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The race is on Asheville City Council members serve four-year, staggered terms, and this November, three seats are up for grabs.

Nine candidates — including incumbents Jan Davis and Bill Russell — have lined up to take their best shot at winning the votes. The Oct. 11 primary will narrow the field to six. But first: Who are these people?

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letters Vote them out!

Now we know: The Republican Party and tea party, locally and nationally, have promulgated a draconian agenda of repressive and mean-spirited legislation that must not go unchallenged. Some examples of this agenda include voter ID, overriding Gov. Bev Perdue’s veto of HB 854, restricting a woman’s right to choose and eliminating numerous programs for the poor and middle class, such as Pell grants and social services. Locally, they have moved Asheville into a heavily Republican district in an attempt to bolster their chances for reelection.

The Republicans and tea party came into power because Democrats, progressives and rational independents took their eye off the ball; they, on the other hand, were obsessed with taking “their” country back. We have an opportunity locally to begin the process of removing them and their mindset and reversing the harm they have done.

Several seats on City Council will be open in the next election cycle and we have a chance to begin changing the political atmosphere in Asheville and hopefully the county as well. Lael Gray and Chris Pelly are running for two City Council seats. Electing these two progressives would send a strong and clear message that, yes, we are indeed taking “our” city and county back from the politics of intolerance, repression of women’s rights and disenfranchisement. Never again to the Republicans and tea party.

Haven’t been yet?

We cannot afford another cycle of this kind of political hypocrisy, intimidation and social repression. Let’s start in our own backyard.

— Jesse Junior Arden

What’s up with the Xpress Food section?

I have read Mountain Xpress with interest on a regular basis for about two years. I always turn first to the “Letters” and “Food” sections.

Considering myself a serious “foodie” as well as a frequent patron of Asheville eateries, I expect to find in your Food column reviews that are selective, discriminating and informative upon which I can base educated decisions. I cannot recall ever reading a critical, much less negative, restaurant review. Please explain this apparent bias in the Food section.

— Clara B. Jones Asheville Editor’s response: Xpress printed critical restaurant reviews for years, and we found it was more problematic than constructive. The idea of one person as authority on subjective topics is somewhat outmoded, particularly when our goal is to generate constructive dialogue about our local community. In our effort to inform and stir the pot, as it were, we’ve shifted to a mix of food news

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I made and posted an add on Craigslist. The next morning I had a response! I was beyond ecstatic and the sweet woman sent pictures to confirm she did in fact have our missing dog.

Unfortunately, she was only visiting Asheville and had returned home to Indiana, dog in tow!

People, there is still good in the world. The fact that we are now trying to figure out how to get to Indiana is irrelevant, our dog is safe, and life is good!

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Stop using the word “stigma” when you mean “ignorance”

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Xpress Bele Chere Guide inspired me to skip Bele Chere I have to agree with the letter about your coverage of Bele Chere [”What Happened to Arts and Crafts Coverage,” Aug. 10 Xpress]. I am new to the area, and I thought from the advertising and coverage in your publication that Bele Chere was a drinking party in the streets. So I didn’t go.

— Kyle Anne McIntyre Asheville

Please leave the tobacco companies out of Bele Chere I would like to thank Asheville and everyone who was involved for a wonderful Bele Chere.

I saw some great bands, hung out with friends and had an overall pleasant time.

I was downtown for some business on Friday around 11:30 a.m. and I decided to walk my bike through Bele Chere to see the excitement brewing. There were many vendors setting up and people milling around. There was one relatively long line of about 35 people. It was for the air-conditioned, free-tobacco-wielding booth, operated by scantily dressed women. You have to admit, pushing free addictive products, dispersed by half-naked women in enclosed booths with AC while it’s pushing 90 degrees outside is a pretty good business model. Regardless, it was sad to see multiple families lined up for the free tobacco products.

I know we live in America and we have the right to choose, but do those babies in the strollers have a right to choose whether they stand in that line or not? Statistics show that children whose parents smoke are twice as likely to

smoke as children of nonsmokers. Smoking is addictive and tobacco use is the No. 1 preventive cause of death in America.

Asheville has adopted many smoke-free zones in restaurants and parks, and recognized the health risks that smoking and secondhand smoke pose. Could we please ban the tobacco booth at all future Bele Chere festivals? I’m sure some other organization would happily pick up their space. Maybe one that’s not hell bent on killing you and taking your money.

— Mark Strazzer Asheville

I do not entirely discount the following statement from the Aug. 10 Wellness article, “Thy Rod and Thy Staff: “Due to the stigma that still exists concerning mental illness …” I object to the use of the word stigma. Prejudice exists.

Ignorance exists.

To proclaim a “stigma” is common; to do so disguises prejudices one cares not to disclose.

The usage you facilitated to print is common as an utterance, but uncommon as a reality. It is not common practice; we are far less medieval than it suggests.

Now, to address the reality, the ignorance, why it exists and what we can do about it.

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has ended its use of the term “stigma”: Can you end yours? The end of one prejudice takes with it many more.

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I called possible friends who could have potentially kidnapped her for a day hike and forgot to mention it (or shut the gate for that matter!), but to no avail. I made several trips to the Humane Society to walk through their impounded dogs; I filed a report with them, visiting several shelters, and putting up signs throughout the area.

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Big Brothers Big Sisters needs YOU

by Marisa Wallgren I’ll never forget the look on my Little Sister’s face the day I met her — as if she knew right then and there that her life would never be the same. I immediately understood that I would be rewarded 100 times over for the simple gift of friendship I was offering.

Every child deserves someone to look to for guidance and reassurance; sadly, however, too many kids in this community lack that special someone. Could that person be you? Big Brothers Big Sisters of Western North Carolina helps create happy memories every day. I want to share one of them with you.

Spending a hot, sticky summer day in a boat on Lake Julian with an 8-year-old who’d never been canoeing might sound more chaotic than fulfilling. But without a doubt, the memories created that day will last a lifetime. While my Little Sister worked feverishly learning new paddle strokes, I was busy trying to steady the canoe so we didn’t tip over.

Without solid teamwork, my Little Sister and I would have been reduced to just going around in circles. And I’m quite certain she wouldn’t have minded a bit. Thanks to all our silliness, though, the instructor eventually banned us from going much beyond the dock. Nonetheless, we left the lake that day confident both in our friendship and our canoeing abilities.

That’s just one example of how my friendship with my Little Sister has grown over time. It’s a truly amazing gift to be able to experience the world through the wide eyes of a child. Sharing the wonders of the great outdoors (among many other things) with a kid who might not otherwise have a chance to experience them is immensely satisfying. The ways a mentor can positively impact the life of a child are virtually unlimited.

With its beautiful mountains, wealth of outdoor activities and kind, caring residents, Western North Carolina is a spectacular place to live,

Without a doubt, the memories created that day will last a lifetime. work and play. And the Big Brothers Big Sisters mentoring program is a fun and rewarding way to give back to our community. The time commitment is minimal — just one hour per week for both the Mentors & Matches and After-School Mentoring programs, and two outings per month in the one I’m involved with — but the payoff is huge. The group is currently seeking mentors for all three programs (see box, “Getting Started”).

Male mentors are in especially high demand: Little Brothers always wait longer than Little Sisters to be matched with a mentor. I know there are plenty of positive male role models out there in our community with wonderful talents and interests to share (think fishing, biking or baseball games). Why not share them with someone who will truly appreciate it to no end?

When I asked my Little Sister how her life had changed since being matched with me, her answer was sincere and simple: “You came into my life at the perfect time. My brother had

already been matched with a Big Brother, and I was getting lonely.” And as the wind swept us away in our canoe that day, I hoped my Little Sister wasn’t lonely anymore.

For me, the hardest part proved to be taking that first step. I questioned whether what I had to offer a child would be enough. But I quickly learned that it’s not about money or even a huge amount of time. And the feeling of being a mentor is something I can’t put into words.

In my heart, I know I’m making a positive difference in my Little Sister’s life, and I can plainly see how much she values our one-on-one time together. Knowing that one child feels happier or more confident because of your presence in his or her life is a spectacular feeling.

You don’t need any prior canoeing experience to be a positive role model for a deserving child — I can vouch for that. So why not go ahead and take the plunge: A marvelous adventure awaits you! X West Asheville resident Marisa Wallgren has been an active Big Brothers Big Sisters volunteer since moving here four years ago.

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Jan Davis

by David Forbes After a slow start, this year’s Asheville City Council race is heating up, with nine contenders vying for three seats.

Just ahead of the mid-July filing deadline, a number of candidates jumped into the race, including longtime activists, political newbies and bloggers. In the end, incumbents Jan Davis and Bill Russell opted to seek another term, while Vice Mayor Brownie Newman is bowing out of politics (at least for now) to focus on his work at FLS Energy.

An Oct. 11 primary will narrow the field to six; the top three vote-getters in the Nov. 8 general election will win places at the Council table.

But City Council candidates don’t just emerge from nowhere.

Who are they? Why are they running? What do they hope to achieve?

Asheville residents will have several chances to listen to and question the candidates at upcoming events (see campaign calendar); voters can also check candidates’ websites and social-media presence.

In the meantime, here’s an overview.

Mark Cates Local engineer Mark Cates was the first out the gate, dramatically announcing his candidacy at the Buncombe County Republican Party’s convention in March. “We live in the heart of enemy territory,” he declared. “We have to strike a blow from the inside.” Cates remains the lone Republican in the race; the rest are either Democrats or unaffiliated.

The candidate has since spoken at several Council meetings, usually decrying steps he sees as unnecessarily hindering businesses.

Now striking a more moderate tone, Cates notes: “There’s a lot of challenges the city faces. We need to focus on the core services and do those really well. My platform is about working on economic development and bringing quality jobs to Asheville. My focus is going to be on helping businesses help their employees to pay their bills. ... We need to make it easier to do business in Asheville so each person, during these economic times, can make ends meet.”

People should vote for him, says Cates, because “I’ll bring that focus, with my background as an engineer, to Council.” A survey earlier this year that rated Asheville the seventh-worst metropolitan area in the country for hunger illustrates the need for the policies he advocates, Cates maintains.

Saul Chase Before coming to Asheville, Saul Chase served on Boone’s Town Council for eight years. Perhaps with that experience in mind, he boils his candidacy down to a single key issue: infrastructure.

“It’s simple: I’m concerned about the deteriorating condition of the streets and sidewalks in Asheville,” Chase explains. “I ride my bike around Asheville, and I saw how bad they are. It was time to correct it long before now: It’s almost 80 years of neglect.

Asheville went on a decline after the Great Depression, and infrastructure got hit hard by that. It’s time to fix it.”

Tuesday, Sept. 20 5:30–7:30 p.m. Pack’s Tavern (20 South Spruce St. in downtown Asheville). Candidate meetand-greet hosted by the local League of Women Voters Thursday, Sept. 22 One-stop/absentee voting period for primary begins Thursday, Sept. 22 10–11 p.m. Asheville Pizza and Brewing Company (675 Merrimon Ave.) Candidate forum hosted by the Buncombe County Young Democrats Saturday, Oct. 8 One-stop/absentee voting period for primary ends Tuesday, Oct. 11 Primary election Tuesday, Oct. 18 5:30–7:30 p.m. Masonic Temple (80 Broadway St. in downtown Asheville) Candidate forum hosted by the League of Women Voters Thursday, Oct. 20 One-stop/absentee voting period for general election begins Saturday, Nov. 5 One-stop/absentee voting period for general election ends Tuesday, Nov. 8 Election Day Chase has released a flier listing six solutions to Asheville’s infrastructure issues. They include: bumping up the fee for Bele Chere wristbands to $5, selling 30-year bonds to pay for sidewalk construction, and backing “Beautiful Block Parties” that would enlist residents in helping clean up their neighborhood.

Chase says he’s also concerned about Asheville’s lack of political clout.

“We’re under an onslaught from the state Legislature, and the thing we can do to combat that is to get bigger and tougher: That means registering more voters,” Chase maintains. “In my campaign, I want to register as many voters as possible.”

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Davis, who owns a downtown tire store, has a long history of civic involvement and has served on Council since 2003.

A centrist with a focus on economic development, he’s opposed raising taxes or pushing for a hotel-occupancy tax for fear of hurting local businesses and has supported new development, including the 51 Biltmore parking deck.

Davis won his last campaign decisively, breaking ranks with most of his Council colleagues in opposing a switch to partisan City Council elections.

After initially voting against domestic-partner benefits, Davis reversed his stance, supporting both the benefits and the LGBT equality resolution approved in February, which he said wasn’t about religion but “rights for people.”

The candidate says he’d been tempted to step down, but that with pet projects such as Civic Center renovations and River District redevelopment now coming to fruition, “I felt I had to be there.” If he and Newman left at the same time, notes Davis, “It would leave a pretty big gap.”

Davis says he’s running on his record, citing his support of 51 Biltmore and the Downtown Master Plan as cases where he’s listened to differing viewpoints and then done what he feels is best for the city.

Lael Gray With a history of activism on causes such as education and racial equality, graphic designer Lael Gray believes this is the right time to accomplish cherished goals.

“We’re at a really exciting point in our city where we have a lot of great plans in place, and I want to be a part of seeing that through,” she explains. “I’m really excited about our plans on greenways, sidewalks, affordable housing and density.”

The candidate describes herself as “an incredibly driven and hard-working individual. I’ve been a small-business owner, I’ve worked in education, in nonprofit management. I’ve worked as an advocate for young children and on anti-racism and social-justice issues. I’m entirely dedicated to Asheville and my core beliefs and issues.”

Gray adds that her No. 1 goal is “environmental protection,” including “getting cars off the road.” Her platform embraces a broad array of progressive goals, including “retirees as vested participants in our community.” Other objectives include “reliable, affordable and inviting public transit for travel” and “well-planned, neighborhood-sensitive, affordable housing.”

Marc Hunt Unlike some of his competitors, Marc Hunt jumped into the campaign early, announcing his run back in April. Hunt has served on the city’s Greenway Commission for six years (two-and-a-half as chair). An avid cyclist, he frames his goals as balancing economic development and environmental preservation. Since 2005, he’s worked for the Open Space Institute, a nonprofit land-conservation organization.

“I’ve put a lot of energy in over the years as an advocate, and I came to embrace the view that we need good people elected,” Hunt explains. “While on the commission, I also engaged on

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storm water, bike paths and the density bonus for development along transit corridors.”

Hunt says he’s running on “environment and sustainability, well-planned growth, economic and social justice and strong neighborhoods.

Tying all those things together is economic development: It’s driven by livability.” A key component of sustainability, the candidate maintains, is more living-wage jobs.

“It’s important that the people who sit on City Council have a perspective that enables them to accomplish the things they want to see,” he notes.

Tim Peck Libertarian activist Tim Peck has spoken out against what he sees as unjust government intrusion for years. Active online, Peck regularly comments on local sites and Twitter, as well as his own blog.

Peck has seen his share of controversy. He was banned from Scrutiny Hooligans (the political blog founded by activist Gordon Smith, who now serves on City Council) for violating the site’s comment policy; Peck maintained that he was being excluded due to his political views.

Via Twitter, Peck also triggered a furor by placing insulting captions on photos from a Drinks and Dialogue event spotlighting de facto racial segregation in Asheville. More recently, he’s advocated allowing food trucks downtown and has criticized the recently announced economic incentives for the Linamar Corp., which he sees as corporate welfare.

“I’m running for City Council mainly to give the citizens of Asheville a choice. I would represent balance in City Hall,” Peck wrote in an email to Xpress. “I’m running primarily on the issues of overregulation and the growth of government. Overregulation hampers economic activity and job creation, and we need to liberalize our rules and regulations.”

Peck also favors “restructuring local government to take advantage of the proven efficiencies of private industry.”

Chris Pelly Longtime community activist Chris Pelly has previously mounted Council campaigns in 2003 and ’05. The former head of the Coalition of Asheville Neighborhoods, Pelly is president of the Haw Creek Community Association, and he recently led a public push for more sidewalks and parks in east Asheville. His slogan is “Neighborhoods United,” bolstered by a promise to fix “unmet needs.”

“I’ve been working in my community for many years to bring in some basic infrastructure and to bring people together, and felt like it’s not just in east Asheville: The needs are citywide, whether it’s sidewalks or parks or better planning,” he maintains. “I’ve taken the initiative: I’ve proven I can bring various parties to the table to get real solutions. I want to do that on Council.”

Pelly specifically cites his role in defeating a proposed 102-unit apartment complex and instead bringing Haw Creek Park to the site. He’s also highlighted issues such as 51 Biltmore, on which he says he would have voted differently than incumbents Russell and Davis did. In addition, he wants to scale back

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some Downtown Master Plan changes that have restricted Council’s say in proposed downtown development.

Bill Russell Russell, who runs a State Farm Insurance office in south Asheville, leaped into city politics in 2007, narrowly defeating incumbent Bryan Freeborn.

Since Carl Mumpower’s departure, Russell has been the most conservative Council member, voting against annexation, advocating budget cuts and adamantly opposing tax and fee increases (which led him to reject this year’s budget). Last summer, Council’s lone Republican publicly split with the party, saying its “political games” had become a distraction from serving the city.

Now unaffiliated, Russell calls himself a “reformed Republican” who focuses on progress and “fiscal responsibility” while considering all sides of the issues.

Absent from two key Council meetings, Russell missed controversial votes on both domestic-partner benefits and the LGBT equality resolution.

But he recently contributed to a Twitter-driven push to raise money for Blue Ridge Pride, a local LGBT rights group. Russell’s campaign manager, former Xpress reporter Michael Muller, coordinated the drive to pay the nonprofit’s Chamber of Commerce membership dues.

Russell says he’s running out of “total passion for the city — I feel my work is not done.” To date, he says, that work has included “avoiding tax increases and helping trim $5 million off the budget.”

Those cuts, he believes, will “hopefully, when the economy recovers, result in us being on far more solid financial ground, to do some of these other initiatives we want to take part in.”

TJ Thomasson TJ Thomasson, an LGBT activist and avid runner, is making his favorite form of exercise a centerpiece of his campaign, promising to literally run down every street in Asheville as a form of public outreach.

Thomasson says his “openly gay campaign” aims to spur the city to quickly implement an antibullying ordinance promised back in February.

Thomasson specifically takes aim at incumbents Russell and Davis, asserting, “They’ve sided with big developers more often than not.” The challenger wants more action from the city on issues such as digital billboards and the Caledonia Apartments, a project Council initially rejected that was divided into two smaller projects, thus removing it from Council’s purview. In the end, Council members split over how to best deal with the situation.

Active on Twitter, Thomasson has also weighed in during Council meetings. He recently supported Council member Cecil Bothwell’s vote against economic incentives for Linamar; Thomasson also criticized Mayor Terry Bellamy, calling her “antiLGBT” and “anti-recycling.”

In a city as diverse as Asheville, he maintains, “There needs to be an LGBT candidate to truly represent them.” As a runner, says Thomasson, he also wants better infrastructure. X David Forbes can be reached at 251-1333, ext. 137, or at dforbes@mountainx.com.

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Everyone from Gov. Bev Perdue to local officials hailed the June 29 announcement that Linamar Corp. would bring about 400 manufacturing jobs to Buncombe County as an amazing opportunity.

To lure the Canadian auto-parts manufacturer, however, Asheville and Buncombe County both had to offer incentives. For the county, that meant temporarily buying the former Volvo plant in south Asheville and putting up $10 million in grants. The Board of Commissioners approved those steps July 26 (see “Part and Parcel,” Aug. 3 Xpress).

And on Aug. 9, it was City Council’s turn.

The city had offered to refund 90 percent of the property taxes the company pays for five years, totaling an estimated $2.2 million. Under the terms of the deal, Linamar will receive no city money until it starts paying taxes here.

The negotiators apparently considered the incentives a small price to pay for the company’s $125 million investment in the facility and the hundreds of high-paying jobs promised, which Linamar says will average $39,000 a year plus benefits. The extensive construction the company plans will also give the local economy a significant boost.

Council member Cecil Bothwell was skeptical, however. It was his turn to give the invocation at the start of the meeting, and he pointedly noted “the amorality of corporations.”

City staff and supporters on Council stressed that most of the jobs would go to WNC residents — not people transferred here from elsewhere.

Bothwell, however, said: “Yeah, it’s great that we’re getting new jobs. Who can argue against getting more jobs for our community? But this is a part of the total program of forcing communities, metropolitan areas and states to compete for jobs.”

Such incentives, he continued, are “part of a serious problem with industry in America. We shouldn’t be using our tax base to support a corporation.”

Vice Mayor Brownie Newman said that while he understood Bothwell’s concerns on “an abstract, philosophical level,” refusing to offer incentives would be unrealistic.

“If we could create the type of world we wanted, would there be these types of incentives?” he said. “Probably no. If you could get no one to do it and just compete on who has the best schools and infrastructure, that’d probably be better. ... But that’s just not reality; it’s just not the way it works. Without incentives, these kind of economic-development projects will not

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A community name: After hearing from residents, Asheville City Council members named this new facility the Rev. Dr. Wesley Grant Southside Center. photo by Jonathan welch

happen here.” On that basis, Newman called the Linamar deal “an extraordinary accomplishment.”

Mayor Terry Bellamy also praised the arrangement, noting that the company will work with A-B Tech to to train potential employees.

“I look at this as an opportunity for our community to grow and build a strong relationship with an international operation,” she said, adding that she wouldn’t tell the 400 people who might get hired “‘Nah, we don’t need these jobs.”

Bothwell retorted, “If no one stands up for the honorable way to go, then no one will stand up for the honorable way to go.”

Council member Bill Russell said that, factoring in the estimated two to three jobs created indirectly for every Linamar employee, “Potentially this is thousands of jobs we’re talking about.”

The deal was approved 5-1, with Bothwell opposed. Council member Esther Manheimer was absent, though she did participate in two other votes by phone.

What’s in a name?

Another point of contention was what to call the new community center in the city’s Southside neighborhood. The Recreation Advisory Board suggested naming it the Southside Community Center Dedicated to the Rev. Dr. Wesley Grant Sr. A longtime advocate for the city’s AfricanAmerican community, Grant was also active on nonracial issues citywide.

Bothwell suggested simply naming it the Southside Community Center, but his motion failed for lack of a second.

Meanwhile, community members were angry that despite overwhelming support, their preferred wording hadn’t been chosen.

“It is unfair that we went out into the community and received opinions, only to have them

ignored,” declared Mildred Nance-Carson, a Southside resident who helped lead the fight for a new community center.

“There are few things across the city named for black citizens that have done so much,” the Rev. L.C. Ray pointed out, adding, “Many things throughout our great city and county are named after important individuals.”

The Rev. John Grant said the advisory board’s response was an example of why the AfricanAmerican community is skeptical when the city asks for input.

“Grant was for all citizens of this city,” he said. “It is disappointing and misleading for the advisory board to give the impression it wanted citizens’ input, then not follow through with it.”

Supporters noted that 72 of the 100 survey respondents wanted the center named after Grant.

“I understand racial concerns,” asserted Bothwell; “I’ve been through Building Bridges three times.” But “partisans” for Grant had mounted a lobbying campaign on his behalf, trying to garner support in local churches and other forums. Bothwell said he felt this had “bent” the process.

After hearing the residents’ concerns, Russell withdrew his motion supporting the board’s suggestion, and Council member Jan Davis’ motion to name the facility the Rev. Dr. Wesley Grant Sr. Southside Center was unanimously approved.

The interview shuffle Yet another spat emerged over interviewing candidates for the Planning and Zoning Commission. Because revised guidelines have increased the commission’s power, giving it final say over more proposed downtown development, Council had voted June 20 to modify the selection process.

“It is unfair that we went out into the community and received opinions, only to have them ignored.”

— Southside resident Mildred Nance-Carson

Each Council member now submits a list of their five preferred candidates; those receiving the most nominations are then interviewed. In this case, Council had eventually settled on six of the 15 candidates for three open seats.

But Bellamy, who was absent from the June 20 meeting and hadn’t submitted her list, felt she was being shut out. “My people are not even considered,” the mayor complained.

“This is the process that the majority agreed to follow,” Newman replied. “All members of Council were invited to give five names by noon today; everyone but you gave their list of names.” P&Z candidates are being treated differently from those for other boards because of the commission’s increased power and prominence in development decisions, the vice mayor noted later.

“So you’re saying I don’t get to add my list?” countered Bellamy. “I want my names added to the list: I think this process is contrary to any process we’ve had before.”

Davis said he’d called and emailed her earlier, trying to get her list before the meeting.

“There is zero intent to leave your voice out,” added Council member Gordon Smith.

Bellamy said she didn’t mind interviewing all 15 applicants, because “This is the future of the city we’re talking about here.”

After comparing her choices with the others, Bellamy proposed adding two candidates, David Mosrie and Joe Minicozzi, to the list. Bothwell, meanwhile, wanted to add Steven Rasmussen. Council accepted all three additions, and the list was unanimously approved.

Accordingly, Council members will interview nine candidates during their Aug. 23 meeting: Minicozzi, Mosrie, Rasmussen, Kristy Carter, Abigail Emison, Jeremy Goldstein, Bruce Greene, Jane Mathews and Mark Mathews. At 20 minutes apiece, the interviews will take about three hours.

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Bin there, done that Council also voted 6-1 to increase the recycling fee from $2.95 to $3.50 per month to pay for new 95-gallon bins, in hopes of increasing recycling. Bellamy cast the lone dissenting vote, citing concern about cost. Residents will receive the new bins in March. Council members have held off on implementing an incentives program for recycling until staff can assess the impact of the new bins. X David Forbes can be reached at 251-1333, ext.

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Each year, some 40,000 visitors walk the loop trail that ambles beneath Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest’s majestic canopy. Trees up to 400 years old tower over a rich carpet of ferns and wildflowers, and huge logs sport thick blankets of green moss dotted with more flowering herbs. A recent rededication ceremony marked the memorial’s 75th anniversary (see July 27 Green Scene).

Old growth gives modern ecologists an idea of what the region’s climax forests might have been like when Europeans first arrived in these parts. And while the Graham County preserve may be Western North Carolina’s best-known old-growth forest, it’s not the only one, local experts say. Although decades of industrialscale logging in the region claimed millions of acres of our original primary forest, there were some places early 20th-century logging crews just couldn’t reach.

The upper reaches of Curtis and Mackey creeks above Old Fort are one such area, and late last month, the U.S. Forest Service and the National Park Service unveiled a new wayside exhibit on the Blue Ridge Parkway, overlooking the Curtis Creek watershed. The exhibit commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Weeks Act, the landmark 1911 legislation that authorized the purchase of this tract: the first national forest land in the eastern United States.

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From Asheville, follow Interstate 40 East toward Old Fort, take exit 72 and merge onto U.S. 70 east. Turn left on Curtis Creek Road and follow it to the Curtis Creek Campground.

You’ll find the old growth on the upper part of the Hickory Branch Trail, past the waterfalls.

Grandfather trees: Large, old trees inspire reverence in many observers. With the opening of a new exhibit on the Blue Ridge Parkway, the Park Service and the Forest Service recently marked the 100th anniversary of the Weeks Act, the landmark legislation that launched a major period of land conservation in the eastern U.S. Photo by Susan Andrew

The law spawned a major period of public land conservation in the 20th century, enabling forests damaged by aggressive logging, soil erosion and subsequent fires to heal — and protecting the headwaters of streams that now provide drinking water to countless downstream communities.

That first purchase comprised 8,100 acres owned by the Burke McDowell Lumber Co., for which the government paid $7 per acre. Now part of the Pisgah National Forest’s Grandfather Ranger District, the area is visible from the Parkway’s Laurel Knob Overlook. Offering hiking trails, waterfalls and the Curtis Creek Campground, the area features many typical

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old-growth characteristics: mature trees, extensive moss development, big logs decaying on the forest floor, and a wealth of microhabitats at every level, from floor to canopy.

It’s also home to the largest recorded tree in Pisgah: a tulip poplar measuring 5 feet 9 inches in diameter, discovered by WNC Alliance biologist Josh Kelley. Since the mid-’90s, the grass-roots environmental group has mounted an ongoing campaign to document the region’s remaining old-growth forests.

Curtis Creek’s neighbor to the east, the Mackey Creek watershed, was also largely spared the logger’s ax and therefore contains significant amounts of old growth, indepen-

Old growth gives modern ecologists an idea of what the region’s climax forests might have been like when Europeans first arrived in these parts. dent forest historian Rob Messick explains.

Both drainages provide high-quality drinking water to the town of Marion, notes Messick, a key figure in the Alliance’s efforts.

To identify places that might harbor uncut forests, Messick spent several years reviewing land surveys early foresters performed for the fledgling federal agency. Better-publicized efforts at Biltmore Estate have overshadowed some key chapters in this early period of public-forest restoration, he maintains.

Even as the estate was bringing in the European-trained Gifford Pinchot and Carl Schenck to provide advice on forest restoration, others were coming at the issue from a different direction, says Messick, who’s preparing his findings for publication. He cites the work of William Ashe, who pursued “an American style of forestry that makes sense here: a more geographic and ecological approach to forest typing.”

Ashe’s methodology reflected an understanding of natural landforms and slope position which, in turn, determine such key forest conditions as moisture availability, Messick argues.

“It was a more geographically consistent model,” he asserts; the Europeans, on the other hand, were “doing a more agricultural thing,” dividing forests into stands (not unlike a garden) and estimating timber yield.

And even if it’s not immediately obvious when viewed from the Laurel Knob pull-off, stresses Messick, the expanse down below the new exhibit boasts some of the state’s best examples of old growth. When he and colleagues explored the place on foot, they found a vertical rock face and waterfall — an obvious barrier to logging crews.

Above it stood a prime example of unlogged forest, occupying “a unique hanging shelf on the right fork of Hickory Branch, very wellformed, with large trees, white basswood, sugar maple, ash and lots of poplar,” Messick recalls. Another uncut area nearby is where Kelley spotted the record tulip poplar.

“Managing the first tract of land establishing eastern national forests is truly a privilege and an honor,” says District Ranger John Crockett, adding that area residents “can be proud of this local history that helped restore and protect the forests of Western North Carolina.” X Susan Andrew can be reached at 251-1333 ext.

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Rally for jobs: Local leaders tout “Contract for the American Dream” Dozens of people gathered in Pack Square Aug. 10 to rally for jobs.

Inspired by the recently passed national debt deal, local members of the progressive MoveOn coalition organized the event to protest the plan they say, in a press release, “will do nothing to create jobs, forces deep cuts to important programs that protect the middle class [and] asks nothing of big corporations and millionaires.”

Elected representatives, labor leaders and other speakers echoed that sentiment as they led the crowd in chants of “jobs, not cuts!”

Local radio host Lesley Groetsch emceed the event, telling attendees that “the tea-partyers and Republicans were sent to office to focus on jobs, and they’ve done nothing. We need to focus on jobs.”

Alluding to recent actions by the Republican-controlled General Assembly to change Buncombe County’s election laws and draw most of Asheville out of the 11th Congressional District, Groetsch charged that “if you’re a town of progressives, you have a target on your backs.”

Buncombe Democratic Rep. Patsy Keever echoed that sentiment in her remarks, asserting that “the tea party has devastated our country and community.” To fund government programs and lower the debt, Keever garnered applause when she declared that she supports “raising taxes for people who can afford to pay higher taxes.”

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And he’s off: Republican David King starts commissioners race

Gift of light: Local campaign aims to deliver solar bulbs to Haiti

Even though the election is more than 14 months away, the first Republican challenger officially started the race for the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners last week. Candler resident David King filed with the Board of Elections Aug. 10 to open a campaign committee.

Under a new election system engineered

by Republicans in Raleigh, King plans to run for one of two open seats in the 116th District, which encompasses much of the western part of the county, including Leicester and Enka. Voter demographics in the district seem to heavily favor Republicans.

All four incumbent commissioners and the board chair are up for reelection Nov. 6; all are Democrats. However, none of the incumbents live in the 116 District, so they will not be directly targeted by King or others running there. The new law mandates that the board expands to seven members.

Noting that the change to district elections “presents a new opportunity to get elected,” King says he’s running to “make sure the taxpayers’ voice is heard.”

America Green International is mounting a local campaign to deliver 1,000 solar light bulbs to Haitian refugees.

The effort began after a trip to Haiti last January to explore the benefits of introducing green technologies there, says Program Coordinator Leah Quintal. Her and other aid workers gave a man who operates a food stand a pair of small solar lights.

“Then he pointed at all of the nearby tents and said ‘this is wonderful, when are you bringing them back for everyone here?’” explains Quintal. “That spurred the whole conversation around this program. … Even one light bulb can be so transformative. It changes that person’s life.

When you get a solar light, it’s renewable energy, so you cut the cost of kerosene, a dramatic cost, so you can spend the money to improve your life in other ways.”

The program has already delivered 250 solar lights to Haitians in need.

And Quintal has been a familiar face at local festivals this summer, operating out of booths to sell more of the lights and raise money for the program (they cost $20 a piece). The lights can also be purchased for use here at home, where they’re becoming increasingly popular among hikers and campers. All the proceeds from the American Green booths go to fund the Haitian effort.

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by Susan Andrew If the dog days of summer have left your home place looking a little tired, the Aug. 20 Green Home Tour just might provide some inspiration (see box, “The Grand Tour”).

