Taking Wing
Raynard Walker is running a cottage industry in wings at DreadLife Kitchen in Edneyville. The Hendersonville native started with a home-based catering company and…
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Beauty Mark
Most artists resist being categorized, though they usually favor one medium over another. For Noël E. Jefferson, though, the objection isn’t casual: stretched over…
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Another Dimension
Ryan “RnB” Barber isn’t only a bandleader, he’s a brand leader. The Fairview resident amplifies his stage name by doing everything: singing, rapping, songwriting,…
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Getting to the Root of Health
While working on an organic farm in Washington State, Julie Douglas, a holistic herbalist and owner of WildKrafted Kitchen, discovered a deep appreciation for…
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Why They Ghost
By: Kay West To really appreciate one of nature’s rarest, most fleeting phenomena, you have to walk into uninhabited woods in the total dark….
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You and Me and Them
Zoe & Cloyd are wife-and-husband musical team Natalya Zoe Weinstein and John Cloyd Miller. Together, they make what they call “new Appalachian music,” a…
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Through the Looking Glass
Wiley Cash says it’s no coincidence that his three novels — most recently The Last Ballad — are set in Western North Carolina. Place…
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Make Your Best Burger Ever
Head chef Randall Spencer,who’s been in the restaurant business for 25 years, will cover basic grilling tips in his class at Old Rock Café,…
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Revisiting the Curse
In July of 1969, Senator Ted Kennedy co-hosted a party on secluded Chappaquiddick Island, near Martha’s Vineyard, in Massachusetts. Attending the party would be…
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Merrily Down the Lake
Leslie Rowland is a painter and tastemaker who cofounded London District Studios in Asheville. Not content to make a splash in just two areas,…
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Yoga, Wine, Repeat
“Yoga is not as accessible as it should be,” says Keri Ann VanLandingham, owner of Unearthed Yoga Studio in Hendersonville and an employee of…
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One Sure Way to Get Carded
Keesha Aroix Fenzel is a Florida-based tarot-card reader, dedicated to helping guide others toward overcoming obstacles in life and gaining greater clarity for goal…
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