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PAGE 16 MAKING CONNECTIONS Local women are getting in the networking groove. At this summer’s Western Women’s Business Conference, participants bonded over lunch, a keynote speech, workshops — and Zumba. COVER PHOTO Libby Gamble Photography, courtesy of the Western Women’s Business Center COVER DESIGN Norn Cutson

Women in Business 20 HELPING HAND Programs assist women, minorities in landing contracts 23 IT ‘HURTS SO GOOD’ Women-owned rolfing businesses 28 DREAMS COME TRUE Hispanic Heritage Month highlights Latina restaurateurs 30 BLACK STAR LINE DROPS ANCHOR Brewing operation finds a permanent home 32 GET THE GIG Red Rover Booking joins local music scene 35 PUZZLE XPRESS

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edness of shadow and night as one who would be escaping enslavement along secret routes, moving toward the light of freedom. If you identify, say, with a white supremacist view, try for a moment to feel the agony of the young male slave as he is removed — sold — from the auction block. He looks over his shoulder for one last look at his woman and child, still awaiting purchase. Judge not the color of his skin, but empathize with the feeling of desolation that any human would feel at that moment. Or, perhaps, you lean toward Northern (Union) sympathy. Think upon the young simple Southern homesteader as he gazes over his fields for one last sunset. For, tomorrow, he will march away to defend the homeland he was born to, leaving his woman and child behind at the cabin door. He owns no slaves; this is a rich man’s war that he did not want to fight. As you stand at the monument, know that it is a place of introspection. Sun and shadow move around stone impartially, unjudging, neutrally. Hours, days, weeks, years pass silently. Stand in the sun and shadows of stone as you watch the vibrancy of Asheville swirl around you and know that you stand at a crossroads of time and space. Bring empathy and appreciation. Take the higher parts of your experience with you and leave a bit behind for others to find.

The Vance Monument holds a geographical high point in the city of Asheville: a space which both honors and insults; a crossroads of contention. But simplified, it is a structure of stone, fixed, yet fluid. Movement and nonmovement. Fluid, because as the sun moves across it, it casts a moving shadow. It marks time in its own way. If we remove the Vance name and plaque, we will dispose of all positive and negative connotations imposed upon it. We will reduce it to its purest form — an obelisk of stone, sun and shadow. Now the monument is free. So now, what will you bring to it? For now, sit in its shadow on a hot day and feel the respite a soldier or farmer would feel as he sat under a tree’s shade for a cool drink of water. Stand with your back to the warm stone on a bright, cold day and identify with the weary traveler as he leaned against a streamside boulder to unpack a simple dinner before moving on down the trail. Reflect upon shadows and darkness. There was the blackness of the blackbirders’ souls as they transported human cargo across sickening oceans and the darkness of defeat in the souls of those below deck. But feel the bless-

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We have the money to house the homeless. We have the money to help those who are struggling with alcohol and substance use [to] access long-term treatment. We have the money to assist those struggling with mental health to gain access to medications and treatment. In the face of federal and state legislatures that seem to be unwilling to come to terms with the deadly opioid crisis, the staggering lack of access to mental health care, and the lack of affordable housing options, then Asheville and Buncombe County must act. Due to the legislature’s denial and consequently the lack of coherent policy or plan, Asheville and Buncombe County can lead the way with a creative and coherent plan to provide adequate access to care for people who are struggling with addiction and mental health. I propose we lobby the Asheville City Council and the Asheville City Council candidates as well as the Buncombe County commissioners to place cannabis at the local level on the “lowest level priority” registry for law enforcement. For example, those citizens who would like to “opt in” would register at City Hall for $250 annually for permission to possess up to 1 ounce. So, if a police officer stops you and you have your “certificate,” you are clear to go (for under 1 ounce). This “tax” would aid in the financing of affordable housing and treatment for those who need it. Additionally, it pleases those more fiscally conservative by offsetting the impact of the elimination of revenue from punitive measures such as fines. Further, this would keep “low-level” offenders out of the system and out of treatment to free up the spots for those people who truly need to be in treatment, thus reducing costs and increasing effectiveness. We can do this, Asheville! — Bo Hess Asheville

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two months now. I have also been doing the 150-minute exercise component each week, too. We also get weighed and measured. We have been learning a lot of things. Each weekly session, which lasts about 2.5 hours, includes time for goal-setting. In the class, we learned how to set a goal and modify it, the use of “I” statements instead of saying “you” to a person. You learn that you are not the only one in the class who has diabetes. They teach you self-care techniques, how to meet challenges, carb-counting, motivation, mindful eating. You learn about reasons for taking medication and keeping up with glucose meter usage. It is a fun and worth-your-time class. The class runs through March 2018. They support you in keeping up with your exercise component. That part may sound like a lot, but it adds up quickly after you log it in each week. Diabetes management is not the only subject the class talks on. Some of the class members become your friends. During the first two months, the leaders model healthy eating by bringing in some snacks to eat. There is also another diabetes management class starting in April 2018. Please call the YWCA for more information about how to sign on. You will not regret it in taking charge of your overall health. The benefit far outweighs the time spent in class each week. The contact at the YWCA is Leah [BergerSinger at leah.bs@ywcaofasheville.org or 828-254-7206 ext. 212]. — Marci McGowan Asheville

Making Peace Day every day Albert Einstein once said, “Peace is not merely the absence of war.” Yet, amid rising tensions between the U.S. and North Korea, and at other times, we often hear Washington politicians say the threat of military action is the assurance of peace. Recently, I came across a couple of community members who see things differently – Amy Cantrell, from BeLoved Asheville, and Rachael Bliss, co-founder of WNC 4 Peace. Amy was one of three women honored with the 2017 Peace Maker of the Year award from WNC 4 Peace. The other honorees were Anne Craig, coordinator of the local Palestinian/Jewish Egalitarian Team, and Heather Heyer, who lost her life during the Charlottesville demonstrations in August. The three women were honored during the week leading up to the International Day of Peace (Peace Day) on Sept. 21. It was a week when WNC 4 Peace and other groups sought to

remind us of how important peace is if humanity is to survive. Instituted by the U.N. General Assembly in 1981, Peace Day is a day “devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, both within and among all nations and peoples.” Yet there are many places in the world where peace is a dream, where war still rages. I ask myself often: Why can’t we, humanity, get past this mindset for war? I had the opportunity to speak with Amy and Rachael about this and about why we have no lasting peace. Surely, the availability of arms is a contributing factor. As Rachael said, we have to be aware of what President Eisenhower called “the military-industrial complex” and the role it plays in the psyche of our country. But the absence of peace is more than turning off the weapons of war. In our conversation, Rachael said that peace is about justice, “justice in all its facets — economic, environmental and social.” And in her acceptance speech for the Peace Maker award, Amy also said, “We will never have peace without justice” and adding later, “Our work as peacemakers is to begin to say, ‘How do we create justice, which is peace?’” British author Benjamin Crème said that it is only through a sharing of the world’s resources that we will create this justice. And it is only through justice that we will create a lasting peace. This, he said, is the only viable way forward, because it is only through sharing that all people everywhere will have the opportunity to have a life without hunger and poverty, without want, without injustice. How would this lead to peace? Crème says that when countries learn to share, trust emerges between them, even between countries who are adversaries. When there is trust, new and better relationships can develop. The groundwork is then laid toward solving the world’s most intractable problems. Peace = justice = sharing. It’s a new concept. It’s a new way of living. We’ve never tried it before. But as Amy Cantrell asked me, “If we truly believe in peace and not war … what are we willing to risk to bring that about in the world? — McNair Ezzard Asheville Editor’s note: McNair Ezzard hosts ”A Better World" on WPVM 103.7.

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I recently moved back to Asheville after a three-year hiatus spent in Transylvania County. While there, I worked at the alternative high school, Davidson River School. Many of our students came from low-income homes to the point that the entire school had access to free and reduced-price lunches. I now work for OpenDoors of Asheville, a local nonprofit addressing problems caused by multigenerational poverty for students in Asheville City Schools. What I have learned in the short time back is that in both areas, students in poverty often suffer from similar issues: food insecurity, transportation, achievement gaps, enrichment activities gaps, affordable and stable housing, gangs and more. How do we solve these problems? First, we must understand that this is a question of place, and a place is most often defined by its residents and their culture. That brings us to an issue that must be discussed: race. It’s not one of those words that dissipate in meaning the more you say it, like spoon. Instead, it digs in and roots, then separates. Culture in the U.S. is most often associated with race, particularly when communities are clearly divided along racial lines. In the first of Erin Daniell’s two-part series published in Xpress this summer, “Legacy of Loss: Food Insecurity and Its Disproportionate Impact on Asheville’s Black Community,” she points out one such division. In the city of Asheville, and many others across the country, you can draw a line around a designated food-insecure area and find a disproportionate amount of the black population suffering from povertyrelated issues such as food access. At the same time, you could draw another line around several rural, predominantly white communities in Western North Carolina and other regions and find the same issue of food access. Unfortunately, this very point is one that I’ve heard used countless times to undermine and diminish the experience of black communities suffering from food insecurity and other poverty-related issues. In essence, the argument goes: “We’ve got the same problem here, and we’re not minorities, so what does hunger have to do

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JOSEPH JAMISON Photo by Katherine Brooks Photography with race?” In these particular neighborhoods, a lot. Historical context is important. Understanding why certain issue exists in an area can lead us to effective solutions. Predominantly black neighborhoods in Asheville experience food impoverishment disproportionate to white residents in the city because of racially biased systems built over time. Naming the history of a problem in our black community does not discount the experiences of our rural, white communities. It’s simply a different article. It’s not an either-or argument. It’s an “and” discussion. And white, rural communities suffer from food insecurity, too, often due to economic conditions like industry collapse and the loss of a major, single employer. But the causes of the problem are often different, and so then are the solutions. The fall of tobacco has a well-known relationship with poverty in WNC. In Transylvania County, a commonly referenced contributor to poverty is the closure of the Ecusta paper mill in 2002. The mill, which began in 1939 manufacturing cigarette papers, was clearly bolstered by the tobacco industry and war, but, in talking to locals, it is apparent that Ecusta provided much more to the community.

Varying reports claim Ecusta dwindled from employing thousands in the ‘60s and ‘70s to only a few hundred by the time it closed its doors. It was an economic force and a cultural point of pride for Transylvania County. The plant and two other major factories, which closed within the following year, symbolized progress. Aside from direct employment, they boosted complementary industries such as transportation, required for the supply chain, and contributed to the now-dominant service industry. Transylvania County is not connected to a major interstate as Henderson and Buncombe counties are, compounding the economic impacts of isolation for rural residents by making the county seat a comparatively less-frequented tourist destination, despite the county’s favored waterfalls. Transylvania is roughly half the geographic size of Buncombe and, according to the 2010 census, has a fraction of its population, but its residents are also much more spread out (87 per square mile versus 363 per square mile). Molly Horak’s Aug. 2 Xpress article, “No Vacation from Hunger: Local Organizations Work to Address Summer Food Insecurity in WNC’s Rural Communities,” looks at solutions to food insecurity in WNC’s rural, predominantly white communities. These solutions identify geography and values as necessary considerations for reducing the impacts of poverty. Diffusely populated rural counties greatly benefit from solutions considerate of geography, such as the one at work in rural Henderson County. The Meals on the Bus pilot program there utilizes buses to take food to designated sites farther out in the county, increasing access for rural residents. This solution makes geographic sense. Similarly, the YMCA of Western North Carolina’s mobile kitchens and markets bring healthy food and culinary knowledge into Asheville’s urban food deserts. Though these deserts are born of geographic limitation, too, their origins are rooted in something much different than industry collapse. Horak’s article also discusses the challenge of overcoming “mountain pride” in rural communities when

offering aid. Literally, solutions to poverty must meet people where they are physically and socially: They must address people as they are. As we navigate geographic obstacles when addressing poverty in WNC, we must also navigate its unique cultures. Bread of Life and the Sharing House are two of the most recognizable resources for food-insecure households in Brevard. They are primarily (not exclusively) positioned for residents living inside the city, especially in its low-income, urban housing. These neighborhoods are predominantly minority and, like Transylvania residents living in rural poverty, isolated by place — but, as with Asheville’s low-income housing, these are historic and manufactured geographies. It would not make sense for these two organizations, or those serving similar populations in Asheville, to ignore the elephant in many a room: Many of the people we serve are minorities, and most staff members in so many of these organizations are not. This is not a unique phenomenon, and it is not necessarily a bad thing, either. What it does require, like accounting for “moun-

tain pride,” is an understanding and awareness of the unique histories and cultures in our community when crafting solutions for poverty or serving diverse populations. As a biracial person, dividing lines between races have always been apparent and personal to me. Having the cultural awareness to work between rural WNC and Asheville is predicated on my contextual history. I often hear, for better or worse, ‘Yeah, well, we’re all mixed to some degree." What’s more important to me is that so is our community. So are our problems. No issue eliminates, undermines, or discounts the similar challenges of another; they simply have different roots. Just like geography, understanding and valuing the unique landscapes of cultural realities is necessary to develop effective solutions that tackle problems as they are and at their origin. X Joseph Jamison is a student in the Master of Public Affairs program at Western Carolina University and operations manager for OpenDoors of Asheville; learn more about the nonprofit’s work at opendoorsasheville.org.

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Evans. Evans, a Hendersonville native who attended Asheville’s private, all-black Allen High School, serves as a Superior Court judge in Charlotte. “She has deep roots and connections here in Western North Carolina, so she’ll be able to speak about what that experience was like during the time she was growing up,” says Waters.

danielwwalton@live.com The youths of color in Tamiko Ambrose Murray’s Word on the Street program epitomize the power of story. As Murray explains, the students played a critical role in securing approval for $500,000 in Isaac Coleman Community Innovation Investment Grants from the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners in February. “Before the commissioners had their vote, the Word on the Street squad showed a short documentary that added a story to the data that were being presented,” says Murray. “They had gone into the community and talked with people about their visions, hopes and struggles — they created a model for how story can lead to change.” Murray and her students will present their success at the African Americans in WNC and Southern Appalachia Conference, which returns to Asheville for its fourth year Thursday, Oct. 19, through Saturday, Oct. 21. Originally organized by Darin Waters, assistant professor of history at UNC Asheville, to highlight research on the historical African-American presence in the region, the conference is broadening its scope this year with the theme, “Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.” Waters describes the role of history in the current African-American experience as twofold. On a practical level, knowledge of the past allows activists and policymakers to craft better solutions for pressing issues in the community. “History

TO LEARN FROM THE PAST: UNC Asheville Assistant Professor of History Darin Waters opens the 2016 African Americans in WNC and Southern Appalachia Conference at the YMI Cultural Center. This year’s event starts on Oct. 19. Photo courtesy of UNC Asheville is ever-present,” says Waters. “It helps to provide context and grounds our understanding of present conditions.” Just as importantly, Waters adds, history encourages community leaders to undertake their efforts in the first place. “Telling these stories completely undoes the myth of no African-American presence here, and

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that lets people feel a sense of place,” he says. “It gives those who are native of the region now a sense of the hard work their forebearers did before they came along.” The conference opens on Oct. 19 at 6:30 p.m. at the YMI Cultural Center with an address from one of those who came before: Judge Yvonne

HER HONOR: Superior Court Judge Yvonne Evans will bring her experience as a Hendersonville native who became a judge to a conversation at the conference. Photo courtesy of UNC Asheville

SHINING A LIGHT: Tracey Greene-Washington, founder of Asheville-based giving circle CoThinkk, hopes the event brings better visibility to the contributions of communities that sometimes get overlooked. Photo courtesy of Greene-Washington On Oct. 20 and 21, the conference moves to UNCA’s Wilma M. Sherrill Center for presentations and panel discussions beginning at 9 a.m. In addition to featuring historical research, such as a study of gentrification in Asheville’s East End community, the event will showcase academics and activists focused on the present. One major contribution will be work from UNCA’s State of Black Asheville classes, organized by Dwight Mullen, professor of political science. The event closes Saturday evening at The Collider in downtown Asheville, where the giving circle CoThinkk will present awards with the “tomorrow” of the conference’s theme in mind. The ceremony, titled, “Becoming We: Strengthening Through Our Roots,” will recognize eight leaders from communities of color and their allies, as well as announce grant funding for grassroots organizations throughout Western North Carolina Tracey Greene-Washington, founder of CoThinkk, explains that her partnership with the conference aims to increase visibility for the region’s communities of color. “When people talk about Asheville’s 2020 plan of being a diverse, engaged community, it includes these folks that aren’t at the table,” she says. “If they are visible, it’s from a vantage point of someone doing something for them, as opposed to the reality that they’re leading some of the most creative and innovative work.” History, says Greene-Washington, can provide an antidote to institutional barriers that often discourage work by

communities of color. “Because people of color comprise such a small portion of the population but show up disproportionately when overlaying issues of poverty and health, that creates a false narrative about their abilities and the possibility of them being a part of the solution,” she says. Celebrating the contributions of past leaders offers an alternative story, one that instead inspires new activists for progress. Murray, whose Word on the Street students will give the keynote speech at the CoThinkk awards, agrees that accurately relating the community’s history is critical to its future. “Transformation, healing and coming together to make the changes we want to see starts with telling our stories,” she says. “It’s important that we are able to tell our own stories so they’re not told for us.” X

WHAT Fourth annual African Americans in WNC and Southern Appalachia Conference WHERE YMI Cultural Center, Sherrill Center at UNC Asheville and The Collider WHEN Thursday, Oct. 19 to Saturday, Oct. 21 DETAILS aawnc.unca.edu

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Greene nets $500K payday over 6 months Through a byzantine series of bonuses and incentives, former Buncombe County Manager Wanda Greene walked away from her post netting $564,000 for the six months she served in 2017 and a total of more than $1.6 million over the past four years, according to county documents. Greene, currently under investigation by the FBI, announced her retirement May 30, giving a 30-day notice after 20 years on the job. The county’s top brass presented the information on Oct. 5 to Xpress and other local media in response to personnel open records requests. County attorney Michael Frue would not say if the payday was connected to the federal investigation. “We can’t speak to that,” he said. “The tragedy in this is it’s so confusing, and government should not be confusing,” opined Commissioner Ellen Frost, who, along with Commissioners Jasmine Beach-Ferrara and Robert Pressley, was on hand for the presentation. Commission Chair Brownie Newman made remarks before the presentation and then recused himself to abide by quorum laws that would have required the county to make notice of and take minutes for the meeting. Greene parlayed myriad payouts to amass the more than halfmillion-dollar payday, according to county officials and documents. Essentially, she took lump sums for both early retirement and retention incentives while cashing in on an annual leave payout and a longevity bonus. The breakdown is as follows: • Half-year regular salary: $123,555 • Early retirement: $123,555 • Retention incentive: $241,790 • Annual leave payout: $67,763 • Longevity bonus: $7,413 • Total: $564,076 “We just recently figured this out. We are doing our best to piece many things together,” said county Human Resources Director Lisa Eby. “I would ask for a little bit of patience. We are being as transparent and efficient as possible.” Eby was tapped as human resources director in August and did not serve in that post during Greene’s tenure.

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GREENE BACKS: Former County Manager Wanda Greene hauled in more than $500,000 for six months of work in 2017 before retiring on June 30. In the past four years, she netted more than $1.6 million through her salary and a series of bonuses and incentives. Xpress stock photo Greene also used annual leave and other payouts in previous years to pad her salary. • In 2014, Greene received a $54,172 annual leave payout; $13,508 longevity bonus; $2,435 in holiday pay on top of a $225,140 salary; totaling $295, 256. • In 2015, Greene received a $116,182 annual leave payout; $13,724 longevity bonus; $5,498 in holiday pay on top of a $228,742 salary; totaling $364,148. • In 2016, Greene received a $55,996 bonus; $86,915 annual leave payout; $14,507 longevity bonus; $27,898 in exempt comp time buyback on top of a $241,790 salary; totaling $427,106. In all, from 2014-June 2017, Greene netted more than $1.6 million in salary and bonuses. The retention bonus was a program initiated by Greene aimed at slowing the deluge of upper management taking advantage of an early retirement program, another Greene initiative. Retention bonus contracts were at the discretion of Greene and

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had to be authorized by the commission chair, not a majority of commissioners. David Gantt was chair at the time the contract was authorized, and county staff said he signed off on it. Xpress reached out to Gantt for comments but did not hear back from him by press time. “Retention was an agreement between the county and an employee, with the employee staying in exchange for a bonus, stating they agree to stay to a certain date,” said current County Manager Mandy Stone. “There was a [retention] agreement that was drafted, but … the county does not have a signed copy of what she was supposed to sign in her personnel folder,” said Eby of Greene’s contract, noting it was slated to run through the rest of the year, expiring Dec. 31. Is any or all of the bonus subject to clawback measures or litigation? County staff says it’s looking into that. “Commissioners raised those questions as we have pulled this

data. We are exploring what those legal options might be,” Stone told Xpress. Xpress also asked if outside legal counsel was being sought, and Stone said at this point they are relying on their human resources and county attorneys. “They will give the first review of the facts. We are being accurate when we say we were pulling this data up until you got here today. We’re still trying to grasp all the changes that occurred along the way,” explained Stone. Meantime, newly appointed Finance Director Tim Flora thinks recouping the payout might be a lost cause. “There are different people trying to figure out how that works legally, and so some of us have different opinions,” he said. “Until legal comes and says this was paid out incorrectly, I don’t think there really is an option for us to claw it back. … A clear reading of [the contract] shows what she got was everything she was entitled to get,” he said. Greene also doled out a retention bonus to her sister, Irene Wolfe, also a county employee, to the tune of $104,000 over two years. Greene’s son, Michael Greene, who was also employed by the county, did not receive a retention bonus. He did get a discretionary raise of $1,706 in 2016. That year, commissioners directed Wanda Greene to give 1.5 percent pay bumps to lower-paid employees. Wanda Greene also gave herself a $3,573 increase as part of that directive from commissioners. Michael Greene resigned from his post with the county the day the FBI investigation was confirmed in August. Wanda Greene’s sister is still employed by the county. Moving forward, Stone said she is committed to increasing transparency and strengthening firewalls to county manager autonomy. At its Oct. 3 meeting, the commission approved measures that limit bonuses to $1,000 with the caveat they must be approved by the board. Contracts such as the retention incentives can no longer be approved by just the commission chair; they must receive majority approval from the commissioners. In regard to the ongoing FBI investigation into Wanda Greene, Xpress received word on Oct. 5 from Lia Bantavani with the U.S. Attorney’s Office that there is no new information.

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Commissioners take aim at nepotism, workplace retaliation Buncombe County employees now have clearer guidelines for working with family members and flagging work-related concerns. Members of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners approved the changes to the county’s personnel ordinance at their Oct. 3 meeting. Though no member of the commission or county staff explicitly linked the new policy to the ongoing federal investigation of former County Manager Wanda Greene, the new rules appear to address issues many have speculated may have motivated the investigation. Lisa Eby, the county’s human resources director, said the changes focused on transparency, accountability and equity. “It’s meant to be a fairly static document that stays stable so essentially employees know rules of engagement in the workplace,” she said. The amendments adjust rules regarding family members supervising each other, establish a third-party hotline for employee and public complaints, create anti-retaliation rules, end the early retirement program and limit bonuses to $1,000 per year. Eby said the changes cleaned up language regarding immediate family members in the workplace. “We want to make sure there is no conflict of interest between supervisors and employees, no supervision of relatives, and also limit indirect supervision of relatives,” she said. Stone has one relative working for the county as the director of permits and inspections. Greene had hired a number of relatives, including her son, who resigned the day the FBI investigation was confirmed. Prior to his resignation, he had recently received a $1,706 raise from Wanda Greene. (See “Raising Questions: Past Pay Increases Present Puzzles,” Xpress, Sept. 13) “We want to make sure employees feel they can speak up. There will be an employee protection hotline, answered by an independent third party available to all employees or the public to register a complaint anonymously,” said Eby, who noted those issues will be passed along to the county’s internal auditor. The

employee protection hotline can be reached at 866-908-7236. County staff also added language to the personnel ordinance assuring employees that lodging a complaint will not result in retaliation. Finally, the county is ending its early retirement program, which was seemingly a victim of its own success. The county saw 160 people use the initiative, which was originally aimed at bringing in new staff at lower salaries to create savings. Eby said it’s had unintended consequences, such as losing a high density of key staff in single departments. “It’s very hard to deal with that much subject matter expertise walking out the door,” she said. Commissioners unanimously approved the changes. FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER SEES 50% RISE IN VICTIM INTAKE More than one year after opening, county staff is touting the success of the Buncombe County Family Justice Center, but keeping an eye on improvement. Julie Klipp Nicholson, coordinator of the center, told commissioners during their Oct. 3 meeting that the facility processed 417 people during its first year. The FJC is a one-stop location for victims of domestic and sexual abuse, featuring agencies like the county Sheriff ’s Department, Mission Health, Helpmate, Pisgah Legal Services and other organizations that aim to help survivors move away from abusers. “Before the FJC, a survivor had to go to eight different locations to access services,” said Klipp Nicholson. Of the 417 people using the center, Klipp Nicholson said more than half accessed more than one organization, buttressing its mission of offering an array of services from counseling to health checkups. “We had 84 clients served by Mission Health Forensics at the FJC for sexual assault exams. They did not have to go to the emergency department,” she said. And those services are needed by county residents, as Klipp Nicholson said there has been a 50 percent increase in victims

seeking FJC resources in the first quarter of the current fiscal year (July-September). Last fiscal year, Buncombe County had 568 people charged with partner domestic crimes and 59 charged with sexual crimes, according to numbers provided by the center. Sheriff Van Duncan said, “Even though we are doing very well, a lot of times justice can’t be reflected in numbers. Survivors that come to the FJC leave with the sense that their voice is being heard,” he said. No action regarding the FJC was taken during the meeting, as the information was an update for commissioners. Those who are victims of domestic abuse or know someone who is can visit the Family Justice Center at 35 Woodfin St. in downtown Asheville or call the center at 828-250-6900. COMMISSIONERS EXPAND PRESCHOOL OFFERINGS On the heels of a work session concerning the struggle to expand preschool offerings across Buncombe County, the commissioners were able to keep chipping away at the issue. “There is a dire need for early learning and having children ready for kindergarten,” said Commissioner Ellen Frost. “The number of children that don’t have it is staggering. It’s overwhelming, the need. We can sit and be paralyzed, or we can be creative. I’m grateful for the creativity.” That “creativity” Frost referred to is a partnership between Asheville City Schools and The Christine Avery Learning Center to provide 12 new preschool spots. Avery will provide the space, ACS will provide the teacher, and Buncombe County is footing the $63,000 cost with matching money coming from the state’s NC Pre-K initiative, according to county staff. Commissioners unanimously approved the funding. County staff told Xpress the 12 slots will become available later this school year.

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City Council talks tough on short-term lodging Asheville City Council indicated a desire to take a harder line on whole-house, short-term rentals at its Oct. 3 meeting. Whole-house, or whole-unit, rentals of fewer than 30 days, such as rented through Airbnb and VRBO, are already banned in residential districts throughout the city. The matter came up as Council considered the Haywood Road form-based code, where a proposed zoning change would expand the area of West Asheville in which short-term rentals would be a permitted use. Council ultimately sent the matter back to the Planning and Zoning Commission to consider removing lodging of 20 rooms or fewer as a permitted use in the Haywood Road district. Council member Gordon Smith said it’s obvious that City Council is heading in the direction of being stricter on short-term, whole-house rentals, and he asked that Council be notified when zoning changes that have to do with lodging uses are coming before it. “I think it will save us all some heartache and headache,” he said. Smith also pointed out that better enforcement of illegal STRs is needed across the city. “There’s hundreds and hundreds of these things still happening throughout the neighborhoods, throughout our city, and what we know is that everybody who’s doing it now knows it’s not legal, and they don’t give a rip about the laws. They don’t give a rip about our housing shortage or our affordable housing situation,” he said. He asked the city to look at how to get to zero on “these illegal whole-house, short-term rentals that are negatively impacting our housing stock citywide.” Council member Keith Young said several corridors in the city are experiencing exponential growth and increasing concerns about short-term rentals. He said the city should stop dealing with them in a piecemeal fashion, such as having discussions about lodging uses in the River Arts District and Haywood Road separately. “I would totally like to see us deal with these issues on a citywide basis and try to bring some continuity to the whole situation,” he said. In February, Council passed new rules that require Council approval for any hotel project with 21 rooms or more. Council member Julie Mayfield said at the Oct. 3 meeting that that threshold was put in place because Council was

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OK with some types of small lodging facilities, like hostels and boutique hotels. But Mayfield seemed to place whole-unit rentals in a different category. “We’re not trying to make all lodging more difficult,” she said. “But what we’re now learning is that people are building small structures of 20 rooms or less intentionally and explicitly for short-term rentals.” Vice Mayor Gwen Wisler said people are slipping in whole-house, short-term rentals under the 20-room regulation and perhaps the city should get a chance to approve all proposed lodging establishments. “I also feel like we need to go back and revisit having any lodging of 21 guest rooms or more come to Council and really think about all lodging uses needing to come to Council,” she said. Council agreed to have Planning and Zoning take another look at removing STRs as a permitted use in the Haywood Road form-based district before Council holds a public hearing and vote on the matter. But Council did allow public comment, acknowledging that residents had come to the meeting specifically to speak on short-term rentals. Casey Campfield said the Council agenda and documents should more clearly state when short-term rentals are going to be discussed. He also pointed to the impact of STRs on residents looking to rent in the long term. “I am here to plead on behalf of the renters of Asheville that you do not expand whole-home, short-term rentals into new sections of town. People are being evicted from their homes,” he said. “Other people who are lucky enough to remain in their homes are watching their rents increase rapidly.” Mike Collins, who said he owns property on Haywood Road, said he didn’t think short-term rentals would have a negative impact on the neighborhood. “I’m not sure why y’all seemed to make up your mind immediately to kick it back before you heard public comment, because what about the property owners’ rights if they did want to put a short-term rental?” he said. Whole-house, short-term rentals should also be banned in the Central Business District, said Peter Landis, where currently they are allowed because it is a commercial district. “Otherwise, what you risk is turning downtown into more of a tourist area than it already is,” he said, pointing to

by Max Hunt | mhunt@mountainx.com LOCAL GROUPS HOST FOUR CANDIDATE FORUMS OCT. 11-17 The League of Women Voters of AshevilleBuncombe County hosts three forums this week: Town of Woodfin Forum, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 6-7 p.m., North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave., Asheville; Town of Weaverville Forum, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 6-7 p.m., Weaverville Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville; Black Mountain and Montreat Candidate Forum, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 6-7 p.m., Black Mountain Public Library, 105 N. Dougherty St., Black Mountain. More info: lwvab.org/ upcoming-events The Asheville Downtown Association plans to hold a forum on Oct. 17 at Pack’s Tavern, 20 S. Spruce St., featuring the two mayoral candidates and six City Council candidates selected to advance to the Nov. 7 general election in the Oct. 10 primary. FAITH LEADERS GATHER FOR HEALTHCARE FOR ALL SYMPOSIUM Faith leaders from the Asheville area will gather for a nonpartisan symposium examining the relationship between universal health care and religious belief on Thursday, Oct. 12, from 7-8:30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church of Asheville, 5 Oak St. Speakers at the Healthcare for All Symposium will discuss how their spiritual paths intersect with the idea of health care for all citizens and respond to audience questions. Presenters

include the Rev. Mack Dennis of First Baptist, the Ethical Humanist Society’s Jackie Simms, Yousuf Ben Omran from the Islamic Center of Asheville, Congregation Beth H a Te p h i l a’ s Stephen Wall and Dr. John Grant from Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church. The Rev. David Blackmon will moderate the discussion. The event is open and free to the public. More info: avl.mx/46l or hcfawnc@gmail.com WARREN WILSON PROFESSOR HOLDS TEACH-IN AT MALAPROP’S Rima Vesely-Flad, Warren Wilson College professor of religious studies, will hold a teach-in at Malaprop’s Bookstore, 55 Haywood St., Asheville, on Thursday, Oct. 12, beginning at 6 p.m. The event is based on her recently published book, Racial Purity and Dangerous Bodies: Moral Pollution, Black Lives, and the Struggle for Justice, which examines the symbolic construction of negative stereotypes of black and brown peoples, and the racial justice struggles faced by these communities. Vesely-Flad will touch on the connections between the Enlightenment and democratic philosophy in the United States, as well as contemporary movements like Black Lives Matter. The event is free and open to the public. More info: avl.mx/46m

part-time residents who rent out their homes when they are not in town. “If we want downtown to be a residential neighborhood ... and make it more stable rather than have people come in and out who don’t really have any

RACE RELATIONS STATION SERIES LAUNCHES OCT. 14 The inaugural Race Relations Station community meeting will take place Saturday, Oct. 14, from 4:30-6:30 p.m., at the West Asheville Public Library, 942 Haywood Road. The meeting follows more than a year of conversations among three Asheville residents of varying cultural and ethnic backgrounds around the idea of bridging racial divides and exploring the connections between various social contexts. The founders of the social experiment hope to expand the model around the community. Participants will be grouped in triads and provided a framework for six monthly discussions about race, cultural backgrounds and social issues. The goal is to bridge gaps between the individuals and form stronger connections. The organizers will offer a brief overview of their model and experiences, and invite attendees to participate. Refreshments will be provided. The event is free to attend, but donations are appreciated. More info and RSVP: avl. mx/46n BUNCOMBE COMMISSIONERS MEET OCT. 17 The Buncombe County Board of Commissioners has a regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 17, in Commission Chambers at 200 College St., Asheville, beginning at 5 p.m. The meeting is open to the public. A meeting agenda will be released Wednesday, Oct. 11, on the county’s website. More info: avl.mx/3ws X

concern except to ride the Pubcycle, I’d ask that there be some consideration as to restricting short-term rentals downtown as well,” he said.

