joe Scully of Chestnut and Corner Kitchen and blueberry semifreddo from William Dissen of The Market Place, to name just a few. Of Séguret’s recipes, her favorite, she says, is possum paté — one she admits is a bit “off the wall and unexpected.” But it comes with a great story. “I had a couple of possums that were inhabiting my chicken house last winter, and so I had to do something about it,” she begins. After a few misadventures (“A possum has nine lives,” she states in the book) that eventually ended in bloodshed, the first possum proved to be a puzzling potential ingredient. “There aren’t a whole lot of possum recipes out there, so I just decided to give it a French treatment and saute some shallots and coat it with Dijon mustard and a bunch of thyme and slow-cook it in white wine. It turned out to be delectable,” she says. With the second possum, she allowed a longer cooking time, which let the meat fall off the bones. “And then you have a really nice rillette, which I call possum paté, because it has a nice ring,” she says. For chefs with limited access

to possums or an aversion to eating our native marsupial, she notes, rabbit, or even chicken, can be substituted. Appalachian Appetite joins myriad other cookbooks launched this year by notable Asheville chefs and authors, including Ronni Lundy’s Victuals, which also explores and aims to help preserve the cuisine of Appalachia. “I’m really hoping that the wave of interest in Appalachia will continue to grow and peak,” says Séguret. “It’s a relatively recent thing that Appalachia has been getting the recognition it deserves after years of paying its dues, so to speak, to use a musician’s term. I’m delighted to see this happening now with the emergence of so many wonderful cookbooks. ... It’s the year for local authors, and that’s exciting.” Appalachian Appetite will be released Tuesday, Nov. 29, and will be available for $20 at most local bookstores. X

COOKBOOK RELEASE EVENTS 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 29: Susi Gott Séguret will read from Appalachian Appetite and offer tastings of recipes from the book. Malaprop’s Bookstore and Café, 55 Haywood St. 5 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6: The author will discuss her cookbook and sign copies for guests. The Market Place, 20 Wall St. 1 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 8: The author will read from her book and do a live musical performance. Mars Hill Public Library, 25 Library Drive, Mars Hill 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11: The author and chef John Fleer will present an Appalachianthemed culinary demonstration followed by Sunday Supper at Rhubarb. For details and to make reservations, visit rhubarbasheville.com. Rhubarb, 9 S.W. Pack Square

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Smoothie King comes to Asheville Road location. “We’ve had several people tell us that they replaced their Starbucks with us as their breakfast option, which has just been great,” he says. “We’re really happy. Everyone’s been great so far. We look forward to being in Asheville long-term.” Smoothie King is at 1578 Hendersonville Road. Hours are 7 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.9 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Sunday. Visit smoothieking.com for details. SANDY MUSH THANKSGIVING DANCE

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Derek Bullard was a fan of Smoothie King long before he became a franchisee. As the former owner of a health care company that assisted children and adolescents with mental health disabilities, Bullard spent a lot of time on the road. “They had a Smoothie King in Charleston and several in Charlotte, which is where we live. I just became a fan,” he says. On Nov. 4, Bullard and his wife, LaVondria, opened the first Asheville location of the New Orleans-based chain. Their son, Nick, manages the store, and, while the couple still live in Charlotte, Bullard notes he is in the Asheville area three to four times a week. “We really want to be ... active in the community,” he says, “not just on a business standpoint, but socially as well.” Smoothie King was founded in 1973 and has since grown to over 800 locations worldwide, with stores in the

Republic of Korea, Singapore, the Cayman Islands and across the U.S. The menu includes more than 80 fruit-, veggie- and proteinbased blends with varieties catering to those interested in fitness, weight loss, wellness and more. Gluten-free, dairy-free and vegan options are also available. “There are options there for people who just want something sweet,” says Bullard, “but there’s also options there that are high in protein and high in fiber and good and healthy options that have natural fruit in them as well.” The Bullards hold a multiunit deal with the company and plan to open two additional Asheville franchises by 2020. While specific locations have not yet been finalized, areas under consideration have included sites along Airport and Long Shoals roads. Bullard says the initial response has been positive at their Hendersonville

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Homemade chili, soups, baked goods and nonalcoholic beverages will be a part of the fun at this year’s Sandy Mush Thanksgiving Dance. All proceeds from food sales and admission will benefit the rural Sandy Mush Community Center, which is housed in a historic school building. Cailen Campbell and The Pond Brothers Band will perform at the event with Jesse Edgerton calling the dance, which will include contra and traditional square dancing. Beginners can get in on dance lessons that will be offered at 6:30 p.m. The event is open to all ages, and there will be children’s activities and cakewalks throughout the evening. The Sandy Mush Thanksgiving Dance runs 7:30-10 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 26, at the Sandy Mush Community Center, 19 School Road, Leicester. Dance lessons start at 6:30 p.m. Entry is $7; ages 10 and younger are free. Food and drink will be sold separately. All proceeds benefit the Sandy Mush Community Center. For more information, email sandymushcommunity@ gmail.com or call 683-1683. YZ ASIAN MARKET YZ Asian Market recently opened near the intersection of Leicester Highway and Patton Avenue. The market offers fresh, frozen and packaged foods from China, Japan and Thailand. Shrimp and live lobsters are also available. YZ Asian Market is at 22 New Leicester Highway. The store is open 10 a.m.-9 p.m. daily. For more information, visit yzasianmarket.com.

SOVEREIGN REMEDIES INTRODUCES NEW EXECUTIVE CHEF As former Asheville chef Steven Goff wraps up his temporary stint at Sovereign Remedies to return to projects in the Raleigh area, Graham House is coming on board as the downtown bar and eatery’s new executive chef. House previously worked as chef de cuisine at Atlanta’s 4th & Swift, which closed in July. He also formerly held the post of executive sous chef at both Prospect in San Francisco and Redd Wood in California’s Napa Valley. Sovereign Remedies notes in a press release that during his time in California, House combined “bold flavors with bolder aesthetics in his dishes, [as] he applied a carnivore’s approach to the amazing produce in California, and used not just the entire animal, but also the entire vegetable, no matter what it was.” Sovereign Remedies is at 29 N. Market St. Hours are 11 a.m.-2 a.m. Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday; 4 p.m.-2 a.m. Tuesday (closed for lunch) and 9 a.m.-2 a.m. Saturday and Sunday (serving brunch 9 a.m.-3 p.m.). More details are available at sovereignremedies.com. SMILING HARA EXPANDS DISTRIBUTION OF TEMPEH AND HEMPEH PRODUCTS Smiling Hara Tempeh and its hemp-based Hempeh brand recently became available in over 20 Ingles locations and at all 36 Earth Fare stores in nine states. Further, the company’s has rolled out a new Raspberry Habanero BBQ Hempeh featuring a sauce made with local Imladris Farm jam and Smokin’ J’s Fiery Foods’ smoked habanero mash, which is available exclusively at Whole Food Markets until the new year. Visit smilingharatempeh.com for more information. X

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RADICAL TRADITIONALISM Shane Parish records interpretations of Appalachian folk songs BY ALLI MARSHALL amarshall@mountainx.com Guitarist Shane Parish had no intention of making an album when he sat down at the foot of his bed one night and recorded 14 Appalachian folk songs. “I had sheet music, but I was loosely improvising on them with no effort whatsoever,” he says. When he listened back, he liked the result. “It was almost like I’d let go, because I’d worked so hard for 25 years to improve my playing, improve my music concept and fine-tune everything. There was this moment of interpreting this music with all that prior preparation.” That preparation includes more than a decade as half of Ahleuchatistas (with drummer Ryan Oslance) as well as solo recordings and collaborations with fellow guitarist Tashi Dorji, experimental percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani and others. Parish sent the bedroom recording out to a number of people, including composer and producer John Zorn. It was Zorn who immediately suggested the project — which he called “radical traditionalism” — be recorded in a studio and released on his Tzadik Records label. “Originally the theme was death and judgment,” says Parish of the album that would become Undertaker Please Drive Slow. He’ll release it with a show at The Grey Eagle on Sunday, Nov. 27. Parish brought in producer David Allen, who helmed the last Ahleuchatistas album, and they recorded over two days in Marshall — appropriate, considering the songs’ Appalachian roots. The name of the collection is taken from a line in “Will the Circle Be Unbroken,” one of the 15 final tracks. Only two or three of the original 14 made the cut after Parish spent six months researching and transcribing additional folk songs. Tracks include a sparse and haunting rendition of Claude Ely’s gospel song, “Ain’t No Grave”; a tender and dusky “Danville Girl” that seems to cull the airy sweet-

MOUNTAIN MADE: When Shane Parish recorded Undertaker Please Drive Slow, his collection of 15 reinterpreted Appalachian folk songs, he chose a location in Marshall. “You can hear crickets on some of the songs. Those are the nighttime recordings,” he says. “There’s [something] about the environment that was part of the magic of it.” Photo by Scott Hubener

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ness from the banjo-led version by Dock Boggs; and a chilling reworking of “Katie Cruel,” a folk song said to date to the Revolutionary War era. All 15 tracks are in a different tuning “because the guitar resonates if the open strings can be played, and there’s only a handful of keys that the guitar is meant to play, in my controversial opinion,” Parish says. “I didn’t want to go and record a floaty improv album based on this music, so after I transcribed [the songs] and arranged it for guitar, I got comfortable in the tunings and with the arrangements enough to where I could improvise with them. There are these raw materials, and they’re different for every song.” Zorn suggested “Oh Death” (also by Boggs) and “Dark Was the Night” by Blind Willie Johnson. Parish says that while some of the album’s choices were new to him, he’d loved the song “Last Kind Words” for years. But when he sat down to make the record, he reworked it in a John Cage-style arrangement with slide guitar at the end. “Oh Death” is also the subject of the album’s first video, set to scenes — shot by Parish’s wife, Courtney Chappell — of Parish and their daughter in a pumpkin patch. That rendering, he says, is fairly conventional, though it was arranged “the way John Heard or Elizabeth Cotton would play something like that, because I’ve studied both of them.” Parish adds, “But there are other things in the album that I feel come from the classical guitar perspective or Brazilian guitar or jazz or free-improv. … I thought it would be really boring if the whole album was totally abstract, so there’s actually some more traditional country blues vibe on a couple of tunes.” Though the guitarist is schooled in many styles, “I felt like there was a moment of arrival, as far as my voice and playing was concerned, [when] I felt completely in my own element.” He wasn’t striving to emulate a particular

player. Years of improvising also informed the project — “maintaining composure, equanimity and the ability to react to what happens … is this whole album in terms of performance strategy,” he says. The release show will include Parish’s other projects and collaborators (including a set of a few songs each with Dorji, Library of Babel — a trio with Emmalee Hunnicutt and Frank Meadows — and Ahleuchatistas) as well as a performance of the songs from the new album. And — at the Tatsuya Nakatani and Makoto Kawabata Duo show at The Mothlight on Friday, Nov. 25 — Parish’s project, A Few More Days (with Michael Libramento on drums), will perform free-jazz electric versions of the music from Undertaker Please Drive Slow. “This is actually my fourth record release of the year. It’s kind of the capstone,” Parish says. Others were by Library of Babel and his duo with Dorji, both on labels from London; and a cassette with the drummer Frank Rosaly. “Those were all acoustic guitar albums,” Parish notes, before making the understatement of the decade: “It’s been a productive year, I guess.” X

WHAT Shane Parish releases Undertaker Please Drive Slow with Shane Parish & Tashi Dorji (guitar duo), Library of Babel and Ahleuchatistas WHERE The Grey Eagle, 185 Clingman Ave., thegreyeagle.com WHEN Sunday, Nov. 27, 7 p.m. $10 advance/$12 day of show

