Fiddle Me This
Multi-generational Western North Carolinian paints pride of place “The creative process slows me down,” confides painter and musician Hannah Seng, who grew up in…
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Hitting the S.P.O.T.
Purple Onion owners stir up a refreshing concept Saluda’s full-time population is just under 800, and its newest Main Street restaurant is also rather…
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Stitch by Stitch
Custom embroidery on a vintage machine makes a statement against “fast fashion” Fiber artist Paris Evans King can claim a long family connection to the…
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To Be or Not to Be Fayssoux
Singer/songwriter dishes about peacocks, Tom T. Hall, stage malfunctions, and more Fayssoux Starling McLean was profiled in a January 2018 Bold Life feature, and since…
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Curtain Rises for Saluda’s First Community Theater
Between two cow pastures on winding Mountain Page Road is not where most people would expect to find Saluda’s first community theater. But a…
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Setting the Stage
Rising singer uses her background as a child actor Though she’s barely into her twenties and still in school, Hendersonville native Izzi Hughes is…
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Fine Dining Alfresco
The Orchard Inn takes terrace life to the next level With spring in the air and COVID-19 in retreat, the elegant, airy dining terrace…
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Adornments for All
The handmade-jewelry renaissance is on full display at Saluda gallery Saluda made a name for itself starting in the late 19th century, when trains conquered…
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Eighty Pounds of Flannel and No Holiday Markets
How one area fiber farm is getting through 2020
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The Lost Art of Lingering
The idea of a secret restaurant is storybook charming. Not that Newman’s Restaurant at The Orchard Inn & Spa in Saluda, set inside a rambling vintage resort, is some kind of speakeasy or private club. Quite the opposite.
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