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“I take the road unknown - to where it turns to dirt, passes up and over mountain gaps, follows creeks and rivers. I look for reflections of mountains in a clear lake. I chase ridgelines to see for miles. I seek old barns and forgotten cabins. I study morning mist rising. I am moved by sunlight and cloud shadows passing over spurs, in looking between old trees, in finding meadows, balds and cliffs in all of their Appalachian glory. I’m humbled by landscapes found high and low. I render what I see, color it on canvas and paper. I live from this land. I paint! —Richard Baker

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“Reel Takes” Film Reviews for June with Michelle Keenan and Chip Kaufmann

Get the latest Calender infomation of the hottest most fun and interactive things to do this June in our “What To Do Guide”

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“The 48 Hour Film Project” comes to Asheville again this June 17-19

Author Interview with Danny Bernstein on her latest hiking book: The Mountains-to-Sea Trail Across North Carolina

A look at Kieth Flynn’s latest book Colony Collapse Disorder. The poems in this book are built in a circular fashion like a Mayan

calendar, its architecture and interconnected narrative have a hive mind, with each poem connected to the poem in front and behind it

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Please join Asheville Rhythm for their Fifth Annual Asheville Percus-sion Festival on June 17-19.

This year’s festival line-up includes NYC-based drummer and composer Allison Miller, Ani DeFranco, Portu-guese World Music Hand Pan artist Kabeção, Vicki Genfan, who has showcased as one of the world’s top percussive guitarists multi-percussion-ist extraordinaire David Kuckhermann, MO’RHYTHM, Monette Marino, dancer Barakissa Coulibaly and the founder of the festival, Asheville’s own rhythm ambassador River Guerguerian. Local songstress extraordinaire Kat Williams will be sharing her soulful talents as the Masters Concert vocal-ist. The festival will include a wide variety of hands-on workshops, such as Middle Eastern Drumming, Brazilian and Afro-Cuban Rhythms, The Art of Frame Drumming and Drumset and Rhythms of Indian Dance to name a

few. The festival will also feature a se-ries of wellness workshops sponsored by Four Seasons Compassion for Life, Conscious Drumming, Introduction to the Role of a Music Therapist, and Mu-sic Therapy and Songs. Other events of interest include Friday night commu-nity drumming around the fire and a Sunday morning Sound Meditation. Workshops are for all levels, beginners through advanced and those who are just curious about percussion and want

to learn while having fun.

The Masters Concert, featuring the musical collaborations of the visit-ing residency artists, will be held on Saturday June 18, 8pm at the Diana Wortham Theatre.

There will be vendors throughout the weekend displaying and selling an eclectic array of percussion in-struments and delicious local foods. This project is funded in part by the GRASSROOTS ARTS PROGRAM of the NC Arts Council, A division of the Department of Natural & Cultural Resources through the Asheville Area

Arts Council.

Fifth Annual Asheville Percussion Festival on June 17-19, 2016 at the Odyssey Community School, 90

Zillicoa St. among the beautiful Blue Ridge mountains in Asheville Tickets are available for day passes or weekend passes and range from $20-$120. For more information and to purchase tickets online please visit: www.AshevilleRhythm.org

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Drumming Nights 5th Annual Percussion Festival

Tailor-made for adventurous short attention spans, the fourth install-ment of The Magnetic’s new work showcase, Brief Encounters: New Magnetic Voices 2016, will pre-miere five new short plays by local WNC writers this June.

“In previous years we’ve usually done six, but this year we have a few plays that run longer than your average 10-minute play, so five made for a nicely balanced evening of new work,” says The Magnetic’s man-aging and associate artistic director Lucia Del Vecchio. Also markedly different than the 2015 production, which showcased work from submis-sions received nationwide, this year’s production is focused exclusively on local writing talent.

“We hope that this year’s install-ment of Brief Encounters shows just how much theatrical writing talent we have locally in WNC. It is increasingly difficult for burgeoning playwrights to get a chance to see

their work onstage, and there can be no growth without productions. Brief En-counters truly encapsulates our mission to promote and produce new work for the stage.” said The Magnetic’s artistic director Steven Samuels.

The evening of work will range from the comedic to the tragic, exploring the relationships between parents and children, aging and death, as well as truth and illusion.

The Magnetic Theatre presents Brief Encounters: New Magnetic Voices 2016, featuring works by Devin

Brady, Cody Magouirk, Cliff Yudell, Adam Arthur, and Peter Lundblad. At Magnetic 375 (375 Depot Street in the River Arts District), June 4-25, Thursdays-Saturdays, at 7:30 PM (tickets $21 online/$24 at the door), with low-priced previews June 2 and 3 ($16/$19). $10 student rush tickets available, with ID, 15 minutes before each performance. Tickets available online (at www.themagnetictheatre.org) or at the door. Information only: 828.239.9250.

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FFor the first time in its 70 year history, Asheville Community Theatre will present the mu-sical La Cage Aux Folles, the Tony-award winning musical on which Robin Williams’ hit movie The Birdcage was based.

A musical that celebrates love, family, and loyalty while encour-aging everyone to say “I am what I am,” La Cage Aux Folles is one of the most popular and successful community theatre musicals in Broadway history.

After 20 years of un-wedded bliss Georges and Albin, two men partnered for better-or-worse are shocked when Georges’ son announces his engagement to the daughter of a conservative politi-cian. Because Georges and Albin run a drag nightclub, a complicated sit-uation unfolds: Georges agrees to cover up the “family business” but Albin has other plans.

Jerry Crouch will direct La Cage

Aux Folles. “When I was sitting in the Broadway audience in July 1984, I never dreamed I would get a chance to direct this show,” said Crouch. “I breathlessly watched from the fifth row

orchestra. This was right after this musical swept the Tony awards winning Best Musical, Best Book, Best Director, and Best Actor.

“Even though La Cage was everything and more a big-hearted, splashy, glitzy musical should be — romantic couples, flashy costumes and daz-zling dances – at its heart, the show is really about maintaining family ties and courageously living your own authentic life,” continued Crouch.

ACT’s production of La Cage Aux Folles stars Bradshaw Call (The Addams Family, Guys and Dolls) as Albin opposite

Coy Theobalt as Georges. They are joined onstage by a cast of 20, which includes many ACT veterans as well as newcomers.

“If one person, who feels that he or

she cannot be who they are meant to be, who God created them to be, an intri-cate part of this tapestry of humankind, if that one person leaves the theatre thinking better of themselves and can say ‘I am what I am!’ that will truly be the best reaction I could ever hope for,” said Call.

What: La Cage Aux Folles; Book by Harvey Fierstein; Lyr-

ics and Music by Jerry HermanWho: Directed by Jerry Crouch with musical direction by Stuart Littleton and choreography by Shari AzarWhen: June 3-26, Fri. and Sat. 7:30pm, Sun. 2:30 pm Where: Asheville Community The-atre, 35 East Walnut St., Ashevilletickets: $25 Adults, $22 Seniors/Students, $15 Childrencontact: (828) 254.1320 www.ashevilletheatre.org

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‘Legally Blonde:The Musical’ Now showing through June 12Legally Blonde: the Musical is based on the popular 2001 film which made a star of Reese Witherspoon as the quintessential sorority girl, Elle Woods.

The musical goes one step further with show stopper numbers that will bring you to your feet.

Elle enrolls at Harvard Law School to win back her ex-boyfriend Warner. She discovers how her knowledge of the law can help others, and success-fully defends exercise queen Brooke Wyndham in a murder trial.

Throughout the show no one has faith in Elle but she manages to surprise them when she defies expecta-tions while staying true to herself.

The musical opened on Broadway in April 2007 and became an instant hit being nominated for seven Tony

Awards and three Olivier Awards for the London production, winning Best Musical in London.

The show ran for nearly 600 perfor-mances in New York and then toured for over three years.

Legally Blonde will have performances June 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11 at 7:30pm and May

22, 29, June 5 & 12 at 2pm. Special discount tickets are available for the Thursday performances and special discount tickets are also available for all performances for students. HART Theatre: 250 Pi-geon St. in downtown Waynesville.

To make reservations call the box office (828) 456-6322, Tues.-Sat.1-5pm or www.harttheatre.org.

Coy Theobalt (left) and Bradshaw Call

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FINE ART

It’s hard to remember all the things we forget.

You know – those seem-ingly mun-dane, random thoughts that tend to happen in a flash, moving through our minds like water disappear-ing down into a crack: here, and then suddenly gone as the next bit roils on through. We go about our days amongst ever-flowing ideas, awarenesses, sights, sounds, scents and impressions in a continual, internal reactionary buzz, and then with another tick of the clock or the turning of a corner or opening of a door we’re amidst whatever’s next. It can take a lot of effort to gain and

maintain personal focus during art creation, as well as to gar-ner the attention of the masses when one is then promoting and selling.

It’s important for me to do some information-gathering about my actual daily experienc-es. So I asked myself:” What are some Things I Know?”

I know it’s a mind-blowing experience when I eat a really good apple after a period of not eating apples. This never happens with

bananas: I loathe them no matter how long it’s been. (Yet I like fried plan-tains. Go figure.) Converse-nutrition-ally, I have the same happy experience with Jelly-Bellys: savoring their 49 flavors one jelly bean at a time while watching sci-fi indoors on a sunny afternoon is a highly underrated expe-rience.

