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h\ rvi erp C-p By Larisa Karr | News Editor | lakarr@unca.edu Many stories lurk throughout Asheville, whether they are behind the Vaudevillian jazz-folk played by buskers around Pritchard Park, the colorful businesses decorated with funky, hand-made crafts or the laughter echoing from a patio as locals and tourists alike enjoy delicious beer. IIIIi[JA Check out more Beats from the Street y on our Instagram, uncabluebanner! 67, retired, originally from Panama "Sr * i> 'fkk. How would you describe your style? “Fun, I like everything wild. I just bought sonae really wild pieces.” At the wig store? “Yes, and I like to wear wigs and put my hair up and do different colors, like lipstick and makeup and everything. I know I should dress like a 68-year-:old.” No! That’s what makes you distinct. It’s fantastic! “I have four colors in my hair, I think and I like to put the feathers. II buy them. I ordered them online and I put different colored feathers all over. I love it. My husband says that I change from day to day. He never knows how I’m going to look [ because my hair is totally, really So do you have a personal life motto that you live by? “I don’t what you mean by that.” Like, a saying that you keep in mind. “Be happy. Be healthy. 1 think that I want to be happy.” That’s awesome. So if you were to say one thing you like about Asheville and dislike about Asheville, what would it be and why? “I’m here on vacation. This is my third time. I don’t live here. We live in Florida. But I love Asheville. I love everything about Asheville. I would like to someday buy property here and I don’t think I have disliked anything here yet. I have not been Photo by Karen Lopez Mireja Critel said age does not matter when it comes to style. curly. I have curly, curly big hair. ‘ here in the winter-winter, so I don’t Sometimes, you see me with my big afro or sometimes with straight hair.” Nice. It all depends on your mood. “Exactly.” know how brutal it can be, but this weather is perfect. I love it.” Especially coming from Florida, I can imagine. “Yes, it’s, ah, fresh air. This is wonderful. I love it. It makes me want to do stuff, go shop and buy.” Yeah, buy wigs! “Buy wigs!” So if you were to describe creative influences, like music, literature, people that inspire you, what would you say they would he? “I think it’s been music. I love music. I love The Beatles and I used to work for the school of music at USF, at the University of South Florida in Tampa in the office and concerts and theater and everything, everything. I love the arts.” That’s fabulous. If you were to describe yourself in three words, which three words would you use and why? “One would be colorful, because everybody tells me that. They tell me colorful. Outgoing. Loyal.” Loyal. That’s a good word. nmu 21, senior art history and French major, originally from Raleigh How would you describe your style? “My style? Well, I Just wear what 1 think is cool, which is usually bag gy clothes and typically. I’ve always worn a lot of black and I always wear my sunglasses. Yeah. 1 always wear them and they were $10 at Marseilles at a flea market, too and I work at a glasses store, which is fun ny. They sell really nice glasses but I can't take them off.” Yeah, they’re very distinctive. “Thanks.” So what would you say inspires you creatively? “Creatively, I’m an art history ma jor so I love the performance arts I look at. I’m really into the Viennese Actionists, so Gunter Brus and art ists like that, even Marina Abramov- ic. So I’m really into perfonnance art and Matisse’s decorative arts stuff, I think is really cool, too. So, I draw a lot of inspiration from art ists and their lives and the things that they’ve done. I listen to a lot of music. I think that’s good and cre atively, also just my girlfriends. We hang out and drink wine and paint and it’s fun.” That sounds fabulous. If you were to describe yourself in three words, which three words would you use and why? “Three words I would probably .say would be fun and aggressive, I maybe a little bit too much and loy- i al. I think I’m pretty loyal. Maybe, | instead of aggressive, it would just I be honest, loyal and fun. Tons of fun and I love dancing.” Continued on page 19 Mary Francis Kidd rarely takes sunglasses. Photo by Karen Lopez off her
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