Rapid River Magazine interviews Jason Baldwin, lead tenor in Asheville Lyric Opera’s production of Puccini’s La Bohème. PAGE 8

Matthew Allen will perform Haydn’s Cello Concerto No. 2. Saturday, March 12 as part of Asheville Symphony Orchestra’s 50th anniversary season. PAGE 9

The Asheville Chamber Music Series presents The Miro Quartet on March 25. PAGE 9

Nick Blaemire plays the mouse in If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, part of the Diana Wortham Theatre Series Serenade/The Proposition for Young Asheville Bravo Concerts presents a lavish Audiences. multimedia performance piece by the Bill T. PAGE 31 Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, based on the life of Abraham Lincoln. PAGE 5 RAPID RIVER ARTS performance Jewelry: Q. Evon Q. Jewelry: APRIL BLOOMS WITH PUCCINI’S La Bohème at Asheville Lyric Opera

s the snow begins BY KATIE CHEN www.CRAfTGuIlD.ORG to melt, the days grow warmer, and buds begin to Opera Nova in Costa bloom, Asheville Rica) as Musetta. Other ALyric Opera (ALO) will be returning perform- welcoming and celebrating ers include Dominic the season of spring with Aquilino as Marcello, its upcoming production Ardean Landhuis as of Puccini’s La Bohème, an Colline, and Brent opera of exquisite beauty Davis as Schaunard. about love and heart- Directing the wrenching tragedy. opera will be audience Allanstand Craft Shop As La Bohème is one favorite, David Toul- at the Folk Art Center of the most popular operas son, who directed ALO in the country, ALO is productions Carmen, Milepost 382 Blue Ridge Parkway, Asheville, NC excited to present a new Il barbiere di Siviglia, Open Daily 9am-5pm | 828-298-7928 and fresh interpretation of and Rigoletto. He is a the show, complete with a nationally recognized Guild Crafts unique set designed spe- La Bohème features Jason Baldwin, opera director, and has 930 Tunnel Road/Hwy 70, Asheville, NC cifically for this produc- leading tenor, and Angela Amidei. received critical acclaim Open Mon.-Sat: 10am-6pm tion, a world-class direc- for his direction of pro- 828-298-7903 tor, and an intimate venue ductions with LA Opera,

Discover the Best of Regional Craft Regional of Best the Discover The story of four young that will only enhance the Washington National The Southern Highland Craft Guild is authorized to provide services on the Blue Ridge Parkway under the authority of a cooperative and impoverished agreement with the National Park Service, Department of the Interior. singers’ enticing play with Opera, Tulsa Opera, and modern and traditional artists sharing an attic Central City Opera. As theatrical elements. in Paris, France. mentioned, Robert Hart The universal story Baker, acting Principal that La Bohème tells fol- Guest Conductor for lows the theme of love and challenge ALO, will be conducting the opera. In addi- through the lives of four young and im- tion to his position with ALO, he is Music poverished artists sharing an attic in Paris, Director of the Harrisburg Choral Society, France in the 1830s. The artists, even dur- conductor of the York (PA) Symphony ing their lives’ greatest difficulties, strive to Orchestra, and the St. Louis (MO) Philhar- make their identities known to the world monic Orchestra. using their artistic skills and expressions, “Our La Bohème will be traditional all the while dealing with tumultuous in a lot of ways, yes, but it will also have romantic relationships. elements that are contemporary. Take our As the story finds its foundation in cozy hall, for instance,” says David Craig Puccini’s early life as a poor student, the Starkey, Artistic and General Director of opera has a facet of authenticity that makes ALO. “This hall will create a uniquely the story especially moving and genuine. intimate quality that will make our produc- The opera is replete with many of Pucci- tion different from others already. This is ni’s famous arias, and the beautiful story is our interpretation, our specially-designed one with which all can empathize. Surely set—a set that no one has seen before. All it is one of the best works that the opera that combined, it will be a performance that genre provides. no one has seen before—a show completely ALO is excited to reunite Asheville’s unique to Asheville. We’re so excited to very own leading tenors, Jason Baldwin, share it with the community!” with ALO Principal Guest Conductor, Robert Hart Baker, in this production. Ten years ago, the young tenor made a IF La Bohème, on stage April 1 small-role appearance with Baker in ALO’s YOU and 2 at 8 p.m., at the Diana touching debut production of La Bohème, GO Wortham Theatre. A ticketed performed in 2000. preview dress rehearsal will be This time around, Baldwin will be available to select public on singing the leading tenor, Rodolfo, while March 30 at 7 p.m., as a part of ALO’s Baker returns as conductor. Performing Education and Outreach Program. All alongside these veterans will be ALO’s performances will be sung in Italian, with English supertitles. highly anticipated debut performers: Angela Amidei (leading opera singer in Denver, Special ticketing options begin at $16. To CO, and Rome, Italy) as Mimì, and Christi- purchase tickets, call the Diana Wortham na Villaverde (of Florida Grand Opera, and Theatre Box Office at (828) 257-4530, or visit www.ashevillelyric.org.

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Pianoforte Concert featuring New World TICKETS 2010-2011 Season NOW! Symphony Kimberly Cann Audubon Quartet SATURDAY MARCH 12•8pm imberly Cann Walker Lyric for Strings graces the March 4, 2011 Beethoven: Op. 18, No. 2 Asheville Art Haydn Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Museum Serebrier: Fantasia for String Quartet Matthew Allen, cello concert series Wolf: "Italian Serenade" withK a thrilling concert Schickele: Quartet No. 1, Dvořák Symphony No. 9 featuring Liszt, Bach- "American Dreams" “From the New World” Busoni, Ravel and others. Miro Quartet SPONSOR THE PAYNE Upon graduat- March 25, 2011 Matthew Allen ing from the Eastman School of Music in FUND Schubert: "Quartetsatz" 2006, Kimberly Cann visited Jamaica for two years, where she served as Professor Brahms: Quartet No. 1 of Piano and Artist-in-Residence at their Philip Glass: Quartet No. 5 most prominent university and worked to SUNDAY APRIL 10•3pm NEW improve the overall conditions for music All concerts are on Eine kleine Nachtmusik date education, from the elementary to the col- Friday’s at 8:00 pm Brahms Violin Concerto & time! legiate levels. at the Soovin Kim, violin We are fortunate that Kimberly has Unitarian Universalist Church returned to the place she once called home of Asheville, 1 Edwin Place Mozart Eine kleine Nachtmusik as a child, and where she and her husband at Charlotte Street are now beginning the process of building Strauss Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche their own home. The Pianoforte Concerts fill up fast, so Tickets and Information 828-259-3626 please reserve your seats early by contacting ashevillechambermusic.org Nancy Sokolove, Asheville Art Museum 
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IF Kimberly Cann in concert, Join the Friends of Pack Square Park. Sunday, March 13 beginning YOU at 3 p.m. Admission is $6 Our park is a place to celebrate! The Friends of GO for Museum Members, Pack Square Park Program is a community of people who and $8 plus Museum care about the park and want to enjoy it together. Admission for non-members. Gallery 6 at the Asheville Art Museum, 2 South Pack Square, Asheville, NC. Visit www. IT’S ashevilleart.org for more information.

The Curator’s Bazaar The Asheville Art Museum will host a bazaar featuring books, YOUR frames, art and a variety of other special items Saturday, March 12 and Sunday, March 13 in the Pack Join today and help support the rich variety of events you enjoy presented Place Community Gallery. A great by Pack Square Conservancy. Your tax-deductible contribution goes to protect opportunity to find wonderful and rare items. and improve the spectacular park landscape – gardens, trees, lawns, public If you have some quality frames or art, and performance spaces– so they will be beautiful for years to come. other items that you would like to PARK! Enjoy and take pride in preserving Pack Square Park donate to the Bazaar, we would love to hear from you. Call the Museum as a dynamic, artistic, and social gem in the center of at (828) 253-3227 and ask to speak Asheville’s downtown. to Frank or Hillary. For more information about how to become a Friend Saturday, March 12 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, March 13 of Pack Square Park please call us at 828-252-2300, or from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. in Pack Place visit our web site at www.packsquarepark.org. Community Gallery, 2 South Pack Square in Asheville, NC.

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ill T. Jones is recognized as one of BY BRIAN CLAFLIN the most innovative and powerful forces in the dance world. On April 15, Western North Carolina gets a ate a contemporary, playful rare chance to see Jones’ lavish mul- musical collage for cello, B piano, and soprano. timedia performance piece, Serenade/The Proposition, based on the life of Abraham Mr. Jones has been Lincoln, complimenting the company’s honored and recognized in dancers with video projection, live music, many ways for his work. recorded sound collage, and live actors. He is the recipient of a Serenade/The Proposition draws from MacArthur “Genius” Grant, the Civil War era to examine how we talk to an Obie Award and a 2007 each other and ourselves about history. In a Tony Award for choreogra- set of movable columns animated by video phy for Spring Awakenings, projection, time and place shift as the cast of a second Tony in 2009 for dancers, musicians and actors assemble and his musical Fela!, based on reassemble a sense of history, both shared the life of groundbreaking Photo: Paul B. Goode and personal. Evoking the sounds and Nigerian composer Fela sentiments of Lincoln’s era, the original live Kuti, and in 2010 Mr. Jones was named a will include the Soweto Gospel Choir, an score draws from Mozart’s Requiem, “Battle Kennedy Center Honors recipient alongside encore performance of the National Acro- Hymn of the Republic,” and “Dixie” to cre- fellow honorees Paul McCartney, Jerry Her- bats of the People’s Republic of China, and man, Merle Haggard and Oprah Winfrey. the Moscow Festival Ballet performing the Commissioned for Lincoln’s bicen- classic ballet Jiselle. tennial, the piece premiered in 2008 at the American Dance Festival in Durham, NC, For more information please visit earning praise from many sources: “Excit- www.ashevillebravoconcerts.org. ing… playful and stirring” (NY Times), “Compelling storytelling and deeply romantic choreography” (Washington Post), IF The Bill T. Jones/Arnie “Supremely distinguished” (Wall Street Zane Dance Company at the Journal), “A thing of immense beauty and YOU Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, consequence” (Chicago Sun-Times). GO Friday, April 15 at 7:30 p.m. A video montage of the show is avail- Individual tickets range from able on Jones’ YouTube channel. $20-$60 and can be purchased by calling This presentation of Serenade/The the Asheville Bravo Concerts office at (828) Proposition with The Bill T. Jones/Arnie 225-5887, visiting www.ticketmaster.com, In 2010 Bill T. Jones was named a Kennedy Zane Dance Company is presented by Center Honors recipient alongside fellow or in person at the Civic Center Box Office. honorees Paul McCartney, Jerry Herman, Asheville Bravo Concerts, the area’s oldest Students receive half-price tickets for all Merle Haggard and Oprah Winfrey. arts non-profit. Bravo’s 2011-2012 season Bravo concerts.

Lecture will be held by Bill T. Jones Dance Partnership in Music & Education Company members in the Banquet Hall directly upstairs from the Thomas Wolfe hile Asheville Bravo Concerts is House; Estes Elementary; The Family Self Auditorium lobby. These pre-show lectures usually featured for its musical Sufficiency Center; Own High; and the are always open to the public. and theatrical presentations, Presbyterian Children’s Home. Charitable Serenade/The Proposition, performed many concertgoers may be contributions to Bravo’s Music Education by the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance W unaware of the organization’s Partnership Program support this valued Company on April 15, will be an unusually extensive community outreach efforts. Part part of the organization’s work. lavish multi-media production for Asheville of Bravo’s mission is to provide educational Bravo on occasion offers other special audiences, complimenting cutting-edge programs and subsidized tickets to low-in- programs for area youth organizations. For choreography with live and recorded musi- come segments of the community, and the example, in conjunction with Bravo’s pre- cians, actors, projected photo images and public at large. sentation of the Bill T. Jones Dance Compa- video. The performance deals frankly with Bravo offers a Pre-Concert Lecture ny on April 15, several lucky student groups the issues of the Civil War era, and is appro- with the artist, free of charge for every from the YMI Cultural Center, LightShare priate only for high school ages and up. concert in the season. In addition, over the and Hillcrest Community Enrichment past decade, through the Music Education Center will attend a subsidized modern Partnership Program, Bravo has distrib- dance class through the Ballet Conservatory IF Public high school teachers uted in excess of 7,000 concert tickets to: of Asheville, taught by a professional dancer and church/community N. Buncombe Middle School; UNCA; and choreographer who has studied with the YOU youth organization leaders WCU; Mars Hill College; AC Reynolds Bill T. Jones Dance Company. Class atten- GO interested in receiving High School; the Emma Resource Center; dants will then be given subsidized tickets to subsidized tickets for students Warren Wilson College; Asheville High attend the performance. of appropriate age should call the Bravo School; the Piano Teacher’s Forum; Delta At 6:30 p.m. the evening’s Pre-Concert office at (828) 225-5887.

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Spring Events in Pack Square Park BY RUTH PLANEY Join her on a private tour of her creations supplier to Lowes. Before they hit the stores, Explore the award- and learn what inspired her, how she worked members of the Friends of Pack Square Park winning garden created with tiles that outweigh her, and see a dem- program can purchase hundreds of plants at by master gardener and onstration of how the clay is pressed into down and dirty discounts. Be the first in your the Inn’s co-owner, Dr. molds to form multiples of tiles. neighborhood to landscape with this year’s Ralph Coffey. “It’s actually designed to be The guided tour with Kathy Triplett, hottest plants and flowers. See more than a winter garden so it’s never out of season,” followed by a tantalizing lunch at one of 26 acres of greenhouses filled with colorful said Coffey. the best restaurants on Pack Square Park annuals and watch the robotic transplanters Planned for year round pleasure with - Fiore’s Ristorante Toscana, is $25 per per- in action. Head grower of the Carolina Color color, texture and form with cascading wa- son but only $15 for members of Friends of Division, Jeff Neese will help your garden terfalls, dozens of Japanese maples, and hun- Weaverville artist Kathy Triplett putting the finishing touches on her ceramic tiles on the Bascom Pack Square Park. Join now and start saving grow with tips only the experts know. dreds of perennials, the garden is a delight- Lamar Lunsford Stage in Pack Square Park. today. Space is limited so reserve your ticket Tickets for the Costa Farm tour are ful place to explore year round. A special Photo courtesy of Pack Square Park Conservancy now by calling the Conservancy at (828) $10 per person but FREE for members of treat is the 1,200 square foot greenhouse, a 252-2300. Reservations must be made by Friends of Pack Square Park. Join now and warm retreat with hundreds of orchids and Meet the Artist Tour & Lunch Friday, April 1, 2011. You must have a ticket start saving today. Plant sale for members tropical plants. Pack Square Park Asheville, NC to attend this event. only. Space is limited so reserve your ticket The guided walking tour with Dr. now by calling the Conservancy at (828) Ralph Coffey and delicious lunch catered Tuesday, April 5 at 11 a.m. Rain or Shine Costa Farms Greenhouse Tour 252-2300. Reservations must be made by by Everyday Gourmet is $25 per person Get the real story behind how one petite Friday, March 26, 2011. You must have a but only $15 for members of Friends of woman turned tons of raw clay and unfired & Members Only Plant Sale reservation to attend this event. Pack Square Park. Join now and start sav- bricks into beautiful artwork when Weaver- Leicester, NC ing today. Space is limited so reserve your ville artist, Kathy Triplett, gives an insider’s Garden Tour & Luncheon at the tickets now by calling the Conservancy at prospective of her work in Pack Square Saturday, April 9 at 11 (828) 252-2300. Reservations must be made Park. Kathy worked with schoolchildren a.m. Rain or Shine 1889 WhiteGate Inn & Cottage by Wednesday, May 11, 2011. Everyone from across Buncombe County to create the Jump start your gar- 173 E. Chestnut Street, Asheville, NC must have a ticket to attend this event. No hundreds of handmade tiles that frame the den and your imagination strollers please. new performance stage in Pack Square Park. with a guided tour of Costa Farms, a major Sunday, May 15 at Noon – Rain or Shine

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The When Asheville dancer, director Giles Collard created the Men’s Dance Festi- Return of val, he had no idea how the community of dancing, moving, performing men RAPID RIVER ARTS & CULTURE MAGAZINE the Men’s would respond to his idea. To his surprise the men of Asheville and beyond Established in 1997 • Volume Fourteen, Number Seven Dance appeared, without hesitation, for the invitational premier festival in 2002. Festival Now, after taking a 3-year sabbatical, the men are “at it” again. The Return of the Men’s Dance Festival will showcase twenty men danc- ing, singing, and other amazing feats of performance art to delight audiences of MARCH 2011 2 Performance all ages. This festival will not only feature some old local favorite solos, but ensemble pieces cre- www.rapidrivermagazine.com La Bohème - Asheville Lyric Opera. 2 ated during month-long workshops where each participant had a voice in the creation process. Bill T. Jones - Bravo Concerts. . . . . 5 Local festival participants include Joe Mohar, tap dancing show-stealer; Jim Julien, performance Publisher/Editor: Dennis Ray Asheville Symphony ...... 9 artist and puppeteer; and Giles Collard and Douglas Haynes performing humorous duets. Managing Editor: Beth Gossett Billy D. Washington ...... 18 Asheville Contemporary Dance Theatre presents The Return of the Men’s Dance Festival on March 11 and 12 March 13 Marketing: Dennis Ray 25 at 8 p.m., and at 6 p.m. Advance tickets: Adults $15; Seniors and Asheville Choral Society...... Students $10. At the door: Adults $17; Seniors and Students $12. Held at the “BeBe” Theatre, Staff Photographer: Dennis Ray Classicopia ...... 39 20 Commerce Street, in Downtown Asheville. Phone (828) 254-2621, or visit www.acdt.org Layout & Design: Simone Bouyer for tickets and more details. Poetry Editor: Ted Olson 6 Noteworthy The University of South Carolina Upstate Gospel Choir will stage a Benefi t for Proofreader: Mary Wilson Henderson Friends of Pack Square ...... 6 concert performance benefiting Henderson County Habitat for Human- Accounting: Sharon Cole ity at the Blue Ridge Community College Conference Hall on Saturday, County {Re}HAPPENING 2011 ...... 17 March 26 from 5 to 7 p.m. Organized in 1979 by students seeking a way to Habitat for Distribution: Dennis Ray Humanity honor their African-American culture on campus, the choir has performed in churches and other venues across North and South Carolina, as well as in CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: 11 Music Chicago, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, and a tour of Switzerland. Kim Adams, Margot Atwell, Judy Ausley, James Hunter ...... 11 “Students from all over North and South Carolina make up the dynamic voices of the choir,” Justina Batchelor, Jenny Bunn, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band ...... 22 says Choir Director Hoyt Bynum, “and the concert allows the University to showcase all that James Cassara, Franzi Charen, Shindig on the Green ...... 23 wonderful talent in an energizing and uplifting way for the entire community to see, hear and Katie Chen, Brian Claflin, Michael Cole, Lake Eden Arts Festival ...... 34 experience.” For ticket information, please call Habitat for Humanity office at (828) 694-0340. Amy Downs, Ayana Dusenberry, Glen Edward Chapman was incarcerated, tried and convicted of two counts of first degree John Ellis, Rae Geoffrey, Beth Gossett, murder. He was sentenced to death and spent 15 years behind bars, more than 13 on North Steven R. Hageman, Max Hammonds, 10 Columns Carolina’s Death Row. A team of lawyers, investigators and students based in Asheville ultimate- MD, Cherry Hart, Phil Hawkins, James Cassara - Music ...... 10 ly saved Chapman’s life, by filing appeals and proving that he was wrongfully convicted. (One of Marilynne Herbert, Janna Hoekema, Peter Loewer - Thoreau’s Garden . 12 his alleged “murder” victims wasn’t even murdered!) Laura Huff, Phil Juliano, Sam Katz, Judy Ausley - Southern Comfort. . 13 Ed was released by the state on April 2, 2008, without even a “We’re Chip Kaufmann, Michelle Keenan, Ted Olson - Poetry ...... 26 sorry.” There was no recompense for the lost years. Amanda Leslie, Peter Loewer, Joe Zinich - Beer ...... 24 Each year, friends and members of WNC for Death Penalty Repeal hold Pamela Miller, Kay S. Miller, Bill Walz - Artful Living ...... 29 a Freedom Ball, to raise awareness about the death penalty, to raise April Nance, Ted Olson, Ruth Planey, Max Hammonds, MD - Health . . 30 some money for Ed, and to celebrate his freedom. This year we’ll have music from David Lamotte, The Krektones (Surf and Psychobilly), and Leanna Preston, Joseph Rathbone, Joseph Rathbone - Youth Culture . 31 Kinjah (Conscious Reggae and Dub). Dennis Ray, Jodi Rhoden, Greg Vineyard - Fine Art ...... 35 Lindsey Rhoden, Elizabeth Shepherd, Third Annual Freedom Ball, Thursday, March 31. Doors open at 6 p.m. Showtime 7 p.m. Silent auction until 9:30 p.m. Admission: $25 patron, Clara Sofia, Greg Vineyard, Bill Walz, $15 general, $10 student. For tickets and more information, visit third- Dan Weiser, Elly Wells, Joe Zinich. 14 Movie Reviews freedomball.wordpress.com. At The Grey Eagle, 185 Clingman Ave. in Glen Edward Chapman Asheville. Phone (828) 232-5800 or visit www.thegreyeagle.com. INFO Rapid River Arts & Culture Magazine is a 18 Stage Preview monthly publication. 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INTERVIEW WITH Jason Baldwin BY DENNIS RAY