Organized by the Environmental & Conservation Organization of Hendersonville, the annual event aims to show local homeowners how they can enjoy a comfortable, attractive living space while saving money on their monthly bills.

The self-guided tour, says Executive Director David Weintraub, will “showcase beautiful homes demonstrating that building green or renovating green doesn’t have to cost a lot and can save big-time in the long run.”

grandtour ECO’s self-guided Green Home Tour is scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 20 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For tickets and more info, visit eco-wnc.org, or call ECO at (828) 692-0385. Tickets are also available at the visitors’ centers in Asheville and Hendersonville, and at Wild Birds Unlimited in Hendersonville.

ecocalendar Calendar for August 17 - 25, 2011 ECO Events The Environmental and Conservation Organization is dedicated to preserving the natural heritage of Henderson County and the mountain region as an effective voice of the environment. Located at 121 Third Ave. W., in Hendersonville. Info: 692-0385 or www. eco-wnc.org.

• TH (8/18), 4-6pm - Open house.

• SA (8/20) - The annual Green Home Tour will be held in conjunction with the Southeast Energy Expo. Tickets and maps will be available online, at the ECO office or at the Expo, WNC Agricultural Center, 1301 Fanning Bridge Road, Fletcher. $15.

Friends of the River Dinner • TU (8/30), 6:30 - The Friends of the River dinner will feature a keynote address by North Carolina Representative Chuck McGrady and the presentation of the Friends of the River awards.

Held at The Venue, 21 North Market St. $20/$18 before Aug. 26.

Registration required by Aug. 22. Info: annie@landofsky.org.

WNC Green Building Council • TH (8/18), 7pm - WNC Green Building Council’s “Neighbor Saves” program will train participants to save energy and money and improve comfort. Held at Unitarian Universalist Church, 1 Edwin Place. Free. Info: firepeople@main.n.c.us.

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Where the hearth is: The Community Center at Hickory Nut Forest is organized around a massive poplar trunk, left. Ryan Lubbers’ home, right, uses diverse wood species harvested on site and transformed by carpenter Nate Ballinger and Bearwallow Construction’s Weston Wimberly.

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Besides featuring a smaller carbon footprint, these structures work closely with nature — both by using green technology and by deliberately integrating elements of their surroundings, as the area’s early settlers did. “Local old-timers understood that huge homes on mountain ridges weren’t a practical solution,” he notes.

The tour comprises five homes, some new and some newly greened; three are in Hickory Nut Forest, a 200-acre eco-community in Gerton (near Chimney Rock Park), including the Laughing Waters Community Center, built on the site of a 19th-century gristmill. Like several of the homes here, the handsome structure was built mainly from wood harvested on-site.

Plans call for tapping an adjacent mountain stream to supply all the electricity for the center.

In addition, workshops on sustainable living, green technology and permaculture offered as part of the tour will be presented here. The tour also includes the Hillandale Elementary School in East Flat Rock, one of the first LEED Gold-certified schools in Western North Carolina, according to the architects.

Hickory Nut Forest founder/developer John Myers envisioned a community of green-built homes emphasizing renewable energy, nestled in an extensive mature forest that’s contiguous with a network of protected lands in the area. Residents share the existing 10-acre organic garden and heirloom orchard.

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Ryan Lubbers’ home, for example, displays both passive- and activesolar elements. Radiant floor heating employs hot water provided by the sun. The stucco-and-shingle exterior uses clay and wood collected on-site, and the great room’s massive, exposed beams were harvested from rot-resistant hemlocks (recently lost to the hemlock woolly adelgid, a non-native insect pest). Almost all the waste wood produced during construction was reclaimed, says Lubbers, the lead builder on the project.

Lynn Pall and Doug Allen’s energy-efficient home includes a Trombe wall, builder Sam Koerber explains. From the outside, it just looks like a big, south-facing window. But a concrete “heat sink” absorbs solar energy by day and slowly releases it to the interior at night, thus helping warm the house during cool weather. A living roof will soon be installed on the adjoining garage to provide edibles and medicinal herbs year round.

Lubbers says he’s thrilled to be able to share his passion for the environment. “We don’t want to have a gated, locked-off place,” he explains.

Visitors drop in frequently to use the miles of surrounding forest trails, he reports. “The people who’ve come out here are very respectful. We plan to continue that as long as we can.” X Send your local environmental news and tips to sandrew@mountainx.com, or call 251-1333, ext. 153.

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Car Show and Swap Meet • SA (8/20), 10am-4pm Held on the lawn of the Hot Springs Spa, 315 Bridge St. The event will include door prizes, a 50/50 drawing and a Best of Show award. Info: 622-7714 or hotspringsfiredepartment@yahoo.com.

Botanical Perfume Blending • SU (8/21), 1-3pm - Learn how to create botanical perfume from an expert who has trained in France and India. Held at The Botanical Gardens at Asheville, 151 W.T. Weaver Blvd. $20 suggested donation. RSVP to receive a free gift: (407) 760-8214.

Buncombe Co. Parks, Greenways & Rec. Events Events are free and held at 59 Woodfin Pl., unless otherwise noted. Info and registration: grace.young@

Community Events & Workshops Water Fitness Instructor Certification Course (pd.) At the YWCA, 185 S. French Broad Ave., on Saturday, September 24.

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• WE (8/17), 9am-3:30pm - A trip to the Greenville Zoo will depart from Buncombe County Parks, Greenways and Recreation. $32 includes zoo admission and transportation.

Church Breakfast, Flea Market and Bake Sale • SA (8/20), 7am-noon- A church breakfast, flea market and bake sale will be held at New Morgan Hill Baptist Church, 370 Lake Drive in Candler. Breakfast: $4/$2 children. Info: 6674313.

Cob Workshop • TUESDAYS, 4:30pm - Learn how to build with the earth at Warren Wilson College. Cob is a ancient construction method made from little more than the earth beneath our feet.

Children under 15 must be accompanied by an adult.

Free. Info and directions: biercewilson@gmail.com.

Events at A-B Tech • JUNE through AUGUST - A series of classes and summer camps for children, teens and adults will be offered through Destination Exploration, including a visiting artist series. Camps in art, computers, drama and culinary arts are open to children ages 8 to 18.

Adults may take workshops in humanities, languages, music, practical skills and other subjects. The Visiting Artist Summer Series will feature three-day workshops on photography, drama and art. Info: www.abtech.edu.

Freeskool Events & Classes A teaching and learning network by and for the community. All classes are free. Info: http://tinyurl. com/6j3nxw9.

• SU (8/21), 5-8pm - “Project Management for Anarchists” will be held at Firestorm Cafe, 48 Commerce St. • MO 8/22, 6-8pm Spinning yarn. Participants can take turns on the spinning wheel. Held at 9 Houston St. Open Intelligence Balanced View is grassroots movement which offers instruction and support for mental and emotional

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stability. Meetings and training held at Movement and Learning Center, French Broad Food Coop, 90 Biltmore Ave. Info: www. balancedview.org • SA (8/20), 3:30-6pm & SU (8/21), 2-4:30pm - Training for “Open Intelligence: The Era of Great Benefit.” $150-$25. All are welcome regardless of ability to contribute.

• SA (8/20), 2-3pm - “Open Intelligence: The Era of Great Benefit” will hold an open meeting. $10-$20 donation.

Social & SharedInterest Groups Gal Pals Of Asheville (pd.) Come join Asheville’s Most Fabulous group: Lesbian Social Group for Women, ages 35-55. • Group attendance requirement; All members are active. • For more info: groups.yahoo.com/group/ GalPalsofAsheville Asheville Toastmasters • THURSDAYS, 6:157:30pm - If you’ve been thinking about improving your communication skills, Asheville Toastmasters is for you. Newcomers welcome; no pressure to speak. Held at Denny’s, 1 Regent Park Blvd. Info: capollak@hotmail.com.

CLOSER Looking for gay folks in your age group? CLOSER is Asheville’s oldest LGBT social club serving all boomers and seniors, providing entertainment, education and fellowship. Info: 776-0109.

• TUESDAYS, 7-9pm - Meets in the library of All Souls Cathedral, 9 Swan St., Asheville.

Courthouse Tours • WEDNESDAYS through (10/6), 2pm - Historic courthouse tours will depart from 200 North Grove St., Hendersonville. Free. Info: 694-5003.

Ethical Society of Asheville A humanistic, religious and educational movement inspired by the ideal that the supreme aim of human life is working to create a more humane society. Meetings are held at the Botanical Gardens’ visitors center, 151 W. T. Weaver Blvd. All are

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Seniors and retirees are invited to learn the intricate art of tying flies on Wednesday, Aug. 17

wed from 8 a.m.–1 p.m. Materials will be provided at this fly tying class for seniors. Held at the Waynesville Recreation Center, 550 Vance St. Info: 456-2030.

Country singer Don Williams will come out of retirement to play The Foundation Performing

thur Arts Center, 286 ICC Loop Road in Spindale, on Thursday, Aug. 18 at 7:30 p.m. Info: 2869990 or foundationshows.org.

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Join filmmaker Michael Knox and gypsy funk punk band Sirius.B on Friday, Aug. 19 at 8 p.m. for a documentary about the Cole Brothers Circus. It will be held at White Horse Black Mountain, 105C Montreat Road. Info: 669-0816.

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Support the family of firefighter Capt. Jeff Bowen, who was recently killed in the line of duty, at the Fallen Hero Band Jam. Arron LaFace, Black Jack and Unit50 will perform at Mack Kells Pub and Grill, 160 Tunnel Road on Saturday, Aug. 20, beginning at 1 p.m. The benefit continues Sunday afternoon. Info: 253-8805.

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Enjoy the sounds of Silas Durocher, Josh Phillips Trio and Vertigo Jazz Project at Jamin' for Journeymen, a benefit for Journeymen of Asheville, on Sunday, Aug. 21 from 6-11 p.m. at The Grey Eagle, 185 Clingman Ave. The Journeymen provide mentorship to adolescent boys.

Info: cfrisco@gmail.com or 719-6476.

Learn about the life and times of an iconic American writer as Flat Rock Cinema, 2700

mon Greenville Highway, presents a screening of The Day Carl Sandburg Died on Monday, Aug. 22 at 4 and 7 p.m. Info: flatrockcinema.com.

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See the artistic side of local medical professionals as doctors trade stethoscopes for guitars at Rockin' with the Docs, a benefit for Project Access, an organization which provides medical services to low-income residents of the community. Held at Pack's Tavern, 20 S. Spruce St. on Tuesday, Aug. 23 from 6-10 p.m. Info: 274-2267.

welcome. Info: 687-7759 or www.aeu.org.

• SU (8/21), 2-3:30pm - “Real Campaign Finance Reform Can Lead to Real Health Care Reform” will be presented by Errington C. Thompson, MD. Held at YMI Cultural Center, 39 South Market St. Events at Wall Street Coffee House • WEDNESDAYS, 7pm - Game night will be held at 62 Wall St. in downtown Asheville. All are welcome to enjoy old-fashioned fun.

New games are played each week. Info: http://on.fb. me/e4GpE8.

GM Alumni Club • TH (8/18), 1pm - Annual picnic will be open to General Motors retirees, former employees and guests.

Held at picnic shelter #1, Jackson Park, 801 Glover St., Hendersonville. Info: www.wncgmalumni.com.

NIRS Camp • TH (8/18) through MO (8/22) - Nuclear Information and Resource Service will hold an action camp for

nuclear activists. Info, times and location: www.reclaimpowersoutheast.org.

Smith-McDowell House Museum Period rooms grace this antebellum house on the campus of A-B Tech Community College, 283 Victoria Road, Asheville.

Info: 253-9231 or education@wnchistory.org.

• SA (8/20), 9:30am12:30pm - A guided bus tour of Civil War sites will depart from the Smith McDowell House Museum. $20/$15. WNC Historical Association members.

Reservations required.

Yancey County Community Forum • WE (8/17), 1pm - A community forum for the Yancey County/Golden LEAF Community Assistance Initiative will be held at Burnsville Town Center, 6 S. Main St. Info: pcabe@ goldenleaf.org or 888-6848404.

Zeitgeist Monthly Town Hall Meeting • SA (8/20), 5-7pm - The local sub-chapter of The

Zeitgeist Movement invites the public to ask questions about the movement’s background and mission. Food donations requested for Manna FoodBank. Held at Hi-Fi Cafe in the Downtown Market, 45 South French Broad Ave. Info: jason@ zeitgeist-nc.com.

Government & Politics WNCAHU Legislative Meeting • TH (8/18), 11:30am - The Western North Carolina Association of Health Underwriters and the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors will present a legislative meeting. The WNC legislative delegation and Congressman Shuler will be in attendance. Held at the Holiday Inn Biltmore West, Smoky Park Highway. $20 includes lunch. Registration required by Aug. 12. Info: wncahu@wncahu.org.

Seniors & Retirees 60+ Exercise Smarter (pd.) Learn better ways to exercise. Make every movement lighter, freer, easier.

Personal attention, small, focused class. Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, 12:00pm. $15 or 10 for $130. 117 Furman. 2253786. FormFitnessFunction. com Fun Bunch for Singles • This social club for 50+ singles in the WNC area meets six to seven times each month for activities like dining out, day trips, movies and more. $15 per month. Info: www.meetup. com/FunBunch4Singles, Fun4Singles@aol.com or 699-8180.

Hands On! This children’s museum is located at 318 North Main St., Hendersonville. Hours: Tues.-Sat., 10am-5pm.

Admission is $5, with discounts available on certain days. Info: 697-8333 or www.handsonwnc.org.

• SA (8/20) - Discounted admission for senior citizens, in honor of Senior Citizens Day. Waynesville Recreation Center Located at 550 Vance St. in Waynesville. Info: 456-2030 or recoutdoorprograms@ townofwaynesville.org.

• WE (8/17), 8am-1pm - A fly tying class for seniors.

Materials will be provided. $7/$6 members.

• WE (8/24), 5:30-11pm - A trip to see the Asheville Tourists will depart from the Waynesville Recreation Center. $14/$12 members.

Animals Brother Wolf Animal Rescue A no-kill organization. Info: 808-9435 or www.bwar.org.

• WEDNESDAYS, 6-8pm - Bring home your new furry best friend and meet dozens of cats and kittens looking for new homes at this weekly cat adoption event. Held at PetSmart, 150 Bleachery Blvd. in Asheville.

• SATURDAYS, noon-4pm - A pet adoption event for dogs and cats will be held at PetSmart, 150 Bleachery Blvd. in Asheville. Info: 5053440.

Community Partnership for Pets This nonprofit’s primary goal is to provide affordable spay/neuter services to communities in/around Henderson County. Info: 693-5172 or www.communitypartnershipforpets.org.

• 4th SATURDAYS, 10am2pm - Vouchers for free and low-cost spay/neuter services will be available to Henderson County residents at Tractor Supply Company, 115 Four Seasons Blvd. in Hendersonville.

• 1st & 3rd SATURDAYS, noon-3pm - Vouchers for free and low-cost spay/neuter services will be available to Henderson County residents at the Blue Ridge Mall, 1800 Four Seasons Blvd. in Hendersonville (at the Kmart entrance).

International Homeless Animals Day • SA (8/20), 11am-3pm - Animal Compassion Network and ChainFree Asheville will host an International Homeless Animals Day event, featuring pet adoptions, a low-cost shot clinic and three dogs whose stories helped improve N.C. animal welfare laws. Held at Pet Harmony, 803 Fairview St. Info: www. animalcompassionnetwork. org or www.chainfreeasheville.org.

Business Corporate Wellness Programs (pd.) Affordable. Uniquely designed to employee needs. Increase productivity and worker satisfaction.

Reduce time away from work and insurance costs.

Pilates, Human Ergonomics, Running and Walking programs. (828) 225-3786.

FormFitnessFunction.com A-B Tech’s Center for Business & Technology Incubation To register for seminars: 254-1921, ext. 5857 or http://abtech.edu/ce/registration/default.asp.

• WE (8/17), 10am-noon - “Finding Government Contracts on the Internet” seminar will be held in Room 140 of the Haynes Building at the College’s Enka site, 1459 Sand Hill Road.

Arts2People Artist Resource Center Offering business management workshops for artists at 39 D S. Market St., downtown Asheville. Classes, unless otherwise noted, are $35. Info and registration: www.arts2people.org or info@arts2people.org.

• The Arts2People Artist Resource Center seeks instructors with business management skills. Classes are geared towards creative professionals. Info: info@ arts2people.org or www. ashevillearc.com.

Technology Free Computer Classes Classes are held at Charlotte Street Computers, 252 Charlotte St. To register: classes@charlottestreetcomputers.com.

• MONDAYS, 12:15pm Mac OSX Basics.

• TUESDAYS, 12:15pm - iPhoto Basics.

• WEDNESDAYS, 12:15pm - iPad Basics.

• THURSDAYS & FRIDAYS, 12:15pm - Advanced/paid classes (see website for schedule).

• SATURDAYS, 12:15pm - Protecting Your PC. Introduction to AcctVantage • TU (8/30), 11am Introduction to AcctVantage ERP accounting software for Macintosh. Held at Charlotte Street Computers, 252 Charlotte St. Registration required by Aug. 25. Info: walter@acctvantage.com or 692-3301.

Volunteering Big Brothers Big Sisters of WNC

Located at 50 S. French Broad Ave., Room 213, in the United Way building.

The organization matches children from single-parent homes with adult mentors.

Info: www.bbbswnc.org or 253-1470.

• Big Brothers Big Sisters is currently seeking adult mentors for bi-monthly outings.

Activities are free or lowcost. Volunteers are also needed to mentor 1 hr./wk. in schools and after-school programs.

• TH (8/18), noon Information session.

Hands On AshevilleBuncombe Choose the volunteer opportunity that works for you. Youth are welcome on many projects with adult supervision. Info: www. handsonasheville.org or call 2-1-1. Visit the website to sign up for a project.

• WE (8/17) - 6-8pm - Cookie Night: Help bake cookies for hospice patients at CarePartners’ John Keever Solace Center, 68 Sweeten Creek Road.

Supplies provided.

• SA (8/20), 10am-noon - Parents and children are invited to sort and pack food and household items for MANNA Foodbank. Geared to ages four to six. Held at 627 Swannanoa River Road.

—- 1-3pm - Volunteer event at MANNA Foodbank for children ages seven to 12.

• SA (8/27), 9am-noon - In the Garden: Help prepare the Emma Community Garden for planting and harvest.

Much of the harvest will eventually be distributed to the community through the food pantry.

• MO (8/22) - 7-8:30pm - Cookie Night: Help bake cookies for families staying at the Lewis Rathbun Center, which provides free lodging for out-of-town families who have a loved one in an area hospital. Supplies provided.

Helpmate Provides services to victims of domestic violence and their families in Buncombe County. Info: 254-2968.

• Seeking volunteers to help with hotline advocacy (bilinguals needed), reception assistance, childcare, building/grounds work and fundraising. People of color are encouraged to volunteer.

Training required. Info: 2542968, ext. 12 or cprice@ helpmateonline.org.

Living Healthy Leader Training • TH (818) through TU (8/23), 9am-4pm - This evidence-based program was developed by Stanford University to facilitate behav-

ior change among those living with chronic conditions.

Training is held in Asheville.

Info and registration: 2517438 or rebecca@landofsky.org.

March of Dimes The mission of March of Dimes is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality.

• Through FR (9/30) Volunteers needed for the Signature Chefs Gala and Auction. Bi-monthly meetings and online discussions will be held to coordinate planning. Info and meeting dates: Trey@QueDox.com or 670-8283.

Pisgah Center for Wildlife Located in Pisgah National Forest, 10 miles from Brevard off of US Highway 276 N. Programs are free, but registration is required.

Info: 877-4423 or www. ncwildlife.org.

• Through WE (11/30) - Volunteers are needed to answer phones, help with the gift shop and answer visitor questions.

• Through FR (9/30) - Fly fishing volunteers are needed for one to three hours of instruction.

YWCA Programs for Parents The YWCA is at 185 S. French Broad Ave. Info: 254-7206 or www.ywcaofasheville.org.

• TH (8/25), 5pm - The YWCA MotherLove program is recruiting volunteer mentors to provide support to teen mothers. An eight hour per month commitment is required.

Gardening Ikenobo Ikebana Society The Blue Ridge Chapter of Ikenobo Ikebana Society (Japanese Flower Arranging) is a nonprofit organization that meets monthly at St. John’s in the Wilderness Parish House (Rt. #225 South and Rutledge Road) in Flat Rock. Yearly membership is available. Info: 696-4103.

• TH (8/18), 10am - Monthly meeting. The program will feature a demonstration of Shoka Sanshuike, a shoka arrangement with three materials, along with a plant sale. Guests are welcome.

Regional Tailgate Markets For more information, including the exact start and end dates of markets, contact the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project. Info: 236-1282 or www.buyappalachian.org.

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• WEDNESDAYS, 8-11am - Stecoah Tailgate Market, 121 Schoolhouse Road, Robbinsville. —- 8am-noon - Transylvania Tailgate Market, on the corner of Johnson and Jordan Streets in downtown Brevard.

—- 2-6pm - Asheville City Market - South, Biltmore Town Square Blvd. —- 26pm - Montford Farmers Market, Asheville Chamber of Commerce parking lot.

—- 2-6:30pm - Wednesday Coop Market, 76 Biltmore Ave. —- 2:30-6:30pm - Weaverville Tailgate Market, behind the yellow community center on Weaverville Highway.

• THURSDAYS, 10am-2pm - Mission Hospital Tailgate Market, at the back entrance of Mission Hospital’s Heart Center on the Memorial Campus. —- 3-6pm - Flat Rock Tailgate Market, in the parking area behind Cherry Cottage and next to Hubba Hubba Smoke House along Little Rainbow Row. • FRIDAYS, 4-7pm Riceville Tailgate Market, Groce United Methodist Church’s parking lot, at the corner of Beverly Road and Tunnel Road.

• SATURDAYS, 8am-noon - Transylvania Tailgate Market, on the corner of Johnson and Jordan Streets in downtown Brevard. —9am-noon - Big Ivy Tailgate Market, in the parking lot of the old Barnardsville fire station, across from the post office on Highway 197. —- 9am-noon - Black Mountain Tailgate Market, 130 Montreat Road.

—- 8am-noon - North Asheville Tailgate Market, at UNCA (take W.T. Weaver Boulvard and follow signs).

—- 8am-1pm - Asheville City Market, in the parking lot of the Public Works Building, 161 S. Charlotte Street. —- 9am-1pm Madison County Farmers and Artisans Market, at the corner of Highway 213 and Park Street.

• SUNDAYS, 11am-3pm - Greenlife Sunday Market, at the Greenlife Grocery parking lot. —- noon-4pm - Marshall Farmers Market, on the island in downtown Marshall.

• TUESDAYS, 3:30-6:30pm - West Asheville Tailgate Market, 718 Haywood Road, in the parking area between Grace Baptist Church and Sun Trust Bank.

Outdoors Quality Training Program (pd.) Completely personalized small group training.

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Weekly run. Individual goal setting. Beginners to Advanced. Weaver Park.

Two Groups: Sundays, 8:30am or 9:30am. $65 for 6 weeks. (828) 225-3786.

FormFitnessFunction.com Blue Ridge Parkway Ranger Programs Free and open to the public.

• Friday (8/19), 10am - A short but steep half-mile hike to the summit of Devil’s Courthouse, with a panoramic view that includes four different states. The hike begins at the Devil’s Courthouse Overlook, MP 422.4. Hikers should bring water, wear good hiking shoes, and be prepared for inclement weather. Info: 298-5330.

Sports Groups & Activities Transform Your Form (pd.) Run with a lightness and ease you’ve never known! Alexander Technique will turn your arms into wings!

Thursdays, 6:30pm. $100 for 6 sessions.

Ongoing. (828) 225-3786.

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

• MONDAYS, 10:3011:30am & FRIDAYS, 1011am - Low-impact aerobics class. $6. Registration not required.

• MONDAYS, 5:30-7pm - “Flow and Let Go” yoga class. $10. Registration not required.

Hoop Jam in the Park • TUESDAYS, 5:30pm7:30pm - Asheville Hoops partners with the Asheville Downtown Association for entertainment, exercise and instruction at Pritchard Park in downtown Asheville.

Instruction provided by Melanie MacNeil; music by George Pond. Free. Info: http://on.fb.me/lYUqGg. Jus’ Running Weekly coach-led runs.

Meet at 523 Merrimon Ave., unless otherwise noted. Info: www.jusrunning.com.

• MONDAYS, 6pm - Fivemile group run, 10-11 minutes per mile.

•TUESDAYS, 6:30pm - Run from the store to the UNCA track for a maggot track workout. There will also be a post-workout get together at a local restaurant.

•WEDNESDAYS, 6:30pm - Eight-mile group run.

•THURSDAYS, 6pm - Onehour run from the Rice Pinnacle parking lot at Bent Creek. Easy, moderate and fast levels.

Pickleball • MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS & FRIDAYS, 9-11am - Pickleball is like playing ping pong on a tennis court. Groups meet weekly at Stephens-Lee Recreation Center, 30 G.W. Carver St. in Asheville. For all ages/levels. $1 per session. Info: 350-2058 or stephenslee@ashevillenc.gov.

Ping Pong Tournament • SA (8/20), 2pm - A ping pong tournament will be held at Loretta’s, 114 N. Lexington Ave. Info: 2533747.

Step Aerobics Class • TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 5:30-6:30pm - Enhance cardio, strength and flexibility at this step aerobics, weights and stretch class. Meets at Stephens-Lee Recreation Center, 30 G.W. Carver St. in Asheville. Open to all levels. Free. Info: 350-2058 or stephenslee@ashevillenc.gov.

Kids For the Birds Kids Club • 3rd SUNDAYS, 6pm - This new club is open to any children interested in learning about birds and interacting with them. Meeting locations may vary. Info and locations: 808-0288.

Hands On! This children’s museum is located at 318 North Main St., Hendersonville. Hours: Tues.-Sat., 10am-5pm.

Admission is $5, with discounts available on certain days. Info: 697-8333 or www.handsonwnc.org.

• Through WE (8/24) “Back to School Haircuts” will benefit Hands On! Four local salons will offer $10 hair cuts to children under 15. See website for instructions on how to make an appointment.

• TH (8/18), 2-4pm - Coffee filter tie-dye art workshop.

Free with admission and for members.

• Through SA (9/10) - “Finding Fitness Forever” scavenger hunt, an initiative to combat childhood obesity, will encourage children to find fitness opportunities throughout the museum.

• TU (8/23) - Local food day will feature Hendersonville Community Co-op coloring sheets,

bumper stickers and snacks.

Free with admission.

• TH (8/25), 2-4pm - Make a paper bag puppet, while supplies last. Free with admission.

Joyful Noise Community Center Joyful Noise Community Music and Arts Center is a nonprofit organization serving Madison and Buncombe Counties. Info: www. joyfulnoisecenter.org or 649-2828.

• FR (8/19), 10-11am Find out about Kindermusik at this free class. Open to parents and children through four years old. Held at First Presbyterian Church, 30 Alabama Ave. in Weaverville.

Info and reservations: singandtwirl@gmail.com.

Youth Open Mic Night • 1st & 3rd THURSDAYS, 6:30-8pm - Children and teens are invited to perform music, recite poetry or present other arts at Wall Street Coffee House, 62 Wall St. in downtown Asheville. Get creative and come show off your talent. Info: http://on.fb. me/e4GpE8 or wallstreetcoffeehouse@gmail.com.

Spirituality A National Kirtan Artist Comes To Asheville (pd.) An intimate evening with Girish and Friends.

Recording artist and sacred musician, Girish plays sweet melodies and deep devotional and heart opening music. • Saturday, August 20, 8pm. • $15 advance, $20 door. • Studio 11, 11 Richland Street. http://westashevilleyoga. com/events/ An Afternoon With Aurora (pd.) Join Aurora Foxx for a private concert featuring channeled improvisational classical solo piano at 3pm, Sunday, August 21, Weaverville. • Prepare to be peaceful, uplifted, inspired, invigorated, amazed. • $10.

Member of International Sound Therapy Association.

RSVP/directions: (828) 658-3362.

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

Meditation, potluck, St. Germain live channeled piano music. • Second and Fourth Wednesday.

6:30pm. • Donation. (828) 658-3362.

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

dated meditation technique.

Clinically proven to boost brain function and reduce anxiety, depression, addiction, and ADHD. Allows you to effortlessly transcend the busy, agitated mind to experience inner peace and unbounded awareness. • Free Introductory Class: Thursday, 6:30pm, 165 E. Chestnut • Topics: How meditation techniques differ • Meditation and brain research • What is enlightenment? (828) 254-4350. www.MeditationAsheville. org Asheville Meditation Group (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, 7pm8:30pm: Guided meditation and discussion. • Sundays, 10am-11:30am: Seated meditation and dharma talks.

• The Women’s Wellness Center, 24 Arlington Street, Asheville. • Info/directions: (828) 808-4444. • www. ashevillemeditation.com Astro-Counseling (pd.) Licensed counselor and accredited professional astrologer uses your chart when counseling for additional insight into yourself, your relationships and life directions. Readings also available. Christy Gunther, MA, LPC. (828) 258-3229.

Compassionate Communication (pd.) Learn ways to create understanding and clarity in your relationships, work, and community by practicing compassionate communication. Great for couples!

Group uses model developed by Marshall Rosenberg in his book “Non-violent Communication, A Language of Life.” Free.

Info: 299-0538 or www. ashevilleccc.com. • 2nd & 4th Thursdays, 5:006:15—Practice group for newcomers and experienced practitioners.

Faerie Workshop • Saturday • August 27 (pd.) (pd.) 2pm-4pm, The Reenchantment of Our Lives: Communicating with the Faerie. Held in Weaverville. Cost $10. Info: (828) 645-2674 or avalongrove.com Free Women’s Spirituality and Expressive Arts Workshop

(pd.) Sunday, August 28, 3pm-5pm. Cultivate soul in creative community in a safe, supportive space.

• For artists/non-artists. • All materials provided. • Discounts on future workshops. Downtown Asheville.

• Registration/information: bloomconsultingandeducation@gmail.com 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 or www.billwalz.com.

• MONDAYS, 7-8pm Meditation class with lesson and discussion of contemporary Zen living. Held at the Asheville Friends Meeting House, 227 Edgewood Road (off Merrimon Avenue).

Donations encouraged. 26 weeks - $156.

Open Heart Meditation (pd.) Learn easy, wonderful practices that opens your life to the beauty within and connects you to your heart.

• Free. 7pm, Tuesdays.

645-5950 or 296-0017. http://www.heartsanctuary.org A Course in Miracles • 2nd & 4th MONDAYS, 6:30-8pm - Join “a loving group of people” to study A Course in Miracles at Groce United Methodist Church, 954 Tunnel Road in Asheville. Open to all. Info: 712-5472.

An evening with Shohaku Okumura Roshi • TH (8/18), 7-8:45pm Okumura Roshi will discuss his latest commentary on Zen Master Dogen, from his book Realizing Genjokoan.

Okumura Roshi has been a monk for 40 years and a scholar of Dogen for 30.

Held at Malaprop’s, 55 Haywood St. in downtown Asheville. Info: 254-6734 or www.malaprops.com.

• SA (8/20), 6:30-9pm - The Bahai Center, 5 Ravenscroft Drive, Asheville.

Info: jonathonflaum@gmail. com.

Awakening Practices Group • 2nd & 4th WEDNESDAYS, 7-9pm - Awakening Practices Group will meet at Insight Counseling, 25 Orange St. Info: Trey@ QueDox.com.

Daoist Meditation • TUESDAYS, 6-7:30pm & SUNDAYS, 9-10:30am Four Winds Daoist Center in Whittier will offer meditation followed by discussion. Info and directions: 788-6730 or fourwindsdaoism@yahoo. com.

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• SUNDAYS, 4-6pm - Learn to work with your guardian angels and spirit guides to transmute energetic blockages, trapped emotions, psychic traumas and past life issues. Classes held in Weaverville. $24. Info and directions: 337-1852.

First Congregational Church in Hendersonville Fifth Avenue West at White Pine Street in Hendersonville. Info: 6928630 or www.fcchendersonville.org.

• SU (8/21), 9:15am Rabbi Batsheva Meiri from Temple Beth HaTephila will lead a discussion as part of the Adult Forum series.

Integral Vision • 2nd THURSDAYS, 7:30-9:30pm - Meditation, reading and a discussion of Ken Wilber’s Principles of Evolutionary Culture. Held at Network Family Chiropractic, 218 E. Chestnut St. Info: fred.miercort@gmail.com.

Kundalini Tantra • MONDAYS, 7-8:45pm - The principles and practice of Kundalini Tantra with Madhyanandi. Info and directions: madhyanandi@ gmail.com.

Liturgical Arts Conference • MO (8/22) through SA (8/27) - A liturgical arts con-

ference will include workshops on choir direction, banners and fabric, visual art and flower arranging.

Held at Kanuga Conferences Inc., 130 Kanuga Chapel Drive, Hendersonville. Info: www.kanuga.org or 828692-9136.

Meditation in the Park from The People’s Ashram • SUNDAYS, 8-10am Bring a mat or zabuton and stay for 20 minutes or two hours. Held at French Broad River Park, 508 Riverview Drive. Info: madhyanandi@ gmail.com.

