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p. 48 The Mountain State Fair Though times may be turbulent, toils may be many, there’s a place that’s consistent with fried foods a’plenty. It’s a place to escape from the everyday grind, with carnival treasures and magic to find. For just a few dollars, forget all your cares and stroll down the midway at the Mountain State Fair.
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news 10 the downtown shuffle Several Asheville businesses change owners, move
15 changing of the guard Buncombe Commissioners appoint new county attorney
16 firefighter of the year Asheville Fire Dept.’s Jeremy Edmonds wins statewide honor
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letters I was disappointed when I read the letter, ”Fund bike lanes with cyclist use-tax” the first time [Aug. 26]. So when the second one came out [Sept. 2], I had to speak up. If you want to tax me for more bike lanes, I’m OK with that. But if we are going to tax bikers for bike lanes, that means we have to start taxing walkers who use sidewalks. That dad walking down the street with his double-wide baby carriage better have a license plate on that vehicle. It might even need a lead vehicle that says “Wide Load” on it, before and after the baby carriage (for the carriage, not the dad!). I don’t think we should be taxing people who are putting their health first, your driving experience second, and the oil companies last! I do have a solution that would help us fund bike lanes. Instead of taxing people who are making healthy choices, tax people who are making unhealthy choices. We have a “sin” tax on tobacco and alcohol to help control the sale of it and to generate revenue. Let’s generate revenue to help benefit all those healthy bikers and accommodate car drivers. Tax Junk Food! According to the Coke web site, 20.72 billion servings of Coke drinks are sold each day in the US! If we put a 1 cent tax on Coke, the US would make $74.63 billion dollars per year. Now 1 cent isn’t going to curb people from drinking a high-fructose, sugary drink, but a 25-cent tax
might, thus earning the government $1.9 trillion dollars per year. Wow, with all this money, we could fund things such as care for the mentally disabled, veterans, universal health care — and bike lanes of course! $1.9 trillion dollars and we haven’t even talked about Pepsi, Doritos and potato chips! — Mark Strazzer
Meatless Mondays and other planet-saving diets As I noted in my “Greenwashed” commentary [July 1], eating a vegetarian diet one day per week reduces greenhouse gasses more than eating an all-local diet every day [of the week]. Some characterized my comments as an attack on local food. Not so: We should go out of our way to support local businesses. But we need to make decisions based on science and common sense, not emotion. According to the Environmental Defense Fund, “If every American had one meat-free meal per week, it would be the same as taking more than 5 million cars off our roads.” The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is promoting Meatless Monday (www. meatlessmonday.com), “in order to improve personal health and the health of the planet.” If cutting out meat for one meal, one day per week provides significant environmental benefits, think about the astounding changes we’d see if everyone dramatically reduced or eliminated meat consumption. Yet some local
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producers and merchants promote gluttonous pig roasts and barbecues. In their quest for profits, they send the false and destructive message that you can eat all of the meat you want, as long as it’s produced locally. Heck, even Progress Energy tells us to conserve electricity. Dr. James E. McWilliams’ new book, Just Food: Where Locavores Get It Wrong and How We Can Truly Eat Responsibly, provides an in-depth look at why it’s a mistake to focus on transportation and ignore other factors such as economies of scale and the massive amounts of energy used in producing certain foods. Dr. McWilliams notes: “If you want to make a statement, ride your bike to the farmer’s market. If you want to reduce greenhouse gases, become a vegetarian.” — Stewart David Asheville
Four reasons why Bothwell’s should be on City Council I am blessed to reside in Black Mountain. Asheville, however, is my home and it’s where my heart will always reside, so her future is my concern. If I lived in Asheville right now, I would want: 1) reasonable limits on development and a candidate for City Council who could and would demand such; 2) environmental wisdom and someone who is a visionary to lead the charge for a green future; 3) a Council member who will work to make sense of the confusing history and current situation of the water issues; and most of all 4) a leader who has a heart for all citizens, especially those facing challenges with affordable housing and earning enough income to survive. If I were living in Asheville right now, I would want Cecil Bothwell on City Council. — Marlisa Mills Black Mountain
Switching sides: A biker apologizes Usually, I side with the bicyclist when there’s a letter to the editor about “Bikes vs. Cars,” but I’m with the “car people” today. Here’s why: Last week, while road biking on what’s called the “Commuter’s Section” of our wonderful Blue Ridge Parkway (US #74 to NC #191), I stopped at milepost 390 to eat a snack. Looking down the road where I had just been pedaling, I saw a long line of cars. Just in front of them were two bikers riding next to oneanother, all decked-out in fancy biking clothes and on very expensive bikes. As all passed me, I saw no rude hand gestures or heard any horns honking, just two arrogant bikers who refused to ride single-file and let the cars by. Not being able to contain myself, I yelled at the bikers, suggesting rather forcibly that they
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Regarding bicycle tax and road rudeness Careless road users can cause problems, and it is difficult to enforce laws that relate to non-motorists. Enforcement of non-motorist offenses is rare; [better] enforcement ... might make licensing unnecessary. ... Licensing without enforcement will not change anything. Typically, privileges and rights are defined by the presence or lack of license. Cycling is currently treated as a right, motoring a privilege. The reasons for this basically boil down to one philosophy: Safety is more important than convenience, and convenience adds mass and speed (increased risk to others’ safety). Users who exercise a right when using the road should be able to do so safely, even if it is inconvenient for those choosing privilege. I happen to choose cycling for more than 90 percent of my miles. There has been a lot more than enough road for cyclists for decades. Bike lanes offer more convenience to cars than they do safety to cyclists; planners increasingly call for wider lanes instead. Motorists who advocate adding bike lanes probably want to increase motorists’
convenience, as there are enough laws already (if followed) to provide safety for cyclists with no safety risk to others. Regarding use tax, how long would it take for bicycles to wear out a road? I recommend an occasional review of the N.C. Driver’s Handbook; it contains a few surprises. N.C. law regarding vehicles passing others specifies changing lanes and does not permit exception when passing cyclists. The vehicle operator must tap the horn before passing. The operator being passed must keep as far to right as practicable after being alerted by horn. Motorists rarely comply with these requirements when passing. The other fundamental requirements for passing (numerous) are routinely ignored when passing cyclists. It is recommended (“should,” not “must”) by the D.O.T. that cyclists keep as far right as practicable, leaving room for obstacles and events (debris, parked-car-doors opening, animals) to avoid making sudden maneuvers. In practice, cyclists facilitate improper passes nearly 100 percent of the time, enduring frequent harassment. I’m not asking for true patience or strict compliance to law. Neighbors should eschew rudeness, it never helps. I am not opposed to bicycle licensing. Unfortunately, licensing has little to do with knowing the rules of the road. I wish that it would result in positive results for the savvy cyclists (no careless, rude or ignorant cyclists to supply a bad reputation). But licensing hasn’t worked that way for motorists! — David Tindall Candler
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commentary Traffic Calming
The gospel according to Jerry by Jerry Sternberg The city gaveth, and the city must taketh away. I have been on a crusade of sorts for the last year and a half. At issue is the city’s inept, ineffective and dangerous attempt at traffic calming in north Asheville, on Charlotte Street and on Macon and Kimberly avenues. In the spring of 2008, City Council was considering a proposal to install traffic-calming features on these and adjacent streets. The deliberations followed a long process, including a petition by local residents in the area to get approval for the plan. Most of the people who signed this petition had no clue as to how poorly thought-out, draconian and dangerous the measures would be. I expressed my protests, along with many others, including Emergency Services Director Jerry VeHaun, who had serious concerns about the measures’ effect on emergency-vehicle response time. Council would not listen to the plan’s opponents, as they were attempting to placate a very small and influential group of people who lived in the neighborhood and were angry at the Grove Park Inn for building The Fitzgerald condominiums on Macon Avenue. Many residents — who believe that these streets belong to them and that the rest of the community has no right to travel them — joined the chorus of support for the plan. Council basically extorted the $375,000 cost of the traffic calming in exchange for its approval of the necessary permits. The option of going back to the planning phase, to consider alternatives, and to avoid the predictable mistakes and horrible results that ensued, was not even considered. The project consisted of placing concrete dividers and “bulb outs” (globs of concrete that stick out into the street from the side of the road with the purpose of narrowing the road) throughout the area. The design of the curbs appears to be an extremely vicious attempt to punish the scofflaws who go through this hallowed neighborhood. Instead of the curbs being low with rounded corners — so that if they are accidentally hit, a car tire will run up over the curb — they are 6 inches high with square corners, so that if struck, they will at the very least burst a tire and break a wheel and maybe an axle, but at the worst, the car will bounce off them and carom into oncoming traffic. The unsightly warning signs placed in the
concrete islands have been knocked down so many times that the city had to hire a pin-setter from the local bowling alley to set them back up. In some places, the city has designated bike paths, but the obstructions require that the bikers weave in and out of traffic to negotiate the street. These obstructions have caused accidents numbering in the hundreds, which I dare say are more accidents than have occurred in this area in the last 10 years. I would estimate that motorists have suffered damages between $500,000 and $1,000,000 since these obstructions have been installed. The city has had numerous claims filed against it, and I suspect there are more to come. Luckily, to my knowledge, no one has been killed or seriously injured to date, but that is, unfortunately, just a matter of time. I live in this neighborhood and walk or ride through it daily. It is heartbreaking to see these drivers on the side of the road with their damaged cars. I can only imagine the extent of their trauma. The worst part is that the outcome has been abysmal. All this expense and all the dangerous situations that have been created have not necessarily slowed the traffic on the main arteries. If one chooses, one can still run these streets at 40 or 50 miles per hour. The city has even gone so far as to plant bushes in the middle of these islands, with the expectation that volunteers will take care of the gardening. We know from the experience on Montford and Murdock avenues how long this will last. Eventually maintenance will be an additional expense to the city. You can put green lipstick all over this pig and it will still be a deadly wild boar that is going to kill somebody. The only positive thing that has come out of this entire process is that the gentle speed bumps on such streets as Evelyn Place and Country Club Road are effective and have slowed the traffic without being dangerous and unsightly. Also, Macon got a muchneeded sidewalk, although its poor design may cause safety problems in the sharp curve at the top of the hill. The solution to the problem of getting people to drive through the neighborhood at a reasonable and safe speed is simple, but will cost money: • First, all of the concrete obstructions must be removed. • Then, after careful study, strategically install the same type of speed bumps that are on Evelyn Place and Country Club Road. • Put up proper signage, so that both locals
and visitors will be warned and aware of the speed limit, and install several speed boards (flashing signs that alert motorist of their speed). Unlike the temporary boards you might have seen used in the city, these devices are available in attractive designs. • Finally, install a traffic light at the intersection of Charlotte Street and Edwin Place. If you have an interest in effecting a change in this situation and would like to help, please contact me at gospeljerry@aol .com. At the present time, the new city traffic engineer is doing a study of this issue, which is due to be completed by the end of September for Council consideration in early October. There is already some talk among Council members about tweaking the problem. We need to let Council know that this is not a situation that needs tweaking or a tune up. This is a situation that requires a complete overhaul. X
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Despite an economy in doldrums, there’s been a lot of activity on the Asheville business scene. The Grove Arcade-based furniture store Four Corners Home Inc. has acquired the Mobilia furniture store. The Market Place restaurant, an Asheville institution in local food for 30 years, has been sold to a young new owner. Adorn Salon and Boutique is leaving its Lexington Avenue digs for more room on College Street. And the keys to Rosebud Video on Charlotte Street have been handed over to an employee eager to take the reins. There’s no single thread that connects all the action. But all the business people involved hold a passion for their independent ventures. Adorn owner Rebecca Hecht may have summed it up best: “I think I’m most excited about all the possibilities of expanding our services. I think this is everything I’ve ever wanted my business to be.”
Mobilia make-over: Four Corners Home Inc. acquired Mobilia earlier this summer. Coowners Michael Forde and William Griffin say they’ll operate Mobilia as a brand under the It has always come down to one thing for banner of their home furnishings store, which they opened up in the Grove Arcade more than chef Mark Rosenstein — flavor. five years ago. Four Corners has a second branch in Biltmore Village. Whether he was walking area farms for the photo by jonathan welch freshest greens or gutting trout fished from a local pond, the goal for Rosenstein remained the same: serve the tastiest fare possible. What connections in place today. Rosenstein came followed simply followed. to Asheville in 1979, opening up on Market “I’m not out to save the world,” Rosenstein Street. He moved to his Wall Street location in says. But if his passion for providing flavorful 1990. food has led him to other noble endeavors What’s next? In terms of the restaurant, — focusing on seasonal foods, building local Rosenstein hopes to see it focus on “accesnetworks of providers, nurturing the environ- sibility to the next generation of diners, but ment and bringing people together to sit down with absolutely no compromise on the artand break bread — then all the better. istry, craftsmanship and level of service.” On Sept. 1 Rosenstein finalized the sale of Personally, he foresees a deeper involvehis business to new owner William Dissen, ment with Asheville-Buncombe Technical a 30-year-old chef and restauranteur with an Community College and its respected culinary impressive resume who moved to Asheville program, and continued dedication to the nonfrom South Carolina. Rosenstein will continue profit Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture to be involved in the restaurant, but he says Program and its focus on promoting local it’s time for a change. food. The 57-year-old Rosenstein had been con- For his part, Dissen just wants to keep templating selling the restaurant for some building on The Marketplace’s success. time. One recent factor moved him to take “I’m just coming in and picking up where action — he suffered a stroke in May and had Mark left off,” Dissen says. “I want to maincarotid surgery to remove a plaque blockage. tain the high standards, while giving it my “The fact of the matter is, I’ve lost a step own touch.” or two,” he says. “I love what I do, but I’ve started to hit burn-out a couple of times. I’ve The owners of Four Corners Home Inc., reinvented myself a couple of times. It was which has a store in the Grove Arcade, saw time.” Mobilia as a natural fit for their thriving, Food has been the core of Rosenstein’s life locally owned business. So when Michael for 38 years as a restaurant owner, with 30 Off the Market: Mark Rosenstein recently Forde and William Griffin had the chance to of those years devoted to The Market Place. sold his well-known Asheville restaurant The acquire Mobilia, they jumped at it. Along the way, Rosenstein built the foun “When we first started looking at the Market Place to William Dissen. dation for many of the local farm-to-table Mobilia store, we were just focusing on the photo by Jason Sandford
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location,” says Griffin. “But then as we got into it, we said, ‘Wait a minute, this is an ongoing concern that has a strong following from both locals and tourists, and it has a great reputation in the community as far as working with arts organizations and local charities,’” he says. “So we decided why not operate it as a brand of Four Corners.” Architect Cynthia Turner opened Mobilia in 2003 at 43 Haywood Street in the Smith Carrier Building. The building, once home to a JC Penney department store, had been renovated by downtown developer Public Interest Projects, which eventually bought the business. Early this year, Four Corners Home and Public Interest Projects started talking about an acquisition, and the two sides came to an agreement. Four Corners took possession of the business on June 15, closed the store for about 30 days to re-merchandise it, and then opened back up. “Four Corners Home possesses both strong retail experience, and a complementary design aesthetic, and their acquisition of Mobilia creates natural economies of scale,” Pat Whalen, president of Public Interest Projects, says in a news release. “It will be good for the businesses and great for everyone in Asheville who values good design.” Griffin says Mobilia will retain its niche in offering contemporary home furnishings, “but our gifts and accessories will be fresh and fun, appealing to everyone, regardless of their style preferences in furniture.” Four Corners skews “a little more earthy and organic.” Both stores will continue to offer design services and home staging. The idea is to build a strong local following while also attracting tourists, says Griffin. “We started looking at the statistics of what people do when they travel, and the number one activity is they shop,” Griffin says. “We’re just giving them another place to shop.”
Adorn
Rebecca Hecht couldn’t be more excited about Adorn Salon and Boutique’s upcoming move from Lexington Avenue to College Street. “I think I’m most excited about all the possibilities and about expanding our services,” says Hecht, Adorn’s owner. “I want it to continue to be a place of rejuvenation and revival for people who work hard for their money. I want it to continue to be the place to go for a really quality experience in a relaxing, non-pretentious environment.” Adorn has been at its Lexington Avenue location for seven years, and Hecht is a founding member of the Lexington Avenue Merchants Association. She says she’ll miss eclectic Lex, but she’ll still be just one block away and plans to stay involved with the association, noting that she’s working on a “buy local” campaign
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with area merchants. Adorn is moving because the building they’re in recently went up for sale, Hecht says. The new location, in the space next to Tops for Shoes formerly occupied by the Enviro Depot toy store, will include a refinishing of the original 1920s floors using a non-toxic floor finish made by Earthpaint in Asheville. The new space will allow Adorn to add certified organic spa services to its menu, including manicures and pedicures, massage and facials, Hecht says. The salon will carry Intelligent Nutrients products, a new line of hair, skin-care and other products started by the creator of Aveda products, Hecht says. Hecht is also excited about the addition of a clothing line specifically designed for Adorn by local designer Brooke Priddy of Ship to Shore. “It’s a very small line, but it’s exclusive to us,” Hecht says. The salon should be open by October, Hecht says.
Rosebud Video
Alan H. Berger and Leslie H. Armstrong sold what they say is the oldest video store in Asheville, Rosebud Video on Charlotte Street, to an employee on Sept. 1. The couple, who have owned the store for about four-and-a-half years, knew when they took over the store that they’d be ready to move on in three to five years, Armstrong says. Now’s the time. “We’re going to take a break,” Armstrong says, “but we’re going to stay in Asheville and stay with something that definitely fuels our passion.” That passion includes community activism and advocacy for animal rights, both of which are on display at Rosebud. The store has hosted campaign events for Asheville City Council candidates Cecil Bothwell and Gordon Smith. And the shop has a special selection of videos featuring animal-rights issues offered at a discount. With its eclectic mix of classic, independent, LGBT and foreign films, the store strives to offer movies not found anywhere else. New owner Devin Waters, a 24-year-old graduate of Warren Wilson College, says she’s looking forward to building on the store’s firm foundation. “It seemed like a good opportunity to be involved in a small business ... because the store has such a strong customer base and local support,” Waters says. “So it’s not as risky as starting a business from scratch.” Waters says she won’t change much, except add more movies with an environmental bent to the mix. “I don’t want to mess with a good thing.” X Jason Sandford can be reached at 251-1333, ext. 115, or at jsandford@mountainx.com.
The League of Women Voters of Asheville/Buncombe County will present an Educational Forum: Education- Budget Cuts /Stimulus Money. The forum will address budget cuts and stimulus monies as they relate to public education within Asheville/Buncombe County. Who: Senator Martin Nesbitt, Dr. Tony Baldwin, Buncombe County School Superintendent, Allen Johnson, Asheville School Superintendent, Anna Austin, President of B.C. Assoc. of Educators, Jeremiah LeRoy, Grant Writer, Buncombe County, Brenda Mills, ARRA Project Manager, City of Asheville
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David Forbes Michael Frue has been Buncombe County’s only full-time staff attorney since 2005. During that period he’s worked on a number of controversial and high-profile cases, including the water dispute with Asheville and the Parkside development lawsuit. Now he’s gotten a promotion. The Buncombe County Board of Commissioners unanimously appointed Frue to replace Joe Connolly as county attorney. “I promise you and the citizens of this county that I’ll do my level best,” Frue said. Connolly, who held the position for two decades, will remain on as a consulting attorney through December to help with the transition. Asked how his management style would differ from his predecessor’s, Frue replied: “The differences will be both subtle and obvious. I’ve been with the county for several years, been the one full-time staff attorney for several years, so I work daily with the senior leadership and the managers. The difference now is that, as county attorney… instead of trying to avoid crises and handle crises, I [will] be in a position to handle the concerns of the commissioners on a daily basis to try to head off any problems.” Chair David Gantt expressed his confidence in Frue’s abilities. “Mike’s an Asheville High graduate; he earned his undergraduate degree from Chapel Hill and his JD from Campbell University — a good combination, I thought,” Gantt said. “We’re looking forward to having good help and advice from both these men.” Unlike Connolly, who maintained a private practice while handling his duties for the county, Frue will remain a full-time in-house attorney. “We’ll also be searching for an associate who will be full time,” Frue said, “so there will be two full-time attorneys working for Buncombe County by the end of October.” A number of lawsuits involving Buncombe County have made headlines in recent years. The county, along with the state of North Carolina, successfully fended off a challenge by the city of Asheville to state laws that uniquely prohibit Asheville from charging higher rates to customers beyond the city limits or from demanding that new developments accept annexation in exchange for water hookup. But a Superior Court judge also ruled that the county’s sale of a piece of parkland in CityCounty Plaza to Parkside developer Stewart
Moving up: After four years as the county’s associate attorney, Michael Frue is moving into the top job. He is the first new county attorney in 20 years. Photo by Jonathan Welch
Coleman was illegal (a case that Frue himself argued), and an N.C. Court of Appeals judge struck down the county’s zoning ordinance. That last defeat has cost the county much time and money, since staff and commissioners had to go back to the drawing board to reinstate zoning. In an April letter to Gantt, Connolly said he needed to resign because his wife was ill. On May 12, the commissioners met in closed session to discuss an unspecified “personnel matter.” While no announcements came out of that meeting and none of the commissioners would reveal what was discussed there, a message writ large on a white tablet was seen through the glass: “Stop Losing Lawsuits.” Gantt has refused to comment on whether the message was related to Connolly’s resignation and has praised Connolly’s “distinguished leadership.”
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The board also unanimously approved a $2 million design contract for a “life safety tower” to open up the top five floors of the courthouse for use as court space. Those top floors used to serve as a jail but have been used for storage since construction of the Buncombe County Detention Facility in the mid 90s. Reflecting 1920s building codes, those floors lack adequate fire escapes and access. The rest of the courthouse also has outdated facilities, though not to the same extent. Renovations will make the entire building
far easier to insure, county staff say. Although bringing the building up to current safety standards will be expensive, Buncombe County courts are increasingly desperate for space, so both staff and the commissioners believe the time has come. “It has a lot of code issues,” Assistant County Manager and Planning Director Jon Creighton told the board. “The tower consists of two stairwells, all the way to the top of the building, secure elevators for judges and inmates and for the general public. Also, while we’re at it, we want to put restrooms in, because there aren’t restrooms on every floor.” The contract was awarded to local architects Duncan Hargrove. One of the reasons the county chose that firm, Creighton added, was the presence of John Duncan, who drew up Buncombe County’s 20-year master plan in 1990. “He’s done more courts and prison building in North Carolina than probably anyone else,” Creighton said. Building the tower is estimated to cost $24 million, but that’s just the first part of a threephase expansion and renovation of the courthouse that is expected to total around $80 million. Gantt said that the renovation will help ensure that the courthouse remains viable for “our lifetime.” “This has been a sore subject for 20 years or more,” Gantt said. “We do not have an adequate facility as far as the access and safety issues. It’s been by the grace of God and some good negotiations that we weren’t shut down.” Building a new courthouse was ruled out, Creighton said, because the cost would be “overwhelming.” Creighton emphasized that judges could order the county to provide adequate space if they have trouble conducting their operations. “That’s the situation we want to avoid.” Creighton noted that a panel of of judges, county staff and law-enforcement officials settled on the tower last year as a solution for vexing space problems. Eventually, the county plans to move all its offices out of the courthouse, leaving it exclusively for judicial use. Earlier this year, the commissioners relocated their chambers to the county’s permit-office building on Valley Street. Commissioner Bill Stanley recalled that a lack of space in the courthouse has been an issue for the more than two decades he’s been on the board — and that prior to the construction of the jail, the county was facing liability issues due to its inadequate facilities. “We were at a tremendous liability if anyone had lost their life or been injured,” Stanley said. “That would have been huge; taxes would have had to go way up.” X
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Asheville firefighter named NC Firefighter of the Year All fired up: Asheville Fire Department Capt. Jeremy Edmonds, recently awarded the North Carolina Firefighter of the Year award by his peers.
Firefighter Jeremy Edmonds has been with the Asheville Fire Department since 1997, and in July, he became a captain. But an additional professional milestone came on Aug. 22, when the North Carolina Firemen’s Association named him firefighter of the year, out of about 44,000 firefighters in the state. In an official announcement, Interim Fire Chief Scott Burnette congratulated Edmonds. “Jeremy’s recognition is well deserved,� Burnette said. “It reflects well not only on him, but as an example of all Asheville firefighters who work toward continuous improvement for themselves and for the department.� After taking an EMT class in high school and finding it “a good fit,� Edmonds joined the Enka-Candler volunteer fire department in 1992 and later moved to Asheville. He describes winning the award as “humbling.� “We’ve got some good leadership here, and strong support from the city management,� Edmonds told Xpress of the
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Asheville Fire Department. “There’s some very good people in this department and they’re serious about working together.� Their task can be a challenging one, he said, because “no two days are alike. You’re constantly adapting to change. You can go on one call with a death, and the next call you’re really helping someone out, making a difference. It’s always going from one extreme to another. Firefighters have to be a lot to a lot of people.� Rising to that challenge, he says, requires “keeping an eye out for opportunities for improvement, not just for yourself, but for others, and thinking about what you can do for them.� — David Forbes
MAIN hires ‘media manager’ The Mountain Area Information Network has hired a new manager, who will help integrate the Internet service provider’s Web site with MAIN’s low-power FM radio station, WPVM. K.P. Whaley will start as “media manager� for the Asheville-based nonprofit on Sept. 1. Whaley has been working as the news and public-affairs director for WORTFM in Madison, Wis., a station known for its trailblazing work as a nonprofit community radio station. Wally Bowen, MAIN’s executive director, says Whaley has the skills and experience to help move MAIN and WPVM further into Web streaming. MAIN holds the license for WPVM. “He understands radio is undergoing some monumental transformations, and he understands the future is digital and in mobile broadband,� Bowen says, “and that’s exactly where we see it going.� Earlier this year, Bowen outlined a new direction for MAIN, called “MAIN 2.0,� which includes providing wider access to mobile broadband Internet and building a full-fledged community-news operation. The plan also includes an integration of MAIN’s news Internet portal and the radio station. Working as media manager, Whaley will lead that effort.
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“Community radio must change or it will fade away,� Whaley says in a written statement. “I am excited to be working with an organization like MAIN that understands the challenges faced by community radio and has the vision and technical experience to embrace these challenges and to help provide a roadmap for other community media.� Whaley’s hiring is the latest in a series of changes at WPVM over the past year. After months of tension between station volunteers and Bowen, WPVM announced changes in both its programming and the way it works with volunteers, including requiring contracts for producers of local programming. Many WPVM volunteers and most of its local programming left the station. With Whaley on board, WPVM is now prepared to accept applications for new volunteers and ideas for programming, according to Bowen. MAIN and WPVM will also be holding a mini fund-drive Labor Day week to honor working people and focus attention on the prospects for green jobs. It will feature interviews with Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and Dimed; Van Jones, author of Green Collar Economy; and Robert McChesney, author of The Political Economy of Media. — Jason Sandford
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Campaign Calendar Friday, Sept. 11: Deadline for registering to vote in the Asheville City Council primary. Saturday, Sept. 12: Get Out the Vote and Meet the Candidate event for Asheville City Council candidate Esther Manheimer, 3 to 6 p.m., Biltmore Park clubhouse, Biltmore Park. Monday, Sept. 14: League of Women Voters candidate forum for Asheville City Council, 6:45 to 9:15 p.m. at YMI Cultural Center, 39 S. Market St. Tuesday, Sept. 15: Mountain Voices Alliance and People Advocating Real Conservancy host candidate forum for Asheville City Council from 7 to 9 p.m. at Randolph Learning Center, 90 Montford Ave. Wednesday, Sept. 16: “Keeping it Real” campaign event for Asheville City Council candidate Cecil Bothwell, 7 to 9 p.m. at the Wedge Brewery, 125B Roberts St. Thursday, Sept. 17: Get There Asheville City Council candidate forum on pedestrian, bike and mass transit issues, 7 p.m. at Clingman Cafe, 242 Clingman Ave. Thursday, Sept. 17: Early voting begins for the primary election (Asheville only). For details, contact Buncombe County Election Services at 250-4200, or visit www. buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/
election. Saturday, Sept. 19: Campaign block party for Asheville City Council candidate J. Neal Jackson, 3 to 10 p.m. on Eagle Street, downtown. Saturday, Oct. 3: Last day of early voting for the Asheville City Council and mayoral primary. Tuesday, Oct. 6: Primary election (Asheville only). Tuesday, Oct. 13: The Haw Creek Community Association and Evergreen Community Charter School co-sponsor a forum for Asheville City Council candidates, 7 p.m. at Evergreen School, 50 Bell Road in Haw Creek. Thursday, Oct. 15: Early voting begins for all Buncombe municipal elections. Saturday, Oct. 31: Last day of early voting for Buncombe general election. Tuesday, Nov. 3: General election for all Buncombe municipal elections. Please send all campaign-related event information for races within Buncombe County to bpostelle@mountainx.com or call 251-1333, ext. 153. — Brian Postelle
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I greet the damp morning air with a smile and a deep breath. The usual blanket of fog has slipped from the shoulders of the hill, piling low at her hips, waiting to be burned away by the summer sun. It’s going to be another muggy dog day, but this early it’s cool and shady. I dig in hard on the pedals, following a ridgeline route from home, across Patton Avenue and down Haywood Road. As I typically do on my workday commute downtown, I pass through the heart of West Asheville. The streets teem with retirees, carpenters, young housewives and suburban somnambulists, all beginning their day with me. Some nod or smile, and some merely shuffle as if in a walking coma. I enjoy momentary impressions of a dormant giant lumbering to its feet, addled but leviathan. These are my neighbors and friends. That’s the peaceful meditation that cycling usually brings me. I’m unencumbered by drive-time DJs, ringing cell phones, bumper-to-bumper traffic, and the myriad other nuisances that used to ruin my mornings. I enjoy my community with all my senses, even through the sweat and grit and almost constant peril.
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Riding far right on the road, I flirt with the same few cars from light to light, passing and being passed. At lower speeds I can easily keep pace with motorists, resorting to the sidewalk only in emergencies or dangerously tight spots. I know my commute well, having done it almost every day for two years, and I enjoy the open-air tour through the Americandream neighborhoods and burgeoning enterprises of Asheville. I see a lot of the same faces every day, and though we don’t know each other’s names, we wave or nod in recognition. This morning, though, as I enter the left turn lane at the corner of Haywood and Ridgelawn, an engine races, and someone shouts directly behind me. I turn to look, glimpsing a small white car piloted by an obviously irate middle-aged woman. She flies past me, swerving into the oncoming lane and striking the median in her haste. During this maneuver, she’s forced to slam on her brakes to avoid hitting the car in front of her, which is also turning left. That forces me to swing wide to keep from eating her bumper. I pass
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her through the turn (bikes corner better than cars do) and notice her window is open, so I “thank” her for cutting me off. This is the wrong thing to do. Perhaps a less sarcastic approach wouldn’t have angered her as much, but I fancy myself to be witty. She shouts out a litany of obscenities and matches my speed, continuing to berate me as her car presses close to me. We’re going about 35 miles per
hour, and the road narrows, forcing me closer to the poorly managed and intermittent sidewalk. Getting more and more scared, I inform her that I intend to stop to call the police and she’s more than welcome to stop with me. The motorist zips away, continuing to shout and wag her middle finger from her sunroof. Only moments earlier, I had been enjoying a tranquil, introspective moment. But the encounter with the irate driver has cast a shadow. Our mutual behavior saddens me. Why did we treat each other that way? I was out of line with my sarcasm, but did it warrant her reaction? Was expressing my displeasure worth being nearly flattened? We merely succeeded in darkening each other’s day, and nothing was gained from the interaction. Ma’am, I sincerely apologize. I hope that you understand that I felt endangered by your actions. The incident reminds me far too easily of the recent encounter in which a motorist’s
gunshot narrowly missed a cyclist’s skull. This is not a game. Flippancy, arrogance and impatience are as deadly on the road as inattentiveness. I ride slowly the rest of the way to work, trying to decipher what leads to such enmity over trivial differences in modes of transportation when there are much larger concerns before us. The world is moving faster every day, and our evolutionarily young minds are struggling to keep up. This result is a type of crowded seclusion. Everyone is immersed in gigabytes of information, at times only partly aware of the physical realities all around us. Have empathy for your brothers and sisters, I remind myself. This world will not be very friendly to us if we aren’t friendly to each other. Courtesy, respect and diligent attention to every moment is the only way we’re going to survive. X Jason Gardner lives in Asheville.
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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. n Hikes: • WE (9/9), 8am - Kimsey Creek Trail/Standing Indian Circuit. Info: 369-7084 —- 8:30am - Tarnyard Gap to Allen Gap. Info: 656-2191. • SU (9/13), 8am - Pilot Rock/Pisgah/Thompson Creek. Info: 625-2677 —- 12:30pm - MST: Pisgah Ledges Section. • WE (9/16), 8am - Mt. Mitchell from Black Mt. Campground. Info: (704) 453-9059 —- 8:30am - South Mills River, Mullinax Trail and Laurel Creek Trail. Info: 687-2547. Craggie to Crest • SA (9/12), 8am - Registration —- 8:30am - This inaugural road cycling event will start and finish at Craggie Brewing Company, 197 Hilliard Ave., Asheville. A nocost ride that serves as a training ride for the Bike MS: Carolina Biketober Challenge. Info: 254-0360. Friends of Panthertown Meeting • WE (9/9), 5-7pm - Annual meeting at the Cashiers Library. Open to the public. Friends of Panthertown business will be conducted and projects will be outlined for 2009. Crystal Powell with the USDA Forest Service will present the Panthertown Trail Project. Info: 526-9938 or friends.of.panthertown@gmail.com. Lakeview Senior Center 401 S. Laurel Circle, Black Mountain. Info: 669-8610. • TU (9/15), 9am - Hike the Warren Wilson Outward Bound Trail. A moderately challenging hike. Pigeon Valley Bassmasters All interested anglers in the community in WNC, Upstate S.C., East Tennessee and NE Georgia are invited to attend and share fishing ideas. Invitational tournaments are held throughout the area. Info: 884-2846 or middlefork2846@ gmail.com. • 2nd MONDAYS, 7pm - Meeting at the Canton Library.
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Going beyond a simple gardening language, my husband and Gardening has a language, I also have a running inventory and my husband and I speak of every plant from the places it: One day, my husband walks we go — from the kids’ school, in the door around 5 p.m. and to church, to restaurants and says, “Someone cut down the businesses and even summerKoulreuteria paniculata.” (Yes, he vacation trips. “Oh, look they’ve uses the scientific Latin names for added some new foundation all plants.) plantings,” we’ll say of a house “What?” I exclaim. “Oh, no. we particularly like on the way Not the one at A-B Tech?” to the Outer Banks — a good AB Tech has a perfect specimen seven hours from our house. of the goldenraintree (I don’t use Our son can’t believe we rememLatin names). It’s located on the ber some plants at the other side school’s lawn. Our family-docof the state. He thought a trip to tor’s office is located off Victoria the Outer Banks might change Road, and we’ve been driving the language to something else, past this tree for some 20 years, say fishing. rain, snow, hail and shine. I have And choosing where to eat out witnessed this tree in all its glorifor dinner also leads to discussous seasons. A perfect specimen ing the landscape: of the goldenraintree, its leaves “How about the place with the unfurl a purple-reddish color in Juniperus virginiana?” my husearly spring, changing to bright band suggests. green by summer. In late July, its “Tree or shrub?” I ask. flowers are yellow, 12 to 15 inches “Shrub,” he says. (The shrub long, and loosely wide, with teris grey owl juniper; the tree is minal panicles. It’s one of the few sometimes called red or eastern yellow-flowering trees. My favorjuniper.) ite part comes in late summer, “Ummm, no, not in the mood when papery capsules cascade, for that,” I say. rainlike, down the tree. These are The 15-year-old interjects, the seedpods, a golden color this “What a minute, I might be in time of year. I’m devastated at the the mood for that. Which one is thought of losing such a treasured You say Koulreuteria paniculata: The goldenraintree is one of the shrub place?” the few trees to offer yellow blooms in the summer. friend. Our older son, 20 years old, photo by Marvin Bagwell My husband interrupts my long ago deciphered this lanthoughts, remarking, “No, not guage. He looks at his brother that one.” and says, “It’s okay, dude. That’s the place I toss back, “The ones on Tunnel Road?” with the weird spicy food, no hamburgers.” Some landscaper chose the goldenraintree The younger sibling seems relieved but for a commercially developed property along says, “Well then, what about that place with the busy route, and several of them grow the white gravel for mulch? beautifully there. Not the usual Bradford pear “Oh, yeah,” we all say, “They have great or weeping cherry seen in most business landfood.” We opt for the place with the white pea scaping, goldenraintrees are special treats. gravel for mulch. We may not like the mulch, I’m clutching my chest as my husband replies, but we do like the food. “No. The one in the trailer park.” I often wonder what other families talk We’re silent for a moment. That tree was a about, what language defines their daily personal favorite. existence. In the Bagwell-Milner household, After this exchange, our dinner is given His friend, who is completely at a loss, says, it’s plants. We have spent the last 20 years over to a discussion of possible reasons for “Why?” moving in and out of this plant-based lanthe tree’s removal. “Was it ill, do you think?” Why indeed? A favorite book of mine, guage. We’ll probably continue for the next I ask my forester husband. He shrugs. We Family Sayings by Natalia Ginzburg, is about 30, the Lord willing, to talk about the same. go on with talk of new roads, new buildings the languages that belong to families — a lan- We’ll have an entire lifetime’s dialogue built — anything we can think of to explain this guage that grows out of lives lived together. around flowers, shrubs, trees, and, of course, My married language is gardening. Naturally, tragic loss (we do take it personally). the weather. But what else would you expect My 15-year old son explains to a friend that has become our family language too from two old gardeners? X who has joined us for dinner, “They’re talking (though my children will tell you it’s by about plants. You know: the green things that default, since they never intend “to plant one Cinthia Milner lives in Leicester. thing, not even one,” after leaving home). grow outside.”
