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Banning human anatomy

nullify the “no nipple� Bill

I have a few concerns after reading the Jan. 31 mountainx.com article, “Moffitt Proposes Ban on Public Female Toplessness.� (See avl.mx/qi.)

To Rep. Tim Moffitt and all those he represents, especially Mayor Terry Bellamy and all Asheville City Council members who signed the letter asking people to avoid a rally: First of all, with all of the present problems in our culture, why is a woman's body a priority on your crime agenda? We all have nipples. We see them every day that we look at ourselves. How can you justify the time and efforts to put into law, and then the expense to the community to uphold and enforce the law to ban something so ubiquitous to human anatomy?

The quote in the paper is that you propose to supplement the state indecency laws with, "For the purposes of this section, the term 'private parts' means external organs of sex and of excretion, including the nipple, or any portion of the areola, of the human female breast." Why only female areola, and what about those noses and mouths, ears and eyes? They excrete. They are sexual. Shall we just ban all exposure of human anatomy and claim that the human body is indecent?

How about we instead make a law that prohibits laws that infringe upon a live and let live community based on non-violation. By this, if a person sees something they disagree with walking down the street, they can remedy the problem by looking elsewhere. Human anatomy is not the problem — dealing with your own reactions to it is. — Chris Kemp Virginia Beach, Va.

N.C. House Bill 34, the bill proposed by Reps.

Rayne Brown and Tim Moffitt, was inspired by the GoTopless protests in Asheville. The bill received national attention after being introduced recently by the NCGA House Judiciary Committee.

This bill is a direct violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. This clause states that "no State shall ... deny to any person ... the equal protection of the laws." This amendment has been interpreted in the Supreme Court to prevent the government from passing laws that only apply to one group of citizens, such as racial minorities and women.

I'll state here for the record that I have no opinions either way about whether or not anyone should be able to show any part of their body. I, like others who have written about it, admit that, indeed, this bill seems a little silly.

However, the consequences for passing a law that violates the 14th Amendment could be severe. If it passes and is not challenged in the Supreme Court, we could be opening a Pandora's Box of discriminatory law-passing. Who will be singled out next? If, in this case, all the women of North Carolina face a punishment that men never will, who's to say that the NCGA won't punish the public expressions of religious or racial minorities?

We as citizens need to challenge and criticize this bill, lest we become the victims of the precedent it will set. — Morgan Steele Swannanoa lEttERs ContinUE

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The plan of Republicans in North Carolina to enact voter-ID laws is pure smokescreen designed to divert our attention from the very real and systematic vote fraud perpetrated by Republicans [“Is Voter ID Worth the Burden,” Feb. 6 Xpress”].

The state's grossly gerrymandered districts — engineered in 2010 by Republicans funded by shadowy state and national groups with secret funding — effectively diminished the political clout of Asheville's liberal electorate by dividing the city in half.

I see no evidence that either of the men who benefitted from the gerrymandering — conservatives Patrick McHenry and Mark Meadows — have any intention of representing the voters of Asheville. Although Asheville is the largest and arguably the most dynamic city in Western North Carolina, neither McHenry nor Meadows opened an office here. The gerrymandering, the phony voter-ID laws, and the insult of no local congressional office: That's real fraud.

— Michael Carlebach Asheville

senate Bill 10 is not your friend I agree with the League of Conservation’s Voters, quoted in your Feb. 6. press release, “N.C. Senate Bill Direct Attack on Environment,” about SB-10. I would add that SB-10 is both drastic and downright irresponsible.

The state’s environmental rule-making commissions have enacted important protections for our trout streams, our rivers and our air. The proposed bill puts these protections at risk by firing all current members of environmental commissions, removing the existing knowledge, experience and institutional memory along with the commissioners. Current laws allow the natural expiration of the staggered terms, making transitions between terms gradual so as not to disrupt the technical and complex issues commission members have worked on for years.

More importantly, the bill would allow developers, polluters and other special interests to make up the majority of the two of the most important commissions in the state for environmental rules: the Environmental Management Commission and the Coastal Resources Commission. SB-10 also eliminates requirements meant to maintain a level of expertise on conservation as well as maintain bipartisanship within the commissions.

The result of this bill could well be that highprofile environmental laws, like the law that requires a certain amount of clean, renewable energy to be produced in this state, will be undermined under the new administration.

I urge the General Assembly to seriously reconsider the consequences of this bill because North Carolina, along with the rest of the world, cannot afford to lose anymore of its environmental resources or progress on clean energy.

— Ting Ting Eeo Chapel Hill

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Editor’s note: The following collection of letters comes from Rachel Reeser, a third-grade teacher at Isaac Dickson Elementary School, and a few of her students.

According to Reeser, the students “completely voiced their own opinions. They had an assignment to write a letter to county commissioners, but were able to choose what stance they took on the issue, and the reasons they choose were the most important to them.”

Xpress explores the situation at Issac Dickson in this week’s cover story, “Building Knowledge,” which includes comments from county and city leaders and school staff. What’s your opinion on funding for city and county schools? Join the ongoing discussion at mountainx.com. — Jaye Bartell Third graders at Isaac Dickson Elementary School have recently studied government. One issue in Asheville that really concerns me is finding funding for our much-needed new school building. I hope the county commissioners will consider allocating the funds for a new building for Isaac Dickson Elementary.

Isaac Dickson was built in 1952, and the building is long-past the time in which it was meant to be an operational. Our custodians do an amazing job of keeping the school clean, but if you look closely there are many of problems. Mice, cracks in the wall, leaky windows, leaky walls and mold issues are prevalent in the school. If we have the ability to build a new building, 480 students will be exposed to healthier indoor-air quality.

We have met with the architects several times.

The new school would be a wonderful addition to 21st century learning in Asheville and Buncombe County schools. This new building may be quite expensive to build, but it will be cheaper to operate. We currently spend more money than necessary to heat and cool our school. The windows are old and drafty; you can feel the cold air when you are standing near any window in the school.

The new school would have much more efficient windows and therefore we would be able to save money on heating and cooling.

The proposed new building has many intelligent design features. One is the filtered, day-lit windows that will keep students exposed to more daylight and drastically reduce our use of electricity. Research shows that students in classrooms with filtered daylight are more alert, pay attention better and sleep better at night.

All children in Buncombe County should be able to learn in clean, efficient, up-to-date buildings. I hope the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners will consider voting “yes” to funding a new IDES. I would be glad to give the commissioners a tour of IDES so they may better understand our current building. Thank you, commissioners, for all you do to keep all students in Buncombe County in clean and healthy learning environments. — Rachel Reeser, teacher, Isaac Dickson Elementary I am writing to ask you for the funding for our new school. One reason we should get a new school is that there is mold and dust in the cor-

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Photo by Max Cooper. ners. That makes us sick. If we get a new school that does not have mold or dust, then kids who were sick can come back to school and learn!

We have bright lights that make it hard to see the board. If we get windows that make daylight come in, we can see the Smart Board and kids will learn more and pay more attention. Also, our windows have cracks. That makes cold air come into the classroom. Then we need to make it warm. We pay money for heat. Remember there are cracks in the windows. The heat escapes through the cracks and then it is cold again. I really hope you will vote yes to funding our new school. — Athena Murray I have some good reasons you should give us the funding for a new school.

First off, our school is very inefficient. There are all sorts of things wrong with it, such as the cracks in the windows that let in cold air. This makes us use the heat more frequently. Plus, heat is not free. Our school costs a lot of money to operate.

Because of all the problems, we have to pay to get them fixed. A lot of the problems keep occurring so we have to pay more and more which costs a lot over time. There are a lot of problems with our school which we cannot fix. One really bad one is the mold that infests our school. The mold makes a lot of kids sick so they don’t get to learn as much. As you can see from my short letter there are a lot of problems with our school. I only listed a few so it would really help if you gave us the funding for a new school. — Felix Marlin I go to Isaac Dickson and we really need a new school. It will take a lot to build it, but it will be worth it. I think you should consider giving us the funding to build a new school. One reason is this school is very old and people get sick from mold

in the air. Cracks are in the windows and we pay a lot of money for heating and cooling. Another reason is the fluorescent lights. We would like more daylight and research shows daylight is better for students to sleep and learn. And we will be able to see the board better. The last reason is our school was built in 1952. It was meant to last 50 years so it is past its due date. Vote for a new school for Isaac Dickson! — Max Meier We are studying Government and Asheville issues. I think it would be really awesome if you would consider giving us the funding for a new school building.

One of the reasons I think we should get a new school is our school was built in 1952, and this building is way past its time. It was supposed to be shut down by now. It has mold, cracks in the windows, walls that leak water, and sometimes we even see bugs crawling around.

Another reason you should consider giving us the funding is because if we get a new school, the lighting will be better. Natural light will come into our classrooms and we will not even have to use the overhead lights. Also, we will be able to see the board a lot easier. Research shows if we have natural lighting then kids will learn better and work harder.

If we get a new school building, more kids will come to school here and our school will be bigger and better. Also it will be more efficient. Kids will also have more fun learning and playing.

Our class met with the architects and looked at how our new school would look and everybody loved it! If you would like, you can come visit our school and see what it looks like now. A new school would be like a miracle! I hope you consider voting yes to funding the new school.

Thank you for all you do for us, you guys are awesome! — Cabell MacMillan

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The death of a beloved The death of a beloved pet can be as devastating as any pet can be as devastating asloss any loss we ever face, we ever face, and yet many pet owners are left to and yet many pet owners grieve alone because “it was just an animal.” are left to grieve alone because “it was just an animal.”

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miss Beulah Was a respected neighBorhood omBudsman and activist —a one-Woman pisgah legal services and dss comBined.

By Jerry sternBerg Editor’s note: This is the seventh installment of Jerry Sternberg’s continuing “Life in Seely’s Castle” saga.

The earlier pieces are available on the Xpress website or at gospeljerry.com (which also contains additional photos of the castle and its furnishings).

The castle’s high priestess was one of the most remarkable women I’ve ever known. She came to us as a domestic when we were living in a small house in Lake View Park.

Her name was Beulah Young, but in her squalid neighborhood, where central heat and indoor plumbing were rarities, she was known as “Miss Beulah.”

Her warm, toothy smile and deep laugh were immediately engaging; we soon learned, though, that Miss Beulah was not only a dedicated worker but, despite her relative youth, a respected neighborhood ombudsman and activist. She was a one-woman Pisgah Legal Services and DSS combined.

Quickly figuring out that I knew a lot of people in the community, Beulah had me calling businessmen, politicians, judges and social workers on behalf of some poor soul, admonishing, “You know, Mistah Jerry, that ain’t right and that ain’t fair, and you got to help this person!”

I once asked her how so many of these people came to find themselves in such difficult circumstances. I’ve never forgotten her obvious but profound answer: “Po’ folks just do po’ ways,” making me understand that it was my duty to help.

Miss Beulah was right of out of central casting for Driving Miss Daisy or The Help. She and her community were victims of a separate and unequal education: Without a doubt, she would have made an outstanding doctor, lawyer, educator or politician. Besides taking care of the cleaning and child rearing, she was our most trusted family mentor, rock-solid during many a crisis.

Although we always maintained our traditional roles as employer and (shamefully underpaid) domestic servant, I paid her whatever she thought was fair, and despite those societal constraints, we developed an unbelievable mutual caring and respect.

More than once, Miss Beulah sat me down and lectured me about how I’d handled some family matter, and she instilled as many positive qualities and life skills in my children as my wife and I did.

A classic sense of humor, probably a defense mechanism developed during a difficult upbringing, served her well in getting her point across.

Once when my son was 3 or 4 years old, she and my wife said he was outgrowing his clothes.

With my trademark frugality, I said he could wear hand-me-downs. I came home from work that night to find him wearing his older sister’s dress, a bow in his hair. The shopping trip commenced immediately.

Somehow we began pulling April Fools’ jokes on each other, and Miss Beulah outsmarted me every time. Once I enlisted the sheriff to help me put one over on her, but she caught on right away. And when she spotted him later at one of our parties, Miss Beulah walked up to that tall, imposing man, shook her fist and declared, “If you ever pull that on me again, I will punch you right in the nose!” He gave her a big hug and laughed till he cried.

When I bought the castle, I was concerned about the extra work it would entail for Beulah.

When I asked her what she thought about moving, however, she proclaimed, “Mr. Jerry, you worked hard to get that place, and we are going to move there.” Like Mammy in Gone with the Wind, when Miss Beulah said we was “gwine,” we was gwine. She never complained about the work, and as high priestess, she took great pride in the castle and loved all the visitors.

Regulars would immediately say, “Where’s Beulah?” before going off in search of her big hug and hearty greeting. When we had large parties, Miss Beulah was the matron of honor: hair done, makeup on, sporting a new dress as she warmly greeted all the guests.

Her tenure in the castle made life there so happy, and my children adored her.

By the time Miss Beulah retired, both my daughters were living in Israel, so we sent her on a trip to the Holy Land to visit them. With her regal bearing, Beulah was viewed as a Nubian queen, charming people everywhere she went despite the language barrier.

Although she’s long passed, we won’t forget this very special person who did so much for our family and for all those whose lives she touched. We can only say, “Bless you, Miss Beulah, wherever you are.” X Asheville native Jerry Sternberg, a longtime observer of the local scene, can be reached at gospeljerry@aol.com.

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• How to deal with the guilt feelings that sometimes hinder healing and recovery.

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There is NO CHARGE to attend these sessions but registration is requested. For more information…

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by JAke frAnkel looming fight over new homes for Isaac Dickson Elementary and Asheville Middle School pits budget-conscious Republicans on the new Buncombe County Board of Commissioners against a razor-thin Democratic majority. Some freshman GOP commissioners say the high-tech designs are a luxury the county can’t afford; Democrats counter that these facilities are urgently needed, and some argue that making them energy-efficient would cut operating costs for decades.

The proposed structures would be the first new city schools since 1986 (see sidebar, “A Tale of Two Schools”). In the last three decades, the county system has built 15 school buildings (see sidebar, “New School Construction Since 1983”).

A 1983 state law that earmarks a percentage of local sales taxes for school construction but sends most of the money to the county was instrumental in financing those schools. In contrast, the proposed city projects would need an additional funding source, and even proponents say they don’t know where the estimated $61 million or more would come from.

With the commissioners slated to take up these proposals March 5, school officials, teachers and even students have been mounting a full-court press on behalf of the projects.

Meanwhile, the future of thousands of local students — and the facilities their counterparts will use for the next several generations — hangs in the balance.

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Short term, long term John legerton, a lead architect on the Isaac Dickson project, says the proposed structure would be one of the first net-zero-energy schools in the Southeast.

With an eye toward future LEED certification, the plan also calls for 150 geothermal wells (to help with heating and cooling) and using rainwater for toilets and landscape irrigation.

“There’s a lot of environmental components that just fit really well with Isaac Dicksons’s experiential emphasis,” says Legerton; a prominent display would educate students about their own energy use. The architect previously served on the Asheville City Board of Education; his children attended Dickson.

The roof would be designed to accommodate a large solar array, but the panels themselves are not included in the projected price tag. The idea, he explains, is that private investors who “could take advantage of both state and federal solar tax credits, as well as sell the energy back to the electrical grid,” would bid on leasing the

leArning by doing: proposed features such as outdoor classrooms and a larger community garden would support isaac dickson Elementary’s experiential learning theme, supporters say. Images courtesy Legerton Architecture and Innovative Design

roof and adding the panels, generating income for themselves and the school system.

But a similar project planned for Enka High School has been stalled since early last year, when FLS Energy, a local solar developer, backed out due to financing difficulties and delays caused by Progress Energy, says Tim Fierle, the county schools’ director of facilities.

Legerton’s firm also helped design that project, which Buncombe County Board of Education member lisa Baldwin branded a “fiasco.”

Commissioner Brownie Newman is FLS Energy’s vice president.

Asheville Middle School architect Chad Roberson says he and school officials are “still working through” which environmentally friendly features that project might include, noting that he’s been instructed to consider both the up-front and long-term costs.

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to hAve A SAfe plACe. do they need A mCmAnSion to go to?”

Commissioner mike Fryar

“there’S no other CApitAl need in thiS County thAt’S more importAnt thAn thoSe two SChoolS right now. they trump Any other requeSt or ideA or need tenfold.”

ViCe CHair HoLLy Jones

bAlAnCing ACt Commissioner Mike Fryar, a Republican who made spending cuts a centerpiece of his District 2 campaign, says he’s “skeptical” about the environmental bells and whistles, adding that for him to support these features, school officials need to show him specifically how much money they might save over the long term.

In the Kentucky coal mining town where he attended elementary school, notes Fryar, “If a breeze blew through a window, we were lucky … because the windows were open; we had no air conditioning.”

“They don’t need fancy buildings; you just need good teachers,” he asserts. “I want kids to have a safe place. Do they need a McMansion to go to?”

Commissioner david King thinks there’s “a need to do something about those schools,” though he echoes Fryar’s call for fiscal restraint.

“I get the cutting-edge thing: Everyone wants the best, but you have to balance this with the budget. … When you say ‘cutting edge,’ that sends up a red flag to me,” the District 3 Republican explains. “I know people want very badly for solar to be the way of the future, and I would love that. But speaking about today and spending today’s dollars, I don’t see it.”

He adds: “I think they’re going to have to get their wants more in line with a doable budget.”

Legerton, meanwhile, says almost $1 million dollars’ worth of features could be cut from the Isaac Dickson design, including some outdoor classrooms, a chicken coop, storage areas and landscaping elements. All those features could

be added later, he says, if additional funding became available.

Roberson says he’s also drafting a list of possible cuts for Asheville Middle School, though he’s not ready to release details.

But Charlie Glazener, communications director for the Asheville City Schools, says the initial proposals already strike a balance between frugality and ideals.

“In Asheville, which is a special community and a green community, we just need to make them as cutting-edge as they can be,” he maintains. “We only do these new schools over a period of 25 to 50 years. We don’t want our kids to just get by: We want to get it right.”

Both new buildings, he points out, would have significantly smaller auditoriums than the current ones.

“Someone’s going to come along 10 years from now and say, ‘Why didn’t they make an auditorium that was large enough to accommodate a band concert?’” Glazener predicts. “The answer is that the county commissioners have to manage the taxpayers’ money judiciously, and if there’s not enough, that’s a place — I don’t want to say we’re willing to cut, but we’re forced to — you concede.”

SliCing the pie Thirty years ago, conditions at the Buncombe County Schools ranked among the worst in the country, and in 1983 state lawmakers, believing that local officials weren’t meeting their responsibilities, created a 0.5 percent local sales tax specifically to fund capital improvements for public schools.

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The two school systems share that revenue proportionally, based on enrollment. But because the county system is so much bigger (about 25,600 students vs. some 4,100 in the city), it received about $11 million last year while the city schools got roughly $1.7 million, according to county Finance Director donna Clark.

“The way that math works, Asheville City will never have enough money to be able to participate in a significant capital project. It’s just not there,” notes Holly Jones, vice chair of the Board of Commissioners, whose daughter is a fifth-grader at Isaac Dickson. A longtime advocate for the two proposed schools, the District 1 Democrat pushed last year to allocate $1.8 million for architectural plans.

Asheville does have a special property tax for the city system, which brought in about $8 million last year. But that money, says Glazener, is used “almost exclusively” for operations rather than capital needs.

Meanwhile, the county system’s two newest buildings, the Charles T. Koontz Intermediate School in Arden and Joe P. Eblen Intermediate in Erwin, were completed last year. Each cost about $18.5 million, serves roughly 800 fifthand sixth-grade students, and is LEED-certified.

The county’s share of the sales-tax money is paying for both those schools. And on Feb. 19, the commissioners approved a special $5.5 million science high school for the county, funded by lottery and sales tax revenues (see “Growing a STEM” elsewhere in this issue).

Jan Blunt, communications director for the Buncombe County Schools, says the current distribution method simply gives the county

system its “fair share.” And while no new school construction projects are expected through at least 2020, she reports, the 42 existing schools need constant maintenance.

Jones, however, says a “visceral” tour of Asheville Middle drove home to her how urgently the new city facilities are needed.

“There’s no other capital need in this county that’s more important than those two schools right now,” she declares. “They trump any other request or idea or need tenfold. Those schools are ancient and in bad shape.”

“When people relocate to the area,” notes Jones, “if you ask Realtors, the first question they ask is about the schools. If we don’t have a good school product, we’re tying our hands when it comes to recruiting prospective employers and good professionals, entrepreneurs, the whole nine yards.”

the roAd forwArd Jones’ Democratic colleagues on the board — Chair david Gantt and freshman commissioners ellen Frost and Newman — have all voiced support for the projects as well.

Those four votes would be enough to approve the new schools, but that still leaves the overarching question of how to pay for them.

“There’s a lot of different ways you can do it,” notes County Manager Wanda Greene, but “The bottom line is we’re going to have to have some additional funding to pay the debt service on these facilities.” In the coming weeks, she says, she’ll draft a list of possible scenarios

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$5.09 million

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1988

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$5.44 million

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1994

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1994

$2.67 million

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1998

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1998

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2003

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to present to the board for potential inclusion in the budget for the next fiscal year, which begins July 1.

And though Gantt maintains that “Everything’s on the table,” commissioners on both sides of the aisle say they’d rather not see a referendum on the issue in November.

“You’re never going to pass something like that in the county,” King asserts. All three Republican commissioners represent outlying districts; Jones and Newman’s district covers Asheville.

Fryar, meanwhile, feels this is an opportune time to broach the subject of consolidating the two school systems. “The city’s not going to like it,” he predicts. “They all need to be com-

bined in the county to save us all money.” Only 11 of the state’s 100 counties maintain separate city and county systems, Greene reports.

Glazener, however, says he’s hopeful the commissioners will green-light both building projects; if they do, construction on the new Isaac Dickson would begin in July.

“We think the need’s there, and when they see that, they’ll do the right thing,” he says.

As for the funding, notes Jones, “It’s unclear to me at this point what the road forward is, but everyone’s asking the questions.” X Jake Frankel can be reached at 251-1333, ext.

115, or at jfrankel@mountainx.com.

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A TALE OF TWO SCHOOLS

AT A g L An C E I s A A c d I c k s o n e l e m e n tA r y C o s t e s t i m at e : $ 1 8 . 9 m i l l i o n • Current enrollment: 466 students • New school capacity: 525 students • Minority students: 34 percent “If we can have a new building, it will be a really tremendous opportunity for us. ... It would be kind of a centerpiece for Asheville.”

– BrAd Johnson, IsAAc dIckson prIncIpAl

• Free/reduced lunch program: 38 percent • Enrollment increase since 2010: 9 percent • Proposed construction start date: July 1, 2013 • Target opening date: Aug. 15, 2015

“We need to keep the long term in mind.

And we need to keep in mind that our students deserve better than what we have right now.” – cynthIA sellInGer, AshevIlle mIddle school prIncIpAl

AshevIlle mIddle school C o s t e s t i m at e : $ 4 2 m i l l i o n t o $ 4 5 m i l l i o n • Current enrollment: 790 students • New school capacity: 1,000 students • Minority students: 46 percent • Free/reduced lunch program: 51 percent • Enrollment increase since 2010: 10 percent • Proposed construction start date: nov. 1, 2014 • Target opening date: Aug. 15, 2016 “We don’t want our kids to just get by: We want to get it right.”

“I get the cutting-edge thing: everyone wants the best, but you have to balance this with the budget.”

– chArlIe GlAzener, AshevIlle cIty schools communIcAtIons dIrector

Pho t o s b y m ax C o o Pe r

– dAvId kInG, commIssIoner

WAT E r F A L LS An d W E T L An d S Built in 1953, Isaac dickson elementary sits just beyond downtown Asheville’s borders at 125 hill st. teachers and students alike cite a wide variety of problems, including a leaky roof and windows, unwieldy corridors, mold, insufficient storage, inadequate lighting and antiquated heating and cooling systems.

nearby.” As part of a project on government, many of reeser’s students also wrote to the commissioners. (see “pen and paper” in the opinion section.)

during a recent rainy spell, notes thirdgrade teacher Rachel Reeser, her wall turned into “a waterfall,” ruining books and papers. In a letter urging the commissioners to fund a new building, she also cited problems with mice and with windows “so old and drafty you can feel the cold air when you’re standing

Besides addressing those issues, says Charlie Glazener, communications director for the Asheville city schools, the new building would also fit the magnet school’s official theme: experiential learning. proposed features include outdoor classrooms, an artificial wetland and a large community garden.

meanwhile, principal Brad Johnson reports that the grounds lack basic safety measures such as fencing to buffer students from a nearby homeless encampment.

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Asheville middle school suffers from groups of kids. the teacher is a facilitator, some of the same infrastructure problems not a stand-up-and-lecture — that’s not the plaguing dickson. best practice anymore.” located at 197 s. French Broad Ave., the school’s main structure was built in 1965 to serve African-American high school students; when Asheville high was desegregated in 1970, the former black high school became Asheville middle.

the new middle school would be built on what’s now a parking lot and a field at the existing site. unlike the Isaac dickson plan, which would temporarily shift the 466 students to William randolph school in montford, the nearly 800 middle school students would continue using the existing facility until the new one’s ready. After the old structure is demolished, plans call for converting the site into a public park.

the main thing principal Cynthia Sellinger wants is a building that supports the school’s team-teaching approach. “more collaborative spaces for teachers to meet, for students to meet in small groups “We want to draw folks to the school and to work on projects,” sellinger explains. really make it an anchor for that neighbor“so much instruction now is with small hood,” says architect Chad Roberson.

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The North Carolina Utilities Commission wants to hear from you: On Tuesday, March 5, the commission will hold a local public hearing on Progress Energy Carolinas’ request to raise residential, commercial and industrial electricity rates by an average of 12 percent.

The company says it needs to fund capital improvements, such as new natural-gas plants and transmission lines, to provide “reliable and reasonably cost-effective service,” according to Len Green, senior staff attorney for the commission. In a fact sheet about the increase, Progress also notes, “Approximately 84 percent of the [request] reflects … investments made to modern-

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But Consumers Against Rate Hikes — a coalition of groups from across the state — says that Progress Energy customers have already seen monthly electricity bills rise by 25 percent since 1993 as the company raised rates to cover higher fuel costs. “Progress has been making 12.75 percent [profit] at the expense of low- and middle-income people, and now they want to raise residential rates,” says Carley Ruff, policy and outreach coordinator for the N.C. Housing Coalition, one of the coalition members. Other CARH members include the AARP of North Carolina and the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League.

“This will mean more foreclosures, more disconnects in the winter, more small businesses failing and tighter school budgets,” says Ruff.

Progress — which merged with Duke Energy last year — serves much of Western North Carolina, including Asheville. Duke is also requesting hikes in other parts of the state, but the commission is considering the proposals separately, Green reports. The March 5 hearing in Buncombe County is the only one scheduled for this area, and the commission is expected to make a decision later this spring.

Progress Energy wants the new rates to take effect in June.

Says Green, “The commission wants to make sure that they hear from the Progress Energy customers.” X Jake Frankel can be reached at 251-1333, ext. 115, or at frankel@mountainx.com.

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By Jake frankel The Buncombe County commissioners unanimously approved creating a new county high school emphasizing science, technology, engineering and math.