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SIZING UP STYLE Big Boi Fly Fashion Show debuts at New Mountain

HANDS ON: Local entrepreneur Joe Greene, pictured, lends his talents to entertainment programs and youth outreach. His latest venture sends large-sized fashions for men down the runway. “Every time I look in a magazine … they have a model in a large shirt and just say that the shirt goes to 4X,” he says. “I never see how it looks on a 4X person.” Photo by Micah Mackenzie Joe Greene grew up in Asheville and attended Asheville High School. After surviving a tough adolescence, he worked hard to turn his life around and become a vocal champion for the local African-American community. He is an entrepreneur and has been involved in numer-

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ous community outreach programs in the city, including Asheville Goombay Festival, the Funny R’ Us comedy show and My Daddy Taught Me That youth outreach program. He also recently became a member of the Civic Center Commission, a city-appointed group that makes rec-

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ommendations for the management and use of the U.S. Cellular Center. With his newest venture, the Big Boi Fly production company, Greene is putting on a fashion show at New Mountain on Friday, Nov. 25. The runway event will showcase urban and casual wear in men’s sizes 3X to 10X. Apparel will be provided by Dillard’s and New York Fashions. “Every time I look in a magazine, or look online for clothes, I see people advertising a big and tall section, but then they have a model in a large shirt and just say that the shirt goes to 4X,” says Greene. “I never see how it looks on a 4X person. I want to see how the clothes look on me personally.” At 6-foot-6 and 350 pounds, Greene considers himself a large person and took it upon himself to start a movement that will represent others of size. But launching his own fashion show came with complications. The Big Boi Fly debut was originally scheduled for late October. “We just weren’t ready yet. I never did a fashion show before, it’s just an idea I had that has come to the surface now,” says Greene. “This is a first for everybody.” He doesn’t intend for the show to be a carbon copy of other Asheville runway events. Though he attended local fashion shows, he didn’t feel the need to consult with any of the producers of those events. “I have a vision of my own. We’re going to do it our way,” he says. Postponing until this month allowed Greene to bring on Micah Mackenzie to photograph the event. He also added music by DJ Twan and signed on 16 men and boys to model. The Big Boi Fly fashion show will be a benefit for My Daddy Taught Me That. Six of the young men — Rodrick Wilson, Chris Caldwell, Talone Burton, Tyrique Marshall, Jamari Vance and Karson Greene — who will walk the runway in youth fashions are also a part of the community program. Kenyon Lake, head of My Daddy Taught Me That, says he is happy to be involved in the fashion show. “[Greene has] allowed these young men to partici-

pate in [the fashion show], not just as models, but to help out with the design and organization. Allowing them to participate in something from the very beginning to the end of it,” says Lake. Greene became involved with My Daddy Taught Me That four years ago when he was invited to speak at one of the organization’s events. Since then, Greene has joined the group’s leadership team and dedicates time to mentoring. He has also taken the program’s boys on camping trips, to NFL games, on college tours and to the Million Man March. ”I really wanted to tell them my life story, about my failings, my mistakes in life, how I had to turn around and learn how to work for myself,“ says Greene. Greene hopes that the fashion show will shine a spotlight on his community and that, through his success, and giving the young men of My Daddy Taught Me That a creative outlet with modeling, he’ll be able to help those around him. “We’re trying to open up some doors in the modeling world for big guys. If all goes well, Dillard’s is talking with us about a partnership,” says Greene, who hopes that success will allow him to represent his Asheville community and My Daddy Taught Me That on a national or even international level. “I want to take it worldwide,” he says. “I see myself in LA next year, representing for the big boys.” X

WHAT Big Boi Fly Fashion Show WHERE New Mountain, 38 S. French Broad Ave. newmountainavl.com WHEN Friday, Nov. 25, 7 p.m. $15 advance/$20 at the door

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on Saturday, Nov. 26, to celebrate the album’s release. A Way to Survive opens with “Hold My Name,” a strong tune that straddles the classic Southern soul of Stax Records and the Muscle Shoals Studio with the modern style of the Black Keys. “Soul music has an organic touch that people can often relate to,” says Kyle. “You can feel the vibes the musicians are putting out.” Tasked with explaining how he came to appreciate soul, Travers searches at length for the right words, eventually offering this: “Everyone

experiences love; everyone experiences heartbreak at one point or another. You can almost feel that yearning in the music. And that’s soul. They definitely named it properly.” Kyle and his brother Eric were immersed in music from an early age; their father is “Hurricane Bob” Travers, a guitarist known regionally for his work with The Magdaddy’s. “I remember being 5 years old,” Kyle recalls. “He was playing in that swing band. Watching his energetic perfor-

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mance and seeing how people responded — they danced and smiled and laughed — really connected with me.” He credits those experiences with leading him eventually to become a musician, adding, “And that was even before I even fell in love with the music.” Travers Brothership’s new album displays an array of styles. There are Appalachian Americana-flavored stomps (“The Road Interlude”), funkier, jam-leaning numbers like “Time Will Slip Away,” brief a cappella tunes like “O’ Magnolia” and kinetic rockers such as “Like It or Not.” The latter features energetic electric piano and organ supporting soulful vocals and robust horn section work. The group cut the collection of 10 varied tunes at Matt Williams’ Eagle Room in Weaverville — but that wasn’t Travers Brothership’s first experience in the recording studio. A February 2014 Asheville CitizenTimes feature covered the band’s plans to make an album with Grammywinning producer Juan “Pericles” Covaz at the studio on the campus of Full Sail University in Winter Park, Fla. But the material the group recorded there remains unreleased. Kyle isn’t enthusiastic to discuss that chap-

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ter in the band’s history. Instead, he sums it up in as few words as possible. Characterizing that period as a time during which the band “started evolving,” he explains that he and Eric “held back and waited patiently while lineup [changes] took their course.” Travers Brothership also decided that making the album its members really wanted would require additional resources. “We decided we wanted to raise more money,” Kyle explains, “so we could make a recording that sounds like it’s on a professional level.” After a stopgap release — a 2015 EP called I Don’t Mind — the group organized a crowdfunding campaign. With that successfully concluded, the new lineup of Travers Brothership connected with Williams and scheduled studio time to cut A Way to Survive. The new album — like the EP before it — was released independently. Travers Brothership isn’t on a record label and is self-managed. Kyle sums up the reason for those decisions in two words: creative freedom. He explains that several years ago, the band attracted the interest of music industry executives at a Nashville showcase. But that interest wasn’t mutual. The label representatives’ plan was

to record an album on which all the songs would stay under the three-minute mark. “We didn’t go for it,” says Kyle. He believes that one of the distinctive qualities of A Way to Survive is in how it presents “seven different genres on one album,” yet still “sounds like one flowing piece.” Holding onto their autonomy, working on their own terms and waiting until the band settled into a stable lineup, the musicians of Travers Brothership made the album they wanted to make. X

WHO Travers Brothership with Electric Soul Pandemic WHERE Salvage Station, 468 Riverside Drive, salvagestation.com WHEN Saturday, Nov. 26, 9 p.m. $7 advance/$10 day of show

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THE ARTFUL LIFE OF LADY D’ARBANVILLE A conversation with the Cat Stevens muse-turned-Tryon resident

CINEMATIC: Patti D’Arbanville taught Andy Warhol to crochet and inspired one of Cat Stevens’ greatest hits. These days, the Tryon resident acts in local and regional productions and hones her skills as a jewelry maker. Photo courtesy of D’Arbanville Through her art, actress, muse and model Patti D’Arbanville tells many stories. She can often be found honing her craft at Tryon Arts and Crafts School; she’s now a resident of Tryon and will be the featured in The Artist of the Year Gallery Show in February.

A New York City native, D’Arbanville rose to prominence in the late 1960s and ’70s. Her career was serendipitous, launched by a chance meeting with pop artist Andy Warhol. The story goes that he walked into the Bohemian-style Café Figaro in

Greenwich Village across from the apartment where D’Arbanville lived. Warhol spotted the pretty, young teenager playing chess in a room full of adults. “He said he wanted to put me in a movie and said I would have to talk to my mother,” D’Arbanville says. “But then I realized I probably shouldn’t say a word to my mother about it. So I wound up just going over there, anyway, and we did a movie called Flesh.” Underground art-house films like Flesh were gaining a cult following for their raw, provocative nature. “Andy just sat on the set, bored out of his mind,” D’Arbanville recalls. “He was so bored, one day, that he saw my crocheting between setups and he said, ‘Oh! Could you teach me how to do that?’ and I said, ‘You want me to teach you how to crochet?’ and he said, ‘Yeah. I do.’ … So I taught him how, and then we would sit on the steps and crochet.” After another film, L’Amour, D’Arbanville distanced herself from Warhol because she thought people wouldn’t take her seriously. She went on to inspire another iconic artist, Cat Stevens. The singer-songwriter chronicled the demise of their intense relationship in the songs “Lady D’Arbanville” and his greatest hit, “Wild World.” With lyrics like, “I will always remember you like a child, girl,” it lingers like a lovelorn ghost from the past. “It was a lovely time. He wasn’t the man for me — that’s all,” D’Arbanville says. “I certainly love all the men I have been with. I’ve been married three times, and I loved them all. You don’t stop loving someone just because you can’t live with them or stay with them.” Throughout her acting career, D’Arbanville has worked with Barbra Streisand, Robin Williams, Molly Ringwald, Chevy Chase, Fairuza Balk, Halle Berry, Bruce Willis, Robert De Niro and Woody Allen, among others. She won the Drama-Logue Award for Best Actress in John Patrick Shanley’s play, Italian American

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Reconciliation. No stranger to television, she was in the short-lived cultclassic, “My So-Called Life,” the HBO series “The Sopranos,” the soap opera “Guiding Light” and starred in “New York Undercover.” In 2011, D’Arbanville traded New York City for the mountains of Western North Carolina. She settled in Tryon, the home of her late mother. “I kind of got tired of the rat race trying to find a job ... and I just wanted to experience something else,” she says. “Actually, I kind of stepped away from it [my acting acting career] for a bit. [I] fell in love with jewelry making.” She spends time at Tryon Arts and Crafts School, where she’s a former board member, taking lapidary and silversmithing classes. “It is part of the creative process for me,” she says. “It’s wonderful to have something you can touch. Something that makes someone look nice or beautiful or admired.” The school’s executive director, Cathy Jewell Fischer, appreciates D’Arbanville’s devotion and talent. “She’s offered insightful advice and support to me, and though she’s truly worthy of being a diva — both as an actress and a craftsperson — she is just Patti here at TACS, and we all love her,” Fischer says. “But it looks like I’m going to be back involved with my profession,” D’Arbanville adds, “so that’s wonderful.” Last year she performed a one-act comedy by award-winning playwright and fellow former New Yorker Catherine Gillet. Most recently, D’Arbanville just wrapped the pilot for the new USA crime drama “The Sinner” alongside Jessica Biel and Bill Pullman. When asked about the experience, she lights up. “That was terrific! We shot in Charleston, S.C., for upstate New York because it takes place at the beach on a lake. We had a really good time, and it looks good.” The actress was also featured in the local film Unbecoming, released earlier this year. Although there’s been much interest, D’Arbanville’s not writing her life story anytime soon — she’s still living it. “Everything I have done in my life has gotten me back to where I am right now, and I am very happy right now,” she says. “I’ve made mistakes just like anybody else, but those mistakes got me to where I am. So they were happy mistakes as it turns out, huh?” X