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A perfect specimen of the goldenraintree, its leaves unfurl a purple-reddish color in early spring, changing to bright green by summer.
gardeningcalendar Calendar for September 9 - 17, 2009 Garden Composters • Rain Barrels (pd.) Asheville GreenWorks (Quality Forward), Asheville’s Keep America Beautiful, sells Garden Composters and Rain Barrels in the Green Goods Shop at 357 Depot Street. • 2 kinds of composters: an 11 cubic foot square stacked model for $85 and a 7 cubic foot tumbler that makes compost faster and looks cool for $175. • Rain Barrels are 65 gallons, are easy to install, and cost $135. • All are made of 100% recycled plastic. • All sales benefit plantings in Asheville and Buncombe County. For more information, call 254-1776 or stop on by 357 Depot Street or visit: www. ashevillegreenworks.org Glenn’s Gardens Plant Sale (pd.) Saturday, Sept. 12 - 8am-2pm. 45 Windover Rd., Malvern Hills, West Asheville. 828-337-4632. Seed Saving for the Home Gardener (pd.) With Peter Waskiewicz, owner of Sow True Seed Company. When you save your own seed at the end of the season, you will always have next years seed supply on hand. Peter will show you how to harvest seeds at home with simple tools. Saturday, September 12 at 10 a.m. at Reems Creek Nursery, 70 Monticello Road, Weaverville, NC, www.reemscreek.com. Free, but please pre-register at 828-645-3937. Asheville Mushroom Club Learn about all aspects of mushrooms (collecting, identifying, growing or cooking). Info: 298-9988 or www.ashevillemushroomclub.com. • 2nd WEDNESDAYS, 7pm - Monthly meeting at the WNC Nature Center. Membership is $18/year, and includes informative meetings and scheduled forays. Regional Tailgate Markets For more information, including the exact start and end dates of markets, contact the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project. Info: 236-1282 or www.buyappalachian.org. • WEDNESDAYS - 7:30-11:30am - Asheville City Market South at Biltmore Park Town Square. Info: 348-0340; 4:30-6:30pm - Open June-Sept.: Tryon Tailgate Market, across the railroad tracks from the Tryon Theatre. Info: 894-8823; 1-4pm - Open June-Oct.: Valle Crucis Farmers Market behind the Mast General store. Info: 963-6511; 3-6pm - Victory Tailgate Market, 1329 Tunnel Rd., E. Asheville, past the Blue Ridge Parkway entrance. Info: 775-5593; 2:30-6:30pm - Open April-Oct.: Weaverville Tailgate Market at Lake Louise. Info: 450-0708; 3:306:30pm - Open April-Oct.: West Asheville Tailgate Market behind the West End Bakery and Haywood Road Market. Info: 281-9099; 2:30-5:30pm - Open May-Oct.: Spruce Pine Farmers Tailgate Market on Pollyanna’s Porch, next to Wildflowers, on Upper Street in downtown Spruce Pine. Info: 467-2171; 2-6:30pm - Open April-Dec.: Wednesday Afternoon Downtown Tailgate Market next to the French Broad Food Co-op in downtown Asheville. Info: 683-1607. • WEDNESDAYS - 9am-Noon & FRIDAYS - 2-6pm - Open May-Oct.: Burke County Farmers Market. Info: 439-4460. • WEDNESDAYS & SATURDAYS - 8am-1pm - Open MayOct.: Haywood’s Historic Farmers Market at the HART Theater and Shelton House parking lot on Pigeon St. Info: 627-3469; 8am-Noon - Open May-Oct.: Waynesville Tailgate Market. Info: 648-6323; 8am-Noon - Open MayOct.: Watauga County Farmers Market on Hwy. 105 Ext. in Boone. Info: 355-4918; WE, 1-6pm & SA, 7am-1pm Open May-Oct.: Cashiers Tailgate Market. Info: 230-4785. • THURSDAYS - 3-6pm - Open May-Nov.: Flat Rock Tailgate Market. Info: 698-8775. • FRIDAYS - 10am-2pm - Open June-Nov.: Cherokee Farmers Tailgate Market on Acquoni Road. in downtown Cherokee. Info: 554-6931; 4:30-6:30pm - Open July-Oct.: Saluda Tailgate Market in the city parking lot on the west end of town. Info: 749-9365. • SATURDAYS - 8am-Noon - Open June-Sept.: Andrews Farmers Market at First Street in Andrews. Info: 321-2006; 8am-1pm - Open April through Dec.: Asheville City Market in the Public Works parking lot on S. Charlotte St. Info: 348-0340; 8am-Noon - Open April-Dec.: North Asheville Tailgate Market on the campus of UNCA. Info: 683-1607;
7am-Noon - Open April-Nov.: Henderson County Tailgate Market at 100 N. King St. (between First and Second Avenues). Info: 693-7265; 10am-2pm - Open April-Oct.: Cedar Valley Farmers Market in downtown Murphy. Info: 361-7505; 8-11:30am - Open April-Nov.: Polk Tailgate Market in front of the Polk County Courthouse. Info: 894-2281; 8am-Noon - Open June-Oct.: Franklin Tailgate Market in Macon County at West Palmer St. Info: 349-2046; 8am-Noon - Open April-early fall: Lenoir Bluegrass Farmers Market at the Hog Waller stage. Info: 292-4664; 8am-2pm - Open year-round: French Broad Food Co-op Arts & Farm Market at 90 Biltmore Ave. in downtown Asheville. Art demos and live music. Info: 2369367; 9am-Noon - Rutherfordton Farmers Market on Main St. in downtown Rutherfordton; 8am-Noon - Open May-Oct.: Mountain Valley Farmers Market on the downtown square in Hayesville. Info: 389-3022; 8:30am-1pm - Open May-Oct.: Graham County Farmers Market in the United Community Bank parking lot in Robbinsville. Info: 479-8788; 8am-Noon - Bakersville Farmers Market in the Bakersville Community Medical Clinic parking lot in Bakersville; 8:30am-12:30pm - Open April-Oct.: Yancey County Farmers Market on S. Main St. at Hwy 19E. Info: 682-0601; 9am-1pm - Open April-Nov.: Madison County Farmers & Artisans Market in the parking lot near Pittman Cafeteria up Dormitory Dr. at Mars Hill College. Info: 680-9890; 9am-Noon - Open May-Oct.: Black Mountain Tailgate Market on 1st Street behind the First Baptist Church. Info: 582-5039; 9am-Noon - Open May-Oct.: Jackson County Farmers Market on Railroad Ave. at Bridge Park. Info: 507-1146; 9am-Noon - Open May-Sept.: Riceville Community Tailgate Market in the parking lot of the Riceville Community Center. Info: 298-6549; 10am-1pm - Open May-Oct.: Big Ivy Market on the grounds of the Big Ivy Community Center, 540 Dillingham Road, Barnardsville. Info: 626-2624; 8am-Noon - Open June-Sept.: Swain County Tailgate Market in downtown Bryson City. Info: 488-3848. • SUNDAYS, 1-5pm - Open May-Oct.: Greenlife Tailgate Market at 70 Merrimon Ave. Info: 254-5440; Noon-4pm - Open April-Nov.: Sundays on the Island, cross the river at the courthouse on Main St. in Marshall; 9am-5pm - Open June-Oct.: Topton Farmers Market at the crossroads in Topton. Info: 321-9030. • TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 8am-Noon - Open JuneSept.: Canton Tailgate Market at the town hall in the municipal parking lot on Park St. Info: 235-2760. • TUESDAYS & FRIDAYS, 7am-Noon - Open May-Oct.: Rutherford County Farmers Market on Fairgrounds Road, off Business 74 Hwy. Info: 287-6080. • TUESDAYS, Noon-5pm & SATURDAYS, 8am-1pm - Open May-Oct.: Morganton Farmers Market behind Geppetto’s Pizza on Beach St. in Morganton. Info: 438-5252; TU 36pm & SA 8-11am - Open June-Sept.: Marion Tailgate Market in the W. Henderson Street city parking lot. Info: 652-2215. • TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS & SATURDAYS, 8am-2pm Hendersonville Curb Market at Church St., directly across from the old courthouse. Info: 692-8012 or curbmarket@ bellsouth.com; 7am-1pm - Open April-Dec.: Transylvania County Tailgate Market in the parking lot behind South Broad Park, next to the library in Brevard. Info: 884-9483. West Asheville Garden Stroll • SA (9/12), 10:30am-4pm - Kickoff ceremony at West Asheville Library, 942 Haywood Road. View approximately 15 urban gardens across five areas of West Asheville. Rain or shine. Free. Info: www.westashevillegardens.com or 250-4750.
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Community Events & Workshops Get The Scoop!... (pd.) on Asheville’s newest, greenest, multi-generational, collaborative Eco-Village! Project overview and plans at Grace Episcopal (871 Merrimon) then join us at Crest Mountain for a tour
and potluck/cookout. Call to reserve your food option (meat or veggie) Sunday September 13, 4pm Grace Episcopal, followed by Potluck at Crest Mountain at 5:45 Questions or directions: 273-7373. NC Concealed Carry Handgun Course (pd.) For citizens who wish to carry a concealed handgun. Upon successful completion, you may apply for a carry permit at your county Sheriff’s office. Classes held twice monthly. Both ladies and gentlemen welcome! (828) 676-0771. www.skylandtraining.com Asheville ABC Series “Assembling Ideas, Building our Futures, Connecting Communities.” Info: www. ashevilleabc.com. • SU (9/13), 6-8pm - “Medicinal Marijuana & Economic Hemp.” Held at Rosetta’s Kitchen. Building Bridges of Asheville
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• TUESDAYS (9/15 through 11/10), 7-9pm - Going beyond racism through understanding and respect. New revised program. Meets at Hill Street Baptist Church next to Isaac Dickson Elementary. Info: 777-4585 or www.buildingbridgesasheville.org. Colburn Earth Science Museum The museum has a permanent collection of gem and mineral samples from around the world. Located in Pack Place at 2 South Pack Square. Info: 254-7162 or www.colburnmuseum.org. • TH (9/10), 2-4pm - Guided geology walk with Curator Phil Potter. Learn about the history of the building stones which compose downtown Asheville’s unique art deco architecture. Events at Warren Wilson College Unless otherwise noted, all events are free and held in Canon Lounge of the Gladfelter Student Center. Info: 298-3325. • TH (9/17), 6:30pm - Rev. Ken Sehested, past recipient of Warren Wilson College’s Grace Lee Peace Award, will deliver the second annual Andy Summers Memorial Lecture titled, “Peace, Like War, Is Waged.” Info: 7712014 or pmagnarella@warren-wilson.edu. Making a Difference • SU (9/13), 4-6pm - Cheri Huber, founder of the Zen Monastery Peace Center and Living Compassion, and Theresa Kapenda, project coordinator in Kantolomba for the Africa Vulnerable Children Project, will give a presentation titled: “Making a Difference: Gratitude Wants to Give.” A Q&A session will follow. Held at Jubilee, 46 Wall St. Free. Info: 450-3621 or mountainzen@bellsouth. net. Public Lectures & Events at UNCA Events are free unless otherwise noted. • TH (9/10), 4-6pm Chancellor Anne Ponder and the UNCA Board of Trustees invite the public to attend the 2009 Founders Day dedication of the Steve and Frosene Zeis Science & Multimedia Building. There will tours,
demonstrations and refreshments. • FR (9/11), 11:25am - Humanities Lectures: “Industrialization and Alienation,” with Dr. John McClain in Lipinsky Auditorium and “Immigration and Cultural Intersection,” with Kelly McEnany in the Humanities Lecture Hall. • MO (9/14), 11:25am - Humanities Lecture: “India and Hinduism,” with Dr. Keya Maitra in the Humanities Lecture Hall and “The High Middle Ages,” with Dr. Gordon Wilson in Lipinsky Auditorium. • TU (9/15), 7pm - Mountain Area Interfaith Forum in the Reuter Center. Free. Info: 251-6140. Swannanoa Valley Museum Located at 223 W. State St., Black Mountain. Info: 6699566 or www.swannanoavalleymuseum.org. • SA (9/12) - Membership picnic. See Web site for details. Talks & Presentations at WCU These public lectures, readings and events at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee are free unless otherwise noted. Info: 2272303. • WE (9/16), 11:45am - Luncheon Series: Gathering and reception followed by a buffet lunch —- 12:15pm - “Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines,” will be presented by director Rob Young and “The Highlands Biological Station,” will be presented by director Jim Costa. $10.50. UFO Contest & Cookout The annual “Speaking of Strange UFO Experience” will take place at the Big Ivy Community Center in Barnardsville. Though a grill is available, attendees must bring their own food and beverages. Free, but donations accepted. Info: www. SpeakingOfStrange.com or www.UFOcontest.com. • SA (9/12), Noon - Paranormal experts will socialize then release fake UFOs into the sky in the afternoon and again after dark. The creator of the best craft will win a prize pack, including access to a private ghost hunt with L.E.M.U.R., Warren’s paranormal research team.
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weeklypicks Events are FREE unless otherwise noted. The public is invited to celebrate Beethoven’s Ninth Wednesday, Sept. 9, at Asheville School, with the
wed opening of Moni Hill’s exhibit Beethoven’s Ninth in Color at 8 p.m. and a piano four-hands rendition of Beethoven’s fourth movement of Symphony No. 9 will be performed at 9 p.m. Info: 252-7554.
thur The 2009 Founders Day dedication of the new Steve and Frosene Zeis Science and Multimedia Building at UNCA will be held Thursday, Sept. 10, from 4 to 6 p.m. Chancellor Anne Ponder and the UNCA Board of Trustees invites the public for tours, demonstrations and refreshments. Info: www. unca.edu.
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The Carolina Mountains Literary Festival in Burnsville offers writing workshops in prose, poetry and songwriting Friday, Sept. 11, and Saturday, Sept. 12. Plus, author readings, Q&A sessions, panels, storytelling, children’s activities and more. Info: www.cmlitfest.org.
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“Urban Gardening: Bringing Community, Creativity and Connection Into Our Hearts, Homes and Lives,” a discussion with Director of Horticulture at the N.C. Arboretum Alison Arnold will be held Saturday, Sept. 12, at 10:30 a.m. at the West Asheville Library. The West Asheville Garden Stroll will follow. Info: www.westashevillegardens.com. Celebrate everything organic at the 2009 Organicfest Sunday, Sept. 13, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on
sun Battery Park Avenue in downtown Asheville. Organic food and product vendors, kids activities, arts and crafts, live music, dancing and more. Info: www.organicfest.org.
mon Meet the candidates for City Council and mayor Monday, Sept. 14, from 7 to 9 p.m. at a meet-andgreet presented by the League of Women Voters and the Asheville Branch NAACP at the YMI Cultural Center, 39 S. Market St., Asheville. Info: 686-8281.
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A diverse panel of Asheville business owners will share insights and lessons that they have learned on their way to the top at the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce event ”Making Your Business Successful in Asheville” Tuesday, Sept. 15, from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Info: 258-6101 or www. ashevillechamber.org.
WNC Agricultural Center Hosts agricultural events, horse shows and farmrelated competitions. Located at 1301 Fanning Bridge Rd. in Fletcher. Info: 687-1414. • FR (9/11) through SU (9/20) - N.C. Mountain State Fair. Celebrating the heritage of the Blue Ridge Mountains with music, crafts, art, food, livestock displays and more. World Affairs Council Programs Events are held in the Owen Conference Center, 3rd floor of Owen Hall, on the UNCA campus. Info: www.main. nc.us/wac. • MO (9/14), 7:30pm “Mexico Today: The Realities of the Economy, Drug Cartels and Swine Flu,” with Dr. Phyllis Smith, Professor of History at Mars Hill College. $8/Free for students.
Social & SharedInterest Groups Amateur Pool League (pd.) All skill levels welcome. HAVE FUN. MEET PEOPLE. PLAY POOL. Sign-up to play on a local team 828-329-
8197 www.BlueRidgeAPA. com ONGOING - weekly league play. Alpha Phi Sorority Alumnae • WE (9/9), 7-9pm Asheville-area alumnae of Alpha Phi sorority will meet at the French Broad Chocolate Lounge, 10 S. Lexington Ave. Info: 230-8764. Ardent Toastmasters Club Afraid to speak in public? Want to practice your speaking skills in a fun and supportive environment? Meets at Zona Lofts, 162 Coxe Ave., in downtown Asheville. Info: 225-8680 or www.toastmasters.org/websiteApps/. • Alternate THURSDAYS, 5:30pm - Meeting. Arise & Shine Toastmasters Ready to overcome your fear of public speaking and to enhance your communication and leadership skills? This group provides a friendly environment in which to do so. Guests have no obligation to join. Info: 776-5076. • THURSDAYS, 7:30am - Meets at UNCA’s Highsmith Student Union. 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 (9/15), Noon - Ron Mannheimer, long-time founding director of the N.C. Center for Creative Retirement at UNCA, will tell the center’s story. 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 Lesbian Brunch Club Info: www.meetup.com/ Asheville-Lesbian-BrunchClub or Asheville-LesbianBrunch-Club-list@meetup. com. • SUNDAYS - Be a part of creating positive community every Sunday. 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. Info: www. blueridgetm.org or 505-1375. • MONDAYS, 12:20-1:30pm - Meeting. Canasta Canasta anyone? Come join a friendly group of men and women who love to play for the fun of it. Info: 665-2810 or 251-0520. • TUESDAYS & FRIDAYS, Noon-3pm - Canasta. Friends of Asheville Transit Club Discuss transit-related issues over pints of beer. Info: 2798349. • 2nd WEDNESDAYS, 7:309pm - The club meets on the lower level of The Thirsty Monk, 92 Patton Ave. in Asheville. Find the group by looking for the toy buses and maps on the table. Koinonia Monday Night Potlucks • MONDAYS - Potluck. The gathering invites people of all walks of life to share their ideas and wisdom with those that are interested in fostering
an evolved local and global community. Change begins within us. Info: 333-2000. Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War • 2nd SATURDAYS (every two months), 10am - Meeting at St. George’s Episcopal Church in Malvern Hills. Info: 670-7125. WNC Association of Fundraising Professionals Monthly Meeting • WE (9/16), 11:45am1:30pm - “CEO and Development Officer Relationship.” Bev Sgro, Head of School at Carolina Day School, and John Pfaff, Director of Institutional Advancement, will speak on the working relationship between the CEO and the development director necessary to create success. $12/$17. Info: amanda@ litcouncil.com. WNC Guatemala Adoption Group Family Picnic • SA (9/12), 10am-1pm - Families with adopted children from Guatemala are invited to Lake Louise Park in Weaverville. Games, Spanish songs, hoola-hoop contest, pinatas and Guatemala trivia. Meats, beverages and place settings provided. Bring a dish to pass. $10/family donation requested. Info: 514-2160. Youth OUTright A weekly discussion group for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth ages 14-20. Each week a new topic and activity will be led by at least two trained facilitators. Straight allies (ages 14-20) 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 Asheville City Council Candidates and Mayoral Candidates • MO (9/14), 7-9pm - The Asheville Branch-NAACP and League of Women Voters of Asheville/Buncombe County will present a “Meet the Candidates” event at the YMI Cultural Center, 39 S. Market St., Asheville. Free and open to the public. Info: 686-8281. Buncombe County Public Meetings Info: 250-4105 or kathy. hughes@buncombecounty. org. • 1st & 3rd TUESDAYS, 4:30pm - The Buncombe County Board of
Commissioners meets in Rm. 204 of the Buncombe County Courthouse. Cecil for City Council Events Info: http://cecilbothwell. wordpress.com. • 1st & 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 7-9pm - Join Cecil for City Council campaign supporters at the Wedge Brewery in the River Arts District. City of Asheville Public Meetings Info: www.ashevillenc.gov. • 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 3-5pm - The Sustainable Advisory Committee on Energy and the Environment meets in room 109A in the Public Works Building, 161 S. Charlotte St. Info: 271-6141. Free Hugs for Health Care Reform • FRIDAYS, 5-8pm - Join local Obama supporters and give free hugs for health care reform. Pick up signs at Mountain Java in north Asheville at 5pm. Get There Asheville A local multimodal transportation advocacy group. Info: www.getthereasheville.com. • TH (9/17), 7-9pm Candidate Fair at Clingman Cafe, 242 Clingman Ave. All mayoral and city council candidates have been invited to share their platforms on multimodal transportation at this science fair-style event. Land-of-Sky Regional Council Info: 251-6622 or www. landofsky.org. • TH (9/17), 12:10pm - The French Broad River Metropolitan Planning Organization Transportation Advisory Committee will meet at the Land-of-Sky Regional Council offices, 339 New Leicester Hwy., Suite 140. League of Women Voters LWV is a nonpartisan organization encouraging political involvement by increasing the public’s knowledge of and participation in the electoral process. Membership open to all men and women over 18. Info: 251-6169 or www.ablwv.org. • MO (9/14), 7-9pm - The League will present a “Meet & Greet” the candidates for city council and mayor. This event is being hosted by the YMI Cultural Center, 39 S. Market St. Parking at Mount Zion Church. Info: 686-8281. • TH (9/17), 6:30-8pm - The League presents a panel of experts who will discuss Education Budget Cuts and Stimulus Monies as they relate to public education within Buncombe County. Panelists: Senator Nesbitt, Dr. Tony Baldwin, Supt. Allen Johnson and experts on
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city/county stimulus money. Info: 686-8281. WNC for Change Health Care Campaign Office • MONDAYS through SATURDAYS, 2-8pm - Visit the campaign office inside Mountain Java coffeeshop in north Asheville. Learn how you can fight for health care reform.
Seniors & Retirees AARP CarFit Program at Land-of-Sky Wellness Expo • TU (9/15), 10am-2pm - Trained volunteers take a CarFit participant through a 12-point checklist designed to help older drivers find their best fit in their vehicle to be safer drivers. At the N.C. Arboretum. Free. Participants must schedule a 20-minute Car Fit appointment. Info: 2516622, ext 136. Henderson County Senior Softball League The league is always looking for new players, age 50 and older. Weather permitting, they play year-round. Info: 698-3448 or www. LJRsoftball.com. • TUESDAYS & FRIDAYS - Morning games at Jackson Park in Hendersonville. Lakeview Senior Center
401 S. Laurel Circle, Black Mountain. Info: 669-8610. • TH (9/17), 11am-3pm - Van Clan. Visit the National Climactic Weather Center for a tour. $3. Bring money for lunch. Register by Sept. 11. • MO (9/14), 3:15-5:30pm - Van Clan. Take a trip to Highland Brewery for a tour. $3. Please bring a canned good to donate to MANNA.
Town of Fletcher Concert in the Park Series These free concerts are held at the Fletcher Community Park. Bring a lawn chair or blanket. Info: 687-0751. • SA (9/12), 4-9pm Concert.
Animals ChainFree Asheville A nonprofit, all-volunteer effort dedicated to improving the welfare of dogs living outdoors on chains and in pens in Asheville and Buncombe County. Info: www.chainfreeasheville.org or 450-7736. • SUNDAYS, 11am-3pm - Come help a chained dog experience freedom. No experience necessary. We meet 4 times a month within Asheville or Buncombe County to build a fence for a chained dog.
Transylvania Animal Alliance Group For information about T.A.A.G., or donations of time or resources, 9663166, taagwags@citcom. net or www.taag.petfinder. com. • SATURDAYS, 11am4pm - Adoption Days at PETsMART on Airport Road in Arden. View adoptable animals on our website: www.taagwags.org
Technology Basic Computer Classes Opportunity House in Hendersonville offers basic computer classes including: Basic Skills I, Basic Skills II, Basic Skills III, Internet I, Internet II and E-Mail. Courses in MS Word and MS Excel can be scheduled with enough interest. $30 members/$40 nonmembers. To register: 692-0575. • MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS & FRIDAYS, 9:30-11am or 11:30am1pm - Classes.
Business & Careers Build Your Business Without Breaking The Bank (pd.) Tuesday, September 15, 6pm-9pm. Grove Arcade Conference Room, down-
stairs. Hear marketing veteran Randy Robinson guide you through the secrets of “common sense marketing”. • $79.99 advanced, $99.99 at the door. Registration/Information: (828) 423-9101 or www. MyBusinessWithoutLimits. com A-B Tech Classes Registration & info: www. abtech.edu/ce. • TH (9/10), 6-9pm “Aromatherapy.” Discover how aromatherapy works to enhance your health and well-being. $35. Info: http:// abtech.edu/ce/schedule/spc. asp. • FR (9/11), 1-5pm “Natural Products Business Basics in 4 Parts.” Learn about successful business strategies in the booming natural products industry. Start to explore issues from quality and safety to marketing. $25. Info: http://abtech. edu/ce/schedule/bio.asp. Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce Located at 36 Montford Ave. Info: 258-6101 or www. ashevillechamber.org. • WE (9/9), 8:30-9:30am - Member orientation in the boardroom. • TU (9/15), 9-11:30am - “Making Your Business Successful in Asheville.”
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A diverse panel of successful business owners in Asheville will participate in a discussion sharing insights and lessons that they have learned on their way to the top. Free. Asheville SCORE Counselors to Small Business If your business could use some help, SCORE is the place to start. Our services are 100% free and confidential. To make an appointment: 271-4786. Our offices are located in the Federal Building, 151 Patton Ave., Rm. 259. Veterans may attend any SCORE seminar at no charge. Info: www. ashevillescore.org. • SA (9/12), 8:30am2:30pm - “Starting a Business in Tough Times.” Designed to provide new or potential business owners with an overview of the key issues every business must face. At the Small Business Center, Rm. 2046, on the AB Tech Enka Campus. $40 at the door. To register: 2741142 or visit the Web site. Downtown Sylva Association Info: 586-1577 or info@ downtownsylva.org. • TU (9/15), 6:30-8pm - “Strategies to Win in 2010 (and survive this economy),” a presentation by author and merchant Tom Shay. Held at
First Presbyterian Church in downtown Sylva. Free. Info: www.profitsplus.org. Events at Earth Fare South Located at 1856 Hendersonville Rd. Info: 210-0100. • TH (9/7), 6:30pm - First Time Homebuyer’s Seminar, presented by WR Starkey Mortgage and Keller Williams. Registration required. Free. Mountain BizWorks Information Sessions Mountain BizWorks, 153 South Lexington Ave., assists aspiring and current small business owners with business training and loans. To register: 253-2834, ext. 10. • WE (9/9), 8:30-10am - Meet Mountain BizWorks CEO Shaw Canale. Light morning refreshments will be served. OnTrack Financial Education & Counseling Formerly Consumer Credit Counseling Service of WNC. OnTrack offers services to improve personal finances. Unless otherwise noted, all classes are free and held at 50 S. French Broad Ave., Ste. 222. Info: 255-5166 or www.ontrackwnc.org. • TH (9/10), Non-1:30pm - “Making a New Money Start.” Learn about methods
of goal-setting and get your financial life in place. Free. • SATURDAYS (9/12 & 19), 9am-1pm - “Manage Your Money.” Learn how to set goals, track expenses, develop a budget and more. Free. The Tao of Marketing • TH (9/10), 10-11:30am Free intro program. Go on a vision quest to see and feel your future. Connect energetically with this future and begin to live from that place. At Mountain BizWorks, 153 S. Lexington Ave., Asheville.
Volunteering Ashevillage Institute (AVI) Nonprofit eco-urban education center and living laboratory for sustainable solutions. Info or to RSVP: 2258820, info@ashevillage.org or www.ashevillage.org. • MONDAYS through SATURDAYS, 9am-5pm - Volunteer days and potluck lunch. Volunteers needed in: gardening, permaculture, stonework, carpentry, marketing, administration, fundraising, business development. Asheville Art Museum Located on Pack Square in downtown Asheville. Hours: Tues.-Sat., 10am-5pm and Sun., 1-5pm. Admission:
$6/$5 students and seniors/ Free for kids under 4. Free first Wednesdays from 3-5pm. Info: 253-3227 or www.ashevilleart.org. • MO (9/14), 10am-Noon Docent Recruitment Day. Be a part of the arts community by becoming an Asheville Art Museum Docent. Light refreshments and coffee will be served at this informational meeting. Free. Info: 253-3227, ext. 120 or nsokolove@ashevilleart.org. Asheville City Schools Foundation Seeking Academic Coaches (tutors/mentors) to support students by assisting them with a variety of tasks that support educational success. One hr/wk min., for one school year, in your choice of school or after school program. Training provided. Info: 350-6135, terri.wells@asheville.k12. nc.us or www.acsf.org. • MONDAYS through FRIDAYS, 8:30am-4:45pm - Academic coaching in the schools or at after-school programs, once a week. Asheville GreenWorks Our area’s Keep America Beautiful affiliate, working to clean and green the community through environmental volunteer projects. Info:
254-1776 or info@ashevillegreenworks.org. • SU (9/13), 10am-6pm - Help Asheville GreenWorks green OrganicFest with demonstrations of composting and rain barrels, promoting recycling and composting, and helping launch a new wave of our graffiti-prevention program. Two-hour shifts available. Asheville on Bikes Info: ashevilleonbikes@ gmail.com or www.ashevilleonbikes.com. • TU (9/8) through TH (9/10), 5-7pm & SA (9/12), Noon-2pm - The Asheville Bicycle and Pedestrian Task Force is conducting a bicycle and pedestrian count. Help the City of Asheville establish baseline data to promote pedestrian and bicycle facilities. To sign up to work a shift: claudianix@libertybikes.com. Bountiful Cities Project A nonprofit that creates, manages and, in some cases, owns community gardens on Asheville’s urban land. Info: 257-4000 or info@bountifulcitiesproject. org. • WEDNESDAYS, 3-8:30pm - Community Garden Workdays. Volunteers appreciated at Pearson Drive garden located in the Montford neighborhood. Info: 273-8151 or 257-4000 and leave a message. Catholic Social Services n Volunteers are needed throughout the week. Info: 255-0146. • WEDNESDAYS, 1-4pm Direct Assistance Day. Help sort clothing, shelve food,
pack bags of food and more. Call for details. Graffiti Removal Action Teams Join Asheville GreenWorks in combating graffiti vandalism in our community. Removing quickly and keeping covered is the best way to reduce graffiti. Info: 254-1776. • THURSDAYS - Graffiti removal. Guardian ad Litem Program Seeks Volunteers Volunteers are needed to advocate for children involved in the juvenile court process due to abuse and neglect. No experience necessary. Free training prepares volunteers to make a difference in a child’s life. Info: 251-6130. • MO (9/21) - Training begins. Call to register. Habitat for Humanity Seeks Volunteers for the Home Store & Construction Site Help build houses in Buncombe County by volunteering at the Habitat for Humanity Home Store and at the building site in Enka Hills. Volunteers are needed who can make an ongoing commitment to a shift in the Home Store. Info: 251-5702 or brusso@ashevillehabitat. org. • 2nd FRIDAY, 10am - Volunteer orientation at 30 Meadow Road. Hands On AshevilleBuncombe 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 (9/10), 5:30-7:30pm - 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 (9/12), 9am-10:30pm - Kids Care. Age appropriate crafts and projects for children. All crafts will be given to the Lewis Rathbun Center. Ideal for ages 7 to 12. • SA (9/12), 9am-Noon - Help sort and pack food at MANNA Food Bank to be given to agencies serving hungry people in 17 WNC counties. • MO (9/14), 7:30-8:30pm - 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 will be provided. • SA (9/12) & TH (9/17), 4-6pm - Show support to hospice patients and their families by cooking and serving a meal at the John Keever Solace Center. Men and Women Wanted Big Brothers Big Sisters is holding a back-to-school volunteer recruitment drive. Mentors share outings twice a month with youth from single-parent homes. Volunteers also needed to mentor during the 2009-10 school year. Info: 253-1470 or www.bbbswnc.org. • TH (9/10), Noon - An Information Session for interested volunteers will be held at the United Way Building,
S. French Broad Ave., Room 213. Mountain Housing Opportunities MHO’s mission is to build and improve homes, neighborhoods, communities and lives. Located at 64 Clingman Avenue, Suite 101. Info: www.mountainx.com or 254-4030. • TH (9/17), 6:30-8pm Mailing and Milkshakes: Help prepare save-the-date cards for the ‘09 Doors of Asheville art auction and fundraising event. Take a milkshake home as a thank you gift. Info: 254-4030 or susan@ mtnhousing.org. Seeking Volunteers for Mill Around the Village • MONDAYS, 6pm Planning meetings for the third annual Mill Around the Village Festival in downtown Swannanoa are held at Beacon Hall in Swannanoa. Volunteers are needed. Info: 337-4718. The Healing Place Provides crisis intervention, support and counseling to victims of sexual assault and child abuse. Info: 692-3931 or www.thehealingplace.info. n Healing Place is now accepting donations of gently used clothing, furniture and household goods to be sold at a fundraising yard sale held on Sept. 19. Items can be dropped off at the Healing Place Offices, 100 B Chadwick Square Court. The Lord’s Acre A Faith Garden Project organized and sponsored by local churches and volunteers who have come together to help provide food for families
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Haywood Road, across from Ingles. Info: 242-6197. • FRIDAYS, 8pm - The Lambda (GLBT) group of AlAnon 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, 12-1pm - Discussion meeting: First Baptist Church, 5 Oak St. Park in the back of lot between Church and Y. Info: 686-8131. • TUESDAYS, Noon - Black Mountain Group meets at St. James Episcopal Church, 424 W. State St. Info: 2778620. • TUESDAYS, 7pm - Discussion meeting: First Congregational United Church of Christ, 20 Oak St. Info: 253-6624. 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. Art of Intimacy Practice Group Learn life-changing communication and relationship skills, drawing from the work of Brad Blanton (Radical Honesty), Marshal Rosenberg (Nonviolent Communication), Susan Campbell (Getting Real), John Bradshaw (Homecoming) and others. By donation. Info: 254-5613 or www.centerforsacredsexuality.org.
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• WEDNESDAYS, 7:309:30pm - Meeting. CarePartners Hospice Bereavement Offers one-on-one grief counseling, support groups, grief education classes, a monthly grief support newsletter and semi-annual memorial services (available to anyone who is suffering a loss through death). Located at 68 Sweeten Creek Road., Asheville. Call 251-0126 to set up an initial visit with a counselor. • WEDNESDAYS (monthly) - Suicide Loss Group meets. • TUESDAYS & WEDNESDAYS - Good Grief Support Groups meet. • WEDNESDAYS - ChildLoss Support Groups meet. • MONDAYS & TUESDAYS - Grief Education Classes. DivorceCare • WEDNESDAYS, 6:157:30pm - DivorceCare, a video seminar and support group featuring nationally recognized experts on divorce and recovery topics, including “Facing my Anger,” “Facing my Loneliness” and “Forgiveness.” Childcare provided. Info: 254-4688 or www.mountcarmelonline. org. Dual Recovery Group Group meets at the Black Mountain Presbyterian Church House, 117 Montreat Road. For individuals who have a chemical dependency, emotional, and/or psychiatric illness and need support. A 12-step based program. Info: 357-8403. • TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 8pm - Group meets. Eating Disorders Individuals are welcome to come to one or all of the support group meetings. 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. Free. 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 (9/12), 1-4pm - “N.C. Health Care Power of Attorney,” a workshop to help participants better understand this document. Documents, notaries and witnesses will be available so that attendees may leave with a legal document. Bring
a valid driver’s license. Info: 696-1168. • MO (9/14), 11am12:30pm - “Good News About Hip & Knee Pain,” a discussion with Duane Young, a Pardee licensed physical therapist. Topics include joint pain and available treatments. Food Addicts Anonymous A fellowship of men and women who are willing to recover from the disease of food addiction. Sharing experiences and hope with others allows participants to recover from the disease one day at a time. All are welcome. Info: 242-3717. • MONDAYS, Noon-1pm & FRIDAYS, 7-8pm - Meetings at Biltmore United Methodist Church, 376 Hendersonville Road, Asheville. 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. • SA (9/12), Noon-4:30pm - Blue Ridge Fire & Rescue, 2503 Old Spartanburg Road, East Flat Rock. Info: 6924416. How To Be An “Askable” Parent • TU (9/15), 7-8:30pm - Attention parents, teachers and community members: Free seminar on “How To Be an Askable Parent” at Va Va Voom in downtown Asheville. Receive helpful talk techniques and information concerning healthy sexuality as your child grows. Info: sacarrol@unca.edu. K.A.R.E. Support Groups Kid’s Advocacy Resource Effort offers several ongoing support groups. Info: 456-8995. • WEDNESDAYS, 5:307:30pm - Single Parents Support Group. Dinner and childcare provided. At First United Methodist Church, 566 S. Haywood St., Waynesville. Call ext. 201 for more info. Lakeview Senior Center 401 S. Laurel Circle, Black Mountain. Info: 669-8610. • WE (9/16), 11am-3pm - Celebrate National Senior Center Month. A day of education and exercise featuring over twenty information booths, interactive demonstrations focusing on Tai Chi, Yoga, balance and healthy cooking. Snacks will be served. Persons of every
age are invited. Info: www. bmrecreation.com. Learning to Live A seminar for interested youth focusing on effective communication, healthy relationships, exploring values, STD’s and birth control. Held at Planned Parenthood, 603 Biltmore Ave., upstairs. RSVP: 252-7928, ext. 6243 or coryn.Harris@pphsinc. org. • TUESDAYS (9/8) through (9/29), 6:30-8pm - Learning to Live. Free food will be provided. Living Healthy: A Chronic Disease Self-Management Program • TH (9/10) through TH (10/15), 2-4:30pm - A free 6-week self-management program for people with chronic conditions. Learn how to manage pain, fatigue, frustration and more. Sponsored by the Landof-Sky Regional Council; sessions will take place at Arrowhead Apts. To register: 251-7438. MemoryCaregivers Network Support for caregivers of loved ones who suffer from dementia and Alzheimer’s. Meetings are held at New Hope Presbyterian Church, 3070 Sweeten Creek Rd., Arden. n For info on MCN’s online discussion group: peter. terhorst@yahoo.com or http://health.groups.yahoo. com/groupMemoryCaregiversNetwork. • 3rd TUESDAYS, 12:301:30pm - Meeting. Come early for a meet-andgreet that starts at noon. Refreshments provided. Moms Supporting Moms • TUESDAYS, Noon or 6:30pm - Peer support for moms struggling with depression and/or anxiety during pregnancy or postpartum. Connect with other mothers and community resources. Meets at the Women’s Resource Center. Info: 213-8241. Directions: 213-8246. NAMI Western Carolina National Alliance on Mental Illness offers support, education and advocacy for families and persons with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression or an anxiety disorder. Meets at Mountainhouse, 225 E. Chestnut St. across from Fuddruckers. Free. Info: 6876901 or www.namiwnc.org. • 3rd TUESDAYS, 7pm - Group meets. Narcotics Anonymous A fellowship of recovering addicts that can help those afflicted get clean and stay clean through a 12-step pro-
gram. The group focuses on recovering from the disease of addiction rather than any particular drug. For WNC NA meeting schedules and info: www.wncana.org. Helpline: (866) 925-2148. • DAILY - Please call for location details. Opportunity House Events Located at 1411 Asheville Hwy. in Hendersonville. Info: 698-5517 or 692-0575. • WEDNESDAYS, 7:30-9am - Low cost medical testing with Linda Garren, RN of Hendersonville. No appointments necessary. Info: 692-0575. Overcomers Recovery Support Group A Christian-based 12-step recovery program. Provides a spiritual plan of recovery for people struggling with life-controlling problems. Meetings are held at 32 Rosscraggon Road. All are welcome. Info: rchovey@ sos.spc-asheville.org. • TUESDAYS, 7-8pm - Meeting. 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: 669-0986. • MONDAYS, 6:30pm - Hendersonville: Balfour United Meth. Church, 2567 Asheville Hwy. (Hwy. 25). Open mtg. Info: 1-800-5804761. • MONDAYS, 5:15pm - Asheville: First Congregational United Church of Christ, 20 Oak St. Beginners mtg. Info: 277-8185. • 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: 2802213. 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. • TU (9/15), 2-6:30pm - North Point Baptist Church, 119 Monticello Road, Weaverville. Info: 658-2226. • TH (9/17), 2-6:30pm - Lutheran Church of the Nativity, 2425 Hendersonville Road, Arden. Info: 6840352. 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 - Three meetings are available per week. Sex Addicts Anonymous A fellowship of men and women recovering from addictive sexual behavior (physical and/or emotional). Meetings are held in downtown Asheville. Info: 800-477-8191 (live person Mon.-Fri. 11am-7pm) or 348-0284 to leave a local message for a return call. • SUNDAYS, 7pm - Meeting. Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous SLAA is a 12-step fellowship of men and women who have a desire to stop living out a pattern of sex and love addiction. Meetings are held in downtown Asheville. Open to all sexual orientations. Info: AshevilleSLAA@gmail. com. • SATURDAYS, 10am - First Congregational United Church of Christ, 20 Oak St. 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. Support Groups
Sessions are led by Charlene Galvin, a board certified Chaplain. Love offering. Info: 329-3187 or chargalvin@ hotmail.com. • THURSDAYS, 1011:30am - Living with Life Limiting Illness —- 1:303pm - Caregivers Support Group. Tai Chi Dao Yin and Tong Ren: Energy Healing From a Medical Perspective • TU (9/15), 6-8pm - Intro to Tai Chi Dao Yin, relaxing movements by Dr. Campbell, with discussion of Tong Ren, energy-healing modality that removes blockages in the body due to illness/stress developed by Tom Tam of the Oriental Culture Institute. At Jubilee in downtown Asheville. Info: 279-8981. WNC Brain Tumor Support Adult support group for newly diagnosed brain tumor patients, brain tumor survivors, their families and caregivers. Info: 691-2559 or www.wncbraintumor.org. • 3rd THURSDAYS, 6:30pm - Group meets at the West Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall, 690 Haywood Rd. Your Health Matters • SA (9/12), 8am-1pm - The W.O.W. Bus From Park Ridge Hospital will provide free cholesterol, lipid, glucose and BP screenings. Various topics on preventive health and disease management, door prizes, refreshments. At 32 Rosscraggon Road., Asheville. Info: 684-0591.
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Sports Groups & Activities APA Pool League (pd.) Amateur League, all skill levels welcome. HAVE FUN. MEET PEOPLE. PLAY POOL. Sign-up for 8-ball or 9-ball. 828-329-8197 www.BlueRidgeAPA.com ONGOING - Mon, Tue, Wed, or Thur - YOUR CHOICE! American Singles Golf Association Asheville Chapter Join the group for fellowship and fairways. Visitors are welcome at monthly meetings. Info: 298-9790 or www.singlesgolf.com/ chapter.php?chapter_number=3403. • 2nd THURSDAYS, 5:30pm - Meeting at Lone Star Steakhouse, Airport exit. Asheville Ski and Outing Club The year-round activity club organizes skiing, snowboarding, biking and
hiking trips for its members. Membership is open to all ages and ability. Info: www. ashevilleskiclub.com. • 2nd THURSDAYS, 6:30pm - Meets at the Country Club of Asheville. Disc Golf Check the kiosk at Richmond Hill Park for events and nearby tournaments. Info: 680-9626 or www.wncdiscgolf.com. • SUNDAYS, 4pm - Doubles at Waynesville Rec Park. • MONDAYS, 5:30pm - Doubles at Black Mountain Park. • TUESDAYS, 5:30pm - Doubles at Richmond Hill Park. NFL Pepsi Punt, Pass & Kick Competition • SA (9/12), 10:30am-Noon - Boys and girls ages 8-15 are invited to participate in the competition at Enka Middle School, 390 Asbury Road. The top four scorers in each age group from around the country qualify as national finalists. Free. Sponsored by Buncombe County Parks and Rec. Info: 250-4269 or jay.nelson@ buncombecounty.org. Pickleball It’s like playing ping pong on a tennis court. For all ages. $1 per session. Paddles and balls are provided. Info: 350-2058. • MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS & FRIDAYS, 9-11am - Meets at Stephens-Lee Rec Center, 30 George Washington Carver St. (take S. Charlotte to Max St.). Special Olympics Buncombe County Info: 250-4265 or grace. young@buncombecounty. org. • Sign up now to become a Special Olympic athlete. Compete in events scheduled throughout the year. Events include bocce ball, soccer, cheerleading, basketball, aquatics, golf and track and field. No experience necessary. Free. Practice is ongoing. Sports at UNCA Unless otherwise noted, all events are free and open to the public. Info: 251-6459. • WE (9/9), 4pm - UNCA Women’s Soccer vs. Furman at Greenwood Field. Free. • SU (9/13), 2pm UNCA Women’s Soccer vs. Tennessee Tech at Greenwood Field. Free. • WE (9/16), 4pm - UNCA Men’s Soccer vs. USC Upstate at Greenwood Field. Free. Waynesville Parks and Recreation Info: 456-2030 or recathletics@townofwaynesville.org.
