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letters Buncombe schools can do better teaching our children to eat healthy My son has just started kindergarten in the Buncombe County Schools system, and [he’s] loving it so far. I went and ate lunch with him for the first time today to meet his friends and to start to get a feel for the teachers and the general environment in his school. He brings his lunch because he is [a] vegetarian and kind of picky, so he is not eating the school meals. It seems that the school system is trying to have some healthy, fresh options in [its] menu, but there is still a lot of processed food that is loaded with preservatives and fat. I was most surprised to see children drinking blue slushies at lunch! This is very alarming to me, as I have read a lot about food dyes causing hyperactivity in children. Why would you want the children to ingest these chemicals and then try and go sit still and learn? I am also curious about chocolate milk being a choice in the cafeteria. I hardly saw any children drinking white milk. Why would they, if they could choose chocolate milk or blue slushies? There seem to be a lot of overweight children in the school, and these items are just empty calories for them — not to mention the items on the menu like sausage-pancake-on-a-stick, corn dogs and chicken nuggets. There are some healthy choices on the menu, and some fresh fruit and veggies, but are the children really going to pick these when the other option is something processed that looks more appealing to them? I know that many people in our area are concerned about fresh, local, organic food, and it seems like the school system has some of

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correction In last week’s Small Bites, Xpress profiled “Mountain Fire,” a fundraiser for Slow Food Asheville taking place on Friday, Sept. 18. We erroneously reported that most everything served at the dinner will come from the farm at which the event takes place, Sunswept Farms. In fact, several area restaurants, farms and food producers are donating to the cause. To see the entire list, view the “Fire on the Mountain” blog post at www. mountainx.com/ae/2010/fire_on_ the_mountain. that available. I am surprised, though, that Buncombe County is not more of a leader in helping to teach our young people how to lead healthy lives! — Elsa Berndt Buncombe County

Don’t “unschool” — instead, light a fire in children’s minds I would like to thank Hannah Layosa [for her letter, “Free range: Arrested Development,” Aug. 25 Xpress,] about her experiences with unschooling. Sharing our childhood experiences, both positive and negative, helps us to see “through the eyes of a child” and shape an education that best meets children’s needs.

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For other Molton cartoons, check out our Web page at www.mountainx.com/cartoons It is interesting that the author mentions two tragedies in the article: the first, her own dissatisfaction with being unable to acquire the kind of age-appropriate education she was “entitled to as an American,” and second, the trauma her sister and many other American children must endure in order to acquire that education. If we have created an educational system in which a child must endure trauma in order to learn [the] basic skills necessary to help them succeed in life, then we must seriously examine our systems. Free Range Childhood, which operated through the summer, but will not be in session this coming year, is doing just that. Though familiar with “unschooling,” we were not — nor will be in the future — an “unschooling” establishment. Rather, we are rethinking an education in which children can be honored, respected and listened to as individuals pos-

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sessing inherent wisdom, curiosity and value. Instead of coarsely overriding a child’s natural gifts, interests and ambitions in order to fulfill the demands of an institution, we are facilitating a more gentle and natural path of learning. I, myself, struggled under both public and private educational systems, experiencing institutionally condoned emotional abuse. At age 14, my ninth-grade year, my mother suggested I try home schooling, as there were a growing number of children finding it a fulfilling and successful educational path. I began to teach myself, with the assistance of long-distance courses and the dual-enrollment program of our local community college. I quickly began to love and seek out learning opportunities! I became passionate about literature and history, art, anthropology and social justice. I began to travel extensively, play and perform music locally with my home-schooled

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sister, as well as becoming a published writer. I tutored at the local library, worked various side jobs and volunteered with Habitat for Humanity and other social organizations. I relished every moment of discovery and self-awareness as part of my learning process. And I was free to learn because I loved and enjoyed it. W.B. Yeats said, “Education is not filling a cup but lighting a fire.” It is that conviction, accompanied by the belief in the basic human dignity and rights of each child, that will continue to compel myself and other insightful minds to pioneer new, more compassionate and liberating communities of learning. For the children’s sake. — Mary Ellen Phillips Waynesville

Keever will blend mountain heritage with today’s new energies

As a relatively new member of the Western North Carolina community, but with a lifelong interest in the well-being of our country, I have endeavored to acquaint myself with the candidates running for office in the N.C. House. I am impressed with Patsy Keever. From the moment one meets Patsy, one is struck by her warm, friendly manner, behind which is a discerning look and an attentive listener. Her work on behalf of children reflects our national need to ensure all children receive a quality education. And her interest in our mountain environment, both cultural and physical, is so essential now to blend

North Carolina’s mountain heritage with the new energies coming into the region. For all her service, experience and values, I strongly support Patsy Keever. — Pat McClendon Asheville

Don’t listen to the party of “No!”

To paraphrase Harry Truman, anyone who votes Republican ought to have his (or her) head examined. Sure the country is in a mess, but think about it – it didn’t happen overnight (the last two years). Coming out of the 1990s, we were on the road to fiscal responsibility. But then what happened? It was Republican Phil Gramm who got the

heyyou We want to hear from you. Please send your letters to: Editor, Mountain Xpress, 2 Wall Street Asheville, NC 28801 or by email to letters@mountainx.com. banks deregulated, allowing the sub-prime mortgage mess. It was a Republican Congress who passed the Medicare Part D (with the “donut hole” and no price controls or government discount). It was a Republican Congress that drastically reduced taxes on the top 1 percent. It was a Republican president who got us into two endless wars (I guess he couldn’t remember Vietnam) without asking us to pay for them (Yeah, someone has to cover the cost of these foreign entanglements). And it was the Republican-led Congress that passed the “bank bail-out” bill before our current president took over. Remember? Yes, there were surely plenty of complicit Democrats involved, I won’t deny it. And some [members] of the current administration are worthy of criticism, but we’ve at least started digging out of the ditch we were run into over the previous eight years. What programs would the Republicans have instituted had they been in power the last two years? ... I’ll bet it would be more of the same — cut taxes on the wealthy, and cut services to everyone else. Think about it. — Gred Gross Celo

I don’t want to live in the Republicans’ world Since Obama took office, Republicans, with the help of corporate lobbyists, have made a concerted effort to destroy his administration. Their concern was not for the problems of this country and its citizens, but simply to destroy Obama so they could take this country again, even after their disastrous Bush administration that led to most of the problems we face. [Sen.]Richard Burr is engrossed in this drive to take over the government [using] lies and the dirty tricks of Karl Rove, who, along with Cheney, was behind the disastrous Bush administration. They are only self-serving and are not concerned about this country and its citizens. They may say so, but they lie, just as Burr is lying in his TV ads. He must be defeated. They are all despicable in my eyes. I do not want to live in their world. — Lloyd Kay Asheville

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Having worked on the 51 Biltmore hotel/parking garage project for four years, I was surprised by Cecil Bothwell’s recent commentary (see “Parking in a Money Pit,” Sept. 1 Xpress). I don’t believe Bothwell’s claims fairly represent it. As president of Public Interest Projects, I went to bed on Aug. 31 worrying about money, our downtown merchants’ ability to compete with chains, paying staff and how we can continue creating affordable housing downtown. The next day, I read Bothwell’s piece and discovered we were rich. As you can imagine, it was quite a relief — or would have been, had it been true. It’s good, however, to have a chance to clear the air and share more about 51 Biltmore. Twenty years ago, Julian Price charged us with making reasonable long-term investments that also served the community. We at PIP thought a vibrant, livable downtown could be the smartest, greenest alternative to sprawl. Here are some facts about the proposed project: 2025 Plan: In 2000-01, a broad range of city

partnership suggested by it, many recent staff recommendations, all the work by this and previous Councils reviewing and approving this project, and the thousands of taxpayer dollars already spent on it based on those approvals. Everyone has a right to disagree, but is there any point at which it becomes disrespectful and irresponsible? If a lengthy public process involving a broad cross section of our community, backed up by professional studies, can be disregarded based solely on one Council member’s guess, what’s the point of having a public process? We should do a shuttle ... and parking: We’ve heard repeatedly that lack of density poses the biggest challenge to improving Asheville’s transit system. A shuttle linked to added parking (which would encourage denser development nearby) is a great idea. A shuttle alone would make it even harder for downtown businesses (whose patrons have to find and then pay for parking) to compete with suburban chains’ vast expanses of dedicated asphalt. Asking people to drive to a remote site, park, wait for a shuttle in whatever weather, and then reverse the process after a one- or two-hour downtown visit is not a realistic recipe for helping

Building the deck will help downtown businesses survive while encouraging smart, mixed-use residential development on adjacent, underutilized parcels. residents participated in an extensive process to envision Asheville’s future. The resulting 2025 Plan targets the 51 Biltmore site for a mixed-use, public/ private development featuring a parking structure; it would also be a key stop on a proposed downtown shuttle. A hotel group approached us about buying that property, but we knew that subsequent studies have only confirmed the lack of public parking along the corridor, so we went to the city. Four years of work produced a plan for a midpriced hotel, storefronts along Biltmore, a badly needed parking garage, and the potential for affordable live/work units on Lexington. Asheville would benefit from parking fees, room taxes and enhanced property- and sales-tax revenues, both on-site and in the surrounding area. Parking study: A 2008 parking study found that the Biltmore/Broadway corridor (particularly Biltmore) has the most serious parking shortage downtown, with a deficit of more than 1,000 spaces. The city is constantly criticized for making plans and spending money on studies and then ignoring them. Now it’s being criticized for doing what the plans require and the studies advise. Bothwell advocates ignoring the public process behind the 2025 Plan, “guessing” that the parking study’s all wrong and that a shuttle, by itself, will make up for any lack of parking. On that basis, we throw out all the staff and citizen time that went into the plan, four years of work on the public/private

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businesses survive a tough economy. Current spaces may be lost: Public Interest Projects’ parking lot on the Biltmore site currently provides more than 200 spaces. But we can’t afford to continue sacrificing that property to surface parking, and once those spaces are gone, things will only get worse. One online commenter on Bothwell’s article, a longtime downtown businessman, inadvertently proved the wisdom of adding parking garages when he said, “We have met our parking needs.” The truth is that with two city garages within two blocks of his store, taxpayers have apparently solved his parking problem. Are the small-business owners on Biltmore less deserving? Decks add value: Building the deck will help downtown businesses survive while encouraging smart, mixed-use residential development on adjacent, underutilized parcels. Asheville’s last such investment, in the late ’80s, was the two decks north of Patton and west of Lexington. In 1991, properties there and around 51 Biltmore that lacked integral parking were typically valued at less than $2 million per acre. By 2007, the ones near those city decks had increased in value by more than $30 million per acre, while the 51 Biltmore properties, with no city deck, had increased by just over $6 million per acre. The areas within two blocks of those decks have experienced the highest tax-value increase per acre anywhere in our city.

Public Interest Projects won’t be rich: Rather than “walking away with $4.89 million,” we’d actually have about $300,000 less in cash than we did before we spent four years and hundreds of hours putting this deal together. So why would we do it? The same reason we’ve helped, invested in or created, among others, the Fine Arts Theatre, French Broad Co-op, Malaprop’s, Blue Moon Bakery, the Carolina Apartments, Mountain Xpress, the Asheville Hotel Apartments, The Orange Peel, the Laughing Seed, the Vanderbilt Apartments, Zambra, Salsa’s and Skyrunner: We thought they’d be great additions to downtown that made sense as long-term investments. And if Bothwell thinks the property we’d end up owning is worth $1 million, we’d be glad to sell him those out-parcels, twothirds off and nothing down, if he’ll promise, as we have, to generate work-force housing there. Where’s the money going? The net cash from this transaction (also not $4.89 million) would retire the debt incurred paying Julian Price’s estate taxes because all his assets were tied up in downtownredevelopment efforts. Julian’s heirs won’t be getting any cash either. Funny numbers? Bothwell’s article uses numbers in an odd way. For some reason, he cites 51 Biltmore’s 2005 tax value ($245,700). But the next year, it increased nearly 300 percent (to $931,900). More importantly, tax valuations can be misleading. They don’t show what we paid for the property after many months spent rounding up the numerous owners, or what we’re paying for the Hot Dog King property to help cut the city’s construction costs. Bothwell also cites the estimated cost of spaces in decks as evidence of waste. But estimates don’t mean a whole lot; actual bids do, and they’re not in yet. We did think it was odd we were never called to verify any of the “facts” used in the piece. Property valuation is complicated, as is this project, and in some ways the article seems designed more to score points and stir controversy than to educate and foster discussion. Is the city paying too much? It’s taken four years to get here, and the city is, indeed, expecting to pay the price it agreed to when we signed the contract. We had nothing to do with the delay in closing, and we’ve kept our end of the bargain. That’s how contracts work. The good news is that it’s turned into a great deal for Asheville taxpayers. We’ve been constrained from doing anything else with the property. The city and the hotel developer have had additional time to structure their financing and construction plans. Between savings on construction (which we generated), on financing (due to our agreement to sell rather than lease) and those related to the current state of the economy, Asheville has saved much more than the entire cost of the land and, as planned, is now poised to make its first major contribution to downtown’s parking infrastructure in over 20 years. X Pat Whalen is president of Public Interest Projects.

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news Local family feels vindicated by breakthrough research A diagnosis helps Baldwin family unravel the mystery of son’s illness by Nelda Holder

enced, especially those of the immune system.

Editor’s note: Earlier this year, we reported on a Black Mountain family’s experience after an unidentified source accused Lisa and Rodney Baldwin of medically neglecting Ryan, their only child (see “Home for the Holidays,” Jan. 6, and “Home for Good?” Feb. 24 Xpress). Although he’d been diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome and declared medically disabled by the Social Services Administration, the Buncombe County Department of Social Services took custody of Ryan, who spent 10 months in three separate foster placements. The family was reunited last November. The one-page letter dated Sept. 1, 2010, contained the following statement: “I wanted to inform you that your son Ryan’s tests indicated that he has positive [sic] evidence of XMRV in his blood sample drawn by PSI several months ago. As you know, we are just at the beginning of understanding what this means and what the implication may be for Ryan and your family.” The letter, addressed to Lisa Baldwin, was signed by Judy Mikovits, director of research for the Whittemore Peterson Institute for Neuro-Immune Disease (www. wpinstitute.org/xmrv/index.html), located at the University of Nevada, Reno. The institute has been in the forefront of recent, groundbreaking research into the association of the XMRV retrovirus with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute and the Cleveland Clinic. The family had worked with “advocates knowledgeable about the institute” to get Ryan enrolled for testing, Lisa explained. Getting the positive test results, she said, has made them “more optimistic that treatments will follow that will help Ryan.” “We have lived with Ryan’s disability for over six years, and getting this news has definitely impacted us as a family,” she wrote in an e-mail to Xpress. “The knowledge we now have and are making public will remove some of the public’s doubt inflicted by DSS,” she continued, referring to

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When you were in the custody of the Buncombe County Department of Social Services, did you think you were receiving appropriate care for someone with your diagnosis? If not, why not? The entire 10 months that I was in the department’s custody, I felt that the treatment I was given was neither appropriate for someone with chronic fatigue syndrome nor for someone who is considered medically disabled. I was placed in the care of foster parents who were told that nothing was medically wrong with me. I was put in homes that were not wheelchairaccessible, [where] I would be forced to climb steps. In addition, I was given physical and psychological treatments designed to either exercise my disabilities away or to convince me that they didn’t exist in the first place.

Confirmed: Last year, the Baldwin family of Black Mountain fought a legal battle to get their son, Ryan, back home; this month, a breakthrough research test confirmed the diagnosis they suspected. photo by Jonathan welch

the charges filed against them. “I am happy to see one solid thing in our future, even if it means once again dealing with an unknown condition, this time called XMRV.” Ryan, who turned 18 in July, continues to live with his parents (and his dog) while working toward his high-school diploma online. Xpress interviewed him recently; here’s what he had to say: Mountain Xpress: What are your thoughts/feelings about (a) having participated in this groundbreaking research, and (b) your test results? Ryan Baldwin: (a) First of all, I feel very fortunate to have even been included in the research in the first place. I know that there are many other patients out there who are waiting to be tested, and I’m very grateful that I was given the opportunity to be tested so quickly. (b) Knowing now that I have XMRV helps me remain optimistic about future treatment options. It is also reassuring to now have a concrete explanation for some of the symptoms and problems that I have experi-

Do you have any suggestions concerning training or education for social-service workers investigating medical-neglect complaints in a situation like yours? I definitely believe that changes need to be made in how social workers handle these sorts of situations. However, it isn’t going to be as simple as additional training. There is a severe lack of general understanding when it comes to certain disabilities in this case and others like it. No amount of simple training or extra guidelines is going to help ... until the public as a whole is better educated in and understands the complexities of these illnesses. Is there anything else you’d like to say? Not understanding or having no desire to learn about CFS is no excuse for widespread ignorance. Be it in the medical field, legal system or just everyday life, efforts need to be made to reform the system with a better understanding of this illness. X Freelance reporter Nelda Holder can be reached at nfholder@gmail.com.

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by Jake Frankel Topping the agenda for the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners’ Sept. 7 meeting was a report on the county’s energy costs and carbon footprint. Delivered by Brad Ellington of the General Services Department, the report found that, although costs and carbon emissions have risen over the last five years, recent steps to lower them are starting to make a difference. The report measured county government’s consumption of electricity, heating and vehicle fuels, and water from 2005 through 2009, expressed in Btu. All told, county operations burned through 152.8 billion Btu of energy in 2005, the study found. Consumption peaked in 2008 at 181.9 billion Btu. Last year, that number declined to 177.5 billion Btu as energy-saving measures began taking effect, Ellington explained.

He attributed the overall increase in energy consumption to the significant expansion of county facilities, which now comprise some 1.46 million square feet (up 364,670 square feet since 2005). Overall, per-square-foot energy costs rose only very slightly (from $1.128 to $1.131, after peaking at $1.316 in 2006). Ellington ascribed much of the variation in those costs to fluctuating gas and oil prices. In 2009, county government’s energy use produced 57.4 million pounds of carbon-dioxide emissions, he reported — an 11.3 percent increase over the 2005 level but a 1.3 percent decrease from 2008. Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas believed to be a key contributor to global warming. Operating the county’s buildings accounted for 59 percent of total carbon emissions, the report found. The next biggest contributor was employee commutes (18.2 percent), closely followed by the county’s own vehicle fleet (17.1 percent). The remaining 5.7 percent was attributed to “other direct emissions,” including those from the landfill and diesel-powered generators. Ellington highlighted the county’s ongoing efforts to reduce both emissions and costs, such

Sizing up Buncombe’s footprint: Brad Ellington of the General Service’s Dept. delivered a report that found that although the county’s carbon emissions have risen over the last five years, recent steps to lower them are starting to make a difference. photoS by Jonathan Welch

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as by replacing windows at the courthouse and lights at the detention center. Those improvements alone are expected to cut carbon output by 787,185 pounds per year, he noted. Ellington also cited plans to upgrade three HVAC systems and replace many of the Health Center’s windows. Several commissioners praised the study as a necessary starting point for making additional progress. “I think this is really an exciting report,” Commissioner Holly Jones exclaimed. “Knowledge is power. … We have to know it in order to work on it.” She also zeroed in on the carbon emissions due to employee commuting, asking if a four-day work week might help lower them. “It would affect the commute; it would also affect building energy consumption. But we’ve also got to weigh that with the level of service we provide,” responded Ellington. “Clearly,” agreed Jones, noting proudly that the county’s per-square-foot consumption (64,595 Btu) is well below state and national averages (138,000 and 90,500, respectively). “I want all the newspaper folks to write that down right now, because that’s big news,” she proclaimed. “I think that this is a national problem, and we have to lead,” added board Chair David Gantt.

Special Needs Registry sign-up lags In other business, Mack Salley of Emergency Services updated the commissioners on the county’s Special Needs Registry. Residents with special needs can register to be contacted during emergencies such as blizzards, floods, power outages and disease outbreaks. In such situations, they’ll be given information about shelters and how to best prepare or respond, he explained. To date, about 307 people have registered; in Henderson County, which has a much smaller population, more than 1,000 people have signed up for a similar service, noted Salley. He believes more residents will start taking advantage of Buncombe’s program once they learn about it. “As we become a larger retirement area — as we all age — there are more and more folks who need to be on this registry. They’re just not aware of it,” said Salley. Commissioner Carol Peterson asked if the county should make sign-up forms available at branch libraries. “Absolutely,” he replied.

Other business Before concluding the hourlong session, the commissioners also: • approved proclamations designating Sept. 1317 as Minority Enterprise Development Week and honoring the Blue Ridge Parkway’s 75th anniversary; • acknowledged the county’s Human Services Support Team and Rich Munger for winning a productivity award; • scheduled an Oct. 8 public hearing to consider a proposed revision of steep-slopes policy; and • unanimously appointed Rick Elingburg and Neil Thomas to serve on the Parks, Greenways and Recreation Services Advisory Board. X Jake Frankel can be reached at 251-1333, ext. 115, or at jfrankel@mountainx.com.

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by Nelda Holder Buncombe County voters will elect 13 judges this fall from a field of 34 candidates; one late-breaking statewide race has 13 people vying for a single seat. To help deal with the logjam, the state will employ instant-runoff voting in that contest, a first for North Carolina. The method will also be used in three counties (including Buncombe) where there are local judicial races involving more than two contenders. Rather than selecting one candidate per race, voters are asked to indicate their first, second and third choices. If no candidate receives more than 50 percent of the first-place votes, the second and third choices will be factored in to determine the winner. This unexpected change, however, has created a complicated situation for both voters and public officials. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re waiting for procedures, plans, instructionsâ&#x20AC;? from the State Board of Elections, reports Trena Parker, director of Buncombe County Election Services. Meanwhile, the last-minute addition of those 13 candidates caused the state to fall behind on approving and distributing this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ballots. As a result, the agency missed the Sept. 3 deadline for having absentee ballots available to the public. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what I like about this job: Every single yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s different,â&#x20AC;? quips Parker. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s never a dull moment.â&#x20AC;?

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Previously used in North Carolina only as a pilot program in local elections, instant-runoff voting has a curious history here. In 2006, the General Assembly made the method mandatory for judicial contests involving more than two candidates. That was in response to an unusual situation created by the July 31, 2004, retirement of N.C. Supreme Court Justice Bob Orr. Because there wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t time to hold a primary, a special filing period was declared, and six candidates signed up. The winner in that race received only 23 percent of the vote. History repeated itself this year, when Judge Jim Wynn resigned from the N.C. Court of Appeals in early August following his confirmation to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. With no time for a primary, a special filing period was once again declared, and now 13 candidates are jockeying to replace Wynn. The crowded field caught the attention of Orr, who now heads the nonprofit N.C. Institute for Constitutional Law. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been a lawyer for 35 years and a judge for 18 of those years,â&#x20AC;? he noted on organizationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So if I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know anything about these people, how can we expect the 1 million or 2 million citizens who will vote in November to have even the remotest idea about whom to vote for?â&#x20AC;? But a surfeit of candidates is not the only problem in electing judges. In 2004, about a quarter of voters statewide failed to mark their

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ballots for the judicial races. This may have been related to the fact that, two years earlier, such contests had been declared nonpartisan, meaning they were no longer automatically included when people voted a straight party ticket. Instead, voters must now indicate their preferred judicial candidates individually.

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“I don’t know that anybody is pleased that we’re doing an election with so many candidates with so little time, but this is the law,” notes Bob Hall, executive director of Democracy North Carolina, a nonprofit, nonpartisan voter-advocacy group headquartered in Durham. “There’s better ways to pick judges than this one,” Hall maintains. “I think [instant runoff] can be useful in some situations. [But] when you have 13 candidates in a judicial election that’s so low-profile, I think it is a challenge for people to know who they prefer.” Under the circumstances, Hall stresses the importance of the 2010 General Election Judicial Voter Guide, which will offer biographical information on every judicial candidate. The Board of Elections will mail a copy to every household in North Carolina (see sidebar, “Who’s Who in the Judicial Races”). An edition of the guide prepared before Wynn’s seat opened up is due to go out Sept. 16, as required by law; it’s already available on the agency’s website (http://www.sboe.state.nc.us). At this writing, a supplement covering the 13 additional candidates was expected to follow “within days,” according to General Counsel Don Wright. The board is printing 4.1 million copies of each guide, he notes, and sending them using the cheapest postal rate. A $3 checkoff on state income-tax forms pays for the guide, which Hall calls “remarkably cheap” — about 12 cents per household, including postage. Both publications should be in voters’ hands before Oct. 14, when early voting begins. As for the instant-runoff procedure, Hall cautions: “Anything that’s new takes time. I would encourage people to try to learn how it works.” X Freelance reporter Nelda Holder can be reached at nfholder@gmail.com.

CampaignCalendar Sunday, 8 a.m., Sept. 12 GOP Fundraiser for Henry D. Mitchell, school board candidate. Reed Memorial Baptist Church. Saturday, 1 p.m., Sept., 25 Free cookout at Van Duncan for Sheriff headquarters, intersection of Patton and Haywood. Thursday, noon, Sept. 30 CIBO Power Lunch forum for NC House candidates. Magnolia’s, downtown Asheville. $10 Lunch buffet. Tuesday, 6 p.m., Oct. 12 League of Women Voters candidate meet and greet, Reuters Center, UNCA.

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through North Carolina’s district and superior courts each year. That means many voters will look a judge in the eye at some point, whether in the context of divorce, child custody, child support, civil suit or even the penalty side of misdemeanors or criminal charges. The November general election invites you to help choose those judges; if you want a little guidance, you might consult the following:

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As temperatures cool down, campaign season has started heating up. In a recent online post, Xpress reported, “Buncombe GOP Fires First Video Salvo.” The blog includes a video produced by the Buncombe County Republican Party in which Chair Chad Nesbitt asserts, “In order to defend ourselves against socialistic terrorism, we need to have a large turnout of Buncombe County voters that believe in God and America.” The video was also designed to tout the party’s recent 9/11 fundraiser, which featured Nesbitt and other volunteers rappelling down a 90-foot tower at the Swannanoa Fire Department. The goal was to raise $100 per rappel, with a total of 210 rappels. “Socialism is a cancer on the United States,” Nesbitt declares, explaining that the party would donate a percentage of the money raised to Hunt the Cure, a nonprofit that raises money for research and sends children suffering from cancer on hunting and fishing trips. Rep. Heath Shuler and Republican challenger Jeff Miller also recently unleashed campaign videos online and on local TV stations. In “Mirror, Mirror on the Wall,” the Scrutiny Hooligans blog aggregated a couple of them in which each candidate attempts to paint himself

Video volleys: In a new video released by the Buncombe GOP, chairman Chad Nesbitt asserts that “in order to defend ourselves against socialistic terrorism, we need to have a large turnout of Buncombe County voters that believe in God and America.” as a Washington outsider. Miller’s begins with a collage of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and President Barack Obama as an announcer grimly declares that “self-serving politicians have failed us.” It concludes by describing Miller as a conservative “job creator — not a politician.” Shuler’s ad features the congressman standing by a pickup truck explaining that he knows “You’re mad at Congress, and so am I.” “You didn’t send me up there to blindly follow one party,” he concludes. “You sent me up there to do what’s right for our mountain families.”

On Sept. 8, N.C. Gov. Bev Perdue appointed Ashevillean Patsy Keever to fill Bruce Goforth’s seat in the state house for District 115 (he retired Keever gets jump on House seat; earlier this year).

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under his leadership, the Sheriff’s Office has “made great strides in improving service and professionalism.” As evidence, he cites lower average emergency-response times and a decline in local crime rates, among other changes. Green, meanwhile, uses his print space to tout his qualifications as a Christian and constitutionalist with extensive experience in law enforcement, including a 17-year run with the Asheville Police Department. Besides having served as president of the Fraternal Order of Firefighters and vice president of the Fraternal Order of Police, Green says he’s also won awards as the city’s Officer of the Year and the Best Dressed Police Officer in the United States. If elected, Green pledges to focus on balancing the budget, fighting illegal immigration and increasing political accountability. And though it doesn’t seem to pose a problem for either of those candidates, the Smoky Mountain News reported last week that a newly proposed state “Ballot Measure Would Bar Felons From Serving as Sheriff.” According to the article, state legislators crafted the constitutional amendment this summer after six felons ran (unsuccessfully) for sheriff in various North Carolina counties during the May primaries. The amendment will be up for a public vote on Nov. 2. Under current law, a felon could be elected sheriff but would be barred from carrying a firearm. — by Jake Frankel

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going strong, but it’s not yet translating into reductions in CO2, which of course is the real measure that counts. Where does your goal of limiting carbon dioxide in the earth’s atmosphere to 350 parts per million come from? A 2008 research paper was the first to assign a real “red line” value, and it came from the planet’s foremost climatologist, Jim Hansen, and his team at NASA. They say any amount of atmospheric carbon more than 350 ppm “is not compatible with the planet on which civilization developed and to which life on earth is adapted.” You’ve noted that we’re already at 392 ppm now. Has this encouraged folks to conclude that there’s nothing to these dire warnings? Oddly, it doesn’t seem to have worked that way. It’s more like when people go to the doctor and he says, “Your cholesterol is way too high.” You may feel OK, but you know it’s time to go to work. Skeptics say, “What good is it if the U.S. cuts its emissions by 50 percent tomorrow — China and India are going to keep on polluting. And how can we be sure we humans are the main cause of the accelerating climate change?” The earth’s atmosphere, they argue, is too big to be affected so dramatically by smokestacks that have been active for only the last 150 years. These folks aren’t very good at math. In 150 years, we’ve put hundreds of millions of years of biology — all those ferns and dinosaurs — up into the atmosphere. It would be shocking if it wasn’t having an effect. Twenty years ago, scientists were still trying to figure out how much of this was us and how much was “natural cycles.” By the mid-1990s it was

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He wrote the book: On global warming, that is. Bill McKibben’s The End of Nature brought the science of climate change to public consciousness in 1989. clear we were the main cause by far, and that conviction has grown stronger with each new study. As to China, it’s installed far more renewable power than we have. With some leadership from us (we are by far the biggest per capita contributors to warming) they may well go farther. You and others have said the oil industry’s stranglehold is preventing passage of carbon-emissions caps and other legislative solutions. What will it take to change this? It’s going to take a very large movement, vocal enough to overcome the massive power of money wielded by the fossil-fuel industry.

You’re a father. What do you tell kids about the planet they’re inheriting? I tell them they need to get out, see the natural world and fall in love with it, and in a few years they’ll be old enough to help lead the charge to protect it. McKibben will speak in the chapel at Warren Wilson College, Wednesday, Oct. 6, at 7 p.m. For more info, call WWC’s Environmental Leadership Center at 771-3006. To learn more about the 10/10/10 initiative, go to http://www.350.org. X Susan Andrew can be reached at 251-1333, ext. 153, or at sandrew@mountainx.com.

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Asheville Green Drinks A networking party that is part of the self-organizing global grassroots movement to connect communities with environmental ideas, media and action. Meets to discuss pressing green issues at Tressa’s, 28 Broadway (upstairs). Info: www.ashevillegreendrinks.com. • THURSDAYS, 6-8pm - Program with guest speakers. Catawba RiverFest • SA (9/18), 10am-3pm - The 7th annual Catawba RiverFest, featuring a water derby race, an obstacle course, kayaking and canoeing, will be held at James State Park in Nebo and promotes a greater appreciation of the river as a vital community resource. Info: 4652755 or www.heritagealliance.org. Land-of-Sky Regional Council Info: 251-6622 or www.landofsky.org. • WE (9/29), 6:30pm - The annual Friends of the River dinner and awards ceremony, honoring individual achievements in promoting the protection of the river and its tributaries, will be held at The Venue, 21 North Market St. Live music will be performed by Jim Magill. $17. RSVP by Sept. 20: Annie@landofsky.org. Solar Power Session • WE (9/22), 5:30-6:30pm - Sundance Power Systems will discuss solar hot-water and electric technologies and design at Black Bear Coffee, 318 Main St., in Hendersonville. Free and open to the public. Info: 6452080. WNC Alliance Members of the WNC Alliance and the public are invited to be agents of change for the environment. Info: 2588737 or www.wnca.org.

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fee ($8/vehicle). No parking fees on 1st Tuesdays. Info: 665-2492 or www.ncarboretum.org. • SA (9/18) - FungiFest: Celebrate the Wonders of Fungi. Workshops will be held throughout the day. Pearson Community Garden Workdays • WEDNESDAYS, 3-9pm - Gather in the Pearson Garden at the end of Pearson Drive in Montford with folks and grow some food. A potluck and produce to take home often follow the work. Perennial Plant Sale • TH (9/16) & FR (9/17), 3:30-5:30pm & SU (9/18), 8:30am-1pm - Perennials and herbs grown in a pesticide-free environment will be on sale at Evergreen Community Charter School, 50 Bell Road in Haw Creek. Info: 298-2173.

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“Backyard Economics,” taught by permaculture expert Chuck Marsh. He’ll teach you how to integrate edible and medicinal plants into the home landscape. And speaking of permacuture, Zev Friedman will be on hand to talk about his Forest Cuisine project, a fascinating approach to raising native edible plants that also help to heal our native ecology. Looking to finally get into composting for a healthy garden? That’s there, too. Want to raise chickens on your property while avoiding pissing off the neighbors? Yep, there’s someone at the fair to show you how to be a lawful leghorn keeper. Vizzina says that already accomplished do-it-yourselfers will find plenty to hone their skills. She also notes that novices to the arts of gardening and sustainability methods will find inspiration to jump right into projects that might have seemed beyond their reach. Part of the focus of the fair, she says, is to “celebrate a life in connection with the earth. Even if you simply grow a tomato or have a bed that gives you fresh lettuce and spinach over the winter, you’re brought back to that connection,” she says. The True Country Fair will be held at the Big Ivy Community Center in Barnardsville, 20 miles north of Asheville. Daily admission is $5 for adults and $3 for children, with an additional fee of $5 per class. For more information, visit organicgrowersschool.org. X Send your home and garden news to mlunsford@mountainx.com

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by Felice Lopez Bell The day before my interview with the Asheville Buncombe Youth Soccer Association for a coach position, I got hit in the face playing ultimate Frisbee. It hurt as only a flying disk can when it careens into your cheekbone at high speed, but my first concern was the interview. Looking back on it, I realize that my battle scar may actually have helped: I probably made an impression in my skirt and dressy blouse, with a bluish-purple bruise across my face. After a pretty standard coaching interview, the program administrator asked if I understood that the girls on the Go To Goal! outreach team are tough. Already halfway out the door, I responded that I play soccer with tough people and that I’ve worked with kids before. But I didn’t realize what he meant by “tough.” The self-proclaimed Battle Divas are from Isaac Dickson Elementary. ABYSA pays for their registration, uniforms and equipment (which the club gets at cost from Arsenal Athletics at the Asheville Mall). We provide transportation for the twice-weekly practices and Saturday games. Nominated by their teachers, these third- through fifth-graders are fed healthy snacks and taught “life skills”

These girls are seeking role models whose success doesn’t depend on a size 0 designer wardrobe and a voice synthesizer. (everything from journal writing to health education). Stacey Enos, the program’s founder, is one of my personal heroes. A former U.S. player, she’s Warren Wilson College’s athletics director. My girls idolize Stacey. They sing songs with her that they’ve made up about Subway sandwiches; they ride in her car; they show her dances they’ve created. She keeps their picture in her office alongside photos of herself competing internationally and of college teams she’s coached. Coaching the Battle Divas represents a totally different set of challenges. One problem I don’t have is over-involved parents yelling, “Kick the ball hard!” “What’s wrong with you?” “Run faster!” and “Put her back in the

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Dream big, play tough: The Go To Goal! program helps get these Isaac Dickson Elementary third-to-fifth graders on the soccer field, says coach Bell (top right). photo courtesy Felice Lopez Bell

game, coach!” In fact, we get very few parents at all. We have several mothers who haven’t missed a game all season, but you don’t have the army of golden-retriever-tethering, coolertoting, umbrella-shaded, track-suit-sporting soccer families that string out along the other teams’ sidelines. The only people our girls can try to make proud of them are me, the assistant coach and their teammates. Yet they play hard the whole game when there are no subs on the bench. They play through asthma attacks, sprained wrists and stomachaches, throwing themselves around like Batman. They do it because they’re tough. A couple of seasons ago, a “spy” I’d planted in the bleachers reported that the other team’s parents had been saying the Go To Goal! girls didn’t belong in the league. This was after we’d suffered a string of losses, and it was frustrating to hear, especially since most teams and coaches are so encouraging. That made it all the more satisfying when our girls beat that particular team the next time around. These girls are tough but also girly. They love pink, Justin Bieber and scented lotion; they sometimes cry at practices. They like to dance, and they don’t want to play outside when it’s raining because it’ll mess up their hair. They obsess about Silly Bandz bracelets, and they’re a little bit insecure. They’re seeking role models whose success doesn’t depend on a size 0 designer wardrobe and a voice synthesizer.