Mountain Zen Practice Center • TUESDAYS, 7-8:30pm - Explore the “how” of moment by moment peace, joy and freedom through the practice of Conscious Compassionate Awareness.

Meditation and group discussion. Info and location: www.mountainzen.org or 450-3621.

Ro-Hun • WEDNESDAYS, 7pm - Empower life through the alchemy of forgiveness.

Heal the faulty thoughts and emotions locked in the unconscious that sabotage health, abundance and happiness. Info and directions: 545-8173.

Sacred Scents Workshop

• TH (8/18), 7-9pm - Learn about and experience the seven most powerful scents for ceremony and meditation and create your own aroma-inhaler at this workshop, held at Skinny Beats Drum Shop, 4 Eagle St. in downtown Asheville. $15 suggested donation. RSVP to recieve a free gift: (407) 760-8214.

SeniorSalt Impact at The Cove • TU (8/23), 10:15am1:30pm - This program is designed to encourage senior adult believers to reach friends and family for Jesus Christ. An inspirational film will be shown, followed by discussion.

Registration includes a buffet-style lunch. Held at The Cove, 1 Porters Cove Road in Asheville. $25. Info: bgtcreg@thecove.org or www. thecove.org.

Swannanoa Valley Unitarian Universalist Church • THURSDAYS, 7-8am - Cloud Cottage will present mindfulness-based meditation at Swannanoa Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, 500 Montreat Road.

Bring a cushion. Donations encouraged. Info: cloudcottage@bellsouth.net or 669-0920.

Transmission Meditation

• SUNDAYS, 5:45-7pm - A “World Service” will be held at Insight Counseling, 25 Orange St., Asheville.

Free. Info: www.transmissionmeditation.org, pcope@ yancey.main.nc.us or 6758750.

United Research Light Center A nonprofit center “dedicated to prayer for personal and planetary transformation.” Located at 2190 NC Highway 9 South in Black Mountain. Info: 669-6845 or www.urlight.org.

• WEDNESDAYS, 1-2:15pm - “Gentle Yoga,” with Karen Barnes —- 2:30-3:30pm - “World Peace Prayer.”

• SUNDAYS, 3-4pm “World Peace Prayer.”

• TUESDAYS, 10:30-noon - Level one QiGong.

Unity Center Events Celebrate joyful, mindful living in a church with heart.

Contemporary music by Lytingale and The Unitic Band. Located at 2041 Old Fanning Bridge Road, Mills River. Info: 684-3798, 8918700 or www.unitync.net.

• WE (8/17), 7pm “Kadosh Shmakh: Intoning the Sacred Name of God” will include printed study materials. $25.

• SU (8/21) through SU (9/18), 2pm - “Prosperity: Living a Life of Joy and

Abundance,” a five-week seminar on inner peace and financial freedom, will be presented by Dan Beckett.

Love offering.

• WE (8/24), 7pm Healer’s night will feature massage, Omega bodywork, Reiki sessions and more.

Love offering.

Unity Church of Asheville Unity of Asheville explores the “deeper spiritual meaning of the scriptures, combined with an upbeat contemporary music program, to create a joyous and sincere worship service.”

Located at 130 Shelburne Road, West Asheville. Info: 252-5010 or www.unityofasheville.com.

• SUNDAYS, 11am Spiritual celebration service —- 12:15-1:30pm - A Course in Miracles, with Rev. Gene Conner.

Young Adult Friends Worship Group • SATURDAYS, 4-6:30pm This small Quaker group for young adults meets upstairs at Asheville Friends Meeting House, 227 Edgewood Road. Singing and silence will be followed by a potluck. For Quakers, quasiQuakers and anyone who is interested. Info: biercewilson@gmail.com.

Zen Buddhist Services • TUESDAYS, 6:30-7:30pm & SUNDAYS, 9-9:45am - Anattasati Magga offers meditation, services, Dharma lectures, retreats and meditation supplies.

Located at 12 Von Ruck Court, Asheville. Info: www. anattasatimagga.org or 242-2405.

Art Gallery Exhibits & Openings 16 Patton Located at 16 Patton, Asheville. Gallery hours: Tues.-Sat., 11am-6pm and Sun., 1-5pm. Info: 2362889 or www.16patton. com.

• Through SU (9/4) - Abstractions: From Representational to Impressionism will feature works by Sterling Edwards.

310 ART Gallery Located at Riverview Station, 191 Lyman St., #310, in Asheville’s River Arts District. Info: 776-2716 or www.310art.com.

• Through WE (8/31) - Encaustic paintings by seven artists.

Route 80 - Back to Our North Carolina Routes • SA (8/20) through SA (9/26) - The Blue Ridge Fine Arts Guild presents Route 80

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- Back to Our North Carolina Routes, “a journey along the scenic byway through the eyes of its members.” The exhibit features paintings, photographs, illustrations and historical facts. Held at the TRAC Gallery, 269 Oak Ave. in Spruce Pine. Free.

Info: www.toeriverarts.org.

American Folk Art and Framing The gallery at 64 Biltmore Ave. is open daily, representing contemporary selftaught artists and regional pottery. Info: 281-2134 or www.amerifolk.com.

• Through WE (8/17) Transitions.

• Through WE (9/14) - Time and Texture.

• Through WE (8/24) - Simple Inspirations, paintings by Liz Sullivan.

Asheville Art Museum Located on Pack Square in downtown Asheville. Hours: Tues.-Sat., 10am-5pm and Sun., 1-5pm. Admission: $8/$7 students and seniors/ Free for kids under 4. Free first Wednesdays from 3-5pm. Info: 253-3227 or www.ashevilleart.org.

• Through WE (8/31) Looking Back: 60 Years of Collecting with the Asheville Art Museum.

• Through SU (9/25) Artists at Work: American Printmakers and the WPA. • Through SU (11/6) - Color Study will be on display at the Appleby Foundation Gallery.

Atelier 24 Lexington: A Gallery of Local Art Located at 24 Lexington Ave., Asheville. Info: www. theateliergalleries.com • Through WE (8/31) - Changing Patterns: An exploration of History and Pattern, featuring the work of Susan Dunn.

Bella Vista Art Gallery Located in Biltmore Village next to the parking lot of Rezaz’s restaurant. Summer hours: Mon., Wed.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Info: 768-0246 or www.bellavistaart.com.

• Through FR (9/30) - The works of Nancy Varipapa, Julie Wiggins and Eleanor Miller.

Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center The center is located at 56 Broadway and preserves the legacy of the Black Mountain College through permanent collections, educational activities and public programs. Info: 350-8484, bmcmac@bellsouth.net or www.blackmountaincollege.org.

• Through SA (9/17) - The Accident of Choice, featuring works by Jack Tworkov,

painting instructor at Black Mountain College in 1952.

Blue Spiral 1 Located at 38 Biltmore Ave., downtown Asheville.

Featuring Southeastern fine art and studio craft. Open Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm, and Sun., noon-5pm. Info: 2510202 or www.bluespiral1. com.

• Through SA (9/10) Shine On Brightly, an online gallery for memorial art, will present Remains To Be Seen: An Out of the Box Look at Modern Cremation Containers.

Caldwell Arts Council Located at 601 College Ave., Lenoir. Hours: Tues.Fri., 9am-5pm and Sat. by appointment. Info: 754-2486 or www.caldwellarts.com.

• Through FR (9/30) - Works by Betsy Coogler will be on display at the Caldwell Memorial Hospital Art-in-Healing Gallery, 321 Mulberry St. SW, Lenoir.

Castell Photography A photo-based art gallery located at 2C Wilson Alley, off Eagle Street in downtown Asheville. Info: 255-1188 or www.castellphotography. com.

• Through FR (9/2) - Uncharted Territory, featuring the work of Julie Sims.

• Through FR (9/30) - Observatory, works by Lauren Semivan.

Flood Gallery Events Located in the Phil Mechanic building at 109 Roberts St. in Asheville’s River Arts District. Info: 254-2166 or www.floodgallery.org.

Through WE (8/31) Drawings and paintings by Larkin Ford.

Oconaluftee Institute for Cultural Arts Located at 70 Bingo Loop in Cherokee. Info: 497-3945.

• Through FR (9/30) - Recent work by ceramic sculpture artist Jenny Mastin.

• MO (8/29), 4-6pm Opening reception.

Penland School of Crafts A national center for craft education dedicated to helping people live creative lives. Located at 67 Dora’s Trail, Penland. Gallery hours: Tues.-Sat., 10am–5pm and Sun., noon-5pm. Info: www. penland.org or 765-2359.

• Through SU (9/11) - Foreign Worlds, Private Places, an exhibit of work by five artists exploring unfamiliar territories.

Pump Gallery Located at the Phil Mechanic Studios Building in the River Arts District, 109 Roberts St. Info: www.philmechanicstudios.com.

• Through WE (8/31) - Works by painter Hannah Dansie.

SemiPublic Gallery This space for contemporary art is open Thurs.-Sat., 27pm and by appointment.

Located at 305 Hillside St., Asheville. Info: 215-8171 or www.semipublicgallery.com • Through SU (9/25) - 5 under 35 will feature works

by Bridget Conn, Christopher Crabtree, Carley Dergins, Michael Ohgren and Cory Williams.

Upstairs Artspace Contemporary nonprofit gallery at 49 S. Trade St., Tryon. Hours: Tues.-Sat., 11am-4pm and by appointment. Info: 859-2828 or www.upstairsartspace.org.

• FR (8/19) through SA (10/1) - Curvature and Color, works by Kenn Kotara (abstract art) and Dale McEntire (landscape painter).

• SA (8/20), 5-8pm Opening reception will be preceded by a guided tour at 4pm.

More Art Exhibits & Openings Art at Ananda Hair Studio The salon, located at 22 Broadway St., hosts rotating art exhibits. Info: 232-1017.

• Through FR (9/30) - Recent work by abstract painter Neil Carroll.

Art at Canton Branch Library • Through WE (8/31) - Artwork by Pisgah High School students will be on display at the Canton Branch Library, 11 Pennsylvania Ave. The exhibit features sculpture, painted chairs, watercolors, oil paintings, photographs, pastels and more. Info: 648-2924.

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

• Through WE (9/28) “Art of the Book: Process, Product and Community at Asheville BookWorks” will feature BookWorks instructors and students. Works will be displayed at the Malcolm E. Blowers Gallery in the Ramsey Library.

Friday through Saturday, 8am-6pm.

• Through TU (9/6) - A selected student art exhibition will be held at the Highsmith University Union Gallery, first floor of the Highsmith Student Union.

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

• Through SA (10/1) - Works by Dan Pruitt will

be on display in the Lobby Gallery.

Blue Ridge Community College Info: www.blueridge.edu.

• FR (8/19) through SA (9/3) - Bring Us Your Best, a multimedia art exhibition, will be on display in the TEDC building on the campus of Blue Ridge Community College. Gallery hours: Mon. - Fri. 10am5pm and Sat. 1-4pm. Info: info@acofhc.org.

• FR (8/19), 5-7pm - Opening reception and awards ceremony.

Cynthia Wilson • SA (8/20) through MO (9/26) - Nature paintings

by Cynthia Wilson will be on display at the Hilton Asheville, Biltmore Park, 42 Town Square Blvd., as part of the Who Knows Art program. Info: www. whoknowsart.biz.

• SA (8/20), 5-7pm Opening reception.

Harvest Records Located at 415-B Haywood Road, Asheville. Info: 2582999.

• Through WE (8/31) Friend Me, photographs by Erin Fussell, features “imagery on the art of darkroom photography and live conversation in a digital social networking culture.”

Haywood County Arts Council The HCAC sponsors a variety of art-related events in Waynesville and Haywood County. Unless otherwise noted, showings take place at HCAC’s Gallery 86 in Waynesville. Hours: Mon.Sat., 10am-5pm. Info: 4520593 or www.haywoodarts. org.

• Through SA (8/20) - Main Street: Moments in Time photography exhibit.

N.C. Arboretum Events The Arboretum hosts a variety of educational programs.

Unless otherwise noted, all events are free with parking fee ($8/vehicle). No parking fees on 1st Tuesdays. Info: 665-2492 or www.ncarboretum.org.

• Through TU (9/6) - Botanical Chords, photographs by Terry Ashley and The Fine Art of Wood: An International Invitational Exhibition of Woodturning, featuring works by more than 40 artists from around the world, will be on display at the Baker Exhibit Center.

Public Art Display • Through SA (10/22) - Bearfootin’, “a public art display featuring outdoor fiberglass bear sculptures decorated in different themes,” will be on display

on the sidewalks of Main Street in Hendersonville.

Info: 233-3216.

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

• Through TU (8/30) - The Legend of Rainbow Mountain: New Works by Patch Whisky.

WCU Exhibits Unless otherwise noted, exhibits are held at the Fine Art Museum, Fine and Performing Arts Center on the campus of Western Carolina University. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-4pm and Thurs. 10am-7pm. Free, but donations welcome. Info: 227-3591 or www.fineartmuseum.wcu.edu.

• SU (8/21) through FR (10/28) - Understory: An Exhibition of Work by Alice Sebrell.

• SU (8/21), 2-4pm - Opening reception. Wine and hors d’oeuvers will be served.

Classes, Meetings & Arts-Related Events Swannanoa Valley Fine Arts League Classes are held at the studio, 999 W. Old Route 70, Black Mountain. Info: svfal. info@gmail.com or www. svfal.org.

• TUESDAYS, 10am-noon & 1-3pm - Art with Lorelle Bacon. All levels welcome. $15/class. Registration required.

Art/Craft Fairs Come to Leicester Studio Tour • SA (8/20) & SU (8/21), 10am-6pm - This selfguided tour features 26 artists working from studios throughout scenic Leicester.

Info: www.cometoleicester. com.

Spoken & Written Word Asheville Storytelling Circle A nonprofit dedicated to excellence in the oral tradition that affirms various cultures through storytelling and nourishes the development of emerging and established artists. Guests and new members always welcome. Info: 274-1123.

• SU (8/21), 6pm “Folktales and Foolishness,” a storytelling performance, will be held at Buncombe County Recreation Park Round Pavilion 3, 72 Gashes Creek Road. Free.

Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center

freewillastrology ARIES (March 21-April 19) Time magazine asked Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough why he started writing a biography of Pablo Picasso but never finished it. McCullough said it was because the famous artist turned out to be boring. He attracted a steady flow of new lovers, and he made hundreds of paintings, but he didn’t actually live an interesting life. I’m urging you to be the anti-Picasso in the coming weeks, Aries. Put the emphasis on the quality of your adventures more than on what you produce. Regard your life as your most important work of art.

rable scenario. Your assignment is to materialize a phenomenon that from a certain viewpoint may appear to be laughably impossible. And yet, with the proper attitude on your part and nature’s help, the project at hand is eminently achievable.

It won’t necessarily be fast and easy, mind you — but you wouldn’t want it to be, because then it wouldn’t be able to teach you all the precious wisdom it has to impart.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

“Let’s celebrate the first time you cried naked in someone else’s bed,” is a message on an e-card I found at Someecards.com. You might want to send that proposal to yourself, Taurus. It’s an excellent time to commemorate the rousing catharses of the past. You may find that revisiting the breakthrough epiphanies of yesteryear will help put you in the right frame of mind (and heart) to conjure up a fresh batch.

“Dear Astrology Guy: Thank you kindly for your assistance. One of your horoscopes gave me a kick in the butt that propelled me free of a trap I had stupidly agreed to stay stuck in. At the same time, I also have to tell you to go to hell, because no one, including me, likes hearing the awful, embarrassing truth. As much healing as your words helped bring me, they also stung my pride. Love and hate, Virgo.” Dear Virgo: You’re welcome and I’m sorry. It’s good to hear you’re able to appreciate the gifts of paradox. Let’s hope that will keep you creatively humble as you slip into an expansive building phase when your ego may be understandably prone to a bit of inflation.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20)

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)

Why is it so hard for Westerners of the last two centuries to feel the intimate presence of the divine intelligences? Every other culture in the history of the world has had a more vital connection with the realm of spirit. According to poet Gary Snyder, California’s Yana Indians explained it this way: The gods have retreated to the volcanic recesses of Mt. Lassen, passing the time playing gambling games with magic sticks. They’re simply waiting for such a time when human beings will “reform themselves and become ‘real people’ that spirits might want to associate with once again.” Here’s why I’m bringing this up, Gemini: I think that right now is a special time in your life when you have the power to become a “real person” with whom the spirits will want to have closer communion.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) I strongly advise you against purchasing and reading what some observers have called “the saddest book in the universe.” It’s a recipe book

by Sonia Allison called Microwave for One (bit.ly/ SadBook). No matter how inclined you might be to opt for excessive self-sufficiency right now, no matter how peeved you are at the human race for being so clumsy and ignorant, I believe you must keep trying to reach out and touch those who are touchable, even if they’re barely so. You need what people have to offer you, even if it’s sloppy, wimpy, or kooky.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Science writer K.C. Cole asks this question: “How would you hold 100 tons of water in thin air with no visible means of support?”

Here’s her answer: “Build a cloud.” What you have before you right now, Leo, is a compa-

Newsweek reported a fact that few Westerners know about: Nigeria is accustomed to major oil spills. Every year since the 1960s, the Niger Delta has been slammed with a spill as extensive as the Exxon Valdez, which was the second biggest oil catastrophe in U.S. history. “Large purple slicks cover once fertile fields,” said Newsweek, “and rivers are clogged with oil leaked decades ago.” My purpose in bringing this to your attention is not to depress you, Libra, but rather to inspire you. In the coming weeks, I hope you will make it your passion to uncover injustices you’ve been unaware of, including those close to home. I think you’ll be amazed at how much this buoys your spirits. P.S.: You’ll get extra credit if you actually take action to address the unfairness.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) In the song “Fantasy World,” the lead singer of the band Pissed Jeans imagines himself in his happy place. “It’s Friday night and Saturday morning in my fantasy world / Sitting near piles of clothes and drinking a soda / with a slice of pizza in my fantasy world.” He’s not describing some unrealistic paradise where he can fly like an eagle and seduce anyone he wants and find gold bars under his pillow in the morning. Rather, he’s content with the simple, familiar pleasures. I urge

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you to follow his lead as you imagine and create your own fantasy world this week. Love what you’ve got.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) The highest unclimbed mountain in the world is Gangkhar Puensum, an almost 25,000-foot-tall beauty in Bhutan. It will remain free of human influence indefinitely, as local authorities are keen on preventing the environmental degradation that has occurred on popular peaks like Mt. Everest, where climbers have left lots of trash. What’s the equivalent in your sphere, Sagittarius? The most prominent unconquered prize? The Grail that still remains elusive? The virgin treasure your quest has not yet won?

According to my analysis, you now have the potential to make tangible progress toward that goal. Unlike the case with Gangkhar Puensum, there are no rules or laws preventing you.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) “Mommy, are scientists real?” the boy asked his mother. “Yes, son, they are,” she replied. “Do they make stuff that is dangerous?” continued the boy. “Sometimes they do,” said the mom.

“Then I want to be one when I grow up,” concluded the boy. In the coming weeks, Capricorn, I see you as being like the boy. You’ll be in the mood to brainstorm about what you might like to evolve into, and your fantasies will tend to move in the direction of what’s most adventurous and exciting. I urge you to fully indulge in those flights of fancy. It’s time to dream really big and really free.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) “I got expelled from college for cheating during my metaphysics final,” joked Woody Allen. “I got caught looking into the soul of the guy next to me.” Even if you’re not taking a big test for a metaphysics class, Aquarius, I urge you to do a lot of what Allen claimed he did: Gaze into the souls of those around you. It’s an excellent time, astrologically speaking, for you to escape the enclosed container of your own inner world and survey the raw truths and deep feelings that other people hold dear.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) “I have no doubt that in reality the future will be vastly more surprising than anything I can imagine,” said pioneering geneticist J.B.S. Haldane. I share that view, and I think it’s good to keep in mind whenever we’re tempted to rearrange our lives in accordance with the visions of those who predict the future, whether they be New Age prophets, indigenous elders, scientific experts, or political pundits. Nobody knows much of anything about how it’s all going to unfold! The future is not set in stone, but is totally up for grabs. The sooner you make that an everyday reminder, the more aggressive you’ll become about creating the life you want. Now is an excellent time to get the hang of it.

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edgymama “Eat your veggies!”

That’s a refrain that rings out in homes all over the country at least once each day. Well, in most homes with kids.

Forcing kids to eat vegetables is one of the prerogatives of parenthood. And veggies are good for kids — they are among the healthiest ingestible substances — chock full of antioxidants, fiber, vitamins and more. So we parents are within our rights to be jerks about making offspring eat plants.

Some of today’s parents may give their kids choices about which veggies to eat, or perhaps don’t even make them eat veggies, though I think that may be termed child abuse (can you say, “heli-cop-ter”?). That said, most of us have vegetable horror tales from our own childhoods.

And I say, hell yeah to that — more fodder for the therapists.

Here are a few examples of abuse via Brussels sprouts I’ve collected: A good friend of mine here in Asheville says her Dad used to threaten to duct tape her and her brother to the kitchen chairs and use a slingshot to shoot mashed potatoes mixed with veggies into their mouths.

And he was a wacky enough parent that these two thought he might actually follow through.

So they ate their vegetables.

My middle sister admits that she used to drop squash and peas down her high-waisted flowered underpants when she was a girl (though her husband says she still wears the same panties — they’re just no longer full of spinach). Then she’d go flush the hated veggies down the toilet.

Or surrepititously feed them to the dog. Who must’ve been starved because my dog won’t eat squash if it’s fed to him on a silver platter with a side of beef tenderloin.

My sister adds: “I used to hide food in my underpants all the time. I probably hid salmon croquets in my underpants, too.”

But we’re not here to talk about fishy undies.

We’re here to talk about vegetables.

According to research, there may be a reason kids hate veggies. Children’s taste receptors are more sensitive than adults, and a portion of the population may be supersensitive to bitter flavors (they’re called supertasters). Veggies can taste bitter, especially the cruciferous ones that all of us hated before we met MSG, like broccoli and cauliflower and cabbage.

But there are ways to get your kids to eat these foods, even the yucky ones. One way is to mix them in with foods your kids already like to eat.

So, chop up some red peppers and onions in really tiny pieces and put them in pizza and spaghetti

by Anne Fitten Glenn

sauce. Or puree and add to chicken soup.

Or serve them raw with dips. Kids love to dip stuff — into peanut butter, ranch dressing or piles of Parmesan cheese. In fact, in my opinion, adding cheese or cheese sauce to any vegetable makes it better. And I’m no longer a kid. In most areas of life.

Also, don’t punish your kids for not eating their veggies or reward them for doing so. We’ve all heard the stories about children being forced to sit at the dinner table for hours into the night until they ingest their overcooked lima beans (which I still think are nasty). That probably isn’t gonna persuade them to enjoy these health-promoting foodstuffs. I’d say just lay on the cheese sauce and don’t make a big deal out of it.

And rewarding kids for eating certain things teaches them that those are punishments they need to get through to get that damn chocolate brownie.

Like most kids, I wasn’t a huge veggie lover.

But nowadays, I crave spinach. And tomatoes.

And even, occasionally, broccoli. So there’s always hope ... X Anne Fitten “Edgy Mama” Glenn writes about a number of subjects, including parenting, at www. edgymama.com.

The center is located at 56 Broadway and preserves the legacy of the Black Mountain College through permanent collections, educational activities and public programs. Info: 350-8484, bmcmac@bellsouth.net or www.blackmountaincollege.org.

• TH (8/18), 7-9pm “MadHat’s Poetry, Prose and Anything Goes” will feature Lee Ann Brown, Valerie Nieman, Tim Peeler, Ted Pope and Carol Novack. $7/$5 members.

Blue Ridge Books Located at 152 S. Main St., Waynesville. Info: www. brbooks-news.com or 4566000.

• SA (8/20), 3pm - A back to school party will feature Harry Potter costumes, trivia and snacks. All ages.

Registration suggested.

—- 6:30pm - Lynne Hinkey will read from her new book Marina Melee.

• 2nd TUESDAYS, 6pm - Programs for aspiring and published writers of all genres.

Buncombe County Public Libraries LIBRARY ABBREVIATIONS - Each Library event is marked by the following location abbreviations: n BM = Black Mountain Library (105 N. Dougherty St., 250-4756) n FV = Fairview Library (1 Taylor Road, 250-6484) n PM = Pack Memorial Library (67 Haywood Street, 250-4700) n SS = Skyland/South Buncombe Library (260 Overlook Road, 250-6488) n SW = Swannanoa Library (101 West Charleston Street, 2506486) n WV = Weaverville Library (41 N. Main Street, 250-6482) n WA = West Asheville Library (942 Haywood Road, 250-4750) n Library storyline: 250KIDS. • WE (8/17), 5-7pm Swannanoa Library Knitters.

SW —- 10:30am - “United States: Multicultural salad bowl and library garden harvest.” BM • TH (8/18) - 2:30pm - Book club: Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay. SS —7pm - Book club: Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese. FV —- 7pm - Dr. Darin Waters will discuss E.W. Pearson and the Colored Agricultural Fair. WA • FR (8/19), 4-5:30pm - Teens are invited to create a movie trailer for The Forest

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of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan. WV • Through WE (8/31) - The “Lend a Hand, Care for the Land” exhibit will present information about forests, invasive plants and recycling. PM • TU (8/23), 6pm - “Color and Food in the Fall Garden” will discuss cool-weather vegetables and ornamentals.

SW Events at City Lights City Lights Bookstore is located at 3 E. Jackson St. in downtown Sylva. Info: 586-9499 or more@citylightsnc.com.

• TH (8/18), 10:30am “Coffee with the Poet.”

• 1st SATURDAYS, 7pm - The Liar’s Bench: storytellng, poetry and music.

• SA (8/20), 11am Saturday storytime.

Events at Malaprop’s The bookstore and cafe at 55 Haywood St. hosts visiting authors for talks and book signings. Info: 2546734 or www.malaprops. com.

• TH (8/18), 5pm - Women on words poetry circle. —7pm - Shohaku Okumura will read from his new work Realizing Genjokoan: The Key to Dogen’s Shobogenzo. —- 7pm Stitch-n-Bitch.

• 3rd SUNDAYS, 3pm Writers at Home: A monthly series featuring faculty from UNCA’s Great Smokies Writers Program. Hosted by Tommy Hays.

• FR (8/19), 7pm - Bobbie Ann Mason will read from her new novel The Girl in the Blue Beret.

• SA (8/20), 7pm - Kim MacQueen will read from her new novel Out, Out. • SU (8/21), 3pm - Chris McMillan will read from her new book Backwards Off the Curb: Notes of a Mad Woman Gone Sane.

• MO (8/22), 7pm - Amara Charles will read from her new book The Sexual Practices of Quodoushka.

• TU (8/23), 7pm - “Wild Words” writing workshop will feature local writing teacher Victoria Rose.

• TH (8/25), 7pm - Glenda Corwin will read from her new book Sexual Intimacy for Women: A Guide for Same-Sex Couples.

Open Mic Night at The Pulp • WEDNESDAYS, 7pm - Asheville Poetry Review and Asheville Wordfest host a monthly open mic at The Pulp, located beneath The Orange Peel in downtown Asheville. $10 includes club membership. Info: http:// pulpasheville.com.

Poetry Hickory • 2nd TUESDAYS, 5pm - Poetry Hickory will follow Writers’ Night Out. Held at Taste Full Beans Coffeehouse, 29 2nd St. NW, Hickory. Info: asowens1@yahoo.com.

Writers Workshop Potluck • 4th FRIDAYS, 6pm - Held at 387 Beaucatcher Road.

Info: writersw@gmail.com.

Music 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.

African Drumming Class • THURSDAYS, 6-7pm - Jessie Lehmann from the Boom Chix presents an African drumming class at the Terpsicorp dance studio, 129 Roberts St. in Asheville’s River Arts district. Learn West African rhythms, technique for Dundun, sangbahn, kenkeni and djembe. Info: 777-5115.

An Appalachian Evening At the Stecoah Valley Cultural Arts Center.

Performances include music and a “traditional Appalachian” dinner. $15/$5 students. Info: www.stecoahvalleycenter.com.

• SA (8/20), 5 & 6:15pm - Jeff Little Trio.

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

Gallery hours: Mon.-Wed. and Fri., 10am-5pm (closed Sat. during winter months).

Info: 669-0930 or www.

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• FR (8/19), 7:30pm - The Honey Dewdrops, country and folk. No advanced tickets required. $10.

Blue Ridge Community College Info: www.blueridge.edu.

• SU (8/21), 5-7pm - The Woolly Jumpers will perform as part of Music by the Lake, 180 West Campus Drive, Flat Rock.

Concerts on the Creek

Held in the pavilion at Bridge Park in downtown Sylva from 7:30-9:30pm.

Sponsored by the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce. Free. Info: (800) 962-1911 or www.mountainlovers.com.

• FR (8/19) - Johnny Webb Band.

Don Williams: Out of Retirement Tour • TH (8/18), 7:30pm - Country singer Don Williams will perform at The Foundation Performing Arts Center, 286 ICC Loop Road in Spindale. Info: 286-9990 or www.FoundationShows. org.

Downtown After Five These free concerts take place in downtown Asheville, on N. Lexington Avenue at I-240 and Hiawassee. Concerts begin at 5pm and end at 9pm.

Info: www.ashevilledowntown.org.

• FR (8/19) - The Lee Boys and Lubriphonic.

Dulcimer Concert • SU (8/21), 3pm - Anne Lough will perform at the Haywood County Public Library, 678 S. Haywood St., Waynesville. Presented by the Haywood County Arts Council. Info: www.haywoodarts.org.

Girish • SA (8/20), 8-11pm Girish will perform hymns and chants from her new album Diamonds in the Sun. Held at Studio 11 (aka Dr. Neon’s), 11 Richland St., Asheville. $20/$15 in advance. Info: www.westashevilleyoga.com Harvest Records Located at 415-B Haywood Road, Asheville. Info: 2582999.

• MO (8/22) - Six Organs of Admittance. $10/$8 in advance.

Haywood Community Band Concerts are presented at the Maggie Valley Pavilion, adjacent to the Maggie Valley Town Hall. Free. Bring a picnic dinner. Info: 4525553 or 452-7530 or www. haywoodcommunityband. org.

• SU (8/21), 6:30pm - The Haywood Community Band.

Homegrown in the Park • THURSDAYS, 6-8pm - Enjoy local singer/song-

writers at this weekly performance held at Pritchard Park in downtown Asheville. Free.

Info: http://bit.ly/l9vfgz.

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

Music on Main Street Live music and dancing at the Visitors Information Center, 201 S. Main St., Hendersonville. Bring a chair. No pets or alcoholic beverages allowed. Free.

Info: 693-9708, 1-800828-4244 or www.historichendersonville.org • FR (8/19), 7-9pm - Tuxedo Junction will perform alongside a classic car cruise-in.

Open Mic Night • FRIDAYS, 8:30-11pm - Adults of all ages and performers of all genres are invited to play music, recite poetry or present other arts at this weekly open mic. Held at Wall Street Coffee House, 62 Wall St. in downtown Asheville. Info: http://on.fb.me/e4GpE8 or wallstreetcoffeehouse@ gmail.com.

Shindig on the Green A celebration of traditional and old-time string bands, bluegrass, ballad singers, big circle mountain dancers and cloggers. Held at Pack Square Park on the Bascom Lamar Lunsford stage in downtown Asheville. Bring a lawn chair or blanket. Free.

Info: 258-6101 ext. 345 or www.folkheritage.org.

• SATURDAYS through (9/3), 7pm - A variety of musicians and dancers will perform.

Skinny Beats Drum Shop and Gallery 4 Eagle St. Info: info@ skinnybeatsdrums.com or 768-2826.

• WEDNESDAYS, 6-7pm & SUNDAYS, 2-3pm - Billy Zanski will teach beginning African drumming. Drums provided or bring your own.

• SU (8/21), noon-1pm - Musician and vocalist Linda Go will perform with percussionist Billy Zanski using crystal chakra bowls,

gongs and chime bars. Love offering.

Songs for a Saturday Afternoon • SA (8/20), 4pm - Join the Song O’ Sky Show Chorus for an afternoon of barbershop-style harmony on downtown Hendersonville’s Main Street performance stage. Info: www.songosky. org.

The Hop Ice cream, concerts and community events. 640 Merriman Ave., Suite 103, unless otherwise noted.

Search “The Hop Cafe” on Facebook or 254-2224.

• FR (8/19), 6:30-7:30pm - The Zen Sutherland Piano Show will feature Beatles covers and sing-a-longs.

Held at The Hop West, 721 Haywood Road.

Totally Telemann Oboe Concert • SU (8/21), 3-4pm - Local oboists Kathryn Potter and Cheryl Tuttle will perform Telemann Fantasias and Canonic Sonatas in a teacher/student concert at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 337 Charlotte St. in Asheville. Info: info@kathrynpotter.com.

Theater Shakespeare Workshop • This Monday (pd.) August 22, 7pm10pm at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. • Explore Shakespeare’s language through a relaxed, improvisatory format. Ideal for actors and non-actors alike.

