The Unbroken Blade
Researching details for a historical novel is usually considered a form of drudgery, but it turned one-time wordsmith Walter Sorrells into a world-star bladesmith….
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Full of Beans
Sanctuary Brewing Company gets the jump on Fat Tuesday by offering a Mardi Gras party on Sunday, March 3, with two live funk bands:…
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Ecusta Brewing Company, an outdoor-oriented brewery located at the entrance to Pisgah Forest, is joining forces with The Grateful Dog, a holistic pet-supply store…
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A Fulfilling Mission
Hunger & Thirst, a ten-day-long event organized by Carolina Epicurean, will feature restaurants, breweries, cideries, wineries, and food trucks in the Hendersonville, Flat Rock,…
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More Than a Drop to Drink
For the first time, the 26-year-old Organic Growers School Spring Conference — the largest grassroots conference in the South — will be held at…
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“Come Sit By Me”
“The funniest movie that will ever make you cry.” That’s how Steel Magnolias was billed when it hit theaters in 1988. Two years before…
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The Atticus Effect
Although Flannery O’Connor dismissed it as a “child’s book,” Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird has always topped major literature lists….
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Soft Toys, Edgy Visions
For Kay Duggins, art and life are pretty inseparable. Her distinctive pastel-bright images are part of her day job as the founder/proprietor of Hendersonville’s…
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The Beaver Believers: a Film About Giving a Dam
Originally from St. Paul, Minnesota, current Marshall resident Brennan Johnson — now 24 and head of The Walnut Schoolhouse baking collaborative — was part…
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The Oldest Profession
One of America’s oldest crafts is having a new moment in this month’s “Hooking in the Mountains” exhibit at the Transylvania Arts Council in…
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Out of the Black History Month Box
Shaun Boothe was inspired to create his The Unauthorized Biography Series after soul icon James Brown passed away in 2006. “Brown was a big…
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Go Tell it Off the Mountain
Cherokee storyteller Freeman Owle learned his traditional art when he was about six years old, by listening to his aunts, uncles, and grandparents. He’s…
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