When we took them to a Mars Hill College women’s soccer game, one of the Divas asked Joshua Jackson, my assistant coach, “Why’s there only one black girl out there?” The question surprised me, because they rarely play a team with more than one African-American player. “I don’t know,” Josh replied. “But that’s one of the things we’re working on fixing with you girls.” Walking out onto the bright-green turf at the John B. Lewis Soccer Complex, you can easily spot the Go To Goal! girls among the hundreds of kids dotting the sprawling fields, because they’re usually the only team boasting mostly African-American players. Most of my girls are still years away from middle school, and their dreams concern handsome vampires, pre-practice chocolate snacks and marrying Justin Bieber. I don’t think they realize playing soccer could help pay for college, though that’s my dream for them. For now, however, I’m content to watch them score their first goals and actually use the step-over move or wall pass we’ve been working on all season. And if you see them out at JBL on a Saturday, take a second and give a war cry for the Battle Divas. They’re tough, but they could use your support. X Asheville resident Felice Lopez Bell teaches at Mars Hill College and Blue Ridge Community College.

outdoorscalendar Calendar for September 15 - 23, 2010 Asheville Track Club The club provides information, education, training, social and sporting events for runners and walkers of any age. Please see the group Web site for weekly events and news. Info: www.ashevilletrackclub.org or 253-8781. • SUNDAYS, 8:30am - Trail run for all paces. Meet at the NC Arboretum, Greenhouse Parking Area. Info: 6489336. Blue Ridge Parkway Hikes Led by Blue Ridge Parkway rangers. • FR (9/17), 10am - An easy autumn hike to Craggy Flats. Meet at the Craggy Gardens Visitor Center, Milepost 364.4. Bring water, wear walking shoes and be prepared for changeable weather. Info: 298-5330, ext. 304. Buncombe County Walking Club • TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 8:15am - Meet at the Sports Park in Candler. Gather at the picnic shelter. The purpose of the club is not to compete, but to build fitness and form friendships. Info: 250-4260 or grace. young@buncombecounty.org. Carolina Mountain Club CMC fosters the enjoyment of the mountains of WNC and adjoining regions and encourages the conservation of our natural resources, through an extensive schedule of hikes and a program of trail building and maintenance. $20 per year, family memberships $30 per year. Newcomers must call the leader before the hike. Info: www.carolinamtnclub.org. • WE (9/15), 8:30am - Sam Knob - Devil’s Courthouse Loop. Info: 698-7119. • SU (9/19), 8am - Beech Gap and Hyatt Ridge Trails. Info: 550-1340 —- 12:30pm - John Rock Loop. Info: 252-6327. • WE (9/22), 8am - MST: Bearpen Gap to NC 215 via Mt. Hardy. Info: 738-3395. Events At Folk Art Center The center is located on the Blue Ridge Parkway at milepost 382 (just north of the Hwy 70 entrance in East Asheville). Open daily from 9am-6pm. Info: 298-7928 or www.craftguild.org. • SA (9/18) & SU (9/19) - The 30th annual Heritage Weekend celebrates Southern Appalachian culture with traditional crafts, music and a “World Gee Haw Whimmy

Diddle Competition” (at 2pm on Saturday). Free admission. Fly Fishing Class Held at Headwaters Outfitters in Rosman. Info: 877-3106 or www.headwatersoutfitters.com. • THURSDAYS & SUNDAYS, 11am-1pm - Casting lesson. For all ages. $30, includes all necessary gear. Reservations required. Four-Miler Group • MONDAYS, 6pm - Join Jane Roane’s slow four-miler group, which leaves from Jus’ Running, 523 Merrimon Ave. An easy, social run (10-11 min./miles). Hiking Group for Singles • SATURDAYS, 10am-5pm - Explore the wilderness at Shining Rock. Bring lunch, water and be prepared for difficult but fun hikes. Info: 215-2684. Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy The mission of the SAHC is to protect the world’s oldest mountains for the benefit of present and future generations. Info: 253-0095 or www.appalachian.org. n Reservations required for SAHC hikes: kristina@ appalachian.org or 253-0095, ext. 205. • FR (9/17), 5pm - John Ager will lead a guided sunset hike on Drovers Road Preserve. Free to members/$10 for nonmembers. Swannanoa Valley Museum Hikes Unless otherwise noted, all hikes begin in the parking lot of Black Mountain Savings Bank, 200 E. State St. in Black Mountain. Info or reservations: 669-9566 or swannanoavalleym@bellsouth.net. • 3rd SATURDAYS, 8am - The Swannanoa Rim Explorer hiking series will host treks along 31 miles of the Swannanoa Rim. For experienced hikers only. $20 members/$40 nonmembers. Bring lunch, water and snacks.

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Community Events & Workshops 19th Annual Overmountain Victory Celebration • TH (9/16) through SU (9/19) - An educational festival celebrating the Revolutionary War will

be held at the Museum of Minerals in Spruce Pine. There will be educational activities, games and more. Free. Info: 765-1228. Haywood Street Congregation Clothing Closet • WEDNESDAYS, 11:30am1:30pm - Clothing closet open to persons in need at 297 Haywood St., Asheville. International Day of Peace Observation • TU (9/21), 6:30-7:30pm - Gather at the “peace pole,” located at Asheville City Hall, as bells ring throughout the city. Symbols of peace will be discussed and shared. Proclamations will be read and white doves released. Info: asheville_peacetown@ yahoo.com. Land-of-Sky Regional Council Info: 251-6622 or www. landofsky.org. • WE (9/22), 1pm - Meeting at the Land-of-Sky Regional Council offices, 339 New

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Leicester Highway, Suite 140. Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute Info: 862-5554 or www. pari.edu. • SA (9/18), 7-10pm - International “Observe the Moon Night” on the PARI campus. Info: www.observethemoonnight.org. Public Lectures & Events at UNCA Events are free unless otherwise noted. • FR (9/17), 11:25am - Humanities lectures: “Industrialization, Capitalism and Alienation,” with Dr. Jeff Konz at Lipinsky Auditorium and “Beyond Rights: Toward Capabilities,” with Dr. Brian Butler at the Humanities Lecture Hall. Take Time, Take Charge: An Event for All Women • FR (9/17), 8:30am-3:30pm - Informative speakers on a variety of subjects (health, wellness, lifestyle, business) empowering women of all ages. Keynote speaker: Diane Sieg. Plus, lunch and goodie bags. At the Hilton at Biltmore Park. $40. To register: 1866-790-WELL. Info: pardeehospital.org. TEDxAsheville Local fans of TED, the California-based organization offering free talks from the world’s most inspiring speakers, present an independently organized, homegrown TEDx event. Info: tedxavl@gmail. com or tedxavl.com. • TU (9/21), 11:30am1:30pm - A viewing party, which will feature a screening of a taped TEDx event held in NYC, will be held at Posana Cafe, 1 Biltmore Ave. The French Broad River MPO A partnership between local and state governments that makes decisions about transportation planning in urbanized areas. Info: www. fbrmpo.org. • WE (9/15), 2-8pm - The public is invited to comment on the 2035 Long Range Transportation Plan at the Buncombe County Training Room, 199 College St. in Asheville. • TH (9/16), 10:30am & TH (9/23), 12:30pm - MPO, TAC and TCC meeting at the Land-of-Sky Regional Council offices located at 339 New Leicester Highway.,

Suite 140 in Asheville. Public comments will be taken for the 2035 Long Range Transportation Plan during the meeting. We Read the Constitution • SA (9/18), 1-3pm - This national event, celebrated locally, encourages citizens to read the U.S. Constitution and to know their rights. Children wearing costumes will read the document aloud. There will be music, guest speakers, a play area for kids, refreshments and more. Held at Fletcher Park, 85 Howard Gap Road. Info: jane@ashevilleteaparty.com or 692-3117. WNC Agricultural Center Located at 1301 Fanning Bridge Road in Fletcher. Info: 687-1414. • Through SU (9/19) - The N.C. Mountain State Fair celebrates the heritage of the Blue Ridge Mountains and will include agricultural presentations, music, crafts, art, food, entertainment, livestock displays and more. • TH (9/23) through SA (9/25) - Wings Over the Smokies Honda Goldwing Rally.

Social & SharedInterest Groups Attention Asheville Cajuns! (pd.) Do you want to “pass a good time” with other local Cajuns? Do you want to hear Boudreaux/Thibodeaux stories and talk about crawfish, Zydeco, and all things Cajun? We know y’all are out there! • Email us and let us know if you’d like to get together for a cup of dark roast coffee or a “hurricane” on a monthly basis. We’ll share music and drinks and some laughs while we talk about our Gulf Coast home. ashevillecajuns@ yahoo.com Alpha Phi Alumnae • WE (9/15), 6pm Asheville-area alumnae of Alpha Phi sorority will meet at Nine Mile Restaurant, 233 Montford Ave. Info: 2308764 or Jrandolph919@ aol.com. Antique Automobile Club The Great Smoky Mountains Region of the Antique Automobile Club of America. Ownership of a classic or antique car is not a require-

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weeklypicks Events are FREE unless otherwise noted. Ashe County's On the Same Page Literary Festival, an annual celebration of the written

wed word, will be held Wednesday, Sept. 15 through Saturday, Sept. 18, in and around West Jefferson. This year's festival will feature guest speakers Fred Chappell, John Hart, Robert Morgan and Daniel Wallace. Info & schedule: onthesamepagefestival.com.

The Craft Campus at UNCA invites the public to a Meet the Maker discussion with textile

thur artist Victoria Hyatt Sowers, founder of the Sandy Creek Weavers, on Thursday, Sept. 16, at 7

p.m. Located at the Intercultural Center, Highsmith University Union, room 114, at 1 University Heights. Info: 250-2392.

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Don’t miss this year’s last Downtown After Five on Friday, Sept. 17, from 5 to 9 p.m. featuring live music by headliners Larry Keel & Natural Bridge (Americana) with Grayson Capps (roots rock) opening. The outdoor concert takes place on N. Lexington Ave. at I-240 and Hiawassee. Info: ashevilledowntown.org.

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The 30th annual Heritage Weekend, celebrating Southern Appalachian culture with traditional crafts, music and a "World Gee Haw Whimmy Diddle Competition" (at 2 p.m. on Saturday), will be held on Saturday, Sept. 18 and Sunday, Sept. 19 at the Folk Art Center, located at milepost 382 on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Info: 298-7928.

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All are welcome to join Dr. James Petrank for an Autumn Migratory Birding & Ecology presentation and walk. Held on Sunday, Sept. 19, from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the Botanical Gardens, 151 W.T. Weaver Blvd. Bring binoculars. Info: 252-5190. Celebrate the kick off to Active Aging Week at the Land-of-Sky Regional Council's annual

mon Wellness Expo at the Biltmore Square Mall on Monday, Sept. 20, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This event is packed with activities: exercise demos, flu shots, health exhibits and a volunteer fair. The mall is located at 800 Brevard Road. Info: 251-6622.

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FallScapes, a fall planting and gardening workshop offered by local master gardener Judy Deutsch, will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 21, at 7 p.m. at Leicester Library, 561 Alexander Road. Three bushes suitable for fall planting will be given as door prizes. Info: 250-6480.

ment of membership. Info: 350-9577. • SA (9/18), 9am-4pm - 12th annual Autumn Colors Autorama. Antique and classic cars will be on display in downtown Hendersonville. Info: 683-7701 or 681-8867.

Arise & Shine Toastmasters Through participation in the Toastmasters Communication and Leadership program, people from all backgrounds learn to effectively speak, conduct a meeting, manage a department or business, lead, delegate and motivate. Info: 776-5076. • THURSDAYS, 7:308:30am - Meeting in the University Highsmith Building at UNCA. Asheville Civitan Club Come hear community leaders present programs. Meetings are held at Trinity Episcopal Church, corner of Church St. and Aston St. Open to the public. RSVP for lunch: $10. Info: 348-4222 or www.ashevillecivitan.org.

• TU (9/21), 11:30am Club and Board of Directors meeting. 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. Blue Ridge Toastmasters Club Meets once a week to enhance speaking skills both formal and impromptu. Part of an international proven program that takes you through the steps with fun along the way. Network with interesting people of all ages and professions. Guests welcome. Info: www. blueridgetm.org or (808) 937-7206. • MONDAYS, 12:20-1:30pm - Meeting. Financial Therapy Groups • TUESDAYS, 7-8pm - Try out new ways of living and of being, supported by others with similar circumstances, for the collective wisdom of the group to enlighten all, while lightening the burden of

each. $8. Info: www.financialtherapygroups.com. Firestorm Cafe & Books Located at 48 Commerce St., Asheville. Info: 255-8115 or www.firestormcafe.com. • WEDNESDAYS, 6pm - Firestorm-Blitzkrieg Game Night. Bring your favorite game or come to play someone else’s. • WEDNESDAYS, 5pm - Asheville Cop Watch. Join fellow Asheville residents to promote civilian police oversight and review. • SA (9/18), 7pm - Evolver: A platform for individuals, communities and organizations to discover and share tools, initiatives and ideas that will improve our lives and change the world. Helios Warriors Health Care Program for Veterans A nonprofit alternative therapy program for veterans. Info: 299-0776, info@helioswarriors.org or www.helioswarriors.org. • FRIDAYS & SUNDAYS - Offering complementary/ alternative therapies. Needed: professional licensed/insured practitioners who would be

willing to offer a min. of 3 hrs./month of their service. Land of Sky Toastmasters Your success in business is based on how effective you are. Through participation in the Toastmasters Communication and Leadership program, people from all backgrounds learn to effectively speak, conduct a meeting, manage a department or business, lead, delegate and motivate. $10/ month. Info: www.landofskytoastmasters.org. • TUESDAYS, 7am - Meeting at the Hilton in Biltmore Park. Opportunity House Events Located at 1411 Asheville Hwy. in Hendersonville. Info: 698-5517 or 692-0575. • MONDAYS, 9:30-11:30am - Easy Bridge Workshops. Each session stands alone and will have handouts and practice sessions for each topic covered. $7/lesson. Info: 693-5361. • TUESDAYS, 9-11:30am - Easy Bridge lessons. Don’t have to have a partner to attend. $6/lesson. Info: 7772595.

RiverLink Events RiverLink, WNC’s organization working to improve life along the French Broad, sponsors a variety of riverfriendly events. Info: 2528474 or www.riverlink.org. • TH (9/16), Noon-2pm - The RiverLink Bus Tour, which departs from the Ahseville Chamber of Commerce located at 36 Montford Ave., will answer questions about Asheville’s past and future. $15. Scrabble Club Come play America’s favorite word game SCRABBLE. Info: 252-8154 or www.ashevillescrabble.com. • SUNDAYS, 1-5pm - Meets at Books-A-Million in Asheville. Also meets at Barnes & Noble on Wednesdays at 6:30pm. We have all the gear; just bring your vocabulary. No dues the first six months. Transition Asheville Aims to bring the community together, develop practical solutions and improve the quality of life for everyone in light of peak oil, climate change and the ensuing economic tensions. Info: (423) 737-5162 or 296-0064. • SU (9/19), 1:30-3pm - The Transition Asheville orientation meeting will be held at the Unity Center, 2041 Old Fanning Bridge Road, Mills River. Come learn about opportunities to create a resilient community in the Asheville area. WNC Community Media Center • WEDNESDAYS, 6-7pm - Want your own radio or TV show? Attend a free orientation at the WNC Community Media Center. Info: www.urtv. org/index.php/coursesequipment. WNC Historical Association • SA (9/18), 1pm - Helen Wykle, Director of Special Collections at UNCA, will talk about what materials her department acquires, how they are made available to the public, which collections have been popular etc. at Cornerstone Restaurant on Tunnel Road. Info: 253-9231. WNC Physicians for Social Responsibility • SA (9/18), Noon - Lunch —- 12:30pm - Meeting at the NIRS Office, 45 Riverside Dr. Info: patrie.wncpsr@main. nc.us. Womyn Gala • SA (9/18) - Deadline to register to attend a ladies only speed friendship/dating event at Tressa’s, 28 Broadway. The event will be held on Oct. 9. $15 includes admission to a “Retro Cocktail” after

party. RSVP: smilincuz@ gmail.com. Youth OUTright A weekly discussion group for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth ages 14-23. Each week a new topic and activity will be led by at least two trained facilitators. Straight allies are also welcome. Info: www. youthoutright.org. • FRIDAYS, 6:30-9pm Meets at the Jefferson House, adjacent to the Unitarian Universalist Church (corner of Edwin and Charlotte Streets) at 21 Edwin Pl.

Government & Politics Haywood Peace Vigil • WEDNESDAYS, 4pm - The peace vigil is held at the Haywood County Courthouse in Waynesville. Info: www. unitedforpeace.org. LibertyOnTheRocks.org A national nonpartisan social group connecting liberty advocates. • MONDAYS, 7pm - Meets at El Chapala Restaurant off of Merrimon Ave. Transylvanians for Peace • SATURDAYS, Noon - The peace vigil will be held in front of the courthouse in Brevard. Info: www.unitedforpeace.org. Women in Black • FRIDAYS, 5-6pm - Stand weekly at the Vance Monument in downtown Asheville in a public expression of grief for the violence involved in war. Express support for the people of Gaza and for the human-rights activists who have died trying to deliver aid. Info: 242-5610.

Seniors & Retirees Events at Pardee Hospital All programs held at the Pardee Health Education Center in the Blue Ridge Mall in Hendersonville. Free, but registration and appointments required unless otherwise noted. To register or for info: www.pardeehospital.org or 692-4600. • TUESDAYS (9/14 & 9/28), 1-3pm - Health Insurance Guidance. North Carolina Senior Health Insurance Information Program counselors will help retirees with Medicare supplement options, health insurance and long term care. Fitness at North Asheville Community Center An exercise group welcomes new participants interested in fun exercise. Come get healthy, and it’s free, too! No discrimination against younger participants.

• MONDAYS & THURSDAYS, 9-9:45am - Exercise. Henderson County Senior Softball League The league is always looking for new players, ages 55 and older. Weather permitting, they play year-round. Info: 698-3448 or www. LJRsoftball.com. • TUESDAYS & FRIDAYS - Daytime games at Jackson Park in Hendersonville (AprilOct.) and Leila Patterson Center in Fletcher (Nov.March). Start times may vary with season.

Animals Animal Compassion Network WNC’s largest nonprofit, safe-for-life animal welfare organization. Find a new pet at ACN’s store for rescued pets, Pet Harmony, 803 Fairview St., Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm. Info: 274-DOGS or www.animalcompassionnetwork.org. • SATURDAYS, 11am-3pm - Adoption Days, meet all available pets. Asheville Aussie Club A social club for Australian Shepherds and their people. Call for time and location: (704) 806-7300. • MONTHLY - Meets at various locations. Asheville Kennel Club Membership is open to everyone interested in purebred dogs and responsible dog ownership. Info: 258-4833 or www.ashevillekennelclub. com. • WEDNESDAYS, 7pm - Breed Handling Classes. Learn how to present your purebred dog in the Show Ring. Meets at the US Army Reserve Center on Louisiana Ave. Open to the public. Details and map on the website. Brother Wolf Animal Rescue A no-kill organization. Info: 505-3440 or www.bwar.org. • DAILY, 8am-8pm - Pet Adoption Day at the rescue center, 31 Glendale Ave. Open from 8am-6pm on Sundays. • WEDNESDAYS 6-8pm & SATURDAYS, Noon-4pm - Animal Adoption Day at PetSmart Asheville, 150 Bleachery Blvd. Community Partnership for Pets This nonprofit’s primary goal is to provide affordable spay/neuter services to communities in/around Henderson County. Info: 693-5172 or www.communitypartnershipforpets.org. • 1st & 4th SATURDAYS, Noon-3pm - Purchase your Spay/neuter vouchers at the Blue Ridge Mall, 1800 Four Seasons Blvd., Hendersonville

(at the Kmart entrance). $20 cats/$30 dogs. Parrot Education & Adoption Phoenix Landing is a parrot care, adoption and education group. Info: www.phoenixlanding.org or 658-0088. • SA (9/18), 10am-1pm - A Parrot’s Point of View: A free parrot-care class held at 434 Cedar Hill Road in Alexander. See website for details. Transylvania Animal Alliance Group For information about T.A.A.G., or donations of time or resources, 966-3166, taagwags@citcom.net, www.taagwags.org or www. taag.petfinder.com. • SATURDAYS, 11am-4pm Adoption Days at PETsMART on Airport Road in Arden. View adoptable animals on the website or at www.facebook.com/TAAGwags.

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Technology Western Alliance Center for Independent Living Located at 108 New Leicester Hwy., Asheville. Info: 298-1977 or www. westernalliance.org. • MONDAYS through FRIDAYS, 8:30am-5pm - Give your computer a second life by donating it to Western Alliance to benefit people with disabilities. Donations are tax deductible.

Volunteering Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity Seeks Volunteers Volunteers must attend an orientation prior to scheduling in the Home Store or the Jobsite. Info: lodeen@ ashevillehabitat.org. • 2nd WEDNESDAYS, 6pm & 2nd FRIDAYS & 3rd SATURDAYS, 10am - Volunteer orientations are offered at Habitat for Humanity, 30 Meadow Road. Asheville Art Museum Located on Pack Square in downtown Asheville. Hours: Tues.-Sat., 10am-5pm and Sun., 1-5pm. Admission: $8/$7 students and seniors/ Free for kids under 4. Free first Wednesdays from 3-5pm. Info: 253-3227 or www.ashevilleart.org. • MO (9/20), 10am 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. Carl Sandburg Home Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site is located three miles south of Hendersonville off U.S. 25 on Little River Road. Info: 693-4178 or www.nps. gov/carl. • Seeking dynamic volunteers to work at the park’s historic barn area and develop education programs. Training provided. Community Garden • FRIDAYS, 3-6pm Volunteers are needed to help maintain a garden that supplies food for weekly community meals. Come join a group of people who love to get down and dirty. Info: (864) 557-2204. Free Help for Nonprofit Organization • Organizer with 30+ years experience and multitude of skills seeks new project. Convince me your

nonprofit is worth my time and I’ll devote myself to it wholeheartedly. E-mail playfulpagancrone-newproject@ yahoo.com with info about your organization and needs. Friends2Ferals • DAILY - Cat-loving volunteers are needed to help homeless cats. Duties include trapping, transporting to and from the Humane Alliance, post-surgery care, fostering kittens and fundraising. Info: 505-6737 or www.friends2ferals.org. 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. • TU (9/21), 4-6pm - Assist with unpacking and pricing merchandise for Ten Thousand Villages, a nonprofit, fair-trade retail store that sells handcrafted items made by artisans in more than 30 developing countries —- 4-6pm - Help MANNA prepare “Packs for Kids,” backpack-sized parcels of food that will be distributed to students from low-income families. • TH (9/23), 5:30-7:30pm - Meals for Hope. Cook and serve a meal for 15-25 women and children who are part of New Choices, an empowerment program for displaced homemakers in need of counseling and assistance. Helpmate Provides services to victims of domestic violence and their families in Buncombe County. Info: 254-2968. • Seeking volunteers to help with hotline advocacy (bilinguals needed), reception assistance, childcare, building/grounds work and fundraising. People of color encouraged to volunteer. Training required. Info: 2542968, ext. 12 or cprice@ helpmateonline.org. 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. • Volunteers are needed to assist with various office tasks. Info: 210-4956 or tarag@ontrackwnc.org. Volunteer for the ACT HalfMarathon • SA (9/18), 7-11:30am - The YWCA needs volun-

teers to help at the Asheville Citizen-Times half-marathon. Proceeds from the race help prevent childhood obesity. Info: 254-7206, ext. 212 or alphie.rodriguez@ywcaofasheville.org.

Health Programs Free Introduction to Trauma and the Healing Journey September 28, 7 pm at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 1 Edwin Place. For information call 828-2582530 or email ag789@ bellsouth.net. 3rd Annual Sickle Cell Health Fair (pd.) Saturday, September 18, 2010, 10am-2pm. Tried Stone Missionary Baptist Church, The Outreach Ministry, 100 Carroll Avenue, Asheville, NC • (828) 2850444. • 1 in 12 African Americans have a sickle cell trait, which means they carry a single gene for the disease. • To participate or for more information, please call Sandra Robinson at (828) 280-6305. • Providers Attending: ABIPA APD/ Fingerprinting BCCP/Wise Women, Lead Poisoning Prevention, Memory Care, Project NAF, Safe Kids, Western Heritage, WNC Aids, RestCare ZUMBA, WOW Bus - please come fasting, no food after midnight. Light snack and lunch provided. • Call us now to schedule an appointment with the WOW Bus, earliest appointment is 8:30am. Helping Women Recover from Addictions and Trauma (pd.) Compassionate therapy, support and understanding. Also offering help for your spouse, partner and loved ones. Call Denise Kelley, MA, LPC, (828) 231-2107. Kangen Alkaline Water (pd.) For Lifestyle related diseases. • More Energy! • Weight Loss • Cleanse colon • Diabetes • High Blood Pressure. Free DVD: (828) 989-6057. www. MyHolisticWater.com ADD/ADHD and Meditation: Introduction Scientific findings from medical journals on the applications of the Transcendental Meditation technique for treatment of ADHD and other learning disorders. Discussion, video and Q&A. Free. Info: www. adhd-tm.org. • WEEKLY - Meets at the Asheville TM Center, 165 E. Chestnut St. Info: 254-4350. Art of Intimacy Learn life-changing communication and relationship skills, drawing from

the work of Marshal Rosenberg (Nonviolent Communication), Brad Blanton (Radical Honesty), Susan Campbell (Getting Real), John Bradshaw (Homecoming) and others. $60/4-session class. Info: 254-5613 or www.theREALcenter.org. • WEDNESDAYS, 7:309:30pm - Meeting. Doctors With a Heart The national charity donates time and services to raise money for local causes. • TU (9/21), 9am-6pm - Doster Chiropractic, 179 Charlotte St., will examine and treat people free of charge. New patients receive health screenings, while existing patients receive treatment. Donations will be accepted with all proceeds benefiting MANNA FoodBank. Info: 236-2200. 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. • TH (9/16), 8:30-10am - Ask the Dietitian. Appointments required. • MO (9/20) through SA (9/25) - Henderson County Active Aging Week. Various activities will be offered. • MO (9/20), 2:30-4:30pm - “Managing Back Pain with Physical Therapy,” a discussion with David Gerrer. • TU (9/21), 1-2:30pm - “Osteoarthritis of the Hand and Wrist,” a discussion with M.D. David Napoli. • TH (9/23), 3-4:30pm - “Beating Malnutrition,” with nutritionist Cheryl Tuttle. Plus, a cooking demonstration. Healthy Aging Week Wellness Expo • MO (9/20), 10am-2pm - Celebrate the kick off to Active Aging Week at the Land-of-Sky Regional Council’s annual Wellness Expo at the Biltmore Square Mall. This free event is packed with activities: exercise demos, flu shots, health exhibits and a volunteer fair. Info: 251-6622. 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.

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• WE (9/15), 9am-1:30pm - Opportunity House, 1411 Asheville Hwy. Info: 6935605. • FR (9/17), 1:30-6:30pm Mills River United Methodist Church, 137 Old Turnpike Road. Info: 891-5360. • SA (9/18), 7:30am-Noon - Fletcher United Methodist Church, 6140 Hendersonville Hwy. Info: 684-6747. • MO (9/20), 10am2:30pm - 203 2nd Ave. E. Hendersonville. Info: 693-5605. • WE (9/22), 10am2pm - Life Care Center of Hendersonville, 400 Thompson St. Info: 6974348. Macrobiotic Healing • WE (9/22), 7:30-9:30pm - “Healing From the Inside Out,” a lecture with Michael Rossoff. Learn how to improve digestion with dietary changes, acupressure and emotional balance. Sponsored by Asheville Macrobiotic Alliance and held at Lighten Up Yoga, 60 Biltmore Ave. $10. 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. • WE (9/15), 11am-4:30pm - UNCA’s Highsmith Center, 1 University Heights. • TH (9/16), 1:30-5:30pm - Sand Hill Venable Elementary School, 154 Sand Hill School Road. Info: 670-5028. • FR (9/17), 9am-1pm - Enka Middle School, 390 Asbury Road in Candler. Info: 670-5010 —- 9am1pm - YWCA of Asheville, 185 S. French Broad Ave. Info: 254-7206. • SU (9/19), 11:45am4:15pm - Weaverville United Methodist Church, 85 N. Main St. Info: 658-0885. • MO (9/20), 2-6pm - Living Savior Lutheran Church, 301 Overlook Road. Info: 650-0404. • WE (9/22), 1:30-6pm Leicester Elementary School, 31 Gilbert Road. Info: 6832341.

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Tradition program of women and men who grew up in alcoholic or otherwise dysfunctional homes.Info: http://adultchildren.org. • FRIDAYS, 7pm - “Inner Child” meets at Grace Episcopal Church, 871 Merrimon Ave., Asheville. Info: 545-9648. • SUNDAYS, 3pm - “Living in the Solution” meets at The Servanthood House, 156 E. Chestnut St., Asheville. Open big book study. Info:545-9648. • MONDAYS, 7pm “Generations” meets at First Congregational United Church Of Christ, 20 Oak St. at College, Asheville.Info: 474-5120. Al-Anon Al-Anon is a support group for the family and friends of alcoholics. More than 33 groups are available in the WNC area. Info: 800-2861326 or www.wnc-alanon. org. • WEDNESDAYS, 7:30-9pm - Newcomers meeting 7:30pm, Discussion meeting 8-9pm: West Asheville Presbyterian Church, 690 Haywood Road, across from Ingles. Enter through parking lot door. Info: 225-0515. • WEDNESDAYS, 8pm - AlAnon in West Asheville: Meeting at West Asheville Presbyterian Church, 690 Haywood Rd., across from Ingles. Newcomers meeting at 7:30pm. Info: 258-4799. • THURSDAYS, 7pm - Discussion meeting for parents of children with addictions: West Asheville Presbyterian Church, 690 Haywood Road, across from Ingles. Info: 242-6197. • FRIDAYS, 8pm - The Lambda (GLBT) group of 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, 7pm - Black Mountain Al-Anon: Meeting at First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), 201 Blue Ridge Road (corner of Blue Ridge Road and Hwy. 9). Info: 669-0274. • MONDAYS, 12-1pm - Discussion meeting: First Baptist Church, 5 Oak St. Park in the back of lot between Church and Y. Info: 686-8131. • TUESDAYS, 5:30pm - 12 Steps and 12 Traditions Study at Kennilworth Presbyterian Church, 123 Kenilworth Road. • TUESDAYS, 7pm - Discussion meeting: First Congregational United Church of Christ, 20 Oak St. Bipolar and Depression Support Group • WEDNESDAYS, 6:308:30pm - Magnetic Minds meets at Mountain House, 225 E. Chestnut St., Asheville. Peer support, empowerment, recovery and advocacy. Info: 318-9179. Cancer Support Group for Caregivers • MONDAYS, 11am-Noon - Meetings at Jubilee, 46 Wall St., Asheville. Emotional support for family members of people experiencing cancer. Facilitated by a licensed clinical social worker. Love offering. Info: 299-0394. Cancer Support Group for Women • MONDAYS, 1:30-3pm - Meetings at Biltmore United Methodist Church. Emotional support for women experiencing cancer. Facilitated by Licensed Clinical Social Worker. Info: 299-0394. Codependence Anonymous Meetings are held at First Congregational Church, 20 Oak St., room 105. Info: 215-1309 or 545-1899. Free. • THURSDAYS, 7pm - 12step support group meeting. Eating Disorders Individuals are welcome to come to one or all of the support group. Info: 3374685 or www.thecenternc. org. • WEDNESDAYS, 7-8pm - Support group for adults at T.H.E. Center for Disordered Eating, 297 Haywood St. Focus is on positive peer support, coping skills and recovery tools. Led by licensed professionals. Free. Grief Recovery Support in the LGBT Community

• SUNDAYS (through 10/24), 2:30-4pm - Meetings provide information and a support group tailored to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people who have lost someone through death. At First Congregational United Church of Christ, 20 Oak St., Room E106. Info: (423) 737-5162. HIV/AIDS Support Group Open support group for all who struggle with HIV/AIDS. Info: 252-7489, bannders2@yahoo.com or www.wncap.org. • 1st & 3rd TUESDAYS, 67:30pm - Meeting. MemoryCaregivers Network Support for caregivers of loved ones who suffer from dementia and Alzheimer’s. Info: 645-9189 or 7712219. • 1st TUESDAYS, 12:302pm - Meeting at Fletcher Calvary Episcopal Church. • 3rd TUESDAYS, 12:302pm - Meeting at New Hope Presbyterian Church. National Alliance on Mental Illness Dedicated to improving the lives of persons with severe mental illnesses, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, clinical depression, OCD, PTSD and anxiety disorders. Free connection recovery support groups. Info: 505-7353. • 3rd TUESDAYS —- Support 6-730pm —Meeting 7:30-8:30pm at 356 Biltmore Ave. Suite. 400 Overcomers Recovery Support Group • TUESDAYS, 7-8pm - A Christian-based 12step recovery program for women. Provides a spiritual plan of recovery for people struggling with life-controlling problems such as alcohol, drugs, overeating, pornography, codependency, enabling. All women are welcome. Info: rchovey@ sos.spc-asheville.org. Overeaters Anonymous A fellowship of individuals who, through shared experience, strength and hope, are recovering from compulsive overeating. This 12-step program welcomes everyone who wants to stop eating compulsively. Meetings are one hour unless noted. • THURSDAYS, Noon - Asheville: Biltmore United Methodist Church, 376 Hendersonville Rd. (S. 25 at Yorkshire). Info: 298-1899. • SATURDAYS, 9:30am - Black Mountain: Carver Parks & Recreation Center, 101 Carver Ave. off Blue Ridge Road. Open relapse and recovery mtg. Info: 686-8131.

