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AshevilleFM Live Music Sessions – Lua Flora

AshevilleFM Live Music Sessions – Lua Flora

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Asheville FM Live Music Sessions –Wednesday, January 17th, 2024

Lua Flora – Live from The Getaway River Bar

AshevilleFM 103.3 and The Getaway River Bar have teamed up to provide you this live performance…

just hit play on the audio track below…  and turn it up!!!

Special thanks to our volunteers Joaquin (JGo), (simulcast / set up team) Dave Baker AFM Sound Engineering / on-site mix / set up team).  Band coordination by China Langford and Andrea Gonzalez, with Whitley  (in the studio) for their efforts to make this happen!     Photos by Rachel Goldstein..

…and special thanks to Big Mattie and the entire crew at the Getaway River Bar for engineering the sound and being such great hosts…

** Note**  Recorded during safe harbor – Explicit language warning

  AFM’s J-GO & Dave Baker making it happen…

 

 

 

 

 

 


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In Memoriam 2023 Part II

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Join The UnCola tonight at 8PM est on 103.3 Asheville FM for part two of our tribute to the musicians, songwriters, producers, and others in the music industry who passed away in 2023.


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Concert Calendar 1/22-1/30

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Monday, January 22nd 

TJ & Dave @ The Grey Eagle

The Core @ Little Jumbo

Elder with Bask @ Eulogy

 

Tuesday, January 23rd

Tuesday Night Funk Jam @ Asheville Music Hall

Alt Aso @ The Orange Peel

Jay Sanders, Will Boyd, Zack Page & Alan Hall @ Little Jumbo

Sunbëarer @ Eulogy

 

Wednesday, January 24th

SUNNY SWEENEY @ Grey Eagle

Latin Night Wednesday @ One World Brewing West

Psych Night with DJ Torren @ Fleetwood’s

BIG FUR @ Orange Peel

Brad Walker + Thommy Knoles Quartet @ Eulogy

 

Thursday, January 25th

KIM SMITH @ Grey Eagle

The Lumpy Heads @ The One Stop

The Stolen Faces @ One World Brewing WEst

BoomBox @ Salvage Station

Sparrow & Her Wingmen @ Crow & Quill

Standup Comedy featuring Cody Hughes @ Pulp

Yerning Whir // Powder Horns @ Fleetwood’s

Shadow Resonance by dj duches @ Eulogy

HOTEL HUGO + SUNHOUSE + YESTERDAY’S CLOTHES @ Different Wrld

 

Friday, January 26th

THE RECORD COMPANY @ Grey Eagle

HURT & SKIP @ The One Stop

Hellcrab @ One World Brewing West

Big Something @ Salvage Station

Vaden Landers Trio @ Crow & Quill

Sporrs // Father Figures // Fashion Bath @ Fleetwood’s

PERPETUAL GROOVE @ Orange Peel

Laurel Lee & The Escapees @ Jack of the Wood

TINA AND HER PONY @ Ginger’s Revenge RIVERSIDE DRIVE

DJ Lil Meow Meow’s Dance Floor Rapture @ Eulogy

MOM ROCK @ Different Wrld

Ryan Slice @ Highland Brewing

 

Saturday, January 27th

OCIE ELLIOTT @ Grey Eagle

PHYPHR + JOSH TEED @ Asheville Music HAll

The Greenliners @ One World Brewing West

Big Something @ Salvage Station

402010s // Bucko // Voola Bros @ Fleetwood’s

Meschiya Lake & The Moodswingers @ Crow & Quill

Nordmoe & The Rodeo @ Jack of the Wood

Laniidae, Reflect//Refine, Celaris, The Dirty Low Down @ Eulogy

TRANS TALENT SHOW PRESENTED BY MODELFACE COMEDY + LAUREN JONES @ Different Wrld

Deep River @ Highland Brewing

 

Sunday, January 28th 

ALEXA ROSE @ Grey Eagle

Country Tea Dance-Line Dancing with Stepping Out AVL @ Fleetwood’s

MELODY COOPER @ Ginger’s Revenge

Life Like Water @ Highland Brewing

 

