Mountain Xpress 07.10.2013

OUR 19TH YEAR OF WEEKLY INDEPENDENT NEWS, ARTS & EVENTS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA VOL. 19 NO. 51 JULY 10 - JULY 16, 2013

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The camaraderie at B & B Tobacconists is evidenced by the 30 or so regulars who frequent the Merrimon Avenue shop. These folks exude an air of independence, a quality one denizen sums up as “a little bit less mindful of the attitudes of general society.”

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Give Diaz a chance Emily Patrick’s June 26 portrayal of Hector Diaz in “The Many Lives of Hector Diaz” is further evidence that she has raised the bar for food writing in Asheville. Very nicely, and thoroughly, done.

I know there are Hector detractors among my friends and I respect those opinions. I've known Hector since 1994, and he's still a mystery to me. But he can change — give him some time.

Case in point, he opened Salsa in 1994 — not Salsa's. I remember when he reluctantly gave in to both customers and staff who continually referred to the restaurant as Salsa's, and he put up a new sign.

Hector's emotions run in many directions; this describes most of us. When I gave his hot sauce a favorable review in my book, A Field Guide to Hot Sauces, he caught up with me on the street and kissed me on the lips, as anyone from Puerto Rico might.

There's a lot of love in this man.

And not just for food.

— Todd Kaderabek Fairview

Enough is enough Regarding Asheville Police Chief William Anderson: This is nothing but a witch hunt by a select group

of cowardly people who want to see the demise and fall of Asheville's first African-American police chief. There are those in city government, city hall and the ranks of the APD who may not agree with the chief’s methods and or tactics, who want nothing more than to see him go away.

The chief is not responsible for his son's actions, and yes, maybe he should have contacted the district attorney personally after he found out his son was involved in an accident and/or asked for an outside investigation; and maybe the chief should not have given a news conference. Who’s advising the chief? You guys act as if the chief’s son committed murder.

In my opinion, this is a skin-color issue. There have been more cover ups inside the APD, city hall and city government, and these other people’s messes have been swept under the rug ...

Yes, Anderson may be the chief of police, but he's still a father and a husband. Yes, his son must face the consequences of his actions, but the public needs to leave the chief alone and let him provide the leadership that the APD so desperately needs while fighting crime and policing up the city of Asheville.

This is what I know to be factual: They need to be investigating those within the ranks whose main purpose is to sabotage and discredit

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the chief. Yes, his son should have never put his father in this position, but no one can truly say how they would have responded given the same set of circumstances.

— Keith A. Ogden Asheville

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who live longest keep both hands on the handlebars.

I've been cruising the Blue Ridge Parkway and seen oncoming motorcycle riders, going through one of the tight twisties, take their hand off of the controls to give me the wave. I don't wave back and it's not because I don't like your ride — it's because I like my life better.

Here in Western North Carolina, which is motorcycle Mecca, I'd be waving so much that I might start flapping my wings and flying off like a bird.

I do agree with stopping to help a biker along side the road. And I am working on shutting off that turn signal.

— Dennis Corvin-Blackburn Whittier

It’s time to protect our health and communities There is no reason why our society, in the 21st century, should face the dangerous risks associated with irresponsible management of coal ash. The EPA has labeled the two coal-ash ponds at the Lake Julian Progress/Duke utility plant as “High Hazard Potential.” This

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means, specifically, that a breach of the dam would likely result in the loss of human life.

Additionally, the unlined pits pose a risk to our water table and to our most precious resource in the area, the French Broad River, which we are so reliant on for our local economy, tourism and recreation. With coalash regulations being debated in Congress, this issue is ripe. That is why I urge our North Carolina Sens. Kay Hagan and Richard Burr to support strong coal ash regulations.

It is time that Congress takes simple and logical steps to protect the health of our community and local livelihood instead of catering to special interests of the fossil fuel industry that have obstructed progress for far too long.

— Josh Fernandez Asheville

Protect our community from coal ash The Asheville coal plant is the largest coal-burning power plant

in Western North Carolina. Ten percent of the coal burned there becomes the toxic waste referred to as “coal ash.” One of the wonderful things about living in Asheville is our ability to enjoy our magnificent natural surroundings, such as the beautiful rivers. I know that I personally love rafting and tubing on the French Broad River.

However, coal ash at the Asheville plant is polluting our French Broad, which not only threatens river recreation, but also threatens public health. Unless stronger regulations are put into place, this dangerous coal waste, which can contribute to birth defects, cancer and organ damage, will continue to harm our community.

We can’t let coal ash pollute our waterways and leach into our groundwater. I urge Sens. Richard Burr and Kay Hagan to support the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s efforts to protect us from coal ash and oppose any legislation that would undermine those efforts — and the health of our community.

Please support me in this cause by contacting our senators at their Asheville offices: Burr: 257-6510, and Hagan: 350-2437.

— Jannette Morris Fairview

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The Unusual Suspects A fellowship of risk and reward at B & B Tobacconists

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Smoke sifts through the screen door of B & B Tobacconists, the shop David Barnes inherited from his parents 12 years ago. "Pipes and cigars make everybody equal," he says from a rocking chair, his feet propped on the porch rail. His assertion stops just short of a political statement, the kind of slow pitch you'd expect from a salesman.

And Barnes is certainly that.

His pipe tobacco is internationally recognized; orders are shipped to Russia, China and Europe, he says.

Here at home, in a repurposed house on Merrimon Avenue, his shop could be a scene from a vintage Sir Walter Raleigh ad.

Pipes and tobacco tins crowd the shelves behind the counter. A walk-in humidor offers hundreds of cigars, laid out in boxes. As if to complete the Rockwellian vibe, the shop’s characters sit before a large bay window as sunlight casts thick beams into the smoke-filled room.

But in my visits to B & B over the past several months, I’ve learned that Barnes — a retired special agent for the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation — doesn't make idle statements. And while he wouldn't suggest that the 14th Amendment be replaced with pipes and cigars, he's very serious about equality within the walls of his shop.

"This is a place," he says, "where people of all types, all political persuasions, from all social strata can feel safe."

Skip Campbell bought his pipe tobacco at B & B for six years before he made the transition from customer to regular. “One day I came in and bought my tobacco,”

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he says, “and then David told me to sit down. That was that.”

That was 10 years ago. Now Campbell’s picture is one of dozens that line the hallway between the shop and the lounge, under a plaque that reads The Unusual Suspects.

“The draw is the camaraderie,” Barnes continues. “These guys feel safe coming in here and talking about anything they want to talk about. They can smoke and nobody's wrinkling up their nose and making faces at them, nobody's giving them a hard time. And they like each other.”

His employees agree. “I cannot imagine that anyone, with regard to their attitude, color of their skin, origin, or anything else would ever be ostracized," says John Teague, 69, who runs the shop two days a week. "I can’t imagine that happening. I’m not sure I’d want to work here if it did.”

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“tobacco is from God”: Regulars at B & B Tobacconists visit with traveling cigar salesman Nate McIntyre (arms outstretched).

“I used to be a minister,” he says.

“My job was to help people. I have helped more and been helped more by people and for people because of these cigars.”

large in stature. Many, like Barnes, have a background in law enforcement. A sign on the door reads “Legal Concealed Carry Welcomed.”

It's not exactly a vulnerable group. So why does Barnes keep saying that he wants the shop to be a place where the regulars “can feel safe?” Safe from what? thE risk

The camaraderie is evidenced by the 30 or so regulars who frequent B & B. But, in describing the environment he has created, Barnes twice used a peculiar phrase.

The folks here exude an air of independence, a quality Teague sums up as "a little bit less mindful of the attitudes of general society." Inclusivity aside, the regulars are mostly men, most of whom are

“We’re pariahs and we know it,” says Barnes. “After working here all day, I’ll go out with the smell of smoke in my shirt, and people will wrinkle up their noses. We try to be good citizens. When I walk my dog, I don't smoke a cigar anymore, because there's runners that go by me, and other people that I know don't appreciate it.”

“I think [B & B] fits the paradigm of Asheville’s dynamics perfectly,"

says Teague. "If we were an ice cream parlor or a beer garden, this place would be absolutely, totally accepted by 100 percent of the people in Asheville.”

But B & B isn't selling ice cream. In a society that has outlawed smoking in almost every establishment, the regulars at B & B feel stigmatized. In fact, I get the distinct impression that they are hiding out.

"It's pretty ridiculous," says Sam Young, 21, who has been a B & B regular since he became old enough to legally smoke. "We're known as Beer City USA, but smokers are crucified."

According to the Centers for Disease Control, cigar and pipe smoking rounds up the usual suspects: cancers of the lung, mouth, throat, esophagus and pancreas; emphysema, tooth loss, COPD, coronary heart disease. Cigar “users,” as the CDC phrases it, have the same potential to become addicted to nicotine as cigarette smokers. The CDC associates many of those same risks with alcohol.

B & B regulars don’t categori-

(Left) One of B & B’s regulars, Jesse Blackwell, enjoys a cigar. (center) The evil eye, empty chair and retired vest of John Marsh, a B & B legend who recently passed away from causes unrelated to pipes and cigars. (right) “The shop to me is really a free education,” says Sam Young, one of the youngest B & B frequenters. “No matter what I do in this life the good Lord in heaven above will take me exactly when He wants to, whether I smoke or not . . . in case you didn’t know, 100 percent of nonsmokers still die.”

cally deny the health risks of their hobby, but many question the logic behind a zero-tolerance anti-smoking attitude. Barnes points out that there is a risk to everything, even crossing Merrimon Avenue to get to the shop.

“Asheville tries to put forth an image of independence," says Young.

"Independent thought, independent ideas, independent lifestyles. And that’s what this is."

Teague agrees: “This is our alternative lifestyle.”

It’s an attitude that is expressed regularly and explicitly at B & B. The modern tobacco-free ethos, right or wrong, makes the shop a kind of refuge where smokers can gather without reproach, free from what Barnes sees as meddling

public-health interests based on the assumption that people are too stupid to make their own decisions.

“What you need to have is life experience,” he says. “Make your decisions on that.” But what, exactly, is the right reason to smoke? the reward Former minister Nate McIntyre is monologuing. It’s not uncommon at B & B. “This is how I know tobacco is from God: What other substance in its most natural form, with as little human manipulation as possible, brings so many people together across so many walks of life? Where else in America can a banker, a construction worker, a Jewish rabbi and

a minister get together and call each other friend and walk away feeling that their day is better?”

McIntyre is the national sales director of Emilio Cigars. He travels from shop to shop across the country, maintaining relationships with his buyers.

“Premium tobacco is quite akin to grapes,” he says. “The choosing of the soil, the choosing of the strains, the growing, the fermenting process ... is almost exactly the same thing, with different nuances. It is a refined product that is meant to be appreciated.”

“I think there is that misconception right now because tobacco is an easy scapegoat for all the problems in the world.”

McIntyre emphasizes the difference between his business and the “Big Tobacco” stigma associated with cigarettes. He says the public misunderstands “because of an ignorance of what cigars are really about in mainstream society. Everywhere I go I get the opportunity to explain to somebody, ‘No, this is not a big cigarette. I'm not getting a fix.’”

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what we do and the craft-beer boom,” McIntyre continues, “except that we use tobacco and right now we’re having to fight that public perception.”

Barnes is just as opinionated on the cigarette comparison. “There is no addiction” to cigars and pipes, Barnes says. kids todaY Matt Ring is younger than many of B & B’s regulars. A former electrical contractor and touring musician, the 28-year-old says his current job title is “Peon.” He’s been working at B & B for a year and a half, keeping the shop open late on Thursday and Friday nights, and leading remodeling efforts, what he calls “second-home improvement.”

While the retail space retains its old-time feel, Ring’s influence is clearly felt in the shop’s lounge; the ceiling is tiled with cigar boxes (installed by regular Brad Casanova), and an enormous TV often tuned to the melodramatic true-crime reenactments of the Investigation Discovery channel.

“I keep it on for the Mystery Science Theater aspect,” says Ring. And it works; the kibitzing is constant. Even the older crowd enjoys the programming, if only as evidence of what’s wrong with today’s youth.

Teague credits Ring with the influx of younger faces, including Ring’s fiance, Nikki Farnum, one of B & B’s few female regulars.

Farnum says the gender ratio has nothing to do with exclusivity.

“Women don’t allow themselves to relax,” she says about the fact that few women frequent the shop.

“Raise the children, make the food, clean — always doing something.

Women can multitask better than men. So I think that’s the woman’s mentality. They never just sit down and relax.”

Ring and Farnum aren’t the only B & B romance. Shelly Franks, a recent graduate of UNCA’s sociology program, has for four months been dating a man she met at B

(above) Shelly Franks began frequenting B & B during her senior year at UNCA. (beLow) The open front porch of B & B Tobacconists, seen from Merrimon Avenue.

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& B: Jesse Blackwell, a tattooed, mustachioed figure who takes in the conversation from beneath the black brim of his cowboy hat.

Franks says she was intrigued not just with Blackwell’s appearance, but with the fact that his rough persona had no impact on his acceptance by the older, more straightlaced regulars.

“Who would have thought that these guys would talk to each other?” she says. “They’re so different.”

But, as others have said, it’s the group’s varied nature that makes it so tight-knit. B & B is a place where lifelong friendships begin. And, in some cases, end. an emptY chair One of the more curious decorations on B & B’s wall is an old khaki

(Left) B & B owner David Barnes mixes “Beck’s Olde Limey Bastard,” a pipe tobacco blended from a secret recipe that has garnered international recognition, including an endorsement from the Pipe Club of London. (right) Matt Ring plays guitar on a Thursday evening. Charged with keeping the store open late two nights a week, Ring, 28, draws a younger crowd.

vest of the many-pocketed sort associated with fishermen, photographers and hunters on safari.

It belonged to John Marsh, a B & B regular. He was so regular, in fact, that he lived upstairs. And he recently passed away — from causes unrelated to pipes and cigars, according to Barnes.

Among the B & B crowd, Marsh’s figure has attained a mythical stature. And, like most legends, it’s hard to pin down the reality. Especially when most of the regulars are reluctant to talk

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about him. This much I know is true: Marsh had a shadowy past, a disapproving glare and an affinity for firecrackers.

“And pranks,” says Farnum. It’s late enough that Merrimon’s frantic traffic has settled down, and the group has filtered out to the porch.

“So one day we were sitting in here talking,” Ring begins, recalling the time Marsh buried a firecracker in the ashtray on the sales counter. It’s not hard to see where this story is going.

The attention turns to Ring as he draws out the tale.

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It’s impractical for Marsh’s chair to remain empty. The shop is too busy for that. But pinned above the collar of his vest is a close-up photo of his disapproving glare, his evil eye. “When 75 percent of your friends are old men,” Young says, “you have to be prepared for this.”

“I think we have a good mixture now, though,” says Farnum. The others nod in agreement.

Though the story of John Marsh’s firecracker has been repeated many times, the group is rapt as Ring brings it to a close: “Well, [the customer] damn near hits the deck.

I’m covered from head to toe in ash. And John is sitting in his chair going, ‘Ha ha ha!’”

The group doubles over in laughter. The chairs rock. The breeze carries smoke into the street. X

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Asheville abortion clinic could be only one in NC to meet new restrictions bY caitLin bYrd

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If the North Carolina General Assembly adopts last-minute bill amendments that would change the state’s requirements for abortion clinics, Asheville’s FemCare Inc. could be the only one of 16 in the state able to meet the proposed guidelines and stay open.

“Our understanding is that the only center that currently meets ambulatory surgical center guidelines is FemCare in Asheville,” says melissa reed, vice president for public affairs of Planned Parenthood Health System, which has an office in Raleigh. “None of the Planned Parenthood centers in the state currently meet those guidelines.”

Asheville FemCare Inc., which was bombed in 1999 and has been the target of numerous protests by anti-abortion activists in the past, declined to comment, saying they do not wish to talk to members of the media about the bill at this time.

In a July 2 evening session, N.C. Senate members added the proposed changes as part of House Bill 695, which bans Sharia law.

The amended bill passed the Senate on July 3, and now goes back to

the house for review. Gov. pat mccrory criticized the legislative procedures that allowed the bill to pass the Senate, saying in a statement, “When the Democrats were in power, this is the way they did business. It was not right then and it is not right now.

Regardless of what party is in charge or what important issue is being discussed, the process must be appropriate and thorough.”

Should the amended bill pass, abortion clinics would have to meet a new set of standards similar to those for outpatient surgery clinics, such as providing an onsite recovery phase for patients and having a transfer agreement with a hospital. Reed says that meeting the bill’s proposed standards would cost abortion clinics and centers across the state “hundreds and thousands of dollars.”

Sen. martin nesbitt told Xpress that he’s concerned about local and statewide implications of the bill. “It wouldn’t be a good situation for those [people] having to come [to Buncombe] or those of us here [in the western part of the state]. We aren’t trying to become the total destination for women’s health care. These centers provide mammograms, cervical screenings and do a lot of things for women; and you need more than one in the state.”

The senator, who represents Buncombe County, says that he and his staff were briefed on the issue after 9 p.m. on July 2. The next morning, Nesbitt told members of the Senate, “All of you are welcome to visit Asheville. We have one of everything and two of most … we try to provide for our people.

But I don’t think that people from down here [Raleigh] ought to have to travel to Asheville to get quality health care and to exercise their constitutional rights.”

But the bill passed the Senate with a vote of 29-12. The House will review the changes.

“We feel very frustrated that our facilities are already heavily regulated by the state’s department of Health and Human Services,” says Reed. “We have to have a permit and we comply with all of those regulations. ... They say it’s about patient safety, but it’s really about accessing women’s health services.”

Reed also says that the local ramifications of the bill could be very serious. “People who oppose abortion have a history of being very violent, targeting not only clinics [and] providers but the patients and staff who work at these clinics as well.”

On March 11, 1999, the Asheville FemCare Inc. clinic was bombed, and the event made national news: According to a CNN report, the

bomb went off about 30 minutes before the clinic was set to open that morning. The blast could be heard from several blocks away, although the bomb only partially detonated. No one was hurt or injured, .

Local Rep. susan fisher says she remembers the incident.

Though she was not in Raleigh during the Senate vote, the Buncombe County representative says that she’s outraged by the provisions.

“It’s the whole idea of putting a target on Asheville. It really does sort of single us out as this place that people need to attack or avoid or think of as out of the mainstream when, actually, what we’re trying to do is provide health care and services for women who would be denied otherwise.”

Planned Parenthood of Asheville reports that it treated 3,058 patients last year, of which 4 percent were referred for abortions. (Planned Parenthood of Asheville does not provide abortion services, only referrals.)

In response to the state legislation, hundreds of women and men descended onto the state capital July 3 to protest the bill’s provisions.

“The women of this state woke up and came to Raleigh,” Nesbitt says.“ I think there’s a powerful enough effort to put a stop to some of this. X

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Candler adult-care home Canterbury Hills to close at the end of July ThE Folk SChool changes you.

Canterbury Hills —a 99-bed adult-care home with a history of complaints, EMS calls and state violations — will close at the end of the month.

The announcement came quietly through letters the Candler facility’s director, wittner wright, sent on July 1 to the Buncombe County Health Department and N.C. Division of Health Care Regulation.

Written 30-day notices of adult care home closures of this kind are required under state regulation.

These notices must include both a closing date and plans to move residents.

At Canterbury Hills, Wright says “the majority” of his 58 residents have some sort mental illness.

Two years ago, the U.S. Department of Justice investigated all adult-care homes in North Carolina and concluded that the state had mismanaged its placement of mentally ill adults. In the DOJ’s letter to the state, federal officials wrote, “Most people with mental illness receiving services in adult-care homes could be served in more integrated settings, but are relegated indefinitely and necessarily to adult care homes because of systematic state actions and policies.”

Adult-care homes provide residential care for the elderly, and also for people with mental illnesses, developmental disabilities and substance abuse problems.

“Nobody is getting displaced. I’ve been advocating for these guys for years and will find suitable placement for them,” says Wright, who owns other adult-care homes in Buncombe County. “I’ve already gotten several [placement] offers for most of my residents.” Though he declined to cite specific rest homes or facilities that will take Canterbury residents, he says that most of them should be able to receive care in Western North Carolina or “a little further east.”

Wright has owned Canterbury Hills for the last decade. However, those 10 years have been riddled with complaints from community members and penalties from the

state. According to documents obtained by Xpress, in January and then June this year, the 99-bed facility received additional penalties that resulted in fines of $6,600 and $20,000. The lesser penalty was related to housekeeping concerns. The $20,000 fine was levied after an inspection revealed that the facility failed to meet the health care needs of its residents.

Wright insists that the pending penalties at the N.C. Division of Health Care Regulation, all of which have been appealed at this time, have nothing to do with closing the facility.

“The financial and political pressures sort of led to this,” he says. Wright specifically attributes those pressures to the DOJ investigation into the state’s adult-care homes and changing state regulations. “We’re not the only facilities that have already closed throughout the state, and we’ve held on longer than some of the big ones with the type of residents that we have.”

Buncombe County social work supervisor cathie beatty oversees the local team that monitors adult-care homes and has been to Canterbury Hills in the past. “I think those of us in the field do recognize that, at times, it’s those hard-to-place residents that a facility like Canterbury has been able to take. And I think it’s harder and harder to find appropriate placements for some residents with a real high acuity of need,” she says.

Beatty notes that most of the community’s complaints are related to supervision of the facility’s residents, such as residents wandering off of the property and into the Candler community.

It’s something that Wright has heard too. “I always said that we’re a square peg in a round hole. People want us to put a fence around the yard, but that’s not what adult-care homes are. The residents have the same rights as you and I, and [they] are free to check out and leave.”

In any case, the impending closure shifts the focus to quickly finding homes for Canterbury residents. As established under a 2011 session bill from the North Carolina General Assembly, an adult-care home discharge team from the local department of social services will be working with community partners like Western Highlands Network to help those residents find new homes.

“It would be our desire to have people go to their county of origin where they may have more natural support,” Beatty says, adding, “We have a total of 86 adult care homes in the community. The hope is that we will have enough resources to provide assisted living care for all of those residents at Canterbury.” X

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A tiger of a mosquito Summer heat and rain bring disease-carrying nonnative mosquitoes to Buncombe County For those living in Western North Carolina, mosquito bites are a fact of life during summer. These bloodsuckers can be something more than a nuisance, though, as invasive mosquitoes take wing in Buncombe County, transmitting a serious virus known as La Crosse encephalitis. And thanks to the increase in rainfall this year — which leads to wet, saturated conditions perfect for breeding mosquitoes — the community may need to take extra precautions to avoid them, say local health officials.

Fight the bite: A Buncombe County Health and Human Services poster tells residents how to avoid mosquito bites — particularly from nonnative insects that may carry diseases.

Haywood, Jackson and Swain counties have typically been hotspots for the La Crosse virus, according to research done by brian byrd, Western Carolina University assistant professor and public health biologist. However, in a recent interview with The Western Carolina Journalist, he noted that Buncombe County had seen in an increase in reported cases over the years as well. Buncombe County’s Disease Control Lead Nurse Sue ellen morrison confirms there has been a small increase of about two cases per year since 2010, with a total of 13 infections reported in 2012.

No encephalitis cases have been recorded this year, according to Morrison, though mosquitoes don’t come out in force till summer. Once a case has been confirmed through lab tests, a physician’s report is sent to the Department of Health and Human Services. Patients who

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think they may have the virus are urged by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to seek medical treatment immediately.

Mild symptoms can include vomiting, fever and lethargy, according to the CDC. Severe cases, commonly found in children younger than 16 years old, include seizures, partial paralysis and, in very rare cases, death.

The virus was first discovered in the 1960s in the town of La Crosse, Wis., where it got its name. Since then, it’s made its way across the Midwest and into the Southeast. In WNC, Bryd explains, the virus is primarily transmitted by two nonnative invasive mosquitoes: Aedes albopictus (the Asian Tiger Mosquito) and Aedes japonicas (the Asian rock-pool mosquito). Both mosquitoes thrive in standing water and can be found in residential areas — and neither is very nice. Asian tiger mosquitoes are a particularly aggressive breed.

“Those are the ones that’ll chase you down the hall,” says Byrd.

With all that in mind, Morrison encourages hikers to wear lightcolored long clothing to help protect themselves from bites.

She also recommends sprays containing permethrin, which can be applied to clothing and lasts through multiple washes.

For a natural alternative, oil of lemon eucalyptus works as a repellent too.

Mosquitoes tend to lay their eggs in still water. This means outside toys, pools and pool covers can be perfect breeding grounds for them. Morrison suggests drilling holes in tire swings and minimizing standing water so that a backyard does not become a happy home for mosquitoes.

So break out the Citronella candles, bug spray and bite ointments — the summer vampires have arrived. Says Morrison, “If we’re gonna be outside, we need to protect ourselves from being on their menu.”

For more information on La Crosse encephalitis, visit cdc.gov/lac. X

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the manY rings of saturn: Investigate Saturn’s rings and moons at a Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute presentation on Friday, July 12. Photo courtesy of PARI. (pg. 19)

AnimAls Asheville humAne society 14 Forever Friend Lane. Info: ashevillehumane.org or 761-2001.

• 2nd & 4th FRIDAYS, 11am-3pm - Pet adoption will be held at Pet Supplies Plus, 1856 Hendersonville Road.

Brother Wolf AnimAl rescue A no-kill organization. Info: bwar.org or 505-3440.

• WEDNESDAYS, SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS, 10am-1pm - Outward Hounds invites the public to take adoptable dogs on local hikes. Meets at BWAR, 31 Glendale Ave. Free. community PArtnershiP for Pets • 2nd SATURDAYS, noon-3pm Low-cost vouchers will be sold at Petco, 118 Highlands Square Drive, Hendersonville.Info: 693-5172 or cpforpetsinc@aol.com. free sPAy vouchers • The Humane Alliance offers free spay services for female felines. Pick up a Dudley Fund voucher at Humane Alliance, Pet Harmony, BWAR, Friends 2 Ferals or Asheville Humane Society.

Info and appointment: humanealliance.org or 252-2079. furever friends • SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS, 10am5pm - Furever Friends Animal Rescue Network and Sanctuary will host feline adoptions at Petco, 825 Brevard Road.

Info: 398-4943.

Art horses As cAnvAs (pd.) create a living, breathing work of art through horses as canvas; utilizing horses to nurture creativity and facilitate in personal expression. July 24th & July 31st at 6:30pm. Located at Willow Creek Horse Farms. $37 Rebecca 828-424-9636.

JG Photo GAllery (pd.) Inside Chocolate Gems 25 Broadway (Next to Strada) Open every day. Info: (828) 302-1988 or john@jgphoto.com http://www. jgphoto.com Photographs by John Gellman. John lives at the crossroads of eclectic documentary and fine art photography with a dash of rock ‘n roll (Bob Dylan, Rolling Stones, George Harrison) thrown in.

AN ART AND MUSIC EVENT • conGreGAtion Beth isrAel (pd.) Sunday, August 4 , 3:15pm.

Amici Music, Dan Weiser Jazzical Concert, Art Exhibit and Silent Auction of decorated masks by 21 local artists.

Creole style food. CBI Social Hall, 229 Murdock Avenue. Call (828) 252-6880 for reserved seating and tickets.

AmericAn folk Art And frAminG Oui-Oui Gallery is located at 64 Biltmore Ave. Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm; Sun., noon-5pm. Info: amerifolk.com or 281-2134.

• Through WE (7/17) - Begin to Burn, works by self-taught Southern artists.

Anthm GAllery Located in the Monte Vista Hotel, 308 W. State St., Black Mountain. Tues.-

Sat., 5-9pm; Sun., 11am-9pm. Info: anthmgallery.com.

