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PaGe 10 Gimme shelter Ten years into the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plan to end homelessness, questions linger about the results. Chronic homelessness has been curtailed, but a shortage of affordable housing and the rising cost of living have hindered progress. Yet project partners are forging ahead with new initiatives to combat housing insecurity and ensure that those in need of shelter get it. cover design Alane Mason

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Voter ID harkens back to Jim Crow Mountain Xpress provided a valuable resource to our community in its recently published article on the new state voter ID law [“Show Your Face: Confusion at Polls Feared as New Voter ID Law Takes Effect,” Dec. 2]. First, a few salient points from the constitutional challenge to the law by the ACLU, NAACP and the U.S. Justice Department. Most worthy of scrutiny were the voter ID requirements and other suppression measures involving a significant curtailing of early voting (African-Americans on a percentage basis outnumber white voters in early voting), elimination of sameday voter registration and eliminating preregistration of 16 to 17-yearolds. All harken back to Jim Crow laws and practices. While not as egregious as Jim Crow poll taxes and literacy tests, the intent and result are the same: disenfranchisement and disproportionate burden on African-Americans, Latina/os, the poor and the young. The federal court challenge to the new restrictions is under advisement and awaiting a decision following a court trial this past summer.

Trials, as we know, are about evidence and facts. Professor Lorraine Minnite testified that her 2000-2014 review of North Carolina voting records demonstrates there were two voter impersonation fraud referrals to county district attorneys during a period when 35 million ballots were counted in primary and federal elections. In your article, Susan Myrick of the Civitas Institute (North Carolina’s conservative voice) asserts that voter fraud has been a real problem in North Carolina. She mentions that when voters die or move, they remain on the voter rolls. Whether fraud accompanies this situation is pure speculation, as it is unclear how much of it takes place and how many people, if any, take advantage of it, given that fraudulent voting in North Carolina is a felony. The voter ID requirement continues to sow confusion and concern in our community. Consider young men stopped by the police, questioned and then released without an arrest. Might these young men nevertheless think there may be an outstanding warrant, and by showing ID they run the risk of arrest in the near future? This situation occurring may be very remote, but a young person distrustful of law enforcement may be deterred from showing up at a government desk and providing identification. And why

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should they have to experience any fear for voting in their district? The evidence surrounding voter ID comes down on the side of suppression of the vote rather than combating widespread voter fraud. Years ago, women could not vote, African-Americans could not vote, men under age 21 could not vote. Our history must be about increasing access to the ballot. When people have access to the ballot, it reinforces our basic democratic values. Let’s reaffirm “one person, one vote,” not legalize “some persons, some votes.” — Curry First Asheville

Duplex zoning change may harm property values The Buncombe County Planning Board in a 5-3 vote on Monday, Dec. 7, approved a zoning change that will permit duplexes in all residential zoning districts. Currently, duplexes are allowed in eight zoning districts but not in R-LD (low-density residential), R-1 (single-family residential) and BDM (Beaverdam low-density residential district). This change opens these three residential districts to the construction of duplexes. At the Dec. 7 meeting, a number of residents and community leaders spoke in opposition to the proposed zoning change. Several Planning Board members suggested that the vote be deferred to give the board more time to consider the issue, but the majority voted to proceed and approved the change on a 5-3 vote. The proposed change will now be forwarded to the Buncombe County commissioners for a public hearing and final vote as early as their meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 5, at 4:30 in the Board of Commissioners Chambers, 200 College St., Suite 326. Public comments will be heard.

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I oppose this change for the following reasons: Duplexes are predominantly investment properties and not owner-occupied. They are essentially two living units with a common wall and are typically low-end construction built on a slab without amenities such as a carport or garage. They are often clustered on adjacent lots. They may seriously degrade the value of adjacent or nearby single-family homes. Buncombe County zoning was approved by voters and adopted by the Buncombe commissioners on Dec. 1, 2009. Citizens were told by commissioners that adopting zoning “would protect our property values.” Stated in the zoning ordinance (78-578) is the following: “The purpose of this article is to insure orderly, attractive and economically sound development and to protect existing value within Buncombe County.” Permitting duplexes in the proposed three single-family residential zoning districts is unwarranted and unnecessary, as they are currently permitted in eight other districts. Approving this change will violate the covenant between Buncombe residents and our county government. I urge residents to contact our Buncombe commissioners and voice your opinion on this proposal. Please plan to attend the public hearing. — Al Gumpert Asheville

Make Pack Library a voting site Not too long ago, Asheville voters went to the polls to elect new Council members. For many low-income elders in Asheville who live in the downtown area, many without access to transportation and dependent on wheelchairs or walkers, getting to the polls was out of the question, even though Pack Library is practically next door, but isn’t utilized as a voting location. Voting downstairs would be perfect for these disabled voters. The library has an elevator that will take voters to the basement. Elders downtown are familiar with their library and want to vote there. What is perplexing is that instead of being able to vote next door, we have to go to Stephens-Lee Recreation Center to vote. Many of our residents don’t even know where Stephens-Lee is. It certainly isn’t next door. I have been told that other county libraries are voting sites because they

are regional libraries. Well, Pack Library is regional for downtown residents. Why not use this site so our elders, including myself, can vote there? In addition to poor elders downtown, we also have hundreds of moderate- and upper-income people who live downtown. I hope our Buncombe County Board of Elections will seriously consider making Pack Library a voting site in upcoming elections. As it is now, yes, voting is our right, but it certainly is also almost impossible for many in our downtown area. Make Pack Library a voting site for downtowners! — Rachael Bliss Asheville

Children’s clinic name sets society up to fail I appreciated the thoughtfully written YES! letter bringing up the issue of having a medical center being named after an event that involves a doughnut company [“Rethink the Krispy Kreme Hospital’s Name,” Nov. 11, Xpress]. And then I read the letter to the editor defending the idea to name a UNC children’s medical center after a doughnut company [“Krispy Kreme Hospital Naming Reflects Thanks,” Nov. 25, Xpress]. I understand that the the Krispy Kreme Challenge event has raised $1 millon dollars and has pledged another million to the clinic. That is great for the medical clinic, the children being served there and their families. I would think that any nonprofit or medical center in these tough economic times would have to do some serious soul-searching if presented with this dilemma, but I personally believe this is a terrible idea. The most painful/ironic situation I could envision as a parent is to bring my child who has developed Type 2 diabetes to the Ronald McDonald house or to the doughnut medical center. If you do not understand this connection, please put the Xpress down and research Type 2 diabetes and doughnuts. The tag line for the Krispy Kreme Challenge is: 2,400 calories, 12 doughnuts, 5 miles, one hour. That seems like fun: Asheville has

c art o o n b Y b r e n t b r o Wn Race to the Taps, and the world record-holder in the Beer Mile just signed a shoe deal. All kind of cool, except the proceeds from these races do not result in the Beer Mile Car Seat or the Race to the Taps Alcoholics Anonymous Club. It is noble that the race organizers donate all proceeds to the medical clinic, but unconsciously or consciously linking doughnuts to a children’s clinic is setting society up to fail and is bordering on morally/ethically irresponsible at best. ... If, as a society we are OK with doughnuts and burger companies profiting enough to pay for or donate enough money for the naming rights (millions of dollars, mind you) of nonprofits and places trying to help the less fortunate out, our culture is backward in my mind. ... This letter is to help make knowledgeable folks make the connection between marketing, business, and health and physical education. Marketing and business is a science. Why would a doughnut company and burger joint market to kids? If you

are having trouble with this connection, maybe think about why beer and car companies advertise during the Super Bowl. I want a community that thinks deeper and questions appropriately [the] motivations of big business. ... — Mark Strazzer Asheville editor’s note: A longer version of this letter appears online at mountainx.com.

AHOPE volunteers helped build community Thanks for helping get the word out about volunteering with us at AHOPE Day Center! [“Volunteers Needed at AHOPE Day Center,” Nov. 11, Xpress]. The first day of community participation in the participatory action research project currently underway at AHOPE was a great success. A number of compassionate volunteers from Asheville showed up to give their time for the beautification of the day center.

We repainted two bathrooms and did some extra-deep cleaning, yes, but we also committed intentional acts of charity and community-building in a place where it is both needed and appreciated. My research at AHOPE continues, and more volunteering opportunities will surely present themselves in the near future as community suggestions become realities. I can be contacted at josiahramsay@ gmail.com with questions, comments or interest in participating. Thanks again, Xpress! — Josiah Johnston Mills River

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Fit to be tied by Abigail Hickman I am constitutionally inclined toward sedentary behavior. Despite the Asheville area’s many attractions — the Blue Ridge Parkway, drum circles, miles of hiking trails, LaZoom tours — I prefer the comfort of my mostly unoccupied living room, watching Netflix or NBC’s “The Voice.” My idea of activity is to rise from my semirecumbent position, walk to the kitchen for a snack, then settle back into my cozy, inviting chair to finish the latest episode of whatever. I sat through a Netflix documentary recently about a man who’d spent a year working in the Arctic Circle. The whole company functioned underground: Employees lived in dorms and walked down corrugated steel hallways to the dining hall or their work cubicles. I’m ideally suited to this type of arrangement. The entire operation was indoors, and nobody nagged the man about how pretty it was outside

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and didn’t he just want to dash down to Carrier Park for a quick bike ride by the river. Occasionally do I feel a tug of guilt that the area’s endless list of outdoor activities and gasp-worthy beauty are wasted on a TV-watching bum like me. But it passes as quickly as the blurred images from the commercials I fast-forward through to get back to my show. A fAteful deciSion All this indulgent behavior has changed, however, thanks to a tiny device that I clip onto my bra strap. Like the minuscule rudder that can command a gigantic ship, this unassuming device has become my captain. My sister handed it to me over the Thanksgiving break. “It’s called a Fitbit,” she said proudly. I was immediately suspicious, because it had the word “fit” in it. Additionally, my size 4 twin sister (my own number is in the double digits) is a workout wonk. She runs, “does” Pilates (whatever that means) and fills what could be perfectly peaceful, slothful moments with pushups or circling her arms while holding 2-pound weights. “You don’t want to bulk up,” she explains, nodding to the weights now held over her head like a halo. Merely watching her movements exhausts me. She frequently texts me about celebrity sightings in her hometown, Los Angeles. “Sitting near Ted Danson,” she’ll write. “Just saw him on ‘Cheers,’ I text back defensively. I don’t like her insinuating that her city is more exciting than mine. Her latest thing is a Hollywood shop that sells clothes used on TV and movie sets. She claims her new sweater is from “General Hospital.” “Yeah, but how do you know if Laura actually wore it?” I challenge her. She says the store can’t confirm who actually wore the garments but can verify that they came from the studio. I look over the sweater, pretending indifference. “It probably belonged to the gaffer,” I say, but she’s already busy with her jumping jacks. “The Fitbit tracks the number of steps you take each day,” she tells me. “If it’s so great, why are you giving it to me?” I ask suspiciously while stirring the custard for the chocolate cream pie I’m making, a recipe I got from “The Pioneer Woman.” She says she got an updated version she can wear on her wrist, adding that we could become Fitbit friends through the

Abigail Hickman device and track our progress. I should have known better — after decades of twinship, I know my sister’s fierce competitive streak — but the chocolate custard was just thickening, and “House Hunters International” was waiting for me to hit “play” on the remote. So, in a moment of distraction, I took the Fitbit from her bony hand. Step by Step Little did I know this mindless transaction would alter me in ways I could not have foreseen. The first day I wore it, I walked 3,000 steps. I didn’t change my routines or do anything special. “Three thousand steps! Can you imagine?” I proudly asked my husband that night. “It says here that the average person should aim for 10,000 steps a day,” my stepdaughter announced after a quick check on her phone in that nimble, teenage way they have. I was instantly deflated. I couldn’t imagine a world where I’d have time to add 7,000 steps to my daily tally. It seemed outrageous: I saw myself walking from my little house in Weaverville all the way to Montana before my Fitbit would register a number that high. As with all things related to fitness, however, I was wrong. I began by walking 10 minutes every hour. I work in the English department at a local community college and can easily pace the hallways between classes. This subtle shift in my daily routine was enough to boost my total to 7,000. And at that point, I was so close to being average that I was inspired to start taking after-dinner walks before “The Walking Dead” on Netflix. These daily strolls opened up a whole new world. Once, walking past two students huddled over a cellphone, I overheard, “And this is the first time I ever saw her. Before I even asked her out, I snapped this picture.” I kept walking, ever mindful of my numbers, but spent the rest of my hallway lap wondering if I’d overheard a sweet love story or something more sinister, like a stalker.

Another time, I breezed past a lecture hall in the biology department and heard, “You pull back the outer skin of the vagina in order to sew it shut.” As I hurried away in fascinated horror, the professor added, “Of course, there’ll be too much skin when you release the retraction: There’s always too much skin, so you simply trim each side.” I saw the backs of the students’ heads, all rapt with attention, as the professor diagramed his lecture onto the giant smartboard. I guess I expected a riot of some sort as he calmly drew a long, straight line, meant to represent the vagina, but the students sat mute as he added six tidy circles over the line, representing the sutures. I rushed toward the next classroom door, praying it would be a history class or, better still, discrete mathematics. tiny epiphAnieS Still, these glimpses into others’ lives would never have happened without my Fitbit. But the device has also afforded me subtler observations. I’ve lived here for six years and felt I truly understood this offbeat, dog-loving, music-playing, beer-drinking conglomeration of a city. The Fitbit, though, was like watching Asheville in slow motion. I’ve done this frequently with the remote when complaining about a show’s poor editing job. “Walt’s Scotch glass is almost empty from this angle, but look —” and then I rewind and play it in slo-mo. “It’s three fingers thick in the cutaway.” The Fitbit has made me aware that when I walk down a sidewalk in the rain, the sound is amplified, and happier, when it falls on leaves rather than on pavement. I’ve learned that the Well-Bred Bakery & Café washes out its trash cans with soapy water that smells like fabric softener — the expensive kind. I discovered this on a night walk that had taken me down a little alley behind the shops. As I was passing by, one of the workers dumped the soapy water into a drain near my feet. A little bubble of suds splashed onto my red shoes, and I felt so happy, there in the dark, with the water gurgling down the drain. I was connected to my neighborhood in a present and tangible way. The day after Thanksgiving, I noticed that 16 of my neighbors had their Christmas lights up, but only two of them had the old-fashioned, fat, colored bulbs. The rest were all

generic and white, and I judged their owners to be lacking in true Christmas spirit. Colored lights felt like a celebration, while those uniform white lights felt like an obligation. I’ve also learned that people who walk gigantic dogs tend to use skinny leashes, while the ones with little dogs hold thick straps, often attached to the dog by an elaborate harness. And the darker it gets, the fewer dog owners actually carry those indecorous baggies to haul away the unmentionables. homing in Pastor Mitch, who lives the down the street, pushes his kids outside after dinner. They laugh and play on a big rope swing hanging from a venerable tree in their front yard while he and his wife sit and talk in their front room. Lots of folks in my neighborhood watch Netflix: The telltale red screen lights up their living rooms as I walk past. A young couple living around the corner from me sit at desks lined up like a schoolroom. She stares at his back while he stares at his computer, their faces lit up in their screens’ watery blue light. Several of the bigger houses have only one light on at night. I picture them huddled together in a warm room with a fireplace, playing charades and eating chocolate-covered cherries. I recently spotted some Cheez-Its scattered on the sidewalk: engorged with rain, bloated and puffy but still perfectly square. This was an impressive accomplishment, and I envied them their ability to stay true to form despite adverse conditions. I wouldn’t have had their tenacity. Farther down the sidewalk, I passed the child who’d dropped them, and both he and his mother waved to me with equal enthusiasm. The people in my city play together and make raking their lawns a family activity. They laugh on their front porches and sip coffee from ridiculously large mugs. They drive Subarus peppered with bumper stickers, the back seats piled with cloth grocery bags. They help their neighbors, wash their trash cans and are drawn from dark places into a single bright room for fellowship. My sister can keep her movie-star sightings and her earrings from Pretty Woman. And I’ll keep my Fitbit, because it forces me out into Asheville’s shops and into neighborhoods where Christmas lights twinkle, where the neighbors always wave and where, two houses down, a round, inflated Frosty flashes his eternal smile. Abigail Hickman lives in Weaverville with her husband, her stepdaughter and her Fitbit.

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SnApShotS in time: Comparisons between Asheville’s estimated homeless population in 2005 and 2015 with other cities in North Carolina show mixed results in driving down the amount of homeless individuals statewide. While the amount of chronically homeless individuals decreased in most municipalities, the repercussions of the 2008 recession and a local shortage of affordable housing has stagnated efforts at decreasing the total number of people experiencing some form of homelessness. Statistics gathered from the N.C. Coalition to End Homelessness & the United States Census Bureau

Editor’s note: Names of the homeless people quoted in this story have been changed to protect them from discrimination by potential or current employers. On a frost-laden December morning, groups of homeless folks huddle outside the AHOPE Day Center on North Ann Street. Some engage in lively conversation; others wrap Christmas presents on a picnic table outside the facility. Still others sit off to one side, silently enjoying a cup of coffee and maybe a cigarette as they try to shake the previous night’s cold from their bones.

“darnell” came to Asheville two months ago to escape harassment by the authorities in Greenville, S.C., where he was living in his tent. “They like to round you up and kick you out into the county,” he says. “They’ll give you a few weeks, and if you’re not gone, you’re going to jail.” Darnell is a jack-of-all-trades. “Carpentry, flooring, landscaping — I’ll do it all,” he says, adding that he’d like to find a steady job rather than working through temp agencies. “Anything that requires me to travel far won’t work: There’s no transportation.” Rules at shelters vary, but many limit how long a person can stay. And when no shelter space is available, homeless folks must fend for themselves, staying with friends, camping out in tents or

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simply bundling up against the elements as best they can. In 2005, the city adopted “Looking Homeward: The 10-year Plan to End Homelessness in Asheville and Buncombe County.” Through a cooperative effort involving local nonprofits as well as city and county governments, the plan aimed to effectively end “chronic homelessness” by 2015, drastically reduce reliance on emergency shelters to care for those living on the streets and streamline support services to get people into permanent housing faster. Ten years later, questions linger concerning the program’s results. Although chronic homelessness has been curtailed substantially, the combination of a severe economic downturn, an acute

shortage of affordable housing and the rising cost of living has hindered the overall progress. Despite those setbacks, however, partners in the project are forging ahead with new initiatives to combat housing insecurity and ensure that those in need of shelter get it. greAt expectAtionS As of 2005, an estimated 2,000 people were experiencing homelessness in Asheville and Buncombe County at some point during the year, according to the 10-year plan. And with appropriate support, most of them (80 percent) were considered likely to find housing and get back on their feet in a matter of months.

Meanwhile, the chronically homeless — about 10 percent of the homeless population — accounted for more than 50 percent of the resources used, consuming hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars annually to cover things like emergency room visits, jail time and emergency shelter sojourns. To create a streamlined path from the streets into permanent housing, the Homeless Coalition, comprising city and county officials, business owners and representatives of local nonprofits, devised the 10-year plan. It outlined several goals: reducing the number of people becoming homeless; expanding permanent housing options for the currently homeless; decreasing the amount of time people had no home; and implementing pre-emptive services to prevent future cases of housing insecurity. More transitional housing and day programs would be established to replace emergency services, access to support services would be streamlined, and the overall cost of serving the homeless population would shrink.