• SA (9/12), 3-6pm - Registration for the new coed youth flag football league at the Waynesville Recreation Center. Open to boys and girls in the 3rd-5th grade. $10 per player. • TUESDAYS & WEDNESDAYS (9/15 through 12/17), 3:304:30pm - A coed weight lifting club for middle school students will be held at the Old Armory in Waynesville. $20.
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20th Of Each Month • Heal Yourself And Mother Earth (pd.) Participate in worldwide long-distance group EssenceWork TM sessions. • Registration deadline: 15th of each month. • Private sessions, please call Lania Desmond: (828) 236-1230 or www.soulpoint.com/ essence-work.html 3 Day Retreat • Zen Cooking (pd.) “Zen Cooking, Zen Sittingâ€? offered at Great Tree Temple September 18-20, explores relation of mindfulness, compassion to food we eat. Cost $150. Questions? (828) 645-2085 or see www.greattreetemple.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. Goddess/Gods: Teachings For The Modern Nobility (pd.) • May 2, Chapel Hill. 10am-1pm. Celtic Gods and Goddess. • May 6: Asheville. An empowering year-long workshop series for modern people to access ancient wisdom today. (Quetzalcoatl, Tonantzin to name a few). $20/session, includes all materials. You must call to confirm. • Zoe: (828) 284-0975. www. mayanrecordkeeper.com Intuitive Faerie Readings (pd.) Find illumination along your life’s path through guidance from Celtic faerie guides and your own loving guardian angels and spirit guides. • Faerie workshops also available. (828) 6452674. www.davidswing. com Tuesday Afternoons • Study • Meditation • Great Tree Zen Temple (pd.) Study: 3:30pm • Meditation: 5:30pm. 679 Lower Flat Creek Road, Alexander. Love offering. More information: 645-2085 or www.greattreetemple. org A Course in Miracles Classes For anyone sincerely interested in joining a loving group for ACIM study and practice. The group meets at Groce United Methodist Church in East Asheville. Info: 712-5472.
• MONDAYS, 6:30pm Study group meets. “A Preacher, a Priest, a Rabbi Walked Into a Store ...â€? • TU (9/15), 7pm Mountain Area Interfaith Forum and the NC Center for Creative Retirement will host an interfaith standup comedy night in the Chestnut Ridge Room at the Reuter Center at UNCA. Light refreshments will be served. Free. Info: 232-5181 or 216-8961. An Evening With Spirit All are welcome to communion with Spirit and channel messages. Held at the White Horse in Black Mountain, 105C Montreat Road. No latecomers. Love offering. Info: 713-2439. • SUNDAYS, 6-9pm Evening events will be lead by Theo Salvucci. Angels 101 Playshop International Angel Day • SA (9/12), 9:30am-4pm Celebrate International Angel Day. Learn how to receive guidance from your angels and how to remove blocks to your abundance and prosperity. Bring a journal and lunch. Light snacks/ beverages provided. $30. Portion of proceeds benefits local children. Info: kate@ TheAwakeningSoul.com. Asheville Chaos Magick Clique A discussion group focusing on chaos magick and related themes. Info: ashevillechaosmagickclique@gmail.com or 777-9368. • 3rd THURSDAYS, 6-9pm - Meeting. Call for location. Asheville Satsang With Gangaji Info: 216-7051 or nckristinenelson@yahoo.com. • SUNDAYS, 7pm Discover true fulfillment. Silent sitting and video satsang with Western spiritual teacher Gangaji. New location at Serventhood House, 156 East Chestnut St., near Greenlife. Astrology Lecture • TH (9/17), 7pm - “Quantum Global Shift: An Astrologer Looks at Now thru 2012 and Beyond,â€? with astrologer Benjamin Bernstein. Held at Hendersonville Unitarian Church, 2021 Kanuga Road. Participants will receive a free CD titled “The Beauty Within.â€? Donations for the church will be accepted. Info: brendaberg@bellsouth. net. 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. Beth Israel Synagogue Located at 229 Murdock Ave. An egalitarian house of prayer, study and assembly in the Conservative Jewish tradition where all are welcome. Join us for Shabbat services, Minyans, high holidays and festival services and celebrations. Info: 2528431 or www.bethisraelnc. org. • FRIDAYS, 7:30pm Services. Bruno Groening Circle of Friends Help and healing the spiritual way through the teachings of Bruno Groening. Participants are asked to attend an introduction before coming to the regular community hour. Info: 393-0630 or ehlersk@ aol.com. • TU (9/15), 7-8:30pm - Meeting at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. Love offering. Buddhist Meditation and Discussion Meets in the space above the French Broad Food Coop. Suggested donation: $8. Info: 779-5502 or www. meditation-in-northcarolina. org. • WE (9/16), 7:15pm - “Finding the Spiritual Teacher.â€? Celebrate Recovery Christ-centered, biblically based recovery ministry. Weekly fellowship and support meetings deal with reallife issues, including divorce, co-dependency, anger, control, chemical dependency, sexual addictions, hurtful relationships, eating disorders, depression, and other addictive, compulsive or dysfunctional behaviors. Info: 687-1111. • THURSDAYS, 6pm-10pm - Evenings at Biltmore Baptist Church, 35 Clayton Road, Arden. Chabad Asheville Jewish Asheville and WNC Chabad Lubavitch Center for Jewish Life. Info: www. chabadasheville.org. • MO (9/14), 7-9:30pm High Holidays 101: A Special Pre-Rosh Hashanah Evening. Journey into the world of prayer and its relevancy to Rosh Hashanah and the Jewish woman today. Taste traditional dishes and get the recipes, decorate your very own honey dish and learn the customs and traditions pertaining to the holiday. $10. 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, 5-6:15pm - Practice group for newcomers and experienced practitioners. Eckhart Tolle’s A New Earth in Bible Study • SUNDAYS (through 9/20), 6-8pm - Explore A New Earth and discuss what author Eckhart Tolle brings to the Christian conversation and what Christianity brings to what the book offers. At The Chapel Door, 32 Joe Jenkins Rd., Fairview. Free. Everyone welcome. Events at The Chapel Door • SUNDAYS, 6-8pm Meeting at 32 Joe Jenkins Rd. to explore Eckhart Tolle’s A New Earth and discuss what Tolle brings to the Christian conversation and what Christianity brings to what the book offers. Info: 628-1882. First Baptist Church of Black Mountain Located at 130 Montreat Road. Info: 669-6461 or fbcblkmtn@bellsouth.net. • SA (9/12), 6-8:30pm - A concert of gospel and bluegrass music will be performed by Bobby and Blue Ridge Tradition, Lynda Davis and Appalachian Fire. Held on the lawn. Please bring a chair. All are welcome to this singing event honoring the Lord. Maharishi’s Transcendental Meditation Technique Transcend the busy, active mind—effortlessly—for peace, bliss and full awakening of creative intelligence. The most effective, extensively researched meditation. Revitalizes mind/body, relieves worry and anxiety, improves brain functioning. Free. Info: 254-4350 or www.meditationasheville. org. • WEDNESDAYS, 7:15pm - At the Asheville TM Center, 165 E. Chestnut. Mindfulness Meditation Class Explore the miracle of healing into life through deepened stillness and presence. With consciousness teacher and columnist Bill Walz. Info: 258-3241 or www.billwalz. com. • MONDAYS, 7-8pm - Meditation class with lesson and discussions in contemporary Zen living. At the Asheville Friends Meeting
freewillastrology ARIES (March 21-April 19) I don’t think I’m being unduly optimistic when I speculate that you’re on the verge of achieving a ringing victory over your bad self. What makes me so confident that this development is in the works? Well, in recent weeks you have been dealing more forthrightly and intelligently with the lowest aspects of your character. You have also become more fully aware of the difference between your outand-out unregenerate qualities and the unripe aspects of your character that may someday become very beautiful. There’s a second sign that you’re close to transforming one of the most negative things about you: You have almost figured out the truth about a murky curse that you internalized some time ago. When you finally identify it, you will know intuitively how to banish it forever.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
I expect that you’ll be a force of nature in the coming days, the human equivalent of a divine intervention. In fact, you might want to give fair warning to friends and loved ones who assume that you have always been and will always be steady, placid, and mild. Otherwise they may be unduly freaked out when your intelligence explodes like a double rainbow or when you start emoting like a waterfall. They might accuse you of “not being yourself” when your laughter turns volcanic or your decisions hit with the force of the aurora borealis. It’ll be interesting for you to notice which of your close cohorts responds most favorably to this outbreak of your elemental gifts.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
“Here’s what I did not do this summer,” begins the testimony of one of my Gemini readers, Beth Hylton. “Not once did I swing on a tire swing over the river, watching the pink shimmery reflection of myself in a wet suit on a tire swing. I did not take a day off work to sneak out alone to Jones Beach with a book and a beer in a ginger ale bottle. I did not eat outside at a red-checkered-tablecloth-andtoo-much-cheese-on-the-pasta Italian restaurant, sucking back carafes of Gallo like KoolAid. I did not catch fireflies for the satisfaction of setting them free, and I did not nap in the noontime sun. Where are all the ‘I dids’?” I’m happy to inform Beth, as well as any of her fellow Geminis who might have been remiss in doing the kinds of activities she named, that the next three weeks will be a very favorable period to make up for lost time.
CANCER (June 21-July 22)
Murmurs and whispers will have more clout than clamors and shouts. A candle in the dark will provide more illumination than a bonfire at high noon. Short jaunts could transform everything permanently; long trips might only shift things slightly and temporarily. Forceful confrontations may lead to
a muddle; feints and tricks and bluffs could spark crafty solutions. The “simple facts” will probably be tainted by lies of omission; the messy contradictions are likely to be eminently trustworthy.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
KFC is test-marketing a flamboyant new menu item at selected restaurants in the U.S. This remarkable delicacy is an exotic sandwich that consists of bacon, two servings of cheese, and special sauce, all held together not by bread but by two slabs of fried chicken. I nominate this spectacular creation to be your earthy metaphor of the week. In accordance with the astrological omens, I hope it inspires you to head out to the frontiers of extravagance in both your spiritual affairs and your romantic life. The coming days will be an ideal time to pray to both Christ and the Goddess while making love, for example, or to get sandwiched between two delicious devotees while meditating naked, or to perform a boisterous ritual to invoke emotional riches with the help of a genius of love.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
It’s Build Up Your Confidence by Any Means Possible Week -- for Virgos only. During this holiday, you have an astrological mandate as well as a poetic license to pluck the easy victories. So go ahead and solve the kinds of riddles that are your specialty. Arrange to be in situations where your perspective is desperately needed. Put yourself in the presence of people who think you’re a gift to the human race, and subtly encourage your secret admirers to be less secretive. If you have any trophies or awards, make them more visible. There’s no shame in bragging this week, Virgo, but for best results do it with your best understated elegance.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
My first demand is that you weed out the wishy-washy wishes and lukewarm longings that keep you distracted from your burning desires. My second demand is that you refuse to think that anyone else knows better than you what dreams will keep your life energy humming with maximum efficiency and beauty. Now please repeat the following assertions about 20 times: “I know exactly what I want. I know exactly what I don’t want. I know exactly what I kind of want but I won’t waste my time on it any more because it sidetracks me from working on what I really really want.”
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Ants may literally be crawling in your pants as you pull off a savvy coup or a brilliant stroke. An annoying pest may try to distract you at about the same time that movers and shakers are tuning in to your magnificence. But I don’t mean to imply that minor irritants will undermine your victories. I think you’re too unbeatable for that to happen. At worst,
you’ll have a mild headache as you receive your reward or stumble slightly as you stride into the spotlight.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
“That which can be destroyed by the truth should be,” wrote author P. C. Hodgell. I wish there were a gentler way to articulate that wisdom, but I can’t think of one. Instead I’ll suggest a way to apply it so as to make the end result more graceful than shocking: Don’t pour out the whole truth all at once in one big dramatic gesture. Do it gradually and tenderly. As you do, keep in mind that when the truth has finally dismantled the thing that could not endure the truth, you may be able to use the debris as raw material to build something new that the truth will feel right at home in.
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
What if a billion Chinese people jumped up into the air at the same exact moment? Would they create, at the moment they landed, a shockwave that would cause an earthquake on the opposite side of the world, in Chile and Argentina? No one knows. I’d like to propose a not unsimilar but more interesting experiment. What if every Capricorn who reads this horoscope reserves one minute at exactly 1 pm EDT on September 12, and during that time you all meditate intently on a single glowing thought, which is this: All of you Capricorns deserve an act of uncanny grace that will help free you from one of your most oppressive beliefs.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Some rare people, through heroic acts of will and the help of a really good imagination, manage to free themselves pretty thoroughly from the inertia of their past. This accomplishment is more possible for you right now than it has been in a long time. In fact, you could even overcome a negative legacy that made some of your ancestors crazy and sick. For maybe just the third time ever, you’re in a position to escape the sins of the fathers and the flaws of the mothers!
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
If you build it, they will probably come. If you just pretend to build it, they may come anyway, and end up sticking around because of your charming attunement to life’s deeper rhythms. If, as you build it or pretend to build it, you act manic or send out mixed messages, they may be intrigued and attracted, but they definitely won’t come. So my advice, Pisces, is to suppress your mood swings as you at least start pretending to build the thing in earnest. Homework: What’s your most beautiful or powerful hidden quality? Testify at FreeWillAstrology.com. © Copyright 2009 Rob Brezsny
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House at 227 Edgewood Ave. (off Merrimon Ave.). Donation. Modern-Day Meditation Class For Young Adults • TUESDAYS, 7:30-9:30pm - Class. For ages 18-35. Safe space to let down walls, release pent up emotion, get in touch with a truer part of yourself. Free. Info: 301-7892. Mountain Zen Practice Center Ending suffering through the practice of Conscious Compassionate Awareness. Located at 156 E. Chestnut St. Info: 253-4621 or www. mountainzen.org. Orientation required for newcomers. • TUESDAYS, 7-8:30pm Meditation and discussion. Mystic Gatherings Share in the community of those who are governed both by logic and observing signs around them: gut, spirit, intuition or whatever That is. Bring your stories and experiences. Gatherings are dynamic and diverse and range from topics such as changes in our society to defining moments in life and much more. Info: 206-2009. • WEDNESDAYS, 7pm - Meeting. Overcoming Rejection by Trusting God • TH (9/10), 6:30-8:30pm - Program by OSL ecumenical group dedicated to the Christian healing ministry. At Grace Episcopal Church, 871 Merrimon Ave., Asheville. All are welcome. Info: 242-3260 or mtn_ osl@yahoo.com. Psychic Development Class • 2nd & 4th WEDNESDAYS, 7-8:30pm - Develop your intuition in a stress-free environment. Everyone will have an opportunity to read and to be read. Love donation accepted. Info: 255-8304. Pure Toning Vocal toning is a powerful meditative practice that teaches deeper listening and being in harmony with all creation. Open to all levels of experience at the Light Center in Black Mountain. Participate or just listen. Love offering. Info: 6672967 or 669-6845. • 2nd SUNDAYS, 1-2:30pm - Vocal toning. Sojourner Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) A congregation in formation. The goal is provide a caring, non-threatening environment for the exploration of Christian spirituality. Info: www.sojournerchurch.org. • SUNDAYS, 9:30am - Worship —- 10:30am - Fellowship. Lower floor of Morningside Baptist Church, 14 Mineral Springs Road, Asheville.
Sri Sri Sri Shivabalayogi Meditation Group Receive initiation into Sri Swamiji’s one-hour meditation technique. One-hour of silent meditation followed by Bhajans (devotional singing). Free. Directions & info: 2993246 or www.shivabalayogiguru.org. • WEDNESDAYS, 7pm - Meditation. Holy Ash and meditation instructions provided. Transmission Meditation Group Join in this group meditation for your own personal spiritual growth, as well as the healing and transformation of the planet. Info: 318-8547. • TUESDAYS, 6:30pm - Meditation for personal and spiritual growth. 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 Rd. Info: 684-3798, 891-8700 or www.unitync.net. • WE (9/9), 7pm - Film screening: 10 Questions for the Dalai Lama, by filmmaker Rick Ray. Love Offering. Info: www.thedalailamamovie.com. • TH (9/10), 6:30pm - “Dedication of The CommUnity Prayer Labyrinth,” with Rev. Chad and others. Prayers for personal and communal healing will be offered and 21 white doves will be released —Midnight - Unity World Day of Prayer, a 24-hour vigil. Heal the world with prayer. A meditation and musical service for peace will be held in Unity’s Sanctuary at 7:30pm led by Rev. Chad O’Shea and Lytingale. Love offering. Info: www.worlddayofprayer.org. • SU (9/13), 2pm - DVD screening of Q’ero Incas Culture and Teachings, a film about the culture and teachings of the Incas in Cusco and in the Peruvian Andes. Led by Carole Schaefer. Love offering. Info: www.qeros.net. • SUNDAYS, 9:30am & 11am - Two Sunday Celebration Services. Children’s nursery available during both services —11am - Children’s Sunday School (ages 4 to 18). • WE (9/16), 7pm “Rhythm Circle: Drum for Healing, Health & Wellness,” with Debbie Schults. $10 suggested love offering. Info: healthbeatsinfo@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 SU (10/4) - Drawings: Foundations of Fine Art. Aesthetic Gallery Located at 6 College St., Asheville. Hours: Tues.-Sat., Noon-6pm. Info: 398-0219 or www.aestheticgallery. com. • Through FR (9/11) Beyond Photography, digital painting giclees by photographer artist Ron Morecraf. Arts Council of Henderson County D. Samuel Neill Gallery hours: Tues.-Fri., 1-5pm and Sat., 1-4pm. Located at 538 N. Main St., 2nd Floor, Hendersonville. Info: 6938504 or www.acofhc.org. • Through SA (9/19) - The juried and judged exhibition Bring Us Your Best 6 will be on display. Asheville Area Arts Council The Asheville Area Arts Council (AAAC) is at 11 Biltmore Ave. Hours: Mon.Fri., 10am-5pm and Sat., Noon-3pm. Info: 258-0710 or www.ashevillearts.com. • FR (9/4) through SU (9/27) - New works in oil painting, drawing and collage by Dona Barnett will be on display. Asheville Art Museum Located on Pack Square in downtown Asheville. Hours: Tues.-Sat., 10am-5pm and Sun., 1-5pm. Admission: $6/$5 students and seniors/ Free for kids under 4. Free first Wednesdays from 3-5pm. Info: 253-3227 or www.ashevilleart.org. • Through SU (9/13) Response and Memory: The Art of Beverly Buchanan. • SA (9/12) through SU (2/14) - Looking Forward: New Works and New Directions for the Permanent Collection will be on display. Asheville Gallery of Art A co-op gallery representing 28 regional artists located at 16 College St. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5:30pm and Sun.: 1-4pm. Info: 2515796 or www.ashevillegallery-of-art.com. • TU (9/1) through WE (9/30) - Quiet Beauty, a collection of watercolor paintings by Sandra Brugh Moore. Beaverdam Gallery Located on Beaverdam Road, where it splits into
Lynn Cove and Webb Cove Roads. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm and Sun., Noon5pm. Info: www.beaverdamgallery.com. • SA (8/29) through SA (9/19) - Exhibit of Ben and Don Jackson’s furniture (wood and metal). Bella Vista Art Gallery Located in Biltmore Village, next to the parking lot of Rezaz’s restaurant. Open daily. Info: 768-0246 or www.bellavistaart.com. • Through WE (9/30) - New paintings by Trinity St. James, new pastel paintings by Karen Margulis and new glass by J. David Norton. Black Mountain Center for the Arts Located in the renovated Old City Hall at 225 West State St. in Black Mountain. Gallery Hours: Mon.-Wed. & Fri., 10am-5pm (closed Sat. during winter months). Info: 669-0930 or www. BlackMountainArts.org. • Through FR (9/25) - Captured on Canvas, a solo exhibit by photographer Susan Stanton. Blue Spiral 1 The gallery at 38 Biltmore Ave. is open Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm. Info: 251-0202 or www.bluespiral1.com. • Through SU (9/20) - Will Henry Stevens (18811949) + Tom Turner: Stevens’ never-before exhibited abstracts paired with Turner’s porcelain. Alice R. Ballard: nature-inspired ceramics. Alex Bernstein, Julyan Davis, Charles Goolsby: glass sculpture and paintings. Grovewood Gallery Located at 111 Grovewood Road, Asheville. Info: 2537651 or www.grovewood. com. • Through SU (11/1) - New Works: Murals, a solo exhibition by Robert Crystal. In addition to the large murals, Crystal’s handmade, functional and decorative pottery will also be on display. Hand In Hand Gallery Located at 2720 Greenville Hwy. (U.S. 25 South) in Flat Rock. Info: 697-7719 or www.handinhandgallery. com. • Through SU (10/4) - Summertime Memories: W.N.C. Treasures, featuring photography, painting and wood of the Carl Sandburg Home. Madison County Arts Council Exhibits Located at 90 S. Main St. in Marshall. Info: 649-1301. • Through FR (10/2) Amalgam, a solo show by Chukk Bruurseema featuring works in metal, wood, digital layering, even clothing
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—- “33” installation by Laura Kathleen Marsico. A site-specific/site-constructed installation. Montreat College’s Hamilton Gallery Located on the mezzanine level of L. Nelson Bell Library on the campus of Montreat College. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-4pm. Info: 669-8012 ext. 3641. • TU (9/1) through MO (9/28) - The Swannanoa Fine Arts League Special Members Show will be on display. Phil Mechanic Studios Located at 109 Roberts St. on the corner of Clingman Ave. in the River Arts District. Houses Flood Gallery, Pump Gallery and Nook Gallery. Info: www. philmechanicstudios.com. • FR (9/11) through TU (10/6) - USED, a solo show of 2-D and sculptural works by Karen Havens will be on display in Flood Gallery. • FR (9/11), 7-10pm - An opening reception for the solo show USED will be held in Flood Gallery. The Bender Gallery Located at 57 Haywood St., Asheville. Hours: Mon.Thurs., 10am-5pm; Fri. & Sat., 10am-7pm; and Sun., Noon-5pm. Info: www. thebendergallery.com or 225-6625. • TH (9/3) through SA (10/31) - Glass sculptures by Toland Sand. Toe River Arts Council The TRAC Center Gallery is at 269 Oak Ave. in Spruce Pine. Hours: Tues.-Sat., 10am-5pm. The Burnsville TRAC Gallery is at 102 W. Main St. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Spruce Pine info: 765-0520. Burnsville info: 682-7215. General info: www.toeriverarts.org. • Through SA (9/26) - Local Children Books: Writers and Illustrators and 40th Anniversary Retrospective, blown glass by Richard Ritter, will be on display. • FR (9/11), 5-8pm Opening reception for Local Children Books: Writers and Illustrators. Transylvania Community Arts Council Located at 349 South Caldwell St. in Brevard. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-4 pm. Info: 884-2787 or www.artsofbrevard.org. • Through FR (9/25) - WNC Woodworkers, featuring the works of local and regional woodworkers. Tryon Fine Arts Center The gallery is at 34 Melrose Ave. in Tryon. Open Mon.Fri., 9am-Noon & 1:30-4pm; Sat., 9am-1pm. Info: www. tryontfac.org
• SU (9/13) through SA (10/10) - Sculpturama 2009 will be on display. • SU (9/13), 5-7pm - Opening reception for Sculpturama 2009. 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. • FR (9/11) through SA (10/24) - New Perspectives: Artists of Abstract Alliance and Child: Being and Remembering, two group exhibitions, will be on display. • SA (9/12), 5-8pm - A public reception for New Perspectives will be held. Visual Art at ASU Exhibits take place at Appalachian State University’s Catherine J. Smith Gallery in Farthing Auditorium, unless otherwise noted. Info: 262-7338. • TH (9/17) through MO (11/16) - Extra Medium, an exhibit by Daniel Eatock. • WE (9/16), 6-7:30pm - Opening reception for Extra Medium. 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: Tues.-Fri., 10am-4pm & Sat., 1-4pm. Suggested donation: $5 family/$3 person. Info: 227-3591 or www.wcu.edu/fapac/galleries. • TU (9/1) through TU (10/6) - An exhibit featuring the works of Western MFA and BFA student artists will be on display at the Atrium Sales Gallery and Cyber Coffee Cafe. • Through FR (9/18) - New Gifts: Selections from the Collection of Professor Emeritus Perry Kelly, George Masa: A Photographic Vision of the Mountains and Dean and Nancy Cramer Lettenstrom: Delicate Balance: Painting & Drawing. YMI Cultural Center Located at 39 South Market St., the community-based organization seeks to enhance the cultural and economic lives of people in WNC, particularly minority and low-income residents. Gallery hours: Tues.-Fri., 10am-5pm. Info: 252-4614 or www.ymicc.org. • Through SU (9/20) Working Process, sculptures by Robert Winkler.
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Art at the Market Place • WE (9/9), 6:30-7:30pm The Market Place Restaurant on Wall St. presents an evening with Susanne Schuenke, an acclaimed surrealist painter. Schuenke will discuss how wide-ranging interests are synthesized in her art. Wine and hors d’oeuvres will be served. $15. Reservations required: 252-4162. 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: 6652492 or www.ncarboretum. org. • Through SU (11/1) - H. Douglas Pratt and John C. Sill’s BIRDS: The Science of Illustration. The exhibit celebrates the art and science of birds. Art in the Airport Gallery Located on the pre-security side of the Asheville Regional Airport terminal. Open to the public during the airport’s hours of operation. Info: art@flyavl.com or www.flyavl.com. • Through TU (10/27) More than 30 original pieces of artwork by nine local artists will be on display. Art League of Henderson County The ALHC meets and shows exhibits at the Opportunity House, 1411 Asheville Hwy. (25N) in downtown Hendersonville. Info: 6920575 or www.artleague.net. • Through TH (9/10) Works by local guest artist Gloria Elasky will be on display in the Grace Etheredge Room at Opportunity House. Artwork by Cyndi • Through WE (9/30) - Artwork by Cyndi Calhou will be on display at Salsa’s Restaurant in downtown Asheville and at Brixx Pizza in S. Asheville. Carolina Nature Photographers Association Info: www.cnpa-asheville. org. • Through SU (11/15) Celebrating Nature Through Photography, images from the N.C. Arboretum and WNC will be on display at the N.C. Arboretum. Center For Craft, Creativity and Design The inter-institutional Regional Center of the University of North Carolina is located at the Kellogg Conference Center, 11 Broyles Rd. in Hendersonville. Info: 8902050 or www.craftscreativitydesign.org. • TU (9/1) through FR (12/11) - Different Tempers: Jewelry & Blacksmithing, an
exhibit featuring the works of 14 nationally known metalsmiths. Center for Diversity Education The Center is on the UNCA campus, at 222 Zageir Hall. Info: 232-5024 or www. diversityed.org. • TH (9/17) through FR (10/30) - Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation, a national traveling exhibit will be on display at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. Presented in partnership with Buncombe County Library. First Congregational Church Located at 20 Oak St. in downtown Asheville. “An open and affirming congregation.” Info: 252-8729 or www.uccasheville.org. • TU (9/1) through WE (9/30) - Nuestra Historias, a traveling exhibit about migrant workers in America. French Broad Fridays Folks in Marshall roll out the red carpet for an arts walk. Visit the galleries and studios along the French Broad River in the Marshall Arts District. Plus, food, live music and dancing. Info: http://madfbf. blogspot.com. • FR (9/11), 5-9pm “Drover’s Last Stand.” Grand Bohemian Gallery Located at the Grand Bohemian Hotel in Biltmore Village, 11 Boston Way. Info: www.bohemianhotelasheville.com or 505-2949. • SA & SU (9/12 & 13), Noon-3pm - Trunk Show: Amber Higgins will present handmade lamp work and hand-cast Murano jewelry. Visual Art at ASU Exhibits take place at Appalachian State University’s Catherine J. Smith Gallery in Farthing Auditorium, unless otherwise noted. Info: 262-7338. • TH (9/10), 6pm - Extra medium curator Richard Torchia will discuss his work as an artist and exhibition curator. Held in Wey Hall, Rm. 208.
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Hendersonville. Info: 6920575 or www.artleague.net. • SU (9/13), 1:30pm Reception featuring work by Art League members entitled Outside the Box. This will be followed by a brief business meeting and a presentation by pastel artist Beverly Kies, who will demonstrate how she creates animal portraits. Asheville Art Museum Located on Pack Square in downtown Asheville. Hours: Tues.-Sat., 10am-5pm and Sun., 1-5pm. Admission: $6/$5 students and seniors/ Free for kids under 4. Free first Wednesdays from 3-5pm. Info: 253-3227 or www.ashevilleart.org. • FR (9/11), Noon-1pm - Art Break: Join a member of the curatorial staff on a tour of the exhibition Looking Back: Celebrating 60 Years of Collecting at the Asheville Art Museum. Asheville Chapter of the Church of Craft Info: http://churchofcraft.org. • 2nd MONDAYS, 6-9pm - Meets at Lark Books, 67 Broadway. Bring a portable project. Asheville Quilt Guild Unless otherwise noted, all events are free and open to the public. New members are welcome. Info: www. ashevillequiltguild.org. • TU (9/15), 10am - Meeting at the Folk Art Center on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Jennie Rayment, the “Muslin Mistress,” will entertain all with a lecture and “strip show and tell.” Intergalactic Bead & Jewelry Show • SA & SU (9/12 & 13), 10am-5pm - Bead show at the Asheville Civic Center. $5 for weekend/$4 just Sun. Info: www.beadshows.com. Regional Artist Project Grant An annual grant program that provides financial support to developing arts professionals by funding a project pivotal to the advancement of their careers as artists. • Through MO (9/14) - Application deadline. Applications are available through the Asheville Area Arts Council, 258-0710; the Avery County Arts Council, 898-4292; the Madison County Arts Council, 6491301; or the Toe River Arts Council, 765-0520. Swannanoa Valley Fine Arts League Classes are held at the studio, 999 W. Old Rt. 70, Black Mountain. Info: svfal.
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info@gmail.com or www. svfal.org. • WEDNESDAYS (9/9 through 9/30), 9am-Noon - Soft Pastels with Karen Chambers. Learn to paint skies in pastels. Registration required. $25/class. • THURSDAYS, Noon-3pm - Experimental Art Group. Experimental learning and sharing water-media techniques and collage. $20 for four sessions or $6/session. • FRIDAYS, 10am-1pm Open studio for figure drawing. Small fee for model. • MONDAYS, Noon-3pm - Open studio for portrait painting. Small fee for model. • TUESDAYS (9/8 through 11/24) - Art with Lorelle Bacon. Adults 1-3pm and youth 3:30-5pm. All levels welcome. $15/class. Registration required.
Art/Craft Fairs 2nd Saturday Artist Market Artists, craftspeople and designers showing their work under the tents on Domino Lane in EastWest Asheville, and in Christopher’s Garden on Waynesville Avenue. Treats from Izzy’s Coffee Den and a Community Booth hosting local organizations. Info: www.2ndSaturday.blogspot. com. • 2nd SATURDAYS, 1-4pm - Market. Asheville People’s Market Held June through October in the parking lot across from Rosetta’s Kitchen at 93 N. Lexington Ave. Info: rosettastarshine@gmail.com. • SUNDAYS, 11am-4pm - Search for art, crafts and homemade items made by Asheville artists at this fleamarket style market. Greenlife Grocery Arts Market Located at 70 Merrimon Ave. Info: 254-5440. • SATURDAYS, 11am-6pm - Browse the wares of local and regional artists on the grass at Greenlife Grocery.
Spoken & Written Word The Art of Storytelling • October 10-31, 2009 (pd.) Writing Workshop for Writers. Guided by: L. McKenna Donovan, MFA. • Saturdays, 8:30am11:30am, Robinson Hall 129, UNCA. • $199 • 15% discount for registration by September 19, 2009. • 2 workshop scholarships
available for full-time UNCA students. Registration/information: ashley.long@ towritewell.com or (828) 279-4514. More info online at: http://ashjoielee.com/ writing-workshops Attention Writers and Artists • The Other Side of Silence is now accepting submissions for a new anthology. Info: www. OtherSideOfSilence.com or info@othersideofsilence. com. Buncombe County Public Libraries LIBRARY ABBRVIATIONS Each Library event is marked by the following location abbreviations: n BM = Black Mountain Library (105 N. Dougherty St., 250-4756) n EA = East Asheville Library (902 Tunnel Road, 250-4738) n NA = North Asheville Library (1030 Merrimon Avenue, 250-4752) n PM = Pack Memorial Library (67 Haywood Street, 250-4700) n SS = Skyland/South Buncombe Library (260 Overlook Road, 250-6488) n WV = Weaverville Library (41 N. Main Street, 250-6482) • TU (9/15), 2pm - Book Club: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, by Barbara Kingsolver. NA —- 6:30pm Bilingual Bedtime Storytime. Read stories, learn rhymes and sing songs that incorporate both English and Spanish languages. WV —7pm - Mystery Book Club: Maisie Dobbs, by Jacqueline Winspeare. BM. • WE (9/16), 3-5pm Knitting Group. All skill levels welcome. SS. • TH (9/17), 2:30pm - Book Club: The Welsh Girl, by Peter Ho Davies. SS —- 6pm - Opening reception for Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation. PM —6:30pm - Twilight Jamboree, featuring bedtime stories, songs and fun. EA. • TH (9/17) through FR (10/30) - Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation will be on display. PM. Carolina Mountains Literary Festival The festival will take place in Burnsville. Info: www. cmlitfest.org. • FR & SA (9/11 & 12) Writing workshops in prose, poetry and songwriting. Plus, author readings, Q&A sessions, panels, storytelling, children’s activities and more. Free to $30. Debut Reading
• MO (9/14), 7pm - Julia Nunnally Duncan will give a debut reading from her new novel When Day Is Done at St. John’s Episcopal Parish House in Marion. A book signing and reception will follow. Events at Malaprop’s The bookstore and cafe at 55 Haywood St. hosts visiting authors for talks and book signings. Info: 2546734 or www.malaprops. com. • WE (9/9), 7pm - Ethan Gilsdorf will read from Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks. • FR (9/11), 7pm - Josh Weil will read from his book The New Valley. • SA (9/12), Noon - Author Keith Donnelly will sign copies of his book Three Days Dead —- 7pm - Stuart Albright will read from his book Sidelines: A North Carolina Story of Community, Race, and High School Football. • SU (9/13), 1pm - Reif Larson will discuss his acclaimed novel The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet —- 3pm - Poetrio with John Hoppenthaler and two poets TBA. • MO (9/14), 7pm - StitchN-Bitch with Stacey BudgeKamison. Bring a project to work on. • TU (9/15), 7pm - Literary Trivia Night. • WE (9/16), 7pm - Teacher’s Salon, for educators of all levels to meet and discuss lesson plans, activities and more. • TH (9/17), 5:30pm Women on Words, a poetry group for women —- 7pm - Sharon Sakson will read from her book Paws & Effect: The Healing Power of Dogs. Events at Spellbound Spellbound Children’s Bookshop is located at 19 Wall St., in downtown Asheville. Info: 232-2228 or spellboundbooks@netzero. com. • SU (9/13), 1pm - Book Making Workshop. Learn how to make four books from one paper grocery bag. Please call to reserve a space. All materials provided. Free. For Accomplished Asheville Writers Seeking other serious writers for critique group. Mostly fiction and nonfiction. Info: 658-8217. • Alternate THURSDAYS, 6:30pm - Group meets. Haywood County Public Library System The main branch is located at 678 S. Haywood St., Waynesville. The county
system includes branches in Canton, Maggie Valley, Fines Creek and Cruso. Info: 4525169 or www.haywoodlibrary.org. • WEDNESDAYS, 1:30pm - Ready 4 Learning. A story time designed for 4 and 5 year olds with a focus on kindergarten readiness. This story time runs Sept.-May. • WEDNESDAYS, 11am Family story time for children of all ages. We will read books, sing songs, learn finger plays and more. • THURSDAYS, 11am - Movers & Shakers. This story time for active 2-3 year olds incorporates dance, physical activity, songs and age-appropriate books. • TUESDAYS, 11am Family story time at the Fines Creek Branch Library. We will read books, tell stories, learn songs and finger plays, and do a simple craft. Info: 627-0146. • TUESDAYS, 11:15am Family story time for children of all ages at the Canton Branch Library. We will read books, listen to songs, and learn finger plays. Info: 648-2924. 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: 6974725 or www.henderson. lib.nc.us. • SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS (9/12 through 26) - Library Book Sale. Books, CDs, videos and cassettes will be sold for bargain prices. Sat., 10am-5pm & Sun., 1-5pm. • TH (9/17), 4pm - Ed Nielsen, author of a collection of first-person accounts of the Vietnam War called Warriors, will speak about the personal accounts found in the book. Missing Book Tour Beverly Lewis will read from and sign copies of her novel The Missing. • FR (9/11), 10am - Reading at Dalton’s Christian Bookstore, 331 Walnut St., Waynesville. Info: 452-1003 —- 2pm - LifeWay Christian Store River Hills Shopping Center, 105-A River Hills Road. Info: 298-2101 —- 7pm - Open Door, 1800 Four Seasons Blvd., Hendersonville. Info: 698-1383. Osondu Booksellers All events are held at Osondu, 184 North Main St., Waynesville, unless other-
wise noted. Info: 456-8062 or www.osondubooksellers. com. • TH (9/10), Noon - Lunchtime Book Club. Choose the first three books to read as a group —- 7pm - Andrea Adler, the author of The Science of Spiritual Marketing, will discuss “The TOA of Marketing.” • SA (9/12), 1pm - David Pereda will sign copies and discuss his book Havana Top Secret. • MO (9/14), 7pm - The women’s book club will meet to discuss Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry. Spanish for Beginners Call International Link for details and to sign up: 2559104. • MONDAYS, 6-7:30pm - Small group six-week Beginner Spanish classes with a native speaker. $10 a class.
sampling food from area restaurants. Hosted by Fletcher Area Business Association. Info: 650-2724 or www. fletcherbusiness.org. Madison County Arts Council Events MCAC is located at 90 S. Main St. in Marshall. Info: 649-1301 or www.madisoncountyarts.com. • SA (9/12) - The public is invited to attend a traditional sorghum syrup making event at Doubletree Farm. The syrup will be slow cooked over a fire. Bring a picnic and musical instruments. RSVP: 380-0756. Tenth Annual Taste of Black Mountain • TH (9/10) - The Taste of Black Mountain is sponsored by the Black Mountain/ Swannanoa Chamber of Commerce. Info: www. exploreblackmountian.com or 669-2300.
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Haywood St. in downtown Asheville. • WE (9/9), Noon-2pm - The one-man band Jason Krekel will perform. • THURSDAYS (9/10) through (9/24) - Belly dancing with Baraka Mundi. • TUESDAYS, 5-7pm - Hula hooping for all ages. • WE (9/16), Noon-2pm - Performance TBA. Historic Morganton Festival • FR & SA (9/11 & 12) - The 28th annual Historic Morganton Festival in downtown Morganton. Craft vendors, food, a kids zone, live music and a dance party starting at 9pm Fri. night. Info: 438-5252 or www. downtownmorganton.com. Organicfest Celebrate everything organic on Battery Park Ave. in downtown Asheville. Organic food and product vendors, kid’s activities, arts & crafts, live music and dancing. Free. Info: 253-2267 or www. organicfest.org. • SU (9/13), 10am-6pm - 2009 Organicfest. There will be live music, dancing and children’s activities. The Organicfest Kids Garden will take place at 1pm. Rastafarian Ancient Arts and Kulture Festival Held at Lake Eden in Black Mountain. $30 advance/$35 door. Info: black-mountainarc.webs.com. • SU (9/13), 10am-9pm - The 1st Annual Rastafarian Living Ancient Arts and Kulture Festival is an educational and cultural event featuring speakers from a vast majority of Religious sects, local civic leaders, live music, a kid’s village, art and more. Plus, the Ethiopian New Year will be celebrated.
Music 3Nailz Rock Concert • SA (9/12), 7-10pm - Free concert with 3Nailz, heavy metal/rock Christian band from Greenville at Merrimon Avenue Baptist, 283 Merrimon Ave. Everyone is invited. African Drum and History Class Learn djembe from Adama Dembele, a 33rd generation djembe player from the Ivory Coast, West Africa. Info: (520) 243-3123. • WEDNESDAYS, 6-7pm - Drum class at Koinonia Studio, 178 Westwood Place, W. Asheville. 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.