A non-food example – though still in the kitchen – is that I’m always glad in the morning if I did all the dishes the night before. You know the opposite feeling when you walk into the kitchen early, all bleary-eyed, thinking “I need to feed the cat,” and “I need coffee,” and then you see the sink and think “WHY DIDN’T I DO THE DISHES LAST NIGHT? AAAUUUUGGGH-HH!!!”

OK, so that is very specifically autobiographical. But I’m trying to emphasize how big a little thing can be. And there is something very Zen about doing the dishes. And it’s a concept worth embracing, especially when one has only one choice.

I also know that my cat is pretty gosh-darn cute, even when he’s being a dork. Part of his obnoxiousness, mind you, is that when I pull out the cam-era, he stops doing whatever he was doing that was SO cute it was going to revolutionize how the world views cats on the internet. But he makes me laugh, anyway. Something about the way he pads across the floor toward me, with this look that says: “It is my mission to destroy you.”

What is swirling around in our heads is a reflection of, well, everything we are, see and do in this great society. To me, realizing the impact of any little juncture – like how a stream of sunlight comes into my living room window at just this certain angle perpendicular to the striped pattern in the carpet, how it feels like light and fiber are having a conversation — reminds me how easily and inadvertently I can miss or dismiss observations during the rush of life.

It’s paradoxical that we sometimes need to slow way down in order to gain information we need in order to keep up. These life-captures, these snapshots of the little things, how they feel when I’m paying attention, they’re crucial be-cause they inform my art. And it’s cir-cular. My drawings remind me to keep seeking-out and noticing these events. At this time, a squirrel and bird sound like they’re having a discussion in the front yard. The way I stacked my Dad’s books has a pattern I didn’t notice until I sat in this chair over on this side of the room. The air this morning seems to have a shimmering in it much like that old TV snow-pattern. These observanc-es are in endless supply if we’re paying attention. And somewhere in all this noticing, I need to regularly enter the studio so I can put these bits and flash-es onto paper, and capture the elements of a life I’m pretty grateful for. After I finish the dishes.

The Art of CreatingRemembering Life As It’s Happening

Greg Vineyard is a marketing-communications professional, and an artist and writer living in Asheville, ZaPOW Gallery carries

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GGrace Church Gallery’s new exhibit called “environs” will feature paintings by local artist t.e. siewert.

Siewert, who likes to use the small caps in her name and the titles of her works as an homage to a favorite poet, e.e. cummings, is known primarily for her luminous encaustic landscapes. Now she is also debuting a new series of abstract landscapes using cold wax and oil.

The color palettes all include some use of Indian yellow, a new favorite for the artist. “I

love the life it gives to the works even when used as a subtle hint,” she said.

“The light

around us is constantly altering the way we see the world. These new works reflect that changing vision in both natural and cityscapes.” says Siewert. “The city-scapes include suggestions of surround-ing sights, such as the paper mill in Canton, or the tall downtown buildings of Asheville, while the natural world is captured in the colors and movement of abstract trees and mountains. I like that people see what means something to them in an abstract. I can lead them in a certain direction with shapes, colors or a title, but I love to hear what they see that I don’t. It’s a wonderful surprise when that happens. One time a person found a wolf howling at an moon I had paint-ed. I never saw it until they mentioned it.”

siewert moved to Waynesville in 2011

to pursue a lifelong dream of being a full-time artist. She had been a Reg-istered Nurse in Florida for 27 years, and raised five children. In 2004, she left nursing to become an entrepreneur in what would be a successful decorative finishing business in Orlando.

A visit to Asheville in 2010 became a major turning point when she experienced encaustic for the first time.

“Encaustic was my muse! I felt a strong pull both to a new artistic path for my life and to the mountains. It was the right decision.”

Her work can be

seen in galleries in North Carolina and Tennessee and in private and corporate collections around the world.

“environs” runs from May 1 through July 12th, 2016.

More of t.e.’s work can be seen locally at Asheville Gallery of Art located at 82 Pat-ton Avenue in Ashe-ville, NC (across from Pritchard Park) and at Art on Depot, 250 Depot St. in Waynes-ville, NC.

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KRiver Arts DistrictExplore

Katrina Chenevert, resident artist at 310 ART, has all the right stuff a successful artist needs – and more. She is dedicated, talented, tenacious, completely original and her imagination is always soaring.

Before she is finished with one work, her mind is racing to the next project. The very extra special ingredient in this healthy mix of personal traits is an unstoppable sense of humor that makes us laugh out loud. From her uncannily realistic “Sepia Series” portraits to her new cutting edge sculptures, Chenevert’s art demands attention,

provokes conversation and often generates some laughter.

Her friends and family are quick to note Katrina has always been a talented and accomplished artist. It was after retiring from a 28 year Naval career and moving to Asheville, Chenevert embraced the booming Arts culture. Her insatiable desire to learn “all things art” was stimulated after discovering the River Arts District (RAD), home to over 200 studio artist.

She joined the art scene first by attending classes at 310 ART taught by local professional artists and later when

she enrolled as a Post-baccalaureate BFA student at UNCA in visual arts.

In 2015 she decided to join the ranks of the artists in RAD. She rented a studio space in 310 ART, one of the district’s oldest and most well-known studios. Here a new home away from home was found. The experience of working in close proximity to so many talented artists in the large building of the Riverview Station has proven invaluable and her artist within has flourished.

“I’m inspired daily by the talent that surrounds me both with the artists in the RAD and Art faculty at UNCA.”

Some of her most recent and notable works include the “Sepia Series” of watercolor portraits and her new 3D/Assemblage canvas paintings.

The “Sepia Series” are tightly rendered (often described as photorealistic) watercolor paintings

inspired by old family photographs. It was one such image of her maternal grandmother and eight of her friends from the 1930’s that inspired her to create “Smoking Hot Women.” Although nostalgia often drives her to choose what image to paint, it was this composition and her ability to capture the expression and personality of these women during that moment in time that told “their story” and made this painting a hit.

In fact, “Smoking Hot Women” was one of a small group of paintings selected from thousands of entries for exhibition in the 2016 American Watercolor Society’s 149th Annual International Exhibition held in NY City at the prestigious Salmagundi Club. When deciding how to capture the moment and sediment of “Smoking Hot Women” she chose to use the same sepia color palette as in the photograph. Her sole palette, made up of sepia and

lamp black, doesn’t seem an exciting palette to work with but the results are remarkable. The term “Labor of Love” becomes an understatement when creating these paintings and it is likely that only one or two are completed each year making them both unique and precious.

The artist uses a local printmaking company to create giclee reproductions of her sepia paintings for a limited editions available at 310 ART. The original of “Smoking Hot Women” is now in a private collection. Her ability to capture such tender moments of times long past established a string of commissions from people who also wanted their relative’s stories told giving them a permanent presence in their homes.

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‘Breaking RAD’ with Katrina Chenevert

Katrina Chenevert stands before her 3D art “Iconic Decade” an interpretation of the 1960’s

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regarding their relatives that they wish to have me paint. After all, every picture tells a story, doesn’t it?”

It was through a recent assemblage challenge in her BFA program that the conception of her most current work came about. As part of the assignment, she was given a list of renowned artists to research. After making her way down that long list she came upon Marisol Escobar.

“Once I discovered her and her work I was genuinely inspired. There’s no way to put into words what the instant attraction was to her work but I fell in love with it.”

With this new found passion and uncategorized style, Chenevert created what she describes as a humble rendition influenced by Marisol’s work. The first piece started with a 30” x 40” canvas and keeping within the parameters of the assignment, the assemblage came into play. In honor of her new found inspiration, she incorporated a wooden head (a 1960 portrait of Marisol) painted in Pop Art style, atop the vertical canvas with a painting of the infamous Jackie Kennedy’s pink dress.

Completing this 3D painting is a wooden leg in a satin cloth shoe adorned with a vintage brooch. As a personal touch she added something significant from her past. For this painting it was the white gloves that she wore with her Navy dress uniform. She titled this painting “Iconic Decade” after the people (Marisol, Jackie Kennedy and Andy Warhol) who were so prominent to that decade.

“I had so much fun creating this piece that my attention is now primarily focused on creating more of the same. We quip in my studio about my current piece featuring one of the main characters from the series Breaking Bad because somehow that translated into ‘Breaking RAD.’ All I can really tell you about this work in progress is that fans of that show will not be disappointed.”

Chenevert can often be found in her working studio at 310 ART, Riverview Station, 191 Lyman Street, Studio #310,

Asheville. See more of her work at the studio and at www.310art.com. 310 ART is opened Mon-Sat 11-5 and by appointment.

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“Smoking Hot Women” is now in a private collection.


SSix Art League of Henderson County Members Win Awards at Silver ArtsHendersonville

Six Art League of Henderson County (ALHC) mem-bers were winners in the 2016 Four Seasons Silver Arts Competition. The Silver Arts Competition is part of the Senior Games held at the Henderson County Rec Center on South Grove Street.

