Accent on Literature
English tea room reflects its owners’ love of books (pollinators, too) The Book & Bee Cafe and Tea, an English-style tea room with books,…
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Ingrained Wisdom
The living, local voices behind moonshine history It was an early June morning in 1890. William Durham and a few others set out with…
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Old Graves, New Chapter
Celebrating Juneteenth in Henderson County Indián Jackson remembers the worn floors and smoking woodstove of Mount Zion Baptist Church, a small clapboard building in the…
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The Tools to Reconnect
Hendersonville synagogue hosts art pop-up in parking lot Ron Weintraub serves sundaes in style. Rather than use a Dollar Store ice-cream scoop or, worse…
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The First Kind of Face Covering
Woodcarving class evokes the spirit of original masks By Jarrett Van Meter The key is symmetry. Unlike a human face, says woodcarver Karl Schwartz, a…
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Setting the Stage
Rising singer uses her background as a child actor Though she’s barely into her twenties and still in school, Hendersonville native Izzi Hughes is…
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They’re Pulling it Together
It’s tractor-pull season in apple country They arrive in the morning, on custom trailers hitched to trucks. Painted red, green, or orange, they are…
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No Cheez Whiz Allowed
Former Pennsylvanians are proud to offer their home state’s signature sandwich The cult obsession with regional foods cuts deep: New York style pizza, Eastern…
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A Kinder, Gentler Pizza
Sometimes, a rebranding effort reads more like a mission. Last month, Melody and John Crawford opened their new restaurant Peace Pizza, formerly Two Guys…
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Getting a workout at the “Empathy Gym”
Camps for kids are back in person at Flat Rock Playhouse For the first time in more than a year, school-aged children will be…
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Lessons of Nashville
How Sam Lewis didn’t get fenced in Sam Lewis is nominally an Americana artist. But a listen to any of his albums — most…
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One With Everything Green
Exploring the Zen mindset behind “Forest Bathing” Conserving Carolina, an organization whose mission is to protect, restore, and inspire appreciation of the local natural…
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