On Feb. 19, the board approved $5.5 million in lottery and sales tax funding to renovate a portion of the building at 175 Bingham Road in Emma that will house the STEM school. Under state law, those moneys must be used for capital improvements to public schools.

Several residents voiced concerns at the meeting that contaminants from a nearby inactive hazardous site could pose a threat to students. The contamination has been linked to operations at the former Square D electronic components plant.

But Superintendent Tony Baldwin said the Buncombe County Schools had conducted more tests than the state Department of Environment and Natural Resources requires and found nothing that would pose a hazard to students. The facility is on city water, and no soil will be moved during the renovations, he noted.

“I don’t think any citizen in Buncombe County could provide any more diligence than this school board has,” he declared. “My No. 1 mission is to do what’s right for kids. The right thing is to move on with this.”

Noting that the testing had already delayed the project for a year, Baldwin added, “We cannot afford to hold ... students hostage for one more year.”

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school system’s administrative offices; the wing earmarked for the STEM school was formerly the Career Education Center.

Besides emphasizing those core subjects in the curriculcum, the school will promote realworld experience via internships. There are also plans to partner with A-B Tech, offering students college credit for some courses, said Baldwin. The focus, he added, will be on preparing students for the jobs of the future, noting that work opportunities in science, technology, engineering and math are growing 60 percent faster than other fields.

Scheduled to open Aug. 1, 2014, the school expects a freshman class of 80 to 100 students.

Enrollment is expected to grow each year until it levels out at 300 to 400.

Board members praised the plan. “This project will help students find jobs,” said Commissioner ellen Frost. Commissioner david King added, “I’m very excited about the prospects of it.”

other Business The board also approved a rezoning request to allow commercial development on 11.7 acres at 374 Old County Home Road in Leicester.

Commissioner Mike Fryar cast the lone opposing vote, saying he wanted the matter postponed until he could visit the property and look into allegations by a neighboring landowner that the survey incorrectly represents the property boundaries. X Jake Frankel can be reached at 251-1333, ext. 115, or at jfrankel@mountainx.com.

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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 february 27 MarCh 7, 2013

Hummingbirds" at Fairview Library, 1 Taylor Road. Info: 250-6485.

unless otherwise stated, events take plaCe in asheville, and phone nuMbers are in the 828 area Code.

baCkyard ChiCkens • SU (3/3), 5-7pm - Ashley English will lead a presentation on keeping backyard chickens at Small Terrain, 278 Haywood Road. $25. Info: www.smallterrain.com or 216-8102.

• TH (3/7), 6-8:30pm - An additional program will be offered at A-B Tech's Hemlock building, Room 331. $39. Info: www.abtech.edu.

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 all about huMMingbirds • TH (3/7), 7pm - Simon Thompson will present "All About

for the Visual Arts, unless otherwise noted. Tues.-Thurs. & Sat., 10am6pm; Fri., noon-8pm. Donations accepted. Info: http://tcva.org or 262-7338.

• TH (2/28), 7pm - Polish artist Monika Kostrzewa will present a lecture on Sztuka: Contemporary Art of Poland in the Turchin Center lecture hall.

• FR (3/1) through SA (3/23) Standing Still…in the Abstract: Sculpture, Paintings and Drawings

by Mary-Ann Prack will be on display in Gallery A, West Wing.

• SA (3/1) through SA (6/1) - A group exhibition of Polish artists will be on display in the Main Gallery, East Wing.

• SA (3/1) through SA (3/30) - Behind the Scenes: TCVA Community Outreach Teachers will be on display in the Community Gallery, East Wing.

• SA (3/1) through SA (3/16) ARTEXPO 2013, an annual juried student exhibition, will be on display in Mayer Gallery and Gallery B, West Wing.

• FR (3/1) through SA (8/17) Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition winners will be on display in the Mezzanine Gallery, East Wing.

CoMMunity partnership for pets • 1st & 3rd SATURDAYS, noon3pm - Community Partnership for Pets will offer spay/neuter vouchers at the K-Mart entrance of the Blue Ridge Mall, 4 Seasons Blvd., Hendersonville. Info: 693-5172 or cpforpetsinc@aol.com. free spay vouChers • The Humane Alliance offers free spay services for female felines.

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happiness is a warm… The debate over gun control moves to the canvas with The Gun Show, featuring works by Connie Bostic, on display at Flood Gallery through the month of March. Opening reception Saturday, March 2 from 6-9 p.m. (pg. 19)

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Place. Free. Info: 258-3229.

ment: www.humanealliance.org or 252-2079.

sarge’s aniMal resCue foundation pet photo

outward hounds

Contest

• WEDNESDAYS, SATURDAYS &

• Through MO (3/25) - Sarge’s

SUNDAYS, 10am-1pm - Brother

Animal Rescue Foundation will

Wolf Animal Rescue invites the pub-

host a pet photo contest. Entry

lic to take adoptable dogs on local

forms available at The Dog House,

hikes. Meets at BWAR, 31 Glendale

Mountain Dreams Reality, Smoky

Ave. Free. Info: www.bwar.org or

Mountain Dog Bakery and Sarge's

505-3440.

Adoption Center. Electronic sub-

pet loss support group

missions will not be accepted and

• 1st WEDNESDAYS, 6pm - A sup-

photos cannot be returned. Info:

port group for anyone who has lost

www.sargeandfriends.org or 246-

a pet or is anticipating the death

9050.

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art aMeriCan folk art and fraMing Oui-Oui Gallery is located at 64 Biltmore Ave. Mon.-Sat., 10am6pm; Sun., noon-5pm. Info: www. amerifolk.com or 281-2134.

• Through WE (3/20) - Despite Your Double Dealing, works by selftaught Southern artists. annaMaria bernardini • Through TH (2/28) - Acrylics by Annamaria Bernardini will be on display at West Asheville Library, 942 Haywood Road. Info: http://avl.mx/ p9 or 250-4750. art at asu Exhibits take place at Appalachian State University's Turchin Center

art at Mars hill College Weizenblatt Gallery: Mon.-Fri., 9am5pm. Info: www.mhc.edu.

• Through TH (2/28) - Silent Symphony: Land, Body, Water, works by Vadim Bora.

• Through WE (5/8) - An exhibit of playing cards will be on display in the Renfro Library. art at unCa Art exhibits and events at the university are free, unless otherwise noted. Info: www.unca.edu.

• Through MO (3/4) - Paintings by Clarence Morgan will be on display in the S. Tucker Cooke Gallery.

• WE (3/6), 7pm - An opening reception for In Celebration of Women will be held in the Intercultural Center. art at wCu Exhibits on display in the Fine Art Museum, unless otherwise noted.

Mon.-Fri., 10am-4pm & Thurs., 10am-7pm. Free, but donations welcome. Info: www.fineartmuseum.wcu.edu or 227-3591.

• Through FR (5/10) - Critology: Considering the Art of the Critic/ Curator.

• TH (2/28), 9:30am-noon & 1:304pm - Visiting potter Deborah Schwartzkopf will demonstrate her work in the Bardo Performing

Arts Center, Room 151. Free. Info: 227-3595. art teaChers Create • FR (3/1) through FR (3/15) - Art Teachers Create features works by Henderson County art teachers. On display at First Citizens Bank, 539 N. Main St. Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm.

Info: acofhc@bellsouth.net or 6938504. asheville area arts CounCil: the artery Community arts facility at 346 Depot St. Tues.-Sat., 11am-4pm.

Info: www.ashevillearts.com or 258-0710.

• Through SA (3/2) - My Name Is a Verb, painting and mural installation

by Joshua Spiceland. asheville art MuseuM Located on Pack Square in downtown Asheville. Tues.-Sat., 10am5pm and Sun., 1-5pm. Programs are free with admission unless otherwise noted. 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 (6/9) - The Philadelphia Story: Contemporary Figurative Work Drawn from the Academy will be on display in the North Wing.

• Through SU (3/31) - Survivors and Liberators: Portraits by Wilma Bulkin Siegel will be on display in the East Wing.

• Through SU (3/17) - Robert Morris: Mind/Body/Earth will be on display in the North Wing.

• Through SU (4/14) - In the Camps: Photographs by Erich Hartmann will be on display in the East Wing.

• Through SU (5/26) - Aaron Siskind: Abstract Expressionist Photographer will be on display in the North Wing.

• WE (3/6), 3-5pm - Free admission. asheville bookworks 428 1/2 Haywood Road. Gallery hours: Mon.-Fri., 1-5pm; Sat., 1-4pm. Info: www.ashevillebookworks.com or 255-8444.

• FR (3/1) through FR (4/26) - After You, works by Stephen Pittelkow and Alyssa C. Salomon.

• FR (3/8), 6-8pm - An opening reception will include a gallery talk with Clay Harmon, Lynette Miller and Bridget Conn. asheville gallery of art 16 College St. Hours: Tues.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Info: www.ashevillegallery-of-art.com or 251-5796.

• Through TH (2/28) - Women of Myth, works by Elinor Bowman.

• FR (3/1) through SA (3/30) - Inside and Out, new landscapes and interior pastels by Frances Greenberg.

• FR (3/1), 5-8pm - Opening reception for Inside and Out. bella vista art gallery 14 Lodge St. Winter hours: Mon., Wed., Fri. & Sat., 11am-4pm. Info: www.bellavistaart.com or 768-0246.

• Through MO (4/1) - New works

by Karen Margulis and Monika Steiner. blaCk Mountain College MuseuM + arts Center The center is located at 56 Broadway and preserves the legacy of the Black Mountain College.

Tues. & Wed., noon-4pm; Thurs.Sat., 11am-5pm. Info: www.blackmountaincollege.org or 350-8484.

• Through SA (6/1) - No Ideas but in Things, works by Black Mountain College alumnus John Urbain. blue spiral 1 38 Biltmore Ave. Mon.-Sat., 10am6pm, and Sun., noon-5pm. Info: www.bluespiral1.com or 251-0202.

• Through SA (3/2) - Blues Haiku, linoleum-cut prints by Phil Garrett, and Americana — The Color of Appalachia, oil paintings by Billy Edd Wheeler.

• Through SA (3/2) - New x Three, works by Eleanor Annand (mixed media), Amy Gross (fiber sculpture), Charles Keiger (painting), Brad Sells (wood) and Tom Shields (sculpture).

• TH (3/7) through SA (5/25) Works by Mitchell Lonas, Olena Nebuchadnezzar and Ward H. Nichols.

• TH (3/7) through SA (5/25) - New works by Peter Alberice (painting), Charles W. Goolsby (painting), Bryant Holsenbeck (mixed media), Jan Lee (ceramics), Michael Poness (ceramics) and David Sengel (wood).

• TH (3/7), 5-8pm - Opening reception for new exhibits.

Center for Craft, Creativity and design Located at the Kellogg Conference Center, 11 Broyles Road in Hendersonville. Mon.-Fri., noon5pm. Info: www.craftscreativitydesign.org or 890-2050.

• Through FR (3/1) - Topography, textiles by Ismini Samanidou. flood gallery The Phil Mechanic Building, 109 Roberts St. Tues.-Sat., 10am-4pm.

Info: www.floodgallery.org or 2542166.

• SA (3/2) through SA (3/30) - The Gun Show, works by Connie Bostic.

• SA (3/2), 6-9pm - Opening reception. folk art Center MP 382 on the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Open daily from 9am-6pm. Info: www.craftguild.org or 298-7928.

• Through TU (3/19) - Works by Valerie McGaughey (fiber) and Virginia McKinney (mixed media).

• Through SU (4/21) - Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts exhibition. friendly CoMpetition • Through TH (2/28) - Sisters Francine Menor and Barbara Sammons will exhibit hand-painted folk art and digital photography in a joint exhibition at First Congregational UCC, 20 Oak St. Info: www.barbarasammons.com. grand boheMian gallery Located at the Grand Bohemian Hotel in Biltmore Village, 11 Boston

Way. Mon.-Thur., 10am-7pm; Fri.Sat., 10am-8pm; Sun., 10am-5pm.

Info: www.bohemianhotelasheville. com or 505-2949.

• SA (3/2) through TU (4/2) - Paper Chase: Celebrating 100 Years of Collage.

• SA (3/2), noon - Artist luncheon and lecture. --- 5-8pm - Opening reception. grateful steps Publishing house located at 159 S. Lexington Ave. Events are free, unless otherwise noted. Info: www. gratefulsteps.com or 277-0998.

• Through SU (3/31) - A Sense of Place, works by Bonnie Cooper and Don McGowan.

Don’t let this fly on by...

grovewood gallery Located at 111 Grovewood Road.

Jan.-March: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm; Sun., 11am-5pm. Info: www.grovewood.com or 253-7651.

• Through SU (4/7) - Arts and Crafts Legacy. haen gallery 52 Biltmore Ave. Wed.-Fri., 10am6pm; Mon., Tues. & Sat., 11am6pm; Sun., noon-5pm. Info: www. thehaengallery.com or 254-8577.

• Through TH (2/28) - Wintertide 2013, a rotating exhibition of Haen Gallery artists. haywod CoMMunity College • FR (3/1), 11am-7pm - A grand opening celebration for HCC's new Professional Arts and Crafts/ Instructional Facility will kick off in HCC Auditorium and continue in the new facility with a ribbon cutting and dedication of Cornwell Gallery, including demonstrations and hands-on activities. Tours will be offered at 1, 3 and 5pm. Info: dconard@haywood.edu or www. haywood.edu. haywood County arts CounCil Unless otherwise noted, showings take place at HCAC's Gallery 86, 86 N. Main St., Waynesville. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Info: www. haywoodarts.org or 452-0593.

• Through SA (3/9) - Fluid Expressions, works by Dominick DePaolo.

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kristalyn bunyan • Through TH (2/28) - Mono and transfer prints by Kristalyn Bunyan will be on display at True Blue Art Supply, 30 Haywood St. Mon.-Sat., 10am-7pm; Sun., noon-5pm. Info: www.kristalyncreations.com or www.trueblueartsupply.com.

Monte vista hotel's first friday • 1st FRIDAYS, 5:30-8:30pm AnTHM Gallery's First Friday will feature folk art by Alan Kaufman and music by Joe Hallock. Held at the Monte Vista Hotel, 308 W. State St., Black Mountain. Info: www. anthmgallery.com or 669-8870.

Mountain heritage Center On the ground floor of Western Carolina University's Robinson Administration Building. Mon.-Fri.,

800.222.1025 • www.TELCOccu.org

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8am-5pm; Thurs., 8am-7pm. Free, unless otherwise noted. Info: 2277129 or www.wcu.edu/mhc.

• Through TU (5/14) - Comic Stripped: A Revealing Look at Southern Stereotypes in Cartoons.

www.evergreenccs.org or 2982173. hike-n-soak • SUNDAYS, 9am - Shoji Spa, 96 Avondale Heights Road, will offer a guided hike on the Mountainsto-Sea Trail, followed by hot tubs, sauna and a cold plunge.

50 percent of proceeds benefit southern appalachian highland Conservancy. $40. Info and registration: www.shojiretreats.com or 299-0999.

n.C. arboretuM Located at 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way. 9am-5pm daily. Info: www.ncarboretum.org or 665-2492.

• Through SU (4/7) - Seeds Up Close, works by Nancy Cook.

• Through SU (5/19) - A Painter’s Journey, works by Ann Vasilik.

Java for JustiCe • FR (3/1) - Local coffee shops will donate a portion of proceeds to pisgah legal services as part of Java for Justice. Info and participating coffee shops: www.pisgahlegal.org.

n.C. stage CoMpany Chase gallery • Through TH (2/28) - Works by Annette Griffin will be on display in N.C. Stage Company's Chase Gallery, 15 Stage Lane. Info: www. ncstage.org or 239-0263.

loose leaf tea weekend • FR (3/1) through SU (3/3) - Dobra Tea, 78 N. Lexington Ave., will host "an infused experience of international tea, music and cultural outreach" to benefit leaf international. Performers include Lisa Zahiyah, River Guerguerian, Chris Rosser and more. Free; donations appreciated. Info and schedule: http://avl.mx/qa.

nantahala sChool for arts • TH (3/7), 4pm - Southweswtern Community College's Nantahala School for the Arts will host an open house for new students, artists and interested community members. Located in the college's Swain Center, 60 Almond School Road. Info: www.southwesterncc. edu.

neighbors to the north: Canadian powerhouse Leahy will bring music and dance to Diana Wortham Theatre on Tueday, March 5 and Wednesday, March 6 at 8 p.m. (pg. 23)

penland sChool of Crafts open house • SA (3/1), 1-5pm - This open house event will feature hands-on workshops and demonstrations in the studios of the Penland School of Crafts, 67 Doras Trail, Penland.

All ages welcome. Free. Info: www. penland.org or 765-2359. photography at west end bakery • Through SU (3/3) - A photography exhibit of landscapes, urban environments, barns and birds will be on display at West End Bakery, 757 Haywood Road. Mon.-Fri., 7:30am-6pm; Sat. & Sun., 8am3pm. Info: www.westendbakery. com. swannanoa valley fine arts league Red House Studios and Gallery, 310 West State St., Black Mountain. Thurs.-Sat., 11am-3pm.

Info: svfal.info@gmail.com or www. svfal.org.

• SU (3/3) through TU (4/30) - Limited Palette, Unlimited Possibilities, works featuring no more than three pigments.

• SU (3/3), 2-4pm - Opening reception.

auditions & call to artists

appalaChian pastel soCiety • Through MO (3/18) - The Appalachian Pastel Society will accept entries for its On Common Ground: Pastel Paintings from the Mountains to the Sea exhibition through March 18. Info: www.appalachianpastelsociety.org. art about woMen • Through SA (3/2) - Full Circle Arts will accept "art about women."

Entries must by hand delivered to 29 Second St. NW, Hickory, Feb. 28 through March 2. Info: www.fullcirclearts.org or 322-7545. art on Main • Through SA (6/1) - Art on Main will accept applications from artists through June 1. Info: www.acofhc. org. asheville talent slaM

transylvania CoMMunity arts CounCil

• Through MO (3/4) - Asheville Talent Slam will host auditions for its fundraiser and competition through March 4. Open to ages 13 and over. Info: www.bioflyer. wordpress.com.

Located at 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9:30am4:30pm. Info: www.artsofbrevard. org or 884-2787.

• Through FR (3/1) - Material World, a group fiber arts show.

brevard fine arts and Crafts showCase • Through SA (6/1) - The Transylvania Community Arts Council will accept applications for Brevard's fine arts and crafts show-

case through June 1. Info: tcarts@ comporium.net or 884-2787.

and .jpgs to manager@laughingseed.com.

for The Great Outdoors exhibit through March 6.

Call for subMissions • ONGOING - WNC One Source seeks casting calls for a comprehensive database of the region's collective performing arts talents.

Submissions from performing artists, producers and companies welcome. This is a free website for the community. Info and submissions: www.wnconesource.com.

Montford park players logo • Through FR (3/1) - The Montford Park Players will accept submissions for its new logo design through March 1. Info: www.montfordparkplayers.org.

tryon fine arts Center sCulpture exhibit • Through MO (4/1) - Tryon Fine Arts Center will accept submissions for its sculpture exhibit and sale through april 1. Info: www.tryonarts.org or 859-8322.

CoMMunity Choreography proJeCts • Through MO (4/1) - Community Choreography Projects will accept anonymous "Note-able Secret" cards through april 1 as part of its Secrets: Freeing the Hidden Story performance and exhibit. Info: www.communitychoreography.com.

CoMMunity supported art • ONGOING - HandMade in America will accept applications from craft artists for its Community Support Art (CSA) program. Info: www.handmadeinamerica.org. la reina • MO (3/4), 5-9pm - Auditions for La Reina, an original theatrical event, will be held at Early Girl Eatery, 8 Wall St. Seeking nine men ages 18–58 and technical and design positions. Head shots welcome, but not required. Info: lareinaproduction@gmail.com. laughing seed Cafe • Laughing Seed Cafe will seeks artwork of all styles. Email a bio

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Ms. wheelChair n.C. • Through FR (3/1) - The Ms. Wheelchair N.C. pageant will accept applications from women who utilize wheelchairs for daily mobility through March 1. Info: www.mswheelchairnc.org. parkway playhouse • SA (3/2), 10am-2pm - Parkway Playhouse will host open auditions for its upcoming productions, including Dancing at Lughnasa, Peter Pan and The Mystery of Edwin Drood, at the Mountain Heritage Center, 113 Green Mountain Drive, Burnsville. Ages 16 and up. Info: www.parkwayplayhouse.com. soMething strange is brewing: teapot exhibition • Through FR (3/15) - Desert Moon Designs Studios and Gallery invites regional artists to submit works for a teapot exhibition through March 15. Info: http://avl.mx/qb. tC arts CounCil Applications available at tcarts@ comporium.net or 884-2787.

• Through WE (3/6) - TC Arts Council will accept applications

Benefits auCtion for the arts • SA (3/2), 6-9pm - Auction for the Arts will benefit the black Mountain Center for the arts, 225 W. State St. Admission includes silent and live auctions, heavy hors d’oeuvres and dessert. $25/$22.50 in advance. Info: www.blackmountainarts.org or 669-0930.

CaMp drag: bingo unChained • WE (2/27), 7pm - A bingo event to benefit wnC aids project will feature prizes and a cash bar.

Hosted by O.Henrys, 237 Haywood St. $20 admission includes two cards per game; additional cards for $2 or three for $5. Info and tickets: 252-7489.

Caring artists for evergreen • SA (3/2), 7pm - Caring Artists for Evergreen (CAFE), to benefit evergreen Community Charter school, will feature music by the Jon Stickley Trio, EMBE marimba band and belly dancing. Held at The Venue, 21 N. Market St. Info:

Mountain of words writea-thon • Through FR (3/1) - The Mountain of Words Write-a-Thon, "just like a walk-a-thon but folks sponsor you to write," will host fundraising events at Malaprop's, Montford Books and More, Accent on Books, The Thomas Wolfe House and High Five Coffee Bar to benefit the asheville writers in the schools program. Info, registration and schedule: www.mountainofwords. org. new hopes, new beginnings • SA (3/2), 5-9pm - "New Hopes, New Beginnings," to benefit women and teens dealing with domestic violence, will feature music by David Cody, face painting and activities for kids. Held at Fairview Community Center, 1357 Charlotte Highway. Free. Info and raffle tickets: nhnb2008@yahoo. com. the big Courtyard: CoMMunities helping CoMMunities • SU (3/3), 7pm - A benefit for the arts in Jacmel, haiti will feature short films by Haitian filmmakers and performances by Kreamy 'Lectric Santa, The Critters, Robert Breast, local dance troupes and DJ Champale. The evening will also include a silent auction and raffle prizes. Held at Toy Boat Community Arts Space, 101 Fairview Road. $5-$25. Info: www. toyboatcommunityartspace.com. vintage Carolina • MO (3/4), 6-9pm - Vintage Carolina, to benefit the Community foundation of henderson County, will feature entertainment, food and a cash bar. Held at Hendersonville Country Club, 1860 Hebron Road.

$100. Info: RSVP@CFHCforever.org or 697-6224.

Business & technology

Mountain bizworks workshops 153 S. Lexington Ave. Info: 2532834 or www.mountainbizworks. org.

• MO (3/4), 6-9pm - FARE Foundations Business Planning Course for food, agriculture and rural enterprises. Eight-week session meets Mondays at Carolina Foothills Chamber of Commerce, 2753 Lynn Road, Suite A, Tryon.

Sliding scale. Info and registration: 253-2834 or ashley@mountainbizworks.org.

• TU (3/5), 9am-noon - Express Foundations, a fast-paced version of the Foundations curriculum, uses an integrated approach to emphasize the cross-development of financial and marketing elements.

Five-week course meets Tuesdays.

Sliding scale. Info and registration: victor@mountainbizworks.org or 253-283.

• TH (3/7), 6-9pm - FARE Foundations Business Planning Course for food, agriculture and rural enterprises. Eight-week session meets Thursdays at Oak Park Inn, 196 S. Main St., Waynesville.

Sliding scale. Info and registration: 253-2834 or ashley@mountainbizworks.org. survival Marketing • SA (3/2), 9am-noon - A class on survival marketing will cover positioning, strategy and the Yomber Principle. Hosted by Asheville SCORE. Held on A-B Tech's Enka campus. $30. Info: www.ashevillescore.org. tax assistanCe • Through MO (4/15) - Local libraries will offer tax assistance. Bring Social Security card, tax return, W-2 forms, etc. Info: 277-8288.

• MONDAYS & WEDNESDAYS, 10am-4pm; SATURDAYS, 10am2pm. Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • TUESDAYS, 9am-4pm - West Asheville Library, 942 Haywood Road.

• THURSDAYS, 10am-4pm Weaverville Library, 41 N. Main St. begins March 7.

• TUESDAYS, 10am-4pm - Black Mountain Library, 105 N. Dougherty St. wCu business sChool info session • WE (3/6), 6-7pm - WCU will host an information session about its MBA program at 28 Schenck Parkway. Free. Info: 654-6533.

classes, meetings & events MaC basiCs Classes at Charlotte street CoMputers (pd.) Mac Basics Classes at Charlotte Street Computers Mac Basics Computer Classes are being held at Charlotte Street Computers, 252 Charlotte Street.

Class time is 9:30 - 10:30am.

Mondays in February - Mac OS X Basics, February 12th - Safari, February 19th - iCloud, February 26th - iMovie. iPad Basics will be held each Wednesday in February from 10:45am - 12:15pm.

Registration is just $9.99 at www. charlottestreetcomputers.com/ classes. new to asheville? (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 drawing/painting lessons $10/hr. (pd.) JDAA is offering art lessons Tuesday-Saturday. All levels welcome. Visit www.jdaa.net for details or email James at jwcd1@mac.com. ipad soCial at Charlotte street CoMputers (pd.) Wednesday, February 27th from 6:00pm to 7:30pm. Enjoy complimentary pizza and beer while mingling and trading tips and tricks with our staff and other iPad users.

We’ll share some of our favorite iPad apps and offer a surprise giveaway. This event is free, open to the public, and always lots of fun!

150th anniversary of the Civil war • ONGOING, 10am-5pm Henderson County Heritage Museum will observe the 150th anniversary of the Civil War with never-before-seen artifacts including military weaponry and uniforms at 1 Historic Courthouse Square, Hendersonville. Free. Info: 6941619. addy blast-off • TU (3/5), 6-8:30pm - The Addy Blast-Off, a celebration of the 2013 Asheville Addy Awards winners, will be held at Highland Brewing Company, 12 Old Charlotte Highway. Hosted by the American Advertising Federation of Asheville. $25/$15 in advance. Info: www. aafasheville.org. asheville aniMe Club • SATURDAYS, 3pm - The Asheville Anime Club features "geeky films and fun" at Firestorm Cafe, 48 Commerce St. Free. Info: www.firestormcafe.com or 255-8115. asheville Chess Club • WEDNESDAYS, 6:30-10:30pm The Asheville Chess Club meets at North Asheville Community Center, 37 E. Larchmont Drive. Children's club meets from 5:15-6:30pm. $5

per session. Info: www.wncchess. org or 299-3715.

Handmade in America. $40. Info: www.ashevillearts.com.

asheville professional singles • TH (2/28), 7-10pm - Asheville Professional Singles will host a meet and greet for ages 25-45 at WXYZ Lounge (insdie Aloft Hotel). Free.