Perhaps the largest and most radical component was a shift from making mental, physical and financial issues the No. 1 priority to a “housing first” model. Citing numerous studies conducted across the country, the plan’s developers believed providing housing first was a better way to help people in need. The idea was to facilitate selfsufficiency while also ensuring that clients’ medical and social needs were met. More importantly, the homeless would be involved in the process, having a say in both where they were placed and how long they remained there. mAking heAdwAy Ten years later, partner organizations say they’ve achieved several important victories. “We’ve seen a dramatic reduction in chronic homelessness,” says brian alexander, executive director of Homeward Bound of WNC. The nonprofit provides basic support services

through AHOPE while helping place individuals in permanent housing. Overall, Buncombe County’s homeless population has declined by almost 25 percent since the 10-year plan was implemented, says Alexander. “First, we’ve seen best practices such as housing first, supportive housing and coordinated assessment embraced by the community as the most effective and humane ways to serve individuals and families experiencing homelessness; second, the community has created a system of care, working together on this issue rather than working separately as individual programs.” A key starting point for these efforts is AHOPE. Besides the baseline services provided there — a hot shower, storage for belongings, phone and mail access, food and shelter from the elements — the day center also serves as a point of entry for those seeking housing assistance, says beth russo, Homeward Bound’s director of communication and annual campaign. “After people qualify for our housing services — usually some form of financial assistance, such as rent and utility deposits and rental assistance, as well

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as case management services — we work to get them into permanent, affordable housing,” she explains. “That’s a real challenge in our community, but we’ve been able to move over 1,300 people into permanent housing since we adopted the housing first model and have an 89 percent retention rate — meaning 89 percent of the people we’ve moved into housing have stayed there,” Russo reports. Other project partners also cite major strides in several key areas. “In 2003, we averaged nearly 700 homeless persons” on any given day, says the Rev. scott rogers, executive director of the Asheville Buncombe Community Christian Ministry. Since then, he says, ABCCM and its affiliates have added a significant number of both emergency and transitional beds to their facilities. Rogers credits improved collaboration among agencies with effectively reducing the number of chronically homeless individuals — a model he says has been held up as

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no plAce to go: Approximately 50 percent of the homeless individuals found dead from exposure last winter were in possession of a housing voucher, according to Amy Cantrell, as a result of the lack of affordable housing options in the area. “It’s difficult to do a housing first model when you have no houses to move people into.” Photo by Adrienne Sigmon a standard for communities across the country. “Different organizations have tried to do what they do best. ABCCM has focused specifically on housing about 220 veterans a day through a multipronged approach.” This involves both finding affordable permanent housing for clients in transitional housing and “providing the kind of employment training and services that lead to livingwage jobs.” the new normAl “paulie” introduces himself as “the new breed of homeless people.” Before the Great Recession, he owned his own flooring business. “A lot of people who used to be considered middle class are living on the streets now,” he observes. “I’m not what people expect: I work hard; I have knowledge about things and plans.” An Asheville resident for several months, Paulie has a regular job. But he says past employers have treated him differently when they found out he lived in a shelter. At the same time, Paulie criticizes the indolence he sees in some members of the homeless community. “People have been docilized,” he says, gesturing toward the breakfast station. “They’re taught to go try to get on disability at a young age. Even

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here, people grab up their doughnuts and processed sugar. It’ll keep you alive, but it doesn’t give your body what it needs.” While we talk, another AHOPE client approaches. “You reporters come down here asking questions about what it’s like,” he says, laughing sarcastically. “You can ask him or me or whoever all the questions you want, but you can’t explain it to someone who hasn’t lived it.” The man saunters off, but not before offering one last piece of advice: “Go camp outside in 20-degree weather for a week, and then ask yourself those questions. You’ll see what it’s like then.” Paulie shrugs his shoulders. “That guy’s just mad,” he says apologetically. “The cold weather gets people on edge.” the beSt lAid plAnS... “Attempting to ‘count’ homeless folks is notoriously slippery,” notes the Rev. amy cantrell, a member of the Be Loved Community who’s worked extensively with homeless people in Asheville and other cities. “Often the counts are done where folks access services, so if someone chooses not to utilize AHOPE or a shelter, they may not be counted. It’s done on one particular day, so transience plays a role. And then there are whole segments of folks ‘doubled up’ with friends, relatives, etc., who are often not counted and are one of the more invisible segments of the homeless population.” Judging by the annual point-intime counts, however, the average local homeless population has dropped from 689 in April 2004 to 562 as of last January, including those folks in shelters or transitional housing. But that actually represents an increase over the 2014 figure (533), notes christiana glenn tugman, the city’s homelessness coordinator. Meanwhile, the number of chronically homeless has fallen from 169 in 2005 to 74 today, a 56 percent drop. “In many ways, the 10-year plan, with its housing first model, was working well,” says Cantrell. “I saw a great decrease in the number of folks on the street, particularly those who where considered chronically homeless.” But the 2008 recession dealt the plan a major blow, she notes, sending many residents who’d been living “paycheck to paycheck” into a housing crisis. “I met nurses and truck drivers and folks who worked for the

airlines and other professionals” living on the streets, she reports. The significant decrease in chronic homelessness over the last decade, she says, has been offset by the rising numbers of people in emergency shelters and transitional housing. Among that population, the underlying causes of homelessness — mental illness, domestic violence and substance abuse — remain core factors. “I’ve seen chronically homeless people return to the streets because they didn’t have enough community support,” says Cantrell, whose group places a premium on strengthening the connections between the homeless and community support services. Meanwhile, she continues, “We face almost all the progress of our 10-year plan being wiped away due to a serious affordable housing crisis. It’s difficult to do the housing first model when you have no houses to move people into.” To illustrate this, Cantrell cites a chilling statistic: 50 percent of the local homeless folks found dead last year due to exposure had a

housing voucher on their person. “This is shameful,” she exclaims. “We are currently over 5,000 affordable housing units shy of what we need to meet the need for housing, according to the Bowen report.” The 2014 housing needs assessment by consultant patrick bowen covered Buncombe, Henderson, Madison and Transylvania counties. Alexander concurs. “While there is some cause for celebration, we have some important issues to address.” In the past 10 years, he says, the number of veterans among the total homeless population has risen from 126 in 2005 to 209 in 2015. Most are currently in transitional housing. “Buncombe County has the region’s only VA Medical Center for veterans in crisis,” Alexander points out. “The community also has the nation’s third-largest transitional housing program for homeless veterans, which draws people from all over the country.” Rogers, however, says help is on the way — and soon. ABCCM, he reports, is working with Homeward Bound, the city and the VA to reach “functional zero” on veteran homelessness by January. “Every veteran in our community and the county — we know who they are, they have a place to be,

and they can be housed.” Functional zero means that when people become homeless, there’s a system in place that quickly gets them back into some form of housing. But for local nonprofits, program funding and the associated administrative costs, notes Alexander, remain constant concerns. “There’s a real disconnect among funders between what they’re willing to fund — usually direct program activities — and what it takes to actually operate the most effective services for this population.” Last year, for example, “Homeward Bound spent less than 10 percent [of its total budget] on administration,” he says. “Unfortunately, for us to continue innovating and helping as many individuals and families, we must have our administrative capacity grow alongside our program capacity. No one wants to pay for administration, but it’s how we operate the programs that most funders want to invest in.” whAt’S next? Although the 10-year plan may not have accomplished everything it set out

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to do, its successes and shortcomings alike spotlight what needs to happen next, says Tugman. “The Homeless Initiative Advisory Committee is developing a five-year strategic plan now that the 10-year Plan to End Homelessness has come to an end,” she reports, adding that the new plan will include “an annual review and benchmarks.” The city, says Tugman, is studying local data and national trends to help it plot the best way forward. “Some of the large brush strokes we can all agree on,” Rogers explains, “are increasing funds for affordable housing, encouraging developers to set aside some units or as much as they can, and looking at how we really support efforts on multiple levels.” Increasing the supply of affordable housing has become most of these agencies’ central focus. But with a vacancy rate of less than 1 percent for multifamily rental housing in Buncombe County and the median rent for a one-bedroom apartment over $800, according to the Bowen report, this will require some

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forging AheAd: Despite recent setbacks to achieving the goals laid out in the Tenyear Plan, local government officials and nonprofits are determined to to forge ahead in the fight against homelessness. The Homelessness Coalition is currently drafting a new five-year plan and ABCCM, BeLoved and other local agencies hope to expand their services and facilities in the next year. Photo courtesy of Be Loved Community creative thinking on the part of city and county officials as well as developers. “At its most basic, homelessness is caused by a lack of [available] housing,” says Cantrell. The Be Loved Community, she explains, “spent a week on the streets in September for our Festival of Shelters to raise awareness about this crisis, and we’re continuing to advocate for creative solutions and new laws and policies.” Mandatory inclusionary zoning within neighborhoods, Cantrell maintains, could help; she’d also like to see some of the proceeds from the hotel occupancy tax used to fund affordable housing. “We need to make sweeping law and policy changes that will create more affordable housing now and in the near future,” she asserts. Possible approaches, notes Cantrell, include “more funds in the Housing Trust Fund, utilizing land banking to create housing, offering supports to landlords, and flexible zoning laws or nondiscrimination laws that safeguard those who have vouchers.” Meanwhile, Cantrell and the Be Loved Community are working to establish more places homeless people can go during the day, as well as more transitional housing. “We also hope to continue to support folks who are on the streets to raise their voices and advocate for the changes they believe are needed to respond to this housing crisis and end homelessness in Asheville.” if you build it… Other local organizations are also working to expand their facilities. ABCCM, says Rogers, is focusing its efforts on “the shortage of very low-

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income affordable housing units” for people “at or below 30 to 50 percent of the median income.” Using donated land, he explains, “We have a Veterans Village project scheduled for groundbreaking in 90 days” near the nonprofit’s Veterans Restoration Quarters on Tunnel Road. Also in the works is Transformation Village, which will be near Interstate 26 and a bus line. “Our goal is to create 50 beds for emergency shelter, 50 beds for transitional housing and 200 for permanent, supportive housing,” Rogers says proudly. “The big dream now is to raise $5.5 million to build these larger facilities that will double our capacity.” The nonprofit has about $3.5 million in pledges so far, and in the meantime, the projected rents are expected to cover the financing costs for Veterans Village. Meanwhile, Homeward Bound is working to expand AHOPE’s role as the first stop on the road to permanent housing. The existing facility, says Alexander, will become “the primary point of entry in the community for coordinated assessment. Much like the emergency room at our local hospital, coordinated assessment ranks these individuals in order of vulnerability, so we permanently house those most at risk first.” In general, he continues, “We need to make the transition to a permanent housing model of care, rather than a crisis-driven model dependent on temporary housing.” This, notes Russo, may mean that Homeward Bound’s retention rate takes a hit, but that’s beside the point. “Statistics don’t really matter to us as much as making sure people are safe and sheltered and working toward being housed. That’s our job.”

“deangelo” is a soft-spoken 27-yearold from Wisconsin. There are several dollar bills pinned to his jacket, which elicits confused queries from some of the other folks at AHOPE. “It’s something we used to do in high school on somebody’s birthday,” Deangelo explains; today is his birthday. He says he came to Asheville on the advice of a friend in Virginia, where he was stranded after being fired from his job as a sales marketer. “Someone stole my wallet and all of my licenses and cards,” he reports. Deangelo is working with AHOPE staff to get copies of his birth certificate and other documentation; in the meantime, his lack of identification has hampered efforts to find a job here. “I did some work for a social bar a couple weeks ago,” he reports. “The lady there said she’d try and give me a regular job once I get my paperwork back.” Deangelo’s situation is typical of the kinds of barriers that stand between the homeless and stability. Partners in the 10-year plan, says Russo, need to provide clients with access to both jobs that pay a living wage and transportation to and from the worksite. “At any given time, between 10 and 15 percent of our homeless clients have a job that’s challenging for them to get to, because of the limitations of public transportation; they frequently spend an hour and a half on either end of their commute, besides a full workday. That’s exhausting to maintain.” Russo also hopes public perceptions of the homeless will continue to shift. “Most people who are homeless have had a normal life crisis — a job loss, a mental illness, a divorce or a medical illness — but didn’t have the support they needed to stay in housing,” she explains. “That’s why Homeward Bound exists, to give people — our neighbors — the help they need in a time of crisis.” To that end, says Tugman, “The city of Asheville, the advisory committee and key stakeholders will continue to endeavor to make awareness and discussion of the issues surrounding homelessness … part of the discourse of our community.” Meanwhile, Deangelo says he’s hoping to stay in the area and eventually find steady employment. “I’d like to start working as soon as I can. I want to get back on my feet and feel independent again.” X

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When we think of helping others in need in our community, it’s natural to picture direct, practical actions, such as providing food, building houses, donating warm coats or mentoring young people. As Mother Teresa famously said, “Help one person at a time and always start with the person nearest you.” That notion was challenged, however, at the United Way of Asheville & Buncombe County’s 20th annual legislative briefing, held Dec. 8 on the UNC Asheville campus. Speakers argued for an increased focus on lobbying and advocacy to help shape policies affecting thousands who are in need.

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Addressing a crowd of almost 150 nonprofit staff members, directors, volunteers and elected officials — including state Reps. Brian Turner and John Ager and Asheville City Council members Gordon Smith and Gwen Wisler — local philanthropist jennie eblen urged service providers to expand their focus beyond the direct services. “Do you have the awareness that your direct service will never likely be enough to fully address the complexity and the scale of the challenges in our community?” Eblen asked. Direct services alone, she stressed, are only a part of nonprofits’ role: “If

we look upstream — at the conditions and the policies that underlie the issues — that might be the solution.” Advocacy, Eblen went on, can bridge the gap between the services nonprofits provide and the needs that far exceed nonprofits’ resources. “Not only can we do public policy advocacy, we should,” she urged. StrAtegieS for AdvocAcy Addressing those he called the “smart, intelligent and beautiful people who are part of this movement trying to make our community a

better place, a more resilient place to be,” greg borom, director of advocacy for Children First/Communities in Schools, offered practical strategies for public policy advocacy. “People in our sector tend to have a perception that nonprofits can’t lobby,” Borom said. That’s not true, he continued, but there are rules around what nonprofits must do to preserve their special status. “The big thing you need to remember is that those groups can never ever, never never ever, endorse or oppose political candidates or political parties,” he explained. As values- and issues-oriented organizations, however, nonprofits can and should speak about issues in both election years and nonelection years, Borom said. He also urged nonprofits to support voter registration as well as other efforts to increase political participation among the communities nonprofits serve. Nonprofits are required to file paperwork to disclose funds they spend on advocacy; Borom suggested that attendees consult the website of the N.C. Center for Nonprofits for more detailed information and guidance. He called that organization’s director of public policy and advocacy, david heinen, a “real guru” on the subject of rules governing nonprofit advocacy spending and recommended that attendees use Heinen as a resource if they have specific questions on the topic. Borom advised nonprofits to create a plan for devoting organizational resources to advocacy and for determining which issues to focus on. Having a plan helps nonprofits develop strong, unified and effective communications to policymakers and those who influence them. And it avoids the shock of seeing a staff member or volunteer “on the front page of the newspaper about

some issue you didn’t know they’d be speaking about,” Borom said. “Make it a team effort,” he concluded, “so that you can all embrace it and get behind it. Because when we do that as a nonprofit, we can have a powerful voice.” report from rAleigh annaliese dolph, registered lobbyist for the United Way of North Carolina, outlined the current legislative landscape in Raleigh for issues of concern to nonprofits. As North Carolina’s economy continues to strengthen, Dolph reported, “there’s a question of what we’re going to do with those increasing revenues.” Philosophies differ between the two state legislative bodies: “The Senate has a very austere approach and would like to put a lot of money into savings while ratcheting down our spending, while the House is interested in starting to reinvest in some of the infrastructure, education and health programs,” said Dolph. That tension will continue to influence the policymaking dynamic in Raleigh, Dolph predicted. ron Katz, director of the community fund for the United Way of Asheville & Buncombe County, said after the meeting that his organization encourages a “nonpartisan approach based on working cooperatively with elected officials.” Katz also pointed out that the meeting had been broadcast via video live streaming to allow partners across the region to access the briefing as it happened. “The United Way is a strong believer in democracy. For the democratic process to work for everyone, people on all levels must participate. Our role is to support individuals and other organizations as they advocate for their issues and passions.” X

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Animals Some of the events listed in this section are located in the GiveLocal Events Calendar (p. 23) WNC Nature Center 75 Gashes Creek Road, 298-5600, wildwnc.org • SA (12/19), 1:45pm - “Wild Walk,” guided tour with behind the scenes access. $30/$15 children under 16.

Benefits Some of the events located in this section are listed in the GiveLocal Events Calendar (p. 23) Casting For Hope Mipso Concert Benefit castingforhope.org/casting-forhope-presents-mipso • FR (12/18), 5pm - Tickets to this dinner, Mipso concert and afterparty benefit Casting for Hope. $75/$50 for concert & afterparty only. Held at First Baptist Church of Morgantown, 502 W Union St., Morgantown

zDeck the Trees Benefit 669-8870, themontevistahotel.net • Through TH (12/31) - Proceeds 18

SOLSTICE LABYRINTH: The Center for Art & Spirit at St. George is hosting an indoor winter solstice labyrinth on Friday, Dec. 18, from 6-9 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 19, from 9 a.m.-noon. Unlike a maze, a labyrinth is a simple meditative path within a circle that brings the walker into the center and back out again. According to the organizers, “Labyrinths are a universal image of the symbolic journey of life with its meandering path. Each person’s walk on the labyrinth is unique to what that person brings.” There is a $5-$10 suggested donation, and no spiritual or religious affiliation is necessary. Photo courtesy of The Center for Art & Spirit at St. George (p. 21)

from this exhibition of decorated Christmas trees benefit the Swannanoa Valley Christian Ministries. Awarding of prizes for trees: Dec. 18, 6-8:30pm. Free to attend. Held at Monte Vista Hotel, 308 W. State St., Black Mountain

zFull Circle Vegan Holiday Cookie Exchange facebook.com/ events/1528298320793817 • WE (12/23), 6-9pm - Proceeds from this cookie and recipe exchange event featuring music by Letters for Abigail benefit Full Circle Farm Sanctuary. Bring 4-dozen cookies & recipe. $5. Held at Sanctuary Brewing Company, 147 1st Ave., Hendersonville zHome for the Holidays townandmountain.com/ Ashevillefundraiser • SU (12/20), 5-9:30pm - Proceeds from this fundraiser with Santa, live music, kid’s games, food, silent auction and photo booth benefit 5 local nonprofits that help the homeless. Admission by donation. Held at Orange Peel, 101 Biltmore Ave.

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(pd.) A fun and festive celebration of the season featuring lights, sights of the holidays, stories of local holiday traditions and classic carols and songs of Christmas. GrayLineAsheville.com or 251-8687. ORGANIC GROWERS SCHOOL 23rd ANNUAL SPRING CONFERENCE (pd.) March 11-13, 2016, UNC Asheville. 70+ sessions per day: practical, affordable, regionallyfocused workshops on growing, permaculture, homesteading, and urban farming. Trade show, seed exchange, kid’s program. Organicgrowersschool.org. Asheville TimeBank 348-0674, ashevilletimebank.org • TUESDAYS, 4-6pm - Orientation session. Free to attend. Held at Firestorm Cafe and Books, 610 Haywood Road

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zCarl Sandburg Home 1928 Little River Road, Flat Rock, 693-4178, nps.gov/carl • SA (12/19), 10am-1pm “Christmas at Connemara,” dulcimer music, craft making, storytelling by Becky Stone and sing-a-longs. $5.

