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... Hali Ledford & Tom Madison PHOTOGRAPHER:  WNC Staff ILLUSTRATOR:  WNC Staff FEATURE TOP ... & PLACES FEATURE SUB CATEGORY:  WNC Profile KEYWORD TAGS:  design art dresses ...
Collector of Native American artifacts
... Brittany White PHOTOGRAPHER:  WNC Staff ILLUSTRATOR:  WNC Staff RESOURCES:  ... & PLACES FEATURE SUB CATEGORY:  WNC Profile KEYWORD TAGS:  Home Native American ...
Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center welcomes its first official director
... surely appreciate.   WRITER:  WNC Staff PHOTOGRAPHER:  WNC Staff ILLUSTRATOR:  ... & PLACES FEATURE SUB CATEGORY:  WNC Profile KEYWORD TAGS:  black mountain Black Mountain ...
A vintage dealer knows period clothing inside and out thanks to a career at the Smithsonian
... Jennifer Haynes ILLUSTRATOR:  WNC Staff FEATURE TOP CATEGORY:  PEOPLE & PLACES FEATURE SUB CATEGORY:  WNC Profile KEYWORD TAGS:  Home Accessories art ...
Author Tom Robbins returns to Blowing Rock
... Kyle Sherard PHOTOGRAPHER:  WNC Staff ILLUSTRATOR:  WNC Staff RESOURCES:  ... & EVENTS FEATURE SUB CATEGORY:  Artist Profile KEYWORD TAGS:  Home Blowing Rock Art & ...
Whistling champion Phyllis Heil is never without a happy tune
... Jennifer Haynes ILLUSTRATOR:  WNC Staff FEATURE TOP CATEGORY:  PEOPLE & PLACES FEATURE SUB CATEGORY:  WNC Profile KEYWORD TAGS:  art hickory ...
Lifelong rock hound Della Samuel shares her devotion to precious stones at the Franklin Gem Mineral Museum
... Marie Bartlett PHOTOGRAPHER:  WNC Staff ILLUSTRATOR:  WNC Staff FEATURE TOP ... & PLACES FEATURE SUB CATEGORY:  WNC Profile KEYWORD TAGS:  Home family franklin ...
Meet Ann Sharpsteen, Brevard's biggest cheerleader
... decided to follow my heart,” she says. After moving to WNC with her son in August 2010, her blog developed, and the website about town ... & PLACES FEATURE SUB CATEGORY:  WNC Profile KEYWORD TAGS:  2010 WNC family ...
Poet Ellen Bryant Voigt, founder of Warren Wilson College’s writing program, is honored with a MacArthur Genius Award
... Lockie Hunter PHOTOGRAPHER:  WNC Staff ILLUSTRATOR:  WNC Staff RESOURCES:  ... & PLACES FEATURE SUB CATEGORY:  WNC Profile KEYWORD TAGS:  Arts Warren Wilson College ...
An ASU alum blends passions for suds and sustainability to launch a Boone brewery
... Mountain Brewery? NK: We were the first brewery in WNC to install a five kilowatt solar power system. We also received a grant ... & PLACES FEATURE SUB CATEGORY:  WNC Profile KEYWORD TAGS:  mountain Appalachian State ...
Meet the once-reluctant hotelier behind the Parkway’s Pisgah Inn
... Jennifer Cole ILLUSTRATOR:  WNC Staff FEATURE TOP CATEGORY:  PEOPLE & PLACES FEATURE SUB CATEGORY:  WNC Profile KEYWORD TAGS:  Home spring food ...
Natalie Pollard brings urban homesteading tools and know-how to the masses
... Paul Clark PHOTOGRAPHER:  WNC Staff ILLUSTRATOR:  WNC Staff FEATURE TOP ... & PLACES FEATURE SUB CATEGORY:  WNC Profile KEYWORD TAGS:  The Farm design Land ...
Curtis Smalling of the High Country Audubon Society leads area bird conservation efforts
... Cole Rian ILLUSTRATOR:  WNC Staff FEATURE TOP CATEGORY:  PEOPLE & PLACES FEATURE SUB CATEGORY:  WNC Profile KEYWORD TAGS:  Land Appalachian State ...
