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CONTENTS September 2018 • Volume 22, NO. 1

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Detail of a painting “Bamboo” watercolor on paper by John Anderson

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The Starving Artist supports local artists throughout WNC

The perfect way to start your Autumn in the WNC mountains: Henderson County Open Studio Tour set for September 22-23 36th Annual Asheville Quilt Show Coming in Late September 12th Annual Autumn Juried Group Exhibit of the Carolina Nature Photographers Association – Asheville Region at BlackBird Frame & Art 310 Art: Erin Keane — Window Shopping for Luminous Imagery

Art Classes Asheville Gallery of Art: “Life Is Art” the powerfully expressive art of Michelle Hamilton Downtown Asheville: Asheville Symphony opens 2018-2019 season September 15 with new Music Director Darko Butorac Music, Song & Dance: AmiciMusic presents “SONGS of PASSION” at three intimate venues from Sept. 28-30 Health: Eating Out costs you a lot more than just money

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Artists from local gallery 310 ART to show in New York City

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Linda Pannullo hosts internationally renowned mosaic instructors Kate Thayer studies “The Greens of Summer”

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“Tubes of the Trade” is 13”H X 18”W, watercolor on “These are a few tubes from my watercolor ‘stash.’”

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“Old Mountain Crop” by John Anderson is 15”H X 16”W, watercolor on paper. “We had a large chestnut tree on our last property.”

The Starving Artist supports local artists throughout WNC

By Staff Reports At The Starving Artist, Hendersonville’s local art supply store, the staff and customers enjoy a friendly relationship and a revolving door of creativity and services.

When asked to explain his ‘revolving door’ approach, owner Matt Smith says, “We’re not just trying to sell products. We’re not a big-box store, and we don’t want to be. We want to be a service to our customers from the start of their project until the end.”

It’s this willingness to help artists that has made The Starving Artist a staple of the arts’ community in WNC over the past 8+ years.

“I know I could probably get my supplies online, but why? I can get

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everything I need right here. And The Starving Artist is so much more than that,” says one customer. She went on to explain that after purchasing her materials at The Starving Artist she often-times brings her finished piece back for photography. “I need good photos of my work so I can post it on Facebook and Instagram. I’ve been selling a lot that way.

A lot of times, I let the guys at The Starving Artist mat and shrink wrap my finished Matt Smith piece before I ship it.”

Other customers, such as John Anderson, this month’s cover artists on Rapid River Magazine, use The Starving Artist in different ways. Anderson is an accomplished watercolor artist and woodworker. He makes his frames Vol. 22, No. 01 — September 2018

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Victoria Burke receives the Starving Artist People’s Choice Award

“Big Sisters” by John Anderson is 15”H X 17”W, watercolor on paper. “My wife is a fiber artist, hence the subject matter.”

“Bamboo” by John Anderson is 10”H X 17” W, watercolor on paper. “There is a stand of bamboo at the Carl Sandburg Home where I conduct house tours.”

and does his own framing. When a painting is in its final stages, Anderson returns to The Starving

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Artist to get his mats, glass and other framing hardware. He has also used The Starving Artist graphic design and promotional printing services to advertise his artwork.

As part of the revolving door approach, Smith believes in supporting his local artists. Among other events, The Starving Artist is a sponsor of the Art Council of Henderson County’s annual art show, ‘Bring Us Your Best.’

“I love going to the opening and seeing all of the finished pieces,” Smith says. “I’ve seen so ‘Cover’ continued on pg. 29

Artists Breakfasts Draw Crowds Artists, collectors and patrons are gathering in Asheville’s River Arts District for monthly socials. Artists’ Breakfasts are held on the last Thursday of each month. Up next: September 27, 10-1pm at 362 Depot. Organizer Richard Baker of Richard Baker Studios says he is pleased with the turnouts for the first two events.

“It’s good to see the artists networking.

And it’s also nice to meet Asheville’s art patrons.”

Many of the 10 artists of 362 Depot are on hand to talk to those who attend for the camaraderie and food and to see new works.

“People are coming in,” Baker says, “meeting the artists and purchasing artwork.”

Coffee is provided and guests are welcome to bring food to share. Recent events have drawn attendees from Asheville and points beyond including Saluda, Hendersonville, Waynesville and Weaverville.

For more info follow 362 Depot and Richard Baker on Facebook or call (828) 234-1616.

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What better way to start your fall adventures in the WNC Mountains this year than with a weekend driving through beautiful Henderson County in search of talented local artists?

The doors to 36 Henderson County art studios will swing open to welcome guests in the Open Studio Tour 10-5 pm on Saturday and Sunday, September 23-24.

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310 ART

“The Looking Glass,” by Erin Keane, 8x8 each, encaustic

Erin Keane — Window shopping for luminous imagery

By Erin Keane As an artist working with

photography and encaustic beeswax, my camera is a tool to gather the colors and textures of daily life.

I am especially interested in the elasticity of light as it dances around shadow and reflection. One of my favorite things to do is take my camera “window shopping” by walking past store windows with the camera lens facing the window.

This records superimposed images of what is behind the store window while simultaneously reflected by the store window.

It is intriguing how the camera lens “sees” differently than the eye lens.

The effects are similar to double exposures, sandwiched negatives, or colorful filters. Try it the next time you are in downtown Asheville, as there are many boutiques with unique window displays. Point your camera at a window and notice how the boutique imagery blends with the background imagery. Moving your camera even an inch sideways or upward or downward can change the entire appearance, as the light reflects from a different angle.

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The images for “The Quiet Hour” came primarily from Lexington Avenue and Broadway Street. I visited twice, in late winter and early spring. The boutique displays were similar but the background changed with the seasons, so you see bare trees in some photographs and blooming trees in others. The artwork captures this quiet hour between the calm of winter and the bustle of spring.

My method of developing photography involves transferring the ink by hand from my prints onto wood panels and saturating the images with encaustic medium, a mixture of refined beeswax and damar resin.

The transfer process makes me feel connected to my artwork. My hands are on every print, smoothing and burnishing and revealing the final imagery. The rhythm becomes a moving meditation. Each transfer is unique, an absolute one of a kind.

The method is reminiscent of my darkroom days, in that every print is made by hand, with the process transforming the original image into Vol. 22, No. 01 — September 2018

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something new.

Layers of encaustic illuminate the imagery and lend visual depth and texture to the photographs. It is the perfect finishing touch, creating soft imagery with a luminous glow and aromatic scent of beeswax. Beeswax has a very sensuous surface, yet it is also highly archival and durable.

