Old Melodies, New Memories
Church hymn-singing dates back around 500 years. But the contemporary songcraft of Mary Louise “Mel” Bringle brushes the proverbial dust off the Bible. Professor…
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Everyone’s Oratorio
Choral society debuts new Bob Chilcott work Transylvania Choral Society is open — enthusiastically open — to anyone in the county who wants to…
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Through the Looking Glass
Wiley Cash says it’s no coincidence that his three novels — most recently The Last Ballad — are set in Western North Carolina. Place…
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The Beaver Believers: a Film About Giving a Dam
Originally from St. Paul, Minnesota, current Marshall resident Brennan Johnson — now 24 and head of The Walnut Schoolhouse baking collaborative — was part…
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Keep on the Shiny Side
Last fall, Bold Life’s companion publication, Carolina Home + Garden, interviewed Woody Platt and silky singer/songwriter Shannon Whitworth, major players on the national Americana…
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Street Smart
If Brevard Music Festival had a poster boy this season, it was the late composer Kurt Weill, whose life and times were explored in…
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Providing the Boom
During the climactic bombardment of Tchaikovsky’s classic “1812 Overture,” the intense thunder of cannons can be heard. And when this piece is performed on July…
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Genius Child
Sidney Outlaw is a supremely accomplished vocalist who’s high in demand. Born and raised in Brevard, the Grammy-nominated singer has more than two dozen…
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Found in the Translation
Last winter, Bold Life’s sister publication Carolina Home + Garden ran a feature story on Daniel Nevins (carolinahg.com/new-testament/), the internationally known Asheville designer, illustrator,…
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Falling Into Place
In his O. Henry Award-winning short story “Speckle Trout,” Ron Rash writes of the mountain fish’s “water-flesh” gleaming like mica in “spring-flow gaps.” A…
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