• Through SU (9/1) - From Outsider In, works by self-taught artists.

Art At Asu Exhibits take place at Appalachian State University's Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, unless otherwise noted. Tues.-Thurs. & Sat., 10am-6pm; Fri., noon-8pm. Donations accepted.

Info: tcva.org or 262-7338.

• Through SA (8/3) - Victor Ekpuk: Drawing Memories will be on display in Gallery B and Mayer Gallery's West Wing.

• Through SA (8/3) - Negotiation of the Secret Society Cloth: An Exploration of Ukara will be on display in Gallery A and Mayer Gallery's West Wing.

• Through SA (8/3) - The BFA senior studio exhibition will be on display in the Community Gallery's East Wing.

one-on-one opportunities for artist entrepreneurs. Free or by donation.

Call to confirm dates.

• SUNDAYS, 10am-1pm - Asheville Art Church, a "Sunday morning sanctuary for the creative spirit," invites the public to write, paint, draw and craft. $10-$20 donation.

• TH (7/18), 4-9pm - A creative sector forum and art salon will include a roundtable discussion on market outlets.

• Through SA (7/26) - BUZZ art.craft. beer.

• FR (7/12), 6-9pm - Opening reception.

Art At uncA Art exhibits and events at the university are free, unless otherwise noted.

Info: unca.edu.

• Through TU (8/13) - Avoid, paintings

by Shawn Burdick, will be on display in the Blowers Gallery.

Asheville Art museum Located on Pack Square in downtown Asheville. 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: ashevilleart.org or 253-3227.

• Through SU (9/29) - PLAY, works from the permanent collection, will be on display in the East Wing.

• Through SU (9/1) - A Sense of Balance: The Sculpture of Stoney Lamar.

• Through SU (9/8) - Legacy: The Emily Fisher Landau Collection, a traveling exhibit from the Whitney Museum of American Art. • SA (7/13), 5-7pm - Reception for Legacy.

Asheville AreA Arts council GAllery 346 Depot St. Tues.-Sat., 11am-4pm.

Info: ashevillearts.com or 258-0710.

• FRIDAYS, 9-11am - Artist business brainstorming sessions will feature

Asheville BookWorks 428 1/2 Haywood Road. Gallery hours: Mon.-Fri., 1-5pm; Sat., 1-4pm.

Info: ashevillebookworks.com or 2558444.

• Through SA (8/31) - Works by

Art At mArs hill colleGe Weizenblatt Gallery: Mon.-Fri., 9am5pm. Info: mhc.edu.

• Through TH (9/5) - Urban Imagery and Personal Fantasy group photography show.

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BellA vistA Art GAllery 14 Lodge St. Summer hours: Mon., Wed., & Thurs., 11am4pm; Fri. & Sat., 11am-5pm. Info: bellavistaart.com or 768-0246.

• Through MO (9/30) - Wokrs by Nancy Varipapa, Shellie Lewis Dambax, Karen Jacobs and Jane Cartwright.

BlAck mountAin center for the Arts 225 W. State St., Black Mountain.

Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm. Info: BlackMountainArts.org or 6690930.

• Through FR (7/26) - The Arts at Black Mountain College, curated in collaboration with the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center.

BlAck mountAin colleGe museum + Arts center The center is located at 56 Broadway and preserves the legacy of the Black Mountain College. Tues. & Wed., noon4pm; Thurs.-Sat., 11am-5pm.

Info: blackmountaincollege.org or 350-8484.

• Through WE (8/21) - Harry Seidler: Architecture, Art and Collaborative Design.

Poetry for the people what: Brave New Voices fundraiser, to benefit the youth poets of the Color ME Brown Project. when: Saturday, July 13, 1-6 p.m. where: The Odditorium, 1045 Haywood Road. $15; $10 ages 13-20; ages 12 and under free. Discounts for college students. Info: facebook. com/TheColorMeBrownProject. whY: The young poets from Brave New Voices have something to say. They are outspoken and creative, expressing complex emotions through words that can’t be ignored. The teenagers are also in the habit of sharing their words with the rest of the country. Last year they went to California to perform their poetry, and this year they will travel to Chicago to compete in a national youth poetry slam.

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The group needs your help to make it to the Windy City. The Color ME Brown Project, a nonprofit organization with a mission to “empower and support the black and Latino communities as well as strengthen and inform its allies,” will host a fundraiser to support the students’ travel expenses.

On Saturday, July 13, Brave New Voices poets will present their words, the Urban Arts Institute’s Eternity Dance Team will perform, and other entertainers, including Mr. 15ive and Codula, will share their talents. There will also be a raffle for more than $600 in prizes, such as gift certificates from Harvest Records, West End Bakery and The Hop, and pieces of original art. Help our region’s young poets put Asheville’s spoken word scene on the map with an evening of poetry, music, prizes and emotion.

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Blue sPirAl 1 38 Biltmore Ave. Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm, and Sun., noon5pm. Info: bluespiral1.com or 251-0202.

• Through TU (7/23) - Along the Trail, works by eight regional artists. A percentage of sales benefit the Appalachian Trail Conservancy.

• Through TU (7/23) - Works by Mark Hewitt and Dana Brown. cArtoon Art APPreciAtion dAy • SA (7/13), noon-2pm - Cartoon Art Appreciation Day will feature Jack Cassady, author of The Best of Monday Funnies, and free caricatures. Held at Barnes and Noble, 3 S. Tunnel Road. Free.

Info: workassociates@aol.com.

Impractical Labor in Service of the Speculative Arts members. dusty roAds • Through WE (7/31) - Dusty Roads, photography by Barbara Sammons, will be on display at the Canton Public Library, 11 Pennsylvania Ave. Info: barbarasammons.com or 648-2924. fly over • Through SA (8/31) - Fly Over, a photography exhibition of World War II warbirds and crop dusters by Candler resident Barbara Sammons, will be on display at the Asheville Regional Airport's art gallery. Info: barbarasammons.com. foundry 92 Charlotte St. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm. Info: digfoundry.com.

• Through WE (7/31) - Dive into the Plastiquarium, works by David Edgar.

GrAnd BohemiAn GAllery Located at the Grand Bohemian Hotel in Biltmore Village, 11 Boston Way. Mon.-Thur., 10am7pm; Fri.-Sat., 10am-8pm; Sun., 10am-5pm. Info: bohemianhotelasheville.com or 505-2949.

• Through WE (7/31) - Lush Life: Flora and Fauna, paper paintings

by Elizabeth St. Hilaire Nelson.

GroveWood GAllery Located at 111 Grovewood Road. April-Dec. Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm & Sun., 11am-5pm.

Info: grovewood.com or 2537651.

• Through SU (9/22) - Celebration of Color, group wood sculpture show. hAndmAde in AmericA Located at 125 S. Lexington Ave. Info: handmadeinamerica.org or 252-0121.

• Through FR (9/13) - Needled: Contemporary Needle Craft.

• Through WE (7/10) - Works by Akira Satake will be on display at Beverly-Hanks, 1 Town Square Blvd., Suite 140.

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

• Through SA (7/27) - Figures and Space, photography by Eric Baden, Elizabeth Fritts, Roger Ricco and Lauren Semivan.

hAyWood county Arts council Unless otherwise noted, showings take place at HCAC's Gallery 86, 86 N. Main St., Waynesville.

Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm.

Info: haywoodarts.org or 4520593.

• Through SA (7/27) - Nature Inspired.

center for crAft, creAtivity And desiGn Located at the Kellogg Conference Center, 11 Broyles Road in Hendersonville. Mon.-Fri., noon-5pm. Info: craftscreativitydesign.org or 890-2050.

• Through WE (7/24) - Works by

honour steWArt GAllery Grove Arcade, 1 Page Ave. Mon.Sat., 10am-6pm and by appointment. Info: honourstewartgallery. com or 232-4260.

• Through MO (7/29) - Works by Honour and Douglas Stewart, Juan Benavides and Geza

Brunow. micA fine contemPorAry crAft 37 N. Mitchell Ave., Bakersville.

Mon. & Sat., 10am-5pm. Sun., noon-5pm. Info: micagallerync. com or 688-6422.

• SA (7/13) through SU (9/15) Tradition Revisited, metal quilts

by David Earl Tomlinson.

• SA (7/13), 5-8pm - Opening reception. mimi hArvey • Through SA (8/31) - A solo show of works by Mimi Harvey will be on display at West Asheville Library, 942 Haywood Road. Info: childrens-art-prints. com or 250-4750. mountAin nest GAllery 133 Cherry St., Black Mountain.

Open daily. Info: mtnnest.com or 669-0314.

• Through SU (7/28) - Thinking Outside the Box, multimedia by campers from Camp Lakey Gap, a summer camp for individuals on the autism spectrum. n.c. ArBoretum Located at 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way. 9am-5pm daily.

Info: ncarboretum.org or 6652492.

• Through SU (9/22) - TwentyFirst Century Clay, pottery by Matt Jones. odyssey clAyWorks 238 Clingman Ave. Mon.-Sat., 9-5pm; Sun., 1-5pm. Info: odysseyceramicarts.com.

• SA (7/13), 1-5pm - Activity Day invites the public to try various clay techniques. Proceeds benefit the Pots for Life campaign. Free to attend; $15 to fire a pot.

PAstel exhiBition • Through SU (8/18) - The North Carolina Statewide Pastel Exhibition, On Common Ground: Pastel Paintings from the Mountains to the Sea, will be on display at the Hickory Museum of Art, 243 Third Ave. N.E., Hickory.

Info: appalachianpastelsociety. org.

PenlAnd school scholArshiP Auction • TH (7/18), 8pm - Penland School of Crafts will host silent and live auctions to benefit its scholarship programs at 67 Doras Trail, Penland. Free. Info: penland. org or 765-2359.

Push skAte shoP & GAllery Located at 25 Patton Ave. Mon.Thurs., 11am-6pm; Fri. & Sat., 11am-7pm; Sun., noon-6pm. Info: pushtoyproject.com or 225-5509.

• Through TU (8/13) - Throw Me a Bone, a DIY Foundation skate spot fundraising exhibit.

Become a Hospice Volunteer! ronnie GormAn • WE (7/17) through TU (7/30) - Works by Ronnie Gorman will be on display at Aabani Salon, 12 N. Main St., Weaverville. Info: 4848488. seven sisters GAllery 117 Cherry St., Black Mountain. Summer hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm and Sun., noon-5pm.

Info: sevensistersgallery.com or 669-5107.

• Through SU (8/11) - Ceramics and paintings

by Denise Riddle. sWAnnAnoA vAlley fine Arts leAGue Red House Studios and Gallery, 310 West State St., Black Mountain. Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm; Sun., noon-4pm. Info: svfal.org.

• Through MO (7/29) - America: The Artist's Vision. the Bender GAllery 12 S. Lexington Ave. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10:30am-5pm; Sun., noon-5pm. Info: thebendergallery.com or 505-8341.

• Through SA (8/31) - Meditations: What Lies Beneath the Surface. the uPdrAft fine Art GAllery 84 Walnut St. Mon. & Thurs., 11am-7pm; Fri. & Sat., 11am-9pm; Sun., 11am-7pm. Info: facebook.com/Updraft.Gallery.

• FR (7/12) through WE (7/31) - Tim Bruce: The Ghost Painter • FR (7/12), 5-9pm - Opening reception. trAnsylvAniA community Arts council

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• FR (7/12) through FR (8/9) - Land of Waterfalls Camera Club exhibit. tryon GAllery trot • 2nd SATURDAYS, 5-8pm - Downtown Tryon presents art, music, refreshments and more.

Free. Info: facebook.com/TryonGalleryTrot. uPstAirs ArtsPAce 49 S. Trade St., Tryon. Hours: Tues.-Sat., 11am5pm. Info: upstairsartspace.org or 859-2828.

• Through SA (7/13) - A juried exhibition of three-dimensional art.

• Through SA (7/13) - Works by the Mountain Sculptors group.

WindoW (re/Production | re/PresentAtion) • Through WE (7/31) - The July Window (Re/ production | Re/presentation) installation will feature works by Leigh-Ann Pahapill. On display in the window of Henco Reprographics, 54 Broadway St. Info: windowcontemporary.org.

The Festival of Native Peoples July 12-13 from 11am –9pm. $10 daily at the event or at VisitCherokeeNC.com.

Interact with what's widely considered the finest showcase of native customs in the Southeast. Immerse yourself in dance, song, food, and celebration, with tribes from Aztec to Zuni, at the Festival of Native Peoples: two dizzying days of cultural delights.

ZAPoW! 21 Battery Park, Suite 101. Mon., Wed. & Fri., noon-8pm. Thurs., noon-5:30pm; Sat., 11am-10pm; Sun. 1-6pm. Info: zapow.net or 575-2024.

• SA (7/13), noon-6pm - ZaPow will host an artist demo day. Ten illustrators will create art inside and outside the gallery. Free.

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Aug. 8. Info: RiverFestAVL. brownpapertickets.com.

Arts council of henderson county GrAnts • Through FR (8/16) - The Arts Council of Henderson County will accept applications for RAPG grants through Aug. 16.

Info: acofhc@bellsouth.net or 693-8504.

• TH (7/18), 3:30-5pm - The Arts Council of Henderson County will offer a grant writing workshop for N.C. Arts Council Grassroots Arts Program subgrant applicants. Held at the arts council, 401 N. Main St., third floor, Hendersonville.

BrevArd little theAtre Located in the American Legion Hall, 55 E. Jordan St., Brevard.

Info: brevardlittletheatre.com.

Reservations: 884-2587.

• SA (7/13) & SU (7/14), 2pm - Auditions for The Last of the Red Hot Lovers. cremAtion urn exhiBition • Through FR (8/2) - Shine on Brightly seeks lidded vessels and containers for its cremation urn exhibition. Submissions accepted through Aug. 2. Info: info@shineonbrightly.com.

QuiLts of metaL: Delicate stitches take an industrial turn in David Earl Tomlinson’s exhibit of metal quilts.

Tradition Revisited will be on display at Mica gallery in Bakersville, Saturday, July 13 through Sunday, Sept. 15.

Opening reception: Saturday, July 13, 5-8 p.m. (pg. 16)

Art/crAft fAirs All seAsons crAfters • FR (7/12) & SA (7/13), 9am-5pm - The All Seasons Crafters will host its annual craft show and sale at the Masonic Lodge, 174 E. Main St., Brevard. Free to attend. Info: 384-1226.

PAris of the south fleA mArket • SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS, 8am-3pm - The Paris of the South Flea Market will feature a "gypsystyle" market including handmade clothes, jewelry, art, food trucks and live music. Held at U.S. 70 at Lytle Cove Road. Free to attend.

Info: avl.mx/s5. the little fleA • SATURDAYS, 3-7pm - The Little Flea will feature produce and

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"hand-selected fare and wares" behind Grace Baptist Church, 718 Haywood Road. Free to attend.

Info: littleflea.org.

Auditions & cAll to Artists AnAm cArA exPerimentAl theAtre ensemBle • SU (7/14), 1-3pm & MO (7/15), 7:30-9:30pm - Auditions for the Anam Cara Experimental Theatre Ensemble will be held at 203 Haywood Road. Info and details: experimentalensemble@gmail. com.

AnythinG thAt floAts PArAde • Through TH (8/8) - Registration for RiverLink's Anything That Floats Parade will be accepted through

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mediA Arts ProJect • Through TH (8/15) - The Media Arts Project will accept grant applications from artists for its {Re}HAPPENING festival through Aug 15. Info: themap. org/grants. n.c. Arts council GrAssroots Arts ProGrAm • Through TH (8/1) - North Carolina's Arts Council's Grassroots Arts Program will accept applications from nonprofit organizations through Aug 1. Info: handmadeinamerica.org or 252-0121. tc Arts council Applications available at tcarts@ comporium.net or 884-2787.

• Through WE (9/18) - TC Arts Council will accept submissions for its collaborative exhibit through sept. 18. Works must be created by two or more artists. thomAs Wolfe memoriAl literAry AWArd • Through MO (7/15) Nominations for the Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award will be accepted through July 15. Info: Wolfe Award Committee, c/o WNC Historical Association, 283 Victoria Road.

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• ONGOING - Tucker’s Gallery in Lenoir seeks sculpture artists for its outdoor gallery. Info: info@caldwellarts.com.

• SU (7/14), 9am - Shoji Spa, 96 Avondale Heights Road, will offer a guided hike on the Mountains-to-Sea Trail, followed by hot tubs, sauna and a cold plunge. 50 percent of proceeds benefit southern Appalachian highland conservancy. $40.

Info and registration: shojiretreats.com or 299-0999.

Benefits the ruG hook ProJect fundrAiser And PAintinG event (pd.) This Sunday, July 14, 2-5pm, Wine and Design Asheville. Learn about the artistry and culture behind the Rug Hooking Project of Augustin Gonzales, Mexico, and paint a canvas based on one of the works of these rural farmers/ artists. • 25% of proceeds to benefit the project that supports their work. 640 Merrimon Avenue. Email ejcoltun@gmail. com for more information and to register.

BAstille dAy Wine tAstinG • SU (7/14), 3-6pm - A Bastille Day wine tasting, presented by Asheville Sister Cities, will benefit slow food movement. Held at Metro Wines, 169 Charlotte St. $5. Info and registration: klcount@gmail.com.

Benefit yArd sAle • SA (7/13), 8am-2pm - A yard sale to benefit ingrid's food Pantry will be held at Candler Feed and Seed, 1275 Smoky Park Highway. Info: ingridsfoodpantry.com. christmAs in July • SA (7/13), 11am-2pm Christmas in July motorcycle run, to benefit the smoky mountain toy run, will depart from Harley-Davidson of Asheville, 20 Patton Cove Road. Live music, food and drinks to follow. $10 or new and unwrapped toy. Info: hdofasheville.com. drAmArAmA • Through SA (7/13) DramaRama, to benefit Asheville community theatre, will include a fashion show, singa-long movie, karaoke, trivia and performances of BARK! The Musical. $5-$15. Info and schedule: ashevilletheatre.org. food for fAirvieW • SA (7/13), 7:30pm - Full Momentum Wrestling presents food for fairview featuring Luscious LeAnn, Big Jim, Jason Jett & more. Held at the Fairview Community Center, 1357 Charlotte Highway. Free with a can of food. Info: fullmomentumwrestling.org.

leAf schools And streets • WEDNESDAYS, 5-7pm - Wine tasting and jazz, to benefit leAf schools and streets, will be held at 5 Walnut Wine Bar, 5 Walnut St. $5 suggested donation. Info: theleaf.org or Jocelyn@theLEAF.org. mAn of the yeAr • FR (7/12), 6pm - The Man of the Year gala competition and fundraiser, to benefit reAch of haywood, will be held at Laurel Ridge Country Club, 49 Cupp Lane, Waynesville. $100 includes dinner. Info: reachofhaywood.com or 456-7898.

PAncAke BreAkfAst • SA (7/13), 8-10am - A pancake breakfast, to benefit hominy valley crisis ministry of ABccm, will be held at Fatz Cafe, 25 Spartan Drive. $7. Info: abccm.org.

Psychic summer sAturdAy • SA (7/13), 1-5pm - Psychic Summer Saturday, to benefit mother Grove Goddess temple, will feature tarot and ancestral readings. Held at 70 Woodfin Place. $15 per 15 minute reading. Info: mothergroveavl.org or 230-5069. school suPPly drive • Through FR (7/26) - Hands On Asheville-Buncombe, the volunteer center of United Way, will hold a school supply drive to benefit local elementary and middle school students.

Donated items can be dropped off at United Way’s Community Services Center, 50 S. French Broad Ave. Info: handsonasheville.org or 255-0696. siddhArthA foundAtion • SA (7/13), 7:30-9:30pm - A fundraiser and slideshow, to benefit the siddhartha foundation and del haines' relocation to nepal, will highlight Tibetan Buddhist life in the Himalayas. Held at Shambhala Center, 19 Westwood Place. By donation. Info: asheville.shambhala.org or (941) 224-6428.

clAsses, meetinGs & events A trunkful of Quilts (pd.) Tu [7/16] 10 am, Folk Art Center, Blue Ridge Parkway.

Prize-winning machine quilter Judy Heyward shows her quilts at the Asheville Quilt Guild meeting. Info: ashevillequiltguild.org or 828-665-6786 free mAc BAsics clAsses At chArlotte street comPuters (pd.) Charlotte Street Computers, 252 Charlotte Street, 9:30-10:30am weekdays.

Mondays - Mac OS X Basics Level 1, Wednesdays - iPad Basics Level 1, Thursdays iCloud, Fridays - iPad Basics Level 2, first Tuesday of each month - iPhoto, second Tuesday each month - Safari, third Tuesday each month -Mac OS X Level 2, fourth Tuesday each month - iMovie. Register at www.charlottestreetcomputers.com/classes music lessons With moses AtWood (pd.) Find your own musical style-- All levels welcome.

Songwriting. Voice. Guitar.

Piano. Dobro. Music Theory. $30 an Hour. mosesatwood@ gmail.com BookmAkinG clAss (pd.) Monday, July 15, 6-9pm, Wine and Design Asheville, No experience necessary!

Materials and supplies provided for the design of two book structures with Penland trained Bookmaker Joyce Tromba. $45.

Bring your own refreshments!

640 Merrimon Avenue. Email ejcoltun@gmail.com for more info and to register.

APPAlAchiAn PAstel society • SA (7/13), 10am-noon - A meeting of the Appalachian Pastel Society will include a "Paint-a-Round" activity. Held at A-B Tech's Enka campus. Info and exact location: appalachianpastelsociety.org or 665-8538.

APPle vAlley model rAilroAd cluB Located at the Hendersonville Depot at the corner of 7th Avenue and Maple Street. Info: avmrc.com.

• Through TU (12/31) - Coming of the Railroad, a replica of the Saluda Mountain Grade. Sat., 10am-2pm & Wed., 1-3pm.

Asheville friends of AstroloGy • MO (7/15), 7-9pm - "Solar Returns: Your Personal Blueprint

for the Next 12 Months," with astrologer Mary Keswani. Held at EarthFare, 66 Westgate Parkway.

Donations accepted. Info: ashevillefriendsofastrology.org.

Asheville mAkersPAce meetuP • TUESDAYS, 6pm - This open group "for people who make stuff" will meet to discuss ideas and plan projects. All disciplines and experience levels welcome.

Held at Asheville Brewing Company, 77 Coxe Ave. Free.

Info: ashevillemakerspace.org.

Auction PrevieW With susAn sully • TU (7/16), 5:30-7:30pm Southern style expert Susan Sully will present her books during an auction preview at Brunk Auctions, 117 Tunnel Road. Free.

Info: brunkauctions.com.

Bicycle sAfety clAss • SA (7/13), 10am-4pm - Bicycle Traffic Skills 101. Held at Asheville Greenworks, 357 Depot St. $20.

Info and registration: avl.mx/uz or BuncombeBikeEd@gmail.com. chAlk it uP • SA (7/13) - The "Chalk It Up" sidewalk chalk art contest will be held throughout the day in downtown Hendersonville. Rain dates: July 20 and 27. Free. Info: 697-6393. discoverinG your hidden Artist • SA (7/13), 2-5pm - Catch the Spirit of Appalachia presents the "Discovering Your Hidden Artist" workshop, focusing on pastel portrait painting. Held at Nature's Home Preserve, 399 Koi Mountain Lane, Tuckasegee. $36.

Info: doreylart.yurtstudio.com or 293-2239. mAGGie vAlley criBBAGe • TUESDAYS, 6:30pm - Cribbage games will be played at Maggie Valley Inn, 70 Soco Road, Maggie Valley. Cards and boards available. All levels welcome. Free.

Info: kei3ph@bellsouth.net or 926-3978. music liBrAry cluB • The Music Library Club seeks people interested in "meeting occasionally to listen to recorded music in our homes." All ages are welcome to join this new club.

First meeting planned for August.

Free. Info: HomemadeRadio@ juno.com or 669-1193.

PisGAh AstronomicAl reseArch institute Located at 1 PARI Drive, Rosman.

Info: 862-5554 or pari.edu.

• FR (7/12), 7pm - A presentation on Saturn will include celestial observations. Registration required. $20/$15 seniors and

military/$10 children under 14.

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rememBer neWtoWn • SA (7/13), noon-1pm - A "Remember Newtown" demonstration will be held at the Hendersonville Historic Courthouse, Main Street, Hendersonville. Bring posters and wear green or black to commemorate Sandy Hook shooting victims. Info: 693-9804.

Asheville Event Centre, 991 Sweeten Creek Road. Info: ashevilleballroom.net or 274-8320, unless otherwise noted.

• THURSDAYS, 8-8:50pm Bachata lesson. $10.

the hoP Ice cream, concerts and community events. Programs are free and located at 640 Merrimon Ave., Suite 103, unless otherwise noted. thehopicecreamcafe.com or 2542224.

• WE (7/10), 6-9pm - Multiverse Asheville Game Station invites gamers to play classic video games. Geared towards ages 18 and up. Held at the Merrimon location. uncA informAtionAl tours • Through TH (8/2) - UNCA will offer informational tours of the campus. Info, times and departure location: unca.edu/ admissions or 251-6481.

comedy disclAimer comedy • FRIDAYS, 8-9:30pm Disclaimer Comedy presents weekly stand-up at Elaine's Piano Bar in the Grove Park Inn, 290 Macon Ave. Free. Info: disclaimercomedy.com. disclAimer stAnd-uP oPen mic • WEDNESDAYS, 9pm Disclaimer Stand-Up Lounge open mic is held at the Dirty South Lounge, 41 N. Lexington Ave. Free. Info: DisclaimerComedy.com. uPstArt stAnd-uP • 3rd MONDAYS, 8pm - Jack of Hearts, 10 S. Main St., Weaverville, presents a monthly competitive stand-up comedy event. Eight comics compete for cash prizes. Free. Info: jackofheartspub.com.

dAnce BeGinner sWinG dAncinG lessons (pd.) 4 week series starts first Tuesday of every month at 7:30pm. $12/week per person.

• No partner necessary. Eleven on Grove, downtown Asheville.

Details: www.swingAsheville. com

folkmoot usA • WE (7/17) through SU (7/28) Folkmoot USA will feature two weeks of folk music and dance, workshops and parades. Info, cost and schedule: folkmootusa.org. mountAin shAG cluB • TUESDAYS - The Mountain Shag Club meets weekly at The Hangar at the Clarion Inn, 550 Airport Road. Free lessons from 6:30-7pm. Shag DJ from 7-10pm. $5. Info: mountainshagclub.com.

PerformAnces At diAnA WorthAm theAtre Located at 2 South Pack Square.

Info: dwtheatre.com or 257-4530.

• TH (7/12) & FR (7/13), 8pm - MOTION Dance Theatre, Asheville's professional contemporary ballet company, presents an original performance by dancers and choreographers from across the country. $30/$25 students and seniors. street dAnce • MONDAYS through (8/12), 7-9pm - Street Dance will feature bluegrass music, square dancing and clogging at Hendersonville's Visitors Center, 201 South Main St. Square dance lessons at 6:30pm. Free. Info: historichendersonville.org. tAnGo WorkshoP And milonGA • MO (7/15), 7:30-9:30pm - A tango workshop will be held at Mountain Mojo Coffee House, 381 Old Charlotte Highway, Fairview. Open dance until midnight. $7. Info: tangogypsies.com.

eco cArolinA mountAin lAnd conservAncy Located at 847 Case St., Hendersonville. Info: carolinamountain.org.

• WE (7/10) & TH (7/11), 10am4pm - An adopt-a-preserve volunteer orientation will focus on monitoring and maintaining trails at Florence Nature Preserve.

Meets at the preserve's trailhead, Highway 74A in Gerton.

