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letters ASHEVILLE’S PLAN TO END HOMELESSNESS IS WORKING An April 16 mountainx.com story included photos from the Asheville Homeless Network’s visit to Mayor Bellamy’s office, where they were able to share their views with city staff about homelessness and housing in our community [“Asheville Street People Claim ...

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At Homeward Bound, we’re grateful to be part of a community with leadership that’s responsive to its homeless constituents. Mayor Bellamy and the city have been very supportive of the 10-year plan to end homelessness, as well as our agency’s work to implement that plan with permanent housing and support.

As folks from the Homeless Network expressed, criminalization of homelessness has been an issue across the country. Criminalizing homelessness harms everyone: taxpayer dollars are wasted on police and jail time, and people who are homeless acquire more barriers to accessing housing and stability. For those reasons, Mayor Bellamy and our local government have supported creation and implementation of the 10-year plan to end homelessness and have focused public resources on the solution: housing and support. Housing solves much of the criminalization problem, since many of the activities people who are homeless are arrested for — such as trespassing or public urination — are simply the result of not having a home.

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IS MOFFITT REINVENTING THE SULLIVAN ACTS? There are three laws on the books called the Sullivan Acts. In all of North Carolina, they apply only to the city of Asheville. One of those laws prohibits Asheville from charging a higher water rate outside the city limits, as other cities in the state do.

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As we approach the May 8 North Carolina primary, I strongly encourage people to vote against Amendment One. While people are free to their own thinking about gay/lesbian relationships, they should not be free to impose this thinking on others, especially when what is at stake has much broader implications than gay marriage.

While proponents of Amendment One focus on defining marriage as a union between “one man and one woman,” the devastating ramifications of amending our state constitution to reflect this narrow focus are many and include invalidating domestic violence protections for all unmarried partners; stripping domestic partnerships of insurance benefits; and impacting adversely both child custody issues and end-of-life directives. To those who feel they’re in a position to impose these judgments and devastating consequences on others, I ask that you think again.

I encourage all who favor imposing their harsh judgments on others whose lifestyle differs from their own to consider the words of U Thant, former UN General Secretary: Elevate the human element. These words were spoken during the Vietnam War, when “collateral damage” became a euphemism for “killing of innocent civilians.” I was recently reminded of this quote by Ann Morrison-Welch, who spoke recently at Mars Hill College about life after her husband’s self-immolation, the ultimate statement of protest against the war.

In the case of Amendment One, “elevating the human element” shows us real human beings who are the targets of discrimination; these human beings are our colleagues, our neighbors, our sons, our daughters, people who’ve become united, in whatever form, out of love and caring; they are not the enemy. If we consider ourselves good neighbors, parents, and people of faith (whatever our faith), we refrain from judgment and affirm caring and kindness. May North Carolina be a state that leads not out of discrimination but out of love — vote against on May 8.

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CONCERN FOR MANY I am concerned that many people do not understand the consequences of Amendment One. The way it is written, many heterosexual people, as well as gay and lesbian people, will probably lose benefits and rights if it is passed

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correction In the April 18 election article “Wide Open,” we misspelled Buncombe County Commissioner District 3 candidate Michelle Pace Wood’s last name in her photo caption.

In the Earth Day story “A Christian Environmentalist,” we need to clarify that author Mallory McDuff spent three years researching her first book Natural Saints; her second book, Sacred Acts, is an anthology. Also, Georgia Interfaith Power and Light is the branch of the national initiative that conducted 76 energy audits.

— those who have domestic partnerships (gay, lesbian, heterosexual), children, those abused and not legally married, for example.

For more information, visit protectncfamalies. org. Please vote against Amendment One. — Dorothy Donaldson Asheville

REISINGER IS A 21ST CENTURY MAN While Drew Reisinger’s accomplishments as register of deeds are impressive, they are not the least bit surprising. I had the privilege of working with Drew before he was elected to public office and was always struck by his energy, his creativity in addressing a challenge, and his ability to lead and inspire others while still playing solidly for the team.

Drew has demonstrated how elected officials can function in a common-sense, non-partisan manner to create change that benefits everyone.

Who can argue with streamlining operations to save money? Drew reduced his office’s budget by over $200,000. Who can argue with better accommodating a diverse constituency? Spanish translation services are now available in person, over the phone and online. Who can argue with removing barriers to payment? Drew’s office now takes debit/credit cards. Who can argue with harnessing technology to improve service delivery? The register of deeds website is now a genuine resource, not a confusing maze.

Thanks to Drew, the register of deeds is now a 21st century operation that addresses the needs of today’s Buncombe County citizens. He deserves your vote.

— Alex Kirby Asheville

LOCAL IMPACTS OF GLOBAL WARMING Do you love North Carolina, its unique mountain forests, stellar beaches and productive farms?

If so, actively support legislation to stop global warming, because our natural heritage is at risk.

Local damage is already occurring from increasing temperatures, changing rain patterns and rising seas.

Western North Carolina's mountains feature unique and beautiful plant communities evolved to occupy the highest peaks east of the Rockies.

For other Molton cartoons, check out our Web page at www.mountainx.com/cartoons As temperatures warm, plants migrate north and uphill. But, on WNC's highest mountains those special plant communities cannot move higher, nor to the north, so they face extinction.

Chances are that you vacation on the beautiful beaches of the Carolinas. Some of the fondest memories of my youth formed there. But, with global warming comes local sea rise. Already, the government spends millions on sand replenishment for Carolina beaches. Already, beachfront communities are more vulnerable to dangerous storm surges. In the decades to come, scientists say that N.C. is one of three states most vulnerable to loss of land to sea rise: not just the barrier islands, but tens of thousands of acres behind them, too.

WNC supports a wonderland of small farms that provide us with nutritious local food. Rising temperatures, though, cause heat waves and drought, with obvious repercussions for agriculture. Also, heavy rain events are more frequent, increasing flooding, runoff and erosion: more bad news for our farmers.

Don't buy into industry-driven “debate”: more than 95 percent of climate scientists agree that we have already significantly raised global temperature by burning dirty coal and oil. Exxon and Koch Industries peddle doubt to avoid regulation, just like the tobacco industry did for decades. Delay means gargantuan profits for them, at the cost of our natural heritage. Political action is the answer: contact the president, and vote for climate realists, not deniers, in upcoming elections.

— Benjamin Gillum Asheville

TERRY BELLAMY WILL FIGHT FOR MEDICARE I am a resident of North Carolina’s 10th District and will be a new Medicare recipient in May of 2012. That makes me very supportive of the Medicare guarantee. Without it, I’m not sure that I’d be able to afford health care. I am not a wealthy individual; therefore, I need all the help I can get to maintain a healthy existence.

Politicians who put themselves and wealthy companies ahead of average and poor Americans sicken me. People like Sen. Patrick McHenry could never convince me that I should vote for them because they don’t have my best interest at heart.

I have paid into Medicare all of my working life. Privatizing or changing the way Social Security and Medicare are dispensed will take away many of the present benefits seniors now depend on. We’ve paid for and deserve the protection Medicare was designed to give. Protecting tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires can never be the right thing to do.

Terry Bellamy is a politician who speaks up for the people. She will fight for Medicare and other programs that are designed to help seniors. She will not let seniors again pay the price while millionaires are protected.

— Sarah Williams Asheville

PATSY KEEVER STANDS UP FOR WOMEN — STAND UP FOR HER What interesting times we live in. Extremists are focusing on women, as they always do, both here and abroad. The right wing wants to control decisions women make about their health and their bodies. Even here at home, even in the 21st century, we still have to stand up for women’s rights.

Patsy Keever and Terry Bellamy are competing against each other on May 8, in the Democratic Primary, 10th District, for Congress. Bellamy is anti-choice. Patsy Keever is pro-choice. Please vote for Patsy. She consistently defends a woman's right to choose.

Please stand up for the woman who stands up for you — Patsy Keever.

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THE PEOPLE OF THIS STATE KNOW BETTER NORTH CAROLINA’S AMENDMENT ONE

BY NELDA HOLDER Preamble to the North Carolina State Constitution: We, the people of the State of North Carolina, grateful to Almighty God, the Sovereign Ruler of Nations, for the preservation of the American Union and the existence of our civil, political and religious liberties, and acknowledging our dependence upon Him for the continuance of those blessings to us and our posterity, do, for the more certain security thereof and for the better government of this State, ordain and establish this Constitution.

The Preamble to the North Carolina Constitution, speaking for "We, the people," urges the constitution's establishment "for the better government of this State." For this historic reason alone, it would follow that a constitutional amendment should be a serious political consideration stemming from a clear need to improve government on behalf of all the people of the state.

But on May 8, in my native state of North Carolina, there is a constitutional amendment on the ballot that fails that historic standard.

It is an amendment that causes alarm in the state’s business community because of its potentially negative effect on hiring and employee benefits. It is an amendment that takes away the power of local governments to decide on certain benefits for staff. And it is an amendment fraught with legal complications that reach into the private lives of thousands in this state who currently live as domestic partners — including any unmarried couple raising children together.

And then there are the questions about the wording of the amendment itself. What voters will see on the ballot is different from the full text that would be inserted into our Constitution, if passed. And that text has raised serious questions for the state's Constitutional Amendments Publication Commission, which is required by statute to evaluate proposed amendments.

The commission — whose members include the secretary of state, the attorney general and the General Assembly's legislative services officer — is obligated to develop an "Official Explanation of Constitutional Amendment" for such ballot questions. And for Amendment One, the commission makes note of several important factors: • A current North Carolina law, enacted in 1996, says that marriage between individuals of the same sex is not valid in the state.

THIS AMENDMENT SPROUTED FROM THE LIMITED REALM OF GROUP IDEOLOGY INSTEAD OF THE RICHER GROUND OF INCLUSIVE THINKING. IT IS NO SURPRISE, THEN, THAT IT WOULD BEAR BITTER FRUIT. • The term "domestic legal union" in the proposed constitutional amendment is "not defined in North Carolina law," causing a debate among legal experts about how the amendment may impact unmarried couples of the same or opposite sex — particularly in regard to employmentrelated benefits for domestic partners, domestic-violence laws, child custody and visitation rights, and end-of-life arrangements. Courts will "ultimately make those decisions," the opinion states.

• The full wording of the amendment (which does not appear on the ballot) does say that private parties may still enter into contracts creating enforceable rights — meaning unmarried persons, businesses and other private parties "may be able to enter into agreements," but the "courts will decide the extent to which such contracts can be enforced."

And so we, the people of this state, have been asked to vote on a constitutional amendment that promises years of litigation and foretells untold complications in the lives of such vulnerable individuals as the children on your street whose parents are not married. Or elderly couples who live together without marrying in order to retain individual retirement or medical benefits. Or the victims of domestic abuse.

Or the partners in a same-sex relationship who must pay hundreds of dollars for legal documents that may — or may not — protect their joint assets and mutually determined healthcare directives.

The elephant in the room, of course, is the fact that this amendment was created to keep samesex couples from having rights equal to those of heterosexual couples in the state. It enshrines one-man, one-woman as the only "domestic legal union" to be allowed protection under the law. In doing so, it turns its back on the goal of promoting the good of all, and instead promotes the inequality of North Carolina's citizens.

This amendment sprouted from the limited realm of group ideology instead of the richer ground of inclusive thinking. It is no surprise, then, that it would bear bitter fruit: any number of legal and societal detriments that can affect children, parents, domestic-violence victims, the elderly, as well as its target group — samesex partners.

Voting against this amendment is voting against enshrining exclusive ideology in the constitution of this state. Voting against this amendment is refusing to undermine domestic protections for individuals in a variety of personal household configurations. Voting against this amendment is upholding the rights of businesses and local governments to recognize the reality of domestic partnerships.

And voting against this amendment is telling the Legislature that the people of this state know better. X Contributing editor Nelda Holder can be reached at nholder@gmail.com.

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BY JAKE FRANKEL Two popular Asheville politicians are competing in the May 8 Democratic primary to represent the party in the 10th Congressional District, which was redrawn last year to include most of the city.

Asheville Mayor Terry Bellamy and state Rep. Patsy Keever are both making the case that they're the party's strongest candidate, with each touting experiences and views that they say will serve them best in a fall campaign — and in Congress. (Rutherfordton resident Timothy Murphy is also on the Democratic primary ballot, but has comparatively less campaign money and political experience.)

Neither Bellamy nor Keever is a stranger to hard-fought primaries: Then-Asheville City Council member Bellamy picked off incumbent Mayor Charles Worley in the 2005 primary to win her current position; Keever defeated Statehouse incumbent Bruce Goforth in the 2010 primary to win hers. (Keever also won the 11th District congressional primary in 2004 but went on to lose the general election against Republican Rep. Charles Taylor.)

But to outflank each other and earn a spot on the November ballot, each faces a big challenge this year: consolidating support here in the mountains where they're known best, while reaching out to Democrats in a geographically and culturally diverse area that stretches southeast all the way to Gaston County.

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Tough choice: Democrats are choosing between two experienced local politicians in the 10th Congressional District primary: Asheville Mayor Terry Bellamy (left) and Statehouse Rep. Patsy Keever (right).

Photos by Max Cooper And the winner must then prepare for what's likely to be a tough general-election fight with powerful GOP incumbent Patrick McHenry in an area that historically has leaned Republican.

EARLY SUCCESS Bellamy won the city's top job at the age of 33, becoming the youngest mayor in North Carolina and the first African American to ever serve in the local post. She currently works as the executive director for the ARC of Buncombe County, a nonprofit that helps people with developmental disabilities. She previously served as the marketing and development manager for Mountain Housing Opportunities, a nonprofit that helps lower-income people buy homes in Buncombe County.

All of that, Bellamy argues, gives her "broader experience" than Keever.

"I have more experience on diverse issues. I can point to the number of jobs I have helped create, the positive partnerships I've helped create," she says.

For example, she "was part of the discussion" with Linamar and New Belgium executives that resulted in plans to build production facilities here and eventually create about 550 local jobs that pay higher-than-average wages.

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Bellamy also ticks off a long list of other economic efforts she's most proud of engaging in as mayor, including changing the city's Unified Development Ordinance to "make it more businessfriendly," lobbying for the N.C. film-incentive program "to help more movies come be filmed" in the state, and channeling federal stimulus and N.C. Community Development Initiative dollars to local programs.

But Bellamy’s years in office haven't been immune from criticism — especially in regard to certain equality issues.

Her opposition to same-sex partner benefits for city employees and to an "equality" resolution, which created a domesticpartnership registry and established an anti-bullying ordinance, outraged many local progressives.

Most recently, she rankled some when campaign business caused her to miss City Council's April 10 vote on a resolution to officially oppose Amendment One. However, she says she supports her fellow Council members in their unanimous opposition.

"I still continue to believe that marriage is between a man and a woman. However, this amendment is far-reaching. We already have on the books a definition of marriage, and it already addresses this issue," she says.

In contrast, Keever goes further than just opposing the amendment, casting the issue of same-sex marriage as a civil-rights issue.

"What people choose to do with their religious rights, their religious rituals, is one thing, but marriage is a contract with the state, and everybody should have the same right to that contract," she argues.

LESSONS LEARNED Like Bellamy, Keever asserts that her range of experience sets her apart.

"I think I've had much more experience than Terry has. I think I can relate to a wider variety of people," she said in January when she announced her candidacy.

Keever served 12 years on the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners, and she considers her efforts to spearhead junkcar and sign ordinances, improve composting and litter-pickup services and create an economic-development partnership with the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce among her biggest accomplishments.

Since 2010, Keever has served in the General Assembly, where, she says, her ability to distinguish herself has been hampered by an overreaching GOP majority.

"The Republican leadership has done everything in its power to strip us of any say so in anything," she says. They also stripped

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her of her Statehouse seat, drawing her residence out of the district she currently represents and leading her to decide to run for Congress.

But she's taken pride in casting votes against GOP-backed bills like the Women's Right to Know Act, which she calls "atrocious" and "a complete intrusion into a woman's right to have control over her body."

The freshman legislator also earned accolades from the North Carolina League of Conservation Voters, which ranked her among the most "green" members of the legislature.

But like her chief primary opponent, some of Keever's positions have created controversy — particularly her decision last year to cast the lone vote in the Statehouse against a bill that banned people on the sex-offender registry from being able to work as emergency-service providers. At the time, the Buncombe County Republican Party pounced on the issue, releasing a statement calling it evidence of poor judgment and a "sick mindset.”

Keever stands behind the move, despite anticipating that it might be used to attack her as the campaign continues.

"I'm sure it will be brought up against me in the race,” she says.

The vote, she adds, was a statement of protest. “It was a vote to say we really need to look at the sex-offender registry," she says, and she consulted with district attorneys and other experts before concluding it was the correct course. "My feeling is you have to do the right thing, and if you're concerned about being re-elected and that's your biggest concern, than you should be out of office.”

The most fulfilling part of serving in the General Assembly has been constituent service, Keever says, noting that it would also be a key duty she would look forward to as a member of Congress.

But it’s her 25 years of experience teaching in the Buncombe County school system that Keever says has done more to shape how she would serve in Washington than anything else.

"When you're a teacher, you teach every one of your students — you don't choose who you have," she says. "I've always felt it was the same thing as a representative. Whether I was a county commish, or in statehouse, or if I'm in Congress, it's about your relationships with people."

• Go to the State Board of Elections’ Voter Lookup page (avl.mx/d2). Click on "My Election Information." Fill in the blanks and click "submit" to confirm your party status, precinct number and voting location. You can also view personalized sample ballots, depending on how you’re registered (Democratic, Libertarian, Republican or unaffiliated), which tell you which candidates will be on your ballot. Unaffiliated voters can choose any party’s ballot or a nonpartisan ballot containing only the proposed amendment to the state constitution (which appears on all of them).

WHEN AND WHERE TO VOTE To vote in the primary, you must be registered. The registration deadline was Friday, April 13, but you can still take advantage of same-day registration during early voting.

In Buncombe County, early voting runs from Thursday, April 19, through Saturday, May 5. Polls are open Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., except on April 5, when the hours are 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

There are 11 early-voting locations this year: • North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. • Black Mountain Library, 105 N. Dougherty St. • South Buncombe Library, 260 Overlook Road • Fairview Library, 1 Taylor Road • West Asheville Library, 942 Haywood Road • Biltmore Square Mall, 800 Brevard Road • Buncombe County Training Center, 199 College St. • Kenilworth Presbyterian Church, 139 Kenilworth Road • Lutheran Church of the Nativity, 2425 Hendersonville Road • Justice Athletic Center (UNCA), 1 University Heights • Weaverville Town Hall, 30 S. Main St. Voting on May 8 takes place at individual precincts throughout the county. To find out your precinct, or for information about absentee ballots or other voting issues, call Buncombe County Election Services at 250-4200.

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NATIONAL STAGE, LOCAL PROBLEMS If elected, both Bellamy and Keever say they'll focus on issues that voters say are important to the region.

Bellamy is particularly interested in working on committees related to housing and transportation, "because those are big issues impacting the district, issues that deal with infrastructure."

Polk County is in need of funding to improve its water and sewage system, Rutherford County is dealing with a housing crisis, and highway upgrades are needed in Cleveland County, she reports. And much of the district is plagued with closed manufacturing plants that need remediation money to clean them up and attract new businesses, she adds.

"My goal is to make sure they're getting the resources they need at the federal level that they deserve, that have been neglected," Bellamy says. However, she cautions, "There's not a silver bullet that's going to solve all our ills."

For her part, Keever says that she agrees on the need for more federal spending on infrastructure improvements, noting that she strongly supported the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and President Barack Obama's $447 billion jobs bill that Congress denied last year.

"The federal stimulus has made a huge difference. It's kept our schools going. I would love to see us do more stimulus if we can," she says.

"There's so much infrastructure that needs to be done — and we could be creating jobs as government."

In Congress, Keever says, she'd be most excited about working on issues related to education, health and the environment. "I want to be part of President Obama's team,” she declares. “I want to be part of the team that looks out for working Americans.”

Keever sees opportunities to help spread successful local projects such as the small-business incubator at A-B Tech to other parts of the district. And like Bellamy, she notes that she wants to "get manufacturing back where we can."

The two candidates are largely in agreement when it comes to the 2010 Health Care Act, offering praise for provisions that allow kids to stay on their parents' insurance until the age of 26 and limit the ability of insurers to deny coverage to those with pre-existing conditions. Other areas, such as the "individual mandate," need to be tweaked, they agree.

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"Let's fix what needs to be fixed. But you don't throw the whole piece of legislation out because there are issues," Bellamy says. In the long-term, Keever says she supports a singlepayer insurance system in which one public or quasi-public agency organizes financing nationwide.

ROCKY ROAD AHEAD? Regardless of which Democrat wins in May, the numbers indicate that that candidate will have a difficult path to victory in November.

Although registered Democrats outnumber Republicans 185,817 to 168,405 in the newly drawn district, the 118,126 unaffiliated voters likely hold the key to success. And historically, they've heavily favored McHenry, who's won four straight terms. What’s more, according to Cliff Moone, the state Democratic Party’s 10th District chair, the area also holds "a lot of DINOs — Democrats in name only."

One indication of which way the winds might blow: In 2008, voters in the district’s territory favored Sen. John McCain over Obama 190,074 votes to 140,050 (Obama won the state overall).

McHenry seems poised to easily win the May 8 primary against Republican challengers Ken Fortenberry and Don Peterson. And, as in years past, he's proving to be an adept fundraiser, pulling in a whopping $786,375 since his last victory in 2010.

Meanwhile, Bellamy raised $121,356, and Keever raised $114,258, over the first three months of 2012. And both argue they're wellpositioned for victory in the fall.

McHenry, says Keever, might be more vulnerable than the numbers indicate.

"You just wouldn't believe how people dislike him, personally," she asserts. "They feel like he's not representing them, that his constituent service is not good."

Meanwhile, Bellamy reiterates that she's uniquely positioned to unite people and says she's determined to outwork all her opponents.

Regardless of party affiliation, she says, "We all have some of the same issues, and we all want good government, better government, stronger communities.” X Jake Frankel can be reached at 251-1333, ext.

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THE PLIGHT OF THE MENTALLY ILL IN ADULT-CARE HOMES

BY CAITLIN BYRD A familiar yet distressing tale unwound at the April 17 Buncombe County commissioners meeting — one involving too many mentally ill people living in adult-care homes that cannot meet the needs of their residents.

"It's not the clinically correct placement for these individuals," asserted county Social Services Director Mandy Stone. "We see these individuals cycle in and out of court systems, and in and out of jail, and they're not receiving the care they need."

Adult-care homes, also known as assisted living facilities, house older adults and disabled residents who may require 24-hour supervision and help with personal-care needs. Last year, however, a U.S. Department of Justice investigation found that North Carolina, which licenses adult-care homes, mishandled the placement of mental-health patients in these homes, and violated the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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THE HUMAN IMPACT Even though state law forbids adult-care homes from admitting residents for the treatment of mental illness, a 2010 report from the N.C. Institute of Medicine notes that 24.7 percent of total adult-care-home residents in the Tar Heel state had a mental illness. However, county Adult Services Program Manager Jennifer Chilton told commissioners that the typical adult-care-home resident she encounters has a primary diagnosis of a mental illness and a high level of need.

"There's really no alternative housing or supportive community options that are available, or are readily available to them," she said, saying these people then end up in adult-care homes, often taking on average 15 medications a day. Unfortunately, she continued, this can spell disaster for residents in situations that happen frequently.

"When residents end up in jail, on the streets, or shuffled from adult-care home to adult-care home, which they often do, this results in a loss of stability for their medication and behavior management, many times leading to an inpatient psychiatric hospitalization," Chilton explained.

Curtis Venable, a local attorney working with DSS on the adult-care-homes issue, maintained that this is what happens to residents in these situations because they have nowhere else to go. "This is sort of the end of the line for a lot of these folks, and it's either one of these facilities or you're under a bridge, literally," he said.

Though she says local agencies do their best to help these residents, it remains a challenge, and Chilton compared the process to "trying to fit an unmatched puzzle piece into place."

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“THIS IS SORT OF THE END OF THE LINE FOR A LOT OF THESE FOLKS, AND IT’S EITHER ONE OF THESE FACILITIES OR YOU’RE UNDER A BRIDGE, LITERALLY.” LAWYER, CURTIS VENABLE In its letter last July to state officials, the Department of Justice squarely placed the blame on the state for failing to develop enough community-based mental-health-service settings. Instead, the state has chosen to fund a “substantial portion of the cost of providing care in adult- care homes.”

“The State plans, oversees, funds, and regulates programs and services for individuals with mental illness in a manner that leaves thousands of individuals with mental illness isolated in large, segregated adult-care homes,” the letter notes. “The State’s failure to redirect resources and its failure to prioritize community-based settings over institutional care has confined thousands of people with mental illness unnecessarily and indefinitely in adult-care homes and puts many others at risk of unnecessary institutionalization.”

THE FISCAL IMPACT For Buncombe County, dealing with the situation has not been cheap.

During the 2010-11 fiscal year, officials found that it cost the county $941,915 — or almost $78,000 per month — to provide services to three homes that were the highest users of county services. Those services include costs involved with sending law enforcement, emergency-medical technicians or firefighters to respond to calls at the home, housing residents in jail, admissions to Mission Hospital's emergency room and required DSS services.

In total, Buncombe County has 87 adult-care homes — more than any other county in North Carolina. However, the county's adult services program administrator, Angie Pittman, noted that about 50 percent of residents have no ties to Buncombe County before their admission.

Yet they often form infamous relationships with the Buncombe County Sheriff's Department.

THE LAW ENFORCEMENT IMPACT During fiscal year 2010-11, sheriff's deputies made 237 calls to one adult-care home, costing $10,665 in services. In fiscal year 2009-10, the same home made 144 calls, costing $6,480 in services.

But Sheriff Van Duncan said this was nothing new for the department.

"We have been dealing with the adult-carehome problem for quite some time. When you go back and look at the data and calls for service, it's been going on since before this administration took office," he told the commissioners, adding, "I think it's extremely important that everybody understands the crisis that we're in."

For example, Duncan reported that crimes committed by residents of at least one home in Candler have "wreaked havoc" in the surrounding community. "We've had some serious breaking and enterings in that community where we've had

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homeowners say that it was only by the grace of God and a little self-control that they didn't shoot somebody," Duncan said.

Sometimes, he explained, these crimes are not always what they appear.

Duncan told commissioners about a recent example in which a woman broke into a home, but when she got inside, she didn’t realize what was going on and called 911.

Along with mental illness, Chilton said she’s also seen another characteristic of typical adultcare-home residents in Buncombe County: a violent criminal history. Maj. Glen Matayabas, who heads the county’s Detention Bureau, reported that the No. 1 charge filed by law enforcement against residents of adult-care homes is simple assault.

THE NEXT STEP When the presentation ended, Chairman David Gantt called the issue "a huge problem," Commissioner Carol Peterson called it "tragic" and Commissioner Bill Stanley said, "We need help." With a nod from Commissioner K. Ray Bailey and verbal agreement from Commissioner Holly Jones (who participated in the meeting via telephone), the commissioners said they will follow up with state legislators on this issue since only the state can regulate these adult-care homes.

In other business: • Commissioners heard highlights from the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Department's comprehensive annual report. The 26-page document is available online at avl.mx/ew.

• Commissioners also heard highlights about Buncombe County’s health rankings. The rankings are available online at avl.mx/ex.

Commissioners also did the following: • authorized the county manager to acquire about 30 acres of land on Desert Drive in Arden for use as a park.

• approved a budget amendment of $34,000 to allocate additional LINKS funds for children in foster care.

• approved opening and maintaining Court Plaza as a public road.

• approved a process related to hiring pyrotechnical experts for fireworks displays.

• authorized the county manager to accept a grant of $280,500 from the N.C. Parks and Recreation Trust Fund.

• declared May as Stroke Awareness Month, Motorcycle Awareness Month and Foster Care Awareness Month. The board also declared May 3 as Special Olympics Day. X Caitlin Byrd can be reached at 251-1333, ext. 140, or at cbyrd@mountainx.com.

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BEYOND THE BROWNFIELDS

NEW BELGIUM PROJECT DEMONSTRATES LAND-USE RECYCLING

BY SUSAN ANDREW As part of the plan for New Belgium Brewing Co.’s new East Coast facility, a Craven Street site near downtown Asheville will get a clean up: Part of the property qualifies for North Carolina’s Brownfields Program, a federal and state initiative that streamlines the redevelopment of property that may be contaminated.

The 17.5-acre site once hosted the WNC Stockyards, a hay warehouse, a filling station and an automobile repair-and-painting shop.

It’s property that, among others in our region, has been awaiting “a savvy developer to revitalize it,” says Kate O’Hara, project manager at the Regional Brownfields Initiative, located at the Land of Sky Regional Council.

With support from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, O’Hara and staff promote redevelopment projects in Buncombe, Madison, Henderson and Transylvania counties.

Details captured in a 2011 assessment of the Craven Street site suggest what problems might deter many prospective buyers, but also indicate that both local officials and New Belgium staff see the opportunity for solutions.

In June 2011, local firm Altamont Environmental, Inc., reported finding elevated cadmium levels in the soil under the

THE DEAL On April 10, New Belgium announced plans for a 400-barrel brewhouse in a 150,000-square-foot facility, with construction slated to begin in 2013. The brewery would use municipal water and process its own wastewater in a treatment center on site. Operations would commence in 2015; total cost projections exceed $100 million.

To seal the deal, the City of Asheville and Buncombe County recently agreed to provide $12 million in tax incentives to New Belgium, as well as street and storm-water improvements totaling about $2.3 million (of which the city will pay about $500,000, while the state picks up the tab for the rest).

To get these benefits, New Belgium has agreed to create 130 local jobs with an average annual wage of $50,388 and invest about $175 million in its new facility.

livestock building. The presence of this heavy metal may come from chemical fertilizers applied to the feed given to the animals housed there, according to the report. And in the soil samples collected behind the hay warehouse, there were elevated concentrations of cadmium and other heavy metals — such as antimony, lead, arsenic and manganese. Volatile organic compounds, including the carcinogens benzene, naphthalene and xylene, were also detected. These chemicals are common gasoline additives, the report notes.

But the brownfields program does not always require a cleanup of all contaminants to the level that a Superfund cleanup would demand.

“You can perform a risk assessment to see if those contaminants pose a health risk, or if there are ways we could cut off exposure to the contaminants that would eliminate health risk,” says Bruce Nicholson, program manager for North Carolina’s Brownfields Program. “In certain circumstances, we can engineer a cap that can be maintained in place and that’s a way to get to ‘no risk’ for the site.”

The beauty of the program, he continues, lies in its power to “recycle” such properties, “as long as you make them safe for the use that they propose.”

It’s not yet known what needs to be done on the Craven Street property, says Nicholson. “A brownfield agreement will define the actions the prospective developer needs to take to make the site suitable for the intended use, while fully protecting human health and the environment,” he explains.

How long might it take for New Belgium to get that agreement?

Within a month or two, if the Californiabased company applies to the North Carolina’s Redevelopment Now Program, which allows a prospective developer to cover the costs associated with developing the agreement up front, rather than waiting its turn in line for an agreement provided at state expense, he replies. Nicholson also mentions that it’s “pretty assured” that New Belgium has the money to do what’s needed.

“It would take a company like New Belgium to bring such a property back into use,” says Jenn Vervier, director of strategic development and sustainability at New Belgium. Sustainability considerations like site restoration are among the company’s top priorities, she adds. New Belgium plans to “work with DENR and take all necessary steps to minimize any risk to employees and visitors.