No preparation necessary, although any memorized text adds to the overall fun. 35 E Walnut St. $35 advance/$30 door. (828) 254 - 2939, x21. www.stellaadler-asheville.com Asheville Community Theatre Located at 35 E. Walnut St. Tickets and info: 254-1320 or www.ashevilletheatre.org.

• Through SU (8/21) - The Honky Tonk Angels. Friday and Saturday, 7:30pm.

Sunday, 2:30pm. $22/$19 seniors and students/$12 children.

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What: One Degree of Separation, a benefit for Operation TSHIRT Where: The Garage at Biltmore, 101 Fairview Road, Asheville.

When: Saturday, Aug. 20, 4:45 p.m.-1 a.m or later. $10.

Info at operationtshirt.org or avl.mx/4d.

Why: Most teenagers have a T-shirt collection. A few concert shirts and a summer-camp jersey are mainstays of the teen wardrobe. Marley Ferris, age 17, has gone beyond her own closet and put T-shirts to good use through Operation TSHIRT, “Teens and Students Helping in Recovery and Treatment,” an organization she founded last year.

When Ferris was first diagnosed with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, or P.O.T.S., she didn’t let her high heart rate and low blood pressure stop her from helping others. She was inspired by the children and teens she met at Mission Hospital and began transforming T-shirts into tote bags. She nestled toys, games and art supplies into to each bag, hoping to bring relief to children experiencing illnesses of all kinds. “I’ve been on the other side of this multiple times. It can be a scary and traumatic experience,” Ferris says in a press release.

The Garage at Biltmore hosts One Degree of Separation, a benefit for Operation TSHIRT. The event was originally a benefit for the Ferris family, but Marley Ferris decided to pass along the funds to other teens in need. Several bands will play from mid-afternoon until well after midnight, including Alarm Clock Conspiracy, Snake Oil Medicine Show

and a reunion of The Royal We. This is the fifth year One Degree of Separation has thrown a benefit for a local cause. Previous years have supported organizations like The Asheville Area Arts Council.

This year, One Degree decided to bring the benefit “closer to home” by raising money for a friend in need. Even if you don’t have an old T-shirt that you’re willing to part with, stop by The Garage at Biltmore to hear some music and help Marley Ferris support teenagers throughout the region.

benefitscalendar Calendar for august 17 - 25, 2011 Benefit Yard Sale • SA (8/20), 8am-1pm - A multi-family yard sale will be held at 156 E. Chestnut St. to benefit the African Vulnerable Children Project.

Household items, furniture, books, clothing and more will be available on a donation basis.

Sponsored by Mountain Zen Practice Center.

Info: chris_larson@bellsouth.net.

Child abuse Prevention Services Info: 254-2000, childadvocacy@buncombe. main.nc.us or www.childabusepreventionservices.org.

• WE (8/17), 1pm - The 9th annual Arby’s Child Advocacy Classic Golf Tournament will benefit Child Abuse Prevention Services. Held at Etowah Valley Country Club and Golf Lodge, 470 Brickyard Road, Etowah. $125.

Fallen Hero Band Jam • SA (8/20) & SU (8/21), 1pm - A benefit for the family of firefighter Capt. Jeff Bowen, who was killed in the line of duty, will be held at Mack Kells Pub and Grill, 160 Tunnel Road.

Performers will include Arron LaFace, Black Jack, Contagious and more. $10 donation.

Info: 253-8805.

Haywood County arts Council

The HCAC sponsors a variety of arts-related events in Waynesville and Haywood County.

Unless otherwise noted, showings take place at HCAC’s Gallery 86 (86 North Main St.) in Waynesville. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm.

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

• TH (8/18), 7-9pm - “Wine for the Arts,” a 2011 FUNd Party, will be held at The Classic Wineseller, 20 Church St., Waynesville. $50.

Jamin’ for Journeymen • SU (8/21), 6-11pm - A benefit for Journeymen of Asheville, an organization that provides mentorship to adolescent boys, will be held at The Grey Eagle, 185 Clingman Ave. Music will be provided by Silas Durocher and Friends, Josh Phillips Trio and Vertigo Jazz Project. $15/$12 in advance. Info: cfrisco@ gmail.com or 719-6476.

One Degree Of Separation Benefit • SA (8/20), 4:45pm-1am - “One Degree Of Separation” will benefit Operation TSHIRT, an organization run by a 17 year-old Marley Ferris who was recently diagnosed with P.O.T.S. (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome).

The Royal We, Alarm Clock Conspiracy, Chalwa and more will perform. Held at The Garage at Biltmore, 101 Fairview Road. Info: www.operationtshirt.org.

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Rockin’ with the Docs • TU (8/23), 6-10pm - “Rockin’ with the Docs” will feature local doctors and performing with their bands. Proceeds will benefit the Western Carolina Medical Society’s charitable foundation and Project Access. Held at Pack’s Tavern, 20 South Spruce St. $5. Info: 2742267.

Save the French Broad grand Finale • TH (8/25), 7pm - Legendary reggae outfit The Wailers will perform at The Orange Peel, 101 Biltmore Ave., to raise funds for the Save the French Broad campaign, a partnership between the WNC Alliance, Sweetwater Brewery and Clear Channel Asheville. $22/$25.

Info: www.savethefrenchbroad.com. the Hop Ice cream, concerts and community events.

640 Merriman Ave., Suite 103, unless otherwise noted. Search “The Hop Cafe” on Facebook or 254-2224.

• TU (8/23) - 20 percent of proceeds from both locations will benefit Brother Wolf Animal Rescue. An afternoon adoption event will be held at The Hop North.

Veterans appreciation motorcycle Day • SA (8/20), 9am-1pm - The Veterans Appreciation Motorcycle Day Poker Run and

Field Games will benefit area veterans. The poker run begins at Tractor Supply Company, 14 Monticello Road, Weaverville and ends at the VA Medical Center, 1100 Tunnel Road. $5 per hand. Free to attend. Info: 299-2514.

When Pigs Fly • SA (8/20), noon-7:30pm - Enjoy BBQ, music, children’s activities and inflatables at this benefit to raise funds to build an orphanage in Honduras. Held at Newbridge Baptist Church, 199 Elkwood Ave., in Woodfin. Info: thecarpentersheart@yahoo.com.

Winesdays • WEDNESDAYS, 5-8pm - A wine tasting to benefit Rathbun House will be held at The Wine Studio of Asheville, 169 Charlotte St. $5.

Info: www.winestudioasheville.com.

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225, three miles south of Hendersonville. Info: 6930731 or www.flatrockplayhouse.org.

• TH (8/18) through SU (9/11) - The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie. See website for times. $34.

• Through SU (9/4) - Shear Madness, a murder mystery comedy, will be presented Wed. through Sun. $34. montford Park Players Unless otherwise noted, performances are free and take place outdoors Fri.Sun. at 7:30pm at Hazel Robinson Amphitheater in Montford. Bring folding chair and umbrella in case of rain.

Donations accepted. Info: 254-5146 or www.montfordparkplayers.org.

• FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until (9/4), 7:30pm - Julius Caesar will “explore what happens when nationalistic loyalty meets the lust for power and friendship conflicts honor.” 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.

• WE (8/24) through SU (9/25) - Hedwig and the Angry Inch. See website for times. $29-$17. the magnetic Field A cafe, bar and performance house located at 372 Depot St. in the River Arts District.

Info: www.themagneticfield. com or 257-4003.

• THURSDAYS through SATURDAYS (until 9/3), 7:30pm - The Last Laugh.

This production follows Chuck Wiles, “the outrageously gay, pot-smoking leader of a renowned but impoverished comic theatre troupe.” Late showings held Saturdays at 10pm. theater at unCa • SU (8/21), 2:30pm - The Autumn Players’ Readers Theater series will present the comedy Beau Jest. Held at UNCA’s Reuter Center. $5. Info: www.unca.edu/ ncccr or 251-6140.

Comedy Comic Disorder theatre • TUESDAYS, 7:30-9pm - Comic Disorder Theatre will present a class on improvisational comedy at Wall Street Cafe, 62 Wall St. Info and registration: www.

ComicDisorder.org.

Disclaimer Stand-up Lounge • WEDNESDAYS, 911:30pm - A weekly

comedy open mic is held at Athena’s, 14 College St. in downtown Asheville.

Free. Info: http://on.fb.me/ mgWdtL.

Film events at the White Horse in Black mountain Located at 105C Montreat Road. Info: 669-0816.

• FR (8/19), 8pm Filmmaker Michael Knox and gypsy funk punk band Sirius.B will present a screening of Tearing Down the Tent, a documentary about the Cole Brothers Circus. $10.

Flat Rock Cinema • FR (8/19) through TH (8/25), 4 & 7pm - The Day Carl Sandburg Died, a new documentary about the author’s life, will be screened daily at Flat Rock Cinema, 2700 Greenville Highway. $7. Info: www.

FlatRockCinema.com. transition Hendersonville Aims to bring the community together, develop practical solutions and improve the quality of life for everyone in light of peak oil, climate change and the ensuing economic tensions.

Info: http://transitionhendersonville.com.

• WE (8/24), 5-8pm Permaculture: The Growing Edge. Held at Black Bear Cafe, 318 Main St., Hendersonville. Free.

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FormFitnessFunction.com Beginner Swing Dancing Lessons (pd.) 4 week series starts first Tuesday of every month at 7:30pm. $12/week per person. • No partner necessary. Eleven on Grove, downtown Asheville. Details: www.SwingAsheville.com Studio Zahiya (pd.) Monday, 6-7 Yoga • 7:30-9 Bellydance • Tuesday 9-10am Hip Hop Workout • 6-7pm Beginner Bellydance, • 7-8pm Intermediate Bellydance, Wednesday noon-1 Yoga, • 6-7 Pilates, • 7:30-9 Bellydance, • Thursday 9-10am Bellydance, • 67pm Bollywood, • 8-9pm Hip Hop, • Friday 10-11am Bhangra Workout. • $12 for 60 minute classes. 90 1/2

N. Lexington Avenue. www. studiozahiya.com Carolina Shag Dance • WEDNESDAYS, 7:3011pm - A weekly dance will be held with a live DJ at Shifter’s (formerly Bosco’s), 2310 Hendersonville Road in Arden. $5.

•SUNDAYS, 4-5pm Weekly dance workshop and lessons. Free.

Hendersonville Ballroom Dance Club Meets in the ballroom of the Elks Lodge, 546 N. Justice St., Hendersonville. Yearly membership is $10. Couples and singles of all ages are welcome. Info: 692-8281.

• FR (8/19), 7:30-10pm - Hawaiian Day dance and luau.

International Folk Dancing • TUESDAYS, 7:30-9:30pm - Circle and line dances from around the world will be hosted at Harvest House, 205 Kenilworth Road. No partner needed. Free. Info: 645-1543.

Salsa Night • WEDNESDAYS, 8:30pmmidnight - Salsa night at Creatures Cafe, 81 Patton Ave. Ages 18 and up. Free.

Info: 254-3636.

Southern Lights SDC A nonprofit square-dance club. Square dancing is friendship set to music. Info: 625-9969.

• WEDNESDAYS, 7:309:30pm - A weekly dance for new and experienced dancers will be held at the Stoney Mountain Activity Center, 800 Stoney Mountain Road, Hendersonville.

• SA (8/20), 7pm - Open house and ice cream social dance. Advanced level begins at 6pm.

Held at Whitmire Acitivity Building, Lily Pond Road, Hendersonville.

Auditions & Call to Artists Arts Council of Henderson County Located at 401 N. Main St. (entrance on Fourth Street), above Flight Restaurant in downtown Hendersonville.

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

• Through (8/18) Submissions are currently being accepted for grassroots arts program subgrants through August 18.

Bloomin’ Orchard Festival • Through SA (8/20) Bloomin’ Orchard Festival will accept applications for arts vendors through August 20. The festival will be held on August 27 in Conover, NC. Info: www.

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Celebration Singers of Asheville Community children’s chorus for ages 7-14. For audition/performance info: 230-5778 or www.singasheville.org.

• TH (8/25), 6-7pm - The Celebration Singers of the Asheville Children’s Community Youth Chorus invites singers ages seven to 14 to audition for the 2011-2012 season. Held at the First Congregational Church Asheville, 20 Oak St. Prepare a song and bring sheet music.

Master Gardener Grants • Through WE (8/31) - The Haywood County Master Gardener Volunteer Association will accept applications for its grants program through August 31. Grants may be used for education or research in the environment, gardening or horticulture. Info: 456-3575.

Scarecrow Festival & Craft Show A Buncombe County Parks & Recreation Family Fun Festival at Lake Julian Park.

Free. Info: 250-4260 or grace.young@buncombecounty.org.

• Through FR (9/23) - Submissions for the 7th annual Scarecrow Festival will be accepted through September 23. $35 for nonelectric booth.

• Through SA (10/1), 9am - Scarecrows of all kinds will be accepted through October 1. Winners in the individual and family categories can win cash prizes. Info: grace.young@ buncombecounty.org.

Stars and Flags Book Award • Through WE (8/31) - Submissions for the Stars and Flags Book Award, celebrating books about military-related topics, will be accepted through August 31. Info: www.starsandflags.com.

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

• Through TH (9/1) - The Artery will accept submissions for 2012 exhibits through September 1.

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Lead story For years, many traditional funerals in Taiwan — especially in rural areas or among the working class — have included pop singers and bikinied dancers, supposedly to entertain the ghosts that will protect the deceased in the afterlife. According to a recent documentary by anthropologist Marc Moskowitz, the “dancers” included strippers who did lap dances with funeral guests, until the government banned such behavior 20 years ago. Contemporary song-and-dance shows, like the traveling Electric Flower Car, supposedly appeal to “lower” gods who help cleanse the deceased of the more mundane vices such as gambling and prostitution (compared to the “higher” gods who focus on morality and righteousness).

Can’t possibly be true • California’s state and local governments almost universally seem to face looming budget cuts these days, but apparently the Los Angeles County Museum of Art is safe: It’s spending a reported $1.5 million to transport a 340-ton boulder from Riverside, about 60 miles away. The museum intends to display “Levitated Mass” above a sidewalk. The move will require a 200-foot-long trailer with 200 tires, with one semi-tractor pulling and one pushing, at night (maximum speed: 8 mph).

• Tennessee State Rep. Julia Hurley apologized in July and said she would pay for refinishing her desk in the legislative chamber after it was revealed that she’d carved her initials in it during a January session. “It was like one in the morning on the last day of the session,” she told WSMV-TV. “I wasn’t thinking straight.”

The 29-year-old Hurley, whose daughter is 14, unseated a nine-term incumbent legislator in 2010 with a campaign that touted her time as a Hooters waitress. “If I could make it at Hooters,” she wrote in the restaurant’s magazine, “I could make it anywhere.”

• In June, the California Court of Appeals threw out the three counts of possession of child pornography on which Joseph Gerber had been convicted after pasting face shots of his 13-year-old

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Unclear on the concept • A Singaporean army draftee caused a stir in March when he was photographed undergoing physical training in army fatigues while his maid followed behind, carrying his backpack. (Army officials told reporters the draftee has been “counseled.”)

• Helping Disaster Victims: (1) In May, following near-record floods in fields south of Montreal, farmer Martin Reid applied for a fishing license, having learned the hard way that he needs one to remove the fish washed onto his land. After 1993 flooding, Reid and his father failed to secure a license and were fined $1,000. A second offense brings a $100,000 fine.

Police blotter • Must Be Guilty: U.S. Army officer Justin Dale Little Jim, 28 was arrested in Woodbridge, Va., in July for burglary after police found him inside the MVC Late Night adult store, physically engaged with a “blow-up doll.” Little Jim’s chances for acquittal are slim under News of the Weird’s groundbreaking “Three First Names” theory of criminal culpability.

• In June, a petite, 42-year-old customer spotted three men stealing beer at the Alvin, Texas, Walmart. Explaining later that she was “sick of the lawlessness,” the woman (whose name is Monique Lawless) chased the men and jumped up and

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down on the hood of their getaway car to delay their escape. The three were eventually arrested: Sylvester Andre Thompson and his brothers Sylvester Durlentren Thompson and Sylvester Primitivo Thompson.

Recent confusing headlines (1) If Yogi Berra Wrote the Headline: “Woman Missing Since She Got Lost” (Chicago Sun-Times, May 17). (2) Please Explain: “Teen Dies of Shaken Baby Syndrome” (Chicago Tribune, March 9). “Man With Clown Nose in New Cumberland Poses No Serious Threat” (Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa., July 3). (3) Run for the Hills: “Return of the Giant Carnivorous Hermaphrodite Snails” (Yahoo News, June 3). (4) Not What You Think: “Showboat Casino Hotel to Become First DogFriendly Casino in Atlantic City” (The Press of Atlantic City, Feb. 3) (Guests can bring their dogs, but the canines are still forbidden to play poker.)

People with issues The usual furtive restroom photographer is male, but sheriff’s deputies in Plantation, Fla., arrested Rhonda Hollander, 47, in July and charged her with several misdemeanors and a felony after she allegedly followed a man inside the men’s room at the West Regional Courthouse and snapped photos of him at a urinal. Hollander insisted she hadn’t broken any law, and indeed the charges against her concerned only her continuing to take pictures as deputies led her away.

Hollander, a judge, works in the building as a traffic magistrate.

Recurring themes Despite advances in DNA testing in the last two decades, in many states, men are still compelled to pay support for children they didn’t father. A court recently refused to relieve Houston resident Ray Thomas of the $52,000 in back child support he owes for a “daughter” who isn’t his. Ironically, in March the Texas Legislature became one of the few to allow men like Thomas to present DNA evidence in order to end court-ordered support, but the state attorney general said the new law covers only prospective judicial orders.

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About 100 people waited outdoors all night for a shot at free dental care during an Aug. 5 clinic at A-B Tech. Dentists from the Asheville area and beyond donated their time to serve hundreds of community members in need, and organizers said it shows how much can be achieved when people team up to help the less fortunate. But the high turnout, they noted, points to underlying economic hardship and a dysfunctional health-care system.

Folks started showing up at 3 p.m. on Aug. 4, hoping to get free cleanings, fillings, extractions and other care the next day. Organized by the North Carolina Dental Society, Eblen Charities, A-B Tech and other partners, the makeshift clinic was set up in the Coman Student Center gym, staffed by some 50 volunteering dentists and hygienists.

Kevin Riley showed up at the community college at 2:30 a.m. after walking an hour-and-a-half from his home across town. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I figured Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be first to get here, but there was already about a hundred people here,â&#x20AC;? he reported while watching others being treated. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But overall, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s well worth it, because I have a toothache; theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to restore it. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been positive, friendly for the most part, well-organized.â&#x20AC;?

As a veteran, Riley qualifies for other free and reduced-cost medical care at the VA Medical Center, but for dental care, â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is the only choice I have,â&#x20AC;? he explained.

Others shared similar stories as they sat on the bleachers awaiting their turn.

Unemployed Asheville resident Sylvia Donaldson had been there since 4 a.m., waiting to have a filling restored. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had no other place to turn, and I heard about this, and it was a blessing. I was happy to be able to come here, and I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t care how long I have to wait,â&#x20AC;? she explained. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I heard some people bitching about how long itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s taken, but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not going to kick a gift horse in the mouth.â&#x20AC;?

Donaldson was on track to have her dental work done by the end of the day, but not everyone was so lucky.

Rilla Wisor of Old Fort arrived at the clinic with her family at 11 the previous evening, but that was already too late for her to get the partial dentures she was hoping for. Instead, she spent the day knitting as she waited for her children to get care she estimated would save her â&#x20AC;&#x153;hundreds if not thousands of dollars.â&#x20AC;?

Sign of the times All told, some 700 people received about $320,000 worth of services, said Bill Murdock, Eblen Charitiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; executive director.

Still, countless others were turned away, he said regretfully, noting, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always going to be

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Filling a need: About 700 people received free dental care at a makeshift clinic in A-B Techâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gym. Veteran Kevin Riley and many others waited in line for more than 12 hours.

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Bill Waddell of Eblen called the overwhelming turnout a sign of the times, adding that the line was bigger this year than it had been at the 2010 inaugural event. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s funds are tight; the economyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s terrible. People canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afford to go to the dentist,â&#x20AC;? he explained.

Murdock said organizers are already looking at how they could serve more people at next yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clinic, tentatively scheduled for the second weekend of August in the same location. Support from local businesses and others has been overwhelming, he said, with donations of everything from electrical generators to bottled water and snacks. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The need is there. ... Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a tale of our time right now,â&#x20AC;? Murdock observed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But it gives everyone an opportunity to come together. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a wonderful testament to our community.â&#x20AC;?

Likewise, Rep. Heath Shuler sounded a similar

note, calling the clinic a step in the right direction. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When you have thousands of people show up for free dental care, then weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got a problem,â&#x20AC;? said Shuler, who was present at the clinic and served as the eventâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chair. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not the solution to every problem,â&#x20AC;? he asserted. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If we can take care of problems like this in our own communities, then we wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need more government. ... This is what makes America strong: helping our neighbors. ... This makes you feel proud to live in Western North Carolina, that we take care of our own.â&#x20AC;? X Jake Frankel can be reached at 251-1333, ext. 115, or at jfrankel@mountainx.com.

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Accentuates Designer Clothing Trunk And Sample Sale • This Saturday! (pd.) Unique, stylish and funky Dance and Fitness wear sale: • August 20, 1-6pm. • Tops • Pants • Skirts • Tunics • Call 298-1921. • See more at http://www.AccentuatesClothing. etsy.com Attention Air Heads! (BMW Riders) • Vegetarian Jazz Brunch • Everyone Welcome (pd.) Brunch on Saturday, August 20, 9:30am-1:30pm at Youth At Jazz Practice Room, (the old North Asheville Library), 37 Larchmont Road, off Merrimon Avenue, at the Post Office. • Entertainment provided

by Bill Gerheardt, jazz pianist and Erika Franzi, jazz vocalist. • Food provided by VegHeads Drive Thru. $10 per person. • RSVP/Information: (828) 970-8855.

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• Private sessions by appointment, East Asheville. 299-8490. integrativemovement.com Lighten Up! Weight Reduction thru your Akashic Records (pd.) Rewrite the Story of Your Body! Do you believe your weight is the problem? What if it’s merely the symptom? Bring your questions and be ready for profound answers from your wonderful Akashic Masters & Teachers. Group Sessions $25; Repeat Attendees Don. $10-$20; Private Question $20. Add’l events: www.KellySJones.net/Events or call 828-281-0888. 60 Biltmore Ave, 2nd Floor. · Tues (8/23) 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm The REAL Center (pd.) Offers life-changing skills including Nonviolent Communication (NVC), Radical Honesty, and Somatic Awareness. Learn to stay centered in any situation, be flexible without being submissive, and more. $120/8session class in Asheville with Steve Torma, 828-254-5613. http://www. theREALcenter.org The YWCA’s Club W (pd.) Will hold a Kettle Bell Workshop on Saturday, August 20, 10:00 am.

185 S. French Broad Avenue. $10 members/$17.50 non-members. For more information call 254-7206 x 213 or go to www.ywcaofasheville. org Wired for Stress or Wired for Joy? (pd.) It’s a brain state! Depression, anxiety, cravings, weight gain, alcohol/drug misuse, out of control debt and video game use are clues of brain stress. It’s not you, it’s your wiring! Self-judgment only increases suffering. Introductory session at no charge. Receive the book, WIRED FOR JOY. • Understand 5 Brain States and tools for moving to a state of balance, ease, and well-being.

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Call Denise Kelley, 231-2107 or email empowering.solutions@yahoo.com Events at Pardee Hospital All programs held at the Pardee Health Education Center in the Blue Ridge Mall in Hendersonville. Free, but registration is required unless otherwise noted. Info and registration: www.pardeehospital.org or 692-4600.

• FR (8/19), 1:30-3pm - A case manager from Pardee will discuss the importance of personal health records and how to create one.

• TH (8/25), 12:30-2pm - A wellness coordinator from Pardee Rehab will discuss how to start or re-energize your exercise routine.

Living Healthy with Diabetes • WEDNESDAYS through (9/21), 46:30pm - Find balance with diabetes through this self-management program. Open to people with diabetes and their caregivers. $30 for six-week session. Held at CarePartners Health Services, 68 Sweeten Creek Road in Asheville. Registration required. Info: 251-7438 or rebecca@landofsky. org.

Living Healthy with Diabetes • FRIDAYS, 1-3:30pm - Learning to manage life with diabetes? Take charge of your health with this sixweek self management workshop for people with diabetes and their caregivers. Held at Laurel Woods Apartments, 650 Caribou Road in Asheville. $30 for six-week series.

Info and registration: 251-7438.

Longevity Seminar • TH (8/25), 5:30-6:30pm “Longevity: The Latest Research on Living Longer.” Held at Fairview Chiropractic Center, 2 Fairview Hills Drive. Free, but reservations required.

Info: 628-7800.

Memory Loss Panel Discussion • TH (8/18), 1-3:30pm - “Changes? I Don’t Like Changes!” a panel discussion about memory loss, will be held at Biltmore United Methodist Church, 276 Hendersonville Highway. Info: 230-3885.

Park Ridge Hospital Park Ridge Hospital is located in Fletcher and hosts a number of free events, including cholesterol screenings, vision screenings, PSA screenings, bone density checks for women, lectures, numerous support groups and a Kid Power program.

Info: 687-3947 or www.parkridgehospital.org.

• FR (8/19), 11am-2pm - PSA and bone density screenings will be offered at Citco Hendersonville, 324 S. Washington St. Wear shoes and socks that are easily removable. $10 PSA/Free bone screening.

• SU (8/21), 8-11am - Cholesterol, PSA and bone density screenings will be offered at Mills River SDA Church, 2142 Jeffries Road. Fast overnight for cholesterol screening and wear shoes

and socks that are easily removable for bone density screening. $10 PSA/ Free cholesterol and bone density.

Red Cross Events & Classes Red Cross holds classes in CPR/first aid for infants, children and adults; babysitter training; pet first aid; bloodborne pathogens; swimming and water safety; and lifeguarding. All classes held at chapter headquarters, 100 Edgewood Road. To register call 258-3888, ext. 221. Info: www. redcrosswnc.org. : Bloodmobile Drive dates and locations are listed below. Appointment and ID required.

• TH (8/18), 2:30-7pm - Blood drive: Arden Seventh Day Adventist Church, 35 Airport Road. Info: 684-6700. —Blood drive: 2:30-6:30pm - Woodfin YMCA, 40 North Merrimon Ave. Info: 505-3990.

• FR (8/19), 9am-1pm - Blood drive: Comfort Suites, Brevard Road, Asheville. Info: 418-1173.

• MO (8/22), 2:30-7pm - Blood drive: Asheville Chevrolet, 205 Smokey Park Highway. Info: 6654444.

• 1st TUESDAYS, 12:30-1pm - The Red Cross initiative to train five million people in CPR in 2011 will be held at Pardee Health Education Center, 1800 Four Seasons Blvd.

Hendersonville. Info: 693-5605.

The Dangers of Vision Loss • SA (8/20), 8:30am-3pm - This educational program to benefit agerelated macular degeneration patients and their caregivers will be held at the DoubleTree Hotel in Biltmore Village.

Info: info@maculardegenerationassociation.org.

Weight Loss Seminar • TH (8/18), 5:30-6:30pm - “Weight loss: A Science-Based Approach.”

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

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

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

• SUNDAYS, 3pm - “Living in the Solution” meets at The Servanthood House, 156 E. Chestnut St., Asheville.

Open big book study. Info: 9898075.

• MONDAYS, 7pm - “Generations” meets at First Congregational United Church of Christ, 20 Oak St., Asheville. 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

wellnesscontinued WNC area. Info: 800-286-1326 or www.wnc-alanon.org.

• WEDNESDAYS, 5:45 & 7pm Women’s Al-Anon meeting at Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, 798 Merrimon Ave. at Gracelyn Road.

Newcomers welcome.

• THURSDAYS, 7pm - “Parents of Children with Alcoholism,” West Asheville Presbyterian Church, 690 Haywood Road.

• FRIDAYS, 12:30pm - “Keeping the Focus,” First Baptist Church, 5 Oak St. —- 8pm - “Lambda,” Cathedral of All Souls, 9 Swan St. • SATURDAYS, 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.

• SUNDAYS, 5pm - Al-Anon and Alateen, West Asheville Presbyterian Church, 690 Haywood Road.

• MONDAYS, noon - “Keeping the Focus,” First Baptist Church, 5 Oak St. —- 6pm - “Attitude of Gratitude,” Grace Episcopal Church, 871 Merrimon Ave. —- 7pm - Meeting at First Christian Church, 201 Blue Ridge Road, Black Mountain.

• TUESDAYS, 9:45am - “Serenity Through Courage and Wisdom,” St. Barnabas Catholic Church, 109 Crescent Hill, Arden. —- 5:30pm - “Steps to Recovery,” Kenilworth Presbyterian Church, 123 Kenilworth Road. —- 7pm - “One Day at a Time,” First Congregational UCC, 20 Oak St. Black Mountain NicA Meeting • MONDAYS, 7pm - The chapel of the Black Mountain Neurological Center invites those struggling to overcome tobacco addiction to a Nicotine Anonymous meeting.

Located at 932 Old US 70 (turn up drive, at top turn left). Use parking around circle. Green NicA flyer posted on metal door. Info: 669-4161.

Center for New Beginnings • 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 6-7pm - A support group for those who have lost a loved one through a traffic accident, murder or crime-related death will meet at Center for New Beginnings, 34 Wall St., Suite 802.

Facilitated by Tom Parks and Lori Gerber, MS. Free. Info: 989-9306.

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

• SATURDAYS, 11am - Meeting at First Congregational United Church of Christ, 20 Oak St. in Asheville. Info: 779-2317 or 299-1666.

Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous • THURSDAYS, 7:30pm - Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous will meet at Biltmore United Methodist Church, 376 Hendersonville Road, Asheville. Info: 989-3227.

GriefShare

GriefShare features nationally recognized experts in grief-and-recovery support and meets at Calvary Baptist Church, 531 Haywood Road in Asheville. Info: 253-7301 or michael. lee@calvaryasheville.com.

• SUNDAYS, 3pm - GriefShare group meeting.

MemoryCaregivers Network Support for caregivers of loved ones who suffer from dementia and Alzheimer’s. Info: 645-9189 or 230-4143.

• 4th TUESDAYS, 1-3pm - Meeting at Weaverville First Baptist Church, 63 N. Main St. Mission Weight Management Surgical Support Group • 1st & 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 67:30pm - Meetings are held at the Mission Weight Management Center, 2 Medical Park Drive, Suite 102. Info: www.missionhospitals.org/weightmanagement.

MS Community Awareness Lunch • THURSDAYS, noon-3pm - Join this “inspirational and positive” community of individuals and families affected by multiple sclerosis for lunch at West End Bakery, 757 Haywood Road in Asheville. This group “empowers with opportunities and resources to enhance quality of life while strengthening relationships.”

Info: mscommunitywnc@gmail.com.

NAMI Family-to-Family Class • MONDAYS, 6-8:30pm - This 12-week class for families and caregivers of individuals with a severe mental illness will be held at Charles George VA Medical Center, 1100 Tunnel Road in Asheville. The course covers major mental illnesses and self-care. Registration required. Info: 299-9596 or rohaus@charter.net.

Overcomers Recovery Support Group A Christian-based, 12-step recovery program. Provides a spiritual plan of recovery for people struggling with life-controlling problems. Meetings are held at S.O.S. Anglican Mission, 370 N. Louisiana Ave., suite C-1. All are welcome. Info: rchovey@sos. spc-asheville.org or 575-2003.

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

Overcomers Recovery Support Group for Ladies • TUESDAYS, 7pm - This Christianbased, 12-step recovery program provides a spiritual plan of recovery for people struggling with life-controlling problems. Meetings are held at S.O.S. Anglican Mission, 370 N. Louisiana Ave., Suite C-1. All are welcome. Info: 575-2003.

Overeaters Anonymous A fellowship of individuals who, through shared experience, strength and hope, are recovering from compulsive overeating. This 12-step program welcomes everyone who wants to stop eating compulsively. Meetings are one hour unless otherwise noted.

• THURSDAYS, 6:30pm Hendersonville: O.A. Step Study

group at the Cox House, 723 N. Grove St. Info: 329-1637.

• THURSDAYS, noon - Asheville: Biltmore United Methodist Church, 376 Hendersonville Road (S. 25 at Yorkshire). Info: 298-1899.

• SATURDAYS, 9:30am - Black Mountain: Carver Parks and Recreation Center, 101 Carver Ave. off Blue Ridge Road. Open relapse and recovery meeting. Info: 6690986.

• MONDAYS, 6pm - Asheville: First Congregational United Church of Christ, 20 Oak St. Info: 252-4828.

• MONDAYS, 6:30pm Hendersonville: Balfour United Methodist Church, 2567 Asheville Highway. Info: (800)-580-4761.

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

Park Ridge Hospital Park Ridge Hospital is located in Fletcher and hosts a number of free events, including cholesterol screenings, vision screenings, PSA screenings, bone density checks for women, lectures, numerous support groups and a Kid Power program.

Info: 687-3947 or www.parkridgehospital.org.

• TH (8/18), 3-4pm - Henderson County Stroke and Aphasia Support Group will meet at Park Ridge Home Health Offices, 895 Howard Gap Road, Fletcher. Info: 687-5261.

