Mountain Xpress, November 28 2012

OUR 19TH YEAR OF WEEKLY INDEPENDENT NEWS, ARTS & EVENTS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA VOL. 19 NO. 19 NOVEMBER 28 - DECEMBER 4, 2012

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This project proposes to improve New Leicester Highway (NC 63) from near Gilbert Road (State Road 1615) to about 600 feet past the New Found Road (SR 1004) / Dix Creek Chapel Road (SR 1375) intersection. The project will include a four-lane divided roadway with a narrow 23-foot grass median and a three-lane undivided roadway with curb & gutter on both sides of the roadway in the Leicester community. In addition, five roundabouts are proposed at the following intersections: Gilbert Road (SR 1615), Leicester Elementary School Entrance, Martins Branch Road (SR 1610), Old Newfoundland Road (SR 1378), and Alexander Road (SR 1620).

NCDOT representatives will be available at an informal, Pre-Meeting Open House between the hours of 4:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. to answer questions and receive comments relative to the proposed project. The opportunity to submit written comments or questions will be provided. Interested citizens may attend at any time during the above mentioned hours.

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A formal presentation will begin at 7:00 p.m. The presentation will consist of an explanation of the proposed location & design, right of way acquisition, relocation requirements / procedures, and the state-federal funding relationship. The hearing will be open to those to present statements, questions and comments. The presentation and comments will be recorded and a transcript will be prepared.

A map displaying the location and design of the project is available for public review at the NCDOT Division Thirteen Office located at 55 Orange Street, Asheville and the French Broad River Metropolitan Planning Organization, 339 New Leicester Highway, Suite 140, Asheville. The maps are online. Search the project using “U-3301” and click on “Show More” to view the Design Public Hearing Maps at http://www.ncdot.gov/projects/publicmeetings/.

Anyone desiring additional information may contact Ms. Kimberly Hinton, Human Environment Unit at 1598 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, 27699-1598, by phone: (919) 707-6072, by fax: (919) 212-5785, or by email: khinton@ncdot. gov. Additional comments may be submitted until December 28, 2012.

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Persons who speak Spanish and do not speak English, or have a limited ability to read, speak or understand English, may receive interpretive services upon request prior to the meeting by calling 1-800-481-6494.

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letters We do this for the love of life Let's entertain for a moment the notion that there is nothing strange going on in the atmosphere, and put aside for a moment the very grave implications of climate change as a massive, global governmental hoax [“Global Warming Is a False Belief,” Nov. 14 Xpress].

Is everything peachy now? Does my asthma go away? Does cancer disappear? Do all the extinct species and destroyed ecosystems? Do strip-mined mountains suddenly pop back up, and do our forests suddenly stop dying?

Can we drink the water now? Do the oceans return from the edge of biological oblivion?

Are the millions of mentally ill now healthy and happy? No? I wish the climate deniers were right. It would be such a deep relief to know there was at least one less catastrophe facing life here on Earth. Then we would only have to worry about our numerous epidemics, our collapsing ecosystems, our nuclear waste, our trash mountains and islands, our rapidly disappearing sibling species, our diminishing resources.

You get the point. We don't need climate science to know something has gone profoundly awry and that it has everything to do with the way we live. Climate change, to those who choose to accept the overwhelming evidence that it is real and happening now, is just one of numerous reasons many of us are reconsidering whether the benefits of our way of life outweigh the costs, or if some other arrangement might be more beneficial.

Indeed, many of us are trying with passion and urgency and humility to pull from the rubble a way of living that acknowledges death, honors life and our ancestors and our future generations, and gives humans a positive role to play in the systems that support us. We do this not because scientists and politicians have us fooled. We do this for the love of life.

— Justin Holt Asheville

An AppeAl AgAinst deliberAte ignorAnce It is not necessary to counter Michael Ivey’s Nov. 14 letter, “Global Warming is a False Belief,” with the data and credible evidence and general scientific consensus that human activity does impact our atmosphere that is accumulating more heat (the energy that powers weather).

Rather, I wish to call attention to the fallacy of denial that many persons commit when facing a problem.

This certainly serves a few purposes. Among them it removes any sense of responsibility for correcting the problem or repairing any damage it has caused. However, problems cannot be denied out of existence. They must be acknowledged and confronted to be solved, and inevitably the solution involves changing the procedures that brought the undesired results.

The first engines to deliver us into the modern industrial society we presently enjoy were powered by open flame. This pretty much remains the case, even though our grasp of

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Now that we are becoming wise to this we must either alter our behavior responsibly, or continue recklessly. Changing requires courage, which is lacking in those who would prefer to do nothing rather than alter their habits for the greater good. We have become very comfortable with the ability to summon light, heat or cold with the flick of a switch, but this comes at a cost that many choose not to consider. Therefore, there is a lot of waste, and a general failure to exploit the myriad of energy sources available that do not require fire.

We have the opportunity to choose how we shall impact the future world. Either we live mindfully of the ineluctable relationship between our activity and our environment, or we play dumb and refuse to believe what is evident, or we be devils and say, “The damage is done. Let’s just keep doing it.”

— Tom Cook Asheville

CONsIDER THE LEssONs Of HIsTORY Michael Ivey’s Nov. 14 letter, “Global Warming is a False Belief,” certainly wins the prize for the most “creative” climate-change denial in a long time. In fact, his blaming the entire concept on a conspiracy by an “elitist think-tank” reads like a veritable LSD-induced revelation.

As someone who also has been alive since “global warming believers were in diapers,” I’m more concerned with true history and reality. If Mr. Ivey was really around in the 1960s, as I was, then he must have somehow missed what was going on around him.

In pre-'60s America, the prevailing attitude was that we could dump unlimited amounts of toxic wastes into our public water resources without negative consequence. The rationale was an old one, based on equal-parts ignorance and convenience, which said that Earth’s supply of fresh water was boundless and infinite, and that pollutants flushed into our streams and rivers went “away,” somewhere downstream, never to return.

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Then the evidence that this view was false started to pile up. It became more and more obvious that America’s streams, rivers, lakes and ocean beaches were becoming filthy, dangerous, stinking sewers. In the late ‘60s this experiment in denial reached critical mass. All over the country, wildlife that depended on clean wild water for survival began to die off in alarming numbers. The French Broad River was described by locals as “too thin to plow, too thick to drink.” Throughout this long history, a chorus of deniers assured us that we needn’t change our ways, that there was no problem, that critics of this behavior were nuts who should be ignored.

The public finally saw through this Big Lie, and the truth was clear: When it comes to the fresh water that circulates around our planet, there is no such place as “away.” Pollutants dumped into the water here reappear in the water there, and our rivers, aquifers and lakes end up as their storage tanks. The legacy of this error in judgment still haunts us today.

Consider the lessons of history. What will be the cost to society of an atmosphere that has to be filtered before it can be breathed? How will such an atmosphere respond to the heat generated by the sun?

Ask a “global warming denier,” maybe he can give you a comforting answer. History says he can’t.

— Jon Dana Fletcher

fEWER THAN 100 RED WOLvEs ARE LEfT Thank you for posting the Nov. 16 Blogwire, “Reward Offered for Information Related to Fourth Red Wolf Death.” (See avl.mx/nh.)

I fail to see the wisdom of continuing the night hunting of coyotes using spotlights that the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission has allowed since August. Since then, four protected red wolves have been shot.

Red wolves and coyotes are so similar in size, coat and coloring, it is hard to tell them apart, even in daylight. At night, it is almost impossible to tell them apart, even with spotlights.

Every year, about 7-9 percent of red wolves are accidentally shot by North Carolina hunters.

This number will probably increase with night hunting.

Let's stop all coyote hunting in the five counties in northeast North Carolina, where the remaining 100 red wolves in the world live wild.

— Karen Uyeno El Cajon, Calif.

sTOp HUNTINg THE RED WOLf One was one too many! Now four radio-collared, endangered red wolves have been killed and still the nighttime hunting with spotlights in the red wolf habitat goes on. (See avl.mx/ nh.)

Why are these folks allowed to ignore the Endangered Species Act and continue killing?

The red wolf recovery area/habitat should be free of hunting anything day and night. What does protection mean? What does enforcement mean?

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LET's mOvE A CONgREssIONAL ROADbLOCk Well, the election is over, and we still have the same players as before. It’s time for “We the People” to do something to help break the gridlock and grease the wheels of our Congress. So here’s the plan.

Grover Norquist’s Americans for Tax Reform had Republican members of both houses sign a pledge to the taxpayers of their state to “oppose any and all efforts to increase the marginal income tax rates, and to oppose any net reduction or elimination of deductions and credits unless matched dollar for dollar by further reducing tax rates.”

The following North Carolina elected officials have signed that pledge: Sen. Richard Burr, Reps. Richard Hudson (NC-08), Renee Ellmers (NC-02), Robert Pittenger (NC-09), Walter Jones Jr. (NC-03), Patrick McHenry (NC10), Virginia Foxx (NC-05), Mark Meadows (NC-11), Howard Coble (NC-06) and George Holding (NC-13).

You need to send each an email saying, “I am a North Carolina taxpayer, and I hereby release you from the Americans for Tax Reform pledge you signed. Therefore, I expect you to back any reasonably balanced bill to reduce our deficit.”

Send a copy to Norquist at ideas@atr.com and BCC all local media. Then print two copies of each email and mail them.

— Ben Andrews Greensboro, N.C.

THE TImE fOR ACTION Is NOW I am outraged that yet another endangered red wolf is dead. (See avl.mx/nh.) Not only is there no valid reason for the coyote hunt, but many of us tried to tell Executive Director Gordon Myers and the N.C. Wildlife Commission that the hunt put red wolves in danger. In a night hunt, it is next to impossible to tell the difference between the two. There were only about 100 red wolves left in the wild when this hunt started. Now there are four fewer.

Since the N.C. Wildlife Commission is clearly incapable of properly handling this situation, it’s time for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which runs the Red Wolf Recovery program, to step in and take action.

Either people truly can’t tell the difference, or someone is intentionally killing an endangered species, knowing it’s illegal, and need to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. The time for action is now.

— Janet Hoben Burbank, Calif.

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by Thad Eckard I'm generally proud of Asheville: We have great beer, some pretty good food and a lot of smart people here. Still, I don't always support local. Why? In short, because I don't like low wages.

I think it’s wise for us locals to spend our money well. With any luck, we might be able to spend enough local dollars to influence our economy, even in a tourist town. To this end, may I suggest that we think about who works here?

Business owners are often quick to talk about how they turned downtown Asheville from a bunch of boarded-up buildings into a thriving community, but who does all the work every day at those businesses? No business owner built their business alone. Even if a given individual has never used our cheap labor, owners have collectively long enjoyed the benefit of having Biltmore House nearby.

They didn't build that, or the Blue Ridge Parkway or the mountains or the weather — or me, as their customer.

Still, let's give credit where credit is due. If you’re a local business owner, congratulations.

You gambled with your savings, or perhaps with a bank loan, and you were able to make it pay off somehow.

And it’s commendable that you were able to pay everyone who worked for you at least $11.35 an hour. Either that or you provided them with health insurance and paid them at least $9.85 an hour. For now, those figures are what it takes for a single person to live in Asheville. Maybe you did this because you wanted healthy workers who could maintain reliable transportation to get to work. Maybe you did it because you understood that reliable workers need to pay their utility bills so they can keep coming to work clean and fed.

Or maybe you didn't pay a living wage at all. No one ever forced you to, so why should you? Thanks to North Carolina's businessfriendly state laws, employees aren't going to bargain for it. So you’ve been pretty much free to pay the minimum that will keep your

employees coming back to work the next day. I mean, if they have a problem, they’re perfectly free to go get a job somewhere else, right?

Not really. If you live here and work for a living, you might have noticed that low wages are contagious. A large concentration of lowwage workers in one area will inevitably bid down everyone else’s wage expectations.

Thus, if you work for a living, you are probably being affected by low-wage jobs, even if you aren't in one yourself. And as long as there are even worse-paying similar jobs down the street, you are probably not inclined to quit until the wages are, on average, better all over town.

There are at least two other reasons why everyone who works for a living should want at least a living wage for everyone else. First, your child or parent or even you yourself might be one of those workers someday.

Suppose you end up working in a small, independent local business but still aren’t making a living wage. That means your bills won’t get paid — and maybe I'm the one who sent you that bill.

Second, if you pay taxes, you’re probably helping support low-wage workers, who often get public assistance. You’re also helping that person's employer continue to pay slum wages.

I'm not OK with that. And if you have a problem with it too, then I'd like to recommend three things: 1) Buy from places that pay at least a living wage. 2) Buy from workers' cooperatives, since people are generally paid the same and workers make the business decisions themselves. 3) Buy union-made goods whenever possible.

If there are local businesses that fit these criteria, then great! But if not, then don't support them just because they happen to be local.

When you support local for the sake of local, then you also support local poverty. X North Carolina native Thad Eckard is a factory worker and the current secretary of the Industrial Workers of the World, Asheville General Membership Branch.

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Finding the balance

Venture local aims to nurture sustainable economies

by Jake Frankel After years of primarily looking to large corporations and the global marketplace to fuel growth, AdvantageWest, the region's biggest economic-development organization, is now focusing on growing businesses closer to home.

The goal is to foster local networks that can build a more sustainable, recession-resistent economy.

Chartered by the N.C. General Assembly in 1994, the public/private partnership works to cultivate economic growth across Western North Carolina. The nonprofit — birthed at a time when free-trade agreements and globalization were upending the nation’s economy — spent its formative years trying to recruit and support companies with international reach.

“people said, ‘We care about our places; We care about haVing strong, Vibrant communities.’” — matt raker, adVantageWest

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In the years that followed, AdvantageWest saw WNC’s traditional manufacturing sector decimated as companies moved textile, furniture and other plants abroad, seeking cheaper labor. Then, in 2004, Congress ended the federal tobacco program, dealing a significant blow to an industry that had dominated the region's agricultural sector for much of the previous century.

And a few years later, the local economy joined the rest of the nation in the Great Recession, caused in part by the near-collapse of some of the country's biggest financial institutions.

Matt Raker, AdvantageWest's vice president of entrepreneurship, says those "learning events" have helped spur a sea change in the economicdevelopment community.

"During the whole arc of globalization, everyone was focused on just being global players, being globally competitive, recruiting businesses that are exporting around the world, these major brands," he observes. "I think the local economy was probably neglected for a long time. It just wasn't part of the dialogue."

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Now, however, AdvantageWest is putting more energy into fostering local businesses and closed-loop economies that might prove to be more resilient in the face of macroeconomic changes or turmoil.

"There was pushback against it,” Raker says. “People said, ‘We care about our places; we care about having strong, vibrant communities. We want to support the good things about globalization, but we also want thriving local economies, local culture.'"

closing the loop To that end, AdvantageWest is holding its second annual Venture Local summit (see box, “Getting There”). The all-day event will applaud recent progress, unveil new projects and help local entrepreneurs learn successful business strategies and connect with investors, says Raker.

"There's so much enthusiasm in this area for local foods, Beer City — all these different, what we call ‘value-added’ agricultural and natural-resource sectors," he adds. "And there's not been a real mechanism for bringing those sectors together and addressing some of those shared issues of access to capital, access to talent, access to markets, and having those conversations."

A who's who of local development organizations is on board, including Blue Ridge Food Ventures, Mountain BizWorks, HandMade in America and the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project.

Meanwhile, an ambitious partnership that hopes to kick-start the local biofuels industry

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Woody eaton oF blue ridge bioFuels is partnering With the biltmore estate, local restaurants and adVantageWest to produce cooking oil and biodiesel From locally groWn canola seeds.

typifies the kind of work that's being done to build a more sustainable local economy, says Kathi Petersen, AdvantageWest's senior vice president of corporate and public relations.

Due to be unveiled at this year’s Venture Local conference, the "Field to Fryer to Fuel" initiative envisions a mutually beneficial loop of local businesses and other institutions.

In the pilot project, Biltmore Estate will raise 50 acres of canola seed that will be pressed, refined and processed by Blue Ridge Biofuels. AdvantageWest and Blue Ridge Food Ventures will provide guidance on federal and other food-processing regulations, while Appalachian State University will test the refined oil to make sure it meets all requirements.

Next summer, roughly 7,000 gallons of food-grade oil will be distributed to local restaurants. The resulting “waste oil” will then be returned to Blue Ridge Biofuels for conversion into an estimated 5,000 gallons of usable fuel for sale to owners of biofuel-ready vehicles, says Petersen.

The experiment is funded by a $130,000

grant from the Biofuels Center of North Carolina, which is charged by the state Legislature with helping ensure that biofuels produced in North Carolina replace 10 percent of the state's imported oil by 2017.

The hope is that the initial project will show enough economic potential to attract private investors and businesses willing to take over and support the operation, with a goal of eventually producing 300,000 gallons of local biofuel per year, Petersen explains.

WNC is already home to the highest concentration of clean-energy companies in the state, and most are located in Asheville, notes Raker, who also directs his organization’s AdvantageGreen program.

“Our objective with this collaboration is to develop and expand Western North Carolina’s hub of clean-energy industries,” says Raker.

"So we've got this connectivity between local foods, food products and local energy, and we're seeing all kinds of those opportunities.

That's a big part of what Venture Local is trying to achieve."

Funding the next big thing The canola project, of course, has the luxury of state startup funds that aren’t available to most local entrepreneurs. And for people aiming to establish or expand a small business, raising the requisite capital can be a major hurdle.

Banks have tightened their belts in recent years, and private investors tend to look for businesses that could make them 10 times the

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amount they invest — which is usually possible only with companies that have national or international ambitions, says Raker.

That, however, leaves folks looking to launch a small farm or other locally focused business in a tough spot, he notes. But the growing field of "social venture investing" provides new opportunities.

"There's a whole new type of capital that's emerged called impact investing: people who want to invest in things that are in line with their values, businesses that do things in their community that they want to support," Raker says. “This conference,” he promises, “will be the largest gathering of those investors that we've ever had in our region."

Venture Local organizers hope to pair investors with at least 100 local entrepreneurs in need of funds. Those who register ahead of time will be able to pitch their business ideas in the conference's official printed program. In addition, up to six entrepreneurs selected in advance will be able to pitch their business ideas to Venture Local attendees and a panel of funders.

There’ll also be opportunities for less formal networking during the reception.

During the day, the schedule features local speakers, headlined by a pair of national experts on alternative funding strategies and community economics.

Martin eakes co-founded Self-Help, a Durham-based community-development lender whose programs include the Self-Help Credit Union, which has an Asheville office.

All told, the organization says it’s provided more than $6 billion in financing to more than 74,000 homebuyers, small businesses and nonprofits in North Carolina and California, where the bank has dozens of branches.

Economist and author Michael shuman will discuss ideas he raises in his most recent book, Local Dollars, Local Sense: How to Shift Your Money from Wall Street to Main Street and Achieve Real Prosperity.

“I think we've started finding more of a balance of opportunity,” says Raker. “Where there's opportunities for a company like Sierra Nevada to invest in Western North Carolina, then absolutely we want to facilitate that. But we also need a strong base of entrepreneurial, locally owned, successful ventures here.” X Jake Frankel can be reached at 251-1333, ext.

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The current Buncombe County Board of Commissioners met for the final time Nov. 20, approving a pair of economic-development incentive packages and a transportation grant application. They also honored retiring board members Bill stanley and K. Ray Bailey.

Topping the agenda, the commissioners unanimously approved $4.5 million in economic-incentive grants for Linamar Corp. In exchange, the Canadian auto-parts manufacturer has agreed to invest $75 million to expand its Skyland production facility and hire 250 additional employees

by Dec. 31, 2018. Company official Heather smercina said the money will help pay for the new building and enable Linamar to increase production rapidly to meet growing demand.

That's in addition to the $10 million the county approved for Linamar in June of 2011. As part of that deal, the company agreed to invest $125 million in its Skyland facility (the former Volvo plant) and hire 400 workers by 2020.

All told, the county's incentives to Linamar now total $14.5 million, in addition to millions of dollars’ worth of city and state grants and tax breaks. Linamar has committed to investing $200 million in the local facility and hiring at least

650 local workers at an average annual salary of roughly $39,000 per year (about $5,000 more than the county’s current average annual wage).

"That's what we need for this county and this community," declared Bailey, who did not seek re-election. “Let's don't stop doing that.

It's important to the people of this community to keep bringing jobs here," he said, motioning toward newly elected Republican commissioners-elect Joe Belcher, david King and Mike Fryar, who were sitting in the audience (they’ll be sworn in Dec. 3).

Bailey will continue business-recruitment efforts as well, since the board unanimously appointed him to the Economic Development Coalition.

fIgHTINg fOR jObs The commissioners also unanimously approved giving Baldor Electric Co. $64,000 in economic-incentive grants. In exchange, the Arkansas-based firm, which makes electric motors and other products, agreed to invest $4.8 million in its Weaverville facility and hire 32 additional employees.

During a public hearing on the matter, Candler resident Jerry Rice (the only member

THE COUNTY’s INCENTIvEs TO LINAmAR NOW TOTAL $14.5 mILLION, IN ADDITION TO mILLIONs Of DOLLARs’ WORTH Of CITY AND sTATE gRANTs AND TAx bREAks. of the public to weigh in) said, "This is a good start,” cautioning that there’s still a lot more economic development work to be done.

"We're proud that manufacturing is coming back here," responded board Chair david Gantt. "There was a feeling at one point that manufacturing was going to be done in other countries. … We want to fight for those jobs."

In addition, the board unanimously approved applying for $365,315 in state and federal grants for Mountain Mobility, the county's public transportation system. To qualify, the county agreed to provide $64,468 in matching funds.

It was the board’s first meeting in its new home (200 College St., Suite 326). The newly remodeled room can seat about 125 people — up from 80 in the former space on Valley Street.

During the public-comment period, however, Rice —once again the only person to address the matter — said that while "It's a very nice place," the bigger room "isn't conducive to the public and our media people … because people have to sit so far back.”

sTANLEY sTEps DOWN Stanley, meanwhile, reflected on his 24 years on the board.

"This is the greatest county in the country, no question," he gushed. "We have the greatest staff that's ever walked this earth. ... I thank you kindly," he added, as many in attendance stood and applauded.

The board then relocated the meeting to the neighboring county building at 35 Woodfin St., where a farewell reception was held for Stanley and Bailey. There, the commissioners unanimously approved renaming the recently renovated building, which houses the Register of Deeds office and the tax and election services departments, the William H. Stanley Center.

Commissioner Carol Peterson also attended the ceremony but said she's awaiting the results of a District 2 recount before deciding whether to concede the race. The initial certified results show her just 34 votes shy of winning a third term on the board. X Jake Frankel can be reached at 251-1333, ext. 115, or at jfrankel@mountainx.com.

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THE ECONOmY Of INNOvATION ADvANTAgEWEsT pANELIsTs DIsCUss vIsIONs Of THE fUTURE Asheville’s creative culture fosters plenty of good business ideas, but when it comes to bringing many of them to life, big challenges remain.

So said Mark erwin of Erwin Capital, speaking to some 375 attendees at AdvantageWest’s Nov. 19 Economic Summit. He and three other experts held a panel discussion on defining and cultivating business innovation. The talk at downtown Asheville’s Diana Wortham Theatre was hosted by d.G. Martin, a syndicated newspaper columnist, UNC-TV host and radio personality.

Here are highlights of the discussion: Mike Adams, president, Moog Music: To foster innovation at his business, Adams said he tries to see things through fresh eyes and stay open to new ideas. A savvy, educated work force, he said, is key to the area’s economic success, but the educational system should focus on teaching students to “think about things rather than memorize things.”

New banking regulations, he fears, could stifle some businesses’ ability to raise capital for expansions. Moog Music’s own banker told him that they wouldn’t be able to get the same loan now that they got several years ago, Adams said.

He also hinted that he’d like to see Moogfest, the popular music festival that bears his company’s name, expand to include more daytime activities. Long term, he noted, the festival could encourage venture capitalists to visit and then invest in the area.

Anita Brown-Graham, director, Institute for emerging Issues: Generation Z “almost seems to be preprogrammed to be innovators, because they’ve grown up with technology defining how they see things,” said Brown-Graham, adding, “They’re also much more risk-takers than the generation before them.”

But while younger adults might be more willing to try something new, many lack the business skills to successfully commercialize their ideas, she maintained. It takes both to truly be an innovator, she said, adding that business innovation often takes capital, and “In this climate, lots of young people can’t find capital.”

Mark erwin, president, erwin Capital: Erwin, however, took a different tack, arguing that “There’s plenty of capital for great ideas.” It’s just a matter of “presenting them well and having a plan for implementation.”

Innovators, he said, need to think forward and find emerging markets.

Erwin cited journalism, communications and shopping as areas becoming more and more focused on the online marketplace. A former ambassador to Mauritius, he pointed out the ways that this small island nation in the Indian Ocean is more innovative than the U.S. in some says, noting that they’ve completely dispensed with land phone lines and now rely entirely on wireless communications.

biz buzz: Each year, local business owners, bankers, agency representatives, elected officials and more meet to mingle and munch at AdvantageWest’s annual Economic Summit. Photo by Max Cooper Erwin praised Asheville’s growing beer industry as an example of a thriving, innovative business community. “All these breweries are producing innovative changes to beer,” he said. “Asheville is a very tolerant society of people who are different: That breeds creativity.” dan Gerlach, president, Golden leAF Foundation: Technological innovations are leaving lots of rural people behind, he says. “A lot of people in rural Western North Carolina don’t have broadband. We need to work on that.”

Gerlach believes good community colleges are key to growing the local economy. “There’s jobs out there for folks with the right training,” he asserted, adding that people without extensive technical skills can still be innovative. “People confuse innovation with technology,” he said.

In the local agricultural industry, for example, there’s huge untapped potential to boost profits by growing medicinal plants, said Gerlach.

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Asheville’s open-data campaign is gaining momentum as the city continues to release more data, and has opened up a nominating process for prioritizing what to make available next. Landlord and housing-safety complaints, restaurant inspections, greenways and city staff salaries are among the kinds of information residents have already said they’d like to see opened to the public.

“Some things are just really low-hanging fruit, like greenways: We already have the map data,” notes scott Barnwell, a GIS mapper with the city who also heads up the local Code for America volunteer brigade. Other items, such as building permits, could take a bit longer.

The city’s open-data catalog (opendatacatalog.ashevillenc.gov), still in beta format, now includes information on county roads, local historic districts and more. All data is instantly updated whenever the city modifies the records.

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The nominating process (avl.mx/ni) requires residents to register on the catalog website, after which they can vote on what they’d like to see the city make available or put forward their own suggestions. Users can also submit relevant data they may have.

“We’re starting to get a little movement,” says Barnwell. “We’re trying to make sure everyone stays on board and sees this as a good step forward.”

The volunteer brigade held its inaugural meeting Nov. 26 at Asheville Brewing Company and now has more than 20 people communicating online.

“We’re seeing where we want to go, what kind of policy goals we want, what skill sets we have at the table,” he explains. “We’re seeing a lot of new faces, which is great.” — David Forbes Send your news tips and ideas to news@mountainx.com.

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ANImALs animal hospital of north asheville holds matChinG holiday pet food drive (pd.) Animal Hospital of North Asheville (AHNA) will match, up to 1,000 pounds, any pet food donated to the Holiday Pet Food Drive to benefit three local

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brother wolf animal resCUe • Brother Wolf Animal Rescue, 31 Glendale Ave., seeks foster homes and volunteers for its no-kill shelter.

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• FR (11/30) through MO (12/31) 3D-Hieroglyphs: Hermeneutics, wall book sculptures by Daniel Lai; New Work, New Voice, resin paintings

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art at brevard ColleGe Exhibits are free, unless otherwise noted. Info: www.brevard.edu/art or 884-8188.

• Through FR (12/7) - Cast in Iron will be on display in the Spiers Gallery.

