Rites of Spring Chickens
Jacqui Fehl’s ruminative chicken paintings strut far beyond “cute.” These aren’t poultry images in the country-kitchen vein, but birds on a mission, birds with…
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Art in the Family
They’re like the House of Medici, Hendo style. The Voorhees family numbers almost as many artists among its various generational branches as apples on…
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Worth the Whistle Stop
They’re one of those Southern bands whose humid grooves slither through so many genres it’s hard to peg them, exactly. That’s why Charleston, SC-based…
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Dog Day Afternoon, Revived
He started, as a young teen, with the five-string banjo – which isn’t where most musicians start. For every virtuoso (Earl Scruggs, Béla Fleck)…
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“Throwback Triathlon” Combines Style and Sweat in Fletcher
There’s no such thing as the dog days of summer in Fletcher. The Henderson County town greets August with its decidedly high-energy LPC Triathlon,…
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Silver Queen of Colorado Continues to Shine in Popular Opera
She excavated her own precious metals, scandalizing even hardened miners during the propriety-laced Victorian era. She was called a homewrecker – but also “the…
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Make Mine an Old-Fashioned
The Allison-Deaver House in Pisgah Forest is the site of a big, old-fashioned party this weekend to honor of the house’s 200th birthday. It’s history, and it’s still happening.
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How it’s Done: ArtMob Expo Celebrates the Process
It’s like a fast-track apprenticeship: experience gained without the investment of toil or time. Viewers at the Art MoB’s upcoming expo won’t actually leave…
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The Atticus Effect
There hasn’t been this much buzz about a book since the last of the Harry Potter franchise was loosed on the world. On July…
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Follow the Howls
We love towns with quirky animal festivals. Nothing says “regionalism isn’t dead” quite like a Rattlesnake Roundup (Sweetwater, Texas) or a Fur Rendezvous for…
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