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Showing Up for Racial Justice showingupforracialjustice.org • TUESDAYS, noon-2pm - Educating and organizing white people for racial justice. Free to attend. Held at Firestorm Cafe and Books, 610 Haywood Road WNC Physicians for Social Responsibility 633-0892, wncpsr.org, info@wncpsr.org • FR (12/18), noon - Monthly meeting. BYO lunch. Free. Held at First Congregational UCC of Asheville, 20 Oak St. Youth OUTright 772-1912, youthoutright.org • 3rd SATURDAYS, 11am - Middle school discussion group. Free. Held

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dAnce Studio zAhiyA, downtown dAnce clASSeS (pd.) Monday 5pm Ballet Wkt 6pm Hip Hop Wkt 7:30pm Bellydance 8pm Tap • Tuesday 9am Hip Hop Wkt 6pm Intro to Bellydance 7pm Bellydance 8pm Hip Hop Choreo 2 •Wednesday 5pm Bhangra Wkt 7:30pm Bellydance 8pm Contemporary • Thursday 9am Hip Hop Wrkt 4pm Kid’s Dance 5pm Teens Hip Hop 7pm West African 8pm West African 2 • Saturday 9:30am Hip Hop Wkt 10:45am POUND Wkt • $13 for 60 minute classes, Wkt $5. 90 1/2 N. Lexington Avenue. www.studiozahiya.com :: 828.242.7595

zbAllet conServAtory of ASheville 255-5777, balletconservatoryofasheville.com • TH (12/17) & FR (12/18), 4:30pm & 7:30pm - The Nutcracker. $30/$20 seniors & students/$15 children. Held at Diana Wortham Theatre, 2 S. Pack Square zodditorium 1045 Haywood Road, 575-9299 • FR (12/18), 10pm - Babes in Toyland, The Savannah Sweet Tease Burlesque Revue. $10.

zSouthern lightS SQuAre And round dAnce club 697-7732, southernlights.org • SA (12/19), 6pm - Christmas themed dance. Free. Held at Whitmire Activity Center, 310 Lily Pond Road, Hendersonville Swing ASheville swingasheville.com • THURSDAYS, 7:30pm Beginner & intermediate swing dance lessons. 8:30-11pm - Open dance. Live music regularly. $7/$5 members. Held at Club Eleven on Grove, 11 Grove St.

eco Some of the events listed in this section are located in the GiveLocal Events Calendar (p. 23) ASheville green drinkS ashevillegreendrinks.com Free to attend. • WE (12/16), 5:30pm -Presentation about UNCHAIN Asheville and the GO LOCAL Movement. Free to attend. Held at Twin Leaf Brewery, 144 Coxe Ave. green grAnnieS avl.mx/0gm • SA (12/19), 4pm - Sing-a-long for the climate. Information: singfortheclimate.com Free. Held at Pritchard Park, 4 College St. riverlink 170 Lyman St., 252-8474 ext.11 • TH (12/17), 11:45pm - RiverLink

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five in one: An annual fundraiser held by Town and Mountain Realty will help Homeward Bound, Helpmate, Caring for Children, Our VOICE and Western Carolina Rescue Ministries fight homelessness and other crises. This year, the realty firm aims to raise $20,000 to be split among the five organizations. Photo courtesy of Town and Mountain Realty what: Town and Mountain Realty’s fourth annual Home for the Holidays fundraiser when: Sunday, Dec. 20, 5-9:30 p.m. where: The Orange Peel why: “Home for the Holidays is a great time for the whole family, with life-size Jenga, cornhole, face painting and a photo booth.” says joy lovoy, owner of host organization Town and Mountain Realty. By partnering with five local agencies that combat homelessness and mitigate crises — Homeward Bound, Helpmate, Caring for Children, Our VOICE and Western Carolina Rescue Ministries — the local realty firm aims to provide targeted assistance for “those in immediate need and those that fall through the

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cracks with government funding,” according to the event Web page. In keeping with that inclusive theme, the fundraiser is designed to appeal to all ages. “The kids enjoy hanging with Santa and the live local music,” Lovoy says. “Some of the older kids traditionally are expert break dancers,” and the adults “really enjoy hamming it up in costumes in the photo booth.” Sweet and savory food for event attendees has been donated by local restaurants like The Mediterranean, Moe’s Original BBQ, Home Grown, Luella’s, Vortex Doughnuts, Avenue M, Okie Dokies Smokehouse and French Broad Chocolate Lounge. Food service, including a catered nacho bar, begins at 7 p.m. — around the time that kids activities wind down and transition into a live set of blues,

jazz and swing tunes by Asheville outfit Virginia & the Slims. More than two dozen local businesses also provided goods or gift certificates as raffle loot. One hundred percent of silent auction revenues, coupled with proceeds from $2 draft beers and donations at the door, will benefit the nonprofits. Plus, Town and Mountain will match the first $5,000 donated in a bid to reach the $20,000 mark. “It’s important to us that everyone has a chance for shelter and security,” Lovoy says. “We love helping clients find these things, but many other people in Asheville are in need of a helping hand.” Admission to Home for the Holidays is by donation at the door. Visit townandmountain. com/ashevillefundraiser/ for more event details. X

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GiveLocal Events Calendar (p. 23) lAke JAmeS StAte pArk 6883 N.C. Highway 126, Nebo, 584-7728 Programs are free unless otherwise noted. • SA (12/19), 9am - “Life on Lake James,” presentation about wildlife in the park. Free. ymcA of wnc 210-2265, ymcawnc.org • WE (12/23), 8:45am - 3.5 mile easy hike at Bridal Veil Falls at DuPont. Registration required: 658-0047. Free/$5 optional carpool. Held at YMCA - Woodfin, 30 Woodfin St.

kidS public lectureS Attic SAlt theAtre compAny 505-2926 • SA (12/19), 10am - Tale of the Pig. $5. Held at The Magnetic Theatre, 375 Depot St. buncombe county public librArieS buncombecounty.org/governing/ depts/library Free unless otherwise noted. • WE (12/16), 3:30pm - “Makers and Shakers: Give the Gift of Shoes! A Sole Hope Shoe Cutting Party.” decorate the shoe fabric, trace patterns, trim pieces for shipment to Uganda for assembly. For grades K-5 and families. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • FR (12/18), 4pm - TAG - Teen Awesome Group. 6th grade and up. Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville fletcher librAry 120 Library Road, Fletcher, 6871218, library.hendersoncountync.org • WEDNESDAYS, 10:30am Family story time. Free.

zlAke JAmeS StAte pArk 6883 N.C. Highway126, Nebo, 584-7728 Programs are free unless otherwise noted. • SU (12/20), 2pm - “Junior Ranger Boot Camp,” nature and stewardship program for kids 6-12. Registration required. Free. • MO (12/21), 10am - “Animal Track Ornaments,” workshop. Registration required. Free. Spellbound children’S bookShop 50 N. Merrimon Ave., 708-7570, spellboundchildrensbookshop.com • SATURDAYS, 11am - Storytime for ages 3-7. Free to attend.

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fireStorm cAfe And bookS 610 Haywood Road, 255-8115 • WE (12/16), 7pm - “Report from Israel and Palestine,” presentation. Free to attend. • FR (12/18), 8pm - “Defend the ZAD, Defend Autonomy!” Presentation about ZAD occupation in France. Free to attend.

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, 29 Ravenscroft Dr, Suite 200, (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. cryStAl viSionS bookS And event center (pd.) New and Used Metaphysical Books • Music • Crystals • Jewelry • Gifts. Event Space, Labyrinth and Garden. 828-687-1193. For events, Intuitive Readers and Vibrational Healing providers: www.crystalvisionsbooks.com open heArt meditAtion (pd.) Experience and deepen the spiritual connection to your heart, the beauty and deep peace of the Divine within you. Increase your natural joy and gratitude while releasing negative emotions. Love Offering 7-8pm Tuesdays, 5 Covington St. 296-0017 heartsanctuary.org

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zceltic chriStiAn holidAy Service • Service to honor the Winter Solstice. Held at private home in Weaverville. Details: avalongrove. org or 645-2674 zcenter for Art & Spirit At St. george 1 School Road, 258-0211 • WEDNESDAYS, 3:30pm & 6:30pm - Sitting meditation and daily mindfulness practice. Info: kenlenington@gmail.com. Admission by donation. • FR (12/18), 10am - Experiencing the Labyrinth: Use the labyrinth to glean inner wisdom. Admission by donation. • FR (12/18), 6-9pm & SA (12/19), 9am-noon - Solstice labyrinth walk. Admission by donation. zfrAnciS ASbury united methodiSt church 725 Asbury Road, Candler, 667-3950, faumc.com • TH (12/24), 5pm - 1800s candlelight service. Free. zgroce united methodiSt church 954 Tunnel Road, 298-6195, groceumc.org • SU (12/20), 7pm - Moravian Christmas Love Feast with music and reception. Free. nouriSh & flouriSh 347 Depot St., 255-2770, nourishflourishnow.com • TUESDAYS, 7:30pm - Kirtan with Sangita Devi. $10-$15. prAmA yogA And meditAtion 712-9326 • TUESDAYS, 6:30-8:30pm - All levels yoga and meditation class. Proceeds benefit the Women’s Welfare and Development Foundation. Registration required. $5. Held at Asheville Therapeutic Yoga, 29 Ravenscroft SAi mAA enlightened living group 279-7042, facebook.com/ groups/1385824208412583 • WEDNESDAYS, 6:30pm Meditation, energy blessing,

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Ridenhour performs a one-man Victorian-style reading of A Christmas Carol. Admission by donation.

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zur light center 2196 N.C. Highway 9, Black Mountain, 669-6845, urlight.org • SU (12/20), 3pm - Winter Solstice piano concert and meditation with Richard Schulman. $20. • TU (12/22), 2pm - “Ascension Circle with Crystal Bowls,” Winter Solstice ceremony with crystal chakra bowls played by attendees. $15. Spoken & written word

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city lightS bookStore 3 E. Jackson St., Sylva, 5869499, citylightsnc.com • TH (12/17), 10:30am - Coffee with the Poet Series: Randi Janelle readings. Free to attend. fireStorm cAfe And bookS 610 Haywood Road, 255-8115 • Third WEDNESDAYS, 7pm - ReVisioning History Book Group. Free to attend. • 4th WEDNESDAYS, 7pm - Other Worlds Are Possible Book Group. Free to attend. wncmySteriAnS wncmysterians.org • TH (12/17), 6pm - Mystery writers’ critique group recruitment meeting. See website for more information. Free to attend. Held at Battery Park

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zeblen chAritie S 255-3066, eblencharities.org • Through WE (12/23) Volunteers needed to staff 3-hour shifts at the St. Nicholas Project toy store. Contact for more information: 777-3383. For more volunteering opportunities visit mountainx.com/ volunteering

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The Give!Local nonprofits stay busy throughout the year providing needed services to our community. Here’s what they are up to for the week of 12/16 through 12/24 by Abigail Griffin There are only two more weeks left to donate to the GiveLocal campaign! So far there have been over 230 donations made, with an average donation of $80. The largest donation so far has been for $1,020. Thanks to all those who have donated so far — your incentives will be arriving in January!

AnimAlS ASheville humAne Society 14 Forever Friend Lane, 761-2001, ashevillehumane.org • TU (12/22), 10am - “Urban Tails Guided Outing,” volunteer to take an adoptable dog out. Reservations required: volunteer@ashevillehumane.org. Free.

Art gAllerieS n.c. Arboretum 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way, 665-2492, ncarboretum.org. Regular parking fees apply. • Through SA (1/3) - The Robot Zoo, exhibit featuring giant-size robots and interactive displays to teach biomechanics of animals. • Through (1/3) - Fine-feathered Friends and Flowers, oil paintings by Mary Webster. the center for crAft, creAtivity & deSign 67 Broadway, 785-1357, craftcreativitydesign.org • Through SA (1/9) - Made in WNC, textile, furniture, ceramics, and art exhibit exploring how craft, design, and production relate. • Through SA (1/9) - Tom Shields sculptural arrangements from found furniture.

AuditionS & cAll to ArtiStS the mAgnetic theAtre themagnetictheatre.org • Through SU (2/7) - One act play submissions accepted for the Brief Encounters 2016 series. See website for guidelines. Free.

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The Give!Local campaign provides a fun, fast and easy way to give online from $10 to the $1,000’s. Donors can give to as many of the 30 participating nonprofits as they like and pay with one easy credit card transaction. Plus, there are incentives to encourage donations from new givers,

families in Buncombe County. Info: 254-2968. • Through TH (12/31) - Proceeds from Christmas tree ornament sales benefit Helpmate. Free to attend. Held at Ben’s Tune-Up, 195 Hilliard Ave.

zn.c. Arboretum winter lightS 665-2492, ncwinterlights.com • Through SA (1/2), 6-10pm - Proceeds from this walking tour of the holiday animated light display benefit n.c. arboretum programs, exhibits, and facilities year-round. $18/$16 children. Held at N.C. Arboretum, 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way clASSeS, meetingS & eventS

people who don’t get tax breaks, and a whole new generation of givers — children! Children 12 or under who give at least $5 (with their parents permission of course) get a kiddie scoop from The Hop and are entered to win one of some special kid-oriented prizes like a kids

orgAnic growerS School 23rd AnnuAl Spring conference (pd.) March 11-13, 2016, UNC Asheville. 70+ sessions per day: practical, affordable, regionallyfocused workshops on growing, permaculture, homesteading, and urban farming. Trade show, seed exchange, kid’s program. Organicgrowersschool.org.

food & beer the lord’S Acre thelordsacre.org • THURSDAYS, 11:30am - The Fairview Welcome Table provides a community lunch. Free. Held at Fairview Christian Fellowship, 596 Old Us Highway 74, Fairview

your voice, your future town hAll meeting wlos.com/news/features/vote/#.VlTAQbcSqcY • TH (12/17), 7:30pm - Panel discussion regarding domestic and sexual violence in WNC. Panelists include a domestic abuse survivor, Helpmate, Mainstay and the District Attorney’s office. Free. Held at WNC Agricultural Center, 1301 Fanning Bridge Road

zthe mAgnetic theAtre 375 Depot St., 279-4155 • WE (12/16), 7:30pm - The 42nd Annual Bernstein Family Christmas Spectacular! $18-$23. The Magnetic Theater • THURSDAYS through SATURDAYS (12/3) through (12/19) - The 42nd Annual Bernstein Family Christmas Spectacular! Thur.-Sat.: 7:30pm. Sat.: 10pm. $18-$23.

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277-4815, carepartnersfoundation.org • Through TH (12/24) - Volunteers needed for gift wrap station at Asheville Outlets. Registration required.

zmountAintrue 258-8737, wnca.org • SU (12/20), 7-9pm - Winter Solstice 1/4 mile dark hike in DuPont State Forest. Registration required. Free.

Support groupS mountAintrue our voice 44 Merrimon Ave. Suite 1, 28801, 252-0562, ourvoicenc.org • Ongoing drop-in group for female identified survivors of sexual violence.

fArm & gArden theAter Southern AppAlAchiAn highlAndS conServAncy 253-0095, appalachian.org • TH (12/17), 10am-noon - “Cattle Talk: Handling & Infrastructure workshop,” for those interested in learning more about cattle. Registration required: chris@appalachian.org. Free.

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bike from Motion Makers, horse riding lessons from the Equinox Horse Foundation, or a six-month Book-of-theMonth membership from Spellbound Children’s Books. Want to find out more? Visit givelocalguide.org

homewArd bound of wnc 218 Patton Ave., 258-1695, homewardboundwnc.org Homeward Bound WNC • 3rd THURSDAYS, 11am - “Welcome Home Tour,” tours of Asheville organizations that serve the homeless population. Registration required. Free to attend. loving food reSourceS 255-9282, admin@lovingfood.org • FR (12/18), 6pm - “Holiday Cookie Party,” volunteers bring 4 dozen homemade cookies to fill 200 boxes for LFR clients. May also be dropped off at ACE Hardware North. Held at Kenilworth Presbyterian Church, 123 Kenilworth Road

zn.c. Arboretum zmontford pArk plAyerS 254-5146, montfordparkplayers.org Held at Asheville Masonic Temple, 80 Broadway • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS (12/11) until (12/20) - A Christmas Carol. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 2:30pm. $10

100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way, 665-2492, ncarboretum.org • Through SA (1/2) - Hundreds of volunteers needed for the Winter Lights exhibit until SA (1/2) from 5:30-10pm nightly. Register online: ncwinterlights.org

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bY cLarke morrison clarkemorrison1@gmail.com With a new mechanical pump circulating blood through his body, jim hemphill can again play with his grandchildren and talk without straining to breathe. He also has no pulse. There’s no rhythmic beating with his new ventricular assist device, just a continuous flow. Hemphill is the first patient to have the device implanted in his chest at Mission Hospital. The technology saved his life, says Dr. stephen ely, the cardiovascular surgeon who performed the operation. “It’s like rising from the ashes,” Ely says. The 69-year-old Hemphill “has become an entirely different person. He is able to get back to the kind of life that he was living well before all this happened and his heart began to fail. [Hemphill] was just a shadow of his former self, and he had gotten to the point where he couldn’t even carry on a conversation.” Dr. benjamin trichon, a cardiologist and director of the heart-failure program at Mission, says the team has been working hard over the last several years to develop a comprehensive approach. Introducing new technology like the heart pump is a major step. “It’s a big undertaking for a health system in terms of hiring staff to support the program and educating caregivers and providers on which patients are appropriate to be considered [for implantation of the device],” he says. The demand for the heart pump is only going to grow, Trichon says. Ely anticipates the Mission heart team will implant the devices in 40 to 60 patients a year. “There are large numbers and growing numbers of patients who have advanced heart failure who are not doing well on traditional measures,” he says. “And despite

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heArt to heArt: Dr. Benjamin Trichon, right, cardiologist and director of the heart failure program at Mission Hospital, shows a model of the ventricular assist device to Forest City resident Jim Hemphill, first recipient of the device at Mission. Photo by Clarke Morrison the fact that we use medications … that can help [them], they have persistent symptoms of breathlessness and fatigue and low energy during their day-to-day lives. They can also have frequent, unanticipated admissions to the hospital. “They can also have significantly shortened longevity.” Many residents of Western North Carolina, upstate South Carolina and eastern Tennessee could benefit from having the procedure available at Mission, says Trichon. “And we know that, with this type of approach in the right patient with the right support … quality of life can be improved, the chance of admission to the hospital can be lessened, and survival can be increased,” he says.

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Hemphill says he was diagnosed with congestive heart disease almost 30 years ago. The Forest City resident believes the condition is likely congenital but might be related to exposure to Agent Orange while he was serving in Vietnam. In 1998, Hemphill was working as a brick mason when he underwent quintuple bypass surgery. “I got along through life pretty much OK,” he says. “I was still working; then I had to stop working [in 2002] because they didn’t want me up on scaffolds and ladders, being a heart patient. I gradually got worse and worse and worse.” Hemphill had been playing golf regularly, even pulling his own cart.

“And then I noticed that I couldn’t walk as well as I used to and play golf and pull the cart, so I started riding,” he says. “Then it got so bad I couldn’t walk from the cart to the green. When I’d walk from the bedroom to the living room I had to stop and rest. I’d lose my breath when I would talk. I was just having a hard time getting oxygen. I was thinking seriously about not being here too much longer.” All that changed when surgeons implanted the ventricular assist device on Sept. 2, Hemphill says. He spent 17 days in the hospital. Now he’s in rehab three days a week, lifting weights and riding a stationary bicycle. “I feel energized in the morning when I get up,” he says. “I do things around the house that I couldn’t do before. I get out and walk. I feel like I felt five or six years ago when I had the energy to do things and play with my grandkids and stuff like that. I’m swinging my golf club, trying to get back out there on the course.” The procedure is reserved for those with intractable end-stage heart failure and no other treatment options, says Ely. Often, as with Hemphill, such patients have had prior surgery for heart disease. “They continue to have or develop heart failure where the heart just isn’t able to pump enough blood to support their organ system functions,” he says. “The device [takes] over the entire function of the left side of the heart and becomes just a mechanical, artificial heart.” During the open-heart procedure, a heart-lung machine supports circulation in the patient’s heart. Once installed, the pump siphons blood from the left ventricle and pushes it into the aorta, the main artery leaving the heart. The device allows “patients to have adequate circulation to restore the functions of the rest of their organ systems,” says Ely. Via an electronic cord that exits the patient’s abdomen, the pump links to a controller for power and speed regulation, he continues. The

device can be plugged in or powered by batteries that the patient can carry in a vest, holster or pack strapped to the shoulder. Patients “can go places and do things and function fairly normally,” Ely says. He also says that Hemphill was a good candidate for the procedure because he was “essentially dying” from end-stage heart failure. “He was selected because he met all the criteria for a patient who could benefit from something like this,” says Ely. “Patients have to be vetted by our team, which takes into account their psychological profile, their level of family support, their financial abilities. All kinds of things go into vetting these patients to determine if they are going to be successful living with one of these devices.” Once Mission and its heart team committed to starting a ventricular-assist program, Ely had to go to Duke University Medical Center and successfully implant 10 of the devices while under supervision, he adds. As the first patient to undergo the operation, Hemphill will be closely monitored for three months. Ely says the Joint Commission on Hospitals will then review the data, make a site visit to Mission and determine if the program should be accredited and receive Medicare funding. “In order to serve the vast majority of our Medicare patients, we have to be accredited by the joint commission in order to allow Medicare to financially support those patients for this implant procedure,” he says. With the establishment of the ventricular assist device program at Mission, patients in the region will no longer have to travel to other areas for the procedure. “We have sent many patients far afield in order to have these devices implanted,” he says. “You can imagine what a hardship this is for families when they have to be away from home for potentially months at a time. Now they can stay home and get the care that they need both before, during and after a procedure like this.” The technology has steadily evolved over the past couple of decades, says Ely. Ventricular assist devices were originally designed for temporary use for those waiting for a transplant but have been adapted for long-term implantation. The devices are now considered a viable alternative to a heart transplant.

“Not everyone is a candidate for a transplant, largely because of the fact that there are many, many patients who might need that kind of therapy, but there is a very limited supply of donors that can provide organs for transplant,” he says. “This device can be used for patients who might otherwise need a transplant but either can’t get one or aren’t eligible for one or don’t want one, because heart transplants carry a whole different set of risk factors as far as postoperative care, lifestyle and that sort of thing.” A transplant requires patients to take drugs to suppress their immune systems for the rest of their lives, he adds. The pump was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for use as a “bridge to transplant” in 2008 and for patients who are not transplant candidates since 2010, Trichon says. Hemphill has no detectible pulse because the latest generation of pumps uses continuous flow, Trichon says. Earlier versions mimicked the beating of the heart. “They propel blood through the circulation at a set speed, which we determine when the pump is implanted,” he says. “The advantage of a continuous-flow pump is that it is reliable. There is only a single moving part.” Hemphill’s wife, charlene, says she was initially worried about her husband undergoing another heart surgery, but she’s more than pleased with the result. “This helped him to get oxygen to his lungs,” she says. “Now he’s really active and perky. He’s humorous and energized. He’s up doing things like he used to do. He’s gaining more independence, and I really like that.” X

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green Scene

Line in the sand NC fights EPA’s Clean Power Plan

EPA. Despite objections from Attorney General roy cooper, McCrory has joined more than 20 other states in a lawsuit alleging that the Clean Power Plan requirements exceed the federal agency’s authority. State officials also say the EPA’s requirements should have been based on North Carolina’s 2005 emissions rate, rather than 2012 figures. “The final rule uses a 2012 baseline, which prohibits North Carolina from receiving credit for the reductions made between 2005 and 2012,” Department of Environmental Quality Secretary donald van der vaart said in a written statement posted on the agency’s website two days after the Clean Power Plan was released. “As such, North Carolina’s nearly $3 billion of investments made under the Clean Smokestacks Act are ignored. North Carolina will be penalized for passing the Clean Smokestacks Act, instead of being rewarded for reducing air pollution earlier than required by federal law.” But according to molly diggins, state director of the Sierra Club’s North Carolina chapter, the lawsuit “will cost the state countless dollars to litigate the rule, without taking significant steps to reduce our carbon emissions in the meantime. This entire process is disrespectful of the public input and basic tenets of good governance.” StAte officiAlS divided

Air fAir: The EPA’s Clean Power Plan will require North Carolina to reduce CO2 emissions from power production. File photo by Max Cooper

Even as world leaders gathered in Paris to establish goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions to mitigate the impacts of climate change, North Carolina leaders were positioning our state to be the first one in the country to defy federal efforts to tighten air emissions standards.