CommUnity partnership for pets • 1st & 3rd SATURDAYS, noon3pm - Community Partnership for Pets will offer spay/neuter vouchers at the Kmart entrance of the Blue Ridge Mall, 4 Seasons Blvd., Hendersonville. Info: 693-5172 or cpforpetsinc@aol.com. doG obedienCe Classes • SA (12/1), 10am - Part II of an obedience class for dogs will focus on separation anxiety. Participation in part I required. Presented by Angel Dog at Pet Supermarket, 244 Tunnel Road. $30. Info: www. angeldoginc.com. --- 11am - A class on preventing barking will be held at the same location. $30. Info: www.angeldoginc.com. home for the holidays adoption drive • SA (12/1) through MO (12/31) Sarge’s Animal Rescue Foundation and Aidan’s Fund will supplement adoption fees at Haywood County Animal Shelter, 245 Hemlock St., Waynesville. Info: www.sargeandfriends.org or 246-9050.

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by Shelley Johnston, and warm up with Bethany Adams' scarves and more. Foundry, 92 Charlotte Street, Asheville. www.digfoundry.com, 828-255-2533 holiday Celebration & art sale at riverside stUdios! (pd.) Saturday, December 8th, 11am-4pm. Paintings, mosaics, prints, ceramics, mixed media, sculpture, plus art biz CDs and WHO Knows Art consultation gift certificates for the artist in your life.

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310 art Gallery 191 Lyman St., #310. Mon., Tues., Wed., Fri., Sat., noon-4pm or by appointment. Info: www.310art. com or 776-2716.

• Through SU (3/31) - Works by Fleta Monaghan, Betty Carlson, Bob Martin and Mark Holland explore "visual expressions of the Earth’s landscapes and skies." aloft hotel 51 Biltmore Ave. 11am-midnight daily. Info: www.mckibbon.com/ hotels/67/aloft-asheville.

• Through FR (11/30) - The Travelers, Braille-based art by Kenn Kotara. Info: 236-2265. ameriCan folk art and framinG Oui-Oui Gallery is located at 64 Biltmore Ave. Mon.-Sat., 10am6pm; Sun., noon-5pm. Info: www. amerifolk.com or 281-2134.

• Through TU (12/25) - Comfort and Joy, a celebration of the gifts of the season. appalaChian pastel soCiety JUried exhibition • Through FR (12/14) - The Appalachian Pastel Society will present its National Juried Exhibition at The Asheville School’s Crawford Art Gallery, 360 Asheville School Road. Mon.-Sat., 10am5pm. Info: www.ashevilleschool.org or www.appalachianpastelsociety. org. art at appalaChian state University 423 W. King St., Boone. Info: www. tcva.org or 262-3017.

• Through SA (2/9) - Spaces of the Brain, works by Jedrzej Stepak, will be on display in the Mezzanine Gallery.

• Through SA (12/1) - Forever Protected, paintings for the Blue Ridge Conservancy by Gayle Stott Lowry, will be on display in the Community Gallery.

• Through SA (2/9) - Visible/ Invisible, Polish works from the Jan

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

• Through FR (11/30) - Horses in Motion, paintings by UNCA student Kathleen Kelley, will be on display in the Ramsey Library gallery.

• Through FR (11/30) - Pottery and art by Cherokee artist Darrin Bark will be on display in the Highsmith University Union's Intercultural Center. Info: 251-6585.

• FR (11/30) through FR (12/14) Remnants of Fleeting Moments, paintings by UNCA student Hanna Trussler, will be on display in the Blowers Gallery.

• FR (11/30), 6-8pm - Opening reception for Remnants of Fleeting Moments. art events at wCU Held at the Fine Art Museum, Fine & Performing Arts Center on the campus of Western Carolina University. Mon.-Fri., 10am-4pm & Thurs., 10am-7pm. Free, but donations welcome. Info: www.fineartmuseum.wcu.edu or 227-3591.

• Through FR (2/1) - North Carolina Glass 2012: In Celebration of 50 Years of Studio Glass in America. asheville area arts CoUnCil: the artery Community arts facility at 346 Depot St. Tues.-Sat., 11am-4pm.

Info: www.ashevillearts.com.

• TH (12/6) through FR (12/28) Native Intelligence, works by Geza Brunow.

• FR (12/7), 6-9pm - Opening reception. asheville art mUseUm Located on Pack Square in downtown Asheville. Tues.-Sat., 10am5pm and Sun., 1-5pm. Programs are free with admission unless otherwise noted. Admission: $8/$7 students and seniors/Free for kids under 4. Free first Wednesdays from 3-5pm. Info: www.ashevilleart. org or 253-3227.

• Through SU (1/27) - Robert Morris: Mind/Body/Earth will be on display in the North Wing.

• FR (11/30), noon - Lunchtime Art Break: Robert Morris: Mind/Body/ Earth, with curator Frank Thomson.

This tour is designed to engage guests in dialogue with artists, edu-

cators, docents and staff. Free with membership or museum admission.

• Through SU (1/20) - Chasing the Image, works by Madeleine d’Ivry Lord and Sally Massengale, will be on display in the North Wing.

• Through SU (1/6) - Art/Sewn, "works of art in which sewing is integral to the making and viewing experience," will be on display in the North Wing.

• 1st WEDNESDAYS - The Asheville Art Museum, 2 S. Pack Square, offers free museum admission after 3pm on the first Wednesday of each month. Info: www.ashevilleart. org or 253-3227. bella vista art Gallery 14 Lodge St. Summer hours: Mon., 11am-5pm; Wed.-Sat., 11am-5pm.

Info: www.bellavistaart.com or 768-0246.

• Through MO (12/31) - August Hoerr (small portraits); Shellie Lewis Dambax (paintings); Tiffany Dill (encaustics). blaCk moUntain ColleGe mUseUm + arts Center The center is located at 56 Broadway and preserves the legacy of the Black Mountain College.

Tues. & Wed., noon-4pm; Thurs.Sat., 11am-5pm. Info: www.blackmountaincollege.org or 350-8484.

• Through SA (12/29) - Looking Forward at Buckminster Fuller's Legacy, an exhibit of Fuller’s "ideas and inventions as well as a new generation of Fuller-inspired thinkers and artists." Features winning projects from the first five years of The Buckminster Fuller Challenge. blUe spiral 1 38 Biltmore Ave. Mon.-Sat., 10am6pm, and Sun., noon-5pm. Info: www.bluespiral1.com or 251-0202.

• Through TU (12/31) - Ceramics

by Ben Owen III, Gary Schlappal and Vicki Grant, along with wood pendulums by Michael Costello and baskets by Carole Hetzel.

Castell photoGraphy 2C Wilson Alley. Wed.-Fri., noon6pm; Sat., noon-7pm, or by appointment. Info: www.castellphotography.com or 255-1188.

• Through SA (12/1) - ROAD, a juried exhibition curated by W.M. Hunt.

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

• Through MO (1/7) - Harvey's Legacy: The Next Generation of Studio Glass in Western North

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Lord of the manor: Dine as a 16th-century Englishman at Western Carolina University’s annual madrigal dinner. See the pageantry, music and food of the era on Friday, Nov. 30 and Saturday, Dec. 1. (pg. 23) HOLIDAY HAppENINgs 30th annUal bernstein family Christmas speCtaCUlar • WEDNESDAYS through SATURDAYS (11/28) until (12/22) The Magnetic Field, 372 Depot St., presents the 30th Annual Bernstein Family Christmas Spectacular, a sketch comedy show about the holidays. Wed.-Sat., 7:30pm; 10pm late show Fri. & Sat., Dec. 1-22. $16 Fri. & Sat./$13 Wed. & Thurs./$8 Nov. 28 and 29. Info: www.themagneticfield.com or 257-4003. a CeltiC Christmas • WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS (12/5) until (12/22) - A Celtic Christmas will feature three singer-storytellers performing traditional carols. Wed.-Sat., 8pm; Thurs., Sat., Sun., 2pm. Performed at the Flat Rock Playhouse's downtown location, Highway 225, Flat Rock. $35 with discounts for seniors, military personnel, students and groups. Info: www.flatrockplayhouse.org or 693-0731. a Christmas Carol • THURSDAYS through SATURDAYS (12/6) until (12/23) Montford Park Players present a A Christmas Carol, based on Charles Dickens' classic book about selfredemption during the holidays.

Thurs.-Sat., 7:30pm; Sat. & Sun., 2:30pm. Held at the Masonic

Temple, 80 Broadway St. $15/$8 children 17 and under. Info: www. montfordparkplayers.org.

Camerata antiqUa • WE (12/5), 4pm - Camerata Antiqua will perform Renaissance music for the holidays at the Mills River library, 124 Town Center Drive, Suite 1. Free. Info: 890-1850.

• WE (12/12), 4pm - An additional performance will be held at the Fletcher Library, 120 Library Road.

Free. Info: 687-1218.

• TU (12/18), 4pm - A final performance will be held at the Etowah Library, 101 Brickyard Road. Free.

Info: 891-6577.

Carolina Christmas exhibit • Through WE (1/2) - The Carolina Christmas exhibit will feature fresh trees, ornaments and toys from the Victorian era at the Smith McDowell House Museum on the A-B Tech campus. Wed.-Sat., 10am-4pm; Sun., noon-4pm. $10/$5 children. Info: www.wnchistory.org or 253-9231.

Christmas ConCert • SU (12/2), 2:30pm - A Christmas concert will include a performance

by Blissings. Cookies and cider will follow the concert. Held at Trinity Lutheran Church, 235 Saint Johns Road, Fletcher. Free. Info: 684-9770.

Christmas festival at historiC Johnson farm • SA (12/1), 10am-4pm - The Christmas Festival at Historic

Johnson Farm, 3346 Haywood Road, Hendersonville, will feature wagon rides, tours and refreshments for sale. Bring a camera for photos with an antique sleigh. $5/$3 children. Info: 891-6585.

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Christmas readinGs for Children • MO (12/3), 2pm - Christmas readings for children will be presented at the Smith-McDowell House Museum on the A-B Tech campus. Refreshments provided. $5/children free. Info: education@ wnchistory.org or 253-9231.

Christmas time in the City • FR (11/30), 7pm & SA (12/1), 11am, 3pm & 7pm - Christmas Time in the City follows a cast of characters as they "discover how to find peace and hope for themselves and share the joy of the season with others." Held at Biltmore Baptist Church, 35 Clayton Road, Arden. $20 "gold circle"/$15 reserved seating/$10 general admission. Info: www. biltmorebaptist.org/cmcs or 6506500.

Christmas tree liGhtinG Ceremony: fletCher • FR (11/30), 5:30pm - A Christmas tree lighting ceremony will feature entertainment, refreshments and Santa. Held in Fletcher Community

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• TH (12/6), 5-7pm - Opening reception. dUsty roads • Through MO (12/31) - Dusty Roads, photographs of classic and junkyard vehicles by Barbara Sammons, will be on display at Green Sage Coffeehouse and Cafe, 1800 Hendersonville Road. Info: www.barbarasammons.com or www.thegreensage.net. flood Gallery The Phil Mechanic Building, 109 Roberts St. Tues.-Sat., 10am-4pm.

Info: www.floodgallery.org or 2542166.

• SA (12/1) through TH (12/27) - Travelers, works by Maureen Robinson. folk art Center MP 382 on the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Open daily from 9am-6pm. Info: www.craftguild.org or 298-7928.

• Through TU (12/11) - Works by Kyle Carpenter (clay) and Brian Wurst (wood).

Grand bohemian Gallery Located at the Grand Bohemian Hotel in Biltmore Village, 11 Boston Way. Mon.-Thur., 10am-7pm; Fri.Sat., 10am-8pm; Sun., 10am-5pm.

Info: www.bohemianhotelasheville. com or 505-2949.

• Through SU (12/23) - This Year and Several Thousand Before, works by Linda McCane.

• Through MO (12/31) - Cut, Bend, Fold, Color: Paper Sculpture and Collage in Dimension.

in the lobby of Hotel Indigo, 151 Haywood St. Info: www.matthewzedlerfineart.com.

haen Gallery 52 Biltmore Ave. Wed.-Fri., 10am6pm; Mon., Tues. & Sat., 11am6pm; Sun., noon-5pm. Info: www. thehaengallery.com or 254-8577.

• Through FR (11/30) - Lynn Boggess: New Work 2012.

miCa fine Contemporary Craft 37 N. Mitchell Ave., Bakersville.

Sun.-Sat., 10am-6pm. Info: www. micagallerync.com or 688-6422.

• Through MO (12/31) - Late Bloomer, oil paintings by Dorothy Buchanan Collins.

handmade in ameriCa Located at 125 S. Lexington Ave. Info: www.handmadeinamerica.org or 252-0121.

• FR (11/30) through FR (2/22) Flux: A Craft Exchange, an exhibit exchange with Flux Studios of Mount Rainier, Md. • FR (11/30), 5:30-8pm - Opening reception.

pink doG Creative A multi-use arts space located at 342 Depot St. Info: www.pinkdogcreative.com.

• Through SA (12/15) - Watershed: The French Broad River, photographs by Jeff Rich. Tues.-Sun., 11am-6pm.

haywood CoUnty arts CoUnCil Unless otherwise noted, showings take place at HCAC's Gallery 86 in Waynesville. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Info: www.haywoodarts.org or 452-0593.

• Through SA (12/29) - It’s a Small, Small Work, a group show featuring small works by regional artists. imaGes of bliss aroUnd appalaChia • Through FR (11/30) - Images of Bliss around Appalachia, photographs by Rachael Bliss, will be on display at Grateful Steps Book Store, 159 S. Lexington Ave.

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Joseph anderson: forGed iron • Through FR (1/25) - Figuratively Speaking, an exhibition of iron works by Joseph Anderson, will be on display at 296 Depot, 296 Depot St.

Located at 111 Grovewood Road.

April-Dec.: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm; Sun., 11am-5pm. Info: www.grovewood.com or 253-7651.

matthew Zedler • Through TU (1/15) - Works by local modern/contemporary artist Matthew Zedler will be on display

pUsh skate shop & Gallery Located at 25 Patton Ave. Mon.Thurs., 11am-6pm; Fri. & Sat., 11am-7pm; Sun., noon-6pm. Info: www.pushtoyproject.com or 2255509.

• Through TU (1/8) - Kin, works by Ursula Gullow. sCUlptUre for the Garden • Through MO (12/31) - Sculpture for the Garden, a national outdoor sculpture invitational, will be on display at Grovewood Gallery, 111 Grovewood Road. Info: www. grovewood.com. seven sisters Gallery 117 Cherry St., Black Mountain.

Summer hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am6pm and Sun., noon-5pm. Info: www.sevensistersgallery.com or 669-5107.

• Through TH (1/31) - Trees, Trees, Trees, paintings by Kim Rody. swannanoa valley fine arts leaGUe • Through SU (1/6) - The Swannanoa Valley Fine Arts League will present Fabulous Fakes and 3-D Show at Red House Studios

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and Gallery, 310 W. State St., Black Mountain. Tues.-Thurs., 11am-3pm; Fri.-Sun., 11am-5pm. Info: www. svfalarts.org or susansinyaiart@ charter.net.

sions for its songwriting, art, literature, video, photography and repurposed-material competitions through Jan. 15. Info: www.ecoartsawards.com.

the bender Gallery 12 S. Lexington Ave. Hours: Mon.Sat., 10:30am-5pm; Sun., noon5pm. Info: www.thebendergallery. com or 505-8341.

• Through FR (12/28) - Vitric Compositions: Assemblages in Glass, sculpture by Martin Kremer, Toland Peter Sand and William Zweifel.

frenCh broad mensa • Through (1/15) - French Broad Mensa will accept scholarship applications through Jan. 15. Info: www. mensafoundation.org/scholarships.

toe river arts CoUnCil stUdio toUr • FR (11/30), noon-4pm; SA (12/1) & SU (12/2), 10am-5pm - The Toe River Arts Council Studio Tour will feature a self-guided tour of artist studios in Yancey and Mitchell counties. Free. Info and locations: www.toeriverarts.org.

Us and them • Through MO (1/28) - Us and Them, new paintings, drawings and sculptures by Julie Armbruster, will be on display at Early Girl Eatery, 8 Wall St. Info: www.juliearmbruster. net. vadim bora retrospeCtive • Through TH (11/30) - A retrospective of sculptor and painter Vadim Bora will be on display in Warren Wilson College’s Elizabeth Holden Gallery. Mon.-Fri., 9:30am-4pm; Sun., 1-4pm and by appointment.

Info: www.warren-wilson.edu or 771-3038. workinG Girls stUdio and Gallery 30 Battery Park Ave., Suite 200.

Thurs.-Sat., 11am-5pm and by appointment. Info: www.workinggirlsstudio.com or 243-0200.

• Through FR (12/7) - New works by painter Eli Corbin and photographer Lynne Harty.

AUDITIONs & CALLs TO ARTIsTs aarp driver safety instrUCtors needed • AARP seeks driver safety instructors for its refresher courses in Buncombe, Henderson and Transylvania County. Info: maybloomer@yahoo.com or 298-6600. asheville affiliates • Asheville Affiliates will accept applications from local nonprofits for its fundraising parties. Info: www.ashevilleaffiliates.com/application.

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asheville art in the park Grant • Through FR (12/14) - Asheville Art in the Park grant applications will be accepted by the Asheville Area Arts Council through dec. 14. Info: www.ashevillearts.com. eCo arts award • Through TU (1/15) - Eco Arts Awards will accept submis-

holiday wonders Christmas toUr • Through (12/1) - Flat Rock Theatre's YouTheatre invites children grades 1-12 to "make joyful noise with us for our annual holiday community tour." No audition necessary. Info and registration: 6933517 or yt@flatrockplayhouse.org. montford park players • Through WE (12/26) - Montford Park Players will accept applications from those interested in directing its upcoming productions through dec. 26. Info: john.russell@ montfordparkplayers.org. rose post Creative nonfiCtion Competition • Through TH (1/17) - The Rose Post Creative Nonfiction Competition will accept submissions through Jan. 17. Info: www. ncwriters.submittable.com. wnC artists postCard show • Through TU (1/1) - The Asheville Area Arts Council will accept submissions for the WNC Artists Postcards Show through Jan. 1.

Info: www.ashevillearts.com/waancpostcard-show. writers’ workshop Competition • Through FR (11/30) - The Writers’ Workshop will accept submissions for its memoirs contest through nov. 30. Info: www.twwoa.org or writersw@gmail.com.

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• ZaPow! invites artists to email 5-10 .jpgs of their work to be considered for upcoming exhibits. Info: info@ZaPow.com.

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tree. Info: www.beasantatoasenior. com or 274-4406. biG brothers biG sisters of wnC • Through MO (12/31) - Panacea Coffee Company, 66 Commerce St., Waynesville, will donate 20 percent of proceeds from each pound of Zimbabwe Estate Salimba Big Magic coffee to big brothers big sisters of wnC through Dec. 31. Info: panaceacoffee.com or 734-7723. flat roCk playhoUse fUndraisers • SA (12/1), 4-7:30pm - The ThirtyOne Fundraiser, to benefit flat rock playhouse, will feature holiday shopping opportunities. Held at Flat Rock Playhouse, 1855 Little River Road, Flat Rock. Info and cost: www.flatrockplayhouse.org or 732-8008.

• MO (12/3) through SU (12/9) Home Sweet Home dog day care will donate the week's proceeds to flat rock playhouse. 134 Princess Place, East Flat Rock. $20 per day.

Info: 697-0327.

Goat moUntain sanCtUary • FR (11/30), 7pm - Animal behavior expert Jonathan Balcombe will give a lecture and sign books to benefit Goat mountain sanctuary.

Held in UNCA's Alumni Hall. $10/ UNCA students and alumni free.

Info: kcrossle@unca.edu. habitat for hUmanity benefit ConCert • SU (12/2), 6:30pm - A benefit concert to support habitat for humanity will feature performances by Kellin Watson, Chuck Brodsky, Jamie Laval and others.

Held at West Asheville Presbyterian Church, 690 Haywood Road. Free; donations accepted. Info: www. westashepres.org. handmade ornament sale • SA (12/1) through MO (12/24) - Hand in Hand Gallery, 2720 Greenville Highway, Flat Rock, will host a handmade ornament sale to benefit the backpack program.

Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm; Sun., 1-5pm.

Dec. 24 until 3pm. Prices vary. Info: www.handinhandgallery.com or 697-7719.

• SU (12/2), 4pm - "Baroque Bliss," to benefit pan harmonia and room at the inn, will feature works

by Bach, Rammeau, Marais and others. Held at First Presbyterian Church, 40 Church St. $15 suggested donation/$25 family. Info: www.pan-harmonia.org.

holiday GivinG tree • Through FR (12/14) - Fairview Library, 1 Taylor Road, will accept new books valued at $10 or more for its Holiday Giving Tree program. Books will be distributed to local children in need. Info: 250-6484.

be a santa to a senior • Through SU (12/9) - Be a Santa to a Senior, to benefit meals on wheels and seniors in need, will collect unwrapped gifts at Walgreen’s, 841 Merrimon Ave. or 1835 Hendersonville Road. Select the name of a senior and their gift request from the store's Christmas

holiday pet food drive • Through TU (12/25) - Animal Hospital of North Asheville will match pet food donations to be distributed to the asheville humane society, animal Compassion network and brother wolf animal rescue. Dog and cat food, blankets and toys will be col-

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Three Days & 25 Local Artists Is technique cheap? Harvey K. Littleton, often hailed as the founder of the studio glass movement, made waves in 1972 when he proclaimed that technique without artistry is nothing. See what all the fuss was about at The Center for Craft Creativity and Design’s opening reception for Harvey’s Legacy on Thursday, Dec. 6. (pg. 20) Park, 85 Howard Gap Road. Free.

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festival of trees • Through SU (12/9), 10am-5pm - The Festival of Trees will feature Christmas trees decorated by local businesses on display in Flat Rock Playhouse's downtown location, 125 S. Main St., Hendersonville. Free. Info: www. flatrockplayhouse.org.

GraCioUs liGht dUo • TH (12/6), 3pm - The Gracious Light Duo will perform ancient and modern holiday music at the Etowah Library, 101 Brickyard Road. Free. Info: 891-6577.

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friends of hiCkory nUt GorGe holiday GatherinG • WE (12/5), 6-8pm - Friends of Hickory Nut Gorge will host a holiday gathering to highlight the activities and accomplishments of the organization. Food and non-alcoholic beverages provided. Cash bar available. Held

Grove arCade winter wonderland • Through WE (1/2) - The Grove Arcade Winter Wonderland will feature decorated trees and holiday displays at 1 Page Ave. Free.

Info: www.grovearcade.com or 252-7799. happy for the holidays • SUNDAYS, 7pm - Buddhist teacher Sharon Lovich will

positive and peaceful during Books and More, 31 Montford Ave. Meetings include guided meditation, a talk and discussion. $8/$5 students and seniors. Info: meditationinasheville@gmail.com, 668-2241 or www.meditationina-

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Wear something beautiful What: W.E.A.R. Asheville jewelry event to benefit Our VOICE. Where: Pack Place, 2 S. Pack Square, Asheville.

When: Thursday, Dec. 6 from 7-9 p.m. $25. Info: ourvoicenc.org or 252-0562.

Local jewelry makes a great holiday gift (and it’s nearly time to start filling Santa's sack). Sure, there are dozens of craft fairs this time of year, but why not do some good while you do your shopping? Our VOICE, the Buncombe County Rape Crisis and Prevention Center, has a unique way to cross things off your list this year.

More than 100 pieces of jewelry will be on display at Pack Place and all you have to do is pick out your favorite. Much like the Empty Bowls project, W.E.A.R. Asheville encourages the public to take home a piece of jewelry in exchange for an entrance fee while mingling with other like-minded citizens.

Desserts and warm drinks will be served, giving the event a party atmosphere.

Our VOICE offers free counseling and case management to sexual assault survivors and their families. The organization also has a rape crisis line and provides education and outreach. Our VOICE is known for their fun fundraisers and their annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes walk is always a lighthearted way to raise money and awareness. W.E.A.R. Asheville (which stands for We Each Are Responsible for preventing sexual violence) is sure to be equally enjoyable. So get your holiday shopping off to an altruistic start while celebrating Our VOICE's good work in the community.

lected at 1 Beaverdam Road. Info: www.ahna.net or 253-3393. holidays aroUnd the world • FR (11/30), 6:30pm - Holidays Around the World, to benefit tryon fine arts Center, will feature British-themed decorations and a pub atmosphere. Held at 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon. $75. Info: www.tryonarts.org. hope for the holidays toUr • WE (11/28), 7pm - The Hope for the Holidays Tour, to benefit western north Carolina aids project and loving food resources, will feature an appearance by Scot Wedgeworth from the Food Network’s Bama Glama series. Held at Club Eleven, 11 Grove St. $25. Info: www.lovingfood.org or www.wncap.org.

JinGle bell 5k rUn/walk for arthritis • SA (12/1), 10am-noon - The Jingle Bell Run/Walk, to benefit the arthritis foundation will be held at the Montford Recreation Center, 34 Pearson Drive. Fundraising goals vary. Info: www.arthritis.org/ jingle-bell-run.php. little wishes dinner • FR (11/30), 6:30-10pm - The Little Wishes Formal Dinner, to benefit Congregations for Children of hominy valley, will feature a silent auction at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church, 768 Asbury Road, Candler.

Donations accepted. Info and RSVP: stjoanofarc3640@bellsouth. net or 670-0051. make-a-wish foUndation benefit ConCert • TH (12/6), 7:30pm - A benefit concert to support the makea-wish foundation will feature Velvet Truckstop, the Shane Pruitt Band, Rock Academy and others.

Held at The Orange Peel, 101 Biltmore Ave. $12. Info: www.theorangepeel.net. mho hoUsewarminG party • FR (11/30), 6:30pm - A housewarming party, to benefit mountain housing opportunities, will feature hors d’oeuvres, drinks and a registry to provide MHO with household items including smoke detectors, roof shingles and other emergency home repair items.

Held at The Venue, 21 N. Market St. $55. Registration required. Info: www.mtnhousing.org/party or 254-4030. shindiG on the Green benefit • SA (12/1), 7pm - A bluegrass and dulcimer concert, to benefit shindig on the Green, will feature David Holt and the Lightning Bolts and Don Pedi. Held at Montreat Conference Center, 318 Georgia Terrace, Montreat. $20/$10 children

12 and under. Info: www.folkheritage.org or info@folkheritage.org. smoky moUntain toy rUn • SA (12/1), 10am - The Smoky Mountain Toy Run, to benefit buncombe County children, will depart from Kearfott Manufacturing Plant, 2858 U.S. Highway 70, Black Mountain. The afternoon will feature a chilli cookoff, music and a raffle. Parade begins at 1pm. $10 or a new toy worth $10. Info: www.smokymountaintoyrun.com. soUnds of the season • SU (12/2), 3pm - Sounds of the Season, to benefit wCU's school of music, will feature holiday music by the university's chorus and and the Jackson County Children’s Choir. Held in the university's Bardo Performing Arts Center. $15/$10 faculty, staff and seniors/$5 students and children.

Info: 227-7242. toy drive • TH (11/29) through SA (12/1) - A toy drive, to benefit the saint nicholas project and toys for tots, will be held at Ingles, 29 Tunnel Road. Donations and unwrapped toys accepted. Info: eblenfound@ aol.com or 242-2848. toys for tots • Through MO (12/17) - The Renaissance Asheville, 31 Woodfin St., will collect new, unwrapped

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toys for Toys for Tots through dec.

17. Info: www.toysfortots.org or 252-8211. wnCap toy drive • Through SA (12/15) - The Western North Carolina AIDS Project will accept unwrapped toys for the children and grandchildren of its clients at 554 Fairview Road.

Toys will also be accepted at the AIDS Memorial Quilt exhibit at the Haywood Park Hotel on Dec. 2 from 10am-7pm. Info: www.wncap. org or 258-3068.

bUsINEss & TECHNOLOgY asheville area arts CoUnCil: the artery Community arts facility at 346 Depot St. Tues.-Sat., 11am-4pm.

Info: www.ashevillearts.com.

• WE (11/28), 7-8:30pm - "Getting Things Done: Free Cloud Apps to Organize Your Business and Life," with Jensen Gelfond of Asheville Digital Lifestyle. Class will provide help, setup and teaching for home or business technology. $10. Info and registration: www.