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‘Flood gates of her memory’ The half-known life of Tempie Avery Tempie Avery was a midwife, nurse and former slave of Asheville attorney and state Sen. Nicholas Woodfin. Much of her story is unrecorded, including the exact date of her birth; however, we do know that Woodfin gave her property following the Civil War. Its location is now occupied by the Montford Community Center, which City Council could vote to rename the Tempie Avery Community Center later this month. (See “Tempie Avery to receive naming honor,” avl.mx/46c, Xpress online) Newspaper clippings during and after her lifetime suggest Avery was a beloved local figure. “Around Town,” a section of the Asheville Daily Citizen, regularly shared information on social events as well as individual residents. On Nov. 30, 1899, the column reported: “Tempie Avery, the colored professional nurse, who has a large number of friends among the white people of Asheville, is very ill at her home, No. 4 Madison street.” Years later, an unnamed reporter from The Asheville Citizen met with Avery. The article, published on Aug. 3, 1914, claimed she was 105 years old (however, upon her death in 1917, the same paper would report that she died at 90). Below are excerpts from the article. Note that the language reflects the time period in which it was written. “Born more than 105 years ago, ‘Aunt’ Tempie Avery, as she is referred to by many of the white residents of the city, and ‘Grandma’ as she is called by her host of grand-children and great grand-children, lives near the intersection of Gay street and Pearson’s drive, occupying the house in which she has lived for the past fifty years. Clear in mind and hale in body, this old colored woman is a remarkable example of those darkies whose lives go to make up so much of the never-to-be-forgotten stories of ante-bellum days. Her hair is white as cotton and her face is wrinkled, but her voice is still strong and her eyes are brighter than those of many people of half her age. … “She seemed to brighten up at the prospect of telling about the incidents of her life, and it was only necessary to ask a new question every little while to reopen the flood gates of her memory. She stated that she reckoned her age by the first falling of the stars, which occurred in the first few years of the nineteenth century, and told many incidents of her early childhood. One of these was in regard to the Indians. She had known an Indian boy, called John, and she related a story of how she had

Historian and University of Georgia professor John Inscoe explains the significance and ubiquity of the loyal slave narrative at that time. According to Inscoe, it was part of “a broad pattern of ‘Lost Cause’ propaganda that prevailed across the South around the turn of the century and into the 1920s, in which whites touted not only the glories of the former Confederacy, but also the loyalty of their slaves to their masters and to the causes.” On March 1, 1917, two weeks after Avery’s death, The Asheville Citizen published the following: “As a symbol of utter devotion the negro slave bearing his wounded master from the battlefield has become familiar. In many instances the faithfulness of the man servant was often matched by the devotion of the colored mammies who remained at home with their owners when very often they might have escaped across the lines to freedom. “The death here of Aunt Tempie Avery, an aged colored woman, once the slave of N.W. Woodfin, of Asheville, recalls such an instance. … “The one-time slave began her life with Mr. and Mrs. Woodfin when she was fourteen years old. She was married

a few years afterwards and at the first opportunity, her husband with the other slaves owned by Mr. Woodfin, made good their escape across the East Tennessee line. Aunt Tempie and her daughter remained in Asheville with Mr. and Mrs. Woodfin and it was in recognition of her services during the days of the war, and of those still more trying days following the war, that she was given the property on Pearson drive. She remained with her master and mistress, nursed and guarded their children, and in more ways than can be told now, say those members of the family still in Asheville, proved her unselfish love for them. Only when her husband came after her, and insisted that she leave with him, did she forsake the Woodfin family. “And members of that family, remembering all that Aunt Tempie did, her untiring devotion, her spirit of utter and complete self-sacrifice, her refusal to accept that freedom of which the slaves had visions, insist that she is as fit a symbol of the faithful slave as was the man slave who followed his master into the war, and who, more than once, risked his own life to save that of the man owning him.” X

TEMPIE AVERY: In 1914, The Asheville Citizen reported that Tempie Avery first arrived in Asheville as the slave of Maj. Charles McDowell. An exact date is not given. The article briefly touches on her time with Nicholas Woodfin, but does not offer the date on which Woodfin purchased Avery from McDowell. Photo courtesy of North Carolina Collection, Pack Memorial Public Library, Asheville traded a piece of bread to him for a little bird that he had caught and how he had taken the bird away from her after he had eaten the bread. She told also of seeing the Indians encamped on the side of Overlook mountain after she came to Asheville to live. ... “Some of the most interesting parts of her story were in regard to the Indians. She stated that she had been on friendly terms with many of them and that she remembers well how sorrowful they were when they were sent to the Cherokee reservation.” Avery died on Feb. 17, 1917. Her loyalty to Woodfin was prominently noted in a publication following her death.

HONORING TEMPIE AVERY: On Oct. 3, members of the community and local government gathered to celebrate the recent addition of four interpretive panels located at two bus shelters on Montford Avenue at Cullowhee Street. Tempie Avery is among the individuals featured on these panels. Avery’s great-great-great granddaughter Martha Warren, fifth from the left, spoke at the ceremony. Photo by Gary Holstein

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MAKING CONNECTIONS Mandy Wildman used to dread networking for her web design business. “I hated going to those meetings and talking to people I didn’t know,” she recalls. Most typical networking meetings, she says, are oriented toward achieving short-term business goals. She realized that’s not how she and many other women operate. “Traditional networking is about getting customers. The way women network best is about giving support — meeting each other in a safe space, getting to know each other and finding out if we are a match for doing business,” Wildman explains. That epiphany led her to start a Facebook group, WNC Women Entrepreneurs, and, later, a Meetup group of the same name. Both groups have attracted large and enthusiastic followings — about 1,600 in the case of Facebook and 400 in the Meetup.

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Local women’s networking groups pay off in surprising ways Along with a number of other local groups, including the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce’s WomanUP initiative, Wildman says she is tapping into women’s desire to create authentic connections with other women who are pursuing business dreams. WOMANLY WAYS

GETTING TO KNOW YOU: Participants in a structured networking event hosted by the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce’s WomanUP initiative made new connections and boosted their networking skills. Photo courtesy of the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce

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In WNC Women Entrepreneurs’ monthly meetings, “Women feel comfortable talking about our most heartfelt passions and goals,” Wildman explains. After getting together for four years, many of the group’s members have formed close relationships. “The whole basis of it is liking each other and hitting it off. That’s what drives our networking,” Wildman says. Solo entrepreneurship, she continues, can be a lonely endeavor. Connecting with others fills a gap for those who have

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IT’S PERSONAL: Done right, networking can yield profound business, personal and career benefits, experts say. Photo courtesy of the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce left traditional workplaces behind in favor of more “Asheville” pursuits — businesses in the healing arts, fitness, life coaching, writing and creative endeavors such as fine art, jewelry making and fashion. Wildman says the support of women in the group helped her gather the courage to launch a new business venture, Vibrant Galaxy, an upcycled clothing boutique in Maggie Valley. Open for three months, she says people are starting to discover the shop. At the group’s most recent meeting on Sept. 26, nearly 30 women dressed in vibrant colors buzzed with excitement as they introduced themselves and chatted with one another. While many were longtime group members, several said they were attending for the first time. IT’S A DATE Sheneika Smith started Date My City to create connections among people of color across Asheville. Historical African-American communities like Southside, the East End, Burton Street and Shiloh experienced disruption as the result of urban renewal programs in the 1950s and 1960s, Smith explains. These days, gentrification threatens minority neighborhoods’ cohesion. As the communities struggle to maintain their identities, Date My City aims to link people from different areas to

create business, personal and social justice synergies. Women make up the majority of the attendees at the organization’s events, Smith says. “Women are just kind of naturally inquisitive,” she says. “We make a new connection that might lead to a business opportunity and partnership, or it might be a play date for our kids.” Underrepresented communities, says Smith, suffer from a lack of opportunities for career growth. “For people who are affected by the achievement gap and its resulting underemployment, they often don’t feel like they are a good fit for networking occasions,” she explains. Without an impressive resume, it can be difficult to figure out what one has to offer others. Through initiatives like Date My City, Smith believes, people can “belong and feel a part of the community, but also feel a sense of independence and mastery.” Asheville is poised for progress, says Smith, who at press time was a candidate for City Council (the primary for that contest was held Oct. 10). “People’s confidence is rising. I think the black community and brown community, we feel more of our power. I think we are going to see some momentum and have opportunities to be a part of different conversations and different initiatives.”

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Another prime networking event for women, especially women of color, is the annual Western

Get connected WHAT 2017 WomanUP Conference from the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce WHERE Crowne Plaza Resort Expo Center 1 Resort Drive, Asheville WHEN 8-11 a.m., Tuesday, Nov. 28 $45 WHO Special guest Christine Darden, retired NASA engineer and analyst and one of NASA’s “human computers” as portrayed in the recent film Hidden Figures. Keynote speaker Troylyn Ball, founder and owner of Asheville Distilling Company and maker of award-winning Troy & Sons Whiskey.

Women’s Business Conference, which convened its third session in June (see “Wearing Many Hats: Western Women’s Business Conference Celebrates Diversity and Empowerment,” Xpress, June 28). Organized by the Western Women’s Business Center, the event provides inspiration, advice and ways to connect with other women engaged in entrepreneurial and business endeavors. GETTING A BOOST Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Kit Cramer describes the genesis of her organization’s woman-focused business initiative, WomanUP, as a response to an unmet need. A couple of years ago, the chamber hosted a panel discussion for local up-and-coming entrepreneurs. In putting that panel together, Cramer says, chamber leaders realized that many of those featured were women in the early stages of their careers. She wanted to tap into their energy and help create new connections between more established leaders

and those who have arrived more recently on the business scene. The first WomanUP event, held last November, attracted a capacity crowd. In addition to an awards presentation honoring local business leaders Jael Rattigan, Suzanne DeFerie and Tracy Buchanan, the event also featured Pamela Ryckman, a journalist, screenwriter and author of The Stiletto Network: Inside the Women’s Power Circles That Are Changing the Face of Business. (“Local Female Business Leaders Honored at Inaugural WomanUP Networking Event,” Xpress online, Nov. 10, 2016, avl.mx/45u) After the event, Cramer says, local women made it clear they were sold on the value of networking. “They said, ‘Yes, we need networks! Build them for us,’” she recalls with a laugh. “And we said, ‘You have to build them for yourself, but we’ll help you do it.’” In August, the chamber hosted its first structured networking event for women. Laura Webb, president of Webb Investment Services in Asheville, took the lead on planning for the gathering.

“When we started structuring the workshop, we knew we wanted to have a mentor at each of the tables,” she says. “Then over 330 people signed up.” That number of attendees, she continues, meant the organizers needed to recruit nearly 40 senior businesswomen to facilitate the tables of eight. Amazingly, says Webb, “It wasn’t hard in this community.” The list of those who accepted the call includes many area bigwigs, and Webb says she could easily think of another 20-30 women she could have asked. All the mentors bought their own tickets and participated in a facilitation training session before the networking event. “We have a lot of great women leaders in this community, from nonprofits, government and the private sector,” Webb says. To gain the full benefit of networking efforts, Webb says, “You have to be purposeful and strategic to take the time and make an effort.” In the end, she says, “You make the opportunities for good things to happen in both your personal and your business life.” X

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Tips from the top “It’s incredibly important for people to build their network,” says Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Kit Cramer, who attributes the interesting directions her career has taken to connections she made early on through networking. At one of the first chamber events she attended after coming to Asheville, she says, “I was watching the room. My job is to get people to sit down and then thank our sponsors. People were in chairs, chatting with their neighbors. Then the event sponsor came in, and he was working that room. He wasn’t going to sit down until the last minute.” What you shouldn’t do, Cramer advises, is to randomly hand out business cards. “You have to have a genuine connection and a meaningful conversation. Then you must be willing to follow up,” she says. Meridith Elliott Powell is an Asheville-based business growth strategist who works around the country and internationally. The author of four books on business topics admits that, when it comes to networking, “I’m a little bit passionate about it.” “I believe down in my bones,” Elliott Powell continues, “you build your network, you change your life.” Despite the importance and value of networking, however, it’s becoming a lost art in our increasingly digital world. If you are willing to step outside your comfort zone, she says, cultivating in-person connections is a way to differentiate yourself. Elliott Powell offers these tips to hesitant networkers or those who need a bit of fresh inspiration: • It’s not about being pushy and aggressive. In fact, it’s not about you at all. • Go into networking events prepared to learn about others; the value of networking is in the learning. • Brainstorm four or five open-ended questions you can use to start meaningful conversations. • Set a goal for every networking event. A good goal might be to interact with three new people and follow up with one of them. • Go where your clients or prospective clients go. It doesn’t make sense to spend all your networking time with peers in your own industry. And to keep it real, she also offers a list of don’ts:

As soon as you enter Asheville Raven & Crone, you encounter a feast for the senses! Candles, teas, books and art are available throughout this cozy haven in North Asheville. This womanowned, pagan-run store offers “Old Age,” metaphysical and magical supplies. Owner Lisa Anderson and her female staff will offer suggestions and guidance for all your magical and nonmagical needs. Have friends who describe themselves as witches, heathens or pagans? This is the place to shop. A solitary practitioner who is not sure of the next step in your journey? You will be welcomed and guided. In addition, the store offers classes and workshops, as well as daily readers (tarot, runes, scrying, astrology and psychics are among the options). Lisa also fosters community with gatherings such as the Welcoming Circle and Circle Round, which are held monthly. A wide variety of herbs, incense, jewelry and journals also will entice you. If you find yourself returning to the store often, be sure to get a “Frequent Flier” card. After 10 purchases over $5, the card will enable you to receive 20 percent off 555 Merrimon Ave., Suite 100 your next purchase.

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MERIDITH ELLIOTT POWELL • DON’T talk about yourself. Aim to listen about 80 percent of the time. • DON’T talk to the same person all evening long or to people you already know. • DON’T leave without a plan for following up with at least one person. “You are giving up your personal or work time to be there, so you want to make sure it’s productive,” Elliott Powell explains. • DON’T wait until you need a job to build your network. • DON’T expect immediate gratification. “I sincerely believe networking is the single most important skill you can have to be successful in business and in life,” Elliott Powell concludes. Sheneika Smith has advice for hopeful networkers as well. “Get your pitch down pat,” she urges. “Don’t be afraid: Put yourself out there.” Often, friends can help you identify strengths you may not even be aware you have, she says. Sit down with them and tell them about yourself. Ask them to review your resume and advise on how you could tell your own story better. — Virginia Daffron X

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HELPING HAND Namurah Blakely co-owns Quality Janitorial Group in Asheville with her husband, Jonathan. Established in 1989, the business contracts with nearly 50 area companies and employs about 80 people. Blakely doubts she would be in such a successful position without the aid of the Minority Business Program, which helped her win her first county contract. “When I first started, I knew very little about business,” she says. “I didn’t know how to prepare a bid; I didn’t know how to fill out any of the paperwork.” Blakely remembers sitting down with a representative from the program on the day the contract was due. “They walked me through it step by step — how to fill out all the paperwork, how to help me come up with an amount to bid — and I actually received that contract, and that’s definitely what propelled our company,” she says.

Programs assist women, minorities in landing contracts When the Blakelys started their company, the Minority Business Program was a joint initiative run by the city of Asheville and Buncombe County. The county and the city split the program in fall 2005 and now operate separate programs; however, they are both still dedicated to the purpose of helping historically underutilized businesses compete in the local marketplace. LEVELING THE PLAYING FIELD

BUSINESS BOOST: Namurah and Jonathan Blakely, who co-own Quality Janitorial Group in Asheville, got help from a city program in how to be competitive in submitting bids for contracts. Photo courtesy of the Blakelys

The Asheville Minority Business Program works to ensure that businesses owned by minorities and women have the information necessary to be competitive for city contracts. Brenda Mills, Asheville’s economic development specialist, says it’s important to keep in mind that minority business outreach is not simple. “We keep working at ways to assist businesses in how to engage with

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RUNNING THE NUMBERS In fiscal year 2015 (the last year for which data is available), Asheville awarded nearly $65.8 million in contracts to businesses for city projects, according to an annual report released by the city’s Minority Business Program. About 2.67 percent of that went to businesses owned by minorities and women. According to the U.S. Census Bureau website, out of a total 12,785 firms in Asheville in 2012, 4,955 were owned by women and 1,247 were owned by minorities. Between 1999 and 2015, the percentage of total contract money awarded to businesses owned by minorities and women peaked at 6.56 percent in 2002. Since 2007, the percentage of city contract money awarded to minorities and women has been at or below 5 percent. Between 2011 and 2015, the city has consistently awarded contracts to a few dozen women and minority contractors — 41 in 2011, 38 in 2012, 42 in 2013, 34 in 2014 and 36 in 2015. To get a clearer picture of the types of barriers minority- and womenowned businesses face when bidding for contracts, the city recently contracted BBC Research & Consulting to conduct a disparity study. In March, City Council approved the Denverbased company’s bid of $319,948 to undertake the project. In essence, the study will evaluate whether there is a discrepancy between the percentage of contract money awarded to minority- and women-owned businesses and the percentage of contract money they should be awarded based on their availability. The study will focus on money spent over a set time frame, in this case on contracts Asheville awarded between July 1, 2012, and June 30, 2017. Sameer Bawa, a managing director at BBC Research & Consulting who directs the company’s diversity research and disparity studies, says the Asheville study will also provide qualitative information about the business community in the city. “What are some of the experiences, the specific anecdotes and insights that minority- and women-owned business, small businesses, large businesses have about working in the local marketplace?” he says. Mills says the city hopes to gain two important outcomes from the independent study: “One, an update on percentage goals for minorities and women for outreach; two, raceconscious and race-neutral measures to assist in our efforts with

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best practices in how to engage minority, women and other vendors,” she says. Data collection for the study started in June and will last through March. A final report will be delivered in May and will be made public. The study will update data gathered during another disparity study that a consultant for the city submitted in October 1993, which evaluated city contracting data from 1985 through 1992. The first disparity study helped the city develop goals for how it awarded contracts to minority- and women-owned businesses, and the new study will help the city reassess the goals it set in 1993. For example, Mills says, Asheville now has a larger Hispanic population participating in local business, and that should be factored in. GOING FOR THE GOAL

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In fiscal year 2015, the city of Asheville awarded contracts totaling $1.4 million to women-owned businesses; $298,893 to businesses owned by Hispanics, Asians and Native Americans; and $5,397 to businesses owned by African-Americans. Dee Williams, who at press time was a candidate for City Council (the primary for that contest was held Oct. 10), owns Dee Williams & Co. Inc., which has operated as a construction firm for many years and now specializes in providing technical assistance to small businesses. Williams, an AfricanAmerican businesswoman, believes that $5,397 is noteworthy — for the wrong reason. “I think it’s emblematic of the issues and problems that are there,” she says. Williams believes the city could do more to proportionally award contract money to women- and minority-owned businesses, particularly

when it comes to providing business owners with technical information about the process. “First of all, a lot of people don’t understand that a business has to be certified with the state of North Carolina or certified somewhere for the city to claim it as a woman-owned business or what we call a minority-owned business,” she says. “They just can’t take the word of somebody. That’s the only way they can document it.” Williams’ company helps other minority- and women-owned businesses receive certification, which she says typically requires businesses to submit a mountain of financial information. “That paperwork can be a monster,” she says. Williams says outside firms have been more helpful in offering technical assistance than city programs, although even on that front, she believes more progress can be made. “Some of these things are better contracted out to folks that have a track record,” she says. “I think that what [the city] could do is put a lot of their weight behind some of the efforts that are going on in the community.” Bawa says that no matter the outcome of the ongoing disparity study, the city will gain information that will help tailor its programming to better engage minorityand women-owned businesses and small businesses. “I think the result that the city should be looking for is to have accurate information about the women- and minority-owned businesses that could be participating in their contracting and then using that information to refine measures that they could use to effectively encourage their participation in the future,” he says. X

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BY LAURIE CROSSWELL laurie.crosswell@gmail.com Asheville rolfer Kate Wilson tells the story of one of her most memorable clients. Montford resident Sarah Patten was training for a marathon when she ran into trouble. Her stamina was fine, but she had to stop every 16 or so miles because of pain in her knee. The race was only a week away. Pulling out of the competition was a very real and daunting possibility. Having exhausted all other options, she decided to try rolfing, a bodycentered modality that releases connective tissue, as a last resort. “A week later, she completed the race totally pain-free and has not had any knee pain since that session,” says Wilson. “As a result of that success, she decided to complete the ‘10 series,’ [a sequence of 10 sessions] after she returned home. That’s when the real work started.”

“KATE THE ROLFER”: Kate Wilson says her business moniker, created by her father, has a nice ring to it. She laughingly describes people’s reaction to it: “‘Oh, you’re Kate the rolfer,’ as opposed to Kate the accountant or Kate the schoolteacher.” Photo by Sarah Patten

Wilson says she frequently encounters people who don’t know what rolfing is. “I often get a blank stare ... to my saying, ‘I’m a rolfer,’” she says. “I say it’s a type of manual therapy that targets fascia, or connective tissue, and helps people feel better. ... It makes all the parts of the body work well together again. “Some folks find they can get better range of motion and less pain after an injury or surgery,” continues Wilson. “Others can improve their posture and move better. I have clients who find relief from anything from headaches and neck tension, to shoulder and rotator-cuff pain, to sciatica and plantar fasciitis. My clients include yogis, cyclists, dancers, runners, musicians and surgeons. Others are new moms, waitresses, folks who sit at desks all day, others who drive all day. Everyone can benefit. My youngest client was 3, and my oldest was 87.”

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Wilson says the number and frequency of treatments depend on the patient. Some injuries or issues take only a few sessions, she explains, whereas some involve more. The 10 series helps to establish “more systemic balance and relief in their body,” she notes. The average frequency of sessions is every two to three weeks. Casey Kiernan, a rolfer who moved to Asheville in August after 20 years of practicing in Rhode Island and Washington, D.C., explains how rolfing works: “When the body is tight, it is held in misalignment, which can create pain and poor function. Rolfing frees restrictions in the tissue, allowing better alignment and easier movement, which in turn promote flexibility, reduced pain and more joy.” Kiernan recalls a dramatic experience in treating a 64-year-old man who had been blind since the age of 9. “He was very independent and would walk through the streets of Washington, D.C. But he had a way of holding tension in his body as he moved to determine where he was in space,” she says. “When we were able to free up the connective tissue ... he felt that he could walk with his cane much more fluidly, trusting that his body could respond

more softly and less rigidly to something in his path.” But is rolfing painful? “Intense” is the way Wilson describes it instead. “Most clients come in having heard stories about how much it hurts,” she explains. “They quickly realize that I’m not going to take people out of their comfort zone. They also realize that when it is that intense, it is also a relief, because that area I’m working on is the tight area the client has been wanting relief from. Most say that rolfing ‘hurts so good.’” She adds that clients are in control of how deep the work goes and need to communicate with their rolfer. “Honestly, with a little focus on your breathing, you can experience release, relief and ultimately renewal,” she says. Kiernan agrees that rolfing does not have to be painful, although she adds that “sometimes when restrictions are released, there is a freedom that some people experience as pain. This is similar to the soreness that can occur during and after a workout or yoga. I like to think about it the way a bird is experiencing discomfort cracking the egg to start a new life. Transitions can be wonderful ... or painful ... or both.” Wilson says one of the main differences between rolfing and massage is

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Women in Business that rolfing seeks to uncover the root of the problem — not just physically, but also emotionally. She notes that one of her patients had post-traumatic stress disorder due to childhood trauma, which caused tension in her body. Rolfing changed her emotional experience as well as her movement, she explains, by affecting body alignment, posture and structure. Stacey Brewer, who commutes to Wilson’s office from northern Georgia, turned to rolfing after being hit by a car while biking 30 years before. The accident had left her with lingering pain, she says, and she was looking for hope that her pain would finally be eased and movement restored to areas that had developed scar tissue. “Lots of styles can break down scar tissue, but that’s all they do,” she notes. “The difference with rolfing is that it resolves issues at the source, and the rolfer essentially ‘weaves’ your body back together again.” Asheville resident Paul Huemiller sought out Wilson as a result of concerns about the worsening of his shoulder and knee issues. “I had tried regular massage and only found temporary relief,” says Huemiller. “Several friends and col-

leagues recommended Kate and rolfing, as they had had success.” Heumiller testifies to the benefit he has received: “Aside from the obvious relief I receive, I’ve gained a very deep insight into my own body. By discussing and paying attention to the areas Kate chooses to work on, I can see that something far away from the pain is often the culprit. This helps me to adjust how I use my body off the table, during yoga classes, for instance. I can see the whole picture of how my practice affects my health very clearly.” Brewer agrees: “Thanks to skillful and sensitive rolfers like Kate, my body is a better version of itself — more balanced, more mobile, more relaxed,” she says. “Both my husband and I continue to use rolfing as a primary therapy anytime we get injured or have nagging pain from physical activity. It’s made a profound difference in both our lives.” Kiernan underscores the wide range of benefits from rolfing: “We all have complicated life stories, and I find rolfing helps ease the path one follows with greater ease, less fear and more joy on a physical, emotional and spiritual level.”

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Our guests’ genuine relaxation makes what we do a pleasure Wake Foot Sanctuary was born in 2013 with a mission to provide service excellence through a strong leadership culture. Nestled in the historic Grove Arcade in downtown Asheville, Wake’s services and space provide an escape from chaotic and bustling times. We are incredibly humbled by Asheville’s embrace of our mission and the shared spa experience. We’re heading toward our fifth year of providing soak and massage services to weary feet. We couldn’t be more honored. Wake’s team has grown into a family, and we include our guests in that designation. We find there is something very special about tending to someone in a quiet, pampering and — at times — ceremonial way. We are mindful that even the small act of making and serving a guest a pot of tea while they relax in a cozy chair can be transformative. We all know someone who hasn’t taken the time to breathe deeply and take care of themselves —- that person may even be you. We are here to remind all of our guests that they deserve a good pampering.

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Kelly Erin-Spinney’s early career began as a film and television stuntwoman, and she later rose to become a successful producer managing multimillion-dollar budgets and logistics. Their family left LA life for Asheville in 2007. They cannot imagine living anywhere else. Kelly facilitates transactions in Asheville through attention to detail, combined with a keen mind and eye of both architect and designer. Modern Asheville Real Estate supports modernism, preservation, sustainable building and community by collaborating with architects, designers, green builders, contractors, antique dealers, galleries and organizations, including AIA, The Preservation Society, North Carolina Modernist Houses, Black Mountain College and The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design. They inform and educate through articles on social media and their blog, www.modernasheville.com, and at public events such as Modern Mixers, Flea For Y’all, Parade of Homes builders tours and the Asheville satellite of Modern Atlanta home tours. Modern Asheville Real Estate at Keller Williams Professionals offers you all the tools needed for a successful property search and clean transaction. Kelly and partner Troy will navigate the gamut of your needs, from home-seeker to property investor. Looking to buy, sell or invest in architecturally unique properties? Searching for a sleek, modern home, midcentury gem, reimagined retro ranch, industrial loft, cool condo or fixer-upper? Call Kelly!

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To be a certified rolfer (a trademarked term), a practitioner must have been trained at the Rolf Institute for Structural Integration in Boulder, Colo. In North Carolina, all rolfers must also be licensed as massage therapists. Wilson notes that some practitioners with training at the Guild for Structural Integration, also in Boulder, may offer rolfing services but are not technically certified rolfers unless they graduated from the Rolf Institute. Wilson says she was inspired to become a rolfer at age 10 as a result of witnessing her mother’s rolfing treatment. To deal with chronic back pain, her mother did the 10 series, and the results were successful. This prompted Kate, her father and brother to try it. “I just thought it was cool, what my rolfer knew how to do,” she says. Kiernan also came to rolfing through personal experience. “I had a bicycle accident where I was hit by a car, and rolfing was able to bring me back from injury,” she recounts. “All those problems went away for good. ... So were some long-held postural patterns that I had carried for my entire life. I was hooked. I could not wait to study rolfing and expand my awareness of how I could help people.”

