Helping the Underdog
Some might think dragons exist only in medieval folklore, but ask any Western North Carolina native and they’ll tell you different. The Hellbender, a…
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Reflections of a Reverend’s Daughter
When Pearlie Mae Suber Harris was growing up in Saluda’s small, strong African-American community in the 1930s and 1940s, certain rules were in place…
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Blind Faith
So much of our perception of the world around us arrives by sight that losing that sensory connection can seem catastrophic. But Deborah Fazio,…
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A Prodigy and a Delicacy
There are teens out there who’ve never heard of a truffle, much less have the desire to grow the fungal delicacy. They have something…
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Embroidering on a Theme
Since 1996, the number of North Carolina textile and apparel plants has decreased by 40 percent, per a Duke University study. Made in WNC,…
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Baseball Bat Company Branches Out
Baseball and beer go hand in hand, so it only makes sense to drink your next cold one from the barrel of a wooden…
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Field recorder carries his vast collection to a local stage
Lee Knight isn’t a direct heir of the late Lomaxes — John and his son Alan, whose ethnomusicology prompted the folk revival beginning in…
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Threading Her Life Into Her Work
When Kimberly Simms was writing her book at the Carl Sandburg Home in Flat Rock, she says she could sense the late poet standing…
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“All I See is the Mission”
John Mahshie’s goals lie between the rows. The former U.S. Airman founded Veterans Healing Farm in Hendersonville with his wife, administrative coordinator Nicole Mahshie….
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After-School Special
True to her middle name, Bethany Joy Adams uses a playful process to make art a happy experience for the kids at the Boys…
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