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THE BLOTTER SPEAKS OUT AGAINST AMENDMENT ONE We are some of the staff behind The Blotter, a magazine distributed throughout North Carolina. The proposed Amendment One could — among many other hateful things — forbid companies from providing equal benefits to their gay employees. If it passes, we will categorically refuse to obey it.

At the moment this is a moot point, since we’re so small a nonprofit, we can’t afford to pay anyone benefits, including ourselves. It’s a matter of principles instead. The principle that all our employees are American citizens, human beings and children of God, created in His image and loved by Him unconditionally (as in, unconditionally), and therefore deserve unconditionally equal recognition, respect, rights and benefits.

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Patsy Keever for US Congress If your priorities include protecting our environment, supporting early childhood education, and defending a woman’s right to choose, Patsy Keever deserves your vote.

Women’s health care is under attack with the defunding of Planned Parenthood, increased restrictions on abortion rights, and even attacks on contraception.

Patsy Keever is the pro-choice candidate for the 10th District.

Her main opponent in the primary, Terry Bellamy, is anti-choice, and so is Patsy’s likely opponent in the fall, incumbent Rep. Patrick McHenry.

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The principle that minorities should be protected from the tyranny of the majority, since if majorities got to vote on minority rights there wouldn’t be any. (If Civil Rights had been put to referendums 60 years ago, Rosa Parks would still be at the back of the bus.) And, the principle that if any institution — such as marriage — is so fragile that it needs discrimination, injustice, cruelty and constitutionally mandated apartheid in order to survive, then it by God should be redefined.

We invite every organization, business and municipality in this state that supports equality to stand with us and avow: No government or referendum on Earth will ever force us to commit bigotry against our own people.

— Martin Smith, Garrison Somers, Marilyn Fontenot, Laine Cunningham and Richard Hess The Blotter Durham

PLEASE SIGN THE PLEDGE, MAYOR BELLAMY I don't know about you, but the politics of mudslinging and campaign rhetoric turn my stomach. I support efforts to reform “politics as usual” and would not choose to vote for a candidate who could not respect, or knowingly maligns, his or her opponent in public speaking, campaign materials or media outreach and coverage.

Thus, when Rep. Patsy Keever signed a Clean Campaign Pledge for those running in the Democratic primary for the U.S. House of Representatives in N.C.'s 10th Congressional District last Tuesday, April 3, and invited her two opponents to do the same, I applauded her for initiating this, in the spirit of fair play and party unity.

The content of the pledge includes promises to avoid personal attacks on one another, character slurs or false accusations; to not misrepresent or distort an opponent's record or position (in media, mailings, materials and campaign appearances); to have staff, advisors and volunteers uphold the same terms; and to support the winner of the May 8 Democratic primary in the general election.

By April 4, candidate Timothy Murphy had joined Keever and signed the pledge. Kudos to him! To date, the third candidate, Terry Bellamy has not. I sincerely hope it is her intention to do so, making all three Democrats agreed. In the 10th District, registered Democrats and Independents are watching to see what kind of leadership to send on to the general election and to Washington. We want folks we can be proud of, who help end the ugly campaign tactics rampant in our country.

It is an honor to run for office, to represent the people, and our candidates should be honorable, and eschew negative campaigning. Please sign the pledge, Mayor Bellamy.

— Aile Shebar Asheville

KEEP IT CLEAN, BELLAMY I know election season means negative ads as much as springtime means pollen. Though I don’t own a TV, so rarely see the ads myself, I’m nonetheless grateful to Patsy Keever and Timothy Murphy for pledging to run “mud-

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free” campaigns. I know it can get dirty in D.C. (or Congress, that is), but I want to know about real issues, specific ideas, envisioned plans and underlying values of the people seeking to represent the citizens of the 10th Congressional District.

I hope Mayor Bellamy will sign the clean campaign pledge too so that voters can learn about each candidate based on honest facts and records of service.

— Shonnie Lavender Asheville

WHO PUT THE BUMPS IN MY COUNTRY ROAD? I just got home from a short motorcycle ride that took me down Cane Creek road in Arden/Fletcher. I'm sure much has been said about whatever black rubbery substance has been purposely splattered all over the asphalt, but this issue can't be beaten to death yet.

Roads are supposed to be smooth, safe and even pretty. Who among us can't identify with the function and romance of a nice country road? Well, whoever approved the application of whatever the hell this stuff is should be relieved of road work duty, 'cause he used our tax dollars to all but ruin a great road. Does one need to have a highway engineering degree to figure out that you should not paint bumpy, ugly goo all over a public road? Really?

If anyone but a highly paid public official decided to go out and paint whatever he wished on public property, to the detriment of that property and the citizens who utilize it, he'd be charged with vandalism or destruction. Is this project's decision maker still drawing a paycheck while we suffer 8-percent unemployment? I'm out of work.

If Buncome County or the DOT needs roads wrecked, I'll do it for half of what they pay the guy doing it now.

— Norman Plombe Asheville

TELL THE CHILDREN THE TRUTH Concerning the issue of “pink slime,” as school students of North Carolina we are probably on a daily basis consuming this product in some way. With cheese burgers or tacos and burritos, this mixture that was once used for dog food and cooking oil is entering into our bodies. Every year, 1.8 million meals are served at schools in North Carolina. The USDA has allowed the school districts to know which of its suppliers use pink slime, so administrators can choose whether or not to purchase it.

I am a high school student who also works for Youth Empowered Solutions. We do a lot of advocacy work around food issues. Not only should administrators know what is in our food, but we should also know, because we have the right. We should have the freedom to decide what we consume.

— Cyesha Baird Asheville

For other Molton cartoons, check out our Web page at www.mountainx.com/cartoons WHO WOULD WANT TO DEBATE BOTHWELL? Long before Rep. Shuler announced his retirement, Cecil Bothwell had determined that he was willing to do what some would consider — in the current political climate — almost foolhardy, but also unbelievably admirable. Bothwell — no ordinary man, no conventional candidate — was already running.

Because a person of Cecil Bothwell’s caliber is willing to apply the time and energy demanded to stand for the 11th District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, citizens have the first opportunity I’ve seen in my long life to vote with confidence that “We the People” will be represented. My husband and I have spent two evenings listening to him, including his answers to an extensive range of questions.

Bothwell’s obvious intelligence will set him above the ranks of mediocrity now rampant in the House. His knowledge of the issues vital to both our area and the county’s future is deep, and investments of his expended time and energy in Western North Carolina are many. His integrity also will make him a standout.

He accepts no lobbyist donations or PAC monies, so Bothwell will have only constituent interests to consider. He has my trust and my vote.

— Lucy Christopher Cashiers

OCCUPY THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY Here are five guidelines for Democratic candidates: Support publicly financed elections (they are much less expensive than the auctions we ostensibly call elections today). Reverse Citizens United, a terrible ruling by the five conservative Supreme Court justices. Back a financial stock transaction tax; it paid for World Wars I and

II, and FDR’s infrastructure programs. This bill, offered by Rep. Peter Defazio and Sen. Tom Harkin, targets Wall Street’s speculative trading — a very small percentage would raise billions of dollars that we could use to employ Americans and rebuild our infrastructure.

Make Medicare solvent with bulk purchasing power and save the taxpayer $270 billion yearly.

(Billy Tauzin, a Republican congressman, stopped Medicare from using this power and reaped millions as a drug lobbyist). Strengthen Social Security, your government-run pension plan that did not take a nose dive in 2008. (Don’t let anyone tell you it is an entitlement! You have paid into it for years!)

I will support Cecil Bothwell even if I can’t vote for him because he stands for all of the above.

Hayden Rogers sends emails asking for donations without any clear stances on issues that should be no-brainers for a Democrat.

A note to my conservative friends: small government and less taxes are good sound bites, but they do not guarantee responsible, accountable government. Power will be even more concentrated in the hands of a very few wealthy people and corporations further threatening our increasingly fragile democracy.

— Linda Pannullo Asheville

PATSY KEEVER SUPPORTS ALL FAMILIES On May 8 there are two areas of our ballot I am particularly interested in: one is the anti-family marriage-amendment referendum, referred to as Amendment One; the other is deciding the person to represent us in the 10th Congressional District.

I have been working with my organization, Neighbors for Equality, for over seven months now to ensure we defeat Amendment One and protect all families in North Carolina. Amendment

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One would virtually eliminate all protections for unmarried couples in North Carolina, be they gay or straight. It could take away insurance and prescription drug benefits from children, negatively impact senior citizens and strip protections and justice from battered women.

When deciding the candidate to best represent the 10th District, the only person who fits best with my beliefs and ideals, particularly my passion for defeating Amendment One, is Patsy Keever.

From her time as a student activist at Duke University, to her work to increase diversity among Buncombe County's boards and committees during her stint as a county commissioner, Patsy's commitment to equality is evident. She has continually worked to eliminate racism, sexism and homophobia in our community and in our state. Patsy believes that every citizen has equal rights and responsibilities in our community. Her commitment to equality makes her the ideal candidate for working to protect all of us in the 10th District.

If you want to truly protect all families this May, vote against Amendment One and vote for Patsy Keever.

— Tyler J. McCall Neighbors for Equality Asheville

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There is no one more qualified to speak for Buncombe County, District 2 (Fairview, Black Mountain, Swannanoa, Weaverville, Barnardsville, French Broad), than JoAnn Morgan.

JoAnn, a farm girl and native of Buncombe County, exemplifies the definition of honest, caring leadership. She understands fully that now is a critical time for our county, and more importantly, our people. During her 32 years assisting Otto DeBruhl, the retired register of deeds, service has become second nature to her. JoAnn is proud of her mountain heritage and is ready to apply these values as a Buncombe County commissioner to ensure that “all” the citizens of this county are provided with the best committed representation possible.

To name only a few of her accomplishments, she was the first female Democrat to be elected to the Asheville City Council, she served many years as a precinct officer, is a member of the County Democratic Women and was recently given the recognition of Buncombe County Democratic Woman of the Year. She is a recipient of the Governor's Long Leaf Pine Award.

JoAnn wants to make sure that teachers are protected and in place to teach our most valuable resources — the youth. She believes that a strong policy to support our farmers and preserve farmlands from hucksters will maintain our natural resources.

Opportunities for the poor and needy should be ensured with the ability to connect to their leadership in times of need. Neighborhood volunteers who give their time to keep us safe are important to our community. Jobs and incentives to employers are vital for economic recovery. JoAnn is a member of Ivy Hill Baptist Church. “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you” is her badge of honor.

— Denise Goodson Asheville

DREW REISINGER EMBODIES THE IDEAL PUBLIC SERVANT Integrity is not often a word heard in politics. Neither is compassion, sincerity or generosity. These are ideals we teach our children and aspire to in our own lives, but do not always find in our elected officials.

Buncombe County is fortunate to have a public servant who embodies to these principles — Drew Reisinger, our register of deeds.

Drew lives his values and they guide the way he lives his life, interacts with the community, and manages the Register of Deeds office. If you have met Drew, you know he greets all he meets with dignity and genuine kindness.

Drew has promoted inclusion, service and respect. He has expanded Spanish translation and made it easier for all people to do work in the office. Last fall when the We Do campaign sent couples to the office to ask for marriage licenses, Drew and his staff treated each person as respected and valued community members.

This treatment is standard in the register of deeds office under Drew’s leadership and demonstrates values he holds most dear.

Drew is not your typical politician; he’s a natural leader with a vision for our community. Drew expects the best from people and gives nothing else but the best and most he has to give. I have seen Drew work tirelessly and passionately on the issues he believes in and I can imagine no better public official to serve Buncombe County.

Drew embodies what an elected official should be and can be. Drew is the kind of person that inspires and encourages those around him to be better. We need more public servants like Drew Reisinger. Drew represents the best of who we are and because of this he has my full and undivided support on May 8.

— Sarah Zambon Fletcher

A CANDIDATE WITH INTEGRITY IS A CANDIDATE I CAN SUPPORT I am writing to endorse Terry VanDuyn for Buncombe County commissioner. In these tough times with our politicians, at all levels, more concerned about their jobs than their constituents, it's comforting and surprising to find a candidate who doesn't have a "dog in the fight."

Her 20-plus years experience in the technology sector gives her an advantage to understand what it takes to speak the language of prospective corporations and small businesses considering locating to Buncombe County.

Jobs for Buncombe County, education and protecting our rural heritage are the most important issues for Terry. I believe she will be the voice of reason and will listen to her constituents and do her best to represent every resident. A candidate with integrity is a candidate I can support.

Please vote for Terry VanDuyn in the May 8 primary and help us get her elected.

— Wendy Owen Arden

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OPENDOORS GIVES KIDS A CHANCE TO BECOME TOUCHSTONES WHO CAN, IN TURN, TRANSFORM THE LIVES OF OTHERS.

“We have the resources to end poverty.

The real question is whether we have the will.”

— Martin Luther King Jr. The syllable "op" — as in optimism — derives from Latin. According to the Columbia Encyclopedia, Ops was the Roman goddess of harvests, who blessed the activities of sowing and reaping. Add to that the syllable "port" for safe entry or harbor, plus the syllable "unity" for cooperative community, and you get the word "opportunity."

Fast-forward from ancient Rome to the Art Affair 2012, a benefit for OpenDoors of Asheville. The nonprofit works to break the cycle of poverty for local kids.

I had the honor of attending the event, and a couple of months later, I’m still thinking about it. I stood alongside chefs and surgeons, hip-hop dancers and business leaders, educators and attorneys; there was even a baker and a candlestick maker. We mingled with philanthropists, sociologists, artists and kids who don't yet have career designations but whose spirits are restless with potential and whose minds and hearts are open to unlimited possibility. Behind the scenes were dozens of donors and sponsors, plus oodles of volunteers.

I found myself trying to understand what all those highly successful individuals had in common. What rare element or chemistry had brought them together for such a vibrantly beautiful celebration of kindness and generosity?

After speaking to a few guests, it occurred to me that one thing they all shared was a deep appreciation for the gift of opportunity. Everyone in the room had a uniquely personal story to tell about how a door had opened for them somewhere along the line.

They took what was offered and ran with it to create an extraordinary life for themselves.

POVERTY IS THE OPPOSITE OF OPPORTUNITY Despite possessing talent, intelligence, goodness, grace, courage, compassion and other phenomenal attributes, however, not everyone gets a chance to shine. Some don't even survive. They get cut down in childhood like early spring daffodils wilted by a killing frost.

The legacy of poverty is just more poverty, whose conditions violate basic human (not to mention constitutional) rights. The Somali people have a saying that pretty well sums

it up: "Poverty is slavery." so much for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

We all know that in order to break the systemic shackles of the perpetual cycle of poverty, we require more than isolated charitable transactions. We need a community of people who, not satisfied with investing only in our basic welfare, are willing to go the extra mile by taking a personal interest in our holistic well-being.

Life is complicated and often problematic, but it's not something you can fix like a flat tire. Our existence on this earth is a continuum, a process, a constantly changing set of unpredictable circumstances. Nobody has ever managed to work it all into a neatly defined, scalable solution.

That's why OpenDoors doesn’t do handouts. It’s about a whole community of helping hands reaching out and collectively lifting you up so you can stand on your own two feet — and then applauding your willingness and initiative to do so.

THE ALCHEMY OF INCLUSION Rather than addressing social and economic problems at arm's length, OpenDoors fully integrates itself into the fabric of children's day-to-day lives. OpenDoors kids don't see the volunteers as strangers coming into their neighborhoods — charitable tourists who’ll soon disappear back across the tracks. Instead, these children encounter a cohesive community that encircles them as if in a sheltering village.

They see a growing number of recognizable friendly faces. They hear a rising harmonic chorus of familiar voices — people who aren't just talking at them but are paying attention to them, listening and reciprocating in ways that really count. They experience the dynamic expansion of practical resources focused on implementing positive changes in their lives. They develop enduring relationships with supportive mentors, challenging coaches, patient teachers, passionate advo-

cates and a family of fun people who become their loyal, cheering fans.

This powerful intervention can deliver transformational hope, inspiration and selfconfidence. That vital emotional foundation, though, is always coupled with powerful, tangible tools that enable these children to take full advantage of what’s offered.

Surpassing ordinary expectations, they enter a realm where they can lead truly extraordinary lives.

But it doesn’t end there. OpenDoors gives kids a chance to become touchstones who can, in turn, transform the lives of others, helping break poverty’s enslaving chains for generations to come.

That's a mighty plentiful perennial harvest.

And it’s all thanks to the dedicated volunteers who continually sow and nurture seeds of opportunity for the young people helped

by OpenDoors. X Longtime WNC resident Tom Kerr is a freelance writer who actively supports OpenDoors. To learn more about the nonprofit, visit the website (opendoorsasheville.org).

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Encompassing a swath of western Buncombe County that includes Enka/ Candler, Leicester, Biltmore Forest and parts of south Asheville, District 3 is the most conservative of the three new districts created by the state Legislature last year. It's also the only one with no incumbents. Not surprisingly, many Republicans see it as their best chance to gain representation on the board, which currently consists of five Democrats.

Democrats, however, aren't ceding the territory: Three candidates with strong credentials are competing for their party’s two slots in the November contest.

Party affiliation aside, all eight candidates are focusing on the economy and jobs, each claiming to offer the right combination of skills and experience to turn things around.

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That experience, he argues, makes him uniquely qualified. "I believe I'm the only candidate who's worked in a senior management position with two companies as big or bigger than Buncombe County," says Archerd. "I've got 33 years of business experience, and I want to work ... with the companies that could relocate here."

The two biggest challenges facing the county, he maintains, are high taxes and stifling regulations. "Our leaders don't listen to us, and we need to make some changes. We do not have a revenue problem: We have an expense problem."

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Fertile ground: Five Republicans have sprouted up to run to for the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners in District 3, the most conservative in the county. Photos by Max Cooper, Bill Rhodes and the candidates.

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One too many: Three Democrats are facing off in the May 8 primary for District 3, contending for two spots on the November ballot.

After working for two Fortune 500 companies, Linda Southard launched her own business, Work & Well, which manages employee medical leaves. She ran the company for 18 years, sold it in 2009 and moved to Candler.

"I want to be a strong advocate for our existing private-sector small businesses," she explains. "I talk to them every day, and they tell me they’re struggling. We need to help them grow and prosper so they can begin to hire and we can get some jobs back in Buncombe County."

The best way to do that, argues Southard, is to cut taxes and regulations.

"I also want [small businesses] to know they're going to have the ear of a commissioner and a seat at the table. I want to lead the charge to make Buncombe County their ally and not their foe," she reports, adding, "I want to be a watchdog on the commission for the wasteful spending of your taxpayer dollars."

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Knapp also blasts the commissioners’ quarter-cent sales-tax increase, narrowly endorsed by voters last year, to benefit A-B Tech. "Every percent you take out of my pocket defies my freedom and my liberty, and I resent that," he proclaims.

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Allowing manufactured homes in more residential areas, he argues, would help "the people of Buncombe County ... afford to live in Buncombe County." Asked about a possible conflict of interest, Belcher says he plans to retire soon, adding, "I believe the people of Buncombe County can make their own decisions regarding their property and should be left to do so."

What the county most needs, he asserts, is "leadership and character," citing his religion and his 36 years of marriage. "I've been a Christian for 40 years. I'm not ashamed of it; I love my Lord," Belcher declares. "I'm for faith, family and freedom."

DAVID KING The only Buncombe County native in the Republican primary, David King spent two decades in local manufacturing — planning, purchasing and supervising. He's also run small retail and real estate businesses and is currently a self-employed farrier.

King says he’d bring a deep understanding

of Buncombe County and fiscally conservative values to the office.

"Spending is going to have to be scrutinized in a way it hasn't been in the past," he maintains.

"I feel strongly about protecting those who don't live in municipalities."

Under the current board, says King, "the needs of Buncombe County residents have taken a back seat to Asheville’s political desires." He wants to change that — and bring more transparency to county government.

"I'll get the facts on all the issues that come before the commission before making a decision,” says King, adding, “You'll have access to why I did something, or why I did not do something.”

ROBERT KNAPP Semiretired CPA Robert Knapp, who moved to south Asheville from Memphis in 2007, also zeroes in on the budget.

"I want expenditures reduced," he declares, rather than continuing the board’s recent practice of using reserve funds to balance the budget. Knapp says he’d target employee pay and benefits, starting with County Manager Wanda Greene.

"I'd fire her," he says, citing her $208,600 annual salary. From there, he maintains, it “goes on down: All the county employees just want more.”

By cutting costs, Knapp asserts, the county could lower property taxes while balancing the budget.

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BY NELDA HOLDER For North Carolina's May 8 primary, Tar Heel voters will confront new district boundaries for Congress, the Statehouse and the N.C. Senate. And in Buncombe County, the commissioners will now also be chosen via district elections.

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• Call the Buncombe County Board of Elections 24/7 at 250-4200 and follow the recorded instructions to receive your individual voting overview. Or • Go to the State Board of Elections’ Voter Lookup page (avl.mx/d2). Click on "My Election Information." Fill in the blanks and click "submit" to confirm your party status, precinct number and voting location. You can also view personalized sample ballots, depending on how you’re registered (Democratic, Libertarian, Republican or unaffiliated), which tell you which candidates will be on your ballot. Unaffiliated voters can choose any party’s ballot or a nonpartisan ballot containing only the proposed amendment to the state constitution (which appears on all of them).

WHEN AND WHERE TO VOTE To vote in the primary, you must be registered. The registration deadline was Friday, April 13, but you can still take advantage of same-day registration during early voting.

In Buncombe County, early voting runs from Thursday, April 19, through Saturday, May 5. Polls are open Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., except on April 5, when the hours are 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

There are 11 early-voting locations this year: • North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. • Black Mountain Library, 105 N. Dougherty St. • South Buncombe Library, 260 Overlook Road • Fairview Library, 1 Taylor Road • West Asheville Library, 942 Haywood Road • Biltmore Square Mall, 800 Brevard Road • Buncombe County Training Center, 199 College St. • Kenilworth Presbyterian Church, 139 Kenilworth Road • Lutheran Church of the Nativity, 2425 Hendersonville Road • Justice Athletic Center (UNCA), 1 University Heights • Weaverville Town Hall, 30 S. Main St. Voting on May 8 takes place at individual precincts throughout the county. To find out your precinct, or for information about absentee ballots or other voting issues, call Buncombe County Election Services at 250-4200.

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THE DEMOCRATS RANDY FLACK Since 2006, Randy Flack has been Rep. Heath Shuler's liaison with local governments and businesses.

"What I bring to the table is ... five years of dealing with almost every aspect of government and people and their problems," he reports. "How to sit down and come up with a decision in which everybody might not get what they want, but that’s best for the community."

Formerly the executive director of the Heath Shuler Foundation, a nonprofit student-leadership program Shuler started during his NFL years, Flack says he largely shares his longtime boss’s political philosophy.

"I'm probably just a little more left of center than Heath is, but I believe the vast majority of people in ... this district are tired of what goes on on the far right and the far left."

Flack’s top priority, he says, would be “attracting jobs … not just big companies, but small-business people too" while also "protecting the environment” rather than “throwing the baby out with the bathwater."

TERRY VAN DUYN Retired Biltmore Forest resident Terry Van Duyn has served on the boards of many local nonprofits. Partnering with these groups, she believes, helps the county “do things more efficiently and leverage the great work that nonprofits do.”

The former systems analyst says she’d take "a businesslike approach” to economic and budget issues that’s “fairly rare in the political arena: ‘What's the problem, what resources do we have to resolve it, and what are the steps we need to solve it?'" she explains.

Van Duyn says a lack of this common-sense approach, particularly in Raleigh, inspired her to seek office.

"The Republicans campaigned on jobs and have focused on everything but, from Amendment One to the water issue to the way we do our elections. It's all politics all the time," she maintains. “This water issue … is a great example: We

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start out with three solutions before we identify the problem, and that doesn't make sense."

In contrast, she hopes to “be reasonable, thoughtful and not reactionary."

MICHELLE PACE WOOD Enka High graduate Michelle Pace Wood stresses her diverse background, deep local roots and extensive community service.

Besides working in the service industry and in real estate, the Candler resident owned Magic Show Video for many years. She’s done stints on the Board of Adjustment and the School Advisory Council, and she’s currently on the Planning Board. Active in the local Democratic Party, Wood served as first vice chair.

All that, she maintains, would help her achieve her top priority: using constructive problem solving and community outreach to create jobs.

"I think I'm very good at talking across the lines and bringing that issue to the forefront," she maintains, citing her work with local groups to bring a new park to Candler and prevent crime in Leicester.

"A lot of people know me. … I think I can get the feel of the community and be someone they can come to and get behind." X Jake Frankel can be reached at 251-1333, ext. 115, or at jfrankel@mountainx.com.

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AFFIRMATION OF DISCRIMINATION? COUNCIL REJECTS AMEND ONE APRIL 10 MEETING n Manheimer proposes hiring Council liaisons n City schedules April 24 public hearing on water system

BY CAITLIN BYRD There were no presentations, no public hearings and no protests before Asheville City Council members unanimously approved an anti-Amendment One resolution April 10 (Mayor Terry Bellamy was absent).

For Council member Gordon Smith, the public silence amounted to a loud vote by city residents concerning the proposed amendment to the state constitution, whose fate will be decided by the May 8 primary. Among other things, Amendment One would ban legal recognition of same-sex couples (see “Battle Lines Being Drawn,” April 11 Xpress).

"What I want all the lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans citizens of the state of North Carolina, Buncombe County and the city of Asheville to know is that we care about you and that we value equality, and we recognize the need for it," Smith told a mostly empty Council chamber. "Come May 9, we will continue to care, and we will continue to fight for equality no matter what happens on May 8. Should this amendment go down in flames, which I hope it will, that does not even begin to end this fight. We still have miles to go, and I for one as a member of Council want everyone to know in North Carolina that we as a body will continue to stand for equality."

When Smith proposed the idea of benefits for city employees’ same-sex domestic partners in 2010, about 25 people weighed in on the issue.

Most were in favor, though several raised religious and other objections (see “Same-sex RX,”

“I THINK WHAT WE’RE SEEING HERE TONIGHT IS A CITY THAT HAS MADE ITS DECISION ABOUT WHERE IT STANDS ON THE TOPIC OF EQUALITY.” — COUNCIL MEMBER GORDON SMITH

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No on Amendment One: Asheville City Council member Gordon Smith led the 6-0 vote on a resolution opposing Amendment One. Photo by Max Cooper Feb. 17, 2010 Xpress). Smith recalled that meeting on April 10, after the Amendment One resolution had been approved. In contrast, on this occasion, the lone public comment before the resolution passed was a thank-you from Tyler McCall, a regional field officer for The Coalition to Protect North Carolina Families.

"I think what we're seeing here tonight is a city that has made its decision about where it stands on the topic of equality," Smith observed.

Council members also briefly turned their attention to another contentious issue, scheduling an April 24 public hearing on the fate of Asheville’s water system. The state Legislature’s Metropolitan Sewerage/Water System Committee is due to hold its final hearing April 19 in Raleigh, before making a recommendation to the General Assembly on whether to leave the system in the city’s hands or transfer it to an independent water authority or other entity.

"It will be refreshing to hear from the people who are directly affected by this, instead of only hearing from legislators down east," said Council member Cecil Bothwell. Of the five committee members, only the chairman, Rep. Tim Moffitt, is from Asheville.

But it appears that the committee may have already made up its mind: On April 13, the committee posted a draft report on its website that recommends “merging the ... Water System with the Metropolitan Sewerage District of Buncombe County.”

Meanwhile, Vice Mayor Esther Manheimer, citing water-system concerns as an example, proposed hiring a liaison to the state Legislature. "It's important that we have someone there to be able to follow that issue as well as any other issues," she said.

Council member Jan Davis agreed, noting that he’s resisted the idea in the past. And Council member Marc Hunt said there’s money in the current budget that could cover the cost.

Bothwell, however, voiced reservations. Rather than hiring a liaison, he argued, “We need to press our delegation to be more informative with us. They're the ones there through the whole session talking to representatives: That's why they're elected."

Manheimer, meanwhile, went further, suggesting a liaison in Washington as well, who could help identify and secure financial support for things that are typically federally funded, such as transportation projects. "We feel we're missing out on some opportunities," she explained.

On a 6-0 vote, Council members agreed in principle to proceed with the process of hiring two liaisons.

In other business, Council issued proclamations designating April as Child Abuse Prevention Month and Parkinson's Awareness Month, and April 15-21 as National Volunteer Week. X Caitlin Byrd can be reached at 251-1333, ext. 140, or at cbyrd@mountainx.com.

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EARTH DAY FROM THE GROUND UP

Earth Day runs all year, of course, but on one particular day each year and during one particular week (or so), Ashevilleans and Western North Carolinians join in a worldwide celebration of our planet and the many ways we can keep it vibrant and healthy. Xpress has rounded up a list of events, an interview with enviro-faith author Mallory McDuff and — at our Earth Day Festival booth — seedlings that we’ll give out free for you to plant, courtesy of the local U.S. Forest Service office. Now celebrate!

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A CHRISTIAN ENVIRONMENTALIST HOW FAITH AND ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP WORK TOGETHER

BY KATIE ROSE ANDERSON

stories. And I saw from that research that many of the actions people were taking were addressing climate change even if people weren’t using that language. I wanted to kind of take the fear out of talking about climate change, because it’s so political, and see how decreasing greenhouse-gas emissions integrates into the mission of the church — essentially, to love your neighbor as yourself.

Mallory McDuff, professor of environmental education at Warren Wilson College, is a proud Episcopalian and environmental activist.

In her newest book, Sacred Acts: How Churches are Working to Protect Earth’s Climate, McDuff solicited essays by Christian environmentalists across the country to explore what faith-based communities are doing to address climate change.

McDuff, who holds a doctorate in wildlife ecology and conservation, with a focus on environmental education, spent three years researching and compiling stories for the book.

In an interview with Xpress, McDuff discusses her religious upbringing, plus steps that congregations are taking toward environmental stewardship — and the impact they’ve had in our local community. Here is some of what she had to say.

For Sacred Acts, I wanted the framework to be stewardship, spirituality, advocacy and justice, so I invited specific people to write on specific topics. One of the most useful chapters is by Katharine Hayhoe, a respected climate scientist and also an evangelical. So she writes this chapter about the basic science of climate change, but then she looks at why has climate change become so polarized, and then how can we connect it to faith? Why is it so important for faith communities?

I think that the book can be a resource if congregations want to take concrete steps to address climate change and enhance their ministries; that’s the take-home.

Mountain Xpress: Can you tell me first just a little bit about your history of faith and your personal relationship, as an environmentalist, with your church?

Mallory McDuff: Sure, sure. I grew up in Fairhope, Ala., which is on the Gulf Coast, and my parents integrated their faith with the environment, but they didn’t talk about “Oh, we’re environmentalists!” … but more like our spiritual practices can inform our care for the earth and help us in how we take care of the resources that God has provided.

What is the most pressing environmental issue that you face at the moment, or what do you find is gaining more attention in religious environments? And what would you say, personally, you’re most passionate about?

Climate change; it’s such a big thing. How do you address it? In terms of looking at stewardship of energy resources and saving money as well, First Congregational United Church of Christ in Asheville installed 42 solar panels, and those folks are now talking with other congregations about how can you do this as well.

As a young person, I don’t think I saw that connection very clearly.

It really wasn’t until I started the research for [Sacred Acts] that I was then able to reflect on how I’d grown up.

What sorts of faith-based local and national organizations are you regularly involved with?

North Carolina Interfaith Power and Light is a really important one with regard to climate change. The biggest single source of found money, essentially free money, for congregations is decreasing their utilities bills. I mean, you don’t have to find a new member of your congregation, it’s found money that then can be used for outreach, for the reasons that congregations exist. So that is, with the economy, the energy audits, and then implementing those recommendations, has been a really strong action that congregations can take. They’ve completed 76 energy audits, 11 of Jewish schools and synagogues, and they have 200 congregations on the list that want to do this. So, that’s just really exciting.

Greenfaith is another one, and they have a great chapter in the book about what are the success factors for congregations around energy leadership. They have a Greenfaith certification program, and there are several congregations in North Carolina that are doing this; it takes a congregation through the process of how do you integrate the environment into your worship and your outreach, and it’s step-wise, and they do provide mentoring for it. So those are two. I could go on!

What moved you to write Sacred Acts and Natural Saints? And what was that process like?

Basically what I did with Natural Saints is travel across the country with my kids, spending time in congregations, documenting their

To me, personally, the issue that I think has the most potential is around food … because congregations of all faith traditions, feeding is what they do! Feeding is an integral part of faith traditions. But then, the other side of that is nobody can argue that people shouldn’t have access to good, healthy food.

In Western North Carolina, churches are being called on, and congregations of all faith are being called on, to help to meet the food needs, that if we can build a capacity of congregations to grow healthy food, to distribute healthy food, then that’s providing outreach.

MEET THE AUTHOR OF SACRED ACTS Mallory McDuff will sign books and appear at a reception for the launch of Sacred Acts on Thursday, April 26, at 6 p.m. at The Cathedral of All Souls (9 Swan St. in Biltmore Village). Families are particularly welcome; child care and children’s events will be offered as part of the event.

Also, congregations have land, typically, or access to land, and they have people, and a moral obligation to feed. And in the connection to climate change, our average food item travels 1,800 miles, maybe 2,000 miles now. So by providing local food and building up the local food economy, we’re decreasing greenhouse-gas emissions. With the obesity epidemic, we’re addressing health and nutrition … it’s such a win-win.

Oakley United Methodist Church has this garden, and so they’ve become more integrated into the community. And it’s young adults who are doing the legwork, and suddenly, they’re integrated into this faith community; it’s not like they have to be a member of the congregation, but the congregation is helping to meet the food needs of the community. So, that’s really exciting to me. X Katie Rose Anderson is a senior at Warren Wilson College.