“People in Asheville care about their health,” says Wilson. “No matter how they use their bodies, Asheville folks get it. They have decided to live life to the fulllest, and that includes feeling good in their bodies. And it never gets boring. There are too many interesting and exciting clients. I benefit as much from knowing them as them as they do knowing me. It’s the best part of my job.” X

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Donna, the down-to-earth, day-to-day face of the shop, warmly welcomes customers as if they were old friends and takes the time to carefully consider each individual before ushering them into the fitting room after intuitively gathering just the right 10 things for them. With a long history in hospitality, they both have super-high standards for what service looks like and place a lot of importance on cultivating a deeply attentive shop culture. They choose hospitality as healing, hoping that every customer leaves Elementality feeling loved and empowered!

Not all things are simply things. Some are made with intention, infused with love and energy that transfers to the viewer. These are altruisms of which our tribe at Elementality is well aware. In fact, it was a moment in time, a transfer of energy, which helped spark the genesis of the shop’s two female co-founders, artists and soul sisters on their journey to Asheville years before Elementality was born. In 2002, the universe had serendipitously conspired to move them closer, to birth a friendship, allowing them to manifest a shared vision. In January 2007, they packed up their lives and put their pups in the front seat to head up the mountain and build their shop. The days were long, and the coffee pot was always on. Purposefully not taking on a loan, credit card or any financial backing meant that every penny made went right back into growing their vision. With their unique powers combined, they together created a space that would infuse intention, revel in the natural magic of Earth’s wonders, uplift fellow makers and empower all those who step inside their shop.

For the past 10 years, they have nestled in to become part of the fabric of Western North Carolina. Their space, right next door to Whole Foods on Tunnel Road, is divided into the four earthly elements (air, fire, earth and water) and is a serious love child overflowing with natural stones, handcrafted jewelry, uniquely curated clothing and an incredibly friendly staff.

Jordana, mysterious and detail-oriented, spends her days thoughtfully tweaking the shop aesthetic and perfecting displays while burning the midnight oil each night crafting beautiful jewelry, carefully ordering clothing and continually messaging with makers to curate just the right collection.

They are honored to continue to adorn and uplift all beautiful beings who wander in with a curious eye and a warm heart. Whether it’s to share conversation or find something unique that lightens your spirit as you move through the world, they are forever grateful for the continuous outpouring of support by this community. They believe that with the right intention, all things are possible. Their story is a living, breathing, moving representation of that, and they are sure yours is, too.

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FOOD

by Victor Palomino

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DREAMS COME TRUE

Salvadoran restaurants add to diverse flavors of Patton Avenue

LATIN FLAVOR: Patrícia Sáenz of Pupuseria Patty, pictured on the right in the left-hand photo with two of her staff members, and Candy Molina and Ivan Daniel Bustillo of Taste of El Salvador, pictured in the right-hand photo, own Salvadoran restaurants on Patton Avenue. Each business brings its own unique flavors to the table. Photos by Victor Palomino Patton Avenue is becoming a main drag for Latino food in Asheville. From downtown to Smoky Park Highway, the thoroughfare boasts a variety of Mexican restaurants, including the California-style El Qué Pasa, bakeries like The Azteca, taquerías like Sonora and Tacos Jalisco as well as the unique Taquería Muños, where you can practice ordering your food in Spanish then munch on a tongue taco while watching tortillas being made by hand. And now Patton Avenue also features two eateries — coincidentally situated next to each other — that offer a chance to explore the gastronomy of El Salvador. ALL IN THE FAMILY Taste of El Salvador opened two years ago featuring a menu of traditional Salvadoran cuisine. The restaurant is a family business run from the kitchen by Candy Molina. “We are only family here,” says Molina, dismissing her leadership role. “I’m the owner, but it would be nothing without the help of all of them.”

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Molina began dreaming of restaurant ownership with a small place in mind. “I asked God to light me up and give me the place where he was going to put me,” says Molina, whose faith is an important part of her life. Her vision was to showcase authentic Salvadoran food, which is distinct from the Mexican fare many Americans know and love. “As you can see, at the beginning [of the meal] we don’t have any chips, because that’s the way it is in my country,” says Molina. But the biggest difference is in the menu, which is anchored by a variety of pupusas — a round corn or rice cake the size of a tortilla stuffed with cheese, pork, beans or a combination of ingredients, accompanied by vegetables and sauce. Ivan Daniel Bustillo, Molina’s nephew and a waiter at the restaurant, observes, “In Asheville, there’s a large community of vegetarians and vegans, and I find that pupusas are one of the most popular foods.” The menu also offers tamales, plantains, fried yucca, chicharron (fried pork), parrillada (meat platter) and

refrescos, which are natural juices made daily from fresh fruit. Taste of El Salvador is frequented by customers who are originally from Latin America as well as locals looking for new flavors. “They are curious to try food from a small country like El Salvador,” says Bustillo, who was born in Asheville. “I grew up with that; many people thought that I am Mexican, and they don’t know of other countries in Central America and South America.” He notes that the restaurant can sometimes double as an educational tool: “It’s an opportunity that people can take to learn from the diversity of Latino culture.” Molina, having achieved her original dream, is now looking toward bigger goals. “Customers tell me that I need to open downtown,” she says. LITTLE BITS OF LOVE Likewise, Patrícia Sáenz, who opened Pupuseria Patty in May, has already established a good customer base with her unique culinary offerings.

Sáenz has roots in both Honduras and El Salvador, and the menu includes food from both countries. Sáenz began her path to restaurant ownership after some unpleasant interactions with co-workers during three years of employment in the service industry brought her to the brink of depression. “They made me feel like I was not good for anything,” she says, adding that the fact that the unkindness came from fellow Latinos made the situation even harder to bear. “That was the point where I decided to make my own destiny.” Sáenz found refuge in her faith and a group of friends whom she invited regularly to eat at her house. Eventually, they urged her to go out and start her own food business. “When they tried my food, they asked what was in it, and I said, ‘Little bits of love,’” she says. At first, Sáenz pursued entrepreneurship by selling her food to neighbors and friends, then she eventually made plans to borrow money and start a food truck with a business partner. After that deal fell through, a friend told her about an opportunity

Women in Business to open a brick-and-mortar eatery in the space at 1563 Patton Ave., which was previously occupied by a tortilleria. With help from friends and family, she made it all come together within a couple of weeks. Pupuseria Patty’s menu features Salvadoran and Honduran dishes like baleadas, which are thick flour tortillas filled with beans, avocado, sour cream and either eggs, meat, chorizo or chicken. Another highlight is the Salvadoran breakfast of scrambled eggs mixed with tomatoes, bell peppers and onions served with refried beans, fried plantain, sour cream, Salvadoran cheese, avocado and tortillas. Also on the menu is mariscada, a seafood soup. Like the clientele at Taste of El Salvador, Sáenz’s customers tend to be people who are curious about new flavors. “They come to try and stay forever,” she says. Both restaurant owners say their businesses attract diners not just from Western North Carolina, but from as far away as Tennessee and South Carolina on the weekends. Despite the challenges she faced working in the hospitality industry and getting her business off

the ground, Sáenz says she carries no grudges and acknowledges that her path has a purpose. “It has been the place where God has blessed me,” she says. Today she employs a mostly female staff and is proud to offer quality food and service. “I told my employees to treat costumers like they want to be treated,” she says. After only a few months in business, her success is prompting her to consider expansion. “This is my first year, and I believe this year we will open a second restaurant,” she says, although she has announced no details yet about those plans. Faith, hard work and the desire to make their dreams come true are the ingredients both Sáenz and Molina used to get their neighboring businesses off the ground. And as their respective clienteles grow, they continue to showcase the diversity of Latin cultures to be found in Asheville — particularly on Patton Avenue. Taste of El Salvador is at 1565 Patton Ave. Pupuseria Patty is at 1563 Patton Ave. X

Jen Charlton Locke and the staff of Sensibilities Day Spa are grateful to celebrate 18 years as Asheville’s original spa establishment dedicated to your health and wellness. In that time a one-room spa has grown into two full-service locations, one in the heart of downtown and the other in the Hilton hotel in Biltmore Park. A talented and dedicated staff of 47 people provides a wide array of natural and organic treatments including Eminence facials, massage therapy and natural nail services. Sensibilities Cares, the charitable giving program that was created to show thanks for the trust and support Asheville has given Sensibilities, has grown as well with the establishment of a Community Foundation of Western North Carolina donor fund. Jen and her staff look forward to serving and contributing to the Asheville community for many years to come.

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BEER SCOUT

FOOD

by Scott Douglas | jsdouglas22@gmail.com

Black Star Line drops anchor The groundbreaking new brewing operation has found a permanent home in Hendersonville The road to opening a small business is never easy, and the process of realizing the dream behind Black Star Line Brewing Co. has been no exception. As the first black-, queer-, female-owned brewery in Western North Carolina, Black Star Line has overcome substantial difficulties along the way and has done so with a resolute conviction to blaze a trail for underrepresented people in the craft brewing industry. For BSL founder L.A. McCrae, that perseverance is finally about to pay dividends, with the brewery set to take over the Hendersonville space formerly occupied by Basic Brewing Co. by late October. Securing financing for operations and expansion has proven challenging for McCrae, who carries substantial student and medi-

cal debt. But a small-business loan from Mountain BizWorks eventually provided the necessary startup capital to take advantage of the newly available Basic taproom and production facility. BSL will purchase Basic’s equipment, including a 1.5-barrel Blichmann brewhouse, but hopes to double that capacity with the help of an ongoing fundraiser through crowdfunding platform fundrazr.com. The campaign seeks to generate $15,000 by Nov. 1 to help pay for additional equipment and repairs as well as essential brewing supplies and staff costs. “It’s frustrating that it’s been so difficult to get to this point,” says McCrae. “We’re trying to create living-wage jobs in the Asheville area, but we’ve met with a lot of resis-

MOVING IN: L.A. McCrae, pictured front left, plans to open Black Star Line Brewing Co. in late October in the Hendersonville space previously occupied by Basic Brewing Co. Also pictured, from left, are Kaylah Mague, Steve Warren, Gwen Pearson and Heather Grant. Photo by Scott Douglas tance from lenders and investors that think it’s too risky. We’ll make it work — we always do.” Much of BSL’s bootstrap funding to this point has been derived from crowdfunding and community support, efforts that have benefited from the brewery’s increased visibility on the national stage in recent months. In June, McCrae spoke at the Brewbound conference in New York, and BSL was featured in an article on vice.com with a video follow-up expected once renovations of the Basic facility have been completed. The attention has 30

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already garnered benefits for BSL, with Oregon-based Dancing Hearts Ranch — an organic farm founded and operated by queer women of color — shipping the brewery hops to support its cause. Black Star Line has been pouring its beer at festivals and events around North Carolina throughout the summer, most recently at the 21st annual Brewgrass Festival in September. Beer is currently fermenting for the October opening, and McCrae intends to feature dedicated guest draft lines from breweries with a similarly commu-

Women in Business nity-oriented vision in the taproom, including Hendersonville neighbor Sanctuary Brewing Co. and Charlotte’s Three Spirits Brewery. In addition to getting the brewery up and running, McCrae has gone to great lengths to help organize the broader black brewing community. The inaugural Black Brewers’ Gathering, originally scheduled to take place in Asheville on Saturday, Oct. 21, will now be held at the Black Star Line taproom in Hendersonville on the same date. Although this year’s event will be smaller than originally planned, McCrae is in discussions with black brewers from around the country regarding a more elaborate gathering in the works for 2018. The brewery’s initial lineup will include five flagship beers, four seasonals and three nonalcoholic botanicals, all of which will be geared toward sweeter, less hopsforward flavor profiles than most craft beer — and each carries a name that invokes a prominent historical figure or significant concept from African-American culture. A cooperative agreement with

Sanctuary Brewing has kept BSL’s beer flowing thus far, but the transition to its own location will greatly expand the brewery’s capacity to get its beer to consumers and fulfill its mission to create a welcoming space for people whose gender identity or ethnicity might render typical craft breweries intimidating or uncomfortable gathering places. For McCrae, this sense of belonging is paramount: “This is, first and foremost, a community place. We’re intentionally building a space that is of, by and for the community. For the folks that feel there’s no place for them, for the people who want to build for human liberation. This is a place where folks aren’t discarded or disposable. It’s about creating a home for all of us.” Black Star Line Brewing Co. is scheduled to open in late October at 131 Third Ave. West, Hendersonville. The taproom will host the inaugural Black Brewers Gathering on Saturday, Oct. 21. For updates, visit blackstarlinebrewing.com or visit the Black Star Line Brewing Facebook page. X

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GET THE GIG Red Rover Booking joins the local music scene

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A 2017 study by the Economic Development Commission of Asheville-Buncombe County characterized Asheville as a music mecca in its adolescence — one swelling with performers, venues, music stores and recording studios,

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AMPLIFICATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION: “I’ve approached musicians both big and small, and have been really shocked at the fact that so many do not have any access to booking agents, they don’t know of any, and they’ve been booking themselves for years,” says Melissa Myers, founder of Red Rover Booking. Photo by Cindy Kunst

as well have been a direct response to it. In actuality, her entrepreneurial start was driven by a simple, out-of-the-blue question from a coworker: “Would you mind booking for my band?” A few months in, Red Rover has a roster of 12 artists — and continues to grow. SOUNDS FAMILIAR “I realized that there was this lack of support,” Myers says. “Bands are doing a lot for themselves, and they want that grassroots movement, which I understand. But at the same time, there are logistical sides of things that I really love doing.” Emailing, scheduling and other organizational tasks top the list, though those aren’t new skill sets for Asheville’s many talent buyers. Rooms that present live music typically have at least one person overseeing bookings, whether negotiations and other legwork are done in-house or by a third-party agency like AC Entertainment. But Myers’ decision to book on behalf of a roster of artists, rather than venues, sets her venture apart in an indus-

try the EDC diagnosed with “an absence of critical mass of business management, booking agents, mastering, mixing and other components of larger music economies.” Not surprisingly, Red Rover’s clientele has grown quickly to include acts such as Kozak & the Poets (the band that originally approached Myers), Matt Townsend, Brie Capone, Livingdog, The Moon and You, Sanctum Sully and others. For them, it’s a sweet gig, since musicians only pay a commission on successful bookings. Plus, they’re free to pursue their own deals while Myers builds bridges and plugs her artists to the right people. “When venues see an email from an artist versus an agency, they won’t necessarily take it as seriously,” Capone points out, though she reports faring well as a self-booked soloist in Asheville. The anonymity makes radio silence understandable, she adds, but still, “There is a level of legitimacy that someone representing you can help with.” Townsend, too, blames no one for the “thousand unanswered emails”

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WHAT IS YOUR BODY, MIND, AND SOUL ASKING FOR? Sometimes you can “do all the right things” and there is still something missing — a gap between the person you are being and the goddess you know you truly are. Dr. Chelsea Rae Verslues has lived this pain and, through it, has discovered her greatest gifts. Raised on a farm, she was born with a passion for humanity, the Earth and the thriving of both. She insisted on living her fullest life — practicing mindfulness and meditation, bodywork, movement, clean eating and a full social calendar. Yet, she found herself with a thyroid autoimmune disease, painful cystic acne and even cancer in her early 20s. An unspoken part of her was ready to quit. Quit everything. This is when Network Care entered her life — a breath of ease and flow where it was previously strained. The symptoms faded and transformed into an energized life that fueled her. Network Care was the answer and continues to empower her to help others heal in the most authentic and powerful way. After practicing Network Care around the Western Hemisphere, she has joined Nourish & Flourish to bring this life-giving work to other women who are ready for the life they know is possible. If you are curious about how you could thrive more, join us for our introduction and demonstration of Network Care at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 26. Call 828-255-2770 to reserve your place and ask about our free gift to you for attending.

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MTN girls love Asheville Growing up in Asheville is something to be proud of. I often get asked, “What’s it like to see all of this growth and change?” I think in most small cities, it would be a bit concerning for the locals, and I think for some that it is. But for me, it represents hope … something that we all need a little of. I see new beginnings and new starts. I see a promising future.

I see new opportunity and friends. The tourists sense the unity and support of our small, yet growing community. That is why they love to visit more than once. Mtn Merch is not only a store focused on the comfort of a T-shirt or a hoodie; it is about “loving where you live.” More important, loving where you are in life. We all have a story of why we are here in Asheville. And the stories are unique and amazing. But the important thing to remember, whether you are here for one day, one year or a lifetime, is this:

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“When the student is ready, the disease will appear.”

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he’s launched into the abyss, but he looks forward to allocating time to other parts of his career, such as writing, practicing, recording and sharing his musical pursuits online. He approached several individuals and agencies before landing a partnership with Red Rover. “I still like booking, but as the sole operator of my touring, the time to do it becomes increasingly more difficult to put aside,” he says. Plus, “I tend to lose track of time, things and my mind quite frequently.”

Accepting the calling to heal disease is a benediction — an initiation into the greatest mysteries of the transformational strength and power of a human being. True healing is a bold and brave expedition into the heart of what needs to be personally and collectively transformed within our world. It is a digging, uncovering and honoring of the Self and all of life in its truth — holy and sacred.

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At this point, musicians far beyond Asheville have sung the low-wage chorus for years (try “Everything Is Free Now” by Sylvan Esso and Flock of Dimes for a literal example). So, how can a company survive, let alone profit, on a percentage of what performers earn? “I just really, truly believe in the artists who I’m booking — so much so that I think they are going to keep getting bigger offers and bringing more [of a crowd],” Myers says. “Most of these artists I saw once

My name is Annie Wolfe. I grew up in these bountiful mountains, right here in Asheville. I love living here still with my darling husband and our four precious offspring. I began my healing journey in 2009, and little did I know what lay ahead. I did know, however, that I was facing the possibility of a life I had always dreamed of having. Not a life of fame or fortune, but a life of freedom from shame. A life that called me to wake up and step into my soul's power and feel in my body the purpose that only I can feel in the world. I left anxious thoughts of failure behind me and embarked on a partnership of body, mind and spirit. I believe we all have this “dream” inside us, and I am passionate about helping you find the path your awakening is calling you to take. Our purpose is never a job, but rather the experience of truly being who we are in each moment. In my private practice, Sacred Empath Healing, I walk beside you and teach you how to listen to what your body is saying to you. When you empower your body, you will impassion your life. Sacred Empath Healing 2 Wall St., Suite 114 Asheville, NC 28801 828-712-6061 annie@sacredempath.com

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live and wanted to represent them. I want them to be playing more often. I can’t believe that I’ve only seen them one time by chance.” As Red Rover’s roster expands, Myers also stands to book multiple nights in the same room at once. That’s one reason she isn’t constraining herself to any particular genre. Still, she says she’s starting small for now. “Mostly, I’m trying to earn people’s trust and let them know that I’m here, I’m responsible, and I can help.” So far, that’s led to shows at Foggy Mountain Brew Pub, The Odditorium, Native Kitchen, Whistle Hop Brewing and MG Road’s Living Room Series. And, though it’s been a challenge to reach larger venues, Myers is working daily to make those connections. In fact, it’s a top priority, since her artists have high hopes for their own careers. “I’m expecting Wembley Stadium, sold out, by the end of March,” Capone says. “Just kidding.” Learn more at redroverbooking.com X

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• WE (10/11), 3-6pm - "Using WordPress to Blog for Your Business," seminar. Registration required. Free. • WE (10/11), 6-9pm - "SCORE: Advanced Internet Marketing," seminar. Registration required. Free. • TH (10/12), 10am-noon - "Starting a Better Business," seminar. Registration required. Free. • SA (10/14), 9am-noon - "SCORE: How to Find Your Customers," seminar. Registration required. Free. • WE (10/18), 6-9pm - "SCORE: All You Need to Know about Website Development," seminar. Registration required. Free. • TH (10/19), 5:30-8:30pm - "How to Start a Nonprofit," seminar. Free.

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ANIMALS ANIMAL HAVEN OF ASHEVILLE 65 Lower Grassy Branch Road, 828-299-1635 • SU (10/15), 2-6pm - Proceeds from this fundraiser with live music, silent auction, vegan food, craft beers and wine benefit Animal Haven of Asheville. $20/Free for children under 13. ASHEVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY 828-761-2001 x315, ashevillehumane.org • SA (10/14), noon-2pm - Proceeds from this cookout benefit the Asheville Humane Society. $5 or pet food supply donation. Held at StoneCreek Health & Rehabilitation, 455 Victoria Road FULL MOON FARM WOLFDOG RESCUE 828-664-9818, fullmoonfarm.org • SA (10/14), 1-5pm - Proceeds from "Harleys for Howlers," fundraising event with live music, raffle, outdoor games vendors and barbecue lunch benefit Full Moon Farm Wolfdog Sanctuary. $10/$5 children. Held at Harley Davidson of Asheville, 20 Patton Cove Road, Swannanoa

BENEFITS ASHEVILLE OUTDOOR CINEMA Carrier Park Ballfield, 220 Amboy Road • SA (10/14), 9pm - Proceeds from this outdoor film showing of The Shining benefit Blue Ridge Pride. Food trucks and bands begin at 7pm. $8-$11/Free for kids under 13. ASHEVILLE SISTER CITIES 828-782-8025, ashevillesistercities. org, ashevillesistercities@gmail.com • SU (10/15), 4:30-6pm - Proceeds from "Wine:Thirty" event with wine, hors d'ouevres and a wine education session benefit Asheville Sister Cities programming and student scholarships. $35/$30 advance. Held at Crepe Bourree, 68 North Lexington Ave. BEAVER LAKE BIRD SANCTUARY US-25 • TH (10/12), 2:30-4:30pm Proceeds from this "Wellness Walk-

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a-Thon" around Beaver Lake benefit the North Carolina Association of Naturopathic Physicians. Sanesco donates $10 per participant to the North Carolina Association of Naturopathic Physicians. Free.

BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/governing/ depts/library • FR (10/13), 2pm - "Get to Know Asheville Business," featuring the Ghost Hunters of Asheville. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St.

CHILDREN FIRST/CIS OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY 828-259-9717, childrenfirstbc.org • TH (10/12), 6-9pm - Proceeds from Asheville Lifestyle’s fall fashion show featuring hors d'oeuvres and a sangria bar and diamond raffle benefit Children First/CIS. Registration: ashevillefashionshow. com. $50. Held at AC Hotel Asheville Downtown, 10 Broadway ELIADA 828-254-5356, eliada.org, smcdonald@eliada.org • Through TU (10/31) - Proceeds from this annual corn maze event with activities for kids and hay rides benefit Eliada. See website for full schedule and prices: EliadaCornMaze.com. Held at Eliada, 2 Compton Drive FLAT ROCK PLAYHOUSE 2661 Highway 225, Flat Rock, 828693-0731, flatrockplayhouse.org • TU (10/17), 5pm - Proceeds from "Theatre with the Stars," song, dance and theatre event in which local “stars” partner with Flat Rock Playhouse “pros” and compete to raise money, benefit Flat Rock Playhouse. $50. THRIVE 828-697-1581, thrive4health.org • MO (10/16), 6pm - Proceeds from "Bids & Blues," fundraiser featuring ors d’oeuvres and live music by The Carburetors, The Stipe Brothers, Dan Ruiz, Eric Congdon and Izzi Hughes benefit Thrive. $40. Held at Flat Rock Playhouse Downtown,125 S. Main St., Hendersonville FULL MOON FARM WOLFDOG RESCUE 828-664-9818, fullmoonfarm.org • SU (10/15), 2-4pm - Proceeds from sales at this wine tasting event with live music and appearances by River the Ambassadog and Finn benefit Full Moon Farms Wolfdog Rescue. Free to attend. Held at Metro Wines, 169 Charlotte St.

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FLOOD GALLERY 2160 Highway 70, Swannanoa, 828254-2166, floodgallery.org • THURSDAYS, 11am-5pm - "Jelly at the Flood," free co-working and collaborative space event hosted by Ty Hallock. Free.

AUTHORS FOR LITERACY: New York Times best-selling author Ann Patchett is standing up for literacy as the keynote speaker for the Literacy Council of Buncombe County’s 10th annual Authors for Literacy Dinner & Silent Auction. The event, which includes a cocktail hour and three-course dinner, takes place from 6-9 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 13, at the Renaissance Asheville Hotel and benefits the Literacy Council’s programs to increase literacy and English language proficiency to help people move out of poverty. General admission to the event is $75. VIP tickets include a meet-and-greet with the author. For more information or tickets, visit litcouncil.com. Photo of Ann Pratchett courtesy of Parnassus Books (p. 36) GROCE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 954 Tunnel Road, 828-298-6195, groceumc.org • Through TU (10/31) - Proceeds from this pumpkin patch pumpkin sale benefit Groce United Methodist Church outreach. Prices vary. LITERACY COUNCIL OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY 828-254-3442, volunteers@litcouncil.com • FR (10/13), 6-9pm - Proceeds from the "Authors for Literacy Dinner and Silent Auction" with keynote speaker, New York Times bestselling author Ann Patchett, benefit the Literacy Council of Buncombe County. Event includes a cocktail hour, three-course dinner and silent auction. $75. Held at Renaissance Asheville Hotel, 31 Woodfin St. MILLS RIVER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 10 Presbyterian Church Road, Mills River, 828-891-7101

• TH (10/12), 5:30-7pm - Proceeds from this chili dinner benefit the Thomas A. Bryson Legacy Fund. $5. PUMPKIN PATCH BENEFIT 828-885-7286, facebook.com/ pumpkinpatchrevenge • FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS (10/13) through (10/28), 7-9pm - Proceeds from this lighted pumpkin patch event with spooky trails, decorative pumpkin displays, ghost stories, games, music and food benefit Silvermont Park. $5. Held at Silvermont Park, East Main St., Brevard ST. MARY'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 337 Charlotte St., 828-254-5836, stmarysasheville.org • SA (10/14), 9am-3pm - Proceeds from this Christmas craft fair with handcrafted items, Christmas decor and food benefit A-Hope, a nonprofit serving the homeless. Free to attend.

TAILS & TRAILS 5K ADVENTURE RUN eventbrite.com/e/tails-trails-5kadventure-run-registration-18333572208 • SA (10/14), 10am-noon - Proceeds from this trail run for people and their dogs benefit the Asheville Humane Society. $20 and 2 cans of dog food/$10 and 2 cans of dog food for children. Held at Charles D. Owen Park, 875 Warren Wilson Road, Swannanoa THE WALK RUN OR ROLL BENEFIT eblencharities.org • SA (10/14), 9am - Proceeds from this 5K and 10K walk and run event benefit Eblen Charities. $20/$5 children. Held at AB Tech, 340 Victoria Road

BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY A-B TECH SMALL BUSINESS CENTER 1465 Sand Hill Road, Candler, 828398-7950, abtech.edu/sbc

G&W INVESTMENT CLUB klcount@aol.com • 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 11:45am General meeting. Free to attend. Held at Black Forest Restaurant, 2155 Hendersonville Road, Arden HATCHWORKS 45 S. French Broad • WE (10/18), noon-1pm - "Rapid Prototyping," workshop. Free. WARREN WILSON COLLEGE 701 Warren Wilson Road, Swannanoa, 828-206-8877 • WE (10/18), 9:30-11:30am & 12:302:30pm - Foundation fair featuring networking opportunity for nonprofits to meet and talk with community foundation representatives. Hosted by the North Carolina Network of Grantmakers. Free. Held in the Gladfelter Student Center.

CLASSES, MEETINGS & EVENTS ATTENTION WOMEN "HOBBY" ARTISTS! (PD.) If you’ve always wanted an affordable place to do your art in community, Purple Crayon is here! Join us for our Grand Opening, October 14! www. purplecrayonavl.com CLASSES AT VILLAGERS (PD.) • Homemade Apple Cider Vinegar: Sunday, October 15. 5:30-7:30pm. $15. • Creating a Winter Apothecary: Wednesday, October 18. 6:30-8. $20.

Registration/information: www.forvillagers.com EMPYREAN ARTS CLASSES (PD.) BEGINNING AERIAL ARTS weekly on Sundays 2:15pm, Mondays 6:30pm, Tuesdays 11:00am, and Wednesdays 11:00am. POLE DANCE weekly on Mondays 7:45pm. POLE SPINS & COMBOS weekly on Sundays 5:45pm. FLEXIBILITYCONTORTION weekly on Tuesdays 8:00pm, Thursdays 1:00pm, and Saturdays 2:30pm. BREAK DANCE weekly on Fridays 6:00pm. FLOOR THEORY DANCE weekly on Wednesdays 8:00pm. For details & sign up go to empyreanarts.org or call/text us at 828.782.3321. HOMES AND BREWS EVENT (PD.) Engage with Real Estate/ Mortgage Experts regarding the Asheville market. Twin Leaf Brewery Thursday, Oct 19th, 6pm. Free beer. Limited spots. Text HOMEBEER to 555888 dave@investecrealty.com ILLUMINATE: THE PSYCHIC & HEALING ARTS EXPO (PD.) OCT. 28-29, 10AM-6PM both days, Entry $9.00 per day, Over 35 Readers and Healers/ All sessions $20. Free workshops/ raffle. Books, crystals, Jewelry, Healing tools and more! Blue Ridge Community College Conference Hall, 180 W Campus Dr., Flat Rock, NC 28731 Complete schedule of events: www.theIlluminateExpo.com or call Julie King @ 831-601-9005. Co-sponsored by Crystal Visions Books/ Natural Awakenings/ Upstate. ROUNTREE PRODUCTIONS (PD.) Pro Audio and Lighting, Large Screen Projection for Indoor and Outdoor Events. Available for Halloween, holiday, and company parties, private events, breweries, celebrations, weddings, fairs, festivals, school events. 412-6564792. THE GATHERING OF THE FORCES OF LIGHT (PD.) UFO sightings worldwide; crop circles; emergence of Maitreya, the World Teacher and Masters of Wisdom; rising voices calling for justice and freedom; growing environmental movement. Are these extraordinary events related? • Free talk and video presentation. Saturday, October 21, 2pm. Friends Meeting. 227 Edgewood Rd 28804 (off Merrimon Ave). Information: 828-398-0609. VILLAGERS... (PD.) ...is an Urban Homestead Supply store offering quality tools, sup-

plies and classes to support healthy lifestyle activities like gardening, food preservation, cooking, herbalism, and more. 278 Haywood Road. www.forvillagers.com ASHEVILLE CHESS CLUB 828-779-0319, vincentvanjoe@ gmail.com • WEDNESDAYS, 6:30pm - Sets provided. All ages and skill levels welcome. Beginners lessons available. Free. Held at North Asheville Recreation Center, 37 E. Larchmont Road BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/governing/ depts/library • WE (10/11), 11:30am-12:30pm - Spanish conversation group for Spanish speakers. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • TH (10/12), 1pm - "Fight Back Against Fraud," fraud prevention event with the Buncombe County Sheriff's Department and AARP. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • MO (10/16), 10am - "Itch to Stitch," knitting and needlework group for all skill levels. Free. Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville • TH (10/19), 1pm - "Fight Back Against Fraud," fraud prevention event with the Buncombe County Sheriff's Department and AARP. Free. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. BURNSVILLE TOWN CENTER 6 Main St., Burnsville, townofburnsville.org/crafts-fair • TH (10/12) through SU (10/15) - Traveling Vietnam memorial and mobile education center. Opening ceremony on Thursday, Oct. 12, 8am. Memorial services at 6pm each night except for Sunday. Free. FIRESTORM CAFE AND BOOKS 610 Haywood Road, 828-255-8115 • WEDENESDAYS (10/18) & (10/25), 7-9pm - "After Capitalism, What's Next?" A Progressive Utilization Theory discussion series to explore the theory and practice of PROUT. Free to attend. HENDERSON COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 301 N. Washington St., Hendersonville, 828-697-4725 • 3rd TUESDAYS, 2-4pm - Apple Users Support Group. Free. HOMINY VALLEY RECREATION PARK 25 Twin Lakes Drive, Candler, 828242-8998, hvrpsports.com • 3rd THURSDAYS, 7pm - Hominy Valley board meeting. Free.

