Mountain Xpress, January 25 2012

OUR 18TH YEAR OF WEEKLY INDEPENDENT NEWS, ARTS & EVENTS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA VOL. 18 NO. 27 JANUARY 25 - 31, 2012

Commissioners curb light pollution p. 10

Is 2012 the year of bacon hatin’?

Locals weigh in on food trends p. 46

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A dose of wellness By 1888, when Dr. Karl von Ruck (the serious fellow in the photo on the left) opened the 60-bed Winyah Sanitarium in Asheville, the town and environs was already a center for health — from Madison County’s Hot Springs or West Asheville’s Sulphur Springs. In this first of two Wellness issues, we look at how that healthy spirit evolved.

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0 bUNcombe commissioNeRs: DAY foR Night Commissioners approve outdoor-lighting ordinance

gReeN sceNe: DAm YoUR Ash

Environmentalists want Progres Energy’s coal-ash ponds shored up

food

6 who wANts bAcoN, beets AND scReAmiNg chefs?

We asked locals which food trends will stay and which will go this year

arts&entertainment 56 A feARlessNess AboUt it

New show highlights BMC alumna Pat Passlof’s bold work

58 iNsectUAl heAliNg

Electro-soul artist Fine Peduncle puts his moves on Asheville

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Julie Armbruster, Victor Palomino, Erin Fussell, Smart Space, Time Travelers

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letters Satire and free speech are difficult and necessary We must never forget that the South is composed chiefly of Bible-thumping, Confederateflag-waving, potato-salad-eating, lazy-tongued, illiterate bigots [”Page 46 of the Jan. 4 Xpress Literally Made Me Cry,” Jan. 18 Xpress].

Clara Jones’ letter indicates somehow that ethnic slurs and bigotry are unique to the Bible Belt. If she grew up in a working-class neighborhood, I’m sure she heard some choice slurs every once in a while — in fact if she grew up in any American neighborhood.

I’m not proud to be a Southerner, a woman, or even an American, but I would like her to know this: In 40 years, most of them spent in the South, I have never experienced as much racism, sexism and segregation as I did during the year I lived in New Jersey. The Civil War is merely an historical footnote there, but all the wars of all the old countries are alive and well.

The ease with which the good folks I knew there employed some pretty trashy words against each other was astounding and impressive. Since the pale faces and the redskins started slaughtering each other, with the occasional break for turkeyeating and football, name-calling has been the Great American Experiment Pastime. For good or ill, it seems that humans need artificial lines to tell us who we are and who we are not. We are just tall children on a big, messy playground. Maybe one day we’ll grow up. Until then, try to grow a sense of humor.

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That all being said, I’m pretty sure the Asheville Disclaimer staff was actually making fun of any jerk who regularly uses such words and, happily, the paper uses equal-opportunity guidelines when picking people to pick on. They’ll probably get you next week, and maybe me the week after! Satire and free speech (which is not to say discrimination) are difficult and necessary things.

— Sarah Taylor Marshall

Invest in children, invest in the future I’d like to call your attention to another Big Idea in the works for 2012, The Success Equation: a movement to reduce the incidence and impact of child poverty and create a community where all children thrive [”Big Ideas for 2012,” Jan. 4 and Jan. 11, Xpress].

Scientific research on toxic stress and brain development, along with economic and socialsciences research, provide justification to what many of us feel deeply in our hearts — that child poverty exacts high costs on individuals, families and our community.

Growing up poor substantially raises risks for poor health, hunger, lowered academic achievement and behavioral issues. The risks are especially severe during early childhood when cognitive development is most active. More than one out of five children

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in Buncombe County live in poverty. In our public schools, about half of all children are on the free or reduced lunch program that serves children in poverty and from lowincome families. These statistics highlight our vulnerability for future economic and human development.

In order to develop a community-driven response, Children First/Communities In Schools of Buncombe County hosted a community summit called “The Success Equation: Families + Communities + Commitment2 = Thriving Children.” More than 150 people from a diversity of backgrounds filled the YMI to share success stories and ideas for action.

We also listened to experiences and ideas from 113 low-income residents and 41 service providers. All this input shaped our first year action plan available at http://avl.mx/9e.

Building a bright future for our community starts with investments in our children’s health, education and safety. This plan marks the start of a multiyear effort to build on successes, innovate new ideas and strengthen our shared value of opportunity for children, regardless of their economic status. In the Success Equation, everyone has something to add. Will you join us?

— Allison Jordan Children First/Communities In Schools of Buncombe County Asheville

You missed a spot A recent article about places to have breakfast missed Café Ello on Haywood Street, across from the library [“Breakfast Off the Beaten Path,” Dec. 21 Xpress]. It is an excellent place for breakfast. Not only does it have excellent food (especially the egg dishes), it also serves lunch salads, soups and sandwiches. The café offers an extensive tea selection and coffee and espresso drinks. Most importantly, it has a comfortable, welcoming “sit down and relax” atmosphere.

Look them up! We have been patrons of Café Ello since it opened, and we have never walked away unsatisfied.

— Jaye and John Bauer Asheville Xpress responds: Thank you for your feedback, and we’re sure Café Ello appreciates the nod.

In our story, we focused on restaurants not located in downtown Asheville. Keep up with Asheville’s bountiful food scene in the weekly paper, and everyday at mountainx.com/dining.

Let there be (regulated) light Sometime ago I wrote a letter highlighting how light pollution was beginning to affect the night sky here in the mountains [“Let’s Do Something About Leicester’s Growing LightPollution Problem,” Oct. 27, 2009, Xpress].

I am very gratified and satisfied to learn of the restrictions that the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners has placed on this source of pollution. I do so desire to still view our universe at night.

— Larry Weissman Leicester

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corrections The Jan. 4 “Green Scene” contained an error concerning the economics of recycling tires. The Buncombe County landfill pays a recycling facility $78 per ton to cover processing and shipping costs. When consumers buy new tires, the state collects a $2-per-tire tax and then distributes a portion of the money to eligible counties on a per capita basis.

An article in the Jan. 18 issue of the Xpress incorrectly stated the instruments played by members of Raleigh-based metal band Corrosion of Conformity. Mike Dean is the bassist and Woody Weatherman is the guitarist.

Also in the Jan. 18 issue, “The Profiler” misidentified the album by local band Blind Boy Chocolate and the Milk Sheiks. The band released Asheville Infamous, an 11-song album, in December 2011. The EP St. James Infirmary Blues “does not, and never did, exist,” according to the band.

In the Small Bites section, we stated that Blue Water Seafood Company is open for dinner Monday through Saturday. Blue Water closes at 5 p.m. on Monday, opening for dinner Tuesday through Saturday only.

The original artwork used as part of the Jan. 18 cover design was created

by Asheville artist Lisa Aimee Sturz.

The trial is an error In a recent meeting with city staff, I was disappointed to learn that, ignoring their own studies, they are seriously considering converting Charlotte Street to three lanes on a trial basis. After my disappointment I was then shocked to learn how little thought had been put into a trial of this nature.

Some of the items missing from their trial assumptions are: no defined objectives; success/measurement criteria; start/end dates; cost estimates; or risk analysis. Having run many trials and prototypes during my 30-year career with IBM, these missing assumptions led to the following unanswered questions: 1. What will the trial prove? 2. Who is going to be the judge of success or failure? 3.

Who decides what “good” and what “bad” means when it comes to qualitative analysis?

4. How to lessen frustrated drivers seeking alternative routes through neighborhoods?

5. Will the trial be done during the height of tourist season or in the dead of winter? 6.

How long will it last? 7. What are the costs of a trial (new signage, re-striping, new traffic signals, added public safety cost, etc.)? 8. Has an allowance been made for all the confusion and risk a temporary conversion could cre-

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Celebration of Appalachian Music FEBRUARY 2, 2012 6:30 P.M. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA ASHEVILLE Leadership Asheville Forum and the North Carolina Center for Creative Retirement will host an evening celebrating Appalachian Music, including its connections to Scotland and the Scotch-Irish who immigrated to our region. The program is free and open to the public, and will begin at 6:30pm on Thursday, February 2, 2012 in the Manheimer Room of the NC Center for Creative Retirement on the campus of UNC-Asheville.

The program will feature Dr. Douglas and Darcy Orr, along with Joe and Karen Holbert. All four are accomplished performers of Celtic and Appalachian music. Dr. Orr served as President of Warren Wilson College from 1991 until his retirement in 2006, and is co-authoring a book on Appalachian music with Fiona Ritchie, host of NPR’s “The Thistle & Shamrock.” Darcy is the art editor of the book, which will be published by the UNC Press. The performance will last about an hour and will be followed by a half-hour for questions and discussion.

Please join us for an informative and entertaining evening.

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ate? 9. How about the cost to undo the conversion when the trial ultimately fails?

These are just some of the unanswered questions. There are probably many more.

Why would you do all this to disprove something that traffic study after traffic study has already disproved? Why spend scarce money for a trial that has already been proved empirically to meet with certain failure? Is there nothing better to do with tax or grant money?

Can’t the city staff spend their time on more beneficial endeavors? Has the city no other problems for which our money can be used?

Are there no other, more pressing problems for which city staff time can be directed?

— Max Alexander Asheville

Please reconsider buying an animal from a breeder or pet shop Recently I had the misfortune to accompany a friend to a cat breeder in North Carolina. In my complete ignorance, I was shocked and dismayed to see cats confined in small cages in a small shed for the purpose of breeding.

When did it become acceptable to satisfy a selfish want for purebred animals at the expense of the welfare of the animal?

Although this breeder was adhering to breeding regulations, these cats were cruelly confined to a life of imprisonment for moneymaking purposes. Often cats and dogs are denied exercise, basic veterinary care and socialization. They suffer from loneliness and overwhelming stress of confinement in a cruel environment. It is no life for a cat or dog to be confined to a cage. Every time someone purchases an animal from a breeder or pet shop, they are depriving a home for a cat or dog awaiting adoption in an animal shelter.

When kittens and puppies leave breeders or pet shops without being spayed or neutered, it exacerbates the existing overpopulation crisis

of dogs and cats that we are experiencing in this country. The attendant problems of painful and life-threatening genetic defects that arise in purebred dogs and cats is another reason to not support this inhumane practice.

Please reconsider buying an animal from a breeder or pet shop. Your purchase of a kitten or puppy from these sources supports this cruel industry.

— Kelly Boulter Black Mountain

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War is literally against nature Peacetown Asheville and Local 099 Veterans for Peace are asking Asheville City Council to pass a resolution stressing the importance of “bringing our war dollars home,” where they are needed to rebuild our infrastructure.

Future wars aren’t justifiable with their killing masses of our own and other people leading to devastating unintended consequences.

We are not able to afford the massive costs incurred in preparations for, waging of, or dealing with the aftermath of wars. We fail to even contemplate wars’ environmental degradation.

This is documented in Barry Sanders’ book, The Green Zone: The Environmental Costs of Militarism, which asserts, among other things: “The military produces enough greenhouse gases by itself, to place the entire globe, with all its inhabitants large and small, in the most imminent danger of extinction. ... Military activity, from fuel emissions to radioactive waste to defoliation campaigns, is the singlegreatest contributor to the worldwide environmental crisis.”

Current efforts to roll back cuts to the Pentagon budget only represent a small first step toward moving our country away from a foreign policy based on fighting wars and are essential to reduce the deficit.

— Lew Patrie Asheville

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Day FOr nIGHT COMMISSIOnerS aPPrOVe OUTDOOr-lIGHTInG OrDInanCe

By Jake Frankel More stars may begin to be visible over Buncombe County night skies in years to come thanks to a new outdoor-lighting ordinance approved during the Board of Commissioners’ Jan. 17 meeting.

Intended to minimize light pollution, improve energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions, the new rules limit the intensity of illumination allowed in new commercial, industrial and residential development as well as parking lots, roads and other areas. They also require shielding to point the light downward and reduce glare. The rules will apply only to the county’s unincorporated areas.

The commissioners amended a draft ordinance written by planning staff and endorsed by the Planning Board, incorporating stronger measures supported by the local Sierra Club and other groups.

During a public hearing on the matter, Bernie Arghiere, president of the Astronomy Club of Asheville, outlined the differences between the Planning Board’s recommendation and what environmental leaders were pushing for.

The draft ordinance, he noted, exempted county government buildings from the new standards. “It would be a little embarrassing to ask everyone else to meet these standards, but you don’t have to,” said Arghiere, adding, “You have to do that, so you can lead by example.”

The staff proposal also excluded residential development, and Arghiere made a case for applying them to apartments and houses as well.

“Commercial developers pick those lights, and they usually pick the worst lights — the ones that are totally unshielded,” he said, adding that these “dusk-to-dawn” security lights rank near the top for glare created and energy consumed.

Accordingly, Arghiere urged the commissioners to include a five-year sunset provision that would phase them out entirely. Asheville and Woodfin have such provisions in their outdoor-lighting rules, he noted.

“These amendments are going to save on our carbon footprint. It’s going to put Buncome County in a leadership role in improving the quality of life of its citizens, and it’s going to save energy,” Arghiere asserted.

Toward the end of his comments, he asked everyone in the packed chamber who agreed with him to stand up. Nearly all of the 40-some people in attendance did, and many other commenters echoed his remarks.

John Buscarino of the UNCA environmental club shared a story about moving here from south Florida, where he grew up, and seeing the splendor of the night sky for the first time. “I think the

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let there be (less) light: Buncombe Board of Commissioners chair David Gantt, top photo, said the new rules restricting light pollution were long overdue; The Astronomy Club of Asheville’s Bernie Arghiere, lower photo, helped convince commissioners to strengthen a proposal by the county Planning board. Photos by Bill Rhodes

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“THeSe aMenDMenTS are GOInG TO SaVe On OUr CarBOn FOOTPrInT ... anD SaVe enerGy.” BernIe arGHIere, aSTrOnOMy ClUB OF aSHeVIlle natural beauty of the area is a big draw to tourists and residents, and we need to be proactive in maintaining the night sky as a resource,” he said.

Ken Brame, representing the local Sierra Club chapter, told the commissioners, “All of our members support the base ordinance, and we also strongly support the amendment that will be proposed tonight.”

Swimming against the current, however, two speakers opposed the measure.

Fairview resident Mike Fryar, a Republican candidate for commissioner in the 115th District, sarcastically referenced the unshielded lights in his neighborhood, declaring, “These lights have been shining on my house for 21 years, and I’m not dead yet.”

And Kathy Rhodarmer of Candler peered around the room, saying, “I’ve never seen so many people who want to tell others what to do.”

Meanwhile, two commissioners indicated their intention to amend the draft ordinance even before they’d heard from the crowd. Before the meeting began, Holly Jones handed out copies of an amendment addressing the very concerns Arghiere and others subsequently raised. She read from it later while making a motion to include those revisions.

Board Chair david Gantt also voiced support for the changes before the vote, saying it was only fair to hold county government to the same standards as private developers. “We need these amendments: I think what’s good for the goose is good for the gander,” he asserted.

“This is not going to be any kind of major expense for people,” Gantt maintained. “It’s only a monumental change in the sense that we don’t have any law right now, and we need a law — we needed a law 30 years ago.”

Commissioner Carol Peterson disagreed, saying that while she supported the draft ordinance, she felt the amendment hadn’t been properly vetted.

“I agree that lighting standards are good,” Peterson explained before casting the lone vote against the measure. “But I feel like we’ve got to think about the folks who are not up to speed with what we’re doing tonight, and those are the people I’m trying to make a stand for.”

Later, during public comment, Peterson found an ally in Mike Plemmons, executive director of the Council of Independent Business Owners.

“We knew the issue was coming up, but we knew nothing of the amendments that were offered tonight,” he said. “If this was worked on for several days, and apparently it was, then we should have been notified, along with the Chamber and everybody else — pro-business,

anti-business, everyone,” Plemmons maintained.

“Apparently there were a lot of groups already meeting with you. We were not one of them, and we don’t like that. … I do think if the average person in Buncombe County living in the rural areas had known about these, you probably would have had a little different public here.”

OTHer BUSIneSS The commissioners also: • Unanimously approved a pair of grant applications seeking more than $900,000 in state and federal funds for Mountain Mobility, the county’s transportation system. The grants would require roughly $166,000 in local matching funds. • Unanimously approved a new “wellness incentive” designed to encourage county employees to measure and improve their blood pressure, cholesterol, body mass and blood sugar levels. • Appointed three new members to the Planning Board: Bud sales, Jim Young and Catherine Martin. They also reappointed six current members: Josh Holmes, Joe sechler, Tom Alexander, Greg Phillips, Bernie Kessel and Michelle Pace Wood. • Heard a report by staffer Tim Rhodes on the county’s poverty prevention and management programs. Stressing the successful partnerships with outside agencies such as the Asheville Buncombe Community Christian Ministry, Rhodes also noted that the renovation of the Health and Human Services Building on Coxe Avenue in downtown Asheville is almost complete. The improved facility, he said, will help streamline operations. X

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DaM yOUr aSH enVIrOnMenTalISTS WanT PrOGreSS enerGy’S COal-aSH POnDS SHOreD UP

By SUSan anDreW A coalition of local and national environmental groups announced plans Jan. 19 to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to force the release of long-awaited rules regulating coal ash as hazardous waste. Despite evidence of leaking ponds and poisoned ground water, the EPA has delayed issuing new rules for nearly two years.

Meanwhile, local environmentalists are rallying to urge Progress Energy to create a lined, capped, dry-storage facility for the coal ash produced by its Skyland power plant. This would, they argue, help prevent toxins from leaking into the environment, and perhaps head off a massive spill like the one that flooded Kingston, Tenn., in 2008 (see “Coal Slurry for a Tennessee Christmas,” Dec. 23, 2008 Xpress).

Produced when coal is burned to generate electricity, coal ash contains varying levels of such toxic compounds as arsenic, mercury and chromium. At Progress Energy, scrubbers in the stacks capture up to 93 percent of the waste to keep it from going into the air. Instead, it’s sent to one of two large holding ponds, whose contents are held back by an earthen dam situated above Interstate 26 and the French Broad River.

Nearby residents have complained about ash blowing into their yards and open windows from the unlined, open ponds (see “When the Dust Settles,” Sept. 28, 2010, Xpress).

And recent testing by the state Division of Water Quality found excessive levels of heavy metals including chromium and thallium in monitoring wells the agency maintains at the plant.

“We’re definitely seeing exceedances. … So now we’ll go to Progress Energy and begin the conversation,” says state hydrogeologist Brett laverty. “This is not a small facility,” he adds. “This is a big gorilla: These facilities have been here for a very long time.”

There are no known drinking-water wells in the vicinity, but “We’ve asked [Progress Energy] to double-check using a well-receptor survey on the whole west side of the coal-ash basin,” says Laverty. “We’ve let them know that if they don’t do that survey, the Division will.”

Local environmentalists see a ready solution: “We need to get those ponds lined and covered,” says Judy Mattox of the WENOCA Sierra Club. It’s not clear how this would be achieved, however.

“Dry-storing these ponds is not going to be cheap or easy,” says French Broad Riverkeeper Hartwell Carson, a party to the EPA suit, “but it’s the only real solution. Until they eliminate the source, it’s not going to go away.”

Both Laverty and Progress Energy spokesperson scott sutton say there’s not enough room to create a new dry-storage facility on-site. “I don’t know what a proposal would look like,” Laverty reports, “but it’ll begin with us sitting down with Progress Energy and looking at the data.”

“There’s no way to control how ground water interacts with the [ponds],” he continues. “With dry-ash landfills, you’re excluding ground water from your coal ash, because you’re encapsulating it. It’s easily controlled, easily monitored.” As things now stand, however, “We’ve got a huge gorilla there.”

naught but a dam: An earthen dam holds back the coal-ash ponds at Progress Energy’s Skyland plant; the French Broad River and Interstate 26 lie below the 90-foot wall. Photo by Hartwell Carson; flight courtesy SouthWings.

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It’s true that the scrubbers the company added to the waste stacks in 2005 have significantly cleaned up emissions. But how the Skyland plant stacks up nationally depends, in part, on which substances you’re looking at. According to just-released EPA data, the Asheville Steam Plant emitted some 2,400 metric tons of greenhouse gases (CO2, methane and sulfur dioxide) in 2010 alone, placing it in the bottom third nationwide for those emissions.

Sutton also stresses the Asheville plant’s critical role in the region’s power supply, serving customers in nine counties.

In the meantime, the utility inspects the dam regularly, in addition to the state’s annual inspections. “The idea is to catch small problems before they become big,” Sutton explains.

He also cites significant differences between this dam and the one that failed at Kingston. Progress Energy’s dam is made of clay; the Kingston dam was built from coal ash. “Then they had excessive rain. And they’d built a new ash pond on top of an older pond — another bad move.”

So what would it take to secure the coal ash in a lined, capped facility?

“Regulatory certainty,” says Sutton. “Right now, there’s substantial uncertainty: EPA is still considering whether to classify coal ash as hazardous waste.” At this point, he argues, it would be imprudent for any business to launch such a time- and money-intensive process.

“It would be tens of millions of dollars. We’re a regulated business; we don’t yet know the rules of the game.” X

The problem is twofold: contaminants seeping into ground water and the structural integrity of the dam. Built in 1964, the older of the two holding ponds is now inactive; the second one came online in 1982. Last October, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released a report listing the older pond’s condition as “poor,” meaning either that remedial action is necessary or that critical studies are needed to characterize structural deficiencies.

Meanwhile, the EPA has also rated the dam “high hazard,” due to the potential destruction and loss of life if it failed.

Progress Energy has proposed upgrading and stabilizing the dam; Sutton says the public isn’t at risk, “but we don’t have the excess margin of safety the Corps of Engineers recommends.”

To get the “poor” rating removed, he explains, the company must re-engineer the dam’s slope; that project is awaiting state approval.

“The state knows the ball is in their court.”

As for the contamination, Sutton says it could be the French Broad River depositing heavy metals in the floodplain, where one of the monitoring wells is located. Other wells also showed excessive heavy metals, however.

“If there’s a need for mitigation,” says Sutton, “We’ll do that in lockstep with our regulators.”

North Carolina doesn’t currently require dry storage of coal ash, but that would change if the EPA reclassifies it as hazardous waste.

“We’ve invested big-time money in environmental controls at the Asheville plant,” adds Sutton. “It’s one of the three big plants that we’re not retiring from our fleet, because we’ve invested so much money in making it one of the cleanest plants in terms of emissions Send your local environmental news and tips to sandrew@ in the nation.” mountainx.com..

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WELL, WELL ...

Part One of Two Whether soaking in soothing mineral waters, inhaling drafts of invigorating air or navigating today’s dizzying array of mainstream and alternative therapies, health seekers have been drawn to the Asheville area for centuries.

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How big a role does diet play in local health?

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Sign of the times: The French Broad Hospital opened in 1921, but after a time as the Aston Park Hospital, then many years being vacant, top photo, it has been reborn as office space. The building still bears the name to mark its medical history. Top Photo courtesy North Carolina Collection, Pack Memorial Public Library; Right Photo by Bill Rhodes

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by Caitlin Byrd To the Cherokee, Western North Carolina was a place for healing; to late 19th- and early 20th-century physicians, it was the place for a cure. Today, amid a boom in complementary and alternative therapies, WNC’s mountains, birthed from rock and earth, remain inextricably linked to wellness. And like the Land of the Sky’s silent sentinels, the story of how the Asheville area became a 21st-century wellness hub begins with a natural phenomenon.

Healing Waters The natural mineral waters that gave the town of Hot Springs its name were an early key to the region’s association with health, notes Richard Starnes, associate professor of history at Western Carolina University.

Originally called Warm Springs, the little hamlet on the French Broad River boasts natural pools whose temperature exceeds 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Closer to home, West Asheville’s Sulphur Springs Hotel (which burned down in 1862) and its successor, the Hotel Belmont, featured “two fine sulphur springs and several iron and lithia springs which have attracted many people to Asheville for years past on account of their medicinal properties,” according to an 1892 tourist booklet.

“I think there’s been a cultural attraction to springs of this kind,” says Starnes, the author of Creating the Land of the Sky: Tourism and Society in Western North Carolina. “Going back in British history, you’ve got people taking the waters in Bath and there’s very much a therapeutic association to it. When you get colonization and the discovery of similar kinds of springs here in Western North Carolina, it causes folks to make that connection of healing to the mountains.”

The Cherokee had made that connection before white folk found out about the warm waters. But by 1778, records show, sick settlers were braving mountain trails in search of relief.

Malaria & TB Hot Springs wasn’t the region’s only appealing feature, however. In the 19th century, WNC’s cool summers attracted wealthy transplants from South Carolina’s swampy Low Country.

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Healthy climate, healthy bodies: Dr. Karl von Ruck opened the 60-bed Winyah Sanitarium, one of the first private TB treatment facilities in the country, in Asheville in 1888. Photo courtesy North Carolina Collection, Pack Memorial Library “They were literally fleeing malaria by taking these annual pilgrimages to the mountains,” notes Starnes. “And beginning in 1823, you see planters — the ones who could afford to — actually buying estates in the South Carolina Upstate and in Western North Carolina.”

By the late 1800s, Asheville’s moderate climate was being touted as an essential factor in treating ailments ranging from asthma to malaria, citing measurements of humidity, air pressure and elevation.

Several pioneering physicians set up shop here, including Dr. Karl von Ruck, who dedicated his life to the study of tuberculosis. Von Ruck moved to Asheville in 1886; two years later, he opened the 60-bed Winyah Sanitarium, among the first private

TB treatment facilities in the country. At the time, “consumption” was one of the leading causes of death in the United States. For those diagnosed with the infectious disease, death loomed in every cough, and patients often died drowning in their own blood.

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According to a 1915 U.S. Public Health Service pamphlet, North Carolina had the world’s largest number of tuberculosis patients — and Asheville was smack in the center of the action. And by 1930, Asheville boasted 20 TB specialists and 25 sanitoriums with a combined capacity of 900 beds.