ell us a little about how you and sometimes days of decent man with got into opera. rehearsal on music alone; potential who Jason Baldwin: I grew up costume fittings; light- is so twisted by singing in church, and then in ing/sets; and then numer- Carmen that he choir in high school. I went to ous rehearsals to put it all leaves his life as a T together. Mars Hill College to study conduct- soldier to become ing and become a high school choral RR: What is your phi- a bandit, and after director. It was not until I was in losophy when it comes to being scorned by college that I had even heard an opera marrying artistic expression Carmen, murders from start to finish. I’m sure I was like with everyday living? her. What’s more most people, hearing opera in every- JB: That’s a good question. is that the music day life and not realizing that I was When you live somewhere he gets to sing is listening to opera. As my voice contin- as beautiful as Asheville wonderful. I have ued to develop, it was clear to me and or Boulder it is hard to go Jason Baldwin stars in performed the everyone else that I was headed for a through your day and not Asheville Lyric Opera’s role three times career in opera. notice art in nature. I love production of Puccini’s La Bohème. and am always Rapid River Magazine: Having grown being outside. It nourishes looking for a up in Asheville, do you see the area as my soul like nothing else can. chance to sing it again. becoming more focused on the per- It is a hard thing trying to stay forming arts today than it was when connected artistically in the buzz of ev- RR: I would imagine operatic roles are you where a child? eryday life. Having a beautiful wife and harder to learn than speaking roles since its not just knowing the words and hit- JB: I would be lying if I told you that I children helps me stay grounded, but ting the stage marks but keeping with have my finger on the pulse of the ar- also supply a plethora of opportunities the music and sometimes performing tistic scene of Asheville, now or in the to grow artistically. Introducing the in languages you may not speak. How past. I have been keeping an ear out as kids to new artistic endeavors that my many languages do you speak? to what is going on there, but I’m sure wife and I love is one of my favorite I have only scratched the surface. I can things to do. When the kids have that JB: Some may argue that it is easier remember hearing the look of “this is cool” it can’t be beat. to learn because of the music. Some- Asheville Symphony one should do a study. As an opera as a boy. Also A.C.T. Opera singers take classes in performer it is an absolute necessity to and S.A.R.T. were know what you are singing on stage. I around, but more than foreign language diction to refine spend many hours writing translations that I don’t remember our pronunciation of languages of the foreign texts I sing. I have spent or was never exposed we may have to sing. even more time learning how to prop- to as a child. erly sing the language. Often times the To think that way to speak a language is different there is an opera company there now RR: What has been your most defining than singing it. kind of blows my mind. To visit home “Asheville” experience so far? Opera singers take classes in foreign language diction to refine our and get that great feeling of walking JB: There are a few moments in my pronunciation of languages we may around downtown and seeing all the artistic life in Asheville that still ring have to sing. Mainly Italian, German rejuvenation that has happened since I in my mind. The first was when I was and French. I have spent more time moved away is breathtaking. I think it’s in school at Mars Hill. We performed studying Italian, and would consider wonderful that Asheville has become the Duruflé requiem with combined that my best language. Though I would more focused on all arts, performing choirs of UNCA, WCU and others. tell you I only speak it well enough to and otherwise. One does not really ex- I think it is still one of the most gor- get in trouble. ist without the other! geous pieces of music ever written. RR: What do you think is something The second was the inaugural RR: Have you ever forgotten a line or that the average person would never season of the Asheville Lyric Opera. I words while performing before a live even realize is a reality for a profes- came in to perform a small role in La audience and how was the situation sional opera singer? Boheme, the same opera I will now handled? JB: Travel is something that many sing the lead role in this April. It was JB: Every performer has this fear and people have to do for their jobs, but performed in Thomas Wolfe, and I all have done it. That is what live the travel for a professional opera sing- thought it was great to be there during performances are all about; no two are er is a bit different. When I travel for the birth of a new opera company in the same. I have done a run of nine a gig it can be anywhere from a long my home town. performances of the same opera, none weekend to 10 weeks. You can imagine The third was my performance as of them exactly the same. Hopefully, how that is with a family and two kids. Tamino in The Magic Flute at Diana you know the show well enough to Needless to say I have a saint for a wife, Wortham. That was a real treat for me keep going, to ad-lib something until and very understanding children. and my family. you can pick it back up at the next One might ask, “Why so long?” RR: What is your favorite role to place you know. Well, a performer does not just show perform and why? This happened to me once when I was trying to think ahead to my next up and sing a show. There is: staging, JB: Don José in Carmen. The jour- musical entrance. I totally dropped the way one moves around on the ney the character takes through the stage during the show; music – hours opera is compelling. He begins as a Continued on page 18

8 March 2011 — RAPID RIVER ARTS & CULTURE MAGAZINE — Vol. 14, No. 7 RAPID RIVER ARTS & CULTURE spring’s live performances

ASHEVILLE SYMPHONY PRESENTS BY STEVEN R. HAGEMAN

the Liechtenstein Palace in Vienna on New World Symphony September 15, 1783. After intermission, the Symphony he Asheville Symphony featuring young artists from the will perform one of the most beloved Orchestra continues its 50th Cleveland Institute of Music, and symphonies in all music history, Dvor- season on Saturday, March this season we are pleased to intro- ak’s “From the New World.” Written 12 at 8 p.m., at duce Matthew Allen, after Dvorak’s famous visit to America, Thomas Wolfe who will play Haydn’s his Symphony No. 9 is a captivating fu- TAuditorium in down- ebullient, playful Cello sion of Czech and Austrian symphonic town Asheville. The Concerto No. 2. Mat- mastery combined with American- concert will consist of thew is fresh from win- inspired visions of Hiawatha and the works by George Walker, ning the Cassado Com- African-American Spiritual. Celebrated Haydn and Dvorak petition in Japan, and since its debut, “From the New World” conducted by Music he is sure to impress mixes broad, loving melodies and Director Daniel Meyer, with his young energy, vigorous folk dance rhythms; this sym- with guest pianist Mat- talent, and poise. phony has a special place in our hearts. thew Allen. Franz Joseph The first piece, Lyric Haydn composed his for Strings was com- Cello Concerto in D posed by George Walker Major in 1783, during IF Tickets for the performance are in 1941, as a memo- the final decade of his YOU GO available through the rial to his grandmother. quarter century (1766- Symphony office or Already considered an 1790) as First Kappell- the Asheville Civic American masterpiece, Matthew Allen will play meister to the Hungar- Center box office, and range in this brief and haunting Haydn’s Cello Concerto ian Prince Nikolaus No. 2. price from $55 to $20 (with discounts work, scored for string Esterházy. available for students). Visit www. orchestra, has earned a It is possible ashevillesymphony.org or call (828) prominent place in orchestral concerts Haydn composed the work for the 254-7046 for more information on and on recordings. celebration of the Prince’s wedding to this concert, or to purchase tickets for The Asheville Symphony is Princess Maria Josepha Hermengild the remainder of the Symphony’s 50th pleased to continue its tradition of Liechtenstein, which took place at anniversary season.

Asheville Chamber Music Series BY PAMELA MILLER 2011 Winter/Spring Concerts

he Asheville Chamber Music beautiful luminescent quality that Series, celebrating its 58th invariably serves the music with grace, season, will be presenting the sophistication, and vibrancy. (The following concerts: New York Times). TMarch 4 – Audubon Quartet March 25 – Miro Quartet Betthoven: Op. 18, No. 2 Schubert: “Quartetsatz” Serebrier: Fantasia for String Quartet Brahms: Quartet No. 1 Wolf: “Italian Serenade” Philip Glass: Quartet No. 5 Audubon Quartet Schickele: Quartet No. 1, Founded in 1995 at the Oberlin “American Dreams” Center at UNCA. The program will Conservatory, the Miro were winners begin at 4:15 p.m. and is free and open The Audubon Quartet has won of the Fischoff, Banff and Coleman to the public. acclaim throughout the world for competitions, as well as the presti- The concerts take place at the Uni- more than 30 years. Founded in 1974, gious Naumburg Chamber Music tarian Universalist Church of Asheville, the ensemble quickly achieved inter- Award and the Cleveland Quartet 1 Edwin Place at Charlotte Street, at 8 national recogni- Award. It was p.m. Tickets are available for $35 at the tion by winning the first chamber door on a first come, first served basis. top prizes in three ensemble ever to be Students under 25 admitted free of major competitions awarded the Avery charge (space permitting). in their first four Fisher Career Grant. years together. On the Thurs- “They listen day preceding each to one another concert a “Pre-Con- IF For more information and adjust instinc- cert Talk” by Charles YOU go to www.asheville tively to produce a McKnight will be GO chambermusic.org. To sound of strikingly held at the Reuter order tickets call (828) Miro Quartet 259-3626.

Vol. 14, No. 7 — RAPID RIVER ARTS & CULTURE MAGAZINE — March 2011 9 RAPID RIVER ARTS & CULTURE spinning discs

I’m back again with the usual reviews of music that matters. With the surplus of new releases that have come my way I am going to keep each CD Reviews review as brief as possible; remember that anything mentioned here is worth by James Cassara your time. Just be sure to spend your hard earned cash at any of Asheville’s many independent record stores.

Gregg Allman John Carter Cash from two distinctive yet related series of Low Country The Family Secret paintings opened up all sorts of avenues Blues for Cline; supported by players including Universal Music synthesizer wizard Jon Brion and bassist Rounder Records As the offspring of Devon Hoff, the music runs from funk rock Throughout Johnny and June Carter a la Miles Davis to Trent Reznor-styled their long and Cash, John Carter has industrial rock. storied career the had placed upon him a burden few artists It’s pretty weird and wonderful stuff, Allman Brothers have managed to somehow should have to endure. From the moment and at times it’s nearly impenetrable. But avoid becoming some mere greatest hits or he chose music (or more likely it chose him) beneath the surface lies a collective world of oldies band. Their live shows (and the cur- he’s had to both embrace and distance him- nuance, intrigue, and, yes, beauty, one that rent incarnation of the band is as powerful self from the legacy of his parents. perfectly mirrors Ruscha’s own encoded a stage ensemble as ever) have always been While he has amassed a number of iconography. The one constant is Cline’s punctuated with a handful of cover tunes, Grammy awards for his production work, own boundlessly adventurous guitar. And reclamations of the songs that first inspired his own records have managed to stay while Dirty Baby is certainly not easily their musical fortunes. comfortably under the radar. That’s in part digested, in its own way its adds greatly to All their live albums have highlighted a because Carter’s music, much like his dad’s, Cline’s reputation while helping to maintain handful of classic blues music, while Gregg’s doesn’t fit comfortably into any one niche; that of Ruscha. **** sole live effort, released more than thirty- it’s too country to be rock and too rocking five years ago, effortlessly balanced originals to be country. Either way it works best on David Ross and covers tunes. It’s been more than a de- the title track (which has nothing to do with cade since he’s last recorded an album away his family), and on the slow burning protest Macdonald from The Brothers, but on Low Country ballad “Uncle Sam Is Dead”. Only his cover Thorns to Sleep Blues it seems he hasn’t missed a beat. of Loudon Wainwright’s “Swimming Song”, It’s unlikely Teamed with ace (and ubiquitous) producer with its banjo strumming and two-part you’ve heard T-Bone Burnett, Allman’s low-register vocals, sounds the least bit contemporary, of David Ross gravel blues growl has rarely sounded better. which is fine. Macdonald even Tearing his way through a handful of The beauty of this record is its total if you are vaguely relatively obscure covers from classic artists lack of pretension. Even a piano lounge familiar with The Waifs, a band with whom such as Bobby “Blue” Bland, Junior Wells, remaking of Blue Oyster Cult’s “Godzilla” he spent a decade playing drums and guitar and B.B. King, the band (ostensibly Dr. has its charm; Cash doesn’t seem to know while lending the occasional vocals. One of John and his rhythm section) is relaxed and or care what is expected of him, and in that Australia’s most beloved imports, the Waifs ready to roll. Sleepy John Estes’ “Floating regard he’s a lot more like his father than began as a Bob Dylan cover band and even- Bridge” might be the most familiar tune he might admit. *** tually morphed into a top notch pop-rock here but Allman gives it an upbeat, strangely unit, lead by the exquisite voices of sisters powerful reading. Nels Cline Donna and Vicki Simpson. His take on Muddy Waters’ “I Can’t be The band owed no small part of its Satisfied” is no less passionate, demonstrat- Dirty Baby critical success to Macdonald’s own con- ing an inherent understanding and genuine Cryptogramophone tributions; since moving on (although the affection for the material. Best of the bunch These side proj- band officially claims they are merely on is a largely acoustic version of Skip James’ ects by Wilco guitarist hiatus) Macdonald has released a fascinating “Devil Got My Woman” driven by a killer Nels Cline may not be series of low key albums devoted to various guitar lick courtesy of long time sideman to everyone’s taste but his occasional forays indigenous Australian sounds. Thorns to Doyle Bramhall III. in free-form electronica and jazz nonethe- Sleep is the latest of these. On the five songs featuring horns Bur- less demonstrate what an endless creative Recorded and mixed in Melbourne nett wisely keeps them in check, allowing musician he is. it’s the third collaboration between Mac- them to compliment rather than overpower Paired with producer and poet Da- donald and producer Shane O’Mara. The such delights as Otis Rush’s laconic “Check- vid Breskin, Cline took on the formidable result is a beguiling work reminiscent of the ing on My Baby” or Bland’s “Blind Man.” task of adapting the panel cartoons of Los quintessential early 1970’s folk albums of “Just another Rider” is the sole original; co- Angeles underground artist Ed Ruscha into Nick Drake, John Martyn, and Bert Jansch. written by Warren Haynes, it’s a song better sonic form. The resultant product is an Ross is an exquisite guitarist, demonstrating suited for a proper Allman Brothers album assemblage of 66 tracks, divided evenly be- a finger style prowess on his 1935 Gibson because here, alongside the iconic blues tween the Silhouette and Cityscapes series, acoustic with subtlety and grace. tunes, it cannot compare. wrapped up into a double-disc package con- With lush, ambient accompaniments Despite such quibbles, it’s great to hear taining three booklets of liner notes, visual of double bass, cello, vibraphone, bass Allman delve this deeply into his past. His reproductions, and an ongoing journal kept clarinet, piano and even a small brass band, trademark Hammond B3 organ still sounds by Cline while making the album. Thorns is a surprisingly luxuriant effort, in great, and if Low Country Blues at times Also available is a large format, exhi- stark contrast to the bare bones approach seems a bit too timid it’s still a welcome ad- bition catalog-style hardcover book that Macdonald typically employs. Macdonald dition to anyone’s Allman collection. ***1/2 contains the music and two more discs of conjures narratives of love, loss, hope and Breskin’s spoken word poetry. Working ‘CD’s’ continued on next page

10 March 2011 — RAPID RIVER ARTS & CULTURE MAGAZINE — Vol. 14, No. 7 RAPID RIVER ARTS & CULTURE MAGAZINE what’s happening

Bringing Blue Eyed Soul to Asheville BY JAMES CASSARA

or soul singer James Hunter it isn’t so much about reinventing, or even sturdy, if unspectacular, sales. bolstering an at times stagnant musical genre as it is about paying tribute Following a series of low to the sound that helped shape his own sonic wonderment. key gigs in and around the U.K., Hunter began to seri- F As one of the very best of a fortuitous turn of events that helped propel ously concentrate on songwrit- select group of British soul singers, an as- his career: Music legend Van Morrison was ing. By the time of 2001’s Kick semblage that includes Corrine Rae Bai- stopped by a fan that began raving about this It Around he was writing the ley, Joss Stone, and-between-rehab-stints new singer he’d heard. Morrison, always majority of his own material. Amy Winehouse, Hunter has helped re- attuned to the current shifts in style, was “By then it was pretty much establish the long tradition of British Soul intrigued enough to seek Hunter out, travel- make or break,” he says. “Steve while countering the synthetic dance beat ing to Wales to catch Hunter perform. On and Kimberly had been a god- pulsations that currently dominate the the spot he hired him to sing back up for an send to me, but their small label James Hunter scene on that side of the pond. upcoming tour and within weeks Hunter wasn’t able to take me where I needed to Describing himself as “an overnight was an integral part of Morrison’s band. go. We parted on the best of terms and they he’d done to that point, more a mix of sensation that took twenty years,” Hunter He went on to play on a pair of Mor- remain dear friends.” soul-rock than might have been expected, was born October 2, 1962, into a work- rison albums (the live A Night In San With his contract sold over to Rounder but the results were sublime. Hunter ing class family in Colchester, England. Francisco album and the studio-recorded Records, Hunter released his third full- was vindicated, and all the hard work and “It wasn’t like being from Alabama,” he album Days Like This) before deciding to length album, People Gonna Talk, in 2006. risks had proven worth it. says with a heartfelt and infectious laugh. again strike out on his own. “Playing with The album went on to be nominated for a With the record now two years In the U.S. you have your Mason-Dixon Van was like a dream come true, and I owe 2006 Grammy Award in the soul category (a distant, and a bevy of new songs readied, Line but over here the best we can muster the world to him. But by 2003 I was 41 years rarity for any white artist) and, sensing that Hunter is again hitting the road. That he is the Watford Gap.” old, without a contract, and going nowhere,” much larger audiences lay ahead, Hunter is playing Asheville is reason enough to His earliest musical education was a he says. After a few initial nibbles from re- began seriously considering a tour of the celebrate, but his performing at a venue gift of 78 rpm discs given by his grand- cord labels, Hunter was again on the outs. United States. The success of that initial as intimate and acoustically ideal as The mother. “It was a marvelous collection of “I went through a particularly bad excursion, modest though it was, convinced Grey Eagle makes it even more so. This is 1950s rockabilly, rhythm and blues, and time, doing the occasional vocal gig but not Hunter he’d done the right thing. without a doubt one of the highlights of soul recordings. As soon as I heard them making any dents. Rather than chuck it all, Upon returning to England he set about the year, and an ideal kick-off to a spring I knew what I wanted to do with my which I often came close to doing, I decided recording a new album, one with a budget music season that is already shaping up as life. My older brother Perry (himself an to start playing for tips on the streets of generous enough to match the quality of the something special. accomplished and successful musician) London. The pay was better, the hours more songs. The Hard Way arrived in mid-2008 taught me a few chords and away I went.” social, and I met a much more interesting and almost immediately began gathering In 1984 he put together his first batch of crack addicts.” rave reviews. With a guest appearance by Al- James Hunter and his band, playing the usual dance halls and Along comes Steve Erdman. A fan of len Toussaint and exquisite mid-1960s retro IF Band at The Grey Eagle. Labour clubs, developing his robust Hunter’s for twenty years, Erdman and his production from Liam Watson, not to men- YOU Thursday, March 3 at 9 stage presence while making his initial business partner Kimberly Guise created tion some killer songs and performances by GO p.m. $15 advance / $18 day forays into songwriting. His first released GO Records with the express intent of re- Hunter, the album catapulted to the top of of show. Tickets available composition, “Evil Eye,” inspired by leasing a proper James Hunter album. 1996’s Billboard’s blues charts, hitting the number at Hip Replacements and Muddy Waters, became a modest regional Believe What I Say, which featured vocal one spot and holding it for several weeks. other local outlets. The Grey Eagle, 185 hit and the crowds at his shows began to accompaniment from Morrison and the The Hard Way was a much leaner and Clingman Ave. in Asheville. Phone (828) slowly but steadily increase. But it was a great Doris Troy, gathered solid reviews and tougher sounding record than anything 232-5800 or visit www.thegreyeagle.com.

‘CD’s’ continued from page 10 and good but it doesn’t pay the bills. past couple of albums. As such, The King A loosely structured song cycle about Their fifth album finds them explor- is Dead, while easily the most accessible of the joys and pratfalls of life in the pursuit of life’s ironies with cryptic wordplay and ing territory best mapped by The Smiths, their discs, is also among the least compel- the perfect woman, it’s the most polished, understated warmth. The result is one of R.E.M., and early 1970’s Fairport Con- ling. For a band that has set their bar so muscular, and best record he has yet made. the season’s most alluring records, one that vention; a mingling of British Folk, ab- impeccably high, even such lofty accom- It connects the more pop-oriented sheen of might be difficult to find (although it can be stract pop, and 1980’s indie rock. It’s also plishments may not be enough. ***1/2 2008’s A Piece of What You Need, with the downloaded from his website), but is well bandleader Colin Meloy’s first real attempt organic cadence of his first two albums. worth seeking out.**** to write about his homeland. Teddy Backed by his crackerjack touring The songs are punctuated with Thompson ensemble, Thompson’s own fiery guitar The Decemberists references to the seasons (“June swagger and vocals are excellent, hitting Hymn”) and local geography (“Down Bella all the proper notes on such delights as the The King Is Dead by the River”), not just in the hyper Verve Records arrogant “Looking for a Girl,” the self-de- Rough Trade Records literate lyrics but in the sonic nuances The fifth full preciating “The One I Can’t Have,” and the If the progressive that abound. There are also paeans to length album by the bittersweet “Take Care of Yourself. rock aspirations of their broken-hearted love (“Don’t Carry It only offspring of In truth the songs aren’t among his previous album didn’t All”) and chaos theory (“The Calamity folk rock legends Richard and Linda, Teddy strongest but what Bella lacks in subtlety deter the hard core fol- Song”) that demonstrate Meloy’s ever Thompson’s Bella might just have easily and profundity it more than compen- lowers of this Portland, Oregon band, then expanding approach to songwriting. been titled “women and the songwriters sates for in spirit and punch. As such it the abrupt shift toward middle of the road Where The King Is Dead falls a tad who love them.” Never before has Thomp- is yet more evidence of Thompson being rock might surely do the trick. The King Is short is in its overarching sound. The son so willfully relaxed his guard (keeping among the pop world’s most brilliant Dead is clearly the Decemberists’ attempt to instrumentation varies little from song his cards carefully hidden is a trait learned lights. ***1/2 cultivate a larger audience. Being a cult band to song, as if the band feels compelled to well from his old man) and plunged straight and critical darling of the press is all well retreat from the glorious excesses of the on into the realm of relationship rock.