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A recent post on the Kruger Brothers Facebook page reads, “Wie klingts fagott am besten” — something along the lines of “how the bassoon sounds best.” It accompanied a video and article culled from the Americana (by way of Switzerland) group’s performance with Lucerne-based bassoonist Beat Blattler, in which they performed everything from the William Tell overture to the James Bond theme song. Banjoist Jens Kruger, his brother Ewe (lead vocals and guitar) and bassist Joel Landsberg make up The Kruger Brothers, who now call Wilkesboro home. They recently performed the debut of “Roan Mountain Suite,” their latest commission, in Bristol, Tenn. The trio returns to Isis Music Restaurant & Music Hall on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 25 and 26, at 8:30 p.m. $25/$28. isisasheville.com. Photo courtesy of The Kruger Brothers

For the past five years, local funk band The Fritz has devotedly toured the East Coast, developing its live repertoire and garnering a dedicated following. Thanks to a unique improvisational style, every Fritz show is a different experience, but listeners are always guaranteed a fusion of funk and rock with grooves reminiscent of ’90s-era Lenny Kravitz. The band’s upcoming return to Asheville will feature some fresh dance tracks. “As we’ve been on the road, we’ve also been hard at work writing new songs for a new album to be recorded in January,” says percussionist Mikey “Spice” Evans. “We’re excited to showcase some of that new music for the first time in Asheville.” Other local acts like DJ Marley Carroll and Hustle Souls join the bill for FRITZgiving at Asheville Music Hall on Friday, Nov. 25, at 9 p.m. $10/$12. ashevillemusichall.com. Photo by Joshua Marc Levy

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Local hip-hop artist TRiG made his entree to music following his brother’s career in the rap industry. These days, he’s busy carving his own path in the Asheville music scene, working with local hip-hop brand Musty Mark Records and collaborating with up-and-coming artists like DeeLayne and SASS. The rapper’s recent recordings, like this summer’s “On Top,” feature synthesized beats and fast-paced, bold lyrics about good times and good money. TRiG, also known as Dareé and D-Trigg, plans to leave a lasting legacy in his hometown through his autobiographical music, which he writes and produces himself. TRiG returns for his second show at The Orange Peel with fellow local artists Trip Gang, DeeLayne, Leequan, Lazz and YPC Darius on Friday, Nov. 25, at 9 p.m. $10/$20. theorangepeel.net. Photo by Mark Schlegelmilch

Books are magical. They can transport readers to far-off lands and even bring gingerbread men to life. That’s the case in Gingerbread Christmas, the latest from renowned children’s book author and illustrator Jan Brett. Spellbound Children’s Bookshop, which recently moved to a new location at 640 Merrimon Ave., will host the author on her nationwide tour. “People from as far away as Tennessee and Georgia are buying tickets to come see her in Asheville,” says Spellbound proprietor Leslie Hawkins. “It’s especially great that she’ll be here promoting Gingerbread Christmas while people are in town for the national gingerbread competition at the Grove Park Inn.” Brett will give a reading and sign copies of the book at Vance Elementary School on Wednesday, Nov. 30, at 5 p.m. $18.99/$9.99 youth. spellboundbookshop.com. Photo courtesy of Penguin Young Readers Group

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‘FABULOUS FAKES’: The Swannanoa Valley Fine Arts League’s fifth annual Fabulous Fakes art exhibition is being held at the Historic Monte Vista Hotel until the end of December. The exhibit consists of copies of iconic images made famous by master artists such as Matisse, Gaugin, Picasso, Whistler and Homer — among many others — created by the art league members. Over 90 entries are on display throughout the lobby, dining room and bar area. The exhibit is being curated by Susan Hanning from SVFAL. For more information, call 414-881-6869. Copy of Gustav Klimt’s painting, Three Ages of Women, by Lynn Newhouse courtesy of the Swannanoa Valley Fine Arts League (pg. 55) ART ARTISUN GALLERY 16 Andrews Ave., S., 622-4573, facebook.com/ ArtiSunGallery/ • SA (11/26), noon-7pm Holiday open house with local art, jewelry and food. Free to attend. BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library/ • WE (11/30), 3:30pm - Art club meeting for all ages. Materials provided. Free. Held at Black Mountain Public Library, 105 N.

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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. Free to attend. TRYON ARTS AND CRAFTS SCHOOL 373 Harmon Field Road, Tryon, 859-8323 • Through FR (12/23) - Holiday Gift Show, exhibition. Contact the galleries for admission hours and fees.

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NOVEMBER 23 - NOVEMBER 29, 2016

CLUBLAND 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 CLADDAGH RESTAURANT & PUB Irish Music Wednesdays, 8:00PM 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 HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Woody Wood Wednesdays (rock, soul, funk), 5:30PM 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 O.HENRY'S/THE UNDERGROUND "Take the Cake" Karaoke, 10:00PM ODDITORIUM PJ BABY w/ RGH, Darien & Sentiments (punk), 9:00PM 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

BURIED TREASURE: Minnesota native David Dondero’s star has been on the rise since being named one of the “best living songwriters” by NPR in 2006. His frayed, folksy melodies punctuate Dondero’s wry, road-wizened lyrics, cascading in tongue-tied torrents of truth and leading the Houston Chronicle to declare the singer-songwriter “this generation’s Townes Van Zandt, a peripatetic tumbleweed casting across the country’s highways and dirt roads searching for truth and love.” Dondero wends his way to Asheville’s Altamont Theatre on Thursday, Dec. 1 for an 8 p.m. show. Photo courtesy of the promoters. SALVAGE STATION What It is w/ Kip Veno, 8:00PM

THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Hemp Day, 6:00PM

SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Adoptable Pet Night w/ Brother Wolf Animal Rescue, 6:00PM Ryan Adams Super Jam w/ Further To Fly, Letters To Abigail & Kevin Stipe and Chris Smith (Ryan Adams tribute), 6:00PM

THE JOINT NEXT DOOR Bluegrass jam, 8:00PM

ROOM IX Fuego: Latin night, 9:00PM

SLY GROG LOUNGE Sound Station open mic (musicians of all backgrounds & skills), 7:30PM

NOVEMBER 23 - NOVEMBER 29, 2016

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THE MOCKING CROW Open Mic w/ Jeremy Indelicate & Susan Barga (sign up at 7:30 p.m.), 8:00PM THE PHOENIX Jazz night w/ Jason DeCristofaro, 8:00PM THE SOCIAL LOUNGE International soul and R&B night w/ Phantom

Pantone (DJ), 10:00PM TOWN PUMP Open mic w/ Billy Presnell, 9:00PM TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Blues & Soul Jam (blues, soul), 9:00PM WEDGE BREWING CO. Vadim Bora Russian Imperial Stout release, 2:00PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Ryan Barber Band (singer-songwriter), 7:30PM

WILD WING CAFE Paint Nite "Fall Wreath with Apples" , 7:00PM

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Pleasure Chest (blues, rock, soul), 8:00PM 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, All Day 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 OLIVE OR TWIST Thanksgiving buffet w/ Mike Philippone & Gary Segal (blues, jazz), 6:00PM 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 BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Cruelty-free Thanksgiving Open Mic (sign up at 7 p.m.), 7:30PM THE SUMMIT AT NEW MOUNTAIN AVL Summit Jam, 6:00PM TIMO'S HOUSE TRL REQUEST NIGHT w/ DJ Franco Nino, 7:00PM TOWN PUMP Turkey Jam (Thanksgiving locals jam), 9:00PM TRAILHEAD RESTAURANT AND BAR Open Cajun & swing jam w/ Steve Burnside, 7:00PM TWISTED LAUREL Karaoke, 8:00PM WXYZ LOUNGE AT ALOFT HOTEL Acoustic Showcase w/ Zoe Briggs, 8:00PM

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25 185 KING STREET Mike Guggino & Mike Ashworth present: Hometown Holiday Jam (dance party), 8:00PM

`5 WALNUT WINE BAR Lyric (acoustic soul), 9:00PM

OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Straw Man, 6:00PM

550 TAVERN & GRILLE Caribbean Cowboys (rock), 9:00PM

PACK'S TAVERN DJ MoTo (dance, pop hits), 9:30PM

ALTAMONT THEATRE Byrds of a Feather Tribute to Gene Clark & Gram Parsons, 8:00PM

PATTON PUBLIC HOUSE Mark Keller (acoustic classic rock), 6:00PM

ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Fritzgiving w/ Marley Carroll & Hustle Souls, 9:00PM 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

PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Vibe & Direct (electronic, jam), 8:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY DJ Dance Party, 8:00PM SCANDALS NIGHTCLUB DJ dance party & drag show, 10:00PM

BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Acoustic Swing, 7:00PM BURGER BAR Bike Night, 9:00PM CORK & KEG One Leg Up (Gypsy jazz, Latin, swing), 8:30PM 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 FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREWPUB Ram Mandlekorn Trio (funk, jam), 10:00PM GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN David Wilcox & friends' annual Thanksgiving Homecoming Concert , 8:00PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Black Watch Friday!, 4:00PM 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 LOBSTER TRAP The Hip Trio (jazz), 6:30PM MARKET PLACE The Sean Mason Trio (groove, jazz, funk), 7:00PM NEW MOUNTAIN THEATER/ AMPHITHEATER Big Boi Fly Fashion Show, 10:00PM O.HENRY'S/THE UNDERGROUND Drag Show, 12:30AM 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

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THURSDAYS: 8-11 P.M. THURSDAYS CHRIS COLEMAN Blues Experience

FRIDAYS 8-11 P.M. FRIDAYS: WOODY WOOD Live Acoustic Set

SATURDAYS 3-6P.M. SATURDAYS: GYPSY GUITAR TRIO 8-11P.M. SAVANNAH SMITH AND THE SOUTHERN SOUL SUNDAYS 6-11 PM SUNDAYS: DUB KARTEL East coast reggae collective

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NOVEMBER 23 - NOVEMBER 29, 2016

C LU BL A N D STONE ROAD RESTAURANT & BAR 3 Cool Cats (vintage rock 'n' roll), 7:30PM

WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Joshua Messick: Hammered Dulcimer Christmas, 8:00PM WILD WING CAFE Flashback (70's, 80's, 90's & now), 9:00PM

BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Ben Phan (indie, folk, singer-songwriter), 7:00PM

WILD WING CAFE SOUTH A Social Function, 9:00PM

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

WXYZ LOUNGE AT ALOFT HOTEL Electric Friday w/ Ben Hovey, 8:00PM

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

THE MOCKING CROW Trivia and karoke night!, 9:00PM

ZAMBRA Zambra Jazz Trio, 8:00PM

THE MOTHLIGHT Tatsuya Nakatani & Makoto Kawabata Duo w/ Clang Quartet & Few More Days (experimental, percussion), 9:30PM

UNWINE'D AT MELLIE MAC'S Mountain Bitters (string-vocal trio), 7:00PM

BYWATER Ram Mandlekorn, Cody Wright & Phill Bronson (funk), 9:00PM

THE ADMIRAL Hip-hop dance party w/ DJ Warf, 11:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Kevin Spears & LuAnn Arena (groove, singer/ songwriter), 7:00PM LOOK Fridays Dance Party w/ DJ Audio, 10:00PM

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26

THE SOCIAL Steve Moseley (acoustic), 6:00PM

185 KING STREET Jamie Laval & Pretty Little Goat (Celtic, oldtime), 8:00PM

THE SOCIAL LOUNGE Ultra Lounge w/ Phantom Pantone, 9:00PM THE SUMMIT AT NEW MOUNTAIN AVL SOL Vibes, 9:00PM