But even as patients (and money) poured into the region, a backlash was emerging. In the early 20th century, pioneer developer e.W. Grove began buying up sanitoriums and tearing them down to build leisure homes, seeking to strengthen Asheville as a tourist destination rather than a convalescent center.

And the discovery of streptomycin as a cure for TB in the 1940s effectively ended Western North Carolina’s close association with the disease.

A New Beginning Several decades later, however, a new chapter in the region’s health-care history began. In a big purple house just up the road from where Highland Hospital once stood, Cissy Majebe opened Asheville’s first Chinese medicine and acupuncture clinic in Montford.

“When I moved here in 1985, it was just really starting,” Majebe recalls. “John laird was here, and George Guess. And within five years, Laird, Guess and I were all being harassed by either the medical board or the SBI.” In 1990, the State Bureau of Investigation raided her office and seized medical records, saying she was practicing medicine without a license.

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A holistic approach: West Asheville acupuncturist Nancy Hyton was in the first graduating class from Daoist Traditions, Asheville’s College of Chinese Medical Arts. Photo by Bill Rhodes Majebe says she quickly fired those lawyers, telling them, “I’m absolutely practicing medicine: I’m practicing Chinese medicine.” Majebe fought back, and in 1993, she became the first chair of the newly established N.C. Acupuncture Licensing Board.

Today, Majebe is president of Daoist Traditions, an accredited college of Chinese medical arts across the street from her original acupuncture practice.

“People have realized the best way to be healthy is to live healthy,” she observes.

“If you can find a physician, whether it’s an acupuncturist, a medical doctor, a naturopathic physician or a chiropractor that can help you live better and [learn] how to take care of yourself, that’s the most important thing.”

Meanwhile, what was once controversial has now become mainstream: These days, the Asheville area is an alternativemedicine mecca, home to a wide variety of practitioners. lourdes lorenz, RN, directs Mission Hospital’s Integrative Healthcare Department, which offers such therapies as guided imagery, biofeedback, energy

work, massage therapy and breathing techniques. Since it began seeing patients in August 2009, the department has received more than 12,000 requests for holistic-nursing visits.

In 2007, almost 40 percent of U.S. adults used some form of complementary or alternative medicine, according to data from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. And despite accounting for only about one-ninth of the state’s population, Western North Carolina is now home to 47 percent of its chiropractors, 32 percent of its acupuncturists and about 30 percent of its naturopathic physicians, Lorenz reports.

That leaves the region well positioned to meet the challenges of an evolving health care system, she asserts. “We have the perfect environment to be able to pilot new models of health care, because we have a community that’s willing to be more accountable for their health.” X Caitlin Byrd can be reached at 251-1333, ext. 140, or at cbyrd@mountainx.com.

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“I grew up in north Florida, and I was around really poor quality meat for many years,” says Karen Fowler of The Chop Shop. “All it took was a taste” of high-quality, local meat to turn it into a passion, she reports, talking through a headset since her “hands are covered in meat.”

“Fat content is a lot lower on a lot of this local meat. It’s higher in B vitamins, it has omega-3s — people associate that with fish, but a lot of grass-fed meat has it,” notes Fowler. “Offal has a lot of benefits too: The bones are good for your bones; the liver is really good for B vitamins; much of it helps give you energy.”

And while price remains a challenge for people wanting good, local meat, she concedes, it’s not insurmountable.

“You’re going to spend less money if you get a high-quality piece of meat and cook it than if you go out and obtain it from a restaurant, and only the nicer ones even offer that option,” says Fowler. “I actually save money in the long run, because I think about how I eat, and I don’t eat out as much.”

Learning to prepare cheaper cuts helps too, she notes. “You have to have adventures constantly based on season and availability.”

Fowler also touts meat’s environmental benefits.

“I’m not trying to get onto vegans,” she explains, praising “people that are adamant in what they believe about eating. They do a really good job of keeping to a diet, which I wish more carnivores could do. But on a lot of vegetables, like soybeans, the carbon footprint is huge. Everything we have comes from three hours away at most.”

And whatever one’s preferences, “Knowing where your food comes from has a huge benefit for your mind and your soul.”

Vegetables For Plant co-owner/chef Jason sellers, becoming vegan was an ethical decision.

“People do it for all kind of reasons,” he adds. “For me, I just don’t look at animals as food; it was an evolution of vegetarianism.”

In the process, “I said goodbye to a bunch of sinus problems I had growing up.

I believe it means eating cleaner and avoiding whatever sets you off.”

He also appreciates “the fact that you can suss out certain foods and choose what to eat [instead of relying] on just what’s available to you here in the First World.”

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That, he maintains, is a far cry from “just getting it off a shelf where it’s been passed through 10 sets of hands.”

Eating local also has substantial economic impact, Harrill points out: “You’re benefiting the people around you.”

As for health, it “depends on what your eating paradigm is,” he notes, though direct communication with the producer helps people make informed decisions.

One big challenge, says Harrill, is “figuring out what’s in season in your area.

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“It’s a really cool thing,” he adds. “It pushes you beyond your steak and potatoes: You realize there are some incredible “When you buy from a local source, options out there.” X you’re shaking hands with the farmer that grew it,” says Walter Harrill of Imladris David Forbes can be reached at 251-1333, Farm. “You can pin down exactly what it ext. 137, or at dforbes@mountainx.com. is you’re eating, how it’s produced and are you comfortable with the answers you get.”

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Travel, too, is more challenging for vegans and vegetarians. “You just don’t know what you’re going to run into.” In general, however, “Becoming vegetarian is not any sort of setback,” Sellers maintains, though it does require more “thinking about what you’re eating.”

Far from feeling deprived, he notes, “I eat almost nonstop. I love food; it’s satisfying.”

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The dog is in: Becky flunked her guide-dog exam years ago, but she’s found her true calling as a certified therapy dog, seen here reporting for duty at Mission Hospital. Photo by Susan Hutchinson Nurses turn to smile, first at Becky, then at Ward, whose delight is apparent. The arduous chore of daily exercise has been transformed: She’s moving in a bubble of joy that touches everyone in its path.

In a carpeted, dimly lit side hall, James R. smith, who’ll share this therapy hour with Ward, waits in a wheelchair. The two will take turns throwing the ball while the other one rests. Between the patients, their therapists and attendants, Becky’s handler, my escort and me, it makes for quite a party, with Becky as the star attraction.

Becky’s handler, darlene Colmar, pulls a ball from her satchel; the dog cocks her head, perks her ears and comes to full attention. With assistance, Smith stands and takes the ball as Becky tracks the action.

“Throw it overhand as far as you can down the hallway,” the therapist instructs. Smith throws and Becky leaps, catching the ball in midair as a collective squeal of delight erupts and Becky takes a victory lap.

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Paws on a Mission is part of Mission Hospital’s Integrative Healthcare Department, providing therapeutic dog experiences to schools, hospitals, at-risk youth and correctional facilities in Western North Carolina. To participate as a pet/partner team, you and your dog must register through Therapy Dogs Inc. or the Delta Society. For more information, contact Jade Frank (213-0131; email: jade.frank@msj.org).

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“Now make a circle in the air with the ball,” prompts Colmar. Anticipating the move, however, Becky spins in a circle.

“How do you always guess what comes next?” wonders Colmar. “There are two things dogs live for: treats and balls,” she adds, producing a treat.

Laughing, Ward circles the ball in the air as Becky spins again.

More throws, more spins, more treats, some sits and downs, and it’s time to go back. The mood is quiet now; the patients are tired. This has been a major outing.

As we leave the hallway, Smith turns to Colmar and says, “I wouldn’t be doing any of this if it weren’t for Becky being here.”

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Becky flunked her guide-dog exam years ago, but she’s found her true calling as a certified therapy dog. Colmar, a hardworking volunteer, not only participates with her own four dogs but also registers other teams (see box, “The Paw that Refreshes”).

To earn her registration, Becky had to pass a series of tests demonstrating basic obedience and confidence around hospital equipment. Any breed of dog can be used for therapy as long as the animal is loving, attuned to the handler and enjoys meeting new folks.

“Throw it higher, so she can’t catch it,” says the therapist. Smith complies and Becky zigzags down the hall, ball bouncing off the walls.

One more throw and Smith is ready for a Susan Hutchinson can be reached at rest: It’s Ward’s turn. “Bend down and pick shutchinson@mountainx.com. up the ball,” says her therapist. Not an easy task, but Ward meets the challenge.

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Wellness Are You Trying To Force Yourself To Change? (pd.) Emotional Brain Training (EBT) is a structured program that addresses the Emotional Root Cause of using Food, Alcohol/Drugs, Overspending, Overworking to feel pleasure, numb out, and/or comfort and soothe ourselves. • Create a healthy lifestyle that promotes self compassion, brain health and grounded joy. Call 231-2107 or empowering.solutions@yahoo.com or visit website: www.ebt.org Crystal Energy Healing (pd.) To restore balance and bring relaxing peacefulness, generating heightened awareness, personal development, transformation and a deep sense of wellbeing. Kim Hageman, DD, DMP, CLT. By appointment: (828) 275-2755. www.acrystalsanctuary.com Health LifeStyle Coaching Program (pd.) Ready for a change? Want to feel better? Need support and motivation? Introductory Special $150 for 3 months. Contact Gloria @ healthwatcher15@gmail. com. Visit: http://gloria-coppola.healthcoach.integrativenutrition.com The REAL Center (pd.) Offers life-changing skills including Nonviolent Communication (NVC), Radical Honesty, and Somatic Awareness. Learn to stay centered in any situation, be flexible without being submissive, and more. $120/8session class in Asheville with Steve Torma, 828-2545613. http://www.theREALcenter.org 28-Day Challenge • TUESDAYS through (2/21), 6:30-7:30pm - A 28-day challenge to improve healthy food consumption will be hosted by Greenlife Grocery, 70 Merrimon Ave. Registrations suggested and available at customer service desk. Info: adam.budd@wholefoods.com.

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• SU (1/29), 2-4pm - “Dynamic Health and Regeneration Program” to increase wellness of mind and body. $20.

• TU (1/31), 7-9pm - “Graceful Aging: Understanding and Preventing Alzheimer’s.” $10 donation.

Events at Pardee Hospital All programs held at the Pardee Health Education Center in the Blue Ridge Mall, Hendersonville. Free, but registration is required unless otherwise noted. Info and registration: www.pardeehospital.org or 692-4600.

• MONDAYS & THURSDAYS, 9:30am; WEDNESDAYS & FRIDAYS, 3pm - Flu vaccine. $22. Registration not required.

• WE (1/25), 8-10am & SA (1/28), 9-11am Cholesterol screening. Fasting required. $20.

• TH (2/2), 3-4:30pm - “Balance and fall prevention.”

Free Health Consultations • TUESDAYS, 1-6pm - The Faith Community Nurse will be at SOS Anglican Mission, 370 N. Louisiana Ave. Suite C-1, to discuss health concerns, assist with resources, provide free blood pressure screenings, pray with the public or “just spend time together.”

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Healthy Skin Remedies • SA (1/28), 10am-noon - “Healthy Skin Remedies from the Kitchen” will be offered at Natural Import Company, 9 Reed St. $30/$25 in advance. Info: 2998657.

How to Stay Young Lecture • WEDNESDAYS, 5pm - “How to Stay Young: the first 100 years,” held weekly at Fairview Chiropractic Center, 2 Fairview Hills Drive. Free. Info: www.fairviewchiropracticcenter.com.

Lighthouse Health and Wellness Fair • SA (1/28), 10am-2pm - Meet experts in a variety of areas, including acutpuncture, weight management and more. Hosted by Lighthouse Health and Medical, 310 7th Ave. E., Hendersonville. Info: 692-5329.

Medicare Choices Made Easy • FR (1/27), 2-4pm - “Medicare Choices Made Easy” will be offered by N.C. Seniors’ Health Insurance Information Program at UNCA’s Reuter Center. Free.

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Nutrition Workshop • SA (1/28), 9am - A nutrition workshop will be held at Jus’ Running, 523 Merrimon Ave. Info and registration: skpollack@gmail.com.

Qigong • THURSDAYS, 1:45-3pm - Level one Qigong class will meet at the Lakeview Clubhouse, 401 S. Laurel Circle Drive, Black Mountain. $10. Info: 669-8610.

Restore Your Core • TH (2/2), 5:15-6pm - “Restore your Core” will offer exercises to prevent back pain and tone the stomach.

Held at Fairview Chiropractic Center, 2 Fairview Hills Drive. Registration required. Info: 628-7800.

Science-Based Weight Loss • TU (1/31), 5:15-6pm - A presentation on scientific weight loss will be held at Fairview Chiropractic Center, 2 Fairview Hills Drive. Info: ww.fairviewchiropracticce nter.com.

Weight Management Non-Surgical Info Session • 1st WEDNESDAYS, 11am-noon & 3rd THURSDAYS, 6:45-7:45pm - A non-surgical info session will be held at Mission Weight Management Center, 2 Medical Park Drive, Suite 102. Info: www.missionmd.org/weightmanagement or 213-4100.

Support Groups Adult Children Of Alcoholics & Dysfunctional Families ACOA is an anonymous 12-step, “Twelve Tradition” program for women and men who grew up in alcoholic or otherwise dysfunctional homes. Info: www. adultchildren.org.

• FRIDAYS, 7pm - “Inner Child” meets at Grace Episcopal Church, 871 Merrimon Ave. Info: 989-8075.

• SATURDAYS, 9:45am - “There is a Solution” meets at Unity Center, 2041 Old Fanning Bridge Road, Mills River. Info: 749-9537.

• SUNDAYS, 3pm - “Living in the Solution” meets at The Servanthood House, 156 E. Chestnut St. Open big book study. Info: 989-8075.

• SUNDAYS, 2pm - Inner Child study group meets at 11 Pennsylvania Ave., Canton. Info: 648-2924.

• MONDAYS, 7pm - “Generations” meets at First Congregational UCC, 20 Oak St. Info: 474-5120.

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wellness calendar Al-Anon Al-Anon is a support group for the family and friends of alcoholics. More than 33 groups are available in the WNC area. Info: www.wnc-alanon.org or 800286-1326.

• WEDNESDAYS, 5:45pm - An Al-Anon meeting for women will be held at Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, 798 Merrimon Ave. at Gracelyn Road.

Newcomers welcome.

• WEDNESDAYS, 11:30am - “Daytime Serenity,” Pardee Education Center at the Blue Ridge Mall, 1800 Four Seasons Blvd. —- 7pm - Al-Anon meeting at Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, 798 Merrimon Ave. at Gracelyn Road. Newcomers welcome.

—- 8pm - “Listen and Learn,” St. John’s Episcopal Church, 339 S. Main St., Marion.

• THURSDAYS, 6pm - An Al-Anon meeting for women will be held at New Hope Presbyterian Church, 3020 Sweeten Creek Road. Newcomers welcome.

• THURSDAYS, 7pm - “Parents of Children with Alcoholism,” West Asheville Presbyterian Church, 690 Haywood Road. —- 7pm - Pinecrest Presbyterian Church, 1790 Greenville Highway at North Highland Lake Road, Flat Rock. —- 8pm - Fletcher United Methodist Church, 50 Library St., Fletcher.

• FRIDAYS, 12:30pm - “Keeping the Focus,” First Baptist Church, 5 Oak St. —- 5:30pm - “Family Matters,” First United Church, 66 Harrison Ave., Franklin. —- 8pm - “Lambda,” Cathedral of All Souls, 9 Swan St. • SATURDAYS, 10am - “One Day at a Time,” First Baptist Church, Buncombe and 5th Avenues, Hendersonville. —- 10am - “Grace Fireside,” Grace Episcopal Church, 871 Merrimon Ave. —- 10am - “Saturday Serenity,” St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Charlotte Street at Macon Avenue. —- noon - “Courage to Change,” Bess Sprinkle Memorial Library, Weaverville.

• MONDAYS, noon - “Keeping the Focus,” First Baptist Church, 5 Oak St. —- 6pm - “Attitude of Gratitude,” Grace Episcopal Church, 871 Merrimon Ave. —- 7pm - First Christian Church, 201 Blue Ridge Road, Black Mountain. —- 7:30pm - First United Methodist Church, Jackson and Church Streets, Sylva. —- 8pm - “Discovery,” Ledger Baptist Church, U.S. 226 near Bakersville. —- 8pm - Pinecrest Presbyterian Church, 1790 Greenville Highway at North Highland Lake Road.

• TUESDAYS, 4pm - Grace Church, 242 Highway 107 N., Cashiers. —- 5:30pm - “Steps to Recovery,” Kenilworth Presbyterian Church, 123 Kenilworth Road. —- 7pm - “One Day at a Time,” First Congregational UCC, 20 Oak St. —- 8pm Transylvania men’s meeting, Brevard-Davidson River Presbyterian Church, 249 E. Main St. Autism Parent Support Group • 4th THURSDAYS, 6-8pm - Meet parents of children with autism, share your experiences and learn from others. RSVP by 3rd Thursday to ensure childcare. Held at St. Gerard House, 718 Oakland St., Hendersonville. Info: www.stgerardhouse.com.

Brainstormers • 1st & 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 6pm - Join this survivorled support group for brain injury/concussion sur-

vivors and their allies. Meetings consist of sharing, listening and reflection. Held at Trinity UM Church, 587 Haywood Road. Info: 254-0507 of puffer61@ gmail.com.

Co-Dependents Anonymous A fellowship of men and women whose common purpose is to develop healthy relationships.

• SATURDAYS, 11am - Meeting at First Congregational UCC, 20 Oak St. Info: 779-2317 or 299-1666.

Debters and Underearners Anonymous • MONDAYS, 7pm - The local chapter of Debtors Anonymous, a 12-step program, meets at Biltmore United Methodist Church, 376 Hendersonville Road.

Underearners Anonymous meets at 8pm. Info: www. debtorsanonymous.org, underearnersanonymous.org or 704-299-8909.

Eating Disorder Support Group • WEDNESDAYS, 7-8pm - Support group for adults at T.H.E. Center for Disordered Eating, 297 Haywood St. Focus is on positive peer support, coping skills and recovery tools. Led by licensed professionals.

Free. Info: www.thecenternc.org or 337-4685.

Events at Pardee Hospital All programs held at the Pardee Health Education Center in the Blue Ridge Mall, Hendersonville. Free, but registration is required unless otherwise noted.

Info and registration: www.pardeehospital.org or 692-4600.

• WEDNESDAYS, noon-1:30pm & 5:30-7pm - Vet Center Out Station, a support group for veterans.

Registration required before attending first meeting.

Info: 271-2711.

• TH (1/29), 5:30-7:30pm - “Breast Friends Forever,” a support group for breast cancer survivors.

Registration suggested: 698-7334.

• MONDAYS, 2-3pm - “It Works,” a 12-step program for individuals struggling to overcome food addiction.

Registration not required. Info: 489-7259.

• TU (1/31), 3-4:30pm - A caregiver support group will be held at Pardee Pavillion Adult Day Health, 114 College Drive, Flat Rock. Info: 697-7070.

Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous • THURSDAYS, 6:30pm - Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous will meet at Biltmore United Methodist Church, 376 Hendersonville Road. Info: 989-3227.

Grief Support Groups • CarePartners’ bereavement support services are available to anyone who has suffered a loss through death. Weekly grief support groups, a relaxation group, a Grief Choir, Yoga for Grievers and one-onone counseling available. Donations accepted. Info: kcaldwell@carepartners.org or 251-0126.

Magnetic Minds • WEDNESDAYS, 7pm-9pm - A meeting of Magnetic Minds, the local chapter of the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance, provides support, information and advocacy for those with mood disorders.

Friends and family welcome. Held at 1314F Patton Ave. Info: 318-9179 or www.magneticminds.weebly. com.

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Mission Weight Management Surgical Support Group • 1st & 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 6-7:30pm; 4th FRIDAYS, 10-11:30am - Weight Management Surgical Support Group will meet at Mission Weight Management Center, 2 Medical Park Drive, Suite 102. Info: www. missionmd.org/weightmanagement or 828-2134100.

NAMI Connection Support Groups • WEEKLY - The National Alliance on Mental Illness Connection Groups support recovery for people living with mental illness. Meetings are held 1st Saturdays at 10am, 2nd and 4th Mondays at 11am and 3rd Tuesdays at 6pm. All groups meet at 356 Biltmore Ave. Info: www.namiwnc.org.

Overcomers Recovery Support Group A Christian-based, 12-step recovery program.

Provides a spiritual plan of recovery for people struggling with life-controlling problems. Meetings are held at S.O.S. Anglican Mission, 370 N. Louisiana Ave., Suite C-1. All are welcome. Info: rchovey@sos.spcasheville.org or 575-2003.

• MONDAYS, 6pm - A support group for men.

• TUESDAYS, 7pm - A support group for women.

Overeaters Anonymous A fellowship of individuals who are recovering from compulsive overeating. A 12-step program.

• THURSDAYS, 6:30pm - Hendersonville: O.A. Step Study group at the Cox House, 723 N. Grove St. Info: 329-1637.

• THURSDAYS, noon - Asheville: Biltmore United Methodist Church, 376 Hendersonville Road. Info: 298-1899.

• SATURDAYS, 9:30am - Black Mountain: 424 W. State St., Black Mountain. Open relapse and recovery meeting. Info: 669-0986.

• MONDAYS, 6pm - Asheville: First Congregational UCC, 20 Oak St. Info: 252-4828.

• MONDAYS, 6:30pm - Hendersonville: Balfour United Methodist Church, 2567 Asheville Highway.

Info: 800-580-4761.

• TUESDAYS, 10:30am-noon - Asheville: Grace Episcopal Church, 871 Merrimon Ave. at Ottari. Info: 280-2213.

Events at Pardee Hospital

All programs held at the Pardee Health Education Center in the Blue Ridge Mall, Hendersonville. Free, but registration is required unless otherwise noted.

Info and registration: www.pardeehospital.org or 692-4600.

• WE (1/25), 3:30-5pm - Celiac support group.

Registration not required.

• Free blood pressure screenings will be offered throughout the week. Call for times. Appointment not required.

• WE (2/1), 10-11:30am - Diabetes support group.

Registration not required.

Pot Luck Parents • Pot Luck Parents seeks foster parents to form a support group. Date, time and location to be determined. Info: leighlo@yahoo.com or 226-3876.

Sexaholics Anonymous • DAILY - A 12-step fellowship of men and women recovering from compulsive patterns of lust, romance, destructive relationships, sexual thoughts or sexual behavior. Daily Asheville meetings. Call confidential voicemail 237-1332 or e-mail saasheville@gmail.com. Info: www.orgsites.com/nc/saasheville SLAA (Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous) • SATURDAYS, 10-11am - Do you want to stop living out a destructive pattern of sex and love addiction over which you are personally powerless? This 12-step-based recovery program meets at 20 Oak St. Info: www.slaafws.org or ashevilleslaa@gmail.com.

Transgender Support Group • Looking for a safe environment to explore your gender? Everyone is welcome to a transgender support group, offered on a sliding scale. Info, dates and location: mgeesee23@gmail.com

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your guide to community events, classes, concerts & galleries

calendar categories community events & workshops / social & shared-interest groups / government & politics / seniors & retirees / animals / technology / business & careers / volunteering / health programs / support groups / helplines / sports groups & activities / kids / spirituality / arts / spoken & written word / festivals & gatherings / music / theater / comedy / film / dance / auditions & call to artists Calendar for January 25 - february 2, 2012 Unless otherwise stated, events take place in Asheville, and phone numbers are in the 828 area code.

Day-by-day calendar is online Want to find out everything that’s happening today — or tomorrow, or any day of the week? Go to www.mountainx. com/events.

Weekday Abbreviations: SU = Sunday, MO = Monday, TU = Tuesday, WE = Wednesday, TH = Thursday, FR = Friday, SA = Saturday

Animals Asheville Aussie Club • MONTHLY - This social club meets regularly to connect Australian Shepherd lovers.

Call or email for activities and monthly meeting times: (704) 806-7300 or kspotential@ aol.com.

Asheville Humane Society 14 Forever Friend Lane. Info: www.ashevillehumane.org or 761-2001.

• SA (1/28), noon-3pm - Fosterpalooza will feature adoptable dogs, cats, activities for kids and hot drinks.

Brother Wolf Animal Rescue A no-kill organization. Info: www.bwar.org or 505-3440.

• DAILY, 8am-8pm - Pet Adoption Day at the rescue center, 31 Glendale Ave. Open from 8am-6pm on Sundays.

Groundhog Day at the Nature Center • TH (2/2), 2pm - The WNC Nature Center, 75 Gashes Creek Road, presents a program on groundhogs with naturalist and educator Carlton Burke. Meet Nibbles the Groundhog as she predicts the arrival of spring. Info: americorps@wildwnc.org or www. wildwnc.org.

Pet Biggest Loser Contest

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*free and PaId lISTIngS - WedneSday, 5 P.M. (7 dayS PrIor To PublICaTIon) Can’t find your group’s listing?

Due to the abundance of great things to do in our area, we only have the space in print to focus on timely events. Our print calendar now covers an eight-day range. For a complete directory of all Community Calendar groups and upcoming events, please visit www.mountainx.com/events..

Calendar information In order to qualify for a free listing, an event must cost no more than $40 to attend and be sponsored by and/or benefit a nonprofit.

If an event benefits a business, it’s a paid listing.

If you wish to submit an event for Clubland (our free live music listings), please e-mail clubland@mountainx.com.

Free Listings To submit a free listing: * Online submission form (best): http://www.mountainx.com/ events/submission * E-mail (second best): calendar@mountainx.com * Fax (next best): (828) 251-1311, Attn: Free Calendar * Mail: Free Calendar, Mountain Xpress, P.O. Box 144, Asheville, NC 28802 * In person: Mountain Xpress, 2 Wall St. (the Miles Building), second floor, downtown Asheville.

