Nim’s Island
After her oceanographer mother is swallowed by a whale, Nim (Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine) and her grieving scientist father Jack (Gerard Butler, The…
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Conceptual Contraptions
Asheville artist Sylvie Rosenthal had two favorite places when she was five years old. One was in the basement of her house where, during…
Read MoreLeatherheads
Is Leatherheads a retro screwball comedy? A patriotic tribute? A sliver of sports history? It’s all those things and more. Alas, more is not…
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How I Did It: The Wizard of Wonder
Asheville magician Ricky Boone has had to overcome major physical obstacles to do what he loves. Diagnosed with a rare bone disease as a…
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The Bold & The Beautiful
Since the magazine’s launch five years ago, Bold Life has profiled a local artist in nearly every issue. As George Alexsovich, director of the…
Read MoreIron Man
Iron Man is about spectacular fire-breathing, sound-breaking, missile-shooting, 800-pound electronic body armor — but it’s the humanity in the story that makes the movie…
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Discovering The Artist’s Soul
“It’s about the singing of the soul,” says David Hutto, Dean of Technology and Development at Blue Ridge Community College, referring to his latest…
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Route 66, Everywhere
Drew Deane remembers the old motel in Ocala, Florida. “It was my great aunt’s motel. I visited it as a child and loved the…
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Signs & Symbols
When Asheville artist Barbara Fisher began taking life drawing classes in college, dutifully trying to transfer the body human onto paper, something peculiar happened….
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A Matter Of Style
Painter Ian Brownlee is creating a bit of a stir in the Asheville arts scene. But you’d never know it when talking to this…
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