Vervier continues, “Certainly we will have a vapor barrier under all our buildings, and we’ll elevate the entire building site out of

the flood plain.” Further, New Belgium’s brewing process will use filtered municipal water.

The WNC Stockyards portion of the site was previously nominated to the brownfields program by its current owners, the French Broad River Group, which bought it for $1.2 million in 2006. Wahl says New Belgium is working to acquire additional acreagebeyond the stockyard to complete its acquisition plan for the brewery, but says the company hasn’t yet applied for the entire property.

In addition to imposing cleanup requirements, brownfields agreements typically include land-use restrictions and establish future soil- and water-quality monitoring to ensure safety and compliance, O’Hara says.

“Any site that’s in the brownfields program, you know it’s going to be redeveloped safely,” she adds. “The state stands by it.” X

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yard&garden Herbs have it The 23rd annual Asheville Herb Festival will take place at the W.N.C. Farmers Market FridaySunday, May 4-6, bringing together the largest annual gathering of herb enthusiasts in the Southeast.

The long-running festival attracts more than 25,000 herb lovers and more than 60 professional growers and retailers to Asheville each spring.

May is the ideal time to set out most herbs, and the festival features such traditional and familiar herbs as basil, tarragon, parsley, sage, thyme, rosemary and lavender. In addition, there are new varieties crossbred for flavor, size and pest resistance, as well as herbal soaps, lotions and medicinal products, gardening books, herb-friendly pots and containers and rain-barrels to conserve water. And the Master Gardeners will staff a booth and be available to answer questions.

Most familiar herbs have a Mediterranean origin, so they’ve evolved to thrive in rocky soils and hot sun — even drought conditions.

Most herbs are versatile and lowmaintenance.

“A lot of herbs are perennials,” notes festival founder Rick Morgan. “Once they’re established ... perennials use less water than annuals.” Both for home gardeners and professionals, that makes herbs an attractive addition to any landscape design. X

gardeningcalendar CALENDAR FOR APRIL 25 - MAY 3, 2012 Garden Hotline • MONDAYS through FRIDAYS, 8:30am-4:30pm - A garden hotline will be offered by Buncombe County Extension Master Gardeners. Info: 255-5522.

Go Green with Moss • SA (4/28), 11am - A class on using moss in the garden will be held at B.B. Barns, 36 Rosscraggon Road. Free. Info and registration: www.bbbarns.com.

Open Air Market • SATURDAYS, 9am-noon - Biltmore Coffee Traders, 518 Hendersonville Road, hosts an open air market featuring eco-friendly and garden-related items including solar oven kits, mushroom logs, pottery and more.

Currently accepting new vendors. Info: biltmorecoffee@gmail.com or www.biltmorecoffeetraders.com.

Plant Sale: Blue Ridge Horticulture • FR (4/27), 9am-6pm & SA (4/28), 9am-4pm - The Blue Ridge Horticulture Association will present a garden sale at the WNC Farmers Market, 570 Brevard Road, as part of "Growin' In the Mountains." Info: www.blueridgehorticulture.org.

Plant Sale: BRCC • Through FR (4/27), 10am-2pm - Blue Ridge Community College in Flat Rock will host a student plant sale at the campus greenhouse. All profits go toward supplies for next year's sale. Closed Sunday.

Info: www.blueridge.edu.

Plant Sale: Bullington Center • FR (4/27) through SA (4/28), 10am-4pm - A variety of perennials, annuals, herbs, vegetables, trees and shrubs will be on sale at The Bullington Center, 95 Upper Red Oak Trail, Hendersonville. Proceeds benefit the center’s educational programs. Info: 698-6104 or www.bullingtoncenter.org.

Plant Sale: Men's Garden Club • FR (4/27), 1-6pm & SA (4/28), 8:30am-3pm - The Men's Garden Club of Asheville will host a plant sale at the Botanical Gardens of Asheville, 151 W.T. Weaver Blvd., as part of "The Days in the Garden." Info: www. mensgardenclubasheville.org or 252-5190.

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

• WEDNESDAY, 2-6pm - Asheville City Market South, Town Square Blvd., Biltmore Park --- 2:306:30pm - Weaverville Tailgate Market, 60 Lakeshore Drive --- 2-5pm - Spruce Pine Farmers Market, 297 Oak Ave. --- 2-6pm - Montford Farmers Market, 36 Montford Ave. • THURSDAYS, 3-6pm - Flat Rock Tailgate Market, 2724 Greenville Highway, Flat Rock --- 3rd THURSDAYS, 2-6pm - Greenlife Tailgate Market, 70 Merrimon Ave. • SATURDAYS, 8am-1pm - Asheville City Market, 161 South Charlotte St. --- 8am-12:30pm Transylvania Tailgate Market, 90 E. Main St., Brevard --- 8am-noon - North Asheville Tailgate Market, UNCA commuter lot C. • SUNDAYS, noon-4pm - Marshall's "Sundays on the Island," Blanahasset Island • TUESDAYS, 3:30-6:30pm - West Asheville Tailgate Market, 718 Haywood Road.

Tomato Talks • WE (4/25), 1:30pm & SA (4/28), 9am - A program on growing tomatoes will be offered by Buncombe County Extension Master Gardeners at 94 Coxe Ave on Wed. The same class will be offered on Sat. at MANNA Demonstration Garden, 627 Swannanoa River Road. Free. Info: buncombe.ces.ncsu.edu or 255-5522.

UNCA Botanical Garden Tour • SA (4/28), 1pm - The Leicester Garden Club will present a tour of the UNCA Botanical Gardens, 151 W. T. Weaver Boulevard. Tour meets at 12:50pm. Free.

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Vineyard Design and Installation • WE (4/25), 6pm - Learn about the most appropriate vineyard layout for various varieties of grapes and what trellis system is best suited for each. Held on A-B Tech's Enka Campus. $10. Info: www.vineyarddesign.eventbrite.com.

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Animals Beekeeping 101 • SA (4/28), 10am - Join Kathleen Lamont to learn the basics of beekeeping and screen the documentary The Vanishing of the Bees.

Held in the auditorium of the Haywood Country Public Library, 678 South Haywood St., Waynesville. Refreshments

provided. Free. Info: kolsen@ haywoodnc.net or 452-5169.

Brother Wolf Animal Rescue A no-kill organization. Info: www.bwar.org or 505-3440.

• WEDNESDAYS & SUNDAYS, 10am; SATURDAYS, 9am The Outward Hounds hiking club encourages the public to take adoptable dogs on Asheville-area hikes. Free.

• DAILY, 8am-8pm - Pet Adoption Day at the rescue center, 31 Glendale Ave. Open from 8am-6pm on Sundays.

Rusty's Legacy • SATURDAYS, 10am-3pm Rusty's Legacy animal rescue will host pet adoptions at Black Mountain Tractor Supply Company, 125 Old Highway 70. Info: rustyslegacync@aol. com or http://avl.mx/9p.

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To submit a paid listing, send it to our Classified Department by any of the following methods. Be sure to include your phone number, for billing purposes. * E-mail: marketplace@mountainx.com. * Fax: (828) 251-1311, Attn: Commercial Calendar * Mail: Commercial Calendar, Mountain Xpress, P.O. Box 144, Asheville, NC 28802 * In person: Classified Dept., Mountain Xpress, 2 Wall St. (the Miles Building), Ste. 214, downtown Asheville.

Questions? Call our Classified Department at (828) 251-1333, ext. 335.

3:30pm or by appointment.

Info: www.310art.com or 776-2716.

• Through MO (4/30) - The Appalachian Pastel Society's spring show will feature the "diverse talents" of its members. Info: www.appalachianpastelsociety.org.

A-B Tech Student Show • TH (5/3) through SA (5/26) - The A-B Tech juried student art show will be on display at The ARTery, 346 Depot St. Info: www.abtech.edu.

Absolute Uncertainty • Through SU (5/20) Absolute Uncertainty, new paintings by Barbara Fisher, will be on display at Urban Dharma, Asheville's new Buddhist temple and community center, 29 Page St. Info: www.udharmanc.com.

American Folk Art and Framing Oui-Oui Gallery is located at 64 Biltmore Ave. Mon. - Sat., 10am-6pm; Sun., noon-5pm.

Info: www.amerifolk.com or 281-2134.

• Through WE (4/25) - Rested Soul, interpretations of agrarian wisdom by painter Lucy Hunnicutt.

• Through TH (5/10) - Prayer and Praise, small works by Karl Mullen.

Appalachian State University 423 West King St., Boone. Info: www.tcva.org or 262-3017.

• Through SA (6/2) - Robert Goodnough: Abstract Expressionism and Beyond will be on display in the east wing of the main gallery.

• Through SA (6/2) - Works by the Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition winners will be on display in the Turchin Center for the Arts.

Art 21 Screenings • WE (4/25), 7pm - The sixth season of Art in the Twenty-First Century includes 13 profiles of artists from five continents, gathered into four one-hour thematic episodes. This screening will feature Boundaries, which follows David Altmejd, Lynda Benglis and Tabaimo. History features Marina Abramovic, Mary Reid Kelley and Glenn Ligon. Presented by Courtyard Gallery in the upstairs library of Phil Mechanic Studios, 109 Roberts St. Info: www.ashevillecourtyard.com.

Art at UNCA Art exhibits and events at the university are free, unless

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otherwise noted. Info: www. unca.edu.

• Through FR (4/27) - A silk shibori exhibit will feature works

by Michael Smith (fiber arts) in the Blowers Gallery. Info: 251-6436.

Art Opening: Christopher Holt • TH (4/26), 5-9pm - An opening reception for Idetations, drawings, oils and watercolors

by Christopher Holt, will be held at the Fine Arts League of the Carolinas Gallery, Suite 115 in the Grove Arcade. Info: http:// avl.mx/e9.

Artist Plate • Through SU (5/6) - A collection of artist-made dinner plates and "related insights about food" will be on display at the Penland School of Crafts, 67 Dora's Trail, Penland. Info: www.penland.org or 7652359.

Arts2People Artist Salon • FRIDAYS through (4/27), 8pm - Arts2people hosts an Artist Salon, featuring 12 local artists and live music. Held at 84 Walnut St. B. 100 percent of sales benefit the artists. Free admission, $5 drinks. Info: www.arts2people.org.

Asheville Art Museum Located on Pack Square in downtown Asheville. Hours: Tues.-Sat., 10am-5pm 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 (8/26) - The Essential Idea: Robert Motherwell’s Graphic Works (abstract expressionist).

• Through SU (9/9) - Prime Time: New Media Juried Exhibition.

• Through SU (7/8) - Fire on the Mountain: Studio Glass in Western North Carolina.

• Through SU (10/28) Artworks Project Space: Hoss Haley Installation.

• Through SU (9/16) - Ancient Forms, Modern Minds: Contemporary Cherokee Ceramics.

• FR (4/27), noon-1pm - Art break will focus on Ancient Forms exhibit.

Atelier 24 Lexington: A Gallery of Local Art Located at 24 Lexington Ave. Mon.-Sat., 11am-6pm. Info: www.theateliergalleries.com.

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* Events are FREE unless otherwise noted.

Can you hammer a nail with a banana? The N.C. Science Festival has the answer. Health

wed Adventure in Biltmore Square Mall, 800 Brevard Road, Suite 620, will host a presentation on

extreme cold on Wednesday, April 25 from 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free with museum admission.

Info: avl.mx/e7.

Enjoy a local meal for a good cause at Dining Out for Life. A variety of local restaurants will

thur donate a portion of their proceeds to the WNC AIDS Project on Thursday, April 26. Info and locations: wncap.org.

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Several garden clubs, including the Blue Ridge Horticulture Association and the Men's Garden Club of Asheville, will host garden sales on Friday, April 27. Most sales run through Saturday.

Info and full list: mountainx.com/events.

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See classic cars and model trains at the Historic 7th Avenue District Antique Car Show on Saturday, April 28. Cars will fill the streets of downtown Hendersonville from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. and trains will be on display at the Historic Train Depot, 7th Avenue and Maple Street. Info: 890-8246.

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Celebrate Worldwide Pinhole Day at the Phil Mechanic Studios' Public Darkroom on Sunday, April 29. This global event encourages amateur and professional photographers to explore pinhole photography and upload their photos onto a worldwide database. Photo paper and instruction provided. Limited cameras available; participants encouraged to bring their own.

109 Roberts St. noon-5 p.m. $5. A free pinhole camera event will be held at Black Mountain Center for the Arts, 225 W. State St., from 1-4 p.m. Info: pinholeday.org.

Enjoy a variety of uplifting choral selections as Brevard College's student choirs perform in

mon the university's Porter Center on Monday, April 30 at 7:30 p.m. Info: 884-8211. tue

Disclaimer Comedy presents an evening of local funnymen on Tuesday, May 1 as Joe Zimmerman, Tom Peters, Tom Scheve and Gary Goff perform at the The LAB, 39 N. Lexington Ave. 9 p.m. $5 advance/$7 door. Info: joezimmermanatlab.eventbrite.com or lexavebrew.com.

• Through MO (4/30) - Original works by Kudulah.

Bella Vista Art Gallery 14 Lodge St. Spring hours: Mon., Wed.-Fri., 10am-4pm; Sat., 11am-5pm. Info: www. bellavistaart.com or 768-0246.

• Through TH (5/31) - Works

by Alfie Fernandes, Terry Hagiwara and Karen Margulis.

Black Mountain Center for the Arts Old City Hall, 225 West State St., Black Mountain. Mon.Wed. and Fri., 10am-5pm; Thurs. 11am-3pm. Info: www.

BlackMountainArts.org or 669-0930.

• Through WE (6/13) Regional Galleries Collaborative Exhibit, curated by BMCA executive director Gale Jackson.

Brevard 4th Friday • FRIDAYS, 5-9pm - Brevard 4th Friday Gallery Walk will feature extended gallery and business hours throughout the town of Brevard. Info: www.artsofbrevard.org or 884-2787.

Brevard College • Through FR (5/4) - A senior art exhibit will be on display in the Spiers Gallery.

Castell Photography 2C Wilson Alley. Wed.-Fri., noon-6pm; Sat., noon-7pm. or by appointment. Info: www. castellphotography.com or 255-1188.

• Through SA (5/26) - Spring Salon, works by Roger Ricco and Justine Reyes.

Civil War Photography • Through SA (4/28) - A Civil War Sesquicentennial photography exhibit will be on display at the Haywood County Public Library, 678 South Haywood St., Waynesville. Free. Info: 452-5169.

Clingman Cafe • Through MO (4/30) Beauty: Love: Power, works

by Anne Bevan and Blue Fire MacMahon, will be on display at Clingman Cafe, 242 Clingman Ave. Info: clingmancafeasheville.com or 253-2177.

Coop Gallery 25 Carolina Lane. Info: www. coopasheville.com.

• Through FR (5/18) - Works

by Warren Wilson students,

teachers and alumni on the theme of alternative building.

Crimson Laurel Gallery 23 Crimson Laurel Way, Bakersville. April-Dec.: Tues.Sat., 10am-6pm; Sun. & Mon., noon-5pm. Info: 688-3599 or www.crimsonlaurelgallery.com.

• Through SA (4/28) - New works by ceramicist Ryan McKerley, featuring diagrams, Mayan glyphs and symbols used in mathematics.

• SA (4/28) through FR (6/29) - Containment III: A Nesting Instinct.

Draw-a-thon • SA (4/28), 9-11pm - The spring draw-a-thon invites students, professors and local artists to draw from live models in a casual atmosphere. Held in ASU's Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Room 3200. Free.

Info: amo.asuart@gmail.com or 262-3017.

Events At Folk Art Center MP 382 on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Open daily from 9am-6pm. Info: www.craftguild.org or 298-7928.

• Through TU (6/5) - Works

by Sondra Dorn (fiber) and Ann Gleason (clay).

Events at the Turchin Center Appalachian State University's Turchin Center for the Visual Arts is located at 423 West King St., in Boone. Info: 2623017 or www.tcva.org.

• Trough SA (7/28) - STUFF: Where does it come from and where does it go? --Reflections on Costa Rica.

First Congregational United Church of Christ Located at Fifth Avenue W. and White Pine Drive, Hendersonville. Info: www. fcchendersonville.org.

• Through MO (4/30) - The Faces of Haywood Street, to benefit Homeward Bound and The Haywood Community.

Mon.-Thur., 9am-1pm.

Flood Gallery Phil Mechanic, 109 Roberts St. Tues.-Sat., 10am-4pm.

Info: www.floodgallery.org or 254-2166.

• Through MO (4/30) - Three Out of Two, a collaboration between the Asheville com-

munity and New York artists James Esber and Jane Fine.

Flow 14 South Main St., Marshall.

Wed.-Sat., 10am-4pm. Info: http://avl.mx/aw.

• Through TU (5/8) - Found: Art Objects from the Waste Stream.

Folk Art Center Located at MP 382 on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Info: 298-7928 or www.craftguild.org.

• Through SU (5/13) - The American Association of Wood Turners Invitational Exhibition will feature 25 artists from around the world.

Grand Bohemian Gallery Located at the Grand Bohemian Hotel in Biltmore Village, 11 Boston Way. Mon.-Thur., 10am-7pm; Fri.-Sat., 10am8pm; Sun., 10am-5pm. Info: www.bohemianhotelasheville. com or 505-2949.

• Through MO (4/30) - Works

by Stefan Horik.

Haen Gallery Located at 52 Biltmore Ave., downtown Asheville. Hours: Mon., Wed. and Fri., 10am6pm. Tues. and Sat., 11am6pm and Sun., noon-5pm.

Info: www.thehaengallery.com or 254-8577.

• Through SU (4/29) - The View From Here, new works

by Emily Wilson and Larry Gray.

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 (4/28) Gardens, Mountains and Streams: An Artist's View of the Haywood County Garden Tour.

HCC Photography Exhibit • Through FR (6/29) Photography by Haywood Community College's continuing education digital photography class will be on display in the Haywood County Public Library's meeting room, 11 Pennsylvania Ave., Canton.

Info: 648-2924.

His and Hers • Through MO (4/30) - His and Hers, new works by localartist David Tallitsch, will be on display at Asheville Art Supply, 344 Depot St. Info: www.ashevilleartsupply.com.

Jonas Gerard Fine Art 240 Clingman Ave. Daily, 10am-6pm. Info: www.jonasgerard.com or 350-7711.

• Through SU (4/29) - River Of Forgetting, works by Mira Gerard Singh. Info: www. miragerard.com.

Madison County Arts Council Exhibits Located at 90 S. Main St. in Marshall. Info: 649-1301.

• Through FR (5/4) - Fiber Art Group Show.

Odyssey Center for the Ceramic Arts Located at 238 Clingman Ave. Mon.-Fri., 9-5pm; Sat., 10am6pm; Sun., noon-6pm. Info: www.odysseyceramicarts. com.

• Through FR (5/4) - A ceramics show will feature works by gallery assistants Jan Cothran, Paul Frehe and Tisha Cook.

Pat Passlof Retrospective • Through FR (5/25) - A retrospective of the late Pat Passlof's work will be on display in WCU's Fine Art Museum, 1 University Drive, Cullowhee, and Black Mountain College Museum and Arts Center, 56 Broadway St. Info: ddrury@wcu.edu or 2272553.

Penland School of Crafts Located at 67 Dora's Trail, Penland. Gallery hours: Tues.Sat., 10am–5pm and Sun., noon-5pm. Info: www.penland. org or 765-2359.

• TH (5/3), 8pm - An auction of student and instructor's work made during a Penland workshop session will be held at the school's Northlight Building.

All proceeds benefit Penland’s scholarship programs. Free to attend.

Photography and Graphic Design Open House • TH (5/3), 4pm - The photography and graphic design departments of McDowell Technical Community College will host an open house at the Cedar (Administration) building to display student work. Food and refreshments provided.

Free. Info: www.mcdowelltechphotography.net.

Photography Exhibit: Brook Reynolds • Through SA (5/26) - ENSO, black and white photographs inspired by the enso paintings of Zen circles, will be on display at Ananda Hair Studio, 22 Broadway St. Mon. 10am6pm; Tues.-Sat., 9am-8pm.

Info: www.brookreynoldsphotography.com.

Pink Dog Creative A multi-use arts space located at 342 Depot St. Info: info@ pinkdog-creative.com.

• Through SA (6/30) - Ralph Burns (photography).

Pump Gallery 109 Roberts St. Tues.-Sat., 10am-4pm. Info: www.philmechanicstudios.com.

• Through MO (4/30) - Rough Beast: Paintings by David Brendan Hopes.

Satellite Gallery 55 Broadway St. Tues.-Sat., 11am-6pm; Sun., 11am-5pm.

Info: www.thesatellitegallery. com or 305-2225.

• Through SU (4/29) - New works by Dustin Spagnola.

Seven Sisters Gallery

This Black Mountain gallery is located at 117 Cherry St. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm and Sun., noon-5pm. Info: www.sevensistersgallery.com or 669-5107.

• Through MO (5/28) - Joyce Schlapkohl (oil paintings).

The Artery Community arts facility at 346 Depot St., River Arts District.

Info: www.ashevillearts.com.

• Through TU (5/1) - New works by Angela Eastman and Brita Nordgren.

The Cutting Edge: The Language of Textiles & Fiber Art • Through SA (5/5), 11am5pm - Desert Moon Designs Studios and Gallery, 372 Depot St., Suite 44, explores the language of textile and fiber artists, both traditional and contemporary. A portion of proceeds benefit Caring for Children. Info: www.desertmoondesignsstudios.com.

Transylvania Community Arts Council Located at 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9:30am-4:30pm. Info: www. artsofbrevard.org or 884-2787.

• Through FR (4/27) - The Transylvania County Student Art Show.

• FR (4/27), 5-9pm - A reception will be held during Brevard's 4th Friday Gallery Walk.

Upstairs Artspace 49 S. Trade St., Tryon. Hours: Tues.-Sat., noon-6pm. Sun., noon-4pm. Info: www.upstairsartspace.org or 859-2828.

• Through SA (4/28) - Artists Among Us: 100 Faces of Art in Spartanburg.

Watercolors by Carol Dye • Through MO (4/30) Watercolors by Carol Dye will be on display at Wells Fargo Bank, 101 Main St. W., Valdese, during regular bank hours. Sponsored by the Valdese Heritage Arts Center.

Info: www.vhac.webs.com.

Worldwide Pinhole Camera Day • SU (4/29), 1-4pm - Black Mountain Center for the Arts, 225 W. State St., will host Worldwide Pinhole Camera Day, inviting the public to borrow a pinhole camera and upload one photograph to the international gallery. Free. Info: www.blackmountainarts.org or www.throughthepinhole. weebly.com.

Youth Art Month • Through FR (4/27) - Youth Art Month, a celebration of art

by Jackson County students, will be on display in WCU's Bardo Performing Arts Center.

Art/Craft Fairs Pottery Show • SA (4/28), 9am-5pm - The Potters of Madison County will present a pottery show and

sale at Marshall High Studios, 115 Blannahasset Island, Marshall. Free. Info: www.pottersofmadisoncounty.com.

Auditions & Call to Artists CALL FOR DANCERS (pd.) For upcoming show at the Magnetic Field. Please email noshedidnt2012@ gmail.com for details on how to apply.

Appalachian Pastel Society • Through WE (8/1) - The Appalachian Pastel Society will accept applications for its juried national exhibition through Aug. 1. Info: www.appalachianpastelsociety.org.

Art in the Park • Through SU (5/6) - Artist applications for Art in the Park will be accepted through May 19. Info: www.ci.morganton. nc.us.

Auditions for Local Feature Film • SA (4/28), 1-5pm - Gorilla with a Mustache Films will hold auditions for an upcoming feature film at the New York Studio for Stage and Screen, 2002 Riverside Drive (in the Riverside Business Park). Info: www. gorillawithamustache.com or katiedamien@gmail.com.

Black Mountain Arts and Crafts Show • Through TU (5/1) - The Black Mountain Arts and Crafts Show will accept applications from crafters through May 1.

Info: craftshow@olddepot.org or 669-4563.

Blue Ridge En Plein Air • FR (4/27), 2-4pm & SA (4/28), 10am-noon - Blue Ridge En Plein Air, hosted by the Swannanoa Valley Fine Arts League, will accept works painted in nature rather than from photographs or other indoor techniques. Info: dworr@charter.net or 6694871.

Eco Arts Award • Through WE (8/15) - Eco Arts Awards will accept submissions for its songwriting, art, literature, video, photography and repurposed material competitions through Aug 15.

Info: www.ecoartsawards.com.

Grateful Steps Short Story Contest • Through MO (4/30) Grateful Steps, a small local press, will accept submissions for its 1st annual Short Story Contest through April 30. Info: contest@gratefulsteps.com.

Hard Times Writing Contest • Through SA (6/30) - The Writers' Workshop will accept submissions for its Hard Times writing contest through June 30. Info: www.twwoa.org.

Hendersonville Art on Main • Through FR (6/1) Hendersonville's Art on Main

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will accept applications from arts and crafts vendors through June 1. Info: www.acofhc.org or 693-8504.

LAAFF • Through TU (5/15) - LAAFF seeks creative ideas and activities of all kinds for its upcoming festival through May 15.

Info: kitty@ashevillearts.com.

LAAFF Grants • Through TU (5/15) - LAAFF will accept mini-grant applications from artists through May 15. Info: kitty@arts2people. org.

Oktoberfest • Through WE (8/1) Hickory’s Oktoberfest will accept applications from arts and crafts vendors through Aug. 1. Info: www.hickoryoktoberfest.com.

PaperWorks / Fine Arts and Crafts Showcase • Through TU (5/1) - TC Arts Council will accept submissions for its PaperWorks exhibit through May 1. Info: tcarts@ comporium.net or 884-2787.

• Through FR (6/1) - TC Arts Council will accept submissions for its Fine Arts and Crafts Showcase through June 1.

School Garden Grants • Through MO (4/30) - The Extension Master Gardener program will offer grants of approximately $250 to schools with, or interested in starting a garden, through April 30.

Storytelling Series • Through TU (5/1) - LGBT, genderqueer, straight, sex-positive and orientationfluid storytellers are sought to workshop and develop pieces for upcoming performances.

Submission deadline May 1.

Info: boneandjointstories@ gmail.com.

Summer Gathering Craft Show • Through TU (5/1) Applications for Marshall's Summer Gathering craft show will be accepted through May 1. Info: enstylevg@yahoo.com or (423) 972-1190.

Beer New Belgian Shift Can Release • TH (4/26) - The release of New Belgium's canned Shift beer will feature music

by Aaron LaFalce during bar hours. Held at Pack's Tavern, 20 South Spruce St. Free to attend; beer prices vary. Info: www.packstavern.com or 225-6944.

Benefits Ann Hampton Callaway • SA (4/28), 8:30pm - Ann Hampton Callaway will perform a concert to benefit Diana Wortham Theatre featuring works made famous

by Barbara Streisand, Judy

Garland, Ella Fitzgerald and others. Held at the Diana Wortham Theatre, 2 South Pack Square.

VIP reception at 7:30pm. $50/$75 VIP. Info: www. dwtheatre.com or 257-4530.

Arc of Buncombe County Spring Fling • WE (4/25), 6-9pm - A spring fling, to benefit The Arc of Buncombe County (Association for Retarded Citizens), will feature food, drink and music by 48 Madison. Held at Highland Brewing Company, 12 Old Charlotte Highway #H. $30/$25 in advance. Info: 253-1255.

Birding for the Arts • SA (4/28), 8am-4pm Birding for the Arts, to benefit The Haywood County Arts Council, will feature a birding excursion and light hike. Group meets at Haywood Performing Arts Center, 250 Pigeon St., Waynesville. Lunch provided. $25. Info and registration: www.haywoodarts.org or 452-0593.

Cake Walk • SU (4/29), 1-5pm - A cake walk, to benefit Appalachian Food Storybank, will be held at Carrier Park, 220 Amboy Road.

The afternoon will feature plant and food vendors, a raffle and demonstrations. Free to attend; $2 per cakewalk ticket. Info: www.slowfoodasheville.org.

Calendar Tea • SA (4/28), noon-2pm - A “calendar tea,” to benefit Burton Street Recreation Center, will feature a buffet meal with food to represent each month of the year. Held at 134 Burton St. $5. Info: burtonstreetrec.center@ashevillenc. gov or 254-1942.

Car Wash: Norman Lillie • SA (4/28), 11am-4pm - A car wash to benefit Norman Lillie, a local man who is fighting a life-threatening liver disease, will be held at Firestone Complete Auto Care, 85 Tunnel Road. By donation.

Info: 245-4643.

Dining Out for Life • TH (4/26) - A variety of local restaurants will donate a portion of their proceeds to the WNC AIDS Project as part of Dining Out for Life. Info and locations: www.wncap.org.

Falafel 5K and Kids Fun Run • SU (4/29), 10am - This family-oriented race will begin at the Asheville Jewish Community Center, 236 Charlotte St. All registered runners will be treated to free falafel at Celebration Israel following the race. Proceeds benefit the scholarship funds of the Asheville JCC programs.

Info and registration: www.jccasheville.org or 253-0701.

Itching for a Cure 5-K Fun Walk

consciousparty Aching feet for a good cause What: Walk a Mile in Her Shoes, to benefit Our VOICE. Where: Walk departs from City/County Plaza, downtown Asheville.

When: Saturday, April 28, noon. $10 Info: walkamileasheville.org.

What: While the thought of men striding through downtown Asheville in ruby red slippers is pretty funny, Our VOICE has some serious motives in mind. Walk a Mile in Her Shoes is an international effort to “stop rape, sexual assault and gender violence” against women. Our VOICE works year round to provide information and support to women affected by sexual violence. The organization believes that violence against women is a “widespread public health threat” that should be brought to everyone's attention.

There will be plenty of information about Our VOICE's work in the community, but the walk is also an opportunity for men to bring some levity to the cause. There will be warm-ups, team photos and limited shoe fittings starting at 11 a.m., but participants are encouraged to get their shoes in advance. Not sure where to find size 12 heels? Hip Replacements, 72 N. Lexington Ave., has a wide selection of shoes and sizes in stock. Expect hairy legs and fancy feet, along with lots of good will.

• SA (4/28), 8:30am The National Eczema Association‘s Itching for a Cure 5K Walk raises funds and awareness to improve the quality of life for patients and their families. Held on the campus of UNCA. $25 includes T-shirt.

Info and registration: www. itchingforacure.org.

Party Your Asana Off • TH (5/3), 6-9pm - “Party Your Asana Off,” a benefit for Asheville Community Yoga, will feature acrobalancers, stilt walkers, food, drinks and more.

Held at the N.C. Arboretum, 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way. Sponsored by Asheville Affiliates. $30/$25 in advance.

Info: www.ashevillecommunityyoga.com.

Pepper Pulp • SA (4/28), 8pm - Pepper Pulp, a Ween tribute show to benefit St. Jude’s Children Hospital, will be held at The Bywater, 796 Riverside Drive.

T-shirts for International Jungle Gym Injury Awareness Day will be available. Free. Info: http:// avl.mx/es or (704) 219-3905.

QuickDraw • SA (4/28), 4:30-9:30pm - A live art fundraiser, to benefit QuickDraw, will feature artists

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as they “race the clock to start and complete a work of art in one fast-paced hour while you watch.” Held at Laurel Ridge Country Club, 49 Cupp Lane, Waynesville. $50 includes auction and a chance to meet the artists. Info: www.wncquickdraw.com or 456-6584.

