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letters More affordable housing, less discrimination Asheville needs much more affordable housing. This point is widely accepted, yet small groups of property owners continue to argue against it. In the opinion piece “Poor and Poorer” [Aug. 18, Xpress], the writer referenced his “poorer,” “nuisance” neighbors with their unkempt lawns, broken-down vehicles and loud parties. While some people of every economic class can be inconsiderate of their neighbors, many of these poor people are actually people like me. I work full-time at an environmental nonprofit. I vote in every single election. I am a volunteer bicycle mechanic. I am an actively engaged community citizen. I don’t have loud parties. I don’t have broken down cars. I keep my grass short. I am saddened by property owners who fear those of us living below the $45,000-a-year median income. It is my hope that those neighborhood advocates take the time to meet more people like me. There are a lot of us in Asheville, and we would like to be your neighbors. — Lindsey Simerly Asheville
Asheville Transit: Who’s driving the bus? I truly hope the city decides not to renew the contract with First Transit. [I have been] corresponding [via e-mail] with [Asheville] Council member Gordon Smith [about transit issues]; he says the city can’t make the buses run on the Monday following
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Xpress’ preferential coverage of recent festivals disappointing I was surprised to see the LAAFF festival on the front cover of the Mountain Xpress [“Need a LAAF?” Sept.1] this week. Not that I don’t thoroughly enjoy that annual festival. It’s just that the week before was Goombay, which got a quarter page on page 67 [“Back on the Block,” Aug. 25 Xpress] with a cover about the cost of Pack Square — not even a mention that this year some of the entertainment of Goombay actually took place on that new stage. Both festivals are annual; both take place on a four-block area and have a variety of entertainment, vendors and street theater. Many people at Goombay said they only wandered in because they heard music as they happened by. Why not give this African-heritage festival the same kind of publicity as the hippie festival? Unfortunately, we still suffer from unconscious racism, which prioritizes events that highlight aspects of white culture over aspects of black culture. Only by paying attention to these kinds of discrepancies will we eliminate racism. — Kathryn Liss Asheville Editor’s response: Thank you for your attention. Our coverage decisions are based on a balance of the best information we have at the time of our print deadlines. In this case, we were able to print the full Goombay schedule in our issue, and we included photo galleries and blog posts on our website. Find more at mountainx.com.
Potentially dangerous situation no laughing matter I just wanted the community to know that on the evening of Thursday, Aug. 29, I was meeting with friends at [a local bar] and was followed out to my car by a man whom I did not know. As I walked to my car he kept asking me what I was doing and where I was going. I simply ignored him. As I started [the engine], he had reached my car door and frightened me, so I drove off and preceded to go back to get my friends at [the bar], and my friend went in to speak with the bartender/waiter. As she came out she pointed the man out, and the bartender/waiter laughed at her. I really do not think that this is a laughing matter, even if they knew him as a regular. It is not funny to follow a woman alone out to her car. I’m just a concerned citizen and would hope this will not happen to anyone else. — Rachael Eldridge Asheville
See a wild animal? Grin and bear it! My friend … saw a bear crossing Fairview Road on her way home from work the other day. [Another friend] showed me a picture of the coyote she saw on the commuter part of the [Blue Ridge] Parkway last week; [another] posted pictures on Facebook of bears in her Town Mountain driveway. The neat thing is, none of [them] freaked out
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about it. And neither do folks who live in gorgeous places like Wyoming and Montana. It is part of the beautiful natural scenery they enjoy while living out there. So, why do we act like we don’t know what to do when we encounter our natural wildlife here in the mountains of Western North Carolina? Recently, staff at the Wild Birds Unlimited store in south Asheville gave a talk about how to feed the birds, not the bears. This is a commonsense approach to the issue of living in an area like ours. There is no need for scare tactics and unnecessary killing of wild animals. So my thinking is, we need to get a grip. We need to learn to live with our lovely, natural wildlife here, not destroy it. — Angela Sego Asheville
Do not be fooled by Shuler’s ads. He is a big-government liberal. It is time to change the system and players, including this one. — James Davis Hayesville
“Blue Dog” Shuler’s bark rings a false note
My conversation with Heath Shuler
Once again, Rep. Shuler [“Blue Dogs Rule?” Sept. 1 Xpress] treated us to more non-answers to important questions, all the while trumpeting his ‘‘blue dog” bona fides. I won’t even go into his positions on gay rights, hate crimes and a woman’s right to choose. I think a more appropriate description for Shuler would be “blue weasel.” A dog, after all, is man’s best friend. — Marshall De Bruhl Woodfin
I had the opportunity to speak with Congressman Heath Shuler (Democrat, 11th District) at a military veteran’s luncheon on Aug. 26. I asked why he doesn’t have faceto-face town hall meetings. He replied, “I am not going to waste my time having a bunch of people yelling at me at town hall meetings!” I asked him why he voted against amendments to remove earmarks from legislation. He answered, “This is how the system works.” After a few more questions, he walked away. The Club for Growth rates congressmen on their pro-growth voting record. Last year, Shuler’s pro-growth rating was 22 percent, and only 2 percent in 2008, making him one of the most anti-job-growth liberal [members of Congress]. Shuler voted with liberals and [Speaker of the House] Nancy Pelosi 76 percent of the time. This fall, Shuler will present himself as a Blue Dog Conservative, reminding us that he voted against TARP, stimulus and healthcare bills. However, Shuler only voted “no” after each bill had enough votes to pass. He withheld his vote to the last minute, just in case Pelosi needed it.
It seems we take one step forward, two steps back with the economy. Am I ready to stitch my savings into my mattress? Perhaps not yet. I see a small sliver of hope, strangely enough from a candidate in the next election. My friend, Patsy Keever, is running to represent us in the N.C. House, District 115, and I find that very hopeful. She is a standup sort. She’s a gett’er-done, do-it-right person. She’s full of pride for this region and wants to focus on several issues very much — the economy [is] top among them, plus the environment and education. I’ve known her since she became politically active and find her brave to keep wanting to fight. I’ve watched her work on issues like hunger and homelessness in this area, and she’s made a difference. She deserves a chance, and I thank her for trying. She’s a silver lining to a campaign season that may seem superfluous. — Jennifer Fulford Asheville
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Hillcrest Community Garden plants seeds of survival by Emily Zielke In the heat of a financial crisis that has started eating away at our few remaining luxuries, like a few local beers or some new sporting gear, nobody wants to hear about other people’s problems. Still, grave injustice can be seen through thousands of windshields during rush-hour traffic near the junction of interstates 240 and 26. It comes in the form of a human Frogger game as residents of the Hillcrest Apartments try to make their way to or from their homes. Three Hillcrest residents have already died attempting to cross those highways [see “Walking the Talk,” June 23 Xpress]. And even if closing the pedestrian bridge was originally a community decision, at this point it’s a crime against humanity to continue to enclose an already-marginalized population behind gates with only one way in and out, allowing police to patrol in never-ending circles — peering at those residents as if they were
edge we carry in our heads and hearts to help us survive. Community gardens help us build healthy relationships with our natural surroundings, including other humans. By not teaching our children how to produce food, the most basic of human needs, we are compromising their future, our heritage and the earth itself. The Hillcrest Community Garden project began in early July on what was predicted to be the hottest day of the year. The barren, baked-clay soil between houses 17 and 18 was painstakingly tilled by residents Jerome, Robbie and Trey, who took turns on the borrowed rototiller. The approximately 300-square-foot area was then amended with mined lime, greensand and phosphorous. These slow-releasing minerals help break up clay, neutralize overly acidic soil and prep it to produce healthy foliage and fruiting plants. A truckload of buffalo manure from a farm in Leicester was scooped onto the soil, adding the organic material needed to revive the
Without a push to localize the natural resources we consume, our world is doomed to end in a fight for oil, food, water and other necessary raw materials. exhibits in a zoo, and just waiting for someone to make a wrong move. These are supposed to be homes, not prison cells! [Editor’s note: On Aug. 24, Asheville City Council members voted 6-1 to recommend reopening the bridge.] Meanwhile, several local groups are working to build a more satisfying community life for public-housing occupants. One project — spearheaded by Hillcrest residents, Grass to Greens (an edible-landscaping company), The Bountiful Cities Project and Green Opportunities — seeks to duplicate in Hillcrest what Bob White and Lucia Daugherty have done for the Pisgah View Apartments. In 2007, the couple started a community garden that now provides Pisgah View residents with fresh, affordable produce, an education in sustainable agriculture, and a chance to sell the fruits (and vegetables) of their labor. Community gardens and shared food-production sites are getting a lot of attention for a good reason. Sustainability is the buzzword of the decade, and without a push to localize the natural resources we consume, our world is doomed to end in a fight for oil, food, water and other necessary raw materials. Increasingly, newspapers and magazines threaten us with the specter of peak oil, peak water and peak American lifestyle. If any or all of those dreaded events actually happen, we’ll have only one another and the knowl-
enabling residents to grow several types of food through the coldest winter months. A small fence is in place to keep out pesky critters, and the garden will also need educational signs explaining its plants and their benefits while acknowledging the companies and groups that have provided materials or monetary support. An Aug. 21 fundraiser in West Asheville featuring live music, local food and brew, a silent auction and guest speakers raised about $600 to help pay for needed materials and labor. Workdays are being held once or twice a week, and Grass to Greens is gratefully accepting donations of tools, building materials, certificates from local garden-supply businesses and cash to pay residents for their labor. Come join us!
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dusty dirt that lay dying under the grass. “Even the rain forgot about Hillside,” joked Grass to Greens employee Miguel Newsome, a graduate of Green Opportunities’ job-training program. Packets of local heirloom seeds from Sow True Seed are now being planted, and Hillcrest residents anticipate harvesting lots of greens and fall vegetables before the plot is cover-cropped in preparation for a vibrant spring garden. Several cold frames now in the works will trap heat from the sun’s rays,
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Sidewalk talk: East Asheville has just 3 percent of the city’s sidewalks, and residents say more are needed. Hundreds of them protested earlier this year (above), and on Aug. 31, they met with City Council members to discuss the issue. photo by Jake Frankel
by Jake Frankel In a passionate display of concern for pedestrian safety, more than 250 residents packed a special City Council meeting called to address the lack of sidewalks in east Asheville. About 150 more were turned away from the Aug. 31 session after fire marshals deemed Groce United Methodist Church’s Asbury Hall to have reached full capacity. Chris Pelly, president of the Haw Creek Community Association, led things off, noting: “It’s clear by the turnout here that the lack of sidewalks affects everybody. We want to help City Council find a solution.” Pelly’s video presentation highlighted studies showing that the east Asheville neighborhoods on both sides of Tunnel Road collectively contain only 3 percent of the city’s sidewalks. “This doesn’t mean people are not walking along Tunnel Road — it just means they are not walking safely,” he pointed out. The video also documented the ongoing efforts of the East Asheville Sidewalk Initiative, a group Pelly helped pull together several months ago to win the support of city leaders for their cause. More than 100 residents turned out for the group’s April “sidewalk summit,” attracting the attention of City Council members as well as city and state transportation staffers. At that gathering, city Transportation Director Ken Putnam urged the group to draft a list prioritizing the areas most in need of improvements (see
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“Pedestrian Predicaments,” April 28 Xpress). The residents immediately took that advice to heart, quickly zeroing in on a 0.9-mile stretch of Tunnel Road between the Asheville Buncombe Community Christian Ministry’s Veterans Restoration Quarters and the VA Medical Center. Later in the summit, ABCCM staffer Stan Vincent explained that some 200 residents, many of them disabled, walk between the Restoration Quarters and the VA hospital daily. Many residents say the stretch — dubbed the “goat trail” because the vets have worn a path along the steep hillsides bordering the road — is dangerous. In May, more than 200 marchers walked the path in another attempt to focus local officials’ attention on the problem. Among them was Restoration Quarters resident Darryl Sparrow, who described the trail as treacherously narrow and rocky. “You could slip in the creek or the road,” he noted. “Hopefully it won’t take someone getting hurt or killed before they do something; I’ve had close calls myself.”
Council members sympathetic; budget tight
Judging by Council members’ reactions to Pelly’s presentation, the Sidewalk Initiative’s well-publicized efforts appear to have had the intended effect. “We know we’re going to have to dig deeper to make a bigger impact on these issues than
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we have in the past,” Vice Mayor Brownie Newman said to huge applause. “I think we’re very creative in finding funding to make things happen. But we need to be investing more than $50,000 a year in sidewalks.” City staff and Council members went on to discuss a wide variety of potential funding options, including a bond referendum and reallocating the roughly $14 million that Council member Cecil Bothwell said the city is considering spending on a Biltmore Avenue parking deck. “That’s a huge decision that’s coming up this fall,” noted Bothwell. “That $14 million is going to come out of transit money that could be used for sidewalks. It could be used for bike lanes. It could be used for greenways. It could be used for a shuttle system downtown. There’s lots of ways to use that money besides putting more cars downtown... “I think sidewalks would be a better use of that money,” he concluded to thunderous applause. Council member Gordon Smith stressed that the sidewalk issue will be a priority at the Oct. 8 infrastructure retreat, when city leaders will discuss a wide range of potential capital-improvement projects. “I’m really looking forward to Oct. 8, because it’s going to be rubber-hitting-the-road time, and we’re going to have to find some solutions for you,” said Smith. “I want you to know that I think everyone up here on this Council wants to be able to provide you with walkable, bikeable, livable neighborhoods.” In the meantime, several Council members also urged residents to appeal to county, state and federal officials for help in funding the needed improvements. “Almost every solution takes our county’s participation, our state Legislature’s participation, our federal government’s participation,” said Council member Esther Manheimer. “All of those things are at issue. … It’s pretty complex.” Bothwell concurred, noting that in North Carolina, “State government controls a lot of what cities can do. It’s an election year: Talk to the candidates running for state office in your voting district and ask them about these issues… “Because unless the state helps us out here, we can’t go it alone in this city. You can’t pay for the sidewalks yourself; you can’t get 200 miles of sidewalks out of your dime.” X Jake Frankel can be reached at 251-1333, ext. 115, or at jfrankel@mountainx.com.
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Anatomy of a standoff A downtown showdown
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Tuesday, Aug. 31, 4:30 p.m., downtown Asheville
An Asheville Police Department officer spots a black Camaro and recognizes the license number. Initially refusing to stop, the driver runs a red light before finally coming to a halt in a parking spot on Otis Street, between the federal courthouse and the RBC Bank. I n s i d e the vehicle sits 54-year-old Kenneth Eldimor Allison of Hilton Head Plantation, S.C., a gated community on Hilton Head Island. Allison puts his hands on the steering wheel, refusing to move. He wants to know why the police are looking for him and seems confused, agitated, police say. The officer calls for backup. More police arrive and start cordoning off surrounding streets and rooftops. The APD believes Allison could be dangerous.
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Allison calls 911 in Hilton Head, “demanding that the Sheriff’s Office respond to recover a boat which he [claims] had been ‘stolen’ by his bank for payment issues,” according to local television station WSAV. Beaufort County sheriff’s deputies inform Allison that this is a civil, not a criminal matter; nonetheless, he calls 911 repeatedly.
“This is exactly how I like to see it end. ... As long as we’re able to talk it out, that’s the best outcome.” — Patrol Capt. Daryl Fisher, APD
Wednesday, Aug. 18, 7:20 p.m., Hilton Head
Allison calls 911 again and this time, deputies go to his home, where “Upon arrival, Allison [meets] deputies armed with a long gun.” A standoff ensues as he refuses to leave his home; deputies establish a perimeter and call in the SWAT team while they negotiate. “During attempts to communicate with him, he [is] seen with several different weapons, including a long gun, a handgun, and a bow and arrow,” the report notes. Around midnight, negotiations break down. Deputies enter Allison’s home and subdue him. Multiple weapons and marijuana are found. He faces charges related to the drugs and improper use of 911.
Monday, Aug. 23, Hilton Head
Allison is released on bond. At some point in the ensuing days, he gets in his car and drives to Asheville.
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Barricaded: Police surrounded Allison’s vehicle, a black Camaro, during the Aug. 31 standoff, and RBC Centura employees in the building to the right had to use an alternative exit to leave work. Emergency Response: Members of the APD’s Emergency Response Team observed Allison just before the standoff ended (lower photo). ABOVE photo by Margaret Williams / BELOW PHOTO BY DAVID FORBES
Monday, Aug. 30, downtown Asheville
Allison enters RE/MAX Realty on College Street, saying he’s looking to buy property in the area. Becoming suspicious, the owner contacts the police, telling them that “Mr. Allison had been behaving strangely while working with an agent,” according to the APD report. The owner tells police “that after being shown some properties, Mr. Allison remained in the business’s parking lot for more than an hour, apparently cleaning out his trunk.” The owner conducts an Internet search, discovers the Hilton Head standoff, and worries that Allison might return to the ReMax office.
Meanwhile, the APD instructs its officers to be on the alert.
Tuesday, Aug. 31, 5 p.m.
Given Allison’s apparent mental issues and the fact that he was armed during the Hilton Head standoff, the APD cordons off the area. Bystanders start to gather, wondering what’s going on. Multiple police cars cluster in the area; whole streets are blocked off; yellow crime-scene tape is strung across sidewalks and alleyways. Police officers armed with assault rifles keep watch at the corner by the RBC Bank. More police arrive, including the emergen-
police vehicles begin leaving after Allison is taken into custody without a struggle. No weapons are found in the vehicle, and Allison is taken to Mission Hospital for evaluation; the APD files commitment papers. At the corner of Otis Street and Battery Park Avenue, Patrol Capt. Daryl Fisher talks to Xpress and the other assembled media about the situation. “Luckily, we had officers nearby,� he reveals. “Just as a precaution, we called the SWAT guys out, but we didn’t need them. [Allison] just wanted to know what we wanted him for. “This is exactly how I like to see it end,� Fisher continues. “If we can speak to someone, doesn’t matter how long it takes, as long as we’re able to talk it out, that’s the best outcome.�
Epilogue
“How I like to see it end�: Patrol Capt. Daryl Fisher talked to media after Allison peacefully surrendered. photo by David Forbes
cy-response team. Negotiators try to persuade Allison to leave his vehicle peacefully. “Our first priority is always the life and safety of the emergency-response personnel and citizens,� APD spokesperson Melissa Williams tells Xpress later, explaining the criteria for blocking off streets. “The second priority is incident stabilization — determining the strategy that will minimize the effect the incident might have on the community and surrounding areas. This is done on a case-by-case basis, based on the location and nature of the incident. “As part of that determination, the incident commander will decide how far to extend a perimeter. This is largely determined through training and experience — just as a fire department, bomb squad or HAZMAT team would determine to what extent homeowners in the vicinity of an incident should shelter in place or evacuate.� In this case, the perimeter extends up Otis Street and includes blocking off the alleys between buildings. Bystanders trying to photograph Allison’s vehicle from atop the Wall Street parking deck and other vantage points are shooed away by police.
Tuesday, Aug. 31, 6 p.m.
The standoff has become the talk of the town; the Asheville Citizen-Times, whose building borders Otis Street, sets up an (occasionally interrupted) live Internet feed. Rumors swirl among the spectators. Some say the suspect hails from South Carolina (he does), and that he’s murdered four people (he hasn’t). Meanwhile, bystanders snap photos with their phones and cameras, straining to catch a glimpse of the standoff. Live reports go out over Twitter and through text messages. Not all the attention is welcomed by police. As crisis negotiators try to calm Allison down, he reportedly becomes agitated by the sight of a Citizen-Times photographer shooting pictures from the roof. “He’s compromis-
ing our ability to negotiate!� an officer tells police guarding the perimeter at the O. Henry Avenue intersection; they yell at the photographer to leave. He does but soon returns. More backup arrives, including the emergencyresponse unit’s armored vehicle, which causes a considerable stir. “Our emergency-response team is a highly and continually trained tactical unit composed of 12 members,� Williams explains later. “ERT is tasked with serving high-risk warrants, responding to barricaded suspects, hostage situations, and any other high-risk publicsafety incident.� Helicopters from several South Carolina news stations circle the area, attracting the attention of bystanders. An RBC employee in dress shirt and tie comes out of the bank, folder in hand, and stands watching from behind the police tape. “My car’s parked right there [next to Allison’s], right in the line of fire, so I can’t get to it,� he tells his fellow bystanders. “Luckily, my wife’s coming to pick me up.� Two older women in wheelchairs make their way to the intersection; the officer guarding it greets them and apologizes, saying, “I hope we didn’t ruin your evening.� They ask what all the fuss is about. “Barricaded suspect, ma’am.� Noticing that Allison has opened his sunroof, the RBC employee says, “It must be getting pretty hot in there.�
Despite all the ruckus, no charges are filed against Allison. The APD’s main concern in pulling him over, notes Fisher, was simply “to check on his welfare,� and they decide not to charge him for running the red light or initially refusing to pull over due to concerns about his mental health. Allison has a valid driver’s license, and he is free to pick up his car from the APD and leave town as soon as he’s released from the hospital. At press time, Allison had not been released.X David Forbes can be reached at 251-1333, ext. 137, or at dforbes@mountainx.com.
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EPA inches one step closer to placing CTS property on National Priorities List by Margaret Williams The former CTS plant and an adjacent Mills Gap Road property have moved one halting step closer to being named a Superfund site. On Sept. 1, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that it will consider proposing that the contaminated properties be added to the National Priorities List of hazardous-waste sites. A formal decision won’t likely come before March 2011: The EPA’s press release cautions, “Consideration to propose the site to the NPL does not guarantee that the site will be proposed or that the site will be listed on the final NPL.” EPA officials also note that the decision is based on ground-water studies made during the past three years, which have shown elevated — and, in some cases, extremely high — levels of such chemicals as trichloroethylene, a suspected human carcinogen. Some tests — done by the EPA and the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources — date back to 1990; one resident’s water wasn’t tested until last year. TCE was once used to clean and/or degrease metal objects prior to electroplating. Ingesting TCE or inhaling the vapors can cause a variety of health issues, ranging from headaches to severe liver damage, according to the U.S. Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry. Some residents — particularly three families who live within one mile of the Mills Gap Road site — drank from private water sources for a decade or more. Most have reported numerous health problems. The Elkhart, Ind.-based CTS Corp. operated the plant from 1959 to 1986, and sold most of the property to Mills Gap Road Associates the following year. In 1997, the limited-liability company sold about 45 acres to the Biltmore Group for development as Southside Village, a residential community. The remaining 9-acre parcel is vacant and fenced off. The EPA has stepped up its sampling of private wells within a one-mile radius of the site. The latest evaluation, done in June, shows “no new trichloroethylene detections.” Those results are being mailed out to local residents, and a community meeting is scheduled for Monday, Sept. 20. Last month, Xpress reported on another development in the case: In the Aug. 11 Green Scene column, we noted that in July, CTS filed a breachof-contract suit against Mills Gap Road Associates, alleging that the local partnership has failed to honor a 2004 agreement to share any future cleanup costs and is seeking “damages ... no less than $847,000.” For more information on CTS issues, visit our website, http://mountainx.com/topics/find/CTS+of+Asheville. X Margaret Williams can be reached at 251-1333, ext. 152, or mvwilliams@mountainx.com.
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“It is necessary now and then for a man to go away by himself and experience loneliness; to sit on a rock in the forest and to ask of himself, ‘Who am I, and where have I been, and where am I going?’” — Carl Sandburg From Big Glassy overlook at Connemara (now the Carl Sandburg Home) in Flat Rock, the poet, journalist, folk singer and biographer looked down the valley to the Blue Ridge Mountains beyond and was inspired to question what it means to be an American. Sandburg is perhaps best known for his multivolume biography of Abraham Lincoln, which won the Pulitzer Prize for history; he also collected two Pulitzers for his poetry. A Midwesterner, the writer moved to Flat Rock with his family and 14,000 books in 1945. “I am thrilled to have a place that honors the memory of one of America’s best poets and the author of the Lincoln biographies right in my own backyard,” notes Kathleen Hudson of the Friends of Carl Sandburg. The nonprofit supports diverse educational programming for school groups plus a
Connemara: Carl Sandburg’s Flat Rock home became the first national historic site honoring a poet. Sandburg is also known for his biography of Pres. Abraham Lincoln. photo by danny bernstein
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writer-in-residence program kicked off this spring by poet Christina Lovin, who lived in the historic farm manager’s house. Since the early 1800s, Flat Rock had been a summer haven for rich Charlestonians fleeing Low Country heat and malaria. The house was built in 1838 by Christopher Memminger, a lawyer who became the Confederacy’s secretary of the treasury. The next owner named the estate Connemara after an area in Ireland. Sandburg’s wife, Lilian Steichen Sandburg, had developed a herd of prizewinning goats in Michigan that needed more room and a milder climate. At Connemara, she could raise goats and her husband could write in peace. Lilian sold milk throughout the Southeast and shipped animals to breeders, and it’s said that many of her contacts had no idea who her husband was. When Carl died in 1967, the National Park Service acquired Connemara, the first national historic site honoring an American poet. The 30minute guided house tour shows the Sandburgs as they lived — frugally and sensibly, surrounded by books and musical instruments. Old magazines are stacked on the floor and on tables. Images by
acclaimed photographer Edward Steichen, Lilian’s brother, adorn every room. The table is set, waiting for the family to sit down to dinner. A gun port is a reminder that the house survived the Civil War. Descendants of Lilian’s goats, now cared for by park rangers and volunteers, still graze in the fields; the 264 acre farm also offers five miles of well-maintained, signposted trails. From the parking area, a walk around Front Lake is an easy legstretcher. A one-mile hike brings you to the top of Little Glassy Mountain, where a bench invites you to admire the easterly view through the trees. Big Glassy Mountain takes a little more effort, but it’s worth it for the view. But what Park Superintendent Connie Backlund loves most about the site “is the sense of tranquility it offers. Coming here is like stepping back into the time the Sandburgs lived here. You feel as if the family will return at any moment from a hike up Big Glassy Mountain.” The Hobo Ball, a fundraiser for the Friends of Carl Sandburg, happens Saturday, Sept. 11, at Kenmure in Flat Rock (see Conscious Party elsewhere in this issue). — by Danny Bernstein
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Scientific betting pool: WCU biology professor Kathy G. Mathews forecasts “better and richer” fall leaf colors by the end of October.
On Aug. 31, a South Carolina resident refused to cooperate when Asheville Police pulled him over near the U.S. Courthouse. A long standoff ensued but ended peaceably. The 54-year-old man was not charged and has been evaluated for mental illness.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency filed notice that it’s a step closer to proposing that the contaminated CTS property on Mill Gap Road near Skyland be added to the National Priorities List. In short, it may be declared a Superfund site as early as March.
Harrah’s Cherokee Casino opened a new event center, kicking off with such performers as Hank Williams Jr.
This past week, trucks pulled up to the Pack Memorial Library, which has been closed for renovatiaons: The books are back, crews started loading the shelves, and the library may open later this year.
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On Sept. 2 on Broadway in downtown Asheville, someone smashed the glass door at Valet Gourmet (formerly Blue Ridge to Go) and made off with the safe (and its contents).
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Standoffs, SWAT teams and sidewalks Two days after downtown Asheville was the scene of a two-and-a-half hour standoff between police and a man from South Carolina, big trucks arrived at the renovated Pack Memorial Library: “The Books Are Back,� Mountain Xpress staff photographer Jonathan Welch reported in a Thursday, Sept. 2 blog post. But earlier in the week...
All’s well that ends well
On Tuesday, Aug. 31, when employees of RBC Bank’s downtown Asheville branch prepared to leave work on Tuesday, Aug. 31, they had a bit of a surprise: Local police had pulled over 54-year-old, South Carolina resident Kenneth Allison, who parked near their teller window and refused to cooperate with law enforcement. As the Asheville Police Department cops and armored Emergency Response Unit personnel swarmed the site, Asheville Citizen-Times staffers were told to clear away from their rooftop vantage point (their building is next door to the bank). For the next two hours, they covered the story via a live-feed video in their second-floor computer room. Allison — involved in a similar incident
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Books, books and more books: On Thursday, Sept. 2, crews unloaded boxes full of the public tomes that filled Pack Memorial Library’s shelves before a months-long renovation began. photo by Jonathan Welch
in his home state earlier in August — surrendered peacefully about two hours later, the Citizen-Times reported in its cover story the next day (“Police Offer of Cigarette Ends Downtown Asheville Standoff�). Another AC-T story (one of several) details how police were alerted about Allison (“Suspicious Customer Prompts Call on Asheville Standoff Suspect�). Mountain Xpress covered the standoff too; see Senior News Reporter David Forbes’ “Anatomy of a Standoff� elsewhere in this issue and his Aug. 31 blog post “Standoff Ends in Downtown Asheville.�
The wrong kind of take-out
An as-yet unidentified suspect took a rock, smashed the glass door at a downtown fooddelivery service on Friday, Sept. 3, and took off with something other than fine food, Xpress Food Coordinator Mackensy Lunsford reported in the online post “Valet Gourmet on Broadway Has Front Door Smashed, Safe Stolen.�
What (animals) to eat (or not)
In a different kind of food news, Western Carolina University psychology professor Hal Herzog has stirred up some early interest in his newly released book, “Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why’s It’s So Hard to Think Straight About Animals,� according to the faculty-and-staff publication The [WCU] Reporter. “Is it OK to kill animals just because they taste good? Why is it OK to feed a mouse but not a kitten to your pet
boa contrictors?� These are the questions the Herzog addresses in his book. He’ll talk about his findings on Sept. 16 at Malaprop’s in downtown Asheville.
People need more than a goat walk
And back to the day of the downtown standoff: About the same time police were negotiating a peaceful resolution (and diners enjoyed outdoor meals and wondering what the sirens and helicopters were about), Haw Creek residents pitched for pedestrian safety. Asheville City Council members were holding a neighborhood meeting on the east side of town, repeating their request for more sidewalks. Earlier that day, Xpress reporters David Forbes and Jake Frankel spoke with Haw Creek representatives Chris Pelley and Kim Engel for the weekly news podcast, Local Matters.
Cats, dogs and horses
And finally, BlueRidgeNow.com (the online version of Hendersonville’s The Times-News) reported on Sept. 3 that the town’s council had approved an ordinance that could have residents and visitors “hear[ing] the clip-clop of horseshoes� — “Carriage Rides Might Be on Way to Hendersonville.� The media outlet also reported on a change in state law: Cats and dogs are allowed at outdoor dining establishments, provided certain standards are met, Leigh Kelly reported in “Animal Law’s Change Brings Out Pet Owners, best Friends.� — Margaret Williams
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Young cancer survivor probes CTS contamination by Susan Andrew On Sept. 1, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that it’s considering proposing the former CTS electroplating plant in south Asheville and a related Mills Gap Road site for possible inclusion in the National Priorities (Superfund) List. Area residents have reported numerous health problems, and Xpress spoke recently with one of them, Gabe Dunsmith, who’s conducted his own investigation into the contamination. His work has been published in Arden’s Christ School newspaper. Dunsmith is a senior there. Here’s some of what he had to say: Mountain Xpress: The abandoned CTS facility is about 3.5 miles from your school. Does the Christ School still use well water? Gabe Dunsmith: We do, but the last test did not show TCE [trichloroethylene, a suspected carcinogen], so as far as we know, our water is clean and safe.
What did your research reveal about the spread of chemical pollution beyond the plant site? The N.C. Division of Public Health released a report in January 2010 claiming that the plume is not spreading, so they claim that the pollution is not an imminent threat to the community. [But] we know that Robinson Creek is highly contaminated — it flows close to the CTS facility, down through the Mills Gap community, and crosses Christ School property. How do you know Robinson Creek is contaminated? It was a 2007 report from the French Broad Riverkeeper, who tested and found the stream to be contaminated with 56,600 times the legal limit of TCE. It’s very concerning to the community. Was your family using well water? We’ve always been on city water, but the facility has been a concern to my family, since my
Sounding the alarm: Cancer survivor and CTS neighbor Gabe Dunsmith intends to keep the CTS issue in the public eye. photo courtesy gabe dunsmith
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brother and I would go out and play in the woods, and we’d play in Robinson Creek. We had no idea that it was so highly contaminated; there are no signs anywhere to notify people. You are a survivor of thyroid cancer. When were you diagnosed? When I was 11 years old, in 2005 — we didn’t know about the CTS facility at that time. Thyroid cancer is extremely rare in children, so it was a source of big concern for my family. I had a complete thyroidectomy at age 11. I take a replacement hormone each day and will for the rest of my life. It turned out that the cancer wasn’t just in my thyroid: I had to have several lymph nodes removed, and the cancer was also in my neck tissue and my lungs. I had two to three years of radiation therapy, which makes you really tired, and the whole thing is incredibly wearing on your body — but I’m very fortunate that I did not have to do chemotherapy. And your brother experienced a different form of cancer? Yes, he was diagnosed with a benign bone tumor at age 13. It was very concerning when one child had already been diagnosed with thyroid cancer. The tumor was in his ankle, and it was removed, and he has healed. What impact has all of this had on your parents? It was very stressful. I remember we attended
a prayer session one night in the chapel at our church, and that probably impacted me the most, seeing their reactions during that session. It was like, they’re praying for me. … Could something go wrong? … That was when I clearly remember [seeing] the depth of my parents’ reaction. We drive past the CTS plant every day, but we assumed — as did most everyone else in the community — that if something was wrong, if it was polluting the ground, if people were in danger, that the government would have cleaned it up a long time ago. But that isn’t true. When my mom first started looking into why is there an elevated rate of disease in the community, why do our neighbors’ kids have these really rare diseases, she e-mailed officials, who told her that it was being taken care of, and that it was being cleaned up. But my own research shows that is not the case. I started researching it in January of this year, writing articles for the Christ School newspaper. I initially thought I’d be writing about my own experience with cancer, but it turned into something totally different. What did it turn into? When I first sat down to write about my cancer, I knew very little about the CTS facility — I knew only what my mom had told me, that it was a source of contamination but that it was being cleaned up. In January the N.C. Division of Public Health released their report
ecocalendar Calendar for September 8 - 16, 2010 Asheville Green Drinks A networking party that is part of the self-organizing global grassroots movement to connect communities with environmental ideas, media and action. Meets to discuss pressing green issues at Tressa’s, 28 Broadway (upstairs). Info: www.ashevillegreendrinks.com. • THURSDAYS, 6-8pm - Program with guest speakers. Black Mountain Rec. & Parks Events Info: 669-2052 or www.bmrecreation.com. • WEDNESDAYS (9/8 through 10/9), 7-8pm - Bird Watching 101. The five-week series will focus on identifying area birds, creating a bird sanctuary and selecting birding equipment. $25. Held at the Lakeview Center, 401 Laurel Circle Dr. in Black Mountain. Info: kristi. rhoads@townofblackmountain.org. Chimney Rock State Park Open daily, weather permitting. For additional info, including admission rates: www.chimneyrockpark.com. • WE (9/8), 10am-1:30pm - Fall Homeschool Day. Join the education team for an interactive program in an 1,000-acre classroom. $12/student. $11.50/parent. 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. Hendersonville. Info: 692-0385 or www.eco-wnc.org. • WE (9/8), 5:30pm - Team Captains meeting for the NC Big Sweep Stream Cleanup Day (9/25) at the ECO office. • SA (9/11), 8am - Guided bird walk through Jackson Park in Hendersonville. Environmental Programs at Warren Wilson College Unless otherwise noted, all events are free and held in Canon Lounge of the Gladfelter Student Center. Info: 771-2002.
