Coloring in Copland
Chamber orchestra presents a newly illustrated “Appalachian Spring” Chamber orchestra presents a newly illustrated “Appalachian Spring” The borders between art forms have always been…
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A Little Light
Formally schooled landscape painter to be showcased in miniatures show With the art-world pendulum swinging back toward naturalism after the AbEx swoons of the…
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Camelot Revisited
Jackie Kennedy to speak in Brevard Leslie Goddard makes her living bringing the deceased to life, combining her advanced degrees in American Studies,…
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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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A Magical Marriage
Levitating act had early trouble getting off the ground Hawley Magic is the Vegas-style illusion act of husband and wife Jonathan and Trisha Hawley….
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Beauty Mark
Most artists resist being categorized, though they usually favor one medium over another. For Noël E. Jefferson, though, the objection isn’t casual: stretched over…
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Another Dimension
Ryan “RnB” Barber isn’t only a bandleader, he’s a brand leader. The Fairview resident amplifies his stage name by doing everything: singing, rapping, songwriting,…
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You and Me and Them
Zoe & Cloyd are wife-and-husband musical team Natalya Zoe Weinstein and John Cloyd Miller. Together, they make what they call “new Appalachian music,” a…
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Through the Looking Glass
Wiley Cash says it’s no coincidence that his three novels — most recently The Last Ballad — are set in Western North Carolina. Place…
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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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