Drop-ins welcome. Info: 768-2826. • WEDNESDAYS, 6-7pm - Beginners. • SUNDAYS, 1-2pm - Intermediates —- 2-3pm - Beginners. Asheville Symphony Guild The Guild supports the growth of the Asheville Symphony and encourages interest in music and cultural activities in the greater Asheville community. Info: 350-7861 or www.ashevillesymphony.org/guild. • TH (9/17), 10am - A reception celebrating the Symphony’s Spanish themed season will be held at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, 10 N. Liberty St. Daniel Meyers, director and conductor of the ASO, and his wife Mary Persins, a musician, will discuss the season and give a video presentation. Free. Black Mountain Center for the Arts Musical Events Located at 225 West State St. in Black Mountain. Info: 669-0930 or www. BlackMountainArts.org. • WEDNESDAYS (9/9 through 12/6), 3:30pm - JAM (Junior Appalachian Musicians) will meet for classes. This program is dedicated to teaching traditional Appalachian music to Buncombe County students in 4th through 8th grade. Taught by Matt Smith & Natalya Weinstein. See Web site for registration info. Bluegrass Slow Jam in Asheville • MONDAYS, 6:30-7pm - “Slow” jam for people learning bluegrass banjo, mandolin and guitar —- 78:30pm - Regular bluegrass jam. Not held when a Federal holiday falls on a Monday. At Blue Ridge Music, 828 Hendersonville Rd., Asheville. Info: 277-5588. Events at Asheville School Located at 360 Asheville School Road. Info: 2546345. • WE (9/9), 8pm - A celebration of Beethoven’s Ninth. Beethoven’s Ninth in Color, paintings by Moni Hill, will be on display in the Crawford Art Gallery —- 9pm - An informal rendition of Beethoven’s 4th movement of Symphony No. 9 will be performed. Free and open to the public. Info: 252-7554. • TH (9/10), 5:30pm - A celebration of Beethoven’s Ninth will continue with a discussion by Evan Bonds, the author of several books about Beethoven. Bond will discuss the relevance of Beethoven’s Ninth today —7:30pm - A reception will be
held for Beethoven’s Ninth in Color in the Crawford Gallery. Free. Info: 252-7554 or moni@monihill.com. Haywood Community Chorus Membership is open to all interested singers; no auditions are required. Sponsored in part by The Junaluskans and the Haywood County Arts Council. Info: 452-4075 or 456-1020. • MONDAYS, 7pm Rehearsal at First United Methodist Church, 566 S. Haywood St., Waynesville. Land of the Sky Men’s Harmony Chorus Male singers invited to weekly meetings at the Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 51 Wilburn Place, W. Asheville. Info: 298-9248 or www.ashevillebarbershop.com. • TUESDAYS, 7:30pm - Regular meeting at Emmanuel Lutheran Church. See website for details. WNC Jazz Society Performances held at Diana Wortham Theatre. Ticket prices: $22/members; $30/nonmembers; $10/students. Tickets: 257-4530. Info: 687-0407, www. wncjazzsociety.org or bo@ wncjazzsociety.org. • SU (9/13), 7pm - Edmar Castaneda Quartet will perform, featuring vocalist Andrea Tierra. Colombian harpist Castaneda connects Latin jazz and Bebop with Colombian music. Pre-concert reception at 6:15pm.
Theater Asheville Community Theatre All performances are at 35 East Walnut St. Info & reservations: 254-1320 or www. ashevilletheatre.org. • TH (9/10), 6:30pm - Reception —- 7:30pm - Special premiere presentation of Peter Pan to benefit Michael Willisch Children’s Cancer Services. $20/$10 kids under 12. Tickets: sriddle@eblencharities.org or 255-3066 ext. 11. • FR (9/11) through SU (9/27) - Peter Pan, a musical based on the play by James M. Barrie, will be performed. Fri. & Sat., 7:30pm; Sat. & Sun., 2:30pm. $22/$19 seniors & students/$12 children. Flat Rock Playhouse The State Theater of North Carolina is on Hwy. 225, 3 miles south of Hendersonville. Info: 6930731 or www.flatrockplayhouse.org. • WE (9/9) through SU (9/27) - Around the World in 80 Days, a show of danger, romance and comic surprises. $30, with discounts
available. See Web site for evening and matinee performances. 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 (9/11) through SU (10/4), 7:30pm - Musical entertainment will be performed —- 8pm - Macbeth. NC Stage Company Performances are at 33 Haywood St. (entrance on Walnut St., across from Zambra’s, in downtown Asheville). Info: 239-0263 or www.ncstage.org. • FR (9/11) through SU (9/13) - Bard-a-Thon: A 48Hour 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 8pm Fri. with Romeo and Juliet. Free to attend. Performances at the Parkway Playhouse The historic Parkway Playhouse is located at 202 Green Mountain Dr. (just north of the downtown square) in Burnsville. Tickets & info: 682-4285 or www. parkwayplayhouse.com. • TH (9/3) through SA (9/12) - My River My Valley, a play about the building of a dam that will force a family to relocate. Thursdays through Saturdays. Performance begin at 7:30pm, with a 2pm matinee on Sept. 5. $10-$20.
Comedy Gag Order Improv Comedy Comedy theater based on audience suggestions at Brightwater Yoga Studio, 506 1/2 N. Main St., downtown Hendersonville. Free. Info: www.gagorder.org. • 2nd & 4th FRIDAYS, 9pm - Improv. BYOB.
Film American Institute of Architects Asheville Info: www.aiaasheville.org. • WE (9/16), 7pm - Local architects will present the film A Child of the Sun, the story of Florida Southern College, which contains the largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture anywhere in the world. At Asheville Community Theater, 35 Walnut St. $15. Wine and
cheese will be served at 6:30pm. Tickets: 254-1320 or at the ACT box office. Asheville Filmmakers Group Meeting • 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 6:308:30pm - Filmmakers and all types of video and media creators are welcome to join the monthly meetings at the Fine Arts Theater to discuss aspects of the moviemaking process. Call for Funniest Home Short Film • Through FR (9/25) - The Asheville Intl Children’s Film Festival is looking for the funniest home short film in WNC. The film needs to be no longer than 3 min. and feature children or pets in a fun non-harmful way. The winning film will be featured in Nov. at the AICFF. Submit film as a QuickTime movie file: info@aicff.org Outdoor Movie Night Grab a lawn chair or blanket and attend a movie free of charge. Sponsored by the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce. Weather permitting. Info: 586-2155. • FR (9/11), 9pm - Indiana Jones, Temple of Doom will be screened at Bicentennial Park in Sylva. 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 (9/11), 7pm Unnatural Causes and Good Health Care is Good For North Carolina will be be screened. A discussion on health care will follow.
Dance All Ages • Dance Classes (pd.) Jazz, ballet and modern techniques. Creative and fun-filled class. Pure enjoyment of dance. • All levels. Asheville. Starts September 2! • Mention this ad • Save 5%! Call Jill: 989-3692. www.ferndance.com Asheville Ballroom & Dance Centre • Learn to Dance! (pd.) Groups and Privates available. For more information call (828) 274-8320. www.ashevilleballroom. com Beginning Jitterbug/East Coast Swing (pd.) Classes starting Sept. 16, 8pm at Asheville Arts Center. No experience or partner needed. Perfect for guys with two left feet! $40 per person. 484-9392 or visit www.ashevillebalboa. com
Belly Dance! • Raqs Sharqi By Mahsati (pd.) New Schedule Begins 9/9/2009 • Essentials Belly Dance Level I: Mondays, 7:30pm-9pm. • Combining Elements Belly Dance Level II: Wednesdays, 7:30pm9pm. • Drop-ins welcome. $15/class, multi-class discounts available. 20 Commerce Street, Asheville. (828) 318-7572. www. mahsati-janan.com Argentine Tango Dancers of all levels welcome. Info: www.tangoasheville.com. • SATURDAYS, 7:30-10pm - Filo Milongas at 1155 Tunnel Rd. $5. • SUNDAYS (except 1st), 7-10pm - Practica at North Asheville Recreation Center, 37 E. Larchmont Road. Asheville Allemanders Square dancing at the East Asheville Community Center, 906 Tunnel Rd. Info: 2305100. • MO (9/14), 7-8:30pm - Classes for beginners in Western Square Dancing will start. The first two classes are free. Families, couples and singles are welcome. Beginning Scottish Country Dance Offered by the Haywood Scottish Country Dancers at the Harvest House recreation center in Asheville. Registration required. $20/ person. To register, or for more info: 622-0071. • FRIDAYS (through 9/4), 78:30pm - An introduction to Scottish Country Dancing. 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: 9942094 or www.ashevillemorris.us. • MONDAYS, 5:30pm - Women’s Garland practice held at Reid Center for Creative Art. Opportunity House Events Located at 1411 Asheville Hwy. in Hendersonville. Info: 698-5517 or 692-0575. • FRIDAYS, 7:30pm - Ballroom dance class. Couples and singles welcome. $5. Snacks and drinks provided. Info: 2540814. 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: 6506405. • TUESDAYS, 7:30-9pm - Square dance lessons.
First dance free. Subsequent dances $6 each. Open to new dancers through September. Southern Lights SDC A nonprofit square-dance club. Square dancing is friendship set to music. Info: 625-2213 or 625-9969. • WE (9/9), 7pm - Class in Western-style square dancing at the Stoney Mountain Activity Center in Hendersonville. Caller: Stan Russell. Studio Zahiya Classes Classes are held at Studio Zahiya, 41 Carolina Lane. $12 drop-in. $40 for four classes, with other discounts available. Info: 242-7595 or LisaZahiya@gmail.com. • THURSDAYS, 5:306:30pm - Beginner belly dance for youth ages 12-16 —- 6:30-7:30pm - Bhangra! East Indian high-energy dance. • TUESDAYS, 6-7pm - Beginner belly dance —- 7:10-8:10pm - Drills and skills. Swing Asheville Info: www.swingasheville. com, 301-7629 or dance@ swingasheville.com. • TUESDAYS, 6-7pm - Beginner swing dance lessons in the Lindy Hop style. $10 per person per week for four weeks. No partner necessary. At Eleven on Grove, 11 Grove St. in downtown Asheville. UNCA Dance Events Info: 251-6140. • WE (9/9), 1:15pm - Asheville Allemanders Square Dance Demo at the Reuter Center. Free. Veterans of Foreign Wars All events are held upstairs at 5 Points, 860 N. Main St., Hendersonville. Info: 693-5930. • 2nd & 4th SATURDAYS, 7pm - Live music and dancing. $7. No partners needed. Finger food and sweets will be provided.
Auditions & Call to Artists A-B Tech Drama Club The club sponsors and produces a variety of productions, performances, workshops and lectures. Info: 254-1921, ext. 890 or pcarver@abtech.edu. • TU & TH (9/8 & 10), 7pm - Open auditions for Skeered??, an evening of ghosts stories and hauntings with an Appalachian twist, will be held at the Carriage House Theatre (behind the Fernihurst mansion). Roles available for men and women of all ages and experience.
Art in the Airport Gallery Located on the pre-security side of the Asheville Regional Airport terminal. Open to the public during the airport’s hours of operation. Info: art@flyavl.com or www. flyavl.com. • Through FR (10/2) Application deadline for new exhibit. Interested artists may visit the Web site or e-mail for more info. Asheville Art in the Park • Looking for visual artists in all media for the Asheville Art in the Park market taking place under the Vance Monument in Pack Square on Oct. 3, 10 and 17. $40 for a 10X10 booth. The show will be juried. Deadlines are 3 weeks prior to each event date. Info: www.AshevilleArtinthePark. com. Blue Ridge Community College • TH (9/10), 7pm - Auditions for a one-act version of Macbeth will be held in Patton Auditorium on the BRCC campus. Info: 694-1849 or jennifers@ blueridge.edu. Blue Ridge Performing Arts Center Located at 538 N. Main St. in Hendersonville. Info: 6930087 or www.BRPAC.org. • FR (9/11), 6:30pm Auditions for Amahl and the Night Visitors, a Christmas musical. Needed are 2 tenors and 1 baritone 3050yrs. One tenor between 45-60yrs., and one younger tenor 16-30yrs. Also looking for chorus members, dancers and others. Bring sheet music of a prepared piece. BookOpolis 2009 Open Call • MO (9/14) through FR (9/18) - Artists are invited to submit up to two entries of broadsides, prints, artist books. Artwork will be displayed at the discretion of the curator. $10 entry fee per piece. Info: www.ashevillebookworks.com/BookOpolis. html.
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Breakthroughs in Eye Hair: The pharmaceutical company Allergan has introduced eyelash-thickener Latisse, a $120 per month prescription “medication” to help a woman overcome feelings of inadequacy if she suffers from scrawny lashes. Alternatively, eyelash transplants are now available in the U.S. and Britain, originally developed to restore lashes for burn victims, but, according to the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery, now to market to women dissatisfied with their own (at about $6,000). And in May, Washington, D.C., resident Brian Peterkin-Vertanesian petitioned the Guinness Book to recognize “Wally,” his 6 3/8-inch eyebrow hair as the world’s longest, beating the current record by almost an inch.
The Continuing Crisis
• Juvenile disruptions by “Girls Gone Wild” video producer Joe Francis in two recent federal lawsuit depositions have apparently backfired on him. Under questioning by plaintiffs’ lawyers, Francis had persistently and solemnly claimed not to understand common words and, during one session, repeatedly passed gas. At another deposition, he appeared indignant when asked if he had paid two teenage girls to fondle him (“disgusting allegations (against) a man of my integrity”). One judge summarily ruled against him on a $3 million Las Vegas gambling debt, and the other judge was considering a similar course in a classaction lawsuit by some of Francis’ allegedly underage “models.” • Union Rules: (1) One subway line in Boston is still forced to employ two drivers per train when the other Boston lines, and most all subway systems worldwide, use only one. A June Boston Globe analysis estimated that the second driver, doing virtually nothing useful, costs the government $30 million annually. (2) At any one time, the New York City school system is forced to keep about 1,600 teachers on full
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• The New Torture: (1) In August, Glasgow hosted the sixth annual World Pipe Band Championship, with 200 bagpipe bands competing. (Professional piping often hits a sound level of 100 decibels and can go to 120, which is louder than a pneumatic drill.) (2) Two musician-beggars in the village of Moseley, England, were banned from performing in the area in August after a magistrate court heard complaints by desperate residents that the pair played only two songs (Oasis’ “Wonderwall” and George Michael’s “Faith”) over and over and over. • Animals Gone Wild: (1) In July, scuba divers around San Diego were forced out of the water by the estimated 1 million humansized Humboldt squid that infested the area. Usually deepwater dwellers, they swarmed near the shore for several weeks, flashing their “razor-sharp beaks and toothy tentacles,” according to a KABC-TV report. (2) In June, in Ana Lee Spray’s garage in Riverside County, Calif., a full-grown mountain lion was cornered and held at bay for 45 minutes by Spray’s three Chihuahuas, yapping at it relentlessly. Eventually, animal control officers arrived and removed the grateful lion.
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• Agile Athletes: (1) Chicago Cubs’ pitcher Ryan Dempster missed a month with a broken toe suffered in July when he tripped on a railing while leaving the dugout to cele-
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brate a victory over the Milwaukee Brewers. (2) Kansas City Royals’ Jose Guillen missed over a month after tearing a ligament in his knee while leaning over to put on a shin guard before his turn to bat in a July game. (3) Appalachian State quarterback Armanti Edwards, a three-time All-American, was to miss the first month of the season after injuring his foot in August while mowing his lawn. • In August, Democrat Michael Heagerty failed by one name to meet the ballot requirements to run for re-election to the city council in Syracuse, N.Y. He was credited with 334 of the 335 necessary signatures, but realized too late that he had forgotten to list his own name. (He said he would run for re-election, anyway, as an independent.)
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Another eco-friendly kid product found potentially dangerous Here we go again. We’ve cleaned out the “bad” plastics from the cupboard. We’ve taught our kids not to use plastics or plastic wrap in the microwave. We’ve replaced sippy cups and plastic water bottles with metal drinking bottles. But wait. Those metal drinking bottles that have been marketed as eco-friendly and nonharmful? Not safe. OK, some of them are safe. But it turns out that a high percentage of those SIGG drinking bottles that I’ve purchased over the years for my kids contain traces of BPA. Bisphenol A, or BPA, is a synthetic and estrogenic chemical used in plastics, including baby bottles and the inside linings of cans. It’s been linked to breast and testicular cancer, obesity, hyperactivity, diabetes, miscarriage and low sperm count in lab animals. The states of Minnesota and Connecticut have passed laws banning the substance in baby and kid products. In California, a bill to ban the product in baby and toddler products should be voted on within the next two weeks. Surprisingly, given California’s history of pro-environmental legislation, passing this bill has become a battle. “It’s a tough fight. The chemical, canned goods and formula industries have dumped a lot of money in lobbying efforts,” says Elisa Batista, who has been working with the organization MomsRising to support passage of the bill in California. Batista also runs a group blog called Mother Talkers — a must-read for progressive moms. But back to SIGG. As of last week, SIGG issued a voluntary recall of its water bottles produced before August 2008. I now have five SIGG bottles, decorated with cute kid designs such as astronauts and race cars, sitting on my kitchen counter with a “DO NOT DRINK” sign on them (of course, that sign failed in the case of Alice in Wonderland, so I’m not sure why it’ll work at my house). These are the
very water bottles my kids carried to school in their lunch boxes for the past four years. Makes me want to cuss like a sailor’s parrot. Here’s the deal: if the inside of your SIGG bottle is brassy and gold, it contains BPA. If the inside is chalky and whitish, the bottle contains the company’s new eco-liner. SIGG says they have no indication that leaching has occurred in the older bottles, but ours have been through the dishwasher many, many times and some are pretty banged up. So who knows? Now here’s the plan. Gather all your SIGG water bottles. If any of the linings are evil (as described above), go to the SIGG Web site, then to Exchange Program , and download the instructions. You’ll get replacements, but not cash, sadly. “This company has benefited greatly financially from the BPA in plastics news. Parents in droves ditched plastic sippys and bottles and bought SIGGs. It’s time to find a better, more honest and straightforward company and product,” writes Katy Farber in her blog, Non-Toxic Kids. Farber recommends Kleen Kanteen products as an option. I talked to a bulk buyer at Greenlife Grocery, where I purchased my SIGGs, and she says they’ve checked their stock and all the bottles there have the new, BPA-free liners. They also sell Kleen Kanteen bottles. So why are so many folks concerned about this chemical? Here are a few facts about BPA from a 2007 report from my favorite government health Web site: The Centers for Disease Control at www.cdc.gov: “CDC scientists detected BPA in the urine of nearly 93% of the people tested (aged 6 years and older), a finding that indicates widespread exposure to BPA in the U.S. population. Females had significantly higher levels of BPA in their urine than males. Children had the highest levels, followed by teens and adults.” BPA is one of the most pervasive chemicals around. We all have it in our bodies. Our
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babies are BORN with it in their bodies. You can bet if Rachel Carson were still alive, she’d be pissed too. (Carson’s writing about the dangers of synthetic pesticides in the early ‘60s are credited with helping start the environmental movement). So what’s the North Carolina legislature doing about BPA? It seems to be on the radar, although a proposed House bill addressing BPA isn’t on the fall legislative slate. At the federal level, bills have been introduced in the House and Senate to ban BPA in all food and beverage containers. That legislation was introduced last March, so it may take a while to pass (if it does). The Food and Drug
Administration is reconsidering its decision that BPA is safe at current levels and plans to make a decision by end of November on the chemical’s safety in food and drink containers. But as we all know, the wheels of government change often roll at an agonizingly slow pace. In the meantime, be cautious about food and drink containers. There are several Web sites that have recommendations on which brands of baby bottles to avoid. One is www. zrecs.blogspot.com. And get rid of those old SIGG bottles. Dammit. X
Anne Fitten “Edgy Mama” Glenn writes about a number of subjects, including parenting, at www.edgymama.com. Parenting Calendar for September 9 - 17, 2009 Asheville Ballroom & Dance Centre (pd.) Youth and Young Adult Classes. Ages 12-21. Meets twice a week, Tuesdays and Thursdays, starting September 15 and 17, 4pm-6pm. For information/ registration: Aleah: (828) 243-9678. Asheville Ballroom & Dance Centre (pd.) New Beginner’s Youth Program. Ages 8-11 Starting September 14, 4pm. For information/registration, call (828) 274-8320. Attention Parents (pd.) Do you have children who struggle learning to control their emotions or behavior? Children who don’t seem to pay attention in school? • We invite you to hear about a new technology that’s making it possible to train children (or adults) to be more attentive, more productive and more in control, by simply playing a video game. • This technology (called Neurofeedback) is being employed in schools, clinics, by NASA, in the Olympics and in World Cup trainings and can help your child create lasting change. Call (828) 281-2299, for more info or our schedule of upcoming public seminars, ask for Dr Ellis. Focus Centers of Asheville. Crisis Counseling • Multicultural/ Diverse Lifestyles (pd.) • Teens • Young Adults/Adults • Eclectic/ diverse therapy: Cognitive-Behavioral, Equine, Afrocentric, Parent Coordination/Mediation. • Tracy Keene, LPC, 828-318-3991, tracy@KeeneCounseling. com • 13 1/2 Eagle Street, Suite P, Asheville, 28801. www.KeeneCounseling.com Spanish Tutoring (pd.) Children up to 12 years old. Native Speaker Tutor. Immersion through reading, speaking, pronunciation and writing to help improve Spanish Language skills. One-One Basis. Call Ms. Morales at (828) 4891801, www.myspanishtutor.vpweb.com Family Resource Center at Emma Registration & info: 252-4810 or www.childrenfirstbc. org. • THURSDAYS, 5-7pm & MONDAYS, 10am-Noon (starting 9/3 & 9/14) - “Love & Logic Parenting” classes will be held at the Family Resource Center at Emma, 37 Brickyard Road. This seven-week course will review various parenting skills. Sliding fee scale; scholarships available. Registration is due by the first day/night of class. La Leche League Meetings
• 2nd MONDAYS, 10am - Monday Mornings: Meeting at First Congregational Church, Oak St. Pregnant moms, babies and toddlers welcome. Info: 628-4438, 683-1999 or 505-1379. Parenting Group: The Highly Sensitive Child A free monthly lecture by parenting author Maureen Healy on parenting the highly sensitive child, with rotating topics. Learn new skills, meet other parents and build a stronger community for highly sensitive children to thrive in. Info: www.growinghappykids. com. • TH (9/10), 6:30pm - Meeting at Earth Fare South. Parents Night Out at the YMCA of WNC Take a night off and let your kids have fun at the YMCA. Activities for ages 2-12 include swimming, arts and crafts, an inflatable obstacle course, snacks and movies. Register at least 24 hours in advance. Fridays: $12/$24 nonmembers. Saturdays: $15/$30 nonmembers. Info: www.ymcawnc.org or 210-YMCA. • 1st SATURDAYS, 6-10pm & 3rd FRIDAYS, 6:309:30pm - Parents Night Out. Toddler Fun A free group that provides an opportunity for parents to have some structured fun with their toddlers including 45 minutes of songs, stories, finger-plays, parachute play and more. To register: 213-8098 or shantisunshine@gmail.com. • TUESDAYS, 9:30am-10:15am - Toddler Fun. At the Reuter YMCA in the Mission Hospitals Room. Call 213-8098 to register. Voices of Hope: A Conversation with Parents about Eating Disorders • TH (9/10), 6-8pm - THE Center for Disordered Eating hosts an educational panel discussion answering audience questions about eating disorders. At The Health Adventure, Pack Place, Asheville. Registration required: 337-4685. Adults only. $10 per person/$15 per couple (cash or check). Supper served.
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Raising a voice (and money) for health-care
As the health-care-reform debate continues to percolate on a national level, here in Asheville, we sometimes like to make our case with music. On Tuesday, Sept. 15, a handful of bands will take to the Grey Eagle stage to not only champion health-care reform, but also to raise money to help defray the medical costs of Palmyra Romeo. Romeo, a 25-year-old Americorps intern at RiverLink, was struck by a brain abscess the size of a Ping-Pong ball that left her paralyzed on her right side, unable to speak and afflicted with seizures. Two brain surgeries later, she’s is on the way to recovery. But, with only partial coverage through Americorps, Romeo’s medical bills have skyrocketed out of reach.
Benefits Calendar for September 9 - 17, 2009 Asheville Affiliates Fundraisers This group of young professionals holds fundraisers for nonprofits in Buncombe County. Complimentary hors d’oeuvres, beer, wine and a raffle. Admission is $20 with RSVP/$25 at the door. Info: www.affiliatesofasheville. com. • TH (9/10), 6:30-9:30pm - The Fur Ball, a fundraiser for Brother Wolf Animal Rescue at Decades. Bring your dancing shoes and move to the swinging sounds of The Firecracker Jazz Band. After-party to follow. RSVP: 4587778 or janinebitz@yahoo.com. Asheville Art Museum Located on Pack Square in downtown Asheville. Hours: Tues.-Sat., 10am-5pm and Sun., 1-5pm. Admission: $6/$5 students and seniors/Free for kids under 4. Free first Wednesdays from 3-5pm. Info: 253-3227 or www. ashevilleart.org. • TH (9/10), 6:30-9pm - A Taste of Art + Wine. Fine wines, craft beers, food from local restaurants and a silent auction. Support the Asheville Art Museum. $30 members/$35. Call for reservations. Beauty Through Cancer Provides programs and services for breast cancer patients and survivors in the WNC area. Located at 131 McDowell St., Suite 202, Asheville. Info: 252-8558 or info@beautythroughcancer.org. • SA (9/12), 3-6pm - Wine-tasting fundraiser at WineStyles, Gerber Village, 10 Crispin Court, Suite 102, Asheville. Inspiring stories from breast cancer survivors, wine, food, music, door prizes, raffles and fashion. Learn more about Beauty Through Cancer. $10 in advance/$15 at the door. Benefit Concert for Palmyra Romeo • TU (9/15), 7pm - “Health Care System ... Let’s Change the Tune.” The Shannon Whitworth Band, Town Mountain, Dehlia Low and more will perform at the Grey Eagle to raise funds for Palmyra Romeo’s medical bills. $10 min. donation. Info: www.palmyrabenefit.org. Benefit for Buncombe County Medical Society Foundation • SU (9/13), 3pm - Sawbones vs. Jawbones, a local doctors versus lawyers basketball game at the UNCA Justice Center. Pre-game festivities will begin at 1:30pm. There will be a silent and live auction, a free-throw contest at half-time, face painting and activities for children and more. $5/Free for children ages 4 and under. Denim Swap • Through WE (9/30) - Wink Heads and Threads will be accepting gently worn denim. Trade old blues for some that are new to you. Donated jeans will be given to ABCCM for women in need. Info: 277-4070 or 259-5300.
In a letter from Romeo’s mother, she is quoted saying: “The opportunity to worry about your health and your care should be very separate from worrying about whether or not you can afford to get the care.” To help lift the financial weight and preach the word on health care, acts including The Shannon Whitworth Band, Town Mountain, Delilah Low and an all-star jam with members of the Steep Canyon Rangers will share the stage. Health Care System ... Let’s Change the Tune: A Benefit for Palmyra Romeo will start at 7 p.m. Admission is a minimum $10 donation. For more info, go to www.palmyrabenefit.org. — Brian Postelle 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. West, Hendersonville. Info: 692-0385 or www.eco-wnc.org. • SU (9/13) - Green River Adventures in Saluda will host an “ECO Whitewater Day” to support ECO. All proceeds will benefit ECO’s Water Quality Monitoring program. Fashion Show & Old Bag Auction • SA (9/12), 12:30pm - Held at the Elks Lodge, 546 N. Justice St., Hendersonville. Info: 674-2555. $20. All proceeds benefit Mainstay. Flea Market • SA (9/12), 8am-Noon - The North Buncombe Blackhawk Band will hold their annual flea market at the Weaverville United Methodist Church Youth Ministry Building on Main Street in Weaverville. Info: ads@blackhawkband.com. Friends of the Henderson County Public Library Annual Book Sale • SA (9/12) through SA (9/26) - The sale will be held at 1940 Spartanburg Hwy., Hendersonville, on Saturdays and Sundays. In addition to books, there will be CDs, DVDs, video tapes, books on tape, abd vinyl LP records. Last day of sale a bag of books will be $5. All proceeds go to Friends of the Henderson County Library. Full Moon Farm Wolfdog Rescue FMF is a wolfdog rescue organization and sanctuary south of Black Mountain. Info: 669-1818, 669-0706 or www.fullmoonfarm.org. • WE (9/9), 6-9pm - Fifth annual silent auction to benefit the care of the 69 wolfdogs currently in residence at the sanctuary. Heavy hors d’oeuvres, cash bar and live music by Twinkle. At the White Horse, 105C Montreat Road, Black Mountain. $20. Habitat for Humanity Benefit Concert • SU (9/13), 3-5pm - Bandana Klezmer will perform at the Asheville Jewish Community Center, 236 Charlotte St. $10. All proceeds benefit Habitat for Humanity 2009 Interfaith House. Info: 253-0701. Memorial Golf Tournament • TH (9/17), 11:30am - The 9th annual Robert G. Parrish Sr. Memorial Golf Tournament will be held at Cummings Cove Golf & Country Club. All proceeds benefit Fletcher Parks Development. Info: 687-0751 or www.fletcherparks.org. Plate Expectations • SA (9/12) - A charity auction to benefit Meals on Wheels will be held at the Country Club of Asheville. Antiques, jewelry, furniture, vacation homes and more.
Susan Reinhardt will serve as Master of Ceremonies. Tickets & info: 253-5286. Run for Horses Support a nonprofit dedicated to rehabilitating abused and neglected horses, and finding all abused or unwanted horses secure, permanent and safe homes. Online registration: www.hopeforhorses.org/events. Info: 683-0160. • SA (9/12), 11am-2pm - A promotional event for the 3rd annual “Run for the Horses” 5K run, 1-Mile Fun Walk and Dog Parade will be held at Pet Supplies Plus on Hendersonville Road. Runners can register and pick up event packets. $20. Proceeds from the race benefit Hope For Horses. Smoked Chicken and Bake Sale • SA (9/12), 11am-6pm - The sale will be held at Asheville Mennonite Church, 49 Bull Mountain Rd. Dinners are $6 and $7.50. There will be homemade pies, cakes, cookies, breads and rolls. Eat-in or carry-out. Proceeds to benefit mission projects. Info: 298-4487. Waynesville Parks and Recreation Info: 456-2030 or recathletics@townofwaynesville.org. • TU (9/15), 5:30pm - A fundraiser meeting for the new skate park will be held at the Waynesville Rec Center. Open to all ages. The new skate park will be located at the old horse ring on Vance Street in Waynesville. Wine and Art Festival • SU (9/13) - Vintners from 12 N.C. vineyards will be offering tastings. Plus, arts and crafts and food. At Derbyshire. A fundraiser in support of FENCE’s nature education and outdoor recreation programs. Tickets & info: 859-9021 or www.fence.org. Women Who Care Luncheon • WE (9/9), Noon - Women of all ages are invited to attend the WNC Jewish Federation’s 2nd annual Women Who Care Luncheon at the Country Club of Asheville. Featured speaker: Tara Kornblum, Director of Youth and Synagogue Programming at Congregation B’nai Torah. $36. RSVP: 545-4648 or www.JewishAsheville.org.
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A well of discontent: new findings in CTS case Despite lying less than a half-mile from a contamination source that’s been under investigation since the 1990s, the Bradley family’s drinking well had never been tested when David Bradley noticed some folks drilling across the street from his South Asheville home on a mid-August day this year. Bradley crossed Chapel Hill Church Road to chat, recalls his daughter-in-law, Jenny Bradley. The work crew turned out to be collecting groundwater samples for an ongoing state and federal evaluation of chemical contamination spreading from a 57-acre site on Mills Gap Road, where CTS of Asheville manufactured electrical components from the mid-1950s until about 1986 (see “Fail Safe?” July 11, 2007, Xpress). In the years since, 47 acres were sold to a private developer who built Southside Village, and about nine acres, which are owned by Mills Gap Road Associates, remain vacant. One of the toxins used by the Elkhart, Ind.-based company and found in nearby private water sources is trichloroethylene, a suspected carcinogen linked to a host of serious health problems, including kidney and lung damage. TCE is one of the contaminants determined to have been in drinking water at Camp LeJeune during the same threedecade period. High rates of various kinds of cancer, birth defects and miscarriages have been found among the people who drank the water there, and former residents have filed billions of dollars in claims with the government. In Asheville, several families that have relied on drinking water from streams or wells near the CTS site have reported unusually high occurrences of cancer and other illnesses, but a North Carolina Central Cancer Registry report released in 2008 found no cancer clusters there. State health assessors, however, deemed the study “very limited,” and a more comprehensive Environmental Protection Agency review is pending. The Bradleys had been drinking from two local wells for many decades. David Bradley’s mother lives at the end of Chapel Hill Church Road and has her own well. And across from the church near Pinners Cove, various family members — including David, his partner and her 10-year-old grandson, as well as Jenny and her husband — live in two houses and share a well. So on that August day, David Bradley asked the crew to sample his family’s 500feet-deep well. They did, and the results indicated 840 parts per billion of TCE —168 times greater than the 5 ppb that the EPA has set as the maximum allowed for drinking water. On this occasion the findings prompted a rapid response: The EPA released a Sept. 1 statement announcing the results and calling
On the move? Historical and more recent data appear to demonstrate the spread of TCE contamination from the CTS site, where investigators found 830,000 ppb of the toxin in the soil underneath the building in 1999. image created by Mayhem Media
for all residents who lived within one mile of the old plant and who wanted their wells tested to contact them. Employees of the EPA and the N.C. Department of the Environment and Natural Resources have been “fanning out in our community to map out all the private wells,” says Tate McQueen, one of several local residents who have been critical of federal and state officials’ handling of the CTS contamination. It’s been 20 years since exceedingly high TCE levels were found in the drinking-water supplies of several families that live less than a mile from the plant, he says, arguing that the EPA and the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources should have identified and tested the Bradleys long ago. Inexplicably, although a 2001 EPA review described the contamination as an imminent hazard that was likely to migrate downhill and downstream, a state report submitted about the same time omitted the family’s wells and counted just nine private water sources within about a half-mile radius around CTS. Located about 0.4 miles from CTS, the Bradley property lies between the old plant and The Oaks, where a multi-home well tested at 57 ppb in 2007. According to the Sept. 1 EPA release, the Bradley family had “declined … previous offers to sample
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the well.” Not true, says Jenny Bradley, who is a nurse. When her husband was about 15 years old, he saw a woman examining the family well. The woman never identified herself, and the young Bradley reported the incident to his father, who called city officials but got no answers. “If that woman was [from] the EPA, why she didn’t talk to my fatherin-law?” Ms. Bradley asks. Her family is shocked by the recent findings, she says. They’ve been told to open their windows because the vapors can cause serious headaches even in limited exposure. Bottled water has been provided while they wait to be connected to Asheville’s water system at CTS’ expense. Meanwhile, the Bradleys must let their washed clothes dry completely before wearing them, and they’ve been instructed to limit hot showers because the warmed vapors are particularly hazardous. “We’re hoping that this contamination has happened recently, and that we haven’t been drinking it all these years,” says Ms. Bradley, who reports no serious health problems in the family. But she’s worried. Less than a quarter-mile away, the spring water once used by Becky Robinson’s family tested at 270 ppb in 1999 but at 929 in late 2007. And across Mills Gap Road, on Dot Rice’s property directly
below CTS, TCE levels registered at 21,000 ppb in a spring in 1999, and at 35,000 in a nearby monitoring well earlier this year. The Rices and Robinsons’ private water sources were capped soon after the 1999 tests, and both families have been on public water ever since. The Oaks switched to public water in late 2007. Earlier this year, CTS initiated a pilot project that extracts noxious vapors from a stream on the Rice’s property. A similar system installed close to the plant in 2006 has extracted about 6,000 pounds of TCE. EPA officials indicate they’re attempting to get the site placed on the National Priority List — the first step toward getting federal Superfund money for a cleanup. Previous evaluations have failed to qualify the site for NPL status, in part, claim residents McQueen and Barry Durand, because the evaluation process has dragged on for more than two decades. Doug Odgen contacted local, state and federal officials about possible contamination from the site as early as 1990, says Durand. Yet it wasn’t until 1999 that the EPA sent an emergencyresponse team to the site, where it found TCE levels of 830,000 ppb in the soil underneath a building located on a nine-acre parcel that’s now fenced off. Two years later, EPA investigators warned, “Hazardous substances found in the soil beneath the former electroplating plant are migrating through the subsurface, contaminating groundwater, and being released to surface water at nearby springs. Although … no longer used as potable water, other springs and wells may be threatened unless actions are taken to mitigate the source.” The author of that report was James Webster, who coordinated the investigation on-site 10 years ago but is now chief of the EPA’s Removal and Oil program, part of the Superfund division, Durand mentions. At the time, Webster recommended such solutions as removing the contaminated soil, says Durand. And then-Section Chief Don Rigger called the contamination levels “some of the highest [he had] ever seen,” according to an Aug. 25, 1999, article in the Asheville CitizenTimes that Durand has on file. Rigger now heads the Superfund Remedial and Site Evaluation Branch, and Durand is hoping he’ll follow through on clean-up promises. “The EPA is focused on addressing concerns, not the underlying problem,” says Durand. “What’s needed here is action.” X If you live within one mile of the CTS facility and have a private well you would like tested, contact the EPA at (800) 241-1754. Send your environmental news to mvwilliams@ mountainx.com or call 251-1333, ext. 152.
Eco Calendar for September 9 - 17, 2009 Cradle of Forestry Program (pd.) Tuesday, September 22nd at 7 pm, Diamond Brand Outdoors in Arden will host an evening program and slide show on the Cradle of Forestry, presenting the captivating history behind it and what it currently has to offer. Free to the public. For more info, email smerrell@diamondbrand. com. Get The Scoop!... (pd.) on Asheville’s newest, greenest, multi-generational, collaborative Eco-Village! Project overview and plans at Grace Episcopal (871 Merrimon) then join us at Crest Mountain for a tour and potluck/cookout. Call to reserve your food option (meat or veggie) Sunday September 13, 4pm Grace Episcopal, followed by Potluck at Crest Mountain at 5:45 Questions or directions: 273-7373. Asheville GreenWorks Our area’s Keep America Beautiful affiliate, working to clean and green the community through environmental volunteer projects. Info: 254-1776 or info@ashevillegreenworks.org. • TUESDAYS (through 9/22), Noon-1pm - Create a healthy body and a healthy environment at the same time with this active community cleanup. Starts at Pritchard Park. Cleanup supplies provided. RSVP. Climate Ground Zero An ongoing campaign of non-violent civil disobedience to address mountaintop removal, coal mining and its effects on our future. Info: www.climategroundzero.org. • MO (9/14), 7pm - A photo exhibition on mountaintop coal removal will be on display and guest speakers Ed Wiley and Mike Roselle will give an address. Held at the WriteMind Institute, 84 N. Lexington Ave. • TH (9/17), 9:30pm - The Asheville premier of Coal Country, a dramatic look at modern day mining, will be screened at Asheville Pizza & Brewing on Merrimon Ave. Also, hear from working miners and activists. 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. West, Hendersonville. Info: 692-0385 or www.eco-wnc.org. • SA (9/12), 8am - Guided bird walk in Jackson Park, Hendersonville. Elisha Mitchell Audubon Society Events Open to birders of all experience levels. Info: 254-7618, eljeep129@charter.net or http://main.nc.us/emas/. • TU (9/15), 7-9pm - Audubon N.C.’s Mountains Biologist Curtis Smalling will speak about Audubon’s efforts to protect migratory songbirds that breed here and winter in Latin America. Meeting at the Botanical Gardens of Asheville. Environmental Programs at Warren Wilson College Unless otherwise noted, all events are free and held in Canon Lounge of the Gladfelter Student Center. Info: 7712002. • SATURDAYS (9/12 through 9/26) - Learn about Insulate, which serves low-income homeowners who have requested home-repair assistance to reduce energy bill. Wild Birds Unlimited Events
Located at 1997 Hendersonville Road, Asheville. Info: 6879433 or www.asheville.wbu.com. • FR (9/11), 10:30am - Birding Around the World, a program at Infinity Investment in Arden. Info: DFrizsell@ nextfinancial.com. • SA (9/12), 8am - Birdwalk at The Orchard, Altapass, Mitchell County. Meet at the Loops Overlook, milepost 328. Info: CrabillV@aol.com —- 8:15am - Fall Warbler Migration with Carolina Field Birders at Jackson Park —9am - Transylvania County Bird Club’s Fall Birdwalk. Info: mbarg@citcom.net —- 8am-Noon - Beaver Lake Work Day. Info: www.main.nc.us/emas. Rain date is Sept. 13. WNC Alliance Members of the WNC Alliance and the public are invited to be agents of change for the environment. Info: 258-8737 or www.wnca.org. • TH (9/10) - Save Madison urges county residents to contact their county commissioners before their next meeting Sept. 10 at 7pm at the County Courthouse in Marshall. Tell them you don’t want rezoning for a proposed cement plant. Info: www.wnca.org. • SA (9/12), 9:45am - Help remove invasive exotic plants along the Appalachian Trail between Davenport Gap and Waterville Road. Meet at Davenport Gap. Please wear boots, long pants and long sleeves. Pack lunch and bring water. To register: jodell@appalachiantrail.org or 2543708. • TH (9/17) & TU (9/22) - Your voice is needed at the Duke Energy 18 percent rate hike hearings in Marion on Sept. 17 and in Franklin on Sept. 22. Info: www.stopcliffside.org. WNC Nature Center Located at 75 Gashes Creek Rd. Hours: 10am-5pm daily (closed on Wednesdays from Dec. 17-Feb. 25). Admission: $8/$6 Asheville City residents/$4 kids. Info: 298-5600 or www.wildwnc.org. • Through WE (9/30) - Discover Life in America, a photography exhibition revealing the biological diversity in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, will be on display. • SA (9/12), 5:30-8pm - Wildlife Photography Opportunity: an after-hours walk to photograph wildlife. Kevin Fitzpatrick, naturalist and photographer, will give a short presentation. $25 members/$30 for residents/$35 for non-residents. Info: 298-5600, ext. 305. • TH (9/17), 3-8:30pm - Travel to the Cataloochee Valley for an NC Elk Experience. A presentation on elk ecology and biology will be followed by a trip to view the elk. Registration required. $20/$18 members/$10 for guests who drive their own vehicles. Info: 298-5600, ext 305.