Erin Keane studied art at Miami University, Ohio, and graduated with an M.A. in Art Education. Her work is represented by 310 ART, and she is a member of Southern IF YOU GO

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Learn how to create luminous imagery using Erin’s method of photography with encaustic beeswax in her “Waxagrams” class on December 8-9. See the full class listings and more on www.310ART.com.

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FABRIC ARTS

36th Annual Asheville Quilt Show coming in late September

By Staff Reports

September 28 marks the opening day of the 36th Annual Asheville Quilt Show sponsored by the Asheville Quilt Guild and Moda Fabrics at the WNC Ag Center in the Davis Event Center.

More than 350 quilts made by quilters from across the country will be on exhibit. The show runs Friday and Saturday, 9-5pm, and Sunday 10-4:30pm. Admission is $7 with a discount for groups of six or more.

The Asheville Quilt Show is a regional show with

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a national reputation. The show attracts nationally known talented artists as well as quilters on their way up and novices too.

Those in the competition are More than 350 quilts will be on display vying for over $10,000 in prize money. Demonstrations by accomplished local quilters will take place throughout the show. And for the younger set, there will ‘Quilt’ continued on pg. 29

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ART EXHIBIT

Clockwise starting at left: “Bear Sign Branch,” photograph by Harry Durity.

“Autumn Daybreak,” photograph by Everette Robinson. “Crossed Seasons,” photograph by Kathleen Roberts.

12th Annual Autumn Juried Group Exhibit of the Carolina Nature Photographers Association – Asheville Region at BlackBird Frame & Art

By Staff Reports Can’t wait for the seasonal colors this fall?

Get an early look through the lenses of some of this region’s most talented photographers.

Titled “Autumn Splendor,” the 12th Annual Autumn Juried Group Exhibit of the Carolina Nature Photographers Association’s Asheville region will run September 14 - October 31at BlackBird Frame & Art. A reception on Friday, September 14 affords a fine opportunity to meet the artists and discuss their entries.

Only select photographs will be on display in this show, all in homage to the resplendence that nature unfolds before us in these glorious months.

In fact, since nature needs no help, entry guidelines for the show specify that the “hand of man” (roads, buildings, etc.) is not to appear in the images.

The Carolina Nature Photographers Association (CNPA), founded in 1992, seeks to develop a group which will more fully experience the beauty of this exemplary natural area through photography and promotes an appreciation of the natural Vol. 22, No. 01 — September 2018

gifts and treasures. They pursue these goals by providing opportunities to interact with other photographers, receive constructive critiques and participate in shows such as this one.

Anyone with interest in pursuing nature photography professionally or just for pleasure is encouraged to find more information on the website, asheville. cnpa-regions.org/.

BlackBird is honored to host the talented members of this dedicated group. Join them to experience “Autumn Splendor” and take away new views and perspectives – and possibly a beautiful photograph for your collection and year-round enjoyment.

BlackBird Frame & Art BlackBird Frame & Art is an independent gallery and custom frame studio owned by Pat and John Horrocks • 365 Merrimon Avenue, north Asheville. 10-6pm weekdays and 10-3pm Sat. (828) 225-3117 • blackbirdframe.com

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Asheville’s Longest Established Fine Art Gallery with 31 Regional Artists

Asheville Gallery of Art 's September Artist

“Untitled” mixed media, encaustics. “In the Foyer” 72x30 mixed media, encaustics. “Over the Fireplace” 40x30 mixed media & encaustics. All works by Michelle Hamilton

“Life Is Art” the powerfully expressive art of Michelle Hamilton

By Staff Reports

Asheville Gallery of Art’s September show, “Life Is Art,” will feature the work of Michelle Hamilton. Her colorful encaustics use the textural capabilities of the medium to give meaning to abstraction.

Of the title of her show, the artist says, “Art can be what you do, how you dress, start a business, decorate your home, how you prepare a meal or host a dinner party. Even how you love someone.

That is how I’ve always felt about my life. When I create, especially my encaustic work, it brings out a deeper sense of myself. One where I can truly be me without any hesitations. To be insentient of time even. It is truly a gift from the universe.”

Hamilton says that her art education has

been varied, but mostly self-taught. “Traveling and observing different cultures and their art has been very inspiring to me. Everything from Japanese fashion to Tim Burton has influenced my work, but my primary muse is nature (not surprising, considering the breathtaking beauty here in the Appalachian Mountains). I don’t limit myself to one particular theme because it’s good to be mutable in creativity, always growing and changing along with the work and proficiency with the materials.”

Michelle explored many different mediums before trying encaustics. She describes this discovery, “like falling in love for the first time all over again; the versatile nature of encaustics allows me to delve into mixed media and texture,

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which opens my mind and makes me even more passionate about art.”

Hamilton’s work, as well as the paintings of the other 30 gallery members, will be on display and for sale through September.

Asheville Gallery of Art (828) 251-5796 • www.ashevillegallery-of-art. com, or go to the gallery Facebook page.

The show runs September 1-30 during gallery hours, 11-6 pm. Mon. - Sat. and 11-4pm Sun. 82 Patton Avenue in Asheville, across from Pritchard Park. Reception for the artist Friday, September 7, 5-8 p.m. Everyone is cordially invited to stop by the gallery.

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PERFORMANCE

Artists from local gallery 310 ART to show in New York City

By Staff Reports

artist working in oils, inks, mixed media and encaustic.

She grew up in Western Florida on the Gulf of MexiFleta Monaghan, Bridget Benton, co and settled in Nadine Charlsen, Katrina ChenAsheville in 1981. evert, and Jane Molinelli, are the She founded 310 featured artists in the show “310 (L-r) “A Closer Look” by Katrina Chenevert, Oil 8x8. “Immigration Services Chinatown” by Nadine Charlsen.

Art in 2006, which ARTists From Asheville: Languag“Pathway To Atantis” (cropped) by Fleta Monaghan, Encaustic 24x18 now houses a gallery, es in Visual Arts.” sites in the city. It’s also a few blocks from the studios, and the oldest Fleta Monaghan, the founder of 310 ART, says, Museum of Modern Art, a mid-town arts destinaindependent school for the arts in the region.

“This is a great opportunity for the artists to show tion.”

Bridget Benton, a nationally known artist, as a group in New York while highlighting the diEach artist has their unique style and medium. instructor, and best selling author, joined 310 versity of art available in our studio. It also serves Featured in the show are: ART as a resident artist in 2017, after moving to to bring recognition of the River Arts District to Charlsen is an urban landscape watercolor Asheville from Portland, OR. In 2006, she began New York. While this show is going on, we will artist and instructor based in Asheville. Her back- working in encaustic that allows her to incorpohave similar pieces at our gallery in the River Arts ground as a theatrical lighting designer in New rate multiple media while continuing to explore District.”