Monday, January 29th

THE MILK CARTON KIDS @ Orange Peel

Asheville Jazz Collective @ Little Jumbo

 

Tuesday, January 30th

Spooky Tuesday All Vinyl 103.3 Djs @ Fleetwood’s

Peter The Poet Presents… “The Wake” Hip-Hop Showcase @ Eulogy

Jay Sanders, Will Boyd, Zack Page & Alan Hall @ Little Jumbo

 

In Theaters: 

Parsons Dance @ Wortham Center January 26-27

Hunger Strike at Red Onion + Military Refuser in Israel

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Hunger Strike at Red Onion + Military Refuser in Israel

Image of Yuval Dag holding a poster, prisoner holding a license plate reading "Red Onion Prison Hunger Strike" with the text "TFSR 1-21-24 | Hunger Strike at Red Onion Prison + Yuval Dag, Israeli Military Refuster"This week on the show, we’re featuring two segments.To hear the full versions of these interviews plus Sean Swain’s reading of the names of those killed by US police in February 2023, you can find the full show at our website.

First up, you’ll hear part of an interview with Shupavu wa Kirima, General Secretary of the Revolutionary Intercommunal Black Panther Party, comes on to talk to us about the ongoing hunger strike among prisoners at Red Onion State Prison in Virginia protesting the abuse of solitary confinement and the medical status of hunger striker Kevin “Rashid” Johnson. More at https://RashidMod.Com

Then, Yuval Dag, an Israeli anarchist member of Mesarvot recently imprisoned for publicly refusing conscription, talks about draft refusal, opposing the war on Palestinians and the occupation and undoing zionist ideology. More at https://linktr.ee/meaarvot

Call-in / Emails For Red Onion Hunger Strikers

Who To Contact:

VADOC~ Central Administration; USPS—
P.O. Box 26963
Richmond, VA 23261

Virginia DOC ~ Director, Chadwick S Dotson,

VADOC ~Central Administration

Rose L. Durbin, Phone~804-887-7921
Email: [email protected]

Beth Cabell, Division of Institutions
beth.cabell@vadoc.virginia.gov
(804)834-9967

Gov. Glenn Youngkin
(804)786-2211
[email protected]

Red Onion Hunger Strike Participants last we heard:

  • Kevin “Rashid” Johnson – #1007485
  • Jason Barrett – #1092874
  • Rodney Lester – #1429887
  • Charles Cousino – #2213403
  • Eric Thompson – #1208012
  • Joe Thomas – 1193196
  • Nguyen Tuan – #1098070
  • Demetrius Walllace – #1705834
  • Gregory Binns – #1157265
  • P. Williams – #2103207
  • DeQuan Saunders – #1458253
  • J. Hilliard – #1988319
  • Ray Galloway – #1407902
  • Gregory Azeez – #1421616

. … . ..

Featured Tracks:

  • One Man Army (instrumental)  by Rage Against The Machine

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Queer Calendar for Week of January 18