Vol. 14, No. 7 — RAPID RIVER ARTS & CULTURE MAGAZINE — March 2011 11 RAPID RIVER ARTS & CULTURE thoreau’s garden Snowdrops: A Welcome Winter Salute to Spring!

n general most of February and early March—at least until St. Patrick’s BY PETER LOEWER Day—lack the grace of descrip- tion usually In Germany snowdrops are Iemployed for other winter months. known by several names, October has the including “naked maidens.” lure of virgin show, November has the warmth of the Thanksgiving holiday—and plicatus), especially be- for those into armament, the romance of cause it delighted English hunting out in the open woods, while De- soldiers during the first cember enjoys the various days of Christ- most dreadful winter of the mas, January the dream of the coming thaw, Crimean war. and most of March salutes the waning days Those fighting in an- of what’s left of winter. other of those political ar- But alas, poor February and early rangements where men and March lead to dreams of the coming garden women wind up fighting season with nothing to salute those visions for the liberation of strange except the blooms of winter aconite, snow- countries, were astounded drops, and crocuses. to see the battlefields Because they are so pushy and found in abloom with snowdrops af- most gardens everywhere, this time around ter that harsh winter, and a number of those snow-violets, and, of course, snow drops. we dismiss the crocus with two lines from men with garden inclinations (remember, The French names include the white Forbes Watson, the author of a popular most of the folks who live or are born in bell, the bell of the snows, the bell of winter, book first published in 1871, entitled Flow- England have a gardening gene) brought and the snow-piercer, this last appellation ers and Gardens: back bulbs upon their return from the front. lacking just a bit of the poetic nonce usually “The yellow crocus is a perfect flower, It should be pointed out that earlier travelers applied to the world of flowers. leaving nothing that we could wish to add had done the same and this species has been The Latin name of Galanthus—i.e. to or to alter.” blooming in the gardens of Western Europe milk-flower) was invented by Linnaeus to The snowdrop remains a most popular since the sixteenth century. distinguish this plant from the other snow- flower because it perseveres in the border This bulb also bears a pretty name but drop known as Leucojum. But all the snow- or at the areas in open woodlands or along until the end of the seventeenth century, drops were first described by Theophrastus the edge of the lawn where the now-spent it was described as the white bulbous back in the days of Ancient Greece. leaves are allowed to mature so bulbs below violet—rather a mouthful when used for When the poetic muse is invited on the can store up food for the next winter season. such a charming blossom. In Germany scene, Tennyson springs to mind with two In England a number of snowdrop snowdrops are known as snowflakes, the lines, in which he makes the poor dying species do very well, but one of the champs February flower, naked maidens (wonder May Queen cry out: is the Crimean snowdrop (Galanthus what the background of the moniker is), “I only wish to live ‘till the snowdrops come again, I long to see a flower so the day before I die.” Photography and Bookmaking Workshops But to close on a brighter note we OFFERED AT NORTH CAROLINA CENTER FOR CREATIVE RETIREMENT return to Tennyson for “Daydreams,” his poem that salutes the love of plants and egistration is now open for two flowers in the human psyche, with the lines: BY LEANNA PRESTON spring workshops at UNC Ashe- “Any man that walks the mead, R ville’s North Carolina Center for In bud, or blade, or bloom may find, Textile artist Jean McGrew will lead Creative Retirement. The hands-on According as his humours lead, courses, which are open to students of all the “Creating Handmade Books” work- A meaning suited to his mind.” ages and skills, include lessons in digital shop from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on April 9 photography and bookmaking. and 10. Students will create handmade Award-winning photographer Bill books using a variety of techniques, including origami pocket book, diagonal Roskind will teach the “Using Your Peter Loewer, Digital Camera Effectively” workshop pocket accordion book and match box book. Cost for the workshop is $100, shown here, from 9 a.m. to noon on March 14, 16 and examining the plus a $20 materials fee payable to the 18. The workshop will focus on learn- blossoms of ing to use the features of digital cameras instructor. early-blooming to dramatically improve picture qual- IF YOU GO: For more information or to Lenten roses, ity. Cost for the workshop is $105. An register for the workshops, call the North is a well- optional hour-long one-on-one session Carolina Center for Creative Retirement known writer with the instructor will be available for at (828) 251-6140 or visit www2.unca. and botanical artist who has written and $30 payable to the instructor. edu/ncccr. illustrated more than twenty-five books on natural history over the past thirty years.

12 March 2011 — RAPID RIVER ARTS & CULTURE MAGAZINE — Vol. 14, No. 7 RAPID RIVER ARTS & CULTURE southern comfort A JOURNAL OF SHORT STORIES BY JUDY AUSLEY Wind That Howls and Bad Hair Days

arch has always been a month that really is not BY JUDY AUSLEY distinguished among favorite months of the The Profound Effects year. I always associ- of Weather Mate March with blowing wind that howls, creating very bad hair days for There are some of us, includ- some of us. We associate cold and ing this writer, who fight depression snow with the winter months, which every day, and cold and gloomy March certainly is, and we are still in weather does cause us to be terribly winter, folks. depressed. I have been trying to fig- Great books of literature have ure this one out for years. Why does been written of cold harsh winters the weather affect us so profoundly in history and the suffering that pre- and often result in depression? vailed when folks were unable to stay I have a friend in Black Moun- warm. Food was scarce and older tain, who was born and raised in folks and babies died from the cold. Florida, just like me. He is an artist. I, for one, have lived in North When he is here and this type of Carolina for long enough to think weather occurs, he has to go back that this warm weather is only an- and visit Florida to get away from other seasonal trick. Don’t start your the cold. It seems just being bathed planting yet! in the bright sun in Florida for him Have you checked the calendar is better than medication. lately? Or maybe the Old Farmer’s I also have, in the past, taken Almanac? We only began trips to warmer destinations winter on December 22 . to find the sun. I am guessing, We were in the throes of “Daffodils, that come before the after years of watching peoples’ frigid cold weather well swallow dares, and take the winds behavior, that it could have before Christmas 2010. A of March with beauty.” something to do with the fact good memory for the fu- that we were first exposed to ture is that we actually had ~ William Shakespeare very warm temperatures in the the festive seasonal holiday womb. After we were taken with snow and ice falling home in warmer climates after and more on the ground. It was the birth, we were exposed to a warm and first time in many years, according to the wonderful changes that Mother hot climate year round in Florida. local record books. Nature provides those who love the I am no scientist, but when I was According to one of the ten calen- outdoors. It is so different here than young I always heard that if you are dars I received for Christmas, spring is where I grew up Florida. We had raised close to water or the ocean that, coming and officially arrives on March warmer weather there than anyone as you age, you always have that feeling 20. I think old Mother Nature is very else, even in winter. inside that you yearn to live near water tired and decided to throw us a warm So here are a few dates to remem- or a lake, river or the ocean. Maybe it holiday for a few days while she gets ber as we enter March: was Native American poetry I read or ready to blast us again with something § Daylight Savings Time will occur old stories from ancestors and storytell- later this month. Most likely more this year on March 13. Wait a minute, ers in North Carolina, but I believe the cold weather. I just remembered that we get an extra weather does have profound effects on When I was younger and work- hour of sleep and when we get home all of us wherever we live. ing in North Carolina with some at night, we will have an extra hour community newspapers, I always got before darkness creeps in. So, spring the assignment to do weather stories. forward on the 13th and set your I loved it. It is a story easy to write clocks forward one hour on Sunday. Writer Judy because we writers can use little catch Ausley has phrases and colorful words to describe § The third month in the year owns been a or paint a picture for readers. Weather St. Patrick Day on March 17. reporter with has taken on a new importance with § Ash Wednesday is on March 9 newspapers so many strange stories about tragedies this year. in NC for 40 occurring in different cities. Survival years. She is pitted against destructive elements Time passes so incredibly fast retired in 2005 and continues to in weather for animals and us humans. these days, or it seems so. Seems we freelance at her home in Asheville. The weather creates so much natural are not out of one season before there She can be contacted by e-mail at beauty, but on the other hand, it can is another one to begin. And, guess [email protected]. If you know a cause such destruction and it is hard to what? We will just do it all over again character in Asheville who has not figure out why. same time next year. had a conventional life, put them in I settled in North Carolina to This is art, in a way, if you really touch with Judy for an article in this enjoy the seasons of the year and all ponder the seasons. column, Southern Comfort.

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Barney’s Version ∑∑∑∑ marriage to the “2nd Mrs. P.” is doomed Gnomeo & Juliet ∑∑∑∑ ASHEVILLE FILM SOCIETY Short Take: Paul Giamatti gives perhaps from the start due in part to her family’s Short Take: This animated version of MARCH SCREENINGS his best performance to date as the very loathing of his father, Izzy (Dustin Hoff- the old warhorse using garden gnomes flawed but strangely likeable Barney man), and the fact that Barney falls in love as the characters is a lot better than you The Asheville Film Society will show Panofsky in Barney’s Version. with his 3rd wife at his 2nd wedding. When would think thanks to clever writing and the following films on Tuesday nights Barney meets Miriam an all star cast of British voices. at 8 p.m. in the Cinema Lounge at the REEL TAKE: (Rosamund Pike), it’s Carolina Cinema on Hendersonville Paul Giamatti love-at-first-sight. REEL TAKE: Now that my kids are all Road. Tuesday night screenings are makes a good Barney leaves the grown up, I rarely go to G rated movies free, but membership dues for the film even better reception, follows her these days because they are so, for lack of a society are $10. Membership gets you on the merits to the train station and better word, juvenile. Occasionally animated into any special members-only events of his perfor- promptly proposes movies like Wall-E have something to say and screenings. mance as Barney to her. While she of to adults as well and such is the case with Panofsky in Bar- Gnomeo & Juliet. The fact that the source MARCH 1: Shanghai Express (1932) course puts him off, he ney’s Version. is forever smitten and material is Shakespeare doesn’t hurt either. Marlene Dietrich at her most allur- Based on the does not give up. Ironi- This time around the Montagues and ing in this visually stunning drama book by Mor- cally, the 2nd marriage Capulets are reduced to a widow and a set aboard a train. Director: Josef von decai Richler ends when Barney widower who live in side by side houses (2B Sternberg. and directed finds the “2nd Mrs. P” and NOT 2B) and of course they can’t stand by Richard J. Paul Giamatti and Dustin Hoffman turn in each other. One has a blue color scheme, MARCH 8: Casino Royale (1967) in bed with Boogie. Lewis, Barney’s fantastic performances as son and father This of course leads us the other red and this applies to their garden respectively in Barney’s Version. The all-star spoof with David Niven, Version tells the to “did he or didn’t he” gnomes as well. Of course the gnomes hate Woody Allen, Orson Welles, etc. Not story of a highly kill his best friend. each other and are constantly “at war” mak- the Daniel Craig version. Various unlikable, cigar-smoking, hard-drinking Barney’s Version is much like Bar- ing mischief in each other’s gardens, except Directors. producer of a Canadian Mounty (porn-lite) ney, hard to like and harder to dislike. television show. MARCH 15: Talk to Her (2002) Director Richard J. Lewis has achieved a As the story starts, Barney’s life is in the dramatic comedy that is ugly and tender, Spanish film of four different charac- hot seat after the publication of a book that repulsive and attractive at the same time. ters and how their lives converge in dredges up a now decades old charge that Barney, who has an innate knack for in- a date with destiny. Director: Pedro he murdered his best friend “Boogie” (Scott sensitivity, is also remarkably vulnerable. Almodovar Speedman). From there the story switches It is contrasts like this in his character to Barney’s version of what really happened, that make him interesting. I was amazed MARCH 22: The Gay which is hazily cloaked between truth and Divorcee (1934) from my reaction at the start of the failing memory. The things we know about movie, how much I cared about him by The first solo outing Barney are this: Barney has been a very suc- the end. If the book is anything like that, for Fred Astaire and cessful television producer, he may or may it must be a good read. Ginger Rogers has not have killed his best friend, he has lost Unfortunately much of the criti- James MacAvoy and Emily Blunt provide songs by Cole Porter. the love of his life and he is now a 65 year cism I’ve heard about the film comes the voices for Gnomeo and Juliet. Director: old miserable wretch of a man. from fans of the book who think Mark Sandrich Barney’s version takes us back through Giamatti fails a beloved, yet flawed character. when humans are around when they freeze his life via his romantic relationships, begin- into traditional gnome-like poses. It’s an ef- MARCH 29: Portrait of Jennie (1948) To that end, I cannot comment. What I can ning circa 1974 in Rome when he is about to tell you is this. Giamatti and Hoffman turn fective gag which is not overused, making it Joseph Cotten and Jennifer Jones star marry his first wife, a psychopathic, knocked in dynamite performances, which make for quite amusing when it does occur. in this ultra-romantic ghost story with up, mad dish of a girl (Rachelle Lafevre). It some unevenness in the story’s pacing. Ro- Naturally blue Romeo (James Ma- a stunning finale. Director: William is in this bohemian chapter of his life that we samund Pike is luminous and the supporting cAvoy) falls in love with red Juliet (Emily Dieterle. meet his artsy, boozy circle of friends, includ- cast is strong, including Dustin Hoffman’s Blunt) and they meet secretly in a garden ing Boogie. Fast forward to the next chapter, son Jake (a dead ringer of his father circa shed where they befriend a discarded pink For more information go to Barney is back in Montreal, entrenched in a flamingo (Jim Cummings). Of course www.ashevillefilm.org 1970), as Barney’s son. Barney’s Version life climbing the corporate ladder in televi- won’t have a large audience, but what audi- Mother Montague (Maggie Smith) and Carolina Cinemas, sion. It is during this chapter that he meets ence it attracts will likely be pleased. Father Capulet (Michael Caine) will have 1640 Hendersonville and marries his second wife, a talkative, none of this and before long things get out Rd. (828) 274-9500. high maintenance Jewish Canadian princess Rated R for language and some sexual content. played comically by Minnie Driver. Barney’s REVIEW BY MICHELLE KEENAN ‘Movies’ continued on page 15

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‘Movies’ continued from page 14 it. I thought some parts of the plot of hand thanks to Tybalt (a hilarious vocal The Illusionist ∑∑∑∑ were weak. It is not clear why Alice performance from Jason Statham). Tired of over-the-top high octane starts living with the magician and The garden wars are fought with lawn action romps, vapid chick flicks, and the end of the film leaves the viewer mowers and after Benny / Mercutio is de- mawkish dramas? Are you eager to confused. Nonetheless, The Il- capitated (his pointed cap is cut off) by Ty- watch a classic animated film? If so, lusionist offers a generally pleasant balt, he goes online and orders the ultimate then I highly recommend The Il- experience—a rich view of early 20th destructive weapon, a super lawn mower lusionist. The Illusionist—brought to century Edinburgh and many bit- called the Terrafirmanator which results in you by the same studio that pro- tersweet life lessons. the destruction of both gardens. But not to duced The Triplets of Belleville and I recommend The Illusionist worry, this is a G rated movie which means The Secret of Kells—is the story of to any teenagers or adults who are not only will Gnomeo and Juliet survive but an outdated French magician who animated film fans or appreciate a everything will work out in the end. The two principal characters Alice and the Magician struggles to find work in a world no simple friendship story. But, to truly Some critics have called Gnomeo and in the French animated film The Illusionist. longer interested in magic. He departs enjoy The Illusionist, leave the kids Juliet a ripoff of Toy Story 3 but as I recall from Paris and travels to Scotland at home. Though the film is rated Shakespeare and the R&J story have been where he meets a young girl named Scotland—and the memorable score is also PG, children would probably find it around a bit longer. Speaking of Shake- Alice who is still able to appreciate his agreeable. The few faults I could find with boring, and the movie also includes speare, there is a wonderful scene with a tricks. The two share many adventures the movie involved its pace and its plot. The brief but mature references to suicide statue of old Will (Patrick Stewart) who tries in Edinburgh as the illusionist continues Illusionist moves slower and alcoholism. But, in to explain to a dejected Gnomeo why they to struggle in his dying trade. than most movies, and at my opinion, if there is both have to die (“I am somewhat familiar I truly enjoyed The Illusionist as it times it did seem to drag currently a movie worth with the story you know”). was a nice change of pace from today’s a little; however, the film seeing on the big screen, It is the clever reworking of the story, TEEN usual fare. It does not include any was not overly sluggish, it is The Illusionist. the amusing dialogue, the constant referenc- dialog, but it has no need of any. The and your patience level REVIEW es to Shakespeare (Taming of the Glue, Ros- Rated PG for thematic ele- animation alone is stunning—there are will probably determine encrantz & Guildenstern movers, Tempest by Clara Sofia ments and smoking. some particularly beautiful depictions of how much you enjoy in a Teapot crockery), and the all star-cast of British voices that make Gnomeo and Juliet even more fun for adults than it is for kids, although the children in the audience the day I went thoroughly enjoyed it too. Action fans needn’t worry My only complaint concerns the 3-D though as there is plenty of Theatre Directory version which I saw. It’s obvious that the action here when the Roman 3-D scenes were added later as you really legions battle the native Brits, Asheville Pizza & Brewing Company didn’t need your glasses for at least half of especially a fierce group of blue Movieline (828) 254-1281 the movie. That means that you are paying warriors known as the Seal www.ashevillepizza.com unnecessarily inflated prices so stick with People. Unlike Centurion, the Beaucatcher Cinemas (Asheville) the 2-D one. emphasis here is on staying alive Movieline (828) 298-1234 Rated G for nothing objectionable. not seeing how many men you can kill. Director MacDonald’s Biltmore Grande REVIEW BY CHIP KAUFMANN roots in making documentaries 1-800-FANDANGO #4010 serves him well here as the battle www.REGmovies.com The Eagle ∑∑∑∑ sequences have a realistic, you Carmike 10 (Asheville) Short Take: Old school adaptation of are there quality about them with Rosemary Sutcliff’s 1954 novel The Movieline (828) 298-4452 minimal use of CGI. www.carmike.com Eagle of the Ninth that concentrates The beleaguered Roman legion makes Adding to my enjoyment of less on action and more on one last stand in The Eagle. The Eagle are the solid perfor- Carolina Cinemas characterization, resulting in a more mances from Channing Tatum as (828) 274-9500 to restore his family’s honor. The setting satisfying movie experience. the commander and Jamie Bell, Billy Elliot www.carolinacinemas.com is 2nd century Roman-occupied Britain. A REEL TAKE: The Eagle is only director all grown up, as his proud and wily British Roman commander is hoping to recover a Cinebarre (Asheville) Kevin MacDonald’s third feature film, as slave. This is a story about loyalty, discovery, Golden Eagle emblem, the symbol of Rome, www.cinebarre.com opposed to having made 15 documentaries and male bonding. The casting of Bell and which was lost by his father in battle. To do on subjects as wide ranging as Touching the fact that the source novel was published The Falls Theatre (Brevard) this, against the advice of his uncle (Donald the Void, about climbers in the Andes, in the 1950s should give you a clue as to Movieline (828) 883-2200 Sutherland), he enlists the aid of his British to Chaplin’s Goliath, a documentary on how things will ultimately turn out. The slave (Jamie Bell) and sets out into unchart- Scottish comedian Eric Campbell who was rating is another giveaway as well. However Fine Arts Theatre (Asheville) ed territory. the giant nemesis in early Charlie Chaplin in this movie it’s not the outcome but the Movieline (828) 232-1536 Last year the same story of the lost Ro- www.fineartstheatre.com comedies. The other two features are State getting there that really matters. If you like man Ninth Legion was made into the movie of Play with Russell Crowe and The Last or remember movies like The Vikings or Centurion, which played in Asheville as part Flat Rock Theatre (Flat Rock) King of Scotland with James MacAvoy about The Long Ships (see my DVD pick for this of Actionfest at the Carolina Cinemas. That Movieline (828) 697-2463 Ugandan dictator Idi Amin which won For- month) then The Eagle should be right up www.flatrockcinema.com movie was not nearly as good because it est Whitaker an Oscar and made MacDonald your alley. known outside the world of documentaries. concentrated mostly on violent action with Four Seasons (Hendersonville) little or no characterization. It is the chang- Rated PG-13 for battle sequences and some Movieline (828) 693-8989 Unlike Scotland, The Eagle is ultimate- disturbing images. ly an uplifting story based on a 1954 young ing relationship between master and slave REVIEW BY CHIP KAUFMANN Smoky Mountain Cinema (Waynesville) adult novel, The Eagle of the Ninth by that gives The Eagle additional depth and emotional resonance. Movieline (828) 452-9091 Rosemary Sutcliff, about one man’s attempt ‘Movies’ continued on page 16

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‘Movies’ continued from page 15 Unknown ∑∑∑∑ flattery and Unknown borrows from any Short Take: Brooding Hitchcock style number of key thrillers including Ronin and The Mechanic ∑∑∑ thriller with a little Jason Bourne thrown Neeson’s own Taken. The important thing in borrows the best from a number of is that it borrows the best parts. I doubt if Short Take: This remake of the director Jaume Collet-Serra is responsible 1972 Charles Bronson flick lacks other thrillers and blends them into a satisfying whole. since he gave us the Paris Hilton remake the cleverness of the original but of House of Wax. Chances are co-writer is not without its moments. REEL TAKE: Imagine that Alfred Hitch- Stephen Cornwell is responsible as he is the REEL TAKE: The number one cock is alive and well and living in Berlin. son of John LeCarre and probably knows a question I wanted answered as I Somewhere along the way he ran into Jason thing or two about espionage. went in to see this remake of the Bourne and together in they cooked up Neeson plays an American scientist in 1972 Michael Winner-Charles this new Liam Neeson thriller and are now Berlin for an international conference who Bronson film The Mechanic was: Ben Foster (L) and Jason Statham talk over plans for waiting for the box office returns to roll in. is injured in a traffic accident. When he Would they keep that film’s original their next hit in the remake of The Mechanic. That’s not exactly the way it happened since returns to the conference after four days, no ending? The answer is no and Alfred Hitchcock has been dead since 1980 one knows him including his wife (Janu- that sums up the basic problem with this Rated R for strong brutal violence, language, and Jason Bourne is a fictional character but ary Jones), and another man (Aidan Quinn) reboot. They kept the basic storyline intact sexual content, and nudity. that’s what it seems like. Imitation is the sincerest form of but eliminated what was clever and original REVIEW BY CHIP KAUFMANN ‘Movies’ continued on page 17 about the first film, which is really too bad because what you’re left with is just another Jason Statham action flick only not as good. Just as in the original, the film starts Chip Kaufmann’s Pick: Michelle Keenan’s Pick: off with Statham’s first assassination being “The Long Ships” March DVD Picks “Ondine” made to look like an accident. Next is the establishment of the relationship between Statham and his mentor (Donald Suther- The Long Ships (1964) drink and dysfunctional family is exposed. land). This is better developed than in the Reviewing the historical adventure Annie’s mother and live-in boyfriend are first film, making Statham’s eventual hit on The Eagle this month brought this relic both drunks. Syracuse is a now-sober him more effective, but when the mentor’s from my childhood to mind (I own the drunk who does his best to do right by his black sheep son (Ben Foster) arrives on the DVD), so I watched it again and still daughter. For therapy he goes to confes- scene, the rest of the film starts to go down- enjoyed it because I can appreciate it for sion and talks to the local priest (Stephen hill pretty quickly. what it really is. Made in 1964 at the end Rea); these brief scenes provide a wry There are two very interesting scenes of the adventure epic cycle, and clearly bit of levity. Annie, bright and resilient, involving women in the original that help to inspired by the Kirk Douglas actioner keeps her spirits up as she endures dialy- give us significant insights into the nature of The Vikings, The Long Ships is a rollick- sis and bullying. the two main characters. There are women ing, old-fashioned romp that pokes fun at Syracuse falls in love with his sea- in this film too but they only serve one the genre while treating it with respect. faring muse, and Ondine buries her seal purpose (no bonus points for guessing what Richard Widmark plays Rolfe, a offspring loved it when they were younger coat in hopes of staying for at least seven that is) and are dispensed with quickly. That Viking shipwrecked off the coast of Africa but you don’t have to be a kid to enjoy years on land, devoted to her new family is a significant difference not in favor of this who tells the story of a great golden The Long Ships. Just don’t expect histori- and perhaps even able to grant a wish to version. Another significant difference is that bell as tall as three men known as “the cal accuracy or lots of graphic violence. make Annie well. But just as it seems we this time instead of the nameless organiza- Mother of Voices”. Sidney Poitier plays have a fairy tale on our hands, we learn tion that employed Charles Bronson, there a Moorish prince who has searched for Ondine (2010) that Ondine is being followed and all is is an evil CEO (Tony Goldwyn) who must the bell all his life. Together they form an I thought I’d pick an Irish film this not what it seems. be dealt with. uneasy alliance to try and find it. Add re- month in honor of the annual wearing The film has been criticized by some The basic modus operandi in the 1972 bellious sailors, a vengeful Viking king, a o’ the green. After a bit of consideration, for its sudden shift in texture. For me, it Mechanic is that every hit on someone is kidnapped princess, and an unforgettable I decided to go with a well received was part of what made it interesting. Yes, a painstakingly planned in advance to make torture device called “the Mare of Steel” but little seen film from last year. Neil brutal reality does detract from the magic, sure it looks like an accident. After starting and it just doesn’t get any better than this Jordan’s Ondine is a collision of magical but then again maybe it merely shows a out that way, this version soon dispenses with – if you enjoy this sort of thing. Irish lore and stark reality as only an Irish different magic, one based in reality. Colin any such subtlety and Statham and Foster use Director Jack Cardiff was a noted storyteller can do. Farrell delivers a wonderfully understated maximum firepower to kill as many people cinematographer (The Red Shoes) so the Colin Farrell is Syracuse, a down- and genuine performance. Stephen Rea as they possibly can. If the first Mechanic is photography is gorgeous. The rousing on-his-luck Irish fisherman who finds a adds a subtle bit of comedy. Alison Barry reminiscent of Fred Zinnemann’s Day of score by Dusian Radic is contagious, the woman tangled in his nets one day and is dear as Annie and Alicja Bachleda as the Jackal, then this Mechanic uses Sylvester screenplay by Beverley Cross (Jason and his life is – of course – forever changed. Ondine is appropriately beautiful, alluring Stallone’s most recent Rambo outing as its the Argonauts) is clever, and it’s your Immediately his catch improves and fi- and distant. Jordan has stepped into new model. The video game style killings may only chance to see Sidney Poitier in his nancial burdens are lessened. He believes ground here and it works. appeal to today’s overstimulated young audi- “first non-Negro role” (the original ads the mysterious young woman he hauled This film received little attention ences but it left me detached and bored. actually said this in 1964). The support- from the sea is the source of his good for- in this country last year and it’s a shame. Then there’s the ending. The original ing cast features Russ Tamblyn, Oscar tune. When his precocious, wheelchair- You can rent the geographically chal- film builds to its ultimate punch line, which Homolka, and a host of British stalwarts bound daughter Annie (Alison Barry) lenged but likeable romantic comedy was bold and surprising for its day. This who know what to do with this material, discovers the mystery of the stranger, Leap Year this St. Pat’s, or you can watch one chickens out and you’ll have to see it which is to take it and run with it. she quickly concludes that the woman something a bit more substantive with a to see how. It’s hard to believe that I saw Both Widmark and Poitier, great is a selke (a seal/woman in Irish lore). true Irish heart – Ondine. the original in a theater almost 40 years ago. friends in real life, spoke of this produc- Because she came from the sea, they fit- Rated PG-13 for some violence, sensuality and Unfortunately it’s not hard to believe that, tion as one of the best summer vacations tingly call her Ondine. brief strong language. regarding most remakes, it’s business as they ever had (it was shot off the coast of Spliced between the pleasantries of usual . Some things never change. then Yugoslavia in beautiful weather). My getting to know Ondine, a harsh life of