Registration required. Info: 6975777. hArd-to-recycle collection • SA (7/13), 10am-2pm - A hardto-recycle collection will accept rigid plastics, books, cardboard,

electronics, batteries, styrofoam, metals, wire and small appliances at ACE Hardware, 2319 Highway 70, Swannanoa. Free. Info: 2541776. hiGhlAnds BioloGicAl stAtion Botanical garden: 265 N. Sixth St., Highlands. Nature center: 930 Horse Cove Road, Highlands.

Free. Info: highlandsbiological.org or 526-0188.

• TH (7/11), 9:30am-2pm - A stream sampling workshop will teach participants how to identify macro-invertebrates in Caney Fork. Bring lunch, water and rain gear. Meets at the nature center. $15/$10 members. riverlink events Info: riverlink.org or 252-8474.

• WE (7/10), 10am & 5pm Volunteer orientation will be held at the RiverLink offices, 170 Lyman St. Morning session will include a presentation on Wilma Dykeman. Registration requested.

WAter QuAlity monitorinG • WEDNESDAYS through (9/25), noon-3pm - WNCA invites volunteers to sample water in the French Broad River Basin.

Meets at Westfeldt Park, 280 Old Fanning Bridge Road. Info: avl. mx/ue or 258-8737.

festivAls APPAlAchiAn summer festivAl • Through SA (7/27) - ASU's Appalachian Summer Festival will feature independent film screenings, music, theater and more.

Info, cost and schedule: appsummer.org.

Government & Politics BuncomBe county democrAtic Women • 3rd THURSDAYS, 6-8pm - The Buncombe County Democratic Women will host a monthly dinner and meeting at Democratic Headquarters, 951 Old Fairview Road. $12 per dinner/$15 yearly membership. Info and registration: 277-8554.

BuncomBe county rePuBlicAn men's cluB • 2nd THURSDAYS, 6:30pm - The Buncombe County Republican Men's Club meets at the Renaissance Hotel, 31 Woodfin St. Optional buffet dinner at 6pm. Info: buncombegop. org.

move to Amend PuBlic forum • TU (7/16), 5:30pm - Move to Amend national spokesperson David Cobb will speak about "A Call to Action Against Corporate Rule” at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. Free. Info: 2322883.

kids crAdle of forestry events Open daily, 9am-5pm. Route 276, Pisgah National Forest.

Admission: $5/children ages 15 and under free. Some programs require an additional fee. Info: cradleofforestry.org or 877-3130.

• THURSDAYS through (8/1), 10:30am-noon & 1:30-3pm - The Woodsy Owl’s Curiosity Club for children ages 4-7 will focus on outdoor-oriented activities that explore a forest-related theme. $4. Registration required. creAtive summer Book cluB • Through (7/30) - The Creative Summer Book Club will help kids "augment their love of reading and avoid summer learning loss."

Held at Pack Place. $15. See website for days and times. Info: avl.mx/ul.

JunGle JAunt vBs • SU (7/14) through SU (7/19), 6-8pm - Beaverdam Baptist Church will host a week of music, crafts and learning with a Friday performance for parents. Open to infants through high schoolers.

399 Beaverdam Road. Free. Info: 252-3403. lookinG for neemoe • WEDNESDAYS through SATURDAYS until (9/2) - "Can you find Neemoe? Look for him at the Team ECCCO Aquarium, 511 N Main St., Hendersonville, for a chance to win a free one-year membership." Patrons eligible with $4 admission fee. Info: teamecco.org.

PlAy And leArn for Preschoolers And PArents • TUESDAYS & WEDNESDAYS through (8/27), 10am or 11am - An eight-week pre-literacy class for parents, caregivers and children ages 3-5 from Buncombe County will be held at Asheville City Schools Preschool, 441 Haywood Road. Free. Info: 3502904. youth BAsketry clAss • TH (7/11) & TH (7/18), 1-4pm A basketry class for ages 12 and up will be held at Opportunity House, 1411 Asheville Highway, Hendersonville. $25 plus $10

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materials fee. Info and registration: 692-0575.

music Asheville AreA Arts council GAllery 346 Depot St. Tues.-Sat., 11am4pm. Info: ashevillearts.com or 258-0710.

• SA (7/13), 1:30-3:30pm AAAC's Second Saturday Concert Series will feature Mike Gaffney.

BlAck mountAin center for the Arts 225 W. State St., Black Mountain.

Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm. Info: BlackMountainArts.org or 6690930.

• FRIDAYS through (8/2), noon1pm - The Lunchtime Literary and Music Series will feature composer Michael Jefry Stevens and poet Tina Barr. Bring a bagged lunch.

Free; donations accepted.

BlAck mountAin drum circle • SATURDAYS, 4pm - Steven Townsend hosts a traditional West African drumming workshop, followed by an open drum circle, at the Carver Community Center, 101 Carver Ave., Black Mountain.

All skill levels welcome. Free. Info: 669-2052.

BrevArd music center festivAl Held in the Brevard Music Center, 349 Andante Lane, Brevard. Info and cost: brevardmusic.org or 862-2105.

• Through SU (8/4) - The Brevard Music Center festival features a wide array of classical music, including symphonies, opera and chamber music. See website for schedule.

• TUESDAYS through (7/23), 7pm - Asheville Art Museum, 2 N. Pack Square, will host performances

by Brevard Music Center musicians. $10/$6 members. Info and registration: ashevilleart.org or 253-3227. chimney rock concert series • TH (7/18), 7-9pm - Patrick Fitzsimmons (jazz, blues) will perform at Chimney Rock’s Gathering Place amphitheater, Main Street, Chimney Rock. Free.

Info: chimneyrockvillage.com. community music ensemBles • WE (7/10), 7-9pm - Musicians of all levels are invited to meet "for playing together and learning as we go" at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 15 Overbook Place. Free and open to the public.

Info: westminstermusicasheville@ gmail.com or westminstermusicasheville.weebly.com.

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ConCerts on the Creek • FR (7/12), 7:30-9:30pm Concerts on the Creek will feature the Buchanan Boys (country, rock) at Bridge Park, 76 Railroad Ave., Sylva. Free. Info: mountainlovers.com or (800) 962-1911.

Cradle of forestry events Open daily, 9am-5pm. Route 276, Pisgah National Forest. Info: cradleofforestry.org or 877-3130.

• SUNDAYS through (7/28), 4-5:30pm - The Songcatchers Music Series will feature acoustic music with roots in the Southern Appalachians. July 14 concert: Hilary Dirlam and Rhonda Gouge. $6 ages 16 and up/$3 ages 15 and under. downtown rhythm and Brews • 3rd THURSDAYS, 6-9pm - The Downtown Rhythm and Brews concert series will be held at Azalea parking lot, Third Avenue and King Street in Hendersonville. Free.

Info: facebook.com/Rhythm AndBrewsHendersonville.

The Wild Goose Festival migrates to the mountains What: After two years operating at Shakori Hills in Pittsboro, N.C., the Wild Goose Festival will make its mountain debut in Hot Springs next month.

When: Preview Party — Thursday, July 17, at Highland Brewery Tasting Room (12 Old Charlotte Hwy). Festival — Thursday, Aug. 8, through Sunday, Aug. 11.

WhY: Here’s what director and cofounder Gareth Higgins told Xpress:

moUntain xpress: What are the roots of the Wild Goose Festival? Gareth higgins: Many communities in the U.S. have contributed to the Wild Goose Festival taking flight, but … it was repeated visits to the long-established Greenbelt festival in the U.K. by speakers and musicians from the U.S. that gave birth to the idea of doing something similar here.

The first Wild Goose took place two years ago, curating an intersection of justice, spirituality, music and art … at sites in North Carolina and Oregon. T Bone

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Burnett, Vincent Harding (who wrote speeches for Martin Luther King), the Indigo Girls, Native American Christian leader Richard Twiss, and Momastery’s Glennon Melton are just a few of the speakers and musicians who have [helped make] Wild Goose a home for...Jesus-followers [who] want to challenge the dominance of militaristic, nationalistic, sexist and puritanical religion-as-usual.

Wild Goose takes its name from the Celtic image for the Holy Spirit. ...We are a community more interested in experimentation with the boundaries of thought and faith than pre-packaged prescriptions for who is “in” and who is “out.’

Do you see this festival as an expression of an evolving spirituality within christianity? Wild Goose … challenges the shadow side of religion: the too-easy equation of Christianity and nationalism … the tendency to dominate others. … We’re learning how to love God, love our neighbors, and love ourselves.

For more info: Wildgoosefestival.org.

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

Info: flatrockplayhouse.org or 693-0731.

• WEDNESDAYS through SATURDAYS (7/17) through (7/26) - Music on the Rock: A Tribute to the Music of Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5. Performed at the downtown location. Wed.Sat., 8pm. 2nd week: Tues.-Sat., 8pm. $24.

Groovin' on Grovemont • TU (7/16), 6pm - Groovin' on Grovemont will present The Swayback Sisters (country, soul) outside the Swannanoa Library, 101 W. Charleston St. Free. Info: 250-6486. homeGrown in the Park • THURSDAYS, 6:30-8:30pm - Homegrown in the Park will feature local singer-songwritiers performing in Pritchard Park. Free.

Info: ashevilledowntown.org.

Jimi mCkenzie • FR (7/12) - Jimi McKenzie (singer-songwriter) will perform at Frog Level Brewing Company, 56 Commerce St., Waynesville. Info: jimimckenzie.com.

• WE (7/17) - McKenzie will perform an additional show at Sid's on Main, 117 Main St., Canton. musiC on main street • FR (7/12), 7-9pm - Music on Main Street presents Special Edition (rock) outside the Visitors Information Center, 201 S. Main St., Hendersonville. Free. Info:

historichendersonville.org or 693-9708. old fines Creek danCe and musiC • SATURDAYS, 7-10pm - "Old Fines Creek Dance and Music" will feature music, dance, cake walks and door prizes. Held at The Old Fines Creek School, 192 Fines Creek Road, Clyde. $7/ children 12 and under free. Info: visitncsmokies.com or 736-8925. olli aPPalaChian summer musiC series • SU (7/14), 3pm - Buncombe Turnpike (bluegrass) will perform in UNCA's Reuter Center. Free; tickets suggested. Info: olliasheville.com or 251-6140.

Pan harmonia Info: pan-harmonia.org.

• SU (7/14), 5pm - Jamie Laval and others will perform works

by Bach and Paganini at the Altamont Theatre, 18 Church St. $15/$12 in advance/$5 students.

Park rhythms • TH (7/11), 7:30pm - Park Rhythms will present Citizen Band Radio (steel guitar, mandolin) at Lake Tomahawk, 401 Laurel Circle Drive, Black Mountain. Free. Info: deanna. stone@townofblackmountain or 669-8610.

Park rhythms • TH (7/18), 7:30pm - Park Rhythms will present Barefoot Movement (Americana) at Lake Tomahawk, 401 Laurel Circle Drive, Black Mountain. Free. Info: deanna.stone@townofblackmountain or 669-8610.

PiCkin' in lake lure • SATURDAYS through (8/31), 7pm - Pickin' in Lake Lure will feature performances by local bands followed by an open jam. Held on the Lake Lure Smokehouse deck, 2795 Memorial Highway, Lake Lure. Free. Info: 674-0677.

PiCkin’ in the Park • FRIDAYS, 7-10:30pm - Pickin’ in the Park will feature bluegrass and old-time bands at Canton Recreational Park‚ 77 South Penland St. Free. Info: blueridgemusic.org. rivermusiC • FR (7/12), 5pm - DeRobert and the Half-Truths, AJ and the Jiggawatts, The Coolin' System and Empire Strikes Brass will perform a G.E.D. Soul Records showcase at RiverLink Sculpture and Performance Plaza, 144 Riverside Drive. Free. Info: riverlink.org or 252-8474. shindiG on the Green • SATURDAYS until (8/31), 7pm Shindig on the Green will feature

traditional music, dance and storytelling at Pack Square Park, downtown Asheville. Bring a blanket. Free; food for sale. Info: folkheritage.org. swannanoa ChamBer musiC festival • TUESDAYS & SUNDAYS through (7/21), 7:30pm - The Swannanoa Chamber Music Festival will feature well-known musicians performing works by a variety of composers.

Sundays: HART, 250 Pigeon St., Waynesville; Tuesdays: Warren Wilson College's Kittredge Theatre. $20. Info: swannanoachambermusic.com. swannanoa GatherinG • MO through WE (8/7) - The Swannanoa Gathering will feature banjo and traditional music performances on the WWC campus. $20 per concert/$10 children under 12. Info and schedule: swangathering.com or 298-3434. tGif: the roadrunnerz • FR (7/12), 6-10:30pm - The Roadrunnerz (country, rock) will perform at Morganton's TGIF concert series. 102 E. Union St. Free. Info: downtownmorganton. com. toP of the Grade ConCerts • 2nd & 4th FRIDAYS until (11/25), 6:30-8:30pm - Top of the Grade Concerts will feature a wide range of music, including folk, country, blues and rock.

Held at McCreery Park, Saluda.

Free; donations accepted. Info and schedule: judyward@charter. net or 674-5958. wCu summer ConCert series • TH (7/11), 7pm - WCU's summer concert series will feature Jamie Paul (singer-songwriter) at the university's Central Plaza.

Rain location: University Center.

Free. Info: ledavis@wcu.edu or 227-3622.

• TH (7/18), 7pm - WCU's summer concert series will feature the The Boxcars (bluegrass) at the university's Central Plaza.

Rain location: University Center.

Free. Info: ledavis@wcu.edu or 227-3622.

outdoors Cradle of forestry events Open daily, 9am-5pm. Route 276, Pisgah National Forest. Info: cradleofforestry.org or 877-3130.

• SA (7/13), 7:30-9:30pm - The Winged Creatures of the Night Twilight Tour will highlight nocturnal life in the woods through

crafts and presentations.

Wheelchair accessible. $6 ages 16 and older/$3 ages 15 and under. friends of the smokies hike • TU (7/16) - A moderate 7.5mile hike on the A.T., from Newfound Gap to the Kephart Prong Trailhead, will depart from Asheville at 8:30am, Maggie Valley at 9am and Cherokee at 9:30am. $35/$10 members. Info and departure locations: friendsofthesmokies.org or 452-0702. lAke JAmes stAte PArk 6883 N.C. Highway 126, Nebo.

Programs are free unless otherwise noted. Info: 584-7728.

• SU (7/14), 10am - An easy, 5-mile hike through the Lake Channel Overlook will depart from the Catawba River Area office.

• WE (7/17), 8:30pm - A toad tour will feature amphibian observations. Departs from the Paddy’s Creek Area bathhouse. southern APPAlAchiAn hiGhlAnds conservAncy SAHC offers free or low cost hikes in the WNC area. Info, registration and directions: rich@ appalachian.org or 253-0095, ext. 205.

• TH (7/11), 10am-2pm - A salamander hike will be led by herpetologist Kyle Pursel. Bring lunch, water and hiking gear.

Well-behaved dogs allowed. $10/free for members.

PuBlic lectures Architecture BetWeen mountAin And vAlley • WE (7/17), 7pm - "Architecture Between Mountain and Valley," presented by AIA Asheville.

Held at the Orange Peel, 101 Biltmore Ave. $12. Info: aiaasheville.org or theorangepeel.net. montreAt conference center 401 Assembly Drive, Montreat.

Programs are free, unless otherwise noted. Info: montreat.org or 669-2911.

• WE (7/17), 7-8pm - “Milton’s Eve: Not Lost in Paradise," with Belle Miller McMaster.

seniors AGe in PlAce luncheon • WE (7/10), 11:30am-12:30pm - A lunch seminar on aging in place will be held at Opportunity House, 1411 Asheville Highway, Hendersonville. Free. Info and registration: 696-4000.

triP to Asheville tourists GAme • TH (7/11), 5:30-11pm - A trip for seniors to see the Asheville Tourists will depart from Waynesville Recreation Center, 550 Vance St. $12/$10 members includes transportation and admission. Info and registration: recprograms@townofwaynesville.org or 456-2030.

Gentle yoGA for every Body • TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 9am - A slow and gentle style of yoga, particularly well-suited for all fitness levels, will be hosted at Lakeview Senior Center, 401 Laurel Circle Drive, Black Mountain. $8 suggested donation. Info: kirklandyoga@ charter.net. senior triP to see elk • MO (7/15), 2-9pm - A trip for seniors to see elk will depart from Waynesville Recreation Center, 550 Vance St. Bring a folding chair and dinner. $7/$5 members. Info and registration: recprogramspecialist@townofwaynesville.org or 456-2030.

sPirituAlity oPen heArt meditAtion (pd.) Experience easy, wonderful practices that opens your life to the beauty within and connects you to your heart. • Free 7pm, Tuesdays, 5 Covington St. 2960017 or 367-6954 http://www. heartsanctuary.org Astro-counselinG (pd.) Licensed counselor and accredited professional astrologer uses your chart when counseling for additional insight into yourself, your relationships and life directions. Readings also available. Christy Gunther, MA, LPC. (828) 258-3229.

Asheville comPAssionAte communicAtion center (pd.) Free practice group. Learn ways to create understanding and clarity in your relationships, work, and community by practicing compassionate communication (nonviolent communication). 252-0538 or www. ashevilleccc.com. • 2nd & 4th Thursdays, 5:00-6:15 chAnnelinG your hiGhest self (pd.) Fri-Sun 10am-4pm Communicate with your highest self and ascended beings. Info: UltimateEnergyHealing.com/ channeling creAte your Person POWER FIELD • FREE

lecture (pd.) Empower yourself with simple and effective energy tools to quiet the noise of the world and discover your own truth, who you are and why you are here. Offered for the first time live in Asheville by Bob Repoley, certified Mastering Alchemy teacher. West Asheville Library, Thursday, July 18, 7pm.

(828) 537-0727 or Ascension mentor.com mindfulness meditAtion clAss: no clAss July 15 (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. free medicAl intuitive (pd.) Ethical high frequency beneficial health information.

Medical school graduate with alternative emphasis. Call 828 645-0235.

Asheville insiGht meditAtion • WEDNESDAYS, 7-8:30pm & SUNDAYS, 10-11:30am Practice Mindfulness Meditation (also called Vipassana or Insight Meditation) with a supportive group. Held at 29 Ravenscroft Drive, Suite 200. Free. Info: ashevillemeditation.com or 808-4444. cloud cottAGe 219 Old Toll Circle in Black Mountain. Info: cloudcottage. org or 669-6000.

• TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS & SATURDAYS, 7:30-8am - Sitting meditation. community hu sonG • SU (7/14), 11am-11:30pm Eckankar Center of Asheville will offer a community HU song, which will include chanting the once-secret name for God, HU. Held at 797 Haywood Road, lower level. Free. Info: eckankarnc.org or 254-6775. first conGreGAtionAl united church of christ Located at Fifth Avenue W. and White Pine Drive, Hendersonville. Info: fcchendersonville.org.

• SU (7/14) 9:15am - Pam Prather and Charley Rogers will discuss world peace and social justice issues. intenders GrouP/Artist

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sPoken & Written Word All romAnce All the time Book cluB • TU (7/16), 7pm - All Romance All the Time book club will meet at Battery Park Book Exchange, 1 Page Ave. July book: The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

by N.K. Jemisin. Free. Info: Info: malaprops.com or 254-6734.

downhiLL summer hike: Leave the climb for another time with the Friends of the Smokies’ July hike. This moderate trek will take adventurers through Newfound Gap down to the Kephart Prong Trailhead on Tuesday, July 16.

Photo courtesy of Friends of the Smokies. (pg. 21)

syrkl • SU (7/14), 2-5pm - A creative expressive arts group will use various modalities of an intention setting and art process.

Group members share, support and learn from fellow artists. Free. Info and directions: ExpressiveArtsAlliance.org, oakes.khalsa@gmail.com or 777-1962. liGht center 2196 N.C. Highway 9 S., Black Mountain. Info: urlight.org or 669-6845.

• WEDNESDAYS, 2:30-3:30pm & SUNDAYS, 3-4pm - Prayer and meditation for United States and world conditions. Free.

• ONGOING, 10am-5pm - Open meditation to music with energy balancing lights. 160-acres of meditation hiking trails. By donation.

• 2nd SATURDAYS, 10am Singing crystal bowls will help participants access the healing centers of the body. $10 suggested donation. Info: revheidi.com.

• 2nd SUNDAYS, 1pm - Toning for Peace. $10 suggested donation. Info: ToningforPeace.com.

• 3rd THURSDAYS, 7:15pm - Reiki circle, featuring a brief history, chakra clearing meditation with sound healing and individual Reiki sessions. Free. montreAt conference center 401 Assembly Drive, Montreat.

Programs are free, unless otherwise noted. Info: montreat.org or 669-2911.

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• WEDNESDAYS until (7/31) The arts in worship lab will help spiritual organizations "create Sunday art for worship and develop new visions for your church." $5. mountAin Zen PrActice center • TUESDAYS, 7pm - Conscious Compassionate Awareness meditation and group discussion guided by the teachings of Cheri Huber. First Tuesday orientation.

Donations appreciated. Info: mountainzen.org. movement for sPirituAl inner AWAreness • 2nd SUNDAYS, 5-6:45pm North Carolina Representative, Lilla SSK Khalsa, offers seminars, invocation, meditation, intention setting, seminar film, tea and appetizers. Free. Info and directions: ExpressiveArtsAlliance. org, oakes.khalsa@gmail.com or 777-1962. overcominG AnGer • SUNDAYS through (7/14), 7-8:30pm - Buddhist teacher Sharon Lovich will lead a program on responding to difficult people and challenging circumstances.

Includes meditation and discussion. Held at Rainbow Mountain Children's School, 574 Haywood Road. $8/$5 students and seniors. Info: meditationinasheville@gmail.com. shAmBhAlA meditAtion

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center of Asheville 19 Westwood Place. Visitors welcome; donations accepted. Info: asheville.shambhala.org.

• THURSDAYS, 6-6:45pm Meditation followed by Dharma reading and discussion at 7pm.

Meditation instruction offered.

Open house first Thursdays.

• SUNDAY, 10am-noon - A public sitting will feature meditation instruction. Come for a portion or the entire time. the Art of soulful livinG • TH (7/11), 6-7:30pm - "The Art of Soulful Living," with Dr. Bob Hannah, will emphasize balancing the needs of body, heart and spirit. Held at EarthFare, 1856 Hendersonville Road. Free. Info: bobhannaphd.com or 768-1827. united reseArch liGht center 2190 N.C. Highway 9 S., Black Mountain. Info: urlight.org or 669-6845.

• SA (7/13), 1-3pm - "The Quest Through the Four Quadrants" will feature guided meditations and experiential exercises. By donation.

Women's circle And movie • SA (7/13), 11-2pm - A women's circle and movie screening will be held as part of the Women's Spirituality Summer Series.

Programs are substance-free and for women only. Free. Info and directions: lgarrettxx@gmail.com.

Asheville city Poets • WEDNESDAYS, 9pm Asheville City Poets will present public readings at Vanuatu Kava Bar, 15 Eagle St., featuring a collaboration with Asheville poet Caleb Beissert. All poets and musicians welcome. Free. Info and registration: meetup.com/ Asheville-City-Poets.

Asheville storytellinG circle • WE (7/17), 11:30am-1:30pm The Asheville Storytelling Circle will present original, literary and traditional stories in UNCA's Reuter Center. Info and cost: 274-1123.

BuncomBe county PuBlic liBrAries liBrAry ABBreviAtions - All programs are free unless otherwise noted. Each Library event is marked by the following location abbreviations: n Bm = Black Mountain Library (105 N. Dougherty St., 2504756) n eA = East Asheville Library (902 Tunnel Road, 250-4738) n nA = North Asheville Library (1030 Merrimon Avenue, 2504752) n Pm = Pack Memorial Library (67 Haywood Street, 250-4700) n sA = South Asheville/Oakley Library (749 Fairview Road, 250-4754) n ss = Skyland/South Buncombe Library (260 Overlook Road, 250-6488) n sW = Swannanoa Library (101 West Charleston Street, 250-6486) n Library storyline: 250-KIDS. • Through SA (7/13) - Used book sale. sA • Through WE (7/31) Buncombe County Public Libraries will host "Dig into Reading" summer programs for kids at various libraries. Info and schedule: avl.mx/ug or 250-4721.

• TH (7/11), 6:30pm - Book club: Mayhem in Mayberry by Brian Lee Knopp. eA • TUESDAYS (7/9) through (7/30), 3pm - "The Language of Music, the Music of Language: Jazz Greats in Poetry" will feature music and poetry. Pm

• TU (7/16), 2pm - Book club: Atonement by Ian McEwan. nA --- 7pm - Book club: Long Time No See by Susan Issac. Bm • WE (7/17), 5pm - Knitting club. sW • TH (7/18), 2:30PM - Book club: The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides. ss city liGhts Bookstore Located at 3 E. Jackson St., Sylva. Events are free, unless otherwise noted. Info: citylightsnc.com or 586-9499.

• FR (7/12), 6:30pm - Joe Cobb Crawford will present his book Mountain Shadow Memories.

• SA (7/13), 3pm - Perry Kelly will present his memoir Cosmos Screen.

• TH (7/18), 10:30am - Coffee with the Poet: Brent Martin. let’s tAlk ABout it series • TH (7/11), 4-6pm - The "Let’s Talk About It" summer series will focus on Nowhere Else on Earth

by Josephine Humphreys. Held at Haywood County Library, 678 South Haywood St., Waynesville.

Free. Info: stanandlinda@charter. net or 456-5311. locAl Authors reAdinG • TH (7/11), 4:30pm - Local authors Julia Nunnally Duncan, Celia Miles, Richard Krawiec and others will read from and sign their works at Monte Vista Hotel, 308 W. State St., Black Mountain. Info: themontevistahotel.net or info@themontevistahotel.net. mAlAProP's Bookstore And cAfe 55 Haywood St. Info: malaprops.com or 254-6734. Events are free, unless otherwise noted.

• WE (7/10), 7pm - Malaprop's book club: The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht.

• TH (7/11), 7pm - Debra Moffitt will lead a mini-workshop on her book Garden of Bliss: Cultivating the Inner Landscape for Self-Discovery. Free.

• FR (7/12), 7pm - Alex Bledsoe will present his books including The Sword Edged Blonde.

• SA (7/13), 7pm - D. B. Jackson will present his book Thieves' Quarry.

• SU (7/14), 3pm - Summer Doodle Extravaganza will feature collaborative doodle projects.

• TU (7/16), 7pm - Mark Kurlansky will present his book Ready for a Brand New Beat.

• TU (7/16), 7pm - Comix Club: Summer Blonde by Adrian Tomine. sPellBound children's BookshoP 21 Battery Park Ave. Free, unless otherwise noted. Info:

spellboundchildrensbookshop. com or 232-2228.

• SU (7/14), 4pm - The Royal Book Club, open to adults 18 and older interested in young adult fiction, will discuss Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer. stories on Asheville's front Porch • SATURDAYS through (7/20), 10:30-11:30am - Stories on Asheville's Front Porch will feature storytelling about travel, unforgettable people and children. Held at Rhino Courtyard, Pack Place. Free. Info: ashevillestorycircle.org or 450-5462. thomAs Wolfe memoriAl Located at 52 N. Market St. Info: wolfememorial.com or 253-8304.

• SA (7/13), noon-2pm - Ann Ross, author of the Miss Julia series, will discuss her "sharptongued but soft-hearted" character, Julia Springer of Abbotsville. toe river storytellinG festivAl • SA (7/13), 10am-4pm - The Toe River Storytelling Festival will feature national and regional storytellers. Held at Bakersville Creek Walk. $10/ children 9 and under free. Info and directions: toeriverstorytelling.org.

sPorts Adult kickBAll leAGue • Through MO (7/15) Registration for Buncombe County Parks, Greenways and Recreation's adult kickball league will be accepted through July 15. Info: jay.nelson@buncombecounty.org or 250-4269.