In August, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released its Clean Power Plan, which lays out new requirements for reducing carbon pollution from power plants and establishes stateby-state emissions limits. The EPA regulations take effect next September; states can either submit their own compliance plan or let the federal agency do it. The new regulations aren’t expected to have a big impact in North Carolina, however. Although the state will be required to cut emissions about 32

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percent by 2030, it was already on track to exceed that target well before that date, thanks to previous utility company commitments and the state’s Clean Smokestacks Act and Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard. Thus, no additional reductions would be needed to satisfy the EPA rules. Nonetheless, Gov. pat mccrory and the state Department of Environmental Quality are aggressively positioning North Carolina for a court battle with the

The Clean Power Plan gives states three ways to meet its requirements: reducing CO2 emissions from power plants, increasing the amount of renewably generated energy, and converting coal-fired power plants to natural gas. To provide flexibility in meeting the requirements, power plants within the same state can trade emission reduction credits. The plan allows states to calculate emissions in one of two ways: CO2 production per megawatt-hour of electricity or total CO2 emissions by mass. The mass-based method would would require North Carolina to reduce annual CO2 emissions to 51,266,234 tons. But even without the new rules, the EPA projects that the state will have cut annual emissions to 48,856,544 tons by as early as 2020 — 10 years ahead of schedule. “The reality is, the strategies to meet the Clean Power Plan reflect the energy shift already underway: We’re embracing smarter, cleaner, cheaper energy options that would be happening with or without this plan,” says frank rambo, a senior attorney with the Southern Environmental

Law Center. “As a result, our states are well-positioned to meet these reasonable and inevitable pollution reduction targets.” But a review by the Department of Environmental Quality (formerly the Department of Environment and Natural Resources) “reveals that the rule remains legally flawed,” van der Vaart’s statement contends. “DENR, along with many leading environmental groups, have consistently maintained that the federal EPA cannot legally use section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act to regulate emissions from coal-fired power plants. The final rule also encourages trading as a means to satisfy section 111(d). North Carolina agrees with these same special interest environmental groups that trading is not permitted under Section 111(d).” In an Aug. 7 letter to legislative leaders, who were debating a bill that would authorize the Department of Environmental Quality to file suit, the state’s attorney general wrote: “I encourage you to avoid the path of litigation and instead work on a cooperative effort we can all be proud of. Piecemeal litigation like this can significantly harm our effort to implement our own clean power plan, along with risking a federal takeover of North Carolina energy policy that we could otherwise avoid.”

Watch blog called The Progressive Pulse. “Rather than make an honest effort to reduce carbon emissions, the McCrory administration would rather use taxpayer money and resources to pick a fight with the EPA.” Secretary van der Vaart’s statement also cites an analysis by the consulting firm Energy Ventures Analysis Inc., which asserts that the EPA plan will place an excessive financial burden on lowincome consumers and stifle manufacturing growth. According to the EPA’s models, however, the Clean Power Plan will actually reduce customers’ bills. And in February, consultants RTI International and ScottMadden released an analysis of the economic impacts of clean energy development and energy efficiency initiatives in North Carolina prepared for the NC Sustainable Energy Association, a nonprofit trade group. Integrating renewable energy and energy efficiency to comply with the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard, the report concluded,

would save ratepayers $651 million between 2008 and 2029. Meanwhile, key employers in the state also say renewable energy is key to recruiting new businesses. In May, as state lawmakers were considering amendments to encourage the use of natural gas to generate electricity, TechNet, a lobbying organization serving major technology companies, sent a letter to the General Assembly signed by Apple, Facebook

and Google, all of which operate data centers in North Carolina. “As global companies providing services to consumers around the world from our operations in the state, a reliable, sustainable electricity supply is critical and requires sourcing power from renewable energy,” the letter stated. “In fact, the right and ability to access power from renewable resources is not merely a goal but an expectation.” X

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forcing the iSSue Meanwhile, the Department of Environmental Quality is rushing to finalize a plan that’s expressly designed to be rejected by the EPA, critics say. According to N.C. Policy Watch, a Raleigh-based nonprofit that reports on state politics, the DEQ’s plan would achieve only 0.4 percent of the EPA’s emissions reduction target. This, the nonprofit says, positions North Carolina to be the first state to have a plan rejected by the agency. The DEQ is also producing a backup plan, however, in case the lawsuit is unsuccessful, Public Information Officer stephanie hawco reports. The state’s Environmental Management Commission approved the DEQ plan after reviewing it for one day, waiving its customary 30-day review period and drawing sharp criticism. “In order to meet a false deadline to pursue a politically charged lawsuit, the commission gave up its own 30-day opportunity to study the rule, and scheduled public hearings at the peak of the holiday season,” Diggins wrote in a commentary posted on an N.C. Policy

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Food Connection uses local partnerships to steer surplus meals to hungry people’s plates

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bY racHeL ingram Feeding the homeless typically involves things like pasta, canned vegetables and the occasional dessert. But in Western North Carolina, shelters and other nonprofits are dishing up grilled salmon, coconut curry chicken, beef brisket, lamb sliders, fresh vegetables and whole grains. The surplus food comes from weddings, banquets and other special events hosted at venues like Celine and Co. Catering, Chestnut, the Corner Kitchen, HomeGrown, the Lexington Avenue Brewery,

Mamacita’s, Pack’s Tavern and The Cantina at Historic Biltmore Village. Food Connection, a collaboration involving Dig Local, Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church and Asheville Taxi, is bridging the gap between restaurants and nonprofits. The program grew out of a 2014 meeting between Dig Local co-founder flori pate and mary evans, a marketing and special events coordinator at Pack’s Tavern. Evans, says Pate, expressed frustration about throwing away untouched food and asked her to come up with a solution. “I couldn’t stop thinking about it,” remembers Pate. Within two weeks, Grace Covenant’s SERVE Council had donated $750 to help her

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launch Food Connection and sent an Asheville Taxi driver to pick up food from Pack’s Tavern and deliver it to Be Loved House. “If you can’t stop thinking about something, you should do it, and if you’re passionate about it and believe in it, you can make positive change,” she says. mAking people hAppy Food Connection coordinates pickups at least five days a week; in the past year, it’s rerouted more than 13,000 meals from the trash to places like Hall Fletcher Elementary, the Spring Creek Community Center, Beacon of

Hope, Trinity Place runaway shelter, Veterans Restoration Quarters and Steadfast House. The program also facilitates direct drop-offs from the likes of Poppy Handcrafted Popcorn and Vortex Doughnuts to local nonprofits. “If people aren’t sure who needs food or where it should go, Food Connection can definitely direct them,” says Pate. “Most people are afraid of getting sued. That’s why they’d rather throw food in the trash,” she says. “The Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act says if you’re operating in good faith that the food you’re donating is safe and apparently wholesome, then you’re protected.” The food that’s delivered to nonprofits hasn’t been picked over on a buffet line, notes Evans: It goes directly from the production kitchen to the recipient’s kitchen. “When we tell our clients what happens with it, they’re so happy,” she says. anthony and sherrye coggiola of The Cantina used to transport surplus food directly to local nonprofits, but it was hard on staff and not always easy to coordinate. Now, Food Connection texts Asheville Taxi, and within 20 minutes a driver arrives. “They come right away, they know what they’re here to get, and they seem really excited about doing it,” says Sherrye. “I would love to see Asheville Taxi picking up food every night and taking it to every shelter in town.” Asheville Taxi owner woodward mcKee helped launch Food Connection and gives a 50 percent discount for transporting food. “The pickups that Woody does himself, he doesn’t charge us for at all,” says Pate. “He’s been amazing.” McKee, however, says, “It’s such a simple, easy thing for us to provide, it would be crazy not to.” Drivers typically have to take the food just a few blocks down the road. The company bills Food Connection just enough to pay the driver, then absorbs the rest of the cost. “It’s gratifying to do something so simple that fulfills a need and makes people happy,” he says.

foods that help ensure Welcome Table won’t have to close. Like Welcome Table, Food Connection relies entirely on donations and volunteers. Last spring, a benefit concert at The Altamont Theatre generated $5,000. “That was the thing that really kept us going,” says Pate. The second annual benefit concert is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 27, at The Grey Eagle, and even more local musicians have offered to donate their time and talent this year, she reports. “I want to make people aware that they don’t have to throw away food,” says Pate. “Forty percent of the food supply is thrown away in our country. It equals 20 pounds of food per person each month. That’s not spoiled food — that’s fresh food.” Blue Dream Curry House, Pack’s Tavern, Pour Taproom and Urban Orchard have all hosted benefit events such as cornhole tournaments for Food Connection. “The more people that know about this, the more people we can feed,” says Evans. Many in Asheville’s food service industry are passionate about feeding all community members, regardless of ability to pay. “The last thing in the world we want to do is generate waste,” says Anthony Coggiola. “There are families who go without meals: It should never be that way.”

food for fAmilieS: Flori Pate, left, and a volunteer at Hall Fletcher Elementary School unload the weekly food donation from UNC Asheville that is distributed to families in the MusicWorks! program at Hall Fletcher. Photo by Rachel Ingram marisha macmorran of Celine and Co. transports food directly to Trinity Place and Be Loved House, often writing personal notes to the recipients. “I just like to do that,” she says. “It’s so emotional every time. I’ve worked in the food service industry on and off for 12 years, and I’ve thrown away so much food. There hasn’t been anything like this in Asheville.” A perfect fit UNC Asheville now donates 50 to 100 pounds of food five days a week, says dietitian laura sexton. “A lot of students really respond to the amount of wasted food they see. I was looking for a food recovery program, and Food Connection was a perfect fit.” In less than four months, the partnership has recovered more than 7,000 meals. In October, Food Connection linked Mars Hill University with

My Sister’s Place shelter, 4 miles from campus. “All the surplus food that was getting thrown away is now being saved, labeled and coldchilled overnight,” Pate explains. “My Sister’s Place was very thankful to add great quality, fresh food to the mix.” In East Asheville, eight churches host a weekly Welcome Table at Groce United Methodist. Now in its fifth year, the program nearly shut down in May due to a lack of volunteers and donations, says volunteer jim creel. “Food Connection has helped tremendously.” Welcome Table is open to anyone, and about 100 people typically come, says program coordinator jo anne thompson. “No one goes away hungry. I don’t know what some of these people would do if this place closed down. We’re not just feeding their body — we’re feeding their soul.” MANNA Foodbank also provides food for the program, she says, but Food Connection offers additional fresh

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widening the tAble Be Loved House, the very first recipient to partner with Food Connection, offers numerous services for homeless and impoverished community members. It’s the primary recipient for donations from large special events such as AIR’s Taste of Asheville and Sierra Nevada’s Oktoberfest, notes Pate, because the organization has the storage space and the network to deliver donated food to countless people in need. “Food Connection has widened our table,” says the Rev. amy cantrell. “The generosity of local restaurants and the ingenuity to divert food waste is making a critical difference.” After delivering food to BeLoved House one evening, Pate stayed to speak with some of the more than 100 people Cantrell feeds. “Talking to these kind folks and hearing their stories and struggles while sharing a meal was incredibly eye-opening,” says Pate. “It’s people in our community. Nobody deserves to be hungry; everybody deserves to eat.” To learn more about Food Connection, visit foodconnection.co or facebook.com/ foodconnection.co. X

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the beSt of locAl: By expanding into the old French Broad Chocolate Lounge space adjacent to his current restaurant, Rhubarb, chef John Fleer says he aims to create a more casual space that will provide “just a different avenue to celebrate the best of what this area has to offer.” Photo by Pat Barcas The transformation of the three-floor space that once housed the French Broad Chocolate Lounge to Rhubarb owner john fleer’s newest project, the Rhu Bakery, Café and Pantry, is not yet complete. But even amid the din of power tools, it is easy to imagine it filled with Fleer’s planned displays of locally sourced cheeses, meats and bread, and with tables ready for customers to plug in their laptops in and settle down with a coffee and pastry. The target opening date for Rhu is in late December. Fleer, who launched Rhubarb in 2013 after a 15-year run as executive chef at Tennessee’s celebrated Blackberry Farm, says he had known about French Broad Chocolate Lounge’s plans to move long before a public announcement was made. At first, he only had an interest in renting the top level of the space, which is conveniently located in the same building as Rhubarb. “The initial spur to do it was because we had so many requests for private events, and Rhubarb is just not set up to do that,” says Fleer. “So the original thought was, ‘Hey, well, I’ll just talk to the landlord, and see if we can take the third floor, and let someone else do whatever they

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want with the bottom two.’ And then that rolled into taking the bottom two floors,” he adds with a chuckle. The top floor of the building, which used to house French Broad Chocolates’ baking kitchen and offices, was the first level to be renovated. The Rhubarb staff is already using the large kitchen to bake breads and pastries for the restaurant. This floor also features a bright, comfortable dining room that can accommodate up to 90 guests, with a room divider for smaller, cozier get-togethers. The restaurant has already hosted holiday parties and anniversary and birthday gatherings in the space, but Fleer says this is just phase one. He hopes to someday offer it to the local food community for cooking demonstrations and talks. “All the retail that we’re going to do downstairs is focused on local artisanal food products and related products,” says Fleer. “So if one of the cheesemakers wants to come in and do a demonstration, or one of the farmers wants to come in and do ‘How to Cook Your CSA’ [workshop] … it would be a part-time community center for the artisanal food community in town.” The current focus, however, is completing the renovations on the other two

Chef John Fleer’s next culinary venture is set to launch in a familiar space floors. The second level will be used for seating, and the bottom level will boast a retail area stocked with deli meats, local cheeses and other locally sourced food products, as well as pastries, fresh-baked breads, sandwiches, salads and more. Rhubarb has always baked its own bread, but Rhu Bakery will offer a wider variety on a more consistent basis. Fleer adds that many of the brunch items, including doughnuts and Rhubarb’s signature cruffin (a cross between a croissant and a muffin), will show up on the Rhu menu. “A lot of the things that people have seen over the last six, eight months [at Rhubarb] as a one-off will now be a more regular production,” says Fleer. Fleer seems particularly excited about the retail space. In addition to providing another downtown option for to-go lunches and snacks, it will allow him to sell popular ingredients used on the Rhubarb menu directly to customers. “We do get a lot of requests for access to the products that we use,” says Fleer. “We sell so many cheese plates using all the cheeses made locally. … So that’s really how the retail part of it started — as a way to give people access to those cheeses, to bacon or sea salt from North Carolina or peanut butter from Durham, all of that stuff.” Cheeses made by Spinning Spider Creamery of Madison County and Looking Glass Creamery of Fairview are two popular local cheeses that will definitely be featured, although Fleer says he plans to offer as many cheeses “as can fit in the case.” While both Rhubarb and the Rhu Bakery will maintain the local focus that has become Rhubarb’s signature, Fleer says the Rhu will definitely have a brighter, more casual, coffee shop feel. “For us, it’s a different face of Rhubarb and what we do,” says Fleer. “Although I think our food and our restaurant are very approachable, I think this is just a different avenue to celebrate the best of what this area has to offer.” The Rhu Bakery, Café and Pantry is scheduled to open near the end of December at 10 S. Lexington Ave. For details, visit rhubarbasheville.com. X

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the shop caters to myriad projects, including plenty of nonbeer undertakings. The cross-pollination of so many seemingly disparate disciplines in one place — gardening and kombuchamaking, for example — makes Fifth Season a breeding ground for do-ityourself potential. “Every fall, people are putting blueberries in the ground and planting elderberries, medicinals and edibles; and then whenever that stuff comes in, we have to figure out what to do with it,” Weeks says. “That’s where the fermentation comes in. You can ferment your blueberries or your apples and make your own cider. You could take an elderberry harvest, make a simple syrup with it and add it to your kombucha.” Fifth Season Gardening Co. is at 4 S. Tunnel Road. Hours are 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday. Bruder’s kettle-souring course is 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 19-20. Visit fifthseasongardening. com for more information or to register for an upcoming class. full circle fArm SAnctuAry’S holidAy vegAn cookie exchAnge

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After opening its flagship store in Asheville and expanding into several additional cities, Fifth Season Gardening Co., has opened a second local space on Tunnel Road. The 15,000-squarefoot store aims to facilitate DIY lifestyles by stocking gardening products, including hydroponics gear, soils and more; home supplies such as canning equipment and specialty jars; and ample resources for Asheville’s homebrewing community. “We’ve invested a lot in the brew side of things,” manager and coowner mike weeks says, explaining that his fully equipped in-store learning space will host weekly classes and will be available for rental by advanced homebrewers who don’t need instruction. “Everything

up until fermentation, we can do in this space,” he says. Next up on the class schedule, staff member jeremy bruder leads a free, two-day course on kettle souring, a technique that uses yogurt cultures (lactobacillus) and controlled temperatures to sour the contents of the kettle over 24 hours. “Traditional souring in a commercial brewery usually requires a good bit of patience — a year or so,” Weeks says. “This technique works well for the impatient homebrewer or small-scale brewery, as it can be ready to drink within two to three weeks.” Fortunately for pupils, Fifth Season’s space and equipment are set up to enable hands-on learning. “If you only have one large system and 10 people standing around, not everybody gets to pitch the yeast. Not everybody gets to add the hops,” he says. “We have eight kettles, so we can host up to 16 people at a time, and each kettle could have a different brew.” With the brew area plus an in-store café, grow room, outdoor patio space and endless aisles of merchandise,

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The rules for Full Circle’s forthcoming cookie swap are simple: Bring four dozen homemade vegan cookies and get ready to barter. The event serves as a fundraiser for the animal sanctuary, which holds periodic vegan-friendly gatherings at Sanctuary Brewing Co. — a fellow animal advocacy organization. Attendees are encouraged to bring copies of their chosen recipe and a container for transporting goodies. The event offers awards for best cookies, a prize drawing, hot tea, snacks and drinks from the host brewery, and a live performance by local Americana band Letters to Abigail. The Holiday Vegan Cookie Exchange is 6-9 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 23, at Sanctuary Brewing Co., 147 First Ave. E., Hendersonville. Admission is a suggested $5 donation at the door. Visit avl. mx/22p for event details. Air pASSport The Asheville Independent Restaurant Association’s AIR Passport includes buy-one-get-one-free coupons redeemable at more than 40 locally owned, farm-to-table restaurants and breweries. Each coupon is valid for a single use during 2016. “I

like to think of it as another way to buy local, not only for the holidays, but also throughout the year,” says AIR Executive Director jane anderson. “It’s a way to support independent restaurants and the farmers who in turn support them.” AIR Passports are available for $60 online or in person at the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce gift shop. Visit airasheville.org for information on participating businesses or to purchase. A Joint effort to Support trinity plAce Barley’s Taproom & Pizzeria, Farm Burger, Juicy Lucy’s, Over Easy Café and Scully’s Bar & Grille have joined forces to collect gently worn winter clothing, backpacks, art supplies and toiletry items on behalf of Trinity Place. A subsidiary of nonprofit CARING for Children, Trinity Place provides short-term shelter for youths who are homeless or who need respite before returning to their family. Each donor gets a $5 gift certificate from his or her participating eatery of choice upon dropping off goods on a Tuesday. The final donation drive happens Tuesday, Dec. 22, during opening hours at each participating restaurant. Visit caring4children.org for more information on CARING for Children, or email jennifer Zyla at jzbarleysmusic@gmail.com for details on the drive. StrAdA itAliAno’S feASt of the Seven fiSheS Although discrepancies surround the origins and formal name of the event, Strada Italiano’s Feast of the Seven Fishes honors the Italian tradition of eating seafood during the holidays — specifically for Christmas Eve dinner. Strada’s version of the meal will include a calamari and local greens appetizer plus an entrée of fresh squid ink pasta cioppino with shrimp, scallops, mussels, clams and soft shell crab with garlic-arugula pesto ciabatta toast. Strada Italiano is at 27 Broadway. The restaurant hosts its Feast of the Seven Fishes on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. Tickets are $35 per person or $40 with wine. For reservations, visit stradaasheville.com. X

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Hidden behind The Orange Peel, nestled close to all of the South Slope breweries, sits Moto Vicious — a little motorcycle repair shop with a secret. After dark, a neon sign lights up and proudly proclaims, “The bar is open.” “I like motorcycles, and I like beer,” says owner hunter crombie when asked why he decided to open a taproom in his shop last month. Moto Vicious has been open as a motorcycle repair and restoration shop for a little over two years, but Crombie wanted to add the taproom from the start. “I just wasn’t sure it was something you could actually do,” he says. “I’d looked at the [zoning laws], and I didn’t see anything that said I couldn’t do it. I went down to the city and said, ‘Hey, I want to put a bar in my motorcycle shop,’ and the lady I was talking to kind of looked at me funny and said, ‘I don’t think you can do that.’” Motorcycles and beer, while both awesome things, are an odd combination for a storefront. But Crombie was right — there wasn’t anything saying he couldn’t do it. And Asheville is home to other retail shops/taprooms, such as the Conspiracy beer and wine bar at Black Dome Mountain Sports on Tunnel Road and the taproom at Ben’s Penny Mart convenience store downtown. Moto Vicious hosts four taps right now — Crombie says he’ll probably expand that come springtime, but he started small to get the wheels turning. “We do mostly local beers,” Crombie says. “There’s a ton of good beer in Asheville.” But he keeps one tap rotating because “there’s good beer in other places too,” and he says he tries to seek out beers you don’t see very often.