[saying] that the site is not a concern, even though they acknowledged the contamination in the creeks and advised people to stay out of them. Now CTS Corp. is trying to claim that there’s an alternate source of contamination — like the [former] Gerber plant — but the contamination would have had to migrate several miles uphill to affect the families that have had cancer. Isn’t part of the problem that no one knows how far the plume has spread? Yes. The EPA’s 2002 report that called the contamination an imminent threat also estimated the cost of cleanup, saying that if nothing is
• TU (9/14), 7-8:30pm - Anita Brown-Graham, North Carolina Institute for Emerging Issues director, will speak in the Warren Wilson College Chapel. Events at Big Ivy Community Center Located at 540 Dillingham Rd. in Barnardsville. • MO (9/13), 7pm - “Wilderness Designation for an Area Below Craggy Gardens?” An open community discussion focusing on a proposed Wilderness Designation for a 2380 acre portion of Pisgah National Forest will be held. Come share ideas. Green Mondays at the Asheville Chamber of Commerce • MO (9/13), 3-5pm - Panelists will lead a forum discussing the “Feasibility of Wind Generation in WNC.” Located at 36 Montford Ave. Info: 505-3547 or blueridgesustainability.org Solar Power Session • WE (9/8), 5:30-6:30pm - Sundance Power Systems will discuss solar hot-water and electric technologies and design at the Dripolator, 221 W. State St., Black Mountain. Free and open to the public. Info: 645-2080. WNC Nature Center Located at 75 Gashes Creek Rd. Hours: 10am-5pm daily. Admission: $8/$6 Asheville City residents/$4 kids. Info: 298-5600 or www.wildwnc.org. • TH (9/16), 3-8pm - NC Elk Experience: The Rut Season. A presentation on elk ecology and biology, followed by a trip to the Cataloochee Valley to see elk in person. $20/$18 members. Info: ext. 305.
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done immediately, contaminants will continue to spread and the situation will get worse. What do you believe should happen next? CTS should pay for cleanup, down to clearing the contamination out of the ground, demolishing the plant and cleaning up the streams. Cleanup will cost more now, because contamination has spread — but the state is not forcing CTS to undertake real cleanup. The agencies need to enforce cleanup. X Direct your environmental news to Susan Andrew at sandrew@mountainx.com or 251-1333, ext. 153.
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The Eastern White Pine, Pinus strobus, is a fast-growing native used for plantation plantings, screens (where there isn’t too much wind), specimen trees and hedges. Its needles are long, slender and soft, and they eventually cover the ground, making a downy woodland carpet. The trunks are stately and the branches whorl around it. A mature tree has dark brown-ridged bark, which adds to the appeal of the tree. It is a handsome species, elegant and ornamental in shape, but it also serves as a valuable timber tree. White Pines are one of the fastest-growing landscape pines, reaching 50-75 feet tall in about 25-40 years. Some consider them invasive species, albeit a native, not exotic one. At my house, they have proven not to be quite as tenacious. I am forever finding and weeding out walnut and red maple seedlings from my garden but I have never seen a self-sowed White Pine seedling. Reportedly, White Pine re-seeds itself so quickly, especially in abandoned fields, that I remember my grandfather calling it “old field pine.”
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At my house, we chose Eastern White Pine to fill in and add shade to what was originally pasture land. My husband planted 1,000 small saplings around one edge of the perimeter of the property for privacy when we first built our house. He prefers not to see his neighbors (and our neighbors feel the same way, though not from lack of friendliness. It’s rather the hermit mentality we rural dwellers often have). I remember the saplings at knee-height, and now I walk under them in a magical forest that borders our dirt driveway and opens up to the “glen” that encomapasses our house. In our 21 years of residence on our property, the White Pines have been the glory of the garden, creating a park-like atmosphere and giving me lots of pine needles for mulch. We thinned a few out in the early days, but now they are well established and easily reach 50 feet high. Our only real battle with them is Oriental Bittersweet, which has to be cut out of our trees each year. This year, when everything else in our garden was growing heartily (we finally had some rain), the White Pines started to look, well, white. The trunk of each tree looks like Tom Sawyer conned some of his friends into whitewashing them instead of Aunt Polly’s fence. One side of our driveway glows in the dark from the white, cottony mass on the bark of each tree. After doing some research, we discovered that the whitewashing was actually the work
of the Pine Bark Adelgid — yes, similar to that same adelgid that attacks the hemlocks but this one sticks to pines. It attacks Scotch Pines, Jack Pines, Ponderosa pines and Pitch pines, but mostly focuses on White Pines. It turns out it isn’t going to kill my White Pines, although if the adelgids had attacked when they were knee-high to me, that would have been a problem. For mature trees the problem is primarily aesthetic. This “whitewashing” is actually a white, wooly mass that’s created by the female to help hide her eggs; she lays about about 24 in each cottony secretion. That means my trees had literally millions of adelgid eggs on them. Most of these insects over-winter as immature females. As temperatures begin to rise in late winter, the females resume development, and, without mating, each one lays about 24 eggs within her protective woolly secretion. Then the female dies. The hatchlings, called crawlers, have legs and can move about. A very few of them have wings, and all or almost all of those that are winged are females. The crawlers transform into another stage, called nymphs, and these settle in to feed and develop, which they do rapidly. Soon, they are mature and have 24 or so eggs beneath them, and so it goes. In one season, there are easily five generations. In theory, one over-wintering mom could have about eight million offspring by autumn (Northern Woodlands Magazine, Winter 2007).
gardeningcalendar Calendar for September 8 - 16, 2010 Herb Gardening Workshop (pd.) Learn how to harvest from your herb garden. Sat. 9/11/10, 1pm-3pm. $10. House of Herbs. RSVP 828667-3737. Botanical Gardens at Asheville This 10-acre nonprofit nature preserve at 151 W.T. Weaver Blvd. (next to UNCA) is dedicated to preserving and displaying the native flora of N.C. Info & event registration: 252-5190 or www.ashevillebotanicalgardens. org. • SA (9/11), 9am-3pm - Fall Plant & Rummage Sale. Local plant nurseries and the BGA Horticulture Committee will offer a variety of native trees, shrubs and perennial flowers for fall planting. Buncombe County Extension Center Events Located at 94 Coxe Ave., Asheville. Info: 255-5522. • WE (9/15), 10-11am - Gardening in the Mountains: “Selecting and Caring for Trees in your Landscape.” Free. FENCE Events The Foothills Equestrian Nature Center is located at 3381 Hunting Country Road in Tryon. Info: 859-9021 or www.fence.org. • MO (9/13), 10am - Free fall FENCE gardening seminar with Campbello day lily and iris expert John Owenby, who will bring many live plants and give a slide presentation on the plants in full bloom. Refreshments. Pearson Community Garden Workdays • WEDNESDAYS, 3-9pm - Gather in the Pearson Garden at the end of Pearson Drive in Montford with folks and grow some food. A potluck and produce to take home often follow the work.
That is a sobering thought, and one that has me wanting to rush out and buy natural predators, which come in the form of lady beetle larvae, several flies and the toothnecked beetle. The tooth-necked beetle can exist solely on a diet of wooly adelgids and is gaining some popularity in its ability to help control them naturally. Adelgids are tiny, sap-sucking insects that are closely related to aphids, and they are often mistaken for them. The insects are about 1/32nd-of-an-inch long, but their mouth parts, called stylets, are 1/16th of an inch long. The mouth parts are used to penetrate the bark and into the phloem, a layer of tissue inside the bark that transports food from the leaves to the roots. With this many adelgids sucking
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away on my trees, it seems impossible that damage can’t be done, but so far, we don’t see any, just as promised. The Pine Bark Adelgid is evidently one of the few gardening problems that will solve itself. It is short-lived and the adelgids will move on. That is my kind of gardening problem. Instead of fretting, I can actually marvel at the scene. Just think — something as small as 1/32nd of an inch finds a way to play a part in this bigger picture we call our world. I’m left with the knowledge that, at 5’6” and several pounds (no, I’m not saying), I’ve got nothing on this tiny little adelgid. X Cinthia Milner gardens in Leicester.
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“I wish this land was still ours, Papa Jess,” I said. Papa Jess was quiet for a while. Then he looked up and smiled. “It is, Ginny,” he said. “It still is. Yours, mine, and everybody’s. And it is still so beautiful.” — When the Parkway Came by Anne and David Whisnant Va., newspaper about construction machinery being brought in by rail to begin building the road. That was news: It was intriguing to see how these new machines carved a view through the sky. In the book, this dynamic is juxtaposed with the upheaval of long-standing farms that were subdivided or sold outright. The authors skillfully capture the mix of grief, hope and gratitude people experienced as a beautiful national highway forced them to give up their homes but also generated excitement, a sense of progress and jobs for hard-hit farmers. “The parks out West were set on uninhabited land. These parks — the Shenandoah and the Smokies — were built on land that’s been inhabited for generations. You can’t put parks on land like that without impacting people,” David points out. “The parents had one set of emotions, but the children had a completely different set. ... They were excited about the machinery and the surveying and the construction.”
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Road in the sky: North Carolinians Anne and David Whisnant put a human face on the creation of the Blue Ridge Parkway, the most visited of our national parks. The story puts the reader inside Papa Jess’ family as they try to hold onto their beloved property, realize they can’t and make one last appeal to President Roosevelt. Their poignant struggle plays out against a backdrop of mountain vistas opening up, new tunnels and bridges being built stone by stone, and Sunday excursions along the new route. Vintage photos collected by the authors in the course of their research help make the story all the more real. It’s a tale of individuals who ached, strove and endured, one by one, through hardship and triumph. Tangible and heartwarming, this is the way children should learn history. When the Parkway Came (ages 7 and up, $19.95 hardcover) is available through bookstores or the authors’ website (http://www.whentheparkwaycame.com). X Freelance writer Cassandra Frear lives in Hendersonville.
celebrate75yrs by Amanda Varner The Blue Ridge Parkway will celebrate its 75th anniversary on Friday, Sept. 10, through Sunday, Sept. 12. The festival will be held at the Blue Ridge Music Center (milepost 213), the Cumberland Knob Recreation Area (milepost 217) and nearby communities such as Galax, Va. Events at the family-friendly celebration include a formal ceremony for officials, followed by regional music, many arts and crafts, exhibits, local foods, environmental programs, children’s activities and much more. It’s a free event. For more information, such as a full schedule of all the events, go to http://blueridgeparkway75.org.
godrive by Cassandra Frear My favorite drive along the scenic road begins at the Parkway Visitor Center near Asheville (milepost 384) and ends at the Craggy Gardens Visitor Center near milepost 364. There are hiking trails along the ridge tops at Craggy Gardens. For more information, visit http://www.blueridgeparkway.org/.
outdoorscalendar Calendar for September 8 - 16, 2010 Radical Reels Film Tour • September 13 (pd.) 7pm. Short films that capture some of the most progressive talent in action sports including: Mountain biking, whitewater kayaking and other mountain sports. • Fundraiser for Wild South. • Tickets on sale at REI, $15/members, $20/nonmembers. Asheville Track Club The club provides information, education, training, social and sporting events for runners and walkers of any age. Please see the group Web site for weekly events and news. Info: www.ashevilletrackclub.org or 253-8781. • SUNDAYS, 8:30am - Trail run for all paces. Meet at the NC Arboretum, Greenhouse Parking Area. Info: 648-9336. Buncombe County Walking Club • TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 8:15am - Meet at the Sports Park in Candler. Gather at the picnic shelter. The purpose of the club is not to compete, but to build fitness and form friendships. Info: 250-4260 or grace.young@buncombecounty.org. Carolina Mountain Club CMC fosters the enjoyment of the mountains of WNC and adjoining regions and encourages the conservation of our natural resources, through an extensive schedule of hikes and a program of trail building and maintenance. $20 per year, family memberships $30 per year. Newcomers must call the leader before the hike. Info: www.carolinamtnclub.org. • WE (9/8), 9am - Pilot Rock, Laurel Mt., Slate Rock Creek Trails. Info: 883-2447. • SA (9/11), 10am - Black Balsam Loop via Graveyard Ridge Trail & ALT. Info: 505-0471.
• SU (9/12), 8:30am - MST: Bearpen Gap to NC 215 via Mt. Hardy. Info: 667-0723 —- 12:30pm MST: Pisgah Ledges Section. Info: 885-2152. • WE (9/15), 8:30am - Sam Knob - Devil’s Courthouse Loop. Info: 698-7119. Fly Fishing Class Held at Headwaters Outfitters in Rosman. Info: 877-3106 or www.headwatersoutfitters.com. • THURSDAYS & SUNDAYS, 11am-1pm - Casting lesson. For all ages. $30, includes all necessary gear. Reservations required. Four-Miler Group • MONDAYS, 6pm - Join Jane Roane’s slow four-miler group, which leaves from Jus’ Running, 523 Merrimon Ave. An easy, social run (10-11 min./miles). Hiking Group for Singles • SATURDAYS, 10am-5pm - Explore the wilderness at Shining Rock. Bring lunch, water and be prepared for difficult but fun hikes. Info: 215-2684. Land of Sky Trout Unlimited To conserve, protect and restore coldwater fisheries and their watersheds on a local and national level by fostering a passion for fishing, community service, fellowship and education. Everyone is welcome. Membership not required. Info: 274-3471 or www.landoskytu.com. • 2nd TUESDAYS, 6:30-8pm - Meeting at Flat Rock Grill on Hendersonville Road.
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Community Events & Workshops Building Bridges of Asheville • TUESDAYS, (9/14 through 11/10), 7-9pm - Session 36: A nine-week program intended to confront and overcome racism through education and dialogue, seminars and small
group discussions. Register: www.buildingbridges-asheville.org. East End/Valley Street Neighborhood Association • TH (9/9) - The association’s monthly meeting will be held at St. James Fellowship Hall, 44 Hildebrand St. Agenda items include: by-laws, task team reports, neighborhood festival planning, a presentation by the Asheville Design Center and an Asheville Traffic Dept. presentation on bike lanes. Info: 253-6389. Haywood Street Congregation Clothing Closet • WEDNESDAYS, 11:30am1:30pm - Clothing closet open to persons in need at 297 Haywood St., Asheville. Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute Info: 862-5554 or www. pari.edu. • 2nd FRIDAYS, 7-9pm - Evening at PARI, includes a tour, lecture on a current astronomy topic and
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observing session (weather permitting). Reservations are required. $20 adults/$15 seniors & military/$10 children under 14. Public Lectures & Events at UNCA Events are free unless otherwise noted. • WE (9/8), 11:25am - Humanities Lecture: “The Celestial Empire of China,” with Dr. Grant Hardy at the Humanities Lecture Hall. Info: 251-6808. • FR (9/10), 11:25am Humanities Lectures: “Rights and Revolution,” with Dr. Ellen Pearson at Lipinsky Auditorium —- “Islam,” with Prof. Reid Chapman at the Humanities Lecture Hall. Info: 251-6645 & 251-6808. • MO (9/13), 11:25am Humanities Lecture: “Ancient Israel,” with Prof. Dennis Lundblad at the Humanities Lecture Hall. Info: 251-6808. The French Broad River MPO A partnership between local and state governments that makes decisions about transportation planning in urbanized areas. Info: www.fbrmpo.org. • TH (9/9), 3-6pm - Public comments about the 2035 Long Range Transportation Plan will be heard at Pigeon Community Development Center, 450 Pigeon St. in Waynesville. • WE (9/15), 2-8pm - The public is invited to comment on the 2035 Long Range Transportation Plan at the Buncombe County Training Room, 199 College St. in Asheville. • TH (9/16), 10:30am - MPO, TAC and TCC meeting at the Land-of-Sky Regional Council offices located at 339 New Leicester Hwy., Suite 140 in Asheville. Public comments will be taken for the 2035 Long Range Transportation Plan during the meeting. WNC Agricultural Center Located at 1301 Fanning Bridge Road in Fletcher. Info: 687-1414. • FR (9/10) through SU (9/19) - The N.C. Mountain State Fair celebrates the heritage of the Blue Ridge Mountains and will include agricultural presentations, music, crafts, art, food, entertainment, livestock displays and more.
Social & SharedInterest Groups Attention Asheville Cajuns! (pd.) Do you want to “pass a good time” with other local Cajuns? Do you want to hear Boudreaux/Thibodeaux stories and talk about crawfish, Zydeco, and all things Cajun? We know y’all are out there! • Email us and let us know if you’d like to get together for a cup of dark roast coffee or a “hurricane” on a monthly basis. We’ll share music and drinks and some laughs while we talk about our Gulf Coast home. ashevillecajuns@ yahoo.com Tuesday Nights! • Single And Looking For Something Fun? (pd.) Try AVL Speed Dating! Events start at 6:30pm and are held monthly at Wine Styles (Gerber Village, South Asheville) • Next events: Tuesday, September 14, ages 21-39 and October 12, ages 35-49. To make a reservation or for more info go to: AVLSpeedDating.com AARP Chapter 8 Visitors are welcome. Info: 696-9181. • 2nd WEDNESDAYS, 10am - Meeting each month except July, August and December in the fellowship hall of the Hendersonville Seventh-Day Adventist Church, 2301 Asheville Hwy. A social period is followed by a business meeting and a guest speaker presentation. Alpha Phi Alumnae • WE (9/15), 6-8pm - Asheville-area alumnae of Alpha Phi sorority will meet at Nine Mile Restaurant, 233 Montford Ave. Info: 230-8764. Alternative Currency • 2nd WEDNESDAYS, 5:307:30pm - Informal social gathering at Westville Pub for people who find an alt. paper currency intriguing, but have questions/concerns, and for those who understand the insand-outs and want to share their knowledge with others. Family-friendly event. Arise & Shine Toastmasters Through participation in the Toastmasters Communication and Leadership program, people from all backgrounds learn to effectively speak, conduct a meeting, manage a department or business, lead,
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weeklypicks Events are FREE unless otherwise noted. Ocean rower Roz Savage will discuss and sign copies of her book Rowing the Atlantic on
wed Wednesday, Sept. 8, at 7 p.m. at Malaprop's Books & Cafe, 55 Haywood St. Savage’s book is about competing in a race across the open ocean. Info: 254-6734.
Music for a worthwhile cause: Blind Boy Chocolate and The Milk Sheiks perform old-timey
thur music to raise funds for the Asheville Homeless Network. The benefit show will be held on
Sept. 9, at 7 p.m., at Firestorm Cafe & Books, 48 Commerce St. Donations encouraged. Info: 255-8115.
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The Bard-a-Thon begins! The 48-Hour Shakespeare Marathon, featuring non-stop Shakespeare performed by volunteer readers, will be held Friday, Sept. 10 through Sunday, Sept. 12, at N.C. Stage, 33 Haywood St. The fundraiser will begin at 5 p.m. on Friday with a reading of Double Falsehood. Free to attend. Info: 239-0263.
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A Fall Plant & Rummage Sale will be held on Saturday, Sept. 11, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Botanical Gardens at Asheville, 151 W.T. Weaver Blvd. Local plant nurseries and the BGA Horticulture Committee will offer a variety of native trees, shrubs and perennial flowers for fall planting. Info: 252-5190.
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Catch a performance of the Montford Park Players' production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night Sunday, Sept. 12, at 7:30 p.m. at Hazel Robinson Amphitheater in Montford. Performances of the production will be held Fri.-Sun. through Oct. 3. Donations accepted. Info: montfordparkplayers.org. Is wind energy generation feasible in WNC? The Blue Ridge Sustainability Institute will
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delegate and motivate. Info: 776-5076. • THURSDAYS, 7:30-8:30am - Meeting in the University Highsmith Building at UNCA.
Asheville Civitan Club Come hear community leaders present programs. Meetings are held at Trinity Episcopal Church, corner of Church St. and Aston St. Open to the public. RSVP for lunch: $10. Info: 348-4222 or www. ashevillecivitan.org. • TU (9/14), 10:30am - Club and Board of Directors meeting —- Noon - Greg Townsend, principal of SILSA at Asheville High School, will describe the program. Asheville Homeless Network Meetings take place at Firestorm Cafe & Books in downtown Asheville. Info: 552-0505. • THURSDAYS, 2pm - All homeless people and interested citizens are welcome. Asheville Local Exchange Trading System (LETS) A community network that allows members to exchange services without the use of
cash. Info: www.ashevillelets. org. • 2nd TUESDAYS, 6:30pm - Interested in joining Asheville LETS? This orientation meeting will be held at Firestorm Cafe & Books, 48 Commerce St. Blue Ridge Toastmasters Club Meets once a week to enhance speaking skills both formal and impromptu. Part of an international proven program that takes you through the steps with fun along the way. Network with interesting people of all ages and professions. Guests welcome. Info: www.blueridgetm.org or (808) 937-7206. • MONDAYS, 12:20-1:30pm - Meeting. Downtown Hendersonville Cruise-In • TH (9/9), 5-9pm - Classic cars will be on display along Main Street, next to Mikes on Main and Hannah Flanagan’s. Info: 329-4971. Financial Therapy Groups • TUESDAYS, 7-8pm - Try out new ways of living and of being, supported by others with similar circumstances, for
the collective wisdom of the group to enlighten all, while lightening the burden of each. $8. Info: www.financialtherapygroups.com. Firestorm Cafe & Books Located at 48 Commerce St., Asheville. Info: 255-8115 or www.firestormcafe.com. • WEDNESDAYS, 6pm - Firestorm-Blitzkrieg Game Night. Bring your favorite game or come to play someone else’s. • WEDNESDAYS, 5pm - Asheville Cop Watch. Join fellow Asheville residents to promote civilian police oversight and review. • TU (9/14), 7pm - SPATS monthly meetup, a chance for local steampunks and the “steam-curious” to meet and realize that “we are not alone in this town.” Helios Warriors Health Care Program for Veterans A nonprofit alternative therapy program for veterans. Info: 299-0776, info@helioswarriors.org or www.helioswarriors.org. • FRIDAYS & SUNDAYS - Offering complementary/ alternative therapies. Needed:
professional licensed/insured practitioners who would be willing to offer a min. of 3 hrs./ month of their service.
Land of Sky Toastmasters Your success in business is based on how effective you are. Through participation in the Toastmasters Communication and Leadership program, people from all backgrounds learn to effectively speak, conduct a meeting, manage a department or business, lead, delegate and motivate. $10/ month. Info: www.landofskytoastmasters.org. • TUESDAYS, 7am - Meeting at the Hilton in Biltmore Park. Local RV Camping Club • 2nd WEEKENDS (through Oct.) - The club is looking for new members. The group camps on the 2nd weekend of the month and shares a love of the outdoors, good company, great food and a roaring campfire. Info: 369-6669 or lilnau@aol.com. Ole-Older Lesbian Energy • 2nd SATURDAYS, 1pm - Event planning meeting and
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Opportunity House Events Located at 1411 Asheville Hwy. in Hendersonville. Info: 698-5517 or 692-0575. • MONDAYS, 9:30-11:30am - Easy Bridge Workshops. Each session stands alone and will have handouts and practice sessions for each topic covered. $7/lesson.Info: 693-5361. • TUESDAYS, 9-11:30am - Easy Bridge lessons. Don’t have to have a partner to attend. $6/lesson. Info: 7772595. Progressive Pizza (and Beer)
• 2nd THURSDAYS, 5:30pm - Network/brainstorm/organize with other like-minded Haywood County Progressives at Angelo’s Pizza’s bar, 166 Walnut St., Waynesville. Info: 280-7599.
Salesforce Users Group • 2nd TUESDAYS, 6:30pm - Meeting. An officially approved users’ group for Salesforce CRM users and others interested in learning about Salesforce CRM. Info & location: 225-4981 or www. meetup.com/salesforcegroup-asheville. Scrabble Club
Come play America’s favorite word game SCRABBLE. Info: 252-8154 or www.ashevillescrabble.com. • SUNDAYS, 1-5pm - Meets at Books-A-Million in Asheville. Also meets at Barnes & Noble on Wednesdays at 6:30pm. We have all the gear; just bring your vocabulary. No dues the first six months. Sons of the American Revolution • 2nd SATURDAYS, 1-2pm - The Blue Ridge Chapter meets bi-monthly at Ryan’s Steakhouse, 1000 Brevard Road, Asheville. Info: 5451222.
WNC Community Media Center • WEDNESDAYS, 6-7pm - Want your own radio or TV show? Attend a free orientation at the WNC Community Media Center. Info: www.urtv. org/index.php/coursesequipment. Youth OUTright A weekly discussion group for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth ages 14-23. Each week a new topic and activity will be led by at least two trained facilitators. Straight allies are also welcome. Info: www. youthoutright.org.
• FRIDAYS, 6:30-9pm Meets at the Jefferson House, adjacent to the Unitarian Universalist Church (corner of Edwin and Charlotte Streets) at 21 Edwin Pl.
Government & Politics Haywood Peace Vigil • WEDNESDAYS, 4pm - The peace vigil is held at the Haywood County Courthouse in Waynesville. Info: www. unitedforpeace.org. LibertyOnTheRocks.org
A national nonpartisan social group connecting liberty advocates. • MONDAYS, 7pm - Meets at El Chapala Restaurant off of Merrimon Ave. Peacetown Asheville & Buncombe County Green Party • SA (9/11), Noon-6pm - A Green Party meet-and-greet will be held at the pavilion at the French Broad River Park. Cold sodas and hot coals for grilling provided. Plus, canoe and kayak rides on the French Broad River. Bring a dish to share, utensils and plates. Transylvanians for Peace • SATURDAYS, Noon - The peace vigil will be held in front
of the courthouse in Brevard. Info: www.unitedforpeace.org. Women in Black • FRIDAYS, 5-6pm - Stand weekly at the Vance Monument in downtown Asheville in a public expression of grief for the violence involved in war. Express support for the people of Gaza and for the human-rights activists who have died trying to deliver aid. Info: 242-5610.
Seniors & Retirees Events at Pardee Hospital All programs held at the Pardee Health Education Center in the Blue Ridge Mall in Hendersonville. Free, but registration and appointments required unless otherwise noted. To register or for info: www.pardeehospital.org or 692-4600. • TUESDAYS (9/14 & 9/28), 1-3pm - Health Insurance Guidance. North Carolina Senior Health Insurance Information Program counselors will help retirees with Medicare supplement options, health insurance and long term care. Fitness at North Asheville Community Center An exercise group welcomes new participants interested in fun exercise. Come get healthy, and it’s free, too! No discrimination against younger participants. • MONDAYS & THURSDAYS, 9-9:45am - Exercise. Henderson County Senior Softball League The league is always looking for new players, ages 55 and older. Weather permitting, they play year-round. Info: 6983448 or www.LJRsoftball. com. • TUESDAYS & FRIDAYS - Daytime games at Jackson Park in Hendersonville (AprilOct.) and Leila Patterson Center in Fletcher (Nov.March). Start times may vary with season.
Animals Animal Compassion Network WNC’s largest nonprofit, safe-for-life animal welfare organization. Find a new pet at ACN’s store for rescued pets, Pet Harmony, 803 Fairview St., Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm. Info: 274-DOGS or www.animalcompassionnetwork.org. • SATURDAYS, 11am-3pm - Adoption Days, meet all available pets. Asheville Humane Society Located at 14 Forever Friend Lane (I-26 to Brevard Road Exit). View photos of animals currently available for adoption online. Foster homes needed. Info: 761-2001 or www.ashevillehumane.org.
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• TU (9/14), 11am - Animal Care Campus grand opening celebration and ribbon cutting. Tours of the new facility will be offered from noon-8pm. Asheville Kennel Club Membership is open to everyone interested in purebred dogs and responsible dog ownership. Info: 258-4833 or www.ashevillekennelclub.com. • WEDNESDAYS, 7pm Breed Handling Classes. Learn how to present your purebred dog in the Show Ring. Meets at the US Army Reserve Center on Louisiana Ave. Open to the public. Details and map on the website. Brother Wolf Animal Rescue A no-kill organization. Info: 505-3440 or www.bwar.org. • DAILY, 8am-8pm - Pet Adoption Day at the rescue center, 31 Glendale Ave. Open from 8am-6pm on Sundays. SATURDAYS 12-4pm, dogs, puppies, cats, kittens. Info: 828-505-3440, www. bwar.org • WEDNESDAYS 6-8pm & SATURDAYS, Noon-4pm - Animal Adoption Day at PetSmart Asheville, 150 Bleachery Blvd. 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. • 1st & 4th SATURDAYS, Noon-3pm - Purchase your Spay/neuter vouchers at the Blue Ridge Mall, 1800 Four Seasons Blvd., Hendersonville (at the Kmart entrance). $20 cats/$30 dogs. Transylvania Animal Alliance Group For information about T.A.A.G., or donations of time or resources, 966-3166, taagwags@citcom.net, www. taagwags.org or www.taag. petfinder.com. • SATURDAYS, 11am-4pm - Adoption Days at PETsMART on Airport Road in Arden. View adoptable animals on the website or at www.facebook. com/TAAGwags.
Business Ready To Sell Or Buy A Restaurant In WNC? (pd.) We work exclusively with the food and beverage industry. • Contact National Restaurant Properties in Asheville: (828) 225-4801. jeffnra@bellsouth.net • www. restaurantstore.com A-B Tech Classes Registration & info: www. abtech.edu/ce or 254-1921, ext. 5083. • TH (9/9), 6-9pm - “ADHD In The Workplace: Maximizing
Your Effectiveness,” a free seminar at A-B Tech, Enka location, in Rm. 228 of the Haynes Building. Register: www.abtech.edu/sbc/ class_schedule.asp. Info: coachrudy@adhdcenterforsuccess.com or www.adhdcenterforsuccess.com. Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce Located at 36 Montford Ave. Info: 258-6101 or www.ashevillechamber.org. • FR (9/10), 8:30am - “Coaching the Next Generation of Business Leaders,” sponsored by the UNCA Family Business forum. Featuring Greg McCann, Meridith Eliot Powell and Ellen Castro. $35/Free for students. Info: 232-5091. Minority Enterprise Development Week • MO (9/13) through FR (9/17) - MED events include a minority business expo, seminars on positioning, financing, starting a business, government contracting, incubator tours, free credit checks and the MED Week Awards Reception. Info: www.wncmedweek.org. The French Broad River MPO A partnership between local and state governments that makes decisions about transportation planning in urbanized areas. Info: www. fbrmpo.org. • Through MO (9/20), 5pm - Application deadline for the French Broad River MPO’s call for projects, including the Job Access/Reverse Commute and New Freedom funding. Info: www.fbrmpo. com.
Technology Macintosh Asheville Computer Society • 2nd THURSDAYS, 7pm - MACS user group meets. Visitors welcome. Info: 6650638 or http://web.me.com/ macsnc. Check website for bad weather cancellation. Western Alliance Center for Independent Living Located at 108 New Leicester Hwy., Asheville. Info: 2981977 or www.westernalliance.org. • MONDAYS through FRIDAYS, 8:30am-5pm - Give your computer a second life by donating it to Western Alliance to benefit people with disabilities. Donations are tax deductible.
Volunteering Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity Seeks Volunteers Volunteers must attend an orientation prior to scheduling in the Home Store or
the Jobsite. Info: lodeen@ ashevillehabitat.org. • 2nd WEDNESDAYS, 6pm & 2nd FRIDAYS & 3rd SATURDAYS, 10am - Volunteer orientations are offered at Habitat for Humanity, 30 Meadow Road. Carl Sandburg Home Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site is located three miles south of Hendersonville off U.S. 25 on Little River Road. Info: 693-4178 or www.nps.gov/carl. • Seeking dynamic volunteers to work at the park’s historic barn area and develop education programs. Training provided. Community Garden • FRIDAYS, 3-6pm Volunteers are needed to help maintain a garden that supplies food for weekly community meals. Come join a group of people who love to get down and dirty. Info: (864) 557-2204. Free Help for Nonprofit Organization • Organizer with 30+ years experience and multitude of skills seeks new project. Convince me your nonprofit is worth my time and I’ll devote myself to it wholeheartedly. E-mail playfulpagancronenewproject@yahoo.com with info about your organization and needs. Friends2Ferals • DAILY - Cat-loving volunteers are needed to help homeless cats. Duties include trapping, transporting to and from the Humane Alliance, post-surgery care, fostering kittens and fundraising. Info: 505-6737 or www.friends2ferals.org. Girls on the Run Girls on the Run is a nonprofit dedicated to educating and preparing girls for a lifetime of self-respect and healthy living. Info: www.gotrwnc.org or girlsontherunwnc@gmail.com. • Volunteers are needed to assist with the Asheville Citizen-Times’ half marathon. Help is needed with set-up, support, registration and takedown. Info: maggieskroski@ hotmail.com. Hands On Asheville-Buncombe Choose the volunteer opportunity that works for you. Youth are welcome to volunteer on many projects with adult supervision. Info: www.handsonasheville.org or call 2-1-1. Visit the Web site to sign up for a project. • TH (9/9), 5:30-7:30pm - Meals for Hope. Cook and serve a meal for 15-25 women and children who are part of New Choices, an empowerment program for displaced homemakers
in need of counseling and assistance. • SA (9/11), 10am-1pm - In the Garden: Help prepare the Emma Community Garden planting and harvest —- 9-11am - Kids Care: An age-appropriate learning component and a hands-on activity for ages 4-12, with adult supervision. • MO (9/13), 7-8:30pm - Help bake cookies for families staying at the Lewis Rathbun Center. The center provides free lodging for families from out of town who have a loved one in an area hospital. Supplies provided.
• TU (9/14), 6-8pm - Help sort and pack food at MANNA FoodBank to be given to agencies serving hungry people in 17 WNC counties.
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 encouraged to volunteer. Training required. Info: 254-2968, ext. 12 or cprice@helpmateonline.org.
OnTrack Needs Administrative Support • OnTrack Financial Education & Counseling needs extra office administrative support. Volunteers are needed to assist with various office tasks. The volunteer must be available during OnTrack’s regular business hours (8am5:30pm). Info: 210-4956 or tarag@ontrackwnc.org. RiverLink’s Volunteer Opportunities RiverLink is a regional nonprofit organization working to revitalize the French Broad River watershed. Internship positions are available, as well as many volunteer opportuni-
ties. Info: 252-8474, volunteer@riverlink.org or www. riverlink.org. • 2nd WEDNESDAYS, 10am & 5pm - Volunteer info session at RiverLink, 170 Lyman St. Learn how to make a difference in making the French Broad River watershed a healthier place to live, work and play. To RSVP: e-mail or call ext. 118.
Health Programs 3rd Annual Sickle Cell Health Fair (pd.) Saturday, September 18, 2010, 10am-2pm. Tried Stone Missionary Baptist Church,
The Outreach Ministry, 100 Carroll Avenue, Asheville, NC • (828) 285-0444. • 1 in 12 African Americans have a sickle cell trait, which means they carry a single gene for the disease. • To participate or for more information, please call Sandra Robinson at (828) 280-6305. • Providers Attending: ABIPA APD/Fingerprinting BCCP/Wise Women, Lead Poisoning Prevention, Memory Care, Project NAF, Safe Kids, Western Heritage, WNC Aids, RestCare ZUMBA, WOW Bus - please come fasting, no food after midnight. Light snack and lunch provided. • Call us now
to schedule an appointment with the WOW Bus, earliest appointment is 8:30am.