AQuA fitness clAss • TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 12:10-12:50pm - WCU will offer an aqua fitness class in the Reid Gymnasium pool. $35. Info: learn.wcu.edu.

Asheville ultimAte cluB • MONDAYS through (8/12), 8-10pm - The Asheville Ultimate Club will offer women's and rookie leagues at Memorial Stadium, 30 Buchanan Ave. $10.

Info: ashevilleultimate.org.

BuncomBe county Pools • MONDAYS through FRIDAYS, noon-5:45pm; SATURDAYS, 11am-6:45pm; SUNDAYS, 1-6:45pm - Buncombe County Pools offer daily open swim sessions. $3. Info and locations: avl.mx/tb.

fly fishinG 101 • SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS (7/13) through (7/21) - Orvis Asheville will host Fly Fishing 101 classes for beginners of all ages. Held at 28 Schenck Parkway, Suite 150. Free. Info and registration: 687-0301.

GAy 5k And rAinBoW romP • SA (7/13),9am - The third annual Gay 5K will be held at Carrier Park. $20 early registration guarantees a T-shirt; $25 day of. Noncompetitive Rainbow Romp is free. Info and registration: blueridgepride. com. hooP JAm • TUESDAYS, 5:30-7:30pm Hoop Jam invites the public to hula hoop in Pritchard Park.

Hoops available to borrow. Free.

Info: ashevilledowntown.org.

theAter Asheville creAtive Arts • TH (7/11) through SU (7/14) - Asheville Creative Arts children's theater present A Year with Frog and Toad, a musical based on the children's book.

Held at the Masonic Temple, 80 Broadway St. Thurs.-Sat., 7pm; Sat. & Sun., 2pm. $15/$10 students and seniors. Info: ashevillecreativearts.org. cArl sAndBurG home Located three miles south of Hendersonville off U.S. 25 on Little River Road. Info: 693-4178 or nps.gov/carl.

• WEDNESDAYS through SATURDAYS, 10:15am Apprentice actors from the Flat Rock Playhouse will perform at the park amphitheatre.

Wednesdays and Fridays: The World of Carl Sandburg; Thursdays and Saturdays: Rootabaga!, based on Sandburg's Rootabaga Stories.

Free. eAGle street PlAyWriGhts • TH (7/11), 7:30pm - The Eagle Street Playwrights, an alliance between Apothecary and Black Swan Theater, will present Awake! Awake! Deborah!, "a play set partly in Vincent’s Ear and partly in hell." Held at Apothecary, 39-B S. Market St. Free. Info: facebook.com/ashevilleapothecary. flAt rock PlAyhouse Mainstage: Highway 225, Flat Rock. Downtown location: 125 South Main St., Hendersonville.

Info: flatrockplayhouse.org or 693-0731.

• WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS until (7/14) - The Big Bang, a "frenetic piece of entertainment that is long on shtick and historical hilarity."

Performed at the downtown location. Wed.-Sat., 8pm; Thurs. & Sun., 2pm. $35/$33 seniors and military/$25 students.

• WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS until (8/18) - Les Miserables, the story of "a French peasant of abnormal physical and moral strength and his never-ending quest for redemption." Performed at the Mainstage location. Wed.-Sat., 8pm. Thurs., Sat. & Sun., 2pm. $40 with discounts for seniors, military and students. montford PArk PlAyers Unless otherwise noted, performances are free and take place outdoors Fri.-Sun. at 7:30pm at Hazel Robinson Amphitheater in Montford. Bring folding chair and umbrella. Donations accepted. Info: montfordparkplayers. org or 254-5146.

• FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS (until 7/20) - The Merchant of Venice, "Shakespeare's dramatic comedy of love, friendship, justice and revenge, features some of his best-known idioms." nc stAGe comPAny 15 Stage Lane. Info and tickets: 239-0263 or ncstage.org.

• THURSDAYS through SUNDAYS until (7/21) - I Land, "a choose-your-own-adventure for brainy adults who love film and theater." Thurs.-Sat., 7:30pm; Sun., 2pm. $15-$20.

PArkWAy PlAyhouse 202 Green Mountain Drive, Burnsville. Info: parkwayplayhouse.com or 682-4285.

• THURSDAYS through SATURDAYS until (7/13) - Peter Pan, the story of The Lost Boys who do battle with Captain Hook and his pirate crew. Score

by Leonard Bernstein. Thurs.Sat., 7:30pm. June 30 performance at 5pm. $12-$20. southern APPAlAchiAn rePertory theAtre Performances are held at Mars Hill College's Owen Theatre.

Info: sartplays.org or 689-1239.

• THURSDAYS through SUNDAYS (7/4) until (7/21) Gypsy, a musical loosely based on the 1957 memoirs of the striptease artist Gypsy Rose Lee. See website for times and cost. the mAGnetic theAtre • THURSDAYS through SATURDAYS until (7/20) - The Caro Savanti Experience, the story of a "mercurial and brilliant modern chef whose last res-

taurant closed under disastrous circumstances." Performed at Bebe Theatre, 20 Commerce St. $15/$12 students and seniors.

Info and times: themagnetictheatre.org.

thrivinG children The Success Equation, under the umbrella of Children First/ Communities In Schools, unites the community to reduce the root causes of child poverty.

These calendar listings feature community events and volunteer opportunities to help children thrive in Buncombe County. children first/cis • Children First/CIS seeks volunteers for its learning centers and after school program for elementary school children living in public and low-income housing. Mon.-Thurs., 2:30-5:30pm.

Volunteer for one hour a week and change the life of a local child. Info: childrenfirstbc.org or 768-2072. children first/cis mind the GAP tour • TH (7/18), 3:30pm - The Children First/CIS Mind the Gap Tour will call attention to issues that hinder the success of children and families in poverty.

Donations not requested. Info and registration: AdrienneA@ Childrenfirstbc.org or 259-9717. hAnds on AshevilleBuncomBe Registration required. Youth are welcome on many projects with adult supervision. Info: handsonasheville.org or call 2-1-1.

Visit the website to sign up for a project.

• WE (7/10), 9am-noon - Help sort and pack food at MANNA FoodBank for agencies serving hungry people in 17 WNC counties.

• SA (7/13), 10am-noon Teacher's Pet: Volunteers will create supplemental educational materials to help elementary students improve reading skills.

Make flashcards, games and more. Instruction and materials provided.

Tutors receive training based on Orton-Gillingham and Wilson Reading System, along with ongoing support from professionals. Teachers and school personnel can earn up to six CEUs. Materials provided. Info and orientation: lily@litcouncil.com. motherlove mentor • The YWCA MotherLove program seeks volunteers to provide support and encouragement to teen mothers. A commitment of eight hours per month required.

Info: 254-7206.

PArtners unlimited • Partners Unlimited, a program for at-risk youth ages 10-18, seeks volunteer tutors and website assistance. Info: partnersunlimited@juno.com or 281-2800.

volunteerinG AurorA studio And GAllery • ONGOING - Aurora Studio and Gallery seeks board candidates for "a supportive art studio for those affected by mental illness, homelessness or addiction." Info: lori_aurorastudio@ hotmail.com or aurorastudiogallery.com.

AyusA host fAmilies • ONGOING - Ayusa seeks families interested in hosting exchange students ages 15-18.

Families must pass a background check, provide room and board and a safe, supportive environ-

ment. Info: ayusa.org or 2988873.

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: bbbswnc.org or 253-1470.

• Big Brothers Big Sisters seeks men and women to be a Big to a young person from a singleparent family, age 6-14. Activities are free or low-cost, such as sports, local attractions, etc.

Mentors are also needed for one hour a week in schools and after-school sites in the fall. Info sessions: July 10 and July 25 at noon. hAnds on AshevilleBuncomBe Registration required. Youth are welcome on many projects with adult supervision. Info: handsonasheville.org or call 2-1-1.

Visit the website to sign up for a project.

• SA (7/13), 10am-1pm; TU (7/16), 4-6pm - Fair-Trade StockUp: Assist with unpacking and pricing merchandise for Ten Thousand Villages, a nonprofit, fair-trade retail store that sells handcrafted items made by artisans in more than 30 developing countries.

• WE (7/17), 6-8:30pm - Cookie night invites the public to make cookies for hospice patients at CarePartners' John Keever Solace Center.

literAcy council of BuncomBe county Located at 31 College Place, Building B, Suite 221. Info: litcouncil.com or 254-3442.

• Volunteers are needed to tutor adults in basic literacy skills including reading, writing, math and English as a second language. Tutors provide one-onone or small group instruction in Buncombe County. No prior tutoring experience or foreign language skills required. Tutors will receive 15 hours of training and ongoing support from certified professionals. Orientation: July 17 and 18. Prospective volunteers should attend one orientation. the rAthBun center • The Rathbun Center, a nonprofit corporation that provides free lodging for patients and their caregivers staying in Asheville for medical treatment, seeks volunteers to support and register guests. Weekend shifts: noon3pm, 3-6pm & 6-9pm. Info: rathbuncenter.org or 251-0595. cAlendAr deAdline The deadline for free and paid listings is 5 p.m. WednesdAy, one week prior to publication.

Questions? Call (828)251-1333, ext. 365

literAcy council of BuncomBe county Located at 31 College Place, Building B, Suite 221. Info: litcouncil.com or 254-3442.

• Volunteers are needed to tutor low-income children reading below grade level as part of the Augustine Project program. Tutors provide oneon-one instruction to children in Buncombe County. No prior tutoring experience required.

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Today we will be [touring Asheville/peddling and drinking/getting yelled at by aggrieved motorists all over downtown]. We will be [drinking/spilling] local beer, and also learning a little about the [brewing/ motion sickness] process. It will be a [fun/potentially deadly/ridiculous looking and potentially deadly] way to see Asheville. While this seems like a dangerous concept, it [is]. However, there is [nothing/everything] to worry about. Safety features include [12 drunk tourists clinging to a mobile bar in traffic/a stoned working-class hero who is short on rent and long on self-belief/brakes that have been exhaustively tested on flat surfaces

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• Local resident who doesn’t have very strong opinion on very small matter • An Ingles with store layout like any other existing Ingles

• A plate of food served by friendly waitstaff in less than 30 minutes • Local who has a job in field they studied in college • Child at Splashville who is not straddling water jet with huge smile on face

• New arrival to Asheville walking downtown and not carrying stringed instrument or dressed for 1860s

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report. One detector, shaped as a woman's kissable head, tests breath odor and responds (e.g., "smells like citrus"; "there's an emergency taking place"). The other, resembling a dog, checks a person's feet and can either cuddle up to the subject (no odor) or appear to pass out. perspective • Elementary school teacher Carie Charlesworth was fired recently

by Holy Trinity School near San Diego, Calif. — and the only reason given was that her ex-husband had threatened to kill her. After a January weekend in which Carie was forced to call police three times because of the threats, the husband had shown up the next day in Holy Trinity's parking lot to see her, provoking officials to immediately put the school in lockdown. In a termination letter, officials noted that Charlesworth's students are constantly at risk from the ex-husband, that her restraining order against him is obviously not a deterrent and that they "cannot allow" her to continue her career at the school, according to a report by San Diego's KNSD-TV. Battered-women support groups, of course, were horrified at the school's decision. undignified deaths • r.i.p. Line: The man who claimed the "world record" for traveling the farthest distance on a zip line attached only to his hair was killed in April as he similarly attempted to zip line across the Teesta River in West Bengal, India. He died of a heart attack, and since observers were unclear whether his limpness was part of the performance, he hung lifeless for 45 minutes. He was identified in news reports as a "Guinness Book" record holder, but as with many such claims, the Guinness Book has no such category. X

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In an emergency, where every second counts, the ancient discovery made by Greek mathematician Archimedes still holds true today: The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. But in the winding mountain roads of Western North Carolina, that can be difficult — unless you’re airborne.

The Mountain Area Medical Airlift, known more commonly by its maternal epithet “MAMA,” provides critical-care transport to Mission Hospital for 17 WNC counties and parts of Tennessee, Georgia and South Carolina. With two helicopters in its fleet — one located at Mission Hospital in Asheville and the other at Angel Medical Center in Franklin — MAMA can make approximately 1,000 flights per year. However, the region’s population is on the rise, and that presents a challenge.

“We need some help. We’re not able to take care of everybody that we get calls for. So we’re having to tell people we can’t come because our helicopters are busy taking care of other people,” says MAMA supervisor and flight nurse Johnny grindstaff. “You can imagine what it’s like if you know there’s a child who was hurt on a bicycle, somebody fell off a waterfall, somebody had a heart attack or a stroke ... and you can’t go help them because you’re busy taking care of somebody else.”

Seeing this need in the community, Mission Foundation — the hospital’s nonprofit charity — launched a fundraising campaign in January. The two-year goal is to raise $2 million for adding a third helicopter to the medical unit. And when the supermarket chain BI-LO

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presented $119,000 to the foundation early this month, the dream drew closer to reality.

“We figured it would take a full two years to raise the $2 million, and we’d like to have $1 million in hand by the end of our fiscal year on Sept. 30,” says bruce thorsen, Foundation president. To date, the nonprofit has raised nearly $500,000 dollars to expand MAMA. The funds will also help upgrade the current fleet, including stateof-the-art avionics, technology and safety equipment. The biggest need, Thorsen explains, is to be able to be able to serve the community when the medical team gets a call for MAMA. “We’re missing so many calls [but] not necessarily due to weather. It’s due to the fact

that both aircraft are busy and we’ll get a third call,” he says.

Each helicopter can only transport one person each trip, says Grindstaff, who has been with MAMA for more than 20 years.

“All focus is on one patient at a time. If there’s two, then we either have to send both helicopters or, in some cases, use neighboring helicopter systems,” he states.

Where the helicopters are based is just as important as adding more to the service, Grindstaff explains.

He foresees keeping one MAMA chopper in Franklin, one in Asheville and the third somewhere else in the region. “I can’t tell where the physical base will

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“Once we’ve succeeded in fundraising, then we can start looking for land leases and areas where we can specifically put a hangar and all of our other infrastructure.”

The top three medical emergencies that MAMA currently responds to are trauma, heart attacks and strokes. But Grindstaff explains that the medical team helps in all kinds of situations. He recalls a multiple car pileup that happened near the Asheville Regional Airport, resulting in traffic jams in both lanes. Moving a vehicle out or in wasn’t really an option, says the flight nurse.

“They could have been an hour away and they were just right there in Buncombe County.

Imagine that same wreck out in Cherokee, out in Boone, or out in Watauga. But if we’re going 150 miles per hour, we can turn that flight to Cherokee into a 35[or] 40-minute flight. When every second counts, [MAMA’s] main claim to fame is speed.”

Thorsen explains, “Anyone who has lived in WNC or visited here understands that to get from one place to another, it’s not a straight line. So if you’re injured hiking or you have a heart attack and you’re deep in the mountains somewhere, [getting] you to a health-care facility that can give you the highest level of care you need is critical.

But a helicopter flies in a straight line.”

That can make all the difference.

“If you close your eyes and you picture in your mind that person that means the most to you, whether it’s your husband, significant other, mom or dad — if you got a phone call in the next 10 minutes that they had fallen or gotten hurt ... think about how that would make you feel. That’s the person we take care of every time we go out,” he says. Adding an extra helicopter gives “us the ability to reach the people who are currently calling us and we can’t take care of — and help some more folks in areas that are right on the fringe or the edge of where we currently serve.” X

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YOgA TEAChER TRAININg • OPEN hOUSE • FREE (pd.) Saturday, July 13, 11am-12pm. Transform your life and Inspire others. Meet the Faculty.

Greet the community. Eat Cookies. 230 hour Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training, $1995. One weekend a month for 5 months. August 2December 22. • RSVP online at Goyogainc.com or call (828) 335-YOGA for more information.

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Good yoGA for A BAd BAck (pd.) Sunday, July 14, 1pm-3pm. $30. Join JP McClellan and Dr. Lillian Thomas, DCM for an in-depth look at the back. • We'll focus on the structural alignment of the spine and how to use yoga postures and breathing techniques to relieve chronic injuries. • RSVP online at Goyogainc.com or call (828) 335-YOGA for more information.

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sAcred sound Journey And yoGA clAss With Jeremy Arndt (pd.) Sunday, July 14, 4pm-7pm. $30. Experience Sound Journeys, an evening of Sacred Music and Yoga. 75 minute all levels Yoga practice with live music, frequency/harmony Meditation and a yoga Nidra style Sound Journey experience.

Space is limited and advance registration is required. RSVP online at Goyogainc.com or call (828) 335-YOGA for more information.

SUMMER OPEN hOUSE • ThIS SATURDAY! (pd.) July 13, 1-4 pm at Daoist Traditions College Acupuncture Clinic. 222 S. French Broad Avenue. • Pulse Diagnosis • Ear Acupuncture • Chinese Herbal Tea • Qi Gong • Seasonal Health Tips. All services Free and open to the public.

For more information: (828) 253-8669 or www. daoisttraditions.edu Acu-nA Wellness center 45 Commerce Drive, Hendersonville. Proceeds benefit The Evolving Temple. Info: 692-2440.

• THURSDAYS, 7-8:30pm - "Mastering Awareness" will focus on removing blocks and releasing negative conditioning. Free.

Registration requested.

• SATURDAYS, 4-6pm - "Nurturing the Nurturer" invites caregivers to discuss their professional and personal lives at this weekly group. Free.

• TUESDAYS, 7-8:30pm - "Defunktify Your Life" will focus on stopping and transforming stress.

Free. Registration requested.

Adult heAlth And memory screeninG • SA (7/13), noon-4pm - MemoryCare and Asheville Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts Department will offer adult health and memory screening, including blood pressure, blood sugar and memory checks. Held at Stephens-Lee Center, 30 George Washington Carver St. Free.

Info: 712-6094.

AriAdne theAter ProJect • WEDNESDAYS through (7/31), 6-8pm - The Ariadne Theater Project offers workshops for those dealing with mental health issues in UNCA's New Hall, Room 103. Free. Info: namiwnc.org or namiwnc@yahoo.com.

AshtAnGA yoGA • TUESDAYS 5:30-7pm; FRIDAYS, noon-1:30pm; SUNDAYS 9-10:30am - Apothecary, 39 S. Market St., hosts Ashtanga yoga. Tuesdays: led primary series. Fridays: led primary/intermediate series.

Sundays: Mysore practice. All levels welcome. $5-$15 sliding scale. Info: facebook.com/ashevilleapothecary.

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• TU (7/16), 5:30pm - Panelists from T.H.E. Center for Disordered Eating's Speakers' Bureau will host a Q&A about eating disorders, treatment and recovery at the Woodfin YMCA, 40 N. Merrimon Ave. Free. Info: thecenternc@gmail. com or thecenternc.weebly.com.

• SA (7/14), 8am-3pm - A health expo will include cholesterol, glucose, microscopy and bone density tests, as well as healthy food samples, demonstrations and a lecture on lifestyle approaches to diabetes. Held at Mills River Seventh-Day Adventist Church, 2142 Jeffress Road. Free. Info: millsriveradventist.org. livinG heAlthy With diABetes • WEDNESDAYS through (8/14), 5-7:30pm - Find balance with diabetes through this six-week selfmanagement workshop. Open to people with diabetes and their caregivers. $30 suggested donation for series. Held at the Woodfin YMCA, 40 N. Merrimon Ave., Suite 101. Registration required: 251-7438. oPPortunity house Blood tests • WEDNESDAYS, 8:30-10am - Opportunity House will offer blood profile laboratory testing at 1411 Asheville Highway, Hendersonville. $25.

No appointment required. Info: opportunityhouse.org or 692-0575. red cross Blood drives 100 Edgewood Road. Info: redcrosswnc.org or 258-3888. Appointment and ID required for blood drives.

• MO (7/15), 1-5:30pm - Blood drive: New Hope Community Church, 105 Whitson Ave., Swannanoa. Info: 989-3187.

• TH (7/18), 10:30-4pm - Blood drive: Black Mountain Fire Department, 106 Montreat Road.

Info: 1-800-733-2767. --- 2-6:30pm - Blood drive: Ridgecrest Conference Center, 1 Ridgecrest Drive, Black Mountain. Info: 669-3592. yoGA for every Body • MONDAYS & THURSDAYS, 6pm - Burton Street Community Center, 134 Burton St., hosts yoga with an emphasis on the connection between breath and bodies for back care, core strength and opening hips and chests. Free.

Info: sialiablue@gmail.com. yoGA for veterAns • MONDAYS, 7-8pm - A yoga class for veterans of all levels and their families will be offered at Asheville Yoga Donation Studio, 239 S. Liberty St. Free. Info: youryoga.com or 254-0380. yoGA for veterAns • TUESDAYS, 4:30pm - A beginner class for veterans, appropriate for most fitness levels, is held weekly in the Charles George VA Medical Center cafeteria, 1100 Tunnel Road. Bring mat if possible. Free. Info: kirklandyoga@charter.net.

ZumBA • SATURDAYS, 9:30am - Toy Boat Community Arts Space, 101 Fairview Road, hosts weekly Zumba classes. $6. Info: kathy.bonyun@gmail. com or toyboatcommunityartspace.com.

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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: adultchildren.org.

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

• FRIDAYS, 7pm - "Inner Child" study group.

Grace Episcopal Church, 871 Merrimon Ave. Info: 989-8075.

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

• MONDAYS, 7pm - "Generations," First Congregational UCC, 20 Oak St. Info: 474-5120.

Al Anon meetinG • FRIDAYS, 8pm - The Lambda (LGBT) group of Al-Anon, a gay-friendly support group for families and friends of alcoholics, holds weekly candlelight meetings at All Souls Cathedral, 9 Swan St. Info: trackerm1001@yahoo.com.

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: wnc-alanon.org or 800-286-1326.

• 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, 337 Charlotte St. --- noon - "Courage to Change," Bess Sprinkle Memorial Library, Weaverville. cAreGiver suPPort GrouP • 3rd MONDAYS, 5-6:30pm - Caring for Aging Parents Education and Support (CAPES) meets monthly at Mission Hospital’s Loretta Hall, Conference Room 6, located behind the St. Joseph Hospital Building. CAPES serves anyone caring for or concerned about an aging parent or adult. Free. Info: 277-8288 or 213-4542. 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: 989-1555. co-dePendents Anonymous A fellowship of men and women whose common purpose is to develop healthy relationships.

• WEDNESDAYS, 7pm & SATURDAYS, 11am First Congregational UCC, 20 Oak St. (use back entrance). Info: 424-6594 or 398-8937. deBtors Anonymous • MONDAYS, 7pm - Debtors Anonymous meets at First Congregational UCC, 20 Oak St., Room 101. Info: debtorsanonymous.org. dePression And BiPolAr suPPort AlliAnce: mAGnetic minds • WEDNESDAYS, 7-9pm - Magnetic Minds offers self-help through weekly, peer-facilitated support meetings offering acceptance, info and techniques to manage challenges. Meets at 1316-C Parkwood Road, across from the West Asheville BB&T. Free. Info: MagneticMinds.weebly.com or 367-7660.

eAtinG disorders Adult suPPort GrouP • WEDNESDAYS, 7pm - THE Center for Disordered Eating, 297 Haywood St., provides free weekly support groups for adults recovering from an eating disorder. Facilitated by licensed professionals. Drop-ins welcome. Info: thecenternc.org or 337-4685. fAmily hoPe line • TUESDAYS, 2-5pm & THURSDAYS, 8-11pm "Compassionate listening, encouragement and help finding recovery resources for individuals and families experiencing mental health challenges and/or emotional distress." (855) 4467348. Free. Info: motherbearcan.org. fAmily mentAl heAlth suPPort • WEDNESDAYS, 6:30pm - Mother Bear Family Dens are free recovery education and support meetings open to individuals, families, friends and care providers working with mental health challenges. Held at All Souls Counseling, 35 Arlington St. Info: motherbearcan.org.

GrAsP: Asheville Autism suPPort GrouP • 2nd SATURDAYS, 3-5pm - "Join other adult Aspies at GRASP - Asheville Global and Regional Aspergers Syndrome Partnership." Held at Firestorm Cafe and Books, 48 Commerce St. Must be 18 years or older and on the autism spectrum. Free. Info: GRASP.org or meetup. com/graspasheville. hiv/Aids suPPort GrouP • 1st & 3rd TUESDAYS, 6pm - Western North Carolina AIDS Project (WNCAP) hosts a free, confidential HIV/AIDS support group led by a trained facilitator. Info and location: 252-7489, ext. 328; thomas.buffkin@gmail.com; 252-7489; or wncap.org. memory cAfe • 1st MONDAYS, 1-3pm; 1st WEDNESDAYS, 2-4pm; 3rd SATURDAYS, 1-3pm; 3rd THURSDAYS, 2-4pm - Memory Cafe is an opportunity for those living with the challenges of dementia to gather and socialize. Free. Info and locations: shendrix@mountainprojects.org, Asstminister@uuasheville.org, LBrown@FBCA. net or bettyrobbins@morrisbb.net. ms suPPort GrouP • 2nd THURSDAYS, 4pm - This group for individuals newly diagnosed with multiple sclerosis provides information and support for the day-to-day concerns of living with MS. Meets at Asheville Neurology Specialists, 31 Dogwood Road. Info: MScommunityWNC@gmail.com. nAmi suPPort GrouPs The National Alliance on Mental Illness offers three types of groups to support people living with mental health issues and their families, friends and loved ones. Free. Info: namiwnc.org or 505-7353.

• 2nd & 4th WEDNESDAYS, 6pm - Dual Diagnosis Support Group. For individuals with MH/SA diagnoses. 3 Thurland Ave., off Biltmore Avenue.

• 1st SATURDAYS, 10am; 2nd & 4th MONDAYS, 11am; 3rd TUESDAYS, 6pm - Connection group for people with mental health issues. 356 Biltmore Ave., Suite 207.

• 1st SATURDAYS, 10am; 3rd TUESDAYS, 6pm - Family/Caregiver group for people supporting someone experiencing a mental health issue.

356 Biltmore Ave., Suite 315.

Nar-aNoN Nar-Anon provides support to relatives and friends concerned about the addiction or drug problem of a loved one.

• TUESDAYS, 7pm - West Asheville Presbyterian Church, 690 Haywood Road; enter through back door. Info: robinplemmons@gmail.com.

• WEDNESDAYS, 12:30pm - First United Methodist Chuch, 204 Sixth Ave. W., Hendersonville. Enter through side parking lot.

Info: 891-8050.

New MoMs support Group • THURSDAYS, 6pm - A group for new mothers (children through 5 years) who suffer from depression will focus on meeting parenting challenges while caring for self and offer solutions in a safe, healthy environment with professional support. Info and location: newmomsgroup@yahoo.com. overeaters aNoNyMous A fellowship of individuals who are recovering from compulsive overeating. A 12-step program.

• THURSDAYS, noon - Asheville: Biltmore United Methodist Church, 376 Hendersonville Road. Info: 277-1975.

• SATURDAYS, 9:30am - Black Mountain: 424 W. State St. Open relapse and recovery meeting. Info: 686-8131.

• MONDAYS, 6:30pm - Hendersonville: Balfour United Methodist Church, 2567 Asheville Highway. Info: 697-5437.

• MONDAYS, 6pm - Asheville: First Congregational UCC, 20 Oak St. Info: 2524828.

