The Right Moves
Dirty Dancing is best enjoyed as a communal celebration Do you remember seeing Dirty Dancing for the first time? I do. I saw it…
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Where There’s Smoke
Writer’s haunted Etowah farmstead informs her bestselling YA books Megan Shepherd didn’t plan to buy a haunted house. When The New York Times bestselling…
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Wakanda Forever
Transcendent cast and script seal the legacy of a favorite comic In 1966, Marvel Comics masterminds Stan Lee and Jack Kirby debuted a new…
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From the Edges of Noir
Hendersonville-based novelist spins her version of Southern Gothic Small towns occupy a unique place in American literature, perhaps because so many American cities, no matter…
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Seize the Nostalgia
There was a time, though perhaps hard to recall, when casting Robin Williams in a purely dramatic role still seemed a bit controversial. The…
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Keep it Clean
Local documentary honors the original river stewards Water is life. The health of an ecosystem depends on its access to clean water. In David…
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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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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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