Workaholic Anonymous (WA) Meetings Feeling rushed? Can’t get it all done? WA slogan: “Slow is beautiful and powerful. I move glacially.” Info: 2546484. Or try conference call meetings: Get times and numbers at www.workaholics-anonymous.org/page. php?page=_meetings. • TUESDAYS, 5:30-6:30pm - Asheville WA meeting at First Presbyterian Church, 40 Church St.

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Sports Groups & Activities Amateur Pool League (pd.) WHEN YOU PLAY, PLAY POOL. Team rosters are open NOW for the Fall. ALL SKILL LEVELS WELCOME. Sign-up to play 8ball or 9ball. 828-329-8197 www.BlueRidgeAPA.com ONGOING - weekly league play, Runner’s Night At Diamond Brand (pd.) September 22nd - 6 pm: WNC running enthusiasts should meet us at the store for an evening of discounts, refreshments, prizes and more! For more information, contact Sarah Merrell at smerrell@diamondbrand. com. Asheville Kendo Club • FRIDAYS, 6:30-9:30pm Dedicated to bringing quality Kendo to the Asheville area. Kendo, the Japanese “Way of the Sword,” develops a person’s mind, posture and spirit through the principles of Japanese fencing. Kendo is not self-defense. Info: ashevillekendo@gmail.com. Black Mountain Quadrathlon • SA (10/2), 8am-1pm Running, cycling, swimming and speed walking, plus a family-fun walk. Proceeds benefit the Black Mountain Pastoral Care and Counseling Center. $40. Register by Sept. 20: 664-0400 or www. cheshirefitnessclub.com. Buncombe County Walking Club The purpose of the club is not to compete but to build fitness, form friendships and have fun. Info: 250-4260 or grace.young@buncombecounty.org. • TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 8:15am - Meet at Sports Park in Candler. Filipino Martial Arts Kuntao: Traditional emptyhand system of self defense. Kali: Filipino method of stick-and-knife combat. First two lessons are free. Info: 777-8225 or http://kuntao. webs.com. • SATURDAYS, 1pm & TUESDAYS, 7pm - Classes

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• MONDAYS, 6:30pm - Hendersonville: Balfour United Meth. Church, 2567 Asheville Hwy. (Hwy. 25). Open mtg. Info: 1-800-5804761. • MONDAYS, 6pm - Asheville: First Congregational United Church of Christ, 20 Oak St. Open mtg. Info: 277-8185. • TUESDAYS, 10:30amNoon - Asheville: Grace Episcopal Church, 871 Merrimon Ave. at Ottari. Open BBSS mtg. Info: 2802213. S-Anon For those affected by someone else’s sexual behavior. Info: 545-4287 or 606-6803. • WEEKLY - Three meetings are available per week. S-Anon Meetings S-Anon is a 12-step recovery program for partners, family and friends of sexaholics. We share our experience, strength and hope to help solve our common problems. Meetings held weekly in Asheville, Fletcher and Waynesville. Call confidential voice mail for information: 258-5117. • WEEKLY - Meetings. Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous • SATURDAYS, 10-11am - A 12-step, recovery fellowship for those who want to stop living out a pattern of compulsive sexual and romantic behavior. Meets at Congregational United Church of Christ, 20 Oak St. Park behind church and enter at front door of the annex. Sexaholics Anonymous SA is a 12-step fellowship of men and women recovering from compulsive patterns of lust, romance, destructive relationships, sexual thoughts or sexual behavior. Call confidential voice mail 681-9250 or e-mail saasheville@gmail. com. Info: www.orgsites. com/nc/saasheville/. • DAILY - Asheville meetings. WNC Brain Tumor Support Welcomes family as well as the newly diagnosed and longer-term survivors. Info: 691-2559 or www.wncbraintumor.org. • 3rd THURSDAYS, 6:158pm - Group meets at MAHEC, 501 Biltmore Ave., at the edge of the Mission Hospitals campus. Womenheart of Asheville • WEDNESDAYS (alternating), 10am-Noon or 6-8pm - This support group for women with heart disease meets at Parkway Behavioral Health, 31 College Place. Info: Rickitannen@gmail. com or 505-2534.

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at Asheville Culture Project, 257 Short Coxe Ave. Special Olympics Buncombe County Info: 250-4265 or grace. young@buncombecounty. org. • TUESDAYS (through 11/16), 6-7:30pm - Special Olympics soccer practice at the J.B. Lewis Soccer field on Azalea Road. • TUESDAYS, 6-7:30pm - The Special Olympics cheerleading team meets for practice at the Zeugner Center in Arden. Spoccer Spoccer encourages the community to exercise, socialize and make real connections via pick-up soccer games, held at Memorial Stadium. If an event is scheduled at the stadium, games will be held at MLK Park. Info: www.spoccer. com/group/ashevillenc. • WEDNESDAYS - Game. • SUNDAYS - Game. • TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS - Game. Waynesville Parks and Recreation Info: 456-2030 or recprograms@townofwaynesville. org. • TU (9/21), 6:30pm - There will be an organizational meeting for the ISA Softball League. This is a mandatory meeting for all team representatives interested in entering a team in the fall season, which begins on Sept. 23.

Kids At The Health Adventure Hours: Tues.-Sat., 10am5pm & Sun., 1-5pm. $8.50 adults/$7.50 students & seniors/$6 kids 2-11. Program info or to RSVP: 254-6373, ext. 324. Info: www.thehealthadventure. org. • THURSDAYS, 10:3011:30am - Preschool Play Date. Interactive fun just for preschoolers led by museum facilitators. Free with admission. • SATURDAYS, Noon-2pm - Experiment with science during Super Science Saturdays. Featuring handson activities led by museum facilitators, the programs are fun for all ages. Free with admission. Celebration Singers of Asheville Community children’s chorus for ages 7-14. For audition/performance info: 230-5778 or www.singasheville.org. • THURSDAYS, 6:307:45pm - New singers are invited to join the chorus. Rehearsals at First

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Spirituality A Barbara Marciniak Channeling Event (pd.) October 9, 10, (Saturday-Sunday). Barbara channels the Pleiadians who share their perspectives about our changing world. Bring your questions! • Lecture/channeling: Saturday, 7-10:30pm, $35. • Workshop/channeling: Sunday, 10:30am-6pm, $90. • Cash or money order only. Ramada River Ridge Hotel, 800 Fairview Road, Asheville. • For reservations/ information: (828) 298-6300 orashevilleclass@yahoo. com Astro-Counseling (pd.) Licensed counselor and accredited professional astrologer uses your chart when counseling for additional insight into yourself, your relationships and life directions. Readings also available. Christy Gunther, MA. (828)258-3229. Avatar Meher Baba (pd.) “I come not to teach but to awaken.” Sundays 4pm. 828-552-7864. FREE ASTROLOGY LECTURE: Fall Quarterly Update. (pd.) Benjamin Bernstein’s free PowerPoint planetary forecast. Free public minireadings, free music CDs too! Friday, September 24, 7-9 PM. Earth Fare Westgate, Asheville, 6589073, http://itsallgoodastrology.com/. A Mountain Mindfulness Sangha Part of the World Community of Mindful Living, inspired by the teachings of THICH NHAT HANH, the group practices mindfulness as the energy of being aware and awake to the present moment. Practicing with a “sangha” (a community) can bring both joy and support. All are invited. Info & directions: mountainmindfulness@gmail.com, 684-7359 or 299-9382. • THURSDAYS, 7-8:30pm - Sitting and walking meditation, followed by sharing by sangha members. • SU (9/19), 2-5pm Summer Satsang with Bill Walz. Explore deep meditation, trans-egoic psychology and personal consciousness evolution. $10-$20 suggested donation. • TUESDAYS, 8-8:40am - The Heart Sutra. Chant the Prajnamaramita (“Perfect Understanding”) Heart Sutra. This sutra is the essence of Buddhist teaching. The sutra is followed by 30-40

minutes of silent sitting meditation. Asheville Center for Transcendental Meditation/ Free Introductory Lectures Change your brain—change your life. Scientists know TM creates brainwave coherence. Only an orderly brain can support higher consciousness. TM is easy to learn—enjoyable to practice. Dissolves deep-rooted stress, reduces anxiety and depression. Verified by 600 scientific studies. Info: 254-4350 or www. MeditationAsheville.org. • WEEKLY - Meeting at 165 E. Chestnut St. Learn how to access the field of infinite creativity, intelligence and bliss within you, revitalizing mind and body and creating coherence in collective consciousness. Call for details. Asheville Meditation Center Classes are held at the Greenlife Community Center, 90 Merrimon Ave., unless otherwise noted. Info: 5052300 or www.meditateasheville.org. • MONDAYS, 6:30-7:30pm - Meditation for Inner Peace class. Donations accepted. Avalon Grove Nontraditional Celtic Christian worship services to honor the ancient Celtic holidays. Participants are welcome to bring vegetarian food to share after the service. Info: 645-2674 or www.avalongrove.net. • SA (9/18), 3-4pm Celebrate the Celtic holiday of Mabon (Autumn Equinox). The service will be held outdoors. weather permitting. Awakening Practices Study the works of Eckhart Tolle and put words into action through meditation and discussion. Info: Trey@ QueDox.com. • 2nd & 4th THURSDAYS, 7-9pm - Meets at the EnkaCandler Library meeting room. Baha’i Faith Everyone is welcome. Join us in our celebration of diversity: “The earth is one country and mankind its citizens,” Baha’u’llah. The Baha’i Center is located at 5 Ravenscroft Drive, Asheville. Info: 251-1051 or www. wncbahai.org. • SUNDAYS, 11am Sunday Devotional. Buddhist Meditation and Discussion Meets in the space above the French Broad Food Co-op. Suggested donation: $8/$4 students & seniors. Info: 779-5502 or www. meditation-in-northcarolina. org. • TU (9/21), 7:15pm - “The Power of Intention.”

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. Ethical Society of Asheville A humanistic, religious and educational movement inspired by the ideal that the supreme aim of human life is working to create a more humane society. Meetings are held at the Botanical Garden’s Visitors Center, 151 W. T. Weaver Blvd. All are welcome. Info: 6877759 or www.aeu.org. • SU (9/19), 2-3pm “Ethics & Sin: When Good People Do Bad Things,” a presentation by Andy Reed at the Botanical Gardens Visitor Center, 151 W.T. Weaver Blvd. Hare Krsna Sunday Feast Meets above the French Broad Food Co-op, 90 Biltmore Ave. Info: www. highthinkingsimpleliving.org or 506-2987. • Select SUNDAYS, 5-7pm An evening of bhajans, class on the Bhagavad-Gita and a vegetarian feast. Everyone welcome. Refer to the website or call for dates. Insight Meditation Group • TUESDAYS, 7-8:30pm People of all experience levels are welcome to join this drop-in meditation group. Meditation instructions will be given to all of those who are new to the practice. $5. Info: http://bit.ly/9XujJ6. Introduction to Insight Meditation Class • SUNDAYS, 10-11:30am - Using a progressive exploration of breath, body, emotions and the thinking process, learn how to actively explore the inner world using the method of insight meditation. $10. Info: http://bit.ly/9xhYqs. Land of the Sky United Church of Christ Located at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 15 Overbrook Place, in East Asheville. • SUNDAYS, 9:15am Women-led, justice-focused, family-friendly, and open to all. Worship with Land of the Sky UCC. An open and affirming new church. Childcare available.

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Mother Grove Events Info: 230-5069, info@ mothergroveavl.org or www. mothergroveavl.org. • SUNDAYS, 10am - Drum Circle —- 10:30am Weekly devotional service at the Temple. A simple service to ground and center you for the week. Spend some quiet time with the Goddess, with song, readings, meditation and prayer. At 70 Woodfin Place, Suite 2. Mountain Zen Practice Center Exploring the ‘how’ of moment by moment peace, joy and freedom through the practice of Conscious Compassionate Awareness. Info and orientation times: www.mountainzen.org or 450-3621. • TUESDAYS, 7-8:30pm Meditation and discussion. Mystic Heart Universe Meditation • TH (9/23), 8-9pm - Free Mystic Heart Universe Meditation via teleconference call. Celebrate the mystical union of outer divine consciousness and inner mystical heart. To sign up: 338-0042 or www.mysticheartuniverse.com. Psychic Development Class • 2nd & 4th WEDNESDAYS, 7-8:30pm - Learn to use your intuition to help yourself and others. Explore remote viewing, channeling, mediumship, telepathy, precognition and healing in a relaxed and fun-filled atmosphere. All are welcome. Love donations accepted. Info: 255-8304 or ecastro1@ charter.net. Reiki Tummo Healing Clinic • 1st & 3rd SATURDAYS Heart-centered Reiki Tummo healing sessions offered by donation. Contact 776-6200 or eschmelt@charter.net to make appointment and indicate preference of 9:45, 10:30 or 11:15am slot. Info: www.wncheart.com/healingclinic.html. Shambhala Meditation Center of Asheville Every human being has fundamental goodness, warmth and intelligence. This nature can be cultivated through meditation and in daily life, so that it radiates out to others. Visitors welcome. Free meditation instruction at 19 Westwood Pl., W. Asheville. Info: www.shambhala. org/center/asheville or 4904587. • THURSDAYS, 6-6:45pm & SUNDAYS, 10am-Noon - Public meditation. Skyland United Methodist Church • WE (9/15), 6:30pm - A nondenominational, interfaith group from Florida will perform “Rock the Silence,”

a concert of contemporary and traditional Christian music. Love offering appreciated. Located on 1984 Hendersonville Road. Info: 684-7283. Sounds of the Chakra Toning Circle • SUNDAYS, 12:30-1:30pm - “Sounds of the Chakras.” Linda Go facilitates this sound healing offering at Skinny Beats Drum Shop, 4 Eagle St., downtown Asheville. Love donation. Info: ashevillesoundhealing. com or 776-3786. St. Mark’s Lutheran Church Located at 10 N. Liberty St., Asheville. Info: 273-5420 or http://stmarkslutheran. net/thisMonth.pdf. • SUNDAYS, 5pm - Crosswired “come as you are” service in the Fellowship Hall. Infant care and church school for youngsters is offered during the service. United Research Light Center Located at 2190 NC Hwy. 9 South in Black Mountain. Info: 669-6845 or www. urlight.org. • SU (9/19), 10am-2:30pm - Sing, Pray, Love: An improvisational singing and sound-play workshop. $40. Unity Cafe Looking for a change from the usual Sunday service? Spiritual conversation and sharing, music, meditation, coffee and pastry. Info: 645-0514, 676-6070 or unitycafe.org. • 1st, 3rd & 5th SUNDAYS, 10am-Noon - Greenlife Grocery Community Center, 90 Merrimon Ave. Unity Center Events Celebrate joyful, mindful living in a church with heart. Contemporary music by Lytingale and The Unitic Band. Located at 2041 Old Fanning Bridge Road, Mills River. Info: 684-3798, 8918700 or www.unitync.net. • WE (9/15), 7pm - “Zero Point Field Energy Healing” with Pam Hurst. Info: 8913255 or p_hurst@bellsouth. net. $10 love offering. • WE (9/22), 7pm - Women and Spiritual Journeys. Lisa Garrett, a Priestess of Dianic and Goddess traditions, will discuss peaceful Goddess cultures in European history. Unity Church of Asheville Looking for something different? Unity of Asheville explores the deeper spiritual meaning of the scriptures combined with an upbeat contemporary music program to create a joyous and sincere worship service. Come join us this Sunday and try it for yourself. Located at 130 Shelburne

Rd., W. Asheville. Info: 2525010 or www.unityofasheville.com. • SUNDAYS, 11am Spiritual Celebration Service —- 12:15-1:30pm - A Course in Miracles classes with Rev. Gene Conner. • TUESDAYS, 2-4pm - Edgar Cayce Study Group. Info: 926-3688. West Asheville Mindfulness Meditation Group • TUESDAYS, 7-8:30pm - The nondenominational group meets at George’s Parish, 1 School Road. Free. Info: pamelamillis@theashevillecenter or 545-4563. Windhorse Zen Community Meditation, Dharma talks, private instruction available Tuesday and Thursday evenings, residential training. Teachers: Lawson Sachter and Sunya Kjolhede. Main center: 580 Panther Branch, Alexander. City center: 12 Von Ruck Court. Call for orientation. Info: 645-8001 or www.windhorsezen.org. • SUNDAYS, 9:30-11am - Meditation, chanting and a Dharma talk. • TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 7-9pm Meditation and chanting. • FRIDAYS, 5:30-7:15pm - Meditation and chanting at the City Center. Womyn in Ceremony Co-create a sacred circle of women where we will connect, share, dream and experience inner awarenesses and empowerment. Each Circle “stands alone.” Meets 12 miles NW of Asheville. By donation. Info: www. RitesofPassageCouncil. com/theresa. • SUNDAYS, 3:45-6pm - Gathering. Working with the “Masters of Wisdom” • THURSDAYS, 7pm - Transmission Meditation —- 8pm - Reading and discussion of Alice Bailey’s A Treatise on Cosmic Fire. Free. Info: EarthTransMed@ gmail.com.

Art Gallery Exhibits & Openings 16 Patton Gallery hours: Tues.-Sat., 11am-6pm and Sun., 1-6pm (open on Sun. May-Oct. only). Info: 236-2889 or www.16patton.com. • Through WE (9/29) - Three solo exhibits: A Painter’s Perspective by Linda Cheek; Expressive Interpretations From Nature by Sterling Edwards; and Metamorphosis by Jerry La Point. American Folk Art & Framing

The gallery at 64 Biltmore Ave. is open daily, representing contemporary self-taught artists and regional pottery. Info: 281-2134 or www. amerifolk.com. • Through TH (9/30) - Natural Beauties will be on display in the Oui Oui Gallery. Art at UNCA Art exhibits and events at the university are free, unless otherwise noted. • Through TU (9/28) - The UNCA Art Department Faculty Exhibition will be on display in S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, Owen Hall. • Through TU (10/5) - Sandy Creek Weavers: Weaving Our Lives Together: A Fabric Time Capsule will be on display at the Highsmith University Union, lower level. • Through WE (9/29) - Abstract paintings in oil and acrylic by Arrington Williams will be on display in the Ramsey Library. Arts Council of Henderson County D. Samuel Neill Gallery hours: Tues.-Fri., 1-5pm and Sat., 1-4pm. Located at 538 N. Main St., 2nd Floor, Hendersonville. Info: 6938504 or www.acofhc.org. • Through FR (9/24) - Open Studio Tour Artists Exhibition. • Through FR (9/24) - A preview exhibition of the fourth annual Henderson County Open Studio Tour will be on display. Asheville Art Museum Located on Pack Square in downtown Asheville. Hours: Tues.-Sat., 10am-5pm and Sun., 1-5pm. Admission: $8/$7 students and seniors/ Free for kids under 4. Free first Wednesdays from 3-5pm. Info: 253-3227 or www.ashevilleart.org. • Through SU (12/5) - Sewell Sillman: Pushing Limits in the Appleby Foundation Gallery. • Through SU (12/5) - Sallie Middleton: A Life in the Forest. • Through SU (10/10) - Hands in Harmony: Traditional Crafts and Music in Appalachia, photographs by Tim Barnwell in Holden Community Gallery. • WE (9/1) through TH (9/30) - Art X Architects, an exhibition of mixed-media works by local architects. • WE (9/15), 6pm Artists reception for Art X Architects. RSVP: rsvp@ aiaasheville.com. Asheville Gallery of Art A co-op gallery representing 29 regional artists located at 16 College St. Hours: Mon.Sat., 10am-5:30pm. Info:

freewillastrology ARIES (March 21-April 19)

Have you added some bulk and stability to your foundation any time recently, Aries? Have you grown your roots deeper and asked for more from your traditional sources and recommitted yourself to your primal vows? I hope so, because this is a perfect time, astrologically speaking, to strengthen your link to everything that sustains you. You have a sacred duty to push harder for access to the stuff that builds your emotional intelligence and fuels your longrange plans.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)

I like the way you’ve been contradicting yourself, Taurus. I appreciate your ability to be inconsistent, paradoxical, and upside-down. It has allowed you to wriggle free of the rut you had been stuck in. You’ve stirred the affections of people who had been frustrated about your narrow focus. Yes, it’s true that you have also sown a bit of confusion in a situation that had formerly been clear and concise, and that may have rankled the sticklers. But in my opinion, this is a fertile, healthy confusion that will ultimately lead to an unexpected breakthrough.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20)

“We’re all in ‘sales,’ selling our personalities, our accomplishments, our charms.” That’s a quote from Richard Grossinger’s new book 2013. I share his view of human nature. Is there any interaction between people that doesn’t involve a bit of hustling? The subtext of every encounter includes at least one of the following: 1. “I want you to like me.” 2. “I’m trying to get you to believe I am who I say I am.” 3. “I’d really like you to see how interesting and important and unique I am.” Given the fact that this is a ubiquitous phenomenon, there’s no need to be shy or embarrassed or secretive about it. That’s especially true for you these days. So get out there and sell yourself, Gemini. With brazen innocence and relaxed enjoyment, show the world who you are and why you matter.

CANCER (June 21-July 22)

Have you ever observed the rising moon with such a steady gaze that you’ve actually seen it move? Have you ever sat yourself down in front of a rose bud during the hour it exploded into full bloom? Those experiences have resemblances to a slow-motion burst of graceful growth that’s unfolding in your own sphere. I hope you have the patience to give it your full attention, because that way it’s more likely to express its potential completely. To enhance your chances of nurturing the subtle magic, remember and ruminate on the images your nightly dreams give you.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)

I’m not necessarily saying that you have superhuman levels of courage these days, Leo, but you do have more than usual. What’s even more important for the task at hand is the fact that you have an exceptional capacity for identify-

ing the fantasies that frighten you and finding fresh and practical ways to deal with them. That’s why I say that you now have an excellent opportunity to achieve a major victory over your fears . . . to outwit them, outflank them, and even dissolve them. To get started on this glorious quest, chant the following ten times: “I am a crafty, compassionate warrior who finds amusement in every challenge.”

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

One of my Virgo readers, Mariann Grace, is conducting a research project. It’s rooted in two assumptions. The first is an idea of mine: that everyone alive has an inalienable right to a steady supply of fresh omens. The second assumption comes from the writer Angus Stocking: “Always interpret every omen favorably.” With these two ideas as her theses, Mariann is testing the following approach: “Interpret absolutely everything that happens as a favorable omen.” This would be an excellent game for you to play in the coming week, Virgo. Synchronicities are about to rain down upon you, flood toward you, and bubble up from below. Judging from the astrological configurations, I’d say it really does make sense to regard every one of them as meaningful, useful, and invigorating.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

It’s high time to banish the excuses you think you have for not doing your best. There is no longer any valid reason to hide from your true calling or deny yourself more profound happiness. You are ready to see that the supposed “obstacles” to your success are actually instrumental to your success -- prods that will make you so much smarter and stronger that you cannot be defeated by circumstances. Why is this happening now? It’s because a force working behind the scenes -- you can imagine it as God or destiny or karma if you like -- is clearing away the illusions that have held you in thrall to false ideas about who you are. If I were you, I’d shout “hallelujah!” as I pinch myself in the butt and pat myself on the head.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

For the foreseeable future, it’s fine with God (and with Nature, too) if you put all your eggs in one basket -- as long as the basket is wellwoven and beautiful to behold. You’ve also got cosmic permission to forget about all but one of the tempting targets in your field of vision -- as long as the bull’s-eye you choose is very worthy of your sacred longing. To sum up, Scorpio, be single-mindedly focused almost to the point of manic obsession -- as long as you’re reasonably sure that the object of your devotion is your personal version of the Holy Grail.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

In the next few weeks, the odds are higher than usual that you’ll inherit an amusement park or a tropical island or a profitable pig farm. There’s also a slight chance that you will win a Dutch lottery, find a diamond ring on the sidewalk,

or be picked to star in a new reality TV show, “How Would You Use a Gift of Ten Million Dollars?” But what’s far more likely than any of those possibilities is that you will be able to capitalize on a legacy whose cash value is hard to estimate. Is there any birthright you’ve been neglecting to exploit? Any part of your heritage that may be ready to bring you a boost?

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

So it turns out that the “blemish” is actually essential to the beauty. The “deviation” is at the core of the strength. The “wrong turn” was crucial to you getting you back on the path with heart. I have rarely seen a better example of happy accidents, Capricorn. You may not realize it quite yet -- although I hope this horoscope is bringing it all into focus -- but you have been the beneficiary of a tricky form of divine intervention. One good way of expressing your gratitude is to share with friends the tale of how you came to see that the imperfections were perfect.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

Your anger is potentially a valuable resource. At least in theory, it can be a motivating force that gives you the clarity and stamina you need to make constructive changes. But how can you make sure that your anger serves your generous urges? What should you do to keep it from being just a self-indulgent thrash that leads to no productive action? Here’s one thing you can do: Express your rage very selectively; don’t let it leak all over everything. Here’s another thing: Cultivate loads of empathy, joy, and appreciation for beauty. Then when you do unleash your rage, it will be conditioned by love. Now would be an excellent time to try out these ideas.

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251-5796 or www.ashevillegallery-of-art.com. • Through TH (9/30) Looking Into, featuring works by Kathryn B. Phillips. Bella Vista Art Gallery Located in Biltmore Village, next to the parking lot of Rezaz’s restaurant. Open Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm, and Sat., 10am-6pm. Info: 7680246 or www.bellavistaart. com. • Through TH (9/30) - Small Plein Air Landscapes, an exhibition by Sara Linda Poly, and new paintings by August Hoerr will be on display. Black Mountain 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 (10/22) -Mixed-media works by Heather Allen-Swarttouw will be on display in the Upper Gallery. Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center The center is located at 56 Broadway, and preserves the legacy of the Black Mountain College through permanent collections, educational activities and public programs. Info: 350-8484, bmcmac@bellsouth.net or www.blackmountaincollege.org. • Through SA (10/23) - The exhibition Kenneth Snelson: Sculptor/Photographer/ Inventor will be on display. Snelson was an art student at Black Mountain College in the summers of 1948 and 1949. Castell Photography A photo-based art gallery located at 2C Wilson Alley, off of Eagle St. in downtown Asheville. Info: 255-1188 or www.castellphotography. com. • Through SA (9/25) Storm Season: Photography of Louisiana’s Wetlands, a series of pinhole Polaroid photographs by Daniel Kariko. • Through SA (10/23) - Pillow Talk, an exhibition of photo-based imagery by Ben Isburg. Center For Craft, Creativity and Design Located at the Kellogg Conference Center, 11 Broyles Road. in Hendersonville. Info: 8902050 or www.craftscreativitydesign.org. • Through FR (12/3) - Out of the Board Room & Into the Studio, an exhibition honoring the work of retir-

ing Executive Director Dian Magie. Events at the Turchin Center Appalachian State University’s Turchin Center for the Visual Arts is at 423 West King St. in Boone. Info: 262-3017 or www.tcva.org. • Through SA (11/13) MANinfested DESTINY: From Boone to Boon, an exhibition by Dan Smith, Perspectives in Bronze; sculpture by Greg Bailey and Michael Warrick; and Evidence of Things Unseen, paintings by Amy Cheng. Folk Art Center Located at milepost 382 on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Info: 298-7928 or www. craftguild.org. • Through TU (10/5) - Clay sculpture by Cindy Billingsley and paper-pulp paintings by Chery Cratty. Gallery Minerva Located at both 8 Biltmore Ave. (Tues.-Sat., 10am6pm) and 12 Church St. (Mon., Fri & Sat., 10am6pm) in downtown Asheville. Info: 255-8850 or www. galleryminerva.com. • Through TH (9/30) - Figurative and surrealistic works by Jose Parra. Grovewood Gallery Located at 111 Grovewood Road, Asheville. Info: 2537651 or www.grovewood. com. • Through SU (10/31) - Along the Path: Paintings and Sculpture, contemporary works by NC artist Dale McEntire. Haen Gallery Located at 52 Biltmore Ave., downtown Asheville. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-6pm, Sat., 11am-6pm and Sun., Noon5pm. Info: 254-8577 or www.thehaengallery.com. • SA (9/18) through SU (10/31) - Lynn Boggess: New Work 2010, featuring innovative American landscape paintings. Haywood County Arts Council The HCAC sponsors a variety of art-related events in Waynesville and Haywood County. Unless otherwise noted, showings take place at HCAC’s Gallery 86 (86 North Main St.) in Waynesville. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Info: 452-0593 or www.haywoodarts.org. • Through SA (9/18) - Fantasies in Fiber and Fabric, an exhibition of threedimensional garments, hats, bags and original dolls by Toni Carroll. Penland School of Crafts A national center for craft education dedicated to helping people live creative lives.

Info: www.penland.org or 765-2359. • Through SU (9/19) - All This Happened, More or Less, an exhibition by Anne Lemanski, Shoko Teruyama, Susan Gothel Campbell and Maggie Taylor. Push Skate Shop & Gallery Located at 25 Patton Ave. between Stella Blue and the Kress Building. Info: 2255509 or www.pushtoyproject.com. • FR (9/17) - Reception for an art show featuring the photography of Mike Belleme and Ramon Hess titled The Kids of Hate and Love. The photographs take a look at the making of the new PUSH video by two people who were directly involved with its creation. Satellite Gallery Located at 55 Broadway, downtown Asheville. Info: 305-2225 or www.thesatellitegallery.com. • Through SU (9/26) Draw, an exhibition by Sean Pace (jinx). Studio 103 Fine Art Gallery Located at 103 West St., Black Mountain. Info: 357-8327 or www.studio103fineartgallery.com. • Through WE (9/22), 58pm - Paintings by Moni Hill will be on display. Transylvania Community Arts Council Located at 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard. Hours: Mon.Fri., 10am-4pm. Info: 8842787 or www.artsofbrevard. org. • MO (9/6) through FR (10/1) - The Far Side: Fantasy, Far Fetched & Fun, an exhibit about the “far side” of life. Upstairs Artspace Contemporary nonprofit gallery at 49 S. Trade St. in Tryon. Hours: Tues.-Sat., 11am-5pm and by appointment. Info: 859-2828 or www.upstairsartspace.org. • Through SA (9/25) - Katrina to Deepwater Horizon: Tragedies of Cash, Climate and Culture, an exhibition commemorating the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. WCU Exhibits Unless otherwise noted, exhibits are held at the Fine Art Museum, Fine & Performing Arts Center on the campus of Western Carolina University. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-4pm & Thurs. 10am-7pm. Free, but donations welcome. Info: 227-3591 or www.fineartmuseum.wcu.edu. • Through FR (9/24) - Worldviews: Legacy of Teaching, selections from the permanent collection,

featuring 40 noted artists with distinguished teaching careers. • TH (9/16) through FR (12/17) - Reclaiming Cultural Ownership: Challenging Indian Stereotypes, an installation of photographs and commercial merchandise focusing on “unlearning” stereotypes and fostering Native pride by noted Eastern Band of Cherokee Indian artist Shan Goshorn. • TH (9/16), 4-6pm - Reception for the Shan Goshorn exhibit.

More Art Exhibits & Openings Art at Zuma Coffee • Through TH (9/30) - A-B Tech’s Advanced Painting Studio exhibition will be on display, with an opening reception scheduled for Sept. 10, in the evening. Located at 7 N. Main St., in Marshall. Art at Eclipse Salon Eclipse Salon is located at 16 Wall St. Info: 285-0019. • Through WE (10/13) New Paintings and Whatnot, an exhibition by Martin A. B. Guenette. Art at Hickory Nut Gap Farm Store Located at 57 Sugar Hollow Road in Fairview. Info: www. hickorynutgapfarm.com or 628-1027. • Through SU (10/31) - Jessica Lynn’s exhibition will be on display. Art at the N.C. Arboretum Works by members of the Asheville Quilt Guild and regional artists are on display daily in The Visitor Education Center. Info: 6652492 or www.ncarboretum. org. • Outdoor Sculpture: Inflorescence, an exhibition of botanical forms created from synthetic-nylon fabric and made by artist Jason S. Brown and Elizabeth Scofield, will be on display in the Baker Center (through Aug.); in The Canopy Walk (through Oct.); The Education Center (Aug.-Oct.) and in the Quilt Garden (Nov.-Feb). • Through MO (2/28) - Emissaries of Peace: The 1762 Cherokee and British Delegations, an exhibition on display in the Baker Center. Art at West Asheville Library • Through TH (9/17) - Photography by ElizabethAnn Elliott Miller will be on display in the Community Room. The library is located at 942 Haywood Road. BlackBird Frame & Art

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Located at 365 Merrimon Ave. Info: 225-3117. • Through TH (9/30) - For Pets’ Sake, an exhibition celebrating the unconditional love of animals, will be on display. Carl Sandburg Home Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site is located three miles south of Hendersonville off U.S. 25 on Little River Road. Info: 693-4178 or www.nps. gov/carl. • Through FR (10/8) - Carl Sandburg’s Washburn bellshaped guitars (circa 1928) will be on display. Clingman Cafe Located at 242 Clingman Ave. in the River Arts District. • Through TH (9/30) - Collaborations and Deviations, work in clay, glass, wood and paint by six local artists. Events at Montford Books & More Located at 31 Montford Ave. Info: 285-8805. • Through TH (9/30) - Colorscapes, an exhibition by local artist Johnny Dean McCurry “inspired by the emotional content that color evokes and the natural beauty of our region.” • FR (9/17) 6pm - Art opening and reception for Colorscapes. Grand Bohemian Gallery Located at the Grand Bohemian Hotel in Biltmore Village, 11 Boston Way. Info: www.bohemianhotelasheville.com or 505-2949. • Through SU (10/10) - New Reflections, an exhibition by local artists Vadim Bora, Linda McCane, Colleen Webster and Leo Monahan. Transylvania Heritage Museum Located at 189 W. Main Street, Brevard. Info: 8842347 or www.transylvaniaheritage.org. • Through SA (11/27) - Decoration Day in the Mountains.