Info and registration: www.meetup. com/Asheville-Professional-Singles.

• SU (3/3), 7-10pm - A meet and greet for ages 25-45, with games and a bonfire, will be held at The Bywater, 796 Riverside Drive. Free.

Info and registration: www.meetup. com/Asheville-Professional-Singles.

eMbroiderers' guild of aMeriCa

asheville radiCal Mental health ColleCtive • TUESDAYS, 4:30pm - This "radical mental health community for those who experience self/world in ways that are often diagnosed as psychiatric disorders" meets for social time and discussion at the Vendor's Lounge in The Downtown Market, 45 S. French Broad Ave. Info: radmadasheville@theicarusproject.net. asheville sCrabble Club • SUNDAYS, 2-6pm - The Asheville Scrabble Club meets at Atlanta Bread Company North, 633 Merrimon Ave. Info: www.ashevillescrabble.com.

• TH (3/7), 9:30am-noon - The monthly meeting of the WNC chapter of the Embroiderers' Guild of America will focus on needle art. Held at Cummings United Methodist Church, 3 Banner Farm Road, Horse Shoe. Info and cost: 654-9788. fiber evenings • TUESDAYS, 4pm - Echoview Fiber Mill, 76 Jupiter Road, Weaverville, invites the public to bring knitting, spinning, weaving or other fiber projects for an evening of socializing and creativity. Free. Info: www. echoviewfarm.com. helios warriors open house • WE (3/6), 4-7pm - Helios Warriors, a holistic therapy program for veterans, will host a community open house at 251D Haywood St. Info: www.helioswarriors.org or 299-0776.

Mah Jong

astronoMy Club of asheville • 1st THURSDAYS, 7-9pm - The Astronomy Club of Asheville meets in UNCA's Reuter Center. See website for stargazing events. $20 per year. Info: www.astroasheville.org.

• WEDNESDAYS, 1pm - Mah Jong will be played at Albert CarltonCashiers Community Library, 249 Frank Allen Road. Info: 743-0215.

blue ridge toastMasters • MONDAYS, 12:15-1:25pm - Blue Ridge Toastmasters meets at Asheville Chamber of Commerce/ Lenoir Rhyne University, 36 Montford Ave., Room 317. Info: www.blueridgetoastmasters.com/ speechcraft.

• 1st THURSDAYS, 7pm - The Western Carolina Amateur Radio Society meets monthly at the West Asheville Library, 942 Haywood Road. $20 for year-long membership; meetings free to attend.

Info: www.wcars.org, 254-0513 or wd4cnz@charter.net.

western Carolina aMateur radio soCiety

comedy CoMedy open MiC • FRIDAYS, 8pm - Hosted by Bar of Soap, 333 Merrimon Ave. Info: 255-7710 or www.facebook.com/ comedybarofsoap. disClaiMer stand-up lounge • WEDNESDAYS, 9pm - Disclaimer Stand-Up Lounge will be held at the Dirty South Lounge, 41 N. Lexington Ave. Free. Info: www.

DisclaimerComedy.com.

Info: www.elevatelifeandart.com or 318-8895. hendersonville ballrooM danCe Club • 1st & 3rd FRIDAYS, 7:30-10pm The Hendersonville Ballroom Dance Club will meet at the Elks Lodge, 546 N. Justice St., Hendersonville. $15 annual membership; $7 per dance/$5 members. Info: d.c.dance. studio@morrisbb.net or 654-9708.

eco green business award

beginner swing danCing lessons

• Through MO (3/18) - ECO will accept submissions for its Green Business Award through March 18. Info: www,eco-wnc.org or 6920385.

(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

appalaChian trail hall of faMe • Through TH (2/28) - Nominations for the Appalachian Trail Hall of Fame will be accepted through feb. 28. Info: http://avl.mx/oy.

dance

bailey Mountain Cloggers • FR (3/1) & SA (3/2), 7pm; SU (3/3), 3pm - Bailey Mountain Cloggers will perform "New York: One Dancer’s Journey from Ordinary to Extraordinary" in Mars Hill College's Moore Auditorium. $10/ children 6 and under free. Info: www.baileymountaincloggers.com. elevate sChool of life and art • Through FR (3/29) - Elevate School of Life and Art offers dance classes at 34 S. Lexington Ave. Dance apprenticeships for teens and adults available. $6 per class.

45 percent of proceeds go toward building a new community center.

atoMiC appalaChia • SA (3/2), 7-9pm - “Atomic Appalachia: Uranium and Nuclear Weapons in our Back Yard --- What You Should Know,” presented

by New South Network of War Resisters. Held on the top floor of Battery Park Apartments, 1 Battle Square. Free. Info: newsouthnetwork@gmail.com. sierra Club Meeting • WE (3/6), 7pm - Charlie Coggeshell of Southern Alliance for Clean Energy and First Light Solar will lead a presentation on clean energy during a meeting of the Sierra Club at Unitarian Universalist Church, 1 Edwin Place. Free. Info: www.wenoca.org.

brevard College blaCk history Month • Through TH (2/28) - Brevard College will host “At the Crossroads of Freedom and Equality,” a Black History Month exhibit, in the J.A. Jones Library.

Free. Info: library@brevard.edu or 884-8248. building bridges • MONDAYS through (3/25), 7-9pm - Building Bridges seminar will focus on the "dynamics of racism and an exploration of how race has impacted our relationships, communities and institutions." Held at MAHEC, 121 Hendersonville Road. $30. Info and registration: www. buildingbridges-ashevillenc.org or 777-4585.

Creative seCtor suMMit • WE (3/6) through FR (3/8) - The Creative Sector Summit is "an opportunity for networking and creative problem solving for cross pollination, education, creation of sector advocacy and collaboration on initiatives and programs."

Held at Asheville Community Theatre, Asheville Art Museum and

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fun fundraisers

life is a caBaret What: After-Hours Cabaret, to benefit ArtSpace Charter School.

Where: Diana Wortham Theatre, 2 Pack Square.

When: Friday, March 1. 6 p.m., silent auction; 7 p.m., entertainment. $20.

Info: dwtheatre.com or 298-2787.

Why: Life truly is a cabaret, old chum, and ArtSpace Charter School wants you to taste the wine, hear the band and start celebrating. Your table is waiting. The school will once again throw its After-Hours Cabaret, an evening of visual delights, stirring music and a silent auction that will throw you back to Berlin.

Local favorites The Secret B-Sides will join with Free Planet Radio, jazz vibraphonist Jason DeCristofaro and The Aerial Space Cadets to raise funds for this unique charter school. "The lineup of artists contributing to this evening is a fabulous testament to the talent, energy and engagement of the local community," says ArtSpace executive director Lori Cozzi.

Before the show, a vast silent auction will offer up everything from restaurant gift certificates to massages to Disney World tickets. The evening will be creative and engaging, a natural fit for "a school that champions arts-integrated learning."

film dvd release perforManCe • WE (2/27), 5:30pm - A DVD release event will feature a film produced by WCU, along with a masked performance by children.

Held at Jackson County Library, 310 Keener St., Sylva. Free. Info: 586-2016. f-word filM festival • MO (3/4), 7pm - The F-Word Film Festival presents Invisible War, a documentary about sexual assault in the military. Held in UNCA's Highsmith University Union Grotto.

Free. Info: lhorvitz@unca.edu.

• TU (3/5), 7pm - The F-Word Film Festival will screen Project Brainwash: Why Reality TV Is Bad for Women in UNCA's Sherrill Center. Free. Info: lhorvitz@unca. edu. iron Jawed angels • TU (3/5), 7pm - The New Lens Film Series will screen Iron Jawed Angels in the WCU's A.K. Hinds University Center. Free. Info: mchamber@wcu.edu or 227-3839.

food & Beer wine tasting: artisan gourMet Market • THURSDAYS, 5-7pm - The Artisan Gourmet Market, 2 E. Market St., Black Mountain, will offer wine tastings and appetizers. Free. Info:

www.artisangourmetmarket.com or 357-5500. wine tasting: Merry wine Market • WEDNESDAYS, 5-7pm - The Merry Wine Market, 108 W. State St., Black Mountain will offer wine tastings and appetizers. Free. Info: www.themerrywinemarket.com or 669-9050.

government & politics bunCoMbe green party Meeting • 1st MONDAYS, 6pm - Meetings held in The Fortune Building, 727 Haywood Road. Free. Info: www. buncombegreens.org. oCCupy asheville general asseMbly • 1st SATURDAYS, 2pm - Occupy Asheville will hold a general assembly meeting in Pritchard Park. Free.

Info: www.occupyasheville.org. publiC hearing on duke rate hikes • TU (3/5), 7pm - The N.C. Utilities Commission will present a public hearing on Duke Energy's 14 percent rate hike proposal. Held at the Buncombe County Courthouse, 60 Court Plaza, District Courtroom 1. Free. Info: www.dancewater. blogspot.com. transition blaCk Mountain • WE (2/27), 7pm - Transition Black Mountain will meet to discuss the future of the town at Black Mountain Library, 1404 Sandhill

Road. Free. Info: www.facebook. com/TransitionBlackMountain.

kids arbuCkle sCholarship • Through MO (4/1) - The Community Foundation of Henderson County will accept applications for the Arbuckle Scholarship through april 1. Info: Lhenderson-hill@CFHCforever.org or 697-6224. golden leaf sCholarship • Through FR (3/1) - The Golden LEAF Foundation will accept scholarship applications from rural N.C. students applying to college through March 1. Info: www.CFNC. org/goldenleaf. riverlink's voiCes of the river • Through WE (3/20) - RiverLink will accept submissions for its Voices of the River Art and Poetry Contest from children grades K-12 in the French Broad River Watershed through March 20. Info: www.riverlink.org/earthdaycontest.asp. asu turChin Center workshops Info and registration: www.tcva.org/ workshops.

• WEDNESDAYS, 2:30-4:30pm Room 13 after-school arts program invites kids to choose drawing and construction projects. Free.

• FRIDAYS, 3-4:30pm - Blazing Easels kids' workshop will be held in Turchin Center Room 3200. Free.

• TUESDAYS, 3-4:30pm - A drawing club for kids will be offered in

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Turchin Center Room 3200. Ages 6-12. Free.

Carolina day sChool 1345 Hendersonville Road. Info and registration: alawing@carolinaday. org or 274-0757.

• WE (3/6), 9:15am - An upper school open house will be held in the upper school auditorium.

• TH (3/7), 9am - A lower school open house will meet in the Nash Lobby.

Colburn earth sCienCe MuseuM Located in Pack Place at 2 South Pack Square. Info: 254-7162 or www.colburnmuseum.org.

• 1st SATURDAYS, 1pm - Each month features a new theme on topics like heliophysics, life beyond earth, black holes and more. Free with membership or admission.

CoMMunity foundation of henderson County sCholarships • Through FR (3/1) - The Community Foundation of Henderson County will accept college scholarship applications from Henderson County students through March 1. Info: www.

CFHCforever.org. first robot Clubs • THURSDAYS, 7pm - Ashe-Bots is a FIRST Robotics Team and nonprofit STEM-based program for high school students ages 14-18.

Group meets weekly at A-B Tech's Dogwood Building. Engineering and tech professionals are invited to mentor participants. Info: brookside891@att.net or http://avl.mx/ ml.

• 2nd & 4th WEDNESDAYS, 3-5pm - Buncombe County 4-H sponsors NXT FLL robot classes for serious beginners and experienced youth, ages 10-14, at 94 Coxe Ave. 4-H affiliation not required. Parental participation encouraged. Info: bearberry@charter.net or 258-2038.

weekly for practice at Tarwheels Skateway, 2134 Highway 70, Swannanoa. No skating experience necessary. $37 per month. Info: www.maddivas.com.

free throw ChaMpionship • SA (3/2), 10am - Boys and girls ages 10-14 are invited to participate in the Knights of Columbus Free Throw Championship at Waynesville Recreation Center, 550 Vance St. Free. Info: 550-0474.

• TH (3/7), 4-7pm - A kindergarten readiness rally will feature Mad Scientists on Wheels at Blue Ridge Mall, 1800 4 Seasons Blvd., Hendersonville. Free. Info: www. handsonwnc.org or 697-8333.

hands on!

This children's museum is located at 318 N. Main St., Hendersonville.

Tues.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Programs require $5 admission fee/free for members, unless otherwise noted.

Info: www.handsonwnc.org or 6978333.

• WE (2/27), 10:30am - Crazy Chemistry invites children ages 3 and up to make volcanoes.

Registration suggested.

• TU (3/5) through FR (3/8) Children are invited to make bookmarks in honor of Dr.Seuss' birthday.

• TH (3/7), 11am - The Healthy Kids Club will focus on dental hygiene.

• TH (3/7), 4-5pm - A breastfeeding class will be presented by the Henderson County Department of Public Health. Free. Registration suggested.

Junior roller derby • WEDNESDAYS, 4:45pm - Mad Divas Junior Roller Derby, for girls 12-17, holds open registration throughout the year and meets

kindergarten readiness rally

MusiC workshop • SATURDAYS, 11am-noon - Sonia Brooks hosts a music workshop for kids at Grateful Steps Bookstore, 159 S. Lexington Ave. Free; donations accepted. Info: www.gratefulsteps.com or 277-0998. play and learn literaCy prograM • MONDAYS through FRIDAYS, 9am - Play and Learn, an eightweek pre-literacy program for 3-5-year-olds, will be held at various locations in Buncombe County.

Sponsored by Smart Start. Free.

Info and registration: marna.holland@asheville.k12.nc.us or 3502904. pop warner football and Cheer registration • ONGOING - Registration for Pop Warner football and cheer 2013 season will be available online through June. Scholarships available to those in need. Games held

Saturdays. Info and registration: www.popwarnerymca.org. wnC nature Center 75 Gashes Creek Road.

10am-5pm daily. $8/$6 Asheville city residents/$4 kids. Info: 298-5600 or www.wildwnc.org.

• WE (2/27), 10am "Critter Time for Tikes and Tots," a creative way to learn about animals, designed primarily for 3-5 year olds and parents.

Activities are geared toward the basic understanding of animal life, forest ecology and conservation. $12 for child and parent. youth bridge • SATURDAYS, 10:30am - The Asheville Bridge Room hosts youth bridge for 6-8th graders at storefront C1 in the River Ridge Shopping Center, 800 Fairview Road. Free.

Info: 658-9398 or lindan49@charter.net. youth sledding • MONDAYS through FRIDAYS until (3/1) - The Town of Beech Mountain offers free sledding for kids, featuring man-made and natural snow. Held adjacent to the Visitors Center, 403A Beech Mountain Parkway.

Weekdays: 1-5pm; weekends and holidays: 9am5pm. Free. Info: www. beechmtn.com or (800) 468-5506.

music song o' sky show Chorus (pd.) TUESDAYS, 6:45pm - Rehearsal at Covenant Community UMC 11 Rocket Dr. Asheville, NC 28803. Guests welcome.

Contact: www.songosky. org Toll Free # 1-866-8249547. afriCan druMMing Classes • TUESDAYS, 7pm - 33rd generation djembe player Adama Dembele, from Ivory Coast, West Africa, teaches African drumming to all skill levels at Studio Zahiya, 90 1/2 N. Lexington Ave. Ages 9 and above. Bring a drum. $12. Info: 537-0892.

• WEDNESDAYS, 7pm - Dembele teaches additional drum classes at Asheville Music School,

126 College St. Info: 2526244. appalaChian JaM Class • THURSDAYS, 6pm - An Appalachian jamming class will focus on playing traditional music as a group. All instruments welcome. Held at First Presbyterian Church of Weaverville, 30 Alabama Ave. $10. Info: michael. ismerio@gmail.com or (503) 808-0362. asheville Cello Choir • SU (3/3), 3pm - The Asheville Cello Choir will perform at St. Matthias Church, 2 Dundee St. Donations encouraged.

Info: 285-0033. asheville Choral soCiety • FR (3/1), 7:30pm & SA (3/2), 4pm - The Asheville Choral Society will present A Night to Remember, featuring music by Duke Ellington and other composers of the golden jazz era.

Held at Central United Methodist Church, 27 Church St. $20/$10 students. Info: www.ashevillechoralsociety.org. asheville lyriC opera • SU (3/3), 3pm Asheville Lyric Opera will present Lawrence Brownlee (tenor) at Diana Wortham Theatre, 2 SW Pack Square. $30-$52/discounts for students. Info: www.ashevillelyric.org or 236-0670. blue ridge orChestra Info: www.blueridgeorchestra.org.

• SA (3/2), 7:30pm - The Blue Ridge Orchestra will perform works by Bizet and Beethoven at Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, 789 Merrimon Ave. Free. Info: Info: www.blueridgeorchestra. org.

• WEDNESDAYS, 7pm - 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. Info: www. blueridgeorchestra.org or 251-6140.

Courtyard gallery open MiC • MONDAYS, 8-11pm - Jarrett Leone hosts an open mic at the Courtyard Gallery in the Phil Mechanic Building,

109 Roberts St. Musicians, storytellers, poets, filmmakers and other artists welcome. Free.

Info: 707-1859. dJeMbe lessons • MONDAYS, 7:30pm - Larry McDowell will offer djembe, dunn and hand drum lessons at the French Broad Grocery Co-op, 90 Biltmore Ave. Free; donations accepted. first Monday ChaMber series • MO (3/4), 12:30pm - Brevard College's First Monday Chamber Series will feature Alistair MacRae (cello) in the

college's Porter Center. Free.

Info: www.brevard.edu.

Info: www.hendersonvillechambermusic.org.

$28/$15 students 18 and under.

Info: www.operacreations.org.

grind Cafe 136 West Union St., Morganton.

Info: www.facebook.com/grindcafe or 430-4343.

• TH (2/28), 7:30pm - The Harris Brothers (Americana). $8.

hendersonville syMphony orChestra • SA (3/2), 7:30pm - The Hendersonville Symphony Orchestra will perform "String Classics" in BRCC's Conference Hall. $25. Info: www.hendersonvillesymphony.org or 697-5884.

pan harMonia Info: www.pan-harmonia.org.

• FR (3/1), 7pm - First Friday Classical will feature Fabio Parrini (piano) and Kate Steinbeck (flute) performing works by Cesar Franck and Claude Debussy. Held at The Classic Wineseller, 20 Church St., Waynesville. $5-$20 donation with $10 minimum food or wine purchase.

• TH (3/7), 7:30pm - "Rare Modern Treats" will feature Kate Steinbeck (flute), Fred Lemmons (clarinet) and Rosalind Buda (bassoon) performing

hendersonville ChaMber MusiC • SU (3/3), 3pm - Hendersonville Chamber Music will present the North Greenville University quintet performing works by Schubert and Mahler. Held at First Congregational Church, Fifth Avenue and White Pine Street, Hendersonville. $17.

opera Creations: the Mikado • FR (3/1) through SU (3/3) - Opera Creations will present Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado at Christ School, 500 Christ School Road, Arden.

Fri. & Sat., 7pm; Sun., 3pm.

20th century works by Charles Koechlin, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Francis Poulenc and others.

Held in Mars Hill College's Broyhill Chapel. Free. perforManCes at diana worthaM theatre Located at 2 South Pack Square. Info: www.dwtheatre. com or 257-4530.

• TH (2/28), 8pm - FullSet (Irish, roots). $30/$25 students/$15 children.

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• TU (3/5) & WE (3/6), 8pm - Leahy (folk, jazz, roots). $38/$33 students/$18 children.

Brevard College's Myers Dining Hall. Registration required. Info: 884-8251.

the altaMont Located at 18 Church St. Info: www.myaltamont.com or 274-8070.

• WE (2/27), 7:30pm -Jazz concert with UNCA students and faculty.

thoMas wolfe and raCe relations • MO (3/4), 6:30pm - Darin Waters will discuss the role of race relations in Wolfe's The Child by Tiger and Welcome to Our City. Held at YMI, 39 S. Market St. Free. Info: 250-4740.

the depot The Depot, 180 S. Main St., Marshall. Info: 206-2332.

• SA (3/2), 7:30pm - The Harris Brothers (country, blues). $15.

•SU (3/3), 2pm - The Carpenter Ants (gospel, soul). Info: www.carpenterants.net. unCa faCulty showCase • TH (2/28), 7:30pm - A showcase of UNCA's music faculty will be held in the university's Lipinsky Auditorium. $5/students free. Info: music.unca.edu or 251-6432. unveiling our treasures • WE (2/27), 3pm - "Unveiling Our Treasures" will focus on shape-note hymnal research. Held in Mars Hill College's Ramsey Center. Free.

Info: www.mhc.edu. vienna boys Choir • TH (2/28), 7:30pm - The Vienna Boys Choir (international children's choir) will perform in Caldwell Community College's JE Broyhill Civic Center. $24/$15 children.

Info: www.broyhillcenter.com or 726-2407.

outdoors friends of the sMokies info session • TH (2/28), 6:30pm - The Friends of the Smokies will hold an information session about its Classic Hikes of the Smokies series at REI, 31 Schenck Parkway. Bring a map of the Smokies' trails if possible. Free.

Info: www.friendsofthesmokies.org.

puBlic lectures great deCisions • WE (2/27), 10am-noon - The World Affairs Council of WNC and the National Foreign Policy Association present "China in Africa," with Peter Chaveas, retired director of the Department of Defense’s Africa Center for Strategic Studies, in BRCC's Thomas Auditorium. $10. Info: ww.brcll.com. --- 3-4:30pm - An additional program will be held in Brevard College's Myers Dining Hall. Registration required. Info: 884-8251.

• TU (3/5), 7:30pm - "The Eurozone Crisis," with Linda Cornett, chair of UNCA's political science department. Held in the university's Reuter Center, Manheimer Room.

• WE (3/6), 10am-noon - An additional program will be held in BRCC's Thomas Auditorium. $10.

Info: ww.brcll.com. --- 3-4:30pm - A final program will be held in

spirituality 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 insight Meditation (pd.) Practice/learn mindfulness meditation and ramp up your spiritual practice in a supportive group environment. We practice Insight Meditation, also known as: Vipassana, or Mindfulness Meditation, which cultivates a happier, more peaceful, and focused mind. Our caring community environment provides added support and joy to one's spiritual awakening processes. Open to adults.

By donation. Wednesdays, 7pm8:30pm. Sundays, 10am-11:30pm.

Meditation, Dhamma talk, and discussion. 29 Ravenscroft Dr., Suite 200, Asheville, NC. Info/directions: (828) 808-4444, www.ashevillemeditation.com asheville insight Meditation (pd.) Free introduction to Insight or Mindfulness meditation. 2nd and 4th Thursday. 7pm. Asheville Insight Meditation, Suite 200, 29 Ravenscroft Dr, (828) 808-4444, www.ashevillemeditation.com open heart Meditation (pd.) Experience easy, wonderful practices that opens your life to the beauty within and connects you to your heart. • Free 7pm, Tuesdays, 5 Covington St. 296-0017 or 367-6954 http://www.heartsanctuary.org awakening the inner Muse (pd.) An expressive arts workshop based on: The 9 Modern Day Muses and the Bodyguard. Creative exploration about your personal myth/ journey. Saturday March 2nd 11am3pm Fee: $55 Lilla Khalsa, LPC & Art Therapist lillakhalsa@ymail.com 828 777-1962 eCk worship serviCe "finding god's river of love" (pd.) "Love is the River of God. It carries all living things upon it toward spiritual perfection. It shows itself every day, but how many of us know it to be so? Love is the healer, the teacher, the helper, the friend, and yes, the lover of Soul."

Experience stories from the heart

in celebration of women: Artist Mary Alice Ramsey will mark Women’s History Month with an exhibit honoring women in UNCA’s Intercultural Center.

Opening reception Wednesday, March 6 at 7 p.m. (pg. 18)

on this topic, beautiful music and more, followed by fellowship and a pot-luck lunch. (Donations accepted). Date: Sunday, March 3, 2013, 11am to noon, Eckankar Center of Asheville, 797 Haywood Rd. (lower level) Asheville, NC 28806. 828-2546775. www.eckankar-nc.org ConneCting with your pure potential • SA (3/2), 10am-1pm - "Peaceful, Positive, Focused: Connecting with Your Pure Potential," with Buddhist nun Gen Kelsang Nyema, will include guided meditation, talks and discussion. Held at Town and Mountain Training Center, 261 Asheland Ave. Light refreshments served. $20/$15 students and seniors. Info: www.ashevilletrainingcenter.com. great tree zen teMple • TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS & SUNDAYS - Great Tree Zen Temple, a residential facility for women in the Soto Zen tradition, provides programs and practice for everyone, including families and children. See website for full schedule, including monthly retreats and more. Located at 679 Lower Flat Creek, Alexander.

Info: www.greattreetemple.org or 645-2085. kirtan with sangita devi • TUESDAYS, 7:30pm - "Kirtan is bhakti yoga, the path of devotion, the path of the heart. It is a tradition and spiritual practice which brings us to a deep place of tranquility through chanting the divine names."

Hosted by Nourish and Flourish, 347 Depot St. $10-$15 suggested

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donation. Info: toriabfree@gmail. com or nourishflourishnow.com.

Martin luther seMinars • WEDNESDAYS through (3/6), 6:30pm - Trinity Lutheran Church, 235 St. John’s Road, Suite #50, Fletcher, will host a nine-week seminar on Martin Luther and the early Lutherans. Free. Info: www.trinitylutherannc.org or 684-9770.

Meditations that heal • SUNDAYS, 7pm - Buddhist teacher Sharon Lovich will share meditations for mental and physical healing at Rainbow Mountain Children's School's Orchard House, 50 State St. No experience necessary. Dropins welcome. $8/$5 students and seniors. Info: meditationinasheville@ gmail.com.

Modern-day Meditation • MONDAYS, 8pm - "Experience a powerful meditation practice for this age that will help open your heart, deepen your connection, calm your being and clear your mind." All levels welcome; 18 and over. Held at 24 Arlington St. $10. Info: neals@ miracle.org. new seeds priory • WEEKLY - New Seeds Priory, a Christian-Buddhist practice community, offers a variety of weekly and monthly services in Black Mountain.

