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State Park program promotes quality time with wild animals During the last week of December, Chimney Rock Park will host “Winter Break Family Animal Encounters,”…
Read MoreState Park program promotes quality time with wild animals During the last week of December, Chimney Rock Park will host “Winter Break Family Animal Encounters,”…
Read MoreUnprecedented times call for unprecedented drinking The only self-guided tour in the state — maybe even the whole Southeast — to showcase four different…
Read MoreFormer hobby baker makes her sweetest dreams come true Kristal Perez already had what she thought was her dream job. Then she discovered something…
Read MoreLocal inventors go big with geometry-influenced construction toy Lisa and Mark Burginger owe a lot to Archimedes. Besides proving a laundry list of geometrical…
Read MoreBeloved seasonal play is staged in a safe format Responding to the COVID-19 crisis, all 41 Broadway theaters in midtown Manhattan closed on March…
Read MoreBoutique card crafter elevated her game in 2020 In a time when best wishes are best served at a distance, greeting cards can do…
Read MoreLocal Friends of the Library turn a problem into a page-turner This has been a year of challenges and adaptive thinking across the board,…
Read MoreJapanese-style pottery kiln opens at Blue Ridge Community College It looks like what might be the world’s biggest wood-fired brick oven. About as big as…
Read MorePB & Jay’s Café is a hit on many levels A lot of restaurants or food trucks are built around specific comfort staples — fried…
Read MoreFiber artist sews intricate wall hangings with no guide but intuition “For as long as I can remember,” says artist Meghan Pauley Nespeca, “I’ve been…
Read MoreA side project that local artist Barbara Wilcox had originally put on the back burner quickly turned into what she now calls her “pandemic…
Read MoreFoothills archival series highlights gospel’s role in our region This year, the Tryon Fine Arts Center launched its virtual “Illuminations Through Music and Heritage”…
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