Please limit your submission to 40 words or less.

Questions? Call (828) 251-1333, ext. 365.

Paid Listings Paid listings lead the calendar sections in which they are placed, and are marked (pd.).

To submit a paid listing, send it to our Classified Department by any of the following methods. Be sure to include your phone number, for billing purposes. * E-mail: marketplace@mountainx.com. * Fax: (828) 251-1311, Attn: Commercial Calendar * Mail: Commercial Calendar, Mountain Xpress, P.O. Box 144, Asheville, NC 28802 * In person: Classified Dept., Mountain Xpress, 2 Wall St. (the Miles Building), Ste. 214, downtown Asheville.

Questions? Call our Classified Department at (828) 251-1333, ext. 335.

• Through SU (5/20) - All Pets Animal Hospital and Rehabilitation Center will hold a Pet Biggest Loser Contest to promote a healthy lifestyle in pets. Info: 645-5252.

Art arT American Folk Art and Framing The gallery at 64 Biltmore Ave. is open daily, representing contemporary self-taught artists and regional pottery.

Info: www.amerifolk.com or 281-2134.

• Through TU (2/7) - Still Season, works by self-taught artists from the Southeast.

Animal House ... and a Few Veggies • Through SA (1/28) - This photography exhibit depicts an Appalachian farm couple’s first year using bio-dynamic methods. Held at Rosetta’s Kitchen, 116 N. Lexington Ave. AnTHM Gallery Located at 110.5 W. State St. in downtown Black Mountain.

Info: www.anthmgallery.com.

• Through TU (1/31) - Resurrection, works by Amy Greenan, and Abstracts and Writings, works by Lou Majors.

Art at UNCA Art exhibits and events at the university are free, unless otherwise noted. Info: www. unca.edu.

• Through WE (2/8) Perception, works by UNCA’s student art organization, will be on display in the Highsmith University Union Gallery.

• Through FR (2/3) - The annual Drawing Discourse Exhibition will be on display in the S. Tucker Cooke Gallery.

• Through TU (2/28) Caprice, mixed media pieces

by Vasily Polevoy, will be on display in the Blowers Gallery.

Asheville Art Museum Located on Pack Square in downtown Asheville. Hours: Tues.-Sat., 10am-5pm and Sun., 1-5pm. Admission: $8/$7 students and seniors/ Free for kids under 4. Free first Wednesdays from 3-5pm.

Info: www.ashevilleart.org or 253-3227.

• Through SU (2/26) Winning selections from the WNC Regional Scholastic Art Awards, a juried competition for students grades 7-12, will

be displayed in this group exhibition.

• TH (1/26), 7pm - A preview party and new media screening for Prime Time: New Media Juried Exhibition will be held at CityMac, 755 Biltmore Ave. $5 donation.

• Through SU (3/4) Homage2 will pay tribute to Josef Albers.

Black Mountain Center for the Arts Located in the renovated Old City Hall at 225 West State St. in Black Mountain.

Gallery hours: Mon.-Wed. and Fri., 10am-5pm; Thurs.

11am-3pm. Info: www.

BlackMountainArts.org or 669-0930.

• Through FR (1/27) - A teacher/student exhibit will feature works from BMCA Clay Studio.

BookWorks 428 1/2 Haywood Road. Info: www.ashevillebookworks.com or 255-8444.

• Through WE (2/29) - Time Travelers: Historical Bindings.

Caribbean Christmas Exhibit • Through TU (1/31) Caribbean Christmas, travel photography by Sara Shea, will be on display at Havana Restaurant, 1 Battle Square.

Info: www.havanaasheville. com or 252-1611.

Grace Centre • Through MO (2/20) - Standing at Just 24, works

by Monique Johnson, will be on display at Grace Centre, Highway 280, Mills River. Info: www.graceinfo.org.

Haen Gallery Located at 52 Biltmore Ave., downtown Asheville. Hours: Mon., Wed. and-Fri., 10am6pm. Tues. and Sat., 11am6pm and Sun., noon-5pm.

Info: www.thehaengallery.com or 254-8577.

• Through WE (2/29) - Wintertide 2012, a rotating group show.

Haywood County Arts Council Unless otherwise noted, showings take place at HCAC’s Gallery 86 in Waynesville.

Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm.

Info: www.haywoodarts.org or 452-0593.

• Through SA (2/4) - A Muralist’s Private Artwork, works by Laurel Tewes.

Pat Passlof Retrospective • TH (1/26) through FR (5/25) - A retrospective of the late Pat Passlof’s work will

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be on display in WCU’s Fine Art Museum, 1 University Drive, Cullowhee, and Black Mountain College Museum and Arts Center, 56 Broadway St. Info: ddrury@wcu.edu or 227-2553.

• TH (1/26), 6pm - An opening reception will be held at the WCU Fine Art Museum.

Push Skate Shop & Gallery Located at 25 Patton Ave., between Stella Blue and the Kress Building. Info: www. pushtoyproject.com or 2255509.

• Through TU (2/28) - Time Drug, works inspired by the poetry of Oliver Kelly.

Quilt Exhibit • Through TU (1/31) - A homemade quilt exhibit by NancyLynn Sharpless will be on display at Wells Fargo Bank, 101 Main St. W., Valdese and the Valdese Heritage Arts Center, 146 Main St. W. Info: rosetmueller@yahoo.com or 429-6914.

Seven Sisters Gallery This Black Mountain gallery is located at 117 Cherry St. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm and Sun., noon-5pm. Info: www.sevensistersgallery.com or 669-5107.

• Through SU (3/11) - A Blue Ridge Rhapsody, works by Paul Hastings.

Transylvania Community Arts Council Located at 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9:30am-4:30pm. Info: www. artsofbrevard.org or 884-2787.

• Through FR (2/24) - Five Elements, works by Southern artists.

Transylvania Heritage Museum Located at 189 W. Main St., Brevard. Hours: Wed.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Donation. Info: www.transylvaniaheritage.org or 884-2347.

• Through SA (3/31) - From Tallow Candles to Dynamos.

Upstairs Artspace 49 S. Trade St., Tryon. Hours: Wed.-Sat., 11am-4pm. Info: www.upstairsartspace.org or 859-2828.

• FR (1/27) through SA (3/10) - Fine Art Ramblers.

• FR (1/27), 5-8pm - Opening reception will feature The Fine Art Ramblers (blues and jazz).

Auditions & Call to Artists Appalachian Trail Hall of Fame • Through WE (2/29) - Nominations for the Appalachian Trail Hall of Fame will be accepted through Feb. 29. Info: http://avl.mx/8m.

Asheville Affiliates • Through WE (1/25) Asheville Affiliates will accept applications from non-profit organizations interested in fundraising opportunities through Jan. 25. Info: www. ashevilleaffiliates.com.

Asheville Talent Slam • Through SA (2/4) Submissions for the Asheville Talent Slam will be accepted online through Feb. 4. Info: http://avl.mx/8q.

Bele Chere Call to Artists • Through FR (2/24) Applications from entertainers interested in performing at Bele Chere will be accepted through Feb. 24. Info: www.belecherefestival.com.

• Through WE (2/29) - Bele Chere will accept applications for its official artwork through Feb. 29. Info: www.belecherefestival.org.

• Through FR (3/9) - Bele Chere will accept applications from arts and crafts vendors through March 9. Info: www. belecherefestival.org.

Brevard Fine Arts and Crafts Showcase • Through FR (5/25) - Applications for Brevard’s 40th annual fine arts and crafts showcase will be accepted through May 25. Info: tcarts@ comporium.net or 884-2787.

Flat Rock Playhouse Mainstage: Highway 225, Flat Rock. Downtown location: 125 South Main St., Hendersonville.

Info: www.flatrockplayhouse. org or 693-0731.

• Professional musicians sought for Flat Rock Playhouse’s musical productions and the “Music on the Rock” series. Mail audio or video samples, with resume, to P.O. Box 310, Flat Rock, 28731. No emails or phone calls.

Flood Gallery Juried Show • Through WE (1/25) - Flood Gallery will accept submissions for its next juried show, Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing, through Jan. 25. Info: www.sheepsclothing. tumblr.com.

North Carolina Writers’ Network • Through WE (2/15) - The North Carolina Writers’ Network will accept short fiction for its Doris Betts Fiction Prize through Feb 15. Info: www. nclr.ecu.edu.

Outdoor Photography • Through MO (2/27) - TC Arts Council will accept submissions for its outdoor photography exhibit through Feb. 27. Info: tcarts@comporium. net or 884-2787.

Saluda Arts Festival • Through TH (3/15) - The Saluda Business Association will accept applications for the Saluda Arts Festival through March 15. Info: sswelsh@tds. net or 749-3900.

Taste of Asheville • Through TH (4/5) - A Taste of Asheville will accept applications from local restaurants through April 5. Info: kperez@ ashevillenc.gov or 259-5800.

Truly Live Theater • Through WE (2/22) - Truly Live Theater uses audience feedback and improvisation to create full length “dramedies.”

Currently seeking experienced actors to form a troupe. Send resumes and inquiries to madhyanandi@gmail.com.

Beer South Stout Fest • MO (1/30), 4pm - South Stout Fest will feature a variety of stout beer on tap until the kegs are drained. Held at Thirsty Monk South, 20 Gala Drive. Info: www.monkpub. com.

Team Trivia Tournament • TUESDAYS, 7:30pm - A three-month tournament will include new beer trivia rounds and a chance to win a New Belgium cruiser bicycle.

Hosted by Thirsty Monk South, 1836 Hendersonville Road.

Info: www.monkpub.com.

Classes, Meetings, Events & Lectures Aerial Basics Class (pd.) Every Sunday 4-5pm & Monday 6-7pm. Sign up or contact us at www.aerialspace.org or 828.333.4664.

This class is perfect if you are curious, new to aerial arts, or if you are looking to fine tune the basic skills and proficiency you already have. This class

involves work with mixed apparatuses: static trapeze, silks, sling, and lyra. You will leave this class with a solid foundation of basic aerial skills, a list of basic and beginning level aerial tricks, as well as increased strength, flexibility, and grace.

Asheville Newcomers Club (pd.) A great opportunity for women new to the area to make lasting friends, explore the surroundings and enrich their lives. Contact us! ashevillenewcomersclub.com or l 828.654.7414.

Mac Basics Classes at Charlotte Street Computers (pd.) Mac Basics Computer Classes are being held at Charlotte Street Computers, 252 Charlotte Street. Class time is 12:15 - 12:45pm.

Mondays - Mac OS X, 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of each month - iPhoto, 2nd Tuesday - iWork Essentials, 4th Tuesday - iMovie Basics, 5th Tuesday - Garageband, Wednesdays - iPad Basics. Registration is just $9.99 at classes@charlottestreetcomputers.com.

Open Stitch Groups at Purl’s Yarn Emporium (pd.) On Wall Street downtown: Wednesdays, 10am12pm; Thursdays, 6-8pm.

Bring a knit or crochet project or find something new to cast on. (828) 253-2750. www. purlsyarnemporium.com Acrylic Painting Class • WEDNESDAYS (through 4/25), 10am-noon - Acrylic painting classes will be offered by the Asheville Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts Department at Harvest House, 205 Kenilworth Road. $30 per session includes supplies (except brushes). Registration required. Info: harvesth@ashevillenc.gov or 350-2051.

ACT vs SAT Comparison Test • SATURDAYS, 9am & SUNDAYS, 1pm - Asheville students are invited to take an “ACT vs SAT Comparison Test” to determine which represents their best match. Held at Chyten Educational Services, 1550 Hendersonville Road, Suite 104, Asheville. Free. Info and reservations: www.chytenasheville.com or 505-2495.

Asian-American Weekly Social • WEEKLY - These regular meetings allow American-born Asians to share experiences with those of similar back-

grounds, learn more about Asian culture and meet new people. Must be 21. Foreignborn Asians welcome. Info and location: sueannaj@ gmail.com.

Building Bridges • MONDAYS through (3/19), 7-9pm - “Building Bridges: Going Beyond Racism through Understanding and Respect” will be held at 121 Hendersonville Road.

Info and registration: www. buildingbridges-asheville.org or 777-4585.

Celebration for Holly Jones • TH (1/26), 5:30-8:30pm - The YWCA will celebrate Jones’ 16 years of service and promotion to Southeast region manager at the Renaissance Asheville Hotel, 31 Woodfin St. All are welcome. Info: www.ywcaofasheville.org or 254-7206.

Chorus Rehearsals • TUESDAYS, 7:30pm - Land of the Sky Chorus will hold rehearsals at Francis Asbury UMC, 725 Asbury Road, Candler. New singers and guests welcome. Info: www. ashevillebarbershop.com or 866-290-7269.

Civil War Lecture • SA (1/28), 2pm - “Rebels and Tories in the Mountains,” a lecture about the Civil War, will be offered in UNCA’s Reuter Center. $5 donation. Info: 251-6140.

CoDA Day of Discovery • SA (1/28), 9am-5pm - CoDependents Anonymous will host a Day of Discovery for counselors and those in need of support. Held at Four Points Sheraton Hotel, 22 Woodfin St. $15 for mini-conference with workshops and speakers. Info: codaevents.me@gmail.com.

Comedy Workshop • WEDNESDAYS (2/1) through (2/29), 3pm - A comedy workshop, focusing on writing, construction, theory and history, will be held at Grateful Steps, 159 S. Lexington Ave. $5 includes coffee and snacks. Info: www. gratefulsteps.com.

Courthouse Tours • 1st WEDNESDAYS, 2pm - Historic courthouse tours will depart from 200 North Grove St., Hendersonville. Free. Info: 694-5003.

Crochet Slipper Socks Class • TH (1/19) & TH (1/26), 6pm - Learn to crochet in the round and create a textured, rib-like cuff. Bring worsted weight yarn and an H or G hook. Participants should be comfortable with basic crochet stitches before joining the class. Held at A-B Tech. Info and registration: www1.abtech. edu/ce/registration.

East Asheville Community Meeting • TU (1/31), 6:30-8pm - A community meeting, sponsored by Asheville City Council, will present community initiatives in the East Asheville area.

Held at Haw Creek Elementary School, 21 Trinity Chapel Road. Info: mstickford@ashevillenc.gov or 259-5506.

Evergreen Information Session • TH (1/26), 5-7pm - Families interested in learning about Evergreen Community Charter School are invited to an information session to hear an overview of available programs, including expeditionary learning, environmental education, adventure PE and crew.

Info: www.evergreenccs.org.

Historic Riceville Tour • SU (1/29), 1:30-4pm - Tour meets at the Black Mountain Savings Bank, 200 East State St., and begins at the Riceville Presbyterian Church sanctuary. Stops include historic businesses and post offices, cemeteries, log cabin ruins and Camp Awaniko. $25/$15 for Swannanoa Valley Museum members. Info and registration: www.swannanoavalleymuseum.org or 669-9566.

International Association of Administrative Professionals • TH (1/26), 5:30pm - The International Association of Administrative Professionals will present a program on work/life balance at Arden First Baptist Church, 3839 Sweeten Creek Road. www.iaap-landofthesky.org.

Laughing Place Forest Faerie Crafting Circle • TUESDAYS, 1-4pm - This free crafting circle is held weekly rain or shine. Bring your own crafting supplies and projects, extra materials for swap and skills and interests to share. Held in Fairview. Info and location: 707-0154 or http://avl.mx/8b.

Laurel Chapter of the Embroiderers’ Guild of America Info: www.egacarolinas.org or 654-9788.

• TH (2/2), 9:30am-noon - Monthly meeting will feature a crazy quilt pyramid ornament.

Held at Cummings United Methodist Church, 3 Banner Farm Road, Horse Shoe.

Mix Tape Swap • 4th SATURDAYS, noon - A mix tape swap and monthly meeting will be hosted by Asheville Free Media at DeSoto Lounge, 504 Haywood Road.

Bring a CD to share and take one home. Info: www.ashevillefm.org Money Buddies Series • THURSDAYS through (2/16), 5:30-7pm - “Money Buddies Series” partners women struggling with financial independence during this six-week series. Held at

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OnTrack Financial Education and Counseling, 50 South French Broad Ave. Info: www. ontrackwnc.org.

Money Management for Women • TH (1/26), noon-1pm - “10 Rules of Money Management,” a program for women, will be held at OnTrack Financial Education and Counseling, 50 South French Broad Ave. Info: www.ontrackwnc.org.

Mural Meeting • WE (1/25), 6pm - A meeting to discuss the proposed mural in Magnolia Park will be held at the Montford Community Center, 34 Pearson Drive. Info: druggiero@ashevillenc.gov or 259-5815.

Playing with Paper • SA (1/28), 2-4pm - “Playing with Paper,” a workshop on Hanji, the Korean handmade paper craft. Students will take home an illustration board tray.

All materials provided. Hosted by the Asheville Area Arts Council. Held at The Artery, 346 Depot St. $35. Info and registration: oconnor.pamella@gmail.com or 423-7416.

Prom Fashion Show • SA (1/28), 7pm - A Prom Fashion Show will be held at The Venue, 21 North Market St. $15. Tickets available at Wedding Inspirations, 171 Charlotte St. Info: www.promfashionasheville.com.

Public Lectures & Events at UNCA Events are free unless otherwise noted.

• FR (1/27), 11:25am “Cultural Revolution through the Arts,” with John McClain and Seamus McNerney, humanities lecturers, will be held in Lipinsky Auditorium.

Info: humanities.unca.edu or 251-6808. —- 11:25am - “Islam,” with Reid Chapman, education lecturer, will be held in the Humanities Lecture Hall. —- 11:30am - Fab Friday: Asheville Community Theatre Speaks will feature a behind-the-scenes look at the upcoming season in the Reuter Center. Info: unca.edu/ncccr or 251-6140.

• MO (1/30), 11:25am - “Ancient Israel,” with Dennis Lundblad, lecturer in humanities, will be held in the Humanities Lecture Hall. Info: humanities.unca.edu or 2516808. —- 11:25am - “African Cultural Spheres,” with John Wood, associate professor of sociology, will be held in Lipinsky Auditorium.

Rafael Guastavino Lecture • WE (2/1), 6pm - MIT scholar John Ochsendorf will speak about architect Rafael Guastavino’s work in UNCA’s Owen Conference Center. Info: ccanejo@unca.edu.

Richmond Hill Inn Closing Celebration • SA (1/28), 1-5pm Richmond Hill Inn will celebrate its past with a closing celebration, featuring music, food and well-being demonstrations.

Held at 87 Richmond Hill Drive.

Info: www.richmondhillinn.com or 252-7313.

The Fine Arts League of the Carolinas Located at 362 Depot St. Info: www.fineartsleague.org or 252-5050.

• MONDAYS & THURSDAYS, 7-9pm - Open drawing class with live models. $7/$5 students.

Veterans for Peace Info: vfpchapter099wnc. blogspot.com.

• TH (2/2), 6:30pm - Meeting VFP HQ at the Phil Mechanic Studios, 109 Roberts St. WNC Agricultural Center Located at 1301 Fanning Bridge Road in Fletcher. Info: 687-1414.

• TH (2/2) & FR (2/3) - Indoor Motorcross.

Square Mall, 800 Brevard Road. 1 1/2 years and under, siblings welcome. Info: 3331152 or www.sweetteeminigolf.com.

SciGirls: High Tech Fashion • TU (1/31), 6-8pm “SciGirls: High Tech Fashion with Electrical Circuits,” hosted

by PARI, will be offered to girls ages 9-14 at the Transylvania County Extension Center, 98 E. Morgan St., Brevard. $10. Info: www.pari.edu.

Performance & Film

Dance Beginner Swing Dancing Lessons (pd.) 4 week series starts first Tuesday of every month at 7:30pm. $12/week per person.

• No partner necessary. Eleven on Grove, downtown Asheville.

Details: www.SwingAsheville. com Bharatanatyam Classes • Adult • Children (pd.) Bharatanatyam is the sacred classical dance form of India. Adult and children’s classes now forming.

Traditional Kalakshetra Style. • DakshinaNatya Classical Arts.

Riverview Station. • Call Tess: (828) 301-0331. Learn more: www.riverviewstation.com Clogging and Irish Step Dance Classes (pd.) For Tiny Tots, Kids, Teens and Adults: Mondays at Joyful Noise Community Music and Arts Center in Weaverville. $10/class. Registration/ Information: (828) 712-7559. joyfulnoisecenter.org Dance Classes • WEEKLY - Dancing Feete and Ballroom Dance Center, 2682B Greenville Highway, Flat Rock, hosts intermediate waltz and foxtrot classes, along with salsa and East Coast swing for beginners. Info, days and times: 674-5253 or dancingfeete@bellsouth.net.

Eco ECO The Environmental and Conservation Organization is located at 121 Third Ave. W., Hendersonville. Info: www. eco-wnc.org or 692-0385.

FrOM HOMeleSSneSS TO HOPe After a lifetime of being a professional musician, Patrick Littlejohn found himself homeless, hungry and alone. One night, Patrick says a song he’d never heard came to him in a dream. He had no choice but to teach himself to compose, all in an effort to pull himself out of poverty.

To hear his story, visit http://avl.mx/8t. Photo by Rich Orris.

• TH (1/26), 6:30pm - “Lessons from Green Homeowners, their Successes and Challenges” will be presented in ECO’s conference room.

Festivals Blowing Rock Winterfest • TH (1/26) through SU (1/29) - Blowing Rock Winterfest will feature a chili cook-off, polar bear plunge and music at various locations throughout the weekend. Info: www.blowingrockwinterfest.com.

Government & Politics Election Year Kickoff • TH (1/26), 5:30pm - The Henderson County Democratic Party will host its presidential election kickoff at 905 Greenville Highway, Hendersonville, featuring refreshments and information about the upcoming North Carolina primary. Info: 6926424.

Gardening Terrarium Workshop • TH (1/26), 10am - Explore new trends in the art of terrariums with Mary Martin. Held at the Bullington Center, 33 Upper Red Oak Trail, Hendersonville.

Bring a glass container; all other materials provided. Info and registration: www.bullingtoncenter.org or 698-6104.

Kids Aerial Kids Class (pd.) Every Sunday 3-4pm and every Thursday 5-6pm. Sign up or contact us at www.aerialspace.org or 828.333.4664 Using low hanging static trapeze, aerial sling, aerial fabric, and lyra this class is a fun aerial playground. All classes are taught over safety mats with hands on spotting by experienced aerial instructors. Our emphasis on safety and proper technique allows students to have loads of fun while learning body awareness and building self confidence.

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Affordable Family Fun For Winter! (pd.) Sweet Tee mini Golf indoors at Biltmore Square Mall. 10 hole course,Toddler Course, Game Area, Putt Bowling, FREE Events. Look us up 4FUN! (828) 333-1152. www.SweetTeeMiniGolf.com Art and Poetry Contest for Kids • Through FR (3/9) - RiverLink will accept submissions for the Voices of the River Art and Poetry Contest from children in grades pre-K through 12 through March 9. Info: www. riverlink.org or 252-8474.

Critter Time for Tikes and Tots • WE (2/1), 2:30pm - The WNC Nature Center, 75 Gashes Creek Road, hosts a creative way for children ages 3-5 to learn about animals.

Activities encourage a basic understanding of animal life through games, crafts and stories. Parents welcome.

Held every other Wednesday through March. Info: KMastin@ashevillenc.gov.

Hands On!

This children’s museum is located at 318 North Main St., Hendersonville. Hours: Tues.Sat., 10am-5pm. Admission is $5, with discounts available on certain days. Info: www.handsonwnc.org or 697-8333.

• WE (1/25), 10:30am - Crazy chemistry will focus on “jewel and gem goop” for ages 3 and older. Registration required.

• TH (1/26) - Snowflake-making activities will be offered throughout the day.

• WE (2/1), 11am - “Let’s Get Moving” for children of all ages.

• TH (2/2) - Learn to draw a groundhog for Groundhog Day. Kid’s Club at the YMCA • SATURDAYS, 2:30pm - Kid’s Club is an opportunity for children to learn, play and make new friends. Open to ages 7-15. Held at 30 Woodfin St. Info: www.ymcawnc.org/ centers/asheville.

Mother Goose Story Time • MONDAYS & SATURDAYS, 10:30-11am - Sweet Tee Mini Golf will host Mother Goose Story Time at the Biltmore

The New York Studio of Stage and Screen in Asheville (NYS3) (pd.) Ten Professional Instructors from NYC and LA. Twenty-seven unique classes and workshops in theatre, film, and design. (917) 710-2805. www.nys3.com Song O’ Sky Show Chorus (pd.) TUESDAYS, 6:45pm - Rehearsal at First Congregational United Church of Christ (UCC) 20 Oak Street Asheville 28801.(Enter Fellowship Hall-lower level).

Guests welcome. Contact: www.songosky.org Toll Free # 1-866-824-9547.

100 Years of Broadway • FR (1/27), 7:30pm - 100 Years of Broadway will be presented at WCU’s Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center. $20/$15 faculty and staff/$5 students and children. Info: bardoartscenter.wcu.edu or 227-2479.

Adventures in Jazz • SA (1/28), 7pm - Amy Bormet and Matt Dievendorf (jazz) will perform at the First Congregational United Church of Christ, 20 Oak St. Info: www.uccasheville.org or ronm_a@yahoo.com.

AmiciMusic AmiciMusic is an Ashevillebased chamber music organization dedicated to intimate performances in non-traditional spaces.

• TH (1/26), 7pm - The Power of Four, piano quartets by Mozart and Faure, will be performed at White Horse Black Mountain, 105 Montreat Road. $15/$5 students.

• FR (1/27), 7:30pm - A final performance will be held at Trinity Presbyterian Church of Hendersonville, 900 Blythe Road. $15.