Gini Crowder-Marshall designs stylish settings for the world’s largest furniture markets
... PEOPLE & PLACES FEATURE SUB CATEGORY:  WNC Profile KEYWORD TAGS:  Home Accessories design ...
Take a peek inside the realm of a paranormal investigator
... Melissa C. Smith PHOTOGRAPHER:  WNC Staff ILLUSTRATOR:  WNC Staff RESOURCES:  ... & PLACES FEATURE SUB CATEGORY:  WNC Profile KEYWORD TAGS:  asheville History ...
Five years in, Angie Newsome’s vision for a WNC-wide investigative reporting nonprofit reaches sustainability
... Five years in, Angie Newsome’s vision for a WNC-wide investigative reporting nonprofit reaches sustainability ... & PLACES FEATURE SUB CATEGORY:  WNC Profile KEYWORD TAGS:  mountain Angie Newsome ...
Boone professor Ray Russell’s amateur interest in meteorology sparked the region’s top forecasting service
... Kathryn Ray ILLUSTRATOR:  WNC Staff FEATURE TOP CATEGORY:  PEOPLE & PLACES FEATURE SUB CATEGORY:  WNC Profile KEYWORD TAGS:  Appalachian State University ...
Evar Hecht carries on the craft of custom sandals and leatherwork in Asheville
... comfort, and wear.   WRITER:  WNC Staff PHOTOGRAPHER:  WNC Staff ILLUSTRATOR:  ... & PLACES FEATURE SUB CATEGORY:  WNC Profile KEYWORD TAGS:  2010 art Western North ...
The elemental sculptures of Jeannine Marchand
... The artist, who grew up in Puerto Rico and came to WNC to study at Penland School of Crafts in 2000, instantly felt connected to ... & EVENTS FEATURE SUB CATEGORY:  Artist Profile Visual Arts KEYWORD TAGS:  penland school of ...
Going with the Grain: A purveyor of exotic sea salts creates her own success
... Patrick Cavan Brown ILLUSTRATOR:  WNC Staff RESOURCES:  J. Hansbrough is a freelance writer ... & PLACES FEATURE SUB CATEGORY:  WNC Profile KEYWORD TAGS:  Festival food asheville ...
Apples mean big business in Henderson County. And for third-generation orchardists like the Creasmans, they’re a way of life.
... Christopher Shane ILLUSTRATOR:  WNC Staff FEATURE TOP CATEGORY:  PEOPLE & PLACES FEATURE SUB CATEGORY:  WNC Profile KEYWORD TAGS:  The Farm mountain Land ...
A woman’s decision to give her kidney to a stranger changed the course of organ donations
... Cinthia Milner PHOTOGRAPHER:  WNC Staff ILLUSTRATOR:  WNC Staff FEATURE TOP ... & PLACES FEATURE SUB CATEGORY:  WNC Profile KEYWORD TAGS:  Home asheville family ...
Documentary filmmaker Jeremy Seifert hungers for challenging stories about our daily diets
... about GMOs,” he says, and he’s certainly done that. WNC magazine sat down with Seifert in his Leicester home to ask him about the ... & PLACES FEATURE SUB CATEGORY:  WNC Profile KEYWORD TAGS:  2010 Film Film Festival ...
Boone artist Ryan Kirby talks living in the High Country, his success as a painter, and his love of family and the outdoors
... PEOPLE & PLACES FEATURE SUB CATEGORY:  WNC Profile KEYWORD TAGS:  Film Festival Home ...
A Growing Legacy: An Ashe County couple gives rare and all-but-forgotten apple trees a second chance to thrive
... Matt Rose ILLUSTRATOR:  WNC Staff FEATURE TOP CATEGORY:  PEOPLE & PLACES FEATURE SUB CATEGORY:  WNC Profile KEYWORD TAGS:  cheese mountain Land ...
Josh Dorfman, aka The Lazy Environmentalist, mounts a casual crusade for sustainability
... more lazy environmental ventures in the works, as he told WNC during a recent chat. With your books, radio and TV shows, ... & PLACES FEATURE SUB CATEGORY:  WNC Profile KEYWORD TAGS:  Home sustainable WNC ...
