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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Dancing with the Un-Stars
Baz Luhrmann may be best known for his fever-dream musical collages (Moulin Rouge!) and maximalist adaptations of classic literary works (1996’s Romeo + Juliet,…
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Get Out Your Garlic
Transylvania County has long been celebrated for many things — waterfalls, summer camps, classical music, white squirrels, outdoor adventure. It has not, however, been…
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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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The Road to Restoration
It doesn’t look like much from the outside. The collapsed white one-story building with boarded-up windows and a vine-covered front stoop at the end…
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Neighborhood News
Ordained minister turned children’s television icon Fred Rogers spent nearly 50 years educating generations of young people on the value of love, kindness,…
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The Bright Corner
Like other tucked-in Southern communities, Tryon boasts lovable eccentrics, off-the-path wonders, and many small marvels. Of the latter, Nina Simone’s 660-square-foot childhood home —…
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Touch of Sun
In the first decade of the 21st century, Woody Allen made a series of films set mostly outside of his traditional New York milieu….
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Narcissism Before We Knew About It
His first film came out before women could vote; his last one was released the same year Bob Dylan dropped his debut record. Between…
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Leading Ladies: The Glass Menagerie
In 1944, a melancholy, self-described “memory play” about a disaffected young man, his controlling mother Amanda, and his fragile sister Laura debuted on Broadway…
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