5 WALNUT WINE BAR Ten Cent Poetry (folk), 6:00PM The Gypsy Swingers (gypsy jazz), 9:00PM

TIGER MOUNTAIN Dark dance rituals w/ DJ Cliffypoo, 10:00PM

ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Sumilan (jam, rock), 9:00PM

TOWN PUMP Russ T Nutz, 9:00PM

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

TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Marcel Anton, 12:00PM Laura Blackley, 7:00PM Gruda Tree (blues), 10:00PM

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

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

The Fritz Presents fritzgiving w/ Marley Carol (Late Night DJ Set) and Hustle Souls

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

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the Southern FREE! 12.1 10PM (Psychedelic/American/Rock&Roll) Belles ONE STOP

Mark Farina 2nd Annual

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BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Matt Walsh (blues, rock), 9:00PM

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CLUB ELEVEN ON GROVE Dance Party (hip-hop, R&B, funk), 10:00PM

GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Acoustic Syndicate: annual Thanksgiving Homecoming (bluegrass, rock), 9:00PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Bobby Miller & The Virginia Dare Devils (bluegrass), 7:00PM HILTON GARDEN INN ASHEVILLE Jazzville Band, 6:30PM ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL An evening w/ Sarah Potenza, 7:00PM An evening w/ The Kruger Brothers, 8:30PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB The Maggie Valley Band (folk, Americana, bluegrass), 9:00PM

CORK & KEG Zydeco Ya Ya (two-steps, waltzes), 8:30PM

JERUSALEM GARDEN Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7:00PM

CREEKSIDE TAPHOUSE Pistol Hill, 8:00PM

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

CROW & QUILL The Old Chevrolette Set (country, Americana), 9:00PM

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

DOUBLE CROWN Pitter Platter w/ DJ Big Smidge, 10:00PM

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

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

NEW MOUNTAIN THEATER/ AMPHITHEATER ill Gates w/ KJ SAWKA & Live Animals (EDM), 10:00PM

FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREWPUB Soldado (rock), 10:00PM

O.HENRY'S/THE UNDERGROUND Drag Show, 12:30AM

FRENCH BROAD BREWERY Salt of the Earth (folk), 6:00PM

ODDITORIUM Mandara w/ Twist of Fate & Galena (rock), 9:00PM

GOOD STUFF Honey & Garbage (acoustic, blues, folk), 8:00PM

OFF THE WAGON Dueling pianos, 9:00PM

Wed•Nov 23 OLIVE OR TWIST The Crown Jewels w/ Paula Hanke (jazz, Motown, pop), 8:00PM Dance party (hip-hop, rap), 11:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Vibe & Direct (jam, electronic), 10:00PM ORANGE PEEL The Wholigans (The Who tribute), 9:00PM PACK'S TAVERN A Social Function (classic covers, rock, hits), 9:30PM PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Phuncle Sam (Grateful Dead tribute), 9:00PM PURPLE ONION CAFE The Secret Band, 8:00PM

BHRAMARI BREWHOUSE Sunday brunch w/ live music, 11:00AM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Patrick Fitzsimons (roots music), 7:00PM BUXTON HALL BBQ 2Nixons pop-up, 6:00PM

ROOM IX Open dance night, 9:00PM

DOUBLE CROWN Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 9:00PM

SALVAGE STATION 4th Annual Thanksgiving Party w/ Travers Brothership, 9:00PM

FLOOD GALLERY True home open mic (sign-up @ 7 p.m.), 7:30PM

SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Yoga w/ Cats with Blue Ridge Humane Society, 10:00AM Nikki Talley & Jason Sharp, 8:00PM

GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Shane Parish album release w/ Tashi Dorji, Library of Babel & Ahleuchatistas, 7:00PM

THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Conscious Comedy Night w/ Grayson Morris, 7:00PM International Salsa Dance Night, 10:00PM THE MOCKING CROW Karaoke, 9:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT Coconut Cake w/ Malasana (rumba), 9:30PM THE RIDGE AT NEW MOUNTAIN AVL VantaMoon w/ Shoom, Sensoma, CollectiveOne & more (EDM, psytrance), 9:30PM THE SOCIAL LOUNGE Ultra Lounge w/ Phantom Pantone, 9:00PM THE SUMMIT AT NEW MOUNTAIN AVL Old-School dance party (age 30+), 6:00PM TOWN PUMP The 13 Sparrows, 9:00PM TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Ruby Mayfield & Lenny Pettinelli (live music), 7:30PM The Jordan Okrend Experience (live music, dance), 10:00PM TWISTED LAUREL Dance Party w/ Phantom Pantone, 10:30PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Joshua Messick: Hammered Dulcimer Christmas, 8:00PM WILD WING CAFE Karaoke, 9:00PM WXYZ LOUNGE AT ALOFT HOTEL Live Saturdays w/ Circus Mutt, 8:00PM ZAMBRA Zambra Jazz Trio, 8:00PM UNWINE'D AT MELLIE MAC'S Red Bread (jazz), 7:00PM

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Eleanor Underhill & Friends (Americana soul), 7:00PM

Thu•Nov 24 Closed for Thanksgiving

BEN'S TUNE-UP Sunday Funday DJ set, 3:00PM Dub Kartel (reggae, dub), 6:00PM

BYWATER Cornmeal Waltz w/ Robert Greer (classic country, bluegrass), 6:00PM

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

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BARLEY'S TAPROOM The Kavalactones, 7:30PM

QUOTATIONS COFFEE CAFE Marc Yaxley (jazz, flemenco), 6:00PM

SCANDALS NIGHTCLUB DJ dance party & drag show, 10:00PM

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ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Guitar Bar Jam Sunday, 3:30PM

HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Reggae Sunday w/ Dennis "Chalwa" Berndt, 1:00PM ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL Virginia & the Slims w/ The Bill Mattocks Band, 7:00PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Irish session, 5:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Punk night w/ DJ Homeless Plumber aka "Chubberbird", 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Hunnilicious (singer-songwriter), 6:30PM ODDITORIUM Odd Dance Night, 9:00PM OFF THE WAGON Piano show, 9:00PM OLIVE OR TWIST Zen Cats (blues), 7:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Bluegrass brunch w/ Woody Wood, 11:00AM Sundays w/ Bill & friends, 5:00PM PULP Rock for Standing Rock w/ Death & The Reverend and more (benefit), 8:00PM PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Sunday Travers jam, 6:00PM SALVAGE STATION The Digs, 6:00PM SCANDALS NIGHTCLUB DJ dance party & drag show, 10:00PM SCARLET'S COUNTRY DANCE CLUB Open Mic and DJ w/ host Sam Warner, 9:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Mural Art & Music w/ Nex Millen & Willow Collins (Eliada Homes benefit), 2:00PM THE IMPERIAL LIFE DJ Phantom Pantone (dark wave, trap, house music), 9:30PM THE OMNI GROVE PARK INN Lou Mowad (classical guitar), 10:00AM Bob Zullo (pop, rock, blues), 7:00PM

THANKSGIVING EVE ‘16

Roots & Friends w/ special guests Keegan Avery & Andy Ferrell

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Black Watch Release Party! 2-9pm Music by Window Cat 7-9pm

Sat•Nov 26 Bobby Miller & the Virginia Dare Devils 7-9pm

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MON: Burgers & Trivia w/ Emile TUE: Tacos + Blues w/ Matt Walsh WED: Wings & Riyen Roots Live Open Mic FRI: Dave Desmelik - 8pm SAT: Pistil Hill - 8pm

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THE SOCIAL LOUNGE Sunday brunch on the rooftop w/ Katie Kasben & Dan Keller (jazz), 12:30PM THE SOUTHERN Yacht Rock Brunch w/ DJ Kipper, 12:00PM TOWN PUMP Ryan Hutchens, 9:00PM

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28

COMING SOON 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

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7:30PM – VIRGINIA AND THE SLIMS &

THE BILL MATTOCKS BAND thu 12/1

8:00PM – IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE:

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7:00PM – HEATHER MALONEY 9:00PM – STEVE BAUGHMAN

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CELTIC GUITAR CHRISTMAS sun 12/4

5:30PM – JOHN LILLY AND

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8:30PM – O’CONNOR BAND FEATURING MARK O’CONNOR

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NOVEMBER 23 - NOVEMBER 29, 2016

ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Classical Guitar Night, 7:00PM BEN'S TUNE-UP Open-mic, 7:00PM BURGER BAR Old Skool Hip Hop, 9:00PM BUXTON HALL BBQ 2Nixons pop-up, 6:00PM BYWATER Open mic w/ Rick Cooper, 8:00PM COURTYARD GALLERY Open mic (music, poetry, comedy, etc.), 8:00PM CREEKSIDE TAPHOUSE Matt Walsh (rock 'n' roll), 6:00PM Trivia w/ Emily, 7:00PM Jason Homan (gospel), 8:00PM

URBAN ORCHARD Old-time music, 7:00PM

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29 5 WALNUT WINE BAR The John Henrys (hot jazz), 8:00PM 550 TAVERN & GRILLE Shag Night, 6:00PM ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Tuesday Night Funk Jam, 11:00PM BACK YARD BAR Open mic & jam w/ Robert Swain, 8:00PM BEN'S TUNE-UP Lenny Pettinelli (singer-songwriter, keys), 7:00PM BLACK BEAR COFFEE CO. Round Robin acoustic open mic, 7:00PM BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Trivia, 7:30PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Mark Bumgarner (Americana, bluegrass), 7:00PM BUFFALO NICKEL Trivia, 7:00PM

GOOD STUFF Songwriter's "open mic", 7:30PM

BYWATER DJ EZ & fire-spinning, 9:00PM

GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Contra dance (lessons, 7:30pm), 8:00PM

CATAWBA BREWING SOUTH SLOPE Jon Edwards & the Musicians in the Round, 6:00PM

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Quizzo, 7:00PM Cordovas w/ Don Gallardo (rock), 9:00PM Todd Cecil & friends (Americana, blues), 9:00PM LEXINGTON AVE BREWERY (LAB) Kipper's "Totally Rad" Trivia night, 8:00PM

CREEKSIDE TAPHOUSE Matt Walsh (blues), 6:00PM CROW & QUILL Boogie Woogie Burger Night (burgers, rock n' roll), 9:00PM

LOBSTER TRAP Bobby Miller & friends (bluegrass), 6:30PM

DOUBLE CROWN Honky-Tonk, Cajun, and Western w/ DJ Brody Hunt, 10:00PM

O.HENRY'S/THE UNDERGROUND Geeks Who Drink trivia, 7:00PM

GOOD STUFF Old time-y night, 6:30PM

ODDITORIUM Risque Monday Burlesque, 9:00PM

IRON HORSE STATION Open mic, 6:00PM

OLE SHAKEY'S Jonathan Ammons & Take The Wheel (honkytonk karaoke), 9:00PM

ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL Tuesday bluegrass sessions w/ The Darren Nicholson Band, 7:30PM

ORANGE PEEL Howard Jones (synth pop, new wave), 8:30PM

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Cajun Two-steppin' Tuesday w/ Cafe Sho's (Cajun, zydeco, dance), 7:00PM

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

LAZY DIAMOND Heavy Metal Karaoke, 10:00PM

SCARLET'S COUNTRY DANCE CLUB Jonathan Ingram Band (country, classic rock), 8:00PM