The couple who made Mast General a nostalgic icon reflect on the Valle Crucis store that inspired it all
... Matt Rose ILLUSTRATOR:  WNC Staff RESOURCES:  Photograph (B&W of John and Faye Cooper, ... & PLACES FEATURE SUB CATEGORY:  WNC Profile KEYWORD TAGS:  Western Carolina University ...
Leah Wong Ashburn shepherds Asheville’s craft beer pioneer into a new era
... PEOPLE & PLACES FEATURE SUB CATEGORY:  WNC Profile KEYWORD TAGS:  Land highland brewing company ...
“You don't have to know about art—you just have to enjoy it.”
... about art—you just have to enjoy it.” Profile on a Cold Day, oil on paper, 14" x 10" A native of North ... amysullivanfineart.com WRITER:  WNC Staff PHOTOGRAPHER:  courtesy Amy Sullivan ...
Scene Setter: Television scriptwriter Karen Hall came to Boone for a lifestyle change, but Los Angeles can’t seem to do without her
... Matt Rose ILLUSTRATOR:  WNC Staff FEATURE TOP CATEGORY:  PEOPLE & PLACES FEATURE SUB CATEGORY:  WNC Profile KEYWORD TAGS:  The Farm Home ...
For Page Ives Lemel, running a 100-year-old girls’ camp has always been a family affair
... storms came just as Ellis was traveling from Jacksonville to WNC with eight young girls in her care. Railroad bridges were washed away, and ... & PLACES FEATURE SUB CATEGORY:  WNC Profile KEYWORD TAGS:  Home Land WNC ...
World traveler Barbara Cook found her calling doing good for the children and artists of Nepal
... Matt Rose ILLUSTRATOR:  WNC Staff FEATURE TOP CATEGORY:  PEOPLE & PLACES FEATURE SUB CATEGORY:  WNC Profile KEYWORD TAGS:  Home agriculture ...
A guardian of historic design with an eye toward growth, Robert Griffin shares his defining influences
... Joanna Bolick ILLUSTRATOR:  WNC Staff FEATURE TOP CATEGORY:  PEOPLE & PLACES FEATURE SUB CATEGORY:  WNC Profile KEYWORD TAGS:  Home design interior ...
Meet the McKibbons, the energetic Asheville hoteliers with an even bigger love for philanthropy
... 2012, the McKibbons approached the nonprofit Homeward Bound WNC to continue their work addressing chronic homelessness, a cause John took ... & PLACES FEATURE SUB CATEGORY:  WNC Profile KEYWORD TAGS:  taste of compassion Home ...
Tryon painter, curator, and rabble-rouser Margaret Curtis goes beyond boundaries
... Cole Rian ILLUSTRATOR:  WNC Staff FEATURE TOP CATEGORY:  PEOPLE & PLACES FEATURE SUB CATEGORY:  WNC Profile KEYWORD TAGS:  2010 Film Home ...
Three couples who shifted their careers
... Patrick Cavan Brown ILLUSTRATOR:  WNC Staff FEATURE TOP CATEGORY:  PEOPLE & PLACES FEATURE SUB CATEGORY:  WNC Profile KEYWORD TAGS:  Home design interior ...
Ronni Lundy’s long and winding journey with Appalachian food and culture
... PEOPLE & PLACES FEATURE SUB CATEGORY:  WNC Profile KEYWORD TAGS:  Home culinary mountain ...
Carrie Wagner's cultural exchanges bring home global insights meant to be shared
... Carrie Wagner ILLUSTRATOR:  WNC Staff FEATURE TOP CATEGORY:  PEOPLE & PLACES FEATURE SUB CATEGORY:  WNC Profile KEYWORD TAGS:  Home mountain art ...
Craig Tarler managed to stoke a faltering, century-old tobacco business with high-quality blends, an organic angle, and a sense of humor
... Matt Rose ILLUSTRATOR:  WNC Staff FEATURE TOP CATEGORY:  PEOPLE & PLACES FEATURE SUB CATEGORY:  WNC Profile KEYWORD TAGS:  Home Recipe art ...
Mamie Thompson Gumbs shines a light on the black experience at her Forest City museum
... Matt Rose ILLUSTRATOR:  WNC Staff FEATURE TOP CATEGORY:  PEOPLE & PLACES FEATURE SUB CATEGORY:  WNC Profile KEYWORD TAGS:  MaimyEtta Black Fine Arts Museum and ...
