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The Asheville Ballet presents Free Fall, set to live music by the post-rock band Kangaroo. PAGE 8 Dailey & Vincent light up Diana Wortham Theatre’s 2010/2011 Mainstage Season. PAGE 7 NC Stage presents the heartbreakingly intimate Angels in America: Millennium Approaches. PAGE 10 The Chocolate Fetish expands, and celebrates 25 years. PAGE 32 RAPID RIVER ARTS noteworthy Winner of WNCAP Signature Piece Competition Selected sheville artist Dawn Rentz has been BY PAM SIEKMAN Over 11 Million Victims selected winner of the Western North – Courage – Wisdom,” and of Identity Theft Last Year. Carolina AIDS Livingston’s piece was a clay A sculpture with marble base Project’s prestigious Signa- Source: Javelin Strategy & Research. “2010 Identity Fraud Survey Report.” February 2010. ture Piece competition for entitled “Starstruck.” its Raise Your Hand auction. Raise Your Hand, now Dawn’s winning entry “Gone in its 22nd year, is WN- Help Protect Yourself Today. Too Long” — mixed media CAP’s second largest fund- on panel — will be used on raiser and is always a lively, all promotional materials well-attended event. “Gone ENROLL TODAY AND GET A: USE PROMO CODE: for the event. The Signature Too Long” and all other en- Free SHREDDER Piece has become a corner- tries for the Signature Piece Document Shredder* stone of WNCAP’s annual ”Gone Too Long” competition will be available Raise Your Hand fundraiser. by Dawn Rentz for bid during the auction CALL NOW: 1-888-398-7518 Dawn was born in Wis- on September 25, 2010. In consin and now resides in Asheville. She is addition to great local art, the auction will represented by the Blue Spiral 1 Gallery on feature wines, trips and other treasures. *Only one shredder per household. Please allow 6-8 weeks for delivery. Biltmore Avenue. Her passion for nature Culinary treats will be provided by chefs Offer is for new LifeLock members only. Call for details. inspires much of her creativity, as seen from Bouchon, Fiores, Corner Kitchen, and throughout her portfolio. Dawn’s style is Dining Innovations at the Doubletree. neither literal nor abstract, but her works are All money raised through the event will representations of experiences condensed support WNCAP’s mission of providing into imagery. prevention education for men, women and Judging for the Signature Piece compe- youth living in WNC, and supportive ser- tition took place on July 21, 2010 at the WN- vices for those affected by HIV and AIDS. CAP office in Asheville. Jurors were Karen Weihs, 2009 Signature Piece winner, Philip DeAngelo of Blackbird Art & Frame, and IF Raise Your Hand auction, Brie Castell of Castell Photography. There Saturday, September 25 were 15 entries in the competition won by YOU at the Doubletree Hotel, Rentz. A second place tie occurred for works GO Biltmore. For tickets and by Sue Fazio of Hendersonville and Nancy more information contact the Livingston of Black Mountain. Fazio’s WNCAP office at (828) 252-7489 or piece was an oil on canvas entitled “Love visit www.wncap.org/ryh 8Rd MOUntain danCe and FOLK FeStivaL The Mountain Dance and Folk Highlighted throughout this year’s Festival, now in its 83rd year of high- Festival are “Legacy Performers,” indi- lighting mountain culture, runs for three viduals recognized as having made signifi- full evenings, Thursday, August 5 to cant contributions to our region’s musical Saturday, August 7. The Festival begins heritage over several decades. Among the Thursday with Hometown Appreciation designated Legacy Performers this year Night. In keeping with the grassroots are: Ralph Lewis, a bluegrass musician flavor of the festival, local families and from Madison county; Paul Crouch, a individuals are encouraged to attend. self-taught fiddler from Weaverville; and Audiences at each of the three per- Betty Smith, a music scholar and bal- formances will see an extensive line-up ladeer, and recipient of the 1982 Bascom of the best musicians, ballad singers and Lamar Lunsford Award. Make plans dancers; each evening features at least to join us for an amazing repertoire of four dance teams from the very young to mountain performers. the young at heart. IF YOU GO: 83rd Annual Mountain The popular and long-standing Dance and Folk Festival. Thursday house band, the Stoney Creek Boys, through Saturday, August 5-7. 