• SA (1/28), 7pm - A performance and informal dance session will feature the Asheville Tango Orchestra at White Horse Black Mountain, 105 Montreat Road. $15/$5 students. Info: www.whitehorseblackmountain.com or 669-0816.

• SU (1/29), 2pm - “Classy Clarinet” will feature works

by Weber, Brahms, Debussy and Bernstein. Held at First

Congregational Church, 20 Oak St. $20/children free. Info: daniel@amicimusic.org or 505-2903.

Andrew McKnight • FR (1/27), 7pm - Andrew McKnight (singer-songwriter) will perform at 36 Bridge St., Marshall. $10. Info: maryeagle99@yahoo.com or 649-1549.

Asheville Community Theatre Located at 35 E. Walnut St. Tickets and info: www.ashevilletheatre.org or 254-1320.

• TH (1/26), 7:30pm - “Wigging in a Winter Wonderland: Tales from the Snowpocalypse” will be presented by Tom Chalmers. $10.

Blue Ridge Orchestra Info: www.blueridgeorchestra. org or 650-0948.

• WEDNESDAYS, 7-9:30pm - Open rehearsals for the Blue Ridge Orchestra will be held most Wednesdays in the Manheimer Room of UNCA’s Reuter Center. Free. Call for confirmation.

Classic World Cinema Foreign Film Series Presented by Courtyard Gallery, 109 Roberts St., Phil Mechanic Studios, River Arts District in Asheville. Info: Cranky Hanke’s Reviews under “Special Showings,” www.ashevillecourtyard.com or 273-3332.

• FR (1/27), 8pm - Strike (Soviet Union 1925) by Sergei M. Eisenstein.

David Troy Francis • SU (1/29), 4pm - Pianist David Troy Francis will perform works by Rachmaninoff and Gershwin, along with his own arrangements of American hymns, at the Kenilworth Presbyterian Church, 123 Kenilworth Road. Info: 2528872 or www.kenilworthpresbyterianchurch.org.

Free Planet Radio • FR (1/27), 7:30pm - Free Planet Radio (multi-instrumentalist) will join Casey Driessen at Jubilee!, 46 Wall St. $12.

Info: www.freeplanetradio.com or 225-3232.

Joyful Noise Community Center Info: www.joyfulnoisecenter. org or 649-2828.

• MONDAYS, 6-7pm - The public is invited to bring instruments to an Appalachian jam session, featuring bluegrass and country music. Held at First Presbyterian Church, 30 Alabama Ave., Weaverville. $10.

NC Stage Company 15 Stage Lane. Info: 2390263 or www.ncstage.org.

• WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS until (2/4), 7:30pm - Fight Girl Battle World, “the story of E-V, the last human female in all the known galaxies.” Matinee performances

offered at 2pm on Saturday and Sunday.

NY Export: Opus Jazz • WE (2/1), 7:30pm - A screening of NY Export: Opus Jazz will be held in WCU’s A.K. Hinds University Center. Free.

Info: ace.wcu.edu.

Selected Shorts with Isaiah Sheffer • SA (1/28), Enjoy an evening of literature and performance as Public Radio International’s Selected Shorts with Isaiah Sheffer visits the Diana Wortham Theatre, 2 South Pack Square. Info: 257-4530 or www.dwtheatre.com.

Soweto Gospel Choir • SU (1/29), 4pm - Asheville Bravo Concerts presents the Soweto Gospel Choir at the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, 87 Haywood St. $15-60. Half price for students. Info: www. ashevillebravoconcerts.org.

• (1/28), 8pm - The Soweto Gospel Choir will perform at Appalachian State University’s Farthing Auditorium. $20/$15 students/$10 under 5. Info: www.pas.appstate.edu or 262-4046.

The American Quartet • SU (1/29), 6pm - The American Quartet will perform worship music at Fellowship Baptist Church, 210 Silvers Lake Road, Rutherfordton. Info: www.theamericanquartet.net.

Seniors Fitness Class for Seniors • MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS & FRIDAYS through (3/23), 11am-noon - Fitness classes for seniors will focus on swimming, cardio and weight training. Held at Waynesville Parks and Recreation Center, 550 Vance St. Free with membership or admission. Info: 456-2030.

Spirituality 2 Day Galactic Conclave • February 11 and 12 (pd.) Join us 1pm-5pm, Saturday and Sunday at Crown Plaza Resort, Dogwood Room, West Asheville, exit Westgate Resort Drive. $20 donation (weekend). Registration/information: (828) 505-3457. As Above, So Below.

Aquarian Compassionate Fellowship (pd.) Metaphysical program inspired by spiritual growth topics of your choice.

Meditation, potluck, St. Germain live channeled piano music. • Second and Fourth Wednesday. 6:30pm. • Donation. (828) 658-3362.

Asheville Center for Transcendental Meditation (“TM”) (pd.) Discover why TM is the world’s most effective and scientifically validated

meditation technique. Clinically proven to boost brain function and reduce anxiety, depression, addiction, and ADHD. Allows you to effortlessly transcend the busy, agitated mind to experience inner peace and unbounded awareness.

• Free Introductory Class: Thursday, 6:30pm, 165 E. Chestnut • Topics: How meditation techniques differ • Meditation and brain research • What is enlightenment?

(828) 254-4350. www.

MeditationAsheville.org 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.

Awareness Group • This Saturday (pd.) Come relax and be inspired with Crystal and Tibetan Bowl Sound Healing, Breathwork and Guided Meditation. Facilitated by Isa Soler, LMHC, LPC, C.Ht. • Saturday, January 28, 3pm4:30pm, Lighten Up Yoga. • 60 Biltmore Avenue, Asheville.

Donations accepted. isa@ awaretherapy.com Bharatanatyam Classes (pd.) Bharatanatyam is the sacred classical dance form of India. Adult and children’s classes now forming.

Traditional Kalakshetra Style. • DakshinaNatya Classical Arts.

Riverview Station. • Call Tess: (828) 301-0331. Learn more: www.riverviewstation.com Compassionate Communication (pd.) Learn ways to create understanding and clarity in your relationships, work, and community by practicing compassionate communication.

Great for couples! Group uses model developed by Marshall Rosenberg in his book “Nonviolent Communication, A Language of Life.” Free.

Info: 252-0538 or www. ashevilleccc.com. • 2nd & 4th Thursdays, 5:00-6:15— Practice group for newcomers and experienced practitioners.

Events To Uplift Humanity With Bill Bowers (pd.) Bill Bowers Guidance: Connect with Spirit in a private or group session. • Contact Bill: (828) 216-9039 or visionsjtf@hotmail.com • www. billbowersguidance.com INVITATION TO PRESENCE (pd.) In an atmosphere of ceremony and reverence, come meet yourself in your own dwelling place. January 27th 6:00 to 7:30pm Forsythia Hall, 28 Forsythe Street, Asheville $1 to $15. Chandra Passero, Singer, LMFT. 828-337-2716

or awakengaia@yahoo.com for more information

Mindfulness Meditation Class (pd.) Explore the miracle of healing into life through deepened stillness and presence. With consciousness teacher and columnist Bill Walz. Info: 258-3241. www. billwalz.com. Mondays, 78pm – Meditation class with lesson and discussions in contemporary Zen living. At the Asheville Friends Meeting House at 227 Edgewood Ave. (off Merrimon). Donation.

Ananda Marga Yoga • TUESDAYS, 7pm - Ananda Marga Yoga hosts weekly

meditation, chanting and philosophy sessions at 22 Ravenscroft Drive. Free. Info: 989-6227.

Bible Study at The Cove • TUESDAYS, 9:45am & 6:30pm - A free women’s Bible study will be hosted at The Cove at The Billy Graham Training Center, 1 Porters Cove Road. An optional lunch is available at the morning class.

All are welcome. Info and registration: www.thecove.org or (800) 950-2092.

Celtic Christian Holiday Service • SU (1/29), 3pm - This Celtic Christian service will honor Saint Brigid and the holiday of

Imbolc. Bring vegetarian food to share (optional). Held at a private home in Weaverville.

Info and location: www.avalongrove.org or 645-2674.

Chant for the Planet • 4th SUNDAYS, 1-4pm - Soka Gakkai International invites the public to “chant for the planet” as part of this large and diverse Buddhist organization. Held at French Broad Coop, 90 Biltmore Ave. Free.

Info: www.sgi-usa.org.

Cloud Cottage Sangha Location: 219 Old Toll Circle in Black Mountain. Info: www. cloudcottage.org or 669-0920.

• WEDNESDAYS, 6-7:30pm & SUNDAYS, 8-10am Weekly meetings will feature seated and walking meditation, Dharma talks and chanting.

Dharma Class • TUESDAYS, 7pm - Dharma class with Venerable Pannavati Bhikkuni. All are welcome; by donation. Held at 60 Caledonia Road #B (the carriage house behind the Kenilworth Inn Apartments). Info: 505-2856.

Divine Energy Share • 1st WEDNESDAYS, 6-8pm - All are welcome to participate in this Healing Circle, including reiki practitioners, other energy workers and non-practitioners

curious to tap their healing potential. By donation. Meets at 60 Caledonia Road #B (the carriage house behind the Kenilworth Inn Apartments).

Info: 707-2983.

Kumba Mela 2013 • SA (1/28), 7pm - Learn about the Himlayan Institute’s pilgrimage to Kumbha Mela in India, “which coincides with end of the Mayan calendar and beginning of dramatic changes in the destiny of the human race.” Held at the Asheville Yoga Center, 239 S. Liberty St. Info: davidfrechter@att.net.

Meditation in the Kriya Yoga Tradition

• SUNDAYS, 9 & 11am; THURSDAYS, 6:30pm - The Center for Spiritual Awareness will host meditation in the Kriya yoga tradition for spiritual and personal growth. By donation.

Info and location: www.csaasheville.org or 490-1136.

Nurse Christian Fellowship • 1st THURSDAYS, 6-8pm - Nurse Christian Fellowship provides a local, regional, national and international network to bring the message of Jesus Christ and a Christian worldview to nursing education and practice while providing Christ-centered resources and programs. Info: rchovey@sos. spc-asheville.org.

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What: Keys to the HeartStrings, a classical-music performance to benefit Buncombe County Medical Society’s Project Access.

Where: Oakley United Methodist Church, 607 Fairview Road in Asheville.

When: Saturday, Jan. 28, at 3 p.m. $5 donation. mywcms.org or jana@mywcms.org.

Why: Doctors are busy people. Many physicians fill their days with patients and hospital visits, leaving little time to volunteer in the community.

The Buncombe County Medical Society created Project Access to encourage doctors to spend some time helping low-income and underinsured patients. More than 600 physicians serve some 3,000 patients a year — the equivalent of $5 million of labor hours.

Pianists Vance Reese, Karen Boyd and Scott Camp were so moved by Project Access that they decided to donate their time as well. The musicians will join with string and piano ensembles for Keys to the HeartStrings, a classical concert to benefit Project Access.

If you miss the Jan. 28 concert, an additional fundraiser will be held on Sunday, Feb. 12. Keeping with the theme of healthy habits, the public is invited to get a team together and choose their favorite exercise, from ChiWalking to Zumba. It’s not too early to sign up by emailing sheri@mywcms.org.

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benefitscalendar Calendar for January 25 - february 2, 2012 Chocolate and Talent • SU (1/29), 2-5pm - A benefit for Fourth Trimester Family Center and the Doula Association of the Mountain Area will feature music, dance, poetry and visual art. Held at the Masonic Temple, 80 Broadway St. $12 includes chocolate tasting.

Info: www.chocolateandtalent.com or 337-8630.

Carpenters Heart • FR (1/27), 5-8pm - A benefit for Carpenters Heart will be held at Fun Depot, 7 Roberts Road. Ask for the Carpenters Heart special and receive a two hour play card for $15. $5 will go towards replacing the orphanage’s roof. Info: www. carpentersheart.org.

Chase Away the Blues • SA (1/28), 4-10:30pm - The Tryon Fine Arts Center, 34 Melrose Ave., hosts a nonstop night of blues, funk and jazz, featuring the Shane Pruitt Band, Chuck Beattie, Rudy “Blue Shoes” Wyatt and others. Proceeds benefit the Tryon Fine Arts Center’s Arts in Education programs. Concessions

available. $35. $65 VIP admission includes preferred seating and open bar/food. Info: 859-8322 ext. 213 or info@tryonarts.org.

“Drop Your Pants” Clothing Drive • Through TU (1/31) - “Drop Your Pants” clothing drive invites the public to donate jeans and pants to benefit Interfaith Assistance Ministry. Held at 10 Presbyterian Church Road, Mills River. Info: 891-7101.

Haiti Benefit Concert • TH (2/2), 7pm - The White Horse Black Mountain, 105C Montreat Road, hosts a benefit for American Green International’s Gift of Light for Haiti program, which aims to provide 1,000 solar light bulbs to a tent city in Haiti this February. Info: leah@americangreeninternational. com or www.whitehorseblackmountain.com.

Heritage Tree Sale • Through SA (2/11) - A heritage tree sale, to benefit ECO, will offer apple, chestnut, peach and other trees. Limited quantities; early reservations suggested. $25. Info: www.eco-wnc.org or 692-0385.

March for Babies • TU (1/31), 8am - Asheville Area March for Babies, a three-mile walk to benefit March of Dimes, will hold a kickoff breakfast and information session at the Hilton Hotel, 43 Town Square Boulevard.

Info: www.facebook.com/wncmarchofdimes or www.marchforbabies.org.

Project Access • SA (1/28), 3pm - “Keys to the HeartStrings,” a benefit for Project Access, will feature pianists Vance Reese, Karen Boyd and Scott Camp at Oakley United Methodist Church, 607 Fairview Road. $5 donation. Info: jana@mywcms.org.

Sharon’s Fight Benefit Concert • SA (1/28), 4:30pm - John Wiggins, co-writer of the songs “Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off” and “Who Are You When I’m Not Looking,” will perform with The Julia Ann Band and McKayla Reece at Haywood Community College’s Charles M. Beal Auditorium, 185 Freedlander Drive, Clyde, to raise funds for Sharon Rathbone’s fight against cancer. $30 includes dinner and a drink. Info: www.

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wix.com/sharonsfight/concert or 226-1657.

Shawls for Sharing • Through TU (1/31) - Traditions Acupuncture Foundation will sell pashmina shawls at Chinese Acupuncture Clinic, 369 Montford Ave., and Village Antiques, 755 Biltmore Ave., to raise funds for alternative care for the medically underserved in Asheville area. $30 with a $24 tax-deductible receipt. Info: www.traditionsacupuncturefoundation.org.

Short Stacks for Big Change • SA (1/28), 8-10am - A pancake breakfast, to benefit In His Steps Dance Ministry, will be held at FATZ, 5 Spartan Ave. $7. Info: sondancer@juno.com.

Special Olympics Benefit • SATURDAYS through (2/11), 11am-8pm - Sweet Tee Mini Golf will raise funds for the Special Olymics at Biltmore Square Mall, 800 Brevard Road #590. Nine holes for $3. Info: jay.nelson@ buncombecounty or 250-4260.

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• FR (1/27), 8pm - A benefit for Trips For Kids WNC, featuring Sunshine and The Bad Things, Ryan Sheffield and Total War, will be held at The Boiler Room, 11 Grove St. $5. Info: www.tripsforkidswnc.com.

Winesdays • WEDNESDAYS, 5-8pm - Winesdays wine tastings will benefit a different organization each week at the Wine Studio of Asheville, 169 Charlotte St. $5.

Info: www.winestudioasheville.com or 255-5955.

More benefITS eVenTS onlIne Check out the Benefits Calendar online at www.mountainx.com/ events for info on events happening after February 2.

Calendar deadlIne The deadline for free and paid listings is 5 p.m. WEDNESDAY, one week prior to publication.

Questions? Call (828)251-1333, ext. 365

Unity Center Events Located at 2041 Old Fanning Bridge Road, Mills River. Info: www.unitync.net or 684-3798.

• SUNDAYS, 9:30 & 11am - Sunday celebration service.

Child care available. —- 11am - Y.E.S. Youth Expressing Spirituality.

• WE (2/1), 7pm - A screening of 2012 An Awakening will explore the Mayan calendar.

Unity Church of Asheville Located at 130 Shelburne Road. Info: www.unityofasheville.com or 252-5010.

• TUESDAYS, 2-4pm - A Search For God A.R.E. Study Group.

• SUNDAYS, 11am - Spiritual celebration service —- 12:302pm - A Course in Miracles study group.

Spoken & Written Word Buncombe County Public Libraries LIBRARY ABBREVIATIONS - Each Library event is marked by the following location abbreviations:  WV = Weaverville Library (41 N. Main Street, 250-6482)  Library storyline: 250-KIDS. • FR (1/27), 4-5:30pm - Teen Awesome Group will create a movie trailer for The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan. WV City Lights Bookstore Located at 3 E. Jackson St., Sylva. Info: more@citylightsnc.com or 586-9499.

• FR (1/27), 6pm - Various authors will read nature writing from High Vistas Volume II. Malaprop’s Bookstore and Cafe 55 Haywood St. Info: www. malaprops.com or 254-6734.

• TH (1/26), 7-8pm - Life coach David Lamoureaux will discuss his book Recycling Your Past.

• FR (1/27), 7pm - Art Ramsay will read from his new book The Tibetan Wisdom Code.

• SA (1/28), 3pm - Rose Senehi will read from her new novel Render Unto the Valley.

• SU (1/29), 3pm - Gin Phillips will read from her new novel Come In and Cover Me. • WE (2/1), 7pm - Bookclub: The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted by Elizabeth Berg. —7pm - Alan Shapiro will discuss his novel Broadway Baby.

• TH (2/2), 7pm - Lawrence Lohr will read from his book And Then They Stood: Old Textile Mills of the Carolina Piedmont.

Open House and Book Party • FR (1/27), 6-8:30pm - A 20th anniversary kick off party and book signing for the new children’s book, The Cow That Meowed, by Hal Mahan and

Asheville artist Susan Peterson.

Held at The Compleat Naturalist, 2 Brook St. Free.

Info: www.compleatnaturalist. com or 274-5430.

Sports Amateur Pool League (pd.) All skill levels welcome.

HAVE FUN. MEET PEOPLE. PLAY POOL. Rosters are open now for new players and new pool teams. 828-329-8197 www.BlueRidgeAPA.com ONGOING – weekly league play Adult League Kickball • Through MO (3/12) - Registration for Buncombe County Parks, Greenways and Recreation’s adult kickball league will run through March 12. $30. Info: jay.nelson@ buncombecounty.org or 2504269.

Fitness Program • TUESDAYS, 5:15pm - WNC Fit Club will offer free workout sessions at the National Guard Armory, 100 Minute Man Dr. Info: www.xfit.org or 5064726.

N.C. Flag Football Union Registration • Through SU (3/18) - The new North Carolina Flag Football Union (NCFFU) is currently accepting team and free agent registrations for its inaugural statewide kick off.

Info and registration: www. ncffu.org.

Spin Class • TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 5:30-6:30pm - A spin class will be offered at Waynesville Recreation Center, 550 Vance St. Daily admission charge/free for members. Info: recaquatics@townofwaynesville.org or 456-2030.

Zumba Class • THURSDAYS, 6:10-7pm - Zumba classes will be offered by the Asheville Jewish Community Center, 236 Charlotte St. Advance registration suggested. $10. Info: Rochelle@jcc-asheville.org or 253-0701.

ZumbaPump • MONDAYS & WEDNESDAYS, 6pm - This weekly class consists of 30 minutes of cardio dance followed by 30 minutes of toning with light weights. Bring your own mat. Held at 1070 Tunnel Road, Suite 30. $6. Info: lesliearcpt@gmail.com.

Volunteering Asheville Free Media • Asheville Free Media seeks volunteers for its local internet radio station. Be a DJ, plan events and be part of the community. Info: www.ashevillefm. org Big Brothers Big Sisters of WNC

Located at 50 S. French Broad Ave., Room 213, in the United Way building. The organization matches children from single-parent homes with adult mentors. Info: www.bbbswnc. org or 253-1470.

• Big Brothers Big Sisters seeks people to mentor one hour a week in schools and after-school sites. Volunteers age 18 and older are also needed to share outings in the community twice a month with youth from single-parent homes. Activities are free or low-cost. Info: www.bbbswnc. org or 253-1470. Information session on Jan. 25 at noon at the United Way building, S. French Broad Avenue, Room 213.

Cell Phone Donation • MONDAYS through FRIDAYS, 8am-5pm RiverLink will accept unwanted cell phones at its offices, 170 Lyman St. Info: www.riverlink. org or 252-8474.

Center for New Beginnings • The Center for New Beginnings seeks volunteers for community awareness and services for crime victims and survivors of traffic fatalities, suicides and other death-related incidents. Info: contact@ centerfornb.org or 989-9306.

Children First/CIS Children First/CIS is a nonprofit advocating for children living in vulnerable conditions. Info: VolunteerC@childrenfirstbc. org or 768-2072.

• Through TU (5/1), 2:305:30pm - Volunteers are needed at least one hour per week, Mon.-Thurs., to help K-5th graders with homework and activities. Info: VolunteerC@childrenfirstbc. org or 768-2072.

Council on Aging • Volunteers are needed to drive seniors to doctor appointments as part of the Call A Ride program. Volunteers use their own vehicles and mileage reimbursement is available.

Info: www.coabc.org or 2778288.

Fabric Needed for Donated Quilts • St. Mark’s Lutheran Church seeks large pieces of fabric (82” x 64”) to make quilts for charity. Drop off at 10 N. Liberty St. Info: 263-0043.

Foster Parenting Classes • TUESDAYS (1/10) through (3/13), 6-9pm - A 10 week class for potential foster parents will meet the training requirements for becoming a foster parent. Free. No commitment required. Info and location: familiesforkids@ buncombecounty.org or 2505868.

Hands On Asheville-Buncombe Choose the volunteer opportunity that works for you. Youth

are welcome on many projects with adult supervision. Info: www.handsonasheville.org or call 2-1-1. Visit the website to sign up for a project.

• TH (1/26), 6-8pm - Help sort and pack food at MANNA FoodBank.

• TH (1/26), 4-6pm - FairTrade Stock-Up: Assist with unpacking and pricing merchandise for Ten Thousand Villages, a nonprofit, fair-trade retail store that sells handcrafted items made by artisans in more than 30 developing countries.

• SA (1/28), 2:30-4:30pm Children ages 7-12 are invited to participate in activities with CarePartner’s adult day program clients.

Name That Creek • Ideas sought for the “Name That Creek” project, sponsored

by RiverLink. Info: volunteer@ riverlink.org.

New Opportunities Thrift Store • The Opportunity House, 1411 Asheville Highway in Hendersonville, seeks donations for the New Opportunities Thrift Store. Volunteers also needed during store hours.

Info: 692-0575.

Partners Unlimited • Partners Unlimited, a program for at-risk youth between the ages of 10 and 18, seeks volunteers for its fundraiser and program committee. Info: partnersunlimited@juno.com or 281-2800.

Road to Recovery • The American Cancer Society seeks drivers to provide transportation to cancer patients as part of its Road to Recovery program. Volunteers must be available weekdays and willing to use their own vehicle. Info: 254-6931.

Upcycling Bin • Hip Thrift, 201 Haywood Road, will collect and distribute clothing as part of its upcycling program. Donations of old, stained or torn items will be given to local crafters to be turned into something new.

Clothes can be donated or picked up Tues.-Sat., 11am5pm. Info: info@hipthrift.org or 423-0853.

CALENDAR DEADLINE The deadline for free and paid listings is 5 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, one week prior to publication.

Questions? Call (828)2511333, ext. 365

newsoftheweird Lead story Anti-Theft ID Breakthrough: Professor Shigeomi Koshimizu of Japan’s Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology has developed a remedy for people intimidated by biometric scans of fingerprints, handprints or eyeballs: a butt scanner. Featuring 256 degrees of pressure at 360 different points, the chairlike device maps the sitter’s unique derriere shape. Besides protecting vehicles from theft, it could also prevent computer logons by those with unauthorized posteriors.

Compelling explanations • Imminent Gay Takeovers: (1) Speaking at the opening of a water works in November, Mayor Jose Benitez of Huarmey, Peru (population 16,000), warned residents about strontium in the water, which he said suppresses male hormones. Benitez reminded residents that nearby Tabalosos, which is popular with gays and lesbians, shares the water supply, saying Huarmey could turn gay, too. (2) A November report by Muslim scholars at Saudi Arabia’s highest religious council warned legislators that ending the ban on females driving would cause a surge in prostitution, pornography, divorce and homosexuality. Within 10 years, the scholars predicted, the country would have “no more virgins.”

• In January, California state legislator Mary Hayashi of Hayward pleaded guilty to misdemeanor shoplifting. Police said she’d walked out of a Neiman Marcus store in October with over $2,400 worth of unpaid-for merchandise.

Miraculously, said her lawyer (and just in time for the legislative session), a benign brain tumor that might have affected her decision-making is “no longer affecting her concentration or her judgment.”

churches left it to second-string clergy to handle services.)

• Retired sheriff Patrick J. Sullivan Jr. was arrested in a Denver suburb in November, charged with distributing methamphetamine to men in exchange for sex. Sullivan, who had a distinguished career as Arapahoe County sheriff, was booked into the Patrick J. Sullivan Jr. Detention Center, named for him in 2002.

• Eldon Alexander, 36, and Ms. Korin Vanhouten, 47, had two different encounters with Ogden, Utah, police on Dec. 15. Accused of shoplifting at a WinCo Foods store, they were issued misdemeanor citations and released. Upon leaving the store, however, the couple discovered that someone had broken into their car and stolen a stereo, leading them to summon police. (The shoplifted items were worth about $25, the stereo about $60.)