York City for 31 years has allowed her to incorpo- themes of memory, home, and belonging. Benton Nadine Charlsen who is the curator of the rate her knowledge of light, shadow, scale, colis the lead instructor in encaustic at 310 ART. show is a master experimental watercolorist who ors, and textures to culminate an artistic drama.

Katrina Chenevert moved to Asheville in 2008 moved to Asheville from NYC. Having exhibited She teaches a series of experimental watercolor and immediately embraced the art culture. Nosat the Berlitz many times, she felt it would be a courses at 310 ART. talgia often drives her inspiration to paint but, it is perfect venue to display the work of her studio Fleta Monaghan is a long time Asheville fine mates. “The gallery is in one of the most visited ‘310 Art’ continued on pg. 29 Five resident artists from 310 ART in Asheville’s River Arts District are exhibiting work in New York City in Rockefeller Center at the Berlitz Gallery.

opening september 8th Reception from 5:30pm-8pm

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More of what Makes Asheville Special: Dining • Shopping • Galleries • Music • Fun

Downtown Asheville

Asheville Symphony opens 2018-2019 season September 15 with new Music Director Darko Butorac Staff Reports By

Asheville’s Thomas Wolfe Auditorium.

After a two-year search process for its next music director, the Asheville Symphony named Darko Butorac to the position in June. The New Music Director Darko Butorac sets September 15 concert work to make 2018-19 season fantastic Internationally renowned pianist marks his first as the George Li makes his Asheville organization’s music director and his second with Symphony debut as he joins the orchestra for the orchestra. He conducted an audition concert a performance of Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1. in November 2017.

The concert takes place at 8pm in downtown “We open our season in the spirit of the new,” The Asheville Symphony opens its 2018-2019 Masterworks Season on Saturday, September 15 under the baton of newly appointed Music Director Darko Butorac, with a concert including works by visionary composers Wagner, Liszt and Shostakovich.

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said Butorac. “I am thrilled to begin my first season as music director of the Asheville Symphony.

I loved working with the orchestra last season, and we will perform some incredibly powerful repertoire to open the season. These three works engage you on a visceral level and showcase both our wonderful soloist, George Li, and the excellent musicians of the ASO.” The evening begins with two movements, the Prelude and “Liebestod,” from Richard Wagner’s opera Tristan and Isolde. Wagner’s opera depicts the tragic medieval love story of Tristan and Isolde and sweeps audiences up in its drama and beauty. Butorac noted, “This work displays mastery of musical tension and release. Wagner was obsessed with denying full resolution of harmony to prolong dramatic tension, and this work is the most famous for it. There are hundreds of books written just about the first chord, aptly known as the ‘Tristan chord.’”

Next, virtuosic pianist George Li makes his Asheville debut in a performance of Franz Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1. Hailed by The Washington Post for having “staggering technical prowess, a sense of command, and depth of expression,” Li won the silver medal at the 2015 International Tchaikovsky Competition and received the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant in 2016. He has performed around the world at venues including Carnegie Hall, Davies Hall in San Francisco, the Mariinsky Theatre, Munich’s Gasteig, the Louvre, Seoul Arts Center, Tokyo’s Asahi Hall and Musashino Hall.

Dmitri Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony rounds out the evening’s program. “For me, this is the most powerful work written in the ‘ASO’ continued on pg. 27 Vol. 22, No. 01 — September 2018

Downtown Asheville • Dining • Shopping • Galleries • Music

Joyce Schlapkohl shows fall colors at AGA this September

103.3 Asheville FM Celebrates with Benefit At Ambrose West September 13, 6-9 pm.

103.3 Asheville FM is celebrating nine years of community radio! This year marks the first fundraising event partnership for 103.3 Asheville FM and Asheville Affiliates to “party with a purpose.” Vital funds will be raised through ticket sales, raffles and local sponsors, and all proceeds will support the addition of the station’s new live recording studio, network growth and to develop more music projects that will positively impact the community.

Go to www.ashevillefm.org or ashevilleaffiliates.com to purchase tickets to this celebration of community and real people making great radio.

“Carolina Stream” by Joyce Schlapkohl Joyce Schlapkohl describes her style as painterly realism. She strives for clear color, strong focal point, and a good design.

“Living in Western North Carolina provides all the subject matter one could ever want. We are surrounded by vast mountain ranges, intriguing clouds, rural scenes, rushing streams, animals and so much more.

Every scene is inspiring and paintable.”

“Carolina Stream” will be at the Asheville Gallery of Art in September.

It’s a large vertical with reflections and fall color.

IF YOU GO

Asheville Gallery of Art (828) 251-5796 82 Patton Ave, Asheville, NC 28801

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MOSAIC ART

Linda Pannullo hosts internationally renowned mosaic instructors

By Staff Reports

Local mosaic artist Linda Pannullo is just a handson person.

A R T A R T A R T

She had been a massage therapist for many years and was later drawn to mosaics for their tactility.

A week-long workshop at Arrowmount Craft School 10 years ago started her creative journey which has now come full circle. For the past three years, Pannullo has been delighted to be an instructor at the John C Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, NC. Five years ago, Pannullo began bringing some of the best mosaic teachers to Asheville.

The 2018 season finishes with some wonderful diverse classes. Donna Van Hooser will be here Sept. 7-9 with her popular Color Freedom Pet Portrait workshop. Students will receive instruction in color values and precision cutting.

Austin artist, Dianne Sonnenberg returns with her popular Glass on Glass Recycled Window Workshop on Sept 29 and 30. Students will create a spectacular showpiece under her direction.

Gila Rayberg offers a 3-day journey into Picassiette Portraits on Oct. 19-21. Everyone will have a lot of fun breaking china and repurposing it into whimsical shapes.

Spaces are still available. Classes are at Majik Studios in the Asheville Area Arts Building.

If you have some cherished but cracked heirloom china, Pannullo can give it new life. She gratefully accepts commissions.

For more info, email her at linda@lindapannullomosaics.com.

Registration: lindapannullomosaics.com Call (828) 337-6749 for more info.

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MUSIC, SONG & DANCE IN WNC AmiciMusic presents “SONGS of PASSION” at three intimate venues from Sept. 28-30

By Staff Reports

AmiciMusic, the award-winning musical organization based in

Asheville, NC dedicated to high-quality concerts in intimate spaces, will present an exceptional vocal program called

“SONGS of PASSION” with two influential singers performing great arias and duets from

famous operas, operettas, and musical theater.