AshevilleDigitalLifestyle.com or kitty@ashevillearts.com.

• MO (12/3), 6-8pm - A class on file formats, size, resolution and sharing digital files will focus on digital and print promotion. Free.

• WE (12/5), 5:30-7:30pm Property Tax Valuation 101, a presentation and Q&A session about what makes property values change. Free.

Job hUnters meetUp GroUp • TU (12/4), 8:30-10:30am - The Job Hunters Asheville meetup group, hosted by Susan Grosoff-Feinblatt, LPC, will focus on job search challenges and troubleshoot specific issues, identifying effective solutions to find employment quickly.

Group meets at Atlanta Bread Company, 633 Merrimon Ave. $20.

Info and registration: www.meetup. com/Job-Hunters-Asheville. moUntain biZworks workshops 153 S. Lexington Ave. Info: 2532834 or www.mountainbizworks. org.

• MONDAYS, noon & WEDNESDAYS, 4:30pm - An informational meeting about Mountain BizWorks' programs will help businesses make the first step toward accessing the organization's services. Free. Info and registration: victor@mountainbizworks.org or 253-2834. paper shreddinG day • WE (11/28), 9-11am - The City of Hendersonville will host a paper shredding day at Patton Park, 59 E. Clairmont Drive. Please bring a non-perishable food item. Info:

lwelter@cityofhendersonville.org or 697-3088.

CLAssEs, mEETINgs & EvENTs maC basiCs Classes at Charlotte street CompUters (pd.) Mac Basics Computer Classes are being held at Charlotte Street Computers, 252 Charlotte Street. Class time is 12:15 1:00pm. Mondays - Mac OS X, 1st Tuesday of each month - iPhoto, 2nd Tuesday - Safari & Mail, 3rd Tuesday - iCloud, 4th Tuesday iMovie Basics, 5th Tuesday - alternate between Garageband and iWork Essentials, Wednesdays - iPad Basics. Registration is just $9.99 at classes@charlottestreetcomputers.com. aids memorial qUilt • Through MO (12/3), 10am-7pm The Western North Carolina AIDS Project will host the AIDS Memorial Quilt at Haywood Park Hotel, 1 Battery Park Ave. Free. Info: www. wncap.org/wad or 252-7489.

• SA (12/1), 7-9pm - A candlelight memorial vigil will be held in the hotel's atrium. blaCk moUntain ColleGe mUseUm + arts Center The center is located at 56 Broadway, and preserves the lega-

holidaycalendar Caswell Street. Free. Info: www. historichendersonville.org. hendersonville CommUnity band • SU (12/2), 3pm - The Hendersonville Community Band will perform a holiday concert in the Blue Ridge Community College Conference Hall, Flat Rock. $10/students free. Info: 696-2118 or www.hcbmusic.com. holiday marketplaCe • WE (12/5), 9am-1pm - Blue Ridge Food Ventures will host a one-day holiday marketplace, featuring opportunities to meet the producers of its products, sample their tasty wares and do holiday shopping. Located in the Small Business Incubator Building on A-B Tech's Enka Campus.

Free to attend. Info: www.blueridgefoodventures.org. holiday melodies • TH (12/6), 11:30am - The General Motors Alumni Club of WNC will host a holiday luncheon featuring a performance by a capella trio Blissing. Held at Cedars, 219 7th Ave. W., Hendersonville. Open to club members, spouses and guests.

Info and cost: 692-5811. it’s a wonderfUl life • THURSDAY (12/6) through SUNDAY (12/9) - Foothills Performing Arts presents It’s A Wonderful Life, the holiday story of a man who discovers what life would have been like if he never existed. Thurs.-Sat., 7:30pm; Sun., 3pm. Held in Caldwell Community College's J.E. Broyhill Civic Center. $15/$8 children. Info: www.broyhillcenter.com. lake JUlian festival of liGhts • WE (12/5) through SU (12/23) Lake Julian Festival of Lights features thousands of colored lights and more than 50 displays. Held at Lake Julian Park, 406 Overlook Extension, Arden. Walking tour Dec. 5 and Dec. 6, 6-8pm. $5/ children free. Driving tour Dec. 7 - Dec. 23, 6-9pm. $5 per car. Info: david.blynt@buncombecounty. org or 684-0376. lessons and Carols • SA (12/1), 7:30pm - Brevard College will host an evening of lessons and carols in the college's Porter Center for Performing Arts. Free. Info: 8848211. liGhtinG of the Green • TU (12/4) through TU (12/18), 6-9pm - A-B Tech's Lighting of the Green will feature historic homes decorated for the season.

Tours of the Fernihurst man-

sion, featuring refreshments and entertainment, will be held Dec. 7, 11, 14 and 18, 6-8pm. Free.

Info: www.abtech.edu. madriGal dinner • FR (11/30) & SA (12/1), 6:30pm - WCU will host a madrigal dinner featuring "re-creations of the pageantry, music and food of 16th-century England." Held in the college's A.K. Hinds University Center. $37/$22 WCU students. Info and tickets: 2277206. mars hill ColleGe Christmas ConCert • FR (11/30), 7:30pm - Mars Hill College will host a Christmas concert featuring the college's wind symphony, choir and chamber singers. Held in the college's Moore Auditorium. Free. Info: www.mhc.edu or 1-866-MHC4-YOU. national GinGerbread hoUse Competition • MONDAYS through THURSDAYS until (1/2) - The Grove Park Inn, 290 Macon Ave., will display the winners of the National Gingerbread House Competition. No public viewings on major holidays. $10-$15 parking fee. Info: www.groveparkinn. com.

• MONDAYS through SATURDAYS until (1/2), 10am6pm - Gingerbread House Competition winners will also be on display at the Grove Arcade, 1 Page Ave. Sunday hours: 10am5pm. Free. Info: www.grovearcade.com. polar express Celebration • SA (12/1), 12:30 & 1:30pm - A reading of the holiday children's book The Polar Express will feature music, refreshments and a visit from Santa. Held at the Historic Train Depot on Maple Street. Free. Info: 674-3067. sexy santa party • TH (12/6), 6pm - Asheville Affiliates will host a Sexy Santa Party featuring cocktails, appetizers and improv comedy from Reasonably Priced Babies. Sexy holiday outfits encouraged, but not required. Held at the Altamont Theatre, 18 Church St. $10. Info: www.affiliatesofasheville.com. swannanoa valley fine arts leaGUe holiday open hoUse • FR (11/30), 5-7pm - Swannanoa Valley Fine Arts League will host a holiday open house featuring music by Susan Maffett and Karen Whitley as well as refreshments. Held at Red House Gallery, 310 W. State St., Black

Mountain. Free. Info: www. svfalarts.org or 669-0351.

Clyde Road, Waynesville. Free to attend. Info: 456-3993.

www.desertmoondesigns-studios. com.

attend. Info: www.shepardsonstudios.com or 664-9071.

the nUtCraCker • WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS until (12/22) - Flat Rock Playhouse, Highway 225, Flat Rock, presents a new interpretation of The Nutcracker, based on The Nutcracker and the Mouse King by E.T.A. Hoffmann.

Performed on the Mainstage.

Wed.-Sat., 8pm; Wed., Thurs., Sat., & Sun., 2pm. $40. Info: www.flatrockplayhouse.org or 693-0731.

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• SA (12/1) & SA (12/8), 9am-2pm - The Christmas Greens Market, sponsored by the French Broad River Garden Club Foundation, will feature fresh wreaths and garlands, handmade gifts and flowers. Held at Clem’s Cabin, 1000 Hendersonville Road. Free to attend. Info: www.fbrgc.org or info@fbrgc.org.

• SA (12/1) through MO (12/31) - Mora Designer Jewelry, 9 W. Walnut St., Suite 2A, will present a handmade jewelry sale for the holidays. Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm; Sun., noon-5pm. Prices vary. Info: www. moracollection.com or 575-2294.

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the retUrn of the nUtCraCker and the moUse kinG • FR (11/30) & SA (12/1), 7:30pm - Asheville Contemporary Dance Theatre and New Studio of Dance present The Return of the Nutcracker and the Mouse King, a "wildly imaginative and surreal interpretation of the original story." Held at Diana Wortham Theatre, 2 N. Pack Square. $25/$20 students and seniors.

Info: www.acdt.org or 254-2621. the villaGe potters holiday open hoUse • SU (12/2), 1-5pm - The Village Potters, 191 Lyman St., #180, will host a holiday open house featuring discounts and an opportunity to make wish lists. Refreshments and beverages will be served.

Free to attend. Info: www.thevillagepotters.com or 253-2424.

UnCa holiday ConCert • SU (12/2), 4pm - UNCA's student ensembles will perform holiday music in Lipinsky Auditorium. $5/students free. Info: music. unca.edu. wnC natUre Center holiday tails • SA (12/1), 10am-5pm - The WNC Nature Center, 75 Gashes Creek Road, will host Holiday Tails featuring animal programs, activities for children and photos with Santa. $8/$6 Asheville city residents/$4 kids. Info: www. wildwnc.org or 298-5600.

HOLIDAY CRAfT fAIRs alternative market • SU (12/2), 11am-4:30pm - The Alternative Market will feature jewelry, purses, scarves, musical instruments, chocolate and more.

Donations will be accepted for international relief organizations.

Held at Long’s Chapel United Methodist Church, 175 Old

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Claxton holiday Craft fair • SA (12/1), noon-4pm - The Claxton Holiday Craft Fair will include upcycled clothing, photography, painting, jewelry, wood carving, holiday ornaments, art prints and more. Held in the Claxton Elementary gym, 241 Merrimon Ave. Ten percent of sales benefit the Claxton PTO. Info: http://avl. mx/na or golfingmom42@yahoo. com. franCine delany Craft show • SA (12/1), 10am-3pm - The Francine Delany New School for Children, 119 Brevard Road, will host a craft show featuring art, jewelry, pottery, ornaments and more.

Free to attend. Info: www.fdnsc.net or 236-9441.

Grow down home market • SATURDAYS through (12/22), 10am-1pm - The Grow Down Home Market, 105 Richardson Ave., Black Mountain, will feature jams, pickles, meats and herbs. Free to attend.

Info: www.fromhere.org. handmade holiday sale • Through MO (12/31) - Desert Moon Designs Studios and Gallery, 372 Depot St., presents a juried selection of "affordable, giftable items by local artisans." Mon.-Sat., 11am-5pm; Sun., noon-4pm. Info:

• SATURDAYS through (12/22), 10am-3pm - The Madison County Farmers and Artisans Holiday Market will feature jewelry, knitted items and artisan soaps. Held at Fiddlestix, 37 Library St., Mars Hill.

Free to attend. Info: www.marshillmarket.org. rUGby Craft fair • SA (12/1), 9am-3pm - The Rugby Craft Fair will feature crafters from throughout the Southeast, along with free admission and parking.

Held at Rugby Middle School, 3345 Haywood Road, Hendersonville.

Info: http://avl.mx/nb. sapphire valley arts and Crafts show • SA (12/1) & SU (12/2), 10am5pm - The Sapphire Valley Resort Christmas Arts and Crafts Show will feature local, handmade mountain crafts. Held in the community center, 127 Cherokee Trail. Info: www.sapphirevalleyresort.com or 743-7663. shepardson stUdios and blaCk moUntain iron works • SA (12/1), 10am-5pm Shepardson Studios and Black Mountain Iron Works, 208 and 203 Padgettown Road, Black Mountain, will host open studios and an art sale featuring kiln-fired glass and forged iron sculpture. Free to

• SA (12/1), 11am-4pm - The Spruce Pine Holiday Farmers Market will feature produce, soaps, jam and candles. Held at 297 Oak Ave., Spruce Pine. Free to attend.

Info: www.asapconnections.org. the biG Crafty • SU (12/2), noon-6pm - The Big Crafty will feature 75 independent craft artisans and their wares, including jewelry, painting, clothing, prints and sculpture. Held at the Asheville Art Museum, 2 N. Pack Square. Free to attend. Info: thebigcrafty.com. tryon painters and sCUlptors holiday art show • Through SA (12/22) - The Tryon Painters and Sculptors' holiday art show, featuring scarves, earrings, cards, sculpture and more, will be held at 26 Maple St., Tryon. Thurs.Sat., 11am-5pm. Info: www.tryonpaintersandsculptors.com.

UnCa holiday CeramiCs and art sale • FR (11/30), 4-7pm & SA (12/1), 9am-2pm - The UNCA holiday ceramics and art sale will be held in the university's S. Tucker Cooke Gallery. Free to attend; art starting at $5. Info: 2551-6559. weaverville tailGate holiday market • WEDNESDAYS (12/5) through (12/19), 2:30-6:30pm - The Weaverville Tailgate Holiday Market will feature jewelry, scarves, purses, soaps and jam. Held behind Weaverville Community Center, 60 Lakeshore Drive. Free to attend.

Info: www.weavervilletailgate.org.

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cy of the Black Mountain College.

Info: 350-8484 or www.blackmountaincollege.org.

• TH (12/6), 7pm - The Power and Place of Design, with local designers Janell Kapoor and Martha Skinner, will focus on ecological design-building. $10/$5 members and students. doUble fan tai Chi • WEDNESDAYS, 6-7pm - "Flying Rainbow Double Fan Form," presented by Little Dragon School, will focus on Tai Chi with two fans. Held at Asheville Community Movement, 812 Riverside Drive. Fans available to the first six registrants for $15.

Those without fans should call for details. $10. Info: lizridley@hotmail. com or 301-4084. dUlCimer Class • FR (11/30), 2-5pm - A mountain dulcimer class will be hosted by WCU at the university's Biltmore Park Town Square location.

Instruments will be available to borrow. $39. Info: http://learn.wcu.edu or 227-7397.

GrownC CommUnity meetinG • TH (12/6), 1-3pm & 4-6pm GroWNC will host a community meeting about its growth and economic development initiatives at the Madison County Extension Office, 258 Carolina Lane, Marshall.

Free. Info: www.gro-wnc.org. henderson CoUnty heritaGe mUseUm Located in the Historic Courthouse on Main St., Hendersonville. Wed.Sat., 10am-5pm; Sun., 1-5pm. Free unless otherwise noted. Info: www. hendersoncountymuseum.org or 694-1619.

• Through SU (12/30) - School Days: 1797-1940 will feature a complete timeline for all Henderson County schools of that era, many of which no longer exist. moUntain heritaGe Center On the ground floor of Western Carolina University's Robinson Administration Building. Mon.-Fri., 8am-5pm; Thurs., 8am-7pm. Free, unless otherwise noted. Info: 2277129 or www.wcu.edu/mhc.

• WEEKDAYS - Horace Kephart in the Great Smoky Mountains, a yearlong exhibit about the iconic author of Our Southern Highlanders. n.C. arboretUm Located at 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way. 9am-5pm daily.

Programs are free with $8 parking fee. Info: www.ncarboretum.org or 665-2492.

• Through SU (1/6) - After the Dinosaurs: The Age of Mammals and Ice, featuring fossils and teeth, allows visitors to "touch the Ice Age." $3/$2 students, in addition to parking fee. smoky moUntain Chess ClUb • THURSDAYS, 1-4pm - The Smoky Mountain Chess Club invites players of all levels to participate in

friendly competition at Blue Ridge Books, 152 S. Main St., Waynesville.

Free. Info: www.brbooks-news.com or 456-6000. tree of life Ceremony • TH (12/6), 6pm - The Hospice of Madison will host a Tree of Life ceremony to remember those who have died, featuring videos, music, prayer and a reading of the names as individual candles are lit.

Refreshments provided. Info: barbarap@hotspringshealth-nc.org or http://avl.mx/ng.

UnCa UnderGradUate researCh symposiUm • WE (11/28), 1-5pm - UNCA's undergraduate research symposium will present original research throughout campus. Free. Info: 251-6122. west afriCan drUmminG Classes • WEDNESDAYS (12/5) through (12/19), 7-8pm - 33rd generation djembe player Adama Dembele leads West African drumming classes at Asheville Music School, 126 College St. Bring or borrow a drum. $15. Info: www.ashevillemusicschool.com. willy thilly meetUp • FRIDAYS, 7-9pm - A community group for those who enjoy "fun conversation in a relaxed, sophisticated environment." All topics welcome. Held at North Asheville Recreation Center, 37 E. Larchmont Road. Free to attend. Info: (617) 699-1173.

COmEDY disClaimer stand-Up loUnGe • WEDNESDAYS, 9pm - Disclaimer Stand-up Lounge will be held at the Dirty South, 41 N. Lexington Ave. Free. Info: www.DisclaimerComedy. com. feral ChihUahUas • FRIDAYS and SATURDAYS until (12/8) - Feral Chihuahuas sketch comedy troupe will present songs, sketch comedy and videos at BeBe Theater, 20 Commerce St. Fri., 8pm; Sat., 7 & 9:30pm. $15/$12 in advance. Info: www.feralchihuahuas.com. the altamont Located at 18 Church St. Info: www.myaltamont.com or 274-8070.

• TH (11/29) through SA (12/1), 8pm - Michael Kosta, regular guest on The Tonight Show and host of Comedy Central Presents: Michael Kosta. $12.

DANCE Bharatanatyam Classes • adult • Children (pd.) Bharatanatyam is the sacred classical dance form of India. Adult and children's classes now forming. Traditional Kalakshetra Style.

• DakshinaNatya Classical Arts.

Riverview Station. • Call Tess: (828) 301-0331. Learn more: www.riverviewstation.com beGinner swinG danCinG lessons (pd.) 4 week series starts first Tuesday of every month at 7:30pm. $12/week per person. • No partner necessary. Eleven on Grove, downtown Asheville. Details: www. swingasheville.com spiral spirit eCstatiC danCe (pd.) Wed nights. Join us on the dance floor for movement meditation every Wed nites. We dance at Sol's Reprieve 11 Richland St. in West Asheville. Warmup at 6:30pm, circle at 7:00pm and the fee is $7.00. Contact Karen azealea10@ yahoo.com or Cassie elementsmove@yahoo.com. bailey moUntain CloGGers • SA (12/1), 5pm - The Bailey Mountain Cloggers will host a performance and silent auction in Mars Hill College's Moore Auditorium. $5. Info: www.baileymountaincloggers.com. moUntain shaG ClUb • TUESDAYS - The Mountain Shag Club meets weekly at The Hangar at the Clarion Inn, 550 Airport Road. Free lessons from 6:30-7pm.

Shag DJ from 7-10pm. $5. Info: www.mountainshagclub.com. soUthern liGhts sdC Held at the Whitmire Activity Building, 301 Lily Pond Road, Hendersonville. Info and cost: 6933825.

• SA (12/1), 7pm - Southern Lights Square and Round Dance Club will host a "Santa's workshop" dance.

Toys will be collected for Toys for Tots. Advanced dance at 6pm.

ECO friends of the frenCh broad river paddle trail • WE (11/28) & TH (12/6), noon & 5:30pm - An introductory meeting of the Friends of The French Broad River Paddle Trail will be held at RiverLink, 170 Lyman St. Free. Info: nancy@riverlink.org or 252-8474. make yoUr home more enerGy effiCient • TH (11/29), 6pm - This presentation will offer "the top 25 things you can do to make your home energy efficient now." Held at the HomeSource Design Center, 172 Charlotte St. Free. Info: mandy@ the-homesource.com or 252-1022. natUral Christmas trees • SU (12/2), 10am-5pm - The WNC Alliance will host a tour of the What Fir! Choose and Cut Christmas Tree Farm, 330 Wolf Ridge Trail, Boone. Meet the owner and learn the benefits of chemical-free trees.

Free to attend. Info: www.wnca.org or 258-8737.

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fILm workshop at nys3 (pd.) TV star Timothy O’Keefe’s 1-day commercial and film intensive workshop. Saturday, December 8th. 10:00 a.m.-6:30 p.m. www. nys3.com (814) 648-0680 maUriCe sendak doCUmentary • SU (12/2), 7-9pm - Mechanical Eye Microcinema will screen Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak at Spellbound Children's Bookstore, 21 Battery Park Ave. Free. Info: www.spellboundchildrensbookshop.com or 232-2228. what woUld JesUs bUy? • TU (12/4), 7pm - The New Lens Film Series will screen What Would Jesus Buy? in WCU's A.K. Hinds University Center. Free. Info: mchamber@wcu.edu or 227-3839.

fOOD & bEER food poliCy CoUnCil • SU (12/2), 6:30-9pm - The Food Policy Council will host a potluck and informal gathering at Toy Boat Community Art Space, 101 Fairview Road. Free. Info and registration: daynareggeropr@gmail.com.

GenetiC roUlette doCUmentary • SA (12/1), 2:30pm - The Waynesville Public Library, 678 S. Haywood St., will host a screening of Genetic Roulette, a documentary which provides "never-before-seenevidence that points to genetically engineered foods as a major contributor to rising disease rates in the U.S. population, especially among children." Free. Info: www. haywoodlibrary.org.

• SU (12/2), 3:30pm - An additional screening will be held at the Canton Branch Library, 11 Pennsylvania Ave. Free. Info: www. haywoodlibrary.org.

gARDENINg Grow yoUr own mUshrooms • SA (12/1), 1-5pm - A program on growing your own mushrooms will be held at Deep Woods Mushroom Farm, 70 Deep Woods Road, Mills River. $15. Info and registration: www.eco-wnc.org or 692-0385. permaCUltUre desiGn series • THURSDAYS, 5-7pm - A permaculture design series will focus on forest gardens, waste and compost, earthworks, aquaculture and alternative energy systems.

Permaculture Design Certification available. Held at Small Terrain, 278 Haywood Ave. $15 per class. Info: www.smallterrain.com. sylva Garden ClUb • TU (12/4), 11am - A meeting of the Sylva Garden Club will be fol-

lowed by a Christmas luncheon and a tour of the community vegetable garden. Donations of canned food and household items encouraged.

Held at St. Johns Episcopal Church, 18 Jackson St., Sylva. Info: www. facebook.com/SylvaGardenClub.

gOvERNmENT & pOLITICs oCCUpy asheville General assembly • 1st SATURDAYS, 4pm - Occupy Asheville will hold a general assembly meeting in Pritchard Park. Free.

Info: www.occupyasheville.org.

kIDs ashe-bots robotiCs team • THURSDAYS, 7pm - Ashe-Bots is a FIRST Robotics Team and nonprofit STEM-based program for high school students ages 14-18.

Group meets weekly at A-B Tech's Dogwood Building. Engineering and tech professionals are invited to mentor participants. Info: brookside891@att.net or http://avl.mx/ ml. asheville mUsiC sChool aUditions • SATURDAYS, 11:45am Rehearsals for the AMS Student Jazz Ensemble, intermediate and above, will be held at 126 College St. Students must have some music reading skills. All instruments and voices welcome. Directed by Gary Bradley. Info: 712-7478. hands on!

This children's museum is located at 318 N. Main St., Hendersonville.

Tues.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Programs require $5 admission fee/free for members, unless otherwise noted.

Info: www.handsonwnc.org or 6978333.

• WE (11/28), 11am - Crazy Chemistry invites children ages 3 and up to make test tube lava.

Registration suggested.

• FRIDAYS through (12/14), 11am - A three-part class on learning Spanish creatively will use games, dramatic play and movement. Ages 3-6. $10/$8 members per class.

Registration required.

• TU (12/2) through FR (12/7) Children are invited to make their own Christmas card throughout the day.

• TH (12/6), 11am - The Healthy Kids Club will focus on nutritious foods for preschoolers. spellboUnd Children's bookshop 21 Battery Park Ave. Free, unless otherwise noted. Info: www.spellboundchildrensbookshop.com or 232-2228.

• SATURDAYS, 10:30-11am - Story time for ages 3-6. swim lessons • WEEKLY - The YMCA hosts group, private and semi-private

swim lessons at 30 Woodfin St. Mon. & Wed., 5:30-7pm; Tues. & Thurs., 4:30-6pm; Sat., 10am-noon.

Prices vary: 210-9622. yoUnG writers Contest • Through TU (11/30) - Submissions from writers ages 18 and under will be accepted by the Writers’ Workshop through nov. 30.

Theme: Changing My World. Info: www.twwoa.org or writersw@ gmail.com. yoUthqUest Cookie deCoratinG • FR (11/30), 4-7pm - The Ethical Society of Asheville invites kids of all ages to participate in the a YouthQuest cookie decorating event. Cookies will be donated to local nonprofits. Free; registration requested. Info: http://tinyurl.com/ asj3746 or terra@zealtoheal.com.

mUsIC sonG o' sky show ChorUs (pd.) TUESDAYS, 6:45pm Rehearsal at Covenant Community UMC 11 Rocket Dr. Asheville, NC 28803. Guests welcome. Contact: www.songosky.org Toll Free # 1-866-824-9547. amiCimUsiC www.amicimusic.org.

• TH (11/29), 7:30pm - "Clarinet Climax." Steve Loew (clarinet) and Daniel Weiser (piano) will perform works by Mozart, Weber, Joplin and the premier of a new work by Dosia McKay. Held at White Horse Black Mountain, 105C Montreat Road, Black Mountain. $15/$5 students and children. Info: www. whitehorseblackmountain.com or 669-0816.

• FR (11/30), 6pm - An additional "Clarinet Climax" concert and potluck supper will be held at a private home in Arden. $25. Registration required: daniel@amicimusic.org or 707-0747.

• SA (12/1), 8pm - "Tasty Tango" will feature the Asheville Tango Orchestra. Dinner begins at 6:30pm. Held at White Horse Black Mountain, 105C Montreat Road, Black Mountain. $30 dinner and concert/$17 concert.

• SU (12/2), 3pm - A final "Clarinet Climax" concert will be held at Asheville Music School's performance loft, 126 College St. $20/$10 music school students/ children 12 and under free. blaCk moUntain Center for the arts Old City Hall, 225 W. State St., Black Mountain. Mon.-Wed. and Fri., 10am-5pm; Thurs., 11am-3pm.

Info: www.BlackMountainArts.org or 669-0930.

TH (11/29), 7:30pm - The first performance in an ongoing series of jazz concerts will feature pianist/ composer Michael Jefry Stevens

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By JEN NATHAN ORRIS Why push your way through the mall when you can meander through handmade wares and meet the artists who make them? There are dozens of holiday markets this season and here are just a few to get you started. See our holiday calendar on page 23 for a full list of this week's fairs.

The Big Crafty is an Asheville institution.

Everything from witty cards to whimsical prints will be packed into the Asheville Art Museum in Pack Place on Sunday, Dec. 2 from noon-6 p.m.

Don't miss the DJ set and free beer, while it lasts. thebigcrafty.com If you just can't get enough of the Asheville Art Museum, stick around for its annual holiday market Tuesday, Dec. 4 through Sunday, Dec. 9 during regular museum hours. Take your pick from art, home decor, jewelry and more.

Don't miss the reception and silent auction on Sunday, Dec. 9 from 1-5 p.m. ashevilleart.org Skip the plastic tinsel and go natural at the

Christmas Greens Market at Clem’s Cabin, 1000 Hendersonville Road in Asheville. Pick up some fresh wreaths, garlands and centerpieces and get your holiday shopping done early while you're at it. Nature-inspired ornaments, pottery and ironwork will be for sale on Saturday, Dec. 1 and 8 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. fbrgc.org Winter is the perfect time to take a drive out to Marshall. Stroll through this quaint downtown and check out jewelry, pottery and art at the Madison County Arts Council’s annual holiday sale. Stop by the arts center, 90 S. Main St., Marshall, on Saturday, Dec. 8 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. madisoncountyarts.com Don't get stuck with a lame gift. Pick up something awesome at the Cool Craft Market on Saturday, Dec. 15 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 16 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. HandMade in America, 125 S. Lexington Ave., will offer everything from ornaments and clothing to pottery and kitchenware. Get first dibs at a preview party on Dec. 14. handmadeinamerica.org

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and guest artists. $10 suggested donation.

• SU (12/2), 3pm - The Pyramid Brass Quintet. By donation.

erwin lions ClUb • 1st SATURDAYS, 6pm - Erwin Lions Club, 188 Erwin Hills Road, hosts live bluegrass with Lester Grass and others. Info: luvturide@ aol.com.

the el Chapala Jamboree • THURSDAYS, 8-10pm - A weekly talent showcase featuring singersongwriters, poets, comics and a capella sing-offs. 868 Merrimon Ave. Info and booking: (617) 8586740.