LEICESTER COMMUNITY CENTER 2979 New Leicester Highway, Leicester, 828-774-3000, facebook. com/Leicester.Community.Center • 3rd THURSDAYS, 7pm - The Leicester History Gathering general meeting. Free. ONTRACK WNC 50 S. French Broad Ave., 828-2555166, ontrackwnc.org • TH (10/12), noon-1:30pm "Budgeting and Debt," class. Registration required. Free.

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PEOPLES PARK ASHEVILLE facebook.com/peoplesparkAVL/ • TUESDAYS, 9am - "Keep Asheville in Stitches," gathering of people who crochet, crossstitch, knit and otherwise puncture the status quo. Free. Held at 68 Haywood Outdoor Space, 68 Haywood St. PUBLIC EVENTS AT UNCA unca.edu • SA (10/14), 8:30am - Open house for prospective students. Registration encouraged: admissions.unca.edu/open-house. Free to attend. Held at UNC Asheville Sherrill Center, 227 Campus Drive • TH (10/19) through SA (10/21) - African Americans in WNC and South Appalachia Conference. Information: awnc.unca.edu. PUBLIC EVENTS AT WCU 828-227-7397, bardoartscenter.edu • TU (10/17), 6:30-7:30pm - “2020 Vision” strategic plan town hall meeting. Free. Held at Jackson County Public Library, 310 Keener St., Sylva SENIOR OPPORTUNITY CENTER 36 Grove St., Asheville • MO (10/16), 1:30-3:30pm "Holiday Gift Making," silk scarves workshop. Registration required. $5. ST. EUGENE'S CATHOLIC CHURCH 72 Culver St., 828-254-5193 • TH (10/12), 7-8:30pm - "Aging Out of Foster Care: Standing with our Young People," presentation. Free. • MO (10/16), 10am - “The Plight of Children in Palestine," presentation by human rights activist Kathy Bergen. Sponsored by Just Peace for Israel/Palestine. Free. TARHEEL PIECEMAKERS QUILT CLUB tarheelpiecemakers.wordpress. com/ • WE (10/11), 10am - "Make and Take Pumpkin," activity and general meeting. Free. Held at Balfour United Methodist Church, 2567 Asheville Highway Hendersonville

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HOME SWEET HOME: Thanks to the efforts of Hendersonville-based nonprofit Thrive, families like the Robinsons are able to achieve housing stability. Thrive’s annual fundraiser, Bids & Blues, is set for Oct. 16 at Flat Rock Playhouse Downtown. Photo courtesy of Thrive WHAT: A concert and auction to benefit Thrive WHEN: Monday, Oct. 16, 6-9 p.m. WHERE: Flat Rock Playhouse Downtown, 125 S. Main St., Hendersonville WHY: For Hendersonville-based mental health nonprofit Thrive’s sixth annual Bids & Blues benefit, Executive Director Kristen Martin says the organization wanted to “get as local as we possibly could and showcase some fun acts that Henderson County knows and loves.” Partnering with performers whobelieve in Thrive’s programs, the Monday, Oct. 16, event at the Flat Rock Playhouse Downtown features sets by The Carburetors, The Stipe Brothers & Dan Ruiz, Eric Congdon and Izzi Hughes — all of whom Martin notes have members of their groups who have personally been touched by mental illness and/or housing instability. The evening also features heavy hors d’oeuvres from Saluda Grade Café, beer from Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. and wine from Crate Wine Market, plus over a dozen auction baskets to bid on, including a Yeti Roadie, a Jaguar or Land Rover weekend experience and passes to Green River Adventure and Gorge Zipline. Proceeds will support Thrive’s mission to address the gap in mental health services in Henderson County along with its newest programs that help individuals and families experiencing housing instability. Among those whose have benefited from Thrive’s efforts are the Robinsons, who in 2015 lost a yearlong legal bat38

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tle and were evicted from their home. Unable to obtain new housing, the family of three soon also found itself without an income source when the company that employed Mr. Robinson closed. Local agencies provided temporary housing in a motel in Hendersonville, and the Robinsons were soon referred to the Permanent Supportive Housing Program now managed by Thrive for assistance with long-term housing. Moved to the safety and security of a small garage apartment, Mr. Robinson was able to find a new job and has since been promoted twice, currently to the manager of his department. Mrs. Robinson has been able to obtain health care to get her mental and physical health concerns back under control, and their son has excelled at school, where he consistently earns A-B honor roll, engages with extracurricular activities and volunteers with a local ecological group. “They have recently moved to a larger, nicer apartment and are starting to build their community support network by making new friends and engaging in new activities together as a family,” Martin says. “Without the Permanent Supportive Housing Program, families like the Robinsons would be stuck in a cycle of housing instability, negatively impacting other issues like mental and physical health concerns, as well as family stability and the growth and development of a child.” Bids & Blues takes place from 6-9 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 16, at Flat Rock Playhouse Downtown in Hendersonville. $40. thrive4health.org X

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VETERANS FOR PEACE 828-490-1872, VFP099. org • 3rd TUESDAYS, 6:30 - 8:00PM - General meeting. Free to attend. Held at Center for Art & Spirit at St. George, 1 School Road WNC AGRICULTURAL CENTER 1301 Fanning Bridge Road, 828-687-1414, mountainfair.org • SA (10/14) & SU (10/15), 10am-5pm - WNC Home Expo event with local designers, builders and artisans showcasing kitchen and bath design, home decor, renovation and landscaping. Demonstrations and workshops. Information: wnchomeexpo.com. Free to attend.

DANCE DANCE WORKSHOP • THIS SATURDAY (PD.) • Learn the Beautiful Triple-Two, Level 1-2 • October 14, 1- 3pm,

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Cathedral of All Souls, Biltmore Village. 2 hour Workshop with Richard & Sue Cicchetti. For information: 828-333-0715, naturalrichard@mac.com • $20, $15 Early Bird Special by October 13: www.DanceForLife.net EXPERIENCE ECSTATIC DANCE! (PD.) Dance waves hosted by Asheville Movement Collective. Fun and personal/community transformation. • Fridays, 7pm, Terpsicorps Studios, 1501 Patton Avenue. • Sundays, 8:30am and 10:30am, JCC, 236 Charlotte Street. Sliding scale fee. Information: ashevillemovementcollective.org STUDIO ZAHIYA, DOWNTOWN DANCE CLASSES (PD.) Monday 12pm Barre Wkt 4pm 5pm Bellydance Drills 6pm Hip Hop Wkt 6pm Bellydance Special Topics 7pm Contemporary 8pm Sassy Jazz Series • Tuesday 9am Hip Hop

Wkt 12pm Sculpt-Beats Wkt 4pm Kids Creative Movement 5pm Modern Movement 6pm Intro to Bellydance 7pm Bellydance 2 8pm Advanced Bellydance • Wednesday 5pm Hip Hop Wkt 6pm Bhangra Series 7pm Bollywood 8pm Ballet Series • Thursday 9am Hip Hop Wkt 4pm Kids Hip Hop 5pm Teens Hip Hop 6pm Bellydance Drills 7pm Vixen 8pm West Coast Swing Series • Friday 9am Hip Hop Wkt Saturday 9:30am Hip Hop Wkt 10:45 Buti Yoga Wkt • $14 for 60 minute classes, Wkt $8. 90 1/2 N. Lexington Avenue. www.studiozahiya. com :: 828.242.7595 SENIOR OPPORTUNITY CENTER 36 Grove St. • TH (10/12), 1-2pm Contemporary line dancing class. $5. • TH (10/19), 1-2pm Contemporary line dancing class. $5.

WNC HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION wnchistory.org • SA (10/14), 2-3:30pm "The Legacy of Southern Appalachian Dance: From Whose Perspective," presentation by Gordon McKinney, former director of the Appalachian Studies Program at Berea College. $5. Held at UNC-Asheville Reuter Center, 1 Campus View Road

FOOD & BEER DOWNTOWN WELCOME TABLE haywoodstreet.org/ 2010/07/the-welcometable/ • SUNDAYS, 4:30pm Community meal. Free. Held at Haywood Street Congregation, 297 Haywood St. FAIRVIEW WELCOME TABLE fairviewwelcometable. com • THURSDAYS, 11:30am1pm - Community lunch. Admission by

donation. Held at Fairview Christian Fellowship, 596 Old Us Highway 74, Fairview LEICESTER COMMUNITY CENTER 2979 New Leicester Highway, Leicester, 828-774-3000, facebook.com/Leicester. Community.Center • 3rd TUESDAYS, 2:30-3:30pm - Manna FoodBank distribution, including local produce. Free. • WEDNESDAYS, 11:30am-1pm - Welcome Table meal. Free. MALAPROP'S BOOKSTORE AND CAFE 55 Haywood St., 828254-6734, malaprops. com • WE (10/18), 6pm - Jamie Dement presents her book, The Farmhouse Chef: Recipes and Stories from My Carolina Farm. Free to attend.

A-B Tech Madison Site, 4646 US 25-70, Marshall

FESTIVALS GROCE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 954 Tunnel Road, 828298-6195, groceumc.org • SA (10/14), 11am-2pm - Outdoor fall festival with inflatables and children's activities. Free. MOUNTAIN GLORY FESTIVAL 828-652-2215, mtngloryfestival.com • SA (10/14), 9:30am6pm - Outdoor festival with over 120 art, craft and food vendors, quilt show, children's events and local entertainment. Free to attend. Held at Downtown Marion, 21 South Main St., Marion TREE OF LIFE CEREMONY 828-649-2705, hotspringshealth-nc.org/ • TH (10/19), 6pm - Tree of Life ceremony to honor loved ones with a candle on a handcrafted tree. Hosted by the Madison Home Care & Hospice. Free. Held at

WALKABLE WALL STREET dfrankel@ashevillenc.gov • SU (10/15), 1-5pm Outdoor car-free event featuring live music, dance and interactive art performances. Free to attend. Held at Wall Street, Wall St. WNC BAPTIST RETIREMENT HOME 213 Richmond Hill Dr. • FR (10/13), 1-4pm Outdoor family-friendly fall festival with antique cars, food bingo and games for children. Free.

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS BEE TREE FIRE DEPARTMENT 510 Bee Tree Road, Swannanoa, 828-6861932 • TH (10/12), 6:308:30pm - Swannanoa Superfund CAG meeting. Free.

BLUE RIDGE REPUBLICAN WOMEN’S CLUB facebook.com/BRRWC • 2nd THURSDAYS, 6pm - General meeting. Free to attend. Held at Gondolier Restaurant, 1360 Tunnel Road. BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • WE (10/11), 6-8pm - "Community Bill of Rights," event with a presentation, break-out groups and time to share. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library - Lord Auditorium, 67 Haywood St. DEMOCRACY NORTH CAROLINA democracy-nc.org • TU (10/17), 6-7:30pm "Teach-in on City Council Districts Referendum," educational event to discuss the Asheville referendum on city council districts that will be on the ballot during the general election this fall. Free.

Adoption Event & Cookout for Asheville Humane Society

Saturday, October 14 • 5:30pm

Donate $5 or pet food and eat cookout styled food Proceeds from the adoption event will go to the Asheville Humane Society

HELD AT STONECREEK HEALTH & REHABILITATION 455 VICTORIA ROAD, ASHEVILLE, NC 28801

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Held at Pack Square Park, 121 College St. HENDERSON COUNTY LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS lwvhcnc.org • TH (10/19), 4-5:30pm - General meeting and presentation regarding immigration and DACA. Free. Held at Hendersonville Chamber of Commerce, 204 Kanuga Road, Hendersonville PROGRESSIVE WOMEN OF HENDERSONVILLE pwhendo.org • FRIDAYS, 4-7pm Postcard writing to government representatives. Postcards, stamps, addresses, pens and tips are provided. Free to attend. Held at Sanctuary Brewing Company, 147 1st Ave., Hendersonville PUBLIC EVENTS AT A-B TECH 828-398-7900, abtech.edu • TH (10/19), 12:303:30pm - NC Public Transportation strategic plan community workshop. Free. Held in the Conference Center, Room B. Held at AB Tech, 340 Victoria Road

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Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • MONDAYS, 10:30am - "Mother Goose Time," storytime for 4-18 month olds. Free. Held at Skyland/South Buncombe Library, 260 Overlook Road • MONDAYS, 10:30am - Spanish story time for children of all ages. Free. Held at EnkaCandler Library, 1404 Sandhill Road, Candler • WE (10/14), 4pm "Makers and Shakers: Sticks and Stones Revisited," craft activities for ages 5 and up. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St.

KIDS ASHEVILLE COMMUNITY YOGA CENTER 8 Brookdale Road, ashevillecommunityyoga.com • MONDAYS until (10/16), 4-5pm "Creative Kids Yoga & Art," drop-in class. $15/$40 full series. ASHEVILLE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE 43 Patton Ave., 828254-7162, colburnmuseum.org • 2nd & 4th FRIDAYS, 9-9:45am - "Little Explorers Club," guided activities and free play for preschoolers. $3.50 per child/Free for caregivers. • FR (10/13), 9am - "Little Explorers Club," guided activities and free play for preschoolers. Registration required. Admission fees apply. • MO (10/16), 2pm "Mechatronics," class for homeschooled students. Parent participation encouraged. $6.50. BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty. org/governing/depts/ library

AN EVENING WITH A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR: A-B Tech is hosting Holocaust survivor, educator and author of Confronting the Silence: A Holocaust Survivor’s Search for God, Dr. Walter Ziffer on Monday, Oct. 16, from 6-8 p.m., in Ferguson Auditorium. Ziffer will be sharing his story of surviving the Holocaust through the Polish and German invasions, his experiences in eight Nazi concentration camps and eventual liberation by the Soviet Army in 1945. Admission is free, but space is limited to the first 400 people who arrive. For more information, visit abtech.edu. Photo of Ziffer courtesy of A-B Tech (p. 41) • 2nd WEDNESDAYS,

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FLETCHER LIBRARY 120 Library Road, Fletcher, 828-6871218, library.hendersoncountync.org • WEDNESDAYS, 10:30am - Family story time. Free. HANDS ON! A CHILDREN'S GALLERY 318 N. Main St., Hendersonville, 828697-8333, handsonwnc.org • TH (10/12), 11amnoon - "Blue Ridge Humane Day," animal visitation from the Blue Ridge Humane Society. Admission fees apply.

• TH (10/12), 2-5pm "Makerspace!" event for kids to design and build Franken toys. Admission fees apply. • Through FR (10/13), 10am-4pm - "Crazy Creature Craft," activities for children to create creatures and learn colors, shapes and fine motor skills. Admission fees apply. • TU (10/17) through FR (10/20), 10am4pm - "Masters of Disguise," halloween mask making. Admission fees apply. • WE (10/18), 4-5pm - “Mad Scientist on Wheels,” activities for kids. Registration required: 828-8901850. Free. Held at Mills River Library, 124 Town Center Drive Suite 1. Mills River MALAPROP'S BOOKSTORE AND CAFE 55 Haywood St., 828254-6734, malaprops.com • WEDNESDAYS, 10am - Miss Malaprop's Story Time for ages 3-9. Free to attend. PUBLIC EVENTS AT WCU 828-227-7397, bardoartscenter.edu • FR (10/13), 9am & 11am - Lady of

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Bullyburg, an antibullying program for preschool through fifth grade. Registration required. $3. Held at The WCU Bardo Arts Center, 199 Centennial Drive SWANNANOA VALLEY MUSEUM 223 W State St., Black Mountain, 828-6699566, history.swannanoavalleymuseum.org • 2nd & 4th SATURDAYS, 2-4pm - Historically oriented crafts and activities for children. Free to attend.

OUTDOORS EXPLORE THE NEW SKYLINE TRAIL (PD.) Join this guided hike on Saturday, October 21, along the Skyline trail at Chimney Rock State Park. Preregistration required. For info, visit chimneyrockpark.com BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY HIKES 828-298-5330, nps.gov • FR (10/13), 10am Blue Ridge Parkway Hike of the Week: “Buck Spring Lodge: Yesterday and Today,” ranger-guided, 1.5 mile exploration of the Buck Spring Lodge ruins. Free. Meet at MP 407.7 BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY RANGER PROGRAMS 828-295-3782, ggapio@gmail.com • SA (10/14), 7pm - "A Murder of Crows," ranger presentation about crows. Free. Held at Julian Price Picnic Ground, MP 297 • SA (10/14), 7pm "Wings of the Night," ranger program about owls and bats. Free. Held at Linville Falls Campground Amphitheater, MP 316 BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • TU (10/17), 5:30-7pm - Tim Barnwell presents his book, Blue Ridge Parkway Vistas. Free. Held at West Asheville Library, 942 Haywood Road

FRIENDS OF CONNECT BUNCOMBE weconnectbuncombe. org/about • SA (10/14), 9am Group walk along the Glens Creek/Reed Creek Greenway. Free. Meet at Luella's BarB-Que, 501 Merrimon Ave. LAKE JAMES STATE PARK 6883 N.C. Highway 126 Nebo, 828-584-7728 • FR (10/13), 9:45am - Ranger guided boat tour. Registration required. Free. • SA (10/14), 9:45am - Ranger guided boat tour. Registration required. Free. • SA (10/14), 7pm - "Astronomy for Everyone," star gazing with the Catawba Valley Astronomy Club. Registration required. Free. • TU (10/17), 9:45am - Ranger guided boat tour. Registration required. Free. • TU (10/17), 10am Ranger-guided canoe excursion. Children must be over 7 and with an adult. Registration required. Free. PISGAH ASTRONOMICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE 1 PARI Drive, Rosman, 828-862-5554, pari.edu • FR (10/13), 7pm - “Seeing Animals Through the Trees: Spotting Candid Critters in North Carolina and Beyond," presentation, campus tour and night sky viewing. Registration required. $20/$15 seniors & military/$5 children. PISGAH CHAPTER OF TROUT UNLIMITED pisgahchaptertu.org/ New-Meetinginformation.html • 2nd THURSDAYS, 7pm - General meeting and presentations. Free to attend. Held at Ecusta Brewery, 36 E Main St., Brevard

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• MONDAYS (10/16) through (11/20), 5:307pm - Six-week parenting workshop for parents of adolescents. Registration required: 828-669-9798 or ashley@blackmountaincounseling.org. Free. BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • SA (10/14), 2:30pm "Healthy Eating for Kids," presentation by nutritionist Kari Sager. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 1245 6th Ave W, Hendersonville, 828-6934890, gracelutherannc. com • WEDNESDAYS through (11/15), 5:30-7:15pm When is the Right time for "The talk," series for parents of children ages 9-12. $25 donation to Children and Family Resource Center to cover cost of materials. Registration required.

PUBLIC LECTURES ASHEVILLE SCIENCE TAVERN 404-272-4526, sciencecandance@gmail. com • SA (10/14), 6-8:30pm - "Art + Science In the Field," presentation by the AS IF Center, biological field station and an artists community. Free/ Bring your own refreshments. Held at WCQS, 73 Broadway BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • TH (10/12), 5:30-7pm "Female Authors Writing America between the World Wars," lecture by Kathy Ackerman about the life of author Olive Tilford Dargan. Free. Held at West Asheville Library, 942 Haywood Road ETHICAL HUMANIST SOCIETY OF ASHEVILLE 828-687-7759, aeu.org • SU (10/15), 2-3:30pm “Latin America: What the

Left Got Right and What It Got Wrong,” lecture by Dada Maheshvarananda. Free. Held at Asheville Friends Meetinghouse, 227 Edgewood Road FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF ASHEVILLE 5 Oak St., 828-252-4781, fbca.net • TH (10/12), 7pm "Healthcare for All – A Moral Obligation," symposium with five speakers from five spiritual paths. Sponsored by Physicians for A National Healthcare Program. Free. OLLI AT UNCA 828-251-6140, olliasheville.com • WE (10/18), 4:30-6pm - "Computer Science," lecture by professor Marietta Cameron. Free. Held at UNC-Asheville Reuter Center, 1 Campus View Road PEOPLES PARK ASHEVILLE facebook.com/ peoplesparkAVL/ • MONDAYS, noon "Asheville Past in the

Park," lectures and discussions regarding local history. Free. Held at 68 Haywood Outdoor Space, 68 Haywood St. • WEDNESDAYS, 6pm - "Science in the Park" lectures and discussions regarding popular science, environmental and natural phenomena.. Free. Held at 68 Haywood Outdoor Space, 68 Haywood St. PUBLIC EVENTS AT A-B TECH 828-398-7900, abtech.edu • MO (10/16), 6-8pm - "An Evening with Dr. Walter Ziffer, Holocaust Survivor," lecture. Free. Held at AB Tech, Ferguson Auditorium, 340 Victoria Road PUBLIC EVENTS AT UNCA unca.edu • TH (10/12), 5pm “How Whiteness Shapes Multiracial Spaces: Lessons from Behind the White Picket Fence,” lecture by Sarah MayorgaGallo. Free. Held at UNC

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Asheville, Humanities Lecture Hall, One University Heights PUBLIC LECTURES AT UNCA unca.edu • TH (10/12), 7 p.m. Lecture by New York Times columnist David Brooks. Held in Kimmel Arena. Recheduled from Sept. 12. Registration required. Free. Held at UNC Asheville Sherrill Center, 227 Campus Drive • WE (10/18), 7-8:30pm - Lecture by author and activist Vandana Shiva, a leader of the anti-GMO movement. Registration required. Free. Held at Lipinsky Auditorium at UNC Asheville, 300 Library Lane THE CENTER FOR CRAFT, CREATIVITY AND DESIGN 67 Broadway, 828-7851357, craftcreativitydesign.org/ • FR (10/13), 6:307:30pm - "Trans- Across, Beyond, Through," panel discussion moderated by Windgate Research and Collections Curator, Elissa Auther. Registration required. Free.

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group hike on a mostly level trail. Free. Held at Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary, US-25 JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF WNC, INC. 2 Doctors Park, Suite E, 828-253-2900, jfswnc.org • TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 11am2pm - The Asheville Elder Club, group respite program for individuals with memory challenges and people of all faiths. Registration required: 828-253-2900. $30. • WEDNESDAYS, 11am2pm - The Hendersonville Elder Club, group respite program for individuals with memory challenges and people of all faiths. Registration required: 828-253-2900. $30. Held at Agudas Israel Congregation, 505 Glasgow Lane Hendersonville SENIOR OPPORTUNITY CENTER 36 Grove St. • WEDNESDAYS, 1:304pm - "Bid Whist," card players club. Free. • TUESDAYS, 2-3pm - "Senior Beat," drumming, dance fitness class. For standing or seated participants. $3.

SPIRITUALITY ABOUT THE TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION® TECHNIQUE • FREE INTRODUCTORY TALK (PD.) The authentic TM® technique, rooted in the ancient yoga tradition—for settling mind and body and accessing hidden inner reserves of energy, peace and happiness. Learn how TM® is different from mindfulness, watching your breath, common mantra meditation and everything else. Evidencebased: The only meditation technique recommended for heart health by the American Heart Association. NIHsponsored research shows deep revitalizing rest, reduced stress and anxiety, improved brain functioning and heightened well-being. Thursday, 6:30-7:30pm, Asheville TM Center,

165 E. Chestnut. 828254-4350. TM.org or MeditationAsheville.org ASHEVILLE INSIGHT MEDITATION (PD.) Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation. Learn how to get a Mindfulness Meditation practice started. 1st & 3rd Mondays. 7pm – 8:30. Asheville Insight Meditation, 175 Weaverville Road, Suite H, ASHEVILLE, NC, (828) 808-4444, www.ashevillemeditation.com. ASTRO-COUNSELING (PD.) Licensed counselor and accredited professional astrologer uses your chart when counseling for additional insight into yourself, your relationships and life directions. Readings also available. Christy Gunther, MA, LPC. (828) 258-3229. FAMILY MEDITATION (PD.) Children and adult(s) practice mindfulness meditation, discuss principles, and engage in fun games. The 3rd Saturday monthly. 10:30am – 11:30. Asheville Insight Meditation, 175 Weaverville Road, Asheville, 828-808-4444, ashevillemeditation.com. OPEN HEART MEDITATION (PD.) Now at 70 Woodfin Place, Suite 212. Tuesdays 7-8pm. Experience the stillness and beauty of connecting to your heart and the Divine within you. Suggested $5 donation. OpenHeartMeditation. com GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 1245 6th Ave W, Hendersonville, 828-6934890, gracelutherannc.com • 2nd FRIDAYS, 1-2pm - Non-denominational healing prayer group. Free. • THURSDAYS (10/19) through (11/2), 10-11:30am - "Hymns Ancient and Modern," class. Free. KAIROS WEST COMMUNITY CENTER 604 Haywood Road, 828-367-6360,

kairoswest.wordpress. com • 3rd SUNDAYS, 11am12:30pm - Introduction to Buddhism meeting. Sponsored by Soka Gakkai International Asheville. Free. MOTHER GROVE GODDESS TEMPLE mothergrove.org/ • SU (10/15), 7-9pm Ancestor Vigil, spiritual service. Free to attend. Held at Brevard College, 1 Brevard College Drive, Brevard SHAMBHALA MEDITATION CENTER 60 N Merrimon Ave., #113, 828-200-5120, asheville.shambhala.org • 3rd SUNDAYS, 10am6pm - Full day of meditation practice (Nyinthun). Admission by donation. ST. EUGENE'S CATHOLIC CHURCH 72 Culver St., 828-2545193 • TH (10/19), 7-8:30pm - “Supporting the Last Christians in the Holy Land," presentation by human rights activist Kathy Bergen. Free. URBAN DHARMA 828-225-6422, udharmanc.com/ • THURSDAYS, 7:30-9pm - Open Sangha night. Free. Held at Urban Dharma, 29 Page Ave.

SPOKEN & WRITTEN WORD ASHEVILLE BOOKWORKS 428 1/2 Haywood Road, 828-255-8444, ashevillebookworks.com • SA (10/14), 7pm "Vandercooked Poetry Nights," featuring poetry readings by poet Jericho Brown. Free. BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • TH (10/12), 7pm - Scary Word!, performance by storyteller David Novak. For adults. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • SA (10/14), 3pm - West Asheville Book Club: The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict. Free. Held at West Asheville Library, 942 Haywood Road

• TU (10/17), 6:30pm Ghostly Tales & Local History: "Stories of the Old Swannanoa Valley," storytelling by local historian Bill Alexander. For ages 9 and up. Free. Held at Swannanoa Library, 101 West Charleston St., Swannanoa • TU (10/17), 7pm Fairview Evening Book Club: The Night Bird by Brian Freeman. Free. Held at Fairview Library, 1 Taylor Road, Fairview • TU (10/17), 7pm Mystery Book Club: Murphy's Law by Rhys Bowen. Free. Held at Black Mountain Public Library, 105 N. Dougherty St., Black Mountain CITY LIGHTS BOOKSTORE 3 E. Jackson St., Sylva, 828-586-9499, citylightsnc.com • FR (10/13), 7pm Open mic night with the North Carolina Writers Network. Free to attend. FIRESTORM CAFE AND BOOKS 610 Haywood Road, 828-255-8115 • 3rd THURSDAYS, 6:30pm - Queer Women's Book Club. Free to attend. FLETCHER LIBRARY 120 Library Road, Fletcher, 828-687-1218, library.hendersoncountync.org • 2nd THURSDAYS, 10:30am - Book Club. Free. • 2nd THURSDAYS, 1:30pm - Writers' Guild. Free. MALAPROP'S BOOKSTORE AND CAFE 55 Haywood St., 828254-6734, malaprops.com • WE (10/11), 6pm - Ruthie Rosauer presents photographs and poems from her book, These Trees. Event includes music and poetry by Carol Pearce Bjorlie. Free to attend. • TH (10/12), 6pm - Rima L. Vesely-Flad presents her book, Racial Purity and Dangerous Bodies: Moral Pollution, Black Lives, and the Struggle for Justice. Free to attend.

• FR (10/13) & SA (10/14), 4-5pm "Poetrio," readings by local poets. Free to attend. • SU (10/15), 3pm Writers at Home Series: Tommy Hays hosts readings from UNCA’s Great Smokies Writing Program and The Great Smokies Review. Free to attend. • MO (10/16), 6:30-8pm - "Writers Coffeehouse," networking event for writers to discuss the business of writing. Free to attend. • TU (10/17), 6pm Emily Herring Wilson presents her book, The Three Graces of ValKill: Eleanor Roosevelt, Marion Dikerman, and Nancy Cook in the Place They Made Their Own. Free to attend. NEW DIMENSIONS TOASTMASTERS 828-329-4190 • THURSDAYS, noon1pm - General meeting. Information: 828-3294190. Free to attend. Held at Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity, 30 Meadow Road SWANNANOA VALLEY MUSEUM 223 W State St., Black Mountain, 828-669-9566, history.swannanoavalleymuseum.org • FR (10/13), 11:30am - Appalachian History Book Club: Nightwoods, by Charles Frazier. Free. THE CENTER FOR CRAFT, CREATIVITY AND DESIGN 67 Broadway, 828-7851357, craftcreativitydesign.org/ • SA (10/14), 4-6:30pm - Salon Series: Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza, book discussion in conjunction with the Crafted Strangers exhibition. Free. THE ODDITORIUM 1045 Haywood Road Asheville, 828-575-9299, ashevilleodditorium.com/ • WE (10/11), 7:30pm - Monthly storytelling open-mic on the theme of "void." Free to attend.