Member Maxine Tatreau won a 1st place ribbon for her watercolor painting “Moonlit Trees” and another 1st place ribbon for the mixed media painting “Moon-

rise over the Lake”; Joan Engle received a 2nd place ribbon for her oil painting “Hosta Ha-ven”; Jean-nette Taws won a 3rd place for her painting “Pretty Bird in Winter Woods”; Sharon Eng took home a 3rd place in mixed media for “Blooming Rhododendrons”; Anne Kramer received a 1st place ribbon for her acrylic painting “Tranquility,” as well as a 2nd place ribbon for another acrylic painting “Calm In The Morning”; and Marion Moore won a 1st place ribbon for her landscape oil painting, “Low Country Living.”

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and exhibited at the Opportunity House, 1411 Asheville Highway, Henderson-ville. The paintings line the hallways of the Opportunity House throughout the month, and the public is welcome to stop by to view the exhibit during normal operating hours Monday through Friday.

The ALHC was founded in 1960 with a mission to encourage and assist in the development of individual artistic talent, as well as the enjoyment of art. The organization honors this legacy by pro-viding education grants to local schools and student artists, community outreach, and exhibitions and educational pro-

grams. The public and artists of all skill levels and “art lovers” are encouraged to attend and participate in meetings and programs.

The Art League of Henderson Coun-ty meets monthly on the second Sunday of each month (except May, when it will be the 3rd Sunday) at Opportunity House. A social hour usually begins around 1:30 p.m., with the meeting starting about 2 pm. An art-related presentation is offered following the meeting. Guests are welcome.

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‘Silver’ continued

Saturday nights will come alive at the north end of Main Street with live music on Saturdays June 4 - September 24.

The North Main Music series runs every Saturday from 5-7:30pm on the patio at The Green Room Café, 536 North Main St.

Sue and Ben Green, owners of the Green Room Café have a full line-up of entertainment outside every Saturday night (except during festivals).

Their efforts are being supported by neighbor businesses who want to attract more people to the North end of Main Street to enjoy the café, shops, beautiful streetscapes and varied offerings. The Green Room Café, Mast General Store, Kilwins, All Nation’s Trading, Dad’s Collectibles, The Dish Girl, Silver Fox, Case Garden Designs, Sharon Carlyle with Realtor Beverly Hanks Realtors, Paula Wagner with Beverly-Hanks Mortgage Services, bianco blanco blanc, Skip Sawyer State Farm Insurance and Entegra Bank are supporting the program. Stores are committing to stay open later on Saturdays for shopper’s convenience. Sue Green says they picked Saturday night to round out the car shows and concerts at the southern end of Main Street that are on Friday nights. The music will run from 5-7:30pm. Bring your lawn chairs and dancing shoes and enjoy a good time with family and friends.

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6/18: BlueSy duoJuly 2: lynn GoldSmith & Jeter

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7/9: Black mountain city limitS

7/16: appalachian Fire

7/23:Stepchild 7/30: eliSe pratt duo

8/6: JuStiFied ViBe

8/13: letterS to aBiGail

8/20: appalachian Fire

8/27: roSS oSteen & croSSroadS

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9/17: calVin Get down

9/ 24: Faith Bardill and the Backrow SaintS

RHYTHM & BREWSSUMMER CONCERT SERIES

There are a lot of great things about Downtown Hendersonville’s Rhythm & Brews Concert Series...great music and great locally made beverages, but

the one element that has really begun to stand out is that is it one of best community social events in town.

Whether you are the oldest member of our community or the youngest, this event caters to you with everything from reserved seating areas to HandsOn Kid Zone.

Worried about a warm day…don’t, Pardee’s misting tent will help keep you cool when you work up a sweat. The shows are scheduled to run through September, taking place on the third Thursday of each month.

Show times begin at 5pm with their singer-songwriter showcase, followed by their “Opening Act” at 6pm and “Headliners” at 7pm. This year’s headline acts are going to knock your socks off, mark your calendars.

2016 CONCERT DATES

June 16July 21August 18September 15

Rhythm & Brews Concert Series Lew Holloway:

[email protected] (828) 233-3216.

Antique and Vintage Show and SaleLooking for a great show in WNC? Well you’ve found it! Whether you are a picker or a seller, plan to visit Historic Downtown Hendersonville for another year of great buying and selling at WNC’s finest outdoor Antique and Vintage Show and Sale.▪ One Day Only, Saturday June 25, ▪ 8-5pm▪ Sidewalks of Main Street▪ 1st Avenue to 6th Avenue▪ Rain or Shine▪ Fine Antiques to Shabby Chic

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Billy Edd Wheeler is the author-composer of eight plays and musicals, a folk opera (Song of the Cumberland Gap), commissioned by the National Geographic Society, and three outdoor dramas: the long-running Hatfields & McCoys at Beckley, West Virginia, Young Abe Lincoln at Lincoln City, Indiana, and Johnny Appleseed, at Mansfield, Ohio.

He has authored six books of humor, four with Loyal Jones of Berea, Kentucky: Laughter in Appalachia, Hometown Humor USA, Curing the Cross-Eyed Mule, and More Laughter in Appalachia, and two as sole author: Outhouse Humor, and Real Country Humor / Jokes from Country Music Personalities. His first novel, Star of Appalachia, was published in January, 2004, and his second, co-written with Ewel Cornett, Kudzu Covers Manhattan, in 2005. Song of a Woods Colt, a book of poetry, was published in 1969. Travis and Other Poems of

the Swannanoa Valley (With Some Poems and Prayers by Dr. Henry W. Jensen) was published in 1977. He was the featured author in Appalachian Heritage magazine’s 2008 winter issue, which included 16 of his original paintings. North Carolina’s Our State magazine featured him in its December, 2007 issue.

Born and raised in Boone.Wheeler has received 13 awards from ASCAP for songs recorded by Judy Collins, Bobby Darin, The Kingston Trio, Johnny Cash, Neil Young, Kenny Rogers, Elvis, and 90-some other artists, selling over 57 million units.

Wheeler’s artwork can be found at Seven Sister’s Gallery in Black Mountain.

Seven Sisters Gallery is located at 117 Cherry Street in historic downtown Black Mountain. For more info sevensistersgallery.com or call (828) 669-5107.

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WWhen you walk into the Penland Gallery exhibition hall right now you are imme-diately greeted by a pair of four-foot tall, swimsuit-clad ceramic figures with their arms high in the air as if they are about to dive off the low pedestal they are standing on.

Behind them are more figures, and on the walls around them are patterned panels—some of them reflecting the light and some of them so brightly colored that they seem to glow. Titled “Conversation: Unspoken Language,” this is a show of new work by ceramic sculp-tor Kensuke Yamada and mixed-media artist Leigh Suggs, which runs through June 26 with a reception on Saturday, June 4 from 4:30 to 6:30 PM.

Kensuke Yamada’s six pieces are each titled “Swimmer.” With large heads and squat bodies, they are a group of slightly unruly children, each of them preparing to take a plunge. Loosely but expertly rendered, the figures have rough and scruffy surfaces, most of them

inscribed with mysterious “x” and “o” marks. The attitude of these swimmers is somehow both cautious and exuberant, and they exhibit so much life that viewers may be tempted to speak to them. Yamada most recently was vis-iting artist, ceramics technician, and instructor at the University of Arkansas. He is currently in residence at Cheekwood Botantical Garden in Nashville, TN. His work has been widely exhibited in galleries in Seattle, Philadelphia, Chicago, Atlanta, and other cities.

Leigh Suggs refers to her pieces in the exhibition as “sculptural paper,” which is sur-prising given that all of the pieces hang on the wall, and many of them are framed. However, with surfaces that range from highly reflective to fluorescent green and intricately hand-cut patterns that create weave-like textures in some pieces and topographic undulations

in others, this almost-flat work suggests so

RRapid River Magazine: Can you describe your studio space and how, if at all, that affects your work?Cindy Walton: I share a studio with three other artists on the 2nd floor of the Wedge building in the River Arts District. Our studio is in the skinny end of the “wedge” building. It is a great spot because we get both morning and afternoon light. Visitors always mention that our studios feel welcoming. The light and the community make it a great place to work.RRM: When looking at your work I notice that the majority of it is full of bright color and life. So what exactly inspires you to create such vivid designs?CW: Some of my color choices and influence comes from growing up on the gulf coast of Florida. We rarely had grey foggy days and there is such a differ-ent aesthetic as to color in the sub tropics. My paint-ings constantly evolve to incorporate other environ-ments that inspire me, such as Western North Carolina and my travels to the Southwest. Each area has such a different light which shapes color, mood, and form. RRM: Tell me about your process, where things begin, how they evolve etc.CW: I begin with the idea of a color theme or shape.

Then I start layer ing paint, combining it with a cold wax medium to see where it will take me. The layers are very important — i t is the building up and taking away that adds depth and interest to my work. As I paint, all the parts come together in the end. My years of formal training are always with me, but I find if I over - think the end result, the painting becomes stag-

nant and stiff.RRM: Describe your “aha” moment when working with your medium that made you make that leap into another level.CW: “Aha” moments can be several things. For me it was the reintroduction of the medium—cold wax—I am now using combined with oil paint, and a con-scious decision to focus on color. Both have helped me discover more ways to manipulate paint and grow as an artist.RRM: If your art could be displayed anywhere in the world, where would it be and why?CW: The Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, defin i tely! First, i t would be such an honor to be recognized as an outstanding American artist and to be displayed in the same space with other American artists who have inspired my work and my desire to keep painting—Alice Neel, Susan Rothenberg, Joan Mitchell, Willem DeKooning, and Georgia O’Keeffe .

