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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Fruits of our Labors
In September’s print issue, we cover Hendersonville’s best-known cultural institution — the North Carolina Apple Festival — by uncovering a few little known facts…
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Big Moves
Michelle McConnell Yelton was perhaps a little young when she saw the mildly bawdy Dirty Dancing for the first time. But she was a…
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Pony Show
Back in April, Bold Life reported on the popular community project Art of the Horse (boldlife.com/trotting-to-the-forefront) — Tryon’s version, as it were, of the…
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