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  • Tonight it’s Queer Prom at Fleetwoods at 9pm. Fleetwood’s Queer Prom will include a dance contest (first fifty entries will get a number beginning at 8pm). Contest will be judged at 11pm (by local queer royalty) and the “Best Dressed” will win the title of Reigning Prom Qwang! Prom polaroids, snacks and drink specials and dancing to tunes from each decade from the 60’s to the 00’s! all door proceeds to benefit The Campaign for Southern Equality.
  • Karaoke every Thursday with Terraoke at the Getaway River Bar from 9pm to 1am.
  • Line Dancing, Country Music and Beginning Two-Step lessons every Thursday at Banks Ave. Bar, with their night called Butts N Boots starting at 6pm.
  • This and every Friday it’s Drag Queen karaoke at O Henry’s 8pm to midnight
  • This Friday, January 19th at 6 PM at the West Asheville Library, Melanie Brooks, author of A Hard Silence, discuss her  recently published memoir about her father’s battle with AIDS. Hard Silence explores the impact of her father’s illness and subsequent death when the author was 13. The memoir will be available for sale at the event with a portion of the proceeds supporting Western North Carolina Aids Project (WNCAP). The west Asheville Library is located at 942 Haywood Rd in Asheville. 
  • This Saturday Jan. 20 and every 3rd Saturday is Trash Talk at Shakeys! A Queer Dance Party w/ DJ Abu Disarray 10pm-2am and Drag Shows hosted by Priscilla Chambers & Calcutta 11:30pm. 
  • This weekend Friday – Sunday Princess Anne Hotel is teaming up with the Golden Gays for the 2nd annual Golden Girls weekend, that includes Special Events: Lazoom Comedy Tour: Golden Gays Performance and Games: Sunday brunch and dancing. More info on EventBrite.
  • This Saturday, as part of the inaugural Asian Culture Festival, Kris Moon will present Kimchi Making: A communal ritual and storytelling workshop centered around kimjang at 10 am at Moon Mountain in Marshall. Kris is a queer, gender non-conforming, trans-racial, trans-National Korean Polish American adoptee who returned to Korea after 26 years of separation, reuniting with maternal family and immersing themselves in community care rituals. More info about the festival and entire lineup at www.wncaapi.org
  • This and every Saturday, drag shows starting at 11pm and midnight at O.Henrys. at 
  • Every Sunday, Gentle Yoga for Queer & GNC Folks at West Asheville Yoga Studio from 1:30 to 2:30. Learn more at “westashevilleyoga.com”.
  • Saturday, Jan 20th it’s Served By Sev Drag Brunch at Different Wrld. BRUNCH STARTING AT 11AM // SHOW AT 1PM
  • This Sunday, January 21st at 4pm  It’s TRIVIAL with DIVINE! End your weekend with a bang and still be in bed on time for Monday morning to hit! Fun and fierce competition with Trivia and Games featuring the one and only drag queen sensation, Divine!
  • “Life’s a Drag” Brunch Every Sunday at Asheville Beauty Academy. Doors @12, show @ 1pm.  
  • Following the “Life’s a Drag” Brunch is Drag Appreciation Day every Sunday at the Asheville Beauty Academy from 3pm to 6pm.
  • Also this and every Sunday it’s Social Sundays at Banks Avenue Bar from 4-7pm. Music, Dancing and Drinks with the queer community.
  • Monday and every Monday, Karaoke hosted by Ganymede at the 27 Club at 10pm. 
  • Every Tuesday it’s Trivia with a drag queen at Avl Beauty academy at 8pm, followed by karaoke at 10pm. 

Looking Ahead:

  • Next Saturday, Jan 27th, 5:00pm – 6:30pm at Firestorm Books presents Badass Bitches Deserve to Have Their Stories Told – a reading by author Lisa Lee Curtis from the pages of her recently published Brief Biographies of Badass Bitches Volumes I & II, a short look at many women throughout history and how their stories have either been underplayed or disregarded altogether.
  • Also next Saturday, January 27th Blue Ridge Pride is hosting a Winter Gathering at New Belgium Brewery from 5-8pm to celebrate their Generation Plus program. This is an all ages event to support and showcase this vital program. This ticketed event Features music by Whitney Monge and Honey Collective, Mingling, Dancing, GenPlus Speakers, Food and Beer and Wine for sale by New Belgium. Tickets and more information at blueridgepride.kindful.com
  • Next Sunday January 28th it’s Queerly Beloved Youth Day at Trinity Lutheran Church in Greenville, SC. This event celebrates and supports the upstate’s queer youth community. Author Colby Martin will speak, he’s the author of UNclobber: Rethinking our Misuse of the Bible on Homosexuality. 
  • Also next Sunday January 28th the Beer City Bears hosts their monthly social – A kiki for bears, cubs, chubs, and their admirers from 4:00 PM -5:00PM.