See website for schedule and location. Info: www.newseedspriory. weebly.com. open disCussions on spiritual healing • 1st TUESDAYS, 6pm - Featuring selected readings and a discus-

sion of practical spiritual healing and practice. Held at the Christian Science Reading Room, 2 Wall St., Room 201. Free. Info: 254-2448. soniC sanCtuary • FR (3/1), 7pm-7am Sonic Sanctuary will feature a night of "deep listening and sonic transmissions," featuring a fire ceremony, drum circle and a midnight labyrinth walk. Presented by COLL3CTIV3NOIS3 at Unity Center, 2041 Old Fanning Bridge Road, Mills River. $5-$10 donation. Info: www.unitync.net or 337-2577. thursday nite in Class • THURSDAYS, 6pm - This circle of spiritual friends gathers weekly for meditation, drumming, sweat lodge, vision quest and a celebration of creation. Free. Info and location: stevenmitch@charter.net. wnC pagan and MagiCkal fellowship • 1st WEDNESDAYS, 6:30-8:30pm - WNC Pagan and Magickal Fellowship hosts Pagan's Night Out at The Bier Garden, 46 Haywood St. Restaurant prices apply. Info: www. meetup.com/ashevillepagans.

spoken & Written Word bunCoMbe County publiC libraries library abbreviations - All programs are free unless otherwise noted. Each Library event is marked

by the following location abbreviations: n ea = East Asheville Library (902 Tunnel Road, 250-4738) n eC = Enka-Candler Library (1404 Sandhill Road, 250-4758) n fv = Fairview Library (1 Taylor Road, 250-6484) n pM = Pack Memorial Library (67 Haywood Street, 250-4700) n sa = South Asheville/Oakley Library (749 Fairview Road, 2504754) n ss = Skyland/South Buncombe Library (260 Overlook Road, 2506488) n sw = Swannanoa Library (101 West Charleston Street, 250-6486) n wa = West Asheville Library (942 Haywood Road, 250-4750). n Library storyline: 250-KIDS. • ONGOING - Used book sale. sa • FR (3/1) through SA (4/13) - An exhibit of storybook character dolls will highlight local authors. pM • FR (3/1), 3-8pm & SA (3/2), 10am4pm - Used book sale. ss • TUESDAYS (3/5) through (4/9), 6-8pm - Sarah Judson, UNCA professor of history, will present a film screening and discussion on presidents who shaped the 20th century. pM • TUESDAYS, 11am - Mother Goose Time. Ages 4-18 months. fv • TU (3/5), 6-8pm - Knit-n-Chain. ss --- 7pm - Book club: Iron House by John Hart. eC • WE (3/6), 11am - Toddler time. fv --- 3:30pm - Reading corner: Let's go fly a kite. pM --- 5-7pm Swannanoa Library Knitters. sw • TH (3/7), 7pm - Bill Whipple will present "horticultural genius" Luther Burbank in character. wa --6:30pm - Book club: Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers. ea City lights bookstore Located at 3 E. Jackson St., Sylva.

Events are free, unless otherwise noted. Info: www.citylightsnc.com or 586-9499.

• SA (3/2), 3pm - YA authors Beth Revis, Carrie Ryan and Megan Hansen Shepherd will present their books. frenCh book Club • ONGOING - The French Book Club will meet in Hendersonville to read and discuss books in French.

Info and location: 435-1055. grateful steps Publishing house located at 159 S. Lexington Ave. Events are free, unless otherwise noted. Info: www. gratefulsteps.com or 277-0998.

• SA (3/2), 5:30-7:30pm - Deborah Schlag will present her book Becoming the Healer. inforMal poet/songwriter group • 1st WEDNESDAYS, 6pm Facilitated by poet/songwriter Patrick Frank. Meets at Panera Bread, 1843 Hendersonville Road.

Free. RSVP requested. Info: 5051914 or patrickgfrank@gmail.com.

Juniper bends reading series • FR (3/1), 7pm - The Juniper Bends reading series will meet at Downtown Books and News, 67 N. Lexington Ave., with writers Rachel Howard, Caleb Beissert, Laura Patterson and A.K. Benninghofen.

Free to attend; wine by donation.

Info: jessericeevans@gmail.com.

Malaprop's bookstore and Cafe 55 Haywood St. Info: www.malaprops.com or 254-6734. Events are free, unless otherwise noted.

• WE (2/27), 7pm - Dorothy FoltzGray will present her memoir With and Without Her. • TH (2/28), 7pm - Holly Goddard Jones will present her book The Next Time You See Me. • FR (3/1), 7pm - Ariel Djanikian will present her novel The Office of Mercy.

• SA (3/2), 3pm - Kids are invited to celebrate children's book authors born in March, including Dr. Seuss, Wanda Gag, Mem Fox and others.

Ages 4-10.

• SU (3/3), 3pm - Poetrio: Barbara Conrad, Beth Copeland and David T. Manning.

• MO (3/4), 7pm - Mountain Xpress book club: Nothing Gold Can Stay

by Ron Rash. --- 7pm - Bridging Differences book club: The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson.

Meets in the children's section.

• TU (3/5), 7pm - Mark Jamnik will lead a program on conscious capitalism for present and future entrepreneurs.

• WE (3/6), 7pm - Book club: Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka.

• TH (3/7), 7pm - Dana Sachs will present her book The Secret of the Nightingale Palace.

Montford books and More 31 Montford Ave. Info: www.montfordbooks.com or 285-8805.

• SA (3/2), 3pm - Jim Stokely, son of Wilma Dykeman, will read from Dykeman's works including The French Broad, The Tall Woman and Return the Innocent Earth. He will also present his novel Warehouse. spellbound Children's bookshop 21 Battery Park Ave. Free, unless otherwise noted. Info: www.spellboundchildrensbookshop.com or 232-2228.

• SU (3/3), 4-5pm - The Royal Book Club, open for adults interested in young adult fiction, will discuss The Madman's Daughter with author Megan Shepherd. --- 5:30-6pm Megan Shepherd will present an introduction to the publishing process. $10/free with purchase of The Madman's Daughter . wnC Mystery writers • TH (3/7), 6pm - The WNC Mysterians Critique Group will meet at Atlanta Bread Company, 633A Merrimon Ave. For serious mystery/suspense/thriller writers.

Now recruiting for a weekly group.

Info: www.wncmysterians.org or 712-5570.

sports adult kiCkball league • Through FR (3/15) - Registration for Buncombe County Parks, Greenways and Recreation's adult kickball league will be accepted through March 15. Info: jay.nelson@buncombecounty.org or 250-4269. asheville pedal punks • WEDNESDAYS, 10am - Asheville Pedal Punks will host a fitness ride for beginners; Departs from Tod's Tasties, 102 Montford Ave. Free.

Info: http://avl.mx/p2. girls and woMen in sports day • SA (3/2), 9am-1:30pm - UNCA will host Girls and Women in Sports Day, featuring sports clinics, speakers and lunch in the university's fitness center. $15. Info: www.unca.edu. softball Meeting • MO (3/4), 7:30pm - An organizational meeting for Waynesville Parks and Recreation softball league will be held at 550 Vance St. Info: recathletics@townofwaynesville.org or 456-2030. valley of the lilies half Marathon and 5k • Through SA (4/6) - WCU will offer a training program for runners interested in the Valley of the Lilies Half Marathon and 5K, scheduled for April 6. Free. Info and departure location: halfmarathon.wcu.edu or valleyofthelilies@wcu.edu. zuMba ripped • SATURDAYS, 11am-noon Waynesville Recreation Center hosts Zumba Ripped at 550 Vance St. Free with membership or daily admission.

Info: recprograms@townofwaynesville.org or 456-2030.

theater asheville CoMMunity theatre Located at 35 E. Walnut St. Tickets and info: www.ashevilletheatre.org or 254-1320.

• FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until (3/10) - BARK! The Musical follows "six canine characters for one day at Deena’s Doggie Daycare." Fri. & Sat., 7:30pm; Sun., 2:30pm. $15-$25.

• TH (2/28), 7:30pm - "Listen to This: Stories in Performance" will feature original stories and songs. Hosted by Tom Chalmers. $10. brevard little theatre Located in the American Legion Hall, 55 E. Jordan St., Brevard.

Info: www.brevardlittletheatre.com.

Reservations: 884-2587.

• THURSDAYS through SUNDAYS until (3/3) - You Can't Take it With You, the story of "the zany inhabitants of the Vanderhof household, a joyous madhouse populated by lovable eccentrics, artists and anar-

chists." Thurs.-Sat., 7:30pm; Sun., 3pm. $14/$10 student. flat roCk playhouse Mainstage: Highway 225, Flat Rock.

Downtown location: 125 South Main St., Hendersonville. Info: www.flatrockplayhouse.org or 693-0731.

• MO (3/4), 1-3pm - Artistic Director Vince Marini will lead a tour of Flat Rock Playhouse's facilities and lead a presentation on how musicals, plays and concerts are developed and produced. Held at the Mainstage location. $30.

• THURSDAYS through SUNDAYS (3/7) until (3/17) - The Little Prince, "a classic story of enduring charm and innocence." Performed at the downtown location. Thurs.-Sat., 7pm; Sat. & Sun., 2pm. $18/$10 children. n.C. stage CoMpany Info: www.ncstage.org or 239-0263.

• WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS until (3/10) - The Understudy, by Theresa Rebeck, "a hilarious comedy about sour grapes, backstage love affairs and the lure of Hollywood glitz and glitter. Mon.-Sat., 7:30pm; Sun. 2pm. $16-$28. north bunCoMbe high sChool • TH (3/7) through SU (3/10) - North Buncombe High School presents Grease, the story of a 1950s "carefree summer fling." Held at 890 Clarks Chapel Road, Weaverville.

Thurs.-Sat., 7pm; Sun., 2:30pm. $10/$8 in advance. Info: 645-4221. the MagnetiC field 372 Depot St. Info: www.themagneticfield.com or 257-4003.

• THURSDAYS through SATURDAYS until (3/23) - The Strange and Tragical Adventures of Pinocchio: Why Didn't I Just Stay a Damn Puppet?, a “morality tale in two inappropriate acts,” with John Crutchfield and Madison J. Cripps. For mature audiences only. 7:30pm. $15 with lowpriced previews Feb. 28 & March 1. theatre obsCura • FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS until (3/2) - Theatre Obscura presents The House of Yes, a dark comedy and "suburban Jacobean play.”

Performed at BeBe Theatre, 20 Commerce St. 7:30pm. $15. Info and reservations: theatreobscura@gmail. com or 351-4358. tryon little theater Performances are held at the Tryon Fine Arts Center, 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon. Info: 859-2466, tryonlittletheater@gmail.com or www.tltinfo.org.

• FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until (3/2) - 9 to 5: The Musical, based on the film starring Dolly Parton. Fri. & Sat., 8pm; Sun., 3pm. $20/$10 children. twelve treatises on MeMory • TH (2/28), 8pm - John Crutchfield's Twelve Treatises on Memory: An Epistemological Slapstick (with Sock Puppets). Starring Dahlia Legault and Glenn Reed, "the play tells the story of a strange night in which two 'first loves' meet again after a long separation." Held at Anam Cara Theatre

Company, 203 Haywood Road. $12. Info: www.anamcaratheatre. blogspot.com.

volunteering appalaChian trail ConservanCy • The Appalachian Trail Conservancy seeks volunteers to lead hikes, register guests, support workshops and assist with parking at the 2013 Biennial, scheduled for July 19-26 in Cullowhee. Info: www.appalachiantrail.org/2013biennial. art on Main • Art on Main arts and crafts festival seeks volunteers for planning, set-up and tear-down. Info: acofhc@bellsouth.net or 693-8504. asheville City sChools • The Asheville City Schools Foundation seeks volunteers to work with K-12 students as tutors, artists, mentors and coaches. Info: www. acsf.org or jay@acsf.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 volunteers to mentor 1 hr/week in schools and after-school programs.

Volunteers 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. Information sessions will be held feb. 27, March 14 and March 27 at noon. bunCoMbe County Jail • Volunteers are sought for a variety of programs with inmates from

Buncombe County Jail. Must be 21 years or older. Info: 989-9459.

certified professionals. Info: literacytutors@litcouncil.com

Children first/Cis • Children First/CIS seeks volunteers for its learning centers and after school program for elementary school children living in public and low-income housing. Mon.-Thurs., 2:30-5:30pm. Volunteer for one hour a week and change the life of a local child. Info: www.childrenfirstbc.org or 768-2072.

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hands on ashevillebunCoMbe 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 (2/28), 11am-12:30pm - Shake and Bake: Cook and serve a homemade lunch to the men staying at the ABCCM Veterans Restoration Quarters and Inn. Both men and women are encouraged to participate.

• TH (2/28), 6-8pm - Help sort and pack food at MANNA FoodBank. --TH (2/28), 4-6pm - Fair-Trade StockUp: 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. literaCy CounCil of bunCoMbe County Located at 31 College Place, Building B, Suite 221. Info: 254-3442, ext.

204.

• Volunteers are needed to tutor adults in basic literacy skills including reading, writing, math and English as a Second Language. Tutors provide one-on-one or small group instruction to adults in our community. No prior tutoring experience required.

Tutors will receive 15 hours of training as well as ongoing support from

• Make-a-Wish will accept "wish granter" volunteers at recruiting events in Boone on March 2, Monroe on March 5 and Gastonia on March 7. Info, locations and registration: alilley@ncwish.org.

Motherlove Mentor • The YWCA MotherLove program seeks volunteers to provide support and encouragement to teen mothers. A commitment of eight hours per month required. Info: 254-7206. pan harMonia • Pan Harmonia seeks volunteers to assist with chamber music concerts.

Volunteers receive two tickets to the concert. Info: office@pan-harmonia. org. partners unliMited • Partners Unlimited, a program for at-risk youth ages 10-18, seeks volunteer tutors and website assistance.

Info: partnersunlimited@juno.com or 281-2800. the aMeriCan Chestnut foundation • ONGOING - The Foundation currently seeks a volunteer to assist in clerical functions related to various programs. Position includes data entry, mail distribution and more.

Flexible hours. Info: 281-0047 or www.acf.org.

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

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Another major difference is that, while most art schools in the United States fail to teach business skills, her apprenticeship provided real experience: “In addition to throwing [pots], I dealt with customers, worked at fairs, did bookkeeping and kept in touch with galleries,” she says.

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As is the case for many creative entrepreneurs, what Bartels dreaded most was confronting her numbers. “Making budgets and looking at numbers realistically totally scared me,” she recalls.

“I didn’t want to look at it and see how much money I had to bring in. As artists, we aren’t trained or encouraged to do that.”

But it wasn’t as bad as she thought. “Once I learned how to determine my sales unit and adjust the numbers,” she says, “I saw that it was actually doable.”

Course facilitator Kimberly Hunter says that she’s seen many creative clients struggle with business concepts, but that Bartels was different.

“Many artists hold on to their freedom, and it prevents them from taking business advice,” says Hunter. “But Anja knew that she had to take this advice even before she understood it. Her take was, ‘I know how to be a potter, but not how to run a business.’”

This open-minded approach has helped Bartels to build a thriving pottery business. Less than nine months after finishing the class, she was earning her target salary. Today she sells her work out of her River Arts District studio, online via an Etsy shop, through several local galleries and at an occasional art fair.

Still, Bartels is very aware that the learning process never ends. “I’m still changing and grow-

ing as an artist and a business,” she explains.

She’s finding that part of that process is learning what sells where. “I’ve noticed that sea-themed pieces sell really well on Etsy, but they don’t sell here locally. Here, they like my dogwood designs,” she says. “I’m still learning to adjust to the market, and it’s humbling to see what the customers and galleries want.”

When Bartels needs business or creative support, she turns to the collective she co-founded, Women Emerging Potters of Asheville. “The nine of us get together once a month to support each other,” she says. “We enter shows and approach galleries together. We bring so many different talents together; one member is a graphic designer, one is good at contacting galleries and another is good at writing contracts. I’ve learned a lot.”

In the end, Bartels says that her business education is what has made her creative career a reality. “It gave me the confidence to do this fulltime instead of getting a job as a waitress and doing [pottery] as a hobby,” she says. “I’m surprised every day that I’m actually doing it!”

Learn more about Anja Pottery at anjapottery.com, or visit her studio at the Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts (238 Clingman Ave.). X Mountain BizWorks helps small businesses start, grow and create jobs through loans, classes and coaching. For more information, call 253-2834 or visit mountainbizworks.org.

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• Updates: In January, the Treasury Department’s inspector general for tax administration revealed that twice as many fraudulent income tax refunds were paid to inmates in 2011 (173,000) as in 2010. However, the IRS claimed that the fraudulent returns it did manage to stop totaled $2.5 billion (almost half of which was disingenuously claimed by two inmates).

Also in January, the Department of Health and Human Service’s inspector general revealed that from 2009 to 2011, Medicare was billed $120 million for services used by inmates and illegal immigrants, even though neither group is covered by Medicare.

• Recurring Theme: As of January, New York City music teacher Aryeh Eller, 46, had almost reached a milestone in his battle with the Board of Education. He will soon have earned $1 million in salary and benefits since the board removed him from the classroom 13 years ago and dispatched him to a light-duty “rubber room” following complaints of fondling and sexual harassment in the one year he actually taught. An arbitrator found insufficient

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• Not expected to Fly Off the shelf: At the Paris debut of his autumn/winter 2013 collection in January, menswear designer Sruli Recht of Iceland unveiled a ring made from a four-inch slice of his own skin (removed during recent abdomen surgery, then salted and tanned). With a 24k gold mounting, “Forget Me Knot” carries a $500,000 price tag.

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“It’s challenging raising a child. You have to make sure everything’s getting taken care of, including yourself, and make sure you’re caught up on schoolwork. If you have a job, you have to make sure you get into work. It’s all about that added responsibility,” the now 17-year-old high school junior says.

But Contreras got a little help taking on these new responsibilities. During her first trimester, she signed up for the Asheville YWCA’s MotherLove program. For more than 25 years, the free mentor-based program has helped young parents navigate their pregnancies and adjust to their new lives after having children. While the program is open both young mothers and fathers, most of the participants are female.

“These girls need a support system,” says Tangela Bowman, who has served as the program’s director for more than a decade. “You have to have faith and believe in them and their destiny in their life.”

To do this, mentors are matched with a pregnant or parenting teen and make an eight-hour commitment to accomplish the program mission: prevent future pregnancies and help these teens graduate from high school. In turn, participants meet with mentors in the schools once a month, attend a monthly evening program at the YWCA and meet with their mentors for at least an hour.

Bowman was Contreras’ mentor.

“I was always talking to Tangie about any problems I had,” the young mother shares. “She was always very helpful and supportive.”

And it works. Currently, the program boasts a 100 percent high school graduation rate. For Contreras, the program provided both the emotional and educational support needed to follow her dreams as a student and a mother. Though her college aspirations depend on scholarship support, the honor-roll student says college visits to Western Carolina University with other teen parents in the program have helped her realize her dream of going into medicine.

“I felt really accepted around all of them because they were in the same situation I was,” she says. “We talk about what we plan on doing and talk about what we plan on doing when we get out of high school,” she says.

However, Bowman states, the program is in high demand and, consequently, faces great needs.

“Our girls come from all different walks of life.

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success stories: As the executive director of the Asheville YWCA’s MotherLove program for high school parents, Tangela Bowman, right, says the program helps teen moms like A.C. Reynolds junior Svetlana Contreras, left, succeed as parents and students. The program currently has a 100 percent graduation rate. Courtesy of the Asheville YWCA

see some that are not. This is the one group that doesn’t discriminate. You don’t have to have to be at low-level income to need the support. You can have money and still be pregnant and still be in need of support,” she says. “Right now, we have 30 girls in the program and we have a waiting list of like 40-something.”

It’s one of the reasons why the MotherLove program recently hosted a mentor-training session on Saturday, Feb. 23. As part of the training, 15 people learned how to be a mentor, build a relationship and understand mentorship ethics.

For mentor-to-be Rebecca Penland, it’s a chance to give what she never had when she was a young mother herself at 17.

“We’re making a commitment to helping our future. We don’t want them to give up and settle,” she says.

Though the mentorship commitment is for eight hours a month, Bowman explains that sometimes it can be much more.

“If it’s a really great match, nine times out of 10 with mentors, once their participant has graduated, they don’t come back and mentor because

they’re still following that participant. It’s a lifelong deal almost. That’s the kind of impact that’s being made in this program,” she says.

And when it came time for Contreras to give birth to her son, Ahmir, Bowman was at the hospital with her and acted as her advocate.

“We hope that people have a heart for these young ladies, young men or parenting teens,” Bowman says, adding, “We’re making a difference in these participants lives, and at the same time, they’re making us better people. We can learn so much from them.”

The YWCA MotherLove program is still recruiting volunteer mentors to provide support and encouragement to teen mothers and fathers. The next mentor training will be held in May. An eight-hour-a-month commitment is required to be a mentor. For more information, contact Director of MotherLove Tangela Bowman at 254-7206, ext.116, or email tangela.bowman@ywcaofasheville.org. X Caitlin Byrd can be reached at 251-1333, ext. 140, or at cbyrd@mountainx.com.

nortH carolina’s medical-marijuana bill goes uP in smoke Last week, North Carolina legislators killed a bill that would have legalized medical marijuana. Sponsored by freshmen Reps. Pricey Harrison of Guildford County and Kelly Alexander of Mecklenburg County, House Bill 84 died in committee on Feb. 20, although legislators heard mostly supporting comments that day and had received “a tide of phone calls and emails on the topic,” Mark Binker reported on WRAL TV’s “NC Capitol” blog.

Rep. Alexander, Democrat, had argued that legalizing medical marijuana would make North Carolina the 19th state to do so and that the state “could reap $39 million per year,” Binker explained.

Online media outlet Gawker rounded up various news about the bill’s demise, titling its report “NC House Committee Votes to Reject Medical Marijuana Bill Because Too Many Constituents Wanted It To Pass.” — Margaret Williams

Possible HePatitis a exPosure rePorted near cHarlotte buncombe countY HealtH dePartment urges locals to get vaccinated, rePort exPosure People who ate at two restaurants when traveling near the Charlotte, N.C, area in the last two weeks may have been exposed to hepatitis A, according to reports from health agencies in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg area. The restaurants involved are Hooters in Concord and Whiskey Warehouse in Charlotte.

There’s a vaccine available to treat the virus, which when left untreated leads to hepatitis A. But local Buncombe County health department Medical Director Dr. Jennifer Mullendore requests that folks contact local Department of Health Disease Control staff before they visit their local clinic.

Taking that initial step “enables [patients] to get the vaccine in a more efficient process.

We want to ease the process and, as part of outbreak investigation, we need to know how many people we have in our county who were potentially exposed,” Mullendore explains.

She adds, “We have the vaccine on-hand at the Buncombe County Health Department so that we can give it to people who ate or drank at those restaurants.”

Currently, there are no reports of any Buncombe County residents being exposed to the hepatitis A outbreak at this time. Though the hepatitis A vaccine is effective in reducing the risk

of the disease when it is administered within 14 days of the last day of exposure, but symptoms can appear two to seven weeks after exposure.

These symptoms commonly include fever, a feeling of being unwell, loss of appetite, diarrhea, nausea and abdominal discomfort. Urine may become darker in color and jaundice (a yellowing of the skin and whites of the eyes) may appear.

Mullendore emphasizes that hepatitis A is a vaccine-preventable disease. She advises people to prevent infection by getting vaccinated.

Otherwise, she recommends regular handwashing, especially after using the bathroom or handling food and drinks. — Caitlin Byrd Any Buncombe County resident who ate or drank at either of these restaurants/bar should call the Buncombe County Department of Health Disease Control staff at 250-5109.

small doses HealtH-and-wellness news around wnc bY caitlin bYrd Park ridge HealtH’s Frostbite race attracts more tHan 700 More than 700 laced up for the 21st Annual Park Ridge Health Frostbite race on Feb. 17.

The race, which features a 10k, 5k and 1-mile run/walk, is sponsored by the Park Ridge Health Foundation. This year, the fundraiser benefits Kid Power, a free Park Ridge Health program that helps kids ages 8 to 18 learn about active living and make healthy choices.

More than 1,000 children and families participate in the program each year.

Ymca launcHes HealtHier communities camPaign Though the YMCA of Western North Carolina changed the name of its annual fundraising effort from Strong Kids Campaign to Healthier Communities Campaign, the mission remains the same: raise money for local programs that help local residents, children and families.

“We want to educate people that we are more than a place to go to exercise or swim, but an organization that does vital work thanks to the support of the community,” said Paul Vest, CEO and president of the YMCA of Western North Carolina. “The Y contributes to improving the quality of life in our neighborhoods through a variety of ways that benefit all of us who live and work in WNC.” This year, the organization hopes to raise $530,000 to support its Afterschool, Summer Day Camp, 21st Century Program, Diabetes Prevention Program, LIVESTRONG at the YMCA, Fit After 50, Youth Sports and other programs.

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Manna Food Bank Manna Packs — mannafoodbank.org/mannapacks Provides children in need with a five pound pack of supplemental food items on Fridays.

Rainbow in My Tummy www.rainbowinmytummy.com Offers child care centers educational resources and assistance for healthy meal planning that utilizes seasonal and local foods.

Slow Food Asheville FEAST program — feast.slowfoodasheville.org/about-us FEAST stands for FRESH EASY AFFORDABLE SUSTAINABLE & TASTY. This program staffed by volunteers goes into classrooms and works with children on hands-on cooking classes.

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wellnesscalendar Wellness asheville Center for transCendental Meditation ("tM") (pd.) Free Introductory Talk: Thursdays. 6:30pm, Asheville TM Center, 165 E. Chestnut. (828) 2544350. www.Meditationasheville.org yoga detox retreat: Cleansing the body and spirit through fasting (pd.) March 22 – 24, 2013: Learn and experience the many amazing physical and spiritual benefits of juice fasting. In the yoga tradition, fasting is called Upavasa, which means to be closer to Sprit, to be in closer contact with our inner Self. At this retreat, we will focus on both the physical and spiritual rejuvenation fasting brings about. Through workshops on yoga, meditation, and the use of whole foods and super foods, as well as first-hand experience of a 24 hour juice fast, you will gain the insights and experience you need to improve your health and well being for years to come. In this retreat you will discover the secrets of how detoxing and eating natural super foods can synergistically improve health and well being. For more informaton and to register: www. pramawellnesscenter.org 828-649-9408 Cost : $350 for double occupancy room power yoga (pd.) An invigorating class of fun and intense work.

Wednesday 6am, Friday 6am, Sunday 9:30am.

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AshevilleHappyBody.com or 277-5741 flow bodyworks (pd.) Experience the benefits of receiving therapeutic massage 2X month! Ongoing special includes your choice of TWO 75-minute Integrated Massages for $100 or ONE 75-minute Integrated Massage and ONE 120-minute Thai Yoga Massage for $130! Erin Turner, LMBT, License #12333, FLOW Bodyworks, 828-702-9211. FaceBook.com/FlowBodyworks asheville CoMMunity yoga Center Located at 8 Brookdale Road. Info: ashevillecommunityyoga.com.

• MONDAYS, 5-6:15pm & WEDNESDAYS, 1:453:15pm - Women's Expressive Dance Wave. $5-$15 suggested donation.

• WEDNESDAYS, 4-4:45pm - Kids yoga. $5-$10 suggested donation. A parenting group will be held during kids yoga. Additional $5-$10 donation.

• THURSDAYS, 4:30-5:30pm - Qi Gong and Tai Chi basics. $5-$15 suggested donation.

• SA (3/2), 2:30-4:30pm - "Cultivating A Personal Practice" with Leaflin. $20 suggested donation.

• TUESDAYS, 6-7:15pm - Men's yoga. $5-$15 suggested donation.

Carepartners Mall walkers • 1st WEDNESDAYS, 8am - The CarePartners Mall Walkers meet at the Asheville Mall food court, 3 S. Tunnel Road. Free. Info: 274-9567, ext. 8379.

• 1st THURSDAYS, 8:30am - An additional walk departs from the Biltmore Square Mall food court, 800 Brevard Road. fairview ChiropraCtiC Center 2 Fairview Hills Drive, Fairview. Free; registration required. Info: 628-7800.

• TH (2/28), 5:15-6pm - Advanced healing with lasers.

Free; registration required. Info: 628-7800.