Gamelan performanCe • WE (11/28), 7:30pm - WCU's Low Tech Ensemble and WWC's gamelan ensemble will perform in WCU's Coulter Building. Free. Info: wpeebles@wcu.edu or 227-3258.

UnCa JaZZ ensemble • TH (11/29), 7:30pm - The UNCA jazz and contemporary music ensembles will perform in the university's Lipinsky Auditorium. $5/ students free. Info: music.unca.edu.

Grind Cafe 136 West Union St., Morganton.

Info: www.facebook.com/grindcafe or 430-4343.

• TH (11/29), 7:30pm - The Harris Brothers (traditional American music). $5.

• SA (12/1), 7:30pm - Chuck Brodsky (singer-songwriter). $15. harp ConCert • WE (12/5), 1:30pm - Carroll Ownbey (harp) will perform at Green River Library, 50 Green River Road, Zirconia. Free. Info: 697-4969. hendersonville symphony yoUth orChestra • SU (12/2), 4pm - The Hendersonville Symphony Youth Orchestra will perform in Blue Ridge Community College's Bo Thomas Auditorium. $7/children free. Info: 697-5884. marC yaxley • SU (12/2), 3pm - Marc Yaxley (jazz, classical and flamenco guitar) will perform at the Episcopal Church of St. John in the Wilderness, 1905 Greenville Highway, Flat Rock. Donations accepted. Info: www.stjohnflatrock. org or 693-9783. old-time and blUeGrass Jam • 1st THURSDAYS, 7pm - WCU's Mountain Heritage Center, located on the ground floor of the university's H.F. Robinson Administration Building, will host a bluegrass concert and jam. Free. Info: 227-7129. open miC • WEDNESDAYS, 7pm-midnight The Sly Grog Lounge, 45 S. French Broad Ave., inside The Downtown Market, hosts a weekly open mic for poets, musicians and performers of all types. Info: http://avl. mx/n4. pyramid brass qUintet • SA (12/1), 2pm - The Pyramid Brass Quintet will perform in the Henderson County Library's Kaplan Auditorium, 301 N. Washington St., Hendersonville. Free. Info: 697-4725. st. matthias mUsiCal performanCes Located at 1 Dundee St. (off South Charlotte). Info: 285-0033.

wCU JaZZ ConCert • TH (11/29), 7:30pm - WCU music students will perform jazz in the recital hall of the university's Coulter Building. Free. Info: music. wcu.edu or 227-7242. wCU wind ensemble • TU (12/4), 7:30pm - The WCU wind ensemble will perform in the university's Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center. Free. Info: music.wcu.edu or 227-7242.

OUTDOORs swannanoa Creek hike • SA (12/1), 9:30am - Swannanoa Valley Museum will host a moderate hike along the Swannanoa Creek. Departs from Black Mountain Savings Bank, 200 East State St., Black Mountain. Bring lunch, water and snacks. $30/$20 museum members. Registration required. Info: 669-9566.

pARENTINg breast-feedinG Class • TH (12/6), 4-5pm - A breastfeeding class will be presented by the Henderson County Department of Public Health at Hands On!, 318 North Main St., Hendersonville.

Free. Registration suggested. Info: www.handsonwnc.org or 697-8333. mama-time • MONDAYS, 12:30pm - This postpartum group meets weekly at the Treehouse Cafe, 1020 Merrimon Ave. Info: sarah4thtrimester@ yahoo.com. pre-literaCy proGram • TUESDAYS and WEDNESDAYS, 10am - Play and Learn, an eightweek pre-literacy program for 3-5-year-olds, will be held at Asheville City Schools Preschool, 441 Haywood Road. Must reside in Buncombe County to participate.

Free. Info: marna.holland@asheville. k12.nc.us or 350-2904.

pUbLIC LECTUREs art after aftermath • MO (12/3), 4pm - "Art after Aftermath," with Elin O’Hara Slavick, professor of art at the

UNCA Chapel Hill, will focus on atomic bomb artifacts and images.

Held in WCU's Bardo Performing Arts Center, Room 130. Free. Info: 227-7210.

Jeff klUGer • TH (12/6), 7pm - Jeff Kluger, Time Magazine science editor and author of Apollo 13, will speak at NYS3, 2002 Riverside Drive, Studio 42-O. Free. Info: www.nys3.com or (814) 648-0680. nUClear weapons in the 21st CentUry • MO (12/3), 6:30pm - "Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century," with Dr. Ira Helfand, co-president of International Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War. Held at the Asheville Jewish Community Center, 236 Charlotte St. Refreshments will be served. Info: www.wncpsr.org. pUbliC leCtUres & events at UnCa Events are free unless otherwise noted.

• WE (11/28), 7pm - "Re-Inventing Classics," with psychologist Susan Rowland. Held in Alumni Hall. Info: 251-6808.

• MO (11/29), 11:25am - “Can We Know Them by the Songs They Sing?” with Melodie Galloway, assistant professor of music.

Held in Lipinsky Auditorium. Info: humanities.unca.edu or 251-6808.

--- 7pm - A discussion of Native American ceremonies and rituals will be held in Highsmith University Union's Intercultural Center. Free.

Info: 251-6585.

• FR (11/30), 11:25am - "1948," with Duane Davis, professor of philosophy, and Tracey Rizzo, associate professor of humanities. Held in Lipinsky Auditorium. Info: humanities.unca.edu or 251-6808.

• MO (12/3), 11:25am - “Where Have We Been? Where Are We? Where Are We Going? The Ebb and Flow of Empires,” with Ann Dunn, lecturer in humanities.

Held in Lipinsky Auditorium. Info: humanities.unca.edu or 251-6808. world affairs CoUnCil • TU (12/4), 7:30pm - The World Affairs Council presents Consul General He Beom Kim of the Republic of Korea in UNCA's Reuter Center. $8. Info: olliasheville.com or 251-6140.

sENIORs senior trip to dUpont state forest • WE (11/28), 10:30am-4pm - A trip to DuPont State Forest will depart from the Waynesville Recreation Center, 550 Vance St. $13/$10 members. Info: recprograms@ townofwaynesville.org or 456-2030.

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spIRITUALITY astro-CoUnselinG (pd.) Licensed counselor and accredited professional astrologer uses your chart when counseling for additional insight into yourself, your relationships and life directions. Readings also available.

Christy Gunther, MA, LPC. (828) 258-3229. asheville Compassionate CommUniCation Center (pd.) Free practice group. Learn ways to create understanding and clarity in your relationships, work and community by practicing compassionate communication (nonviolent communication). 2nd and 4th Thursdays, 5:00-6:15 252-0538. indian ClassiCal danCe (pd.) Is both prayer and an invocation of the highest divinity. Learn the dance the Natya Shastra called "the highest form of yoga" Bharatanatyam. Call Tess: 3010331. mindfUlness meditation Class (pd.) Explore the miracle of healing into life through deepened stillness and presence. With consciousness teacher and columnist Bill Walz.

Info: 258-3241. www.billwalz.com.

Mondays, 7-8pm – Meditation class with lesson and discussions in contemporary Zen living. At the Asheville Friends Meeting House at 227 Edgewood Ave. (off Merrimon). Donation. asheville insiGht meditation (pd.) Practice/learn mindfulness meditation and ramp up your spiritual practice in a supportive group environment. We practice Insight Meditation, also known as: Vipassana, or Mindfulness Meditation, which cultivates a happier, more peaceful, and focused mind. Our caring community environment provides added support and joy to one's spiritual awakening processes. Open to adults. By donation. Tuesdays, 7pm-8:30pm. Sundays, 10am11:30pm. Meditation, Dhamma talk, and discussion. 29 Ravenscroft Dr., Suite 200, Asheville, NC. Info/ directions: (828) 808-4444, www. ashevillemeditation.com open heart meditation (pd.) Experience easy, wonderful practices that opens your life to the beauty within and connects you to your heart. • Free 7pm, Tuesdays, 5 Covington St. 296-0017 or 3676954 http://www.heartsanctuary. org 8th heaven platinUmdiamond Core GatherinGs • SUNDAYS, 1pm - "Explore new spiritual discoveries with the ascension of Mother Earth. There is new hope, grace, purity and equality here now. Experience waves of unity flow and expanding newness." Special celebration Dec. 21.

Info and location: stardolphin8@ yahoo.com or 658-9987. beGinninG to advanCed meditation • DAILY - Receive "personal guidance towards achieving profound experiences in meditation and awakening spiritual energy."

Classes held at The People's Ashram, 2 W. Rosecrest St. By donation. Info and appointment: madhyanandi@gmail.com or www. thepeoplesashram.org. exodUs ChUrCh bible stUdy • WEDNESDAYS, 11am-noon - A community discussion through the New Testament. This group is open to all who are searching for new friends or a new beginning in life.

Meets at Wall Street Coffee House, 62 Wall St. Info: 252-2535. fUndamentals of bUddhism • MONDAYS, 7:30pm - The Karma Kagyu Study Group of Asheville hosts an introduction to the fundamentals of Tibetan Buddhism at the Flatiron Building, 20 Battery Park Ave., Room 309. Info: www. facebook.com/ktc.asheville. mystiCal meditations • 1st & 3rd SATURDAYS, 3pm - Mystical Meditations will be held at the Marshall High Studios (Blannahassett Island), Room 208. "Bring a journal to celebrate sacredness of nature, self and magic." $3-5 suggested donation.

Info: highlandwildcoven@gmail. com. shambhala meditation Center of asheville 19 Westwood Place. Visitors welcome; donations accepted. Info: www.asheville.shambhala.org.

• THURSDAYS, 6pm - Shambhala Meditation Center of Asheville offers group sitting meditation, followed by Dharma reading and discussion at 7pm. Free.

• 1st THURSDAYS - Open house.

Free. sUfi workshop • FR (11/30), 7-9:30pm - A Sufi presentation on love, harmony and beauty will be led by Allaudin Ottinger in advance of his workshop. Held at Jubilee!, 46 Wall St. Info: tarana.wesley@gmail.com or 683-5296.

• SA (12/1), 7-8:30pm - Zakir will be offered at the same location. $10. taoist tai Chi • Participants are sought to join a Taoist Tai Chi 108 class in the Asheville area. Info: bgramsey13@ gmail.com. the movement for spiritUal inner awareness seminar • TH (11/29), 6:30-8:30pm - A spiritual seminar will feature a video of spiritual directors John Rogers and John Morton. Free. Info, location and directions: lillakhalsa@ymail. com or 777-1962. trinity lUtheran ChUrCh advent serviCe • WEDNESDAYS (12/5) through (12/19), 6:30pm - Trinity Lutheran

Church, 235 Saint Johns Road, Fletcher, will host advent services.

A soup supper will precede the service. By donation. Info: 684-9770.

• TH (12/6), 6:30pm - Advent craft night for ages 4-8.

Unity ChUrCh of asheville Located at 130 Shelburne Road.

Info: www.unityofasheville.com or 252-5010.

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

• TUESDAYS, 2-4pm - Edgar Cayce study group. women's fUll moon Ceremony • WE (11/28), 7pm - Crystal Visions, 5426 Asheville Highway, will host a women’s gathering "to celebrate nature’s lunar cycle of completion" with "an evening of ceremony, including a gemstone alchemy crystal bowl meditation and fire ceremony." Please bring a mat and blanket. $10 suggested love offering. Info: 687-1193 or http:// avl.mx/n9.

spOkEN & WRITTEN WORD asheville CommUnity theatre Located at 35 E. Walnut St. Tickets and info: www.ashevilletheatre.org or 254-1320.

• TH (11/29), 7:30pm - "Listen to This: Stories in Performance" will feature original stories and songs.

Hosted by Tom Chalmers. $10. barbara kinGsolver • WE (11/28), 7pm - Barbara Kingsolver will present her book Flight Behavior in UNCA's Lipinsky Auditorium. Hosted by Malaprop's. $35 includes hardcover book. Info and tickets: www.malaprops.com or 254-6734. bUnCombe CoUnty pUbliC libraries library abbreviations - All programs are free unless otherwise noted. Each Library event is marked by the following location abbreviations: n wv = Weaverville Library (41 N. Main Street, 250-6482) n Library storyline: 250-KIDS. • SA (12/1), 10am-3pm - Book sale. wv City liGhts bookstore Located at 3 E. Jackson St., Sylva.

Events are free, unless otherwise noted. Info: www.citylightsnc.com or 586-9499.

• SA (12/1), 3pm - A celebration of the North Carolina Poetry Society's 80th anniversary will feature readings and a reception. donna thornton • SA (12/1), noon-4pm - Donna Thornton will sign copies of her new book, Christmas Donkey, at

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“Nothing ventured, nothing gained,” says Cindy Walker, and as she tells the story of how she started her yarn business, it’s clear that this could be her motto.

No stranger to fiber arts, Walker caught the knitting bug in 1994. She started a business called Stony Hill Fiber Arts, selling hand-knitted hats, slippers and baby booties made from yarn she dyed herself. Walker then expanded her product line to include what she calls “the how-to and the with-this” — yarn, patterns and kits. Her business took a slight turn in 2002 when she developed an inconvenient allergy to wool, so she started selling cotton yarn instead. But all along, she managed to make ends meet.

Last year, Walker started attending meetings of the Southern Appalachian Fiber Community, co-hosted by Mountain BizWorks, Handmade in America and the Polk County Agricultural Economic Development Commission.

As participants discussed their projects, they realized that none of them knew where their yarn was made. “We didn’t know what country it came from, or how the workers were treated,” says Walker. “It struck us that none of us knew where to find cotton yarn that was made locally.” What made this even more confounding was North Carolina’s long history of cotton production and processing: From the 1880s into the early 1900s, for example, the natural fiber was a leading cash crop.

“I thought, ‘What would it look like for me to make yarn?’” Walker wondered. She knew people who were making yarn on a smaller scale, but she saw a larger need. So Walker started the Pacolet Valley Fiber Company. “At first I had the idea that I would help to rebuild the North Carolina textile industry one ball of yarn at a time!”

But it soon became clear that not only was that an overly ambitious goal — it wasn’t even possible to do all of the production and processing in North Carolina. “Humidity here is not as conducive to organic cotton agricul-

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pride in yarn: Cindy Walker’s Stony Hill Fiber Arts business relies on organic cotton that’s grown, picked, ginned and bailed in Texas by the Bingham family; combed and spun in Thomasville, N.C., by Hill Spinning; and plied into finished yarns by Forsyth Mills in Georgia.

Photo courtesy of Mountain BizWorks ture as more arid regions of the U.S.,” Walker explains. "We have a small and growing number of organic cotton growers in N.C., but their cotton is claimed quickly."

So the organic cotton she uses is grown, picked, ginned and bailed in Texas by the Bingham family; combed and spun in Thomasville, N.C., by Hill Spinning; and plied into finished yarns by Forsyth Mills in Georgia. As Walker says, her yarn has “Texas roots, a Carolina spin and a little Georgia twist.”

Humbled by the experience of working with these small textile mills, she says, “It’s very moving, because when the U.S. started outsourcing, we lost that community. Some

mills have shrunk from 300 people to four or 30 people. Many of them are third- and fourthgeneration mill workers. They have pride in what they do.”

Walker notes, “They’re running 500 pounds of cotton for me — but in the past they would have required [jobs with at least] 10,000 pounds.”

In return, she features photos of the farms, mills and workers in her sale booth. “As you can imagine, most of my customers are women. But when I do shows in areas where the textile industry existed, men come to the booth and look at the pictures — they enjoy that someone’s still honoring that heritage.”

After jumping in with both feet and surviving a steep learning curve, Walker is taking the BizWorks’ “Foundations” to get a better understanding of her numbers and test the long-term viability of her venture. “It’s also helping me to explore what’s driving me,” she says, “and how I can express that to people.

I’m learning that I’m all about the connections and the journey and the people along the way.”

As a result, while her enthusiasm and curiosity are palpable, Walker always comes back to those who have helped her get to this point.

“Every person along the way has been so generous with their time, because I knew nothing about what I was trying to do. Don’t ever let ignorance stop you! If you’re kind and curious and use your manners, it’s amazing what happens.”

To purchase Pacolet Valley Yarn, visit the company website (stonyhillfiberarts.com), or avl.mx/nk or call Walker at 817-3096.

To see a list of upcoming business classes at Mountain BizWorks, which supports small businesses in Western North Carolina through lending, consulting and training, visit the nonprofit’s website — mountainbizworks.org/calendar.

To get involved in the discussion about local fiber, attend the Venture Local conference on Friday, Dec. 7. The event will include a dynamic cluster development discussion about the fiber and craft sector, led by Judi Jetson of Handmade in America.

Full agenda and tickets can be found at venturelocalwnc.com. X Anna Raddatz is development and communications coordinator at Mountain BizWorks.

Mast General Store, 15 Biltmore Ave. Free. Info: http://avl.mx/nf.

required by dec. 17. $40. Info: jay.nelson@buncombecounty.org or 250-4260.

events at montford books and more 31 Montford Ave. Info: www.montfordbooks.com or 285-8805.

• FR (11/30), 7pm – Ted Olson will present his collection Revelations: Poems.

fitness Class • MONDAYS, 5:30-6:45pm - Asheville Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts will host a fitness class including P90X, Insanity, the Asylum, Turbo Fire fitness programs and more. Held at StephensLee Recreation Center, 30 George Washington Carver St. Free. Info: 3502058.

fUll moon story Core • WE (11/28), 6-8pm - Full Moon Story Core, an informal community gathering of stories about animals, strangers, family and more, will be held at Black Bear Cafe, 318 Main St. Free. Info: dianerhoades8@bellsouth.net or 696-9969 malaprop's bookstore and Cafe 55 Haywood St. Info: www.malaprops. com or 254-6734. Events are free, unless otherwise noted.

• TH (11/29), 7pm - Jacob Tomsky will present his book Heads in Beds.

• FR (11/30), 7pm - David Niose will present his book Nonbeliever Nation. spellboUnd Children's bookshop 21 Battery Park Ave. Free, unless otherwise noted. Info: www.spellboundchildrensbookshop.com or 232-2228.

• SU (12/2), 4-5pm - The Royal Book Club, open for adults interested in young adult fiction, will discuss Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn.

the transylvania writers' allianCe • 1st & 3rd TUESDAYS, 3-5pm - The Transylvania Writers' Alliance meets at Brevard-Davidson River Presbyterian Church, 249 E. Main St., Brevard. $10 yearly/three months free for new members. Info: loryaw@citcom.net or 884-5669. thomas wolfe: raCe, trUth and fiCtion • TH (11/29), 6:30pm - "Race, Truth and Fiction in Thomas Wolfe’s The Child by Tiger" will feature a reading and discussion of the short story. Held at Thomas Wolfe Memorial, 52 N. Market St. Free copies of the book will be available at Buncombe County public libraries and at The Thomas Wolfe Memorial. Free.

Info: 250-4740. wnC mystery writers • TH (11/29), 6pm - The WNC Mysterians Critique Group will meet at Atlanta Bread Company, 633A Merrimon Ave. For serious mystery/ suspense/thriller writers. Now recruiting for a weekly critique group. Info: www. wncmysterians.org or 712-5570.

spORTs adUlt dodGeball reGistration • Through MO (12/17) - An adult dodgeball league will be held Tuesdays in UNCA's Justice Center. Registration

piCkleball • MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS & FRIDAYS, 9-11am - Asheville Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts will offer pickleball games at the StephensLee Recreation Center, 30 George Washington Carver St. $1 per day. Info: 350-2058.

THEATER a-b teCh drama ClUb • THURSDAYS through SATURDAYS (11/29) until (12/1) - The A-B Tech Drama Club presents All in the Timing, five one-act comedies. Held in the college's Carriage House. 7:30pm. $10/$5 students/$3 A-B Tech students. Info: www.facebook.com/AbTechDrama. asheville CommUnity theatre Located at 35 E. Walnut St. Tickets and info: www.ashevilletheatre.org or 2541320.

• FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until (12/2) - Inspecting Carol, "a laugh-aminute ride through the last days of rehearsal before what may be one theater's last opening night." Fri. & Sat., 7:30pm; Sun., 2:30pm. $22/$19 seniors and students/$12 children. asheville theatre festival • TH (11/29) through SA (12/1) Asheville Theatre Festival presents the American premier of Starbuck by Whalelight, an adaptation of Moby Dick, followed by a panel discussion with theologians, environmentalists and literary scholars. Performed at The Masonic Temple, 80 Broadway St. 1pm. $15/$10 students and children. Info: www.facebook.com/AshevilleTheatreFestival. blUe ridGe CommUnity ColleGe • WE (11/28) through SU (12/2) - The Blue Ridge Community College drama department presents a one-act version of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing in the school's Patton Auditorium. Wed.-Sat., 7:30pm; Sun., 2pm. $5/$7. Info: 694-1197 or www. facebook.com/brccdrama. nC staGe Company 15 Stage Lane. Info and tickets: 2390263 or www.ncstage.org.

• WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS until (12/16) - The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged), "an irreverent, yet surprisingly comprehensive romp through all 37 of Shakespeare’s plays (plus a sonnet or

vOLUNTEERINg a-b teCh • A-B Tech seeks volunteers for student services, academic success programs and its writing center. Opportunities available at the Asheville and Enka campuses. Info: jeralieeandrews@abtech.edu or 398-7761. asheville area arts CoUnCil • The Asheville Area Arts Council seeks volunteers to assist with a variety of tasks. Complete a volunteer form at www.ashevillearts.com or stop by the ARTery, 346 Depot St. before the Jam, lend a hand • Volunteers are sought to participate in Asheville Habitat's "Before the Jam, Lend a Hand" program to support Christmas Jam's charitable efforts. Enjoy lunch, the camaraderie of fellow fans and free Merrell products. Info: http:// vhub.at/jamaahh. biG brothers biG sisters of wnC Located at 50 S. French Broad Ave., Room 213, in the United Way building.

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

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

• Big Brothers Big Sisters seeks men and women to mentor one hour a week in schools and after-school sites.

Volunteers age 18 and older are also needed to share outings in the community twice a month with youth from single-parent homes. Activities are free or low-cost, such as sports, local attractions, etc. Info: 253-1470, www. bbbswnc.org or attend an optional information session nov. 28 and dec.

11 at noon, United Way building, S. French Broad Ave., Room 213. bUnCombe CoUnty Jail • Volunteers are sought for a variety of programs with inmates from Buncombe County Jail. Must be 21 years or older.

Info: 989-9459.

Children first/Cis • Children First/CIS seeks volunteers for its learning centers and after school program for elementary school children living in public and low-income housing.

Mon.-Thurs., 2:30-5:30pm. Volunteer for one hour a week and change the life of a local child. Info: www.childrenfirstbc. org or 768-2072.

Coat drive • Through FR (11/30) - Northview Church, 235 St. Johns Road, #100, Fletcher, will accept new and gently used coats, hats, gloves, socks and blankets to be distributed to Henderson County residents in need. Info and hours: 698-6866.

CoUnCil on aGinG • Volunteers are needed to drive seniors to doctor appointments as part of the Call-A-Ride program. Volunteers use their own vehicles; mileage reimburse-

ment is available. Info: www.coabc.org or 277-8288. habitat for hUmanity • Habitat for Humanity seeks volunteers for its Home Repair program. Use existing skills or gain new ones while helping low-income homeowners make improvements to their homes. No experience or long-term commitment necessary. Info: 210-9383.

• Volunteers are needed to clean donated items and unload trucks at the organization's ReStore. Regular commitment not required. Info: ataylor@ ashevillehabit.org or 210-9377. hands on asheville-bUnCombe Youth are welcome on many projects with adult supervision. Info: www.handsonasheville.org or call 2-1-1. Visit the website to sign up for a project.

• TH (11/29), 4-6pm - Fair-Trade StockUp: 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. literaCy CoUnCil of bUnCombe CoUnty Located at 31 College Place, Building B, Suite 221. Info: 254-3442, ext. 205.

• Volunteers are needed to tutor adults in basic literacy skills including reading, writing, math and English as a second language. No prior tutoring experience required. Tutors will receive 15 hours of training as well as ongoing support from certified professionals. Info: literacytutors@litcouncil.com. motherlove mentor • The YWCA MotherLove program seeks volunteers to provide support and encouragement to teen mothers. A commitment of eight hours per month required. Info: 254-7206. partners Unlimited • Partners Unlimited, a program for atrisk youth ages 10-18, seeks volunteer tutors and website assistance. Info: partnersunlimited@juno.com or 281-2800. proJeCt linUs • Project Linus, a volunteer group that provides handmade blankets to children in crisis, seeks new members. Info: 6458800. the rathbUn Center • The Rathbun Center, a nonprofit corporation that provides free lodging for patients and their caregivers staying in Asheville for medical treatment, seeks volunteers to support and register guests. Info: www.rathbuncenter.org or 251-0595. volUnteer in asheville City sChools • Through (2/8) - Asheville City Schools seek volunteers to work with K-12 students as tutors, artists, mentors and coaches. Info: www.ashevillecityschools. net.

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• TU (12/4), 7:30pm - Synergy Story Slam, an open-mic, community-based storytelling event. Registration begins at 7pm. $5-$10 suggested donation. Info: www.facebook.com/pages/SynergyStory-Slam/110545309018699.

fUll moon pedal party • WE (11/28), 9pm - A full moon pedal party will meet at the traffic circle in the River Arts District. Bring bikes, costumes, lights, music and friends. Free.

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Late Even by Asheville Standards Briefs Successful get-out-theforced-redistricting effort helps local Republicans win County Commision seats Hostess Twinkies’ makers threaten to liquidate company, rather than meet strikers’ demands Future of Polysorbate 80 hangs in the balance Authorities force S. African smuggler who swallowed $2.3M in diamonds to take world’s most dazzling dump Tunnel Road Kmart to close, despite years as successful, failed business Alexander man arrested after stealing $7G worth of jewelry from man identified as ‘Quite the blingy fellow’ Anti-virus mogul John Macafee suspected of murder, on the lam Rivals Biff Norton and Skippy Avast join in search The Asheville Disclaimer is parody/satire.

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A taunting message from me, The Radio-collared Red Wolf Killer To: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Serial Killer Division

• How ‘bout that Obama, Uncle Dan?

• Hey, Uncle Dan: do you think the President is smarter or better looking than Romney, or both?

From: The Radio-collared Red Wolf Shooter (AKA The Riding Hood Rager) I see from the newspapers you’ve found my fourth victim, north of Fairfield, in Hyde County, N.C., right where I told you it would be in my last message (and also the GPS-indicated location of the radio collar). There will be more! Unless my demands are met.

Are you staring at your screens, waiting for one of those blips to stop moving about? Can you hear me when I talk into their collars? (Have the new collars arrived yet? Prob not. Freaking USF&W purchasing department, amirite?) No radio-collared red wolves are safe when I hear the voices (“Kill the radio-collared red wolves!”).

I am the greatest, most powerful and alluring radio-collared red wolf killer of all time, and I AM NOT getting the respect I deserve. It’s enough to make me want to kill a whole bunch of radio-collared red wolves with my signature kill method, a gunshot wound to the head, shoulders or general body area.

Not catching me must make you red in the face. At least it doesn’t make you red behind the ears BECAUSE THEN I MIGHT KILL YOU if I mistook you for a radio-collared red wolf, you see.

My demands: I want ‘Radio-collared Red Wolf Shooter’ placed in a prominent headline (in red; your choice of font) and/ or the hand-in-marriage of North Carolina Resources Officer Luella. Until I receive my knighthood in the form of my name in the headlines of whatever medium Luella gets her news, I will slay 100 radiocollared red wolves. (Are there even 100 of them left? If there are under 100 total in existence, I will slay them all but two, one male and one female, and those I will

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take hostage. If there are more than 100 red wolves in existence, I will kill all the radio-collared red wolves up to 100. FYI — The RCRWS) I do not have a grudge against radiocollared red wolves, or any other animals that mate with coyotes (that includes otters; bet you didn’t know that, smarties).