Looking further ahead:

  • Wednesday January 31st it’s Faster and Looser at Different Wrld from 8-10pm. This is a comedy writing workshop for queer and femme folks. let by Erin Terry of Eyes Up Here Comedy. Workshop starts after the Everybody But You Bro Open Mic.Bring your notebooks and be ready with 3-5mins of material to share and work on with the group! Open to all femme, queer, POC and non-binary identifying people and all comedy levels
  • Sunday, Feb. 11th is Asheville’s Mardi Gras Parade and Queens Ball starting at 3:00 in the South Slope. The annual tradition isn’t a queer event, but it’s pretty darn queer.  Queens Ball follows the parade at the Funkatorium.
  • Hendersonville Theatre is presenting Sordid Lives starting Thursday March 21st. In this beloved cult classic, chaos erupts in small-town Texas when the elderly family matriarch, an upstanding member of the community, accidentally dies during a clandestine meeting in a seedy motel room with her married lover. The woman’s family must deal with more skeletons coming out of the closet while preparing for what could be an embarrassing funeral. In this ‘coming out’ story, the hilarious, sad, trashy truth about their lives runs amuck.  Tickets at hendersonvilletheatre.org
  • On Thursday, April 25th, the Western North Carolina AIDS Project (WNCAP) will host our annual Dining Out For Life event. Partnering again with the Asheville Independent Restaurant Association (AIR), Dining Out For Life 2024 will encourage residents of Asheville and Western North Carolina to eat out at Participating Restaurants. This celebration supports both the local restaurants that host the events and raises money for WNCAP’s life-saving services. Now in its 22nd year, Dining Out for Life has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars in the fight against HIV/AIDS. The money raised by WNCAP’s annual Dining Out for Life is more critical than ever. Your donations provide care, rental assistance, and education in our fight against HIV/AIDS. Dine Out. End HIV.

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Health insurance enrollment get a boost from ObamaCare

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WASHINGTON, DC – January 10, 2024 – In data released on January 10th by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), this year’s open enrollment for 2024 has resulted in about 20 million people signing up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act marketplaces. This is a new record for the third consecutive year. In 2020, just over 11 million people had enrolled in the health insurance marketplace. Last year, over 16 million people signed up. Open enrollment began on November 1st and ends on January 16th. The enrollment number will probably be much higher since it only represents activity through December 23rd.

The health insurance marketplace was created by the Affordable Care Act of 2010 during the Obama administration and is commonly referred to as ‘ObamaCare.’ The marketplace is also called health exchanges. They are run by each state and allow people to purchase health insurance. The health plans are government-regulated and standardized to improve their affordability and health coverage. They are offered by commercial insurers that participate in the exchange. There are more insurers this year than at any time since the program became operational in 2014.

The purpose of the marketplace is to narrow the coverage gap between Medicaid, the government-funded health insurance for the under-resourced, and employer-sponsored commercial health insurance for workers. Before the creation of the ACA marketplace, millions of Americans were without access to healthcare. Uninsured Americans generally have poorer health than insured Americans.

The surge in enrollees in the health insurance marketplaces over the past few years coincides with the Biden administration trying to reduce the number of uninsured Americans, increase access to health care, and help keep Americans healthier. The cost of the insurance plans has been subsidized by the COVID-19 relief bill of 2021 by lowering premiums and out-of-pocket costs. The subsidies have been extended through 2025 with the Climate and Health Care Bill in 2022.

In a statement on January 10th, President Biden said, “We must build upon this progress and make these lower health care premiums permanent.”

The Biden administration also increased efforts to get people to sign up. They worked with nonprofit organizations to encourage minority groups, mostly Black and Latino, to enroll. The administration earmarked almost 100 million dollars to increase hiring of navigators to help people enroll in the program.

Some of the new marketplace enrollees have lost their Medicaid coverage after the COVID emergency ended in 2023. Although open enrollment ends on January 16th, persons who have lost their Medicaid insurance may be eligible to sign-up through the end of July.

Xavier Becerra, the Health and Human Services Secretary, said in a statement, “More people with access to preventive care means a healthier country and lower health care costs across the board.”

 

Listen to the full report below:

 

 

Contact: Dr. Dick Needleman, Health reporter, 103.3 AshevilleFM, [email protected]


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