7 p.m. returns to perform, along with well- nightly at Diana Wortham Theatre at known musicians and new talent, rep- Pack Place in downtown Asheville, NC. resentative of the Southern Appalachian Tickets: Regular $20; Children 12 and Mountains and its continuing Scottish, under $10; Adult 3-night package $54. English, Irish, Cherokee and African For more details call (828) 257-4530 or heritage and traditions. visit www.folkheritage.org. 2 August 2010 — RAPID RIVER ARTS & CULTURE MAGAZINE — Vol. 13, No. 12 Vol. 13, No. 12 — RAPID RIVER ARTS & CULTURE MAGAZINE — August 2010 RAPID RIVER ARTS we love this place Hot Air Balloon Rides at William King Museum, Tuesday, August from 6 to 8 p.m. during the Virginia Highlands Festival. Experience the excitement of flight from one of the highest points in Abingdon. RAPID RIVER ARTS & CULTURE MAGAZINE See Mt. Rogers and Whitetop from a whole different perspective. Cost Established in 1997 • Volume Thirteen, Number Twelve is only $15 for adults and $10 for children. William King Museum is located at 415 Academy Drive in Abingdon, Virginia. Free parking is available and the facility is fully accessible. Hours: Monday 10-5, Tuesday 10-9, Wednesday – Saturday 10-5, and Sunday 1-5. For more information, contact the Museum at (276) 628-5005. AUGUST 2010 2 Noteworthy www.rapidrivermagazine.com WNCAP Signature Work . 2 Double Feature Film Screening, Sunday, August 8 beginning at 2 p.m. at the Asheville Art 10th Annual SEE Expo . .21 Museum, 2 South Pack Square, Asheville. Free with Museum Membership or Admission. Held Publisher/Editor: Dennis Ray in conjunction with the exhibition Hands in Harmony: Traditional Crafts and Music in Ap- Managing Editor: Beth Gossett palachia, photographs by Tim Barnwell, and Limners to Facebook: Portraiture from the 19th to the 21st Century. Marketing: Dennis Ray 5 Performance Asheville Symphony . .5 The Queen Family: Appalachian Tradition and Back Porch Music is a short film (28 minutes) by Staff Photographer: Dennis Ray Neal Hutcheson about the Queen family, a true artistic treasure of Southern Appalachian culture. Layout & Design: Simone Bouyer Diana Wortham Theatre . .7 Listen in on the family at home singing from their back porch in Western North Carolina. Book Editor: Cauley Bennett Bravo . .9 In The True Meaning of Pictures: Shelby Lee adams’s appalachia, documentarian Jennifer Poetry Editor: Ted Olson Asheville Ballet . 8 Baichwal tells the true stories behind the faces of the Kentucky Appalachian inhabitants — once Accounting: Sharon Cole labeled hillbillies — who were originally photographed by Shelby Lee Adams 30 years ear- lier. Baichwal tracks the lives of two families who have each endured their share of heartache Distribution: Dennis Ray 10 Stage Preview throughout their struggle to resist the influence of American popular culture. This documen- North Carolina Stage Company . 10 tary discusses the way our culture handles stereotypes. CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: ACT’s 2010-11 Season . .0 On Friday, August 27, Aaron LaFalce, The Blue Hotel, and Pierce Judy Ausley, Byron Belzak, ACT’s Offerings for Youth. .4 Edens and The Dirty Work will perform at the Rock and Rescue James Cassara, Michael Cole, Benefit Concert for Animal Compassion Network at The Grey Amy Downs, John Ellis, Eagle. Doors will open at 7 p.m. and the benefit concert will begin at Beth Gossett, Steven R. Hageman, 11 Fine Art 8 p.m. Tickets are a $10 minimum donation. Bring a bag of dog or Max Hammonds, MD, Phil Hawkins, 11 cat food and you will be entered in a drawing to win a fabulous raffle Sharon Bailey, Jewelry Artist. prize. Proceeds from the concert will benefit Animal Compassion Janna Hoekema, Phil Juliano, Clingman Café . .27 Network’s long-running, free pet food assistance public program and Chip Kaufmann, Michelle Keenan, Folk Art Center. .8 its other lifesaving programs. For more information please call (828) Peter Loewer, Kathy Lowdermilk, 274-3647 or visit www.animalcompassionnetwork.org. Heather Maloy, Jaime Matthews, Kay S. Miller, April Nance, 12 Columns Craft, Architecture & Design at Grovewood Gal- Ted Olson, Michael Parker, lery – Six outstanding architects have created interior Ted Olson - Poetry . 12 spaces that demonstrate the impact and originality of Joseph Rathbone, Dennis Ray, Book Reviews - Cauley Bennett 1-14 incorporating craft in your home. The rooms are filled Pam Siekman, Elizabeth Sims, Bill Walz - Artful Living . 15 with great ideas and inspiration, and fine original hand- Clara Sofia, David Starkey, James Cassara - Music . 1 crafted elements. These architectural vignettes were Megan Stone, Ashley Van Matre, Judy Ausley - Southern Comfort . 22 brought to us by Handmade: The Western North Caro- Greg Vineyard, Bill Walz, lina Craft, Architecture and Design Expo. On display Elly Wells, Joe Zinich. Joe Zinich - Beer . 27 through September 5, 2010. Grovewood Gallery, 111 Greg Vineyard - Fine Art . 28 Grovewood Rd. in Asheville. For more information call 29 Butler’s Pantry, Jane Mathews of (828) 253-7651 or visit www.grovewood.com INFO Michael Parker - Wine . Mathews Architecture. Rapid River Arts & Culture Magazine is a Peter Loewer - Thoreau’s Garden . 1 monthly publication. Address correspondence to Joseph Rathbone - Youth Culture . 5 [email protected] or write to: Max Hammonds, MD - Health . 9 Rapid River Arts & Culture Magazine 85 N. Main St. Advertise with Rapid River Magazine Canton, NC 28716 17 Music Phone: (828) 646-0071 17 www.rapidrivermagazine.com Nora Jane Struthers . 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