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‘Movies’ continued from pg. 16 the 1960s like The Spy Who Came In From The Cold or The Ipcress File (definitely has taken his place. He tracks down the cab Stephen Cornwell). driver from the accident (Diane Kruger) and Of course it’s not all a sophisticated T  A vl Jw F F  together with an aging member of the for- intellectual pursuit. There are a number of The Asheville Jewish Film Festival Monday, March 28 tense action sequences including a car chase mer East German police (Bruno Ganz), they promotes the diversity of Jewish identity 1:00 p.m. - Budrus try to figure out what’s going on. Of course that rivals The French Connection and a to its community through film, exploring murder sequence straight out of Hitchcock’s 7:00 p.m. - Jewish Soldiers in things are not what they seem. the dynamic environment of history and Blue & Gray Torn Curtain. True movie buffs will have a culture on the modern Jewish experience grand time spotting other references which, to a rich and varied community. Tuesday, March 29 for me, was half the fun of watching the Festival activities are meant to create 1:00 p.m. - Jewish Soldiers in film. a space for dialogue about what it means Liam Neeson seems like he’s being Blue & Gray to be Jewish, creating awareness and 7:00 p.m. - A Matter of Size groomed to be the Hitchcock hero for the pride in various and differing aspects 21st century. He can be taciturn and vulner- of identity. The festival strives to link Wednesday, March 30 able like Jimmy Stewart yet have the charm newcomers with the vibrant Jewish com- 1:00 p.m. - A Matter of Size and charisma of Cary Grant. He also has the munity formed over Asheville’s history, 7:00 p.m. - Budrus ability to draw a crossover audience of older bringing attention to a constantly evolv- and younger viewers which should continue Frank Langella and Liam Neeson try to ing Jewish culture. Thursday, March 31 piece together what happened in the to ensure him a successful career. Hitchcock like thriller Unknown. On a personal level, I would give 1:00 p.m. - Howl Unknown 5 stars because I enjoyed it that Closing Night Reception Those of you expecting a travelogue much. However, as a critic, I realize that it has narrative gaps and parts of it strain cre- 6:00 p.m. at Blue Spiral 1 tour of Berlin will be disappointed. Al- The Last Survivor though there are a few recognizable land- dulity. Nevertheless all the performances are quite good and the finale left me remember- 7:00 p.m. Screening marks, most of the key scenes take place in Reception and Film $18 the former East Berlin, which doesn’t look ing classic movies of the past. That alone to have changed much in the past 20 years. gives it 4 stars overall in my book. Friday, April 1 The dismal locations utilized (or created) ac- Rated PG-13 for sequences of violence and action 1:00 p.m. - The Last Survivor centuate the feeling of despair and paranoia and brief sexual content. the Liam Neeson character feels and the cin- REVIEW BY CHIP KAUFMANN Saturday, March 26 ematography recalls the bleak spy thrillers of Opening Night Reception IF IF YOU GO: The 6:00 p.m. at Blue Spiral 1 YOU Asheville Jewish Film The Gefilte Fish Chronicles GO Festival, March 26 - April 1 {Re}HAPPENING 2011 7:30 p.m. Screening at the Fine Arts Theatre. Reception and film $18 All regular screenings $8. at the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center Sunday, March 27 Ticket packages are available – please call (828) 253-3227, ext. 120 for information. he Media Arts Proj- 1:00 p.m. - The Gefilte Fish Chronicles Tickets may be purchased in advance at ect (MAP) and the 7:00 p.m. - Howl the Fine Arts Theatre Box Office. Black Mountain Col- lege Museum + Arts TCenter (BMCM+AC) will host the second annual {Re}HAPPENING, on Sat- Mountain College by bringing its dynamic About the Media Arts Project urday, April 9 in the original energy into the present day. The project has dining hall of the former Black developed as an innovative fundraising and The Media Arts Project (MAP) cul- Mountain College, now Camp art-based collaboration between the two tivates innovative arts and technology in Rockmont. A kick-off event, non-profits, balancing the history, innova- western North Carolina. Because the media held at Bobo Gallery in December, show- www.rehappening.com to view photos and tion and experience of BMCM+AC, with arts are integral to the vibrant cultural and cased video of the performances and instal- video from the show. the forward-thinking and media-based col- economic life of the region, the MAP pro- lation art from last year’s event. “The BMC campus will be trans- lective of artists that defines the MAP. vides ways for media artists to connect with Inspired by our idea of what a formed into site-specific art spaces where The April 9 event will begin with a resources, professional opportunities, and typical Saturday night at Black Moun- everything from sculptural video instal- cocktail social, leading into a seated “fam- one another through events, grant programs, tain College might have been like, the lation, to interactive sculpture, to multi- ily style” dinner. The second part of the and www.themap.org, a dynamic portfolio {Re}HAPPENING begins with a meal media-based performance takes place,” evening will include drinks, light appetizers and networking site. – with tastes from over a dozen different said Gene Felice, a board member of both and an extended evening of art, perfor- local restaurants and farms – surrounded by organizations and the artist coordinating mance & dancing. Tickets for the entire art. Various performances happen around the event. “The idea is that art is ‘happen- evening including dinner are $50 ($40 for the seated audience. During the second ing’ all around us simultaneously. It’s up to BMCM+AC and MAP members). For the IF Contact us or stop by for half of the evening the dining hall becomes the viewer to choose to see or experience in second half only, the ticket price is $15 ($10 YOU more info or to purchase the main performance space, while music, the moment, possibly missing something for members). GO tickets for the event: Black multimedia art and more takes place across going on in another space, but knowing that Vinnie’s Neighborhood Italian will Mountain College Museum the rest of the campus into the night. they are part of the creative process that is again provide the main course, and dozens + Arts Center, 56 Broadway, Nearly 400 people attended the inau- transpiring around them.” of local restaurants will contribute. For the Asheville. Phone (828) 350-8484 or gural event in 2010. For a detailed look at In partnership with the MAP, this 2011 artist lineup and more details on the email [email protected] for more the 2010 {Re}HAPPENING, please visit BMCM +AC event pays tribute to Black event visit www.rehappening.com. details.

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rom cop to comic” is one way to de- him a formidable and diverse force in the BY JOHN ELLIS scribe how Billy D. Washington em- world of stand-up comedy. barked on his multi-faceted showbiz Billy D. Washington’s original songs, career, as his five years as a Houston parodies, poems and comedy routine have “Each one of the performers on policeman provided a springboard landed him on the nationally syndicated The this tour has been accused of being a Finto the world of philosophical and ob- Bob and Tom Show, HBO’s Aspen Com- sellout to our race, our culture, and servational comedy on stage. A top-notch edy Festival and Def Comedy Jam, Comedy our profession,” says Billy. “College stand-up comedian and headliner, Billy D. Central’s Premium Blend, on VH-1 as a shows are our favorites because we Washington is also an enormously talented host and on-air personality, The Late, Late believe this country’s future leaders musician, incorporating his deft keyboard Show with Craig Ferguson, and Last Comic should know that the only standards playing skills into his comedy act. Aretha Standing. they should live by are the ones they Franklin remarked, “Billy is like jazz telling In 2008 Billy D. Washington was identi- set for themselves.” jokes;” after seeing Billy perform once, The fied as one of the most diverse comedians Billy D. Washington recently Queen of Soul hired in America by NBC completed writing and producing him on the spot to Universal’s “Stand-Up the film Bob – The Urban Legend Billy D. Washington performs March 11 tour with her nation- “Like Jazz Telling Jokes” for Diversity” initia- of Comedy, and secured his first at the Diana Wortham Theatre. wide for three years as — Brilliantly Funny tive, and in 2010 he international distribution deal with BCD Distribution, the largest independent her opening act. was nominated for IF To obtain more information Throughout his the “Characters Unite distribution company in the country. He is on Billy D. Washington’s career, Billy D. Washington has performed Award” on the USA Network for his creation currently in the process of publishing The YOU March 11 Asheville as a headliner in hundreds of comedy clubs, of the critically acclaimed S.E.L.L.O.U.T. Crooked Smile, a collection of essays and GO performance or to purchase colleges, and corporate events, leading to Comedy Tour, a group of talented black short stories ranging from dark comedy to tickets (Regular $30; Seniors his national acknowledgement as a dynamic comedians who challenge America to resolve light observational rants on society, encour- $28; Students $25; Student Rush day- performer. His clever but quirky approach racial differences one joke at a time. Billy is aging people to not just laugh but to also of-the-show with valid ID $10), call the to his observations of society combined with particularly committed to reaching young think, finding the obscure comedic nuances theatre’s box office at (828) 257-4530 or visit his undeniable skill as a pianist has made people with the S.E.L.L.O.U.T. vision. in the simplicities of life. www.dwtheatre.com.

‘Jason Baldwin’ continued from page 8 DARK HORSE THEATRE PRESENTS The familiar archetypes of what I was supposed to be doing and prince or fairy or bear are got off with the conductor. I learned to Grimm Take on Familiar Fairy Tales always try not to think ahead while I am real, flawed people just performing and live in the moment. ark Horse Theatre is taking some trying to get it right. familiar fairy tales back to their BY AMANDA LESLIE RR: Is there a part or opera that you murky roots with its original haven’t done that you would love to do? production of “Grimm,” running “These stories were originally meant Robin Raines, Jason Williams and Marissa JB: I would really love to sing an March 23 through 26 at North as cautionary tales for children, often with Williams. English opera. Maybe Rake’s Progress DCarolina Stage Company in downtown Dark Horse Theatre’s previous produc- rather nasty conclusions,” said playwright or Candide. Asheville. and director Emily McClain. “Through tion, 2010’s “Alice Underground” (a twisted In the spellbound town of Grimm, gos- hundreds of years of retelling they’ve take on Lewis Carroll’s beloved stories), RR: How many hours per day do you sip is the preferred entertainment. When the morphed from warnings into sweetened, sold out two separate runs at BeBe Theatre. rehearse or practice? traveling Gingerbread Man and the Wicked vague entertainment. But what if these fairy “Grimm” is recommended for adults only. JB: It really depends. If I am learning Fairy start meddling, innocent speculation tales were based in fact? And what if, as hap- something new I will practice/work on gives way to jealousy, suspicion and the real- pens with all gossip, the tellers got the facts For more information about it throughout the day, taking breaks ity of not-so-happy endings. wrong? What could the real story be?” “Grimm” includes Dark Horse Theatre, visit along the way. The important thing is www.darkhorseasheville.com to sing every day, no matter if it is just riffs on the tales of warming up the voice of singing full “Goldilocks and the out through a role. Keeping the voice Three Bears,” “Sleep- going is the most important aspect of ing Beauty” and “Little singing professionally. Red Riding Hood.” IF “Grimm” runs Wednesday, However, in this March 23 through Saturday, version, the familiar YOU March 26, with showtime at archetypes of prince or GO 7:30 p.m. each day. NC Stage IF Jason Baldwin stars in fairy or bear are real, is located at 15 Stage Lane Asheville Lyric Opera’s flawed people just try- in downtown Asheville, next to the YOU production of Puccini’s ing to get it right. Rankin Avenue parking garage. GO La Bohème, April 1 and The cast features 2. Performances begin Tickets are $12 and can be purchased by at 8 p.m., at the Diana Wortham Bradshaw Call, Sarah calling NC Stage at (828) 239-0263 or Theatre. All performances will be sung Carpenter, Jeremy visiting www.ncstage.org. in Italian, with English supertitles. Carter, David Ely, De- Tickets may also be purchased in person lina Hensley, Stepha- at two outlets: NC Stage (15 Stage Lane, To purchase tickets, call (828) 257- nie Hickling Beck- Asheville) and the Pack Place Ticket 4530, or visit www.ashevillelyric.org. man, Bryan Morrisey, Counter (2 S. Pack Square, Asheville).

18 March 2011 — RAPID RIVER ARTS & CULTURE MAGAZINE — Vol. 14, No. 7 RAPID RIVER ARTS Tony Award Winner & Kennedy Center Honoree sneak preview Bill T. Jones ANDIE MACDOWELL IN The 5th Quarter dance company n March 25, actress and Asheville BY CHERRY HART resident Andie Mac- Dowell will bring to life the memory of the 2006 Abbate family tragedy, Oorgan donation, and football victory in the face of unbearable grief. She will portray Maryanne Abbate in the movie “The 5th Quarter” filmed in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Abbate and her husband Steven, played by Aidan Quinn, lost their 15 year old son Luke in a car accident near Atlanta. Ryan Merri- man plays the older brother Jon, who returned to his football team at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem and turned his grief into inspiration. He changed his jersey number to five, the same as his brother’s high school jersey. He began hold- ing up five fingers at the beginning of each game’s fourth quarter to honor Luke. He stretched his hand toward his parents seated in the fifth section of the stadium. They returned the gesture. Fans and even opposing players began to do the same. The Wake For- est Demon Deacons won a record 11 games that season, sometimes going into overtime—the 5th quarter. They went on to play in the Bowl Champi- co-producing several feature films such as onship Series at the Miami Orange Bowl. “Aurora Borealis,” “Flatliners,” “Made in During an interview in her Asheville America,” and “Radio Flyer.” He has also home, MacDowell talked quietly about the produced or been responsible for the produc- way the Abbate parents made it through the tion of over 30 television and cable movies. ordeal. “The He heard about the Abbate story mother cut timedia Spectac through an acquaintance who knew Jon and Mul ular off her pain A ! the family during the 2006 football season. in order to “So, in December of 2006, I flew to Miami cope and be Live Dancing • Projection Video right before the Orange Bowl to talk with strong for the the family,” he said. “Over dinner I decided I rest of the Live Actors • Recorded Sound • Live Musicians would endeavor to translate their story.” The family,” she movie is so close to reality, because Bieber said. “It was a wrote the script from interviews with the Presenting “Serenade/The Proposition” big responsi- family and had them on set during filming. bility for me Bieber said that MacDowell is “so real Based on the life and legacy of Abraham Lincoln to play her and believable; it is a very emotionally mov- Andie MacDowell with dignity ing performance on her part.” In addition to and truth.” her professional manner, MacDowell, said Rick Bieber wrote, directed, and Bieber, “is such a wonderful person; she produced the film. In a phone interview friday, April 15 @ 7:30 pm helps create an environment where everyone from his home near Los Angeles, Beiber wants to do their best work.” Thomas Wolfe Auditorium said when he cast the characters, he looked MacDowell will also be starring later for the dynamics of the personalities of this year in “Monte Carlo,” an adventure MacDowell and Quinn. “Andie is reserved Tickets $20–$60 • Students 1/2 price • Tickets available at the Civic Center comedy with Selena Gomez; the remake just like Maryann Abbate,” he explained. Box Office, ticketmaster.com or828.225.5887 • ashevillebravoconcerts.org of “Footloose” with Dennis Quaid and “She had to play a mother attempting to Julianne Hough; and “Mighty Fine” with be strong in the most tragic experience a Chazz Palminteri and her own daughter mother can have; she had to maintain con- Rainey Qualley. trol in an uncontrollable situation.” “Aidan is more emotional like Steven, the father,” Bieber continued. “Andie and “The 5th Quarter” opens on March 25 in Aidan had wonderful chemistry together,” Winston-Salem, Charlotte, and across the southeast. For theater locations go to www. he said. Bieber is known for producing or the5thquartermovie.com.

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he Small Plate Crawl is back and it’s bigger and better than ever! Hen- BY LAURA HUFF dersonville and Flat Rock restau- rants, stores, galleries, bakeries, his- winning chances toric Inns and Bed and Breakfasts, (Passport entered Tas well as the City of Hendersonville, have into drawing twice)! When you’re done joined together to celebrate local dining, crawling, just drop your Passport off at any shopping and memorable accommodations participating restaurant. Winners will be with unique Small Plate Menus, free park- contacted by email. ing in all city lots, specials and giveaways Sharing with others in your group is during this 2 day event. okay while trying your favorite restaurants On April 5-6 more than 20 restaurants and the ones you’ve always wanted to try. will be serving Small Plates, priced from This is a rain-or-shine event. Small plates $2 to $8, showing off their cuisine and taste just as great no matter what the weather! Chef’s talent. Restaurants participate both Information on participating restau- days during one of three blocks of time: rants can be found at www.smallplatecrawl. 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., com/restaurants. Please remember to tip or 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Hours for each partici- your servers. They’re working especially pating restaurant are on the Small Plate hard during the April 5-6 Crawl. Crawl Passport. Take advantage of specials and A Passport is not required, but is giveaways at 40 shops, galleries, bakeries needed to enter the prize drawing and more. For example, enjoy a free glass (go to SmallPlateCrawl.com of wine while you wait for free jewelry and click on “Print Passport”). cleaning and inspection at Shelley’s Jew- Present the Passport elry, or stop by Cake du Jour for a free for validation mini cupcake. when purchasing The Trolley Company is offering fun Small Plates. Buy round trip transportation to Hendersonville a Small Plate at five from Asheville the evening of Tuesday, or more restaurants April 5, as well as acting as a shuttle through to qualify for a prize Hendersonville and Flat Rock. drawing. If anyone in About The Small Plate Crawl your group purchases a Small Plate, every- The Carolina Epicurean organized the one in your party first bi-annual Small Plate Crawl in No- gets their Passports vember, 2009. This popular event has gotten validated! bigger and more popular each time it’s been Include a held, drawing hundreds of Crawlers to restaurant more Hendersonville and Flat Rock, NC. than one block off Main Street in the “5 or More” section For more information visit www.smallplatecrawl.com to double your prize

Bring in this Ad and We’ll Take 15% Off Your Order Excluding Alcohol 1 Coupon Per Table (828) 236-9800 Delicious Open 7 Days a Week Hoagies & Pretzels Fresh-Baked Calzones 50 Broadway ~ Asheville, NC Specialty Pizzas • Spring Water Dough • Salads Wireless Vegan Soy Cheese, and other Vegetarian Options! Internet Access!

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hort Street Cakes, Asheville’s source BY JODI RHODEN for all-natural, scratch-made, south- ern-style birthday cakes, wedding cakes, and cupcakes, announces its from the Short Street Cakes menu, from Second Anniversary Mardi Gras Party, start to finish, and take the cake home with Sscheduled for Saturday, March 5, the eve- them at the end of the course. ning before Asheville’s Downtown Mardi “Old School Cake School” will also be Gras Parade. available to schedule for private birthday The shop will offer specials on King parties, where children can bake a batch of Cakes, cupcakes, free beer and wine and an cupcakes together to celebrate a birthday. after-hours dance party featuring DJ Steady- Call the Cake Shop at (828) 505-4822 for love. The Second Anniversary Mardi Gras more details. party will be an opportunity for the shop to Short Street Cakes is committed to pro- thank the community for two wonderfully viding the freshest and yummiest Southern successful years in their current location. style cakes ever. Short Street Cakes uses The party will also launch some new- all-natural ingredients, and is committed to for-2011 ventures: newly expanded hours at purchasing local ingredients such as locally the Cake Shop begin March 6. Short Street –raised eggs, locally milled organic flour, Cakes will now be open Monday through fresh organic edible flowers in season, and Saturday from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m., and on locally grown berries and fruits. Sundays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., with an expanded range of whole cake and cupcake flavors available without an advance order. IF Second Anniversary Mardi The Cake Shop will also be launching YOU Gras Party, Saturday, March two new kinds of events: “Old-School Cake GO 5. Short Street Cakes, 225 School,” a series of cake baking courses of- Haywood Road in Asheville. fered to adults where participants, over the Phone (828) 505-4822 or visit course of a 2 ½ hour class, can bake a cake www.shortstreetcakes.com for details.