Classes, Meetings & Arts-Related Events Pastel Workshop • Susie Karnatz • Master Pastelist (pd.) Friday/Saturday, October 1 and 2, 9am-4pm. $200. Perfect one painting. Recreate it as semi-abstract. Studio: Black Mountain, Old Rt. 70. • Information/ Registration: 669-5947. Swannanoa Valley Fine Arts League Play With Color! Workshop September 27 (pd.) 10am-4pm: Sewing with handwovens expert Daryl Lancaster teaches color design class—not just for weavers. $120.

sutherland Handweaving, Asheville RAD. Information/ registration: (856) 2614324.sutherlandstudios@ gmail.com Asheville Art Museum Located on Pack Square in downtown Asheville. Hours: Tues.-Sat., 10am-5pm and Sun., 1-5pm. Admission: $8/$7 students and seniors/ Free for kids under 4. Free first Wednesdays from 3-5pm. Info: 253-3227 or www.ashevilleart.org. • FR (9/17), Noon-1pm Art Break: Guided tour of the exhibit Hands in Harmony: Traditional Crafts and Music in Appalachia, photographs by Tim Barnwell, led by Tim Barnwell himself. Craft Campus at UNCA Located at 1 University Heights, Asheville. Info: 250-2392 or www.unca. edu/craftcampus. • TH (9/16), 7pm - Meet the Make Series: A talk with textile artist Victoria Hyatt Sowers, founder of the Sandy Creek Weavers, at the Intercultural Center, Highsmith University Union, room 114. Free. Events at the Turchin Center Appalachian State University’s Turchin Center for the Visual Arts is at 423 West King St. in Boone. Info: 262-3017 or www.tcva.org. • TU (9/21), 7:30pm - Don Davis, ceramicist, will give a lecture followed by a reception at Turchin Center Lecture Hall. Info: 262-7271. Joyful Noise Community Center Joyful Noise Community Music and Arts Center is a nonprofit organization serving Madison and Buncombe Counties. Info: www. joyfulnoisecenter.org or 649-2828. • MO (9/20), 6-8pm - Open House at the First Presbyterian Church in Weaverville, 30 Alabama Ave. Observe private lessons as well as group classes in chamber music, Appalachian jamming, visual arts and drama from 6-7pm, followed by light refreshments and “meet the teachers.” Mountain Made Located in the Grove Arcade in downtown Asheville. Features the works of regional artisans, writers and musicians. Info: 350-0307 or mtnmade807@aol.com. • THURSDAYS through SATURDAYS, 10am-6pm & SUNDAYS, Noon-5pm - Glass blowing demonstrations. Regional Artist Project Grant • Through FR (10/1) - Deadline to apply for the Regional Artist Project

Grant, offered to residents of Avery, Buncombe, Madison, Mitchell or Yancey County. Grant writing workshops: Sept. 15, 5:30pm at Asheville Area Arts Council (258-0710). Call respective councils to register. Sterling Edwards Book Signing • FR (9/17), 7-9pm - Author and watercolor artist Sterling Edwards will sign copies of his book Creating Luminous Watercolor Landscapes: A Four-Step Process. Hosted by The Starving Artist in Hendersonville. Food provided by Nib’s Coffee Cafe. Info: wncStarvingArtist@ gmail.com Swannanoa Valley Fine Arts League Classes are held at the studio, 999 W. Old Rt. 70, Black Mountain. Info: svfal. info@gmail.com or www. svfal.org. • THURSDAYS, Noon-3pm - Experimental Art Group. Experimental learning and sharing water-media techniques and collage. Suggested donation $4. • FRIDAYS, 10am-1pm Open studio for figure drawing. Small fee for model. • MONDAYS, 10am-1pm - Open studio for portrait painting. Small fee for model. • TUESDAYS (through 11/16) - Art with Lorelle Bacon. Adults 1-3pm and youth 3:30-5pm. All levels welcome. $15/class. Registration required. The Fine Arts League of the Carolinas Located at 362 Depot St. in the River Arts District. Info: 252-5050 or www.fineartsleague.org. • TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 7-9pm - Open figure drawing sessions. Four 5-minute poses and four 20-minute poses. $5.

Art/Craft Fairs Events at Historic Johnson Farm Located at 3346 Haywood Rd. in Hendersonville. There are two nature trails (free), and guided tours are offered. Info: 891-6585 or www. historicjohnsonfarm.org. • TU (9/21), 10am - “Scrapbooking Family Photos on a Budget,” a workshop lead by Joyce Cochran. Bring eight of your own photos and all other materials will be provided. $10. For teens and adults. Reservations required. Treasure Hunters Roadshow • Through SA (9/18) Residents will bring in rare and unusual collectibles at the Roadshow and the public will have a chance to

talk to antique and collectible experts. Held at Comfort Suites, 890 Brevard Road. Free. Info: www.treasurehuntersroadshow.com. Waterfall Crafters’ 22nd Annual Craft Show & Sale • FR & SA (9/17 & 18), 10am-4pm - The show and sale will be held at St. Timothy Methodist Church in Brevard. Juried crafters will offer a wide variety of locally made items. Daisy the Clown will entertain, and there will be food and drinks available. Info: 883-2029. Westy Craft Market • 3rd SATURDAYS (starting 9/18), 9am-2pm - The market, featuring local and vintage crafts, will be held on the lawn at the Universal Joint, 784 Haywood Road. Info: hewestymarket@gmail. com or 505-7262.

Spoken & Written Word Concert And Writer’s Workshop (pd.) Power Up Your Prose • Saturday, September 25, 9am-4:30pm, Waynesville. • Kick-off Concert, Friday, September 24, 7:30pm. • Keith Flynn and The Holy Men. • Information/registration: www.mountainwritersnc.com Asheville Storytelling Circle A nonprofit dedicated to excellence in the oral tradition that affirms various cultures through storytelling, and nourishes the development of emerging and established artists. Guests and new members always welcome. Info: 274-1123. • 3rd MONDAYS, 7pm - Tellers and listeners are invited to come to Asheville Terrace Lobby, 200 Tunnel Road. Buncombe County Public Libraries LIBRARY ABBREVIATIONS Each Library event is marked by the following location abbreviations: n BM = Black Mountain Library (105 N. Dougherty St., 250-4756) n FV = Fairview Library (1 Taylor Road, 250-6484) n LE = Leicester Library (1561 Alexander Road, 250-6480) n SS = Skyland/South Buncombe Library (260 Overlook Road, 250-6488) n SW = Swannanoa Library (101 West Charleston Street, 2506486) n WV = Weaverville Library (41 N. Main Street, 250-6482) n WA = West Asheville Library (942 Haywood Road, 250-4750)

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The fine fellows of PUSH will premier their first skateboard video, “aptly-titled Push,” says Rob Sebrell, of the downtown skateshop and gallery. The film will screen Thursday, Sept. 16, at 9:30 p.m. at Asheville Pizza and Brewing on Merrimon, followed by an after-party at the Emerald Lounge. On Friday, Sept. 17, the gallery will have a reception for “The Kids of Hate and Love,” photos by Mike Belleme and Ramon Hess that offer a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Push.

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n Library storyline: 250KIDS. • WE (9/15), 5-7pm - Library Knitters meet. SW. • Through MO (9/20) - Deadline for the October essay contest on the theme: “What a Political Leader Should Be.” BM. • TH (9/16), 1pm - Book Club: Serena by Ron Rash. FV —- 2:30pm - Book Club: South of Broad by Pat Conroy. SS —- 7pm - Book Club: The Help by Kathryn Sockett. FV. • FR (9/17), 4-5:30pm - Teen Awesome Group and “pizza planning” meeting. Eat pizza and brainstorm ideas

for upcoming library events. WV. • TU (9/21), 7pm - Mystery Book Club: The Sunday Philosophy Club by Alexander McCall Smith. BM —- 2pm - Book Club: Stones into Schools by Greg Mortensen. NA —- 6:30-8pm - Knitting and Crochet Group. LE. • WE (9/22), 6:30pm - Library Knitters meet. A casual knitting and needlework group for all skill levels. Meets at the Black Mountain Yarn Shop. BM. • TH (9/23), 7pm Shakespeare Discussion Group: Twelfth Night. The group will then attend the

Montford Park Players’ performance of the play on Sept. 26, leaving the Black Mountain Library at 6:30pm. BM. Events at City Lights City Lights Bookstore is at 3 E. Jackson St. in downtown Sylva. Info: 586-9499 or more@citylightsnc.com. • TH (9/16), 10:30am - Coffee with the Poet: Bill Swarts. • SA (9/18), 1pm - American Girls Club meeting. • FR (9/17), Noon - “Natural History of the Southern Appalachians,” a lunchtime program. Events at Malaprop’s The bookstore and cafe at 55 Haywood St. hosts visiting authors for talks and book signings. Info: 254-6734 or www.malaprops.com. • WE (9/15), 7pm - Monique Truong will read from and sign copies of her book Bitter in the Mouth, a novel about a young woman’s search for identity and family. • TH (9/16), 5pm - Women on Words, a poetry circle for women —- 7pm - Stitch-NBitch. Bring a project and talk shop with fiber artist Stacey Budge-Kamison —- 7pm - Hal Herzog will discuss his book Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It’s So Hard to Think Straight About Animals. • SA (9/18), 7pm - Michael Knight will read from and sign copies of his book The Typist, set in Japan in the wake of World War II. • SU (9/19), 3pm - Writers at Home: Hosted by Tommy Hays and featuring readings by local authors Jen Fawkes and Janet Hurley —- 5pm - Patti Dig celebrates the launch of her book FourWord Self-Help: Simple Wisdom for Complex Lives. • MO (9/20), 7pm - Comix book club with Gina Marie Cole. • TU (9/21), 7pm - Herbert Reid and Betsy Taylor will read from their book Recovering the Commons: Democracy, Place, and Social Justice, which provides tools for responding to human and environmental crises in the Appalachia Mountains and beyond. • WE (9/22), 7pm - Cheri Brackett will read from her contribution to Gravity Pulls You In, a collection of candid essays and poems written by parents of children with autism-spectrum disorders. • TH (9/23), 7pm - “Type-A Mom Blogging Conference.” Events at Montford Books & More Located at 31 Montford Ave. Info: 285-8805.

• SU (9/19), 4pm - Poet and composer Annelinde Metzner will read from her most recent publication, In the Mother Grove. Events at Thomas Wolfe Memorial Located at 52 N. Market St. Info: www.wolfememorial. com or 253-8304. • FR (9/17), Noon-1pm - Thomas Rain Crowe will be the featured poet reading on the porch of the Old Kentucky Home. Firestorm Cafe & Books Located at 48 Commerce St., Asheville. Info: 255-8115 or www.firestormcafe.com. • WE (9/22), 7-8:30pm - “Zines on Toast.” Readings by Alex Wrekk, the author of Brainscan and “zinesters” Isy Morgenmuffel, Edd Baldry, Nat Last Hours, Tom Fiction and Steve Larder. Donations accepted. Southeast Indian Writers Gathering • TH (9/16) & FR (9/17), 8:30am-4pm - Native American writers are invited to participate in the Southeast Indian Writers Gathering at the Museum of the Cherokee Indian, 589 Tsali Blvd., Cherokee. Group discussions and one-on-one sessions will be offered. Free. The general public is invited to a free reading and book signing to be held at 7pm on Thursday. Info: 227-2306, 497-3481, ext. 306 or bduncan@cherokeemuseum.org. Writer’s Group • TUESDAYS, 6:30-8:30pm - Seeking one or two experienced, engaged prose writers to join the group for feedback. The group has been meeting for the past eight years. Info: 274-4526 or reatonkelley@ charter.net.

Festivals & Gatherings Dirty Dancing Family Festival Dirty Dancing fans of all ages will experience the magic of Johnny and Baby at Lake Lure. Proceeds benefit The Isothermal Foundation Performing Arts Center, Hospice of Rutherford County and the Lake Lure Youth Center. Info: (877)-625-2725 or www.dirtydancingfestival. com. • FR (9/17), 7pm - Lakeside screening of Dirty Dancing at Firefly Cove. Bring a blanket or chair. Donations accepted. • SA (9/18), 9am-4pm - The outdoor dance festival features entertainment by Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs, DJ Harry Turner, Billy Scott & The Party Prophets, storytellers, shagdancing competitions, fam-

ily-friendly games and more. $20/$10 children. On the Same Page Literary Festival • WE (9/15) through SA (9/18) - Ashe County’s annual celebration of the written word. This year’s festival will feature Fred Chappell, John Hart, Robert Morgan and Daniel Wallace. Readings, discussion, group time with authors and more. In and around West Jefferson. Info & schedule: www.onthesamepagefestival.com.

Music Pre-Blue Ridge Pride Party at Firestorm Cafe w/ Amy Broome (pd.) Warm up for PRIDE at Firestorm Cafe w/ Amy Broome, singer-songwriter from Charlotte, NC. Playing originals from the NEW CD Let It Get You! www.amybroome.com African Drumming With Billy Zanski at Skinny Beats Drum Shop, 4 Eagle St., downtown Asheville. Drums provided. No experience necessary. Suggested donation $10 per class. Drop-ins welcome. Info: 768-2826. • WEDNESDAYS, 6-7pm - Beginners. • SUNDAYS, 2-3pm Beginner. Asheville Ballet and Asheville Lyric Opera Collaboration Voice lessons for dancers will be offered by members of the ALO, and movement lessons for singers will be offered by members of the Ballet. The public, 10 years to adult, also welcome. Classes held at Asheville Ballet, 4 Weaverville Hwy., Asheville. Info: 252-4761 or 258-1028. • THURSDAYS, 6:30pm - Voice lessons. • TUESDAYS, 7:15pm Dance lessons. Cantaria Cantaria is a community chorus for gay and gay-supportive men who enjoy singing a wide variety of choral literature for men’s voices. Info: 254-9264 or www. cantariaasheville.org. • SUNDAYS, 5-7pm Rehearsals. Downtown After Five These free concerts take place in downtown Asheville, on N. Lexington Ave. at I-240 and Hiawassee. Concerts begin at 5pm and end at 9pm. Info: www. ashevilledowntown.org. • FR (9/17) - Larry Keel & Natural Bridge (Americana) will headline, with Grayson Capps (roots rock) opening. Haywood Community Band

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rock favorites. $19/concert. Tickets & info: 693-0731, (866) 732-8008 or www. flatrockplayhouse.org. • WE (9/15) through TU (9/21) - “Here, There and Everywhere: An Evening with The Beatles,” featuring musicians Dustin Brayley, Ryan Thomas Dunn, Ryan Guerra, Aaron LaVigne, Bruce Lang and Andy Wilmouth. Song O’ Sky Chorus (Sweet Adelines International) The chorus is always looking for women 18+ who want to learn how to sing barbershop harmony. Please visit a rehearsal. Info: 1-866-8249547 or www.songosky.org. • MONDAYS, 6:45pm Rehearsal at Reed Memorial Baptist Church on Fairview Road. (enter parking lot on Cedar St.). Guests welcome. St. Matthias Musical Performances These classical music concerts take place at St. Matthias Episcopal Church in Asheville, 1 Dundee St. (off South Charlotte). Info: 252-0643. • SU (9/19), 3pm - Musicke Antiqua Recorder Consort will perform a program of Renaissance music in period costumes. A free-will offering will be taken for the artists and the restoration of the historic church. The Carolina Theatre A cultural event center located at 91 Locust Ave., downtown Spruce Pine. Info: 766-5525 or www.thecarolinabarndance.org. • FRIDAYS, 7-10pm - Open Stage & Dance. $3 donation. If you’d like to be up on stage, e-mail guitarted_phool@yahoo.com. Waynesville Parks and Recreation Info: 456-2030 or recprograms@townofwaynesville. org. • TH (9/16), 1pm - Daniel Meyer, music director and conductor of the Asheville Symphony, will present sound bites from the symphony’s upcoming season. A Q&A session will follow. Refreshments provided. WCU Musical Events Unless otherwise noted, performances are held at the Fine & Performing Arts Center on the campus of Western Carolina University. Tickets or info: 227-2479 or http://fapac.wcu.edu. • TU (9/21), 7:30pm - Acoustic, folk and bluegrass tunes by the Carolina Chocolate Drops. $10/$5 students. Weaverville Music Study Club • FR (9/17), 7pm - Meeting and a program with organist Scott Coates at the

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• An Indian in the western Brazilian state of Rondonia, the last survivor of his never-contacted tribe, lives completely isolated from humans. The government has taken the unprecedented step of protecting 31 square miles of his habitat, monitored against trespass by technology including heat-sensitive flyovers — even though developers point out that 31 square miles of farmland could produce food for many more Brazilians. After intermittent attempts to make peaceful contact ended badly, the government stopped looking for him three years ago,.

Democracy in action • Wisconsin law allows independent candidates five-word statements accompanying their names on the ballot, to signal voters just as the words “Republican” and “Democrat” do, but Milwaukee Assembly candidate Ieshuh Griffin was ruled in July to have gone too far with her statement “NOT the ‘whiteman’s bitch’” (her capitalization and punctuation). Griffin said the decision baffled her, since everyone she spoke with understood exactly what she meant. • Mark Reckless, elected to the British House of Commons only two months earlier, apologized in July for failing to vote on a budget bill that required a late-night session to pass. He explained that he’d had a drink or two while waiting for the session to begin and barely remembered what happened (except for “someone asking me to vote”).

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Least-competent criminals Unclear on the Concept: (1) In Maine Township, Ill., Mr. Janusz Owca was arrested in August for choking his wife and was booked into jail and given his traditional phone call. With police listening, Owca called his wife and threatened to kill her. (2) Veteran criminal Nathan Pugh, 49, walked in to a Wells Fargo Bank in Dallas on July 26 and presented his holdup note to a teller (claiming to have a “bom”). The teller told Pugh that she could not release large amounts of money without proper ID and convinced Pugh to turn over both a Texas state ID card and his Wells Fargo debit card, both in his own name. Police arrived just as Pugh was leaving, and after an attempt to grab a hostage, he was arrested. (The hostage — a woman carrying a child — nonetheless managed to take Pugh to the floor.)

Recurring themes • Chin up: Nottinghamshire County Council recently refused, for the third time, to issue a disabled-parking permit to British Army Cpl. Johno Lee, whose right leg was amputated below the knee following an explosion in Iraq. Lee said a staff member told him he was “young” and that his situation “might get better.” • More Poor Multitaskers: (1) In August, a 47-year-old woman in Sacramento County, Calif., accidentally drove off a boat ramp while talking on her cell phone and drowned. (2) In Cincinnati in August, Colondra Hamilton, 32, was arrested at a routine traffic stop when officers found her with her pants unbuttoned, a sex toy in her lap, and a computer playing a video in the passenger seat.

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Saturday, Sept. 25th • 9:45 am-1:30 pm A workshop on Zen teachings and practice Dharma Teachers: Sunya Kjolhede & Lawson Sachter Early registration and Students - $25.00 $35.00 at the door • Vegetarian lunch included For registration and information call 828-645-8001 or register online at www.windhorsezen.org 580 Panther Branch Road • Alexander, NC 28701 Weaverville area, 20 minutes from downtown Asheville

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• SA (9/25), 10am-4pm - British Car Show and silent auction to benefit Meals on Wheels in Henderson and Buncombe counties. At Jackson Park in Hendersonville. Register to show a car by Sept. 19 ($20). Rain or shine. Free admission. Info: www.autumninthemountains.org. Eblen-Kimmel Charities Info: 255-3066 or www.eblencharities.org. • TH (9/16), 6:30pm - Reception at Asheville Community Theater, 35 W. Walnut St. —- 7:30pm - Oliver will be performed. $20/$15 students. All proceeds benefit the Michael Wellisch Children’s Cancer Services of the Eblen Charities. Info: www.ashevilletheatre.org. Loving Food Resources LFR provides food, health and personal-care items to people living with HIV/AIDS or any person in home hospice regardless of diagnosis in WNC. LFR is a self-select food pantry. If you think you qualify and need some help: 280-4112 or www.lovingfood. org. • SU (9/19), 4pm - The Cathedral of All Souls in Biltmore Village will host a performance by Asheville chanteuse Kat Williams. $20 at the door. Proceeds will benefit Loving Food Resources. Polk County Red Cross • SA (9/25), 8am-2pm & SU (9/26), 2-4pm - The Hidden Treasures Rummage Sale will be held at 231 Ward St. in Columbus. Sunday’s sale will feature half-price deals. Info: www.redcrosswnc.org. •Donations are urgently needed. For pick up: 8942700. Slow Food Asheville Slow Food is an educational organization dedicated to preserving food traditions, celebrating the pleasures of the table and embracing a slower, more harmonious rhythm of life. Info: www.slowfoodasheville.org. • SA (9/18), 3-8pm - Mountain Fire: Terra Madre Fundraiser at Sunswept Farm Conservancy, 444

Beasley Cove Road in Madison County. Proceeds will go to the eight WNC organic farmers and slowfood producers who are delegates to Terra Madre, the international Slow Food conference in Italy in Oct. To register: slowfoodasheville.org/events.htm. The Carolina Theatre A cultural event center located at 91 Locust Ave., downtown Spruce Pine. Info: 766-5525 or www. thecarolinabarndance.org. • SA (9/18), 6-9pm - Carolina Theatre Fall Festival Best of the Bands Fundraiser. Local bands will complete for the Best of the Bands. Support local bands and a good cause. $5. Vance Elementary School Benefit • SA (9/18), 1-9pm - Family activities and bands outside all day to benefit Vance Elementary’s summer reading program. Bring a children’s book to donate. Info: 350-6600. Wine & Cheese Benefit for the American Red Cross • FR (9/17), 4-7pm - The Downtown Market, located at 45 S. French Broad Ave., hosts a free wine and cheese benefit and raffle to support the disaster relief efforts of the American Red Cross of Western North Carolina. $2 for a raffle ticket. Info: 258-3888, ext. 203.

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E AT • F LOAT • TOAST • D R AW C e l e b r a t e Wo r l d R i v e r s D a y With RiverLink!

World Rivers Day is September 26 and RiverLink is throwing a riverside party. We’re inviting WNC to a pot-luck lunch, a float down the French Broad River, and an opportunity to participate in the Neighborhood Big Draw. Neighborhood Big Draw is a nationwide effort to get people drawing. World Rivers Day is a world-wide celebration of moving water. RiverLink is a non-profit working to revitalize the French Broad River as a place to live, work and play. Bring a covered dish, a picnic blanket, a chair and perhaps a bottle of something bubbly and come and be part of all three! Sunday, September 26:

• 11:00-1:00 pm: Float from AOC to Jean Webb Park, take short hike to the Plaza.

• 10:30 am: People from all across WNC arrive at the Sculpture & Performance Plaza (117 Riverside Drive – across from Cotton Mill Studios) w/ a covered dish; shuttles take us to the Asheville Outdoor Center on Amboy Road (cost: $10, with $5 going to RiverLink).

• 1:00 pm: RiverLink Executive Director Karen Cragnolin gives an informal talk on local architecture and history while families, friends and neighbors eat and make drawings of River District houses, shops, landmark buildings, RiverLink Parks, and other river scenes illustrating how you are a Voice of the River!

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parenting from the edge by Anne Fitten Glenn

One kid’s perspective on our food “system” Eleven-year-old Birke Baehr was the youngest of a group of mostly teens who presented their “big” ideas at Asheville’s inaugural TEDxNextGenerationAsheville event. Birke’s talk was titled, “What’s Wrong with Our Food ‘System’ And How We Can Make a Difference.” I met Birke before the event, and because I often write about kids and food and local food production, we had a lot to talk about. Birke has abundant knowledge and lots of passion about these subjects. So, for those of you who didn’t get to hear Birke in person, here’s most of his inspirational talk (I had to cut some of the speech, but the message remains powerful). Here’s Birke: “I am really amazed at how easily kids are led to believe all of the advertising and marketing on TV, at public schools and pretty much everywhere else you look. It seems to me like corporations are always trying to get kids to get their parents to buy stuff that really isn’t good for them or the planet. “I must admit I used to be one of them. “I also used to think that all of our food came from these happy little farms where pigs rolled in the mud and cows grazed on grass all day.

“I discovered this is not true. “I began to look into this stuff on the Internet, in books, in documentary films and in my travels with my family. “I discovered the dark side of the industrial food system. “Like where it really comes from and how it’s grown, developed, packaged, marketed and eventually ends up in our refrigerators and on our dinner tables. “First, there are the genetically engineered seeds and organisms. That’s when seeds are manipulated in a laboratory to do something not intended by nature, like putting the DNA from a fish into the DNA of a tomato. “I like fish and tomatoes, but this is creepy! “These seeds are planted and then grow. The food they produce has been proven to cause cancer and other problems in lab animals. People have been eating food produced this way since the 1990s and most folks don’t even know they exist! “Did you know rats fed genetically engineered corn developed signs of liver and kidney toxicity? Yet almost all the corn we eat has been altered genetically in some way. And let me tell you, corn is in everything! “They use chemical fertilizers made from

fossil fuels that they put in the dirt to make the plants grow. They do this because they have stripped the soil of nutrients from growing the same crop over and over. “Next, fruits and vegetables are sprayed with more harmful chemicals like pesticides and herbicides to kill weeds and bugs. When it rains, these chemicals seep into the ground or run off into our waterways. “Then they irradiate our food to make it last longer so it can travel thousands of miles from where it’s grown to the supermarkets. “So, I asked myself … how can I help? How can I change these things? This is what I found out. I discovered that there is a movement for a better way. A while back I wanted to be a NFL football player. Then I decided that I would rather be an organic farmer instead. That way I can make a greater impact on the world. “I want to share with you that we all can make a difference by making different choices. “We can buy our food directly from local farmers and our neighbors who we know in real life. Some people say that organic or local food is more expensive. But is it really? “With all these things I’ve been learning about the food ‘system,’ it seems to me we can either pay the farmer or we can pay the

hospital. I know which one I would choose. “There are farmers out there like Bill Keener at Sequatchie Cove Farms in Tennessee. Bill’s cows do eat grass, and his pigs do roll in the mud. Sometimes I go to Bill’s farm and volunteer. I get to see up close and personal where the hamburger I eat comes from. I want you to know that I believe kids will eat fresh vegetables and good food if they know more about it. In every community, there are farmers’ markets popping up. Me, my brother and sister actually like eating baked kale chips. “I try to share this with other kids everywhere I go. Not too long ago my uncle said he offered cereal to my 6-year-old cousin. He asked if he wanted Organic Toasted O’s or Frosted Flakes? My cousin told his Dad he wanted the organic cereal because Birke said he shouldn’t eat sparkly cereal. “And that, my friends, is how we can make a difference. One kid at time. “Next time you’re going to buy food, think local, choose organic, and know your farmer. And know your food!” Thanks, Birke, for sharing your vision — one kid and one kale chip at a time. X Anne Fitten “Edgy Mama” Glenn writes about a number of subjects, including parenting, at www. edgymama.com.

parentingcalendar Calendar for September 15 - 23, 2010 Fall Festival • Rummage Sale (pd.) Saturday, October 2, 10am-4pm, St. George’s Episcopal Church, 1 School Road, Asheville, NC. Games, clown, face painting, magician, local musicians food and gently used items for sale (no clothing). Proceeds go to outreach and building maintenance. Come and be part of the fun! 20th Annual Children’s SuperSale • SA (9/18), 8am-Noon & 1-3pm - Quality children’s clothing, toys, equipment and more. At the National

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Guard Armory, 2025 Spartanburg Hwy., East Flat Rock. Proceeds to benefit the Children’s Clothing Closet. Info: jwchendersonville.org. La Leche League of Asheville • 3rd MONDAYS, 7pm - Monday Evenings: Meeting at Awakening Heart, Merrimon Ave. Pregnant moms, babies and toddlers welcome. Info: 242-1548 or 713-7089. Parenting Classes at Pardee Hospital All classes are held at Pardee Hospital, in the orientation classroom, 800 N. Justice St. in Hendersonville. Free, but registration is required. Info: (866)-790-WELL. • TH (9/16), 6:30-8pm - The Art of Breastfeeding. Breastfeeding basics for new moms —- 6:30-8pm - Daddy Duty. Helpful ideas and tips for dads during the labor and birth process. • TH (9/23), 6:30-8:30pm - Infant Care Class. Infant care information from A to Z.

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by Mackensy Lunsford Heiwa Shokudo is a rather unlikely veteran of the restaurant scene. The popular and tiny Japanese restaurant has occupied its little corner of Hiawassee Street and Lexington Avenue for 16 years. Some of my oldest memories of Asheville, in fact, involve sitting on the sidewalk at a wobbly table, honing my chopstick skills over a bento box, or squeezing into the back room with too many friends and too much sake. Those sidewalk tables are gone now, but there is a patio available for al fresco dining. That menu, however, has barely changed an iota in the over decade-and-a-half that Heiwa has served Asheville. Heiwa has always turned out what I affectionately referred to as â&#x20AC;&#x153;hippie Japaneseâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the kind of Japanese joint where the menu reminds vegans of the presence of bonito (dried fish) flake in the miso. Brown rice is always an option, and some sushi rolls come stuffed with tempeh. Noodle soups are christened â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yuppieâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Zen Monk,â&#x20AC;? and tofu dishes abound. The little town favorite has changed hands a couple of times, and recently changed hands again. The new executive chef Daisuke Sugimoto, aka Chef Dai, came to Asheville about two months ago from Greenville. He admits that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a bit of a purist when it comes to Japanese food, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no wonder: Chef Dai

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grew up in Japan, and spent some of his formative years following his mother around the kitchen of her Tokyo restaurant, Raku-Raku, an eatery that specialized in Japanese-style dumplings. Chef Dai wants to bring an authentic taste of Japan to Asheville. He is also a good businessman. He takes special pains to stress that he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to change the familiar and much-beloved Heiwa menu, because he knows that simply wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fly. Many chefs and restaurateurs come to learn the hard way that if it ainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t broke, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fix it. So Chef Dai is no stranger to the unwritten rules of the restaurant business. While in Greenville, he was a partner in a popular, sleek Japanese joint called Sushi Hana. There, he catered to the tastes of the South Carolina upstate, which he said leaned heavily â&#x20AC;&#x201D; pun intended â&#x20AC;&#x201D; toward the mayo-drenched, deepfried side of Americanized Japanese cuisine. In Asheville, Chef Dai notes with a laugh, the people on the sidewalk, well, take up a bit less space. Health-conscious folks dominate his customer base, and Chef Dai feels that catering to Heiwaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s built-in clientele is his duty. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was thinking that I could adapt the regular menu to my own taste, but some people mentioned they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want any changes, so I respect the taste of the regular customers,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are so many [Heiwa] regulars who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want us to change anything. Those people are craving the exact same things for a

long time ... Some customers come back every day.” Still, he thinks that the flavors and sensibilities of traditional Japanese food — the cuisine of simple tofu preparations and lean, clean fish dishes — will be a good fit for the restaurant. So rather than throwing a completely different menu at a well-established restaurant, Chef Dai will offer an expansive list of weekly specials. “I’m just trying to add more variety,” he says. “I’m trying to add more typical, traditional Japanese food, not only Asheville food.” Chef Dai says that classic Japanese food includes more vegetables than we may be accustomed to seeing on menus in the U.S. He’s already introduced a few veggie-heavy dishes to Heiwa via the specials menu. There is, for example, an appetizer of local Japanese eggplant in a ginger sauce, as well as traditional gomaae, a dish of spinach dressed with sesame. Pointing to the admittedly — and surprisingly — small vegetarian entree selection, Chef Dai reports that he intends to offer even more variety for Asheville’s vegetarians and vegans. “I never really heard of vegan before I moved here,” he admits. Chef Dai has added more variety for seafood lovers as well. Take the poke, for example. A simple and refreshing raw-fish preparation, poke is more frequently found in the Hawaiian islands than Japan. Its variations are many, but it’s often found made with chopped tuna and a mix of seasonings that lend themselves well to Japanese food. Think sesame, scallion, soy and ginger. Heiwa not only often offers tuna poke on the menu, but a tofu and “mixed-seafood” poke as well. Those two words, when found on a menu, generally strike fear in my heart — all too frequently, “mixed-seafood” really means “dumping ground for leftover scraps.” However, in this case, Heiwa is opening the door for guests to choose whatever fish they would like from the sushi menu. “I’m trying to add a new style for Heiwa,

use a lot of local and organic, and I’m also trying to expand the sushi menu as well,” he says. Indeed, funky sushi rolls turn up frequently at Heiwa. Take the Popeye roll, which features spicy tuna, avocado, nuts, tobiko and spinach. Another wraps tuna with mango and avocado. On the day that I visited Chef Dai, Heiwa offered octopus poke, kimchi tuna, littleneck clam soup and fried jalapeños stuffed with crab. As much as Chef Dai is hoping to steer his menu in a more traditional direction, he’s still willing to think outside the bento box. Authentic Japanese flavors, however, are what move Chef Dai. He’s excited to add real Japanese noodle dishes to the existing soba and udon-soup selection. “This is not really Japanese food,” he says, pointing to the Hobo, which includes deep-fried, marinated chicken in the broth. “[In Japan], we don’t use chicken with the noodles. It’s not authentic. It’s very American-style Japanese food.” Bringing in more of a Japanese style he says, means that the menu will become more “health conscious.” He also plans to include tunuki to his repertoire, a soup dish with fried, sweet tofu, spinach and a whitefish cake. “It’s a popular, typical Japanese noodle dish,” he says. “It’s very simple.” Another planned addition is kamo, a soba soup that encompasses little more than duck, noodles, scallion and broth. When asked what he thinks of Asheville, Chef Dai admits that he works a lot and is otherwise busy with he and his wife Naomi’s new baby girl, Hannah. But what he has seen, he likes. “It’s very interesting,” Chef Dai says with a laugh. “It’s very small, but it’s really, really beautiful. The people are nice here, and I love it.” Heiwa Shokudo is now open seven days a week for lunch and dinner. For more information, visit heiwashokudo.com. X Send your food news to Mackensy Lunsford at food@mountainx.com.

foodcalendar Calendar for September 15 - 23, 2010 Farm To Table Saturday Brunch • Grove Park Inn (pd.) Just $19.99. Join us 11:30am-2:30pm. Call 1-800438-5800 for reservations. www.groveparkinn.com Waynesville Creative Thought Center Located at 741 S. Haywood St., Waynesville. Info: 4569697, waynesvillectc@aol.com or www.mountainshops. com/ctc. • FR (9/17), 6:30-8:30pm - People Wisdom Series: “Long Term Food Storage and Preserving the Harvest,” with Kathleen Lamont. $10 love offering. Wednesday Welcome Table

• WEDNESDAYS, 11:30am-1pm - The Haywood Street Congregation, 297 Haywood St. in Asheville, welcomes all persons to come, eat and enjoy fellowship. All meals are made from scratch, healthy and free. Info: 337-4944.

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Apple gleaning, beer floats and the closing of Ophelias Open 7 days for lunch & dinner. We focus on natural ingredients & authentic recipes. Legendary lunch buffet 7 days/wk. Full bar & imported Indian brew. Enjoy our kind of fine dining that’s casual & affordable.

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An apple a day When it’s apple season in Western North Carolina, there’s no avoiding it. Hendersonville just held its festival celebrating the fruit, and Waynesville has one too. Hickory Nut Forest in Hickory Nut Gorge is gearing up for their own festival as well. AppleFest, a free, family-friendly event, will be held on Saturday, Sept. 25, from 1 until 5 p.m. This is the third apple festival for the 270-acre eco-community, home to solar-powered homes, organic gardens and orchards. Jane Lawson purchased the forested property with her husband John Myers in 2004, and with the help of friends and volunteers, cleared the land — discovering 115 apple trees hidden under a jungle of overgrowth. The apple trees include varieties like Rome, golden and red delicious, winesaps and more. The old orchard has since been nearly restored to its former glory. “It was overgrown and in disarray,” says Lawson. “We’ve done some pruning, and we’ve also added more fruit varieties as well as nut trees. The golden delicious trees are bearing

really great fruit right now,” she adds. Lawson reports that some rather old, well-established grape vines were also discovered on the property during the clearing. Her husband lists the grape varieties as Concord, Niagara, Freedona’s big blue and Lucille’s, a pink variety. The couple hopes to learn how to make wine in the future but is in no rush. “We’re not vintners by a long shot,” says Lawson, “but we’re learning everything as we go. It’s a work in progress.” Those grapes will be present for sampling at the apple festival as well, although the focus is, obviously, on apples. “We ask that people come and pick as many apples as they want. We have cider presses going, apple pies for people to eat, apple cake and apple butter. We just try to make it a fun event with kids games,” Lawson says. The property also has more than five miles of hiking trails. “It’s right on Hickory Nut Creek,” she says. “It’s a beautiful setting, and we’re just wanting to share the fruits of the harvest.” “First, we invite members of the larger commu-

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nity to harvest,” says Myers. “Then the gleaners come and gather apples to the food banks. Finally, people come and pick up the ground apples for their animals. It’s a win-win for everyone.” Hickory Nut Forest Eco-Community is currently expanding its orchard into a permaculture food forest with more than 40 varieties of perennial fruits and nuts, with the help of resident Ryan Lubbers, who has a Masters degree in permaculture. The community also features green-built homes with renewable energy and a solar-powered community center. The residents of the community will be on hand to answer questions about Hickory Nut Forest. Still, the star of the show? The apples. “We started AppleFest as a way of giving the apples something to do,” says Myers. This year’s AppleFest includes music, cider making, kid’s events and a sampling of various apple goodies by Jack’s Catering of Asheville. Visitors are encouraged to bring their own containers to take the apples home. AppleFest is a free, family event. For directions to Hickory Nut Forest and more information, visit www.HickoryNutForest.com or LaughingWatersNC.com or call John Myers at 7124926.