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“Swimmer” by Kensuke Yamada and “Double Shadow” (de-tail) by Leigh Suggs.

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Asheville Gallery of ArtVisitAsheville’s Longest Established Fine Art

Gallery with 30 Regional Artists

S “Surrendering to Mystery,” will feature the work of Reda Kay.

The artist is best known as an abstract painter who creates works that are textur-al, colorful, and filled with light.

On the name of her show, Kay says, “I take my inspira-

tion from my travels and from nature. Since my work has often been described as ‘mysterious landscapes,’ I wanted to show work that has been inspired by my travels to the Middle East.”

Kay uses layers of watercolor and acrylic paint, along with various mixed media to create the texture in her paintings. She

says, “Each painting takes me through a process of experimen-

tation that leads to a series of discov-

eries.” Regardless of mediums, Kay

says of her work, “I seek to depict the emotional response from people and places uniting our human spirit and the natural environment.”

Already an accomplished photographer, Kay desired to expand her means of expres-sion, which led her to study art. In 1998, she took a workshop from Mary

Todd Beam. According to Kay, her art experience completely changed when the instructor gave her, “per-mission to paint anything with passion, forgetting all the rules.”

Kay moved to Asheville in 1993 from her hometown of Miami. She was part owner of Journey’s Travel Center in Asheville from 1996-2001. The artist considers art as her “third career,” after having been a social worker for 20 years and a travel consultant for 31 years. In addition to Asheville Gallery of Art, the award-winning artist’s work can be seen at Miya Gallery in Weaverville, NC.

Her work is also found in private collections in the USA and internationally.

“Surrendering to Mystery” runs from June 1 through 30. The public is cordially invited to a reception on Friday, June 3, from 5-8pm. Reda’s work and that of the other 29 gallery members, will be on display and for sale through the month.

The gallery is open Monday-Sat-urday, 11am- 6pm and Sunday, 1-4pm and is located at 82 Patton Avenue in Asheville, across from Pritchard Park.pg. 21

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Celebrate Brittany! – an exhibit of cultural and historic photos from Celtic Brittany will be presented by Jan Zollars beginning June 1 and will remain on view through July 28 at the Blowers Gallery in UNC Asheville’s Ramsey Library.

The exhibit, and a reception with the photographer at 6pm. Monday, June 20, are free and open to the public. The reception takes place the same evening as the season’s first Concert on the Quad, which begins at 7pm.

Zollars, who has been promoting Breton culture 29 years, will present her own photos of traditional dress, unique posters, and samples of handcrafted pottery and jewelry from the rugged northwest corner of France.

“When the conversation turns to

all things Celtic, most Americans think of the people of Scotland and Ireland,” said Zollars. “Little do they know that they have cousins living along the western fringes of Europe, Wales, Isle of Man, Cornwall, Brittany, and Galicia and Asturias in Spain who make up the remnants of a once

great Celtic nation. Each year, 5,000 performers from these areas gather at Festival Interceltique for an annual

‘family reunion,’ and 750,000 people join them for the ten-day celebration!“

Zollars, a native of Houston, was for 10 years the American representative for Festival Interceltique de Lorient and broadcast live radio programs from the festival to stations throughout the U.S. and Canada. She also wrote for Ouest France, a large French daily. In October, she will present a Breton dance workshop as part of Celtober at the Grey Eagle in Asheville.

Blowers Gallery is open during regular summer library hours, 7:45am-9pm. Monday-Thursday; 7:45am-6pm on Friday; and 1-9pm on Sunday. Ramsey Library is closed on Saturdays during the summer. For more information, visit library.unca.edu.

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DDésirant is a 7,000 square foot lifestyle boutique in the heart of downtown.

The easiest way to get to us is by sim-ply following your nose to Mellow Mush-room, you can’t miss us at this point.

The space is the product of a magnificent restoration of the old J.D. Nelson building.

The floors were gathered from old barn houses in the foothills of both Tennessee and beautiful West Virginia.

The exposed brick, repetition of arches, and sections of plastered wall give the feel of antiquated beauty, and allows guests the opportunity to escape and experi-ence something different, unique, and individual from all the rest.

Our inventory has been careful-ly curated from trips throughout Europe and North America, as

well as within Asheville’s local Market. Our motto “Live life beautifully” has really been the inspiration for every step we’ve taken. From the teak clad espres-so bar to the carved tibetan dragon, we are constantly push-ing our aesthetic boundaries and,

in the process, finding the beauty in every aspect of our lives. Home decor, Fashion, Art (Local & International), Bath, Jewelry, and Accessories are amongst the many categories you can dive in both in store and on the web. So come, and enjoy a cappuccino on one of our darling bistro sets and allow us to help you better take in the city we love so much.

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Prestige Subaru selected Asheville Humane Society as the Hometown Charity for the “Share the Love” event which kicked off November 19, 2015 and ran through January 2, 2016. The event brought in $23,574 and the check was recently presented to Asheville Humane Society by Prestige Subaru.

Subaru of America donated $250 for each new car bought or leased, allowing the buyer to choose from five national charities and Asheville Humane Society.

Tracy Elliott, Executive Director of Asheville Humane Society said, “Asheville Humane Society is

incredibly grateful for the support we have received once again from Prestige Subaru, Subaru of America, and our community. This generous donation will further our mission to give animals in our community the best possible care so they can not only live, but thrive.”

Prestige Subaru’s Anthony Pelle was thrilled that event donations would support animals in need.

“We are very excited to present Asheville Humane Society with another check from our annual ‘Share the Love’ event. They sincerely go above and beyond making sure that each

animal gets the care they need and deserve,” said Pelle.

Asheville Humane Society is dedicated to promoting the compassionate treatment of animals in our community through education, sheltering and adoption. Asheville Humane Society is a private, non-profit, 501(c) (3) organization focused on saving lives of homeless animals. Visit our website at www.ashevillehumane.org.

Adopt a Puppy or KittenSubaru’s ‘Share the Love’ collects $23k

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FFor over two decades, Asheville Brew-ers Supply has been WNC’s home for homebrewing and winemaking.

Aside from offering the area’s largest selection they also bring their customers the educational opportunities to help them brew their best.

Beginner Brewing Class — usually the 3rd Saturday from 1:30-3:30pmnext Class: June 18th

Learn how to make your own quality craft beer at home with minimal time and equipment. It’s easier than you think, and they will show you how with some great tips and tricks. For those of legal age, they will sample last month’s brew.

all-grain Brewing Class — usually 1st Satur-day from 1:30-4:30pmnext Class: June 11th

This “advanced” class will offer knowl-edge and tools to brew like the pros

without the use of any malt extracts. As in the beginner class, those of legal age will be permitted to sample last month’s brew. Classes are free. Please reserve your space by calling or emailing. Monthly classes and workshops are

free to the public. Check our the calendar for specific dates, times and events at:www.ashevillebrewers.com/pages/calen-dar

For more info call: (828) 285-0515 or email: [email protected]

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FIRE & ICE: MANNA FoodBank’s 2016 Blue Jean Ball Ignite Your Passion and Chill at the 17th Annual Blue Jean Ball!

Ignite your passion to fight hunger while relaxing on the banks of the Swannanoa River at MANNA FoodBank’s 17th Annual Blue Jean Ball, Saturday, June 4.

Don’t miss Asheville’s favorite June fling, featuring small plate grazing and desserts from a range of Asheville’s top restaurants, from Biltmore to Rosetta’s Kitchen and dozens of wines and beers from which to choose. Get inspired by the FIRE & ICE theme and glam up to win costume prizes for Hottest, Coolest, and Best Hot and Cold Duo. Dance the night away with DJ Nigel, and the fabulous Jesse Barry and the Heat – Asheville’s own American Idol Hollywood finalist backed by nine of Asheville’s top musicians!

Take a break from the dance floor to enjoy entertainment from Christine Garvin Dance – a 10-person dance troupe whose performance is created especially for this event theme and always brings a fun surprise – and shop the stunning

array of treasures in the Blue Jean Ball silent auction tent.

Tickets are $75, and are all-inclusive. This event is for ages 21 and over. (828) 299-3663 or go to MANNAFoodBank.org to purchase tickets.

Blue Ridge Barbecue & Music Festival at Harmon Field in Tryon

In addition to plenty of freshly cooked BBQ, grilled corn-on-the-cob and other foods, listen to live music on two stages and find great local crafts. More than 90 of the best cookers in the country compete here for more than $20,000 in titles, trophies and prizes.

Watch the cooks in “Hog Heaven.” The cooking competition is sanctioned by the Kansas City Barbecue Society. In addition to barbecue from some of the competitors, enjoy kettle korn, porkskins, hot dogs, ice cream, pitas, shaved ice, philly cheese steaks, funnel cakes and more. A major highlight is the 20th annual Foothills Arts & Craft Festival. It is juried to bring in the best contemporary and traditional crafters as well as fine artists.