I just want to hurt you, to make you lie awake in bed at night wondering if you’ll lose your job because you can’t catch the Radio-collared Red Wolf Shooter. Wondering if, after you lose your job, you’ll have any chance whatsoever with your former colleague(s) in a romantic sense.

Maybe you’ll have to kill a bunch of radio-collared red wolves to get [her] attention. It would have to get her attention, you would lie awake realizing, because she’s in charge of catching the killers of radio-collared red wolves. That’s literally in her job description.

Anyhow, you jerks probably don’t even take out the office trash anymore, I’m guessing just by the media reports I’m reading. Just because you work in a building that looks like a cabin (and eat items in the break-room refrigerator that don’t belong to you) doesn’t mean you have to embrace frontier life with every new traditionally good-looking forester who walks in the freaking office.

You’ll never catch me, because I’m too fascinating and powerful and I have a better job now in the private sector!

—The Radio-Collared Red Wolf Shooter

• How does seceding fit in with your strict constitutional views, Uncle Dan? Ohhhh, the Confederate constitution!

• What about that Karl Marx, huh, Danny?

The worker’s control of the means of production, you mother!

• I hear that Obamacare covers enemas to kill the bug up your ass, if you’re a sore loser, Dan. • The president’s black, you know, Dan. Black.

• Whatdya think about that new, openly gay Senator, uncle D? She wouldn’t do you with a rented hoohoo, Jackass!

• Obama bama bo nana fana me my mo nana fana. Obama. That’s my song I just made up for you, Uncle Dan.

Shocking Petraeus’ mistress’ go-to moves and their surprising intelligence yield • Tongue in the ear: Bengazi details.

• Crotch rub: troop movements.

• Neck massage: CIA computer passwords.

• Erotic scalp scratching: JSOC meetings minutes.

• Full-on, full-strength buttocks grab: Actual rating versus other mistresses.

• Double nipple tweaker: Nothing useful.

• Shirt tearing: Upcoming intelligence operations.

• Navel tongue-spelunking: Tricks wife uses to maintain frumpiness.

• Motorboat: Military contractor’s profit margins.

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DIDN’T REALLY mEAN IT By 2009, James Washington believed he’d gotten away with a 1995 murder, but in a fit of deathbed remorse, he confessed. ("I have to get something off my conscience," he told a guard in the jailhouse where he was serving time for a lesser, unrelated offense.) After miraculously recovering, however, Washington tried to retract his confession, but prosecutors in Nashville, Tenn., balked. With the confession augmenting the sparse evidence from 1995, Washington was convicted of the murder in October 2012 and sentenced to an additional 51 years.

gREAT ART! • "I wanted to create a self-portrait that was completely stripped of ... visual prejudice," said Polish-born New York City artist Martynka Wawrzyniak, whose recent gallery show blasted visitors with whiffs of her "scientifically extracted" hair oils, armpit perspiration and tears (to protest humans' cloaking themselves in deodorants, soaps and laundry powders) upon entering.

• Winging It: On Oct. 19, England’s Tate Liverpool museum hosted artist Kerry Morrison's Bird Sheet project which involved laying a giant blank musical score sheet under a tree and waiting for birds to make "deposits" on it. Composer Jon Hering plans to play the resulting "notes," said to be the blackbirds’ "sound.”

DEmOCRACY IN ACTION • Getting Out the vote: (1) Just before a primary election in June, Albuquerque, N.M., TV station KOB apparently caught, on camera, a poll worker for two county government candidates offering potential voters miniature bottles of whiskey to sip during free rides to early-voting centers. (2) Los Angeles' KCBS-TV reported in October that leaflets sponsored by the Progress and Collaboration Slate for local candidates in Eagle Rock, Calif., offered $40 worth of "medicalgrade marijuana" as an incentive for voting.

(3) Carme Cristina Lima, 32, running for town councilor in Itacoatiara, Brazil, was arrested in October for allegedly passing out cocaine packets attached to her campaign leaflets.

• In several high-profile races across the country, voters rejected candidates who’d been accused

of wrongdoing and corruption, but Brian Banks survived. Despite having eight felony convictions for bad checks and credit-card fraud, he was elected as a Michigan state representative from Detroit with 68 percent of the vote (campaign slogan: "You can bank on Banks"). Meanwhile, Michigan's 11th Congressional District elected reindeer farmer Kerry Bentivolio, whose brother had described him as "mentally unbalanced."

pOLICE REpORT Michael Carrier, 45, was arrested for soliciting prostitution in New Milford, Conn., in August — not due to a police sting, as is usually the case, but because he was disturbing other customers at a Friendly's restaurant. Being hard of hearing, Carrier was shouting to the prostitute the terms of their prospective business arrangement.

pERspECTIvE Neurosurgeon Denise Crute left Colorado in 2005 after admitting to four serious mistakes (including wrong-side surgeries on patients' brain and spine) and left Illinois several years later, when the state medical board concluded that she’d made three more serious mistakes (including another wrong-side spine surgery).

But instead of being formally "disciplined" by either state, she was permitted to merely "surrender" her licenses. And in November, Denver's KMGH-TV reported that Crute had landed a job treating post-surgery patients at New York’s prestigious Mount Sinai Medical Center. (She also informed Illinois officials recently that she’s fully licensed in New York to resume performing neurosurgery there.)

LEAsT-COmpETENT CRImINALs Rookie Mistakes: (1) Arthur Bundrage, 28, was arrested in Syracuse, N.Y., in October after returning to the Alliance Bank he’d robbed minutes earlier, having discovered that the teller had given him less than the $20,000 he’d demanded.

Officers found Bundrage standing by the front doors, trying to get back in. (2) A September theft from a Northampton, England, sofa superstore ended badly for two men who’d just loaded a pair of couches worth about $650 apiece into their truck and were about to drive off. The store manager rushed out and, seeing the back door unfastened, reached in and pulled the sofas out, leaving the men to drive away empty-handed.

Store owner Mark Kypta likened the surveillance video sequence to "something out of a Benny Hill film."

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NEW pREsIDENT AND CEO After a four-month search, the Carolinas HealthCare System has named Janie sinacoreJaberg president and chief executive officer of MedWest-Haywood hospital in Clyde. A senior executive with more than 25 years of experience in health care management, Sinacore-Jaberg most recently served as chief operating officer at a twohospital system in Muskogee, Okla.

"We look forward to Janie filling the role of chief executive officer within the Haywood management team,” said Cliff stovall, chairman of the Haywood Regional Medical Center board.

“Her experience in patient care and administration will give us a depth of expertise that is essential in leading the hospital at this critical time.”

Sinacore-Jaberg previously served as chief executive officer at East Cooper Medical Center in Mount Pleasant, S.C., and COO at Trinity Hospital (formerly St. Joseph's Hospital) in Augusta, Ga. “I am inspired by the talent and dedication of this team, and I can’t wait to work through our challenges, celebrate our successes and meet my new neighbors and friends,” she said, adding, “I am truly excited to be back in the Carolinas.” — MedWest-Haywood

"Our philosophy is that age is not defined by the number of years you have lived but rather as the age at which you function in mind, body and spirit," Dr. ellen Marie Kaczmarek explains. "It is critical to provide services specialized to adults and even more important that we engage them earlier in their own health, so they may live long and healthy lives."

Mission Adult Medicine (900 Hendersonville Road) is currently accepting new patients. To schedule an appointment, call 213-8235. — Mission Health

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OUR vOICE HOsTs DECEmbER fUNDRAIsER Aiming to raise both money and awareness, Our VOICE will hold a different kind of fundraiser. The first annual W.E.A.R. Asheville is slated for Thursday, Dec. 6, from 7 to 9 p.m. at Pack Place. Attendees will be able to choose from more than 100 pieces of handmade jewelry while remembering what the event’s name stands for: "We Each Are Responsible" for preventing sexual violence in the community.

“We believe that education and awareness are the building blocks of prevention, and that each of us is responsible for creating a safer community built on respect and nonviolence,” Executive Director Angélica Wind explains.

Our VOICE runs a 24/7 crisis line (255-7576) while providing free hospital accompaniment, case management, individual and group counseling for survivors of sexual assault and their families. The group conducts countywide prevention, education and outreach efforts in schools, faith communities, civic groups and local festivals.

Come early to enjoy the best jewelry selection, organizers say. There’ll also be hot, wintry drinks and desserts, plus music by singer/ songwriter Jason smith. Tickets ($25, including the jewelry) are available by phone (252-0562, ourvoicenc.org). Only about 100 tickets will be sold. — Our VOICE

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The new medWest-Haywood CEO: Janie Sinacore-Jaberg has been named president and chief executive officer of MedWestHaywood hospital in Clyde.

mIssION HEALTH OpENs NEW ADULT CARE pRACTICE From preventive care to chronic disease management, Mission Health’s newest practice, Mission Adult Medicine, offers comprehensive care for patients ages 18 and up.

"Our team is focused on the whole health of the patient," says Dr. lorena Wade.

And with a licensed geriatric physician on staff, Mission Adult Medicine can diagnose, treat and manage diseases and conditions requiring a special approach for older adults.

“The generosity of this community is truly remarkable,” said Mission Healthcare Foundation President Bruce Thorsen after the nonprofit announced that three October events had raised more than $22,000 to provide free mammograms and support Western North Carolina women with breast cancer. “We are grateful to everyone who volunteered for, participated in and contributed to our Pink October events. The funds raised throughout the month are more than double what was given last year, and it clearly demonstrates the compassion this community has.”

More than 600 women descended upon Biltmore Park Town Square on Oct. 6 for this year’s Pink in the Park 5K race, which raised over $7,500. The money will benefit the foundation’s Ladies Night Out program, help cover the cost of providing free mammograms to more than 30 women each month.

The Country Club of Asheville hosted Swing for a Cause, a women’s invitational golf tournament to benefit cancer patients throughout our region. The $12,000 raised will support a network of services, including nurse navigators, assisting women through diagnosis, treatment and recovery.

And every weekend in October, the Taylor Ranch in Fletcher, N.C., hosted RanchFest & Pink Corn Maze. Thousands of visitors turned out, donating more than $2,500 to Mission’s Breast Program and local cancer care. — Mission Health X Send your health-and-wellness news and tips to mxhealth@mountainx.com or cbyrd@mountainx.com, or call 251-1333, ext. 140.

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wellnesscalendar WELLNEss arthritis foUndation proGram of tai Chi (pd.) 12 week series: Give yourself the gift of health in 2013 Decrease Fall Risk, Improve Balance, Quality of Life. First Baptist Church, Asheville, corner of Charlotte St. & I-240. Registration on www.wnctaichiarthritis.com . More info. on Facebook: WNC Tai Chi for Arthritis. Nurses, Physical Therapists, PTA’s. Earn 12 hours continuing education credit. Call 828-2309208 or 253-8649. nUtrition forward (pd.) Offering intelligent and soulful counseling that inspires you to improve your nutrition choices and habits for life. Sandy Buchanan, RD, CDE828-230-9865 www.nutritionforward.com asheville Center for transCendental meditation ("tm") (pd.) Free Introductory Talk: Thursdays. 6:30pm, Asheville TM Center, 165 E. Chestnut. (828) 254-4350. www.meditationasheville.org asana with mUsiC • WE (11/28), 6-8pm - Asana and live music by Rising Appalachia and Shala Worsley will be presented by Asheville Community Yoga, 8 Brookdale Road. $25$35 suggested donation. Info: www.ashevillecommunityyoga.com. be healthy ClUb • SATURDAYS, noon-2pm - It's Natural, 70 S. Market St. (below the French Broad Coop) hosts weekly meetings to discuss eating healthy, weight loss, detoxing, fasting, exercise, natural living and more. Free. Info: itsnatural11@gmail.com. diabetes edUCation Class • 4th WEDNESDAYS, 11am - Asheville Compounding Pharmacy, 760 Merrimon Ave., offers free diabetes education classes. Info: 255-8757. eat smart, move more • TUESDAYS through (12/11), noon-1pm - "Eat Smart, Move More, Weigh Less," a 15-week weight management class, will focus on practical skills to lose pounds or maintain a healthy weight. Held at Buncombe County Cooperative Extension Center, 94 Coxe Ave. $25 includes materials. Info and registration: 255-5522. free or low-Cost health sCreeninGs • TH (11/29), 8-11am - Park Ridge Health will offer free lipid and glucose profiles by finger stick, along with blood pressure and body mass index screenings, at the Hendersonville Co-Op, 715 South Grove St., Hendersonville. Info: www.parkridgehealth.org. heartspeak for the holidays • MO (12/3), 7-9pm - Heartspeak for the Holidays will focus on relieving the emotional strains of the holiday season. Held at the Center for Holistic Medicine, 779 Haywood Road. $10-$15 sliding scale. Info and registration: www.centerholistic.com or 545-9681. livinG healthy with diabetes • SATURDAYS through (12/15), 3-5:30pm - Find balance with diabetes through this self-management program. Open to people with diabetes and their caregivers. $30 for six-week session. Held at Asheville Bethel Seventh Day Adventist Church, 238 S. French Broad Ave. Registration required. Donations benefit the Asheville Buncombe Institute for Parity Achievement.

Info: 251-8364. memory Cafe • 1st MONDAYS, 1st WEDNESDAYS, 3rd SATURDAYS, 3rd THURSDAYS - Memory Cafe invites those with memory challenges and their caregivers,

family and friends to socialize in a safe and supportive environment. Free. Info and locations: LBrown@fbca. net, bettyrobbins@morrisbb.net or asstminister@ uuasheville.org. red Cross blood drives 100 Edgewood Road. Info: www.redcrosswnc.org or 258-3888. Appointment and ID required for blood drives.

• FR (11/30), 6:30-11am - Reuter Family YMCA, 3 Town Square Blvd. Info: www.redcrossblood.org, sponsor code missionasheville. tai Chi for diabetes • WE (11/28), noon - Tai Chi for Diabetes, a Lunch and Learn event hosted by the YWCA, 185 S. French Broad Ave. Free. Drinks provided. Info: 254-7206 ext.

212 or www.ywcaofasheville.org. wellness day and health fair • SA (12/1), 10am-4pm - Asheville Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts will host a wellness day and health fair featuring info booths, fitness classes and a healthy cooking demonstration. Held at Stephens-Lee Recreation Center, 30 George Washington Carver St. Free. Info: jjohnston@ashevillenc.gov or 350-2058. womb healinG CirCle • WEDNESDAYS, 6pm - It's Natural, 70 S. Market St., hosts a weekly womb wellness discussion, featuring topics based on the book Sacred Woman by Queen Afua. Donations are appreciated. Info: itsnatural11@ gmail.com.

sUppORT gROUps adUlt Children of alCoholiCs & dysfUnCtional families ACOA is an anonymous 12-step, "Twelve Tradition" program for women and men who grew up in alcoholic or otherwise dysfunctional homes. Info: www. adultchildren.org.

• SATURDAYS, 9:45am - “There is a Solution.” Unity Center, 2041 Old Fanning Bridge Road, Mills River.

Info: 749-9537.

• SUNDAYS, 3pm - "Living in the Solution," The Servanthood House, 156 E. Chestnut St. Open big book study. Info: 989-8075.

• FRIDAYS, 7pm - "Inner Child" study group. Grace Episcopal Church, 871 Merrimon Ave. Info: 989-8075.

• SUNDAYS, 2pm - "Inner Child" study group, Canton Branch Library, 11 Pennsylvania Ave., Canton. Info: 648-2924.

• MONDAYS, 7pm - "Generations," First Congregational UCC, 20 Oak St. Info: 474-5120. al-anon Al-Anon is a support group for the family and friends of alcoholics. More than 33 groups are available in the WNC area. Info: www.wnc-alanon.org or 800-2861326.

• WEDNESDAYS, 11:30am - "Daytime Serenity," Pardee Education Center at the Blue Ridge Mall, 1800 Four Seasons Blvd. --- 7pm - Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, 798 Merrimon Ave. --- 5:45pm - Al-Anon meeting for women, Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, 798 Merrimon Ave. at Gracelyn Road. --- 8pm - "Listen and Learn," St. John's Episcopal Church, 339 S. Main St., Marion.

• MONDAYS, noon - "Keeping the Focus," First Baptist Church, 5 Oak St. Entrance near Charlotte Street. --- 6pm - "Attitude of Gratitude," Grace Episcopal Church, 871 Merrimon Ave. --- 7pm First Christian Church, 201 Blue Ridge Road, Black Mountain. --- 7:30pm - First United Methodist Church, Jackson and Church Streets, Sylva. --- 8pm - "Discovery," Ledger Baptist Church, U.S. 226 near

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Bakersville. --- 8pm - Pinecrest Presbyterian Church, 1790 Greenville Highway at North Highland Lake Road. asperGer adUlts United • SATURDAYS, 11am - Adults with Asperger's or on the autism spectrum are invited to meet for support, friendship and fun activities. Info and location: www. meetup.com/AspergersAdultsunited or 319-1017.

ChroniC pain sUpport GroUp • SUNDAYS, 12:30-1:30pm - Open to those with chronic pain, friends and family. Held at Unity Church of Asheville, 130 Shelburne Road. Donations accepted.

Info: (770) 846-0651.

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

• SATURDAYS, 11am - First Congregational UCC, 20 Oak St. Info: 779-2317 or 299-1666.

• THURSDAYS, 6:45pm - MCC Sacred Journey, 135 Sugarloaf Road (I-26 exit 49A), Hendersonville. Info: pebblekicker15@yahoo.com or text 489-4042. debtors anonymoUs • MONDAYS, 7pm - Debtors Anonymous meets at First Congregational UCC, 20 Oak St., Room 101. Info: www.debtorsanonymous.org. fertility sUpport GroUp • WEDNESDAYS, 6pm - Therapist-led group for women who are experiencing infertility and may be using assisted reproduction. Meets at 43 Grove St. #4.

Call to register: 803-0824. food addiCtion GroUp • MONDAYS, 2-3pm & 7-8pm; WEDNESDAYS, 7-8pm - It Works, a 12-step program for individuals struggling to overcome food addiction, meets in Hendersonville.

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DriNKiNG THE APPLE Noble set to be the first company to bring hard cider to Asheville

by Emily Patrick Photos by Max Cooper

Trevor Baker's shoes are sticky. His rain boots make a swishing sound as they peel from the floor whenever he takes a step in the warehouse-cidery where he works with his three partners. Stickiness happens when you're covered in apple juice, he explains.

“You get the apple fever,” Baker says with a laugh. He's bitten the apple, so to speak. The project began as a weeklong course in Washington state with the UK-based Cider and Perry Academy. Now it’s a full-out quest to know everything there is to know about “the noblest of fruits,” as writer Henry David Thoreau called the apple. With a team of four, Baker wants to create Asheville's first commercial cider company, Noble Cider.

Baker's partners are his wife, Joanna, and their friends, Lief Stevens and Meda Thurston. As part of the family who owns and operates Mountain Food Products at the WNC Farmers Market and The Fresh Quarter in the Grove Arcade, Thurston is already Asheville-produce royalty.

Cider pleases nationwide Throughout the nation, more people are buying cider. This year, sales increased by 65 percent, reports NPr. in October, irish cider giant C&C group ponied up $305 million to buy Vermont Hard Cider, the company that makes Woodchuck. To put that number in perspective, the owner of Vermont Hard Cider bought the company in 2003 for $2.3 million. That’s a 132-fold increase in the company’s value over nine years. in the midst of the cider boom, American alcohol companies are seeking to get into the apple game. in April, The Boston Beer Company, makers of Sam Adams, launched Angry Orchard hard cider nationally. The company’s third-quarter report says sales of the new product are strong.

What’s the reason for this sweet success? A recent article in TIME suggests that the popularity of craft beer has made consumers more adventurous and more willing to try new products. Cider also benefits from popularity among women: “Whereas 80 percent of beer companies’ consumers are male, cider is gender-neutral, opening up a market in which beer players have struggled,” the article quotes from a 2011 Nomura Equity research report.

Brewer: Meda Thurston Favorite apple: Blushing Gold “The Blushing Gold is soft and smooth like a Gold Delicious but with just enough of the tartness and the perfume that the Pink Lady has,” she says.

“The Blushing Gold’s got that subtlety.”

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Brewer: Lief Stevens Favorite apple: Gold Rush “Some apples just kind of have one flavor; this one has a whole lot of stuff covered,” he says. “Kind of a complex, sweet, tart. I haven’t eaten a whole lot of them. I only tried my first one yesterday.”

Their fledgling enterprise appears mostly held together by doggedness. This fall, the quartet produced 2,000 gallons of apple juice to ferment in the coming months. Their tools: a hand-cranked press they built themselves based on 19th-century designs and an assortment of commercial kitchen equipment scraped together with personal investments.

To be clear: By cider, the brewers do not mean unfiltered or spiced apple juice. They're talking about the alcoholic variety, known in the U.S. as “hard cider” and throughout Europe simply as cider or scrumpy.

“We question our sanity a little bit,” says Stevens, also covered in juice and lounging in a bean bag chair in Noble's Fletcher facility. “We're the type of people who just jump in and do it.” in that immersive spirit, Baker and Thurman left their full-time jobs earlier this year to give their all to cider. Stevens gigs with his popular local wedding band, Orange Krush, while putting in eight-hour days at the cidery. Joanna, who is also the lead singer for Orange Krush, continues to work full time at an alternative energy company while pitching in at the cidery on the weekends. it's easy to get excited about cider talking to the Noble crew.

They're so inspired by the recent national rise of cider that there's a sense of urgency to their project. “We just wanted to get there first,” Baker says. “Somebody's going to do this, and they're probably sitting in their basement trying to hash it out right now.”

Craft cider-making seems like craft beer-brewing's long-lost twin, Thurston adds. “We're in apple country,” she says incredulously. “We're in Beer City, USA. And there's no cidery? Come on.”

Of course, just because there's no commercial cidery doesn't mean others aren't already brewing the drink. Baker says he's met a number of longtime apple growers who make the brew for their own pleasure.

Brewer: Trevor Baker Spirit apple: Arkansas Black “I like it because nobody else likes it on some level,” he says.

“Arkansas Black has got a little astringent quality to it, this really heavy skin.

It’s almost waxy. It’s naturally a tough old fruit.”

Local money & local apples in November, Noble Cider closed on a $40,000 loan from AdvantageWest. Some of Asheville’s flagship start-ups have benefited from the same loan program, including Buchi Kombucha, Smart Foods Bakery and CoCoChi, the makers of SkinFood. in total, the Advantage Opportunity fund has supported 21 small businesses since 2007. According to Matthew raker of AdvantageWest, an economic development group that works throughout WNC, the loan process is somewhat intensive and includes a substantial business plan review.

AdvantageWest usually caps loans at $35,000, but Noble was able to make a case for extra funds. “i think it’s a great opportunity,” raker says. “Look at the success of microbreweries here in the region.” Additionally, raker adds, local apple farms will supply Noble. Since Henderson County is the seventh largest apple producing county in the nation, he thinks Noble is a good fit with that existing industry.

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But while homebrewers are common, the Noble group has had trouble finding nearby commercial cider makers. They've checked out Mcritchie Winery and Ciderworks in Thurmond, but their most helpful contacts reside on the West Coast, so they can't really drop in to visit and get advice.

Cider used to be easier to find in this region, but prohibition caused a nationwide downturn in alcohol production. Cider was America’s “alcohol of choice” in the 19th century, according to the Wall Street Journal. “i could give you a thesis on the downfall of hard cider,” Baker says.

Even though cider has a long history, Thurmond says she sometimes feels like they're starting from scratch. “There's a lot of apples that we're getting that there hasn't been any research done on,” she says. “You have to work with what you can get, so we're experimenting and finding out what our favorites are.”

Because of the particular apples, Noble's cider promises to be uniquely North Carolinian. if all goes as planned, it will be available on tap in local bars and restaurants in spring and summer of 2013. The group's goal is to produce a potent, tangy brew. They're shooting for about 7 percent alcohol by volume.

With their newfound financial strength — they just received a $40,000 loan from AdvantageWest — the four friends hope the cidery will grow quickly. But for now, they appreciate their small operation. “it's kind of exciting to start a business this way,” Stevens says, adding: “i mean, we don't have a choice.”

They note the increase in juice with a permanent marker on the side of the tank. “it's very satisfying work,” Baker says.

“Here, you've got this fruit, these bins of apples. And over on the other side, you've got juice. You go home, and you did something.”

Emily Patrick can be reached at food@mountainx.com.

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Bandidos breaks out of the burrito shack Bandidos Burritos is making a statement: the restaurant is putting burritos aside in favor of more refined fare.

Owner and cook Justin Smudde says he wants to explore more dishes than the restaurant’s name suggests. “i got kind of pigeonholed into a burrito/taco shack because when i started out i was on a cart selling burritos and tamales,” he says. “And then when i opened this place up, that’s pretty much what everybody expected me to do.”

Bandidos has grown over the years from a food cart into a brickand-mortar business. recently, the restaurant began selling beer, wine and liquor (pitchers of craft beer start at $12) and upgraded its dining room. it’s also offering table service.

Smudde hopes these changes will set the stage for the new menus he’s created. “We’re not a burrito shop,” he says. “We’re trying to kick that stigma.”

Dinner benefits from a totally new design. The dishes are based on specials, which Smudde says have been popular. There’s a ceviche salad with Sunburst Trout, black bean and corn salsa and pickled daikon, carrots and onions. Shrimp and mussel dishes make for a substantial seafood section. The entrees feature Apple Brandy Farms beef and pork and Tanglewood Farms duck.

With the new offerings come new prices. Dinner entrees range from $11 to $17. Smudde says he thinks the costs are consistent with the new concept. “The idea is to get people in here to sit and hang out,” he says.

“We don’t want it to be stuffy.”

At lunch, the menu changes are fewer, and prices remain around $3 for tacos and $7 for burritos and sandwiches. A la carte tacos and sandwiches will be the focus at lunch.

Bandidos Burritos, 697 Haywood road, is open for lunch and dinner Tuesday through Saturday.

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The West Asheville joint adds table service and a new dinner menu

Setting the Stage For new menuS: “We’re doing something totally different than we’ve done before,” says owner Justin Smudde. Photo by Max Cooper

The best & the greenest Asheville’s restaurants regularly cause a national stir: this month, they’re making it clear that they’re the greenest ones around. Asheville is officially America’s first Green Dining Destination.

Two years ago, a group of local restaurants came together through Asheville independent restaurants to pursue the certification, which is awarded by the Green restaurant Association, a nonprofit based out of Boston.

“The restaurants actually worked together, and that usually doesn’t happen in any other community because we’re all in competition with each other,” says Peter Pollay, vice president-elect of Air and owner of Posana Café.

To garner the accolade, 16 restaurants made improvements to their facilities in categories such as water efficiency, sustainable food and energy. Among other projects, each restaurant phased out poly-

Restaurants make eco-friendly improvements

styrene foam and created a full-scale recycling program.

The certified restaurants are The French Broad Chocolate Lounge, Laughing Seed Café, Plant, Posana Café, Strada italiano, The Green Sage, Tupelo Honey Café, Cedric’s Tavern on the Biltmore Estate, HomeGrown, Luella’s Bar-B-Que, Neo Cantina, rosetta’s Kitchen, The Corner Kitchen, The Green Sage South, Tupelo Honey Café South and Bouchon.

But these restaurants aren’t the only ones working to reduce their environmental impact. William Dissen of The Market Place recently brought composting to “rat Alley,” the space between the buildings on Wall Street, Patton Avenue and College Street. The project took three years to complete, Dissen says, but thanks to Danny Keaton of Danny’s Dumpster, The Market Place and its neighbors will keep their food waste out of landfills.

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Sadly for Xpress, Glenn's new job means she won't continue to write her bi-weekly “Brews News” column.

Still, you can expect to see her freelance stories here from time to time. if you're missing Brewgasm, don't worry. She's easy to find around Asheville. She frequently holds author events for her new book, Asheville Beer: An Intoxicating History of Mountain Brewing. You can also find her on New Year's Eve at Oskar Blues' grand opening celebration. She's helping organize the big shindig, complete with live music, food trucks and free trolley rides from Asheville to Brevard, she says.