• Sheriff’s deputies arrested novelist Nancy Mancuso Gelber, 53, in December in Bryan, Texas, after she allegedly hired a hit man (in reality an undercover officer) to kill her husband. Gelber said she’d walked in on the husband romancing one of her friends, and the couple were divorcing (complicated by his having removed her from his health insurance just as she was scheduled for expensive surgery). Gelber, who wrote the 2010 crime thriller Temporary Amnesia, told the “hit man” that she was quite familiar with investigative procedures (though apparently poor at spotting undercover officers).

The litigious society • In October, Jesse Dimmick sued Jared and Lindsay Rowley, whom he was convicted of kidnapping in a notorious 2009 episode that resulted

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in his being shot by police. Breaking into their Topeka, Kan., home, Dimmick held the couple hostage at knifepoint. But during the siege, he maintains, the couple made a “legally binding oral contract” to help him hide if he later paid them an unspecified amount of money.

Dimmick was subsequently shot (accidentally, police said), and the lawsuit blames his injuries on the Rowleys’ breach of contract. (The police, who’d surrounded the home, arrested Dimmick when he fell asleep.)

• Two men who pulled a woman out of a burning car wreck in 2009, saving her life, have sued her over their resulting emotional and physical disabilities. Voluntarily stopping to help, David Kelley and Mark Kincaid pulled the woman from a fire so hot it melted Kelley’s cell phone.

Last August, Kelley told the Associated Press he’s suffered serious breathing problems and horrific dreams. The woman, Theresa Tanner, subsequently admitted that she’d deliberately crashed the car that day, attempting suicide.

• Former 11-year police officer Louise McGarva, 35, recently filed a roughly $760,000 lawsuit against the Lothian and Borders Police in Edinburgh, Scotland, for causing her posttraumatic stress disorder. While attending a supposedly routine riot-training session that got out of hand, McGarva said she discovered she’d developed a debilitating fear of sirens and police cars.

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freewillastrology ARIES (March 21-April 19)

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)

The coming week is likely to be abnormally free of worries and frustrations. I’m afraid that means you’re not going to have as much right to complain as you usually do. Can you handle that? Or will you feel bereft when faced with the prospect of having so little to grumble about? Just in case, I’ve compiled a list of fake annoyances for you to draw on. 1. “My iPhone won’t light my cigarette.” 2. “The next tissue in my tissue box doesn’t magically poke out when I take one.” 3. “I want some ice cream, but I overstuffed myself at dinner.” 4. “I ran out of bottled water and now I have to drink from the tap.” 5. “My cat’s Facebook profile gets more friend requests than me.” 6. “When people tell me I should feel grateful for all I have instead of complaining all the time, I feel guilty.”

“There are works which wait, and which one does not understand for a long time,” said Oscar Wilde. “The reason is that they bring answers to questions which have not yet been raised; for the question often arrives a terribly long time after the answer.” I predict that sometime soon, Leo, you will prove that wisdom true. You will finally learn the brilliant question whose crucial answer you got years ago. When it arrives, you will comprehend a mystery that has been churn- Poet Elizabeth Alexander says that in order to ing in the semi-darkness all this time. create a novel, a writer needs a lot of uninterrupted time alone. Poems, on the other hand, can be snared in the midst of the jumbled rhythms Shedding is healthy — not just for cats and dogs of everyday chaos — between hurried appointand other animals but also for us humans. Did ments or while riding the subway or at the kitchyou know that you shed thousands of particles en table waiting for the coffee to brew. Alexander of dead skin every hour? And just as our bod- says that inspiration can sprout like grass poking ies need to shed, so do our psyches. I bring up out of the sidewalk cracks. Whether or not this up, Virgo, because you are in an unusually you’re a writer, Sagittarius, I see your coming favorable phase to do a whole lot of psychic weeks as being more akin to snagging poems shedding. What should you shed exactly? How than cooking up a novel. about some of these: old ideas that don’t serve you any more, habits that undermine your ability to pursue your dreams, compulsions that are “A true poet does not bother to be poetical,” at odds with your noble intentions, resentment said the poet Jean Cocteau. “Nor does a nursery against people who did you wrong a long, long gardener perfume his roses.” I think that’s wise time ago, and anything else you carry with you counsel for you in the coming weeks, Capricorn. that keeps you from being fully alive and radi- It’s important that you do what you do best ant. To paraphrase Thomas Jefferson, the price without any embellishment, pretentiousness, or of freedom and aliveness is eternal shedding. self-consciousness. Don’t you dare try too hard

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) The state of California was named after a storybook land described in a 16th-century Spanish novel. The mythical paradise was ruled by Queen Calafia. Gold was so plentiful that the people who lived there made weapons out of it and even adorned their animals with it. Did the real California turn out to be anything like that fictional realm? Well, 300 years after it got its name, the California Gold Rush attracted 300,000 visitors who mined a fortune in the precious metal. Your assignment, Taurus: Think of the myths you believed in when you were young and the fantasies that have played at the edges of your imagination for years. Have any of them come true, even a little? I suspect that one may do just that in the coming weeks and months.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) In Bill Moyers’ DVD The Language of Life, poet Naomi Shihab Nye is shown giving advice to aspiring young poets. She urges them to keep an open mind about where their creative urges might take them. Sometimes when you start a poem, she says, you think you want to go to church, but where you end up is at the dog races.

I’ll make that same point to you, Gemini. As you tune in to the looming call to adventure, don’t be too sure you know what destination it has in mind for you. You might be inclined to assume it’ll lead you toward a local bar for drinks when in fact it’s nudging you in the direction of a wild frontier for a divine brouhaha.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) Renowned comic book writer Grant Morrison claims he performed a magic ritual in which he conjured the spirit of John Lennon, who appeared and bestowed on him the gift of a new song. I’ve heard Morrison sing the tune, and it does sound rather Lennon-esque. The coming week would be a good time for you to go in quest of a comparable boon, Cancerian: a useful and beautiful blessing bequeathed to you by the departed spirit of someone you love or admire.

an assortment of sunbeams appearing in your sphere during the coming weeks. Here’s the complication: They won’t all be showing up at once, and they’ll be arriving in disparate locations. So your task will be to gather them all up and unite them so they can add to each other’s strength. If you do that successfully, you’ll have more than enough illumination to chase away any darkness that might be creeping around.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

or think too much or twist yourself like a contortionist to meet impossible-to-satisfy expectations.

According to research published in the journal Trust the thrust of your simple urges.

Psychological Science, many people are virtually allergic to creative ideas. When asked to consider a novel proposal, they’re quite likely to reject Collectors prefer wild orchids, says William it in favor of an approach that’s well-known to Langley, writing in the UK’s Telegraph. Orchids them. (More info here: tinyurl.com/3oor4nq.) grown in nurseries, which comprise 99.5 percent This could be a problem for you in the coming of the total, are tarnished with “the stigma of weeks, Libra, since one of your strengths will be perfection.” Their colors are generic and their your ability to come up with innovations. So it petal patterns are boringly regular. Far more won’t be enough for you to offer your brilliant appealing are the exotic varieties untouched by notions and original departures from the way human intervention, with their “downy, smooth things have always been done; you will also petals and moistened lips pouting in the direchave to be persuasive and diplomatic. Think tion of tautly curved shafts and heavily veined you can handle that dual assignment? pouches.” Whatever your sphere or specialty is,

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

Aquarius, I suggest you model yourself after the wild orchid collectors in the coming days. Shun “A single sunbeam is enough to drive away the stigma of perfection. shadows,” said St. Francis of Assisi. I’m afraid that’s an overly optimistic assessment. In many circumstances, just one ray of light may not be While doing a film a few years ago, actress sufficient to dispel encroaching haze and murk. Sandra Bullock stumbled upon a stunning secret: Luckily for you, though, there will be quite Rubbing hemorrhoid cream on her face helped

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)

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shrink her wrinkles and improve her complexion. I predict that at least one and possibly more comparable discoveries will soon grace your life.

You will find unexpected uses for things that were supposedly not meant to be used in those ways. Here’s a corollary, courtesy of scientist Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, that describes a related talent you’ll have at your disposal: “Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.”

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edgymama The danger of “cocktail moms” Some parents (me) like to joke about using alcohol to get through “hell” hour — that time before dinner when both kids and adults (me) often are hungry and cranky. I also often referred to “mommy’s little equilibrium enhancer” — aka beer.

I write a regular column for Xpress about beer.

So, there’s no doubt I’m a mother who likes an alcoholic beverage or two.

And I’ve noticed there have been a number of stories in the national news lately about moms getting DUIs — with their kids in the vehicles. One mom in California flipped her car and then ran, leaving her 4-year-old behind. Turns out she’d left two other kids at home alone (both under the age of 4). That was an extreme case, but most of

more Anne Fitten “Edgy Mama” Glenn writes about a number of subjects, including parenting.

us have driven our kids somewhere after having a drink — assuming that our reflexes are intact.

As a result of these national mommy DUIs, both The New York Times and The Washington Post have featured stories about moms overindulging in adult beverages — “cocktail moms,” as they’ve been called.

The Post story cites a study by The Century Council that says the number of women arrested for impaired driving jumped 29 percent in the last decade. The “average” female arrestee is in her 30s and fairly well educated. And the study doesn’t say this, but logic follows that many of these women are mothers. In other words, women just like me and many of my friends (OK, I’m in my 40s, but close enough).

Unlike many of our moms, those of us who’ve birthed babies in the past 20 or more years were told not to imbibe during pregnancy or while breastfeeding, and most of us, having heard of the ravages of fetal alcohol syndrome, followed doctor’s orders.

I did drink the occasional low-alcohol beer while I was nursing, but only after a doctor told me that as long as I only drank one beer in an hour (and only a couple at most), the amount of

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alcohol that would enter by breast milk would be miniscule. No binging, for sure.

That said, once the kids are weaned (and, in my case, they were kids), there’s not much sense in not drinking — but drinking and driving? Especially with kids in tow?

Sure, everyone has her desperate moments. But every time I’ve been in a car accident (or any kind of accident), I realize what a hair-thin line there is between life and death or serious damage. Plus, car accidents are the leading cause of accidental death for children. It’s just not worth the risk.

Alcohol-impaired drivers were involved in one in three fatal crashes in 2010, according to the Centers for Disease Control. While there’s been a bit of a decrease in the number of traffic fatalities on U.S. roads since 2005 (down to just more than 32,000 in 2010 from more than 43,000 in ‘05), there are still a significant number of folks who die in

cars (that’s about 90 people a day — and some 30 of those are alcohol-related). If that many people died any other way on a regular daily basis — say in airplane crashes or terrorist attacks — we’d all be freaking the hell out. But we love our death mobiles.

Part of the reason the number of deaths has decreased is because of decreasing tolerance for drunken driving — but still that’s more than 11,000 dead in 2010 from the mix of motor vehicles and cocktails. While I disagree with over-governance in many cases, I think that there’s some good to be had for intolerance for tolerance.

I’m all for a beer or two during hell hour or just because it’s a nice afternoon. But I’ve decided not to drink beer and operate dangerous equipment, and never if my kids are along for the ride. There’s so much in my life and my kids’ lives that I have no control over, but this, I do.

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Who wants bacon, beets and screaming chefs?

We asked locals which food trends they hope will go away this year

by Mackensy Lunsford

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Listen, we know. The food world is rife with clichés that sometimes reek of snobbery. One year’s star protein (pork belly, anyone?) is suddenly passé before you can say “bacon brulée.”

We still have a special place in our hearts for pork belly, of course, but you must know how to do it right (if you don’t, it’s just another case of slapping a trendy item on your menu).

Here are some things that we think are past their prime: frozen ravioli marketed as “house-made;” garnishing on the rim of plates (honestly, that’s been past its prime since the late ‘80s); and hating on Merlot.

Recently we asked some food fanatics, cooks and culinary characters what they would like to see disappear from the local scene this year.

Several opined that overuse of the terms “locavore” and “farm-to-table” were grating to the nerves. Others are irritated by the term “foodie,” including some us us here at Xpress who are searching for an alternative. “Culinarian,” perhaps?

Some chefs told us that they’re over all the ego in the kitchen, wishing that certain people would drop the Gordon Ramsay act already.

When it comes to bacon, they were divided, but at least one local cook (Chad Gibson of 12 Bones) demanded respect for the seemingly omnipresent pork product, going so far as to write a rather substantial piece begging bacon fans to slow their roll.

Read on to find out what chefs love to hate in the food world — and a bit of what they’d like to see more of.

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Listen here: Biltmore Estate chef Damien Cavicchi wants you to drop the ego and do something for the greater good. Photo courtesy of the Biltmore Estate

Back to Basics

Quit the razzle dazzle ... and make with the mashed potatoes Damien Cavicchi is the new executive chef of all of the Biltmore restaurants — no small task. But Cavicchi, former chef and owner of Sugo, a modern Italian restaurant on Patton Avenue that closed in 2008, is up to it. Cavicchi is working to further lift the culinary scene at Biltmore with more chef-driven events like his Moveable Feast series. The al fresco dinners, which resume in May, afford seldom-seen views of the property with food good enough to stand up to the scenery.

Despite his ambition and accomplishments at a young age (he’s in his early 30s), Cavicchi remains down to earth. It’s not surprising then that in 2012 he’d like to see much of the ego removed from the food world.

The trend of the “celebrification” of chefs, he says, is distasteful. “Where chefs are not really chefs, but they play one on TV. They’re marketed for their personality or their looks.” Being a chef is not a job that simply requires punching in for an eight-hour shift and tooling around the kitchen stirring pots, Cavicchi says. It’s hard work, and it’s not for every-

body. “It’s more like what you were put on the earth to do or what you work your ass off to do. Chef means boss. [A chef] is someone who runs a kitchen, a mentor and a leader. Not just someone who is trying to invent the next popular thing so they can get a book deal.”

Learning and recreating the classics is falling by the wayside, too, Cavicchi says. A chef should be able to recreate the mother sauces and have at least a few pastries and desserts among his or her repertoire. Too much focus is on the novel-food concept, all in the name of razzle-dazzle.

“I think there’s a lack of authenticity,” says Cavicchi. “I want to see us go back to a restaurant that does something that’s stood the test of time — the classic genres of food, instead of having this murky mess where this 25-year-old hot shot chef who’s trying to be the next big thing is kind of all over the place.

We’re going to lose something if people just want to be all whimsical and creative.”

“I find myself not feeling satisfied when I go out to eat a lot — not just in Asheville, but other cities as well. If someone just made really good mashed potatoes and really good collard greens and really good fried chicken, that would be fine. Then I would be satisfied.”

Cavicchi also says that he’s sick of the term “locavore” and all of the talk about farm-to-table. “Thinking back to Italian cooking and the food of the American South, which is where my head stays lately, all of those cooks were searching out the best local ingredients that they could, and that just makes sense,” says Cavicchi. “It’s kind of the expectation. Let’s quit talking about it and get our heads somewhere else. Let’s use our celebrity — if we have it — to raise awareness about hunger.”

Bye bye, foamed food

Is the fad of molecular gastronomy nearing an end?

Jacob Sessoms, chef and owner of Table, thinks that avant garde cuisine/ molecular gastronomy (or whatever you’d prefer to call it) is becoming a hasbeen trend. “As I begin to see foams on menus even in small towns all over the country, it makes me think this approach to food will be accepted into the larger, permanent lexicon of cooking, but not lead to an all-encompassing paradigm shift,” he says.

“The best dishes I had this past year were at The Girl and The Goat [in Chicago] and Kin Shop [in New York City]. The menus at both those restaurants are very interesting, but none of the food seems to be cooked with nontraditional techniques,” he says. Sessoms admits to his own toying with ISI foamers (a tool chefs use to make foam out of just about anything) and hydrocolloids (in short, substances that can solidify liquid into a gel) even when he has a complete mental catalogue of the classics.

“I love the pan-Asian infusion into new American food that David Chang [of the Momofuku restaurant group] has sparked over the last few years, but it might be time to slow it down,” he says, admitting that he’s not innocent of getting swept away by the charm of Chang’s cuisine.

Sessoms adds that he’s not yet tired of charcuterie and the whole-animal cooking trend, evidenced by the menu at Table. The restaurant makes its own bacon and other cured meats, and offal abounds. Recently, a clever take on chicken and waffles featured corn-flake encrusted veal brains as the protein centerpiece of the dish.

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Learn to walk first, then make paella Denny Trantham, executive chef at the Grove Park Inn, was raised in Haywood County, so it should really come as no surprise that when Xpress asks him if he thinks that bacon in everything should cease to be in 2012, he counters with the opposite sentiment: “Country ham and smoked bacon live forever!”

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Under his direction, the Grove Park Inn will focus even more on locally sourced meats, seafood and produce this year: “Overall sustainability as a culinary theme that, in return, can be quantified from a business model aspect,” he says. What does that mean? “Pickled bounty in quart- and half-gallon mason jars that will assist in extending the bounty while showcasing Southern culinary ingenuity.”

I think we can all get behind more pickles this year, right?

Trantham, for his part, would like to see diners generate a little bit of patience and understanding. “Sometimes our general public thinks that a button can be pushed that will generate a four-course gourmet meal for $3.99.” And ever the advocate of all things Southern, Trantham says that he’d like to see “folks that can appreciate Southernfood culture for more than fried chicken and sweet tea, embracing the Appalachian way of life as a model of progression beyond the hillbilly.”

He’d also like to see chefs acting more like mentors and less like stars. “Reaching further with our culinary and cultural education to ensure that we never give up being people-developers [is important],” he says. “It’s not just about the food, it’s about the local individuals who prepare it.”

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That goes hand in hand with banishing the trend of trying to fly before learning to walk. One must learn basic auto mechanics before building a race car, Trantham says, and it’s up to chefs to (patiently) teach their staff that the devil is in the details when it comes to cooking. “Taking the time to share

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Chef notes: “It’s not just about the food, it’s about the local individuals who prepare it,” says Denny Trantham, Grove Park Inn’s executive chef.

with individuals in our profession the logic behind the rationale will illustrate the example much more efficiently than barking it at them,” he says. “In my opinion, we must regain the rudiments of basic culinary concepts and knowledge before other facets of the industry are to be explored. Let’s learn how to prepare and understand a traditional paella along with its cultural roots, before we take paella and turn it into junkyard.”

“Following tradition and striving for consistency, in my opinion, allows a much deeper respect and understanding for our craft than following Hollywood shows with names like Stewed or Hacked,” he continues. “Many people can cook professionally, but to cultivate their team and grow the multiple dynamic personalities in order to facilitate togetherness, humbleness and precision while singing from the same same hymnal consistently for each and every guest, that’s priceless.”

Learn more about the restaurants at the Grove Park Inn by visiting groveparkinn. com.

Fast forward a few years and of course we’ve missed the whole point. We took the power of bacon and let it go to our heads. What did the hungry American see? Bacon ice cream! Nomz! Yes, nomz indeed! But I beseech you to pump the brakes before we careen gluttonously off the precipice; a bunch of greasyfingered Thelmas and Louises.

Grow Your own in the new Year

You will find no greater proponent of bacon than me, but bacon needs no champion.

Bacon is the champion. I propose we go back to a position of respect for bacon’s powerful magic with judicious use, a restrained vision and a measured hand. Let us lift bacon up, but do so to humbly return it to its rightful pedestal. We should return reverently to take only what we need, — no more, but certainly no less.

Sizzlin’: Bacon doesn’t need a champion — bacon is the champion. File photo

Returning to a position of respect for bacon’s powerful magic

by Chad Gibson Here’s something that all chefs should know: judicious use of bacon is powerful kitchen magic. This humble staple is built on four simple pillars: pork, salt, smoke and patience. It has no equal in the kitchen. A pinch of bacon in collusion with a poached egg transforms nearly inedible frisée into one of the world’s most delicious salads. A pot of plain lentils is pretty dreary sustenance, but if cooked with a few ounces of diced bacon (and its rendered fat), you have a luxurious, satisfying meal. A clambake implies sunburn and a warm beer; introduce bacon and you are noshing Clams Casino at the Ritz Carlton. The lesson is clear: Bacon doesn’t need you. You need bacon.

Recently, bacon’s magic appears to have turned dark, appearing with alarming, head-scratching frequency. We live in a world where you can get an ice cream sundae sprinkled with bacon bits at a chain restaurant. At trendy bars, foodies happily swig back Manhattans full of bacon grease (um, hork?). Baconnaise, bacon candy, bacon soda, bacon cupcakes — even bacon lube. Bacon has become ubiquitous.

This peculiar addiction can be traced to the moment when a few innovative chefs slipped bacon into previously unthought-of preparations. Heston Blumenthal’s maple-bacon ice cream at the Fat Duck and Grant Achatz’s “bacon trapeze with apple leather” at Alinea both come to mind. Sure, these dishes appeared on the menus of two of the world’s most exclusive restaurants, but it was back in the early 2000s. These experiments must be viewed in context — on the leading edge of culinary exploration (at the time). In this elite realm of true invention, where few eat and even fewer cook, you might consume hundreds of ingredients, each massaged to its peak, during the course of a meal. The bacon appears in scant portions, sometimes as just one of seven (or more) components on a plate. These dishes would themselves appear as part of 15 or more courses on a tasting menu. Yet, despite sharing the stage in these dishes, as in our humble pot of lentils, the unexpected use of bacon is what shone.

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Take the cake: One way to get your beets without having to taste them, says Susi Séguret, is to hide them in cake. Photo by Susi Séguret

Chocolate beetroot cake

Sweet Susi: Séguret in the garden at Warren Wilson College campus.

Photo by Murray Lee

“Beets taste like dirt at best” Susi Séguret is the director of the Seasonal School of Culinary Arts, a program that offers weeklong hands-on culinary experiences in Asheville, Sonoma, Calif., Ithaca, N.Y. and Paris. The upcoming Asheville session will be held from July 15-21, on the campus of Warren Wilson College, and will include more than 30 of Asheville’s top chefs and beverage experts. (Learn more about that at schoolofculinaryarts.org.) Séguret serves as a referee for the WNC Magazine Chefs Challenge Competitions and, being a bit of a Renaissance woman, is also an accomplished photographer and musician.

This chocolate beetroot cake recipe, culled from last year’s SSCA cookbook, is provided courtesy of Jennifer Thomas, owner of the Montford Walk-In Bakery.

A fresh take on incorporating vegetables in patisserie, it gives the effect of a red-velvet cake without the food coloring and with only a smattering of the sugar, as beets are naturally sweet. Thankfully, the final flavor is one of chocolate and not of beets, and a delicious moisture pervades, as in a carrot cake or a zucchini bread, which also makes creative use of vegetables at the dessert table.

Ingredients: 3 1/2 ounces sweet ground chocolate (Ghirardelli cocoa and chocolate mixture), 8 ounces self-rising flour, pinch of salt, 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon, 7 ounces light brown sugar (not packed), 3 1/2 ounces dark chocolate (60 percent cocoa solids), chopped into small pieces, 4 1/2 ounces butter (unsalted), 9 ounces beets, precooked and pureed in a food processor, 3 large eggs, whisked, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract.

Garnishes: Confectioner’s sugar to dust, 1 cup creme fraiche or whipped cream, grated raw beet (optional).

Preparation: Preheat oven to 350°. Butter and flour an 8-inch cake tin or 10-12 small ramekins and set aside. In a medium mixing bowl, sift flour, cinnamon and salt. Stir in the brown sugar.

Séguret says that she’s tired of seeing beets everywhere. “Quite frankly, beets taste like dirt at best, and while they have become the fad as a forgotten vegetable, their ubiquitous appearance in many dishes adds nothing to the flavor profile, in my estimation,” she says. Do we detect a bit of personal bias against the red-staining root? “I do like the association with the earth and that other ubiquitous term, terroir, but taste comes first for me,” she says.

In a double boiler, simmering gently, melt the chocolate pieces and butter and set aside to cool for a few minutes. In a small bowl, mix together the beet puree, whisked eggs and vanilla. In the medium mixing bowl, with the dry ingredients, add the melted chocolate/butter mixture and the beet/egg/vanilla mixture together and stir thoroughly. Pour the mixture into the prepared cake tin or two-thirds of the way up each ramekin.

She’s not quite ready to give up on bacon, yet. “In fact, beets would be much better with bacon — try wrapping a little steamed baby beet in a slice of bacon and quickly sautéing it till the bacon is crisp, then laying it on a bed of steamed baby beet greens augmented with butter and crunchy sea salt. That would be tasty.”

Bake the cake for about 40 minutes (or the ramekins about 20 minutes). A toothpick inserted into the center should come out clean. Remove from the oven and cool for 10 minutes and then turn out on a wire rack to cool. Serve at room temperature with a dusting of confectioner’s sugar and a dollop of crème fraiche or whipped cream and optional grating of raw beet for color.

Interested in learning how to prepare beets without having to actually, well, taste them? Check out Séguret’s recipe for chocolate-beetroot cake.

Provided by Susi Séguret, Seasonal School of Culinary Arts: Cooking A Rainbow. Classes and books available at schoolofculinaryarts.org/8301.html

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It’s interesting enough that, with the opening of the Korean-Mexican food truck El Kimchi, we now have two options for Korean food.

Even more exciting is that the place is quite good.

Stonebowl is owned by Kristina Im and Rita Chen, recent transplants to Asheville from Brooklyn. The restaurant focuses on traditional and authentic Korean dishes, thankfully eschewing the pan-Asian route — for the most part.

There’s bo ssam (a generous portion of pork butt served with an array of accompaniments); bibimbap (a rice bowl with vegetables, fried egg and spicy sauce); and bulgogi (grilled marinated beef served sizzling on a platter with lettuce for wrapping, rice, garlic and a pungent sauce — do remember to throw your garlic cloves on the hot plate, too). There’s Korean mackerel and goon man du, delicious little handmade dumplings filled with meat and served with a spicy sauce. Though we’re tickled over adventurous dishes like gom tang (oxtail and beef-intestine soup), there are vegetarian options.

