Celtic group adds lively resonance to age-old tunes
There’s a strong cultural connection between Appalachian folk music and the traditional music of the Celts. That helps account for the enormous appeal in…
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Stitch ‘n B*tch group unravels stress with craft and camaraderie
Let’s face it: The holidays bring a sleigh full of things to gripe about. From the annual untangling of twinkling lights to the Herculean…
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Merry Masterclass
Being an adult isn’t easy. The role requires knowing how to fold fitted sheets, file taxes, pay bills, and convince yourself that kale chips…
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How to make Carl Sandburg’s favorite Christmas cookie
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Carl Sandburg and his goat-loving wife, Paula, celebrated Christmas in curious ways. Rather than deck their three-story farmhouse with lavish trimmings,…
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Local equestrian qualifies for the 2024 Summer Olympics
Santa Claus gets a lot of odd requests each Christmas, from front teeth to partridges in pear trees. So perhaps it wasn’t too unusual…
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Trailing Into 2024
The North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources designated 2023 as the Year of the Trail, recognizing not only the abundance of our…
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North Carolina photographer honored with retrospective in Tryon
Tryon’s Upstairs Artspace is honoring the work of North Carolina photographer Elizabeth Matheson in late fall with an extensive retrospective of the Hillsborough native’s…
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Buster’s Boiled Peanuts perfects the iconic Southern snack
Six years ago, when retired general contractor Buster Porteus moved to Hendersonville and tried his very first boiled peanut, it wasn’t love at first…
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The Circle of Life
When Hendersonville native Jeannie Honeycutt overdosed in 2006, she says God pulled her from the harrowing depths of addiction. But pizza kept her on…
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The Home-Current Advantage
Cashion Porter-Shirley was only 11 the first time he attended the Green Race, an extreme-kayaking competition that draws hundreds of athletes to the infamously…
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A Trail of Appreciation
Three years ago, when painter Mike Wurman made a return visit to the place that had special significance to his career, he found himself…
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Art on 7th holds auction for addiction-recovery program
When Julie Wilmot talks about her son James Chapman, her voice sings with pride and love. “He loved the performance arts and music,” she…
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