Pride of Place
Efforts to preserve the old schoolhouse for black students in Mars Hill have included the creation of a rehabilitation committee, a Facebook page with…
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Being Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln look-a-like contests are a fun staple of many county fairs and festivals. But very few people can claim direct family ties to…
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One Billion Seconds
A pioneer of Asheville’s River Arts District is going home. Heinz Kossler, who hid out in Asheville 30 years ago as an illegal immigrant…
Read MoreThe X Factor
Justin Purnell came in, haltingly and pixelated at first. But then the Skype transmission settled down, and there he was, live in Brazil. Purnell,…
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Getting Straight About the Merry-Go-Round
Way before arcade kicks came in the form of virtual video shoot-’em-ups, entertainment existed in the real world, in the parks and fairgrounds of…
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