Dinner prices range from $3 appetizer dishes up to $39 for the hae mul jungol, a stew pot for two full of shellfish with sweet potato noodles and vegetables. The sizzling

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dishing it out: Banchan, the traditional offerings of tiny dishes that come with the food at Stonebowl Korean restaurant.

Photo by Bill Rhodes Korean stone bowls that give the restaurant its name come in eight varieties, from tofu and vegetable to bulgogi, and one with grilled eel. All bowls are $15. The dishes on the truncated lunch menu are $9. And listen up: the restaurant doesn’t have an alcohol license yet, but it’s coming.

Everything is served with banchan, the traditional offerings of tiny dishes like seaweed and watercress and kimchi, Korean food’s staple sidekick. Note that the kimchi is made fresh at the restaurant and will vary in funkiness until Stonebowl finds its rhythm. The kimchi we tried on our visit was lacking the fermented, sour punch that defines it, and one of the owners did admit that it was only two-days old; the unexpected crowds over the weekend had diminished the supply. How many times have you had a restaurateur apologize for too much freshness? Tip: If you like your food spicy, say so.

Stonebowl Korean is located at 1987 Hendersonville Road in Arden. The restaurant is open seven days a week from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. for lunch, and from 5 until 10 p.m. for dinner. Call 676-2172 for more information.

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Green Man Brewery was established in 1997 as the in-house brewery for Jack of the Wood pub. Former owners Joe Eckert and Joan Cliny-Eckert moved the brewing operations to a small warehouse on Buxton Avenue in 2005, adding a tasting room known as Dirty Jack’s. In 2010, Dennis Thies purchased the brewery and has since expanded brewing capacity, spiffed up Dirty Jack’s, and kept head brewer John Stuart very busy. Stuart and company are about to get even busier, as Thies recently purchased a property off Sweeten Creek Road in order to give Green Man more room to grow.

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Stuart: I brew for Green Man Brewery.

I answered an Internet ad in 2006 and was hired in March of 2007.

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by Dennis Thies in 2010, and I stayed on.

How did you first get into brewing?

Right place at the right time. In the ‘80s there was a local microbrewery in my hometown of Dallas. I met their assistant brewmaster, Dave, through our area home-brew club. He taught me a lot about brewing, and I worked on the bottling line there, as well. A

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The first brewery I ever set foot in was when I was 5. It was the Falstaff Brewery in Galveston, Texas, where my family used to go to the beach every summer. I was too young to go deep-sea fishing with my dad and siblings, so mom and I went to tour the brewery. I remember the kettle and the smell. Mom said they gave us beer, and I’d like to say that it was “Southern Select,” a beer made there, which is on the inside cover of a ZZ Top album ... but, it was probably a Falstaff.

When was your craft-beer epiphany and what beer were you drinking?

It was the summer of 1987, at Bert

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Grant’s Yakima Brewing and Malting Co. in Washington state. The pub had just opened, and I was waiting to go on a tour of the brewery. I looked up at a chalkboard list, and at the top was written “Cask-Conditioned Russian Imperial Stout.” I said to the bartender, “I don’t know what that is, but I know I want it.” He pulled one off of a beer-engine. It was amazingly rich, incredibly complex and one of my most enlightening beer experiences still.

What are the top three favorite beers you’ve brewed in the past year and why?

Green Man Imperial Stout “The Dweller.” See question 4.

Green Man Porter. I’ve brewed that recipe for Porter for about 15 years and I just never get tired of it.

Green Man “Fall Guy,” our Oktoberfest beer. It’s a German maltbased beer. It’s fairly complex, and it stands out from our regular lineup.

Well, not technically beer, but I have been fascinated with the sake brewing process for a while now. Our other Green Man brewer, Mike Karnowski, has made quite a few batches, and it’s a pretty fascinating beverage. Similar to beer brewing, but manipulating rice instead of barley.

What’s the biggest brewing snafu you’ve experienced (that you’re willing to talk about)?

In the ‘90s, I worked for a brewpub chain, and at our pub in Florida, my assistant accidentally un-clamped a valve from a serving tank and unleashed a freshly filled tank of our holiday ale onto the floor. The serving tanks were on a mezzanine level, so we had this beer waterfall going on for about 30 minutes. Also, it’s not a “brewing” snafu, but, while building a pub in Charleston, we needed to use a crane to lift 10-barrel fermentation tanks through a second-floor window.

The crane had to sit out on the street, and after picking up the first tank, we realized it was about 20 feet short of the building. So, we had the crane operator swing the tank toward the opening like a wrecking ball, while we lassoed the legs with lift straps.

Pretty hairy.

What do you like to do when you’re not brewing?

I’ve been a sailor for many years, and I still own a couple of boats. Recently though, my wife and I have been enjoying shotgun sports, sporting clays and skeet. We like to backpack, too.

Robust Porter ... because I’m kind of a stocky guy, and I can carry luggage like nobody’s business.

If you weren’t brewing, what career(s) would you pursue?

Garrett Oliver from Brooklyn Brewery once said the three best job titles in the world were, brewmaster, astronaut and quarterback … Well, I don’t care to fly much, and I don’t like team sports, so I guess I’ll just have to stick with brewing.

Is there a question you’d like to ask other brewers?

Yes, there are lots … and I’ll get to all of them someday. One of my favorite things about brewing is that it is so complex that you can never stop learning about it, and one of my favorite things about brewers is that we never stop learning from each other.

Anne Fitten Glenn can be reached at brewgasmavl@gmail.com

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By ALLI MARSHALL Painter Pat Passlof had what’s known as an artistic temperament. Those who knew her called her honest and funny, but her “refreshingly nonPC humor” (according to Alice Sebrell, program director at the Black Mountain College Museum & Arts Center) could be barbed.

“She was definitely extraordinary,” says local artist Connie Bostic, who (with Sebrell and Denise Drury, curatorial specialist of Western Carolina University’s Fine Art Museum) curated Pat Passlof: Selections 1948-2011, two companion retrospectives of Passlof’s work. “She was not an easy person. She had different ideas, but she was kind and very accepting.” And, “her students must have been the luckiest people in the world, because she wrote them detailed letters.”

just seen a Willem de Kooning exhibition which, according to Harris, “she felt changed her life.”

Georgia-born Passlof (whose surname was originally Passloff, but she dropped an f early in her career) had moved to New York as a child, and was already studying art when she discovered de Kooning’s work. She enrolled in a summer course at Black Mountain College hoping that someone there could put her in touch with the Dutch-born abstract expressionist. According to Harris, “As it turned out, he replaced Mark Toby as an instructor that summer.” Following the session in North Carolina, Passlof’s father paid for her to further study with de Kooning in New York.

Black Mountain College was a perfect storm of innovative instructors, inspiring natural surroundings and students driven by a society in flux.

PAT PASSLoF: SeLeCTIonS 1948-2011 THe BLACk MounTAIn CoLLeGe MuSeuM + ARTS CenTeR And WeSTeRn CARoLInA unIveRSITy’S FIne ART MuSeuM THuRSdAy, JAn. 26 THRouGH SundAy, MAy 27. THe eXHIBIT oPenS on THuRSdAy, JAn. 26 AT WCu WITH A ReCePTIon AT 6 P.M. “She was very good to work with,” says Elizabeth Harris (owner of the Elizabeth Harris Gallery in New York City), who studied under Passlof in the ‘70s and has exhibited the painter’s work in her New York City gallery since ‘93. “She had very strong opinions.”

So strong were Passlof’s opinions that even though she passed away in November, her touch is evident throughout the exhibits that open this week in Asheville and Cullowhee.

“She had pieces that she was adamant about,” says Bostic of the selection process. Some work that Bostic, Sebrell and Drury admired had to be left behind in order to best represent Passlof’s oeuvre, which spanned eight decades.

“Our main goal was to showcase what she had done over her whole career, starting with the very early pieces,” says Bostic. The retrospective includes the two pieces that Passlof completed at Black Mountain College where she was a student during the summer of 1948.

In a way, that’s where it all began. That experience retained its meaning for Passlof throughout her life, says Harris, “because that’s where she met de Kooning.”

Passlof was 20 when she came to North Carolina. A budding artist at the time, she’d

World War II had ushered in major changes from the disillusionment brought on by the Holocaust to the shift of women entering the workforce and tasting independence. Industry was moving from the farm to the city, the push for Civil Rights was mounting and the GI Bill allowed more Americans to pursue higher education than ever before. At Black Mountain College, says Sebrell, “All of these elements and streams came together and had an enormous impact on individual people and bigger subjects like the arts, dance, music and the cultural life of the 20th century.”

Passlof’s work maintained a de Kooning influence into the 1950s, with aspects of surrealism also apparent, according to Sebrell. “As you get into the ‘60s, the work is still very abstract, but less influenced by de Kooning in an overt way.”

In the ‘90s Passlof had a distinct period of figurative work which Sebrell says deviated from the bulk of her career during the ‘90s and 2000s.

“It’s more purely abstract though I think there are references in the work to nature. They don’t really read that way,” says Sebrell. Passlof did a series about writers, such as “Walt Whitman” (“More of an interior abstract understanding of Whitman,” says Sebrell) and “On the Road,” which references Jack Kerouac.

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FRoM A SeRIeS on WRITeRS, “on THe RoAd” IS An ABSTRACT WoRk THAT ReFeRenCeS THe AuTHoR JACk keRouAC Another body of work, called “Eighth House” — following the passing of Passlof’s husband, the painter Milton Resnick — had to do with the astrological area of life in which metaphorical death and purification occurs. “Pat was very much into astrology,” says Sebrell. “I remember when Connie and I first met with her, she asked us both when our birthdays were. We were getting along great, but she needed to confirm that we could be friends based on our astrological information.”

Bostic recalls that Passlof had so much work in her studio, the curators from WNC didn’t get to look at all of it, due to the sheer amount. Bostic describes the scene as “racks and racks and racks of work. Stacks of work. Flat files filled with work.”

She adds, “The thing that was important to us was that she be very happy with what we were choosing. We had her guidance because she’d come up and say look here or look there.”

Passlof lived and worked — actually, up until the last few weeks of her life — in a former synagogue on Manhattan’s Lower East Side that, according to New York Times, “she had bought in the early 1960s and renovated almost entirely herself.” The Times continues, “Ms. Passlof’s husband, the painter Milton Resnick, had, until his death in 2004, lived and worked in a renovated synagogue of his own, around the corner on Eldridge Street.”

It’s an interesting insight into Passlof’s life: She and Resnick were, in many ways, like husbandand-wife painters Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, at turns attracting and repelling each other in a tumultuous relationship.

“I can see, as strong as she was, that might have been a good thing,” Bostic says of Passlof’s and

Resnick’s separate living spaces. And yet, during her career, Passlof put Resnick’s work first — another contradiction, especially for a woman considered an important part of the ‘70s feminist art movement.

“It was, unfortunately, very common for women artists of that generation to not get the attention that the male artists got,” says Sebrell. “They could do their work, too, but they needed to be supportive of the men.”

But Harris points out that when Passlof started to show her work in the ‘90s, her exhibitions always received large audiences and press attention from Art in America, The New Yorker and many others. “I don’t feel that she felt really overlooked in the last 20 years of her life,” says Harris. Passlof died with exhibits (one in December in New York, and the upcoming shows in WNC) still in the works.

As for Passlof’s legacy, Harris says it’s too soon to tell. But Bostic and Sebrell are both excited to see Passlof’s work return to the place of its inception. Says Bostic, “There’s a fearlessness about it.” X

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The WCU College of Fine and Performing Arts is sponsoring a round-trip bus ride from Asheville to Cullowhee with an additional pickup location in Waynesville; it opens on Friday, Jan. 27 at BMCM+AC with a reception from 5:30-7:30 p.m. blackmountaincollege.org and news-prod.wcu.edu/2012/01/wcu-to-showwork-by-painter-pat-passlof Alli Marshall can be reached at amarshall@ mountainx.com.

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By ALLI MARSHALL A Fine Peduncle show is many things: a venture into experimental music, loop pedals and some especially impressive falsetto; a science lesson on insect anatomy; a trust exercise in which the unschooled audience gets close to the stage while the performer sheds his inhibitions — and much of his clothing.

The songs alone grab at the ears with a throb of insistent beats and soulful melodies. Moogfest alum Fine Peduncle (aka Knoxville-based musician Cole Murphy) builds tracks from his own recordings (he plays bass, guitar, keyboards, banjo and violin) and then layers vocals in a style that reminds both of Beck and Prince. You know, if Beck and Prince sang about bugs and sex.

But then there’s the show. Murphy struts, howls and writhes on the floor. He takes indecent liberties with the speaker cabinet, plays his touch pad with his foot, pours a beer over his body and tears off his shirt.

“The things that I do, like the stripping, are a metaphor for what’s happening in the EPs,” says Murphy. His three recordings, each with an entomological name, include Object Pupa (which he describes as the state when the insect can’t move around and is vulnerable), Ecdysis (the moulting process) and, just released in November, Aedeagus (an insect phallus). (The stage moniker “peduncle” refers to a supportive stem found in plants, invertebrate animals and in the human brain.)

Murphy says that sometimes when he begins to undress during a show, “people think it’s kind of funny.” But he’s found that as he improves as a performer and his audiences grow more comfortable with him as an artist, they begin to reciprocate.

It started as a fluke: Murphy took his shirt off during a show because he was overheated. “ I saw the effect immediately,” says. “People are standing 10 or 15 feet away and you do that and people come up to you.”

Murphy adds, “It’s become almost a ritual — I do these rituals and lead people in these rituals. As a result, these walls as that we put up and the inhibitions on the room — I’m cutting through that tension with these maneuvers.” Which means for his Asheville show this week, opening for Future Islands, those who wish to disrobe may do so.

Still, Murphy is a reluctant showman. He grew up in a church-going household and struggles in his relationship to his family, who find Murphy’s art at odds with their religious values. Murphy does credit gospel music and a sense of spirituality

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(he has created his own, in which insects serve as deities) as major influences in his creative process.

He’s also (perhaps surprisingly) a shy person and says that stepping into the Fine Peduncle persona has changed him a great deal in the past year. “To do that performance is a very psychological thing for me,” says Murphy. “I see Fine Peduncle as circled in protection by the stage.” When he leaves the stage he says he “steps back down into humility.

“If I played that character throughout the day, I’d quickly get into trouble,” says Murphy.

But he does plan to keep plumbing Fine Peduncle for insights (into his personal evolution and artistic process as much as anything). There’s a next album in the works, one that is likely to take Murphy out of his bedroom recording studio and involve a producer to “get the odds and ends all together.” He describes it as “a Grimoire of insect and sexual magic.”

Murphy does point out that “when you define something, you’re placing limits on it;” as for the idea of making “sexually natured music dealing with the topic of insects,” he wonders if he’s boxing himself in.

But, he says, as long as he continues down his current path of transformation and evolution, there’s no real ceiling. “Most of it is about this spiritual structure. It’s limitless because there’s a constant reservoir to write from,” he explains. “No one would say that no more gospel music can be made because it’s all about God.” X Alli Marshall can be reached at amarshall@ mountainx.com.

Baltimore-by-way-of-Greenville, N.C. trio Future Islands is darkly romantic and dreamy, both hearton-sleeve and somehow adrift from emotion on a cool, untroubled sea.

But, for all the swelling melodies and echoey percussion, this is electro-pop with feet planted equally in the future and in the past.

It’s Samuel T. Herring’s reverberating baritone — a vocal that recalls Morrissey and New Order — that takes the listener back three decades. Though, in its retrospection, the band remains unfettered by nostalgia and any of the chintzy trappings that say ‘80s. It’s the essence, the nocturnal haunting, that runs through Future Islands’ sound.

There’s also the fact that the band’s new album, On the Water was recorded literally on the water (in Elizabeth City, N.C.’s historic Andrew S. Sanders House). Dance beats and washes of synthesizers are underscored by the ebb and pulse of waves and the clean ionrich atmosphere of ocean air. On the Water breathes as much as it rocks.

Future Islands’ current tour stops in Asheville (they play Broadway’s on Wednesday, Feb. 1) before heading off to Europe. —A.M.

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The low lighting of Izzy’s Coffee Den on Lexington Avenue might not present an ideal environment for viewing art, but thankfully Armbruster’s illustrative work is bright enough to illuminate the dimness. Here, Armbruster fills the walls with original paintings and prints of her colorful cast of characters and quirky narratives. There’s a purple mutated eel, a cat named Professer Wunderbar, cloud “stylists” that dress up in costume and perform aerial dances, and a flying manatee head, among others. How they all relate is unclear unless you were to purchase any of Armbruster’s zines (also on display), which tie the characters together in an inventive story.

Palomino’s figurative artwork is something like visual jazz combining hyper-controlled and improvised elements. A series of faces in the lower level of The Coop Gallery are comprised of goopy swirls of paint, and are remarkably detailed in spite of their impulsive origins.

Meanwhile, visually dense patterns are created from the layering of simple geometric shapes in Palomino’s mixed media dioramas on the upper level of the gallery.

They call to mind Byzantine iconic paintings of saints, but Palomino’s “saints” are decidedly from the hereand-now. Palomino’s blend of expressionism, tribal and psychedelic traditions creates a contemporary aesthetic that is provocative and inspired.

The show is up until Jan. 31. Izzy’s downtown is located at 74 N. Lexington Ave. 258-2004. — Ursula Gullow

Show is up through Feb. 10. The Coop Gallery and Performance Space is located at 25 Carolina Lane.

Coopasheville.com. — Ursula Gullow

What is Pechakucha? Why do you care? by kyle Sherard It’s got a weird name, it draws out crowds of artists, architects and designers, and it happened in more than 463 cities last year. And it’s about to enter its fifth incarnation at Phil Mechanic Studios. PechaKucha, pronounced “Pa-Cha-Ka-Cha,” is an international design-based social phenomenon that occurs on every continent except Antarctica. But I’m sure someone down there will catch on sooner or later.

PechaKucha, a Japanese phrase meaning “chit-chat,” was the 2003 creation of Tokyo-based Klein Dytham Architecture,

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looking for a means of sharing ideas within a casual atmosphere. The design forum promotes, shares and spreads aesthetically minded ideas through a city’s design community. PechaKucha’s identifying staple was also the solution in combatting a globally detrimental stereotype amongst architects: They talk way too much. Thus, a time limit.

Each presentation follows a strict format. Speakers prepare 20 images that are displayed for 20 seconds apiece: six minutes and 40 seconds of art-anddesign babble. At the end of that 40th second, you’re done, regardless of whether you’ve actually finished.

As the event enters its ninth year in international circulation, it’s continuing to broaden in reach and concept. The bulk of PuchaKucha Nights stay true to the roots, centering around architecture and design. But the presentations are changing, becoming design-based in a looser, more conceptual sense. Naturally, our city’s inhabitants tend to lean on concept more so than purer forms of architecture and design. But that’s not to say they aren’t present.

Asheville designer and the event’s organizer, John Dean, like PKN’s creators, was looking for a means of discussing the greater facets of design in Asheville.

erin Fussell

Smart Space

Polaroids. They’re around for a while, then it seems like they’re gone again, maybe. But who doesn’t love them?

Local artists Melissa Terrezza, Sean Pace and Jeremy Russell were recently awarded a residency through the City of Asheville, granting them round-the-clock access to the ground level space of The Pioneer Building on Broadway (where the Dripolator is located).

The artists have until the first week of March to produce site-specific collaborative installations and individual art pieces. Until then, every Friday and Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. the community is encouraged to check in on the artists’ progress, ask questions and see the creative process in action. An installation of roses by Terrezza requires outsider participation for its development; visitors are invited to write a personal reflection on a scrap of paper, each of which is connected to a rose and hung upside down. “Eventually I want this to just be a huge wall of roses,” says Terrezza.

An upcoming show is set to feature a small instant-shot arsenal of the three-by-four-inch photographs. Twenties: Decade in Polaroid, 19992008 is the newest old collection of works by Asheville photographer Erin Fussell — spanning a 10-year gap between when she first purchased a Polaroid instant camera and when the film met its financial demise.

Fussell has dug through abstract hip shots, landscapes and faces from New York to Los Angeles to Asheville. This show won’t have high-res, refined and framed works ... Many of the photos spent months in backpacks and suitcases, glove compartments,and floorboards. Some are coffee stained, others scratched and covered in phone numbers and addresses — true documents of time and travel.

Twenties: Decade in Polaroid, 1999-2008 opens Saturday, Feb. 4 from 7-9 p.m. The Artery is located at 346 Depot St. — Kyle Sherard

This year, he has branched out, combining forces with graphic designer Nic Goodman and me to take the event in a different direction, and offer a wider variety of presenters.

An event’s foundation rests in a diverse lineup of speakers and the networks of people that the organizers bring together. The more widespread the ideas, the more information exchanges hands.

A closing reception for Smart Space will be Friday, March 2 from 6-9 p.m. The space is at 190 Broadway. — Ursula Gullow

Dean describes presentations from the past that ranged from fictional narratives and poems made from 20 days worth of emails, to one man’s surprisingly interesting collection of dog photographs. And yes, there are similarities to TED. But think of this as TED concentrating on design, saying the word “cool” a lot and showcasing locally relevant information, all while letting you have a beer and a snack.

Time Travelers: Historic Bindings In recent years Asheville has become a hub for bookbinders, thanks in part to Asheville BookWorks. Through Wednesday, Feb. 29, BookWorks hosts an exhibition of contemporary handcrafted books inspired by historic bindings, from medieval Europe to Colonial America. Juried by Jana Pullman, a bookmaker from Minneapolis, the show includes work by 12 national artists (including local artist Dan Essig) and reflects the ever-evolving art of bookmaking. “Experimentation with materials has been a regular practice in the field of bookmaking and the work in this exhibition shows that this experimentation continues,” says Pullman.

On Tuesday, Feb. 7, at 6 p.m., there will be an illustrated lecture called Telling the Tale: A Brief History of Binding and Illustration in European Manuscripts and Incunabula presented by Laura Dufresne and Laura Gardner from Winthrop University.

BookWorks is at 428 ½ Haywood Road. ashevillebookworks.com — Ursula Gullow

This week’s event will be at Phil Mechanic Studios’ Flood Gallery, a multi-faceted gallery, bar, venue and sometimes lounge similar to that of the event’s inaugural evening. Speakers include Xpress staffers Jaye Bartell and Nathanael Roney, artist Ken Kotara, Asheville Area Arts Council’s Kitty Love, Alliance for American Quilts’ Amy Milne, Lara Sturgis, artist and Xpress writer Ursula Gullow, Brian Dunsmore

of the Wine Studio of Asheville and photographer Eric Howell. The $7 entry fee doubles as a donation to the Flood Gallery and a voucher food and French Broad beer.

Sherard is co-organizer of this year’s PechaKucha Night Asheville, at 7 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 27 at the Phil Mechanic Studios. 109 Roberts St. pecha-kucha. org/night/asheville/

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Can Be Found: The Grey Eagle on Friday, Jan. 27.

RIyd (Recommended if You Dig): Lynryd Skynyrd, Steve Earle, The Black Crowes. you Should Go If: The amount of love and money you shower on your truck is a frequent source of conflict between you and your partner; the terms “state line,” “property,” “vehicle” and “varmint” are part of your everyday vocabulary; there are more deep fryers than people in your house; you’re actually registered Republican because you love guns and you hate taxes.

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Created by Morgan Taylor in 2005, the New York Times described Gustafer as “a cross between Yellow Submarine and Dr. Seuss.” He earned a “Best Kids’ Performer” accolade from New York Magazine. The show is a multimedia performance of live music, animated illustrations and storytelling. Gustafer (the character) is a “friendly creature who came to Earth from the sun ... living in the Minnesota woods.”

Can Be Found: Asheville Music Hall, Sunday, Jan. 29.

RIyd: The concept of the Shins playing kids music. you Should Go If: You build in an extra 20 minutes each morning to find your keys and wallet; bananas are a main ingredient in every recipe you know how to make; next to your comic-book collection, you are most proud of being double jointed; you’re actually registered Republican because you were in the midst of an hallucinogenic mushroom experience and you misread the form.

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Fight Girl Battle World Not that you thought that theater was boring, but for those of you who prefer to be entertained from the edge of your seat there’s Fight Girl Battle World, set in a “futuristic universe where the human race is on the brink of extinction.” It’s there that E-V, “the last human female in all the known galaxies” and her team (including a robot sidekick) attempt to outwit an intergalactic conspiracy. The play runs through Saturday, Feb. 4 at NC Stage. Tickets are $20 general and $10 for students. ncstage.org

Sunshine & The Bad Things Local pop-noir act Sunshine & The Bad Things joins a lineup of bands all performing to benefit Trips For Kids WNC. The organization, founded in 2010, provides “mountain bike outings and environmental education for kids who would not otherwise be exposed to such activities.” The Friday, Jan. 27 show takes place at The Boiler Room starting at 8 p.m. Stephen Janes, the director of Trips For Kids WNC, will be on hand to speak about the program. Ryan Sheffield and Total War also perform. $5. tripsforkidswnc.com.

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where to find the clubs • what is playing • listings for venues throughout Western North Carolina CLUBLAND RULES •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 Dane Smith 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.