• TH (3/7), 5:15-6pm - A presentation on using lasers for neuropathy and nerve pain will include a demonstration. --- 6:15pm - Edrianna Stilwell will host a pre-

sentation on the basics of the human energy system and techniques to increase energy flow and recharge. geMstone therapy workshop • TH (2/28), 7-9pm - An introductory workshop on gemstone therapy will be offered at French Broad Food Co-op, 90 Biltmore Ave. $25. Weekend workshop for additional fee. Info and registration: gr8blueheron@yahoo.com or 658-1503. healing arts yoga • SATURDAYS, 10:30am-noon - ASU offers yoga in the Turchin Center’s Mayer Gallery. All levels. $10/$5 ASU students. Info: www.tcva.org/calendar/super/ id/853. healthy eating 101 • WEDNESDAYS, 5:30pm - Asheville Family Fitness and Physical Therapy, 149 New Leicester Highway, hosts "a refreshing, informal class on all things health and wellness — especially food." $10/free for members. Info: www.ashevillefitspine.com. living healthy with a ChroniC Condition • WEDNESDAYS through (3/13), 4pm - Learn selfmanagement skills to live a healthy life during this six-week workshop for those with chronic health conditions and their loved ones. Held at the Lakeview Center, 1 Rhododendron Road, Black Mountain. Free; donations accepted. Registration required: 251-7438.

• THURSDAYS through (3/14), 1pm - Additional workshops will be held in Hendersonville at Park Ridge Health (855-PRH-LIFE) and in Asheville at Vanderbilt Apartments, 75 Haywood St. (251-7438). Registration required. natural relief froM pain, fibroMyalgia and arthritis • WE (2/27), 6pm - Dr. Cory Noll will present a program on "Natural Relief from Pain, Fibromyalgia and Arthritis" at the North Asheville Library, 1033 Merrimon Ave. Free. Info and registration: 254-3838. red Cross blood drives 100 Edgewood Road. Info: www.redcrosswnc.org or 258-3888. Appointment and ID required for blood drives.

• TH (2/28), 7am-6pm - Blood drive: Mission Hospital, 501 Biltmore Ave. Info: 213-2222, ext. 2. --- 1:306:30pm - Blood drive: Warren Wilson College, 701 Warren Wilson Road, Swannanoa. Info: 771-3065.

• SU (3/3), 1-5pm - Blood drive: Black Mountain Moose Lodge, 3049 Old U.S. 70 E. Extension, Black Mountain. Info: 582-5247.

• MO (3/4), 2:30-6:30pm - Blood drive: Lutheran Church of the Nativity, 2425 Hendersonville Road, Arden. sexual harassMent awareness • TH (2/28), 7pm - A Sexual Harassment Awareness Speak-Out will provide information about prevention and defense against sexual harassment in UNCA's Karpen Hall. Free. Info: horvitz@unca.edu. veterans living healthy with a ChroniC Condition • WEDNESDAYS through (2/27), 1pm - Learn selfmanagement skills to live a healthy life during this six-week workshop for veterans with chronic health conditions and their spouses/caregivers. Held at the Charles George VA Medical Center, 1100 Tunnel Road. Free. Registration required: 298-7911, ext.

5056. wCu health and huMan sCienCes dediCation • TH (2/28), 10am - WCU will host a dedication ceremony for its new Health and Human Sciences build-

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ing, featuring tours and demonstrations. 4121 Little Savannah Road, Cullowhee. Free. Info and registration: healthandhumansciences@wcu.edu or 227-7271.

accepted but not required. Info: nicerhugs@gmail. com.

yoga for veterans • THURSDAYS, 4-5pm - Yoga for veterans, service members and their families will be offered by Happy Body Studio, 1378 Hendersonville Road. Free. Info: www.ashevillehappybody.com or 277-5741.

asperger's adults united • SA (3/2), 3pm - Adults with Asperger's or on the autism spectrum are invited to meet for support, friendship and fun activities at Firestorm Cafe, 48 Commerce St. Info: www.meetup.com/ AspergersAdultsunited or 319-1017.

yoga weekend at bikraM yoga asheville • SA (3/2) & SU (3/3) - Bikram Yoga Asheville will offer a free yoga weekend featuring classes throughout the day and a party with giveaways on March 2, 6:309:30pm. Held at 802 Fairview Road. Free. Info: www.

HotYogaAsheville.com or 299-7003.

ChroniC pain support group • SUNDAYS, 12:30-1:30pm - Open to those with chronic pain, friends and family. March. 3 featured speaker: counselor Joleen Geruasi. Held at Unity Church of Asheville, 130 Shelburne Road.

Donations accepted. Info: 423-8301.

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.

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

• FRIDAYS, 7pm - “Inner Child” study group. Grace Episcopal Church, 871 Merrimon Ave. Info: 9898075.

• SUNDAYS, 2pm - “Inner Child” study group, Canton Branch Library, 11 Pennsylvania Ave., Canton. Info: 648-2924.

• SUNDAYS, 3pm - A confidential study group based on the twelve steps of ACOA. Everyone welcome; no age or gender restrictions. Meets at the Clyde Town Hall, 8437 Carolina Blvd. Info: babeo2351@yahoo.com.

• MONDAYS, 7pm - “Generations,” First Congregational UCC, 20 Oak St. Info: 474-5120. 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 800-286-1326.

• WEDNESDAYS, 11:30am - "Daytime Serenity," Pardee Education Center at the Blue Ridge Mall, 1800 Four Seasons Blvd. --- 7pm - Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, 798 Merrimon Ave. --- 5:45pm - Al-Anon meeting for women, Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, 798 Merrimon Ave. • MONDAYS, noon - "Keeping the Focus," First Baptist Church, 5 Oak St. Entrance near Charlotte Street. --- 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 - "Al-Anon Spoken Here," Ledger Baptist Church, U.S. 226 near Bakersville. --- 8pm - Pinecrest Presbyterian Church, 1790 Greenville Highway at North Highland Lake Road. asheville woMen's eMpowerMent and disCovery • TUESDAYS, 6pm - A 16-step group for women overcoming dependencies/addictions of all kinds.

All women welcome. Meets above the French Broad Food Coop, 90 Biltmore Ave. Donations

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

• SATURDAYS, 11am - First Congregational UCC, 20 Oak St. (use back entrance). Info: 424-6594 or 398-8937. debtors anonyMous • MONDAYS, 7pm - Debtors Anonymous meets at First Congregational UCC, 20 Oak St., Room 101.

Info: www.debtorsanonymous.org. depression and bipolar support allianCe • WEDNESDAYS, 7pm - Magnetic Minds provides self-help through weekly peer-facilitated meetings.

We strive to provide support, acceptance, information and socialization, plus tips and techniques to manage challenges. Meets at 1316-C Parkwood Road, across from the West Asheville BB&T. Info: magneticminds.dbsa@gmail.com. eating disorders adult support group • WEDNESDAYS, 7pm - THE Center for Disordered Eating, 297 Haywood St., provides free weekly support groups for adults recovering from an eating disorder. Facilitated by licensed professionals.

Drop-ins welcome; no registration required. Info: www.thecenternc.org or 337-4685. grandparents raising grandkids • 1st TUESDAYS, 7pm - A support group for grandparents raising grandchildren will include playtime for children. Held at McDonald's, 401 Smoky Park Highway. Info: dangel1965@gmail.com. heart of reCovery • TUESDAYS, 6pm - A meditation and discussion group that integrates Buddhist meditation practice with 12-step recovery programs. Meetings are anonymous and explore the relationship between addiction and meditation. Hosted by the Shambhala Meditation Center, 19 Westwood Place.

Info: www.asheville.shambhala.org. hiv/aids support group • 1st & 3rd TUESDAYS, 6pm - This facilitated, confidential support group meets at WNCAP, 554 Fairview Road. All are welcome, regardless of age, gender, race or sexual orientation. Info: positivelyspeaking1974@yahoo.com.

MeMoryCaregivers network: fletCher • 1st TUESDAYS, 1pm - MemoryCaregivers Network support groups are free and open to anyone caring for a person with memory loss. Held in Fletcher Seventh Day Adventist Church's lower

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

Info: 686-8131.

• MONDAYS, 6:30pm - Hendersonville: Balfour United Methodist Church, 2567 Asheville Highway. Info: 697-5437.

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

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

Info: 626-2572.

level conference room, 1141 Howard Gap Road, Fletcher. Info: Info@parkridgehealth.org. naMi support groups The National Alliance on Mental Illness supports recovery for people living with mental illness and their families. Free. Info: www.namiwnc.org or 505-7353.

• 2nd & 4th WEDNESDAYS, 6pm - A Dual Diagnosis Support Group for those living with mental illness and substance abuse issues will be held at 3 Thurland Ave. • 2nd & 4th FRIDAYS, 6pm - An additional Dual Diagnosis support group will be held at Wall Street Coffee House, 62 Wall St.

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sMart reCovery • THURSDAYS, 6pm - This peer support group is dedicated to helping individuals gain independence from all types of addictive behavior (drugs, alcohol, gambling, sex, etc.). Meets at Grace Episcopal Church, 871 Merrimon Ave. Info: smartrecoveryavl@gmail.com or 407-0460.

nar-anon • Nar-Anon provides support to relatives and friends concerned about the addiction or drug problem of a loved one. "We share experience, strength and hope."

• TUESDAYS, 7pm - West Asheville Presbyterian Church, 690 Haywood Road; enter through back door. Info: robinplemmons@gmail.com.

• WEDNESDAYS, 12:30pm - First United Methodist Chuch, 204 Sixth Ave. W., Hendersonville. Enter through side parking lot.

Info: 891-8050.

workaholiCs anonyMous • WEDNESDAYS, 6pm - Workaholics Anonymous.

Info and directions: www.workaholics-anonymous. org or 301-1727.

overeaters anonyMous A fellowship of individuals who are recovering from compulsive overeating. A 12-step program.

• THURSDAYS, noon - Asheville: Biltmore United Methodist Church, 376 Hendersonville Road. Info: 277-1975.

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If you’ve been to a tailgate market in recent years, you’ve probably seen a bright green label proclaiming “Appalachian Grown: Local Food Fresher.” ASAP’s food-branding efforts will get an expansion, thanks to a $35,000 grant from The Community Foundation’s Food and Farming Focus Area. “The expansion of this proven program will contribute to the revitalization of our food system and maximize opportunities for local farmers and food entrepreneurs,” says Senior Program Officer Tim Richards. No need to guess if your food is from around here — Appalachian Grown will bring even more WNC foods to the forefront as it boosts this successful program.

If you don’t have acres of fertile land to till, there are still plenty of ways to sink your hands into the soil. Get serious about farming in the city at Urban Farm School, a 28-week, 815-hour program that helps growers of all skill levels develop community gardens, neighborhood CSAs and farm-to-restaurant plots.

Local experts, hands-on projects and immersion courses on everything from beekeeping to natural building round out this intensive program. The “campus” is the Asheville Institute, a 1-acre “living learning laboratory” in downtown Asheville.

Field trips to local farms are held weekly and everyone leaves with a database of potential employers, mentors and resources. The school is limited to 16 participants and registration is open now. The program costs $4,600; $4,900 after April 15. ashevillage.org/urban-farm-school

Onions: the long and short of it Unlike Vadalia, Ga., or Walla Walla, Wash., Western North Carolina isn’t known as a major source for onions, but that doesn’t stop local gardeners from dreaming about a hefty crop of alliums. Extension Master Gardener Glenn Palmer answers questions that often plague beginning onion growers: What’s the difference between a long- and short-day onion? What grows well here from seed? He explains that long versus short days “indicate the amount of daylight a plant needs to begin to set the bulb. Short-day types, like Vidalia, start growing early to beat the summer heat. In our area, it doesn’t seem to make that much difference. More important is sweetness, color, days to harvest and how you’ll use them, either green or held in storage. Whatever you choose keep good records. With the vagaries of our weather these days, one year may be vastly different than the next, and you’ll want to compare the growing season with the taste and keeping ability.”

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Regional Tailgate Markets Maariah K McAndrew discovers new ways to use herbs at a wild fermentation workshop and medicinal plant walk, one of the many elements of the Urban Farm School.

For more information, including the exact start and end dates of markets, contact the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project.

Info: www.buyappalachian.org or 236-1282. wednesdays

Tree seedlings: start small, dream big As the old adage goes, even the mightiest oak starts with a single acorn.

Growing a tree directly from seed can present a challenge, but the Buncombe County Soil and Water Conservation District has a better method: This month, it offers bare root seedlings ranging in height from 10-36 inches at a tree sale. All it takes is 25 cents for an Eastern white pine, or 75 cents for your own black walnut, persimmon, river birch or white oak trees. Jesse Israel and Sons Garden Center at the WNC Farmers Market on Brevard Road will host the sale Thursday, Feb. 28, through Saturday, March 2. Seedlings are available on a first-come, firstserved basis, so don’t miss your chance to plant a forest — big or small — this spring. 250-4785 or avl.mx/q5.

• 11am-3pm - asheville City Market south, WCU campus, 28 Schenck Parkway, Biltmore Park Town Square. saturdays • 9am-noon - haywood historic farmers Market, 250 Pigeon St., Waynesville.

• 10am-1pm - asheville City Market, Haywood Park Hotel atrium, 1 Battery Park Ave. • 10am-1pm - Jackson County farmers Market, 23 Central St., Sylva.

• 10am-12:30pm - woodfin reynolds Mountain neighborhood y winter tailgate, the LOFTS at Reynolds Village, Building 51.

• 2nd & 4th SATURDAYS, 10am-1pm Madison County indoor winter Market, Madison County Cooperative Extension, 258 Carolina Lane, Marshall.

• 2nd SATURDAYS, 10am-2pm bakersville farmers Market, 11 N. Mitchell Ave. • 3rd SATURDAYS, 2-6pm - spruce pine farmers Market, Mountainside Wine, 271 Oak Ave., Spruce Pine.

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asheville garden Club • WE (3/6), 10am - A meeting of the Asheville Garden Club will feature a presentation by Curbie Recycling Facility guide Susan Wait. Held at Curbie, 116 Woodfin Ave., Woodfin. Carpool available from North Asheville Community Center. Info: 258-0922. bb barnes gardening Classes 36 Rosscraggon Road. Classes and events are free, unless otherwise noted. Info and registration: www.bbbarns.com.

• SA (3/2), 9am-5pm - BB Barnes will offer garden tool sharpening. $3-$15 for scissors, knives and garden tools. botaniCal gardens at asheville 151 W.T. Weaver Blvd. Registration required for most classes. Info: www.ashevillebotanicalgardens.org or 252-5190.

• SU (3/3), 2-3:30pm - A program on journaling trees through four-season observation will focus on documenting trees through words and drawings. Bring a notebook, pens and pencils. $15/$10 members. bullington gardens 33 Upper Red Oak Trail, Hendersonville.

Info:www.bullingtoncenter.org or 698-6104.

• TUESDAYS through (3/12), 3-4:30pm The Landscape Series will include "The Full Circle Approach to Sustainable Landscaping," "Four Season Garden Interest" and "Dealing with Slopes and Storm Water." $35 for three lectures. bunCoMbe County extension Master gardeners Programs are held at 94 Coxe Ave. unless otherwise noted. Info: 255-5522.

• TH (2/28), 6:30pm - "Our Precious Pollinators: Bees and Beyond," with Diane Almond, will be held at Swannanoa Library, 101 W. Charleston St. Free. Info: 250-6486. n.C. arboretuM Located at 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way. 9am-5pm daily. Info: www.ncarboretum.org or 665-2492.

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The Hilliard Avenue building gets revived as a restaurant, sake brewery and good-time joint The roof line of the former Ben’s Tune-Up building on Hilliard Avenue is curious. Midway through the structure, the roof disappears. It’s reminiscent of a half-opened can of sardines.

But the owners of the restaurant coming to the space, to be called Ben’s Tune-Up, aren’t interested in sardines. They’re focused on larger fish, as well as ramen noodles and house-made sake, which they’ll serve in the building’s 3,500-squarefoot courtyard.

The team behind Ben’s Tune-Up represents a range of Asheville’s restaurant industry: Meg Alt and Molly Clark, formerly of Eatbox food truck, are collaborating with Elliott Moss and Jonathan Robinson of The Admiral (and the forthcoming Buxton Hill).

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Moss and Robinson head up the menu and the sake brewery. The restaurant will feature fast-casual lunches with counter service.

Dinners will boast a bit more polish.

The bar, which opens into the dining room and the courtyard, will stay open late. “We want a lot of people out there in the summertime drinking beer and sake,” Moss says. “It’s going to be a real fun spot.”

Ben’s Tune-Up will serve an American menu, Moss says, inspired

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meat) and composed dishes centered around raw fish (kind of like sashimi).

The concept is not fusion, he explains; he’s exploring these dishes as they’ve been reinvented using seasonal ingredients. “We’re not trying to be traditional by any means other than trying to keep to the tradition of how it’s prepared,” Moss says. “We’re taking the American theme and running with it.”

The Ben’s building used to be an auto shop, after all, and the renovations represent a substantial amount of American invention. Alt, a former builder, and Clark have spearheaded the buildout with revelry in mind. “The reason people go out is to enjoy themselves,” Clark says.

“You can come in and hang out and enjoy yourself and relax and feel appreciated.”

The design highlights the industrial elements of the building, which was condemned before Alt and Clark started their work. “We wanted to take this ruin and work with whatever was there,” Clark says.

Repurposed and up-cycled materials exude utilitarian cool. An old gray shipping container, cut in two, shelters an outdoor lounge and envelops the bar. Reclaimed wood panels mesh with exposed brick.

Handmade benches will run the length of the courtyard. Elevated seating areas with awnings create multiple spaces to hang out and drink or grab a bite.

Awnings, heaters and an electric fireplace will keep the courtyard operational through rain and cold weather. “The

heart of this building is going to be outside,” Clark says. “That was really the vision that we had quickly with it and why we bought it.”

Compared to the outside space, the indoor dining room is small, although substantial. It’s about the size of The Admiral, Moss says.

The sake brewery connects to the dining room. It will produce three or four different blends of rice wine, Robinson says. Eventually, Robinson hopes to produce enough sake to supply local restaurants. In keeping with the American approach to food and drink, the sake will be called Ben’s American Sake.

Ben’s Tune-Up is a big project. Inside and outside, the eatery can hold about 280 people. Moss, who just left The Admiral, will be busy. He’s also opening Buxton Hill, a downhome eatery, on Banks Avenue. Both restaurants are in the rapidly growing South Slope neighborhood on the lower fringe of downtown.

Moss expects Ben’s Tune-Up will open by June, several months before Buxton Hill. He’ll get a jump on the ramen shop before settling in around the corner. “I’ll be able to walk across the street back and forth,” he says. “I’m young. This is the time to do it.”

The self-trained chef is a semi-finalist for the James Beard Foundation’s 2013 Best Chef in the Southeast award. He’s not going to take a self-congratulatory rest, however. “That’s why I’m a chef — to cook food,” he says.

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No matter where she works, former English teacher Ashley Teran makes creativity a priority. “I was known as the crazy, creative teacher,” she says, recalling the giant papier-mache trees and other decorations she built to inspire her students.

Now, as a food truck owner, she hopes her spirit of invention will come in handy. Space limitations challenge Asheville’s mobile vendors as the industry grows.

This week, Ashley and her husband, Nestor, will launch Smash Box, a concession trailer that will serve updated pan-Latin dishes inspired

by Nestor’s Nicaraguan heritage.

They began their culinary enterprise as caterers and event planners.

“These are some of the things that best highlight our catering menu,” Nestor says. He recommends his fish tacos, which he describes as “the full package — they’ve got everything from crunch to freshness.”

But unlike many of Asheville’s food trucks, Smash Box won’t set up at The Lot on Coxe Avenue or in

smAsHiNg TEAm: Ashley and Nestor Teran, pictured with daughter Josephine, also offer party design and catering as Smash Events.

downtown locations — at least, not yet.

Food trucks have reached their lawful capacity downtown. Currently, the city permits 10 food trucks to operate within the Central Business District, and the ones at The Lot already hold the available permits.

Smash Box won’t serve food downtown until the city increases the number of permits, but the Terans have found other locations. (The city has different vending rules outside of the CBD.) “Although we may not get a permit for The Lot this year, we still have many other opportunities to be somewhere,” Ashley says.

Look for Smash Box at The Odditorium on Haywood Road, Highland Brewing on the east side, Apple Tree Honda in Fletcher and Stanley Citgo gas station in Woodfin, near Ingles and I-26.

“We’re constantly looking for more locations,” Nestor says. While he hopes to get a permit for downtown in the

future — and the frontage it affords — he’s counting on the Internet to help him spread the word about Smash Box’s whereabouts. “The good thing is, through social media and word of mouth, people are going to be able to find us,” he says.

Smash Box’s grand opening takes place on Saturday, March 2, at The Odditorium. The Terans will set up for lunch from about 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

For more information, visit the truck’s Facebook page or smasheventsinc.com/ smashBox. More food truck permits could be on the way. The Downtown Commission will discuss food truck regulations at its monthly meeting, which takes place on Friday, March 8, at 8:30 a.m. in the First Floor North Conference Room of City Hall. The meeting is open to the public.

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A NicHE TO THE NORTH: Eric and Anna Anderson hope Allgood Coffee will serve as a neighborhood gathering spot, complete with light bites, specialty coffee and tea.

Allgood Coffee opens in Weaverville Some buildings are a collection of rooms; others, even when empty, are places (or perhaps Places with a capital P).

Allgood Coffee, which opened on Monday, Feb. 25 in Weaverville, benefits from a building that brings personality to the business. The former site of the fire department, between Jack of Hearts and Maggie B’s Wine Shop on Main Street, feels like an in-town hunting lodge with a high ceiling and intricate wood inlay on the walls.

The only thing missing is a fireplace, but owners Anna and Eric Anderson hope to warm the shop with specialty coffee and tea instead.

“It’s a wonderful space, so it created itself,” Anna says. “It just all works.”

The Andersons know that the feel of a coffee shop is just as important as the drinks it serves. For 14 years, they owned Sweetwater Coffeehouse in Sautee, Ga. Anna describes it as a community spot, a little house where they got to know their neighbors and hung kids’ artwork on the walls.

They sold that business when they moved to Asheville four years ago.

Eric hopes Allgood Coffee will become a “third place” for Weaverville, a gathering spot apart

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from home or work where customers can come to relax and spend time with their friends.

“I think we’ll fill a little niche, just a place for people to come, and bring their families and their kids, and come get specialty coffee and things to snack on,” Anna says. “We’re going to have food from open to close.”

The food offerings focus on light fare: sandwiches, appetizers and soups, all of which will be vegetarian.

Baked goods will come from Well-Bred Bakery, a Weaverville institution just up the street from the shop.

Allgood will serve coffee and specialty drinks using beans from Mountain Air Roasting of Asheville and 1000 Faces Coffee of Athens, Ga. Smoothies, tea and steamers are also available.

To order, customers stand at a wide, wooden bar built by a friend of the Andersons. The surface is made from the wood of a single tree that they picked out themselves. It’s flat and smooth, and the grain of the wood spirals out in delicate patterns. The holes and crevices in the wood are inlayed with turquoise dust. It’s the kind of furniture that makes people linger and talk as they run their hands over it.

“It’s art that you can be a part of,” Eric says. “You can look at it and touch it and enjoy it.” As Allgood grows, he hopes the wood will become worn by hot cups of coffee and curious hands.

Allgood Coffee, 10-B S. Main St., Weaverville, opens daily from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more information, visit allgoodcoffee-nc.com.

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Flour and clay As Cynthia Pierce rolls out a piecrust in her kitchen, she often looks up to see her husband, potter Akira Satake, engaged in a similar motion. “There’s a lot of echoes between what he does and what I do,” she says. “A lot of times, I’ll be rolling out pie dough, and he’ll be making slabs because a lot of his work starts as a slab.”

Their creations come together in convenient ways; Satake constructs dishes (in addition to much larger vessels) that display Pierce’s desserts. In Satake’s new space, Gallery Mugen in the River Arts District, the couple will showcase their synergistic occupations for the benefit of hungry browsers and art buyers.

“We want [the gallery] to appeal to as many senses as possible,” Pierce says. “We also want it to be a stimulating environment where people will really be curious and want to know about Akira’s pottery style and techniques, and want to know about my ingredients.”

Pierce has sold her baked goods at the Asheville City Market under the Sweet Life Bakeshop moniker.

Now, she’ll turn her focus to sweet and savory pastries as Yuzu Patisserie. The Cotton Mill Studios gallery will display Satake’s work, while featuring Pierce’s baked goods.

Like the concept behind it, the gallery space feels fresh. Two walls of windows throw light across the room. While most of the floor space is devoted to pottery displays, a substantial corner of the shop boasts a wide pastry case and a minimalist kitchen. (Pierce will bake most of the goods in the certified kitchen at her house.) “For people who are sort of walking around the gallery areas, they get hungry,” Pierce says. “At least at this point, there aren’t a whole lot of places to have a restorative cup of coffee and a snack.”

Pierce provides a professional approach to European-style pastries with a penchant for Japanese ingredients. Through Western-style pastries, she explores flavors that she learned about from Satake, who hails from Japan. Ginger, green tea and satsumaimo (Japanese sweet potatoes) enhance shortbread, cookies, cakes and tarts.

The eponymous Yuzu is also part of the menu. “I named my company for a Japanese citrus fruit called the yuzu that’s just got the most incredible fragrance,” Pierce says. “In the years that I’ve known Akira and that we’ve

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been together, I’ve been able to explore Japanese ingredients a lot more and use them in my baking.”

Gallery Mugen and Yuzu Patisserie, 122 Riverside Drive, Studio C, will open on Friday, March 1. Hours will be Monday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fabric artist Barbara Zaretsky is also part of Gallery Mugen. Her studio adjoins Satake and Pierce’s space.

On Friday, March 15, Pierce, Satake and Zaretsky will celebrate their grand opening with sweet and savory small bites and live music. The performer? Satake himself. He’s an accomplished composer and banjo player. He plays both the conventional banjo and the shamisen, a similar Japanese instrument. The party runs from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. For more information, visit akirasatake.com and yuzubycynthia.com.

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“I’d say that it’s in with the new and out with the old,” she says. “I think a lot of us older restaurants are struggling because Asheville is changing.”

She made the decision to close because business was too slow to turn a profit; some nights, no one visited Bistro 1896. Asheville diners are diverted from

longtime standards by the hype of new restaurants, she says.

“I think that every business has a life cycle, and I think this is just the end of ours,” Harrison says.

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Java for Justice raises funds for Pisgah Legal Pisgah Legal focuses on the essentials; the nonprofit offers free legal assistance to low-income people with housing, health-care and safety needs.

True to form, Pisgah Legal wants to connect with Asheville over an essential part of most mornings — a cup of coffee.

Java for Justice gets the word out about the firm’s services while raising money to support the 35-year-old group. On Friday, March 1, Pisgah Legal ambassadors will take to 13 Asheville coffee shops from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. to answer questions and accept donations.

“It’s more of a community-awareness event,” says Katie Russell Miller, Pisgah Legal’s director of community engagement. “Coffee shops are a relaxed atmosphere for us to hang out and let people know we’re here.”

City Bakery will donate a portion of its March bread sales to the group.

They’ll also serve a special Pisgah Legal blend, which Dynamite Roasting created for the event. “We’re told it’s bold and velvety,” Miller says.

