Keep it Clean
Local documentary honors the original river stewards Water is life. The health of an ecosystem depends on its access to clean water. In David…
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“Love and Kindness Restored Me”
Charlotte Hugues Self has, for many years, been a familiar presence at Blue Ridge Community College’s Center for Lifelong Learning, sharing her love of…
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One Sure Way to Get Carded
Keesha Aroix Fenzel is a Florida-based tarot-card reader, dedicated to helping guide others toward overcoming obstacles in life and gaining greater clarity for goal…
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Go Tell it Off the Mountain
Cherokee storyteller Freeman Owle learned his traditional art when he was about six years old, by listening to his aunts, uncles, and grandparents. He’s…
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One Good Apple
Henderson County is considered to be one of the most productive places in the country to grow apples. But it takes more than fertile…
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Mining His Past
What do the political landscape of Southeast Asia and the history of the people of the Appalachians have in common? Much more than you…
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It’s All Relative
You may spend a lot of time dealing with the quirks of your relatives, but then there’s Relativity, which is full of quirks that…
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Playing With Time
The best movies are like dear friends. You visit often and ask different questions each time. Most follow the classic, linear, three-act structure taken…
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Proud of the Plaid
“There is absolutely no truth to the myth that ‘Mac’ is Scottish and ‘Mc’ is Irish,” boldly claims Rich Shader, a member of the…
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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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