Disclaimer Standup Lounge (comedy open mic), 9pm

Live comedy, 8:30pm

Alien Music Club (jazz jam)

Handlebar

Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Barley’s Taproom

Front stage: Shane Perlowin

Second Breakfast

Future Islands (indie, synth-pop, rock) w/ Exploding Clouds

Dr. Brown’s Team Trivia, 8:30pm

Lobster Trap

Burgerworx

Black Mountain Ale House

Valorie Miller (Americana, folk)

Open mic, 7-9pm

Open mic w/ Dave Bryan

Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill

Creatures Cafe

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Jack 9 (Americana)

Singer/songwriter night

Open mic

One Stop Deli & Bar

Dirty South Lounge

Creatures Cafe

Graviton Project w/ Alexthe5th & Brad Bitt

Dirty Bingo, 9pm

Salsa night (free lessons, followed by dance)

Southern Appalachian Brewery

Firestorm Cafe and Books

Todd Hoke (singer/songwriter), 6-9pm

Dirty South Lounge

TallGary’s Cantina

Alex Krug’s Sidecar Project (folk, blues, old-time), 7pm

Open mic, 7pm

Fred’s Speakeasy

Westville Pub

Asheville’s Got Talent, 8pm

Max Melner Orchestra (jazz, funk), 10pm

French Broad Brewery Tasting

Wild Wing Cafe

Room

Wax in the Back, 9pm Fred’s Speakeasy

Karaoke, 10pm French Broad Chocolate Lounge

Chloe Davidson (jazz) Get Down

Tranzmission Prison Books Benefit feat: Ahleuchatistas, Dispersants & Breeding Rainbow

Wed., January 25 5 Walnut Wine Bar

Cailen Campbell (violin), 8-10pm

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

ARCADE

Harrah’s Cherokee

Karaoke w/ Chris Monteith Hoopers Creek Cafe

Open mic & bluegrass jam w/ Sherry Lynn Lobster Trap

Hank Bones (“man of 1,000 songs”) Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill

Eric Sommer (folk, Americana) One Stop Deli & Bar

BPL w/ Neck Breaka Society Orange Peel

Back N Black (AC/DC tribute) Pisgah Brewing Company

Jeff & Justin (acoustic)

Alarm Clock Conspiracy (rock, pop)

The Fritz (jazz, funk)

Thu., January 26

Garage at Biltmore

Purple Onion Cafe

Rotation

Swayback Sisters (folk, country, bluegrass)

5 Walnut Wine Bar

Good Stuff

Rankin Vault Cocktail Lounge

Gene Peyroux & the Acoustalectric Pedals of Love (rock, funk, soul)

Scandals Nightclub

Ben Hovey (multi-instrumentalist, electronic, soul), 8-10pm

Karaoke, 10pm

Bob Zullo (jazz, pop guitar), 5:30-7:30pm Killer B’s (favorites by request), 8-11pm

ARCADE

Athena’s Club

Harrah’s Cherokee

Barley’s Taproom

DJ Marley Carroll, 9pm Asheville Icons w/ Chyna

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Trivia, 9pm

Bob Zullo (jazz, pop guitar), 5:30-7:30pm Killer B’s (favorites by request), 8-11pm

TallGary’s Cantina

Asheville music showcase

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Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues

Peggy Ratusz & friends (blues) Westville Pub

A Thin Place

Dark Eyes (swing, jazz, gypsy)

Friday Night Live w/ Disclaimer Comedy (standup) & Dueling Pianos (rock ‘n’ roll sing-a-long)

White Horse

Emerald Lounge

“The Power of Four” feat: Daniel Weiser, Franklin Keel, Amy Lovinger & Kara Poorbaugh (classical) Wild Wing Cafe

Acoustic music w/ Sloantones

Fri., January 27

Hoss Howard Band, 7pm Vietnamese concert feat: Bang Kieu, Minh Tuyet & more, 9pm

Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar

Highland Brewing Company

Lemon Trio feat: Mike Rhodes & Matt Smith (“pedal steel jazz”)

The Nova Echo (rock, electronic) w/ The Winter Sounds & Old Flings

Holland’s Grille

Free Flight (rock, dance)

Firestorm Cafe and Books

Rooster Scratch CD release (indie, rock)

Hoopers Creek Cafe

Southern Songwriters on the Creek feat: David Mann, Brandon Turner, Quentin Marshburn & Joe Littlell

Fred’s Speakeasy

Fuego Friday Latin Night, 10pm French Broad Brewery Tasting Room

ARCADE

Downstairs: “No Cover, No Shame” dance party w/ Abu Dissaray, 9pm Upstairs: DJ Capital, 9pm

Jackomo (cajun, zydeco, honkey-tonk)

Garage at Biltmore

Kings of Prussia (metal) w/ Zombie Queen & As Sick As Us

Burnstitch (metal) w/ Lifecurse & Alarka

Athena’s Club

The Shaniqua Brown w/ Pawtooth

Black Mountain Ale House

Jack of Hearts Pub

High Gravity Jazz

Asheville Music Hall

Mark Appleford (singer/songwriter, harmonica, guitar), 8-10pm DJ, 10pm-2am

Jay Brown (Americana, blues)

French Broad Chocolate Lounge

Jack of the Wood Pub

Erin McDermott Band (bluegrass, folk)

Get Down

Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Back stage: Richie Owens & the Farm Bureau (roots, rock, country) w/ Tennessee Jed

Good Stuff

Dave Desmelik (Americana, roots)

Lobster Trap

Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Hope Griffin (folk, country), 6pm

Jimbo Mathus & the Tri-State Coalition (blues, rock) w/ Patrick Sweany

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Acoustic Swing

Leo Johnson & the Space Heaters (acoustic, jazz, swing) Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill

Southbound Turnaround (honkey-tonk) w/ Pleasure Chest & Jarvis Jenkins

Sunshine & the Bad Things w/ Ryan Sheffield & Total War

Donna Germano (hammered dulcimer), 2-4pm Bill Covington (piano classics & standards), 5:30-7:30pm The Business (Motown funk), 8-11pm

Craggie Brewing Company

Handlebar

Naren Schoenacher (folk, rock), 7pm

Perpetual Groove (jam, rock, fusion) w/ Four 14

Creatures Cafe

Harrah’s Cherokee

Boiler Room

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Nikki Talley (country, rock)

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One Stop Deli & Bar

Free Dead Fridays feat: members of Phuncle Sam, 5-8pm Orange Peel

Emancipator (electronic) w/ Little People & Marley Carroll

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Bring Your “A” Team • Prizes • $3.50 Gin & Tonics

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Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

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Patrick Fitzsimons (blues)

Linda Mitchell (jazz, soul)

Benji Hughes (indie, rock, pop) w/ Floating Action

Dirty South Lounge

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The Short Bus (film & DJ), 9pm

Bill Covington (piano classics & standards), 5:30-7:30pm

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A Great Disaster (folk, Americana, soul) Vortex

Killer Beaz (comedy) Westville Pub

Trivia night White Horse

Asheville Jazz Orchestra Wild Wing Cafe

Country Fried Friday w/ Drake White

Gaelic Storm (Celtic) Taylor Moore Band, 7pm DJ Shane, 11pm Highland Brewing Company

Bayou Diesel (cajun, zydeco)

The Consultants of Swing

Karaoke Yarn (rock, country, blues) w/ Dangermuffin Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Two Guitars (classical), 10am-noon Bob Zullo (jazz, pop), 6:30-10:30pm Hotel Indigo

Iron Horse Station

Ben Hovey (multi-instrumentalist, electronic, soul), 7-10pm

Ashley Heath (soul, blues)

Jack of the Wood Pub

Jack of Hearts Pub

Erin McDermott (Americana, folk, bluegrass)

Irish session, 3 & 5pm Cutthroat Shamrock (Celtic rock), 10pm

Jack of the Wood Pub

Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Woody Pines (old-time, country)

Front stage: Aaron Price (piano)

Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Lobster Trap

Back stage: Aaron Berg & the Heavy Love (folk, pop) w/ Moses Atwood

Leo Johnson (hot club jazz), 7pm Mo-Daddyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bar & Grill

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Bluegrass Brunch w/ The Pond Brothers, 11am

Don Humphries (singer/songwriter), 7-9pm Phuncle Sam (rock, jam), 10pm

Rankin Vault Cocktail Lounge

Orange Peel

Scandals Nightclub

The Breakfast Club (â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;80s tribute)

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Purple Onion Cafe

Asheville Music Hall

DubConscious w/ Dub Kartel & DJ Chalice

Dance party, 10pm Drag show, 12:30am

Athenaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Club

Southern Appalachian Brewery

CaroMia Tiller (singer/songwriter), 8-10pm

Mark Appleford (singer/songwriter, harmonica, guitar), 8-10pm DJ, 10pm-2am

Aaron Burdett Trio (singer/songwriter), 8pm

Dirty South Lounge

Straightaway Cafe

Tears in My Beers (DJ set), 9pm

Gary Segal

Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Black Mountain Ale House

The Altamont Theater

Contra dance, 8pm

Balsam Range (bluegrass), 8pm

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

The Bywater

Bob Zullo (jazz, pop, guitar), 6:30-10:30pm

Letters to Abigail

Handlebar

Tolliverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Crossing Irish Pub

Cutthroat Shamrock (Celtic)

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;80s dance party, 9pm Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Barrie Howard (blues, one-man band) Boiler Room

Dead Light Pulse (rock, metal) w/ Severance & Forgive Me for Yesterday

One Leg Up (jazz, swing) Scandals Nightclub

White Horse

Drum circle, 2pm

Mon., January 30 5 Walnut Wine Bar

J. Glenn (psychedelic, alt-country) w/ Benanthrope, 10pm

Mo-Daddyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bar & Grill

Westville Pub

Orange Peel

Big Daddy Love (roots, rock)

Anthrax (metal) w/ Testament & Death Angel

White Horse

The Bywater

Asheville Tango Orchestra

Bluegrass jam, 8pm

Wild Wing Cafe

Tressaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Downtown Jazz and Blues

Crocodile Smile (rock)

Sharon LaMotte (vocal jazz), 7:30pm

Karaoke, 10pm

Sun., January 29

Westville Pub

French Broad Brewery Tasting Room

5 Walnut Wine Bar

Craggie Brewing Company

Skunk Ruckus (â&#x20AC;&#x153;hillbilly stompâ&#x20AC;?), 8pm Emerald Lounge

Wooden Toothe (rock) w/ The Hillside Bombers Firestorm Cafe and Books

Thomas Kivi & Sarah Pray (folk) Fredâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Speakeasy

Porch Dog Revival (Americana, roots) French Broad Chocolate Lounge

Asheville Sax Duet (jazz) Garage at Biltmore

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Gustafer Yellowgold w/ Secret Agent 23 Skidoo, 3pm

Pick Your Switch (rock, Americana) w/ Boo Ray, Same Ole Sound & Molly Conely

Scandals Nightclub

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Asheville Music Hall

Purple Onion Cafe

Bill Gerhardt Trio (jazz), 7-9:30pm

AT OR BELOW CATALOG PRICING

Peggy Ratusz (blues)

Packâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tavern

Jerome Widenhouse & His Roaring Lions (jazz), 7-9pm

Surprise artist

Open mic Wild Wing Cafe

Karaoke

ARCADE

Tue., January 31

Hallelujah Hullabaloo w/ DJs Jamie Hepler, Whitney Shroyer & friends

5 Walnut Wine Bar

clubdirectory 5 Walnut Wine Bar 253-2593 The 170 La Cantinetta 687-8170 All Stars Sports Bar & Grill 684-5116 Altamont Brewing Company 575-2400 The Altamont Theatre 575-2400 ARCAde 258-1400 Asheville Civic Center & Thomas Wolfe Auditorium 259-5544 Asheville Music Hall 255-7777 Athena’s Club 252-2456 Avenue M 350-8181 Avery Creek Pizza & Ribs 687-2400 Barley’s Tap Room 255-0504 Beacon Pub 686-5943 Black Mountain Ale House 669-9090 Blend Hookah Lounge 505-0067 Blue Mountain Pizza 658-8777 Blue note Grille 697-6828 Boiler Room 505-1612 BoBo Gallery 254-3426 Broadway’s 285-0400 Burgerworx 253-2333 The Bywater 232-6967 Clingman Cafe 253-2177 Club Hairspray 258-2027 Club Metropolis (No phone) The Chop House 253-1852 Craggie Brewing Company 254-0360 Creature’s Cafe 254-3636 Curras nuevo 253-2111 desoto Lounge 986-4828

diana Wortham Theater 257-4530 dirty South Lounge 251-1777 The dripolator 398-0209 dobra Tea Room 575-2424 ed Boudreaux’s Bayou BBQ 296-0100 eleven on Grove 505-1612 emerald Lounge 232- 4372 Fairview Tavern 505-7236 Feed & Seed + Jamas Acoustic 216-3492 Firestorm Cafe 255-8115 Frankie Bones 274-7111 Fred’s Speakeasy 281-0920 Fred’s Speakeasy South 684-2646 French Broad Brewery Tasting Room 277-0222 French Broad Chocolate Lounge 252-4181 The Garage 505-2663 Get down 505-8388 Good Stuff 649-9711 Grey eagle Music Hall & Tavern 232-5800 Grove House eleven on Grove 505-1612 The Grove Park Inn (elaine’s Piano Bar/ Great Hall) 252-2711 Guitar Academy of WnC 775-7841 The Handlebar (864) 233-6173 Hannah Flanagans 252-1922 Harrah’s Cherokee 497-7777 Havana Restaurant 252-1611 Haywood Lounge 232-4938

The John Henry’s (jazz, swing), 8-10pm

Eleven on Grove

Altamont Brewing Company

Open mic w/ Zachary T, 8:30pm Black Mountain Ale House

Trivia night w/ Matt Shelnut, 7pm

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Highland Brewing Company 299-3370 Holland’s Grille 298-8780 The Hop 254-2224 The Hop West 252-5155 Iron Horse Station 622-0022 Jack of Hearts Pub 645-2700 Jack of the Wood 252-5445 Jerusalem Garden 254-0255 Jus one More 253-8770 Laurey’s Catering 252-1500 Lexington Avenue Brewery 252-0212 The Lobster Trap 350-0505 Luella’s Bar-B-Que 505-RIBS Mack kell’s Pub & Grill 253-8805 The Magnetic Field 257-4003 Midway Tavern 687-7530 Mela 225-8880 Mellow Mushroom 236-9800 Mike’s Side Pocket 281-3096 Mo-daddy’s Bar & Grill 258-1550 northside Bar and Grill 254-2349 olive or Twist 254-0555 o’Malley’s on Main 246-0898 one Stop Bar deli & Bar 236-2424 The orange Peel 225-5851 Pack’s Tavern 225-6944 Pisgah Brewing Co. 669-0190 Poppie’s Market and Cafe 885-5494 Posana Cafe 505-3969 Pulp 225-5851

Swing lessons, 6:30 & 7:30pm Tango lessons, 7pm Dance w/ Big Nasty Jazz Band, 8:30pm Firestorm Cafe and Books

BoBo Gallery

Country Gold w/ Micheal “Lucky” Luchtan (golden-era country), 9am A Stick and a Stone w/ Sirlady Indee (folk, performance art), 6pm

To All My Dear Friends (post rock, experimental)

Garage at Biltmore

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Coping Stone

Purple onion Cafe 749-1179 Rankin vault 254-4993 The Recovery Room 684-1213 Red Stag Grill at the Grand Bohemian Hotel 505-2949 Rendezvous 926-0201 Root Bar no.1 299-7597 Scandals nightclub 252-2838 Scully’s 251-8880 Shovelhead Saloon 669-9541 Skyland Performing Arts Center 693-0087 Shifters 684-1024 Smokey’s After dark 253-2155 Southern Appalacian Brewery 684-1235 Straightaway Cafe 669-8856 TallGary’s Cantina 232-0809 Red Room 252-0775 Rocky’s Hot Chicken Shack 575-2260 Thirsty Monk South 505-4564 Tolliver’s Crossing Irish Pub 505-2129 Town Pump 669-4808 Tressa’s downtown Jazz & Blues 254-7072 vanuatu kava 505-8118 The village Wayside 277-4121 vincenzo’s Bistro 254-4698 vortex 659-9151 Wedge Brewery 505 2792 Well Bred Bakery & Cafe 645-9300 Westville Pub 225-9782 White Horse 669-0816 Wild Wing Cafe 253-3066

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Phat Tuesdays Get Down

Haldol w/ Flies Around It & Autarch Handlebar

Tuesday swing dance, 7pm Gene Dillard Bluegrass Jam, 8:30pm Hotel Indigo

Ben Hovey (multi-instrumentalist, electronic, soul), 7-10pm

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Jack of the Wood Pub

Athena’s Club

Soul night w/ DJ Quinto & Benham Robinson

Disclaimer Standup Lounge (comedy open mic), 9pm

Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Front stage: Jake Hollifield (blues, ragtime) Back stage: Tom Simmons & guests (comedy)

Barley’s Taproom

Lobster Trap

Black Mountain Ale House

Jay Brown (Americana, folk), 7pm

Battle of the Songwriters w/ Billy Owens, 8pm

Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill

Broadway’s

Benton Wharton, Brandon Archer & friends

Future Islands (indie, rock) w/ Ed Schrader’s Music Beat & Fine Peduncle

One Stop Deli & Bar

Music trivia, 8pm Funk jam, 10pm

Dirty South Lounge

Rankin Vault Cocktail Lounge

Fred’s Speakeasy

Tuesday Rotations w/ Chris Ballard & guests, 10pm

Karaoke, 10pm

TallGary’s Cantina

Jazzville Band

“Garyoke”

Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

The Altamont Theater

Original music series, 8pm

Scott H. Biram (one-man band, country, punk) w/ Lydia Loveless

The Bywater

Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Wax in the Back, 9pm

French Broad Chocolate Lounge

Open mic w/ Taylor Martin, 8:30pm

Front stage: Shane Perlowin

Westville Pub

One Stop Deli & Bar

Blues jam

Live comedy

White Horse

TallGary’s Cantina

Irish sessions, 6:30pm Open mic, 8:45pm

Westville Pub

Open mic, 7pm

Wild Wing Cafe

Max Melner Orchestra (jazz, funk), 10pm

Video trivia, 8pm

Wild Wing Cafe

Wed., February 1 ARCADE

Karaoke, 10pm

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Dr. Brown’s Team Trivia, 8:30pm

Jeff & Justin (acoustic)

Thu., February 2 ARCADE

Trivia, 9pm Barley’s Taproom

Alien Music Club (jazz jam) Burgerworx

Open mic, 7-9pm Dirty South Lounge

Dirty Bingo, 9pm Emerald Lounge

Dead Night w/ Phuncle Sam Fred’s Speakeasy

Asheville’s Got Talent, 8pm French Broad Brewery Tasting Room

Michael McFarland Garage at Biltmore

Rotation Good Stuff

Gene Peyroux & the Acoustalectric Pedals of Love (rock, funk, soul) Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

The Mountain Goats (indie, rock, folk) w/ Nurses Handlebar

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit (rock, country) Hoopers Creek Cafe

Open mic & bluegrass jam w/ Sherry Lynn Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill

Angel Snow (folk) One Stop Deli & Bar

East Coast Dirt (jam, funk) w/ A Ghost Like Me Orange Peel

Ani DiFranco (folk, pop) w/ Pearl & the Beard

Pisgah Brewing Company

Jack of the Wood Pub

Chalwa (reggae), 8pm

Pierce Edens (roots, rock)

Purple Onion Cafe

Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Nikki Talley (country, Americana) TallGaryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cantina

Back stage: Dare Dukes (folk, pop, rock) w/ John Wilkes Boothe and the Black Toothe

Asheville music showcase

One Stop Deli & Bar

Tressaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Downtown Jazz and Blues

Peggy Ratusz & friends (blues) Wild Wing Cafe

Acoustic music w/ Sloantones

Free Dead Fridays feat: members of Phuncle Sam, 5-8pm Sirius.B (absurdist, gypsy) w/ Gringo Starr, 10pm

Nathan Griffin (folk), 6pm French Broad Chocolate Lounge

Jason Moore Garage at Biltmore

Winter Wondrousland feat: Mixtress Krikett, Kri, Hashisheen & more Get Down

Hellblinki w/ Crystal Bright & the Silver Hands Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Railroad Earth (roots, jam)

Bob Marley birthday celebration feat: Reggae Infinity & more

ARCADE

Pisgah Brewing Company

Highland Brewing Company

Downstairs: â&#x20AC;&#x153;No Cover, No Shameâ&#x20AC;? dance party w/ Abu Dissaray, 9pm Upstairs: DJ Capital, 9pm

The Danberrys, 8pm

The Blues Crew

Ruthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chris Steakhouse

Iron Horse Station

Bill Gerhardt Trio (jazz), 7-9:30pm

Ben Wilson (Americana, rock)

Athenaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Club

Scandals Nightclub

Jack of Hearts Pub

Dance party, 10pm Drag show, 1am

Swayback Sisters (folk, Americana)

Straightaway Cafe

Head for the Hills (bluegrass)

Steve Weams

Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Fri., February 3

Mark Appleford (singer/songwriter, harmonica, guitar), 8-10pm DJ, 10pm-2am Elaineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dueling Piano Bar

Friday Night Live w/ Disclaimer Comedy (standup) & Dueling Pianos (rock â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; roll sing-a-long) Firestorm Cafe and Books

Imbolc Celtic Celebration feat: Brizeus, Red Wind, Linda Go, Doug Murray & more Fredâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Speakeasy

Orange Peel

Westville Pub

Trivia night

SaT., February 4 ARCADE

French Broad Brewery Tasting Room

Downstairs: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bear Exploderâ&#x20AC;? dance party w/ DJ Kipper Schauer, 9pm Upstairs: DJ Capital, 9pm

Remy St. Claire

Asheville Music Hall

Fuego Friday Latin Night, 10pm

French Broad Chocolate Lounge

Asheville Sax Duet

Sol Driven Train (roots, jam, Americana) w/ Uncle Mountain

Jack of the Wood Pub

Back stage: â&#x20AC;&#x153;One Love, One Heartâ&#x20AC;? (Bob Marley birthday bash) Mo-Daddyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bar & Grill

Don Humphries (singer/songwriter), 7-9pm One Stop Deli & Bar

Nick Belvin art opening (graffiti), 5pm Orange Peel

Paper Diamond (electronic, DJ) w/ Paul Basic & SuperVision Purple Onion Cafe

Friday, January 27th JACKOMO

Cajun/Zydeco/Dance/ Honky-Tonk $5 8PM

Saturday, January 28th ERIN MCDERMOTT

Americana Folk Bluegrass $5 8PM

Taylor Moore Band

Get Down

Athenaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Club

Andy the Doorbum w/ Russ T. Nutz (punk, country)

Scandals Nightclub

Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Mark Appleford (singer/songwriter, harmonica, guitar), 8-10pm DJ, 10pm-2am

Jill Andrews (Americana, folk) w/ Lera Lynn

Emerald Lounge

Iron Horse Station

Bob Marley birthday bash w/ Dub Cartel

Straightaway Cafe

Ashley Heath (soul, blues)

Fredâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Speakeasy

Jack of Hearts Pub

Karaoke, 10pm

Nikki Talley (Southern rock, blues)

French Broad Brewery Tasting Room

Dance party, 10pm Drag show, 12:30am Wilhelm McKay White Horse

Akira Satake & Duncan Wickel (world, jazz, Celtic, bluegrass)

Friday, February 3rd NIKKI TALLEY

Harworking Appalachian Rooted Mountain Girl w/ Raw Gritty Fiery Big Haunting Southern Rock Country Voice $5 8PM

Saturday, February 4th SWAYBACK SISTERS

Outlaw Country Soul from All-Star Mountain All Woman Band

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FRI FEB 10 - THE 23 STRING BAND WITH EVSK, EXTER VS. KIMOCK (SON OF STEVE KIMOCK JAM GUITAR WIZARD) & ERNIE HENDRICKSON

SAT FEB 11 - BRUSHFIRE STANKGRASS MON FEB 13 - THE CONGRESS TUES FEB 14 - VALENTINES DAY â&#x20AC;&#x201C; SHOVELS & ROPE AND BROKEN LILACS

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Alvin and the chipmunks: chip-wrecked (g) 2:25, 4:35 Beauty and the Beast 3D (g) 1:50, 4:15 haywire (r) 12:50, 3:00, 5:05, 7:25, 9:40 hugo 3D (Pg) 2:20, 6:00, 9:05 Joyful noise (Pg-13) 1:35, 4:20, 7:05, 9:45 Mission impossible: ghost Protocol (Pg-13) 12:55, 3:40, 6:25, 9:25 red tails (Pg-13) 1:20, 4:00, 6:45, 9:30 underworld: Awakening 3D (r) 1:10, 3:20, 5:30, 7:50 underworld: Awakening 2D (r) 2:10, 4:50, 7:10, 9:20 the twilight saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 1 (Pg-13) 6:55, 9:50 war horse (Pg-13) 2:00, 5:25, 8:50 n cArolinA Asheville cineMA 14 (274-9500)

Albert nobbs (r) 11:00, 1:45, 4:20, 7:30, 10:00 the Artist (Pg-13) 12:00, 2:25, 4:40, 7:05, 9:40 contraband (r) 11:25, 4:45, 10:15 (sofa cinema) A Dangerous Method (r) 11:30, 1:50, 4:15, 7:50, 10:05 the Descendants (r) 11:10, 2:00, 4:50, 7:25, 10:10 (sofa cinema) the grey (r) 11:40, 2:20, 5:00, 7:40, 10:20 haywire (r) 11:40, 2:10, 4:35, 7:55, 10:10 the iron lady (Pg-13) 11:35, 2:05, 4:30, 7:00, 9:35 Joyful noise (Pg-13)

2:15, 7:40 (sofa cinema) Man on a ledge (Pg-13) 11:20, 1:40, 4:10, 7:15, 9:45 one for the Money (Pg-13) 11:55, 2:30, 4:55, 8:00, 10:25 red tails (Pg-13) 12:15, 3:20, 7:20, 10:05 sherlock holmes: A game of shadows (Pg-13) 12:00 (sofa cinema) tinker tailor sodier spy (r) 3:00, 7:10, 10:00 (sofa cinema) underworld: Awakening (r) 11:45, 1:55, 4:05, 7:45, 9:55 (sofa cinema) n cineBArre (665-7776)

Anonymous (Pg-13) 10:15 (sun), 1:05, 4:10, 7:20, 10:05 happy Feet 2 (Pg) 10:25 (sun), 1:15, 7:00 J. edgar (r) 10:20 (sun), 1:00, 4:05, 7:15, 10:10 Jack and Jill (Pg) 10:35 (sun), 1:25, 4:00, 7:25, 9:40 Puss in Boots (Pg) 10:40 (sun), 1:30, 4:20, 7:10, 9:15 tower heist (Pg-13) 4:15, 9:45

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pickoftheweek A DAngerous MethoD

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Director: DaviD cronenberg Players: Keira Knightley, viggo Mortensen, Michael FassbenDer, vincent cassel, sarah gaDon historicAl Fiction

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The Story: Historical drama about the origins of psychoanalysis, and the relationship between Freud and Jung.