Spring Fashion Show and Luncheon • SA (4/28), 11:30am-2pm - A spring fashion show and luncheon, to benefit Relay for Life, will feature cancer survivors modeling clothes. Held at Crowne Plaza Resort, 1 Resort Drive. $25. Info: 254-7825.

WestVILLEminster • SA (4/28), noon-4pm - The WestVILLEminster, to benefit Animal Compassion Network, invites dogs of all breeds to compete in categories including most mysterious heritage, best trick, best costume and more. Held at Patton Avenue Pet Company, 1388 Patton Ave. $10 per category/$5 for human spectators. Info and registration: www.animalcompassionnetwork.org or www. pattonavenuepet.com.

Business & Technology Business Skills Meetings • MONDAYS, 6pm - The Entrepreneur Skills Network offers a business skills meeting in Room 246 of the Jackson County Justice and Administration Building, 401 Grindstaff Cove Road, Sylva.

Info: 497-0160, 586-5466 or esn4meetings@gmail.com.

Content Marketing For SEO • WE (4/25), 3:30pm Discover the basic principles behind this fast-growing online marketing strategy and how to use it for effective marketing and promotion of a small business website. Held at UNCA's Owen Conference Center. Free.

Info: http://avl.mx/eh.

Mountain BizWorks Workshops Mountain BizWorks is located at 153 S. Lexington Ave., Asheville. Info: 253-2834 or www.mountainbizworks.org.

• MONDAYS, 1pm & WEDNESDAYS, 4:30pm - An informational meeting about Mountain BizWorks' programs will help businesses make the first step towards accessing the organization's services.

Free. Info and registration: vic-

tor@mountainbizworks.org or 253-2834.

Small Business Center Jump Start Day • TH (4/26), 4-6:30pm - A-B Tech's Small Business Center Jump Start Day will help current and potential business owners learn about advertising, business loans, business plans and more. Held in the Haynes Conference Center on the Enka campus. Free. Info: christymcook@abtech.edu or 398-7950.

Classes, Meetings, Events & Lectures Learn to Knit at Purl's Yarn Emporium (pd.) On Wall Street downtown: Beginning Knit :1st and 2nd Wednesdays, 6-8pm; Intermediate Knit: 3rd and 4th Wednesdays. • $40/4 hours of instruction. 828-253-2750. www.purlsyarnemporium. com 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 - 12:45pm.

Mondays - Mac OS X, 1st

and 3rd Tuesdays of each month - iPhoto, 2nd Tuesday iWork Essentials, 4th Tuesday - iMovie Basics, 5th Tuesday - Garageband, Wednesdays - iPad Basics. Registration is just $9.99 at classes@charlottestreetcomputers.com.

MOVEMENT/CLASS SPACE AVAILABLE (pd.) Tues, Wed, Thurs from 7:15 - 9pm at Lighten Up Yoga , 60 Biltmore Ave., downtown.

800 sq ft. $35 per class rental. Weekend rentals also.

828.254.7756 AIA Asheville • WE (4/25), noon - The American Institute of Architects (AIA) of Asheville will screen the film John Portman: A Life of Building at its next meeting, to be held at Trinity Episcopal Church, 60 Church St. Lunch included. $20/$15 members/$10 students. Info and registration: www.aiaasheville. org or info@aiaasheville.org.

Antique Car Show • SA (4/28), 10am-2pm - The Historic 7th Avenue District Antique Car Show will feature classic cars and exhibits at the Historic Train Depot. Held on 7th Ave., Hendersonville. Free.

Info: 890-8246.

Asheville Bridge Room • DAILY - The Asheville Bridge Room offers games for beginners and advanced players at River Ridge Market Place, 800 Fairview Road, Suite C-1. $7 per game. Info: 299-0887.

Carl Sandburg Home Located three miles south of Hendersonville off U.S. 25 on Little River Road. Info: 6934178 or www.nps.gov/carl.

• SA (4/28), 10am-4pm Spring Into the Park family fun day will feature poetry, storytelling, house tours and activities for kids. Free.

Celebrate Brittany • TUESDAYS, 2-4pm - A class on the dance, music and culture of Celtic France will be presented at the Senior Opportunity Center, 36 Grove St. $10. Info and registration: kisley@ashevillenc.gov or 350-2062.

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

Events at Historic Johnson Farm Located at 3346 Haywood Road in Hendersonville. Info:

891-6585 or www.historicjohnsonfarm.org.

• SA (4/28), 10am-4pm "Spring Festival at the Farm" will feature arts and crafts, food, house tours, wagon rides and more. $6/$4 students/ preschoolers free.

Four Seasons Toastmasters • WEDNESDAYS, 8-9am Four Seasons Toastmasters invites the community to improve their public speaking skills. Held in the Smoky Mountain Theatre of Lake Point Landing retirement community, 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville. $10 per month.

Info: 606-9830.

Girls on the Run Anniversary Party • SU (4/29), 2-4pm - An anniversary party for Girls on the Run will feature family-friendly activities including hula hooping, mini-golf, face painting and local desserts. Held in UNCA's Kimmel Arena. Free. Info: www.gotrwnc.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 TU (12/31) - An exhibit of Civil War military weaponry and uniforms.

International Association of Administrative Professionals • TH (4/26), 5:45pm - The Land of the Sky Chapter of the International Association of Administrative Professionals will meet at Arden First Baptist Church, 3839 Sweeten Creek Road. Info: www.iaap-hq.org.

Latino Education in N.C. • TH (4/26), 7pm - A presentation on "Latino Education in North Carolina: Challenges and Solutions" will be held at the MAHEC Health Education Center, 121 Hendersonville Road. Free. Info: www.ywcaofasheville.org.

Live Auction • SA (4/28), 7:30pm - Paul Brown of Discovery Channel's Auction Kings will host a live auction and appraisal session at Harrah's Cherokee Casino and Hotel, 777 Casino Drive, Cherokee. Appraisals begin at 2pm; live auction at 7:30pm.

Must be 21 years or older.

Free. Info: www.harrahscherokee.com.

May Day Acupuncture Celebration • SU (4/29), noon-5pm - A May Day celebration will offer free acupuncture treatments and refreshments. Hosted by The Peoples Acupuncture of Asheville, 55 Grove St. Free.

Info: www.peoplesacupunctureavl.com.

Mixtape Swap

• 4th SATURDAYS, noon - A mixtape swap and monthly meeting will be hosted by Asheville Free Media at DeSoto Lounge, 504 Haywood Road.

Bring a CD to share and take one home. Info: www.ashevillefm.org.

WNC Embroiderers’ Guild of America • TH (5/3), 10am-noon - The monthly meeting of the WNC chapter of the Embroiderers' Guild of America will make no-sew fleece blankets for the local chapter of Project Linus.

Held at Cummings United Methodist Church, 3 Banner Farm Road, Horse Shoe. Free.

Info: 696-3829.

N.C. Science Fest: Extreme Cold • WE (4/25), 3:30-4:30pm - What happens when you flash freeze a rose? Can you hammer a nail with a banana?

Make ice cream with liquid nitrogen and experience what happens at 320 degrees below zero during this program at Health Adventure in Biltmore Square Mall, 800 Brevard Road, Suite 620. Free with museum admission. Info: http://avl.mx/e7.

N.C. Science Fest: Star Gaze at Smoky Mountains National Park • SA (4/28), 8pm - Join the Astronomy Club of Asheville for a night of star gazing at the Appalachian Highlands Science Learning Center in Great Smoky Mountains National Park at Purchase Knob. This high-elevation location offers an almost 260-degree view of the sky. Bring warm layers. Free.

Info: http://avl.mx/en.

N.C. Science Fest: Is There Meat in Our Future?

• TH (4/26), 6pm - This seminar will be led by Dr. Marty Root of the ASU Department of Nutrition and Health Care Management at the university's College of Education building.

Free. Info: http://avl.mx/e8.

National Day of Puppetry • SA (4/28), noon-4pm - The Asheville Puppetry Alliance and the Southern Highland Craft Guild present a National Day of Puppetry celebration at the Folk Art Center, MP 382 on the Blue Ridge Parkway. $7/free for children under 2. Info: www. ashevillepuppetry.org.

Oral History Day • TU (5/1), 6:30pm - Warren Wilson College students will present oral history projects about Swannanoa. Held at Bee Tree Fire Station, 510 Bee Tree Road, Swannanoa. Free. Info: 581-9848.

Ox Creek Community History Collection • SATURDAYS through (6/9), 10am-2pm - An exhibition will feature selections from the Ox Creek Community History Collection at the Weaverville Library, 41 North Main St. Free.

Info: ckgrimes@charter.net.

Ponderer's Cafe Group • TUESDAYS, 6:45pm - This easygoing, guided questioning aims to cultivate discussion and broaden perspectives on a variety of interesting topics.

Free to attend. Info: www. meetup.com/PonderersCafe.

Puppetry and Storytelling Conference • FR (4/27) through SU (4/29) - Azalea Mountain School, 587 Haywood Road, hosts a puppetry and storytelling conference, with Suzanne Down, featuring lectures, workshops and more. For a complete schedule of events, prices and times visit http://avl.mx/ej.

RV Camping Club • Through FR (11/30) - The Small RV Camping Club currently seeks new members.

Info: lilnau@aol.com or 369-6669.

Scriptwriting Class • Classes on scriptwriting and story development, as well as Final Cut X, Reiki and Qigong, will be offered at the Flat Iron Building, 20 Battery Park Ave., on various days. Call for date, time and price. Free for nonprofits and low income residents. Info: 280-7287.

SISTA Group • THURSDAYS, 6:30-8:30pm & FRIDAYS, 5:30-7:30pm SISTA, an educational program to help women avoid unhealthy relationships and STDs, will meet Thursdays at Pisgah View Apartments, 1 Granada St., and Fridays at the Reid Center, 133 Livingston St. Free, but registration requested. Info: otimmons@wncap.org or 252-7489.

Stand Against Racism • FR (4/27) - The YWCA of Asheville will host "Stand Against Racism," a wide variety of events with the goal of "bringing people together from all walks of life to raise awareness that racism still exists and that it can no longer be ignored or tolerated." Several events will be held before and after April 27. Carolina Mountains Credit Union, 1911 Hendersonville Road, will host an open house to encourage the public to sign the YWCA pledge on April 27, during bank hours. A rally will be held on April 28 in Pritchard Park, starting at noon. Info and full list of events: www.ywcaofasheville.org.

Sunday Songwriter's Serenade • SUNDAYS, 2-5pm - Local songwriters meet regularly to give one another thematic assignments and perform original folk, blues and pop tunes written as a group. Held at Wall Street Coffee House, 62 Wall St. Donations accepted. Info: 424-3460.

World Affairs Council Programs Info: www.main.nc.us/wac.

• TU (5/1), 7:30pm Ambassador Mark Bellamy, director of the Africa Center for Strategic Studies in Washington, D.C., reviews a decade of promise and disappointments on the African continent during "Africa: A Time for Optimism?" Held in the Manheimer Auditorium of UNCA's Reuter Center. $8/free for students and members.

Worldwide Pinhole Day • SU (4/29), noon 5pm Celebrate Worldwide Pinhole Day at the Phil Mechanic Studios Public Darkroom. The annual, global event encourages amateur and professional photographers to explore pinhole photography. Photo paper and instruction provided.

Limited cameras available; participants encouraged to bring their own. 109 Roberts St. $5.

Info: www.ashevilledarkroom. com.

YouTheatre Spring Festival • SA (4/28), 10am-5pm YouTheatre's spring festival will feature mini-performances in a "carnival-like" atmosphere.

Held at YouTheatre Education Center, 1855 Little River Road, Flat Rock. $5/children free.

Info: www.ytrocks.com.

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 Capoeira Angola Workshop Mestre Pe de Chumbo (pd.) Mestre Pe de Chumbo leads a three-day workshop on the Afro-Brazilian cultural art of Capoeira Angola April 27-29th in Asheville. Beginners welcome. Visitors welcome to watch roda at no cost. Mestre Pe de Chumbo is a graduated student of Mestre Joao Pequeno. Info: http://www. capoeiraasheville.org/ Studio Zahiya (pd.) Monday 7:30-9pm Bellydance • Tuesday 8-9am Booty Camp Fitness • 9-10am Hip Hop Workout • Noon-1pm Groove Dance • 5:15-6pm Intro to Bellyydance • Wednesday 6-7 Intro to Hip Hop, • 7:30-9 Bellydance 2 • Thursday 9-10am Bellydance, • 6-7pm Bollywood, • 8-9pm Hip Hop 2 • Friday 10-11am Bhangra Workout. • $12 for 60 minute classes. 90 1/2 N. Lexington Avenue. www. studiozahiya.com Asheville Contemporary Dance Theatre • TH (4/26) & FR (4/27), 8pm - The Asheville Contemporary

Dance Theatre will perform the American premier of Birds of War, a modern dance ballet inspired by the etchings of Francisco Goya. Held at Diana Wortham Theatre, 2 South Pack Square. $25/$15 students and seniors. Info: www. acdt.org or 257-4530.

Bhangra/Hip-Hop Aerobic Classes • WEDNESDAYS, 6:30pm Learn the lively Indian dance Bhangra, mixed with a little hip-hop, at this weekly series.

Beginners and drop-ins welcome. Held at Carver Community Center, 101 Carver Ave., Black Mountain. $10.

Info: www.holisticwithhumor. com/dance.

Contra Dance • MONDAYS, 8pm - Contra dancing at the Grey Eagle, 185 Clingman Ave. Beginners welcome. $6. Info: www.danceasheville.com.

Encore Dance Competition • FR (4/27) & SA (4/28), 8am - The Encore Dance Competition will be held in Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, 87 Haywood St. Free. Info: www. ashevillenc.gov/Departments/ CivicCenter.

Flashmob • The YMCA will host disco, hip-hop and swing music flashmobs, with the goal of gathering 2,000 people. Dance classes held at various locations and times. Free. Info and locations: (917) 710-2805.

Spiral Spirt Ecstatic Dance • WEDNESDAYS, 6:30pm Weekly dances held at Sol's Reprieve, 11 Richland St. "We honor the wave, body exploration and stillness." $7.

Info: azealea@yahoo.com or elementsmove@yahoo.com.

Eco Building Science Lecture • MO (4/30), 7pm - Using photographs from around the world, building scientist and beekeeper Chris Mathis will provides context for the challenges facing sustainability, along with lessons from the honeybee's highly efficient structures. Held at A-B Tech's Ferguson Auditorium. Free.

Info: http://avl.mx/ep.

ECO The Environmental and Conservation Organization is located at 121 Third Ave. W., Hendersonville. Info: www.ecownc.org or 692-0385.

• SA (4/28), 10am-4pm - Earth Stewardship Day encourages families, church and school groups, civic organizations and businesses to restore stream banks, perform trail maintenance, build community gardens and participate in other projects. Meet at Blue Ridge Community College.

A picnic will be held on the campus starting at 4pm. Rain date: May 5.

N.C. Arboretum Located at 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way. Info: www.ncarboretum.org or 665-2492.

• Through MO (7/2) - Ferns of the Smokies will feature exhibits about the flora of Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

NC Propane Autogas Roadshow • TH (5/3), 10am-1pm - This propane autogas roadshow will feature informative presentations and clean autogas vehicle demonstrations. Hosted by the Land-of-Sky Clean Vehicles Coalition, in conjunction with the Southeast Propane Autogas Development Program. Held at The Biltmore Estate, 1 Lodge St. Free. Info and registration: http://spadp.eventbrite.com.

RRP Training for Spanish Speaking Contractors • TH (5/3), 8:30am-5:30pm - This lead-based paint management training program is approved by the EPA and the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Hazards Control Unit.

Presented by the National Center for Healthy Housing at 227 Edgewood Road. Free for those who qualify. Info and registration: www.adryanaservices.com.

• TH (4/26), 7:30am-4:30pm - An additional program for Spanish speaking contractors will be presented by the National Center for Healthy Housing at 227 Edgewood Road. Free for those who qualify. Info and registration: www.adryanaservices.com.

The Nature Conservancy • TH (4/26), 9am-3pm - Work and Learn Party: Spring Wildflowers. Volunteers will participate in invasive plant removal at Bat Cave Preserve in Hickory Nut Gorge, followed by a guided wildflower walk.

Info and registration: mtns_volunteers@tnc.org or 350-1431, ext. 105.

WNC Sierra Club Info: www.wenoca.org or 251-8289.

• WE (5/2), 7pm - Will Morgan, the Sierra Club's state lobbyist, will present a summary of laws passed in 2011, preview 2012 legislation and analyze the upcoming elections during a meeting at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Asheville, 1 Edwin Place.

Festivals Celebration Israel Festival • SU (4/29), 11am-3:30pm Celebration Israel Festival will feature Israeli food, live music by the Goldstein Family Band, local arts and crafts and activities for kids. Held at Beth Israel

Synagogue, 229 Murdock Ave. Free. Info: 252-8431.

Earth Day: BRCC • SA (4/28), 10am-4pm - Blue Ridge Community College will host an Earth Day festival, featuring music, workshops, a green olympics and more.

Held in the main field or the Tech Building and Conference hall in case of rain. Free. Info: 692-0385.

Fire on the Mountain Blacksmithing Festival • SA (4/28), 10am-4pm - Fire on the Mountain Blacksmithing Festival will feature demonstrations and exhibitions. Held outside on Locust St., Spruce Pine. Free. Info: www.downtownsprucepine.com.

Foothills Wine Festival • SA (4/28), 11am-5pm Discover award winning wines from 16 N.C. wineries while enjoying live music by The Harris Brothers, King Street Jazz and ASAP. The afternoon will also include arts and craft vendors, gourmet food trucks and more. Held at Catawba Meadows Park in Morganton. $15 in advance/$20 at gate.

Proceeds benefit the Foothills Conservancy. Info: www. foothillsconservancy.org or 437-9930.

Greening Up the Mountains Festival • SA (4/28), 9am-4pm - The Greening Up the Mountains Festival will feature traditional crafts, live music, dancing, a 5K race and activities for children. Held at Main and Mill Streets, Sylva. Free. Info: www.downtownsylva.org or 586-1577.

Stecoah Ramp Festival • SA (4/28), 11am-8:30pm.

The Stecoah Ramp Festival will feature craft vendors, traditional Cherokee songs and stories and a ramp dinner. Held at Stecoah Valley Center, 121 Schoolhouse Road. Ramp dinner: 5:30 & 6:30pm $15.95/$9.95 children under 18. Concert with My Highway: 7:30pm - $10/$5 children ages 5-12/children under 5 free. Info and reservations: www.stecoahvalleycenter.com.

Trillium: A Festival of Follies and Flings • SA (4/28), 7:30am-3pm Join the Unitarian Universalist Church, 500 Montreat Road, Black Mountain, for a day of live music and games. The event will also include baked goods, plants and more for sale. Profits benefit the UUC's partner church in Romania and local non-profits. Free. Info: www.uusv.org.

West Asheville Carnival • SA (4/28), 4pm - Enjoy classic carnival games, arts and crafts, local food, performances from jugglers, stiltwalkers, aerial artists and

more. The afternoon will also include a raffle for dozens of Asheville-area goods. Held at Vance Elementary School, 98 Sulfur Springs Road.

Family-friendly; no pets please.

Proceeds benefit the school.

Info: alimangkang@gmail.com or http://avl.mx/el.

Food Hunters' Supper • SA (4/28), 6:30pm - A hunters' supper will be offered at Big Ivy Community Center, 540 Dillingham Road, Barnardsville. $20. Info: 626-3438.

Macrobiotic Potluck • SU (4/29), 5:30pm - A macrobiotic potluck will be held at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 1 Edwin Place. Free.

Info and registration: 2998657.

Government & Politics OCCUPY/WNC • TUESDAYS, 7pm - OCCUPY/ WNC promotes economic and social justice for the 99+1% through its General Assembly and working groups meeting. Held in Room 220 of the Jackson County Justice Center, 401 Grindstaff Cove Road, Sylva. Info: 743-9747.

Kids Asheville Youth Ensemble • Young musicians are invited to perform with the Asheville Youth Ensemble. Strings, flute, recorder, percussion and piano players welcome. Beginning music reading skills required.

Info: ashevilleyouthensemble@ gmail.com or 299-4856.

Carl Sandburg Home Located three miles south of Hendersonville off U.S. 25 on Little River Road. Info: 6934178 or www.nps.gov/carl.

• SA (4/28), 10am-3pm - Celebrate National Junior Ranger Day with a variety of educational activities about Sandburg and the National Park Service. Free.

Children's Short Story Contest • Through TU (5/1) - The Black Mountain Library Short Story Contest will accept submissions from children ages 8-14 through May 1. Info: 250-4756.

Events at REI Located at 31 Schenck Parkway. Info: 687-0918 or www.rei.com/asheville.

• MO (4/30), 6-8pm - Scout Night invites girls and boys ages 8 and up to learn compass, bike and backpacking basics. Free. Registration requested.

Hands On! This children's museum is located at 318 North Main St.,

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Hendersonville. Hours: Tues.Sat., 10am-5pm. Programs require $5 admission fee/free for members, unless otherwise noted. Info: www.handsonwnc. org or 697-8333.

• Through MO (4/30) Children are invited to make art with recycled materials.

• WE (4/25), 10:30am - Crazy Chemistry will focus on rainbow sand and recyclables.

Registration requested.

• TH (4/26), 3:30-4:30pm - "Fence Comes Alive" will feature educators from Foothills Equestrian and Nature Center.

• WE (5/2), 11am - "Let’s Get Moving" for children of all ages.

Registration requested.

Hip Hop Class • MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS & FRIDAYS, 3:30-4:30pm - A hip-hop class for children grades K-12 will be offered at Waynesville Recreation Center, 550 Vance St. Free for members/$20 pass for 15 visits. Registration required.

Info: youthprogramsupervisor@townofwaynesville.org or 456-2030.

N.C. Science Fest: Out of This World • SA (4/28), noon-2pm Health Adventure in Biltmore Square Mall, 800 Brevard Road, Suite 620, hosts an afternoon of meteorology exploration, featuring demonstrations of weather phenomena with hands-on experiments.

Free with museum admission.

Info: http://avl.mx/eo.

N.C. Science Festival: Lorna's Sun Bottle • FR (4/27), 6pm - This interactive storytelling event will engage children in science through an adventure tale staring forest animals and the sun. Held on the campus of ASU, Chemistry and Physics Building, Room 337. Free. Info: http://avl.mx/ek.

Parent's Night Out • FR (4/27), 5-9pm - The Young Women organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints will host a night of childcare at 3401 Sweeten Creek Road, Arden, to earn money for Girl’s Camp this summer. Children will enjoy playtime, games, movies and dinner. Info, cost and registration: StarNess47@ hotmail.com.

Playball • SUNDAYS, 10am - Playball encourages children ages 2-4 to learn life skills through lowpressure sports. Classes meet on various Sundays through May at times based on the age of the child. Held at the Asheville Jewish Community Center, 236 Charlotte St. Registration required. $15 per class. Info: rochelle@jccasheville.org.

Wee Naturalists

• TUESDAYS & WEDNESDAYS, 9:30am - The N.C. Arboretum, 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way, hosts activities for children ages 2-5, including nature walks, garden exploration, stories, crafts and visits from classroom animals.

May events include programs on spring, marsupials, rainbows and more. Info: www. ncarboretum.org or 665-2492.

Outdoors Beautiful Lake James Marina • Boat Slips Available (pd.) Beat the Summer rush and reserve a covered, uncovered or houseboat slip.

Great location at Canal Bridge.

Security, gas sales, marine store and customer lounge.

Call (828) 584-0666.

Carolina Mountain Club BBQ • SA (4/28), 2:30-8:30pm The Carolina Mountain Club spring BBQ will feature an easy hike and four-mile wildflower walk. Dinner will follow at 6pm.

Held at the N.C. Arboretum, 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way. $15. Info: lesrlove55@ gmail.com or 658-1489.

Classique Canoe and Kayak Race • SA (4/28) & SU (4/29) - The French Broad River Classique Canoe and Kayak Race, for experienced racers. A "fun race" will be offered for beginners on Sun. $10 per race.

Info, location and times: www. fbcanoeracing.org.

Events at REI Located at 31 Schenck Parkway. Info: 687-0918 or www.rei.com/asheville.

• WE (4/25), 7pm - A class on how to prepare and what to expect on Great Smoky Mountain National Park trails.

Free. Info and registration: www.rei.com/stores/117.

• TH (4/26), 7pm - Map and compass basics. Free. Info and registration: http://avl.mx/ef.

Guided Wildflower Walk • SA (4/28), 3am - A guided walk focused on the region's "wonderful wildflowers" will depart from the main parking lot at Richmond Hill Park, 280 Richmond Hill Drive. Free. Info: www.riverlink.org/walktour.asp or 252-8474, ext. 17.

Introduction to Kayaking • THURSDAYS, 7:30-9:30pm - An introductory kayaking class will cover the basics of whitewater kayaking with Nantahala Outdoor Center instructors at The Grove Park Inn, 290 Macon Ave. Ages 10 and up. $40. Info and registration: (800) 232-7238.

Lake James State Park N.C. Highway 126. Programs are free unless otherwise noted. Info: 584-7728.

• FR (4/27), 7:45pm - "What Bat is That" will identify bats

using acoustic technology.

Meets at the Catawba River Area. Info and registration: 584-7728.

N.C. Science Fest: Bird Hike • SA (4/28), 11am-1pm Expand your birding skills on a short, guided hike to spot and identify birds. Bring binoculars and lunch and dress for weather and trail terrain.

Trip meets at Health Adventure in Biltmore Square Mall, 800 Brevard Road, Suite 620. Free.

Info: http://avl.mx/dt.

Spring Wildflower and Bird Pligrimage • FR (4/27) through SU (4/29) - The Spring Wildflower and Bird Pligrimage will feature tours of the Botanical Gardens of Asheville, a presentation about orchids, plant sale, birding trip and more. $5/$1 students. Registration begins on April 27 at 6:30pm in UNCA's Robinson Hall. Info, times and locations: http://biology.unca. edu/wildflower-pilgrimage or 232-5151.

Performance & Film Song O' Sky Show Chorus (pd.) TUESDAYS, 6:45pm - Rehearsal at First Congregational United Church of Christ (UCC) 20 Oak Street Asheville 28801.(Enter Fellowship Hall-lower level).

Guests welcome. Contact: www.songosky.org Toll Free # 1-866-824-9547.

A Carolina Story • THURSDAYS through SUNDAYS until (4/29), 2:30 & 7:30pm - The world premier of A Carolina Story will be performed by BRCC students and faculty in Patton Auditorium. $7/$5 students, faculty and staff. Info: js_treadway@blueridge.edu or 694-1849.

Appalachian Consort • FR (4/27), 7pm - Weaverville First Baptist Church, 63 N. Main St., hosts "Appalachian Consort," featuring Leonard Hollifield Jr. (guitar), Mark Clevenger (hammered dulcimer), Lee Metcalf (bass), Cynthia Roop (flute) and Ruth Nicholson (vocals). Freewill offerings benefit North Buncombe music scholarships. Info: www.fbcweaverville.org.

Bombs Away Cabaret • FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS until (4/28), 7:30pm & 10:30pm - Bombs Away Cabaret presents "High Skirts: Illicitly Yours." Adult audiences only. Held at The Magnetic Field, 372 Depot St. $15/$17.

Info: www.themagneticfield. com or http://avl.mx/ab.

Classic World Cinema Foreign Film Series • FR (4/27), 8pm - Who is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe (France 1978) by

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Ted Kotcheff. Presented by Courtyard Gallery, 109 Roberts St., Phil Mechanic Studios, River Arts District. Free. Info: www.ashevillecourtyard.com or 273-3332.

Community Orchestra of Hendersonville • SU (4/29), 3pm - The Community Orchestra of Hendersonville will perform works by Mozart, Max Bruch and Alfred Knopf at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 900 Blythe St. Free; donations accepted. Info: 693-3081.

Controlled Chaos Film Festival • FR (4/27), 7pm - The Controlled Chaos Film Festival will feature short works by WCU's Motion Picture and Television Production Program and School of Stage and Screen. Held in WCU's John W. Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center. $10. Info: lathomas5@catamount.wcu.edu or 227-7491.

Dinner Theater • SA (4/28), 6:30pm - "Insane with Power," a comedy, will be performed at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church, 768 Asbury Road, Candler. $10. Info: http:// avl.mx/97 or 670-0051.

Disclaimer Underground Comedy • FRIDAYS, 8:15pm Disclaimer Underground Comedy will perform at Elaine's Piano Bar, 290 Macon Ave. Free. Info: www.ashevilledisclaimer.blogspot.com or 252-2711.

Endgame • TH (4/26) through SA (4/28), 8pm; SU (4/29), 2pm - Endgame by Samuel Beckett will be performed in Brevard College's Porter Center. $5.

Info: www.theportercenter.org or 800-514-3849.

Feist • WE (5/2), 8pm - Feist (indie singer/songwriter) will perform in the Thomas Wolf Auditorium, 87 Haywood St. $27.50 plus service fee.

Info: www.ashevillenc.gov/ Departments/CivicCenter.

Flat Rock Playhouse Mainstage: Highway 225, Flat Rock. Downtown location: 125 South Main St., Hendersonville.

Info: www.flatrockplayhouse. org or 693-0731.

• WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS until (5/6) - Say Goodnight Gracie will be performed at the downtown theater, 125 South Main St., Flat Rock.

Wed.-Sat., 8pm; Thurs., Sat. & Sun., 2pm. $35/$22 student.

• WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS, (5/3) until (5/20) Our Show of Shows, based on the 1950s variety show, will be performed on the Mainstage.

No show May 2. Wed.- Sat., 8pm. Wed.-Sun., 2pm. $35.

Info: www.flatrockplayhouse. org.

Greensboro Symphony Youth Orchestra • SA (4/28), 3pm - The Greensboro Symphony Youth Orchestra will perform at the Tryon Fine Arts Center, 34 Melrose Ave. Free. Info: marianne@tryonarts.org or 859-8322.

Hendersonville Children’s Choir • FR (4/27), 6:30pm - The Hendersonville Children’s Choir will perform at Covenant Presbyterian Church, 2101 Kanuga Road. $5/$2.50 children. Info: www.hendersonvillechildrenschoir.org or 696-4968.

Holocaust Remembrance Concert • SU (4/29), 4:15pm - Pan Harmonia will present a concert and screening of We Want the Light in remembrance of the Holocaust. Held in UNCA's Reuter Center. Concert begins at 5:30pm. Free. Info: unca. edu/ncccr or 251-6140.

Hooterville Hoedown Big Show • TH (4/26), 7pm - County Farm (bluegrass) will perform at the Opportunity House, 1411 Asheville Highway 25, as part of the Hooterville Hoedown's Big Show. $5/$8 for BBQ dinner at 5:30pm. Info: hootervillehoedown@gmail.com or 692-0575.

Jewish Film Festival • Through TH (4/26) - The Jewish Film Festival features screenings and discussions about modern and historical Jewish life. Held at the Fine Arts Theatre, 36 Biltmore Ave. $18 opening and closing nights/$8 other screenings. Info: www. ashevillejewishfilmfestival.com.

Disclaimer Comedy • TU (5/1), 9pm - Disclaimer Comedy presents Joe Zimmerman, with Tom Peters, Tom Scheve and Cary Goff, at Lexington Avenue Brewery, 39 North Lexington Ave. $7/$5 in advance. Info: www.joezimmermanatlab.eventbrite.com.