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BY ALLI MARSHALL Earth Day has been celebrated since 1970, but Asheville's annual Earth Day Festival is still a relative newcomer, now in its fifth year.

Still, the free gathering (one of the season's first festies — even more reason to celebrate) has some excellent surprises in store.

This year, Asheville Earth Day moves to Lexington Avenue for a full day of activities, food, vendors, nonprofits and entertainment.

And it’s some entertainment: Poetry from area students and the six winning photos from the official Asheville Earth Day Photo contest will be on display and performers from LEAF In Schools and Streets show off their talents. There’s plenty of live music, too, including local bands Underhill Rose and The Fritz; The New Orleans Suspects (with members of Outformation, The Radiators, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band and The Neville Brothers); Floodwood (members of moe.); and headliner DJ Mark Farina.

If a DJ performing an Earth Day festival seems like a possible misprint (wait, shouldn't it be a roots-music ensemble of some sort? Or maybe a hand-drum outfit?) think again: San Francisco-based Farina has a lot of ideas about a soundtrack celebrating eco-consciousness, downtown Asheville and an open air street party.

"Some music is more conducive to outside," he tells Xpress. "I might do something atmospheric, funky, the tempos might change, maybe live instrumentation mixed with electronics."

Farina is best known for his Mushroom Jazz series; he's working on the eighth installment, possibly out this fall. But the worldtraveling DJ, who says he collects inspirations from the many cities he visits (in Paris, where he was recently, it's "good, old-school house") has actually been spending more time at home lately. He has a 22- month-old son — that means fewer late nights spent mixing, more early mornings, and someone to teach the ins and outs of composting and recycling.

But Farina says he has been looking for a chance to get back to Asheville (the Earth Day festival popped up at just the right time for the DJs busy schedule) and he plans to arrive with plenty of music. Show up ready to dance.

And if dancing works up a thirst, well, there are libations. Beer sponsors are Foothills Brewing, Pisgah Brewing and Bud of Asheville. If you're still thirsty, sponsor Blue Moon Water will be selling biodegradable water bottles and offering a free refill station. Food vendors are local vegetarian eatery Green Light Café and Flying Falafel Brothers,

Eco soundtrack: DJ Mark Farina says some music is more conducive to the outdoors; he’ll bring a selection of tunes to Asheville.

along with a lemonade and snow cone stand, hot dogs and hamburgers and (because this really is a party) kettle corn.

Want to learn more about Earth-friendly initiatives?

Speakers from Western North Carolina Alliance (they work with 23 counties to both develop and preserve the rural character of the region), Sierra Club (the Western N.C. chapter of the grassroots environmental organization hosts events and outing and tackles issues like sustainable transportation, clean air and water, and green building) and Bountiful Cities (a nonprofit that runs community gardens) will be on hand to talk about their efforts.

A kids’ village features educational RV the Eco Womb Tour (Earth Day marks the start of Eco Womb's family program) as well as a nature craft area. And the adults get their educational activity center, too: Eco-Village highlights 10 local non-profits including Brother Wolf.

Alli Marshall can be reached at amarshall@mountainx. com or 251-1333, ext. 124.X

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TO CELEBRATE THE ENVIRONMENT THIS YEAR Asheville loves Earth Day, and this year is no exception. Celebrate with jam-packed street festivals, a wild plant walk and films about the environment, just to name a few.

THURSDAY, APRIL 19 Kick off Earth Day a few days early at the Wild and Scenic Film Festival, hosted by the Western North Carolina Alliance. The Fine Arts Theatre, 36 Biltmore Ave., will screen 14 short films on everything from activism to land preservation during this one-day festival, a first for Asheville. Screenings will take place 7-10 p.m. on Thursday. Cost: $10/general admission; $6/students. Info: wnca.org.

FRIDAY, APRIL 20 ECO, the Environmental & Conservation Organization, encourages everyone to ditch their car and pick up discounts on dinner, books, toys and more throughout Hendersonville. To get in on Strive Not to Drive deals, stop by Black Bear Coffee Co., Dancing Bear Toys, Fountainhead Bookstore or other environmentally friendly shops in Hendersonville. Specials offered throughout the day; discounted prices vary. Info, registration and list of locations: eco-wnc.org or 692-0385.

SATURDAY, APRIL 21 The Asheville Earth Day Festival will take over North Lexington Avenue this year with eco-friendly speakers, activities for kids and performances by Mark Farina Mushroom Jazz, The New Orleans Suspects, Underhill Rose and others. Members of LEAF in Schools and Streets will show off their talents, and an ecovillage will highlight environmentally friendly nonprofits. The fun runs noon to 10 p.m., so bring the kids for the day and leave them at home for a raucous night of eco fun. Free; VIP passes are $20 (plus a service charge). Info: avlearthday.org.

Warren Wilson College continues its handson dedication to the environment with Earth Day workshops on everything from native plants, beekeeping and “mindful” gardening, plus field trips and more, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., on the Warren Wilson campus. The overlapping Fiddles & Folklife celebration will run noon-5 p.m. in the college’s Bryson Gym, featuring old-time music competitions, jam sessions, cakewalks, horse-drawn wagon rides and more. Free (though some workshops have a small materials fee). For a full list of events, go to avl.mx/d0.

At Brevard College EarthFest, you can meet adorable animals from Earthshine Nature Programs, take kids on a creek walk to learn about water quality and enter to win a free rain barrel. A contra dance kicks off the weekend from 8 to 10 p.m. on Friday, April 20, on the Dunham stage. On Saturday, April 21, the Porter Center will celebrate the environment with food, games and information booths throughout the day. Free. Info: avl.mx/dn.

Get ready for an afternoon of recycled art projects, live music and seed bombs (little bundles of soil and seeds that can be thrown anywhere for quick and easy planting) at the Hendersonville Community Co-op’s Earth Day Celebration. The co-op’s parking lot at 715 S. Grove St. will overflow with fresh food and local beer from noon to 5 p.m. Free. Info: hendersonville.coop or 693-0505.

At a green-themed Super Science Saturday at The Health Adventure (noon to 2 p.m.), you can learn the answers to questions like “Can you grow a seed without soil?” and “How does acid rain affect the environment?”

UNCA students will lead hands-on recycling activities for kids of all ages at the museum, now located at Biltmore Square Mall at 800 Brevard Road, Suite 620, in Asheville. Programs are free with admission ($9.50 adults/$6.50 children under 16). Info: thehealthadventure.org.

Discover which wild plants make great medicine or food (and which ones to avoid) at a Wild Plant Walk at 10 a.m., hosted by ECO. Naturalist Michele Skeele will teach novices and experienced plant-gatherers alike how to enjoy the incredible diversity of Western North Carolina. Fee: $15. Info, registration and departure location: eco-wnc.org or 692-0385.

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Hall Fletcher Elementary school is the first local school to send all its biomass waste to a commercial compost facility. The first day of the project, the school’s trash-bag count went from eight to just one bag of non-compostable, nonrecyclable trash.

Michele Corral, Hall Fletcher’s representative on the Asheville City School's green team, says, "We had an assembly before spring break, showed the kids a PowerPoint about compost, and played a few games based on that knowledge." She adds, with pride, "I mean, look at them: They are just doing it, and this is the first week."

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Garden Hotline • MONDAYS through FRIDAYS, 8:30am-4:30pm - A garden hotline will be offered by Buncombe County Extension Master Gardeners. Info: 255-5522.

Gardening in the Mountains • 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 10am - Gardening in the Mountains lectures will be offered at the Buncombe County Extension Office, 94 Coxe Ave. Free. Info: 2555522.

Home and Garden Expo • SA (4/21), 10am-6pm & SU (4/22), noon-5pm The Home and Garden Expo will be held at the WNC Agricultural Center, 1301 Fanning Bridge Road, Fletcher. $5. Info: www.ashevillehba.com.

Open Air Market • SATURDAYS, 9am-noon - Biltmore Coffee Traders, 518 Hendersonville Road, hosts an open air market featuring eco-friendly and garden-related items includ-

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Plant Clinic and Compost Demo • SA (4/21), 10am-2pm - A plant clinic and compost demo will be held at the WNC Farmers Market, 570 Brevard Road. Hosted by Buncombe County Extension master gardeners. Free. Info: buncombe.ces.ncsu.edu or 255-5522.

Regional Tailgate Markets 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, 2:30-6:30pm - Weaverville Tailgate Market, 60 Lakeshore Drive.

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• SUNDAYS, noon-4pm - Marshall's "Sundays on the Island," Blanahasset Island • TUESDAYS, 3:30-6:30pm - West Asheville Tailgate Market, 718 Haywood Road.

Tomato Talks • WE (4/25), 1:30pm - A program on growing tomatoes will be offered by Buncombe County Extension Master Gardeners at 94 Coxe Ave. Free. Info: buncombe.ces.ncsu.edu or 255-5522.

Vineyard Design and Installation • WE (4/25), 6pm - Learn about the most appropriate vineyard layout for various varieties of grapes and what trellis system is best suited for each. Held on A-B Tech's Enka Campus. $10. Info: www.vineyarddesign. eventbrite.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 APRIL 18 - 26, 2012 Unless otherwise stated, events take place in Asheville, and phone numbers are in the 828 area code.

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

Animals Ask the Dog Trainer • SA (4/21), noon-2pm - Jenny White, a certified dog trainer from Dog-Ed, will answer questions and help get dogs fitted

with no-pull walking harnesses at Patton Avenue Pet Company, 1388 Patton Ave. Free. Info: www.pattonavenuepet. com.

Brother Wolf Animal Rescue A no-kill organization.

Info: www.bwar.org or 505-3440.

• WEDNESDAYS & SUNDAYS, 10am; SATURDAYS, 9am - The Outward Hounds hiking club encourages the public to take adoptable dogs on Asheville-area hikes. Free.

• DAILY, 8am-8pm - Pet Adoption Day at the rescue center, 31 Glendale Ave. Open from 8am6pm on Sundays.

Rusty's Legacy • SATURDAYS, 10am3pm - Rusty's Legacy animal rescue will host pet adoptions at the Black Mountain Tractor

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

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

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

Supply Company, 125 Old Highway 70. Info: rustyslegacync@aol.com or http://avl.mx/9p.

Whole Horse Journeys Clinic • FR (4/20), 6-8pm - A mini-clinic and demonstration will be hosted by Whole Horse Journeys, a program which encourages the public to "discover deeper, more rewarding communications with horses." Held at 720 Old Marshall Highway. Free, but registration required.

Info: www.wholehorsejourneys.com or 2805682.

Art ART 310 ART Gallery Riverview Station, 191 Lyman St., #310. Fri.Sun., 9:30am-3:30pm or by appointment. Info: www.310art.com or 7762716.

• Through MO (4/30) The Appalachian Pastel Society's spring show will feature the "diverse talents" of its members.

Info: www.appalachianpastelsociety.org.

Absolute Uncertainty • Through SU (5/20) Absolute Uncertainty, new paintings by Barbara Fisher, will be on display at Urban Dharma, Asheville's new Buddhist temple and community center, 29 Page St. Info: www.udharmanc.com.

American Folk Art and Framing Oui-Oui Gallery is located at 64 Biltmore Ave. Mon. - Sat., 10am-6pm; Sun., noon-5pm. Info: www. amerifolk.com or 2812134.

• Through WE (4/25) - Rested Soul, interpretations of agrarian wisdom by painter Lucy Hunnicutt.

• Through TH (5/10) Prayer and Praise, small works by Karl Mullen.

Appalachian State University 423 West King St., Boone. Info: www.tcva. org or 262-3017.

• Through SA (6/2) - Robert Goodnough:

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Abstract Expressionism and Beyond will be on display in the east wing of the main gallery.

• Through SA (6/2) - Works by the Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition winners will be on display in the Turchin Center for the Arts.

Art 21 Screenings • WE (4/18), 7pm - The sixth season of Art in the Twenty-First Century includes 13 profiles of artists from five continents, gathered into four one-hour thematic episodes. This screening will feature Change, which follows Ai Weiwei, El Anatsui and Catherine Opie. Presented by Courtyard Gallery in the upstairs library of Phil Mechanic Studios, 109 Roberts St. Info: www. ashevillecourtyard.com.

• WE (4/25), 7pm Screening will feature Boundaries, which follows David Altmejd, Lynda Benglis and Tabaimo.

Art at Brevard College • Through MO (4/23) Works from the regional high school art competition will be on display in the Mezzanine Gallery.

Info: 800-514-3849.

Art at Mars Hill College Weizenblatt Gallery: Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm.

Info: www.mhc.edu.

• Through WE (4/18) Works by Taiyo la Paix will be on display in the Weizenblatt Gallery.

Art at UNCA Art exhibits and events at the university are free, unless otherwise noted.

Info: www.unca.edu.

• Through FR (4/27) - A silk shibori exhibit will feature works by Michael Smith (fiber arts) in the Blowers Gallery. Info: 251-6436.

• FR (4/20), 4-7pm & SA (4/21), 10am - 2pm - A ceramics and art sale will be held in the S. Tucker Cooke Gallery.

Info: 251-6559.

Art Opening: Christopher Holt • TH (4/26), 5-9pm - An opening reception for

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Enjoy an episode of Art in the Twenty-First Century, featuring "artists at work and speaking

wed in their own words as they demonstrate the power of art to alter perception,” on Wednesday,

April 18 at 7 p.m. Screened in the upstairs library of the Phil Mechanic Studios, 109 Roberts St. Info: ashevillecourtyard.com.

Take an in-depth look at regional native plants and some of their medicinal uses during

thur "Clinical Uses of Appalachian Plants for Women's Health," a workshop with Patricia Kyristi

Howell. Held on A-B Tech's Enka campus on Thursday, April 19 at 6 p.m. $10. Info and registration: avl.mx/eb.

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View the sun safely through telescopes equipped with proper filters during a solar observing party, hosted by the Astronomy Club of Asheville. Held at UNCA's quad on Friday, April 20 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Info: avl.mx/ec.

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WNC celebrates Earth Day on Saturday, April 21 with a variety of family-friendly events featuring live music, dancing, local food, gardening, hikes, crafts and more. Check out the festival section of mountainx.com/events for a comprehensive list.

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If you loved Dolly Parton in the 1980 film 9 to 5, you won’t want to miss Warren Wilson College’s take on the country pop musical. The final performance of 9 to 5: The Musical will be held in the college’s Kittredge Theatre on Sunday, April 22 at 3 p.m. Opening night is Thursday and additional performances will be held on Fri. and Sat. $5/free for students, alumni and staff. Info: warren-wilson.edu or 771-3040.

Celebrate modern Jewish life and learn about the history of this rich culture at the Jewish Film

mon Festival. Films on Monday, April 23 include The Hangman and Circus Kids. All movies will be

screened at the Fine Arts Theatre, 36 Biltmore Ave. Festival runs through April 26. $8 per film.

Info: ashevillejewishfilmfestival.com.

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Brush up on math, geography and history at “Are You Smarter Than An Elementary Student,” a benefit for Children First/Communities In Schools of Buncombe County. The public is invited to test its knowledge on Tuesday, April 24 from 6-8 p.m. in A-B Tech’s Ferguson Auditorium. $300 per team of three to participate. $5 or five cans of food to watch. Info: childrenfirstbc.org.

Idetations, drawings, oils and watercolors by Christopher Holt, will be held at the Fine Arts League of the Carolinas Gallery, Suite 115 in the Grove Arcade. Info: http://avl.mx/e9.

Art Opening: Karen Brown • TH (4/19), 6-8pm Nourish and Flourish, 347 Depot St., Suite 201, hosts an opening reception for works by Karen Brown. Snacks and drinks provided. Info: www.nourishflourishnow. com.

Artist Plate • Through SU (5/6) - A collection of artist-made dinner plates and "related insights about food" will be on display at the Penland School of Crafts, 67 Dora's Trail, Penland.

Info: www.penland.org or 765-2359.

Arts2People Artist Salon

• FRIDAYS through (4/27), 8pm Arts2people hosts an Artist Salon, featuring 12 local artists and live music. Held at 84 Walnut St. B. 100 percent of sales benefit the artists. Free admission, $5 drinks. Info: www. arts2people.org.

Asheville Art Museum Located on Pack Square in downtown Asheville.

Hours: Tues.-Sat., 10am-5pm 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 (8/26) - The Essential Idea: Robert Motherwell’s Graphic Works (abstract expressionist).

• TH (5/12), 7pm - Mary Ann Caws will present a lecture about Robert Motherwell’s graphic works.

• Through SU (9/9) Prime Time: New Media Juried Exhibition.

• Through SU (7/8) Fire on the Mountain: Studio Glass in Western North Carolina.

• Through SU (10/28) Artworks Project Space: Hoss Haley Installation.

• Through SU (9/16) Ancient Forms, Modern Minds: Contemporary Cherokee Ceramics.

• FR (4/27), noon-1pm - Art break will focus on Ancient Forms exhibit.

Atelier 24 Lexington: A Gallery of Local Art Located at 24 Lexington Ave. Mon.-Sat., 11am6pm. Info: www.theateliergalleries.com.

• Through MO (4/30) - Original works by Kudulah.

Bella Vista Art Gallery 14 Lodge St. Spring hours: Mon., Wed.-Fri., 10am-4pm; Sat., 11am5pm. Info: www.bellavistaart.com or 768-0246.

• Through TH (5/31) - Works by Alfie Fernandes, Terry Hagiwara and Karen Margulis.

Black Mountain Center for the Arts Old City Hall, 225 West State St., Black Mountain. Mon.-Wed. and Fri., 10am-5pm; Thurs. 11am-3pm. Info: www.BlackMountainArts. org or 669-0930.

• Through WE (6/13) - Regional Galleries Collaborative Exhibit, curated by BMCA Executive Director Gale Jackson.

Brevard College • Through FR (5/4) - A senior art exhibit will be on display in the Spiers Gallery.

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PHOTO CONTEST WEEK SIX Asheville Earth Day and Xpress have teamed up on a photo contest leading up to this week’s Lexington Avenue festival. (Read more about the Saturday, April 21 event in this week’s features section.) Six winners have been selected; each winner receives two VIP passes to the 2012 Asheville Earth Day festival (info at avlearthday.org). All winning work will be on display during Asheville Earth Day. This week’s winning photo is “Summer Sunflowers,” by Jenny Bowen.

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Castell Photography 2C Wilson Alley.

Wed.-Fri., noon-6pm; Sat., noon-7pm. or by appointment. Info: www. castellphotography.com or 255-1188.

• Through SA (5/26) Spring Salon, works by Roger Ricco and Justine Reyes.

Center For Craft, Creativity and Design Located at the Kellogg Conference Center, 11 Broyles Road in Hendersonville. Info: www.craftscreativitydesign.org or 890-2050.

• Through FR (6/29) Torqued and Twisted, works by nine furniture makers and sculptors.

Civil War Sesquicentennial Photography Exhibit • Through SA (4/28) - A Civil War Sesquicentennial photography exhibit will be on display at the Haywood County Public Library, 678 South Haywood St., Waynesville. Free. Info: 452-5169.

Clingman Cafe • Through MO (4/30) - Beauty: Love: Power, works by Anne Bevan

and Blue Fire MacMahon, will be on display at Clingman Cafe, 242 Clingman Ave. Info: clingmancafeasheville. com or 253-2177.

Coop Gallery 25 Carolina Lane. Info: www.coopasheville.com.

• SA (4/21) through FR (5/18) - Works by Warren Wilson students, teachers and alumni on the theme of alternative building.

• SA (4/21), 7-11am Opening reception will feature music, dance and food.

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Crimson Laurel Gallery 23 Crimson Laurel Way, Bakersville. April-Dec.: Tues.-Sat., 10am-6pm; Sun. & Mon., noon-5pm.

Info: 688-3599 or www. crimsonlaurelgallery. com.

• Through SA (4/28) New works by ceramicist Ryan McKerley, featuring diagrams, Mayan glyphs and symbols used in mathematics.

Events At Folk Art Center MP 382 on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Open daily from 9am-6pm.

Info: www.craftguild.org or 298-7928.

• SA (4/21) through TU (6/5) - Works by Sondra Dorn (fiber) and Ann Gleason (clay).

Events at the Turchin Center Appalachian State University's Turchin Center for the Visual Arts is located at 423 West King St., in Boone. Info: 262-3017 or www.tcva. org.

• Through SA (7/28) - STUFF: Where does it come from and where does it go? --Reflections on Costa Rica.

First Congregational United Church of Christ Located at Fifth Avenue W. and White Pine Drive, Hendersonville. Info: www.fcchendersonville. org.

• Through MO (4/30) - The Faces of Haywood Street, to benefit Homeward Bound and The Haywood Community. Mon.-Thur., 9am-1pm.

Flood Gallery Phil Mechanic, 109 Roberts St. Tues.-Sat., 10am-4pm. Info: www. floodgallery.org or 2542166.

• Through MO (4/30) Three Out of Two, a collaboration between the Asheville community and New York artists James Esber and Jane Fine.

Flow 14 South Main St., Marshall. Wed.-Sat., 10am-4pm. Info: http:// avl.mx/aw.

• Through TU (5/8) Found: Art Objects from the Waste Stream.

Folk Art Center Located at milepost 382 on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Info: 298-7928 or www.craftguild.org.

• Through SU (5/13) - The American Association of Wood Turners Invitational Exhibition will feature 25 artists from around the world.

Gallery M.I.A. • FR (4/20), 7-11pm - Gallery M.I.A. will host an opening reception for local artists Zachary Brigs and Leslie Hinton to benefit TAPAS (Teaching Artists Presenting in Asheville Schools). Music by Matt Evans and Old Flings. Held at 61 1/2 N. Lexington Ave. Info: www.gallerymia.com or 254-8949 Grand Bohemian Gallery Located at the Grand Bohemian Hotel in Biltmore Village, 11 Boston Way. Mon.-Thur., 10am-7pm; Fri.-Sat., 10am-8pm; Sun., 10am5pm. Info: www.bohemianhotelasheville.com or 505-2949.

• Through MO (4/30) Works by Stefan Horik.

Haen Gallery Located at 52 Biltmore Ave., downtown Asheville. Hours: Mon., Wed. and Fri., 10am6pm. Tues. and Sat., 11am-6pm and Sun., noon-5pm. Info: www. thehaengallery.com or 254-8577.

• Through SU (4/29) The View From Here, new works by Emily Wilson and Larry Gray.

Haywood County Arts Council Unless otherwise noted, showings take place at HCAC's Gallery 86 in Waynesville. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm.

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

• Through SA (4/28) Gardens, Mountains and Streams: An Artist's View of the Haywood County Garden Tour.

HCC Photography Exhibit

• Through FR (6/29) Photography by Haywood Community College's continuing education digital photography class will be on display in the Haywood County Public Library's meeting room, 11 Pennsylvania Ave., Canton. Info: 648-2924.

His and Hers • Through MO (4/30) His and Hers, new works by local-artist David Tallitsch, will be on display at Asheville Art Supply, 344 Depot St. Info: www.ashevilleartsupply.com.

Jonas Gerard Fine Art 240 Clingman Ave. Daily, 10am-6pm. Info: www. jonasgerard.com or 3507711.

• Through SU (4/29) - River Of Forgetting, works by Mira Gerard Singh. Info: www.miragerard.com.

Madison County Arts Council Exhibits Located at 90 S. Main St. in Marshall. Info: 649-1301.

• Through FR (5/4) Fiber Art Group Show.

Odyssey Center for the Ceramic Arts Located at 238 Clingman Ave. Mon.-Fri., 9-5pm; Sat., 10am-6pm; Sun., noon-6pm. Info: www. odysseyceramicarts.com.

• Through FR (5/4) - A ceramics show will feature works by gallery assistants Jan Cothran, Paul Frehe and Tisha Cook.

Pat Passlof Retrospective • Through FR (5/25) - A retrospective of the late Pat Passlof's work will be on display in WCU's Fine Art Museum, 1 University Drive, Cullowhee, and Black Mountain College Museum and Arts Center, 56 Broadway St. Info: ddrury@wcu.edu or 2272553.

Pink Dog Creative A multi-use arts space located at 342 Depot St. Info: info@pinkdogcreative.com.

• FR (4/20) through SA (6/30) - Ralph Burns (photography).

• FR (4/20), 5-8pm Opening reception.

Pump Gallery 109 Roberts St. Tues.Sat., 10am-4pm. Info: www.philmechanicstudios.com.

• Through MO (4/30) Rough Beast: Paintings

by David Brendan Hopes.

Satellite Gallery

55 Broadway St. Tues.Sat., 11am-6pm; Sun., 11am-5pm. Info: www. thesatellitegallery.com or 305-2225.

• Through SU (4/29) - New works by Dustin Spagnola.

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

• Through MO (5/28) - Joyce Schlapkohl (oil paintings).

The Artery Community arts facility at 346 Depot St., River Arts District. Info: www. ashevillearts.com.

• Through TU (5/1) New works by Angela Eastman and Brita Nordgren.

The Cutting Edge: The Language of Textiles & Fiber Art • Through SA (5/5), 11am-5pm - Desert Moon Designs Studios and Gallery, 372 Depot St., Suite 44, explores the language of textile and fiber artists, both traditional and contemporary. A portion of proceeds benefit Caring for Children. Info: www. desertmoondesignsstudios.com.

Transylvania Community Arts Council Located at 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard.

Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9:30am-4:30pm. Info: www.artsofbrevard.org or 884-2787.

• Through FR (4/27) The Transylvania County Student Art Show.

• FR (4/27), 5-9pm - A reception will be held during Brevard's 4th Friday Gallery Walk.

Upstairs Artspace 49 S. Trade St., Tryon.

Hours: Tues.-Sat., noon-6pm. Sun., noon-4pm. Info: www. upstairsartspace.org or 859-2828.

• Through SA (4/28) - Artists Among Us: 100 Faces of Art in Spartanburg.

Watercolors by Carol Dye • Through MO (4/30) - Watercolors by Carol Dye will be on display at Wells Fargo Bank, 101 Main St. W., Valdese, during regular bank hours. Sponsored by the Valdese Heritage Arts Center. Info: www.vhac. webs.com.

Youth Art Month

• Through FR (4/27) Youth Art Month, a celebration of art by Jackson County students, will be on display in WCU's Bardo Performing Arts Center.

Auditions & Call to Artists CALL FOR DANCERS (pd.) For upcoming show at the Magnetic Field.

Please email noshedidnt2012@gmail.com for details on how to apply.

Appalachian Pastel Society • Through WE (8/1) The Appalachian Pastel Society will accept applications for its juried national exhibition through Aug. 1. Info: www.appalachianpastelsociety.org.

Art in the Park • Through SU (5/6) - Artist applications for Art in the Park will be accepted through May 19. Info: www. ci.morganton.nc.us.

Asheville Music School • SA (4/21) - The Asheville Music School will hold auditions for its summer performance workshop and Outreach Music ensembles. Held at 101 S. Lexington Ave. Info and audition times: 252-6244.

Black Mountain Arts and Crafts Show • Through TU (5/1) - The Black Mountain Arts and Crafts Show will accept applications from crafters through May 1. Info: craftshow@olddepot.org or 669-4563.

Fine Arts and Crafts Showcase and PaperWorks • Through FR (6/1) TC Arts Council will accept submissions for its Fine Arts and Crafts Showcase through June 1. Table and tent required. Info: tcarts@ comporium.net or 8842787.

• Through TU (5/1) - TC Arts Council will accept submissions for its PaperWorks exhibit through May 1. Info: tcarts@comporium.net or 884-2787.

Hendersonville Art on Main • Through FR (6/1) Hendersonville's Art on Main will accept applications from arts and crafts vendors through June 1.

Info: www.acofhc.org or 693-8504.

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• Through TU (5/15) - LAAFF will accept minigrant applications from artists through May 15.

Info: kitty@arts2people. org.

Oktoberfest • Through WE (8/1) Hickory’s Oktoberfest will accept applications from arts and crafts vendors through Aug. 1. Info: www.hickoryoktoberfest. com.

School Garden Grants • Through MO (4/30) - The Extension Master Gardener program will offer grants of approximately $250 to schools with, or interested in starting, a garden through April 30.

Storytelling Series • Through TU (5/1) - LGBT, genderqueer, straight, sex-positive and orientation-fluid storytellers are sought to workshop and develop pieces for upcoming performances. Submission deadline May 1. Info: boneandjointstories@ gmail.com.

Summer Gathering Craft Show • Through TU (5/1) - Applications for Marshall's Summer Gathering craft show will be accepted through May 1. Info: enstylevg@ yahoo.com or (423) 972-1190.

The Parkway Playhouse • SU (4/22) & TU (4/24), 6:30pm - The Parkway Playhouse will hold auditions for 9 to 5 the Musical at the Mountain Heritage Center, Green Mountain Drive, Burnsville. Info: www.parkwayplayhouse. com or 682-4285.

Beer N.C. Craft Beverage Regional Exchange • TH (4/19), 12:30-5pm - The N.C. Craft Beverage Regional Exchange Group will focus on fermentation and hop farming, along with a blind taste test of local brews vs.

Pacific Northwest beers.

Held at Highland Brewing Company, 12 Old Charlotte Highway #H. Free, but registration recommended. Info: http:// avl.mx/cl.

New Belgian Shift Can Release • TH (4/26) - The release of New Belgium's canned Shift beer will feature music by Aaron LaFalce during bar hours.

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Held at Pack's Tavern, 20 South Spruce St. Free to attend; beer prices vary.

Info: www.packstavern. com or 225-6944.

Pack's Tavern Anniversary Party • TH (4/19), 11am-close - Pack's Tavern will celebrate its 2nd anniversary with Jeff Anders and Justin (acoustic jam).

Held at 20 South Spruce St. Info: www.packstavern.com or 225-6944.

Business & Technology Business Skills Meetings • MONDAYS, 6pm - The Entrepreneur Skills Network offers a business skills meeting in Room 246 of the Jackson County Justice and Administration Building, 401 Grindstaff Cove Road, Sylva. Info: 497-0160, 586-5466 or esn4meetings@gmail. com.

Mountain BizWorks Workshops Mountain BizWorks is located at 153 S. Lexington Ave., Asheville.

Info: 253-2834 or www. mountainbizworks.org.

• MONDAYS, 1pm & WEDNESDAYS, 4:30pm - An informational meeting about Mountain BizWorks' programs will help businesses make the first step towards accessing the organization's services. Free. Info and registration: victor@ mountainbizworks.org or 253-2834.

• TH (4/19), 3-5pm - A class on websites, blogs and social media will be offered by Mountain BizWorks at Mill Spring Agricultural Center, 156 School Road. $15/$10 Mountain BizWorks members. Registration required. Info: adriana@ mountainbizworks.org or 692-5826.

Small Business Center Jump Start Day • TH (4/26), 4-6:30pm - A-B Tech's Small Business Center Jump Start Day will help current and potential business owners learn about advertising, business loans, business plans and more. Held in the Haynes Conference Center on the Enka campus. Free. Info: christymcook@abtech.edu or 398-7950.

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

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

Open Stitch Groups at Purl's Yarn Emporium (pd.) On Wall Street downtown: Wednesdays, 10am-12pm; Thursdays, 6-8pm. Bring a knit or crochet project or find something new to cast on. (828) 253-2750. www.purlsyarnemporium.com Psychic Self Defense Space Clearing Workshop (pd.) Sat.4/21, 4-7p.m. $25. Protecting Yourself during Earth Changes. Dynamics, techniques, tools, case examples shared.

Appalachian School of Holistic Herbalism. 2 Westwood Pl. Asheville.

AlexandraTait.com or 828-257-2707.

Acrylic Painting Class • WEDNESDAYS through (4/25), 10amnoon - Acrylic painting classes will be offered by the Asheville Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts Department at Harvest House, 205 Kenilworth Road. $30 per session includes supplies (except brushes).

Registration required.

Info: harvesth@ashevillenc.gov or 350-2051.

Are Birds Really Dinosaurs?

• TH (4/19), 6pm - This seminar will be led by Dr. Andy Heckert of the ASU geology department.

Refreshments provided.

Held at the university's new College of Education building. Free. Info: http://avl.mx/df.

Asheville Bridge Room • DAILY - The Asheville Bridge Room offers games for beginners and advanced players at River Ridge Market Place, 800 Fairview

Road, Suite C-1. $7 per game. Info: 299-0887.

BBQ Expo • SA (4/21), 11am-6pm - The Henderson County BBQ Expo will feature an antique car show, entertainment and activities for children. Held at Hendersonville High School, 311 8th Avenue W. A portion of proceeds benefit Henderson County Education Foundation. $6/children under 12 free. Info: 6933461.

Blue Ridge Toastmasters Speech Craft Workshop • MONDAYS, 8:30-10am - This four-week series will help participants speak with authority, improve confidence, practice relating to audiences and improve interpersonal skills. $20 for entire session. Meetings held at Sigma Alpha Lota building, 1 Tunnel Road.

Registration required

by April 18: http://blueridgetoastmasters.com/ speechcraft.

Courthouse Tours • WEDNESDAYS, 2pm - Historic courthouse tours will depart from 200 North Grove St., Hendersonville. Free.

Info: 694-5003.

Creative Prayer Flags • SATURDAYS through (4/21), 1-3pm - This group will explore prayer flags and create personal and collective flags to "carry our wishes into the world." Women only.

Held at Our VOICE offices, 44 Merrimon Ave., Suite 1. Free. Info: arts@ ourvoicenc.org.

Details for the Day • SA (4/21), 9:45amnoon - Twin Maples Farmhouse, 63 North Hill St., Waynesville, invites brides-to-be to "Details for the Day," a morning of free bridal preparedness workshops featuring wedding attire, decorations and catering information. Info: http:// avl.mx/dx.

Ethical Society Film Screening • TH (4/19), 10am The Ethical Society of Asheville will screen Traces of the Trade at the YWCA of Asheville, 185 S. French Broad Ave. Discussion will follow. Free. Info: www. ethicalsocietyofasheville. org.