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popular that the restaurant’s ten tables are taken by 7 p.m. most weekday evenings. Waits are not unusual. The reason is immediately apparent to anyone who steps inside the wooden-floored restaurant, decorated according to a tastefully minimalist scheme ripped from the headlines of Martha Stewart Living and soundscaped with Norah Jones, Billie Holliday and Madeline Peyroux. Every diner is greeted with a menu so current that it’s run off on a home printer and a marvelously well-chosen list of wines by the glass, including a Miner Family viognier and a Genuine Risk cab from the owners’ friends’ winery (the name suggests Allen and Gardner aren’t the only ones in their social circle embarking on seemingly foolhardy culinary adventures.) From the start, it’s clear that shovels and hoes are as important tools as peppermills and sauté pans in assembling the menu at Knife & Fork: The requisite complimentary nosh is a colorful still-life of zingy house-pickled onions, celery and squash, arranged in a glass tumbler. Those same vegetables reappear in different guises throughout the meal, since Allen wisely avoids waste by sticking to a lean list of ingredients. The two salads served the night I ate there featured many of the same elements, but that’s where the commonalities ended. The fried-green-tomato salad, which seemed to always be balanced on the arm of the restaurant’s only (and very chipper) server, was an excellent rendition of the genre, showcasing a crisp fried green tomato and silky crottin alongside a sprightly anthology of fresh tomatoes in a prism of hues, dabbed with a satisfying balsamic. But the tomatoes and arugula were trotted out to far greater effect in an unusually challenging roasted beet salad, a breathtaking mash-up of bitter greens and bright orange acid. “There’s a fine line between what’s still my touch and what people will buy,” Allen says, explaining the contrasting salads. The salad made with Camp Celo beets is, he concedes, “really weird. But I hate clichés.” So there’s no goat cheese on the beets, or any starters besides a skilled rabbit rillette, made according to techniques Allen learned from a third-generation Lyonnaise charcuterier. “It’s the hind and forequarters of the beast,” he explains. “It’s roasted, pulled from the bone, shredded and put back in a terrine mold. To break it down to brass tacks, it’s meat spread.” The judiciously seasoned rilette, perhaps the purest possible distillation of meatiness, wasn’t just a show of bravado, as so many attempts at house curing tend to be. It was gleefully delicious, as was the savory rabbit saddle, served over terrifically succulent red quinoa. Befitting a restaurant trafficking in local foods, Allen offers a riff on Sunburst Farm trout, in which the fish is bathed in local honey and laid atop squirmy du puy lentils criss-crossed with spindly green beans. “I started out thinking I was going to serve it with tomatoes and sumac berries,” Allen says. “Then I tried shitakes. But it just wasn’t good. It wasn’t. My own mother told me so.” Allen finally hit on honey, and reports local eaters have lapped up the sheer sauce — although he estimates only about five percent of them have “the cojones to eat the skin,” wherein the best
flavors reside. “I have people come in and ask for extra honey,” he says. “That’s fine. They ask for cocktail sauce and tartar, that’s where it ends. I make my own ketchup, I’m not putting it in cocktail sauce.” The debt local farmers owe Allen is perhaps best summarized by his treatment of a Hickory Nut Gap Farm pork chop, a cut that’s routinely massacred by chefs elsewhere. Allen’s chop is fabulously juicy and — just for fun — served with a corn pone that would probably score highly with frontiersmen who wore coonskin caps. “I fell in love with that a long time ago,” Allen says of pone. “I was calling people ‘corn pone’ before I knew what it was. Cooked just right, it becomes like corn stuffing.” I wasn’t crazy about the corn pone, but — brace yourself, vegetarians — would award top honors to the only meatless dish on the menu. The only thing wrong with the pasta was its description, which I fear wasn’t sufficiently sexy to distract customers from the grass-fed beef and fried chicken salad. “Hand-cut pasta with tomato, fennel and fiore sardo,” hardly seems revolutionary. Yet the dish vibrated with love and talent, the two things no kitchen can fake. Admittedly, “made with love” sounds like one of those wishy-washy taglines that get slapped across cookbooks written by not-quite-Paula Deens. But the taste of love is so distinct on a plate that I wasn’t entirely surprised to discover the pasta was actually a romantic gesture that Allen and Gardner generously shared with their guests. “It was my day to do the farm run, and I got my payback,” Gardner says of the earthy, roughhewn ribbons of pasta her husband prepared for her. “It is a serious labor of love,” Allen says. “I’ll take like two pounds of seminola and turn it into dough. Pasta means I really love that she went to the farms today.” Pasta probably won’t be a regular feature on the menu anytime soon, since its preparation would eat up most of Allen’s day. “I love it, but I’ve got one line cook in the day and one guy at night,” he says. “I finally just hired a pastry chef.” “It’s a whole lot of work,” Gardner agrees. “You always think you’re ready to take the leap, and then you’re like ‘Can I do this?’ ‘Do I want to do this?’,” “Fulfillment will make up for lack of sleep,” Allen counsels. “An artist is someone who creates what’s not there because he wants it to exist.” X Hanna Rachel Raskin can be reached at food@ mountainx.com.
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arts&entertainment by Jason Sandford It’s easy to be attracted to the wackier side of the Mountain State Fair. After all, it’s not every day that you can cheer racing porkers, thrill to a high-flying circus act, get your Johnny Depp on in a full-sized swinging pirate ship and cram your pie hole full of all the emu burgers you can eat. But the real allure for this year’s fair, which opens Friday, Sept. 11, could be a much more sober fact: In a limping economy, the midway offers a cheap way for families to escape everyday worries and have some wholesome fun. “I think a lot of folks are interested in taking advantage of a reasonably priced entertainment venue” that serves up the fried food, heart-stopping rides and down-home atmosphere that only a fair can provide, says fair spokesman Jim Knight. A ticket costs $5, with ride tickets, country music concerts, beckoning midway games and those giant turkey legs adding to the bill. But there are plenty of special offers, notes Knight, and the fair offers plenty of free on-site entertain-
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ment that ranges from arts and crafts displays, livestock exhibitions and plain old people-watching. Advance ticket sales online are up about 20 percent from last year, according to Knight, and that doesn’t take into account tickets sold through Ingles grocery stores, the WNC Farmers Market and the the WNC Agricultural Center, site of the annual event. The goal of the state-operated fair is to pull in more than 200,000 visitors over the course of the 10-day run. Average attendance over the last five years has been 171,290 visitors, with a couple of notable circumstances that kept some people away. In 2004, nasty weather from the remnants of Hurricane Ivan doused the fair and hurt attendance. Then last year, a gas shortage cut into attendance. “We feel like the fair has a tremendous chance to grow,” says Knight. The return of a chair-lift ride and the addition of two new buildings on the agricultural center grounds may push the fair toward that end. The new buildings will provide permanent new venues for key fair attractions — the juried crafts, as well as the competitive entries. The Mountain Heritage Center, a 4,600-square-foot log building, and a new exposition center will put exhibits under a roof and offer amenities including rest rooms, Knight says. All of those exhibits had previously been displayed under tents and in the dusty Davis Arena. There are also some parking improvements
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this year, Knight notes, and an Asheville city bus runs to the fairgrounds, making this year’s fair more accessible than ever. Whether folks come for the Spam cooking contest, to pet a llama or just to stroll the fairgrounds, Knight hopes people come out for some affordable fun. “We feel like we’re going to have a good year,” he says. “We want folks to come out and enjoy the fair as a family.”
The music This year’s fair offers a great musical lineup if you like country and bluegrass. Of special local interest? The Thursday, Sept. 17, bluegrass jam session featuring local pickers and fiddlers who would normally play at an Asheville institution known as Mrs. Hyatt’s Operahouse. Nelia Hyatt’s been hosting those weekly gatherings at her West Asheville home since the 1950s. The fair invited Hyatt to host the session on the fair’s Hyatt stage; everyone’s encouraged to come out and join in. McGough Arena hosts the fair’s four concerts. Shows are $5 (on top of the $5 fair admission). Jake Owen (country-rock) will play Sept. 15; Randy Houser (country-rock) on Sept. 16; 33 Miles (Christian pop) on Sept. 17; and The Travelin McCourys (bluegrass — these guys were last in town for Warren Haynes’ Christmas Jam) with the legendary Tony Rice on Sept. 20. In addition to the concerts, local bands will compete each night in the Mountain Music Competition for the
Why bother with the fair if you can’t brag that you took on the Cyclops or the Tornado and still kept your corn dog down? This year’s midway operator, Drew Expositions, will bring in about 40 rides, several of which are larger than previous midway operators. The chair lift, a cableoperated ride that resembles the lifts you find at a ski slope, will span about half the grounds of the agricultural center complex, promising a unique view of the festivities. If you’re a ride junkie, you’ll need to know that Sept. 16 is Ingles Day. Bring in four cans of Laura Lynn food and you get free fair admission. The food will be donated to MANNA FoodBank. On Sept. 11, students in grades K-12 get in free until 6 p.m. And Sept. 18 is Senior Day, with free admission for anyone 65 and over all day.
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Also, on the first Monday and Thursday of the fair’s run, gates will open at 4 p.m. and $18 gets you unlimited rides. On the second Friday of the fair, dubbed Friday Night Stampede, folks can pay $18 for unlimited rides from 9 p.m. until 1 a.m. Those hours are targeting everyone looking for some fun after local high school football games.
Tickets and hours Save some cash by purchasing advance tickets. The early sales are open through Sept. 10, with tickets available at the WNC Agricultural Center, the WNC Farmers Market and local Ingles stores. A sheet of 12 ride coupons will cost $12, and rides can cost one or more tickets. The advance price for a sheet to ride tickets is $6. For fair admission, you can knock $1 off the regular $5 entrance fee for an adult by buying early. The regular price for tickets for children ages 6 to 12 and seniors is $2, but it drops to $1.50 if you buy early. Children under age 5 get in free. The fair runs Friday, Sept. 11, through Sunday, Sept. 20.
Mondays through Thursdays: Gates open at 3 p.m. Rides start at 4 p.m. Buildings close at 10 p.m. Rides close at 11 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays: Gates open at 9 a.m. Rides start at 10 a.m. Buildings close at 10 p.m. Rides close at midnight, except for Friday, Sept. 18, when they stay open until 1 a.m. Sunday: Gates at 9 a.m. Rides start at 10 a.m. Buildings close at 10 p.m. Rides at 11 p.m., except for Sunday, Sept. 20, when they close at 10 p.m.
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Saturday, Sept. 12 9 a.m. Clogging championship (continues through the evening at McGough arena) Rabbit show (Davis Arena) Llama show (Covered Arena) Youth dairy goat show (Davis Arena) 10 a.m. District junior market steer and heifer shows 11 a.m. The great American SPAM championship cooking competition (Expo building) Hands on workshop: Children’s soap carving by W.N.C. Woodcarvers (Expo building) Noon Antique tractor pull (open corral) Gospel singing competition (Heritage Stage) 1 p.m. Dairy goat show (Davis Arena) 3 p.m. Hands on workshop: Children’s soap carving by W.N.C. Woodcarvers (Expo building) 4:30 p.m. Sulphur apple demo (Heritage area) 5 p.m. Open meat breed show 7 p.m. Mountain Music Competition
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Noon Junior meat breed ewes show (Davis Arena) Open junior feeder calf and heifer show (Livestock Sales Arena) 1:30 p.m. Hands on workshop: Children’s soap carving by W.N.C. Woodcarvers (Expo building) Sulphur apple demo (Heritage area) 3 p.m. Junior market lamb sheep show (Davis Arena) N.C. Cattleman Beef Council cooking contest (Expo building) 4:30 p.m. Sulphur apple demo (Heritage area) 7 p.m. Mountain Music Competition
Monday, Sept. 14
Armband day — Ride all day for $18 4 p.m. Open Brahman show (between C and D barn) 6 p.m. Open all-breed heifer show (Livestock Sales Arena) 7 p.m. Mountain Music Competition N.C. Pork Council “Tarheel Pork Challenge” (Expo building)
Tuesday, Sept. 15 7 p.m. N.C. Egg Association’s “Incredible Egg Sandwich Recipe Contest” (Expo building) Mountain Music Competition 7:30 p.m. Jake Owen in Concert — $5 (McGough Arena)
Wednesday, Sept. 16
Free gate admissions with five cans of Laura Lynnbrand foods from Ingles supermarkets 6 p.m. Open feeder calf pen show (Livestock Sales Arena) 7 p.m. N.C. Pecan Growers Association’s “Anything Pecan” recipe competition (Expo building) Mountain Music Competition 7:30 p.m. Randy Houser in Concert — $5 (McGough Arena)
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Thursday, Sept. 17
Armband day — Ride all day for $18 5 p.m. Swine show (Davis Arena) 7 p.m. N.C. Blueberry Association’s “Anything Blueberry” cooking competition (Expo building) Mountain Music Competition 7:30 p.m. 33 Miles in Concert — $5 (McGough Arena)
Friday, Sept. 18
Senior Citizens day (65 and older get in free) 4:30 p.m. District jr. dairy fitting and clipping contest (Livestock Sales Arena) 6:30 p.m. Hands on workshop: Children’s soap carving by W.N.C. Woodcarvers (Expo building) 7 p.m. District junior dairy cattle show (Livestock Sales Arena) Mountain Music Competition Fleishman’s Yeast “Bake For the Cure” cooking competition (Expo building) 9 p.m. Friday night stampede begins
Saturday, Sept. 19th 9 a.m. Very special livestock show (Davis Arena) 10 a.m. Open fleece show 11: a.m. Apple recipe competition (Davis Arena) Hands on workshop: Children’s soap carving (Expo building) Junior ewe wool breed sheep show (Davis Arena) Noon Lawn and garden tractor pull (Open corral) Youth heritage market turkey show 1 p.m. Open dairy cattle show (Livestock Arena) 1:30 p.m. Sulphur apple demo (Heritage area) 3 p.m. Hands on workshop: Children’s soap carving (Expo building) Youth or adult group & choir competition (McGough Arena) 4 p.m. Junior meat goat show (Davis Arena) 4:30 p.m. Sulphur apple demo (Heritage Area) 7 p.m. Mountain Music competition
Sunday, Sept. 20 10 a.m. Open junior dairy cattle show (Livestock Sales Arena) Open wool breeds sheep show (Davis Arena) Open meat goat show (Davis Arena) 1:30 p.m. Hands on workshop: Children’s soap carving (Expo building) Sulphur apple demo (Heritage area) 4:30 p.m. Sulphur apple demo (Heritage area) 6 p.m. 1st-place bands from Mountain Music Competition (McGough Arena) 7:30 p.m. The Travelin McCoury’s with Tony Rice — $5 (McGough Arena)
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by Alli Marshall This year’s Trinumeral Music & Arts Festival boasts a heady lineup: World beat trio Bela Fleck, Zakir Hussain & Edgar Meyer headline, along with experimental jazz collective Sun Ra Arkestra, “new funk” act The New Mastersounds and Asheville’s own rock/Afrobeat quintet Toubab Krewe. But, before you start comparing Trinumeral’s extensive longweekend lineup to that of world music/arts fest LEAF, here are a few names unlikely to find their way on to the Lake Eden roster: Californiabased hip-hop act The Glitch Mob, electronica artists RJD2 and Pretty Lights and rapper Gift of Gab. While promoter and performer Will Bradford is reluctant to typify Trinumeral (named because it’s held each year on the triple date: This year festivities begin on Wednesday, Sept. 9 or 09.09.09) as an electronica dance party, he does point out that there’s been a concerted effort from Trinumeral’s inception in to tap into the dance music scene. Last year — the first that the festival spent in Asheville — brought liveimprovised breakbeat, trip-hop, house and drum & bass project EOTO, electronica upand-comers Pnuma and trance-fusion duo Conspirator. Last year, festival creator (and coiner of the term “trinumeral”) Grant Howl told Xpress that the 05.05.05 event, held on Cinco de Mayo in Miami, “had five dancers, five visual
artists, five DJs, five performance artists and five bands.” The electronic aspect was already established, as was Trinumeral’s bold blend of performances. “It set a precedent for the well-roundedness of arts that Trinumeral-goers could expect.” Such as last year’s coup: rapper GZA of Wu-Tang Clan. And if, last year, it seemed unimaginable for GZA to be hanging in the green wilderness of Deerfields, rubbing elbows with reggae-bluegrass-quirk act Snake Oil Medicine Show, is it any harder to imagine renowned Indian tabla player Hussain busting a move to the beats of self-professed dance floor melters The Flying Skulls? Actually, for a musician like Bradford, that
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juxtaposition might not be so far-fetched. Last year, Bradford’s upbeat rock outfit SeepeopleS played Trinumeral for the 08.08.08 celebration. This year, when Howl and his childhood buddy/business partner Par Neiburger decided to keep the show in Asheville (rather than move to a new city as they’ve done previously), they booked Bradford’s live-electronica duo, Freepeoples Frequency. “Freepeoples has only been gigging out for eight months,” says Bradford of the group he formed with SeepeopleS’ front-of-house engineer Brooke Binion. The plan was to first record an album of their unique beats, modulations and effects. However, demand for the band has kept them out of the studio. The duo will finally release its debut in November. In the meantime, Bradford and Binion are busy honing their live show. Though some musicians might draw a line in the sand between traditional bands (guitars, pianos, drum kits, vocalists) and electronica, but for Bradford the two world overlap. “It’s totally natural because I started out in high school as a DJ and playing in a rock band,” he explains. “With Freepeoples Frequency, despite the fact that it’s electronic and dance music, we play a lot of the parts live.” A combination of composed parts and freeform experimentation, a Freepeoples show is both mapped out and off the cuff. “We do the sequencing live, as far as the arrangement,” Bradford explains. “The modulations and effects are live. But, like a rock band, 90 percent of the
Amplitude: Asheville’s Freepeoples Frequency performs live electronica.
World music trinity: Headliners Bela Fleck (banjo), Zakir Hussain (tabla) and Edgar Meyer (bass).
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parts are written out and performed the same each time. We rehearse like a rock band.” According to Bradford, live-electronica is not the exception to the rule. In fact, this year’s Trinumeral lineup is rife with live instrumentation/engineered sound combinations. Boombox (from Muscle Shoals, Ala.) brings DJ/drummer Russ Randolph together with DJ/vocalist/guitarist (and Grateful Dead offspring) Zion Rock Godchaux. Adam Deitch, the mastermind behind Breakscience, is the son of two funk drummers. On stage, he DJs with live drums or a full band, blending live trip-hop, broken-beat, dub, drum & bass and hip-hop. “People who listen to electronica music are really open minded,” Bradford says. “If they’re going to see it in a live setting, it’s an energy thing. That’s why electronic music has evolved into something with so many genres.” It’s also probably why Trinumeral, grown from DJ and electronic roots, has expanded to include so many genres. So, even if banjo virtuoso Bela Bleck doesn’t sit in with Gift of Gab this weekend, the two might not be as far apart — creatively speaking — as first imagined. X
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Frequent flyers Groundation brings Europe-approved reggae to Asheville by Alli Marshall “It’s a big world out there,” says Harrison Stafford. The vocalist/guitarist of roots-reggae outfit Groundation, Stafford should know: Already this year the nine-member group has toured South America and Europe and headlined Tel Aviv’s Open Air Festival in July. But it’s not all jet-set vacation for Stafford and company. “We call ourselves road warriors,” he says. “It takes all of our energy and all of our energy to sustain.” Formed in 1998 by Stafford, keyboardist Marcus Urani and bassist Ryan Newman, the Northern California-based band’s messages of social justice, reggae dancability and heady jazz influences quickly found a fan base in Europe (in fact, last year’s Grey Eagle stop was part of Groundation’s
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Sunday, Sept. 13 (9 p.m., $12 advance, $15 day of show. www. thegreyeagle.com) first-ever Eastern U.S. tour). “Europeans have caught on to everything we do,” explains Stafford. The band’s albums — latest effort Here I Am, a dub and psychedelia-tinged collection, is no exception — were released in Europe prior to the U.S. drop dates even though the band records on its own U.S.based label. Popularity pays off: In Europe, “It’s a double-decker tour bus with a 16-bunk sleeper upstairs,” Stafford notes. In South America, travel arrangements are less cushy: It’s “the hardest touring anyone will ever do,” Stafford reports. Because of the size of the countries, the band must fly between concerts (imagine the constant jet lag), and shows often start as late as 2 or 3 a.m. Touring North America is, thankfully, less punishing, but the band is still building its fan base. Nine members and a road crew board a full-size RV and haul their gear in a trailer. “We bring our own Hammond B-3 organ because we have a particular sound we want to get,” says Stafford. That’s a heavy and finicky piece of vintage equipment to haul cross-country but, at the end of the day, it’s all worth it. Groundation’s mission is to create community, no matter how farflung, among the change-affecting citizens of the earth. “Our main point of going around the world is to say, ‘Remember each other ... do all you can because the time is now,’” the musician says. Though Stafford doesn’t consider his band a political one (”We come with love and support”), the stance within the music is one of looking for solutions to injustices. “Lawmaker, heartbreaker
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Global warming: Already hot overseas, California’s Groundation is on a mission to win over the East Coast. / You dealing in the darkness and think it light / Hotstepper, stargazer / We rally for food and not to fight,” Stafford sings on “By All Means.” Despite the recent election of Barack Obama, “The concerns of the socially conscious remain the same,” Stafford says. “It’s people who can do what they can today for a better tomorrow. For a lot of these people, it’s Groundation’s music that’s bringing them through. People are concerned and we can voice that in the music.” But as much as Groundation has a global reach, the band is distinctly homegrown. First, there’s their indie label Young Tree Records, founded just a year after the band’s inception. Though Groundation has a sub-licensing deal with a French label, they decided early on to (as Stafford puts it) “keep the music in our own yard.” “Producers tell you what to do, like you’re trying to sell soap or something,” the musician opines. And its not like Groundation needs to be schooled in reggae — not only do the band’s mem-
bers extensively study all types of music, Stafford (whose father was a jazz pianist) actually taught the first course on the history of reggae music at Sonoma State University. And, though the band has grown and matured over the past decade (most recent additions include Jamaican singers Kim Pommel and Stephanie Wallace and drummer Te Kanana “Rufus” Haereiti), they’ve stayed true both to their sound and their willingness to let that sound develop. “Each album has an overall statement about life,” says Stafford of the band’s eight records. “With each album you learn. We try to constantly evolve.” He adds, “You can’t do what we do — tour nine months out of the year — and then come back and play the same thing.” X
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RALAK Festival in Black Mountain teaches about the roots of Rastafari The Rastafarian Ancient Living Arts & Kulture (RALAK) Festival provides an opportunity for those interested in Rasta culture to learn a little more. Those already involved can celebrate the ideology and deepen their commitment to “co-creating unity and love for all colors and creeds.” Created by the Black Mountain Asheville Rastafari Collective (a group whose mission it is to dispel myths about the Rastafari way of life), the festival promises to be a day speakers, food, arts and crafts, children’s activities and music. Bands include Jamaican reggae and dub act Ras Michael & The Sons of Negus, Virgin Islands recording artist Harry Mo, Reggae
Infinity from Columbia, S.C., and Ashevillebased performers U-N-I Verse and Lyndsay Wojcik. But this festival is more then a booty-shakin’ good time. There’s a very serious educational component: Speakers include Jake Homiak, who curated the Rastafari Exhibit at the Smithsonian Museum. Also, elders from a cornucopia of faiths (Native American, Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Catholic and others) will address the crowd. Sunday, Sept. 13 (10 a.m.-9 p.m., $30 advance/$35 at the gate; children under age 13 are free. www.black-mountain-arc.webs. com). —A.M.
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Sharing the stage: The Steep Canyon Rangers have been gigging with Steve Martin, who recently released an album of banjo tunes. They’ll be together again this weekend at the Rangers’ Mountain Song Festival in Brevard.
by Alli Marshall Think “bluegrass festival,” and immediately the images appear: Rowdy cloggers, fiery fiddlers, hoedowns and hootenannies. That’s all good, but the Mountain Song Festival — now in its fourth year at Brevard Music Center’s Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium, puts a refined twist on all the pickin’ and grinnin.’ For starters, the main event is held at Brevard Music Center’s lovely covered, open-air theater. Pets and coolers are off limits, but finger food is served up at the Friday evening pre-show (held at the rustically elegant Straus Barn). And, speaking of rustic elegance, festival planners have put together a stellar lineup that melds
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Pre-party on Friday, Sept. 11 (6:3010:30 p.m., $25); festival on Saturday, Sept. 12 (2-10 p.m., auditorium seating sold out at press time, $30 for lawn seating) Tickets and info at 800-514-3849 or www.mountainsongfestival.com.
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all the refinement of the concert hall with the red-hot musicianship of traditional mountain sounds. The festival boasts a number of terrific acts: The legendary David Grisman, former Jerry Garcia collaborator and “Dawg” music innovator, who’ll play with his newgrass-jazz-experimental quintet. Famed Maryland-based bluegrass band The Seldom Scene graces the lineup. And the Steep Canyon Rangers play with Steve Martin, the comedian/actor/playwright (and, it turns out, banjo aficionado) who recently released The Raven and enlisted the Brevard boys to play with him. The Rangers have been playing shows this year with Martin in New York in L.A., and appearing on the folksy public radio favorite A Prairie Home Companion. Now the band hosts Martin at its home stage. Though Martin is best know for his comedic film roles (The Jerk, L.A. Story, The Pink Panther) and his writing (Shop Girl, Picasso at the Lapin Agile), he’s a formidable musician. In 2001, he played on the Earl Scruggs’ remake of “Foggy Mountain Breakdown” which went on to win Best Country Instrumental Performance category at the 2002 Grammys. This year, Martin released The Crow: New Songs for the 5-String Banjo, his first all-music album. Rounding out the star-studded roster are local favorites Shannon Whitworth & The Refugees (whose songs are described, appropriately, as “steeped in southern elegance”), Americana/ acoustic quartet Moon Shine Babies and revvedup bluegrass/country act Town Mountain. Portions of the ticket sales go to the Boys and Girls Club of Transylvania County. X
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New community radio project set to launch with open house, stellar party by Rebecca Sulock Start with a group of dedicated volunteers with a massive amount of radio skills, talent and tech savvy betwixt them. Add to that a generous lease of studio space from the owners of Izzy’s coffeeshop in West Asheville. Mix with a heaping of organizational know-how and an eager willingness to collaborate with radio folks around the country working on similar projects, and Voila! it’s Asheville Free Media. The new AshevilleFM Internet radio station celebrates its official beginning on Saturday, Sept. 12. The station goes live at noon that day. Come to the open house from 2 to 7 p.m. at 373 Haywood Road, behind Izzy’s West Asheville spot. Take a tour, see the space, find out what’s happening. The open house event also features live music and DJs. At 9 p.m., the launch party starts at the Grey Eagle. Featuring tropical-pop outfit of impossible catchiness Floating Action, scorching prog-jazz trio Ahleuchatistas, the sweetand-old-time sounds of the Space Heaters and the unshakable melodies of Pilgrim. It’s a lineup as disparate as the programming AshevilleFM plans to offer. The AshevilleFM group has already simulcast live from the Transfigurations festival, as well as its own SoundClash benefit show at the Orange Peel. Now they’re off to create programming reflective of this crazy community we live in, and reflecting its values of grassroots organizing, creating
connections and supporting the local economy of ideas. Learn more at www.ashevillefm.org. Also, speaking of Pilgrim: That minimalist act, often consisting of the poet-in-a-former-life Jaye Bartell and Ahleuchatistas’ Shane Perlowin (he of supreme jazz guitar talent), sometimes with the addition of the obsequious Michael Libramento (also of Floating Action, among other bands), will be performing often in September. We suggest you catch a show if you like: Tripping into vivid imagery created by lyrical prowess, hypnotic guitar interplay and a soft focus and quiet concentration absent from much contemporary music. Along with the AshevilleFM launch, Pilgrim opens for Vic Chestnutt on Sept. 10 at the Grey Eagle, plays at BoBo Gallery on Sept. 15 and at Broadway’s (opening with Ventricles for Kingsbury Manx) on Sept. 19. More at www.myspace.com/ pilgrimsongs. X Got random and useful news for Spork? E-mail ae@mountainx. com.
Empower and create: Asheville Free Media is an openaccess community radio project. The launch party’s lineup is as diverse as the station’s offerings: Floating Action, Ahleuchatistas, the Space Heaters and Pilgrim. design by nathanael roney
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Organicfest
The organizers of Organicfest have been organic since before it was hip, so they know a thing or two about what they celebrate. The eighth year of the festival features a bevy of musical acts (including Jimmy Landry and Wind Motika), organic food vendors, arts and crafts and a kids garden parade. Seasonal cooking and social networking chef Keith Snow will also be joining the celebration at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 13. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Battery Park Avenue in downtown Asheville. More info at www. organicfest.org.
Bard-a-Thon
Who wants to hear The Taming of the Shrew at 8 a.m.? Perhaps Titus Andronicus at 4 a.m. is more your style. You can experience either during this weekendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual Bard-a-thon, a fundraiser for the nonprofit N.C. Stage. The premise: Volunteer readers annunciate Shakespeareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s works for 48 straight hours. The hoped-for result: Raising $7,000 to help with the local theatre companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s operating expenses (last year, most donations were less than $50, and all are tax-deductible). The fun begins at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11, with the annual Alley Awards, and continues through Sunday, Sept. 13, at 8 p.m. Learn more at www.ncstage.org.
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Education Roundup
Beatings for local student to continue until father hears truth about Obama’s televised classroom speech
Briefs APD reports rise in breaking & entering
Also notes corresponding drop in mending & exiting
Rescued hiker survived one week on Spam, rainwater Survivor’s upcoming recipe book reportedly extremely thin
White upper class families shipped into region to work blueberry harvest Exploited Anglo laborers often coerced into actually paying farmers to work farmers’ fields
Organizers of this weekend’s Rastafarian Festival really making effort not to forget they’ve organized festival this weekend 50% chance organizers will happen upon festival without realizing it’s their festival
Traveling chupacabra petting zoo exhibit big hit at Nature Center Unforeseen circumstances lead to restocking of neighboring goat exhibit
Dear Arnold,
I’m worried about keeping my kids safe online. I use Windows Vista Parental Controls and NetBlox for Web sites. I’m worried about cyber-bullying, though. Is there an e-solution that can help me with that? — Stan
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E-what? What in God’s name are you babbling about? Cyber? Vista? Is that Spanish? I could answer your question if you asked it in English. Habla usted Anglais? I bet you don’t even have a green card. Previously on Asheville Great Alibi....Holly’s friends news, sold the farm and moved everyone! into the Alibi House’s We’re closet...This week...
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Asheville, WednesdAy — John Paxton is not getting the answers he needs to hear about President Obama’s televised speech to schoolchildren on Tuesday, and will continue spanking his second-grade son, John Paxton Jr., until he hears the words “brainwashing” or “indoctrination” from the child, according to FBI surveillance tapes of the Paxton residence leaked by senior White House staffers. While young John’s mind was ruined forever by the federal communication, many budding patriots stayed home on Tuesday to protest Obama’s attempt to infiltrate the captive brains of red-blooded American kids. “It’s not proper for foreign leaders to address our children,” said one local parent who also forbid her daughter from watching B.E.T. or reading The Source while skipping school. Other members of Glenn Beck’s audience agree that children could have suffered irreparable harm had they listened to an American president reading the words of Karl Marx with a thick African accent. “I’m sure Obama’s address was foulmouthed, partisan mud-slinging aimed at securing through our children his victory in the 2020 and 2024 elections,” said one local man whose daughter stayed far away from the president’s classroom speech to instead watch her shirtless father chain-smoke cigarettes in the family room all day. “For a child to be addressed by a president in a televised speech is beyond shocking,” said one masked member of a local militia in an anonymous YouTube video. “My 7th-grader doesn’t even know he has a president, and it’s not the president’s job to teach him that.” Educators prefer to see the silver lining of this half-black cloud. “We’ve tried to get in touch with many of these parents for years, so I’m glad they’ve started calling us to pull their children out of school because of a ‘stay in school’ presentation,” said one local teacher. “So, it’s nice to finally meet them.”
Staff Reports
‘Minimalist master’ Pete returns
The meandering hums of the minimalist composer known only as Pete have enchanted countless fans of repetitious neo-druid near-silent meditations, many of which are accompanied by only the sound of Pete flicking his own earlobe, and occasionally two loose buttons rubbing together in the palm of one of his masterful hands. For more than 30 very subdued years, Pete has toed the front edge of minimalist solo home recording, logging several thousands of hours of improvised hums and interestingly muted mouth noises onto cassette tape. Pete has collaborated with minimalists so skilled at producing silent sound art they are entirely unknown even to the experimental noise community. Using withdrawn atonal whistles and conceptual soundscapes that illustrate the seemingly mundane, Pete has made a radical departure from the muffled coughs that brought him to the attention of minimalist fanatics. On Pete’s current tour, he is shattering expectations by inserting hushed vocalizations of single words, seemingly picked at ran- Pete dom. Giving his fans as much as they can handle, the minimalist king has uttered lyrics such as “sud” and “bun.” No minutiae of introverted life is too remote to escape the glancing attention of Pete. At a minimalism showcase in San Diego this year, Pete whispered a double-syllable atomic blast — “bucket” — into the vacuum of space his silent set list had artfully created, and a riot broke out among the stunned and dangerously overstimulated legion of noise art aficionados. Pete was represented by a short, straight black line on the otherwise white cover of MiNIMiZ this month for his list incantations, entitled “Honey Do.” By cross-pollinating conceptual lyrics such as “cut grass” with “check mail,” Pete truly has created a droning, meandering aural backdrop so subtle most fans forget they are listening to any type of performance whatsoever as they begin heckling the minimalist composer as he weaves a tiny symphony that begins and ends somewhere in his throat. Promising to log one of minimalist music’s most underperformed performances ever, Pete will hum, tap his teeth and swivel his thumbs on stage at an Asheville location to be announced just moments before the show begins. No matter where he turns up, once Pete crosses and uncrosses his legs — his traditional way of kick-starting his concerts — minimalists audiences better fasten their seat strings, because it promises to be a nearly bumpless ride.
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Vortex Cabaret (variety)
Old Time Jam, 6pm
Hump day dance party w/ The Free Flow Band
Shag music w/ DJ
Lobster Trap
Broadway’s
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Vincenzo’s Bistro
‘80s Night
Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill
Cancun Mexican Grill
Screaming Jays
Open mic
Never Blue
Curras Dom
No Tears Today (indie)
Eleanor Underhill (singer/songwriter)
Orange Peel
Bosco’s Sports Zone
Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar
Non-stop rock’n roll sing-a-long party show, 8pm-1am
Jammin’ with Funky Max White Horse
Full Moon Farm Benefit feat: Cheri Cagle (vocalist)
Drone Valley Festival feat: Machiavillains, Gunslinger, Sons of Hippies & Hatari Hanzo Bosco’s Sports Zone
Open jam w/ Mirage Club 828
Hip-hop open mic w/ Mack Brown Courtyard Gallery
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Ruby’s BBQ Shack
Live music w/ DJ Drea
Blue Jay Way (“gut-bucket Chicago blues”)
Back Room
Scandals Nightclub
Latin dance
Woody Wood & Rhett McGahee (acoustic Zeplin show)
The Hookah Bar
Beacon Pub
Open Mic w/ Sven Hooson
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Town Pump
Blu Lounge
Open Mic w/ David Bryan
Johnny Blackwell (folk-rock, bluegrass)
“Temple of Boom” feat: Bass Invaders, C3, Selector Cleofus, Galaxc Girl & more
Horizons at Grove Park Inn
Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and
Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe
Firestorm Cafe and Books
Lajos Pagony (piano), 6-10pm
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Mark Bumgarner (Americana, country)
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Chris Rhodes (singer/songwriter) Garage at Biltmore
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Boiler Room
Anne Coombs (jazz, swing)
Frankie Bones
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Kontici (exotic lounge)
Red June
Thu., September 10
Bill Covington (classics), 6-7pm Maddy & Masterpiece (dance band), 7-11pm
SundayS!
Wedge Brewing Co.
BoBo Gallery
Red Stag Grill
Celtic & eclectic jam
Grove Park Inn Great Hall
Boiler Room
Funk jam featuring local artists
Pick~N~Jam
Firestorm Cafe and Books
Back Room
Open mic
Razcal’s
Waynesville Water’n Hole
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Bluegrass jam night (band 8-10pm, open jam 10pm)
Wed., September 9
Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe
Trinumeral Launch Party feat: The Egg, Lipp Service & Eskmo
Marc Keller (variety)
Blue Ridge Performing Arts
Reggae Resurrection
Emerald Lounge
Mixed Bag Open Jam hosted by Michael Tao
Open mic
Jack Of The Wood Pub
Open mic w/ Jarrett Leone Curras Dom
Mark Guest (jazz guitar) Decades Restaurant & Bar
Brother Wolf Animal Rescue Benefit feat: The Firecracker Jazz Band Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar
Non-stop rock’n roll sing-a-long party show, 8pm-1am Emerald Lounge
Dance mix w/ local DJ’s
Neil Laurence (singer-songwriter, ukelele)
Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe
Purple Onion Cafe
Acoustic Swing
Fred Whisken (jazz pianist)
Blue Ridge Dining Room & Wine Bar
Razcal’s
Chris Rhodes (r&b, blues, pop), 5:30-10pm
West Sound (R&B)
BoBo Gallery
Red Room at Temptations
Earthtone
DJ Dday
Boiler Room
Red Stag Grill
Drone Valley Festival feat: Darien, Where the Buffalo Roamed, The White Cascade & Goodbye Titan
Robert Thomas (jazz standards, blues)
Bill Covington (classics), 6-7pm Maddy & Masterpiece (dance band), 7-11pm
Bosco’s Sports Zone
Shovelhead Saloon
Handlebar
Chaser’s Nitelife
Five Fifty Three
Steve Wolrab & guests (jazz, guitar) Frankie Bones
Chris Rhodes (singer/songwriter) French Broad Brewery Tasting Room
Patrick Fitzsimons (ragtime, blues) Garage at Biltmore
Jamtronica Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern
Vic Chesnutt (folk, rock) w/ tiny mtns & Pilgrim Grove Park Inn Great Hall
Nanci Griffith (country) w/ Peter Cooper & Eric Brace Horizons at Grove Park Inn
Lajos Pagony (piano), 6-10pm Infusions Lounge
Live music Jack Of The Wood Pub
Bluegrass Jam, 9:30pm Lobster Trap
Hank Bones
Live music DJ Diva & The Lee Whitaker Band
Carolina Revenge Stella Blue
Now You See Them (indie) w/ Erika Jane & Remember the Bee’s
Freaky Friday w/ Brandi & Shorty
Temptations Martini Bar
Curras Dom
Southern Silk Duo (jazz, blues), 7:30-10:30pm
Greg Olson & Richard Graham (world, folk)
The Hookah Bar
Decades Restaurant & Bar
Aaron Beaumont
Dancing w/ Darin Kohler & the Asheville Katz
Tolliver’s Crossing Irish Pub
Diana Wortham Theater
Live music w/ singer-songwriters
Justin David (singer/songwriter)
Town Pump
Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar
Belly dancing Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill
Eleven on Grove
DJ Chalis
Blue Jay Way (“gut-bucket Chicago blues”)
Club Hairspray
Non-stop rock’n roll sing-a-long party show, 8pm-1am
Mela
Root Bar No. 1
The Piedmont Boys (Southern rock, country, bluegrass) Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues
Terri’s birthday bash w/ The Free Flow Band (funk, soul)
Never Blue
Salsa & Mambo Dancing, 10pm-2am Dance Lessons, 10:30pm
Singer/songwriter showcase
Emerald Lounge
Amy Burritt (singer/songwriter)
New French Bar Courtyard Cafe
Pure Fiyah Reggae Band feat: King Ayoola
DJ night feat: K.O.P Tommy
Vincenzo’s Bistro
Feed and Seed
Bobby Sullivan (piano)
Pisgah Brewing Company
Paul’s Creek Band
Thunderdrums (electronica)
White Horse
Firestorm Cafe and Books
WSNB (“nasty blues”)
Purple Onion Cafe
Aaron Burdett (acoustic, folk)
Bradley Ditto & friends (singer/songwriter) w/ Joanie Peditto
Wild Wing Cafe
Razcal’s
French Broad Brewery Tasting Room
Vaso de Vino Wine Bar & Market
Airiel Down (rock, progressive)
Mark Keller (singer/songwriter)
Ben Riva (rock ‘n’ roll)
Sat., September 12
Red Stag Grill
Garage at Biltmore
Club 828
Robert Thomas (jazz standards, blues)
Sick As Us
“Back To Cool” w/ DJ A.D.Dict
Root Bar No. 1
Gottrocks
Back Room
Live music w/ Zaq
The Lee Boys
Conciously Sedated (rock ‘n’ roll)
Scandals Nightclub
Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern
Beacon Pub
DJ Xist & DJ Emory (electronic)
Dikki Du and the Zydeco Krewe (funk)
Zach Blew
Soul Infusion Tea House and Bistro
Grove Park Inn Great Hall
Blu Lounge
Bill Covington (classics), 6-7pm Maddy & Masterpiece (dance band), 7-11pm
Music w/ Lady DJ Christian M. Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe
Hangar
Locomotive Pie (originals & blues)
The Sharkadelics (classic rock, metal)
Blue Ridge Dining Room & Wine Bar
Holland’s Grille
Chris Rhodes (r&b, blues, pop), 5:30-10pm
Hey Sugar (bluegrass, classic rock)
BoBo Gallery
Horizons at Grove Park Inn
Drinker’s Union (rock) w/ Nights Bright Colors
Lajos Pagony (piano), 6-10pm
Boiler Room
Infusions Lounge
Brooks Crowe (alternative, jam)
Suharim w/ Shotgun Opera, As Sick As Us & 100 Yorktown (heavy metal)
Iron Horse Station
Bosco’s Sports Zone
Singer-songwriter showcase The Hookah Bar
Marley Carrol Town Pump
Braden Land (folk, rock) Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues
Peggy Ratusz’s Invitational Blues Jam Vincenzo’s Bistro
Live music w/ Aaron Laflace (singer/songwriter) Watershed
DJ night Westville Pub
Hudson K (indie, folk)
Sherri Lynn & Mountain Friends
Live music
Jack Of The Wood Pub
Chaser’s Nitelife
6 Day Bender (“habit forming mountain rock”)
DJ Diva & The Lee Whitaker Band
“You Never Know Night” (movie, games or music)
Jerusalem Garden
Curras Dom
Belly dancing w/ live music
Mark Guest & friends (jazz-guitar ensemble)
Zuma Coffee
Mike’s Tavern
Decades Restaurant & Bar
Here We Go Boys (lounge, pop) w/ Dave Martin & friends
42nd Street Jazz Band Dock’s Restaurant
Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill
Synchro (progressive rock)
Back Room
Johnson’s Crossroad (Americana, roots)
Eric Congdon & Steve Whiteside (Led Zepplin and Pink Floyd night)
Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar
O’Malley’s On Main
Five Pound Fire (Southern rock)
Non-stop rock’n roll sing-a-long party show, 8pm-1am
Blu Lounge
Picnics
Eleven on Grove
White Horse
Thursday night bluegrass jam
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DiscorDian society Featuring the
Wed. 9/16
Enter the Haggis w/ The Smart Brothers 9pm
Thur. 9/17
The New Familiars &
Fri. 9/18
Saturday, September 19
Westville All Stars hosted by Mars
Jason 1:30pm
TueS. members of Steep Canyon Rangers 9/15
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Dikki Du & The Zydeco Krewe 9pm
Groundation 9pm
Saturday, Sept. 12 $5
Blues Jam
Fri. 9/11
Sun. Kids Show! Farmer 9/13
inDie rock w/ sultry Vocals
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Vic Chestnutt w/ tiny mtns & Pilgrim 9pm
SaT. Asheville FM Launch Party & Fundraiser 9/12 Floating Action & more! 9pm
thurSday, Sept. 10 Free!