For more info: www.blueridgebbqfestival.comJune 10-11 (10-11pm) Free on Friday

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Outdoor Cooking FunTwo Festivals worth the visit this June


TThe captivating town of Black Moun-tain, NC inherits part of its identity from the Seven Sisters mountain range, about three and a half miles long and including seven gracefully rising “sis-ters” climbing to their father, Grey-beard Mountain.

Changing garments every season, the majestic range beckons residents and visi-tors to look up. These mountains, creating “The Valley,” have provided inspiration, comfort, adventure and tranquility to its residents and visitors for centuries, and seem to especially attract those with creative energy who yearn to express their beauty through art.

Seven Sisters Gallery has lived in the warmth and shadows of the Seven Sisters mountain range for over 35 years in the heart of historic downtown Black Moun-tain. The gallery echoes the mountain spir-it found in the Valley with the finest selection of handcrafts and artworks: sculpture, pottery, woodwork, jewelry, glasswork, metalwork, fine art,

original paintings, cards and more. “Stepping into Seven Sisters Gallery is like step-

ping into an artistic expression of this special place so

many of us love,” says Black Mountain resident Julie Boyd. “I have lived here for 15 years and always discover something new and original in the gallery.”

Seven Sisters’ owner, Andrea McNair, deeply connected with the charm of the mountain town and its shops, restaurants and people when she moved from Minnesota over 20 years ago.

After working as a sales associate at the gallery for seven years, she purchased Seven Sisters from the original owner in 2002. She is passionate about the tal-ented artists in the area and strives to make the gallery a platform to showcase local art and craft to the public.

“The mountains illuminate our days, and the soul of its people is expressed in our independently owned shops

and restaurants,” says McNair. “I have so many ‘old favorites,’ but I’m constantly discovering new things about our vibrant town and the talented people who live here.”

With over 250 artists and craftspeople represented in Seven Sisters Gallery’s 2000 square foot space, about sixty percent are local to the immediate area with the rest from the region and around the country.

“It’s the peace, energy and beauty that people want to experience and surround themselves with as they live and visit here, and that is what we strive to pro-vide at Seven Sisters,” says McNair.

The gallery frequently features local artists to give the community an oppor-tunity to connect with their work. Billy Edd Wheeler, a Swannanoa resident, will be featured June 3- August 28, 2016.

Wheeler is an award-winning songwrit-er and visual artist. He has received 13 awards from ASCAP for songs recorded

by Johnny Cash, Neil Young, Kenny Rogers, Elvis and 90-some other artists. He is still

writing songs, but is focusing more of his time on painting, most inspired by

the culture of life in Western North Carolina.

Other local artists featured at Seven Sisters Gallery include John Wayne Jackson, Erin Essen Campbell, Rachel Clegg, Cheryl Keefer, and John Smith.

“All of these artists have a unique way of expressing their love for the community in which we live,” says Mc-Nair. “It is truly an extraordi-

nary place.”

Seven Sisters Gallery is located at 117 Cherry Street in historic

downtown Black Moun-tain. For more info sevensistersgallery.com or call (828) 669-5107.

Seven Sisters Gallery reveals award-winning art in Black MountainIn Pursuit of Excellence

COVER STORY

Erin Essin Campbell — Necklace made from sterling silver and jasper

Leaf sculpture is made by John Wayne Jackson and it is made out of a composite.

Seven Sisters staff (from left): Andrea Mc-Nair, Titia Saville, June Hewett, Jennifer Willet and Arlene Martin.


S“Allow the genuine silence that is ever-present behind the noise

of everyday life to increasingly draw you to itself.” — Stephen Bodian (Wake Up Now)

“When you become responsive to the solicitations of silence, you may be called to explore the invitation.”

—Jean Klein

Silence does not sit well with the American character. If people are gathered together and not otherwise

engaged in some activity and nothing is being said, it is sometimes referred to as an “uncomfortable” or “awkward” silence. In many homes, there will be several TV’s on with no

one watching, perhaps some music playing as well. I know several people who sleep with the TV on, and

can’t sleep without it. The sound “relaxes” them. In our social encounters, we generally seem much more interested in talking than in listening, and in those encounters, if there are any significant number of people present, there will be a jumble of conversations, each trying to be heard over the others.Increasingly, people taking walks (even nature walks)

will be on their phones or their music players, ear buds in place, quite cut off from the subtle sounds of the world and nature around them. A busy city street corner is a discordant symphony of sounds; emergency vehicle sirens, autos, buses and trucks, people talking, perhaps construction, the sounds of civilization. It seems that everywhere, the sounds of modern life drown out nature, and all this sound drowns out our own nature, always there, but forgotten and overlooked in the life of a modern person. This leads to agitation and agitation leads to anxiety and disquiet, and anxiety and disquiet is one way of looking at what Buddhism means when it speaks of suffering.In accounts of people from nature-based cultures

coming to cities in “civilization” there is a consistent report of being overwhelmed by the noise. One particular account is of a Native-American in the early 19th century having traveled to Washington D.C. for a treaty negotiation lamenting upon his return to his village that the noise was so terrible that he feared he would never be able to “dream” again. This, for a traditional Native American of the old ways was a disaster, for “dreaming” was a state of consciousness where the world revealed itself at a deeper level than what is seen, heard and thought at the level of the conventional senses. “Dreaming” is not the dualistic world where a human

is separate from other humans, from animals and the natural world in an organization of linear time, where space is just empty, functioning as an agent of separation; it is the non-dualistic, non-linear realm of energetic consciousness connecting all that is. In this realm, time and space are non-linear, so prophecy and remote-viewing are possible. Individuality is relative so that a person can be both human and a spirit-animal,

see through another’s eyes, and be available to the wisdom of nature, and space is a field of energy connecting objects that have energy patterns and signatures that give them unique properties and powers. Entering the “dream” realm can occur both

while asleep and awake and to lose this capacity was to be banished from the world more real to a traditional Native American, Australian Aborigine, or African Bushman than what we moderns experience as real. The gate to this realm is the silent mind beneath the cacophony of what we moderns mistake for the limits of mind in its constant noise of sensation, thought and emotion. It is also the silent realm of nature, the vast background of energetic and vibrant stillness out of which all life activity arises. This silent realm is consciousness which gives rise to all that is. Individualized it is awareness and it is the field of potential behind and beneath the arising of all sense experience and thought.When directed to identify

mind in our culture, we will identify thought, which is the mind talking to itself. When we are directed to identify ourselves at our most basic level and experience, we will identify our experience of thought and emotion. When directed to identify our purpose it will be to leave our mark, in a sense, make some noise so that our presence in this world is noted. Silence is nothing – it is an absence of anything. In silence, we think we are nobody to the world, so that even when we are externally silent, we are making noise internally, telling ourselves the story of “me.” But this is only who we think we are. Wisdom traditions from cultures all around the world and through time tell us that this is a misidentification of catastrophic error.The greatest Zen koan is the most basic question:

“Who are you?” And the Zen tradition tells us that this inquiry must be approached with a silent mind – or at least, for the novice to meditation, the attempt to achieve a silent mind through enforced physical silence and stillness. There you sit, watching the activity of your mind. How long will it take to realize you are not the activity of the mind, the restless, repetitive jabbering? Return to the sentence that says “There you sit, watching the activity of your mind.” Who is this “you?” Who is watching the activity of the mind? YOU! You, the silent awareness that is witness to the restless, repetitive jabbering. YOU!All along, through your entire life, the silent mind

of awareness is present, its true value and purpose ignored, as overlooked as the air that surrounds you, but which without, you could not exist. So, too, without awareness you could not exist, for awareness is who you are. Likewise, without awareness there is no intelligence, for it is not the realm of thought that gives rise to intelligence as is evident by how much of thought is truly useless, often foolish, even harmful. As aboriginal people and mystics of every culture

understood, there is the realm of consciousness that binds and connects the universe, that is the unfathomable intelligence that beats your heart, gives rise to the stars and the atoms, to all that is alive, from the most primitive single cell organism to humanity.

The universe happens as matter and consciousness, the harmony and balance of the forms of matter the

result of the infinite and perfect intelligence of the universe. This perfect intelligence also gives rise to you and me. We are expressions of the universe just as the stars and planets and birds, trees and oceans. This is known to us, not as thoughts, but in the silent intuitive intelligence of awareness.

This silent genius is you, beneath the cacophony of chattering mind that thinks you are just Jim or Betty, stumbling to find your place in the world, when your place is right where you are, the universe manifesting as a human being. You know everything you need to know to

brilliantly be a human being the way a tree knows how to be a tree if you will only learn to trust the silent mind that awaits your awakening into the truth of who you are. Be drawn to this silence, explore

its truth and solicitation, and find a peace in your own presence that is simultaneous with all presence. The universe is happening through you. Touch the silent mind and

you will touch infinity within the finiteness of your life. Look

for the silent mind and it will show itself in the act of looking, for it is the awareness that looks. Look at the world and live from that which looks adding nothing of what you think – that which thinks is neither you nor the world. The silent mind is.