Helping Women Recover from Addictions and Trauma (pd.) Compassionate therapy, support and understanding. Also offering help for your spouse, partner and loved ones. Call Denise Kelley, MA, LPC, (828) 231-2107. Kangen Alkaline Water (pd.) For Lifestyle related diseases. • More Energy! • Weight Loss • Cleanse colon • Diabetes • High Blood Pressure. Free DVD: (828) 989-6057. www. MyHolisticWater.com
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Pranic Healing Introductory Lectures (pd.) Pranic Healing® is a highly advanced and tested system of energy-based healing techniques created for the world by Grand Master Choa Kok Sui (GMCKS). This no touch healing technology utilizes “Prana” or “life-force” to harmonize the body’s chakras and energy processes and to heal physical and emotional imbalances. Lecture includes a video presentation, group energy exercises, Pranic Healing demonstration, and concludes with the Twin Hearts Meditation. Free and open to the public. Wednesday, September 15, 2010, 7-8:30 p.m. at Sacred Embodiment Center, Asheville, NC Thursday, September 16, 2010, 7-8:30 p.m. at Beacon Commons, Hendersonville, NC Info—386.736.6737 ADD/ADHD and Meditation: Introduction Scientific findings from medical journals on the applications of the Transcendental Meditation technique for treatment of ADHD and other learning disorders. Discussion, video and Q&A. Free. Info: www.adhd-tm.org. • WEEKLY - Meets at the Asheville TM Center, 165 E. Chestnut St. Info: 254-4350. Art of Intimacy Learn life-changing communication and relationship skills, drawing from the work of Marshal Rosenberg (Nonviolent Communication), Brad Blanton (Radical Honesty), Susan Campbell (Getting Real), John Bradshaw (Homecoming) and others. Info: 254-5613 or www.theREALcenter.org. • WEDNESDAYS, 7:309:30pm - Meeting. Events at Pardee Hospital All programs held at the Pardee Health Education Center in the Blue Ridge Mall in Hendersonville. Free, but registration and appointments required unless otherwise noted. To register or for info: www.pardeehospital.org or 692-4600. • SA (9/11), 2pm - “N.C. Health Care Power of Attorney,” a workshop to help participants better understand this important document. Bring a valid drivers license or proof of identification. To register: 696-1168. • MO (9/13), 5:30-8pm - “NAMI Family to Family,” a series of 12 classes structured to help caregivers understand individuals with serious mental illness. To register: 685-8620 or 6964896. • MO (9/13), 11am - “Good News About Hip & Knee
Pain,” a discussion with physical therapist Duane Young. • MO (9/13), 1-2pm - Body Fat Analysis. Appointment required. • TH (9/16), 8:3010am - Ask the Dietitian. Appointments required. Henderson County Red Cross Red Cross holds classes in CPR and First Aid for infants, children and adults; Standard First Aid in Spanish; Babysitter Training; Pet First Aid. Located at 203 Second Ave. East, Hendersonville. Info: 693-5605. : Blood Drive dates and locations are listed below. Appointment and ID required. Through June 30, all donors are entered to win a cruise for two. • TH (9/9), 2-6:30pm Living Water Baptist Church, 875 Sugarloaf Road. Info: 698-4664. • WE (9/15), 9am-1:30pm - Opportunity House, 1411 Asheville Hwy. Info: 6935605. Post-Polio Resource Group • 2nd SATURDAYS, 1-3pm - Meets at CarePartners Health Services, Seymour Auditorium, 68 Sweeten Creek Road, Asheville. Info: 254-5723. 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 & Water Safety; and Lifeguarding. All classes held at chapter headquarters, 100 Edgewood Rd. To register, call 258-3888, ext. 221. Info: www.redcrosswnc.org. : Bloodmobile Drive dates and locations are listed below. Appointment and ID required. • FR (9/10), 2-6pm - Spring Mountain Community Center, 807 Old Fort Road. • WE (9/15), 11am-4:30pm - UNCA’s Highsmith Center, 1 University Heights. • TH (9/16), 1:30-5:30pm Sand Hill Venable Elementary School, 154 Sand Hill School Road. Info: 670-5028. When Realities Collide • WE (9/8), 2-5pm - A guest speaker will discuss Alzheimer’s Disease and related concerns. Free. RSVP: hbauer@homeinstead.com.
Support Groups Adult Children Of Alcoholics & Dysfunctional Families ACOA is an anonymous Twelve Step, Twelve Tradition program of women and men who grew up in alcoholic or otherwise dysfunctional
homes.Info:http://adultchildren.org. • FRIDAYS, 7pm - “Inner Child” meets at Grace Episcopal Church, 871 Merrimon Ave., Asheville.Info: 545-9648. • SUNDAYS, 3pm - “Living in the Solution” meets at The Servanthood House, 156 E. Chestnut St., Asheville. Open big book study. Info:5459648. • MONDAYS, 7pm “Generations” meets at First Congregational United Church Of Christ, 20 Oak St. at College, 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 WNC area. Info: 800-2861326 or www.wnc-alanon. org. • WEDNESDAYS, 7:30-9pm - Newcomers meeting 7:30pm, Discussion meeting 8-9pm: West Asheville Presbyterian Church, 690 Haywood Road, across from Ingles. Enter through parking lot door. Info: 225-0515. • WEDNESDAYS, 8pm - Al-Anon in West Asheville: Meeting at West Asheville Presbyterian Church, 690 Haywood Rd., across from Ingles. Newcomers meeting at 7:30pm. Info: 258-4799. • THURSDAYS, 7pm - Discussion meeting for parents of children with addictions: West Asheville Presbyterian Church, 690 Haywood Road, across from Ingles. Info: 242-6197. • FRIDAYS, 8pm - The Lambda (GLBT) group of Al-Anon is a gay-friendly support group for families and friends of alcoholics, and holds their weekly candlelight meeting at All Souls Cathedral, 3 Angle St. Info: 670-6277 (until 9pm). • FRIDAYS, 12:30-1:30pm - Discussion meeting: First Baptist Church, 5 Oak St. Park in the back of lot between Church and Y. Info: 686-8131. • FRIDAYS, 6:30pm - Discussion meeting for couples only: All Souls Cathedral, 3 Angle St. Info: 676-0485. • SATURDAYS, 10am - Al-Anon North: Meeting at Grace Episcopal Church, 871 Merrimon Ave. • SATURDAYS, 10am - Saturday Serenity at St Mary’s Episcopal Church on the corner of Charlotte and Macon. Beginners welcome. • SATURDAYS, Noon - Weaverville discussion meeting at First Baptist Church on N. Main St., next
to the library. Enter via side glass doors. • SUNDAYS, 5-6pm - Discussion meeting: West Asheville Presbyterian Church, 690 Haywood Road. Info: 281-1566. • MONDAYS, 7pm - Black Mountain Al-Anon: Meeting at First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), 201 Blue Ridge Road (corner of Blue Ridge Road and Hwy. 9). Info: 669-0274. • MONDAYS, 12-1pm - Discussion meeting: First Baptist Church, 5 Oak St. Park in the back of lot between Church and Y. Info: 686-8131. • TUESDAYS, 5:30pm - 12 Steps and 12 Traditions Study at Kennilworth Presbyterian Church, 123 Kenilworth Road. • TUESDAYS, 7pm Discussion meeting: First Congregational United Church of Christ, 20 Oak St. ALS Group Resource and support group for people with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s disease), their family and friends. Meetings are held at 68 Sweeten Creek Rd. Info: 252-1097. • 2nd SUNDAYS, 3-5pm Meeting, with refreshments. Bipolar and Depression Support Group • WEDNESDAYS, 6:308:30pm - Magnetic Minds meets at Mountain House, 225 E. Chestnut St., Asheville. Peer support, empowerment, recovery and advocacy. Info: 318-9179. Cancer Support Group for Caregivers • MONDAYS, 11am-Noon - Meetings at Jubilee, 46 Wall St., Asheville. Emotional support for family members of people experiencing cancer. Facilitated by Licensed Clinical Social Worker. Love offering. Info: 299-0394. Cancer Support Group for Women • MONDAYS, 1:30-3pm - Meetings at Biltmore United Methodist Church. Emotional support for women experiencing cancer. Facilitated by Licensed Clinical Social Worker. Info: 299-0394. Eating Disorders Individuals are welcome to come to one or all of the support group. Info: 337-4685 or www.thecenternc.org. • WEDNESDAYS, 7-8pm - Support group for adults at T.H.E. Center for Disordered Eating, 297 Haywood St. Focus is on positive peer support, coping skills and recovery tools. Led by licensed professionals. Free. Grief Recovery Support in the LGBT Community
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• SUNDAYS (through 10/24), 2:30-4pm - Meetings provide information and a support group tailored to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people who have lost someone through death. At First Congregational United Church of Christ, 20 Oak St., Room E106. Info: (423) 737-5162. National Alliance on Mental Illness Dedicated to improving the lives of persons with severe mental illnesses, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, clinical depression, OCD, PTSD and anxiety disorders. Free connection recovery support groups. Info: 5057353. • 2nd & 4th MONDAYS, 11am - Group meets at 356 Biltmore Ave., Suite 298. Overcomers Recovery Support Group • TUESDAYS, 7-8pm - A Christian-based 12-step recovery program for women. Provides a spiritual plan of recovery for people struggling with life-controlling problems such as alcohol, drugs, overeating, pornography, codependency, enabling. All women are welcome. Info: rchovey@sos.spc-asheville. org. 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 noted. • THURSDAYS, Noon - Asheville: Biltmore United Methodist Church, 376 Hendersonville Rd. (S. 25 at Yorkshire). Info: 298-1899. • SATURDAYS, 9:30am - Black Mountain: Carver Parks & Recreation Center, 101 Carver Ave. off Blue Ridge Road. Open relapse and recovery mtg. Info: 6868131. • MONDAYS, 6:30pm - Hendersonville: Balfour United Meth. Church, 2567 Asheville Hwy. (Hwy. 25). Open mtg. Info: 1-800-5804761. • MONDAYS, 6pm - Asheville: First Congregational United Church of Christ, 20 Oak St. Open mtg. Info: 277-8185. • TUESDAYS, 10:30amNoon - Asheville: Grace Episcopal Church, 871 Merrimon Ave. at Ottari. Open BBSS mtg. Info: 280-2213. S-Anon For those affected by someone else’s sexual behavior. Info: 545-4287 or 606-6803. • WEEKLY - Three meetings are available per week. S-Anon Meetings
S-Anon is a 12-step recovery program for partners, family and friends of sexaholics. We share our experience, strength and hope to help solve our common problems. Meetings held weekly in Asheville, Fletcher and Waynesville. Call confidential voice mail for information: 258-5117. • WEEKLY - Meetings. Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous • SATURDAYS, 10-11am - A 12-step, recovery fellowship for those who want to stop living out a pattern of compulsive sexual and romantic behavior. Meets at Congregational United Church of Christ, 20 Oak St. Park behind church and enter at front door of the annex. Sexaholics Anonymous SA is a 12-step fellowship of men and women recovering from compulsive patterns of lust, romance, destructive relationships, sexual thoughts or sexual behavior. Call confidential voice mail 681-9250 or e-mail saasheville@gmail. com. Info: www.orgsites. com/nc/saasheville/. • DAILY - Asheville meetings. Stroke Education Support Group • 2nd MONDAYS, Noon1pm - For anyone in the community who has had a stroke. Caregivers are welcome also. At CarePartners Health Services, Seymour Auditorium, 68 Sweeten Creek Road, Asheville. Info: 768-0174. 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, 6:158pm - Group meets at MAHEC, 501 Biltmore Ave., at the edge of the Mission Hospitals campus. Womenheart of Asheville • WEDNESDAYS (alternating), 10am-Noon or 6-8pm - This support group for women with heart disease meets at Parkway Behavioral Health, 31 College Place. Info: Rickitannen@gmail.com or 505-2534. Workaholic Anonymous (WA) Meetings Feeling rushed? Can’t get it all done? WA slogan: “Slow is beautiful and powerful. I move glacially.” Info: 2546484. Or try conference call meetings: Get times and numbers at www.workaholics-anonymous.org/page. php?page=_meetings. • TUESDAYS, 5:30-6:30pm - Asheville WA meeting at First Presbyterian Church, 40 Church St.
Sports Groups & Activities Amateur Pool League (pd.) All skill levels welcome. HAVE FUN. MEET PEOPLE. PLAY POOL. Rosters are open NOW for all teams. Sign up to play this Fall. 828-3298197 www.BlueRidgeAPA. com ONGOING - weekly league play. Asheville Kendo Club • FRIDAYS, 6:30-9:30pm - Dedicated to bringing quality Kendo to the Asheville area. Kendo, the Japanese “Way of the Sword,” develops a person’s mind, posture and spirit through the principles of Japanese fencing. Kendo is not self-defense. Info: ashevillekendo@gmail.com. Buncombe Co. Parks, Greenways & Rec. Events Events are free and are held at 59 Woodfin Pl., unless otherwise noted. To register or for more info: 250-4265. • SA (9/11), 10:30am-Noon - Punt, Pass & Kick Program: A national skills competition for boys and girls between the ages of 8-15 to compete separately against their peers. Held at Enka Middle School, 390 Asbury Road in Candler. Free. Identification required to register. Info: 250-4260 or jay.nelson@buncombecounty.org. Buncombe County Walking Club The purpose of the club is not to compete but to build fitness, form friendships and have fun. Info: 250-4260 or grace.young@buncombecounty.org. • TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 8:15am - Meet at Sports Park in Candler. Kuntao: Traditional emptyhand system of self defense. Kali: Filipino method of stick-and-knife combat. First two lessons are free. Info: 777-8225 or http://kuntao. webs.com. • SATURDAYS, 1pm & TUESDAYS, 7pm - Classes at Asheville Culture Project, 257 Short Coxe Ave. Special Olympics Buncombe County Info: 250-4265 or grace. young@buncombecounty. org. • TUESDAYS (9/14 through 11/16), 6-7:30pm - Special Olympics soccer practice at the J.B. Lewis Soccer field on Azalea Road. Special Olympics Buncombe County Info: 250-4265 or grace. young@buncombecounty. org. • TUESDAYS, 6-7:30pm - The Special Olympics cheerleading team meets for
practice at the Zeugner Center in Arden. Spoccer Spoccer encourages the community to exercise, socialize and make real connections via pick-up soccer games, held at Memorial Stadium. If an event is scheduled at the stadium, games will be held at MLK Park. Info: www.spoccer.com/group/ ashevillenc. • WEDNESDAYS - Game. • SUNDAYS - Game. • TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS - Game. Waynesville Parks and Recreation Info: 456-2030 or recprograms@townofwaynesville. org. • TH (9/9), 6:30pm - An organizational meeting for the Adult and Master Basketball Leagues will be held. This meeting is mandatory for anyone interested in entering a team in either of theleagues (open to players ages 18-34 and ages 35-50+). The season begins on Oct. 4.
Kids Grow With Me (pd.)Grow With Me, a Waldorf-inspired cooperative preschool located in East Asheville, is currently enrolling girls 3 to 4 years of age for the 2010-2011 school year. Please call Jessica at (828) 242-6531 for more information. At The Health Adventure Hours: Tues.-Sat., 10am5pm & Sun., 1-5pm. $8.50 adults/$7.50 students & seniors/$6 kids 2-11. Program info or to RSVP: 254-6373, ext. 324. Info: www.thehealthadventure.org. • THURSDAYS, 10:3011:30am - Preschool Play Date. Interactive fun just for preschoolers led by museum facilitators. Free with admission. • 2nd THURSDAYS, 4-5pm Origami Folding Frenzy. From simple designs to complex creations, join us to learn about the Japanese art of paper-folding. Included with museum admission. • SATURDAYS, Noon-2pm Experiment with science during Super Science Saturdays. Featuring hands-on activities led by museum facilitators, the programs are fun for all ages. Free with admission. • 2nd & 4th MONDAYS, 4-5pm - “My Mom Is Having a Baby.” Help your child prepare to be an older brother or sister. Learn what to expect, how to hold the new baby, and make a special present to hang over the crib. Free with admission. Curtain Call Collective
• TU (9/14), 6:30-7:30pm This young-adult acting troupe will celebrate the works of children’s poet Jack Prelutsky at The Hop, 640 Merrimon Ave. Info: 254-2224. Hands On! This children’s museum is located at 318 North Main St., Hendersonville. Hours: Tues.Fri., 10am-5pm. Admission is $5, with discounts available on certain days. Info: 697-8333 or www.handsonwnc.org. • TU (9/14) - Happy third birthday to Hands On! Come celebrate by making crafts and a birthday card for Hands On!
Spirituality 2 Hour Introduction to Reiki • This Sunday 2PM-4PM (pd.) A perfect opportunity to experience the benefits of Reiki! We’ll begin with an overview of Reiki, then a Sound Healing Meditation with a Crystal Singing Bowl. • Each person will receive a mini-Reiki treatment. • $12 Love offering. • Asheville. • RSVP: (828) 367-0434. www. AshevilleReiki.com Asheville Center for Spiritual Awareness (pd.) Meditation practice and instruction in the Kriya Yoga tradition. • Thursday evenings and 2 Sunday morning sessions every week. • Donation basis. • Special Events with Roy Eugene Davis, a Direct Disciple of Paramahansa Yogananda • September 12 and October 10: Kriya Yoga Philosophy, Traditions, and Essential Practices. Holistic lifestyle routines and basic meditation techniques to practice prior to initiation. 30 minutes of guided meditation at each session. • November 7: Kriya Yoga Initiation. For persons who attend the above classes. Kriya initiates may also attend to review their practices and renew their commitment to this spiritual path. • Reservations are required for these Special Events. • Located in the N. Louisiana Office Park, 370 N. Louisiana Ave. Suite D-3. • Information/Registration: (828) 423-6636. www.csa-asheville.org Astro-Counseling (pd.) Licensed counselor and accredited professional astrologer uses your chart when counseling for additional insight into yourself, your relationships and life directions. Readings also available. Christy Gunther, MA. (828)258-3229. Avatar Meher Baba (pd.) “I come not to teach but to awaken.” Sundays 4pm. 828-552-7864.
Crystal Healing and Grid Workshop: (pd.) Harmonize and balance your home, healing or work space. Led by Ariel Mcfee. Held at Points of Light, 391 Merrimon Ave. 828-257-2626 to RSVP. Dowsing With Rods and Pendulums • Thursday, September 16 (pd.) 7-9pm. Hands-on workshop with Dee Disparti. • Begin increasing your inner abilities and start dowsing in your daily living. Crystal Visions Bookstore. $20. Information/registration: (832) 265-2008 or ddisparti@ aol.com A Course in Miracles • 2nd & 4th MONDAYS, 6:308pm - A truly loving group of people studying A Course in Miracles meets at Groce United Methodist Church on Tunnel Road. The group is open to all. Info: 712-5472. A Mountain Mindfulness Sangha Part of the World Community of Mindful Living, inspired by the teachings of THICH NHAT HANH, the group practices mindfulness as the energy of being aware and awake to the present moment. Practicing with a “sangha” (a community) can bring both joy and support. All are invited. Info & directions: mountainmindfulness@gmail.com, 684-7359 or 299-9382. • MONDAYS, 7-8pm - Meditation class at the Asheville Friends Meeting House, 227 Edgewood Ave. Donations encouraged. • TUESDAYS, 8-8:40am - The Heart Sutra. Chant the Prajnamaramita (“Perfect Understanding”) Heart Sutra. This sutra is the essence of Buddhist teaching. The sutra is followed by 30-40 minutes of silent sitting meditation. • TH (10/15) - Sitting and walking meditation, followed by sharing by sangha members. Asheville Center for Transcendental Meditation/ Free Introductory Lectures Change your brain—change your life. Scientists know TM creates brainwave coherence. Only an orderly brain can support higher consciousness. TM is easy to learn—enjoyable to practice. Dissolves deep-rooted stress, reduces anxiety and depression. Verified by 600 scientific studies. Info: 254-4350 or www. MeditationAsheville.org. • WEEKLY - Meeting at 165 E. Chestnut St. Learn how to access the field of infinite creativity, intelligence and bliss within you, revitalizing mind and body and creating coherence in collective consciousness. Call for details. Asheville Meditation Center
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• In 2007 News of the Weird highlighted the clothes cults of impoverished Congo: “In [a country that] has lost an estimated 4 million people in the civil wars of the last decade and where many must get by on about 30 cents a day, ‘gangs’ of designer-clothes-wearing men” have fashion smackdowns in the streets of Kinshasa to prove that Versace and Gucci styles look better on them than on others. These “sapeurs” (from the French slang for clothes) continue to strut their genuine Gaultier and Dolce & Gabbana, according to a March Washington Post dispatch. One sapeur, “Luzolo,” who lives in a one-room shack with no bed, water or electricity (but a closetful of designer outfits) describes the feeling as “like a spirit that comes in me.” When he wears “the labels,” he says, “I feel there is no one above me.” • In April, the Sensoji Temple in Tokyo again hosted the possibly 400-year-old Naki Sumo (“crying baby contest”), in which sumo wrestlers hoist infants in the air, hold them at arm’s length and coax them (no squeezing!) to cry, thus signaling that the offering has been heard. This year, 80 babies were blessed, with special spiritual favors afforded those who cried the longest and loudest. • In 2007, News of the Weird mentioned the nightly ceremony on the India/Pakistan border at Wagah Crossing as part pomp, part macho posturing and part Monty Python (“Ministry of Silly Walks”), in which troops from both sides wearing hard-to-describe headgear perform complicated boot-stomping maneuvers to assure their respective countrymen that they’re protected from the other guys. Lately, however, according to a July Agence France-Presse dispatch, the high-kicking show has become more subdued because so many soldiers have suffered knee injuries due to the exaggerated prancing. • Cosmetic-surgery-obsessive Sheyla Hershey of Houston has endured more than 30 operations, including a series of breast augmentations in support of her quest to have the world’s largest pair. Her luck started to go south in 2008, when
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licensed Texas surgeons declined to implant the M cups she wanted, and she was forced to use a clinic in Brazil. Last year, she had the Brazilian implants removed for the birth of her first child (they were later replaced with a smaller pair), but in June 2010, she was diagnosed with a staph infection. At press time she was still receiving radical antibiotic therapy in Houston and at risk of losing one or both breasts. • Notorious Boston gang leader Whitey Bulger, the model for the Jack Nicholson character in the movie The Departed, has been on the run since 1995. Bulger would now be 80 years old, though law-enforcement officials have no idea where he is, what he now looks like or even if he’s alive. Reportedly, however, he likes to browse books, and in April, FBI agents blanketed bookstores in Victoria, British Columbia, having gotten word that Bulger might be in the area. But the search came up empty. • Oklahoma City bomber Terry Nichols, serving a life sentence at the “supermax” federal prison in Colorado, recently ended what he said was his third hunger strike of 2010 to protest food quality. Lack of fiber in the diet, he said, causes him “chronic constipation, bleeding and hemorrhoids” and thus disrespects “God’s holy temple” (Nichols’ name for his body). The prison continues to offer him only limited dietary options.
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• The most recent instance of the cardinal sin of the jailing profession occurred in Minneapolis in May, when a witness in an active murder case was arrested, probably on an unrelated charge, and placed in the same cell as the murder suspect, Jonathan “Thirsty” Turner, who knew that the witness had already given a statement against him. The witness was badly beaten, but jailers weren’t certain enough that Turner did it to file charges.
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• All-purpose “whisperer” Faye Rogers of New Zealand (who charges the equivalent of $45 per hour U.S. for her services) claims she can communicate with any kind of animal, though she says she’s particularly good with worms. All beings, she told Christchurch Press in August, are “connected by a higher consciousness,” allowing, for example, traveling birds to pass on important “international information” to fish. She disputed a notion spread by “horse whisperer” Bill Northern that cats are “wily” — explaining that they merely appear so because they prefer specific questions to generalities. • In several regions of the African nation of Cameroon, parents try to protect maturing daughters by “ironing” their breasts (pressing them with heated stones and leaves to make them flatter and the girls thus less desirable for sex). The United Nations mounted a condemnation campaign in 2006, but the practice apparently continues unabated, according to videos described in The Washington Post in March. The writer, who interviewed numerous health officials in Cameroon, concluded that the “ironing” has little effect, as the teen-pregnancy rate remains very high. • David Richardson had his brother Orville buried in February 2009 despite Orville’s $53,500 contract with Alcor Life Extension Foundation, which freezes people’s heads (ideally, within 15 minutes of death) so that someday, if the science advances, they can be thawed and brought back to life. But Alcor appealed the original Iowa court decision in David’s favor, and in May 2010, the Iowa Court of Appeals reversed, ordering Orville dug up. • New York City firefighter John Giuffrida, 42, retired in 2003 with a disability pension of about $75,000 a year, citing asthma and other lung ailments stemming from the Sept. 11 ground zero cleanup. Now a regular on the mixedmartial-arts circuit, he continues to beat people up. (Giuffrida told a New York Post reporter that the two activities are “completely different.” Strength and endurance fighting, he said, is not the same as “running into a building that is on fire with a smoke condition and toxins in the air.”)
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Classes are held at the Greenlife Community Center, 90 Merrimon Ave., unless otherwise noted. Info: 5052300 or www.meditateasheville.org. • MONDAYS, 6:30-7:30pm - Meditation for Inner Peace class. Donations accepted. Awakening Practices Study the works of Eckhart Tolle and put words into action through meditation and discussion. Info: Trey@ QueDox.com. • 2nd & 4th THURSDAYS, 7-9pm - Meets at the EnkaCandler Library meeting room. Baha’i Faith Everyone is welcome. Join us in our celebration of diversity: “The earth is one country and mankind its citizens,” Baha’u’llah. The Baha’i Center is located at 5 Ravenscroft Drive, Asheville. Info: 2511051 or www.wncbahai.org. • SUNDAYS, 11am - Sunday Devotional. Bear Clan Medicine Lodge The group practices Native American spirituality. It also studies natural healing modalities. Not affiliated with any tribe or organization. Everyone is welcome. Meets at the library on Mitchell St. in Old Fort. Info: http://seeks. spirit.tripod.com. • 2nd & 4th SUNDAYS, 3pm - Meetings. Focus on our connection to All Our Relations and what this means to each of us on our personal path. All are welcome to come and share. Buddhist Meditation and Discussion Meets in the space above the French Broad Food Co-op. Suggested donation: $8/$4 students & seniors. Info: 7795502 or www.meditation-innorthcarolina.org. • TU (9/14), 7:15pm - “How to get started.” Cathedral of All Souls Located at 3 Angle St. in Biltmore Village. Info: 2742681, kyle@allsoulscathedral.org or www.allsoulscathedral.org. • SU (9/12), 6pm - An Episcopal Peace Fellowship meeting will be held. All are welcome. Compassionate Communication Practice Group Learn ways to create understanding and clarity in your relationships, work, and community by practicing compassionate communication. Group uses a model developed by Marshall Rosenberg in his book Nonviolent Communication, A Language of Life. Free. Info: 252-0538 or www.ashevilleccc.com. • 2nd & 4th THURSDAYS, 56:15pm - Practice group for
newcomers and experienced practitioners. Hare Krsna Sunday Feast Meets above the French Broad Food Co-op, 90 Biltmore Ave. Info: www. highthinkingsimpleliving.org or 506-2987. • Select SUNDAYS, 5-7pm An evening of bhajans, class on the Bhagavad-Gita and a vegetarian feast. Everyone welcome. Refer to the website or call for dates. Insight Meditation Group • TUESDAYS, 7-8:30pm - People of all experience levels are welcome to join this drop-in meditation group. Meditation instructions will be given to all of those who are new to the practice. $5. Info: http://bit.ly/9XujJ6. Introduction to Insight Meditation Class • SUNDAYS, 10-11:30am - Using a progressive exploration of breath, body, emotions and the thinking process, learn how to actively explore the inner world using the method of insight meditation. $10. Info: http://bit. ly/9xhYqs. Land of the Sky United Church of Christ Located at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 15 Overbrook Place, in East Asheville. • SUNDAYS, 9:15am Women-led, justice-focused, family-friendly, and open to all. Worship with Land of the Sky UCC. An open and affirming new church. Childcare available. Mindfulness Meditation Class Explore the miracle of healing into life through deepened stillness and presence. With consciousness teacher and columnist Bill Walz. Info: 2583241 or www.billwalz.com. • MONDAYS, 7-8pm - Meditation class with lesson and discussions in contemporary Zen living. At the Asheville Friends Meeting House at 227 Edgewood Ave. (off Merrimon Ave.). Donation. Mother Grove Events Info: 230-5069, info@ mothergroveavl.org or www. mothergroveavl.org. • SUNDAYS, 10am - Drum Circle —- 10:30am - Weekly devotional service at the Temple. A simple service to ground and center you for the week. Spend some quiet time with the Goddess, with song, readings, meditation and prayer. At 70 Woodfin Place, Suite 2. • MONDAYS - Book discussion group, facilitated by Antiga, on the book The Creation of Patriarchy by Gerda Lemer. Info: 2859927.
Mountain Zen Practice Center Exploring the ‘how’ of moment by moment peace, joy and freedom through the practice of Conscious Compassionate Awareness. Info and orientation times: www.mountainzen.org or 450-3621. • TUESDAYS, 7-8:30pm Meditation and discussion. Mystic Heart Universe Meditation • WE (9/8), 8-9pm - Free Mystic Heart Universe Meditation via teleconference call. Celebrate the mystical union of outer divine consciousness and inner mystical heart. To sign up: 338-0042 or www.mysticheartuniverse.com. Psychic Development Class • 2nd & 4th WEDNESDAYS, 7-8:30pm - Learn to use your intuition to help yourself and others. Explore remote viewing, channeling, mediumship, telepathy, precognition and healing in a relaxed and fun-filled atmosphere. All are welcome. Love donations accepted. Info: 828-2558304, ecastro1@charter.net. Shambhala Meditation Center of Asheville Every human being has fundamental goodness, warmth and intelligence. This nature can be cultivated through meditation and in daily life, so that it radiates out to others. Visitors welcome. Free meditation instruction at 19 Westwood Pl., W. Asheville. Info: www.shambhala.org/ center/asheville or 490-4587. • THURSDAYS, 6-6:45pm & SUNDAYS, 10am-Noon - Public meditation. Sounds of the Chakra Toning Circle • SUNDAYS, 12:30-1:30pm - “Sounds of the Chakras.” Linda Go facilitates this sound healing offering at Skinny Beats Drum Shop, 4 Eagle St., downtown Asheville. Love donation. Info: ashevillesoundhealing.com or 776-3786. St. Mark’s Lutheran Church Located at 10 N. Liberty St., Asheville. Info: 273-5420 or http://stmarkslutheran. net/thisMonth.pdf. • SUNDAYS, 5pm Crosswired “come as you are” service in the Fellowship Hall. Infant care and church school for youngsters is offered during the service. Staying in the Kingdom • TH (9/9), 6:30-8:30pm - Program of OSL ecumenical group dedicated to the Christian healing ministry. At Grace Episcopal Church, 871 Merrimon Ave. All are welcome. Info: 242-3260 or mtn_osl@yahoo.com. Toning for Peace
Experience the health benefits of a form of singing anyone can do. Generate well-being and peace within. $5-$10. Info: 667-2967 or www. toningforpeace.org. • 2nd & 4th SUNDAYS, 1:30-2:45pm - At the Light Center in Black Mountain. Unitarian Universalist Church of Asheville Located at the corner of Charlotte St. & Edwin Pl. Info: 254-6001 or www.uuasheville.org. • SUNDAYS, 10 am (through 9/5) - Services and Children’s Programs. 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 (9/8), 7pm -All are welcome to a one-year celebration ofthe “CommUnity Labyrinth” with Guru Sam Richardson. Love offering. • TH (9/9) - “Unity’s World Day of Prayer: Living in the Flow,” a 24-hour prayer vigil, will be held. For prayer requests contact unity@ unitync.net —- 7pm Evening Prayer Service with Rev. Chad O’Shea honoring “Living in the Flow.” Love offering. • WE (9/15), 7pm - “Zero Point Field Energy Healing” with Pam Hurst. Info: 8913255 or p_hurst@bellsouth. net. $10 love offering. Unity Church of Asheville Looking for something different? 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. Come join us this Sunday and try it for yourself. Located at 130 Shelburne Rd., W. Asheville. Info: 252-5010 or www. unityofasheville.com. • SUNDAYS, 11am - Spiritual Celebration Service —12:15-1:30pm - A Course in Miracles classes with Rev. Gene Conner. • TUESDAYS, 2-4pm - Edgar Cayce Study Group. Info: 926-3688. West Asheville Mindfulness Meditation Group • TUESDAYS, 7-8:30pm The nondenominational group meets at George’s Parish, 1 School Road. Free. Info: pamelamillis@theashevillecenter or 545-4563. Windhorse Zen Community Meditation, Dharma talks, private instruction available Tuesday and Thursday evenings, residential training. Teachers: Lawson Sachter
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and Sunya Kjolhede. Main center: 580 Panther Branch, Alexander. City center: 12 Von Ruck Court. Call for orientation. Info: 645-8001 or www.windhorsezen.org. • SUNDAYS, 9:30-11am - Meditation, chanting and a Dharma talk. • TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 7-9pm Meditation and chanting. • FRIDAYS, 5:30-7:15pm - Meditation and chanting at the City Center. Womyn in Ceremony Co-create a sacred circle of women where we will connect, share, dream and experience inner awarenesses and empowerment. Each Circle “stands alone.” Meets 12 miles NW of Asheville. By donation. Info: www.RitesofPassageCouncil. com/theresa. • SUNDAYS, 3:45-6pm - Gathering. Working with the “Masters of Wisdom” • THURSDAYS, 7pm - Transmission Meditation —- 8pm - Reading and discussion of Alice Bailey’s A Treatise on Cosmic Fire. Free. Info: EarthTransMed@ gmail.com.
Art Gallery Exhibits & Openings 16 Patton Gallery hours: Tues.-Sat., 11am-6pm and Sun., 1-6pm (open on Sun. May-Oct. only). Info: 236-2889 or www.16patton.com. • Through WE (9/29) - Three solo exhibits: A Painter’s Perspective by Linda Cheek; Expressive Interpretations From Nature by Sterling Edwards; and Metamorphosis by Jerry La Point. American Folk Art & Framing The gallery at 64 Biltmore Ave. is open daily, representing contemporary self-taught artists and regional pottery. Info: 281-2134 or www. amerifolk.com. • Through TH (9/30) Natural Beauties will be on display in the Oui Oui Gallery. Art at UNCA Art exhibits and events at the university are free, unless otherwise noted. • Through WE (9/29) Abstract paintings in oil and acrylic by Arrington Williams will be on display in the Ramsey Library. Arts Council of Henderson County D. Samuel Neill Gallery hours: Tues.-Fri., 1-5pm and Sat., 14pm. Located at 538 N. Main St., 2nd Floor, Hendersonville.