The featured performers are Simone Vigilante, soprano and John Kaneklides, tenor. Artistic Director/pianist Daniel Weiser will accompany them, setting the scenes and providing fun, educational anecdotes about the composers, including Puccini, Verdi, Lehar, Kern, Webber, and many more.

There will be two House Concerts in the Asheville area (Sept. 28 in the Ramble; Sept. 29 in Biltmore Forest;) as well as a performance on Sept.

30 at the Orchard Inn in Saluda that will serve as a fundraiser for the Saluda Fire and Rescue Dept. At all the concerts, light food and drinks are included in the price. Come and experience these incredible songs in a very intimate setting.

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native of Rochester, NY who attended the prestigious Eastman School of Music, Ms. Vigilante has lived in Asheville since 2001.

She has sung numerous roles with the Asheville Lyric Opera Company DanWeiser, John Kaneklides, and Simone Vigilante and is a founding member of Opera Seating will be limited and by reservation only.

Creations. Pianist Tenor John Kaneklides, a North Carolina native, Daniel Weiser has performed in over 20 countries now residing in New York City, is quickly estabacross Europe and Asia and was the 1996 US lishing himself as a celebrated tenor of our time Artistic Ambassador of Music. and was hailed by Opera News as “the very A graduate of the Peabody Conservatory, Dr. picture of youthful optimism and potential.”

Weiser founded AmiciMusic in 2011 with the He is equally at home in the worlds of both opmission of bringing top quality chamber music era and musical theater. One critic recently wrote to the region performed in intimate venues and about his role as Lt. Cable in “South Pacific” in non-traditional settings. a Florida production: “whenever he sings, his AmiciMusic voice makes the audience melt.” Soprano SimIF YOU To buy seats for all the shows, visit AmiciGO one Vigilante has been praised as a “beautiful, Music’s website at amicimusic.org/concert/ dramatic soprano capable of some truly awesongsofpassion. Or call Daniel Weiser at (802) some fireworks” and has appeared with opera companies in both Europe and across the U.S. A 369-0856 to purchase by phone.

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EATING OUT COSTS YOU A LOT MORE THAN JUST MONEY In 2015 for the first time, people spent more money eating out than they spent money on food at home.

Since the 1970’s, increasing women’s employment, higher incomes, smaller family size, affordable fast food that is heavily advertised, and more significant time constraints (read: longer work hours) have motivated people to eat out more often (69% of the time at a fast-food restaurant) – with predictable results.

Traditionally, as of 2015, the vast majority of restaurant and fast-food offerings still contained huge amounts of added trans- and saturated fat increased sodium, and increased sugar content. Many entrées contained over 1000 calories (half of what the average adult needs in a day).

Fifty-seven percent of these eaten-out meals contained over 1500 gm of sodium (the entire recommended maximum daily amount). Besides, the entrée portions offered were typically 2-3 times larger than a reasonable, healthy portion. These kinds of eating patterns are known to increase heart disease, high blood pressure, increase obesity, increase cancer rates, and increase type 2 diabetes risks – all with devastating results.

Since 2015, restaurants and fast-food chains have increasingly printed calories and nutrition-

al information on their menus. They have added more dark, green leafy vegetables and/or fresh fruit as optional side dishes. Some have cut back on the trans-fat and the sodium content. Some offer lower calorie options and smaller portion sizes.

However, the popularity of typical eating-out food is based on two significant factors: price and quantity of food.

The sense of tedious inconvenience in cooking at home and the perception of saving time by eating-out has led to 58% of North Americans eating out more than once or twice a week, 27% eating out at least once a day. And statistically, from Traditional to Boomers to Generation X to Millennials, each new generation is increasingly eating out more and more. Millennials especially manage to eat out several times a week, even in the face of low-income levels.

The facts are: 1) eating out requires just as much or more time – driving to the restaurant, waiting to be seated, ordering, waiting for the

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Your Health

By Max Hammonds, MD

food to be prepared and delivered and 2) eating out is expensive. The average meal eaten at home costs $4. The average meal ate out costs $13. Over a year’s time and eating out once a day, the cost difference amounts to $2,250!

Rationally, what to do?

Eat out less, take lunch — Photo by Chuttersnap to work, eat smaller, more healthful items, track expenses and set spending goals, use left-overs are all strategies for controlling cost, minimizing time, and improving health risks. But the real plan is to bring back the obvious – learn to cook at home.

Preparing meals at home give nutritional control and increase the knowledge of what’s in the food nutritionally and tastefully, allows portion size control and food allergy control, assures better food safety and cleanliness, and contributes to family bonding over a relaxed family meal. In addition, cooking at home saves money.

For your health, your time considerations, and your finances consider the possibility of learning to cook at home – again.

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AWAKENING INTO PRESENCE “With wholeheartedness… we can feel peaceful because our presence and the presence of the universe are exactly in the same place.”

– Dainin Katagiri There is a concept in Zen called “The Gateless Gate,” and this paradoxical phrase could be said to be the summation of Zen. It is the quandary of duality and non-duality, of experiencing self in separateness or in connected oneness.

Zen is among the mystical traditions aiming at “awakening” the experience of non-duality, of oneness, of connection, of seeing into the illusory nature of being a separate self.

As long as we experience and believe there is no other reality than separateness, that “I” am “in here,” and all else is “out there,” we are blocked from the ongoing experience of connectedness that is the source of spiritual peace. We may have an intellectual understanding of the desirability and even the scientific proof of interconnectedness, but it is as if we are standing outside an impassable gate that blocks the way to actually experiencing this mythic peace and bliss as the living reality of our lives.

In our culture the entire notion of spiritual realization is simply not given any consideration. We may or may not consider ourselves religious people, but this has very little to do with spiritual realization. In many ways, this spiritual gate is not a religious issue at all, but rather a cultural one, for it has to do with an absolute belief in the separateness of “things” as the only reality, and in the passage of time as the true story of who we are. We live in goals that exist in the future and memories of a story of who we are coming out of the past. Our primary experience, therefore, is of a time/ story line of “me, in here” negotiating with other people, the world, and life “out there.”

Western culture (which is now pretty much world culture) believes in the separateness of things as the only reality.

Even Western religion, with the exception of marginalized mystical traditions, is based in the separateness of things and in humanity’s “fall” into separateness from God. This is not true with nature-based aboriginal cultures, for their spirituality is in an ongoing living experience of connection with all that exists and the underlying unity of all things.

For an aboriginal, the energy of Life or Spirit pervading and giving rise to all things within an interconnected subtle web is a natural experience. There exists very little in the way of power hierarchy in primitive cultures, neither within their social structure, nor in their relationship to Nature. All beings, human and animal, even plant and geographical phenomenon like trees, mountains and rivers, have “spirit,” exist in linked kinship, and are worthy of respect and veneration. Certainly no person, animal or natural life phenomenon is to be objectified, exploited or harmed in the quest for elevation of human power, the abusiveness that marks “civilization,” East and West, but particularly Western.