Energize with Glorious Greens • SA (4/21), 10amnoon - A cooking class

will focus on broccoli soup, raw green salad and kale wraps.

Held at Earth Fare, 66 Westgate Parkway. $30/$25 in advance.

Info and registration: 258-1413.

Four Seasons Toastmasters • WEDNESDAYS, 8-9am - Four Seasons Toastmasters invites the community to improve their public speaking skills.

Held in the Smoky Mountain Theatre of Lake Point Landing retirement community, 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville. $10 per month. Info: 6069830.

Garage Sale • FR (4/20), 8:30am4pm & SA (4/21), 8:30am-noon - The Hendersonville First United Methodist Church will host a garage sale at 6th Avenue and Buncombe Street. Proceeds will benefit the church's outreach programs.

Info: 693-4275 Girl Scouting's 100th Anniversary Open House • SA (4/21), noon-4pm - "Come relive your Girl Scout experience and enjoy a museum of Girl Scout uniforms, photographs and other memorabilia" during an anniversary open house at 64 W. T. Weaver Blvd. Info: www. girlscoutsp2p.org.

Henderson County Heritage Museum Located in the Historic Courthouse on Main St., Hendersonville.

Wed.-Sat., 10am5pm; Sun., 1-5pm.

Free unless otherwise noted. Info: www.hendersoncountymuseum. org or 694-1619.

• Through TU (12/31) - An exhibit of Civil War military weaponry and uniforms.

Jewelry Workshop • SA (4/21), 9:30am4pm - A workshop on jewelry construction and repair will be held in UNCA's Reuter Center. $35 includes materials. Info: ncccr@unca.edu or 251-6140.

Latino Education in N.C. • TH (4/26), 7pm - A presentation on "Latino Education in North Carolina: Challenges and Solutions" will be held

at the MAHEC Health Education Center, 121 Hendersonville Road. Free. Info: www. ywcaofasheville.org.

Living History Day • SA (4/21), 10am4pm - The WNC Historical Association will present "Living History Day" at the Smith McDowell House Museum, 83 Victoria Road. Costumed interpreters will share weaving, spinning, fire-making and more. $3.50. Info: www. wnchistory.org or 2539231.

N.C. Science Fest: Bird Hike • SA (4/21), 11am1pm - Expand your birding skills on a short, guided hike.

Bring binoculars and lunch and dress for weather and trail terrain. Trip meets at Health Adventure in Biltmore Square Mall, 800 Brevard Road, Suite 620. Free. Info: http://avl.mx/dt.

N.C. Science Fest: Extreme Cold • WE (4/25), 3:304:30pm - Can you hammer a nail with a banana? Make ice cream with liquid nitrogen and experience what happens at 320 degrees below zero during this program at Health Adventure in Biltmore Square Mall, 800 Brevard Road, Suite 620. Free with museum admission.

Info: http://avl.mx/e7.

N.C. Science Fest: Planet, Star and Galaxy Viewing • SA (4/21), 9pm View Mars, Saturn and deep sky objects such as star clusters and galaxies at ASU’s Dark Sky Observatory.

Free, but registration required. Info: http:// avl.mx/dv. Registration: http://avl.mx/dw.

N.C. Science Fest: Public Stargazing • FR (4/20), 8:30pm - The Astronomy Club of Asheville invites the public to enjoy views of Venus, Saturn, Mars, star clusters and more at the Mount Pisgah Trailhead parking lot, MP 407.6 on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Telescopes provided. Free. Info: www.ncsciencefestival. org/event/ashevillestargaze.

freewillastrology ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) You had to take the test before you got a chance to study more than a couple of the lessons. Does that seem fair? Hell, no. That’s the bad news. The good news is that this test was merely a rehearsal for a more important and inclusive exam, which is still some weeks in the future. Here’s even better news: The teachings that you will need to master before then are flowing your way, and will continue to do so in abundance. Apply yourself with diligence, Aries. You have a lot to learn, but luckily, you have enough time to get fully prepared.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) Let's see if you know what these exquisitely individuated luminaries have in common: Salvador Dali, Martha Graham, Stephen Colbert, David Byrne, Maya Deren, Malcolm X, Willie Nelson, Bono, Dennis Hopper, Cate Blanchett, George Carlin, Tina Fey, Sigmund Freud. Give up? They are or were all Tauruses. Would you characterize any of them as sensible, materialistic slowpokes obsessed with comfort and security, as many traditional astrology texts describe Tauruses? Nope.

They were or are distinctive innovators with unique style and creative flair. They are your role models as you cruise through the current phase of maximum self-expression.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) In December 1946, three Bedouin shepherds were tending their flock near the Dead Sea. They found a cave with a small entrance. Hoping it might contain treasure hidden there long ago, they wanted to explore it. The smallest of the three managed to climb through the narrow opening. He brought out a few dusty old scrolls in ceramic jars. The shepherds were disappointed. But eventually the scrolls were revealed to be one of the most important finds in archaeological history: the first batch of what has come to be known as the Dead Sea Scrolls. Keep this story in mind, Gemini. I suspect a metaphorically similar tale may unfold for you soon. A valuable discovery may initially appear to you in a form you're not that excited about.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) The devil called together a committee meeting of his top assistants. He was displeased. Recruitments of people born under the sign of Cancer had fallen far below projected totals. "It's unacceptable," the dark lord fumed. "Those insufferable Crabs have been too mentally healthy lately to be tantalized by our lies. Frankly, I'm at wit's end. Any suggestions?" His marketing expert said, "Let's redouble our efforts to make them buy into the hoax about the world ending on December 21, 2012." The executive vice-president chimed in: "How about if we play on their fears about running out of what they need?" The chief of intelligence had an idea, too: "I say we offer them irrelevant goodies that tempt them away from their real goals."

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) "If you don't run your own life, someone else will," said psychologist John Atkinson. Make that your

motto in the coming weeks, Leo. Write it on a big piece of cardboard and hold it up in front of your eyes as you wake up each morning. Use it as a prod that motivates you to shed any laziness you might have about living the life you really want.

Periodically ask yourself these three questions: Are you dependent on the approval, permission, or recognition of others? Have you set up a person, ideology, or image of success that's more authoritative than your own intuition? Is there any area of your life where you have ceded control to an external source?

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) Here are the last words that computer pioneer Steve Jobs spoke before he died: "OH WOW. OH WOW. OH WOW." I'd propose that we bring that mantra into as wide a usage as Jobs' other creations, like the iPhone and iPad. I'd love to hear random strangers exclaiming it every time they realize how amazing their lives are. I'd enjoy it if TV newscasters spoke those words to begin each show, acknowledging how mysterious our world really is. I'd be pleased if lovers everywhere uttered it at the height of making love. I nominate you to start the trend, Virgo. You're the best choice, since your tribe, of all the signs of the zodiac, will most likely have the wildest rides and most intriguing adventures in the coming weeks.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) A starfish that loses an arm can grow back a new one. It's an expert regenerator. According to my understanding of the astrological omens, you are entering a starfish-like phase of your cycle.

Far more than usual, you'll be able to recover parts of you that got lost and reanimate parts of you that fell dormant. For the foreseeable future, your words of power are "rejuvenate," "restore," "reawaken" and "revive." If you concentrate really hard and fill yourself with the light of the spiritual sun, you might even be able to perform a kind of resurrection.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) Too much of a good thing isn't necessarily good.

(Have you ever hyperventilated?) Too little of a good thing can be bad. (Have you ever gotten dehydrated?) Some things are good in measured doses but bad if done to excess. (Wine and chocolate.) A very little of a very bad thing may still be a bad thing. (It's hard to smoke crack in moderation.)

The coming week is prime time to be thinking

along these lines, Scorpio. You will generate a lot of the exact insights you need if you weigh and measure everything in your life and judge what is too much and what is too little.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) Sculptor Constantin Brancusi had a clear strategy as he produced his art: "Create like God, command like a king, work like a slave." I suggest you adopt a similar approach for your own purposes in the coming weeks, Sagittarius. With that as your formula, you could make rapid progress on a project that's dear to you. So make sure you have an inspiring vision of the dream you want to bring into being. Map out a bold, definitive plan for how to accomplish it. And then summon enormous stamina, fierce concentration, and unfailing attention to detail as you translate your heart's desire into a concrete form.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) "If there is one door in the castle you have been told not to go through," writes novelist Anne Lamott, "you must. Otherwise, you'll just be rearranging furniture in rooms you've already been in." I think the coming weeks will be your time to slip through that forbidden door, Capricorn. The experiences that await you on the other side may not be everything you have always needed, but I think they are at least everything you need next.

Besides, it's not like the taboo against penetrating into the unknown place makes much sense any more. The biggest risk you take by breaking the spell is the possibility of losing a fear you've grown addicted to.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) When rain falls on dry land, it activates certain compounds in the soil that release a distinctive aroma. "Petrichor" is the word for that smell. If you ever catch a whiff of it when there's no rain, it's because a downpour has begun somewhere nearby, and the wind is bringing you news of it.

I suspect that you will soon be awash in a metaphorical version of petrichor, Aquarius. A parched area of your life is about to receive much-needed moisture.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) Forty percent of Americans do not know that the dinosaurs died out long before human beings ever existed. When these folks see an old cartoon of caveman Fred Flintstone riding on a Diplodocus, they think it's depicting a historical fact. In the coming weeks, Pisces, you need to steer clear of people who harbor gross delusions like that. It's more important than usual that you hang out with educated, cultured types who possess a modicum of well-informed ideas about the history of humanity and the nature of reality. Surround yourself with intelligent influences, please.

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N.C. Science Fest: Solar Observing • FR (4/20), 11am2pm - Ever seen a sunspot? Come view the sun safely through telescopes equipped with solar filters. Presented by the Astronomy Club of Asheville and UNCA on the university's quad. Free. Info: www. ncsciencefestival.org/ event/solar-observing.

N.C. Science Fest: The Science of Water Hydraulics • SU (4/22), 2pm Engineers will discuss the science of water

hydraulics and in-stream construction, which allows humans to alter the shape of a riverbed, during this presentation at the Nantahala Outdoor Center, 13077 Highway 19, Bryson City. Free.

Info: http://avl.mx/dz.

N.C. Science Fest: Watauga SumoBot Competition • SA (4/21), 8am-5pm - "Robotic sumo is a competition where two robots attempt to push each other out of an arena using mechanisms, cunning and brute force."

All participating robots

must be constructed with unmodified LEGO construction components and must be completely autonomous. Form a team to compete or come to watch and cheer. Held at ASU's Plemmons Student Union. Registration required. $20 per team/ free to attend. Info: http://avl.mx/du.

N.C. Science Fest: Weather Balloon Launch • MO (4/23), 6pm Join the Climate Action Network through Direct Observations and Outreach, a NASA-funded

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project that promotes climate awareness, science literacy and environmental stewardship, for a weather balloon launch with CAN-DOO Science Club students from Bethel and Hardin Park Elementary Schools.

Held at the AppalAIR Facility on the campus of ASU. Free. Info: http:// avl.mx/e3.

N.C. Science Festival: Is There Meat in Our Future?

• TH (4/26), 6pm - This seminar will be led by Dr. Marty Root of the ASU Department of

Nutrition and Health Care Management at the university's College of Education building. Free.

Info: http://avl.mx/e8.

Ox Creek Community History Collection • SATURDAYS through (6/9), 10am-2pm - An exhibition will feature selections from the Ox Creek Community History Collection at the Weaverville Library, 41 North Main St. Free. Info: ckgrimes@charter.net.

Ponderer's Cafe Group • TUESDAYS, 6:45pm This easygoing, guided questioning aims to cultivate discussion and broaden perspectives on a variety of interesting topics. Free to attend.

Info: www.meetup.com/ PonderersCafe.

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

• TH (4/19), 12:30pm - “Can You Go Back Again? Some Lessons from Stream Restoration in Western North Carolina,” with David Gillette, assistant professor of environmental studies. Info: 251-6645.

--- 7pm - An "Economic Crystal Ball" seminar will focus on business and financial outlooks through 2013. Held in Lipinsky Auditorium.

Info and registration: kmoore@unca.edu or 251-6550.

• FR (4/20), 11:30am - "Stress Management," with Larry Cammarata.

Held in the Reuter Center. Info: unca.edu/ ncccr or 251-6140. --11:25am - “The Modern World and Music,” with Melodie Galloway, assistant professor of music. Held in Lipinsky Auditorium. Info: humanities.unca.edu or 251-6808. --- 11:25am - “Global Challenges and Future Prospects,” with William Spellman, professor of history. Held in the Humanities Lecture Hall.

• SA (4/21), 3pm “Not for Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities,” with humanities scholar Martha Nussbaum. Held in Lipinsky Auditorium.

Info: 251-6808.

• MO (4/23), 11:25am - “Art of the Classical World,” with Alan Hantz, professor of mass communication. Held in the Humanities Lecture Hall. Info: humanities.

unca.edu. --- 11:25am “Where have we been?

Where are we? Where are we going? The Ebb and Flow of Empires,” with Ann Dunn, lecturer in humanities. Held in Lipinsky Auditorium.

Public Lectures at A-B Tech • TU (4/24), 2pm "ABCs of the Middle East," with Randee Goodstadt, A-B Tech social sciences department chair. Held in the Ferguson Building, Asheville campus. Free.

Info: www.abtech.edu.

Public Lectures at WCU • TH (4/19), 4pm “Sensing Place: New Ways to Look at Maps,” with map designer Bruce Daniel. Held in the Bardo Performing Arts Center.

A reception will follow in the Fine Art Museum.

Info: mliddle@wcu.edu or 227-3594.

RV Camping Club • Through FR (11/30) The Small RV Camping Club currently seeks new members. Info: lilnau@ aol.com or 369-6669.

Sand Hill Road Sewer Meeting • TH (4/19), 6pm - An open forum about changes to the Sand Hill Road sewer system will be held at Sand Hill-Venable Elementary School, 154 Sand Hill School Road.

Info: jgavin@ashevillenc. gov or 545-2923.

Scriptwriting Class • Classes on scriptwriting and story development, as well as Final Cut X, Reiki and Qigong, will be offered at the Flat Iron Building, 20 Battery Park Ave., on various days. Call for date, time and price. Free for nonprofits and low income residents. Info: 280-7287.

SISTA Group • THURSDAYS, 6:308:30pm & FRIDAYS, 5:30-7:30pm - SISTA, an educational program to help women avoid unhealthy relationships and STDs, will meet Thursdays at Pisgah View Apartments, 1 Granada St., and Fridays at the Reid Center, 133 Livingston St. Free, but registration requested.

Info: otimmons@wncap. org or 252-7489.

Ten Thousand Villages • SA (4/21), 10am-6pm - Ten Thousand Villages Asheville will celebrate its anniversary with jewelry made from recycled

materials by Bombolulu, an artisan group in Kenya. Kenyan food will be available. Held at 10 College St. Free. Info: www.asheville.tenthousandvillages.com.

Valdese Heritage Arts Center Located at 146 Main St. W., Valdese. Info: 8741849.

• TH (4/19), 1:302:30pm - A workshop on Swarovski crystal rings will feature jeweler Diane Enger. $10.

West African Drum Class • TUESDAYS, 6:30pm Instruction with Adama Dembele from the Ivory Coast. All levels welcome. Held at the Terpsicorps studio, 339 Lyman St. $15. Info: www.terpsicorps.org.

Dance Bharatanatyam Classes • Adult • Children (pd.) Bharatanatyam is the sacred classical dance form of India.

Adult and children's classes now forming.

Traditional Kalakshetra Style. • DakshinaNatya Classical Arts. Riverview Station. • Call Tess: (828) 301-0331. Learn more: www.riverviewstation.com Capoeira Angola Workshop - Mestre Pe de Chumbo (pd.) Mestre Pe de Chumbo leads a threeday workshop on the Afro-Brazilian cultural art of Capoeira Angola April 27-29th in Asheville.

Beginners welcome.

Visitors welcome to watch roda at no cost.

Mestre Pe de Chumbo is a graduated student of Mestre Joao Pequeno.

Info: http://www.capoeiraasheville.org.

Dancing's Fun! (pd.) Quick and easy lessons. Swing, Ballroom, Country Two Step. Very reasonable rates plus schedule @ your convience! Singles, couples, Learn at your location or Asheville, and Fletcher.

352-558-4200 Studio Zahiya (pd.) Monday 7:30-9pm Bellydance • Tuesday 8-9am Booty Camp Fitness • 9-10am Hip Hop Workout • Noon-1pm Groove Dance • 5:15-6pm Intro to Bellyydance • Wednesday 6-7 Intro to Hip Hop, • 7:30-9 Bellydance 2 • Thursday 9-10am Bellydance,

• 6-7pm Bollywood, • 8-9pm Hip Hop 2 • Friday 10-11am Bhangra Workout. • $12 for 60 minute classes. 90 1/2 N. Lexington Avenue. www.studiozahiya.com Asheville Contemporary Dance Theatre • TH (4/26) & FR (4/27), 8pm - The Asheville Contemporary Dance Theatre will perform the American premier of Birds of War, a modern dance ballet inspired by the etchings of Francisco Goya. Held at Diana Wortham Theatre, 2 South Pack Square. $25/$15 students and seniors. Info: www.acdt. org or 257-4530.

Bhangra/Hip-Hop Aerobic Classes • WEDNESDAYS, 6:30pm - Learn the lively Indian dance Bhangra, mixed with a little hip-hop, at this weekly series.

Beginners and drop-ins welcome. Held at Carver Community Center, 101 Carver Ave., Black Mountain. $10. Info: www.holisticwithhumor. com/dance.

Contra Dance • MONDAYS, 8pm - Contra dancing at the Grey Eagle, 185 Clingman Ave. Beginners welcome. $6. Info: www. danceasheville.com.

Dancing with the Catamounts • FR (4/20), 7pm Faculty and student dance groups will compete in "Dancing with the Catamounts" in WCU's Hoey Auditorium. $5.

Info: ktomczak@wcu.edu or 227-3672.

Flashmob • The YMCA will host disco, hip-hop and swing music flashmobs, with the goal of gathering 2,000 people. Dance classes held at various locations and times.

Free. Info and locations: (917) 710-2805.

Southern Lights SDC Held at the Whitmire Activity Building, 301 Lily Pond Road, Hendersonville. Info: 696-9198.

• SA (4/21), 7pm - "Tax Day Blues Dance."

Advanced dance at 6pm.

Info: 696-9198 or 8835706.

Spiral Spirt Ecstatic Dance • WEDNESDAYS, 6:30pm - Weekly dances held at Sol's Reprieve, 11 Richland St. "We honor the wave, body exploration and stillness." $7.

Info: azealea@yahoo. com or elementsmove@ yahoo.com.

West African Dance • TUESDAYS, 7:30pm This high-energy dance includes live drumming.

Held at the Terpsicorps studio, 339 Lyman St. All levels welcome. $12/$10 students. Info: ashevilledrumdance@gmail.com.

Eco Green Mondays • MO (4/23), 3-4:30pm - The Blue Ridge Sustainability Institute will host a Green Monday event focused on environmental efforts by local restaurants. Held at the Asheville Chamber of Commerce's Commerce Board Room, 36 Montford Ave. Free. Info: www.blueridgesustainability.org.

RRP Training for Contractors • TH (4/19), 8:30am5:30pm - This leadbased paint management training program is approved by the EPA and the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Hazards Control Unit. Presented by the National Center for Healthy Housing at Green Opportunities, 133 Livingston St. Free for those who qualify. Info and registration: www. adryanaservices.com.

• TH (4/26), 7:30am4:30pm - An additional program will be offered at the National Center for Healthy Housing at 227 Edgewood Road. Free for those who qualify. Info and registration: www. adryanaservices.com.

RRP Training for SpanishSpeaking Contractors • FR (4/20), 8:30am5:30pm - This leadbased paint management training program is approved by the EPA and the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Hazards Control Unit. Presented by the National Center for Healthy Housing at Green Opportunities, 133 Livingston St. Free for those who qualify. Info and registration: www. adryanaservices.com.

Strive Not to Drive • FR (4/20) - Promote car pooling, walking, biking and public transport for one day and join ECO for an urban hike around Hendersonville at 9am.

Trip meets at ECO, 121 Third Ave. W., Suite 4,

Hendersonville. Info: 692-0385.

The Nature Conservancy • TH (4/26), 9am-3pm - Work and Learn Party: Spring Wildflowers.

Volunteers will participate in invasive plant removal at Bat Cave Preserve in Hickory Nut Gorge, followed by a guided wildflower walk.

Info and registration: mtns_volunteers@tnc. org or 350-1431, ext.

105.

Wild and Scenic Film Festival • WE (4/18), 6-9pm The Wild and Scenic Film Festival will feature short films about mountaintop removal and hydrofracking, along with movies that celebrate remote and beautiful places.

Held in WCU's A.K. Hinds University Center. $10/$6 students. Info: www. wnca.org or 258-8737.

• TH (4/19), 7pm Additional screenings will be held at the Fine Arts Theatre, 36 Biltmore Ave. $10/$6 students. Info: http://avl.mx/do.

Festivals Earth and Wellness Day • WE (4/18), 11am-2pm - WCU will host Earth and Wellness Day, featuring live music, health screenings and food on the lawn of A.K. Hinds University Center. Free.

Info: lbishop@wcu.edu or 227-3562.

Earth Day Flea Market • SA (4/21), 8-11am An Earth Day flea market will include recycling collection services at the public parking lot on Route 9, adjacent to SunTrust Bank, Black Mountain. Info: 6698610.

Earth Day: Asheville • SA (4/21), noon10pm - The Asheville Earth Day Festival will feature activities for kids, performances by Mark Farina Mushroom Jazz, New Orleans Suspects, Underhill Rose and others, along with an ecovillage featuring environmentally friendly nonprofits and more. Held throughout N. Lexington Ave. Free; VIP passes available for $20. Info: www.avlearthday.org.

Earth Day: Brevard College • SA (4/21) - Brevard College will present EarthFest, featuring live animals from Earthshine Nature Programs, activi-

ties for kids, a creek walk and rain barrel raffle. Events held throughout the day in the Porter Center amphitheater. A contra dance kicks off the festivities on Friday from 8-10pm in the Dunham stage area. Free.

Info: http://avl.mx/dn.

Earth Day: Cloth Diaper Change • SA (4/21), noon Parents of infants are encouraged to participate in the Great Cloth Diaper Change Challenge, an international effort to break the World Record for the most number of cloth diapers changed at one time. Nest, a local organic home and baby store, 51 N. Lexington Ave., will host the event.

Free, but donations encouraged. Info: www. nestorganics.com or greatclothdiaperchange. com.

Earth Day: Council of All Beings • SU (4/22), 2-6pm - The Council of All Beings will present an Earth Day celebration encouraging participants to "make masks of the animal or element needing our voice." Bring fabric, paper and yarn, if possible. Held at the Unitarian Universalist Curch, 1 Evelyn Place.

Free; donations welcome.

Info: eaerb@juno.com or 253-7432.

Earth Day: Health Adventure • SA (4/21), noon-2pm - The Health Adventure, in Biltmore Square Mall, 800 Brevard Road., Suite 620, will offer a presentation on acid rain, seeds and other environmental topics. UNCA students will present a recycling program and hands-on activities for kids. Programs are free with admission ($9.50 adults/$6.50 children under 16). Info: www. thehealthadventure.org.

Earth Day: Hendersonville Community Co-op • SA (4/21), noon-5pm - The Hendersonville Community Co-op will celebrate Earth Day with food, live music and activities for kids from Hands On!, to benefit ECO. Held in the parking lot of the Co-op, 715 South Grove St. Free.

Info: www.hendersonville.coop.

Earth Day: Hickory Nut Eco Community • SA (4/21), 1-4pm - Hickory Nut Eco

Community invites the public to participate in its community garden, followed by an evening potluck and bonfire.

Wear clothes that can get dirty, bring tools and a dish to share. Held at 3963 Gerton Highway, Gerton. Info: www.laughingwatersnc.com.

Earth Day: New River State Park • SU (4/22), 11am New River State Park will host an Earth Day celebration, featuring live music, a picnic and ranger-led environmental activities. Meet at the park's visitor center, located near the Highway 221 access point. Info and directions: 336-9822587.

Earth Day: Warren Wilson College • SA (4/21), 8am-5pm - Warren Wilson College invites the community to a family-friendly day of free workshops, presentations and oldtime music designed "to make our region a little more green, a little more resilient and a little more fun." Other activities include horse-drawn wagon rides, cakewalks, jam sessions, food and craft vendors, fiber arts and more. Free. Info: http://avl.mx/d0.

Earth Day: Wild Plant Walk • SA (4/21), 10am - A wild plant walk will identify local plants that are useful for food and medicine, as well as which ones are inedible. $15.

Info, registration and location: eco@eco-wnc. org or 692-0385.

Earth Day: WNC Nature Center • SU (4/22), 10am-4pm - Join the WNC Nature Center for an Earth Day celebration featuring water quality tests, PowerPoint and live animal presentations and a variety of educational programs related to conservation. Free with admission to the Center.

Info: http://avl.mx/e1.

Hot Springs Community Trailfest • FR (4/20), 5pm; SA (4/21), 9am-7pm; & SU (4/22), 8am-1pm - This family-friendly festival will celebrate the great outdoors with a variety of events held throughout downtown Hot Springs. Activities include a 5K and kids race, guided hikes, family yoga, hoola-hoop

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workshops, skateboard demos, nature crafts, free bike tune-ups, a bike parade and more. Info and schedule of events: www.hotsprignstrailfest. net.

Government & Politics Marriage Amendment Panel • SA (4/21), 3pm Learn how the passage of the N.C. Marriage Amendment may affect same-sex, opposite-sex and unmarried couples during a panel discussion titled "N.C. Marriage Amendment: A Question of Civil Rights." Hosted

by First Congregational United Church of Christ, 1735 5th Ave. W., Hendersonville. Free.

Info: 692-8630 or www. fcchendersonville.org.

OCCUPY/WNC • TUESDAYS, 7pm OCCUPY/WNC promotes economic and social justice for the 99+1% through its General Assembly and working groups meeting. Held in Room 220 of the Jackson County Justice Center, 401 Grindstaff Cove Road, Sylva. Info: 743-9747.

Kids Asheville Anglican Academy • FR (4/20), 4-6pm The Asheville Anglican Academy, a "a new grammar school offering a low-cost classical education," will host an inormation session for the upcoming year at Pack Memorial Library's Lord Auditorium, 67 Haywood St. Currently accepting regristration for grades K-2. Info: www.ashevilleanglicanacademy.com.

Asheville Youth Ensemble • Young musicians are invited to perform with the Asheville Youth Ensemble. Strings, flute, recorder, percussion and piano players welcome. Beginning music reading skills required.

Info: ashevilleyouthensemble@gmail.com or 299-4856.

Expanding Your Horizons • FR (4/20), 9am-2pm - This career conference is designed to increase young women’s interest in science, technology, engineering and math by giving seventh-grade girls an opportunity to

interact with female role models in related fields. Held at Health Adventure in Biltmore Square Mall, 800 Brevard Road, Suite 620. Free, but registration required: www.ncsciencefestival. org/event/expandinghorizons.

Garden Crafts • TU (4/24), 11:30am - This gardening introduction for preschool children will include simple crafts that use soil wrapped in stockings or socks to grow a grass-headed friend.

Children take home their creations. Held at the Watauga County Library, 140 Queen St., Boone.

Free. Info: http://avl. mx/e6.

Gardening with Children • WE (4/18), 10am The Extension Master Gardeners of Buncombe County will present a program on gardening for children at 94 Coxe Ave. Free. Info and registration: 255-5522.

Hands On! This children's museum is located at 318 North Main St., Hendersonville.

Hours: Tues.-Sat., 10am5pm. Programs require $5 admission fee/free for members, unless otherwise noted. Info: www.handsonwnc.org or 697-8333.

• Through MO (4/30) Children are invited to make art with recycled materials.

• WE (4/18), 11am Hands On! will celebrate National Pet Day with crafts and books about animals.

• FR (4/20), 11am-noon - "Discover the World" encourages children ages 3 and older to learn about Africa, the Arctic and other international locations.

• WE (4/25), 10:30am - Crazy Chemistry will focus on rainbow sand and recyclables.

Registration requested.

• TH (4/26), 3:304:30pm - "Fence Comes Alive" will feature educators from Foothills Equestrian and Nature Center.

Hip Hop Class • MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS & FRIDAYS, 3:30-4:30pm - A hip-hop class for children grades K-12 will be offered at Waynesville Recreation Center, 550 Vance St. Free for members/$20 pass for

15 visits. Registration required. Info: youthprogramsupervisor@ townofwaynesville.org or 456-2030.

Playball • SUNDAYS, 10am Playball encourages children ages 2-4 to learn life skills through low-pressure sports.

Classes meet on various Sundays through May at times based on the age of the child. Held at the Asheville Jewish Community Center, 236 Charlotte St. Registration required. $15 per class.

Info: rochelle@jccasheville.org.

Rutherford County Science & Tech Expo • FR (4/20), 10am-3pm - Isothermal Community College in Spindale will showcase its sciencerelated programs to K-12 students in Rutherford and Polk counties through interactive exhibits and demonstrations designed to get students interested in careers in the sciences. Free. Info: www.ncsciencefestival. org/event/rutherfordisothermal.

Rutherford County Science and Tech Expo • SA (4/21), 11am-3pm - Explore the wonders of science through hands-on experiments, a planetarium show, a beehive ecosystem and an opportunity to meet the "Critters of Chimney Rock Park" during this free event hosted at KidSenses Children's Museum, 172 N. Main St., Rutherfordton.

Regular museum admission applies. Held in conjunction with the 2012 N.C. Science Festival.

Info: 286-2120 or visit www.kidsenses.com or http://avl.mx/ds.

Shocking Science • WE (4/18), 3:30pm "Feel your hair stand on end, light up a florescent bulb with your hand and see lightning indoors" during this program at Health Adventure in Biltmore Square Mall, 800 Brevard Road, Suite 620. Free with museum admission. Info: http:// avl.mx/dc.

Spring Break Camp • Through FR (4/20), 7:30am-5:30pm - A spring break camp will be offered by Waynesville Recreation Center, 550 Vance St. $20/$15 members.

Registration requested: youthprogramsupervi-

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Wee Naturalists • TUESDAYS & WEDNESDAYS, 9:30am The N.C. Arboretum, 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way, hosts activities for children ages 2-5, including nature walks, garden exploration, stories, crafts and visits from classroom animals.

April events include programs on seeds. Info: www.ncarboretum.org or 665-2492.

Outdoors Beautiful Lake James Marina • Boat Slips Available (pd.) Beat the Summer rush and reserve a covered, uncovered or houseboat slip. Great location at Canal Bridge.

Security, gas sales, marine store and customer lounge. Call (828) 584-0666.

Boogerman Trail • TH (4/19), 9am - A 8.6-mile hike along the Boogerman Trail will feature tulip trees and historical artifacts.

Transportation offered from Asheville and Wayneswsville. $35.

Info, registration and location: hannah@friendsofthesmokies.org or 452-0720.

Carl Sandburg Home Located three miles south of Hendersonville off U.S. 25 on Little River Road. Info: 693-4178 or www.nps.gov/carl.

• MO (4/23), 9am2:30pm - "Park Ranger for a Day" invites the public to help preserve historic buildings, remove non-native plants and assist with the goat herd. Registration required.

Events at REI Located at 31 Schenck Parkway. Info: 6870918 or www.rei.com/ asheville.

• WE (4/18), 7-8:15pm - A class on backpacking basics will cover gear for beginners. Free. Info and registration: http:// avl.mx/dj.

• TU (4/24), 7pm - A class on bike maintenance will teach participants how to adjust brakes and derailleurs, fix a chain and change brakes. No need to bring bikes. Free. Info and registration: http://avl.mx/ed • WE (4/25), 7pm - A class on how to prepare for and what to expect on

Great Smoky Mountain National Park trails. Free.

Info and registration: www.rei.com/stores/117.

• TH (4/26), 7pm - Map and compass basics.

Free. Info and registration: http://avl.mx/ef.

Introduction to Kayaking • THURSDAYS, 7:309:30pm - An introductory kayaking class will cover the basics of whitewater kayaking with Nantahala Outdoor Center instructors at The Grove Park Inn, 290 Macon Ave. Ages 10 and up. $40.

Info and registration: (800) 232-7238.

Lake James State Park N.C. Highway 126.

Programs are free unless otherwise noted. Info: 584-7728.

• FR (4/20), 7:45pm - "What Bat is That" will identify bats using acoustic technology.

Meets at the Catawba River Area. Info and registration: 584-7728.

• SA (4/21) & SU (4/22), 1pm - A spring boat tour will focus on wildlife. Passengers must be 7 years or older. Bring binoculars and a towel or cushion.

Meets at the Paddy's Creek Area parking lot.

Registration required.

Lookout Montreat Hike • TU (4/24), 10am - A difficult hike will depart from the Lakeview Senior Center parking lot, 401 S. Laurel Circle, Black Mountain. Free. Info: 669-8610.

Mountain Bike Film Fest • TH (4/19), 7-9pm - Mars Hill College's Mountain Bike Film Fest will feature the films Life Cycles and 3 Minute Gaps. Held at Asheville Pizza and Brewing, 675 Merrimon Ave. $10/$5 students. Info: www. marshillcycling.com/ film-fest.

Parenting Events at Pardee Hospital All programs held at the Pardee Health Education Center in the Blue Ridge Mall, Hendersonville.

Free, but registration is required unless otherwise noted. Info and registration: www.pardeehospital.org or 692-4600.

• TH (4/19), 6:308pm - "The Art of Breastfeeding."

New Baby Asheville • FRIDAYS, 10am-1pm Get support, meet other moms, share your story,

ask questions and connect with community at this free weekly meeting. Info and directions: Lisahicks1018@gmail. com.

Park Ridge Hospital 100 Hospital Drive, Hendersonville. Info: www.parkridgehospital. org or 684-8501.