For a full list of participating coffee shops and more information, visit pisgahlegal.org.

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The new/old co-owner is back in town and back in charge Three years ago, Dave Quinn, co-founder and co-owner of Pisgah Brewing Company, bought a shuttle bus. He converted it into a camper and headed to California.

“I had never been out West,” said Quinn. “I took my dog and a copy of Travels with Charley: In Search of America. My mom gave me a copy of that as I was leaving.” For the next few years he traveled and lived simply. He ate a lot of rice and beans. He was, in his own words, “on a sabbatical leave [from Pisgah].” Then, just as the West Coast once had, North Carolina called him home.

Last week the news broke that Quinn was back in town, but that’s only half of the story that surprised Asheville’s beer drinkers. Jason Caughman — the

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other half of Pisgah’s ownership and the man running the show in Quinn’s absence — had decided to leave the company upon Quinn’s return.

The message on Pisgah’s blog was simple enough, but left plenty of questions: “To all of our fans, supporters and lovers of great beer: Pisgah Brewing Company will see a change in day-today management starting immediately.

We are very excited to welcome cofounder and co-owner Dave Quinn back to Pisgah Brewing. We are sad to see co-founder Jason Caughman leave, and we wish him all the best in his new ventures. We look forward to continuing to grow as a great product and venue in the Western North Carolina region.”

Since then, Caughman has kept silent. He remains involved in other projects, including Seven Sows Bourbon & Larder, a downtown restaurant set to open in March.

According to Quinn, “Jason and I had a meeting and kind of decided that … he was going to take a break and focus on his other projects. The brewery needed somebody to focus on the beer.”

What does that mean for Pisgah, besides a different co-founder at the helm? According to Quinn, the first priority is investing in brewery infrastructure to keep up with the thirst for Pisgah Pale Ale. Particularly in the heat of summer, the brewery often struggles to meet demand.

It’s not unheard of for accounts to be out of Pisgah Pale for a week here or there.

“That’s our No. 1 priority this year: that it does not run out,” said Quinn. He added, “By increasing our capacity, we’ll be able to increase our consistency as well.”

Quinn also assured Xpress that the brewery will remain creative. “I spent the last three years out west seeing breweries all over southern California …

I have lots of ideas to bring to the table.”

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WeaR it Well By alli MaRShall It’s always exciting when a new, independently owned business opens in Asheville. Especially when it involves jewelry, or rustically cool boots, or luxe dresses, or crisp new denim.

Three boutiques, between them featuring all of these, are changing the landscape of local style.

RuGGed But RefiNed Secondhand store Goodwill has been the winner, year after year, in Xpress’ Best of WNC men’s clothing category.

Probably because it’s cheap, and possibly because a men’s boutique hasn’t found a longterm toehold among downtown Asheville shops.

But that’s about to change when men’s clothier Old North holds its grand opening on March 8. And would-be customers are ready. Shop owners Nigel Esser and Wren Kelley keep having to clean nose prints from curious passersby from the Lexington Avenue boutique’s windows.

“I think it’s something that might be needed around town,” says Kelley. “There are a lot of nice stores around town for the ladies. I have to wonder where the guys shop.”

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“It’s slim pickins,” says Esser, who points out that while some downtown boutiques do carry menswear, it’s relegated to a small section amid a sea of women’s apparel. “I feel that our aesthetic really caters to the Asheville man, from the young bearded guy who likes to wear flannel, to the man hanging out at the Biltmore drinking wine.”

“What we want to do is not too dressy,” says Kelley. “A little bit more rugged, but still refined. What we want to provide is something that’s durable, stylish and will last you a long time.” The store is already stocked with plaids and darkwash denims. And, while the price point is significantly higher than those Goodwill finds, Old North’s aesthetic is based in sustainability as much as in fashion.

The boutique — which Esser, Kelley and Kelly’s husband, Jack Roche (also a co-owner), have outfitted with a paintsplattered concrete floor, handmade racks, exposed brick walls and framed historic photos of Asheville — has been selected as the Carolina-area flagship for cool-yet-enduring Redwing boots. And they also carry Raleigh jeans, manufactured (as the name suggests) just down the road in the state capital.

The company’s selvedge and raw denim has a 10- to 15-year life because “they’re thicker and the material hasn’t been put through a bleaching process,” says Kelley.

“The process that they use on jeans when they bleach them creates a superfund,” says Esser.

“Our jeans support fair wages and are environmentally friendly.”

(But there is a bit of a learning curve to raw denim: Raleigh suggests wearing the jeans for three to six months without washing to break them in. And they cost up to $285.)

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Old North is not related to Old North State, a now-shuttered boutique that carried outdoorsy apparel. And, while much of Old North’s clothing would be at home around a campsite, it’s inspired more by classic Americana than by the great outdoors. “Looking back at my grandpa’s old wardrobe, I’d think, ‘He looks so cool in that picture!’” says Esser. “The basic motif is that we’re trying to create a haven where men can come in and be reminded of the quality of yesteryear.”

The boutique also carries Field Notes notebooks, Juniper Ridge soaps and ties and pocket squares from White Horse Trading Company. In the future, Esser, Kelley and Roche plan to grow their locally sourced product lines, and sell hand-crafted furnishings.

“We have a desire to bring back simplicity,” says Kelley. “Not fad, but things that are tried and true.”

Old North, 82 N. Lexington Ave., oldnorthclothing.com.

WeaRaBle aRt Vintage Moon Modern held its grand opening soiree at its Lexington Avenue location at the end of October. But the opening was really a reopening for owner Gigi Fasano. “At the end of January [2012], I moved out in search of a new space,” she says. The building that houses her boutique was about to undergo renovations. “I figured I’d find a new space in a month or two, tops. But it didn’t happen that way.” As the search dragged on, Fasano kept up the Vintage Moon presence online. And, as the renovation to her old space came to a close, she approached landlord David Brown about the possibility of coming home.

“Energetically, it feels so much better in here,” she says of the new space. Which is also her old space.

But Vintage Moon (the business) has had some renovations, too.

Fasano moved away from menswear, added some home decor (like Art Nouveau lamps by local glassblower Victor Chiarizia), ramped up her accessories collection (including jewelry by Bonnie Currie of Arcane Memory and Crislyn Baughman of C.C. Soske Adornments) and added vintageinspired modern apparel. Which is where the “modern” part of Vintage Moon Modern comes in.

Among the store’s contemporary offerings are umbrellas and rain boots with what Fasano calls “Victorian appeal.” (BBC drama Downton Abbey is certainly to credit or blame for the uptick in popularity of that era.) Fasano displays mixed media collages built around vintage tattoo photographs and Rococo mirrors on the wall. Bed springs hung in front of the windows and over the cash register provide artful, decorative displays.

Chiarizia’s lamps fit nicely with the theme — their decorative shades recall Tiffany creations.

And then there are Fasano’s designs, recently sent down the runway at a fashion show and tea party held at Dobra Tea. That collection took much of its inspiration from Japanese motifs. Some pieces are all original, such as a modern take on a kimono. Another is an elegantly upcycled dress, centered around a gorgeous swatch of an antique kimono. “To find whole pieces from the turn-of-the-lastcentury through the 1930s is very difficult. I find them and they’re not sellable as a whole piece, so I use the good piece in my designs,” says Fasano. She adds hand-dyed silks, velvets and other plush fabrics.

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fOllOWiNG the pull “Now I’m moving into my spring and summer line, with is very lacey, ultra-romantic, very whimsical, playful and sweet,” says Fasano. “I’m going to use a lot of antique lace for that, old linen and embroidery.”

Vintage Moon Modern’s thoughtfully curated collection is born of an ideology. “I choose to think outside the box and make wearable art because the adornment of clothing should be more than just a daily function,” Fasano says. “It’s a way to express ourselves daily to the world and make an impression that best represents who we are inside, which is powerful. My designs are for the adventurous at heart and their admirers.”

This year, she’ll be traveling to the flea markets of Paris and the Grand

Change is nothing new to Ship to Shore. In fact, it’s fitting that local designer R. Brooke Priddy chose that name for her design house/ retail space/gallery/workshop: It has evolved with an oceanic fluidity over the course of its tenure in Asheville. But the most recent change is a big one. “My lease was over on January 1,” says Priddy. So she left her Haywood Road shop and moved into the basement of the home on State Street that she owns with her husband, Ryan Conrad.

Conrad has studied architecture and Priddy’s father is a master carpenter; in a month’s time they had renovated the space into a light-dappled and prettily cosy studio and fitting room. It was finished a mere 24 hours before

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Priddy held her annual sale (“Now I can trade in my Carhartt onesie for heels again,” jokes the designer). That early February event was a grand opening, but also the final public showcase for Ship to Shore, which will now focus solely on custom work.

“I did seasonal lines for the first four years I was in business,” says Priddy. “I didn’t always do dresses. I did lingerie and swimsuits. But being here, so outside of [the fashion industry world], it felt unnecessary to be on that clock.”

She also points out that, with the launch of her manufactured line, she felt more like a bookkeeper and business manager than a designer.

“I try my best to follow wherever the pull is taking me,” says Priddy.

“I was being pulled toward custom work, and it’s so much more fun for me. I get to reinvent the wheel with every client.”

These days, she meets with women who want a dress for a special life event. Often it’s for a wedding, though currently Priddy is designing a gown to be worn to the opera in New York. Past projects have included dresses for a Grammy awards ceremony.

“Someone comes in and I hear their whole love story and we develop something original together,” says Priddy. “There’s where I get to use my talents and it’s exciting.”

Making sculpture is how Priddy describes the work. Which makes sense. There’s always been an element of structural and even performance art to Ship to Shore.

The studio was originally housed in the since-closed Diggin’ Art boutique in West Asheville. Since ’04, Priddy has been a major part of countless local fashion shows, HATCH Asheville (bringing her mentor, Elisa Jimenez, to town), the Black Mountain College Museum’s {RE}Happening (where, last year, she unveiled “A Performative Installation”) and even hosted (in ’06) musician Josephine Foster in the Ship to Shore shop. Foster gave a concert while Priddy draped and stitched the musician into a gown.

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By JAyE BARTELL Instrumental music leaves the imagination to itself; the sounds are free to lope and form images without the tired sagas imposed by the refrains of grocery store songs.

At a Feb. 3 concert at St. Matthias’ Church, Asheville flutist and Pan Harmonia founder Kate Steinbeck encouraged this kind of personal free association as she introduced a set of music by Massachusetts-born composer Mabel Wheeler Daniels (18781971), aptly called “Three Observations” for three woodwinds.

Generally, content dictates form for the local chamber music group. For this concert, it was woodwinds. Steinbeck was joined by bassoonist Rosalind Buda and clarinetist Fred Lemmons, the first Asheville performance for the trio.

After Steinbeck explained a bit about Daniels and her rather humble place in American classical music, she invited the crowd of about 60 listeners to close their eyes and let the music provide a kind of soundtrack to “the movie” of their own imagination.

“We, as humans, have so many sounds in our ears now,” Steinbeck says. “This [music] isn’t foreign, but it’s something able to transport you. If people take a chance on having this experience, they will probably come away moved on some level.”

For Buda, the Feb. 3 performance illustrated Pan Harmonia’s character. “It can be kind of an adventure — sometimes the offerings are

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limited for this kind of instrumentation,” she says. “We’re trying to find things that are really of quality. We end up reading through a lot of differ-

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ent music and then picking out the ones that really seem to be the gems. And boy, we feel like we find them sometimes.”

Steinbeck co-founded what is

now Pan Harmonia in 2000, as a concert series called Keowee Chamber Music, named after one of the “most important settlements of the Cherokee nation

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and the main village of the lower Cherokee,” which was “flooded in the 1960s to create Lake Keowee,” says the organization’s website. After more than a decade of concerts and events in the Carolinas, the core ensemble disbanded. Steinbeck established Pan Harmonia in 2011 — Pan for “the flute-playing Greek god, and Harmonia for “the Greek goddess of symmetry and order.”

Pan Harmonia doubles (or triples) as a shifting ensemble, a concert series and a musical outreach program, including the Shining Light Project, which brings free live music to nursing homes, homeless shelters, prisons and other places. For Steinbeck, such performances are often highlights of the season. “We went to a vocational center

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for adults with disabilities — it was amazing,” she says. “We all thought that, in a way, they were more open-minded than the general public, as were the guys at Western Carolina Rescue Ministry.”

Pan Harmonia hosts diverse regular events such as the “Second Sunday at 5” series at The Altamont Theatre downtown. The March 10 concert features Steinbeck on flute accompanied by pianist Fabio Parrini from Greenville, S.C. That program includes César Franck’s Sonata in A Major, an arresting piece with a dulcet theme and four movements of embattled lyricism (as much as two instruments can produce). Originally scored for the violin, the flute transcription is slightly less tense, but just as poignant.

Parrini returns on April 14, with his 15-year-old daughter, Maria. The two perform Felix Mendelssohn’s Trio No. 1 in D Minor with Steinbeck. On May 12, Buda joins local pianist Vance Reese for the popular Mother’s Day concert. “The bassoon is just an amazing instrument,” Steinbeck says. “When you listen to it you get happy — it’s a real surprise.”

Buda will also play her other instrument: bagpipe. “It definitely requires a similar amount of breath support,” Buda says. With the bassoon you control every nuance of air; the bagpipe is just one steady stream.”

Pan Harmonia, along with other groups such as pianist Daniel Weiser’s AmiciMusic, is part of a convivial development in Asheville chamber music that seeks to recalibrate classical music and performance, replac-

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SpRiNG aNd all A selection of Pan Harmonia concerts from March to May. For the full schedule, including other venues and summer dates, visit pan-harmonia.org.

MaRCh Sunday, March 10 at 5 p.m., The Altamont Theatre: César Franck’s Sonata in A Major / Early songs of Claude Debussy. $12 in advance, $15 day of, $5 for students.

Performed by Kate Steinbeck, flute / Fabio Parrini, piano apRil Sunday, April 14 at 5 p.m., The Altamont Theatre: Felix Mendelssohn’s Trio, No 1, Op. 49, in D Minor. $12 in advance, $15 day of, $5 for students.

Performed by Kate Steinbeck, flute / Fabio Parrini, piano / Maria Parrini, cello Sunday, April 28 at 5 p.m.

UNCA Reuter Center, Manheimer Room. Holocaust Remembrance Series, Music of Ervin Schulhoff and the Sephardic Diaspora.

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Performed by Kate Steinbeck, flute / John Ravnan, viola / Amy Brucksch, guitar / Ian Bracchitta, bass May Sunday, May 12 at 5 p.m., The Altamont Theatre: Mother’s Day concert. $12 in advance, $15 day of, $5 for students.

Performed by Rosalind Buda, bassoon and bagpipes / Vance Reese, piano COplaNd’S appalaChiaN SpRiNG “Generally, each spring Pan Harmonia has a ‘massive’ project,” Steinbeck says. “We’re doing to the original setting of ‘Appalachian Spring.’ “It’s very rare that it happens — this is the one he wrote for Martha Graham.” Two of the four performances are with Asheville Ballet.

Performances include: Thursday, May 16, UNCA Reuter Center

(open rehearsal), 8 p.m. Free.

Wednesday, Friday, May 17 and Saturday, May18, Diana Wortham Theatre, 7:30 p.m. (”Appalachian Spring” only, with Asheville Ballet.) Sunday, May 19, Masonic Temple, 5 p.m. (Program includes Samuel Barber’s Adagio for String Quartet; William Bradbury’s “Earth Songs”; and Jamie Laval’s Two Pantomimes.) Contact venues for individual concert pricing.

ing formal, rigid presumptions with a more genial, integrative mode. “I think people feel inhibited about coming to classical concerts, because they think they have to behave a certain way,” Steinbeck says.

“I don’t feel that. From my perspective on the stage, I don’t behave the way people think classical performers should.

We try to have a good time.

We work so hard to [prepare] for a concert; that’s the easy part, and it’s fun.”

Steinbeck admits that it takes more than a casual dress code and adventurous programming to dispel the stiff reputation that so-called “classical” music maintains. “I want to be positive — I love this community — but the huge challenge here is that people aren’t very open-minded about listening,” she says.

Classical music’s often aristocratic ticket prices don’t help, which Steinbeck addresses.

“We are really intent on affordability,” she says. “Our ticket prices which are low, and if someone is really interested and can’t afford it, we’ll let them in. We want people — we don’t the art form to die out.”

Buda has a similar outlook.

“I hope chamber music and classical music in general can continue to be vibrant, and that people my age (I’m in my mid-20s) will find interest in it and find value,” she says.

“It’s really accessible, but I don’t think most people realize that.” X Jaye Bartell can be reached at jbartell@mountainx.com.

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The print shop’s storefront typically functions as a de facto bulletin board for local events. henco rotates the posters and announcements for bands, conferences, lectures and speakers that it prints. On March 1, one of the shop’s window panels will feature new art works as part of an upcoming, yearlong exhibition cycle, window (re/ production, re/presentation). dawn roe is the artist and educator behind the project. roe lives in asheville when she’s not teaching at rollins College in Winter Park, Fla. She proposed the idea to henco’s owners Will rice and arthur Fotos. rice told Xpress that the exchange was a good opportunity for all. “It gives artists from elsewhere a place to show work in another arts city,” he said. and henco, which counts artists among its regular clientele, gets a bump from displaying artwork in the window. henco is providing the perforated vinyl material for each month’s 50- by 60-inch print, hence the “re/production” aspect of the title. These site-specific, minimalist works (so dubbed in the

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project’s mission statement), aim to create and support ongoing design dialogues.

Window’s content will differ from the normal ad-based subjects and instead feature purely artistic design work. “The space will be tightly curated, and will include works by established contemporary practitioners who engage with issues of representation within their artwork,” says roe, juror and curator for the project.

The maiden exhibition will feature a collaborative work by photographers Mark Klett of arizona, and Byron Wolfe of California. Their piece “reconstructing the View,” for short, is a modified take on an earlier work. It’s a recreation of a Grand Canyon landscape shot pieced together with vintage and historical postcards. To accompany the piece, henco will sell a book of their works, which involves recreating historical photos to provide images of commercial development.

Window’s first exhibition opens this Friday, March 1. For more information visit windowcontemporary.org or take a look at 54 Broadway St.

aNOTher KINd OF CSa By now, you’re probably familiar with the concept of a CSa, at least when it comes to produce (if not, check out the Feb. 20 Xpress).

But handMade in america, asheville’s foremost craft-centric nonprofit, is working on a new CSa program — Community Supported art. Their take on the CSa is modeled after a similar crafts program based out of Minnesota. and it functions in a similar manner to those you would pick up at a farmer’s market. Instead of root veggies and blueberry pints, shareholders will receive boxes filled with artwork — ceramics, textiles, etc. — direct from area craft artisans. artists have until april 1 to submit a project proposal. Those six chosen artists will be issued stipends and will complete 50 works of art that will go into the CSas. Some will be sold at area farmer’s markets starting in May, but most will be passed out to the shareholders via handmade’s office at 125 S. lexington ave.

The program aims to support and promote crafts-based artworks, both intellectually and financially. handMade also sees the program as a means of fostering new relationships between artists and area collectors. a one-time share costs $200 and comes with six different works of art.

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a night to remember The upcoming concert of the Asheville Choral Society, A Night to Remember, promises “songs to light up the night and put a swing in your step.” Singers (conducted by Melodie Galloway) will perform selections from the likes of Duke Ellington, George Gershwin and Cole Porter. Or, as press for the event suggests, “Jazz and Blues: Bach, Boogie and Brubeck.” Friday, March 1 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, March 2 at 4 p.m. at Central United Methodist Church. $20 / $10. ashevillechoralsociety.org.

hoveykraft with lil panda and logos Local musician Ben Hovey (aka HoveyKraft) is a one-man band in the suavest sense of the word. His “musical adventures fusing EDM with soul, dub, jazz, hip-hop, and world music have taken him from Ultra Music Festival in Miami, to Earthdance in San Francisco, to Burning Man and beyond,” says press for the Saturday, March 2 dance party at Club Remix. Hovey will be joined by Lil Panda (hip-hop, breakbeat and drumming samples) and Logos (psychedelic trance and house music meets industrial, prog and world beat). 10 p.m., $7. benhovey.com.

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stephaniesid Local pop-noir band stephaniesid makes an exciting promise with the release if its fifth full length: They Won’t Know What To Do With Us. While that claim may be true, Asheville audiences have long known that stephaniesid’s artistic enterprises can be trusted and followed. The new album is the band’s first live recording. It includes eight tracks from last year’s Wee Bit Louder Fest at Highland Brewing, along with band interviews. The album release show is also singer Stephanie Morgan’s birthday party; Antique Firearms and The Old Ceremony share the bill. Saturday, March 2, 9 p.m. $8 / $10. ashevillemusichall.com. Photo by Michael Oppenheim.

rupert Wates London-born, New York-based (with a stop-off in Paris) songwriter Rupert Wates can also count WNC among his locales. He recorded his most recent album, At The Losers’ Motel, at Echo Mountain studios.

And he made the record with local talent: vocalist Valorie Miller, bassist Mike Holstein, percussionist Byron Hedgepeth, violinist Amy Lovinger and cellist Franklin Keel. (Wates also contributed to Miller’s album, Turtle Shell. Rupert Wates takes the stage at the White Horse Black Mountain on Sunday, March 3. 7 p.m., $8. whitehorseblackmountain.com.

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W/ PERHAPS, SIN KITTY 9:30PM THu. february 28

DON GALLARDO

W/ DAVID EARL, DULCI ELLENBERGER 9PM fri. MarcH 1

SIRIUS. B W/ BALKAN DEATH GRIP 9:30PM

saT. MarcH 2

THE NORTHSIDE GENTLEMEN W/ THE MID MAJORS 9:30PM

TAVERN DOWNTOWN ON THE PARK Eclectic Menu • Over 30 Taps • Patio 13 TV’s • Sports Room • 110” Projector Event Space • Shuffleboard • Darts Open 7 Days 11am - Late Night

LIVE MUSIC... NEVER A COVER

FRI. 3/1

Scott Raines & Jeff Anders (acoustic, rock, jam) SAT. 3/2

DJ Moto (dance, pop hits)

Asheville FM hosts dozens of weekly shows that run the gamut of musical styles and tastes (you name it, they’ve got it). But don’t take our word for it: take theirs. Xpress brings you this weekly feature — direct from the DJs — highlighting a few of the station’s stellar offerings. ashevillefm.org.

Need the scoop on what to watch this week? Kim Roney and Orbit DVD’s Mark McCloud share their collective four cents each week during reel talk, which delves into all things film, including what’s new in theaters, special local screenings and the “I Love My DVD” segment, a recap of the week’s hottest DVD releases. Tuesdays from 6-7 p.m.

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good stuff Finer (electronic rock), 8pm grey eagle MusiC hall & tavern Grayson Capps (singer-songwriter, blues, Americana) w/ Paul Edelman, 8pm grove park inn great hall Bill Covington (piano classics & standards), 6-9pm highland brewing CoMpany Custard Pie (Led Zeppelin tribute), 6pm holland's grille Karaoke, 9:30pm hotel indigo Juan Buenavitas & friends (Spanish/flamenco guitar), 7-10pm

Your Headquarters for

isis restaurant and MusiC hall Black Robin Hero (folk rock, Americana) CD release w/ Ken Kiser, 9pm

March Madness and the SoCon Tourney

JaCk of the wood pub The Carpenter Ants (gospel, soul), 5pm Blind Corn Liquor (bluegrass, folk, rock, jazz) w/ The Goat Rodeo & Arlo Hannigan, 8pm

13 Big Screen TVs & Great Drink Specials!

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lexington ave brewery (lab) Back stage: Northside Gentlemen (soul) w/ The Mid Majors, 9:30pm lobster trap Bobby Miller Band (bluegrass), 7pm Monte vista hotel Blue Moon (jazz, country, rock), 6pm odditoriuM

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Means Well w/ Pullman Strike, One Another & Hungry Girl (rock, punk, country), 9pm

straightaway Cafe The Everydays (Americana), 6pm

o.henry’s DJ Abu Disarray & DJ Champale, 10pm

tallgary's Cantina Jarvis Jenkins Band (rock, jam), 9:30pm

olive or twist 42nd Street Jazz Band, 8-11pm

the altaMont theater Richard Shindell (singer-songwriter), 8pm

one stop deli & bar Bluegrass brunch w/ Jay Franck (of Sanctum Sully) & friends, noon-3pm

the bywater Asheville Roller Girls party, 9pm

orange peel Donna the Buffalo (Americana, folk rock), 9pm paCk's tavern DJ Moto (dance, pop), 9pm phoenix lounge American Gonzos (rock, funk), 9pm

tiMo's house East Coast Dirt (rock, funk), 10pm town puMp Rootspirits, 9pm treasure Club DJ Mike, 6:30pm-2am

pisgah brewing CoMpany Spiritual Rez (reggae, ska) w/ Bimini Road, 9pm

tressa's downtown Jazz and blues Jim Arrendell & the Cheap Suits (dance), 10pm

purple onion Cafe The Danberrys (bluegrass, country, folk), 8pm

wall street Coffee house Wall Street LIVE feat: Fountain Penn (local music showcase), 7pm

red stag grill Eric Ciborski (piano), 8-11pm

westville pub Peace Jones (classic rock, flute), 10pm

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

white horse Whitewater Bluegrass Company, 8pm

southern appalaChian brewery Grits & Soul (Americana, honky-tonk), 8pm

sunday, march 3

5 walnut wine bar The Roaring Lions (hot jazz), 7-9pm altaMont brewing CoMpany Sunday Funday Potluck & Pickin', 5:30pm boiler rooM Showcast roast w/ Roxxy Hart, 10pm eMerald lounge Joe Stump (neo-classical metal) w/ Six & Twenty, 9:30pm grove park inn great hall Two Guitars (classical), 10am-noon Bob Zullo (jazz, pop, guitar), 6:3010:30pm isis restaurant and MusiC hall Jazz showcase w/ Billy B, 8pm JaCk of the wood pub Irish session, 5pm Seven Nations (Celtic rock), 9pm lobster trap Leo Johnson (hot club jazz), 7-9pm one stop deli & bar Bluegrass brunch w/ The Pond Brothers, noon-3pm orange peel Walz lesson, 5:30pm Dance, 6:30pm

grey eagle MusiC hall & tavern Chelsea Light Moving (feat: Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth) w/ Talk Normal, 9pm

Karaoke, 8pm

grove park inn great hall Bob Zullo (jazz, pop guitar), 5:30-7:30pm The B's (favorites by request), 8-11pm

tiMo's house Blues jam, 10pm

isis restaurant and MusiC hall Bluegrass sessions w/ Nicky Sanders, 9pm JaCk of the wood pub Nikki Talley (country, rock), 4pm Company (folk, rock) w/ Charlie Parr, 9pm lexington ave brewery (lab) Back stage: Myq Kaplan (comedy), 9pm lobster trap Jay Brown (Americana, folk), 7-9pm native kitChen & soCial pub Trivia, 7pm olive or twist Bluedawg blues jam, 8-11pm sCully's Daughters of Atlantis (acoustic rock), 10pm tallgary's Cantina Techno dance party, 9:30pm