Bill Walz has taught meditation and mindfulness in university and public forums, and is a private-practice meditation teacher and guide for individuals in mindfulness, personal growth and consciousness. Information on personal

growth and healing instruction, or phone consultations, at (828)258-3241, e-mail at [email protected] . Learn more, see past columns, video and audio programs and schedule of coming events at www.billwalz.com

THE SILENT MIND AWAITS

By Bill Walz

PHILOSOPHY


WWelcome to summer and the June edition of this column. I’m continually amazed at the excess of great music out there and wishing I only had more time and space to cover it all.

THE RIDES‘PIERCED ARROW’429 MUSIC

On their sophomore effort super trio, The Rides, crank up the amps and deliver a tasty bit of grit-laden blues rock that makes their first go around

seem like a lazy stroll through the park.

While that effort hinted as to what might be, on Pierced Arrow the three veterans

Stephen Stills and Barry Goldberg along with relative new kid on the block Kenny Wayne Shepherd sound like a true band, with fiery guitar interplay between Stills and Shepherd and Goldberg’s sublime keyboards. It’s a mixture of originals, including some of Stills’ best songs in more than two decades, and a lively cover of Willie Dixon’s “My Babe” that defies anyone to not get up and shake their groove thing.

While the new songs are largely composed as a group effort The Buffalo Springfield like “Virtual World” is Stills’ at his reflective rocker best, with the blues rock anthem “Mr. Police-man” not far behind. On “Riva Diva” Shepherd gives ample evidence to his technically brilliant and emo-tionally deft guitar work (and he’s no slouch in the singing department) but what really elevates Pierced Arrow is the spontaneous cohesion that exists between the principal players. Aided by Stills touring bassist Kevin McCormick and Shepherd alumnus Chris Layton on drums Pierced Arrow is the sound

of some storied musicians who, now having two albums and a tour under their belts, are likely scratching the surface of how good they can get. For three times Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, Stephen Stills, it’s another highlight in an already fabled career. For Shepherd and Goldberg, it’s a chance to play with one of the greatest. While for the rest of us, it’s a musical treat worth hearing over and again. ****1/2

Pity Sex ‘White Hot Moon’Run for Cover Records

Mainstays of the Ann Arbor grunge rock scene, Pity Sex make a move

forward by taking a step back, eschewing the relatively subdued tone of their first full length album, 2013’s Feast of Love. Their latest is more in step with the full bore propulsion of their 2012 EP Dark World.

Much like that stunning debut White Hot Moon is built around the roughly edged guitar work of Brit-ty Drake and Brennan Greaves, the distorted fuzz tone of Will Yip’s (who doubles as producer) bass and Sean St. Charles pounding the drums as if all hell were about to break loose. Which it frequently does. There’s nothing remotely “professional” about the snapshot production which captures the band at its most gloriously raucous, but the innate distortion of the band is nuanced by an irrepressible knack for melody.

Even more impressive are the songs themselves, finding a comfortable space between quiet melancholy (“Burden You”) and buoyant pop (the gorgeous “Orange and Red”). Like most self-declared “shoegaze” bands (a term I find largely incompressible), Pity Sex’s lyrics meander gloriously from one incomplete thought to anoth-er, working well within the margins of the songs but rarely lucid enough to stand on their own. Which is fine,

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FThe inherent wit, wisdom and authen-ticity of John Gorka’s songs have helped propel him to the forefront of the con-temporary American folk music scene while influencing several-Jack Johnson, Ed Sheeran and James Bay among them-artists who have gained an equal or greater foothold in the movement.

Since the 1987 release of I Know (Red House Records) Gorka has come to be seen as a “musician’s musician,” the sort who has other songwriters scratching their heads thinking “I wish I’d written that,” even while scrambling to record their own versions of his songs. The New Jersey native (more readily associated with Minnesota where he has lived most of his adult life) is also an exemplary guitarist, with a finger picked style that hearkens back to Bukka White, but is uniquely his.

As a child, Gorka had been given a guitar as a Christmas present but, by his own admission, “never really thought much about playing music in front of people.” He eventu-ally began doing so while attending college in Pennsylvania in the early ‘80s (a time when folk music was experiencing another of its cyclical revivals).

Gorka eventually formed his own band, nonsensically dubbed “The Razzy Dazzy Spasm Band,” and began performing up and down the Eastern Seaboard, “playing for tips, sleeping on couches, and living a vagabond life of poverty.”

His big break occurred in 1984 when Gor-ka, who’d made his way to Texas hoping to join the burgeoning Austin music scene, won the prestigious Kerrville Folk Festival New Folk Award. That led to a series of other high profile festival gigs and a recording deal.

After the release of I Know, Gorka briefly moved to Windham Hill Records, for whom he cut the highly acclaimed Land of The Bottom Line, but soon settled with the High Street Label, making five critically and commercially successful albums. The most significant of those efforts, 1993’s Temporary Road, garnered significant airplay from coun-try outlets with crossover success of the single and video “When She Kisses Me.”

That exposure resulted in tours supporting Mary Chapin Carpenter and Nanci Griffith, along with studio work with guitarist Leo Kottke and Fairport Convention drummer Dave Mattacks. Between Five and Seven followed in 1996, and two years later Gorka returned with After Yesterday, which marked his return to the Red House label. In 2010 he teamed up with Eliza Gilkyson and Lucy Kaplansky for both a tour and the album Red Horse. For the next four years Gorka contin-ued to tour steadily but didn’t release another

album until 2014’s The Bright Side of Down.But it is his latest project that understand-

ably excites him: Beginning: The Unreleased I Know - Nashville, 1985 Sessions are out-takes from Gorka’s very first sessions, record-ed at Cowboy Jack Clements’ studio under the guidance of producer Jim Rooney, who at that time was riding high for his work with Nanci Griffith. These nascent recordings, made with the full intent of release before Gorka and Rooney decided to take the sessions in a direction that eventually yielded the debut album, will be available this July (digitally and physical product) through Red House. It features nine of the 12 songs that would be on I Know, as well as “Geza’s Wailing Ways,” a track only released on a rare 1983 Fast Folk compilation.

Recorded and mixed over a frenetic period of five days, by Gorka and a full band these sessions promise to provide a fascinating look into the road not taken, an alternate musical direction the artist and producer chose to forego.

Featuring extensive liner notes and remi-niscences by Gorka the artist revisits his first foray, as an aspirating wide eyed 25-year-old, into a professional studio.

“Even though it is an older recording it is a fresh take on the songs” he says. “For the most part these songs were my introduction to the world. I can only say that I was finding my way. I had played solo live almost exclu-sively and I had not made an album or ever done a studio recording with other players. I guess I just didn’t know what I wanted to hear but I know now that there is more than one right way to present a song. These songs weren’t cast offs, or songs that weren’t good enough. They just weren’t what I wanted at the time.”

It would be two more years and two more versions, both recorded in his home state of New Jersey, before I Know would see the

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Rapid River Magazine: It’s been five years since your last book Iron House was published.John Hart: Five years is a long time in the publishing world. (Laughs) John Who?RRM: Why did it take so long?JH: I always take three months off when I finish a book before I start the next one. I’ve got to let the old wash away. Let the well fill for the new. I took six months off this time because I moved the family to Virginia and we needed time to settle in. So I sat down to write book five as-suming it would behave in the same manner as the others, only it didn’t. Then some 300 pages later I realized I was writing the wrong book. I scratched that and started over. That was a full year of writing. (Pauses) Then it took me two years to write Re-demption Road and then the publishers had it and that takes time.RRM: Do you consider yourself a Southern Writer first, then a writer of the thriller?JH: There are some labels I like more than others. Mystery thriller, Southern Gothic, all that is fine. Southern Writer is a more meaningful term to me only because I think it actually means some-thing that is storied, traditional in a way that a commercial thriller story might not be. I don’t think that just being in the South makes you a Southern writer.RRM: What writers have inspired you?JH: Certainly Pat Conroy. He’s one of the big ones. For several reasons, one, his use of language has always been exceptional and I love language and try to do the most I can with language without overwriting which is a per-petual challenge since it is easy to do. But Conroy had such a willingness to expose the raw nerves of family and community and really make people feel whatever pain his characters were living

in. Of course, in Pat’s case, so much of it was personal and drawn from his own experiences. So he’s the one who inspired me a lot in terms of the types of stories I wanted to write. For whatever reason I ended up adding more of a thriller element to my work than he did. That was

not intentional. I guess that’s just the line I tend to walk. Patricia Cornwell who was 10 years ahead of me at Davidson had become a well known writer. I watched what she did, know-ing all along I wanted to be a writer. Then there was John Grisham. We both went to law school. I too didn’t care much for being a lawyer.