7:30 OPEN MIC hosted by Scott Stewart
Thur. 9/10
Boulder Acoustic Society 9pm
WPA: Glen Phillips, Sean Watkins, Luke Bulla 9pm
- Fri. -
Trivia Night with Prizes 9pm
Smoke-Free pub • pool & dartS 777 Haywood Road • 225-wPUB (9782)
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Open Mic Night! 733 Haywood Rd. • West Asheville
• Personal Attention & Tender Loving Care • Private Accommodations • Affordable Rates • Playtime & Daily Walks Available
(on the corner of Brevard & Haywood Rd.)
828-505-2129
IRISH PUB
828-686-3175
12 Cavalier Lane Swannanoa
Just Minutes from Asheville
Asheville Civic Center & Thomas Wolfe Auditorium 251-5505 The Back Room (OSO) 697-6828 Barley’s Tap Room (SH) 255-0504 Beacon Pub 686-5943 Blue Mountain Pizza (OSO) 658-8777 Blue Lounge 650-5198 Blue Ridge Performing Arts Center 693-0087 BoBo Gallery (OSO) 254-3426 Bosco’s Sports Zone 684-2646 Broadway’s (SA) 285-0400 Cancun Mexican Grill 505-3951 Chaser’s (SA) 684-3780 Club 828 252-2001 Club Hairspray (SA) 258-2027 College St. Pub (SA) 232-0809 Courtyard Gallery 273-3332 Curras Dom 253-2111
Decades Restaurant & Bar 254-0555 Diana Wortham Theater 257-4530 Dock’s Restaurant 883-4447 Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar 252-2711 Eleven on Grove 505-1612 Emerald Lounge (OSO) 232- 4372 The Encouraging Cup 329-8210 Feed & Seed + Jamas Acoustic 216-3492 Firestorm Cafe (OSO) 255-8115 Five Fifty Three 631-3810 Frankie Bones 274-7111 Fred’s Speakeasy (SA) 281-0920 French Broad Brewery Tasting Room 277-0222 The Garage 505-2663 Gottrocks 235-5519 Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern (OSO) 232-5800 Grove House Eleven on Grove 505-1612
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The Grove Park Inn 252-2711 Guadalupe Cafe 586-9877 The Handlebar (864)233-6173 The Hangar (SA) 684-1213 Havana Restaurant 252-1611 Holland’s Grille 298-8780 The Hookah Bar 252-1522 Infusions 665-2161 Iron Horse Station 622-0022 The Lobster Trap 350-0505 Mack Kell’s Pub & Grill 253-8805 Magnolia’s Raw Bar (ISS) 251-5211 Mela 225-8880 Mike’s Tavern 281-3096 Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill (SH) 258-1550 New French Bar Courtyard Cafe 225-6445 Never Blue 693-4646 O’Malley’s On Main 246--0898
The Orange Peel (OSO) 225-5851 Picnics 258-2858 Panther’s Paw 696-0810 Pisgah Brewing Co. 669-0190 Purple Onion Cafe 749-1179 Rankin Vault 254-4993 Razcal’s 277-7117 Red Stag Grill at the Grand Bohemian Hotel 505-2949 Rocket Club 505-2494 Root Bar No.1 299-7597 Ruby’s BBQ Shack (ISS) 299-3511 Sadie’s Seafood 505-3364 Scandals Nightclub 252-2838 Shovelhead Saloon (SA) 669-9541 Soul Infusion Tea House & Bistro (OSO) 586-1717 Steak & Wine 505-3362 Stella Blue 236-2424
The Still 683-5913 Switzerland Cafe 765-5289 The Red Room at Temptations (SA) 252-0775 Temptations Martini Bar (SA) 252-0775 Tolliver’s Crossing Irish Pub 505-2129 Town Pump (SA) 669-4808 Tressa’s Downtown Jazz & Blues (SA) 254-7072 Vaso de Vino Wine Bar & Market 687-3838 Vincenzo’s Bistro 254-4698 The Watershed 669-0777 Waynesville Water’n Hole 456-4750 Wedge Brewery 505 2792 Westville Pub (OSO) 225-9782 White Horse 669-0816 Wild Wing Cafe (SA) 253-3066 Xcapades 258-9652
S M OK E O R NO T T O S M OK E
OSO: outdoor/patio smoking only • SH: smoking hours, call clubs for specfics • ISS: indoor smoking section • SA: smoking allowed Drone Valley Festival feat: The Ringing Cedars, Melissa May and The Thunderchickens & Gray Young
Custard Pie (rock, blues)
Emerald Lounge
Grammer School (indie, rock) w/ Dave Zoll Feed and Seed
Southwind Quartet Firestorm Cafe and Books
Ten Cent Poetry w/ Chelsea Lynn La Bate & Tommy Hunt (classical folk) Frankie Bones
Amy Burritt (singer/songwriter) French Broad Brewery Tasting Room
The Funky Four Corners feat: Josh Singleton (funk)
Belly dancing w/ live music
Vincenzo’s Bistro
Mike’s Tavern
Live music w/ Marc Keller (variety)
West Bryan (blues)
Westville Pub
Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill
Rafe Hollister (new grass)
Soul Finger (soul, funk)
White Horse
O’Malley’s On Main
Ras Alan (Appalachian reggae) & The Lions
Live music w/ Bobby G. Picnics
James Stinnett (old-time classics) Purple Onion Cafe
Nikki Talley (indie/rock)
Jonesalee (country, folk feat. members of Volatile Baby)
Garage at Biltmore
Red Room at Temptations
The Neverhads w/ Resounding Silence Gottrocks
Ten Toes Up Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern
Asheville FM Launch party & fundraiser feat: The Space Heaters (jazz), Floating Action, A Burning Bush & more Grove Park Inn Great Hall
Bill Covington (classics), 6-7pm Maddy & Masterpiece (dance band), 7-11pm Hangar
Live music Havana Restaurant
Ahora Si (salsa, jazz, tropical) Horizons at Grove Park Inn
Lajos Pagony (piano), 6-10pm Infusions Lounge
Live music Jack Of The Wood Pub
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Jerusalem Garden
DJ Spy-V Red Stag Grill
Robert Thomas (jazz standards, blues) Rocket Club
Two Way Radio (indie, pop) Root Bar No. 1
ChesterFace (rock, blues, jam)
Sun., September 13 Barley’s Taproom
Cabo Verde (Flamenco jazz) Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe
Jumuna (folk, rock) BoBo Gallery
Helado Negro (Roberto Carlos Lange) w/ Daredevil & Christopher Reeves Bosco’s Sports Zone
Shag music w/ DJ Curras Dom
Eleanor Underhill (singer/songwriter) Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern
Dance party w/ DJ Stratos & drag show
Kid’s show w/ Farmer Jason, 1:30pm Groundation (fusions, reggae, jazz) w/ Chalwa, Chach & Boom One Sound, 9pm
Stella Blue
Grove Park Inn Great Hall
Scandals Nightclub
Not This Cowboy w/ Shake Azalia (hardcore, progressive) Temptations Martini Bar
The Two Guitars of Yasmin & Lou, 10am12:30pm Bob Zullo (guitar), 630-10:30pm
Southern Silk Duo (jazz, blues), 7:30-10:30pm
Jack Of The Wood Pub
Live music w/ singer-songwriters
Irish session, 5pm Tom Waits time, late
Town Pump
Lobster Trap
The Spikedrivers (Americana, roots)
Chris Rhodes
Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues
Rankin Vault Cocktail Lounge
Tolliver’s Crossing Irish Pub
“Vinyl at the Vault” w/ Chris Ballard
Tue., September 15
Tomato Tuesday comedy open mic
Rocket Club
Back Room
O’Malley’s On Main
Sunday jazz jam Scandals Nightclub
Dance party w/ DJ Stratos & drag show
Amy Burritt (singer/songwriter)
Josh Fields
Barley’s Taproom
Orange Peel
Mayhem String Band (bluegrass, country)
The Hookah Bar
Beacon Pub
Belly dance showcase w/ live bands
Razcal’s
Open mic
The Still
Jazz night w/ Mike Mancuso & friends
Blu Lounge
The Damon Fowler Group (Americana, roots)
Open mic w/ Earl Clarence, Dick Frost & more
Town Pump
Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe
Pickin’ at the Pump, open acoustic jam
Chuck Lichtenberger presents “An Evening of Jazz” with special guests
Club 828
Vollie & the Leadfoot Vipers (swing)
Skream (dubstep)
Mon., September 14
Vincenzo’s Bistro
Eleven on Grove
Swing & Tango lessons and dance w/ live music by Spats Mahoney & His Spit Shine Boys
BoBo Gallery
The Dead Are Those Who Died (experimental) w/ Ptarmigan & Perlowin
Emerald Lounge
Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern
Contra dance Grove Park Inn Great Hall
White Horse
Open mic night Lobster Trap
Bluegrass Duo The Oxymorons (improv comedy)
Wed., September 16
Grove Park Inn Great Hall
Open mic
Guadalupe Cafe
Ian Moore’s Mountain Music Miscellany
Rocket Club
Asheville Jazz Orchestra (swing, jazz)
Iron Horse Station
D Mack Vocal jazz session w/ Sharon LaMotte, 7:30pm
Open mic
Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill
Open mic w/ Scott Stewart 7:30pm Apres OM, 11pm
Oblio (rock)
Cancun Mexican Grill
Traveling Trio
Westville Pub
BoBo Gallery
‘80s Night
Mike’s Tavern
Marc Keller & Company (variety)
Open mic
Broadway’s
The Lowdown Travelers (blues)
Vincenzo’s Bistro
Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe
Shag music w/ DJ
Lobster Trap
Curras Dom
Acoustic Jambalaya New French Bar Courtyard Cafe
RAS ALAN & The Lions Appalachian Reggae! - 8PM - $10
Back Room
Bosco’s Sports Zone
Open mic w/ Yorky
Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues
~ SATURDAY 9/12 ~
Bluegrass & clogging
Benefit for Palmyra Romeo feat: Steep Canyon Rangers & Jeff Sipe Bill Covington (classics), 6-7pm Maddy & Masterpiece (dance band), 7-11pm
Razcal’s
~ FRIDAY 9/11 ~
WSNB - We Sing Nasty Blues - 8PM - $8
Wild Wing Cafe
Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern
Hangar
Might be a free movie, Big screen TV, sports, darts, games, or dancing w/DJ! NO COVER
Blues Jam w/ Mars Fariss Irish session, 6:30pm Open mike w/ Parker Brooks, 8:30pm
Verb the Adjective Noun (indie, rock)
Chad Hallyburton (jazz guitar), 7-9pm
Live music w/ Robert Greer
Feed and Seed Firestorm Cafe and Books
Guadalupe Cafe
~ THURSDAY 9/10 ~ YOU NEVER KNOW NIGHT!
Watershed Westville Pub
Will Ray’s Mountain Jam
Bob Zullo (guitar), 630-10:30pm
Marc Keller & Company (variety)
Ashevegas All-Stars presents Tuesday Night Funk Jam
Eleanor Underhill (singer/songwriter) Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar
LIVE MUSIC BIG SCREEN GREAT SPIRIT ALL AGES FOOD AVAILABLE BAR OPENS AT ~ WEDNESDAY 9/09 ~ FULL MOON FARM BENEFIT
for Wolf Dogs Silent Auction of Art, Jewelry, Gift Certificates & Cheri Cagle (Twinkle) sings! $20 www.fullmoonfarm.org to reserve call 669-0706
Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues
Vandaveer (folk) w/ Pilgrim
Wedge Brewing Co.
Open mic w/ Pierce Edens
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Selector Cleofus Williams & friends
BoBo Gallery
Johnny Blackwell (variety, covers)
Temptations Martini Bar The Hookah Bar
Patrick Fitzsimons (folk, blues)
Vincenzo’s Bistro
Mike Gordon (rock, pop, funk) w/ Rubblebucket Orchestra
(Must be back-to-school time)
You gotta experience our gorgeous new feature entertainers.
~ TUESDAY 9/15 ~
6:30PM - IRISH Sessions 8:30PM - Open Mike with Parker Brooks (Sign up by 8) - NO COVER
828-669-0816
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Now featuring this areas only Spinning Pole.
it’s time
NFL
September 9th Come Support MANNA!
1/2 off appetizer 2 can donation for MANNA 7-9pm
EvEry Monday
Monday night Football - 25¢ Wings | $2 draft
6 46” Plasma TV’s DaIlY DRINK & FOOD sPECIals OPEN DaIlY @ 5Pm - 12Pm
WEdnEsday
sound Extreme Karaoke 8pm Wacky Wing night 25¢ Wings & $2 draft
FrIday, sEpt. 11
Brooks Crowe 8pm Alternative Jam $5 Long Island teas $3.50 23oz domestic draught
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sound Extreme Karaoke $5 redbull Bombs $3 Local Highland Beer
HOlIDaY INN – BILTMORE WEST 435 smOKEY PaRK HWY. asHEVIllE, NC 828.665.2161
Open at 12 Noon every Sunday. “NFL Ticket” Catch all the games on our 7 big screens in our sports lounge
Dinner & Movie? NO, Bring your date here for an exotic night on the town! Ladies & Couples Welcomed Great Drink Specials EVERY Night (828) 298-1400
520 Swannanoa River Rd, Asheville, NC 28805 Mon. - Sat. 6:30pm - 2am
Widespread Wednesday The Screaming Jays
September 10th DJ Chalis September 11th Johnson’s Crossroad $3 Well Gin Drinks
September 12th Soul Finger
Tennessee Soul/Funk • 3 Well Gin Drinks
September 15th Acoustic Jambalaya with Justin Powell All shows at 9:30 pm unless noted 77b Biltmore Ave., Asheville, NC 828-258-1550 • mo.daddys@gmail.com Check out our music online! mo-daddys.com
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Non-stop rock’n roll sing-a-long party show, 8pm-1am
The Ringing Cedars w/ Big Sky Project & Fuel to Fire (indie, rock)
Eric Sommer (guitarist)
Eleven on Grove
Bosco’s Sports Zone
Thursday night bluegrass jam
Zydeco dance
Open jam w/ Mirage
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Emerald Lounge
Courtyard Gallery
Reggae Resurrection
Open mic w/ Jarrett Leone
Firestorm Cafe and Books
Curras Dom
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Celtic & eclectic jam
Mark Guest (jazz guitar)
Frankie Bones
Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar
Chris Rhodes (singer/songwriter)
Non-stop rock’n roll sing-a-long party show, 8pm-1am
Blu Lounge
Garage at Biltmore
Mixed Bag Open Jam hosted by Michael Tao
Firestorm Cafe and Books
Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe
Gottrocks
Patrick Fitzsimons (folk, blues)
Storybook
Sleepless Nights (Gram Parsons tribute band) w/ James Scott Bullard
Blue Ridge Dining Room & Wine Bar
Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern
Five Fifty Three
Chris Rhodes (r&b, blues, pop), 5:30-10pm
Enter The Haggis (folk, rock) w/ The Smart Brothers
Steve Wolrab & guests (jazz, guitar)
Blue Ridge Performing Arts Center
Frankie Bones
Sam & Ruby (soulful duo)
7J> ; D7 ÉI <B7J I9H;;D JLI Mon. - Sat. 6 pm - 2 am • Sun. 8 pm - 2 am 252-2456 • 14 College St. • Asheville, NC (Next to Tupelo Honey)
SATURDAY • SEPTEMBER 12
Custard Pie
Have another slice for Led Zeppelin
FRIDAY • SEPTEMBER 18
Catfish Hodge The Boogie Man’s Gonna Get Ya!
The Humbuckers Pedal Steelin’ Roots Rock
MONDAY Mack Kell’s • Razcals Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues TUESDAY
Dance mix w/ local DJ’s
Kate McNally
Boiler Room
Horizons at Grove Park Inn
Garage at Biltmore
Face Down w/ Kings of Prussia, As Sick As Us & Straight Line Stitch (metal)
Jack Of The Wood Pub
Rupert Wates & Valorie Miller (singer/songwriter)
Old Time Jam, 6pm
Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern
Live music
Lobster Trap
Chaser’s Nitelife
Carolina Sky
The New Familiars (acoustic, folk) & Boulder Acoustic Society
Never Blue
Grove Park Inn Great Hall
Club 828
Bosco’s Sports Zone
Decades Getaway’s (Eleven on Grove) Headlights • Mike’s Side Pocket W EDNESDAY Beacon Pub • Fred’s Speakeasy The Hangar • Blu Lounge Temptations Martini Bar O’Malleys on Main • Infusions Holland’s Grille T H URSDAY Chasers • Club Hairspray Razcals • Shovelhead Saloon Cancun Mexican Grill FRIDAY
DJ Diva & The Lee Whitaker Band Prefuse 73 Club Hairspray
Margaret Cho (comedy) w/ John Roberts, 7 & 10pm
Handlebar
Razcal’s
Horizons at Grove Park Inn
Bluegrass jam night (band 8-10pm, open jam 10pm)
Lajos Pagony (piano), 6-10pm Infusions Lounge
Red Stag Grill
Live music
Anne Coombs (jazz, swing)
Jack Of The Wood Pub
Scandals Nightclub
Bluegrass Jam, 9:30pm
Latin dance
Non-stop rock’n roll sing-a-long party show, 8pm-1am
Lobster Trap
Hank Bones
Eleven on Grove
The Hookah Bar
Open Mic w/ Sven Hooson
Mela
Salsa & Mambo Dancing, 10pm-2am Dance Lessons, 10:30pm
Town Pump
Belly dancing
Open Mic w/ David Bryan
Emerald Lounge
Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill
The Trainwreks (county, rock)
Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues
Hump day dance party w/ The Free Flow Band
Rum Drum Ramblers w/ Woody Pine & Pokey LaFarge
Feed and Seed
Vincenzo’s Bistro
Never Blue
French Broad Brewery Tasting Room
Catfish Hodge (blues)
Al & Woody Wood (soul, rock)
Jerusalem Garden
Gottrocks
Belly dancing w/ live music
Josh Philliph Folk Festival (folk, reggae)
Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill
Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern
Planet Caravan Metal Festival O’Malley’s On Main
Framing Hanley (rock)
Marc Keller (variety)
Singer/songwriter showcase
Waynesville Water’n Hole
Orange Peel
Funk jam featuring local artists
Indigo Girls (folk, rock)
Wedge Brewing Co.
Razcal’s
Freaky Friday w/ Brandi & Shorty Greg Olson & Richard Graham (world, folk) Dancing w/ Darin Kohler & the Asheville Katz Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar
Distant Gold
Westville Pub
Red Stag Grill
Glen Phillips (acoustic, folk) Sean Watkins & Luke Bulla
Jammin’ with Funky Max
Robert Thomas (jazz standards, blues)
Grove Park Inn Great Hall
Thu., September 17
Scandals Nightclub
DJ Lucus & The Bandits (nightclub dancing)
Bill Covington (classics), 6-7pm Maddy & Masterpiece (dance band), 7-11pm
Club 828
Soul Infusion Tea House and Bistro
Handlebar
Singer-songwriter showcase
Benefit show feat: Mac Arnold & Plate Full O’ Blues, Marvin & Marcus King, True Blue, Mac McCloud & Taylor Moore
Back Room
The Hookah Bar
Live music
Garro and the Reggae Storm Band w/ Lyric, Joanie Peditto, Southern Silk Duo & Lauris Vidal (roots, reggae)
Beacon Pub
SATURDAY
Decades Restaurant & Bar
Mark Keller (singer/songwriter)
Live music w/ DJ Drea
Infusions • Mack Kell’s Shovelhead Saloon
Curras Dom
Kontici (exotic lounge)
Al Wood & Woody Wood (bluegrass)
FRIDAY • SEPTEMBER 19
Julia Ann & Laurel Ridge Bluegrass Band
Michael Bellar & the As Is Ensemble
Orange Peel
Habit formin’ Mountain Rock
Beacon Pub
BoBo Gallery
Bill Covington (classics), 6-7pm Maddy & Masterpiece (dance band), 7-11pm
IN T H E CLU B S
Moonshine Babies
French Broad Brewery Tasting Room
No Tears Today (indie)
K ARAO K E
Back Room
Chris Rhodes (singer/songwriter)
Lajos Pagony (piano), 6-10pm
Six Day Bender
Fri., September 18
Bill Covington (classics), 6-7pm Maddy & Masterpiece (dance band), 7-11pm
Grove Park Inn Great Hall
FRIDAY • SEPTEMBER 11
Zuma Coffee
Hangar
Club Hairspray • Holland’s Grille Infusions • Shovelhead Saloon The Still SUNDAY Bosco’s Sports Zone • College St. Pub Getaway’s (Eleven on Grove) The Hangar • Mack Kell’s Wing Cafe • Cancun Mexican Grill
Empty Slate (Southern rock) Orange Peel
Planet Caravan Metal Festival feat: Clutch, Pentagram, Orange Goblin, Kylesa, Burst, YOB, Wino, Astra, Revolution Mother & more Picnics
The Curious Crandalls (indie, folk-rock) Purple Onion Cafe
Fred Whisken (jazz pianist)
The Sharkadelics (classic rock, metal)
Razcal’s
Blu Lounge
Town Pump
Holland’s Grille
West Sound (R&B)
Johnny Blackwell (folk-rock, bluegrass)
Kev Rowe (roots, folk, acoustic)
Cowboy Cadillac (Southern rock)
Red Room at Temptations
Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe
Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues
Horizons at Grove Park Inn
DJ Dday
Makia Groove (funk, reggae)
Peggy Ratusz’s Invitational Blues Jam
Lajos Pagony (piano), 6-10pm
Red Stag Grill
Blue Ridge Performing Arts Center
Vincenzo’s Bistro
Infusions Lounge
Robert Thomas (jazz standards, blues)
Pick~N~Jam
Live music w/ Aaron Laflace (singer/songwriter)
Southern Silk Duo (jazz, blues)
Rocket Club
BoBo Gallery
Watershed
Iron Horse Station
Parachute Musical w/ Wakey Wakey & Keegan DeWitt
Jar-e (soul)
DJ night
Lance Mills & Mark Fuller
Stella Blue
Boiler Room
Westville Pub
Jack Of The Wood Pub
SeePeoples (psychedelic, rock) & By Morning
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Temptations Martini Bar
Curras Dom
Infusions Lounge
Southern Silk Duo (jazz, blues), 7:30-10:30pm
Mark Guest & friends (jazz-guitar ensemble)
Live music
Tolliver’s Crossing Irish Pub
Decades Restaurant & Bar
Jack Of The Wood Pub
Live music w/ singer-songwriters
42nd Street Jazz Band
The Humbuckers (roots, rock)
Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues
Dock’s Restaurant
Jerusalem Garden
The Smokin’ Section (blues)
Buck Naked (rock ‘n’ roll)
Belly dancing w/ live music
Vincenzo’s Bistro
Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar
Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill
Bobby Sullivan (piano)
Planet Caravan Metal Festival
Watershed
Non-stop rock’n roll sing-a-long party show, 8pm-1am
The Flying Whales
Emerald Lounge
White Horse
Sound Summit IX feat: “Top Rankin’ Reggae DJ’s”
Planet Caravan Metal Festival feat: Pentagram, Orange Goblin, The Gates of Slumber, YOB & more
Feed and Seed
Picnics
Carolina Blue
Zim (folk, jazz)
French Broad Brewery Tasting Room
Red Room at Temptations
Peggy Ratusz (blues, jazz, soul)
DJ Spy-V
Garage at Biltmore
Red Stag Grill
Caffiend Benefit TWO
Robert Thomas (jazz standards, blues)
Gottrocks
Rocket Club
Spoonfed Tribe
Velvet Truckstop (Americana, rock)
Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern
Scandals Nightclub
Missing Cats: JoJo Hermann & Sherman Ewing
Dance party w/ DJ Stratos & drag show
Grove Park Inn Great Hall
Temptations Martini Bar
Chris Rhodes (r&b, blues, pop), 5:30-10pm
Bill Covington (classics), 6-7pm Maddy & Masterpiece (dance band), 7-11pm
Southern Silk Duo (jazz, blues), 7:30-10:30pm
BoBo Gallery
Handlebar
Live music w/ singer-songwriters
Sarah Betten w/ Of K’s Choice & Kelly Jo (acoustic, folk)
Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues
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additional reviews by justin souther • contact xpressmovies@aol.com that Lance pays for the deception — especially since Kyle’s one quasi-friend (newcomer Evan Martin) isn’t buying any of this — is conceivably too high. This last is crucial to Goldthwait’s worldview — and some view it as softening the satire. Maybe so, but it’s part of what makes Goldthwait more than simply a snarky satirist. Rated R for language, crude and sexual content, some drug use and disturbing images. — reviewed by Ken Hanke Starts Friday at Carolina Asheville Cinema 14.
pickoftheweek World’s Greatest Dad JJJJ
Director: Bobcat Goldthwait (Sleeping Dogs Lie) Players: Robin Williams, Alexie Gilmore, Daryl Sabara, Henry Simmons, Andrew Martin
Satirical Comedy/Drama Rated R
The Story: When his son accidentally kills himself, a father doctors things up to make it look like suicide, and turns his ghastly progeny into a kind of high-school cult hero.
Adam JJJJ Director: Max Mayer Players: Hugh Dancy, Rose Byrne, Peter Gallagher, Frankie Faison, Amy Irvng, Mark Linn-Baker
Romance/Comedy/Drama Rated PG-13
The Lowdown: A wicked satire on how death can be used to alter the reality of the perception of the dead, but a film that ultimately aims for something deeper than mere satire. With only three feature films to his credit — Shakes the Clown (1991), Sleeping Dogs Lie (2006) and this — comedian Bobcat Goldthwait has established himself as a unique, if not prolific, voice in filmmaking. He takes outrageous subjects — an alcoholic clown, boredom-born bestiality, an embarrassing death made to look like a less embarrassing suicide — and crafts movies around them that weirdly subvert the outrageousness of the subjects. He’s an uncynical satirist who uses satire less to puncture the pompous than to sympathize with the weird. He sets out to frighten the horses only to turn around and show you that the fright is illusory. For example, Sleeping Dogs Lie is not a movie about a woman who performs an indelicate act with her pet dog (though that’s the hook), but about the wisdom — indeed doubtful need — of complete honesty. As a result, the film industry has no clue what do with him, and his films get scant bookings through smaller companies. His most recent film, World’s Greatest Dad, may be his most accomplished work to date — in part because it tackles a topic rarely tackled, and never tackled at all in this manner. Goldthwait’s hook this round is what happens when a father — Lance Clayton (a subdued Robin Williams), a teacher and failed writer — discovers his monstrous son, Kyle (Daryl Sabara, Spy Kids), has accidentally killed himself via autoerotic asphyxiation. Lance opts to make his son’s death look like a suicide — complete with a heart-wrenching suicide note that comes straight from the wishful-thinking father’s heart. The film’s theme, however, is the amazing ability of death to turn the terminally unlovable — even completely unlikable — Kyle into a great guy. You know, that fellow who was a jerk last week, who post-life every-
The Story: A comedy/drama about the romance of a young man with Asperger’s Syndrome and a young woman who moves into his apartment building. Darryl Sabara (in photograph) and Robin Williams in Bobcat Goldthwait’s penetrating satire World’s Greatest Dad. one says was the salt of the earth just because he’s now a part of it? Kyle is that guy — in the most extreme way, since he stands a good chance of being the most repellent example of humanity imaginable. Goldthwait takes this material and crafts a fascinating, perceptive, often bleakly funny look at the kind of “death cult” that we so often see spring up in the wake of a famous — or even, as in this case, posthumously famous — person’s death. It’s the herd mentality and more — the desire to latch onto something, even if that something is utterly bogus. In this case, the situation is upped by the machinations of Lance’s ambitions as a writer, who now turns his thwarted talents toward the fabrication of the son he wished he’d had by serving as Kyle’s ghostwriter. Not only does this cause all the kids at school to claim relationships with — and visions of — Kyle that never existed, but it sends Lance’s own stock soaring. He’s respected, sympathized with, and even his ambivalent and fickle girlfriend (Alexie Gilmore, Definitely, Maybe) wants to go public with their heretofore quiet relationship. The psychology of it all is fascinating and keenly presented — often in penetratingly funny ways, as when something approximating Kyle’s ghost appears to embody everyone’s new “vision” of the reimagined “real Kyle.” And some good comes out of this, too, since the fiction brings out both the worst and a bit of the best in the others (of course, how real any of this is is open to question). More, the price
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The Lowdown: A strong central performance from Hugh Dancy and a largely unforced sense of quirkiness help overshadow the more awkward aspects of this sweet-tempered little movie. This movie may be a little too cute and a little too pat and a little bit lacking in the style department. It may rely way too much on its bland indie-pop sound track to prop up the drama, but Max Mayer’s Adam is an undeniably pleasant film about an unusual subject that just happens to be topped off by a really good performance from the massively underrated Hugh Dancy in the title role of a young man with Asperger’s Syndrome. I realize that simply saying that the movie focuses on a young man with a mental condition may be enough to send sage readers scurrying about the room looking for large pieces of furniture to hide behind. That’s understandable enough, since the cinematic woods are littered with (presumably) well-intended movies starring actors who think the road to Oscar’s heart is through this kind of role. (See Ben Stiller’s Tropic Thunder from last summer.) And there’s no denying that there’s a bit of that here, but Dancy is good enough that it never seems like the posturing that so often comes with the movies’ love affair with mental problems. Dancy offers a subtle performance that works as much in small touches as in the predictable bigger “outburst” moments. It’s perhaps the nature of Asperger’s Syndrome, which at its mildest can seem like little more than a lack of the censorship mechanism in the brain that causes brutal honesty to take the place of social skills. Adam approaches its story a little differently than most such movies in that it is put forth — and constructed — in terms of a romantic
comedy. Adam Ranki is a fellow in his late 20s whose father has just died, leaving him alone in a comfortable and comfortably spacious New York City apartment. It’s a situation that Adam approaches in the most matter-of-fact manner imaginable — by simply marking through the words “Dad’s chores” on the to-do list attached to the refrigerator. Adam seems perfectly settled into his routine with his job as an electronics engineer (designing talking dolls) and his ordered existence. That changes, however, when a pretty girl, Beth Buchwald (Rose Byrne, Sunshine), moves into his building and shows an interest in him. Beth notices that Adam is more than a little different. The very fact that he’s utterly clueless when she drops heavy hints that he might offer to help her carry in her groceries makes that apparent. But he’s also nice, interesting and — let’s face it — drop-dead gorgeous. She is not, however, prepared for his bluntness. Early on he simply asks her if she was sexually aroused when they went somewhere because, he admits, he was. His explanation of having Asperger’s mollifies her sufficiently to cause her to research exactly what the condition is, and a relationship follows. The crux of all this is whether or not such a relationship can work. The film might have been wiser to leave things at this level, but instead it complicates matters by bringing in a secondary plot about Beth’s father, Marty (Peter Gallagher), and an impending trial over whether or not he doctored some account books in order to make it look like a co-worker’s job performance was better than it was. Writer-director Mayer clearly wanted to create a kind of parallel story about trust and trials with this. Marty’s literal trial is even intercut with Adam’s figurative one after Adam loses his job and goes on an interview for a new one. It works cinematically, but it’s on the wobbly side in terms of drama and feels forced. While there’s no denying that Adam has its share of problems, its charms and sense of humanity — especially in Dancy’s performance — tend to overcome most of them, at least in broad terms. Occasionally, the film even works in more specific ways, too. Any movie that manages to convey a touching sense of true character growth that’s grounded in nothing more than an offer to help someone carry something is doing something a lot more right than not. Rated PG-13 for thematic material, sexual content and language. — reviewed by Ken Hanke Playing at Fine Arts Theatre.
All About Steve J Director: Phil Traill Players: Sandra Bullock, Bradley Cooper, Thomas Haden Church, Ken Jeong, DJ Qualls
Romantic Comedy Rated PG-13
The Story: A socially inept crosswordpuzzle writer decides to stalk her blind date across America. The Lowdown: An unfunny, wrongheaded attempt at romantic comedy that’s downright odd in its attempt to make stalking cute and cuddly.
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Shane Acker’s 9 — expanded from his Oscarnominated short film — is probably the closest to being this week’s Big Thing, but that’s not why it’s being hauled out on Wednesday. It’s release date is simply a marketing ploy to tie it in with, yes, the date: 09/09/09. In any case, this post-apocalyptic animated sci-fi film (termed “stitchpunk” by its director) about little rag-doll-looking humanoids out to perpetuate life on Earth at least boasts a distinctive look and an impressive array of voice talent: Elijah Wood, Christopher Plummer, Martin Landau and Jennifer Connelly. The name of Tim Burton in the list of producers will probably help its prospects, but it may also prove the same trap for newcomer director Acker
that it did for Henry Selick after Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas. (PG-13) Early review samples: • “A worthwhile evening for admirers of adult animation and even for younger viewers who will thrill to its many chases and battles. The appeal is that of something definitely fresh and new.” (Kirk Honeycutt, The Hollywood Reporter) • “Acker’s work seems poised on the edge between commercial considerations and genuinely eccentric creativity, and the best things in 9 inspire the hope that he will more extensively explore the latter before capitulating entirely to the former.” (Todd McCarthy, Variety)
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This “family-friendly” Australian co-production has “four waller” written all over it — in other words, it smacks of a deal made with theater chains to show it for a price, since it couldn’t get a regular release. The big star is Alexa Vega (Spy Kids), with a little boost from veteran actor Timothy Hutton. The male lead is a newcomer named Luke Arnold. The writer-director, Dagen Merrill, made a horror picture called Beneath a couple years back. This one apparently tells the uplifting tale of a young man from the Outback who gets a shot at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. (PG)
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Short-film director Stewart Hendler jumps to feature length with this preposterous R-rated splattery-looking remake (rethinking?) of The House on Sorority Row (1983). The story involving a prank gone wrong and the (maybe) from-beyond-the-grave vengeance of the victim actually looks pretty engagingly stupid from the trailer. At least you know what you’re getting into — and you’re getting the full R treatment, not some toned-down one. Yeah, and you get Carrie Fisher, too, as a tough house mother — and the most recognizable name in the cast. No, it hasn’t been screened. (R)
Whether or not — as some people are now proclaiming — Phil Traill’s All About Steve is the worst movie of the summer is debatable. At the very least, it’s up there (though I’d still rank Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra a bit higher based solely upon their sheer bloat). What All About Steve truly is, however, is one of the oddest movies to come around in some time. I spent most of my time in dumbfound amazement, wondering who, exactly, thought making this movie was a good idea. Sure, Hollywood has green-lit — and spent millions on — any number of movies that most normal, cognizant human beings with the ability to tie their own shoes could tell is going to be a stinker. But even after getting the wheels turning, someone has got to agree to star in the damned thing.
