Tell It On The Mountain
Volume
21
/ Issue 45
Cover Design Credit:
Elizabeth BatesCover Photography Credit:
Photo of Sheila Arnold Jones courtesy of the International Storytelling Center
WNC has a long and rich storytelling tradition, but the craft is finding new applications (mediation, recovery) and new outlets (story slams, open mics and busking). Meanwhile, long- held festivals are still going strong.
arts
Smart bets: Polka-dot Dot Dot
American Folk hosts an exhibit of folk-art pieces utilizing the polka dot from Thursday, June 4, at 10 a.m. through Wednesday, June 24, with an opening reception on Friday, June…Haas Kowert Tice parlays high-profile influences into captivating sounds
The three players of Haas Kowert Tice met at various music festivals as college students and found they liked jamming and hanging out. The friendship endured even as they moved…Smart bets: White Wolf Kin
The exhibit by mother-and-son artists Cher Shaffer and Gabriel Shaffer runs through Sunday, July 12 at The Satellite Gallery, with an opening on Friday, June 5, 7-9 p.m.Smart bets: The Growlers
The Growlers perform in support of its 2014 album, Chinese Fountain, at New Mountain on Wednesday, June 10 with opening acts Broncho and The Nude Party.Costs and benefits: What’s the price of riverfront revitalization?
In her landmark 1955 book, The French Broad, Asheville author Wilma Dykeman said the river was "above all, a region of life, with all the richness and paradox of life."…The evolution of storytelling in WNC
Thanks to leaders like Kiran Sirah, even the originally tradition-heavy International Storytelling Festival is Jonesborough, Tenn. is moving to include slam poetry and buskers. The modern iteration of the age-old…Tall tales told here: Regional storytelling activities
Find storytelling classes, performances, workshops, gatherings and retreats in and around Western North Carolina.Storytelling exhibition at upstairs [artspace]
Storytellers, an exhibition at upstairs [artspace] in Tryon, features narrative paintings by Arden B. Cone, Margaret Curtis, Dawn Hunter and Anna Jensen.Ruby Velle & the Soulphonics let their sweet soul simmer
As a title, It’s About Time — Ruby Velle & the Soulphonic’s 2012 debut — is polysemantic: an announcement of the band as a sharp young voice and an acknowledgement…Smart bets: Spring Fling Rock ’n’ Roll Sock Hop
The party, with eats by Pho Ya Belly food truck, kicks off at The Bywater on Friday, June 5, with feisty rock band Red Honey starting at 9 p.m. and…food
The Block off biltmore: New vegan bar celebrates diversity, history
Reminiscent of an Prohibition-era speakeasy with its cream and burgundy walls, vinyl club chairs, old church pews and dark brown circular tables, the bar and event center pays homage to…Beer Scout: State of Origin + Burning Can
Fonta Flora Brewery’s Todd Boera has made it his mission to brew with local ingredients. He’s one of the biggest advocates for using Riverbend Malt House’s barley, wheat and rye.…Small Bites: Asheville Negroni Week 2015
Asheville bartenders raise money for local charities through Asheville Negroni Week; Dough closes its market and expands classroom offerings; Great Harvest Bread Co. comes to South Asheville; and Monte's Sub…living
A.T. hiker Johnny Morris raises money for Alzheimer’s program
Appalachian Trail thru-hiker Johnny Morris is hiking for a cause. The 23-year-old Asheville native seeks to increase awareness of dementia and raise funds for MemoryCare, a local nonprofit founded by…Conscious Party: Farms, food and fun
Stopping food waste, easing hunger in our communities and protecting our natural resources — these are the goals that the 3rd Annual Franny’s Farm Fest aims to benefit this weekend…movies
Screen scene: Local film news
A round up of local movie screenings and updates on upcoming film projects.news
Vance Monument rededication set for Saturday
A rededication ceremony for the Vance Monument is set for 2 p.m. Saturday, June 6, at the foot of the monument in Pack Square Park in downtown Asheville.Just down the road: Highlights of the Enka-Candler food scene
Restaurants in the Enka-Candler area offer everything from down-home, stick-to-your-ribs diner food served with a helping of history to thoroughly modern artisan fare.Firefly Gathering teaches primitive skills as a culturally transformative experience
This year's Firefly Gathering, being held June 25-28 in Barnardsville, aims to take its transformation potential a step further, putting cultural transformation at the forefront. The gathering, now in its…Recycling debated: Pond Road residents say ‘no’ to Regional Recycling Solutions
Local company Regional Recycling Solutions has big plans to open a recycling center, using "green" European technology, on Pond Road near Enka. But residents and members of the community take…Letter writer: Reduce pollution and poaching to protect brook trout
"Western North Carolina is home to the native brook trout. Recently, the brook trout population has drastically declined."Heroic beetles join the battle for the hemlocks
Since the 1950s, multitudes of Appalachian-native hemlocks have been sucked dry by an invasive, non-native insect, the hemlock woolly adelgid. But in the last 15 years, entomologists have discovered, captured…Do not drink: Local residential wells may be tainted, state testing reveals
Hundreds of residents draw their drinking and cooking water from wells that lie within 1,000 feet of Duke Energy’s 32 coal-ash ponds in North Carolina. Nearly a dozen of them…Letter writer: Forum Sunday will address Duke Energy’s plan for substation next to Isaac Dickson Elementary School
"As a parent of three children who attend Asheville City Schools and a family practice physician in the community, I was shocked to learn of Duke Energy's plans to build…opinion
Economic engine trouble
Asheville, NCCorporations are people too
Letter writer: Proposed trade pact could affect local, regional and state level
"If passed, the TPP would affect North Carolina and every other state in our country at the local, regional and state level."Letter writer: Thanks to one of Asheville’s unsung heroines
"There are unsung heroines in our midst who have made Asheville the scene that it is. One of these women is Ann Von Brock, who recently retired from years working…Student input must be part of search for new UNC president
If the next [UNC] president can’t first and foremost be an advocate for students, then what is the point?ABCs and EMFs
Once it is finally constructed, the new Isaac Dickson Elementary School may have a powerful new next-door neighbor. The proposed Duke Energy substation plans for the site have drawn protests…Soaring ideals: Rethinking Asheville’s Vance Monument
"I urge all those attending the June 6 rededication to see it as the time to reconsider this person and time period, in part, as cultural artifacts. Rather than focusing…