• TUESDAYS, 10:30am-noon - Asheville: Grace Episcopal Church, 871 Merrimon Ave. at Ottari. Info: (609) 731-0808. recovery FroM Food addictioN • MONDAYS, noon & FRIDAYS, 7pm - A 10-step support group for those suffering

from food addition meets at Biltmore United Methodist Church, 376 Hendersonville Road, second floor. Info: scmunchkin59@yahoo.com. shaMbhala MeditatioN ceNter • TUESDAYS, 6-7pm - Heart of Recovery meetings integrate Buddhist meditation with 12-step recovery programs. New and experienced meditators welcome. Meetings are anonymous. Held at 19 Westwood Place. Info: asheville.shambhala.org. sMart recovery • THURSDAYS, 6pm - This peer support group is dedicated to helping individuals gain independence from all types of addictive behavior (drugs, alcohol, gambling, sex, etc.). Meets at Grace Episcopal Church, 871 Merrimon Ave. Info: smartrecoveryavl@gmail.com or 4070460. traNs-positive support • 2nd & LAST THURSDAYS - TransHealth Coordinators offers peer support for transgender people with HIV at WNCAP, 554 Fairview Road. 2nd Thursday support group, 1pm; Last Thursday "Lunch and Learn," noon. Info: transhealthcoordinators.org or wncap.org. wNc braiN tuMor support • 3rd THURSDAYS, 6:30-8pm - WNC Brain Tumor Support meets at MAHEC, 121 Hendersonville Road. Info: wncbraintumor.org or 691-2559.

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Be it a folk artist in search of an art festival or a state fair in search of a fried Snickers-bar vendor, FestivalNet.com has it covered.

The Asheville-based website has the largest database of craft shows, fairs and music and art festivals in the United States and Canada, featuring 25,000 events.

The site works by connecting festival promoters with professional vendors and artists who want to sell their wares, as well as performers who want to be featured acts.

“I wasn’t a tech geek, but I was an entrepreneur and I recognized the opportunity,” says kurt irmiter.

He and his wife, connie morris, cofounded Festival Network Online in 1996. At the time, the website was just a way for members to download a PDF version of the quarterly publication the couple had started printing two years prior.

Irmiter says he first started by messing around with a bulletin board system (BBS), a rudimentary precursor to the Internet, which allowed users with a dial-up modem to tap into a local server and download information. “It was hugely cumbersome and not at all userfriendly,” he recalls. “But that was my first attempt to distribute the information electronically.”

The idea for the website service came to Irmiter and Morris while they were working as concession vendors, including several years serving the Lake Eden Arts Festival.

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circuit, they saw the need for a centralized and organized way for festivals to coordinate with potential sellers.

“It was in ‘01 — after many hours teaching myself how to program an online database — that we had live online data where the festivals could come in and update their information, and [pro-level] members … could view that information,” Irmiter explains. “That was very novel in this market at that time, because everything was printed guides.”

Morris says she worked nonstop out of their basement to cultivate an event list that grew from 2,000 in the mid-1990s to more than 10,000 by the time they launched the fully functional online database in 2001. In fact, the couple was so confident of the Internet’s growing popularity that they discontinued the printed guide altogether that same year.

Julie cochrane, Festival’s marketing director, says the website has a current membership of 150,000 — that includes festival promoters, vendors and festival attendees — and the site attracts about 750,000 unique visitors monthly.

According to Cochrane, promoters can list their events for free, though they can also purchase

memberships for an annual cost of $49 to $89, which adds access to promoter contact info, fees and other information, such as deadlines, attendance, music genres and performer’s pay.

Since its humble beginnings, Festival has grown, now employing eight people, mostly locals, and most of whom have been with the company for years. Two years ago, Morris and Irmiter decided to ditch the office they’d rented for about a decade and go virtual. Morris says the switch allows her employees the flexibility to work from home and rarely worry about calling in sick.

“It was a big change,” says Cochrane. “But we get together every December for our annual holiday party, and it is the best party. It is sort of like our reunion.”

Asked how the company gives back to the community, Morris mentions Festival’s Giving Tree program: Each month, an employee picks a charity for a donation equal to 1 percent of the site’s monthly revenue.

Morris also divides her time to run a rescue site for lost dogs and cats — lostpetswnc.org, a service that her husband built as a birthday present.

The company has been growing at 10 percent a year, says Morris. On the horizon, the couple may develop a mobile app. Irmiter says he’s particularly interested in developing apps

catered to individual festivals, so attendees could use their phones as a navigation tool as opposed to having to rely on an event map.

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County. Plus, they financed the project with a loan from local credit union Self-Help/Carolina Mountains Credit Union (CMCU) — a loan that was funded with money from the credit union’s Go Local Certificate of Deposit.

It all started when the Buchanans noticed that the building was being foreclosed, says Curtis. It “was a bit of an eyesore downtown,” he says, “but it’s one of the few historical buildings left in the county.

We thought the building had real potential as a small-business location, it just needed to be redone.”

With that in mind, the Buchanans applied for a loan with Carolina Mountains Credit Union/Self-Help

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For Rosman business owners Curtis and Leah Buchanan, it’s all about helping their local community. When the couple decided to move their graphic-design business, Dabbler Graphics, out of their home and into a new space, they chose to renovate a dilapidated building in downtown Rosman, located south of Asheville, in Transylvania

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so they could purchase and renovate the building for their inhome graphics business.

“We were running Dabbler Graphics out of our basement at the time, and we decided to clean up the property — not only to move our business there, but also to better the community,” says Curtis.

Soon after getting the loan, the Buchanans began renovations that transformed the historic building into a downtown gem.

“We’ve gotten so many compliments on our progress,” Curtis explains. After moving Dabbler Graphics downtown, the couple took out another loan from Carolina Mountains for additional equipment, because business was quickly picking up.

“People would leave us notes asking for business before we had even finished with the building,” he says. Curtis and Leah now work fulltime at Dabbler Graphics, wrapping vehicles and making signs, T-shirts and banners. He jokes, “We have enough business now to work eight days a week.”

Dabbler Graphics isn’t the only venture that thrives in the newly renovated space.

The Buchanans rent space to two local businesses: Shotgun Gypsies — an upscale antique store — and Wally’s Auction — a small auction that operates every Thursday night, where locals can bid for a variety of oddities, from classic antiques to high-grade power tools.

But the impact of the project has extended beyond this historic building. “It has spurred a lot of revitalization in the downtown,” says Curtis. The town has demolished several dilapidated houses near the building and beautified downtown Rosman, an area fre-

quented by students from the elementary and high schools that are nearby. The high school even held a Clean Rosman Day, in which students participated in cleanup projects and painted a mural on the side of the historic building.

Jane Hatley, WNC Regional Director for Self-Help and a former commercial loan officer, praises the local impact of the renovation and Dabbler Graphics’ move.

“Projects like this are exactly why we created the Go Local CD,” she says. “When people invest their money locally with us, we can turn around and put those funds right back into projects and businesses that benefit their community.”

CMCU/Self-Help began offering its Go Local CD in April this year, through a partnership with Asheville Grown. Since then, the credit union has accepted nearly $750,000 in Go Local deposits.

That money is available throughout the region for local small business loans, home mortgages and more, .

The Buchanans agree with the philosophy behind the Go Local CD. As Curtis notes, “We’ve done all of our banking through Carolina Mountains Credit Union and moved our insurance to the local insurance agency; we try to stay local as much as possible.”

Through deposits in Go Local CDs, Self-Help/CMCU is able to make small business loans to people like the Buchanans, who work to create economic opportunity in their community and inspire others to do the same. To learn how you can invest your money in the local economy by purchasing a “Go Local” CD, call 676-2196, visit the nearest Carolina Mountains Credit Union Branch, go to self-help.org or look for Self-Help Credit Union on Facebook. X

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BY anna RaddatZ Development and communications coordinator at Mountain BizWorks, which helps small businesses start, grow and create jobs through loans, classes and coaching. For more information, call 253-2834 or visit mountainbizworks.org.

Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) Federal Co-Chair Earl F. Gohl has announced the creation of Appalachian Community Capital (ACC), a new central bank for development lenders that will increase the availability of capital to small businesses in the organization’s 13-state area. Gohl made the announcement at the Clinton Global Initiative’s America conference with Ray moncrief, ACC board chair and other officials. The Initiative considers the ACC initiative vital to economic development efforts in Appalachia.

Shaw canale, CEO of Mountain BizWorks, serves on the ACC board.

“Mountain BizWorks’ participation in the founding and oversight of this initiative translates into a greater ability to make more loans to small business in the Western North Carolina counties we work in,” she said.

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For growing businesses in Appalachia, finding capital is even more difficult, as a number of factors have limited the sources of available capital. According to recent studies, Appalachian small businesses receive only 82 percent of the loans of their comparable counterparts nationally, while businesses in Appalachia’s economically distressed counties receive less than 60 percent.

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Gohl underscored the innovative nature of this initiative, saying, “It is better do things together than individually on our own.”

Moncrief added that the community development financial institutions that practice in Appalachia are grateful to Gohl and ARC for their leadership in forming Appalachian Community Capital: “This will be a very valuable source of capital for Appalachian businesses that struggle to access funding,” he said. X

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Info and schedule: 298-9023. mountAin BiZWorks WorkshoPs 153 S. Lexington Ave. Info: 253-2834 or mountainbizworks.org.

• MONDAYS, noon & WEDNESDAYS, 4:30pm - An informational meeting about Mountain BizWorks' programs will help businesses make the first step toward accessing the organization's services. Free. Info and registration: victor@mountainbizworks.org or 2532834. tech After five • 3rd TUESDAYS, 5:30-7:30pm - Tech After Five is a networking-focused event for tech professionals and entrepreneurs looking to advance their businesses and careers. Held at Hickory Tavern, 30 Town Square Blvd. Free.

Info: TechAfterFive.com. more Business events online Check out the Business Calendar online at www.mountainx.com/events for info on events happening after July 18. cAlendAr deAdline The deadline for free and paid listings is 5 p.m. WednesdAy, one week prior to publication.

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Renovations and other changes chai pani has expanded its dinner hours to 9:30 p.m. on weeknights and Sundays. thai basiL, 1 Page Ave., has closed, and will reopen as thai tara.

next week Coming up next week, we’ll have a look at Cherokee Journey, a new website that aims to paint a fuller picture of the Cherokee people and its history. As part of our ongoing local tech series, we’ll also feature TopFloorStudio, the Web design company that helped build the site.

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Beaverdam goes big If you’ve always wanted to lend a hand in a community garden, but aren’t quite ready to make a weekly commitment, stop by the Beaverdam Community Garden at the YMCA on Saturday, July 13, for a hands-on kind of festival.

Check out the garden’s raised beds and edible forest garden while soaking up the bounty of early summer. Everyone is invited to pick up a trowel to plant herbs, propagate plants, mulch pathways and prepare beds for fall.

If the weather cooperates, many vegetables will be ready to harvest, including beans, summer squash, tomatoes and flowers. Chickens will strut their stuff as community members help the garden reach its summer peak. Attendees can take the magic home with a seed swap and plant-dividing opportunities.

Garden coordinator Justin Holt has big plans for the festival. “I hope to get more people connected to the garden and to develop relationships with people and organizations in the community.” He encourages the public to “enjoy just being in the garden” while drinking herbal tea and meeting other garden-lovers.

The festival will be held Saturday, July 13, from 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at 201 Beaverdam Road. Info: jholt@ ymcawnc.org.

Divas of the garden Some plants are sweet and accommodating; some aren’t. Once a field of wildflowers is established, it practically grows itself; and daylilies can make any highway shoulder their home. But the garden world is also populated by tricky, demanding flow-

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ers that require special accommodations and lots of encouragement.

Buncombe County Extension Master Gardeners will lead a class on garden divas that “delight us with their beauty and then confound us with their tempers.” Camellias, daphnes and roses are just a few of the vainest flowers that demand more than gentle watering and a little fertilizer to thrive.

Camellias like moisture, but revolt in wet conditions. Daphne shrubs are poisonous and require garden gloves whenever they are touched by humans hands. And who could forget the fickle rose? Learn to master these Southern belles, and discover the best ways to choose, plant and grow these finicky lovelies.

The class will be held on Wednesday, July 17, at 10 a.m.

Extension Master Gardener Judy Deutsch will lead the program at the EMG office, 94 Coxe Ave. Free. Info and registration: Joyce.Plemmons@ buncombecounty.org or 255-5522.

Creating a butterfly wonderland Butterflies do more than delight us with their beauty.

They also play a key role in pollination. And much like bees, butterflies face many modern threats, including loss of habitat and pesticides.

Reems Creek Nursery in Weaverville will host a class on establishing butterfly-friendly habitats as a way to engage the entire family in the natural world. The nursery encourages the public to “help out mother nature by inviting butterflies and other useful pollinators to feast in your yard.”

The class will be held on Saturday, July 13, at 10 a.m. at Reems Creek Nursery, 70 Monticello Road, Weaverville.

Free. Registration requested.

Info: reemscreek.com or 645-3937.

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stone lAndscAPinG WorkshoP (pd.) stone landscaping Workshop One-day workshop in building a drystone sidewalk and steps. Workshop led by certified drystone mason Joe Dinwiddie. Instruction will cover history, drystone building methods, tools and hands-on building of a sidewalk and steps. August 10, 2013 9am-5pm, rain or shine. Location Swannanoa, NC. Cost $75 (optional catered lunch: $6).

To Register, call (828) 318-4333. www. drystonejoe.com Butterfly GArdeninG & creAtinG PollinAtor-friendly hABitAts (pd.) Saturday, July 13 at 10 a.m. Learn how to create a beautiful butterfly/ pollinator-friendly habitat that will provide enjoyment for your whole family.

Join us at Reems Creek Nursery, 70 Monticello Road, Weaverville, NC, www. reemscreek.com. Free, but please preregister by calling 828-645-3937.

BAmBoo WAlkinG tour • 2nd & 4th SUNDAYS, 1:30-3pm - Haiku Bamboo Nursery and Farm, 468 Rhodes Mountain Road, Hendersonville, will host a bamboo walking tour featuring 23 different species. Wear walking shoes. $20. Info: oshimabambooschool.com or 685-3053.

BuncomBe county extension mAster GArdeners Programs are held at 94 Coxe Ave. unless otherwise noted. Info: 255-5522.

• MONDAYS through THURSDAYS, 9:30am-3:30pm; FRIDAYS, 9:30am12:30pm - The Master Gardener Hotline will accept gardening questions via phone and in-person. Info: 255-5522 or buncombemastergardener.org.

• THURSDAYS (7/11) through (7/25), 9:30-11:30am - The public is invited to plant a row in MANNA FoodBank's demonstration garden. Held at 627 Swannanoa River Road. Free.

• 2nd & 4th SATURDAYS, 11am-2pm Compost demonstrations will focus on establishing compost piles and bins for home gardens. Held outside Jesse Israel Garden Center, 570 Brevard Road. Free.

• WE (7/17), 10am - A lecture on "Garden Divas: Camellias, Daphnes and Roses" will be presented by master gardener Judy Deutsch. Free; Registration requested.

• TH (7/18), 10am-noon - A class on floral design will highlight entries from previous Mountain State Fair flower shows and demonstrate basic design techniques for entering this year's show.

Bring fresh flowers, a container and cutting tools. Free. Registration required. community GArden festivAl • SA (7/13), 10am-12:30pm - A community garden festival will include garden projects, vegetable harvesting, seed sharing and tours. Held at YMCA Youth

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Free; donations accepted. Childcare available with registration. Info: jholt@ymcawnc. org. hAyWood county PlAnt clinic • MONDAYS through FRIDAYS, 9amnoon & 1-4pm - Haywood County Master Gardeners will host a plant clinic at 589 Raccoon Road, Suite 118, Waynesville.

Questions about lawns, vegetables, flowers and trees will be answered. Info: 456-3575. hiGhlAnds BioloGicAl stAtion Botanical garden: 265 N. Sixth St., Highlands. Nature center: 930 Horse Cove Road, Highlands. Free. Info: highlandsbiological.org or 526-0188.

• MONDAYS through (8/26), 10:30am Tours of the botanical garden will depart from the nature center amphitheater. ikenoBo ikeBAnA society The Blue Ridge Chapter of Ikenobo Ikebana Society (Japanese flower arranging) meets at First Congregational Church of Hendersonville, 1735 Fifth Ave. W. Info: blueridgeikebana.com or 696-4103.

• TH (7/18), 10am - The Ikenobo Ikebana Society will host a meeting and demonstration on designing with large leaves. Guests are welcome to observe. n.c. ArBoretum Located at 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way. 9am-5pm daily. Info: ncarboretum.org or 665-2492.

• SATURDAYS, 1pm - Interpretive guides will lead small groups through woodland trails and a variety of forest types. Topics include wildflowers, plant identification, natural history and land use. Free with $8 parking fee; donations encouraged.

• SA (7/13), 9am-5pm & SU (7/14), 10am4pm - The Bamboo Festival will feature workshops, art installations, demonstrations and lectures. Sponsored by the American Bamboo Society’s Southeastern chapter. $8 parking fee/free for members.

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WednesdAys • 8am-noon - haywood historic farmers market, 250 Pigeon St., Waynesville.

• 8am-noon - Waynesville tailgate market, 171 Legion Drive.

• 1-5pm - Asheville city market south, Biltmore Park Town Square, Town Square Blvd.

• 2-5pm - spruce Pine farmers market, 297 Oak Ave. • 2-6pm - french Broad food co-op, 90 Biltmore Ave. • 2-6pm - montford farmers market, 36 Montford Ave. • 2:30-6:30pm - Weaverville tailgate market, 60 Lakeshore Drive.

• 3-6pm - opportunity house, 1411 Asheville Highway, Hendersonville.

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• 3-6pm - flat rock tailgate market, 2720 Greenville Highway.

• 8:30am-12:30pm - yancey county farmers market, U.S. 19 East at S. Main Street, Burnsville.

• 3:30-6:30pm - oakley farmers market, 607 Fairview Road.

• 9am-noon - Black mountain tailgate market , 130 Montreat Road.

• 4-6:30pm - tryon tailgate market, McCowan St.

• 9am-noon - Jackson county farmers market, 76 Railroad Ave., Sylva.

• 4-6pm - Blowing rock farmers market, 132 Park Ave.

• 9am-noon - historic marion tailgate market, West Henderson and Logan Streets.

• 4-8pm - evening harvest farmers market, Hayesville town square. no market July 11.

fridAys • 3-6pm - east Asheville tailgate market, 945 Tunnel Road.

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• 8am-noon - north Asheville tailgate market, UNCA commuter lot C. • 8am-noon - haywood historic farmers market, 250 Pigeon St., Waynesville.

• 8am-noon - mills river farmers market, 5046 Boylston Highway.

• 8am-noon - Waynesville tailgate market, 171 Legion Drive.

• 8am-1pm - Asheville city market, 161 South Charlotte St.

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• 9am-2pm - leicester farmers market, 338 Leicester Highway.

• 3-6pm - opportunity house, 1411 Asheville Highway, Hendersonville.

• 6am-noon - caldwell county farmers market, 120 Hospital Ave., N.E., Lenoir.

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• 9am-1pm - madison county farmers and Artisans market, Mars Hill College, Highway 213 and Part Street.

• SU (7/14), 9am-1pm - historic 7th Avenue district’s farmers market, 7th Ave. held July 14 and sept. 1.

tuesdAys • 8am-2pm - henderson county curb market, 221 N. Church St., Hendersonville.

• 3-6pm - historic marion tailgate market, West Henderson and Logan Streets.

• 3:30-6:30pm - West Asheville tailgate market, 718 Haywood Road.

• 8am-2pm - henderson county curb market, 221 N. Church St., Hendersonville.

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Lobster for less The Lobster Club offers deep deals and parking lot mystique

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One Friday a month, Michael Scharf waits in his car in the parking lot of Innsbruck Mall, ready to open his trunk for a select group of customers and show them the goods inside.

He's not selling anything illicit, nor is he peddling rugs. He's the organizer of The Lobster Club, and he's undercutting the nearby Ingles by about $6 a pound.

Scharf, slightly hunched and wearing self-tinting glasses, brandishes two live lobsters as he speaks. “I guess you'd call me sort of an entrepreneur,” he says.

“Multitasker, they call me.”

The Lobster Club is something of a crustacean-focused cooperative. To sign up, just get in touch with Scharf. There are no membership fees. On the last Monday and Tuesday of the month, place orders for pickup on Friday.

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to other weights if demand is high enough, he explains. As The Lobster Club grows, he could sell more products, including lobster tails.

The Lobster Club isn't Scharf's first foray into seafood, although it is the most stripped down. He owned a wholesale seafood business in Pomona, N.Y., in the '70s.

Many years later, when he moved to Asheville to retire, a lobster case in the grocery store brought him back to his time in seafood. “There had to be a market between what they're selling them for and what I could get them for, so I called my people,” he says.

In 2004, he launched Lobstermania, which served hotels and restaurants. But Scharf, being

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retired, soon realized he wanted out of the fast-paced restaurant game. “I really wanted to deal just with the individuals,” he says. “I'm not looking to make a living from this. I'm just doing it to keep busy.”

Thus, the Lobster Club. In June, Scharf delivered a couple of dozen live American lobsters to his customers for $12 a pound — about $6 or $7 lower than grocery store prices, Xpress confirmed.

The lobsters are captured in the Gulf of Maine and, farther north, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Scharf calls in his order and picks up the catch after it’s trucked south.

Customers bring their own coolers and bags to transport the live lobsters from the pickup spot.

As for cooking, Scharf can provide recommendations, but he prefers simplicity. “If you want the true taste of lobster, just steam them,” he says “They're easy to steam.”

A 1 1/14-pound lobster steams for 12 to 13 minutes, he says.

For more information about The Lobster Club, visit thelobsterclubwnc.com or call Scharf at 696-6555. X

Crustacean location Where lobsters come from and which ones to eat

There’s no such thing as a local lobster, for a few reasons. The prominent lack of ocean in WNC is one of them. Also, lobsters become carnivorous in captivity, so they can’t be farm-raised.

Lobster lovers have some options for sourcing. When most people think about lobster, they’re thinking of American lobsters — also called Maine lobsters. Not all of these crustaceans are actually from Maine, since lobsters tend to move around and disregard international borders.

Maine lobsters inhabit the waters from Newfoundland, Canada, to Cape Hatteras, N.C., according to the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch, a California-based organization that promotes sustainable seafood.

However, Seafood Watch suggests avoiding lobster from the Southern New England fishery since the lobster population is in decline in that area. Lobsters from the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank fisheries are listed as “good alternatives.”

Spiny lobsters, which lack claws, come from the Bahamas, Florida, Baja California and Mexico. They also live in the waters off Brazil, but Seafood Watch suggests avoiding spiny lobsters from that region due to overfishing and other suspect practices. Otherwise, the organization lists spiny lobster as the “best choice” of all the species considered in terms of sustainability.

For more information about Seafood Watch, visit avl.mx/v1 or stop by The Market Place restaurant in downtown Asheville to pick up a pocket guide.

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You’ve probably seen the billboards, the ones that say “You just blew $10,000.�

They’re anti-DUI adverts, and the idea is that by the time you pay legal fees and fines, you’ll have dropped 10 grand.

Sadly, many of Asheville’s breweries are on the periphery, and if you don’t have a designated driver, you’ll need to pay cab fare if you have onetoo-many local beers — or face the dollar signs, and dangers.

But now, there’s a solution to this problem, at least on Saturdays, anyway.

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service with a smiLe ‌ and popcorn: The Hop and Go buses can transport 30 people per trip to five different breweries.

bus transports beer enthusiasts to Pisgah, Highland, French Broad, Altamont and Wedge. The new service, which is set to launch Saturday, July 13, is a project of Asheville Brews Cruise, a guided tour company that takes visitors to several breweries for about $50. “We get lots of calls, especially in the summertime, of people who don’t necessarily want tours, but they want to get to the out-of-town breweries,� says Shawna Hart, general manager of Asheville Brews Cruise.

The Hop and Go is a strippeddown version of the group’s offerings. “The shuttle service is just a ride to the breweries,� Hart says. “It’s basically a bus route that just goes to the breweries.�

Pickup begins at 1:30 p.m. at the Vance Memorial downtown. The buses return an hour later and continue to take people out until 7:30. (Last call to leave the brewer-

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ies is about 8:30 p.m.) One bus goes east to Pisgah and Highland. The other goes west to Altamont, Wedge and French Broad.

Rides cost $5 from one stop to another, although the routes don’t necessarily begin downtown. Get on the 30-seat school bus (equipped with a popcorn machine) at any brewery and ride to another stop on that route, or catch a lift downtown. “You can just go to your closest brewery,� Hart says. “We say, ‘A ride for the price of a pint.’�

Get unlimited rides for a day for $25 or for a year for $80.

Hop and Go also offers special event shuttles to Pisgah Brewing’s concerts, and as popularity increases, Hart explains the buses could run more frequently. “We’ll run it everyday if we can,� she says.

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stiLL en-thai-cing: Thai Basil in downtown Asheville has been purchased, and will soon reopen as Thai Tara.

Thai Basil in the Grove Arcade is closed, but it will soon reopen as Thai Tara.

Tony Pornchinda of Charlotte recently purchased the business with some partners, and he says it will reopen in a couple of weeks. Pornchinda used to own a restaurant in Charlotte called Thai Cuisine.

Thai Basil remains open in Black Mountain under the same ownership.

Just around the corner at 1 Battle Square, Havana Comida Latina is under new ownership.

Hector Contreras, who owned the restaurant for seven years and spent 25 in the Asheville food industry, has moved to Alabama, according to one of the new owners, Chris Kronberg.

He and his partners, Kurt Langkau and Samantha Rink, will keep the restaurant open as they make a couple of upgrades.

“I’m going to do my best to keep the food rolling and just kind of change the aesthetic of the place,”

Kronberg says. A new ceiling, 36 taps and partnerships with local farmers are in the works.

Expect more live music, too.

Kronberg hopes to host bands everyday, but right now, shows at Havana happen Wednesday through Sunday.

For more information about the restaurant, visit havanaasheville. com. X

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There are no rules for eating an ice cream sandwich (although ice cream sandwiches certainly rule).

Do you devour the whole thing an a series of bites containing equal proportions of cookie and ice cream?

Do you slurp the ice cream out of the center, causing the cookie to cave in slightly, and then eat the outside? Do you peel back the cookie with your teeth and then eat the ice cream like soft serve?

No matter your approach, Susie Pearson hopes to provide new delights for you to explore. Forget about those ice cream sandwiches of elementary school with their at-once soggy and chalky crusts. Pearson’s street cart, Sunshine Sammies, offers Ultimate Ice Cream tucked between fresh-baked cookies, doughnuts, cupcakes and other pastries.

“Im doing all kinds of crazy things in terms of the cookie part,” she says.

“I’m going to do a little bit of everything and feature other local businesses with the goal of making the craziest, most epic ice cream sandwiches ever.”

So while Pearson will offer sugar cookie exteriors, she’ll also create specialties like breakfast ice cream sandwiches with cinnamon roll cookies on the outside and Ultimate’s maple-bacon ice cream on the inside.

Expect collaborations with Short Street Cakes, too. Pearson rents that

soLar heat makes frozen treats: Susie Pearson’s ice cream sandwich cart runs on the sun.

kitchen while the shop is closed, and she hopes to feature their cupcakes — stuffed with ice cream, of course.

Pearson says her compatriots in the food business inspire her.

“This town is so supportive of small business and people doing whatever makes them happy,” she says. “This town has totally introduced me to good food.”

Look for Pearson’s cart near the intersection of Patton and Lexington avenues, across the street from Asheville Music Hall.

The handmade cart is outfitted with solar panels to run the freezer, so it’s pretty easy to spot.