Info: 693-8504 or www. acofhc.org. • Through FR (9/24) - A preview exhibition of the fourth annual Henderson County Open Studio Tour will be on display. 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 SU (12/5) - Sewell Sillman: Pushing Limits in the Appleby Foundation Gallery. • Through SU (12/5) - Sallie Middleton: A Life in the Forest. • Through SU (10/10) - Hands in Harmony: Traditional Crafts and Music in Appalachia, photographs by Tim Barnwell in Holden Community Gallery. • WE (9/1) through TH (9/30) - Art X Architects, an exhibition of mixed-media works by local architects. • WE (9/15), 6pm - Artists reception for Art X Architects. RSVP: rsvp@aiaasheville. com. Asheville Gallery of Art A co-op gallery representing 29 regional artists located at 16 College St. Hours: Mon.Sat., 10am-5:30pm. Info: 251-5796 or www.ashevillegallery-of-art.com. • Through TH (9/30) Looking Into, featuring works by Kathryn B. Phillips. Bella Vista Art Gallery Located in Biltmore Village, next to the parking lot of Rezaz’s restaurant. Open Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm, and Sat., 10am-6pm. Info: 7680246 or www.bellavistaart. com. • Through TH (9/30) - Small Plein Air Landscapes, an exhibition by Sara Linda Poly, and new paintings by August Hoerr will be on display. 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 (10/23) - The exhibition Kenneth Snelson: Sculptor/Photographer/ Inventor will be on display. Snelson was an art student at Black Mountain College in the summers of 1948 and 1949. Castell Photography A photo-based art gallery located at 2C Wilson Alley, off of Eagle St. in downtown
Asheville. Info: 255-1188 or www.castellphotography. com. • Through SA (9/25) - Storm Season: Photography of Louisiana’s Wetlands, a series of pinhole Polaroid photographs by Daniel Kariko. • Through SA (10/23) - Pillow Talk an exhibition of photo-based imagery by Ben Isburg. Center For Craft, Creativity and Design Located at the Kellogg Conference Center, 11 Broyles Road. in Hendersonville. Info: 8902050 or www.craftscreativitydesign.org. • Through FR (12/3) - Out of the Board Room & Into the Studio, an exhibition honoring the work of retiring Executive Director Dian Magie. Exhibits at the Turchin Center Appalachian State University’s Turchin Center for the Visual Arts is at 423 West King St. in Boone. Info: 262-3017 or www.tcva.org. • Through SA (11/13) MANinfested DESTINY: From Boone to Boon, an exhibition by Dan Smith, Perspectives in Bronze, sculpture by Greg Bailey and Michael Warrick, and Evidence of Things Unseen, paintings by Amy Cheng. Folk Art Center Located at milepost 382 on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Info: 298-7928 or www.craftguild. org. • Through TU (10/5) - Clay sculpture by Cindy Billingsley and paper-pulp paintings by Chery Cratty. Grovewood Gallery Located at 111 Grovewood Road, Asheville. Info: 2537651 or www.grovewood. com. • FR (9/10) through SU (10/31) - Along the Path: Paintings and Sculpture, contemporary works by NC artist Dale McEntire. • SA (9/11), 2-5pm Opening reception for Along the Path. 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 (86 North Main St.) in Waynesville. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am5pm. Info: 452-0593 or www.haywoodarts.org. • Through SA (9/18) - Fantasies in Fiber and Fabric, an exhibition of threedimensional garments, hats, bags and original dolls by Toni Carroll. Penland School of Crafts A national center for craft education dedicated to help-
ing people live creative lives. Info: www.penland.org or 765-2359. • Through SU (9/19) - All This Happened, More or Less, an exhibition by Anne Lemanski, Shoko Teruyama, Susan Gothel Campbell and Maggie Taylor. Satellite Gallery Located at 55 Broadway, downtown Asheville. Info: 305-2225 or www.thesatellitegallery.com. • Through SU (9/26) - Draw, an exhibition by Sean Pace (jinx). Studio 103 Fine Art Gallery Located at 103 West St., Black Mountain. Info: 357-8327 or www.studio103fineartgallery.com. • Through WE (9/22), 5-8pm - Paintings by Moni Hill will be on display. Transylvania Community Arts Council Located at 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-4pm. Info: 884-2787 or www.artsofbrevard.org. • Through FR (10/1) - The Far Side: Fantasy, Far Fetched & Fun, an exhibit about the Far Side of life. Upstairs Artspace Contemporary nonprofit gallery at 49 S. Trade St. in Tryon. Hours: Tues.-Sat., 11am-5pm and by appointment. Info: 859-2828 or www.upstairsartspace.org. • Through SA (9/25) Katrina to Deepwater Horizon: Tragedies of Cash, Climate and Culture, an exhibition commemorating the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. WCU Exhibits Unless otherwise noted, exhibits are held at the Fine Art Museum, Fine & Performing Arts Center on the campus of Western Carolina University. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-4pm & Thurs. 10am7pm. Free, but donations welcome. Info: 227-3591 or www.fineartmuseum. wcu.edu. • Through FR (9/24) - Worldviews: Legacy of Teaching, selections from the permanent collection, featuring 40 noted artists with distinguished teaching careers. • TH (9/16) through FR (12/17) - Reclaiming Cultural Ownership: Challenging Indian Stereotypes, an installation of photographs and commercial merchandise focusing on “unlearning” stereotypes and fostering Native pride by noted Eastern Band of Cherokee Indian artist Shan Goshorn. • TH (9/16), 4-6pm - Reception for the Shan Goshorn exhibit.
freewillastrology My friend Alana suffered from a mysterious ailment for months. Symptoms included vertigo, stomach pains, and numbness in her legs. After being treated unsuccessfully by six health care practitioners, both mainstream and alternative, she went to see Dr. Ling, a Chinese herbalist recommended by a friend. Ling was a dour woman who made no eye contact. Her office was dingy, cramped, and windowless. Alana felt a bit depressed by the visit. Yet when she took Dr. Ling’s herbs, she felt better. In three weeks she was cured. The moral of the story, Aries: The restorative agent you need may not come in the most inviting form.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
A spider spun gorgeous cobwebs on my car’s back window. Anchored on the window wiper, they’re artfully woven spiral tunnels decorated with white flower petals sent by the wind. This sculpture is so beguiling that it caught the attention of a stranger who was walking through a parking lot as I was getting in my car, and we struck up a conversation that led to him inviting me to a party where I had maximum fun. So kudos to me for not mindlessly sweeping away the cobwebs. My decision to honor the spider’s small masterpiece proved fortuitous. I encourage you to learn from my example in the coming week. Be alert for nature’s subtle gifts.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
The band Tinariwen is from the Sahara Desert. Its members describe themselves as “soul rebels.” Their influences include traditional West African music, Santana, Jimi Hendrix, and the Berber music of northern Algeria. I listen to them whenever I’m feeling wan and spiritually tired. Their infectious melodies and serpentine rhythms have a medicinal effect; they toughen me up, fueling the rowdy love I need to keep fighting for truth and justice. They’re your featured artist of the week, Gemini. As you face down the dangers of apathy, you could use the shot of courage and audacity they might provide. Listen here: tinyurl.com/ToughSpirit1 and tinyurl.com/ToughSpirit2.
CANCER (June 21-July 22)
Afghanistan is a wasteland of desert and rocks, right? Well, no, actually. It harbors huge deposits of minerals that are critical to the industrialized world. There’s a complication, though. To succeed, the arduous business of mining such minerals needs lots of water and electricity as well as political stability and a good infrastructure -- all of which are in short supply in Afghanistan. In offering this scenario for your consideration, Cancerian, I’m suggesting that you make a comparable reevaluation of a certain situation in your own life. According to my reading of the omens, someone or something you’ve considered barren may in fact harbor resources that are useful to you. Here’s the rub: Are you in position to
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
For years I’ve been in love with a woman who is also in love with me. Hooray! But when I was younger, I sometimes got embroiled in obsessive adorations for unavailable women. One didn’t want me, another was already in a committed relationship, still another lived 6,000 miles away, and a fourth was a lesbian. The pain of those impossible attractions eventually prodded me to retrain myself so as to not keep repeating the pattern. Can I convince you to learn from my hardship? According to my reading of the omens, the next few months should be a time when you put a strong emphasis on allies who are available, not on the other kind.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
I’ve been playing with a fun hypothesis lately: that absolutely everyone in the world has the power to heal someone else. At one end of the spectrum are the doctors and shamans and therapists who can summon the means to cure lots of people. At the other end are individuals with the power to improve the health or smooth out the distortions in just one other person. Wherever you fit in this range, Virgo, I’m happy to tell you that your healing mojo is now at a peak. Please invoke it in all of its intensity and point it in the direction of whomever can benefit.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
As I studied the astrological configurations for you, I realized I had to leave the bubble of my office. The omens suggested that you would benefit from escaping your usual frames of reference, and I felt I had to do the same if I wanted to get the best oracle. So I hiked out to my favorite boulder, where the creek forks into two streams. I sat down and addressed the spirits: What’s the advice Libras need most? Soon, a dragonfly landed on my shoulder. For the next ten minutes I asked it questions about how you should proceed. Here’s the gist of its telepathic message: “I gently shatter illusions. My power is graceful and lilting. I sew up the wounds of snakes. Nothing eludes my uninhibited vision. I don’t bite. I am a professional and primeval transformer.”
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Of all the noses of all the famous actresses in the world, my favorite is Cate Blanchett’s. It’s strong and forceful, yet buoyant and irregular. It’s wider and fleshier than most noses that are considered “feminine,” but sensual and seductive. Best of all, it has so many different aspects, and looks so varied from a variety of angles, that it seems to shift its shape as you watch it. It’s gorgeous! Please take a cue from me as you evaluate the unacknowledged beauty in your own sphere, Scorpio. It’s crucial that you rebel against our culture’s absurdly generic standards.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
“The best guide in life is strength,” said Swami Vivekananda. “Discard everything that weakens you, have nothing to do with it.” In accordance with the astrological omens, Sagittarius, I’m making that your rallying cry. You not only have the right to align yourself with only the most potent, life-giving sources; you have an urgent need to do so. So be audaciously discerning as you evaluate each person and situation that comes before you. Ask, “Will this feed my vitality or will it not?”
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
What happens in your bedroom, Capricorn? What stories swirl around in your mind while you’re there? What secrets simmer and ferment? What feelings do you gravitate toward? Judging from the astrological omens, I’d say it’s time to expand your notion of what goes on in that sanctuary. How about embarking on a new playtime activity or introducing a pleasurable commotion you’ve never tried? At the very least, unleash your imagination while relaxing there. Give yourself permission to have bigger fantasies. Tell yourself more epic stories, develop a more active relationship with your secrets, and welcome unfamiliar feelings.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
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Last May, riots in Santa Cruz, California trashed 18 buildings in the downtown area. But for one store owner, the mayhem brought unexpected blessings. She was able to tap into a city fund that not only paid for her broken front window, but also allowed her to make several improvements, like adding fresh paint, a new awning, and better lighting. “I never would have thought when I got that call at 1 in the morning that this was going to turn into such a wonderful thing for us,” Diane Towns told the Santa Cruz Sentinel. I predict a similar progression for you, Aquarius. An event that seemed like bad luck at the time will ultimately lead to good luck.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
French painter Paul Cezanne (1839-1906) declared early in his career that he wanted to “conquer Paris with an apple.” He meant that he wanted to become a major force in the art world by revolutionizing the way that still-life paintings were done. He must have been successful, because two prominent modern painters, Picasso and Matisse, referred to Cezanne as “the father of us all.” Your assignment in the coming months, Pisces, is to make a splash in your own chosen field with an innovation that’s as simple and basic as Cezanne’s reconfigured apple. Homework: If you had to choose one wild animal to follow, observe, and learn from for a month, which would it be? Testify at Truthrooster@gmail.com. © Copyright 2010 Rob Brezsny
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More Art Exhibits & Openings A-B Tech Advanced Studio Art Show • Through TH (9/30) - A-B Tech’s Advanced Painting Studio will exhibit at Zuma’s in Marshall. Artists reception on Friday evening Sept. 10. Art at Eclipse Salon Eclipse Salon is located at 16 Wall St. Info: 285-0019. • TU (9/14) through WE (10/13) - New Paintings and Whatnot, an exhibition by Martin A. B. Guenette. Art at Hickory Nut Gap Farm Store Located at 57 Sugar Hollow Road in Fairview. Info: www. hickorynutgapfarm.com or 628-1027. • Through SU (10/31) Jessica Lynn’s exhibition will be on display. Art at the N.C. Arboretum Works by members of the Asheville Quilt Guild and regional artists are on display daily in The Visitor Education Center. Info: 665-2492 or www.ncarboretum.org. • Outdoor Sculpture: Inflorescence, an exhibition of botanical forms created from synthetic-nylon fabric and made by artist Jason S. Brown and Elizabeth Scofield, will be on display in the Baker Center (through Aug.); in The Canopy Walk (through Oct.); The Education Center (Aug.Oct.) and in the Quilt Garden (Nov.-Feb). • Through MO (2/28) - Emissaries of Peace: The 1762 Cherokee and British Delegations, an exhibition on display in the Baker Center. Art at West Asheville Library • Through TH (9/17) Photography by ElizabethAnn Elliott Miller will be on display in the Community Room. The library is located at 942 Haywood Road. Art League of Henderson County The ALHC meets and shows exhibits at the Opportunity House, 1411 Asheville Hwy. (25N) in downtown Hendersonville. For viewing hours: 692-0575. Info: 6987868 or www.artleague.net. • Through TH (9/9) - “Eye of the Artist” theme show. ALHC members were challenged to create their own interpretation in color using subject matter from one of two black-andwhite photographs. BlackBird Frame & Art Located at 365 Merrimon Ave. Info: 225-3117. • FR (9/10) through TH (9/30) - For Pets’ Sake, an exhibition celebrating the unconditional love of animals, will be on display. • FR (9/10), 6:30-8:30pm - Opening reception: For Pets’
Sake. There will be wine, refreshments, live music and a silent auction. Carl Sandburg Home Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site is located three miles south of Hendersonville off U.S. 25 on Little River Road. Info: 693-4178 or www.nps.gov/carl. • Through FR (10/8) - Carl Sandburg’s Washburn bellshaped guitars (circa 1928) will be on display. Carolina Nature Photographers Association Info: www.cnpa-asheville.org. • 2nd SUNDAYS, 6-8pm - Meeting at the Girl Scout building at 64 W.T. Weaver Blvd. near UNCA. Guests are welcome. Clingman Cafe Located at 242 Clingman Ave. in the River Arts District. • Through TH (9/30) Collaborations and Deviations, work in clay, glass, wood and paint by six local artists. Grand Bohemian Gallery Located at the Grand Bohemian Hotel in Biltmore Village, 11 Boston Way. Info: www.bohemianhotelasheville. com or 505-2949. • Through SU (10/10) - New Reflections, an exhibition by local artists Vadim Bora, Linda McCane, Colleen Webster and Leo Monahan.
Classes, Meetings & Arts-Related Events 3 Day Landscape Oil Painting Workshop by Karen Weihs (pd.) Cashiers, NC : THE HARMONIOUS PALETTE/ SIMPLIFYING AND ABSTRACTING - September 20 - 22. Level Beginner and Intermediate. Cost $500.00 Accommodations available. Contact Eli Corbin @ 828 243-0200 or eli@ AshevilleLuxuryRentals.com Pastel Workshop • Susie Karnatz • Master Pastelist (pd.) Friday/Saturday, October 1 and 2, 9am-4pm. $200. Perfect one painting. Recreate it as semi-abstract. Studio: Black Mountain, Old Rt. 70. • Information/Registration: 669-5947. Swannanoa Valley Fine Arts League Art at UNCA Art exhibits and events at the university are free, unless otherwise noted. • TH (9/9), 7:30pm - Meet the Maker: Painter Robert Johnson. Lecture and slide show at the Owen Conference Center, Owen Hall, third floor. Info: 250-2392. Asheville Area Arts Council AAAC is located at 11 Biltmore Ave. Info: 258-0710 or www. ashevillearts.com. • SU (9/12), 3-6pm - City of 1,000 Easels. Hundreds of artists will descend on downtown
Asheville, set up their tools and share their creative process with the community. Info: graham@ashevillearts.com. 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. • FR (9/10), Noon-1pm - Art Break: Get a behind-thescenes look at setting up an exhibition at the Asheville Art Museum with Dean Butckovitz, Registrar/Preparator. • TU (9/14), 3pm - Discussion Bound: The monthly reading group will feature Spiral Jetta: A Road Trip Through the Land Art of the American West by Erin Hogan. Regional Artist Project Grant • Through FR (10/1) - Deadline to apply for the Regional Artist Project Grant, offered to residents of Avery, Buncombe, Madison, Mitchell or Yancey County. Grant writing workshops: Sept. 13, 5pm at Avery Arts Council and Madison Arts Council (8984292 and 649-1301). Sept. 15, 5:30pm at Asheville Area Arts Council (258-0710). Call respective councils to register. Swannanoa Valley Fine Arts League Classes are held at the studio, 999 W. Old Rt. 70, Black Mountain. Info: svfal.info@ gmail.com or www.svfal.org. • THURSDAYS, Noon-3pm - Experimental Art Group. Experimental learning and sharing water-media techniques and collage. Suggested donation $4. • FRIDAYS, 10am-1pm Open studio for figure drawing. Small fee for model. • MONDAYS, 10am-1pm - Open studio for portrait painting. Small fee for model. • TUESDAYS (through 11/16) - Art with Lorelle Bacon. Adults 1-3pm and youth 3:30-5pm. All levels welcome. $15/class. Registration required. The Fine Arts League of the Carolinas Located at 362 Depot St. in the River Arts District. Info: 252-5050 or www.fineartsleague.org. • TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 7-9pm - Open figure drawing sessions. Four 5-minute poses and four 20-minute poses. $5.
Art/Craft Fairs Montford Community Yard Sale • SA (9/11), 8:30am-1pm The yard sale will feature original art, paintings, antiques, an antler chandelier, furniture and more. Held at 164 Montford Ave. in Asheville.
Treasure Hunters Roadshow • TU (9/14) through SA (9/18) - Residents will bring in rare and unusual collectibles at the Roadshow and the public will have a chance to talk to antique and collectible experts. Held at Comfort Suites, 890 Brevard Road. Free. Info: www.treasurehuntersroadshow.com.
Spoken & Written Word Concert And Writer’s Workshop (pd.) Power Up Your Prose • Saturday, September 25, 9am-4:30pm, Waynesville. • Kick-off Concert, Friday, September 24, 7:30pm. • Keith Flynn and The Holy Men. • Information/registration: www.mountainwritersnc.com Arts Council of Henderson County D. Samuel Neill Gallery hours: Tues.-Fri., 1-5pm and Sat., 14pm. Located at 538 N. Main St., 2nd Floor, Hendersonville. Info: 693-8504 or www. acofhc.org. • TU (9/14), 7pm - “The Theatrics of Theatre & Opera,” a lecture with Francis Cullinan at Henderson County Public Library, 301 N. Washington St. Refreshments will be served. A Q&A session will follow. Attention WNC Mystery Writers WNC Mysterians critique group. For serious mystery/ suspense/thriller writers. Our goal: to make us all better mystery writers. Info: 7125570 or wncmysterians.org. • TH (9/9), 6pm - Meeting at Books-a-Million (lounge area), Tunnel Road, Asheville. 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. • FR (9/10), 7pm - “The Legend of Eros in Eleven Episodes,” a dramatic performance by poet Chris Pappas. $3 members/$5 nonmembers. 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 LE = Leicester Library (1561 Alexander Road, 2506480)
n SS = Skyland/South Buncombe Library (260 Overlook Road, 250-6488) n SW = Swannanoa Library (101 West Charleston Street, 250-6486) n Library storyline: 250KIDS. • Through MO (9/20) Deadline for the October essay contest on the theme: “What a Political Leader Should Be.” BM. • WE (9/8), 6:30pm - Library Knitters. A casual knitting and needlework group for all skill levels. BM. • SA (9/11), 10am-4pm - Asheville Cartoonist Network: “Talk Shop.” Shane Harris will talk about the art of inking; Kaysha Siemens will lead a program on digital drawing; and James Lyle will give a presentation on the “History of American Comics.” SS. • MO (9/13), 7pm “Tweaking Black Mountain,” an awards ceremony for the winners of this month’s essay contest. BM. • TU (9/14), 1pm - Book Club. For the title of this month’s book contact the library at 250-6480. LE. • WE (9/15), 5-7pm - Library Knitters meet. SW. • TH (9/16), 1pm - Book Club: Serena by Ron Rash. FV —- 2:30pm - Book Club: South of Broad by Pat Conroy. SS —- 7pm - Book Club: The Help by Kathryn Sockett. FV. Carolina Mountains Literary Festival The festival will take place in Burnsville. Info: www.cmlitfest. org. • FR & SA (9/10 & 11) Thirty-plus authors will gather to give free readings, panel discussions and more. Events for kids on Sat. Featuring Tony Earley, Paul Cuadros, NC Poet Laureate Cathy Smith Bowers, George Ivey, Tommy Hayes and Joseph Bathanti. Events at City Lights City Lights Bookstore is at 3 E. Jackson St. in downtown Sylva. Info: 586-9499 or more@citylightsnc.com. • FR (9/10), 7pm - Anna Fariello will discuss her book Cherokee Basketry. • TH (9/16), 10:30am - Coffee with the Poet: Bill Swarts. Events at Malaprop’s The bookstore and cafe at 55 Haywood St. hosts visiting authors for talks and book signings. Info: 254-6734 or www.malaprops.com. • WE (9/8), 7pm - Roz Savage will discuss and sign copies of her book Rowing the Atlantic. Savage was the only solo female competitor to compete in that race. • TH (9/9), 7pm - Merri Lisa Johnson will discuss
her memoir Girl in Need of a Tourniquet. • FR (9/10), 7pm - Mickey Mahaffey will discuss his book Whispers of my Blood and talk about his experience living among the Raramuri Indians (the Tarahumara) in the Copper Canyons, Mexico. • SA (9/11), 7pm - Sara Gruen will read from and sign copies of her fourth novel Ape House. This is a ticketed event. • SU (9/12), 3pm - Vicki Weaver will read from her book Billie Girl, a Southern Gothic filled with dark humor. • MO (9/13) - Roald Dahl read-a-thon. • WE (9/15), 7pm - Monique Truong will read from and sign copies of her book Bitter in the Mouth, a novel about a young woman’s search for identity and family. • TH (9/16), 5pm - Women on Words, a poetry circle for women —- 7pm - Stitch-NBitch. Bring a project and talk shop with fiber artist Stacey Budge-Kamison —- 7pm - Hal Herzog will discuss his book Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It’s So Hard to Think Straight About Animals. Events at Spellbound Spellbound Children’s Bookshop is located at 19 Wall St., in downtown Asheville. Info: 232-2228 or spellboundbooks@netzero. com. • SU (9/12), 4pm - Book Club: Catching Fire, the second book in the Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins. For ages 18 and older. Lecture and Book Signing at Christ School • TH (9/9), 7-8:30pm Author, Rhodes Scholar and combat veteran Wes Moore will give a lecture at Christ School, 500 Christ School Road, Arden. Free and open to the public, however reservations are required. RSVP: avandoren@christschool.org or www.christschool.org. Literary Events at UNCA Events are free unless noted. • TU (9/14), 5:30pm - Regional Author Talks: Columnist and author Susan Reinhardt. Event and reception at UNCA’s Glass House adjacent to the Ramsey Library. Info: 251-6645. Southeast Indian Writers Gathering • TH (9/16) & FR (9/17), 8:30am-4pm - Native American writers are invited to participate in the Southeast Indian Writers Gathering at the Museum of the Cherokee Indian, 589 Tsali Blvd., Cherokee. Group discussions and one-on-one sessions will be offered. Free. The general public is invited to a free read-
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What: The third annual Hobo Ball is a fundraiser for the Carl
Sandburg Home National Historic Site. Where: The Kenmure Country Club, 100 Clubhouse Drive in Flat Rock ($75 per person. Reservations: 698-5208 or 891-1606. friendsofcarlsandburg.org)
When: Saturday, Sept. 11, starting at 6 p.m. Why: “The theme for our evening [benefit] honors Sandburg’s youth
and his time exploring our country as a hobo,” says event chair Kathleen Hudson in a press release describing the inspirational concept behind the annual Hobo Ball. Sandburg, she continues, “worked as a laborer on farms and railroads and this experience helped define his lifelong interest in working people and shaped his writings.” The denim-and-knapsack-friendly fundraiser features a social hour — which includes complimentary beer and a cash bar, plus music by the mother-daughter guitar duo Elaine Anderson and Amber Steele on the front porch — a buffet dinner, wine and both a live and a silent action. After the “hobo-style” meal, local singer/songwriter and guitarist Tom Fisch will perform sweet-and-sultry mountain tunes. Dress in your best hobo attire, eat, drink, dance and be merry, all while supporting the “diverse and growing educational programming for youth, school groups and the visiting public at [the] Carl Sandburg Home.”
benefitscalendar Calendar for September 8 - 16, 2010 American Cancer Society Relay for Life Helping make cancer research possible. Info: www.relayforlife.org. • SA (9/11), 11am-2pm - N.C. Mountain Classic Auto Show at Madison High School. $10 advance/$15 day of show. Free admission to the public. Live music, food, door prizes, trophies. All proceeds benefit Relay for Life. Info: 216-7435 or mtnclassiccars@aol.com. Asheville Homeless Network Meetings take place at Firestorm Cafe & Books in downtown Asheville. Info: 552-0505. • TH (9/9), 7pm - Asheville Homeless Network Benefit Show. Blind Boy Chocolate and The Milk Sheiks perform old-timey music for a worthwhile cause. Benefit Performance of “Southern (dis)Comfort” • TH (9/9), 7pm - Writer and performer Elisabeth Gray will stage a performance of her solo show Southern (dis)Comfort at Belk Theatre, on the campus of UNCA. $40. Proceeds benefit the UNCA scholarship program and Umbrella Inc., an Asheville-based multidisciplinary arts organization. A dessert reception will follow. Info: 251-6525 or acjohns2@unca.edu. Carl Sandburg Home Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site is located three miles south of Hendersonville off U.S. 25 on Little River Road. Info: 693-4178 or www.nps.gov/carl. • SA (9/11), 6pm - The third annual Hobo Ball, a fundraiser featuring entertainment by Elaine Anderson and Amber Steele, dinner, a cash bar and both a silent and live auction, will be held at the Kenmure Country Club in Flat Rock. $75. Info: 698-5208 or www.friendsofcarlsandburg.org. Celebrate the Return of the American Chestnut • SA (9/11), 10am-4pm - The first annual celebration will be held at Cataloochee Ranch, one of the American Chestnut Foundation’s research farms, in Maggie Valley. Festivities include tours of the chestnut orchard, horseback rides, fishing, bluegrass music by Balsam Range, activities for kids, food and more. $10/Free for children ages 12 and under. A special benefit dinner will follow. $100. Proceeds benefit the American Chestnut Foundation. Info: 926-1345. Dinner and Bluegrass: A Benefit for Saylor Strickland
• SA (9/11), 4-8pm - All proceeds support Saylor Strickland, an 8-year-old diagnosed with Lymphoma. Held at the Leicester Community Center. Dinner includes steak, chicken, potatoes and salad. Live bluegrass music will follow. Plus, a yard and bake sale. Info: 254-5732 or 683-2866. Eblen-Kimmel Charities Info: 255-3066 or www.eblencharities.org. • TH (9/16), 6:30pm - Reception at Asheville Community Theater, 35 W. Walnut St. —- 7:30pm - Oliver will be performed. $20/$15 students. All proceeds benefit the Michael Wellisch Children’s Cancer Services of the Eblen Charities. Info: www.ashevilletheatre.org. 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. Hendersonville. Info: 692-0385 or www.eco-wnc.org. • SA (9/11) - Whitewater Rafting Trips on the Green River, with Green River Adventures. All proceeds benefit ECO. Fairview Mountain Lions Club • SA (9/11), 11am-4pm - The nonprofit club will host a fundraiser at the Food Lion in Fairview, 1350 Charlotte Hwy. Burgers, chili dogs and hots dogs, served with chips and drinks, will be sold for $5. Plus, homemade baked goods and raffle tickets to win a patriotic quilt will be sold. Info: 628-0442. Haywood County Arts Council’s FUNd Party Series Pick up a FUNd Party book at 86 N. Main St. in Waynesville or call 452-0593 for details on events and reservations. Proceeds benefit the Haywood County Arts Council. • TU (9/28), 6pm - Sukkah in the Sky party at 31 Thrush Drive, Maggie Valley. Come and see the highest sukkah or booth east of the Mississippi. Food and fun to celebrate the Harvest Season. $36. Register by Sept. 14. Henderson County Public Library System Unless otherwise stated, all events take place in Kaplan Auditorium of the main branch library, located at 301 N. Washington St. in Hendersonville. The county system includes branches in Edneyville, Etowah, Fletcher and Green River. Info: 697-4725 or www.henderson.lib.nc.us.
• SA (9/11), 10am-5pm & SU (9/12), 1-5pm - The 30th annual sale will feature books, CDs, DVDs and vinyl sold for bargain prices. Held at 1940 Spartanburg Hwy., Hendersonville. Meals On Wheels Meals On Wheels delivers meals to nearly 500 homebound elderly people each weekday through the help of a network of more than 350 volunteers. Info: 253-5286. • FR (9/10), 6pm - 2010 Plate Expectations at The Century Room on the Park above Pack’s Tavern in Asheville. Heavy hors d’oeuvres, free beer and wine, and a cash bar. Sons of Ralph will perform. Call for tickets. Pacolet Area Conservancy PAC’s mission is to protect and preserve the area’s natural resources with emphasis on the lands and waterways of particular scenic, ecological and agricultural significance in the Pacolet and Green River watersheds. The event will raise funds for PAC’s work. Info: 859-5060 or www. pacolet.org. • FR (9/10) & SA (9/11) - September Spectacular Horse Show at Harmon Field in Tryon. There will be a tag sale featuring antiques, art and jewelry will be held in the screened pavilion beside the river deck on Sat., 9am-4pm. Skyland Performing Arts Center Located at 538 N. Main St. in Hendersonville. Info: 6930087 or www.thespac.org. • SA (9/11), 7:30pm - Peace from Terror. Pam and Don McMahon will perform “music to feed the soul” at this performance benefiting Ali Bourequat, a former prisoner in the Tazmamart prison in Morocco, who will share his story. Proceeds will help Bourequat establish a home in Hendersonville. $20, includes a light wine reception.
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The Writers’ Guild of WNC Visitors and new members are invited to the meetings to talk about writing and publishing. • 2nd THURSDAY, 1-3pm - Meeting at Fletcher Public Library, 120 Library Road. Transylvania Community Arts Council Located at 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-4pm. Info: 884-2787 or www.artsofbrevard.org. • TU (9/14), 10-11:30am & 2:30-4pm - Three workshops will be presented on “Writing as Art” by Wayne Drumheller, writer, photographer and storyteller. $10 donation to the arts council. RSVP. Writer’s Group • TUESDAYS, 6:30-8:30pm - Seeking one or two experienced, engaged prose writers to join the group for feedback. The group has been meeting for the past eight years. Info: 274-4526 or reatonkelley@ charter.net. Writers’ Workshop Events WW offers a variety of classes and events for beginning and experienced writers. Info: 254-8111 or www. twwoa.org. • SA (9/11), 10am-4pm “Fiction Writing” with Brenda McClain.
Festivals & Gatherings End of Summer Blues Festival • SA (9/11), 11am-10pm - Shane Pruitt, Peggy Ratusz, Eric Congdon, Taylor Moore Band, WSNB Band, Marc Yaxley and Bayou Diesel will all perform to benefit the St. Gerard House Autism Center Henderson County. Plus, crafts, food and kids’ activities. At Camp Green Cove in Lake Summit. $10/$5. Tickets: summerbluesfestival@hotmail.com. Info: www.endofsummerbluesfestival.com. On the Same Page Literary Festival • WE (9/15) through SA (9/18) - Ashe County’s annual celebration of the written word. This year’s festival will feature Fred Chappell, John Hart, Robert Morgan and Daniel Wallace. Readings, discussion, group time with authors and more. In and around West Jefferson. Info & schedule: www.onthesamepagefestival.com.
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Music Pre-Blue Ridge Pride Party at Firestorm Cafe w/ Amy Broome (pd.) Warm up for PRIDE at Firestorm Cafe w/ Amy Broome, singer-songwriter from Charlotte, NC. Playing originals from the NEW CD Let It Get You! www.amybroome.com African Drumming With Billy Zanski at Skinny Beats Drum Shop, 4 Eagle St., downtown Asheville. Drums provided. No experience necessary. Suggested donation $10 per class. Dropins welcome. Info: 768-2826. • WEDNESDAYS, 6-7pm - Beginners. • SUNDAYS, 2-3pm Beginner. Asheville Area Piano Forum All piano enthusiasts are invited to programs. Info: www. ashevilleareapianoforum.org or 669-4869. • FR (9/10), 10:30am-Noon - “New Faces in 21st Century Piano Music,” a lecture and demonstration with Dr. Melanie Taylor at the Chapel of First Baptist Church, 5 Oak St. Social time at 9:30am. Forum business at 10am. Free. 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. • TU (9/14), 7pm - Hands in Harmony, a concert featuring David Holt, Laura Boosinger, Don Pedi and Bruce Greene. Held at Diana Wortham Theatre, 2 S. Pack Square. Tim Barnwell’s photographs (now on display at the Asheville Art Museum) will be projected onto the stage. $8 museum members/$10. Asheville Ballet and Asheville Lyric Opera Collaboration Voice lessons for dancers will be offered by members of the ALO, and movement lessons for singers will be offered by members of the Ballet. The public, 10 years to adult, also welcome. Classes held at Asheville Ballet, 4 Weaverville Hwy., Asheville. Info: 2524761 or 258-1028. • THURSDAYS, 6:30pm - Voice lessons. • TUESDAYS, 7:15pm Dance lessons. Cantaria Cantaria is a community chorus for gay and gay-supportive men who enjoy singing a wide variety of choral literature for men’s voices.