Other ways to keep up with Glenn: follow her on Twitter at @Brewgasm; or visit her website at brewgasm.com.

Meantime, if you’re interested in writing about beer on a regular basis, please drop a line to rsulock@mountainx.com. We’re looking for someone who can keep up with the news in our vibrant craft-beer community, write with style and wit and, of course, meet deadlines.

The first casualty of Asheville’s craft beer scene has fallen. Craggie Brewing, which opened three years ago, will close its tasting room and brewery on Dec. 1. retail sales will continue until the beer runs out.

Brewmaster and owner Bill Drew says Craggie’s money has been in short supply for more than a year, and the financial pressure became too great to stay open.

“We were probably at the point this time last year where i was thinking about closing because we were getting low on funds,” he says. “But we were able to find a way to keep it open for another year, so i’m proud of that.”

Drew says it’s likely that the Hilliard Avenue brewery will continue to produce beer under different ownership. “There’s some guys that have their own beer concept that they want to do here, so we’re working with them,” he says. “They’re

business professionals with some homebrewing experience, so they’re actually going to be keeping on some of the assistant brewers to help them learn the place and learn the system.”

With 10 breweries already in Asheville and more on the way, has the craft-beer market reached saturation? “it all depends on what you’re brewing and who your clientele is,” Drew says. “i think it’s harder these days to start out with grandiose ideas.

Sometimes you have to start small and work your way up.”

Drew says he’s not sure where he’ll go from Craggie. He plans to stick around and help the new owners set up shop before he moves on. “The only advice i really pass out is: Make sure you love what you do and don’t expect to get rich,” he says. “As the saying goes, if you want to make $1 million, start out with $2 million.”

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When we moved to a five-acre farm near Enka last year, we knew our kitchen would undergo a makeover. Yes, we replaced the 1950sera Formica, but we also rummaged through our pantry, vowing to replace packaged goods with homemade staples. Slowly but surely, our cupboard transitioned from a pile of plastic wrappers to a collage of Mason jars.

The Post-Consumer Pantry lets you in on our homesteading discoveries with simple recipes that are easy to tackle. We’re not taking on the world here, just sharing humble additions to our cooking and cleaning routines. Join us for an exploration of food that tastes better, costs less and gives a feeling of satisfaction that just can’t be found in the packaged food aisle.

This month, we’ll prove how easy it is to make your own instant oatmeal.

Firing up the stovetop isn’t possible some mornings and the prospect of washing a sticky pot of oatmeal before dawn can be discouraging.

But that’s no reason to reach for the man with the Quaker hat and long white curls. It’s surprisingly easy to make your own instant oatmeal mix, and unlike the sticky-sweet packages of oats covered in preservatives, this oatmeal is completely natural.

Homemade instant oatmeal is also infinitely customizable. Hate raisins?

Substitute cranberries. Love nuts?

Throw them in. Below are three homemade instant oatmeal recipes that can be altered to suit your taste.

With just a few minutes, a food processor and a little hot water, you’ll never go back to the box.

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Better than Boxed: Stir up some homemade instant oatmeal mix for a satisfying alternative to pre-packaged oats. Photo by Rich Orris

Apple pie oatmeal - 1/2 tsp. allspice - 1/2 tsp. nutmeg - 1.5 cups coarsely chopped dried apples Follow cinnamon raisin recipe Add allspice and nutmeg to the food processor

Cinnamon raisin instant oatmeal mix - 6 cups old-fashioned rolled oats - 2/3 cups brown sugar, firmly packed - 4 tsp. cinnamon - 1 tsp. salt - 1 1/2 cups raisins

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A season’s worth of holiday theater starts now

by Alli Marshall With the holiday season comes too many frosted cookies, too many glasses of eggnog and too many rounds of “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” (traditional and joke versions). But one thing you won’t have to endure is too many versions of A Christmas Story, or The Grinch Who Stole Christmas or ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas, because local theater offers a plethora of holiday shows, from the meaningful to the ridiculous, from the tried-and-true to the freshand-new, from the twee to the downright tawdry. And everything in between. Pick one or two or eight; take the family (OK, don’t take them to all of these options, but certainly to some of them) and pack a flask of that eggnog (you didn’t hear that from us).

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Go nuts!

Details on this year’s crop of holiday theater

How to find a Nutcracker to suit your holiday needs

There’s more than one way to crack a nut. Apparently, the same goes for the beloved holiday ballet The Nutcracker, the tale of a little girl who receives a magical nutcracker doll for Christmas.

Said doll comes to life (naturally) and battles the Mouse King before sweeping said girl off the the Land of the Sweets, where a circus of sugary characters perform.

Here’s the thing: The Asheville area boasts four Nutcracker shows in three weeks’ time.So which one is right for you? Follow our flow chart to find your preferred performance.

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ASHEVILLE CONTEMPORARY DANCE THEATRE PRESENTS The NuTcrAcker ANd The Mouse kiNg (“BASED ON THE ORIGINAL AND MUCH-DARKER STORY WRITTEN IN 1816 BY GERMAN AUTHOR E.T.A. HOFFMANN”), FRIDAY, NOV. 30 AND SATURDAY, DEC. 1, 7:30 P.M. $25/$20.

THURSDAY-SATURDAY, DEC. 6-23. 7:30 P.M. NIGHTLY WITH MATINEES AT 2:30 P.M. ON SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS. $15/$12/$8. THURSDAY, DEC. 6 IS “PAY WHAT WE’RE WORTH” NIGHT. MONTFORDPARKPLAYERS.ORG.

IMMEDIATE THEATRE PROjECT Live FroM WvL rAdio TheATre: iT’s A WoNderFuL LiFe ASHEVILLE COMMUNITY THEATRE

ASHEVILLE BALLET PRESENTS THE ORIGINAL RUSSIAN PRODUCTION OF The NuTcrAcker, FRIDAY-SUNDAY, DEC. 7-9. 7:30 P.M. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, 2:30 P.M. SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. $50/$35/$25/$15.

WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, DEC. 5 AND 6. 7:30 P.M., $15. IMMEDIATETHEATRE. ORG.

The sANTALANd diAries ASHEVILLE COMMUNITY THEATRE MAINSTAGE THURSDAY-SUNDAY, DEC. 13-16.

THURSDAY-SATURDAY AT 7:30 P.M., SUNDAY AT 2:30 P.M. $15. ASHEVILLETHEATRE.ORG.

FLAT ROCK PLAYHOUSE (FLATROCKPLAYHOUSE.ORG) PRESENTS A MODERN, APPALACHIAN-BASED VERSION OF The NuTcrAcker, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 28-SATURDAY, DEC. 22. 2 AND 8 P.M. $40/$38/$30.

BALLET CONSERVATORY OF ASHEVILLE PRESENTS A CLASSIC VERSION OF The NuTcrAcker, WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY, DEC. 12-14. 6:30 P.M. WEDNESDAY, 5 AND 7:30 P.M. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. $25/$20/$13/$10.

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iNspecTiNg cAroL DO YOU NEED A MATINEE?

CAN YOU STAY OUT LATE?

DO YOU WANT TO SEE CUTE KIDS?

YES

ASHEVILLE COMMUNITY THEATRE MAINSTAGE

NO

NOW THROUGH SUNDAY, DEC. 2.

FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS AT 7:30 P.M., SUNDAYS AT 2:30 P.M. $12/$19/$22.

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ARE YOU REALLY INTO COSTUMES?

YES

NO

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ARE YOU ON A BUDGET?

YES

MAYBE

YES

DO YOU WANT TO SPLURGE?

DO YOU WANT A TRADITIONAL SHOW?

NO

ARE YOU ON TEAM NUTCRACKER?

NUTCRACKER IS ALL ABOUT THE COSTUMES. PICK ANOTHER SHOW.

WEDNESDAY-SUNDAY, DEC. 19-30 AT N.C. STAGE. WEDNESDAYS THROUGH SATURDAYS AT 7:30 P.M. AND SUNDAYS AT 2 P.M. TICKETS ARE $20 FOR ADULTS AND $10 FOR FULL-TIME STUDENTS OF ALL AGES. NCSTAGE.ORG.

30Th ANNuAL berNsTeiN FAMiLy chrisTMAs specTAcuLAr. YES

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ARE YOU ON TEAM MOUSE KING?

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Were he still alive, author Charles Dickens would have turned 200 this year. And even though he died at age 58, in a way he does live on. Especially this time of year when we revisit his classic Victorian tale, A Christmas Carol. Montford Park Players last year went with a macabre version of the Dickens story.

This year, the local theater company goes classic, “bringing the merriment back,” along with the company’s founding director Hazel Robinson. Robinson directed the show an astonishing 29 times between 1976 and 2005; following a six-year break, she returns for her 30th go-round at the helm. Montford Park Players promises a show “that will warm people’s hearts and fill them with the holiday spirit.”

Immediate Theatre Project’s relationship with the feel-good classic It’s a Wonderful Life dates back to 2006 when the local company co-produced a stage version with N.C. Stage. The current adaptation (with more classic movie moments and “a richer life to the radio actors of the fictional WVL,” according to a press release) was commissioned in ‘09. The play is based on the film and set “in the fictional studio of WVL Radio Theatre, which is struggling to stay on the air one snowy winter night. The professional voice actors are unable to get through, but the show must go on — and so a small but intrepid band of employees manage to create the dozens of movie characters and scenes using just their voices and a sound effects table.”

This year’s production moves to ACT, and stars local actors Catori Swann, Rebecca Morris and Bradshaw Call, with Blythe Coons from Baltimore.

Inspecting Carol is a play-within-a-play. It’s a comedy of errors surrounding a production of A Christmas Carol, which, despite the solemnity and meaning, begins to come apart at the scenes in a laugh-yourselfsilly sort of way.

According to Bunn, a struggling Midwestern theater company is mounting the play — perhaps its last production — when they learn that they might receive a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. “A vagabond actor wants to audition, and the company thinks he’s a representative from the NEA,” explains Bunn. So they give him a role, even though he’s terrible. High jinks ensue.

Inspecting Carol is directed by Joan Atwood and stars Craig Justus and Frank Salvo. Salvo is the highlight of many an ACT production, and a regular in the semi-annual holiday plays by the Jones-Hope-Wooten writing team. While Bunn says that ACT will likely stage another play by that locally based trio, they didn’t have a seasonal show this year. Inspecting Carol fits the bill when it comes to Christmas-y comedy.

Snarky Asheville Community Theatre’s annual production of The Santaland Diaries will be without local comedian Tom Chalmers for the first time in seven years. Last year was the 10th season for the one-man show; Chalmers decided it was time to move on (more info on that below). So ACT put out a casting call and six talented actors showed up. Marketing director Jenny Bunn says that Betsy Puckett, the play’s director, had a hard time picking a lead “because everyone brought their own take to the show.”

Finally, Mars Hill College grad Daniel Hensley was cast. The Santaland Diaries will be his ACT debut. Bunn says that Hensley really feels a connection to the writing of humorist David Sedaris.

Santaland is based on Sedaris’ own experiences working as a Macy’s department store elf during the holiday season.

Hensley went to Erwin High School and spent some time in New York City before returning to North Carolina — a backstory that sort of echoes that of Sedaris, who grew up in N.C. before moving north. “He kind of came to role as someone who really identified with the background of who Sedaris may have been before he embarked on his New York journey,” Bunn says of the new Santaland star.

Spooky montford park players bring the merriment back with a traditional version of a christmas carol.

Chalmers stars in his own darkly hilarious story of holiday survival. His one-man play, Harm for the Holidays: Memoirs of a Hallmarked Man, runs down a list of holiday mishaps, from Valentine’s Day to Halloween to Christmas, with a mix of stand-up comedy.

Farther afield hart and parkway playhouse offer a christmas carol Haywood Arts Regional Theatre promises a “lavish production ... a major spectacle with a cast of 40 and a nine-piece orchestra.” Shows are Dec. 7, 8, 14 and 15 at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 9 and 16 at 3 p.m. and Dec. 15 at 2 p.m. Tickets range from $6 to $20. The Performing Arts Center Theatre, 250 Pigeon St., Waynesville. harttheatre.com and 456-6322.

Parkway Playhouse offers its musical adaptation of the classic on Dec. 13 and 14 at 7 p.m. and Dec. 15 at 2 and 7:30 p.m. $12/$15. Tomberlin Auditorium, Mountain Heritage High School, Burnsville. parkwayplayhouse.com or 682-4285.

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Most of us know the tale of Ebenezer Scrooge and his Christmas Eve adventure through past, present and future that leaves him a better person. But what of his late business partner, Jacob Marley, who appears as the first ghost accompanying Scrooge on his journey? The sinister comedy Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol (written

by Tom Mula) sets out to answer that question.

“The play begins with Marley having just died, finding himself in the afterlife. As you might have guessed, he is not standing at the Pearly Gates,” says actor Michael MacCauley. “His guide in the spirit world is a very funny character named Bogle, who, along with several others, provides a great deal of comic relief.”

The Asheville production of the one-man play is directed by Andrew Hampton Livingston and stars MacCauley. “Michael plays many characters in this play,” says Livingston. “This is always difficult to pull off in the theater which is one of the reasons why we took on the challenge.” MacCauley uses his voice and body to convey the different characters; the duo will also use multimedia.

“James Johnson will film and edit certain parts of the play and Michael will be acting with himself on a screen during select moments of the play,” says Livingston.

“Rus Snelling, our lighting designer, is amazing at creating atmosphere. Jared Stover is composing an original score and each character will have a theme. We don’t want to venture too far away from the conventions of the stage but want to explore our possibilities.”

Even though Jacob Marley promises to be dark, Livingston says it’s still a play the whole family can watch. “Humor is very important to the journey of Jacob Marley,” he notes. And, like the Scrooge-centered story, there’s a feel-good ending to look forward to.

“There is a twist to the ending that makes you realize how very lucky Scrooge was to have escaped his inevitable fate,” says MacCauley. “To find out what it is, you need to see it.”

mondy carter and tracey johnston-crum star in this year’s annual bernstein family christmas spectacular. photo by peter brezny

Bawdy Last year it was the 28th Annual Bernstein Family Christmas Spectacular. “This will be the most spectacular of all spectaculars,” says director Katie Anne Towner of this year’s production. “That’s why we’re skipping from the 28th straight to the 30th.” But to understand why the show is so spectacular, you need some background on the Bernsteins.

Here’s the martini version from character Jimmy Bernstein (aka a press release): “Brothers Jack and Jimmy burst into showbiz as The Bernstein Boys with Frances the Performing Wolverine!, and immediately helped end Vaudeville,” goes the legend. After rubbing elbows with the Rat Pack and landing a break into television, tragedy struck. Frances contracted distemper and the Bernstein brothers drank away their woes — until through a drunken singing session they unwittingly wrote their masterpiece, ‘Merry Christmas Baby, Let Me Ring Your Jingle Bell.’ And the Bernsteins’ Christmas show was born.

“This year’s spectacular has already been performed for 17 dictators, presidents and prime ministers, three of whom were deceased and exhumed just for the performance, which is to my knowledge a new record for most diplomats exhumed to view a sketch comedy show!”

Elegant In case you don’t want to wait on the off chance that a roving group of carolers find their way to your door, Flat Rock Playhouse has you covered at their popular downtown venue: A Celtic Christmas infuses traditional carols (“Silent Night,” “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear,” “The Little Drummer Boy,” “O Holy Night”) with Celtic sounds.

For a decade now, A Swannanoa Solstice has rung in the holidays with music, storytelling and dance — and nary a “Frosty the Snowman.” Instead of cloying carols, the locally rooted concert presents a “tapestry of joyful and thoughtful seasonal reflection beautifully woven from the mountains’ Appalachian, Scots-Irish and world influences.” Al Petteway, Amy White and Robin Bullock (on guitar, mandolin, fiddle, Appalachian dulcimer, piano, harp and world percussion) return to headline A Swannanoa Solstice: 10th Anniversary; Doug Orr (president emeritus of Warren Wilson College and founder of the annual concert) hosts. Special guests include Appalachian storyteller and ballad singer Sheila Kay Adams, Cape Breton-style stepdancers The Twisty Cuffs and Highlands pipes and percussion band Brizeus.

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Well-matched: The Critters (bottoms) and John Wilkes Boothe and the Black Toothe (tops) have been spending a lot of time together.

bY jORDAN LAWRENCE If one were looking for two Asheville acts that lined up stylistically for collaboration, The Critters and John Wilkes Boothe and the Black Toothe would be an unlikely selection. The former is an aggressively psychedelic garage outfit with Sloan-approximate hooks and a roughshod sense of rock ‘n’ roll energy. They’re less about precision than than joyous momentum, often seeming close to careening out of control, though they always manage to hold on. The Toothe is a trio that brings order to normally chaotic music, tightening elements of macabre freak folk into polished musings that peel back the prestige of Southern heritage to uncover murder and menace.

Despite these differences, the two outfits are well-matched on their new split EP, a six-song offering that collects two originals and one cover from each. The covers find each group re-working one of the other’s songs, gleaning additional excitement from the bands’ compelling contrasts.

“I think it’s almost more interesting how dissimilar our bands are. That makes this kind of an interesting collaboration,” says Critters guitarist Tom Peters. He and the majority of his band- and split-mates are gathered up in

the home of the Black Toothe’s Paul Blackwell, where they recorded their new release. “The most obvious differences are no electric guitars, no live rock drum kit with the Toothe. So that’s what made covering each other’s songs so interesting to me.”

Lined up in front a computer for a Skype interview, the groups’ members are clearly close, sharing frequent jokes and finishing each other’s thoughts during responses that are both charming and convoluted. Their familiarity can be traced back about three years to when a few members attended classes together at UNC-Asheville. Blackwell recorded an early iteration of The Critters at the time. Since then the groups have remained close, sharing occasional bills and more frequent beers. Earlier this year, the Toothe approached their friends with the idea for a split EP. The Critters’ ist Harry Harrison says they were thrilled with the concept.

“I’d never even heard of a split EP until you guys suggested it,” he laughs. “I was like, ‘That’s a great idea! You guys are geniuses!’”

The outfits began work in May, recording with Blackwell over the summer and finishing the final touches in early November. Working together provided an accepting environment that made them comfortable to work through

WHO The Critters and John Wilkes Boothe and the Black Toothe, with Doc Aquatic

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WHEN Thursday, Nov. 29 ($5. thegreyeagle.com) songs outside their comfort zones. “Eventually Die, Marie” finds The Critters jangling through perky folk-pop that recalls The Byrds when they covered Bob Dylan. “Blood on the Wind” sees the Toothe casting off their prettier elements and indulging in an oppressive dirge powered by a down-and-dirty bass line and brightened by intricate blues picking.

“It just made us more excited about it because we already were comfortable around each other as people, and then we already liked each other’s music,” says the Black Toothe’s Ben Melton. “It came pretty naturally.”

“It’s been great because Paul’s been recording everything in his house,” adds Peters.

“It’s just really comfortable coming to record and hang out here, having the dudes from the Toothe hanging around while we’re doing it.”

Exploring unusual originals is one thing, but the covers allowed each outfit the opportunity to merge their aesthetic with that of the other.

The Critters tackle “Deep Winedark,” a musically bright entry in the Toothe’s repertoire thanks to its tangled acoustic licks and infectious kick drum-and-tambourine rhythm, a winning contrast with the song’s dark tale of disputed paternity. The Critters charge it up with chugging riffs and cutting fills, adding manic rock ‘n’ roll energy without losing the bittersweet tension that makes the original work.

The Toothe chose “Gee Golly” for its cover.

The relentless rocker is among the more propulsive Critters numbers, zooming forward with resplendent riffs during the verses and pausing for a refrain about a girl who “went rock ‘n’ roll and forgot me.” The normally neat Toothe mimic The Critters’ velocity in a ragged acoustic barnstormer that displays an unexpected knack for chaos.

“We tried to make it sound like us,” Blackwell says. “We tend to obsess over details in a way that The Critters don’t. I don’t mean that in a bad way. It’s just more about the pure expression of it, of a song or a sound. We do really obsess over details, and we tried to balance that with the rock ‘n’ roll spirit that The Critters gush.”

“They took our song and refined it into something that moved me to tears personally,” Harrison adds. “And we took their song and slapped it the f--k up.” X Jordan Lawrence is music editor at Shuffle Magazine and a contributing writer at The Independent.

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Or just hotel gigs? ... As if getting hired were similar to stepping onto a yacht, which it isn’t (unless you’re boarding the yacht to clean the toilets).” And so goes Tomsky’s snarky-smart debut, Heads in Beds: A Reckless Memoir of Hotels, Hustles and So-Called Hospitality (Doubleday), just released and already wracking up major press, including a New York Times review, and interviews on “Good Morning America” and “20/20.”

Tomsky (who went to high school in Asheville and now lives in Brooklyn) culled his book from a decade or so of on-the-ground work-turnedresearch in hotels. He began his hospitality career as a valet parking attendant when he was just out of college ("Valet 4 Life, motherf--kers," he crows as he gets promoted); but even as he climbed the ranks through front-desk and management positions, what he really wanted was to be a writer.

The end justifies the means, though Heads is equal parts love letter to and calling out of the guest service industry. So much that Tomsky admits he was “really secretive about the whole thing,” not even sharing the book with his closest hotel friends prior to its publication. “There will be a lot of bellman and doorman at the book release and they can all decide at once whether or not I did a good job and represented them well,” he says.

While Tomsky doesn’t spare egos in his tellall (he does change names, including those of the properties where he was employed), he does take up for those who have the least authority.

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Checking in: Jacob Tomsky (who went to high school in Asheville) offers a fun, fast-paced and sometimes scandalous behind-the-scenes look at the hotel industry. His memoir is a good read for anyone who’s ever worked or stayed in a hotel. Photo by James Slater comes now,” Tomsky writes at one point, while working as a front-desk agent.

Heads (completely addictive from page one) gets better as Tomsky grows more miserable in his role. The more resentful he becomes of his employers, the better he works the system and the worse he behaves. “People get really sick of this job,” he tells Xpress. “The only reason I stayed was because I was constantly working on my writing and the hotel kept paying my bills.”

But, also, he was good at his job. Tomsky attributes his acumen in part to growing up in a military family. Moving around a lot made him a shape-shifter, able to fit in with and anticipate the needs of all sorts of people. And, as he writes, “Once a hotel whore, always a hotel whore. I had been like some prostitute trying to get a secretarial position. ...Why don’t you stop messing around and get back to working the corner, huh?”

Without giving away the ending, Heads leaves Tomsky still employed. In fact, he finally escaped the hotel business after signing his book deal. But the idea for the memoir (a collection

of lists, tips and observations in its original draft) came to him while he was still working at the front desk. “There was a moment where I had all these insane guest stories and celebrity stories. Also, I was standing in a lobby where people were checking in, checking out, getting their credit cards declined, arguing with a manager, trying to find a lost bag,” he says. “I was like, ‘I understand everything that’s going on, from both the guest’s and employee’s perspective.’ At that point I started to take notes.”

Tomsky says that writing the book was both cathartic and nostalgic — and he does wonder what hotel management will make of his leaked secrets. Want to know how to get out of a cancellation fee or empty your minibar for free? Read Heads. “I’m not telling you to steal,” Tomsky says. He’s just telling you how it could be done.

Though, if too many people try Tomsky’s tricks, it could backfire: “If this books gets some decent exposure, there will be some dubious front-desk agents,” he says. X Alli Marshall can be reached at amarshall@ mountainx.com.

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by Kyle sherarD

City CounCil Closes in on problematiC r.a.D. property after a recent spate of assault and trespassing reports, the long-derelict property at 91 riverside Drive known as the ice house has gone from a neighborhood nuisance to municipal takeover.

Following an oct. 27 homicide in the building, asheville City Council accelerated its plans to purchase the lot, which has been on the city’s shortlist for years, according to Council member Gordon smith, who also cited the area’s increasing commercial development as a reason for the acquisition. “the purchase is part of the greater strategy of the total riverfront redevelopment,” he says. in a nov. 16 statement, public information officer Dawa hitch announced that the city had “recently acquired an option to purchase the property.” adding, “We are negotiating with the current owners, and approaching what we hope will be a closing date.” the statement was addressed to the West end/ Clingman avenue neighborhood (or WeCan), river arts District business association and the river arts District artists. on nov. 12, the organizations sent a letter to the city and the property owners, tootie lee and anne simmons, describing the recent surge of violent crime and what they deemed the “perfect storm” of homeless occupants and unsafe structural conditions. the organizations asked that the city to step in and secure the property by nov. 16. “it’s an incubator for crime and violence,” says Cara Gilpin, a Wedge employee and raD community member active in the matter. two recent assault cases believed to have originated in the ice house led to the victims showing up at the Wedge brewery, according to Gilpin. in one incident, a visibly battered and bleeding man sought refuge in the taproom, where he passed out. in a separate incident two Wedge employees assisted another injured man, eventually transporting him to a downtown shelter, Gilpin says. Days later on oct. 27, police responded to a reports of a dispute between two men, later identified as ian allen and andrew marsh. the incident resulted in an alleged homicide when marsh died after being transported to mission hospital. allen was subsequently charged with second-degree murder. “it just continues to sit there,” says Gilpin, “and to see violence associated with the river arts District will be harmful in the long run.” according to pattiy torno, a raD artist since 1989, “the city has taken more responsibility [for the property].” torno owns Curve studios on riverside Drive. she’s observed increased police activity and a timely response to neighborhood concerns. “the City has the neighborhood’s best interest at heart,” torno says. the property could be a boon for more than just the neighborhood. “the economic development potential for the property was one of the

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main driving forces for acquiring the option,” hitch says. the current Council began the acquisition process in earnest, but smith says that purchasing the property has been on the City Council’s agenda since 2004, when the Wilma Dykeman riverway plan was adopted. that year, following major flooding in the river District and biltmore Village, the city of asheville received three planning grants totaling $40,000 from the n.C. rural economic Development Center, via the n.C. legislature. at a June 2010 event, mayor terry bellamy announced the city’s next step — the “launch of an environmental study and preliminary redesign process for riverside Drive and lyman street,” according to a release from that time. plans for developing the property are uncertain — the city has yet to finalize the purchase. many neighborhood groups, such as WeCan, support demolishing the 52,280-square-foot structure and cleaning up the surrounding 3.4-acre property.

Clearing the space would contribute to the goals set forth by the Dykeman plan, but securing the property with extensive fencing is still another option. either way, smith says “it’s important that the city play a role here.”

property tax Valuation 101 a new community-forum series, in4m, commences Wednesday, Dec. 5, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the artery, 346 Depot st. the event is sponsored by the river arts District business association and hosted by the asheville area arts Council. raDba and aaaC have partnered to create an educational outlet for neighborhood and city occupants interested in the development of the raD. according to raDba member pattiy torno, these meetings are followups to unanswered questions from the oct. 9 arts-based candidates forum at the phil mechanic studios. the first event, “What makes property taxes change?” will cover many of the basics of the county’s property-tax assessment process. Gary roberts, buncombe County’s tax director, and stephanie monson, the asheville’s riverfront coordinator, will be present to discuss and answer questions. admission is free.

Kyle Sherard writes about the visual arts for Xpress and can be reached at kyle.sherard@gmail.com.

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Toast this week to Art Fryar, who 30 years ago envisioned a nightclub that’s become an Asheville institution. “With brilliance and sheer ingenuity, Fryar and his knack for creativity contrived Scandals Nightclub in the gymnasium portion of what was originally the YWCA, built in 1924,” writes current owner Sherrie Davis, who owns the venue now with her husband, Jeff. “Art foresaw the necessity of a genre Asheville greatly lacked ... live cabaret shows and an entertaining and safe environment for the gay and lesbian communities ... Enjoyed and patronized by both the straight and gay communities alike, Scandals never ceased to endure in popularity.” Here, here! Celebrate this week with events on Thursday, Nov. 29 and Friday, Nov. 30, featuring vintage drag shows, drink specials and more. Full info at thegrovehouse.com and on Facebook.

