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PERFORMING ARTS A 15-Year-Old Clarinetist in Concert of “American Favorites” Sunday, March 10

BY STAFF REPORTS • DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE

The newly-founded chamber musicorganization, ​Clarinet & Friends,​

is proud to present a concert of“American Favorites,” featuring the

music of George Gershwin, BennyGoodman, Scott Joplin and Artie

Shaw at ​The Cathedral of AllSouls on March 10, 3 pm.​

The concert will illustrate the evolution and incorporation of Klezmer music into American Jazz, showing how many of the great Jazz artists of American history have strong Eastern European roots. The concert will feature 15-year-old Aaron Lipsky on clarinet and Alex Watson on piano.

Clarinetist, Aaron Lipsky, founded Clarinet and Friends in 2018. Lipsky, a sophomore at AC Reynolds High School, attended the Brevard Music Center’s (BMC) Summer Institute and

The concert features 15-year-old Aaron Lipsky on clarinet (left) and Alex Watson on piano.

Festival in 2017 and 2018. In 2017, he was the youngest student enrolled and in 2018 was a BMC Scholar and a concerto competition semi-finalist. During his time at BMC, Lipsky played principal clarinet under Keith Lockhart,the conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra. He is also a two-time recipient of the Ione M. Allen Scholarship for musical study and currently studies with Steve Loew, former solo clarinetist of the US Marine Band. Lipsky was a featured musician in “The Next Generation” concerts presented by Dan Weiser and AmiciMusic this

past October. He is also the winner of the 2019 Hendersonville Symphony Concerto Competition. Alex Watson is one of the premier pianists of the southeast. He graduated from UNC at Chapel Hill with a BA in music, the US Armed Forces School of Music and studied for three years ​at Corso di Musica in Tuscania, Italy and Morges, Switzerland. Watson is an instructor at the Piano Lab Studios of Asheville and has also won four​​ first-place gold medals in the National Veterans Creative Arts Festival Competition of 2015 and 2017 in categories for classical, jazz and sacred music.

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​Clarinet & Friends Tickets are $15 in advance and $18 at the door. Go to ​clarinetandfriends.com or callAlex Watson at ​(252) 236-5457​tickets and more information.

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PERFORMING ARTS Asheville Symphony Announces 10-Day Lineup for 2019 Asheville Amadeus

BY STAFF REPORTS • DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE

Warren Haynes, pianist Garrick Ohlsson join the

Asheville Symphony for festival opening and itsfinale.

The all-ages festival spans multiple Asheville venues, features collaborations with local favorites like Burial Beer Co. and joins forces with all-star musicians such as Gov’t Mule frontman and GRAMMY Award-winning vocalist, songwriter, producer, and guitarist Warren Haynes.

First held in 2015, Asheville Amadeus has since become a much-anticipated biennial event — expanding in 2017 from a weeklong festival to a grand 10-day celebration. In 2019, the Asheville Symphony continues this tradition, with a festival that includes more than 30 public and private events.

“For Asheville Amadeus 2019, we’re pairing rock’n’roll with Rachmaninoff,” says Asheville Symphony Executive Director David Whitehill. “And there’s no better way to celebrate than with rock guitarist Warren Haynes and Rach pianist Garrick Ohlsson.

Friday, March 15, festival-goers should prepare to imbibe at Burial’s South Slope taproom for the release of The Righteous and Barbaric Souls Imperial Stout. With notes of apricot and scores of chocolate, the new Amadeus-inspired brew is an ode to all things lavish and profound — especially when paired with music, art and tasty treats from local chefs.

Saturday, March 16, Asheville Amadeus jams on stage with Warren Haynes in a musical rock performance, “Warren Haynes Presents Dreams & Songs – A Symphonic Journey,” that’s sure to blow audiences away. Born and raised in Asheville, Warren Haynes is recognized as one of the most excellent guitar players in the world

and part of three of the greatest rock groups in history — The Allman Brothers Band, Gov’t Mule, and The Dead. For this special Amadeus performance, Haynes is joined by Oteil Burbridge (Allman Brothers Band, Dead & Co., The Aquarium Rescue Unit), John Medeski (Medeski Martin & Wood, Phil Lesh & Friends), Jeff Sipe (Aquarium Rescue Unit, Leftover Salmon) and the Asheville Symphony Orchestra for a symphonic take on his classic, career-spanning material. Rich Daniels, the musical director of The City Lights Orchestra in Chicago, will conduct.

For the next week, Amadeus kicks into high gear with performances ranging from “Ballet with Bach and Rach” with the Ballet Conservatory of Asheville to a rowdy evening of racy drinking songs at The Funkatorium with Asheville Choral Society featuring Tempus.