THE ULTIMATE FOOD FIGHT IS ABOUT TO BEGIN The Second Annual WNC Chefs Challenge ucina24 on Wall Street in down- town Asheville will host the 2011 BY AYANA DUSENBERRY WNC Chefs Challenge series each Monday night from March 7 to Orchard at Broadmoor, Pomodoros Greek April 25, 2011. & Italian Café, Posana Café, The Red Stag CThe first matchup is between Chef Grill, and Tomato Jam Café. Michael Gonzalez of Bistro on Biltmore At each heat, the two teams are given Estate and returning competitor Chef Cary a secret ingredient to be featured in their Shackelford of Deerfield. A complete list culinary creation. Diners get to enjoy a se- of pairings in the first heat can be found on ries of six dishes, three from each team, but the official website of the WNC magazine are not told who has made each dish. The Asheville Wine & Food Festival, www. diners then score the dishes using the same ashevillewineandfood.com. Tickets for guidelines as a professional food critic to each dinner are on sale now, and are $49 determine who advances to the next round. each (not including drinks, gratuity, or tax). The top two competitors will face off at the Foodies are encouraged to pick their heats finale during the Asheville Wine & Food and purchase tickets early because most din- Festival Grand Tasting in August. ners sold out last year. This year’s competitors represent The WNC Chefs Challenge is produced restaurants in Asheville, Hendersonville, by the WNC Magazine Asheville Wine & Spruce Pine, and Waynesville. We are happy Food Festival. A portion of the proceeds to welcome Bistro at Biltmore, Boca, Chef from the Asheville Wine & Food Festival Mo’s Restaurant & Bar, Chef’s Table, Cur- benefits F.E.A.S.T. – a group that teaches ras Nuevo, Deerfield Community, Flight children how to grow, cook, eat, and Wood Grill & Wine Bar, Knife & Fork , enjoy food that is fresh, easy to prepare, Lexington Avenue Brewery, The Lobster affordable, and sustainable. F.E.A.S.T. is a Trap, Never Blue Tapas Bar and Grille, The program of Slow Foods Asheville.

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or the venerable Americana Nitty Gritty Dirt Band the one thing that BY JAMES CASSARA supersedes the music is the friendship, an unbreakable bond thatF has held them together for an astounding four decades. In an era where bands implode within years (or often less) the quartet of Jeff Hanna, Jimmie Fadden, Bob Carpenter and John McEuen have held fast through numer- ous musical and cultural upheavals. Not only is the industry vastly different from when they first start- ed out, so too is the world in which they perform. Fashioned in Southern California during the spring Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. Photo: Jim McGuire of 1966 as a scruffy, young jug-band, their self-titled debut album, released a year later, included album was a triumphant return to form. the pop hit “Buy for Me the Rain.” But it Circle II would go on to win three was their fifth record, 1970’s Uncle Charlie Grammy Awards and the Country Music and His Dog Teddy that would become the Association Album of the Year. In 2002 band’s breakthrough project, yielding three Circle III (with many current artists added pop hits, including their seminal version to the previous cast) received similar of Jerry Jeff Walker’s “Mr. Bojangles.” It accolades and attention, garnering the also marked a departure for the band, an International Bluegrass Music Association expansion into stylistic territory that would Recorded Event of the Year award as well become their trademark. as leading to a 2005 Grammy for Coun- Among the many outstanding tracks try Instrumental Performance (with Earl on the record was a version of Earl Scruggs’ Scruggs, Randy Scruggs, Jerry Douglas and “Randy Lynn Rag.” That song set into the late Vassar Clements). motion what would become the Will the But the band has never been one to Circle be Unbroken album, a veritable rest on their significant laurels. Over the summit of talent which included many of past decade they have continued to tour at the band’s heroes and influences: Scruggs, a pace that would exhaust men half their Doc Watson, Merle Travis, Roy Acuff age while releasing a stream of steady and and Mother Maybelle Carter. The 1971 occasionally inspired albums. 2009’s Speed album, a three-LP set recorded live in the of Life would easily rank among the top ten studio over six marathon days in Nashville, of the many albums they’ve released. With became a landmark event and a multi-plati- a career that spans five decades, the Nitty num success. It remains such a significant Gritty Dirt Band has gone from a hippie effort that, thirty years later, it was one of jug-band to pioneers of country rock, one 50 recordings to be honored and preserved whose influence is still being felt today. by the Library of Congress. They began as contemporaries of The Take Your Craft to In the early 80’s, after a few more pop Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, and The Inter- hits, the band returned again to Music City national Submarine Band, and while those Another Level and began what would become a highly suc- wonderful groups have long been confined Workshops and Core Programs cessful career in mainstream country, plac- to history, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band just ing them at the top of the charts for over a keep rolling along. for Adults and Youth decade. But for the purists among their fans the music seemed diffused, lacking the rigor and risk found in their best records. A welcome return to their roots began IF The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band The Only Professional in 1989, when the group revisited the Circle at The Orange Peel on concept. Gathering another impressive YOU Friday, March 11. Showtime Acting Studio in WNC roster of performers (including Johnny GO is 8 p.m. (7 p.m. doors) with Cash, EmmyLou Harris, Levon Helm, Chet tickets priced at $30 advance Atkins, Bruce Hornsby, John Hiatt and / $35 door. Ages 18+. If you miss the www.stellaadler-asheville.com Roseanne Cash) for sessions that had a pro- show, the band is performing the following (828) 254-1320 nounced country/gospel feel, the resultant night at the Bijou Theatre in Knoxville, TN.

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IF “A Celebration of Mountain A Celebration of Traditions,” 7 p.m. Saturday, YOU March 26 at the Colonial Mountain Traditions GO Theatre in downtown Canton. Tickets: Adults $20; Children ne of the 12 and younger $10; Group Rate (10 or BY ELLY WELLS area’s most more adults) $15 per person. For tickets, call beloved and Colonial Theatre at (828) 235-2760 between authentic Byerly on guitar, Shindig on the Green, summer 2010. 7 a.m and 4 p.m., Mon. - Fri. To reserve cultural David Pendley on Photo: Jerry Nelson tickets, e-mail [email protected]. Otraditions, Shindig on mandolin, Steve the Green, presents Sutton on banjo, “A Celebration of and Gary Mackey Mountain Traditions” on fiddle. White- annual fundraiser. water Bluegrass has DIANA WORTHAM THEATRE Join the Whitewater captivated audiences at Pack Place in downtown Asheville Bluegrass Company throughout the plus Runners of the Whitewater Bluegrass Company Southeast for nearly Comedian Green Laurel and the 30 years with their BILLY D. WASHINGTON Green Valley Clog- blend of bluegrass gers for an evening of music, country ."3$)

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Vol. 14, No. 7 — RAPID RIVER ARTS & CULTURE MAGAZINE — March 2011 23 RAPID RIVER ARTS & CULTURE MAGAZINE joe’s brew notes Flagship-Beers, Go-To-Beers, and an On-Line Poll

flagship is “the chief one of a related Highland Brewing’s Gaelic Ale, a beer rected both. Pisgah Brewing BY JOE ZINICH group.” For a brewery a flagship they started making 15 years ago, remains produces only organic beers beer represents what can be ex- their biggest seller and their flagship beer. and their Pisgah Pale is an award-winning pected from its product line. Go-To flavor between the malt and hops (5.9%). It has a deep amber color with a rich, malty beer with a bold flavor and smooth, clean is “a person who can be turned to What is Green Man’s flagship beer? sweetness balanced by delicate hop bitter- finish (6%). Any light lager, low in alcohol, Afor expert knowledge, advice, or reliable per- Well, owner Dennis Theis, and brewmas- ness (5.8%). Brewmaster John Lyda’s go-to- crisp and refreshing is Jason’s go-to-beer. formance, especially in a crucial situation.” ter John Stuart, say they don’t have one… beer is the Black Mocha Stout, which has Examples are their Helles or Pilsner. Mine is For a beer lover a go-to-beer is one that they have three - IPA, Porter, and ESB. All a dark malty body, a complex flavor profile their Pisgah Pale. consistently satisfies the taste buds, no need three have an almost equal number of loyal and a clean finish. Owner Oscar Wong’s Iron Rail IPA is the flagship beer at the to think or guess, just customers. The IPA go-to-beer is the Oatmeal Porter because Wedge. Not only is it their biggest seller, pour and enjoy. (India Pale Ale) is of its flavor and balance. My go-to-beer at customers who are not fans of IPA’s tell What are the flag- dry hopped to give Highland is the St.Terese’s Pale Ale, crisp the staff how much they enjoy this one. ship beers at Ashe- it a nice hop aroma and refreshing. Brewmaster Carl Melissas considers that a ville’s nine breweries? and is well balanced When your brewery, Oyster House compliment but is not surprised. His focus What makes them the between malt and Brewing, is inside a seafood restaurant (the is on beers that deliver a balance of flavor, flagship? What do the hops with enough Lobster Trap), which serves $0.50 oysters aroma and body – classic, not gimmicky, brewer and/or owner bitterness to declare every Tuesday, it’s easy to understand why beers. Iron Rail has a citrusy aroma, orangey consider their go-to- itself an IPA (6%). the flagship beer is the Moonestone Stout. flavor, and finishes with a malt sweetness beer? What makes This is also Dennis’s It is brewed with 5 lbs of oysters, shell and balanced by dry hops. it their go-to-beer? go-to-beer and mine all, to create a flavorful, dry stout dark in However, Carl’s go-to-beer is the What’s my go-to-beer as well. color but light in body (4.5%). Although Golem, a Belgian style strong golden (8.5) at each brewery? Glad The Porter is there is no distinguishable oyster flavor the similar to Duvel. He compares it to relaxing you asked. Let’s find rich and full-bodied sea salt, calcium and other minerals make it after work with a martini. The owner Tim out. A go-to-beer is one that with a bittersweet a delicious companion to oysters and other Schaller’s go-to-beer is the Pilsner which Where but at consistently satisfies the balance of malt and seafood. This stout is brewmaster Billy he named after famed Asheville philanthro- Asheville Pizza and hops and a creamy Klingle’s go-to-beer and the one that made pist Julian Price. It is a light, crisp, flavorful Brewing will you find taste buds. mouth feel (6%). the brewery a viable addition to the restau- session beer - everything a typical American a flagship beer named The ESB (Extra rant. My go-to-beer is their IPA, which has pilsner wishes it could be (5.6%). Mine is after the Hindu God of destruction and Special Bitter) is a traditional, English style a floral aroma, a citrusy, piney, taste and a their Iron Rail. rebirth - Shiva? This IPA was introduced ale brewed with English malt and Ameri- bitter but clean finish. If a light-bodied beer, spiced with shortly after they opened in the late 90’s. It can Hops (5.5%). It has a nutty, roasty, not Pisgah Pale is Pisgah Brewing’s “flag- coriander, orange peel and chamomile with was a brave move with craft beer still in its sweet, malt flavor with just enough hops ship-by-design”. When owner/brewmas- champagne-like carbonation sounds deli- infancy and bold flavor not the norm. Shiva for a clean finish. John created the recipe ter Jason Caughman arrived in Asheville, cious, then head to the LAB and enjoy their pours with a light golden color and has a to satisfy his tastes as a beer drinker and the area did not have an organic brewery floral citrusy flavor and aroma with a crisp, it’s his go-to-beer. or attention-grabbing pale ale. He cor- Continued on page 34 clean finish (6%). It is Brewmaster Doug Riley’s go-to-beer. Co-owner Mike Rangal enjoys the Ninja Porter as his go-to-beer; rich in flavor and complexity, light in body BREW NEWS The French Broad’s Flanders Abbey (The LAB) and ask for “Goldie” – Belgian Ale enjoys a general release in March. This style Golden Strong Ale. Goldie (nick- and alcohol (5.25%). My go-to-beer is their Shivaratri is a festival celebrated in Roland, an ESB with a perfect balance of Belgian Red is a refinement and reissue named by brewmaster Ben Pierson) pours mid-March to honor the Hindu God of a delicious beer from their past. It is with a slightly cloudy, golden color, a malt and hop flavors, crisp and refreshing. Shiva. There’s no better time for Asheville Craggie Brewing’s brewed with six different malts, Styrian beautiful white head, and a spicy aroma. A flagship is a “brew- Pizza and Brewing to tap their double ing approach to flavor,” not a beer. They Golding hops, and Belgian rock candy taste reveals a sweet malt flavor balanced IPA seasonal brew Shivaratri. This golden sugar and yeast. Flanders has a cloudy am- with plenty of spiciness and a clean finish. focus on brewing full flavored, balanced, to caramel color ale is full-bodied and sessionable beers. Their standard beers are ber color with a fruity, floral aroma, and a This delicious beer gives no warning that smooth with a heavy hop aroma and bit- slightly sweet, malty flavor (6%). it contains 9.5% alcohol; “Goldie” should delicious examples. Battery Hill is brewed terness (9%). Think of it as a high gravity with rye grain and British yeast (4.2%), An- Green Man Brewery’s latest creation is be sipped and appreciated. compliment to Shiva. an evolution of their classic Pale Ale. This One of the most interesting places in tebellum (5%) is brewed with molasses and March 17 is Saint Patrick’s Day. Put ginger, and Toubab Brewe (4.2%) is brewed is a true representation of American-style Asheville for a beer lover to enjoy a beer is on the green and head to Craggie for their pale ales with its brilliant golden color the Thirsty Monk, Downtown and South. in the Bavarian-lager tradition. Brewmas- Dry Irish Stout, another terrific beer from ter Bill Drew’s go-to-beer and the beer he and classic blend of hops and malt. Dry They not only have a rotating selection of their Brewer’s Reserve series. This beer is hopping with both Citra and Simcoe hops craft beer from all over the nation, Belgian thinks best fits his brewing philosopy is brewed with chocolate, black and roasted the Battery Hill. My go-to-beer here is the gives it a distinctive hop flavor and aroma Beers galore, and pint and cask nights, malts, and fermented with Irish ale yeast. (5.5%) – early March. they also have special events every month. Toubab Brewe. Expect a lighter, less bitter beer, more Wee Heavy-er has been French Broad’s The Oyster House Brewery introduces March is no exception; visit March 9 for a like Murphy’s than Beamish or Guinness. their Church Street Abby Ale. A winter pint night that features Asheville Brew- flagship beer since it was introduced in the Also, the combination of demand and late 90’s. This Scotch style ale has a dark seasonal made with Dark Chocolate malt ing’s first-ever cask, March 10 for a beer desire has Craggie focused on statewide and Belgian yeast, this beer is dark, choco- dinner that pairs beer from Asheville’s amber color, an aroma of roasted malts, a distribution as the title sponsor for the St. medium body and a malt sweetness that laty, full-bodied and slightly sweet. You’ll iconic Highland Brewing with a menu Patty’s Run Green 8K, March 5, and at never know from the flavor that it is 10.5 created by Asheville’s iconic chef Mark doesn’t linger (7%). The go-to-beer for The Flying Saucer for their rare beer night Brewmaster Chris Richards is Rye Hopper, % alcohol. Savor it at the bar, with dinner, Rosenstein, and March 17 for a cask night with an aged Meet-Your-Maker Barley or at home from one of their new, special that features a Green Man Irish Stout which is mine as well. It was his first com- Wine, March 10 – both in Raleigh. They mercial recipe and was designed to a flavor release bottles – late March. made with French Broad’s Chocolate will also participate in Charlotte’s Craft- While you’re strolling around town, Lounge coco nibs. profile that he enjoys. The Rye Hopper has Beer-Week Celebration March 11 – 20. Rye in the grain bill that acts as a transition stop in at the Lexington Avenue Brewery

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Asheville Choral Society Performs Singing the Temporal Art March at the Weinhaus of Living Composers Wednesday, March 9 “Be Here Now” The Corner Kitchen. Join us for at delightful evening in Biltmore Village. special treat is in store for Western adaptation of a poem Chef/Owner Joe Scully and staff BY LINDSEY RHODEN North Carolina audiences when by Sara Teasdale, will craft a five course feast for your The Asheville Choral Society and “Animal Crack- enjoyment. As always, the Weinhaus performs “Be Here Now: Singing ers,” an Eric Whitacre Her passion in music runs the gamut from staff will choose wines to pair with each ACS guest classical to musical theatre, jazz, and even of the courses.The time is 7 p.m. The the Temporal Art of Living Com- lighthearted arrange- conductor Melodie Aposers,” on Saturday, March 5 at 8 p.m. ment of some of the the avant-garde. cost is $65 all inclusive. Please call the Galloway Weinhaus for reservations at 254-6453. and Sunday, March 6 at 4 p.m. in Central wittiest of Ogden “Be Here Now: Singing the Temporal United Methodist Church, downtown Nash’s poetry. Art of Living Composers” is the second Tuesday, March 29 Asheville. The centerpiece is, “The Here and concert in the Asheville Choral Society’s 34th season, “Good Things Come in Kathmandu Café wine dinner. It is “This concert is a celebration of spirit Now,” by Christopher Theofanidis, a always an exciting challenge to pair Threes…Join Us this Season.” Each con- in the wonder and engagement of ancient beautiful and stirring setting of poems by wine with exotic cuisine. We enjoy wisdom and modern sound. All of the the 13th century mystic, Rumi. This 2005 cert features a different guest conductor. the interesting flavor combinations creators of the music are living composers, work for soloists, chorus and orchestra will “From Tribulation to Celebration: that are encountered in Asian cooking. ranging in ages from 32 to 90 years old. feature Simone Vigilante, soprano, and Finding the Divine through Trial” will be The time is 7 p.m. The cost is $45 all There is much musical variety, with color- Jonathan Ross, baritone. conducted by Dr. C. Michael Porter, May inclusive. Please call the Weinhaus for ful soundscapes that conjure up images of Melodie Galloway hails from Ashe- 21 and 22 in Arden Presbyterian Church. reservations at (828) 254-6453 a thunderous ocean, a mystic ceremony, a ville, where she serves as Assistant Profes- smoky jazz club, and even a Scottish folk sor, Choral Director, and Coordinator of Tuesday, March 29 dance,” says Dr. Galloway, ACS’ March Vocal Studies in the UNCA Department IF Tickets to “Be Here Now,” Friday night flights at the Weinhaus guest conductor. of Music, as well as Musical Director of YOU as well as for the 2010-2011 will present a tasting of “A Bounty of “I’ll Ay Call in By Yon Town,” fea- the Junaluska Singers, a 16-voice profes- GO ACS Season, can be purchased Blended Wines”. The price is $10 for tures duo piano, while Dave Brubeck’s sional summer ensemble. from the Asheville Choral a tasting and light hors d’ouvres. Held “Mass,” will include the Ray Lyons jazz Galloway holds a Doctoral degree in Society via its website at www. from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Weinhaus. trio. Other musical selections include a choral conducting from UNC-Greens- ashevillechoralsociety.org or by calling The Weinhaus, 86 Patton Avenue modern arrangement of “Ubi Caritas,” boro, as well as a Masters in vocal per- (828) 232-2060. Special discounts are Asheville, NC (828) 254-6453 by Gjeilo, “I Am Not Yours,” a Stroope formance from Florida State University. available for groups of 10 or more.

“Love Asheville - Buy Local” Campaign Really Works! BY FRANZI CHAREN

or the fourth created one of the most Caroline Green, book buyer at Mala- customers to their business and made exist- year in a row, a recognizable local brand- prop’s remarked, “We were the proud host ing customers more loyal. national survey of ing efforts in our region. of the first Asheville Grown ‘Local Social.’ It AGBA will partner with The Big Crafty independent busi- Sara Landry, owner gave us a wonderful opportunity to deepen this spring to hold a huge celebration of our nesses has found of Z Strategies, a WNC our connections with customers and neigh- independent, local businesses, artists, craft- Fthat communities with based marketing consult- bor merchants, plus make new friends in ers, entertainers, restaurants and brewers. active Buy Independent ing firm, is excited about the campaign. the community. Asheville Grown’s energy is / Buy Local (BIBL) campaigns experienced “Independent businesses are the life blood inspirational!” markedly stronger sales growth compared to of Asheville’s economy. They not only Business owners in cities with active For more information email areas without such a campaign. provide a major source of job creation, they “Buy Independent, Buy Local” campaigns [email protected] or visit The survey by the Institute for Lo- reflect the uniqueness of WNC. ” reported that the campaign brought new www.ashevillegrown.com cal Self-Reliance gathered data from 2,768 independent businesses, including retailers, service providers, restaurants and others. It found that those in places with a “buy local” initiative reported revenue growth of 5.6% on average in 2010, compared to 2.1% for Great values & styles those elsewhere. Among retailers the benefit was even more dramatic. Those in communities with FREE Wine Tastings on Saturdays campaigns like our “Love Asheville – Buy from 2 to 5 p.m. Local Campaign” organized by the Asheville Grown Business Alliance gained a 5.2% Tasting wine is not only fun, but it presents a chance to learn about increase in holiday sales, while retailers else- wine and what it is about a particular wine that you like, or don't where reported an average gain of just 0.8%. like. You can sip while you shop. Find some new favorites — try The Asheville Grown Business Alliance it before you buy it. We will usually have a few whites and a few (AGBA) is focused on running a positive, reds open, with the occassional guest speaker. Please stop by! educational campaign that helps our com- www.theAshevilleWineGuy.com munity become more aware and realize that, collectively, we DO have control over our Wine Retail ~ Tastings ~ Wine Classes 555 Merrimon Ave. future if we take responsibility in the choices (828) 254-6500 we make every day. In only a year AGBA has Great wines for any occasion and budget.