Locomotive Pie • TU (5/1), 7-9pm Locomotive Pie (blues, folk, roots) will perform at Mountain Pizza Cafe, 55 North Main St., Weaverville. Free. Info: 658-8777.

Lyra • FR (4/27), 7pm - Lyra (Russian a cappella) will perform at St. John in the Wilderness, 1905 Greenville Highway, Flat Rock. $15. Info: bettieworr@gmail.com or 698-2357.

Mama Won’t Fly • THURSDAYS through SATURDAYS (4/28) until (5/11), 7:30pm - Mama Won’t Fly, an original play

by Asheville-based writers, will be performed at Parkway Playhouse, 202 Green Mountain Drive, Burnsville. An additional performance will be held Sun., April 29 at 5pm.

$20. Info: www.parkwayplayhouse.com.

Montford Park Players • THURSDAYS through SUNDAYS until (4/29), 7:30pm - Shakespeare's As You Like It will be performed by the Montford Park Players at the Masonic Temple, 80 Broadway St. $12/$10 students and seniors/$6 under 18. Info: www.montfordparkplayers.org.

Movie Night • SATURDAYS, 6pm - Hosted

by Wall Street Coffee House and Emporium, 62 Wall St., featuring new releases, cult classics and old favorites. Free.

Movie titles to be announced weekly at www.wallstreetcoffeehouse.webs.com.

N.C. Symphony • WE (4/25), 7:30pm - The North Carolina Symphony will perform works by Beethoven, Mozart, Wagner and Liszt in Mars Hill College's Moore Auditorium. $25. Info: www. mhc.edu or 1-866-MHC-4YOU. Public Lectures & Events at UNCA Events are free unless otherwise noted.

• FR (4/27), 11:30am "Behind the Scenes at N.C. Stage," with artistic director Charlie Flynn-McIver. Held in the Reuter Center. Info: unca. edu/ncccr or 251-6140.

Sam Kaufman • FR (4/27), 5:30-8pm - Sam Kaufman (acoustic guitar and vocals) will perform at Blue Ridge Books, 152 South Main St., Waynesville. Free. Info: www.blueridgebooksnc.com or 456-6000.

Spring Choral Concert • MO (4/30), 7:30pm Brevard College's student choirs will perform a spring concert in the university's Porter Center. Free. Info: 8848211.

Talking Heads • SA (4/28), 7:30pm & SU (4/29), 3pm - Talking Heads, featuring a trio of characters who explore "some laughter, some reflection and a dollop of sadness," will be performed by the Arts Council of Henderson County at Cedars, 219 7th Ave. W., Hendersonville. $40/$35 members. Info: www.acofhc. org.

That Mancini Magic • SU (4/29), 3pm - That Mancini Magic, featuring the songs of Henry Mancini, will be performed at WCU's Bardo Performing Arts Center. $20/$15 faculty and staff/$5 students. Info: www.wcu.edu/ fapac or 227-2479.

The Autumn Players • THURSDAYS through SATURDAYS until (4/28), 7:30pm - The Autumn Players will present Hospitality Suite at

35Below, 35 E. Walnut St. $15.

Info: www.ashevilletheatre.org.

The Magnetic Field 372 Depot St. Info: www. themagneticfield.com or 2574003.

• WE (4/25) & TH (4/26), 8pm - Jonathan Ammons and the Electric Ghost will tape their live DVD at a concert for the public.

Pilgrim opens. $7.

To Kill A Mockingbird • FRIDAYS, SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS until (5/6) - To Kill A Mockingbird will be performed at Asheville Community Theatre, 35 East Walnut St. $12-$22 depending on section. Fri. & Sat., 7:30pm; Sun., 2:30pm. Info: www.ashevilletheatre.org.

Tryon Little Theater • THURSDAYS through SUNDAYS until (4/29) - Knock, Knock, an absurdist comedy by Jules Feiffer, will be performed at the Tryon Little Theater, 516 S. Trade St., Tryon. Mon.-Sat., 8pm; Sun., 3pm. $15. Info and tickets: www.tltinfo.org or 859-2466.

Washuntara Concert • SA (4/28), 7pm - HeartSong House Concerts presents "a soulful evening with Washuntara." A portions of proceeds benefit Asheville Community Yoga. Light fare will be served. $18. Tickets and location available at Malaprop's or 230-8257.

WCU Guitar Ensemble • FR (4/27), 7:30pm - The WCU Guitar Ensemble will perform rock, blues and jazz in the university's Coulter Building.

Free. Info: 227-7242.

Wham, Bam! Puppet Slam • SA (4/28), 9pm - "Wham, Bam! Puppet Slam" will consist of 13 short pieces in two acts featuring all local performers.

Held at the BeBe Theatre, 20 Commerce St. $12. Info: whambampuppetslam@gmail. com or http://avl.mx/eg.

Parenting Breastfeeding Class • TH (5/3), 4-5pm - A class on breastfeeding will be offered at Hands On!, 318 N. Main St., Hendersonville. Info and registration: www.handsonwnc.org or 697-8333.

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

• TH (4/26), 6:30-8pm - Infant care class.

Green Parents Club • FRIDAYS, 9am - This group of eco-minded parents meets at Biltmore Coffee Traders,

518 Hendersonville Road, for hands-on workshops, including gardening for kids, growing sprouts, making green cleaners and more. Children welcome.

Info: 712-8439 or http://avl. mx/em.

New Baby Asheville • FRIDAYS, 10am-1pm - Get support, meet other moms, share your story, ask questions and connect with community at this free weekly meeting. Info and directions: Lisahicks1018@gmail.com.

Raising a Sexually Healthy Child • MO (4/30), 5:30pm - Kelley J. Wolfe, Ph.D, will discuss sexuality in children with special needs at the FSN offices of the Reuter Outpatient Clinic, 11 Vanderbilt Park Drive. Presented by the Family Support Network of WNC. Info and registration: 213-9787 or http://avl.mx/er.

Seniors AARP Driver Safety Class • MO (4/30), 12:30pm Develop safer driving habits at this course. Graduates receive a certificate of completion and may be eligible vehicle insurance discounts. Held at 339 New Leicester Highway, Suite 140. $14/$12 members. Info and registration: 251-6622 SeniorSalt Impact • MO (4/30), 8:30am-2:30pm - This program is designed to encourage senior adult believers to reach their friends and family for Jesus Christ. The event includes a screening of Though None May Go with Me, a staff-led discussion and a buffet-style meal. Held at the Billy Graham Training Center, 1 Porter's Cove Road. $25. Info: www.thecove.org.

Spirituality 5-Day Zen Retreat (pd.) May 4-9 At Great Tree Zen Temple, led by Rev. Teijo Munnich. $300. Begins 4 p.m. May 4, ends noon May 9. Includes sitting, walking meditation, work, interviews with teacher. Great Tree is 15 minutes from downtown Asheville. Register online: www.greattreetemple.org.

Questions: 828-645-2085.

Asheville Compassionate Communication Center (pd.) 8 Week Course starting April 18, 6:30-8:30pm. Learn ways to create understanding, connection, and deeper love in your relationships by learning Compassionate Communication (Nonviolent Communication). Great for couples! 252-0538. www. ashevilleccc.com Asheville Meditation Group (pd.) Practice meditation in a supportive group environment.

Guided meditations follow the Insight/Mindfulness/ Vipassana practices. Insight meditation cultivates a happier, more peaceful and focused mind. Our "sangha" (a community of cool people) provides added support and joy to one’s spiritual awakening process.

All are invited. • By donation.

• Tuesdays, 7pm-8:30pm: Guided meditation and discussion. • Sundays, 10am-11:30am: Seated meditation and dharma talks.

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

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.

Blessing of the Hands for Nurses • TH (5/3), 6pm - A Blessing of the Hands ceremony will be held at 360 N. Louisiana Ave. "All nurses are invited, as we come together to offer our hands to God for His service in healing ministry." Info: rchovey@sos-mission.org.

Celtic Christian Holiday Service • SU (4/29), 3pm - This Celtic Christian service will honor the holiday of Beltaine.

Bring vegetarian food to share (optional). Held at a private home in Weaverville.

Info and location: www.avalongrove.org or 645-2674.

Consciousness Connection • 2nd & 4th SATURDAYS, 3-5pm - Read and discuss consciousness, based on the work of Dr. David Hawkins, and calibrate consciousness using muscle testing. $5.

Info: www.consciousnessproject.org or 337-1852.

Destiny Seminar • SATURDAYS through (5/5), 4pm - Discover your true calling based on biblical principles and dynametric programs during this fourweek course. Held at the Asheville Event Centre, 991

Sweeten Creek Road. By donation. Info and registration: www.thePathAsheville. org.

First Congregational Church in Hendersonville Fifth Ave. West at White Pine St., Hendersonville. Programs by donation, unless otherwise noted. Info: 692-8630 or www.fcchendersonville. org.

• SU (4/29), 9:15am - Ed and Romella-Hart O'Keefe will lead a program on Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT).

By donation.

Flash Meditation Mob • SA (4/28), 10-11am - A flash meditation mob, hosted

by Mars Hill College, encourages the public to "suddenly assemble" on the university's quad for group meditation. A day of mindfulness will follow until 4pm. Bring a lawn chair or cushion and a bag lunch.

Free. Info: www.medmob.org or 466-2071.

Kashmir Shaivism • THURSDAYS, 7pm - Explore the nondual philosophy and practice of tantric Kashmir Shaivism with Madhyanandi. By donation.

Info and directions: madhyanandi@gmail.com.

Nurse Christian Fellowship • 1st THURSDAYS, 6-8pm - Nurse Christian Fellowship provides a local, regional, national and international network to bring the message of Jesus Christ and a Christian worldview to nursing education and practice. Info: rchovey@sos.spc-asheville.org.

Pray the Vespers • SUNDAYS, 7pm - The Asheville Orthodox Mission invites the public to pray the Vespers of the Ancient Orthodox Christian Church at 619 Haywood Road. Info: http://avl.mx/9s.

Sacred Embodiment Center Located at 41 Carolina Lane in Asheville.

• TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, noon3pm - "Come-unity Time: Food, Healing and Soul Nourishment" invites the public to bring art supplies, instruments and food donations for a meal and community gathering. $5 meal/$3 soup. Info: www. thesacredembodimentcenter. com or 216-2983.

Trinity Lutheran Church 235 St. John's Road, Suite 50, Fletcher. Info: www. trinitylutherannc.org or 3574068.

• SUNDAYS, 10am - Sunday services will be preceded by Bible study at 9am.

Unity Church of Asheville Located at 130 Shelburne Road. Info: www.unityofasheville.com or 252-5010.

freewillastrology SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21)

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) “True life is lived when tiny changes occur,” said Leo Tolstoy. I agree. It’s rare for us to undergo rapid, dramatic transformations in short periods of time.

That’s why it’s delusional to be forever pining for some big magic intervention that will fix everything. The best way to alter our course is slowly and gradually, by conscientiously revamping our responses to the small daily details.

Keep these thoughts close at hand in the coming weeks, Aries. Be a devotee of the incremental approach. Step-by-step. Hour-by-hour.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) "What people really need and demand from life is not wealth, comfort, or esteem, but games worth playing," said psychiatrist Thomas Szasz.

I love that thought, and am excited to offer it up to you right now. You have been invited or will soon be invited to participate in some of the best games ever. These are not grueling games foisted on you by people hoping to manipulate you, nor pointless games that exhaust your energy for naught. Rather, they are fun challenges that promise to stretch your intelligence, deepen your perspective, and enhance your emotional riches.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) Is it conceivable that you've gotten a bit off track? As I close my eyes and ask my higher powers for a psychic vision, I get an impression of you staring at a blurry image of a symbol that is no longer an accurate representation of your life goal. Now of course there's a chance that my vision is completely unfounded. But if it does ring at least somewhat true to you — if it suggests a question worth asking yourself — I invite you to meditate on the possibility that you need to update your understanding of what your ultimate target looks like.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) From an astrological point of view, it's prime time for you to attend a networking extravaganza or collaboration spree. Likewise, this is an excellent phase in your long-term cycle to organize a gathering for the close allies who will be most important in helping you carry out your master plan during the next 12 months.

Have you ever heard of the term "Temporary Autonomous Zone"? It's a time and place where people with shared interests and common values can explore the frontiers of productive conviviality. It might be a dinner party in an inspirational setting, a boisterous ritual in a rowdy sanctuary, or a private festival for fellow seekers. I hope you make sure something like that materializes.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) To begin one of his performances, comedian and musician Steve Martin ambled on stage and told his audience what to expect. "Before every show," he said, "I like to do one thing that is impossible. So now I'm going to suck this piano into my lungs." That's the kind of brag I hope to

hear coming from you sometime soon, Leo — the more outrageous the better. Why? Because I'd love to see you cultivate a looser, breezier relationship with your actual ambitions. To make boastful jokes about wacky or farfetched goals might inspire you to be jauntier and friskier about those real ones. And that would rouse a burst of fresh motivational energy.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) The text for this week's oracle comes from Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a great American statesman who, after escaping slavery, became a leader of the abolitionist movement. "Those who profess to favor freedom and yet depreciate agitation," he said, "are people who want crops without plowing the ground; they want rain without thunder and lightning ... The struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a physical one, or it may be both. But it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand." Please apply these thoughts to your own situation, Virgo. You have entered the liberation phase of your cycle.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) I'm about to list some declarations that I hope will come out of your mouth at least once in the next three weeks. If for any reason you're not finding yourself in situations where these words would make sense for you to utter, please rearrange your life accordingly. 1. "There's nothing else I'd rather be doing right now." 2. "Is it okay with you if we take this really slow?" 3.

"No one's ever done that before." 4. "Squeeze my hand when it feels really amazing." 5. "It's like we know what each other is thinking." 6. "Can I have some more, please?"

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) A political strategist told me one of her most important rules: To win an election, you have to help your candidate choose the right fights.

I think that would be an excellent guiding principle for you in the coming weeks, Scorpio.

According to my reading of the astrological omens, you will be getting invitations to spar, joust, and wrangle. Although it might be exciting to leap into each and every fray with your eyes blazing, I suggest you show careful discernment. Try to confine your participation to those tangles that will downplay your weaknesses and highlight your strengths.

In the famous children's book *The Little Prince,* the hero lives on an asteroid with three volcanoes, two active and one dormant. One day he decides to leave home and travel to other realms. Before departing, he meticulously scours all three volcanoes. "If they are well cleaned out," the narrator reports, "volcanoes burn slowly and steadily, without any eruptions." I recommend that you take after the Little Prince, Sagittarius. It's high time to attend to the upkeep of your volcanoes. Make sure they will burn slow and steady in the coming months, even when you're not at home.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) One of the classics of ancient Sanskrit literature is the Kama Sutra, which gives practical advice about erotic love. The most popular edition of the book offers instructions on eight kinds of kisses and 64 sexual positions, with additional tips on styles of embracing and caressing. This would be an excellent time for you to get inspired by information like that, Capricorn.

Your relationship with the amorous arts is due for expansion and refinement. You don't necessarily need to rely on book learning, of course.

You could accomplish a lot of empirical exploration simply by getting naked and firing up your imagination.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) Singer-songwriter Tom Waits was strongly influenced by Bob Dylan's down-to-earth album The Basement Tapes. "I like my music with the rinds and the seeds and pulp left in," Waits testifies. "The noise and grit" of Dylan's rootsy, intimate songs, he says, creates a mood of "joy and abandon." That's the spirit I wish for you in the coming weeks, Aquarius. Wherever you are and whatever you're doing, get down to the gritty, organic core of things. Hunker down in the funky fundamentals. Hang out where the levels of pretension are low and the stories are fresh and raw.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) You're not really breaking the rules, right, Pisces? It's more like you're just testing their elasticity; you're helping them become more supple and flexible. I'm sure that sooner or later people will thank you for how you're expanding the way the game is played. It may take a while, but they will eventually appreciate and capitalize on the liberties you are now introducing into the system. In the short run, though, you might have to take some heat for your tinkering and experiments. Try not to let that inhibit your eagerness to try creative risks.

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parenting from the edge by Anne Fitten Glenn

STUFF THAT’S FREAKING ME OUT Some days I wish I didn’t have kids. Because if that were the case, I wouldn’t spend nearly as much time worrying about the future as I do.

I don’t worry about the future for your kids. I worry about the future for my kids. If I didn’t have my own, I’d probably be less proactive about trying to save the world. Yes, that’s selfish, but I’m going to blame biology. In truth, I can no longer remember what it feels like not to have offspring, so that argument’s fairly irrelevant. Plus it’s already the future. Except for the flying cars.

On that note, here’s what’s been freaking me out lately ... because I’m a parent.

Weather on steroids: Last month was officially the warmest March since weather record-keeping started in the U.S. in 1895, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. There were more than 15,000 warm weather records broken across the country — smashed by the whitehot heat index. While my Progess Energy bill was lower than usual as a result, I’m concerned that air conditioning may become a a summer necessity at my little house. And since I don’t currently have air conditioning, that’s a problem. Thus, I’ll be crabby and my kids will be crabby. And holy hell, how are

• SUNDAYS, 11am - Spiritual celebration service. --- 12:302pm - A Course in Miracles study group.

Spoken & Written Word Battery Park Writing Group (pd.) Thursdays, 6:30 p.m.

Battery Park Book Exchange & Champagne Bar. This group meets to write together and then share in a supportive atmosphere. Free! Contact Lisa at 691-5472 or tokyotaos@ live.com for more info.

Asheville Wordfest • WE (5/2) through SU (5/6) - Asheville Wordfest will focus on the theme of "Home: Place and Planet" at Grateful Steps Bookshop, Vanuatu Kava Bar and the Altamont Theatre. Most programs free. Info and complete schedule: www.gratefulsteps.com/ashevillewordfest.

Attention WNC Mystery Writers • TH (4/26), 6pm - The WNC Mysterians Critique Group will meet at Atlanta Bread Company, 633 Merrimon Ave #A. For serious mystery/ suspense/thriller writers. Info:

www.wncmysterians.org or 712-5570.

Blue Ridge Books Located at 152 S. Main St., Waynesville. All programs free, unless otherwise noted. Info: www.brbooks-news.com or 456-6000.

• SA (4/28), 3pm - Sheri Adams will present information about A Pair of Docs Publishing, a Christian publishing house that she co-owns with her husband .

Buncombe County Public Libraries LIBRARY ABBREVIATIONS - All programs are free unless otherwise noted. Each Library event is marked by the following location abbreviations: n EA = East Asheville Library (902 Tunnel Road, 250-4738) n EC = Enka-Candler Library (1404 Sandhill Road, 2504758) n PM = Pack Memorial Library (67 Haywood Street, 250-4700) n SS = Skyland/South Buncombe Library (260 Overlook Road, 250-6488) n WV = Weaverville Library (41 N. Main Street, 250-6482)

my kids going to survive climate change with no A/C? Man-made earthquakes: There’s evidence that recent dramatic increases in the number of earthquakes in the U.S. is being caused by oil and natural gas drilling. Anyone read Stephen King’s novel 11/22/63? And you thought that section was fiction? I did. But no, fracking equals Earth abuse which equals quakes which equals damage to our fragile Earth-crust world (I’m not sure how time travel fits into the equation exactly, but King has a better understanding of that stuff than I do). Save the children from fracking, please. While these earthquakes seem more prevalent in the heartland, there’s a good bit of drilling happening here in the Appalachian Mountains. So I’m just sitting, waiting for more ground shaking, while I use natural gas to cook supper.

Speaking of supper, what’s up with pink slime, salmonella, antibiotics and sex hormones in our food? All this stuff almost makes me want to have a hippie blessing ceremony over my non-existent backyard garden. Almost.

But I will not have urban chickens. Think about it.

When the Zombie Apocalypse happens, where are

n Library storyline: 250-KIDS. • TU (5/1), 6-8pm - Knit-nChain. SS --- 7pm - Book club: At Home by Bill Bryson. WV --7pm - Book club: The History of Love by Nicole Krauss. EC • WE (5/2), 3pm - Book club: The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester. WV • TH (5/3), 6:30pm - Book club: The Social Animal by David Brooks. EA City Lights Bookstore Located at 3 E. Jackson St., Sylva. Events are free, unless otherwise noted. Info: www. citylightsnc.com or 586-9499.

• FR (4/27), 7pm - WCU ceramics instructor Joan Byrd will discuss A Life in Glass by Harvey K. Littleton.

• SA (4/28), 7pm - Thomas Thibeault will read from his book Balto’s Nose.

• SU (4/29), 4pm - A book club discussion will focus on books to be presented at the Spring Literary Festival. Trivia and refreshments to follow.

• WE (5/2), 6:30pm - YA author Beth Revis will read from her new book A Million Suns.

Malaprop's Bookstore and Cafe

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55 Haywood St. Info: www. malaprops.com or 254-6734.

Events are free, unless otherwise noted.

• TH (4/26), 7pm - Various authors will participate in the Southern Kidlit Writers Cabal.

• FR (4/27), 7pm - Theodore Richards will read from his novel The Crucifixion.

• SA (4/28), 7pm - Deborah Madison, founder Greens restaurant, will present her most recent cookbooks.

• SU (4/29), 3pm - Ann Hite will read from her novel Ghost on Black Mountain.

• MO (4/30), 7pm - Kathryn Newfont, faculty member at Mars Hill College, will read from her new book Blue Ridge Commons: Environmental Activism and Forest History in Western North Carolina.

Mallory McDuff • TH (4/26), 6pm - WWC professor Mallory McDuff will read from her book Sacred Acts: How Churches Are Working to Protect Earth's Climate. Held at the Cathedral of All Souls, 3 Angle St. Free. Co-sponsored

by Accent on Books. Info: 2742681 or 252-6255.

Open Mic

• 1st WEDNESDAYS, 7pm - A spoken word open mic, hosted

by Asheville Wordfest and Asheville Poetry Review, will be held at The Pulp, 103 Hilliard Ave. $10 includes membership fee. Info: www.ashevillepoetryreview.com or 225-5851.

Poem in Your Pocket Day • TH (4/26) - The Fountainhead Bookstore, 408 N Main St., Hendersonville, will celebrate National Poetry Month by encouraging the public to bring a copy of their favorite poem to the bookstore for a 20 percent discount. Info: www.fountainheadbookstore. com or 697-1870.

Wordslam • FR (4/27), 6:30-9pm & SA (4/28), 10:30am-4:30pm Wordslam, a spoken word poetry contest for young people, will be held at the Urban Arts Institute, 144 Cox Ave. Free. Info: www.ashevillewritersintheschools.org.

Sports Asheville Rowing Club (pd.) Register now for a 1.5 hour, on-the-water introduction, Saturday morning May 12

the zombies all going to hang out? Wherever there are free caged animal brains. Those of you who are farmers are toast.

Seriously though, a new report from the Centers for Disease Control says that teenagers overdosing on prescription drugs has increased dramatically.

The number of teen overdose deaths has almost doubled in the last decade. Forget hiding the sex toys, parents, lock up your drugs! I’ve heard from a number of teens that their friends regularly raid their parents’ (and their friends’ parents’) medicine cabinets.

The good news from the CDC is that teenage pregnancy rates are down. Yay condoms and sex education!

College: How exactly do kids afford to go to college anymore? If they take on student loans, will they suffer under the debt load forever when they can’t find decent jobs after spending four years studying and drinking too much beer? These questions keep me up at night.

Thanks for reading about some of my parental freak-outs. In case you other parents have been getting enough sleep lately. X

or August 25. Build strength, endurance and friendships while enjoying the outdoors on Lake Julian, Ardent. Fee $15. Come row with us! www. ashevillerowing.org.

Community Swim Day • SA (4/28), 11am-5pm - The YWCA of Asheville, 185 S. French Broad Ave., will host a community swim day, featuring free swim lessons and $5 family swims. Info and registration: 254-7206.

Full Momentum Wrestling • 4th SATURDAYS, 7:30pm - Full Momentum Wrestling, featuring Luscious LeAnn, The Alliance, Brett Hawkins, Cyanide, The Brotherhood and more. Held at the Fairview Community Center, 1357 Charlotte Highway, Fairview. $6/children 10 and under free.

Info: www.fullmomentumwrestling.org.

Girls on the Run SoleMates • Girls on the Run invites girls grades 3-8 to participate in group runs and fundraising opportunities as part of the SoleMates series. Info: www. gotrwnc.org.

Volunteering Patsy Keever for Congress (pd.) Is now enrolling interns for our 2012 campaign. For more information, visit http:// tinyurl.com/7nc7x3o or email bruce@keeverforcongress. com.

Asheville City Schools Foundation • Volunteers are sought for the Asheville City Schools Foundation's reading and math programs. Prior teaching or tutoring experience preferred.

Info: www.acsf.org or 3506135.

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 adult mentors for bimonthly outings. Activities are free or low-cost. Volunteers are also needed to mentor 1 hr./ wk. in schools and after-school programs.

Big Love

• Through TU (5/1) - Big Love seeks volunteers for its annual arts, crafts and music festival through May 1. Info: http:// avl.mx/eu.

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.

Center for New Beginnings • The Center for New Beginnings seeks volunteers for community awareness and services for crime victims and survivors of traffic fatalities, suicides and other death-related incidents. Info: contact@centerfornb.org or 989-9306.

Children First/CIS Children First/CIS is a nonprofit advocating for children living in vulnerable conditions. Info: VolunteerC@childrenfirstbc.org or 768-2072.

• Through TU (5/1), 2:305:30pm - Volunteers are needed at least one hour per week, Mon.-Thurs., to help K-5th graders with homework and activities. Info: VolunteerC@childrenfirstbc.org or 768-2072.

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 and mileage reimbursement is available.

Info: www.coabc.org or 2778288.

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 (4/26), 4-6pm - FairTrade Stock-Up: 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.

• SA (4/28), 9am-noon - Help sort and pack food at MANNA FoodBank.

Hands On! This children's museum is located at 318 North Main St., Hendersonville. Hours: Tues.Sat., 10am-5pm. Programs require $5 admission fee/free for members, unless otherwise noted. Info: www.handsonwnc. org or 697-8333.

• Hands On! seeks volunteers for reception assistance, program facilitation and daily operations.

Helios Warriors • Helios Warriors, a holistic therapy program for veterans, seeks volunteer licensed/ insured practitioners for a minimum of three hours per month.

Volunteer administrative support also needed. Tues., Thurs., Fri. or Sun. Info: www.helioswarriors.org or 299-0776.

Jewish Community Center • The Asheville Jewish Community Center seeks volunteers for party planning, receptionist duties and other projects. Info: rochelle@jccasheville.org or 253-0701.

MotherLove Mentor • The YWCA MotherLove program seeks volunteers to provide support and encour-

agement to teen mothers. A commitment of eight hours per is month required. Info: 254-7206.

New Opportunities Thrift Store • The Opportunity House, 1411 Asheville Highway, Hendersonville, seeks donations for the New Opportunities Thrift Store. Volunteers also needed during store hours.

Info: 692-0575.

Our VOICE Crisis Response Training • TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS & SATURDAYS - Our VOICE seeks response advocates to answer the crisis line on evenings and weekends, providing emotional and informational support to victims of sexual violence. Pre-training interview required. Info and application: www.ourvoicenc.org or 2520562.

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• Volunteers are sought to plan festivals, concerts and parties.

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Young Parents Demonstration Project • Through MO (4/30) The Asheville Buncombe Community Christian Ministry seeks volunteers to provide emotional support and guidance to young parents moving out of poverty. Info: 398-6995 or www.abccm.org/ministries/ circles.

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The Tips & Tricks to

Getting your kids to eat vegetables…

HEART OUT

10TH ANNUAL DINING OUT FOR LIFE BENEFIT

IS LOCAL AIDS PROJECT’S LIFEBLOOD

Assuming your child has no health, allergy, medical or dental problems it can be normal for many parents to struggle to get their kids to eat vegetables. The last thing you want is for the dinner table to be a stressful place so here are my Primetime tips and tricks: Leah McGrath, RD, LDN Corporate Dietitian, Ingles Markets

1. American Idol

If parents and caregivers aren’t eating vegetables themselves it’s going to be really difficult to convice the child to partake.

Be sure you’re modeling good habits by eating a varity of vegetables.

2. Survivor

Experts say it can take multiple times to get a child to try, let alone like, vegetables. Don’t force them, but don’t give up after the first “I don’t want that!”.

3. Fear Factor

Children can be very sensitive to textures. If your child won’t eat cooked vegetables, try them raw — or vice versa.

Example: Raw snow and snap beans are crunchy and slightly sweet. Many kids will eat them as is or with just a little dip.

4. Top Chef

Try some subterfuge… food process carrots into fruit smoothies or add chopped spinach into spaghetti sauce.

5. The $25,000 Pyramid

Set up a reward system of stickers or maybe small prizes for trying new vegetables or eating a certain number of bites.

6. Friends

Does your child have a friend who loves vegetables?

Invite the friend over for lunch or dinner. Many children can be influenced to try vegetables when they see friends eat vegetables they’ve refused.

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Edible alms: More than 100 restaurants will participate in this year’s Dining Out for Life benefit. On Thursday, April 26, 20 percent of each bill will be donated the the Western North Carolina Aids Project. Photo courtesy of WNCAP

BY CAITLIN BYRD Due to federal budget cuts and a consistent demand for its services, the Western North Carolina AIDS Project will have a full plate this year, according to Executive Director Jeff Bachar.

And Bachar wants to see community members with full plates of their own during this year's Dining Out for Life fundraiser on Thursday, April 26. Throughout the day, more than 100 area restaurants will donate 20 percent of their gross sales to WNCAP, a public-health nonprofit that provides free HIV-related services in 18 WNC counties.

"The epidemic is still here,” Bachar notes, adding that there’s still need for WNCAP’s programs to grow. The organization averages eight-to-10 new intakes each month, so expanding services, like client support and prevention education, remains a crucial objective.

"We're trying to reach more of the population in Western North Carolina,” Bachar says.

“But with a small budget like ours, it's not enough to stretch those messages across the region with intensity.”

Dining Out for Life, celebrating its 10th year in the area, remains the organization's most important annual fundraiser. Last year, the benefit raised more than $138,000 for WNCAP.

MILLION MARK IN REACH This year’s benefit might achieve more than a notable anniversary, event coordinator Harry Brown explains. When Asheville first participated in Dining Out for Life 10 years ago, the event raised $21,000. Every year since, the event and the money it raises have grown. The first nine years netted a total of $857,000.

"You can ask anybody, I never set goals — but I do like to see us get at least $1 more than we did the previous year," Brown jokes.

But do the math, and a potential goal suggests

itself: If WNCAP raises $143,000 this year, he’ll be able to tout the event as a milliondollar fundraiser.

During the first local Dining Out for Life event, Brown recalls, about 20 restaurants participated, and all of them were in Asheville.

This year, there will also be participating eateries in Arden, Black Mountain, Brevard, Flat Rock, Hendersonville, Maggie Valley, Saluda, Waynesville, Weaverville and Woodfin. (For a full list of restaurants, visit avl.mx/ev).

SPREADING THE WORD In addition to the chance to eat for the benefit of others, diners will be greeted by a Dining Out for Life “ambassador.”

"These ambassadors are key to making this event a success," Brown says. "I wish I could clone them. They're all so great." The volunteers, numbering around 200, explain the event and answer questions about WNCAP’s work.

WNCAP Board of Directors President Pam Siekman will be one of them, working the Corner Kitchen for breakfast and The Admiral for supper.