SPORTS SOCCER REFEREE TRAINING (PD.) Referees needed throughout Western NC. Minimum age 14. More information: Ed Guzowski at guzowski@charter. net • Register here, complete the online training: Go to website: http://ussfnc. arbitersports.com/ front/102762/Site FRIENDS OF CARL SANDBURG friendsofcarlsandburg.com • MO (10/16), 12:30pm - Proceeds from the Carl Sandburg Heritage Golf Tournament benefit the Friends of Carl Sandburg National Historic Site. Registration: sandburggolf. com. $150. Held at Kenmure Country Club, 100 Clubhouse Drive, Flat Rock

VOLUNTEERING ELIADA 828-254-5356, eliada.org, smcdonald@eliada. org • Through TU (10/31) - Volunteers, 18 and older, needed for the corn maze. Volunteers receive two free tickets to the corn maze. Registration: 828-2545356, x320 or jkallas@ eliada.org. Held at Eliada, 2 Compton Drive HOMEWARD BOUND OF WNC 218 Patton Ave., 828258-1695, homewardboundwnc. org • THURSDAYS, 11am - "Welcome Home Tour," tours to find out how Homeward Bound is working to end homelessness and how the public can help. Registration required: tours@ homewardboundwnc. org. Free. HORSE SENSE OF THE CAROLINAS 6919 Meadows Town Road, Marshall

• SA (10/14), noon1:30pm - Volunteer orientation, tour, demonstrations and introduction to therapeutic horsemanship. Free. LITERACY COUNCIL OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY 31 College Pl., Suite B-221 • WE (10/19), 5:30pm & TH (10/26) 9am Information session for those interested in volunteering two hours per week with adults who want to improve reading, writing, spelling and English language skills. Free. MOUNTAINTRUE 828-258-8737, mountaintrue.org • SA (10/14), 9am1pm - Volunteer to clear non-native invasive plant species in the park. Free. Held at Richmond Hill Park, 280 Richmond Hill Drive PISGAH BREWING COMPANY 150 East Side Drive Black Mountain, 828669-0190, pisgahbrewing.com/ • WE (10/25) through SU (10/29), 6:309pm - Volunteer for this haunted trail for all ages (particularly ages 3-12) that benefits local schools. Information: hauntedtrailwnc.com. RIVERLINK 828-252-8474, riverlink.org • SA (10/14) & MO (10/16), 1-3pm Workday to remove invasive plants along the greenway. Gloves and tools provided. Park in paved lot near Shelburne Road entrance and walk down to meet in front of the workshed. Held at Hominy Creek Greenway, 130 Shelburne Road For more volunteering opportunities visit mountainx.com/ volunteering

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WELLNESS QIGONG/NEI GUNG CLASSES (PD.) Saturdays, 11am-12pm, Weaverville, NC. Foundational mind/body practices for creating whole health, online and in group classes. Instructor Frank Iborra has over 47 years experience in the internal and Taoist movement arts. 954-721-7252. www. whitecranehealingarts. com

SHOJI SPA & LODGE • 7 DAYS A WEEK (PD.) Private Japanese-style outdoor hot tubs, cold plunge, sauna and lodging. 8 minutes from town. Bring a friend to escape and renew! Best massages in Asheville! 828-299-0999. www. shojiretreats.com SOUND BATH (PD.) Every Saturday, 11am and Sunday, 12 noon. Billy Zanski uses crystal bowls, gongs, didgeridoo, harp, and other

peaceful instruments to create a landscape of deep relaxation. • Donation suggested. Sessions last 40 minutes. At Skinny Beats Sound Shop, 4 Eagle Street. www.skinnybeatsdrums. com THIS SATURDAY • GUIDED HIKE • YOGA • PICNIC (PD.) October 14, 9am. Join Asheville Wellness Tours for an epic Saturday adventure in the middle of Leaf Season! Includes a guided hike to a beautiful summit, one hour of flow yoga, and a hearty "farmers market" picnic spread. • $45/person. www. ashevillewellnesstours. com/events BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • TH (10/12), 4:305:30pm - "Addressing the Underlying Root Causes of Your Common Health Concerns with Naturopathic Medicine," presentation by Dr. Lulu Shimek. Free. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. DISABILITY PARTNERS ASHEVILLE OFFICE 108 New Leicester Highway, 828-298-1977, disabilitypartners.org • FR (10/13), 2-5pm "Financial & Physical Fitness," class to learn new financial strategies and includes a series of mild seated stretches to help with tension and flexibility. Potluck at 3:30pm. Free/Bring a dish to share.

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262 Leroy George Drive Clyde, 828-456-7311 • TU (10/17), 6-7:30pm “Breast Care at Haywood Regional," dinner and presentation by Dr. Allison Johnson. Registration required: 800-424-3627. Free.

HAYWOOD REGIONAL OUTPATIENT CARE CENTER 581 Leroy George Drive, Clyde • TH (10/12), 4-5:30pm - The Haywood Breast Center educational open house event with tours, genetic testing information, refreshments and local vendors. Free.

URBAN DHARMA 29 Page Ave., 828-2256422, udharmanc.com/ • TUESDAYS, 7:308:30pm - Guided, non-religious sitting and walking meditation. Admission by donation.

LIVING WEB FARMS 176 Kimzey Road, Mills River, 828-505-1660, livingwebfarms.org • TU (10/17), 6-7:30pm - "Natural Cold Care," workshop to learn natural techniques for preventing colds via traditional acupuncture, lymphatic drainage and herbal remedies. Admission by donation.

ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS & DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILIES adultchildren.org • Visit mountainx.com/ support for full listings.

PEOPLES PARK ASHEVILLE facebook.com/peoplesparkAVL/ • MONDAYS & WEDNESDAYS, 9am - Outdoor yoga class. Admission by donation. Held at 68 Haywood Outdoor Space, 68 Haywood St. PUBLIC EVENTS AT UNCA unca.edu • FR (10/13), 7pm "Reversing Rheumatoid Arthritis Symptoms Naturally," presentation by Clint Paddison. Free. Held in the Mountain View Room Held at UNCAsheville, 1 University Heights RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVES redcrosswnc.org • TU (10/17), 9am-1:30pm - Appointments & info.: 1-800-REDCROSS. Held at Asheville Racquet Club, 200 Racquet Club Road

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ALATEEN Alateen30683777@gmail. com • TUESDAYS 7-8pm - Help and support for teens who are affected by drinking in a family member or friend. Held at First Congregational UCC of Asheville, 20 Oak St. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS • For a full list of meetings in WNC, call 2548539 or aancmco.org ANXIETY SUPPORT GROUP 828-231-2198, bjsmucker@gmail.com • 1st & 3rd THURSDAYS, 7-8:30pm - Learning and sharing in a caring setting about dealing with one's own anxiety. Held at NAMI Offices, 356 Biltmore Ave. ASHEVILLE WOMEN FOR SOBRIETY 215-536-8026, womenforsobriety.org • THURSDAYS, 6:308pm – Held at YWCA of

Asheville, 185 S French Broad Ave. ASPERGER'S TEENS UNITED facebook.com/groups/ AspergersTeensUnited • For teens (13-19) and their parents. Meets every 3 weeks. Contact for details. BRAINSTORMER’S COLLECTIVE 828-254-0507, puffer61@ gmail.com • 3rd THURSDAYS, 6-7:30pm - For brain injury survivors and supporters. Held at Kairos West Community Center, 604 Haywood Road BREAST CANCER SUPPORT GROUP 828-213-2508 • 3rd THURSDAYS, 5:30pm - For breast cancer survivors, husbands, children and friends. Held at SECU Cancer Center, 21 Hospital Drive CHRONIC PAIN SUPPORT 828-989-1555, deb.casaccia@gmail.com • 2nd WEDNESDAYS, 6 pm – Held in a private home. CODEPENDENTS ANONYMOUS 828-242-7127 • FRIDAYS, 5:30pm - Held at First United Methodist Church of Waynesville, 556 S. Haywood, Waynesville • SATURDAYS, 11:15am – Held at First Congregational UCC of Asheville, 20 Oak St. • TUESDAYS 7:30pm Held at Asheville 12-Step Recovery Club, 22B New Leicester Highway

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DIABETES SUPPORT 828-213-4700, laura. tolle@msj.org • 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 3:30pm - In room 3-B. Held at Mission Health, 509 Biltmore Ave. EATING DISORDERS ANONYMOUS 561-706-3185, eatingdisordersanonymous.org • FRIDAYS, 4:30pm Eating disorder support group. Held at 12-Step Recovery Club, 370 N. Louisiana Ave # G4 FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF ASHEVILLE 5 Oak St., 828-252-4781, fbca.net • 3rd THURSDAYS, 6:30-8pm - Support group for families of children and adults with autism to meet, share and learn about autism. Childcare provided with registration: aupham@ autismsociety-nc.org. Meet in classrooms 221 and 222.

828-233-0948, fourseasonscfl.org • TUESDAYS, 3:304:30pm - Grief support group. Held at Four Seasons - Checkpoint, 373 Biltmore Ave. • THURSDAYS, 12:30pm - Grief support group. Held at SECU Hospice House, 272 Maple St., Franklin G.E.T. R.E.A.L. phoenix69@bellsouth.net • 2nd SATURDAYS, 2pm - Group for people with chronic 'invisible' autoimmune diseases. Held at Fletcher Community Park, 85 Howard Gap Road, Fletcher GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS 828-483-6175 • Held at Biltmore United Methodist Church, 378 Hendersonville Road GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 1245 6th Ave W, Hendersonville, 828-6934890, gracelutherannc. com • 2nd THURSDAYS, 1-3pm - Seeds of Hope chronic condition support group. Registration required: 828-693-4890 ex. 304.

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CRASHING THE PICNIC

Wildlife officials and advocates talk trash — and bears

MAX HUNT mhunt@mountainx.com As residential development spills into forested areas around Asheville and throughout Western North Carolina, citizens’ encounters with wildlife have become increasingly routine. For the black bear — the region’s largest wild animal — human residences offer an enticing smorgasbord of trash, birdseed and other alternatives to their natural diets. While bears generally avoid confrontations with human residents, the possibility of negative interactions increases with proximity. Disruptive (and messy) bear activity has residents in Asheville and elsewhere pushing municipalities to explore ways to mitigate negative encounters. Municipal officials and wildlife experts on the local and state levels are exploring the feasibility of bear-resistant cans and ordinances designed to limit the feeding of wildlife, while simultaneously addressing common misconceptions about bears to ensure our furry neighbors stay wild and safe. DA BEARS Black bears are a familiar sight around most of the Southeast, according to Colleen Olfenbuttel, black bear biologist with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission. According to data from the agency, black bear populations can be found in parts of every state in the region. “The bear population’s definitely not in a square box,” Olfenbuttel says. “Bears don’t recognize state

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LOOK WHO’S COMING TO DINNER: As communities around Western North Carolina continue to grow — and development pushes into the surrounding forests — interactions with bears have become common. In response, wildlife officials and advocates are exploring various ways to mitigate negative encounters between residents and wildlife. Photo by Marvin J. Wolf

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BULBS ~ Plant in Fall for Spring Blooms lines.” The Southern Appalachians, with broad valleys and river corridors, offer appealing environs to bears. The Asheville area in particular, Olfenbuttel adds, is a prime bear habitat. “When you look at the city, except for the core downtown, it’s fairly heavily wooded,” she notes. “Lots of trees, gullies and travel corridors that have mast-producing oak trees, berries and hiding cover.” According to Olfenbuttel, well over half the phone calls the Wildlife Resources Commission receives concerning bears come from densely populated Buncombe County. “We get them often from Beaucatcher Mountain, Swannanoa and Black Mountain,” she reports. “People love towns nestled in the mountains, but so do bears.” Asheville resident Tom Gallo, who lives in the Beaverdam area of North Asheville, has plenty of firsthand experience with his ursine neighbors. “It’s a regular occurrence: bears getting into our trash, coming up on our deck because we had grilled salmon,” he recounts. “A bear broke my pizza stone that was out by the grill.” Bears’ attraction to populated areas is reinforced by easy pickings like trash cans and bird feeders. “They stop being afraid of people, because they’re being rewarded for being near people,” Olfenbuttel says. NUISANCE NUANCES With such a robust bear population living nearby — the Wildlife Resources Commission estimates 5,000 bears inhabit WNC — the chances of seeing one in a residential neighborhood are good. Despite their prevalence, though, complaints related to bears are down 15 percent from 2016, according to Sue McMullen, Asheville’s animal services supervisor. Still, says Olfenbuttel, “We get phone calls from the public about bears in neighborhoods, bears on porches and in backyards,” she says. “I would say 95 percent of the time, at least, we identify that the bear is not a nuisance.” Media reports of aggressive and violent bears can sometimes give people the wrong impression, says Cynthia Strain, a Highlands resident and member of MountainTrue’s Bear Education and Resources task force. “I heard about one woman who would not walk around the neighborhood because she was frightened of being attacked by a bear,” Strain says. “That’s completely unfounded — for the most part, we don’t need to fear bears, we just need to respect their needs to be wild.” When a problem bear does arise, Olfenbuttel says, her department’s options are limited. “In North Carolina,

we don’t relocate bears, because that’s only moving the problem to someone else’s area,” she says. Bears that wildlife management officials deem to pose a threat to residents are trapped and subsequently euthanized. Such instances, however, are rare. “We have not had to trap and euthanize a problem bear for years,” Olfenbuttel says. “When we hear about bears starting to become habituated, we really try to get people to fix the problem themselves.” While residents can legally shoot a bear that is causing property damage or acting aggressively toward humans, such action usually results in an investigation by the Wildlife Resources Commission. “We will investigate and make sure that you truly had a safety situation,” Olfenbuttel says. “We don’t want people to just see a bear in the neighborhood, get scared, go in and come back out with their firearm and then shoot the bear.” Killing a “nuisance” bear can also result in unintended consequences, adds Strain. Her task force is raising money to fund the care of cubs orphaned at Wildcat Cliffs Country Club last spring. “A homeowner shot a mother bear who had broken into his house and car several times and caused a lot of damage,” Strain says. “That left four little baby cubs that were about 5-7 pounds.”

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GRIN AND BEAR IT Addressing issues in bear-human interactions before they reach a lethal level is a primary goal of her agency, says Olfenbuttel. To help educate citizens on bear behavior and mitigate negative interactions, the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, in tandem with other state wildlife authorities in the Southeast, recently launched BearWise.org to provide a comprehensive resource for black bear facts and preventive measures. The organization urges residents to clean outdoor grills after use, remove pet food from outdoor areas, store bird feeders and secure garbage. “Birdseed is highly caloric,” Olfenbuttel notes. “A bear doesn’t have to eat as much birdseed to get what it needs in calories, as opposed to spending all day finding berries.” While she understands the desire to help provide for bird populations, Olfenbuttel says nature provides plenty of food for birds except during the winter months.

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G REEN SC E N E TRASH CANS AND CAN’TS Some residents see bear-resistant receptacles as the most logical solution to the problem. But finding a durable bearcan that also works with waste collection equipment can be a challenge. “I learned that many, many people say they have a cheaper solution but they all have bearcan conversion systems that have to be left unlocked at the street,” says Gallo, who’s been researching bear-resistant receptacles for the past year. “That means dinnertime for the bears,” he adds, since bears in his neighborhood have been known to hang around on trash day until residents put their garbage out. Of all the companies he’s researched, Gallo says that Kodiak Products’ bearcan seems to offer the best combination of effectiveness and convenience. “[That bearcan] remains locked at the street,” he says. “It unlocks when turned upside down by the trash truck arm.” Since he purchased a Kodiak bearcan, Gallo says, several of his neighbors, especially those who manage apartments and condos, have expressed interest in obtaining one as well. “They would buy them today,” he reports. A single Kodiak can costs $275. Purchasing 100 cans at once drops the price to $255 each, but shipping can add thousands to the cost. City officials and wildlife experts also question the long-term effectiveness of bearresistant cans, especially considering the abuse they take over time. “Nothing is guaranteed to be ‘bearproof,’” says Jes Foster, Asheville’s new solid waste manager. “A bearresistant can merely makes it more difficult or time-consuming for a bear to get what it wants.” Even in cases where they work, bears will often move on to a more easily accessible can nearby, she adds. With bear issues involving garbage generally isolated to a few areas in

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BEAR HUGS: The N.C. Wildlife Commission plans to work with other state agencies on the regional BearWise initiative in the coming years to help educate residents across the Southeast, in addition to possibly partnering with Asheville and other cities to implement BearWise community pilot studies, says Colleen Olfenbuttel, black bear biologist with the commission. “Bears have adapted to living near humans and human disturbances,” Olfenbuttel says. “They’ve shown they can live near us, but can we adapt to bears? I’m hoping the answer is always yes.” Photo courtesy of the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission East and North Asheville, Foster says that the city has put the idea of implementing citywide bear-resistant cans on the back burner for now. Gallo says he understands the city’s hesitation to invest in bearcans but believes that residents should have the option to use one, even if they have to foot the bill themselves. “I do not want the city to spend about $3 million on bearcans for those who need one, [but] let people buy one,” he says. “If the city buys in bulk, they can get bearcans for

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about $250 plus $35 for shipping. Maybe give people a credit, $50, for turning in their regular trash can.” LEGAL BEARINGS The most effective strategy for dealing with bear issues, wildlife experts and advocates agree, is getting community members on the same page. “We highly encourage people to talk to their neighbors,” says Olfenbuttel. “We get situations where a person doesn’t have any-

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thing that would attract a bear around their home, but if their neighbor’s not doing the same, the bears will still come around.” Residents who purposefully feed bears can create a hazard not only for themselves, but also for others living nearby, she adds. While police and wildlife officials explain the potential risks, there is little legal leverage to compel compliance with the suggestions. “To be honest, there’s nothing we can do,” Olfenbuttel acknowledges. “People just don’t listen sometimes.” While other Appalachian towns like Gatlinburg, Tenn., have enacted ordinances that require businesses to secure trash cans and prohibit feeding bears, passing similar rules in WNC has proven difficult. Several initiatives in area communities have been voted down, in part due to uncertainty about how regulations might be applied. “People are concerned that if a bear gets in their bird feeder, they’ll get a fine,” says Olfenbuttel. “In North Carolina, we do allow hunters to use the aid of unprocessed food to harvest bears; I think there would be concerns from hunters that any feeding law would prohibit them from doing that.” Despite this opposition, she believes that passing ordinances like the ones implemented in Gatlinburg would go a long way toward addressing bear problems close to home. “There’s definitely benefits of having an antifeeding law,” Olfenbuttel says. “We just have to work with all the various stakeholders to address their concerns. I think it definitely could be done, because other states have been able to do it successfully.” Gallo agrees that local officials need to be proactive in addressing the issue. “This is truly serious,” he says, noting that on nearby Bassett Road, several residents have been charged by a mother bear with three cubs. “I have asked the City Council to do something before we end up on the 7 p.m. news.”

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In the meantime, the Wildlife Resources Commission and local advocacy groups are promoting a holistic approach to living in harmony with bears in WNC. In addition to BearWise.org, Olfenbuttel says the state is exploring the idea of “BearWise” community certification, which would recognize municipalities’ efforts to reduce bear attractants in their town. The certification could include cost-share programs for the purchase of bearresistant trash cans. “Florida has a program where, if a neighborhood wants to become BearWise, they have to do about three different things to get certified,” she says. Asheville, with its environmentally conscious human population and close proximity to bear populations, is a prime candidate for any pilot programs the state may conduct, she adds. A similar local initiative, run by the Whittier-based organization BearSmart, has spent years aiming to get mountain communities certified, says Strain. “It’s basically an inventory of bears and the issue of documenting bear conflicts and what efforts have been made, and what we recommend for communities,” she says. In Highlands, Strain says, “We just haven’t found a great interest from the Town Board in moving forward with our suggestions, so we just kind of shelved that whole process for now, which is a shame.”

For now, Strain’s group is working to raise money to send the orphaned bear cubs from Wildcat Cliffs to an animal refuge until they reach adulthood. “It costs about $20,000 to rear these cubs for the next year,” Strain says. “So far, we’ve got about $3,000, but we still have a long way to go.” The Wildlife Resources Commission, meanwhile, is collaborating with neighboring states to track and inventory the bear population in the mountains, says Olfenbuttel. “We meet twice a year just to talk and update each other on our mast surveys and some of the other surveys we conduct on human-bear interactions.” For residents with bear questions, or those interested in learning more about the BearWise initiative, Olfenbuttel suggests visiting BearWise.org or calling the agency’s 1-800 wildlife hotline (see “Bear Watch,” below). “We’re only as successful as those people that are willing to help us,” she adds. “Anyone that’s interested in their community becoming BearWise, we want to talk to.” How communities respond to these efforts will go a long way in determining the long-term health of bear populations. “Bears have adapted to living near humans and human disturbances,” Olfenbuttel says. “They’ve shown they can live near us, but can we adapt to bears? I’m hoping the answer is always yes.” X

Bear watch Western North Carolina is host to several state and local agencies that offer a wealth of information about black bears and how best to live around them. Below are several organizations that residents can contact with questions, concerns, or if they are interested in lending a hand. N.C. Wildlife Commission (BearWise.org) • District 8 (McDowell, Yancey, Mitchell, Rutherford) Danny Ray 828-433-8880 • District 9 (WNC) Justin McVey 828-273-7980 • State Bear Hotline: 866-318-2401 bearwise.org

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Admit it. I had you at bacon, didn’t I? Bacon is just one of those things that many find difficult to pass up. I once met a “vegetarian” who said, “I don’t eat meat, but I do eat bacon.” Huh? That’s just how good it is. And, it’s not just about traditional-style pork anymore. This savory siren seduces in many forms. Sunny Point Café in West Asheville even has smoked saltand-pepper Hempeh bacon on its menu. Sourced from Smiling Hara Tempeh, Hempeh’s ingredients include peanuts, hemp seeds, organic brown rice flour, culture, lactic acid, smoked sea salt and black pepper. Michelle Alexander, general manager at Sunny Point, says this plantbased bacon alternative is nutty and savory with a smooth texture. “It has peanuts in it, so we put a maple glaze on it right before we cook it, which complements the flavors,” she says. Sunny Point is also known for its regular pork bacon, which it gets from Hormel. It’s nitrate-free and hickorysmoked, and the chef adds a special touch of a house-made chipotle, maple syrup and black pepper glaze right before it’s cooked. “This gives it a candied effect,” Alexander says. At Foothills Meats, owner Casey McKissick says his staff makes both pork and beef bacon every week from the whole animals they take into the butcher shop. The beef comes from AH&W Family Farm, a multigenerational farm in Wilkes County, and the pork comes from Vandele Farm in Lake Lure and Wild Turkey Farms in Rowan County. One way to get Foothills’ bacon is to stop in at the brand-new Foothills Butcher Bar — a combination butcher shop, restaurant and bar that opened early this month in West Asheville (at the former location of Bandidos Latin Kitchen). The business is also planning a second butcher bar in Black Mountain at 107 Black Mountain Ave. (the former location of Red Radish ToGo), which is expected to open in a few months. Until the new butcher bar opens, customers can do special bacon orders from Foothills’ commissary kitchen in Black Mountain. Bacon lovers can also add beef bacon to any of the sandwiches and burgers

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MAKIN’ BACON: The Chop Shop makes several types of bacon in-house and sells about 100 pounds per week, says butcher PJ Jackson. “After an eight-day cure and a short rest, we smoke over applewood, cool it down and then slice to order,” he says. Photo by Evan Anderson from the Foothills food truck outside Hi-Wire’s Big Top brewing facility in Biltmore Village, says director of operations Kenzie Kraebber. “Beef bacon is heaven-sent for people who can’t eat traditional bacon due to religious reasons,” she says. “Bacon for everyone!” The American Pig, an Asheville boutique charcuterie, doesn’t produce bacon in the traditional sense, says founder Charles Lee. Instead, it makes pancetta, which is an Italian form of bacon made from pork belly that is dry-cured and aged. “There is no heat or smoke

applied,” says Lee. “Only salt, spices and time.” The butchery sources its pigs from Vandele Farm, Rutherfordton’s Past Ur Time Farm and Marshall’s Three Graces Dairy. The meat is then cured with a savory spice blend that’s created in-house with garlic, juniper, allspice, nutmeg, clove, black pepper and bay leaves. And there’s no rushing this process — to achieve the perfect flavor, it ages five months before it’s ready to eat. At Hickory Nut Gap Farm’s Deli and Butchery, customers will find traditional pork bacon — and sev-

NO HEAT REQUIRED: Instead of traditional bacon, The American Pig produces pancetta, an Italian type of bacon that’s made without smoke or heat. Photo courtesy of The American Pig eral varieties of it, including housesmoked molasses, as well as red-eye bacon made with ground coffee. Hickory Nut Gap sources nearly all of its pork from its Fairview farm, and the meat is smoked in-house using hickory wood chips. Kelsey Winterbottom, director of marketing at Hickory Nut Gap, says that the house-smoked bacon has just a hint of sweetness and a buttery pork flavor. “The red-eye bacon has more

of a spicy, earthy flavor and is the perfect morning pick-me-up,” she says. Just north of downtown on Charlotte Street, the Chop Shop Butchery also has several types from which to choose, including pork belly bacon, pork shoulder bacon, jowl bacon (or guanciale) and beef bacon. The shop routinely makes sugar-free and lower-sodium varieties upon request, too. Like Hickory Nut Gap, the Chop Shop

Bacon, bacon, bacon While traditional bacon beckons, you might consider some of these alternatives too: • Speck: This Italian bacon is made from deboned pork legs and cured in various spices like garlic, nutmeg and juniper. • Gypsy bacon: Ideal for campers because it can easily be cooked on a stick over an open flame, this old-fashioned form of bacon is cured with garlic and paprika. Cooking it over a campfire only adds to its earthy character. • Slab bacon: This comes from traditional bacon, the pork belly, but is not cut into slices. It typically comes in thicker blocks and is ideal to flavor soups and stews. • Beef bacon: This could easily pass as pork bacon, but it’s leaner. • Soy-protein bacon: This bacon substitute is perfect for vegetarians. It’s low in saturated fat and naturally cholesterol-free. It even has that smoky sultriness. • Hempeh bacon: A soy-free and gluten-free riff on bacon for nonmeat eaters. • Turkey bacon: Often served as a low-fat alternative, this is a viable option for people who don’t eat pork for religious or dietary reasons. • Coconut bacon: Another plant-based, healthy bacon alternative. Coconut flakes are coated with maple syrup, tamari and liquid smoke. The taste and texture are surprisingly similar to the real thing.

does all smoking in-house, and all the meat is sourced from wellraised, pastured animals that have never been administered steroids, antibiotics or hormones. “After an eight-day cure and a short rest, we smoke over applewood, cool it down and then slice to order,” says Chop Shop butcher PJ Jackson. “We smoke about three times a week and sell more than 100 pounds per week.” Jackson says that they try to stick to tried-and-true flavor profiles for their bacon offerings — nothing too salty, sweet or peppery. “The folks who prefer a leaner bacon usually go for the shoulder bacon. And the dryaged beef bacon is unlike anything else around,” he says. So, if you’re still frying up flimsy strips of pork in a pan, it may be time to branch out. Sunny Point Café is at 626 Haywood Road. The Foothills Butcher Bar is at 697 Haywood Road, and the Foothills Meats food truck is at the Hi-Wire Brewing Big Top, 2A Huntsman Place. For information on The American Pig’s products, visit theamericanpig.com. Hickory Nut Gap Farm’s Deli and Butchery is at 57 Sugar Hollow Road, Fairview. The Chop Shop Butchery is at 100 Charlotte St. X

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Hickory Nut Gap Farm Sausage Festival Sausage-making is a fairly simple process, says Kelsey Winterbottom, the director of marketing at Hickory Nut Gap Farm. The butcher mixes spices, grinds meats, stuffs casings and twists links. “The hard part lies within getting the spice blend just right and grinding the meat at a very cold temperature to make sure the consistency of the fat stays solid,” Winterbottom says, adding that the perfect sausage is usually about 30 percent fat and 70 percent meat. On Saturday, Oct. 14, Hickory Nut Gap Farm will host its inaugural Sausage Festival. The gathering will highlight the farm’s traditional and nontraditional links. “We make a ton of different kinds of sausages,” Winterbottom says, ticking off an assortment of flavors that range from blueberry maple to Polish kielbasa. Gaelic bratwurst, apple cider and sage, and Swedish potato and onion are among the three confirmed flavors that will be available during the festival, with additional options forthcoming. The meats will be served as sausage flights, half-links offered with seasonal veggies and the farm’s house-made macaroni and cheese. Sauces and accoutrements will include barbecue sauce, Lusty Monk Mustard, sauerkraut, pickles and pickled jalapeños. Along with food, the festival will feature local beer from One World Brewing and live music by the Cane Creek Hellbenders. The family-friendly event will include cornhole and bocce along with a cupcake walk for children and access to the property’s corn maze and corn pit. “We always enjoy bringing together the community,” says Winterbottom. “Hopefully, folks will have a great time, share some laughs and enjoy some delicious beer along with their sausages.” The Sausage Festival runs 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 14, in the Big Barn at Hickory Nut Gap Farm, 57 Sugar Hollow Road, Fairview. Admission is $9, which does not include sausage or beer. Prices for food and drink were not available at press time. For details, visit avl.mx/3zy. HARDLOX JEWISH FOOD AND HERITAGE FESTIVAL HardLox Jewish Food and Heritage Festival returns to Pack Square for its 15th year on Sunday, Oct. 15. The event will include Jewish food, Israeli 52

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ALL THE MEAT YOU CAN EAT: On Oct. 14, Hickory Nut Gap Farm will host its inaugural Sausage Festival. The event will highlight the farm’s array of sausage flavors, along with beer, live music and games. Photo by Amelia Fletcher dancing, klezmer music, craft activities, a Kids Zone and a raffle. Guests will also be able to get their names written in Hebrew and learn about the Torah, as well as the Jewish heritage and culture. HardLox Jewish Food and Heritage Festival runs 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 15, at Pack Square. Admission is free. Dogs are not permitted at the festival. For more information, visit avl.mx/462. PRESERVATION POP-UP AT BUXTON HALL On Sunday, Oct. 15, Buxton Hall will host a preservation-themed pop-up dinner prepared by pastry team member Emily Cadmus. Highlights from the menu include cured pork tenderloin and rhubarb preserve; autumn lettuces with pears, nasturtium capers, shaved dry-cured pork and black walnut vinaigrette; and sour corn griddle cakes with blackberry jam, whipped buttermilk and marigold syrup. The Preservation Pop-Up runs 7-9 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 15, at Buxton Hall, 32 Banks Ave. Tickets are $40 per person for the three-course meal and dessert. For tickets, visit avl.mx/45y. TRADITIONAL FOODS POTLUCK IN WEST ASHEVILLE On Thursday, Oct. 19, the East Asheville chapter of the Weston Price Foundation will host a fall harvest potluck for the public at the West Asheville Community Center. The event is “designed to encour-

