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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They’re Pulling it Together
It’s tractor-pull season in apple country They arrive in the morning, on custom trailers hitched to trucks. Painted red, green, or orange, they are…
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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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One With Everything Green
Exploring the Zen mindset behind “Forest Bathing” Conserving Carolina, an organization whose mission is to protect, restore, and inspire appreciation of the local natural…
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Value Added
Rebranded market on 7th Avenue enters second year “The Hendersonville Farmers Market reflects the great community of Hendersonville,” says Market Manager Meredith Friedheim….
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Hello Kitty
Bears in Western North Carolina are frequent visitors at trash cans and backyard bird feeders, but the chance bobcat sighting is much, much less…
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Anchored to the Past
Antique wooden boats take to the lake in 2021 Sailors are a superstitious bunch. Eating bananas, whistling, and greeting a redhead are among the…
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Campfired Up
Black Folks Camp Too promotes a culture of inclusion in the outdoors Earl B. Hunter Jr. and his then 7-year-old son were awestruck as…
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Listen for Thrush, Look for Bobcats
Second annual contest encourages backyard nature encounters The Eastern box turtle (Terrapene c. carolina) is an expert at quarantining. A solitary creature, this land-dwelling…
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Little Schoolhouse in the Big Woods
Administered by FIND Outdoors and known as “the birthplace of forest management,” the Cradle of Forestry in America is just off the Blue Ridge…
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