"Western North Carolina has such a strong social conscience. Year after year, the community really steps up for us," she says.

Of course, some of the diners are simply out to eat and unaware of the event, but Siekman has noticed a growing number of intentional participants. "I'll still come across people who don't realize that it's Dining Out for Life, but more and more people say they come out because it's Dining Out for Life,” she says.

“Sometimes people can't afford to write a check to us, but they can always afford to eat.”

“WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA HAS SUCH A STRONG SOCIAL CONSCIENCE. YEAR AFTER YEAR, THE COMMUNITY REALLY STEPS UP FOR US.” PAM SIEKMAN, WNCAP BOARD PRESIDENT

FINDING HOPE

"I've been a part of this cause in my life for the past 20 years because I've had friends, close friends, who have died from AIDS," she says. "Even though people diagnosed with AIDS and HIV live longer” today than they used to, she says, “they still live a compromised life because after that diagnosis, their life changes forever."

And though medicines and treatments do help people with AIDS live longer lives, the casualty count remains high. According to the Centers for Disease Control, an estimated 17,774 people with AIDS died in the U.S. in 2009.

"People are definitely still dying from this, and we have lost clients the last couple of years," Brown says. WNCAP’s case log is growing, in part because “a lot of people are moving here who are HIV-positive."

"You never like to see this kind of business grow — we want to grow the other way," Brown says. "But as long as there is a need, we're going to be here." X

The event is full of good eats and good fun, but Siekman and others volunteer in remembrance of grave losses that have mounted through the years.

Send your local health-and-wellness news and tips to Caitlin Byrd at cbyrd@mountainx.com, or call 251-1333, ext. 140.

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Wellness Acceptance & Boundaries: The Keys to Loving Someone Difficult (pd.) Do you care deeply for someone who is hard to love? Call M. Wheeler, Counselor, 90- minute session for $50. 828-215-6653.

Are You Trying To Force Yourself To Change? (pd.) Emotional Brain Training (EBT) is a structured program that addresses the Emotional Root Cause of using Food, Alcohol/Drugs, Overspending, Overworking to feel pleasure, numb out, and/or comfort and soothe ourselves. • Create a healthy lifestyle that promotes self compassion, brain health and grounded joy. Call 231-2107 or empowering.solutions@yahoo.com or visit website: www.ebt.org Asheville Center for Transcendental Meditation ("™") (pd.) It's not contemplation, focusing on your breath, watching thoughts or trying to be mindful. It's a completely different process with far-reaching, scientifically validated benefits: During TM you effortlessly transcend thought to experience restful alertness or pure consciousness—the source of thought—reducing stress and revitalizing mind, body and spirit. Free Introductory Class: Thursday, 6:30pm, 165 E. Chestnut • Topics: How meditation techniques differ • What health researchers say • (828) 254-4350. www.

MeditationAsheville.org The Power of Past Lives With Alice McCall Free Talk (pd.) Wednesday, May 2, 7pm, Mills River Unity, Brevard. • Unlock the secret of how past lives impacts wellness! (828) 577-5623. www.healingpath.info The REAL Center (pd.) Offers life-changing classes in Relationship & Intimacy skills, Nonviolent Communication (NVC), Radical Honesty, and Somatic Awareness. Held in Asheville with Steve Torma, 828-254-5613, www.theREALcenter.org ADHD Self-Management • WE (4/25), 7pm - Coach Rudy from the ADHD Center for Success will present strategies for ADHD selfmanagement at Malaprop's, 55 Haywood St. Free. Info: www.malaprops.com.

Arthritis Management Programs • TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS & SATURDAYS, 9am10am - An aquatic program for those with arthritis will be presented by the Arthritis Foundation at Waynesville Recreation Center, 550 Vance St. Free with regular admission. Info: recprograms@townofwaynesville.org or 456-2030.

• TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 2-3pm - A Tai Chi program for those with arthritis will be offered at Waynesville Recreation Center, 550 Vance St. Free with regular admission. Info: recprograms@townofwaynesville.org or 456-2030.

• TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 3-4pm; SATURDAYS, 10:30-11:30am - A walking program, sponsored by the Arthritis Foundation, will be offered at Waynesville Recreation Center, 550 Vance St. Free with regular admission. Info: recprograms@townofwaynesville.org or 456-2030.

Asheville Community Yoga Center Located at 8 Brookdale Road. Info: ashevillecommunityyoga.com.

• SA (4/28), 2:30-5pm - Ashtanga's Primary Series: the Latter Half. $25-$35 suggested donation.

Avoiding Back Surgery • TH (5/3), 5:15-6pm - A presentation on how to avoid back and spine surgery through advancing technologies will be offered at Fairview Chiropractic Center, 2 Fairview Hills Drive. Free. Info and registration: 628-7800.

Chronic Disease Management

• WEDNESDAYS, noon - Take charge of your health with this six-week workshop for those with chronic health conditions and their caregivers. Held at Health Adventure in the Biltmore Square Mall, 800 Brevard Road, Suite 620. $30 for series; scholarships available.

Registration required: 251-7438.

• SATURDAYS, 4pm -An additional six-week workshop will be held at Bethel Seventh Day Adventist Church, 238 S. French Broad Ave. Registration required: 251-7438.

Cooking with Diabetes • 4th WEDNESDAYS, 2:30-5pm - A class on cooking with diabetes will be held at Lakeview Senior Center, 401 S. Laurel Circle, Black Mountain. $10. Info: 2555522.

Events at Jubilee!

Located at 46 Wall St. Info: www.jubileecommunity.org or 252-5335.

• TUESDAYS through (5/8), 7-8pm - Qi Gong. $12.

• TU (5/1), 7-9pm - "Emotional Freedom Techniques" introduction. $10.

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

• WE (4/25), 8-10am - Cholesterol screening. Fasting required. $20.

• TH (4/26), 12:30-2pm - A class on making time for exercise.

• MO (4/30), 1-3pm - "The Basics: Memory Loss, Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease" for families and friends of those with dementia.

• TH (5/3), 10:30am - Breast self-examination education class for women.

Free Health Consultations • TUESDAYS, 1-6pm - The Faith Community Nurse will be at SOS Anglican Mission, 370 N. Louisiana Ave., Suite C-1, to discuss health concerns, assist with resources, provide free blood pressure screenings, pray with the public or "just spend time together." Coffee and refreshments provided. Info: 768-0199.

Hearing Screening • WE (5/2), 9:30am-noon - Hearing screenings will be offered at Carver Community Center, 101 Carver Ave., Black Mountain. Free. Info: 669-8610.

Movement Class • MONDAYS, 5:30-7pm - A movement class will be offered at Jubilee!, 46 Wall St. $15. Registration requested. Info: barbarton@charter.net or 658‐1217.

Non-Surgical Weight Management Info Session • 1st WEDNESDAYS, 11am-noon & 3rd THURSDAYS, 6:45-7:45pm - A non-surgical info session will be held at Mission Weight Management Center, 2 Medical Park Drive, Suite 102. Info: www.missionmd.org/weightmanagement or 213-4100.

Park Ridge Hospital 100 Hospital Drive, Hendersonville. Info: www.parkridgehospital.org or 684-8501.

• TH (4/26), 10am-1pm - Park Ridge Health will offer free lipid and glucose profiles by finger stick, along with blood pressure and EKG screenings at the Hendersonville Co-op, 715 Grove St. For best results, fast overnight. Info: Info@parkridgehealth.org or (885) PRH-LIFE. • FR (4/27), 8-11am - Additional screenings will be held at Hendersonville CVS, 2001 Spartanburg Highway. For best results, fast overnight. Info: Info@parkridgehealth. org or (885) PRH-LIFE. • SU (4/29), noon-6pm - Additional screenings will be held at the El Centro Children’s Festival, held in Jackson Park, Hendersonville. For best results, fast overnight.

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• SU (4/29), 2-4pm - A restorative yoga workshop will be held at Happy Body, 1378 Hendersonville Road. $25.

Info: www.ashevillehappybody.com or 277-5741.

Self Treatment for Tennis Elbow • TH (4/26), 5:15-5:45pm - Self treatments for tennis elbow will be discussed at Fairview Chiropractic Center, 2 Fairview Hills Drive. Free. Info and registration: 6287800.

The Red Cross 100 Edgewood Road. Info: www.redcrosswnc.org or 258-3888. Appointment and ID required for blood drives.

• WE (4/25), 2:30-7pm - Blood drive: Biltmore Baptist Church, 35 Clayton Road, Arden. Info: www.redcrossblood.org. Enter sponsor code biltmorebaptist.

• SA (4/28), 8:30am-1pm - Blood drive: Asheville Masons, 22 Brevard Road. Info: 252-5489.

• MO (4/30), 2-6:30pm - Blood drive: Mount Carmel Baptist Church, 201 Mount Carmel Road. Info: 7120217.

Vinyasa Flow Yoga Classes • MONDAYS, 11:45pm & WEDNESDAYS, 9am - Vinyasa flow yoga will be offered at the Jewish Community Center, 236 Charlotte St. $15 for 90 min./$12 for 60 min. Info: www.jcc-asheville.org.

Yoga Basics • THURSDAYS, 6:30pm - A basic yoga class will be held at Happy Body, 1378 Hendersonville Road. $12.

Info: www.ashevillehappybody.com or 277-5741.

Yoga for Cancer Survivors • THURSDAYS, 3:45pm - This class incorporates a series of poses that will increase flexibility, bring healing energy to the areas that need it most, calm the nervous system and relax the mind and body. Presented

by Saraswati at the Asheville Yoga Center's Donation Studio, 239 S. Liberty St. Pay what you will. Info: www. youryoga.com.

Yoga for Women's Health • TUESDAYS, noon - This integrative yoga class incorporates Chinese medicine for overall health, with a focus on balancing hormones for women of all ages.

Presented by Saraswati at the Asheville Yoga Center's Donation Studio, 239 S. Liberty St. Pay what you will.

Info: www.youryoga.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.

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

• 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.

• SUNDAYS, 2pm - "Inner Child" study group, 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 800-286-1326.

• WEDNESDAYS, 5:45pm - Al-Anon meeting for women, Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, 798 Merrimon Ave. at Gracelyn Road.

• 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. --- 8pm - "Listen and Learn," St. John's Episcopal Church, 339 S. Main St., Marion.

• THURSDAYS, 6pm - Al-Anon meeting for women, New Hope Presbyterian Church, 3020 Sweeten Creek Road.

• THURSDAYS, 7pm - "Parents of Children with Alcoholism," West Asheville Presbyterian Church, 690 Haywood Road. --- 7pm - Pinecrest Presbyterian Church, 1790 Greenville Highway at North Highland Lake Road, Flat Rock. --- 8pm - Fletcher United Methodist Church, 50 Library St., Fletcher.

• FRIDAYS, 12:30pm - "Keeping the Focus," First Baptist Church, 5 Oak St. Entrance near Charlotte Street.

--- 5:30pm - "Family Matters," First United Church, 66 Harrison Ave., Franklin. --- 8pm - "Lambda," Cathedral of All Souls, 9 Swan St. • SATURDAYS, 10am - "One Day at a Time," First Baptist Church, Buncombe and 5th Avenues, Hendersonville. --- 10am - "Grace Fireside," Grace Episcopal Church, 871 Merrimon Ave. --- 10am "Saturday Serenity," St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Charlotte Street at Macon Avenue. --- noon - "Courage to Change," Bess Sprinkle Memorial Library, Weaverville.

• 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. A beginner's meeting will proceed general meeting from 6:15-6:45pm on the 1st Monday of the month. --- 7:30pm - First United Methodist Church, Jackson and Church Streets, Sylva.

--- 8pm - "Discovery," Ledger Baptist Church, U.S. 226 near Bakersville. --- 8pm - Pinecrest Presbyterian Church, 1790 Greenville Highway at North Highland Lake Road.

• TUESDAYS, 4pm - Grace Church, 242 Highway 107 N., Cashiers. --- 5:30pm - "Steps to Recovery," Kenilworth Presbyterian Church, 123 Kenilworth Road.

--- 7pm - "One Day at a Time," First Congregational UCC, 20 Oak St. --- 8pm - Transylvania men's meeting, Brevard-Davidson River Presbyterian Church, 249 E. Main St. Asperger Adults United • An Asperger Adults United meet-up will be held every other Saturday, starting April 28, at Atlanta Bread Company, 633 Merrimon Ave. Free. Info: www.meetup. com/AspergersAdultsunited or 319-1017.

Autism Parent Support Group • 4th THURSDAYS, 6-8pm - Meet parents of children with autism, share your experiences and learn from others. RSVP by 3rd Thursday to ensure childcare. Held at St. Gerard House, 718 Oakland St., Hendersonville. Info: www.stgerardhouse.com.

Brainstormers • 1st & 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 6pm - Join this survivor-led support group for brain injury/concussion sufferers and their allies. Meetings consist of sharing, listening and reflection. Held at Trinity UM Church, 587 Haywood Road. Info: 254-0507 or puffer61@gmail.com.

Caring For Aging Parents Education • MO (4/30), 5-6:30pm - Caring for Aging Parents Education and Support (CAPES) will meet at the St. Joseph's Campus of Mission Hospital, Loretta Hall, 428 Biltmore Ave. The meeting will include speakers Deirdre Hulihan and Christie Dresback discussing "Advocacy in a Medical Setting." Free. Info: 277-8288.

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.

• WEDNESDAYS, 7pm - First Congregational UCC, 20 Oak St. Info: 367-0157.

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

wellnesscontinued Eating Disorder Support Group • WEDNESDAYS, 7-8pm - Support group for adults at T.H.E. Center for Disordered Eating, 297 Haywood St. Meetings focus on positive peer support, coping skills and recovery tools. Led by licensed professionals. Free. Info: www.thecenternc.org or 337-4685.

Events at Pardee Hospital All programs held at the Pardee Health Education Center in the Blue Ridge Mall, Hendersonville. Free, but registration is required unless otherwise noted.

Info and registration: www.pardeehospital.org or 692-4600.

• WEDNESDAYS through (4/25) - Vet Center Out Station, a support group for veterans. Registration required before attending first meeting. Info and times: 271-2711.

• TH (4/26), 5:30-7:30pm - Breast Friends Forever breast cancer support group meets at the Elizabeth Reilly Breast Center. Registration requested. Info: 698-7334.

Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous • THURSDAYS, 6:30pm - Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous, Biltmore United Methodist Church, 376 Hendersonville Road. Info: 989-3227.

Grief Share • SUNDAYS, 2pm - A grief recovery support group will meet at Living Hope Community Church, 697 Haywood Road. Info: 450-7575.

Grief Support Groups • CarePartners' bereavement support services are available to anyone who has suffered a loss through death. Weekly grief support groups, a relaxation group, a Grief Choir, Yoga for Grievers and one-on-one counseling available. Donations accepted. Info: kcaldwell@carepartners.org or 251-0126.

Marshall Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting • FRIDAYS, 8pm - AA meeting at Marshall Presbyterian Church, 165 South Main St. Info: soletpj@gmail.com.

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

• WEEKLY - MemoryCaregivers Network support groups are free and open to anyone caring for a person with memory loss. Groups meet at a variety of locations and times. Info: 230-4143 or network@memorycare.org.

• 1st TUESDAYS, 1-3pm - Seventh Day Adventist Church, 1141 Howard Gap Road, Fletcher. Info: info@parkridgehealth.org.

Mission Weight Management Surgical Support Group • 1st & 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 6-7:30pm; 4th FRIDAYS, 10-11:30am - A weight management surgical support group will meet at Mission Weight Management Center, 2 Medical Park Drive, Suite 102. Info: www.missionmd.org/weightmanagement or 213-4100.

NAMI Family-to-Family • TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS through (5/24), 6-8:30pm - A 12-week class for caregivers and family members of those with mental illness. Free.

Registration and location: rohaus@charter.net or 299-9596.

NAMI Support Groups The National Alliance on Mental Illness supports recovery for people living with mental illness and their families. All groups meet at 356 Biltmore Ave., #207/315. Free. Info: www.namiwnc.org or 505-7353.

• 1st SATURDAYS, 10am & 3rd TUESDAYS, 6pm - CONNECTION support group for those with a

diagnosis and family/caregiver support group. Meetings held separately.

• 2nd & 4th MONDAYS, 11am - CONNECTION support group for those with a diagnosis.

Overcomers Classes • TUESDAYS - Overcomers support group, for those dealing with addiction and other life-controlling problems, will meet in Mars Hill. Call for location and time: 689-9316.

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

• MONDAYS, 6pm - A support group for men and women.

Overeaters Anonymous A fellowship of individuals who are recovering from compulsive overeating. A 12-step program.

• THURSDAYS, 6:30pm - Hendersonville: O.A. Step Study group, Cox House, 723 N. Grove St. Info: 329-1637.

• THURSDAYS, noon - Asheville: Biltmore United Methodist Church, 376 Hendersonville Road. Info: 2771975.

• SATURDAYS, 9:30am - Black Mountain: 424 W. State St. Open relapse and recovery meeting. Info: 669-0986.

• MONDAYS, 6pm - Asheville: First Congregational UCC, 20 Oak St. Info: 252-4828.

• MONDAYS, 6:30pm - Hendersonville: Balfour United Methodist Church, 2567 Asheville Highway. Info: 800580-4761.

• TUESDAYS, 10:30am-noon - Asheville: Grace Episcopal Church, 871 Merrimon Ave. at Ottari. Info: 626-2572.

Single Parenting • SUNDAYS, 4pm - "Single and Parenting" support group features guest experts on a variety of topics. Held at Living Hope Community Church, 697 Haywood Road.

Free. Info: livinghopeasheville@gmail.com or 450-7575.

Women of Courage Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous • SATURDAYS, 10-11am - A 12-step recovery fellowship for women who want to stop living out a pattern of addictive sexual behavior and romantic obsessions. Meets at First Congregational United Church of Christ, 20 Oak St. Enter at front door of the annex. Info: http://slaafws.org or womenofcourageslaa@yahoo.com.

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BY MACKENSY LUNSFORD After much planning and an epic amount of hard work, the Carolina Ground mill is operational. The mill, located at Annie's Naturally bakery in West Asheville, enables the production of flour made from regionally grown hard and soft wheat and other local grains.

An Asheville-based mill, processing North Carolina hard wheat, finally means truly local bread.

What's the big deal? First, hard winter wheat is more difficult to grow in our climate than corn, oats and soft wheat, which is why quick breads like biscuits, cornbread and the like are the traditional plate moppers of the Southeast (hard wheat abhors humidity).

Without hard winter wheat, which has the proper level of gluten, yeasted breads simply won't rise properly.

Various factors conspired to encourage the growth of hard winter wheat in this region, notably the bread-wheat trials which began in the early 2000s. According to Jennifer Lapidus, a spearheading member of the North Carolina Organic Bread Flour Project (an initiative of the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association), the first hard wheat suitable for production in the eastern U.S. came to fruition five

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FACE-MELTING PANCAKES Muffin top: Carolina Ground flour is finding its way into bread, as well as sweet treats like these muffins at Over Easy Café.

Photos by Max Cooper years later, thanks to the work of Dr. David Marshall of the Plant Science Research Unit in Raleigh.

The Carolina Ground mill is one effort to carry that work forward by offering a viable processing facility as well as an opportunity for the farmer to find a local source for grain.

And local bakers benefit, too. "Fostering the relationship between the grower, miller and baker provides a tangible level of security and sustainability for all three," writes Lapidus in the NCOBFP’s blog.

Now that the facility is operational, Lapidus oversees the milling, spending her days covered in flour when not working tirelessly to keep the project humming.

And, as it turns out, the benefits aren't limited to bread bakers — just ask some local restaurant owners.

Carson Lucci has owned Over Easy Café on Broadway Street for the past five years. A staunch supporter of the local-food movement, Lucci's restaurant uses Mountain Air Roasters coffee, local eggs, cheese, produce and meats.

This year, she's decided to take it a step further.

"In February, we completely ditched our menu and decided to re-invent ourselves, in a sense," Lucci says. "In doing that, I really wanted to focus more on what I've always wanted to do, which is to [offer] even more seasonal things and try to support as much local stuff as we can." The menu now changes every five weeks, Lucci says.

The latest version includes springtime goods like ramps, spring onions, greens and strawberries — and now Carolina Ground flour.

Lucci was on board with the product before a price was even announced. "I wanted to go ahead and make sure my staff is educated on Carolina Ground so we can really promote that," she says.

Though the Over Easy chefs don't have much room to do their own baking, they have been able to incorporate the flour into one distinct breakfast item — pancakes, which they can be flexible with. "I'm not even set on it being a white flour,” Lucci says. “It can be rye, it can be wheat

— I don't care. Give us whatever. They'll still be fantastic pancakes. And that gives Jennifer a little bit of freedom to just mill what she has or even what's left over."

The pancakes incorporate Chesney, S.C., strawberries and goat cheese, and are topped with fresh strawberries and whipped cream.

"They're so good," Lucci says. "I feel honored to be able to support [Carolina Ground] in that manner. It will make people more aware that we have local flour, even if they just read about it on the menu. We're trying to do a healthier version of everything that we do [at Over Easy], and how great to have pancakes that actually have some nutritional value — even if we do add whipped cream."

And, although the flour isn't comparatively cheap, its value may be greater. "It's going to cost me twice as much as what I'm paying now, but it's one of those things I think is totally worth it," Lucci says. "Having support from this local community means everything to me, and it's the least I can do to put that flour in some delicious pancakes."

And the customer reaction? "I got an email the other day from someone who ate that pancake and they said it 'melted their face off,'" Lucci says.

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“PORTLANDIA” FACTOR Cathy Cleary of West Asheville’s West End Bakery was part of the coalition of bakers and bakeries that formed the NCOBF Project. Now, she makes cinnamon rolls exclusively with the local flour, as well as pizza dough that incorporates Asheville Brewing Company’s Ninja Porter. Including organic flour from Lindley Mills in Graham County, 50 percent of the flour used in the bakery is locally grown.

"I am so excited," Cleary says. "It's been a long time coming, although we've gotten the chance to test drive it a little along the way — Jennifer has been super-good about milling small test batches of flour and giving all of the bakers 10-pound bags to work with, just to check it out and see what's working the best."

Cleary implies that enabling bakers to give feedback to farmers growing the grain that will eventually become their bread may create a revolution in local baking. "This whole project is about getting a conversation going between the farmer and the miller and the baker," she says. "That was really cool because we were able to give feedback to the farmers about how the grain that they grew was working out as breadflour for us — then they were able to plant the things that we were most interested in."

We're not the only city invested in the localflour movement. For starters, there's also Farmer Ground Mill in Ithaca, N.Y., Camas Country Mill in Eugene, Ore., and Somerset Grist Mill in Skowhegan, Maine, which should begin milling by this summer. "But we’re still pretty cutting edge, I would say," Cleary says.

Cutting edge or no, the cost of selling baked goods made with flour that costs twice as much as standard flour has to be absorbed somewhere.

"Talk about touchy subjects!" Cleary says.

"Talking about the price of the grain and the price of the flour can sometimes be hard if you're sitting at the table with the guy who grew it who wants a certain price for it, and the per-

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son who's milling it who needs to pay a certain price for it — and then the person who wants to buy it as cheaply as possible."

Though a certain segment of the population cares about the origin of its food, an even larger part of the population does not, whether it's because they're weary of restaurant menus that read like a Portlandia prop or they're just focused on getting food on the table, no matter where it's from. "Trying to strike that balance between having a price that works for the people that don't care at all so that you're not isolating yourself to a particular part of the population can be hard," Cleary says. "But the take-home message is that we have to see it through the entire process — we can't just bake bread and say it's locally made because I baked it. All of the ingredients have to be grown and sourced locally for it to be locally made."

Cleary does acknowledge the Portlandia factor; selling the "local" and "sustainable" idea can easily come across as pushing overwrought locavore jargon, especially in a time when offering a pork chop in some consumer markets isn't enough.

Sometimes, it's got to be a farm-raised, organic, free-range pork chop or it won’t sell.

"I think it's really important for people to connect back to that it's not about 'local is trendy,' but 'local is about sustainability,'" Cleary says. "It's about making sure that we are in charge of where our food is coming from and that we're making sure it's clean and we know the sources and can trace it back. It's about food security. If shit hits the fan, for lack of a better phrase, we have resources that we've been working on for years in place to take care of ourselves. Local is super- trendy, but I think it's important to remember why: Because it's really important."

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Nice buns: Cathy Cleary of West End Bakery holds cinnamon buns made with Carolina Ground flour.

PEAS AND THANK YOU At Early Girl Eatery on Wall Street, owner John Stehling has purchased the flour too, which will find its way into pancakes and other items in which the restaurant already uses whole-wheat flour.

"We're toying with some ideas,” Stehling says.

“We love the mill and love supporting it and seeing things like that come about in our community.

But, unfortunately, we won't be able to use it on the scale that the local bakers can. There's a lot of really neat things happening [as a result] that people like me can use."

As Stehling indicates, there are other byproducts of the flour project. In his hand, he holds a Ball jar filled with tiny Iron and Clay peas (an heirloom variety) from Looking Back Farms. Early Girl goes through about 25 pounds of dried black-eyed peas a week, which may soon be replaced with Iron and Clay peas.

Looking Back Farms recently obtained a seedcleaner through a grant that Lapidus helped to write as part of her work with CFSA. Wheat must be cleaned before it is made into flour, and having the seed-cleaner available locally allows farmers to sell a higher-value product. Iron and Clay peas are a cover crop for wheat and, with some minor adjustments, the seed-cleaner can be used to clean the legumes, too.

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put in the rotation with the wheat to replenish the soil," Stehling says, shaking the jar of tiny peas. "It's always been there and known to be a soil regenerator, but until this seed-cleaner came about, they didn't have a real way to make it available to the public. It's usually used for animal feed.

Now we have a way to make it quality for human consumption, and it's organic, too."

The grants that the CFSA secured to make the seed-cleaner possible include the N.C. Market Ready Cost-Share grant and RAFI's Tobacco Reinvestment Community grant. In fact, much of the work that the bread flour project has been able to achieve has rested on a network of grants and human effort. Human effort rarely runs out before grant money.

"It's scary how much everything is reliant on grants and things like that,” Stehling acknowledges. “That's why it's so important that we become more sustainable here as a community in general. You saw two or three years ago when you couldn't get gas in Asheville? That just hurt local businesses so. You get people thinking a lot more on a local level since that's happened than they ever did before.”

For more information about the NCOBFP: ncobfp. blogspot.com. Over Easy Cafe: overeasyasheville.com.

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Madison, a prolific cookbook author and chef, worked at Alice Waters’ Chez Panisse in its early days and was a founding chef at Greens restaurant in San Francisco, Calif., one of the early Bay Area restaurants to have a farmdriven menu.

Madison’s cookbooks include The Greens Cookbook, Local Flavors: Cooking and Eating From America’s Farmers’ Market and Seasonal Fruit Desserts from Orchard, Farm and Market.

She’s also on the board of the Seed Savers Exchange, has been involved with Slow Food for more than a decade and is the co-director of the Monte del Sol Edible Kitchen Garden in Santa Fe, N.M. Madison will visit Warren Wilson College this week, where she’ll speak to a number of classes and take part in a small on-campus dinner. And, on Thursday, April 26, at 7 p.m., she’ll deliver a lecture at the Warren Wilson Chapel that’s open to the public.

Madison’s lecture, “The Past, Present and Future of the Food Movement,” will cover topics from health and cooking to sustainability and social change around food.

For more information, visit deborahmadison.com. For more about the Warren Wilson College event, email jbost@warren-wilson.edu.

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It’s tailgate time No, it’s not just your imagination. Area farmers tailgate markets are opening earlier than ever before. It’s all about demand, says Peter Marks, ASAP’s program director. ASAP runs the Asheville City Market, and coordinates the Mountain Tailgate Market Association, a collaborative group of tailgates in WNC. “It takes a critical mass of vendors to hold a market,” says Marks. “It’s more and more the case that a critical mass of farmers is ready to serve the public in November or, now, in April. That’s because the public is ready to buy what they’ve got.”

Right now, farmers markets carry plant starts, cheeses, farm-fresh eggs, baked goods, handmade items and early-season veggies like asparagus, lettuce, radishes, greens and spring onions, just for starters. It’s likely you’ll see a few items earlier than normal as well because the weather’s been so warm.

“The usual spring calendar seems to be running about two weeks ahead,” says Marks. That means strawberries could show up at markets very soon (if they’re not already available).

And although it’s a boon for consumers, the warm winter stirs other emotions for farmers.

“In general, farmers react to this weather in a range between pessimism and cautious gratitude,” says Marks. “Anything outside of expected weather is difficult to plan and plant for. If you plant something early because it’s been a warm year, you could end up with an early harvest, or you could end up with crop loss from a normal freeze.”

He adds, “Cold winters can be a farmer’s friend. A very cold winter will decrease pest and disease pressure the next year. A very warm winter can do the opposite. Snowmelt is the best way to get groundwater into farmers’ irrigation streams and wells.”

Marks says that the almost-sure final frost date in Asheville falls in the first week of May. Some apple and peach trees in Henderson County were already damaged by a light frost around April 13. It’s also a concern for area vineyards (see story on page 38).

While shopping tailgates, don’t hesitate to ask farmers when they’ll have your favorite items this year. Browse a complete list of area tailgate markets with ASAP’s online Local Food Guide at buyappalachian.org and find a weekly tailgate market report on ASAP’s community website, FromHere.org.

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Taste it: The Black Mountain/Swannanoa Chamber of Commerce hosts the 12th annual Taste of Black Mountain on Thursday, May 17 at White Horse in Black Mountain. Photo courtesy of the BM/SCC

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Xe Nguyen, the brother of Tru Phan (the former chef and owner of the nowclosed Pho Fusion), is opening his own Vietnamese restaurant in Asheville, Pho ‘R’ Us. Nguyen reports that the menu will be almost strictly dedicated to pho.

The 49-seat restaurant will open in the former Izumi location (1950 Hendersonville Road) on Tuesday, May 1. In an email to Xpress, Tru Phan graciously suggested that Nguyen’s pho “may be better then my pho.”

Nguyen is also the owner of Asaka Japanese restaurant in Biltmore Village.

A walk in the park Slow Food Asheville is hosting a fundraiser for the Appalachian Food Storybank on Sunday, April 29, from 1 until 5 p.m. that includes a cake walk set to live music. Participants have the chance to win sweet treats from Short Street Cakes, West End Bakery, French Broad Chocolate Lounge, Farm and Sparrow and the Montford Walk-In Bakery. The fundraiser will also feature heirloomplant vendors, food vendors and demonstrations of traditional Appalachian tools and methods.

The Appalachian Food Storybank, an oral history initiative centered on Southern Appalachian heritage foods and foodways, works to preserve and collect stories of heritage foods and traditional Appalachian foodways. A story booth will also be in place at the event, presenting an opportunity for attendees to record their stories of history, culture and heritage.

The event will take place at Carrier Park Picnic Pavilion (220 Amboy Road). The event is free, but it’s $2 to participate in the cake walk.

Taste of Black Mountain Swannanoa Chamber of Commerce hosts the 12th annual Taste of Black Mountain on Thursday, May 17 at White Horse Black Mountain. There, you’ll find plenty of food from local restaurants, plus local products such as chocolate, cheese and yogurt.

VIP ticket sales are $40 and allow early entrance into the event at 5 p.m. for personal interaction with restaurant and vendors. Regular tickets are $25, with entrance at 5:30 p.m. The event ends at approximately 7 p.m.