Vol. 14, No. 7 — RAPID RIVER ARTS & CULTURE MAGAZINE — March 2011 25 RAPID RIVER ARTS poetry & poets Rapid River Magazine’s

THOMAS RAIN CROWE’S POETRY: 1ST PLACE 2ND PLACE Offering Up the Main Course Winter Highway Lobster Cove, Monhegan Maine, oil on board, 1913, Rolling, rumbling, rhythmic T  S  A lac i George Bellows, American, 1882-1925 highway travel Past wild winter I stand challenging the ocean waves BY TED OLSON bramble slapping against my bare skin Crawling up high hills, cold on my conscience dipping into valleys. nterspersing 48 poems by acclaimed rough on my resolve North Carolina author Thomas Rain Crack Light features poems salt exfoliating layers in the labyrinth Brown vines twist Crowe with 22 images from photog- by Thomas Rain Crowe of my mind, a maze over boulders, rapher Simone Lipscomb, a new book of underwater caverns Up bone-white trunks entitled Crack Light (Wind Publica- and photographs by too dark to see where I’m going, whose ghost arms Itions, 2011) offers a meditative, resonant too many walled memories Simone Lipscomb. Reach portrayal of Appalachia’s unique natural blocking where I’ve been And branches curve, beauty. Crowe’s poems composed in cele- I close my eyes caressing sky bration of that beauty are perfectly comple- I’m just letting it happen… Kerouac slip under the white foaming bubbles With skeletal fingers. mented by Lipscomb’s representational yet said often, ‘first thought, best thought,’ bath water warm on my womb, subtly composed photographs of places and and that concept has stuck in my head stretched and striated I hear whispers creatures of the Blue Ridge and the Great all these years. It’s true, that I’m part now withering, wrinkling, retreating of pale blue mountains Smoky Mountains. of that tradition, the Beat tradition, gentle on my Southern genes That fade Most of Crowe’s works in Crack Light but organically, that’s really just the soothing as slippers fur-lined flat to the carpet into grey-mist sky. were previously published, yet the poems— way that I work best. I’ve found that bringing me down comfortable Hints of blue each of which advances some poetic vision of you can revise the heart and soul out not raising me up against peek from hiding the meaning of life in Appalachia—are reen- of a poem if you’re not careful, and I his wishes knocking me down Behind snow clouds ergized from their proximity to Lipscomb’s have seen this done often by my more I lift my weight to my knees, crawl to my feet that shroud visual interpretations of the region. academic friends. It’s about the process stand up without thinking Summits. For instance, the title poem “Crack for me—it’s not so much the results. until I’m knocked down again Light” (referring to an Appalachian dialecti- I’m not as concerned about ‘the perfect the waves pushing me beneath oxygen and We’re rolling still cal term for the sunlight that enters a cabin’s poem.’ I do want what I put out into regard for human life past noisy box machines— or barn’s dark interior through cracks the public to be as good as I can get crashing my bones against rocks Monster-like between logs or boards) benefits by being it, so there are changes and revisions shattering life into dead silence With huge round feet juxtaposed beside Lipscomb’s photograph from time to time, but . . . it’s always a a fish with no feet to stand on, and grimy breath. of a Cades Cove cantilever barn (similar spontaneous process.” no language to voice images on the book’s front and back covers what I want to say Past columns of faded tan further enhance the impact of the book’s Granted Crowe’s extensive Beat af- “rub my scales in one direction, filiations, his writing is far from imitative. Doric and dormant title poem). The concept of “crack light” towards home” And collage of boughs serves as a central metaphor for this fine He has long immersed his imagination in my womb gutted by a fisherman’s knife the natural and cultural life of Appalachia, in gnarled tableau book: given the region’s mountainous, discovering the white flesh of my meat Of withered affirmation. thickly wooded terrain, Appalachian visions, yet his work has universal implications. As only my small, delicate bones pierce however profound, often are indirect, partly poet and critic Jim Wayne Miller put it, the conscience of his tongue “Crowe is a new kind of literary voice in A flood of memories subsumed by shadow. interrupt the feast floats me Many Rapid River readers know that which both local and global perspectives are compatible, even requisite.” In this dry winter sea Crowe has been closely associated with two ~Tracy Darling of frozen earth and asphalt. significant literary periodicals based in west- Returning to his native Appalachia from California in 1979, Crowe drew My younger self ern North Carolina, the Asheville Poetry reaches through time, Review and Katuah Journal: A Bioregional inspiration for his poetry from the work of major regional literary figures, includ- Finds me here Journal of the Southern Appalachians. where soft snow Overlooked today—even among his ing James Still, Fred Chappell, and Mar- ilou Awiakta; simultaneously, he read and Still lies readers—is Crowe’s formative interaction, fine during his 1970s residency in San Fran- learned from such nationally prominent en- vironmental writers as Wendell Berry and As powdered sugar cisco, with the Beat literary movement; he on shriveled leaves. counted as friends and colleagues such ma- Thomas Berry. In two non-fiction books, Zoro’s Field: My Life in the Appalachian jor Beat Generation authors as Gary Snyder Many excellent poems ~Kirsten M. Walz and Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and Crowe’s Woods (University of Georgia Press, 2005) and The End of Eden (Wind Publications, were submitted for the own writing shares the Beats’ penchant 14th Annual Rapid River for individuality and spontaneity. Indeed, 2008), Crowe presented nuanced interpre- tations of environmental issues affecting Magazine Poetry Contest, and Crowe’s poetry reflects the deep influence the selected winners, whose of Beat literary aesthetics, including captur- Appalachia today, and the poems in Crack Light grapple with similar concerns. poems are printed here, reflect the ing the primacy of an experience in direct, fact that poetry is alive and well in In the poem “Seed,” for example, vernacular language. In a 2003 interview western North Carolina and among Crowe identifies the redemptive power of a published in Nantahala Review, Crowe Rapid River readers. described his writing process: seed in healing a compromised place, and he suggests that, figuratively, people are seeds “My process is about letting it happen. of a healthier future (see page 27). When I’m writing, I really have no idea of what it is, rationally, that I’m doing. ‘Crowe’ continued on page 27

26 March 2011 — RAPID RIVER ARTS & CULTURE MAGAZINE — Vol. 14, No. 7 14th Annual Poetry Contest Winners

3RD PLACE FIRST HONORABLE MENTION: SECOND HONORABLE MENTION: What Matters? Ecology Is a Complicated Subject Antique Cameo What is important? I I went to an antique show How far to look ahead? The Chemical Lawn Maintenance company All the old unique merchandise had arrived calls in February to offer their Upon careful examination To your next meal? preventive services that will save us Of the many exquisite handmade items The next day? from our ground cover of Creeping Charlie, I came upon an assortment of cameos A month or a century? our spring glory of violets, All very distinctive in a and nitrogen-fixing clover. “That’s combination of different colors Cosmic question with multiple answers: not chic around here,” we say. A pinkish cameo stared at me What beauty came from that face More than a full stomach is luxury II Chiseled by the artistry of man ~Li Po Ours is a place for composting From long ago worn by someone in the past coffee grounds, potato peelings, Which was a gift given by a loved one What will it matter a hundred years from today? the outer leaves of cabbage Handed down the generations ~Dinah Washington that warm in scientific leisure inviting crows to their dear family who appear, as if by magic, from corn fields To show their sentimental love for them Or somewhere in between? and woodland plenty to carry It’s a remembrance of time lost forever city parings to the crest of our roof. A completely unique work of art Most of us find our own level… Cherished by all who wore it Be it a gutter or an executive suite III Not for its monetary value Building a squat snow man, But for the memory of who it came from Don’t mess with Mister In-between Tara says sticks make good arms, Beloved ancestors that are a part of us ~Bing Crosby dry leaves will do for eyes and Grandma can wash the red hat. ~Renata Dawidowicz In the end, only the struggle matters, for after IV Endgame, the We push and pick up snow Pawns, Knights, Bishops, the King and Queen— with a light plastic tool, All end up in the same curved, expendable, Box and remember heavy steel shovels that lasted lifetimes of men April is National Poetry Month ~Kennon Webber paid fifty cents an hour and who were Celebrate by carrying a poem in your pocket on expendable at forty. Thursday, April 14, 2011! Select a poem you love during National Poetry Month then carry it with you V to share with co-workers, family, and friends. The hemlocks outside my office window Visit the Academy of American Poets’s mobile bear a weight of snow and do not break. poetry archive at www.poets.org for poetry at your Oh, the humble beauty of bowing. fingertips. The site includes biographies, poems, and Woo or woe on the go with the poem a list of 30 great ways (one for each day) to include flow mobile app at poets.org/m ~Lenore McComas Coberly poetry in your life.

‘Crowe’ continued from page 26 grounded traditions of native Appala- chian people in his poetry. One Ted Olson is the author of When the moon such books as Breathing example in Crack Light is the beds warm and silver in the sky, and poem “Planting Corn” (at right). in Darkness: Poems (Wind From hands that have learned to scratch the the signs are in the hands: Publications, 2006) soil like another skin, Consistent with the central it’s time to plant corn. and Blue Ridge Folklife the seed slips into the wounded earth. metaphor that infuses the book’s (University Press of Like a prophet who lies down by water title poem, Crack Light offers When crow starts Mississippi, 1998) and he and begins to dream… readers a range of profound if in spring with his breakfast songs is the editor of numerous the seed starts to take on new life. at times shadowy glimpses into and cotton meal lies golden in the row: books, including CrossRoads: A Southern it’s time to plant corn. Culture Annual (Mercer University Press, We are all seeds. overlooked or neglected places 2009). His experiences as a poet and across Appalachia, and in the As the bluebird feeds musician are discussed on www.windpub. process the book illuminates the its first batch of young and com/books/breathingindarkness.htm. Also characteristic of Crowe’s essential nature of those places. Crowe’s the sky takes earth in hand, poetry is its frequent invocation of the poems and Lipscomb’s photographs and I dance in the darkness of spirit of Cherokee culture. Presently re- work in tandem to transport the reader a moonlit field where spring now rules the land Poets who would like for their poetry to be siding in the heart of ancestral Cherokee into the heart—and, if the reader opens to the tune of Kanati’s horn: considered for a future column may send their territory near the Tuckasegee commu- his or her heart to the book’s charms, plant corn! books and manuscripts to Ted Olson, ETSU, Box nity (Jackson County, North Carolina), into the soul—of Appalachia. 70400, Johnson City, TN 37614. Please include Crowe honors the eternal, ecologically contact information and a SASE with submissions.

Vol. 14, No. 7 — RAPID RIVER ARTS & CULTURE MAGAZINE — March 2011 27 RAPID RIVER ARTS & CULTURE authors ~ books ~ readings

Jane Borden’s Memoir JENNIFER PHARR I Totally Meant To Do That DAVIS READING AND hat happens when a debutante BOOK SIGNING BY JUSTINA BATCHELOR from North Carolina, moves to Becoming Odyssa: Epic Adven- We host numerous Readings, the Big Apple? MARCH Bookclubs, as well as Poetrio! tures on the Appalachian Trail is an More events posted online. Jane Borden author of I To- easier than having PARTIAL LISTING adventure story about a recent college Wtally Meant To Do That, a memoir in essays, to explain what a graduate unsure Thursday, March 3 at 7 p.m.: DEBBY charts her transformation from Southern debutante “does” of the road ahead. MAUGANS talks about her cookbook, Small belle to Brooklyn hipster and the fine line (the short answer: Batch Baking for Chocolate Lovers. She follows her between both identities. not much). heart to the Ap- Saturday, March 5 at 7 p.m.: ELIZABETH Like Cerberus, a griffin, or one of “If you took Mark Twain, shaved the palachian Trail, STUCKEY-FRENCH reads from and signs those joints near Port Authority that’s both mustache, added lady parts, and dropped where the next The Revenge of the Radioactive Lady. a Dunkin’ Donuts and a Taco Bell, Jane him in present-day Manhattan, he’d wind four months are Tuesday, March 8 at 7 p.m.: MALCOLM Borden is a hybrid too horrifying to exist: a up writing this fabulous book. Instead, the most physical- JONES reads from and signs Little Boy hipster-debutante. She knows the number the universe provided Jane Borden, who ly and emotion- Blues a book about his 1950s and 60s of albums in Guided by Voices’ discogra- nailed it.” ~ Ed Helms ally challenging North Carolina childhood. phy, and the number of prongs on a shrimp of her life. After Wednesday, March 9 at 7 p.m.: JEFFERSON fork. She was reared (“Chickens are raised,” enduring blizzards, blisters and a har- BASS reads from and signs his latest Body says her mother) in a proper Southern IF Jane Borden, author of I Totally Meant To Do That (a rowing tragedy during her 2,175 mile Farm novel, The Bone Yard. home in Greensboro, North Carolina, sent YOU Broadway Paperback original), hike, she emerges as a new woman to boarding school in Virginia, and a soror- Thursday, March 10 at 7 p.m.: LAURA GO reading and booksigning. with self-confidence and a sense of CARPINI author of Bear Speaks: The Story ity in Chapel Hill. Saturday, March 19 at 7 her place in the world. of Seven Sacred Lessons Learned from a She then moved to New York and p.m. Malaprop’s Bookstore & Café, Asheville native Jennifer Pharr Montana Grizzly. quickly discovered that none of this groom- 55 Haywood St. in Asheville. for more Davis is a local legend, holding the ing meant a lick to anyone. In fact, she hid Friday, March 11 at 7 p.m.: YANN MARTEL information phone (828) 254-6734 or visit women’s world record for fastest – ticketed event for the paperback release her upbringing for many years—it was www.malaprops.com. of Beatrice & Virgil. Tickets are $10 and thru-hike on the Appalachian Trail. come with a Malaprop’s gift card for $5. This summer she will attempt to break the overall record and hike Sunday, March 13 at 3 pm: BILL 2,175 miles in less than 47 days, 13 BRANYON will discuss his new book, Liberating Liberals: A Political Synthesis Books & Bites Author’s Luncheon hours and 31 minutes. In addition of: Nietzsche & Jesus, Vonnegut & Marx to hiking, Jennifer is a motivational (Groucho, not Karl), Gandhi & Machiavelli. Features Chris Hartley speaker; owner and founder of Blue Ridge Hiking Co., an expert in trail Tuesday, March 15 at 7 p.m.: SHERI he 2nd Books & Bites tains and into North Carolina HOLMAN reads from and signs Witches on running, and backpacking; and an ad- the Road Tonight. Author’s Luncheon will and Virginia. The raiders tore up vocate for simple living with nature. take place at Larkins on tracks, burned bridges, destroyed Becoming Odyssa is hailed as “one Wednesday, March 16 at 7 p.m.: FRANCES the Lake in Lake Lure Confederate stores, and captured of the best AT books.” Jennifer is MAYES presents Every Day in Tuscany: on Saturday, March 12 towns like Salisbury. Seasons of an Italian Life. T charismatic and inspiring, sharing her at noon. This event, sponsored Hartley was honored with failures as candidly as her successes, Thursday, March 17 at 7 p.m.: C.A. by the Friends of the Mountains the Jefferson Davis award by the and “her writing is as lyrical as her CONRAD presents The Book of Frank. Branch Library will feature Chris United Daughters of the Con- Odyssey-inspired trail name.” Most Friday, March 25 at 7 p.m.: SARA J. HENRY Harley, author of Stoneman’s federacy for his work on Stuart’s importantly, the book addresses the reads from and signs Learning to Swim. Raid—the inspiration for The Tarheels, his first book. Chris J. broader theme of finding one’s path Saturday, March 26 at 7 p.m.: GLORIA Band’s “The Night They Drove Hartley’s Stoneman’s Raid, 1865 in life, making it a book for anyone HOUSTON will read from and discuss Miss Old Dixie Down.” is the most detailed and complete who has struggled to find their place Dorothy and Her Bookmobile. When the first North Caroli- account ever written of an action in the world. na historical markers commemo- that remains as controversial Thursday, March 31 at 7 p.m.: ANNA JEAN Chris Hartley rating the raid were installed over today as it was in its time. IF YOU GO: Jennifer Pharr Davis MAYHEW reads from and signs The Dry reading and booksigning, Friday, Grass of August. seventy years afterward, citizens tore them “We are delighted with the roster of down and threw them in a river. authors we are lining up for our monthly March 4 at 7 p.m. Malaprop’s One of these markers stands on Rt. Author’s Luncheons,” said Paula Jordan, Bookstore & Café, 55 Haywood Street, Asheville, NC. Phone (828) 55 Haywood St. 74 in the Hickory Nut Gorge in front of the Friends’ president. “Next September, 828-254-6734 • 800-441-9829 254-6734 or visit www.malaprops. Sherrill’s Inn. Chris Hartley, well known Elizabeth Kostovo, a New York Times com for more details. Monday-Saturday 9AM to 9PM for his presentations on the Civil War, will best selling author, will be speaking at one Sunday 9AM to 7PM talk about the fasci- of our luncheons in Rutherford County.” nating march that Kostovo’s novels include The Swan began in Knoxville in Thieves and The Historian. March 1865 and did Rose Senehi, a well-known Southern not end until Con- writer who is chairman of the Books & IF Author’s Luncheon featuring federate president Bites series, said, “We are thrilled with the Chris Hartley, Saturday, Jefferson Davis was generosity of outstanding local restaurants YOU March 12 at Larkins on the captured. George that are hosting these literary events. A GO Lake in Lake Lure. Tickets Stoneman led generous portion of the twenty-five-dollar ($25) are available by calling about four thou- cost for the luncheon is being contributed (828) 625-0456, or in person at The sand cavalrymen to the library. Mountains Branch Library on Bills Creek over the moun- Road in Lake Lure, NC 28746.

28 March 2011 — RAPID RIVER ARTS & CULTURE MAGAZINE — Vol. 14, No. 7 RAPID RIVER ARTS & CULTURE MAGAZINE artful living

Forget Yourself it is, is always fulfilling, even the scary What happens and challenging ones. This is nothing new to us. We when we live life “There is no “If you want to be miserable, think have all had, in the finest moments of “empty” of masks? our lives, the experience of non-du- other task than about yourself. If you want to ality, of our original face shining to know your be happy, think of others. This through. It happens in moments idea of who we are, a storyline. Yet, we live original face.” is how we bring enlightened of loving interaction with another inside this story and call it reality; we call mind down to earth.” person, self-transcendent experi- it who we are, we call it our life, we call it ~ Yen T’ou ences in Nature, in engrossed life. It is, however, life with a small “l.” Zen (9th Century) ~ Sakyong Mipham (21st Century) activity in the arts or in sports. teaches us that we can live a big “L” Life, but Sometimes, it just happens only if we learn to forget ourselves in the act out of nowhere that your of uniting with whatever or whomever is experience suddenly right in front of us in this moment. opens, expands and the We must realize that who we are is not t is said that Zen is nothing more than proverbial “feeling of located in the body or mental processes, forgetting yourself in the act of uniting BY BILL WALZ being at one with” what- but rather in the awareness with which we with “something.” This dissolution ever you are doing and experience this body and these mental pro- of the separation of subject “me” with This, of course, is whatever is happen- cesses and the world. We are, in this sense, whatever object of perception I am fo- a radical departure ing occurs. the moment itself. Icused on, into a non-dualistic awareness of from the dominant Sometimes Zen asks us to meditate on locating “just this,” is Buddhist Satori. Ultimately, modern cultural it happens in mo- this self, and the only reasonable answer we the purpose of Buddhist practice is for that norm that instills ments of crisis and can come up with will be like the one that “something” to be Life itself, and in that in us that in most every fear when there is no time to comes to us from Eckhart Tolle: “Who we uniting, to come to know your “original situation, our primary interest is how that think about “myself” – and there is only are is the space in which the moment arises.” face,” the true and authentic person you situation either enhances or detracts from what needs doing. What Zen offers us is There is nobody there that we can point to are, an integrated expression of Life, not “me.” Importantly, Zen does recognize that, the understanding, the wisdom, to realize or grasp onto. And that is how we discover separate from it, struggling, as if it were, of course, you have a life to safeguard and that the essence of these experiences does our true Self, and true happiness. By forget- somehow, out there. even enhance situationally in the relative not come from outside us, but from within ting ourselves. This is Buddhism. To study Buddhism is to study the self. world of society, but what becomes im- us. They are the foundation of who we are To study the self is to forget the self. To for- portant is the reversing of what is primary. when experience is unblocked by self-cen- get the self is to be enlightened by all things. Rather than our life situation and our own tered thinking, and Zen teaches us that we To be enlightened by all things is to remove Bill Walz teaches status being primary, we realize that our life can cultivate this consciousness. We can the barriers between one’s self and others.” meditation and mindfulness cannot be well lived unless Life itself and make this non-dualistic consciousness our - Dogen (13th century) those fellow beings we share this life with at UNCA and public forums, primary reference point rather than an ac- and is a private-practice In this, there is a returning to your become what is primary. cident of circumstance. meditation teacher and essential Beingness, at one with Life, able Life – that which has been the rather We live in a society that has been said life-coach for individuals to walk and function in the social world of unregarded backdrop to our life situation, is to celebrate the cult of personality, and this in mindfulness, personal humanity, while also greatly freed of inhib- realized as the very substance that will give “who I am” is of the utmost importance in growth and consciousness. iting and distorted ideas about self and the meaning to our life situation. Paradoxically, our culture. Buddhism helps us to real- world. Spontaneity and wisdom, connected- He holds a weekly meditation class, our skill in this relative dimension of life ize that there is a great problem in actually ness and compassion, are realized as natural Mondays, 7 p.m., at the Friends Meeting situation will also dramatically increase as finding this “me.” The “who I am” that we elements of who you are. Neurotic tenden- House, 227 Edgewood in Asheville. the very neurotic tendencies that inhibit our call “me” and “my personality” is really only cies begin to resolve themselves, as they Info on classes, personal growth and skillfulness in social interactions fall away. an idea of a person made up of millions of are all results of social conditioning. Social healing instruction, or phone consultations Furthermore, the karma of interacting with conditioned interactions through a lifetime. conditioning begins to be seen as devices at (828) 258-3241, or e-mail healing@ others in full presence, compassion and It has no stability. It has no foundation. It for maneuvering in the social world, mostly billwalz.com. Visit www.billwalz.com kindness will begin to reflect back to us. Life has no location. It is, more or less, a mask. useful, but often, greatly distorted, and so, fully lived in its immediacy and intimacy In fact, “mask” is exactly what the word neurotic, and they are realized as not who is also a good definition for happiness and personality means – derived from the Greek you are. Society begins to be experienced as joy, the very quality to life that this “self “ is word “persona”: the mask used by actors in more of a game, with rules and boundaries, pursuing so desperately the ancient Greek plays. not your essential self nor an expression of When your primary thought is of your- So, what happens when we live life the truth and potential for Life, and this is self, you cut yourself off from all the Uni- “empty” of masks? Far from being zombie- immensely liberating. verse. When you allow experience to be the like, as we might fear, rather, just like any When you can realize, at a level deeper center of you, rather than holding yourself as animal in Nature, we discover that every than thought, that Nature manifests the center of every experience, you discover person has a unique expression that is their through you as surely as it does through a far more meaningful and happy life. When authentic nature, vibrantly who they are. any bird or tree, then Satori begins to be you allow the realization of your kinship Watch a group of squirrels for a while, or the natural terrain of your life. From this with all beings, that to think of and honor a group of puppies, or kittens, or for that insight, this infinite well of Beingness, you others and the experiences of Life as the matter, watch a group of recently born can begin to free yourself from the neu- only way to honor your ultimate self, you human babies, and you will see that each rotic conditioning that has gone into what discover the true source of happiness. When individual is unique. This natural unique- is no more than an idea you carry around you allow the moment to fill you, whether ness shines forth, free of any self-conscious about who you are. This is also what it is in an experience of Nature, or with a idea of who they are supposed to be. Free Buddhists refer to as “emptiness.” So, you fellow being, or in an activity, the subject- of any masks – delightful. must forget yourself. Discover Life, empty object split that makes our experience small We never stop to consider that the of this idea of a “myself” at the center of and unskillful falls away into simply the mo- experience of ourselves, trained into us by every experience. ment. We discover that the moment, just as modern society, is nothing more than an