Floating action

Beer and ice cream? The combination may seem strange to some, but when The Hop Ice Cream Company and Craggie Brewing Company join together, sometimes magic can happen. Case in point: the Hop’s Antebellum Ice Cream has been on their menu for months, and it’s mighty tasty. Ashley Garisson, who owns the ice cream shop with her husband Greg, makes a mean beer ice cream. She uses the the alcohol-free syrup from Craggie Brewing Company’s Antebellum Ale, an 1840’s-style American Ale, brewed with molasses, ginger root and spruce tips, and adds it to either a vegan almond or standard ice cream base. The end result is creamy, malty and laced with a mellow but spicy ginger flavor. On Thursday, Sept. 23, from 5:30 until 7:30 p.m., the Hop and Craggie are putting their heads

together once again. This time, they’re hosting an ice-cream social for a good cause. For $6, guests at the Craggie Public House, located at 197 Hilliard Ave. in downtown Asheville, will receive a float featuring Craggie’s Antebellum Ale paired with the Hop’s Antebellum ice cream. The float will be served in a special Craggie Willi, short for willibecher — a tall, tapered glass that holds close to 22 ounces. What’s it matter what the darn glass looks like? Plenty: Attendees get to take the vessel home. Proceeds for this event benefit the YMCA’s Strong Kids campaign, which helps children and families facing economic, medical and emotional hardships participate in YMCA programs that might not otherwise be available to them. To learn more, visit craggiebrewingco.com.

The fate of Ophelia

Ophelia’s World Café has closed. The restaurant opened at 15 Eagle St. in 2006, under the rather ill-advised name, Bearly Edible. The moniker was inspired by a mobile kitchen that former Ophelia’s owner Mark Ware kept for years on the festival circuit — “Bearly” being a reference to dancing bears, an iconic symbol of the Grateful Dead. In a flash of sanity, however, the owner changed the name of the restaurant to Ophelia’s several months after the doors opened, and raised the level of cuisine from upscale lot food to modernAmerican with a focus on local foods. The restaurant recently closed and appears to have been abandoned. Much of the furniture is still in the restaurant, though it has been stacked to facilitate cleaning. Eyewitness reports indicate that a cleaning team was hired by the owner of the property in order to remove refuse and rotting food. The eyewitness entered the building several days after cleaning began, and described the smell and state of the restaurant as “overwhelming.” The area has since been thoroughly cleaned and remains empty. X Send your food news to food@mountainx.com.

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Hopefully you’ve managed to go pickin’ this apple season. If not, now’s the time — or at least time to find baskets of juicy, crisp local apples at your farmers market. What can you do with the abundance of fruit? Local chefs and bakers suggest pies, cobblers, crisps, tarts, jams, chips, cider and applesauce for a start. They also tout apples as the perfect accompaniment to roast pork and salad greens. Before you get started cooking and baking, there are some important things to note about this season’s harvest, especially in regards to storage. Grower David Butler of Sky Top Orchard in Flat Rock tells his customers to only purchase the amount of fruit they’re comfortable using up in several weeks, and he stresses the importance of refrigeration because of accelerated ripening. “We had a fairly warm April,” he notes, adding that spring seemed to skip over WNC altogether this year. But it’s not necessarily the record daily highs that have affected area apples. “It’s the low temperatures at night not nestling down where they usually do,” he says. According to Butler, nighttime temps are up about five to 10 degrees. That means fruit sugars are up, too, making apples more susceptible to heat and causing them to ripen quickly. Local apples are ready for picking seven to 10 days early this year. Currently, Butler is seeing his apples fall from the trees prematurely. But that doesn’t mean it has or will be a bad season — in fact, it’s been great so far. “We’ve had enough rain,” he says. “The apple trees haven’t gone through a period of prolonged drought or a slow period of growth.” Butler also feels that growers should have good volumes of flavorful apples all season long. He says that once it becomes fall, the later varieties (Granny

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Cosmetically challenged: Lots of customers ask Tom Elmore of Thatchmore Farm for his cosmetically challenged apples. These apples came from a seedling apple tree that Tom found to have remarkable flavor. He calls them Beulahs, in honor of Beulah Maney, a neighbor who recently passed away. Smith, Pink Lady, Arkansas Black) aren’t likely to experience the same too-quick ripening. Additional seasonal effects, like cracking, aren’t necessarily a bad thing either. When the top of the apples crack, it’s just a cosmetic issue, he says. Butler uses his cracked apples in pies and cider, but many growers bring their less-thanvisually-perfect apples to market. “Other folks call them seconds, culls, or even compost,” says Tom Elmore of Thatchmore Farm in Leicester, who calls his “cosmetically challenged” and sells them at the West Asheville and North

Asheville tailgate markets. “I hate to compost food that’s perfectly good, except for a few cosmetic issues, so we cut the price drastically,” he shares. As a result, many customers ask for his “C.C.” apples each week. What about the taste? “Folks notice crispness first followed by sweetness,” says Butler. That applies to all local apples. A fresh local apple has a complex finish, Tom notes: “Layers of flavor, just like a wine.” “The taste speaks for itself,” echoes J. Joseph Lewis, chef and owner of Square 1 Bistro in Hendersonville. “When you cut into them, the

flesh is white or pink and the texture smooth and crisp, not green or mealy.” Chef Lewis’ favorite apple to cook with is the Granny Smith. “They have a nice tartness that works especially well with desserts,” he says. Cathy Cleary, owner of West End Bakery in Asheville, likes baking with Mutsus best. “They don’t turn to mush when baked,” she says, adding that they also manage to retain their distinctive flavor. Debi Thomas of Wildflour Bakery in Saluda uses Honeycrisps for absolutely everything. Looking to pair apples with other local ingredients you have on hand? Cleary suggests using them as a compliment to beets, goat cheese, fennel, pumpkins, figs, blueberries and greens. Thomas encourages adding rhubarb to applesauce for a special kick. Local apples are currently on the menus of several area eateries as part of “Get Local,” a year-round a program of Appalachian

Sustainable Agriculture Project’s Local Food Campaign that brings together restaurants and chefs around the region to highlight a single seasonal ingredient. See below for an apple salad idea and the steps for making a sweet treat. Visit ncapples. com and asapconnections.org for even more tasty apple recipes. To find orchards, as well as tailgate markets with local apple vendors, visit ASAP’s online Local Food Guide at buyappalachian.org and search by product. If you’re hunting for your favorite variety, don’t wait, as apples are ahead of schedule. Call your area growers to check offerings. X Maggie Cramer is the communications coordinator at Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project (asapconnections.org). Contact her at maggie@asapconnections.org.

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Method

Cream the butter with 1/3 cup sugar and 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract. Add 1/2 cup all-purpose and wheat flour and cinnamon. Press onto the bottom and 1 inch up the sides of a 9-inch greased springform pan. In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese, 1/4 cup sugar, 1 egg and 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract. Spread over the crust and bake at 400 degrees for 30 minutes. While tart is baking, make topping. Toss apples with all topping ingredients. Put in 9x13 pan, cover with foil, and bake until just barely soft. Pull tart from oven and arrange the apples in overlapping circles from

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by Justin F. Farrar Waynesville’s Go Grocery Outlet isn’t the kind of regional business you’ll see profiled in the glossy pages of WNC Magazine. Appalachian Chic, this place is not. Tucked in a dying strip mall off Route 276, The Go is a descendant of the mid-century supermarket, a ragged intersection of fluorescent track lighting, scuffed white linoleum and flat-top freezers that must be as old as Hall and Oates. On the windows hang garish posters advertising brands that wrote the book on American mass consumption: Campbell’s, Heinz, Kraft. This is where blue-collar Appalachia comes to purchase bargain-rate bulk goods hoseddown in high fructose corn syrup: monolithic boxes of cereal, school-lunch hamburger patties in unmarked cases, frozen sacks of crinkle-cut French fries and so on. Though a rack of icecream sheet cakes does tempt me to amend my grocery list, I’ve made the trek from Asheville for one thing and one thing only: suds. Last week my pal Scott told me this Go Grocery (our area is home to three others) sports a sweet selection. You read correctly. A man capable of ordering artisan bottles of Belgian beer from Brusin’ Ales is also a man willing to drive 30 minutes for cheap supermarket beer. But not just any cheap supermarket beer. Ever since Uncle Al bequeathed a good portion of his domestic beercan collection to me in the late ’80s, I’ve held a fascination with America’s older regional breweries and failed mainstream concoctions. It’s at discount outlets like the Go, which hawks more than its fair share of obscure food products, that such oddball booty can be found. A lot of Cold beverages: Sometimes you just gotta have some cheap supermarket beer. Photo by justin farrar it tastes like shit, of course. But flavor isn’t the point. the label) and a $6.69 half-case of Game stick out for sure. Just a decade ago they, nor These beers are a part of pop culture. They’re Day Light. Much like Yuengling, which has anything approaching their caliber, wouldn’t Americana. quite the following in Asheville, the for- have been found in a place like this. I’m not the only dork who engages in this pas- mer is a proletariatian American lager first Upon reaching the check-out I ask my clerk, time. Interest in these types of beers has grown brewed in 1888. It’s owned by New York’s F.X. a well-tanned woman bespectacled in gold, in recent years. The hipster-fueled resurgence of Matt Brewing Company. They also produce what their most popular beers are. Expecting Pabst Blue Ribbon has opened-up a retro/nosSaranac, a premium line good enough to have her to rattle off a list of Bud and Miller prodtalgia market for vintage working-man brews. been featured on the Thirsty Monk’s weekly ucts, she surprises me. “That’s all people As a result, brands such as Yuengling, Genesee, pint night back in February. Writer William used to buy, because that’s all there was,” she Straub and Narraganset have cleverly re-framed themselves as delicacies from our country’s Orten Carlton once described Utica Club as a drawls. “But now there’s more variety. People quality “lawnmower beer.” like the German beers. And the exotic ones, industrial golden age. The Go’s cooler is, indeed, interesting. Sloppy, Game Day Light, in contrast, can’t boast too. And what’s that one? Fat Tire? People too. Tidiness isn’t a high priority around here, it U.C.’s heritage. Yet it’s a real curio, nonethe- love that.” seems. The border at which the beer and dairy less. Along with Game Day Ice, it constitutes “So let met get this straight,” I think to meet is a zigzag of unintentional cross-mer- 7-Eleven’s recent venture into private-label myself as I head back to the car. “While subchandising. About two feet to the right, a bag of beer. But despite the convenience store’s near urban-bred hipster types are busy guzzling salad mix and several stray pudding cups have omnipresence on the American landscape, the working-class beers of yore, the presentbeen deposited atop a 12-pack of SouthPaw G.D.L. isn’t easy to track down, a queer fac- day working class of this country is gradually Light (a member of Miller’s Plank Road Brewery toid that makes buying it only that much more developing a taste for craft beer?” Oh, the irony. X necessary. Family). Before calling it a day, I also spy six-packs I grip two items almost immediately: a $3.99 Justin Farrar can be reached at strawberryflats@ sixer of Utica Club (“First beer sold in the of Highland’s Gaelic Ale and bottles of New gmail.com. Belgium Brewing’s Fat Tire amber ale. These United States after prohibition,” proclaims

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The Asheville Symphony Orchestra celebrates its golden anniversary Alli Marshall Half a century is a long time if you’re talking about a savings bond maturing, a bottle of Bordeaux aging or a marriage lasting. Not so long if you’re talking about the age of a nation, a supposed Ming Dynasty vase or a Redwood tree. So when it comes to a symphony orchestra, how old is 50 years? The oldest ensemble is Germany’s Gewandhaus Orchestra of Leipzig, established in 1743, and The New York Philharmonic, organized in 1842, claims the title of oldest “extant American symphonic institution.” While the Asheville Symphony Orchestra celebrating its 50th anniversary isn’t setting an international record, that halfcentury is a laudable accomplishment, and those years are full of perhaps little-known surprises.

Star gazing For the record, 50 is the number of years that the Symphony has been incorporated. According to a timeline compiled by Arnold Wengrow (who was approached by the Symphony to write a booklet celebrating the golden anniversary), the Asheville

Practice makes perfect: The Symphony (then called the Asheville Civic Orchestra) rehearses in 1946. Courtesy of The Asheville Symphony Orchestra

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Symphony Orchestra was originally formed in 1927 by Lamar Stringfield, a Mars Hill College and Juilliard School graduate. The initial group performed concerts for three summers. “What I’ve been impressed by is what an amazing interest there was in classical music in this town, going back to 1927,” says Wengrow. Two short years later — during the Great Depression — the Asheville Civic Orchestra was formed by a federal music project, and that effort lasted into the 1950s. The present iteration of the Symphony dates — depending on how you’re counting — to 1958, when, according to Wengrow’s timeline, “Joan Beebe, Agnes K. Whitman and Frank Rutland signed a charter incorporating the Asheville Little Symphony.” With its first manager, the Symphony moved toward professional status in 1960, and by the following year, dropped the “Little” from its name. October 17 marked the first concert of its first subscription season. “We’re celebrating 50 years, but we also want people to be aware of the value of the Symphony in the community,” says Symphony board president Carolyn Hubbard. “People think of us as a black-tie organization, and we are truly a community partner in a lot of ways.” Case in point: The Symphony kicked off its anniversary year with a free, lovely and packed Labor Day concert in Pack Square Park. The open-air performance, made possible through a grant from The Chaddick Foundation, was both a break with tradition and the per-

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ceived buttoned-up-ness of the concert hall. It wasn’t, however, unprecedented for Asheville: Free Symphony concerts date back to a “Pops in the Park” performance in ‘91, followed by shows in ‘92, ‘93 and ‘97. In fact, the Asheville Symphony’s past 50 years are studded with experiments, format busters, discoveries and stars. “Going way back, one of the first big stars was operatic tenor Jan Peerce,” says Wengrow. Dinah Shore was a guest for a patriotic pops concert in 1986 — at the horse arena of the Western North Carolina Agricultural Center, no

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Season opener, with violin virtuoso Rachel Barton Pine. Featuring Tchaikovsky’s “Suite from Sleeping Beauty,” Szymanowski’s “Violin Concerto No. 1” and Hindemith’s “Symphonic Metamorphosis.”

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Thomas Wolfe Auditorium

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less. Country singer Ronnie Milsap took part in another Symphony event at the Ag Center — “Pops Goes Country” — in ‘88. Christopher Reilly, who Wengrow calls “the Garrison Keillor of the classical music world,” was a guest in 1989, as was violin virtuoso/conductor Itzhak Perlman (Perlman had such a great experience, he returned the following year). Leontyne Price was presented by the Symphony in solo recital in 1991. Collaborations have happened with the likes of Red Herring Puppets. And then there were (and still are) the new discoveries. “In recent years, there’s been a move from the ‘grand master’ approach to ‘rising stars,’” explains Wengrow. Cellist Zuill Bailey, touted as “the next Yo Yo Ma,” performed in Asheville in 2007 and again in 2009; Asheville native violinist Noah Bendix-Balgley (a virtuoso just beginning his own upward trajectory) returned to WNC last year.

From Szymanowski to Sirius.B Rising stars are both a fiscal necessity (established celebrities come with a hefty price tag) and an aesthetic choice. Current Asheville Symphony conductor and music director Daniel Meyer seeks out talent (musicians, composers and, perhaps most importantly, the Symphony’s educational and outreach components). But rising stars are sometimes behind the scene — as is the case with executive director Steve Hageman, who became the Symphony’s 10th manager in 1997.

who:

Asheville Symphony Orchestra

what:

Season opener, with violin virtuoso Rachel Barton Pine

where:

Thomas Wolfe Auditorium

when:

Saturday, Sept. 18 (8 p.m. ashevillesymphony.org)

Keeping classical contemporary: Current Symphony director Daniel Meyer considers modern music and composers to be part of his mission. PHOTO BY Michael Morel

“When it started, it was truly a community orchestra,” Hagemen says of the Symphony. Rehearsals were held in a church, and musicians volunteered their time. “There were still unpaid orchestra members in the 1980s.” “[WCQS music director] Dick Kowal was one of them,” says Carole Roskind, a member of the Symphony’s 50th anniversary planning committee. Robert Hart Baker, the Asheville Symphony conductor from 1981-2004, made great strides to increase the professionalism of the orchestra (these days, all performers are vetted in a doubleblind audition process). To assure the Symphony’s extensive programming can continue, Hageman — a businessman — is focused on the financial end. “I don’t think it’s a secret that nonprofit arts programs are struggling,” he says. “Savannah lost its symphony 10 years ago, Charleston is reorganizing this year, the North Carolina Symphony itself had to get a special allocation from the state this year. They’re deeply in debt. We try to keep ourselves fiscally responsible.” That doesn’t mean they’re getting rich. Donations and memberships are as vital as ever. For Meyer,

the challenge is to reach out to new potential members and to educate today’s students who are tomorrow’s symphony goers and performers. Current membership hovers in the middle ageto retirement age-range. Meyer, in his 30s, is an innovator. With the Pittsburgh Symphony (where he is also resident conductor), he created a program of Pink Floyd music. “I’ve always hated Muzak-ified rock,” he says. “But it was a perfect synthesis ... translating things written for synthesizers into the Symphony.” This season in Asheville includes a collaboration on A Midsummer Night’s Dream with N.C. Stage. And, on opening night, “There are some things off the beaten path. One piece is this wonderful violin concerto by Szymanowski. It’s almost like The Sorcerer’s Apprentice meets John Williams. It’s really cinematic.” Which is to say, Meyer is all about taking chances. Haven’t visited the symphony in a while (or ever)? You may be surprised. The 80 to 100 performers who make up the orchestra don’t live their lives in dress slacks and serious expressions. In fact, most of the musicians have other gigs, from teaching music and performing with other orches-

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tras to lending their talents to recording projects and playing with local bands. Piccolo player Rita Hayes and cellist Paul Ghost Horse are in Celticflavored Braidstream, bassist Elliot Wadopian is a member of world-beat trio Free Planet Radio and percussionist Matthew Richmond performs with pop outfit stephaniesid. Hubbard points out, “They might not be able to do that if it weren’t for the Asheville Symphony. If they get a job at the Symphony, it’s secure, it’s a base.” It’s both a financial base and a jumping-off point for experimentation as well as networking. Want to take in a classical music concert up close and out of the concert hall? The popular Opal Music Quartet is made up of four Symphony strings players; principal second violinist Amy Lovinger and associate principal cellist Franklin Keel also moonlight in Gypsy/experimental collective Sirius.B. Or look for performances by Keowee Chamber Music (Symphony cellist Kathleen Foster is a member), Café String Quartet (with cellist Eric Scheider), Asheville String Trio (with viola player Margery Kowal) and Blue Mountain Ensemble (with principal bassonist Michael Burns).

Mastering the masters

So what’s next for the Symphony? “My dream is that arts becomes core and every school has band and chorus and orchestra,” says Meyer. Current funding crunches make it increasingly difficult to bring programs into the schools, but the Symphony’s Strings in Schools program dates back to 1978; the Junior Symphony began in 1981 and the Asheville Symphony Children’s Chorus debuted at the Holiday Pops concert in 1998. Says Wengrow, “The Symphony is poised, with Daniel Meyer, to create a youth explosion locally.” Meyer points out that the reality of a younger

(30s and 40s age-range) audience is that people have kids, and going out requires a baby sitter. But, “There are more people attending classical music concerts than ever in history.” And, he adds, “Thankfully in Asheville, it’s such a fertile community of people who are inquisitive and will try anything.” Roskind points out that the season opening takes place in Thomas Wolfe Auditorium the same night that the Blue Ridge Rollergirls take on the Atlanta Rumble Bs in the Civic Center arena. Could the two audiences merge? Why not — Asheville is a town of experimentation, networking, mashups and breaking new ground. Which might be why Meyer feels comfortable forwarding his personal mission of bringing contemporary composers and new music to the Symphony. “It’s a philosophy. It’s showing that our art form is a living one. There’s a continuum,” he says. “Composers I’ve collaborated with revered the old masters. Although John Corigliano may not sound like Felix Mendelssohn, he certainly knows Mendelssohn’s works. He tries to find the connections between old masterpieces and works being composed while we’re talking in this interview.” New music also references Doo-Wop, Zeppelinstyle rock and hip-hop “to pique something in our collective imaginations. All the great composers infused their work with popular idiom,” says Meyer. “That transformation is the excitement of the journey of hearing new works.” Sounds like an excellent jumping-off point for the next 50 years. X Alli Marshall can be reached at amarshall@ mountainx.com.

symphonytrivia Piece performed the most: Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5

Music); and Rimsky-Korsakoff’s The Russian Easter Overture.

Composer performed the most: Tie between Beethoven and Brahms

Most unusual performance: Possibly the ‘86 performance with Dinah Shore at the Agricultural Center, which concluded with Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture complete with 16 electrically-charged canons.”

Most unusual/non-traditional instrument used in a performance: Cimbalom, a concert hammered dulcimer. (The cimbalom is used in Zoltan Kodaly’s composition Hary Janos.) Asheville Symphony’s first concert of its first subscription season, October 17, 1961 (in order of performance): Brahms’ Academic Festival Overture; Schubert’s Symphony No. 8 in B Minor (The “Unfinished”); Handel’s “Suite for Orchestra” (from The Water

Most surprising appearance: In ‘82, the Symphony performed at Bele Chere with Flamenco guitarist Carlos Montoya. Oldest and youngest: Members have been as young as 17 and the oldest, William Henigbaum, is 89. He’s been with the Symphony for its entire 50 years.

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by Tracy D. Hyorth There’s a really large pumpkin at the N.C. Mountain State Fair this year. It’s not your average pie-making or Halloween-carving job for the yard. It’s a 600-plus pound vegetable that had to be carefully raised from its growing patch in Fletcher with a special lifting ring, then loaded onto a wooden pallet and gently set down in its showing spot in the newly added Virginia C. Boone Mountain Heritage Center and the Livestock Exhibition Building. It’s not the biggest pumpkin that’s ever been brought to the Mountain State Fair, but at 736 pounds, it’s still one of the largest ever seen in WNC. Longtime fair exhibitor Susie Zuerner grew it and won first place. Zuerner has been a faithful fair exhibitor since 1998, when she entered a few of her mother’s pampered roses. She had some mild success, won a few ribbons and found a new obsession. Her wall of fame includes about 600 first-, second- and third- place ribbons won over the past 12 years. Zuerner keeps her N.C. Mountain Stair Fair catalogue from every year and writes down total ribbons and money she’s won. In 2001, she won 42 ribbons (amount unknown). The next year came in at 59 ribbons and $375. Last year, in 2009, she racked up 54 ribbons and $821. But expenses ran about $300, so she’s not at the exhibit hall looking to make big bucks. “Everyone has their bragging rights,” Zuerner says about the friendly competition and relationships she’s developed with fellow fair exhibitors. “We only see each other one time a year, but we have a blast. “I usually just go through my garden and see what’s out there. I’ll grab what I think looks good and enter it just to see if it will win,” Zuerner says sitting at her kitchen table, overlooking her just-under-an-acre lot in south Asheville where she grows all of her flowers, fruit trees and vegetables. “I even grew some things I don’t like — such as peppers — just so

McGough Arena: Chuck Wicks, 7:30 p.m. Heritage Music Stage: Bluegrass Competition — Andy Buckner, 7 p.m; Xtreme Tradition, 7:45 p.m; Bobbie & Blue Ridge Tradition, 8 p.m; Southern Connection Cloggers, 8:45 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 16

Bojangles Music Stage: Simple Folk, 4:30 p.m.; Tuxedo Junction, 6:30 p.m., 45 Cherry, 8:30 p.m. McGough Arena: This Hope & The Oxendines, 7:30 p.m. Heritage Music Stage: Mrs. Hyatt’s Jam, 7 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 17

Bojangles Music Stage: Buddy-K Big Band, 4:30 p.m.; Caribbean Cowboys, 6:30 p.m.; Chad Mackey, 8:30 p.m. Heritage Music Stage: Bluegrass Competition — Bluegrass Mix, 7 p.m.; Quarter House, 7:30 p.m.; Freeman Kids, 8 p.m.; Cullowhee Valley Cloggers, 8:10 p.m.; Gospel Grass of Union, 8:20 p.m.; Green Valley Cloggers, 8:50 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 18

Bojangles Music Stage: Chad Mackey, 2:30 p.m.; Josh Fields, 4:30 p.m.; Chase Rice, 6:30 p.m.; Brother West, 8:30 p.m. Heritage Music Stage: Bluegrass Competition — The Moore Brothers Band, 7 p.m.; Dixie Darlin’ Cloggers, 7:40 p.m.; Appalachian Mountaineers, 7:55 p.m.; Buck Ridge, 8:10 p.m.; Appalachian Darlins Finale, 8:45 p.m.; winners announced, 10 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 19 Pumpkin prize: Check out Susie Zuerner’s prize-winning 736-pound pumpkin at this year’s Mountain State Fair, which runs through Sunday. Above photo by Jonathan Welch / below photo by Tracy d. Hyorth

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Wednesday, Sept. 15 through Sunday, Sept. 20. (Wednesday Thursday: 3 p.m. - 11 p.m., Friday & Saturday: 9 a.m. - 12 Midnight, Sunday: 9 a.m. - 11 p.m. $7 Adult, $3 Children 6 - 12 years of age, $3 Senior 65 years and older. More info: 828-687-1414 or www.mountainfair.org/mountain-state-fair/ general-information.html)

I could have them to enter into the fair. I knew I could give them away to my neighbors.” Entering a giant pumpkin is something she’d considered for the past few years. She’d tried flowers, fruits and vegetables, and cooking entries, and she was ready for a new challenge. Zuerner’s had a fascination with large pumpkins since she was a teenager, when she grew pumpkins that weighed around 100 pounds. She gave those away to neighborhood kids. But since becoming a Mountain State Fair regular exhibitor, Zuerner began paying attention to giant pumpkins submitted by Wallace Simmons, then a “4-H guy from Haywood County. He started bringing in 800-pound pumpkins and that just sparked something in me.”

Over the years, Simmons shared some seeds from his winning pumpkins with Zuerner, and she gave it a try. She finally had some success last year with a 222-pound entry that placed. The seed was planted in her head to try and grow WNC’s biggest pumpkin. Zuerner did some Internet research and came across a very dedicated group of giant pumpkin growers who all communicate through a particular website. There, they share growing tips, support and seeds from their winning pumpkins. Zuerner reached out to every firstplace giant pumpkin winner in the United States last year and asked for a seed. She sent money to cover the costs and every single grower sent her at least one seed. It may not have come from their winning pumpkin, but it came from

Bojangles Music Stage: Old-time competition winner, 3 p.m.; Bluegrass competition winner, 3:40 p.m.; Cole Mountain Cloggers, 4:10 p.m.; John Cowan Band, 5 p.m. as large a vegetable they could spare. Zuerner even received a seed from a woman who holds the world record for largest pumpkin, at 1,725 pounds. Zuerner doesn’t think she’ll grow pumpkins next year. She’ll be ready for another challenge. But it has crossed her mind that “maybe, just maybe, someone will catch the passion” as she did a few years ago. “I think it would be really cool if another seed were planted to get someone interested in growing something like this,” Zuerner says, “just like it happened to me.” X Tracy D. Hyorth is a freelance writer and owner of outnaboutasheville. She can be reached at outnaboutwnc@gmail.com

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arts

music

what’splaying

Ricochet bounces film back to Asheville

The schedule for Ricochet

Festival offers cult movies, classics, zombies and fire dancers

Tickets are $8, except for the Sita Sings the Blues gala movie at $20. Asheville Film Society members only pay $6 per movie, (Sita Sings the Blues is $15). Read more about the films in this week’s movies section.

by ilana Mignon Local movie buffs and buff-ettes can breathe a sigh of relief: The film festival has bounced back in town with the Ricochet Film Festival. The city-sponsored Asheville Film Festival announced a hiatus this year, but friends and fellow film freaks Michael Knox and David Forbes have come to the proverbial rescue. Ricochet will launch its inaugural weekend of flicks Sept. 17 – 19 at the Carolina Theater on Hendersonville Road. Ricochet will include cult movies, up-andcoming movies and locally made movies. Oh yeah, it’ll also have zombies, Indian food and fire dancers. “We are hoping for a really high-energy, fun festival that people will come out for,” said Forbes. Knox and Forbes (whose day-job is at Xpress) eased into film festival-land via working stints as movie recruiters for the Asheville Film Festival. Knox has since begun producing films and is currently working on his second feature, a documentary about the Blue Ridge Rollergirls. Shortly after last year’s Asheville Film Festival, the duo began discussing putting on a new event. And even if the AFF were still a go, the Ricochet Film Festival would be happening, its organizers say. The Asheville Film Festival’s break, said Knox, simply “cemented our plans.” Said Forbes: “We saw the way that Asheville comes out for a good artistic festival and how eclectic this community’s interests are, and we figured it needed a festival that reflected that.” Ricochet boasts a little something for everyone. Just a few highlights: The funky indie film and weird horror musical, Eat Me: The Musical; the comedy/drama All About Dad, centered on a Vietnamese family; a documentary about attempting to re-unite the legendary band, the Kinks; a showing of the classic black-and-white Night of the Living Dead. “We wanted to have at least one classic movie in there,” said Knox. “Plus, it’s a fun film.” He brought the film to his Modern Film Festival in Kannapolis, N.C., and it was the most well-attended offering there. Ricochet is not only encouraging folks to dress up in their zombie-best, but they have invited the Asheville Zombie Walk to attend. It’s quite different to watch a a classic film on the big screen versus at home, said Forbes. “Many of these classics were out in theaters before some of the audience were even born,” said Forbes, “so it allows them to have that experience.” Ricochet will present some offerings that showcase the quality of the local film scene: Rod Murphy’s Being the Diablo will have its Asheville premiere, David Kabler’s dark Wanderlost will

Friday 5 p.m.: Sneakers and Soul (comedy/drama) 5 p.m.: Spoiler Alert (comedic thriller) 7 p.m.: Earthling (SXSW entry. Sci-fi) 7 p.m.: Eat Me : The Musical (weird horror musical) 9 p.m.: Night of the Living Dead (a group of people hide from bloodthirsty zombies in a farmhouse) 9 p.m.: The New Year (comedy/drama)

Saturday

Dancing across genres: The brand new film fest will feature the animated gala Sita Sings the Blues (top), as well as Everyday Sunshine, a music documentary about the band Fishbone.

1 p.m.: All About Dad (with lead actor Chi Pham in attendance. (comedy/drama) 1 p.m.: Hurry Home (comedy/drama) 3 p.m.: SF Stories (comedy/drama/ romance) 3 p.m.: Tearing Down the Tent (documentary. Directed by Ricochet co-organizer Michael Knox) 5 p.m.: Charlie Valentine (father/son mobster drama) 5 p.m.: Everyday Sunshine (music documentary about the band Fishbone) 7 p.m.: Sita Sings the Blues (animation/ musical/romance. The festival’s gala movie) 7 p.m.: Do It Again — One Man’s Quest to Reunite the Kinks (music documentary) 9 p.m.: Wanderlost (horror/fantasy) produced by local filmmaker David Kabler) 9 p.m.: The Liar’s Pendulum (action/scifi/thriller)

IMAGES COURTESY RICOCHET FILM FESTIVAL

screen and Knox’s own Tearing Down the Tent will get a view. All three filmmakers will be on hand to discuss their movies. Additional fun features for the fest include fire dancers outside of the theater. Why fire dancers? “To me cinema is the height of culture,” said Knox. “But it isn’t limited to just film. Music is very integral to movies. For instance, the original Dracula had no music and it’s very creepy without music. On the flip side, I just got done editing something the other day which by itself was not a funny piece, but the music we queued with it made it hilarious. It was the difference between night and day.” “People’s memories of film have to do with not so much the story, the film and the plot line, as important as all those are,” said

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Forbes, “but with an image, a flash, or when a song started in a certain point in a movie.” Forbes may be most excited about Sita, an animated film/cult classic. “In some ways, the way it was made and the finished product reflect the kind of the spirit we are going for with Ricochet,” said Forbes. “It was one woman drawing on her life experiences. She animated it herself and brought in all this music, and brought in all these old Annette Hanshaw songs and out of all these influences that you don’t think would work together, it works. And it works amazingly ... a lot like Asheville itself.” X ilana Mignon can be reached at ilanamignon@ gmail.com.

