culture
culture
Apr 2017
Enter the Spin Zone with our insider's guide to cycling in Transylvania
Apr 2017
The skillets will be sizzling for this Appalachian staple
Feb 2017
Haywood County writer crafts gritty Southern lit in The Weight of This World
Dec 2016
Hood Huggers Hood Tours reveal a path from Asheville’s past to the present
Oct 2016
Ronni Lundy’s long and winding journey with Appalachian food and culture
Dec 2015
Poet Ellen Bryant Voigt, founder of Warren Wilson College’s writing program, is honored with a MacArthur Genius Award
Oct 2015
A color-coded nutrition program cultivates healthy preschoolers at the Verner Center and beyond
Oct 2015
A new series of signs highlights the Blue Ridge National Heritage
Area’s cultural cornerstones
Aug 2015
Throughout Western North Carolina sit dozens of public schools abandoned by time, consolidation, and changing demographics. In their heyday, they were community epicenters and veritable second homes for thousands of students. Today, some are boarded up, while others await imminent demolition and replacement by new state-of-the-art facilities. But there are also a handful of old schoolhouses tucked away in various corners of the mountains that have found new purpose as community centers, concert venues, historical beacons, and artists’ studios. Here’s a look at the past and present of eight of them.
Aug 2015
Throughout Western North Carolina sit dozens of public schools abandoned by time, consolidation, and changing demographics. In their heyday, they were community epicenters and veritable second homes for thousands of students. Today, some are boarded up, while others await imminent demolition and replacement by new state-of-the-art facilities. But there are also a handful of old schoolhouses tucked away in various corners of the mountains that have found new purpose as community centers, concert venues, historical beacons, and artists’ studios. Here’s a look at the past and present of eight of them.
Jul 2015
The first full documentary on Nina Simone shows how she carried her talent, and rage, from Tryon to the world stage
Jul 2015
The fusion of tap brews and bottling creates a new wave of beer service
Jul 2015
Chef Andrew Long gives okra the Louisiana treatment with an Appalachian twist
Apr 2015
Bike parts maker Cane Creek Cycling Components keeps
manufacturing on track in the mountains
Feb 2015
Head to Charleston this spring to tour grand estates and prize-worthy gardens
Feb 2015
Chef Evan Chender, aka The Culinary Gardener, loves cultivating specialty greens
Oct 2014
With 50 breweries counting, Western North Carolina's reputation as a craft beer mecca continues to grow, but for how long? Experts and brewers weigh in on the industry's future.
Aug 2014
The Cherokee Preservation Foundation invests in the tribe’s past and future
Apr 2014
Before the Blue Ridge Parkway paved the way, Mt. Mitchell’s visitors rode storied rail lines and motor routes to the top
Mar 2014
William Barłram’s historic explorations and illustrations put mountain botany lovingly in focus
Mar 2014
From the stone exterior to the gallery of handmade curios held within, an artistic couple’s Brasstown abode stirs feelings of home and away
Dec 2013
George Peterson pounds, carves, and cuts salvaged wood and skateboard decks into modern art