There With Tights On
Like the ultimate flapper she was, Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald danced the racy Charleston, swam in flesh-colored swimsuits, and wooed boys, mainly the Great Gatsby…
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Shocking News
If WNC residents feel trembling in their bones this Halloween, it might not be from children dressed as demons or the impending presidential election,…
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The More Things Change
It’s still popular to skew notions of “urban” and “rural” as disjointed opposites: farmers work the fields; white-collars infiltrate the skyscrapers. That’s been the…
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Clear and Present
Any newly transplanted or aspiring North Carolina resident should know the fascinating historical link between moonshine and NASCAR — how amateur stock-car racers ignited…
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Goat Milk Cocktails
In 1945, the iconic American poet Carl Sandburg and his wife, Lilian — he called her “Paula” — moved to the Hendersonville area from…
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Operation Remember
In 1950, when the country was still shaking off the effects of the Second World War, American soldiers were once again dispatched overseas to…
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Keep It Rio-real
The Spanish idiom “Tira la casa por la ventana” means to pull out all the stops. Translated literally, though, it reads: “toss the whole…
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Into the Cider
The decisive victory at the Battle of Kings Mountain was twofold. The 1780 fray stroked patriots’ egos, bolstering morale following a series of defeats…
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The Great Unifier
If a schism between the American North and South still endures, it might all come down to doughnuts — namely, whether you favor the…
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A Fresh Face
Savanna Prince Roper’s cell phone rang at the dinner table. That’s a no-no. Her Hendersonville family typically eats together without the distraction of texts…
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