Sunday 1 p.m.: Do It Again (musical documentary) 1 p.m.: Being the Diablo (documentary/ biography. Locally produced by Rod Murphy with the director in attendance) 3 p.m.: The Red Machine (adventure/ crime/drama/history/war) 3 p.m.: The Brothers’ Warner (documentary about the Warner Brothers) 5 p.m.: Lo (comedy/horror/romance) 5 p.m.: Shades of Green (environmental documentary) 7 p.m.: Taylor’s Way (drama/romance/ thriller) 7 p.m.: Sledhead (documentary following a team of paraplegic players)

arts

music

Soul scientist

Jamie Lidell teams up with Beck for his new album, Compass by Alli Marshall â&#x20AC;&#x153;If Howlinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Wolf doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t move you, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pretty much the end of the conversation,â&#x20AC;? says British-born, New York-based electro-soul performer Jamie Lidell. Really, late Mississippi blues singer Howlinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Wolf is the beginning of the conversation when it comes to Lidell, whose own sonic journey touches on a childhood love of Prince, early forays into techno, solo shows enhanced by his live-looping prowess (he performed to a small crowd â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;a lackluster affair,â&#x20AC;? he calls it â&#x20AC;&#x201D; at the Orange Peel in 2006), soul-rich recordings like 2008â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jim and, most recently, Compass a scratchy-aggressive, lounge-meets-Thunderdome raw-soul project produced by Beck. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not that I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a style, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s that I have a huge love of music, all sorts,â&#x20AC;? says Lidell. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shopping with his girlfriend on the Lower East Side while talking to Xpress. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something that Beckâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s known for â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a manipulator of image, a chameleon always on the move, looking for new things to inspire him. I was really flattered that he was into helping produce. It seems like such a match made in heaven.â&#x20AC;? Lidell opened for Beckâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2006 tour, after which Lidell was invited to some of Beckâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s studio sessions. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cold to walk into a studio with a bunch of great musicians and try to lay it down,â&#x20AC;? the singer recalls. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But at the end of the day I love making stuff, and once I let my hair down I think we all realized this was going to work out.â&#x20AC;? Beckâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s influence can be felt strongly on tracks like â&#x20AC;&#x153;I Wanna Be Your Telephone,â&#x20AC;? with its samples, static and industrial clanks. But thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also Lidellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s remarkable voice, all exuberance, lithe falsettos, fluid timing and crude power.

who:

Jamie Lidell (Twin Shadow opens)

where:

The Orange Peel

when:

Tuesday, Sept. 21 (9 p.m., $15 advance/$17 doors. theorangepeel.net.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Enoughâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Enoughâ&#x20AC;? is a roughed-up version the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;70s funk Jim fans crave (Jackson Five drummer James Gadson plays on the album); â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Ring,â&#x20AC;? on the other hand, is nasty-thick with primal rhythms, hand claps and grungy beat-boxing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are some new directions,â&#x20AC;? says Lidell. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The second half of the album is where it goes into a little bit less of the familiar.â&#x20AC;? Though some critics panned the singerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s voice on Compass, he says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;It felt like a whole language I understood. It represented a lot of really strong interests I have in music.â&#x20AC;? (Worth noting: Feist, Gonzales, Chris Taylor of Grizzly Bear and Pat Sansone of Wilco all have album credits.) Lidell credits Beck for inspiring other changes: â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I was writing the album, I was riffing with guitar more. It was almost like I knew he was going to be listening to the sketches and

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for tickets call 239-0263 or www.ncstage.org All influences considered: Of new album, Compass, Lidell says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I do get my indie on a little more.â&#x20AC;? it influenced the way I was writing. In a good way,â&#x20AC;? he adds. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I guess I do get my indie on a little more.â&#x20AC;? Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s probably the biggest departure for an artist who admits that, as a child, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was the soul kid in a school of indie fans. Which was not a cool place to be.â&#x20AC;? Drawn to the likes of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Prince and all the things that made him who he was â&#x20AC;&#x201D; your George Clinton, your Sly Stone, Little Richard and Hendricks and shit,â&#x20AC;? Lidell says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was such a rich world to draw from. They always stood out for me. They were the songs that were really magic ... That music somehow became mine. Of course it could never be mine because Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not black, I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t grow up in America. But at the same time, I definitely felt it in an undeniable way.â&#x20AC;? But Lidell â&#x20AC;&#x201D; who returns to Asheville this week with a full sound and a band of six â&#x20AC;&#x201D; didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t translate his love of R&B into a tribute act. Yes, Compass is not without its baby-making slow jams, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also a Petri dish of sound theory. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a bit of a soul scientist,â&#x20AC;? says the musician. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My apartment is surrounded by synthesizers and technological machines. I program computers. I built my own looper. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a nerd, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a science kid. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to be Prince, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to be James Brown â&#x20AC;&#x201D; I do want to find something that really moves me.â&#x20AC;? X Listen to a podcast with Jamie Lidell at mountainx. com.

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arts

beer

morebeah

Bringing in the brew bucks

Beer Education at Brewgrass

Beer travelers flock to town for Brewgrass

1 p.m.: Hop Head Tour (IPA and other hop-forward styles) and Seasonal Beer Tour (Pumpkin beer, Oktoberfest, Belgians, etc.), led by MALT.

by Anne Fitten Glenn This year’s 14th annual Great Smokies Craft Brewers Brewgrass Festival may not bring as many people to Asheville as that other local fest (Bele Chere), but Brewgrass does deliver bucks. About half of the folks attending the sold-out event travel here to do so — spending cash on hotel rooms, restaurants, shops and, of course, local beer. The fest takes place this Saturday, Sept. 18, from noon to 7 p.m., at Martin Luther King Jr. Park. “Downtown hotels are booked pretty solid for the weekend,” says Jimi Rentz, Brewgrass coorganizer and owner of Barley’s Taproom & Pizza. “We’re trying to pump lots of sales tax dollars into the local economy.” Beer lovers from as far away as Seattle, Miami and even the U.K. will attend this year’s sudsy gathering. Plus, large contingents of folks from nearby cities, such as Atlanta, Columbia, Raleigh and Charlotte pilgrimage to what’s become one of the Southeast’s beer festival Meccas. At least 45 breweries will be pouring tastes of more than 200 different brews this year. Most breweries bring teams of four or five staff, including brewers, to work the festival, and many of them stay for a long weekend (see sidebar for other noteworthy beer happenings the nights before Brewgrass). In fact, festival organizers spend about

2 p.m.: Beer Goddess Tour (for women who want to learn more about beer), led by Anne Fitten Glenn. 3 p.m.: Local Beer Tour (Learn more about Asheville’s local breweries) and Hop Head Tour #2 (repeat tour), led by MALT 4 p.m.: Beer Goddess Tour (for women who want to learn more about beer), led by Anne Fitten Glenn. All tours will leave from the MALT tent.

Pre-Brewgrass events

If you didn’t score tickets to Brewgrass this year or you’re looking to pack out your beer weekend, here are some pre-festival parties happening.

Beery tastes: More than 45 breweries from all over the country will be serving up the suds at Brewgrass. photo by ANNE FITTEN GLENN

$9,000 annually purchasing local hotel rooms to put up the out-of-town brewers. “The brewers are the rock stars, and we try to treat them that way,” Rentz says, adding that, in addition to providing board, organizers Rentz, Danny McClinton and Eddie Dewey host a party for the brewers on Friday night. Part of the appeal for brew aficionados is the relatively small size of Brewgrass, which gives festival-goers a chance to interact one-on-one with brewers. There also will be beer education tours at various times during the day led by members of Mountain Ale and Lager Tasters (and this writer). See side bar for that schedule. And yes, there is a second part to that portmanteau word: the “grass” part. This year’s bluegrass music lineup includes The Infamous Stringdusters, Buncombe Turnpike, The Virginia Dare Devils and The Whistle Pigs. European pickers G2 are coming all the way from their native Sweden to play. Brewgrass is the granddaddy of local beer fests, but there’s still room for other beer festivals to bring in the bucks, such as Oktoberfest, Winter Warmer and Beer City Fest. The folks at Asheville’s Downtown Association are closely following the influx and economic impact of Brewgrass and these other younger beer fests. “We believe there is an opportunity here, just like Napa Valley is to wine, for Asheville to solidify its beer reputation,” says Adrian Vassallo, Asheville Downtown Association’s treasurer. “We want to continue to focus on the craft beer enthusiasts who are taking their discretionary dollars and planning trips to Asheville.” X Anne Fitten Glenn writes the biweekly Brews News for Mountain Xpress.

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Thursday, Sept. 16 The Thirsty Monk will tap a cask of Stone Arrogant Bastard Ale aged with oak chips starting at 4 p.m.: 92 Patton Ave. Asheville Brewing Company: Starting at 5 p.m. they’ll be running their Rocket Girl Lager through the infuser full of fresh watermelon. 77 Coxe Ave. Friday, Sept. 17 Bruisin’ Ales Beer Store tasting with Triangle Brewery Head Brewer Rick Tufts, 5 to 7 p.m.: Free. Includes Western North Carolina launch of their new canned beers. 66 Broadway St. Highland Brewing Company: Tasting room open from 4 to 8 p.m.: with live music by Sanctum Sully. 12 Old Charlotte Hwy. Local breweries Green Man Brewing, Craggie Brewing, Asheville Brewing, and Lexington Avenue Brewing, Oysterhouse Brewing and Pisgah Brewing will be open as well throughout the weekend.

what:

The Great Smokies Craft Brewers Brewgrass Festival

where:

Martin Luther King Jr. Park

when:

Saturday, September 18 (noon to 7 p.m. Sold out for the fifth year in a row. Benefits Big Brothers/ Big Sisters. Important info: Bring your I.D. and ticket print-out. Rain or shine. No one under 18 without adult. No coolers. No pets. No tents. No Frisbees.

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by becky upham

Deciding which shows you should see, so you don’t have to The Suspect: Krista Detor

Among her many influences, this singer/songwriter lists caffeine, alcohol, good news, bad news and weather reports. Seems to work … her writing has been compared to the likes of Leonard Cohen, Laura Nyro and Joni Mitchell. Her 2006 release Mudshow received raves on both sides of the Atlantic, and it reached the No. 1 spot on the EuroAmericana Chart. Her third disc, Chocolate Paper Suites is expected to come out later this month. Can Be Found: The Grey Eagle, Wednesday Sept.15. RIYD (Recommended if You Dig): Sam Phillips, Over the Rhine, Shawn Colvin. You Should Go If: You make all your Christmas gifts from found materials; You’ve mastered every aspect of life with the exception of dating; It drives you crazy when people blanketly call any soft drink “Coke”; You can’t resist … shouting out the answers when listening to “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me.”

The Suspect: Billy Bragg

Becky Upham posts a weekly workout playlist, as well as a featured song of the day, on her blog: beckyupham.com.

The Suspect: Chrisette Michele

Being rejected for American Idol hasn’t seemed to hamper Michele on her journey to the top of the R & B world. She caught her first break after India.Arie spotted her at an open mic at Manhattan’s Village Underground club. She began opening shows for Arie and Angie Stone and soon after she was signed by the Def Jam label. She’s sung hooks for Jay-Z, recorded a duet with Will.I.Am and worked with producer Babyface. Catch this star on the rise … she’ll be collecting Grammys before you know it. Can Be Found: The Orange Peel, Sunday, Sept. 19. RIYD: Lauren Hill, Jill Scott, Alicia Keys. You Should Go If: You took a vow long ago to keep it real, and you plan on honoring it; You spend 10 percent of your disposable income on your fingernails; It grosses you out when people “kiss” their dog; You can’t resist … watching Being Bobby Brown reruns.

This British punk/folk singer songwriter has been performing his style of anti-folk music for more than 30 years. During the ‘80s, he built a substantial following in his home country as he appeared in leftist political rallies and strikes. In 1998, Bragg collaborated with Wilco to create the album Mermaid Avenue, songs based on unrecorded Woody Guthrie material. His latest release, Mr. Love & Justice, finds a kinder, gentler Bragg, more interested in exploring the battlefield of love than actual battlefields. Can Be Found: The Orange Peel, Friday, Sept. 17. RIYD: Elvis Costello, the Pogues, Bob Dylan. You Should Go If: People often tell you that you should have been a lawyer; you keep a running list of friend “deal breakers”; you were expelled from elementary school for convincing your teachers to organize; you can’t resist … defending Ralph Nader’s presidential campaign(s).

The Suspect: The Black Crowes

It’s been 20 years since the Black Crowes released their first album, Shake Your Money Maker, with the singles “Jealous Again” and “Hard to Handle.” With them they brought the ‘70s-style Robert Plant/Rod Steward swagger and sexiness back to rock ‘n’ roll. They come to town in the middle of their “Say Goodnight to the Bad Guys Tour,” which will feature two 90-minute sets, one acoustic and one electric. Can Be Found: Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, Sunday, Sept. 19. RIYD: Rolling Stones, CCR, Tom Petty. You Should Go If: You view under-garments of any kind as tools of oppression; many of your sentences begin with the phrase, “If God had wanted us to ____ __;” your approach to facial hair might generously be described as laissez-faire; you can’t resist … a good pottery sale and earrings that could double as Christmas ornaments.

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The main thing to know about Asheville FMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s anniversary party is that garagerock outfit Reigning Sound is headlining. The Greg Cartwright-led quartet cranks out tightly crafted songs with just enough retro to make them seem like classics from the first listen. Soft Opening and Shane Perlowin share the bill at the Grey Eagle on Sunday, Sept. 19, 8 p.m. The show celebrates the first(ish) birthday of local grassroots, volunteer-run community radio/netcasting station Asheville Free Media, whose fabulously irreverent lineup includes programs like The Spycey Buzz, Worst Case Scenario and The Doctor Awesome Show. Tickets for the party are $10. ashevillefm.org.

Dirty Dancing festival

The whole world had the time of their lives in 1987 when Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze jitterbugged and jived across the setting of N.C.-based Lake Lure. Now dancers and fans of the film can relive every grind and triumphant lift at the Dirty Dancing Festival, held Friday and Saturday, Sept. 17 and 18 at â&#x20AC;&#x201D; you guessed it â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Â Lake Lure. The schedule includes dance lessons, a watermelon-carrying contest, log dancing, a cast lookalike contest and more. Franke Previte (who wrote â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve Had the Time of My Lifeâ&#x20AC;?) and original film dancers Patt & Tom Rocks also take part. Tickets are $20 adults, $10 kids ages 6-17. For more information, visit dirtydancingfestival.com.

Equinox at Deerfields

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an interesting juxtaposition: A weekend of wilderness camping combined with an electronic music festival. But local collective T.O.U.C.H. Samadhi strikes a balance with its seventh-annual music and arts festival, which runs Friday, Sept. 17 through Sunday, Sept. 19, at Deerfields. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This date also coincides with that of one of the oldest celebrations in human history, the birth of the deity Ganesh,â&#x20AC;? says a press release. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Equinox community, in Ganeshâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s honor, will be mirroring this energy from across the world.â&#x20AC;? Performers include Kri, Axis Mundi, In Plain Sight, Silver Machine and dozens more, as well as Psychedelic Visual Artistry and holistic workshops. $65 at gate plus $10 to park. Complete details at touchsamadhi.com.

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clubland

where to find the clubs • what is playing • listings for venues throughout Western North Carolina Clubland rules •To qualify for a free listing, a venue must be predominately dedicated to the performing arts. Bookstores and cafés with regular open mics and musical events are also allowed. •To limit confusion, events must be submitted by the venue owner or a representative of that venue. •Events must be submitted in written form by e-mail (clubland@mountainx.com), fax, snail mail or hand-delivered to the Clubland Editor Dane Smith at 2 Wall St., Room 209, Asheville, NC 28801. Events submitted to other staff members are not assured of inclusion in Clubland. •Clubs must hold at least TWO events per week to qualify for listing space. Any venue that is inactive in Clubland for one month will be removed. •The Clubland Editor reserves the right to edit or exclude events or venues. •Deadline is by noon on Monday for that Wednesday’s publication. This is a firm deadline.

Open mic

Krista Detor (acoustic, folk, indie) & Kenny White

“Hits & Shits” w/ Jamie Hepler

DJ night

Red Stag Grill

Back Room

BoBo Gallery

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Robert Thomas (jazz standards, blues) Rendezvous Restaurant & Bar

Johanna Jacobson (singer-songwriter) w/ Ralph Roddenbery

Live music w/ Gypsy (rock)

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Stella Blue

Makia Groove (funk, fusion, reggae)

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Millie & the Sirs (indie, rock, pop)

Bill Covington (classics), 6-7pm Maddy & Masterpiece (dance band), 7-11pm

Bosco’s Sports Zone

Shag dance

Holland’s Grille

Broadway’s

‘80s night, 10pm Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar

BoBo Gallery

Horizons at Grove Park Inn

Tallgary’s College Street Pub

Boiler Room

Lajos Pagony (piano), 6-10pm

Non-stop rock’n roll sing-a-long party show, 8pm-1am

Jack Of The Wood Pub

Old-time jam, 6pm

Eleven on Grove

Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Zydeco dance & lessons

Front stage: Aaron Woody Wood (soul, pop)

Emerald Lounge

‘90s Night Dance Party

Mike’s Tavern

Fairview Tavern

Live DJ

Open mic

Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill

Frankie Bones

Soul & jazz jam

Chris Rhodes (singer-songwriter)

Nine Mile

French Broad Chocolate Lounge

Wed., September 15

Paul Cataldo (Americana, country, roots)

Athena’s Club

Garage at Biltmore

Disclaimer Stand-Up Lounge Open Mic Comedy

Bess Rogers (folk, indie, pop) w/ Katie Larue, Lelia Broussard & Alisson Weiss

Back Room

Good Stuff

Open mic

Marc Keller (singer-songwriter)

Future Rock (electronic, house, rock) w/ Orchard Lounge

Ras Berhane (acoustic, reggae) Olive or Twist

Shag & swing dancing w/ DJ Ron Blankenship Pisgah Brewing Company

Open mic

Great American Taxi (roots, Americana, rock)

Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Rankin Vault Cocktail Lounge

Open mic & jam, 7pm The Still

Along Those Lines (rock) w/ Leopard Island & Mike Mains & the Branches

Open mic w/ BlindLiver

Bosco’s Sports Zone

Tolliver’s Crossing Irish Pub

Open mic & jam

Bluegrass jam, 8pm

Curras Nuevo Cuisine

Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues

Mark Guest (jazz guitar)

Jim Arrendell & the Cheap Suits (dance) Vanuatu Kava Bar

Non-stop rock’n roll sing-a-long party show, 8pm-1am

Fireside storyteller’s open mic

Emerald Lounge

Vincenzo’s Bistro

Push afterparty

Steve Whiddon (piano, vocals)

Firestorm Cafe and Books

Westville Pub

Steve Meckfessel (singer-songwriter) w/ Peter Andrews

Jammin’ w/ Funky Max Wild Wing Cafe

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Thur. Katharine Whalen (Squirrel Nut 9/16 Zippers) & The Fascinators 8:30pm Fri. 9/17

Sons of Bill & Apache Relay

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Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion w/

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Jonathan Byrd & more 9pm Sun. Asheville FM Anniversary Party 9/19 w/ Reigning Sound 8pm Wed. 9/22

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The Tim Marsh Collective (singer-songwriter)

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Gene Peyroux & The Snow Monkeys (“extreme Americana”)

Orange Peel

Boiler Room

The Black Keys (rock, soul, blues) w/ The Whigs

Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Pack’s Tavern

Ian C. Parker (indie rock) w/ Not Quite Dynamite & Michael Burgin

Katharine Whalen (Squirrel Nut Zippers) & The Fascinators w/ Birds & Arrows

Ginny McAfee (singer-songwriter)

Curras Nuevo Cuisine

Pisgah Brewing Company

Mark Guest (jazz guitar)

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Woody Pines (roots, blues)

Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar

Bill Covington (classics), 6-7pm Maddy & Masterpiece (dance band), 7-11pm

Red Stag Grill

Anne Coombs (jazz, swing)

Non-stop rock’n roll sing-a-long party show, 8pm-1am

Handlebar

Rendezvous Restaurant & Bar

Eleven on Grove

Scott Miller (rock, roots, Americana) w/ R.B. Morris

Steve Whiddon the pianoman Scandals Nightclub

Salsa Dancing, 10pm-2am Dance Lessons, 11pm

Local DJ exposure night feat: Nicodemus, Jericho & Spoon

Emerald Lounge

Lajos Pagony (piano), 6-10pm Infusions Lounge

Temptations Red Room

Fairview Tavern

Horizons at Grove Park Inn

Steve Summey Band (classic rock) Jack Of The Wood Pub

Bluegrass jam, 7pm Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Back stage: Galen Kipar & Moses Atwood (folk) Lobster Trap

Hank Bones (“man of 1,000 songs”) Luella’s Bar-B-Que

An Acoustic Evening w/ Bloodkin (MANNA Foodbank benefit), 10pm

Ralph Roddenbery (rock, folk)

Drum & Bass Dog & Pony Show w/ DJ Cricket

DJ dance party

Thirsty Monk South

Feed and Seed

Moms get

Mountain Feist

Anon Dixon Day Band

Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues

French Broad Brewery Tasting Room

Peggy Ratusz’ Invitational Blues Jam

The Stereofidelics (rock, alternative)

Vincenzo’s Bistro

French Broad Chocolate Lounge

Aaron LaFalce (piano)

Juan Holladay (soul, acoustic)

Watershed

Garage at Biltmore

Open mic w/ Max Chain Westville Pub

Paul Cataldo Trio (Americana, roots)

Mela

Fri., September 17

Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Belly dancing

Athena’s Club

Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill

Mark Appleford (Americana, blues), 8-10pm DJ, 10pm-2am

Marc Keller (acoustic, variety)

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Sons of Bill (rock) w/ Apache Relay

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Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Bill Covington (classics), 6-7pm Maddy & Masterpiece (dance band), 7-11pm

O’Malley’s On Main

Kassie Miller (country, soul)

Highland Brewing Company

Jam night

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Sanctum Sully (bluegrass, Americana)

Olive or Twist

Acoustic Swing

Holland’s Grille

BoBo Gallery

Twist of Fate (classic rock)

In Plain Site

Horizons at Grove Park Inn

Swing dancing w/ Heather Masterton & The Swing Station Band

Massage therapy, Reiki, Reflexology

Brandon Quinn

Back Room

Geoff Achison feat: Yonrico Scott (of the Derek Trucks Band)

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Lajos Pagony (piano), 6-10pm

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Infusions Lounge

The Go-Devils (punk, psychobilly) w/ Mad Tea Party

Bobby G Blues Band

Straightaway Café

BoBo Gallery

Iron Horse Station

Jenny Arch (folk) w/ Aaron Coffin Jack Of The Wood Pub

Woody Wood (soul, rock)

Vocal Remedy Quartet

Dave Turner (rock, pop, indie)

Flowers of Tokai

Tallgary’s College Street Pub

Boiler Room

Fundraiser for Neil Bright w/ special guests

DJ Drees & DJ Harlequin (goth, industrial)

Temptations Red Room

Curras Nuevo Cuisine

Greg Olson (folk)

DJ D-Day

Jerusalem Garden

Belly dancing w/ live music Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar

The Warehouse Live

Non-stop rock’n roll sing-a-long party show, 8pm-1am

Live music

Back stage: Jen & the Juice (folk rock, jazz, funk) w/ Dangermuffin

Thirsty Monk South

Lobster Trap

Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues

Emerald Lounge

Erika Jane & Kelly Prestwood

The Mantras (rock, psychedelic, fusion)

Live music by local artists

Peggy Ratusz & Daddy Long Legs (blues, jazz)

Luella’s Bar-B-Que

Vanuatu Kava Bar

Paul Cataldo (Americana, country, roots)

Chelsea Lynn La Bate (acoustic, folk, soul)

Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill

Vincenzo’s Bistro

Bobby Sullivan (piano)

Olive or Twist

Well-Bred Bakery and Cafe

Firestorm Cafe and Books

Firefly Soda (gypsy rock) Jeff Ruby (singer-songwriter) w/ Utah Green French Broad Brewery Tasting Room

Jason Waller (folk, country)

Nikki Talley (indie, rock)

White Horse

Orange Peel

Billy Bragg (folk rock, alternative) w/ Darren Hanlon Pack’s Tavern

WestSound (blues, R&B)

French Broad Chocolate Lounge

Runners of the Green Laurel (bluegrass)

Matt Getman Duo (sax, bass)

Wild Wing Cafe

Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Aaron LaFalce (alternative, acoustic)

Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion (folk, Americana) w/ Jonathan Byrd

Sat., September 18

Purple Onion Cafe

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Asheville Civic Center

Fred Whisken (jazz pianist)

Julie Lee (roots), 2:30-5:30pm Bill Covington (classics), 6-7pm Maddy & Masterpiece (dance band), 7-11pm

Blue Ridge Rollergirls vs. Atlanta Rumble Bs

Red Stag Grill

Chris Rhodes (singer-songwriter) Rendezvous Restaurant & Bar

Quarterhouse (bluegrass, country) w/ Tom Fisch

Fred’s Parkside Pub & Grill

Jar-e (soul) Live jazz w/ Jennifer Scott

Feed and Seed

Athena’s Club

Mark Appleford (Americana, blues), 8-10pm DJ, 10pm-2am

Handlebar

Back Room

Jay Clifford (alternative, rock, indie) w/ John Wesley Satterfield & Slowrunner

Root Bar No. 1

Ten Toe Turbo (“funkadelic”)

Picking for Dimes (Southern rock, alternative)

Havana Restaurant

Barley’s Taproom

Live music

Stella Blue

G2 Bluegrass Band

Horizons at Grove Park Inn

Spectrum (dance, classic rock)

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Woody Wood 9pm

Lajos Pagony (piano), 6-10pm

The Red Light Trio

Hotel Indigo

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Sunset Sessions w/ Ben Hovey (“sonic scientist”), 8-11pm

Luke Wood

Beginner swing and lindy-hop dance lessons, 6-7pm Dance w/ live band or DJ, 8pm

BoBo Gallery

Emerald Lounge

Infusions Lounge

Tashi

Tuesday Night Funk Jam

Bosco’s Sports Zone

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Serious Clark (rock, jam) Iron Horse Station

Nate McCoy (acoustic country, rock) Jack Of The Wood Pub

One Leg Up (gypsy jazz, swing) Jerusalem Garden

Belly dancing w/ live music Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Back stage: Knives & Daggers (experimental, shoegaze) w/ The Houstons & Saint Solitude

Shag dance & lessons Fairview Tavern

Rockabilly Sunday Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Asheville FM Anniversary Party Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Classical guitar duo, 10am-12:30pm Bob Zullo (jazz, guitar), 6:30-10:30pm Hotel Indigo

Bill Covington (classics), 6-7pm Maddy & Masterpiece (dance band), 7-11pm Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Front stage: Jake Hollifield (blues, ragtime) —Back stage: SONOS (a’cappella, indie) Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill

Overflow Jugband (folk, roots) Orange Peel

Jamie Lidell (soul, pop, electronic) w/ Twin Shadow

One Good Man

Sunset Sessions w/ Ben Hovey (“sonic scientist”), 8-11pm

Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill

Jack Of The Wood Pub

Now You See Them (folk, pop, indie) w/ The Royal Tin Foil & Matty Sheets

Irish session, 5pm Tom Waits time, late

Rankin Vault Cocktail Lounge

Nine Mile

Lobster Trap

Temptations Red Room

Ras Berhane (acoustic, reggae)

Live music by local artists

Singer-songwriter contest, 8pm

Olive or Twist

Luella’s Bar-B-Que

Tolliver’s Crossing Irish Pub

42nd Street Jazz Band

Jon Corbin (of Firecracker Jazz Band), 122:30pm

Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues

Midway Tavern

Orange Peel

Shooter Jennings & Hierophant (southern rock, country) w/ The Band of Heathens

Orange Peel

Pisgah Brewing Company

Dirk Quinn Band (jazz, funk) Rock records

Vincenzo’s Bistro

‘80s Night

Rankin Vault Cocktail Lounge

Westville Pub

Purple Onion Cafe

“Vinyl at the Vault” w/ Chris Ballard

Blues Jam w/ Mars Fariss

Laura Monk & High Cotton (Americana)

Rendezvous Restaurant & Bar

White Horse

Red Stag Grill

Bikers Sunday w/ Gypsy (rock)

Free live music

Chris Rhodes (singer-songwriter)

Scandals Nightclub

Wed., September 22

Spectrum (dance, classic rock)

Stella Blue

Stray Dog Trio

10 Cent Poetry (acoustic, folk, soul) w/ Channing & Quinn, Jeremy Aggers & Tyler Lyle

Scandals Nightclub

Thomas Wolfe Auditorium

Root Bar No. 1

Dance party w/ DJ Stratos

The Black Crowes (rock)

Stella Blue

Vincenzo’s Bistro

From the Ashes (metal)

Steve Whiddon (piano, vocals)

Straightaway Café

Mon., September 20

Duke Freeman (blues, roots, soul) Tallgary’s College Street Pub

Peggy Ratusz & Daddy Long Legs (blues, jazz) Temptations Red Room

‘80s, ‘90s & Today: Dance party w/ DJ D-Day

Emerald Lounge

Open mic Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Contra dance

Athena’s Club

Disclaimer Stand-Up Lounge Open Mic Comedy

Open mic BoBo Gallery

Bryan Steele w/ Santos & Imhotep Bosco’s Sports Zone

Shag dance Broadway’s

‘80s night, 10pm Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar

Fairview Tavern

Open mic

Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Frankie Bones

The Nightcrawlers

Back stage: Shotgun Party (swing, pop, bluegrass)

Chris Rhodes (singer-songwriter)

Vanuatu Kava Bar

Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill

Juan Holladay (soul, acoustic)

Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues

Mark Growden Vincenzo’s Bistro

Live music w/ Marc Keller Well-Bred Bakery and Cafe

Picking for Dimes (rock, alternative) Westville Pub

Vance Elementary Benefit w/ Rafe Hollister (“mountain rock”) White Horse

Matt Williams & the Ocean (rock, pop) Town Pump

Miss Tess Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues

Early jazz showcase w/ Bill Gerhardt & Sharon LaMotte, 7:30-9:30pm Vincenzo’s Bistro

Marc Keller & Company (variety)

Ol’ Hoopty (funk, blues, jazz)

Tue., September 21

Wild Wing Cafe

Back Room

J Luke (singer-songwriter)

Mike Pelz (acoustic guitar), 6:30pm

Sun., September 19

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Athena’s Club

BoBo Gallery

Mark Appleford (acoustic, Americana) Barley’s Taproom

Paul Cataldo (Americana, country, roots) Pilgrim (folk, indie) w/ Manners Eleven on Grove

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Pack’s Tavern

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Chrisette Michele (soul, jazz, pop) w/ Aftah Party

Rendezvous Restaurant & Bar

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Open mic Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

The Gourds (roots, acoustic) w/ Patrick Sweany Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Bill Covington (classics), 6-7pm Maddy & Masterpiece (dance band), 7-11pm Handlebar

Carolina Chocolate Drops (old-time, Americana) w/ Angela Easterling Holland’s Grille

Marc Keller (singer-songwriter) Horizons at Grove Park Inn

Lajos Pagony (piano), 6-10pm Jack Of The Wood Pub

Old-time jam, 6pm Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

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Wages (rock, indie) w/ Elementary School & Sky Lake

DJ night

The Still

O Mello Cello (singer-songwriter duo)

Open mic w/ BlindLiver

Back Room Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Bluegrass jam, 8pm

Mark Bumgarner (Americana, bluegrass, country)

Tressaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Downtown Jazz and Blues

BoBo Gallery

The Free Flow Band (soul, funk)

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Vincenzoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bistro

Boscoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sports Zone

Steve Whiddon (piano, vocals)

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Curras Nuevo Cuisine

Jamminâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; w/ Funky Max

Mark Guest (jazz guitar)

Wild Wing Cafe

Diana Wortham Theater

Jackass Flats (Americana, bluegrass)

Dougie MacLean (singer-songwriter, composer)

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Elaineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dueling Piano Bar

Tolliverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Crossing Irish Pub

karaoke

Hank Bones (“man of 1,000 songs”)

Fri., September 24

Mack Kell’s Pub & Grill

Athena’s Club

Marc Keller (acoustic, variety)

Holland’s Grille

Free Flight (rock)

monday

Mela

Mark Appleford (Americana, blues), 8-10pm DJ, 10pm-2am

Belly dancing

Mack Kell’s / Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues / Wild Wing Cafe

Back Room

Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill

Corrine Gooden (folk rock, Americana, blues)

Rorey Carroll CD release show (Americana, folk) w/ The Honeycutters

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

tuesday

O’Malley’s On Main

Getaway’s (Eleven on Grove) Mike’s Side Pocket Tallgary’s College Street Pub

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wednesday

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Beacon Pub / Fred’s Parkside Pub & Grill / The Hangar / Infusions / Midway Tavern / O’Malleys on Main / Holland’s Grille / Rendezvous / Temptations

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Ghostland Observatory (electronic, rock, funk) w/ DJ Acolyte Pack’s Tavern

Scott Raines (acoustic, rock) Punch Brothers (Americana, roots, progressive) w/ Sanders, McCurry & Cardine Purple Onion Cafe

Aaron Price (pop, rock)

Belly dancing w/ live music Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Boiler Room

Back stage: Aaron Burdett Band CD release show (folk, acoustic)

Darien (indie rock) w/ Aminal Curras Nuevo Cuisine

Lobster Trap

Mark Guest (jazz guitar)

Live music by local artists

Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar

Non-stop rock’n roll sing-a-long party show, 8pm-1am

Red Stag Grill Rendezvous Restaurant & Bar

Steve Whiddon the pianoman

Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill

Emerald Lounge

saturday

Mountain Feist

Holland’s Grille Infusions / Shovelhead Saloon / The Still

Archer vs. Gunman

Temptations Red Room

Drum & Bass Dog & Pony Show w/ DJ Cricket Thirsty Monk South

Live jazz w/ Jennifer Scott Orange Peel

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Due to possible last-minute scheduling changes, moviegoers may want to confirm showtimes with theaters.

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Please call the info line for updated showtimes. Cats and Dogs: the Revenge of Kitty Galore (PG) 1:00, 4:00 Knight and Day (PG-13) 7:00 Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (R) 10:00

Carmike Cinema 10 (298-4452) n

Carolina Asheville Cinema 14 (274-9500) n

Alpha and Omega 3D (PG) 12:35, 2:40, 4:50, 7:00, 9:30 The American (R) 12:10, 2:30, 4:50, 7:15, 9:40 Devil (PG-13) 12:25, 2:50, 4:55, 8:05, 10:30 Easy A (PG-13) 12:30, 2:55, 5:20, 7:55, 9:55 Eat Pray Love (PG-13) 12:50, 3:40, 7:10, 10:00 Get Low (PG-13) 12:05, 2:35, 5:00, 7:20, 9:45 I’m Still Here (R) 12:00, 2:35, 5:00, 7:25, 10:05 Inception (PG-13) 12:15, 7:05 no shows Fri, Sat, Sun The Kids Are All Right (R) 12:25, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:30 (Sofa Cinema) no shows Fri, Sat, Sun Machete (R) 12:45. 3:10, 5:30, 7:50, 10:20 (Sofa Cinema) The Other Guys (PG-13) 11:55, 2:25, 5:10, 7:30, 10:05 (Sofa Cinema) Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D (R) 12:40, 2:50, 5:25, 7:40, 10:15 Restrepo (R) 12:20, 2:40, 4:55, 7:35, 10:25 (Sofa Cinema) The Town (R) 11:55, 2:45, 5:25, 8:00, 10:30 Winter’s Bone (R) 3:20, 10:10 no shows Fri, Sat, Sun

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The American (R) 1:00 (Fri, Sun, Tue, Thu), 4:00 (Sat, Mon, Wed), 7:00 (Fri, Sun, Tue, Thu) Get Low (PG-13) 1:00 (Sat, Mon, Wed), 4:00 (Fri, Sun, Tue, Thu), 7:00 (Fri, Sun, Tue, Thu) n Epic of Hendersonville (693-1146)

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Flight of the Cardinal (NR) 7:00 Tue Sept 21 only The Girl Who Played with Fire (R) 1:00, 4:00, 7:00 (no 7:00 show Tue. Sept. 21), Late show FriSat only 9:40 Mao’s Last Dancer (PG) 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, Late show Fri-Sat only 9:45

Flatrock Cinema (697-2463) n

Get Low (PG-13) 1:00 (Sat-Sun), 7:00 The Last Station (R) 4:00 n Regal Biltmore Grande Stadium 15 (684-1298) n United Artists Beaucatcher (298-1234)

Alpha and Omega 3D (PG) 2:10, 4:20, 7:20, 9:30 Despicable Me 2D (PG) 1:50, 4:10 Devil (PG-13) 2:20, 4:50, 7:40, 10:00 Eat Pray Love (PG-13) 1:40, 4:40, 7:50 Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D (R) 1:30, 2:30, 4:00, 5:00, 7:00, 8:00, 9:20, 10:20 Resident Evil: Afterlife 2D (R) 2:00, 4:30, 7:30, 9:50 Vampires Suck (PG-13) 7:10, 9:40

For some theaters movie listings were not available at press time. Please contact the theater or check mountainx.com for updated information.