She’ll sell about five varieties of ice cream sandwiches, including a vegan/gluten-free option (think chocolate whoopie pie cookies with soy vanilla ice cream). She’ll pass out the treats individually wrapped and ready to eat. Look for Pearson Thursday through Saturday (and sometimes Sunday) from about 3 to 9 p.m. throughout the summer.

For more information, look for Sunshine Sammies on Facebook. X

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Sample ribs from five states and finish off the meal with some deepfried lemonade (really).

Yes, such an opportunity exists … for three days, no less. The Carolina Mountain Ribfest returns for its seventh year at the WNC Ag Center Fairgrounds from Friday, July 12, through Sunday, July 14.

The event brings together rib wranglers from North Carolina, Arkansas, Tennessee, Texas and South Carolina. Over the course of the festival, they compete for Silver Pig Awards (based on diner votes). They also offer pulled pork, chicken, brisket and turkey legs.

Plenty of festival eats accompany the barbecue: roasted corn on the cob, deep-fried Twinkies and Oreos, old-fashioned sarsaparilla, ice cream sandwiches, funnel cakes and more.

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The Beach Boys show and a karaoke contest also grace the bill.

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Summer of Saison Saisons to go

A Belgian-style ale is increasingly popular in Asheville

Many think that if Asheville had an official beer, it would be an IPA. So when the Asheville Brewers Alliance chose a style to brew together for Asheville Beer Week, many thought an IPA was a given. Instead, ABA members brewed a Belgian-style beer known as a saison.

What is a saison? The answer is not as simple as you might think.

While beers are categorized into styles, a saison is pretty flexible. One brewer may create a saison that’s just 4 percent ABV with a spicy yeast character while another makes a 7 percent beer with handfuls of grapefruit zest and dry hops.

The considerable variation comes from this history of the beer. The roots of saison go back to an earlier era, a time when non-alcoholic water could be dangerous and manual farm labor was a major source of employment. In the Belgian countryside, farmers would use the downtime of winter to brew beer for the spring and summer laborers.

This made sense: It’s easier to find time to make beer when there’s less work around the farm, and beer often turns out better when it ferments at a moderate temperature.

Sometimes farms would continue to produce beer into warmer weather, blending batches together — even throwing fruits, spices and other beers with some sour acidity into the mix. So perhaps it’s no surprise that saison is quickly growing in popularity here in America, where brewers are known for their creativity and for pushing the boundaries of unusual ingredients in beer.

In May, the New York Times called saison “the perfect summer beer,” and they have a good point. Despite the many variations, a saison is typically light and dry. There is often some “fruitiness” from the yeast, reminding the drinker of lemons or juicy oranges. And it’s almost always

Sometimes saisons are best enjoyed on your own porch or patio. Here are a few available at area bottle shops and grocery stores. saison Dupont This Belgian import is the first beer that many think of when you say “saison.” It has a fruity and herbal aroma — many say lemongrass — with a crisp finish.

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strongly effervescent, with a dry finish. It can even be moderately tart — which in the heat of summer is pretty refreshing.

Locally, we now have plenty of options for finding saison. Wicked Weed has brewed more saisons than any other brewery, and shows no sign of stopping. The brewers plan to continually keep the tap lines flowing with at least two, if not more, saisons on any given day, ranging from classic examples of the style to fruit-forward versions featuring ingredients like passionfruit.

Burial Beer, which opened its doors just weeks ago, has two farmhouse beers in its rotation. Billhook is crisp and fruity. It’s made with tropical New Zealand hops and kiwi fruit,

which add a subtle tartness to the finish. Pitchfork is also a refreshing beer, but it’s a little richer with an amber color and some clove and raisin notes.

Wedge has brewed its Super Saison for years. It has changed over time, as they now use a wild yeast, Brettanomyces, in addition to the orange and coriander.

While their south brewhouse is not yet up and running, thirsty monk downtown is also a good bet when it comes to finding saisons.

The pub recently had Stillwater’s Stateside Saison and New Belgium’s Peach Porch Lounger on tap downstairs. And Barley’s taproom often carries La Sexxxy Saison from catawba Valley. X

The Ovila Abbey beers are some of the lesser known from Sierra Nevada. But they’re not only delicious beers, they’re reasonably priced as well. The Abbey Saison may be the best yet: It’s on the sweeter side, but plenty complex. Lots of swirling spice, and of course, mandarin.

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“We had an idea of how we wanted it to sound,” says Cliff Worsham, half of local electronic project RBTS WIN. He’s talking about the band’s new album, Palm Sunday, which just released this week (though it’s been in process for most of a year).

The collection of songs was envisioned by Worsham and collaborator Javier Bolea as bright.

And reminiscent of an Italian film score from the ‘60s.

And as Worsham’s vocal version of soul.

"Mountain Child" is a pulsing nocturne, its wilderness barely contained between earthy bass and spacey flourishes. Instrumental “Tidal Prism” is a brief but intoxicating aerial show, all cirrus clouds and jet stream drift. "When I Think of You" pairs strong grooves and tender sentiment with muscular beats and sophisticated sheen. “Stay Wavy” is a sort of tribute to the band’s creative process: a constant immersion in inspiration and potency, a sort of musical telepathy with the universe.

“The way the sound hits anybody’s ears, person to person, is going to be different,” says the vocalist. He interprets soul music as shak-

who: RBTS WIN album release for Palm Sunday. Marley Carroll and Little Bull Lee also perform. where: The Mill Room (see sidebar for details) when: Saturday, July 13 (9 p.m., $5/$7. avl.mx/uv)

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ing voices, distressed guitars and horns. But that’s not necessarily the formula for RBTS WIN, whose stage setup includes keyboards, synthesizers, beat machines and pedals.

Sometimes they perform as a duo, sometimes they add a third musician — Jim DeBardi was a full-time member for a while. (Bolea points out that the RBTS WIN team includes their graphic designer, engineer, photographer, remix artists and Dave Cooley who created a custom effects pedal for the band.)

In lieu of a guitar-bass-drums configuration, past RBTS WIN albums used samples to build songs. With Palm Sunday, “We used the samples as an undertone to synthesis, guitar and vocals,” says Worsham.

“There are some samples on there, but some are reversed or obscure,”

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says Bolea. The duo pulled sounds from lesser-known albums, grabbing just a few measures here, a horn-hit there.

Joe Grisley of Mic Company added live percussion along with the sampled kick drums and snare.

“It sounds very human. It’s not on a grid, like most electronic music,” says Bolea. “You can definitely air drum to it.”

He adds, “Whatever the sound is, even a blip from a Casio, we want it to sound like it’s being played.” The duo approaches sam-

ples like actual instrument parts.

How would a bassline be played on an actual bass? The release and the fade are taken into consideration.

“So you’re listening to a band, but it’s not the sounds you’re used to,” explains Bolea.

Ultimately, “I try to think of what it must sound like for someone who first hears it,” says Worsham of Palm Sunday’s lush emotionalism and sparkling cool. Its chillwave nuances and trip-hop electricity.

“Even if they hear it differently, I hope they like it.”

Someone who definitely likes what they hear is Chapel Hill-based Grip Tapes. The indie label approached Worsham and Bolea at last year’s Hopscotch Music Festival about releasing the next RBTS WIN album; an offer the duo has heard before.

But this time around, “They were open to our ideas about the record,” says Worsham.

That partnership represents a major change for RBTS WIN: Palm Sunday will be the first album that the band sells. Past releases have been digitalonly, and downloadable for free through the duo’s website.

But there’s a thoughtful reason behind the decision to charge for this record (besides that the musicians deserve to see some profits for their efforts): The record will be released on vinyl.

“I think [we’re] selling it for a cause, because vinyl is something so substantial,” says Worsham.

“It’s beautiful,” agrees Bolea.

“It’s part of the package. Ken Hernandez is our graphic designer. He’s done all of our records and he really went all out.” He describes the album art, a stylized septagram (or seven-pointed star), as a representation of Bolea’s beach background and Worsham’s mountain background intersecting in music.

Palm Sunday also represents a new direction for the band: “It’s our first attempt at a clean sound,” says Worsham. “Everything before, the emphasis was on lo-fi.

We wanted it to be dirty and sound like it came from a home studio.”

He says it’s both a progression and an immersion in influences (those ‘60s soundtracks).

To accomplish that, they took some files (samples, keys) to Echo Mountain where they worked on vocals and editing with engineer Evan Bradford. “When we did the vocals there, we were using the really good pre-amps and the room,” says Bolea.

Palm Sunday showcases maturity, too, because this record symbolizes the growth of Worsham and Bolea as a band, as friends and as individuals. Their single, “Death Magic,” evidences that depth. The track (which RBTS WIN debuted last October) was originally a throwaway in Bolea’s mind, but when he hit play on some of the initial loops, Worsham immediately started coming up with lyrics.

“I didn’t really think of it as a single. It was just a dope cut to me,” the vocalist explains. “That song is completely about giving up the bad parts and staying true to the parts that will make you better.” X

Party central The Mill Room, which opened about a month ago, is a venue with high aspirations. Or, more to the point, many aspirations.

Proprietor Mike Rangel (who also owns Asheville Pizza and Brewing; the Mill Room shares food service with Asheville Pizza’s Coxe Avenue location) says the new event space is available as a rental for weddings and nonprofit fêtes. It will also host music along with a couple of weekly events: A ping-pong tournament on Mondays and an ‘80s night on Thursdays (complete with two projection screens to show MTV videos from that era).

The main focus, says Rangel, is rental space at affordable rates. He was inspired partly by an Asheville Pizza employee who struggled to find a local setting for her wedding dinner that would work within her budget. Rangel is charging

$150 per hour, with no added fees for outside catering. “We’re the $3 movie people, not the fancyschmancy shrimp quiche people,” he says.

So far, the Mill Room has been occupied by a couple of wedding receptions and rehearsal dinners, DJ shows, a South Slope mixer, VIP parties and birthday celebrations. “The ideal thing for us is to have several different events a week,” says Rangel.

Future plans involve a collaboration with The Orange Peel. That venue will book acts that can’t yet fill its 1050 capacity room. The Mill Room holds 325, so it will also accommodate some Orange Peel afterparties and other special events.

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There’s a definite rise in the number of soul music groups, and not just in the back-in-the-day-revival, televised for a PBS fundraiser special bands. You know: The Drifters, The Miracles, The Bar-Kays. It’s hard to turn on pop radio today without catching a Mayer Hawthorne or Fitz and the Tantrums song. But the real contemporary soul artists — the Sharon Joneses, the Lee Fields, the Charles Bradleys — those with street cred and back stories and sometimes decades-long careers that only just right now are taking off: Those musicians can be found on independent labels like Daptone Records in Brooklyn and, more recently, G.E.D. Soul Records in Nashville.

“Since the early 2000s, there’s been a large interest and resurgence in soul bands everywhere,” says G.E.D. cofounder Nick DeVan. “I wouldn’t say it’s because of us so much.”

DeVan and Dave Singleton launched the label in ‘07 to represent bands who record in their Poor Man Studios. According to the label’s website, they started out specializing in 45s but have expanded to include LPs, CDs and MP3s. The project was, originally, a labor of love. DeVan drummed for DeRobert and the Half-Truths and Singleton played bass. Singleton drummed for Sky Hi, the only band in the G.E.D. stable that existed prior to the label.

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music citY does motor citY: DeRobert and the Half-Truths is one of the bands with Nashville-based G.E.D. Records, a soul music label.

“Dave and I played a lot of the instruments, other than the horns and vocals, on the first couple of records,” says DeVan. “Sometimes we’d do recordings with just Dave and me and horns, and we’d call it DeRobert and the Half-Truths or Magic in Threes.” When those bands played live, DeVan and Singleton would bring in various Nashville musicians to flesh out the lineup. That’s one bonus to living in music city.

It’s also the reason why G.E.D.’s roster is a Venn diagram of overlapping artists. Sky Hi’s bassist Tim Hawkins also plays with AJ & The Jiggawats; the Jiggawats’ vocalist AJ Easton does double duty in The Coolin’ System. The Coolin’ System’s bassist, David Guy also takes the stage with

DeRobert. The latter collective is the house band for G.E.D. They’re also All Go West alums and will headline this week’s installment of the RiverMusic series as part of a G.E.D. soul showcase with labelmates the Jiggawats.

But, while a soul music label just one state away is welcome, is Nashville really a likely base for that heady mix of gospel, R&B, funk and divinely-infused secular grit? There was soul in Detroit, Memphis and New Orleans. There was soul in Chicago, Philly and even the U.K. But in the epicenter of country music?

DeVan says yes. Sort of. “Since Nashville had so many studios, and so many acts came through Nashville, anybody who was anybody would

have recorded here or stopped off for shows,” he says. And there’s the city’s Jefferson Street area which, from the ‘40s to the early ‘60s was “one of America’s bestknown districts of jazz, blues, and rhythm and blues,” according to the historic district’s web site. Little Richard, Ray Charles and even Jimi Hendrix played Jefferson Street’s many clubs up until an interstate bisected the neighborhood. (The happy ending to this story is that Jefferson Street is being revitalized and hosts an annual jazz and blues festival.)

While G.E.D. Records is not located in that North Nashville community, it does share an appreciation for the aesthetics of another era. “We have done some releases that were strictly tape,” says DeVan, referencing the analog equipment that gave vintage soul bands their warm sound. But the studio owner, who went to school for engineering, doesn’t shy away from modern technology. “We often record to tape and then dump it to ProTools,” he says. “We go back and forth.

Tape is really expensive to do. If you want to do a whole project on tape, your tape machine needs to be in really good shape.”

Right now, his machine is in fine form. And the other advantage G.E.D. has is the use of its own studio, which means time constraints due to studio fees aren’t a hindrance. “We can take our time on projects, and do them however we want,” says DeVan. And, he adds, while there isn’t an historic Music City soul sound, the new class of bands honing their horn solos and emotive vocals might just make that a thing. “We do try to put our own Nashville spin on it,” says DeVan. X

Rollin’ on the river The G.E.D. Records soul showcase takes the stage as the third installment of this year’s RiverMusic series, created by environmental nonprofit RiverLink. This is the second year for the event, held one Friday a month from May through September, and already it’s grown from 2012.

“Last year we had rain on three out of five Fridays,” says Dave Russell, RiverLink’s director of volunteer services. The weather has cooperated for this year’s first two concerts (headlined by stephaniesid in May and The David Mayfield Parade in June).

Local event management and concert booking company Heira Productions has been lining up the performers.

Russell also points out that RiverMusic is a family event where “a lot of people bring children to hang out by the river.” There’s live music, of course, but also food trucks and drinks vendors. And, to make the whole deal more accessible, RiverLink has teamed up with Gray Line Trolley to provide free shuttles between downtown, Glen Rock Depot and the RiverMusic site.

Part of RiverLink’s mission is to create stewardship of the French Broad River, starting with attracting the local community to its banks.

Looking for more riparian entertainment? RiverLink holds its 14th annual RiverFest on Saturday, Aug. 10 (The Swayback Sisters headline).

RiverMusic returns on Friday, Aug. 23 (with Town Mountain, The 23String Band and The Flowers) and on Friday, Sept. 13 (with The Big Ol' Nasty Getdown and Bubonik Funk).

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Time management Pokey LaFarge returns to Asheville with a six-piece band and a self-titled album “People think, with me, that it’s a dress-up contest or a history project,” says dapper roots musician (and former, albeit briefly, Asheville resident) Pokey LaFarge. “I just choose to look nice. When I dress nice I feel good and hopefully that passes on to other people.”

In the instance that LaFarge’s sharp suit, shined shoes and tilted fedora aren’t helping, they’re certainly not hurting: His tour for new selftitled album, just released on Jack White’s Third Man Records label, includes a performance on World Café and an appearance on Late Show with David Letterman. That will be the American TV debut for LaFarge and his band.

The tour also brings the group — recently upgraded from a quartet to a six piece (“I’m getting closer to my orchestra,” LaFarge says) — to The Grey Eagle. But visiting Asheville, for the musician, isn’t exactly a return to happy times. He remembers living in a “sharecropper house in West Asheville,” doing odd jobs and busking through a chilly winter. “It was tight and it was a little rough,” he says.

LaFarge had been living in Kentucky but headed to Western N.C. to study fiddle with Adam Tanner of The Twilite Broadcasters. “But as soon as I got to Asheville, I got into guitar,” he says. “I’d been writing songs since I was a kid, but I really started to find my voice and my direc-

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cLass act: Whether it’s clothing or drink or his innovative-meets-preservationist, self-coined “riverboat soul,” Asheville busker-turned-Third Man recording artist Pokey LaFarge is about quality. Photo by Joshua Black Wilkins

tion.” That’s the sound he’s since coined “riverboat soul.”

A couple of days before the Fourth of July, LaFarge met Ryan Koenig and Joey Glynn who (with Adam Hoskins) would form backing band, The South City Three. They all settled in St. Louis about five years ago, a city about which the bandleader says, “I’m part of something here.”

That relationship to locale is apparent on the new album’s domain-centric tracks like "Home Away From Home" and "Kentucky Mae.” But it’s most specific on “Central Time” which, with lyrics like, "I won't worry if the world don't like me, I won't let it waste my time,” could pass as

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“I feel a strong sense of place because of the fact that I traveled so much in my life,” he says. “It makes you appreciate what you have back home.” He calls St. Louis an “underdog city in an underdog region of the country” and waxes proud American about the burgeoning community-oriented movements in his burg. And, while the musicians says he’s there to stay, there is one other city that’s tempted him to move: Nashville.

The Tennessee hub is not just home to LaFarge’s latest record, it’s also, in many ways, the jumping-off point for his career. It was

Nashville’s famed country music station WSM (broadcasting since 1925 and home of the Grand Ole Opry show) that played a Pokey LaFarge song.

Rocker/producer Jack White heard it and invited LaFarge and the South City Three to record a seven-inch of “Chittlin’ Cookin’ Time in Cheatham County” at Third Man Records. The band opened a number of dates for White and his group, The Raconteurs and contributed to the track "I Guess I Should Go to Sleep," on White’s Blunderbuss.

When it came time to record his self-titled album, LaFarge says that going with Third Man was an easy decision.

To listen to Pokey LaFarge, with its nods to ragtime, brassy hits of cornet, expertly picked guitar solos and the band leader’s folksy “aw shucks” drawl, neither Jack White rock nor Nashville country are the immediate associations.

But LaFarge says his goal is to have a versatile band that can play any kind of music. “With my limited instrumentation before, we did the best that we could with what we had,” he says. “Now that we have horns, people are like, ‘I like this new direction you’re going in. It’s so jazzy.’” In fact, it’s the same sort of music the band has been playing for years, the musician explains.

“People need certain instruments to spell it out for them,” LaFarge adds. “It’s important to not get style and visuals wrapped up too much with the music.”

But the band leader is willing to be patient. First, he says, what he’s doing is about quality‚ be it music or clothes or whiskey. He’s not out to “perpetuate mass-market crap.”

And secondly, he’s not worried about trend.

“We’re in an era when indie kids and hipsters are trying to look old-timey because it’s cool,” says LaFarge. He’s riding out that fad and plans to keep on doing what he’s doing which, he says, he’s been doing since he was a kid.

Time’s on his side: “I think in 20 years, people will understand.” X

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Big names, little town The Whitney sends a banner collection to Asheville

Andy Warhol, Barbara Kruger, Robert Mapplethorpe, Willem de Kooning, Cy Twombly, Keith Haring, Martin Puryear, Jenny Holzer, Carl Andre and William Eggleston — it sounds like a litany from an art school student trying to impress someone at a party. But it’s actually a selection of works from the Emily Fisher Landau collection that has made its way to the Asheville Art Museum. Walking through the show is like walking through an art history textbook.

The exhibition spans two floors, a first for the museum. This extensive collection of contemporary American art justifies its real estate. The range of styles displayed include minimalism, postmodernism, pop, abstraction, and conceptual works, and the range of media include sculpture, paintings, prints, and photographs.

It is a rare treat to have a showing of such titled artists in Asheville.

Emily Fisher Landau began collecting in the late 1960s. “I never collected something because it was fashionable,” she’s quoted as saying in the wall text for the show. “It was always about what I liked.” This philosophy led her to collect work of young artists who would go on to gain popular acclaim. Her collecting style also brought her to develop focused patronage for select artists.

One such artist is Jasper Johns. The AAM exhibit features 10 pieces by Johns. The screenprints and paintings include selections from his American flag work, some target prints and other pattern pieces.

Also on display is one of Willem de Kooning’s later pieces from 1987.

De Kooning developed Alzheimer’s which can be seen visually as his work became more “pared down” in his later years, says museum curator Frank Thomson. Connected to the region, De Kooning taught at Black Mountain College in 1948 and completed a work called “Asheville,” which is part of the Phillips Collection in Washington.

Andy Warhol, Emily Fisher Landau, 1982, synthetic polymer paint and silkscreen ink on canvas, 40 x 40 inches. Courtesy of Emily Fisher Landau, New York

The exhibition’s artwork often addresses the issues, trends and thoughts that were prevalent when the work was being created. The artists were pushing the boundaries of what art was and shining the spotlight on contemporary issues.

A moving series by Glenn Ligon addresses racial profiling in the 1989 Central Park Jogger rape case.

Other paintings respond to minimalism by questioning if painting itself is still relevant, such as John Baldessari’s “What This Painting Aims to Do,” where he hired a sign painter to produce a piece under his instruction. “Untitled” by Keith Haring addresses the AIDS epidemic of the ‘80s, broadcasting the words “Safe Sex.” Landau became a trustee at the Whitney in 1989. Her art interests often paralleled the institution’s.

In addition to donating this collection of artwork, she was interested

in sustaining the Whitney Biennial and gave an endowment to ensure its continuation. “There’s an enormous symmetry to this gift,” said Whitney co-chairwoman Brooke Garber Neidich in The New York Times. “Emily collected artists early in their career, and the Whitney does the same thing. She was comfortable at the museum because we are a risk-taking institution. And she has always been adventurous.”

According to the The New York Times, Landau’s gifted art collection was estimated to be valued between $50 million and $75 million in 2010.

Of the 419 works in this extraordinary collection, more than 80 of them are on display in Asheville.

Legacy: The Emily Fisher Landau Collection will be on display through Sept. 8, and the opening reception is scheduled for Saturday, July 13, from 5-7 p.m. For more information, visit ashevilleart.org. X

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The local restaurant scene, like most of Asheville culture, could use a good-natured ribbing every now and then. And who better to take up the task than the Magnetic Theatre, another group of passionate locals?

When the theater, founded in 2009, shut down its physical location in the River Arts District last March, some worried it might spell the company’s doom. But although co-founder Chall Gray and company are still on the tricky hunt to find a permanent home, they have no plans to stop performing original shows born of the Asheville community.

The theater will premiere The Caro Savanti Experience for the next two weekends. The show is a comedy written by Jim Julien, puppeteer, performance artist and co-director of the Asheville Fringe Festival.

The play, which is set in Asheville, tells the story of Caro Savanti, a fictitious master chef suffering from a bout of megalomania, whose restaurant is being filmed for a reality TV pilot. In addition to jabs at local culture, the play holds a mirror to celebrity chef and reality television culture.

“Jim did a lot of research,” says Katie Anne Towner, the play’s director, who has worked with the theater

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ribbing the LocaL restaurant scene: Caro Savanti skewers Asheville’s foodie-ness.

since 2010. “His scripts are really great about that. He likes to geek out, so he’s researched all these really crazy exotic foods and who uses them and how they use them.

And there’s definitely some digs at Andrew Zimmern, Alton Brown, and Anthony Bourdain.”

Although these are some big targets, Julien’s show came from humble beginnings. In a way, it is a fitting show for the Magnetic Theatre’s return, because it evolved into its current form with guidance from the theater’s strong collaborators. “[Julien’s] done a fabulous job of really explicating and bringing out some of the nuances of the humor of it,” Gray says. “It’s a very funny show.”

Julien debuted the original five-minute piece as part of the Magnetic Midnight series, a recurring event established by the theater to foster local talent.

“It’s an open performance venue where people can come in with original pieces,” Gray says of the Magnetic Midnight series. “As long as they’re five minutes or less and original, they can pretty much do whatever they want, so it’s a great way for people to try out once.”

When the short piece went over well, Gray and others helped convince Julien that the piece needed to go on to bigger and better things.

“We really encouraged him and said, ‘Jim, this piece was really dynamite. The audience really loved it,” Gray says.

Julien expanded the piece to a one-act play for the theater’s Brief Encounters festival, a summer showcase of original, short pieces. It was there that Towner became a part of Caro Savanti’s maturation.

“I was the co-producer of that little festival and I was helping to organize the directors,” Towner says, “and, honestly, that was the one that nobody

else picked, which I was secretly really happy about because it was the one I liked the best.”

When the expanded show was once again a hit with audiences, Julien decided to work with Towner to expand it to a fulllength affair. Towner assisted Julien with the arduous process of script revamping and expansion.

The play stars Darren Marshall “as a mercurial and brilliant modern chef whose last restaurant closed under disastrous circumstances,” according to press.

“Throw in two meathead investors, trying to keep him under control, his voluptuous assistant trying to keep the investors at bay, his creepy sous chef who no one is quite sure about, unsuspecting diners who have no idea what they are in for and a smarmy reality TV producer who is filming a pilot of the whole shebang, saute and mix.”

Towner says she has helped with creative input, but that the process has been carefully collaborative so as not to damage the show’s core identity as “Julien’s baby.”

“That’s just been working with Jim really closely, saying, ‘OK, what if we play this moment this way? Is that something that’s still in line with your vision?’ We’re just kind of melding our two visions together,” Towner says.

This type of approach meshes with Towner’s directing style, which she describes as a sort of

gentle guidance based on knowing who she is working with in order to get the best results.

“I’ve worked with most of these actors before, so we’ve developed a working relationship,” Towner says.

“For the most part, I’ve tried to stay pretty hands-off and let them do a lot of the creating and help guide the direction of the show. I’m not the kind of director who goes home and writes out all the blocking. There’s some of that to help get the comedic timing right, so I help them find that, but for the most part, I let them play.”

The Caro Savanti Experience will be performed for two weekends.

Between the show’s limited engagement and increased local interest in the Magnetic Theatre’s first major comeback production, Gray recommends purchasing advance tickets.

And on Saturday, July 13, after the play, a new installment of Magnetic Midnight will be held at the BeBe. Both Gray and Towner encourage Asheville’s budding playwrights and actors to check out the experience and become a part of their enthusiastic and supportive local group.

“Over the last two years, we’ve definitely been trying to broaden our pool of actors, designers, directors, and playwrights,” Towner says. “We’re always looking for more people. If people want to be involved with us, I think the best way is to contact us, come to a Magnetic Midnight, or start volunteering as an usher. There’s a lot of ways to get involved.” X

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by Alli Marshall rebecca pronskY “Rebecca Pronsky could probably sing the phone book and bring out subtle nuances in the listings with her penetrating voice,” said Blurt Magazine of the Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter-guitarist. And Northern Sky said her sound is “as if The Smiths relocated to Nashville.”

Which is cool, but absurd, because just try to get a Smith to Asheville, let alone Nashville. Whereas Pronsky stops through fairly often (she comes to town on Monday, July 15 as part of her southern states tour). And when this reporter was in Scotland earlier this spring, Pronsky was playing there, too, making new fans and racking up frequent flyer miles. Pronsky and her full band play Jack of the Wood at 10 p.m., free (donations encouraged). jackofthewood.com. Photo by Maria Schriber

brushfire stankgrass If you missed the well-matched pairing earlier this year of local bluegrassrock outfit Brushfire Stankgrass and Richmond, Va.-based rock-funk-jam ensemble The Shack Band, you’re in luck. The two groups will reunite on the Emerald Lounge stage on Thursday, July 11. “Their last date together resulted in extensive jamming between the two bands (the first time in their decadelong history Brushfire has had guest brass on-stage) and this night should provide an opportunity to do the same,” says press for the show. Wave Lynx opens. 9 p.m., $7. emeraldlounge.com.

eagLe street pLaYwrights The Apothecary and Black Swan Theater are teaming up to support local playwriting. Or, as press for the inaugural meeting of the Eagle Street Playwrights says, “to encourage, refine, and produce local theatrical work.” The playwrights group will gather on the first Thursday of each month to workshop and plan for upcoming productions. Sign up for and become aquainted with the collective (who will also be meeting each other for the first time) at a community gala on Thursday, July 11, 7:30 p.m. at Apothecary.