Traditional Asian culture and religions seem to represent a balance between the aboriginal and Western cultural perspectives, a balance where non-duality and duality coexist without contradiction. Eastern culture, having achieved high civilizations, has daily life experienced dualistically in the separateness of things and the hierarchy of power that comes with civilizations, while the religious traditions of the East seem to function as a reminder of the underlying truth

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ZEN PHILOSOPHY WITH BILL WALZ

of non-duality. This is very unlike Western religions that have been transformed through historic enmeshment with the political state to reinforce dualistic hierarchy. Within Eastern cultures there existed two societies; a secular dualistic society and a monastic religious society teaching nonduality as the ultimate insight into Reality and as the antidote to the suffering caused by the cruel dualities of secular life.

While not accessible to most ordinary people, the realm of the religious orders was held in awe and respect, and much of the society was guided and informed by the wisdom that emanated from these traditions. The gateless gate is symbolic of the duality of secular identity within ultimate non-duality, and is an acknowledgment of the great difficulty of the realization of non-duality from within the dualistic perspective.

In the contemporary world, if we have studied enough mystical spiritual teaching to be asking the questions, “What is the nature of reality?” “What is spirituality and how do I bring it into everyday life?” “Are we one or are we two?” we have become aware of the gate. If we have taken on a meditation practice, we are, in a sense standing, knocking on the gate, yet, while having glimpses of the “pure land” that Buddhism refers to, we remain mostly frustrated in our attempts to pass through the gate with any consistency.

Zen Master Shunryu Suzuki famously koaned, “If you believe we are two, you are wrong; if you believe we are one, you are equally wrong. We are two AND one.” So, how do we achieve this realization that while we live in the appearance of two and must function in a world of dualistic civilization, can we increasingly live in the simultaneous realization that we are one, infinite, and existing in a perfect sacred unfolding of the universe? How do we release ourselves with any consistency from the samsara of suffering that comes with duality-only consciousness?

Suzuki’s compatriot roshi, Dainin Katagiri, answered with the koanic perspective that everything Buddhism has to teach is achieved in “wholeheartedness of presence.” As is intended with a koan, hopefully you have been stopped in your tracks and are giving baffled consideration to what is being said here. Let us examine this statement beginning with the word “presence.” Since we are at the intersection of duality and non-duality, the word must be examined from both perspectives, and we will start with the perspective we are accustomed to, the dualistic perspective. Presence is here, that’s simple. Or is it? Well, where and what is “here?”

Again, hopefully the koanic befuddlement is arising in you.

You were pretty sure you knew where and what “here” is.

Here is here; it is where we locate this body that is me along with its immediate surroundings.

The Zen Master replies, “How small!” And then asks, “Where is the boundary to this ‘here?’” Perhaps our egocentricity begins to be evident to us. As Katagari instructs, “our presence and the presence of the universe are exactly in the same place.” How can it not be so?

Perhaps a sudden sense of vast expansiveness arises within you. This can be called “wholeheartedness.”

Wholeheartedness is the ability to see the vastness of our true existence. If our presence and the presence of the universe are the same, where and what is not included in this presence? Perhaps a great sense of compassionate identification with all of life begins to arise along with a

peaceful sadness for all the unnecessary suffering caused by dualistic egocentricity. Perhaps a wisdom also arises that allows the sadness to be peaceful rather than angry, a wisdom that sees in the vastness of the universe unfolding, everything being as it can be in the unfolding. This is Karma.

There is work to be done to bring this sadness before the world peacefully, so the world can see the truth of the error of “egoic delusion.” This is awakening. The business of the Bodhisattva is awakening the world – their wholehearted presence a beacon of what a human can be.

This is waking up out of our egocentric dream of duality.

This is awakening into true presence. Our intellect barely grasps this, for the intellect is for creating separate thoughtforms to give order to our experience. Our physical senses cannot grasp it for our senses are designed to perceive separateness and detail of forms. This realization requires the opening of the sense of intuition, a sense neglected, even scorned in Western culture. Yet, it is actually the most important of our mental capacities for it is the sense of individualized consciousness, awareness, connecting with the energy of consciousness that permeates the universe and gives rise to the material form of the universe – all connected.

WHAT?! Yes, our Western mind balks at this, yet….. like a bell ringing in the distance, do you not know this in the deepest recesses of your consciousness, in the primitive being that arose out of Nature and existed in the mystery and unity of Nature that was your Paleolithic ancestor of fifteen thousand years ago? These naturehumans knew in the very cells of their body and mind that they were Nature and they lived in the web and womb of Spirit, and this cellular memory is alive in us today. This is wholeheartedness. This is whole-mindedness, the bringing and integrating of our total mental faculties, including intuition into unlocking the gate.

“Show me your original face!” commands the Zen Master.

Awaken from the sleep of civilization and all the misery and suffering it causes. Awaken into wholeheartedness of presence where you and the universe are one – all place, all time, all beings. You are now standing where once there was a gate, but now, all space and time and possibility open up in front of you “because our presence and the presence of the universe are exactly in the same place.” No longer in the forest, rather in civilization, in the universe, living a civilized life, but not so broken, ready to evolve an entirely new chapter in human civilization where duality and nonduality are equally honored. Where “we are two AND one.”

Bill Walz has taught meditation and mindfulness in university and public forums and is a private-practice meditation teacher and guide for individuals in mindfulness, personal growth and consciousness. Information on classes, talks, personal growth and healing instruction, or phone consultations at (828)258-3241, e-mail at healing@billwalz. com Learn more, see past columns, video and audio programs at www.billwalz.com

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FINE ART

Susan Stanton Photography Studio and Gallery now open to the public

By Staff Reports

2400 Sq Ft Studio with large on-hand Inventory

Susan Stanton has spent the past 16 years traveling and photographing the beauty and rustic charm that is known as the

Appalachians.

Southern

A vast array of images depicting scenes along the Blue Ridge Parkway, the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Great Smoky Mountains, Pisgah National Forest, Western NC, Eastern TN, and the SC upstate are included in her sizable photographic inventory.

Stanton traded in her former life of chasing the “almighty dollar” for chasing the light. Instead of being imprisoned behind the windowless walls of pharmacy life, she has discovered the freedom of hiking our countless miles of mountain trails, creek-hopping, and the joy of waterfall hunting.