Legacy Artist: Michelle Moog-Koussa shares her father’s pioneering explorations in electronic music through education and preservation
... the first commercially available electronic synthesizer. A WNC resident for nearly 30 years and professor at UNC Asheville from 1989 to ... & PLACES FEATURE SUB CATEGORY:  WNC Profile KEYWORD TAGS:  The Orange Peel Home ...
Seven community leaders who found their inspiration to do good at summer camp
... alike—their first glimpse of the wilderness. For seven WNC community leaders, the experience was life-changing. What they learned ... & PLACES FEATURE SUB CATEGORY:  WNC Profile KEYWORD TAGS:  Home design mountain ...
After a century of state parks, Western North Carolina’s are more popular than ever
... as the last.” Here’s a tour and a users’ guide for WNC’s state parks, in all their beauty and variety. Mount Mitchell ... going downhill); and the rocky face of the Grandfather profile on Profile Trail Best time to go: Fall color comes in early ...
CooperRiis’s holistic, community-based approach to treatment is setting a new standard in mental health care
... Matt Rose ILLUSTRATOR:  WNC Staff RESOURCES:  Jess Clarke is a freelance writer and ... & PLACES FEATURE SUB CATEGORY:  WNC Profile KEYWORD TAGS:  2010 The Farm Home ...
For Three young philanthropists, helping your neighbor sometimes means traveling thousands of miles from home
... been there. —Eric Seeger WRITER:  WNC Staff PHOTOGRAPHER:  WNC Staff ILLUSTRATOR:  ... & PLACES FEATURE SUB CATEGORY:  WNC Profile KEYWORD TAGS:  Wine to Water Home ...
A husband and wife team are planting the seeds of a movement to feed the hungry
... what they’re given by vendors at tailgate markets and the WNC Farmers Market, totals 300,000 pounds and goes to 80 organizations across ... & PLACES FEATURE SUB CATEGORY:  WNC Profile KEYWORD TAGS:  The Farm Home design ...
From new outdoor learning environments to reimagined downtown corridors, the nonprofit Asheville Design Center is helping communities create blueprints for brighter futures
... Naomi Johnson ILLUSTRATOR:  WNC Staff FEATURE TOP CATEGORY:  PEOPLE & PLACES FEATURE SUB CATEGORY:  WNC Profile KEYWORD TAGS:  The Basilica of St. Lawrence ...
... —Gary Carter   WRITER:  WNC Staff PHOTOGRAPHER:  WNC Staff ILLUSTRATOR:  ... & PLACES FEATURE SUB CATEGORY:  WNC Profile KEYWORD TAGS:  Home In Blue design ...
... pass to the right of a large rock outcrop that resembles the profile of a nose, although this isn’t the namesake sniffer. Continue winding ... Jack Igelman PHOTOGRAPHER:  WNC Staff ILLUSTRATOR:  WNC Staff RESOURCES:  ...
You can never foresee how the life you choose—or the one that chooses you—can ultimately impact someone in extraordinary ways. Meet seven inspirational locals whose personal journeys are making a big difference in the lives of others.
... to connect teaching artists with students in communities in WNC and around the world. Locally, drummer Imhotep (background) teaches ... & PLACES FEATURE SUB CATEGORY:  WNC Profile KEYWORD TAGS:  Carolina Day School Festival ...
Distance: 5.6 miles round-trip Difficulty: Strenuous
... of the Toe River Valley, the Roan Highlands, and the rugged profile of Grandfather Mountain. Hikers are also transported from a hardwood ... Jack Igelman PHOTOGRAPHER:  WNC Staff ILLUSTRATOR:  WNC Staff RESOURCES:  ...
The Honeycutters bring it all back home with their new album
... roots, and folk, among other descriptors. Now, the band’s profile is even richer with the release of Me Oh My, its third album. Me Oh ... Kyle Sherard PHOTOGRAPHER:  WNC Staff ILLUSTRATOR:  WNC Staff RESOURCES:  ...
Take a trip around the world in wine varieties
... is known for its light color, high acidity, and flavor profile of sour cherry and orange peel. This one also bears hints of blackberry ... SG Séguret PHOTOGRAPHER:  WNC Staff ILLUSTRATOR:  WNC Staff FEATURE SUB ...