Info: 254-9264 or www. cantariaasheville.org. • SUNDAYS, 5-7pm Rehearsals. www.cantariaasheville.org Concerts on the Creek Held in the pavilion at Bridge Park in downtown Sylva. Sponsored by the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce. Free. Info: (800) 962-1911 or www.mountainlovers.com. • FR (9/10), 7-9pm Regional gospel musicians including Tim Jamerson, Skeeter Hindman, Promises and 3 or More for Jesus will perform in concert. Haywood Community Band Concerts are presented at the Maggie Valley Pavilion, adjacent to the Maggie ValleyTown Hall, and are free to attend. Bring a picnic dinner. Info: 452-5553 or 452-7530 or www.haywoodcommunityband.org. • THURSDAYS, 7pm - Rehearsals at Grace Episcopal Church, 394 N. Haywood St., Waynesville. All interested concert band musicians are welcome to attend. Keowee Chamber Music Info: www.keoweechambermusic.org or 254-7123. • SA (9/11), 7pm - “Mothers of Invention: Music by Women,” will be performed at the White Horse in Black Mountain. • SU (9/12), 3pm - “Mothers of Invention: Music by Women,” will be performed at First Presbyterian Church, 40 Church St. $15/Free for students. Land-of-the-Sky Barbershop Chorus For men age 12 and older. Info: www.ashevillebarbershop.com or 768-9303. • TUESDAYS, 7:30pm - Open Rehearsals at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 51 Wilburn Pl. Mars Hill College Events Info: www.mhc.edu. • MO (9/13), 6:30pm - “‘O Brother’ What Next? Making Sense of the Folk Fad” with Dr. Benjamin Filene. Presentation at Belk Auditorium. Info: 689-1571. Music at UNCA Concerts are held in Lipinsky Auditorium, unless otherwise noted. Tickets & info: 2325000. • SU (9/12), 4pm - Faculty concert: Flutist Judi Lampert and pianist Elsa O’Farrell perform works by Piazzolla, Piston, Jacob, Clarke and more. $5. Music on the Rock Concert Series Presented by Flat Rock Playhouse, 2661 Greenville Hwy. in Flat Rock. The concerts will span Broadway,
country, bluegrass, pop and rock favorites. $19/concert. Tickets & info: 693-0731, (866) 732-8008 or www. flatrockplayhouse.org. • SU (9/12) through TU (9/14) - “Leading Ladies: From Ella to Celine,” with Morgan James. $22. • WE (9/15) through TU (9/21) - “Here, There and Everywhere: An Evening with The Beatles,” featuring musicians Dustin Brayley, Ryan Thomas Dunn, Ryan Guerra, Aaron LaVigne, Bruce Lang and Andy Wilmouth. Song O’ Sky Chorus (Sweet Adelines International) The chorus is always looking for women 18+ who want to learn how to sing barbershop harmony. Please visit a rehearsal. Info: 1-866-8249547 or www.songosky.org. • MONDAYS, 6:45pm Rehearsal at Reed Memorial Baptist Church on Fairview Road. (enter parking lot on Cedar St.). Guests welcome. St. Matthias Musical Performances These classical music concerts take place at St. Matthias Episcopal Church in Asheville, 1 Dundee St. (off South Charlotte). Info: 252-0643. • SU (9/12), 3pm - The Looking Glass Brass Quintet will present a concert. A freewill offering will be taken for the artists and the restoratin of the historic church. The Carolina Theatre A cultural event center located at 91 Locust Ave., downtown Spruce Pine. Info: 766-5525 or www.thecarolinabarndance.org. • FRIDAYS, 7-10pm - Open Stage & Dance. $3 donation. If you’d like to be up on stage, e-mail guitarted_phool@ yahoo.com. Waynesville Parks and Recreation Info: 456-2030 or recprograms@townofwaynesville. org. • TH (9/16), 1pm - Daniel Meyer, Music Director and Conductor of the Asheville Symphony, will present sound bites from the symphony’s upcoming season. A Q&A session will follow. Refreshments provided. WNC Jazz Society Performances held at Diana Wortham Theatre. Ticket prices: $25 members/$35 nonmembers/$10 students. Tickets: 257-4530. Info: 6870407, www.wncjazzsociety. org or bo@wncjazzsociety. org. • SA (9/11), 8pm - “New Tango from New York City,” will be performed by the Pablo Ziegler Trio at Diana Wortham Theatre, 2 S. Pack Square. $25 for
society members/$35 nonmembers/$10 for students. A reception will be held at 7:15pm featuring hors d’oeuvres from Frankie Bones Restaurant’s American-Italian Cuisine. Donations benefit MANNA FoodBank.
Theater Brevard Little Theatre Located in the American Legion Hall, 55 E. Jordan St., Brevard. Info: www.brevardlittletheatre.com. Reservations: 884-2587. • TH (9/9) through SU (9/12) - The second annual Broadway Cabaret Show will be performed. Fundraising event. Flat Rock Playhouse The State Theater of North Carolina is on Hwy. 225, 3 miles south of Hendersonville. Info: 693-0731 or www. flatrockplayhouse.org. • Through SU (9/12) Patrick Barlow’s stage adaptation of The 39 Steps. Wed.Sat., 8pm, and Wed.-Sun., 2pm. $34, with discounts available. Hendersonville Little Theatre Located at the Barn on State St., between Kanuga and Willow Roads in Hendersonville. $14/$8 or $18/$10 for musicals. Info: 692-1082 or www.hendersonvillelittletheatre.org. • Through SU (9/19) - Soup Du Jour, an enchanting musical comedy. Performance are held Thur. through Sat., 8pm and Sun., 2pm. Montford Park Players Unless otherwise noted, performances are free and take place outdoors Fri.Sun. at 7:30 p.m. at Hazel Robinson Amphitheater in Montford. Bring folding chair and umbrella in case of rain. Donations accepted. Info: 254-5146 or www.montfordparkplayers.org. • FR (9/10) through SU (10/3) - Twelfth Night directed by Dusty McKeelan. NC Stage Company Performances are at 33 Haywood St. (entrance on Walnut St., across from Zambra’s, in downtown Asheville). Info & tickets: 2390263 or www.ncstage.org. • FR (9/10) through SU (9/12) - Bard-a-Thon: A 48-Hour Shakespeare Marathon. Volunteer readers ask their family and friends to sponsor them as they read Shakespeare nonstop from Fri. to Sun. The fundraiser will begin at 5pm Fri. with Double Falsehood. Free to attend. Theater at WCU Unless otherwise noted, all performances take place at the Fine & Performing Arts
Center. Tickets & info: 2272479 or http://fapac.wcu.edu. • FR & SU (9/10 & 12) - Seven Deadly Sins by Kurt Weill. An exploration of good and evil written as World War II threatened Europe. $20/$15 seniors, staff & faculty/$5 students.
Film Clips of Faith Beer & Film Tour • FR (9/10), 6:30-9:30pm - The winning film submissions for the Clips of Faith, a collection of amateur short films, will be screened at Pack Square Park on Roger McGuire Green. New Belgium beer samples will be offered. Bring lawn chairs or blankets. Info: www.clipsoffaith.com. Proceeds benefit Asheville on Bikes. Movies at the Asheville Art Museum Located at 2 S. Pack Square. Showings are free with membership or museum admission. Info: 253-3227 or www. ashevilleart.org. • SA & SU (9/11 & 12), 2pm - Screenings of Microcosmos, a documentary about the lives of insects. Social Justice Film Night at Unitarian Universalist Located at the corner of Charlotte St. and Edwin Pl. Free, but donations accepted. Discussion follows screenings. Call for childcare. Info: 299-1242 or www.uuasheville.org. • FR (9/10), 7pm - Screening of Dirt, which provides a humorous look at the underappreciated ground beneath our feet.
Dance Studio Zahiya (pd.) All classes drop-in anytime, $12. • 41 Carolina Lane. • Tuesdays: 10-11am, Hip Hop Conditioning, 67pm, Beginner Bellydance; 7:10-8:10pm: Intermediate/ Advanced Bellydance. Wednesdays, 7:15-8:15pm: Hip Hop for Women. Thursdays, 10-11am, Bellydance and Stretch, 6:30-7:30pm: Bollywood and Bhangra • Info: (828) 2427595 or www.lisazahiya.com Argentine Tango Dancers of all levels welcome. Info: www.tangoasheville.com. • SUNDAYS, 7-9pm Argentine Tango Practica at North Asheville Recreation Center, 37 E. Larchmont Rd. $5 for members/$6 for nonmembers. Asheville Culture Project A cultural arts community center offering ongoing classes in Capoeira Angola and Samba percussion. Other
instructors, groups and organizations are invited to share the space. Info: www.ashevillecultureproject.org. • WEEKLY - Capoeira Angola, an Afro-Brazilian martial art taught and practiced through a game involving dance, music, acrobatics, theater and the Portuguese language. Mondays, 7-9pm, beginners class; Wednesdays, 7-9pm, intermediate class; Fridays, 7-9pm, intermediate class; Saturdays, 10am-Noon, beginners class. $12 (free for first timers on 2nd and 4th Sat.). Info: www.capoeiraasheville.org. Beginner Clogging Class • WEDNESDAYS, 7:15pm - Beginner Clogging Class held by the Mountain Thunder Cloggers at the Oakley Community Center in Asheville. Eight-week session $40. Half price for additional family members. No experience or partner needed. Family-oriented. To register: www.mtnthundercloggers.org or 490-1226. Morris Dancing Learn English traditional Morris dances and become a member of one of three local teams as a dancer or musician. Music instruction provided to experienced musicians. Free. Info: 333-4272 or www.ashevillemorris.us. • MONDAYS, 5:30pm - Women’s Garland practice held at Reid Center for Creative Art. Scottish Country Dance Offered by the Haywood Scottish Country Dancers at the Harvest House, 205 Kenilworth Road. Info: 6220071. • FR (9/10), 7:30-9:30pm - Open House. There will be demonstrations and dances for everyone who would like to try Scottish country dancing. Light refreshments will be served. Free. Skyland Twirlers Western square dancing at the Senior Opportunity Center (not just for seniors), 36 Grove St., near the Federal Building in downtown Asheville. Info: 650-6405. • FR (9/10), 7-9:30pm - Square Dance. $5 for nonmembers. Call for details. Southern Lights SDC A nonprofit square-dance club. Square dancing is friendship set to music. Info: 694-1406 or 697-4244. • WEDNESDAYS - Classes in Western Style Square Dancing at the Stoney Mountain Activity Center, Stoney Mountain Road, Hendersonville. Registration at 7pm. Dancing 7:30-9:30pm. First two classes are free.
Auditions & Call to Artists Call for Marshall Handmade Market • Through FR (9/10) - Call to artists and craftspeople. The market will be held at Marshall High Studios on Nov. 20. For info and application: www.marshallhandmade.com. Call to Artists for the “Re/ Nude” Exhibition • Through WE (9/15) - Submissions for the upcoming exhibition Re/Nude: A Celebration of the Body will be accepted. The show, which benefits Planned Parenthood, will be on display at the Flood Gallery (opening Oct. 16). All forms of media considered. Artist must be 21 or older. Info: events@ pphsinc.org or www.floodgallery.org. Castell Photography A photo-based art gallery located at 2C Wilson Alley, off of Eagle St. in downtown Asheville. Info: 255-1188 or www.castellphotography. com. • Through (10/2) - Deadline to submit photo-based works for the upcoming juried exhibition titled The Human Condition, which explores human existence in a political, social or personal context. 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 (9/24) Deadline for participating local artisans, crafters and vendors to reserve a space in the festival, to be held on Oct. 2. $35/$40. WNC Nature Center Located at 75 Gashes Creek Rd. Hours: 10am-5pm daily. Admission: $8/$6 Asheville City residents/$4 kids. Info: 298-5600 or www.wildwnc. org. • Soliciting donations of small pieces by local artists that are inspired by local flora and fauna for the Nature Center’s annual Hey Day to be held on Oct. 9. Proceeds will go to the Friends of the Nature Center. Info: 4237212.
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edgymama Feeding our kids enough, and well September is Hunger Action month, which sounds like the title of a Steven Seagal movie, but it’s not. It’s pretty damn serious. Especially for our kids. One in four children North Carolina live on the brink of hunger, according to Feeding America (i.e., they have low or very low food security). North Carolina has one of the highest rates in the nation of food insecure children under the age of 18 (meaning they’re hungry or nearing hunger — right now, as you’re reading this). More than 24 percent of our state’s children under five don’t get enough food on a daily basis. This is shocking and sad. We all know that enough food and the right types of nutritious food are vital to the proper growth and development of our kids. A lot of these kids participate in school breakfast and lunch programs, which help. For many of them, school lunch might be the only sure meal of their day — and often is the most nutritious. To bring the stats home, 49 percent of students attending Buncombe County Schools (this is a jump from 34 percent in 2001) and 47 percent of students in the Asheville City Schools system participate in the free or reduced lunch
programs. There are a few local initiatives answering the call to “Hunger Action” this month. One is a project of Children First and their local affiliate Project POWER AmeriCorps. Members of these organizations will collect non-perishable and canned foods on Saturday, Sept. 11, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Earth Fare Supermarket at the WestGate shopping center. All food donations will go to the Emma Food Pantry at the Family Resource Center. While you’re cleaning out your pantry and helping feed kids in Buncombe County, you can chat with these folks about how they’re working to reduce local hunger. “One in five children in Buncombe County live in poverty,” says Allison Jordan, executive director of Children First. “We are proud that our Project POWER/AmeriCorps members are helping inform people of food insecurities and collecting food to help families living in our community.” The Emma Food Pantry distributes more than 1,000 food boxes a year to approximately 700 families in the community, according to Jennifer Hampton, Children First’s director of development and marketing.
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“This project will have a huge impact on filling our food pantry,” Hampton says. “We do purchase food from MANNA, but any free food donations from the community or organizations can make a huge difference in helping the people we serve.” For more information, contact Tara Jardine at 259-9717. Another local project that addresses childhood obesity and trying to teach kids to eat well (when they have access to food) comes from Earth Fare Supermarkets, who have teamed up with the Asheville Independent Restaurant Association to address childhood obesity (actually, their mission is to end it, which I find admirable, if somewhat unrealistic). Classes across Buncombe County are invited to enter one of the three Food Field Trip Contests between now and Sept. 30. Individual students and home-schooled kids also can participate and potentially win for their classrooms and other home-schooled buddies. Contests are: • Grades K-3: Healthy Plate Art Contest: Kids are encouraged to show what makes a healthy meal. • Grades 4-8: Express Yourself, Get Active Project: Students are encouraged to creatively explain how they stay active or how they inspire their friends and family to get active. Projects
can take the form of an essay, art project or song. • Grades 9-12: Get Healthy, Be Active Project: High school students are challenged to tell how they stay healthy. Projects can range from videos, artwork, essays, or a personalized exercise routine. All submissions need to be mailed to Earth Fare: 145 Cane Creek Industrial Park Drive, Fletcher, N.C., 28732. Each of the three contests will have a winner. Each of the three will receive six food field trips to participating AIR restaurants, including Tupelo Honey Café, The Green Sage, Corner Kitchen, Laughing Seed Café, Bouchon and the Blue Ridge Dining Room at The Grove Park Inn. Earth Fare will provide transportation. All participants will receive a goodie bag, and all classrooms get a catered lunch provided by Earth Fare. For more information, contact Jennifer Brewer at jennifer.brewer@earthfare.com. Hunger Action means getting food to those kids who need it, as well as helping them understand how important nutrition is for their health and development. Let’s all pitch in. X Anne Fitten “Edgy Mama” Glenn writes about a number of subjects, including parenting, at www. edgymama.com.
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Free, but registration is required. Info: (866)-790WELL. • TH (9/16), 6:30-8pm - The Art of Breastfeeding. Breastfeeding basics for new moms —- 6:30-8pm - Daddy Duty. Helpful ideas and tips for dads during the labor and birth process. YWCA Programs for Parents The YWCA is at 185 S. French Broad Ave. Info: 2547206 or www.ywcaofasheville.org. • TH (9/9), 6-8pm - “How to Be an Effective Advocate.” Circles of Hope is a support group for women offering job training and community encouragement. Dinner provided with reservations. Contact F.I.R.S.T. to RSVP: 277-1315.
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12:30 - 1:30 p.m. UNCA We Still Lay: a film by Warren Wilson College students about Asheville’s Urban Chicken Movement Permaculture Chickening: Raising Urban Hens as a Political Act. Discussion led by Cathy Williams, urban chicken enthusiast 7 - 9 p.m. UNCA Humanities Lecture Hall Bag It: a film by Suzan Beraza A less plastic life: Q&A with Suzan Beraza 9:15 - 10:45 p.m. UNCA Humanities Lecture Hall SOLA: Louisiana Water Stories: a film by Jon Bowermaster Q&A with WNC Alliance 7 - 8:30 p.m. Asheville Pizza and Brewing Company Home: a film by Ursula Meier 8:45 - 9:35 p.m. Asheville Pizza and Brewing Company Food Design: a Film by Martin Hablesreiter and Sonja Stummerer 9:45 - 11 p.m. Asheville Pizza and Brewing Company Sweet Crude: a film about the Niger Delta 11 p.m. - 12:15 a.m. Asheville Pizza and Brewing Company Meat the Truth with Marianne Thieme of the Dutch Parliament
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5:30 - 6:50 p.m. UNCA Highsmith Union Grotto Local Foods demo and tasting with Chef Jeremiah of UNCA Dining Services (Free event) 7 - 8:45pm UNCA Highsmith Alumni Hall Fresh: a film by Ana Sophia Joanes A Fresh Food Movement: Q&A by Ashevillage Institute
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Gray is trying to do with the AFEFF. The director of Fresh, Ana Joanes, says that her movie is intended to start “a delicious revolution.” “We love to eat food that’s fresh, artisanal, that has good flavor,” says Joanes. “Often, when you get incredibly good food, you also get food that’s nutritious, that heals the environment, protects biodiversity and supports your local community,” she explains. “So in one swoop, you get something that’s good for yourself, that’s actually pleasurable in many ways. This is really what Fresh is about.” In other words, she says, our actions, like what we choose to eat, have an impact beyond our plate. Gray, says Joanes, screened Fresh in Asheville earlier this year, and it was received quite well. “She ended up thinking, ‘Let’s make this part of something bigger — a bigger community event that can take place in Asheville once a year that people would look forward to.’ It’s really her energy that turned one Fresh screening into this incredible festival,” Joanes explains. “It’s exciting for us, because we created Fresh with the hope that it would become a platform to turn inspiration into action ... and to generate an energy that is helping to transform our communities. And I’ve heard wonderful things about Asheville, that it’s an incredible community.” Gray says that the concept of the festival — a focus on solution-oriented and healthy living — is one that’s always been near and dear to
her heart. She grew up snacking on her grandparents’ farm-fresh veggies, and attributes her mother’s cancer survival to a healthy lifestyle. Gray also adds that the film festival is for everyone. This isn’t a healthy-living festival for the self-righteous elite (my words, not hers). “I do believe that there’s enough diversity that it will appeal to a large group of people,” she says. “Everyone’s invited. All of the films effect everyone worldwide — not a certain class of people.” One of the great things about this event, she points out, is that the films aren’t available elsewhere. “It’s a unique opportunity to see these screenings, plus some of the directors and producers will be attending and leading Q-and-As,” says Gray. The AFEFF will kick off with a catered dinner event at at Eyes of Blue Farm, 10 minutes north of downtown. Sundance Power Systems will provide Asheville’s first and only “Solar Cinema” for a carbon-neutral farm screening of the first of the films. A biodiesel-fueled shuttle will be provided, as will a local-centric menu from local restaurants like Carmel’s, Cucina 24, Bouchon and Modesto. Four days of screenings across town will follow in various venues across town. For more information, visit freshasheville. com X Mackensy Lunsford can be reached at food@ mountainx.com.
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Breaking bread: Jennifer Thomas owns the Montford Walk-in Bakery, which primarily serves the surrounding neighborhood. Photo by Margaret Williams
about that? The Montford Walk-in Bakery is located in a 1,000 square-foot Montford Hills 1920s-era bungalow, surrounded by a yard filled with trees and herb gardens. Most of the bakery’s customers walk from the surrounding neighborhood to pick up their orders, which they place online days in advance. It’s the perfect mix of technology with a charming, almost anachronistic notion of the neighborhood bakery. Thomas and her husband just completed a renovation after two decades of living there. “We moved our kitchen into our dining room that we weren’t using, which kind of opened up the space,” says Thomas. “I put in a nice kitchen with a working dishwasher and food-safe surfaces. I still bake out of a regular old kitchen oven, though. It’s a pain in the butt.” Thomas hopes to build a wood-fired oven out on her patio next year. “That would at least get some of the heat out of the kitchen,” she says. Though she’s fortunate enough to have central air in such an old house, Thomas says it’s no match for the oven belching heat six or seven hours a day. “But, it’s a pleasant place to be,” she says. “I like working out of the house.” Thomas notes that the Montford Walk-in Bakery is a certified home bakery, inspected by the Department of Agriculture. “I cannot sell anything raw or refrigerated. Everything is shelf-stable and, in my neighborhood, I cannot do retail, so everything is pre-ordered via the e-mail list.” Thomas likes that her bakery is in a walkingfriendly environment like Montford, “making it easier for neighbors to pre-order their baked goods and walk in to pick up their items.” The menu varies weekly and includes standard wild-yeast sourdough breads, fruit and nut breads, focaccia, flatbreads, cookies, pies and cakes. Thomas’ baked-goods ingredients include wheat, rye, semolina and corn as well as fruits, nuts, spices and garden-grown herbs. Her sourdough, she says, is made from a culture that she started with flour and water six years
ago. “I feed it every week, put some back in the refrigerator, then I take it out the next week, add the grains — it’s a lot of time and warm temperatures,” she says. “You have to nurture it — it’s a good substitute for when the kids go away.” Thomas notes that she tries to source whatever she can from the local farmers markets before she hits the stores. Thomas credits the culinary program at A-B Tech for her development as a baker. “It definitely taught me how to strategize and work out of a small space. The baking and pastry arts program was an enormous boost to me and developing my skills.” She also hopes to teach small — very small — baking classes at her location, 305 Westover Drive. The bakery, it should be noted, does not have a store front. For more information, or to place an order, visit montfordwibakery.com.
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Carolina Epicurean, formerly Hendersonville Epicurean, reports that a new Indian restaurant is coming to South Asheville’s Gerber Village. That development already has Frankie Bones Italian/American, Thirsty Month South and 5 Guys, and now it’ll be home to Cinnamon Kitchen Indian Restaurant. “This is good news for the folks of South Asheville who wished for a neighborhood Indian restaurant,” writes Laura on the blog. Find out when the restaurant is slated to open at carolinaepicurean.com. In other ethnic-restaurant news, it appears that both Thai Basil and India Garden have undergone recent makeovers. Thai Basil has added a nifty brick wall with sculptures, giving the place a slightly fancier feel. And Twitter user @ChantalSaunders reports that “India Garden is totally different inside ... More private, modern.” X Send your food news and story ideas to food@ mountainx.com.
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by Anne Fitten Glenn So you just bought a draft beer at a bar or restaurant. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in Asheville, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re typically paying anywhere from $3.75 to $6 for a pint. But wait. Did you get a full pint for your cash? A standard American pint equals 16 fluid ounces. But not all â&#x20AC;&#x153;pintâ&#x20AC;? glasses are equal. Some may look like theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re the same size as a true pint, but because the glass on the bottom or the sides is thicker, they only hold 14 ounces. While thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a two-ounce difference, if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re offered the choice of 14 ounces or 16 ounces for the same price, which are you going to choose? Turns out thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something called the Honest Pint Project (honestpintproject.org). Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a web-based effort to promote the use of true 16-ounce pint glasses to serve draught beer in this country. When Xpress learned about this initiative, we thought it would be fun and educational to set up our own local Honest Pint Project. To start off, I visited, unannounced, randomly chosen beer purveyors around town with the 16-ounce measuring cup from my kitchen and my camera in hand. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve also included the average price per pint for comparison purposes. The cost analysis is based on the cost of a typical locally crafted session beer, such as Highland Brewingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gaelic Ale. Beers that are higher in alcohol (such as Belgians) or have unusual or organic ingredients typically cost more per pint. Feel free to point us to certain bars or restaurants if you feel they might be misrepresenting their glass size. The goal here isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t to embarrass anyone â&#x20AC;&#x201D; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just to see if we can get all the beer purveyors in Beer City, USA, to be transparent, so to speak, about their glassware. Thus, an ounce of beer at $3.75 per glass at Mellow Mushroom is 14 percent more expensive than a beer of the same cost at Barleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s or anywhere else that uses the same pricing for a 16-ounce pour. However, the cost per ounce for craft beer is 20 percent more at Burgermeisterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and the Thirsty Monk because of the higher price per pint (though thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an average cost at the Monk), and 47 percent more per ounce at the Orange Peel (luckily, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not where people typically go to get their beer on). Also, remember that different beers have different heads (i.e. Belgians tend to have a thick, creamy head), which can change the pour slightly. One bartender told me that all pints should have a two-finger head. I disagree. The head depends on the beer â&#x20AC;&#x201D; some lagers and wit beers can be tapped with almost no head. Know that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s perfectly acceptable to ask your bartender or server for a top-up if you ever feel a pour is off.
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Ounce by ounce: Xpress went searching for a true pint and found some penny-pinchers in the process. Photo by anne fitten glenn
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Barleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Usual Suspects, Tingles, Asheville Pizza & Brewing
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Mellow Mushroom
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Marcoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pizzeria
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$3.95
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Wild Wings, DeSoto Lounge, The Grey Eagle, Packâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tavern (average)
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Burgermeisterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Thirsty Monk (average)
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$4.50
28.1 cents
The Orange Peel (plastic cup)
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Every glass tested that came from an actual craft brewery (Pisgah, Highland, Sweetwater, etc.) was a true 16-ouncer, so look for those. I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t visit the actual breweries because theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re consistent with their use of 16-ounce glasses, and typically offer lower prices per pint (youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve cut out the shipping costs). Also, note that these breweries often give their labeled glassware to bars and restaurants (inexpensive advertising), so the argument that the expense of glassware is a reason to use smaller glasses isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t particularly valid. This analysis, of course, is all pennies and ounces. But, if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever counted a mason jar full of pennies or cleaned up two ounces of baby barf, you know that these small quantities can seem pretty big.
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Tickets for the Asheville Downtown Associationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Oktoberfest on Wall Street on Oct. 9, are $25 and on sale at ashevilledowntown. org. Asheville Brewing Company, Craggie, Green Man, Highland, French Broad and Pisgah will serve brews, including a number of Oktoberfest styles. The Stratton Mountain Boys will return with Oktoberfest music, and Cucina 24, Jack of the Wood and The Market Place will be serving up German foodstuffs. X Send your brews news to Anne Fitten Glenn at brewgasmavl@gmail.com
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arts&entertainment Sharing the heartbeat
Local Rasta collective throws epic reggae fest in Black Mountain by Jake Frankel
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The spirit of unity RALAK behind the Black Mountain what: Asheville Rastafari Rastafarian Ancient Collective runs deep. Living Arts & Kulture So deep, in fact, that Festival, featuring Bunny the small local group was Wailer, Damian “Jr. able to unite some of the Gong” Marley, Stephen biggest names in reggae Marley, Ras Michael and — Bunny Wailer, Damian many more and Stephen Marley, and where: Ras Michael — to share the Lake Eden event stage for the first time ever. grounds, Black Mountain The collective tapped the reggae titans to headline when: its Rastafari Ancient Living Saturday, Sept. 11 Arts & Kulture Festival, and Sunday, Sept. 12 which also features a host ($50/$70/$100/$125. Day of other performers and an passes and camping Interfaith Reasoning forum available. ralak.com) that seeks to inspire crosscultural understanding. The goal is to celebrate “a spirit of love, but on another side, international diplomacy,” says co-organizer Bobby Sullivan. “RALAK aims to bring people together with a good-time feeling, where we’re sharing the heartbeat that we all share.” The local group organized the festival with the support of the international Rastafari Millennium Council — an umbrella governing body working to gain nationhood status for Rastas around the world. Made up of Wailer and a team of Rasta elders and leaders, the global council has a surprisingly strong local connection, with one of its trustees, Ras Sela, calling Black Mountain home.
Chasing those crazy “Ras Trents” out of town
Sela moved to the town a year and a half ago, drawn to the area by the beauty of the mountains and the hope that it would be a good place to raise his five children. But the Rasta leader says that he was also greeted by an alarming amount of local misconception about the culture. “I noticed that there were a lot of individuals with locks, carrying red, gold and green, as a symbol of the so-called ‘alternative
lifestyle,’” he reports. “But this is not just a hippie-type way of life that you can just pick up by saying ‘Rastafari!’” One of the goals of the BMARC and the festival is to help clear up some of those misrepresentations, Sela reveals. “Just because you’re a vegetarian doesn’t make you a Rasta,” he says. “It’s about who you are as an individual. … Rastafari is an ancient living culture from Africa. It comes with an indigenous tradition and a way of life that’s been preserved from creation.” Likewise, Sullivan cites the “Ras Trent” character from an infamous Saturday Night Live video as the kind of stereotype the group is trying to face down. In the musical comedy sketch, the self-proclaimed “Rasta” college student extols smoking weed out of Sprite cans, drinking Red Stripe beers and watching DVDs of Cool Runnings as key tenets of the faith. “Someone told me that he [actor Andy Samberg] came to Asheville to do his research on that character,” Sullivan says with a chuckle. “I don’t believe that person, but it’s believable. The misrepresentation of Rastafari has been really rife in this town.”
One family: The Black Mountain Asheville Rastafari Collective worked together to organize the biggest reggae festival WNC has ever seen. PHOTOS BY JONATHAN WELCH
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To help reclaim the symbols and imagery of the culture, the Millennium Council is working to protect and manage the intellectual property associated with it on clothing and other merchandise. Members of the BMARC have been a key part of the global effort, with Sela, Sullivan and Roshon “Aslan” Cray joining a Rasta delegation at the United Nations last December. The meeting came about after word of last year’s initial RALAK festival made its way to UN Under-Secretary Dr. Deng, who then invited the group to make its case for earning royalties on products that exploit the culture’s imagery. “You can’t just use Rastafari culture without giving something
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Bunny Wailer A founding member of The Wailers along with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh, the group that bears Wailer’s name went on to become the most popular reggae band in history. The only surviving member of the trio, Wailer left the group in 1973 to pursue a solo career. Since then, the singer and percussionist has continued to pioneer a spirituality-based roots style that’s won him three Grammys and cemented his legend around the world. A passionate advocate of the Rastafari movement, Wailer helped the BMARC organize the RALAK festival in hopes of inspiring crosscultural understanding and raising funds for the needy. An infrequent tourer, his set at the fest will mark a rare chance to see him perform outside of his beloved Jamaica. Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley Bob Marley’s youngest son, Damian comes to RALAK straight from a summer tour with Nas in support of their new collaborative album, Distant Relatives. It was an appropriate pairing for Damian, who has long integrated hip-hop and R&B elements into his heavily dancehallinfluenced style. Proceeds from the album, which explores themes of African ancestry and poverty, are slated to go towards building a school in the Congo. Damian was catapulted into superstardom with the 2005 release of Welcome to Jamrock, and has since earned a well-deserved reputation for epic live performances.
Stephen Marley Possibly the most prolific creative force of all of the Marley children, Stephen has recorded and performed with everyone from Erykah Badu and Snoop Dogg to Michael Franti. Often referred to as his brother’s “secret weapon,” he’s produced most of Damian’s songs, and the duo have been frequent tour partners. His 1998 tribute to his father, Chant Down Babylon, has been credited with turning a whole new generation on to reggae. More recently, Stephen dropped his first solo album, Mind Control, in 2007, and has been touring regularly ever since. Live, he has more of a roots-rock style than his younger brother, often channeling the spirit of his father with inspired covers of his classic tracks. Ras Michael An elder statesman of Jamaican music, Ras Michael is known as a “Niyabinghi specialist” for his mastery of traditional Rastafari rhythms and drums. The singer and percussionist has influenced and collaborated with everyone from Bob Marley and Peter Tosh to Burning Spear and Stevie Wonder. His 14albums worth of spiritual anthems are known worldwide. Michael was also a headlining performer at RALAK last year, and organizer Bobby Sullivan reports that the legend had “such a great experience that he almost became part of our staff this year in the sense that he was willing to do a lot of artist outreach for us.”
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whatisRastafari? Rastafari is more of a loosely organized spiritual ideology than a formal religion. Here’s a brief guide to some of the key tenets and symbols of the wide-ranging belief system: Haile Selassie The Rastafari identity takes its name from Ras Tafari Makonnen, the birth name of former Emperor of Ethiopia Haile Selassie (18921975), who Rastas generally regard as a deity or the second advent of Christ. It’s estimated that about 1 million people around the world identify themselves as Rastas. Jah The term “Jah” is often used to refer to the Judaic-Christian God of the Bible. Rastas place a special emphasis on Old Testament prophecies and the Book of Revelation. Oneness The term “I and I” is often used instead of “you and I” or “we” to emphasize the concept of equality between people. The inherent belief in human unity stems from the idea that God (Jah) resides within all humans, ultimately making us all one. Babylon vs. Zion The concept of “Babylon” refers to a vision of modern Western society as corrupt and responsible for slavery, poverty, inequality and general malaise. In contrast, “Zion” represents the idea of a promised land on Earth that is achievable through the rejection of Babylon. Afrocentrism and race It’s believed that Africa — Ethiopia in particular — is the cradle of humanity and will
eventually give rise to a new age of peace and prosperity (Zion). Many early Rastas believed in black supremacy, although widespread advocacy of this belief was abandoned after Selassie explicitly condemned racism of any kind in a 1963 speech at the United Nations. (Bob Marley later integrated the words of the speech into his lyrics for the song, “War.”) Ganja Smoking ganja is seen as a sacred act, often used in conjunction with ceremonial gatherings. Rastas use the herb to facilitate spiritual healing and bring them closer to Jah. The illegality of the substance is often viewed as a way in which Babylon tries to suppress the masses. Alcohol use is generally shunned. Dreadlocks Rastafari often associate dreadlocks with a spiritual journey that one takes in the process of locking their hair. Locks have also come to symbolize the Lion of Juda (its mane) and rebellion against Babylon. Some cite a biblical justification in Leviticus 21:5, which states that “They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in the flesh.” Red, gold and green These colors have come to symbolize Rastafari. Red is said to signify the blood of martyrs; gold the wealth of Africa; and green the vegetation and beauty of Africa. Black is often included to symbolize the skin color of Africans. Another important symbol is the Lion of Judah, which also represents the continent, as well as strength and Selassie as the King of Kings.
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One Nation: Last year the local collective’s Ras Sela, Empress Iffiya, Roshon “Aslan” Cray and Bobby Sullivan (pictured from left to right) joined a Rastafari delegation at the United Nations. back,” explains Sela. “If you’re going to use our icons and our symbols, one must give back to the community, to the collective.” The BMARC also hopes to support the international council by donating a portion of the festival’s proceeds to a Rastafari Trust Fund that helps facilitate social initiatives for the needy. Members of the local group also stay busy organizing educational trips to Africa and operating a prison ministry. “A constitution of the Rasta community is that the hungry be fed, the naked clothed, the sick nourished and the aged be cared for,” explains Sela’s wife, Empress Iffiya. “So we have a lot of responsibility to do social work within the family of Rastafari.” That spirit of helping and healing is also the inspiration behind the Interfaith Reasoning aspect of the festival. The second day of the event will center around an assembly of representatives from different traditions speaking on how their faiths manifest the Golden Rule. The gathering will feature Rastafari, Muslim, Native American, Jewish, Buddist, Hindu and Christian leaders speaking on the subject and facilitating open dialogue with attendees. The day will also include demonstrations of traditional chants, songs and ceremonies. “We’re trying to focus on the commonalities
that we share. The Golden Rule — treat others as you would like to be treated — is an example of a teaching that is common for all of them, so that’s the theme of it,” explains Sullivan. “We’re living at a time when man doesn’t know where he’s going; there’s so many pockets of conflict,” adds Sela. “We have to fix what’s happening to us globally, and if we can plant the seed here in North Carolina, I think it would be a big step.” Organizers see the musicians playing the festival as the perfect partners to help plant those seeds of inspiration. “The message that Bunny Wailer and the Marleys have put out to the world has given Rastafari recognition in terms of what we represent as a people,” says Sela. “They have supported a lot of social initiatives; they’ve made significant contributions to world peace and healing the social ills of the world.” “Ultimately, this festival is really about just bringing people together for a good time, where we can really focus on our unity,” adds Sullivan. “Like Bob Marley said, ‘One love, one heartbeat, one song.’” X Jake Frankel can be reached at 251-1333, ext. 115, or at jfrankel@mountainx.com.