Tickets are available at the Black Mountain/Swannanoa Chamber of Commerce Visitor Center. White Horse Black Mountain is located at 105-C Montreat Road. Call 669-2300 or visit exploreblackmountain.com for more information.

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Frisbee is happy to give credit where it’s due and will rattle off the wines he loves from other area winemakers without hesitation.

“The bottom line is that we have some great wines being produced here … our expression of terroir (sense of place) is unique, and there is something here for everyone — from a big, bold tannic red to a light and fruity white.”

Search for area Appalachian Grown wineries in ASAP’s 2012 Local Food Guide, online at buyappalachian. org and hitting stands across the region next month. With the guide, you can also search for area farms growing table grapes, or fresh grapes for eating. Also find many grape-growing/harvesting and vineyard workshops on ASAP’s online local food and farms events calendar at fromhere.org.

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“It takes three growing seasons before the vines produce fruit, so the lag time from investment to revenue is pretty long,” he notes, estimating that it takes eight years to break even on a vineyard.

“Any MBA would tell you, it’s a poor investment choice.”

That might explain the reaction his father and mother, Eddie and Maleada, had when he announced the idea in 2008. “They thought I had lost my mind,” he recalls. They know the risks involved with any agricultural enterprise firsthand, having raised Jeff and his brother on Maleada’s parents’ farm — the site of Addison Farms Vineyard — along with cattle, tobacco, a handful of chickens and veggies.

After college at North Carolina State University and eight years in Atlanta working in telecommunications (during which he was laid off twice), it was time to return. “My wife, Dianne, and I had been talking about trying to find a way back home, and a vineyard and winery had been one of the ideas we discussed. The layoff was the kick in the pants to do something about it,” he says.

Jeff’s parents warmed to the idea. In fact, Eddie planted the first 600 vines himself in the spring of 2009; they applied for federal and state approvals soon after, becoming the state’s 98th bonded winery in June 2010. Now, everyone is involved. Jeff is the winemaker, Maleada helps with bookkeeping and Dianne handles design tasks from the logo to labels. And Eddie still manages the vines nearly every day, along with the rest of the family, who pitch in for pruning.

“Working the land my family has worked for four generations, and working with my family to grow the fruit and make the wine, are some of the most rewarding parts of this venture,” Jeff says. “That’s exactly why the MBA would be wrong.”

He comments on the beauty of the vineyard and the special moment of tasting the sweet fruit come September — which brings him back to the weather concern.

Depending upon nature’s behavior the rest of the month, it’s likely that Addison Farms Vineyard will have very little fruit, and it’s even possible they may not have any fruit at all this year. “That would mean we would have to find fruit from other growers, and most likely set back our growth plans for the winery by at least one season,” Jeff says. That’s the bad news.

The good news: This year’s harvest won’t have an impact on whether or not they open their brand-new tasting room, on which they have already broken ground, and which is scheduled to open this summer.

“This July would have been my maternal grandfather’s centennial birthday, and since the vineyard is named for him, it would be a great way to celebrate his life and our grand opening together,” Jeff says.

The planned tasting room will keep regularly scheduled hours for sampling their selection of wines, as well as be available to host weddings, receptions and corporate events. They completed their first crush with fruit purchased from the Yadkin Valley in 2010, and they’ll be bottling their first wines from there in the next month or so.

Their initial portfolio will include a 2011 Gwinn, a white wine blend of traminette and chardonnay that pairs nicely with fish, roasted pork or chicken.

They’ll also have a dessert wine, a 2010 chambourcin, finished in the port style. That particular bottle will pair well with chocolate or be a great finish all by itself, they say.

As of now, how the harvest will finish is up in the air — though the future of the winery is not.

The Frisbees plan to grow the vineyard a little each year, with the goal of 10 acres under vine by 2015 in order to produce 2,000 to 3,000 cases annually.

Only three more uncertain springs to go.

Addison Farms Vineyard is located at 4003 New Leicester Highway. For more information, visit addisonfarms.net. X Maggie Cramer is the communications manager for ASAP. Reach her at maggie@asapconnections.org or 236-1282.

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BY ALLI MARSHALL PHOTOS BY MAX COOPER Spring arrives and suddenly it’s time to pack away all winter’s sturdy clothes in favor of pastels and floral prints. We get that, but why not have the best of both seasons? Pretty dresses and chunky boots, sweet hats and serious jewelry, dainty prints and hefty leather goods, soft feathers and fierce spikes. Xpress sourced some of the above for an avant-garde take on springtime looks.

Photographed at Curve Studios and the Curve Studios garden. Modeled by local band For the Birds (Dulci Ellenberger, Amanda Platt, Amber Lyle Sims and Melissa Hyman). All hats from Chapeaux

by Simone, all boots from Twice Round Vintage, all jewelry from Mod. Apparel from Minx, Union, Pattiy Torno and Alena Hennessy. All leather belts, holsters, cuffs and hand guards from Royal Peasantry. See “where to shop” for more info.

Learn more about For the Birds at AVL.mx/ F0.

Curve Studios & Garden hosts a twilight garden party on Friday, April 27 from 5-8 p.m. as part of its spring 2012 open house weekend (Friday-Sunday, April 27-29). Learn more about participating artists and events at curvestudiosnc.com.

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(Left to right) On Melissa: Vintage black portrait hat with vintage ribbon and chiffon rose spray, $50; leather and brass necklace (ask about pricing) and brass and red wood beads bracelet, $20; BB Dakota Cruz dress, $100 at Union; kitten heel boots ribbon detail, $22.

On Dulci: Vintage pink gypsy fascinator with pink silk rose, $50; black Esprit ankle boots, $14.

On Amanda: Vintage fine woven Saks Fifth Avenue straw beret with vintage rose brooch/feather spray, $60; QSW Seine Drops dress, $108 at Union; brown leather utility belt, $88; brass and chain bangles (ask about pricing); Western made in USA boots, $24.

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WHERE TO SHOP Chapeaux by Simone can be found at The Kress Emporium (19 Patton Ave. thekressemporium.com) and facebook.com/ ChapeauxbySimone Twice Round Vintage is at 55 Haywood Road, West Asheville, and at twiceroundvintage.com.

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Vintage black faille and straw Mr. Lewis pillbox (c. 1960s), $50, bird chignon pin, $12 at Chapeaux by Simone; purple wrap dress, $95, by Pattiy Torno; purple wrap, $48, by Alena Hennessy.

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Imagine a dystopian world ruled by violent, power-hungry birds with 12-foot wingspans.

These predators stalk, manipulate, seduce and deceive humans, introducing them to weapons, teaching them to fly, tempting them with power.

In Birds of War (Aves de Guerra), the latest production by Asheville Contemporary Dance Theatre and White Dog Dance Project (the company’s international offshoot) dancers create a surreal reality. Inspired by the haunting etchings of Spanish artist Francisco Goya, the GASHOG • D E K C E concert explores the consequences of greed, R W • D E R I T • K N JU violence and war. To bring Goya’s dystopia Get rid of a non-running vehicle to life, dancers play the part of predator and Sell your old car • Clean up your property prey (think harnesses, huge canvas wings, Pay your Rent! • Get money toward your next auto purchase pulleys, giant grenades and lots of rope) in a dynamic concert of modern ballet where the Free Pickup 7 Days a Week shadow of human nature takes flight.

Call John • 828-273-1961 New Xpress ad 04/09 4/16/09 3:38 PM Page 1 Choreographed by Giles and Susan Collard, www.ashevilleJunkremoval.Com artistic directors of ACDT and White Dog, and Cuban choreographer Nelson Reyes, Birds of War premièred in Mexico, where the company worked in collaboration with Alsur Danza of Psychotherapy for Individuals & Couples the Yucatan. This week, Birds of Wars takes the stage for a two-evening run at Diana Wortham • Life Transitions Theatre.

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Provocative like Goya: “I think it’s the best piece we’ve ever done,” says artistic director Giles Collard. Photo by Luis Enrique Uuh Manzenaro

Goya, who worked as a painter for the king and queen of Spain in 1786, created a subversive body of work call Disasters of War (Los Desastres de la Guerra). The series, a reaction to the French and Spanish War, depicts the “grotesqueness of war,� says Susan, “and how the church and the state helped the disasters of war continue over many decades.�

Los Caprichos, another series by Goya, ridicules the aristocracy. “In both the Caprichos and Disasters of War, one of the symbols [that Goya] uses constantly is a bird,� says Susan. “Whether it’s a bird with a huge beak, a fantasy bird, or an owl, these horrible birds are zooming down, picking the bodies of humans apart, or taking small children away. That’s where I got my idea. And, I love to fly dancers.�

To bring Goya’s art to motion, dancers play one of three roles as bird, human or technician. Played by ACDT dancer Karen George and Mexican dancers Fanny Ortiz and Adan Argaez (of Alsur Danza in Merida) the birds wear huge canvas wings (made by Giles to look industrial and machine-like). As George says of her wings, “They’re twice my wingspan, so massive that I can’t rehearse with them in the studio. The weight and the power that come with physically wearing them and being a bird, completely changes me. It’s a total transformation.� That transformation, she notes, is poignant, symbolizing the weight and responsibility that comes with power. Birds will don black lipstick, huge beaks, black corsets-like tops and will fly up to 15 feet high.

In complete contrast to the birds, humans, played by six ACDT dancers, are “soft, very exposed and vulnerable,� says Susan. They will wear gauzy, sheer and off-white outfits.

Designers Brenda Jones, Jan Borskey and AdĂĄn ArgĂĄez created the costumes for the production.

Six technicians also take the stage. “The technicians represent the bureaucracy,� says Giles, who is the lead technician in the concert. “They enable the birds to manipulate the humans, and they’re in charge of putting on harnesses, putting on wings, flying people, turning projectors on and off and filming.� In addition to assisting dancers, technicians run the multimedia element of the performance, filming close-up shots of dancers as they perform and projecting photography. “The first thing the audience sees is chaos,� says Susan, describing the opening moments of the show. “Dancers walk around, technicians prepare harnesses, and all the while you hear these huge bird wings flapping in the background.� Susan continues, “We start with the house lights on because the public is part of this set, part of this world. We want the audience to feel the chaos, to hear a mechanical hum, almost to the point where it’s uncomfortable.�

The first dance of the concert is also the most lovely and focuses on the beauty of human beings. “It’s about people at their best,� says Giles. “Then,� says Susan, “in the background, you suddenly see the huge shadows of the three birds.� “The shadow� adds Giles, “is a premonition of what’s going to happen.�

As with Goya’s art, Bird of War hopes to provoke and stimulate its audience.

According to a press release Birds of War “asks the question: What are humans willing to sacrifice for their desires?� This show, like Goya’s exhibitions, asks us to contemplate questions that have no simple answer. “I think it’s the best piece we’ve ever done,� concludes Giles. “We can’t keep our eyes off it.� X Aiyanna Sezak-Blatt can be reached at asezakblatt@gmail.com.

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The name Velvet Truckstop works off of two disparate images: a velvet Elvis and an interstate diner. But it calls to mind something else — something decidedly Southern, yet traveled; something blue collar, yet decadent; something familiar, yet slightly dangerous. All of which work pretty well when it comes to the sound of the local rockers who go by that moniker. And, though Velvet Truckstop has been a band for more than half a decade (guitarist Dorsey Parker and lead vocalist/guitarist/mandolin player Jamie Dose are the two consistent members), it’s this spring that the right kind of momentum is building to catapult them to national recognition.

Not that Parker and Dose are saying that. “We weren’t born with rock star last names,” is what Dose says. Which means they’ve had to work hard. But, lately, Velvet Truckstop has been brushing elbows with rock pedigree, mainly in the form of producer Johnny Sandlin, who has been associated with Capricorn Records and the musicians from around Muscle Shoals, Ala. He worked on the Allman Brothers, early ‘70s-era albums and on the Cher and Gregg Allman duet. He worked with Marie Osmond and produced two Widespread Panic records. In 2009, expressed interest in Velvet Truckstop.

“He’s a big part of the music Dorsey and I grew up with,” says Dose. Both he and Parker agree that garnering Sandlin’s attention was an assurance that they’re on the right track.

Because, face it, recent years have been more about a folk-punk aesthetic than Southern rock.

(Says Dose, “We’d like to see musicianship come back, and we’d like it to have electric guitars.

We’re not going to change our sound and start writing with drum machines.”)

“When you’re under a lot of pressure [in the studio], it can be difficult to get really focused,” says Parker, “But Johnny’s so calm and focused

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It might get loved: Velvet Truckstop is ready for a Southern rock revival, thanks to a new Johnny Sandlin-produced album.

on what the music needs. It was an amazing experience to to work with someone we all respected and who was coming from the perspective of what makes the song the best.”

Parker and Dose think that the recording process has made them a better band — Dose likens Sandlin’s method to molding wet clay. “He shaped the band’s raw material,” says the singer.

“We went through the process. Sometimes your ego’s like, ‘That’s not how we pictured things,’ but when you end up with a finished product, which is what an album is, you can see how strong of an influence he was on what we were doing, and from here on.”

After a couple of years of meetings and sessions in Alabama, the Sandlin-helmed album (as yet unnamed) is close to release, and while a drop date has not been set, Parker and Dose are hoping that it might be concurrent with Velvet Truckstop’s just-announced headlining slot at Downtown After Five. Parker and Dose (with current band members Jacob Baumann on drums and Ian Herrod on bass) will launch the season’s monthly street party series on Friday,

May 18. And they’ll do it in style — with guests Shen Hunt of the Zach Deputy Band on percussion and Tom Constanten on keys. Constanten performed with The Grateful Dead from 196870. He was on Velvet Truckstop’s debut album, Sweet Release, and played some shows with the band before moving to the West Coast for awhile.

“We were happy to find out he was going to be available for the May show,” says Dose.

That means Velvet Truckstop will not only be showing off its new material but “we’ll get to dive into the Grateful Dead catalog a little more than we would otherwise,” says Parker.

Before that show happens, Velvet Truckstop may have some other big news to report. The band has been nominated by the Charlotte Music Awards for best N.C. band in both the rock and country categories. The awards show takes place on Thursday, April 26 followed immediately by two (hopefully celebratory!) Asheville shows. X Alli Marshall can be reached at amarshall@mountainx.com.

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DUSTIN SPAGNOLA AT THE SATELLITE GALLERY

J. FIBER AT FLOOD GALLERY

This melding of socio-cultural activists is the focus of Dustin Spagnola’s newest series of paintings, currently showing at The Satellite Gallery. For those familiar with Spagnola’s work, don’t expect portrayals of the Civil Rights leaders and African American cultural icons that the he’s been painting for the past few years — such hagiography is left behind in this show. In its place are black-and-white cutouts of protesters, past and present.

His backgrounds serve as a murky, tear-gassed landscape for a dozen or more figures, frozen in mid-air to kick in invisible windows, hurl Molotov cocktails and twist with outstretched arms. Their bodies are cropped and rotated in a way that give the look of a dramatic, masked and hooded ballet. Through May 13, at 55 Broadway St.— Kyle Sherard

J. Fiber is the moniker for husband-wife art team James Esber and Jane Fine, two individually accomplished artists based out of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Using the “exquisite corpse” approach, Esber and Fine exchange drawings and react to each other’s imagery and markmaking. Esber’s sublime line work is confronted with Fine’s fluid applications of brightly hued paint. Images of soldiers, guns and cartoonish characters are rubbery, fuzzy and abstracted. The effect is dazzling. Also on display are the results of Esber’s “Memento Mori” workshop where 25 participants (most of them non-artists) traced a single illustration by Esber. The interpretations vary widely and are a fascinating testament to the psycho-social phenomenon of individual expression. On display until May 1 at Flood Gallery, 109 Roberts St. — Ursula Gullow

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ANGELA EASTMAN AND BRITA NORDGREN AT THE ARTERY A quiet yet captivating show, Transforming Paper showcases diminutive paper-cut silhouettes ranging from folksy to contemporary, and illustrates the possibilities of this subtractive method of art-making. Brita Nordgren’s cuts fall into the folksy category; in spite of the black shapes, one can almost see the avocado greens and muted orange palette that was ubiquitous in the late ‘60s. Angela Eastman’s cuts are more concerned with overlapping textures and shadows. Her elegant wall installation of folded and cut paper is the centerpiece of the exhibit and breathes with volume and form. On display until May 1 at The Artery, 346 Depot St. — Ursula Gullow

ANDY HEROD AT PUSH GALLERY Entering Pink Fog by Andy Herod is like walking into a Wes Anderson movie, where the colors are delicious, the characters delightful in spite of their flaws, and the big bad wolf is likely to be a fairy godmother in disguise. Herod fills the gallery with large drawings on parcel paper that wrap around the many corners of Push Gallery. There are mystical beasts like buffalo, wolves and cheetahs, interspersed with lifesize depictions of everyday characters placed within psychedelic settings. Pink Fog recalls the primitive paintings of the Chauvet Cave in southern France, documented in Werner Herzog’s 2010 film, Cave of Forgotten Dreams. PUSH Gallery is Herod’s very own Cave of Forgotten Dreams. On display until May 18 at PUSH, 25 Patton Ave. — Ursula Gullow

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Bear in Heaven Brooklyn trio Bear in Heaven may be filed under psychedelic, electronic and even krautrock, but the sound, as much as it’s parts of all of these, is also something altogether different. The band’s offerings are moody, dreamy, brooding, booming, mechanical, other worldly and at turns dark and expansive.

Bear in Heaven just released its third album I Love You, It’s Cool, which is, so far, receiving positive reviews. The band plays The Grey Eagle on Saturday, April 28. Blouse and Doldrums also perform. 9 p.m., $10. thegreyeagle.com. Photo by Nick Helderman.

Jonathan Ammons CD release Local foodie, bartender and man-abouttown Jonathan Ammons is also a musician (in case you didn’t know), formerly heading up Americana act Electric Ghost. After taking some time off from performing, he went into the studio to record his solo EP, Swinging for the Fences. An early listen reveals steel guitar, an easy two-step, hints of Nashville and Ammons’ trademark alt-country song writing. Hear the finished product at the CD release party/DVD recording/live CD taping — a two-night extravaganza on Wednesday and Thursday, April 25 and 26 at The Magnetic Theatre. Mary Ellen Bush (Menage), Scott Murray (The Humbuckers), Sara Needham (Dixie Bee Liners), Clayton Jones (The Broomstars) and Josh Mimken join the lineup; 8 p.m. nightly, $7 in advance or $9 at the door.

With opening sets from CaroMia Tiller and Pilgrim. themagneticfield.com. Photo

by Julia Parris.

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A Lesson Before Dying (in Black and White) As part of YWCA of Asheville’s Stand Against Racism campaign, local performing arts collective Different Strokes is staging A Lesson Before Dying (in Black and White), the theatrical adaptation of Ernest J. Gaines’ 1993 novel.

The story is told from the perspective of an educated black man living in the racially-charged American south in the years following WWII. The production features CJ Breland, Gary Gaines, Hamilton Goodman, Patrick Hackney, Jacquelyn Hallum, Victor Hough, Emily Knust, Stephany Nezo, Horus Runako, Jim Slautich and Noah Tanner. Fridays at 7:30 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays at 3 and 7:30 p.m., May 4-13 at the Asheville High School Theatre. $10 adults/$8 students and seniors in advance or $13/$10 at the door. $6 for high school students at the door. differentstrokesavl.com.

Puppet Slam Really, the press release says it all: “You’re walking down a dark alley, then suddenly, you’re hit from behind. Wham, bam, puppet slam! Your funny bone is broken by a furry little creature with a large shadow. Don’t worry, though, soon you’re left sobbing from a poignant piece constructed entirely from foam and pantyhose.” Asheville’s Wham, Bam! Puppet Slam (a short-form adult-oriented puppet production) takes place on Saturday, April 28, aka The National Day of Puppetry. One show only (13 short pieces in two acts) at 9 p.m. at the BeBe Theater. $12. acdt.org. Photo by Wesley Duffee-Braun, Studio Asheville Photography.

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•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.

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Wed., April 25 5 Walnut Wine Bar

Blind Boy Chocolate & the Milk Sheiks (ragtime, jug band), 8pm ARCADE

Disclaimer Standup Lounge (comedy open mic), 9pm

Old-time jam, 6pm

Thu., April 26

Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Barley's Taproom

Front stage: Shane Perlowin (guitar)

5 Walnut Wine Bar

Dr. Brown's Team Trivia, 8:30pm

Lobster Trap

Valorie Miller (Americana, folk), 7-9pm

Black Mountain Ale House

Sierra on Stage (songwriting competition), 8pm

Olive or Twist

Cadillac Rex (vintage rock)

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

One Stop Deli & Bar

Open mic

Retro night ('80s & '90s), 10pm

Brown Bag Songwriting Competition, 6:30pm (sign up at 6pm) Asheville Country Music Review, 10pm

Creatures Cafe

Pisgah Brewing Company

Club Hairspray

Salsa night (lessons, followed by dance) Dirty South Lounge

Ultra Rockin' Music Nerd Challenge (trivia), 9pm Elaine's Dueling Piano Bar

Dueling Pianos (rock 'n' roll sing-a-long), 9pm-1am French Broad Chocolate Lounge

Dizzy Chicken Trio (jazz)

Athena's Club

Game night, 8pm

Songs in Solidarity: 100-year anniversary of Paint Creek & Cabin Creek, 7pm

Alien Music Club (jazz jam) Black Mountain Ale House

French Broad Brewery Tasting Room

Ben Wilson (singer-songwriter), 7pm

Derek Lorin (singer-songwriter), 6pm

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Paul Cataldo (Americana, roots)

Good Stuff

Boiler Room

Open mic, 7pm

The Dugout

Karaoke

Marc Keller (acoustic, variety), 7:30pm Westville Pub

Common Ground Collective (Afrobeat) w/ Jonathan Santos & Cheif Yahsh, 8pm

Harrah's Cherokee

Craggie Brewing Company

Karaoke contest, 8pm-midnight

Gentlemen Callers w/ Sin Kitty & Radio Control, 9pm

Jack of Hearts Pub

Old-time jam, 7pm

Dirty South Lounge

Jack of the Wood Pub

Dirty Bingo, 9pm

Bluegrass jam, 6pm

Elaine's Dueling Piano Bar

Max Melner Orchestra (jazz, funk), 10pm

Dueling Pianos (rock 'n' roll sing-a-long), 9pm-1am

White Horse

Eleven on Grove

Jeff & Justin (acoustic)

Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Bob Zullo (jazz, pop guitar), 5:30-7:30pm Killer B's (favorites by request), 8-11pm

Karaoke, 10pm

Tressa's Downtown Jazz and Blues

Gene Peyroux & One Hundred Monkeys (rock, country, jazz), 7pm

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Club Hairspray

Wild Wing Cafe

Jack of the Wood Pub

Firestorm Cafe and Books

Barley's Taproom

Burgerworx

Bill Phillips (of Sons of Ralph), 7:30pm

Bluegrass jam, 7pm

The Old Tire Swingers (bluegrass)

Trivia, 9pm

The Bywater

Vincenzo's Bistro

Live comedy, 8:30pm

Feed and Seed

ARCADE

Open mic/jam, 7pm

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Harrah's Cherokee

Lyric (soul, rock, funk), 8pm

TallGary's Cantina

Lead to the Grave w/ Spew, 9pm Bob Zullo (jazz, pop guitar), 5:30-7:30pm Killer B's (favorites by request), 8-11pm

Pick Your Switch (rock, Americana, pop) w/ The Fustics

Dining Out for Life afterparty feat: Leigh Glass, Big Nasty Jazz Band, RunAway Circus, live comedy & more, 9pm

Peggy's All Girl Singer Showcase feat: The ReVamps (blues)

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Arcade Idol, 10pm

Phuncle Sam (rock, jam, psychedelic), 8pm

Emerald Lounge

Dining Out for Life afterparty feat: Leigh Glass, Big Nasty Jazz Band, RunAway Circus, live comedy & more, 9pm

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Hank Bones ("man of 1,000 songs"), 7-9pm Olive or Twist

Heather Masterton Quartet (swing) One Stop Deli & Bar

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Jay Unger & Molly Mason $25 | 8Pm

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Andy Frasco $7 | 8:30Pm

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Ribs & Whiskey, 5pm The River Rats (blues, hard rock, punk) w/ David Earl & the Plowshares, 10pm Orange Peel

Fri., April 27

Mac Arnold's Cornbread & Collard Greens Blues Festival, 8pm

ARCADE

Trampled by Turtles (bluegrass) w/ William Elliott Whitmore, 9pm

Athena's Club

Pack's Tavern

Black Mountain Ale House

Scott Raines (acoustic, rock) Pisgah Brewing Company

Eyes of the Elders (hip-hop), 8pm Purple Onion Cafe

Shane Pruitt Band (blues, soul, rock) Scandals Nightclub

Dining Out for Life afterparty feat: Leigh Glass, Big Nasty Jazz Band, RunAway Circus, live comedy & more, 9pm Southern Appalachian Brewery

Aaron Burdett (folk, pop, rock), 7pm Spurs

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Dance party w/ DJ Abu Dissaray, 9pm

Donna Germano (hammered dulcimer), 2-4pm Bill Covington (piano classics & standards), 5:30-7:30pm Current Invention, 8-11pm

DJ, 10pm-2am

David Earl (Americana), 7:30pm

Harrah's Cherokee

Event center: Ronnie Dunn, 9pm Casino: Cross Ridge, 7-10pm; DJ Moto, 10pm2am

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Flying Monkeys

Boiler Room

Stanford & Yale, BassClef & DJ Acolyte (drum and bass), 9pm

Highland Brewing Company

Club Hairspray

Jack of Hearts Pub

Drag show, midnight

Clark Paterson & Mando Saenz (folk rock), 9pm

Craggie Brewing Company

Jack of the Wood Pub

Utah Greene & Carolina Bound (folk), 7pm Jo Henley, 9pm Creatures Cafe

TallGary's Cantina

Asheville Music Showcase, 8pm The Bywater

Kelly McFarling (indie, folk), 8pm

Old Tire Swingers (old-time), 5pm Waller CD release party w/ Maggie and Her Mistakes & Ryan Shefield, 9pm Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

A Thin Place

Dance night

Dog Tale (Americana, rock), 6pm

Elaine's Dueling Piano Bar

Disclaimer Comedy (standup), 8:15-9:15pm Dueling Pianos (rock 'n' roll sing-a-long), 9:30pm-1am Emerald Lounge

Front stage: Meredith Watson, 6pm Back stage: Across Tundras (rock, psychedelic, blues) w/ Nate Hall & Autarch, 10pm Lobster Trap

Calico Moon (Americana, country), 7-9pm Olive or Twist

Karaoke

RBTS Win (electonic, chillwave) w/ Old Flings & Lo Ultimo

Town Pump

Firestorm Cafe and Books

Free Dead Fridays feat: members of Phuncle Sam, 5-8pm Asheville Waits Band (Tom Waits tribute) w/ Bear Down Easy, 10pm

The Dugout

Zoll & Marsh Duo (acoustic), 9pm Tressa's Downtown Jazz and Blues

Peggy Ratusz & friends Vincenzo's Bistro

The Johnny Foodstamp Show ("old-time from the future"), 8pm Fred's Speakeasy

Live music, 10pm

Live music, 8pm

One Stop Deli & Bar

Orange Peel

The Croon and Cadence Duo feat: Ginny McAfee, 7:30pm

French Broad Brewery Tasting Room

Peggy Ratusz (blues, jazz, swing), 6pm

Lucero (alt-country, rock, punk) w/ J Roddy Walston and the Business, 9pm

Westville Pub

French Broad Chocolate Lounge

Pack's Tavern

White Horse

Get Down

Pisgah Brewing Company

Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Root Bar No. 1

Dave Desmelik Duo (Americana), 9:30pm Gatsby's Green Light (world beat), 7:30pm Wild Wing Cafe

Sloantones (rock, newgrass), 9pm

High Gravity Jazz

The Critters (psychedelic, pop, rock) w/ Ahleuchatistas & The Krektones, 9pm

Scott Raines (acoustic rock) Planet of the ABTS w/ Velvet Truckstop (Southern rock, blues), 9pm

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Anna Vogelzang (folk)

NC Thumbpickers, 2-5pm Bill Covington (piano classics & standards), 5:30-7:30pm Whitney Moore, 8-11pm

Get Down

Scandals Nightclub

Southern Appalachian Brewery

Harrah's Cherokee

The Old Tire Swingers (bluegrass), 3:30pm

Dance party, 10pm Drag show, 1am

Letters to Abigail (folk), 8pm

Bike Night/ Wing Night WICKED WEDNESDAYS

“TWO DOLLAR NIGHT” 20¢ Wings $2.00 Bud, Bud Lights, Busch & PBR Cans

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Spurs

Contagious (rock) StingRay's

Almost Kings (rock, hip-hop) Straightaway Cafe

Tristan (singer-songwriter) The Altamont Theater

Disappear Fear (folk pop), 8pm The Bywater

Jarvis Jenkins Band (blues, rock) The Dugout

Johnnie Blackwell, 9pm The Gateway Club

Chris Minnick

The Market Place

Patrick Fitzsimons (blues, world, jazz), 7-10pm

Highland Brewing Company

Best Firkin Beer Festival, 3-7pm

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Two Guitars (classical), 10am-noon Bob Zullo (jazz, pop, guitar), 6:30-10:30pm Hotel Indigo

Amy Hart Band (country, blues), 9pm

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

Jack of the Wood Pub

Jack of the Wood Pub

Hank West & the Smokin Hots, 5pm Firecracker Jazz Band (hot jazz), 9:30pm

Irish session, 3-9pm Dirty Names (rock) w/ Blackfoot Gypsies, 9pm

Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Lobster Trap

Front stage: George McDonald, 7pm Back stage: Hammer No More the Fingers (indie, rock, math) w/ Saint Solitude, 10pm Lobster Trap

Hot Point Trio (gypsy swing), 7-9pm

Leo Johnson (hot club jazz), 7-9pm Magnolia's Raw Bar

House Party w/ The Nightcrawlers, Marc Keller, Sons of Ralph & more, 2-7pm One Stop Deli & Bar

Olive or Twist

The 42nd Street Jazz Band

Bluegrass Brunch & Open Jam w/ The Pond Brothers, 11am

Orange Peel

Orange Peel

George Terry & the Zealots (rock), 9pm

Bass Church Asheville feat: Mindelixir, Odi, Kris Krause & more, 9pm

Tressa's Downtown Jazz and Blues

Pack's Tavern

Rockell (vocal jazz), 7pm Bayou Diesel (Cajun, zydeco), 10pm

Good Stuff

Jack of Hearts Pub

Town Pump

DJ Moto (dance, pop)

Ziggy Marley (reggae), 9pm Rankin Vault Cocktail Lounge

Psychobilly Sock Hop Sundays Scandals Nightclub

Pisgah Brewing Company

Asheville Horns (funk), 9pm

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

Purple Onion Cafe

Southern Appalachian Brewery

Shana Burke & Pivotal Soul

Marc Yaxley & String Sense (jazz, fusion), 5pm

Gene Peyroux & One Hundred Monkeys (rock, country, jazz), 7pm

Root Bar No. 1

Spurs

Wilhelm McKay (folk, roots)

Karaoke, 8pm

Westville Pub

Scandals Nightclub

Straightaway Cafe

Vincenzo's Bistro

Steve Whiddon (piano covers), 5:30pm Well-Bred Bakery and Cafe

Trivia night

Wild Wing Cafe

Morgan Frazier (country)