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The Silent Killer of Eyes BY MAX HAMMONDS, MD oes everyone know about 17 mmHg or from 15 to 23 mm Hg. stopped with proper treatment, usu- the Silent Killer? High The higher pressure doesn’t have to ally drops but occasionally surgery. Blood Pressure? How high be outside the range of normal, it just Yes, there is a rapidly develop- blood pressure can exist has to be higher than is normal for ing form of glaucoma – acute narrow silently – without symptoms that individual. angle glaucoma – that develops over D– for years until the sudden heart at- The increased pressure in the hours to days. It is not silent. It tack or stroke happens? There is also a eye pushes equally on all the surfaces causes a red, painful, swollen, cloudy silent killer of eyes – glaucoma. inside the eye. The most sensitive site eye and may lead to nausea and vom- Three million Americans have is the optic nerve – the round disc in iting – a true medical emergency. glaucoma – about 1 in a 100. Only the back of the eye where the mil- This is caused by medicines, drugs, half of them know they have it. And lion or more nerves for seeing exit the the dark, excitement – anything that if human nature holds true, only half eye, carrying messages of observed causes the iris opening to dilate, nar- of them are doing something about it. light from the retina (the back inside rowing the angle between the back of That’s one in four. That means three surface of the eye) to the brain for the cornea and the front of the iris, out of four are facing limited or total interpretation as sight. As the pres- blocking the drainage of fluid from loss of vision. Glaucoma is the silent sure increases, the optic disc begins the eye. The treatment is making the killer of eyes. to “cup”, that is, indent into the iris opening smaller. The human eye is a membra- optic nerve. The increased pressure But chronic glaucoma is secre- nous bag that maintains it shape by decreases the fluid flow through these tive, sneaky, and an eye killer. Those constantly pumping a small amount nerves and decreases the blood flow to people who are near or far-sighted, of fluid into the eye and constantly these nerves. They begin to die. those with diabetes, those taking draining the excess fluid out of the This is a painless process. The steroids, and those of African or His- eye. The drainage area for the eye is only evidence that this is happen- panic descent are all more susceptible. located in front of the outside edge of ing is the observation that the optic But everyone over 40 needs to have a the iris, the colored circle of the eye. disc looks cupped and that there baseline eye exam – to find out what The flow of fluid is regulated to keep is loss of vision at the edges of the their personal normal eye pressure is. the internal pressure in the eye at 11 to visual field. At first the loss of vision Everyone over 65 needs an eye exam 20 mm Hg (millimeters of mercury). is not noticeable. But gradually one every one to two years to see if their Every person has a different normal becomes aware that there are certain pressure is increasing. pressure, but the pressure is usually areas of the visual field – especially in Don’t wait until the vision within that range. the periphery – where objects seem begins to fade and to narrow. This is If the fluid is produced too fast to be cloudy or disappear altogether, the silent killer of eyes. This is the (unusual)or if the fluid doesn’t drain then show up again as the gaze moves ounce of prevention. Have the eyes rapidly enough (usual), the pressure away from them. These blank spots checked. Glaucoma cannot be de- inside the eye increases to a point are where the nerves have already tected unless someone checks. Make significantly higher than what is nor- died. They cannot be replaced. The sure it is you. mal for that individual – from 11 to good news is that the process can be Thoroughly Modern Family arriages and families in Dan Yearick, LPC-S is a licensed Due to divorce, non-marital child- the U.S. have undergone professional counselor with 25 years’ bearing, and unmarried cohabitation, more changes in the past experience providing individual, mari- the percentage of children who grow few years than any time in tal and family counseling. up in fatherless families has grown history. This will be a fun, The Facts enormously over the past five decades. Mfast-paced and memorable event with The Good News presentations by local marriage and According to “The State of Our family experts with lots of time for Unions,” 2010 annual report from It does not have to be this way audience interaction to answer your The National Marriage Project, the for you and your family. Please come, questions about how to keep your U.S. marriage rate has declined from listen and learn from experts right here marriage and family happy and healthy 76.5 to 37.4 marriages per 1,000 un- in Waynesville about how have a thor- in the 21st century. married women; the rate of decline is oughly modern marriage and family also accelerating. instead of being just another statistic. Going Beyond Racism Presenters Nearly 50% of American mar- Lynne Barrett, Ph.D. is a psychol- riages end in divorce, while many Through Understanding & Respect ogist in private practice. She has been others (10-25%) live in stable but Join us for compelling dialogue, in Waynesville for 12 years and works unhappy relationships for various rea- IF “The Thoroughly with individuals, families, and couples. sons (financial implications of divorce, Modern Family” on community building, and a call to action. YOU John Curtis, Ph.D. will talk about personal and cultural expectations, no GO Saturday, March 19 from his innovative approach to build a alternative partner). Gallup Poll 3 to 4:15 p.m. at Blue NEXT NINE WEEK SESSION successful marriage and family using The American divorce rate today Ridge Books, 152 S. Mondays from 7-9 pm at MAHEC, 501 Biltmore Avenue concepts from the world of work. is nearly twice that of 1960s. The aver- Main Street in Waynesville, NC. January 24 - March 21, 2011 Diane Stamey, MA, MDiv. is the age couple marrying for the first time For more information and to reserve Register online at www.buildingbridges-asheville.org director of the Mountain Center For has a lifetime 40 to 50% probability of your place, call Blue Ridge Books at 5HJLVWUDWLRQ)HH‡For more information call 828-777-4585 Pastoral Counseling. divorce or separation. (828) 456-6000.

30 March 2011 — RAPID RIVER ARTS & CULTURE MAGAZINE — Vol. 14, No. 7 RAPID RIVER ARTS & CULTURE MAGAZINE youth culture The Diana Wortham Theatre At Pack Place Presents JOSEPH RATHBONE RECOMMENDS Young Audience Performances or this month I decided to BY JOSEPH RATHBONE he Diana Wortham Theatre at Pack review the movie The Eagle. I AGE 12 Place’s 2010/2011 School Show Se- BY RAE GEOFFREY rate this movie with four and a ries for Young Audiences announces half stars. This movie is great, of Rome, which was made upcoming Spring performances of importance of combating intolerance. Rec- it had a great story line and the of solid gold. Sadly his fa- FCGI was almost unnoticeable. The My Heart in a Suitcase, Thursday ommended for Grades 6 through 12. ther, along with five thou- T movie was fairly long but it kept you and Friday, March 17 and 18; and If You Give On April 28 and 29, eight delightful sand men, disappeared a Mouse a Cookie and Other Story Books, stories come to life in Theatreworks USA’s constantly guessing what would happen and were never seen again. musical revue If You Give a Years later Marcus decides to go Mouse a Cookie & Other Story on an adventure to find the eagle Books. Performed by a multi- and restore his family’s good name. racial cast, the stories represent Now I can not tell any more or I various issues, themes and will give the story away. ideas relevant to a broad and This movie is set in the time diverse audience of children. In in which the Romans ruled. I If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, recommend this movie to children a hungry, demanding mouse’s eleven and up, due to some intense incremental demands prevent sequences of action. Thanks to a boy from eating his snack, Beaucatcher Cinemas for allowing teaching the lesson of cause me to see this movie. and effect. The last thing I want to talk My Heart in a Suitcase. Other books featured in about this month is the new Call the show include “Amazing Channing Tatum in The Eagle of Duty: Black Ops First Strike Thursday and Friday, April 28 and 29. These Grace,” “Borreguita and the Coyote,” “Imo- Map Pack. It includes four new performances are for school groups, home- gene’s Antlers,” “Martha Speaks,” “Master next. I don’t want to give anything away multiplayer maps and one new zombies schooled students, or parents and caregivers Man,” “Math Curse,” and “Owen” – who but here is a short summary of what map. To buy it you’ll need 1200 Microsoft who would like to attend with children. just can’t bear to part with his beloved blan- happened in this movie. Points, which cost actual money. See you On March 17 and 18, ArtsPower pres- ket, Fuzzy, which is a problem since he is When he was a young boy, Marcus next month! ents My Heart in a Suitcase, (Channing Tatham) watched his father a powerful and poignant march off into battle carrying The Eagle your friend, Joseph production set during the Nazi reign in Germany. Anne Lehmann and her family no longer feel safe in their Berlin was created to make it possible for home. In order to protect underserved schools to attend Diana their daughter Mr. and Mrs. Wortham Theatre School Program- Lehmann may have to say ming. Scholarships to cover the cost goodbye to her forever. Now of admission are available to students Anne must struggle to bring on a free or reduced lunch program meaning out of despair, to in public schools. Donations to the cling to love and hope even in Y.E.S. Scholarship Fund are fully a world that seems to be filled tax-deductible. with hatred and violence. To apply for a scholarship or The result is an inspir- to make a donation, please contact If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. (L-R) Carla Woods, Aurelia ing tribute to the strength of Rae Geoffrey, Associate Director, at Williams, Stephanie D’Abruzzo, David A. Austin, Nick (828) 257-4544 x307, or e-mail rae@ the human spirit. ArtsPower’s Blaemire. Photo: Joan Marcus production touches the hearts dwtheatre.com. and minds of old and young alike in this about to start kindergarten. Recommended adaptation of a survivor’s for PreK through 3rd Grade. To obtain more information on the story, showing young Diana Wortham Theatre’s School School Show Series visit the School people what happened Show Series serves more than 6,000 stu- Shows link at www.dwtheatre.com in Germany and in other dents and teachers every season – stretch- occupied nations prior ing minds, working imaginations and to and during World deepening learning. The popular School War II. This drama Show Series provides high quality, curric- IF My Heart in a Suitcase shows how a heroine ulum related performances for thousands YOU – March 17 & 18. If survived thanks to of young people each year complete with GO You Give a Mouse a her own courage study guides and a post-show question Cookie and Other Story and the generos- and answer period. Tickets are available for Books – April 28 & 29. Drawing by 13-year-old Cara Levy. Cara loves drawing and ity of others, home school groups as well as public audi- Performances at 10 a.m. and 12 noon tries her best to draw anime/ and teaches the ences based on availability. each day at Diana Wortham Theatre manga, a complex Japanese Limited need-based scholarships are at Pack Place. For more information art form. She is also really into Nick Blaemire available through the Diana Wortham music. Cara wants to be an artist or to make reservations please contact or be in a band when she grows as the mouse. Theatre Y.E.S. Fund for the 2010/2011 Rae Geoffrey, [email protected] or Photo: Joan up, but she’s still not sure. She Marcus School Show Series. The Y.E.S. Fund (828) 257-4544 x307. is an 8th grader at Evergreen Community Charter School in Asheville.

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March 1-18 Friday, March 11 oboe; Anthony Taylor, clarinet; Steven Take the Online Poll: Classic World Cinema Billy D. Washington Workshops & Classes Stusek, saxophone; Kelly Burke bass clarinet and Michael Burns, bassoon. What is Your Go-To-Beer Foreign Film Series Top-notch stand-up with John Mac Kah At First Congregational Church, 5th For a beer lover, a go-to-beer is one comedian and tal- Avenue and White Pine in Henderson- that consistently satisfies the taste buds. Every Friday at 8 p.m. ented pianist Billy D. March 11-13 Studio Workshop ville at 3 p.m. Washington brings his No need to think or guess, just pour March 4 – “I am Cuba” by Oils & and enjoy. We disclosed ours (see page comedic observations Acrylics: Tickets $17, available at the door. More Mikhail Kalatozov (1968 Soviet and original songs to Diana Wortham information by calling (828) 697-0455 24), now we’d like to hear from you Union/Cuba) What’s Take the survey by going to www. Theatre at Pack Place. the Dif- or (828) 890-4411, or visit www.hen- dersonvillechambermusic.org surveymonkey.com/s/XVMCTSF March 11 – “Pather Panchali” by Mainstage Special Attractions Series. ference? Satyajit Ray (1955 India) Friday, March 11, 2011, 8 p.m. Tickets: Find out Sunday, March 27 Friday, March 4 March 18 – “Close-Up” by Abbas Regular $30; Seniors $28; Students more Asheville Gallery Kiarostami (1990 Iran) $25; Student Rush day-of-the-show about the best way to render Asheville Community Band images, capture special effects. of Art Featured March 25 - Double Feature! “La (with valid ID) $10. Tickets/Info: (828) The Asheville Community Band pres- 257-4530 or online at www.dwtheatre. Use them separately or together? ents it’s 32nd Annual Spring Concert at Artist: Hal Boyd Jetée” by Chris Marker (1962 Here’s how! $150 for three days, France), and “Cleo from Five com. 3 p.m. in the Auditorium of Asheville Opening reception 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the studio. High School. from 5 to 8 p.m. The to Seven” by Agnès Varda (1962 Bring your lunch. Materials fee France/Italy) Friday, Featuring Caleb Young conducting public is cordially March 11 additional. invited. The exhibit, Doors open at 7:45 p.m. / close at “First Suite in Eb for Military Band” by “Personages”, will Bride and Groom 8:15 p.m. Enjoy great films from My Cousin, Saturdays Gustav Holst, Fred Lemmon, clarinet feature mostly recent, predominately around the world! Donations ap- The Studio Painting: 9 a.m. to noon. soloist, and the awarding of Scholar- figurative neo-expressionist paintings. preciated. Upstairs in the Library Emperor Intro to oils and still-life. Join ships to students majoring in music anytime! education. Admission is $8. Students On display through Thursday, March of Phil Mechanic Studios, 109 Happily 31, 2011. Roberts St. in Asheville’s River admitted free. Call (828) 254-2234 for gnarly music Landscape Painting: 1 p.m. to 4 more information. Asheville Gallery of Art, 16 College Arts District, For more details visit at the Em- p.m. On location at area parks. De- Street in downtown Asheville. For www.ashevillecourtyard.com or erald Lounge, 112 N. Lexington Ave., velop skills in oils. Ongoing class more details, call (828) 251-5796 or phone (828) 273-3332. Asheville, NC. Phone (828) 232-4372 throughout the summer, weather visit www.ashevillegallery-of-art.com. for more details or visit www.emerald- permitting. lounge.com. Call (828) 225-5000 for more de- March 4, 5, 6, 11, 12 tails. Art Classes: Students visit The Oxymorons Saturday, March 12 www.kahartstudio.jmkah.com Mis-Community-Cation: Hart Studio Theatre present’s an Kah Art Studios evening of Improvisational Comedy Dioramas of Discord 122 Riverside Drive, Asheville, NC with The Oxymorons, an improvisa- Greg Vineyard’s conceptual ceramics salon, in Constance Williams Gal- www.jmkah.com • [email protected] lery. Meet the artist, play with the art Saturday April 9 How to place an event/ during the opening reception from 11 classified listing with a.m. to 4 p.m. Ten percent of artist’s Friday, March 18 Potters of Madison County Rapid River Art Magazine proceeds go to CERF+. Gallery located Outdoor Adventure Reception 1st Annual Show of fine pottery by the in Asheville’s River Arts District, 9 Potters of Madison County. Featuring tional comedy troupe made up of many Transylvania Community Arts Council Any “free” event open to the public Riverside. Open daily 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Madison County potters: Becca Floyd, HART veterans. This will be their hosts the art exhibit Outdoor Adven- can be listed at no charge up to 30 (828) 225-1762. Free. Mary Mikkelsen, Rob Pulleyn, Emily first appearance at HART. Original ture. Meet the artists during the recep- words. For all other events there is a Reason, Jim Parmentier, Shirl Parmen- members, Graham and Forest Liven- tion from 5-7 p.m. On display March $9.95 charge up to 30 words and 10 tier, Alex Matisse, Henry Pope, and good are joined by Strother Stingley, 11-28. TC Arts Council gallery, 349 S. cents for each additional word. 160 Jane Renfroe. With guest potters: Kyle Sarah Felmet and a few new faces. The Stella Adler Studio of Caldwell Street in Brevard, NC. For word limit per event. Carpenter and John Ransmeier. Dem- group will take titles, words, and ideas Acting Monday Night more information call (828) 884-2787 onstrations by Jim Parmentier (carving) Sponsored listings (shown in from the audience, and build a comic Workshop Series or visit www.tcarts.org. boxes) can be purchased for $12 per sketch on the spot. It requires actors and Mary Mikkelsen (handbuilding). column inch. with quick minds and a great sense of New students will be given all Saturday, March 19 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free admission. Bent- Deadline is the 19th of each month. humor. Every performance is different. necessary information. Ascended Master Guided ley Fellowship Hall, Mars Hill College, Payment must be made prior to Highway 213, Mars Hill, NC. For printing. “The Oxymorons” will perform Fri- Monday, March 7 Meditation days and Saturdays March 4, 5, 11 and directions and more information visit Via teleconference call, 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. Email Beth Gossett at: 12 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, March 6 at 7 to 9 p.m. Improvisation with www.pottersofmadisoncounty.com. EST. For more information call (828) [email protected] 3 p.m. Tickets are $8 for adults, $5 for Instructors, Richard Handy and 338-0042, email Mary@LotusHeartB- Or mail to: 85 N. Main St, Canton, students. To make reservations call the Dusty McKeelan lessings.com, or visit our website at NC 28716. Call (828) 646-0071 to HART Box Office at (828) 456-6322. Monday, March 14 www.LotusHeartBlessings.com place ad over the phone. All performances are in the Feichter PAINTERS WANTED 7 to 9 p.m. Voice with Instructor, – Disclaimer – Studio Theatre, 250 Pigeon Street, Sunday, March 20 Waynesville, NC 28786. Dusty McKeelan Looking for painters to open a Due to the overwhelming number of co-op art gallery in River Arts Monday, March 21 Hendersonville Chamber Music local event submissions we get for our District or Downtown Asheville. “What to Do Guide” each month, we Sunday, March 6 Concert: Eastwind Ensemble 7 to 10 p.m. Auditions, Part 2: Send email to: flowersbydaniel@ can no longer accept entries that do not Danny Ellis Concert Monologues with Instructor Marty Resident faculty woodwind quintet at gmail.com with your website or specifically follow our publication’s Local Irish singer/ Rader UNC-Greensboro, delights worldwide format. Non-paid event listings must songwriter Danny audiences with its savory Baroque to images of artwork. be 30 words or less and both paid and modern repertoire! Mary Ashley Barret, non-paid listings must provide infor- Ellis will perform Stella Adler Studio of Acting mation in the following format: date, new material from his c/o Asheville Community Theatre time, brief description of what your next album, which will be released this 35 E. Walnut St., Asheville, NC event is and any contact information. spring. The Grey Eagle, 185 Clingman Any entries not following this format Ave. in Asheville. Phone (828) 232- (828) 254-1320 www.EuroContempArt.net will not be considered for publication. 5800 for more information. Visit www. www.stellaadler-asheville.com Original 19th and 20th century European paintings. dannyellismusic.com.