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Being the Diablo
A movie about a guy who went crazy doing something he wanted to do
A different kind of adventure: Filmmaker Rod Murphy’s documentary premieres locally at the first Ricochet Film Festival. It’s been a journey for Murphy and the film’s subject, former evangelist, one-time politician and long-time homeless person Mickey Mahaffey. illustration by nathanael roney for 614 films
by Justin Souther Kurt Vonnegut once wrote about how perplexed he was that anyone would choose movie-making over writing. He pointed out that where writing is a completely self-contained venture inside the head of the author, filmmaking is a time consuming act that’s not only horribly complex and involved, but really, really expensive. But maybe the idea that there’s a choice, a simple either/or proposition, isn’t the reality. Local documentarian Rod Murphy would probably agree — to a certain extent. “It is not a growth industry, indie filmmaking,” Murphy tells Xpress. “No one gets into making feature documentaries to make money.” That being said, this bottom line doesn’t dissuade the director. “It’s an addic-
tion,” Murphy explains. “For me, I just like doing it. You finish with one and you go through that whole ‘Well, I don’t know if I ever want to do this again,’ and it comes up that you’re already doing it.” After two feature-length documentaries — 2003’s Greater Southbridge and 2005’s Rank Strangers — Murphy is currently unveiling his latest to the world, Being the Diablo. The documentary is the story of Mickey Mahaffey, former evangelist, one-time politician and longtime homeless person, who found peace of mind in Mexico’s Copper Canyon with the native Tarahumara Indians and their culture. When Murphy set out to shoot Being the Diablo, however, the focus wasn’t intentionally Mahaffey, even though the original seeds of the movie were planted a few years ago by the man during a chance encounter at the Asheville
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Mickey Mahaffey reads from his new book Mickey Mahaffey will discuss his new book, Whispers of my Blood, about living among the Raramuri (Tarahumara) Indians in Mexico’s Copper Canyons. Friday, Sept. 10. 7 p.m. Malaprop’s Bookstore and Café.
Film Festival. As Murphy tells it, “He came up to me, introduced himself, told me about his travels down there, their rituals, said, ‘Why don’t you come down?’” Even then, Murphy never thought Being the Diablo would turn out to be a film about Mahaffey, but over the documentary’s threeand-a-half years of production, Murphy soon learned otherwise. “It’s a movie that I thought was going to be about travel and adventure, and these cool indigenous Indians at the bottom of this canyon in Mexico,” Murphy says. “I was up for adventure. It was an adventure, but a different kind. “[He’s] this All-American type of guy, had a wife and kids and was also a preacher and he just snapped,” Murphy says, describing Mahaffey. “He had a breakdown, a crisis of
conscience, he started living on the streets, trying to rebuild the mess that he left behind and he eventually found his way down into that canyon and started living with those Tarahumara Indians for a dozen years and then came back up and face his past.” But Being the Diablo is about more than just Mahaffey. Instead, the film examines the relationship between Mahaffey and his family, especially since he abandoned them in exchange for his search for happiness and a simpler life. The film is meant to be an examination of this complicated family dynamic, one that doesn’t exist in black and white or right and wrong. “It’s not this shining, back-patting profile of the guy, it’s warts and all,” Murphy points out. “It was awkward at times. We just wanted to be accurate.” At the same time, the film is strangely personal to the director. “This all happened to him when he’s my age, midlife, kids the same age,” he says. “And I’m making a movie about a guy who went crazy doing something that he wanted to do.” The film is just starting to make the film festival circuit, with showings at the San Antonio Film Festival and a recent engagement at The Atlanta International Documentary Film Festival. On the docket are festivals in Knoxville, Chattanooga, New York, Colorado and the film’s Asheville premiere at the upcoming Ricochet Film Festival. Don’t mistake this as a time for Murphy to rest, however, as he’s keeping busy with a number of projects. As of late, he’s been working with Asheville actress Andie MacDowell, who’s taken up directing for the first time. Working in association with Murphy and his company, 614 Films, her seven-minute long documentary “Before the First Pitch,” about the goings on prior to an Asheville Tourists game, recently premiered at McCormick Field. And along with local filmmaker Paul Schattel (director of Sinkhole) and — as Murphy puts it — “other Asheville all-stars” — Murphy and MacDowell have also started production on a feature length doc about Asheville’s Miss Gay Latina transgendered beauty pageant. For Murphy, it’s all cyclical. “You make a film, you get a little bit of buzz,” Murphy points out. “You get something out there, you can parlay that into something corporate or some music videos, editing work, whatever comes around. That’s kind of how you have to do it in this town — you have to do everything.” In a lot of ways, it’s easy to get the idea that Murphy and his self-described “addiction” to filmmaking wouldn’t have it another way. X Justin Souther writes film reviews for Mountain Xpress.
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PHL-based noise-folkers The War on Drugs give Asheville some brotherly love by Miles Britton Now, we’re usually not ones to gossip, but we’re starting to think there’s a definite love connection going on between Philly and our little city. (See: the Admiral, Floating Action, Telepath, uhmmm ... Lenny’s Sub Shop). Go ahead and add Adam Granduciel to the list. “I try to make it down to Asheville at least once a year,” The War on Drugs frontman says from his home studio. “I love it down there. Whenever I drive through I always just want to leave Philly and move down to North Carolina and buy a farm or something.” While that might just be pillow talk, it’s an image well-suited for the band’s psychedelic take on Americana. One part freewheelin’ Bruce Springsteen, one part My Bloody Valentine, The War on Drugs’s songs are a chugging rush of organs, distorted harmonicas and Granduciel’s reverb-drenched hoots, all rattling ‘n’ rolling amid sprawling soundscapes of tape delays and roiling guitars. It’s a sound rooted as much in jammy experimentation as it is in Dylan-esque folk. “I love the vocal improvisation thing,” says Granduciel, who rarely ever writes out his lyrics before hitting the record button. “I just find that the stuff that happens when you’re in the moment of figuring out the tune is usually the best stuff, just feeling the emotions of the tune.” For most songwriters, that’d be a recipe for disaster. But Granduciel has the ability to toss off gems like an African dictator. Take this one
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Tuesday, Sept. 14 (9 p.m. $8. thegreyeagle.com) from “Arms Like Boulders” off their 2008 debut, Wagonwheel Blues: “And your god is only a catapult / Waiting for the right time to let you go / Into the unknown just to watch you / Hold your breath.” “I have so many lines in my head, that it just seems to work in the moment,” he says. “Maybe there’s a line or two of semi-gibberish, but for the most part there’s something about it that’s pretty raw and true. And there’s something really special about those deliveries when you’re just making it up. If I listen back to it and try to take notes on the vocals and go back and redo it, it never really sounds the same.” It was that spirit for experimentation that, back in 2003, drew together the elements of what
Tossing off gems like an African dictator: Adam Granduciel has an improvisational songwriting style that works. would become The War on Drugs. That’s when Massachusettes-born Granduciel moved to Philly and met fellow songwriter Kurt Vile at a party. After bonding over drinks and Dylan, the two began collaborating together in the crumbling house that Granduciel and his girlfriend rent in North Philly. “From 2003 to 2007,” he says, “before we had our own albums coming out all the time,” [Vile has his own band, Kurt Vile & the Violators, for which Granduciel plays guitar] “we did a lot of music together in my house. Just learning how to record and learning how to play together. For a while we did everything on little digital machines. And then I bought the tape machine a couple years ago, and it opened up a whole new world in terms of composing and being really interactive with the recordings.” Their demo eventually caught the ear of Indiana label Secretly Canadian, who released Wagonwheel Blues. The debut garnered a lot of buzz thanks to its exhilarating, Americana-meets-shoegaze sound, landing them spots on NPR and a few Record-of-the-Year lists, as well as tours across the U.S. and Europe. Now honed down to a (Vile-less) three-piece, the band has just finished a new EP (Future Weather) and is about to start work on its second full-length, slated for early next spring. And like the records before it, most of the new album will be recorded in Granduciel’s house. Over the years, he’s slowly converted the rental into his own ramshackle, private studio, filled with everything from amps and analog pedals to tape delays and his well-used tape machine. But his prized possession, naturally, is from right here in Asheville: a Moogfooger ring modulator pedal. “It’s the best piece of equipment I’ve ever
bought,” he says. “It’s all over the new stuff. You can get real nice tremolos on it, Spaceman 3-style vibratos.” A trip to the Moog headquarters is one of the first things on Granduciel’s list when he rolls into town for Tuesday night’s show. Last time the band was here — playing at Harvest Records’ Transfigurations festival — they had a chance to swing by the factory and get a tour. “Afterward they let us hang out in a little room and play with all the gear for, like, two hours. It was awesome,” he says. “I’ll probably end up buying a couple more pedals.” And who knows, this time around Granduciel just might follow though on his pillow talk and decide to buy that farm. Let’s start the wooing, Asheville. X Miles Britton is an Asheville-based freelance writer.
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The Pixies bring their seminal sound to town by Par David Neiburger Is it overstatement to say that late ‘80s/early ‘90s-era outfit The Pixies invented alternative rock? The sound that Nirvana pushed into the mainstream began largely with them, and hundreds of bands owe credit. Kurt Cobain was often quoted saying The Pixies’ first full-length album Surfer Rosa was his favorite all-time record and greatest influence. The Pixies broke up in 1993, just as the popularity of the sound they helped create began to swell. More than 10 years after their break up, despite assertions from band members that a reunion would never happen, the band announced a tour in 2004. A few years after the success of the initial reunion tours, the band got together in 2009 for the Doolittle tour. I felt reasonably intimidated interviewing Joey Santiago, the guitarist of one of my all-time favorite bands. This was interestingly juxtaposed by how surprisingly nonchalant he was about their music. Almost as though he had tripped and fallen 20 years ago, and inadvertently recorded some of the most important rock music ever made. Xpress: For this tour you will be performing Doolittle in its entirety, as well as all of the B-sides from the album. Where did this idea begin, to model a whole tour around playing a seminal album from start to finish? Santiago: Well, it came about when we realized that Doolittle was going to be 20 years old. So it basically started as an anniversary tour.
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Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
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Sunday, Sept. 12 (7:30 p.m. $49/$40. Tickets on sale at the box office or at ticketmaster.com)
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Here comes your band: Guitarist Joey Santiago was nonchalant about the Pixies’ big influence. photo by chris glass
Can the Asheville audience expect to hear more material aside from the album? Yes … After the last song of Doolittle, we go backstage and discuss which other songs we want to play. It’s not much of an involved discussion. Usually I pick one, and Charles [Frank Black] picks one, Kim picks one, Dave picks one, and that’s basically how we decide. It seems that the sound of the band changed a lot after Doolittle. The first three albums (Come on Pilgrim, Surfer Rosa and Doolittle) all seem to me to have a similar sound, then it seems like Bossanova and Trompe le Monde were a very different direction. Was this a conscious decision, or more of a natural musical progression? I think it was pretty natural. The songs for Bossanova and Trompe le Monde were put together mostly in the studio … We didn’t really play these songs out live before we recorded them. For the first three records we performed the songs to a crowd before we recorded them. Like for Doolittle, we tested those songs on the audience before we recorded them, so we had kind of a quality control. Bossanova and Trompe Le Monde are more studio albums than the first three. It’s a common perception with music critics and audiences that The Pixies were the genesis of what would later be called alternative rock. What are the band’s feelings on being considered the godfathers of the genre? Well, there has always been an alternative to the pop scene. We thought bands like The Velvet Underground, The Stooges, Violent Femmes, Sonic Youth and Husker Du were alternative.
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That was our “alternative.” The phrase “alternative” just hadn’t been coined yet. Then a phrase gets coined, and then it’s like you’re the godfather. Let’s face it, “grunge” was around long before Nirvana, it’s just no one had come up with the word. Also, it’s not like you’re defining jazz, like when jazz came about. I actually don’t know who came up with jazz. But “alternative,” it’s not a definitive genre. According to legend, you were the one who came up with name for the band. I read somewhere that the original band name that you came up with was Pixies in Panoply. Is this true? I’m not sure how you pronounce Panoply, but yes. I just wanted to make it a long name. I liked the fact that the initials were PIP. I just flipped through a dictionary. You’ve got to keep the ball rolling, you know? Charles and I were going to start a band, and we needed a name. What was the band’s approach to lyrics? It always seemed to me that most of the lyrics to The Pixies songs were fairly nonsensical. Well it’s certainly more interesting than “Dear diary,” or “Whoa is me.” I like it. We would sometimes throw some Biblical stuff in there … It’s a good change, know what I mean? You mean like “If man is five, then the devil is six, and if the devil is six then is God seven?” Right. X Neiburger is a music promoter, DJ and freelance writer in Asheville.
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Angela Faye Martin remembers her mentors Mark Linkous and Vic Chesnutt by Alli Marshall It was a year ago when local folk rocknoir artist Angela Faye Martin went to see Vic Chesnutt at what would be Chesnutt’s last Grey Eagle show. After Chesnutt’s set, Martin gave him of an advanced copy of her just-completed Pictures From Home. Martin had met the late Athens, Ga.based singer/songwriter once before. “Back in summer 2008, my friend and mentor Mark Linkous and his wife, Teresa brought me to see Vic Chesnutt perform with Thee Silver Mountain Zion at the Grey Eagle,” she says. “At that time, Mark and I had just begun to record a full-length LP of my songs. “After the show, Mark presided over my conversing with Vic, his longtime friend and confidant, while we discussed favorite writers and growing up in Georgia. Mark told Vic we were making an album of my songs and Vic was kind enough to request a rough mix as soon as we were finished. I’d explained to Vic that I’d gotten a review from Flagpole in Athens that said I ‘recalled’ his early writings, which I felt I didn’t deserve. He smiled and said he hoped I wasn’t like him in other ways.” Within a few months of the second meeting, both Chesnutt and Linkous were gone — two critical (and self-inflicted) losses to the music world during an especially harsh winter. And Martin’s album — gorgeously
who:
Angela Faye Martin & The Scarlet Oak Sway (Tim Lee III opens)
where:
The Grey Eagle
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Friday, Sept. 10 (9 p.m., $8. thegreyeagle.com)
haunted with images of Appalachia and Linkous’ shimmery-spooky touches, as luminous and fleeting as fireflies in a Mason jar — seemed to get lost in the shuffle. No labels called, though Pictures, lovingly crafted over two years in Linkous’ Static King Studio in Hayesville, N.C., is among the last work Linkous created. But Martin, who lost not just a producer but a kindred spirit, remains altruistic. “What has happened is some sweet correspondence with some people I admire,” she says. From the beginning of their all-too-short acquaintance, Linkous schooled Martin in the ways of the record industry. At the time, he was negotiating with Anti, trying to get Dark Night of the Soul released and was discouraged about the process. “He
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would say, ‘You’re going to have to get rid of your chickens and paint your nails with a Sharpie,’” Martin remembers. But that’s not her style. She lives in Macon County near the North Carolina/Georgia border, a rural landscape where she says she “listens to the ambient noises of the house.” An old-timer in Clay County, who Martin’s husband met through land-trust work, said, “You’ve got to meet this composer friend of mine.” “Gosh, I guess he doesn’t realize I’m not really into classical music,” Martin thought at the time. When she discovered the composer in question was Linkous, she “freaked out.” After Martin gave Linkous samples of her work, he offered to record a demo to send to labels. “After I submitted the demos to the companies he recommended and I wasn’t getting any responses, he said, ‘Well, screw everyone. We’ll just make this album. We don’t have to get a bunch of musicians, you and I’ll do all the instruments,’” she says. “His goal was to get me signed. He thought by doing this, if we made a good product, there was no reason I wouldn’t be signed.” That didn’t happen, though the album, from the opening notes of lead song “Strawberry Roan,” drips with Southern lit, fuzzy bass and otherworldly weirdness: wind chimes, electric hum, Martin’s littlegirl voice, close, compelling and often eerily doubled, and pulse-quickening lyrics like, “I will walk in the night to a light on the mountain so lonely / help me with with my coat so the woods get to know me.” Which is to say, what Martin and Linkous
created goes beyond a tapestry of pastmeets-present Appalachian imagery and folklore; it’s both old-time and futuristic, both gritty and sweet. And, to an extent, it is (in retrospect) strangely prophetic, much like Linkous’ own Dark, the down-tempo lounge/lullaby he created with Danger Mouse. “Widow’s Lament” and “No one Can Wake You,” songs from Martin’s album, were written as character sketches before she even met Linkous, and yet they seem to speak of him. “He did not have a good time of it,” she says. “It was hard for him to adapt to the world around him. He was in bed a lot, depressed and in pain.” Martin suspects that the loss of Chesnutt (wheelchair-bound since a 1983 car accident) came as a severe blow. Linkous also spent time in a wheelchair after an overdose in 1996, and he never fully recovered. Martin says, “It’s wonderful to keep on keeping on, but I think they both did enough for us.” So Martin’s upcoming Grey Eagle show is, in a way, in memory of her two fallen heroes. “They both loved that place,” she says. When she learned that the September 10 date was open, she jumped at the chance to revisit that happier time of a year ago: The day after Linkous’ birthday and just days before Chesnutt’s tour when the music world was brimming with possibility. And — because listening to Pictures reveals the tools that Martin has gleaned and can carry forward — it still is. X
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If anyone on Grey’s Anatomy ever finds religion, chances are they’ll be playing NeedtoBreathe in the background. Bear and Bo Rinehart, sons of an Assembly of God pastor and a piano teacher in Possum Kingdom, S.C., grew up playing football and music. The band’s third album, The Outsiders, has drawn comparisons to U2 and solidified the band’s crossover into the secular world. They had songs featured in the films Extraordinary Measures and P.S. I Love You, and the album made it to No. 20 on the Billboard charts. Can Be Found: The Orange Peel, Wednesday, Sept. 8. RIYD (Recommended if You Dig): John Mayer, Coldplay, the Fray. You Should Go If: You have more than 500 friends and 1,000 photos on Facebook; You listen to music with your eyes closed; When you graduate you want to be either a doctor or a J. Crew model; You lie awake at night wondering … would Jesus have a problem with jello shots?
The Suspect: Those Darlins
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The Suspect: Richard Buckner
Originally from California and now living in Brooklyn, Buckner is a singer/songwriter whose smoky baritone is one of the most distinct voices performing today. His style is singular, introspective and adheres to his creative vision with little regard for commercial appeal. His last two albums, Dents and Shells and Meadow, were released by the N.C. indie label Merge Records. Can Be Found: The Grey Eagle, Wednesday, Sept. 8. RIYD: Son Volt, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Townes Van Zandt. You Should Go If: You didn’t speak your first words until a month into kindergarten; You’re uncomfortable with the level of eye contact it takes to look in the mirror; Talking on your cell phone sends you into a bottomless spiral of self-loathing; You lie awake at night wondering … more Zoloft or more vodka?
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“I got drunk and I ate a chicken / I ate a chicken that I found in my kitchen. Not just a leg and not just a wing / I’d like to let you know that I ate the damn thing …” So begins Those Darlins’ rockin’ ode to post-partying binging, “The Whole Damn Thing.” This honky-tonk-meetspunk-rock female trio hails from Murfreesboro, Tenn. and played at this year’s South By Southwest Music Festival. Can Be Found: The Grey Eagle, Saturday Sept. 11. RIYD: Freakwater, Holly Golightly, Neko Case. You Should Go If: Your mom took you to get your first tattoo; A trailer is where you feel most at home; You spent most of junior high hung over; You lie awake at night wondering … is my parole officer just pretending to like me?
The Suspect: Dungen
This ‘60s-styled psychedelic rock/free jazz/ambient band from Sweden comes to Asheville in the first week of its four-month tour of the U.S. and Scandinavia. The buzz around this band continues to grow; last year they played several shows with the Fleet Foxes and they’ve been chosen to perform in the All Tomorrow’s Parties music festival. Their highly anticipated fourth album, Skit I Allt (translation from Svenska: F--k all) is due out in September. Can Be Found: The Grey Eagle, Sunday Sept. 12. RIYD: Tame Impala, Pink Floyd, Panda Bear. You Should Go If: You drive to Charlotte at least once a month just to walk around IKEA; You’ve written a rock opera based on the Lord of the Rings set to the music of Pink Floyd; You’re afraid to ski but you love wearing turtleneck sweaters; You lie awake at night wondering … SPF 30 or 50?
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The greatest film about junking culture I’ve ever seen In my last column I reviewed the History Channel’s show about junking, American Pickers. My reaction to the program and its hosts veered from indifference to hostile irritation. However, I acknowledged that maybe I just didn’t like spending TV-watching time looking at people do my job, and suggested curious viewers take my review with a grain of salt. This week I’d like to talk about Mike Shea’s 1964 documentary And This is Free, the greatest film about the junking culture I’ve ever seen. It not only shows that people shopping for junk can be utterly spellbinding, but that flea markets can be as important and vital as any other aspect of American culture. The film was shot over several Sundays in Chicago’s Maxwell Street district, a half-mile of shops, tables, piles of junk, street performers, preachers, pitchmen, food and shoppers. Maxwell Street was untouched by the Great Chicago Fire, and a number of city-bound immigrants sought shelter there after the city burned. The area developed into an unofficial market during the last part of the 19th century, and in 1912, the city named Maxwell Street its official open-air marketplace. For the next 80 years, all kinds of deals went down. And This is Free is “told” through a series of transactions, be they commercial, social or personal. It’s filmed without any sort of narration or interaction with its characters — there are no onscreen interviews or title cards to give you any sense of bearings, and the camera is rarely on one subject for longer than a couple of minutes. You’re thrown into the crazy-quilt of commerce and chaos and forced to make sense of it for yourself. The film looks and, in particular, sounds amazing for live street footage from 1964. You can really get a feel for the music and overlapping conversations going on on the streets. While the film is probably best known for its street performances, I was immediately taken in with the commerce. What was surprising to me wasn’t the exotic nature of the stuff being sold, but how recognizable and familiar everything
seemed. Anyone who has spent any time at a flea market will recognize some very familiar sights and characters — the guy selling socks, the tables piled with rhyme-and-reason-less stuff, the rusty stacks of tools and piping laid out on a blanket in the middle of the street. For one glorious moment there’s even shots of shoppers plowing through boxes of 45s. Not that the musical performances aren’t astounding. By 1964 the market had mutated from its original Jewish roots into a much more ethnically diverse stew, and the filmmakers initially set out to document the blues music that was being played on the street. The half dozen blues and gospel numbers, by Robert Nighthawk, Fannie Brewer and others, that are included in the movie are some of the freest and most unstagey performances I’ve ever seen on film. Particularly show stopping is gospel singer Carrie Robinson’s dancing on “Power to Live Right,” which is so energetic and spiritually charged that it sends one on-looker into such a frenzy that she starts smashing herself into a parked car. Of course, there’s the exotic and odd as well — where else are you going to see a salesman indifferently tootling away on “the World’s Smallest Saxaphone” or an old white bearded dude in a top hat take shots of vodka and “hypnotize” a rooster until he’s chased away by a policeman? But, really, the similarities to the flea market culture I know and love kept coming back to me. As someone who has listened to merchants and customers at Smiley’s grumble about how it’s nowhere near as good as it used to be for over a decade now (heck, as someone who has started grumbling about that himself for the last few years), it is fascinating to listen to people gripe about how Maxwell Street is “basically over” and not as good as was. In 1964. It is also interesting, but less amusing, to hear them grumble that “certain types of people” have changed the flea market for the worse, another complaint you can hear on any given weekend at any given flea market.
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Perhaps those dealers and long timers were really reading the writing on the wall, because even in 1964 the market’s days were numbered. For footage of Maxwell Street in decline but still alive, the curious are directed to Terry Zwigoff’s 1985 documentary Louie Bluie, which has finally been released on DVD after years of languishing out-of-print. You can definitely feel the nearly exhausted energy from the market in the scenes where the film’s subject, blues man Howard Armstrong, chats with aging snake-oil merchants about the street’s former glory days. By the ‘90s the city shut the market down, which is not surprising. It is almost impossible to imagine that such a major city as Chicago would cede so much of its real estate to its people on a weekly basis in the 21st Century. What And This is Free shows is that we are usually at our most human when we are entering into some sort of transaction, and that those transactions are most satisfying and edifying when they are conducted one-to-one. While Maxwell Street may no longer be doing business, you can find some of its energy at any flea market in America. Granted, it’s doubtful the music will be as good.
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smartbets Mountain State Fair
Fall’s chilly nights signal a host of seasonal treats, and the first and finest may be the state fair. With its bounty of oversized vegetables, its stable of farm animals, its midway rides and its fair-only fare (fried Snickers bars, anyone?), the N.C. Mountain State Fair is nine days of family friendly fun. This year, the entertainment lineup includes country artist Chuck Wicks and newgrass legend John Cowan. Friday, Sept. 10 to Sunday, Sept. 19. For a full schedule, visit mountainfair.org. Watch mountainx.com for photo galleries and bonus coverage.
City of 1,000 Easels
It’s a different, quieter sort of performance art: On Sunday, Sept. 12, artists of acrylics and oils (rather than, say, banjo-picking and side-show acts) will set up their easels around downtown Asheville. Between 3 and 6 p.m., with the public looking on, they’ll create an original piece of art. It’s an opportunity for passers-by to gain insight into the artistic process (and possibly purchase a piece). During the three-hour showcase, artists are invited to participate in a silent auction, with the option of donating the proceeds to the Arts Council. It’s the first, ambitious project from the council’s new programs director (and longtime Asheville performance artist/art-advocate) Graham Hackett. Featuring the work of many Asheville favorites (including Moni Hill, whose work is pictured here) and talented amateurs as well. ashevillearts.com.
Hands in Harmony concert
While multimedia concerts are not a new thing, photographer Tim Barnwell and his musician friends are giving new (read old-school) meaning to the medium. Hands in Harmony: The Concert celebrates Barnwell’s photo essay book, Hands in Harmony, which details craftspeople and musicians around WNC. David Holt, Don Pedi and Bruce Greene, Laura Boosinger, Wayne Henderson and others will perform alongside projected images of Barnwell’s work. Diana Wortham Theatre on Tuesday, Sept. 14, 7 p.m. $10 general admission, $8 museum members. ashevilleart.org.
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smartbets Josh Phillips at the Orange Peel
In case you missed Josh Phillips’ Orange Peel winter show, here’s your second chance. Snow-date tickets are still good and — if his Downtown After Five performance was anything to go by — Phillips is still as energetic-positive-syncopatedrootsy-fabulous as ever. Plus, he’s got new material in the works. Phillips and his Folk Festival return to the Orange Peel Saturday, Sept. 11, 9 p.m. Sacred-steel outfit The Lee Boys and musician/producer/Avett Bros. proud papa Jim Avett also perform. $10 advance/$12 doors. theorangepeel.net.
Sara Gruen at Malaprop’s
Author Sara Gruen is a fairly recent (and under-the-radar) transplant to Asheville, but her subject matter — most recently in the novel Ape House — is far from N.C. rooted. Ape House is the engaging/actionpacked story of a scientist working in a language lab with bonobos who communicate through sign language. When the lab is bombed and the apes kidnapped and turned into reality TV stars, the scientist must depend on an animal-rights protester, a tattooed assistant and a tabloid reporter to save her beloved bonobos. Gruen reads at Malaprop’s on Saturday, Sept. 11. 7 p.m. The event is ticketed, one ticket comes with each purchase of Ape House. malaprops. com.
Mountain Song Festival
The hills are alive ... with the sound of Doc Watson, David Holt, Jerry Douglas Band, Kruger Brothers, Red Wine, Darrell Scott and (festival hosts) the Steep Canyon Rangers. The Mountain Song Festival, held in Brevard Music Center’s Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium, is both a benefit for the Boys & Girls Club of Transylvania County and an opportunity to take in some of the best of roots music — not all of from the Appalachian Mountains, either. Red Wine comes from Italy; The Kruger Brothers transplanted to North Carolina from Switzerland. Friday, Sept. 10 at 4 p.m. and Saturday, Sept. 11 at noon. $70 both days, $35 Friday only, $40 Saturday only. mountainsongfestival.com.
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where to find the clubs • what is playing • listings for venues throughout Western North Carolina C lubland 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.
