Claws-on Learning
State Park program promotes quality time with wild animals During the last week of December, Chimney Rock Park will host “Winter Break Family Animal Encounters,”…
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A Pattern of Artistic Freedom
Fiber artist sews intricate wall hangings with no guide but intuition “For as long as I can remember,” says artist Meghan Pauley Nespeca, “I’ve been…
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Stories on 7th
Tour focuses on Hendersonville’s historic outpost “Agriculture and tourism are two words that became part of our vocabulary when the first steam locomotive arrived in 1879…
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“Of Course, Chaos”
Fresco master muses on war, work, and the gravity of authenticity Artist Benjamin F. Long IV, who relocated from Asheville to Brevard not long…
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Special Delivery
Mail Art show takes on new dimension in 2020 Flood Gallery Fine Art Center in Black Mountain is encouraging artists to address undressed submissions…
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Eight Feet of Empowerment
Hendersonville artist makes largest La Catrinas in U.S. Hola Carolina, a WNC nonprofit devoted to promotion of Latinx culture, has found a larger-than-life way…
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Making Sure Every Vote Counts
Election workers will receive hazard pay in 2020 Karen Hebb has been an election precinct worker since 1986, but after accepting the position of…
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Lending a Helpful Healing Hand: Where Medical Equipment is Accessible and Affordable
The Medical Loan Closet is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that lends a wide variety of medical equipment to residents of Henderson County at an…
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True Ridge Serving the Blue Ridge
Lori Garcia-McCammon, Director of True Ridge, co-founded the organization in 2017 to help support the under-resourced Latinx community of Henderson County. The mission of True Ridge is guided by the three principal values of community, culture, and connection.
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The Tools That Take You Higher
If your father races motorcycles, he can’t tell you not to be an artist. Michael Sherrill says his dad was “enough of a rebel that it gave me permission to not fit into certain middle-class constraints. He encouraged me to not give up on my dream of doing what I’m passionate about.”
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