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

the altaMont theater Michael Jefry Stevens (piano) & Jason DeCristofaro (vibraphone), 8pm

southern appalaChian brewery Ellen Trnka (folk, Americana), 5pm

tolliver's Crossing irish pub Trivia, 8:30pm

straightaway Cafe Caleb Bost (singer-songwriter), 6pm

treasure Club DJ Mike, 6:30pm-2am

wall street Coffee house Kids' open mic, 2pm

tressa's downtown Jazz and blues Local showcase, 8:30pm

white horse Rupert Waites (singer-songwriter)

monday, march 4 blaCk Mountain ale house Karaoke, 9pm Courtyard gallery Open mic, 8-11pm grey eagle MusiC hall & tavern Contra dance, 8pm grove park inn great hall Bob Zullo (jazz, pop, guitar), 6:3010:30pm holland's grille Open mic, 8pm lobster trap Dave Desmelik (Americana), 7pm odditoriuM Makayan (rock, jam, electronic) w/ Heady Murphy, 9pm orange peel The 999 EYES Surreal Sideshow w/ Bombs Away Cabaret & John Wilkes Boothe & the Black Toothe, 8pm phoenix lounge Suzanne, Jerry & Kurt (of The Moon Shine Babies), 7pm the bywater Open mic, 9pm the hangar lounge Karaoke, 10pm tiMo's house Jam night (multi-genre open jam), 10pm treasure Club DJ Mike, 6:30pm-2am

westville pub Blues jam, 10pm white horse Irish sessions, 6:30pm Open mic, 8:45pm wild wing Cafe Karaoke, 9:30pm

Wednesday, march 6

tressa's downtown Jazz and blues Billy the Kid & the Outlaws, 8:30pm vanuatu kava bar Open mic, 8:30pm

Creekside taphouse Open mic, 9pm

JaCk of the wood pub Old-time jam, 4pm lobster trap The K-Tones (jazz, blues, classical, rock), 7pm

altaMont brewing CoMpany Open mic, 8pm

olive or twist Cadillac Rex (oldies, swing, rock), 8-11pm

asheville MusiC hall Funk jam, 11pm

one stop deli & bar Soul/jazz jam w/ Preston Cate, 10pm

Club eleven on grove Swing lessons, 6:30 & 7:30pm Tango lessons, 7pm Dance w/ Cry Baby, 8:30pm

phoenix lounge Mike Sweet ('60s & '70s rock covers), 8pm red stag grill Chris Rhodes (guitar, vocals), 7-10pm tallgary's Cantina Open mic/jam, 7pm the dugout

CUSTARD PIE

($10.00 at door, $12 day of)

eMerald lounge Dead Nite w/ Phuncle Sam, 9pm grey eagle MusiC hall & tavern Songs of Water (Americana, world), 9pm grove park inn great hall Bob Zullo (jazz, pop guitar), 5:30-7:30pm The B's (favorites by request), 8-11pm harrah's Cherokee Karaoke, 8pm-midnight holland's grille Dr. Brown's team trivia, 8pm JaCk of hearts pub Old-time jam, 7pm JaCk of the wood pub No Strings Attached (bluegrass), 7-9pm Bluegrass jam, 9pm lobster trap Hank Bones ("man of 1,000 songs"), 7-9pm

one stop deli & bar Brews, Bluegrass & BBQ w/ Kendall Huntley, 5-8pm

phoenix lounge Bradford Carson (rock, jam, blues), 8pm

holland's grille Karaoke, 9:30pm

SATURDAY MAR 2

elaine's dueling piano bar Dueling Pianos (rock 'n' roll sing-a-long), 9pm-1am

elaine's dueling piano bar Dueling Pianos (rock 'n' roll sing-a-long), 9pm-1am

harrah's Cherokee Throwback DJ ('70s-'90s), 6pm-close

JEFF SANTIAGO Y LOS GATOS NEGROS

blaCk Mountain ale house Woody Wood (acoustic rock, blues), 9pm

orange peel Daedelus (electronic, baroque) w/ Salva, Ryan Hemsworth & Samo Sound Boy, 9pm

grove park inn great hall Bob Zullo (jazz, pop guitar), 5:30-7:30pm The B's (favorites by request), 8-11pm

FRIDAY MAR 1

barley's taprooM Alien Music Club (jazz jam), 9pm

dirty south lounge Disclaimer Standup Lounge (comedy open mic), 9pm

eMerald lounge Young Buffalo (indie rock) w/ Blessed Feathers, Jessica Hernandez & the Deltas, 9pm

CLOSED FOR PRIVATE EVENT

allstars sports bar and grill Dance night, 10pm

olive or twist Heather Masterton Jazz Quartet, 8-11pm

barley's taprooM Dr. Brown's Team Trivia, 8:30pm

THURSDAY FEB 28

thursday, march 7

odditoriuM Ryan Barber (R&B), 9pm

westville pub Trivia night, 9pm

eMerald lounge Mercies (indie rock) w/ Joe Fletcher & Jonah Tolchin, 9:30pm

treasure Club DJ Mike, 6:30pm-2am

allstars sports bar and grill Karaoke, 9pm

tressa's downtown Jazz and blues Scary-Oke, 11pm

Creekside taphouse Old-time jam, 6:30pm

trailhead restaurant and bar Kevin Scanlon's old-time jam, 6:30pm

adaM dalton distillery DJ dance party (EDM, bass), 10pm

isis restaurant and MusiC hall He's My Brother She's My Sister ("psych-acoustic") w/ Paper Bird & Shakey Graves, 9pm

tuesday, march 5

the hangar lounge Karaoke, 10pm

pisgah brewing CoMpany That1Guy (experimental) w/ Wolff, 9pm purple onion Cafe Marshall Ballew & Wanda Lu Paxton, 7:30pm red stag grill Eric Ciborski (piano), 7-10pm tallgary's Cantina Asheville music showcase, 8pm the Market plaCe Ben Hovey (dub-jazz, trumpet, beats), 6-9pm tiMo's house Asheville Drum 'n' Bass Collective, 10pm-2am town puMp H.R. Gertner & friends, 9pm trailhead restaurant and bar Zydeco jam w/ Steve Burnside, 7pm treasure Club DJ Mike, 6:30pm-2am tressa's downtown Jazz and blues WestSound (R&B, dance), 8:30pm

friday, march 8 allstars sports bar and grill Sharkadelics (rock, pop, covers), 10pm apotheCary Albert Adams (experimental, rock) w/ Oulipo (indie pop) & Dogtooth, 9pm

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Hope Griffin (folk), 6pm

PRESENTS

one stop deli & bar Free Dead Fridays feat: members of Phuncle Sam, 5-8pm

NEW GUIDE COMING IN MAY!

paCk's tavern Micah Hanks Duo (newgrass, jam), 9pm phoenix lounge Jazz night, 8pm pisgah brewing CoMpany Sara Watkins (folk, Americana), 9pm pulp SEXY. (electronic), 9pm red stag grill Chris Rhodes (guitar, vocals), 8-11pm sCandals nightClub Dance party, 10pm Drag show, 1am south side station Karaoke, 9pm straightaway Cafe South Forty (rock, honky-tonk), 6pm tallgary's Cantina Contagious (rock), 9:30pm

Your guide to area restaurants & bars

the altaMont theater Chuck Brodsky (singer-songwriter, folk), 8pm the Market plaCe Patrick Fitzsimons (blues, world, jazz), 7-10pm

if it ain’t broke: Chelsea Light Moving, the latest project of Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore, continues the alt-rock pioneer’s journey into the depths of explosive dissonance and thundering guitars. The band stops at The Grey Eagle on Tuesday, March 5, the same day its self-titled debut hits stores. Photo by Carlos van Hijfte

tiMo's house DJ Jet & guests (hip-hop), 10pm-2am town puMp Bullfeather, 9pm treasure Club DJ Mike, 6:30pm-2am vanuatu kava bar Seraphim Arkistra (electro-coustic, ambient, improv), 9pm wall street Coffee house Open mic, 9pm

athena's Club Mark Appleford (blues, folk, rock), 7-10pm DJ, 10pm-2am bier garden DJ Don Magic, 9pm-1am blaCk Mountain ale house Sam Mason Trio (jazz, funk), 9pm eMerald lounge Autumn Owls w/ Sam Marine & County, New Sweden & The End of America (Americana), 9pm good stuff Viva (rock) , 9pm grey eagle MusiC hall & tavern Holly WIlliams (singer-songwriter), 8pm

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grove park inn great hall Donna Germano (hammered dulcimer), 2-4pm Bill Covington (piano classics & standards), 6-9pm hotel indigo Juan Buenavitas & friends (Spanish/flamenco guitar), 7-10pm JaCk of the wood pub Dulci Ellenberger (folk), 5pm The Green Boys (country), 6pm The Harris Brothers (traditional, blues, Americana), 9pm Peewee Moore (outlaw country), 11pm lobster trap Calico Moon (roots, country, soul), 7-9pm Monte vista hotel

white horse Asheville Jazz Orchestra

saturday, march 9 allstars sports bar and grill Saloon 5 (rock, country, covers), 10pm athena's Club Mark Appleford (blues, folk, rock), 7-10pm DJ, 10pm-2am bier garden DJ Don Magic, 9pm-1am blaCk Mountain ale house Paul Edelman (folk, rock), 9pm boiler rooM

Mindshapefist w/ Vic Crown & Twist of Fate (hard rock), 9pm double Crown The Humms (rock) w/ Vaygues ('60s powerpop) & DJ Lorruh, 9pm elaine's dueling piano bar Dueling Pianos (rock 'n' roll sing-a-long), 9pm-1am eMerald lounge lowercase letters w/ Conversations with Enemies, Man on Earth & Gone by Daylight (rock), 9pm grey eagle MusiC hall & tavern Blue Dogs (Americana, country, rock) w/ The Corduroy Road, 9pm grove park inn great hall Bill Covington (piano classics & standards), 6-9pm holland's grille Karaoke, 9:30pm hotel indigo Juan Buenavitas & friends (Spanish/flamenco guitar), 7-10pm JaCk of the wood pub

The High Jump Heart (folk, pop), 5pm Toy Soldiers (rock, soul) w/ Daphne Lee Martin, 9pm

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

lobster trap Trevor Storia (jazz), 7pm

straightaway Cafe

odditoriuM Beware the Dangers of a Ghost Scorpion w/ The Krektones & The Sweet Talkers (garage rock), 9pm olive or twist 42nd Street Jazz Band, 8-11pm

tallgary's Cantina WestSound (R&B, dance), 9:30pm the altaMont theater David Grier (bluegrass, guitar), 8pm town puMp

one stop deli & bar Bluegrass brunch w/ Jay Franck (of Sanctum Sully) & friends, noon-3pm

Derek Frye (rock, jam), 9pm

paCk's tavern A Social Function (rock, dance), 9pm

DJ Mike, 6:30pm-2am

phoenix lounge The Zealots (alternative, rockabilly), 9pm red stag grill Eric Ciborski (piano), 8-11pm sCandals nightClub

clubdirectory 185 king street 877-1850 5 Walnut Wine Bar 253-2593 altamont Brewing company 575-2400 the altamont theatre 348-5327 aqua cafe & Bar 505-2081 arcade 258-1400 asheville civic center & thomas Wolfe auditorium 259-5544 the asheville public (tap) 505-1720 asheville music hall 255-7777 athena’s club 252-2456 avery creek pizza & ribs 687-2400 Barley’s tap room 255-0504 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 club hairspray 258-2027 club metropolis 258-2027 club remix 258-2027 the chop house 253-1852

Sarah Tucker (folk, pop), 6pm

Monte vista hotel Blue Moon (jazz, country, rock), 6pm

the corner 575-2449 craggie Brewing company 254-0360 creature’s cafe 254-3636 creekside taphouse 575-2880 adam dalton distillery 367-6401 dark city deli 257-5300 desoto lounge 986-4828 diana Wortham theater 257-4530 dirty south lounge 251-1777 dobra tea room 575-2424 the dugout 692-9262 eleven on grove 505-1612 emerald lounge 232- 4372 firestorm cafe 255-8115 fred’s speakeasy 281-0920 french Broad Brewery tasting room 277-0222 french Broad chocolate lounge 252-4181 the gateway club 456-6789 good stuff 649-9711 grey eagle music hall & tavern 232-5800 grind cafe 430-4343 grove house eleven on grove 505-1612 the grove park inn (elaine’s piano Bar/ great hall) 252-2711 the handlebar (864) 233-6173

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hangar lounge 684-1213 harrah’s cherokee 497-7777 havana restaurant 252-1611 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 Jus one more 253-8770 lexington avenue Brewery 252-0212 the lobster trap 350-0505 the lower level 505-8333 luella’s Bar-B-Que 505-RIBS mack kell’s pub & grill 253-8805 the magnetic field 257-4003 mike’s side pocket 281-3096 monte vista hotel 669-8870 odditorium 505-8388 one stop Bar deli & Bar 255-7777 o.henry’s/tug 254-1891 the orange peel 225-5851 pack’s tavern 225-6944 pisgah Brewing co.

669-0190 pulp 225-5851 purple onion cafe 749-1179

rankin vault 254-4993 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 smokey’s after dark 253-2155 southern appalacian Brewery 684-1235 spurs 575-2258 static age records 254-3232 stingrays 926-4100 straightaway cafe 669-8856 tallgary’s cantina 232-0809 rocky’s hot chicken shack 575-2260 thirsty monk south 505-4564 timo’s house 575-2886 tolliver’s crossing irish pub 505-2129 trailhead restaurant & Bar 357-5656 treasure club 298-1400 tressa’s downtown Jazz & Blues 254-7072 vincenzo’s Bistro 254-4698 Westville pub 225-9782 White horse 669-0816 Wild Wing cafe 253-3066

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Jack reacher (PG-13) 7:00. 10:00 Parental Guidance (PG) 1:00, 4:00 n cArmike cinemA 10 (298-4452)

Argo (r) 1:20, 4:10, 7:05, 9:55 beautiful creatures (PG-13) 6:25, 9:20 escape from Planet earth 3D (PG) 1:05, 3:25 escape from Planet earth 2D (PG) 1:40, 4:05 identity thief (r) 2:00, 4:45, 7:30, 10:15 les miserables (PG-13) 1:50, 5:20, 8:50 life of Pi 3D (PG-13) 5:55, 8:55 life of Pi 2D (PG-13) 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 Phantom (r) 2:10, 4:40, 7:10, 9:45 Safe haven (PG-13) 1:10, 4:15, 6:55, 9:40 Snitch (PG-13) 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 10:05 zero Dark thirty (r) 1:55, 5:30, 9:00

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21 & over (r) 11:15, 1:30, 3:45, 6:00, 8:15, 10:30

the last exorcism Part ii (PG-13) 11:15, 1:25, 3:35, 5:45, 8:00, 10:15 Phantom (r) 11:00, 1:15, 3:30, 5:45, 8:00, 10:15 A Place at the table (PG) 11:00, 1:05, 3:10, 5:15, 7:20, 9:30 Quartet (PG-13) 11:00, 1:20, 3:40, 6:00, 8:15, 10:30 Safe haven (PG-13) 12:15, 2:50, 5:25, 8:00, 10:30 Side effects (r) 12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:05 Silver linings Playbook (r) 11:10, 1:50, 4:35, 7:20, 10:05 Snitch (PG-13) 12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:30 n cinebArre (6657776) n co-eD cinemA brevArD (883-2200)

life of Pi (PG-13) 1:00 Safe haven (PG-13) 4:00, 7:00 n ePic oF henDerSonville (6931146) n Fine ArtS theAtre (232-1536)

Quartet (r) 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, Late show fri-sat 9:15

Amour (PG-13) 11:00, 1:45, 4:30, 7:20, 10:10

Silver linings Playbook (r) 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, Late show fri-sat 9:40

Dark Skies (PG-13) 12:15, 2:30, 4:45, 7:00, 9:15

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A Good Day to Die hard (r) 11:15, 1:30, 3:40, 6:00, 8:15, 10:30

Safe haven (PG-13) Fri, Sun, tue, thu 4:00, Sat, mon, wed 7:00 zero Dark thirty (r) Sat, mon, wed 3:30, Fri, Sun, tue, thu 7:00

identity thief (r) 11:30, 2:10, 4:45, 7:20, 10:00 Jack the Giant Slayer 3D (PG-13) 2:20, 7:30 Jack the Giant Slayer 2D (PG-13) 11:45, 4:55, 10:05

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pickoftheweek A PlAce At the tAble JJJJ

Director: Kristi Jacobson, Lori siLverbush PLayers: Jeff briDges, Mariana chiLton, toM coLicchio, Ken cooK DocumentAry

rAteD PG

The Story: A documentary focusing on America’s continually growing hunger problem.

The Lowdown: Well-intentioned and informative, but never quite manages to be as engrossing as it needs to be as entertainment.

The biggest challenge for the well-intentioned, high-minded documentary is how to juggle the message with entertaining the audience. It’s a difficult balancing act that’s rarely achieved, as filmmakers must figure out a way to separate themselves from the tons of goodhearted docs out there, but without being so flippant that it distracts the viewer from the message.

Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush’s A Place at the Table never quite attains the balance between entertainment and education when going for a human — and humane — look at hunger in America. And while it’s certainly a worthy cause, A Place at the Table is overstuffed with information and factoids — something that makes the film easily accessible to the converted and a difficult sell for everyone else. Jacobson and Silverbush begin by stating their thesis, focusing on the 50 million Americans who live in hunger, don’t often know where their next meal is coming from and live in poverty, but have difficulty even obtaining public assistance. This is shocking, especially since — and this is something the film touches on — hunger is rarely discussed openly in America because of the cultural difficulty people have in admitting they’re underfed — although the condition is arguably a by-product of the country’s wealth.

What’s surprising about this doc is the solutions it brings up. Yes, there’s discussion about how government programs such as food stamps are faulty and don’t do enough to fill a need, but Jacobson and Silverbush are looking for causes that run deeper than simple policy. Instead, they’re searching for the root cause, mainly in the way American culture — and American thinking — hurts the poor. Basically, they’re taking a shot at capitalism (though never blatantly), the ‘80s Me Generation (including the Reagan era’s side effects of selfishness) and the dark side of the American idea of pulling oneself up by one’s bootstraps. What the filmmakers are

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Jeff Bridges discusses the tens of millions of Americans who suffer from hunger in the well-intentioned — but a bit dry — documentary A Place at the Table. calling for is a more institutionalized form of government assistance that’s ingrained within Americans looking out for one another — insisting that relying on charity, such as soup kitchens, can never get the job done.

This is certainly a worthy argument, but Jacobson and Silverbush present their ideas within the scope of data and hard facts. This academic approach is inevitable, but hunger isn’t a fun topic and shouldn’t be approached as one. Unfortunately, that also means A Place at the Table will be a tough go for most moviegoers, despite its having the best of intentions.

Rated PG for thematic elements and brief mild language. reviewed by Justin Souther Starts Friday at Carolina Asheville Cinema 14

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Director: scott stewart (Priest) PLayers: Keri russeLL, Josh haMiLton, DaKota goyo, KaDan rocKett, J.K. siMMons Sci-Fi FlAPDooDle

rAteD PG-13

The Story: Strange events keep happening to a suburban family in this tepid alien abduction movie.

The Lowdown: A dull, lifeless sci-fi folderol of the conspiracy-theory kind crossed with a Paranormal Activity vibe.

Scott Stewart’s Dark Skies — a tepid attempt at making an alien abduction yarn into a

Paranormal Activity movie (a dubious enough notion at best) — is a boring little movie that serves one — and only one — useful purpose: It makes this week’s other opening movie, Snitch, seem slightly less awful. Presumably, this was not what the makers of Dark Skies had in mind, so the movie’s value may reasonably be reckoned as nil. Now, Stewart has made bad movies before: the goofy and unintentionally amusing Priest (2011) and the goofy and pretty dull Legion (2009). This one is too lame to even qualify as goofy, but, shades of Whitley Streiber, it sure is dull. You can tart it up (if that’s the term) with all manner of Paranormal Activity home-security-cam guff, but it’s still just basic alien abduction claptrap.

The same sort of nonsense can be seen in all manner of speculation TV shows (while its only marginally intriguing aspects were done better in this past season’s American Horror Story: Asylum on FX, where they were merely part of an everything-and-the-kitchen-sink stew).

Here we have a downwardly mobile uppermiddle-class family — headed by B-list actors Keri Russell and Josh Hamilton — who are already in dire straits thanks to the job market (the movie wants to be timely). The last thing they need are pesky aliens — especially pesky aliens that eat all the produce in their refrigerator. (Note: Aliens apparently like watermelon. This may be useful information someday.) Soon the aliens are making artistic

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Absolutely nothing happens here that you haven’t seen done before — and better — elsewhere. (That you’ve also seen it done worse — think The Fourth Kind — is not a bonafide recommendation.) Not surprisingly, Dark Skies even makes the same mistakes you’ve seen before — like everyone splitting up when they know they need to stick together. But really, the film’s biggest sin is simply that it is just too much of the same old stuff. It’s not even bad enough to work up the enthusiasm to dislike. It’s simply mediocre and boring — and that’s ever so much worse. Rated PG-13 for violence, terror throughout, sexual material, drug content and language — all involving teens. reviewed by Ken Hanke Playing at Carolina Asheville Cinema 14, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande, United Artists Beaucatcher Cinema 7

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Director: ric roMan waugh PLayers: Dwayne Johnson, barry PePPer, Jon bernthaL, susan saranDon, MichaeL K. wiLLiaMs FAct-inSPireD Action

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The story: When his son receives an aburdly long sentence for a drug violation, a father goes undercover to help reduce his kid’s sentence.

The lowdown: It’s way longer than it needs to be. It does nothing new. It has no sense of humor. It’s just plain not good.

Stuntman-turned-director Ric Roman Waugh gets his first wide release with Snitch, an appallingly titled movie charged with the task of proving that The Rock — Dwayne Johnson, if you insist — can act, while maintaining the sort of material that will appeal to his target audience. I haven’t decided whether Mr. Waugh is actually on a fool’s errand or merely charged with a thankless task, but the film doesn’t really work in either intended capacity. Granted, Johnson spends the entire film looking serious and even manages to

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Here we go again: actors you mostly haven't heard of, brought to you by people you've never heard of, starring in a movie about youth running wild. This is what is promised: "What was supposed to be one beer becomes a night of humiliation, over-indulgence and utter debauchery in this coming-of-drinking-age-comedy, from the writers of The Hangover, about living youth to its fullest." In other words, business as usual. What it fails to tell you is that writers-turned-writer/directors Jon Lucas and Scott Moore also penned Four Christmases, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past and The Change-Up. (R)

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Director Bryan Singer is back with his first interesting and personal-looking film since X2. Also encouraging is the cast. Not only do we get Nicholas Hoult as Jack, but we also get Ewan McGregor, Stanley Tucci, Ian McShane, Eddie Marsan, Bill Nighy and Ewen Bremner in this re-imagining of "Jack and the Beanstalk." It is easily the most promising release of the week. (PG-13)

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Here's the movie that poses the question, "Just how many last exorcisms can there be?"

Actually, Daniel Stamm's The Last Exorcism was one of the few good found-footage horror pictures to come down the pike. It's a great pity then that Stamm's name is nowhere to be found on this sequel. Instead, we have Ed Gass-Donnelly, who has previously made nothing that penetrated our realm. The new film appears to focus on the previously possessed Nell (Ashley Bell), who must be in danger of repossession. (PG-13)

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Here's an oddity — and something of a wild card — from a fellow named Todd Robinson. It's being marketed as a thriller with a surprise ending or twist of some sort ("You'll never see it coming"). The blurb tells us: "Ed Harris plays the captain of a Cold War Soviet missile submarine who has recently been suffering from seizures that alter his perception of reality. Forced to leave his wife and daughter, he is rushed into a classified mission, where he is haunted by his past and challenged by a rogue KGB group (led by David Duchovny) bent on seizing control of the ship's nuclear missile." Well, the cast is interesting. (R)

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shed a tear at one point. The former only reminds me of Carole Kane in Valentino (1977) remarking that, "Looking serious is a lot of hard work in this town," and I am not convinced the latter wasn’t glycerin rolling down Johnson’s manly cheek. As action, the film is pretty weak tea — and with more obvious CGI than I might expect with a stuntman in the director’s chair.

It probably doesn’t help matters that Snitch is a fact-inspired movie that wants to outrage the viewer against the unfairness of the mandatory 10-year sentence for possessing drugs in sufficient quantity to be peddled.

That is what construction company owner John Matthews (Johnson) finds himself up against when his very un-Rocklike son, Jason (Rafi Gavron, Celeste & Jesse Forever), becomes innocently (of course) involved in a drug deal. He also finds himself up against his son’s refusual to rat out any of his friends by way of bargaining leverage, and, even worse, there’s tough-as-nails conservative U.S. attorney Joanne Keeghan (Susan Sarandon) to deal with. What’s a dad to do? Well, go undercover himself and hand the DEA some big fish to fry. With preposterous ease, he manages to do just that — putting himself and his new family (Jason being from a previous marriage)

at great risk. However, since Jason is always a little more battered and bruised (thanks to unconvincing makeup) every time his father visits him, a manly man just has to do what a manly man has to do.

The picture of the underworld and its labyrinthian connections is straight out of a hundred other movies. Worse, everything is so convenient — like Matthews having easy access to 18-wheelers he has just bought and, what’s more, knowing how to drive them.

(My wife says this is because The Rock can do anything, but there’s really little evidence Johnson was doing much of the driving.) It all follows the exact template you expect and is frankly pretty darn dull and way too long.

The main question I was left with — and one you might want to skip if you have any question about how this will turn out — is whether The Rock and his new family end up in a separate witness relocation program from the one his old family ends up in? Or do they all have to live in one house? I can see a sitcom in this. Rated PG-13 for drug content and sequences of violence. reviewed by Ken Hanke Playing at Carmike 10, Carolina Asheville Cinema 14, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande

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cArloS JJJJ FAct-bASeD DrAmA rAteD nr In Brief: Olivier Assayas’ critically-acclaimed TV mini-series (that also saw a theatrical release), Carlos, is being shown over three weeks in three installments (totaling 330 minutes) by World Cinema. Covering 20 years and taking place all around the world, the story of Venezuelan terrorist Ilich Ramírez Sánchez (aka Carlos) is an exhaustive (and occasionally exhausting) examination of its subject. Even so, it’s delivered in large chunks that are just slapped together in a way that can make it hard to follow.

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The Hendersonville Film Society will show Les Miserables Sunday, March 3 at 2 p.m. in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community (behind Epic Cinemas), 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville.

the mAGic SworD JJJ FAntASy rAteD nr In Brief: A young man — armed with his magic sword, stallion and supernatural knight buddies — goes on a quest to rescue a distressed damsel from an evil wizard. It’s colorful, silly and in the basic bargain-basement style of lovable schlockmeister Bert I. Gordon.

The Thursday Horror Picture Show will screen The Magic Sword Thursday, Feb. 28 at 8 p.m. in the Cinema Lounge of The Carolina Asheville and will be hosted by Xpress movie critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther.