RRM: Redemption Road has been getting good if not great re-views, and it is my favorite of your books.JH: Thank you. No writer springs from the well fully formed. Early on I was such a sucker for overwriting, that was always my personal failing. I know I have a tendency to do that, so I pair it back pretty aggressively. RRM: Your stories are quite tightly written, every word pushes the story forward and honestly I couldn’t think of any part of, well, Redemption Road for example, that I would take out, that I would consider padding or as you may call it “Over writing.”JH: In previous books I may have over-wrote a bit and then overcompensated by pulling back a bit which may not have lead to the smoothest of narrative. While I make no pretense of perfection, I think I am honing in with each book a little closure to what I want to sound like.RRM: How many trunk novels do you have?JH: I wrote two novels before I ever got published. Both of them went una-

gented and unsold. I went a long time

without getting published. Since

then I have have met many writers and I am

surprised by how many successful big name

commercial writers have similar stories. I think the

main difference between being a published and an

unpublished writer is per-severance. You have to write

day after day with no monetary compensation. You just have the

faith that you can do it. And it’s a brutally difficult thing to do, to spend that much time in what is in essence a thankless task beyond the pleasure of writing. I put graduate school on hold. I quit careers to do this. RRM: Lets talk about character. This is a strong aspect of your writing.JH: A character needs to be three dimensional, they can’t be all heroic or perfect, they have to be a real person. A trick of a writer is that you don’t present a resume of character traits, you have to offer small reveals that allow the reader to picture this person in their own mind so that they see them without you having to tell them everything. Rookie writers always seem to do what I call an “information dump” where they tell you everything about the character on the first page. If you want a character to be memorable then you have to let the reader know what drives this character, what their goals are and what they are willing to do to reach their goals. RRM: The past plays an important roll in who your characters eventual-ly become. Do you begin with a devel-oped character and then go back to see why they are this way? JH: Yes, I do that for the most part. Childhood plays a huge roll with most of my characters, except with the Last Child which was mostly about kids so that isn’t the case. All the other books you’ll see that things happen in their childhood that make them who they are

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as with most bands of their kind Pity Sex are much more about mood and gesture over logic and structure. White Hot Moon may not be as immediately engaging as was Feast Of Love but in the end I have a hunch it will more fully stand the test of time. ****

CORNFLOWER BLUE‘INVINCIBLE’

I’ve been a fan of this Ottawa, Ontar-io based quintet since I first stumbled across their second album Running Down the Rails. Interlacing threads of country, folk and rock they easily conjure up The Byrds, Poco, (whom the band readily admits as influences) and others of that genre but, with the shared vocals of Theresa McInerney and Trevor May, backed by a rhythm section built around violin, bass, and drums, I liken them more to the Richard and Linda Thompson era of Fairport Convention.

Anyone who knows my love of that music will recognize this as high praise indeed. The songs, written by McIner-

ney and May, trod familiar heartache, dreams gone wrong (and a few gone right), but it’s the sheer force of the playing and the interaction between band members that never lets the music drag. The barren and frigid winters of their home enter in, most notably in “Cold Snap” and “Way Down Town” (a somber look at the affects of homeless-ness) as does the alcohol-ism that is too often a result of such harsh environs, as the lead protagonist of “Catherine” finds solace in the bottle only to comprehend the fallacy.

As for those musical influences “The Ballad of Don Rich and Buck Owens” leaves no doubt as to whom at least two of the band’s musical idols are, even tossing in a chorus of “Bucka-roo” for good measure.

So this is a follow up that doesn’t disappoint but rather reinforces my faith in Cornflower Blue and the road they are taking. There’s a certain swing to Invincible, a momentum that keeps

things lively throughout the albums dozen songs. Like most really good albums, it’s over before you know it, leaving you wanting a bit more. I for one eagerly look forward to their next offering. ****

RED LEG HUSKY‘MY OLD HEART’DIRT FLOOR MUSIC Given that I’ve been an ac-tive part of our music com-munity for more than 30 years, I keep pretty up to

date with the local scene, yet darned if this Asheville based

trio hasn’t somehow slipped under my sonic radar.

Having just given their recently released disc a concentrated listen, I’m here to make amends and sing their praises, particularly since they are min-ing a genre (old time music) that I don’t typically gravitate towards. Yet, they do so with reverence and respect, inspired by but not anchored to the past.

The band consists of Tim McWil-

liams (vocals, guitars, and banjo), Misa Giroux (vocals, guitar, and mandolin) and Son (bass and vocals). The three are augmented by James Maple on drums and vocals along with Eric Lichter on pedal steel, piano, and slide guitar. As for the music, it’s a breezy strum-along of down home sentiments and subtle joys.

None of it is particularly deep, nor does it pretend to be, but it is hard not to be seduced by such singalongs as “Don’t Go Fallin’ In Love” and “Bottle Full of Felonies” (which gets my vote for song-title of the year). I’ll admit the vocals took some getting use to. They’re a bit too twangy for my tastes but if your preferences for old-timey songs runs deeper than mine, I highly recommend you give My Old Heart a try. I’m further willing to bet, given the good time nature of the songs herein, the band, would be a hoot to see live on stage. ****

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This is a plea to weigh your words carefully.

It has become socially appropriate to air our grievances publicly and take out our frustrations on seemingly ineffective people – our politicians, our enemies, even our friends. Something doesn’t happen quite as we wanted it to; someone doesn’t do just as we thought they should – and we criticize loudly and publicly, frequently before knowing or waiting to understand all the perti-nent information.

This current national tendency carries over into the medical field, especially in the case of diseases for which there is no consistently dependable treatment.

Cancer, for example, has a terrible track record. There is no known cure for “cancer” in general. Some cancers can be killed; some cancers can be held at bay. But the treatments that accomplish these results have their own devastating side effects. And these treatments are effective in only 5-25%

of the cases overall. This is not the fault of the treatment; it’s the stubborn nature of cancer. But the medical profession uses such treatments in the hope that their patient will be in the small, but lucky group who go into remission. (There is no “cure” for cancer, only a 5-year survival rate.)

Consequently, people decry, “Doc-tors are trying to kill us. Doctors don’t want to find a cure for cancer. They can make more money treating cancer, than curing it.”

If your doctor wanted to kill you, he could do it much more cheaply and

quickly. And if the doctor wanted to make money, he would find and patent an absolute-ly perfect way to cure cancer. The American Cancer Society estimates 1,685,000 new

cancer cases in 2016 – and more every year following. Imagine the money one could make “curing” all these cancers. The money is not in the treatment; the money is in the cure. BUT there is no cure. So doctors do the best they can with what they have.

So, what about all those alternative medicine “cures” for disease? Unlike the promoters of these methods and potions, doctors and drug companies have to demonstrate that their meth-ods actually work. And, unfortunately, there is absolutely no proof that these

alternative methods consistently work. If the proof were there, the medical people would be the first to use them. (See paragraph above.)

Meanwhile, cancer continues to occur at an alarming rate. Life-style changes could eliminate about 80% of cancers of the lung, colon, esophagus, pancreas, and skin, and the incidence of many other cancers would be lessened. But people don’t want to change; they just want a cure. So, the medical profession searches for new methods and reluc-tantly uses the old methods in the hope of saving some.

Please, despite your frustration with the human inability to “cure” cancer, be careful what you say, because what you say, you begin to believe. And when you believe the medical profession is “trying to kill you,” you will no longer avail yourself of the services of the very people who have devoted their profes-sional lives to helping you.

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This exhibition is a great opportunity to visit the recently renovated and expanded Penland Gallery, which is also featuring functional work by potters Forrest Middelton and Adam Field in the Focus Gallery, and a site-specific installation by Asheville artist Jackson Martin. This intriguing piece includes steel structures, live juniper trees, and raked gravel

patterns. Also on view are large, outdoor sculptures by area artists Hoss Haley and Bill Brown, Jr. The Visitors Center Gallery has an ongoing display of objects that illuminate Penland’s history. And the gallery sales area represents hundreds of artists who are affiliated with the school.

The Penland Gallery & Visitors Center is located on Conley Ridge Rd. just off of Penland Rd. in Mitchell County (near

the town of Spruce Pine). It is the first building on your right as you enter the Penland campus. The gallery is open Tuesday - Saturday, 10-5pm. Sunday Noon-5pm; closed Mondays. (828)765-6211 or visit penland.org/gallery.

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light of day. Over the years, the multi-track tapes of the original recordings followed Gorka around as the relocated. He eventually set them aside but in the fall of 2014, he took them out of storage to see if they would still play.

“I brought them to Rob Genadek at The Brewhouse Recording Studio in Minneapolis to listen and we enjoyed what we heard. I thought that others might too, even those people who were familiar with the songs. It had different arrangements and a different energy as I was singing and playing live with the band. Kenny Malone on drums and percussion, Dave Pomeroy on bass and some backing vo-cals, I think. Jay Patten on saxophone. Mike Dugan on elec-tric guitar. Ralph Vitello or Biff Watson on keyboards. And Stuart Duncan on fiddle and mandolin. Jim Rooney also played second acoustic guitar on several songs and Shawn Colvin and Lucy Kaplansky sang while we did the tracking, everyone in one room. Rob actually thought to bake the tapes with a hair dryer so that magnetic particles would not

flake off. I’m s o glad he did, as that allowed us to transfer the analog tapes to the digital world and here they are.”

Indeed. And come Friday June 3 so too will John Gorka, playing these “new” old familiars along with others from this thirty year career. Times have changed; the industry certainly has, but the affability and dependability that marks the music and career of the artist remains the same.