S-Anon • WENESDAYS, 1pm - S-Anon is a 12-step recovery program for partners, family and friends of sexaholics.

Meetings held weekly in the WNC area. Call confidential voicemail or email for information: 258-5117 or wncsanon@gmail.com.

SLAA (Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous) • SATURDAYS, 10-11am - Do you want to stop living out a destructive pattern of sex and love addiction over which you are personally powerless?

This 12-step-based recovery program meets at 20 Oak St., Asheville. Info: www.slaafws.org or ashevilleslaa@ charter.net.

WNC Brain Tumor Support Welcomes family as well as the newly diagnosed and longer-term survivors. Info: 691-2559 or www. wncbraintumor.org.

• 3rd THURSDAYS, 6:15-8pm WNC Brain Tumor Support Group will meet at MAHEC Biltmore Campus, 121 Hendersonville Road, Asheville.

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GREEK SHRIMP OVER WHEAT COUSCOUS Ingredients 4 cups Couscous (prepare according to directions on box) Chicken stock or low sodium chicken broth 3/4 lb shrimp (peeled & deveined), cut into small pieces 3 cups total( summer vegetables: zucchini/yellow squash/peppers), cut into small pieces 1/2 onion, chopped 1/3 cup kalamata olives, chopped 1 clove garlic, minced 16oz canned diced tomato, use pre-seasoned with garlic/basil 1/2 TBSP olive oil 1/4 cup feta cheese

Directions 1. Cook couscous according to directions, using chicken stock or lower sodium broth instead of water and put garlic in broth.

2. Using non-stick pan, spray pan with non-stick spray & heat oil, add onions and saute´ until soft/golden. Add tomato, olives and vegetables. Cook on medium heat until vegetables are slightly soft. Add shrimp and cook until shrimp are done - about 4 more minutes.

3. Plate couscous and spoon shrimp/vegetable mixture over top. Sprinkle with feta and serve.

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Game on! Although Arcade is becoming a private night club, children will still be allowed inside until 9 p.m. Photo by Jonathan Welch

Arcade nixing the food and going full-time bar

by Mackensy Lunsford Arcade Asheville is phasing out the food and becoming a private nightclub, says owner Joshua Aaron. Daytime hours, at least during weekdays, are over.

Weekend hours — and half-price drink menu on Sundays — will remain the same. The new hours are 5 p.m. until 2:30 a.m., Monday through Friday, noon until 2:30 a.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. Kids are still allowed in Arcade until 9 p.m. when accompanied by adults. But don’t expect to order a PB&J with bacon.

The Arcade menu, laden with sandwiches, tater tot nachos and other alcoholabsorbing (and often pork-enhanced) offerings was not, it seems, holding its own. “From a dollars-and-cents perspective, it doesn’t make sense,” Aaron says of the foodservice side of his business. “We’re constantly listening to our customers, and what they say is that they love us as a venue or bar and don’t care so much about eating here. And we want to focus on what we do well.”

That, says Aaron, entails providing a good time and focusing on making drinks for an often demanding weekend crowd. Aaron says that a limited finger-food menu will also be offered, but the real energy will be put into keeping the nightclub party scene going in a safe (yet still fun) manner.

Aaron says that the Arcade tends to hit capacity by 10 p.m. every weekend, and some locals and regulars have complained that the packed and occasionally rowdy scene felt overwhelming at those times. “As the popularity goes through the roof, we attract people from all corners of the map,” he says.

“But we’re listening to our local downtown demographic. [Switching to a] private club will allow us to keep the people that are good for our business and filter out the clientele that inevitably give a bar a bad name. We have no shortage of business; we just want the right business.”

“We want Asheville to know that we’re taking care of them like they take care of us. We don’t want to see our business deteriorate for some short money — that ride only lasts so long if we’re not catering to the people that are here to stay,” says Aaron. “We want Asheville to know that we listen. We opened this place as a bar for this town.”

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Eat out and benefit the Asheville Firefighters Fund On Thursday, Aug. 25, local restaurants are pulling together to raise money for the families of Asheville firefighters affected by the July 28 fire on Biltmore Avenue. The blaze, which investigators say was deliberately set, claimed the life of Capt. Jeff Bowen. All participating restaurants have pledged 10 percent of their sales for the day to the Asheville Firefighters Fund.

Restaurants are still invited to participate. These venues had signed on as of press time, butcheck the Asheville Firefighters Benefit Facebook page for a full list.

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WALK to West Asheville WALK (short for the West Asheville Lounge and Kitchen) is coming to Haywood Road, directly across the street from The Admiral, in the building that used to house the Rocket Club. The target opening date is in December.

Among the half-dozen business partners entering the venture, who range in age from 30 to 45, is Brady Sleeper, owner of the Universal Joint. Some of the other partners are owners and managers of the Boone Saloon, including Jenna Lowe, Matt Johnston, Sarah Coogan, Skip Sinanian and Chris Varipapa. Lowe says that the chief aim of the restaurant group is to create a comfortable, neighborhood-bar atmosphere, complete with two pool tables and a jukebox.

The kitchen will serve a mix of identifiable fare, from comfortable American to Southwestern cuisine. “We’re really aiming to do affordable, casual food that’s done well,” says Lowe. “We just want an enjoyable place for people to come hang out and eat and drink.”

A full bar will be offered, including a number of signature cocktails. Even so, Lowe says that the owners don’t plan to get too over the top with a complicated bar menu that might make the drinks too expensive or labor-intensive (which often translates to longer waits at the bar). “We just want it all to be simple, fresh and affordable.”

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As far as construction goes, the owners have started from scratch, tearing down the bathrooms (they were once located just inside the front door for a bit of a feng shui nightmare) and moving them to the rear of the building. A new concrete-slab bar will also be built, and strategic lighting design will brighten up the space, as will the addition of a number of garage doors that will stay open in nice weather.

WALK will be open seven days a week and will likely offer brunch service on weekends.

“We’re working to make West Asheville an even better area,” Lowe says. “We hope to become another needed, good addition to the area. We’re getting really excited about it,” she says.

Here’s the future website: walkavl.com (right now, it’s just a placeholder).

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A sudden influx of frozen yogurt Tutti Frutti, YoLo and TCBY open up

by Mackensy Lunsford Three frozen yogurt shops recently opened in Asheville — it seems we now have more than enough to go around.

What Xpress found on a recent tour de soft serve is that much has changed in the yogurt world, especially since the time that this writer was a brace-faced yogurt server at the TCBY at City Dock in downtown Annapolis, Md. These days, the attendant is mostly in charge of the cash register and answering silly questions, and seems to have been taken out of the actual yogurthandling altogether.

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Everything, including toppings, is self-serve — which we found makes for a bit of chaos at times.

It’s hard to pump cheesecake yogurt into perfect spirals when errant children are knocking into your knees and trampling your feet, for example. All three yogurt shops we visited sold toppings and yogurt for 45 cents an ounce, which, judging by some of the overfilled containers we saw being purchased, might not be such a bad idea for profit margins.

Here’s what we found on our yogurt tour of Asheville:

Mo mochi A futuristic spot sporting vaguely Japanese gimmickry, Tutti Frutti Frozen Yogurt’s decor could best be described as part elementary schoolroom and part 2001: A Space Odyssey.

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The walls are painted in bright colors; one bears flowers and vivid photos of fruit. On the other side rises a gleaming stainlesssteel wall where the self-serve yogurt pumps are embedded.

Over each pump rests an iPadlike electronic sign that provides useful information to the hopeful yogurt purchaser: what flavor to expect to drop into the cup when you pull the handle, whether it will be tart or creamy or have dairy in it or not. The sign also pushes you toward certain toppings from the self-serve bar,

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Go yogurt: Tutti Frutti on Biltmore Avenue specializes in self-serve yogurt, including tart varieties that the average consumer might find unusual.

Photo by Jonathan Welch and some of the suggestions are interesting at best — take watermelon topped with Cap’n Crunch, for example.

Yogurt flavors include chocolate, vanilla, coconut, strawberry and other recognizable fare. There’s also a strangely gray taro, a tart pomegranate and our hands-down favorite, the tart (or “yogurt-flavored yogurt,” we decided). The company offers a rather wide variety of flavors, not always available, that can be viewed on their website. We’re curious about the lychee and green tea flavors, which weren’t in rotation at the time we visited.

Toppings include everything from fresh berries and diced mango to Jelly Belly jellybeans, fruity pebbles and pastel-colored mochi (glutinous rice sweets).

There are strange spherifical bubbles of sweetened fruit juice that one could compare in taste and texture to Jolly Rancher caviar.

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Yo, go local YoLo Frozen Yogurt follows basically the same premise as Tutti Frutti, but with a more homey atmosphere and a decidedly Asheville bent. The flavors are rather basic, with pink lemonade sorbet sharing the pump wall with non-fat coconut and country vanilla. Of course, there’s chocolate, too. YoLo also carries a couple of tart flavors — a raspberry and a plain “California tart.” We know a couple of those.

We were mostly intrigued by the fact that many of the toppings offered seem to come from local sources. The French Broad Food Co-op has pulled from their bulk bins to provide locally made granola, and Sugar Mommas Cookies are offered pre-crumbled. There are also plenty of sprinkles and Ree’se’s Pieces, and the requisite fruit pieces. But how cool is it that you can top your yogurt with locally made Jack’s Nut Butters? Extra points granted for the fact that free sample cups are offered happily.

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Cold comfort According to the very friendly attendant, TCBY was the first to bring the whole 45-cents-an-ounce phenomenon to Asheville. Though TCBY has added candy-colored plastic chairs to the decor, mochi and candy rocks to the toppings bar and signs that boast of the probiotic level in their yogurts, it’s the same TCBY yogurt — at least by taste. To many, that means comfortable nostalgia and nothing “weird.” Cheesecake, Oreo cookies and cream and chocolate tasted exactly like they did when I was in high school.

According to its website, the company also offers its own version of tart, but we didn’t see it when we visited. TCBY remains traditional, despite the colorful new look.

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New bar coming to Merrimon Asheville is getting a new laundromat/bar courtesy of Sean McNeal, a jack-ofall trades whose credits include firefighting and filmmaking.

The new bar will be called the Bar of Soap and will be located at 333 Merrimon Ave., where Chameleon Soul Food used to be. The business will occupy roughly 3,800 square feet and will feature a book exchange, video games and a bar (with beer and wine only) as well as locally brewed kombucha on tap.

The Bar of Soap will open at 8 a.m. seven days a week to facilitate early morning laundry drop-off. McNeal also adds that the building has about 20 parking spaces, perfect since it’s likely that none of his patrons are going to be lugging bags of laundry on foot to the bar.

McNeal says that the size of the building and its location near UNCA is also ideal for his concept. “It’s three suites, side-by-side, so the laundromat will be on one side, the bar in the middle, and on the far side is going to be where the lounge is, which is also going to be the book exchange, where I’ll buy, sell and trade used books.” The building will also have free wi-fi and a Playstation or two, he says.

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Limited food options will be available at first — wraps, sandwiches and sweets, says McNeal. But the building is equipped with a full-scale kitchen that can eventually accomodate a broader menu. For now, McNeal says he’s just focusing on getting started.

The Bar of Soap will open some time in October.

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• TH (8/25), 5-9pm - Infusor night will feature Rocket Girl beer with honeycomb and blueberries. end-Of-summer Indulgence • WE (8/24), 6-8pm - “End of Summer Indulgence” will feature Solstice Tripel beer, citrus-cured shrimp and calamari ceviche. Held at Pisgah Brewing Company’s Taproom, 150 Eastside Drive, Black Mountain. $8 includes a pint and food. Info: www.marketplace-restaurant.com.

Food not bombs Come share food and build community. Asheville Food Not Bombs serves free vegetarian food and hosts informal activist networking.

• TU (8/23), 1pm - A food preservation workshop will cover canning, freezing and drying. Held at the Fletcher library, 120 Library Road. Info: 687-1218.

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Even the first markets and spring menus don’t excite them as much as local tomatoes, August’s Get Local focus.

Below, three of the Ashevillearea’s best share their favorite varieties and recipes. Their hope? You’ll go out and get your hands on local tomatoes before they’re gone!

Find a list of all participating Get Local restaurants, as well as more information about ASAP and their campaign, on the Get Local page of asapconnections.org.

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HomeGrown HomeGrown Restaurant at 371 Merrimon Ave. specializes in local, seasonal, affordable food. Miki Kilpatrick, who owns the restaurant with her husband, Greg Kilpatrick, talks about all of the ways that the restaurant uses local tomatoes during peak season. For more information about HomeGrown, visit slowfoodrightquick.com.

Xpress: What’s your favorite tomato variety?

MK: Any homegrown tomato, of course! We try not to discriminate around here and love ‘em all, from those sweet little sungolds to the big ol’ Mr. Stripeys, even your basic indeterminate.

Where are your local tomatoes from?

We get lots of indeterminate tomatoes from Mr. Ramsey, Marshall’s ‘mater man and get heirloom varieties from Wool Branch Farm and Whispersholler Farms. All the tomatoes [this time of year] on our menu are local. We serve them on most sandwiches, with our garden salad, in salsa with our smoked tempeh burrito and fish tacos and in numerous other sauces.

Willing to share your favorite tomato recipe?

Sure, though we have to go on record as saying our favorite way to enjoy a perfectly in-season tomato is with salt and pepper, a little olive oil if you’re feeling fancy or placed between two slices of good bread with a little mayo and maybe some bacon.

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Ingredients: 4 medium-large tomatoes (I go for smaller Brandywines or large Cherokee Purples for this recipe), 4 large garlic cloves, unpeeled, 1 large red bell pepper, cored and quartered, 1 large yellow bell pepper, cored and quartered, 1 medium zucchini, sliced lengthwise 1/2-inch thick, 1 large red onion, cut into 1/2-inch slabs, 2 ears of corn, husked, 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil, Sea salt and freshly ground pepper, 1 1/2 tsp ground cumin, 1/2 tsp crushed red pepper, 1/2 cup fresh orange juice, 3 tbsp fresh lemon juice, 2 tbsp sherry wine vinegar, 1/4 cup chopped cilantro, 1 cucumber, thinly sliced, 1 tsp creme fraîche

The Morning Glory Café features homestyle food with a modern and seasonal twist in a comfortable, homey atmosphere. Chef and owner Cookie Hadley has been in the restaurant business since 1987. Here, he waxes poetic about his favorite things about summer tomatoes. For more information, visit themorningglorycafe.com Xpress: What’s your favorite tomato variety?

Hadley: I love so many. I love slightly tart golden grape tomatoes for a lively “pop in my mouth” experience. I love slowcooking Jersey Devils or San Marzano plum tomatoes to make homemade pasta sauce that takes me back to being a kid and eating my mother’s cooking (no, she’s not Italian). But I have to say that my all-time favorite is the Brandywine tomato. Wow, what a tomato!

Huge, colorful and full of flavor: sweet, tangy and lush — just slice one up and dig in.

Where are your local tomatoes from?

I have a few sources for local tomatoes, as well as all of my local produce.

I work with Mountain Foods (a local produce distributor working with area farms) and have a standing order that they

Method: Light a grill. Cut the tomatoes in half. Thread the garlic cloves onto a skewer. Lightly brush the garlic, bell peppers, zucchini, onion and corn with the olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Grill the vegetables over moderately high heat, turning frequently, until lightly charred and crisp-tender (about 10 minutes). Transfer peppers to a bowl and cover with plastic wrap and let sit for about 15 minutes.

Photo courtesy of Morning Glory Café always give me local produce whenever available. I also work with Leading Green Distributors, COG (Carolina Organic Growers) and the Black Mountain Farmers Market. And, I get produce from a friend’s garden that I helped start myself about six years ago. We also grow a little bit of stuff ourselves right at the Morning Glory (mostly herbs)!

Are you willing to share your favorite tomato recipe?

Yes! I’ll share a cool gazpacho.

For the tomatoes, grill “face-down” until lightly charred, about 5-7 minutes.

Meanwhile, remove the garlic cloves from the skewers, peel them and transfer to a large bowl. Using a large serrated knife, cut the charred corn kernels into the bowl. Peel the peppers and add them to the bowl along with the zucchini, onion, cumin, crushed red pepper, tomato juice, orange juice, lemon juice and vinegar.

Working in batches, puree the vegetable mixture in a blender or food processor. Pour the gazpacho into a clean bowl and season with salt and pepper. Cover and refrigerate until chilled, about two hours. Just before serving, stir the cilantro into the gazpacho. Ladle the soup into bowls, garnish with the cucumber, creme fraîche and serve. Enjoy!

Calling all tomato growers!

Show off your gorgeous garden goods at the first Homegrown Tomato Contest, Thursday Aug. 25, from 3 until 5 p.m. at The Market Place in downtown Asheville.

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Bring your tastiest, most exquisite tomato for your chance to win a $50 gift certificate to The Market Place, seed collections from local seed company Sow True Seed and $15 in market bucks good for the Asheville City Market. Got an “ugly” tomato?

Bring it for the Ugly Tomato Contest.

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During judging, enjoy tomato appetizers and drinks prepared by chef William Dissen, mingle with fellow gardeners, and get great gardening advice and resources. The restaurant’s bar will also be open for afternoon cocktails (not included in entry fee.) Judges include ASAP’s executive director Charlie Jackson and Missy Huger of Jake’s Farm.

The event is organized by ASAP and The Market Place and made possible by donations from Sow True Seed. An $8 entry fee pays local farmers for their tomatoes and benefits ASAP. The contest is limited to the first 30 entrants. To reserve your space, contact The Market Place at 252-4162.

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Neo Cantina in the Biltmore Village features Southwestern flavors made with a green sensibility. The restaurant uses local foods, just like its sister restaurant, Neo Burrito. Chef John Redden favors heirloom tomatoes in his recipes, one of which he shares below. For more information, visit neocantina.com

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Xpress: What’s your favorite tomato variety?

Redden: Definitely the Cherokee Purple, an heirloom variety.

Where are your local tomatoes from?

We source our tomatoes from the Chef’s Garden, located in Hendersonville.

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POWER BALLAD Neko Case talks SHARKS AND THE BY

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Shark Week may have come and gone but, according to Neko Case, “You’re either some kind of shark, or you’re useless. It’s pretty limiting. It’s pretty discouraging.”

The well-traveled singer/songwriter, known for her red hair, her huge voice and her genre-hopping career, is talking not about predatory fish, but about predatory massmedia, namely the propaganda machine that deems those over age 40 as past their prime. Case crossed that milestone last year. “I’m pissed at the way popular media portrays women who are my age,” she says. “You feel like nobody’s representing you. I’m 50 percent of the population. Am I invisible? Am I unimportant? Am I just some sort of dowdy matriarch to you? I’m not cool with it at all.”

Of course, she’s neither dowdy nor unimportant, and far from invisible. And as far as Case’s work goes, she’s not only as viable as ever (“Most people don’t really hit their stride till they’re in their 40s,” she says), but in the thick of a new project. Calling Xpress during a break from rehearsals, Case reveals, “We’re working on songs for the new record, but we’re also working on stuff for a tour with My Morning Jacket.”

Case cut her teeth as a drummer in various Vancouver-based punk bands while attending university. After relocating to Seattle in the late ‘90s, she recorded vocals for what would be alt-rock band The New Pornographer’s debut album, Mass Romantic. Case would continue to record and perform with that band (she lends her voice to at least a few tracks on all of their studio albums) while also launching her solo career with her own backing band, Her Boyfriends.

Though the New Pornographers’ sound towed the line between pop and radioready rock, Case and Her Boyfriends were distinctly country. Furnace Room Lullaby from 2000 landed at No. 27 on the Canadian country chart.

By the 2000s, though, Case’s sound had evolved in an indie-rock direction with Fox Confessor Brings the Flood in ‘06, turning out captivating, resonant tracks like “Teenage Feeling” and “Hold On, Hold On” (the latter covered by ‘60s icon Marianne Faithfull on her ‘08 album Easy Come, Easy Go). Case returned

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in ‘09 with Middle Cyclone, a tour de force of orchestration and song writing, folding poignant messages of animal rights, environmentalism and fierce independence into lush melodies and clangorous instrumentation.

It’s Cyclone that topped the U.S. indie chart and garnered two Grammy nods. It’s also Cyclone on which Case posed, in a pre-pounce crouch, brandishing a sword, atop her own classic ‘67 Mercury Cougar (lest there be any questions as to her bad-assedness). This spring, Case raffled the car off in her “Mercury Cougar-Rama Muscle Car ‘Splosion,” which raised much-needed funds for 826 National, a nonprofit that runs creative writing and tutoring centers for underresourced students, ages 6-18.

In retrospect, it seems that Case’s trajectory must have been carefully plotted to allow for so many right steps amid so much exploration. Lots of trial, not much error. Case chalks it up to being very lucky and making good choices — along with a few opportunities lost to her advantage. For example: “I never got signed by a major [label],” she says. “I was really bummed, at the time, when I was young, that I didn’t get signed. But I kept at it and I learned a lot about the music business and I’m really glad my career has gone the way it’s gone.” She says that because she had to learn to do things for herself, she’s been a lot more productive and feels connected to all aspects of the music business.

“I still have a hand in everything,” she says. “I’ve also learned the there are a lot of people in this world who are much better at certain things than I am, so the letting go of control is the hardest part.”

There’s also an element of relinquishing control in the creative process, such as the current album-in-progress. “It’s just kind of happening as it’s happening,” says Case. “There’s no strategy.”

Pressed to describe her new songs, she demures, “They’re so young, there’s no overall sound at all.” Case says it’s just a matter of getting structures together before the songs can “become their own things.”

“I never go in with a specific idea,” says Case. “I just start working on all these fragments and the theme or the thread of the whole thing kind of reveals itself to me as I go.” However she does it, time has proven that Case can craft the kind of record that critics love and to which fans continually return. And, nine albums into her solo career, Case is just getting started.

“Forty’s great, but wait till forty-one-derful,” she says.

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In the notes about his new album, Defiant Heart, local electronic musician Danny Peck (aka dep) writes that he was “inspired by a personal hero of artistic creation, Dmitri Shostakovich, whose compositions have always had the ability to move me.” Shostakovich, a 20th century Russian composer, is known for his heavy, moody works. If the trajectory from classical to electronic seems a bit of a reach, Peck points out that, while he was growing up, he always liked classical music (along with bluegrass and other genres that seem unlikely favorites of a “knob twiddler”).

Actually, Peck (who was raised in Weaverville and went to college in Mars Hill) has a number of instruments under his belt — trumpet, which he started playing in sixth grade, French horn from high school, guitar and piano, which he played in his parents’ house. “I was always experimenting with songs as far back as I can remember,” he says. “Getting on a computer and making songs.”

Peck is a prolific composer, regularly releasing new work through his dep.fm website. His albums are free for digital download, and often his live shows are free as well. “The most important thing as a new artist is to keep the barrier of entry as low as possible,” he says. “I want to make it accessible to anyone. The more people I can get exposed to what I’m doing, the better.”

Peck is fortunate to have a day job that pays his bills, which removes a certain pressure (to succeed, to sell albums, to fill venues) when it comes to working on music. “I can write whatever I want to,” he says.

Since 2006, dep has released 14 albums, though it was not until 2009’s Instructions for Flying that Peck, in his album notes, concedes a “truly mature release.” “The stuff you’ve done in the past will always sound amateurish,” he says with a cringe.

Xpress has been watching dep’s progress since last year’s Start Loving Robots (that album could be ordered in hard copy, which came in the form of an adorable robot-shaped flash drive). Releases since then (there have been five) run the gamut from delicate melodies to piano-only tracks (no electronics), ambient and (with Made in the Shade), upbeat electronica that edges into dance-music territory. Peck says that, at the heart of his recent material, he’s most concerned with “developing melody and counter melody.”

He adds that it’s a misnomer that electronic music has to be very structured, with four-beat measures and lots of repetition. “A lot of electronic producers are really rooting their stuff with a lot of musicality behind it,” says Peck. “Those are the artists who I lean towards — the people who want to ensure that behind the beats there are actual keys and chord progressions and instrumentation in layers.”

But having that goal in mind doesn’t necessarily make the final outcome easy to achieve. Peck says that it’s been a constant journey to have the right tools and to be able to make the music sound like what he hears in his mind. “I think I have maybe another 10 years to go before I’m actually able to capture what I’m thinking,” says Peck.

info who: dep

what:

CD release party for Defiant Heart, with performances by Clemency and Kie Cochran

where:

BoBo Gallery

when:

Saturday, Aug. 20 (9 p.m., no cover but donations welcome. bobogallery.com)

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Soundscapes: At a recent performance at the LAB, electronic musician Danny Peck performed to a video that included found images, bird flight patterns and a vintage Betty Boop cartoon perfectly timed to the music.

Defiant Heart is a step closer to turning idea into sonic reality. Peck thought it would be “a fun project” to tap the dark and brooding compositions of Shostakovich, deconstructing them. “I started taking clips from some of my most favorite Shostakovich recordings and completely distorted them, stretched them out to where they’re pretty much unrecognizable,” says Peck. That left him with “a canvas to add my own creativity.” Defiant Heart’s completed form is not Shostakovich set to beats, but rather “the way his music makes me feel as a framework for my own process,” says Peck. “Heavy strings, heavy brass, epic climaxes are the spirit I try to convey.”

Peck plans to perform tracks from Defiant Heart at his BoBo Gallery release party. That show will also include a limited number of hand-packaged hardcopy CDs for sale and what Peck’s calling “a full night of music.” Clemency, an indie-rock band from Nashville will perform a set as will Asheville-based electronic/lounge artist Kie Cochran. Later in the night, there will be a second dep performance of “a mix of tracks I’ve been working on.” Hopefully, Peck will also include some of his live-compositions, a process that includes loop pedals, found-sounds, electronics and improv. “Things will happen organically on stage that I didn’t plan,” says Peck of those intuitive sets. “I have a framework, but I like to leave it open.” X Alli Marshall can be reached at amarshall@mountainx.com.

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“Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears.” Words can build or destroy an empire. William Shakespeare must have been aware of this as he penned a multitude of plays about rulers and their subjects. Shakespeare studied the death of Julius Caesar for details of the political rift in the Roman Empire. Which is deadlier: absolute power, which as Shakespeare wrote in that Scottish play, “corrupts absolutely,” or the fear of that power?

Rivaling the entertainment value of the current 24-hour news cycle, Shakespeare packs in a gruesome murder, comedic relief, multiple suicides and a battle scene — although rhetoric is at the heart of this play. How do leaders sway the masses? What words will incite riot over a death that the common people first accepted as justice? After viewing a rehearsal crammed into a basement without the proper set, costumes or props, the words were what resonated. One couldn’t help comparing the speeches of Brutus and Antony to the recent “countdown to crisis” from our own government.

This is C.J. Brenland’s first time directing Julius Caesar. She’s currently the theater director at Asheville High School and past credits include The Comedy of Errors for Montford Park Players, and the past three years of A Christmas Carol at Asheville Community Theatre. Brenland talked with Xpress about bringing the play to life.

This production will be in modern dress. Why did you make that choice?

Breland: I think that something about Julius Caesar really resonates with the times we’re living in. We have well-meaning conspirators who determine that Caesar is too powerful and so overthrow him. Whether they are right or wrong, whether Caesar was right or wrong, it’s not the way things were supposed to be done in the Roman Republic. I see a lot of that right now in our country — where the party that takes power tries to seize power and use it, rather than having real dialogue and real com-

info who:

Montford Park Players

what: Julius Caesar

where:

Hazel Robinson Ampitheatre, 100 Gay St. in Montford

when:

Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through Sept. 4 (7:30 p.m. Free, donations encouraged. montfordparkplayers.org)

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A play full of speeches and switching sides: “Something about Julius Caesar really resonates with the times we’re living in,” says director C.J. Brenland.

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promise. It’s really important to me not to label either of the groups as synonymous with the Republicans and Democrats. I told the costumer there is no way that I want to see red or blue on that stage. I just want people to think about the things that they do.

It is a play full of speeches and switching sides.

Right, the citizens are so important, and I love the fact that those actors are really embracing those parts of being the citizens because they’re absolutely critical. Just like you can’t have a good musical without a chorus that’s profoundly committed to the individual people that make up that company, I don’t think that this show works without the citizenry that are turned. They are turned by rhetoric.

This play, for people who are interested in rhetoric, is loaded with all of the rules of rhetoric from that time. One of the things that historically probably caused Antony to gain the upper hand is that he was a follower of a rhetorical style that used emotion, whereas Brutus was a stoic and a person who believed that logic needed to carry the argument. The citizens, they definitely respond to emotion. You see that all the time in our modern political discourse. If someone says something with enough emotion over time, people will believe it whether there is a smidgeon of truth or not.

Historically, Shakespeare was performed by men dressed as women to play female roles.

I notice you have women cast in male parts in this production. Will they be dressed as men?

No. This play is written with two women, Portia and Calpurnia. However, when you look at our politics today, we do have women. I told Renee Handley, our costumer, that I wanted to see the image of those assembled Senators and House representatives, where the women are still in suits, but stick out like bright flowers. All the men will be in dark-colored suits, and the women will have on suits that are bright.

When you decided to do this play, did you originally intend to make a modern political statement, or has that evolved in rehearsals?

Someone suggested this play last year at our summer company meeting with everybody who’s been part of Montford Park the past year.

I seconded it and said that I thought it resonated with our modern political scene. Nothing has happened to convince me otherwise.

Now we are using swords, no guns. Guns are very impersonal. In the world of this play, people dress like we do now, but their weapons are swords and daggers. When they used daggers on Caesar their hands would have touched his flesh when that blade went in. With guns, a coward can shoot at someone from a distance.

We never find out for sure who it is, like with Kennedy’s assassination, we can never be totally certain that Lee Harvey Oswald worked alone.

With a dagger, there is something intensely personal. They’re standing behind what they believe about Caesar’s danger. X Wendi Loomis can be reached at wendi@jazzandpoetry.com.

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Brian McGee bids Asheville farewell with a party at The Grey Eagle

by Dane Smith It’s been a good run for Brian McGee. The one-time frontman for Philadelphiabased punk band Plow United moved to WNC in the late ‘90s to study wood working, but it’s the two albums he released here that will leave a lasting impression on the local arts scene. The first, Brian McGee and the Hollow Speed, was a string-centric, old-timey ordeal, ripe with the raw energy of McGee’s earlier efforts, despite its traditional slant. His latest, The Taking or the Leaving, was centered in driving, electric Americana with roots in early rock ‘n’ roll.

McGee is the first to acknowledge the obvious influence this region had on his artistic development.

“It was here that I learned about all that folk music and I learned about the whole singer/ songwriter scene; it was here I learned about Steve Earle and Townes Van Zandt and all that.

That’s all definitely shaped everything.”

Initially, though, his focus was entirely on the folk arts. He enrolled in three programs at Penland, Haywood Community College and the John C. Campbell Folk School, setting aside his songwriting for a time.

“I wasn’t really playing too much music then,” he recalls. “I thought I wanted to be a woodworker, which I guess I have sort of turned into one after all the schooling I went to. Now, I just want to play music again.”

But McGee says his experience in the arts still seeps into making music.

“Even once I started writing songs again, between Haywood and Penland, it was a lot of figuring out what you liked and figuring out your aesthetic. It was a little like a soul-searching kind of thing. But it was cool to be like, ‘What is it that defines me in this thing that I’m going to make.’ And I sometimes think about that with music stuff to figure out what I like.”

Now, after 11 years, McGee is saying goodbye to Asheville with a farewell performance at The Grey Eagle. The following morning, he and his wife, local artist Celia Gray, will load into a moving truck and head for New Jersey, where she will attend graduate school at Rutgers.

While that’s the end of the road for Asheville, it’s far from the end of Brain McGee’s story. The singer already has big plans for his future home,

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Figuring out his aesthetic: Brian McGee originally moved to the area to pursue wood working, but his lasting impression will be the music he leaves behind. “I thought I wanted to be a woodworker,” he recalls. “Now, I just want to play music again.”

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and there’s no hint of apprehension in his voice when he discusses the future.

To start, McGee is reuniting with his old band, Plow United, for an appearance at Riot Fest in Philadephia. There, he’ll perform alongside punk icons like The Descendants, The Dead Milkmen and X. A retrospective is in the works as well, and the band has already been discussing plans for a new record. But don’t expect McGee to check his Appalachian influences at the Mason-Dixon.

“I think we were on the same page thinking the next Plow record might be like a faster louder CCR,” he says. “So it’s probably not going to be a lot of screaming like I used to do.

And we’re all in different places, so the topics will all be different.”

He’s also thinking ahead to his solo work and toying with the idea of a stripped-down acoustic EP. In addition to the appearance at Riot Fest, next month he’s scheduled to open a “huge show” at the Bowery Ballroom for The Gaslight Anthem’s Brian Fallon.

“That’s going to be the second biggest show I’ve ever played, with the first being this Riot Fest Plow United reunion. September is going to be action packed. It’s going to be f---ing crazy.”

Obviously, McGee has a lot to be excited about. North Carolina has been good to the singer/songwriter, but the certainty in his voice says it all.

“With as big a pain in the ass all of this is, I feel like my mind is already in Jersey.” X Dane Smith can be reached at dsmith@ mountainx.com.