Open mic Bosco’s Sports Zone
Shag dance Broadway’s
‘80s night, 10pm Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar
Non-stop rock’n roll sing-a-long party show, 8pm-1am Emerald Lounge
“Pop Lounge” free dance party w/ DJ’s Mark Davis, Crick Nice & Adam Strange Fairview Tavern
Open mic Frankie Bones
Chris Rhodes (singer-songwriter) French Broad Chocolate Lounge
Matt Getman (jazz sax) Open mic Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern
Wed., September 8 Athena’s Club
Richard Buckner (folk) w/ Dave Desmelik Grove Park Inn Great Hall
Disclaimer Stand-Up Lounge Open Mic Comedy
Bill Covington (classics), 6-7pm Maddy & Masterpiece (dance band), 7-11pm
Back Room
Handlebar
Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe
The Calamity Cubes w/ The Harmed Brothers & Alder Street Allstars
Open mic
Tallgary’s College Street Pub
Marc Keller (singer-songwriter)
Open mic & jam, 7pm
Horizons at Grove Park Inn
The Still
Lajos Pagony (piano), 6-10pm
Open mic w/ BlindLiver
Non-stop rock’n roll sing-a-long party show, 8pm-1am
Jack Of The Wood Pub
Tolliver’s Crossing Irish Pub
Emerald Lounge
Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar
Old-time jam, 6pm
Bluegrass jam, 8pm
Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)
Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues
Front stage: Aaron Woody Wood (soul, pop) —- Back stage: Dead Winter Carpenters (Americana, folk rock)
The Free Flow Band (soul, funk) Vincenzo’s Bistro
Mike’s Tavern
Steve Whiddon (piano, vocals)
Live DJ
Westville Pub
Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill
Jammin’ w/ Funky Max
Soul & jazz jam
Wild Wing Cafe
Nine Mile
Darren Nicholson
Ras Berhane (acoustic, reggae) Olive or Twist
Good Stuff
Mark Guest (jazz guitar)
Holland’s Grille
Reggae dancehall night w/ NXT LVL & Soundpimp Firestorm Cafe and Books
Asheville Homeless Network Benefit w/ Blind Boy Chocolate and The Milk Sheiks French Broad Brewery Tasting Room
One Leg Up (gypsy jazz, swing) French Broad Chocolate Lounge
Chelsea Lynn La Bate (acoustic, folk, soul) Garage at Biltmore
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Manderlay Good Stuff
Shag & swing dancing w/ DJ Ron Blankenship
Athena’s Club
Orange Peel
Back Room
Need to Breathe (rock, alternative) w/ Matthew Mayfield
Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe
Gene Peyroux & The Snow Monkeys (“extreme Americana”)
DJ night Blue Billy Gritt (bluegrass, progressive)
Rankin Vault Cocktail Lounge
Tom & the Whiting Brothers
“Hits & Shits” w/ Jamie Hepler
Boiler Room
Red Stag Grill
Sons of Hippies (rock) w/ Baloon Wars
Robert Thomas (jazz standards, blues)
Bosco’s Sports Zone
Rendezvous Restaurant & Bar
Open mic & jam
Live music w/ Gypsy (rock)
Curras Nuevo Cuisine
Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern
Matt Hires (pop, folk rock) w/ Wakey! Wakey! Grove Park Inn Great Hall
Bill Covington (classics), 6-7pm Maddy & Masterpiece (dance band), 7-11pm Handlebar
Crowfield (rock) w/ Leslie
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Aaron Price 1pm | Piano
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Jake Hollifield Piano | 9pm
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Woody Wood 9pm
Horizons at Grove Park Inn
Lajos Pagony (piano), 6-10pm Infusions Lounge
Steve Summey Band (classic rock) Jack Of The Wood Pub
Bluegrass jam, 7pm
Anne Coombs (jazz, swing) Rendezvous Restaurant & Bar
Steve Whiddon the pianoman Root Bar No. 1
Linda Mitchell
Back stage: Richie Tipton & The First Kings (rock)
Boiler Room
Melodious Earth (funk, jazz) w/ 26 Ways Will Straughan & Allison King (Americana)
Local DJ exposure night feat: Luis Armando, J-Hecht & Yorgo Simou
Curras Nuevo Cuisine
Stella Blue
Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar
Hank Bones (“man of 1,000 songs”)
The Flat Tires (rock, country) w/ Hellbound Glory
Mack Kell’s Pub & Grill
Lobster Trap
Acoustic Swing
Craggie Brewing Company
Scandals Nightclub
Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)
Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe
Mark Guest (jazz guitar) Non-stop rock’n roll sing-a-long party show, 8pm-1am
Tallgary’s College Street Pub
Marc Keller (acoustic, variety)
All request DJ
Eleven on Grove
Mela
Temptations Red Room
Salsa Dancing, 10pm-2am Dance Lessons, 11pm
Drum & Bass Dog & Pony Show w/ DJ Cricket
Belly dancing Mike’s Tavern
Thirsty Monk South
The Harmed Brothers Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill
Woody Pines (roots, blues) O’Malley’s On Main
Jam night Olive or Twist
Swing dancing w/ Heather Masterton & The Swing Station Band Orange Peel
Broken Social Scene (indie, rock) w/ The Wooden Birds Pack’s Tavern
Ginny McAfee (singer-songwriter) Pisgah Brewing Company
The New Mastersounds (funk, soul, jazz) w/ East Ponce Soul Faction Purple Onion Cafe
Red Hot Sugar Babies (“jazz of the roaring ‘20s-’30s”) Red Stag Grill
Mountain Feist
Emerald Lounge
Sirius.B (gypsy folk) w/ Hellblinki Sextet Fairview Tavern
Superstar Runner Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues
Peggy Ratusz’ Invitational Blues Jam Vincenzo’s Bistro
Aaron LaFalce (piano) Watershed
Open mic w/ Max Chain Westville Pub
Bill Covington (classics), 6-7pm Maddy & Masterpiece (dance band), 7-11pm Handlebar
Adam Pope Band (country, Americana) Firestorm Cafe and Books
Hollow Reed & friends (folk)
Red Stag Grill
Chris Rhodes (singer-songwriter)
Highland Brewing Company
Root Bar No. 1
Grant DaSantos & Fatback (soul, rock, pop)
Coal Dust (rock, blues)
Horizons at Grove Park Inn
Stella Blue
Infusions Lounge
Dissent (punk, thrash, metal) w/ Suffer Content
Lajos Pagony (piano), 6-10pm
Jukebox Blackwell
Serious Clark (rock, jam)
Straightaway Café
Iron Horse Station
Wiseapple (bluegrass, Americana)
Sherri Lynn & Mountain Friends (bluegrass, country) Jack Of The Wood Pub
Belly dancing w/ live music Lobster Trap
Space Heaters (country, swing) Luella’s Bar-B-Que
Tallgary’s College Street Pub
Unit 50 (rock) Temptations Red Room
DJ D-Day The Warehouse Live
Live music Thirsty Monk South
Thomas Calder
French Broad Brewery Tasting Room
Little Friday Band (“front porch rock”)
Town Pump
Steve Smith (“ethereal folk”)
Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill
The Blair Street Mugwumps
French Broad Chocolate Lounge
Asheville Country Review (Town Mountain/ Shannon Whitworth side project)
Lorraine Conard (acoustic, folk)
Olive or Twist
Garage at Biltmore
Live jazz w/ Jennifer Scott
Fri., September 10
Telic (metal) w/ Alarka, Burnstitch & Meleee
Orange Peel
Athena’s Club
Good Stuff
Circus Mutt (classic rock, covers)
Fred Whisken (jazz pianist)
Rendezvous Restaurant & Bar
Jerusalem Garden
Feed and Seed
Purple Onion Cafe
ZOSO (Led Zeppelin tribute) w/ Swift Robinson
Sons of Ralph (bluegrass)
DJ dance party
Town Pump
Grove Park Inn Great Hall
Vincenzo’s Bistro
Bobby Sullivan (piano) Well-Bred Bakery and Cafe
Jenne Sluder (folk, acoustic)
Tortoise (rock, instrumental) w/ Greg Davis & Ben Vida
White Horse
Blue Line Highway (acoustic, rock, jam)
Mark Appleford (Americana, blues), 8-10pm DJ, 10pm-2am
Shinola Troubadours of Possum Splendor (acoustic, folk)
Pack’s Tavern
Wild Wing Cafe
Micah Hanks (bluegrass, rock)
Aeromyth (classic rock, blues)
Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern
Back Room
Angela Faye Martin & the Scarlet Oak Sway w/ Tim Lee III
Pisgah Brewing Company
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42nd Street Jazz Band
Back Room
Rock Academy Annual Benefit Concert, 12pm Josh Phillips Folk Festival w/ The Lee Boys & Jim Avett, 9pm
Mike’s Tavern
Mark Bumgarner (Americana, bluegrass, country)
Pisgah Brewing Company
Orange Peel
Boiler Room
Purple Onion Cafe
Rankin Vault Cocktail Lounge
Red Stag Grill
Rendezvous Restaurant & Bar
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Scandals Nightclub
Root Bar No. 1
Stella Blue
Scandals Nightclub
The Wine Cellar at the Saluda Inn
Skyland Performing Arts Center
Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
The Cheeksters (pop, rock, soul) Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe
Machiavillians (rock) w/ The Few & Seraph of Seraphim Craggie Brewing Company
Amy White (folk, blues)
Curras Nuevo Cuisine
Greg Olson (folk)
Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar
Non-stop rock’n roll sing-a-long party show, 8pm-1am Eleven on Grove
Drum & Bass w/ Data, Roger & Jeremy, Xist & D Raf Emerald Lounge
Sci Fi (psychedelic, jazz, fusion) Feed and Seed
Lonesome Road (bluegrass) Fred’s Parkside Pub & Grill
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Espresso Beans
A Ghost Like Me (experimental, rock, fusion) w/ The Dark Shave French Broad Brewery Tasting Room
Lyndsay Wojcik (soul, folk)
French Broad Chocolate Lounge
High Gravity Jazz Trio Good Stuff
Lords of Chicken Hill (rock, punk, experimental) Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern
Those Darlins (garage, country) w/ Strange Boys & Gentleman Jesse Grove Park Inn Great Hall
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Dehlia Low (bluegrass, Americana), 2:30pm5:30pm Bill Covington (classics), 6-7pm Maddy & Masterpiece (dance band), 7-11 Handlebar
Aaron Burdett (folk)
Chris Rhodes (singer-songwriter) Gypsy (rock) The Shoes
Dance party w/ DJ Stratos Peace From Terror: A 9/11 Tribute Concert w/ Pam & Don McMahon & Ali Bourequat Stella Blue
The Krektones (rock, surf) w/ The Goodies Straightaway Café
Garry Segal (Americana, roots, blues) Tallgary’s College Street Pub
Lajos Pagony (piano), 6-10pm Hotel Indigo
Sunset Sessions w/ Ben Hovey (“sonic scientist”), 8-11pm Infusions Lounge
Bobby G Blues Band
Iron Horse Station
Jake & Sara Owen (“old time mountain town”) Jack Of The Wood Pub
Ron Short & the Possum Playboys (old time, rockabilly, cajun) Jerusalem Garden
Belly dancing w/ live music
Lobster Trap
Jazz night w/ The Asheville Jazz Allstars Midway Tavern
Gary Cody and the Boogie Band Mike’s Tavern
The Hillbillionaires w/ The Rubber Cushions Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill
Tennessee Jed (folk, rock) CD release party Nine Mile
Ras Berhane (acoustic, reggae) Olive or Twist
Dark Star Orchestra (Grateful Dead tribute) “Vinyl at the Vault” w/ Chris Ballard Bikers Sunday w/ Gypsy (rock) Dance party w/ DJ Stratos Frontier Ruckus (folk rock) Geoff Achison (blues, funk, guitar) The Pixies (rock, alternative) Vincenzo’s Bistro
Steve Whiddon (piano, vocals)
Mon., September 13 Emerald Lounge
Open mic
Temptations Red Room
Grove Park Inn Great Hall
‘80s, ‘90s & Today: Dance party w/ DJ Dizzy
Bob Zullo (jazz, guitar), 6:30-10:30pm
The Warehouse Live
Handlebar
Live music
The Wine Cellar at the Saluda Inn
Live music w/ Frank & friends Thirsty Monk South
Jake Dill
Town Pump
Jarvis Jenkins Band Vincenzo’s Bistro
Live music w/ Marc Keller Well-Bred Bakery and Cafe
The Peg Twisters (old-time)
White Horse
Horizons at Grove Park Inn
Benefit for Dean Stephenson feat: The Side Alley Blues Band
Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern
Havana Restaurant
Live music
Jon Corbin (of Firecracker Jazz Band), 122:30pm
Count M’Butu’s Zoo Krewe w/ “Kalimbaman” Spears
Westville Pub
Back stage: Firecracker Jazz Band w/ Underskore Orkestra
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Boombox w/ Emancipator
Greenville Jam: Tribute to Corey James of Krooked Blaze
Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)
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Orange Peel
SIRSY (sultry indie, pop) Keowee Chamber Music, 5:30pm George Terry & the Zealots, 9:30pm
Sun., September 12 Athena’s Club
Mark Appleford (acoustic, Americana) Barley’s Taproom
Skylark (rock, metal)
Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe
John Cook (blues, folk)
Bosco’s Sports Zone
Shag dance & lessons Fairview Tavern
Rockabilly Sunday
Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern
Dungen (psychedelic rock) w/ No Joy Grove Park Inn Great Hall
Contra dance
The Harmed Brothers (folk rock, Americana, indie) w/ The Alder Street Allstars Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)
Back stage: Jeb Bishop Trio (jazz, experimental) w/ Michael Libramento & Shane Perlowin guitar duo Mike’s Tavern
Seraph
Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill
Matt Williams & the Ocean (rock, pop) Pack’s Tavern
Acoustic open mic w/ Aaron LaFalce Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues
Vocal Jazz Session w/ Sharon LaMotte, 7:30pm Vincenzo’s Bistro
Marc Keller & Company (variety) White Horse
Benefit for Malawian Children w/ Peter Mawanga Wild Wing Cafe
Comedy night
Tue., September 14 Back Room
Anon Dixon Day (singer-songwriter) Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe
Makia Groove (funk, fusion, reggae) Diana Wortham Theater
Hands in Harmony: The Concert feat: David Holt, Laura Boosinger, Don Pedi & Bruce Greene Eleven on Grove
Classical guitar duo, 10am-12:30pm Bob Zullo (jazz, guitar), 6:30-10:30pm
Beginner swing and lindy-hop dance lessons, 6-7pm Dance w/ live band or DJ, 8pm
Hotel Indigo
Emerald Lounge
Sunset Sessions w/ Ben Hovey (“sonic scientist”), 8-11pm Jack Of The Wood Pub
Irish session, 5pm Tom Waits time, late Lobster Trap
Leo Johnston (country, hot jazz) Luella’s Bar-B-Que
Tuesday Night Funk Jam Feed and Seed
Will Ray’s Mountain Jam Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern
War on Drugs (pop, ambient) w/ Kovacs & The Polar Bear Grove Park Inn Great Hall
Bill Covington (classics), 6-7pm Maddy & Masterpiece (dance band), 7-11pm
clubdirectory The 170 La Cantinetta 687-8170 Asheville Civic Center & Thomas Wolfe Auditorium 259-5544 Athena’s Club 252-2456 The Back Room 697-6828 Barley’s Tap Room 255-0504 Beacon Pub 686-5943 The Blackbird 669-5556 Blue Mountain Pizza 658-8777 BoBo Gallery 254-3426 Bosco’s Sports Zone 684-1024 Broadway’s 285-0400 Club Hairspray 258-2027 Craggie Brewing Company 254-0360 Curras Nuevo 253-2111 Desoto Lounge 986-4828 Diana Wortham Theater 257-4530 Dock’s Restaurant 883-4447 The Dripolator 398-0209 Ed Boudreaux’s Bayou BBQ 296-0100 Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar 252-2711 Eleven on Grove 505-1612 Emerald Lounge 232- 4372 Fairview Tavern 505-7263 Feed & Seed + Jamas Acoustic 216-3492 Firestorm Cafe 255-8115
Frankie Bones 274-7111 Fred’s Parkside Pub & Grill 281-0920 French Broad Brewery Tasting Room 277-0222 The Garage 505-2663 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 Guadalupe Cafe 586-9877 The Handlebar (864) 233-6173 The Hangar 684-1213 Hannah Flanagans 252-1922 Havana Restaurant 252-1611 Highland Brewing Company 299-3370 Holland’s Grille 298-8780 Infusions 665-2161 Iron Horse Station 622-0022 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 Magnolia’s Raw Bar 251-5211 Midway Tavern 687-7530
Handlebar
The Royal Tinfoil w/ Mad Tea Party Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)
Front stage: Jake Hollifield (blues, ragtime) Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill
Overflow Jugband (folk, roots) Orange Peel
The Black Keys (rock, soul, blues) w/ The Whigs Rankin Vault Cocktail Lounge
Rock records
Temptations Red Room
Singer-songwriter contest, 8pm Tolliver’s Crossing Irish Pub
Blues night
Town Pump
Letters to Abigale Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues
House grooves w/ D Mack Vincenzo’s Bistro
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Mela 225-8880 Mellow Mushroom 236-9800 Mike’s Tavern 281-3096 Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill 258-1550 New Courtyard Gallery 273-3332 Old Fairview Southern Kitchen 277-7117 Olive Or Twist 254-0555 O’Malley’s On Main 246-0898 The Orange Peel 225-5851 Pack’s Tavern 225-6944 Pineapple Jack’s 253-8860 Pisgah Brewing Co. 669-0190 Poppies Cafe 885-5494 Pulp 225-5851 Purple Onion Cafe 749-1179 Rankin Vault 254-4993 Red Stag Grill at the Grand Bohemian Hotel 505-2949 Red Step Artworks 697-1447 Rendezvous 926-0201 Rock Bottom Sports Bar & Grill 622-0001 Rocket Club 505-2494 Root Bar No.1 299-7597 Scandals Nightclub 252-2838 Scully’s 251-8880 Shovelhead Saloon 669-9541
Marc Keller & Company (variety) Westville Pub
Blues Jam w/ Mars Fariss White Horse
Free live music
Wed., September 15 Athena’s Club
Disclaimer Stand-Up Lounge Open Mic Comedy Back Room
Open mic
Skyland Performing Arts Center 693-0087 Stella Blue 236-2424 Stephanie’s Roadhouse Bistro 299-4127 The Still 683-5913 Stockade Brew House 645-1300 Straightaway Cafe 669-8856 Switzerland Cafe 765-5289 Tallgary’s College Street Pub 232-0809 Temptations Red Room 252-0775 Tolliver’s Crossing Irish Pub 505-2129 TGI Friday’s 277-4080 Town Pump 669-4808 Tressa’s Downtown Jazz & Blues 254-7072 Vanuatu Kava 505-8118 Vincenzo’s Bistro 254-4698 The Warehouse Live 681-9696 The Watershed 669-0777 Waynesville Water’n Hole 456-4750 Wedge Brewery 505 2792 Westville Pub 225-9782 White Horse 669-0816 Wild Wing Cafe 253-3066 Xcapades 258-9652
Non-stop rock’n roll sing-a-long party show, 8pm-1am Eleven on Grove
Zydeco dance & lessons Fairview Tavern
Open mic
Frankie Bones
Chris Rhodes (singer-songwriter) French Broad Chocolate Lounge
Paul Cataldo (Americana, country, roots) Garage at Biltmore
Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe
Open mic
Bess Rogers (folk, indie, pop) w/ Katie Larue, Lelia Broussard & Alisson Weiss
Bosco’s Sports Zone
Good Stuff
Shag dance
Broadway’s
‘80s night, 10pm Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar
Open mic
Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern
Krista Detor (acoustic, folk, indie) & Kenny White Grove Park Inn Great Hall
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Bill Covington (classics), 6-7pm Maddy & Masterpiece (dance band), 7-11pm Holland’s Grille
Marc Keller (singer-songwriter)
karaoke monday
Horizons at Grove Park Inn
Lajos Pagony (piano), 6-10pm Jack Of The Wood Pub
Mack Kell’s / Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues / Wild Wing Cafe
Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)
tuesday
Old-time jam, 6pm
Front stage: Aaron Woody Wood (soul, pop) Mike’s Tavern
Live DJ
Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill
Soul & jazz jam
Getaway’s (Eleven on Grove) Mike’s Side Pocket Tallgary’s College Street Pub
wednesday
Nine Mile
Ras Berhane (acoustic, reggae) Olive or Twist
Shag & swing dancing w/ DJ Ron Blankenship Pisgah Brewing Company
Great American Taxi (roots, Americana, rock) Rankin Vault Cocktail Lounge
Beacon Pub / Fred’s Parkside Pub & Grill / The Hangar / Infusions / Midway Tavern / O’Malleys on Main / Holland’s Grille / Rendezvous / Temptations
“Hits & Shits” w/ Jamie Hepler
thursday
Red Stag Grill
Cancun Mexican Grill / Chasers / Club Hairspray / Fairview Tavern / Shovelhead Saloon / The Still
Robert Thomas (jazz standards, blues) Rendezvous Restaurant & Bar
Live music w/ Gypsy (rock) Stella Blue
friday
The Still
Fairview Tavern / Infusions Mack Kell’s / Midway Tavern / Shovelhead Saloon / Stockade Brew House / The 170 La Cantinetta
Future Rock (electronic, house, rock) w/ Orchard Lounge Open mic w/ BlindLiver Tolliver’s Crossing Irish Pub
Bluegrass jam, 8pm
Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues
The Free Flow Band (soul, funk)
saturday
Vincenzo’s Bistro
Holland’s Grille Infusions / Shovelhead Saloon / The Still
Steve Whiddon (piano, vocals)
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Richard Buckner w/ Dave
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SaT. 9/11
Matt Hires w/ Wakey! Wakey! 8:30pm Angela Faye Martin & The Scarlett Oak Sway w/ Tim Lee 3 9pm Those Darlins, Strange Boys, Gentleman Jesse 9pm
Sun. 9/12
Dungen w/ No Joy 9pm
TueS. 9/14
War on Drugs w/ Kovacs & The Polar Bear 9pm
Fri. 9/10
Desmelik 8:30pm
Krista Detor & Kenny White 8pm Thur. Katharine Whalen (Squirrel Nut
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Johanna Jacobson (singer-songwriter) w/ Ralph Roddenbery Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe
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Along Those Lines (rock) w/ Leopard Island & Mike Mains & the Branches Bosco’s Sports Zone
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Fri. 9/17
Bosco’s Sports Zone / Cancun Mexican Grill / The Hangar / Getaway’s (Eleven on Grove) / Mack Kell’s / Temptations / Wild Wing Cafe
Open mic & jam Curras Nuevo Cuisine
Mark Guest (jazz guitar) Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar
Non-stop rock’n roll sing-a-long party show, 8pm-1am Firestorm Cafe and Books
Steve Meckfessel (singer-songwriter) w/ Peter Andrews French Broad Brewery Tasting Room
The Tim Marsh Collective (singer-songwriter) Good Stuff
Gene Peyroux & The Snow Monkeys (“extreme Americana”)
Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern
Katharine Whalen (Squirrel Nut Zippers) & The Fascinators w/ Birds & Arrows Grove Park Inn Great Hall
Bill Covington (classics), 6-7pm Maddy & Masterpiece (dance band), 7-11pm Handlebar
Scott Miller (rock, roots, Americana) w/ R.B. Morris Horizons at Grove Park Inn
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Bill Covington (classics), 6-7pm Maddy & Masterpiece (dance band), 7-11pm
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Aaron LaFalce (piano)
Highland Brewing Company
Sanctum Sully (bluegrass, Americana)
Watershed
Open mic w/ Max Chain
Horizons at Grove Park Inn
Lajos Pagony (piano), 6-10pm
Westville Pub
Paul Cataldo Trio (Americana, roots)
Iron Horse Station
Jenny Arch (folk) w/ Aaron Coffin
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Jack Of The Wood Pub
Athenaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Club
Lajos Pagony (piano), 6-10pm
Mark Appleford (Americana, blues), 8-10pm DJ, 10pm-2am
Jack Of The Wood Pub
Bluegrass jam, 7pm
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Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)
Back stage: Galen Kipar & Moses Atwood (folk) Lobster Trap
Hank Bones (â&#x20AC;&#x153;man of 1,000 songsâ&#x20AC;?)
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Acoustic Swing
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Marc Keller (acoustic, variety) Mela
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Emerald Lounge
Packâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tavern
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Ginny McAfee (singer-songwriter)
Steve Whiddon the pianoman Scandals Nightclub
Local DJ exposure night feat: Nicodemus, Jericho & Spoon Temptations Red Room
Drum & Bass Dog & Pony Show w/ DJ Cricket Thirsty Monk South
Chris Rhodes (singer-songwriter)
French Broad Chocolate Lounge
Spectrum (dance, classic rock) Stella Blue
The Go-Devils (punk, psychobilly) w/ Mad Tea Party
Garage at Biltmore
Straightaway CafĂŠ
The Stereofidelics (rock, alternative) w/ Eyes of the Elders Good Stuff
Grove Park Inn Great Hall
Dave Turner (rock, pop, indie) Tallgaryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s College Street Pub
Fundraiser for Neil w/ special guests
Brandon Quinn Sons of Bill (rock) w/ Apache Relay
Tressaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Downtown Jazz and Blues
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Juan Holladay (soul, acoustic)
Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern
Mountain Feist
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Red Stag Grill
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Rendezvous Restaurant & Bar
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Fred Whisken (jazz pianist)
French Broad Brewery Tasting Room
Anne Coombs (jazz, swing)
Olive or Twist
Purple Onion Cafe
Anon Dixon Day Band
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Paul Cataldo (Americana, country, roots)
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Director: Robert Rodriguez and Ethan Maniquis Players: Danny Trejo, Jessica Alba, Robert De Niro, Steven Seagal, Michelle Rodriguez, Jeff Fahey Absurdist Action Comedy
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The Story: A former Mexican federale gets tied into a violent plot to knock off a racist Texas senator. The Lowdown: An absurdly violent, overthe-top action movie that manages to be both topical and fun, making for the best pure action movie of the year. Director Robert Rodriguez began making films as a kid in his backyard, and it would seem that he has spent an entire career trying to get back to that. There isn’t a director working today who seems to have as much fun — and have the talent to back it up and make it worthwhile — as Rodriguez. Good for him for figuring out a means of making a living off making films his way. His latest, Machete, might best be described as Rodriguez finally and wholeheartedly transforming the loopy fun of his Spy Kids films into something for adult audiences. That he’s managed to do this in the most ridiculous and agreeably tasteless way imaginable is all the better. While longtime Rodriguez collaborator and editor Ethan Maniquis is given a co-director credit for the film, Machete is still Rodriguez’s brainchild. The original idea for the film began gestating in 1995 during the filming of Desperado, where Rodriguez first met star Danny Trejo and wanted to create a vehicle for the actor he describes as a “Mexican Charles Bronson.” Then, 12 years later, a fake trailer for Machete ended up on the beginning of the Rodriguez/Quentin Tarantino double feature Grindhouse and the positive response led to a fullblown feature. Machete continues the tradition created by Rodriguez’s half of the double-feature Grindhouse, Planet Terror, by being an homage to ‘70s exploitation B cinema. However, Machete is never a parody of such films (this is where a lot of other films that attempt to do the same thing fail), and it’s not a
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Danny Trejo as Machete in Robert Rodriguez’s Machete — a determinedly over-the-top essay in the joy of exploitation flicks and bad taste. movie riddled with in-jokes and obscure references. Rather, it acts more as an opportunity for the man to revel in absurdity and the inherent cheesiness that’s cropped up in all of Rodriguez’s films, but in a completely unapologetic manner. The film is the one promised by the original fake trailer, with Danny Trejo as Machete, a supposed Mexican day laborer who is hired by a shady political aide (Jeff Fahey, Grindhouse) to knock off a racist senator (Robert De Niro), only to be double-crossed and left for dead. The only problem is that Machete is a former federale and a very difficult man to kill and he is soon on the warpath for revenge. The film is incredibly violent and gory, but in a splatstick kind of manner, where the multiple acts of egregious bodily harm are for the sole purpose of black humor — never is the violence used in an uncomfortable or disgusting manner. A lot of it is about the way in which the violence occurs, since we’re talking about a hero who offs bad guys with everything from cooking utensils to a Weed Eater. Machete nevertheless revels in its own preposterousness and bad taste. From the moment we find out where a nude hostage is hiding her cell phone at the beginning of the film — or after seeing Steven Seagal as a Mexican druglord — we know what kind of movie we’re in for, and it’s all combined with the usual Rodriguez wit and imagination. While this is probably Rodriguez’s most ludicrous film, it’s also his most topical. The entire movie is about Mexican immigration into the U.S., and it’s depicted in the most blatant way possible. There’s nothing subversive about what Rodriguez is saying, with racist rednecks patrolling the border and politicians using immigration as a political tool. Maybe the most surprising thing about the film is how good the performances are. Jessica Alba and
Michelle Rodriguez have never been so palatable, while a small role by Don Johnson is almost enough to make you forget Nash Bridges ever existed. Even Steven Seagal is surprisingly fun on occasion. And that’s what Machete is really about: a movie where everyone involved is honestly enjoying themselves. Of course, the film’s brand of preposterousness won’t be to everyone’s liking. Still, it’s a hard movie not to enjoy — as long as you’re on its same gory wavelength. Rated R for strong bloody violence throughout, language, some sexual content and nudity. reviewed by Justin Souther Playing at Carmike Cinema 10, The Carolina Asheville Cinema 14, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande.
The American JJJJ
Director: Anton Corbijn (Control) Players: George Clooney, Violante Placido, Paolo Bonacelli, Thekla Reuten, Johan Leysen Enigmatic Thriller
Rated R
The Story: An assassin hiding out in a small Italian town agrees to one last job. The Lowdown: Though hawked as a straight thriller, this is really an enigmatic art movie with a style and an introspective mood that some may find off-putting. Viewers expecting a thrill ride are going to be disappointed by Anton Corbijn’s The American. Those expecting a movie that trades on George Clooney’s charm are probably going to be even more disappointed. This is a film almost guaranteed to puzzle and polarize the audience. It’s a thriller, sort of, but its thrills are doled out rather sparsely. “Action packed” is not a term that can be
The American (R) 12:00, 2:30, 4:50, 7:15, 9:40 Eat Pray Love (PG-13) 12:10, 3:05, 7:10, 10:00 (Sofa Cinema) The Expendables (R) 12:30, 2:55, 5:20, 7:55, 10:25 (Sofa Cinema) Get Low (PG-13) 12:05, 2:35, 5:00, 7:20, 9:45 Going the Distance (R) 12:35, 3:10, 5:25, 7:45, 10:10 Inception (PG-13) 12:15, 3:20, 7:00, 10:05 The Kids Are All Right (R) 12:25, 2:45, 5:05, 8:00, 10:30 The Last Exorcism (PG-13) 12:15, 2:25, 4:35, 7:30, 9:50 (Sofa Cinema) Machete (R) 12:20. 2:40, 5:10, 7:50, 10:20
The Other Guys (PG-13) 12:00, 2:35, 5:00, 7:30, 10:05 (Sofa Cinema) Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D (R) 12:25, 2:50, 5:25, 7:50, 10:15 Restrepo (R) 12:20, 2:40, 4:55, 7:40, 10:25 Winter’s Bone (R) 12:40, 3:40, 7:35, 9:55 (no 3:40, 7:35 or 9:55 show on Sept 15)
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applied here. What action there is, is not especially showy. In fact, it’s straightforward stuff. And yet nothing else about the film is. The film has been called a case of style over substance, but really The American is more style over story that revels in being impenetrable. The American simply dumps the viewer in the middle of a situation involving a professional assassin (Clooney), whose name might be Jack or maybe it’s Edward, whose romantic tryst in Sweden is interrupted by gunmen. Soon the snow is littered with corpses and Jack is in Italy being told by his boss, Pavel (Johan Leysen), to go hide in a sleepy mountain town, and is given a car and a cell phone for this purpose. Jack keeps the car, but is too canny and suspicious to keep the phone — or to go to the town he is sent to. Instead, he makes his own arrangements in another town nearby. There he becomes cautious friends with the local priest, Fr. Benedetto (Paolo Bonacelli), and romantically involved with a prostitute, Clara (Violante Placido). All of this has happened without us really learning a single thing about Jack — and that doesn’t really change. We’re given hints that he’s not truly a bad guy — within the limits of his profession — and that he’s likely to be shut out of his way of
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Julia Roberts, Javier Bardem, Richard Jenkins, James Franco, Billy Crudup Navel-Gazing Self-Realization Drama A woman who is dissatisfied with her life goes on a quest for spiritual fulfillment. The cast and the direction sometimes overcome a predictable—and slightly obnoxious—essay in self-absorption. Rated PG-13
Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Eric Roberts Action Folderol with Carnage A group of mercenaries take on the military dictator of a small island. Doubtful acting, clunky scripting, special effects that aren’t very special—yet in spite or because of all this, The Expendables is kind of fun. Rated R
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Drew Barrymore, Justin Long, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis, Christina Applegate, Ron Livingston Romantic Comedy A newly in love couple try to keep their relationship going despite being separated by a continent. A formula-heavy romcom with a few good moments and pleasant leads, but not enough virtues to outweigh its flaws. Rated R
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Emma Thompson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Maggie Smith, Rhys Ifans, Ralph Fiennes Fantasy The indomitable Nanny McPhee comes to set things right on an English farm during wartime. An agreeable family fantasy that benefits from strong casting and a solid screenplay, but never rises to the level of being remarkable, just very likable. Rated PG
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Danny Trejo, Jessica Alba, Robert De Niro, Steven Seagal, Michelle Rodriguez, Jeff Fahey Absurdist Action Comedy A former Mexican federale gets tied into a violent plot to knock off a racist Texas senator. An absurdly violent, over-the-top action movie that manages to be both topical and fun, making for the best pure action movie of the year. Rated R
Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek, Bill Murray, Lucas Black, Bill Cobbs Fact-Based Dramatic Comedy In the late 1930s in rural Tennessee, a crusty old hermit decides to hold his own funeral while he’s still alive. An often predictable narrative becomes a thoroughly entertaining and even wonderful moviegoing experience by virtue of its stars. Rated PG-13
Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist, Lena Endre, Sofia Ledarp, Mikael Spreitz, Georgi Staykov Mystery Crime Thriller Lisbeth Salander finds herself suspected of three murders, placing not only her, but anyone who knows her in danger. A complex and engaging thriller that builds on the characters established in The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. A must for fans of the series, but not wholly successful as a stand-alone work. Rated R
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George Clooney, Violante Placido, Paolo Bonacelli, Thekla Reuten, Johan Leysen Enigmatic Thriller An assassin hiding out in a small Italian town agrees to one last job. Though hawked as a straight thriller, this is really an enigmatic art movie with a style and an introspective mood that some may find off-putting. Rated R
Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Marion Cotillard Sci-Fi/Thriller Art-House Style A man whose job is to steal information from people’s dreams is charged with the task of instead using those dreams to implant an idea. Dazzling, complex and with a surprisingly strong (especially considering the filmmaker) emotional core, Inception not only lives up to the hype, it largely surpasses it. Rated PG-13
The Kids Are All Right JJJJJ
Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Mia Wasikowska, Josh Hutcherson, Yaya DaCosta Comedy Drama The children of a middle-aged lesbian couple decide to incorporate the sperm donor who fathered them into the family. A beautifully written and acted film that’s very nearly as good as all the raves suggest. Rated R
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Dan Kearney, Lamonta Caldwell, Kevin Rice, Misha C. Pemble-Birkin Documentary A documentary following a single platoon in Afghanistan. A raw, rough-edged and emotionally blistering documentary that takes no sides—except that of the soldier under fire. Rated R
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Idris Elba, Matt Dillon, Paul Walker, Tip “T.I.” Harris, Hayden Christensen, Michael Ealy Generic Heist Flick A group of risk-taking bank robbers take on a job with their fresh-from-prison former partner. A laundry list of clichés and paper-thin characters make for a pretty useless movie. Rated PG-13
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Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes, Kevin Breznahan, Dale Dickey, Garret Dillahunt, Sheryl Lee Mystery/Drama A 17-year-old girl must find her bail-jumping father or lose her home. Unrelenting in its picture of poverty, but compelling in its storytelling and its ability to find humanity where you don’t expect it, Winter’s Bone is remarkable. Rated R
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What is this — the fourth in this videogame-based series? Seemingly so. What can you expect? More postapocalyptic zombie horror with Milla Jovovich in skimpy-to-no costumes battling said zombies. The indefatigable schlockmeister Paul W.S. Anderson, who directed the first entry, returns to helm this one. Who knows whether or not that is a good or a bad thing. It hasn’t been screened for critics — or apparently even horror fan sites — but really, don’t you pretty much know what you’re getting here? (R)
life and that he might even be capable of redemption, or at least a shot at it. Little of this is stated. It’s mostly suggested in subtle ways — and it helps that Clooney is too innately likable to seem irredeemable. It feels like a character study of an enigma that cannot be truly understood or solved. And that’s an admirable quality — one that makes The American compelling. Less admirable — and less successful — is the film’s heavy reliance on thriller conventions in other areas. Really, could there by anything older than the professional agreeing to that “one last job”? (You have only to look at last week’s The Last Exorcism to see how that sort of thing tends to work out.) And it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out who the target of this last job is, nor the role of the stylish and mysterious woman (Thekla Reuten, In Bruges) who is sent to Jack for the right equipment for the job. If you’re paying attention and are even moderately well-versed in this kind of movie, you’ll almost certainly spot the supposed plot twist. In case you aren’t, however, I’ll say no more on that score. The genre conventions don’t ruin the film, but they do take it out of the realm of the impenetrable and into that of the somewhat predictable. That’s especially jarring in a movie that otherwise seems to be more in line with Antonioni’s The Passenger (1975) than with a straightforward thriller — and outfitting it with these tropes isn’t going to make it any more user friendly to action fans. It’s still going to be slow and introspective and without much in the way of answers. Even so, I think it’s a film that’s very worth seeing, but one that is only going to work with an audience that’s open to it. Rated R for violence, sexual content and nudity. reviewed by Ken Hanke Playing at Carmike Cinema 10, The Carolina Asheville Cinema 14, Cinebarre, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande.
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Director: Nanette Burstein (The Kid Stays in the Picture) Players: Drew Barrymore, Justin Long, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis, Christina Applegate, Ron Livingston Romantic Comedy
Rated R
This appears to be some kind of indie comedy from the guys — Huck Botko and Andrew Gurland — who wrote The Last Exorcism. The hook is that it’s a low-budget sex farce built around video recording the attempts to get a buddy laid and posting the results online. It stars no one you ever heard of and has the feel of an extended session of YouTube viewing — at least based on the trailer. Since no one has been allowed to review it yet, that’s all there is to go by. (R)
The Story: A newly in love couple try to keep their relationship going despite being separated by a continent. The Lowdown: A formula-heavy romcom with a few good moments and pleasant leads, but not enough virtues to outweigh its flaws. After reading some interesting reviews that suggested that Nanette Burstein’s Going the Distance was better than it appeared from the trailers, I actually harbored a degree of hope upon finally seeing it. Well, the absolute best I can say is that it was reasonably painless most of the time — and that its best gag inspired me to want to take a certain friend of mine to a driving range and put the gag into practice the next time he is compelled to answer a text message in midconversation. Neither of these are what I would call sterling recommendations. This is Romcom 101, with a plot so thin that it’s really just a premise. All the tropes are in place, from the wacky best friends of the hero to the quirky family of the heroine to the penultimate gloomy reel. It operates on the idea that if you take that formula and slather a coat of ersatz Judd Apatow raunch on top of it, pleasant leads like Drew Barrymore and Justin Long will carry the day. Nerts, as they used to say in the 1930s. Barrymore and Long are likable, but they aren’t likable enough to pull off this screenplay. Barrymore plays Erin, a newspaper-reporter intern at a major New York City paper, whose internship is ending in six weeks. Naturally, this means she’ll meet cute — over a video game — with record promoter Garrett (Long), who has been freshly dumped by his latest girlfriend. It follows — thanks to convenient scripting — that the two will fall in love despite the finite nature of her tenure. That’s it, and you knew it going in. The rest of the film details their attempts to keep the relationship afloat via long distance. With a really witty script, this might have worked. But it soon transpires that first-time screenwriter Geoff LaTulippe is more up on broad gags than wit and more concerned with mechanics than characters. Still, the film isn’t a train wreck. It might have
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been more interesting if it had been. However, there are moments of genuine charm that come through every so often. There are even occasional gags and one-liners that filter through the generally pedestrian narrative. This means it’s not as lame as most of this year’s romantic comedies or as obnoxious as the rest. Now, whether that’s recommendation enough to go see it is up to you. Rated R for sexual content, including dialogue, language throughout, some drug use and brief nudity. reviewed by Ken Hanke Playing at The Carolina Asheville Cinema 14, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande, United Artists Beaucatcher Cinema 7.
