“Like Running a Triathlon on Ice Skates”
Anne Akiko Meyers opens Brevard Music Festival with a customized concerto In the classical-music idiom, concert violinist Anne Akiko Meyers is the equivalent of a rock…
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Ingrained Wisdom
The living, local voices behind moonshine history It was an early June morning in 1890. William Durham and a few others set out with…
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The Tools to Reconnect
Hendersonville synagogue hosts art pop-up in parking lot Ron Weintraub serves sundaes in style. Rather than use a Dollar Store ice-cream scoop or, worse…
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The First Kind of Face Covering
Woodcarving class evokes the spirit of original masks By Jarrett Van Meter The key is symmetry. Unlike a human face, says woodcarver Karl Schwartz, a…
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Setting the Stage
Rising singer uses her background as a child actor Though she’s barely into her twenties and still in school, Hendersonville native Izzi Hughes is…
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All the Feelers
If Matt Willey looks happy, it’s probably because, after more than a year of delays — most of them pandemic related — he finally…
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Getting a workout at the “Empathy Gym”
Camps for kids are back in person at Flat Rock Playhouse For the first time in more than a year, school-aged children will be…
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Lessons of Nashville
How Sam Lewis didn’t get fenced in Sam Lewis is nominally an Americana artist. But a listen to any of his albums — most…
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The Electronic Advantage
Synth group “brings the weird” in a region known for acoustic music Open-mic music nights are fairly common at the bars and breweries in Western…
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Still Life with Architectural Background
Accomplished watercolorist learned composition during his first career When John Anderson retired to Hendersonville after a four-decade architectural career, he began looking for an…
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