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age a more ancestral, nutrient-dense diet,” says a press release from organizers. Guests are asked to bring a dish to share. Suggestions include fresh foods made from scratch and locally sourced, if possible; pastured, grass-fed meats; roasted fall vegetables; salads and greens; sourdough bread with butter; raw milk cheeses; lacto-fermented condiments or beverages; herbal teas or infusions; and lightly and naturally sweetened desserts. RSVPs are required by Monday, Oct. 16, accompanied by a note describing what dish the guests will bring. The potluck runs 6-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 19, at the West Asheville Community Center, 970 Haywood Road. There is no charge to attend. RSVP to WestonPriceEAvl@gmail.com. FILL THE PLATE FUNDRAISER The Fresh Market hosts its Fill the Plate Fundraiser through Tuesday, Oct. 31. The monthlong event supports No Kid Hungry, a nonprofit that works to connect kids in need with nutritious food and educate their families on how to cook healthy, affordable meals. Shoppers will be able to donate to the nonprofit at checkout. To date, the Fresh Market has raised more than $1 million for No Kid Hungry, which has helped feed over 10 million children. To learn more, visit avl.mx/45c. MARCO’S PIZZERIA CHANGES NAME Come Jan. 1, Marco’s Pizzeria will be known as 828 Family Pizzeria. A

press release from the local restaurant says the name change is due to Ohio-based Marco’s Franchising LLC’s plans to develop locations in both the Asheville and Hendersonville areas. The company has over 800 locations in 34 states and two countries. Representatives from the company were unavailable for comment. In an email to Xpress, Laura Yakima of Marco’s Pizzeria in Asheville says the local, familyowned business has “no interest in creating a story where we are victims to a chain moving to the area.” Yakima also notes that “we love and appreciate that our community has our backs, and we understand that there are many who are upset by the news. Although we have to change our name, we truly are grateful that this will minimize confusion in the marketplace.” After the name change, 828 Family Pizzeria will still offer the same menu and service available at Marco’s Pizzeria. For details, visit avl.mx/45z. ASHEVILLE DUCK DONUTS OPENS Duck Donuts celebrated its grand opening in North Asheville on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 6-7. The franchise was founded in 2006 by Russ DiGilio. It now has more than 130 locations in 22 states. The shop offers made-to-order doughnuts, as well as sandwiches, sundaes and coffee. Duck Donuts is at 182 Merrimon Ave. Hours are 6:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday-Tuesday and 6:30 a.m.7 p.m., Wednesday-Saturday. For details, visit avl.mx/46e. FROSTBITE ICE CREAM BAR & GRILL CLOSES Frostbite Ice Cream Bar & Grill recently announced it has closed its Merrimon Avenue location. Its West Asheville store at 1475 Patton Ave. will remain open. “Though there are many factors involved in making this decision, the fact that I have been diagnosed with a serious medical condition that requires undivided attention makes continuing to manage both locations impossible,” wrote Frostbite’s coowner, Jason Istvan, on the company’s Facebook page. X

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Dance offerings at LEAF Festival and beyond

BY CARLA SEIDL carla.seidl@gmail.com The biannual LEAF Festival in Black Mountain might be most immediately associated with eclectic music and otherwordly costumes, or with poetry slams and celebratory tent villages, or with open-air yoga and ziplines that splash into Lake Eden. But the fete also attracts a dedicated community of dance enthusiasts, many of whom travel from across the country to revel in various forms of movement. “It’s a ‘gathering of the tribe’ kind of event,” says Beth Molaro of Asheville, who has been calling contra dances at LEAF on and off since it began 22 years ago. “Everybody seems really happy to be there.” LEAF returns for its autumn run Thursday, Oct. 19, through Sunday, Oct. 22. The theme this season is the “fantastic voyage,” referring to the potential for new and transformative perspectives. “When people step into their dance, they just really are in a place of embracing the moment,” says LEAF performing arts director Ehren Cruz. “And that’s what the fantastic voyage is all about.” FEAT OF THE FEET Cruz believes dance is at the heart of the LEAF experience. “The energy is really high and deep for dancing at LEAF,” he says, noting that — unlike at other festivals, where you might have just a few revelers dancing at the front of performances — at LEAF, a large portion of the audience is getting down at almost every stage. In front of LEAF’s main stage, where headliners this year include Toots & the Maytals and Los Lobos, a wooden dance floor accommodates all the stomping, tapping and shuffling feet. Brookside Hall, the festival’s primary dance location, is the center of social dance action at LEAF. Brookside manager Mike Compton estimates that 300-400 dancers attend the festival for the contra dance alone. Compton has seen close to 500 on the floor at a time at Brookside, where, after a restorative early morning yoga session, dancing often starts at 9:30 a.m. and goes until 3 the next morning. “I’d say there’s a brief moment of looking around and feeling over-

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HIPS DON’T LIE: Asheville-based Trillium Dance Company will showcase its blend of modern, jazz and hip-hop for the eighth time at LEAF this fall. “What is unique about dance is the opportunity to go deeper into your body,” says troupe director Leslie Rogers. Photo by Libby Gamble whelmed by how many awesome dancers there are,” admits dancer and musician Sparrow, who has attended past festivals. “But then you just jump in and have fun.” Her Asheville-based group Sparrow and Her Wingmen will be playing a swing set at LEAF on Friday evening. “LEAF has been the epicenter of contra dance in the Southeast since its origins,” says Cruz, who describes contra as a complex, group-style dance based on traditional folk music. The LEAF roster always features an impressive lineup of artists, and the dance hall is no exception. This fall, Great Bear, a group with a dedicated following that Cruz calls “one of the more renowned names throughout the world for contra dance,” will be performing along with Buddy System, a nationally touring act that plays both acoustic and live-electronic contra dance music. The groups share fiddler, mandolinist and foot percussionist extraordinaire Noah

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VanNorstrand, who recently relocated to Western North Carolina. The bands reflect what Compton observes as a growing trend in contra dance music — away from the small and strictly acoustic into more diverse, and increasingly electronic, instrumentation. THE FUN NEVER STOPS After midnight at Brookside Hall, amid flashing lights, glow sticks, face paint and scanty clothing, a favorite among many dancers takes over the floor. Techno contra consists of traditional contra moves danced to remixed pop songs or, in the case of the Buddy System set on Saturday night, electronic music performed live. Unsuspecting LEAF-goers who wander by the hall in the wee hours often become mesmerized by the spectacle, which local caller Jesse Edgerton describes as having a more “thumping, energetic feel” than standard contras. Edgerton sees

techno contra as a “release” for the dancers but warns that since there are no walk-throughs, it’s not well-suited for beginners. Cruz calls the contra dance community the “anchor” of dance at LEAF, but emphasizes that the style is only one of many represented at the festival. “We nourish the local roots,” he says, “but we also throw a wide net.” Part of LEAF’s mission is to connect cultures, and the fall festival will include an Argentine tango workshop, Cajun dancing to Grammy-nominated band Feufollet, and swing, waltz and flatfoot dance workshops, in addition to bluesfusion and ecstatic-dance sessions. About 40 percent of festival attendees come from Buncombe County, so dance opportunities at LEAF are an extension of the local area’s impressive dance scene. Around Asheville, one can find social dance options almost any night of the week. There’s contra dance Thursday evenings at Warren

dance, says the local scene is remarkable for its youthful dancers. Across the country, many contra communities are older, with a majority of dancers in their 40s to 70s, but here, the age range is diverse. Having a lot of young dancers brings exuberance to the scene, says Molaro. “It brings a creativity,” she explains, “because a lot of young dancers are coming from blues and swing dance experience, and they’re bringing elements of that into contra dancing, so it’s very innovative.” ’INTO THE SOMATIC EXPERIENCE’

BOOGIE WONDERLAND: Brookside Hall manager Mike Compton estimates that 300400 dancers attend LEAF festival for the contra dance alone. There, after a restorative early morning yoga session, dancing often starts at 9:30 a.m. and goes until 3 the next morning. Photo by Sean Green Wilson College, Monday evenings at the Center for Art & Spirit at St. George in West Asheville, and even more contra opportunities for those

willing to drive to Marietta, S.C., and Jonesborough, Tenn. Molaro, organizer of Asheville’s newly relocated Monday night contra

One local spot for imaginative, boundary-pushing dancing is the dynamic and intimate blues fusion dance that happens at Veda Studios on Merrimon Avenue every other Saturday night. Another is the Tuesday night swing dance at The BLOCK off Biltmore, which features top-notch live swing bands. The local ecstatic-dance scene is also robust, with free-form dance waves hosted by the Asheville Movement Collective on Sunday mornings at the Jewish Community Center and Friday evenings at The Academy at Terpsicorps. Trey Crispin of the band NataDas, which will be accompanying the ecstatic-dance session at LEAF’s Brookside Hall on Saturday, says this type of movement is characterized by “no partners, no words and no shoes,” and is often used as a tool of self-discovery. “It’s definitely a part of Asheville culture,” he adds. At LEAF, there are plenty of opportunities for even nondancers to connect with the art form. Fire dancers from Asheville’s Unifire Theater, acrobats from Imagine Circus of Raleigh and The Faerie Kin, a roaming performance troupe, routinely wow festivalgoers. Asheville-based Trillium Dance Company will showcase its blend of modern, jazz and hip-hop for the eighth

time at the festival this fall. Trillium director Leslie Rogers sees dance as a powerful healer and describes the energy exchange that occurs between performers and audience members as real and palpable. In April, her troupe opened TRIBE Dance & Pole, a dance studio in Asheville. “I feel what is unique about dance is the opportunity to go deeper into your body,” Rogers says. “To be able to move out of the mind and the conscious thinking and into the somatic experience.” “When you get a bunch of heartbeats in a room, and they all become happy and relaxed, it’s like a magnifying glass of each person’s experience,” says Crispin, who has developed a measure for participants’ dance experience. “When the wrists are down by the hips, someone’s having an OK dance. When they’re up by the ribcage, they’re enjoying themselves. And when they’re up by their shoulders, they’re having the best time they’ve ever had.” At LEAF, wrists are often way above the shoulders. Learm more about local dance events at danceasheville.com X

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LONG HAUL: It’s taken more than three decades for Indigo Girls singer-guitarist Emily Saliers to make a solo album. But the experience of creating Murmuration Nation has whetted her appetite for making a follow-up. Photo by Jeremy Cowart Decatur, Ga.-based folk-rock duo Indigo Girls started in the mid-1980s, but musicians Amy Ray and Emily Saliers had been friends since childhood and musical collaborators for some time. After some singles and an EP, Indigo Girls released their debut album, Strange Fire, in 1987. They’ve gone on to widespread popularity, with more than 15 albums to date. Both women have involved themselves in many other pursuits, from writing to activism. But not

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until 2017 has Saliers focused her efforts on making a solo album. Murmuration Nation showcases a broader range of Saliers’ musical interests and skills. A full-band tour in support of her debut solo album comes to The Grey Eagle on Wednesday, Oct. 18. Saliers says that a few of the songs on Murmuration Nation are older tunes that she and Ray had never recorded. But for the most part, “the songs were new, and they were written [with me]

knowing that I was going to be making an album,” she says. “And I just kept writing and writing and writing.” From the beginning of the project, Saliers worked closely with producer Lyris Hung — a violinist and longtime Indigo Girls associate and friend — to develop a collection of tunes. “I would send her parts of songs I had written, and she’d send back production ideas,” Saliers says. “So we were creating the album all along the way.”

For Murmuration Nation, Saliers assembled a top-notch group of musicians, including Snarky Puppy’s Robert “Sput” Searight, Tedeschi Trucks Band bassist Tim Lefebvre, Living Colour drummer Will Calhoun and keyboardist Rachel Eckroth. That lineup helps give the album a flavor that often travels quite a distance from Indigo Girls’ signature sound. Saliers readily concedes that she “had certain intentions” in making the record. She says that at the top of the list was creating “a record that had groove [and] R&Binfluenced or hip-hop elements.” Her goal was to make Murmuration Nation a kind of “hybrid record” that would combine acoustic textures, electronics and “some world music influence [in the form of] the duduk, an Armenian reed instrument that I love.” And on the lyrical side, Saliers sought to make the words thoughtful, a quality consistently found in her work with Indigo Girls. As far as topics go, she notes, “there’s a lot to think about with what’s going on in the country … particularly now.” She says that when writing for the album, she would often lock herself away in a little room in the office building of a friend. “I sat in that room and wrote and wrote and wrote,” she says. Saliers sometimes composed on ukulele, and one result of those efforts is the track “Poethearted.” “Typically what happens is I’ll find a chord progression, and then out of nowhere comes the content of the song,” Saliers says. “I very rarely sit down to write knowing what I’m going to write about.” She also worked extensively on Apple Logic Pro. She says that for one track, “I just picked out a couple of loops and beats that I really liked, and then I laid down electric guitar and a chord progression.” That became “OK Corral,” an incisive song about America’s deadly fascination with guns.

“Lyris helped me form the arrangements,” Saliers says. While “OK Corral” began its life as a guitar-based song, Hung completely removed guitar from the mix. “It was really hard for me to make the adjustment at first,” Saliers admits with a laugh. “But she was like, ‘No, we’re going to do a spooky keyboard part here instead of the guitar.’ She had to talk me into a lot of things, and in the end, I was so glad she did.” Saliers is no stranger to Asheville. Indigo Girls have played here on many occasions, especially in their early years, a time when there was a great cross-fertilization between the singersongwriter music scenes in Atlanta, Athens, Ga., and Asheville. For her first tour under her own name, singer-guitarist Saliers has put together a band worthy of the material; Hung is featured on violin, and opening act Lucy Wainwright Roche sings harmony. The rhythm section features drummer Reade Pryor and Mars Volta bassist Juan Alderete. The burst of creativity that resulted in Saliers’ inaugural solo record seems to be continuing. While she says that the shows will feature “14 of the 15 songs on the album,” there may be even newer material as well. “I’m kind of in the mood to write,” she says, “so who knows? And we might throw a little Hall & Oates in there; I don’t know. We’ll just have some fun.” X

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“Spruce Pine Potters Market came about because there is an incredible concentration of talented and well-known potters in our area, many of whom first came to the area because of Penland School of Crafts,” explains Naomi Dalglish of Bandana Pottery. “We would often run into each other when traveling to pottery shows in far-flung reaches of the country and decided it would be a good idea to try and put together our own event in our own backyard.” Dalglish co-owns Bandana Pottery with her partner, Michael Hunt. The couple, who have been part of the event since its inception, teamed up with 31 other clay artists and potters from Mitchell and Yancey counties to organize the 11th annual Spruce Pine Potters Market, which will take place on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 14 and 15. “At this point, I would guess Western North Carolina enjoys the highest density of artists and craftspeople per capita ... in the U.S.,” says Jon Ellenbogen of Barking Spider Pottery. He and his wife, Rebecca Plummer, have been working together for 41 years and have participated in the Spruce Pine Potters Market every year. This event is a favorite among ceramics enthusiasts in part because it’s entirely organized and managed by the artists, and many of the participants use local clay and glaze materials. The abundance of these materials in WNC helped forge the region’s notoriety as a pottery powerhouse in the 18th and 19th centuries, and organizers have seen a resurgence of interest in using local-only materials in recent years as the mantras of shop and support local permeate many business sectors. “Spruce Pine Potters Market gives our collectors and visitors a chance to see the work in the context of the place from which it emerges,” Dalglish says, “and clay is an intimate art form; a pot is something that people hold close to their bodies and they may interact with every day. Meeting the person who made that object brings that much more meaning to the experience.” Cristina Córdova, one of the area’s rock star potters, also welcomes the chance to interact with buyers. “Making a living out of a creative practice is based on a symbiotic relationship between the maker and his or her supporters,” she says. “This balance is delicate and persists in this area because of the abundance of high-quality work tied to a

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INSPIRATION EVERYWHERE: “I surround myself with what I find beautiful and seek out images and objects that resonate,” says potter Shawn Ireland, who established his eponymous pottery in 1997 and will show his work at the Spruce Pine Potters Market. “Horse Bowl,” photo courtesy of Ireland fervent audience willing to invest in art and craft.” This tradition, she continues, was set in motion by the programs and events at Penland School of Crafts, which helps to strengthen creative practices. Córdova was an artistin-residence at Penland for three years, has served on its board of trustees and still shares a ZIP code with the school. The support and ongoing educational and promotional efforts of the Toe River Arts Council are key elements to the success of the Spruce Pine Potters Market and area artists, too, she says. Visitors to the market can expect to see a wonderful spectrum of utilitarian and sculptural ceramic pieces made in the many studios that lie within a 15-square-mile area. “It is a testament to the abundance of creative practices that coexist in this unique area of the country, and audiences should expect to see

techniques that are diverse but all based on a deep knowledge and mastery of the ceramic medium,” says Córdova. Participating artists also look forward to the event each year because “these talented folks are our friends, many of whom we’ve known for decades,” explains Ellenbogen. Seeing the next generation of families whose parents first bought dinnerware from Barking Spider 30 years ago is another treat for Ellenbogen and Plummer. Plus, “Most of the potters will have just fired their kilns and will be displaying their latest and greatest work, and pottery enthusiasts from all over the region come to see and buy,” Dalglish says. Admission is free, and raffle tickets are available for purchase to win work donated by four artists: Kent McLaughlin, Jeannine Marchand,

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FEAR FACTOR: Waylon Wood stars in the one-man show St. Nicholas. Despite the Christmas-y name, this show is Halloween-appropriate. Photo courtesy of Asheville Community Theatre When a show is called St. Nicholas, it seems likely it’s a Christmas piece about a certain bearded character in a red suit. But not the St. Nicholas that’s playing through Sunday, Oct. 22, at 35below.

Written by Conor McPherson, this is a monologue play about an unnamed and burned-out theater critic who is obsessed with a beautiful young actress and who falls in with a band of vampires.

St. Nicholas is a one-man show, masterfully played by veteran Asheville actor Waylon Wood, with direction by Betsy Puckett. It is essentially a 90-minute story that combines elements of drama, comedy, fantasy and horror. The character of the critic serves as the storyteller and host, speaking directly to the audience. It’s a superb evening of theater, made even more powerful and effective by the small confines of 35below, which is more like a living room than a playhouse. The theater critic is as jaded as they come, writing his reviews on the back of the playbill during a show, then phoning the notice in to his office before dashing off to drink. He has grown weary of his job and wife and has no relationship with his children. After writing an ugly review of a play, he spies a lovely young actress. The critic is instantly smitten and begins to fantasize about a relationship with her. He leaves his home and job to follow her show to London. This is where the tale takes a creepy turn. The critic meets a mysterious stranger in a park, goes home with him and eventually discovers the stranger’s house is occupied by vampires. But they are not wearing capes and don’t appear to be particularly threatening. Still to be determined is what they want and if the critic will ever connect with the young actress — questions wrapped up by the show’s conclusion. Wood, who played the conductor in Asheville Community Theatre’s

2016 family Christmas show Snowbound, reveals his wide acting range, delivering his lines with plenty of expression. It’s an impressive feat, given that he speaks for about 90 minutes (there’s a 15-minute intermission). For a good bit of the show, Wood is seated in a large easy chair but gets up at times to wander around the small performance space, inches from the front row. He completely embodies the character, making the story more real. Lighting is through a handful of lamps onstage, which glow or darken, depending on the mood. St. Nicholas is not a show for children or anyone bothered by profanity or intense situations. But it’s a great alternative to the usual Halloween fare of ghosts, witches and Frankenstein and is well worth seeing. X

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With the new movie adaptation of Stephen King’s It breaking box office records, the timing of the Crooner and the Clown tour seems especially fortuitous. The alleged circus performer in the two-for-one experience is comedian Ryan Singer, a Marc Maron ally who’s a frequent guest on the latter’s “WTF” podcast and, playing himself, was a recurring character on IFC’s “Maron.” The other half of the bill is Austin Lucas, a country/folk singer-songwriter who returned to roots music after getting burned out on punk rock. The diverse road show stops at The Odditorium on Wednesday, Oct. 18, at 8 p.m. Local comedian Tom Peters serves as the evening’s host. $10 advance/$15 day of show. ashevilleodditorium.com. Photo of Lucas, left, courtesy of the artist; photo of Singer by Shereen Younes

Moses Sumney The breathy, upper-register vocals of Moses Sumney fit right in with the sonic tapestry of Sufjan Stevens, part of an all-star roster of the neosoul singer/guitarist’s collaborators that also includes David Byrne, Karen O and James Blake. (Also on that list is Solange, with whom Sumney recorded a humorous impromptu cover of Nina Simone’s “Where Can I Go Without You” that addresses whether or not he smokes marijuana.) The Los Angeles artist’s debut full-length Aromanticism — a concept album about, in his words, “lovelessness as a sonic dreamscape” that “seeks to interrogate the social constructions around romance” — earned Pitchfork’s Best New Music nod upon its late September debut. Sumney heads to The Mothlight on Saturday, Oct. 14, for a 9:30 p.m. performance. Experimental multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Sam Gendel opens. $15 advance/$18 day of show. themothlight. com. Photo courtesy of Sumney

Funk Rush There’s no false advertising when it comes to Charlotte-based Funk Rush. The lively instrumental quartet stays true to its name onstage and in the studio, where it recently paid direct homage to one of the genre’s forebears with the song “Jam for Nile Rodgers.” Combining guitar, synth bass, keyboards, synthesizers, drums, trumpet and whistling, the group released a self-titled LP of nine other original tunes in mid-August that, according to the album’s notes, attempt to capture the essence of the ensemble’s live performances. The band primarily plays the Queen City’s plentiful music venues but made a rare jaunt beyond Mecklenburg County to One Stop in late May. Funk Rush returns to Western North Carolina on Friday, Oct. 13, for an 8 p.m. show at 185 King St. in Brevard. $5 general public/free for members. 185kingst.com. Photo courtesy of the musicians

Hedwig and the Angry Inch Co-founded by Jonathan Lewis and Anna Lyles, new theater company The Synthesis Experiment is determined to deliver a jolt to the Asheville community. Whether preexisting or freshly created, each project will — according to the company’s IndieGogo campaign page — “overflow with thrilling imagery, dynamic staging and the undeniable pulse of life that is so often missing in the commercial theater.” Kicking off that vision is none other than John Cameron Mitchell’s and Stephen Trask’s Hedwig and the Angry Inch. As part of The Synthesis Experiment’s commitment to presenting shows in unusual and unexpected locations, its debut production plays at Toy Boat Community Art Space from Tuesday, Oct. 17, to Saturday, Oct. 21, at 8 nightly, with a bonus Oct. 21 performance at midnight. $20 general admission/$15 for attendees younger than 30. toyboatcommunityartspace.com. Photo by Cody Lovell

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SKATEBOARDS REIMAGINED: What happens to skateboards that are broken, old and abandoned? Artists Chad Cardoza and Toybox Monster bring new life to them — using them to create new works of art. “I was working at a shop, and we kept getting broken boards to throw away, and I always felt it was such a waste,” says Toybox Monster. “I decided to give them a second life as art, hoping that all the fun that was had on them would still retain that positive energy and continue to make people happy.” PUSH Gallery’s exhibition showcasing the work of Cardoza and Toybox Monster, Refocused: Recycled Skateboards Reimagined, runs from Friday, Oct. 13, through Sunday, Dec. 3. The show opens with a reception on Friday, Oct. 13, from 7-10 p.m. For more information, visit pushtoyproject.com. Photo of artwork courtesy of PUSH Gallery 22 LONDON 22 London Road • Through SA (10/14) - !VIVA!, exhibition of contemporary Latin American art. 310 ART 191 Lyman St., #310, 828-776-2716, 310art.com • Through SU (12/31) - Storytelling: Thought to Image, group exhibition. AMERICAN FOLK ART AND FRAMING 64 Biltmore Ave., 828-281-2134, amerifolk.com • Through TU (10/24) - Wood, exhibition of wood works of 11 artists.

UNC Asheville - Ramsey Library, 1 University Heights ART AT WCU 828-227-2787, bardoartscenter.wcu.edu • Through FR (1/26) - WCU Collects: Recent Acquisitions, exhibition. Held at The WCU Bardo Arts Center, 199 Centennial Drive ASHEVILLE AREA ARTS COUNCIL 828-258-0710, ashevillearts.com • Through FR (10/20) - We are American Craft Week!, juried exhibition. Held at The Refinery, 207 Coxe Ave.

ART AT MARS HILL UNIVERSITY mhu.edu • Through FR (10/27) - Exhibition of works by Kehren Barbour and Leslie Rowland. Reception: Wednesday, Oct. 27, 6-8pm. Held at Mars Hill University, Weizenblatt Gallery, 79 Cascade St., Mars Hill

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ART AT UNCA art.unca.edu • Through TH (11/30) - Illustrated Guide to Great Smoky Mountains National Park, exhibition. Held at

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82 Patton Ave., 828-251-5796, ashevillegallery-of-art.com • Through TU (10/31) - Grounded: Landscapes Real and Imagined, exhibition featuring the work of Cathyann Burgess.

365 Merrimon Ave., 828-225-3117 • Through TU (10/31) - Staff and alumni art exhibition featuring 11 artists.

BLUE SPIRAL 1 38 Biltmore Ave., 828-251-0202, bluespiral1.com • Through FR (10/20) - Outside Inspiration, exhibition of fine art and craft by six artists. CAROLINA MOUNTAIN SALES 10 Brook St., Suite #235 • TH (10/19) through TH (11/30) - Exhibition of art by Andreina Bates. Reception: Thursday, Oct. 19, 4-6pm. FLOW GALLERY 14 South Main St., Marshall, avl.mx/aw • Through TU (10/31) - Rock, Paper, Scissors: Playful Patterns, exhibition of the cooperative’s artists. GALLERY 1 604 W. Main St., Sylva • Through TU (10/31) - Exhibition of the artwork of Joe Meigs. GRAND BOHEMIAN GALLERY 11 Boston Way, 877-274-1242, bohemianhotelasheville.com/ • Through SU (10/15) - Determined by the Seasons, new works by Mitch Kolbe.

‘LEGACY ENDURES’: The Southern Highland Craft Guild, headquartered at the Folk Art Center on the Blue Ridge Parkway, is highlighting its newest members in the current exhibition, Legacy Endures. The show, which will be hung through Sunday, Jan. 14, includes the work of 18 artists who have been accepted into the guild within the past two years. Legacy Endures is an introduction to these individuals and their craft in the media of glass, clay, metal, wood, fiber, paper, mixed media, jewelry and natural materials. For more information, visit craftguild.org. Gourd by Marty McCounnaughey JACKSON COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 310 Keener St., Sylva, 828-5862016, fontanalib.org/sylva/ • Through TU (10/31) Exhibition of the paintings of Jan Boyer. JUBILEE! COMMUNITY CHURCH 46 Wall St. • Through SU (10/29) Remembering Heart and Earth, exhibition of nature-based paintings by Deb Criss. MAHEC 121 Hendersonville Road, 828-257-4400 • Through TU (10/31) Resiliance, city wide art-exhibition in conjunction with the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Southeastern Summit. See website for locations: sys. mahec.net/ce/aces2017.aspx.

ODYSSEY COOPERATIVE ART GALLERY 238 Clingman Ave., 828-2859700, facebook.com/ odysseycoopgallery • Through TU (10/31) Exhibition featuring the the ceramic art of Reiko Miyagi, Tara Underwood, and Kate Gardner and other gallery members. PENLAND SCHOOL OF CRAFTS 67 Doras Trail, Bakersville, 828-765-2359, penland.org • Through SU (11/19) Conversation | What Remains, exhibition of textile and painting artworks by Rachel Meginnes. PINK DOG CREATIVE 348 Depot St., pinkdog-creative.com • Through SU (11/5) - The Heart of Everything That is: Homage to the Water Protectors at

Standing Rock, exhibtion of works by Connie Bostic. PUBLIC EVENTS AT MARS HILL UNIVERSITY mhu.edu • Through SU (1/14) - Legacy Endures, exhibition featuring new members of the Southern Highland Craft Guild. Held at Folk Art Center, MP 382, Blue Ridge Pkwy PUSH SKATE SHOP & GALLERY 25 Patton Ave., 828-225-5509, pushtoyproject.com • FR (10/13) through SU (12/3) - Refocused: Recycled Skateboards Reimagined, new works by Chad Cardoza and Toybox Monster. Reception: Friday, Oct. 13, 7-10pm.

THE GALLERY AT FLAT ROCK 702-A Greenville Highway, Flat Rock, 828-698-7000, galleryflatrock.com/ • Through SU (10/15) - Trial by Fire, group clay art exhibition. TRACKSIDE STUDIOS 375 Depot St., 828-545-6235 • Through TU (10/31) - Moody Skies, exhibition of paintings by Virginia Pendergrass. TRANSYLVANIA COMMUNITY ARTS COUNCIL 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard, 828-884-2787, tcarts.org • Through FR (10/20) - As the Crow Flies, invitational art exhibition featuring works by Christine Kosiba and friends. TRYON ARTS AND CRAFTS SCHOOL 373 Harmon Field Road, Tryon, 828-859-8323

• Through TU (10/31) - Encore: The Black & White Show, group exhibition. Closing Night reception 7-9pm. TRYON FINE ARTS CENTER 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon, 828-8598322, tryonarts.org • SU (10/15) through SA (11/25) - Regional sculpture exhibit and sale. Reception: Sunday, Oct. 15, 3-5pm. UNC ASHEVILLE - OWEN HALL 1 University Heights • Through FR (10/20) Intersectionality, exhibition of ceramics and photographs on fabric by Nick Boismenu and Lyn Govette. Contact the galleries for admission hours and fees

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ART ASHEVILLE AREA ARTS COUNCIL 828-258-0710, ashevillearts.com • FRIDAYS through (12/15), 1-4pm "Pottery for Veterans," class for veterans living in Buncombe County. Registration required: ashevillearts.com. Free. Held at Odyssey Clayworks, 236 Clingman Ave. ASHEVILLE DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION 828-251-9973, ashevilledowntown.org • WE (10/18), 4-6pm Meet the four selected artists for the Lexington Avenue Art Project who will be displaying their final submissions for public review. Free to attend. Held at Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB), 39 N. Lexington Ave. FIREFLY CRAFT GALLERY 2689 D Greenville Highway, Flat Rock, 828-231-0764 • SA (10/14), 11am-4pm - Local artists demonstrate techniques in fiber art, wood carving and jewelry. Free to attend. GROVEWOOD GALLERY 111 Grovewood Road, 828-253-7651, grovewood.com • SA (10/14), 11am-4pm - Susan Lenz demonstrates fiber vessels. Free to attend. LOCAL CLOTH 207 Coxe Ave. • WE (10/11), 10am4pm - Spinning and natural dye demonstrations and pop-up shop for hand-spun and hand-woven items. Free to attend. • TH (10/12), 10am4pm - Hands-on weaving demonstrations on a floor loom, sewing demonstrations and a pop-up shop for handwoven scarves. Free to attend. • FR (10/13), 10am4pm - Natural dyeing, knitting and embroidery demonstrations and pop-up shop with naturally dyed yarn and project bags. Free to attend. MALAPROP'S BOOKSTORE AND CAFE 55 Haywood St., 828254-6734, malaprops.com • TH (10/19), 6pm Stephanie Peterson Jones presents her book, Drawing for Joy: 15 Minute Daily Meditations. Free.

by Abigail Griffin HENDERSONVILLE COMMUNITY BAND hcbmusic.com • SU (10/15), 3pm “Songs of the British Isles,” annual fall concert. $10/Free for students. Held in the Blue Ridge Conference Hall. Held at Blue Ridge Community College, 180 West Campus Drive, Flat Rock

MICA FINE CONTEMPORARY CRAFT 37 N. Mitchell Ave., Bakersville, 828-6886422, micagallerync.com • Through SU (10/15) Customer appreciation week with refreshments and door prizes. Free to attend. MOMENTUM GALLERY 24 North Lexington Ave. • TH (10/19), 5-8pm Grand opening event with gallery artists. Free to attend.

