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Local jewelry designers—each with a unique skill set and expression of style—are making one-of-a-kind adornments and wearable works of art worth treasuring forever

Conductor Keith Lockhart inspires the next generation at Brevard Music Center

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The Bistro’s philosophy, like the restaurant itself, is simple and elegant: “Eat with integrity—Live with gratitude.”

With their populations on the wane, bees find shelter at UNC Asheville

Steve Woody’s medical-tech company is primed to boom locally and help heal around the globe

Winter farmers markets keep the produce coming, even in the cold season

A solar-powered race car revs up at Appalachian State University

Learn what drives 4 ultra-runners to go the distance

Green River Preserve’s KALE program offers a new approach to learning about agriculture

How a California girl became a Carolina gal

Distance: 12.5 miles round-trip, Difficulty: Strenuous

Hendersonville restaurant Dandelion serves up sustenance and job skills for those at risk of domestic violence

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.

Three nonprofits improve lives through creative expression

Set out on footpaths that offer big exploration for small people

Curtis Smalling of the High Country Audubon Society leads area bird conservation efforts