SAT., April 28 ARCADE

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

Southern Appalachian Brewery

Vintage bike show feat: Mad Tea (garage, rockabilly), 2pm; & Pleasure Chest (blues, soul, rock), 8pm

David Zoll (rock, jam)

The Altamont Theater

Jay Unger & Molly Mason (traditional folk), 8pm The Bywater

Miriam Allen (Americana), 7pm

"Bear Exploder" dance party w/ DJ Kipper Schauer, 9pm

Spurs

Vincenzo's Bistro

Asheville Music Hall

Straightaway Cafe

White Horse

Athena's Club

The Altamont Theater

DJ, 10pm-2am

The Deep Dark Woods (alt-country), 8pm

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

The Bywater

Barrie Howard (blues, one-man band)

Pepper Pulp (Ween tribute), 8pm

Boiler Room

The Dugout

Antique Firearms (rock, pop, indie) w/ Shorty Can't Eat Books, 10pm

Curt Marshall & Deuces Wild 3rd anniversary party feat: Caribbean Cowboys (rock, island) & Coping Stone

Under Story w/ Claybourne & Fatal Disorder (metal, punk), 9pm

Live music, 9pm

Club Hairspray

Tim Alimena & Turnuptruk (roots, reggae), 9pm

Drag show, midnight Craggie Brewing Company

Town Pump

Tressa's Downtown Jazz and Blues

Carolina Rex (blues, funk)

River Rats (blues, rock, punk) w/ Jonny Foodstamp, 6pm Red Honey Presents, 8pm

Vincenzo's Bistro

Creatures Cafe

Bloodroot Orkaestarr (gypsy, folk, world), 10pm

Affliction Asylum w/ A Thin Place & Sound of Faith Elaine's Dueling Piano Bar

Dueling Pianos (rock 'n' roll sing-a-long), 9pm-1am Emerald Lounge

Marc Keller (acoustic, variety), 7:30pm Westville Pub White Horse

Steve Wohlrab (jazz) Get Down

Wooden Toothe (rock, punk) CD release, 9pm Good Stuff

Dawn Carol Humphrey, 8pm Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Bear in Heaven (psych, dub, drone, rock) w/ Blouse & Doldrums, 9pm Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Darren Kohler & friends, 4pm

Mon., April 30 5 Walnut Wine Bar

CaroMia Tiller (singer-songwriter), 8-10pm ARCADE

Movie Mondays (cult classics), 10pm Dirty South Lounge

Tears in My Beers (DJ set), 9pm Firestorm Cafe and Books

Dar Stellabotta (singer-songwriter), 8pm Good Stuff

May Day Jamboree, 6pm Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Contra dance, 8pm

Jack of the Wood Pub

Contagious, 10pm

Jerome Widenhouse & His Roaring Lions (jazz), 7-9pm

French Broad Chocolate Lounge

Wild Wing Cafe

Wild Wing Cafe

Firestorm Cafe and Books

Dave Desmelik (Americana), 6pm

Drum circle, 2pm

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Sun., April 29

French Broad Brewery Tasting Room

Steve Whiddon (piano covers), 5:30pm

White Horse Spirit Series (toning workshop), 2pm

Velvet Truckstop (Southern rock) w/ Joe Fletcher & the Wrong Reasons May Day Jamboree II feat: Michael Luketan, Red Wind & Saro Lynch-Thomason, 7pm

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The Nightcrawlers, 7-10pm DJ Dizzy, 10pm-2am

Judas Horse w/ Free Lunch & Albatross Party, 9pm

5 Walnut Wine Bar

ARCADE

Dr. Filth & Wayd Runk (DJs), 10pm Asheville Music Hall

Ecstatic dance, 4pm

Barley's Taproom

The Consultants of Swing, 7:30pm Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Mark Bumgarner (Americana, country) Dirty South Lounge

The Short Bus (film & DJ), 9pm Firestorm Cafe and Books

Dark Blue Dark Green (singer-songwriters, electronic), 8pm

Bob Zullo (jazz, pop, guitar), 6:30-10:30pm Dick Dale (surf rock) w/ The Krektones & DJ Rob Castillo Orange Peel

Christina Perri (soul, pop, singer-songwriter), 8pm The Bywater

Bluegrass jam, 8pm Vincenzo's Bistro

Marc Keller (acoustic, variety), 7:30pm Westville Pub

Open mic, 7pm

Wild Wing Cafe

Karaoke, 10pm

Tue., MAy 1 5 Walnut Wine Bar

The John Henry's (jazz, swing), 8-10pm Black Mountain Ale House

Trivia night, 7pm

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Locomotive Pie (blues, folk, roots), 7pm

Grouplove (indie pop, electronic) w/ Company of Thieves, 9pm

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Club Hairspray

The Bywater

Club Hairspray

Open mic w/ Taylor Martin, 8:30pm

Retro night ('80s & '90s), 10pm

The Dugout

Creatures Cafe

Trivia, 8pm

Salsa night (lessons, followed by dance)

Tolliver's Crossing Irish Pub

Dirty South Lounge

Trivia, 8pm

Ultra Rockin' Music Nerd Challenge (trivia), 9pm

Vincenzo's Bistro

Elaine's Dueling Piano Bar

Trivia night, 10pm

Eleven on Grove

Swing lessons, 6:30 & 7:30pm Tango lessons, 7pm Dance w/ live DJ, 8:30pm Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Bob Zullo (jazz, pop guitar), 5:30-7:30pm Killer B's (favorites by request), 8-11pm Hotel Indigo

Ben Hovey (downtempo, trumpet, piano, electronics), 7-10pm Jack of the Wood Pub

For the Birds (singer-songwriters, pop), 7pm Rory Kelly w/ Hooten Hallers (blues, rock), 10pm Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Steve Whiddon (piano covers), 5:30pm Westville Pub

Blues jam, 10pm White Horse

Irish sessions, 6:30pm Open mic, 8:45pm Wild Wing Cafe

Open mic

Dueling Pianos (rock 'n' roll sing-a-long), 9pm-1am French Broad Chocolate Lounge

One Leg Up (swing, jazz)

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Bob Zullo (jazz, pop guitar), 5:30-7:30pm Killer B's (favorites by request), 8-11pm

Video trivia, 8pm

Harrah's Cherokee

Wed., MAy 2

Jack of Hearts Pub

Live comedy, 8:30pm

Front stage: Jake Hollifield (blues, ragtime) Back stage: Joe Zimmerman (comedy), 9pm

ARCADE

Arcade Idol, 10pm

Bluegrass jam, 7pm Bill Kirchen (rockabilly), 9pm

Lobster Trap

Athena's Club

Jack of the Wood Pub

Jay Brown (Americana, folk), 7-9pm One Stop Deli & Bar

Disclaimer Standup Lounge (comedy open mic), 9pm

Two for Tuesdays feat: A Ghost Like Me (rock) & The Dark Shave, 8pm Funk jam, 10pm

Barley's Taproom

Orange Peel

Open mic w/ Dave Bryan, 8pm

Dr. Brown's Team Trivia, 8:30pm Black Mountain Ale House

Old-time jam, 6pm

Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Front stage: Ryan Barrington Cox, 7pm Lobster Trap

Valorie Miller (Americana, folk), 7-9pm Olive or Twist

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$3 to enter BROWN BAG PRIZE SONGWRITING CASH 6PM Sign Up COMPETITION hosted by Alex Krug

Thursday, April 26th

RIBS & WHISKEY feat. live music by The Kendall Huntley Band

RIVER RATS with DAVID EARL & THE PLOWSHARES

5pm - 8pm - FREE!- All Ages - RIB PLATES!

10pm $5 21+ Friday, April 27th

FREE DEAD FRIDAYS

LATE SHOW

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

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EARLY SHOW

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 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

LATE SHOW

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 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 One Stop Bar Deli & Bar 255-7777 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

EARLY SHOW

Creature’s Cafe 254-3636 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 Garage 505-2663 The Gateway Club 456-6789 Get Down 505-8388 Good Stuff 649-9711 Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern 232-5800 Grove House Eleven on Grove 505-1612 The Grove Park Inn (Elaine’s Piano Bar/ Great Hall) 252-2711 The Handlebar (864) 233-6173 Harrah’s Cherokee 497-7777

EARLY SHOW

5 Walnut Wine Bar 253-2593 Altamont Brewing Company 575-2400 The Altamont Theatre 348-5327 ARCADE 258-1400 Asheville Civic Center & Thomas Wolfe Auditorium 259-5544 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 Remix 258-2027 The Chop House 253-1852 Craggie Brewing Company 254-0360

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ASHEVILLE WAITS BAND with Bear Down Easy

$2 TACOS : 5PM : ALL AGES ACOUSTIC DEAD COVERS - FREE!!

10PM 21+

Saturday, April 28th

ANTIQUE FIREARMS

with Shorty Can’t Eat Books 9PM $6adv/$8door 21+ Sunday, April 29th

Bluegrass Brunch

hosted by The Pond Brothers

11am -Open Jam! Bring your instruments!

Tuesday, May 1st

TWO FOR TUESDAY 8PM A GHOST LIKE ME & DARK SHAVE FUNK JAM! FREE! 10PM

ADAM STRANGE OPENS THE SHOW!

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Cadillac Rex (vintage rock) One Stop Deli & Bar

Brown Bag Songwriting Competition, 6:30pm (sign up at 6pm) The Indobox (rock) w/ Flux Capacitor (psychedelic rock), 10pm Serving Traditional Mexican Fare & North of the Border Favorites!

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Singer/Songwriter - Americana • $3.50 Vodka Drinks

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Bring Your “A” Team • Prizes • $3.50 Gin & Tonics

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Gypsy Folk Music • $5 Robo Shots

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BLUES JAM with Westville Allstars Shrimp ‘n Grits • $3.50 Rum Drinks

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Jack of Hearts Pub

Duke Robillard (blues), 9pm

TallGary's Cantina

Purple Onion Cafe

Open mic/jam, 7pm

Beaucoup Blue (Americana)

Back stage: Wordline CD release party (rock) w/ Doc Aquatic

The Altamont Theater

Root Bar No. 1

Andy Frasco ("party blues"), 8pm

Kevin Scanlon (bluegrass, folk)

Olive or Twist

The Bywater

Spurs

Game night, 8pm

Dance night

One Stop Deli & Bar

The Dugout

TallGary's Cantina

Karaoke

Asheville Music Showcase, 8pm

Vincenzo's Bistro

The Altamont Theater

Marc Keller (acoustic, variety), 7:30pm

Adam Levy (Americana), 8pm

Westville Pub

The Dugout

Max Melner Orchestra (jazz, funk), 10pm

Karaoke

Wild Wing Cafe

Tressa's Downtown Jazz and Blues

Jeff & Justin (acoustic)

Peggy Ratusz & friends

Thu., May 3

Vincenzo's Bistro

Black Mountain Ale House

$1 off all Whiskey • Real New Orleans PoBoys

One Stop Deli & Bar

Fiest (indie rock,pop) w/ Timbre Timbre

Alien Music Club (jazz jam)

MAX MELNER ORCHESTRA

Heather Masterton Quartet (swing)

Crocodile Smile (dance & rock covers), 7pm DJ Dizzy, 10pm

Jack of the Wood Pub

Barley's Taproom

WED

Olive or Twist

Harrah's Cherokee

Orange Peel

Trivia, 9pm

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

Ribs & Whiskey, 5pm David Gans & friends (psychedelic, Americana) w/ Galen Kipar Project & Bobby Miller, 10pm

ARCADE

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Lobster Trap

Calico Moon (world, roots), 7pm Burgerworx

Open mic, 7pm Club Hairspray

Karaoke, 10pm

Dirty South Lounge

Dirty Bingo, 9pm

Elaine's Dueling Piano Bar

Dueling Pianos (rock 'n' roll sing-a-long), 9pm-1am Eleven on Grove

Dr. Sketchy's (live drawing event), 6:30-10pm Emerald Lounge

Dead Night w/ Phuncle Sam, 10pm Good Stuff

Gene Peyroux & One Hundred Monkeys (rock, country, jazz), 7pm Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Bombino ("desert blues," rock, world), 8pm Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Bob Zullo (jazz, pop guitar), 5:30-7:30pm Killer B's (favorites by request), 8-11pm Harrah's Cherokee

Karaoke contest, 8pm-midnight Jack of Hearts Pub

The Croon and Cadence Duo feat: Ginny McAfee, 7:30pm Westville Pub

Stu McNair (country, bluegrass, rock), 9:30pm

Fri., May 4

Free Dead Fridays feat: members of Phuncle Sam, 5-8pm Orange Peel

Whitechapel (death-core, metal) w/ Miss May 1, After the Burial, Within the Ruins & The Plot in You, 6:30pm Pack's Tavern

Peggy Ratusz (blues, soul) Scandals Nightclub

Zumba, 7pm Dance party, 10pm Drag show, 1am

Straightaway Cafe

Wilhelm McKay (folk, rock) The Dugout

Johnnie Blackwell, 9pm The Market Place

Patrick Fitzsimons (blues, world, jazz), 7-10pm

Athena's Club

Tolliver's Crossing Irish Pub

Mark Appleford (blues, folk, rock), 7:30-10pm DJ, 10pm-2am Black Mountain Ale House

LoveSlave, 8:30pm Boiler Room

Forgive Me for Yesterday (rock, punk), 9pm Club Hairspray

Drag show, midnight Creatures Cafe

Todd Agnew w/ Jonny Diaz & Reckless Mercy Elaine's Dueling Piano Bar

Disclaimer Comedy (standup), 8:15-9:15pm Dueling Pianos (rock 'n' roll sing-a-long), 9:30pm-1am Eleven on Grove

DJ Jam (old-school R&B), 9pm Emerald Lounge

Bombadil (Americana) w/ Big Nasty Jazz Band & Honey Locust, 9pm French Broad Chocolate Lounge

Jason Moore (jazz)

Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Jack of the Wood Pub

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Mountain Feist (bluegrass) w/ Chompin' at the Bit Stringband, 10pm

Live music, 8pm

Dance party w/ DJ Abu Dissaray, 9pm

Lushlife (hip-hop) w/ Cities Aviv & Deniro Farrar, 9pm

Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

ARCADE

Old-time jam, 7pm

Bluegrass jam, 6pm

Sons of Ralph (bluegrass), 9pm

Donna Germano (hammered dulcimer), 2-4pm Bill Covington (piano classics & standards), 5:30-7:30pm The Business (Motown, funk, soul), 8-11pm

"May the 4th Be with You" (Star Wars event) Vincenzo's Bistro

Steve Whiddon (piano covers), 5:30pm Westville Pub

Trivia night

SaT., May 5 ARCADE

"Bear Exploder" dance party w/ DJ Kipper Schauer, 9pm Asheville Music Hall

Dubtribe Sound System (electronic, house) feat: Emory Widener (live percussion) & In Plain Sight, 10pm Athena's Club

Mark Appleford (blues, folk, rock), 7:30-10pm DJ, 10pm-2am Black Mountain Ale House

DJ night, 9pm

Boiler Room

Busted Chops w/ Cokeslut, ER Airplane & Battle Beasts (punk), 9pm Club Hairspray

Drag show, midnight Creatures Cafe

Wayne Graham w/ The Black Iron Gathering Elaine's Dueling Piano Bar

Dueling Pianos (rock 'n' roll sing-a-long), 9pm-1am

Emerald Lounge

Tennessee Jed (Americana) w/ The Hackbirds & Skunk Ruckus, 9pm French Broad Chocolate Lounge

Asheville Sax (jazz) Get Down

Drunken Prayer (indie, Americana) Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

The Honeycutters (Americana, country) CD release party w/ Moses Atwood, 9pm

Thursday

Friday

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Pint niGHt

DoG tale

tHe Best FiRkin BeeR Festival

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Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Paco Band, 8-11pm

Harrah's Cherokee

april 27

april 28

(american / Rock)

Cask Festival Featuring 25 Breweries! tickets at ashevillebrewscruise.com

Event Center: Lyle Lovett (country), 7:30pm Casino: Salsa dance lessons, 6pm; DJ Aaron Michaels, 10pm Jack of the Wood Pub

Nu-Blu (bluegrass), 5pm The Tillers w/ The Freight Hoppers (blues, gospel, old-time), 8pm Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Back stage: Mipso Trio CD release party (Americana, bluegrass, soul) Olive or Twist

The 42nd Street Jazz Band Pack's Tavern

Acoustic Syndicate (Americana, roots), 9pm

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Purple Onion Cafe

New, Used and Consignment instruments! Layaway available.

DJ Moto (dance, pop) Pisgah Brewing Company

Deep River (country, Western swing)

We repair acoustic and electric instruments, amplifiers and PA systems, along with band and orchestra instruments.

We also rent and install sound systems. Layaway available.

Scandals Nightclub

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

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DIRECTOR: JOSEPH CEDAR PLAYERS: LIOR ASHKENAZI, SHLOMO BAR-ABA, ALMA ZACK, ALIZA ROSEN, MICAH LEWENSOHN, DANIEL MARKOVICH DARK COMEDY-DRAMA

RATED PG

The Story: A phone call mistakenly notifies the wrong candidate that he’s won the prestigious Israel Prize, plunging the world of Talmudic scholarship into a dilemma.

The Lowdown: A brilliantly made, but exceedingly bitter film that does a fine job of skewering academia, but isn’t going to be to every taste.

I’ve given Joseph Cedar’s Oscar-nominated (Best Foreign Langage Film) Footnote the “Top Pick” of this week’s movies, but I want to be very clear on what that means. I think it is the most completely assured of the three films under consideration for that position, but I do not otherwise feel it is better than the other two — Being Flynn and The Kid with a Bike — and I frankly recommend all three movies.

We should have such quandaries every week, though it has the unfortunate downside that one or more of the films is likely to end up getting overlooked. (It’ll be an easier call for the subtitle-phobic, since only Being Flynn is in English.)

Since Footnote deals with rival father-andson Talmudic scholars, it may be assumed to be a film that requires a certain specialized knowledge to fully “get.” I didn’t find that to be true, since I know very little about the Talmud. I do, however, suspect that the film plays better if you have some working knowledge of academia or the world of “scholarly” publishing.

It matters little whether we’re talking religious studies, literary ones, musical ones or, yes, motion pictures. The various worlds are very similar — enclosed, competitive, obsessed with minutiae, rife with backbiting, jealousy and its own particular kind of double-dealing. That the film at hand deals with the rarefied field of Talmudic scholarship makes little difference.

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Schlomo Bar-Aba in Joseph Cedar's brilliant, but oh-so-bitter, dark comedydrama Footnote.

Footnote is essentially a comedy — or a tragedy, perhaps — of errors. Its premise is simple enough.

Hotshot Talmudic scholar Uriel Shkolnik (Lior Ashkenazi) is a popularizer. He reduces things to easily understood and digested ideas — and, as a result, his work is well known and highly regarded. His father, Eliezer Shkolnik (Shlomo Bar-Aba), is his polar opposite — a researcher of the old school who is contemptuous of everything his son represents and jealous of his popularity. It doesn’t help that Eliezer spent the better part of his life on a project that was rendered almost valueless by a jealous colleague, Grossman (Michah Lewensohn), who uncovered a rare volume and published its contents just before Eliezer’s came out. As things have worked out, Eliezer’s major claim to fame — apart from the unbearable status of being Uriel’s father — lies in being mentioned in a footnote by a revered scholar.

The film’s plot hinges on Eliezer accidentally being notified that he has won — after years of being passed over — the ultimate academic honor of the Israel Prize. The truth, not surprisingly, is that it is Uriel who was supposed to have received this call. This throws the inner world of Talmudic academia into a frenzy. The jury wants the mistake rectified, but Uriel is adamant that such a thing will literally kill his father, who has so long waited for this accolade. The committee — especially Grossman — is not in favor of this, but its members realize the complications and the truth of what Uriel says. Can something be worked out? Well, maybe. Grossman holds the key to that — and he wants a heavy price to relinquish the prize to the older Shkolnik. This, however, is only a part of what the movie is about, and signals more where the story will go than anything else.

Much of what happens is bitterly funny — and generally more bitter than funny. What makes it work — apart from the performances — is the assured handling of it all by writerdirector Cedar. Cedar is invariably inventive, but just as invariably on the mark in conveying the undercurrents of the story. It is this that raises what would otherwise be a pretty unpleasant story about generally unpleasant people into something that is compellingly watchable.

Definitely a film worth seeing, but it is indeed bitter. Rated PG for thematic elements, brief nudity, language and smoking. reviewed by Ken Hanke Starts Friday at Fine Arts Theatre

BEING FLYNN JJJJJ

DIRECTOR: PAUL WEITZ (ABOUT A BOY) PLAYERS: ROBERT DE NIRO, PAUL DANO, JULIANNE MOORE, OLIVIA THRILBY, EDDIE ROUSE, LILI TAYLOR DRAMA

RATED R

The Story: Memoir-based film about the relationship between a son and his troubled father.

The Lowdown: A remarkably well-made film with splendid performances from both Robert De Niro and Paul Dano.

Moving without being sentimental, gritty without being grungy, and with no end of filmmaking style.

I saw three films of considerable merit this weekend — Footnote, The Kid with a Bike, and this latest film from Paul Weitz, Being Flynn.

It is this last that is most likely to find its way onto my shelves. Is it the best of the three? I’m

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inclined to say that, no, it isn’t, though it’s frankly idiotic to try to weigh three films so different from each other in that manner. In fact, Being Flynn may be the most flawed of the three, but it is also the one that most connected with me, and the one where I was most drawn to the style of the filmmaking. (It is also the most likely to end up on my best films of 2012 list.) But in its very ambition, it does evidence a few problems. If nothing else, it absolves Paul Weitz for having made Little Fockers (2010), makes up for most of Robert De Niro’s choices in the past few years, and drives home what a unique, fascinating and often overlooked actor Paul Dano is.

The film is based on a book by Nick Flynn (played by Dano in the film) called Another Bullshit Night in Suck City: A Memoir, but is presented from two points of view — that of Nick and that of his errant father, Jonathan (DeNiro).

What the film does not tell us — and perhaps it doesn’t really matter — is whether or not the point of view of the father is real, or only what Nick imagines. It works either way, though in many respects Jonathan is the more clearly drawn character, which may have something to do with distance — or which may simply be because there’s a certain strength of background that comes with DeNiro’s presence. That goes doubly when he plays a delusional, hate-filled cab driver, as he does here in the film’s first stretch. This role is something that inevitably calls to mind the De Niro of an earlier era, and it’s something that runs the risk of looking looking pretty pallid by comparison to a Taxi Driver-era De Niro. That this performance doesn’t look pallid, and that it doesn’t trade on that earlier role, except in passing, is a testament to the quality of the film at hand.

Jonathan Flynn is — in his own mind — one of the three worthwhile writers ever produced by America (the others being Mark Twain and J.D. Salinger, which would doubtless come as a relief to them). OK, so he’s never published anything (but he does have a rejection letter from Viking Press that — if you read it selectively — sounds pretty impressive), and it’s even debatable that his great masterpiece exists at all. In reality, he drinks vodka to excess, drives a cab, casually hurls racist and homophobic epithets, and spouts a line about people being "put on this earth to help each other." What that last means in actual practice is that everyone else is put on this earth to help him.

This extends to his estranged son, Nick, whom he abandoned — along with Nick’s mother, Jody (Julianne Moore) — years earlier. But when his luck starts to run out, it’s worth his while to look up Nick.

In a lesser film this would signal some kind of reunion between father and son — possibly a rocky one, but a reunion all the same. All we get here is a brief bout of using the son, casting a very jaundiced eye over the fact that Nick rooms with a black and a gay, and being unimpressed that his son works at a homeless shelter. In fact, Jonathan will only see the old man again when his father shows up for a bed at the shelter. And still it’s no kind of reunion — at least not in the movie sense.

In fact, the story of Jonathan is only part of the film, which is as much or more about Nick. Or perhaps it’s more about the effect of Jonathan on Nick — the effect in both childhood fantasy of a missing father and in the grim reality of his later presence. What is surprising is how much the

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See review in "Cranky Hanke."

THE FIVE YEAR ENGAGEMENT

A new raunchy rom-com from the Apatow machine. The semi-upside of this is that it has the earmarks of possibly having more in common with Forgetting Sarah Marshall — same director, star and co-writer. Of course, Messrs. Segel and Stoller also have to answer for their writing and directing credits on Get Him to the Greek. But at least there's no Russell Brand this time, and there is Emily Blunt. Both are in the plus column. The studio assures us that this begins "where most romantic comedies end." Well, maybe. Whether it could possibly warrant a 124-minute running time is another matter. (R)

FOOTNOTE

See review in "Cranky Hanke."

THE KID WITH A BIKE

See review in "Cranky Hanke."

THE PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS

There's a lot of good early word on this latest from the folks at Aardman — in at least a partial return to their claymation roots — but it mostly comes from the frequently mystifying Australian reviewers and British critics, who by unwritten law are required to enthuse about anything put out by Aardman. The big selling point here is supposed to be the voice cast that includes Hugh Grant, Brendan Gleeson and Imelda Staunton, but do star voices truly sell a movie? (PG)

THE RAVEN

The Raven comes to down with a 'murder' of generally bad reviews (oh, you couldn't have resisted that either). Again, most of the reviews are from abroad and there's some sense that the film is being savaged because it's not factual, and because a lot of folks have it in for director James McTeigue over V Vendetta. In the first case, there has been no attempt by the filmmakers or the studio to claim that the premise — Edgar Allan Poe solving murders related to his books — is anything other than pretty ripe fantasy. (R)

SAFE

Boaz Yakin hasn't had the most glowing list of directorial credits (Uptown Girls, anyone?), and there's nothing to suggest he's the best choice to helm a Jason Statham action movie.

Regardless, that's what we've got here. The whole thing is all about Statham protecting a young girl (Catherine Chan), who has memorized some important code that every bad guy in the world is after. Any questions? Didn't think so. (R) film suggests without actually stating, and how smoothly it blends the film’s various times into a seamless whole. (The transition from the smoke of a crack pipe to the image of Nick’s mother is an inspired one that evokes more than pages of dialogue.)

There’s no question that De Niro has the showier role — and he’s very good in it — yet I was finally more impressed with Dano’s performance.

Dano rarely brings anything to the surface in big moments. He spends long stretches of the film evidencing a kind of bemused detachment — but conveying a sense of an internalized intensity that suggests barely repressed feelings of sorrow, rage, self-doubt and a degree of almost pathetic hope.

In the end, it’s his performance that holds this often remarkable, not always easy to watch, but incredibly vital film in place. This is really worth your while — and I think it will age well. That it bites off a little more than it can effectively chew — especially in the too facile depiction of Nick’s involvement with and triumph over drugs — almost doesn’t matter. Rate R for language throughout, some sexual content, drug use and brief nudity. reviewed by Ken Hanke Starts Friday at Carolina Asheville Cinema 14

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CHIMPANZEE JJ

DIRECTOR: ALASTAIR FOTHERGILL & MARK LINFIELD (EARTH) PLAYERS: (NARRATOR) TIM ALLEN

I understand that the idea was to present the film as if seen through the eyes of a child — Chimpanzee’s target audience — and that simplicity is part of the concept. But this self-imposed simplicity is also the film’s biggest problem. I’m not sure I actually learned anything about chimpanzees. For a film that is being promoted as educational, it’s actually somewhat flimsy, and even feels a little dumbed down. But even giving Fothergill and Sinclair the benefit of the doubt, there’s still a slew of strange cinematic decisions in Chimpanzee. We get the normal anthropomorphic presentation of these animals, and the cobbling together of segments to tell a story, but there’s barely enough going on here to justify a feature length. Even at a measly 75 minutes, the film feels thinly stretched. Strange insertions of time-lapsed video of growing fungus don’t help things, serving only to confuse what little plot there is. (Granted, it is neat to look at, but I still have no clue what mushrooms have to do with chimps.)

From reading interviews with Jane Goodall, I understand that some of the footage — like the alpha male of the group adopting a young orphaned chimp — is incredibly rare. But I had to read about this after the fact. Never is this sense of awe or importance passed along to the audience. A lot of the blame goes to the directors, of course, but Tim Allen’s somber narration does nothing to help. Tim Allen is bad enough; sincere Tim Allen is even worse.

That he’s allowed to slide into the worst aspects of his persona — including a fit of his patented grunting — does Chimpanzee no favors. Rated G. reviewed by Justin Souther Playing at Carmike 10

THE KID WITH A BIKE JJJJJ

DIRECTOR: JEAN-PIERRE DARDENNE, LUC DARDENNE (LORNA’S SILENCE) PLAYERS: CÉCILE DE FRANCE, THOMAS DORET, JÉRÉMIE RENIER, FABRIZIO RONGIONE, EGON DI MATEO, OLIVIER GOURMET DRAMA

RATED PG-13

The Story: A young boy, abandoned by his father, is taken in — at least on NATURE DOCUMENTARY RATED G weekends — by a beauty shop owner The Story: A group of chimpanzees who tries to break through his reserve.

— particularly a young chimp named Oscar — fight for survival in the forests The Lowdown: Immaculately crafted and beautiful small-scale drama that of Africa. manages to scale emotional heights The Lowdown: Too simplistic to be truly without undue manipulations. See this educational, and often too scatterbrained film! to feel like actual filmmaking.

I’m having to rethink Belgium’s Dardenne Chimpanzee is the fourth of Disney’s annual Earth Day documentaries — following Earth (2009), the elegant Oceans (2010) and last year’s African Cats — and it’s easily the worst of the lot. This has little to do with the footage that directors Alastair Fothergill and Mark Linfield have gathered, which is admittedly impressive.

(It’s damning praise that the most entertaining part of the film is the behind-the-scenes footage, which plays during the credits.) No, the film’s biggest problem is how simplified — and often scattershot — the whole thing is.

Brothers. I mostly disliked The Son (2002), but I rather liked Lorna’s Silence (2009). Now, I find that their latest, The Kid with a Bike, strikes me as close to being a perfect little movie. Note, however, the word "little." This is a small scale, almost minimalist movie (the only notable music in the film, for instance, is one recurring theme from Beethoven’s Fifth Piano Concerto) with a refreshingly short running time of 87 minutes. The story is a simple one. The emotions it contains and evokes are not so simple.

Newcomer Thomas Doret stars as Cyril, the kid of the title. When the film opens. Cyril is ensconced in a "boys home" where he was dumped "temporarily" by his father, Guy (Jérémie Renier, Lorna’s Silence). Not believing that his keepers are really dialing the right number — and getting a disconnected phone message — he makes them let him call himself, and gets the same response. He makes a break and goes to his old apartment, where he finds his father has bolted — and taken his son’s bicycle in the bargain. Caught by the authorities, Cyril tries to stave off being removed by tightly embracing a woman, Samantha (Cécile De France, Hereafter), who finds that the kid strikes a chord in her. In fact, she tracks down his bike (his father sold it), buys it back and returns it to him.

Impulsively, Cyril asks if he can go home with her — to a beauty parlor with living quarters — on the weekends. Just as impulsively, she agrees. When he later asks her why she agreed, I fully believe her answer, "I don’t know." And the film never directly explains, though it shares her own sense of surprise at her feelings.

As might be expected, things don’t go too well. And Cyril’s tendency to be less than cheerful or cooperative (even if it’s an attempt to shield himself against rejection) is no help.

Matters take a turn when the two track down and visit the boy’s father, whom, despite all evidence to the contrary, Cyril believes will make life right. To say that the truth of the situation does not live up to Cyril’s beliefs is an understatement. Not only does his father want nothing do with him and have no intention of ever reclaiming him, but he wants Samantha to do the dirty work of telling this to the boy. What happens from there I’ll mostly leave to the film, though I will note that it probably won’t be what you expect it to be.

