Wheeling Out the Degrees
A popular automotive program at Blue Ridge Community College is taught by Brian Johnson, an experienced master technician. It’s part of a two-year degree…
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Summer Camp With Cocktails
For many women, body-positive retreat is a chance to recapture a part of childhood Annette Richmond has visited dozens of countries since she rebranded…
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A Matter of Justus
Pioneering U-Pick farm is finally a presence at Apple Festival For more than 70 years, Hendersonville has hosted the North Carolina Apple Festival, celebrating…
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Rapid Growth
Brevard kayak maker builds his brand by going (way) back to basics “The kayak almost feels like it’s alive,” says Chad Quinn, owner of…
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Freewheeling Bandits
If your festival isn’t branded with a cute, quirky animal, it probably doesn’t have a jacklope’s chance in the rainforest of succeeding. Brevard hosted…
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Giant Responsibilities
Located in Hickory Nut Gorge, the nearly 7,000-acre Chimney Rock State Park officially got its name in 2007, after it was purchased by the…
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Typing the Next Chapter
If you ask Andrew Riddle, there’s no time like the present to restore and rejuvenate one of Hendersonville’s past architectural gems. In 2017, the…
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Living Under a Rock, Beautifully
Event shows what’s at the bottom of the food chain (and the river) As most of us have been taught in school, food chains…
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The Message in the Cookie
Jewish cultural festival starts in the kitchen Agudas Israel Synagogue’s Balabusta Bakers have been rolling out treats for months straight, filling freezers across Hendersonville….
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A Cutting From History
Garden event to feature an offshoot of famous Charleston spread This year’s Flat Rock garden tour picks up where the related historic-home tour stops:…
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Why They Ghost
By: Kay West To really appreciate one of nature’s rarest, most fleeting phenomena, you have to walk into uninhabited woods in the total dark….
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Merrily Down the Lake
Leslie Rowland is a painter and tastemaker who cofounded London District Studios in Asheville. Not content to make a splash in just two areas,…
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