J.E. BROYHILL CIVIC CENTER 1913 Hickory Blvd SE., Lenior, broyhillcenter.com • SA (10/14), 7:30pm David Phelps, Christian music concert. $30.

ODYSSEY COOPERATIVE ART GALLERY 238 Clingman Ave., 828-285-9700, facebook.com/ odysseycoopgallery • 2nd SATURDAYS, 11am-5pm - "Second Saturday Celebration," event with food, music and artist demonstrations. Free to attend. THE ASHEVILLE DARKROOM 207 Coxe Ave. Suite 16, 828-572-3275, theashevilledarkroom. com • 3rd MONDAYS 6-8pm - "Darkroom basics," workshop. $10. THE COMMUNITY TABLE 23 Central St. Sylva, 828-586-6782 • 3rd THURSDAYS, 4:30pm - Free community arts and crafts session sponsored by the Appalachian Art Farm. Free. THE GALLERY AT FLAT ROCK 702-A Greenville Highway, Flat Rock, 828-698-7000, galleryflatrock.com/ • SA (10/14), 11am3pm - Demonstrations by clay artists. Free to attend. THE VILLAGE POTTERS 191 Lyman St., #180, 828-253-2424, thevillagepotters.com • SA (10/14), noon5pm - Open studio with raku firing, multi-kiln opening and fundraiser sale for scholarship and advanced ceramics programs. Free to attend. TRYON ARTS AND CRAFTS SCHOOL 373 Harmon Field Road, Tryon, 828-8598323 • TH (10/12), noon1pm - Tryon Arts & Crafts School Crafts & Conversation: "Abstract Art & Photography," with Harry Goodheart. Free. • SA (10/14), 10amnoon - Coffee & Crafts: "Frankie & Jack’s Halloween Candy Dish," workshop with Camille Corn. $40.

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MUSIC AT MARS HILL mhu.edu • TH (10/12), 7:30pm - Wind symphony concert. Free. Held in Moore Auditorium, Moore Fine Arts Building.

CONCERT FOR KINDNESS: The all-girl, teenage, rock and funk band from West Virginia, The Change, is bringing its high-energy, confidence-boosting, anti-bullying music and message to New Mountain AVL on Wednesday, Oct. 18, at 6 p.m. As advocates for Free2Luv, a national organization dedicated to empowering youths to rock their individuality, celebrate equality and spread kindness, The Change travels to schools and communities all over the country to spread the message. The all-ages show, sponsored by the Hanger Hall School for Girls, is free for students with a suggested $5 donation for adults. For tickets or more information, visit bit.ly/2yG7BKN. Photo of The Change courtesy of Hanger Hall School for Girls (p. 67) TYSON GRAHAM POTTERY 6148 Peniel Rd, Tryon • SA (10/14), 10am-4pm - Little Mountain Festival with live mountain music and fall kiln opening. Free to attend.

ART/CRAFT STROLLS & FAIRS ART IN THE PARK ashevilleartinthepark.com/ • SA (10/14), 10am-5pm - Asheville Art in the Park, open-air artist and craft market. Free to attend. Held at Pack Square Park, 121 College St. BURIAL BEER CO. 40 Collier Ave., 828-4752739, burialbeer.com • WE (10/11), 8-11pm - Local arts and crafts market. Free to attend. HIGH COUNTRY QUILTERS 828-926-3169, highcountryquilt@att.net • TH (10/12), noon-4pm & FR (10/13) & SA (10/14), 10am-4pm - High Country Quilt Guild show with vendors and 80-100 quilts on display. $3. Held at First Baptist Church of Maggie Valley, 3634 Soco Road, Maggie Valley

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HIGHWAY 80 SOUTH ART HOP 80arthop.com • SA (10/14) & SA (10/15), 10am-5pm - Self-guided tour of galleries along Highway 80 South. Information: 80arthop. com. Free to attend. Held at OOAK Art Gallery, 573 Micaville Loop, Burnsville SPRUCE PINE POTTER'S MARKET 31 Cross St., Commerce Center, Spruce Pine • SA (10/14) & SU (10/15), 10am-5pm - Pottery festival featuring regional potters and clay artists. Free to attend. TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY HANDCRAFTERS AND ARTISTS GUILD facebook.com/TCHGuild • FR (10/13) & SA (10/14), 9am-5pm - Arts and crafts vending and demonstrations. Free to attend. Held at Brevard College, 1 Brevard College Drive Brevard

AUDITIONS & CALL TO ARTISTS ASHEVILLE AREA ARTS COUNCIL 828-258-0710, ashevillearts.com

• Through FR (10/13) Applications accepted for Regional Artists Project Grants. BREVARD LITTLE THEATRE 55 E. Jordan St., Brevard, 828-884-2587, TheBrevard LittleTheatre.org • TH (10/12), 6-8pm - Open auditions for the cast of In the Workshop. Contact for full guidelines: 240-4635542 or anette.hobbs48@ gmail.com. • SA (10/14), 3pm & SU (10/15), 10am - Open auditions for Old Time Radio Show. Contact for full guidelines: 828-890-1495 or aedick87@gmail.com. GRACE CENTER 495 Cardinal Road, Mills River • Through WE (10/18) - Submissions accepted for the Grace Center 15th Annual Juried Art Exhibition. Information: youjudgeit. org/ gracejuriedshow. $10 per work sample. HOT WORKS FINE ART SHOW ASHEVILLE 941-755-3088, patty@hotworks.org • Through WE (2/7) Submissions accepted for the Hot Works' Asheville Fine Art Show, exhibition of nationally juried art

works. See website for full details: bit.ly/2x3AZeX. OWEN MIDDLE HOLIDAY CRAFT FAIR owenmiddlecraftfair.weebly.com • Through WE (10/18) Applications accepted for arts and crafts vendors for this holiday craft fair taking place Saturday, Dec. 9. Registration online. Held at Owen Middle School, 730 Old US Highway 70, Swannanoa ST. MARY'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 337 Charlotte St., 828-2545836, stmarysasheville.org • Through TH (10/12) Submissions accepted for crafters and vendors for the Holiday Fair on Saturday, Oct. 14. Registration: mail@ stmarysasheville.com.

MUSIC AT UNCA 828-251-6432, unca.edu • TH (10/12), noon-1pm - Live at Lunch Concert: Bluegrass Ensemble. Free. Held at the Highsmith Union Grotto at UNC-Asheville, 1 University Heights • SU (10/15), 3pm - Concert by the UNC Asheville Wind Ensemble. Free. Held at Lipinsky Auditorium at UNC Asheville, 300 Library Lane • TH (10/19), noon1pm - Live at Lunch Concert: Contemporary Guitar Ensemble and the Booker T and the MGs Ensemble. Free. Held at the Highsmith Union Grotto at UNCAsheville, 1 University Heights NEW MOUNTAIN THEATER/ AMPHITHEATER 38 N. French Broad, 828-785-1701, newmountainavl.com • WE (10/18), 6-7:30pm - "Community Concert for Kindness," live music by The Change, all-female funk band. Hosted by Hanger Hall School for Girls. Free to attend. TRYON FINE ARTS CENTER 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon, 828-859-8322, tryonarts.org • TH (10/12), 7pm High Ridge Pickers, bluegrass concert. Admission by donation.

MUSIC AFRICAN DRUM LESSONS AT SKINNY BEATS DRUM SHOP (PD.) Sundays 2pm, Wednesdays 6pm. Billy Zanski teaches a fun approach to connecting with your inner rhythm. Drop-ins welcome. Drums provided. $15/class. (828) 768-2826. www.skinnybeatsdrums. com

THEATER 35BELOW 35 E. Walnut St., 828254-1320, ashevilletheatre.org • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until (10/22) - St. Nicholas, one-man comedy. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 2:30pm. $15.

ASHEVILLE VAUDEVILLE facebook.com/ AshevilleVaudeville/ • SA (10/14), 7:30pm & 10pm - Vaudeville performance, including burlesque, puppetry, comedy and dance. $15 for 7:30pm show/$12 for 10pm show. Held at Toy Boat Community Art Space, 101 Fairview Road, Suite B BLACK MOUNTAIN CENTER FOR THE ARTS 225 W. State St., Black Mountain, 828-6690930, blackmountainarts.org • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until (10/15) - Front Porch Theatre presents, Freud’s Last Session. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 2pm. $20. BREVARD LITTLE THEATRE 55 E. Jordan St., Brevard, 828-884-2587, TheBrevardLittleTheatre.org • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS (10/13) until (10/29) - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 3pm. $18/$12 student/$6 children. DIANA WORTHAM THEATRE 18 Biltmore Ave., 828257-4530, dwtheatre.com • WE (10/11), 6pm - Pinkalicious, The Musical. $28/$23 student/$20 children. FLAT ROCK PLAYHOUSE 2661 Highway 225, Flat Rock, 828-693-0731, flatrockplayhouse.org • WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS (10/6) until (11/21) - Little Shop of Horrors. Wed. & Thurs.: 7:30pm. Fri. & Sat.: 8pm. Wed., Thurs., Sat., & Sun.: 2pm. $15-$50. THE MAGNETIC THEATRE 375 Depot St., 828-2794155 • THURSDAYS through SATURDAYS (10/12) until (10/28), 7:30pm Masters Series: The Zoo Story and Krapp’s Last Tape. $16/$12 previews. TOY BOAT COMMUNITY ART SPACE 101 Fairview Road, Suite B, 828-505-8659, toyboatcommunity artspace.com • TU (10/17) through SA (10/21), 8pm - Hedwig and The Angry Inch, rock musical presented by The Synthesis Experiment. $20/$15 under 30.

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CLASSICAL MEETS CONTEMPORARY: Many times, classical music and contemporary offerings operate in their own cultural silos. For international folk trio Harpeth Rising, however, melding those two worlds has never sounded better. The group deftly infuses classical concepts into original songs that blend elements of Appalachian music, newgrass and rock into sweeping harmonies and a one-of-a-kind sound. Harpeth Rising will ascend the mountains of WNC for a 7:30 p.m. show at Ashevilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Isis Music Hall on Sunday, Oct. 15. Image courtesy of event promoters WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11 185 KING STREET Vinyl Night, 7:00PM 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Les Amis (African folk), 8:00PM

CROW & QUILL Sparrow's Balkan Band (Balkan, klezmer), 9:00PM DOUBLE CROWN Western Wednesday w/ Bryan Marshall & His Payday Knights, 9:00PM

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HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Woody Wood Wednesdays (rock, soul, funk), 5:30PM

ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL The Meadow Brothers (folk, rock, roots), 7:00PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Open mic w/ Billy Owens, 7:00PM BURGER BAR Double Trouble Karaoke w/ Dee and Quinn, All day CORK & KEG 3 Cool Cats (vintage rock 'n' roll, dance), 7:30PM CREPE BOURREE Gypsy Duets, 7:00PM

ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 The Meadows Brothers (Americana, folk, rock), 7:00PM All Strung Up w/ Christie Lenee, Daniel Champagne & Hussy Hicks, 8:30PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Old Time Open Jam Session, 5:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Cigar Brothers, 6:30PM MG ROAD Salsa Night w/ DJ Mexicano Isaac, 7:00PM

NOBLE KAVA Open mic (sign up @ 7:30 p.m.), 8:00PM ODDITORIUM Synergy Story Slam, 7:00PM Pro Teens w/ Sans-Hannah (rock), 9:00PM OLE SHAKEY'S Sexy Tunes w/ DJs Zeus & Franco, 10:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Brown Bag Songwriting Competition, 5:30PM Evil Note Lab, 10:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING Ryan Hutchens (singer-songwriter), 9:00PM ORANGE PEEL Run The Jewels w/ Denzel Curry & CUZ Lightyear [SOLD OUT], 9:00PM PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Geoff Achison (early acoustic show), 6:00PM POUR TAPROOM Music Bingo!, 7:00PM SALVAGE STATION RnB Wednesday Jam Night w/ Ryan RnB Barber & friends, 8:00PM

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HOW SWEET IT IS: Hailing from Brooklyn, New York, Sweet Megg & the Wayfarers immerse their audience in a world of smoky, backroom jazz halls rolled into a gumbo of Dixieland, New Orleans jazz and Parisian cabaret. The result is a sound that simultaneously evokes the past while remaining new and enigmatic. Dive into this late-night potpourri when Sweet Megg & the Wayfarers wander into Asheville for 9 p.m. show at the Crow & Quill on Sunday, Oct. 15, followed by a 9 p.m. appearance at The Block off Biltmore Tuesday, Oct. 17. Photo via event promoters. SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Karaoke & Pet Photography, 7:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Indivisible Asheville (beer & politics), 5:30PM THE IMPERIAL LIFE Rotating jazz bands, 9:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT Calvin Johnson's Selector Dub Narcotic w/ Black Box Theory, 9:30PM

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WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN "Jazz Spells" w/ Roberta Baum and Friends, 7:30PM WILD WING CAFE Jason Wyatt (acoustic), 7:00PM

BURGER BAR Burger Bar Boogaloo!, All day TRIVIA! w/ Ol'Gilly, 7:00PM

WILD WING CAFE SOUTH J Luke (acoustic), 6:30PM

BYWATER Well Lit Strangers, 6:00PM

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12

THE ODDITORIUM Synergy Story Slam, 7:30PM

5 WALNUT WINE BAR Pleasure Chest (blues, rock, soul), 8:00PM

THE SOUTHERN Disclaimer Comedy Open Mic, 9:00PM

ALTAMONT THEATRE Cris Jacobs w/ The Trongone Band, 8:00PM

TIMO'S HOUSE Wicked Wednesday w/ DJ Drew, 8:00PM

ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Will Ray & The Space Cooties, 7:30PM

TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES JJ Kitchen All Star Jam (blues, soul), 9:00PM

BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Bluegrass Jam w/ The Big Deal Band, 8:00PM

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BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Patrick Fitzsimons, 7:00PM

CAPELLA ON 9@THE AC HOTEL Capellas on 9 w/ Jordan Okrend, 8:00PM CROW & QUILL Carolina Catskins (ragtime, jazz), 9:00PM DOUBLE CROWN Sonic Satan Stew w/ DJ Alien Brain, 10:00PM FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREWPUB Strahan & the Good Neighbors (Americana, rock), 9:00PM FRENCH BROAD BREWERY Mike the Prophet (folk, pop), 6:00PM

OPEN MIC NIGHT EVERY MONDAY 7PM

GOOD STUFF Jim Hampton & friends perform "Eclectic Country" (jam), 7:00PM

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GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Greyhounds & Magic City Hippies w/ Reed Turchi, 9:00PM

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Mountain Fiest pre-jam, 7:00PM Bluegrass Open Jam Session, 9:00PM

SUN

LAZY DIAMOND Heavy Night w/ DJ Butch, 10:00PM

TUE

ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 An evening w/ Joe Crookston (folk, singer-songwriter, storytelling), 7:00PM Carolyn Wonderland & The Ram Trio (Americana, blues, R&B), 8:30PM

SAT

HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Roots & friends open jam (blues, rock, roots), 6:30PM

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THU

HABITAT TAVERN & COMMONS Asheville Improv Collective Workshop, 9:00PM

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LOBSTER TRAP Hank Bones, 6:30PM NEW MOUNTAIN THEATER/ AMPHITHEATER Yheti w/ DMVU, Toadface & Zen Selekta, 9:00PM

JOSIAH JOHNSON (OF THE HEAD AND THE HEART) + PLANES ON PAPER

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PUERTO RICO BENEFIT CONCERT

10/21: Nick Lowe’s Quality Rock & Roll Revue featuring Los Straitjackets

& Battery Powered Hooker Boots

10/28 Porch 40

w/ Andrew Scotchie and the River Rats

11/3 Marley Carroll w/ Ian Ewing

10/27: Futurebirds

10/31: Unknown Hinson’s w/ Featuring The Resonant Rogues, Modern Strangers + more TBA! Halloween Extravaganza w/ Ouroboros Boys, (OF THE The Unholy Trio INDIGO GIRLS)

11/10 Ployd + Organik 11/18 Laura Reed

+ special guests

NOBLE KAVA Ping Pong Tournament, 8:00PM ODDITORIUM Yawning Man w/ We are the Asteroid & Delicious (metal), 9:00PM

11/24 In Plain Sight

OLE SHAKEY'S Karaoke, 9:00PM

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ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Mitch's Totally Rad Trivia Night, 7:00PM Matt Holloman & The Fumblebuckers (folk rock, bluegrass), 10:00PM

w/ RBTS win

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ORANGE PEEL Thievery Corporation w/ Zach Deputy [SOLD OUT], 9:00PM

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OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Steel String Regulators (country blues), 6:00PM PACK'S TAVERN Jeff Anders & Justin Burrell (acoustic rock), 8:00PM PISGAH BREWING COMPANY The Rad Trads, 8:00PM

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POUR TAPROOM Tunes at the Taps w/ Jason Hazinski (saxaphone), 7:00PM

THIS WEEK AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL

THIS WEEK AT THE ONE STOP:

THU 10/12 Matt Holloman & The Fumblebuckers (Folk Rock/ Jamgrass) FRI 10/13 Ajeva (Progressive Funk) SAT 10/14 Flux Capacitor (Jam/Rock) UPCOMING SHOWS - ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL:

THE NTH POWER w/ MARADEEN

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SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Brother Bluebird, 7:00PM SWEETEN CREEK BREWING Vinyl Night, 6:30PM

SPOKEN WORD EVENTS!

THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE "The Internet's Own Boy" (film screening), 6:30PM

Kevin Evans & Friends • 10/15 @ 4pm Asheville Poetry Series • 10/16 @ 7:30pm 39 S. Market St. • theblockoffbiltmore.com

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TOWN PUMP Breadfoot, 9:00PM TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Jesse Barry & The Jam (blues, dance), 9:00PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Haley Richardson, 7:30PM

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TIMO'S HOUSE Flow Mocean w/ SoundFoundation, 8:00PM

WXYZ LOUNGE AT ALOFT HOTEL WXYZ unplugged w/ Anne Coombs, 8:00PM

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THE MOTHLIGHT Royal Thunder w/ Brother Hawk & The Franks, 9:30PM

WILD WING CAFE SOUTH Megan Golden (acoustic), 6:00PM

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THE IMPERIAL LIFE The Burger Kings, 9:00PM

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THE FAIRVIEW TAVERN Live Band Karaoke & Open Jam w/ Old School, 9:00PM

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13 185 KING STREET Funk Rush (funk), 8:00PM 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Lyric (acoustic soul), 9:00PM 550 TAVERN & GRILLE Tom Copppola w/ The Mugg Band (jazz), 7:00PM

BURGER BAR Burger Bar Bike Night, All day CALYPSO Nimbus, 10:30PM CAPELLA ON 9@THE AC HOTEL Capellas on 9 w/ DJ Malinalli, 9:00PM CORK & KEG The Old Chevrolette Set w/ Parrish Ellis (country), 8:30PM CROW & QUILL Firecracker Jazz Band W/ Bette Machette (burlesque, Dixieland jazz), 9:00PM DOUBLE CROWN Rock & Soul Obscurities w/ DJ Greg Cartwright, 10:00PM FLOOD GALLERY FINE ART CENTER Classic World Cinema, 8:00PM FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREWPUB Sauce (funk, jam), 10:00PM FRENCH BROAD BREWERY The Bird & The Bear (Americana), 6:00PM FUNKATORIUM Northside Gentlemen, 8:00PM GOOD STUFF Patrick Lopez, 6:00PM GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Andrew Thelston, 6:00PM The James Hunter Six, 9:00PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY The Dirty Badgers (rock, blues), 7:00PM ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Mike Barnett (bluegrass, folk, jazz), 7:00PM An evening w/ Holly Bowling (night one), 9:00PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Chris Jamison's Ghost, 9:00PM JARGON Live jazz, 10:30PM

ALTAMONT THEATRE Reasonably Priced Babies (improv comedy), 8:00PM

LAZOOM BUS TOURS Marcel Anton (soul), 5:30PM

ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Funky Friday Jam, 7:30PM

LAZY DIAMOND Rotating rpm rock 'n' soul DJ, 10:00PM

ASHEVILLE MASONIC TEMPLE Bill Calahan w/ Nathan Bowles, 8:00PM

ODDITORIUM Party Foul: A Tasteful Queer Troupe (drag), 9:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Free Dead Friday w/ members of Phuncle Sam, 5:00PM Ajeva (funk), 10:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING Roots & friends (blues, rock), 9:00PM ORANGE PEEL An evening w/ The Jerry Douglas Band, 8:00PM OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Berlyn Trio (jazz), 6:00PM PACK'S TAVERN DJ MoTo (dance hits, pop), 9:30PM PILLAR ROOFTOP BAR 3 Cool Cats (vintage rock 'n' roll, dance), 7:00PM PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Beer Release: Mole Stout, 2:00PM Chalwa, 8:00PM ROOT BAR NO. 1 Cornbred (Afrillachian folky blues), 9:00PM SALVAGE STATION MachineFunk w/ Murmuration (Widespread Panic benefit), 9:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Abby Elmore Band, 8:00PM SLY GROG LOUNGE Friday The 13th w/ Galena, Mightier Than Me, Shadow Show & My Best Friend Is Invisible, 8:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Unite! Open Mic Friday Night hosted by Roberto Hess, 7:30PM Urban Development w/ Lego Cash & DJ Fame Douglas (hip-hop, dancehall), 10:00PM THE GREENHOUSE MOTO CAFE The Sliding Rockers, 7:00PM THE IMPERIAL LIFE DJ Phantom Pantone, 10:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT Charlie Parr w/ Blose, Hunnicutt & Olson Trio, 9:00PM

LOBSTER TRAP Gypsy Jazz Trio of Asheville, 6:30PM

THE SUMMIT AT NEW MOUNTAIN AVL SOL Vibes w/ Bass Therapy, 8:00PM

ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL The Nth Power w/ Maradeen (soul, funk), 9:00PM

MAD CO BREW HOUSE Haw Creek Sheiks (bluegrass, country, blues), 7:00PM

THOMAS WOLFE AUDITORIUM The Black Jacket Symphony [CANCELLED], 8:00PM

BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Acoustic Swing, 7:00PM

MOE'S ORIGINAL BBQ WOODFIN Stray Mutt, 6:30PM

BOILER ROOM Hip Hop w/ guest DJs, 10:00PM

NOBLE KAVA Michael J. Stevens Trio, 9:00PM

TIMO'S HOUSE Freakshow w/ DJ BentIt, DJ Shy-Guy & SQUAD CTRL, 8:00PM TOWN PUMP FinDog, 9:00PM

TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Duane Simpson & Pam Jones (live music), 7:00PM Jesse Barry & The Jam (live music, dance), 10:00PM UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Cat Fly Halloween Horror Shortsfest (film festival), 8:00PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN The Sheets Family Band, 8:00PM WILD WING CAFE Mike Snodgrass Duo (acoustic), 9:00PM WILD WING CAFE SOUTH A Social Function (acoustic), 9:00PM WXYZ LOUNGE AT ALOFT HOTEL WXYZ electric w/ DJ Capt EZ, 8:00PM

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14 185 KING STREET Sunday Potluck & open jam, 12:00PM Mac Arnold & Plate Full O' Blues, 8:00PM 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Purple (funk, jazz), 9:00PM 550 TAVERN & GRILLE Ryan Perry Band, 9:00PM ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Kyle Hollingsworth Band w/ Broccoli Samurai, 9:00PM BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Andrew Thelston (acoustic, rock n' roll), 7:30PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Gene Holdway, 7:00PM BOILER ROOM Dance Party & Drag Show, 10:00PM BURGER BAR AshevilleFM DJ Night, 12:00AM BURIAL BEER CO. Burnpile Harvest Festival, 12:00PM CAPELLA ON 9@THE AC HOTEL Capellas on 9 w/ The Anne Combs Trio, 9:00PM CORK & KEG Jesse Barry (blues, soul), 8:30PM CROW & QUILL Shady Darling & the Velvet Curtains (sultry cabaret), 9:00PM DOUBLE CROWN Soul Motion Dance Party w/ DJ Dr. Filth, 10:00PM FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREWPUB The Scoundrel’s Lounge (blues, R&B), 10:00PM

FRENCH BROAD BREWERY Trail of the Lonesome (folk, rock), 6:00PM

PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Luthi (jazz pop fusion), 8:00PM

GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Julien Baker w/ Half Waif & Petal, 9:00PM

PURPLE ONION CAFE Dogwhistle, 8:00PM

HABITAT TAVERN & COMMONS Yoga for Working Bodies, 12:00PM Songwriters Liz & AJ Nance, 8:00PM Dance Party Saturdays, 10:00PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Triptych Soul (neo-soul, jazz fusion), 7:00PM ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Hoot & Holler w/ The Brother Brothers (Americana, folk, old-time), 7:00PM An evening w/ Holly Bowling (night two), 9:00PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Tellico, 9:00PM JARGON Live jazz, 10:30PM LAZOOM BUS TOURS Dream Pipe (Gypsy party pop), 5:30PM LAZY DIAMOND Sonic Satan Stew w/ DJ Alien Brain, 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Sean Mason Trio, 6:30PM MG ROAD Late Night Dance Parties w/ DJ Lil Meow Meow, 10:00PM MAD CO BREW HOUSE Marty & Don Lewis w/ RP & the Sound Chase, 4:00PM NOBLE KAVA Asheville Ajna Light Session, 12:00PM Danielle Sperandeo, 7:00PM Kavalactones, 9:00PM ODDITORIUM Steel & Stone Fest II (metal), 6:00PM OLE SHAKEY'S Saturday Night Fever, 10:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Flux Capacitor (jam, rock), 10:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING Big Dawg Slingshots (hot jazz), 9:00PM ORANGE PEEL Mandolin Orange w/ Kate Rhudy, 9:00PM

SALVAGE STATION Head For The Hills, 9:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Yoga w/ Cats with Sanctuary Rescue Home, 10:00AM Vintage Vinyl, 8:00PM SWEETEN CREEK BREWING Leaf Season Blowout Picnic Party, 11:30AM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE 2umbao Salsa Lesson, 9:30PM Latin Rhythms & Saturday Salsa Dance w/ DJ Malinalli, 10:30PM THE GREENHOUSE MOTO CAFE Beyond Blue, 7:00PM

TAVERN Downtown on the Park Eclectic Menu • Over 30 Taps • Patio 15 TV’s • Sports Room • 110” Projector Event Space • Shuffleboard Open 7 Days 11am - Late Night

h ave F O O We o n ov eT BA L L s ! r 15 TV’ THU. 10/12 Jeff Anders & Justin Burrell (acoustic rock)

FRI. 10/13 DJ MoTo

( dance hits, pop)

SAT. 10/14 The House Band

(classic hits, rock ‘n roll)

THE MOTHLIGHT Moses Sumney w/ Sam Gendel, 9:30PM THE SOUTHERN Petey's Playhouse w/ Dennis Rooney & KC Arora (comedy), 9:00PM THE SUMMIT AT NEW MOUNTAIN AVL Drum 'n' Bass Showcase, 4:00PM

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TIMO'S HOUSE Height Keech w/ Mikhal Khill, The Last Wordbenders & FTO, 8:00PM TOWN PUMP 7 Mile Mushroom, 9:00PM TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Josh Singleton & Patrick Dodd (blues), 7:30PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN AmiciMusic: The Folk Spirit, 7:30PM WXYZ LOUNGE AT ALOFT HOTEL WXYZ live w/ Siamese Jazz Club, 8:00PM

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Tom Waits 4 No Man (blues, rock), 7:00PM ALTAMONT THEATRE Maria Muldaur w/ Roots & Dore, 7:00PM

OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Noonday Sun (jazz blues), 6:00PM

ARCHETYPE BREWING Post-Brunch Blues w/ Patrick Dodd, Ashley Heath & Joshua Singleton, 3:00PM

PACK'S TAVERN The House Band (classic hits, rock 'n roll), 9:30PM

ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Musicians Jam & Pot Luck, 3:30PM

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MONDAYS Quizzo – Brainy Trivia • 7:30pm Open Mic Night • 9pm

7:00PM–THE MEADOWS BROTHERS 8:30PM– ALL STRUNG UP:

FEAT. CHRISTIE LENEE, DANIEL CHAMPAGNE, AND HUSSY HICKS thu 10/12 7:00PM–JOE CROOKSTON 8:30PM- CAROLYN WONDERLAND & THE RAM TRIO fri 10/13 7PM- MIKE BARNETT: “PORTRAITS IN FIDDLES” CD RELEASE

WEDNESDAYS Asheville’s Original Old Time Mountain Music Jam • 5pm THURSDAYS The Clydes • 7pm Bluegrass Jam • 9:30pm Bourbon Specials

9PM–HOLLY BOWLING: NIGHT ONE sat 10/14

7PM- HOOT AND HOLLER & THE BROTHER BROTHERS 9PM–HOLLY BOWLING: NIGHT TWO sun 10/15

5:30PM- DON ALDER 7:30PM- HARPETH RISING

tue 10/17 7:30PM–TUESDAY BLUEGRASS SESSIONS wed 10/18

7PM- DAVID JACOBS-STRAIN & BOB BEACH 8:30PM- THE CLAIR LYNCH BAND thu 10/19

7PM- JOHNSMITH

8:30PM- MATT TOWNSEND & THE WILD LIGHTS WITH LIVINGDOG fri 10/20

FRI CHRIS JAMISON’S 10/13 9GHOST PM / $5 SAT TELLICO BLUEGRASS 10/14 9APPALACHIACANA PM / $5 CAJUN / CREOLE JAM

TUE LED BY TRENT VAN 10/17 BLARICOM & JOY MOSER 7 PM / NO COVER

FRI CHUCK JOHNSON CHARLYHORSE 10/20 9AND PM / $5

7PM- THE BELLE HOLLOWS

IRISH SUNDAYS Irish Food and Drink Specials Traditional Irish Music Session • 3-9pm

sat 10/21

7:30PM- SETH GLIER (BIRDS ALBUM RELEASE SHOW) 9PM- WHAM BAM BOWIE BAND: DAVID BOWIE TRIBUE BAND

BURGER BAR Booze Bap, All day

BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Larry Dolamore, 7:00PM

DOUBLE CROWN Country Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 10:00PM

BURGER BAR Push Presents: Skate Cinema, All day

GOOD STUFF Bingo Wingo Thingo, 6:00PM

CROW & QUILL Sweet Megg & the Wayfarers (swing jazz), 9:00PM

GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Climate Mondays, 5:00PM Open Mic Night, 7:00PM

DOUBLE CROWN Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 10:00PM

HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Game Night, 4:00PM

FLOOD GALLERY FINE ART CENTER True Home Open Mic Night (music, poetry, comedy), 5:00PM

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Quizzo Trivia Night, 7:00PM Open mic, 9:30PM

