by Carol Pearce Bjorlie, Rapid River Poetry Editor/Columnist In Silence, comes the Muse. [ silence ] Silence deserves a capital “S”. There’s so little of it. If you don’t believe me, read One Square Inch of Silence: One Man’s Quest to Preserve Quiet, by Gordon Hempton, (Simon and Schuster). RuthContinue Reading
by David Simchock This is the fourth and final segment of our “Travel Photography” focus. We’ve already covered “people” and “places,” so this month, we’ll round things off and take a look at the broad category of “things,” specifically, things of “nature.” Flora Here in Western North Carolina, there isContinue Reading
by James Cassara Letting the Instruments Speak for Themselves In a casual comment made several months back, Dave Desmelik, one of our area’s most highly respected singer/songwriters, mentioned he was working on an all-instrumental album of new material. “It’s something I’ve been thinking about for a long time,” he toldContinue Reading
It’s the Art – And It’s US! by Greg Vineyard Even though small businesses in our fair city are open year-round – including a plethora of independent artists – with the change in the weather from Spring-ish to Summer-ish comes an increase in events throughout the Asheville area. We’re likeContinue Reading
by Eddie LeShure “Bill Bares is an artist in the true sense of the word —an imaginative, inspired and joyful creator, a deeply educated, spectacular, yet organic, jazz pianist. On top of all that, Bill is a top notch educator. It’s rare to find this combination flowing so naturally fromContinue Reading
Written by Dan Brown review by Marcianne Miller Even author Dan Brown himself can’t top his famous novel, The Da Vinci Code. How can you possibly come up with something better than a novel that claims to prove that Jesus Christ had children and the latest of his blood lineContinue Reading
by Bill Walz “Who we are is the moment arising in awareness.” ~ Eckhart Tolle I have a very unconventional and life-changing perspective to share with you. We can certainly all agree that we are persons. I’m a person, you are a person, all who read this are persons. And,Continue Reading
Grand Illusion (1937) Having just seen the new French film Renoir (reviewed this issue) about the last years of the French painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, his son Jean who would become a world famous filmmaker, and the woman who inspired both of them, it seemed appropriate to revisit some of JeanContinue Reading
The Great Gatsby **** Short Take: Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s iconic novel is a Roaring Twenties extravaganza and assault of the senses, befitting Fitzgerald’s own world of excess. Reel Take: A little leeway must be granted with any film adaptation of a great novel. In the caseContinue Reading