A couple pioneers winemaking in Watauga County
... way,” Steve says. He’s particularly pleased with the new Profile Red. Other wines featured are Terraced Gold, a chardonnay-pinot grigio ... Randy Johnson PHOTOGRAPHER:  WNC Staff ILLUSTRATOR:  WNC Staff RESOURCES:  ...
Make your way to the High Country for outdoor winter revelry
... the clouds part, you’re likely to glimpse the distinctive profile of Grandfather Mountain. Chilly Thrills Years ago, skiing ... WRITER:  Nan Chase PHOTOGRAPHER:  WNC Staff ILLUSTRATOR:  WNC Staff FEATURE TOP ...
Celebrate autumn’s flavors with red wines from around the world
... Hints of spice, ripe fruit, and coffee bring a full fruit profile to this blend, which is made with Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and ... Jen Nathan Orris PHOTOGRAPHER:  WNC Staff ILLUSTRATOR:  WNC Staff RESOURCES:  ...
A couple writes a new beginning for a charming North Asheville bungalow
... crimson in the fall, the 2,500-square-foot home keeps a low profile, clad in deep brown shingles and set back from the street. Still, it ... Christopher Shane ILLUSTRATOR:  WNC Staff FEATURE TOP CATEGORY:  STYLE & DESIGN ...
Meet 11 leaders in the quest to conserve WNC’s natural areas
... Meet 11 leaders in the quest to conserve WNC’s natural areas What drives the champions of mountain ... stewardship of the earth. In this special package, we profile key players in the never-ending effort to conserve the natural places ...
Through a visionary’s lens, a modern Asheville abode strikes unexpected balance between darkness and radiance
... its 5,500-square-foot size, the house keeps a relatively low profile. Chevron in shape, with two, double-story wings that trace the ... to be the largest residential soil pinning project in WNC—and in the architect behind it all. The Visionary New York ...
There are endless reasons we all fall for the mountains, but one enchants us above all others: This place feels like home in our hearts. Here, five writers share how their deep connections to these hills were forged with Sunday drives, old-time music, wildflower hikes, and through the discovery of inspiration and strength.
... Park, a part of Fletcher. We had many houses, but the blue profile of the mountains usually lay somewhere on the horizon, and the ... five works of historical fiction, four of which are set in WNC. His first nonfiction book, Season of Terror, is forthcoming this spring ...
Julian Morton's community, Invershiel, recreated a bit of his homeland in the High Country
... similar,” wrote Betty R. Raveson in a gushing 1967 profile of Invershiel in Palm Beach Life magazine, a publication that claimed ... Randy Johnson PHOTOGRAPHER:  WNC Staff ILLUSTRATOR:  WNC Staff FEATURE SUB ...
American Miso meshes global cultures and flavors from its base in Rutherfordton
... largest producer of organic miso, based right here in WNC. As it happens, Japanese and Appalachian cultures are surprisingly ... higher grain-to-bean ratio. Both methods result in a flavor profile called “umami,” which Mikell compares to the rich, savory taste of ...
Anne Martin champions resilient mosses as the key to greener landscapes
... guide for bryophytes. She is determined to raise their profile by educating others on the distinct features that make mosses ... Patrick Cavan Brown ILLUSTRATOR:  WNC Staff FEATURE TOP CATEGORY:  PEOPLE & PLACES ...
A family gets the best of both worlds with a new Brevard home
... homes we had always had, and we wanted it to be lower profile than a traditional home,” says Jeff. “We wanted it to ‘fit in’ ... HOME & SHOPPING FEATURE SUB CATEGORY:  WNC Home KEYWORD TAGS:  The Farm Home design ...
A reimagined ranch home in Brevard brings the outside in
... ranch aesthetic, Platt thought the wide, low horizontal profile could be achieved with a more modern look. The exterior of the old and ... HOME & SHOPPING FEATURE SUB CATEGORY:  WNC Home KEYWORD TAGS:  The French Broad Home ...
After decades of neglect, WNC’s most iconic river flows toward a promising future
... 2018 After decades of neglect, WNC’s most iconic river flows toward a promising future ... her book was an ode to the river, but also a daringly honest profile of its fragile condition that became a catalyst for its rebound. ...