Amadeus Mozart

Tuesday, March 19 and Wednesday, March 20, LaZoom revs its purple bus’s engine for an Amadeus-only musical history tour of Asheville, hosted by local musician Andrew Fletcher.

Other events include a fashion show with the Asheville Symphonettes, a progressive chamber concert walking tour with Pan Harmonia, a special screening of “Shine” at Grail Moviehouse, a flight night of Austrian wines at Burial Beer Co.’s new Forestry Camp Restaurant and Bar, a candid chat with music professionals and a series of interactive musical experiences for children.

Saturday, March 23, all-star pianist Garrick Ohlsson joins the Asheville Symphony Youth Orchestra for the 2019 finale eve concert, featuring Edvard Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A Minor, Mozart’s Overture to The Magic Flute and Arturo

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PERFORMING ARTS Ballet Hispanico arrives at Diana Wortham April 9-10

What does it mean to be caught between twocultures? Ballet Hispánico choreographer

Michelle Manzanales knows the feeling.

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BY STAFF REPORTS • DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE

“My parents are Mexican, and I grew up in America — I was born in America,” she said. “I’ve always felt suspended in between those two very distinct cultures. And I’m trying, as a choreographer, to stand in that place in the middle and be confident.”

In her work, “Con Brazos Abiertos,” Manzanales explores this dual-cultured existence, intertwining the iconic Mexican symbols of her childhood, folkloric details and a distinctly contemporary voice in dance — all set to music that ranges from Julio Iglesias to rock en español.

And Manzanales’s “Con Brazos Abiertos” isn’t the only Ballet Hispánico piece coming to downtown Asheville’s Diana Wortham Theatre

on Tuesday, April 9 and Wednesday, April 10. America’s premier Latino dance organization for more than 48 years, Ballet Hispánico’s Asheville performances will also include Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s ode to flamenco, “Línea Recta,” and Tania Pérez-Salas’ 3. “Catorce Dieciséis,” inspired by the circular movement of life.

Fusing Latin dance with classical and contemporary techniques, Ballet Hispánico brings these three highly

Linea Recta acclaimed works to Asheville for a cultural residency that spans multiple traditions and generations. Lopez Ochoa is one of today’s most sought-after choreographers, and her work, “Línea Recta,” is a powerful and resonant work that explores an intriguing aspect of flamenco dance: the conspicuous absence of physical partnering. While maintaining the integrity and hallmark passion of the genre, Lopez Ochoa imagines an original and explosive language of motion through partnership, set to flamenco guitar performed by Eric Vaarzon Morel.

“In flamenco,” said company dancer Melissa Fernandez, “there’s always a battle going on, and there’s always this tension. But yet there’s never any physical touch.”

In “Línea Recta,” though, Lopez Ochoa introduces flamenco to the tactile sense.

“I called it ‘Línea Recta’ because it’s an expression used in French — that when you go right to your goal, you say, ‘Línea recta,’” Lopez Ochoa said. “I feel that, in flamenco, it’s not right to the goal. The theme of how males and females communicate is very indirect, and

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Asheville’s best-kept secret in live theater, 35below, offers “Lobby Hero” and ‘An Iliad’ this spring

BY STAFF REPORTS • DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE

At the back of the ACT building, is an entranceto 35below, another theatre venue that manypeople still aren’t aware exists.

35below is a small black box space that has only two rows and only 40 seats. It opened in December of 2002, and its debut performance was David Sedaris’ The Santaland Diaries. Over the years, the stage has hosted World Premieres, NC Premieres, and works by local playwrights, including productions by Waylon Wood, Tom Godleski, and Monica McDaniel. In this space,

improv performances, a storytelling series, The Autumn Players Readers Theatre Showcase Series, and a range of independently produced productions have found an artistic home.

Two of those productions are scheduled for performances this spring. Lobby Hero, a provocative drama by Oscar Award-winning screenwriter Kenneth Lonergan will run for three weekends in March, and An Iliad, a captivating one-person show will run in April. Both shows are produced by local theatre groups who don’t have permanent

theatre space of their own.

“Anyone in the community is welcome to propose a show for the 35below season,” said Jenny Bunn, Marketing Director of Asheville Community Theatre. “We’re specifically interested in proposals that feature scripts that offer a diversity of voices, perspectives, and experiences; scripts by women and people of color; and scripts that illuminate contemporary issues.”

But also, she adds, “35below is a tiny space. With only 40 seats, the shows that work best in that performance space have smaller casts and sets.”

Lobby Hero is produced by local troupe Ellipsis Theatre Company, headed by Chelsey Gaddy Mirheli, and is directed by Devyn Villarreal. In the show, a murder investigation brings together a pair of security guards, a cop, and his rookie to the lobby of a Manhattan apartment complex where loyalties and convictions are pushed to the limit. Sometimes between truth, justice, and doing the right thing, you can only pick two.