The Lowdown: Compelling speculative drama with strong performances that is a lot more subversive than it at first appears. It’s also something different for Cronenberg — or maybe not so different.

Despite the fact that David Cronenberg hasn’t made what could be called a horror picture since 1999’s eXistenZ, he continues to be thought of in genre terms. In part, that’s because it’s kind of hard to forget the horrific imagery in his films, like the malformed murderous midgets, the exploding heads and the fellows who lose guns in a suddenly appearing (and disappearing) stomach vagina. For better or worse, those images define Cronenberg for a lot of people. That his two most recent films — A History of Violence (2005) and Eastern Promises (2007) — make up in violence what they lack in terms of fantastication seem to establish the fact that you can take Cronenberg out of horror, but not the horrific out of Cronenberg. In that regard, his latest — a reasonably straightforward bit of historical speculation — may seem like a complete departure.

But is it really? Remember when he made the much-undervalued film version of M. Butterfly back in 1993? That seemed relatively straightforward, too — until it ended on an horrific suicide. Well, there’s nothing like that here — at least that we see. But the horrific is just beneath the surface of nearly every scene in A Dangerous Method. The title itself suggests it.

The difference is that Cronenberg’s signature “body horror” — the fear of the body becoming something different and even monstrous — has here become an invisible prisoner of the mind. It’s still there. In a story about doctors Sigmund Freud (Viggo Mortensen) and Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender), how could it not be? We are, after all, exploring the swamps of the subconscious. What we get is intellectual body horror. It’s not that far removed — just subdued and less gory — from the earlier Cronenberg films. That will disappoint some and please others.

None of this is to say that A Dangerous Method is in any way tentative in its approach.

In fact, it opens on a moment of great intensity,

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Keira Knightley and Michael Fassbender star in David Cronenberg’s new film A Dangerous Method. with a raving, out-of-control patient, Sabina Spielrein (Keira Knightley), being transported to the clinic where Jung works. These opening scenes are completely over the top — something that has been (wrongly, I think) criticized by some reviewers. I’m not sure how you dial down full-blown hysterics, for one thing. More importantly, however, this wild creature that Spielrein first appears as is essential to the rest of her portrayal, and to the film itself. It is this frenzied, dangerous state that always lurks just beneath the surface of her increasingly calm, rational behavior.

The story is one of complex interactions among the characters, and despite the chamber-piece feel of the film, these are far too numerous to deal with in the space allowed here. Put simply, the central “dangerous method” occurs when Jung crosses the line into a personal relationship with Spielrein — one that we’re not entirely certain isn’t partly the result of his fear that if he doesn’t, whatever progress has been made with her will be lost.

At the same time, he is encouraged in this relationship by a patient — and a fellow explorer in the new realm of psychology named Otto Gross (Vincent Cassel), who has been foisted on him by Freud. Gross is — among other things — a cocaine addict who happily steals drugs from his doctor, and who preaches the idea of never sublimating any impulse.

That’s only part of the story, though, since much of A Dangerous Method deals with the relationship between Freud and Jung — and the factors leading to their eventual split.

The film is savvy enough to suggest this event is more complicated than what either man believes to be the case. Much of this is

conveyed less through the literate — but not overly pedantic — dialogue, and through little symbolic touches that reflect both Freudian and Jungian thought. In that regard, this is a film where the more you know on the topic, the more you will get from it.

But A Dangerous Method is actually after even bigger game. In its intimations that Richard Wagner’s music was a force that informed both Jung and Spielrein in their beliefs, it, in turn, brings in the specter of Hitler and Nazi Germany. (To our minds, but not theirs, of course. Howard Shore works Wagner’s themes into his score at key points that draw these parallels.) Yet the idea of what is coming exists as a seed of presentiment in Jung’s mind — what he calls an apocalyptic dream — of the coming of WWI, and possibly even WWII. His description of his dream fits both.

A Dangerous Method isn’t likely to entirely appeal to Cronenberg’s core audience (whatever that is at this point), but it is a richly rewarding — and sometimes disturbing — film in its own right. The performances by the three leads are all strong (even though I could never get away from a feeling that Mortensen was channeling George C. Scott in They Might Be Giants (1971), which isn’t necessarily a bad thing). The formalism of the film — often played out against a highly ordered world of formal gardens — helps to pin these new psychoanalytic ideas to the reality of the era, stressing how truly dangerous they must have seemed. Rated R for sexual content and language. reviewed by Ken Hanke Opens Friday at Carolina Asheville Cinema 14 and Fine Arts Theatre

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ALBERT NOBBS JJJJJ

Director: roDrigo garcía (Mother and Child) Players: glenn close, Mia WasokoWska, Janet Mcteer, BrenDan gleeson, aaron Johnson, Pauline collins DRAMA

RATED R

The Story: A woman passing for a man in 1800s Dublin decides to pursue the possibility of having a wife and a normal home.

The Lowdown: An odd — and oddly appealing — small movie with touching performances and a generous heart.

Quite remarkable in its own way.

Rodrigo García’s Albert Nobbs — a longcherished project of star, co-writer, co-producer Glenn Close — is a strange, sadly sweet little film, and one that I very much fear is apt to get lost in the shuffle. It immediately suffers from what is both its central conceit and strength — Ms. Close’s title character, a woman masquerading as a man in 19th century Dublin. That’s not a premise that’s going to be to everyone’s liking — and it doesn’t help that Close makes for a singularly peculiar-looking man (or woman passing as man). In fact, at first this is distracting, though it becomes less so as the film progresses.

(It becomes a complete non-issue on a second viewing.)

Close gives a remarkable performance as the woman-turned-man — something done in large part to protect herself from the world — who finds a kind of place in Dublin as a waiter at Morrison’s Hotel. Indeed, the film is ultimately less about the deception itself than it is about Albert’s gradual awakening to the idea that the deceit might have deeper possibilities.

This is something that only slowly dawns on Albert — and may never be fully comprehended — during the course of the film, mostly through his relationship with Hubert Page (Brit TV actress Janet McTeer). Hubert is another woman passing as a man (far more convincingly), and Albert is fascinated — and a little perplexed — by the fact that Hubert has a wife (Bronagh Gallagher, Tamara Drewe). “Did he tell her he was a woman before the wedding, or after?” muses the unworldly Albert.

Albert persists in thinking wrongly that Hubert’s marriage is a matter of convenience — even after he sees the pair together — but is drawn to the idea of a home, a fireside and someone to share it with. (Though it’s unclear as to the extent of what such a marriage would be as it exists in Albert’s mind.) Albert’s own simple dream of saving enough money to open a tobacconist shop (an odd choice, since Albert is a nonsmoker) soon takes on the addition of a wife to share it with. One candidate soon arises in hotel maid Helen (Mia Wasikowska), who has an agenda of her own. Or, more to the point, her boyfriend, Joe (Aaron Johnson, Nowhere Boy), has an agenda for her to pursue.

The easy, affecting drama — and occasional comedy — of the film exerts an appeal that isn’t easy to describe, though much of it has to do with the pleasantly sketched-in supporting roles. It helps that those roles are filled by people like Brendan Gleeson (who is given the

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A DANGEROUS METHOD

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THE GREY

Remember when Joe Carnahan was a “hot” director thanks to the overrated Narc (2002)?

Then came Smokin’ Aces (2006) and he wasn’t so hot. Then came The A-Team (2010), which boasted impressive grosses, but not impressive enough to offset its $110 million in production costs. Well, he’s back, teamed again with Liam Neeson (whose move into action pictures seems to pay well) in The Grey. The set up is that Mr. Neeson and a few others must try to survive in the Alaskan wilds against both the elements and a pack of wolves. Early reviews lean positive, but the sources for these may lack credibility. (R)

MAN ON A LEDGE

Documentarian Asger Leth goes narrative with Man on a Ledge, which sounds a lot like Fourteen Hours (1951) with embellishments. Summit Entertainment puts it this way: “An excop and now wanted fugitive (Sam Worthington) stands on the ledge of a high-rise building while a hard-living New York Police Department negotiator (Elizabeth Banks) tries to talk him down. The longer they are on the ledge, the more she realizes that he might have an ulterior objective.” No one else puts it any other way, because it has yet to be screened. (PG-13)

ONE FOR THE MONEY

And then there’s One for the Money, directed by Julie Anne Robinson (a TV director whose feature work consists of the Miley Cyrus-starring-Nicholas Sparks groaner The Last Song) and starring Katherine Heigl. This one is so underwhelming that Lionsgate hasn’t even bothered with shilling for it via people who “saw it at a special screening” on the IMDb. Its plot — Heigl as a brand new bail-bondsman on the trail of a guy who seduced and dumped her back in high school — sounds like it was derived from 2010’s The Bounty Hunter. Like one of those wasn’t enough? (PG-13) film’s most heart-breaking line), Pauline Collins and Brenda Fricker. But there’s a subtle air of almost fairy-tale charm to parts of the film — and key scenes that take place among the fluttering, drying laundry recall Jean Cocteau’s Beauty and the Beast (1946). That the film manages to be touching without being maudlin, and to be smart without being mean-spirited, is perhaps what really seals the deal. Whatever the case, there’s a bit of magic at work here. Rated R for some sexuality, brief nudity and language. reviewed by Ken Hanke Starts Friday at Carolina Asheville Cinema 14

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The Story: A privately contracted covert operative goes on the run — and out for revenge — after being double-crossed.

The Lowdown: While never attempting to reinvent the revenge flick, this is a beautifully crafted film and exactly what you want from an action movie.

Steven Soderbergh is a master craftsmen with an arthouse sensibility, and he spends much of his time making films that are pure entertainment. Yet he also takes the time to experiment, and he seems more than willing to take a real risk on occasion. Haywire manages to straddle these two aesthetics, resulting in a

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near-perfect revenge flick with a superb cast and style to spare. Soderbergh’s eye for color and composition plays against an almost stoic tone that offsets the movie’s uber-violence.

The best modern comparison I can think of for Haywire is Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill films, but this is selling Haywire short. There’s the same sense of coolness (the ’60s spy-movie vibe of David Holmes’ score certainly helps) and the same kind of flashback-heavy plotting, but there’s a lack of Tarantino’s bombast and constant need to give nods to other genre films. Haywire is a much simpler kind of movie centered around a handful of action pieces, and under Soderbergh’s slick direction, this creates a kind of classy action movie you rarely see.

But don’t mistake classy for boring. Haywire is incredibly brutal at times — although never sadistic — with action bursting out at the viewer from nowhere. Former mixed-martialarts star Gina Carano stars as betrayed freelance covert operative Mallory Kane — which at first this might seem like an odd casting decision considering the star-power of the other cast members like Ewan McGregor, Antonio Banderas and Michael Douglas. But what may be unorthodox for Hollywood is hardly out of character for Soderbergh — he’s the same director who cast adult film star Sasha Grey as the lead in The Girlfriend Experience (2009), after all. We learn early on that Mallory — a gun for hire, doing covert jobs for her ex-boyfriend Kenneth’s (McGregor) security firm — has been double-crossed and is on the run. The bulk of the film is spent bringing the audience up-tospeed though flashbacks as to why.

This is a familiar set-up in the action-film world, but screenplay by Lem Dobbs (who’s worked with Soderbergh in the past with The Limey (1999) and Kafka (1991)) is nevertheless intelligent, and has a welcome, deadpan sense of humor. It helps that the supporting cast contains the kind of players that can make almost anything entertaining. This is prime stuff, from McGregor’s villain to a very small, but excellent turn from Antonio Banderas — not to mention a surprisingly likable role for Channing Tatum. The supporting cast also helps to offset Carano’s lack of dramatic range, but she’s helped even more by a role that doesn’t require very much from her.

Of course, Carano’s acting chops are not the reason she’s in this movie: It’s her athleticism that’s the draw, as the action scenes are clearly tailored to her skills as an MMA fighter. Soderbergh shoots these scenes with little fuss — normally just keeping the camera in place and only making edits when necessary — leaving us with a movie free of “shakycam” and quick cuts. By allowing the performers to perform, and the fight choreographer to simply craft an action sequence, Soderbergh has created a rare modern action film that doesn’t rely on bluster, sleight-of-hand post-production and jumbled editing to be exciting. As straight entertainment, Haywire’s hard to beat. Rated R for some violence. reviewed by Justin Souther Playing at Carmike 10, Carolina Asheville Cinema 14, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande

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The Story: The trials and tribulations of the African-American Tuskegee Airmen during World War II. The Lowdown: Certainly well-intentioned, but too cliched and corny to be taken seriously.

I have no doubt that everyone involved in the making of Red Tails came into the film with the most noble of intentions. The film purports to tell the real-life story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the group of African-American pilots who fought in World War II, and their struggles with racism on the ground. The film also flies under the banner of Lucasfilm, and I genuinely believe George Lucas — when putting his money behind Red Tails — truly wanted to make a movie that illustrates the evils of racism and the difficulties of overcoming it. At the same time, Red Tails has all the earmarks of Lucasfilm production, ultimately taking what is supposed to be serious filmmaking and dragging it into the realm of a goofy popcorn flick. It’s trying to be sincere, but it’s coming from the same man who created Jar Jar Binks.

Of course, Lucas neither wrote nor directed Red Tails, but it looks and feels more like a Star Wars film than it does anything else.

There’s the same over-reliance on cartoonish CGI. (Seriously, why did they feel the need to

create a green-screen tarmac? Couldn’t they have forked over some of that Star Wars BluRay cash to film on an actual airfield?) There’s also the same stilted dialogue, the cheesy one-liners and the simplified morality — all of which work better in a space opera than in a film about challenging racism during the second World War. The air battles are well done, but too often turn into explosion porn — everything and anything that can blow up does, and in the most spectacular of fashions. The entire Nazi war effort is turned into what appears to be a single, angry German who says things like “Die ... You foolish Africans.” Red Tails fancies itself as a crowd pleaser, but really all this does is erode the concept down to the simplest terms imaginable. It’s every bit a dumbed-down, PG-13, family-friendly view of one of the bloodiest, darkest and most pivotal eras in human history.

While the war comes across as cartoonish, the racism in the film seems like more of a prop than an actual obstacle. It’s filled with the kind of slur-spouting racists you’re likely to find in a high-minded after-school special. Compare Red Tails to a movie like Spike Lee’s Miracle at St. Anna (2008), and the differences become obvious. Lee’s film took the exact same topics — racism during WWII, as seen through the eyes of the all-black Buffalo Soldiers — and handled them with much more complexity, shading in the story with Lee’s own views. As a result, it’s hard to see Red Tails as little more than obvious, ham-fisted filmmaking. (Of course, Lee’s film — in its entire run — made less than half what Red Tails has in its opening weekend.)

What this all boils down to is that the Tuskegee Airmen deserve a better film than this one. The performances range from good (Nate Parker and David Oyelowo), to awkward (Cuba Gooding Jr. simply doesn’t have the gravitas needed for his role), to confounding. R&B singer Ne-Yo seems to be channeling Eddie Murphy at his most caricaturish for most of the film, playing for broad comedy, which only dilutes his later serious scenes. All this makes Boondocks comic-strip creator Aaron McGruder’s involvement in the script all the more baffling, as Red Tails feels just the sort of thing he’d normally be making fun of. As a history of the Tuskegee Airmen, Red Tails is embarrassing. As matinee junk, it works only slightly better. Rated PG-13 for some sequences of war violence. reviewed by Justin Souther Playing at Carmike 10, Carolina Asheville Cinema 14, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande

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The Story: It’s humans versus werewolves and vampires in this fourth entry in the Underworld series.

The Lowdown: In its favor, it’s sometimes unintentionally funny, but otherwise this is just another lame entry in an already lame horror franchise.

The most notable thing to me about the

Underworld franchise is that the second entry so enthralled me that I nodded off during its “thrilling” climax. By that barometer, this fourth one, Underworld Awakening, may be judged as marginally better. That, unfortunately, doesn’t make it any good — just better than an even dumber movie. I certainly can’t say that imported Swedish directors Måns Mårlind and Björn Stein (who bill themselves as simply Mårlind and Stein) have made any notable strides in bringing anything new to the table — except to make the series even more interchangeable with the equally undistinguished Resident Evil for hot-babe-in-leather-kicks-monster-ass movies.

Since this film returns from the prequel realm of the last one, Kate Beckinsale is back as Our Lady of Perpetual Leather, Selene. Vampire overlord Bill Nighy is taking advantage of having had his head cleaved in two in an earlier entry, and has fled the scene. In his stead, we get Brit TV actor Charles Dance (a kind of lowrent Nighy, I guess) as a vampire patriarch.

This entry offers two “new” wrinkles. The first is that humans have discovered the existence of vampires and werewolves (or Lycans as the series has it) and have set out to eradicate both species. Is it a workable premise? I suppose. Is it an interesting one? Not particularly. The second twist is that the film opens in the midst of the slaughter of the supernaturals (something explained as giving humans something to kill other than each other, which is the screenplay’s idea of profound). Soon the story skips forward 12 years to a world more or less free from the monsters. Or so it seems, of course.

For reasons that are part of the plot, a few of the pesky things have been kept around in a frozen state (kind of like Jason-on-ice in 2001’s Jason X). Naturally, Selene is one of them, and, just as naturally, someone defrosts her. (Insert coy nude scene with obscuring dry-ice mist here.) Soon she’s running wild, kicking butt and causing mayhem. It’s not long before she meets up with hunky vampire David (Theo James, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger), some inhospitable CGI werewolves and a strange little girl named Eve (TV actress India Eisley). Eve is apparently supposed to be mysterious, but even before she asks Selene, “Don’t you know who I am?”, I had a pretty good idea. I’ll bet you do, too.

The second wrinkle this round is the introduction of the new über-werewolf. This is a really big werewolf that’s more or less impervious to silver (as long as it suits the plot). How big is this boy? Well, he’s bigger than those Buick-sized beasts in the Twilight pictures. Is it impressive? Well, it’s as impressive as a CGI werewolf can be, I reckon, but there’s a drawback to the whole idea. You see, the thing’s so damned big it can’t get through the door.

I don’t think this was meant to be funny, but I found it pretty darn amusing. Less amusing was the fact that the film’s ending involved the set-up for yet another in the series — which is even more depressing than seeing Stephen Rea show up in this witless thing. Hopefully, he was well paid. Rated R for strong violence and gore, and for some language. reviewed by Ken Hanke Playing at Carmike 10, Carolina Asheville Cinema 14, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande

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Medical/ Health Care CARE MANAGERS NEEDED! Community Care of Western North Carolina is looking for full-time Care Managers. RN required. Minimum of 2 years case management experience preferred. Bilingual in Spanish a plus. Submit resume to hr@ccwnc.org or fax to 828-259-3875.

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NURSE MANAGER NEEDED • Eliada Homes is seeking a Nurse Manager to supervise our nursing staff providing treatment to our students mainly in the Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility.

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Human Services BSW SOCIAL WORKER/CASE MANAGER • 30 hours/week • Jewish Family Services of WNC, Inc.(JFS), seeks an experienced Bachelor’s level (BSW) Social Worker/Case Manager to be responsible for providing client assistance services to eligible individuals and families at all life stages.

• This person identifies client needs to develop, coordinate, and monitor appropriate client service plans. • Required: BSW degree, excellent communication and computer skills, and relevant experience. • Preferred: Experience with older adult needs and group programs; Knowledge of WNC resources; familiarity with Jewish culture. • This is NOT a clinical position. Send resume and cover letter to: info@jfswnc.org or mail JFS, 236 Charlotte St, Asheville, NC 28801 Deadline is 1/31/2012.

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CHILD CARE SPECIALISTS Every Child is hiring child care specialists throughout Buncombe County. This unique program, a partnership between The Arc of NC and The YMCA of WNC, will be providing small group supervision to children with intellectual/developmental differences who will be fully included in existing afterschool programs operated by The YMCA of WNC. • Related experience in direct care or special education settings greatly preferred. • If you’ve done direct care before and wished you had more structured activities, options for inclusion, and guidance from supervisors, this is the opportunity for you. Must be at least 18 years of age, high school diploma or equivalency and pre-employment drug screening/background check required. School year shift of 2-6 pm Mondays-Fridays, extended hours possibly available during school closings. • Starting pay of $11.35/hour, contact Mike Brown at 828-243-6033 or at mbrown@arcnc.org for more information.

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FAMILIES TOGETHER INC. Due to continuous growth in WNC, Families Together, Inc is now hiring licensed professionals and Qualified Professionals in Buncombe, McDowell, Madison, Rutherford, Henderson, and Transylvania Counties. • Qualified candidates will include • LPC’s, LCSW’s, LMFT’s, LCAS’s, PLCSW’s, or LPCA’s and Bachelor’s and Master’s Qualified Professionals. • FTI provides a positive work environment, flexible hours, room for advancement, health benefits, and an innovative culture. • www.familiestogether.net • Candidates should email resumes to humanresources @familiestogether.net

FAMILY PRESERVATION SERVICES OF HENDERSONVILLE, has opportunities for Qualified Mental Health Professionals to join our team. Qualified candidates should have a bachelor’s degree in a social services field and a minimum of 1 year experience with children with mental illness.

FPS offers a competitive and comprehensive benefit package. To join our team, please send your resume to jdomansky@fpscorp.com

MAKE A DIFFERENCE NC Mentor is offering free informational meetings to those who are interested in becoming therapeutic foster parents. The meetings will be held on the 2nd Tuesday 6:30pm-7:30pm (snacks provided) and 4th Friday 12pm-1pm (lunch provided).

• If you are interested in making a difference in a child’s life, please call Rachel Wingo at (828) 696-2667 ext 15 or e-mail Rachel at rachel.wingo@thementornetw ork.com• Become a Therapeutic Foster Family. • Free informational meeting.

NC Mentor. 120C Chadwick Square Court, Hendersonville, NC 28739.

SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELOR Mountain Area Recovery Center is seeking a Licensed Substance Abuse Counselor to fill a position in our outpatient opioid treatment facility located in Clyde, North Carolina.

Candidates will provide substance abuse services, including but not limited to, assessments/screening, intake, client orientation, person centered planning, case management, intervention, client education, and plan and lead structured process and theme centered groups.

We offer competitive pay WITH benefits…medical, dental, life, short-term disability, flexible spending account, 401-K, pto, paid holidays, and a flexible work environment in this challenging, yet highly rewarding field. If you are up to the challenge, please email your resume to rhonda.ingle@marc-otp.com or fax to attention: Rhonda Ingle at 828.252.9512. Equal Opportunity Employer.

THE ASHEVILLE OFFICE OF FAMILY PRESERVATION SERVICES • Is seeking the following for adult service lines: LCAS/CCS or CSAC, QDDP/QMHP, and licensed or provisionally licensed therapist. Also seeking an experienced receptionist/scheduler (parttime). Please send resumes to csimpson@fpscorp.com.

THERAPIST • CAROLINA OUTREACH for Intensive InHome Team in Buncombe County, licensed or provisional, cover letter and resume to westernregion @carolinaoutreach.com WNC GROUP HOMES FOR AUTISTIC PERSONS • Is hiring for Residential Counselor positions. Full Time 2nd shift, 3rd shift, Part Time 1st shift and weekends. • Each qualified applicant must have High School Diploma and 2 years experience, or College degree. Apply in person at 28 Pisgah View Ave Asheville. Please view our website for additional information. www.wncgrouphomes.org

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TWO TEACHERS WANTED • Eliada Homes is seeking a Math Teacher and a Title One Teacher who are dedicated to helping children succeed! We need two exceptional individuals to complete our team in our Day Treatment program. • Both Teachers will develop lessons that are in accordance with North Carolina Standard Course of Study. • Individuals must be flexible and creative, as it is necessary to differentiate lessons for different learning styles, individual needs, and class dynamics. • Major responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Create a classroom environment that meets the academic and treatment needs of students and ensure that assistants are effective with instructional delivery. The teachers will maintain an organized, structured classroom that allows for active student engagement and sets clear and consistent guidelines and expectations. The teachers evaluate academic and behavioral progress of all students, which includes keeping attendance, preparing progress and grade reports, communicating with case managers, completing incident reports, participating in clinical meetings, completing Student Education Plans and providing feedback in regards to goals and objectives. • Qualifications: Must have a Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university. Must also possess appropriate, current valid teaching certification as specified by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (or be able to obtain said licensure). Math Teacher must be math certified, or have the ability to become certified in math. • Prefer a minimum of two years teaching experience or direct residential experience with the target population. All qualified individuals please apply at www.eliada.org/employment

Professional/ Management COMPTROLLER/FINANCIAL COORDINATOR • Sundance Power Systems, Inc. is seeking a dynamic team player for the position of Comptroller/Financial Coordinator for our renewable energy operations in Weaverville. • Responsibilities include all aspects of financial management, including accounts receivable and payable, cash flow, maintaining and securing records, payroll and reporting.

• Candidates should have exceptional managerial and organizational skills, proficiency in accounting systems and computer programs, including Excel and service management software, and the ability to work in a high energy office environment. • Only qualified, experienced candidates need apply. • Please submit a letter of interest along with your resume and references to hr@sundancepower.com. We will accept resumes through 2/1/2012.

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