FUNKATORIUM Gypsy Jazz Sunday Brunch, 11:00AM

LOBSTER TRAP Bobby Miller & friends, 6:30PM

GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN The Veldt w/ Sun Seeker, 8:00PM

MG ROAD The Living Room (live music), 8:30PM

HABITAT TAVERN & COMMONS A Taste of Soul Brunch, 12:00PM

ODDITORIUM Risque Monday Burlesque w/ Deb Au Nare, 9:00PM

ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Don Alder (bluegrass, folk, indie), 5:30PM An evening w/ Harpeth Rising (Americana, folk, classical), 7:30PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Celtic Jam Session, 3:00PM

LAZY DIAMOND Pabst Sabbath w/ DJ Chubberbird, 10:00PM

POUR TAPROOM Lowlight Monday Nights, 7:00PM

LOBSTER TRAP Cigar Brothers, 6:30PM LUELLA'S BAR-B-QUE BILTMORE PARK Gypsy Jazz Brunch w/ Leo Johnson, 1:00PM ODDITORIUM Tyrannny Enthroned w/ Xaemora, Dire Hatred & Sun Seeker (metal), 9:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Bluegrass Brunch, 10:30AM PACK'S TAVERN A Social Function, 4:30PM PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Sunday Travers Jam, 6:00PM SLY GROG LOUNGE Sly Grog Open Mic, 7:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE "The Human Side" w/ Kevin Evans & friends (poetry & spoken word), 4:00PM THE FAIRVIEW TAVERN Hallelujah Hilliary's Comedy Revival, 9:00PM THE IMPERIAL LIFE Select DJ sets, 9:00PM

THE IMPERIAL LIFE Ghost Pipe Trio, 9:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT Sister Ivy w/ Lo Wolf & Savannah Shai, 9:00PM TIMO'S HOUSE Monday R3Z0N8 w/ Rob Breax, 8:00PM TWIN LEAF BREWERY Scary Movie Monday: Tucker and Dale vs. Evil, 8:30PM UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Old Time Music Open Jam, 6:30PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Jat Brown w/ Melissa Raines & Billy Presnell, 7:00PM

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17

TOWN PUMP WestKing String Band, 9:00PM

550 TAVERN & GRILLE Shag Night, 6:00PM

WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN David LaMotte Guatemala Event, 7:30PM

ARCHETYPE BREWING Andy Ferrell, 7:00PM

MONDAY, OCTOBER 16

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THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Wild Goose Festival Conversations w/ Vanna Fox, 6:00PM Asheville Poetry Series w/ Caleb Beissert, 7:30PM

5 WALNUT WINE BAR The John Henrys (hot jazz), 8:00PM

5 WALNUT WINE BAR Siamese Jazz Club (R&B, soul, jazz), 8:00PM

OCT. 11 - 17, 2017

SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Open Mic, 7:00PM

TIMO'S HOUSE DJ Marky w/ Metrik & Ownglow, 8:00PM

OPEN MON-THURS AT 3 • FRI-SUN AT NOON

252.5445 • jackofthewood.com

ONE WORLD BREWING Open Mic & Free Jam Night, 7:30PM OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Mountain Music Mondays (open jam), 6:00PM

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95 PATTON at COXE • Downtown Asheville

OLE SHAKEY'S Live Band Honky Tonk Karaoke , 9:00PM

JARGON Sunday Blunch w/ live jazz, 10:00AM

185 KING STREET Open Mic Night, 7:00PM

TUES-SUN 5PM-until 743 HAYWOOD RD 828-575-2737

BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Sunday Jazz Brunch, 11:00AM

ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Classical Guitar Mondays, 7:00PM

ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Gypsy Jazz Jam Tuesdays, 7:30PM ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Tuesday night funk jam, 11:00PM BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Trivia, 7:30PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Mark Bumgarner (Americana), 7:00PM BURGER BAR Tonkin' Tuesdays, All day

CORK & KEG Moderate Old-Time Jam, 5:00PM DOUBLE CROWN Country Western & Cajun Rarities w/ DJ Brody Hunt, 10:00PM GOOD STUFF Old time-y night, 6:30PM GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Hope Griffin, 6:00PM Puerto Rico Benefit Concert, 7:00PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Dr. Brown's Team Trivia, 6:00PM ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Tuesday bluegrass sessions w/ The Darren Nicholson Band, 7:30PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Cajun/Creole jam w/ Trent Van Blaricom & Joy Moser, 7:00PM LAZY DIAMOND "Paddy-oke" Karaoke w/ KJ Paddy, 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Jay Brown, 6:30PM MG ROAD Keep It Classic Tuesdays w/ Sam Thompson, 5:00PM ODDITORIUM Open Mic Comedy Night w/ Tom Peters, 9:00PM OLE SHAKEY'S Booty Tuesday, 10:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Turntable Tuesday, 10:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING OWB Trivia Night w/ 'Ol Gilly, 7:00PM SALVAGE STATION The California Honeydrops, 9:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Taco & Trivia Tuesday, 6:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Swing Asheville & Jazz-n-Justice Tuesday w/ Sweet Megg & the Wayfarers (dance lessons @ 7 p.m. & 8 p.m.), 9:00PM Swing Asheville's Late-night Vintage Blues Dance, 11:00PM THE MARKET PLACE RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE Rat Alley Cats, 7:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT Morgan Greer w/ Greg Cartwright, 9:00PM

10/11 wed calvin johnson's selector dub narcotic w/ black box theory

10/12 thu royal thunder

w/ brother hawk, the franks

10/13 fri charlie parr w/ nathan olson

avey tare at the masonic temple

TIMO'S HOUSE MasterClass Tuesday w/ Ableton Workshop, 8:00PM TOWN PUMP David Goodier, 9:00PM TOY BOAT COMMUNITY ART SPACE Hedwig & the Angry Inch, 8:00PM

10/14 sat moses sumney w/ sam gendel

TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Early Tuesday Jazz & Funk Jam (jazz, funk), 9:00PM

10/16 mon sister ivy

UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Old Time Music Open Jam, 6:30PM

10/17 tue morgan geer (drunken prayer)

WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Irish sessions & open mic, 6:30PM ZAPPERS PIZZERIA All Ages Open Mic Night, 7:30PM

w/ lo Wolf, savannah shai

free!

w/ greg cartwright

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REVIEWS & LISTINGS BY SCOTT DOUGLAS, FRANCIS X. FRIEL & JUSTIN SOUTHER

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Director Denis Villeneuve brings Blade Runner back to the future with a visually stunning neo noir masterpiece

Blade Runner 2049 HHHHS

DIRECTOR: Denis Villeneuve PLAYERS: Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Ana de Armas, Sylvia Hoeks, Robin Wright, Jared Leto, Mackenzie Davis, Carla Juri, Lennie James, Dave Bautista, Hiam Abbass, Sean Young SCI-FI MYSTERY THRILLER RATED R THE STORY: Blade runner K, tasked with retiring a new breed of replicants on the streets of a dystopian Los Angeles, stumbles upon a decades-old conspiracy that throws everything he knows about his work and himself into doubt. THE LOWDOWN: A visual masterpiece that supersedes its predecessor in almost every conceivable way. If you’re a fan of Ridley Scott’s cult sci-fi epic Blade Runner and you haven’t yet gotten around to seeing Denis Villeneuve’s masterful followup, you

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owe it to yourself to do so immediately. If you’re entirely unfamiliar with either film, the same advice applies. Hell, even if you hate sci-fi in general and the 1982 Blade Runner in particular, I still think you should give this one a shot. Blade Runner 2049 has pulled off something that I heretofore wouldn’t have believed possible — a sequel 35 years in the making that manages to justify its own existence and garners my unequivocal recommendation despite a nearly three-hour running time. I’ll even go out on a limb and say that it’s better than the original. I’m an avid fan of Scott’s film, so that’s a bold statement — but one that I think is borne out by Villeneuve’s stunning accomplishments here. As a visual stylist, Villeneuve has Scott beat by a wide margin. While that may not come as a surprise to fans of the director’s previous works, what left me somewhat shocked was just how

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much Blade Runner’s aesthetic suffers in comparison to that of 2049. Whereas Scott’s future was a prototypical neonoir hellscape of darkened, perpetually rain-soaked urban environs, Villeneuve opens up the world and plays with contrast in a way that Scott either couldn’t or wouldn’t. There are plenty of callbacks to the original film’s set design, but we also get a glimpse of arid deserts and rural farms — as well as a few truly inspired visual flourishes, including a series of rooms lit solely through rippling water that cinematographer Roger Deakins renders with impressive mastery. What’s even more impressive is that Villeneuve, along with screenwriters Hampton Fancher and Michael Green, develop a narrative basis for most of these poetic touches. Plot synopsis would do little to enhance the experience of this film, so there’s not much point in wasting words on a summary that could potentially spoil some significant narrative turns (something the studio has actively prohibited anyway). The first film wasn’t exactly a character piece, and 2049 doesn’t fall too far from that particular tree — but then, The Big Sleep didn’t get too hung up on story beats either. It should suffice to say that some questions from the first film will be answered, while new ones will be raised. Yes, Harrison Ford is back as blade runner Deckerd, although his presence is far more limited than the ads would suggest. Ryan Gosling has finally found the first role since Drive that so perfectly suits his comatose stare, and Jared Leto continues what appears to be a career strategy based on being as consistently creepy as possible. But performance isn’t what this film is about, and while the story is more cogent than the prior film and aptly honors the philosophical underpinnings of its Philip K. Dick source material, that’s not really the point either — this is spectacle, pure and simple. It deserves to be seen on the biggest screen possible. So Blade Runner 2049 is an exceptional film with a blockbuster budget and marketing push to match — and it’s already failed miserably at the box office. While the original Blade Runner was also a flop when it premiered, 1982 was a simpler time cinematically speak-

ing, and the film was eventually allowed to build a following without being written off prematurely. Enjoy your uninspired retreads, because the studio execs will learn their lessons well and double down on churning out thoughtless crap instead of investing in artistry like this again. This is why we can’t have nice things. Rated R for violence, some sexuality, nudity and language. Now Playing at AMC Classic River Hills 10, Carolina Cinemark, Regal Biltmore Grande, Epic of Hendersonville, Strand of Waynesville. REVIEWED BY SCOTT DOUGLAS JSDOUGLAS22@GMAIL.COM

Dolores

HHHH DIRECTOR: Peter Bratt PLAYERS: Dolores Huerta, Hillary Clinton, Cesar Chavez, Gloria Steinem DOCUMENTARY RATED NR THE STORY: A thorough recounting of the lengthy and storied career of activist Dolores Huerta, a pioneering advocate for the rights of Latino migrant workers. THE LOWDOWN: A thought provoking documentary with a fascinating subject that is very nearly undermined by its rote direction and aggressive pacing. When it comes to inspiring stories of challenging the racial biases of the establishment, they don’t get much better than that of Dolores Huerta. Beyond her indefatigable support of Mexican migrant workers, beyond rubbing elbows with everyone from Bobby Kennedy to Barack Obama, Huerta’s life was a remarkably impressive conjunction of timing, righteous indignation and forward thinking social activism. There are few people who have had such an indelible impact on the development of American culture and yet remained so marginalized in the context of mainstream historical awareness — and thankfully,

documentarian Peter Bratt has crafted a compelling film that appropriately redresses that oversight. Bratt’s film provides a thorough chronology of Huerta’s rise to activism, from her early culture clash struggles as an American-born child of Latino descent to her co-founding of the United Farm Workers of America with Cesar Chavez to her continued influence, at age 87, in the present political climate in which her decades of effort have been set back. Through it all, Huerta comes across as a rational voice speaking out against overwhelming forces, leaving the audience dumbfounded at the lack of public acknowledgement she’s received. The reason for Huerta to have been so unjustly swept under the rug, as posited by Brett and a parade of notable interviewees, comes down to institutionalized sexism. While Chavez has earned the lion’s share of the credit for unionizing migrant workers in the ‘60s and ‘70s, Huerta was there every step of the way — and in many cases was the driving force behind the movement. Huerta was criticized due to details of her personal life, including ad hominem attacks centering on her relationship with her 11 children, fathered by three different men. And while such denouncements from her opponents did little to discredit her position, interviews with Huerta’s children establish that her preoccupation with politics did indeed have a deleterious effect on her offspring. Still, Bratt’s warts-and-all approach largely succeeds in justifying Huerta’s decisions — even her children acknowledge that the work she’s done is so important that it’s difficult to begrudge her their unconventional upbringing. Huerta is an undeniably captivating figure, and her life story more than warrants not only this documentary, but a feature adaptation as well. Bratt’s film is too workmanlike to be considered exceptional on its own filmic merits, and his narrative is overstuffed with talking heads and period footage that render his pacing distinctly rushed. But those stylistic quibbles aside, Dolores is a competently crafted film about a riveting subject that more than merits an audience. While that audience is almost certain to exclude those in favor of building a border wall or rescinding DACA, the film will likely have no trouble in resonating with its target demographic, even though that may amount to little more than preaching to the choir. Still, given the current state of our nation’s regressive attitudes toward immigration and gender politics, Huerta’s story is unfortunately timely — and Bratt’s work shines a necessary light on a crucial chapter of American history that we

would be remiss to repeat. Not Rated. Now Playing at Grail Moviehouse. REVIEWED BY SCOTT DOUGLAS JSDOUGLAS22@GMAIL.COM

Victoria and Abdul HHHS

Xpress reviews virtually all upcoming movies, with two or three of the most noteworthy appearing in print. You can find our online reviews at mountainx.com/movies/reviews. This week, they include:

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DIRECTOR: Stephen Frears PLAYERS: Judi Dench, Ali Fazal, Michael Gambon, Olivia Williams, Eddie Izzard, Simon Callow, Tim Pigott-Smith, Adeel Akhtar, Fenella Woolgar, Julian Wadham, Deano Bugatt PERIOD BIOGRAPHICAL DRAMEDY RATED PG-13 THE STORY: Queen Victoria befriends an Indian Muslim who teaches her Urdu and the Quaran, much to the consternation of her “racialist” royal retinue. THE LOWDOWN: A charming film that lacks the depth of social commentary its subject could (and should) have borne, but scores points with a stellar turn from Judi Dench.

slight to the point of triviality, and it’s a shortcoming that’s hard to overlook. Dench steals the show as the aging Queen Victoria, whose budding affections for an Indian Muslim who haplessly happens into her sphere of influence throws the royal retinue into disarray. The supporting cast performs admirably, if necessarily marginalized in relation to Dench, and Frears’ reputation as a fine director of actors remains untarnished. Bollywood star Ali Fazal plays Abdul with an affable charm that’s alluring, but his one-note naiveté often verges on the implausible. A stacked deck of accom-

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I’ve never fully understood Stephen Frears’ preoccupation with monarchy, nor do I share it — but I do appreciate what he can do with his favorite subject. As has been the case with the writer/director’s previous explorations of royalty, Victoria and Abdul captures the mundanity behind the spectacle of regality, humanizing impossibly powerful people without feeling disingenuous. With his latest film, Frears has delivered a subtle comedy of manners that gives Judi Dench one of her finest roles and still manages to offer up some genuine laughs and a surprising degree of pathos given its focus on a particularly ugly chapter of Western colonial oppression. Victoria and Abdul’s reticence to lean into that ugliness, or even acknowledge it, is a major flaw in an otherwise enjoyable film. The subjugation of the Indian subcontinent under the boot heel of the British Empire is played as something of an afterthought, a quasi-comedic plot point occasionally voiced by a character that otherwise exists as a font of comic relief. While Frears and screenwriter Lee Hall never make any assertions of rigorous historic verisimilitude (a pretitle card reads that the film is “mostly” based on true events), the failure of the film to engage with the elephant in the room seems like a missed opportunity. The result is a film that comes across as MOUNTAINX.COM

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plished Brit character actors including Eddie Izzard and Michael Gambon do what they can with similarly underdeveloped roles, but ultimately Hall’s script is too myopic to grant anyone other than Dench a chance to contribute much more than set dressing. Where the film manages to succeed it does so almost exclusively on the basis of its strong central performance, and Dench shines as the eponymous monarch. Dench’s Victoria is a thor-

oughly human Queen, displaying an emotional spectrum that ranges from absolute authority to touching vulnerability, often within the context of a single scene. While the film’s dramatic moments are undeniably impressive, Dench’s comedic timing is equally noteworthy — and more frequently overlooked in her extensive oeuvre. It’s a masterclass from one of the cinema’s finest working actors, and Frears has the good sense to get out of the way and let his star do the heavy lifting. As a visual stylist, Frears has always struck me as a bit uninspired, and Victoria and Abdul has done little to disabuse me of that notion. His interiors show a solid eye for architectural detail, but his camera movements often seem to bear little semiotic impact. Those in the market for a bit of frivolous period fun will find plenty to enjoy, but unfortunately Victoria and Abdul seems destined to go down as second-tier Frears. Rated PG-13 for some thematic elements and language. Now Playing at Carolina Cinemark, Fine Arts Theatre. REVIEWED BY SCOTT DOUGLAS JSDOUGLAS22@GMAIL.COM

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Happy Death Day

Time loop slasher film from director Christopher Landon, writer Scott Lobdell and producer Jason Blum. According to the studio: “Blumhouse produces an original and inventive rewinding thriller in Happy Death Day, in which a college student (Jessica Rothe) relives the day of her murder with both its unexceptional details and terrifying end until she discovers her killer’s identity.” No early reviews.(R)

Marshall

Biographical feature based on an episode from the life of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshal, directed by Reginald Hudlin. According to the studio, the film “follows the young lawyer (Chadwick Boseman) to conservative Connecticut to defend a black chauffeur (Sterling K. Brown) charged with sexual assault and attempted murder of his white socialite employer (Kate Hudson). Muzzled by a segregationist court, Marshall partners with a courageous young Jewish lawyer, Samuel Friedman (Josh Gad). Together they mount the defense in an environment of racism and Anti-Semitism. The high profile case and the partnership with Friedman served as a template for Marshall’s creation of the NAACP legal defense fund.” No early reviews.(PG-13)

The Foreigner

Action thriller directed by Martin Campbell, starring Jackie Chan and Pierce Brosnan. According to the studio: “The film tells the story of humble London businessman Quan (Chan), whose long-buried past erupts in a revenge-fueled vendetta when the only person left for him to love -- his teenage daughter -- is taken from him in a senseless act of politically-motivated terrorism. In his relentless search for the identity of the terrorists, Quan is forced into a cat- and-mouse conflict with a British government official (Brosnan), whose own past may hold clues to the identities of the elusive killers.” Early reviews are mixed, leaning positive.(R)

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WARPED TOUR: Charlotte-based actress Lindsey Whitus stars in the short film Fake Emma, co-created by Asheville filmmaker Kira Bursky. The work will be screened on Oct. 14 as part of the Only Dead Artists Collective’s Leftovers showcase in the Stand Gallery of the Phil Mechanic Studios. Photo courtesy of Bursky • The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville’s latest Environmental & Social Justice film screening features Beyond Standing Rock on Friday, Oct. 13, at 7 p.m. Brian Malone’s documentary explores the controversy on the front lines of the Dakota Access Pipeline. Free. 1 Edwin Place. uuasheville.org • The Only Dead Artists Collective presents Leftovers, a showcase of seven artists, in the Stand Gallery of the Phil Mechanic Studios, 109 Roberts St., Saturday, Oct. 14, 7-11 p.m. Among the featured works is Asheville filmmaker Kira Bursky’s new short, Fake Emma, which follows a young artist mentally preparing for her gallery opening as she deals with her personified depression: a warped, controlling version of herself. The film was shot last month at the Phil Mechanic and features the art of Kris Lars. It stars 15-year-old Charlotte-based actress Lindsey Whitus and was cocreated with Robert Gowan. The filmmakers are submitting the work to the 100 Words Film Festival in Charlotte, where the challenge is to create a short film with exactly 100 spoken words. facebook.com/onlydeadartistscollective • Fleetwood’s, 496 Haywood Road, continues its Spook Shows series each Sunday in October at 6 p.m. The Oct. 15 selections are Brides of Dracula (1960) and Suspiria (1977); Oct. 22 features The Gruesome Twosome (1967) and The Omen (1976); and Oct. 29 closes out the month with The Legend of Hell House (1973), An American Werewolf in London (1981) and The Wicker Man (1973). Free. fleetwoodsonhaywood.com • Conserving Carolina hosts a screening of Look & See on Monday, Oct. 16, at 7 p.m. at the Flat Rock Cinema, 2700-D

Greenville Highway, Flat Rock. Laura Dunn’s documentary profiles farmer, activist and writer Wendell Berry. It was produced by Robert Redford, Terrence Malick and Nick Offerman. The screening will be followed by a discussion of local agriculture and sustainability, as well as Berry and his work, led by a panel of local farmers. Reserve a seat online. $8 suggested donation. bit.ly/LookAndSeeFilm • Twin Leaf Brewery, 144 Coxe Ave., brings back its Scary Movie Monday series throughout October at 8:30 p.m. Horror comedy offerings include Tucker and Dave vs. Evil (Oct. 16), What We Do in the Shadows (Oct. 23) and Beetlejuice (Oct. 30). Popcorn is provided. Free. twinleafbrewery.com • Cascade Lounge, 219 Amboy Road, continues its outdoor series of horror films each Tuesday in October at 7:15 p.m. Upcoming selections are the original versions of Nightmare on Elm Street (Oct. 17), Halloween (Oct. 24) and Hellraiser (Oct. 31). Attendees are asked to bring their own lawn chairs. Free. cascadeloungeavl.com • Registration is open for Asheville School of Film’s Lighting and Cinematography Weekend Workshop on Saturday, Oct. 21, and Sunday, Oct. 22, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, at 45 S. French Broad Ave., No. 120. Under the guidance of Brad Hoover, students will delve into the techniques of professional motion picture lighting and how they may be applied to smaller productions. All equipment will be provided for the hands-on workshop, but each participant is asked to bring his or her own leather work gloves. Tuition is $150 or $120 for ASoF alumni. Register online. ashevilleschooloffilm.com X

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A Jester’s Tale HHHHS

DIRECTOR: Karel Zeman PLAYERS: Petr Kostka, Emília Vásáryová, Miroslav Holub SATIRE Rated NR It’s not often that films from the Checkoslovak New Wave are screened, and that’s a genuine shame because they represent some of the most original filmmaking coming out of Europe in the ’60s. Karel Zeman’s antiwar satire A Jester’s Tale (1964) is no exception — its blend of live action and animation is unlike anything else that was being produced at the time, even if its message was very decidedly of its era (not to mention applicable to modern circumstances). Set during the Thirty Years’ War, Zeman’s tongue is firmly in cheek as he examines the myths of martial nobility and the disingenuous men that propagate them. The director’s work, both in tone and technical execution, would be heavily influential on Terry Gilliam’s Monty Python animations — and despite the relative paucity of awareness most audiences have of Zeman, you’ve undoubtedly seen a number of contemporary films that owe him a debt of influence. Classic World Cinema by Courtyard Gallery will present A Jester’s Tale on Friday, Oct. 13, at 8 p.m. at Flood Gallery Fine Art Center, 2160 U.S. 70, Swannannoa.

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My Brilliant Career HHHH

DIRECTOR: Gillian Armstrong PLAYERS: Judy Davis, Sam Neill, Wendy Hughes, Robert Grubb, Max Cullen DRAMA Rated G The 1970s — especially the latter half — seemed to be the time when the world at large was shocked to discover that Australia made movies, too. This was in large part due to two very different filmmakers, Peter Weir and George Miller, but the interest they generated also led to films like this small-scale effort from Gillian Armstrong. Made in 1979, My Brilliant Career would now seem noteworthy if only for the fact that it introduced Judy Davis to the filmgoing world. From then through the mid-‘90s, it seemed impossible to find any filmmaker of note who hadn’t worked with her. It’s a fairly genial film, rather leisurely paced, that’s content to let its story be a little unorthodox without pushing its theme too hard. Definitely worth a look for the young Davis and the gorgeous cinematography. This excerpt was taken from a review by Ken Hanke published on July 25, 2007. The Hendersonville Film Society will show My Brilliant Career on Sunday, Oct. 15, at 2 p.m. in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community, 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville.

The Exorcist HHHHH

DIRECTOR: William Friedkin PLAYERS: Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, Max von Sydow, Jason Miller, Lee J. Cobb HORROR Rated R The Asheville Film Society’s month of Halloween horrors marches on with the first of two Budget Big Screen presentations — William Friedkin’s seminal classic of supernatural religious horror, The Exorcist (1973). It’s nearly impossible to overstate the impact of this film on the horror movie landscape, and its influence continues to echo through the genre to this day. While many moviegoers may have seen this one a number of times, nothing compares to the experience of seeing it with an audience — and since It just dethroned The Exorcist as the highest-grossing horror movie of all time, this is a perfect opportunity to come and see why this film held that record for nearly half a century. Trust me, It doesn’t come anywhere close to equaling this unparalleled masterpiece of psychological suspense and existential dread. Few films do. The Asheville Film Society is showing The Exorcist on Tuesday, Oct. 17 at 7:30 p.m. at The Grail Moviehouse as part of the Budget Big Screen series. Admission is $6 for AFS members and $8 for the general public. Xpress movie critic Scott Douglas will introduce the film.

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FREEWILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19): In his book The Logic of Failure, Dietrich Dorner discusses the visionaries who built the Aswan Dam in Egypt. Their efforts brought an abundance of cheap electricity to millions of people. But the planners didn’t take into account some of the important effects of their innovation. For example, the Nile River below the dam no longer flooded its banks or fertilized the surrounding land every year. As a result, farmers had to resort to chemical fertilizers at great expense. Water pollution increased. Marine life suffered because of the river’s diminished nutrients. I hope this thought will motivate you to carefully think through the possible consequences of decisions you’re contemplating. I guarantee that you can avoid the logic of failure and instead implement the logic of success. But to do so, you’ll have to temporarily resist the momentum that has been carrying you along. You’ll have to override the impatient longing for resolution. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Are you primed to seek out new colleagues and strengthen your existing alliances? Are you curious about what it would take to infuse your best partnerships with maximum emotional intelligence? From an astrological perspective, the next nine weeks will be a favorable time to do these things. You will have opportunities to deepen your engagement with collaborators who cultivate integrity and communicate effectively. It’s possible you may feel shy about pursuing at least one of the potential new connections. But I urge you to press ahead anyway. Though you may be less ripe than they are, their influence will have a catalytic effect on you, sparking you to develop at an accelerated rate. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “I was satisfied with haiku until I met you,” Dean Young tells a new lover in his poem “Changing Genres.” But Young goes on to say that he’s no longer content with that terse genre. “Now I want a Russian novel,” he proclaims, “a 50-page description of you sleeping, another 75 of what you think staring out a window.” He yearns for a story line about “a fallen nest, speckled eggs somehow uncrushed, the sled outracing the wolves on the steppes, the huge glittering ball where all that matters is a kiss at the end of a dark hall.” I bring Young’s meditations to your attention, Gemini, because I suspect that you, too, are primed to move into a more expansive genre with a more sumptuous plot. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Statistical evidence suggests that Fridays falling on the 13th of the month are safer than other Fridays. The numbers of fires and traffic accidents are lower then, for example. I find this interesting in light of your current situation. According to my analysis, this October’s Friday the 13th marks a turning point in your ongoing efforts to cultivate stability and security. On this day, as well as the seven days before and seven days after, you should receive especially helpful clues about the future work you can do to feel even safer and more protected than you already do. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Too much propaganda and not enough real information are circulating through your personal sphere. You’re tempted to traffic in stories that are rooted more in fear than insight. Gossip and hype and delusion are crowding out useful facts. No wonder it’s a challenge for you to sort out the truths from the half-truths! But I predict that you will thrive anyway. You’ll discover helpful clues lodged in the barrage of bunkum. You’ll pluck pithy revelations from amidst the distracting ramblings. Somehow you will manage to be both extra sensitive and super-discriminating. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): A journalist named Jenkin Lloyd Jones coined the term “Afghanistanism,” which he defined as “concentrating on problems in distant parts of the world while ignoring controversial local issues.” I want to urge you Virgos to avoid engaging in a personal version of Afghanistanism. In other words, focus on issues that are close at hand, even if they seem sticky or prickly. Don’t you dare let your attention get consumed by the dreamy distractions of faraway places and times. For the foreseeable future, the best use of your energy is HERE and NOW.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “I am more interested in human beings than in writing,” said author Anais Nin, “more interested in lovemaking than in writing, more interested in living than in writing. More interested in becoming a work of art than in creating one.” I invite you to adopt that perspective as your own for the next twelve months, Libra. During this upcoming chapter of your story, you can generate long-lasting upgrades if you regard your life as a gorgeous masterpiece worthy of your highest craftsmanship. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Scorpio actress Tara Reid told the magazine Us Weekly about how her cosmetic surgeries had made her look worse than she had been in her natural state. “I’ll never be perfect again,” she mourned. I bring this up in the hope that it will inspire you. In my astrological opinion, you’re at a tuning point when it’s crucial to appreciate and foster everything about yourself that’s natural and innate and soulfully authentic. Don’t fall sway to artificial notions about how you could be more perfect than you already are. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I didn’t go to work today. I woke up late, lingered over a leisurely breakfast and enjoyed a long walk in the autumn woods. When I found a spot that filled me with a wild sense of peace, I asked my gut wisdom what I should advise you Sagittarians to attend to. And my gut wisdom told me that you should temporarily escape at least one of your duties for at least three days. (Escaping two duties for four days would be even better.) My gut wisdom also suggested that you get extra sleep, enjoy leisurely meals and go on long walks to spots that fill you with a wild sense of peace. There you should consult your gut wisdom about your top dilemmas. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): A snail climbed to the top of a big turtle’s shell as it was sleeping under a bush. When the turtle awoke and began to lumber away in search of food, the snail was at first alarmed but eventually thrilled by how fast they were going and how far they were able to travel. “Wheeee!”, the snail thought to itself. I suspect, Capricorn, that this little tale is a useful metaphor for what you can look forward to in the coming weeks. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “If these years have taught me anything, it is this,” wrote novelist Junot Díaz. “You can never run away. Not ever. The only way out is in.” That’s your plucky wisdom for the coming weeks, Aquarius. You have arrived at a pivotal phase in your life cycle when you can’t achieve liberation by fleeing, avoiding or ignoring. To commune with the only kind of freedom that matters, you must head directly into the heart of the commotion. You’ve got to feel all the feelings stirred up by the truths that rile you up. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): J. Allan Hobson is a scientist of sleep who does research at Harvard. He says we dream all the time, not just at night. Our subconscious minds never stop churning out streams of images. During the waking hours, though, our conscious minds operate at such intensity that the lower-level flow mostly stays subliminal. At least that’s the normal state of affairs. But I suspect your dream-generator is running so hot right now that its stories may leak into your waking awareness. This could be disconcerting. Without the tips I’m giving you here, you might worry you were going daft. Now that you know, I hope you’ll tap into the undercurrent to glean some useful intuitions. A word to the wise: The information that pops up won’t be logical or rational. It will be lyrical and symbolic, like dreams.

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