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Lobby Hero will be performed in 35below March 8-24, with performances Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30 pm and Sunday afternoons at 2:30 pm.

An Iliad is produced by Rarely Theatre Company, a collaboration between husband and wife team Trinity Smith Keel and Scott Keel. For An Iliad, Trinity Smith Keel will direct, and Scott Keel will star in the one-person show. Scott’s brother, the accomplished cellist, Franklin Keel, will provide live musical underscoring.

In this show, a bare stage is transformed into a raging battlefield, bringing Homer’s epic tale of heroes and villains through the centuries and into the present day. An Iliad will be performed in 35below April 5-21, with performances Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30 pm and Sunday afternoons at 2:30 pm.

In addition to these two productions, 35below hosts a range of other performances. Listen to This is a monthly storytelling series with stories and songs written on a specific theme. Somewhat similar to

NPR’s This American Life, Listen to This has been occurring on the last Thursday of each month for several years. Local comedian and actor Tom Chalmers plans, produces, and hosts each show.

The Autumn Players also present their Readers Theatre Showcase Series in 35below. This series offers both classic and contemporary scripts as reader’s theatre, where rehearsed actors use only vocal expression to help the audience understand the story rather than visual storytelling such as sets, costumes, intricate blocking, and movement. Awake and Sing will be performed

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PERFORMING ARTS AmiciMusic’s ‘Mozart in the Mountains’ with the debut of Breaking Winds

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AmiciMusic presents their first annual “MOZART in the MOUNTAINS” Festival featuring the debut of BREAKING WINDS, an exciting new Wind Ensemble in the region, as well as a “NIGHT in VIENNA” with two great singers performing scenes from Mozart operas and more.

Artistic Director Daniel Weiser

AmiciMusic will present a fantastic weekend of music by Mozart and more with two different programs in five venues. The first program, “BREAK- ING WINDS” will feature the debut of Breaking Winds, a new and exciting Asheville-based Wind Ensemble directed

by clarinetist Steve Loew. Breaking Winds is comprised of top musicians from the Asheville Symphony, Brevard Philharmonic, Hendersonville

“A NIGHT IN VIENNA,” an excellent program of operatic scenes and arias by Mozart, Lehar, and Strauss, featuring soprano Amanda Horton, baritone Jonathan Ross

Symphony, Greenville Symphony, and the Knoxville Symphony orchestras.

Wind Music was a favorite genre in the 18th and 19th centuries and was performed at many social occasions and in the streets of cities throughout Europe. Unfortunately, the expense of financing these groups became prohibitive, and this music is rarely heard in concert today. Breaking Winds plans to bring back this cherished music and have it performed by the most accomplished musicians in Asheville. This program will feature Mozart’s Octet in E Flat Major as well as his wonderful woodwind Piano Quintet with AmiciMusic Artistic Director Daniel Weiser joining the group. Also on the program will be the

Asheville Clarinet Choir, comprised of 12 to 20 clarinetists of all shapes and sizes.

The “BREAKING WINDS” program can be heard on Friday, March 15, 7:30 pm at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville. It will be repeated on Saturday, March 16, 7:30 pm at a fantastic private home in Hendersonville and then again on Sunday, March 17, 2 pm at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church in Brevard.

AmiciMusic will also bring back “A NIGHT IN VIENNA,” a wonderful program of operatic scenes and arias by Mozart, Lehar, and Strauss, featuring soprano Amanda Horton, baritone Jonathan Ross, and pianist Daniel Weiser. These Asheville favorites will present great scenes from Mozart’s “Marriage of Figaro,” “Don Giovanni,” and “The Magic Flute” as well as Lehar’s “The Merry Widow” and Strauss’ “Die Fledermaus. They will perform on Saturday, March 16, 3 pm at the First Presbyterian Church in Asheville and then again on Sunday, March 17, 4:30 at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church in Brevard.

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For more information about AmiciMusic’s Mozart in the Mountains Festival and to buy tickets for all the in advance, visit www.amicimusic.org and click on the link to “Asheville Concerts.”

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LIVE THEATER ‘Action Movie: The Play’ brings fun and excitement to the stage

BY STAFF REPORTS • RIVER ARTS DISTRICT, ASHEVILLE

Everybody loves a good action movie – the

fantastic stunts, the over-the-top acting,the cheesy dialogue and, of course, theobligatory high-speed car chase.

The Magnetic Theatre is delighted to produce ACTION MOVIE: THE PLAY: a loving satire of ‘80s action movies, written by Joe Faust and Richard Ragsdale.