In 2014, a 12-year dream came to fruition when she opened her fine art photography studio and gallery. Shortly after the studio opened, in the summer of 2015 Susan received a grim diagnosis from her doctors. Refusing to accept what she calls “a death sentence,” Susan clung to her faith and trusted God with her life.

After three years of hospitalizations, chemo, radiation and physical therapy – and nothing short of two miracles, Susan is thrilled to be able to reopen her doors to receive visitors finally.

The studio is a 2400 square foot space with towering 16-foot ceilings and ample parking. Located only 6.5 miles west of the

she is better equipped to provide work for both residential and commercial clients at a moment’s notice.

“The studio has allowed my clients the opportunity to see how and where their piece is created,” Stanton explains. “Except for printing the image (which is done at my remote printing studio), all other aspects of the art process is handled at this location.”

First, the stretcher frame is crafted in the wood shop. Next, the image is sprayed twice with a protective coating and hung up to dry. The image is then pulled over the stretcher frame in the stretching room.

Finally, images are labeled and added to inventory before being delivered. If clients have opted for a decorative floater/finishing frame, it too is handcrafted in the wood shop.

“You are most welcome to come by and say ‘Hello.’ I love meeting clients in the studio and sharing my process,” Stanton explains.

Stanton adds that although the past three years have been challenging, she would not change it for the world. Through her arduous medical journey, she has emerged with a more profound love of God, a stronger commitment to spreading His word, and a renewed appreciation for the beauty of the world around us. This new release on life is reflected in Stanton’s latest works.

Asheville Airport on Airport Road/280/Boylston Hwy, it is conveniently located to Asheville, Hendersonville, Brevard, and the surrounding areas.

The building is comprised of a dedicated workroom, storage and shop spaces, and a beautiful art gallery with many large-scale images

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on display. A real blessing, it has been vital in streamlining her workflow and affording Stanton the ability to keep a large volume of prints on hand. With an expansive on-hand inventory,

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Susan Stanton Photography Studio and Gallery

The gallery is a closed-door gallery studio, meaning clients (or just the nature lover)

need to set up an appointment time if they would like to visit. It is in an unmarked building so visitors must contact Stanton for directions.

Preview Susan Stanton’s images on her website at www.SusanStanton.com. She can be reached via phone or text at (828) 808-1414.

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ART EVENT

Huge gala event to support the beautiful Blue Ridge Parkway

By Staff Reports

to create works of art, but they are also committed to helping raise funds for nonprofits that are dedicated to preserving the environment, to caring for animals, and to working for positive social changes. Christine Enochs, one of the founding members, came There will be stunning vistas up with the name “Saints of Paint.” and views presented by plein air She wanted to find a name that repartists. Maybe you’re curious as resented her deep core values as well to what plein air painting is. as the art that she loves to create.

Plein air painting is about leavWhen she talks about landscape ing the walls of the studio behind painting and using vibrant color to and experiencing painting out“Cold Mountain at Sunset” by John Mac Kah convey feelings, she is passionate. “I doors in the landscape. The term feel an urgency to record the breathtak“en plein air” is a French expression and to critique each other’s artwork. ing scenery around me, for fear of it vanishing as and means “in the open air.”

Plein air artists may initially sketch a scene, we know it.”

Many artists seek locations where they are moving elements to improve design and compoThe Saints were founded in 2014 and have inspired by the majesty and mystery of the natural sition as well as to capture local color. An artist co-sponsored fundraising shows for Pisgah Legal world. Artists have long painted the natural world, may visit a location on more than one occasion Services, a nonprofit that provides legal services but painting outdoors in natural light became very and wrestle with changing light, different weather and advocacy for low-income people in Western important to the Barbizon School, the Hudson conditions, and ever-changing elements such as North Carolina; for RiverLink, the organization that River School, and the Impressionists. Some art wildlife and people. They may take photographs promotes the environmental and economic vitality historians would say that plein air painting was at to capture details to use later. Many plein air of the French Broad River; and for Appalachian its height during the period of French Impressionpainters complete their paintings indoors in the Wild, a new agency that provides care for injured ism with painters like Monet, Pissarro, and Renoir. studio after many outdoor visits. and orphaned wildlife. The Saints find the work of In the 1840’s painting en plain air became popSusan Kokora, a local oil painter, shared that these nonprofits inspirational. Furthermore, they ular with the availability of paints in tubes. Previshe hopes to preserve some of the natural beauty genuinely value the collaboration and relationously, artists often made their paint, grinding dry for generations to come through her plein air ships that develop. pigments and mixing them with linseed oil. The paintings. “As civilization encroaches ever more John Mac Kah is the acknowledged “mastertoothpaste-like tubes suddenly made paint transon our natural world, I want my grandchildren to mind” of the Saints. He is an internationally colportable. Additionally, in the mid-19th century, the see some of the inspirational places that I enjoy. lected artist who has advocated for causes close portable box easel or field easel – the precursor I feel blessed to live in Asheville surrounded by to his heart for many years. He stated, “I cannot to today’s plein air easels - was invented, and this these beautiful mountains and rushing water. imagine life without oil painting. It’s something I made it easier for artists to carry their materials When I paint outdoors, I often feel as though I do every day and have since I can recall picking outdoors, to climb hills, and to walk in the woods. reach a spiritual place that is both calming and up a brush. The emphasis of our show with the In today’s art world, plein air painting is a flouruplifting. I want to share that experience with Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation is on realism. ishing trend. Landscape painters find it to be a others.”

We paint en plein air and interact with the great rewarding and compelling experience. There are The Saints of Paint is a group of like-minded outdoors. I love to paint nature and all that is “paint out” gatherings across the country, workartists based in Asheville, NC, who are co-sponnatural.” shops in scenic locations, and plein air groups soring “Of Valley and Ridge” with the Blue Ridge that meet on a weekly basis to share their visions ‘Ridge’ continued on pg. 27 Parkway Foundation. The artists use their talents You will not want to miss “Of Valley and Ridge,” the gala event to support the beautiful Blue Ridge Parkway in the Zealandia mansion this coming October.

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THE POET'S VOICE

By Carol Bjorlie — “The Poet behind the cello”

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I was there. In the woods, in a cabin on a lake in Minnesota. It was 52º f at night and windy. We had a wood stove going all night. I was still cold.

It WAS Minnesota all right.

I did not write. We went to Fargo, North Dakota, where My husband was born. We went to a street fair, and the newish Episcopal Cathedral - pretty lovely for North Dakota.

We also visited the headwaters of the Mississippi, Lake Itasca... I wish you could hear the children scream as they entered the water to walk across the Mississippi. COLD! I have a Robert Frost poem for you.