LOBSTER TRAP Jay Brown (folk, singer-songwriter), 6:30PM

THE OMNI GROVE PARK INN Bob Zullo (pop, rock, blues), 7:00PM

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UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Old-time jam w/ Mitch McConnell, 6:30PM

BURGER BAR Old Time Blues Jam, 9:00PM

ISISASHEVILLE.COM DINNER MENU TIL 9:30PM LATE NIGHT MENU TIL 12AM

TIGER MOUNTAIN Service industry night (rock 'n' roll), 9:00PM

DOUBLE CROWN Country Karaoke, 10:00PM

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5 WALNUT WINE BAR Siamese Jazz Club (soul, R&B, jazz), 8:00PM

THE MOTHLIGHT Future Elevators w/ Trevor Wilson & Manfeelings (indie), 9:00PM

MADMEN, AND ASTREA CORP

CONTRA DANCE: MONDAYS 8PM

185 KING STREET Open mic night, 7:00PM

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THE SOCIAL LOUNGE Rooftop movies w/ Phantom Pantone DJ Collective, 9:00PM THE VALLEY MUSIC & COOKHOUSE Monday Pickin' Parlour (open jam, open mic),

MARKET PLACE Rat Alley Cats (jazz, Latin, swing), 7:00PM ODDITORIUM Odd comedy night, 9:00PM OLE SHAKEY'S Booty Tuesday, 11:00PM OLIVE OR TWIST Blues Night w/ Remedy, 8:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Turntable Tuesdays (DJs & vinyl), 10:00PM

ONE WORLD BREWING TRIVIA! w/ Ol' Gilly, 7:00PM ORANGE PEEL 9th annual Guitar Jam w/ Billy Ray Cyrus, Asheville’s Chase Rice, Asheville’s Luke Combs, Farewell Angelina, Stephanie Quayle & Trent Tomlinson (benefit for Mission Hospital) , 7:30PM

ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL An evening w/ CaroMia & friends (folk, rock, indie), 7:00PM

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

SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Taco and Trivia Tuesday!, 7:00PM

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

THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Jazz-n-Justice Tuesday w/ DAO Trio, 7:30PM

MOUNTAIN MOJO COFFEEHOUSE Open mic, 6:30PM

THE MOTHLIGHT Honey Be Nice w/ Upland Drive (folk, rock), 9:00PM

NOBLE KAVA Open mic w/ Caleb Beissert, 9:00PM

THE PHOENIX Open mic, 8:00PM THE SOCIAL LOUNGE Phantom Pantone (DJ), 10:00PM TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Early Funk & Jazz Jam (funk & jazz), 9:00PM URBAN ORCHARD Billy Litz (Americana, singer-songwriter), 7:00PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Irish sessions & open mic, 6:30PM WILD WING CAFE Carolina Blue & The Southern Connection Cloggers, 6:00PM

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30 185 KING STREET Vinyl Night, 6:00PM 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Eleanor Underhill (Americana soul), 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/ Mark Bumgarner, 7:00PM BUFFALO NICKEL David Joe Miller presents Regi Carpenter and Jim May (storytelling), 7:00PM BURGER BAR Karaoke, 9:00PM CLADDAGH RESTAURANT & PUB Irish Music Wednesdays, 8:00PM 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 Chris Knight (singer-songwriter, country), 8:00PM GRIND CAFE Trivia night, 7:00PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Woody Wood Wednesdays (rock, soul, funk), 5:30PM

tatsuya nakatani + makoto kawabata duo

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

O.HENRY'S/THE UNDERGROUND "Take the Cake" Karaoke, 10:00PM OFF THE WAGON Piano show, 9:00PM OLIVE OR TWIST 3 Cool Cats (vintage rock), 8:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Aaron Lebos Reality (jazz, rock), 10:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING Carolinabound, 8:00PM ORANGE PEEL Dopapod w/ Pigeons Playing Ping Pong (prog. rock, dance), 9:00PM PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Jay Brown (Americana, swing), 6:00PM ROOM IX Fuego: Latin night, 9:00PM SALVAGE STATION What It is w/ Kip Veno, 8:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Tessia Doerfler, 7:00PM SLY GROG LOUNGE Sound Station open mic (musicians of all backgrounds & skills), 7:30PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Swiss Army Knife Dance (swing, blues, waltz), 7:30PM THE JOINT NEXT DOOR Bluegrass jam, 8:00PM THE MOCKING CROW Open Mic, 8:00PM THE PHOENIX Jazz night w/ Jason DeCristofaro, 8:00PM THE SOCIAL LOUNGE Phantom Pantone (DJ), 10:00PM TOWN PUMP Open mic w/ Billy Presnell, 9:00PM TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Blues & Soul Jam (blues, soul), 9:00PM WILD WING CAFE SOUTH Live music w/ J Luke, 6:30PM

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Crushed Out (rock, proto-punk), 8:00PM ALTAMONT THEATRE David Dondero w/ Minorcan (indie, folk, rock), 8:00PM

Where The Blue Ridge Mountains Meet the Celtic Isles

11/26 sat coconut~cake w/ malasana

11/28 mon

future elevators

w/trevor wilson, manfeelings

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

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

Savory and Sweet Hand Pies! 5pm to last call

Yoga at the Mothlight

Tues., Thurs., and Sat. 11:30am

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

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SHANE PRUITT BAND

HIGH ENERGY, GOSPEL, BLUES & ROCK N’ ROLL DANCE PARTY 9PM / $5

MAGGIE SAT THE VALLEY 11/26 9PM / $5 BAND

MON CORDOVAS DON GALLARDO 11/28 w/ 9PM / FREE (Donations Encouraged) IRISH SUNDAYS Irish Food and Drink Specials Traditional Irish Music Session • 3-9pm OPEN MON-THURS AT 3 • FRI-SUN AT NOON

BARLEY'S TAPROOM AMC Jazz Jam, 9:00PM

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ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Will Ray & The Space Cooties, 7:00PM

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

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BURGER BAR Thursday surf/garage night w/ DJ PAPA Wheelie, 9:00PM

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BYRISH HAUS & PUB Caribbean Cowboys, 7:00PM

Mon-Fri 2pm- 2am Sat-Sun 12pm-2am

CLADDAGH RESTAURANT & PUB Irish Music Thursdays, 7:00PM CLUB ELEVEN ON GROVE Salsa Dancing, 7:15PM Swing Jam, 8:30PM

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

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

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

(in common room)

Potluck in the bar: 4pm

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

(Bar open 4pm-12am)

Movie Night: National Lampoon’s Christimas Vacation- 6pm

FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREWPUB Pendulum Trio (jazz), 9:00PM

Christmas Trees for Sale: 2-8pm Black Friday Craft Sale: 2-8pm

FRENCH BROAD BREWERY Typical Mountain Boys (bluegrass), 6:00PM

Food Stop: 4:30-9pm Vitamina T: 11:30am-9pm Tia B’s: 11:30am-4pm

GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN The James Brown Dance Party, 10:30PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Community night w/ Liberty Corner Enterprises, 4:00PM

11/29 12/3: Holiday Pop-up Pottery Sale 8am-1pm

ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL It's A Wonderful Life: Live From WVL Radio, 8:00PM

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THE MOTHLIGHT Bombadil w/ Goodnight Texas (folk, pop), 9:30PM THE SUMMIT AT NEW MOUNTAIN AVL Summit Jam, 6:00PM TIMO'S HOUSE TRL REQUEST NIGHT w/ DJ Franco Nino, 7:00PM TOWN PUMP J.W. Teller (singer-songwriter), 9:00PM TRAILHEAD RESTAURANT AND BAR Open Cajun & swing jam w/ Steve Burnside, 7:00PM TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Jesse Barry & The Jam (live music, dance), 9:00PM TWISTED LAUREL Karaoke, 8:00PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Yule Shoot Yer Eye Out 2016, 6:30PM

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2

LAZY DIAMOND Heavy Night w/ DJ Butch, 10:00PM

ATHENA'S CLUB Dave Blair (folk, funk, acoustic), 7:00PM

LOBSTER TRAP Hank Bones ("The man of 1,000 songs"), 6:30PM

BEN'S TUNE-UP Woody Wood & the Asheville Family Band (acoustic, folk, rock), 7:00PM

NEW MOUNTAIN THEATER/ AMPHITHEATER Karl Denson's Tiny Universe & Jimmy Herring, 8:00PM

BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Acoustic Swing, 7:00PM

OLE SHAKEY'S O.S.O.M. Open Mic, 10:00PM OLIVE OR TWIST The Mike & Garry Show (acoustic, variety), 7:30PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Mitch's Totally Rad Trivia Night, 7:00PM The Southern Belles (psychedelic, Americana, rock 'n' roll), 10:00PM

BURGER BAR Bike Night, 9:00PM Dirty Dutch Bastard (one man rockabilly band), 9:00PM BYRISH HAUS & PUB 3 Cool Cats (vintage rock 'n' roll), 7:30PM CITY OF MORGANTON MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM The Texas Tenors "Deep in the Heart of Christmas", 7:30PM CORK & KEG The Gypsy Swingers (Gypsy jazz, Latin, bossa nova), 8:30PM CROW & QUILL Vendetta Creme (silly sultry cabaret), 9:00PM

ORANGE PEEL Tight Loose Film Series, 6:00PM Mike Gordon (rock), 9:00PM

DOUBLE CROWN DJ Greg Cartwright (garage & soul obscurities), 10:00PM

OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Matt Walsh, 6:00PM

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

PULP Slice of Life Comedy Open Mic, 9:00PM

FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREWPUB The Chuck Lichtenberger Collective (jazz, rock), 10:00PM

PACK'S TAVERN Lenny Pettinelli (acoustic rock), 8:00PM PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Ghost of Paul Revere (Americana), 8:00PM PURPLE ONION CAFE Keith Davis Trio (jazz), 7:30PM ROOM IX Throwback Thursdays (all vinyl set), 9:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Emily Bodley (singer-songwriter), 7:00PM

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STONE ROAD RESTAURANT & BAR Open Mic w/ Tony the Pony, 8:00PM

ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Mark Farina, 9:00PM

OFF THE WAGON Dueling pianos, 9:00PM

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SPRING CREEK TAVERN Open Mic, 6:00PM

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Bluegrass jam, 7:00PM

ODDITORIUM Pleasure to Burn w/ Bleedseason & 8 Vacant Graves (metal), 9:00PM

SCANDALS NIGHTCLUB DJ dance party & drag show, 10:00PM

FRENCH BROAD BREWERY The Jangling Sparrows (indie, folk), 6:00PM GOOD STUFF Scott Bianchi (singer-songwriter), 8:30PM GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Billy Strings w/ The Freight Hoppers (folk, bluegrass), 9:00PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Bobby Miller & The Virginia Dare Devils (bluegrass), 7:00PM

ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL Matt Nakoa (singer-songwriter), 7:00PM

WILD WING CAFE SOUTH A Social Function, 9:00PM

JERUSALEM GARDEN Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7:00PM

ZAMBRA Zambra Jazz Trio, 8:00PM

LAZY DIAMOND Rotating Rock 'n' Oldies DJs, 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Calico Moon (Americana), 6:30PM MARKET PLACE The Sean Mason Trio (groove, jazz, funk), 7:00PM NEW MOUNTAIN THEATER/ AMPHITHEATER Jerry Garcia Band Cover Band (tribute), 9:00PM O.HENRY'S/THE UNDERGROUND Drag Show, 12:30AM ODDITORIUM Fractured Frames w/ Cardinal State & Artificial Oceans (metal), 9:00PM OFF THE WAGON Dueling pianos, 9:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Free Dead Fridays w/ members of Phuncle Sam (jam), 5:00PM The Aquaducks (funk, soul), 10:00PM ORANGE PEEL STRFKR w/ Gigamesh & Psychic Twin (indie rock, pop, electronica), 9:00PM OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Tina and Her Pony, 6:00PM