• TU (4/24), 6pm - This in-depth workshop with sleep expert Meggan Hartman will help parents understand how to establish good sleep habits and a healthy schedule for their babies and themselves. Presented at Health Adventure in the Biltmore Square Mall, 800 Brevard Road, Suite 620. $25. Info and registration: 681-BABY or http://avl.mx/e5.

• SU (4/22), 4:30pm - All patients who will be delivering or are interested in delivering at The Baby Place are invited to attend this open house tour at Park Ridge Health's new facility, 100 Hospital Drive, Hendersonville.

Meet in the OB waiting room. Free. Registration requested: 681-BABY.

Performance & Film Song O' Sky Show Chorus (pd.) TUESDAYS, 6:45pm - Rehearsal at First Congregational United Church of Christ (UCC) 20 Oak Street Asheville 28801.(Enter Fellowship Hall-lower level). Guests welcome. Contact: www. songosky.org Toll Free # 1-866-824-9547.

9 to 5: The Musical • TH (4/19) through SU (4/22) - 9 to 5: The Musical, based on the movie with Dolly Parton, will be performed by Warren Wilson College students in the Kittredge Theatre. $5/free for students, alumni and staff.

Thurs.-Sat., 8pm; Sun., 3pm. Info: 771-3040.

A Carolina Story • THURSDAYS through SUNDAYS until (4/29) - The world premier of A Carolina Story will be performed by BRCC students and faculty in Patton Auditorium. $7/$5 students, faculty and staff. Info: js_treadway@ blueridge.edu or 6941849.

Al Petteway and Amy White • SU (4/22), 4pm - Al Petteway and Amy

White (guitar/mandolin) will perform at 235 Duncan Hill Road, Hendersonville, as part of The Guitar Academy of WNC's Listening Room series. $15. Info: www. wncguitaracademy.com.

AmiciMusic • FR (4/20), 7:30pm Wind Power will feature Dosia McKay (flute), Alicia Chapman (oboe) and Daniel Weiser (piano). Held at First Congregational UCC, 20 Oak St. $20/children free. Info: www.amicimusic.org.

• SA (4/21), 7:30pm An addition performance will be held at White Horse Black Mountain, 105C Montreat Road. $15/$5 children. Info: www.whitehorseblackmountain.com or 6690816.

SU (4/22), 3pm - A final performance will be held at First Presbyterian Church, 30 Alabama Ave., Weaverville. $15/ children free. Info: www. amicimusic.org.

Asheville Lyric Opera All performances take place at Diana Wortham Theater. Tickets: www. ashevillelyric.org, 2574530 or 236-0670.

• FR (4/20) through SU (4/22) - The Sound of Music. $53/$42/$30.

Aziz Ansari • SA (4/21), 8pm - Aziz Ansari will present his Buried Alive comedy tour at Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, 87 Haywood St. $30 plus service fee.

Info: ww.ashevillenc.gov/ Departments/CivicCenter.

Bombs Away Cabaret • FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS (4/20) until (4/28), 7:30pm & 10:30pm - Bombs Away Cabaret presents "High Skirts: Illicitly Yours."

Adult audiences only.

Held at The Magnetic Field, 372 Depot St. $15/$17. Info: www. themagneticfield.com or http://avl.mx/ab.

Classic World Cinema Foreign Film Series • FR (4/20), 8pm Ararat by Atom Egoyan (Canada/France 2002).

Presented by Courtyard Gallery, 109 Roberts St., Phil Mechanic Studios, River Arts District. Info: www.ashevillecourtyard. com or 273-3332.

Endgame • TH (4/26) through SA (4/28), 8pm; SU (4/29), 2pm - Endgame

by Samuel Beckett will

be performed in Brevard College's Porter Center. $5. Info: www.theportercenter.org or 800-5143849.

Flat Rock Playhouse Mainstage: Highway 225, Flat Rock. Downtown location: 125 South Main St., Hendersonville. Info: www.flatrockplayhouse. org or 693-0731.

• WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS until (4/22) My Favorite Things: The Music of Rodgers and Hammerstein will be performed at the Mainstage location. See website for times. $40/$38 seniors/$22 students.

• WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS until (5/6) Say Goodnight Gracie will be performed at the downtown theater, 125 South Main St., Flat Rock. $35/$22 student.

Hendersonville Symphony Orchestra • SA (4/21), 7:30pm - The Hendersonville Symphony Orchestra, with Dick James (piano), presents "Romantic Rhapsodies." Held in BRCC's Conference Hall. $30. Info: 697-5884.

Honky Tiki Tonk II • FR (4/20), noon Honky Tiki Tonk II will include music by Billy Don Burns, American Aquarium and Dash Rip Rock at the Lake Lure Tiki Bar, 3147 Memorial Highway. Music begins at 4:20pm. Info: www. genevarivermotel.com.

Hooterville Hoedown Big Show • TH (4/26), 7pm County Farm (bluegrass) will perform at the Opportunity House, 1411 Asheville Highway 25, as part of the Hooterville Hoedown's Big Show. $5/$8 for BBQ dinner at 5:30pm. Info: hootervillehoedown@gmail.com or 692-0575.

Jam Session • 3rd SATURDAYS, 1-3pm - An old-time jam session will be held at Oconaluftee Visitor Center, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, U.S. 441. Info: www.nps. gov/grsm.

Jewish Film Festival • SA (4/21) through TH (4/26) - The Jewish Film Festival features screenings and discussions about modern and historical Jewish life. Held at the Fine Arts Theatre, 36 Biltmore Ave. $18 opening and closing nights/$8 other screenings. Info:

www.ashevillejewishfilmfestival.com.

Joe Penland • SA (4/21), 7:30pm - Joe Penland (traditional) and Sarah Tucker (singer/songwriter) will perform at the Madison County Arts Council performance space, 90 S. Main St., Marshall. $15. Info: www.madisoncountyarts.com.

King of Masks • FR (4/20), 7:30pm - Hendersonville Sister Cities will screen King of Masks in BRCC's Bo Thomas Auditorium.

Free. Info: www.hendersonvillesistercities.org.

Knock, Knock • THRUSDAYS through SUNDAYS until (4/29) - Knock, Knock, an absurdist comedy by Jules Feiffer, will be performed at the Tryon Little Theater, 516 S. Trade St., Tryon. Mon.-Sat., 8pm; Sun., 3pm. $15.

Info & tickets: www. tltinfo.org or 859-2466.

Kontras String Quartet • SU (4/22), 3pm - The Hendersonville Chamber Music series will present the Kontras String Quartet at the First Congregational Church,

1735 5th Ave. W. $17.

Info: 890-4411.

Kony 2012 • TH (4/19), 8pm Brevard College will host a screening of Kony 2012 in the McLartyGoodson Building. Free.

Info: www.brevard.edu.

Montford Park Players • THURSDAYS through SUNDAYS until (4/29) - Shakespeare's As You Like It will be performed by the Montford Park Players at the Masonic Temple, 80 Broadway St. $12/$10 students and seniors/$6 under 18.

Pay-what-we're-worth night April 19. Info: www.montfordparkplayers.org.

Movie Club • TH (4/19), 10am Sarah’s Key, based on the book by Tatiana de Rosnay, will be screened at Etowah Library, 101 Brickyard Road. Info: 697-4725.

Movie Night • SATURDAYS, 6pm Hosted by Wall Street Coffee House and Emporium, 62 Wall St., featuring new releases, cult classics and old favorites. Free. Movie titles to be announced

weekly at www.wallstreetcoffeehouse.webs. com.

Music at Brevard College Events take place in Brevard College's Porter Center for the Performing Arts. Info: www.theportercenter.org or 800-5143849.

• TH (4/19), 7:30pm - A senior recital for Jamison Adams (guitar).

Music at UNCA Concerts are held in Lipinsky Auditorium, unless otherwise noted.

Tickets and info: 2325000.

• SU (4/22), 4pm - A gala concert featuring the UNCA Chamber Symphony, Studio 18 Vocal Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Big Band. $5. Info: 251-6432.

N.C. Symphony • WE (4/25), 7:30pm - The North Carolina Symphony will perform works by Beethoven, Mozart, Wagner and Liszt in Mars Hill College's Moore Auditorium. $25.

Info: www.mhc.edu or 1-866-MHC-4-YOU. Naked Girls Reading 6 • FR (4/20) & SA (4/21), 8pm - The Anam Cara Theatre Company, 203

Haywood Road, presents Naked Girls Reading 6, selections about survival. $10/$12. 18 and over.

Info: www.anamcaratheatre.com or 545-3861.

NC Stage Company Asheville's professional resident theater company, performing at 15 Stage Lane in downtown Asheville (entrance off of Walnut Street, across from Zambra's). Info and tickets: 239-0263 or www.ncstage.org.

• WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS until (4/23) - Circle Mirror Transformation. "This play keeps audiences on the edge of their seats simply by eavesdropping on five strangers in a beginner drama class."

Wed.-Sat., 7:30pm; Sun., 2pm. $10-$26.

Open Mic • WEDNESDAYS, 7pm Letters to Abigail hosts an open mic night at The Inn on Church, 201 3rd Ave. W., Hendersonville.

Free. Info: www.facebook.com/letterstoabigail or www.innonchurch. com.

Searching for Angela Shelton • WE (4/18), 5:30pm - A screening of Searching

for Angela Shelton will be presented by Child Abuse Prevention Services Inc. in UNCA's Highsmith Building, Room 221. Free. Info: www.childabusepreventionservices.org or 254-2000.

St. Matthias Musical Performances Located at 1 Dundee St. (off South Charlotte).

Info: 285-0033.

• WE (4/18), 7pm - The Renaissonics (chamber, dance and improvisational music) will perform as part of the Echo Cooperative's “Art Outside the Box” series. $15 donation. Info: www. echocooperative.org or 545-8865.

• SU (4/22), 3pm - A harp and guitar concert will feature Michelle Cobley and Dan Keller.

Donations encouraged.

The Altamont Located at 18 Church St. Info: www.myaltamont. com or 274-8070.

• WE (4/18), 7:30pm - John McVey (blues). $10.

• FR (4/20), 8pm - The Page Brothers Quartet. $10.

• SA (4/21), 8pm Erick Baker: Music That Breathes. $10.

• SU (4/22), 8pm - Laurence Juber (folk,jazz). $20/$18 in advance.

• 4th MONDAYS, 7:30pm - Jazz Night. Free.

The Autumn Players • THURSDAYS through SATURDAYS until (4/28), 7:30pm - The Autumn Players will present Hospitality Suite at 35Below, 35 E. Walnut St. $15. Info: www.ashevilletheatre.org.

The Importance of Being Earnest • TH (4/19) through SA (4/21), 7:30pm - The Importance of Being Earnest will be performed

by A-B Tech students in the college's Carriage House Theatre. $10/$5 students/$3 A-B Tech students. Info: pcarver@ abtech.edu or 254-1921.

The Magnetic Field 372 Depot St. Info: www. themagneticfield.com or 257-4003.

• WE (4/25) & TH (4/26), 8pm - Jonathan Ammons and The Electric Ghost will tape their live DVD at a concert for the public. $7.

The Parkway Playhouse • FR (4/20) & SA (4/21) - Alice in Wonderland will be performed by The Parkway Playhouse, 202 Green Mountain Dive, Burnsville. $5-10. Fri., 7pm; Sat., 3 and 7pm.

Info: www.parkwayplayhouse.com or 682-4285.

To Kill A Mockingbird • FRIDAYS, SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS through (5/6) - To Kill A Mockingbird will be performed at Asheville Community Theatre, 35 East Walnut St. $12/$19/$22 depending on section. Info: www. ashevilletheatre.org. Fri. and Sat., 7:30pm; Sun., 2:30pm.

Transition Hendersonville • WE (4/18), 6-8pm Transition Hendersonville will host a screening of The Man Who Planted Trees at Black Bear Cafe, 318 Main St. Free. Info: www.transitionhendersonville.com.

Seniors Events at Pardee Hospital All programs held at the Pardee Health Education Center in the Blue Ridge Mall, Hendersonville.

Free, but registration is

required unless otherwise noted. Info and registration: www.pardeehospital.org or 692-4600.

• TU (4/24), 1-3pm - Health insurance guidance for retirees. Free.

Lakeview Senior Center 401 S. Laurel Circle, Black Mountain. Info: 669-8610.

• TH (4/19), 11am - A program on hearing loss for seniors. Free. Info: 669-8610.

• MONDAYS through (4/23), 5:30-6:30pm "Successful Aging" support group for seniors.

Registration requested.

Spirituality Asheville Compassionate Communication Center (pd.) 8 Week Course starting April 18, 6:308:30pm. Learn ways to create understanding, connection, and deeper love in your relationships by learning Compassionate Communication (Nonviolent Communication). Great for couples! 252-0538. www.ashevilleccc.com Asheville Meditation Group

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(pd.) Practice meditation in a supportive group environment. Guided meditations follow the Insight/Mindfulness/ Vipassana practices.

Insight meditation cultivates a happier, more peaceful and focused mind. Our "sangha" (a community of cool people) provides added support and joy to one’s spiritual awakening process. All are invited. • By donation. • Tuesdays, 7pm-8:30pm: Guided meditation and discussion. • Sundays, 10am11:30am: Seated meditation and dharma talks. • The Women’s Wellness Center, 24 Arlington Street, Asheville. • Info/ directions: (828) 8084444. • www.ashevillemeditation.com Astro-Counseling (pd.) Licensed counselor and accredited professional astrologer uses your chart when counseling for additional insight into yourself, your relationships and life directions. Readings also available. Christy Gunther, MA, LPC. (828) 258-3229.

Mindfulness Meditation Class (pd.) Explore the miracle of healing into life through deepened stillness and presence. With consciousness teacher and columnist Bill Walz.

Info: 258-3241. www. billwalz.com. Mondays, 7-8pm – Meditation class with lesson and discussions in contemporary Zen living. At the Asheville Friends Meeting House at 227 Edgewood Ave. (off Merrimon).

Donation.

Soulful Communication and the Art of Relationship (pd.) A gateway to selfrealization. Intro: Friday, April 27 6:30-9:30pm. $25. 216 Asheland Ave. • Full weekend, April 28-29 10am-6pm, Flat Rock $235 (note: Friday evening intro required).

Please visit www.bluesunenergetics.net for more info or 828-6834221.

WOMEN'S INNER PEACE RETREAT (pd.) Immerse yourself in happiness at the Pisgah Forest Mountain Light Sanctuary on April 20-22, 2012. Experience the magic of nature art, dreamwork, yoga, meditation, photography, hiking, journaling, vision

boarding, dance (Zumba/ NIA), Heart Math, etc.

Call 713-1141 or email livelifefit@gmail.com or www.ipretreat.com to join the FUN! Anger: A Cry for Help • SUNDAYS, 7pm Learn how to bypass anger and resolve inner and outer conflicts from a calm, centered place with Kadampa Buddhist teacher Sharon Lovich.

Held at Montford Books and More, 31 Montford Ave. Drop-ins welcome. $8. Info: www.montfordbooks.com.

Blessing of the Animals • SA (4/21), 10am2pm - A "service of blessing of the animals and thanksgiving to God for the presence in our lives of our pets and livestock" will be held at St. Timothy's Anglican Church, 12 Byas Lane, Swannanoa. Info: odonnell.frank@yahoo.com Concert for Inner Peace • FR (4/20), 7:309:30pm - A concert for inner peace will be held at United Research Light Center, Route 9, Black Mountain. $15. Info: www.urlight.org or 6696845.

Destiny Seminar • SATURDAYS through (5/5), 4pm - Discover your true calling based on biblical principles and dynametric programs during this four-week course. Held at the Asheville Event Centre, 991 Sweeten Creek Road. By donation. Info and registration: www. thePathAsheville.org.

Kashmir Shaivism • THURSDAYS, 7pm Explore the nondual philosophy and practice of tantric Kashmir Shaivism with Madhyanandi. By donation. Info and directions: madhyanandi@ gmail.com.

Pray the Vespers • SUNDAYS, 7pm - The Asheville Orthodox Mission invites the public to pray the Vespers of the Ancient Orthodox Christian Church at 619 Haywood Road. Info: http://avl.mx/9s. reviveASHEVILLE • Through SU (4/22) - reviveASHEVILLE will celebrate the "good news of Jesus" through "extreme acts of love."

Info and locations: www. reviveasheville.org or info@timetorevive.com.

Sacred Embodiment Center Located at 41 Carolina Lane in Asheville.

• TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, noon3pm - "Come-unity Time: Food, Healing and Soul Nourishment" invites the public to bring art supplies, instruments and food donations for a meal and community gathering. $5 meal/$3 soup. Info: www.thesacredembodimentcenter. com or 216-2983.

Spiritual Law of Life Workshop • SU (4/22), 11am12:30pm - "Learn how to tap into your creative nature and unfold into greater spiritual awareness. Interact with others to see how to make this law work in your life."

Held at the Eckankar Center of Asheville, 797 Haywood Road, lower level. Info: www.eckankar-nc.org or 254-6775.

Trinity Lutheran Church 235 St. John's Road, Suite 50, Fletcher. Info: www.trinitylutherannc. org or 357-4068.

• SUNDAYS, 10am Sunday services will be preceded by Bible study at 9am.

Unity Church of Asheville Located at 130 Shelburne Road. Info: www.unityofasheville.com or 2525010.

• SUNDAYS, 11am Spiritual celebration service. --- 12:30-2pm - A Course in Miracles study group.

Spoken & Written Word Battery Park Writing Group (pd.) Thursdays, 6:30 p.m. Battery Park Book Exchange & Champagne Bar. This group meets to write together and then share in a supportive atmosphere. Free!

Contact Lisa at 691-5472 or tokyotaos@live.com for more info.

Blue Ridge Books Located at 152 S. Main St., Waynesville. Info: www.brbooks-news.com or 456-6000.

• SA (4/21), 3pm Jenny Bennett will read from her book Murder at the Jumpoff.

Buncombe County Public Libraries LIBRARY ABBREVIATIONS - All programs are free unless otherwise noted. Each Library event is marked

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by the following location abbreviations: n BM = Black Mountain Library (105 N. Dougherty St., 2504756) n EC = Enka-Candler Library (1404 Sandhill Road, 250-4758) n FV = Fairview Library (1 Taylor Road, 2506484) n PM = Pack Memorial Library (67 Haywood Street, 250-4700) n SW = Swannanoa Library (101 West Charleston Street, 2506486) n WV = Weaverville Library (41 N. Main Street, 250-6482) n Library storyline: 250KIDS. • WE (4/18), 6-8pm Library knitters club. SW • TH (4/19), 7pm - Book club: 1491 by Charles C. Mann. FV • FR (4/20), 10am-4pm - Spring book sale. PM --- 10am-6pm - Spring book sale. Sale will continue April 21. EC --- 4-5:30pm - Teen Awesome Group will create a movie trailer for The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan.

WV • TU (4/24), 7pm - "Our Favorite Books" encourages readers to share one of their favorite books. BM Malaprop's Bookstore and Cafe 55 Haywood St. Info: www.malaprops.com or 254-6734. Events are free, unless otherwise noted.

• WE (4/18), 7pm Elizabeth Osta will read from her book Jeremiah's Hunger.

• TH (4/19), 7pm Danny Dreyer will present his new book Chi Marathon, "a cuttingedge, holistic approach to training for half and full marathons injuryfree."

• FR (4/20), 4:30-6pm Paul and Angela Knipple will read from their book The World in a Skillet.

--- 7pm - AlixSandra Parness will read from her book Activate Joy: Live Your Life Beyond Limitations.

• SA (4/21), 7pm Stuart Altman and David Shactman will read from their book Power, Politics and Universal Healthcare: the Inside Story of a Century-Long Battle.

• SU (4/22), 3pm - Mark Small will read from

his book Taiji, Xingyi, Baguaquan Throwing

By Way of Our Modern Masters.

• TH (4/26), 7pm Various authors will participate in the Southern Kidlit Writers Cabal.

Mallory McDuff • TH (4/26), 6pm WWC professor Mallory McDuff will read from her book Sacred Acts: How Churches Are Working to Protect Earth's Climate.

Held at the Cathedral of All Souls, 3 Angle St. Free. Co-sponsored by Accent on Books. Info: 274-2681 or 252-6255.

The Magnetic Field 372 Depot St. Info: www. themagneticfield.com or 257-4003.

• MO (4/23), 8pm Poetry Slam Asheville: Grand Slam season finale. Sign-ups begin at 7:30pm.

UNCA Creative Writing Department Senior Reading • SU (4/22), 3pm - Nine seniors from UNCA's creative writing department will read original works from their senior thesis projects at the university's Laurel Forum, Karpen Hall. Info: acgardne@ unca.edu or 251-6590.

Sports Asheville Sailing Club • SA (4/21) through SU (4/22) - The Asheville Sailing Club will host the Jet 14 Sailboat Regatta.

Held on Lake Julian, 406 Overlook Extension, Arden. Free for spectators. Info: www. ashevillesailing.org or 254-6877.

Girls on the Run SoleMates • Girls on the Run invites girls grades 3-8 to participate in group runs and fundraising opportunities as part of the SoleMates series.

Info: www.gotrwnc.org.

Miniature Golf Tournament • SA (4/21), 1-3pm - A miniature golf tournament for children and adults will be held at Tropical Gardens Mini Golf, 956 Patton Ave. $15 for a team of one adult and one child. Info and registration: 250-4260.

Volunteering Patsy Keever for Congress (pd.) Is now enrolling interns for our 2012 campaign. For more

information, visit http:// tinyurl.com/7nc7x3o or email bruce@keeverforcongress.com.

Asheville City Schools Foundation • Volunteers are sought for the Asheville City Schools Foundation's reading and math programs. Prior teaching or tutoring experience preferred. Info: www.acsf. org or 350-6135.

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

Big Brothers Big Sisters of WNC Located at 50 S. French Broad Ave., Room 213, in the United Way building. Big Brothers Big Sisters seeks adult mentors for bi-monthly outings. Activities are free or low-cost. Volunteers are also needed to mentor 1 hr./wk. in schools and after-school programs.Info: www. bbbswnc.org or 2531470.

• TU (4/25), noon Informational meeting.

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.

Center for New Beginnings • The Center for New Beginnings seeks volunteers for community awareness and services for crime victims and survivors of traffic fatalities, suicides and other death-related incidents.

Info: contact@centerfornb.org or 989-9306.

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

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

Council on Aging • Volunteers are needed to drive seniors to doctor appointments as part of the Call A Ride program.

Volunteers use their own

vehicles and mileage reimbursement is available. Info: www.coabc. org or 277-8288.

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.

• MO (4/20), 4-6pm Help tidy and organize the play rooms of the family visitation center.

• SA (4/21), 10amnoon - Teacher's Pet: Volunteers will create supplemental educational materials to help elementary students improve reading skills. Make flashcards, games and more. Instruction and materials provided.

• SU (4/22), 2-3pm Knit-n-Give encourages knitters of all skill levels to make hats for the Buncombe County Dept. of Health's Community Health Program and Homeward Bound of Asheville.

• MO (4/23), 7-8:30pm - Cookie Night: Help bake cookies for Lewis Rathbun Center families.

Supplies provided.

• MO (4/23) - 6-8pm Cookie Night: Help bake cookies for hospice patients at CarePartners' John Keever Solace Center. Supplies provided.

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

Helios Warriors • Helios Warriors, a holistic therapy program for veterans, seeks volunteer licensed/insured practitioners for a minimum of three hours per month. Volunteer administrative support also needed. Tues., Thurs., Fri. or Sun. Info: www. helioswarriors.org or 299-0776.

Jewish Community Center • The Asheville Jewish Community Center seeks volunteers for party planning, receptionist duties and other projects. Info: rochelle@jcc-asheville. org or 253-0701.

MotherLove Mentor • The YWCA MotherLove program seeks volun-

teers to provide support and encouragement to teen mothers. A commitment of eight hours per is month required. Info: 254-7206.

New Opportunities Thrift Store • The Opportunity House, 1411 Asheville Highway, Hendersonville, seeks donations for the New Opportunities Thrift Store. Volunteers also needed during store hours. Info: 692-0575.

RiverLink Events Info: www.riverlink.org or 252-8474.

• Volunteers are sought to plan festivals, concerts and parties. Info: dave@riverlink.org or 252-8474.

RSVP Volunteer Orientation • TU (4/24), 9-11am Join RSVP, the volunteer center for older adults, for an orientation meeting highlighting volunteer opportunities at the Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre.

Held in UNCA's Reutuer Center, Room 205. Info and registration: patti@ landofsky.org, 251-6622 or www.landofskyrsvp. org.

Tuckasegee River Clean Up • SA (4/21), 11am-5pm - Volunteers are needed for WCU's Tuckasegee River Clean Up Day. Registration available upon arrival to the A.K. Hinds University Center.

Free cookout to follow. Info: www.wcu. edu/22938.asp.

Young Parents Demonstration Project • Through MO (4/30) The Asheville Buncombe Community Christian Ministry seeks volunteers to provide emotional support and guidance to young parents moving out of poverty. Info: 3986995 or www.abccm. org/ministries/circles.

YWCA Stand Against Racism • Through FR (4/20) Volunteers are sought for YWCA's Stand Against Racism through April 20.

Info: www.ywcastand. org.

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FLOWER POWER BILTMORE’S FAVORITE SPRING FESTIVAL RETURNS

This year marks the 27th for Biltmore Estate’s annual Festival of Flowers.

Running through Sunday, May 20, the festivities in question are the zillion plants in bloom (give or take a few) across the 8,000-acre property. Visit the Biltmore House and Conservatory for indoor blooms (as well as daily live music), stroll the formal and outdoor gardens on the grounds, polish your green thumb (or at least your horticultural knowledge) at the “Ask a Gardener” station and drop into seminars at A Gardener’s Place (in the Conservatory). Buy tickets online a week in advance for a discount.

Daytime passes run $59 online for adults, $29.50 for youth ages 10-16.

Saturday prices are $64 and $32. biltmore.com.

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fun fundraisers

Name CarePartner’s tune

Black and white and proud all over

What: Variety Show: The Game Show Edition, to benefit CarePartners.

What: Black and White Gala, to benefit the YWCA of Asheville.

Where: The Renaissance Hotel, 31 Woodfin St.

Where: The Crowne Plaza Expo Center, 1 Resort Drive.

When: Thursday, April 19, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. $40.

Info: carepartnersfoundation.org or 277-4815.

Brush the cobwebs from your head and revel in the nostalgia of Name That Tune. This classic game show, along with Let’s Make a Deal, are the inspiration for CarePartner’s upcoming fundraiser. The variety show encourages the audience to step back in time for a rowdy evening of game show fun.

The fundraiser will include lunch by Carrabbas, a silent auction and music by The Showstoppers.

This year’s event benefits the recreational activities program at CarePartner’s Rehabilitation Hospital. “This includes not only basic daily tasks, but also those things that bring joy and pleasure to one’s life — hobbies, sports and leisure activities,” says Executive Director Mitzi Holmes. Photo by Karri Brantley Photography

When: Thursday, April 19 at 6:30 p.m. $50.

Info: ywcaofasheville.org or 254-7206.

Take a stand against racism by wearing your sharpest black and white outfit at the YWCA’s Black and White Gala. There will be a silent auction, food from local restaurants and dance music by Westsound. The event kicks off the organization’s Stand Against Racism campaign, an effort to bring awareness about racism in Buncombe County.

The proceeds from the event will support the YWCA’s mission: To empower women, eliminate racism and promote peace, dignity and pride.

The organization’s Black and White Gala is one of its biggest fundraisers and allows the agency to serve nearly 6,000 people each year.

benefitscalendar CALENDAR FOR APRIL 18 - 26, 2012 Appointments for the Earth • WE (4/18), 10am-5pm - Pi Salon.Spa will host “Appointments for the Earth," featuring haircuts, color, facials and other spa/salon services to benefit the Gulf Restoration Network. Held at 10 Brook St. Appointments required; salon prices apply. Info: www. pisalonspa.com.

• FR (4/20), 6-9pm - An additional fundraiser will celebrate the paintings of Amy Dougherty, featuring a silent auction and raffles.

Are You Smarter Than An Elementary Student • TU (4/24), 6-8pm - "Are You Smarter Than An Elementary Student" invites the public to test its knowledge of math, geography, history and other subjects against a CF/CIS Learning Center student to benefit Children First/Communities In Schools of Buncombe County. Prizes given for correct answers and team spirit. Held in A-B Tech's Ferguson Auditorium. $300 per team of three. $5 or five cans of food for spectators.

Info: www.childrenfirstbc.org or 259-9717.

Asheville Young Musicians Club • SA (4/21), 2pm - The Asheville Young Musicians Club will perform a benefit concert for children in Nicaragua at Bent Creek Baptist Church, 1554 Brevard Road. $10/$5 children. Info: 681-9732.

Black Mountain Library Fundraiser • SU (4/22), 4-5:30pm - A fundraising party, featuring hors d'oeuvres, beer and wine, will benefit Black Mountain Friends of the Library. Held at Black Bird Tavern, 10 East Market St., Black Mountain. $20/$15 members. Info: 250-4756.

Car Wash: Eblen Charities • TU (4/18), 8am-6pm - A car wash to benefit Eblen Charities will be held at both Gorilla Car Wash locations:

888 Patton Ave. and 360 Airport Road, Arden. By donation. Info: www.gorillacarwash.com or 255-9791.

Car Wash: Norman Lillie • SA (4/21), 11am-4pm - A car wash to benefit Norman Lillie, a local man who is fighting a lifethreatening liver disease, will be held at Firestone Complete Auto Care, 85 Tunnel Road. By donation. Info: 245-4643.

Charity Art Sale • FR (4/20) & SA (4/21), 10am-6pm; SU (4/22), 11am-5pm - A charity art sale, to benefit the Eblen Energy Project, will be held at Grovewood Gallery, 111 Grovewood Road. Info: www.grovewood.com.

Cupcakes vs. Cancer • SA (4/21), 2-4pm - Taste culinary creations by local bakers during Asheville’s third annual cupcake contest at the Grove Park Inn's Grand Ballroom, 290 Macon Ave. Proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society. $25 admission includes 10 cupcake coupons. Info: www. cupcakesvscancer.org.

Dance Like There's Nobody Watching • TH (4/18), 6-9pm - "Dance Like There's Nobody Watching" will benefit Life o’ Mike programs for those with chronic medical issues or disabilities. The concert will feature Blind Boy Chocolate and the Milk Sheiks, Mojomatics and more. Held at Highland Brewing Company, 12 Old Charlotte Highway. $12/$10 in advance. www.lifeomike.org or 243-6712.

Dining Out for Life • TH (4/26) - A variety of local restaurants will donate a portion of their proceeds to the WNC AIDS Project as part of Dining Out for Life. Info and locations: www. wncap.org.

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• FR (4/20), 9pm-3am - Electric Petting Zoo, a benefit for Panthertown Valley Nature Conservancy, will feature Kid Koala at Club Metropolis, 38 N. French Broad Ave. $15/$10 in advance. Info: www.club-metropolis. com.

I Like It Wild!

• WE (4/18), 9pm - I Like It Wild!, a concert with Josh Phillips Folk Festival, Asheville Horns and Moses Atwood, will benefit the Environmental Paper Network and Indonesian rainforests. Held at Asheville Music Hall, 31 Patton Ave. $10. Info: http://avl.mx/ah.

March for Babies • SA (4/21), 10am - March for Babies, to benefit the March of Dimes, will feature a three-mile walk through downtown. Walk begins and ends at Pack Square Park. Music, food and activities for children to follow.

Registration begins at 8:30am. By donation. Info: www. marchforbabies.org or 258-1234.

Mystery Dinner Theater • FR (4/20), 7pm & SA (4/21), 12:30pm - A mystery dinner theater production, to benefit Weaverville United Methodist Church's EPIC Youth Ministries, will be performed at Weaverville UMC, 85 N. Main St., Weaverville. $15 Sat./$10 Sun. Info: 645-6721.

Pancake Breakfast • SA (4/21), 8-10:30am - A pancake breakfast, hosted

by Sacred Journey's Relay for Life team, will be held at Applebee’s, 1635 Four Seasons Blvd., Hendersonville.

100 percent of proceeds benefit The American Cancer Society. Info: www.mccsacredjourney.org.

Run for the Paws 5K • SU (4/22), 1-4pm - Run for the Paws 5K, to benefit Brother Wolf Animal Rescue, will feature live music, food, dog games and nail trims. Held at Fletcher

Community Park, 85 Howard Gap Road. $25 for race/ free to attend. Info and registration: www.bwar.org.

Short Stacks for Big Change • SA (4/21), 8-10am - FATZ, 5 Spartan Ave., will host a pancake breakfast to benefit Girl Scout Troop #1783.

Attendees are encouraged to bring a donation. Info: http://avl.mx/dq.

Spaghetti Supper • TH (4/19), 6pm - The WNC Brain Tumor Support's annual spaghetti supper fundraiser will feature meat or veggie sauce, garden salad, garlic bread, desserts and soft drinks or sweet tea. Held at West Asheville Presbyterian Church, 690 Haywood Road. Takeout available. By donation. Info: wncbraintumor.org, wncbts@ bellsouth.net or 691-2559.

WCU 5K Races • SA (4/21), 9am - WCU will host a 5K to benefit Full Spectrum Farms. Departs from the Courtyard Dining Hall. Day-of registration available for $25. Info: 2273378.

Winesdays • WEDNESDAYS, 5-8pm - Winesdays wine tastings will benefit a different organization each week at the Wine Studio of Asheville, 169 Charlotte St. $5. Info: www. winestudioasheville.com or 255-5955.

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Check out the Benefits Calendar online at www.mountainx.com/events for info on events happening after April 26.