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Jean-Louis trintignant, eMManueLLe riva, isabeLLe huPPert, aLexanDre tharauD, wiLLiaM shinneLL drama A husband tries to cope with his wife’s terminal illness. Highly-acclaimed in most quarters, this slow, humorless essay in human misery is not going to be to everyone’s taste and will appeal mostly to those already sold on the director’s style. Rated PG-13

ArGo JJJJ

ben affLecK, bryan cranston, aLan arKin, John gooDMan, victor garber drama/Thriller The “true story” of the CIA’s attempts at removing diplomats from Iran during the hostage crisis by having agents and the diplomats pose as Canadian filmmakers working on the sci-fi picture Argo. A well-crafted, entertaining and intelligent crowd-pleaser that’s a bit too pat and Hollywoodized to really transcend into greatness. Rated R

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aLDen ehrenreich, aLice engLert, JereMy irons, vioLa Davis, eMMa thoMPson, eMMy rossuM, eiLeen atKins Fantasy Romance A nonconformist human boy in a small Southern town falls for an outsider/newcomer who happens to be a witch. The course of this love does not run smoothly. Surprisingly likable, adult and even witty teen romance of the fantasy variety. The old pros help, but the script and the young leads are very strong. Rated PG-13

lincoln JJJ

DanieL Day-Lewis, saLLy fieLD, DaviD strathairn, JosePh gorDon-Levitt, JaMes sPaDer Historical drama President Abraham Lincoln attempts to pass the 13th Amendment to the Constitution while the Civil War rages and various political pitfalls loom in the background. A far too dreary, stylistically drab and solemn biopic that’s buoyed by a handful of strong performances, mostly from Daniel Day-Lewis. Rated PG-13

the oScAr-nominAteD ShortS 2013 JJJJ

various short Films The Oscar-nominated short films — both animated and live action — presented in one package. While this year’s live action short films are better than the animated ones, this is an overall worthwhile group of shorts — and essential viewing for Oscar-watchers. Rated NR

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Jeff briDges, Mariana chiLton, toM coLicchio, Ken cooK documentary A documentary focusing on America’s continually growing hunger problem. Well-intentioned and informative, but never quite manages to be as engrossing as it needs to be as entertainment. Rated PG

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Keri russeLL, Josh haMiLton, DaKota goyo, KaDan rocKett, J.K. siMMons sci-Fi Flapdoodle Strange events keep happening to a suburban family in this tepid alien abduction movie. A dull, lifeless sci-fi folderol of the conspiracy-theory kind crossed with a Paranormal Activity vibe. Rated PG-13

Maggie sMith, toM courtenay, biLLy connoLLy, PauLine coLLins, MichaeL gaMbon Comedy drama Life at a retirement home for musicians and musical performers is disrupted by the arrival of a famous diva and the threat of the home being shut down if their annual gala isn’t a big success. A rather familiar story is given a first-rate treatment by an excellent cast and assured direction. Extremely enjoyable, especially for Anglophiles and fans of the stars.

Rated PG-13

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JaMie foxx, christoPh waLtz, LeonarDo DicaPrio, Kerry washington, saMueL L. JacKson Tarantinoesque Revisionist excess A former slave and a bounty hunter team up to retrieve the ex-slave’s wife from a notorious plantation in 1858. Excessive and overblown in the grand Tarantino manner, the film is both deliberately shocking and provocative, while being extremely funny and a bracing blast of moviemaking for its own sake. Not to be missed. Rated R

(voices) rob corDDry, brenDan fraser, sarah Jessica ParKer, Jessica aLba, ricKy gervais, wiLLiaM shatner Animated sci-Fi Adventure A cowardly, cautious alien must rescue his brash, idiotic brother from Area 51. Harmless, uninspired animated pap with an unfortunately high dose of corny pop culture humor. Rated PG

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bruce wiLLis, Jai courtney, sebastian Koch, Mary eLizabeth winsteaD, yuLiya snigir, coLe hauser Action When his son is arrested in Russia, John McClane goes to see what’s afoot and ends up involved in massive mayhem. It has Bruce Willis in his best remembered role. It has an R rating. It has car chases and shooting and explosions. It’s also pretty awful. Rated R

hAnSel & Gretel: witch hunterS JJJ

JereMy renner, geMMa arterton, faMKe Janssen, PihLa viitaLa, DereK Mears Fantasy Action Fairy-tale stalwarts Hansel and Gretel have grown up, make a living hunting witches and are out to bring down the witches behind a series of kidnappings. A disposable, superfluous fantasy/action hybrid that’s slight, goofy and occasionally fun in a hokey kind of way. Rated R

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Jason bateMan, MeLissa Mccarthy, aManDa Peet, t.i., genesis roriguez, John cho Raunch-com When a woman steals a man’s identity and runs up astronomical debts, her victim tracks her down in search of reparation. Overlong, distasteful, strikingly unfunny and badly written. It’s not directed all that well either. Rated R

leS miSerAbleS JJJ

hugh JacKMan, russeLL crowe, anne hathaway, aManDa seyfrieD, sacha baron cohen, heLena bonhaM carter, eDDie reDMayne Musical drama Film version of the immensely popular stage-show musical adaptation of the Victor Hugo novel. Fans of the show will probably rejoice.

The uninitiated may feel differently about this extremely long, over-emphatic and self-serious film version. Rated PG-13

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suraJ sharMa, irrfan Khan, ayush tanDon, gautaM beLur, aDiL hussain, rafe sPaLL, gérarD DeParDieu Allegorical Action drama The story of a young man and a tiger adrift for 227 days in a lifeboat and their struggle to survive. Ang Lee’s film is a triumph of technical wonders and magnificent images, but how satisfying it is on thematic and dramatic levels is likely going to be a question of personal beliefs and baggage. Rated PG

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JuLianne hough, Josh DuhaMeL, DaviD Lyons, cobie sMuLDers Melodramatic Romance A woman on the run ends up in a sleepy coastal town while her past tries desperately to catch up with her. Purely schmaltzy melodrama from the reigning goofball king of it, Nicholas Sparks, that redeems itself — or at least is made interesting—by one supremely silly ending.

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JuDe Law, Mara rooney, catherine zeta-Jones, channing tatuM Crime Thriller A young woman accidentally kills her husband, seemingly due to side effects from her antidepressant medication, but things are perhaps more complicated — and nefarious — than they seem. A beautifully shot, expertly acted, wholly professional murder thriller from Steven Soderbergh that misses greatness by being a bit too emotionally detached and slightly too rambling in its climax. Rated R

SilVer lininGS PlAybook JJJJJ

braDLey cooPer, Jennifer Lawrence, robert De niro, JacKi weaver, chris tucKer, anuPaM Kher Romantic Comedy Unusual screwball romantic comedy about two very dysfunctional people. Richly rewarding, funny, fresh and touching romantic comedy that both adheres to the genre while taking it to new places. Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence make for a very appealing couple — and get great support from the rest of the A-list cast. Rated R

Snitch JJ

Dwayne Johnson, barry PePPer, Jon bernthaL, susan saranDon, MichaeL K. wiLLiaMs Fact-Inspired Action When his son receives an aburdly long sentence for a drug violation, a father goes undercover to help reduce his kid’s sentence. It’s way longer than it needs to be. It does nothing new. It has no sense of humor.

It’s just plain not good. Rated PG-13

wArm boDieS JJJJ

nichoLas houLt, teresa PaLMer, anaLeigh tiPton, rob corDDry, Dave franco, John MaLKovich Rom-Com with Zombies A more sentient than average zombie falls in love with a human girl — with surprising (sort of) results. Intensely likable, if never quite remarkable, new take on the tired old zombie movie. Purists may rail against it, but I’d raher have this than all umpteen Resident Evil pictures put together. Rated PG-13

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Jessica chastain, JoeL eDgerton, Jennifer ehLe, Jason cLarKe, JaMes ganDoLfini, MarK strong Fact-Based drama The story of the ten year hunt for Osama bin Laden. Efficient and professionally made, but not all that involving due to a lack of characterization and a detached approach. How you feel about its controversial and off-hand depiction of torture will likely play a role in your assessment of the movie. Rated R

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ADmInIstrAtIVe/ oFFICe tHe senIor LAW proJeCt oF LeGAL AID oF nortH CAroLInA • Has an opening for a full-time support staff position (combination secretary/receptionist/intake specialist) in its Asheville office.

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Initial application screening on March 1, 2013. $21,850 DOE. To apply, please send a resume

and names/contact information of three references by e-mail to: angied@legalaidnc.org or by mail to: Support Position, Legal Aid of NC, Senior Law Project, P.O. Box 7606, Asheville, NC 28802.

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Autumn Care of Saluda is an Equal Opportunity Employer/ M/F/D/V and complies with the law regarding reasonable accommodation for disabled employees.

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CAFe LeAD Experienced front of the house lead needed for small town cafe in Chimney Rock. Full time with benefits. darlab@chimneyrockpark.com chimneyrockpark.com FArm BUrGer AsHeVILLe We are in search of dynamic personalities to join our growing herd. FOH and BOH positions are currently available. We are a small yet strong restaurant family built firmly around our staff, community, and farmers.

If you enjoy the challenge that is associated with a high volume restaurant, in our case an awesome burger joint featuring 100% grassfed beef, and you are in search of the opportunity that provides an atmosphere of possibility through teamwork, leadership and performance.

We just might be a good fit. It's a great gig and a special time to be a part of our growth. • Applications are being accepted Wednesdays and Thursdays from 11am to 3pm. Our address is 10 Patton Ave, Asheville, NC 28801. We are located next to Salsa's on the corner of Patton and Biltmore. sagray41@gmail. com

meDICAL/ HeALtH CAre AUtUmn CAre In sALUDA, nC • Has an immediate opening for a MDS Coordinator. Current knowledge of MDS 3.0 is a must!! The individual will be responsible for all aspects of data collection, processing and submission according to Medicare and Medicaid requirements. • EDUCATION: Current and active license as a Registered Nurse. • EXPERIENCE: 1 year of professional nursing experience in a skilled nursing facility required. 1 year of administrative and RAI and working Knowledge of MDS 3.0 preferred. This is the second of two positions and the facility offers corporate consultants for MDS issues. • SKILLS: Strong computer, interpersonal, leadership, organizational, and clinical skills. If you are interested in being considered for this exciting career opportunity,

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AVAILABLE POSITIONS • merIDIAn BeHAVIorAL HeALtH Cherokee County: JJTC Team Clinician Seeking Licensed/Associate Licensed Therapist in Cherokee County for an exciting opportunity to serve predominately court referred youth and their families through Intensive In-Home and Basic Benefit Therapy. For more information contact Aaron Plantenberg, aaron.plantenberg@ meridianbhs.org JJTC Team Leader Seeking Licensed Therapist in Cherokee County for an exciting opportunity to serve as team leader. Case load is predominately court referred youth and their families receiving Intensive In-Home and Basic Benefit Therapy. For more information contact Aaron Plantenberg, aaron.plantenberg@ meridianbhs.org Clinician Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACTT) Must have Master’s degree and be licensed/license-eligible.

For more information, please contact Kristy Whitaker, kristy. whitaker@meridianbhs.org Haywood County: Nurse Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACTT) Must be an RN. For more information, please contact Amy Wilson, amy.wilson@meridianbhs.org • For further information and to complete an application, visit our website: www.meridianbhs.org/open-positions.html ADVENTURE COORDINATOR Seeking a part time weekend Adventure Coordinator for a new substance abuse recovery transitional living program to schedule and facilitate weekend adventure activities for clients. Individual must be highly motivated with a passion for service-oriented work. Looking for someone with experience in all types of outdoor adventure activities including camping, hiking, rock climbing, etc. • Requirements: Recovery knowledge, must maintain appropriate level of role modeling for clients in all areas, must be 21 years of age, high school diploma or GED required. Please respond via email to jobs@fourcirclesrecovery.com, reference Adventure Coordinator.

CAse mAnAGer • Eliada is seeking an experienced Case Manager to create and facilitates the implementation and coordination of service planning for each assigned student that enters the Residential program.

• Qualifications: A Bachelor’s Degree in Human Services and 2 years clinically supervised experience; must meet QP requirements; position requires

excellent communication and organizational skills; knowledge of case management practice, systems theory and practice, strengths-based practice, and public sector agencies preferred. Please visit the agency’s website at www.eliada.org for more information or to submit an application.

DIreCt CAre stAFF • We are searching for caring folks to provide support and skill training for persons with developmental disabilities and/or other related disorders. Training provided. Call Jim at 828-678-9116 or email jcall@rescare.com for more information.

FAmILY preserVAtIon serVICes oF nC has a very exciting employment opportunity in our Hendersonville office.

• Therapist: As a fully licensed Mental Health Therapist, you will insure the highest quality care is provided to our clients.

Responsibilities include providing assessment and therapy services for adults, children/adolescents and/or families in home, school and community settings.

Two years post license experience is required. Joining our team makes you eligible for a competitive compensation and benefits package. Interested candidates should send their resume to jrobichaud@fpscorp. com.

Family preservation services of rutherford and polk Counties is seeking Qualified Mental Health Professionals and therapists to work with children and adults through the following service lines: IIH, CST and OP therapy. Candidates must have a minimum of 1 year experience with either child or adult mental health populations. FPS offers a competitive salary and an excellent benefit package. Resumes to twalker@fpscorp.com. oVernIGHt CAreGIVers • You can make a difference!

Responsibilities may include: companionship and conversation, light housekeeping, dementia care, and personal care services. We offer flexible assignments based on functional matching factors, such as location and availability. Individual responsibilities vary, as per client-specific needs and requests. We thoroughly screen all applicants for bonding and insuring purposes. Compassionate, professional and dependable individuals will be considered. We have CNA, IHA and Companion positions available.

Our multi-phase training will provide you with the tools you need to become a successful CAREGiver. Come work for the home care industry leader and Employer of Choice. Home Instead Senior Care • 828-2744406 or hbauer@homeinstead. com. Applications by appointment only. Must be over 21 to apply.

pArt tIme BeHAVIorAL HeALtH CAse mAnAGer Homeward Bound-AHOPE seeking Part Time Behavioral Health Counselor. Go to hbofa. org for complete job description and how to apply.

resIDentIAL eDUCAtIon speCIALIst • Eliada is in need of experienced staff to provide individualized treatment to our student population while maintaining a supportive and therapeutic environment. • Qualifications: A Bachelor’s Degree in Human Services preferred; a high school diploma/GED and one year of mental health experience required; position requires a demonstrated ability to work in a high pressure, high stress environment; must demonstrate ability to work a flexible schedule including holidays, emergencies, and extended periods of time. Please visit the agency’s website at www.eliada.org for more information or to submit an application. sUpport AssoCIAte DIreCt CAre stAFF • Do you want to make a difference in a person’s life? Consider working for The Arc of North Carolina, a state-wide advocacy and service provider organization that has been promoting the rights and abilities of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) since 1953. The Arc of North Carolina seeks passionate, compassionate, hard-working individuals to support people with I/DD throughout Western North Carolina for the following situations • A young lady needs support Tuesday and Friday afternoons 3pm to 6pm days a week. Staff must have at least minimal signing ability. We are willing to provide further training in signlanguage for the right staff. • A young lady needs home care one day a week. Staff will also provide back up to other staff during sick and vacation days.

Position would be perfect for a retired Nurse. • Another young lady needs staffing, Monday 7:30 to 1, Wednesday 7:30 to 1, Thursday 7:30 to 2, Friday 7:30 to 1, and every other Saturday 11-9. Job requires stand pivot transfers, and the ability to lift 125 pounds. Other responsibilities may include: providing breaks for caregivers, assistance with personal care, teaching skills to increase independence, promoting inclusion in the community. Related experience in direct care or special education is preferred but not required. Creativity, progressive thinking, strong advocacy skills, and knowledge of community resources are highly desirable. • Qualified applicants must be 18 or older, have a high school diploma or GED, current driver’s license, and pass background checks. Applicants may Contact Lorie Boehm at 828254-4771. Apply in person at 22 Garfield St, Suite 120 Asheville, NC 28803. Or e-mail lboehm@ arcnc.org.

tHe AsHeVILLe oFFICe oF FAmILY preserVAtIon serVICes is seeking the following: QMHP to work with

adults on our Community Support Team; Certified Peer Support Specialist to work with adults in the Center for Recovery, Education, and Wellness; QMHP to work with children and families on an Intensive In Home team. Please send resumes to csimpson@fpscorp. com

We neeD "tHerApeUtIC Foster pArents" • To find out more about becoming a foster parent call Debbie Trainings are free and held on a regular basis. The MENTOR Network debbie.smiley@thementornetwork.com

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A-B teCH - eXeCUtIVe DIreCtor, smALL BUsIness Center AnD InCUBAtIon • SUMMARY: Manages the Small Business Center(SBC), whose objective as a member of the NC Small Business Center Network is to increase the success rate and the number of viable small businesses in North Carolina by providing high quality, readily accessible assistance (i.e., provider of education, training, counseling, information, and referral) to prospective and existing small business owners and their employees. Manages

the Business Incubator Program, which provides comprehensive assistance to participating Small Business Center client companies in an environment that enables growth and supports job creation. This position collaborates with external partners and College staff to coordinate activities that support and promote entrepreneurship and economic development in the College’s service area. • MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: 1. Master’s degree in Business Administration, Entrepreneurship, Law or business-related field; 2. Five or more years of leadership experience in a business related setting (Ex: direct supervision, extensive project management or cross functional team leadership); 3. One or more years of experience in a business consulting, counseling, or coaching role; 4. Shall not have been a principle officer or owner for any business having filed bankruptcy within the past seven years; 5. Communicates with impact and influence. • PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS: 1.

Experience in higher education; 2. Experience as a successful small business owner; 3. Experience working with the business community; economic or workforce development; 4. Experience in developing and implementing successful public or private business incubation programs. • SALARY RANGE: $57,540 - $71,928. Please visit https://abtcc.peopleadmin. com/postings/2050 for additional information and application instructions.

CAnopY GUIDe Navitat Canopy Adventures is hiring for the 2013 season! Navitat Canopy Adventures, the most popluar zipline canopy tour in the area, is hiring for the 2013 season! Navitat is currently hiring for the following positions: Canopy Guide, Driver Guide, and Sales Guide. For more specific information, please go to: http://www.navitat.com/ employment/ Please attach your current resume, references, and a letter of interest by email to: avlemployment@navitat.com

HAnGer HALL is hiring a part-time music teacher to facilitate a fun, dynamic, choral based music class for 6th-8th grade girls for the 2013-2014 school year. Approximately 15 hours per week starting mid August 2013. Salary based on experience. Email a cover letter and resume to employment@ hangerhall.org.

HIGH QUALITY EARLY CHILDCARE TEACHER AND TEACHER ASSISTANT • Are you a teacher of young children who strives for excellence? Do you want to work in a program where NAEYC standards are important, family engagement is valued, the nutrition program is a national model, and teachers are supported in their professional development? • Education required: Teacher - B-K Preferred with 2 years experience, Assistant - Associates in ECE. Send resume to dclark@macfc.org or apply online at MACFCjobs.org. EOE employer.

LeAD eDUCAtIonAL speCIALIst • Eliada is in need of experienced staff to teach subject matter and skills to the PRTF student population that will contribute to their academic and social development. • Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Education or Human Services and 6 months of experience in direct care or teaching; position requires demonstrated supervisory and leadership skills; must be willing to work a flexible schedule, including after work hours and availability for trainings and meetings. Please visit the agency’s website at www. eliada.org for more information or to submit an application.

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MARS HILL LOCATION: • ACTT QP Vocational Specialist • ACTT RN October Road is an integrated, mental health and substance abuse provider for the greater Asheville area. We are dedicated to the highest quality of client care and customer service and strive to be a reliable and effective community partner to all of our stakeholders. We follow evidenced based practices in all of our services and work diligently to recruit and retain the most dedicated and qualified staff to comprise our treatment teams. Our physician providers are well respected within their specialty fields and are known throughout the community. Our commitment to the community, clients and referral sources is unwavering.

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freewillastrology ARIES (March 21-April 19) In 1993, Frenchman Emile Leray was on a solo trip through the Sahara Desert. In the middle of nowhere, his car suffered a major breakdown.

It was unfixable. But he didn't panic. Instead, he used a few basic tools he had on hand to dismantle the vehicle and convert its parts into a makeshift motorcycle. He was able to ride it back to civilization. I foresee the possibility of a metaphorically similar development in your future, Aries. You will get the opportunity to be very resourceful as you turn an apparent setback into a successful twist of fate.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Your power animal is not the soaring eagle or the shrewd wolf or the brave bear. No, Taurus, it's the rubber chicken. I'm serious. With the rubber chicken as your guardian spirit, you might be inspired to commit random acts of goofiness and surrealism. And that would reduce tension in the people around you. It could motivate you to play jokes and pull harmless pranks that influence everyone to take themselves less seriously. Are you willing to risk losing your dignity if it helps make the general mood looser and more generous? Nothing could be better for group solidarity, which is crucial these days.

(Thanks, Gina Williams.)

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) In the language of the Huron Indians, "orenda" is a word that refers to the spiritual power that resides in all creatures and things. If you've got enough of it, you may be able to declare at least partial independence from your own past. You can better shape the life you want for yourself rather than being so thoroughly subject to the limitations of your karma and conditioning. I happen to believe that your current supply of orenda is unusually abundant, Gemini. What's the best use you can make of it?

CANCER (June 21-July 22) When I lived in Santa Cruz years ago, some of my published writings were illustrated by a local cartoonist named Karl Vidstrand. His work was funny, outrageous and often offensive in the most entertaining ways. Eventually he wandered away from our colorful, creative community and moved to a small town at the edge of California's Mojave Desert, near where the Space Shuttles landed. He liked living at the fringes of space, he told journalist R. D. Pickle. It gave him the sense of "being out of bounds at all times." I suggest you adopt some of the Vidstrand spirit in the next three weeks, Cancerian. Being on the fringes and out of bounds are exactly where you belong.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) The history of your pain is entering a new phase. Gradually, almost imperceptibly at first, an emotional ache that has been sapping

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) “I have decided to rename the constellations that have domineered our skies too long,” writes an Internet denizen named Hasheeshee St. Frank. He gives only one example. The Big Dipper, he says, shall forevermore be known as The StarSpangled Gas Can. I invite you to come up with additional substitutes, Pisces.

It’s an excellent time for you to reshape and redefine the high and mighty things to which you have given away too much of your power. It’s a perfect moment to reconfigure your relationship with impersonal, overarching forces that have wielded a disproportionately large influence over your thoughts and feelings. How about if you call the constellation Orion by the new title of Three-Eyed Orangutan? Or instead of Pegasus, use the name Sexy Dolphin? Other ideas?

a conscious relationship with it, asking it to guide you and instruct you. The coming weeks will be an excellent time to deepen your connection.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Some rules in the game of life don't apply to you and can therefore be safely ignored. Do you know which ones they are? On the other hand, do you understand which of the rules in the game of life are crucial to observe if you want to translate your fondest dreams into real experiences? To recognize the difference is a high art.

I'm thinking that now would be an excellent time to solidify your mastery of this distinction. I suggest that you formally renounce your investment in the irrelevant rules and polish your skills at playing by the applicable rules.

SAGITTARIUS

(Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

your vitality will begin to diminish. You will free yourself of its power to define you. You will learn to live without its oddly seductive glamour. More and more, as the weeks go by, you will find yourself less interested in it, less attracted to the maddening mystery it has foisted on you. No later than mid-April, I'm guessing that you will be ready to conduct a ritual of completion; you'll be able to give it a formal send-off as you squeeze one last lesson out of it.

"Don't think the garden loses its ecstasy in winter," wrote the Persian mystic poet Rumi.

"It's quiet, but the roots are down there riotous." I think you're like that winter garden right now, Sagittarius. Outwardly, there's not much heat and flash. Bright ideas and strong opinions are not pouring out of you at their usual rates. You're not even prone to talking too loud or accidentally knocking things over.

This may in fact be as close as you can get to being a wallflower. And yet deep beneath the surface, out of sight from casual observers, you are charging up your psychic battery. The action down there is vibrant and vigorous.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

"When looking for a book, you may discover that you were in fact looking for the book next to it."

Italian writer Roberto Calasso told that to The Paris Review, and now I'm passing it on to you.

But I'd like you to expand upon its meaning, and regard it as a metaphor that applies to your whole life right now. Every time you go searching for a specific something — a learning experience, an invigorating pleasure, a helpful influence — consider the possibility that what you really want and need is a different one that's nearby.

"When you come right down to it," says religion writer Rabbi Marc Gellman, "there are only four basic prayers. Gimme! Thanks!

Oops! and Wow!" Personally, I would add a fifth type of prayer to Gellman's list: "Do you need any assistance?" The Creator always needs collaborators to help implement the gritty details of the latest divine schemes.

According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you would be an excellent choice to volunteer for that role right now — especially in tasks that involve blending beautiful fragments, healing sad schisms, furthering peace negotiations, and overcoming seemingly irreconcilable differences.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) At least once a day, a cell in your body mutates in a way that makes it potentially cancerous.

Just as often, your immune system hunts down that dangerous cell and kills it, preserving your health. Do you understand how amazing this is?

You have a vigilant protector that's always on duty, operating below the level of your awareness. What if I told you that this physical aspect of your organism has an equivalent psychic component? What if, in other words, you have within you a higher intelligence whose function it is to steer you away from useless trouble and dumb risks? I say there is such a thing. I say this other protector works best if you maintain

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) In the movie Fight Club, there is an animated scene at the very end that required an inordinate amount of time to produce. Each frame in this scene took the editors eight hours to process. Since there are 24 frames in each second, their work went on for three weeks.

That's the kind of attention to detail I recommend you summon as you devote yourself to your labor of love in the coming days, Aquarius. I think you know which specific parts of your creation need such intense focus.

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That an adoption proceeding was filed in the Family Court of Pickens County on November 6, 2012, and in this Complaint you are alleged to be the father of a Caucasian female child born in Asheville, North Carolina, on October 29, 2012.

2. That the Plaintiffs in the above captioned Notice are not named for the purpose of confidentiality; however, the Court knows the true identity of the Plaintiffs and in responding to this notice, you are required to use the caption and the number 2012-DR-39-1245. 3. That if Notice to Contest, Intervene or otherwise Respond is filed by you with the Court within thirty (30) days of the receipt of this Notice of Adoption Proceedings, you will be given an opportunity to appear and be heard on the merits of the adoption. To file notice to Contest, Intervene or otherwise Respond in this action, you must notify the above named Court at Pickens County Courthouse, 214 East Main St. Pickens, South Carolina, 29671, in writing of your intention to Contest, Intervene or otherwise Respond. The above named Court must be informed of your current address and any changes of your address during the adoption proceedings. 4.

That your failure to respond within thirty (30) days of receipt of this Notice of Adoption Proceedings constitutes your consent to the adoption and forfeiture of all of your rights and obligations to the above identified child. It is further alleged that your consent to this adoption is not required under S.C. Code Ann. Section 63-9-310 and that your parental rights should be terminated pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. Section 63-7-2570 (7). This notice is given pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. Section 63-9-730 (E). Raymond W. Godwin, Esq. (SC Bar #2162) Julie M. Rau (SC Bar #69650) 1527 Wade Hampton Blvd. Greenville, SC 29609 PH (864) 241-2883 FAX: (864) 255-4342 ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFFS Date: February 4, 2013 SITTER AVAILABLE • Established licensed professional returning to Asheville to explore permanent move back.

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