A PATCH OF OLD SNOW There’s a patch of old snow in a corner.

That I should have guessed Was a blow away paper the rain had brought to rest.

It is speckled with grime as if Small print overspread it, The new of a day I’ve forgotten...

If I ever read it.

I lived in Minnesota for 14 years before we moved to Asheville.

I wrote about it. The first poem is —

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There was dusk at 3:30 in the afternoon.

There was Carol. Lighting candles.

It wasn’t my fault.

There was snow in May. Then there was— EVEN AS WINTER Even as winter approaches, image the shimmer of soft spring that mad metaphor for grace sleeping in the raw.

I was homesick. I missed my friends, the Trees.

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Was it my fault, or was it winter’s?

There was snow in May. I shoveled snow onto a bank higher than my head.

There was snow, deep dark days, black ice, snow plows blinking blue with a Brontosaurus roar.

I head them in the night.

I saw their pulsing light.

There was snow in May.

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TREES I LEFT BEHIND summer’s magnolias voluptuous as sex on a stick redbud’s heartleaf and pink blossomed tears the dogwood’s flood-rusted petals live oaks sprawled languorous as a Southern accent.

Now I want your homesick poems. Bring ‘em on. Where have you lived? How did it affect your writing?

For two years now, I have not been writing, except for this column.

Help!

Anybody been here before? I could use YOUR assistance to get back to my old ways.

Peace for now - Carol Vol. 22, No. 01 — September 2018

BOOKS Neil deGrasse Tyson latest book “Accessory to War” will terrify and inform your views

By Staff Reports

“[Tyson] may be the country’s most frequently quoted and interviewed authority on astronomy in the popular media.”

—NPR’s Fresh Air Powerful leaders since the dawn of history have commonly amassed arms to intimidate adversaries.

Indeed, shortly before moving into the White House, President-elect Trump tweeted, “The United States must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes.”

There’s one group these leaders must have on their side to achieve these goals: scientists. From access to space and knowledge of orbits to nuclear fusion, the worlds of astrophysicists and military planners coincide more often than not. New York Times best-selling author of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, Neil deGrasse Tyson returns to explore the inner workings of this “curiously complicit” alliance, revealing yet another dimension of how the universe has shaped our lives and our world.

In Accessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military [on sale September 11, 2018 from Random House Audio; also available in print from W. W. Norton & Company], America’s most trusted astrophysicist and his longtime researcher-collaborator Avis Lang take readers behind the veil of the abiding alliance between science Vol. 22, No. 01 — September 2018

and war. In language at once conver- fascinating read with a worthy messational and urgent, Tyson and Lang sage for today,” while John M. Logsexplain how both basic research and don, professor emeritus at the Space the aerospace industry have served Policy Institute at George Washington host numerous Readings & as trusted allies of the war machine University, says Accessory to War SEPT. 2018 We Book clubs, as well as Salons!

Visit www.malaprops.com PARTIAL LISTING in times of conflict. From Galileo to is “a wide-ranging and provocative READINGS & BOOK SIGNINGS Nazi rocket scientists to set of observations on the two-way Cold War space racers relationship between science-based Jacqui Castle launches The Seclusion 09/04 - 6pm to Donald Rumsfeld’s knowledge and national power, reEric Gaddy launches Retire missile defense explete with trenchant insights.”

Early: What Are You Waiting perts, sky scientists Whether you are conservative or For? 09/06 - 6pm have long served as liberal, a warmonger or a peacenik, Thomas Rain Crowe loyal companions to a hawk or a dove, here is a work of presents Starting From San warmakers. compelling gravity and vast intelliFrancisco: Beats, Baby Beats This marriage of astrophysics, gence that will inform and enlighten & The 1970s San Francisco Renaissance 09/08 - 6pm engineering, and military force has your views. At once a work of peneresulted in some of civilization’s most trating scientific inquiry and a pointed Anne Bogel presents I’d important advancements: “Star political analysis, Accessory to War is Rather Be Reading 09/10 - 6pm charts, calendars, chronometers, poised to become the go-to work on Carol Adams presents Protest telescopes, maps, compasses, rock- astrophysics and warfare for generaKitchen: Fight Injustice, Save the Planet, and Fuel Your ets, satellites, drones—these were tions to come.

Resistance One Meal at a not inspirational civilian endeavors.

Time 09/19 - 6pm Dominance was their goal,” write the Payson Kennedy presents authors. “Increase of knowledge NEW ABOUT THE AUTHORS: NOC Stories: Changing Lives was incidental.”

Neil deGrasse Tyson is an astroat the Nantahala Outdoor But, Tyson and Lang insist, in physicist with the American MuseCenter Since 1972 09/26 - 6pm an age of doomsday devices and um of Natural History, director of its Beth Revis presents Give the power-drunk dictators, it’s time to world-famous Hayden Planetarium, Dark My Love in conversation rethink how science aligns itself with with F.T. Lukens 09/28 - 6pm host of the hit radio and four-time Emwarfare. my-nominated TV show StarTalk, and Accessory to War has already garthe New York Times best-selling author 55 Haywood St. nered praise from some of the most of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry.

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Come and visit Black Mountain Make Black Mountain your vacation

headquarters.

Stay at a historic B&B or quaint cottage while visiting some of the region’s greatest attractions that are within a short drive: the Blue Ridge Parkway, Biltmore Estate, Lake Lure and Chimney Rock State Park. Sit and rock on the “Front Porch.”

Stroll around Lake Tomahawk. Drink in the ever-

“The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.”

— Pablo Picasso

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changing mountain views. Luxuriate in the peace and fresh air. Come discover the best that WNC has to offer. The downtown area has many eclectic shops, attracting seasonal tourism. There are also many quaint bed and breakfasts.

The town is near several Christian retreat areas including Ridgecrest and Montreat Conference Center.

Black Mountain College was formerly located within the town limits, but the Black Mountain College Museum and Arts Center, dedicated to the experimental educational institution’s history, is now located in downtown Asheville.[9] Black Mountain is also the site of the Swannanoa Valley Museum. The Black Mountain Center for the Arts is located down the street from the museum. In 2002 the community raised 1.2 million dollars to buy the old Town Hall and convert it into the Art Center.

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‘Ridge’ continued from pg. 23 There will be five different types of artwork at the upcoming show: oils, pastels, acrylics, watercolors, and etchings. Participating artists will include John Mac Kah, Julyan Davis, Deborah Squier, Bryan Koontz, Mark A. Henry, Jim and Michelle Ostlund, Joy Moser, Tony Corbitt, Jr., Tess Darling, Susan Kokora, Cecil Bothwell, Alisa Lumbreras, Paul Blankenship, Dotti Smith, Caleb Clark, Colleen Webster, Alison Web, Carol Parks, Christine Enochs, and Dana Irwin.