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newsoftheweird FRENCH FULL-BODY HEALTH CARE As the U.S. government's role in health care is debated, the French government's role was highlighted in February with a report on Slate. com about France's guarantee to new mothers of "10 to 20" free sessions of "la reeducation perineale" (vaginal re-toning to restore the prepregnancy condition, a "cornerstone of French post-natal care," according to Slate). The sessions involve yogalike calisthenics to rebuild muscles and improve genital flexibility. Similar procedures in the U.S. not only aren’t government entitlements but are rarely covered by private insurance, and patients who request them do so almost entirely for aesthetic reasons, surgeons say. The French program, by contrast, is said to be designed not only for general health but to strengthen women for bearing more children, to raise the birth rate.

COMPELLING EXPLANATIONS • In setting bail at only $20,000, an Ellisville, Miss., judge seemed torn about whether Harold Hadley is a terrorist. In February, investigators told WDAM-TV that the evidence against Hadley included a note he’d written on toilet paper stating, "I passed a bomb in the library" at Jones County Junior College. But no bomb was found, and a relative of Hadley's told the judge that Hadley often speaks of breaking wind as "passing a bomb." The case is continuing.

• John Hughes, 55, was fined $1,000 in February in Butte, Mont., after pleading guilty to reckless driving for leading police on a 100-mph-plus chase starting at 3:25 a.m. After police deflated his tires and arrested him, an officer asked why he’d taken off. Said Hughes, "I just always wanted to do that."

• Melvyn Webb, 54, was acquitted in March of alleged indecent behavior on a train. An eightwoman, four-man jury in Reading (England) Crown Court found Webb's explanation entirely plausible — that he was a banjo player and was "playing" some riffs underneath the newspaper in his lap. "Sometimes I do, with my hands, pick

out a pattern on my knees," he said. The female witness against him had testified that Webb "was facing me, breathing heavily and snarling."

IRONIES • In February, police in Palm Bay, Fla., arrested Earl Persell, 56, on a domestic-violence charge.

Persell's girlfriend said he’d assaulted her, held her down by the neck and then, as she was driving away, rammed her car with his truck.

They were arguing about legendary singer Tina Turner and her late, wife-beating husband, Ike. • Although federal law protects the civilian jobs of reservists and National Guardsmen serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, every year the Pentagon reports having to assist people illegally fired or demoted. According to a February Washington Post report, during fiscal year 2011,

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18 percent of all complaints under the law were filed against federal agencies.

• In February, youth athletics officials in the Melbourne, Australia, suburb of Collingwood declined Mark "Chopper" Read’s offer to fire the starter's pistol at track meets after learning that he’d recently been released from prison after 23 years and had boasted of killing 19 people and attempting to kidnap a judge at gunpoint.

• Damien Bittar of Eugene, Ore., turned 21 at midnight on March 15 and wasted no time. By 1:30 a.m., his car had been impounded and he’d been charged with DUI, reckless driving and criminal mischief after accidentally crashing into an alcohol rehabilitation center.

FINE POINTS OF THE LAW Internal Revenue Service is battling the estate of art dealer Ileana Sonnabend over the value of Robert Rauschenberg’s "Canyon." The IRS says it’s worth $65 million, but the Sonnabend estate, citing multiple auction-house appraisals, says the correct value is "zero," since selling it would be illegal. It includes a stuffed bald eagle, and two federal laws prohibit trafficking in them, dead or alive. According to the IRS, a "recluse billionaire in China might want to buy it and hide it." X

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Eating Right for Good Health presented by

Gluten-freely/ Glutenfreeatarian

wellness FORGIVING THE UNFORGIVABLE

Portions of this appeared in a blog post October 28, 2010 via inglesnutrition@blogspot.com

Leah McGrath, RD, LDN Corporate Dietitian, Ingles Markets

Yesterday I got a tweet that asked...”Even if I really don’t have any problems with wheat should I go on a gluten-free diet?” and earlier in the week I’d been asked, “If I go on a gluten-free diet will it help me to lose weight or feel better?”

We’ll call them “Glutenfreelies” or “Glutenfreeatarians” — these are the people who are “free to be gluten-free,” meaning they have a choice. Meanwhile there are many people for whom the gluten free diet is a medical and health necessity, those with: celiac disease, dermatitis herpetiformis, non-celiac gluten sensitivity or gluten intolerance.

Also, many children with autism who are on a gluten (and casein — a milk protein) free diet show improvement.

In the world of the supermarket we know that the more customers want a product or a type of ingredient the more likely it is to be found at Ingles; so in a way those “glutenfreelies” have helped those who have to have glutenfree products.

Before you go gluten-free I highly recommend: • Find out more about symptoms of gluten intolerance and celiac disease www.gluten.net Ask your doctor to do a simple blood test, this MUST be done while you are still eating gluten! This is the first step to being accurately diagnosed. If your doctor says “just try eating gluten free and we’ll see how you feel and give you a test later.” — get another doctor!

• If you are diagnosed with celiac disease, non-celiac gluten sensitivity or gluten intolerance make sure you go to a GASTROENTEROLOGIST and ask them if they’ve had experience dealing with gluten-free patients - many have not.

• Get Shelley Case’s “Gluten Free Diet” book - Shelley is a Canadian registered dietitian who knows her stuff! She explains about a healthy gluten-free diet and how to get the nutrients you need and also includes recipes and specific products and where to find them.

• Join a local support group to find out more about the gluten-free lifestyle, gluten intolerance and celiac disease in Asheville http://www.ashevillegig.org/

Leah McGrath: Follow me on Twitter www.twitter.com/InglesDietitian Work: 800-334-4936

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Passing down the pain: Social worker Patricia Grant says that historical grief and trauma can be seen in the Cherokee people seven generations later.

Photo by Caitlin Byrd

BY CAITLIN BYRD Historical grief and trauma don’t just disappear, even after many years, Patricia Grant explained during an April 5 presentation at UNCA. "When I think about being a Cherokee and what has happened to my people, I begin to recognize the psychic wounding on a massive root level, and how it has continued to impact many members of my community," she told the more than 50 people in attendance.

Grant, a licensed social worker, is the program director for Analenisgi, a mental-health and substance-abuse program located on the Qualla Boundary. She says her work in the community has underscored the depth of that trauma.

"We as Cherokees are a unique people, and we've been here at least 10,000 years," she said.

"But when our life was interrupted and our culture was interrupted by these historical events, it left people wounded."

Tracing “the original Holocaust” from the arrival of European settlers to the present day, Grant told how Cherokee territory had shrunk from about 40,000 square miles to 54,000 acres by 1838. She also described the pain of forced assimilation in special schools.

"My mother would tell us, as we were growing up, some of the experiences she had in the boarding school," Grant recalled. "When they would speak Cherokee, they were severely punished." This was a major reason her mother never taught her or her siblings to speak Cherokee.

The psychic wounding inflicted by these collective cultural experiences, Grant maintained, has been unintentionally passed down through at least seven generations. It’s something she sees when helping people work through substance abuse at Analenisgi, which means “They are beginning” in Cherokee.

"Substances are used to numb our emotions, and when we talk about our first use, oftentimes it’s because family members have used it, or we've grown up around it, or we've been exposed to it through friends," Grant explained. "When someone has experienced trauma, using substances is a way to numb, or to forget, or deal with that pain.

But at some point we cross the invisible line, and it becomes a way of life."

The best way to heal this trauma, she believes, is to "forgive the unforgivable." To help people achieve that, the Cherokee Healing and Wellness Coalition has organized a Journey to Forgiveness.

The weeklong journey (May 19-25) will travel the Trail of Tears in reverse, bookended by a conference at each end. The project is for enrolled members of the federally recognized Cherokee tribes and invited guests.

Grant stressed, however, that the experience she described isn’t limited to the Cherokee. "Every culture has experienced historical trauma of some kind," she noted, adding, "We are trying to heal for generations of what has occurred."

A HUNGER TO HELP OTHERS Stevie Dunbar has been a regular at the SonRise Community Outreach Kitchen for a couple of months. After taking the shuttle to the Patton Avenue building, he chooses a table and waits.

Within minutes, a woman wearing an apron arrives at the table, notepad in hand.

"Hey there. What would you like today?" she asks.

Dunbar studies the menu carefully before deciding. On this particular Saturday, the options include French toast, scrambled eggs, bacon, grits, strawberries and oatmeal. While deciding, he asks for a cup of coffee. "All right. I'll have that coming right up for ya," the woman says with a smile.

This, Dunbar explains, is why he comes here for breakfast every Saturday. "From the time you get on the bus, they've got kind words to say. They're trying to plant good seeds in our heart. They're

just concerned about our well-being, and we should be also," says Dunbar, who’s been homeless for 11 years. After a pause, he adds, "They've always been really good to me."

For Tricia Markoff, one of the outreach kitchen’s six founders, giving back to the community and treating people with respect, regardless of their economic status, are essential. Every Saturday, she’s there pouring coffee and taking orders.

"For us, this is how we connect,” Markoff explains. “If people are just going through lines, sitting down and busing their own tables, we have very little people-to-people contact. This way, we're circulating, getting them juice, asking them if they’d like seconds. It's fun, and not only does it provide a relationship-building opportunity, it allows us to have more volunteer opportunities," she notes. All six founders are members of Mount Pisgah Academy Church in Candler.

Launched in November, the program initially provided two breakfasts a month. Since January, however, due to demand and determination, they’ve been operating every Saturday from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. Every 30 minutes, a church shuttle bus brings in more hungry people — 100 to 125 on an average Saturday. But these free meals, stresses Markoff, are available to anyone who walks through the doors.

"This isn't just about the homeless community: This is about anybody who wants a really good, hot meal," she reports.

And for Dunbar, these weekly breakfasts reinforce his life's motto: "Sure, life is tough, but don't ever give up."

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SonRise Community Outreach is at 1543-C Patton Ave. in West Asheville, next to David's Autohouse. To donate food or to volunteer, contact Tricia Markoff at 734-1989. X Send your local health-and-wellness news and tips to Caitlin Byrd (cbyrd@mountainx.com), or call 2511333, ext. 140.

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Acceptance & Boundaries: The Keys to Loving Someone Difficult (pd.) Do you care deeply for someone who is hard to love?

Call M. Wheeler, Counselor, 90- minute session for $50.

828-215-6653.

Are You Trying To Force Yourself To Change? (pd.) Emotional Brain Training (EBT) is a structured program that addresses the Emotional Root Cause of using Food, Alcohol/Drugs, Overspending, Overworking to feel pleasure, numb out, and/or comfort and soothe ourselves.

• Create a healthy lifestyle that promotes self compassion, brain health and grounded joy. Call 231-2107 or empowering.solutions@yahoo.com or visit website: www.ebt.org Asheville Center for Transcendental Meditation ("TM") (pd.) It's not contemplation, focusing on your breath, watching thoughts or trying to be mindful. It's a completely different process with far-reaching, scientifically validated benefits: During TM you effortlessly transcend thought to experience restful alertness or pure consciousness—the source of thought—revitalizing mind, body and spirit. Free Introductory Class: Thursday, 6:30pm, 165 E. Chestnut • Topics: How meditation techniques differ • What health researchers say • (828) 254-4350. www.

MeditationAsheville.org The Power of Unconscious Patterns With Alice McCall (pd.) Free Talk: Wednesday, April 25, 7pm, Mills River Unity, Brevard. • Rid yourself of patterns that are controlling you! (828) 577-5623. www.healingpath.info The REAL Center (pd.) Offers life-changing classes in Relationship & Intimacy skills, Nonviolent Communication (NVC), Radical Honesty, and Somatic Awareness. Held in Asheville with Steve Torma, 828-254-5613, www.theREALcenter.org ADHD Self-Management • WE (4/25), 7pm - Coach Rudy from the ADHD Center for Success will present strategies for ADHD self-management at Malaprop's, 55 Haywood St. Free. Info: www.malaprops. com.

Arthritis Aquatic Program • TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS & SATURDAYS, 9am-10am An aquatic program for those with arthritis will be presented by the Arthritis Foundation at Waynesville Recreation Center, 550 Vance St. Free with regular admission. Info: recprograms@townofwaynesville.org or 456-2030.

Arthritis Walking Program • TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 3-4pm; SATURDAYS, 10:30-11:30am - A walking program, sponsored by the Arthritis Foundation, will be offered at Waynesville Recreation Center, 550 Vance St. Free with regular admission. Info: recprograms@townofwaynesville.org or 4562030.

Chronic Disease Management • WEDNESDAYS, noon - Take charge of your health with this six-week workshop for those with chronic health conditions and their caregivers. Held at Health Adventure in the Biltmore Square Mall, 800 Brevard Road, Suite 620. $30 for series; scholarships available. Registration required: 251-7438.

• SATURDAYS, 4pm -An additional six-week workshop will be held at Bethel Seventh Day Adventist Church, 238 S. French Broad Ave. Registration required: 251-7438.

Clinical Uses of Appalachian Plants for Women’s Health • TH (4/19), 6pm - Take an in-depth look at regional native plants as they are used for women’s health, with Patricia Kyritsi Howell, author of Medicinal Plants of the Southern Appalachians. Intermediate level. $10. Held on A-B Tech's Enka campus. Info and registration: www.appalachianwomensherbs.eventbrite.com.

Cooking with Diabetes

• 4th WEDNESDAYS, 2:30-5pm - A class on cooking with diabetes will be held at Lakeview Senior Center, 401 S. Laurel Circle, Black Mountain. $10. Info: 255-5522.

Events at Jubilee!

Located at 46 Wall St. Info: www.jubileecommunity.org or 252-5335.

• TUESDAYS through (5/8), 7-8pm - Qi Gong. $12.

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

• TH (4/19), 3-4:30pm - A shoulder pain seminar will discuss causes and treatments.

• FR (4/20), 12:30-4:30pm - "Refuse to be a Victim" seminar will cover home, car, phone, technology, travel and personal security. $18.

• FR (4/20), 9-10am - A1C screening for diabetics. $20.

• SA (4/21), 10:15am-12:30pm - The monthly meeting of NAMI will feature a video presentation by Bill MacPhee, CEO of SZ Magazine. Open to family and friends of those with mental illness.

• WE (4/25), 8-10am - Cholesterol screening. Fasting required. $20.

• TH (4/26), 12:30-2pm - A class on making time for exercise.

Foam Roller Workshop • SA (4/21), 1:30-3pm - A foam roller workshop will be offered at Happy Body, 1378 Hendersonville Road. $25.

Info: www.ashevillehappybody.com or 277-5741.

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

Info: 768-0199.

Healing from the Hive • TU (4/24), 6-8pm - "Beehive products like honey, propolis, royal jelly and bee pollen are valuable medicines." Learn about historical uses and recent scientific validation of their efficacy during this course at A-B Tech's Enka Campus. $10. Registration required: www.healinghiveapril.eventbrite. com.

Heart Health • MO (4/23), 11am - "Heart Health: Keeping the Beat" will discuss proactive ways to improve heart health. Blood pressure checks will be available prior to the class. Held at Lakeview Senior Center, 401 S. Laurel Circle, Black Mountain. Free. Info: www.bmrecreation.com or 669-8610.

Introduction to Integrative Tracking • FR (4/20), 1pm - "Want to connect with the innate, intelligent energy moving through your body in each moment?

Want an inner source of information to guide and nourish your life? Join us for a free introduction." Hosted by the Asheville Movement Center, 4 Richmond Ave. Info: www. laviniaplonka.com/AMC.html. iSTOP Smoking • TU (4/24), 7pm - iSTOP Smoking, a smoking cessation program, will be offered at Malaprop's, 55 Haywood St. Free. Info: www.malaprops.com.

Movement Class • MONDAYS, 5:30-7pm - A movement class will be offered at Jubilee!, 46 Wall St. $15. Registration requested.

Info: barbarton@charter.net or 658‐1217.

MS Walk and Wellness Fair • SA (4/21), 9am-1pm - The MS Walk and Wellness Fair will feature health exhibitors, including nutrition, massage and acupuncture professionals. Held at Carrier Park, 235 Amboy Road. $100 suggested fundraising goal/free to attend. Info and walk registration: www.carolinaswalkMS. org.

Park Ridge Hospital

wellnesscontinued 100 Hospital Drive, Hendersonville. Info: www.parkridgehospital.org or 684-8501.

• WE (4/18), 10am-1pm - Park Ridge Health will offer free bone density screenings for men and women. Please wear shoes and socks that are easy to slip off. PSA screenings will be offered to men 50 years of age or older, 40 and older if father or brother had prostate cancer, for $10.

No appointment required. Held at Arden Woods, 2400 Appalachian Blvd., Arden.

• SA (4/21), 10am-4pm - Park Ridge Health will offer free glucose profiles by finger stick, along with blood pressure screenings, during the Hendersonville BBQ Festival at Hendersonville High School, 311 8th Ave. West. For best results, fast overnight. Info: Info@parkridgehealth.org or (885) PRH-LIFE. • SA (4/21), 8-11am - Park Ridge Health will offer free lipid and glucose profiles by finger stick, along with blood pressure and body mass index screenings, at Grace Lutheran Church, 1245 6th Ave. West, Hendersonville. For best results, fast overnight. Info: Info@parkridgehealth.org or (885) PRH-LIFE. • TH (4/26), 10am-1pm - Park Ridge Health will offer free lipid and glucose profiles by finger stick, along with blood pressure and EKG screenings, at the Hendersonville Co-op, 715 Grove St. For best results, fast overnight. Info: Info@ parkridgehealth.org or (885) PRH-LIFE. Restorative Yoga • SA (4/21), 6-8pm - Restorative yoga and acutonics with mado will be offered at Asheville Community Yoga, 8 Brookdale Road. $30 donation. Info: www.ashevillecommunityyoga.com.

Self Treatment for Tennis Elbow • TH (4/26), 5:15-5:45pm - Self treatments for tennis elbow will be discussed at Fairview Chiropractic Center, 2 Fairview Hills Drive. Free. Info and registration: 628-7800.

Smoking Cessation Course • WEDNESDAYS through (5/30), 10:30am - Park Ridge Health presents this seven-week course, designed by the American Lung Association and administered by Park Ridge Health Wellness Certified Instructors, at Health Adventure in Biltmore Square Mall, 800 Brevard Road, Suite 620. Free. Registration required by April 16. Info: www. parkridgehealth.org or 855 PRH-LIFE. The Red Cross 100 Edgewood Road. Info: www.redcrosswnc.org or 2583888. Appointment and ID required for blood drives.

• FR (4/20), 9am-1:30pm - Blood drive: Industries for the Blind, 240 Sardis Road. Info: 667-9778.

• MO (4/23), 2-6:30pm - Blood drive: Weaverville Fire Department, 3 Monticello Road. Info: 258-3888.

• WE (4/25), 2:30-7pm - Blood drive: Biltmore Baptist Church, 35 Clayton Road, Arden. Info: www.redcrossblood. org. Enter sponsor code biltmorebaptist.

Vinyasa Flow Yoga Classes • MONDAYS, 11:45pm & WEDNESDAYS, 9am - Vinyasa flow yoga will be offered at the Jewish Community Center, 236 Charlotte St. $15 for 90 min./$12 for 60 min. Info: www.jcc-asheville.org.

Yoga for Cancer Survivors • THURSDAYS, 3:45pm - This class incorporates a series of poses that will increase flexibility, bring healing energy to the areas that need it most, calm the nervous system and relax the mind and body. Presented by Saraswati. Held at the Asheville Yoga Center's Donation Studio, 239 S. Liberty St. Pay what you will. Info: www.youryoga.com.

Yoga for Women's Health • TUESDAYS, noon - This integrative yoga class incorporates Chinese medicine for overall health, with a focus on balancing hormones for women of all ages. Presented by Saraswati. Held at the Asheville Yoga Center's Donation Studio, 239 S. Liberty St. Pay what you will. Info: www. youryoga.com.

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Support Groups

Gerard House, 718 Oakland St., Hendersonville. Info: www. stgerardhouse.com.

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

• FRIDAYS, 7pm - "Inner Child" study group, Grace Episcopal Church, 871 Merrimon Ave. Info: 989-8075.

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

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

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

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

• 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. --- 8pm - "Listen and Learn," St. John's Episcopal Church, 339 S. Main St., Marion.

• THURSDAYS, 6pm - Al-Anon meeting for women, New Hope Presbyterian Church, 3020 Sweeten Creek Road.

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

• FRIDAYS, 12:30pm - "Keeping the Focus," First Baptist Church, 5 Oak St. Entrance near Charlotte Street. --5:30pm - "Family Matters," First United Church, 66 Harrison Ave., Franklin. --- 8pm - "Lambda," Cathedral of All Souls, 9 Swan St. • SATURDAYS, 10am - "One Day at a Time," First Baptist Church, Buncombe and 5th Avenues, Hendersonville.

--- 10am - "Grace Fireside," Grace Episcopal Church, 871 Merrimon Ave. --- 10am - "Saturday Serenity," St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Charlotte Street at Macon Avenue.

--- noon - "Courage to Change," Bess Sprinkle Memorial Library, Weaverville.

• MONDAYS, noon - "Keeping the Focus," First Baptist Church, 5 Oak St. 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 - "Discovery," Ledger Baptist Church, U.S. 226 near Bakersville. --- 8pm - Pinecrest Presbyterian Church, 1790 Greenville Highway at North Highland Lake Road.

• TUESDAYS, 4pm - Grace Church, 242 Highway 107 N., Cashiers. --- 5:30pm - "Steps to Recovery," Kenilworth Presbyterian Church, 123 Kenilworth Road. --- 7pm - "One Day at a Time," First Congregational UCC, 20 Oak St. --8pm - Transylvania men's meeting, Brevard-Davidson River Presbyterian Church, 249 E. Main St. Alzheimer's Support Group • Last TUESDAYS, 6pm - This monthly Alzheimer's support group for caregivers is held at Madison Manor, 345 Manor Road, Mars Hill. Info and directions: changeiwishtosee@ yahoo.com or 689-5200.

Autism Parent Support Group • 4th THURSDAYS, 6-8pm - Meet parents of children with autism, share your experiences and learn from others.

RSVP by 3rd Thursday to ensure childcare. Held at St.

Brainstormers • 1st & 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 6pm - Join this survivor-led support group for brain injury/concussion sufferers and their allies.

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

Chronic Pain Support Group • SUNDAYS, 12:30-1:30pm - Open to those with chronic pain, friends and family. Held at Unity Church of Asheville, 130 Shelburne Road. Donations accepted. Info: (770) 846-0651.

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

• WEDNESDAYS, 7pm - First Congregational UCC, 20 Oak St. Info: 367-0157.

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

Connections Group • Learn to strengthen relationships, improve self-awareness and build internal resilience during this 12-week course led by professional counselors. Based on the work of Brene Brown.

Times to be determined. $40. Info: manifestcounseling.com or 258-5204.

Eating Disorder Support Group • WEDNESDAYS, 7-8pm - Support group for adults at T.H.E. Center for Disordered Eating, 297 Haywood St. Meetings focus on positive peer support, coping skills and recovery tools. Led by licensed professionals. Free. Info: www.thecenternc.org or 337-4685.

Eating Disorder Family Support Group

Relationship 101 The Art of Intimacy

Friday April 20 7 - 10 pm 2 Westwood Pl.

Uniting Spirit and Sex

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wellnesscontinued • 3rd SATURDAYS, 10-11:30am - A support group for family members of individuals struggling with eating disorders will be held at T.H.E. Center for Disordered Eating, 297 Haywood St. Meetings focus on positive peer support and education. Led by licensed professionals. Info: www. thecenternc.org.

Events at Jubilee!

Located at 46 Wall St. Info: www.jubileecommunity.org or 252-5335.

• TU (4/24), 7-9pm - Weight control and fitness support group. $10.

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

• WEDNESDAYS through (4/25) - Vet Center Out Station, a support group for veterans. Registration required before attending first meeting. Info and times: 271-2711.

• WE (4/18), noon-1pm - Sjogren's Syndrome support group. --- 1-3pm - Myasthenia Gravis support group.

• WE (4/18), 10-11:30am - Diabetes support group.

Registration not required.

• TH (4/19), 6:30-7:30pm - "Us Too," a support group for men with prostate cancer and their significant others.

Registration not required.

• TU (4/24), 3-4:30pm - A caregiver support group will meet at Pardee Pavillion Adult Day Health, 114 College Drive, Flat Rock. Registration not required. Info: 697-7070.

• TH (4/26), 5:30-7:30pm - Breast Friends Forever breast cancer support group meets at the Elizabeth Reilly Breast Center. Registration requested. Info: 698-7334.

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

Grief Share • SUNDAYS, 2pm - A grief recovery support group will meet at Living Hope Community Church, 697 Haywood Road. Info: 450-7575.

Grief Support Groups • CarePartners' bereavement support services are available to anyone who has suffered a loss through death. Weekly grief support groups, a relaxation group, a Grief Choir, Yoga for Grievers and one-on-one counseling available.

Donations accepted. Info: kcaldwell@carepartners.org or 251-0126.

Henderson County Stroke/Aphasia Support Group • TH (4/19), 3pm - Support group for stroke survivors and others dealing with aphasia. Caregivers, family and friends are encouraged to attend. Held at the Carolina Baptist Association Office, 601 Hebron Road. Info: 808-8635.

Henderson County Stroke/Aphasia Support Group • TH (4/19), 3pm - Support group for stroke survivors and others dealing with aphasia. Caregivers, family and friends are encouraged to attend. Held at the Park Ridge Home Health office, 895 Howard Gap Road, Hendersonville. Info: 687-5261 or http://avl.mx/de.

Marshall Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting • FRIDAYS, 8pm - AA meeting at Marshall Presbyterian Church, 165 South Main St. Info: soletpj@gmail.com.

MemoryCaregivers Network Support for caregivers of loved ones who suffer from dementia and Alzheimer's. Info: 645-9189 or 230-4143.

• WEEKLY - MemoryCaregivers Network support groups are free and open to anyone caring for a person with memory loss. Groups meet at a variety of locations and times.

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• 4th TUESDAYS, 1-3pm - First Baptist Church of Weaverville, 63 North Main St. MS Caregiver • 3rd THURSDAYS, 6-8pm - CarePartners, 68 Sweeten Creek Road. Multiple Sclerosis caregivers only (no spouses). Info: 684-2453.

NAMI Support Groups The National Alliance on Mental Illness supports recovery for people living with mental illness and their families. All groups meet at 356 Biltmore Ave., #207/315. Free. Info: www.namiwnc.org or 505-7353.

• 1st SATURDAYS, 10am & 3rd TUESDAYS, 6pm CONNECTION support group for those with a diagnosis and Family/Caregiver support group. Groups held separately.

•2nd & 4th MONDAYS, 11am - CONNECTION support group for those with a diagnosis.

NAMI Family-to-Family • TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS through (5/24), 6-8:30pm - A 12-week class for caregivers and family members of those with mental illness. Free. Registration and location: rohaus@charter.net or 299-9596.

Overcomers Classes • TUESDAYS - Overcomers support group, for those dealing with addiction and other life-controlling problems, will meet in Mars Hill. Call for location and time: 689-9316.

Overcomers Recovery Support Group A Christian-based, 12-step recovery program. Provides a spiritual plan of recovery for people struggling with lifecontrolling problems. Meetings are held at S.O.S. Anglican Mission, 370 N. Louisiana Ave., Suite C-1. All are welcome.

Info: rchovey@sos.spc-asheville.org or 575-2003.

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

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

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

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

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

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

• MONDAYS, 6:30pm - Hendersonville: Balfour United Methodist Church, 2567 Asheville Highway. Info: 800-5804761.

• TUESDAYS, 10:30am-noon - Asheville: Grace Episcopal Church, 871 Merrimon Ave. at Ottari. Info: 626-2572.

Single Parenting • SUNDAYS, 4pm - "Single and Parenting" support group features guest experts on a variety of topics. Held at Living Hope Community Church, 697 Haywood Road. Free. Info: livinghopeasheville@gmail.com or 450-7575.

Weight Loss and Fitness Support Group • TU (4/24), 7-9pm - A weight loss and fitness support group will meet at Jubilee!, 46 Wall St. $10 donation. Info: www.jubileecommunity.org or 252-5335.

WNC Adoption Network • 3rd THURSDAYS, 6pm - Are you adopted, a birth parent or birth relative interested in searching? Have you experienced a reunion and aren't sure what to do next? Learn more at these monthly meetings, held at the North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. Info: info@wncadoptionnetwork.com or www.WncAdoptionNetwork.com.

Women of Courage Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous • SATURDAYS, 10-11am - A 12-step recovery fellowship for women who want to stop living out a pattern of addictive sexual behavior and romantic obsessions. Meets at First Congregational UCC, 20 Oak St. Enter at front door of the annex. Info: http://slaafws.org or womenofcourageslaa@yahoo.com.

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Urban hydroponics is a growing field. New York City boasts the nation’s first commercial urban greenhouse, Gotham Greens, located in an abandoned Brooklyn bowling alley. Covering just 15,000 square feet in an area where space is at a premium, the greenhouse efficiently cranks out produce, providing local grocers and chefs with fresh goods yearround.

Asheville has its own hydroponic grower, Fresh, located downtown on Coxe Avenue. Xpress covered the urban farm in December, 2011, and, as the word spread, Fresh has expanded, adding another grow room and a wider selection of herbs and produce.

The organic-herb farm is a project of Liberty Corner Enterprises, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping people with disabilities lead normal lives with minimal assistance. Clients served by LCE can be affected by disabilities that are physical or mental — or both.

Fresh is a soothing, comfortable and safe place that allows clients to pick up job skills. In warm and moist air scented with fresh basil, oregano and thyme, workers pour pitchers of water over suspended plastic containers sprouting nasturtiums from silver-dollar sized holes while classical music plays softly. The water trickles through the cylinders, sluicing through layers of plants below before settling in a basin for reuse. Other trainees plant seeds, build hydroponic systems, nurture plants and make deliveries to the restaurants that Fresh supplies.

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Farm hands? Fresh is an urban farm, and the Sweeneys hope to bring their produce to a local farmers market soon.

Photos by Max Cooper At Fresh, the herbs grow large without the addition of fertilizers.

Ladybugs buzz from leaf to leaf, providing natural pest control. Hydroponic rafts of arugula with an incomparably peppery bite and trays of baby leaf lettuce will feed seriously ill children and their families at Little Tree Café in Mission Children's Hospital. The greens are also sold at the French Broad Food Co-Op. “They’ve been a big supporter of the Fresh program since the beginning,” says Dr. Robert Sweeney, who manages the project with his wife, Phyllis.

Flat-leaf parsley also grows nearby. The chefs prefer it over the curly type, Phyllis says. Next to the parsley, the chervil, requested by Posana Café, is starting to get tall. Phyllis points out Cretan oregano, an especially strong variety Fresh has started growing by request. The Sweeneys added additional rows of cilantro to keep up with local-restaurant demand. Fresh also offers several types of basil (opal, Thai and holy), chives, sage and also has Early Treat and Bistro tomatoes growing — they'll fruit within a couple of months.

Attention bartenders: Fresh also now offers a mint called Kentucky Colonel,

he says, the program is looking into providing mini-gardens to veteran's hospitals. Both the cultivation of the herbs and the ingesting of certain varieties promote relaxation, he says. "We're finding more and more in terms of the medicinal value of the herbs for calming anxieties."

In development at Fresh are tabletop hydroponic kits for home use. Packages will include organic growing solution, seeded rock wool, lights — the whole setup. Kits are still being priced, says Phyllis. For more information about kits, or to purchase herbs, email rsweeney@libertycornerent. com or call 254-9917, ext. 311.

Mark your calendars: Liberty Corner Enterprises will host a fundraiser on June 30 at the Crown Plaza Expo Center, featuring music from Lisa Biales, food and beverages. For more about LCE, visit libertycornerent.com. X Mackensy Lunsford can be reached at food@ mountainx.com

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The duo is in the process of deciding what varieties of hops to grow, and is looking for input from local brewers. "We don't want to grow something they don't want to buy," she says.

The Sweeneys have also started growing bachelor buttons and marigolds, and they're considering selling them as starts in the future. The marigolds, says Phyllis, are great for container-growing. "If you put them on your patio, they'll keep the mosquitos away," she says. Fresh hopes to branch out into other retail outlets, she adds. "We have not gotten into a farmers market yet, but we definitely are interested in that."

"The demand for fresh herbs is growing," adds Dr. Robert. "The other thing is that we're talking to various and sundry grocers that are concerned about the quality of the stuff coming in from Columbia and the Philippines — they're not sure what the heck's been sprayed on it." Additionally,

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What’s more nostalgically pleasing than a crispy on the outside, warm and gooey on the inside grilled cheese sandwich? One of Asheville’s latest mobile food units, Melt Your Heart, specializing in grilled cheese and all of the appropriate accoutrements (like tomato soup, served in a bowl or as a “shot”), is now in full effect.

The Melt Your Heart food truck can be found at the Lot at 51 Coxe Ave. Owners Stephanie and Steven Paulson are currently in talks with Dirty Jack’s to work out a schedule for a vending area on Buxton Avenue, too. There is no set schedule for either location as of yet, but Melt Your Heart has a Facebook page (as does the Lot), so check there for updates. The husband-and-wife team say they’ll be expanding their social media presence soon to make it easier to find them.

Step back, flimsy late-night concert-lot sandwiches. From the Melt Your Heart truck, the Paulsons turn out gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches like the Heart Attack, with smoked-gouda pimento cheese and thick-cut bacon ($6.75).

There’s the Fire on the Mountain, too, with double-cream brie, Haw Creek honey, walnuts and apples that will be local when in season. Yes, you can get the ubiquitous classic grilled cheese with American slices ($3.50), and you can even doctor it up with tomato, onion and sauce (add $1.50). The truck will also offer breakfast in the mornings with sandwiches like the Heartburn featuring eggs, bacon, smoked gouda, chipotle mayo, tomatoes and jalapeño ($5.50). It’s all served on West End Bakery bread with either chipotle or Asian slaw.

