Unrooted in Tradition
As a health-food trend, microgreens are more “now” than Macrobiotics and loads lighter than the meaty Paleo diet. And, unlike the weeklong liquid “meals”…
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Hendersonville’s Humor Honcho
Rhett Pennell’s cartoon characters have popped up in countless kids’ picture books, splashed their zany entreaties from commercial toy packages, and morphed into stuffed-animal…
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Let Them Eat Vintage Cake
Baking the treats of dead literary heroes is a trendy but often ill-advised endeavor. Emily Dickinson’s favorite black-bottomed rum cake, according to a rare…
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Back to the Land (Before That Was Cool)
Historic Johnson Farm in Henderson County celebrates its 25th spring festival this month — a stout anniversary in a region littered by come-and-go festivals….
Read MoreScientist-Turned-Novelist Releases Latest Book
Among Kenneth Butcher’s long list of patents is a “method and apparatus for removing liquid salts from liquid metal.” His inspired alchemy exists outside…
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Liberation Stories
Stanlee Stahl, Dr. Eric Wellisch, and Dr. Teri Nadler-Thorz aren’t classroom teachers, but these three Western North Carolinians make it their work to…
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Grounding Force
Home-and-garden tours have gone underground. At one stop on the Environmental and Conservation Organization’s upcoming self-guided driving event, participants can learn about vermiculture, a…
Read MoreAmerican Hustle
It’s not as wry as Nebraska, nor as touching as Her, nor as sentimental as The Book Thief, but American Hustle is by far…
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A Fond Farewell
Connie Backlund is rarely seen without her ranger’s uniform on, accessorized by a smile. The National Park Superintendent of the Carl Sandburg Home National…
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Spin City
Neo-burlesque shows and vintage-chic letterpress art have been hot for a decade. Vaudeville-esque aerialist troupes are taking back the notion of “circus,” focusing on…
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