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The GenTlemen CAllers (8-10pm) (garage rock with a 50’s twist)

– saturday, August 20 – The mumbles (6-8pm) (avant-soul)

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Inner Body Yoga with Lisa Stendig open into the fullness of who you already are

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by miles britton

What’s on the iPods and record players of local characters It’s one thing for a musician to be on NPR. But to get a five-minute interview because you started a hilarious Twitter fight with a guy whose voice you lampooned, All Things Considered host Guy Raz? Now that’s just genius.

Mondays @ 5:30-6:45pm and Saturdays @ 9-10:15am $15 per class 60 Caledonia Road #B (the carriage house behind the Kenilworth Inn Apartments)

private instruction also available Lisa Stendig is an Inner Body Yoga and Embodiment instructor who has been working with yoga legend, Angela Farmer, for almost 20 years.

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Which pretty much sums up local music phenom Jon Reid (aka Jare, though we may have heard the last from that moniker). From dark, blue-eyed soul to bouncy, Latin-grooved jazz, the multiinstrumentalist crooner (and part-time comedian) has a knack for writing some damn catchy pop songs. Just check out the tune “Plot” from his latest release, Blood of the Summer, which even Guy Raz admits he loves.

Not one to slow down, Reid already finishing up his next

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record, Reverb and Tambourine (slated for October). He’ll also appear on the upcoming stephaniesid album, for which he co-wrote a few songs with frontwoman Stephanie Morgan. And to top it all off, he’s now hosting a show on local internet radio station Asheville FM, Race to the Bottom, a self-described mix of “music, comedy and tragedy.”

Watch out, Guy Raz!

Hey Jon Reid, what’s your spin?

Listening to now: I’ve been delving deep into ‘90s R&B and hip-hop jams, and playing them on my radio show.

Shanice, En Vogue, Urban Dance Squad, old Ice Cube, and of course, Wu-Tang Clan.

Most recent album/song bought: I eagerly bought the new Gillian Welch record, The Harrow & The Harvest, the moment it came out. It is dark and heartfelt. I’ve gotten to hang with her and her partner David Rawlings. They are truly kind, gentle people.

First album ever bought: First record, Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” single. First cassette, The Best of the Monkees.

First CD, U2’s Joshua Tree.

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Most recent concert attended: I saw Jason Krekel’s amazing surf-rock outfit, The Krektones, play on a porch at a punk/old-time party by a river in the middle of nowhere. They might be the most fun band in the history of music.

First concert ever attended: My first show was James Taylor. I was about 7 and went with my older brother. I was a huge James Taylor fan as a kid.

My favorite song was called “Mona,” which was about the death of his pet pig.

Favorite local/regional act: I’d have to say Floating Action. I can’t believe we have Seth Kauffman as a part of our local scene. He is a truly worldclass artist. I’m also a huge fan of stephaniesid, Angi West, The Secret B Sides and Mad Tea Party.

Favorite band/artist of all time: John Coltrane.

Guilty pleasures: Actually, I’m recording a covers record of my guilty pleasures in my bedroom studio. Basically easy listening, power pop ballads from the 80s and 90s. I’m doing songs by George Michael, Roxette, Toto, Sting, etc.

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The Suspect: Chubby Checker Born Ernest Evans, the nickname Chubby Checker was originally suggested by Dick Clark’s wife. He began recording in 1960, and he topped the charts with a string of dance hits, the most famous being “The Twist.” He’s dabbled in folk, disco and was even featured on a Run DMC rap song, but expect to hear his biggest hits in concert.

Can Be Found: Harrah’s Cherokee Casino, Saturday, Aug. 20 at 7:30 p.m.

RIYD: Fats Domino, late ‘50s/early ‘60s rock ‘n’ roll You Should Go If: It wasn’t considered a big deal to bum a cigarette off your teacher; students spontaneously broke into song during gym and lunch; there were no security guards at your prom; You stay in touch with your inner high schooler by ... pretending your compression hose are really, really thin knee socks.

The Suspect: Saving Abel This radio-ready hard-rock band formed in 2004 when members of two rival bands in Corinith, Miss., decided to join forces. Its selftitled debut album went gold, with the single “Addicted” placing high on modern-rock charts. The band released its sophomore album, Miss America, earlier this summer.

Can Be Found: The Orange Peel, Sunday, Aug. 21 at 7:30 p.m.

RIYD: Nickelback, 3 Doors Down You Should Go If: Your summer vacation essay was also accepted for publication in Penthouse letters; you worked at two different fast-food restaurants to afford your back-to-school body art; you “accidentally” used the girl’s room at least once a week; you stay in touch with your inner high schooler by ... dating a sophomore.

The Suspect: Every Mother’s Dream This Asheville band began in 2001 when Mandy Carter and Jay Kaiser joined forces, and in 2005 the duo expanded to include a drummer, a bass player and the occasional sax.

EMD offers something for every music lover, mixing acoustic folk with a rock, country, jazz and even a little funk thrown in.

Can Be Found: White Horse Black Mountain, Saturday, Aug. 20 at 8 p.m.

RIYD: Civil Wars, The Swell Season You Should Go If: You still get a stomach ache when no one sits next to you on a bus; instead of doing your summer reading you spent your free time collecting enough banana stickers to cover two notebooks; through no real effort on your part, you were teacher’s pet, student council president and quarterback of the football team; you stay in touch with your inner high schooler by … keeping your adult braces on as long as possible.

The descriptions of fan qualities and quirks are intended to be a playful take on what’s unique about all of us. The world would be a better place if everyone went out to see more live music.

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The Mumbles CD release party The Mumbles used to be a Brooklyn-based trio and now they’re a New Orleans-based duo. All that change, and they still managed to pull off a solid effort with just-finished album Annunciation St. The 11-track collection is certainly rooted in New Orleans influences from the horn section to the jazz percussion (that’s Ethan Shorter manning the drums). Keith Burnstein, the other full-time Mumble, plays all the keys (including some vintage-sounding parts that Dr. John would appreciate) and sings. The Mumbles hold a CD release party at Craggie Brewing on Saturday, Aug. 20. 6-8 p.m., free show. themumbles.org.

The Stereofidelics Hot (probably literally) off a Bele Chere appearance, local power duo/off-stage couple The Stereofidelics plan a show at the LAB on Friday, Aug. 19. Except for Bele Chere, the LAB event will be the first time the band (Chris Padgett on keys/ guitar/vocals and Melissa McGinley on drums/violin/ vocals) will play on home turf since they launched their summer tour back in June. The tour was in support of new release You Are Having a Wonderful Time.

Hear new songs from that album at the 10 p.m. show.

Nikki Talley also performs, as does George Terry and the Zealots. $7. lexavebrew. com.

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Art of the Book Asheville BookWorks, a studio space in West Asheville that focuses on print and book arts, is well represented in the newest exhibition at UNC Asheville’s Blowers Gallery. Art of the Book: Process, Product and Community at Asheville BookWorks is a collection of works by students and instructors from sculptural books and journals to one-of-a-kind pieces and collaborations. The exhibit includes Early Autumn, “a hand-set limited edition of poems by Coleman Barks which features a reproduction of a 13th century insect scroll screen by Chinese artist Qian Xuan.” On display from Wednesday, Aug. 17 through Wednesday, Sept. 28, with a closing reception on Sept. 28 from 5-7 p.m. http:// avl.mx/4h.

The Lee Boys at DTA5 Just because sacred steel has its roots in the church doesn’t mean a sacred steel band can’t also get a little funky at a street festival. The Lee Boys are proof of that. The six-man band from Miami, Fla. not only got its start at the House of God Church but is a close-knit group of brothers (Alvin, Derrick and Keith Lee) and nephews (Alvin Cordy, Jr., Earl Walker and Roosevelt Collier).

It’s Collier, an occasional Toubab Krewe collaborator, who plays the pedal steel (hence, “sacred steel”) guitar. The Lee Brothers headline Downtown After Five; Chicago rockers Lubriphonic open. On Lexington Avenue at the I-240 overpass on Friday, Aug. 19, 5-9 p.m. Free. ashevilledowntown.org.

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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.

Amarru w/ Peripheral

BoBo Gallery

Orange Peel

Nova Scotian Arms w/ Quiet Evenings & Wet Dreams

Alkaline Trio (rock, punk, pop) w/ mewithoutYou & The Drowning Men

Creatures Cafe

Pisgah Brewing Company

Salsa night (free lessons, followed by dance)

Lizzy Ross Band (roots, rock, soul), 8pm

French Broad Chocolate Lounge

The Yellow Kites (indie, folk)

Red Room

Dance party w/ DJ Steele Root Bar No. 1

Larcenist (Americana, folk)

Good Stuff

Open mic

Southern Appalachian Brewery

Grove Park Inn

Bob Zullo (jazz, pop guitar), 5:30-7:30pm Killer B’s (favorites by request), 8-11pm Rock ‘n’ roll sing-a-long @ Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar, 8pm-1am Haywood Lounge

Open mic

Horizons at Grove Park Inn

Todd Hoke, 6pm

Jus One More

Horizons at Grove Park Inn

Boiler Room

Jack of the Wood Pub

Clingman Cafe

Lobster Trap

Craggie Brewing Company

Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill

Creatures Cafe

Olive or Twist

Local DJ Exposure Night (electronic, dance)

Taylor Martin’s Engine (roots)

Open mic, 6-9pm

West Coast swing dancing w/ The Heather Masterton Quartet, 8pm

“Holy Hip-Hop” w/ DJ Besbleve Eleven on Grove

The Get Down

French Broad Brewery Tasting Room

Orange Peel

Dog Tale (folk, rock)

Neko Case (singer/songwriter, indie, rock) w/ William Tyler

Garage at Biltmore

Pack’s Tavern

Good Stuff

Pisgah Brewing Company

Fake Boys w/ The Dimarcos, 7pm Gabriel Miller Phillips (singer/songwriter) w/ Marvin & the Cloud Wall, 10pm

Open mic

Simpl w/ Jerk Science

Chris Rhodes (jazz, R&B, pop)

Digital Natives Collective

Gene Peyroux & the Acoustalectric Pedals of Love (rock, funk, soul) Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Lobster Trap

Westville Pub

Valorie Miller (Americana, folk), 5-7-pm

Max Melner Orchestra

Athena’s Club

Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill

Wild Wing Cafe

Bob Zullo (jazz, pop guitar), 5:30-7:30pm Killer B’s (favorites by request), 8-11pm Rock ‘n’ roll sing-a-long @ Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar, 8pm-1am

Thu., August 18

Handlebar

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Open mic

Olive or Twist

Cadillac Rex (suft, rockabilly), 8pm

Bluegrass jam, 7pm

Hank Bones & Kon Tiki (farewell party)

Dave Desmelik (Americana)

5 Walnut Wine Bar

Live Tropical Fish (funk, jazz, soul) feat: Beppe B’Onghia

Lajos Pagony (piano), 6-10pm

One Stop Bar

Vanuatu Kava Bar

Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Throwback Thursday w/ DJ Go Hard

Sage w/ Jessica Nielson, Chris Stack & Ratya Kudrova

Zydeco lesson, 7pm Dance w/ Bayou Diesel, 8:30pm

Open mic/jam, 7pm

The Russ Wilson Swingtett

Live bluegrass

Haywood Lounge

BoBo Gallery

TallGary’s Cantina

Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues

Lajos Pagony (piano), 6-10pm

Alien Music Club (jazz jam)

Wed., August 17

Disclaimer Standup Lounge (comedy open mic), 9pm

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One Stop Bar

Open mic, 9pm

Front stage: Shane Perlowin Back stage: County Bucks (rock, psychedelic) w/ Rory Kelly’s Triple Threat

Juan Benavides Trio (flamenco), 8-10pm

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Blue Note Grille

Vincenzo’s Bistro

Mud Tea (rock) w/ Jarvis Jenkins Band & Beta Maxx Grove Park Inn

Steve Whiddon (piano, vocals)

Wing of Fire w/ Jeff & Justin (acoustic) Barley’s Taproom

“Dancing for Dan” feat: Danny Hutchens, Domingo S Ortiz, Todd Nance & more

SimpL & Jerk Science 10pm

Phuncle Sam (jam, psychedelic), 8pm Purple Onion Cafe

Red Hot Sugar Babies (hot jazz) Red Room

Dance party w/ DJ Steele Red Step Artworks

Open mic

Rock Bottom Sports Bar & Grill

Open mic w/ Greg Speas, 7-10pm

Southern Appalachian Brewery

The Coping Stone Duo, 6pm Straightaway Cafe

Sport’s Bar Billiards

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Josh Blake

Darts

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Common Foundation w/Kinjah 10pm $5

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Friday, Aug 19th Pierce Edens & The Dirty Work Roots / Americana FREE • 6-8pm

Saturday, Aug 20th Southern Fried Tribal Boogie Feat. Artimus Pyle Free Form Rock FREE • 6-8pm

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solstice ceviche Pairing

w/ the Market Place Restaurant @ Pisgah

live soul, Jazz, Dub with Ben hovey Wed, aug 24 6-8pm - $8 for a Pint & a Dish RsvP: pisgahwillcall@gmail.com Details & aDvance tickets:

pisgahbrewing.com

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Taproom Hours: M-W: 4pm - 9pm th-sat: 2pm - 12am | sun: 2pm - 9pm

Food

battle

of the bands f r i d a y, a u g u s t 2 6

ufC fight

saturday, august 27 •

nO cOVer

friday nights karaOke By sOund extreMe saturday nights dJ By sOund extreMe Weekly drink speCials

MonDAy - $2.50 LocAL BRewS TueSDAy - $5 whISkey, $4 MARTInIS & wIne, 50¢ wIngS, LADIeS ShooT PooL FoR FRee weDneSDAy $2 DoMeSTIc DRAFTS

thursday bike night

$2 Beers • 35¢ Wings • Open Mike night 9:30pM-1aM •

fat cat’s Billiards On faceBOOk 2345 hendersOnVille rOad

828-681-0555

Hobos & Lace (acoustic) TallGary’s Cantina

Asheville music showcase

Now Open at Noon Fri, Sat & Sun

The Get Down

Murderburgers w/ The Budget Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues

Peggy Ratusz & friends Vincenzo’s Bistro

Marc Keller (singer-songwriter) Westville Pub

Screaming J’s (“boogie woogie”) Wild Wing Cafe

Dance party w/ DJ Moto

Fri., August 19 Athena’s Club

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

Kai Alce w/ Tre Damit & Nigel One vs. Mak Brown

pinball, foosball, ping-pong & a kickass jukebox kitchen open until late 504 Haywood Rd. West Asheville • 828-255-1109 “It’s bigger than it looks!”

Boiler Room

Virginia Plane (indie, rock) w/ Valorie Miller Clingman Cafe

Ten Cent Poetry (acoustic, folk) Creatures Cafe

Sullivan Brady

Eleven on Grove

Zumba “In da Club” dance party, 8pm-midnight Emerald Lounge

Brushfire Stankgrass (progressive bluegrass) w/ Fifth House Fred’s Speakeasy

Dirty Bird Chamberlin

French Broad Brewery Tasting Room

Buncombe Turnpike (bluegrass)

French Broad Chocolate Lounge

High Gravity Jazz

Garage at Biltmore

Duende Mountain Duo w/ Intrinsic & Alex the 5 Good Stuff

Ben Wilson

Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Joey Cape (of Lagwagon) w/ Jeff Riddle & Matt Evans Grove Park Inn

Donna Germano (hammered dulcimer), 2-4pm Bill Covington (piano classics & standards), 5:30-7:30pm The Business (Motown funk), 8-11pm Rock ‘n’ roll sing-a-long @ Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar, 8pm-1am Handlebar

ZOSO (Led Zeppelin tribute) w/ The Swingin’ Richards Highland Brewing Company

Pierce Edens and the Dirty Work (alt-country, blues, rock) Horizons at Grove Park Inn

Lajos Pagony (piano), 6-10pm Iron Horse Station

Twilite Broadcasters (old-time) Jack of Hearts Pub

The Tillers (old-time)

Jack of the Wood Pub

Firecracker Jazz Band (dixieland) Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Back stage: The Stereofidelics (alternative, rock) w/ Nikki Talley & The Zealots Lobster Trap

Space Heaters (acoustic, swing), 5-7pm Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill

Sanctum Sully (bluegrass) w/ Papa String Band Olive or Twist

Live jazz, Motown & rock, 8pm One Stop Bar

Josh Blake w/ Spicy Moustache & the Flavor Saviors Orange Peel

Appetite for Destruction (Guns N’ Roses tribute) Pack’s Tavern

WestSound (dance, R&B) Red Room

Dance party w/ DJ D-Day or DJ Drea Root Bar No. 1

Bob Burnette (folk) Scandals Nightclub

DJ dance party, 10pm Drag show, 1am

Southern Appalachian Brewery

Gary Segal (singer/songwriter) w/ Catfish Joe & friends, 7pm Straightaway Cafe

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Jay Brown (Americana, folk)

Honkey Tonkin’ Don Humphries, 6:30pm KinGator w/ Bubonik Funk, 9pm

Live DJ

TallGary’s Cantina

Olive or Twist

The 42nd Street Jazz Band, 8pm

The Wayside Sound (acoustic jazz duo)

The Chop House The Get Down

Common Foundation (ska, reggae)

B Natural Jazz Band Live jazz, 6-10pm

Dorchesters w/ Them Teasters

Buncombe Turnpike (bluegrass, rock)

Mon., August 22

Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues

Purple Onion Cafe

5 Walnut Wine Bar

Vanuatu Kava Bar

Red Room

Altamont Brewing Company

Root Bar No. 1

BoBo Gallery

Scandals Nightclub

Grove Park Inn

Space Medicine & the Mystic Ferrymen (ambient, folk, jam)

White Horse

DJ dance party, 10pm Drag show, 12am

Wild Wing Cafe

Gary Cody w/ Desperado

Peggy Ratusz (1st & 3rd Fridays) Ginny McAfee (2nd & 4th Fridays)

The Chop House

The Bywater

The Get Down

Johnson’s Crossroad w/ Michael Burgin & Moses Atwood

The Get Down

David Zoll (acoustic rock) Craggie Brewing Company

The Market Place

Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues

The Recovery Room

Vincenzo’s Bistro

Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues

Westville Pub

Vincenzo’s Bistro

Marc Keller

Tue., August 23

Westville Pub

5 Walnut Wine Bar

White Horse

Altamont Brewing Company

Wild Wing Cafe

BoBo Gallery

Snake Oil Medicine Show (bluegrass, zydeco) w/ Chalwa, Marsupial, Rufus Grove & more

Sun., August 21

Creatures Cafe

Good Stuff

5 Walnut Wine Bar

Jerome Widenhouse & friends (jazz), 7-9pm

Eleven on Grove

Barley’s Taproom

Garage at Biltmore

BoBo Gallery

Grove Park Inn

BoBo Gallery

dep CD release party

Laura Jorgensen w/ We Avalanche & Soul Music Ministry Fat Cat’s Billiards

Live DJ

Fred’s Speakeasy

Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Jake Hollifield Piano | 9pm

Shane Perlowin 9pm

Brian McGee (Americana, rock) farewell show w/ Electric Owls & PJ Bond Grove Park Inn

The Porch Dragons

Twisted Trail (country) Live jazz, 6-10pm

Live music Live music

Royal Groove (R&B, soul)

Bayou Diesel (cajun, zydeco) Every Mother’s Dream w/ Laura Blackley, 8pm The Back Pages (rock)

Klarc Nova

House of Building

Lotion (“aggressive lounge”) Open mic

“Asheville’s Best Bluegrass Jam,” 8:30pm Victims (hardcore) w/ Just Die!, Megahurtz & Autarch Vocal jazz session w/ Sharon LaMotte, 7:30pm Marc Keller Open mic

Corbin & Bones (jazz, swing), 8-10pm Open mic w/ Zachary T, 8:30pm Music for Money

Singer/songwriter showcase Swing & Tango lessons, 6:30pm — Dance, 8pm Phat Tuesdays

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

Sanctum Sully (progressive bluegrass), 2-5pm Bill Covington (piano classics & standards), 5:30-7:30pm Ruby Slippers (indie, pop, jazz), 8-11pm Rock ‘n’ roll sing-a-long @ Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar, 8pm-1am

Boiler Room

Jammin’ for Journeymen benefit feat: Vertigo Jazz Project, Josh Phillips Trio & Silas Durocher

Lobster Trap

Handlebar

Grove Park Inn

Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill

Funk Fest

Hannah Flanagan’s

Gas House Mouse (blues, funk, soul)

DJ dance party, 10pm Drag show, 12:30am Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

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

Highland Brewing Company

Southern Fried Tribal Boogie (feat: Artimus Pyle)

Sunset Sessions w/ Ben Hovey (“sonic scientist”), 7-10pm

Horizons at Grove Park Inn

Jack of the Wood Pub

Lajos Pagony (piano), 6-10pm

Irish session, 3 & 5pm

Hotel Indigo

Lobster Trap

Sunset Sessions w/ Ben Hovey (“sonic scientist”), 7-10pm Iron Horse Station

Jay Brown (Americana, folk) Jack of Hearts Pub

Imagicnation (feat: Butch Robbins)

Leo Johnston (country, jazz), 5-7pm Luella’s Bar-B-Que

Jon Corbin (of Firecracker Jazz Band), 1-3pm Orange Peel

Saving Abel (pop, rock) Scandals Nightclub

Jack of the Wood Pub

Kelley & the Cowboys (honkey-tonk)

DJ dance party, 10pm Drag show, 12:30am

Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Straightaway Cafe

Back stage: Schwervon! w/ Her & Ringing Cedars Lobster Trap

Live jazz trio, 5-7pm Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill

Mark & Elise

The Bywater

“Miriam Allen’s Garden Party Music,” 5-8pm The Get Down

When Particles Collide w/ High Lonesome The Recovery Room

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Harvest Records

Red Room

Melanie Reed

Aaron Price 1pm | Piano

High Lonesome (“mountainbilly folk”)

TallGary’s Cantina

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

Garage at Biltmore

O n t h e f r O n t s ta g e SundayS TueSdayS WedneSdayS

Handlebar

Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill

Dave Turner (acoustic, folk)

Mariachi MondayS Live Mariachi Band $2 Tacos & Mexican Beer Specials

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

Straightaway Cafe

French Broad Chocolate Lounge

w/ her & ringing CeDars

Mystery Cult w/ Secret Alphabets

Six Organs of Admittance (folk, minimalist, noise)

Tennessee Hollow (rock, country, blues)

SaT. au g 2 0 sChwervOn!

Roots jam w/ Kevin Scanlon

Sat., August 20

French Broad Brewery Tasting Room

w/ nikki talley & Cuisanartis & the ZealOts

No Jacket Required (covers), 8-10pm

Clouds of Greer, 8pm

Hitmen

Fri . au g 1 9 stereOfiDeliCs

Acoustic on the Patio

Southern Appalachian Brewery

Creatures Cafe

w/ rOry kelly’s triple threat

Shovelhead Saloon

Wild Wing Cafe

Country Fried Fridays w/ Natalie Stovall

The Mumbles (jazz, pop, soul), 6pm Bearded Folk (folk), 8pm

Mark D (frOM Melvins/ sunnO)

DJ Spy-V

Mr. Blank’s Wierd & Wandering Sideshow

Clingman Cafe

We d . au g 1 7 COuntry BuCks featuring

Uptown Jazz Quartet

Vincenzo’s Bistro

Athena’s Club

828-298-5001

Drum circle w/ Steven Townsend, 2-4pm

Pack’s Tavern

Sirius.B (gypsy folk, world)

(Overlook Village across from Best Buy)

White Horse

Tolliver’s Crossing Irish Pub

The Nightcrawlers (blues, rock)

80 S. Tunnel Rd., Asheville, NC

Steve Whiddon (piano, vocals)

The Campaign 1984 (rock) w/ If You Wannas, Hollywood Kills & Elkmont Place

Netherfriends (pop, psychedelic)

Open 7 Days Amazing Lunch Buffet Full Bar / Import Beer from India

Orange Peel

Vincenzo’s Bistro

The Market Place

Live music

Freshly prepared, authentic recipes Visit us online & see our menu: www.IndiaGardenOnline.com

One Stop Bar

Village Wayside Bar and Grille

Handlebar

Tuesday swing dance, 7pm Gene Dillard Bluegrass Jam, 8:30pm Jay Brown (Americana, folk), 5-7pm Pow Pow Hanks (alt-country) Olive or Twist

Al Coffee McDaniel (blues, soul), 8-11pm One Stop Bar

Funk jam

Rankin Vault Cocktail Lounge

Tuesday Rotations w/ Chris Ballard & guests, 10pm Red Room

Aaron LaFalce (acoustic, rock), 6:30pm The Bywater

Open mic w/ Taylor Martin, 8:30pm The Get Down

The Queers w/ The Independents, The DiMarcos & Bob Band Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues

DJ Eklipse

Vincenzo’s Bistro

Ginny McAfee (singer-songwriter) Westville Pub

Blues jam

White Horse

clubdirectory 5 Walnut Wine Bar 253-2593 The 170 La Cantinetta 687-8170 All Stars Sports Bar & Grill 684-5116 Altamont Brewing Company 575-2400 Arcade Asheville 258-1400 Asheville Civic Center & Thomas Wolfe Auditorium 259-5544 Athena’s Club 252-2456 Avenue M 350-8181 Barley’s Tap Room 255-0504 Beacon Pub 686-5943 Black Mountain Ale House 669-9090 Blend Hookah Lounge 505-0067 Blue Mountain Pizza 658-8777 Blue Note Grille 697-6828 Boiler Room 505-1612 BoBo Gallery 254-3426 Broadway’s 285-0400 The Bywater 232-6967 Clingman Cafe 253-2177 Club Hairspray 258-2027 The Chop House 253-1852 Craggie Brewing Company 254-0360 Creature’s Cafe 254-3636 Curras Nuevo 253-2111 Desoto Lounge 986-4828 Diana Wortham Theater 257-4530

Dirty South Lounge 251-1777 The Dripolator 398-0209 Dobra Tea Room 575-2424 Ed Boudreaux’s Bayou BBQ 296-0100 Eleven on Grove 505-1612 Emerald Lounge 232- 4372 Fairview Tavern 505-7236 Feed & Seed + Jamas Acoustic 216-3492 Firestorm Cafe 255-8115 Frankie Bones 274-7111 Fred’s Speakeasy 281-0920 Fred’s Speakeasy South 684-2646 French Broad Brewery Tasting Room 277-0222 French Broad Chocolate Lounge 252-4181 The Garage 505-2663 The 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 Hannah Flanagans 252-1922 Harrah’s Cherokee 497-7777 Havana Restaurant 252-1611 Haywood Lounge 232-4938 Highland Brewing Company 299-3370

clubland@mountainx.com

Holland’s Grille 298-8780 The Hop 254-2224 The Hop West 252-5155 Iron Horse Station 622-0022 Jack of the Wood 252-5445 Jerusalem Garden 254-0255 Jus One More 253-8770 Laurey’s Catering 252-1500 Lexington Avenue Brewery 252-0212 The Lobster Trap 350-0505 Luella’s Bar-B-Que 505-RIBS Mack Kell’s Pub & Grill 253-8805 The Magnetic Field 257-4003 Midway Tavern 687-7530 Mela 225-8880 Mellow Mushroom 236-9800 Mike’s Side Pocket 281-3096 Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill 258-1550 Northside Bar and Grill 254-2349 Olive Or Twist 254-0555 O’Malley’s On Main 246-0898 One Stop Bar 236-2424 The Orange Peel 225-5851 Pack’s Tavern 225-6944 Pisgah Brewing Co. 669-0190 Poppie’s Market and Cafe 885-5494 Posana Cafe 505-3969 Pulp 225-5851 Purple Onion Cafe 749-1179

Rankin Vault 254-4993 The Recovery Room 684-1213 Red Stag Grill at the Grand Bohemian Hotel 505-2949 Rendezvous 926-0201 Root Bar No.1 299-7597 Scandals Nightclub 252-2838 Scully’s 251-8880 Shovelhead Saloon 669-9541 Skyland Performing Arts Center 693-0087 Shifters 684-1024 Smokey’s After Dark 253-2155 Southern Appalacian Brewery 684-1235 Straightaway Cafe 669-8856 TallGary’s Cantina 232-0809 Red Room 252-0775 Thirsty Monk South 505-4564 Tolliver’s Crossing Irish Pub 505-2129 Town Pump 669-4808 Tressa’s Downtown Jazz & Blues 254-7072 Vanuatu Kava 505-8118 The Village Wayside 277-4121 Vincenzo’s Bistro 254-4698 Wedge Brewery 505 2792 Well Bred Bakery & Cafe 645-9300 Westville Pub 225-9782 White Horse 669-0816 Wild Wing Cafe 253-3066

Irish Sessions, 6:30pm Open mic, 8:45pm

French Broad Chocolate Lounge

Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill

Wed., August 24

Good Stuff

Olive or Twist

5 Walnut Wine Bar

Grove Park Inn

One Stop Bar

Juan Benavides Trio (flamenco), 8-10pm

Dave Desmelik (Americana, folk) Open mic

Disclaimer Standup Lounge (comedy open mic), 9pm

Bob Zullo (jazz, pop guitar), 5:30-7:30pm Killer B’s (favorites by request), 8-11pm Rock ‘n’ roll sing-a-long @ Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar, 8pm-1am

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Haywood Lounge

Open mic

Open mic

Blue Note Grille

Horizons at Grove Park Inn

Open mic, 9pm

Lajos Pagony (piano), 6-10pm

BoBo Gallery

Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Skits

Front stage: Shane Perlowin

Creatures Cafe

Lobster Trap

Athena’s Club

Salsa night (free lessons, followed by dance)

Valorie Miller (Americana, folk), 5-7pm

The Go Devils (psychobilly, punk) Cadillac Rex (suft, rockabilly), 8pm Overflow Jug Band Pisgah Brewing Company

Ben Hovey (sonic scientist)

thu

8/18 heady glass, local art & funky fashion 426 Haywood Rd. West Avl • 254-3332 thecircleasheville.com

fri

TallGary’s Cantina

Open mic/jam, 7pm The Get Down

Franchise w/ Free Lunch & Fat Elvis Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues

Joey Cape (of Lagwagon)

8/19 sat

BRian MCgee faReweLL show

8/20 sun

8/21

w/ eLeCtRiC owLs & pJ Bond 9pM

JaMMin’ foR JoURneyMen Benefit w/ Josh phiLLips, veRtigo Jazz pRoJeCt, siLas doUCheR & fRiends 6pM

appleseed Cast | Jason isbell | emmit-nershi Band secret Chiefs 3 | Chris knight | trampled by turtles

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WED. 8/17

MAX MELNER ORCHESTRA $1 off all Whiskey

SCREAMING J’S

(New Orleans Honky Tonk) 9:30 pm

FREE SHOW! $1 off All Vodkas

FRI. 8/19

$3.50 Gin & Tonics • Bring A Team

BAYOU DIESEL

SUN. 8/21

SAT. 8/20

• All-You-Can-Eat Breakfast All Day! • $1 Off Bloody Mary’s & Mimosas

OPEN MIC IS BACK! Sign up at 7pm

(Hosted by Amanda Platt of The Honeycutters)

Buy 1, Get 1 Half Off Appetizers $4 Margaritas

TUES. 8/23

THUR. 8/18

TRIVIA NIGHT 9 pm • Prizes

(progressive roots music) 10 pm myspace.com/bayoudiesel $5 Robo Shots

Dance party w/ DJ Steele Brett Randell (folk, rock, jazz)

8:30pM w/ Matt evans & Jeff RiddLe 9pM

Red Room

Root Bar No. 1

MUd tea, JaRvis Jenkins Band & Beta Maxx

MON. 8/22

TUESDAY OPEN BLUES JAM W/ WESTVILLE ALLSTARS Shrimp ‘n Grits • $1 off Rum Drinks

777 HAYWOOD ROAD • 225-WPUB (9782)

www.westvillepub.com

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The Russ Wilson Swingtett Vanuatu Kava Bar

Open mic

Vincenzo’s Bistro

Steve Whiddon (piano, vocals) Westville Pub

karaoke monday

Wild Wing Cafe

Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues / Wild Wing Cafe

Thu., August 25

tuesday

Jammin’ w/ Funky Max Wing of Fire w/ Jeff & Justin (acoustic) Barley’s Taproom

Alien Music Club (jazz jam) BoBo Gallery

Andrea Pensado & Adrian de Los Santos Boiler Room

Local DJ Exposure Night (electronic, dance) Creatures Cafe

“Holy Hip-Hop” w/ DJ Besbleve French Broad Brewery Tasting Room

Matt Walsh (blues, rockabilly) Good Stuff

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

Jus One More / The Pocket / Red Room

wednesday Beacon Pub / Buffalo Wild Wings / Fred’s Speakeasy / The Hangar / Midway Tavern / O’Malleys on Main

thursday

Grove Park Inn

Cancun Mexican Grill / Club Hairspray / Harrah’s Cherokee Fairview Tavern

Haywood Lounge

friday

Bob Zullo (jazz, pop guitar), 5:30-7:30pm Killer B’s (favorites by request), 8-11pm Rock ‘n’ roll sing-a-long @ Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar, 8pm-1am Throwback Thursday w/ DJ Go Hard Horizons at Grove Park Inn

Lajos Pagony (piano), 6-10pm Jack of the Wood Pub

Bluegrass jam, 7pm Lobster Trap

Hank Bones (“man of 1,000 songs”), 5-7pm Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill

Deja Fuze (fusion, progressive, rock) w/ Bodega Rioja Olive or Twist

West Coast swing dancing w/ The Heather Masterton Quartet, 8pm

Fat Cat’s Billards / Mack Kell’s Midway Tavern / Shifter’s / Shovelhead Saloon

saturday The Hangar / Holland’s Grille Jus One More / Midway Tavern / Rendezvous / Shovelhead Saloon / The Still

One Stop Bar

sunday

Orange Peel

Cancun Mexican Grill / Fred’s Speakeasy South / The Hangar The Get Down / Shifter’s

An evening w/ Thunderdrums The Wailers (reggae) w/ Josh Phillips Folk Festival Pack’s Tavern

Jeff Anders & Joshua Singleton (rock, jam) Pisgah Brewing Company

William Walter & Co., 8pm

7.#´S 0REMIERE !DULT ,OUNGE 3PORTS 2OOM

Purple Onion Cafe

Leigh Glass & the Hazards (rock, Americana)

Red Room

Electronic Voice Phenomena (ambient, electronic, jazz)

Rod Picott

Dance party w/ DJ Steele Red Step Artworks

Open mic

Rock Bottom Sports Bar & Grill

Open mic w/ Greg Speas, 7-10pm Root Bar No. 1

Bella Clava (hard rock)

imagine... over 40 gorgeous & tantalizing girls... up close & personal

Straightaway Cafe

Tim Marsh (singer-songwriter) TallGary’s Cantina

Asheville music showcase The Get Down

Crystal Bright and the Silver Hands w/ Channing and Quinn Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues

Peggy Ratusz & friends

Ladies & Couples Welcome Sports Lounge feat. UFC on big screen Now featuring area’s only “Spinning Pole” Great Drink Specials Every Night

Vincenzo’s Bistro

Marc Keller (singer-songwriter) Westville Pub

Minorcan (indie, folk) Wild Wing Cafe

French Broad Chocolate Lounge Garage at Biltmore

This is Art w/ Don Winsley Good Stuff

Ash Devine (folk, fusion) Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

“The Swamp & the City: A Night of the Blues” feat: WSNB & Blonde Blues Grove Park Inn

Donna Germano (hammered dulcimer), 2-4pm Bill Covington (piano classics & standards), 5:30-7:30pm The Business (Motown funk), 8-11pm Rock ‘n’ roll sing-a-long @ Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar, 8pm-1am Handlebar

Cosmic Charlie (Grateful Dead tribute) Highland Brewing Company

If You Wannas (indie, pop, rock)

Horizons at Grove Park Inn

Lajos Pagony (piano), 6-10pm Iron Horse Station

Dana & Sue Robinson (Americana, folk) Jack of Hearts Pub

Dance party w/ DJ Moto

Dave Desmelik Trio (singer/songwriter)

Fri., August 26

The Broadcast (funk, rock, soul)

Jack of the Wood Pub

Craggie Brewing Company

Lobster Trap

Creatures Cafe

Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill

see for yourself at

Eleven on Grove

Olive or Twist

TheTreasureClub.com

Emerald Lounge

One Stop Bar

Fat Cat’s Billiards

Orange Peel

French Broad Brewery Tasting Room

Pack’s Tavern

Whilhelm McKay (folk), 7pm

Metal night w/ The Quick & The Obsessed

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Zumba “In da Club” dance party, 8pm-midnight The Party Man presents Flight Club Battle of the Bands

Mark Bumgarner (Americana, bluegrass, country), 5-7pm Ike Stubblefield (funk, groove, jazz) Live jazz, Motown & rock, 8pm The Klavenauts w/ Brand New Life Tears of Color

Woody Wood (blues, rock)

The Wild Rumpus (â&#x20AC;&#x153;stompgrassâ&#x20AC;?)

