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Lauren and Mike Tamayo are the keynote speakers on the subject of ‘Ethics and the Business of Competitive Sports‘ at this year’s Business Ethics Luncheon. This Junior Achievement event brings together high school students with business and community leaders to discuss ethical issues in current business practices. Lauren Tamayo isContinue Reading

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Chip Kaufmann’s Pick: Tower of London (1939) Now that the bones of Richard III have been found, it’s time to rediscover this well made, non-Shakespearean version of the story. Released in 1939, this film is what used to be known as a historical melodrama. In order to sell it toContinue Reading

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by Eddie LeShure If there is one thing you can say about Jay Sanders, it’s that he’s never stopped following his heart and the path it leads him through music. The aspect of creativity that he admires most is collective improvisation and collaboration. This philosophy inspired him to organize theContinue Reading

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Celebrate National Quilting Day on Saturday, March 16 at the Folk Art Center. Connie Brown and Robin Brooks, who are members of the Asheville Quilt Guild and the Southern Highland Craft Guild, will demonstrate their craft from 10 a.m to 4 p.m. in the center’s lobby. The National Quilting Association,Continue Reading

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Photographer interviewed by Dennis Ray Rapid River Magazine: The first thing I notice when I walk into your gallery is that you have pictures from all over the world. Are you a travel photographer by trade? GD Whalen: No, I am not. However I do love to travel and IContinue Reading

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by Bill Walz Creating art can be a very healing experience. It can be quite therapeutic to take what is inside and bring it forward into some representation or manifestation in the world, and psychotherapeutic theory holds that when we make conscious that which is unconscious, we can begin toContinue Reading

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by Max Hammonds, MD The optometrist leaned back in his chair. To Chuck, it looked like a position in which to deliver bad news. “Chuck, take a look these results of your visual field test.” “Yeah, I noticed that you took longer on this test than the last time. IContinue Reading

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by Peter Loewer Curmudgeon walked into the General Store last weekend to hold court before Mr. and Mrs. Storekeep, the Breadman, the Postman, and a new young lady sorting through the greeting card rack in preparation for Easter, Mother’s Day, and Father’s Day, not to mention the general run ofContinue Reading