Asheville actors Trinity Smith (pictured), Derek Evans, Jack Parsons. Michael MacCauley, and Jake Bowden will perform a premiere reading of David Hopes’ Awake! Awake! Deborah, a play set partly in former Asheville haunt Vincent’s Ear and partly in hell. ashevilleapothecary.info.

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best of the 48 hour fiLm proJect There was light, and sound, and action, and one quick weekend to complete masterful short films. Though the 48 Hour Film Project has come and gone for yet another year, the fruits of its labors remain. More to the point, the end results of the labors of 24 teams who began the endeavor, 19 who submitted their films and 17 who actually got them in on time (two teams were disqualified for being a mere two minutes late).

Audiences viewed and picked winners at screenings in late June, but the best has been saved for last. Rather, the Best of (aka 10 of) this year’s 48 Hour Film Festival Project winners. The screening takes place on Thursday, July 11 at Asheville Pizza & Brewing on Merrimon Avenue. 7 p.m., $10. 48hourfilm.com/asheville.

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C L U B L A N D lexinGton Ave BreWery (lAB) Utah Green (folk, roots) w/ Mother Explosives, 9:30pm

WednesdAy, July 10 185 kinG street Oteil Burbridge (jazz, fusion), 8pm

loBster trAP Hank Bones ("man of 1,000 songs"), 7-9pm

5 WAlnut Wine BAr Juan Benevides Trio (flamenco, Latin), 8pm

mArket PlAce Ben Hovey (dub-jazz, trumpet, beats), 6-9pm

AthenA's cluB Mark Appleford (singer-songwriter, Americana, blues), 7-10pm

o.henry's/tuG WNCAP bingo benefit, 8pm odditorium Ghost Wolves (blues, rock) w/ Doomster & Pawtooth, 9pm

BArley's tAProom Dr. Brown's Team Trivia, 8:30pm

one stoP deli & BAr Phish 'n' Chips (Phish covers), 6pm Them Teasters (rock) w/ The Malamondos, 10pm

BlAck mountAin Ale house Bluegrass jam, 9pm Blue mountAin PiZZA cAfe Open mic, 7pm

PAck's tAvern MIcah Hanks Duo (newgrass), 9pm

cluB hAirsPrAy Dirty game night & dance party, 10pm

Phoenix lounGe Bradford Carson (rock, jam, blues), 8:30pm

cluB remix Open mic variety show, 9pm

PisGAh BreWinG comPAny The Wilhelm Brothers (folk, Americana), 8pm

cork & keG Tom Leiner ("baby boomer flashbacks"), 7:30pm

PulP Slice of Life (comedy open mic), 9pm

creekside tAPhouse Open mic, 8-11pm

PurPle onion cAfe JPQ Quintet, 8pm

dirty south lounGe Disclaimer Standup Lounge (comedy open mic), 9pm

scAndAls niGhtcluB Dance party, 10pm Drag show, 12:30am

douBle croWn Country night w/ Dr. Filth, 9pm

tAllGAry's cAntinA Asheville music showcase, 8pm

emerAld lounGe Blues jam w/ Riyen Roots, 8pm

the sociAl Salsa dancing, 9pm

Grey eAGle music hAll & tAvern Hurray for the Riff Raff (classic country, rock) w/ Clear Plastic Masks & Caroline Rose, 9pm

toWn PumP Duke (rock), 9pm trAilheAd restAurAnt And BAr Zydeco jam w/ Steve Burnside, 7pm

hAnGAr lounGe Old-school DJ ('70s-'90s) & open mic, 8pm

tressA's doWntoWn JAZZ And Blues WestSound Review (R&B, soul, dance), 8:30pm

isis restAurAnt And music hAll Live music on the patio, 6pm JAck of heArts PuB Big Nasty (hot jazz) JAck of the Wood PuB Old-time jam, 5pm lexinGton Ave BreWery (lAB) Reasonably Priced Babies (improv comedy), 8:30pm

experimentaL traditions: The Black Twig Pickers’ Nathaniel Earl Bowles blends his affinity for Appalachian folk music with an interest in sonic experimentation, forging a drone- and trance-based sound that incorporates “hyper-nuanced” percussion and clawhammer banjo. The Virginia-based performer plays Jack of the Wood on Friday, July 12.

o.henry's/tuG Karaoke, 10pm

Violent Affair & Pleasures of the Ultraviolent (punk), 9pm

odditorium Combat Crisis w/ Suicidal Crack Babies, FTS,

one stoP deli & BAr Chasing Pedestrians w/ Penny Heads Up (rock), 10pm Phoenix lounGe Jazz night, 8pm

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loBster trAP Mark Bumgarner (Southern Americana), 7pm

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PisGAh BreWinG comPAny Whetherman (folk, Americana), 6pm tAllGAry's cAntinA Open mic/jam, 7pm the sociAl Karaoke, 9:30pm timo's house Blues jam, 10pm trAilheAd restAurAnt And BAr Kevin Scanlon's old-time jam, 6:30pm tressA's doWntoWn JAZZ And Blues Live jazz, 8pm

BArley's tAProom Alien Music Club (jazz jam), 9pm BlAck mountAin Ale house Lyric (funk, soul, pop), 9pm Blue mountAin PiZZA cAfe Locomotive Pie (blues, folk, roots), 7pm ByWAter Game night, 8pm cluB hAirsPrAy Karaoke & dance party, 10pm cork & keG Vollie McKenzie (popular covers, jazz standards), 7:30pm douBle croWn International cuts w/ DJ Flypaper, 9pm emerAld lounGe Brushfire Stankgrass (progressive bluegrass) w/ The Shack Band & Wave Lynx, 9pm

fridAy, July 12 185 kinG street Soul jam, 8pm 5 WAlnut Wine BAr Lyric (soul, funk), 10pm Asheville music hAll Justin Lacy & the Swimming Machine (gypsy) w/ Dead Rattles & Vagabond Philosophy, 10pm AthenA's cluB Mark Appleford (singer-songwriter, Americana, blues), 7-10pm DJ, 10pm-2am BlAck mountAin Ale house Cecil Thompkins Band (Americana, bluegrass), 9pm Blue mountAin PiZZA cAfe Acoustic Swing, 7pm

french BroAd BreWery tAstinG room Peggy Ratusz (blues, jazz, swing), 6pm

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

hArrAh's cherokee Live band karaoke, 8pm-midnight

clAssic Wineseller Joe Cruz (piano, vocals), 7pm

185 kinG street Lefty Williams Band (Southern rock, funk), 8pm

JAck of heArts PuB Old-time jam, 7pm

cluB eleven on Grove Salsa night, 10pm

5 WAlnut Wine BAr Hank & Krekel (jazz), 8pm

JAck of the Wood PuB Bluegrass jam, 7pm

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Jon Stickley Trio (bluegrass), 9pm

cluB metroPolis Peace Jones & Local Honey (rock, jam), 9pm

PisGAh BreWinG comPAny Tiny Boxes (jam, rock) w/ Makayan, 9pm

cluB tetrus Tropical Bass (DJs Malinalli & Tropix), 10pm-2am

root BAr no. 1 Brokedown Hustlers (honky-tonk), 9pm

cork & keG Berli Coco (Cajun), 7:30pm

scAndAls niGhtcluB Dance party, 10pm Drag show, 1am

douBle croWn Friday night hootenanny w/ DJ Greg Cartwright, 9pm duGout Ten Toe Turbo (rock), 9pm emerAld lounGe The French Broad Playboys CD release show (Western swing), 9pm

the sociAl Jump Yur Grin (rock, blues), 9:30pm timo's house DJ Jet & guests (hip-hop), 10pm-2am toWn PumP Linda Mitchell Trio (jazz, blues), 9pm

french BroAd BreWery tAstinG room Even the Animals (folk, rock), 6pm

trAilheAd restAurAnt And BAr Mark Bumgarner (Southern Americana), 8pm

Green room cAfe Ellen Trnka (acoustic, blues, Americana), 6:30pm

tressA's doWntoWn JAZZ And Blues Kontained (rock), 7pm The Nightcrawlers (blues, soul), 10pm

Grey eAGle music hAll & tAvern Pokey LaFarge (jazz, ragtime, country blues, Western swing) w/ The Major Sevens, 9pm hiGhlAnd BreWinG comPAny Zansa (Afropop), 6pm

WAll street coffee house Open mic, 9pm

isis restAurAnt And music hAll The Lizzy Ross Band (Americana), 9pm

WAter'n hole Barbed Wire (rock), 9pm

JAck of heArts PuB Southbound Turnaround (honky-tonk), 9pm

White horse The Lowdown Sires (dixieland), 8pm

JAck of the Wood PuB Bennett Sullivan, 6pm Nathaniel Earl Bowles (Appalachian folk, drone, banjo), 8pm The Sufi Brothers (rock, blues) w/ Mad Tea, 9pm

WxyZ lounGe DJ Beta (lounge, world, Latin), 10pm

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loBster trAP King Leo Jazz, 7pm millroom Flinch (electonica, dubstep) w/ Dufflebags & Sound Grave monte vistA hotel Joe Hallock & the Rain or Shine Stringband (old-time, Americana), 6pm o.henry's/tuG Latin dance party, 10pm odditorium Die Time w/ Shadow of the Destroyer, Toxic Nostalgia (punk, metal), 9pm one stoP deli & BAr Free Dead Fridays feat. members of Phuncle Sam, 5-8pm orAnGe Peel Andrew McMahon (emo, pop punk, singer-songeriter) w/ Allen Stone, 8pm PAck's tAvern Scott Raines & Laura Michaels (acoustic, rock, country), 9pm Phoenix lounGe

vAnuAtu kAvA BAr Seraphim Arkistra (electro-coustic, ambient, improv), 9pm

185 kinG street Jacob Johnson Band (blues), 8pm 5 WAlnut Wine BAr Shake It Like a Caveman (blues, garage), 10pm AthenA's cluB Mark Appleford (singer-songwriter, Americana, blues), 7-10pm DJ, 10pm-2am

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BlAck mountAin Ale house Andy Buckner Band (country, Southern rock), 9pm Blue mountAin PiZZA cAfe Joe Lasher Jr., 7pm Boiler room Remembrance (metal) w/ The Terrigen Mist, Dei Armeth & Dead Oaks, 9pm ByWAter Colonel Bruce Hampton (rock, fusion), 9pm clAssic Wineseller Michael Jefry Stevens & Byron Hedgepeth (jazz), 7pm cluB hAirsPrAy

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Wednesday • July 10

Dance party, 8pm Drag show, 12:15am

“Asheville’s Finest” Variety Show!

douBle croWn Saturday shakedown w/ DJ Lil' Lorrah, 9pm

Bring ur Songs, Dance, Skits, Jokes, Jump Ropes, Burlesque acts, Hula hoops & More! $5 shot of Whiskey+Beer $1 PBR

duGout Fine Line (rock), 8pm

Thursday • July 11 Turn up Thursday Reggae Night $3 selected imports & $3 shooters

Friday • July 12 Peace Jones and Local Honey www.TheMetroSphere.com 38 N. French Broad Ave

emerAld lounGe The Veldt (rock) w/ The Catch Fire & Madre, 9pm french BroAd BreWery tAstinG room The Brave New Gravelys (American, rock), 6pm Green room cAfe Elise Pratt & Aaron Coffinon (jazz), 6:30pm hiGhlAnd BreWinG comPAny Circus Mutt (Appalachian, rock), 6pm isis restAurAnt And music hAll The Billy Sea (Americana, world) CD release party, 9pm JAck of heArts PuB Red Honey (blues, punk), 9pm JAck of the Wood PuB American Honey (blues, folk, jazz, soul), 7pm Jon Stickley Trio (bluegrass, jazz), 9pm lexinGton Ave BreWery (lAB) Annabelle's Curse (alt-folk), 9:30pm loBster trAP Sean Mason Jazz, 7pm monte vistA hotel Gwyn Waller (Americana, soul), 6pm o.henry's/tuG Male erotica, 10pm odditorium Brave New Voices benefit, 2pm Fable Cry (folk, storytelling) w/ Miss Mousie & Cripps Puppets, 9pm one stoP deli & BAr Bluegrass brunch w/ Grits & Soul, 11am MK Ultra (electronic) w/ DJ Sikora, 10pm orAnGe Peel Ralphie May (comedy), 7pm PAck's tAvern DJ Moto (pop, dance), 9pm Phoenix lounGe Mike Sweet ('60s & '70s covers), noon The Moon & You (folk), 9pm PisGAh BreWinG comPAny Black Robin Hero (rock), 8pm PurPle onion cAfe The Stereofidelics (rock), 8pm root BAr no. 1 Ray Cashman (blues, roots), 9pm scAndAls niGhtcluB Dance party, 10pm Drag show, 12:30am the sociAl Karaoke, 9:30pm timo's house Electrochemical (psychedelic, funk, electronic) w/ 9th Phoenix, 9pm toWn PumP Searra Gisando & friends, 9pm tressA's doWntoWn JAZZ And Blues Ruby Mayfield & friends (blues, rock), 10pm WAter'n hole Ginny McAfee (singer-songwriter), 9pm Westville PuB Marcel Anton Band (funk, dance), 10pm White horse Asheville Jazz Orchestra (jazz, big band, swing), 8pm WxyZ lounGe DJ Adam (lounge), 10pm

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185 king street 877-1850 5 waLnut wine bar 253-2593 aLtamont brewing companY 575-2400 the aLtamont theatre 348-5327 aQua cafe & bar 505-2081 arcade 258-1400 asheviLLe civic center & thomas woLfe auditorium 259-5544 asheviLLe music haLL 255-7777 asheviLLe radio cafe 254-3636 athena’s cLub 252-2456 barLeY’s tap room 255-0504 bLack mountain aLe house 669-9090 bLue mountain pizza 658-8777 boiLer room 505-1612 bobo gaLLerY 254-3426 broadwaY’s 285-0400 the bYwater 232-6967 cLub hairspraY 258-2027 cLub metropoLis 258-2027 cLub remix 258-2027 the chop house 253-1852 creekside taphouse 575-2880 adam daLton distiLLerY 367-6401 desoto Lounge 986-4828 diana wortham theater 257-4530 dirtY south Lounge 251-1777 dobra tea room 575-2424 doubLe crown 575-9060 eLeven on grove 505-1612 emeraLd Lounge 232- 4372 firestorm cafe 255-8115 french broad brewerY tasting room 277-0222 french broad chocoLate Lounge 252-4181 good stuff 649-9711 green room cafe 692-6335 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 hangar Lounge 684-1213 harrah’s cherokee 497-7777 highLand brewing companY 299-3370 the hop 254-2224 the hop west 252-5155 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 monte vista hoteL 669-8870 odditorium 505-8388 one stop bar deLi & bar 255-7777 o.henrY’s/tug 254-1891 the orange peeL 225-5851 oskar bLues brewerY 883-2337 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 root bar no.1 299-7597

scandaLs nightcLub 252-2838 scuLLY’s 251-8880 smokeY’s after dark 253-2155 the sociaL 298-8780 southern appaLacian brewerY 684-1235 static age records 254-3232 straightawaY cafe 669-8856 taLLgarY’s cantina 232-0809 rockY’s hot chicken shack 575-2260 thirstY monk south 505-4564 tiger mountain thirst parLour 407-0666 timo’s house 575-2886 traiLhead restaurant & bar 357-5656 treasure cLub 298-1400 tressa’s downtown Jazz & bLues 254-7072 westviLLe pub 225-9782 white horse 669-0816 wiLd wing cafe 253-3066 wxYz 232-2838

Open mic w/ Taylor Martin, 9pm emerAld lounGe Paper Tiger (electronic, pop) w/ Ponderosa & Yip Deceiver, 9pm Grey eAGle music hAll & tAvern Contra dance, 8pm hAnGAr lounGe Karaoke, 10pm isis restAurAnt And music hAll New Country Rehab (Americana, alt-country), 9pm JAck of the Wood PuB Rebecca Pronsky (alt-country), 10pm loBster trAP Dana & Susan Robinson (Americana, Appalachian), 7pm orAnGe Peel Toad the Wet Sprocket (rock) w/ Lee DeWyze, 8pm oskAr Blues BreWery Old-time jam, 5-8pm Phoenix lounGe Ellen Trnka (singer-songwriter), 8pm the sociAl Open mic, 8pm

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tiGer mountAin thirst PArlour Honky-tonk (classic country & rockabilly) w/ DJ Lorruh & Dave, 10pm AltAmont theAter Pan Harmonia: "The Romantic Violin" (classical), 5pm BlAck mountAin Ale house Jazz brunch w/ Mike Gray Trio, 11:30am Blue mountAin PiZZA cAfe Larry Dolamore, 7pm douBle croWn Soul gospel Sunday w/ DJ Sweet Daddy Swamee, 6pm Karaoke w/ KJ JD, 10pm duGout Appalachian Fire (bluegrass), 4pm emerAld lounGe Tuatha Dea (Celtic rock), 9pm Grove PArk inn GreAt hAll Two Guitars (classical), 10am-noon isis restAurAnt And music hAll Upstairs lounge: Harry Schultz (jazz), 6pm Main stage: Vertigo Jazz Project (jazz) w/ Ben Hovey, 8pm JAck of the Wood PuB Irish session, 3pm Celtic Irish session, 5pm loBster trAP Leo Johnson (hot club jazz), 7-9pm monte vistA hotel Daniel Keller (jazz guitar), 11am odditorium Teething Veils w/ TEAM (rock, experimental), 9pm one stoP deli & BAr Bluegrass brunch w/ The Pond Brothers, 11am orAnGe Peel Souls of Mischief (hip-hop) w/ Amerigo Gazaway & Free Radio, 9pm scAndAls niGhtcluB Dance party, 10pm Drag show, 12:30am the sociAl 80s Vinyl Night, 8pm White horse Utah Green (folk, Americana), 7:30pm

mondAy, July 15 5 WAlnut Wine BAr CaroMia Tiller Trio (singer-songwriter, soul, blues), 8-10pm ByWAter

tressA's doWntoWn JAZZ And Blues Scary-Oke, 10pm WAter'n hole Open mic, 9pm

A True Gentleman’s Club WED 7/10

HURRAY FOR THE RIFF RAFF w/ Clear Plastic Masks & Caroline Rose 9pm • $10

FRI 7/12

POKEY LAFARGE

Westville PuB Trivia night, 9pm

tuesdAy, July 16 185 kinG street Lost in Paradise (comedy), 8pm 5 WAlnut Wine BAr The John Henrys (gypsy jazz), 8pm AltAmont BreWinG comPAny Open mic, 8pm

Harvest Records Presents WED 7/17 KURT VILE & THE VIOLATORS w/ The Swirlies 9pm • $15/$17

THU 7/18

Asheville music hAll Funk jam, 11pm

An Evening with OTEIL & KOFI BURBRIDGE,

Blue mountAin PiZZA cAfe Mark Bumgarner (Southern Americana), 7pm cluB eleven on Grove Swing lessons, 6:30 & 7:30pm Tango lessons, 7pm Dance, 8:30pm cork & keG Cary Fridley & Down South (honky-tonk, country), 7:30pm emerAld lounGe Open mic w/ Andrew Usher, 8pm isis restAurAnt And music hAll Bluegrass sessions, 9pm JAck of the Wood PuB Darlyne Cain, Phillip Noss & Jeff Thompson (singersongwriters), 7pm The Whiskey Shivers ("trashgrass," "hardcore roots”), 9pm loBster trAP Jay Brown (Americana, folk), 7-9pm o.henry's/tuG Movie trivia, 10pm odditorium Comedy night w/ Tom Peters, 9pm one stoP deli & BAr Two for Tuesday w/ Valley Young & Tin Foil Hat Show, 8pm oskAr Blues BreWery Trivia, 6pm Phoenix lounGe Rocky Lindsley feat: Howie Johnson (rock), 8pm tressA's doWntoWn JAZZ And Blues Asheville's Got Talent, 9pm

w/ The Major Sevens 9pm • $10/$12

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THE HACKENSAW BOYS & THE BLACK LILLIES 8pm • $15/$18

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ESTRANGERS & THE CRITTERS

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REASONABLY PRICED BABIES IMPROV SKETCH COMEDY 8:30PM

thur. July 11

UTAH GREEN W/ MOTHER EXPLOSIVES 9:30PM

sat. July 13

ANNABELLE’S CURSE 9:30PM

Full Bar 27 Beers On Tap

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

Live Music • Daily Specials

W/ CUSSES, WARM THE BELL 9:30PM

BREWERY NIGHT

WED 7.10

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OCTOPUS JONES

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Westville PuB Blues jam, 10pm White horse Irish sessions, 6:30pm Open mic, 8:45pm

WednesdAy, July 17 185 kinG street Jeff Sipe Presents (jazz, fusion), 8pm 5 WAlnut Wine BAr Juan Benevides Trio (flamenco, Latin), 8pm Asheville music hAll Stereospread (electro-pop) w/ Kinjac & Electrochemical, 10pm AthenA's cluB Mark Appleford (singer-songwriter, Americana, blues), 7-10pm BArley's tAProom Dr. Brown's Team Trivia, 8:30pm BlAck mountAin Ale house Bluegrass jam, 9pm

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Blue mountAin PiZZA cAfe Open mic, 7pm Boiler room Nate Hall & Meghan Mulhearn w/ Divine Circles & Generation of Vipers (metal, experimental), 9pm cluB hAirsPrAy Dirty game night & dance party, 10pm cluB remix Open mic variety show, 9pm cork & keG Tom Leiner ("baby boomer flashbacks"), 7:30pm creekside tAPhouse Open mic, 8-11pm

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Old-school DJ ('70s-'90s) & open mic, 8pm isis restAurAnt And music hAll Live music on the patio, 6pm Brother Wolf fundraiser feat: Blind Lemmon Phillips, 9pm JAck of heArts PuB Hot Point Trio (gypsy jazz), 8pm JAck of the Wood PuB Old-time jam, 5pm loBster trAP Bobby Miller (bluegrass), 7pm o.henry's/tuG Karaoke, 10pm odditorium Beasts of Legend w/ Matte Black (metal), 9pm orAnGe Peel Marlon Blackwell architectural talk, 7pm Phoenix lounGe Jazz night, 8pm PisGAh BreWinG comPAny The Everydays (Americana), 6pm tAllGAry's cAntinA Open mic/jam, 7pm the sociAl Karaoke, 9:30pm timo's house Blues jam, 10pm trAilheAd restAurAnt And BAr Kevin Scanlon's old-time jam, 6:30pm tressA's doWntoWn JAZZ And Blues Live jazz, 8pm

thursdAy, July 18

dirty south lounGe Disclaimer Standup Lounge (comedy open mic), 9pm

BArley's tAProom Alien Music Club (jazz jam), 9pm

douBle croWn Country night w/ Dr. Filth, 9pm

BlAck mountAin Ale house Lyric (funk, soul, pop), 9pm

emerAld lounGe Blues jam w/ Riyen Roots, 8pm

Blue mountAin PiZZA cAfe Paul Cataldo (Americana), 7pm

Grey eAGle music hAll & tAvern Kurt Vile & the Violators (indie rock) w/ The Swirlies, 9pm

ByWAter Game night, 8pm

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cluB hAirsPrAy Karaoke & dance party, 10pm

cork & keG Vollie McKenzie (popular covers, jazz standards), 7:30pm douBle croWn International cuts w/ DJ Flypaper, 9pm

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emerAld lounGe Sean Rowe (Americana, rock) w/ Toy Soldiers & Andrew Combs, 9pm french BroAd BreWery tAstinG room Dave Desmelik (Americana, folk), 6pm Grey eAGle music hAll & tAvern Oteil & Kofi Burnbridge, Roosevelt Collier & Jeff Sipe (rock, funk, fusion), 9pm hArrAh's cherokee Live band karaoke, 8pm-midnight isis restAurAnt And music hAll Mark Schimick & Billy Constable, 7:30pm

Dinner Menu till 10pm Late Night Menu COMING SOON till Fri 12am 7/12 THE LIZZY ROSS BAND 9pm • $8/$10

JAck of heArts PuB Old-time jam, 7pm JAck of the Wood PuB Bluegrass jam, 7pm lexinGton Ave BreWery (lAB) Octopus Jones (surf rock, psychedelic, post-punk) w/ Cusses & Warm the Bell, 9:30pm loBster trAP Hank Bones ("man of 1,000 songs"), 7-9pm

Mon

7/15 NEW COUNTRY REHAB 8pm • $6/$8 Wed BROTHER WOLF ANIMAL RESCUE FUNDRAISER 7/17 w/ Blind Lemon Phillips and silent auction • $20 advance • $35/couple

one stoP deli & BAr Phish 'n' Chips (Phish covers), 6pm

Thu

7/18 MARK SCHIMICK AND BILLY CONSTABLE 7:30pm • Free

orAnGe Peel ZOSO (Led Zeppelin tribute), 9pm

PisGAh BreWinG comPAny Rapplesauce (funk), 9pm PurPle onion cAfe Mare Wakefield (singer-songwriter, roots), 7:30pm scAndAls niGhtcluB Dance party, 10pm Drag show, 12:30am tAllGAry's cAntinA Asheville music showcase, 8pm the sociAl Salsa dancing, 9pm toWn PumP Megan Jean & the KFB (Americana, punk, dance), 9pm

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odditorium Skunk Ruckus w/ Carolina Catskins & Roamin Jasmine (rock), 9pm

Phoenix lounGe Bradford Carson (rock, jam, blues), 8:30pm

5pm–12am

7/13 THE BILLY SEA CD RELEASE CELEBRATION 8:30pm • $12/$15

mArket PlAce Ben Hovey (dub-jazz, trumpet, beats), 6-9pm

PAck's tAvern Scott Raines (acoustic rock), 9pm

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trAilheAd restAurAnt And BAr Zydeco jam w/ Steve Burnside, 7pm tressA's doWntoWn JAZZ And Blues WestSound Review (R&B, soul, dance), 8:30pm

Mark Appleford (singer-songwriter, Americana, blues), 7-10pm DJ, 10pm-2am

WAter'n hole Karaoke, 9pm

BlAck mountAin Ale house Mountain Feist (bluegrass, Americana), 9pm

Westville PuB Tonight's Noise (blues, bluegrass), 9:30pm

Blue mountAin PiZZA cAfe Acoustic Swing, 7pm

WxyZ lounGe Juan Holladay & Eliza Sydney (singer-songwriter), 7pm

Boiler room Dead Poet Society w/ Pawtooth, Twist of Fate, Rust on the Carousel & Severance (rock, metal), 9pm

yAcht cluB Kamakazi karaoke (no control over song choice), 9pm

clAssic Wineseller Shantavaani (Indian fusion), 7pm

fridAy, July 19 185 kinG street Rut & Sammy Show (jam, rock), 8pm Asheville music hAll The Mantras (rock, jam) w/ Big Something, 10pm AthenA's cluB

cluB hAirsPrAy Dance party, 8pm Drag show, 12:15am cluB metroPolis Julian Marley (roots, reggae), 10pm cluB tetrus Tropical Bass (DJs Malinalli & Tropix), 10pm-2am cork & keG Berli Coco (Cajun), 7:30pm

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douBle croWn Friday night hootenanny w/ DJ Greg Cartwright, 9pm

Blue mountAin PiZZA cAfe Locomotive Pie (blues, folk, roots), 7pm

duGout Fine Line (rock), 9pm

Boiler room Beasts of Legend w/ Anthems of Imperium & more (metal), 9pm

emerAld lounGe Pierce Edens & the Dirty Work (alt-country, roots) w/ Train Company, 9pm french BroAd BreWery tAstinG room Letters to Abigail (bluegrass, country), 6pm Green room cAfe Carrie Morrison & Steve Whiteside (Americana), 6:30pm Grey eAGle music hAll & tAvern The Hackensaw Boys (old-time, rock, country) w/ The Black Lillies, 9pm hiGhlAnd BreWinG comPAny Stereofidelics (alternative), 6pm JAck of the Wood PuB Stillwater Hobos (Americana, folk), 6pm Bayou Diesel (Cajun, zydeco), 9pm lexinGton Ave BreWery (lAB) Duende Mountain Duo (electonic) w/ Splynter, 9:30pm

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THU. 7/11 Micah Hanks Duo (newgrass, jam)

FRI. 7/12 Scott Raines & Laura Michaels (acoustic rock, country)

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Green room cAfe Jeff Michels (Americana), 6:30pm

JAck of the Wood PuB Squirrel Mountain (old-time, country), 5pm The Freight Hoppers (old-time) w/ The Whipstitch Sallies, 9pm lexinGton Ave BreWery (lAB) Old North State (bluegrass, folk, rock), 9:30pm loBster trAP Ben Hovey (dub-jazz, trumpet, beats), 7pm monte vistA hotel Blue Moon (jazz, country, rock), 6pm

Phoenix lounGe Porch 40 (jam, funk, rock), 9pm

odditorium Knives & Daggers (shoegaze, rock) w/ Gray Young & (Young) American Landscape, 9pm

PisGAh BreWinG comPAny Phuncle Sam (rock, jam, covers), 8pm

one stoP deli & BAr Bluegrass brunch w/ Grits & Soul, 11am

root BAr no. 1 Linda Mitchell (blues, jazz), 9pm

onefiftyone BoutiQue BAr Jamar Woods (electronic, funk, acoustic), 7-10pm

scAndAls niGhtcluB Zumba, 7pm Dance party, 10pm Drag show, 1am

orAnGe Peel Appetite for Destruction (Guns N' Roses tribute) w/ Red, White & Crue (Motley Crue tribute) & Poison’d (Poison tribute), 9pm

the sociAl Jarvis Jenkins Band (rock, jam), 9pm

PAck's tAvern Lyric (funk, soul, pop), 9pm

timo's house DJ Jet & guests (hip-hop), 10pm-2am

Phoenix lounGe Soleil LeBlanc (singer-songwriter), noon Grits & Soul (bluegrass), 9pm

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the storY: Revisionist take on the origins of the Lone Ranger. the LoWDoWn: Big, spectacular, amazingly personal blend of the Western epic and comedy that addresses issues more weighty than one usually finds in summer movies — and this makes it troubling to some.