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Director: Rob Reiner (The Bucket List) Players: Madeline Carroll, Callan McAuliffe, Rebecca De Mornay, Anthony Edwards, John Mahoney Tween Romance

Rated PG

The Story: The story of the complicated relationship between a young boy and girl in early ’60s middle America. The Lowdown: A corny, lazy bit of filmmaking in every conceivable way, resulting in a movie that’s just overwhelmingly dull. You’re going to see the words “wholesome” and “heart-warming” attached to Rob Reiner’s Flipped, and that should be enough to tell you whether or not this movie is for you. Something called the Heartland Film Festival has anointed Flipped with the presumably coveted title of “Truly Moving Picture.” I was certainly moved, as I shifted in my seat in an attempt to fight off the movie’s butt-numbing effects. Don’t be mistaken, however. I don’t dislike this film because of its whitewashed, feel-good view of the world. This alone isn’t enough to make a movie bad — though the film’s tooth-achingly saccharine nature makes it horribly dull. What makes Flipped awful is the blatant laziness on display. Based on the preteen novel by Wendelin Van Draanen, Reiner and co-writer Andrew Scheinman (who penned the Reiner flop North (1994)) have written an adaptation with zero tact or imagination. Instead of adapting, they’ve transcribed, since we get not one, but two narrators describing events throughout the film. And when I say there’s narration, I don’t mean here and there to fill in the story. No, what we get is incessant chatting throughout the entire movie, to the point that there’s more narration than dialogue. It’s one part apathetic screenwriting, one part distrust of the audience, with a bit of The Wonder Years thrown in. The film is a nostalgic view of the early

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Joaquin Phoenix in Casey Affleck’s documentary (or is it a mockumentary?) I’m Still Here, which tackles (sort of) the question of Phoenix re-inventing himself as a hip-hop artist. ’60s, revolving around junior-high boy Bryce (Callan McAuliffe) and his varied romantic entanglements with the girl across the street, Juli (Madeline Carroll, The Spy Next Door). It’s basic coming-of-age stuff that’s unfortunately none too interesting (there’s a 15-minute section about nothing but eggs) — told from the back-and-forth perspectives of both kids and slathered in treacly mass-market prose. For the most part, the movie is trite in its depiction of the good ol’ days, with a nostalgic look that feels phony and contrived and occasionally tailspins into melodrama. The subplot of Bryce’s father (Anthony Edwards) — a bitter, closed-minded man who spirals downward into rage and anger — goes nowhere. After a narrated side note, he’s completely dismissed from the film. This is just bad storytelling, but it’s not as bad as the clichéd and offensive “full retard” minstrel-show performance by Kevin Weisman (Clerks II), who way overplays his mentally challenged character. The ’80s heyday of Reiner is long gone, but even this movie is a step down from the overbearing schmaltz of his last film, The Bucket List (2007). The movie has been floundering in limited release for more than a month and only now has been granted a semi-wide release; this would be career-killing stuff for someone with less of a name than the once and former Meathead. On paper, Flipped is harmless family entertainment. In practice, however, it’s so simplistic and unimaginative that it’s almost offensive. Rated PG for language and some thematic material. reviewed by Justin Souther Playing at Carmike Cinema 10 and Regal Biltmore Grande.

I’m Still Here JJJJ

Director: Casey Affleck Players: Joaquin Phoenix, Antony Langdon, Sean Combs, Casey Affleck, Tim Affleck Quasi-Pseudo Documentary

Rated NR

The Story: A purported documentary about Joaquin Phoenix and his descent into an identity crisis — or not. The Lowdown: The film answers nothing, suggests much and is often just unpleasant. Occasionally funny, frequently boring and poorly made, still it’s hard not to be grimly fascinated that this film could even exist. This isn’t so much a movie review as it is a consideration of a pop-culture — or even a sociological — phenomenon. I’m giving I’m Still Here three-and-a-half stars on that basis, so bear that in mind. Joaquin Phoenix may still be here, but the film barely is — at least if you’re expecting it to answer the central question: Is this real or a put-on? The film neatly dodges providing an actual answer, which has resulted in even more speculation on the topic of whether Phoenix is a head case who has dropped out of acting to become the most superbly untalented hip-hop artist of all time, or if this is some elaborately immersive piece of performance art. Just look at the reviews — which are split right down the middle — and you’ll see that some people are convinced it’s real and others are equally convinced it’s sheer banana oil. There’s a kind of genius to the whole affair, which is a good thing, because there’s no trace of genius about the film itself. As a movie, I’m Still Here is coarse, amateurish, badly lit, even

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It’s the latest in 3-D-ified animated kiddie flicks. It has a strong voice cast: Justin Long, Dennis Hopper, Danny Glover, Christina Ricci. It has a reasonable, if not exactly original or compelling story about two wolves (voiced by Long and Hayden Panettiere) who have been relocated and want to get back home. Of course, the boy wolf is in love with the girl wolf, but she’s out of his league. If you’re 6 years old, that probably seems cutting edge. Still, the trailer looks indifferent and the trades are split on it. Other reviews are unavailable. (PG)

DEVIL

A low-wattage cast star in this horror yarn involving a group of folks stuck in an elevator who discover that the devil is among them. Not surprisingly, this is disconcerting news. Almost as disconcerting is the tendency for audiences to either start laughing or moan loudly when the name M. Night Shyamalan appears in the trailer. It should be noted that Shyamalan only comes up because he wrote the story (so that’s why it sounds like a bloated Twilight Zone episode!) and produced the film; he didn’t direct this one. Then again, is the presence of Quarantine director John Erick Dowdle a huge improvement? Early reviews? Oh, don’t be silly. (PG-13)

EASY A

Emma Stone, Stanley Tucci, Amanda Bynes, Thomas Haden Church, Patricia Clarkson, Malcolm McDowell — but also Cam Gigandet — are the names festooning this high-school comedy about a girl who pretends to lose her virginity and then finds there’s a market for helping guys claim she’s helped them do the same. Of course, the fact that this is being directed by Will Gluck, who brought us the dismal Fired Up! last year, is more of a potential downer than the presence of Mr. Gigandet. Early word is surprisingly good, but a lot of it isn’t from the most reliable of sources. (PG-13) Early review samples: • “The movie belongs to Stone, that gorgeous, husky-voiced redhead. When most actors deliver nonstop patter, their mouths

more badly recorded and in serious need of a thorough editing. There is at least 20 minutes too much of it for its own good. (The critic I watched it with weighed in that it was easily 30 minutes too long.) I was occasionally amused, fairly often appalled, more often bored and ended up pretty firmly in the “it’s a hoax” camp. That said, this evasive, misshapen lump of a movie is one I’ve enjoyed thinking about. In that regard, it reminds me of one of Yoko Ono’s experimental movies — far more inter-

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THE TOWN

Ben Affleck is once again on the road to artistic redemption — or so the early reviews of The Town indicate. Affleck not only directed and stars in the movie, he also helped write the screenplay. Since he got lucky with Gone, Baby, Gone, Affleck has chosen another Boston-based crime story. He plays a bank robber out for the inevitable “last big score.” Of course, things don’t go well. As hackneyed as that premise sounds, the trailer looks promising and there’s clearly more going on here than mere genre clichés. Granted, a lot of early reviews are from people one probably oughtn’t pay attention to, but there do seem to be possibilities here. (R) Early review samples: • “Everyone in The Town shines, even Blake Lively, but it’s Chris Cooper as MacRay’s imprisoned dad who astounds. The performance is hard, almost completely internal, with the barest hint of disgust at his son’s credulity.” (David Edelstein, New York Magazine) • “A rich, dark, pulpy mess of entanglements that fulfills all the requirements of the genre, and is told with an ease and gusto that make the pulp tasty.” (Lisa Schwartzbaum, Entertainment Weekly

esting to think about than actually watch. But Yoko’s movies were generally better made and had enough sense not to drag on for 107 minutes. However, the level of self-absorption was about equal. Several questions emerge. First of all, I’m not at all sure that the public at large is really all that interested in this. They already know that Phoenix dropped out and proceeded to make

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Eat Pray Love JJJ

Julia Roberts, Javier Bardem, Richard Jenkins, James Franco, Billy Crudup Navel-Gazing Self-Realization Drama A woman who is dissatisfied with her life goes on a quest for spiritual fulfillment. The cast and the direction sometimes overcome a predictable—and slightly obnoxious—essay in self-absorption. Rated PG-13

The Expendables JJJ

Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Eric Roberts Action Folderol with Carnage A group of mercenaries take on the military dictator of a small island. Doubtful acting, clunky scripting, special effects that aren’t very special—yet in spite or because of all this, The Expendables is kind of fun. Rated R

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Madeline Carroll, Callan McAuliffe, Rebecca De Mornay, Anthony Edwards, John Mahoney Tween Romance The story of the complicated relationship between a young boy and girl in early ‘60s middle America. A corny, lazy bit of filmmaking in every conceivable way, resulting in a movie that’s just overwhelmingly dull. Rated PG

Get Low JJJJJ

Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek, Bill Murray, Lucas Black, Bill Cobbs Fact-Based Dramatic Comedy In the late 1930s in rural Tennessee, a crusty old hermit decides to hold his own funeral while he’s still alive. An often predictable narrative becomes a thoroughly entertaining and even wonderful moviegoing experience by virtue of its stars. Rated PG-13

The Girl Who Played With Fire JJJJ

Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist, Lena Endre, Sofia Ledarp, Mikael Spreitz, Georgi Staykov Mystery Crime Thriller Lisbeth Salander finds herself suspected of three murders, placing not only her, but anyone who knows her in danger. A complex and engaging thriller that builds on the characters established in The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. A must for fans of the series, but not wholly successful as a stand-alone work. Rated R

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Going the Distance JJJ

Drew Barrymore, Justin Long, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis, Christina Applegate, Ron Livingston Romantic Comedy A newly in love couple try to keep their relationship going despite being separated by a continent. A formula-heavy romcom with a few good moments and pleasant leads, but not enough virtues to outweigh its flaws. Rated R

I’m Still Here JJJJ

Joaquin Phoenix, Antony Langdon, Sean Combs, Casey Affleck, Tim Affleck Quasi-Pseudo Documentary A purported documentary about Joaquin Phoenix and his descent into an identity crisis—or not. The film answers nothing, suggests much and is often just unpleasant. Occasionally funny, frequently boring and poorly made, still it’s hard not to be grimly fascinated that this film could even exist. Rated NR

Inception JJJJJ

top action movie that manages to be both topical and fun, making for the best pure action movie of the year. Rated R

Mao’s Last Dancer JJJJ

Bruce Greenwood, Kyle MacLachlan, Joan Chen, Chi Cao, Amanda Schull Biographical Drama A biopic based on the autobiography of ballet dancer Li Cunxin. Old-fashioned and occasionally just too earnest, but nevertheless an extremely likable biographical drama with a final half-hour that makes up for much. Rated PG

The Other Guys JJJJ

Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Michael Keaton. Eva Mendes, Samuel L. Jackson Cop Buddy Action Comedy Two lackluster cops decide to attempt to fill the shoes of the most celebrated crime fighters in town. Surprisingly pleasant comedy from Will Ferrell that benefits from good pacing and even better chemistry between Ferrell and co-star Mark Wahlberg. Rated PG-13

Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Marion Cotillard Sci-Fi/Thriller Art-House Style A man whose job is to steal information from people’s dreams is charged with the task of instead using those dreams to implant an idea. Dazzling, complex and with a surprisingly strong (especially considering the filmmaker) emotional core, Inception not only lives up to the hype, it largely surpasses it. Rated PG-13

Resident Evil: Afterlife JJ

The Kids Are All Right JJJJJ

Restrepo JJJJJ

Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Mia Wasikowska, Josh Hutcherson, Yaya DaCosta Comedy Drama The children of a middle-aged lesbian couple decide to incorporate the sperm donor who fathered them into the family. A beautifully written and acted film that’s very nearly as good as all the raves suggest. Rated R

The Last Exorcism JJJJ

Patrick Fabian, Ashley Bell, Iris Bahr, Louis Herthum, Caleb Landry Jones Faux Documentary Horror A bogus exorcist allows a documentary film crew to see him at work on his final case—with horrific results. A few chills, some creepiness and some laughs (mostly intended) make for a decent horror movie, despite the tiresome fakedocumentary approach. Rated PG-13

Machete JJJJJ

Danny Trejo, Jessica Alba, Robert De Niro, Steven Seagal, Michelle Rodriguez, Jeff Fahey Absurdist Action Comedy A former Mexican federale gets tied into a violent plot to knock off a racist Texas senator. An absurdly violent, over-the-

Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Kim Coates, Shawn Roberts, Boris Kodjoe, Wentworth Miller Zombie Horror More zombie horror with Milla Jovovich in leather. It’s pretty much the same as the last couple entries in the series: mindless mayhem and close-to-no plot, going nowhere and seemingly in no great hurry to get there. Rated R

Dan Kearney, Lamonta Caldwell, Kevin Rice, Misha C. Pemble-Birkin Documentary A documentary following a single platoon in Afghanistan. A raw, rough-edged and emotionally blistering documentary that takes no sides— except that of the soldier under fire. Rated R

Takers J

Idris Elba, Matt Dillon, Paul Walker, Tip “T.I.” Harris, Hayden Christensen, Michael Ealy Generic Heist Flick A group of risk-taking bank robbers take on a job with their fresh-from-prison former partner. A laundry list of clichés and paper-thin characters make for a pretty useless movie. Rated PG-13

Winter’s Bone JJJJJ

Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes, Kevin Breznahan, Dale Dickey, Garret Dillahunt, Sheryl Lee Mystery/Drama A 17-year-old girl must find her bailjumping father or lose her home. Unrelenting in its picture of poverty, but compelling in its storytelling and its ability to find humanity where you don’t expect it, Winter’s Bone is remarkable. Rated R

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Resident Evil: Afterlife JJ

Director: Paul W.S. Anderson (Death Race) Players: Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Kim Coates, Shawn Roberts, Boris Kodjoe, Wentworth Miller Zombie Horror

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The Story: More zombie horror with Milla Jovovich in leather. The Lowdown: It’s pretty much the same as the last couple entries in the series: mindless mayhem and close-to-no plot, going nowhere and seemingly in no great hurry to get there. I’ve always been inclined to cut Paul W.S. Anderson a little slack — viewing him as a guy who unapologetically just makes dumb, undistinguished movies. But when he told Rotten Tomatoes that this Resident Evil opus was going to be “epically epic,” he lost my slack. He then compounded that moronic claim by revealing that his epically epic idea was to make Resident Evil: Afterlife in 3-D. Talk

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Director: Ingmar Bergman Players: Ingrid Bergman, Liv Ullmann, Lena Nyman, Halvar Björk, Erland Josephson, Gunnar Björnstrand Drama Rated PG Autumn Sonata (1978) marked the only meeting on film of Sweden’s two most famous Bergmans — Ingmar and Ingrid — and it’s good enough that it’s hard not to wish the two had collaborated more. This is one of Ingmar Bergman’s “chamber films,” a small-scale work focusing on a few actors in a confined space, something that in this case only serves to heighten the emotional intensity of the clash between a flamboyant and successful mother (Ingrid Bergman) and her repressed and virtually estranged daughter (Liv Ullmann). The events take place in a brief space of time when the mother pays her daughter a visit, but the visit opens up a lifetime of wounds and resentments — both real and imagined — that imbue the film with unusual power. Classic Cinema From Around the World will present Autumn Sonata at 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 17, at Courtyard Gallery, 109 Roberts St., located in the Phil Mechanic Studios building in the River Arts District. Info: 273-3332.

Flight of the Cardinal JJJJ

Director: Robert Gaston Players: Ross Beschler, David J. Bonner, Claire Bowerman, Matthew Montgomery, Liz Douglas, Jeremy Marr Williams Thriller Rated NR Robert Gaston’s locally produced Flight of the Cardinal (2010) is listed in the IMDb as a “thriller,” and while I’ll accept that classification, it’s hardly your average thriller. It’s more of a character piece — almost a chamber work — driven by a thriller plot. The surprising thing is that it mostly works and works well. All too often with local movies I find I’m not left with much to think about after the fact, but that wasn’t the case with this — a film that becomes more interesting as I think about the implications woven into its story line of a world-class manipulator taking over the main character’s life. Throw in that it’s one of the best photographed and best acted local productions I’ve encountered, and you end up with a small gem of a film. Flight of the Cardinal plays at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 21, at the Fine Arts Theatre.

Gabriel Over the White House JJJJ

Director: Gregory La Cava Players: Walter Huston, Karen Morley, Franchot Tone, C. Henry Gordon, Arthur Byron Political Fantasy With a Dose of Fascism Rated NR Gregory La Cava’s Gabriel Over the White House (1933) isn’t a particularly good movie, but as one of a handful of peculiarly pro-fascist movies floating around from that time, it takes the prize for the most alarming of the lot. Walter Huston stars as a shallow party-man politico (which party is never specified) who has been elected president. He has a near-death experience and comes back a changed man — apparently under the influence of some kind of divine intervention. This influence causes him to essentially set himself up as a dictator — complete with

brown-shirted minions, firing squads for gangsters and an imperialistic stance. Such a man could, the film puports, fix the Depression and bring back prosperity and world peace — all in 85 demented minutes. The Hendersonville Film Society will show Gabriel Over the Whitehouse at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 19, in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community (behind Epic Cinemas), 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville.

Hedwig and the Angry Inch JJJJJ

Director: John Cameron Mitchell Players: John Cameron Mitchell, Michael Pitt, Miriam Shor, Stephen Trask, Andrea Martin Rock Musical/Comedy/Drama Rated R John Cameron Mitchell’s Hedwig and the Angry Inch was one of the most delightful surprises of 2001, and it has lost none of its charm or its surprising power in the intervening years. Mitchell seems determined — based on two films as of 2010 — to take the most outlandish, outrageous and potentially offensive material and turn it into something so sweet-tempered and human that it’s irresistable. That’s certainly the case here with the saga of transexual East German rocker Hansel/Hedwig (Mitchell) and his/her attempts to find happiness and success in the U.S. Raunchy, campy and satirical the film may be, but it’s finally a story of selfdiscovery and self-realization that makes it something else again. The Asheville Film Society will screen Hedwig and the Angry Inch Tuesday, Sept. 21, at 8 p.m. in the Cinema Lounge of The Carolina Asheville. Hosted by Xpress movie critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther.

Man Made Monster/ Night Monster JJJJ

Director: George Waggner/Ford Beebe Players: Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill, Anne Nagel, Irene Hervey, Ralph Morgan Horror Rated NR It’s a monster double-bill of B horror this week at the Thursday Horror Picture Show with Man Made Monster (1941) and Night Monster (1942) sharing the screen. Are they classics? Well, yes, of a kind — satisfying and slickly crafted, unpretentious little thrillers, made without any thought that people would be watching them 70 years later. That last is probably exactly why the movies retain their charms. Man Made Monster is the picture that launched Chaney Jr. as a horror star — and the film that served as the template for the assembly-line horrors that marked Universal’s 1940s releases. Night Monster is somewhat more ambitious — even if it was shot in 13 days — but usually gets a bad rap for wasting Bela Lugosi in a thankless role. The Thursday Horror Picture Show will screen Man Made Monster and Night Monster Thursday, Sept. 16, at 8 p.m. in the Cinema Lounge of The Carolina Asheville. Hosted by Xpress movie critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther. For Cranky Hanke’s full reviews of these movies, visit www.mountainx.com/movies.

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ricochetfilmfest by Ken Hanke Yes, the city of Asheville took the Asheville Film Festival down to the river in a burlap bag and drowned it, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a 2010 film festival in Asheville. There is. It’s smaller, but it’s a completely homegrown, grassroots affair masterminded by David Forbes and Michael Knox — the two fellows who were responsible for recruiting many of the best entries for the 2007 and 2008 Asheville Film Festivals. With the help of Bill Banowsky and The Carolina Asheville Cinema — who are donating two screens for the weekend festival — the Ricochet Film Festival will bring us three days of movies, Sept. 17 through Sept. 19. Forbes and Knox have put together a pretty wide array of movies. Titles range from such local fare as Rod Murphy’s recent documentary on Mickey Mahaffey, Being the Diablo (read Justin Souther’s take on it at www. mountainx.com/ae/2010/090810being-thediablo), and David Kabler’s offbeat horror fantasy from 2009, Wanderlost (see my review at www.mountainx.com/movies/review/wanderlost), to films of a national and international flavor. There’s even a screening of George A. Romero’s 1968 zombie classic Night of the Living Dead. It really is an eclectic mix. And that’s all for the good, since that’s what a broad-based film festival should be: a celebration of movies of every kind in every form. One of the most intriguing titles is Do It Again: One Man’s Quest to Reunite the Kinks, a new documentary that follows Boston newspaper reporter Geoff Edgers in his efforts to, well, reunite the classic rock group of the title. Is it a screwy idea? Of course it is, but that’s what makes it so interesting. It helps that this quest includes some pretty notable encounters along the way: Sting, Zooey Deschanel, Clive Davis, Robyn Hitchcock, Paul Weller and Peter Buck. Even Yoko Ono pops up in the film. The movie manages to be not just the story of an often undervalued rock band — and the friction between Kinks frontmen Ray

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and Dave Davies — but a search for personal validation for Edgers. Considering how heavily the Kinks have come to figure on the indie film scene in recent years — The Darjeeling Limited (2007), Juno (2007), The Savages (2007), Hot Fuzz (2007), The Bank Job (2008) — it’s the perfect time to learn more about the band. Another film of note is the gangster thriller Charlie Valentine (2009) — a story about career criminal Charlie Valentine (Raymond J. Barry) attempting “one last job” (they never learn and the movies are grateful for it). The job goes wrong, of course, and Valentine has to hide out with his estranged son Danny (Michael Weatherly, TV’s N.C.I.S.) in Los Angeles. What follows is both a gangster film and a — not exactly pleasant — father-andson character study. More genial entertainment is to be had with All About Dad (2009), which can best be described as a sweet generational comedy with a slight twist, in that it centers on a Vietnamese-American family headed by a strict — and strictly Catholic — father, whose notions of what his children should be and how they should live their lives doesn’t exactly line up with their desires. The Red Machine (2009) is an ambitious mystery/thriller set in 1935 that involves the efforts of a thief and a U.S. Navy spy to get a hold of the device that the Japanese are using to encode their secret messages — only to discover that they are themselves pawns in a bigger game. If it sounds like the film perhaps owes something to Michael Apted’s Enigma (2001), well, perhaps it does. Nevertheless, the two films are very different in tone. Science fiction is in store with the SXSW entry Earthling (2010), a movie that takes the unusual concept of a group of people who realize that neither they nor their lives are what they have believed. In fact, they aren’t even people in the normal sense, but aliens disguised as humans. The film centers on a teacher (Rebecca Spence, Public Enemies) and

her realization that her girlfriend isn’t quite who she imagined her to be. The film has been described as “a film for anyone who ever felt like they were on the wrong planet.” That would probably be just about everyone. The festival’s gala film — the ticket gets you admission to the film and a champagne reception with Indian food courtesy of Chai Pani in the theater’s Cinema Lounge afterwards — is the wonderful Sita Sings the Blues (2008). This is a wholly self-made animated film from Nina Paley that chronicles both her own relationship with her husband and that of Sita and Lord Rama from the Indian epic The Ramayana — with Sita frequently singing the blues via 1920s and 1930s Annette Hanshaw recordings. If you didn’t catch this when it played the 2008 Asheville Film Festival — or even if you did — this is a must-see movie. It’s not merely a testament to what one committed filmmaker can accomplish with very little besides determination, it’s also a glorious fantasy and visual treat in its own right. Lastly, I’m going to go out on a limb here and recommend — sight unseen — Eat Me: A Zombie Musical (2009). I simply can’t see how a film that’s described in the following fashion can possibly be less than excellent: “[The film follows] the path of a group of individuals who seem rather lost. Their leader is a strange, curly-haired character sporting fantastic, form-fitting tops over bras filled with newspaper. This strange man travels around the seventh circle of hell behind the wheel of his van, frequently hitting people who then get in and take part in the journey. This circle is reserved for those who have committed violent acts against art. There, they are condemned to wander towards a rave party where death awaits them, disguised as a cheese sandwich.” What’s more, the film also promises encounters with “Jesus, Satan and his women, Little Red Riding Hood (who’s grown up and not so little anymore), Hitler, Bush, Buddha, and a group of Scientologists.”

Movie reviews continued from page 75 about a visionary filmmaker! Well, actually, if you want to talk about a visionary filmmaker, we’ll have to change the subject. What we have here is more of the same in reasonably good — though hardly awe-inspiring — 3-D. For those still living in hope of another gynecological peek at Ms. Jovovich, I must report that she gets very close to a shower scene and then is interrupted by a would-be Peeping Tom and mutant zombies of some kind. Whether this is intended as a joke at the expense of those in the audience with a propensity for prurient interest, I have no idea. It does seem like a pretty deep notion for a film this dumb, regardless of its epically epic epicness. In all honesty, I have no idea if this thing picks up where Resident Evil: Extinction (2007) left off, since I don’t exactly commit this stuff to memory. It hardly matters anyway. Following an admittedly atmospheric opening, the film gets down to it by having Alice (Jovovich) invade the Tokyo branch of the Umbrella Corporation. These are the big-business bad guys responsible for the “T virus” that has turned the world into a wasteland populated by zombie-like horrors with tatty pockets of survivors. As usual, Alice is out to get her vengeance on them. It’s pretty standard Alice vs. hordes of bad guys, with Alice — who can now turn into multiple Alices — coming out on top. Limbs fly, guns blaze, stuff blows up.

In ways that make no sense, Alice ends up losing her powers and then walking away from a plane crash, setting her on the road to a place called Arcadia in Alaska, where there are survivors — it’s said. Well, at least she finds old pal Claire (Ali Larter, Resident Evil: Extinction). After subduing the mind-controlled Claire, the pair flies south and ends up with a little group of survivors holed up in a maximum-security prison. Of course, zombies are at the gates trying to get in — a situation that becomes more dangerous with the arrival of some inexplicable really big zombie with a burlap bag on his head and a giant meat tenderizer for a weapon. Once again, the evil Umbrella Corporation is being nefarious and out to corner the market in something. What market, you ask? Everyone is either a zombie or an experimental subject. Who’s buying anything? That’s something these movies never explain. I was sorry to see the zombie crows from the last film make only a token appearance here, but this was balanced by a return of the zombie Dobermans from the first movie. You win some; you lose some. And speaking of losing some, Mr. Anderson’s epic of epically epic epicosity ends with the threat of part five. Now, that is scary. Blessedly, these things have so far only shown up every three years, but it’s just as well to be prepared. Rated R for sequences of strong violence and language. reviewed by Ken Hanke Playing at The Carolina Asheville Cinema 14, Cinebarre, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande, United Artists Beaucatcher Cinema 7.

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GORGEOUS, HISTORIC HOME FOR SALE BY OWNER 3BR/2BA, 2,700 sq.ft. with mature trees, two porches, patio, outbuilding and fire pit on 1/2 acre. $524,500. www.150cumberland.com. (828) 216-6819.

CONVENIENT COUNTRY LIVING • Weaverville area. 3BR/1.5BA 1,200 sq.ft. Private country home with protected views and tree filled 1.7acre lot. Full unfinished basement/garage. Additional land available. New high efficiency windows and doors. All appliances. New well-40gpm. New HVAC and HW heater. New carpet throughout. New tile in kitchen and baths. All new electric and plumbing fixtures. Over $50k in recent upgrade. Survey completed! Easy closing! Best Deal in all of Buncombe county and only 12 minuntes to downtown. $179,000. Call 828 275 4506 or 778-1650.

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2.9 +/- ACRES • OWNER FINANCING Private wooded setting. Year round mountain views. Nice hollow and spring. • Good home sites and access. Power and phone. • Over 3000’ elevation. $38,500. MLS#406206. Steve DuBose: (828) 622-3518. Mountain Home Properties. sdubose @mountaindream.com

$299,000 • DOWNTOWN LOFT In the heart of downtown! Granite counter tops, skylight and hooded gas Viking stove. California lighting, bamboo floors, skylight in bathroom. Gas log fireplace, balcony facing with

1988 FLEETWOOD Very nice 14x80’, 2BR, 2BA, WD connections, new floors, new bath and more. $8500. Call (828) 776-1654 / (828) 628-9912.

VILLAGE ON HAYWOOD Four residential condos and one commercial left. • 50% of building sold. • Granite counter tops, stainless appliances, hardwood floors. CO has been issued - move in ready. • Starting in the $160,000s. A Must See! The Real Estate Center (828) 255-4663 www.recenter.com

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FOR SALE OR RENT • 3BR, 2BA. Newly renovated, central heat and A/C, W/D, gas fireplace. Near Hendersonville. Sale price: $165K. Rental: $850/month. 828-884-2680.

Condos For Sale

www.SpaciousAbodes.com COMPACT COTTAGE COMPANY • Small “green”built buildings usable for an enormous variety of practical applications, such as: Sleep, Work, Mother-in-law storage, Poker, Karaoke, Be in the doghouse in. From $15K30K. compactcottages.com, 828-254-5450.

79,*0:065 ,(9;/>692: $94,972 • DRASTICALLY REDUCED! Brand new, craftsman style home. 3BR, 2BA, 1217 sqft. Upgraded Kenmore appliances. Your land or ours. For more details call (828) 687-2883.

FIRE SALE PRICE • $86/SQ FT ON 2.5 ACRES OPEN HOUSE 9/12 Recent renovations, 3BR/3BA, 2 bonus rooms. Large deck, screened prch, 2 master suites. Fruit trees, big workshop, nearby walking trails. MLS 462387 $199,900 828-771-2300 pufferteam@charter.net www.pufferteam.com

mountain views. MLS#473662. The Real Estate Center (828) 255-4663. www.recenter.com

Land For Sale 1 ACRE • JUNALUSKA HIGHLANDS Premier sold out gated community, 5 minutes from downtown Waynesville. Water and electric on lot. • National treasure white oak tree with a trunk more than 6 feet across. Good views, yet privacy, southern exposure. It’s the smallest, but best lot in Junaluska Highlands. • Lot 35. Reduced! • $95,000 or best offer. Call Ron at (828) 683-5959 or ronkane@bellsouth.net

25 MINUTES TO ASHEVILLE • 48 ACRES Private cove and contiguous subdivision lot. Views, water. Below 2010 appraisal, $175,000. • Mailed prospectus, $10: MJT, 1708 Bigelow Avenue NE, Olympia, WA 98506. • (360) 870-0925. 68 ACRE COVE • MADISON COUNTY Backs to National Forest. • Owner must Sacrifice: $200,000. • Some owner financing possible. (828) 206-0785.

16.5 ACRES • MARS HILL With cute, comfortable home. 5 acres of bottomland with creek. • $200,000. (828) 206-0785. www.laurelriverrealty.com

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18 ACRE ORGANIC FARM Just 8 miles from Asheville in a highly desirable section of Leicester by the South Turkey Creek loop. Beautiful 2500 sqft, 3BR, 2BA, 2 car garage house, originally a 100 year old dairy barn with 8 additions, the most recent 1995. • Big barn and silos. • 4 acres of bottom land, 5 acres of woods, the rest very fertile pasture. Gentle hills. Creeks, spring fed cistern and tubs for watering animals, dressage field for horses, more than a mile of electric fences. Great for farm, cattle, horse ranch, private estate, or development. Septic in on another building site. • At least 5 good building sites with the roads already graded in. • Blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, apples, pears and very fertile ground. • Reduced! $589,000 or best offer. Call Ron at (828) 683-5959 or ronkane@bellsouth.net

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CHRISTOPHER’S COMPUTERS • Computer Slow? Call Christopher’s Computers at 828-670-9800 and let us help you with PC and Macintosh issues: networking, virus/malware removal, tutoring, upgrades, custom-built new computers, etc. ChristophersComputers.com

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Upholstery UPHOLSTERY AND RESTORATION Quality and friendly custom restoration services for all your upholstery needs. • Auto • Home. Free estimates.

HIRE A HUSBAND Handyman Services. 30 years professional experience. Quality, reliability. References available. Free estimates. $2 million liability insurance. Stephen Houpis, (828) 280-2254.

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$799,000 or $4500/MONTH Downtown building • Great parking. 8 rooms, reception area, 2 restrooms and 1 private restroom w/shower, lab area and staff lounge. • Excellent location with 24 space private parking lot. • For sale or lease. MLS#474194. The Real Estate Center: (828) 255-4663. www.ReCenter.com FLATIRON BUILDING • Downtown Asheville. 3rd floor. 3 office suites total 1,108 sq. ft. Bank owned. $150,000. G/M Property Group 828-281-4024. jmenk@gmproperty.com HENDERSONVILLE. Urban flex space on historic 7th Ave. Live, work. 9,000 sq. ft. for only $405,000. Bank owned. G/M Property Group 828-281-4024,

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LEXINGTON STATION 1800+ sqft, first floor, high ceilings, hardwoods throughout, 2 secure garage parking. • Sale: $345,000 or $2000/month, triple net lease. The Real Estate Center (828) 255-4663 www.recenter.com

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COMPANION • CAREGIVER • LIVE-IN Alzheimer’s experienced. • CarePartners Hospice recommended. • Nonsmoker, with cat, seeks live-in position. • References. • Arnold, (828) 273-2922.

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Commercial Property

$295,000 • BROADWAY ARTS BUILDING Downtown Office Space with hardwood floors, exposed brick, kitchenette, full bath and reception area. Includes one parking space in garage and elevator access. MLS#474048. The Real Estate Center: (828) 255-4663. www.ReCenter.com

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105 BROADWAY • DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE Street level plus basement, free parking space, available October 1. $1500/month, first/last/security. Owner: (828) 280-1284. 2 GREAT LOCATIONS • HENDERSONVILLE ROAD • Medical Office or Retail space, 1775 sqft • Great office space: 1000 sqft. Perfect for architect, accounting. • One free month w/contract. • (828) 691-0586.

ON BUSY STREET 504 sq.ft. brick building, newly renovated, A/C, city services, 1 yr. lease, $775/month + deposit. 828-674-3663.

2BR, 1.5BA HENDERSONVILLE • 902 Hillcrest. Deck, 2-car garage. $595/month. 828-693-8069. www.leslieandassoc.com

RIVER ARTS DISTRICT STUDIOS AVAILABLE Starting as low as $195 per month. (828)-231-7120

2BR, 1.5BA SOUTH • 2 Oakview. W/D hookups. A/C. $595/month. 828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com

WALL ST OFFICE 7TH FLOOR VIEW 6 month sublet, possible renewal. 100 ft sq. with great light, large windows. $215/month and deposit. 828-318-5288.