ACTION MOVIE: THE PLAY was initially produced by The Defiant Theatre in Chicago, Illinois in 1998, a company that included Faust and Ragsdale. The play quickly gained notoriety for its inventive staging, skillful combat, and subtle nods to the audience in this sophisticated parody of the beloved trope.

The Magnetic Theatre could not be more

The cast of ‘‘Action Movie: The Play’ in what looks to be one of the most original and fun plays of the spring with epic fight scenes and gratuitous dance sequences.

excited to undertake this deliciously fun, action-packed event that will put other summer blockbusters to the test!

Synopsis: A diabolical villain threatens to take over the world, and this motley crew of misfit heroes is the only ones who can stop him. Will they be able to save the world from his evil clutches? Only time, some epic fight scenes and gratuitous dance sequences will tell.

Featuring: Jered Shults, Mike Yow, Michael Lilly, Samantha LeBrocq, Alexa Edelman, Brooks Wallace, Tippin, Daniel Moore, Chris Young, and Zoey Laird

Direction: Andrew Gall. Lighting Design: Abby Auman. Sound Design: Rodney Smith. Costume Design: Samantha LeBrocq. Fight Choreography: Jered Shults and Andrew Gall. Puppets and Props Design: Jim Julien and Katie Jones. Stage Management: Jessica Johnson

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animal fat, wear sun glasses. Recent studies confirmed that a combination of vitamin C and E, beta-carotene, zinc, copper, lutein, and zeaxanthin was helpful in slowing the progression of the disease in the intermediate stages. The late stages of dry AMD have no know treatment.

Wet AMD (new, but malformed, blood vessels) can be treated with medicines injected directly into the eye or with medicine that is given intravenously and activated by laser in the eye. Again,

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March 28-29, 2019 and The Constant Wife will follow April 26-27, in 35below.

“Though people are very aware of what ACT offers on our Mainstage, 35below is still the bestkept secret in the WNC theatre world,” said Bunn. “It’s such an intimate space that the audience becomes very connected to the energy of the performers. It is a terrific space to see a show.”

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For more information about 35below, the Readers Theatre Showcase Series, or Listen to This, visit www.ashevilletheatre.org.

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these and several other more experimental therapies can slow but not stop wet AMD.

Considering that this is a disastrous disease with serious, irreversible consequences, have your eyes examined regularly and make effective lifestyle changes to decrease your risk. Many who have the genetic abnormalities, but excellent lifestyle habits are avoiding this problem. Join them.

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Márquez’s Danzón No. 2. This concert features all five orchestras of the ASYO: the Youth Orchestra, Philharmonia, Prelude Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, and the Percussion Ensemble.

For the big finale, Rach the night away with Mozart’s Symphony No. 25 and a powerhouse performance of two masterful Rachmaninoff compositions: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini and Piano Concerto No. 2 — with expert Rachmaninoff interpreter Ohlsson on the piano. Asheville Symphony Music Director Darko Butorac will join the orchestra on the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium’s giant stage, complete with a 32-foot stage

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ACTION MOVIE: THE PLAY opens Friday, March 8 and runs through Sunday, March 31 at The Magnetic Theatre, located at 375Depot Street in the River Arts District. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm and Sundays at 3pm. Tickets are $18 for General Admission and $10 for students. For tickets and information, visit www.themagnetictheatre.org.

extension that thrusts the Symphony into the audience.

“Doing two Rachmaninoff pieces is almost unheard of,” Whitehill says. “It’s absolute gluttony. It’s an embarrassment of musical riches — and a rare opportunity to see two of the most beloved, virtuosic, difficult concertos in one evening.”

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Asheville Symphony Tickets are on sale now, with event prices ranging from free to $93. www.ashevilleamadeus.org.Monday-Friday, 10-4 pm (828) 254- 7046, 27 College Pl., Suite 100.

um about images in the state history museum’s collection that didn’t make the “cut” for the Look Again exhibition.

Having worked at the state history museum for 30 years, Blevins is very familiar with its photographic collection and well prepared to discuss its contents and examine why photographs are not only pieces of history but some of our most priceless possessions.

While the program is free, registration is required, as the number of seats is limited. For more information about the Look Again exhibit or to register for the program, contact RoAnn Bishop at the Mountain Gateway Museum at (828) 668-9259 or roann.bishop@ncdcr.gov.

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The play concerns Rothko in his New York studio in 1958/59, having been commissioned to paint a group of murals for the expensive and exclusive Four Seasons Restaurant. He gives orders to his assistant, Ken, as he mixes the paints, makes the frames, and paints the canvases. Ken, however, brashly questions Rothko’s theories of art and his acceding to work on

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