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Call for Entries 52nd Red, White & Blue Tattoo Cruise Sails to Bahamas in October March at The Magnetic Field Art On Main Festival Freaks & Geeks Productions presents to soak up rays poolside, explore the The Crackers of Comedy – Tuesday, March 1. Show Deadline: June 1, 2011 the next chapter in the maritime story islands, and gamble in international begins at 8 p.m. Matt Ward and Joe Pettis stop by on of tattooing. The inaugural Red, White waters. Confirmed artists include their 20-day Underground Indie Comedy Tour of Applications are available for the & Blue Tattoo Cruise will be the first Myke Chambers, James Clements, the southeast. Joining them on the stage will be local 52nd annual juried “Art on Main” event ever to offer tattooing onboard a Kris Roberts and James Vaughn. comedians George the Bastard and Tom Scheve. fine art and fine craft show in ship. It will sail from Port Canaveral, Tickets $10. Hendersonville, NC. Show dates Prices begin at $527 per person for an Fla., October 5-8, 2011, aboard the inside cabin. Space is limited, register Songs of Robert – Thursday-Saturday, March 3-5 will be Saturday, October 1 and Norwegian Sun. Sunday, October 2 from 10 a.m. early. For more information or to reg- & 24-26. Shows at 7:30 p.m. with additional late to 5 p.m. each day. The event will feature some of the ister, visit www.rwbtattoocruise.com, showings Fridays and Saturdays at 10 p.m. Winner best tattoo artists in the business. The e-mail [email protected], or of “Outstanding Solo Show” at Fringe NYC in 2009, This juried show is presented by cruise will offer special events, time call (828) 254-4429. John Crutchfield’s “quirkily poetic” one-man show The Arts Council of Henderson returns to Asheville. Tickets $12-14. County. Artists may request an application by calling (828) Synergy Story Slam – March 7 & 21, and April 4 & 693-8504 or by downloading an 18. Slam series finale held on May 2, 2011. Doors application from http://acofhc. open, and sign up begin at 7 p.m. Stories begin org/PDF/AOMApplication.pdf . Best in Show by Phil Juliano around 7:30 p.m. Come to tell a story, or come just to listen. Tickets only available at the event. $5-10 There is a $25 non-refundable sliding scale donation. Part of the proceeds from jury fee and a booth fee of $225. each event are donated to a different community For more information please organization each week and part go to the Story Slam contact The Arts Council of winner (chosen by two audience judges). Henderson County at info@ Ruth – Thursday-Saturday, March 10-12 & 17-19 acofhc.org or (828) 693-8504. Shows at 7:30 p.m. with additional late showings Fridays and Saturdays at 10 p.m. Written by John Crutchfield, directed by Steven Samuels. Tickets Sunday and Monday, March 6 & 7 $12-14. Auditions for “I Love You, The Beards of Comedy – Tuesday, March 22 at 8 You’re Perfect Now Change” p.m. These four bearded fellows return after a su- Callie & Cats by Amy Downs perb show at the Laugh Your Asheville Off Comedy The Haywood Arts Regional Theatre Festival. Featuring Asheville’s own Joe Zimmerman. will hold auditions for its May produc- Tickets $10. tion of the long running Off Broadway musical “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Magnetic Comedy – March 29 at 8 p.m. Improv and Now Change” at 6:30 p.m. both days. sketch comedy by Mondy Carter, Karen Stobbe, The production is being directed by Tom Chalmers, and guest artists. Tickets $7. Mark Jones and opens on April 29. The show has great roles for two men The Magnetic Field and two women who play two couples 372 Depot St. Suite 50, Asheville, NC 28801 over a span of several decades of mar- (828) 257-4003 riage. The age of the actors is flexible. Come prepared to sing. An accompa- www.themagneticfield.com nist will be provided. Actors will be given scenes to read from the script. Anyone interested in Corgi Tales by Phil Hawkins working backstage on the production Blue Ridge is also encouraged to come by during Rollergirls 2011 auditions to sign up. Auditions will be held in the Feichter Studio of the Home Season HART Theatre, 250 Pigeon St. in Waynesville, NC 28786. The Blue Ridge Rollergirls (BRRG) begin their fifth smash-tastic home derby season on March 12, 2011. Great Tree Zen Temple March 12 – Double Header Season Opener! Doors open at 4 p.m. Blue Ridge French Broads vs. Twin April 14-17 ~ Just Do IT! City Derby Girls bout at 5 p.m. BRRG All Stars vs. Women’s Retreat with Rev. Soul City Sirens (GA) bout at 7 p.m. Nancy Spence. Women’s spiri- April 30 – BRRG vs. Cape Fear Rollergirls (NC) tuality through meditation, study Dragin by Michael Cole and rituals. Just by doing spiritual June 4 – BRRG All Stars vs. Carolina Hurticanes practice together, insights come July 16 – BRRG All Stars vs. Greensboro up and we naturally understand Roller Derby the mindfulness in everyday life. Bouts are held at the Asheville Civic Center. Tickets Register online at can be purchased at Ticketmaster.com or at the www.greattreezentemple.org Asheville Civic Center box Office. Tickets $10 Great Tree Zen Temple in advance or $12 at the door. Kids 12 and under admitted free! 679 Lower Flat Creek, Alexander, NC (828) 645-2085 www.blueridgerollergirls.com

CLASSES ~ LECTURES ~ ARTS & CRAFTS ~ READINGS

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rom Benin Africa to the hills of Plenty of ac- Kentucky come enjoy, dance tivities including LEAF and discover amazing perform- Poetry Slam, Youth ing artists at LEAF! Poetry Slam, LEAF F Fantastic performances by Fiddle Contest, and Angelique Kidjo, Maceo Parker, Ricky a Stepdance Contest. Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, Spam Amazing local tradi- Allstars, Acoustic Syndicate, Umalali, tional musicians from Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion, and Lewis Wills to Elizabeth many, many more! “Eboo” Sauls will lead jams and workshops. LEAF in Schools & Streets – Our Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder longest running LEAF in Schools & Streets (LSS) program is in the Klon- dyke Housing community in Asheville. IF Get tickets and view We received a generous gift from The the entire line-up at Dan Lucas Memorial Fund to expand YOU www.theleaf.org. Cabins Are You Ready for the program to include jazz. Teach- GO and bunks available. Call ing artist Gary Bradley will lead this LEAF at (828) 686- new class. Bradley has played with the 8742. Tickets must be purchased Tax Season? likes of Ray Charles, James Ingram and in advance. Lake Eden Arts Festival, On Tuesday, March 22, from 6 to 8 p.m. Cynthia Dolly Parton. For more information on 377 Lake Eden Rd., Black Mountain, Gaddy, owner of Crystal Clear Business Works, Angelique Kidjo this program visit www.theleaf.org/lss NC 28711. will answer your tax related questions. Cynthia is a native of Asheville and has more than 25 years of experience with small business accounting. She will discuss how to read your balance sheet ‘Go-to-Beers’ cont’d from pg. 24 Sci Fi & BIG Something and P&L statements for tax purposes, and how to financially manage business growth. There will be flagship Belgian White (4.3%). Imag- ine this delicately flavored beer leads Team Up for Monster Show plenty of time for Q&A. in an age ruled by hops and bold Light finger food provided. $5 for Mountain flavors. Brewmaster Ben Pierson’s orth BY SAM KATZ BizWorks Members, $10 for non-members. go-to-beer is their IPA (5.75%). He Carolina’s RSVP to [email protected] or phone enjoys its complex flavor profile and favorite Soul and Rock ‘n (828) 253-2834 ext. 11 crisp finish. The White is my go-to- “electro beer at the LAB. jazz fusion” Roll are all fused N into “one savory Mountain BizWorks There you have it, flagship beers band, Sci Fi, will and go-to-beers at Asheville’s brewer- perform at Stella package, well deliv- 153 S. Lexington Avenue ies. Oh, I mentioned an on-line poll. Blue (Upstairs) on ered in execution,” We’ve shared our go-to-beers, Saturday, March 12. says Evan Wade in behalf of Leeway’s now we’d like to hear from you. The “Homegrown Sci Fi’s Tyler Simmons, Type www.surveymonkey.com/s/ Music Network Tim Philpott, and Justin Heter. Homegrown Music XVMCTSF into your browser, select New Band of the Network. “enter” and begin the poll. Choose Year,” BIG Something, will open the While BIG Something is far from one beer from each brewery. The show. This will be the debut Asheville a metal band, their sound is still very polling opens March 1 and closes performance for BIG Something, who large. The high-energy equation con- March 18. I will share the results are creating quite a buzz all over NC sists of great songs laced with massive with you in April. with their new album “Stories from drums, bass, guitars, vocals, keyboards, the Middle of Nowhere.” synthesizers, trumpet, and saxophones. Known for their marathon live The poll can also be performances, in recent years Sci Fi have become one of the Southeast’s For more information on either band launched from the or to stream music please visit rapidrivermagazine.com brightest up and coming Electronic/ www.scifilivemusic.com and Instrumental music acts on the scene www.bigsomething.net. site or your favorite brewery today. Rising on the strong shoulders website. Look for go-to-beer of southern jazz, Sci Fi transforms and follow the instructions. its jazz roots into what it describes as “electro jazz fusion” and supplements IF Sci Fi & BIG it with new-age trance-tronic dance- Something, Saturday, able grooves. YOU March 12 at 9 p.m. 21+ For eight years, Joe BIG Something is an ever-evolv- GO Zinich has been taking a Tickets: $8 adv./$10 self-guided, high-intensity ing, groove-based modern rock band d.o.s. Stella Blue, 31 tour of the Asheville beer from the middle of nowhere in NC. Patton Ave., Asheville, NC scene. Contact him at: With unique electronic embellish- 28801. Visit www.myspace.com/ [email protected]. ments and an alternative feel, Funk, stellabluelive.

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prints color RAPID RIVER ARTS & CULTURE fine art CONSTANCE WILLIAMS GALLERY PRESENTS Mis-Community-Cation: Dioramas of Discord

E’S BAAAACK! Greg Vineyard’s chat with friends. Agree, continuing series “Salon du Vine- disagree, discuss. yard Presents” returns after a two And, he likes to year hiatus. Using his Commu- include benefitting a nication Animal series along with charitable cause. Since Hmixed-media and assemblage, he presents he also feels art experi- unique takes on group dynamics and conflict ences should give back, resolution under the title “Mis-Commu- ten percent of Vineyard’s nity-Cation: Dioramas of Discord.” proceeds on any sales of Previous yearly offerings have con- his work in Constance fronted viewers with ideas ranging from Williams Gallery dur- art appreciation to interactive word play ing the run of the show to how to assemble your own “meditation will go to CERF+. Craft Works by Greg Vineyard. Left: Love Dog. station”. Vineyard’s goal is that people come Emergency Relief Fund Right: From the Willendorf Series, Think away having absorbed a topic from a more (craftemergency.org) pro- personal angle, due to introspection through vides financial, educational and emergency About CERF+ getting to play with the artwork. assistance to artists and crafters. CERF+ accomplishes its mission Each person brings a unique perspective Vineyard’s combination of fine art through direct financial and educational as- to a situation — especially during periods mixed with a career in design and art con- sistance to craft artists including emergency of dis-harmony — and would thus arrange sulting has allowed him to move freely back relief assistance, business development sup- figurines and words in an individual way. and forth between the two worlds, each port, and resources and referrals on topics Additionally, the intention is for influencing the other in his visual decision- such as health, safety, and insurance. CERF+ people to have fun. Move things around, making process. develops, promotes, and maintains resources Working with strategic concepts in his for emergency readiness and recovery that design career has led to his insistence that benefit all artists. CERF+ also advocates, his ceramic works have a reason for being. engages in research, and backs policy that Bowls are colorful, tactile and out-of-round supports craft artists’ careers. CERF+ is for sensory appreciation. Tiles, animals working with partner organizations to build a and functional items like vases have lots of better safety net for artists across the United carving. The intention is connection, which States. www.craftemergency.org often happens through an invitation to play with the work through a Salon. Check out “Mis-Community-Cation: IF Free and open to the public. Dioramas of Discord” opening Saturday, Opening reception Saturday, March 12 at Constance Williams Gallery YOU March 12, from 11 a.m. to 4 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Meet the artist, give GO p.m. Show runs through feedback, mingle, make new friends and April 8, 2011 at Constance shop for charity. And who knows? Because Williams Gallery, 9 Riverside Drive you can rearrange the art, you may help (the middle building in the CURVE studios) move things from discord to harmony! in Asheville.

PHOTO EXHIBIT AT ASHEVILLE COMMUNITY THEATRE

ourteen photos taken by show will help to support the artist Marcia Neese are theatre. F on display at the Ashe- The Photography show ville Community Theatre. is in connection with Ashe- The show will be on display ville Community Theatre’s through March. production of Rent. For The collection of black more information call, email and white photos, entitled or visit www.maneese.com. Urbanocity, depict life in an IF YOU GO: Urbanocity, urban setting. There are four Black and White different titles within the col- Photography Show on lection: Failed Justice, Hidden display in the ACT Lobby. Spirit, Urban Respite and Se- More information online at lective Admittance. All of the Respite Awaits? by Marcia Neese www.ashevilletheatre.org or photographs are available for by calling (828) 254-1320. sale in a range of sizes. Purchases through Asheville Community Theatre, 35 E. ACT or her website during the run of the Walnut Street in Asheville.

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The Folk Art Center Celebrates National Quilting Day IF For more information YOU about the Folk Art Center’s elebrate National Quilting Day on are a glimpse into history, celebration of this event, call BY APRIL NANCE GO Saturday, March 19 at the Folk Art the quilt maker’s life and (828) 298-7928 or visit www. Center. Connie Brown and Robin the time in which she lived. craftguild.org. Brooks, who are members of the Helpful information about displayed is always the The Folk Art Center is located at Milepost Asheville Quilt Guild and the how to care for quilts and highest quality. 382 of the Blue Ridge Parkway, just north of SouthernC Highland Craft Guild, will dem- how to learn more about the Hwy 70 entrance in east Asheville, NC. onstrate their craft from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the process will also be The Southern Highland Craft Guild the center’s lobby. provided. The National Quilting Association, Inc. Robin Brooks will The Southern High- began sponsoring National Quilting Day bring in an assortment of land Craft Guild is a non- in 1991. Each year the organization offers a miniature quilts and discuss profit, educational organi- gifts for project in hopes quilters will make a quilt special techniques used on zation established in 1930 and donate it to a local charity. This year’s small pieces of fiber art. to bring together the crafts [MRIPSZIVW project is a log cabin quilt. A free pattern During the event, and craftspeople of the and instructions can be found at: www. Allanstand Craft Shop at Southern Highlands for the Whether they’re serious about wine or just getting started, our nqaquilts.org. In keeping with this theme, the Folk Art Center will benefit of shared resources, wide selection of gifts will tastefully Connie Brown will host an exhibition of log feature a variety of tradi- Log Cabin Remodel education, marketing and complement even the most cabin quilts at the Folk Art Center. Modern tional and handmade quilts by Susan Webb Lee conservation. The South- distinguished wine cellar. and vintage examples will be showcased. made by members of the ern Highland Craft Guild Connie Brown also invites visitors to Southern Highland Craft Guild, which is authorized to provide services at the Blue bring in their own quilts for evaluation. represents craftspeople living in the Appa- Ridge Parkway’s Folk Art Center under the wine decanter Connie will use the clues within the quilt to lachian mountains. To become a member authority of a cooperative agreement with & developer find the pattern name and to determine the of the organization, artists’ work has to pass the National Park Service, Department of era the quilt was made. These same clues a rigorous jury process, ensuring the work the Interior.

Scenes of Haywood County

great gifts Exhibition at Gallery 86 starting at $ 95 he Haywood County Arts Coun- +s/h BY KAY S. MILLER 19 cil is proud to present “Reflected save % Light: Scenes of Haywood County an additional 20 by Luke Allsbrook” opening ous collections including the collection of Wednesday, March 2 through His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, the To redeem this offer, go to www.RedEnvelope.com/down Saturday,T March 26, 2011. An artist’s recep- U.S. Department of State, the Forbes Col- or call 1.888.506.9740 tion will be held Friday, March 4 at Gallery lection and the North Carolina Arboretum. “Morning Treeline in Reflection” stainless steel wine wine tasting party 86, 86 N. Main Street from 6 to 8 p.m. The Based in Waynesville, Allsbrook com- Oil on canvas by Luke Allsbrook stoppers public is cordially invited to attend. bines masterful technique with fine atten- This exhibition of oil paintings by Luke tion to detail in his visionary approach to A painting might begin with a question as Allsbrook highlights landscape scenes from nature. He creates paintings that speak to the simple as, ‘If I could create any painting in around Haywood County. The common spirit and seem to transport the viewer to the world, what would it be?’ I categorize wine dossier theme in all the paintings is water. There are another time and place. Critic and Professor my work into two parts - the smaller, plein *Discount does not apply to gift cards or certifi cates, same-day delivery, shipping and handling, taxes, third-party hosted products (e.g. wine), or Bose® products. Discount will appear upon checkout and scenes of Lake Junaluska, farm streams, and of the Arts, James A. Herbert, has com- air paintings where I go into nature and do cannot be combined with other offers or discounts. Offer expires 12/31/2011. the Pigeon River. Many of the pictures the pared Allsbrook to Lucien Freud, dubbing quick journal like sketches, and the larger, artist painted on site while standing in the Allsbrook a “painter’s painter, an artist who bolder canvases drawn from memory that river. Others are large deftly captures the capture the settings realistically.” scale versions painted in elements of realism DONATE YOUR CAR! the studio. The paint- and atmosphere in his compositions.” For more information visit the Haywood County ings seek to capture a Arts Council at www.haywoodarts.org. sense of place as well as An artist who pos- the abstract beauty of sesses many talents, light and color reflected Allsbrook’s greatest gift in water. may lie in his ability to include the viewer in IF Haywood County Arts Allsbrook received Council’s Gallery 86 presents his BFA degree from his world; making the YOU  100% Tax Deductible GO “Reflected Light: Scenes of Indiana University and observer an active par- Haywood County by Luke  Free Pick-Up Anywhere ticipant in the scenes his MFA degree from Allsbrook.” On display from  We’re Available 7 Days a Week the New York Academy and activities he brings Wednesday, March 2 through Saturday, to life. of Art. He has exhib- March 26, 2011. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. 'RQDWLQJLV)DVW (DV\&DOO7RGD\ ited his work exten- Describing his to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Artist sively throughout the work, Allsbrook states, reception held Friday, March 4 from 6 p.m. eastern United States. “I try to let nature be to 8 p.m. Gallery 86 is located at 86 N. Main 888-537-8015 my guide. The best Mon-Fri 6am-8pm • Sat-Sun 8am-6pm Allsbrook’s paintings “Passageway” Street, Waynesville, NC. FREE and open to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation is a classifi ed 501 (c)(3) charity. are included in numer- Oil on canvas by Luke Allsbrook ideas come like a gift. the public. 6H+DEOD(VSDxRO

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UP NEXT AT ACT’S SATURDAY FAMILY THEATRE SERIES Sadie’s Spectacular Saturday and Struggle for Freedom

right Star Touring Theatre and BY JENNY BUNN Asheville Community Theatre (ACT), announce the next of the American Civil Rights Move- installment of the “Saturdays at ment. Featuring songs from the era, BACT,” family theatre series. this production offers your audience In Sadie’s Spectacular Saturday, the opportunity to experience the Sadie the caterpillar begins classes at a heroic work of Rosa Parks and the new school but is bullied by a cock- Montgomery Bus Boycott, the March roach. With the help of a ladybug, a on Washington and many more of the sunflower, and audience events and key mo- volunteers, Sadie learns ments that shaped the With help from her friend Sunflower, that true beauty comes Movement and our Sadie the Caterpillar realizes that true from within! When she country today. beauty comes from within in Sadie's becomes a butterfly, Both shows last Spectacular Saturday. Sadie realizes that she 45 minutes. “These Save up to 75% has transformed much shows have toured more than just herself! from Michigan to IF On the ACT Mainstage on Term Life Insurance! Immediately fol- New Jersey and are YOU Saturday, March 5, lowing the performance now coming back to 2011. Sadie’s Spectacular of Sadie’s Spectacular Asheville,” said David GO Save time, too! Call Matrix Direct for Saturday (best for ages a quick, accurate quote—right over Saturday, audience Ostergaard, Co- 3-10), will take the stage the phone. members are invited Founder of Bright at 10 a.m. At 2:30 p.m. Struggle for Why pay more for the quality life insurance coverage you need to help protect your family? to meet the actors in Star Touring Theatre. Take advantage of big savings on quality term life Freedom (best for ages 8+) will be insurance coverage with term choices from 10 to 30 the ACT lobby. Light “The feedback that years. Call now for your FREE, no obligation, life performed. All tickets are $5 and are insurance quote. Expert advice, convenient service, and affordable rates…with one easy phone call to snacks will be provided we’ve gotten from available for purchase at the door only. 1-888-355-0394! free of charge. students, parents, and The Box Office will open an hour /RRNDWKRZOLWWOH\RXFRXOGSD\HDFK PRQWK Struggle for Free- educators is that these prior to each show. dom celebrates the work The life and work of shows are not to be *XDUDQWHHG/HYHO3UHPLXP3HULRG Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is For more information call (828) 254-  &RYHUDJH \HDU  \HDU and life of Dr. Martin L. celebrated in Struggle missed!” 1320 or visit www.ashevilletheatre.org.  $PRXQW 250,000 500,000 King, Jr. in the context for Freedom.  $*( 0DOH    Call Toll-Free   )HPDOH      1-888-355-0394  $*( 0DOH      )HPDOH    Billy Jonas Performs at BY MARILYNNE HERBERT

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Classicopia performs Two House Concerts, a “Cabaret” and a Benefit

lassicopia continues its exciting the 2008 Regional Finals BY DAN WEISER chamber music series with three of the Metropolitan Opera different programs in March, all National Council Audi- showcasing the incredible talent, tions, sang at Carnegie Hall both instrumental and vocal, in with the Opera Orchestra 100% Satisfaction Cthe greater Asheville region. of New York and has been % Classicopia (www.classicopia.org) is seen in numerous pro- Save 20 Guaranteed! a non-profit organization co-founded by ductions of the Asheville Offer only available at: Over 20 Million Berries, Marcia Colligan, President, and Daniel Lyric Opera, including www.berries.com/big Hand-Dipped. or call 1.888.743.1347 Weiser, Artistic Director in New Hamp- most recently as Pamina in *20% discount will appear upon checkout. Discounts may not be used in conjunction with other special offers, coupons shire in 2001 and now expanding into The Magic Flute. As a jazz or discounts. Discount applies to item cost only and does not Western North Carolina. singer, she has performed include discounts on shipping and handling or taxes. Discount only applies to items over $29. Valid now through 12/31/2011. For those who like their chamber in numerous cabarets and Scott Joiner, Tenor music performed in a true chamber, there will be two intimate house concerts of a program called “The Love Triangle” that will feature Colette Boudreaux, soprano exquisite piano quartets by Robert Schumann and Jo- hannes Brahms, along with the the powerful Shostakov- passionate Piano Trio by Clara ich Piano Trio, written Schumann. The musicians for during World War Two this concert are Amy Lovinger, as a memorial to the violin; Kara Poorbaugh, viola; holocaust victims and Franklin Keel, cello; and Dan- containing great Jewish Daniel Weiser, piano; Amy Lovinger, violin; folk music. There will iel Weiser, piano. Kara Poorbaugh, viola; and Franklin Keel, cello. The string players are all also be works by Paul members of the Opal String Quartet concerts, both in New York and in Schoenfield, Ernst Bloch, and great and are also principals in the Asheville this region. The Classical Voice of songs of Gershwin, Berlin, and more. Symphony. One program will be on North Carolina has called her voice a The performers are Amy Lovinger, Saturday, March 5 at 3 at a home on 372 “richly beautiful instrument — supple, violin; Elizabeth Gergel, cello; Cantor Kimberly Avenue; the same program can silvery in tone, technically secure, and Debbie Winston, vocals; and Daniel also be heard on Sunday, March 13 at dramatically convincing.” Weiser, piano. Gergel is a phenom- 2:00 at a home at 230 Lovely Lane. Seat- Tenor Scott Joiner is an accom- enal young cellist who is graduating ing for both of these programs is very plished opera singer who has also from Asheville High and has already limited and by reservation only. The been a Regional Finalist in the Metro- performed to great acclaim in several cost for either house concert is $40 per politan Opera National Council Audi- venues in the region. person, which includes light food and tions. He has sung with the Knoxville Tickets for the program are $18 drink. To reserve, please contact Daniel Opera and Asheville Opera, most for a single ticket or two for $32. Stu- Weiser at (828) 505-2903 or via e-mail at recently as Tamino in The Magic dents are $10 with ID. There are also [email protected]. Flute. His “high notes” have been de- $50 “Angel” and $75 “Patron” tickets Help Protect Your Home and Family On Saturday, March 12 at 7 p.m., scribed as “thrilling” and his powerful available. A reception will follow. A home is burglarized every 9.1 seconds, donít let yours be the next! join Classicopia’s “Cabaret” at the White voice as the “highlight” of the night. 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Vol. 14, No. 7 — RAPID RIVER ARTS & CULTURE MAGAZINE — March 2011 39 Great Chamber Music in Intimate Venues Performances and Educational Outreach www.classicopia.org 828-505-2903 Marcia Colligan, President Daniel Weiser, Artistic Director, [email protected]

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