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Apartments For Rent 1, 2, 3 BEDROOM APARTMENTS From $525$1500. • Huge selection! • Pet friendly. (828) 251-9966. Alpha-Real-Estate.com 1BA/STUDIO • 85 Merrimon. Summer Special! All utilities included. $500/month. 828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com 1BR, 1BA DOWNTOWN • 85 Walnut. Hardwood floors, balcony. $1,075/month. 828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com 1BR, 1BA EAST • Newly remodeled, furnished garage apt. A/C, cable, utilities furnished. Smoke free, no pets. $750/month. 828-713-9953. 1BR, 1BA HENDERSONVILLE • 1225 Highland. Elevator, hardwood floors. $475$550/month. 828-693-8069. www.leslieandassoc.com 1BR, 1BA HENDERSONVILLE • 2010 Laurel Park. Heat included, coin-op laundry. $495/month. 828-693-8069. www.leslieandassoc.com 1BR, 1BA NORTH • 59 Terrace. D/W, Central A/C. $760/month. 828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com 1BR, 1BA NORTH • 83 Edgemont. Hardwood floors, A/C. $685/month. 828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com

CENTRAL ASHEVILLE OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT Great location, 117 Cherry St. Clean, professional office building located in Asheville’s Historic Montford district. Easy walk to downtown! Remodeled, 2 story home converted to office space. Available now. Entire building (1,700 sq.ft. / $1,900/month) OR first floor (875 sq.ft with shared kitchenette/bathroom $1,200/month). Excellent features and parking. Photos/information: shinceman@bhuntercpa.com or call (828) 232-1130.

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1BR, 1BA SOUTH • 30 Allen. Patio, A/C, heatpump, $565/month. 828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com 1BR, 1BA WEST • 19 Brucemont. Porch, coin-op laundry. $595/month. 828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com 1BR. 1BA HENDERSONVILLE • 2010 Laurel Park. Coin-op laundry, heat included. $495/month. 828-693-8069. www.leslieandassoc.com 2-3BR, 1-2.5BA SOUTH • 45 Dawnwood. Central heat and A/C, patio. $595$750/month. 828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com

2BR, 1BA DOWNTOWN • 68 N. French Broad. Hardwood floors, mountain views. $795-$890/month. 828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com 2BR, 1BA EAST • 1746 Tunnel Rd. A/C, D/W. $595/month. 828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com 2BR, 1BA EAST • 2484 Riceville Rd. Porch, W/D hookups. $595/month. 828-263-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com 2BR, 1BA NORTH • 198 Kimberly. Carport, Coin-Op Laundry. $750/month. 828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com 2BR, 1BA NORTH • 365 Weaverville Highway. Carport, washer/dryer hookups. $595/month. 828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com 2BR, 1BA NORTH • 403 Charlotte St. Hardwood floors, coin-op laundry. $755/month. 828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com 2BR, 1BA SOUTH • 453 Kenilworth. A/C, W/D hookups. $595/month. 828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com 2BR, 2BA EAST • 746 Bee Tree Lake. W/D, A/C. $675/month. 828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com 2BR, 2BA NORTH • 265 Charlotte. A/C, dishwasher. $865/month. 828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com 2BR, 2BA NORTH • 27 Spooks Mill. Deck, mountain views. $975/month. 828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com 2BR,1BA MONTFORD • 346 Montford, Dishwasher, W/D Hook-ups, $685$745/month. 828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com 2BR/2BA ARDEN, GLEN BEALE, D/W, W/D connections, AC. $645/month. 828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com 3BR, 2BA ARDEN • 8202 Terra. A/C, walk-in closet. $795/month. 828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com 3BR, 2BA WEST • 6 Evelake. Central AC/Heat, Deck. $850/month. 828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com

BLACK MOUNTAIN Nicely renovated (new: bath, kitchen), 1BR, sunroom, dining room. 9’ ceilings, abundance of natural light. Hardwood floors. Short walk to downtown. • $615/month includes heat, water, Wifi. • Smoke free. 280-5449. CANDLER • Large 2BR, lots of closet space. Electric heat, water provided $625/month. Call 828-253-0758. Carver Realty. QUIET, PRIVATE 1 BR, all utilities, satellite tv, WD hookup, 10 minutes to downtown Asheville, Asbury Rd., Candler, $295 biweekly, $590 to move in. 828-242-4321 .

DOWNTOWN LUXURY CONDO New loft in historic 52 Biltmore Avenue building. 2BR, 2BA. • Gourmet kitchen, oak floors, exposed brick, fireplace, large windows, WD, concrete, granite, stone, stainless upgrades. • Indoor parking. Best Downtown location; walk to anything! • Reduced! • $1895/month. • 1 year lease required. (828) 301-8033 or (954) 684-1300. phillpen@aol.com HENDERSONVILLE CONDO 2BR/2BA upper level, immaculate at The Woods. No pets/No Smoking unit. $735/month+$1000 security. Ready for tenant. 828-698-6776.

Homes For Rent

SOUTH • Forestdale. 2BR, 2BA. D/W, storage. $775/month. 828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com

1ST CALL US! 2, 3 and 4BR homes from $700-2500. • Pet friendly. • Huge selection! (828) 251-9966 Alpha-Real-Estate.com

Walk To UNCA 2BR, 1BA. Washer/dryer connections. Trash pick-up, water included. Off-street parking. Quiet area. Pets considered with deposit. Prefer nonsmoker. $645/month + $645 security deposit. 1-year lease required. Call Tom (828) 230-7296.

2BR, 1BA EAST • 21 Springdale. Full basement, Central A/C. $875/month. 828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com

WEST-ACTON WOODS APTS • 2BR, 2BA, 1100 sq.ft. $775/month. Call 253-0758. Carver Realty. WEST • 1BR, 1BA. A/C. $550/month. Call 828-253-0758. Carver Realty.

Mobile Homes For Rent WEST ASHEVILLE 4BR/2BA DOUBLEWIDE Spacious corner lot. Very clean, new carpet. one year lease, application fee. References, background/credit check. 404-372-0186 or fayreed@bellsouth.net

Condos/ Townhomes For Rent BEAUCATCHER MOUNTAIN 5 minutes to downtown Asheville. Great views. 2BR, 2BA. Huge balcony. Fireplace. Pool. $900/month includes water. Must see! (828) 279-4337. BEAUTIFUL 2BR/2BA CONDO - EASTWOOD VILLAGE Available October 1: Beautiful 2BR/2BA condo. Safe, great community. Stainless appliances. Balcony for privacy. Must have great references. 304-610-9543 yerridnin@aol.com

3BR 1BA HOUSE FOR RENT ON HIGHLAND STREET, IN ASHEVILLE: $1200/MONTH Renovated 1800 sq.ft., washer/dryer/dishwasher, hardwood floors, walk to town/grocery. Diverse family-friendly neighborhood, off street parking, workshop/garage. www.23highland.purplecat.n et Call Peter. 828-250-9446. 3BR, 2BA FLETCHER • 302 Springfield. Hardwood floors, fenced yard. $1,220/month. 828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com 3BR, 3BA NORTH • 129 Pearson. Central AC, Deck. $1,530/month. 828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com ACROSS FROM TROUT STREAM • 1 hour to Asheville, just 15 minutes to Hot Springs! • Marshall/Shelton Laurel, 3BR, 1.5BA. • New: cabinets, woodfloors, paint! On open 1 acre. • $600/month. Call Stacey: (828) 206-0785. Laurel River Realty. BEE TREE/SWANNANOA AREA • This quiet 2 story energy efficient home in the woods has 3BR, 3BA with front and back porch, heat pump/Vermont Casting woodstove/propane backup, 1300sq.ft.1 car garage, W/D, all kitchen appliances and wood floors. Rent is $1,250 per month. Property Management of Asheville 828-253-2537

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BOTANY WOODS • EAST ASHEVILLE • QUIET 3BR, 2BA home • 5 miles East of downtown Asheville. Available mid-September. Hardwood floors, large living room, deck, fenced backyard, garage and carport, ceiling fans in every room, partial daylight basement, all in a quiet wooded neighborhood. References and background checks required. Pets considered. Now available for showing with appointment. $1100/month, 1 year lease. (828) 216-8181.

Vacation Rentals A BEACH HOUSE AT FOLLY 20 minutes from historic downtown Charleston, SC. • The legendary dog-friendly Rosie’s Ocean View and Kudzu’s Cottage, across the street from the beach!Visit www.kudzurose.com or call (404) 617-1146. BEAUTIFUL LOG CABIN Sleeps 5, handicap accessible. Near Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC. (828) 231-4504 or 277-1492. bennie14@bellsouth.net VACATION CABINS • North of Weaverville. Come enjoy the fall colors. 1 and 2 bedrooms. Private and secluded. Everything furnished except food and charcoal. New fall prices. $80 per night. 828-626-2749

CAB DRIVERS Needed at Blue Bird; call JT 258-8331. Drivers needed at Yellow Cab; call Buster at 253-3311.

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ERWIN HILLS • ROCK HOUSE 1BR, 1BA on 6.5 wooded acres. Hardwood floors, fireplace, covered porch, unfinished basement, large garden area. $650/month. (828) 299-7743. MILLS RIVER Beautiful quiet neighborhood, five minutes from airport, perfect for sharing, 2300 sunny sq.ft. half mile from Glenn Marlow Elementary School. 3BR, 3BA, spacious closets, very large family room, garage, lots of storage, deck overlooks woods, community pool/clubhouse, credit check, no smokers, some pets. $1295/month, one year lease. 828-274-3842 for more information. SOUTH 3BR, 2.5BA, fireplace, hardwood floors, garage. $1125/month. Call 253-0758. Carver Realty.

Roommates 10 MINUTES TO DOWNTOWN Share 3BR, 2BA home on 2 plus acres in Leicester. $400/month. Private room and bath. • Sorry, no pets, no inside smoking. Call (828) 273-5834. Don’t see what you’re looking for? Please go to www.mountainx.com for additional listings. NORTH ASHEVILLE Share 2BR, 1BA apartment. $325/month, includes cable/internet. $300 deposit. Share utilities. Great neighborhood. 808-0831.

applicants than any other publication we have used. the phone calls, applications and resumes.” Howard Stafford, Owner, Princess Anne Hotel. • Thank you, Howard. Your business can benefit by advertising for Mountain Xpress Classifieds. Call 251-1333. HIRING 30 PEOPLE NOW! Company is seeking enthusiastic production assembly team workers and machine operators to hire at a dynamic CD, DVD Manufacturer in Weaverville. 10 hour shifts (6am-4pm, 4pm-2am). Must pass background check.$8$10/hr. Contact: 828-707-6415 or eechavarria @getproductiv.com for appointment. Hablamos Español.

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THE ASHEVILLE JCC • Seeks a part-time Kitchen Coordinator/Cook who is responsible for menu planning, shopping, and preparation of lunches and snacks for Jewish Family Services Elder Day Club program (3 days per wk), periodic meal deliveries, and miscellaneous meetings. The individual also cleans and maintains organized, sanitary kitchen environments for use by all JCC programs. Strongly preferred: knowledge of kosher kitchen and food requirements; knowledge of nutritional needs of older adults; experience cooking for groups. Requires good communication skills and flexibility. Submit resume by email to alison@jccasheville.org or mail to Alison Gilreath, Asheville JCC, 236 Charlotte St, Asheville, NC 28801; or obtain employment application at the JCC. Detailed job description available at www.jcc-asheville.org Application deadline: 10/1/2010

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Skilled Labor/ Trades GLAZER WANTED COMMERCIAL/RESIDENTIAL AND AUTO GLASS • Must have valid NC drivers license. Pay DOE. We offer health insurance, 401K, paid vacation and sick leave. Wholesale Glass and Mirror • 419 Haywood Road, Asheville. 828-254-8665.

Administrative/ Office ACCOUNTING ASSISTANT • 20 hours each week. Must be detail oriented, well organized and love numbers as well as people. Experience with QuickBooks preferred. Minimum of high school diploma with preference given to individual having two year degree in accounting field. Send resume and desired salary to Finance Manager, WNC Group Homes, 28 Pisgah View Avenue, Asheville NC 28803.

Salon/ Spa LICENSED NAIL TECH Asheville mall location. Parttime. Call (828) 298-6246 or email resume to sherrie @sugarmamawaxing.com

An icon of style, J.Crew is known worldwide for its sophisticated, fun clothing and accessories to live, work, play and even get married in.

We are growing and currently seeking the following positions in our Asheville Clearance Store and Distribution Center: MERCHANDISE PROCESSORS First Shift and Second Shift Available Seasonal full-time and part-time positions (Must be able to lift up to 60 pounds and stand the duration of work shift) Positions start at $9.00-$10.00 per hour. DISTRIBUTION CENTER SUPERVISOR Second Shift • Full-Time Exempt position

CLEARANCE STORE KEYHOLDER Hours Vary (weekend hours required) Regular full-time position INVENTORY CONTROL CYCLE COUNTER Second Shift (Must be able to lift up to 60 pounds and stand the duration of work shift)

Beneﬁts are offered for all positions. Your beneﬁt package may vary depending on your employment status. All associates receive a 30% discount off J.Crew merchandise! Overtime and extended hours will be required during peak times.

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Sales/ Marketing ASHEVILLE MAGAZINE SALES PRO Banner/billboards, classifieds, links in Asheville’s only new age, holistic, metaphysical online magazine http://ashevillemagazine.com Make 50% of each sale! 254-6620.

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EVENT STAFFING / PROJECT MANAGEMENT / ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Screening, interviewing, staffing and managing Talent for various promotional event positions. This includes calling to check-in/verify talent’s presence at all assigned events. Please note: This is not an event planning position. Please send resumes, cover letter and salary history to: jball@eventprostrategies.com or fax to (480)283-1190 attn: Jai Ball www.eventprostrategies.com jball@eventprostrategies.com 480-449-4100 x313

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THE SMOKY MOUNTAIN NEWS Is looking for an aggressive self-starter to sell advertising in our newspaper and our nationally distributed magazine. This full-time position will be expected to handle existing accounts and land new ones. Great opportunity for the right person. Salary plus commission. Send resume to info @smokymountainnews.com.

Med Tech, Personal Care Assistant. Must be kind, potential for leadership. Excellent benefits including

We’re looking for a Webmaster to help us create the best user experience for our hundreds of thousands of regular visitors, and to contribute to our efforts to be the best and most innovative local news site possible. We’re looking for a passionate, talented person with an understanding of not only the technology, but the potential of that technology to make local news relevant in an online context.You’ll need an understanding of content management systems like ExpressionEngine, as well as skills in PHP, HTML, CSS and Javascript. You’ll also need the ability to think in your feet in a fast-paced environment of new ideas and content. As part of a four-person development team, you’ll be an integral player in creating these new initiatives to serve the Asheville, NC, community. You’ll be working cross-platform, helping to bring elements of multimedia content, Twitter-based interactions and many other exciting tools into the hands of journalists and citizens alike.

Interested? Send cover letter, resume, links to your work, references and any questions you may have to webmaster@mountainx.com

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Treatment Team. Must have mental health degree and two years of experience

Assertive Community Treatment Team: Must have mental health degree and two years of experience working with adults with

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Human Services

Support Specialist Assertive Community Treatment Team: Must have lived experience with mental health and/or substance abuse challenges

AGING SERVICES SPECIALIST Team Leadership position with

Mountain Xpress wants to hear from you.

Assertive Community

and be at a place in one’s own recovery to give back to

mental illness. Experience in Vocational Rehabilitation

mason.youell @meridianbhs.org Case Manager (QMHP) Recovery Education Center: Must have mental health degree and two years of experience working with adults with

Restaurant/ Food

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others. Please contact Mason

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mental illness. Please contact

KANPAI SUSHI • Hiring for part-time hostess. Please apply in person at 3 Biltmore Ave., Asheville.

Social Work or related field

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Julie Durham-Defee,

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Domestic Violence Treatment

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COURIER EXPRESS is looking for independent contractors who own their own cargo vans, 16’ box trucks, and 24’ box trucks to make local deliveries in the Asheville area. The routes can run Monday-Saturday, and cover all shifts. Settlement pay will be based on vehicle size and route. Must be +21, own vehicle, and have clean MVR, background, and drug screen. Please call (704) 369-8604 and ask for Driver Recruiting.

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BANALTRUM CAREGIVERS • CNA’s Needed ASAP: Experienced CNA’s for inhome care to start immediately. Call 251-0034 or visit our office and fill out an application. • 33 Mineral Springs Road, Asheville, NC 28805.

communication skills, knowledge of social work theory and practice, aging issues, advocacy. • Previous management experience, familiarity with local services

@meridianbhs.org Case

continuum and needs of

Manager (QMHP) Recovery

older adults desired.

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mental health degree and

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working with adults with

Full-time. Salary: $33,500

mental illness. Please contact

plus benefits, EOE • Send resume and cover letter by

Julie Durham-Defee,

chris.cruise @meridianbhs.org Cherokee County: Clinician Assertive Community Treatment Team: Must have Master’s degree and be license-eligible. Please contact Mason Youell,

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AVAILABLE POSITIONS • MERIDIAN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Transylvania County: Team Leader Assertive Community Treatment Team: Must have Master’s degree and be license-eligible. Please contact Ben Haffey, ben.haffey@meridianbhs.org Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP) Assertive Community Treatment Team: Must have mental health degree and two years of experience working with adults with mental illness. Please contact Ben Haffey, ben.haffey@meridianbhs.org Registered Nurse (RN) Assertive Community Treatment Team: Must have four years of psychiatric nursing experience. Please contact Ben Haffey, ben.haffey@meridianbhs.org Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist (LCAS) Assertive Community Treatment Team: Please contact Ben Haffey, ben.haffey@meridianbhs.org Case Manager (QMHP) Recovery Education Center: Must have mental health degree and two years of experience working with adults with mental illness. Please contact Caroline Bradford, caroline.bradford @meridianbhs.orgFor further information and to complete an application, visit our website: www.meridianbhs.org DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL Good benefit package. Now accepting applications. For more information: (828) 299-3636. Mountain Area Residential Facilities, Inc. admin @mountainarearesidential facilities.org

FAMILIES TOGETHER INC. Due to continuous growth in WNC Families Together, Inc is now hiring licensed professionals in Madison, Rutherford, Henderson, and Transylvania Counties. • Qualified candidates will include • LPC’s, LCSW’s, LMFT’s, LCAS’s, PLCSW’s, or LPCA’s. • FTI provides a positive work environment, flexible hours, room for advancement, health benefits, and an innovative culture. • www.familiestogether.net • Candidates should email resumes to humanresources @familiestogether.net

FAMILIES TOGETHER, INC. Due to continuous growth through WNC, Families Together Inc. is hiring! FTI is a local mental health agency providing child, adult, and family centered services in WNC. FTI provides a positive work environment, flexible hours, room for advancement, health benefits, and an innovative culture. Go to www.familiestogether.net for employment opportunities.

FAMILY PRESERVATION SERVICES OF HENDERSONVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA has openings for child and adult QMHPs to provide day treatment services, Intensive In Home Services and Community Support Team services to consumers. Applicants must have a minimum of 2 years experience working with the identified population. Please forward resumes to shearn@fpscorp.com

FAMILY PRESERVATION SERVICES OF RUTHERFORD AND POLK COUNTIES Is seeking THERAPISTS and QMHP’s to provide mental health services to children, families and adults. Please email resume to mtambini@fpscorp.com NON-MEDICAL HOME CARE CNA Positions Avilable! Inquire today: caringjobs @homeinsteadwnc.com or visit www.homeinstead.com/159 for more information. The world’s trusted source of non-medical senior care.

PARKWAY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH • Has an immediate opening in our Asheville and Hendersonville Offices for a full time licensed counselor to work with adult MH and dual SA/MH consumers. LCSW and Knowledge of working with Medicaid and IPRS clients would be preferred. Supervision provided for licensed MH clinicians seeking LCAS license. Parkway is an excellent, stable company and offers competitive salaries, excellent benefits, medical insurance, PTO, free Supervision and CEUs for Licensure/Certification and much more for full time staff. Send resume to: slayton@parkwaybh.com QMHP Multidisciplinary team providing support/education to LongTermCare staff regarding Geriatric/MentalHealth residents seeks QMHP. Salary DOE. Resume/Cover: MCBH, POBox1501, Weaverville, NC 28787

RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM MANAGER • Eliada Homes seeks a motivated individual with managerial experience to manage one of our Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities (PRTF). The program manger directs and supervises staff and monitors the safety of staff and students. Must be able to carry out treatment model and all aspects of therapeutic crisis intervention. Work closely with the medical staff to ensure the needs of students are met. Strong organizational skills are a must, as program managers are responsible for the timely and accurate completion of all required mental health documentation. Requirements: Must have a bachelor’s degree and meet QP standards (2-4 years of experience with adolescent mental health population, depending on degree). Will consider master’s degree with one year experience. Managerial experience a must. Please submit resume or inquiries to eweaver@eliada.org

Professional/ Management

SEEKING OVERNIGHT COUNSELORS • Does working at night appeal to you? Are you experienced in the human service field? Eliada Homes needs competent staff to give awake coverage to our students. The NRC ensures the security, health, and safety of students during their most vulnerable hours. Night staff sets the tone for the entire day, so it is extremely important that you are dedicated to the success and well being of every student in our care. Major responsibilities include: performing bed/bathroom checks every 7 to 10 minutes, assisting with preparation for daily activities, preparing meals, executing daily cleaning, and completing and reporting required documentation on students. Requirements: An AA/high school diploma/GED with at least one year of experience in the mental health field or equivalent skills is preferred. Must possess a valid NCDL and be insurable by Eliada’s carriers. Must be able to stay awake and alert during third shift hours. Position is full-time!!! $12/hr with benefits!! Please submit resume to eweaver@eliada.org SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELOR Licensed Counselors needed to fill positions with Mountain Area Recovery Center. We have clinics located in both Asheville and Clyde, North Carolina. Please e-mail your resume to rhonda.ingle@marc-otp.com or fax to attention: Rhonda Ingle at 828-252-9512. Mountain Area Recovery Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer. PARKWAY BEHAVIORAL • Has an immediate opening for a Full Time Licensed Clinician to head our Community Support Team (CST) working with dual SA/MH consumers. CST experience, knowledge of working with Medicaid and IPRS clients and registered with the NC SA Board would be preferred. Parkway is an excellent, stable company and offers competitive salaries, excellent benefits, medical insurance, PTO, free Supervision and CEUs for Licensure/Certification and much more for full time staff. Send resume to: slayton@parkwaybh.com

NAVITAT CANOPY ADVENTURES - DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMMING Seeking a full-time Director of Environmental Programming to join our dynamic and growing team. Position includes Educational Programming, Development of Youth Activities, Site Environmental Management, Assistance with New Site Development, and Grant Writing. Review the complete job description in Mountain X’s online edition prior to applying. Learn more about our company at www.navitat.com. 828-626-3700

Computer/ Technical Are you passionate about giving your community access to the best information available? Do you want to be part of a team with a mandate to bring the concept that “Local Matters” from the streets of Asheville into homes and mobile media? Are you tired of working on projects that are simply about getting a paycheck? Mountain Xpress wants to hear from you. We’re looking for a Webmaster to help us create the best user experience for our hundreds of thousands of regular visitors, and to contribute to our efforts to be the best and most innovative local news site possible. We’re looking for a passionate, talented person with an understanding of not only the technology, but the potential of that technology to make local news relevant in an online context. You’ll need an understanding of content management systems like ExpressionEngine, as well as skills in PHP, HTML, CSS and Javascript. You’ll also need the ability to think in your feet in a fast-paced environment of new ideas and content. As part of a four-person development team, you’ll be an integral player in creating these new initiatives to serve the Asheville, NC, community. You’ll be working crossplatform, helping to bring elements of multimedia content, Twitter-based interactions and many other exciting tools into the hands of journalists and citizens alike. Interested? Send cover letter, resume, links to your work, references and any questions you may have to webmaster@mountainx.com website: www.mountainx.com

INTEGRITIVE, INC. SEEKS HTML / CSS DEVELOPER Integritive, seeks web developer w/strong communication, problem solving and programming skills. No calls, please visit integritive.com/developer.html to apply.

IT TECHNICIAN NEEDED • Do you enjoy working in IT? Are you a self-starter with the ability to quickly solve problems and to work well with others? If so, consider being a part of Eliada Homes as our new IT technician! Responsibilities include general maintenance and installation of computers, printers, LAN devices, etc. Will provide technical support for all hardware and office software issues, maintain wireless networks, cabling, and peripheral equipment. Must have an associate’s degree in Information Technology or related field. Prefer five years experience with computer systems, setup, and maintenance. Must be familiar with network infrastructure. If qualified, please email resume to eweaver@eliada.org IT TECHNICIAN NEEDED IT Technician position available: Job duties include retail sales, computer repair and customer service. Candidates should have a positive attitude, basic understanding of PC and Mac hardware and software and desire to expand their existing knowledge of IT related subject matter. Office hours are Monday-Friday from 9am-6pm, Saturday 10am 3pm. Position offers a flexible schedule with competitive pay and the option to receive benefits. Submit resume to: resume @thewiredmouse.com No phone calls please! WEB DEVELOPER ASHEVILLE Looking for a hungry junior level front-end to back-end WEB developer. See www.getshape.net/docs/Web DevelAsheville.pdf for more info or Email tgrotenhuis@getshape.net

Teaching/ Education AFTERNOON TEACHER 1pm5:30pm. Great job for an education student: 22.5 hours/week. • Top pay for the right candidate. • 3-5 year olds. (828) 654-0664. bellsschoolforpe @bellsouth.net Bell’s School For People Under Six.

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TEACHERS WANTED • Eliada Homes is seeking teachers who are dedicated to helping children succeed! We need exceptional individuals to complete our team-experience teaching math is essential! Teachers will work in our residential cottages and develop lessons that are in accordance with North Carolina Standard Course of Study. Must be flexible and creative, as it is necessary to differentiate lessons for different learning styles, individual needs, and class dynamics. Major responsibilities: Create a classroom environment that meets the academic and treatment needs of students, maintain an organized, structured classroom that allows for active student engagement and set clear and consistent guidelines and expectations. The teacher evaluates academic and behavioral progress of all students, which includes keeping attendance, preparing progress and grade reports, communicating with case managers, completing incident reports, participating in clinical meetings, completing Student Education Plans and providing feedback in regards to goals and objectives. Qualifications: Must have a Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university. Must also possess appropriate, current valid teaching certification as specified by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (or be able to obtain said licensure). Need to have a strong base in math, but need not be licensed in this subject. Prefer a minimum of two years teaching experience or direct residential experience with the target population. Eliada offers year-round schooling for students. All qualified individuals please email resume to eweaver@eliada.org.

Employment Services 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.

ALKALINE WATER Medical Device in Japan. Generous commission. Virtual Franchise. Sell internationally. Local Training/Support. (828) 989-6057. www.MyHolisticWater.biz

Announcements PREGNANT CONSIDERING ADOPTION? • Talk with caring agency specializing in matching birthmothers with families nationwide • Living expenses paid. Call 24/7 • Abby’s One True Gift Adoptions • 1-866-413-6293. (AAN CAN)

Classes & Workshops

TAI CHI FAN CLASS Learn the elegant and graceful movements of Tai Chi Chuan with the aid of the Chinese fan.Manage stress,improve coordination,concentration,fle xibility and increase circulation and energy.September 23,2010,5:30pm - 6:30pm. 10 weeks for $140.00. Price includes fan. The Womens Wellness & Education Center,24 Arlington St., Asheville, NCLimited space,register early 828-333-4473 or 877-786-2305

Mind, Body, Spirit

Bodywork

#1 AFFORDABLE COMMUNITY CONSCIOUS MASSAGE CENTER • 1224 Hendersonville Road. Asheville. $29/hour. • 15 Wonderful Therapists to choose from. Therapeutic Massage: • Deep Tissue • Swedish • Sports • Trigger Point. Also offering: • Acupressure • Energy Work • Reflexology. • Save money, call now! 505-7088. thecosmicgroove.com

• SEPTEMBER 15 - SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Vehicles For Sale

Autos

General Merchandise 2006 PACE ARROW TRAILER • Hardly used, in perfect condition. $1,500, negotiable. Back double doors and side door. great buy. Call 337-1151.

Sales

LIFETIDE BODYWORKS • Therapeutic massage and Energy modalities for Southern Appalachia since 1988. September special – one hour Swedish Massage $50. 828-989-8091. lifetide.bodyworks @gmail.com LMBT #9149 MASSAGE/MLD Therapeutic Massage. Manual Lymph Drainage. Lymphedema Treatment. $45/hour or sliding scale for financial hardship. 17+ years experience. 828-254-4110. NC License #146. www.uhealth.net SHOJI SPA & LODGE • 7 DAYS A WEEK Looking for the best therapist in town—or a cheap massage? Soak in your outdoor hot tub; melt in our sauna; then get the massage of your life! 26 massage therapists. 299-0999. www.shojiretreats.com

Natural Alternatives SKIN PROBLEMS? Eczema, psoriasis, hives, rashes, itching? Free yourself with safe, all-natural product. $19.95. Money back Guarantee! (828) 335-1351.

Musicians’ Xchange

Musical Services 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 AUDIO/CD MASTERING Crane Song, Manley, API, and more. • Unrivaled in WNC/Upstate. Experienced and professional. Call (828) 442-6211 or (828) 724-1500. www.blantonemusic.com CASSETTE DUPLICATION SERVICES • One stop for all your duplication needs. CD’s, Cassettes, Albums, reel to reel, all cam corder tapes, and VHS to CD or DVD, news casts archive from CH 13, 40, 7, 4. Call 828-258-1337. www.tapedupe.com

Equipment For Sale ESTEBAN LEARN TO PLAY GUITAR COMBO • Still in the box. Comes with amp, guitar, learning cds and manuals. Great deal for beginner guitarist. $100 negotiable. Call 337-1151. WESTERN, NORTH CAROLINA’S PREMIER BOUTIQUE RECORDING STUDIO EQUIPMENT SALES, ADVICE AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT We specialize in selling the latest Boutique Recording Studio Equipment. We are the area’s exclusive Peluso Microphone Dealer. Contact us Today! Please call toll free 1-888-573-8397 or 919-395-5780Or EmailSales @ProAudioBoutique.com

Musicians’ Bulletin Don’t see what you’re looking for? Please go to www.mountainx.com for additional listings.

EXCELLENT MUSICIANS SEEKING OTHER EXCELLENT MUSICIANS FOR COMMUNITY WIND ENSEMBLE 35 piece ensemble plays traditional concert band music. Rehearse on Thursdays. Openings in clarinet/saxophone/bassoon sections. Audition. Call Walt Justice at 645-4177. EXPERIENCED PROFESSIONAL VIOLINIST Seeking professional guitar, bass players, fluent in all styles, particularly Django, to form working group. Must enjoy process. Call 505-1179.

Pet Xchange

LEXUS 2008 HYBRID RX400H AWD Price slashed $3000. AWD for mountains/winter. Hybrid is green. Near-showroom condition, one owner, garaged. Fully loaded including remote starter, NAV system, Bluetooth, all leather, rear back-up camera, 18” alloy wheels, new tires, towing package, sunroof, 6 CD changer/tape deck, rubber floor/cargo mats, etc. 52,400 miles; all maintenance receipts available. Everything luxury; it’s a Lexus after all. Must see. $31,900. Peacefulmtns@hotmail.com 828-350-1066

MALE TIGER GRAY Yellow eyes, black lines on front legs, collar with rabies tag and phone number. Lost September 5, Leicester area, off Old Highway 20, off Bear Creek Road. Please call: 683-3746.

Motorcycles/ Scooters WIDGETT is a petite black

Pets for Adoption

and white kittie. She loves her cozy pillow atop the catwalk and will make an engaging, purring companion. She qualifies for the Black Cat Blitz adoption gift! Pet Harmony has several

COME MEET SNOOP! A Pointer/Hound mix, and many other dogs and puppies available for adoption at Brother Wolf Animal Rescue’s adoption center located at 31 Glendale Avenue. For more information, call 505-3440 or visit www.bwar.org

Lost Pets

black kitties similar to Widget who are ready to purr their way into your heart Your adoption of a black kitty will include a house-warming litter-box “basket” full of supplies, food and toys for your new cat companion, a

A LOST OR FOUND PET? Free service. If you have lost or found a pet in WNC, post your listing here: www.lostpetswnc.org

$30 retail value! But that’s

2008 Harley-Davidson 883 Low engine. 10K miles. Many extras. Extended warranty. Vivid black. $6000 obo. 385-9155.

Automotive Services DIRTY CAR? Professional, affordable auto detailing in your driveway! • Highly experienced, meticulous. • Premium products. Call today: (828) 683-7785. www.mountaindetail.com 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.

not all! During the month of September you will also receive 15% off any

Yard Sales Don’t see what you’re looking for? Please go to www.mountainx.com for additional listings. FALL FEST and RUMMAGE SALE Saturday, October 2, 10am-4pm. St. George’s Episcopal Church, 1 School Road. Asheville, NC. Games, clown, face painting, magician, local musicians food and gently used items for sale (no clothing). Proceeds go to outreach and building maintenance. HANDMADE jewelry, crafts supplies, large variety books, clothing, knickknacks. Call for appointment or Saturdays before you come. 808-0831. THIS OLE CHURCH YARD SALE First Congregational UCC will hold a yard sale in the church Friendship Hallon Sat.Sept.25 from 8:00am 12:00 noon. Sale features furniture, housewares, children’s toys and children’s clothes. The church is located at 20 Oak St. beside the Buncombe County Health Dept. mrmitchahs@aol.com http://www.uccasheville.org/

Estate Sales MULTI-FAMILY YARD SALE! Years of accumulation. 9/179/19, 8am-until. 47/51/55 Merrimon Place, near Staples. Collectibles, TVs, Cameras, Housewares, Clothes, DVDs, Tools, Appliances and more!

For Sale Adult

purchases made on the day SOPHIE is a 3 month puppy who is friendly, bouncy, playful, inquisitive and fun. She likes to sit on laps and take a nap. She loves to run and chase. Sophie is housebroken if you pay attention. She is waiting for a great forever home. How about you? Stop by our Pet Harmony store for rescued pets located at 803 Fairview Street, Asheville, North Carolina 28803 to shop for all your pet supplies and find out when you can meet Sophie. She is up to date on shots and is spayed/neutered.

Acoustic Music Room Recording Studio & Video Production Musical Recording Mixing & Mastering Music & Event HD Video Services

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you adopt your new friend! Stop by Animal Compassion Network’s store for rescued pets, Pet Harmony, to meet Widgett and purchase all your pet supply needs!

Pet Services ASHEVILLE PET SITTERS Dependable, loving care while you’re away. Reasonable rates. Call Sandy Ochsenreiter, (828) 215-7232.

Furniture MATTRESSES Pillow-top: queen $250, king $350 • Extra firm: queen $175, king $275 • Full: $150 • Twin: $99. New, in plastic. 828-277-2500.

Lawn & Garden Sow True Seed

HAND SELECTED GARLIC SEED, PLANT NOW THROUGH NOVEMBER! Heirloom and Organic Vegetable, Herb and Flower Seed. 100%OpenPollinated (non-hybrid) varieties. Free catalog. 146 Church St, Asheville, NC, 28801 www.sowtrue.com 828 254-0708

A PERSONAL TOUCH Asheville. Ask about our “Hot Summer Specials! • East Asheville, Incall/outcall. 713-9901. A WOMAN’S TOUCH Cool down with our hot Summer specials! • “We’re all about you!” Call 275-6291. DREAMSEEKERS Destination for relaxation. Call for appointment: (828) 216-8900. MEET SEXY SINGLES by phone instantly! Call (828) 239-0006. Use ad code 8282. 18+

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