Red Room

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

Dance party w/ DJ D-Day or DJ Drea Root Bar No. 1

American Gonzos CD release party (funk, rock)

Carolina Rex (blues, rock)

Creatures Cafe

Highland Brewing Company

DogTale (rock, funk, folk)

Honkey Tonkinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Don Humphries, 6:30pm Yonrico Scott Band (funk, jam, jazz), 9pm

Straightaway Cafe

Emerald Lounge

Horizons at Grove Park Inn

Olive or Twist

The Chop House

One Stop Bar

The Market Place

3 Days Leave

Opt-Out w/ Mecanikill & Death of Analog

Vanuatu Kava Bar

Space Medicine & the Mystic Ferrymen (ambient, folk, jam)

Fat Catâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Billiards

DJ dance party, 10pm Drag show, 1am

White Horse

French Broad Brewery Tasting Room

Straightaway Cafe

Wild Wing Cafe

Scandals Nightclub

Skinny Legs & All (blues, rock) TallGaryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cantina

Southern Experience

The Chop House

Live jazz, 6-10pm

The Get Down

Tony Holiday Band w/ Beta Max The Market Place

Live music

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

Live DJ

Sunset Sessions w/ Ben Hovey (â&#x20AC;&#x153;sonic scientistâ&#x20AC;?), 7-10pm Air Anchor (alternative)

Hypno Yoga w/ Sage Sansone, Peripheral, Infinite Geometry & Woodwork

Jack of Hearts Pub

Sat., August 27

Good Stuff

Jack of the Wood Pub

Boiler Room

Grove Park Inn

Chris Wilhelm (folk, rock)

DJ Drees & Queen April (electronic, goth, industrial) Craggie Brewing Company

Broke & Happy Band (rock, blues, gypsy), 6pm Dark Shave & Deja Fuze (indie, prog rock, experimental), 8pm

Orange Peel

Packâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tavern

DJ Moto (dance, pop)

Jackomo (Cajun)

Purple Onion Cafe

GiGi Dover & the Big Love

Jon Stickley Trio (bluegrass, jazz)

The Magills, 2-5pm Bill Covington (piano classics & standards), 5:30-7:30pm Aaron LaFalce (acoustic, rock), 8-11pm Rock â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; roll sing-a-long @ Elaineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dueling Piano Bar, 8pm-1am

Tiny Boxes w/ Phuncle Sam The Turquoise Ball

Iron Horse Station

Garage at Biltmore

Country Fried Fridays w/ Leroy Powell & the Messengers

The 42nd Street Jazz Band, 8pm

Hotel Indigo

Lyndsay Wojcik (folk, roots, soul)

Mary Ellen Bush & Angela Easterling, 8pm

Lajos Pagony (piano), 6-10pm

Red Room

Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Back stage: Warm the Bell (indie, rock, folk, psychedelic) Lobster Trap

DJ Spy-V

Root Bar No. 1

Linda Mitchell (blues, jazz) Scandals Nightclub

Live jazz trio, 5-7pm

DJ dance party, 10pm Drag show, 12am

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

Greg Terkelson

Live jazz, 6-10pm Live music

The Recovery Room

Live music

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

The Free Flow Band (funk, soul) Vincenzoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bistro

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Candyland (G) 1:00 (Sat-Sun) Cowboys & Aliens (PG-13) 12:55, 3:30, 6:40, 9:45 Final Destination 5 3D (R) 2:40, 4:55, 7:15, 9:35 Final Destination 5 2D (R) 1:45, 4:10, 6:25, 8:45 Glee: The 3D Concert Movie (PG) 1:35, 3:50, 5:55, 8:00 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 3D (PG-13) 2:00, 5:20, 8:20 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 3 2D (PG-13) 3:00, 6:05, 9:05 The Help (PG-13) 12:50, 4:00, 6:55, 9:55 Horrible Bosses (R) 1:10. 5:25, 7:30, 10:05 Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World 3D (PG) 3:45, 8:30 Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World 2D (PG) 1:05, 6:15 Zookeeper (PG) 2:30, 4:45, 7:10, 9:20

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30 Minutes or Less (R) 12:15, 2:20, 4:30, 7:55, 10:00 The Change-up (R) , 2:35, 8:00 Conan the Barbarian (R) 11:45, 2:25, 5:00, 7:40, 10:10 Cowboys & Aliens (PG-13) 11:15, 2:00, 4:45, 7:30, 10:15 (Sofa Cinema) Crazy, Stupid, Love (PG-13) 11:25, 2:10, 4:50, 7:35, 10:10 (Sofa Cinema) Final Destination 5

3D (R) 12:10, 9:50 Final Destination 5 2D (R) 2:30, 4:45, 7:35 Fright Night 3D (R) 4:05, 7:50, 10:20 Fright Night 2D (R) 12:05, 5:05, 10:25 Glee: The 3D Concert Movie (PG) 11:50, 1:55 The Help (PG-13) 12:25, 3:30, 7:00, 10:05 If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front (PG) 12:00, 2:15, 4:10, 7:10, 9:30 Midnight in Paris (PG-13) 11:45, 1:55, 4:15, 7:40, 10:25 (Sofa Cinema) One Day (PG-13) 11:20, 1:50, 4:25, 7:50, 10:20 Rise of the Planet of the Apes (PG-13) 11:40, 2:05, 4:30, 7:15, 9:45 The Smurfs (PG) 11:35, 2:05, 4:35, 7:05, 9:25 (Sofa Cinema) Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World (PG) 11:55, 2:25, 4:55, 7:25, 9:55 n Cinebarre (665-7776) n Co-ed Cinema Brevard (883-2200)

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pickoftheweek The Future

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Director: Miranda July Players: Hamish Linklater, Miranda July, David Warshofsky, Isabella Acres, Joe Putterlik Drama/Fantasy Rated R

The Story: Two 30-somethings try to find fulfillment in the 30 days they have before they accept the responsibility of caring for a cat.

The Lowdown: Nicely crafted with some pleasing quirks and flights of fantasy, but with two unlikable characters at its center which keeps the film itself from being likable.

As someone who liked Miranda July’s Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005), I was genuinely looking forward to her new film, The Future. I had also liked the trailer a good bit. And then there was the film itself, which turns this review into one of the oddest and most difficult things I’ve ever written. You see, here’s the thing: I think the film is generally clever and creative. I cannot fault it much on that score. I also think it is well made.

I have no choice in my own mind, but to recommend the film (with a couple of reservations). At the same time, I have to admit that I personally disliked the film intensely. But beyond that, I also have to confess that I have been completely unable to get the film out of my mind. This makes me think July did something right.

The film is about a pair of incredibly shallow characters — Sophie (July) and Jason (Hamish Linklater) — both heading to the 40-side of their mid-30s. As presented, they have no actual interests, talents or ambition, but they do have a sense of entitlement — that they thought they’d (apparently by magic) be more than they are. This disatisfaction comes to a head when they agree that it’s time to take on some responsibility. Their idea of responsibility is to commit to adopting a stray cat from an animal shelter. They’ve chosen this cat — named Paw-Paw — because it’s only expected to live six months. They can scarcely conceal their horror when they’re told that if that cat bonds with them, it might live for five years.

Panic sets in with the impending loss of their freedom, and they opt to use the 30 days they must wait to take possession of Paw-Paw to quit their jobs and realize their extremely tenuous dreams. In Sophie’s case, this is to create 30 dances for YouTube videos in 30 days. Despite the fact that she taught dance — to very young children — she seems to have no particular aptitude for this. Jason, on the other hand, is less focused, and decides to join an ecology group as a doorto-door tree salesman. It’s not that he’s into this cause or is any good at the presumably nonpay-

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Miranda July and Hamish Linklater in July’s new film The Future. ing position, he just does this on a whim. Things do not go as planned, which anyone could have predicted from the onset.

All of this is narrated by Paw-Paw (mostly seen as hand-puppet feet and voiced by July) from the cage at the animal shelter, talking about how Jason and Sophie said they were coming to fetch him/her (the gender isn’t clear), about how he couldn’t help himself from making “that sound” when they touched him, fantasizing about how life is about to begin, and wondering how long 30 days is. And here is the central problem I have with the film — Paw-Paw is the most likable (maybe the only likable) character in the film.

The rest of the film — and a lot of it works — concerns Jason and Sophie and their increasingly half-hearted attempts at fulfilling themselves.

Their basic combination of self-absorption and defeatist mentality thwart them at every turn.

Sophie, in fact, drifts into an affair with an older man (David Warshofsky, Unstoppable) whose number she finds on the back of a drawing they got at the shelter. Ultimately, she moves in with him and his odd daughter (Isabella Acres, TV’s Better Off Ted), who has an inexplicable desire to be buried up to her neck in the yard. (Don’t ask, because it’s never really addressed.) This may or may not be part of the “magical realism” the film drifts into. Much more successful in this realm is Jason’s discovery that he has the ability to stop time — something he does to keep Sophie from telling him she’s having an affair. But there’s a catch to this, which I’ll leave to the movie.

Yes, it’s creative and well done, but it finally left a bitter taste and I found it utterly depressing. Let me put it this way, if July wanted me to end up wanting to grab the two main characters by their shirt fronts and pimp-slap them till their

moppet-like curly hair went straight, then she succeeded beautifully. I honestly cannot recall a film that caused such a violent, visceral response in me — nor one I have been so unable to shake.

So I’m recommending the film with a warning that it’s just not a pleasant experience. At least it wasn’t for me. Rated R for some sexual content. reviewed by Ken Hanke Starts Friday at Fine Arts Theatre

30 Minutes or Less JJJ

Director: Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland) Players: Jesse Eisenberg, Danny McBride, Aziz Ansari, Nick Swardson, Dilshad Vadsaria Crude Crime Comedy Rated R

The Story: A slacker pizza deliveryman has a bomb strapped to him by a couple of ne’er-do-wells, who tell him he has nine hours to rob a bank for them before the bomb ignites.

The Lowdown: An uneven, occasionally amusing comedy that rises and falls depending on how you feel about the cast.

Ruben Fleischer’s 30 Minutes or Less is a film that’s wholly dependent on how you react to the people it puts on screen. If you experience violent annoyance at Jesse Eisenberg once again playing his usual Jesse Eisenberg self, then this isn’t a film for you. If you think Danny McBride and Adam Sandler hanger-on Nick Swardson are the festering armpit of comedy, sickening everything they’re in with an adept lack of tact or subtlety, then please, see something other than 30 Minutes or Less. But if you’re the type that doesn’t mind

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The plot of the film is somewhat convoluted, with terminal screw-up Dwayne (McBride) deciding to hire a hitman to knock off his millionaire father (Fred Ward) in order to pick up his inheritance and — being a dreamer — open a combination tanning salon and brothel. The only problem is that the hitman’s asking price is $100,000, so Dwayne — with the help of his best friend and self-taught explosives expert Travis (Swardson) — concocts a plan to kidnap a pizza boy, strap a bomb to him and force him to hold up a bank before he’s blown up in nine hours.

The pizza deliveryman they end up with is Nick (Eisenberg), who has little else in his life beyond a dead-end job and a crush on his best friend Chet’s (Aziz Ansari, Funny People) sister (TV actress Dilshad Vadsaria). So with a bomb strapped to his chest and reluctant help from

Chet, Nick sets out to rob a bank and save his own life. Of course, things don’t go quite to plan for anyone, but if they did, we wouldn’t have much of a movie.

The bulk of the comedy is of the R-rated violence and vulgarity variety, something that’s getting more and more difficult to make look fresh in a summer already over-stuffed with R-rated comedies. A couple of scenes, like Nick and Chet stealing a car, and the scene where they actually rob the bank, actually work. But the rest is McBride — as a brash maroon, per usual — and Swardson riffing off one another in a string of nonsequiturs and raunchy randomness.

The odd aspect of this, however, that together, I didn’t find the two nearly as groan-inducingly off-putting as I normally do, but rather somehow tolerable. It might be that I’ve just become numb to McBride’s style of scattershot uncouthness masquerading as humor. Or it might be that Swardson is almost likable when he doesn’t have Sandler there to enable him.

I think it’s a mix of those two factors, and the fact that 30 Minutes or Less is a film about friendship — between not just the characters of Nick and Chet, but Dwayne and Travis, too. Both pairs work well off each other, acting like friends really would — fallings out and all — and this is what makes the film work more than it doesn’t. Rated R for crude and sexual content, pervasive language, nudity and some violence reviewed by Justin Souther Playing at Carolina Asheville Cinema 14, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande, United Artists Beaucatcher

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Final Destination 5 JJJ

Director: Steven Quale Players: Nicholas D’Agosto, Emma Bell, Miles Fisher, Ellen Wroe, Tony Todd Creative Death Horror Rated R

Glee: The 3D Concert Movie JJ

Director: Kevin Tancharoen (Fame) Players: Lea Michele, Dianna Agron, Gwyneth Paltrow, Darren Criss, Chris Colfer

The Story: Eight folks who were meant Concert Film Rated PG to die when a bridge collapsed find that The Story: A 3D concert film from the death is out to settle their hash. live tour of the TV show Glee, mixing The Lowdown: It’s another Final performance footage, behind-the-scenes Destination movie. What more do you footage and fan testimonials. need to know?

The Lowdown: Bland covers of pop Let’s be honest here — is there really any- music cripple a film that has its heart in thing new to be said about a Final Destination the right place.

movie? I could go back to any previous review, change the names (not that anyone is likely to notice), update the opening disaster that sets the events (it’s hardly a plot) in motion and no one would be any the wiser. There’s just nothing new here — even the 3D angle was exploited in the last one. I suppose the business about sacrificing someone else to get you off the hook (shades of Fritz Lang’s 1921 Destiny) qualifies, but “t’s purely for decorative effect — like putting parsley on fish — as concerns the movie overall.

So here are the specifics this round: A group of corporate types are on a bus bound for some kind of retreat when one of their number (Nicholas D’Agosto) has a vision that the suspension bridge they’re crossing is going to collapse and they’re all going to hand in their SAG cards. Of course, he panics and flees with his girlfriend (Emma Bell). Others pursue them, meaning that a total of eight beat the Reaper. Their joy is short-lived when old Mr. Death starts settling the score in various creative ways that only need Raymond Scott’s “Powerhouse” on the soundtrack to turn into a Warner Bros. cartoon with added viscera.

The fact is Final Destination is perfectly adequate at what it attempts to be. It’s the usual list of TV actors and no-names — including some fellow named Miles Fisher who looks the love child of Tom Cruise and Peter Gallagher’s eyebrows — being systematically offed because they cheated death. Series regular Tony Todd (Candyman himself) skulks around, whistles “Leaning on the Everlasting Arm,” issues cryptic warnings, feeds the five remaining survivors (after the third death) a plot device and generally proves himself a better actor with more screen presence than anyone else in the film.

The effects work is fine — the CGI bridge collapse is admittedly spectacular — and the deaths are typically juicy. I’d even concede that the final twists are clever. But overall, so what?

I didn’t in the least mind sitting through it and neither, I suspect, will anyone who liked the previous films in the series. Still, this is a concept that has frankly worn itself out. The claim, of course, is that Final Destination 5 is the last of the series, and that would be for the best. Rated R for strong violent/gruesome accidents, and some language. reviewed by Ken Hanke Playing at Carmike 10, Carolina Asheville Cinema 14, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande

The closest I’ve ever been to an episode of Glee was a YouTube clip of Gwyneth “I swear I won an Oscar” Paltrow doing an awkward rendition Cee Lo Green song’s “Forget You.” Having seen the Hannah Montana/Jonas Brothers/ Justin Bieber triumvirate of three-dimensional, ‘tween-friendly concert films over the past few years, I’m perfectly content to keep Glee: The 3D Concert Movie away with a 10-foot cattle prod.

Those looking for a movie akin to the TV show will, likely also be disappointed. From what I can gather, the TV show is a mix of high school dramedy interspersed with bland covers of pop songs spanning various eras. The versions on display here are pretty uninspired, more like karaoke than actual music, performed by various 20-somethings from the show, all sporting the warbling, cloying, eyebrow-curling, faux-emotive histrionics you’d expect from an actual high school glee club. In other words, this is a film for only the most hardcore of Glee fans.

We get a passable version of “River Deep Mountain High” — but only because performer Amber Riley has the pipes to handle it. But even then, Riley is no Tina Turner and definitely no Harry Nilsson. The unfortunate thing is, “passable” is the high point. There’s a gussiedup version of “Don’t Stop Believin’,” cheesy enough to make the original Journey version seem palatable. This is nothing compared to Kevin McHale’s nasally, Ira Glass-lookalikein-a-wheelchair cover of Jay-Z’s “Empire State of Mind.” And then there’s the rendition of Queen’s “Fat Bottomed Girls” — reimagined as butched-up bar rock — sung by a muscle-bound dude with a bad mohawk and no idea how to pretend to play the guitar.

The whole experience became a parade of morbid curiosity for me, as I sat there wondering if it could get worse. Glee doesn’t disappoint in this regard, with its cast of talented enough — but nowhere near impressive — performers, all from the school of over-performance and onstage mugging. When the aforementioned Ms. Paltrow none-too-surprisingly comes out for a “surprise” performance of her character’s “hit” (Cee Lo Green’s hit, that is) the movie reaches its nadir.

That said, I can’t completely dismiss the film.

Tied into the entire production is a message of acceptance — from physical looks to sexual orientation — as seen through both its characters and interviews with the show’s fans. Glee has its heart in the right place, and for this it should be

startingfriday CONAN THE BARBARIAN

Did we really need a remake of Conan the Barbarian? A better question might be whether we need one directed by Marcus Nispel, who gave us the abysmal reboots of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre in 2003 and Friday the 13th in 2009. Regardless, that’s what we have. This round Mr. Muscles is played by someone named Jason Momoa, who appears to have a lot of TV credits.

Also on board for all the grunting and sword-swinging are Ron Perlman and Rose McGowan.

Like all the mainstream stuff this week, it has not been reviewed by anyone. (R)

FRIGHT NIGHT

Craig Gillespie, who gave us Lars and the Real Girl (2007) — but then followed it up with the dismal Mr. Woodcock the same year — now brings us a remake of the 1985 vampire flick Fright Night. What really makes this look promising is the first-rate cast — Anton Yelchin, Colin Farrell, Tony Collette, David Tennant, Imogen Poots, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, and there’s even a role for Chris Sarandon, to connect it a bit to the original. And there’s the R rating.

Looks promising. (R)

THE FUTURE

See review in “Cranky Hanke.”

IF A TREE FALLS: A STORY OF THE EARTH LIBERATION FRONT See review in “Cranky Hanke.”

ONE DAY

Perhaps this week’s most interesting opening is Lone Scherfig’s follow-up to her very successful An Education (2009). This round, it’s One Day, a romantic drama with comedy starring Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess. The two play an on-again-off-again couple that we see on the same calendar day of each year, following where their lives have gone. Obviously, Focus Features (the art branch of Universal) expects this to have some mainstream appeal, since they’re opening it on 1,500 screens. The only troubling thing is that no one seems to have seen it yet. (PG-13)

SPY KIDS: ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD IN 4D

Robert Rodriguez struck box-office and artistic gold with Spy Kids in 2001. He almost duplicated that success with Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams in 2002, before nearly ruining it all the following year with Spy Kids 3D: Game Over. Eight years later, he’s back with this offshoot, in which the two original kids have supporting parts, Danny Trejo is back, and Anotonio Banderas apparently makes a guest appearance. But the stars are now Jessica Alba, Joel McHale, Rowan Blanchard and Mason Cook. We shall see. (PG) commended, even if the rest of it is more than a bit lacking. Rated PG for thematic elements, brief language and some sensuality. reviewed by Justin Souther Playing at Carmike 10, Carolina Asheville Cinema 14, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande

The Help JJJJ

Director: Tate Taylor Players: Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Bryce Dallas Howard, Allison Janney, Sissy Spacek Drama

Rated PG-13

The Story: A young college graduate writes a book — with the help of the black maids — that exposes the hypocrisy and racism in 1963 Jackson, Miss.

The Lowdown: Solidly entertaining crowd-pleaser with terrific performances overcoming an overstuffed narrative and a too-careful approach to the subject matter.

Whatever can be said about writer-director Tate Taylor’s film of The Help, there’s no denying that it knows how to work the audience it’s primraily aimed at. It’s also without a doubt a

superbly acted film, and its intentions are certainly good. Plus, it probably achieves what it sets out to do at least 75 percent of the time. It’s not particularly accomplished filmmaking and it tries to stuff too much into a single movie, but it’s good, solid mainstream moviemaking — and that’s not such a bad thing. And if it gets Viola Davis the Oscar she should have won in 2008 for Doubt, even better.

The Help is basically your standard highminded, socially-conscious movie — designed for maximum emotional impact with a minimum of guilt or discomfort for the viewer.

Perhaps that’s why The Help is getting far more audience attention than the superior — and much less comfortable — The Long Walk Home did in 1991. The Help sets out to be a crowdpleaser, while The Long Walk Home set out to be painfully true. Interestingly, Sissy Spacek is in both movies, but she was the white lead in the former and was allowed to be much clumsier and ill-informed than her counterpart (Emma Stone) is here. Now, Spacek has been given a role that feels like a holdover from Steel Magnolias (1989) as a tragi-comic figure that the film is interested in more for the comic than the tragic. In fact, The Help comes across as a kind of mix of The Long Walk Home and Steel Magnolias.

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This isn’t entirely a bad thing. What harms the film more is its overstuffed nature. It simply tries to pack in too much, even within a generous 137-minute running time. The central story — set in 1963 — is about freshfrom-college Eugenia “Skeeter” Phelan (Emma Stone), who lands a low-paying job at the local paper doing a household-help column, despite knowing nothing about the topic. To get her through this, she enlists the aid a friend’s maid, Aibileen Clark (Davis), and soon becomes more interested in Aibileen and her story than in the column. Through Aibileen, she gets another maid, the outspoken Minny Jackson (Octavia Spencer), to open up. A prospective New York book editor (Mary Steenburgen) wants at least a dozen such interviews — and she wants them quick “before this whole Civil Rights thing blows over.”

Now, that — and getting the other interviews and the local reaction to the fictionalized book — is the main story, but because of the nature of the stories within that story, there’s more.

Much of it works — especially Minny’s relationship with her latest employer, the “white trash” Celia Foote (Jessica Chastain, The Tree of Life), who is, if anything, even more looked down upon than the black maids. There’s also a plot-line concerning the utterly — but memorably so — villainous Hilly Holbrook (Bryce Dallas Howard), her firing of Minny, and Minny’s revenge. This turns into a major issue, but it’s placed in the film in such a way that Hilly’s dotty mother (Spacek) just disappears without explanation part way through and we, awkwardly, only find out why much later.

More, we have to wade through Skeeter’s own problems with her ailing mother (Allison Janney) and just exactly what happened to Skeeter’s old nanny (Cicely Tyson). Some of this works. Some of it doesn’t. Worst of all, is the pointless intrusion of a boyfriend (TV actor Chris Lowell), which should have been left out or reduced to their first meeting, since it adds nothing to the film — unless someone decided it might be good to make it clear that Skeeter isn’t a lesbian like her mom fears might be the case. And this is a film that suffers from a case of Return of the King-itis, seemingly set for the final fade-out two or three times before it actually ends.

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The Story: Documentary about the Earth Libertation Front and the trial of ELF member Daniel McGowan.

As with all good documentaries, it has lined itself up with a story. In this case, it’s the story of the aforementioned Daniel McGowan, who was charged with on terrorism for his involvement with the ELF. The film explores the events that gave the radical group its original impetus, its labelling by the FBI as a terrorist organization, and just how McGowan became involved in the whole thing. The question running through the film is whether or not McGowan will be found guilty and whether or not he will be given an “enhanced” sentence as a terrorist if he is. It’s a reasonable enough storyline, but it suffers to some degree by the fact that McGowan isn’t the world’s most compelling character.

That to one side, what keeps the film interesting are those questions it keeps raising about how the words “terrorism” and “terrorist” have come to be thrown about in a catch-all manner as easy demonizing tools. However, the film equally looks at the very real fact that the ELF tactics did destroy property and in so doing inevitably put people out of work. It’s a complex issue and the film doesn’t dodge it — and it’s careful to present both sides of the argument with middle ground coming in some surprising places.

As filmmaking, it’s straightforward documentary stuff — a few stretches of high contrast, reverse “posterized” images that look like animation are its sole attempts at style — but it’s also very worth seeing for the issues it raises. Not rated, but contains some explicit language. reviewed by Ken Hanke Starts Friday at Carolina Asheville Cinema 14

The Lowdown: Straightforward documentary that becomes worthwhile by raising thoughtful questions about terrorism and the use of the term.

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it never achieves actual greatness. What really holds the film in place and makes it worthwhile are the performances. There’s not really a bad one in the bunch — even Bryce Dallas Howard’s unbridled nastiness has nuances of a woman so frightened by the prospect of change and loss of control that it expresses itself in meanness. Emma Stone, Octavia Spencer, Jessica Chastain, Allison Janney and Sissy Spacek all bring more to their roles than the roles demand or offer. But the performance that means the most is that of Viola Davis. She alone has the power to command the screen and imbue the film with the kind of not-easilydismissed gritty credibility it otherwise lacks.

See it for her if nothing else. Rated PG-13 for thematic material. reviewed by Ken Hanke Playing at Carmike 10, Carolina Asheville Cinema 14, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande

If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front JJJJ

Director: Marshall Curry, Sam Cullman Players: (Themselves) Daniel McGowan, Lisa McGowan, Tim Lewis, Kirk Engdall Documentary Rated NR

You’re looking at the title of this and probably thinking, “Another activist documentary.”

And if you’re like me, you follow this with a groan. Well, the interesting thing here is that If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front is less activist than its title suggests. Oh, it’s certainly sympathetic to ecological causes and to the main subject of its story, Daniel McGowan, but it goes out of its way not to side with the Earth Liberation Front — and for good reason.

Instead, what we have here is a combination of a history of the group and a consideration of how the term “terrorist” is applied. As such it’s considerably more thought-provoking than expected.

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Director: Richard Burton, Nevill Coghill Players: Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Andreas Teuber, Ian Marter, Elizabeth O’Donovan Artsy Horror Drama Rated NR It is my personal belief that seeing Doctor Faustus once is sufficient for a lifetime, so even though it’s been six years since this was run locally, I will defer to my original review. “When it was first released in 1967, Richard Burton’s film version of Marlowe’s The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus was pretty soundly trounced by the critics. And while from today’s perspective it’s not hard to see why, it is hard to understand how they didn’t at least recognize they were in the presence of a bona fide cinematic two-headed cow. Possibly they were too wrapped up in Burton’s one really, really wrong-headed decision (his others being merely really wrong-headed, or just wrong-headed) to notice much else. Since the film was made at a time when Burton and Elizabeth Taylor were in between divorces, he opted to cast Liz as Helen of Troy — and as a variety of other women of somewhat vaguer origin throughout the film. Not only is Taylor’s presence a distraction, it’s downright funny seeing her pop up all over the place as the embodiment of everything that’s desirable in a woman. ... Yes, this is a respectable adaptation of the Marlowe play, but Burton and co-director Nevill Coghill opted to open it up, and to tart it up. Some of this approach is effective — Faustus’ walk through the stars with Mephistopheles (Andreas Teuber) is nearly brilliant (at least until Taylor flounces through) — but the overall effect is like a cross between a garishly colored Hammer horror film and a textbook example of ‘60s hallucinogenic trendiness.” Full review is here: http://www.mountainx.com/movies/review/doctorfaustus.php reviewed by Ken Hanke The Hendersonville Film Society will show Doctor Faustus at 2 p.m. Sunday, August 21, in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community (behind Epic Cinemas), 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville.

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Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Bryce Dallas Howard, Allison Janney, Sissy Spacek Drama A young college graduate writes a book— with the help of the black maids—that exposes the hypocrisy and racism in 1963 Jackson, Miss. Solidly entertaining crowd-pleaser with terrific performances overcoming an overstuffed narrative and a too-careful approach to the subject matter.

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Ryan Reynolds, Jason Bateman, Leslie Mann, Olivia Wilde, Alan Arkin Body-swap Comedy Two old friends wish for each other’s lives, only to actually get their wish.

Tired, tasteless, unfunny take on the body-swap comedy. Rated R

Cowboys & Aliens JJJJ Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde, Sam Rockwell, Paul Dano, Adam Beach, Keith Carradine Western Sci-Fi When aliens kidnap loved ones and relatives, a gang of cowboys—and later Indians—set out to rescue the victims and put down the invasion. It’s called Cowboys & Aliens. It has both. It’s hardly great cinema, but it’s mostly fun within its aims. Rated PG-13

Crazy, Stupid, Love JJJJ Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Julianne Mooe, Emma Stone, Analeigh Tipton, Jonah Bobo, Marisa Tomei Romantic Comedy Drama When his marriage goes on the rocks, a middle-aged man lets himself be “remade” by a younger, successful ladies’ man. Invariably pleasant, entertaing romantic comedy—with drama—that comes off better than the script probably deserved thanks to the performances and direction. Rated PG-13

Final Destination 5 JJJ Nicholas D’Agosto, Emma Bell, Miles Fisher, Ellen Wroe, Tony Todd Creative Death Horror Eight folks who were meant to die when a bridge collapsed find that death is out to settle their hash. It’s another Final Destination movie. What more do you need to know? Rated R

The Future JJJJ Hamish Linklater, Miranda July, David Warshofsky, Isabella Acres, Joe Putterlik Drama/Fantasy Two 30-somethings try to find fulfillment in the 30 days they have before they accept the responsibility of caring for a cat. Nicely crafted with some pleasing quirks and flights of fantasy, but with two unlikable characters at its center that keeps the film itself from being likable.

