In This Month’s Issue: July 2012

Interviews: Emoke B’Racz & Linda Barrett Knopp (p3); Jason Rafferty (p12); Maria Pressley (p29); Mary-Beth Akers (p31)

Performance: Folkmoot Festival (p4); Swannanoa Chamber Music Festival (p6)

Fine Art: Riverside Studios (p9); Rapid River Magazine Receptions (p10); Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands (p21); Mary Webster and Associates (p22)

Music: Concerts at Biltmore Park (p13); Aaron Freeman (p15)

Stage Preview: HART – La Cage Aux Folles (p27); NC Stage (p39)

Shops: Malaprops Bookstore/Cafe (p3); Laughing Mask Candies (p29)

Columnists: Eddie LeShure – Jazz (p13); James Cassara – Music (p14); Peter Loewer – The Curmudgeon (p8); Ted Olson – Poetry (p16); Marcianne Miller – Books (p17); Bill Walz – Artful Living (p23); Max Hammonds, MD – Health (p33); Judy Ausley – Southern Comfort (p18); Greg Vineyard – Fine Art (p19); Michael Parker – Food & Wine (p28); Movie Reviews with Chip Kaufmann & Michelle Keenan (p24)