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3 185 KING STREET An intimate concert w/ Sierra Hull (bluegrass), 8:00PM ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL 2nd annual Holiday Craft Bazaar!, 11:00AM DJ AVX (dance), 10:00PM ATHENA'S CLUB Michael Kelley Hunter (blues), 6:30PM BHRAMARI BREWHOUSE Bend & Brew (yoga class), 11:00AM BLACK MOUNTAIN CENTER FOR THE ARTS A Slice of Life: An evening of stories, 7:30PM BURGER BAR Asheville FM 103.3 DJ Night, 9:00PM CORK & KEG Jenny & The Hog Drovers (old-time, string band), 8:30PM CROW & QUILL Hearts Gone South (honky-tonk), 9:00PM DOUBLE CROWN Pitter Platter w/ DJ Big Smidge, 10:00PM ELAINE'S DUELING PIANO BAR Dueling Pianos, 9:00PM

ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL Heather Maloney (singer-songwriter), 7:00PM Celtic Guitar Christmas w/ Steve Baughman & Robin Bullock, 9:00PM JERUSALEM GARDEN Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7:00PM

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

THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Conscious Comedy Night w/ Grayson Morris, 7:00PM THE MILLROOM Josh Gondelman (comedy), 7:00PM

MARKET PLACE DJs (funk, R&B), 7:00PM O.HENRY'S/THE UNDERGROUND Drag Show, 12:30AM

THE MOTHLIGHT Andy Shauf w/ Chris Cohen (indie, pop, folk rock), 9:30PM

ODDITORIUM Burlesque!, 9:00PM

THE SOCIAL LOUNGE Ultra Lounge w/ Phantom Pantone, 9:00PM

OFF THE WAGON Dueling pianos, 9:00PM

THE SUMMIT AT NEW MOUNTAIN AVL Old-School dance party (age 30+), 10:00PM

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

TOWN PUMP Doc Holiday, 9:00PM TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES The King Zeros (delta blues), 7:30PM

ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL 2nd annual Holiday Craft Bazaar!, 11:00AM Santacon afterparty w/ Captain Santa (aka Captain EZ), 10:00PM

TWISTED LAUREL Dance Party w/ Phantom Pantone, 10:30PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN White Horse 8th anniversary extravaganza, 7:30PM

OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Fin Dog, 6:00PM PACK'S TAVERN Groove Shakers (rock, bluegrass), 9:30PM

FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREWPUB Grand Ole Uproar (rock, Americana), 10:00PM FRENCH BROAD BREWERY Redleg Husky (folk, Americana), 6:00PM

PURPLE ONION CAFE Scoot Pittman (funk, roots, rock), 8:00PM

PISGAH BREWING COMPANY The Horse You Rode In On (funk, fusion), 8:00PM

GOOD STUFF Sarah Alden's Departure Bash! w/ Eclectic County, Scooter Haywood and the Repeat Offenders & Pierce Edens, 5:00PM

ROOM IX Open dance night, 9:00PM

SALVAGE STATION Taylor Martin & Band, 9:30PM

GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Big Smo (country rap), 9:00PM

SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Dog Whistle (country), 8:00PM

HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Alex Krug Combo (rock, Americana), 7:00PM

PATTON PUBLIC HOUSE Mark Keller (acoustic classic rock), 6:00PM

SCANDALS NIGHTCLUB DJ dance party & drag show, 10:00PM THE ADMIRAL Soul night w/ DJ Dr. Filth, 11:00PM

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

PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Blueground Undergrass w/ Copious Jones (newgrass), 9:00PM

PACK'S TAVERN DJ OCelate (dance hits, pop), 9:30PM

Family Christmas Craft Day, 1:00PM Eric Congdon (rock), 8:00PM

WILD WING CAFE Karaoke, 9:00PM ZAMBRA Zambra Jazz Trio, 8:00PM

SALVAGE STATION Woods & Wilds: Storytelling & Music Festival, 1:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Yoga w/ Cats with Blue Ridge Humane Society, 10:00AM

SCANDALS NIGHTCLUB DJ dance party & drag show, 10:00PM THE ADMIRAL Hip-hop dance party w/ DJ Warf, 11:00PM THE MOCKING CROW Trivia and karoke night!, 9:00PM

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THE MOTHLIGHT Null w/ Shallows & I-I (experimental, punk, death rock), 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, 9:00PM TIGER MOUNTAIN Dark dance rituals w/ DJ Cliffypoo, 10:00PM TOWN PUMP Will Overman Band (Southern rock), 9:00PM TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Bygone Blues (jazz, blues), 7:00PM

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MOVIES

REVIEWS & LISTINGS BY JUSTIN SOUTHER & SCOTT DOUGLAS

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Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga impart a human dimension to Jeff Nichols’ Loving

Loving HHHHS DIRECTOR: Jeff Nichols PLAYERS: Joel Edgerton, Ruth Negga, Marton Csokas, Nick Kroll, Terri Abney, Alano Miller, Jon Bass, Michael Shannon

THE STORY: A white man and a black woman in the Jim Crow South fight to preserve their family in the face of overwhelming odds, eventually taking their case to the Supreme Court and changing the course of civil rights history.

FACT-BASED BIO PIC RATED PG-13

THE LOWDOWN: Deeply affective and masterfully expressed, Loving is

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an expertly crafted recounting of a crucial, if somewhat under-examined, chapter in our nation’s checkered segregationist past. Loving is a profoundly moving tale of great social significance handled in a fashion diametrically opposed to Hollywood’s usual modus operan-

M A X R AT I N G di in such matters. Helming his fifth feature, writer-director Jeff Nichols humanizes where others would sensationalize, creating a film that delivers a necessary and timely message without clubbing audiences over the head with it. Based on the true story of Richard and Mildred Loving, whose mixed-ethnicity marriage in 1958 Virginia led to a historic civil rights case that would eventually be argued before the Supreme Court and curtail widespread anti-miscegenation laws, Nichols’ film functions from a perspective firmly rooted in character rather one subservient to historical verisimilitude. The audience isn’t presented with a strictly factual accounting of the Lovings’ story, but with an emotionally evocative glimpse into what it must’ve felt like to endure their persecution. In short, he does them justice. This undeniably powerful and important story demands a sensitive and well-reasoned approach, and Nichols has proven to be more than up to the task. Rather than presenting the couple’s trials and tribulations in a strictly literal sense, Nichols paints a more expressionistic picture through atmosphere and characterization. Both Richard and Mildred, masterfully embodied by Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga, are portrayed as multifaceted people with a singular and very human motivation, the undeniable relatability of which is unlikely to be lost on any moviegoer. After a racist sheriff and an unsympathetic judge have the pair exiled from the state while Mildred is heavily pregnant, their narrative quest is focused more on finding a way to raise their kids in the bosom of family than on any grander aspirations of striking a blow for racial equality. These are people who just want to rear their children close to home. Nichols creates pathos through his loving depiction (if you’ll excuse the pun) of his protagonists’ emotional landscape, but he generates narrative momentum through his exemplary skill at building tension. Loving may well be laconically paced, but the script’s slower moments are consistently punctuated by bursts of Hitchcockian virtuosity. When Richard believes he’s being followed back to

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You may not agree with the issues Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk raises, but you will be both entertained and informed by watching it. the family farm by a fellow worker, or when the couple sneaks home (against court orders) to allow Richard’s midwife mother to deliver her first grandchild, Nichols escalates the stakes on both page and screen through purely cinematic storytelling. Crosscutting techniques — expertly employed in a particularly taut scene of impending peril for both Richard at work and his young son at play in the city streets — help propel the story while making up for a noticeable second-act slump, single-handedly salvaging a film that would’ve floundered in lesser hands. If Nichols’ directorial prowess is laudable, the performances given by his cast are no less noteworthy. Edgerton is almost unrecognizable as poorly educated bricklayer Richard, and Negga proves more than capable of carrying the emotional heart of the drama in her exemplary turn as Mildred. Marton Csokas is icily menacing as the bigoted Sheriff Brooks, delivering an epically misguided monologue in a deeply discomfiting deadpan. By the time comedians Nick Kroll and Jon Bass show up as a duo of ambitious ACLU lawyers, the audience is easy for a laugh. But any levity is strictly subtextual, as both

actors play their roles straight. The ensemble operates as more than the sum of its constituent parts because the parts function in concert to lend texture to an already well-developed narrative world. Nichols’ depiction of the Lovings’ ordeal could be described as Kafkaesque — if only Kafka had liked his protagonists a little more and the historical facts of our nation’s racial attitudes weren’t so close to being stranger than the author’s fiction. In reality, this story of two simple people trying to share the most fundamental of human relationships, only to be opposed by outlandish forces of ignorance and hatred, is rendered all the more compelling by reason of its rational implausibility. If two people love each other and want to raise their offspring surrounded by loved ones on the family farm, why would anyone try to deny them? But we live in a world that is all too frequently irrational, and the lessons we’ve learned as a society have been hard-earned on the backs of ordinary people. It’s fortunate we have filmmakers with the subtlety and nuance of Nichols to remind us how far we’ve come — and a film with the heart and conscience of Loving to

show us how to move forward. Rated PG-13 for thematic elements. Opens Wednesday, Nov. 23, at Fine Arts Theatre

DIRECTOR: Ang Lee

REVIEWED BY SCOTT DOUGLAS JSDOUGLAS22@GMAIL.COM

PATRIOTIC DRAMA RATED R

Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk HHHHS MOUNTAINX.COM

PLAYERS: Joe Alwyn, Garrett Hedlund, Vin Diesel, Kristen Stewart, Steve Martin, Chris Tucker

THE STORY: A young Iraq War soldier reflects on his heroism and that of his comrades when their story is turned into a patriotic stage spectacle by groups wanting to both celebrate and exploit their service. THE LOWDOWN: More than just a story about war, and the terrific ensemble cast forces audiences to grapple with difficult answers to easy questions regarding the military. Ang Lee’s latest film may have a lackluster title, but Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk more than makes up for its moniker in terms of what it delivers to those who seek it out amid the 3-D extravaganzas currently clogging multiplexes. The story — a 19-year-old Army solider from Texas is thrust into an international spotlight after earning a Silver Star for battlefield bravery — could have easily veered

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into jingoistic territory. But the film, based on Ben Fountain’s 2012 novel, is too smart for that. Instead, the ensemble cast deftly proposes some difficult responses to easy questions about the Iraq War — and the result is one I hope will be recognized come awards season. The majority of the film is told in flashbacks as Billy Lynn (Joe Alwyn) and other members of Bravo Squad prepare to be part of a nationally televised halftime show on Thanksgiving Day 2004. This is at the end of a promotional tour during which they are celebrated for their shared sacrifice and are entertaining offers from both a slick movie producer (Chris Tucker) and a deep-pocketed financial backer (Steve Martin) to turn the story of their heroism into Hollywood gold. The soldiers are understandably overwhelmed by all the attention, but Billy is additionally distracted by what the money could do for his younger sister (Kristen Stewart), who is recovering from an auto accident, as well as what happened to his commanding officer (Vin Diesel) on the battlefield and his lingering doubts about returning to Iraq. These issues, along with posttraumatic stress disorder and the role of minorities in the military, all swirl around as the soldiers prepare to take the field during a halftime performance by Destiny’s Child. (Spoiler alert: there is no actual Beyoncé in the film.) Billy Lynn, though, is more about the commercialization of patriotism than showcasing superstar cameos. That is not to say there is no star power on the screen. While Stewart usually annoys me when she turns in another mumbling performance as typified in the Twilight series, here she is both engaging and believable. Tucker is the epitome of a slick agent trying to put a deal together, and Martin’s dramatic turn as an on-screen surrogate for the NFL Dallas Cowboys’ owner Jerry Jones grounds the proceedings in reality. Diesel — about whom I am generally indifferent — is perfect as Lynn’s Zen warrior of a commanding officer. Garrett Hedlund is simultaneously charming and endearing as the gruff-yet-dynamic leader of Bravo Squad, but the real commendation should be reserved for newcomer Alwyn. His everyman approach to the role, humanizing the character of a young patriot turned into an inadvertent media pawn, has a vulnerability that helps