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the wheel deAl: “We have to find a balance [between taproom and repair shop],” says Moto Vicious owner Hunter Crombie. “There are only two of us working on bikes here. We’re not trying to make a million dollars. We’re just trying to stay balanced.” Photo by Jesse Farthing The taproom doesn’t open until the shop itself has closed and Crombie has moved all the bikes out of the way. There’s no drinking on the clock. “Motorcycles and beer, as nice of a combination as it sounds, do not mix in that regard,” Crombie says. “We have a very strict shop policy about when you work on bikes and when you drink, and they’re not the same.

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A lot of guys will work on their bike in their garages with a beer in their hand … but that’s your own bike.” Right now, that means the taps flow Wednesday-Saturday from 5 p.m.midnight — or as late as 2 a.m. if the place is jumping, says Crombie. “But I have to get up and work on bikes in the morning, so that makes for a long night,” he adds.

And as for the obvious dangers of drinking and riding motorcycles, Crombie says the clientele so far has been a responsible bunch. “We have a pretty good bike night on Wednesdays, but most people actually bring their cars,” he says. “If someone is out of line and we think they can’t ride, we’ll definitely let them know. Most of the

people here are pretty level-headed. They’re not the Wild Bunch crowd that most people think of when they think about guys on motorcycles.” It’s a small space right now, but Crombie says he hopes to expand in the future and put the grassy area outside the building to use by constructing a deck with outdoor seating and a pass-through window from the bar. “It’ll never be done,” he says of the process of gradually enhancing the taproom. “It’s like working on an old motorcycle. It always needs something.” Moto Vicious is at 99 S. Lexington Ave.

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SAnctuAry StArtS brewing Sanctuary Brewing Co. opened back in August, anticipating a quick turnaround on federal permits, but that ended up not going as well as co-owner joe dinan had hoped. “We’d initially heard two months,” Dinan says. “The more we looked into it, it seemed four months would be more realistic. But here we are just shy of six months … which is just insane. It’s [a] worst-case scenario.” Now the permits are in, and Dinan is hitting the ground running. “We’ve got all sorts of things in the pipeline,” he says. “We’ve got a kolsch coming down, we’ve got two different saisons, two pale ales, a stout, a coffee stout and a porter on the way in the next couple of weeks.” Although it was a slow process getting to this point, Dinan says opening as a taproom was the right move. “We’ve enjoyed supporting the local scene,” he says. “It’s been nothing but North Carolina beer — mainly Western North Carolina beer — so I’ve been able to get a lot closer to all the distributors, local breweries and brewers that I wasn’t [close to] before. So, I think it’s been a great experience and allowed us to get our sea legs as far as running the front of the house and getting everything together.” Sanctuary expects to have several of its own brews on tap by Friday, Dec. 18. Santucary Brewing Co. is at 147 First Ave E., Hendersonville. For more details, visit sanctuarybrewco. com. X

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roAd-teSted: Charles Humphrey III, back row center, says new songs are starting to pile up again and predicts that Songs From The Road Band will be back in the studio sooner than expected. Photo courtesy of the band

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“As a songwriter, you never stop writing,” says charles humphrey iii. “I’m always writing for Steep Canyon Rangers first, but after a while you just end up with a bunch of killer songs that aren’t getting played onstage or recorded, and Songs From The Road Band is the perfect outlet to present them to the world.” The Asheville bassist’s all-star bluegrass side project (which formed in Chapel Hill in 2004) released its third album, Traveling Show, in April. mark schimick (the Josh Daniel/ Mark Schimick Project), andy thorn (Leftover Salmon), jon stickley (Jon Stickley Trio), andrew marlin (Mandolin Orange), phil barker and bobby britt (both of Town Mountain) and sam wharton round out the current lineup. On Saturday, Dec. 19, at Jack of the Wood, Humphrey, Stickley, Schimick, Wharton and sam

guthridge — a co-writer on the album whom Humphrey calls “a badass banjo player and singer” — will perform the Traveling Show album in order. They’ll also cover an entire rock album, whose identity has yet to be revealed. All eight Songs From The Road Band members appear on the new album, as do friends and bandmates robert greer (Town Mountain), emily frantz (Mandolin Orange) and matt smith (The Honeycutters). Though the ensemble’s sound isn’t far removed from that of Humphrey’s primary group, the side project differentiates itself in other regards — namely songwriting. “No subject is off-limits because I have the final say. We’ve been able to record politically and socially controversial songs that we believe in [but] may be too edgy for Steep Canyon Rangers,” Humphrey says. “Also on these records, the lead-singing duties are shared among a large amount of singers — not just one or two guys. This gives you a better chance to match song content with a

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particular singer, be it a twangy voice or even a female.” Despite the expanded creative control in Songs From The Road Band, Humphrey prefers to record and perform his songs with Steep Canyon Rangers because it affords him the opportunity to share them onstage 150 days a year. Songwriting duties are shared within the Grammy-winning band, whose final song selection process the ultrarunner compares to “running through a gauntlet.” That collaborative spirit is also present in Songs From The Road Band. Humphrey writes in person with Barker (who conveniently lives down the street), via Skype once or twice a week with charlie chamberlain and occasionally travels to Nashville to hash out ideas with shawn camp and jim lauderdale. “I love cowriting,” Humphrey says. “It’s this really cool hang with friends and then afterwards you have new song that’s been brought into the world. I’d compare cowriting to bowling or playing golf with friends.”

When the time came to record Traveling Show at Echo Mountain Studios in 2014, Humphrey didn’t expend much effort coordinating everyone’s schedules — he just waited until the December holiday season when most touring bands take time off. Getting the players together for shows, however, has proved more challenging. The last Songs From The Road Band concert was a CD release party for Traveling Show at The Grey Eagle in late April, when banjoist ryan cavenaugh (Soulgrass) and fiddler casey driessen rounded out the ensemble. Though most songs on the new album feature nine musicians, Humphrey says that the four fellows joining him for the Jack of the Wood set provide “everything [they] need to deliver the songs.” And while the space is a significantly smaller venue than their previous engagement, Humphrey enjoys having the crowd “right on the stage” and the energy that kind of intimacy yields. Humphrey says new songs are starting to pile up again and predicts that Songs From The Road Band will be back in the studio sooner than expected. At some point, he’d also love to get his bandmates together in another exciting capacity. “I think a festival that incorporates all the projects involved with Songs From The Road Band would be the bomb. Steep Canyon Rangers, Town Mountain, Jon Stickley Trio, Leftover Salmon, Mark Schimick Project, Mandolin Orange — who wouldn’t love to see that lineup?” he says. “Reflecting on the idea now, it seems like it would be hard to pull off. However, it would be a dream come true if it ever did happen.” X

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radio days Lex 18 hosts a nostalgic white Christmas Stepping through the front door of Lex 18, a restaurant, supper club and moonshine bar, is like stepping out of the high-resolution digital grit of day-to-day life and into a sepia-toned reverie. Hardwood floors, floral-print wallpaper and maroon velvet curtains decorate the interior. Live jazz music lilts from an upright piano, and there is not a flat-screen television in sight. “I think that’s why this restaurant is really charming,” says owner georgia malki. “We’re trying to be

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authentic about taking people back in time.” Malki and her husband, alan van de Kamp, are the imaginative team behind the restaurant and a series of vintage-themed events. On Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 23 and 24, Lex 18 holds its White Christmas Live 1930 Radio Show, an evening of fine dining (a fourcourse dinner is included in the ticket price), live holiday music and the re-creation of actual radio plays and commercials from the Prohibition era and jazz age. Patrons are encouraged to arrive attired in fashions from the ’20s to the ’40s. By 1928, “over 80 percent of American households had a radio, and they would sit and listen to

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these programs and allow their imaginations to fill in everything else,” says Malki. “The old radio shows — thank goodness so many of them have been preserved — were such a wonderful way for families to listen to music together, to listen to a story together and to allow that household to be filled with wonderful memories. ... Our intention is to bring that to our dinner guests; to make them go back to those days where families were together, listening and visualizing what they were hearing on the radio. It became very real for them.” During the show, local musician lenny pettinelli (Empire Strikes Brass, The Wild Card Trio, Vibration of Versatility) will perform classic holiday tunes on piano. “From Halloween to New Year’s, all the togetherness and all the family and friends and the songs have always made me nostalgic,” he says. “I guess I prefer to play them myself and make different versions from the ones I’ve heard a thousand times.” Pettinelli will be putting his own spin on old favorites such as “Christmas Waltz,” “Christmas Song,” “Silent Night” and “Jingle Bells.” He says that his musical interpretations vary “only in an improvisational sense, in terms of embellishments and — no pun intended — ornamentation.” Van de Kamp acts as the voice of the broadcast. With his soothing baritone, he’ll deliver a comic Christmas tale originally aired on the “Cuckoo Radio Show” in 1932, and a retelling of A Visit from St. Nicholas that has been updated for a modern audience. Van de Kamp will also be re-enacting the scripts of actual radio commercials from the period. “Some of them aren’t very politically correct,” he says. “Lucky Strike will be one of our sponsors,” says Malki. “The

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vintAge vAntAge: The holidays take on a note of nostalgia during Lex 18’s evening of fine dining, live holiday music and the recreation of actual radio plays and commercials from the Prohibition era and jazz age. From left, Georgia Malki, Jason Heilfurth, Alan Van de Kamp and Lenny Pettinelli. Photo by Pat Barcas claims they made back then were pretty outrageous.” The Lex 18 building itself provides the perfect location for nostalgia-driven dining, as it was once the location of The Eureka Saloon, an Asheville bar that operated as a speakeasy during Prohibition. After the saloon closed in 1922, the location was used as everything from a hardware store to a bus station before coming full circle to house the current restaurant and moonshine bar. Malki and Van de Kamp have taken it upon themselves to restore the space to its original grandeur. “People crave an immersive experience, or just an opportunity to step

away from everyday life, and [Lex 18] became an optimum place where we can deliver that,” says Malki. Since opening just over a year ago, the restaurant has hosted numerous events, such as its Downton Abbey Vintage Banquet — themed around the popular BBC television series — and a (belated) wake for Grove Park Inn and Grove Arcade namesake E.W. Grove. Coming up, the Downton Abbey parties will launch again in 2016, and “we have a Thomas Wolfe Mystery Dinner that we do that is set in 1929,” says Malki. “We’re always seeking to create something unique and wonderful for people.” X

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aPoCaLyPtiC beaCh PaRty Ouroboros Boys launch a single and music video Vinyl is back — for records, that is, not automobile interiors — and that’s great for merch booths, labels, music stores and audiophiles. It’s a boon for record-pressing plants, too, except that the uptick in business has increased to the point of overwhelm. The Washington Post reported on the phenomenon last year, citing “increased costs involved in locating, refurbishing, installing, operating and ultimately repairing machines that are no longer made but are pushed harder and faster than they were in their heyday.” Local post-punk/neo-surf outfit Ouroboros Boys have felt the pinch personally. They’ll release, “Spitfire” / “The Corsage,” the first single from their forthcoming self-titled debut, with a free show at The Lazy Diamond Sunday, Dec. 20. The LP, fully mastered and ready for an audience, has been in the queue at a record-pressing plant. “We thought we’d get it out in maybe eight or 10 weeks,” says mandolin player nicholas marshall. “It’s taken a long time — maybe eight months.” Marshall, who founded the band with guitarist sean dail in 2012, says, “I’ve been conditioned since I was a kid collecting DIY punk 7-inches and LPs … just feeling like [vinyl] was the final product. I feel like the final phase is to see your artwork in record form.” That DIY and punk aesthetic carries through to the sound, too. “A pet interest of mine is mid-century exotica and instrumental music that was supposed to be mood music,” says

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trouble the wAter: “The darkness comes from a generation that grew up listening to dark music,” says Nicholas Marshall, left, with fellow Ouroboros Boys Wes McCoy, Sean Dail and Sam Fox. The band takes surf-rock in unexpected directions. Photo by Daniel Abide Marshall. “We’re a slightly dystopian take on that.” For him, Ouroboros Boys are “coming out of punk-rock and being emotionally ambivalent about the future of our society and the world, and wanting to express that through the music.” The band wants to move the listener through emotions, Marshall adds. So the sonic experience is “more angular and darker than what people think of when they think of surf-rock.” Digitally released track “Bikini Atoll,” from last fall, is lilting at its start and then heavy in moments. Ion-rich melodies drift above murky

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psychedelic guitar parts that hint at both slack-key tunings and beach-party horror films. “The Corsage” — one of the songs on the new single, and available as a download on Bandcamp — nods to spaghetti Western soundtracks, ’60sera girl groups and a sci-fi version of the future that has not yet come to pass. The musical ideas at play — from doom-driven percussion to the sweet warble of a waltz — are at once experimental and decisive. “We’re not jazz, and we’re not jam,” Marshall

says. “We build these structures — they’re pretty defined.” That track, a play on a ’60s-style prom song, has been paired with a video by filmmaker david Kabler (Wanderlost, Mountain Punks Fight Dirty, Darkening Land). It will premiere at the Lazy Diamond single launch party and will screen a couple of times throughout the evening. Marshall won’t give anything away about the music video, other than to promise it’s really cool. “This will be a big night for us,” he says. Despite the backup at the vinyl pressing plant, Ouroboros Boys have kept busy with touring and building a fan base. In 2015, the musicians played in Boone, Raleigh, Atlanta and Birmingham, Ala., among other locales. Plus, they’re pushing ahead with plans to record again this winter. “I really like things to be more linear,” says Marshall. As in, release the full-length debut before starting on the sophomore album. But, “Sean and I are writing songs constantly, and we can’t get backed up on that side, either,” he says. Marshall adds, “It’s funny, because we’re already coming up with names for this second group of songs.” It’s also a little bit ironic, considering the bleak inspirations behind Ouroboros Boys’ oeuvre. But that worldview only applies to (and enhances) the sound — not the bright outlook on the band’s future. X

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Women in process Two local art exhibitions, though very different, both present women in dialogue with the artistic process. The Ladies of Letterpress is on view at Asheville Bookworks until Monday, Feb. 29; The Interbeing Project: The Interface of Woman and Nature, featuring photographs by Bonnie Cooper, will be showing at aSHEville Museum until April. the lAdieS of letterpreSS

nAturAl womAn: Works in photographer Bonnie Cooper’s Interbeing Project juxtapose the nude forms of models with nature imagery. Pictured, “Fearless” by Cooper

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The Ladies of Letterpress invites viewers into a conversation between artists and their craft. jessica c. white and Kseniya thomas formed The Ladies of Letterpress in 2007 as an online community dedicated to maintaining and enhancing the traditions of letterpress printing in a modern world. Thomas runs Thomas-Printers in Carlisle, Pa., and White maintains Heroes and Criminals Press in Asheville. The show at Asheville Bookworks takes its name — and a selection of prints — from the pair’s new book, which functions both as an industry guide and a celebration of the craft’s inner workings. The prints on display allude to the diversity of artists and approaches encompassed by the term letterpress. That word was once associated exclusively with wood or metal type. It now includes a host of techniques — from carved linoleum blocks to photopolymer plates — that bridge the gap between the first mass-produced books and the digital era. The 2,100 members of The Ladies of Letterpress collective span five continents and include men as well as women, forming an educational and social network. The group is designed to provide the kind of support and collaborative spirit that was once available through apprenticeships. Thomas and White’s book curates over 300 individual works produced by this community of modern printers. “Don’t want it. Make it!” reads one large-format poster, with blockprint letters overlaying a bold geometric red field. A series of greeting cards juxtaposes intaglio prints of 19thcentury ladies and gentlemen with raunchy anachronisms like, “I’m a

biter” and “Does your anaconda want some?” Ghostly abstract prints blur the boundaries between color psychology and stationery design. As Ladies of Letterpress makes clear in this dynamic show, traditional printing methods are alive and well in the care of these reverent, irreverent artists. Learn more at ashevillebookworks.com interbeing proJect bonnie cooper’s Interbeing Project features 11 different models in 21 different pieces. “I really wanted a way to express photographically the feeling-state we experience when we’re in nature, when we’re really one with something,” Cooper says. Each image is composed of a nude figure, photographed in studio, overlaid with vivid natural scenes. The images subvert the perception of photography as a documentary pursuit. The treatment of visual elements reads as both intensely crafted and nonliteral. Cooper’s works attempt to recreate a psychological state, rather than depict a physical one. The artist’s background in psychotherapy helps to focus the images around emotional revelation. The human figure becomes a means of highlighting expression through physicality, and the aesthetic shape or shapeliness of the nude melts into a colorful haze of texture. This subsuming of identity into nature and nature into identity takes place within the image, but every stage of Cooper’s process worked toward that effect. None of the models involved in the project were professionals. Most had never posed nude before. It was that leap of faith, that vulnerability, which Cooper sought to capture. The natural images used in the final compositions were inspired by the models themselves, as are the texts that accompany the photos. “It’s about [the models], their experience of nature, their bodies,” Cooper says, explaining that her subjects’ initial reluctance to pose was finally dispelled when they realized that she was working to present an inner gaze, not an external form. “They said, ‘My body’s going to be there, but I’m going to be more than my body,’” she says. “And then I had a waiting list.” Learn more at ashevillemuseum.com X

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A Swannanoa Solstice Now in its 13th year, A Swannanoa Solstice calls upon accomplished artists to “share holiday songs old and new, religious and secular, joyful and poignant, in an intimate winter concert,” in addition to storytelling and poetry, according to an event release. Grammy-winner Al Petteway and his musical partner (and wife) Amy White play Celtic- and Appalachian-inspired tunes and world music, employing acoustic guitar, mandolin, Celtic harp, Irish bouzouki, vocals and percussive instruments from various cultures. Meanwhile, Robin Bullock calls upon the guitar, mandolin and cittern for his performance. Special guests include the multitalented Davit Holt, flatfoot dancers Phil Jameson and Ellis Grace, Highland bagpiper E.J. Jones and event host Doug Orr. The annual event is at Diana Wortham Theatre Sunday, Dec. 20, at 2 and 7 p.m. $45 with student discounts available. dwtheatre.com. Photo by Sandra Stambaugh

The Legendary Singing Stars The Double Crown has booked The Legendary Singing Stars on multiple occasions — on the West Asheville club’s opening night and at least three times since. The Brooklyn-based legacy group formed in the ’60s, achieved career highlights like performing alongside James Brown and continued to rock and rile audiences for decades despite the death of several members. It was actually the group’s incendiary performances that inspired The Double Crown to launch a monthly gospel night. “The last time the Singing Stars were here, they went into a country/blues thing. We were all like, ‘What’s happening?’” co-owner Steve Mann told Xpress. “Someone has a video of it — I need to watch it to make sure it really happened.” The Legendary Singing Stars return for The Double Crown’s third anniversary Thursday, Dec. 17, at 10 p.m. Mama’s Fast Food caters. $10. thedoublecrown.com. Photo by Steve Mann

A Path Untold and Aligning Minds A Path Untold’s new LP, Secret Subtle Light, the inaugural release from Aligning Minds Recordings, provides an ethereal and textured soundtrack for soul-searching — or dancing. Over the course of two years, the nine mostly instrumental solo songs were dreamed up by Baltimore-based producer Daniel A. Merrill (half of the electronic duo also known as Aligning Minds). Merrill co-founded the forward-thinking, name-sharing label with his bandmate, Michael Folk of Asheville. Their forthcoming minifestival of an event includes live performance art and dancing by Kristi Wrolstad, a magic show by David London, live painting by Andy Reed, onstage projection mapping by Laura Sellers and even a decompression lounge for the overstimulated, staged by Safe in Harmonia. Aligning Minds and A Path Untold co-headline the album release show (part of the label’s Waveforms event series) with Futexture and Bombassic opening at The Orange Peel Saturday, Dec. 19, at 9 p.m. $7/$10. theorangepeel.net. Photo by Shane Miller 46

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Sirius.B, Megan Jean and the KFB, Plankeye Peggy “Many an Asheville music fan will enjoy this truly powerful night of music,” says Gregory Scott, the organizing force behind a trio of regional bands performing at Isis Restaurant & Music Hall. “It’s going to rock their Gypsy souls.” The Van Morrison quip is apt — the lineup includes absurdist-Gypsy-folk-funk-punk collective Sirius.B and Charleston, S.C.-based Megan Jean and the KFB. The KFB stands for Klay Family Band, and the groups describe itself as “a demented blend of Americana, punk, dance and the avant-garde.” Adding to the delightfully off-kilter pitch of the evening, local pirate-rock act Plankeye Peggy rounds out the list. That band, too, has a way with adjectives — “highstrung and spasmatic” and “flirtatious and dangerous” make the cut. The show is set for Friday, Dec. 18, 9 p.m. $8 in advance/$10 day of show. isisasheville.com. Photo of Plankeye Peggy courtesy of the band

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muSicke AntiQuA: The early music consort Musicke Antiqua brings its unique holiday performances to the Henderson County Public Library on Friday, Dec. 18, at noon and St. Matthias Church on Sunday, Dec. 20, at 3 p.m. The group will be performing music from the 1300s through 1944 in costume and on replicas of a variety of early musical instruments, including recorders, capped reed instruments, and percussion. Both performances are free. Photo courtesy of Musicke Antiqua (p. 48)

Art ASheville figure drAwing network facebook.com/AVLFigureDrawing • 1st, 3rd, & 4th TUESDAYS, 6-9pm - Figure drawing with live model. $10. Held at Firestorm Cafe and Books, 610 Haywood Road grovewood gAllery 111 Grovewood Road, 253-7651, grovewood.com • FR (12/18), 11am-5pm - Audrey Laine Sawyer demonstrates constructing hollow forms out of brass and sterling silver. Free to attend. • FR (12/18) & SA (12/19), 11am5pm - Kathleen Doyle demonstrates enameling. Free to attend.