Why grilled cheese? “We had played with a lot of different business ideas, but the grilled cheese truck stuck,” Steven says. “We’re both from Wisconsin and we have a love of cheese fresh from there, plus it’s affordable food.” So the cliché of people from Wisconsin loving cheese is true? “It’s very true,” Steven laughs. “I mean, I think even lactose-intolerant people up there eat cheese.”

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Brothers in pita: Craig Schulz and Shaun Parcels have a combined 25-plus years of professional food-industry experience and just snagged the last downtown food-truck permit for their falafel truck. Photo courtesy of the Flying Falafel Brothers Also, the Flying Falafel Brothers officially begin flaunting their newly permitted stuff on Saturday, April 21 during downtown Asheville’s Earth Day festivities. After that, the truck, serving falafel, fries and other lunch-appropriate items such as lavash-bread sandwiches, can be found semi-regularly at the Lot at 51 Coxe Ave. The “brothers” in question, chefs Craig Schulz and Shaun Parcels, have a combined 25-plus years of professional food-industry experience. They’ve also managed to snag the year’s last permit for food-truck vending in the central business district. (Followers of the food-truck saga may recall that only 10 are issued per year.)

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“What a blessing,” says Schulz, speaking on behalf of the duo (Parcels is in Morocco doing a little “food safari,” he says). The permit, he adds, is only good until January 2013. And what happens after that? Will food-truck vendors arm-wrestle for the next set of 10? “I don’t know the answer to that, actually,” laughs Schulz. “That’s a good question. There were a lot of hoops to jump through, but I can understand the restrictions and for them to want a certain level of standards.”

Food-truck regulars may also note that one of the pioneers of the area movement, Suzy Phillips, also deals in falafel. And what happens if the two falafel trucks are scheduled for the same day at the Lot — will there be falafel wars?

“No, nothing like that, no falafel wars,” Schulz says. “Our cuisines are pretty different. Yes, we both do falafel, but ... I’d say that our style is less traditional.”

“We’ll have about five types of fries and multiple lavash sandwiches,” Schulz says of the menu. “We’ll do a lot of specials depending on what’s local, fresh and seasonally available.” The price point will stay under $10 for a meal and a drink, the chef says. “We’ll offer light, healthier foods — platters and salads — when we’re serving lunch in the Lot.” Lighter than the 1-pound serving of chili-cheese fries on the festival menu? “Yes, exactly,” says Schulz.

Schulz, who lived in both Los Angeles and New York before moving here, says that street food is much more plentiful there — and the mobile-vending bounty has greatly influenced his style. Trained at the Natural Gourmet Cookery School, he has worked as a chef at Warren Wilson College for more than a decade, using sustainable and local meats and produce to feed the students there. “I’ve been trained in whole-foods cooking, so we’re bringing all of those values to the truck,” Schulz says. Warren Wilson College Farm beef appears on his menu. He also culls goods from other local purveyors — Spinning Spider Creamery for feta cheese, for example.

The Flying Falafel Brothers also work with Blue Ridge Biodiesel, Mountain

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Fork it forward: On April 26, eat out to raise money for The Western North Carolina AIDS Project. Logo courtesy of Dining Out For Life

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Pie in a hot tin truck: Caroline Whatley and Kim Dryden turn out fresh, hot and affordable pie from the Tin Can Pizzeria. Photo by Max Cooper Foods, Blue Ridge food Ventures and are working to get Living Wage certified. Visit the Flying Falafel Brothers Facebook page for scheduling and more information.

Where will you Dine Out For Life this year? On Thursday, April 26, Asheville and surrounding communities will join 55 other cities across the country and in Canada for the annual benefit for HIV and AIDS research and outreach programs. On that day, participating WNC restaurants will donate 20 percent of their gross sales to the Western North Carolina AIDS Project. DOFL is the largest annual fundraiser supporting the mission of WNCAP; last year’s efforts attracted more than 10,000 patrons and raised $138,000, a new record for donations in the area. Asheville ranks fifth in the nation for total funds raised each year. Considering the size of other participating cities — places like Baltimore, Seattle, Chicago and Boston, just to name a few — that’s pretty amazing. What’s more, we may just cross the $1 million mark this year. And that, Asheville, is putting your money where your mouth is.

Here’s the list of participating restaurants; make your reservations while you can. For more information, visit diningoutforlife.com.

The truck debuted with the “Fresh Green” (roasted asparagus, fresh mozzarella, pine nuts, lemon zest and thyme) and the “Farm Pie” (pepper/sage sausage, caramelized onions, fresh mozzarella). Whatley says the truck will also serve drinks and possibly sweets, eventually. “We may play with dessert pies once summer fruit comes up,” she says.

12 Bones (Arden and Asheville), The Admiral, The Asheville Public, Avenue M, Baja Kitchen, Battery Park Book Exchange, Bavarian Restaurant & Biergarten, Black Mountain Bistro, Blue Mountain Pizza, Blue Water Seafood (Asheville and Hendersonville), Boca, Bouchon*, Burgermeister’s, Cafe Azalea, Carmel’s, Chai Pani, Champa, Chef’s Table, Chorizo, Circle In The Square, City Bakery Cafe, City Lights Cafe, Clingman Café, Corner Kitchen, Cucina 24, Cúrate, Cyprus, Doc Chey’s Noodle House, Fig, Fresh Wood Fired Pizza & Pasta, Frog’s Leap Public House, Green Sage Coffeehouse & Café, Grove House (after party), Guadalupe Café, The Hop, Jack of Hearts, Jack of the Wood, Jerusalem Garden Café, Joey’s Pancake House, Jongo Java, The Junction, Laughing Seed Café*, Laurey’s Catering*, Lexington Avenue Brewery, Limones, Luella’s BarB-Que, Madison Inn, The Magnetic Field, Mamacita’s, Marco’s Pizzeria (north and south), The Market Place, Mayfel’s, Mela, Mellow Mushroom, Modesto Trattoria, Morning Glory Café, Mosaic Café, Mrs. G & Me, Neo Burrito, Neo Cantina, Nine Mile, Nona Mia/Pizzeria Ritrovo, Noodle Shop, Old Stone Inn Moutain Lodge, Ole’s Guacamoles, Over Easy Cafe, Pack’s Tavern, Panacea Coffeehouse & Roastery, Pescado’s Burritos, Plant, Pomodoros, Posana Cafe, Purple Onion, Rankin Vault, Rezaz Mediterrean Cuisine*, Rise ‘n Shine Café, Salsa’s, Sazerac, Sisters McMullen, Soul Infusion Tea House & Bistro, The Southern Kitchen & Bar, Square 1 Bistro, Stoney Knob Café, Storm Rhum Bar, Strada, Sunny Point Café, Suwana’s Thai Orchid, Table, Three Chopt Sandwich Shoppe, Travinia Italian Kitchen, Tupelo Honey downtown* (and South), Two Guys Pizza and Ribs, Urban Burrito (east and north), Village Wayside Grill, Vincenzo’s Ristorante*, Vinnie’s Neighborhood Italian*, Well Bred Bakery, West First Pizza, Westville Pub.

The Tin Can Pizzeria is open Wednesday through Sunday from 11:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. For more information, visit the truck’s Facebook page.

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Also new on the scene is the Tin Can Pizzeria, a truck that makes its home down by the tracks (but on the right side of them, we say) at 342 Depot St. The TCP is also run by a duo — Caroline Whatley and Kim Dryden. These working ladies will remain in the RAD, opting for a set schedule in an area with less foot traffic, rather than the more variable schedules at the Lot on Coxe. That not only works better with their other jobs, but allows customers to know where they are at all times. “We want to be really simple and really consistent, and we feel like being in one spot offers that,” Whatley says.

“That’s the thought for now — but there’s so much that we don’t know yet that we’ll learn as we go,” she says.

The Tin Can Pizzeria offers 10-inch pies at a fairly low price — between $6 and $9. The plan is to keep a rotating menu of three pizzas, says Whatley.

“We’ll always have a Margherita, and our veggie and our meat will change.

We’ll run it for the five days we do lunch and then the next week it will be different. We’d like it to follow the season and what’s available, for the most part.”

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by anne fitten glenn

ASHEVILLE’S BEER BLITZ NEW BELGIUM ON THE ASHEVILLE MAP Lots of folks are still reeling from New Belgium’s April 5 announcement that the company will build its second brewery in the River Arts District. And I mean that in a good way — I’ve been seeing lots of celebratory Fat Tire and Shift Pale Lager being quaffed all over town.

This, mere months after Sierra Nevada decided to build their second brewery in Mills River, has definitely propelled us into the craft beer stratosphere. As Beer Guy Tony Kiss wrote, “It’s as if Asheville landed two major league baseball teams in the same season, as if the Yankees and Braves both relocated here.” Or to be more geographically appropriate, as if the Giants and the Rockies both relocated here.

DEFINING A CRAFT BREWER In terms of beer-sales volume, Sierra Nevada currently is the second largest craft brewer in the U.S. and New Belgium places third. Sierra is on track to produce close to 1 million barrels of beer at their brewery in Chico, Calif., this year — one reason expansion seems like a good idea.

New Belgium, on the other hand, will produce more than 775,000 barrels.

So one question a number of people have asked is: Why are these two corporations, who are spending hundreds of millions of dollars to build new facilities and who produce so much beer, still considered craft brewers?

The Brewers Association, which is the trade organization representing the majority of U.S. brewing companies, defines a craft brewer as small, traditional and independent. However, the Association’s board of directors changed the definition of “small” in 2011; they’ve increased the maximum allowable annual barrelage for a “craft” brewer from 2 million to 6 million. It seems that “small” no longer truly defines the

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Cheers! Gov. Bev Perdue, New Belgium CEO Kim Jordan and Wedge Brewing Company’s Tim Schaller, president of the Asheville Brewers Alliance, toast to a new future of beer. industry of craft brewing in terms of growth.

The country’s largest craft brewer, The Boston Beer Company (maker of Samuel Adams), has surpassed the 2 million mark. Of course, 6 million seems a long way off for any of the traditional, independent breweries. Even with two breweries up and running on both coasts, it’s likely to be a good long time before either Sierra or NB hit that ceiling.

Just for fun, compare their numbers to Highland Brewing Company’s. Currently the largest brewery in Western North Carolina, Highland produced about 23,000 barrels last year. Only a handful of the region’s other breweries are batting 5,000. Sierra plans to start with a brewing capacity of around 300,000 in their new facility, while NB reportedly will go for 400,000. In two fell swoops, these companies will effectively produce more than 12 times the amount of beer being brewed in the region.

“This cements Asheville's status as the center for craft beer manufacturing in the eastern United States,” says Asheville City Council member Gordon Smith. “Our brewing community will be fueling the local economy for generations to come.”

THE WAITING GAME To answer a couple of other questions that seem to be on many lips: No, neither company is hiring locally yet, nor do they have staff living in the area yet. Both companies say they’ll post job opportunities on their websites as they become available. Sierra has specifically asked that people do not send the company applications unless they are for positions actively posted on their website. I’m guessing NB probably feels the same.

That said, it won’t be long until Sierra will at least start spending some cash in the region.

Sierra Nevada’s Brian Grossman says the company will break ground in the next few months.

Grossman, son of Sierra Nevada founder Ken Grossman, will be moving to the area with his wife to oversee the building of the new facility and ultimately manage it. Sierra hopes to be brewing and selling beer by the end of 2013, he says.

New Belgium, on the other hand, is on a slightly slower timeline. That company plans to break ground late in 2013 and to be selling beer in 2015 — so don’t quit your day job any time soon.

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The next brewery slated to open is Brevard Brewing Company. Brewer Kyle Williams, formerly with Pisgah Brewing, will specialize in lager-style beers with a few ales thrown in for fun. He says he has five beers in the tanks, including a Bohemian Pilsner, his personal favorite. Look for news about Brevard’s first brewery opening within the next few weeks.

Ross and Amanda Franklin of Pack’s Tavern have announced that they will start a brewery, Yellow Truck Brewery, by next fall out of the former jail located behind the Tavern.

Blue Mountain Pizza’s brewery in Weaverville has permits and brewing equipment is on order. Altamont Brewing in West Asheville has some brewing equipment, but needs more (and permits). Jason Schutz of Asheville is looking for a space for One World Brewing — a Community Supported Brewery. CSB members will pay $40 per month, and get four to five growlers of different beer per month plus $3 pints in the One World Taproom (when it opens). The folks at Black Mountain Ale House plan to start brewing as well.

Tim and Steph Weber are moving here from Pennslyvania this summer to start working full-time to plan Twin Leaf Brewery and brewpub — somewhere in Asheville (like the New Belgium folks, the Webers heart the mountains). And Tipping Point Tavern in Waynesville is working on becoming Haywood County brewery No. 3.

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Firkin is another word for cask. Caskconditioned beers undergo secondary fermentation in the cask (or firkin) and are often referred to as “real ales,” especially in the U.K. Real ale can be an acquired taste as it’s often blander and less bubbly than non-cask conditioned beers. But a firkin fest is likely to include a number of beers that have been spiced up with adjuncts (fruit, spices, chocolate, etc.) to make them pop.

The festival’s theme is pre-Prohibition, says Hart, and in that spirit, Eat Box food truck will sell ploughman’s lunches and oldtimey band Blind Boy Chocolate and the Milk Sheiks will provide tunes. Tickets cost $40; 400 tickets are available at thebestfirkinbeerfestival.eventbrite.com. X Anne Fitten Glenn can brewgasmavl@gmail.com

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BY KYLE SHERARD On March 23, the Asheville Art Museum premiered Art Works PRIMED — the first phase of its Interim Expansion Project that takes it into the former Health Adventure space at Pack Place. (The Health Adventure relocated to the Biltmore Square Mall in October 2011.)

Despite the utilitarian terms of the event, the public gala was colorful (body paint, masks and “creative white-tie” costumes); exciting (DJ Whitney Shroyer and performance art); and crowded. In other words, the opening was exactly what the museum hasn’t been in a while.

If PRIMED is in fact a primer, or a preview of what’s to come, then the museum is heading toward becoming a hub for local art. Much of the work currently on display in the PRIMED areas is that of Asheville and regional artists.

So what is PRIMED? It’s a new wing, and a facelift for Pack Place’s promenade.

The carpet has been torn out. Gone are the butterflies that used to hang from the ceiling. A number of interior window panes that previously separated the hallway from the museum gift shop have been either removed or filled in to create extra gallery space. And the gift shop itself has been gutted and moved across the hall to where the various scale-models of the city were displayed.

No more is the sedative gray-blue atmosphere. New lights now adorn

the whitewashed walls. A series of ceramic tiles by Weaverville artist Kathy Triplett have new prominence.

The tiles have been there for years, but only now seem to come into visibility.

Around the corner are the revamped bathrooms and the official entrance to the museum’s two-floor East Wing, which includes an exhibition gallery, the Artworks Project Space, a New Media Gallery, a multipurpose “flex” space and an interactive children’s facility called ArtPLAYce. The museum has expanded nearly 24,000 square feet in all, bringing the total domain to approximately 53,000

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Glassy eyed: The Fire on the Mountain exhibit in the new wing features 50 years’ worth of glass work from Western North Carolina. Photos by Max Cooper

square feet, including approximately 7,000 square feet of gallery space.

Much of the new space, formerly occupied by the Health Adventure, was completely stripped to the bare essentials: walls.

Aside from the direct reference to new beginnings and a primed canvas, PRIMED’s thematic approach is

that of “deconstruction.” But deconstruction, as an aesthetic, comes off as unfinished rather than intentional.

The lights have exposed bases, the wiring hanging out. A few disheveled ceiling tiles and Pack Place’s visitor information desk have been wrapped in cloth tied up with ropes and clamps. The concrete floors are currently unfinished, but it works well for the space. Drop ceil-

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The museum’s permanent collection focuses on interpreting American artwork, from the start of the 20th century through today, and the future expansion will include more permanent collection galleries. Currently, the museum ‘s collection includes 3,572 works of varying media, such as paintings, sculptures and other 3-D works, prints, drawings and photographs. Due to spatial and conditional limitations — temperature control, excessive natural light and other art-threatening elements — roughly 3 percent of those works can be displayed at one time. The museum plans to refurbish some of its gallery space to accommodate more of its collection. The museum’s holdings also include 4,905 architectural drawings.

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A PERMANENT HOME The Asheville Art Museum’s history of relocating and renovating began with its 1948 inception on the north end of Charlotte Street, followed by temporary residences at the 15th floor of the Northwest Bank (now the BB&T building), a Montford home and the Civic Center basement. In 1992, the museum opened in the newly minted Pack Place Education, Arts and Science Center, which includes the 1925 Italian Renaissance-style building that housed the Pack Library until 1979, and where the museum remains today.

Art Works PRIMED is a step on the way to a larger capital-improvement project that the museum has dubbed Art Works for Asheville. The museum has raised about $7.5 million toward its fundraising goal of $24 million for the total overhaul, says Executive Director Pam Myers. Eighteen to 24 months of fundraising and design tweaking lay ahead.

The current entrance to Pack Place will be stripped down to its steel frame and rebuilt with a modern glass facade designed by New Yorkbased Ennead Architects. Ennead, the sole architectural firm involved in the project since planning began in 2003, was selected by a panel of area architects, designers and artists.

Asheville contracting outfit BeverlyGrant will do the construction, which is tentatively set to begin in 2014.

The project also includes restorations to the North Wing (the former Pack Library building), the addition of a gardened rooftop terrace and a cafe. X

The best seat in the house: Gabriel Shaffer and friends bring graffittiinspired art into unlikely corners of the expanded Asheville Art Museum.

GRAFFITI IN THE BATHROOMS? Even the bathrooms got a makeover.

Asheville artist Gabriel Shaffer, with help from artists Joti Marra, Andy Herod, Chris King, Dustin Hinson, Juniper Cooper and retired graffiti writers (no names, of course) transformed the space with “The Writing on the Pharaoh’s Wall,” a graffiti/street art mural.

Myers saw a need to include graffiti and street art into the new space. It has an obvious presence in Asheville. It’s also showing up in prominent museum spaces — such as 2009’s Art in the Streets at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles.

The inside and outside of the restroom space are covered in layers of color swatches and abstracted script, resembling the painted, covered and re-painted walls visible throughout the city (to the dismay of some business owners whose build-

ings host the unsolicited works).

The work comes from Shaffer’s early exposure to graffiti and the Gee’s Bend quilts, he says. (Those patchwork quilts, created by a small enclave of Alabama women, are heralded as one of the crown jewels of so-called outsider art).

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As for his work being seen in the bathroom, Shaffer sees that as a plus.

“Lots of bodies from all different walks of life move through there,” he says. “It’s a space that everyone has to interact with.”

Shaffer is combining styles he’s seen in music-club bathrooms, such as NYC’s now-closed CBGB, with Asheville imagery. On the outside of the doors, there’s an Egyptian pharaoh meets Art-Deco version of the Thomas Wolfe angel sculpture outside the museum. You can see LaZoom’s Sister Bad Habit and Ami Worthen from local rock outfit the Mad Tea, among others.

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NEW ADDITIONS, NEW MEDIA This addition of the New Media Gallery marks the most progressive, and perhaps most needed step in a direction the museum has only dabbled in: the digital realm.

The space was originally going to hold a more “traditional” gallery, with the requisite white walls and track lighting. But the present iteration is “a much better use of our non-money,” says Nancy Sokolove, the adult programs director and de facto curator for the New Media Gallery. Myers and Sokolove are excited about the new space, which has been outfitted for a full-spectrum experience, including an all-black paint job, a projection booth and a sound system.

For now, the New Media Gallery is restricted to video works. Boone-based artist Mark Nystrom uses live recordings of weather data gathered from rooftops, including AAM’s, that run computer programs that generate digital images. One such video is part of a rotating schedule of works from 10 North Carolina artists for Prime Time: New Media Juried Exhibition.

Other works range from Martha Skinner’s highspeed NYC snapshot compilation taken from a biker’s point of view, to UNCA student Logan Kelly’s black-and-white stopmotion animation video of a solo pianist locked in a newspaper-wallpapered bedroom.

To date, there is a noticeable absence of new media works in the AAM’s permanent collection, so the New Media Gallery fills a long-missing piece in the museum’s permanent collection. “This marks the beginning of the digital collection,” Myers says.

Spun cycle: Of his piece made from repurposed washing machines, Haley says, “They’re like paper you just ball up.”

High lights: Hoss Haley’s fluorescent sculptures illuminate the bold innovations afoot (and aloft) at AAM.

LIGHTING UP THE NEW SPACE Despite the white-walled and de-carpeted transformation of the museum’s promenade, it’s the lights that immediately grab your attention when you walk in the front door.

Asheville artist Hoss Haley, the creator of the five light sculptures, says they were made with 2,000 feet of wire and around 80 elongated fluorescent light bulbs. They appear in suspension, as if jettisoned from the ceiling but frozen in the moment — with a slight spider-web feel.

To keep with the “deconstructed” atmosphere (and, to reduce the need for rewiring and its associated costs), Haley used the footprints from the previous lights. The bases, uncovered and all-too-visible, deflect attention from the sculptures. A mesh of multicolored wires and electrical gadgetry protrude from their rectangular bases, giving the work an unfinished appearance.

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START OF A NEW CYCLE Hoss Haley triumphs in the East Wing’s Artworks Project Space, a carved out enclave tucked into the stairwell. The space is designated as a host for site-specific art works. Haley takes the inaugural slot with “Cycle,” an outstanding work that will certainly be hard to follow.

The plights of appliance repair are at hand in this work. “These days it costs more to fix a washing machine than it does to buy a new one,” Haley says. The artist, who’s been getting his sculptural materials from the scrapyard for more than 30 years, began seeing the appliances trashed en masse. These days, washing machines have an average life span of five years, Haley says.

“They’re like paper that you just ball up and throw away,” Haley explained.

He started collecting them, stripping away the white enameled side panels and balling them up with the help of a hydraulic press. Over 20 machines make up the dozen or so balls, which stand 2-feet high and weigh 35 pounds apiece.

They’re stacked in the space as if contained by a 12-foot-high invisible waste basket. Beside the stack are a few outliers, missed tosses, perhaps.

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ACTIONFEST ACTION HAVE ROCKET, WILL FLY If you saw an unidentified flying tuxedo on Friday, April 13, don’t be alarmed. It was just part of Actionfest, a rollicking roster of movie screenings, celebrities and stunts.

On Friday, Dan Schlund — aka Rocketman — fixed his bow-tie and revved up the hydrogen-peroxide-powered rocket on his back. He whooshed around Pack Place and landed on a red carpet. Photos by Bill Rhodes

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THIS IS WHAT THEY WANT NOW YOU SEE THEM DEFIES DAY JOBS AND DEPORTATION TO MAKE MUSIC

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Once upon a time, all three members of Asheville indie roots band Now You See Them were deported from Australia. But, there’s more to the twisted, meandering tale of how they became the band they are today — and came to record a definitive full-length album titled What We Want (dropping April 20 with a release show at the Grey Eagle that same night).

In a way, it all started when the Steelers won the 2006 Super Bowl.

Drummer Jason Mencer explains, “We met in New York, but we were all from Western Pennsylvania … I called Dulci [Ellenberger] one day to say ‘Yay! The Steelers won the Super Bowl!’ Then we started hanging out more and got these wild ideas to quit being bartenders in New York, and go travel.”

Guitarist/songwriter Shane Conerty joined them — a few months in Hawaii, then to Australia. There, they started experimenting as a band … until Ellenberger and Mencer were deported. They lived in Denver a few months before returning to New York and eventually finding a spot in Asheville. As they were signing that lease, Conerty got deported, too. When he learned his friends were moving to WNC to start a band, he told them, “We’re already a band. Let’s get it back together and do this.”

Conerty had been playing guitar since he was a teenager. Ellenberger — a daughter of two music teachers — grew up singing in choirs before moving to New York to pursue her Broadway dream. Mencer, meanwhile, gravitated toward drums because he always thought “anyone can play drums.” (After listening to audiences try to clap along, he admits he doesn’t think that anymore.) They had some growing to do in order to find a place where their three disparate gifts could meet in one cohesive sound.

The best way to do that is to play any chance you get.

So, those early days saw them busking around town, determined to hone their sound, get heard and make rent. It worked. They scored gigs, were voted WNC’s Last Band Standing and earned a spot at Bele Chere. They caught the ears of producer Eric Willson (Ricky Skaggs,

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Most wanted: While recording its latest album, Now You See Them faced some big questions about life, sacrifice and electric guitars.

Mountain Heart) and got started on their first recording. The resulting EP, Things Change in a Day, says Mencer, was “simple. It’s fun but it’s not musically what any of us wanted.” But, it was good enough to interest clubs and fans beyond Asheville and allow them to maintain their status as highly dedicated road warriors.

It was also enough to set in motion their dreams of making a lush album with strings, horns and complex arrangements for numerous backing vocalists. They set more time with Willson and delved into a year of work on a full-length album.

Getting the songs down on tape is one thing.

The business of naming an album is entirely another. What do you want to tell people about your music right off the bat? What single word or phrase encompasses everything you’ve just spent weeks — or, in this case, a year — shaping?

They’re the first to admit there’s nothing glamorous about their life. Ranging in age from 25 to 35, they’ve been through some rough times in the past six years. Sure, there was the deportation, but also heartbreak (Conerty had to leave a girl behind when he was deported), the tiring struggle to get heard, the poverty of choosing one’s art over a life of “normal” hours and reliable income. Any band in its right mind, at some point, has to check in and remember where it stands on questions like, “Why music?

Why struggle? Why defy everything seemingly logical to strum this guitar?”

Sometimes the best way to answer that is to just make the music.

Sitting on the porch of what they call their “tree shack” next to a creek on the outskirts of town, the three friends who have dedicated themselves to this journey together consider the meaning of this new album. “[It’s about] the sacrifice you make when you decide to follow your dream,” explains Ellenberger. “Everyone’s always telling you to do that your whole life but they leave out how hard that is … at a certain point you get a sick dog and you can’t pay for his medicine.”

Conerty adds, “We sing about change a lot.

The ability for people to change … but what do we want? Do we want acoustic or electric guitar? Do we want to live in this shack?”

After listening to his friends mull over this, Mencer chimes in. “There are so many questions with the phrase ‘What We Want.’ Is this what we want? Or, This is what we want. Really we were discovering [ourselves]. We’ve been chasing our tails — poor musicians living in a two-bedroom tree shack — for four years now.

So is this enough? What are we trying to do with this album? Is this what we want?”

Somewhere between all the new instruments and sounds, the challenges which pulled them toward new styles and ideas, growing as individual artists and in one decisive direction as a band … the answer was in the music. X Kim Ruehl is a freelance writer living in Asheville.

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SLIGHT OF BAND THE SECRET B-SIDES RELEASE EASY MAGIC Turns out Saturday, April 21 is a triple holiday. It’s Earth Day Eve, it’s Record Store Day and it’s the release of The Secret B-Sides’ new album, Easy Magic.

It’s been just about a year since the local neo-soul outfit released its sophomore album, Flowers and Chocolate. That record — all retro jams, slinky beats, hits of hip-hop and a platform boots-and-butterflycollars aesthetic updated with a space age mythology — was an instant hit. And how could it not be?

Frontman Juan Holladay has infallible instincts when it comes to music.

Though his jumping-off points might seem random (dinosaurs? footie pajamas?), Holladay has a knack for pulling far-flung influences together under the psychedelic umbrella of R&B, happiness and the kind of love that, whether spiritual or sexual in nature, makes us better people.

Advance tracks have been closely guarded secrets. Like Chocolate, Magic is being fine-tuned right

up to the drop date. “As usual, we are working up to the deadline,” Holladay tells Xpress. “I guess we do this because the pressure makes our lives more exciting.” It’s more likely the do with the fact that keyboardist is also an engineer at Collapseable Studios, making extended production possible.

And, that each track is dense. “Are You Music?” pulses and thumps with heavy bass and bright jabs of organ. The song breathes, throbs and sweats under Holladay’s supple vocal. “Are you music? Are you so sick? Are you straight up out of the same old new tricks?” he sings. (If so, Magic can probably cure what ails you.)

The album-release party takes place at Asheville Music Hall with openers Sirius.B and Sidney Barnes, and the invite for the show promises that “a piñata will be smashed at midnight, revealing all treasures previously concealed within.” 10 p.m., $5 in advance or $8 at the door.

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SPRING FEVER ALLIGATOR INDIAN RELEASES, SPRING I'M IN Local indie-noise group Alligator Indian (self-described as “présentgarde”) have been prolific creators of showcases, compilations (under the moniker Swamping they rallied a number of local underground acts for the inaugural New Weird Asheville collection) and EPs. But it’s just now — two-plus years after the singer-songwriter-synthesizer playing duo moved to Asheville via New York via Florida — that Alligator Indian (aka Spooky Bea and Christian Church) are releasing a full-length.

“Sometimes an EP feels like an excuse to throw a bunch of songs together,” says Church. The new record, 11-track Spring I’m In (whose cover art is seen here) is “a cohesive document.” It was also an opportunity for Church and Bea to fully explore the post-punk influences with which they’ve both been fascinated. While Spring is not derivative of that late-’70s time frame, it does cherry-pick certain aesthetics from, say, the era of synthesizers, drum machines, pop-informed lyrics and avant-garde embellishments.

Spring also taps a ‘60s girl-group sound, which Bea, with her full, commanding voice, is easily able

to pull off. And there’s an intriguing current of darkness that runs throughout the collection of songs but, as Church puts it, “goth and metal bands take that seriously. We don’t.” (Worth noting: Bea says she was highly inspired by ‘90s TV show The Wonder Years.) Standout tracks include the whimsical “Gnarwhal,” the attitude-and-reverb spokenword number “Ice & Asteroids” and lead track “Our Love Was a Crime,” the band’s statement against the proposed Amendment One which would define (according to the N.C. state constitution) marriage as being only between a man and a woman.

Alligator Indian’s launch for Spring is actually not a CD release party.

The duo dislikes CDs and so will release their LP digitally and on tape. “It’s not like cassettes are coming back. They’ve always been here,” says Church. The festivities begin at 9 p.m. on Friday, April 20 with guests Albert Adams, Part Time (from California), DJ Hippy Shirt (aka Jack Crowley) spinning a post-show dance party, and Luke Puke as emcee. At Warehouse #10 in the River Arts District. Donations accepted. — Alli Marshall

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Somewhere Beyond the Constellation Norma Worship, loss, ceremony and regeneration are the themes of Somewhere Beyond the Constellation Norma, a black-and-white photography exhibition

by Ralph Burns. The show, which opens at Pink Dog Creative (348 Depot St. in the River Arts District) on Friday, April 20, is Burns’ first solo exhibition in N.C. since 2005. Images include a Santeria healer in Cuba, a street preacher in Boston, Billy Graham in Asheville and Elvis pilgrims in the Meditation Garden at Graceland. The show runs through June 30; an opening reception is held this Friday from 5-8 p.m. pinkdog-creative.com/exhibitions.

The Baker Family Band It’s been several years since The Baker Family Band (led by Baker spouses singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Stuart and vocalist/keyboardist Liz) left Asheville for the sunny climes of Austin. Seems like Texas has done right by the Bakers. They recently released new EP When the Internet is Down (stream/download it at thebakerfamily.bandcamp.com) which showcases Stu’s existential-meets-fantasy-meets-surprisingly-poppy song craft along with catchy melodies and explosive percussion. The band’s current tour brings them back to Asheville — at least for one night. They’ll be at The Grey Eagle on Sunday, April 22 with John Wilkes Boothe & The Black Toothe. 8 p.m., $8 at the door. thegreyeagle.com.

Bombs Away Cabaret Theatrics, music, talents, comedy, naughtiness … and a benefit for Brother Wolf Animal Rescue. That’s the gist of High Skirts: Illicitly Yours, the latest production by local Burlesque troupe Bombs Away Cabaret.

The story is about Iona Traylor, who “finds out that her family farm is about to be bought-out and demolished to build a strip mall,” so the Bombs Away ladies “are quick to pack up their corsets and head to the country to see if their feminine wiles can save the day.” Add to that a fallen opera star, a bitter mail-order bride and a confused fundamentalist Mormon. Adults only. Fridays and Saturdays, April 20-28, 7:30 and 10 p.m. at The Magnetic Field. $15 in advance or $17 at the door. themagneticfield.com.

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I Like it Wild Although Indonesia is a world away, its rain forest is worth protecting (as are the 400 Sumatran tigers remaining in that habitat) and you can take action without leaving Asheville. Advocacy group The Environmental Paper Network is “working to leverage the purchasing power of the world’s biggest brands … to buy paper products that are more responsible and sustainable for people and for our planet,” thus saving precious rain forest. The I Like It Wild benefit, with performances by Josh Phillips Folk Festival, Asheville Horns and Moses Atwood and his Band raises funds to help. Wednesday, April 18 at the Asheville Music Hall. Doors at 8 p.m., music at 9 p.m. $10 admission, raffle tickets for $5 and $10. ashevillemusichall.com.

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The Sound of Music Yes, the original Sound of Music film, with Julie Andrews spinning through a flower-strewn meadow, was set in the Alps. But the stunning scenery recalls Western North Carolina — a good reason to launch the production here in Asheville. Plus, pretty much everyone knows pretty much every word, from the “whiskers on kittens” of “My Favorite Things” to “a doe, a deer, a female deer” in “Do-Re-Mi.” Asheville Lyric Opera performs the Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway musical, Friday-Sunday, April 20-22 at Diana Wortham Theatre. 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 3 p.m. on Sunday. $30, $42 and $53. ashevillelyric.org.

Amy Winehouse tribute If you’ve been missing the gritty ‘50s girl-group sound of Back to Black, Tressa’s pays tribute to the late Amy Winehouse with a set by J’Amy Winehouse and The Retro Kings. The 10 p.m. late-night show on Saturday, April 21 promises “a full night of Amy Winehouse and retro favorites with special guest Ruby Mayfield.”

The band is Alec and Jacqui Fehl and Andy John of Carolina Rex, and drummer Rocky Lindsley.