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the audience understand multiple sides of often divisive issues regarding the U.S. military. Much has been made of the director’s decision to shoot this story at a higher frame rate and 3-D resolution than routinely used for feature films (though, sadly, none of these technical innovations are available at the lone local theater currently showing the film), and the battlefield sequences show both valor and realism while being edited in a way to seamlessly insert the audience into the front lines. However, you should watch Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk for the stellar performances and the discussions it generates rather than just for the fireworks. At a time when our nation is already divided by current events, this movie creates an important conversation about nationalism and everyone’s role in it. In reference to the deal Bravo Squad is offered to memorialize the soldiers beyond the cheers of the football game, one character responds, “Something is better than nothing.” I find nothing about this film to be lacking. You may not agree with the issues Billy Lynn raises, but you will be both entertained and informed by watching it. Rated R for language, sexual situations and battlefield violence. Now playing at Regal Biltmore Grande. REVIEWED BY JONATHAN RICH JONATHANWLRICH@GMAIL.COM

Bleed for This HHH

DIRECTOR: Ben Younger (Prime) PLAYERS: Miles Teller, Aaron Eckhart, Katey Sagal, Ciaran Hinds, Ted Levine BOXING RATED R THE STORY: A cocky boxer ends up paralyzed in a car crash and is determined to enter the ring once more. THE LOWDOWN: A generic, based-on-a-true-story tale of over-

coming odds (and such) that works reasonably well but is nothing to get excited about. Ben Younger’s Bleed for This has problems that are, to varying degrees, its own fault. Part of this is a condition of the state of cinema in its current incarnation. While Bleed for This isn’t a sequel, a reboot or even an attempt at sparking some new franchise, it is — in its own way — perfectly pat and lacking adventure. The film is of the based-on-a-true-story variety, with a beefed-up Miles Teller sporting a wispy mustache and playing real-life boxer Vinny Pazienza, who came back from a horrific car accident and paralysis to fight once more. It’s a crowd-pleaser, one that hits every note and beat expected of it, all within the framework of its by-the-book boxing genetics. It’s all about overcoming the odds and the indomitable human spirit. And Bleed for This is perfectly adequate in these respects — it’s just not very exciting or interesting. I’ve written this numerous times before, but being a retread on paper isn’t necessarily a death knell for a movie. How the subject matter is handled or molded by the director can make all the difference, which is why the lack of creative moxie in Bleed for This makes for a film that’s sufficient and little else. This is especially frustrating when the movie should know better after Ryan Coogler’s Creed came out last year and did little more than just restart Rocky (1976). But Coogler had enough smarts to add questions of race, legacy and family into the mix. Bleed for This has none of this on its mind. Instead, this is a boxing movie pared down to its basics and whittled down to verve-less clichés. It’s perhaps unfair to compare Bleed for This to Creed, which — somehow, some way — managed to get everything just right, but these movies don’t exist in a vacuum. So, if you want look at the boxing movie within its own context, it’s disappointing to see this small subgenre take a step back. The boxing here isn’t dynamic or cinematic, and the story isn’t especially engaging. Most disappointing of all, however, is how the movie trips up when it comes to race, presenting yet another tale of the underdog white boxer. Nothing in Bleed for This feels essential or new.

Now for the subjectivity, where I admit I’ve never liked Miles Teller in anything I’ve seen him in. I’ll add this movie to that list. (His performance as the cocky dirtbag with a heart of gold Pazienza is getting a bit of praise, so do with that as you will.) Generally, I found him engaging here, but Teller has that Tom Cruise syndrome of being a bit too unlikable to properly play unlikable. He plays the jerk so well there’s never a moment of sympathy, meaning the film lacks that allimportant emotional center, especially crucial for the uplifting sports flick. Yes, Bleed for This is engaging on a base level, but it’s missing so many key components — imagination, a strong cast — that there’s little here to truly recommend. Rated R for language, sexuality/nudity and some accident images. Now Playing at Carmike 10, Epic of Hendersonville and Regal Biltmore Grande. REVIEWED BY JUSTIN SOUTHER JSOUTHER@MOUNTAINX.COM

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them HHHS

DIRECTOR: David Yates PLAYERS: Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Ezra Miller, Samantha Morton, Jon Voight, Carmen Ejogo, Colin Farrell, Johnny Depp. FANTASY RATED PG-13 THE STORY: Magizoologist Newt Scamander must fight against oppo-

sition both ambiguous and overt in his quest to recover lost specimens from his mystical menagerie. THE LOWDOWN: This Harry Potteradjacent franchise-builder falls far short of being a Magical Mystery tour-de-force. If you’re a fan of J.K. Rowling’s pseudo-occult oeuvre, there will be plenty to enjoy in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Even if you’re not a Potter partisan, you probably won’t find it altogether beastly — although it’s certainly never quite fantastic. The film suffers noticeably from the postmodern plague of excessive franchise building, but it’s quickly paced (if not exactly lean in the runningtime department) and engaging throughout. That being said, the film leans far too heavily on its shared-universe origins to do anything of genuine interest with story or character, leaving a final product that’s just more of the same. For many, that familiarity will be enough to warrant a watch. To the more critical eye, it begins to look like complacency. If Beasts makes no revolutionary contributions to Rowling’s Wizarding World, it at least recaptures the magic of prior Potter pictures with admirably adequate competency. In fact, “admirably adequate” may be the best twoword description I can muster for this film. It hits all the right notes, and does so better than some of its tangentially related predecessors. Where this approach falls short is in characterization. While the Potter franchise benefited from a built-in audience of devoted fans with well-established relationships with the characters being depicted on-screen, Beasts is confronted with the unenviable task of not just franchise-building, but worldbuilding. Because the film feels so front-loaded with establishing its narrative context for future films, its characters are presented as little more than a collection of abstruse motivations and pantomimic traits in the absence of any depth or emotional resonance. That said, the film is a remarkable visual and technological achievement. Director David Yates has expanded his pallet since he helmed the last Potter film five years ago, but that pallet still consists predominantly of computercrafted cinema.

The period 1920s New York setting is proficiently realized, the creatures all look incredible and the 3-D works especially well in scenes of the wizards’ reality-warping wandwielding. But cinematic spectacle will only go so far, and the story doesn’t quite pack the emotional stakes to sustain interest for more than two hours. Also, it doesn’t look anywhere near as cool as Doctor Strange. Rowling’s writing bears all the regrettable earmarks of rote redundancy that distinguish the work of a scribe who would rather move on to greener creative pastures if only obsessive audiences and cashhungry agents would allow it. (I’ve heard her detective novels are pretty good.) Newt Scamander is just a bit too milquetoast as a character to reasonably carry multiple films — at least four more are already planned — and his tangentially referenced backstory sounds far more interesting than the past-present-tense one on display here. Eddie Redmayne does his best to bring Scamander to life through bizarre affectations of body language that at least impart a visual distinction to the character, and Colin Farrell struggles valiantly with what amounts to little more than the rough outline of a villainous role, but their strong performances aren’t enough to overcome what can be generously described as a problematic script. Beasts may well fail to find solid footing, but for devotees of its literary antecedents it will more than suffice. One gets the distinct sense that impressive things might someday turn up in this film’s successors, but who rationally wants to blow a couple of hours on what may amount to an empty promise? Potter completists may find the magic here — and there are worse films out this week — so I’m sure a lot of people have already seen and enjoyed this film. But I feel similarly certain that many others wish they could be “obliviated.” Rated PG-13 for some fantasy action violence. Now Playing at Carolina Cinemark, Grail Moviehouse, Regal Biltmore Grande, UA Beaucathcer, Epic of Hendersonville. REVIEWED BY SCOTT DOUGLAS JSDOUGLAS22@GMAIL.COM

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The Edge of Seventeen HHHH

DIRECTOR: Kelly Fremon Craig PLAYERS: Hailee Steinfeld, Haley Lu Richardson, Blake Jenner, Woody Harrelson, Kyra Sedgwick, Hayden Szeto, COMEDY DRAMA RATED NR THE STORY: An introverted teen girl struggles to cope with her older brother’s romantic interest in her best friend while her life seemingly crumbles around her. THE LOWDOWN: Writer-director Kelly Fremon Craig crafts a funny and affective portrayal of the pitfalls of female adolescence that transcends its genre trappings.

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by Scott Douglas

For those mourning the absence of the late John Hughes in their moviegoing lives, there may well be a worthy successor in the form of budding writer-director Kelly Fremon Craig. As someone whose patience for the Hughesian suburban high school dram-com subgenre is typically less than thin, I can say I was pleasantly surprised by The Edge of Seventeen’s unflinching honesty and Craig’s ability to balance the razor’s edge between endearing and off-putting that her protagonist so successfully walks. I can’t think of a more ingratiating coming-of-age film in recent memory, and most of Edge’s success is due to its protagonist’s frustratingly relatable adolescent inadequacies. The narrative begins on a predictably saccharine note, with begrudging protagonist Nadine narrating her longstanding struggle to make friends and win the affection of her mother in the shadow of popular older brother Darian, with a doting father and her newfound playground bestie Krista her only respite. I say “begrudging protagonist” because things quickly take a darker turn, and these events are ultimately framed in flashback by a pseudosuicidal Nadine, now a junior in high school, who doesn’t want to die so much as she would like to be excused from her innate responsibility to be the hero of her own story. Given that said story involves not only the premature death of her father and the unexpected coupling of her only friend with her oft-resented brother, but also a mortifyingly explicit accidental sext message to a would-be beau, her reticence is understandable. What makes Nadine such a great character — and Edge such a great film — is that, like her friends and family, the audience comes to appreciate her because of her flaws, not just in spite of them. It’s here that Craig’s writing really shines, generating empathy for her protagonist with Nadine’s every sardonically cruel barb or unremittingly naive decision. Although Craig’s visual acumen as a director may be somewhat workmanlike and uninspired at present, her story sense and ear for dialogue more than make up for the shortcomings that experience will inevitably surmount. While Craig’s directorial aptitudes may not place her among