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zcAldwell ArtS council 601 College Ave. SW, Lenoir, 754-2486 • Through WE (12/23) - “Satie’s

Holiday Sale,” 75 crafters and artists exhibiting. Mon.-Fri.: 9am6pm. Sat.: 10am-3pm. Free to attend.

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ashevillemusichall.com • SA (12/19), noon-6pm - Local art and craft vendors with live music. Free to attend. Held at One Stop Deli & Bar, 55 College St.

AuditionS & cAll to ArtiStS Some of the events listed in this section are located in the GiveLocal Events Calendar (p. 23) cAldwell ArtS council 754-2486, caldwellarts.com • Through SA (1/30) - Open call for local artists to submit portfolios for 2017 exhibition. Free.

comedy blAck mountAin center for the ArtS 225 W. State St., Black Mountain, 669-0930, blackmountainarts.org • FR (12/18) & SA (12/19), 7:30pm

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- Reasonably Priced Babies presents comedy improv. $15.

muSic AmicimuSic 802-369-0856, amicimusic.org • SU (12/6), 2pm - “Flute Fandango,” latin inspired flute and piano music. $20/$15 church members. Held at First Congregational UCC of Asheville, 20 Oak St.

zblue ridge ringerS hAndbell enSemble blueridgeringers.tripod.com, blueridgeringers@gmail.com • FR (12/18), 7pm - Holiday concert. Free. Held at Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, 22 Fisher Road, Brevard • SU (12/20), 4pm - Holiday concert. Free. Held at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 900 Blythe St., Hendersonville cAthey’S creek community center Island Ford Road, Brevard • SA (12/19), 7pm - Last Road Bluegrass Band. $5/$3 under 12.

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zflAt rock plAyhouSe downtown 125 S. Main St., Hendersonville, 693-0731, flatrockplayhouse.org • TH (12/10) through SU (12/20) - “The Christmas Concert that Never Was,” Barbara Streisand & Frank Sinatra tribute concert. Thu.-Sun.: 8pm. Sat. & Sun.: 2pm. $25-$40.

zhenderSon county public librAry 301 N. Washington St., Hendersonville, 697-4725 • FR (12/18), noon - “A Musicke Antiqua Christmas,” concert performs holiday music from the 1300s to 1944 in costume on replicas of early music instruments. Free.

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692-6335 Free to attend. Held at the corner of 6th Avenue and Main St. • FR (12/18), 6-8pm - Stepchild, classic and rocking Christmas music. • SA (12/19), 6-8pm - Doug Dye, classic Christmas music.

zSt. mAtthiAS church 1 Dundee St., 285-0033, stmatthiasepiscopal.com

• SU (12/20), 3pm - “A Musicke Antiqua Christmas,” holiday music from the 1300s to 1944. Free.

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z35below 35 E. Walnut St., 254-1320, ashevilletheatre.org • THURSDAYS through SATURDAYS (12/10) until SA (12/19) - The Santaland Diaries, comedy. Thur.-Sat.: 7:30pm. Fri. & Sat.: 9:30pm. $15. zASheville

community theAtre 35 E. Walnut St., 254-1320, ashevilletheatre.org • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS (12/4) through (12/20) - The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 2:30pm. $12-$22. flAt rock plAyhouSe 2661 Highway 225, Flat Rock, 693-0731, flatrockplayhouse.org • THURSDAYS through SUNDAYS until (12/19) - Chasing Rainbows: The Road to Oz. Thur.-Sun.: 8pm. Sat.: 2pm. $15-40.

zmontford pArk plAyerS 254-5146, montfordparkplayers.org Held at Asheville Masonic Temple, 80 Broadway • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS (12/11) until (12/20) - A Christmas Carol. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 2:30pm. $10. • MO (12/21) through WE (12/23), 7:30pm - A Christmas Carol. $10. zthe mAgnetic theAtre 375 Depot St., 279-4155 • WE (12/16), 7:30pm - The 42nd Annual Bernstein Family Christmas Spectacular! $18-$23. The Magnetic Theater • THURSDAYS through SATURDAYS (12/3) through (12/19) - The 42nd Annual Bernstein Family Christmas Spectacular! Thur.-Sat.: 7:30pm. Sat.: 10pm. $18-$23. white horSe blAck mountAin 105C Montreat Road, Black Mountain, 669-0816 • TH (12/17), 7:30pm - Warren Wilson College students present original puppetry works. $10/$5 students.

g aLLerY d irectorY AmericAn folk Art And frAming 64 Biltmore Ave., 281-2134, amerifolk.com • Through TH (12/31) - Wish List Celebration, exhibition of 40 artists.

blAck mountAin center for the ArtS 225 W. State St., Black Mountain, 669-0930, blackmountainarts.org • Through MO (2/29) - Annual Clay Exhibit and Pottery Market.

Art At uncA art.unca.edu • Through FR (1/15) - Art/ Mechatronics Exhibition. Held in Owen Hall Second Floor Gallery.

buncombe county public librArieS buncombecounty.org/governing/ depts/library Free unless otherwise noted. • Through TH (12/31) - Art exhibition by Sharon Sandel. Held at West Asheville Library, 942 Haywood Road • Through TH (12/31) - PhotoVoice Exhibit: Parenting is Hard: Let’s Do It Together, exhibition in partnership with Triple P Positive Parenting. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St.

Art in the Airport 61 Terminal Drive, Fletcher • Through MO (3/7) - Of the Essence, art of Lisa De Girolamo, Kathy Goodson and Connie Molland. ASheville bookworkS 428 1/2 Haywood Road, 255-8444, ashevillebookworks.com • Through MO (2/29) - The Ladies of Letterpress, exhibition of prints from newly published book. ASheville gAllery of Art 16 College St., 251-5796, ashevillegallery-of-art.com • Through TH (12/31) - Toys, painting exhibition of Virginia Pendergrass. ASheville muSeum 35 Wall St., 785-5722 • Through SA (4/30) - The Interbeing Project, photography by Bonnie Cooper.

grovewood gAllery 111 Grovewood Road, 253-7651, grovewood.com • Through TH (12/31) - Vessels of Merriment, exhibition of handcrafted drinking vessels by 25 artists. n.c. Arboretum 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way, 665-2492, ncarboretum.org • Through SA (1/3) - The Robot Zoo, exhibit featuring giant-size robots and interactive displays to teach biomechanics of animals • Through (1/3) - Fine-feathered

Friends and Flowers, oil paintings by Mary Webster. odySSey cooperAtive Art gAllery 238 Clingman Ave., 285-9700, facebook.com/odysseycoopgallery • Through TH (12/31) Group ceramic art exhibition showcasing the work of Mark Harmon and Ed Rivera. over eASy cAfe 32 Broadway St., 236-3533, overeasyasheville.com • Through TH (12/31) - Exhibition of early works and recent editorial cartoons by David Cohen. the center for crAft, creAtivity & deSign 67 Broadway, 785-1357, craftcreativitydesign.org • Through SA (1/9) - Made in WNC, textile, furniture, ceramics, and art exhibit exploring how craft, design, and production relate. • Through SA (1/9) - Tom Shields sculptural arrangements from found furniture. the french broAd ArtiStS saharfakhoury@yahoo.com • Through TH (12/31) - Small Jewels, exhibition of small paintings. Held at Riverview Station, 191 Lyman St. Contact the galleries for admission hours and fees

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december 16 - december 22, 2015

clublAnd the phoenix Jazz night, 8pm

wedneSdAy, december 16

the Southern Disclaimer Comedy open mic, 9pm

185 king Street Movie night, 8pm

tiger mountAin Flux (’80s & ’90s dance party), 10pm

5 wAlnut wine bAr Redleg Husky (Americana), 5pm Les Amis (African folk), 8pm

timo’S houSe “Spectrum AVL” w/ DamGood & rotating DJs, 9pm

AltAmont theAtre Noble Kava presents: The Poetry Open Mic, 9pm

town pump Open mic w/ Billy Presnell, 9pm

ben’S tune-up Honky-tonk Wednesdays, 3pm

trAilheAd reStAurAnt And bAr Acoustic jam w/ Kevin Scanlon (bluegrass, oldtime, folk), 6pm

blAck mountAin Ale houSe Play to Win game night, 7:30pm blue mountAin pizzA & brew pub Open mic, 7pm

treSSA’S downtown JAzz And blueS Blues & soul jam w/ Al Coffee & Da Grind, 8:30pm

blue ridge tAproom The Blind Spots (“moxy-rock”), 9pm

white horSe blAck mountAin Wednesday Night Waltz, 7pm

buffAlo nickel Carolina Christmas show w/ Michael Reno Harrell (singer-songwriter, storytelling), 7pm bywAter Billy Cardine & North of Too Far Downs (acoustic), 9pm

185 king Street Look Homeward, 8pm

crow & Quill Occult Night, 9pm

5 wAlnut wine bAr Pleasure Chest (blues, rock, soul), 8pm

double crown Classic Country w/ DJs Greg Cartwright, David Gay, Brody Hunt, 10pm

AltAmont theAtre Bradford Lee Folk & the Bluegrass Playboys, 8pm

foggy mountAin brewpub Billy Litz (Americana), 9pm funkAtorium John Hartford Jam (folk, bluegrass), 6:30pm good Stuff Karaoke!, 6pm grey eAgle muSic hAll & tAvern Muscle Shoals Music Revue w/ Amy Black & Sarah Borges (roots, Americana, soul), 8pm grind cAfe Trivia night, 7pm highlAnd brewing compAny Woody Wood Wednesdays (rock, soul), 5:30pm iron horSe StAtion Jason York (Americana), 6pm iSiS reStAurAnt And muSic hAll Sweet Claudette (country, Motown), 7pm Chatham County Line (roots, Americana, bluegrass), 8:30pm

To qualify for a free listing, a venue must be predominately dedicated to the performing arts. Bookstores and cafés with regular open mics and musical events are also allowed / To limit confusion, events must be submitted by the venue owner or a representative of that venue / Events must be submitted in written form by e-mail (clubland@mountainx. com), fax, snail mail or hand-delivered to the Clubland Editor Hayley Benton at 2 Wall St., Room 209, Asheville, NC 28801. Events submitted to other staff members are not assured of inclusion in Clubland / Clubs must hold at least TWO events per week to qualify for listing space. Any venue that is inactive in Clubland for one month will be removed / The Clubland Editor reserves the right to edit or exclude events or venues / Deadline is by noon on Monday for that Wednesday’s publication. this is a firm deadline.

thurSdAy, december 17

december 16 - december 22, 2015

multimediA muSic: Combining the whimsy of painter Phil Cheney with the rockin’ Americana sound stylings of Krekel & Whoa and members of the Snake Oil Medicine Show, The Dynamic Arts League combines joyous storybook lyrics with folksy Kodachrome melodies to create “colorful music to grin to.” To celebrate the League’s first full-length recording (“Songs Stuck in Your Head Clinic”), the fun-loving group will put on a special show at Isis Restaurant & Music Hall on Saturday, Dec. 19 beginning at 7 p.m. Photo courtesy of the Dynamic Arts League. JAck of the wood pub Old-time session, 5pm Honky-tonk dance party w/ Hearts Gone South, 9pm lAzy diAmond Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 10pm lex 18 The Patrick Lopez Experience (modern Latin jazz piano), 7pm lobSter trAp Ben Hovey (dub-jazz, trumpet), 6:30pm mountAin moJo coffeehouSe Open mic, 6:30pm new mountAin theAter/AmphitheAter Phuncle Sam Phamily Xmas show (Grateful Dead covers), 9pm noble kAvA Open mic w/ Caleb Beissert, 9pm o.henry’S/the underground “Take the Cake” Karaoke, 10pm odditorium The Spiral w/ Kill Your Self (rock), 9pm off the wAgon Piano show, 9pm olive or twiSt Intermediate swing dance lessons w/ Bobby Wood, 7pm Beginning swing dance lesson w/ Bobby Wood, 7:30pm 3 Cool Cats (vintage rock), 8pm

orAnge peel Wizards Of Winter (progressive rock), 8pm oSkAr blueS brewery Trivia at the brewery, 6pm piSgAh brewing compAny Savannah Smith (country, singer-songwriter), 6pm room ix Fuego: Latin night, 9pm SAnctuAry brewing compAny Adoptable pet night w/ Blue Ridge Humane Society, 7pm Scully’S Sons of Ralph (bluegrass), 6pm Sly grog lounge Cards Against Humanity Game Night, 10pm SociAl lounge & tApAS Phantom Pantone (DJ), 10pm Sol bAr new mountAin World Wednesdays, 8pm Southern AppAlAchiAn brewery Christmas Karaoke w/ Paul Schiro, 7pm StrAightAwAy cAfe Pierce Edens (Americana, folk, rock), 6pm tAllgAry’S At four college Open mic & jam, 7pm the Joint next door Bluegrass jam, 8pm

bArley’S tAproom AMC Jazz Jam, 9pm ben’S tune-up Krektones Christmas (surf-rock Christmas party), 8pm blAck mountAin Ale houSe Bluegrass jam w/ The Big Deal Band, 8pm blue mountAin pizzA & brew pub Ionize, 7pm blue ridge tAproom Beyond Chicken (Americana), 8pm club eleven on grove Tango lessons & practilonga w/ Tango Gypsies, 7pm Holiday Ball w/ The Low-Down Sires (hot jazz, swing), 7:30pm creekSide tAphouSe Singer-songwriter night w/ Riyen Roots, 8pm crow & Quill Carolina Catskins (ragtime), 10pm double crown 33 and 1/3 Thursdays w/ DJs Devyn & Oakley, 10pm elAine’S dueling piAno bAr Dueling Pianos, 9pm foggy mountAin brewpub King Zeroes (blues), 9pm french broAd brewery Nosedive (blues, roots), 6pm grey eAgle muSic hAll & tAvern Cow Skeleton Records Songwriter Festival w/ Angela Easterling, Quentin Marshburn, David Mann, Caleb Burress, Brandon Turner & guests (singer-songwriter), 8pm highlAnd brewing compAny Community Night w/ Mountain Housing Opportunities, 4pm

one Stop deli & bAr Lip sync karaoke, 10pm

the mothlight NYS3 improv holiday show, 8pm

iSiS reStAurAnt And muSic hAll Clarinet Holiday: A festival of pipes (Christmas tunes), 7pm

one world brewing Ryan Furstenberg (Americana), 8pm

the nAtionAl Get Down Family Jam (funk, blues, soul), 8pm

JAck of the wood pub Bluegrass jam, 7pm

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lex 18 The Patrick Lopez Experience (modern Latin jazz piano), 7pm lobSter trAp Hank Bones (“The man of 1,000 songs”), 6:30pm mArket plAce Ben Hovey (dub jazz, beats), 7pm new mountAin theAter/AmphitheAter Studio Zahiya Winter Dance Spectacular (bellydance, Bhangra, hip-hop), 7:30pm o.henry’S/the underground Game Night, 9pm Drag Show, 12:30am

timo’S houSe Dance Party w/ DJ Franco Nino, 10pm town pump Stephen Evans (singer-songwriter), 9pm trAilheAd reStAurAnt And bAr Cajun & western swing jam w/ Steve Burnside, 7pm

petry), 7:30pm wxyz lounge At Aloft hotel Pam Jones (jazz), 7:30pm

fridAy, december 18

treSSA’S downtown JAzz And blueS The Westsound Revue (Motown, soul), 9pm

185 king Street Trufant Siniard Holiday Throwdown, 8pm

twiSted lAurel Karaoke, 8pm

5 wAlnut wine bAr The Krektones (surf rock), 9pm

white horSe blAck mountAin Warren Wilson Puppet Slam w/ Lisa Sturz (pup-

AltAmont theAtre Willis Alan Ramsey (Americana, country), 8am

odditorium “Down the Chimney” w/ Tad Jackson & the Roasting Chestnuts (holiday tunes), 9pm off the wAgon Dueling pianos, 9pm olive or twiSt Dance lesson w/ Ian & Karen, 8pm DJ Mike (eclectic mix, requests), 8:30pm one Stop deli & bAr Phish ’n’ Chips (Phish covers), 6pm Endymion Is The Moon w/ D&D Sluggers & Disco Goddess (multi-genre), 10pm one world brewing Mother McCree’s String Band (folk), 8pm oSkAr blueS brewery Calvin Get Down (funk), 6pm pAck’S tAvern Steve Mosely (classic hits, bluegrass), 9pm piSgAh brewing compAny The Northside Gentleman (funk, soul), 8pm pulp Slice of Life comedy open mic w/ Corr de Jock, 9pm purple onion cAfe Jimmy Landry, 7:30pm renAiSSAnce ASheville Chris Rhodes (jazz, blues, R&B), 6:30pm room ix Throwback Thursdays (all vinyl set), 9pm root bAr no. 1 Jukebox Poetry (folk, acoustic), 8pm SAnctuAry brewing compAny Emily Bodley, 7pm ScAndAlS nightclub DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm Sly grog lounge Open mic (musicians, poets, comedians & more welcome), 8pm SociAl lounge & tApAS 80s night w/ DJ Kyuri on vinyl, 8pm Sol bAr new mountAin Open Mic Nights w/ Arjay Sutton & Melissa Blazen (folk, singer-songwriter), 6pm Southern AppAlAchiAn brewery Jason DeCristofaro Trio (jazz), 7pm Spring creek tAvern Open Mic, 6pm tAllgAry’S At four college Open mic w/ Datrian Johnson, 7pm the block off biltmore Just Jazz Trio, 7:30pm the mothlight The Moth: True Stories Told Live (storytelling), 7:30pm the nAtionAl LoLo event w/ DJ Phantom Pantone (trap, hiphop, Euro), 7pm DJ dance party (hip-hop, trap), 11pm

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Fri • December 18 Lyric @ 7:00pm

Sat • December 19 Alex Krug Combo @ 7:00pm

Sun • December 20

Reggae Sunday featuring Dennis “Chalwa” Berndt @ 1:00pm

Tue • December 22 Team Trivia with Dr. Brown @ 6:00pm

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blue mountAin pizzA & brew pub Acoustic Swing, 7pm blue ridge tAproom Drumstrong Shine On Benefit w/ Copious Jones,Lea Renard and the Junkyard Dogs (funk, jam, blues), 8pm boiler room Telic, Destroy the Façade & Artificial Oceans, 9pm clASSic wineSeller Joe Cruz (piano, Beatles & Elton John covers), 7pm cork & keg Drayton & the Dreamboats (old school country, jazz, folk), 8:30pm crow & Quill Blue Ribbon Healers (ragtime, dixieland), 9pm double crown DJ Greg Cartwright (garage & soul obscurities), 10pm dugout Bite The Apple (rock), 9pm