Mayfield sits in on sax.

Cover is $5. tressas.com/ calendar.htm.

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where to find the clubs • what is playing • listings for venues throughout Western North Carolina CLUBLAND RULES •To qualify for a free listing, a venue must be predominately dedicated to the performing arts. Bookstores and cafés with regular open mics and musical events are also allowed.

•To limit confusion, events must be submitted by the venue owner or a representative of that venue.

•Events must be submitted in written form by e-mail (clubland@mountainx.com), fax, snail mail or hand-delivered to the Clubland Editor Dane Smith at 2 Wall St., Room 209, Asheville, NC 28801. Events submitted to other staff members are not assured of inclusion in Clubland.

•Clubs must hold at least TWO events per week to qualify for listing space. Any venue that is inactive in Clubland for one month will be removed.

•The Clubland Editor reserves the right to edit or exclude events or venues.

•Deadline is by noon on Monday for that Wednesday’s publication. This is a firm deadline.

Wed., April 18

Environmental Paper Network benefit feat: Josh Phillips Folk Festival, Asheville Horns & Moses Atwood Band, 10pm

Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Athena's Club

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Disclaimer Standup Lounge (comedy open mic), 9pm

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

Barley's Taproom

Harrah's Cherokee

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

Live comedy, 8:30pm

Black Mountain Ale House

Jack of Hearts Pub

Open mic w/ Dave Bryan, 8pm

Bluegrass jam, 7pm

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Jack of the Wood Pub

Open mic

Old-time jam, 6pm

Club Hairspray

Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Front stage: Ryan Barrington Cox, 7pm Back stage: Weedeater (metal) w/ ASG & Cough, 8pm

Retro night ('80s & '90s), 10pm Creatures Cafe

Salsa night (lessons, followed by dance)

Lobster Trap

Dirty South Lounge

Valorie Miller (Americana, folk), 7-9pm

Ultra Rockin' Music Nerd Challenge (trivia), 9pm

Olive or Twist

Elaine's Dueling Piano Bar

Dueling Pianos (rock 'n' roll sing-a-long), 9pm-1am Paul Cataldo (folk)

The Big Nasty (gypsy jazz), 8pm ARCADE

Arcade Idol, 10pm Asheville Music Hall

The Altamont Theater

John McVey (Texas blues) w/ Frosty Smith, James Cloyd Jr. & Aaron Price, 7:30pm The Bywater

Game night, 8pm The Dugout

Karaoke

Tressa's Downtown Jazz and Blues

The Hard Bop Explosion Vincenzo's Bistro

Marc Keller (acoustic, variety), 7:30pm Westville Pub

Max Melner Orchestra (jazz, funk), 10pm Wild Wing Cafe

Our Darkest Hour w/ Draven Arcaene & the Catalytic Circus Craggie Brewing Company

Floppy Thursdays w/ Molly (eclectic music series), 8pm Creatures Cafe

Yoeshi Roberts

Thu., April 19

Elaine's Dueling Piano Bar

Dirty Bingo, 9pm

Dueling Pianos (rock 'n' roll sing-a-long), 9pm-1am

Brown Bag Songwriting Competition, 6:30pm (sign up at 6pm)

ARCADE

Emerald Lounge

Orange Peel

Barley's Taproom

Trivia, 9pm Alien Music Club (jazz jam)

The Native Sway (rock, jam, electronic) w/ Kings of Belmont & Electric Soul Pandemic Fred's Speakeasy

The Accomplices (string band, psychedelic

Good Stuff

Straightaway Cafe

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

French Broad Brewery Tasting Room

Mark Bumgarner (Americana, country)

Ken Kiser (singer-songwriter), 6pm

TallGary's Cantina

BoBo Gallery

Get Down

Silent movie night w/ accompaniment by Jake Hollifield, 7pm

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Todd Hoke (blues, folk), 6pm Coping Stone (world, roots)

Dan Shearin (of Uncle Mountain), 7pm

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Burgerworx

Jeff & Justin (acoustic)

$2.50 Pints & $4 Seasonals

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Blind Boy Chocolate & the Milk Sheiks (blues, jug band) w/ Locust Honey Stringband

Juan Benevides (Latin, flamenco), 8pm

One Stop Deli & Bar

Mickey Hart Band (classic rock, jam), 9pm

Get Down

Open mic/jam, 7pm

5 Walnut Wine Bar

Cadillac Rex (vintage rock)

French Broad Chocolate Lounge

5 Walnut Wine Bar

Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors (rock) w/ Rayland Baxter, 8pm

Wed-Thur 4-9pm • Fri & Sat 4-10pm Wed

Pagan Wolf Ritual w/ SLAW & Forks of Ivory, 9pm Good Stuff

Gene Peyroux & the Acoustalectric Pedals of Love (rock, funk, soul), 6:30pm Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

The Boxer Rebellion (indie rock) w/ Canon Blue, 9pm Grove Park Inn Great Hall

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

Karaoke w/ Chris Monteith, 8pm-midnight Jack of Hearts Pub

Old-time jam, 7pm

Jack of the Wood Pub

Bluegrass jam, 6pm Lobster Trap

Hank Bones ("man of 1,000 songs"), 7-9pm Olive or Twist

Heather Masterton Quartet (swing) One Stop Deli & Bar

Ribs & Whiskey, 5pm Cheyenne Marie Mize (singer-songwriter, pop, R&B) w/ Dirty Bourbon River Show & Donora, 9pm Orange Peel

GWAR (metal) w/ Kylesa, Ghoul & Legacy of Disorder, 7:30pm Pack's Tavern

2nd anniversary party feat: Jeff Anders & Justin (acoustic rock, jam) Pisgah Brewing Company

Big Sam's Funky Nation (funk, rock), 8pm Purple Onion Cafe

Greg Klyma (folk, country, rock) Root Bar No. 1

Linda Mitchell (blues, jazz) Spurs

Dance night TallGary's Cantina

Asheville Music Showcase, 8pm The Altamont Theater

Kellin Watson, Jeffrey Hyde Thompson & Aaron Price (singer-songwriters), 8pm The Bywater

Ladies Night w/ Andrea Lee (female open mic) Tressa's Downtown Jazz and Blues

Peggy Ratusz & friends Vincenzo's Bistro

The Croon and Cadence Duo feat: Ginny McAfee, 7:30pm Westville Pub

Dashvara (funk, fusion), 9:30pm White Horse

"Bridging the Gap (Old-Time to Bluegrass)," 7:30pm Wild Wing Cafe

Sloantones (rock, newgrass), 5-9pm DJ Moto, 9pm

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Athena's Club

Mark Appleford (blues, folk, rock), 7:30-10pm DJ, 10pm-2am

Say Anything (pop punk, indie) w/ Kevin Devine & the Goddamn Band, Fake Problems & Tallhart, 8pm

Like Handshakes & Act Like Actors (acoustic, rock), 8pm

Black Mountain Ale House

Pack's Tavern

Every Mother's Dream (folk rock), 6pm

Coping Stone (world, roots), 9pm

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Acoustic Swing

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Howie & Rocky Duo (classic rock) Pisgah Brewing Company

Dangermuffin (roots, rock) w/ Brushfire Stankgrass (bluegrass), 9pm

Relentless Flood w/ Bestowed & Downpor (Christian rock, metal), 9pm

Root Bar No. 1

Club Hairspray

Scandals Nightclub

Drag show, midnight Club Metropolis

Piedmont Road (rock, jam) Dance party, 10pm Drag show, 1am

"Electric Petting Zoo" (benefit for Panthertown Valley Nature Conservatory), 9pm

Southern Appalachian Brewery

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Club Remix

Spurs

FROnT STAGE: RAFFA & RAinER 9-10pm

Craggie Brewing Company

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"Electric Petting Zoo" (benefit for Panthertown Valley Nature Conservatory), 9pm Indie Fest, 7-10pm

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Creatures Cafe

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Elaine's Dueling Piano Bar

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Vital Cadence w/ ElisaRay, Will Revo Music & Michael McFarland Disclaimer Comedy (standup), 8:15-9:15pm Dueling Pianos (rock 'n' roll sing-a-long), 9:30pm-1am Emerald Lounge

Passafire (rock, reggae, dub) w/ Listen 2 Three Firestorm Cafe and Books

Greg Borom (pop, folk, rock), 7pm Fred's Speakeasy

Live music, 10pm

French Broad Brewery Tasting Room

Jurassic Heat (rock, blues), 6pm

French Broad Chocolate Lounge

Jason Moore (jazz)

Garage at Biltmore

Men on Earth (classic rock, folk), 8pm Chatter Box (classic covers) StingRay's

DJ dance night

Chalwa (reggae, dub), 6pm Jack of Hearts Pub

The Accomplices (psychedelic, string band), 9pm Jack of the Wood Pub

Boys of Buncombe (Celtic), 5pm Clandestine (Celtic folk), 9pm Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

The Gateway Club

Chris Williams

The Market Place

Patrick Fitzsimons (blues, world, jazz), 7-10pm Tressa's Downtown Jazz and Blues

Youth at Jazz feat: Ruby Mayfield, 7pm Peggy Ratusz & Daddy Longlegs (Latin, soul), 10pm Vincenzo's Bistro

Steve Whiddon (piano covers), 5:30pm Westville Pub

Trivia night

Sofia Talvik (folk), 8pm Wild Wing Cafe

"Bear Exploder" dance party w/ DJ Kipper Schauer, 9pm Asheville Music Hall

Secret B-Sides CD release party (R&B, soul, rock) w/ Sidney Barnes & Sirius.B, 10pm Athena's Club

Mark Appleford (blues, folk, rock), 7:30-10pm DJ, 10pm-2am Black Mountain Ale House

Swift Science (blues, rock), 9pm

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Mark Bumgarner (Americana, country) Boiler Room

Burning Onward w/ Your World in Ruins & Bloodline Severed (metal), 9pm Club Hairspray

Drag show, midnight Club Remix

Lobster Trap

Aotearoa & the Travers Brothers (rock), 8pm

Olive or Twist

Live music, 8pm

One Stop Deli & Bar

Free Dead Fridays feat: members of Phuncle Sam, 5-8pm Marietta’s Palm, 10pm Orange Peel

One Leg Up (jazz), 2-5pm Bill Covington (piano classics & standards), 5:30-7:30pm High Windy, 8-11pm Harrah's Cherokee

James Justice & Company (Americana, rock), 9pm Jack of the Wood Pub

Dash Rip Rock ("cowbilly") w/ Billy Don Burns & Southbound Turnaround (honky-tonk), 8pm Jus One More

Karaoke

Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Front stage: Shane Perlowin (guitar), 6-9pm Back stage: Sarah Mac Band (soul, rock, blues) w/ Leigh Glass & the Hazards, 10pm Lobster Trap

Big Nasty (New Orleans jazz), 7-9pm Olive or Twist

The 42nd Street Jazz Band Orange Peel

Conspirator (drum and bass) w/ Zoogma, 9pm Pack's Tavern

Nitrograss (newgrass, rock) Purple Onion Cafe

Barbed Wires (Americana, roots, country) Root Bar No. 1

The Suffering Bastards (rock) Scandals Nightclub

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

Southern Appalachian Brewery

The Archrivals (fusion, jazz, pop), 8pm Spurs

Unit 50 (rock covers) StingRay's

Saliva (rock) w/ 12 Stones Straightaway Cafe

Hobos & Lace (acoustic) The Altamont Theater

Erick Baker (singer-songwriter), 8pm The Bywater

Beta Maxx (blues), 9pm Tressa's Downtown Jazz and Blues

"Safe Haven Project" (benefit for HIV-positive children), 9pm

Michael Sowinski CD relaese party (jazz), 6pm J'Amy Winehouse and the Retro Kings (Amy Winehouse tribute), 10pm

Craggie Brewing Company

Vincenzo's Bistro

Creatures Cafe

3Nailz (Christian rock) w/ Reckless Mercy & Tristan and Rachel Elaine's Dueling Piano Bar

Dueling Pianos (rock 'n' roll sing-a-long), 9pm-1am Emerald Lounge

The Campaign 1984 (Southern rock, metal) & Fire Fire & Gutterhound Firestorm Cafe and Books

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Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Jack of Hearts Pub

Same Ol' Sound (rock, blues, funk), 9pm

Front stage: Raffa & Rainer, 9pm Back stage: The Get Right Band (rock, funk, reggae) w/ The Archrivals, 10pm Leo Johnson & the Spaceheaters (hot jazz), 7-9pm

Sharon Van Etten (indie, singer-songwriter) w/ Flock of Dimes, 9pm

The Bywater

ARCADE

Highland Brewing Company

Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Lemon Trio (jazz), 6pm

Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Michelle Leigh Band, 7-10pm DJ Moto, 10pm-2am

Carey Murdoch, 8pm

Highland Brewing Company

SAT., April 21

Harrah's Cherokee

Good Stuff

The Page Brothers Quartet (jazz, rock), 8pm

Wayne Graham, 8pm

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

No Tomorrow w/ Autarch, 9pm

The Altamont Theater

Rise & Shine Finals feat: Cross Ridge Band, Rocky Yelton & the Hired Guns and Night Eagle Band

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Get Down

96.5 House Band, 7-10pm DJ Razor, 10pm-2am

Get Down

Now You See Them (folk pop) CD release party w/ Uncle Mountain & DJ Kipper Schauer, 9pm

Asheville Sax Duet (jazz)

South Forty (rock, honky-tonk)

White Horse

Good Stuff

French Broad Chocolate Lounge

Straightaway Cafe

420 Masquerade feat: Anakeester, Banmier, Jer Ber, Kinjac & In Plain Sight, 10pm Dig Shovel Dig w/ Niche, Tony Wain, Jovantes & Soft Opening (psychedelic rock), 9pm

French Broad Brewery Tasting Room

Marc Keller (acoustic, variety), 7:30pm Westville Pub

Jarvis Jenkins Band (blues, rock, psychedelic), 10pm White Horse

Daniel Weiser (piano) & Alicia Chapman (oboe), 7:30pm Wild Wing Cafe

Sharkadelics (rock), 10pm

Sun., April 22

clubdirectory 5 Walnut Wine Bar 253-2593 Altamont Brewing Company 575-2400 The Altamont Theatre 348-5327 ARCADE 258-1400 Asheville Civic Center & Thomas Wolfe Auditorium 259-5544 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 Remix 258-2027 The Chop House 253-1852 Craggie Brewing Company 254-0360

Creature’s Cafe 254-3636 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 Garage 505-2663 The Gateway Club 456-6789 Get Down 505-8388 Good Stuff 649-9711 Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern 232-5800 Grove House Eleven on Grove 505-1612 The Grove Park Inn (Elaine’s Piano Bar/ Great Hall) 252-2711 The Handlebar (864) 233-6173 Harrah’s Cherokee 497-7777

5 Walnut Wine Bar

Jerome Widenhouse & His Roaring Lions (jazz), 7-9pm ARCADE

Dr. Filth & Wayd Runk (DJs), 10pm Barley's Taproom

Like Mind Trio (jazz), 7:30pm

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Highland Brewing Company 299-3370 Holland’s Grille 298-8780 The Hop 254-2224 The Hop West 252-5155 Iron Horse Station 622-0022 Jack of Hearts Pub 645-2700 Jack of the Wood 252-5445 Jus One More 253-8770 Lexington Avenue Brewery 252-0212 The Lobster Trap 350-0505 Luella’s Bar-B-Que 505-RIBS Mack Kell’s Pub & Grill 253-8805 The Magnetic Field 257-4003 Mike’s Side Pocket 281-3096 One Stop Bar Deli & Bar 255-7777 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

Jack of the Wood Pub

Irish session, 3-9pm Peter Case & Paul Collins (rock, pop) w/ Summer Twins & Wooden Toothe, 9pm Lobster Trap

Leo Johnson (hot club jazz), 7-9pm One Stop Deli & Bar

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Patrick Fitzsimons (blues)

Bluegrass Brunch & Open Jam w/ The Pond Brothers, 11am

Diana Wortham Theater

Orange Peel

The Fray (pop, rock) w/ Jessie Baylin

Yelawolf (hip-hop) w/ Rittz, 9pm

Dirty South Lounge

Rankin Vault Cocktail Lounge

The Short Bus (film & DJ), 9pm

Psychobilly Sock Hop Sundays

Get Down

Scandals Nightclub

Palkoski (death metal, grind) w/ Stone Thrower Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

The Baker Family (folk rock, psychedelic, pop) w/ John Wilkes Boothe & the Black Toothe & Knives and Daggers, 8pm Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Mon., April 23 5 Walnut Wine Bar

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

Movie Mondays (cult classics), 10pm Creatures Cafe

My Heart's Cry

Dirty South Lounge

Tears in My Beers (DJ set), 9pm Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Contra dance, 8pm

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Spurs

Laura Michaels, Heather Luttrell & Scott Raines (singer-songwriters), 6:30pm

Karaoke, 8pm Straightaway Cafe

Coping Stone (world, roots) & more The Altamont Theater

Guitar Academy of WNC

Vincenzo's Bistro

Hotel Indigo

White Horse

Ben Hovey (downtempo, trumpet, piano, electronics), 7-10pm

Darren Kohler & friends, 4pm

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

Two Guitars (classical), 10am-noon Bob Zullo (jazz, pop, guitar), 6:30-10:30pm Al Petteway & Amy White, 4pm

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 Tolliver’s Crossing Irish Pub 505-2129 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

Laurence Juber (folk, jazz, pop), 8pm Steve Whiddon (piano covers), 5:30pm Drum circle, 2pm Wild Wing Cafe

Bob Zullo (jazz, pop, guitar), 6:30-10:30pm Jack of Hearts Pub

Jack of the Wood Pub

Johnny Monster Band (rock, blues), 10pm The Bywater

Bluegrass jam, 8pm Vincenzo's Bistro

Marc Keller (acoustic, variety), 7:30pm Westville Pub

Open mic, 7pm

Wild Wing Cafe

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Karaoke, 10pm

Harrah's Cherokee

Tue., April 24

Jack of Hearts Pub

Altamont Brewing Company

Open mic w/ Zachary T, 8:30pm

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Soundcheck w/ kellin Watson, Jeffery hyde & aaron Price $12 | 8Pm

w/ Canon Blue 9pm

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The Page Brothers Quartet $12 | 8Pm

w/ Flock of Dimes 9pm

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Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Second Breakfast (rock, pop) Club Hairspray

Trivia night, 10pm

Eleven on Grove

Swing lessons, 6:30 & 7:30pm Tango lessons, 7pm Dance w/ Cry Baby, 8:30pm Good Stuff

Aaron Moses, 6pm Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Jack of the Wood Pub

Exter vs. Kimock (jam, jazz) w/ Amelia White & Brett Ryan, 9pm Jus One More

Karaoke

Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Front stage: Jake Hollifield (blues, ragtime) Back stage: Slavic Soul Party (gypsy, funk, jazz), 8:30pm Lobster Trap

Jay Brown (Americana, folk), 7-9pm One Stop Deli & Bar

Two for Tuesday feat: Oleander Tea Company (rock, soul, pop) & Jarvis Jenkins (jam, rock, psychedelic), 8pm Funk jam, 10pm Root Bar No. 1

The Jonny Monster Band (blues, rock)

Trivia, 8pm

Vincenzo's Bistro

Steve Whiddon (piano covers), 5:30pm White Horse

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Irish sessions, 6:30pm Open mic, 8:45pm

Wed., April 25 5 Walnut Wine Bar

Blind Boy Chocolate & the Milk Sheiks (ragtime, jug band), 8pm ARCADE

Arcade Idol, 10pm Athena's Club

Disclaimer Standup Lounge (comedy open mic), 9pm Barley's Taproom

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

Lobster Trap

Valorie Miller (Americana, folk), 7-9pm One Stop Deli & Bar

Shane Pruitt Band (blues, soul, rock)

Phuncle Sam (rock, jam, psychedelic), 8pm Open mic/jam, 7pm Game night, 8pm The Dugout

Karaoke

Tressa's Downtown Jazz and Blues

Peggy's All Girl Singer Showcase feat: The ReVamps (blues) Vincenzo's Bistro

Marc Keller (acoustic, variety), 7:30pm Westville Pub

Max Melner Orchestra (jazz, funk), 10pm White Horse

Bill Phillips (of Sons of Ralph), 7:30pm Wild Wing Cafe

Dueling Pianos (rock 'n' roll sing-a-long), 9pm-1am

Purple Onion Cafe

Scandals Nightclub

Dining Out for Life afterparty feat: Swing Asheville, Big Nasty Jazz Band, Runaway Circus, DJ Acolyte & more Spurs

Dance night TallGary's Cantina

Asheville Music Showcase, 8pm Tressa's Downtown Jazz and Blues

Peggy Ratusz & friends Westville Pub

Dave Desmelik Duo (Americana), 9:30pm White Horse

Gatsby's Green Light (world beat), 7:30pm Wild Wing Cafe

Sloantones (rock, newgrass), 9pm

Fri., April 27

Thu., April 26

ARCADE

5 Walnut Wine Bar

Lyric (soul, rock, funk), 8pm ARCADE

Trivia, 9pm Barley's Taproom

Alien Music Club (jazz jam) Black Mountain Ale House

Ben Wilson (singer-songwriter), 7pm Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Paul Cataldo (Americana, roots) Boiler Room

Dining Out for Life afterparty w/ live comedy, 9pm Burgerworx

Open mic, 7pm Club Hairspray

Karaoke, 10pm

Elaine's Dueling Piano Bar

Dueling Pianos (rock 'n' roll sing-a-long), 9pm-1am Eleven on Grove

Dining Out for Life afterparty feat: Leigh Glass & the Hazards and more, 7pm-3am Emerald Lounge

Firestorm Cafe and Books

Elaine's Dueling Piano Bar

Eyes of the Elders (hip-hop), 8pm

Jeff & Justin (acoustic)

Club Hairspray

Ultra Rockin' Music Nerd Challenge (trivia), 9pm

Scott Raines (acoustic, rock)

Pisgah Brewing Company

Feed and Seed

Dirty South Lounge

Pack's Tavern

Pisgah Brewing Company

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Salsa night (lessons, followed by dance)

Trampled by Turtles (bluegrass) w/ William Elliott Whitmore, 9pm

Brown Bag Songwriting Competition, 6:30pm (sign up at 6pm) Asheville Country Music Review, 10pm

Sierra on Stage (songwriting competition), 8pm

Creatures Cafe

One Stop Deli & Bar

Orange Peel

Front stage: Shane Perlowin (guitar)

Pick Your Switch (rock, Americana, pop) w/ The Fustics

Retro night ('80s & '90s), 10pm

Hank Bones ("man of 1,000 songs"), 7-9pm

Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Black Mountain Ale House

Open mic

Lobster Trap

The River Rats (blues, hard rock, punk) w/ David Earl & the Plowshares, 10pm

The Bywater

Ben Hovey (downtempo, trumpet, piano, electronics), 7-10pm

Bluegrass jam, 6pm

Old-time jam, 6pm

Hotel Indigo

Tolliver's Crossing Irish Pub

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Jack of the Wood Pub

TallGary's Cantina

Open mic w/ Taylor Martin, 8:30pm

Ladies & Couples Welcome Sports Lounge feat.

NBA & UFC on big screen Now featuring area’s only “Spinning Pole” Great Drink Specials Every Night

Bluegrass jam, 7pm

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

The Bywater

WNC’s Premiere Adult Lounge & Sports Room

Live comedy, 8:30pm

The Old Tire Swingers (bluegrass) Songs in Solidarity: 100-year anniversary of Paint Creek & Cabin Creek, 7pm French Broad Brewery Tasting Room

Derek Lorin (singer-songwriter), 6pm

Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Common Ground Collective (Afrobeat) w/ Jonathan Santos & Cheif Yahsh, 8pm Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Dance party w/ DJ Abu Dissaray, 9pm Athena's Club

DJ, 10pm-2am

Black Mountain Ale House

David Earl (Americana), 7:30pm

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Flying Monkeys

Boiler Room

DJ Acolyte (drum and bass), 9pm Club Hairspray

Drag show, midnight Craggie Brewing Company

Utah Greene & Carolina Bound (folk), 7pm Elaine's Dueling Piano Bar

Disclaimer Comedy (standup), 8:15-9:15pm Dueling Pianos (rock 'n' roll sing-a-long), 9:30pm-1am Emerald Lounge

RBTS Win (electonic, chillwave) w/ Old Flings & Lo Ultimo Firestorm Cafe and Books

The Johnny Foodstamp Show ("old-time from the future"), 8pm Fred's Speakeasy

Live music, 10pm

French Broad Brewery Tasting Room

Peggy Ratusz (blues, jazz, swing), 6pm Get Down

The Critters (psychedelic, pop, rock) w/ Ahleuchatistas & The Krektones, 9pm Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Mac Arnold's Cornbread & Collard Greens Blues Festival, 8pm Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Donna Germano (hammered dulcimer), 2-4pm Bill Covington (piano classics & standards), 5:30-7:30pm Current Invention, 8-11pm

Get Down

Lead to the Grave w/ Spew, 9pm

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

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Harrah's Cherokee

Karaoke w/ Chris Monteith, 8pm-midnight

Event center: Ronnie Dunn, 9pm Casino: Cross Ridge, 7-10pm; DJ Moto, 10pm2am

Jack of the Wood Pub

Jack of Hearts Pub

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

Harrah's Cherokee

Clark Paterson & Mando Saenz (folk rock), 9pm

SAT., April 28

Jack of the Wood Pub

ARCADE

Old Tire Swingers (old-time), 5pm Waller CD release party w/ Maggie and Her Mistakes & Ryan Shefield, 9pm Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Front stage: Across Tundras (rock, psychedelic, blues), 10pm Lobster Trap

Calico Moon (Americana, country), 7-9pm One Stop Deli & Bar

Free Dead Fridays feat: members of Phuncle Sam, 5-8pm Asheville Waits Band (Tom Waits tribute) w/ Bear Down Easy, 10pm Orange Peel

Lucero (alt-country, rock, punk) w/ J Roddy Walston and the Business, 9pm Pack's Tavern

Scott Raines (acoustic rock) Pisgah Brewing Company

Planet of the ABTS w/ Velvet Truckstop (Southern rock, blues), 9pm

"Bear Exploder" dance party w/ DJ Kipper Schauer, 9pm Asheville Music Hall

Antique Firearms (rock, pop, indie) w/ Shorty Can't Eat Books, 10pm Athena's Club

DJ, 10pm-2am

Black Mountain Ale House

Jud Black (singer-songwriter), 8:30pm Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

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

Under Story w/ Claybourne & Fatal Disorder (metal, punk), 9pm Club Hairspray

Harrah's Cherokee

The Nightcrawlers, 7-10pm DJ Dizzy, 10pm-2am Jack of Hearts Pub

Amy Hart Band (country, blues), 9pm Jack of the Wood Pub

Hank West & the Smokin Hots, 5pm Firecracker Jazz Band (hot jazz), 9:30pm

Hot Point Trio (gypsy swing), 7-9pm Orange Peel

Bass Church Asheville feat: Mindelixir, Odi, Kris Krause & more, 9pm Pack's Tavern

DJ Moto (dance, pop)

Elaine's Dueling Piano Bar

Wilhelm McKay (folk, roots)

Almost Kings (rock, hip-hop) Straightaway Cafe

Tristan (singer-songwriter) The Altamont Theater

Disappear Fear (folk pop), 8pm Johnnie Blackwell, 9pm The Gateway Club

Chris Minnick

The Market Place

Tressa's Downtown Jazz and Blues

Rockell (vocal jazz), 7pm Bayou Diesel (Cajun, zydeco), 10pm Vincenzo's Bistro

Steve Whiddon (piano covers), 5:30pm

French Broad Brewery Tasting Room

Dave Desmelik (Americana), 6pm Get Down

Wooden Toothe (rock, punk) CD release, 9pm

3rd anniversary party feat: Caribbean Cowboys (rock, island) & Coping Stone

The Bywater

Pepper Pulp (Ween tribute), 8pm

Good Stuff

Tressa's Downtown Jazz and Blues

Dawn Carol Humphrey, 8pm

Carolina Rex (blues, funk)

Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Westville Pub

Bear in Heaven (psych, dub, drone, rock) w/ Blouse & Doldrums, 9pm

Bloodroot Orkaestarr (gypsy, folk, world), 10pm

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

White Horse Spirit Series (toning workshop), 2pm

NC Thumbpickers, 2-5pm Bill Covington (piano classics & standards), 5:30-7:30pm Whitney Moore, 8-11pm

The Environmental Paper Network Josh Phillips Folk Festival, Asheville Horns, Thursday, April 12th & Moses Atwood 9PM $10

9PM : 21+ : $7adv/$10door

The Altamont Theater

The Deep Dark Woods (alt-country), 8pm

White Horse

Wild Wing Cafe

Contagious, 10pm

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pickoftheweek IN DARKNESS

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DIRECTOR: AGNIESZKA HOLLAND (COPYING BEETHOVEN) PLAYERS: ROBERT WIECKIEWICZ, BENNO FÜRMANN, AGNIESZKA GROCHOWSKA, MARIA SCHRADER, HERBERT KNAUP, MARCIN BOSAK FACT-BASED HOLOCAUST DRAMA

RATED R

The Story: Fact-based story of the Polish plumber/sewer worker who helped a group of Jews hide in the sewers of Lvov, Poland, during the Nazi occupation of WWII. The Lowdown: A grim, often powerful Holocaust drama that perhaps works best as the story of the spiritual growth of the man who saved a group of refugees from the Nazis.

It’s impossible to deny that Agnieszka Holland’s In Darkness is a well made film with a lot on its mind. It might even be said to be an important film. This, however, doesn’t mean that this is a pleasant movie. In fact — despite flashes of humanity to one side — it’s one of the grimmest and claustrophobically unpleasant movies I can recall. I don’t say this to dissuade anyone from seeing the film, but I think it’s only fair to note this fact. Still, you don’t expect Holocaust stories to be “fun,” so it might be a measure of its success that the film is disturbing.

This is a fact-based story about Leopold Socha (Robert Wiedkiwicz), a plumber and sewer worker in Lvov, Poland, who became a hero largely against his will, and certainly not by intent. In fact, he’s really a pretty dishonest fellow who augments his earnings via small-time criminal activities. He has no intention of helping the Jews he finds hiding from the invading Nazis in the sewer — at least until they offer him money. As far as he’s concerned, they’re strictly a money-making proposition. It’s only over the course of the film that he finds himself actually caring about these people and helping them without getting anything out of it — and in the face of grave danger.

The details of the Jews lives — and often deaths — in the sewers are the center of the film, and where the film is at its most grim. Some of these

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Milla Bankowicz and Robert Wieckiewicz in Agnieszka Holland's grimly powerful Holocaust drama, In Darkness. scenes are almost unbearable. Holland is very good at capturing the discomfort, the filth, the stench, the claustrophobia and what must have been the most mind-numbing boredom of the incredible 14 months these people spent hiding in the sewers. This is powerful stuff, but from a dramatic standpoint the entire weight rests on the shoulders of one unwilling hero.

The film is very carefully and cleverly — and maybe a little too slickly — built around Socha’s discovery of his own genuine humanity. It starts simply enough when his wife (Kinga Preis) tells Socha the very obvious (but not to him) fact that not only are Jews just like the two of them, but that Jesus was himself a Jew. That only plants the seed, though, and it isn’t an easily cultivated one.

Even when it first really shows itself, Socha is essentially ashamed of his newfound humanity.

Rather than merely accept the fact that he’s going to continue helping his charges without pay, he furtively gives the money to their leader so that he may appear to be paying Socha in front of the others. The relationship becomes increasingly complex over the course of the film, and despite the quality of the rest of the film, Socha is the character you’re most likely to come away from the film remembering. Maybe that’s as it should be, since Socha is ultimately the one bright spark in the lives of the people he comes to call “my Jews.”

In other respects, In Darkness may be historically accurate, but it occasionally feels too carefully doled out in specific dramatic set pieces.

Ultimately, however, its power is greater than its shortcomings. Rated R for violence, disturbing images, sexuality, nudity and language. reviewed by Ken Hanke Starts Friday at Carolina Asheville Cinema 14

BLUE LIKE JAZZ JJJ

DIRECTOR: STEVE TAYLOR PLAYERS: MARSHALL ALLMAN, CLAIRE HOLT, TANIA RAYMONDE, JASON MARSDEN, ERIC LANGE, JUSTIN WELBORN FAITH-BASED COMEDY-DRAMA

RATED PG-13

The Story: Faith-based movie about a young man’s trip into the broader "real world" when events cause him to lose his faith in his church.

The Lowdown: Flawed, but generally likable little movie that’s several notches above the usual faith-based fare.

Blue Like Jazz is so much better than your average faith-based movie that it’s tempting to overrate it. On that sliding scale, you could probably add at least a half-star to my ranking, and maybe even a full one — though that seems extreme. I will say, however, that I actually kind of enjoyed long stretches of Blue Like Jazz. This was more the case while I was watching it than when I actually stopped to think about it a little, and had time to consider what worked and what didn’t. The film has good intentions, and seemed like it was made by folks who are actually interested in filmmaking. But not slipping into being preachy will only get you so far. Admittedly, that’s still a lot further than your standard issue faith-based film, but it’s not going to turn your movie into Citizen Kane.

The story here is that Don (Marshall Allman) is a squeaky-clean Southern Baptist boy who’s about to go to some Bible college (that people are warning him has gotten awfully liberal).

Everything is going according to plan until he has a crisis of faith after learning that his divorcee mom (Jenny Littlejohn) is having an affair with sleazy — and married — youth minister Kenny (Jason Marsden). At this point, he suddenly opts to take up his semi-estranged libertine dad’s (Eric Lange) offer to go to the very liberal Reed College in Portland, Ore. (Since this is all based on a memoir by Donald Miller, and the whole mom/minister thing appears to be fictional, I’m somewhat curious what the real motivations for his move were.)