The film’s great gift is that it veers toward predictable melodrama on several occasions, yet it never goes there. I think I know why, but it’s only a guess on my part. I claim no special insight into the Dardenne Brothers’ minds, but my suspicion is that they approach the drama here with the thought in mind that life — though hardly free of melodrama — is rarely as rife with it as the movies, and so deliberately sidestep it. Life often seems to be headed toward melodrama, but it typically plays out rather less drastically than we’ve braced ourselves for.

Despite its smallness, The Kid with a Bike packs a terrific emotional wallop — and does so without ever being obviously manipulative. (Compare the boy in this film with the one in Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close for starters.) It addresses the issue of abandonment in a clear-eyed manner, dressing it in a story that includes elements that, in less assured hands, might seem positively Dickensian. (That’s not to say that being Dickensian is necessarily a bad thing.) Unlike many films, it genuinely earns every feeling it evokes. Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, violence, brief language and smoking. reviewed by Ken Hanke Starts Friday at Carolina Asheville Cinema 14

THE LUCKY ONE JJ

DIRECTOR: SCOTT HICKS (NO RESERVATIONS) PLAYERS: ZAC EFRON, TAYLOR SCHILLING, BLYTHE DANNER, RILEY THOMAS STEWART, JAY R. FERGUSON ROMANTIC DRAMA

RATED PG-13

The Story: After finding a photo of an unknown woman while serving in Iraq, a Marine tracks her down in her Louisiana hometown and quickly becomes ingratiated into her life.

The Lowdown: A schmaltzy, melodramatic and standard Nicholas Sparks’ film. Exactly what you’d expect from this subgenre.

Scott Hicks’ The Lucky One is the seventh movie adapted from a Nicholas Sparks novel, and at this point, there’s nearly no point in reviewing new ones. If you’ve been subjected to Sparks’ brand of schmaltzy, noble, magical romance, then you know exactly what to expect from The Lucky One — and you’ll know exactly whether or not this is your cup of mawkish, melodramatic tea. About the best you can hope for with these movies is some degree of technical competence from the filmmakers and performers who don’t make you gag. This is why I don’t shudder at the thought of Lasse Hallström’s Dear John (2010), and why the only thing I remember from the Miley Cyrus vehicle The Last Song (2010) is the performance of a raccoon.

The Lucky One falls into the tolerable category, mostly due to Hicks’ direction. I’m not sure why Hicks finds himself in Sparks purgatory, after once having had a nice career centered around films like Shine (1996). The film is a slick production with a handful of eye-catching compositions, but despite the professional, classy touch Hicks brings to the production, this is wholly Sparks’ show. No director would be able to pull this film out from the dregs of its own selfinduced melodrama.

In The Lucky One, we have a beefed-up, less baby-faced Zac Efron as Logan, a Marine serving in Iraq who credits the accidental discovery of a photo of a woman he doesn’t know with saving his life. Keeping it as a good luck charm, Logan heads back home, only to find life after the war much more difficult an adjustment than he’d ever imagined. In order to get his life together, he heads to Louisiana to find the woman in the picture.

The movie follows the basic romantic story arc, as Logan finds the woman, Beth (Taylor Schilling, Atlas Shrugged: Part I), and instead of just talking to her about the photo, insinuates himself into her life — and her multitude of personal issues. (Her brother died in the Iraq war, and she’s a single mom with an abusive, controlling ex-husband). Of course, the lack of honesty surrounding the photo — and Logan’s inability to simply be an adult — pops back up during the requisite third-act misunderstanding (and eventual make-up), but the bulk of the movie revolves around these broken people finding ways to tidy up their lives within 90 minutes.

Everything devolves into dramatic mush (unfortunately, not of the overheated variety).

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Most of it is understated, but occasionally — as in the film’s climax — the soapiness of it all rises to astounding heights of silliness. I’m of the mind that if the film could’ve kept that level of absurdity going throughout its entire runtime, The Lucky One might have been an entertaining piece of overwrought trash. But Sparks fancies himself too classy for that, and as a result, it’s mostly just dull, formulaic and rote. Rated PG-13 for some sexuality and violence. reviewed by Justin Souther Playing at Carmike 10, Carolina Asheville Cinema 14, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande

THINK LIKE A MAN JJ

DIRECTOR: TIM STORY (BARBERSHOP) PLAYERS: MICHAEL EALY, MEAGAN GOOD, KEVIN HART, TARAJI P. HENSON, GABRIELLE UNION GIMMICK-DRIVEN ROM-COM

RATED PG-13

The Story: Steve Harvey’s book is turned into a standard rom-com about what happens when a group of women apply the lessons outlined in his book to their own lives.

The Lowdown: Slow-moving, tedious, overstuffed rom-com with a solid cast who are lost at sea in a bad premise with a worse screenplay.

As someone who likes Tim Story’s Barbershop (2002) and who greatly admires Taraji P. Henson and Gabrielle Union, I really wanted to like Think Like a Man. I may even have tried to make myself like it. I know I kept telling myself that it might get better once it found its footing. I did like the on-target jokes at the expense of Tyler Perry, but it never really did much more for me. Nor did it seem to stop. It just kept going and going and going. In fact, Think Like a Man may be the longest 123-minute movie ever made. It felt that way, at least. Thinking it must surely be in the home stretch at one point, I checked the time on my phone — and with a sinking heart learned we’d only reached the halfway mark. Oy gevalt! And that second half was not an improvement on the first.

It’s not hard to see where the problem lies. The idea of adapting Steve Harvey’s "self-help" book Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man (which sounds like the Tyler Perry story) wasn’t any too hot to begin with. But that’s not really what Keith Merryman and David A. Newman (the duo who wrote the

vastly superior Friends with Benefits) did with their adaptation. Oh, sure, they bring Harvey’s book into it, and they even interject bits of Harvey talking to the audience. (This wisdom of taking relationship advice from the thrice-married Harvey is a separate issue altogether.) The film, however, is really a cross between the book’s "philosophy" and what might be called Rom-Com for Dummies.

The viewer is subjected to four pretty standard rom-coms shoved, packed, jammed and pummeled into one overstuffed movie that examines the premise of what happens when some women decide to apply Harvey’s book to the men in their lives. Does this mean that it quadruples your viewing pleasure? Well, that all depends on how thickly you like your cliches spread. You get four sets of couples — and a couple of spare parts — with four sets of machinations, four sets of misunderstandings and, yes, four doses of gloomy penultimate-reel shenanigans. The only upside is that three of those four are settled relatively quickly, with the remaining one doing most of the heavy lifting. One day, someone will make a romantic comedy without that next-to-last reel about the break-up, and the cinematic world stop turning.

It doesn’t help matters here that the screenplay is solidly in the post-Apatow realm, which is to say that the males in the cast are all of the arrested-development man-boy variety. The worst of these is Jerry Ferrara (TV’s Entourage) who is ushered into what passes for adulthood by having Gabrielle Union redecorate their shared apartment — which, frankly, only takes it from dorm room basic to Architectural Digest-lite. Generally, the film is content to peddle those 100-year-old (or more) bromides about romance, and how money doesn’t count for anything (all of it staged, of course, in affluent surroundings).

The sad thing about the movie is that the entire cast is good and extremely likable. The problem is that all they can do is bang their collective heads against the walls of an impregnable screenplay.

I’m not even sure there’s anything wrong with Tim Story’s direction — which is to say I don’t see how he could have much improved the film without a complete re-write. As it stands ... well, if you’re a fan of those involved, you might cut it some slack. Or you might wish they were in a better movie. Rated PG-13 for sexual content, some crude humor, and brief drug use. reviewed by Ken Hanke Playing at Carmike 10, Carolina Asheville Cinema 14, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande

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specialscreenings HANNAH AND HER SISTERS JJJJJ COMEDY-DRAMA RATED PG-13 In Brief: Over the years, Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) has come to be regarded in many quarters as Woody Allen’s best movie. Is it? Maybe. Maybe not. One thing is certain, it’s one of his most finely tuned ensemble pieces, with every character having a feeling of reality to them. It’s rich, warm in its humanity, perceptive — and very, very funny.

The Asheville Film Society will screen Hannah and Her Sisters on Tuesday, May 1, at 8 p.m. in the Cinema Lounge of The Carolina Asheville and will be hosted by Xpress movie critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther. Hanke is the artistic director of the A.F.S.

KITCHEN STORIES JJJJ COMEDY-DRAMA RATED PG In Brief: A very peculiar — and fact-based — comedy-drama about Swedish researchers conducting experiements on how to design the most efficient kitchen for Norwegian bachelors (they’ve already done this for Swedish housewives) by observing, but (theoretically) not interacting with their subjects. Yes, it’s as screwy as it sounds. It’s also pretty engaging.

The Hendersonville Film Society will show Kitchen Stories at 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 29, in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community (behind Epic Cinemas), 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville.

MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE / THE RAVEN JJJJJ HORROR RATED NR In Brief: A double dose of Bela Lugosi from his classic years at Universal. First in Robert Florey’s Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932), and then in Louis Friedlander’s The Raven (1935) — the latter also boasts Boris Karloff in its cast, but it’s really Lugosi’s show. They may not be Lugosi’s absolute best films, but they contain two of his most treasured performances, which is what matters.

The Thursday Horror Picture Show will screen Murders in the Rue Morgue and The Raven on Thursday, April 26, 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.

WHO IS KILLING THE GREAT CHEFS OF EUROPE? JJJJ DARK COMEDY/MYSTERY RATED PG In Brief: Enjoyable, if unexceptional, star-studded comedy thriller of a type we don’t see anymore. Essentially, it’s a slightly silly romantic comedy with George Segal and Jacqueline Bisset as a divorced couple — both working in very different capacities in the world of food — who become involved in the self-descriptive mystery of the title. Holding things together is a very funny Robet Morley as a wonderfully sarcastic gourmand.

Classic World Cinema by Courtyard Gallery will present Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? at 8 p.m. on Friday, April 27, at Phil Mechanic Studios, 109 Roberts St., River Arts District (upstairs in the Railroad Library). Info: 273-3332, http://www.ashevillecourtyard.com

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nowplaying BEING FLYNN JJJJJ

ROBERT DE NIRO, PAUL DANO, JULIANNE MOORE, OLIVIA THRILBY, EDDIE ROUSE, LILI TAYLOR Drama Memoir-based film about the relationship between a son and his troubled father. A remarkably well-made film with splendid performances from both Robert De Niro and Paul Dano. Moving without being sentimental, gritty without being grungy, and with no end of filmmaking style. Rated R

BLUE LIKE JAZZ JJJ

MARSHALL ALLMAN, CLAIRE HOLT, TANIA RAYMONDE, JASON MARSDEN, ERIC LANGE, JUSTIN WELBORN Faith-Based Comedy-Drama Faith-based movie about a young man’s trip into the broader “real world” when events cause him to lose his faith in his church. Flawed, but generally likable little movie that’s several notches above the usual faith-based fare. Rated PG-13

THE CABIN IN THE WOODS JJJ

KRISTEN CONNOLLY, CHRIS HEMSWORTH, ANNA HUTCHISON, FRAN KRANZ, JESSE WILLIAMS, RICHARD JENKINS Post-Modern Horror Comedy A group of 20-somethings—obviously under the watchful eye of a roomful of technicians—go on one of those invariably ill-fated weekends in the woods. It’s reasonably entertaining and kind of clever, but The Cabin in the Woods far from the amazingly brilliant take on the horror film it’s been painted as. Rated R

CHIMPANZEE JJ

(NARRATOR) TIM ALLEN Nature Documentary A group of chimpanzees—particularly a young chimp named Oscar—fight for survival in the forests of Africa. Too simplistic to be truly educational, and often too scatterbrained to feel like actual filmmaking. Rated G

DR. SEUSS’ THE LORAX JJJ

(VOICES OF) DANNY DEVITO, ED HELMS, ZAC EFRON, TAYLOR SWIFT, BETTY WHITE, ROB RIGGLE Animated Fantasy with Songs A young boy ventures into the barren wilderness to find out what happened to the trees. A reasonably harmless, annoyingly cheerful version of the Dr. Seuss story that is, by necessity, padded to reach feature length—which it feels a good bit of the time. Rated PG

FOOTNOTE JJJJJ

LIOR ASHKENAZI, SHLOMO BAR-ABA, ALMA ZACK, ALIZA ROSEN, MICAH LEWENSOHN, DANIEL MARKOVICH Dark Comedy-Drama A phone call mistakenly no-

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tifies the wrong candidate that he’s won the prestigious Israel Prize, plunging the world of Talmudic scholarship into a dilemma. A brilliantly made, but exceedingly bitter film that does a fine job of skewering academia, but isn’t going to be to every taste.

Rated PG

THE HUNGER GAMES JJJJ

JENNIFER LAWRENCE, JOSH HUTCHERSON, LIAM HEMSWORTH, WOODY HARRELSON, ELIZABETH BANKS, WES BENTLEY Dystopian Sci-Fi Action In an oppressive future society, lottery-selected 12-to-18 year olds are pitted against each other in a fight to the death known as the Hunger Games. Reasonably exciting and entertaining film that will likely mean more to fans of the books than to the casual moviegoer. Rated PG-13

IN DARKNESS JJJJ

ROBERT WIECKIEWICZ, BENNO FÜRMANN, AGNIESZKA GROCHOWSKA, MARIA SCHRADER, HERBERT KNAUP, MARCIN BOSAK Fact-Based Holocaust Drama Fact-based story of the Polish plumber/sewer worker who helped a group of Jews hide in the sewers of Lvov, Poland, during the Nazi occupation of WWII. A grim, often powerful Holocaust drama that perhaps works best as the story of the spiritual growth of the man who saved a group of refugees from the Nazis. Rated R

THE KID WITH A BIKE JJJJJ

CÉCILE DE FRANCE, THOMAS DORET, JÉRÉMIE RENIER, FABRIZIO RONGIONE, EGON DI MATEO, OLIVIER GOURMET Drama A young boy, abandoned by his father, is taken in—at least on weekends—by a beauty shop owner who tries to break through his reserve. Immaculately crafted and beautiful small-scale drama that manages to scale emotional heights without undue manipulations. See this film! Rated PG-13

LOCKOUT JJJ

GUY PEARCE, MAGGIE GRACE, VINCENT REGAN, JOSEPH GILGUN, LENNIE JAMES Sci-Fi Action A former CIA operative who’s been framed for the murder of his best friend is sent to a maximum-security prison in outer space to save the president’s kidnapped daughter. Wholly derivative action/sci-fi film that is dumb fun, but could really stand to be a bit dumber and revel in its own inherent absurdity. Rated PG-13

THE LUCKY ONE JJ

ZAC EFRON, TAYLOR SCHILLING, BLYTHE DANNER, RILEY THOMAS STEWART, JAY R. FERGUSON Romantic Drama After finding a photo of an unknown woman while serving in Iraq, a Marine tracks her down in her Louisiana hometown and quickly

becomes ingratiated into her life. A schmaltzy, melodramatic and standard Nicholas Sparks’ film. Exactly what you’d expect from this subgenre. Rated PG-13

MARLEY JJJJ

BOB MARLEY, ZIGGY MARLEY, JIMMY CLIFF, RITA MARLEY, CEDELLA MARLEY, CHRIS BLACKWELL Documentary A documentary about the life story of Jamaican music icon Bob Marley. Surprisingly involving documentary on Marley’s life, presenting his story through archival footage, the memories of his friends, family and associates—and, of course, through his music. Rated PG-13

THE RAID: REDEMPTION JJJJ

IKO UWAIS. JOE TASLIM, DONI ALAMSYAH, YAYAN RUHIAN, PIERRE GRUNO Crime Action A police squad carry out a raid on a crime lord who is holed up in a supposedly impregnable apartment building. Brilliantly stripped-down to its very essence, this action film is not going to be to every taste due to its brutality, but will serve adherents of the genre well. Rated R

SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN JJJJ

EWAN MCGREGOR, EMILY BLUNT, AMR WAKED, KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS, TOM MISON, RACHAEL STIRLING Romantic Comedy Drama A Scottish fishery expert is pushed into working on the wild scheme of a wealthy sheikh to transport salmon to Yemen. Full of empty calories and lacking the bite its screwy premise suggests, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen gets by pretty nicely on pure charm and a splendid cast. Rated PG-13

THINK LIKE A MAN JJ

MICHAEL EALY, MEAGAN GOOD, KEVIN HART, TARAJI P. HENSON, GABRIELLE UNION Gimmick-Driven Rom-Com Steve Harvey’s book is turned into a standard rom-com about what happens when a group of women apply the lessons outlined in his book to their own lives. Slow-moving, tedious, overstuffed rom-com with a solid cast who are lost at sea in a bad premise with a worse screenplay. Rated PG-13

THE THREE STOOGES J

SEAN HAYES, WILL SASSO, CHRIS DIAMANTOPOULOS, JANE LYNCH, SOFÍA VERGARA, JENNIFER HUDSON Comedy Three imposter Stooges go out into the world in an attempt to save their orphanage from foreclosure. It may have the mechanics of the Three Stooges down, but this attempt to bring the Stooges back to the movies is utterly devoid of the charm and feel of the real thing. Rated PG

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Largest lot in small enclave if up-scale homes. No HOA, underground utilities. Priced firm at $95,000. Call Robert (828) 649-0548 or (407) 394-5104.

PEACEFUL 1.26 ACRE COUNTRY HOMESITE Reems Creek-1.26 acre home site.

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MAYBERRY HEATING AND COOLING Oil and Gas Furnaces • Heat Pumps and AC • Sales • Service • Installation. • Visa • MC • Discover.

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OFFICE SUITES Downtown Asheville. 1-5 office suites from 490 sq. ft. to 3,200 sq. ft. Modern finishes, elevator, central air.

Affordable, full service rates. G/M Property Group 828-281-4024. jmenk@gmproperty.com

Commercial/ Business Rentals 1500 SQFT • HENDERSONVILLE ROAD Great space in busy complex in South Asheville. Parking at the door. Call 828 691-0586.

DOWNTOWN OFFICE SPACE For lease. Above City Bakery, Biltmore Avenue. Approximately 775 sqft. Natural light.

Spacious. info@sycamorepartners.net LARGE TREATMENT ROOM Ideal for massage therapist or body workers. Available parttime or full-time. • Large parking lot. Waiting room.

Downtown just past GreenLife.

Asheville. Phyllis: (828) 606-2382.

OFFICE / RETAIL SPACE REGENT PARK AREA Off Patton Ave. and Near Sams Club. 1,100 – 2,200 sq.ft.

Available Immediately. Call (828) 231-6689

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DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL CONDO In central business district w/ potential for live/work or office/studio.

Heated and cooled with hardwoods and close to parking. $237,500. The Real Estate Center. 828-255-4663. www.recenter.com

1920’s CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN AND UNCA • Hillside St. Spacious and lightfilled. 1BR/1BA with hardwood floors, large windows, dining room, good closet space. $725/month includes heat, hot and cold water. Tenant pays for electricity. Laundry included.

Plenty of off-street parking.

Cats OK with fee, No dogs. For appt: 777-6304 Debra.

3BR, 1BA WEST ASHEVILLE • Water, garbage included. On bus line. Swimming pool onsite. $699/month.

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CHARMING SUNNY SMALL 1BR · Between downtown and UNCA- close walk to town and Greenlife. Hardwood floors, gas heat, A/C unit. Lots of off-street parking. $595/month includes hot and cold water. Security deposit, year’s lease, credit check and references req. 1 cat ok w/fee. No dogs. For appt: Graham Investments 253-6800.

CLOSE AND WALKABLE TO UNCA 2BR, 1BA. Just renovated, w/d hookup, ample parking, water included $675.00 one pet OK with fee.

Security deposit, year’s lease, credit check and references req. 1 cat ok w/fee. For appt: Graham Investments, 828- 253-6800.

HISTORIC MONTFORD 1BR with \hardwood floors, cedar lined closets, lots of windows over looking a park, and gas heat. $650.00/month includes hot and cold water. Security deposit, year’s lease, credit check and references req. 1 cat ok w/fee. For appt: Graham Investments. 828253-6800.

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PRIVATE SCREENED PORCH 1 BR, near 5 points and Greenlife, hardwood floors, gas heat. Lots of off-street parking. $595/month includes hot and cold water. Security deposit, year’s lease, credit check and references req. 1 cat ok w/fee.

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AREA WIDE TRANSPORTATION AND TAXI SERVICE, INC. • Seeking drivers. Mature person for F/T.

WEST-ACTON WOODS APTS • 2BR, 2BA, 1100 sq.ft. $775/month. Includes water and garbage pickup. Sorry, no pets. Call 253-0758. Carver Realty.

Condos/ Townhomes For Rent CASUAL ELEGANCE IN HAW CREEK CONDO! Very large 2BR/2BA convenient to Mall, Hospitals, and downtown.

Quiet, private patio overlooking creek. Great room, big kitchen, HUGE master bedroom and walk-in closet. Great floor plan plus garage. $950/mo. Year’s lease, credit check, security deposit req. One small pet considered with fee and vet letter. For appt: Graham Investments 253-6800.

WEST ASHEVILLE CANTERBURY HEIGHTS • 46 Beri Dr. Updated 2BR 1.5BA. Split level condo, 918 sqft.

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BEARWALLOW MOUNTAIN • Between Edneyville, Fletcher and Gerton 15 Min. to Hendersonville 35 Min to Asheville Rustic 2BR, 2BA. Woodstove, spring water, electric heat Quiet, nonsmoking environment $525/month. 615.491.2495.

WOODFIN HOUSE FOR RENT 3BR, 1BA, hardwood floors, oil heat, central AC, carport, washer/dryer, utility shed. $800/month plus deposit and utilities. Call Jessica (828)242-6531.

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40 HOUR PER WEEK • $12/hour. 50% of my employees are making $550$700 per week with bonuses and incentives. This position does involve sales via telephone so a clear, strong speaking voice is required. • We offer year round employment in a business casual environment with advancement opportunities. No experience required, we will train the right people.

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(828) 236-2530 ASHEVILLE MAGAZINE ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Familiarly with new age, holistic subjects in ashevillemagazine.com.

Experienced media salesperson. Self-starter. Good closer easy $50,000+ annually.

254-6620 • 828-254-6620 http://ashevillemagazine.com LOCAL COMPANY SEEKING CUSTOMER SERVICE/SALES/ OFFICE PROFESSIONAL • With excellent communication, organization, customer service skills. Assist owner in all aspects of operations and sales and able to work independently with an entrepreneurial spirit.

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ON-CALL DRIVER WITH EMT LICENSE FOR LOCAL ASHEVILLE TRANSPORTATION MOUNTAIN XPRESS SEEKS ACCOUNT REPRESENTATIVE Requirements: • Understand the sales process and enjoy building long-term collaborative, win-win relationships; • Have a solid knowledge of Asheville and its surrounding communities; • Love & participate in Asheville’s multi-cultural, grassroots, enterprising community; • Be ethical, gregarious, enthusiastic, fast-paced and organized while multitasking.

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Send: Cover letter (that demonstrates your qualifications, passion and why you’d like to work with Xpress) and resume to: salesperson @mountainx.com No phone calls please.

COMPANY, IMMEDIATE NEED

RETAIL SALES ASSISTANT • Kress Emporium. Must have superb customer service skills, be able to mulit-task and available to work weekends and holidays. Must have friendly, relaxed disposition.

Open 7-days/week, 11am6pm. Apply in person: 19 Patton Ave. Asheville.

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APOLLO FLAME • WAITSTAFF Full-time. • Fast, friendly atmosphere. • Apply in person between 2pm-4pm, 485 Hendersonville Road.

274-3582.

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EXPERIENCED LINE COOKS • Buffalo Wild Wings. Apply in person at 4 Tunnel Rd. M-F, 2pm-4pm.

Hotel/ Hospitality LUXURY ALL-SUITE HOTEL SEEKING F/T CONCIERGE • Come be part of a great team!

Come by property to fill out an application. 700 Biltmore Avenue, Asheville.

Seeking outgoing, flexible, qualified/licensed EMT for a PRN/on-call driver position for client transport. Please e-mail carolina4HR@gmail.com with your resume.carolina4hr @gmail.com

Retail DOWNTOWN RETAIL POSITION • Unique Shop seeks long term retail

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

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FAMILIES NEEDED FOR IN-HOME PLACEMENT Loving families needed to open their homes to individuals with developmental disabilities.

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FAMILY PRESERVATION SERVICES OF HENDERSONVILLE, has opportunities for Qualified Mental Health Professionals to join our team. Qualified candidates should have a bachelor’s degree in a social services field and a minimum of 1 year experience with children with mental illness.

FPS offers a competitive and comprehensive benefit package. To join our team, please send your resume to jdomansky@fpscorp.com

MAKE A DIFFERENCE NC Mentor is offering free informational meetings to those who are interested in becoming therapeutic foster parents. The meetings will be held on the 2nd Tuesday 6:30pm-7:30pm (snacks provided) and 4th Friday 12pm-1pm (lunch provided). • If you are interested in making a difference in a child’s life, please call Rachel Wingo at (828) 696-2667 ext 15 or email Rachel at rachel.wingo@thementornetwo rk.com• Become a Therapeutic Foster Family. • Free informational meeting. NC Mentor. 120C Chadwick Square Court, Hendersonville, NC 28739.

PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Patient, compassionate, hard-working individual needed to work with young man with developmental disabilities in Barnardsville, 2-3 afternoons/week and on occasional weekends. • Responsibilities include: assisting with personal care tasks, activities of daily living, teaching skills to increase independence, etc. Person must be able to lift at least 6070 pounds comfortably.

Experience with individuals with developmental disabilities is preferred, but not necessary.

Potential employee will be interviewed by him and his family and it is imperative that they can trust you. All required training will be provided. • Other requirements include: must be 18 or older, high school diploma or GED, current driver’s license, and clean background check. All interested parties should contact Christin Harvey with The Arc of NC at (828) 231-2497.

PART-TIME LICENSED ADDICTIONS COUNSELOR NEEDED Candidate should have a master’s degree and be able to work with women in recovery. Licensed LPC’s and LCAS are welcomed to apply.

Please send your resume to: info@nextsteprecovery.com info@nextsteprecovery.com RESPITE AND PERSONAL CARE POSITION • Experienced female with energy and creativity needed for respite and personal care position.

Mon-Thurs 3-5pm. Last Wed of month 12-5. 4 hours every Sunday morning. Starting at $8.50/hour. Contact Ray of Light Homes at 828-281-9998.

SUPPORT ASSOCIATE DIRECT CARE STAFF • Do you want to make a difference in a person’s life? Consider working for The Arc of North Carolina, a statewide advocacy and service provider organization that has been promoting the rights and abilities of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) since 1953. • The Arc of North Carolina seeks passionate, compassionate, hard-working individuals to support people of all ages with I/DD throughout Western North Carolina. • Responsibilities may include: providing breaks for caregivers, assistance with personal care, teaching skills to increase independence, promoting inclusion in the community. Related experience in direct care or special education is preferred but not required. Creativity, progressive thinking, strong advocacy skills, and knowledge of community resources are highly desirable. • Qualified applicants must be 18 or older, have a high school diploma or GED, current driver’s license, and pass background checks.

Applicants may: Contact Lorie Boehm at 828-254-4771.

Apply in person at 22 Garfield St, Suite 120 Asheville, NC 28803. Or e-mail lboehm@arcnc.org.

THE ASHEVILLE OFFICE OF FAMILY PRESERVATION SERVICES • Is seeking the following for adult service lines: Fully-licensed LCSW, supervisory experience preferred. This position is fulltime, salaried with benefits.

Also seeking a part-time LSCW to work with adults. Please send resumes to csimpson@fpscorp.com.

WNC GROUP HOMES FOR AUTISTIC PERSONS • Is now accepting applications for Summer Program. • This program provides structured summer fun and activity for 8 adolescents with autism, living in our group homes. • This is a temporary summer position that lasts for the duration of the summer break from school.

Monday – Friday, 7am-3pm or 8am-3pm. • Applicants must have High School degree plus 2 years experience in related field, or an Associates or College degree. Applicant must also be willing and able to swim, hike and be active in the community. • Comprehensive training is provided. Continued work at end of summer is possible. Visit our website for additional information and application process. www.wncgrouphomes.org Submit applications to 28 Pisgah View Ave Asheville, NC 28803. WNC Group Homes for Autistic Persons is a Drug Free Workplace.

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PART-TIME JUNIOR PHP WEB CONFERENCE PROGRAM COORDINATOR Channels for Child Care Advancement, Inc. announces a contract position, Conference Program Coordinator, to provide programmatic leadership for the annual Western Regional Early Childhood Conference held in May in Asheville, NC. This 10 month position, Sept.June, has a cap of 350 hours; pay is hourly with a travel/IT stipend. Job description found at www.smartstartbuncombe.org Send resume and cover letter highlighting your qualifications to WRECC @smartstart-buncombe.net.

Closing date April 30, 2012.

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GIRLS ON THE RUN OF WNC SEEKS DYNAMIC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Girls on the Run® of WNC seeks a dynamic, passionate and motivated Executive Director to support and forward our mission. The ED must possess a passion for and commitment to improving the lives and opportunities of girls in 3rd-8th grades throughout our 14-county region by expanding our programs and developing and diversifying our funds. For a complete job description, please visit www.gotrwnc.org.

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Teaching/ Education ArtSpace Charter School Is now accepting applications for the position of Assistant Director. The AD will support the Executive Director in management of students and staff. • Duties will include: curriculum development, student discipline, parent communication, program development and management, and staff development. Applicants must be willing to work in a collaborative, integrated, experiential environment. • Applicants MUST have excellent verbal and written communication skills, classroom teaching experience, experience teaching reading, and strong knowledge of the NC Essential Standards and the Common Core (Mathematics and ELA). • Knowledge of the arts and arts integration strategies, an advanced degree and NC licensure in administration is preferred, but not required. Please send resumes and cover letters to: resumes@artspacecharter.org with the subject heading “Assistant Director”. Deadline April 30.

CLASSROOM EDUCATOR • EAST ASHEVILLE If you love children, love learning, and would love to participate in an innovative approach to early childhood development then MACFC would love to talk with you! The ideal candidate has 3+ years of high quality classroom leadership w/a B-K or 4 year ECE degree. Strong knowledge of NC licensing requirements, NAEYC standards, and TS Gold preferred. Full-Time plus competitive benefits package including vol. medical/dental/matching 403b, life insurance, PTO, Holiday pay, CEU’s, and more! For an application and to learn more about our amazing child and family program, visit www.macfc.org or send resume’s and interest letters to mfoley@macfc.org

LAKE HOUSE ACADEMY • Hiring for the following positions: FT Teacher certified in middle school Social Studies (additional certifications including Language Arts, Science, and Math preferred but not mandatory) for immediate temporary position through mid-June and for permanent position beginning in mid-August • PT art instructor for summer position.

Please email resumes to alecomte@lakehouseacademy. com, subject line “Certified Teacher” or “Art Instructor”.

SUBSTITUTE CLASSROOM EDUCATOR • Mountain Area Child and Family Center, Candler and E. Asheville Centers. Experienced, caring individuals with knowledge of developmentally appropriate practice needed. A degree in ECE, Child Development or related field is preferred.

Flexible Schedule! Great way to learn best practices! visit www.macfc.org or send resume’s and interest letters to mfoley@macfc.org

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