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new mountAin theAter/AmphitheAter Asheville drum circle (at Blue Ridge Tap Room), 6pm Andreilien & Soohan w/ Antandra & Shuhandz (electronic), 9pm o.henry’S/the underground Drag Show, 12:30am odditorium The Savanna Sweet Tease Burlesque Revue, 9pm off the wAgon Dueling pianos, 9pm one Stop deli & bAr Free Dead Fridays w/ members of Phuncle Sam (jam), 5pm Urban Soil w/ The Fireside Collective (Americana), 10pm one world brewing If Birds Could Fly (Americana), 9pm oSkAr blueS brewery Bootstrap Slick (Gypsy folk), 6pm pAck’S tAvern DJ MoTo (dance hits), 9pm piSgAh brewing compAny Yess-I (reggae, dub), 8pm root bAr no. 1 Reed Turchi & The Caterwauls (rock, blues), 8pm SAnctuAry brewing compAny Chris Jameson Trio, 7:30pm ScAndAlS nightclub DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm Scully’S DJ, 10pm Sly grog lounge Craig Veltri (singer-songwriter), 9pm SociAl lounge & tApAS DJ Kyuri on vinyl (funk, soul, disco), 10pm

french broAd brewery Buncombe Turnpike (bluegrass), 6pm

Sol bAr new mountAin Sol Vibes presents Skybison w/ Captain EZ & Adam Bombthreats (electronic), 10pm

good Stuff Logan Fritz & Co. (rock ’n’ roll), 8pm

Southern AppAlAchiAn brewery Eric Congdon Band (blues, Americana, rock), 8pm

grey eAgle muSic hAll & tAvern The Broadcast w/ David Earl & The Plowshares (soul, rock ’n’ roll), 9pm

Spring creek tAvern Ben Phan (folk, acoustic, singer-songwriter), 8:30pm

hAywood lounge Food & dance party w/ DJ Audio (hip-hop, reggae, trap), 10pm highlAnd brewing compAny Lyric (funk, soul, pop), 7pm iron horSe StAtion The Wilhelm Brothers - (folk rock w/ cello), 7pm iSiS reStAurAnt And muSic hAll Sirius.B w/ Megan Jean and the KFB & Plankeye Peggy (Gypsy-folk, funk, punk), 9pm JAck of the wood pub Red Dirt Revelators w/ Marvelous Funkshun (blues, roots), 9pm JeruSAlem gArden Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7pm k lounge DJ CVtheProducer (old-school hip-hop), 10pm lAzy diAmond Sonic Satan Stew w/ DJ Alien Brain, 10pm lex 18 Harvey Diamond & Mike Holstein (piano & bass jazz), 6:30pm Lenny Pettinelli (pop jazz), 9:45pm lobSter trAp Calico Moon (Americana), 6:30pm

mArket plAce The Sean Mason Trio (groove, jazz, funk), 7pm

StrAightAwAy cAfe Bull Moose Party (bluegrass, old-time), 6pm tAllgAry’S At four college Mojomatic (rock, blues), 9:30pm the AdmirAl Hip Hop dance party w/ DJ Warf, 11pm the block off biltmore Christy Snow (singer-songwriter), 7:30pm the mothlight The American Gonzos w/ The Dirty Soul Revival & The Comet Conductors (funk, rock), 9:30pm the nAtionAl Omnitet (funk, soul), 8pm DJ dance party (hip-hop, trap), 11pm the SociAl Steve Moseley (acoustic), 6pm tiger mountAin Dark dance rituals w/ DJ Cliffypoo, 10pm timo’S houSe DJ Jet presents Hip-Hop Holiday (hip-hop, rap), 10pm town pump Pea Pickin’ Hearts (folk), 9pm twiSted lAurel Live DJ, 11pm

white horSe blAck mountAin “Sing Away The Holiday Blues” w/ Peggy Ratusz & Michael Jefry Stevens (jazz, blues, soul), 8pm wild wing cAfe South A Social Function (acoustic), 9:30pm

iSiS reStAurAnt And muSic hAll An evening w/ the Dynamic Arts League (Americana, whimsical), 7pm 4th annual bluegrass holiday benefit w/ Town Mountain & The Larry Keel Experience, 9pm

wxyz lounge At Aloft hotel Ben Hovey (souljazztronica), 8pm

JAck of the wood pub All star bluegrass night w/ The Road Bluegrass Band, 9pm

zAmbrA Zambra Jazz Trio, 8pm

JeruSAlem gArden Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7pm

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lobSter trAp Hot Point Trio (jazz), 6:30pm mArket plAce DJs (funk, R&B), 7pm mcgourty’S pub Roots & Dore (blues), 8pm new mountAin theAter/AmphitheAter Vanessa Carlton w/ Joshua Hyslop (alternative, pop), 8pm odditorium Bask w/ Haal & Waft (metal, rock), 9pm off the wAgon Dueling pianos, 9pm

blAck mountAin Ale houSe Todd Cecil & Back South (country, blues), 9pm

olive or twiSt 42nd Street Band (big band jazz), 8pm Dance party (hip-hop, rap), 11pm

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one Stop deli & bAr Holiday craft bazaar, 12pm Debrissa & The Bear King (trip-hop), 10pm

blue mountAin pizzA & brew pub Matt Sellars (Americana, blues, roots), 7pm

orAnge peel Aligning Minds launch party w/ A Path Untold, Aligning Minds, Futexture, Bombassic, and more (dubstep, electronic, ambient), 9pm

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one Stop deli & bAr Bluegrass brunch w/ Woody Wood, 11am

the AdmirAl Soul night w/ DJ Dr. Filth, 11pm

ScAndAlS nightclub DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm

the block off biltmore Spoken Word (poetry, storytelling), 2pm Christy Snow (singer-songwriter), 8pm

SociAl lounge & tApAS DJ Kyusi on vinyl (old school trip-hop, deep house, acid jazz), 8pm

the mothlight Doc Aquatic w/ Pretty Pretty (indie, psychedelic), 9:30pm

Southern AppAlAchiAn brewery King Possum (folk, Americana), 5pm

the nAtionAl DJ dance party (hip-hop, trap), 11pm timo’S houSe Vinyl Revision: Tonell, Krista, LaMorte (DnB, breaks), 10pm town pump Dirty Soul Revival (rock), 9pm trAilheAd reStAurAnt And bAr Alex Taub Trio (jazz), 8pm twiSted lAurel Live DJ, 11pm white horSe blAck mountAin The Screamin’ Js (boogie-woogie), 8pm wild wing cAfe Karaoke, 8pm wxyz lounge At Aloft hotel Salsa Saturday w/ DJ Malinalli, 8pm zAmbrA Zambra Jazz Trio, 8pm

SundAy, december 20 5 wAlnut wine bAr Mimi Bell (blues, folk, soul), 7pm AltAmont theAtre An evening w/ Jon Stickley & Travis Book (Gypsyjazz, bluegrass, acoustic), 8pm ben’S tune-up Reggae night w/ Dub Kartel, 8pm blue mountAin pizzA & brew pub Patrick Fitzsimons (blues, folk), 7pm bywAter Cornmeal Waltz w/ Robert Greer (acoustic), 6pm

StrAightAwAy cAfe The Get Right Band (funk, reggae, rock), 5pm tAllgAry’S At four college Jason Brazzel (acoustic), 6pm the block off biltmore Sufi, Hindu & Buddhist chants, 2pm the nAtionAl Reggae Radio, 4pm the omni grove pArk inn Lou Mowad (classical guitar), 10am Bob Zullo (pop, rock, blues), 7pm the SociAl Get Vocal Karaoke, 9:30pm the Southern Yacht Rock Brunch w/ DJ Kipper, 12pm timo’S houSe Asheville Drum ’n’ Bass Collective, 10pm wedge brewing co. Vollie McKenzie & Hank Bones (acoustic jazzswing), 6pm white horSe blAck mountAin Asheville Clarinet Ensemble, 3pm wicked weed Mrs. Dubfire (reggae), 3pm

mondAy, december 21 185 king Street Open mic night, 7pm 5 wAlnut wine bAr The Get Right Band (funk, rock, reggae), 8pm AltAmont brewing compAny Old-time jam w/ Mitch McConnell, 6:30pm

crow & Quill Drayton & the Dreamboats: special Christmas show (dream jazz), 9pm

ben’S tune-up Jacob Green (“one man blues band”), 5pm Steelin’ Time w/ Scott Sharpe and Jon Corbin (ragtime-stomp, Hawaiian, bluegrass), 8pm

double crown Karaoke w/ Tim O, 9pm

blue mountAin pizzA & brew pub Hunter Grigg (singer-songwriter), 7pm

grey eAgle muSic hAll & tAvern EmiSunshine (country, Appalachia), 6pm

bywAter Open mic w/ Taylor Martin, 8pm

iron horSe StAtion Mark Shane (R&B), 6pm

cAtAwbA brewing South Slope Open mic night, 5pm

iSiS reStAurAnt And muSic hAll Sunday Classical Brunch, 11am Russ Wilson “Have Yourself a Swinging Little Christmas” (holiday variety show, big band), 6pm

courtyArd gAllery Open mic (music, poetry, comedy, etc.), 8pm

JAck of the wood pub Irish session, 5pm lAzy diAmond Tiki Night w/ DJ Lance (Hawaiian, surf, exotica), 10pm

creekSide tAphouSe Trivia, 7pm crow & Quill Los Abrojitos (Argentine tango), 9pm double crown Country Karaoke, 10pm

lex 18 Michael John Jazz (classic jazz), 7pm

good Stuff Open mic w/ Laura Thurston, 7pm

lobSter trAp Hunnilicious (country, folk, pop), 6:30pm

grey eAgle muSic hAll & tAvern Contra dance (lessons, 7:30pm), 8pm

odditorium Thera Roya w/ Radiant Beings of Light & Pallor (metal), 9pm

JAck of the wood pub Quizzo, 7pm The Bluebirds (folk, bluegrass, alt-country), 9pm

off the wAgon Piano show, 9pm

lAzy diAmond Heavy Night w/ DJ Butch, 10pm

lexington Ave brewery (lAb) Kipper’s “Totally Rad” Trivia night, 8pm lobSter trAp Bobby Miller & Friends (bluegrass), 6:30pm o.henry’S/the underground Geeks Who Drink trivia, 7pm odditorium Busted Chops w/ Horseflesh & Niah (metal), 9pm olive or twiSt 2 Breeze Band (Motown), 6pm one world brewing Beats & Brews w/ DJ Whistleblower, 8pm oSkAr blueS brewery Mountain Music Mondays (open jam), 6pm Sovereign remedieS Stevie Lee Combs (acoustic), 8pm the mothlight Russ T Nutz w/ Sammy Guns & Nikki Frank (singersongwriter, country, comedy), 9pm the nAtionAl Open mic w/ Shane Livingston, 7pm the omni grove pArk inn Bob Zullo (pop, rock, blues), 7pm

grey eAgle muSic hAll & tAvern Oskar Blues’ Trolley LaLaLa w/ The Silent Knights (holiday tunes), 6:30pm

cork & keg “Down The Chimney” w/ Tad Jackson & the Roasting Chestnuts (Christmas music), 8pm

iron horSe StAtion Open mic, 6pm

double crown Classic Country w/ DJs Greg Cartwright, David Gay, Brody Hunt, 10pm

iSiS reStAurAnt And muSic hAll Tuesday bluegrass sessions, 7:30pm JAck of the wood pub Screen Door Porch (Americana, roots, rock), 8pm lAzy diAmond Punk ’n’ Roll w/ DJ Leo Delightful, 10pm lex 18 Bob Strain & Bill Fouty (jazz ballads & standards), 7pm

odditorium Odd comedy night, 9pm off the wAgon Rock ’n’ roll bingo, 8pm

tiger mountAin Service industry night (rock ’n’ roll), 9pm

one Stop deli & bAr Turntable Tuesdays (DJs & vinyl), 10pm

timo’S houSe Movie night, 7pm

one world brewing Alex Ball (fiddle), 8pm

town pump Rue Snider (Americana), 9pm

SAnctuAry brewing compAny Team trivia & tacos, 7pm

urbAn orchArd Old-time music, 7pm

SociAl lounge & tApAS Phantom Pantone (DJ), 10pm

white horSe blAck mountAin Lightbulb Jazz Ensemble, 7:30pm

tAllgAry’S At four college Jam night, 9pm the Joint next door Open mic w/ Laura Thurston, 7pm

5 wAlnut wine bAr The John Henrys (hot jazz), 8pm

the mothlight Gold Light w/ Axxa Abraxas & J Seger (rock ’n’ roll, R&B, crooner), 9:30pm

AltAmont brewing compAny Open mic w/ Chris O’Neill, 8:30pm

the nAtionAl Live Jazz Band, 8pm

ASheville muSic hAll Tuesday Night Funk Jam, 11pm

treSSA’S downtown JAzz And blueS Funk & jazz jam w/ Pauly Juhl, 8:30pm

bAck yArd bAr Open mic & jam w/ Robert Swain, 8pm

twiSted lAurel Tuesday night blues dance w/ The Remedy (lesson @ 8), 8pm

white horSe blAck mountAin Irish sessions & open mic, 6:30pm

blAck mountAin Ale houSe Trivia, 7pm

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blAck beAr coffee co. Round Robin acoustic open mic, 7pm

blue mountAin pizzA & brew pub Gene Holdway (Americana, bluegrass, folk), 7pm

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mArket plAce The Rat Alley Cats (jazz, Latin, swing), 7pm

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ben’S tune-up Eleanor Underhill (acoustic), 5pm Gypsy Swingers (swing, jazz, Latin), 7pm

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the vAlley muSic & cookhouSe Monday Pickin’ Parlour (open jam, open mic), 8pm

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cork & keg Honky-tonk Christmas w/ Tom Pittman (classic country, holiday tunes), 6:30pm

5 wAlnut wine bAr Stevie Lee Combs (acoustic juke), 5pm Les Amis (African folk), 8pm

creekSide tAphouSe Old School Low Down Blues Tues. w/ Matt Walsh, 6pm

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crow & Quill Chinquapin Duo (folk, old-time), 9pm

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lobSter trAp Hank Bones (“The man of 1,000 songs”), 6:30pm mArket plAce Ben Hovey (dub jazz, beats), 7pm o.henry’S/the underground Game Night, 9pm Drag Show, 12:30am off the wAgon Dueling pianos, 9pm

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olive or twiSt Dance lesson w/ Ian & Karen, 8pm DJ Mike (eclectic mix, requests), 8:30pm

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one Stop deli & bAr Phish ’n’ Chips (Phish covers), 6pm

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pAck’S tAvern Jeff Anders & Justin Burrell (acoustic rock), 9pm

Scully’S Sons of Ralph (bluegrass), 6pm

room ix Throwback Thursdays (all vinyl set), 9pm

Sly grog lounge Word Night (trivia-ish), 8pm Cards Against Humanity Game Night, 10pm

ScAndAlS nightclub DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm

SociAl lounge & tApAS Phantom Pantone (DJ), 10pm

Sly grog lounge Open mic (musicians, poets, comedians & more welcome), 8pm

Sol bAr new mountAin World Wednesdays, 8pm

SociAl lounge & tApAS 80s night w/ DJ Kyuri on vinyl, 8pm

tAllgAry’S At four college Open mic & jam, 7pm

Sol bAr new mountAin Open Mic Nights w/ Arjay Sutton & Melissa Blazen (folk, singer-songwriter), 6pm Spring creek tAvern Open Mic, 6pm tAllgAry’S At four college Open mic w/ Datrian Johnson, 7pm

the phoenix Jazz night, 8pm

timo’S houSe Dance Party w/ DJ Franco Nino, 10pm

the Southern Disclaimer Comedy open mic, 9pm

town pump Christmas Locals Jam, 9pm

tiger mountAin Flux (’80s & ’90s dance party), 10pm

trAilheAd reStAurAnt And bAr Cajun & western swing jam w/ Steve Burnside, 7pm

timo’S houSe “Spectrum AVL” w/ DamGood & rotating DJs, 9pm

treSSA’S downtown JAzz And blueS The Westsound Revue (Motown, soul), 9pm

town pump Open mic w/ Billy Presnell, 9pm

twiSted lAurel Karaoke, 8pm

trAilheAd reStAurAnt And bAr Acoustic jam w/ Kevin Scanlon (bluegrass, old-time, folk), 6pm

white horSe blAck mountAin Christmas Eve Show for the Community, 7pm

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crow & Quill Carolina Catskins (ragtime, jazz), 10pm

lex 18 A 1930s White Christmas Dinner & Live Radio Show (ticketed event), 6pm

the mothlight The Silent Knights w/ The Krektones (country, surf rock), 9pm

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noble kAvA Open mic w/ Caleb Beissert, 9pm

the Joint next door Bluegrass jam, 8pm

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mountAin moJo coffeehouSe Open mic, 6:30pm

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odditorium Martial Law (hardcore), 9pm

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Janis Joplin in Amy Berg’s very well done documentary: Janis: little girl blue.

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director: amy berg (West of Memphis) Players: Janis Joplin, cat power (voice), peter albin, Karleen bennett, dick cavett, John cooke, d.a. pennebaker music documentary rated nr the story: documentary on the life and music of Janis Joplin. the lowdown: solid, amazingly well-researched film that becomes something more by the inclusion of excerpts from Joplin’s letters as a kind of narration.

If it weren’t for the use of Janis Joplin’s letters (read by singer-songwriter Cat Power) as a kind of narration, Amy Berg’s Janis: Little Girl Blue would be a straightforward and fairly basic documentary on Joplin — albeit an unusually well-researched one. With the narration, however, the film comes across as something more, something that gives the viewer a sense of the woman beyond the sensationalistic headlines and the tragic icon. The narration affords the film that indefinable (probably illusory) feeling of knowing the person, even though the person you’re getting is, of course, the image she was herself as communicated to someone else. As such, it’s as well to

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tread a little cautiously. In other words, at all times, it’s a good idea to put Joplin’s words in context. The letters she wrote her parents, for example, versus those she wrote her friends frequently convey different tones — and served different purposes. All this requires a good bit of reading between the lines, but it’s surprising how illuminating it all is — even when you sense she’s trying to convince herself of the veracity of what she says. The overall sense is that she’s both a slightly befuddled, badly damaged little girl and a surprisingly canny observer of her life and herself. I should note that I am not coming to this film as any kind of a hardcore fan. I was obviously aware of her at the time (she died when I was 16), but she was never central to my interests. I guess you could say she fell into that category of artists I’d listen to on the radio without feeling the need to buy her records. I bring this up because there are things about Janis: Little Girl Blue that are new to me that might well be old news to the seasoned fan. In that regard, I have to say that the film does serve as a solid, basic introduction to Joplin and her life. All of the essential facts are there and laid out coherently in a manner that places them within their time — which is to say within Joplin’s time, within the world of the 1960s. The events of her life are not happening in a 21st century milieu, but in a very special era — one where the mechanics of fame were different and seemed less sinister. I don’t even know if Joplin could exist today. True, the media of the time could be just as cruel as today’s — constantly making demands and decisions. (The movie presents opinion pieces about how Joplin needs to quit Big Brother and the Holding Company, quickly followed ones proclaiming that she needs to go back to them.) But it wasn’t so omnipresent. The genuine sense of fragility that constantly peeked through Joplin’s rock star — even her hippie chic — pose would wither and die in the full-glare of our media-saturated world, and be stamped out almost as soon as it began. Someone like Dick

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cArmike cinemA 10 (298-4452) cArolinA cinemAS (274-9500) some times not aVaiLabLe at presstime aLVin and tHe cHipmunks (pg) brookLYn (pg-13) creed (pg-13) tHe good dinosaur 2d (pg) tHe Hunger games: mockingJaY -- part 2 (pg-13) in tHe Heart oF tHe sea 2d (pg-13) krampus (pg-13) sisters (r) 11:10, 1:50, 4:30, 7:15, 10:00 spotLigHt (r) star Wars: tHe Force aWakens 3d (pg-13) 10:20, 11:55, 1:20 2:55, 4:25, 6:00, 7:30, 9:05, 10:35 star Wars: tHe Force aWakens 2d (pg-13) 11:00, 12:50, 1:55, 3:55, 5:00, 7:00, 8:05, 10:05, 11:10 trumbo (r)

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S TA RTI N G FR I D AY Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip Few things make a more convincing argument against the existence of God than the fact that a fourth movie about Alvin and the Chipmunks has been made. After a gap of four years, you may have thought you were safe, but no. You stand warned (PG)

Janis: Little Girl Blue See review in “Cranky Hanke”

Sisters Also braving the Star Wars juggernaut is this raunchy-com starring Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, which has gotten surprisingly high marks in early reviews (mostly from Brit critics, who perhaps expect no better from us). The plot is described thus: “SNL alumni Tina Fey and Amy Poehler costar in this Universal Studios comedy about a pair of 30-something sisters who learn that their parents’ house has been put on the market, and who decide to spend one last rowdy weekend in the home where they grew up.” Obviously, the pinnacle of sophistication. (R)

Star Wars: The Force Awakens Then, of course, there’s this — assuming anyone doesn’t know (something that would require a superhuman effort). (PG-13)

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ZBUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/library Free unless otherwise noted. • Through (12/26), 2pm - North Asheville Library Film Series: “Do They Know it’s Christmas?” Featuring In Bruges, Edward Scissorhands, Brazil and Less Than Zero. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. FIRESTORM CAFE AND BOOKS 610 Haywood Road, 255-8115 • SA (12/19), 5:30pm - Tolantongo: A Worker Co-op Resort, documentary. Free to attend.

ZTHE JUNCTION 348 Depot St., 225-3497, thejunctionasheville.com • SA (12/19), 8pm - Outdoor holiday movies: The Polar Express. Free to attend. Held outside.