Habitat for Humanity benefit concert Do good, have fun, listen to local music and save the world. Or at least make the world a little bit better. After all, besides frosted cookies, carols and garishly wrapped gifts, the holidays contain a “make the world a little bit better” theme. On Sunday, Dec. 2, West Asheville Presbyterian Church (690 Haywood Road) hosts a concert to benefit Habitat for Humanity. Performers include Chuck Brodsky, Kellin Watson, Red June, Jamie Laval, Paul Babelay, Amy and Ken Laderoute, Aaron Price and Heartland (an a capella group of Erwin High School students). 6:30 p.m.

Free; donations accepted. westashepres. org/newsandevents.html

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Mountain Goats started in California in the early ‘90s and while the band has changed style and locations and personnel over the years (except for frontman/founder John Darnielle), the band has continued to make the sort of smart and emotionally charged music that keeps fans coming back.

Darnielle is now based in Durham and, at an event at Duke, he met singersongwriter Matthew E. White (who was there playing with Megafaun, who he’d met in Asheville). Darnielle brought White in to add horns arrangements to Mountain Goats’ most recent release, Transcendental Youth. White’s own debut is the not-to-be-missed Big Inner (read an interview with him about the record at mountainx.com). The Mountain Goats and Matthew E. White perform at The Grey Eagle on Friday, Nov. 30. 9pm. $18 advance or $20 day of show. thegreyeagle.com. Photo by DL Anderson.

kristin “Luna” Ray “Kristin ‘Luna’ Ray is part of a rapidly growing genre that brings mantra music into the mainstream,” says press for the Asheville-based singer-songwriter and chant artist. This year, Ray released her new album, One Shared Heart (featuring Wah, Girish and Alvin Young) and embarked upon a nationwide tour. She now returns to WNC for a special concert that will include material from her previous album, Where Heaven Meets the Earth as well as songs for an upcoming project. Ray plays White Horse Black Mountain with her band, Luna Rasa on Friday, Nov. 30 at 7:30 p.m. Special guests are River Guerguerian and Chris Rosser. $10. whitehorseblackmountain. com.

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Not a member? Join today to attend!

1515 Main Street, Columbia, SC | 803.799.2810

columbiamuseum.org Mark Rothko, American (born Russia), 1903−1970, No. 8, 1949, oil and mixed media on canvas, National Gallery of Art, Washington.

Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc. 1986.43.147. © 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

This exhibition is organized by the Arkansas Art Center, the Columbia Museum of Art, the Columbus Museum of Art and the Denver Art Museum, in conjunction with the National Gallery of Art, Washington.

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clubland WEDNEsDAY, NOv. 28 185 kinG street Reggae jam w/ Nethali Percival & Dennis Berndt, 8pm 5 walnUt wine bar One Leg Up (swing, jazz), 8-10pm allstars sports bar and Grill Karaoke, 9pm blUe moUntain piZZa Cafe Open mic, 7pm ClUb eleven on Grove WNCAP & Loving Food Resources benefit, 7pm dirty soUth loUnGe Disclaimer Standup Lounge (comedy open mic), 9pm elaine's dUelinG piano bar Dueling Pianos (rock 'n' roll sing-a-long), 9pm-1am Good stUff Blue Ribbon Healers (old-time, jazz, honkytonk), 6:30pm Grove park inn Great hall Bob Zullo (jazz, pop guitar), 5:30-7:30pm The B's (favorites by request), 8-11pm harrah's Cherokee Throwback night ('70s-'90s DJ), 8pm JaCk of hearts pUb Bluegrass jam, 7pm JaCk of the wood pUb Old-time jam, 4pm lobster trap Ben Hovey (trumpet, electronics), 7-9pm native kitChen & soCial pUb Traditional Irish music w/ Jeanna, Beenie & Victor, 7pm olive or twist Cadillac Rex (oldies, swing, rock), 8-11pm one stop deli & bar Brown Bag Songwriting Competition, 6pm Soul/jazz jam, 11pm phoenix loUnGe Jazz quartet, 8pm pisGah brewinG Company The Mobros (blues, soul), 6pm red staG Grill Chris Rhodes (guitar, vocals), 7-10pm soUthern appalaChian brewery Todd Hoke (singer-songwriter), 6pm straiGhtaway Cafe Coping Stone (world, Appalachian), 6pm tallGary's Cantina Open mic/jam, 7pm treasUre ClUb DJ Mike, 6:30pm-2am tressa's downtown JaZZ and blUes Wendy Hayes & Three for Time (jazz, blues), 8:30pm vanUatU kava bar Open mic, 9pm westville pUb Max Melner Orchestra (jazz, funk), 10pm wild winG Cafe Leigh Glass (rock, blues), 7pm

Left unsaid: Hello Hugo’s meandering instrumentals are melodic and dynamic, a broad sampling of indie-rock influences that emphasize the rhythmic interplay between to the band’s various elements. The Asheville four-piece plays Apothecary on Thursday, Nov. 29.

THURsDAY, NOv. 29

Grove park inn Great hall Bob Zullo (jazz, pop guitar), 5:30-7:30pm The B's (favorites by request), 8-11pm

5 walnUt wine bar The Big Nasty (gypsy jazz), 8-10pm

harrah's Cherokee Karaoke, 8pm-midnight

adam dalton distillery Bass in Yo Face (electronic, dub), 10pm

JaCk of hearts pUb Old-time jam, 7pm

allstars sports bar and Grill Dance night, 10pm

JaCk of the wood pUb No Strings Attached (bluegrass), 7-9pm Bluegrass jam, 9pm

altamont brewinG Company Sweet Talkers (country, honky-tonk), 9:30pm

pUrple onion Cafe Mare Wakefield (singer-songwriter), 7:30pm red staG Grill Eric Ciborski (piano), 7-10pm soUth side station Karaoke, 8pm tallGary's Cantina Asheville music showcase, 8pm the bywater

lexinGton ave brewery (lab) Back stage: Sunny Ledford (alt-rock) w/ Luke Kaufman & Matt Borden, 9:30pm

Hank West & the Smokin' Hots (jazz, swing), 9pm

lobster trap Hank Bones ("man of 1,000 songs"), 7-9pm

Underground Jazz Lounge w/ Rich Williey & His Band, 8-10:30pm

bobo Gallery African music night w/ Zansa, 8pm

olive or twist Heather Masterton Jazz Quartet, 8-11pm

the market plaCe

boiler room Vintage show (drag performance), 10pm

one stop deli & bar Brews, Bluegrass & BBQ w/ Kendall Huntley, 5-8pm Jahman Brahman (rock, funk, jam) w/ Bubonik Funk, 9pm

apotheCary Hello Hugo (instrumental, indie rock, experimental) w/ Albert Adams & Tumbleweed Stampede, 9pm

elaine's dUelinG piano bar Dueling Pianos (rock 'n' roll sing-a-long), 9pm-1am frenCh broad brewery tastinG room The Brave New Gravelys (Americana, roots), 6pm Grey eaGle mUsiC hall & tavern The Critters (psych-pop, rock) & John Wilkes Boothe and the Black Toothe (folk rock) split EP release w/ Doc Aquatic, 9pm

oranGe peel Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk (funk, jazz) w/ The Broadcast, 9pm phoenix loUnGe Pholksinger Josh (folk rock), 8pm pisGah brewinG Company Throwback Thursday (reggae & food), 6:30pm Spiritual Rez (reggae, ska), 9pm

the lower level

Ben Hovey (downtempo, trumpet, piano, electronics), 7-10pm timo's hoUse Asheville Drum 'n' Bass Collective, 8pm-2am town pUmp Paul Edelman (Americana), 9pm treasUre ClUb DJ Mike, 6:30pm-2am tressa's downtown JaZZ and blUes Peggy Ratusz blues showcase, 9pm white horse Amici Music (chamber, classical), 7:30pm

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.

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fRIDAY, NOv. 30 5 walnUt wine bar Hank West & the Smokin Hots (jazz), 9:30-11:30pm allstars sports bar and Grill Sharkadelics (rock, pop, covers), 10pm asheville mUsiC hall Sonmi (electronic) w/ Deaf Science, 10pm athena's ClUb Mark Appleford (blues, folk, rock), 7-10pm DJ, 10pm-2am bier Garden DJ Don Magic, 9pm-1am boiler room DJs Don Winsley, Silver, Splice & Position, 9pm ClUb hairspray Dance party w/ DJ Lil Roo (dance, hiphop), 8pm Drag show, midnight ClUb remix WNCAP benefit, 8pm-midnight elaine's dUelinG piano bar Disclaimer Comedy (standup), 8:159:15pm Dueling Pianos (rock 'n' roll sing-a-long), 9:30pm-1am emerald loUnGe River Whyless (folk rock, pop, Americana) w/ Milktooth, 9pm feed and seed Lorraine Conard Band (acoustic, folk), 7pm frenCh broad brewery tastinG room The Drawlstrings (rock, alt-country), 6pm frenCh broad ChoColate loUnGe

lobster trap Kon Tiki (feat: Hank Bones), 7-9pm

High Gravity Jazz, 8pm Get down Blue Ribbon Healers (old-time, jazz, honky-tonk), 9pm

monte vista hotel Chris Smith (country, folk, Americana), 6pm

Good stUff 2 Arts, 8pm

native kitChen & soCial pUb Moses Atwood (folk, blues, Americana), 8pm

Grey eaGle mUsiC hall & tavern Mountain Goats (indie folk, rock) w/ Matthew E. White, 9pm Grove park inn Great hall Donna Germano (hammered dulcimer), 2-4pm Bill Covington (piano classics & standards), 6-9pm The Business (Motown, funk, soul), 9pmmidnight

o.henry's/tUG DJ XO, 10pm olive or twist Motown Blue (soul, R&B), 8-11pm one stop deli & bar Free Dead Fridays feat: members of Phuncle Sam, 5-8pm

harrah's Cherokee Taylor Moore (blues, rock, roots) w/ DJ Moto, 8pm-2am

oranGe peel Blackberry Smoke (Southern rock) w/ Drake White, 9pm

havana restaUrant Free Flow Band (funk, soul), 7-9pm

paCk's tavern Howie's House Band (blues, R&B, fusion), 9pm

heavenly spirits wine bar Gypsy Swingers (gypsy jazz), 7-10pm

phoenix loUnGe George Terry & Caleb Beissert (rockabilly), 9pm

hiGhland brewinG Company Invisible Three (indie rock), 6pm

pisGah brewinG Company The Secret B-Sides (soul, funk) w/ The Common Foundation Horns, 9pm

hotel indiGo Juan Buenavitas & friends (Spanish/flamenco guitar), 7-10pm

pUrple onion Cafe Fred Whiskin (piano), 7pm

JaCk of hearts pUb The Low Counts (Americana, roots, rock), 9pm JaCk of the wood pUb Andrew Costantino (singer-songwriter), 4pm The Mobros (rock, blues, soul), 5pm Dave Dribbon & the Stomping Rain (Americana, rock), 9pm Late night w/ The Low Counts (blues, rock) lexinGton ave brewery (lab) Back stage: Alarm Clock Conspiracy (rock, pop) w/ Sunshine & the Bad Things, 9:30pm

red staG Grill Chris Rhodes (guitar, vocals), 8-11pm soUthern appalaChian brewery Whitney Moore & the People (Latin, world), 8pm straiGhtaway Cafe Sherry Lynn & Mountain Friends (folk, Americana), 6pm tallGary's Cantina Unit 50 (classic rock), 9:30pm the bywater

Thu. November 29

Sunny Ledfurd w/ Luke kaufman and matt borden 9:30Pm

THu 11/29

Split EP Release Show w/ Doc aquatic 9pm

Fri. November 30

the aLarm cLock conSPiracy w/ SunShine & the bad thingS 9:30Pm wed. december 5

LeS femmeS myStique 8Pm Thu. december 6

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THE CRITTERS and JoHN wIlkES BooTHE & THE BlaCk TooTHE

FRI 11/30

Harvest Records Presents:

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w/ Matthew E. white 9pm

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JaPaNaDRoIDS w/ Swearin’ 9pm 8:30pm

New Years Eve with The Hackensaw Boys Menomena | Camper Van Beethoven | Fishbone John Spencer Blues Explosion | Iris Dement Kitchen Open for Brunch & Lunch from 10am - 3pm Mon - Fri & for Dinner at 5pm on Nights of a Show!

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bEHIND THE mIC

Asheville Waits Band (Tom Waits covers), 9pm town pUmp The Wild Rumpus ("stompgrass"), 9pm toy boat CommUnity art spaCe Plucky Walker (hip-hop) w/ Fine Peduncle & Hudson K treasUre ClUb DJ Mike, 6:30pm-2am tressa's downtown JaZZ and blUes Peggy Ratusz vocal student recital, 7pm Lyric Jones & Reverbnation (soul, R&B), 10pm vanUatU kava bar Alex Krug (Americana, folk), 9pm white horse Luna Rasa feat: Kristin Luna Ray, River Guerguerian & Chris Rosser, 7:30pm wild winG Cafe Jason Stinnett Band (country, rock), 9:30pm

sATURDAY, DEC. 1 185 kinG street The Mug (blues), 8pm allstars sports bar and Grill Saloon 5 (rock, country, covers), 10pm athena's ClUb Mark Appleford (blues, folk, rock), 7-10pm DJ, 10pm-2am bier Garden DJ Don Magic, 9pm-1am boiler room DJs Drees, Jhan Aeon & Nareau (goth, industrial, EBM), 9pm ClUb hairspray Dance party w/ DJ Lil Roo (dance, hiphop), 8pm Drag show, midnight ClUb metropolis Paint Your Bass benefit party, 9pm ClUb remix Paint Your Bass benefit party, 9pm Creekside taphoUse Shake It Like a Caveman (blues, garage, one-man band), 8pm

Over 40 Entertainers!

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SPORTS LOUNGE feat. COLLEGE FOOTBALL, MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL & EVERY UFC FIGHT

elaine's dUelinG piano bar Dueling Pianos (rock 'n' roll sing-a-long), 9pm-1am

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emerald loUnGe Arpetrio (electronic, jam) w/ A Ghost Like Me, 9pm

American-Inspired Cuisine Pool | Shuffleboard | Foosball | 11’ Screen

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Asheville fm hosts dozens of weekly shows that run the gamut of musical styles and tastes (you name it, they’ve got it). But don’t take our word for it; take theirs. Xpress brings you this weekly feature — direct from the DJs — highlighting a few of the station’s stellar offerings. ashevillefm.org. melody in mayhem’s host, “Dogeye,” has been in bands, studied music, worked with labels and dropped out of radio school. He’s been hosting the show for two years, but he’s been fighting with his brain for some … well, a long time. One moment, he’s absorbed in ‘50s electronic music; the next, he’s obsessed with original ethnic music or rock on the outskirts. Catch some frivolous music and sound, with all things serious around, as Melody in Mayhem brings you noise, rock and sexy easy listening on Fridays from midnight-2 a.m.

Photo by Max Cooper

Get down Late Bloomer (indie rock, grunge) w/ Old Flings, Means Well & Muscle and Bone, 9:30pm Good stUff Lords of Chicken Hill (indie rock), 8pm Grove park inn Great hall Bill Covington (piano classics & standards), 6-9pm harrah's Cherokee Chatterbox (rock) w/ DJ Dizzy, 8pm-2am havana restaUrant Linda Mitchell (jazz, blues), 7-9pm heavenly spirits wine bar The Jazzberries (jazz), 7pm hiGhland brewinG Company Ben Bjorlie Band (jazz), 6pm hotel indiGo Juan Buenavitas & friends (Spanish/ flamenco guitar), 7-10pm JaCk of hearts pUb Sherri Lynn & Mountain Friends (bluegrass), 9pm

clubdirectory 185 king street 877-1850 5 Walnut Wine bar 253-2593 Altamont brewing Company 575-2400 The Altamont Theatre 348-5327 Aqua Cafe & bar 505-2081 ARCADE 258-1400 Asheville Civic Center & Thomas Wolfe Auditorium 259-5544 The Asheville public (TAp) 505-1720 Asheville music Hall 255-7777 Athena’s Club 252-2456 Avery Creek pizza & Ribs 687-2400 barley’s Tap Room 255-0504 black mountain Ale House 669-9090 blend Hookah Lounge 505-0067 blue mountain pizza 658-8777 blue Note grille 697-6828 boiler Room 505-1612 bobo gallery 254-3426 broadway’s 285-0400 burgerworx 253-2333 The bywater 232-6967 Club Hairspray 258-2027 Club metropolis 258-2027 Club Remix 258-2027

The Chop House 253-1852 The Corner 575-2449 Craggie brewing Company 254-0360 Creature’s Cafe 254-3636 Creekside Taphouse 575-2880 Adam Dalton Distillery 367-6401 Dark City Deli 257-5300 Desoto Lounge 986-4828 Diana Wortham Theater 257-4530 Dirty south Lounge 251-1777 Dobra Tea Room 575-2424 The Dugout 692-9262 Eleven on grove 505-1612 Emerald Lounge 232- 4372 firestorm Cafe 255-8115 fred’s speakeasy 281-0920 french broad brewery Tasting Room 277-0222 french broad Chocolate Lounge 252-4181 The gateway Club 456-6789 get Down 505-8388 good stuff 649-9711 grey Eagle music Hall & Tavern 232-5800 grind Cafe 430-4343 grove House Eleven on grove 505-1612 The grove park Inn

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(Elaine’s piano bar/ great Hall) 252-2711 The Handlebar (864) 233-6173 Harrah’s Cherokee 497-7777 Havana Restaurant 252-1611 Highland brewing Company 299-3370 Holland’s grille 298-8780 The Hop 254-2224 The Hop West 252-5155 Iron Horse station 622-0022 jack of Hearts pub 645-2700 jack of the Wood 252-5445 jus One more 253-8770 Lexington Avenue brewery 252-0212 The Lobster Trap 350-0505 The Lower Level 505-8333 Luella’s bar-b-Que 505-RIBS mack kell’s pub & grill 253-8805 The magnetic field 257-4003 mike’s side pocket 281-3096 monte vista Hotel 669-8870 One stop bar Deli & bar 255-7777 O.Henry’s/TUg 254-1891 The Orange peel 225-5851 pack’s Tavern 225-6944 pisgah brewing Co. 669-0190 pulp 225-5851

purple Onion Cafe 749-1179 Rankin vault 254-4993 Red stag grill at the grand bohemian Hotel 505-2949 Rendezvous 926-0201 Root bar No.1 299-7597 scandals Nightclub 252-2838 scully’s 251-8880 shovelhead saloon 669-9541 smokey’s After Dark 253-2155 southern Appalacian brewery 684-1235 spurs 575-2258 static Age Records 254-3232 stingRays 926-4100 straightaway Cafe 669-8856 Tallgary’s Cantina 232-0809 Rocky’s Hot Chicken shack 575-2260 Thirsty monk south 505-4564 Timo’s House 575-2886 Tolliver’s Crossing Irish pub 505-2129 Tressa’s Downtown jazz & blues 254-7072 vincenzo’s bistro 254-4698 Westville pub 225-9782 White Horse 669-0816 Wild Wing Cafe 253-3066

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THURSDAY NOV 29

OPEN 4-8 PM FRIDAY NOV 30

INVISIBLE THREE

(indie rock)

DJ Mike, 6:30pm-2am

monte vista hotel David Zoll (guitar), 6pm

white horse Asheville Tango Orchestra, 8pm

o.henry's/tUG DJ Xel, 10pm

wild winG Cafe Derrick Dorsey Band (rock, country), 9:30pm

olive or twist 42nd Street Jazz Band, 8-11pm

SATURDAY DEC 1

BEN BJORLIE BAND

JaCk of the wood pUb Bumper Jacksons (jazz, ragtime, pre-war country), 5pm Johnson's Crossroad (blues, bluegrass, roots) w The Wild Rumpus, 9pm

(jazz trio)

one stop deli & bar Asian Teacher Factory (rock) w/ TopR (hip-hop), Samuel Paradise (electronic), Ho-Tron Beatz & Campaign, 10pm oranGe peel Sum 41 (pop punk) w/ I Am Dynamite, 8pm

Dinner Menu till 10pm Late Night Menu till

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CLAIRE LYNCH BAND

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Limited tables available with full dinner reservations

9pm • $18 Advance / $20 at the Door

X_AVL: 12/15 Uniting the Creative Community

and the Culture of Artistic Evolution 8pm

sUNDAY, DEC. 2 altamont brewinG Company Sunday Funday Potluck & Pickin', 5:30pm

the bywater Pierce Edens (roots, alt-country), 7pm timo's hoUse DJ Jet (hip-hop), 8pm-2am white horse Drum circle, 2pm "A Not So Silent Night" w/ Bil Lepp, Andy Offutt Irwin & Kim Weitkamp (storytelling, songs), 8pm

mONDAY, DEC. 3 blaCk moUntain ale hoUse Karaoke, 9pm Good stUff "Crazy Town" film screening, 7pm Ryan Kralik w/ Skunk Ruckus ("hillbilly stomp"), 8pm

paCk's tavern DJ Moto (dance, pop), 9pm

asheville mUsiC sChool performanCe loft Steve Loew, Daniel Weiser & Mischa Dzubay (classical, chamber), 3pm

phoenix loUnGe Damian LeMaster & the Part Time Gentlemen (alternative rock), 9pm

boiler room Dance party, 10pm Drag show, 12:30am

pisGah brewinG Company Phuncle Sam (rock, jam), 9pm

Grey eaGle mUsiC hall & tavern Japandroids (garage, rock, noise, pop) w/ Swearin', 9pm

the bywater Bluegrass jam, 8pm

Grove park inn Great hall Two Guitars (classical), 10am-noon

timo's hoUse Timo's Eclectic Stew (multi-genre open jam), 8pm-2am

hotel indiGo Ben Hovey (downtempo, trumpet, piano, electronics), 7-10pm

treasUre ClUb DJ Mike, 6:30pm-2am

pUrple onion Cafe Overmountain Men (bluegrass, folk), 8pm red staG Grill Eric Ciborski (piano), 8-11pm sCandals niGhtClUb Asheville Downtown Association appreciation party smokey's after dark Karaoke, 10pm soUthern appalaChian brewery Wilhelm McKay (roots, folk rock), 8pm straiGhtaway Cafe Steve & John, 6pm tallGary's Cantina Unnamed Suspects (rock), 9:30pm the bywater Blood Gypsies (gypsy, soul, blues), 9pm town pUmp Zip the Hippo (Americana), 9pm

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westville pUb Brandon Reeves (roots, rock, soul), 10pm

toy boat CommUnity art spaCe Forty Fingers & a Missing Tooth presents "The Temps" (juggling), 8pm treasUre ClUb

Grey eaGle mUsiC hall & tavern Contra dance, 8pm JaCk of the wood pUb Winter Sounds (indie, new wave), 10pm

JaCk of the wood pUb Irish session, 5pm Husky Burnette (blues), 10pm lobster trap Leo Johnson (hot club jazz), 7-9pm

wild winG Cafe Football trivia

TUEsDAY, DEC. 4

monte vista hotel Jared Gallamore (standards), 11am

asheville mUsiC hall Funk jam, 11pm

one stop deli & bar Bluegrass Brunch & Open Jam w/ The Pond Brothers, 11am

ClUb eleven on Grove Swing lessons, 6:30 & 7:30pm Tango lessons, 7pm Dance w/ Jay Ray 5, 8:30pm

oranGe peel The Faint (dance rock, indie) performs "Danse Macabre" w/ Icky Blossoms & TRUST, 9pm

Creekside taphoUse Bluegrass jam, 6:30pm

soUthern appalaChian brewery 2/3 Goat ("metro-billy"), 5pm

Grove park inn Great hall Bob Zullo (jazz, pop guitar), 5:30-7:30pm The B's (favorites by request), 8-11pm

straiGhtaway Cafe CarolinaBound (Americana, folk, country), 6pm

handlebar Tuesday swing dance, 7pm Gene Dillard bluegrass jam, 8:30pm

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GOOSE ISLAND BREWERY Release Party

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 28

Open Mic 9PM Come join us when we release The Goose!

SATURDAY, DEC. 1

pinball, foosball, ping-pong & a kickass jukebox kitchen open until late 504 Haywood Rd. West Asheville • 828-255-1109 “It’s bigger than it looks!”

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MONDAY

BEER & BURGER $5 burger with fries ½ Off draft Bud Light and Yuengling

TUESDAY

LIVE BLUEGRASS JAM Holiday homecoming: River Whyless makes folk rock with a decidedly Appalachian flavor, rich with lonesome fiddle and soaring male/female vocal harmonies. The band plays Emerald Lounge on Friday, Dec. 1, its first hometown show since appearing at LAAFF in September.

JaCk of the wood pUb The Mastersons (indie rock, Americana), 10pm

WEDNEsDAY, DEC. 5

lobster trap Jay Brown (Americana, folk), 7-9pm

allstars sports bar and Grill Karaoke, 9pm

native kitChen & soCial pUb Trivia, 7pm

blUe moUntain piZZa Cafe Open mic, 7pm

olive or twist Bluedawg blues jam, 8-11pm

dirty soUth loUnGe Disclaimer Standup Lounge (comedy open mic), 9pm

one stop deli & bar Two for Tuesday feat: William Schmitt & The Deluge, 8pm oranGe peel Eric Hutchinson (pop, rock, folk) w/ Jessie Payo, 7:30pm sCUlly's Daughters of Atlantis (acoustic rock), 10pm the altamont theater Pavel Wlosok (jazz piano), 8pm the bywater Open mic, 9pm timo's hoUse DJ dance party (house, electro, hip-hop), 8pm-2am tolliver's CrossinG irish pUb Trivia, 8:30pm treasUre ClUb DJ Mike, 6:30pm-2am tressa's downtown JaZZ and blUes Karaoke, 9pm westville pUb Blues jam, 10pm white horse Irish sessions, 6:30pm Open mic, 8:45pm wild winG Cafe Karaoke, 9:30pm

elaine's dUelinG piano bar Dueling Pianos (rock 'n' roll sing-a-long), 9pm-1am emerald loUnGe Elk Tracks (Americana) w/ Dean Johanesen & Korby Lenker, 9pm Grove park inn Great hall Bob Zullo (jazz, pop guitar), 5:30-7:30pm The B's (favorites by request), 8-11pm harrah's Cherokee Throwback night ('70s-'90s DJ), 8pm JaCk of the wood pUb Old-time jam, 4pm

tallGary's Cantina Open mic/jam, 7pm treasUre ClUb DJ Mike, 6:30pm-2am tressa's downtown JaZZ and blUes The Hard Bop Explosion (jazz, funk), 8:30pm vanUatU kava bar Open mic, 9pm white horse David Troy Francis & Simone Vigilante (holiday songs), 7:30pm wild winG Cafe Jeff & Justin (acoustic), 7:30pm

THURsDAY, DEC. 6 adam dalton distillery Bass in Yo Face (electronic, dub), 10pm allstars sports bar and Grill Dance night, 10pm

lexinGton ave brewery (lab) Back stage: Les Femmes Mystique (burlesque), 8pm

asheville mUsiC hall Lee Fields & the Expressions (soul, R&B) w/ Sidney Barnes & the Secret B-Sides, 9pm

native kitChen & soCial pUb Traditional Irish music w/ Jeanna, Beenie & Victor, 7pm

elaine's dUelinG piano bar Dueling Pianos (rock 'n' roll sing-a-long), 9pm-1am

olive or twist Cadillac Rex (oldies, swing, rock), 8-11pm one stop deli & bar Brown Bag Songwriting Competition, 6pm Soul/jazz jam, 11pm red staG Grill Chris Rhodes (guitar, vocals), 7-10pm straiGhtaway Cafe Coping Stone (world, Appalachian), 6pm

emerald loUnGe Dead Night w/ Phuncle Sam, 9pm Grey eaGle mUsiC hall & tavern The John Cowan Band (newgrass), 8:30pm Grove park inn Great hall Bob Zullo (jazz, pop guitar), 5:30-7:30pm The B's (favorites by request), 8-11pm harrah's Cherokee Karaoke, 8pm-midnight

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The Story: Bold new film version of the Tolstoy novel about the ill-fated love of a married woman falling for a dashing young man.