Once in Portland, he’s subjected to a wide array of movie-kooky students, who in various ways start to change his worldview. Chief among these are Lauryn the helpful lesbian (Tania Raymonde), a guy with papal fashion sense called The Pope (Justin Welborn), and political activist Penny (Claire Holt). Since Penny is far and away the least interesting of the trio, it naturally follows that she’ll end up as the romantic interest, which might be for the best. Lauryn and The Pope are the best characters in the film — and that, unfortunately, includes the blandly likable Don, who ought to be the best character since he’s the focus of the film. Lauryn, in fact, offers him the advice that it might be in his best interests to keep his Christianity in the closet if he wants to fit in — and that pretty much is what drives the plot.

The rest of the characters are mostly colorful background, which tends to make the whole student body look cartoonish, and the film too often feels like a seriously cleaned-up version of The Rules of Attraction (2002).

The idea that’s being explored here is that Don’s just traded one hypocrisy-ridden group for another where it’s necessary to pretend to have no religious beliefs. This only becomes clear when we learn that Penny is herself a closet Christian. And there’s some validity to all this as a concept, but the film refuses to examine the immense gulf between the fundamentalist religion of Don’s past and Penny’s association with what appears to be an Episcopal (or possibly Lutheran) church. Of course, being the type of movie it is, Blue Like Jazz is only setting up Don’s crisis of faith in order to have him come around in the end. In its favor, however, the film’s savvy enough to present this as a kind of changed — and nonjudgmental — faith. Plus, the final scene between Don and The Pope is pretty nicely handled without slipping into the overtly preachy.

The movie goes down smoothly enough. The dialogue is often snappy, and there’s certainly more sense of filmmaking style here than in any faith-based offering I’ve ever encountered.

I ended up feeling that co-writer/director Steve Taylor was a Christian filmmaker rather than a Christian who decided to make a movie without any real interest in movies. There’s a pretty big difference. There are problems, sure, and I’m less than delighted by the apparent spamming of the IMDb user reviews by about 60 first-time "reviewers," but overall the film itself is a big step forward for faith-based filmmaking. Rated PG-13 for mature thematic material, sexuality, drug and alcohol content, and some language. reviewed by Ken Hanke Starts Friday at area theaters.

THE CABIN IN THE WOODS JJJ

DIRECTOR: DREW GODDARD PLAYERS: KRISTEN CONNOLLY, CHRIS HEMSWORTH, ANNA HUTCHISON, FRAN KRANZ, JESSE WILLIAMS, RICHARD JENKINS POST-MODERN HORROR COMEDY

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RATED R

The Story: A group of 20-somethings — obviously under the watchful eye of a roomful of technicians — go on one of those invariably ill-fated weekends in the woods.

The Lowdown: It’s reasonably entertaining and kind of clever, but The Cabin in the Woods far from the amazingly brilliant take on the horror film it’s been painted as.

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Yes, it’s clever enough in that particular Joss Whedon, smart-assed kind of way that’s reserved only for the coolest of the cool. It also keeps assuring you of this fact in a pushy fashion that’s far from appealing. It’s not bad by any means — apart from being way too pleased with itself — but it’s not the last word in horror.

It hasn’t reinvented the genre. It hasn’t made all other horror movies irrelevant. It probably hasn’t even put an end to the inbred cannibal hillbilly/zombie sub-genre. I can’t suppress a certain amusement over the idea that a movie that cannibalizes every horror-picture trope ever to come down the pike is being fawned over as "original." It’s essentially a kind of shake-n-bake affair with a sense of humor that has far too much in common with Mystery Science Theater 3000.

Was I ever scared? No, not even briefly. Even in the shock-effect realm, The Cabin in the Woods is pretty tepid. Its biggest jolt comes from the sudden giant appearance of its title with a blast of music — something we saw last year in the vastly superior Insidious. Was I constantly surprised by its much-touted twists and turns? No, and I’m pretty surprised that anyone who saw the trailer could have been. The trailer gives away the movie’s central "clever" premise. And if you haven’t figured out the supposedly big twist at the end by the time the first deliberately meat-on-the-hoof 20-something hands in her dinner pail, then you: a) haven’t been paying attention to the control room blather; and b) haven’t seen nearly as many horror pictures as you think you have. Probably the best thing in the whole movie is the idea that if you deviate from the basic requirements of the genre, there’ll be hell to pay. I’m saying no more than that about the plot’s mechanics, for the benefit of anyone wanting to approach it cold.

On the other hand, yes, I was entertained enough by watching the gears mesh and spotting the various film references (most of which are sufficiently generic that it’s hard not to find some cross-reference). I have no real qualms with most of the film’s control-room scene, and did enjoy the workers therein getting a laugh at the expense of their resident doomsayer in the woods. I have no complaints about any of the performances, though I can’t say I was bowled over by any of them. The special effects were generally between fine and adequate. The film’s

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big scene near the end (believe me, you’ll know it when you get there) has an amusingly gonzo quality, though I kept thinking I was watching a splattery variant on the hall of doors business in Yellow Submarine.

In the end, a lot of your enjoyment will depend on whether or not you think that Joss Whedon’s particular brand of humor is all that funny. If you’re a Whedonite, this will almost certainly appeal to you. The other significant factor is whether you’ve maxed out on post-modern snark. Really, once you subtract the whole postmodern deconstruction attitude (which is almost counterproductive in terms of subversiveness in the horror genre), this isn’t all that different from any number of horror comedies — except it’s not as good as at least half a dozen I can think of offhand. I suspect I’m just a little put off by the feeling that, unlike most movies that poke fun at the genre, I’m not convinced that The Cabin in the Woods was made either by or for people who love horror pictures. Rated R for strong bloody horror violence and gore, language, drug use and some sexuality/ nudity. reviewed by Ken Hanke Playing at Carmike 10, Carolina Asheville Cinema 14, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande

LOCKOUT JJJ

DIRECTOR: JAMES MATHER & STEPHEN ST. LEGER PLAYERS: GUY PEARCE, MAGGIE GRACE, VINCENT REGAN, JOSEPH GILGUN, LENNIE JAMES SCI-FI ACTION

RATED PG-13

The Story: A former CIA operative who’s been framed for the murder of his best friend is sent to a maximumsecurity prison in outer space to save the president’s kidnapped daughter.

The Lowdown: Wholly derivative action/sci-fi film that is dumb fun, but could really stand to be a bit dumber and revel in its own inherent absurdity.

Working from a script co-written by Luc Besson, directors James Mather and Stephen St. Leger have made a movie that’s a blatantly derivative laundry list of earlier sci-fi and action movies, and with these references boiled down to their silliest, most basic elements. This is not necessarily a bad thing, and the film is perfectly content to be exactly the kind of stupid, goofy beat ‘em up you’d expect. Looking at Lockout as just a piece of pulp entertainment, the film is enjoyable schlock, even if it never quite goes full bore into becoming the goofy, absurd and wholly ridiculous action movie it seemed destined to turn into.

Guy Pearce plays Snow, a former CIA operative living in the year 2079, and he’s fittingly gruff, wise-cracking (he speaks entirely in oneliners) and offensive (his T-shirt literally tells us this). After being fingered for the murder of his best friend, Snow is coerced into saving the president’s daughter (Maggie Grace), who has been abducted by escaped prisoners aboard a maximum-security prison orbiting in space. We have a pair of brothers as the film’s antagonists (Vincent Regan, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance and Joseph Gilgun, Harry Brown),

and a stolen briefcase full of sensitive government information that only seems to exist in order to drive the plot forward. That’s essentially all there is to the movie.

Most of the runtime is spent aping Escape From New York (1981) and making little-to-no sense. This is actually a perfectly acceptable approach for this type of movie, even if there’s the sense that Lockout wants to be cooler and more respectable as a genre film than it actually is. In fact, it actually helps the movie that there’s never any sense of cinematic self-awareness. If you’re a fan of ridiculous, often dumb cinema, then Lockout is your movie.

It’s also an extremely gratuitous film. I don’t mean this in terms of gore or violence, but rather in the needlessly overstuffed plot, from pointless flashbacks to space battles that seem to be there just to look cool. The film is a Gordian knot of nonsensical plot points and set pieces. These just pile up on one another, and they’re topped off with a lot of truly hokeylooking CGI. If you’re a fan of alcohol poisoning, there’s probably quite a drinking game to be created by taking a gulp at everything in Lockout that simply does not make sense. I thought about naming them all, but then realized the list would be longer than the review.

This is a film with a police station in space, presumably built to handle all of the space crime we’ll suffer from in the future.

As dumb as Lockout is, it never goes quite far enough in the realm of enjoyably stupid to completely work. Its climax and final wrap-up scenes end in convenient — and obviously not thought-out — ways. It needed something just a bit more ridiculous to seal the deal, but it never seemed to find it. Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, and language including some sexual references. reviewed by Justin Souther Playing at Carolina Asheville Cinema 14, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande, United Artists Beaucatcher Cinema 7

MARLEY

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DIRECTOR: KEVIN MACDONALD (STATE OF PLAY) PLAYERS: BOB MARLEY, ZIGGY MARLEY, JIMMY CLIFF, RITA MARLEY, CEDELLA MARLEY, CHRIS BLACKWELL DOCUMENTARY

RATED PG-13

The Story: A documentary about the life story of Jamaican music icon Bob Marley.

The Lowdown: Surprisingly involving documentary on Marley’s life, presenting his story through archival footage, the memories of his friends, family and associates — and, of course, through his music.

That Kevin Macdonald’s Marley is being released on 4/20 is undoubtedly a shrewd, even irresistible, bit of marketing. It also seems, if not disrespectful, then at least somehow diminishing. There’s a good deal more to Bob Marley than his inevitable status as the poster boy for marijuana culture. Just how much more is shown in this admittedly long — 145 minute — documentary film. While I’ve never met the documentary that I didn’t think could

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See review in “Cranky Hanke.”

CHIMPANZEE

Another Earth Day, another Disney animal documentary. This one’s about — if you haven’t guessed — the chimpanzee, and it’s narrated by Tim Allen. The folks at Disney tell us this is a “True life adventure [that] introduces Oscar, a baby chimp whose playful curiosity and zest for discovery light up the African forest until a twist of fate leaves Oscar to fend for himself with a little help from an unexpected ally.” (G)

IN DARKNESS

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THE LUCKY ONE

Here it is — the latest film adapted from a Nicholas Sparks novel. This one stars Zac Efron (festooned with manly USMC tattoos, no less) and Taylor Schilling. It was directed by Scott Hicks, a man who hasn’t had a movie that got a wide release since his tepid English-language redo of the German film Mostly Martha back in 2007. This one — based on the trailer anyway — looks just plain awful. The Brothers Warner inform us that it’s all about Marine vet Efron (stop snickering) coming back from his third tour of duty in Iraq with “the one thing he credits with keeping him alive — a photograph he found of a woman he doesn’t even know.

Learning her name is Beth [Schilling] and where she lives, he shows up at her door, and ends up taking a job at her family-run local kennel.” Romance and complications à la Sparks are bound to follow. (PG-13)

MARLEY

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THINK LIKE A MAN

Yes, it’s always nice to see Taraji P. Henson and Gabrielle Union get roles in films. It’s unfortunately almost a given that the films they’re in won’t be worthy of them. This one is based on a book by Steve Harvey (who appears as himself in the film) and takes place in a world where said book exists — and has thrown consternation into the love lives of four characters when the women in their lives start following what they’ve learned in Harvey’s book. Yes, well. Granted, director Tim Story made a good movie once, Barbershop, back in 2002. That was a while ago. (PG-13)

be improved by cutting, Marley comes close — and that’s speaking as someone who is by no means a devotee of Marley’s music. In fact, I went into the film knowing little more than a few songs and fewer facts about the man. I came out well satisfied that Bob Marley is more important than I might have thought, and feeling like I knew something concrete about him.

Since the film was produced in part by Marley associates and family members — and was done with the family blessing — you might have reasonably expected a film that veers more than a little toward hagiography.

The surprise is that this is exactly what you don’t get. Macdonald’s film clearly respects its subjects, but it carefully eschews bestowing undue qualities on the man. There is no glossing over his many affairs and mistresses, his numerous children by almost as numerous women, or even the fact that not all of these people were exactly elated by his treatment of them. There is even a tone of serious resentment in some of the remarks by his daughter, Cedella. The film, however, is content just to lay it out without comment — make of it what you will.

Similarly, Marley leaves the talking entirely to people who were actually there. Everyone

who speaks had some real connection to the man. There are no extraneous famous figures called upon to pontificate about the significance of Marley’s music. Instead, what Macdonald gives us is a series of anecdotes about Marley. By the film’s end, these stories reveal almost an entire life in biopic form.

Of course, the entire film is infused with Marley’s music — often presented in ways that reveal what is behind that music. There’s even one telling scene where relatives hear the music with a particular interpretation in mind for the first time, and suddenly see more depth to the songs than they had previously imagined. The film is very well judged in these matters, and never falls into the trap of overanalyzing the music or reducing it to technical jargon.

Your fondness for the film will, of course, depend to some degree on your interest in Bob Marley. That said, I will also say that my interest in the movie and the subject was minimal, yet I enjoyed the whole film and feel like I learned something of value by watching it. It might prove more worth your while than you think, too. Rated PG-13 for drug content, thematic elements and some violent images. reviewed by Ken Hanke Starts Friday at Carolina Asheville Cinema 14

specialscreenings A SUCCESSFUL CALAMITY JJJJJ COMEDY RATED NR In Brief: The once highly acclaimed, now sadly forgotten actor George Arliss stars as a multimillionaire financial wizard who returns home after a year straightening out U.S. interests in Europe to find his family so involved in their own pursuits that they scarcely have time for him.

Taking a tip from his butler, he decides to pretend to be financially ruined in order to reign them in. A charming little comedy that shows Arliss at his most appealing and humorous.

The Asheville Film Society will screen A Successful Calamity on Tuesday, April 24, 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. Hanke is the artistic director of the A.F.S.

ANONYMOUS JJJJ PREPOSTEROUS HISTORICAL REVISIONIST MELODRAMA RATED PG-13 In Brief: Campy, ludicrous tosh that purports to tell the “true story” of the origin of Shakespeare’s plays. It doesn’t even come close, but it presents a terrific cast declaiming hysterical dialogue in rich settings and is a lot of fun — if you don’t take it seriously, which the director amusingly seems to.

The Hendersonville Film Society will show Anonymous at 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 22, in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community (behind Epic Cinemas), 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville.

ARARAT JJJJ DRAMA RATED R In Brief: Atom Egoyan’s much misunderstood Ararat, which deals with the Turkish government’s 1915 genocide of its Armenian population, is heady stuff. It’s also heavily layered and told in an unusual manner, presenting the story from the perspective of an Armenian filmmaker, and linking past and present so that the characters cross storylines. It is, however, rewarding if you’re willing to accept its structural challenges.

Classic World Cinema by Courtyard Gallery will present Ararat at 8 p.m. on Friday, April 20, at Phil Mechanic Studios, 109 Roberts St., River Arts District (upstairs in the Railroad Library). Info: 2733332, http://www.ashevillecourtyard.com

FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN JJJJ HORROR RATED X In Brief: Paul Morrissey’s famous X-rated take on the Frankenstein story (better known as Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein) is of the bathful-of-blood-and-a-bucket-of-entrails school of deliberately schlock horror — with occasional time-outs for sex. The aim is more laughs than chills, though it may be too gruesome for the timid. It’s all about a misguided mad scientist who mistakes a would-be monk as having the perfect head for his male zombie, whom he wishes to mate with his female zombie and breed a master race.

The Thursday Horror Picture Show will screen Flesh for Frankenstein on Thursday, April 19, 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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DIRECTOR: BOBBY AND PETER FARRELLY PLAYERS: SEAN HAYES, WILL SASSO, CHRIS DIAMANTOPOULOS, JANE LYNCH, SOFÍA VERGARA, JENNIFER HUDSON COMEDY

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The Story: Three imposter Stooges go out into the world in an attempt to save their orphanage from foreclosure.

The Lowdown: It may have the mechanics of the Three Stooges down, but this attempt to bring the Stooges back to the movies is utterly devoid of the charm and feel of the real thing.

Before getting down to the Farrelly Brothers’ well-intended, misbegotten The Three Stooges, I feel the need to correct a downright weird misperception about the actual Three Stooges films that seems to be positively epidemic with fans of the three and even some critics (who really ought to know better). Folks, you may have seen those 200 short films the Stooges made for Columbia Pictures between 1934 and 1959 on TV — in fact, you probably did — but they were not TV episodes. They were 20-minute short films — called two-reelers, because movies originally came on 1,000-foot reels running about 10 minutes each. (Now, in the waning days of 35mm, films come on 2,000foot reels and have for some considerable time.) They were meant to be shown — and originally were shown — in theaters before the feature picture. Like most old movies, they ended up on TV for the simple reason that they were cheap. But they were not made for TV. Now, about this new film. The Three Stooges is to movies what a tribute band is to music — an attempt to replicate the real thing. It was made by two guys — Peter and Bobby Farrelly — who obviously love the Three Stooges, and have an apparently encyclopedic knowledge of their short films judging by the inclusion of old gags and bits of dialogue in the course of the film. They’ve also managed to find three guys who kind of look like the originals — at least in make-up — and who can effectively mimic their moves and voices. At its best, the results are about on a par with a really lively (maybe too lively) wax museum. It kind of looks like the Stooges, and it kind of looks like

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a Stooges movie, but it feels artificial — much in the way a bowl of wax fruit looks like real fruit.

Like most people of my generation, I grew up on the short films — mostly on TV, though I may easily have seen some of the last-gasp shorts in a theater — but I couldn’t be called a fan. My taste in short films ran more toward Laurel and Hardy and the Little Rascals. The Three Stooges were a little too frenetic for me, and my patience with them hitting, slapping and poking each other was (and is) limited.

But I have a good working knowledge of the boys in their prime (which is what’s being attempted here), and I appreciate the casual surrealism of those films. The idea of the trio disguising themselves in Santa Claus outfits and arriving in a sleigh to get inside an Arab palace (1938’s Wee Wee Monsieur) is just too weird not to like. Unfortunately, this is exactly the sort of thing that the Farrelly Brothers’ The Three Stooges does not have.

It’s not that the Three Stooges originals are dated (though some of the topical gags have), it’s that the boys always inhabited their own world that was only vaguely like the real one.

In a real Stooges film you were likely to find them encountering mad scientists, witch doctors, Egyptian mummies, snooty dowagers — you name it. The new film has none of this.

What it has instead is a sappy plot about saving a Catholic orphanage (stolen from 1980’s The Blues Brothers), a duel involving peeing babies (no, I’m not making that up), and the intrusion of the supremely untalented cast of The Jersey Shore. Oh, yes, and there’s a Stooges origin story. (Comic book movies have much to answer for.) The best idea in the film was probably casting Larry David as a nun called Sister Mary-Mengele, but the inspiration goes no further than the casting and the name.

Apart from recognizing the bits and pieces lifted from the old shorts, I found no joy in any of this.

I suppose the film may hold some appeal to young children and to diehard Stooge fans, but they’d all be better served by revisiting the short films on DVD rather than this ill-advised simulacrum. Rated PG for slapstick action violence, some rude and suggestive humor including language. reviewed by Ken Hanke Playing at Carmike 10, Carolina Asheville Cinema 14, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande

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(VOICES OF) DANNY DEVITO, ED HELMS, ZAC EFRON, TAYLOR SWIFT, BETTY WHITE, ROB RIGGLE Animated Fantasy with Songs A young boy ventures into the barren wilderness to find out what happened to the trees. A reasonably harmless, annoyingly cheerful version of the Dr. Seuss story that is, by necessity, padded to reach feature length—which it feels a good bit of the time. Rated PG

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Dystopian Sci-Fi Action In an oppressive future society, lottery-selected 12-to-18 year olds are pitted against each other in a fight to the death known as the Hunger Games. Reasonably exciting and entertaining film that will likely mean more to fans of the books than to the casual moviegoer. Rated PG-13

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ROBERT WIECKIEWICZ, BENNO FÜRMANN, AGNIESZKA GROCHOWSKA, MARIA SCHRADER, HERBERT KNAUP, MARCIN BOSAK Fact-Based Holocaust Drama Fact-based story of the Polish plumber/sewer worker who helped a group of Jews hide in the sewers of Lvov, Poland, during the Nazi occupation of WWII. A grim, often powerful Holocaust drama that perhaps works best as the story of the spiritual growth of the man who saved a group of refugees from the Nazis. Rated R

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JIRO ONO, YOSHIKAZU ONO, TAKASHI ONO, MASUSHIRO YAMAMOTO, HACHIRO MIZUTANI Documentary A look at the life and work of an 85-year-old master of sushi. It may not sound like the stuff 90-minute films are made of, but Jiro Dreams of Sushi is a beautifully observed, surprisingly engaging and entertaining look at a man who has spent his life in pursuit of perfection in his chosen work. Rated PG

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GUY PEARCE, MAGGIE GRACE, VINCENT REGAN, JOSEPH GILGUN, LENNIE JAMES Sci-Fi Action A former CIA operative who’s been framed for the murder of his best friend is sent to a maximum-security prison in outer space to save the president’s kidnapped daughter. Wholly derivative action/sci-fi film that is dumb fun, but could really stand to be a bit dumber and revel in its own inherent absurdity. Rated PG-13

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BOB MARLEY, ZIGGY MARLEY, JIMMY CLIFF, RITA MARLEY, CEDELLA MARLEY, CHRIS BLACKWELL Documentary A documentary about the life story of Jamaican music icon Bob Marley. Surprisingly involving documentary on Marley’s life, presenting his story through archival footage, the memories of his friends, family and associates—and, of course, through his music. Rated PG-13

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SEAN HAYES, WILL SASSO, CHRIS DIAMANTOPOULOS, JANE LYNCH, SOFÍA VERGARA, JENNIFER HUDSON Comedy Three imposter Stooges go out into the world in an attempt to save their orphanage from foreclosure. It may have the mechanics of the Three Stooges down, but this attempt to bring the Stooges back to the movies is utterly devoid of the charm and feel of the real thing. Rated PG

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TILDA SWINTON, JOHN C. REILLY, EZRA MILLER, JASPER NEWELL, ROCK DUER, ASHLEY GERASIMOVICH Drama A fragmented look at the making of a mass murderer through his relationship with his mother.

Acclaimed in some quarters as a powerful drama, it seems more like an unpleasant schlocky horror movie without the nerve to be one. Rated R

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SAM WORTHINGTON, LIAM NEESON, RALPH FIENNES, TOBY KEBBELL, ROSAMUND PIKE Fantasy Adventure With the powers of the gods waning, it’s up to demigod Perseus to travel into the Underworld to save his father Zeus, and to stop the ancient Titans from destroying the world. An entertaining-enough adventure yarn—with a cast that’s far too good for this kind of rubbish—that is nevertheless too slight to be really memorable. Rated PG-13

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ASSISTANT SUPERVISOR, HVAC • Warren Wilson College seeks candidates for an Assistant Supervisor, HVAC. The Assistant Supervisor is responsible for assisting the HVAC Supervisor in establishing and maintaining the HVAC and control systems on campus. He/She also trains, supervises and works with a student work crew in operating and maintaining the systems.

The person in this person will be expected to: • Understand digital control systems and demonstrate competence in installing all types of analog and digital inputs and wiring.

• Have prior experience in building digital control panels and power supplies desirable.

• Possess experience in commissioning control systems desirable. • Understand conventional control systems; an understanding of how to calibrate electric and pneumatic control thermostats desirable. • Understand receiver controllers and more complex pneumatic control systems desirable. • Understand how to perform extensive testing and repairs of cast iron and tube boilers, their gas trains, safety and combustion analysis. • Understand primary and secondary systems, air control, proper piping and pumping arrangements. • Properly tension belts, and understand belt failures. • Understand refrigeration cycles and be capable of charging and recovering refrigerants.

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• Have a valid North Carolina State Board of Refrigeration Certification, Class III or Universal. • Have a valid North Carolina Driver’s License with no restrictions or the ability to obtain one. Warren Wilson College is an equal opportunity employer committed to the diversity of its community.

Please send cover letter, résumé, and contact information for three professional references by email to hr@warrenwilson.edu. Electronic submissions are required.

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CUSTOMER SERVICE/DATA ENTRY ASSOCIATE We are a high-performing non-profit organization looking for a seasoned candidate with high quality skills, training and experience necessary to fill a full-time position as Customer Service/Data Entry Associate in our Head Start program. The successful Candidate must be able to perform the following duties and tasks: • Enters data from applications, enrollment forms and other forms into an automated data base system; enters social services, health, disabilities, and education information and data; reviews for accuracy; updates records with assessment scores, health information, and related activities. • Prepares and prints reports; edits reports, and applies report writing software to prepare special information in response to staff requests or modifies existing reports; recommends modification of screens and data fields to information services staff. • Prepares spread sheet, word processing and other records; designs report formats; proofs, revises, and prints reports; assists staff with data base queries. • Answers questions on telephone relating to data and information from the computer. • Backs up computer to maintain security and accuracy of data base. · Prepares application documentation. • Establishes and maintains hard copy files of confidential records for easy retrieval. • Orders and maintains supply of paper, printing cartridges, and other supplies for computer and peripherals, copier, and other assigned office equipment; coordinates maintenance of equipment with vendors. • Screens calls and inquiries; secures and gives information; answers many inquiries independently. • Identifies eligibility requirements and communicates them to customers; acquires information and documents, and coordinates customer schedules, appointments and referrals. · Secures information via telephone or personal contact; often handles tasks and interactions independently with no management interaction.

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• Prepares correspondence, memoranda, notes, minutes, reports or other materials; reviews work for compliance with instructions, spelling, punctuation and basic grammar; proofreads final copies of materials. • Write and sends letters, memoranda, reports and other materials using past precedents as guides. • Supports a variety of departmental tasks and programs, as needed; may cross train in various office roles. • Reviews and verifies records and reports for correct information; processes documents based on review and verification; files and retrieves materials based on limited information and performs periodic follow-up activities. • Maintains office or departmental records and files; initiates appropriate follow-up or further action based on the status of office activity. • Serves as backup to other office and family service functions. • Performs related duties as required.

Requirements: • Thorough knowledge of office practices and procedures. • Thorough knowledge of and ability to use correct grammar, vocabulary, and spelling. · Considerable knowledge of data entry, database maintenance, report generation and record keeping methodologies. • Considerable knowledge of office software and applications to the administrative environment. • Considerable knowledge of Department program requirements, intake procedures, and regulations. • Knowledge of the elements of customer service and skills in applying that knowledge to serve customers. • Ability to input data quickly and accurately. • Ability to operate office machines required by the position such as computer, word processor, typewriter, copier, fax, calculator, and other office equipment. • Ability to gather and compile materials from a variety of sources.

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• Ability to maintain files and records systematically.

Minimum Experience Graduation from high school and experience in social service program intake, Administrative support or related work; and considerable data entry and data base maintenance experience.

Preferred Experience Fluent in English and Spanish preferred..

Special Requirements • Possess a valid North Carolina Driver License. • Able to pass a physical examination, criminal background investigation, a physical and a TB Tine Test.

Compensation is $10.50$14.48/hour with excellent benefits. This position is nonexempt – eligible for overtime pay. Send resume, cover letter and work references with complete contact information to: Ms. Linda Gamble Human Resources Manager 25 Gaston Street Asheville, NC 28801 Or Admin@communityactionoppor tunities.org Or (828) 253-6319 (Fax) Open until filled.

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PROFESSIONAL SALES Fortune 200 company recruiting sales associates in this area. • $30-$50K possible first year. • Renewals • Stock Bonuses • Training. For an interview, call (828) 670-6099 or e-mail resume: CandiceAdms@aol.com

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Medical/ Health Care FAMILIES NEEDED FOR IN-HOME PLACEMENT Loving families needed to open their homes to individuals with developmental disabilities.

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Davidson Homes 828-2991720 ext 265 www.davidsonhomes.org PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE II HOME VISITOR • If you want a chance to work intensively with new moms from pregnancy through the first two years of their child’s life then the Nurse Family Partnership Program wants you. Utilize a wide range of nursing skills in this field based position (BSN required.

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AVAILABLE POSITIONS • MERIDIAN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Haywood County: Recovery Education Center Clinician Position available within an innovative MH/SA recovery-oriented program.

Must have Master’s degree and be license-eligible. Please contact Kim Franklin, kim.franklin@meridianbhs.org.

Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACTT) Peer Support Specialist Part-time position. Applicants must demonstrate maturity in their own recovery process and be willing to participate in an extensive training program prior to employment.

For more information, contact Mason Youell, mason.youell@meridianbhs.org JJTC Team Clinician Seeking Licensed/Provisionally Licensed Therapist in Haywood 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 Jackson/Macon County: Recovery Education Center Clinician Position available within an innovative MH/SA recovery-oriented program.

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Recovery Education Center Team Leader Seeking a passionate, values-driven and dynamic professional to oversee Macon/Jackson REC. Applicant should be familiar with the recovery paradigm of mental health and substance abuse services. A Master’s degree, license eligibility and previous supervisory experience are also required.

For more information, contact Reid Smithdeal, reid.smithdeal@meridianbhs.org Cherokee County: Clinician Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACTT) Must have a Master’s degree and be license-eligible.

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FAMILIES TOGETHER INC. Due to continuous growth in WNC, Families Together, Inc is now hiring licensed professionals and Qualified Professionals in Buncombe, McDowell, Madison, Rutherford, Henderson, and Transylvania Counties. • Qualified candidates will include • LPC’s, LCSW’s, LMFT’s, LCAS’s, PLCSW’s, or LPCA’s and Bachelor’s and Master’s Qualified Professionals. • FTI provides a positive work environment, flexible hours, room for advancement, health benefits, and an innovative culture.

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THE ASHEVILLE OFFICE OF FAMILY PRESERVATION SERVICES • Is seeking the following for adult service lines: Fully-licensed LCSW, supervisory experience preferred. This position is fulltime, salaried with benefits.

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FAMILY PRESERVATION SERVICES OF HENDERSONVILLE, has opportunities for Qualified Mental Health Professionals to join our team. Qualified candidates should have a bachelor’s degree in a social services field and a minimum of 1 year experience with children with mental illness.

FPS offers a competitive and comprehensive benefit package. To join our team, please send your resume to jdomansky@fpscorp.com

MAKE A DIFFERENCE NC Mentor is offering free informational meetings to those who are interested in becoming therapeutic foster parents. The meetings will be held on the 2nd Tuesday 6:30pm-7:30pm (snacks provided) and 4th Friday 12pm-1pm (lunch provided).

• If you are interested in making a difference in a child’s life, please call Rachel Wingo at (828) 696-2667 ext 15 or e-mail Rachel at rachel.wingo@ thementornetwork.com • Become a Therapeutic Foster Family. • Free informational meeting. NC Mentor. 120C Chadwick Square Court, Hendersonville, NC 28739.

PARKWAY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Has an immediate opening for a Community Support Team Leader for our combined Avl/Hvl team. • Candidates need to be licensed or provisionally licensed, have a clean driving record, safe vehicle and leadership skills. • This service is a primarily delivered in the community to high risk mental health and substance abuse consumers. • Knowledge of WHN and Medicaid paperwork a plus.

Parkway is a stable company and has an excellent benefits package and competitive salaries. Please email resumes to: slayton@parkwaybh.com

PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Patient, compassionate, hard-working individual needed to work with young man with developmental disabilities in Barnardsville, 2-3 afternoons/week and on occasional weekends. • Responsibilities include: assisting with personal care tasks, activities of daily living, teaching skills to increase independence, etc. Person must be able to lift at least 60-70 pounds comfortably.

Experience with individuals with developmental disabilities is preferred, but not necessary.

Potential employee will be interviewed by him and his family and it is imperative that they can trust you. All required training will be provided.

• Other requirements include: must be 18 or older, high school diploma or GED, current driver’s license, and clean background check. All interested parties should contact Christin Harvey with The Arc of NC at (828) 231-2497.

THERAPISTS AND QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS FOR CHILD/ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH NEEDED FOR JACKSON, HAYWOOD AND MACON COUNTIES To provide services to children and adolescents. Full-time positions with competitive salary and benefits. QP’s Must have either a Bachelor’s degree in Human Services and 2 yrs full time, post-bachelor’s experience with children/ adolescents with Mental health needs or 4 yrs post-degree experience if not a Human Service degree. Please submit resume via email or fax to: Tracey Elliott telliot@jcpsmail.org (828) 586-6601 fax www.jacksoncountyps.org

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 statewide 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 of all ages with I/DD throughout Western North Carolina. • 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.

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WNC Group Homes for Autistic Persons is hiring for Residential Counselor positions. Full Time 3rd shift, Part Time 1st shift, and weekends. Each qualified applicant must have High School Diploma and 2 years experience, or College degree.

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Professional/ Management CONFERENCE PROGRAM COORDINATOR Channels for Child Care Advancement, Inc. announces a contract position, Conference Program Coordinator, to provide programmatic leadership for the annual Western Regional Early Childhood Conference held in May in Asheville, NC. This 10 month position, Sept.June, has a cap of 350 hours; pay is hourly with a travel/IT stipend. Job description found at www.smartstartbuncombe.org Send resume and cover letter highlighting your qualifications to WRECC@ smartstart-buncombe.net.

Closing date April 30, 2012.

GIRLS ON THE RUN OF WNC SEEKS DYNAMIC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Girls on the Run® of WNC seeks a dynamic, passionate and motivated Executive Director to support and forward our mission. The ED must possess a passion for and commitment to improving the lives and opportunities of girls in 3rd-8th grades throughout our 14-county region by expanding our programs and developing and diversifying our funds. For a complete job description, please visit www.gotrwnc.org.

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A-B TECH TEACHER MATHEMATICS • F/T. 9-months, day and/or evening. • An instructor in this position will conduct college courses in the mathematics curriculum. This individual must possess the knowledge and skills to teach and supervise students in classroom and lab settings.

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