Gore Verbinski’s The Lone Ranger proves that it is indeed possible to make an inventive, highly personal, subversive big-budget summer movie that’s actually about something. It also proves that there’s not much market for such a thing — with either the majority of the critics or the public — which means we may never see its like again.

I’m not surprised. Before the first review hit, I had figured it was going to face a rough time on several counts — the ire of nostalgists who think the old Clayton Moore TV series is the bee’s knees, the wrath of those who grew to hate the Pirates of the Caribbean movies and, of course, the disdain of those who have decided that Johnny Depp is box-office poison.

The Lone Ranger was the movie people seem to have wanted to see fail long before they had seen a single frame of film. That desire has been rewarded — guaranteeing us countless summers of movies like Iron Man 3, Star Trek Into

JohnnY DePP and armie hammer in Gore Verbinski's criminally underappreciated The Lone Ranger — that rarest of all things, a summer blockbuster with its own personality.

Darkness, Fast & Furious 6, Man of Steel and World War Z. Not that all of those are bad, but I’d trade the lot of them for a single film as imaginative and well made as The Lone Ranger.

If there’s anything actually wrong with the film — apart from the length, which I didn’t mind, surprisingly — it’s that it’s too inventive, too clever and contains enough ideas for at least two movies. More films should have such “problems.” But let’s look at where I’m coming from. I have liked everything Verbinski has made (yes, even the Pirates sequels) since The Ring (2002). I am not suffering from Johnny Depp burnout.

And I have zero reverence for the 1950s Lone Ranger TV show. That — combined with the fact that I expected to like this — probably makes me the perfect audience for it.

Now, having said all that, I also have to say that the film far exceeded my expectations. This is awfully close to the summer blockbuster as “art film” — and it may even cross that line (except “art films” aren’t supposed to be fun).

Let’s start with the film’s framing story, set in 1933 (the year the radio series debuted). We’re in a San

Francisco where the Golden Gate stands unfinished and about to meet in the middle (just like the transcontinental railroad of the main story).

The camera wanders across this and over a fairground where a red balloon drifts away like a lost dream.

Then the view settles on a tent promising the story of the Old West inside.

There, a little boy (Mason Cook) — dressed as the Lone Ranger — looks dispassionately at dioramas until he reaches one labeled “The Noble Savage,” in which its occupant comes alarmingly to life. This is the fantastically aged Tonto (Depp) — whose make-up recalls Dustin Hoffman in Little Big Man (1970). It is he who will tell the film’s story — and despite what has been claimed in some quarters, this is not just a device. It’s central to the story and the question of how reliable any historical narrative is — including the film’s revisionism, because it’s not clear how credible Tonto is — especially when the peanut bag he got from the kid in the framing story ends up in the main narrative. That Tonto’s possibly disarrayed memory and the framing story set up one of the film’s best gags is another plus —

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and just as important in its own way.

The story he tells is partly Buster Keaton-esque wild fun and partly a deeply disturbing look at American history. The combination of these elements seems to bother some people. It’s like our standards have been systematically lowered to the level of primetime TV drama where a story is either all comedic or all dramatic, and anything deviating from that is bad. Much has been made of the fact that the apparent main villain, Butch Cavendish (William Fichtner), is a mutilated sadist who indulges in cannibalism. Sure, this is disturbing, but it struck me as far less chilling than a later scene in which a cavalry officer (Barry Pepper) chooses to go along with the bad guys — because to do otherwise would mean admitting he and the Army just slaughtered hundreds of people for no remotely justifiable reason.

In other words, this is a post-modern revisionist Western decked out with slapstick, elaborate action gags, black humor, cinematically savvy references and spectacle. But, yes, this is a film in which John Reid/the Lone Ranger (Armie Hammer) starts out as something akin to Jimmy Stewart in John Ford’s The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) and finds himself pushed into being “the masked man” by a Tonto who really would have preferred Reid’s late brother in the role. Indeed, according to this film, Kemosabe means “wrong brother.” And this is the sort of thing that won’t sit well with purists.

But don’t sell the spectacle short.

This is a movie that stages a huge train disaster in its earlier scenes, only to create an even more elaborate one in the film’s climax — thrillingly set to, yes, Rossini’s “William Tell Overture” (with some embellishments from Hans Zimmer). These sequences are not only breathtaking, they’re masterpieces of action filmmaking (easily the best action scenes this summer). Everything is coherent and even the CGI enhancements look solid. All this blends with wild comedy and countless references to other movies — there’s even a gag straight out of Bob Hope’s Call Me Bwana (1963), of all things. For me at least, it all coalesces into a film that is at once divinely silly, surprisingly deep and deceptively complex. Rated PG-13 for sequences of intense action and violence, and some suggestive material. reviewed by Ken Hanke Playing at Carmike 10, Carolina Cinemas, Epic of Hendersonville, Flat Rock Cinema Regal Biltmore Grande

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20 Feet from Stardom HHHH Director: Morgan Neville (Johnny Cash’s America) PLaYers: Lisa Fischer, Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Judith Hill, Mick Jagger, Bette Midler mUsic DocUmentarY rateD PG-13 the storY: Documentary on the world of backup singers. the LowDown: Charming, tuneful, occasionally moving and always entertaining about the singers who contributed so much to so many great songs.

Morgan Neville’s look at the world of backup singers is not the deepest documentary you’re likely to come across this year — in fact, it’s not deep at all — but it may well be the most enjoyable one. It probably isn’t Neville’s fault that the film isn’t any more in depth than it is (though he may never have intended it to be). More likely, the film’s tone was dictated by that of the featured singers — Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer, Judith Hill, Claudia Lennear, Darlene Love and Tata Vega. If you’re hoping they’re seething with resentment or wanting to dish the dirt on the stars they’ve performed with, this isn’t your movie. Oh, there’s a trace of bitterness here and there — especially when it comes to the way Phil Spector had a tendency to credit whomever he was promoting rather than who was actually singing — but resentment is not in their makeup. It’s as if complaining would be a waste of energy that might be better spent singing.

Talking about their experiences is another matter. Some of the anecdotes are tinged with a little regret, but more typical is Claudia Linnear — shown performing backup on “WahWah.” She talks about how special it was to be a part of George Harrison’s Concert for Bangladesh. If she harbors any

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Grown Ups 2 It’s another Adam Sandler picture directed by his tame yes-man Dennis Dugan. The selling point seems to be that it’s Sandler’s first sequel. In its favor, it doesn’t have Sandler hanger-on Rob Schneider. The studio tells us, “Lenny (Adam Sandler) has relocated his family back to the small town where he and his friends grew up. This time around, the grown ups are the ones learning lessons from their kids on a day notoriously full of surprises: the last day of school.” It looks ... irresistible. (PG-13)

Pacific Rim This week’s big movie is frankly a crapshoot for both filmmaker Guillermo del Toro and Warner Bros. Pacific Rim — a movie in which giant robots slug it out with giant monsters — is an unabashed valentine to the old Japanese Kaiju movies in which Godzilla and his gigantic brethren level Tokyo with alarming regularity. The del Toro name makes it intriguing at the very least, but the trailers aren’t that appealing. Whether or not it can be sold to the public at large without a brand name remains to be seen. (PG-13)

ill will against Harrison or Eric Clapton or Ringo or Leon Russell for being the stars, you’d never know it. Of course, she might just have too much class to kvetch, but she sounds genuine.

Some of the sequences are very telling. The most extensive coverage is probably given to Merry Clayton recording the famous “Rape, murder! It’s just a shot away” for the Rolling Stones on “Gimme Shelter.” (Lisa Fischer now tours with the Stones and performs this part.) The film never quite answers why these women — with the exception of Darlene Love — never had the careers or the credit they ought to have had.

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it’s nonetheless a treat — and a kind of validation — to see and hear them here. The decision to end the film with Darlene Love singing Bill Withers’ “Lean on Me” was a masterstroke that imbues the proceedings with an emotional resonance unlike anything in the movie. Rated PG-13 for some strong language and sexual material. reviewed by Ken Hanke Starts Friday at Fine Arts Theatre

Despicable Me 2 HHH Director: Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud (Despicable Me) PLaYers: (Voices) Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Benjamin Bratt, Miranda Cosgrove, Russell Brand, Steve Coogan animateD comeDY rateD PG the storY: The formerly villainous Gru is recruited by the AntiVillain League to catch a new super criminal. the LowDown: It contains all the elements of the agreeable original film, but the structure is a mess and, despite pleasing moments, it’s just not very good.

I feel churlish about this, but I didn’t much care for Despicable Me 2. I wasn’t that wild about the original, though, so I probably oughtn’t be surprised. This one is more of the same — only without the novelty value and with an almost nonexistent story. (No wonder the studio didn’t put out a plot synopsis.) The film mostly works on the idea that audiences can’t get enough of the Minions — those little fellows that look like Cheetos, speak an indecipherable language and behave like badly behaved 5-year-olds. Judging by the film’s performance at the box office, that idea would seem to have some merit. Are they cute? Sure, but whether their amusement value is limitless is another matter. I’m sure the studio loves them, since they’re marketed in an array of Minion stuffed toys of various sizes — not to mention talking Minions

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and other money-spinners. (We should probably remain silent on the existence of a tie-in $34.95 Fart Blaster, though I do hope they trademarked that name. These are wondrous times we live in.) In any case, the movie delivers maximum Minions for your money — if that’s your sort of thing.

The central problem with a Despicable Me 2 is obvious from the onset, since by the end of Despicable Me the despicable title character is no longer despicable.

So in round two, we have formerly despicable Gru (Steve Carell) retired from his life of crime and trying to launch a jelly-making enterprise. Hardly the stuff of great drama, the jelly turns out to be inedible muck. So they came up with the idea that Gru will be enlisted by the Anti-Villain League to bring down some new master criminal. It’s not a bad idea, but the film keeps wandering away from the point. In fact, that’s what the film mostly does — wander.

It doesn’t so much arrive at its conclusion as it simply bumps into it by accident. Along the way we get Gru avoiding a date, Gru on a date, Gru in love, Gru dealing with eldest adopted daughter Margo (Miranda Cosgrove) coming of age, youngest adopted daughter Agnes (Elsie Fisher) wanting a mother and the list goes on, including lots of Minion antics.

It’s not that the movie is unlikable. It’s that it feels like a trip through a random checklist of things that played well in the first film. Whatever else may be said about the original Despicable Me, it felt like a sincere attempt to make a fresh movie. This feels like a cash-grab. What was touching in that film comes across as calculated here. What was funny feels like

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Sure, there are good moments — notably Steve Coogan voicing the supercilious head of the Anti-Villain League — but you’d have to be more mad-for-Minions to actually recommend it.

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20 Feet from Stardom HHHH Lisa Fischer, Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Judith Hill, Mick Jagger, Bette Midler music Documentary Documentary on the world of backup singers. Charming, tuneful, occasionally moving and always entertaining about the singers who contributed so much to so many great songs.

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Before Midnight HHHHH Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Seamus DaveyFitzpatrick, Jennifer Prior, Charlotte Prior, Walter Lassally Drama A look in on a day in the lives of the characters from Before Sunrise and Before Sunset nine years after we last saw them. A beautiful — almost sublime — film about a relationship we’ve been following since 1995. Moving, authentic and a must-see. Rated R

Despicable Me 2 HHH (Voices) Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Benjamin Bratt, Miranda Cosgrove, Russell Brand, Steve Coogan animated comedy The formerly villainous Gru is recruited by the Anti-Villain League to catch a new super criminal. It contains all the elements of the agreeable original film, but the structure is a mess and, despite pleasing moments, it’s just not very good. Rated PG

Dirty Wars HHHH Jeremy Scahill, Nasser al-Aulaqi, Jerome Starkey, Andrew Exum Documentary A globe-trotting American journalist illustrates the ways in which the war on terror has spiraled out of control. A solemn, heady, but uneven and often-flawed documentary that’s at its strongest when mixing humanity with politics. Rated nR

The East HHHH Brit Marling, Alexander Skarsgård, Ellen Page, Toby Kebbell, Shiloh Fernandez, Patricia Clarkson thriller with Pretensions An operative for a high-priced security firm infiltrates an ecoterrorist cult and finds herself drawn in. An interesting premise is ulti-

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mately not enough to keep this indie afloat. Some scenes, however, have a great deal of power. A mixed bag, but not without interest. Rated PG-13

The Heat HH Sandra Bullock, Melissa McCarthy, Demián Bichir, Marlon Wayans, Michael Rapaport odd couple cop Raunch-com A button-down FBI agent is teamed with an overbearingly vulgar Boston cop.

Stale and predictable. Its supposed novelty lies in the fact that the leads are women. Sandra Bullock is solidly professional as the “straight man,” while Melissa McCarthy swears a lot and is angry most of the time. Rated R

In the House HHHHH Fabrice Luchini, Ernst Umhauer, Kristin Scott Thomas, Emmanuelle Seigner, Bastien Ughetto mystery thriller A high school literature teacher becomes obsessed with the writings of one of his students. One of the best films you’ll see all year, In the House is a brilliant and entirely new kind of thriller that is both amusing and tragic.

Compelling entertainment every inch of the way, it is not to be missed. Rated R

The Lone Ranger HHHHH Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer, Tom Wilkinson, William Fichtner, Helena Bonham Carter, Ruth Wilson Revisionist Epic Western comedy Revisionist take on the origins of the Lone Ranger. Big, spectacular, amazingly personal blend of the Western epic and comedy that addresses issues more weighty than one usually finds in summer movies — and this makes it troubling to some. Rated PG-13

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The romance is effective, the comedy is funny, the locales are gorgeous and there’s a deep humanity to it all. Rated R

Man of Steel HHHH Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Russell Crowe, Kevin Costner, Laurence Fishburne comic Book Sci-Fi action A reworking of the Superman origin story. A mixed bag of a movie that holds its own for about 90 minutes before turning into 45 minutes of noisy, repetitive action. It is not, however, without merit. Rated PG-13

Monsters University HHH (voices) Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Helen Mirren, Steve Buscemi, Peter Sohn animated comedy A prequel to Monsters, Inc., chronicling the college years of monsters Mike and Sully. A handsome-looking, painless animated flick whose run-of-themill story makes it unmemorable. Rated G

Much Ado About Nothing HHHHH Amy Acker, Alexis Denisof, Nathan Fillion, Clark Gregg, Reed Diamond, Fran Kranz, Jillian Morgese Shakespearean comedy Shakespeare’s comedy of battling lovers, dastardly plots and bungling policemen gets a modern treatment — in everything but language.

A mostly delightful film from Joss Whedon that not only captures Shakespeare’s play, but perhaps shines some new light on it.

In the teeth of the blockbuster summer, it’s almost a little miracle. Rated PG-13

Mud HHHHH Matthew McConaughey, Tye Sheridan, Jacob Lofland, Reese Witherspoon, Sarah Paulson, Ray McKinnon, Sam Shepard Drama Two boys in a small Southern river town help a fugitive fix up a boat for his getaway with the woman he came back for. An altogether exceptional film about Southern life as seen through the eyes of two boys on what seems to them a romantic adventure. Highly recommended.

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Now You See Me HHHH Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Morgan Freeman, Woody Harrelson, Mélanie Laurent Heist Flick Four stage magicians perform an improbable heist live on a Vegas stage, and it’s up to a nay-saying detective and a professional debunker to thwart their next moves. Convoluted and never as clever as it thinks it is. But as simple, pure entertainment, it’s none too shabby. Rated PG-13

This Is the End HH Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, James Franco, Jonah Hill, Danny McBride, Craig Robinson apocalyptic comedy A group of actors — playing exaggerated versions of their reallife selves — are trapped in a house during the Apocalypse. A generally one-note, incredibly uneven, crass comedy that meanders and is far too in love with itself. Rated R

We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks HHHH Julian Assange, Adrian Lamo, Bradley Manning, James Ball, Michael Hayden Documentary Documentary about WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange. Long — too long — and complex look at people and events you may already know about. Here, however, it’s distilled into a coherent whole. Rated R

White House Down HH Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, Maggie Gyllenhaal, James Woods, Richard Jenkins action A squad of right-wing extremists take over the White House, and it’s up to an ex-military bodyguard and the president himself to stop their dastardly plan. A completely silly, nonsensical and far-too-long actioner that’s only made watchable by a charismatic cast, all of whom are far too talented for this kind of junk. Rated PG-13

World War Z HHHH Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz, Fana Mokoena, Peter Capaldi action Horror After an outbreak of zombies crushes civilization, a U.N. investigator sets out to find a cure. An occasionally entertaining take on a worn-out subgenre.

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Kuroneko HHHH HoRRoR Kaneto Shindô had startled the international film scene with his Onibaba in 1964, so when his next three efforts created scarcely a ripple, he returned to the horror genre with Kuroneko (1968) — another period-piece ghost story. Once again, the film was surprisingly gory for an “art film,” though that seemed less shocking by 1968. It’s a good story, has several striking scenes and constantly looks terrific, but it lacks the visceral punch of Onibaba. Worse, it suffers from a long stretch involving the ghost vampires trapping and murdering a series of samurai warriors that’s just the same basic scene over and over. Definitely worthwhile, but it just misses being great. Classic World Cinema by Courtyard Gallery will present Kuroneko Friday, July 12, at 8 p.m. at Phil Mechanic Studios, 109 Roberts St., River Arts District (upstairs in the Railroad Library). Info: 273-3332, www.ashevillecourtyard.com.

Gold Diggers of 1935 HHHH muSicaL comedY Busby Berkeley’s Gold Diggers of 1935 is the first of the big Warner Bros. musicals to really feel the heat of the new Production Code, meaning its comedy is less risqué, its costumes less revealing and its entertainment value slightly diminished. That said, we do get a very funny Adolphe Menjou as an outrageous theatrical director and equally funny Glenda Farrell as a stenographer on the lookout for whatever she can get. Plus, there’s the bizarre business of Berkeley choreographing 100 girls playing 100 pianos and his magnificent “Lullaby of Broadway” number. The Asheville Film Society will screen Gold Diggers of 1935 Tuesday, July 16, 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.

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Science Fiction To say that Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 film is almost beyond criticism is misleading, but not entirely untrue. No matter how you feel about 2001: A Space Odyssey, it’s just too big to ignore. It presents the viewer with a mystery that can be interpreted and explored, but never actually solved — and in so doing becomes the cinematic equivalent of pondering the universe. It is a unique film event — and one that perhaps only completely works on the big screen, which this showing allows viewers the chance to experience. There had never been anything like it before and there’s been nothing like it since. The Asheville Film Society’s Big Screen Budget Series will show 2001: A Space Odyssey Wednesday, July 17, at 7:30 p.m. in one of the downstairs theaters at The Carolina Asheville. Admission is $5 for AFS members and $7 for the general public.

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FREEWiLL aStRoLoGY aRiES (march 21-april 19)

cancER (June 21-July 22)

The Space Needle is a tourist attraction in Seattle. It's taller than the Washington Monument but shorter than the Eiffel Tower. Near the top of the structure is a circular restaurant that rotates slowly, making one complete turn every 47 minutes. The motor that moves this 125-ton mass is small: only 1.5 horsepower. In the coming days, Aries, I foresee you having a metaphorically similar ability. You will be able to wield a great deal of force with a seemingly small and compact "engine."

When the comic book hero Superman first appeared on the scene in 1938, he had the power to jump over tall buildings but couldn’t fly. By 1941, he was hovering in midair, and sometimes moving around while floating. Eventually, he attained the ability to soar long distances, even between stars. Your own destiny may have parallels to Superman’s in the coming months, Cancerian. It’s possible you will graduate, metaphorically speaking, from taking big leaps to hovering in midair. And if you work your butt off to increase your skill, you might progress to the next level — the equivalent of full-out flight — by March 2014.

taURUS (april 20-may 20) "How many years can some people exist before they're allowed to be free?" asked Bob Dylan in one of his most famous songs, written in 1962. "The answer is blowin' in the wind," he concluded. Many people hailed the tune as a civil rights anthem.

Thirteen years later, a hippie cowboy named Jerry Jeff Walker released "Pissing in the Wind," a rowdy song that included the line, "The answer is pissing in the wind."

It was decidedly less serious than the tune it paid homage to, with Walker suggesting that certain events in his life resembled the act described in the title. "Makin' the same mistakes, we swore we'd never make again," he crooned. All of this is my way of letting you know, Taurus, that you're at a fork. In one direction is a profound, even noble, "blowin' in the wind" experience. In the other, it would be like "pissing in the wind."

Which do you prefer? It's up to you.

GEmini (may 21-June 20) The Italian artist Duccio di Buoninsegna painted his “Madonna and Child” sometime around the year 1300. It's a compact piece of art — just 11 inches high and 8 inches wide. Nevertheless, New York's Metropolitan Museum paid $45 million for the pleasure of owning it. I propose that we choose this diminutive treasure as your lucky symbol for the next eight to 10 months, Gemini. May it inspire you as you work hard to create a small thing of great value.

LEo (July 23-aug. 22) "It's never too late to become what you might have been," said novelist George Eliot. I'd like you to keep that thought in mind throughout the rest of 2013 and beyond, Leo. I trust you will allow its sly encouragement to work its way down into your darkest depths, where it will revive your discouraged hopes and wake up your sleeping powers. Here are the potential facts as I see them: In the next 10 months, you will be in prime time to reclaim the momentum you lost once upon a time ... to dive back into a beloved project you gave up on ... and maybe even resuscitate a dream that made your eyes shine when you were younger and more innocent.

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ViRGo (aug. 23-Sept. 22) When I first arrived in Santa Cruz some years back, I helped start a New Wavepunk band called Mystery Spot. Our first drummer was a guy named Lucky Lehrer.

After a few months, our manager decided Lucky wasn't good enough and kicked him out of the band. Lucky took it hard, but didn't give up. He joined the seminal punk band the Circle Jerks, and went on to have a long and successful career. Flipside magazine even named him the best punk drummer of all time. I suspect, Virgo, that in the next 10 to 12 months you will have a chance to achieve the beginning of some Lucky Lehrer-type redemption. In what area of your life would you like to experience it?

LiBRa (Sept. 23-oct. 22)

you, Scorpio. Through clear thinking and honest inquiry, you have the power to get at truths everyone else has missed.

Breakthrough will probably not arrive wrapped in sweetness and a warm glow, nor is it likely to be catalyzed by a handsome prince or pretty princess. No, Sagittarius.

When the breakthrough barges into your life, it may be a bit dingy and dank, and it may be triggered by questionable decisions or weird karma. So in other words, the breakthrough may have resemblances to a breakdown, at least in the beginning. This would actually be a good omen — a sign that your deliverance is nothing like you imagined it would be, and probably much more interesting.

caPRicoRn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) In a wheat field, a rose is a weed — even if that rose is voluptuous and vibrant. I want you to promise me that you will work hard to avoid a fate like that in the coming months, Capricorn. Everything depends on you being in the right place at the right time. It's your sacred duty to identify the contexts in which you can thrive and then put yourself in those contexts. Please note: The ambiance that's most likely to bring out the best in you is not necessarily located in a high-status situation where everyone's ambition is amped to the max.

aQUaRiUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Is your soul feeling parched? In your inner world, are you experiencing the equivalent of a drought? If so, maybe you will consider performing a magic ritual that could help get you on track for a cure. Try this: Go outside when it's raining or misting. If your area is going through a dry spell, find a waterfall or high-spouting fountain and put yourself in close proximity. Then stand with your legs apart and spread your arms upwards in a gesture of welcome. Turn your face toward the heavens, open up your mouth and drink in the wetness for as long as it takes for your soul to be hydrated again. (In an emergency, frolicking under a sprinkler might also work.)

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PiScES (Feb. 19-march 20)

In 2010, two economics professors from Harvard wrote a paper that became a crucial piece of evidence for the global austerity movement. Politicians used it to justify their assertion that the best way to cure our long-running financial ills is for governments to spend less money. Oddly, no one actually studied the paper to see if it was based on accurate data until April 2013. Then Thomas Herndon, a 28-yearold Ph.D. student at the University of Massachusetts, dived in and discovered fundamental mistakes that largely discredited the professors' conclusions. I believe you have a similar mojo going for

Igor Stravinsky was a 20th-century composer who experimented with many styles of music, including the avant-garde work "The Rite of Spring." "My music is best understood by children and animals," he said. In my vision of your ideal life, Pisces, that will also be true about you in the coming week: You will be best understood by children and animals. Why? Because I think you will achieve your highest potential if you're as wild and free as you dare. You will be fueled by spontaneity and innocence, and care little about what people think of you.

Play a lot, Pisces! Be amazingly, blazingly uninhibited.

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