The Lowdown: The most remarkable — certainly the most visually stunning — film of the year, this rethinking of Anna Karenina is a glorious spectacle of theater and film fused into a remarkable experience.

At this moment, Joe Wright’s incredible film version of Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina stands a better than even chance of being my pick for the best film of 2012. It is the film I’d been hoping for Joe Wright to make ever since Pride & Prejudice in 2005 — only more so. Wright and writer Tom Stoppard have taken a well-worn classic of literature that has been filmed innumerable times — most famously in 1935 with Greta Garbo — and given it a new look, a new approach and, in fact, a new life. The approach is radical — and radical in ways that made it obvious from the onset that the results would be controversial. (I was surprised at the press screening where six out of seven local critics came down very much on the side of Wright’s film, and the seventh at least classed his response as “mixed, leaning positive.”) This is no well-mannered literary adaptation (something I would accuse Wright’s second feature, Atonement, of being to the point of suffocation).

This is full-blooded, full-blown — and maybe even a little bit crazy — filmmaking. I’d call it a masterpiece, except that sounds rather stodgy — and this Anna Karenina is never stodgy.

You may have heard or read that the film is presented as if it was taking place on a stage, and while that’s not exactly untrue, it’s deceptive. Most of the film — everything but the agrarian scenes involving the story’s most honorable character, Levin (Domhnall Gleeson), who is usually given short shrift in other film versions — does indeed take place in a theater, but it hardly confines itself to the stage. It moves into every nook and cranny of the theater — even into the space where the audience should be. And while all of it can be described as theatrical, none of it is in the least bit stagy. Wright’s camera is constantly moving through the bustle of the film — and the film is very busy indeed. It captures a forward

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Keira Knightley as Tolstoy's doomed heroine in Joe Wright's brilliant, beautiful and controversial film of Anna Karenina momentum and a sense of urgency to its tale of its doomed title character quite unlike any version of the story I’ve ever seen. It might almost be a musical, except there are no songs. The film absolutely throbs with life. Stylistically, it’s like something Josef von Sternberg might have made in collaboration with Ken Russell and Baz Luhrmann — assuming, of course, that they didn’t kill each other, which seems pretty likely. Yet, at the same time, it is finally completely its own film. The traces are there, but Wright has made them his own.

What may surprise and even put off some viewers is that Wright’s Anna (Keira Knightley) is not entirely sympathetic or even always likable. There’s a sense that while the film finds her tragic and a product of a decadent society, it — and by extension, Tolstoy — doesn’t entirely approve of her or her rash actions. I’m assuming — the film certainly does — that everyone knows that her affair with the rather candy-box Count Vronsky (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) doesn’t end well. But where other versions present her as a divine figure of romance, this Anna Karenina gives us a more wrong-headed “heroine.” In fact, here her usually stiff-backed and almost villainous cuckolded husband, Karenin (a devastating performance of great sadness from Jude Law), may be the more sympathetic of the pair.

However you ultimately feel about the film, I cannot imagine anyone not being completely blown away by its visual splendor and its uncanny procession of cinematically magnificent set-pieces. The ball at which Anna first dances with Vronsky is perhaps the most thrilling piece of cinema I’ve seen in this decade. A second ball — which ends with

Anna sealing her fate — is very nearly as good.

The horse racing sequence — owing something to the one in George Cukor’s My Fair Lady, but taking it to unbelievable heights — is also a stunner. That, however, after three viewings seems to me only the tip of the iceberg in this glorious feast of a movie that is unlike anything else you will see this year. Rated R for some sexuality and violence. reviewed by Ken Hanke Starts Friday at Carolina Asheville Cinema 14 and Fine Arts Theatre

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Ang Lee’s Life of Pi is a film both wonderful and frustrating — and about in equal measure.

Without having read Yann Martel’s source novel, I suspect that it is the source of the latter. It may also be a question of how pre-sold you are on the story’s overall mystical bent and the idea that the tale being told "will make

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you believe in God." And that perhaps indicates a personal failing in me because while Lee’s full-on "wow" images evoked the kind of wonderment that might lead to that kind of cosmic fulfillment, the story itself never did.

The strange thing about that is I’m usually a sucker for religious allegory — at least while it’s on the screen — and Life of Pi just didn’t move me. I think it’s too literal, too matter of fact — and I think, most of all, it tries too hard to verbalize a message that rightly belongs to the visuals. There’s something more concerning the film’s "twist," but that gets into the realm of "spoilers," so I’ll leave that for later where you can choose to read or not.

By now, you probably know that the film is the story of a man, Pi Patel (Irrfan Khan), telling the story of his earlier life to a writer (Rafe Spall). This story — the one that "will make you believe in God" — forms the bulk of the film. First, he sketches in his early years of living with his parents in their picture book zoo in India. It is here that we learn of the young man’s rather simplistic ability to assimilate a variety of religions — Hinduism, Christianity, Islam and, apparently, a touch of the Kabbalah — into a conflict-free melange of faith, none of which sits all that well with his rationalist father (Adil Hussain). Here, too, we meet the zoo’s Bengal tiger with the improbable name of Richard Parker. It’s this tiger that teenage Pi (Suraj Sharma) ends up sharing a lifeboat with — along (briefly) with a stranded orangutan, a seriously injured zebra and a singularly nasty hyena — for 227 days following a shipwreck.

This, of course, is the film’s centerpiece — and however you end up feeling about the story itself, the visual splendor of it all is undeniable.

We’ve gotten a hint of this in the early scenes with their complex overlaid images and transitions. Plus, the shipwreck that lands them in their predicament is wonderfully staged. But none of this really prepares us

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Lee films everything in a kind of classical Hollywood manner so that shots tend to be held long enough for us — as well as Pi and perhaps even the tiger — to marvel at them and take them in. It’s this seemingly unfussy filmmaking that makes it possible to stop bothering about whether any of this is believable. And then we hit the last 15 minutes or so.

Here is where you might want to stop reading if you haven’t seen the film and don’t know the story. Suddenly, the film hits us with a twist where Pi offers us an alternate — and much more prosaic — version of what happened and leaves the choice of which story the writer (and we) prefer. Well, taking a tip from John Ford’s The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and its "When the legend becomes fact, print the legend," it’s no contest. And while, yes, it easily makes me believe that the legend is more compelling and satisfying, it only strengthens my belief in the power of storytelling, not God. But I suspect that is grounded in what I brought to the film. What you bring to the film may produce a different result. Rated PG for emotional thematic content throughout, and some scary action sequences and peril. reviewed by Ken Hanke Playing at Carmike 10, Carolina Asheville Cinema 14, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande

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The Story: A ragtag group of teens must fight for their freedom after a surprise invasion by North Korea.

The Lowdown: Run-of-the-mill action filmmaking and a healthy dose of xenophobic paranoia set inside a phony-feeling world full of one dimensional characters.

After three years — thanks to financial troubles of MGM — of floundering around in distribution limbo, the remake of 1984’s Red Dawn is finally hitting cinemas, replacing a Soviet invasion in Colorado with a North Korean one in Spokane (originally, the bad guys were Chinese, until someone realized exactly how many potential movie-goers live in a country of a billion people). How does it fare? Well, instead of a heavy dose of ‘80s cheese and a credulitystretching plot, we get a lot of 2012 cheese, a credulity-stretching plot and a bigger budget (and it’s every bit as wasteful and extraneous as it sounds).

Instead of creating an alternate history to set up its communist invasion in smalltown America plotline — along with a group of teens called “The Wolverines” who fight a guerilla war against them — this Red Dawn opens with a montage of news footage. Mentioning the ailing economy here and in Greece — and clips of an especially dour President Obama — and violence around the world, the movie strives for a sort of realism and urgency that instead reeks of paranoia and fear-mongering. Minimal effort is put into building the world of the film, as the universe the film attempts to create is low on intricacies — something that infests the entirety of the plot. Everything is kept vague, and no one’s paying attention to the details.

Consequently, Red Dawn makes little sense even after the most rudimentary of inspections, as the finer points like why no one can catch these noisy, obvious kids (let alone why this invasion is happening to begin with) are quickly lost. Tact and nuance are not Red Dawn’s strengths, and it’s hoping the explosions are enough to distract you from this.

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Red Dawn wants to entertain and embolden in all its flag-waving patriotism, but instead comes across as a half-assed civics lesson at best.

At worst, the film is yet another meatheaded actioner, but with the added benefit of a needless glorification of war. Red Dawn attempts to point out how difficult it is for these everyday affluent suburban teens who must learn to kill and are forced to live in caves with no modern conveniences. But these are all horrors of war of the PG-13 variety, and it’s not long until everyone’s hooting and hollering from the rooftops as they blow up and shoot up half of Spokane, all filmed in the glories of shaky-cam incoherence (on that note, you’d think first time director Dan Bradley would know better since he spent his career as a stunt coordinator). In no time at all, our ragtag group of paper thin characters are shouting, speechifying and being oh so solemn with the best of cinema’s most clichéd war flicks. It’s the type of movie I might find dangerous or poisonous in its xenophobic, jingoistic worldview if it weren’t so dumb to begin with.

Rated PG-13 for sequences of intense war violence and action, and for language. reviewed by Justin Souther Playing at Carmike 10, Carolina Asheville Cinema 14, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande

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The Story: The Guardians of Childhood bring their collective powers together to defeat the evil machinations of Pitch Black, the bringer of nightmares.

The Lowdown: Surprisingly funny and creative with a terrific look. If you’re looking for a family film, this is it.

Rise of the Guardians turns out to be one of the year’s pleasanter surprises — and comes in a respectable third (after Frankenweenie and Paranorman) on my list of 2012 animated films. Frankly, the trailer didn’t do that much for me and I was not exactly looking forward to the film, but it’s actually a lot better than the trailer — constantly entertaining, cleverly written, enthusiastically played and

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The story is simple enough. Long-banished Pitch Black (Jude Law doing a silky Boris Karloff-like villain), the bringer of nightmares, has returned to the world and plans on spreading darkness and disbelief. It is, of course, up to the Guardians (on orders from the moon, who seems to silently be in charge of everything) to thwart his plans, but to do so, they have to recruit Jack Frost to their number. Not only does Jack have a bad attitude (born out of 400 years of solitude because no one can see him) and wants nothing to do with this, but the Easter Bunny has a grudge against him over a surprise freeze one Easter. Nonetheless, he ends up helping them — while remaining outside their circle.

This turns out to be a good thing because he has an understanding of children that the others have been too busy to remember.

Nothing all that unexpected happens, but the characterizations, the design and the animation make it something a little special. While Hugh Jackman’s ill-tempered Crocodile Dundeeish Easter Bunny is occasionally a little much, he mostly gets by on a certain charm. And a Russian accented Santa (who uses epithets like "Shostakovich" and "Rimsky-Korsakov") who employs Yeti labor (while allowing the inept elves to think they’re doing something) is a pretty delightful touch. All the characters are nicely defined, but perhaps the best one is the silent Sandman — or maybe it’s just because his silence makes a nice counterpoint and he has the coolest powers. One thing — and if you’re a parent maybe the most important one — is that it sure played well to the kids in my audience. One little boy’s fist even went up in triumph when Jack Frost got his powers back at one point. Now, that’s a kids movie. Rated PG for thematic elements and some mildly scary action. reviewed by Ken Hanke Playing at Carmike 10, Carolina Asheville Cinema 14, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande

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Keira Knightley, Jude law, aaron taylor-Johnson, domhnall gleeson, Kelly macdonald, alicia ViKander Highly Stylized Drama Bold new film version of the Tolstoy novel about the ill-fated love of a married woman falling for a dashing young man.

The most remarkable — certainly the most visually stunning — film of the year, this rethinking of Anna Karenina is a glorious spectacle of theater and film fused into a remarkable experience.

Rated R

Argo JJJJ

Ben afflecK, Bryan cranston, alan arKin, John goodman, Victor garBer Drama/Thriller The “true story” of the CIA’s attempts at removing diplomats from Iran during the hostage crisis by having agents and the diplomats pose as Canadian filmmakers working on the sci-fi picture Argo. A well-crafted, entertaining and intelligent crowd-pleaser that’s a bit too pat and Hollywood-ized to really transcend into greatness. Rated R

Cloud AtlAs JJJJJ

tom hanKs, halle Berry, Jim BroadBent, Jim sturgess, hugo weaVing, Ben whishaw, James d'arcy, doona Bae Epic Sci-Fi Romance Adventure Six interconnected stories on the same theme over hundreds of years are intercut to form a kind of cinematic tapestry or symphony. The most ambitious — and maybe magnificent — movie of the year. It’s wonderful, a little bit nuts and sure to divide audiences by its sheer audacity. Whether you love it or hate, it’s perhaps the must-see picture of 2012.

Rated R

Flight JJJ

denzel washington, don cheadle, Bruce greenwood, Kelly reilly, John goodman Problem Picture Drama An alcoholic pilot manages a remarkable feat of flying that saves a lot of lives, but his condition at the time raises legal and ethical questions. Despite a strong opening, the film quickly turns into a dramatically dubious “problem picture” about alcoholism. Good performances are not enough to change that. Rated R

here Comes the Boom JJ

KeVin James, henry winKler, salma hayeK, Bas rutten, greg germann Comedy A lazy biology teacher decides to be-

Home...where memories aree made.

come an MMA fighter in order to raise the money required to save his school’s music program. A run-of-the mill attempt at broad, feel-good comedy that’s dull, forgettable and messy. Rated PG

holy motors JJJJJ

denis laVant, edith scoB, Kylie minogue, elise lhomeau, Jeanne disson, michel Piccoli, eVa mendes, leos carax Surreal Fantasy Drama A wildly inventive surreal excursion into a day in the life of a man— apparently an actor—as he assumes a variety of strange roles. Probably the most strikingly original and inventive work of the year, but one destined to baffle—even possibly anger—some viewers, who will find its strangeness and lack of a traditional storyline off-putting. Rated NR

liFe oF Pi JJJJ

suraJ sharma, irrfan Khan, ayush tandon, gautam Belur, adil hussain, rafe sPall, gérard dePardieu Allegorical Action Drama The story of a young man and a tiger adrift for 227 days in a lifeboat and their struggle to survive. Ang Lee’s film is a triumph of technical wonders and magnificent images, but how satisfying it is on thematic and dramatic levels is likely going to be a question of personal beliefs and baggage. Rated PG

linColn JJJ

daniel day-lewis, sally field, daVid strathairn, JosePh gordon-leVitt, James sPader Historical Drama President Abraham Lincoln attempts to pass the 13th Amendment to the Constitution while the Civil War rages and various political pitfalls loom in the background. A far too dreary, stylistically drab and solemn biopic that’s buoyed by a handful of strong performances, mostly from Daniel Day-Lewis. Rated PG-13

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chris hemsworth, Josh PecK, Josh hutcherson, adrianne PalicKi, isaBel lucas Action A ragtag group of teens must fight for their freedom after a surprise invasion by North Korea. Run-of-the-mill action filmmaking and a healthy dose of xenophobic paranoia set inside a phony-feeling world full of one dimensional characters. Rated PG-13

rise oF the guArdiAns JJJJ

(Voices of) chris Pine, alec Baldwin, Jude law, isla fisher, hugh JacKman

Animated Fantasy The Guardians of Childhood bring their collective powers together to defeat the evil machinations of Pitch Black, the bringer of nightmares. Surprisingly funny and creative with a terrific look. If you’re looking for a family film, this is it. Rated PG

the sessions JJJJ

John hawKes, helen hunt, william h. macy, moon Bloodgood, anniKa marKs Uplifting Fact-based Drama Fact-based story about a man in an iron lung and his efforts to have sexual relations. The Sessions largely fulfills its promise as a frequently amusing, sometimes touching little movie of the uplifting variety, but never quite transcends this sense of well-intentioned TV drama. Rated R

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daniel craig, Judi dench, JaVier Bardem, ralPh fiennes, naomie harris, alBert finney, Ben whishaw James Bond Action James Bond comes to grips with whether his type of agent still has a place in the modern world while taking down a revengeseeking cyber-terrorist. Slick and good to look at, Skyfall does some things very well, but goes on too long and wants to be weightier than it is.

Rated PG-13

the twilight sAgA: BreAKing dAwn — PArt 2 JJJ

Kristen stewart, roBert Pattinson, taylor lautner, Peter facinelli, elizaBeth reaser, michael sheen Soapy Horror It’s the big showdown between the Cullens and the Volturi in the final episode of The Twilight Saga — and if you don’t know who they are, this probably isn’t for you. Less stylish, but more entertaining than Breaking Dawn — Part 1, this still isn’t much of a movie — unless you’re a fan. And in that case, no criticism will matter.

Rated PG-13

wreCK-it rAlPh JJJ

(Voices) John c. reilly, sarah silVerman, Jane lynch, alan tudyK Animated Kiddie Flick Video-game bad guy Wreck-It Ralph wants to become a hero and leaves his own game in search of that goal in other games. It’s not actually bad (though it sure didn’t need to be as long as it is by about 20 minutes) and John C. Reilly puts his all into the lead voice, but neither is it all that good. Small children may like it. Rated PG

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It's been five years since Andrew Dominik brought out the critically-acclaimed, but not exactly box office hit The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. Now he's back with the same star (Brad Pitt) in a — so far — even better reviewed film, Killing Them Softly, which promises to be more popular with the general public. The studio tells us: "Three dumb guys who think they're smart rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse. Brad Pitt plays the enforcer hired to track them down and restore order." The word is that it's a solid thriller with style and black comedy. However, those reviews are primarily from the U.K. and Australia, which can be deceptive. (R)

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Even die-hard horror fans will be forgiven for having forgotten about the utterly forgettable The Collector from 2009, so pardonable surprise may be evidenced at the appearance of a sequel from the same director, Marcus Dunstan. This is The Collection, about which we are told: "When Elena's (Emma Fitzpatrick) friends take her to a secret party at an undisclosed location, she never imagined she would become the latest victim of The Collector, a psychopathic killer. The Collector kidnaps and transports her to an abandoned hotel he's transformed into his own private maze of torture and death. Upon learning of his daughter's disappearance, Elena's wealthy father (Christopher McDonald) hires a group of mercenaries to retrieve her from the vicious grips of The Collector." Now, this creation currently boasts a 100 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes — from five critics, three of whom are from sites that specialize in genre stuff. Bear in mind, the first film ended up at 30 percent. (R)

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The ManiTou JJJJ horror raTed PG In Brief: There is a strong possibility that William Girdler’s The Manitou (1978) is the most preposterous horror movie of all time — and with one of the most peculiar casts ever assembled, starting with 53-year-old Tony Curtis as a swinging psychic of dubious authenticity. But really, how can anyone resist a movie that involves a 400-year-old medicine man growing as a tumor on Susan Strasberg’s back? Yes, that really is the premise. Honest.

The Thursday Horror Picture Show will screen The Maintou Thursday, Nov. 29 at 8 p.m. in the Cinema Lounge of The Carolina Asheville and will be hosted by Xpress movie critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther.

ToP haT JJJJJ Musical coMedy raTed nr In Brief: Long considered the best of the Astaire-Rogers movies, Top Hat has been downgraded to second place in recent years, but it remains a pure delight. After all, you’ve got Fred and Ginger, a studio-created Venice, a script that’s both witty and silly, great supporting players, stylish direction and five Irving Berlin songs. Movies don’t get much better — and few ever get this good.

The Asheville Film Society will screen Top Hat Tuesday, Dec. 4 at 8 p.m. in the Cinema Lounge of The Carolina Asheville and will be hosted by Xpress movie critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther.

y Tu MaMá TaMbién JJJJJ draMa raTed nr In Brief: Alfonso Cuarón’s brilliant and occasionally shocking (to some) 2001 film that translates the American “road film” into Mexican terms of both a sexual and political nature in a story about two indolent young men and an older woman on a trip to a beach that may not even exist. Perceptive and moving and as fresh today as it was when it was first released.

Classic World Cinema by Courtyard Gallery will present Y Tu Mamá También Friday, Nov. 30 at 8 p.m. at Phil Mechanic Studios, 109 Roberts St., River Arts District, upstairs in the Railroad Library).

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Case load is predominately court referred youth and their families receiving Intensive In-Home and Basic Benefit Therapy. For more information contact Aaron Plantenberg, aaron.plantenberg@ meridianbhs.org Clinician Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACTT) Must have Master’s degree and be

licensed/license-eligible. For more information, please contact Kristy Whitaker, kristy.whitaker@meridianbhs.org Clinician Offender Services Program Seeking a Licensed/Associate Licensed Clinician. For more information, contact Diane Paige, diane.paige@meridianbhs. org Nurse Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACTT) Must be an RN. For more information, please contact Kristy Whitaker, kristy.whitaker@meridianbhs.org Qualla Boundary: Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP) Must have mental health degree and two years experience. Case load is predominately Eastern Band of Cherokee Indian court referred youth and their families receiving Intensive In-Home services. For more information contact Aaron Plantenberg, aaron.plantenberg@ meridianbhs.org • For further information and to complete an application, visit our website: www.meridianbhs. org/open-positions.html FamIly enGaGement PROJeCt COORdInatOR - Part-time Contracted Position/Flexible Hours. Supported by a three year Race To The Top Grant. Mountain Area Child and Family Center (MACFC), Asheville, NC. Start Date: December 2012 • Exciting opportunity to design and shape a program of regional impact supporting parental involvement in the education of their young children. • Enhance the Family Engagement Program at MACFC to serve as a model. • Facilitate/ Coordinate trainings in family engagement for licensed providers of early care and education in a four county region. • Provide coaching and followup support services on a small scale to centers in a four county area building their capacity to support and engage families.

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IntensIVe In-HOme team leadeR • Barium springs Home for Children has an opening for an Intensive In-Home Team Leader in Franklin, NC. To perform duties associated with admission and retention of new and existing consumers to Intensive In-Home program. Provide clinical expertise and oversight for the Intensive In-Home Team. Minimum of Master's Degree and 1 year experience in a human service field and N.C. licensure in on the of following disciplines: LPC, LCSW, LMFT. A minimum of 1 year post degree experience working with same or similar client population required. Send resume to: Becky Totherow, BSHC. PO Box 1, Barium Springs, NC 28010, Fax: 704-832-2258.

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PeeR sUPPORt sPeCIalIST • MERIDIAN BEHAVIORal HealtH Positions open for Peer Support Specialists to work in a number of our recovery-oriented programs for individuals with substance abuse and/or mental health challenges.

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freewillastrology SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) If you say “rabbit rabbit rabbit” as soon as you wake up on the first day of the month, you will have good luck for the next 30 to 31 days. At least that’s how reality works according to a British superstition. But judging from your astrological omens, I don’t think you will have to resort to magic tricks like that to stimulate your good fortune. In the next four weeks, I suspect you will be the beneficiary of a flood of cosmic mojo, as well as a surge of divine woowoo, a shower of astral juju and an upwelling of universal googoo gaga. If it would give you even more confidence to invoke your favorite superstitions, though, go right ahead.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19)

"They are trying to make me into a fixed star," complained religious leader Martin Luther a few centuries ago. "I am an irregular planet." I invite you to use that declaration as your own in the coming weeks. You have every right to avoid being pinned down, pigeonholed and forced to be consistent. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you need abundant freedom to mutate your identity.

You deserve a poetic license that allows you to play a variety of different roles and explore the pleasures of unpredictable self-expression.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) "The Star-Spangled Banner" is America's national anthem. It features the lyrics of a patriotic poem written by Francis Scott Key. But the melody itself is entirely lifted from a bawdy old song that celebrates Bacchus, the ancient god of wine and ecstatic dancing. I love it when things are repurposed as dramatically as that. Do you? The coming weeks will be prime time to repurpose stuff with creative abandon. Make the past useful for the future, Taurus. Turn good old ideas into fantastic new ones. Don't just recycle; transform.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) I'm guessing that in the coming weeks you will be receiving a multitude of inquiries, invitations and temptations — probably more than you feel capable of responding to, and certainly more than you should respond to. A few of these opportunities might be appealing and lead to interesting adventures. But some will be useless, diversionary, or trivial.

Will you be able to tell the difference? That's your big challenge. If you'd like help dodging unwanted solicitations, give out this phone number as your own: 212.479.7990. It's a free service provide by "The Rejection Line" at Rejectionline.com. People calling that number will be politely told you aren't available.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) For millennia, the plant known as the yellow avalanche lily has thrived on mountain slopes and meadows throughout western North America. It blooms early in the spring, just in time for broad-tailed hummingbirds that migrate from Central America to sip the flower's nectar. But now there's a problem

with that ancient arrangement. Due to global warming, the lily now blossoms 17 days earlier than it used to. But the hummingbirds haven't made an adjustment in their schedule, so they're barely showing up in time to get their full allotment of nectar. I suspect this is a metaphor for a shift you may be facing in your own life rhythm.

Fortunately, you've been forewarned, and you can adjust better than the hummingbirds.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) In our calendar, there is no special holiday devoted to honoring the joy and power of rebellion. This oversight confounds me. All my experience tells me that the urge to revolt is a fundamental human need. Every one of us has a sacred duty to regularly rise up and overthrow a stale status quo that is oppressing us — whether that's an organized group effort we're part of or our own deadening routine. I'm telling you this, Leo, because it's an excellent time to celebrate your own Rebellion Jubilee. Your vitality will soar as you shed numbing habits and decaying traditions.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Recently you've had resemblances to an eightyear-old kid wearing the pajamas you loved when you were five. Your bare arms are jutting out beyond where the sleeves end, and there's a similar thing going on with your legs. The fabric is ripped here and there because it can't accommodate how much you've grown. You're feeling discomfort in places where the overly tight fit is squeezing your flesh. All of this is somewhat cute but mostly alarming. I wish you would wean yourself of the past and update your approach.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) A lot of leopard frogs live on Staten Island, one of New York City's five boroughs. Most of them make a sound that resembles a long snore or a rapid chuckle. But over the years, biologists have also detected a third type of frogly expression: a clipped, repetitive croak. Just this year, they finally figured out that this belonged to an entirely distinct species of leopard frog that they had never before identified. It's still so new it doesn't have a name yet. I expect a metaphorically similar development in your life, Libra.

You will become aware of a secret that has been hiding in plain sight. You will "find" something that actually revealed itself to you some time ago.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Tom Tolbert is a sports talk show host on San Francisco radio station KNBR. I am amazingly neutral about him. Nothing he says fascinates me or mirrors my own thoughts. On the other hand, he never makes me mad and he's not boring. I neither like him nor dislike him. I simply see him for who he is, without any regard for what he can do for me. He has become a symbol of the possibility that I'm able to look at a human being with complete impartiality, having no wish for him to be different from what he is. In the coming week, I suggest you try to achieve this enlightened state of mind on a regular basis. It's prime time, astrologically speaking, to ripen your mastery of the art of objectivity.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) According to Greek myth, Perseus cut off the head of Medusa. She was the creature whose hair was composed of snakes and whose gaze could turn a person into stone. The immortal winged horse Pegasus was instantaneously born from Medusa's blood. He ultimately became an ally to the nine Muses and Zeus relied on him to carry thunder and lightning. I predict that while you're sleeping, Capricorn, you will have a dream that contains elements of this myth. Here's a preliminary interpretation of that dream: You are undergoing a transition that could in a sense give you the power of flight and a more abundant access to a muse.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) It's time for you to be leader of the pack, Aquarius; to take your gang to the next level; to make sure the group mind isn't suppressing innovation and enforcing peer pressure but is rather inspiring every member of the tribe to be as creative as they dare to be. And if it's not realistic for you to wield that much power, then do whatever you can to synergize the alliances that hold your posse together.

Build team morale. Gossip constructively.

Conspire to animate an influx of fresh magic.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) If you're a food company that wants to sell chicken in the shape of a chicken wing, it must have actual chicken wing meat in it.

Otherwise, the law says you've got to call your product "wyngz." I've always thought that there's a lot of information the media presents as "news" that is really as fake as wyngz. That's why I advocate calling the bogus stuff "newzak" (rhymes with "muzak").

Your assignment in the coming weeks, Pisces, is to make sure you're not putting out any wyngz- or newzak-like stuff in your own chosen field. The fates will help you rather dramatically if you put a high premium on authenticity.

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