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the top aesthetic stylists working in the industry, her capacity to enable actors is nothing short of remarkable, promising greater things to come if this film is to be taken as any indication. Kyra Sedgwick shines as Nadine’s marginally narcissistic mother, and Blake Jenner and Haley Lu Richardson are both slightly better than I would’ve expected in their roles as Darian and Krista. The real standouts, however, are Hailee Steinfeld as Nadine and Woody Harrelson as her favorite teacher (and mentor in the sarcastic arts), Mr. Bruner. While the relationship between their characters might not be unique within the context of the genre, the warmth, believability and emotional effect these two actors are able to generate distinguishes Edge from other films of its ilk. Craig’s propensity to upend cliche and breathe new life into tired genre tropes speaks volumes to her potential as an emergent cinematic voice, as does the mentorship of producer James L. Brooks from which the filmmaker has so clearly benefited. There’s a comedic cosmology to Nadine’s universe in which cause follows effect only in so far as it leads to a universal punchline. When she breaks down and prays in a public restroom, asking what God has ever done for her only to find there’s no more toilet paper, it’s hard to overlook the Brooksian sensibility at play. The Edge of Seventeen isn’t as smug as Juno or as self-consciously strange as Napoleon Dynamite, and it isn’t as oversimplified as The Breakfast Club or as sentimental as Sixteen Candles. It has all the black humor of Heathers or Better Off Dead but none of the pat condescension of Clueless or Mean Girls. It’s more nuanced than Fast Times at Ridgemont High and more believable than Say Anything. In short, it’s about as close as I’m likely to come to loving a teen movie. Rated R for sexual content, language and drinking involving teens. Now Playing at Carmike 10, Regal Biltmore Grande, Epic of Hendersonville. REVIEWED BY SCOTT DOUGLAS JSDOUGLAS22@GMAIL.COM

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Allied

Robert Zemeckis’ inspired-bya-true-story WW II spy thriller teams Brad Pitt as a Canadian intelligence officer who falls in love with a French resistance fighter Marion Cotillard while on a mission to assassinate a high-ranking Nazi. After the two marry and start a family in London, suspicions arise as to Cotillard’s true allegiance. Early reviews are mixed, leaning positive. (R)

Bad Santa 2

Director Mark Waters (The House of Yes, Mean Girls) heads up this sequel to the 2003 antiChristmas classic. This time around, Billy Bob Thornton reprises his role as hard drinking pseudo-Santa Willy Soke alongside Tony Cox as angry sidekick Marcus and Thurman Merman as the perpetually ebullient Kid while the trio try to rob a Chicago charity with the help of Willie’s equally reprehensible mother Sunny, played by Kathy Bates. Early reviews are strongly negative. (R)

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Son of Paleface HHHHS

DIRECTOR: Frank Tashlin PLAYERS: Bob Hope, Jane Russell, Roy Rogers, Trigger, Wee Willie Davis, Iron Eyes Cody COMEDY Rated NR Possibly Bob Hope’s crowning achievement, Son of Paleface re-teams Hope with Jane Russell in this sequel to 1948’s Western farce The Paleface. Animator Frank Tashlin takes over directorial duties from Norman Z. McLeod, but a distinct continuity of style unites the 1952 story with its predecessor as a result of Tashlin’s services as cowriter on both films. Tashlin’s frenetic penchant for sight gags suits Hope’s broad sensibilities, and the addition of Roy Rogers — with Trigger the Wonder Horse in tow — adds a more satirical substrate to the farcical proceedings. As is typically the case with Hope’s films, his constant stream of one-liners dominates the proceedings, but Tashlin’s unique sensibility for physical comedy and Rogers’ deadpan cowboy schtick elevate this to comedic heights on par with the best of Hope and Crosby’s Road pictures. NY Times critic Bosley Crowther lauded Hope’s “blissfully bumptious asininity,” and French New Wave icon Jean-Luc Godard went so far as to suggest that the descriptor “Chaplinesque” should be changed to “Tashlinesque.” While I may not be as effusive in my praise of Tashlin as Mr. Godard, this is undeniably one of his best films and an unquestionable masterpiece in the context of Hope’s oeuvre. The Hendersonville Film Society will show Son of Paleface on Sunday, Nov. 27, at 2 p.m. in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community, 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville.

The Kid HHHHS Loving

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Moana

The latest Disney Princess computer animated family adventure, directed by Ron Clements and John Musker (The Little Mermaid, Alladin), follows Moana (voiced by newcomer Auli’i Cravalho), a proto-Polynesian princess who seeks to restore the seafaring tradition of her Pacific Islander ancestors with the help of demigod Maui (Dwayne Johnson). Script contributions from Taika Waititi and music from Lin Manuel Miranda may distinguish this from standard Disney fare. Early reviews are overwhelmingly positive. (PG)

DIRECTOR: Charles Chaplin PLAYERS: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Jackie Coogan SILENT COMEDY Rated NR By the time Charles Chaplin wrote, directed, produced and starred in the first feature-length production entirely under his own control, he was already the most famous movie star on Earth. Chaplin, being Chaplin, stuck with the formula that made his earlier short films so successful, but turned the heartstring tugging up to 11. Semi-autobiographically based on Chaplin’s impoverished childhood in London, the film features one of the best performances ever committed to screen by a child star in Jackie Coogan’s turn as the eponymous Kid, and paves the way for the conflation of comedy and social statement that would define Chaplin’s later films. While it may not be as political as Modern Times or The Great Dictator, or as deeply affecting as Limelight or Monsieur Verdoux, The Kid represents the crucial turning point at which Chaplin ceased to be strictly The Tramp and became Charles Chaplin, auteur. It’s one of the purest examples of what Chaplin means to the history of film, and is an absolute must-see. The Asheville Film Society will screen The Kid on Tuesday, Nov. 29, at 7:30 p.m. at The Grail Moviehouse, hosted by Xpress movie critic Scott Douglas.

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HUMAN SERVICES CHILD AND FAMILY ADVOCATE Helpmate, Inc., a domestic violence agency in Asheville, North Carolina, seeks a Child and Family Advocate. The Child and Family Advocate is a full-time, nonexempt position reporting directly to the Case Management Coordinator. The primary responsibilities of the job include providing support, intervention, court advocacy, case management, danger assessment and safety planning services to survivors of domestic violence who are parents of minor children and who require

support to ensure the children’s safety and healing. • This position will have a specific focus on serving families engaged with Child Protective Services. This position has a focus on systems advocacy as well as direct service and will rotate among all Helpmate locations and will require some evening and weekend work. • Strong communication, organizational, advocacy and time management skills are required. • The qualified candidate will have a BA or BS in human services field and 2 years experience in domestic violence or a commensurate combination of work and experience, as well as extensive knowledge of OR experience working within the Child Protective Services system. This position is a non-exempt hourly position. Proficiency in Spanish is desired but not essential. Diverse candidates encouraged to apply. Email resume and cover letter to HelpmateAsheville@gmail. com with the subject “Child and Family Advocate” by 12:00 Noon on November 28. No phone calls please.

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.

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but not limited to school systems, principals, other state and federal agencies, and collaborative entities. More specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to, providing supervision of enhanced service delivery and ensuring that this is consistent with the client’s person-centered-plan; referral linkage; ensuring that regular staff supervision is occurring; ensuring that staff meet job performance standards regarding timely completion of documentation and adherence to agency policy; facilitating a client-centered, team approach to meeting clients’ needs; facilitating positive, collaborative relationships between Meridian and other community agencies; interviewing and making recommendations for hire; and promoting a positive work environment that encourages employee growth and initiative. Fully Licensed Clinician is required and at least 5 years of supervision experience is preferred. Additional preferences will be given to clinicians with experience in community behavioral health and licensed clinical social workers. • If interested, please visit the employment section of our website to apply and submit your resume, meridianbhs.org

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FREEWILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Creative people are at greater risk,” said psychiatrist R. D. Laing, “just as one who climbs a mountain is more at risk than one who walks along a village lane.” I bring this to your attention, Aries, because in the coming weeks you will have the potential to be abundantly creative, as well as extra imaginative, ingenious and innovative. But I should also let you know that if you want to fulfill this potential, you must be willing to work with the extra tests and challenges that life throws your way. For example, you could be asked to drop a pose, renounce lame excuses or reclaim powers that you gave away once upon a time. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Taurus musician Brian Eno has been successful as a composer, producer, singer, and visual artist. Among his many collaborators have been David Byrne, David Bowie, U2, Coldplay, Laurie Anderson, Grace Jones and James Blake. Eno’s biographer David Sheppard testified that capturing his essence in a book was “like packing a skyscraper into a suitcase.” I suspect that description may fit you during the next four weeks, Taurus. You’re gearing up for some high-intensity living. But please don’t be nervous about it. Although you may be led into intimate contact with unfamiliar themes and mysterious passions, the story you actualize should feel quite natural. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You are free! Or almost free! Or let me put it this way: You could become significantly freer if you choose to be — if you exert your willpower to snatch the liberating experiences that are available. For example, you could be free from a slippery obligation that has driven you to say things you don’t mean. You could be free from the temptation to distort your soul in service to your ego. You might even be free to go after what you really want rather than indulging in lazy lust for a gaggle of mediocre thrills. Be brave, Gemini. Define your top three emancipating possibilities, and pursue them with vigor and rigor. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Have you been feeling twinges of perplexity? Do you find yourself immersed in meandering meditations that make you doubt your commitments? Are you entertaining weird fantasies that give you odd little shivers and quivers? I hope so! As an analyzer of cycles, I suspect that now is an excellent time to question everything. You could have a lot of fun playing with riddles and wrestling with enigmas. Please note, however, that I’m not advising you to abandon what you’ve been working on and run away. Now is a time for fertile inquiry, not for rash actions. It’s healthy to contemplate adjustments, but not to initiate massive overhauls. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “Everybody is dealing with how much of their own aliveness they can bear and how much they need to anesthetize themselves,” writes psychoanalytic writer Adam Phillips. Where do you fit on this scale, Leo? Whatever your usual place might be, I’m guessing that in the coming weeks you will approach record-breaking levels in your ability to handle your own aliveness. You may even summon and celebrate massive amounts of aliveness that you had previously suppressed. In fact, I’ll recklessly speculate that your need to numb yourself will be closer to zero than it has been since you were five years old. (I could be exaggerating a bit; but maybe not!) VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Do you periodically turn the volume down on your mind’s endless chatter and tune into the still, small voice within you? Have you developed reliable techniques for escaping the daily frenzy so as to make yourself available for the Wild Silence that restores and revitalizes? If so, now would be a good time to make aggressive use of those capacities. And if you haven’t attended well to these rituals of self-care, please remedy the situation. Claim more power to commune with your depths. In the coming weeks, most of your best information will flow from the sweet darkness.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): One of your vices could at least temporarily act as a virtue. In an odd twist, one of your virtues may also briefly function like a vice. And there’s more to this mysterious turn of events. A so-called liability could be useful in your efforts to solve a dilemma, while a reliable asset might cloud your discernment or cause a miscalculation. I’m riffing here, Libra, in the hopes of stimulating your imagination as you work your way through the paradoxical days ahead. Consider this intriguing possibility: An influence that you like and value may hold you back, even as something or someone you’ve previously been almost allergic to could be quite helpful. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Between now and the solstice on December 21, you will have extraordinary power to transform into a more practical, well-grounded version of yourself. You may surprise yourself with how naturally you can shed beliefs and habits that no longer serve you. Now try saying the following affirmations and see how they feel coming out of your mouth: “I am an earthy realist. I am a fact-lover and an illusion-buster. I love actions that actually work more than I like theories that I wish would work. I’d rather create constructive change than be renowned for my clever dreams.” SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Despite your sign’s reputation, you Sagittarians don’t always require vast expanses to roam in. You aren’t ceaselessly restless, on an inexhaustible quest for unexpected experiences and fresh teachings. And no, you are not forever consumed with the primal roar of raw life, obsessed with the naked truth, and fiercely devoted to exploration for its own sake. But having said that, I suspect that you may at least be flirting with these extreme states in the coming weeks. Your keynote, lifted from Virginia Woolf’s diary: “I need space. I need air. I need the empty fields round me; and my legs pounding along roads; and sleep; and animal existence.”

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