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(Themselves) Daniel McGowan, Lisa McGowan, Tim Lewis, Kirk Engdall Documentary Documentary about the Earth Libertation Front and the trial of ELF member Daniel McGowan. Straightforward documentary that becomes worthwhile by raising thoughtful questions about terrorism and the use of the term. Rated NR

Midnight in Paris JJJJJ Owen Wilson, Marion Cotillard, Rachel McAdams, Kathy Bates, Corey Stoll, Alison Pill, Kurt Fuller, Michael Sheen Romantic Comedy Fantasy A young Hollywood writer with a nostalgia for the 1920s Paris art scene finds himself introduced to his heroes at midnight in an obscure part of town. Whimsical, magical, delightful and about as perfect as it’s possible for a movie to be. A major must-see. Rated PG-13

Rise of the Planet of the Apes JJJJ James Franco, Freida Pinto, Brian Cox, John Lithgow, Andy Serkis Simian Sci-Fi A scientific experiment produces an unusually smart chimpanzee, who in turn gives birth to an even smarter chimp. Nicely made, entertaining, but hardly surprising sci-fi picture with first-class effects outshining a pretty perfunctory script. Rated PG-13

The Smurfs J Neil Patrick Harris, Hank Azaria, Jayma Mays, Sofia Vergara Half-animated Kiddie Flick Several tiny blue beings and their tormentor Gargamel get swept through a portal to modern-day New York. So bad that it makes you dream of sitting through Mr. Popper’s Penguins again—twice. Rated PG

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan JJJJ Bingbing Li, Gianna Jun, Vivian Wu, Wu Jiang, Russell Wong Drama Parallel stories—using the same actresses—of two lifelong friends in 19th-century China and modern-day Shanghai. A sumptuously photographed film that works more than it doesn’t in interweaving its two stories. Much better than the bulk of reviews have it. Rated PG-13

The Trip JJJJ Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Claire Keelan, Margo Stilley, Rebecca Johnson Comedy Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon go on a tour of restaurants in Northern England. A preposterous idea for a movie that turns out to be remarkably entertaining and a good deal deeper than the concept sounds. Rated NR

Every so often a movie comes along that makes you wonder whether or not other people are actually watching the same movie you are.

Such is the case with Wayne Wang’s Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, perhaps the most critically savaged “serious film” of the year. Maybe the fact that I went into it with low expectations played a role in all this, but damned if I can see why or how the film deserves all this scorn. I liked the film. Yes, it’s on the slow side, but no other pace would suit the material. I suppose there are some who are merely cheesed over the fact that the film adds a parallel contemporary story to the source novel. I guess that’s fair, but then I’ve no vested interest in the book and I suspect I’d find the whole thing a tough slog without that parallel story.

The movie is structured, as noted, in two parts. There’s the story of Nina (Bingbing Li) and Sophia (Gianna Jun) in modern Shanghai and the story of Lily (also played by Li) and Snow Flower (played by Jun) in China in the 19th century. The film starts with Nina on the brink of getting a dream job in New York City, but she’s brought up short when her oldest — albeit currently estranged — friend Sophia is badly injured when a car crashes into her bicycle. While going through her things at the hospital, Nina finds the manuscript of a book, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, which relates the story of the lowly born Lily and the high-born Snow Flower, who are brought together at seven as “laotung” (old sames), which binds them for eternity — and allows them communicate through the secret language of “nu shu,” which they write in the folds of a silk fan.

As the film intercuts between the two time periods — and back and forth within the modern story — we find the stories form curious parallels that work better in some cases than others. Perhaps the thing that most jars is the parallel between Snow Flower and her marriage to a coarse butcher (Wu Jiang) and Sophia’s involvement with a westerner, Arthur (Hugh Jackman). It may be mostly that having Hugh Jackman pop up late in the film is a needless distraction, but it also has something to do with the fact that the butcher’s character is developed and Arthur’s isn’t really.

What makes the film compelling to me — apart from the interesting and sometimes appalling details of life in 19th century China — is the story’s careful ambivalence about the boundaries of platonic friendship and physical romance, and even if such a boundary truly exists at all. In this regard, the film is considerably more than the stories it tells. This is not a great film. It is, however, sometimes a very good one, and it’s always a joy to behold in visual terms. But more than that, it’s much better than it’s been given credit for. I don’t know how it performed this weekend, but my guess is that the low critical ratings made it pretty much dead on arrival. I will be pleasantly surprised if it makes it to a second week. With that in mind, anyone interested in seeing it should lose no time in getting to The Carolina to catch it. Rated PG-13 for sexuality, violence/disturbing images and drug use. reviewed by Ken Hanke Playing at Carolina Asheville Cinema 14

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Director: A. Edward Sutherland (Mississippi) Players: W.C. Fields, Peggy Hopkins Joyce, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Stuart Erwin, Bela Lugosi, Cab Calloway Musical Comedy Rated NR A friend of mine once summed up A. Edward Sutherland’s International House (1933) by running down the cast list and concluding, “You need own no other movie.” I won’t go that far, but the cast is what makes this silly musical-comedy a joy to behold. The story — about company reps showing up in Wu Hu, China, to buy Dr. Wong’s (Edmund Breese) radioscope (a remarkable form of television) — is merely an excuse for an exotic setting, musical numbers and comedy routines. The racy nature of much of this — especially a musical number with girls in cellophane, pasties and very little else — was one of the things that helped usher in the production code. Even years later when the film was on TV, Cab Calloway’s “Reefer Man” musical number was often cut out. But don’t worry, it’s here now — along with every double entendre (some are almost single entendre) and scantilly-clad chorus girl. Plus, you get Burns and Allen at their peak, and there’s Baby Rose Marie (yes, she would grow up to be the Rose Marie of Dick Van Dyke Show fame), whose performance of an adult torch song was considered very inappropriate at the time.

Added to this is the comic villainy of Bela Lugosi. Reportedly, Lugosi told Fields on the set that he was taking a break from horror by playing Peggy Hopkins Joyce’s husband, to which Fields supposedly remarked, “I guess it all depends on what you call horror.” And if you don’t know who Peggy Hopkins Joyce — who plays a version of herself — was, she was a showgirl who made her fortune by marrying and divorcing a series of millionaires, much like she does in the film. She was the tabloid fodder of her era — but with some talent and a sense of humor about her own notoriety. reviewed by Ken Hanke The Asheville Film Society will screen International House Tuesday, August 23, 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.

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Director: Wes Craven Players: Brandon Adams, Everett McGill, Wendy Robie, A.J. Langer, Ving Rhames, Bill Cobbs, Kelly Jo Minter Horror/Political Satire Rated R Because of their already somewhat outsider — even disreputable — status, it’s not that uncommon to find horror films pretty fearless in what they’ll explore in terms of subtext.

Distributors and studios don’t care all that much what’s in these films (much less what they might be saying) as long as they end up with a movie that can be promoted on its horror content — and has the content to back it up. (See John Boorman’s 1977 film Exorcist II: The Heretic to understand what happens when that horror content isn’t there.) Wes Craven’s The People Under the Stairs (1991) is unusual in that its “transgressions” are more text than subtext — and Craven stated outright at the time that the film was his response to the Reagan years. What is surprising is that almost no one seems to have gotten it. Even stranger to me is that I don’t see how you can miss it. The greedy, ultra-“Christian,” racist villains of the piece (Everett McGill and Wendie Robie) are clearly meant to evoke the Reagans — albeit in horror-film form and considerably exaggerated for that purpose (in other words, this is allegory). The film carries this over into the Bush years — showing the “people under the stairs” (imprisoned children the couple kidnapped, then mutilated and kept out of sight when they didn’t live up the couple’s ideals) being entertained and kept quiet with a TV showing the bombing of Bagdad during Desert Storm while the film’s soundtrack plays Krzysztof Penderecki’s Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima. It doesn’t get much more pointed. Of course, there has to be a plot to hold this together, and that comes in the form of a 13-year-old black kid called Fool (Brandon Adams), who has been talked into helping rob the house of his family’s landlords (the Reaganesque couple) to pay for a cancer operation for his mother. What he doesn’t know, of course, is that getting into the house and getting out of it are two different things. This mix creates a heady horror film (virtually a horror-movie fairy tale) punctuated with occasional outbursts of dark-humored slapstick and all centered on an angry socio-political theme. It is one of high points of Craven’s very checkered career. reviewed by Ken Hanke The Thursday Horror Picture Show will screen The People Under the Stairs on Thursday, August 18, 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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Commercial Property CENTRAL ASHEVILLE â&#x20AC;˘ RESIDENTIAL/B&B/OFFICE 3,500 sqft house, 3 level with basement. Mixed use, Historic District. $485,000, finance 30K. (828) 259-9009, email sses98@msn.com COMMERCIAL DOWNTOWN CONDO Two Level commercial condo completely restored w/potential for residence or live/work. Located across form Haywood Park Hotel and neighbors Malaprops. $535,000. The Real Estate Center. 828-255-4663. www.recenter.com WALNUT STREET/DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE â&#x20AC;˘ Office suite with 1,081 sq. ft. Modern interior in a historic building.

G/M Property Group.

828-281-4024. jmenk@gmproperty.com

HIRE A HUSBAND Handyman Services.

31 years professional business practices.

Trustworthy, quality results, reliability. $2 million liability insurance. References available. Free estimates.

Stephen Houpis, (828) 280-2254.

Commercial/ Business Rentals

Services

$600/MONTH - HAYWOOD RD EXPOSURE - WEST ASHEVILLE 600+sq.ft. flex space lower level private entrance on site parking utilities included except phone/internet. Near bus line and Patton Ave. Call 551-4609 or email suzannesmith54@gmail.com for more info.

Education/ Tutoring HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA! Graduate in just 4 weeks!!

FREE Brochure. Call now.

1-800-532-6546 Ext. 97 continentalacademy.com (AAN CAN)

Computer CHRISTOPHERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S COMPUTERS â&#x20AC;˘ Computer Slow? Call Christopherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Computers at 828-670-9800 and let us help you with PC and Macintosh issues: networking, virus/malware removal, tutoring, upgrades, custom-built new computers, etc.

ChristophersComputers.com OAKLEY COMPUTER REPAIR All services $99 or less*Virus Removal, Slow computer tuneups, Upgrades, Wireless setups, System Backups, Laptop repair, more.828-575-6845. www.oakleycomputer.com.

$300 AND UP/OFFICES AND SUITES AVAILABLE Utilities/Parking/Cleaninig includedLots of options!200 Swannanoa River RoadDrop Ins welcome Mon-Fri 9am 5pm 828-582-5397 or office@trilliumproperties.net

DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE ON PRITCHARD PARK 3 room office suite with high ceilings, hardwood floors, ceiling fans, new paint and exposed brick. $550 per month 1 year lease. Super great office with super great neighbors. Mary Ann West, 242-5456.

SPACE FOR RENT â&#x20AC;˘ Near Samâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Club (off Patton Ave.) in busy shopping center.

1,150 sq.ft. Suitable for office or retail.

Call 828-231-6689.

WORKSPACE FOR ARTISTS/CRAFTERS IN SALUDA, NC. Reasonable rates, creative atmoshpere.

Available now.

Call (828) 749-9718 for more information.

Rentals

Rooms For Rent ARDEN â&#x20AC;˘ FULLY FURNISHED Private, peaceful, organic house and gardens. Close to everything! â&#x20AC;˘ No smoking/drugs. No lease. $390/month.

687-2390.

Apartments For Rent APARTMENTS/ROOMS FOR RENT â&#x20AC;˘ 2BR, 1BA with Kitchenette. $725/month. â&#x20AC;˘ Basement efficiency $610/month. â&#x20AC;˘ Large BR with shared BA and kitchen. $120/week or $450/month. â&#x20AC;˘ 1 small room $90/week.

All utilities and cable included. Off country road, only 15 minutes to downtown Asheville.

828-507-3585 or 954-695-9715.

1 GREAT APARTMENT â&#x20AC;˘ BLACK MOUNTAIN Nicely renovated bath, kitchen, 1BR, sunroom, dining room. â&#x20AC;˘ High ceilings. â&#x20AC;˘ Balcony! â&#x20AC;˘ Abundance of natural light. â&#x20AC;˘ Hardwood floors. Short walk to downtown. â&#x20AC;˘ $650/month includes heat, water, Wifi. â&#x20AC;˘ Smoke free. 280-5449.

SPACIOUS AND CHARMING 1BR APARTMENT IN BLACK MOUNTAIN Access to 1,600 acres of hiking trails.

Extraordinary mountain views. Ten minutes from Black Mountain/20 minutes to Asheville. Beautiful garden with sitting area.

Washer/dryer furnished.

Includes all utilities. Central H/A, free cable hook-up, high-speed internet. Seeking quiet, non-smoking individual without pets.

Apartment located in private residence with separate entrance. $700/month.

828.713.2163.

UNFURNISHED 4BR APT â&#x20AC;˘ In West Asheville. Water, garbage included. Swimming pool on site. On bus line. $769/month month. Call 828-252-9882.

WEST ASHEVILLE â&#x20AC;˘ UNFURNISHED 4BR APT. Water, garbage included. On bus line, swimming pool on site. $769/month. Call 828252-9882.

WEST-ACTON WOODS APTS â&#x20AC;˘ 2BR, 2BA, 1100 sq.ft. $800/month. Includes water and garbage pickup. Call 253-0758. Carver Realty.

South Asheville. 3BR, 2.5BA Ranch; 2 car garage; central air and gas heat; 1/2 acre; fenced rear yard w/2 patios; formal living/dining rooms; large eat-in kitchen/greatroom w/fireplace; laundry room:

carolinahomes88 @gmail.com BUNGALOW â&#x20AC;˘ FAIRVIEW 3BR, 1.5BA, family room. â&#x20AC;˘ Fairview Elementary/Reynolds. â&#x20AC;˘ Pets

References/security.

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BEAUTIFUL LOG CABIN Sleeps 5, handicap accessible. Near Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC. (828) 231-4504 or 277-1492. bennie14@bellsouth.net

(828) 333-2550 or

Quiet neighborhood. â&#x20AC;˘ $850/month.

(828) 298-1606.

GREAT RENTAL RIGHT OFF TOWN MOUNTAIN ROAD Furnished home in North Asheville, minutes from downtown. 3 BR/ 2.5 BA, hardwoods, central/air and heat, stainless steel appliances, garage, patio, washer/dryer, and fireplace.

Call Black Bear Rentals, Inc today. Credit check and deposit required. www.blackbearwnc.com blackbearrentals@gmail.com 828-712-3075.

Fax: 866 304-6066

Vacation Rentals

$1,950/month. Call Steve:

WEST ASHEVILLE â&#x20AC;˘ 2BR, 2BA. W/D connections. Close to downtwon. Quiet park. $595/month. Accepting Section 8. 828-252-4334.

2 GREAT DOWNTOWN APARTMENTS Live, work and play downtown! â&#x20AC;˘ Studio: $595/month. â&#x20AC;˘ 1 bedroom: $695 â&#x20AC;˘ 2 bedroom: $725/month.

Call (828) 254-2229.

NEAR HAW CREEK â&#x20AC;˘ 3BR, 2BA. 1,250 sq.ft. upstairs unit. Covered porch, 4 year old duplex. Modern, private, park-like setting. Available September 15th. $900/month. Sorry, no dogs.

828-299 7502.

ARDEN â&#x20AC;˘ ASHLEY WOODS

considered. Fenced yard.

Condos/ Townhomes For Rent

CHARMING BASEMENT EFFICIENCY Between downtown and UNCA- close walk to town and Greenlife.

Gas heat. Lots of off-street parking. $495/month includes hot and cold water.

Security deposit, yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lease, credit check and references req. 1 cat ok w/fee. For appt: Graham Investments 253-6800.

Homes For Rent

Mobile Homes For Rent

1BR WEST ASHEVILLE â&#x20AC;˘ Water, garbage included on bus line. $569/month.

Call 828-252-9882.

BASEMENT EFFICIENCY â&#x20AC;˘ EAST ASHEVILLE $400/month, utilities included. â&#x20AC;˘ Free basic cable and internet. References required. (828) 273-5751.

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(AAN CAN) ROOM WITH PRIVATE BATH MATURE roommate wanted for cozy, Candler condo with human and dog; near AB Tech campus; BR with spacious closet, private BA; W/D, D/W and Wifi, $500 incl utilities. Call 215-0813.

Employment

Short-Term Rentals

General

15 MINUTES TO ASHEVILLE Guest house, vacation/short term rental. Newly renovated, complete with everything including cable and internet. Weaverville area. â&#x20AC;˘ No pets please.

(828) 658-9145. mhcinc58@yahoo.com

$$$HELP WANTED$$$ Extra Income! Assembling CD cases from Home! No Experience Necessary! Call our Live Operators Now! 1-800-405-7619 EXT 2450 www.easyworkgreatpay.com (AAN CAN)

ACTORS/MOVIE EXTRAS Needed immediately for upcoming roles $150-$300/day depending on job requirements.

No experience, all looks.

1-800-560-8672 A-109.

For casting times/locations.

(AAN CAN) BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY 50 yr old Distribution Companylooking for online trainers. Flexible hours, work from home. www.2dreambigger.com hatchellburt@aol.com MANUFACTURING JOBS First and second shift. Call (980) 295-9104 or (704) 604-2587, between 12pm-5pm.

MECHANIC Diesel mechanic; part time; must have own tools and verifiable experience. Certifications a plus. Contact Howard at 912-663-8687 or howard @graylineasheville.com

Skilled Labor/ Trades HIGH RISE WINDOW CLEANERS 1-800-926-2320 www.high-rise.net

LEASE PURCHASE AVAILABLE â&#x20AC;˘ DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE 2BR, 2BA condo with hardwood floors, granite countertops, parking and onsite fitness center: $1375/month includes water.

Call The Real Estate Center 828-255-4663.

LEASE PURCHASE AVAILABLE â&#x20AC;˘ DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE 2BR, 2BA condo with two parking space, hardwood floors, granite countertops, parking and onsite fitness center: $1450/month includes water.

Call The Real Estate Center: 828-255-4663.

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Administrative/ Office FLIGHT MISSION COORDINATOR SouthWings seeks a highlevel administrator responsible for scheduling SouthWings’ flights, followup after flights, and data management and reporting.

This position will coordinate schedules, enter and track data, and other general administrative tasks.Two year degree and five years of consistent work experience with administration and data management. Four year degree preferred. email for description: Search@southwings.org. www.southwings.org

Sales/ Marketing 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 SALES PROFESSIONALS Start a career in Executive Recruiting. • Training provided. • Office setting. • Commission driven. Draw possible. • 3 openings. Call today: (828) 277-6988. resumes @thurmondco.com

Hotel/ Hospitality FT DESK CLERKS NEEDED AT DOWNTOWN INN Starting salary $9/hr. Full time Desk clerks needed at Downtown Inn. Apply at 120 Patton Ave. Computer experience required. jolinerobinson@hotmail.com downtowninnandsuites.com

Retail TOPS FOR SHOES Is accepting applications for a Salesperson. This is a fulltime position which offers health insurance, paid vacations, free parking, and a lunch allotment. Applicants must be willing to work Saturdays. • ALL applicants must apply in person at 27 N. Lexington Avenue, Downtown Asheville on Mondays or Wednesdays through Fridays from 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm with Dean Peterson.

FAMILIES TOGETHER INC.

Human Services

McDowell, Madison,

Due to continuous growth in WNC, Families Together, Inc is now hiring licensed professionals and Qualified Professionals in Buncombe, 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

AVAILABLE POSITIONS • MERIDIAN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Haywood County: Registered Nurse (RN) Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACTT): Must have four years of psychiatric nursing experience. Please contact Mason Youell, mason.youell @meridianbhs.org Clinician Recovery Education Center Position available for a mental health/substance abuse clinician to work in an innovative recovery-oriented program in Haywood County.

Must have Master’s degree and be license-eligible.

Please contact Katie Goetz, katie.goetz@meridianbhs.org Cherokee County: JJTC Team Seeking Licensed/Provisionally Licensed Therapist in Cherokee County for an exciting opportunity to serve predominately court referred youth and their families through Intensive In-Home and Basic Benefit Therapy.

For more information contact Vicki Sturtevant, vicki.sturtevant @meridianbhs.org Clinician Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACTT) Must have a Master’s degree and be license-eligible. Please contact Ben Haffey, ben.haffey@meridianbhs.org • For further information and to complete an application, visit our website: www.meridianbhs.org

Master’s Qualified Professionals. • FTI provides a positive work environment, flexible hours, room for advancement, health benefits, and an innovative culture. • www.familiestogether.net • Candidates should email resumes to humanresources @familiestogether.net INTENSIVE IN-HOME STAFF NEEDED IN HAYWOOD COUNTY Team Leaders and Qualified Professionals needed for IIH teams in Haywood County to provide services to children/adolescents. Team leader must have provisional or therapy license. QP’s must have Bachelor’s degree plus experience dependant on degree. Email resume to Tracey Elliott at telliot@jcpsmail.org or fax to 828-586-6601. www.jacksoncountyps.org

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@thementornet work.com• Become a Therapeutic Foster Family. • Free informational meeting.

NC Mentor. 120C Chadwick Square Court, Hendersonville, NC 28739.

DAY TREATMENT QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS NEEDED IN HAYWOOD COUNTY to provide Day Treatment for children/adolescents. Must have Bachelor’s degree and experience dependant on degree. Email resume to Tracey Elliott at telliot@jcpsmail.org or fax to 828-586-6601.

QP’S NEEDED TO WORK AT ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL DAY TREATMENT PROGRAM IN JACKSON COUNTY Must have Bachelor’s degree in Human Services and 2yrs full-time, post-bachelor’s experience with children/adolescents with Mental health diagnoses or 4yrs post-degree experience if not a Human Service degree. Submit resume via email to telliot@jcpsmail.org or fax to 828-586-6601

THE ASHEVILLE OFFICE OF FAMILY PRESERVATION SERVICES • Is seeking the following for Adult service lines: Certified Peer Support Specialist, LCSW, LCAS/CCS or CSAC, QDDP and an RN/QMHP. Please send resumes to csimpson@fpscorp.com.

Teaching/ Education EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION SUPERVISOR Community Action Opportunities seeks an Early Childhood Education Supervisor for its high quality Head Start/NCPK program. • Must be able to perform a variety of technical and administrative duties and supervise professional pre-school teaching staff at multiple and single sites to meet Head Start, Child Care, NCPK and agency standards and policies. Must be able to demonstrate strong oral and written communication skills and have experience working successfully on teams. Also requires a working knowledge of Office Word and Excel and a comprehensive knowledge of NC child care license requirements. • Requires: 4year degree in Early Childhood Education, 3 years supervisory and 2 years preschool teaching experience or the equivalent.

• Must also qualify for Level III Child Care Administrative Credential. • Prefer: BK Teacher License, Level III Child Care Administrative Credential and experience in Head Start. Bilingual in Spanish. • Salary: DOQ Other: Requires NC Driver License, Background check and physical DFWP/EOE • Send: Resume with cover letter, work references and telephone numbers to: Human Resources Manager 25 Gaston St. Asheville, NC 28801 or Fax: (828) 253-6319 or Email: linda.gamble @communityaction opportunities.org

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NON-PROFIT CHILDCARE CENTER DIRECTOR The Director’s role is to work with the board of directors and teachers to implement the philosophy and objectives of the program.

Excellent communication and management skills are essential. Qualified candidates will meet the following minimum requirements: • At least 21 years of age • At least two years experience in a childcare center • An undergraduate degree with coursework in early childhood eduation • Training in early childhood program administration; or one year of administrative experience in a childcare setting.The position is a fulltime exempt position with benefits.Email a cover letter and resume to barbaram_2@charter.net.

Arts/Media DYNAMIC SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER/ART DIRECTOR POSITION- FULL TIME (ASHEVILLE, NC AREA) Dynamic Senior Graphic Designer/Art Director Position- Full Time (Asheville, NC Area)Our firm is seeking a highly motivated creative graphic designer/Art Director to work within a close-knit creative team and help manage a large network of freelance talent.In this role you will be responsible for creating unique and amazing graphic designs as well as directing certain projects with our freelancers. You should be proficient in Adobe illustrator and Photoshop and be able to create rough sketches to communicate your concepts.

You should be proficient with Macintosh computers. The ideal candidate would be resourceful, enthusiastic and innovative.We are a full service creative based company working with many high profile clients. Some exposure to licensed properties would be helpful.

Screen-printing knowledge is also a plus.2 to 5 years of experience with licensed Character art is required.

Ability to work in a fast paced environment required.

Salary will be based on experience.The employment package would include a comprehensive health plan with dental and optical care as well as a company sponsored 401K plan.This will be a very rewarding experience with high growth potential for the right candidate.To apply please send us an email containing the following items…1. A brief note explaining why you are the perfect candidate to fill this position.2. Your resume.3. A link to online samples of your work or digital portfolio.If you are the right fit you will be called in for an interview.Please contact Greg Williamson at gwilliamson@tiltworks.com

PHOTOGRAPHY POSITION Seeking photographers for traveling photography job.

Starts immediately; weekends, Friday-Sunday, must have open schedule.

We will train the right person for the job. Must be outgoing and self-sufficient. Must be 18 and have a valid driver’s license. Email resume and contact info to sidelinepics03@gmail.com.

Jobs Wanted EMPLOYMENT NEEDED! Laid off over a year. We are trying to stay in Asheville.

Mature responsible lady seeking part-time clerical/receptionist, gal Friday-type of work. Benefits hopeful. 25+ year’s experience. Good basic computer skills. Great with people. Reliable, conscientious, fun, hard working, fast learner.

Available weekdays only.

Open to other type jobs also.

Give me opportunity; I will give you my best!

Call 828-683-3936.

Announcements LOOKING FOR TENANTS? FREE LEGAL INFORMATION? Join us for a FREE Landlord Lunch & Learn! • When: Friday August 26th, 12PM-2:00PM. Lunch will be provided. RSVP Jaime Matthews 828.259.5721 or jmatthews@ashevillenc.gov.

• Where: Chamber of Commerce, #36 Montford Ave. • Come to a presentation on Supportive Housing in our community from 12-1pm. From 1-2pm, two lawyers will present on legal information for landlords. Hear what every landlord should know! • Supportive Housing brings experienced professionals, individuals seeking housing, and landlords together to: Achieve residential stability, increase their skill levels and/or income, obtain greater self-determination. • Guest speakers at the lunch & learn include: Pisgah Legal Services lawyer Robin L. Merrell, Managing Attorney, and Douglas J. Tate, Attorney, McGuire, Wood & Bissette, P.A., Supportive Housing Specialists,Tenants and Landlords with Supportive Housing experience. • For more information, contact: Jaime Matthews 828.259.5721 or jmatthews@ashevillenc.gov

Mind, Body, Spirit

Bodywork

#1 AFFORDABLE COMMUNITY CONSCIOUS MASSAGE CENTER • 1224 Hendersonville Road.

Asheville. $29/hour. • 15 Wonderful Therapists to choose from. Therapeutic Massage: • Deep Tissue • Swedish • Sports • Trigger Point. Also offering: • Acupressure • Energy Work • Reflexology. • Save money, call now! 505-7088. thecosmicgroove.com

CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR MASSAGE PROFESSIONALS Home of the $100.00 CE workshops (Up to 8 hrs).Grand Opening Sept 18th at noon. massageproce@gmail.com www.MassageProCE.com DEEP TISSUE BODYWORK AND SPORTS MASSAGE $90/1.5 hour-summer tuneup. I come to you (Asheville area). 10 yrs exp. Trained in Hawaii. Long-term results offered. Mark Byrd (707) 832-6772.

HONOR YOUR MIND BODY AND SPIRIT Relax and rejuvenate comfortably at home or visit my downtown studio. • Therapeutic Swedish • Deep Tissue and • Hot Stone massage with an energetic focus. Heather Yingst, LMBT#7315.

(828) 450-7515.

MASSAGE/MLD Therapeutic Massage. Manual Lymph Drainage. Lymphedema Treatment. $45/hour or sliding scale for financial hardship. 17+ years experience. 828-254-4110.

NC License #146. www.uhealth.net

Counseling Services GIRLS: UNHAPPY WITH YOUR LOVE LIFE? AT WORK? I’m there for you.

EverybodysGayBestFriend.com.

Health & Fitness

Natural Alternatives

ZUMBA FITNESS, GOLD & TONING. 22 CLASSES A WEEK IN ONE LOCATION. Christine’s Cardio Fitness.

Downtown Location. Zumba Fitness. Zumba Gold. Zumba Toning. christine @christinescardiofitness.com 828-275-7144 christinescardiofitness.com

AFFORDABLE TAROT READINGS AND TAROT READING CLASSES Readings last 1 hour.I charge $10-$30 sliding scale. 10 years of experience. Classes offered as well.Email me: christine.zachary94 @gmail.com.

Musicians’ Xchange

Musical Services ONE WORLD MEDIA STUDIO • Music and Video Production • In Studio • Live Venue • HD Video • HQ Audio. Call (828) 335-9316.

On the web: 1worldmediastudio.com

Equipment For Sale 2000 HD 28 MARTIN $2200 retail. Will sell for $1800.

West Asheville, (828) 505-0899.

AWESOME GUITAR FOR SALE Rickenbacker 620.

Solid body, sunburst finish, high gain single coils and stereo output. Bought new in 2000. Great condition w/original hard case. $1000.

David: (828) 919-9551 or dcsweet24@gmail.com

Pet Xchange

Pets for Adoption

PLEASE HELP ME AND ADOPT SUGAR Sugar is a 4 year old female Shepherd/Chow mix, who needs a loving home. Owner has developed a disability and is unable to provide the necessary walks and exercise. Sugar loves cats, kids and people. Small adoption fee. Please call 667-4150.

Annie is a very sweet 1 1/2

Dependable, loving care while you’re away.

Reasonable rates. Call Sandy Ochsenreiter, (828) 215-7232.

FOR PETS • Free or low cost

loves to be the center of

A LOST OR FOUND PET? Free service. If you have lost or found a pet in WNC, post your listing here: www.lostpetswnc.org

WALKABOUT & PET SITTING Servicing the N. Charlotte Street area and downtown Asheville (where I live and work). Dog walking/pet visiting. $10 a

with other dogs. Doesn’t this

walk or visit. Great

cutie deserve a loving

Saturday of each month 12-

references. Call LIsa at

YOU? Stop by Animal MISSING BORDER COLLIE Black/White 10 yr male Border Collie, neutered, no collar. Lost near downtown Weaverville. He is scared of some people, afraid of loud noises. Please contact (828)658-8232 or (828) 712-3619 if you have seen him.

LISA’S DOGGIE

vouchers. 1st and 3rd

forever home, how about Compassion Network’s store for rescued pets, Pet Harmony located at 803 Fairview Street, Asheville, North Carolina 28803 to shop for all your pet supplies.

Bella is a one-year-old purebred German Shepherd.

She’s a bit on the shy side but once she’s warmed up to you, she’s as sweet as they come! Stop by Animal Compassion Network’s store for rescued pets, Pet Harmony located at 803 Fairview Street, Asheville, North Carolina 28803 to shop for all your pet supplies.

Sales

Adult

Trucks/Vans/ SUVs

Yard Sales

A PERSONAL TOUCH • Call

2000 QX4 Infiniti SUV. All power. Excellent condition. $3,800. Call 215-9726.

spay/neuter information and

attention and gets along well

Vehicles For Sale

ASHEVILLE PET SITTERS

COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP

year old Beagle Mix. She

Lost Pets

Pet Services

3PM at Blue Ridge Mall, Four

828-691-5472.

Seasons Blvd.,

R.E.A.C.H. Your Regional

Hendersonville (at the Kmart

Emergency Animal Care

entrance). • 4th Saturday of

Hospital. Open Monday-

each month 10AM - 2PM at Tractor Supply, Four Seasons

hours on Weekends and Holidays. • 677 Brevard Road. (828) 665-4399.

828-693-5172.

www.reachvet.com

post your FREE Classifieds on the web at mountainX.com/classifieds

WE’LL FIX IT AUTOMOTIVE • Honda and Acura repair.

Half price repair and service.

ASE and factory certified.

Located in the Weaverville area. Please call 828-275-6063 for appointment.

For Sale

Friday, 5pm-8am and 24

Blvd., Hendersonville.

“I found a new roommate and someone who wants my ‘72 Gremlin.”

Automotive Services

Furniture MOVING SALE 828 275-9841 bpike99@gmail.com

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MOVING SALE • Bright yellow kayak-one seater/top seating; good for ocean surfing, adult Trek bike, black leather frame bed and box springs, Chinese side table, Tibetan chest, red leather chair, floor lamp, tall square zink bar table with black laquer legs, two white leather chairs. 10 month membership at Body Shop Fitness Center. Please call 828-318-3810.

now to book your appointment. 713-9901.

DREAMSEEKERS Your destination for relaxation.

Call for your appointment: (828) 275-4443.

MEET HOT SINGLES! Chat live/Meet & Greet www.acmedating.com 18+ Call 828-333-7557.

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