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Director: Bruce Beresford (Tender Mercies) Players: Bruce Greenwood, Kyle MacLachlan, Joan Chen, Chi Cao, Amanda Schull Biographical Drama
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Bruce Beresford has one of the odder filmographies around — ranging from the very good to the utterly mediocre and stopping off everywhere in between. He’s the Australian filmmaker who turned out to have an apparent affinity with the American South — Tender Mercies (1983), Crimes of the Heart (1986), Driving Miss Daisy (1989), Rich in Love (1992) — something he manages to bring in a small way to the biopic Mao’s Last Dancer with its Houston setting. Even if Houston is more often than not actually Sydney, Australia, there’s still something of the tone of the films named. Depending on how familiar you are with the movies listed above, that might give you some idea of what you’ll find in Mao’s Last Dancer — but only some idea. Mao’s Last Dancer is based on the autobiography of Chinese ballet dancer Li Cunxin (played as an adult by ballet star Chi Cao), so — among other things — parts of it take place in China (which is generally not played by Sydney). That also means that the film’s drama has much to do with the political and cultural differences
between East and West. Unfortunately, this is the least successful aspect of the film. It’s handled about as subtly as a McCarthy-era Americanism vs. Communism class in its depiction of China, and it isn’t much better at depicting the U.S. in terms of little more than the purely materialistic. Call it a Consumerism vs. Communism class. The upshot of all this is that the movie feels weirdly old-fashioned — something that’s exacerbated by the frequent infusions of pure schmaltz. The schmaltz, however, works a good deal of the time — certainly more than it should. But in the case of what is at bottom a fairly standard biopic, that’s not a bad thing — assuming you’re willing to go with the flow. Beresford — and some shrewd casting — makes it not only easy to do that, but hard not to do. It’s less the main character than the supporting cast that sells the film. Quite honestly, Chi Cao is rarely more than adequate in the lead, but since dancing ability probably trumped acting skill, that’s at least partly understandable. Surrounding Chi Cao with actors like Bruce Greenwood as Houston Ballet director Ben Stevenson (refreshingly played as gay without the fact ever being mentioned), Kyle MacLachlan as immigration lawyer Charles Foster and Joan Chen as Li’s mother helps immensely. As does the fact that Beresford knows the only way to deal with schmaltz is to just go ahead and embrace it. There are several strong moments in the film: notably, the arrest of one of Li’s most sympathetic teachers (Su Zhang) as a counter-revolutionary and the standoff at the Chinese consulate in Houston. But what finally sells the film — apart from the dancing — is the emotionally charged final act. While the big emotional moment is as old as the hills — or at least as old as the ending of Leo McCarey’s Going My Way (1944) — it’s played so well (and with a nice touch of humor at the end) that it doesn’t matter in the least. This is also the one section — the Rite of Spring ballet itself — where Beresford goes fully cinematic in shooting the dancing. The coda to this may be inessential, but it’s in a similar and agreeable tone and it would be churlish to complain about it. Make no mistake, this is not a great movie, but it is an immensely likable one — and balletomanes will likely get a little more mileage out of it. Rated PG for a brief violent image, some sensuality, language and incidental smoking. reviewed by Ken Hanke Starts Friday at the Fine Arts Theatre.
specialscreenings The Comedy of Terrors JJJJ
Director: Jacques Tourneur (Night of the Demon) Players: Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, Joyce Jameson, Basil Rathbone, Rhubarb Horror Comedy Rated NR Horror specialist Jacques Tourneur (Cat People, Night of the Demon) stopped off at American International Pictures in the mid-‘60s and knocked out a couple Vincent Price movies, The Comedy of Terrors (1963) and War Gods of the Deep (1965). The latter is fairly negligible, but The Comedy of Terrors is a solid horror comedy — and with Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff and Basil Rathbone, it boasts a cast that’s hard to beat. It deals with a low-grade funeral parlor run by Price, who isn’t above recruiting customers by killing them. Some of it is a little forced — all of it is marred by the typically overbearing Les Baxter musical score — but it’s a lot of fun, especially Basil Rathbone as a Macbeth-quoting “customer” who just won’t stay dead. The Thursday Horror Picture Show will screen The Comedy of Terrors Thursday, Sept. 9, at 8 p.m. in the Cinema Lounge of The Carolina Asheville. Hosted by Xpress movie critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther.
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Director: Gavin Millar Players: Coral Browne, Ian Holm, Peter Gallagher, Caris Corfman, Nicola Cowper, Amelia Shankley Biographical Fantasy Rated PG For years I have tried to like Gavin Millar’s Dreamchild (1985) more than I do. I came closer on this viewing than ever, but I still find it more interesting than actually successful. The story is intriguing: 80-year-old Alice Hargreaves (Coral Browne), the inspiration for Alice in Wonderland, is brought to New York City for the 100th anniversary of Lewis Carroll’s birth. The fact that the film dares to address the murky side of Carroll’s attraction to Alice is even more interesting. But my feeling is still that the Jim Henson fabrications of the Wonderland characters are more horrific than whimsical and the direction feels like a TV film. Nevertheless, it’s certainly a worthy attempt — and Coral Browne’s performance raises it a notch. The Hendersonville Film Society will show Dreamchild at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 12, in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community (behind Epic Cinemas), 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville.
Man on Wire JJJJJ
Director: James Marsh Players: Philippe Petit, Paul McGill, Annie Allix, Ardis Campbell Quirky Quasi-Documentary Rated PG-13 James Marsh’s Man on Wire (2008) is perhaps the most purely entertaining documentary I’ve ever seen — and one of the few documentaries I’ve ever watched of my own volition more than once. This is partly because it plays fast and loose with the documentary form. It’s actually almost a docu-drama, since it blends real footage and photographs with dramatic recreations. The film’s greatest accomplishment, though, lies in making the illegal tightwire walk between the World Trade Towers that Philippe Petit undertook on Aug. 7, 1974 suspenseful. We already know it happened, so that’s a trick of no little note. I reviewed the film at great length in 2008, so you might want to check out the original review at http://www.mountainx. com/movies/review/man_on_wire. Classic Cinema From Around the World will present Man on Wire at 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 10, at Courtyard Gallery, located in the Phil Mechanic Studios building at 109 Roberts St. in the River Arts District. Info: 273-3332.
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans JJJJJ
Director: F.W. Murnau Players: Janet Gaynor, George O’Brien, Margaret Livingston, Bodil Rosing, J. Farrell MacDonald Drama Rated NR F.W. Murnau’s Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) has occasionally been called the greatest movie of all time — and while I’m not foolish enough to make such an absolute claim for any film, I will say I can’t think of a better one. I also do believe it to be the greatest silent film ever made — the one that fully justifies mourning the passing of that particular art form. It’s a simple story — of a certain psychological depth — that could even be called melodramatic, with its tale of a country husband (George O’ Brien) who is so bewitched by a city woman (Margaret Livingston) that she convinces him to drown his wife (Janet Gaynor) on a boat trip. That, however, is just the beginning of the story, and in no way takes into account either the film’s humanity or the genius of its cinematic quality. The Asheville Film Society will screen Sunrise Tuesday, Sept. 14, at 8 p.m. in the Cinema Lounge of The Carolina Asheville. Hosted by Xpress movie critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther. For Cranky Hanke’s full reviews of these movies, visit www.mountainx.com/movies.
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Director: Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger Players: Dan Kearney, Lamonta Caldwell, Kevin Rice, Misha C. Pemble-Birkin Documentary
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The Story: A documentary following a single platoon in Afghanistan. The Lowdown: A raw, rough-edged and emotionally blistering documentary that takes no sides — except that of the soldier under fire. Documentaries are often criticized for having an agenda, for fudging facts to support a point of view or for presenting a less-than-truthful version of the events they record. Well, if Restrepo has an agenda — apart from presenting a year in the lives of a platoon of soldiers in Afghanistan — I am unable to detect it. Apart from the inevitable choices of what is shown and what isn’t shown, the only points of view expressed in Restrepo are those of the soldiers themselves, not the filmmakers. The results are uncomfortable and occasionally harrowing in their realism — and utterly compelling. In a lot of ways, Restrepo is less a documentary than it is photojournalism done with video cameras. It has the same kind of immediacy. This is “you are there” filmmaking of a kind rarely seen. I’m not even sure I’ve seen anything quite like it — and it’s not something I’d like a steady diet of, which is by no means a criticism. Rather, it’s the kind of experience that I think should be rare to
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avoid the pitfall of numbing viewers into a sense of complacency about it. It should be shocking. It should be horrifying. It should be visceral. The last thing a film like Restrepo needs is to become normalized. Conceptually, it’s very simple. The filmmakers — and by extension the viewer (albeit from a safer, more comfortable seat) — spend 15 months with a platoon in the Korengal Valley in Afghanistan, where it’s hoped the platoon can gain a hold in this dangerous area rife with hidden Taliban. The platoon manages to build an outpost they name Restrepo after Juan “Doc” Restrepo, a well-liked medic killed in the early days of their mission. What the filmmakers capture is interspersed with interview footage of the soldiers discussing their experience. It’s sometimes hard to tell which is the rawer: the actual footage or the nakedness of the interviews. The immediacy of the war footage is certainly powerful, but the interviews are so candid, unaffected and honest that it’s a tough call. I don’t want to describe too much of the film, since I think it ought to be experienced from as uncolored a perspective as possible. I’ll go this far: You’re shown every aspect of the lives of these soldiers. It’s all there — the tedium, the camaraderie, the bravery, the frustration, the anger — and it’s often not pretty, but it ought to be seen in all its unvarnished impact. If there’s a flaw in the approach — and I think this is a minor one — it lies in the understandably respectful reticence to show anything too graphic. Rated R for language throughout, including some descriptions of violence. reviewed by Ken Hanke Starts Friday at The Carolina Asheville Cinema 14.
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2BR, 2BA NORTH • 27 Spooks Mill. Deck, mountain views. $975/month. 828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com
1BR, 1BA NORTH • 83 Edgemont. Hardwood floors, A/C. $685/month. 828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com
2BR,1BA MONTFORD • 346 Montford, Dishwasher, W/D Hook-ups, $685$745/month. 828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com
BLACK MOUNTAIN Nicely renovated (new: bath, kitchen), 1BR, sunroom, dining room. 9’ ceilings, abundance of natural light. Hardwood floors. Short walk to downtown. • $615/month includes heat, water, Wifi. • Smoke free. 280-5449. CANDLER • Large 2BR, lots of closet space. Electric heat, water provided $625/month. Call 828-253-0758. Carver Realty. COME HOME AND RELAX AT THE END OF YOUR DAY! • Large, sunny 2BR/2BA condo on one level at The Racquet Club with private deck. Large MBR has big walk-in closet. Just renovated kitchen with new appliances. Spring summer enjoy pool, tennis, and fitness • Fall and Winter curl up in front of your Fireplace. $950/month includes full Racquet Club membership plus water. Lease, security deposit, credit check and references req. For appt: 253-6800, Elizabeth Graham. EAST 1BR DUPLEX APARTMENT Quiet, wooded, convenient location. • • Small pet considered. • No smoking. $675/month, includes water. 230-2511. EDGEWOOD ROAD - WALK TO UNCA! • Fabulous location near university plus close to downtown and Merrimon Ave. 2BR/1.5BA with large basement for den/rec area. Plenty of offstreet parking. Hardwood floors, A/C, dishwasher, washer/dryer connections in basement. Garden space. $780/month. Lease, security deposit, credit report required. Quiet pet with fee. For appt: 253-6800: Elizabeth Graham. SOUTH • Forestdale. 2BR, 2BA. D/W, storage. $775/month. 828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com WEST-ACTON WOODS APTS • 2BR, 2BA, 1100 sq.ft. $775/month. Call 253-0758. Carver Realty. WEST • 1BR, 1BA. A/C. $550/month. Call 828-253-0758. Carver Realty.
Mobile Homes For Rent WEST ASHEVILLE 4BR/2BA DOUBLEWIDE Spacious corner lot. Very clean, new carpet. one year lease, application fee. References, background/credit check. 404-372-0186 or fayreed@bellsouth.net
Condos/ Townhomes For Rent 2BR, 2BA CONDO 1000 sq ft. Washer/Dryer hookup, dishwasher. back patio. 2 parking spaces, quiet, located between Sweeten Creek, Hendersonville Rd. $800/month. les.klein@gmail.com A SPACIOUS 2BR/2BA AT ASHEVILLE RACQUET CLUB • Private deck, fireplace, newly renovated kitchen and large closets. Great close-in location near Blue Ridge Parkway. Close to hospitals, shopping, Biltmore Village. Rent includes full use of Fitness, Pool, and Tennis Club. $950/month includes water. Lease, security, and credit ck req. 253-6800, Elizabeth Graham. BEAUCATCHER MOUNTAIN 5 minutes to downtown Asheville. Great views. 2BR, 2BA. Huge balcony. Fireplace. Pool. $900/month includes water. Must see! (828) 2794337. BEAUTIFUL 2BR/2BA CONDO - EASTWOOD VILLAGE Available October 1: Beautiful 2BR/2BA condo. Safe, great community. Stainless appliances. Balcony for privacy. Must have great references. 304-610-9543 yerridnin@aol.com DOWNTOWN LUXURY CONDO New loft in historic 52 Biltmore Avenue building. 2BR, 2BA. • Gourmet kitchen, oak floors, exposed brick, fireplace, large windows, WD, concrete, granite, stone, stainless upgrades. • Indoor parking. Best Downtown location; walk to anything! • Reduced! • $1895/month. • 1 year lease required. (828) 301-8033 or (954) 684-1300. phillpen@aol.com MILLS RIVER Beautiful quiet neighborhood, five minutes from airport, perfect for sharing, 2300 sunny sq.ft. half mile from Glenn Marlow Elementary School. 3BR, 3BA, spacious closets, very large family room, garage, lots of storage, deck overlooks woods, community pool/clubhouse, credit check, no smokers, some pets. $1295/month, one year lease. 828-274-3842 for more information.
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ERWIN HILLS • ROCK HOUSE 1BR, 1BA on 6.5 wooded acres. Hardwood floors, fireplace, covered porch, unfinished basement, large garden area. $650/month (828) 299-7743.
1ST CALL US! 2, 3 and 4BR homes from $700-2500. • Pet friendly. • Huge selection! (828) 251-9966 Alpha-Real-Estate.com 2BR, 1BA EAST • 21 Springdale. Full basement, Central A/C. $875/month. 828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com
3BR 1BA HOUSE FOR RENT ON HIGHLAND STREET, IN ASHEVILLE: $1200/MONTH Renovated 1800 sq.ft., washer/dryer/dishwasher, hardwood floors, walk to town/grocery. Diverse family-friendly neighborhood, off street parking, workshop/garage. www.23highland.purplecat.n et Call Peter. 828-250-9446. 3BR, 2BA FLETCHER • 302 Springfield. Hardwood floors, fenced yard. $1,220/month. 828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com 3BR, 3BA NORTH • 129 Pearson. Central AC, Deck. $1,530/month. 828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com
CENTRAL REAL ESTATE SERVICES AVAILABLE • Rentals • Rental Management • Sales • Listings. • The City Solution! 828.210.2222. AshevilleCityRealEstate.com
GREAT BLACK MOUNTAIN HOUSE Responsible adults with consistent income and long-term. Walking distance of town and 15 minutes to Asheville. 3BR/1BA. Fenced backyard, gardens. NP/NS, W/D, grill, patio furniture and shed. A background check will be required as well as proof of income. Year lease, first month and security. Available Oct 1st. 970-485-3419 LEICESTER • Clean 2BR, 2 full BA with open livingroom, kitchen, dining room. Cathedral ceilings, W/D. Lawn service and water furnished. $700/month + $700/deposit. If you are a responsible, non-smoking adult who would live easy on the land, please call 828-683-9564. REMODELED COUNTRY HOME • FAIRVIEW Old Fort Rd, 10-15 minutes to Asheville. 2BR, 2BA, Jacuzzi tub, porch. Tile, stone, wood floors. $780/month. (828) 778-0726. SOUTH 3BR, 2.5BA, fireplace, hardwood floors, garage. $1125/month. Call 2530758. Carver Realty.
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ACROSS FROM TROUT STREAM • 1 hour to Asheville, just 15 minutes to Hot Springs! • Marshall/Shelton Laurel, 3BR, 1.5BA. • New: cabinets, woodfloors, paint! On open 1 acre. • $600/month. Call Stacey: (828) 206-0785. Laurel River Realty. BEAUTIFUL ARDEN HOME Beautiful Arden home. Great neighborhood. 850 sq ft. 2BR, 1BA. Pets welcome. $850/month. Call or email Nicole 828-808-8916 nikie1234@hotmail.com BEAUTIFUL LOG HOME • SOUTH ASHEVILLE 2BR, 1BA, large front porch, large screened back porch. Full finished basement, lots of storage in finished standup attic. Private, but close to everything! Prefer lesbian/gay couple or roommates. $900/month plus utilities. (828) 279-6968. BEST TIME IS NOW! Best time to buy, pay less than rent, 1% rebate from Buyer Agent Commission, see www.BuncombeRealty.com, 301-2021.
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BOTANY WOODS • EAST ASHEVILLE • QUIET 3BR, 2BA home • 5 miles East of downtown Asheville. Available mid-September. Hardwood floors, large living room, deck, fenced backyard, garage and carport, ceiling fans in every room, partial daylight basement, all in a quiet wooded neighborhood. References and background checks required. Pets considered. Now available for showing with appointment. $1100/month, 1 year lease. (828) 216-8181.
Glen Rock Apartments Is now accepting applications!
362 Depot Street Spacious 1, 2 & 3 BR Units On three floors Elevators Spacious, space utilizing floor plans All major appliances Easy Maintenance Tile Floors Family Friendly Playground Community Area Security Cameras Trash Compactor For appointments
Call (828) 225-3081 Walk-ins welcome Equal Housing Opportunity Disability Accessible Units Professionally Managed by Partnership Property Management
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jobs WOLF LAUREL • 2BR, 1.5BA. Beautiful furnished chalet near Asheville. Piano, fireplace, large windows, beautiful views. 10 month lease. $800/month includes utilities. 305-448-8555, 954-579-8009.
Vacation Rentals A BEACH HOUSE AT FOLLY 20 minutes from historic downtown Charleston, SC. • The legendary dog-friendly Rosie’s Ocean View and Kudzu’s Cottage, across the street from the beach!Visit www.kudzurose.com or call (404) 617-1146. BEAUTIFUL LOG CABIN Sleeps 5, handicap accessible. Near Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC. (828) 231-4504 or 277-1492. bennie14@bellsouth.net
Short-Term Rentals BUSINESS TRIPS • VACATION • RELOCATING? Conveniently located, charming 1BR cottage, in historic Asheville neighborhood. • Completely furnished, includes linens, TV, internet. • (2 week minimum). norwoodcottage@ gmail.com
Roommates 10 MINUTES TO DOWNTOWN Share 3BR, 2BA home on 2 plus acres in Leicester. $400/month. Private room and bath. • Sorry, no pets, no inside smoking. Call (828) 273-5834. Don’t see what you’re looking for? Please go to www.mountainx.com for additional listings. NORTH ASHEVILLE Share 2BR, 1BA apartment. $325/month, includes cable/internet. $300 deposit. Share utilities. Great neighborhood. 808-0831.
Employment
General CAB DRIVERS Needed at Blue Bird; call JT 258-8331. Drivers needed at Yellow Cab; call Buster at 253-3311. COURIER EXPRESS is looking for independent contractors who own their own cargo vans, 16’ box trucks, and 24’ box trucks to make local deliveries in the Asheville area. The routes can run Monday-Saturday, and cover all shifts. Settlement pay will be based on vehicle size and route. Must be +21, own vehicle, and have clean MVR, background, and drug screen. Please call (704) 369-8604 and ask for Driver Recruiting.
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES • Call (828) 225-6122 or visit: biltmore.com HIRE QUALITY EMPLOYEES “Our employment advertisements with the Mountain Xpress garner far more educated and qualified applicants than any other publication we have used. The difference is visible in the phone calls, applications and resumes.” Howard Stafford, Owner, Princess Anne Hotel. • Thank you, Howard. Your business can benefit by advertising for your next employee in Mountain Xpress Classifieds. Call 251-1333.
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HIRING 30 PEOPLE NOW! Company is seeking enthusiastic production assembly team workers and machine operators to hire at a dynamic CD, DVD Manufacturer in Weaverville. 10 hour shifts (6am-4pm, 4pm-2am). Must pass background check.$8$10/hr. Contact: 828-707-6415 or eechavarria@ getproductiv.com for appointment. Hablamos Español. LOVE BOOKS AND MUSIC? Full and part-time retail. 2 years college required. Weekends required. Great working environment. Application at River Ridge Shopping Center or www.mrksonline.com • 299-1145. Mr. K’s Used Books, Music and More
Administrative/ Office ACCOUNTING ASSISTANT • 20 hours each week. Must be detail oriented, well organized and love numbers as well as people. Experience with QuickBooks preferred. Minimum of high school diploma with preference given to individual having two year degree in accounting field. Send resume and desired salary to Finance Manager, WNC Group Homes, 28 Pisgah View Avenue, Asheville NC 28803.
Sales/ Marketing ASHEVILLE MAGAZINE SALES PRO Banner/billboards, classifieds, links in Asheville’s only new age, holistic, metaphysical online magazine http://ashevillemagazine.com Make 50% of each sale! 254-6620. EXHIBIT SALES ASSOCIATE Boutique “green” event production company looking for a seasoned sales pro with a solid track record and work ethic. We provide a generous benefits package, use SalesForce.com, and an income potential to $50k. Email hr@sevenstarevents.com. Please, no phone calls. http://sevenstarevents.com/ THE SMOKY MOUNTAIN NEWS Is looking for an aggressive self-starter to sell advertising in our newspaper and our nationally distributed magazine. This full-time position will be expected to handle existing accounts and
ADMIN/SALES PART TIME Office manager Thursday and Fridays Customer service, sales experience Microsoft Office, internet marketing Organised hard worker email resume to suzannehulme@msn.com BILINGUAL CLIENT SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE • Nonprofit seeks exemplary customer service employee who can handle high phone volume and speak Spanish. Tarag@ontrackwnc.org or www.ontrackwnc.org for listing. PART TIME JOBS FROM HOME Mail dispatcher needed to work for us,the job doesn’t entails much all you have to do is have mails received,record and also send out package or mails to out client,must be computer literate and must speak English fluently, Send an email to (theceooms@aol.com)
Salon/ Spa LICENSED NAIL TECH Parttime licensed nail tech to work in the Asheville Mall. Please call (828) 298-6246.
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land new ones. Great opportunity for the right person. Salary plus commission. Send resume to info@ smokymountainnews.com.
Medical/ Health Care CNAs • BUNCOMBE COUNTY Stacie’s Personal Care Services seeking CNA’s in all areas of Buncombe county, including Leicester, Black Mountain, Swannanoa, Arden and Henderson County. Schedules vary. • Weekend shifts available, all areas. • You can become part of Stacie’s team if you have a clean background, a clean drug screening, and an eagerness to help people in their homes. (828) 649-9014 or apply at www.staciespcs.com
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DIRECT CARE WORKERS NEEDED Direct Care Workers needed to serve people with disabilities. Includes both home and community care. jhally@rhanet.or Online Description: RHA Health Services Inc. in Hendersonville is now hiring for Direct Support Professionals to provide care to people with varying disabilities. All shifts are available with a competitive starting wage along with a generous benefits package. Qualifications: a high school diploma, valid driver’s license and a clean background check. Prior experience preferred but not required. Please apply in person at the RHA Health Services’ Hendersonville location at 218-B West Allen Street (next to the ABC store and across from the Sinbad restaurant) during one of the following time frames: Mon 1 to 3pm, Wed 3 to 5pm and Fri 9 to 11am. You may also email your resume to the attention of John Hally at jhally@rhanet.org. No phone calls please. jhally@rhanet.org
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AVAILABLE POSITIONS • MERIDIAN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Transylvania County: Team Leader Assertive Community Treatment Team: Must have Master’s degree and be license-eligible. Please contact Ben Haffey, ben.haffey@meridianbhs.org Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP) Assertive Community Treatment Team: Must have mental health degree and two years of experience working with adults with mental illness. Please contact Ben Haffey, ben.haffey@meridianbhs.org Registered Nurse (RN) Assertive Community Treatment Team: Must have four years of psychiatric nursing experience. Please contact Ben Haffey, ben.haffey@meridianbhs.org Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist (LCAS) Assertive Community Treatment Team: Please contact Ben Haffey, ben.haffey@meridianbhs.org Case Manager (QMHP) Recovery Education Center: Must have mental health degree and two years of experience working with adults with mental illness. Please contact Caroline Bradford, caroline.bradford@ meridianbhs.orgFor further information and to complete an application, visit our website: www.meridianbhs.org DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL Good benefit package. Now accepting applications. For more information: (828) 299-3636. Mountain Area Residential Facilities, Inc. admin@mountainarearesid entialfacilities.org
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FAMILIES TOGETHER INC. Due to continuous growth in WNC Families Together, Inc is now hiring licensed professionals in Madison, Rutherford, Henderson, and Transylvania Counties. • Qualified candidates will include • LPC’s, LCSW’s, LMFT’s, LCAS’s, PLCSW’s, or LPCA’s. • 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
FAMILIES TOGETHER, INC. Due to continuous growth through WNC, Families Together Inc. is hiring! FTI is a local mental health agency providing child, adult, and family centered services in WNC. FTI provides a positive work environment, flexible hours, room for advancement, health benefits, and an innovative culture. Go to www.familiestogether.net for employment opportunities.
FAMILY PRESERVATION SERVICES OF HENDERSONVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA has openings for child and adult QMHPs to provide day treatment services, Intensive In Home Services and Community Support Team services to consumers. Applicants must have a minimum of 2 years experience working with the identified population. Please forward resumes to shearn@fpscorp.com
MAKE A DIFFERENCE NC Mentor is offering free informational meetings to those who are interested in becoming therapeutic foster parents. The meetings will be held on the 2nd Tuesday 6:30pm-7:30pm (snacks provided) and 4th Friday 12pm-1pm (lunch provided). • If you are interested in making a difference in a child’s life, please call Nicole at 828-696-2667 x13 or email Nicole: nicole.toto@thementornetwor k.com. • Become a Therapeutic Foster Family. • Free informational meeting. NC Mentor. • Tuesday August 10, 6:30pm-7:30pm (light snack) 828-696-2667 x13, 120C Chadwick Square Court, Hendersonville, NC 28739 NON-MEDICAL HOME CARE CNA Positions Avilable! Inquire today: caringjobs@homeinsteadwnc .com or visit www.homeinstead.com/159 for more information. The world’s trusted source of non-medical senior care.
PARKWAY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH • Has an immediate opening in our Hendersonville Office for a full time licensed counselor to work with adult MH and dual SA/MH consumers. LCSW and Knowledge of working with Medicaid and IPRS clients would be preferred. Supervision provided for licensed MH clinicians seeking LCAS license. Parkway is an excellent, stable company and offers competitive salaries, excellent benefits, medical insurance, PTO, free Supervision and CEUs for Licensure/Certification and much more for full time staff. Send resume to: slayton@parkwaybh.com QMHP Multidisciplinary team providing support/education to LongTermCare staff regarding Geriatric/MentalHealth residents seeks QMHP. Salary DOE. Resume/Cover: MCBH, POBox1501, Weaverville, NC 28787
RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM MANAGER • Eliada Homes seeks a motivated individual with managerial experience to manage one of our Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities (PRTF). The program manger directs and supervises staff and monitors the safety of staff and students. Must be able to carry out treatment model and all aspects of therapeutic crisis intervention. Work closely with the medical staff to ensure the needs of students are met. Strong organizational skills are a must, as program managers are responsible for the timely and accurate completion of all required mental health documentation. Requirements: Must have a bachelor’s degree and meet QP standards (2-4 years of experience with adolescent mental health population, depending on degree). Will consider master’s degree with one year experience. Managerial experience a must. Please submit resume or inquiries to eweaver@eliada.org
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SEEKING OVERNIGHT COUNSELORS • Does working at night appeal to you? Are you experienced in the human service field? Eliada Homes needs competent staff to give awake coverage to our students. The NRC ensures the security, health, and safety of students during their most vulnerable hours. Night staff sets the tone for the entire day, so it is extremely important that you are dedicated to the success and well being of every student in our care. Major responsibilities include: performing bed/bathroom checks every 7 to 10 minutes, assisting with preparation for daily activities, preparing meals, executing daily cleaning, and completing and reporting required documentation on students. Requirements: An AA/high school diploma/GED with at least one year of experience in the mental health field or equivalent skills is preferred. Must possess a valid NCDL and be insurable by Eliada’s carriers. Must be able to stay awake and alert during third shift hours. Position is full-time!!! $12/hr with benefits!! Please submit resume to eweaver@eliada.org SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELOR Licensed Counselors needed to fill positions with Mountain Area Recovery Center. We have clinics located in both Asheville and Clyde, North Carolina. Please e-mail your resume to rhonda.ingle@marc-otp.com or fax to attention: Rhonda Ingle at 828-252-9512. Mountain Area Recovery Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer. PARKWAY BEHAVIORAL • Has an immediate opening for a Full Time Licensed Clinician to head our Community Support Team (CST) working with dual SA/MH consumers. CST experience, knowledge of working with Medicaid and IPRS clients and registered with the NC SA Board would be preferred. Parkway is an excellent, stable company and offers competitive salaries, excellent benefits, medical insurance, PTO, free Supervision and CEUs for Licensure/Certification and much more for full time staff. Send resume to: slayton@parkwaybh.com
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA ENVIRONMENTAL NONPROFIT • Seeking energetic, creative Executive Director. Flexible 30 hr/wk, $23,000/yr. with 3 month probationary period. Info at www.j-mca.org or contact 828-526-0890 ext. 320 or jmca@dnet.net
Computer/ Technical
IT TECHNICIAN NEEDED • Do you enjoy working in IT? Are you a self-starter with the ability to quickly solve problems and to work well with others? If so, consider being a part of Eliada Homes as our new IT technician! Responsibilities include general maintenance and installation of computers, printers, LAN devices, etc. Will provide technical support for all hardware and office software issues, maintain wireless networks, cabling, and peripheral equipment. Must have an associate’s degree in Information Technology or related field. Prefer five years experience with computer systems, setup, and maintenance. Must be familiar with network infrastructure. If qualified, please email resume to eweaver@eliada.org IT TECHNICIAN NEEDED IT Technician position available: Job duties include retail sales, computer repair and customer service. Candidates should have a positive attitude, basic understanding of PC and Mac hardware and software and desire to expand their existing knowledge of IT related subject matter. Office hours are Monday-Friday from 9am-6pm, Saturday 10am 3pm. Position offers a flexible schedule with competitive pay and the option to receive benefits. Submit resume to: resume@thewiredmouse.co m No phone calls please!
Are you passionate about giving your community access to the best information available? Do you want to be part of a team with a mandate to bring the concept that Local Matters from the streets of Asheville into homes and mobile media? Are you tired of working on projects that are simply about getting a paycheck?
Mountain Xpress wants to hear from you. We’re looking for a Webmaster to help us create the best user experience for our hundreds of thousands of regular visitors, and to contribute to our efforts to be the best and most innovative local news site possible. We’re looking for a passionate, talented person with an understanding of not only the technology, but the potential of that technology to make local news relevant in an online context.You’ll need an understanding of content management systems like ExpressionEngine, as well as skills in PHP, HTML, CSS and Javascript. You’ll also need the ability to think in your feet in a fast-paced environment of new ideas and content. As part of a four-person development team, you’ll be an integral player in creating these new initiatives to serve the Asheville, NC, community. You’ll be working cross-platform, helping to bring elements of multimedia content, Twitter-based interactions and many other exciting tools into the hands of journalists and citizens alike.
Teaching/ Education AFTERNOON TEACHER 1pm5:30pm. Great job for an education student: 22.5 hours/week. • Top pay for the right candidate. • 3-5 year olds. (828) 654-0664. bellsschoolforpe@ bellsouth.net Bell’s School For People Under Six.
Interested? Send cover letter, resume, links to your work, references and any questions you may have to webmaster@mountainx.com
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UNDERCOVER SHOPPERS Get paid to shop. Retail and dining establishments need undercover clients to judge quality and customer service. Earn up to $100/day. Please call 1-800-720-0576.
Business Opportunities ALKALINE WATER Medical Device in Japan. Generous commission. Virtual Franchise. Sell internationally. Local Training/Support. (828) 989-6057. www.MyHolisticWater.biz
Announcements PREGNANT CONSIDERING ADOPTION? • Talk with caring agency specializing in matching birthmothers with families nationwide • Living expenses paid. Call 24/7 • Abby’s One True Gift Adoptions • 1-866-413-6293. (AAN CAN)
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 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
SHOJI SPA & LODGE • 7 DAYS A WEEK Looking for the best therapist in town—or a cheap massage? Soak in your outdoor hot tub; melt in our sauna; then get the massage of your life! 26 massage therapists. 299-0999. www.shojiretreats.com THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE • Therapeutic massage and Energy modalities for Southern Appalachia since 1988. September special – one hour Swedish Massage $50. 828-989-8091. lifetide.bodyworks@gmail.co m LMBT #9149
Counseling Services TIRED OF TELLING YOUR STORY OVER AND OVER? Been in therapy for ages, but nothing changes? EMDR can help when nothing else has! Effective on trauma, negative self-concept and selfdefeating behaviors. Experienced in resolution of sexual/physical abuse, accident recovery, unresolved grief. Suzanne Fix, RN,LCSW http://www.suzannefix.com (828) 536-9898
Spiritual TAROT Answers your life’s essential questions. Tarot answers or you don’t pay! Lil’lei, 828-275-4931.
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COME MEET CHARLIE! A miniature long haired Dachshund, and many other dogs and puppies available for adoption at Brother Wolf Animal Rescue’s adoption center located at 31 Glendale Avenue. For more information, please call 505-3440 or visit: www.bwar.org
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EXCELLENT MUSICIANS SEEKING OTHER EXCELLENT MUSICIANS FOR COMMUNITY WIND ENSEMBLE 35 piece ensemble plays traditional concert band music. Rehearse on Thursdays. Openings in clarinet/saxophone/bassoon sections. Audition. Call Walt Justice at 645-4177.
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LEXUS 2008 HYBRID RX400H AWD Price slashed $3000. AWD for mountains/winter. Hybrid is green. Near-showroom condition, one owner, garaged. Fully loaded including remote starter, NAV system, Bluetooth, all leather, rear back-up camera, 18” alloy wheels, new tires, towing package, sunroof, 6 CD changer/tape deck, rubber floor/cargo mats, etc. 52,400 miles; all maintenance receipts available. Everything luxury; it’s a Lexus after all. Must see. $31,900. Peacefulmtns@hotmail.com 828-350-1066
COME MEET SNOOP! A Pointer/Hound mix, and many other dogs and puppies available for adoption at Brother Wolf Animal Rescue’s adoption center located at 31 Glendale Avenue. For more information, call 505-3440 or visit www.bwar.org
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Estate Sales MOVING SALE Huge Moving Sale! 166 Michigan Ave Saturday, Sept 11th all day. Will Negotiate 281-1296 ZOE ALLISON’S TRUNK SHOW/SALE Ceremonial clothes, handcrafted jewelry, altarcloths, pieces from the old people. Traditional pieces, paintings, crafts supplies, etc. Sept. 11, 9am to 7pm. 126 Spooks Branch Rd, Asheville.
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MATTRESSES Pillow-top: queen $250, king $350 • Extra firm: queen $175, king $275 • Full: $150 • Twin: $99. New, in plastic. 828-277-2500.
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