You are cordially invited to participate in this upcoming event that supports the Blue Ridge Parkway presented by the Saints of Paint, the Blue Ridge Parkway, and Zealandia, the Tudor mansion on Beaucatcher Mountain. The Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation is the parkway’s fundraising partner providing support for initiatives along the 469-mile route including historical and cultural preservation, environmental protection, visitor ameni-

ties, and educational outreach.

Your purchase of an event ticket or a piece of fine art will make you a steward of these beautiful valleys and ridges. Be aware that you will also be supporting working artists who have deep commitments to the environment and to preserving the treasures of our natural world.

The naturalist John Muir said, “The mountains are calling, and I must go.”

This is your call to attend “Of Valley and Ridge, A Scenic Journey through the Blue Ridge Parkway.”

The 3-day show kicks off with a ticket gala on Friday, October 26, 5-8pm at Zealandia. For more information visit: www.brpfoundation.org and select “Events.” Heed the call.

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‘ASO’ continued from pg. 16 middle of the last century,” said Butorac.

“One can say that it was written literally at gunpoint — amid the Great Terror of Stalin — a work that saved Shostakovich’s life and at the same time gave inspiration and solace George Li to his compatriots. The first performance received a 40-minute ovation.

Go

Powerful.”

Single tickets for Masterworks concerts are $24–69, depending on seating section (reduced youth pricing is available).

Season subscriptions and ticket packages are also available. Tickets can be purchased online at ashevillesymphony.org, by phone at 828-2547046, in person at the Asheville Symphony office at 27 College Pl., Suite 100, or at the U.S. Cellular Center Box Office.

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LOCAL STORE Goblin Lane in Downtown Waynesville showcases unique handcrafted art

By Staff Reports “Creativity takes courage” – Henri Matisse At Goblin Lane, an art and handcraft boutique, owner Babs Szczepanski, knows that every piece of handcrafted art contains a small part of the artist’s soul and she

embraces the courage of each artist who shares their craft.

When you walk into the quaint

building, you will seeks out small enjoy the original independent compaworks of painters nies from around the Karen Zimmerman United States that and Tina Honercreate whimsical and kamp as well unique items. U. S. as the beautiful Bells from Maine, Eric woodwork of Ste& Christopher from ‘Hummer’s Pre-Harvest Nectar’ by phen Blanton and Pennsylvania and Karen Zimmerman. so many more.

Zen Puzzles from In addition to local artists, Babs Massachusetts are just a few of the

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unique companies with whom she partners and she is always in search of more funky and creative companies to add.

Located in the Historic Downtown Waynesville district, 136 N Main Street has a long history of creativity as it was, for a little over 20 years, the location of Burr Studio. Goblin Lane has been warmly received by ‘Goblin’ continued next page

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CONTINUED ‘Cover’ continued from pg. 7 many of these in various stages.

We’ve framed some; photographed and re-printed others. It’s great to see them again.”

By donating $500 in gift cards, the Art Council can offer even more awards including People’s Choice.

Smith explains that this is part of the revolving door approach. He believes that by supporting these talented local artists, they will con-

‘310 Art’ continued from pg. 15 tinue to support The Starving Artist for years to come.

THE STARVING ARTIST Art & craft supply with custom framing Hours 9 - 6pm Mon. - Fri., 10-2pm Sat., Closed Sunday. wncstarvingartist.com (828) 693-3191 • 814 Kanuga Rd, Hendersonville, NC 28739

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‘Goblin’ continued the folks who knew the “before” and have been very supportive of the transition. Babs is happy to continue representing the many artistic talents of WNC. By far, the most asked question of Babs is where the name Goblin Lane originated. She explains - sometimes with a lump in her throat - that it came from the imagination of her mother, Carol, who would make up goodnight tales from the prints by Arthur Rackham hanging on the wall of her little girl’s room. The name is a nod to her

mother who is no longer here but whose imagination and creativity was boundless.

So, if you’re looking for a unique gift for a friend or a loved one, Goblin Lane is a go-to place. But, be prepared – you might find a little something for self-gifting too.

Goblin Lane 136 N Main St, Waynesville, NC 28786 (828) 456-7400 www.goblinlane.com

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the theme that drives what medium will be used in her final creations whether watercolor, acrylic, oil or scratchboard. Her passion for 3D art has bred creations incorporating large canvases, mixed media, and fiber arts.

Jane Molinelli came to Asheville in 1976. With a background in fiber arts, her expressive, colorful paintings, inspired by abstract expressionism, reflect her work as a weaver and dyer.

Her non-objective work seeks

to capture energy, emotion, and memory through a line, mark, and color.

The NY show runs August 30-November 1, 2018 at the Berlitz Gallery is located in the Berlitz Learning Center, 40 W 51st Street, NYC. Gallery hours are Mon.-Fri. 9-5pm, Sat. 9-4:30pm.

See the artists work locally in Asheville at 310 ART, 191 Lyman St #310, Asheville, NC 28801, Mon.Sat. 11-5pm and Sun. 12-4pm.

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‘Quilt’ continued from pg. 12 be a Kids’ Sewing Station.

In addition to inspiring quilts, there are shopping opportunities as well with more than 25 vendors who cater to the quilter and as well as non-quilters, plus the Guild hosts a Gift Shop, a Silent Auction and there will be quilts for sale.

To help keep attendees strength up, there is food available onsite.

www.ashevillequiltguild.org/ quilt-show/. 765 Boylston Hwy Fletcher, NC 28732 for the Davis Event Center at the WNC Ag Center. When you get there, you will find plenty of free parking, and the facility is handicap accessible.

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September 12 - 15, for one weekend only on the Flat Rock Playhouse Mainstage, will be the return of Donny Edwards: An Authentic Heart & Soul Tribute to The King.

Edwards is an international, multi-award winning professional Elvis tribute artist. Today, he is one of the most sought-after performers in the business, bringing his show to stages in casinos, theaters/venues, fairs/festivals, corporate/special events, cruises and production shows, worldwide. He is a versatile performer with the ability to re-enact each era of Elvis’ life and career. His dynamic performance will take you back to the 1950’s and the early years of rock n’ roll, getting you “all shook up” all over again. Then you’ll go on a ride through the 1960’s, from Elvis’ biggest hit movies to the famous black leather “68 Comeback Special”. Finally, you’ll revisit the legendary Las Vegas years of the 1970’s as Edwards recreates the performances that made Elvis the one and only “King of Rock n’ Roll.”

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