TYLER PERRY’S I CAN DO BAD ALL BY MYSELF
Don’t even ask if Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All by Myself has been screened for critics. Perry doesn’t do that, and doesn’t believe he needs to. He’s probably right, since Perry’s fans don’t really care — as long as they can be assured that Perry will appear in drag as Madea in whatever Bible-centric blend of low comedy and high melodrama has been cobbled together this time. The new movie promises this in a tale wherein we find Madea turning three would-be housebreakers over to their aunt (Taraji P. Henson), rather than over to the cops. Redemption will doubtless follow. (PG-13)
Vince Neil haircut don’t seem to help. Neither does the idea that she wears said boots because they make her “toes feel like 10 friends on a camping trip” (yes, someone got paid good money to write that line). The end result is a bit of misfit empowerment, with the final message being that even the weirdest of weirdoes deserve friendship in the end. That’s perfectly fine — if dull and unoriginal — it’s the path the films takes to get to this conclusion that’s questionable. You see, Mary gets set up on a blind date with the titular Steve (Bradley Cooper), gets one look at his supposed dreamboat good looks and jumps his bones as soon they get in his beat-up SUV. Steve goes with it for a minute, but soon realizes Mary’s a trifle unhinged, makes up a work-related excuse (he’s a cameraman for a cable news channel) and gets out of there. But Mary can’t take a hint, and instead believes she’s found true love. After losing her job for making a crossword puzzle that’s comprised solely of clues about Steve, she’s freed up to try and catch up with him on the various news assignments he’s shooting, the whole while talking everyone’s ear off about how wonderful Steve is. The film traipses around from Mary creepily fawning after Steve in the most awkward of romcom fashions, to hokey melodrama (such as a bunch of deaf kids falling into an abandoned mine shaft and the media circus that follows), to the film’s sappy final revelations about just being yourself. But really, the point of the whole mess appears to be if you stalk someone long and hard enough, then almost
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After an absence of eight years — a kind of harsh banishment just for having made Swordfish — director Dominic Sena is back with a thriller (apparently of the rather grisly variety). The film stars Kate Beckinsale, who plays a U.S. Marshall (yes, well) pursuing a killer in Antarctica right as the land is about to be plunged into months of night. It sounds kind of silly, but at least vampires do not appear to be involved. Gabriel Macht, Tom Skerritt and Columbus Short, however are. (R)
Now, Sandra Bullock has made some bad movies in the past — Premonition (2007), Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2005) and Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997) come to mind immediately — but past mistakes are no excuse for present mediocrity. But for all the movies Bullock has made, she’s never given a performance quite as strange as the one in All About Steve. Bullock plays the role of Mary Magdalene Horowitz in her usual romcom manner, but this time with a strange, subtle undercurrent of Steve Urkel or Pee Wee Herman. You see, Mary is a bit of an eccentric. She writes crosswords for a living, which translates to her constantly spouting off obscure trivia and forming a philosophy for life around crosswords. She’s also a bit of a social nitwit, so meeting men is a chore. Her fashion choices — which center around a pair of red vinyl knee-high boots — and her
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Sandra Bullock, Bradley Cooper, Thomas Haden Church, Ken Jeong, DJ Qualls Romantic Comedy A socially inept crosswordpuzzle writer decides to stalk her blind date across America. An unfunny, wrongheaded attempt at romantic comedy thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s downright odd in its attempt to make stalking cute and cuddly. Rated PG-13
District 9 JJJJJ
Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, David James, Vanessa Haywood, Mandka Gaduka, Kenneth Nkosi Science Fiction/Drama Following an accident with a mysterious liquid in the District 9 alien-internment camp, a civil servant finds his worldview altered by alarming changes. A thoughtful, surprisingly deep science-fiction film with an even more surprising emotional core. Rated R
Extract JJJJ
Jason Bateman, Mila Kunis, Kristen Wiig, Ben Affleck, J.K. Simmons, Clifton Collins Jr. Comedy The trials and tribulations of a much putupon owner of an extract company as he deals with an unresponsive wife, oddball employees, an overly friendly neighbor and a scheming crook. An unusually intelligent and humane comedy that tempers its outrageousness with a sense of real people in the real world. Rated R
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Peter Capaldi, Tom Hollander, Gina McKee, Chris Addison, James Gandolfini, Mimi Kennedy Viciously Black Satire An insiderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s look at politics â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and how to create a war by careful bargaining and selective cheating. A blistering, funny political satire â&#x20AC;&#x201D; perhaps the yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s funniest film to date. But be warned: It goes where other political satires fear to tread. Rated NR
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Julie & Julia JJJJ
Channing Tatum, Sienna Miller, Marlon Wayans, Christopher Eccleston, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Dennis Quaid Big Dumb Loud Action A super covert group of high-tech soldiers must stop an evil arms dealer from taking over the world. A loud, cheesy, dumb action picture that closes out the summer moviegoing season in a blaze of property damage, bad dialogue and hokey CGI. Rated PG-13
Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci, Chris Messina, Linda Emond Comedy/Drama/Biopic The stories of Julia Child and Julie Powell told in a series of crosscut events. A thoroughly charming and winning entertainment with great characters and acting. It may not be terribly deep, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s funny and invariably pleasant. Rated PG-13
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Gerard Butler, Amber Valletta, Michael C. Hall, Kyra Sedgwick, Logan Lerman, Alison Lohman Wildly Over-the-Top Bad-Taste Action/Sci-Fi In the near future, video games advance to a level where gamers control real people in death-match shoot-outs. Explosive bad taste from the Crank creators splatters across the screen in ever-increasing absurdity. If you like that sort of thing, this could be your movie. If not, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been warned. Rated R
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Scout Taylor-Compton, Brad Dourif, Malcolm McDowell, Sheri Moon Zombie, Tyler Mane Horror The sequel to Rob Zombieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Halloween reboot offers more of the same with some odd additions to the original seriesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; mythology. Interesting, sometimes fascinating, definitely brutal in its violence, but ultimately not all that effective. Rated R
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince JJJJJ
Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Michael Gambon, Jim Broadbent, Alan Rickman Fantasy/Adventure/Horror Harry and company move one step further toward adulthood and the inevitable confrontation that must one day take place. A surprisingly adult and even somber entry in the popular franchise that neatly builds to the two-part climax to come, while offering solid entertainment and artistry of its own. Rated PG
Inglourious Basterds JJJJJ
Bobby Campo, Shantel VanSanten, Nick Zano, Haley Webb, Mykelti Williamson Creative-Death Horror A group of people are saved from a deadly accident by the premonition of a young man, only to find Death coming to finish off those who escaped. Cheesy, schlocky, gory horror that manages to be fun by reveling in the fact that it is cheesy, schlocky, gory horror. Rated R
Brad Pitt, MĂŠlanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz, Eli Roth, Diane Kruger, Daniel BrĂźhl Postmodern Alternative-Reality Revisionist War Movie World War II action with sardonic humor and a fantasy twist about efforts to blow up a cinema filled with Nazis. Quentin Tarantinoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new film is brilliant and unabashedly (and genuinely) quirky â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a truly personal work in a sea of largely impersonal movies. Rated R
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Charlyne Yi, Michael Cera, Jake M. Johnson Fake Documentary/Romance A fake documentary about making a documentary that incorporates more fake documentary in the form of a scripted romance. An interminable 88-minute movie thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so in love with its own clever cuteness that it may make your teeth hurt. Rated PG-13
The Stoning of Soraya M. JJ
Shohreh Aghdashloo, Mozhan Marnò, Jim Caviezel, Navid Negahban, Ali Pourtash, David Diaan Fact-Based Drama A stranded journalist is told the story of a woman stoned to death on bogus charges of adultery in a small town in Iran. A fact-based drama that has an unfortunate tendency to topple over into melodrama and propaganda â&#x20AC;&#x201D; not to mention a lengthy, graphic depiction of the title event. Crudely powerful, but the crude may outstrip the power. Rated R
Taking Woodstock JJJJJ
Demetri Martin, Imelda Staunton, Henry Goodman, Emile Hirsch, Eugene Levy, Liev Schreiber Fact-Based Comedy/Drama A young man figures a way to save the family business by arranging to have the concert that became Woodstock come to his town. A sweet, low-key, yet celebratory film about the behind-the-scenes aspects of Woodstock as seen through the eyes of one young man. Rather than try to be big, the film aims at being human â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and mostly succeeds. Rated R
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Robin Williams, Alexie Gilmore, Daryl Sabara, Henry Simmons, Andrew Martin Satirical Comedy/Drama When his son accidentally kills himself, a father doctors things up to make it look like suicide, and turns his ghastly progeny into a kind of high-school cult hero. A wicked satire on how death can be used to alter the reality of the perception of the dead, but a film that ultimately aims for something deeper than mere satire. Rated R
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die from falling in a giant hole in the ground, eventually that person won’t mind you all that much. What a beautiful message. Unfortunately, the peculiarity of the film doesn’t translate to interesting. Or funny. Or entertaining. It’s a quagmire of a movie that might make me never look at crosswords the same way again. I always knew it’d be a sad day when I switched to the Jumble. Rated PG13 for sexual content, including innuendoes. — reviewed by Justin Souther Playing at Carolina Asheville Cinema 14, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande Stadium 15, United Artists Beaucatcher Cinema 7.
Extract JJJJ Director: Mike Judge (Office Space) Players: Jason Bateman, Mila Kunis, Kristen Wiig, Ben Affleck, J.K. Simmons, Clifton Collins Jr.
Comedy
Rated R
The Story: The trials and tribulations of a much put-upon owner of an extract company as he deals with an unresponsive wife, oddball employees, an overly friendly neighbor and a scheming crook.
world cinema Seven Beauties JJJJJ Director: Lina Wertmüller Players: Giancarlo Giannini, Fernando Rey, Shirley Stoler, Elena Fiore, Piero De Iorio
Black Comedy/Drama
Rated R
Watching Lina Wertmüller’s most highly regarded film, Seven Beauties (1975), for this review (and for easily the first time in 30 years), I was struck not so much by what a great Wertmüller picture it is — though it is that — but by how it is so stylistically part and parcel of 1970s filmmaking. I throw that out not to downplay Wertmüller’s contribution to film, but to suggest that she wasn’t separate from that exciting period of film, as often seems to be the belief, but rather an integral part of it. If someone were to actually reevaluate her generally overlooked place in film history, I have a hunch that she’d have a higher place in the pantheon of filmmakers from that era of “superstar” directors. And there could be no better place to start than with Seven Beauties.
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The film is a bleakly funny, beautifully made and deeply disturbing work that follows — in a nonlinear fashion (no, that didn’t start with Pulp Fiction in 1994) — the misadventures of Pasqualino Frafuso (Giancarlo Giannini), an absurd macho creation of typical Wertmüller design. Pasqualino has seven sisters — all rather homely, some even more than that — and an absurd idea of them dishonoring the family name. This idea leads to him murdering a pimp, landing in an insane asylum, being put in the army, captured by Germans, and thrown into a concentration camp — where his notions of honor sink lower than could be imagined. Some of it is grim beyond description, but all of it is brilliant filmmaking from an artist at the top of her form. — reviewed by Ken Hanke Seven Beauties, part of a series of Classic Cinema From Around the World, will be presented at 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11, at Courtyard Gallery, 9 Walnut St. in downtown Asheville. Info: 273-3332.
The Lowdown: An unusually intelligent and humane comedy that tempers its outrageousness with a sense of real people in relegated to being called “dinkus”). The rest And that actually is the secret to Extract the real world. of the workers aren’t much better, especially — we’ve all known some variant on these While watching Mike Judge’s Extract, I found myself constantly amused, occasionally very amused and once very, very amused. A day away from it, I found I liked it considerably more — its humor and humanity stayed with me. Two days away and I like it even more. There’s something about it that kind of sneaks up on you. Perhaps it’s this quality that has propelled Judge’s other theatrical works (think Office Space (1999)) to find much larger audiences on DVD than they ever saw in theaters. That may well be the fate of Extract, as well — not in the least because once again a studio (in this case Miramax) has positioned a small film on too many screens at once. Extract is unusual in the realm of modern comedy in that it’s about adults and aimed at adults without being anything but a comedy. It’s not a comedy/drama. It’s not a romantic comedy. It’s merely a comedy — and that is not a pejorative assessment. There’s nothing wrong with being just a comedy. Another thing it isn’t is a star vehicle. Not only is Extract more of an ensemble work, but it isn’t built around a name comic. While it’s true that Jason Bateman has name recognition and has done a good deal of credible work in recent years, he’s not someone on whom a movie has been built around. He tends to play a slightly bemused and often quietly amused regular guy. That’s more or less his function here: His character is the lone point of marginal normalcy in a world of less normal characters. Bateman plays Joel, the owner of a successful company that manufactures extracts — vanilla, cherry, walnut, you name it. His employees are dubious at best. His second-incommand, Brian (J.K. Simmons), is a cynical gent who won’t bother to learn the employees’ names (everyone — except the resident “grindcore rocker” whom he calls “boy genius” — is
the casually xenophobic and completely sour Mary (Beth Grant, No Country for Old Men). It’s Mary’s penchant for stopping work when she thinks others aren’t holding up their end of the job that sets off the chain of events that propels one of the basic aspects of the plot. A series of small accidents — resulting from her causing a conveyor to back up — leads to a large accident in which wannabe floor manager Step (Clifton Collins Jr.) loses a testicle. News of this event draws the attention of small-time crook Cindy (Mila Kunis), who envisions lawsuit money via a safe romance with the currently sexually inactive victim. Not that she draws the line at Step — or much of anyone or anything else. Once she lands a temp job at the extract plant, she’s more than happy to come on to Joel. And Joel — thanks to his sexually unaccommodating wife, Suzie (Kristen Wiig) — is easy prey, or he would be if he didn’t feel guilty about cheating. But Joel has a cheerfully amoral, slightly drug-addled friend, Dean (Ben Affleck), who gets him high (more or less accidentally) on a horse tranquilizer and then talks Joel into securing a brainless gigolo, Brad (TV actor Dustin Milligan), to pose as the new pool boy and seduce wife Suzie. The fuzzy logic here is that this will allow Joel to cheat with a clear conscience. That’s the basic setup, but it hardly conveys the complete feel of the movie and its roster of characters — especially Joel and Suzie’s unbelievably ghastly neighbor, Nathan (David Koechner, The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard), who is always lying in wait to foist his boring attentions on either of the couple. We’ve all known a Nathan — a basically well-intentioned boob who’s constantly inviting you to events you’d go out of your way to avoid and won’t take no for an answer.
characters. They smack of only slightly exaggerated versions of people we know — or even people we are — and Judge taps into that, making us laugh at them and at ourselves. Yet with rare exceptions (Nathan and Mary), they’re all observed with some degree of sympathy. Or, as in the cases of Cindy and the incredibly venal accident lawyer Joe Adler (Gene Simmons), he makes them so cheekily and transparently amoral that they’re hard to dislike. In the end, Judge’s characters are almost the comedic equivalent of Jean Renoir’s characters in that they all “have their reasons” — however unconscious and ill-defined they may be. But more, Judge makes us realize that we put up with these people — and they put up with us — out of achieving a common sympathy of accepting others for what they are rather than what we’d like them to be. That’s a pretty heady accomplishment in a silly comedy format. Extract won’t be to every taste. It’s devoid of flatulence and penis jokes, and its barbs are too tempered with humanity to sting as strongly as they might. But for those who can settle into its particular vibe, it’s funny and rewarding. Rated R for language, sexual references and some drug use. — reviewed by Ken Hanke Playing at Carmike Cinema 10, Carolina Asheville Cinema 14, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande Stadium 15.
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The Story: In the near future, video games video-game generation and Gamer — being a advance to a level where gamers control Neveldine/Taylor film — is all about style and frenetic and increasingly preposterous action. real people in death-match shoot-outs. The Lowdown: Explosive bad taste from the Crank creators splatters across the screen in ever-increasing absurdity. If you like that sort of thing, this could be your movie. If not, you’ve been warned. The boys behind the Crank franchise, Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor (or Neveldine/ Taylor as they bill themselves), are back with Gamer — perhaps the most deliriously demented film of the year. I say that with honest admiration for the deliriously demented. The trailer tried to downplay its outrageousness and strangeness — making it seem more like a dumb action movie and less like a Crank movie. Don’t be fooled. While Gerard Butler’s Kable is a somewhat less ridiculous figure than Jason Statham’s Crank hero and there’s less sexuality (or at least a different kind), this is very much in the same frenetic, assault-on-good-taste-andthe-senses mold. Dismissing Gamer as absurd (as at least one critic has done) is to completely miss the point. Now, I’ve told you up-front that Gamer is like the Crank pictures, so when you find out that it’s not the clone of last year’s Death Race (as Gamer’s trailer tries to make it look like), don’t complain to me. Yes, there are aspects of the film’s “Slayer” battles that look a lot like Death Race (though they actually look more like video-game renderings of the action scenes at the end of Alfonso Cuarón’s 2008 City of Men — with viscera and bad taste added). And the premise of criminals winning their freedom by competing in death matches is not dissimilar. Then again, neither is the premise dissimilar to Paul Michael Glaser’s The Running Man (1987) — right down to the wrongly convicted man angle. The social-critique aspects are also present, but the satire is retooled for the
How preposterous is the action? Well, without giving too much away — since the charms (assuming you see them that way) of these fellows’ work lie in discovering that for yourself — here is a movie in which a pint of vodka fuels an ethanol-powered vehicle used in a lengthy high-speed prison break. What is truly astonishing isn’t that improbability, but how Kable gets the vodka into the gas tank. And that I won’t tell you — but it’s almost enough to prepare you for ... no, I won’t tell you that either, but keep the name Cole Porter in your mind. The story of the film has it that computer genius Ken Castle (Michael C. Hall, TV’s Dexter) has hooked the world on two video games. One — the seemingly more benign of the two — is called “Society” and consists of playing characters in a hyper-sexualized, utterly sleazy world. In other words, it’s a lot like a Neveldine/Taylor movie come to life. The trick is that the gamers are controlling real people, who through some hocus-pocus nanotechnology, have altered brains that place them at the whim of their gamer controllers. The other game, “Slayer,” involves the same concept applied to death-row inmates fighting to the death — or to winning 30 games and their freedom. The lesser casualties are given over to lower-grade criminals who are freed if they survive a smaller number of matches. Given the carnage level, their chances of survival are slightly lower than a Star Trek extra in a red suit. “Slayer” also works as a viewer spectacle. Both the key on-screen players and the gamers who play them are celebrities. Top of the heap is Kable and his 17-year-old controller, Simon (the actual 17-year-old Logan Lerman, 3:10 to Yuma). But there’s trouble afoot because Kable
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Director: Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger Players: Moira Shearer, Marius Goring, Anton Walbrook, Léonide Massine
Ballet Drama Rated NR Not the best of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s impressive gallery of movies, still The Red Shoes (1948) is probably the best known — and owing to its fairy-tale romanticism, probably the best loved. As a story, it bears more than a passing resemblance to Michael Curtiz’s horror picture The Mad Genius (1931), with John Barrymore as a ballet impresario coming between a dancer and the woman he loves — but that’s perhaps as much due to the fact that both Barrymore’s character there and Anton Walbrook’s here are fairly obviously drawn from the real-life Sergei Diaghilev. Powell and Pressburger change the sexes — the dancer is now a woman — and bury the subtext, but the story of the conflict between art and romance remains largely the same.
Otherwise, The Red Shoes is an almost relentless exercise in style — brightly Technicolored style. And due to the filmmakers’ penchant for ballet, there’s a good deal of ballet in the film. Don’t let that throw you, even if you’re not that keen on ballet, because this is so thrillingly photographed you’ll like it here. Typical of the filmmakers’ work, The Red Shoes is also a strikingly modern work. There are uses of the camera and editing that were unique at the time, but have since become a part of the cinematic vocabulary still in use today. This is a treasure of film, music, dance, romance and color that shouldn’t be missed. — reviewed by Ken Hanke The Hendersonville Film Society will show The Red Shoes at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 13, in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community, 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville. (From Asheville, take I-26 to U.S. 64 West, turn right at the third light onto Thompson Street. Follow to the Lake Point Landing entrance and park in the lot on the left.)
is nearing the magical 30 — something Castle won’t let happen, partly because Kable knows the damning truth about Castle. Throw in an underground organization called Humanz out to stop Castle, Kable’s backstory, Kable’s “Society” wife (Amber Valletta, Dead Silence), a dubious talk-show host (Kyra Sedgwick, TV’s The Closer), an imperiled daughter — plus, lots of explosions, shootings, stabbings, blood and guts, fights and nudity — and filter it all through the peculiar Neveldine/Taylor style and you have Gamer. That’s a for-better-orworse proposition, depending on how you feel about the duo’s previous films. There is a slight difference this round in that Gamer — unlike the Crank movies — clearly has something on its mind. Though the film is first and foremost engaging, indefensible rubbish, it’s also meant as an indictment of the manner in which the disconnect between actual human interaction and the interactions that increasingly take place behind computer monitors can be viewed as the systematic desensitization of the human race. If that makes some viewers uncomfortable, I suspect that’s intentional, and that gains the movie a little — not a lot — of weight to all its outrageous splattery shenanigans. Rated R for frenetic sequences of strong brutal violence throughout, sexual content, nudity and language. — reviewed by Ken Hanke Playing at Carmike Cinema 10, Carolina Asheville Cinema 14, Cinebarre, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande Stadium 15.
Paper Heart J Director: Nicholas Jasenovec Players: Charlyne Yi, Michael Cera, Jake M. Johnson
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The Story: A fake documentary about making a documentary that incorporates more fake documentary in the form of a scripted romance. The Lowdown: An interminable 88-minute movie that’s so in love with its own clever cuteness that it may make your teeth hurt. This isn’t a movie. This is like being trapped by the doting parents of a spectacularly backward child, who then proceed to bludgeon you with attempts to make you proclaim how adorable said child is. Now, I see a lot of movies, and a lot of them I don’t like very much. Very rarely, however, do I hate them. I hated Paper Heart. A lot. In the interest of full disclosure, I’ll admit up-front that I dislike the so-called mockumentary genre — and Paper Heart is more or less a mockumentary. It’s a lazy genre of filmmaking that allows for a maximum of snarkiness with a minimum of effort. It requires little in the way of actual skill, because it carries the built-in excuse of trying to look “real.” Paper Heart actually ups the ante here by being partly (at least in theory) a real documentary crossed with a reality TV show in the bargain. The end result of this curious mélange is more akin to a shell game than anything else. Where does reality end and fabrication begin might sound like an interesting premise — even if we
know that reality pretty much ends the minute people know they’re being filmed. But it’s not an engaging premise unless there’s some emotional investment involved. That — at least for me — is nowhere to be found in this contrivance. The premise is that Charlyne Yi (a young woman who has had small roles in Knocked Up (2007) and Cloverfield (2008)) doesn’t believe in love and sets out to try to discover what love is by making a documentary on the topic. According to the film, Ms. Li is a comedian, a musician, an actress and an artist. I saw no convincing proof of any of these things, despite the fact that she’s playing herself. The hook is that she meets and becomes — largely against her will — involved with Michael Cera, with whom she either was or is involved in real life. Once again, we have the real person playing himself — or some variation of himself, since there’s nary a mention of the fact that he’s a successful movie personality, even if he’s of the alarmingly one-note variety. (He’s starting to remind me of a Jon Heder who has learned how to breathe through his nose.) What this results in is an uninvolving simulacrum of romance between a pair of mumbling, inarticulate boobs who have no discernible personalities apart from a shared taste in hoodies. They live in completely depersonalized apartments that might as well be motel rooms. Their primary function in life seems to be “hanging out.” They go to “a movie.” What movie? Who knows? The film never tells us. In fact, the film never evidences any sign that either character has any interest in anything — I mean apart from deciding which hoodie to wear on any given day. They mumble. They mope. Ms. Yi tends to emit a braying laugh at her own quirky awkwardness. As far as I’m concerned, they mostly annoy. The film sometimes scores in its actual (well, presumably actual, but how can we tell?) documentary footage of real-life interviews with people who have experienced love (or think they have, at any rate). But it’s hardly enough, and these bits only serve to make the vapidness of the Yi-Cera MTV’s Real World romance that much more vapid. This is where someone might jump in and praise the realism of the presentation, which would be a pretty strange assertion to make about something that is completely fabricated. But even conceding that it is some form of realism, so what? I’m siding with Quentin Crisp’s old statement that even the worst movie is at least better than real life — and if this is real life, I’ll take a large order of slick Hollywood fantasy. You may find Paper Heart cute and precious and funny. You may find Yi and Cera absolutely adorable in their forced awkwardness (surely, they cannot be this shallow and boring in reality). The cheesy Michel Gondry knockoff puppet-theater interpolations may charm you. The conceit of watching a documentary about the making of a documentary in which a wholly fabricated story intrudes on the proceedings may engage you. Fine. I still think it’s painfully twee rubbish. Rated PG-13 for some language. — reviewed by Ken Hanke Starts Friday at Carolina Asheville Cinema 14.
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Condos For Sale $135,000 • CLINGMAN AVENUE Between Downtown and the River Arts District. New 1BR, 1BA urban condo. Parking, storage, private balcony. The Real Estate Center, (828) 255-4663. www.recenter.com
$495,000 • DOWNTOWN • AMAZING VIEWS 2BR, 2BA top floor condo in the Piedmont Building. Many windows. Hardwoods, gas fireplace, elevator. Best price/sqft downtown! MLS#435275. The Real Estate Center, (828) 255-4663, www.recenter.com
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DOWNTOWN KRESS BUILDING Custom Condo in the historic Kress Building. 2 PINs, adjoining spiral staircase. Original maple floors, private balconies, high ceilings. • $525,000, lease/purchase also available for $1800/month. MLS#423787. The Real Estate Center, (828) 255-4663. www.recenter.com
HISTORIC S&W CONDOS New condos in the heart of downtown in historic art deco building. 3rd and 4th floor units w/elevator access and city or mountain views. From $290,000. The Real Estate Center: (828) 255-4663, www.recenter.com • info@recenter.com
LEXINGTON STATION Downtown condos, garage parking, wood floors, private balconies, stainless appliances, fitness center. • 3BR penthouse: $499,000. • 2BR, 2BA: $289,900. • The Real Estate Center: (828) 255-4663. www.recenter.com TERRIFIC LOCATION DOWNTOWN • $225,000. 2BR. 2BA. Furnished, stainless steel appliances, W/D. Secure entrance/parking. Fitness center, rooftop garden. List price lower than purchase. Brokers welcome. 251-543-6400. TIME TO BUY A CONDO! With low rates, great inventory and $8000 tax credit, Now is the time to buy. • I can help! Call and let’s talk. Clark Sanders/Broker: 779-9000. Asheville Investment Properties
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First time buyers receive up to $8000 tax credit when buying a home in 2009. • With rates at 40 year lows, there’s never been a better time to buy! All move-in ready 3BR, 2BA with many upgrades, $139,900. Mountain views, pet friendly, owner-occupied. Call Brickton Village today! Nitch Real Estate. (828) 654-9394 or bricktonvillage.com
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Heating & Cooling MAYBERRY HEATING AND COOLING INC • Service • Repairs • Replacements AC/Heat Pumps • Gas/Oil Furnaces • New Construction/Renovation s • Indoor Air Quality Products. (828) 658-9145.
Kitchen & Bath ELK MOUNTAIN ASSOCIATES We specialize in • re-fitting Bathrooms and Kitchens and finishing Basements • adding Garages, Porches and • Sunrooms. • Professional education and experience. Call (828) 242-1950 or (for all our information):
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1 DAY ROOM TRANSFORMATION Custom painting, decorative finishes, wallpaper installation/removal. • 15 years experience. • Meticulous • Timely • Reasonable. Heather, (828) 215-4365. Custom Home Interior Accents.
General Services GET RESULTS! “When we started advertising, we quickly determined that our best response was from our inexpensive ad in the Mountain Xpress Classifieds! Thanks for 10 years, Asheville.” Dale Mayberry, Mayberry Heating and Cooling, Inc. You too, can benefit from advertising in Mountain Xpress. Call today! (828) 251-1333. SANTA FE LOOK • PLASTERING • STUCCO Interior • Exterior • “Green” • Residential • Commercial • 30 years Asheville area. Call Perry: (828) 301-2323 or 258-2443. • • See my work (click Products, Venetian Plaster Base): www.earthpaint.net
Handy Man HIRE A HUSBAND Handyman Services. 25 years professional experience, quality, reliability. References available. Free estimates. Insured. Stephen Houpis, (828) 280-2254. RELIABLE REPAIRS! Quality work! All types maintenance/repair, indoor/outdoor. Excellent water leak detection/correction! 38 years experience! Responsible! Honest! Harmonious! References! Call Brad, you’ll be Glad! (828) 273-5271.
Computer COMPUTER SERVICE AT YOUR DOORSTEP We Come To You! • PC and Mac • Slow computer? We’ll speed it up. • Repairs • Upgrades • Networking • Tutoring. Senior Citizen/Nonprofit Discounts. Call Christopher’s Computers, 828-670-9800. Member Better Business Bureau of WNC.
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Home ALCA REMODELING • Specializing in hardwood floors, bathrooms, kitchens, decks, trim, electrical, carpentry, pressure cleaning, general maintenance. References. Alan, 828-656-8375.
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Carpentry • Minor Electrical • Small Jobs • Repairs. • Call Greg: 230-1132 or 258-1107.
Services
Commercial Listings
HOUSEKEEPER/PERSONAL ASSISTANT has an opening to work for you. Call (828) 216-4592 ORIENTAL RUGS, UPOLSTERY & CARPET CLEANING • Also Tile & Grout Sealing. Very reasonable. 15 years experience. Warranty, certified.Natural solutions. Free estimate. 828-713-5463.
MATH AND SCIENCE TUTOR K-12 and college students; coursework, exam preparation. French lessons all levels (native). East Asheville. Call 298-4310.
RARE EARTH LANDSCAPING CO. • Yard Maintenance-Mowing, Trimming, and Pruning Landscaping Design, Planting/Transplanting, Mulching Hardscapes Walls, Drainage, Erosion Control, Water Retention, Raised Bed Gardens Gardening. Handyman and Hauling Services Available (including Pressure Washing). 30 years experience. Jim Crotty 667-5274,
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NICE SUBURBAN OFFICES South of Airport, Hwy 280. 4,400 sqft. freestanding building. Possible office/live-in. Approximately $3,000/month.
Commercial Property COMMERCIAL FOR SALE • Downtown, old fashioned building w/character on busy 0.25 acre corner, $980,000. • Downtown, Coxe Avenue newer building, ground floor office/retail w/onsite parking, $395,000. • Gateway to Broadway Corridor, 3 buildings, 2 lots, home to many new developments, $1,650,000. The Real Estate Center, (828) 255-4663. www.recenter.com DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE: For sale. Renovated 1,227 sqft office building. $259,900. Call G/M Property Group, 828-281-4024. jmenk@gmproperty.com
IDEAL DOWNTOWN LOCATION • Spake Real Estate has 15B Broadway available for commercial lease. $15 per sf. 1903 sf but will subdivide from 1230 sf. Please call 828-277-9670, ext. 113. NICE SUBURBAN OFFICES South of Airport, Hwy 280. 4,400 sqft. freestanding building. Possible home office. Cheap, $92/sqft. $395K. NAIBH Comm. 258-6379
Business Rentals $10/NNN • TUNNEL ROAD ANCHOR SPACE! Great space for medical/professional office . Completely modernized for dental care. Also suitable for walk-in clinic or other service oriented business. Easy access with ample parking. Close proximity to VA Hospital. Approximately 3500 sqft, one level with client and separate service entrance. Contact (828) 215-9823 for details. 1 MONTH FREE! (W/12 month lease). River Arts Studios starting at $180/month, includes utilities. Call 250-9700 or e-mail: rega@charterinternet.com
AFFORDABLE • BRAND NEW! Be the first at Bent Creek Knoll on busy Brevard Road! Great space options and visibility with high traffic count. 1250 sqft, priced from $1250. Owner/broker: 215-9823.
RIVER DISTRICT 6,000 sqft shell - artists; flexible uses. Owner will upfit for Class A office. Call G/M Property Group, 828-281-4024. jmenk@gmproperty.com
Rentals
ATTRACTIVE, 2,000 SQ,FT. DOWNTOWN OFFICE • 55 Grove Street. Four offices, break room, large reception area. Below market at $10/ sq. ft. Ample parking nearby. Practical and beautiful. Call (828) 253-9451. COMMERCIAL LEASES Many opportunities: Office, retail, mixed-use, all locations in and around the area including downtown. • Call the agent with her finger on the pulse! Paula Cooper, (828) 775-1485. The Real Estate Center. DON’T MISS THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY For street corner presence on busy Tunnel Road! Great visibility, suitable for both commercial or business needs. Over 1000 sqft for $850/month and ask about the rent concession! Contact (828) 215-9823 for showings. Davenport Properties. DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE: For lease. Retail and office suites, 222 to 2,964 sqft. Very prominent locations. Call G/M Property Group, 828-281-4024. jmenk@gmproperty.com DOWNTOWN WEST ASHEVILLE - 814 Haywood Rd, Great work/live, 1200 sq.ft., 1BR, hardwood floors, utilities included, $925/month. (828) 236-9772. DOWNTOWN Coxe Avenue, newer building, groundlevel retail with walking traffic. $1500/month. Call The Real Estate Center, (828) 255-4663. www.recenter.com
18 ORANGE, DOWNTOWN OFFICE SPACE Across from Staples. 1,325 sqft, entire first floor, large kitchen/bath, $1,295/month, water and electric included. Available Oct. 1. By appointment: 828-273-3765.
HENDERSONVILLE ROAD Close to Asheville. Deluxe suite of offices, 160, 280 sqft. Ample parking. Cheap! 828-216-6066.
DOWNTOWN Ground-floor retail w/courtyard on Lexington Avenue. Approximately 2982 sqft, hardwood floors, newer building. $2000/month. The Real Estate Center, (828) 255-4663. www.recenter.com
Rooms For Rent DOWNTOWN • SINGLE ROOM The Gray Rock Inn, 100 Biltmore Avenue, near French Broad Food Co-op. • Weekly rates, $105/week. References, security deposit required. John: 230-4021.
Apartments For Rent $325/MONTH CANTON; $450/MONTH CANDLER Nice, renovated 1BR apartments; minutes from downtown Asheville. No smoking; no pets. Call (828) 337-5447.
1 FREE MONTH! (w/contract). Walk to everything downtown, live, work and play! • Studio: $545/month. • 1BR: $650/month. Water/heat included. Call 254-2029. APM. 1 MONTH FREE RENT* Escape to the woods today! Apartment living in a parklike setting. Convenient South Asheville. * Limited time offer. Call (828) 274-4477. woodsedge.webs.com Woods Edge Apartments 1 MONTH FREE!* • 12 MONTH LEASE Or choose graduated discounts on 6 or more months! • Fireplaces • Heated pool • Fitness Center and more. *Call (828) 687-0638. kensingtonplaceapts.com 1-2BR, 1-2BA, ARDEN, Glen Beale, *2nd month free*, $575-$675/month, 828-253-1517, www.leslieandassoc.com
1BR MERRIMON AVE. • $500/month plus deposit. 389 Merrimon Ave. Walking distance to Weaver Park and UNCA. Call Cynthia, 778-4556.
3BR, 2BA, NORTH, 81 LAKESHORE, A/C, coin-op laundry, deck, $725/month, 828-253-1517, www.leslieandassoc.com
1BR, 1BA, NORTH, 365 Weaverville, w/d hookups, $485/month, 828-693-8069, www.leslieandassoc.com
65 LOOKOUT ROAD Adjacent to UNCA. Nice 2BR, 1BA, living room, large eat-in kitchen, washer/dryer hookups, water and trash pickup included. Off-street parking. Available immediately. Pets considered. $645/month + $645 deposit, year lease. Contact Tom, (828) 230-7296.
2 BEDROOM APARTMENT Close to Greenlife/downtown. Spacious, large windows, front porch. $750 includes water bill and shared laundry. Sorry, no dogs. 683-5233. 2BR, 1.5BA, HENDERSONVILLE, 902 Hillcrest, $595/month, 828-693-8069, www.leslieandassoc.com 2BR, 1BA, EAST, 7 LINDSEY, A/C, W/D hookups, $595/month, 828-693-8069, www.leslieandassoc.com
1-2BR, 1BA, HENDERSONVILLE, 2010 LAUREL PARK, coin-op laundry, $495-$695/month, 828-693-8069, www.leslieandassoc.com
2BR, 1BA, EAST, 119 Liberty, a/c, w/d hookups, $625/month, 828-253-1517, www.leslieandassoc.com
1-3BR, 1-1.5BA, SOUTH, Skyland Heights, $525$780/month, 828-253-1517, www.leslieandassoc.com
2BR, 1BA, EAST 7 Violet Hills, wood floors, $565/month, 828-253-1517, www.leslieandassoc.com
1, 2, 3 BEDROOM APARTMENTS From $525$1500. • Huge selection! • Pet friendly. (828) 251-9966. Alpha-Real-Estate.com
2BR, 2BA, CENTRAL, 484 Windswept, w/d hookups, fireplace, view, $795/month, 828-693-8069, www.leslieandassoc.com
ACTON WOODS APARTMENTS • Beautiful 2BR, 2BA, loft, $850/month. • 2BR, 2BA, $750. Include gas log fireplace, water, storage. 828-253-0758. Carver Realty BLACK MOUNTAIN • 2BR, 1BA. Heatpump, central air, W/D connection. Nice area, includes water. Only $625/month. 828-252-4334. BLACK MOUNTAIN • All new deluxe studio apt. in quiet mountain setting. Deck, trails, views. $650/month. Utilities included. Available now. No pets/smoking. 828-669-5342. CENTRAL • S. French Broad Ave. 1BR, 1BA, office. $615 per month. 828-350-9400.
Kensington Place Apartments You’ve Got Choices! • Flexible Leases: 12 Months - 1 month Free! 6-11 Months: graduated discounts call for details • Fireplaces - Wood or Gas • Energy Efficient Gas Heat • Private Patio/Balcony • Full Size Washer/Dryer Connections • Laundry Facilities on Property • State-of-the-Art Fitness Center and Free Fitness Classes for residents • 2 Pools: • 1 seasonal • 1 year-round • Tennis Court • Courtesy Officer/Official • Studio: 1BR, 1BA • 2BR, 2BA • LOFT/2BR, 2BA • 3BR, 2BA
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DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE Near Pack Square at 11 1/2 Broadway. Large 1BR, 1BA, 900sq.ft. D/W, w/d hookup. $685/month includes water. Call 828-277-9670, ext. 113 or e-mail minor @spakerealestate.com
GLEN BRIDGE APARTMENTS • 1BR, 1BA. $450/month. Includes water/garbage. Small complex in Arden. Move in special with one year lease. arcagencyasheville.com. 828-350-9400.
NORTH ASHEVILLE • Farrwood Ave. 2BR, 1BA. Hardwood floors throughout, very nice unit. Coin laundry in basement. Covered parking for one car per unit. No pets/no smokers. $795/month. 828-350-9400.
DOWNTOWN • Top quality efficiency apartment on ground floor, separate bedroom area, patio, parking available. $700/month. 828 230-0755.
HENDERSONVILLE • 1BR, 1BA. Walking distance to Main St. Includes water. Only $425/month. 828-252-4334.
NORTH FOREST APARTMENTS 2BR, 2BA. Beautiful complex, built 2002. Safe and secure. Close to I-26/UNCA, North Asheville. • $600/month. 778-6809. www.delkandson.com
EAST • OFF TUNNEL ROAD Available now. 1BR in quiet neighborhood. 5 minutes from hospitals, 3 minutes from Asheville Mall, on busline. New paint and carpet. Cable ready. Offstreet parking. $495/month, water included. Deposit. 713-4600. EFFICIENCY APARTMENT • Available immediately. 289 E Chestnut ST. Ground floor units available, $450/month. No pets. 828-350-9400. GET QUALITY RESULTS! I received calls from a lot of high quality renters, as opposed to other publications I’ve tried. I will continue to advertise with Mountain Xpress. Patricia H. You too, can find the ideal renter, just call us! (828) 251-1333. Mountain Xpress Classified Marketplace.
HENDERSONVILLE 1BR studio apartment. Walking distance to Main Street. Includes water. Only $385/month. 828-252-4334
NORTH • 1BR. Hardwood floors. $550/month. Call 828-253-0758. Carver Realty
GAY FRIENDLY LANDLORD Has 3BR, 2BA doublewide. 2 acres in Candler. Central heat/AC. $750/month, references, credit check, 1st, last, security. 633-1851. LARGE SINGLE WIDE 14x80 2 bedroom, 2 bath in West Asheville. AC/heatpump, covered front porch, covered parking in a private setting and only 2 miles to downtown. Only $795/month. (828) 275-3651.
A BIG THANX! “Thanx Xpress! The recent rental ad attracted a steady stream of quality applicants, thanks to your quality publication.” Mark K. • You too can find quality renters by placing an affordable ad in the pages of Mountain Xpress Classified Marketplace: 251-1333.
OAKLEY AREA 3BR, 1BA. Central heat/AC, WD connections. • Reduced: $495/month. Deposit, lease. • No pets. 298-8939.
MONTFORD. 2 BR, 1BA. LR, DR, kitchen. Yard, laundry, storage. Veranda. Hardwood floors. No pets. Lease, deposit, references. $800. 669-9250.
STUDIO - 2BR, 1BA, SOUTH • 1020 Hendersonville, A/C, storage, carport. $645$705./month. 828-693-8069. www.leslieandassoc.com
WEST ASHEVILLE • 2BR, 2BA mobile home. In very nice park. Like new. In city and on bus line close to town. Only $615/month. 828-252-4334.
NORTH ASHEVILLE APARTMENT 2BR, 1BA, heat pump with central air, dishwasher, washer/dryer connections. In nice location. $625/month. Call (828) 252-4334.
WEST ASHEVILLE • 1BR, 1BA unit available. 856 Haywood Rd. $595 per month. 828-350-9400. Pets with deposit.
WEST ASHEVILLE • 3BR, 2BA mobile home. Like new. In city and on bus line. Close to town. Only $625/month. 828-252-4334.
NORTH ASHEVILLE TOWNHOMES Off Merrimon. Walking distance to town. • 1BR: $495/month. • 2BR, 1BA: $525/month. • 3BR, 1BA: $625/month. Includes water. 828-252-4334.
BEAUTIFUL WOODED SETTING Near UNCA. Super clean 2BR, 1BA. New paint, carpet, linoleum, bathroom. Deck. • No pets, please. Reduced: $635/month, includes utilities/heat, yard maintenance. (828) 768-2191.
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1BR, 1BA • Walk to work, A-B Tech, hospital, town. Beverly Condo. $525/month + deposit. (828) 281-3753.
Condos/ Townhomes For Rent $750/MONTH 2BR, 2BA • Hardwood floors, DW hookup, DW, water included. Cats only. A-B Tech/Hospitals/Downtown. Call: 253-1767.