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Cavett might be bemused by her lack of clarity, but there’s a sense under it all that he genuinely cares about her. (You will not find anything like this on TMZ.) In the end, what we have here is a little film of unusual warmth, remarkably little exploitation and a level of scholarship rarely seen in celebrity documentaries. Is it the definitive film on Janis Joplin? I don’t know, but I do know it’s a very good one — and it will only be here for one week. Not Rated, but contains language, nudity and, of course, drug use. Starts Friday at Fine Arts Theatre. REVIEWED BY KEN HANKE KHANKE@MOUNTAINX.COM

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DIRECTOR: Ron Howard PLAYERS: Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker, Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, Ben Whishaw, Michelle Fairley, Tom Holland HISTORICAL ADVENTURE DRAMA Rated PG-13 THE STORY: The “true” story that inspired Moby Dick — at least in theory. THE LOWDOWN: Sure, it’s well made for what it is. Unfortunately, what it is ... is a tough slog of epic proportions — and not the kind of epic the filmmakers intended. I have yet to be genuinely surprised by a Ron Howard film. (Oh, I once thought he had surprised me with the first part of 2003’s The Missing, but he fixed that before the movie was over.) I know going in that I am going to see a (generally) nicely crafted piece of Hollywood midcult, made by a nice guy with no discernible personal signature — except, mountainx.com MOUNTAINX.COM

= max rating maybe, a bad case of Spielberg Envy. I know the movie is unlikely to be actually bad, but that it’s equally unlikely to be very exciting. It will almost certainly be incapable of upsetting anyone. If we’re lucky, we find ourselves in the realm of pop culture junk — like those goofy films made from Dan Brown thriller-novels. If we’re not so lucky, it’s likely to be Howard straining for significance. And that’s where In the Heart of the Sea comes in. Just who decided that what the world needed was a Moby Dick origins story, I cannot imagine. But that’s what this film version of Nathaniel Philbrick’s historical In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex is. For that matter, I’m not at all sure of the appraisal that there’s much of a market for an “iron men in wooden ships” actioner, where people say things like, “Come on, lads,” and attempt to harpoon whales — with or without the pseudo-weighty concerns tacked on. (That the film had a clear shot at taking the box office its opening week and was beaten by the four-weekold The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2 perhaps answers that.) I suppose there’s a kind of charming quality to making something as determinedly old-fashioned as this — at least in theory. Actually, sitting through it is apt to diminish such a thought. In order to add the desired importance, Howard and screenwriter Charles Leavitt have added a framing story involving Herman Melville (Ben Whishaw) coming to Nantucket to interview the last survivor of the illfated Essex, Tom Nickerson (Brendan Gleeson). But Nickerson — an alcoholdissipated old salt who whiles away his time building ships in bottles and is not at all like Taylor Coleridge’s garrulous fellow in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner — is not inclined to tell his tale and has to be forced into it by Mrs. Nickerson (Michelle Fairley). Apparently, she believes that until his “ghastly tale is told,” Nickerson will never be set free. (She’s either read Coleridge’s poem or harbors theories that predate Dr. Freud.) So the story finally begins, and a pretty trite one it turns out to be — part seafaring melo-

drama, part class-struggle hoo-ha. Somehow, it even manages to turn into a pointed (if clunky) critique of reckless capitalism as evidenced by any form of the oil business. Along the way, we get a dose of pretty decorous cannibalism (the reason for Nickerson’s reticence) and a giant (whitish) whale out of Jaws: The Revenge (1987). In other words: “This time... It’s personal.” No, I’m not kidding. This monstrous makeshift Moby is out for vengeance on the crew of the Essex for inhospitably sticking him with a harpoon — even if he has to follow them all over the Pacific to do it. Think of him as Michael Myers with fins and a blowhole. Yes, this really is that silly. Maybe more so. It’s not that the film is badly made — though it is certainly badly structured. It’s that it seems utterly clueless how to bring all these elements together. The framing story — perhaps the most successfully realized (but no less corny) aspect of the movie — isn’t enough to hold it together. And nothing could make it move smoothly. All of the action is in the first half of the movie. Once the film meets the big fellow, it’s pretty much over — except for what feels likes hours of survivors in lifeboats going through the things survivors in lifeboats tend to go through. And for what? A lesson in the unethical behavior of Big Business. The characters are thin and uninteresting. At best, they have one defining trait — chip-on-his-shoulder lead, spoiled rich boy, reformed alcoholic, etc. — and those are the lucky ones. The actors do what they can (despite a riot of dodgy accents and dreadful dialogue), but that only goes so far — and not nearly far enough. Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of action and peril, brief startling violence and thematic material. Playing at Carolina Cinemas, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande, UA Beaucatcher. REVIEWED BY KEN HANKE KHANKE@MOUNTAINX.COM

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BAD SANTA: Pictured, a still from Terry Gilliam’s Brazil, which screens Saturday, Dec. 19, at 2 p.m. as part of the North Asheville Library’s “Do They Know it’s Christmas?” film series. Photo courtesy of The Criterion Collection • The North Asheville Library’s “Do They Know it’s Christmas?” film series continues each Saturday through Dec. 26, featuring movies that — unbeknownst to many viewers — take place during the holidays. Following in the footsteps of selections In Bruges and Edward Scissorhands, Brazil will screen Dec. 19, at 2 p.m. From The Criterion Collection’s synopsis: “Jonathan Pryce plays a daydreaming everyman who finds himself caught in the soulcrushing gears of a nightmarish bureaucracy. This cautionary tale by Terry Gilliam, one of the great films of the 1980s, has come to be esteemed alongside antitotalitarian works by the likes of George Orwell, Aldous Huxley and Kurt Vonnegut Jr.” Less Than Zero closes out the series Dec. 26, at 2 p.m. Based on the novel by Bret Easton Ellis, Marek Kanievska’s 1987 film centers on college student Clay (Andrew McCarthy) as he returns home to Los Angeles for Christmas vacation, antsy to resume his longterm romantic relationship with Blair (Jami Gertz) and his old friendship with the immature Julian (Robert Downey Jr.). Upon arrival, he discovers that the two have started a relationship of their own and developed a fondness for

clubs, raucous parties and mounds of cocaine. James Spader also stars as a drug dealer. Free and open to the public. • The Junction hosts a free outdoor screening of The Polar Express Saturday, Dec. 19, at 8 p.m. Robert Zemeckis’ 2004 adaptation of the beloved Chris Van Allsburg book chronicles a young boy’s journey to the North Pole. The animated film was made using motion-capture technology, which allowed Tom Hanks to play six characters, including the protagonist and Santa Claus. • Pack Memorial Library will have a free showing of Princess Mononoke Wednesday, Dec. 30, at 5 p.m. as part of its Afternoon Anime series. Hayao Miyazaki’s 1997 film tracks the adventures of a young warrior named Ashitaka, who sets out for the forests of the West in search of an antidote for the deadly curse that plagues his body. There, he becomes caught up in a battle that matches Lady Eboshi and her clan of humans against the forest’s animal gods, led by the titular young woman, who was raised by wolves. The film is intended for ages 13 and older. Send your local film news to ae@ mountainx.com X

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Before the Rain HHHH Director: Milcho Manchevski Players: Rade Serbedzija, Katrin Cartlidge, Grégoire Colin, Labina Mitevska, Jay Villiers DrAMA Rated NR I’d never even heard of Milcho Manchevski or his 1994 debut feature film, Before the Rain, until World Cinema programmed it into their mix. That’s not too surprising since stark dramas about the Muslim/

Black Christmas HHHH Director: Bob Clark (A Christmas Story) Players: Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder, John Saxon, Andrea Martin Horror Rated R Merry Christmas from the Thursday Horror Picture Show with Bob Clark’s Black Christmas (yes, the same Bob Clark who made A Christmas Story). What better way to spend the night before Christmas Eve than with the original “slasher” picture? Yes, Black Christmas pretty much started it all — predating Halloween (1978), Friday the 13th (1980) and A

Tokyo Godfathers HHHHS Director: Satoshi Kon (Paprika) Players: (Voices of) Toru Emori, Aya Okamoto, Yoshiaka Umegaki, Shozo Iizuka, Seizo Kato ANiMAteD cHriStMAS StorY Rated PG-13 In Brief: The Asheville Film Society’s “official” Christmas movie is the late Satoshi Kon’s animated Tokyo Godfathers (2003) — a variant on Peter

Christian conflict in Macedonia aren’t likely to get much play in the West — even with a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar nomination. It’s the kind of film — heavily political, beautifully crafted, cleverly structured, deeply serious (and it makes sure you know it) — where it’s easy to see why it garnered awards, nominations and other accolades at the time of its release, and just as easy to see why it has more or less drifted into obscurity in the intervening years. (That Manchevski hasn’t managed an equally successful follow-up doesn’t help.) Before the Rain — for all its merits — just tries too hard, overshooting its intended profundity and landing in the realm of arty pretension.

It wants to be a statement on why the Balkan countries will never be at peace, but it never gets much beyond stating that idea. Its interconnected — and ultimately circular — story fascinates, but once you understand where it’s going (early in the second part), it’s hard not to guess how each part fits and how each will play out. Is it worth a look? Oh, definitely, but don’t be surprised if it doesn’t have much staying power. Classic World Cinema by Courtyard Gallery will present Before the Rain Friday, Dec. 18 at 8 p.m. at Phil Mechanic Studios, 109 Roberts St., River Arts District (upstairs in the Railroad Library). Info: 273-3332, www.ashevillecourtyard.com

Nightmare on Elm Street (1984). Though it flopped in 1974 (despite being rechristened Silent Night, Evil Night so it wouldn’t be mistaken for a blaxploitation picture), it has come to be recognized as the groundbreaking minor classic that it is. The plot is simple — sorority girls being offed one by one by a crazed killer in the house — but the execution is surprisingly clever, creepy and restrained. At its core, Black Christmas is essentially an “old, dark sorority house” picture, but it offers variations that would soon become conventions. It draws from the land of the urban myth with its “oh my God, the killer is in the house” development (it’s only a development to the characters; we’ve known it all along). That’s part of terrorized-babysitter lore that goes back at least to the 1950s —and almost cer-

tainly earlier. It quickly became a staple. The muchdebated use of subjective camera, where the audience “becomes” the killer, is here, too. You may recall that this became a controversy — mostly due to Siskel and Ebert — in the early 1980s as an example of the depravity of modern horror where the audience is, by implication, doing the killing. This was said mostly in reference to Friday the 13th, but it’s also used here. (The theory fails to consider that — in both of these cases — the approach is less psychological than utilitarian, since it keeps the viewer from seeing who the killer is.) The Thursday Horror Picture Show will screen Black Christmas Thursday, Dec. 17, at 8 p.m. in Theater Six at The Carolina Asheville and will be hosted by Xpress movie critic Ken Hanke.

B. Kyne’s Three Godfathers, the mix of outlaws, Christmas and a baby that had already been filmed six times. (It was also parodied in Bella and Samuel Spewack’s 1935 play Boy Meets Girl.) This version brings the story into modern times, sets it in Tokyo and turns the three outlaws into three homeless people — specifically: an aging drunk, a transvestite and a runaway teenage girl. In Kon’s take, it is they who take charge of an abandoned baby on Christmas Eve. Apart from the basic — if wildly altered — set-up, Tokyo Godfathers is very much its own film. (Well, with those changes and the location, it couldn’t be anything

else.) It’s still a tale of redemption through association with an infant, but the infant here isn’t orphaned and is elevated to something almost mystical. Kon is more interested in the individual stories of his main characters, managing to bring gangsters, gay bars, kidnapping, attempted patricide and illness into the mix in a manner that is startlingly effective and quite touching. The Asheville Film Society will screen Tokyo Godfathers Tuesday, Dec. 22, at 8 p.m. in Theater Six at The Carolina Asheville, hosted by Xpress movie critic Ken Hanke.

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ends at 8:00 p.m. This person must be in recovery him or herself and will also be co-facilitating the substance abuse groups. Must have a valid driver’s license with no restrictions and a good motor vehicle record with no major violations within the last five years (MVR record will be reviewed prior to an offer of employment). Must also have current vehicle liability insurance, be eligible to be a Peer Support Specialist, pass a post-offer/pre-employment drug test, and have moderate computer skills. Jackson County nurse – Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACTT) Seeking an RN, or LPN, to join our Jackson County Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACTT) in the beautiful mountains of western North Carolina. The ACTT nurse is responsible for conducting psychiatric assessments; assessing physical needs; making appropriate referrals to community physicians; providing management and administration of medication in conjunction with the psychiatrist; providing a range of treatment, rehabilitation and support services; and sharing shift-management responsibility with the ACTT Coordinator. Employee must have a valid driver's license without violations or restrictions, which could

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ArieS (march 21-April 19): The Neanderthals were a different human species that co-existed with our ancestors, homo sapiens, for at least 5,000 years. But they eventually died out while our people thrived. Why? One reason, says science writer Marcus Chown, is that we alone invented sewing needles. Our newborn babies had well-made clothes to keep them warm and healthy through frigid winters. Neanderthal infants, covered with ill-fitting animal skins, had a lower survival rate. Chown suggests that although this provided us with a mere one percent survival advantage, that turned out to be significant. I think you're ready to find and use a small yet ultimately crucial edge like that over your competitors, Aries.

imagine, I urge you to go deeper down and further in. Cultivate a more conscious connection with the core resources you sometimes take for granted. This is one time when delving into the darkness can lead you to pleasure and treasure. As you explore, keep in mind this advice from author T. Harv Eker: "In every forest, on every farm, in every orchard on earth, what's under the ground creates what's above the ground. That's why placing your attention on the fruits you have already grown is futile. You can't change the fruits that are already hanging on the tree. But you can change tomorrow's fruits. To do so, you will have to dig below the ground and strengthen the roots."

tAuruS (April 20-may 20): Artist Robert Barry created "30 Pieces," an installation that consisted of pieces of paper on which he had typed the following statement: "Something which is very near in place and time, but not yet known to me." According to my reading of the astrological omens, this theme captures the spirit of the phase you're now entering. But I think it will evolve in the coming weeks. First it'll be "Something which is very near in place and time, and is becoming known to me." By mid-January it could turn into "Something which is very near and dear, and has become known to me."

Scorpio (oct. 23-nov. 21): In the coming weeks, the pursuit of pleasure could drain your creative powers, diminish your collaborative possibilities, and wear you out. But it's also possible that the pursuit of pleasure will enhance your creative powers, synergize your alliances, and lead you to new opportunities. Which way will you go? It all depends on the kinds of pleasures you pursue. The dumb, numbing, mediocre type will shrink your soul. The smart, intriguing, invigorating variety will expand your mind. Got all that? Say "hell, no" to trivializing decadence so you can say "wow, yes" to uplifting bliss.

gemini (may 21-June 20): "There is in every one of us, even those who seem to be most moderate, a type of desire that is uncanny, wild, and lawless." Greek philosopher Plato wrote that in his book The Republic, and I'm bringing it to your attention just in time for your Season of Awakening and Deepening Desire. The coming days will be a time when you can, if you choose, more fully tune in to the uncanny, wild, and lawless aspects of your primal yearnings. But wait a minute! I'm not suggesting you should immediately take action to gratify them. For now, just feel them and observe them. Find out what they have to teach you. Wait until the new year before you consider the possibility of expressing them.

SAgittAriuS (nov. 22-dec. 21): Garnets are considered less valuable than diamonds. But out in the wild, there's an intimate connection between these two gemstones. Wherever you find garnets near the surface of the earth, you can be reasonably sure that diamonds are buried deeper down in the same location. Let's use this relationship as a metaphor for your life, Sagittarius. I suspect you have recently chanced upon a metaphorical version of garnets, or will do so soon. Maybe you should make plans to search for the bigger treasure towards which they point the way.

cAncer (June 21-July 22): Congratulations! You have broken all your previous records for doing boring tasks that are good for you. In behalf of the other eleven signs, I thank you for your heroic, if unexciting, campaign of self-improvement. You have not only purified your emotional resources and cleared out some breathing room for yourself, but you have also made it easier for people to help you and feel close to you. Your duty has not yet been completed, however. There are a few more details to take care of before the gods of healthy tedium will be finished with you. But start looking for signs of your big chance to make a break for freedom. They'll arrive soon. leo (July 23-Aug. 22): The English word "fluke" means "lucky stroke." It was originally used in the game of billiards when a player made a good shot that he or she wasn't even trying to accomplish. Later its definition expanded to include any fortuitous event that happens by chance rather than because of skill: good fortune generated accidentally. I suspect that you are about to be the beneficiary of what may seem to be a series of flukes, Leo. In at least one case, though, your lucky break will have been earned by the steady work you've done without any fanfare. virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You may not have to use a literal crowbar in the coming weeks, but this rough tool will serve you well as a metaphor. Wherever you go, imagine that you've got one with you. Why? It's time to jimmy open glued-shut portals . . . to pry loose mental blocks . . . to coax unyielding influences to budge . . . to nudge intransigent people free of their fixations. Anything that is stuck or jammed needs to get unstuck or unjammed through the power of your willful intervention. librA (Sept. 23-oct. 22): The coming weeks will be a favorable time for you to consort with hidden depths and unknown riches. In every way you can

cApricorn (dec. 22-Jan. 19): Ready for the Cool Anger Contest? You can earn maximum points by expressing your dissatisfaction in ways that generate the most constructive transformations. Bonus points will be awarded for your ability to tactfully articulate complicated feelings, as well as for your emotionally intelligent analyses that inspire people to respond empathetically rather than defensively. What are the prizes? First prize is a breakthrough in your relationship with an ally who could be crucial to your expansion in 2016. Second prize is a liberation from one of your limiting beliefs. AQuAriuS (Jan. 20-feb. 18): A fourth-century monk named Martin was a pioneer wine-maker in France. He founded the Marmoutier Abbey and planted vineyards on the surrounding land. According to legend, Martin's donkey had a crucial role in lifting viticulture out of its primitive state. Midway through one growing season, the beast escaped its tether and nibbled on a lot of the grapevines. All the monks freaked out, fearing that the crop was wrecked. But ultimately the grapes grew better than they had in previous years, and the wine they produced was fabulous. Thus was born the practice of pruning, which became de rigueur for all grape-growers. What's your equivalent of Martin's donkey, Aquarius? I bet it'll exert its influence very soon. piSceS (feb. 19-march 20): "The deepest urge in human nature is the desire to be important," said educator John Dewey. If that's true, Pisces, you are on the verge of having your deepest urge fulfilled more than it has in a long time. The astrological alignments suggest that you are reaching the peak of your value to other people. You're unusually likely to be seen and appreciated and acknowledged for who you really are. If you have been underestimating your worth, I doubt you will be able to continue doing so. Here's your homework: Take a realistic inventory of the ways your life has had a positive impact on the lives of people you have known.

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setting. clinician, team leader – community support team (cst) We are seeking a passionate, values-driven and dynamic professional to oversee our Community Support Team (CST), serving Transylvania County. CST is a community-based mental health and substance abuse rehabilitation service, which provides support through a team approach to adults. Licensed Professional or Associate level Licensed Professional required. Substance Abuse credential preferred. At least one year of supervised, clinical experience is required. This is a new service for Transylvania County, requiring someone who can confidently manage a team of three and is comfortable working with the challenges of bringing up a new service. Peer support specialist – community support team (cst) Being a Peer Support Specialist provides an opportunity for individuals to transform their own personal lived experience with mental health and/or addiction challenges into a tool for inspiring hope for recovery in others. We currently have a vacancy for a Peer Support Specialist on our Community Support Team (CST), serving Transylvania County. CST is a community-based mental health and substance abuse rehabilitation service, which provides support through a team approach to adults. Applicants must demonstrate maturity in their own recovery process, have a valid driver’s license, reliable transportation and have moderate computer skills. Qualified Professional (QP) – community support team (cst) We are seeking a passionate, values-driven and dynamic Qualified Substance Abuse or Mental Health Professional to join our Community Support Team (CST), serving Transylvania County. CST is a community-based mental health and substance abuse rehabilitation service, which provides support through a team approach to adults. Individual must meet state requirements to serve adults with either mental health or substance use challenges and be comfortable working as part of a small, three-person team. agencyWide Peer support specialist Peers assisting in community engagement (Pace) Being a Peer Support Specialist provides an opportunity for individuals to transform their own personal lived experience with mental health and/or addiction challenges into a tool for inspiring hope for recovery in others. Applicants must demonstrate maturity in their own recovery process, have a valid driver’s license, reliable transportation and have moderate computer skills. clinician Peers assisting in community engagement (Pace) Clinician will be providing ongoing therapy with individuals and clinical support to the peer support team. The position will involve travel and community-based work in multiple counties. A Master’s degree, license eligibility and experience are required. PACE provides structured and scheduled activities for adults age 18 and older with a diagnosis of Mental Health and Substance Use disorders. This could be a part time or full time position. • For further information and to complete an application, visit our website: www.meridianbhs.org COUNSELORS NEEDED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH GROUP provider of opioid addiction treatment services, needs mental health counselors. For qualifications and to apply, visit www.bhgrecovery.com. Or fax your resume to 214-365-6150 Attn: HR-CNSLAS

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