John Gorka at the Isis Restaurant and Music Hall on Friday, June 3. Tickets are priced at $20 Advance / $20 Door for this 7:30 show, with

doors opening at 5. Please note that this is a seated show with a limited number of tables available with dinner reservations. Call (828) 575-2737 for reserva-tions

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today. I’ll come across a character and see that he or she acts a certain way and I’ll then start asking myself “why” and “how come” and then I’ll go back to their childhood.RRM: After having written several best selling novels do you find yourself writing for an audi-ence? “I’m writing a thriller because my readers wouldn’t want me to write a romance or sci-fi,” or are you writing what interests you at that moment in your life?JH: Okay. So writers are given a little more credit then they should in having it all planned out from the

beginning. I just put things in motion and try to see where it all leads. Non of my books were written to be “best sellers” or “thrillers” that’s just where my mind goes.

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by Teresa BucknerFor 25 years now, enthusiasts from all over the

globe have come to Mars Hill University to learn and celebrate the traditional music of the Appalachian mountains, to learn from some of the finest teachers in the world, and to “jam” with like-minded souls.

The 2016 Blue Ridge Old Time Music Week, planned this year for June 5-10, will include around 250 participants, many of whom have made this week-long music camp a tradition with friends and family, returning year after year for a week of workshops, classes, concerts, group singing, and “jam sessions.”

According to Hilary Dirlam, who co-coordinates the event with fellow musician Ann Whitley, the current success of BROTMW events was not foretold by its inauspicious beginning in 1991. That year, she said, the camp included 7 instructors and around 30 participants. It was a rainy week in the mountains, and unseasonably cold for June.

“Despite all that, everybody had a great time, and we decided to continue having it,” she said.

BROTMW was the brainchild of traditional musician and Madison County native Sheila K. Adams, who got the idea while teaching banjo and ballads at the Augusta Heritage Center Old-Time Week in West Virginia.

“During the instructors’ orientation meeting, I realized the majority of instructors were from North Carolina,” Adams said. “Over the course of the week I started thinking, ‘Why not have something like this down home and why not at Mars Hill College?’ Within a month, I was talking to people on campus about it, and in 1991 we had the first BROTMW.”

Adams said she believes that western North Carolina is the perfect location for BROTMW because it has long been recognized for its rich traditional music heritage. And Mars Hill University has a history of preserving mountain culture, music and dance through the Bascom Lamar Lunsford “Minstrel of Appalachia” Festival (now in its 49th year), the Liston B. Ramsey Center for Regional Studies and the Rural Heritage Museum.

“My hope was to utilize the vast talent of traditional musicians from the area as instructors and we did just that,” Adams said. “I honestly feel in my heart that BROTMW offers a deeper understanding and insight into the culture of traditional music as well as the talents of the very best instructors. It just doesn’t get any better than that!”

Dirlam agrees that Mars Hill University is an ideal location for BROTMW.

“I really love this music,” she said. “I moved to western North Carolina in 1980 because of the music, because the first time I heard it when I was a young child, it really moved me, and I have pursued it from the time I got a guitar when I was 13 years old.”

For more info: (828) 689-1167, or go to www.mhu.edu/oldtimemusic for more information or registration.

ODDS AND ENDSThree Festivals for Three

SeasonsOn Front Street in the Historic Town of Dillsboro

By Amy Ammons Garza Dillsboro has been a tourist town since 1886 when

visitors began to arrive by train and spend several weeks. Word spread about the cool summers and beautiful mountain scenery. This year, the historic mountain town will present three arts and crafts festivals, each one with a focus on a beautiful season of the year: In spring, on June 18, the Front Street Arts & Crafts Show; for summer, on August 20, the Summer Arts & Crafts Market; and for autumn, on October 1, ColorFest, a fine arts and fine crafts show.

With each season, with each festival, Dillsboro not only celebrates the local arts and crafts community, they also celebrate their history. The town grew up around the railroad, providing goods and services for those who used the Southern Railway and became an important transportation center for local industry. More than a century later, Dillsboro has changed only little — a small country village with pristine white houses, rustic old shops, galleries, restaurants and quaint country inns. The founder, Thomas Dills’ home still stands, as do many of the shops that first opened their doors in the 1800s.

As in the past, the train is once more making an entrance into the town of Dillsboro, bringing with it even more tourists who are drawn by the vast beauty of the area and it’s history. On June 18, for the Front Street Arts & Crafts Show, the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad’s Tuckasegee (tuck-uh-SEE-jee) River Excursion includes an 1½ hour layover in Dillsboro. With Dillsboro’s 20 or more small shops, and over 50 booths of the Front Street Arts & Crafts Show, the day will be filled with great opportunities to see and purchase many works of the hand and listen to some great entertainment. Sounds of the guitar, the bass fiddle, the banjo will echo through the town, along with the dancing tap shoes of cloggers and tantalizing smells of festival foods.

With the warm days of August, Dillsboro’s Front Street once more engages the public with the Summer Arts & Crafts Market. On August 20, just past the middle of the month, 40 or more booths of handmade arts and crafts will grace the street. Craft demonstrators will be strewn through the vendors and the shops of the merchants. Entertainment in the courtyard and in some of the shops will enhance your visit to the mountains.It is in the full glory of autumn, October 1, when you will experience the fiery colors of the mountainous landscape surrounding Dillsboro. This spring, summer, and fall, come visit Dillsboro, NC—the home of fine arts and fine crafts! Each festival starts at 10am, going through until 4pm.

For more information, email Connie Hogan, owner of Tunnel Mountain Crafts, at [email protected], or call her at (828) 586-3511.

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that you see in this sunlit room. The room faces a lovely dogwood tree and the Monte Vista Hotel. It’s clear that Barbara Frohmader and Susan Hanning are having a good time creating their artwork. There is a wide variety of subject matter and price range. Every-thing on the walls mirrors the excitement for what the painters enjoy. There are works in oil, acrylic and watercolor. Studio 13 is a treasure trove of creations inspired by trav-els, by the beauty which

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purchase two paintings each at a special price by having a silent auction. Come by Studio 13 during the month of June and place your bid on any of these beautiful original creations.

Susan, who moved from Wisconsin six years ago and has been involved in the Red House Studios and Gallery since then, says: “Painting is my love. I render flowers and land-scapes in a repre-sentational manner using oil and acrylic paint. Poppies are a particular favorite.”

Susan is also in charge of coordinat-ing the quarterly art exhibits at the Monte Vista Hotel for the Swannanoa Valley Fine Arts League. Her auction piece is of water lilies and colorful Poppies. A percentage of the sale will be dedicated to the Black Mountain Montessori School where her daughter is the Director.

Barbara was a member of The River Arts District for five years: “There is so much wonderful creative expression everywhere. Art lovers and buyers have

unlimited choices ... I see it not as artists competing with each other, but rather thriving in a creative atmosphere that is unique to this area. As a resident of Swannanoa I like that my studio is close at hand now and the Fine Arts League is a small but very eclectic community.”

For more information on Barbara go to www.BarbaraFrohmaderArt.com. Her auction piece was inspired by the Swannanoa River. Half the proceeds will

go to ArtSpaceCharter school.

Follow your bid and update your offer all month between 11-5pm Tuesday - Saturday and 1-4pm on Sunday. The gallery is Closed Mondays. Bidding ends at the close of day (5pm) June 13. Each artist will personally contact the highest bidder.

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The Black Mountain Center for the Arts is happy to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Art in Bloom, a flower-filled annual event that takes place on June 9-11, and includes a Gala Preview Party (June 9 at 6pm $50) with catered buffet dinner, a gallery display of spectacular Ikebana and Western floral designs, a two-day Cottage Garden Tour (June 10 and 11 from 10-4 pm $20), en plein air painters in the gardens, followed by a display of their works (June 14-July 8). It all began in early May with artwork selected from regional galleries specifically for Art in Bloom. Once the

art is hung, 20 floral designers, some of whom are members of the Ikebana (the Japanese art of floral arranging)

Society, are matched with one of the works of art. These works are on display in the Upper Gallery now through June 8. The Upper Gallery is free and open to the public Monday through Friday from 10-5pm. The

event really gains momentum on the morning of June 9 when the floral designers come to create their flower arrangements, each capturing what they see as the essence of the artwork they are interpreting, resulting in a magnificent display. Once the floral arrangements are complete, the Arts Center hosts the Gala Preview Party on June 9 at 6pm to celebrate the talented floral designers and their works and to give ticket holders the first glimpse of the arrangements when they are their freshest. Included in the $50 ticket price will be catered buffet dinner, free wine and beer, and special flavors of Ultimate Ice Cream for dessert. This year’s honorary chairs are Judy Fore, Terri Todd and Sally Robinson the three women who spearheaded the event 10 years ago. On June 10 and 11 guests are invited to view the gallery filled with floral designs ($5), and explore Black Mountain with a Cottage Garden Tour (10 a.m. to 4 p.m., $20). Each garden will have plein air painters working to capture the garden’s beauty on canvas. Beginning June 14 the plein air art works replace the floral designs in the gallery and are on display through July 8. This event helps support the programing, events, classes and activites hosted year round at the Black Mountain Center for the Arts.

The Black Mountain Arts Center is located at 225 W. State Street. For more information call (828) 669-0930 or visit BlackMountainArts.org

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