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ASHEVILLE DOWNTOWN LOFT Award-winning contemporary loft with great light and finished with all high-end appointments. Partially furnished. Texas stack gas fireplace, high ceilings with exposed beams, marble bath, bidet, custom cabinets. A great space to make your home. $1500/month 828-242-5456 or mrsmawest@yahoo.com BILTMORE COMMONS 2BR, 2BA condo. Clubhouse w/workout room, air, gas log fireplace, deck. $800/month. • No pets. (828) 252-6664. Bass and Royster. DOWNTOWN LUXURY CONDOS Brand new loft in historic 52 Biltmore Avenue Building. 1BR, 1.5BA with 250 sqft 2nd floor mezzanine. Gourmet kitchen, oak floors, exposed brick, modular lighting, large windows, W/D, concrete, granite, stone, stainless upgrades. Indoor parking. Best Downtown location; walk to anything. $1,250/month. Year lease. 828-301-8033 or 954-684-1300. Oxford Ventures
FLETCHER • 2BR, 1.5BA townhouse available for immediate rental. Very nice unit with one car garage. Duplex style living, very convenient to I-26 and south Asheville shopping/restaurants. One small pet considered. $800 per month. 828-350-9400. LUXURIOUS STUDIO CONDO Downtown Asheville, Kress building. Fully furnished with water, trash, power and parking included for $1250/month. Please call (828) 670-9772 or email: lisa@rodhubbardinc.com NORTH ASHEVILLE TOWNHOMES Off Merrimon. Walking distance to town. • 1BR: $495/month. • 2BR, 1BA: $525/month. • 3BR, 1BA: $625/month. Includes water. 828-252-4334 SOUTH ASHEVILLE • Condo. Like new. Heatpump, central air, W/D connection, W/D available if needed. D/W, disposal. Deck. Only $785/month. 828-230-6357. WEST ASHEVILLE • 1100 sq.ft. 2 BR, 1.5BA townhouse available immediately. Nice unit, very convenient to everything West Asheville has to offer. No pets. $675/month. www.arcagencyasheville.co m 828-350-9400. WESTPOINTE • 3BR, 2BA $1095/ month. www.arcagencyasheville.co m. 828-350-9400. WINDSWEPT VIEWS • 2BR, 2BA. One lower unit for $750/month. www.arcagencyasheville.co m 828-350-9400.
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1929 MONTFORD BUNGALOW Newly renovated, contemporary 2BR, 2BA, bonus room. Gas fireplace, hardwood floors, skylights, jet tub Master bath. All new appliances and WD. Gas heat, central AC. Tiled front porch, large back deck overlooking creek. $1300/month. Flexible lease. References required. (828) 545-2781. 1ST CALL US! 2, 3 and 4BR homes from $700-2500. • Pet friendly. • Huge selection! (828) 251-9966 Alpha-Real-Estate.com 205 Kennedy - Grovemont • 3BR, 1BA. Swannanoa. $650/month. 828-253-0758. Carver Realty. 217 LONG SHOALS ROAD • SOUTH 3BR, 2BA, 1500 sqft. Fireplace, AC, WD connections, 2 car garage, full basement. • Big beautiful yard, lots of garden space. • Near 3 schools and Lake Julian. $1200/month, 1 year lease. Utilities extra. • Pet friendly. 252-3334. 2BR, 1BA • CHUNNS COVE DUPLEX $750/month. Call (828) 253-0758. Carver Realty 2BR, 1BA • Large kitchen, dining, living room areas. Garage. Heat pump, A/C. Sand Hill Rd area. $725/month. 828-713-7225. 3BR, 2.5BA, NORTH, 5 Foxwood, a/c, garage, view, $1,095/month, 828-693-8069, www.leslieandassoc.com AIRPORT AREA • HEATHERWOOD 3BR, 2BA, 2000 sqft. Hardwood floors throughout. Screened porch. • 2 car garage. • Nice basement. $1100/month, security. (828) 693-6828. ALL AREAS - HOUSES FOR RENT. Browse thousands of rental listings with photos and maps. Advertise your rental home for free! Visit: RealRentals.com (AAN CAN)
APPRECIATE OUTDOORS AND WILDLIFE? • Bearwallow Mountain between Edneyville, Asheville, and Gerton. 15 minutes to Hendersonville. 2BR, 1.5BA. Garage, porch. Beautiful views. Electric heat, fireplace, spring water, cable. Nonsmoking environment. $695/month. 615-491-2495. ARDEN • AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 1 3BR, 1BA. Fenced back yard, quiet area. • Tons of trees! $895/month. Please call (828) 670-9772 or email lisa@rodhubbardinc.com ARDEN, OAK FOREST • 3BR, 2BA with full basement/garage. Nice area. Reduced to $1100/month. $30 application fee. 828-350-9400. arcagencyasheville.com ASHEVILLE AREA RENTALS $550$1950/month. • 1-East. • 3-West. • 3-North. • 3South. • Century 21 Mountain Lifestyles: (828) 684-2640, ext 17. For more details: www.KristieFrizsell.com BILTMORE LAKE 4BR, 2.5BA home, porch, deck, garage, walking trails, clubhouse, lake. $1950/month. (828) 252-6664. Bass and Royster. BILTMORE PARK. 4BR, 2.5 BA, 2,200 sqft, Rent for $2,300. Carver Realty, 828-253-0758. CANDLER • 2-3BR, 1BA. Central A/C and heat. Full basement. $900/month + security deposit. References required. 828-778-1328. CHARMING 1920s BUNGALOW • Approx. 950 sq.ft. 2BR, 1BA in Woodfin. Hardwood floors, cheery kitchen w/dishwasher. W/D. Front porch, storage room. Available 9/15. $750/month. 828-230-1899.
3BR, 2BA. ............................ $6 2 5 / M O NTH 2BR, 2BA. .......................... $6 1 5 / M O NTH
BLACK MOUNTAIN 2 BR, 1BA apartment. Heat pump with central air, washer/dryer connections. Also includes water.
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HENDERSONVILLE 1BR, 1BA apar ment with new berber carpet. Small deck with sliding glass door. Walking distance to Main Street. Includes water.
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jobs CLOSE TO AIRPORT/CHRIST SCHOOL • 2BR, 2BA. Beautifully furnished. Lovely, private and secure. Hardwood floors. 2300 sq.ft. Large deck, porch. Six month lease. $1950/month + deposit. 828-280-2919.
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CLOSE TO BILTMORE VILLAGE South: 2BR, 1BA with large lot. Lots of storage space, Hardwood floors. Small pet okay. $800/month. Agent Owned. Call Joy, (828) 231-0334. townandmountain.com
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CONVENIENT TO DOWNTOWN • 3BR, 2BA with large office/den space. Stove, refrigerator, dishwasher and washer/dryer, storage, open deck overlooking private backyard. $1000/month. Includes utilities. Lease. Sandy McCall, Realtor/Property Manager. Sandy@SouthernLifeRealty. com
1BA: $525/month. • 3BR,
DUPLEX • WEAVERVILLE Near new WalMart. 2BR, 2BA. Central AC, ceiling fans. Woodfloors. WD connections. Deck w/view, parking. • Pets considered. $715/month, appliances, water, lawn care included. (828) 273-2271.
NORWOOD PARK Charming 2BR, 2BA home: garage, patio, new carpet and paint. $950/month. (828) 252-6664. Bass and
NORTH ASHEVILLE TOWNHOMESOff Merrimon. Walking distance to town. • 1BR: $495/month. • 2BR, 1BA: $625/month. Includes water. 828-252-4334
NORTH ASHEVILLE • Rancher on 1 acre. 3BR, 2BA. 1400 sq.ft. Hardwoods and tile, full basement, room to garden. 828-216-9265. NORTH ASHEVILLE Beautiful 2BR, 1BA house with 1/2 acre fenced
EAST ASHEVILLE • 3BR, 2.5BA Beautiful, 3-year-old, 1,500 sq.ft. on cul-de-sac. 2-car garage, fireplace, hardwoods. Dog fence. No smoking. Deposit and references required. Cool landlord. $1,250/month. Available Sept. 1. www.rent-this-house.com FALL FOLIAGE RENTAL • Nine weeks, 9/18-11/20. Grove Park Inn neighborhood. 2BA, 2BA. Beautifully furnished. Quiet, sunny. $3,150. Call 828-273-3559. HAW CREEK • Near school. $1100/month. 3BR, 2BA, living/dining room, family room/office, 2 sets gas logs. Full basement with workshop and rec room. Covered front porch and back deck. W/D, disposal, gas heat, window AC. 828-298-5113. HOUSES FOR RENT • Browse thousands of rental listings with photos and maps. Advertise your rental home for free. Visit www.RealRentals.com. (AAN CAN) MARS HILL • 3BR, 2BA. Family room downstairs, wonderful views. One pet considered with increased deposit. $895 per month. 828-350-9400.
backyard. Full unfinished basement. Pets allowed. $1,200/month. Call Bob, (828) 259-9328. OAKLEY 2BR,1BA Bungalow. 1,032 sq.ft. Dining area,large porch,big yard, beautiful trees. 5 minutes from downtown. $900/month. 828-713-7768. OFF THE HOOK! We got a great response from our ad for our Rental house in the Mountain Xpress! The phone rang off the hook! Thanks, Ander, owner, Design Painting. Get your Apartment or House rented quickly and affordably. Call (828) 251-1333. Mountain Xpress Classified Marketplace. REEMS CREEK, MUNDY COVE 3BR, 2BA, $900/month. Call (828) 253-0758. Carver Realty
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RENT AND TRADE AGREEMENT in rural farm setting. We are seeking a family or couple who wants to rent a updated 5 room and 1 bath farm house for $850 a month in the Reems Creek, Weaverville area starting October first. The rent agreement would be a minimum of one year. The traded includes baby-sitting our animals and commercial greenhouses plants during the winter in exchange for use of separate commercial greenhouse, and garden space. Applicants need to respect animals, have some farming and greenhouse skills, and provide references. Need to have an off the farm income. Please send all inquires by e-mail to asalmon @buncombe.main.nc.us SOUTH ASHEVILLE • 4BR, 2.5BA. All brick. Closed sunporch, huge kitchen/dining area. Fireplace. Large lot. Quiet neighborhood. Available Sept. 1. 828-277-1492. SOUTH OAK FORREST 4 BR, 2BA $1,750. Call Carver Realty 828-253-0758. SOUTH, DEANWOOD 3BR, 2.5BA, $1,200/month. Call (828) 253-0758. Carver Realty SWANNANOA • 3BR, 2BA. Cherry Blossom Cove, $1095/month. arcagencyasheville.com 828-350-9400. WEAVERVILLE/BARNARDS VILLE • Available immediately. 2BR with office. Views on 1 acre. No pets considered. $850/month. 828-350-9400.
$575 Share Great Condo 2BR, 1.5BA. Includes rent, utilities, charter bundle, w/d included. 2 cats here. Call Amy at 989-3294 Female preferred, to share 2BR West Asheville home, close to everything. $350/month, share utilities. Deposit. References. • Pet considered. Call Sherri: 242-6119.
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Looking for Perfect Situation Looking for clean,attractive,large room in kind,meditative house with garden in west asheville. Want longterm situation starting Oct.1. 828-649-9767 Male Student needs room in house near unca asap! email steve- tarabokia @gmail.com thanks North Asheville Roommate needed for great house w/deck, wireless, W/D, view, daylight basement for workshop/studio/storage. short term possible. $650 utilities included. (discount if you’re into mowing grass!) info 704-806-7300. RENTMATES.COM • Browse hundreds of online listings with photos and maps. Find your roommate with a click of a mouse! Visit www.rentmates.com. (AAN CAN)
Vacation Rentals BEAUTIFUL LOG CABIN Sleeps 5, handicap accessible. Near Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC. (828) 231-4504 or 277-1492. bennie14@bellsouth.net
Seeking Mature, Happy Roommate Mountain-view 2 bd-1 bath w/ art studio cottage, walking distance to two parks. WestAVL. Susanne 828-989-8361
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$375 Female Roommate Candler You: Quiet, sane, responsible, respectful, good with animals, dramafree, non-smoker Me: Busy male student rarely home with 2 cats, drug-free, respectful. Includes rent, Internet, power and water. Quiet area in Candler. Joseph: 242-7824 or tigerseyedowsing @yahoo.com
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Home Share Opportunity in peaceful West Asheville home. $450/month and share of utilities. Sorry, no pets. 727-564-2703
Seeking mature, fun housemate Room available in 2BR/1BA house near Biltmore Village. Deck, yard, game room. Pets considered. $450, plus 1/2 utilities. Melissa 279-1272
CANDLER • 3BR, 3BA, 4700 sq.ft., 10 acres, barn, $1600/month. $30 application fee. 828-350-9400 arcagencyasheville.com
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General **BODYGUARDS WANTED** FREE Training for members. No Experience OK. Excellent $$$. Full & Part Time. Expenses Paid When you Travel. 1-615-228-1701. www.psubodyguards.com (AAN CAN)
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Monday, September 21, 2009 from 5:30pm to 8:00pm. Location: 723 Fairview Road Asheville, NC 28803. 828-258-0031 Families Together Inc. (FTI) is dedicated to providing quality services to our exceptional children, families and adults. FTI provides services that are: • in partnership with consumers • culturally aware • strength based • solution focused • person centered FTI is a nationally accredited agency providing mental health services in Buncombe, Madison, Yancey, Mitchell, Henderson, Rutherford, Polk, and Transylvania Counties. FTI provides a positive work environment, flexible hours, competitive pay, and an innovative culture. Now hiring: LPC’s, LMFT’s, LCSW’s, LCAS’s, Provisional LCSW’s, and Board Eligible Counselors to provide Comprehensive Clinical Assessments, Individual and Family Therapy, and Intensive In Home Services. Now hiring: Community Support Team Leads. Candidates will have a minimum of a Masters Degree in Human Services and one year experience working with adult population. For more information please contact:
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APPOINTMENT SETTER Set health insurance appointments for local agent. • Hourly rate plus commission for appointments set. A persistent person with a good phone voice should average between $10 and $15/hour after commissions. Part-time, flexible hours, working from home. Stuart: (828) 301-6898. ASHEVILLE AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY Seeks two full-time Custodians to clean and maintain its buildings and grounds on Meadow Road. Some Saturdays required. Competitive compensation and benefits package. Email resume to jsloan@ashevillehabitat.org or mail to Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity, 30 Meadow Rd., Asheville, NC 28803. No phone calls or walk-ins accepted. EOE BOMBARDED WITH CALLS! “We’ve literally been bombarded with calls from the employment ads we’ve placed in Mountain Xpress. It’s allowed us to carefully screen our applicants to find just the right employees that help our business grow.” Shay Amber, Manager, Pristine Clean. • What more can we say? Mountain Xpress Classifieds get results! Call 251-1333 Get results and grow your business! CAB DRIVERS Needed at Blue Bird; call JT 258-8331. Drivers needed at Yellow Cab; call Buster at 253-3311.
FIND QUALITY EMPLOYEES FAST! We found more than a dozen highly qualified job applicants in less than a week with just a single classified ad in the Mountain Express. • Chris Dennen, PhD, President of Innovative Healing Inc. • Your business can quickly and affordably find the right employee. Call 251-1333, Mountain Xpress Marketplace! FULL TIME/PART TIME CASHIER POSITIONS • Seeking customer service oriented, consistent employees for full-time or part-time cashier positions. Must be able to work nights and weekends. Must maintain steady pace in busy location. Skills: making change, keeping records, caring for customers. Competitive starting pay with increases at 30, 60, 90, 180, 360 days related to performance. Benefits package includes: Paid Vacation, 401K, Profit Sharing, Medical Benefits after six months employment. Equal Opportunity Employer. Apply in person at: 2580 Hendersonville Rd., Arden • 125 Leicester Hwy, Asheville • 716 E. Main St., Sylva. Apply between 9am2pm, Mon-Fri. No phone calls. 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.
INSURANCE HOME SURVEYOR Part-time. Perform fieldwork and computer reporting for a national industry leader. No experience. Paid training. Performance based pay, $15/hour. Apply at www.muellerreports.com
PRODUCTION WORKERS NEEDED Recruiting “production workers” for first shift, four 10 hour days, Monday-Thursday. $9/hour. Training provided for those that qualify. • Call today: 654-0310. Apply online snelling.com/asheville/ application
SPRAY FOAM INSTALLER • Requirements: 2+ years construction experience, good physical condition, ability to lift weights exceeding 50 pounds unassisted and weights exceeding 500 pounds assisted. Ability to work from ladders, scaffolding and navigate attics and crawl spaces as needed. Candidate must have own transportation and be willing to travel overnight for out of town projects. (828) 337-5721.
APOLLO FLAME BISTRO Now accepting applications for daytime and evening Servers, 18 or older. Open Monday-Sunday, 11am10pm. Apply in person: 2pm-4pm, MondayThursday, 1025 Brevard Road, across from Biltmore Square Mall.
SPRAY FOAM INSTALLERS. 1+ years of experience. Ability to drive box truck with valid license, mechanical ability, not afraid of heights, team player. $10-$14/hour based on experience. (828) 350-1155 x303.
COCKTAIL SERVERS • EXPERIENCED Full or parttime for evenings. Great pay: $5.15-$6.50/hour plus tips. Flexible hours. 6652161. • Apply in person: Holiday Inn Plaza, 435 Smokey Park Highway. Infusions Lounge.
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FOOD SERVICE SPECIALIST Full-time. To plan and prepare meals for up to 120 children and adults, transport hot foods and account for meals served while complying with state and federal regulations. • Graduation from high school and considerable experience in food preparation in large quantities, including some lead worker responsibilities; or an equivalent combination of education, experience and training. • Must possess a valid NC driver’s license, pass physical, drug screen and background checks. Excellent Benefits. Salary Range: $10.26/hour$12.37/hour. • Send cover letter along with telephone numbers and work references to: Human Resources Manager, 25 Gaston Street, Asheville, NC 28801. Selected applicants will be contacted for an interview. Open until filled. EOE and DFWP.
NAIL TECHNICIAN/ESTHETICIAN /MASSAGE THERAPIST • Busy downtown salon expanding. Experience preferred or double license. Will be offering organic services. Please bring resume in person to: 82-B North Lexington Ave. No phone calls please.
Sales/ Marketing Employment Opportunities • Call (828) 225-6122 or visit: biltmore.com
Skilled Labor/ Trades GUTTER INSTALLER • Immediate employment for established company. Must be experienced. Drivers License Required. Excellent pay and benefits. 828-654-0036.
SALES PROS • Time to get paid what you are worth AND have a life. Call 1-888-700-4916.
Restaurant/ Food “150 CALLS! At some point, I was hoping they’d stop! The best vehicle for finding quality employees, and advertising your business.” Russell, The Skyclub. Your business can benefit with low cost, efficient advertising. Call 251-1333. Mountain Xpress Marketplace Classifieds.
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PART TIME FEMALE CNA NEEDED For elderly couple in Grove Park area. Please submit resume to: judithmontz@hotmail.com or Bonnie (primary caregiver) 828-283-1395.
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BAKER • DAY SHIFT Approximately 30 hours/week. Experience with pastry, breads, desserts required. Call 669-1626. Black Mountain Bakery.
MOUNTAIN X JAMS! As a growing business that relies on the face put forward by our employees, Mountain Xpress Classifieds is where we turn to find them. The volume of high-quality applicants replying to our ads can be hard to choose from, and it is always worth our investment. Thanks Mountain X! Rebecca and Charlie, owners, Tomato Jam Cafe. NOW HIRING • Earn $65K, $50K, $40K. (GM, CoManager, Assistant Manager). We currently have managers making this and need more for expansion. One year salaried restaurant management experience required. Fax resume to 336-431-0873. WAITPERSON NEEDED High energy, drug free. Apply Mike’s Main St. Grill. 645-5500.
Medical/ Health Care MADISON MANOR NURSING CENTER • Has job openings in the Nursing Dept. RN, LPN, CNA. Apply at 345 Manor Rd., Mars Hill, NC 28754 or call 828-689-5200. EOE.
FAMILY PRESERVATION SERVICES OF HENDERSONVILLE has immediate openings for Licensed Clinical Social Workers, Licensed Professional Counselors and Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialists to provide individual and group therapy to the MH population. Please email resumes to wfhoward@fpscorp.com
Haywood and Jackson County Psychiatrist Assertive Community Treatment Team. Please contact Joe Ferrara: joe.ferrara@meridianbhs.or g Haywood County Therapist/Team Leader Child and Family Services. Master’s Degree and supervisory experience. Please contact David Hutchinson at david.hutchinson@meridian bhs.org Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP) Assertive Community Treatment Team. Must have a Bachelors degree in a human services field and two years post-degree experience, or a Masters degree. Please contact Mason Youell, mason.youell@meridianbhs. org. Jackson, Macon, Swain County Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP) Child and Family Services. Must have a Bachelors degree in a human services field and two years post-degree experience, or a Masters degree. Please contact David Hutchinson at david.hutchinson@meridian bhs.org Cherokee, Clay, Graham County Therapist/Team Leader: Child and Family Services. Masters degree and license eligible. Please contact David Hutchinson at david.hutchinson@meridian bhs.org • For further information and to complete an application, visit our website: www.meridianbhs.org LCAS/CSAC Office space and clients available. Also Bilingual (Spanish) Counselor with NC Addiction credential CSAC/LCAS. Call Bruce: 777-3755.
SUPPORT BROKER (Case Manager). The Arc of NC seeks a passionate and extraordinary person to become our next Support Broker, providing case management services, including person-centered planning and supports coordination for people with developmental and other disabilities in our Asheville office. • Seeking person who is a steeped in personcentered principles, with knowledge of selfdetermination and personcentered planning tools a Must. Working knowledge of NC system and generic resources in the local county is crucial. • Knowledge of state and Medicaid funding streams necessary. • Must be able to provide CAP case management. • Requires a creative, progressive thinker and strong advocate who is very self-disciplined. • Must be a QP in Developmental Disabilities with Bachelor’s degree in a human service field and at least two years related experience. • Excellent starting salary and benefits. This position is a Full-time position. • Interested parties should send their resume and cover letter to Lori Boehm, email to: lboehm@arcnc.org or fax #: (828) 254-6885. CERTIFIED SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELOR • To provide DWI assessments PRN. (828) 253-7066 or send resume to ashevilleinstitute @gmail.com
Caregivers/ Nanny STACIE’S PERSONAL CARE SERVICES • Hiring experienced CNA’s for a variety of weekday/weekend shifts, including some 8-12 hour shifts. Buncombe, Madison, Haywood, Swain, Jackson, Henderson Counties. Clean background, drug screen, and references required. Apply on line @staciespcs.com or call 866-550-9290.
Professional/ Management INSURANCE MANAGEMENT Bankers Life and Casualty Company, one of the largest and most respected companies in the insurance industry is currently seeking individuals interested in entry-level insurance sales positions. Ambition, intelligence, integrity and a strong work ethic will lead qualified individuals into management positions within three months to one year. Our associate managers earn $60,000 to $100,000 per year with top performing managers earning $200,000+. For additional information visit www.bankerslife.com, or please call Rikki Metcalf at (704) 940-1360 to arrange an interview.
SALES/ESTIMATOR to build and manage service and maintenance division for commercial construction. Must be knowledgeable in all phases of construction, able to make cold calls and follow-up on leads. We need someone who has great people skills, personable, efficient, organized, accurate, a team-player, and can multitask. Benefits include vehicle, vacation, health, dental and life insurance. Must have valid NC DL, bondable and pass background and drug screening. Send resume to employavl@bellsouth.net Stokton Global Trading needs production managers. No sales. This is a part-time opportunity that could be long-term (up to 24 months). Contract. Stable income from $1,200 per month. Visit us at: stokton.org/vacancies.html
Teaching/ Education YMCA OF WESTERN NC • Afterschool Program Opportunities $7.25 $13/hour Please visit our web site for details: www.ymcawnc.org Teachers
SCHOOL SEEKING BILINGUAL PRESCHOOL TEACHERS. Preschool experience required. Must be fluent in English and Spanish. Native Spanish language speakers encouraged to apply. Send resume: laborday@bellsouth.net
Jobs Wanted ELDERLY HOME CARE By mature, compassionate, professional female. Good vehicle for shopping, errands, etc. • Asheville area. Experienced. • Great references. 686-5634.
Career Training EARN $75 - $200/HOUR • Media Makeup Artist Training. Ad, TV, Film, Fashion. One week class. Stable job in weak economy. Details at http://www.AwardMakeUpS chool.com 310-364-0665. (AAN CAN). EARN YOUR MASTER’S DEGREE in Integrated Teaching Through the Arts in Asheville. Close to home and only one weekend a month. No GRE or MAT required. Lesley University is America’s top teacher of teachers. Contact Jacinta White at 888-608-8463 or at jwhite14@lesley.edu
Employment Services HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA! Fast, affordable & accredited. Free brochure. Call now! 1-800-532-6546 Ext. 97 continentalacademy.com (AAN CAN)
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 BEST HOME-BASED BUSINESS EVER! It’s fun; it’s simple; it’s lucrative. To hear 3-minute message, call 1-866-257-3105, code 1. BIZ OP • Want to purchase minerals and other oil/gas interest. Send details to: PO Box 13557, Denver, CO 80201 DYNAMIC PARTNER NEEDED • To assist growing the 13th largest online shopping portal in America. Send resume: P.O. Box 15423, Asheville NC 28813.
Announcements ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS in 111 alternative newspapers like this one. Over 6 million circulation every week for $1200. No adult ads. Call Rick at 202-289-8484. (AAN CAN) MILLBROOK HIGH SCHOOL REUNION Raleigh, NC 1974, 35th Class Reunion October 2nd and 3rd, 2009. For details go to: www.millbrook7475.myeve nt.com Email questions to: Millbrook1974@gmail.com MINDFUL MONDAY MORNINGS! At WriteMind Institute. Begin your week with focus. 6am-11am: Sitting/walking meditation; empower yoga; light breakfast with conversation; stay for silent work time. Plan to join for the full morning or for just 30 minutes. $15 drop-in or free for members. For schedule and details, call (828) 253-1733 or visit writemindinstitute.com 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)
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All skill levels welcome. HAVE FUN. MEET PEOPLE. PLAY POOL. Sign-up to play on a local team 828-329-8197 www.BlueRidgeAPA.com ONGOING – weekly league play
Lost & Found Lost Sentimental BLUE CANON Camera and pictures in PINK Case last week. Reward Offered if found! Please contact (828)7790695!
Classes & Workshops FALL JEWELRY CLASSES Beginning and Advanced Silversmithing, Lost Wax Casting, Chasing and Repousse’, more Enameling! Jewelry Gallery now open. Repairs; 30+ years of experience. Friday thru Sunday, 11am until 5 pm. Earthspeak Arts, 375 Depot St, Asheville wechurlik@earthlink.net 828-678-9038 www.earthspeakarts.com LEARN VIETNAMESE/ASIAN COOKING • Tired of the same old food? Learn to prepare healthy and nutritious food. seasiancookingeasy.com
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RELAX AND ENJOY YOUR OWN PERSONAL FARINFRARED SAUNA! One session burns over 600 calories. Relieves allergies, arthritis, fibromyalgia plus much more. Call 828-654-6223.
Bodywork **ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE MASSAGE!** Perfect pressure! Caring, intuitive, professional therapist. Tranquil sanctuary just 3 blocks from Greenlife & downtown! Reasonable rates, Open Mon thru Sat., 9am to 7 p.m. by appt. only Brett Rodgers LMBT #7557. www.vitalitymassage.net (828) 255-4785.
#1 AFFORDABLE MASSAGE CENTER Best rates in town! $29/hour. Therapeutic Massage: • Deep Tissue • Swedish • Sports • Trigger Point. Also offering: • Acupressure • Energy Work • Reflexology • Classes. Call now for your appointment: • 10 Biltmore Plaza, 505-7088. Asheville. thecosmicgroove.com $35 MASSAGE- Say goodbye to stress for less. Call to book a wonderful, therapeutic massage.LMT # 7113. 828-275-5497. BEST MASSAGE IN ASHEVILLE Deep tissue, sports massage, Swedish, esalen. Available in/out. Jim Haggerty, LMBT# 7659. Call (828) 545-9700. www.jhmassage.com
$20-$40* • AFFORDABLE ACUPUNCTURE *Sliding scale. South Asheville near Earth Fare. 5 Allen Avenue, Suite B. (828) 687-8747. www.livingpoints.net Ayurvedic/Holistic Bodywork A Holistic and Integrative approach to healing. Massage, Detoxification therapies, & Chakra Balancing. Located in the Xolar Vibronics Xolarts Center for Healing Arts. Downtown Asheville. Lauren Barta LMT (828)-333-2717.
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Earn your Master’s Degree in Integrated Teaching Through the Arts in Asheville, close to home and only one weekend a month. No GRE or MAT required. Lesley University is America’s top teacher of teachers. Contact Jacinta White at 888-608-8463 or at jwhite14@lesley.edu
HAND DELIVERING GOOD WORK TO HOMEBODIES & BUSYBODIES IN ASHEVILLE I utilize aspects of several modalities and approaches to better facilitate relaxation, moving through energetic blocks, releasing pain and healing. Travis Jackson, LMBT #4393. 828-772-0719, eyes-of-the-worldmassage@hotmail.com
MASSAGE/MLD Therapeutic Massage. Manual Lymph Drainage. Lymphedema Treatment. $45/hour or sliding scale for financial hardship. 16+ years experience. 828-299-4105. 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; experience the invigorating cold plunge; then get the massage of your life! 26 massage therapists. 299-0999. www.shojiretreats.com STAY RELAXED. Massage therapy at your home/office. 1/2 or 1-hour appointments. Call Sarah Whiteside, LMBT#4741, (828) 279-1050. sarahsgolf@charter.net
Counseling Services COMPASSIONATE COUNSELING. Licensed, 25 years experience healing childhood issues, relational conflict, anxiety, depression, anger management, substance abuse. Medicaid, BC/BS. Affordable sliding fee. Guy Morganstein, LPC. 828-337-7549.
Spiritual A SPIRITUAL MENTOR Nina Anin. Wherever you are, by phone: (828) 253-7472 or email: asknina@excite.com INTUITIVE HEALER • Removing energy blocks that keep us from moving forward. Transforming mind and body. Stress relief. Suzanne, 779-0077. PSYCHIC MEDIUM ISIS intones your heart’s desire. Love, career, problems inhibiting your dreams, or peace of mind. 1-877-777-9389 Ext 16.
Natural Alternatives HOLISTIC IRIDOLOGY® Fascinating detailed Iris Analysis, Bio-Chemistry Analysis, Cardiovascular Screening, and Meridian Kinesiology for ‘Total Health Assessment’ with effective Natural and Holistic Therapies, BioDetoxification programs, Advanced Energy Healing. Call Jane Smolnik, ND, Iridologist at (828) 777-JANE (5263) for appointment or visit UltimateHealing.com
Singer/Performer someone to accompany me on performances and recording - 828-776-0378 chrisoneillsongs @gmail.com
MAKE MUSIC! GuitarPiano- Drums- BassSinging- Banjo- Mandolin lessons created for you/your child’s interest. Experienced, enthusiastic instructor, Erik… 828-242-5032.
Musicians’ Bulletin Established Asheville Band seeks a drummer who can play reggae, funk, & rock. Must Be Spiritual,hardworking, & humble. 828-348-0998, Ext 2. Experienced drummer, all styles, prefer jazz. 828-877-2413
WELCOME CELENE! After a decade at Eclipse Salon. • Organic and vegan products and color! • For an appointment, call us: 5059490. Monday-Saturday. wildflowerstudioasheville. com
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Musical Services AFFORDABLE RECORDING IN ASHEVILLE Special: 8 hours for $140! Awardwinning, radio-quality production. Pro tools, laidback environment. Image consulting, design and photography also at rock bottom prices. 828-413-1145. AMR STUDIO Audio mastering, mixing and recording. • Musical, literary and instructional services. • Tunable performance room, on-site video available. Visa/MC. (828) 335-9316. amrmediastudio.com ASHEVILLE’S WHITEWATER RECORDING Full service studio services since 1987. • Mastering • Mixing and Recording. • CD/DVD duplication at the best prices. (828) 684-8284 whitewaterrecording.com
Female Seeking Two Musicians w/strong vocals for professional folk trio (i.e. Peter, Paul, & Mary). Possible travel. Call 828-885-5410. Female Singer/Rhythm Guitar looking for a chance to share my talent with my community any ideas welcome tg1@bellsouth.net 828-776-2056 Free Studio Time UNCA Music Tech. student seeking band/artist for recording project. Contact Andrew at aglectio@unca.edu FREE UPRIGHT PIANO Old upright piano. Not pretty but has great sound. Must move yourself from MarsHill storage. Needs tuning. (828)776-1666 ganfae@gmail.com Looking for Electric Drummer Got an electric kit? email me, working on original rock/blues project. drumin@gmail.com Metal Band Wanted guitarist looking to join or form metal band.676-1017 Need sick and twisted drummer check us out at www.myspace.com/mecha nicalrodeovagina. Don’t bother if you’re easily offended. Our music is of an adult nature. Thanks! Seeking Female Vocalist for triphop/chillout project if your interested please contact james at groovysound70@yahoo.com
SOLATIDO (as in do-re-mi) A retreat for aspiring and seasoned songwriters, Monday-Thursday, September 28-October 2 at Wildacres Retreat. • This year’s special guest instructor is Marshall Chapman, For more, www.solatidoworkshop.net Tennessee Hollow needs a bass player. check out the music at www.tennesseehollow.com and call Chris @ 617-413-2641 Wanted: Free Upright Piano. Help! Looking for piano donation for special needs student.Plz Call (828) 337 5962.
Found Pets GOLDEN MIXED BREED DOG • Male. One blue eye, one brown eye. No color. Found close to East Asheville Blue Ridge Parkway. 304-671-4114.
Pets for Adoption
A LOYAL COMPANION Murray, a Shepherd mix, might be the one for you. Call Brother Wolf Canine Rescue at 808-9435 for more information or visit www.bwcr.org Adopt Gracie the Cat! Loving spayed, microchipped, indoor/outdoor 3-year-old black cat; small adoption fee. Call 828-298-6600 (East Asheville).
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Lost Pets LOST BLACK MINIATURE PINSCHER Tan markings, docked tail and ears. Answers to Tink. Last seen on Queen Rd., Candler on Pisgah Hwy side. Michelle or Travis 828-280-7753 or 828-242-6092. LOST CAT - REWARD! Tabby, brown/gray/black, neutered male, very big, weighs 20 pounds, 4 years old, lost in Chunns Cove area. Call 828-251-1983 LOST YOUR PET? FOUND A PET? Call Asheville Humane Society, (828) 253-6807, to fill out a missing or found pet report. Visit 72 Lee’s Creek Road, Asheville. ashevillehumane.org
English Bulldog Healthy and sociable AKC reg puppy for adoption, free to pet loving home email: perezirene@live.com FIND THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE! Cats, dogs, & other small animals available for adoption at Asheville Humane Society • 72 Lee’s Creek Road • Asheville, NC • (828) 253-6807 ashevillehumane.org
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PORRIDGE Female/Spayed Domestic Shorthair/Mix 3 years 1 month. I.D. #8075783 PIXIE Female/Spayed Spaniel/Mix 7 years 1 month I.D. #7986937
RENTAL SPACE for healing workshops and classes Plenty of parking and restaurants for lunch. Reasonable rates. Suzanne, 779-0077.
MISS BETTY BOBINSKI Female/Spayed Domestic Shorthair/Mix 6 months. I.D. #8175583
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Yard Sales $2 OFF • WITH THIS AD Bring your stuff • Take home the money! 6am3pm: • Friday: $5 • Saturday: $10 (Sell on Saturday, get Sunday free!) • Sunday: $5. 1500 Brevard Road • Bent Creek. 230-8585. Bent Creek Flea Market Big Sale off Haywood Rd Sept. 12 in West Asheville. Several Families, baby stuff, furniture, antiques, good stuff. Baker Ave off Haywood. Giant Yard Sale at Berry Temple United Methodist Church - clothes household items, furniture, electronics, and refreshments for sale. Friday, 9/11, 8-5 and Saturday, 9/12 8-1. 34 College Place at bottom of Town Mountain Road and I-240. 259-9106. Huge Sale Fri 9/11 7a-11a & Sat 9/12 7a-11a 262 Rose Hill Rd 713-4148 Furniture,toys,Jr&Misses clothes,household,books,we dding dresses,collectibles,holiday, costume jewelry,shoes
GET LUCKY! Lucky is a Norwegian Elkhound who is searching for a loving home. He is 8 years old and left homeless since his owner died. Brother Wolf
HELP MAX FIND HIS FOREVER HOME Max is a Dachshund who would love to be your dog. Brother Wolf Animal Rescue is a nonprofit dog and cat rescue group that is dedicated to helping abandoned dogs and cats find their forever homes. Adoption fee, $125; all animals are spayed/neutered, up to date on shots and microchipped. Visit www.bwar.org or call 458-7778.
Animal Rescue is a nonprofit dog and cat rescue group that is dedicated to helping abandoned dogs and cats find their forever homes. The adoption fee is $125; all animals are spayed/neutered, up to date on shots and microchipped. Visit www.bwar.org or call 458-7778.
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TRIXIE is a Heeler mix puppy who is searching for her forever home. Brother Wolf Animal Rescue is a non-profit dog and cat rescue group that is dedicated to helping abandoned dogs and cats find their forever homes. The adoption fee is $125; all animals are spayed/neutered, up to date on shots and microchipped. Visit www.bwar.org or call 458-7778.
Two Lovely Kitties in need of homes. one siamese mix and one tabby, both adult females. call 828-645-4655 for info.
1995 Mercury Grand Marquis Silver, leather, all power, new tires. Needs front brake pads. $650. Call 828-768-2581.
Pet Services
2004 Honda Civic 2 Dr 66k miles silver auto. trans. Some dings in body.Great gas milage. 828-989-6494 $8900 firm.
ASHEVILLE PET SITTERS Dependable, loving care while you’re away. Reasonable rates. Call Sandy Ochsenreiter, (828) 258-0942 or 215-7232.
LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE! End cruel and dangerous constant chaining of dogs in NC! Lobby your state reps to reintroduce legislation addressing dog chaining. For information, contacts and downloads, visit www.crittersong.org
Vehicles For Sale
Autos 1990 Buick Century $1000 OBO Interior and exterior in good condition, needs some general work. Please call if interested Tasha 785-304-2526
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2005 Toyota Matrix 5-sd., power steering, windows, and locks; cruise control, roof rack, front wheel drive, 81k miles, perfect mechanical condition. $7,900. 828-281-3510. 2005 Toyota Prius Black, tan leather. GPS. Front/side airbags, child safety lock, new tires, tinted windows, 70K. 85K mile bumper to bumper Toyota warranty. Garaged, one owner. $15,000. 242-5456. 2008 GT Mustang, 10,300 miles. Take over loan approximately $23,746. Must sell. 828-691-1664 DUNE BUGGY Seeking Street legal dune buggy in good condition. Call 275-5650.
Trucks/Vans/ SUVs 1995 Dodge Ram 1500 2WD, White, Regular Cab, Laramie SLT, 154,966 miles. Leave message: 828-280-2793
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2000 Toyota Sienna 135K miles, CD, Tape deck, a/c, sunroof, 2 side sliding doors. Few nips and bruises on the outside. Clean and runs great! 828 243 2513. $5500 obo
Brand New Laptops/Desktops Bad credit, no credit - no problem. Small weekly payments. Order today and get free Nintendo Wii game system. Call now: 800-840-5439. (AAN CAN)
MATTRESSES Pillow-top: queen $250, king $350 • Extra firm: queen $175, king $275 • Full: $150 • Twin: $99. New, in plastic. 828-277-2500.
Cherry 1988 Chevy S10 ext. cab 4.3 Jasper engine, custom solid red paint, bed liner, hard top, papers, upgrades, extras. Asking $5300. 828-669-0989.
Dell Latitude D800 laptop, wireless, 1 gb ram, XP Pro, exc. cond. $285 828-274-1032.
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Automotive Services WE’LL FIX IT AUTOMOTIVE • Honda and Acura repair. Half price repair and service. ASE and factory certified. Located in the Weaverville area. Please call 828-275-6063 for appointment.
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Computers Brand New Laptops/Desktops Bad credit, no credit - no problem. Small weekly payments. Order today and get free Nintendo Wii game system. Call now: 800-840-5439. (AAN CAN)
Lexmark Print Smart Z730 Printer. Practically new, $18, 828-254-9154.
Sporting Goods 1997 GSI SeaDo with trailer. Needs battery. $800. 828-691-1664 Kelty Double Jog Strollerblue Great condition jogger is or similar to Deuce $400 model. Asking $250, blue with understorage holds 2 youngin’s jcyoungca@gmail.com 683-2701 Power Cage Unit with steel weights of 300 lb. Includes Bench and leg curls. New was $1100. Must sell. $650. Firm 828-691-1664
Furniture Innovations Black Chrome Contemporary Sleeper Sofa Sleek and sophisticated. New and in excellent condition. Retail $900, selling for $650. 828-243-0200.
Portable Chicken Barn $170 Attractive and durable coop can be moved around your yard or garden to keep 4 egglaying-hens safe. e-photos 683-2701 jcyoungca@gmail.com
General Merchandise Babybjorn Active Carrier brand new, in box. black with silver trim, comes with two detachable bibs. for more info call 828-645-4655. Chicco Stroller and Car Seat matching set (orange), gently used, comes with base, car seat snaps into stroller. call 828-645-4655 for more info.
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West Asheville Saturday September 12th 7am-1pm Cool stuff! clothes, furniture, LPs, artwork, and more! 125 Johnston Blvd. corner of Rash and Johnston
Adult Services A MAN’S DESIRE • Steamy Summer Specials! • Call for details. • Let us relax and de-stress you! • MondaySaturday, 9am-9pm. • Incall/outcall. (Lic#08-00020912). • (828) 989-7353. A PERSONAL TOUCH Asheville. • Ask about our Hot Summer Specials! Incall/outcall: 713-9901. A WOMAN’S TOUCH Ask us about our “Summer Special”. • “We’re all about you!”. Call 275-6291. MEET SEXY SINGLES by phone instantly! Call (828) 239-0006. Use ad code 8282. 18+
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