Chronicles History of GSMNP by Lisa Duff As one of the largest and wildest national parks in the East and as America’s most visited national park, Great Smoky Mountains has a long history that is both dramatic and highly influential. “Unlike most western parks, which were carved from vacant, publicContinue Reading
reviews by Marcianne Miller The Bees Written by Laline Paull Anyone in “Bee City” Asheville, especially if you are indeed a beekeeper or love honey, must read The Bees, wrritten by first-time novelist Laline Paull. I absolutely loved this book. It was so well written, astonishing actually, that I wasContinue Reading
World-Renowned Musicians and Scholars perform at UNC Asheville, October 2-6, 2014 by Steve Plever Musicians, scholars and activists from around the nation and abroad will gather at UNC Asheville October 2-6 for Ecomusics & Ecomusicologies 2014: Dialogues – five days of concerts and workshops connecting music and ecological awareness. MusicContinue Reading
by Anna Lee Zanetti Join Friends of the Smokies for a full day of hiking on a Classic Hike deep in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park along Pretty Hollow Gap Trail in Cataloochee Valley, followed by elk viewing. Hiking guide and author Danny Bernstein will lead this Friends ofContinue Reading
Works in Susan Webb Tregay’s exhibition, “Contemporary Art for Adult Children,” are colorful, humorous visual delights that await discovery by the viewer. Currently on display at the Hilton Asheville Biltmore Park, they can be seen through September 22, 2014. Tregay’s background 30 years of painting and teaching and the publicationContinue Reading
by Anna Lee Zanetti Soak up vistas from the highest peak in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Clingmans Dome, on the September Classic Hike of the Smokies. Hikers will also enjoy the fruits of the Smokies Trails Forever program as they walk above the clouds along the reconstructed Forney RidgeContinue Reading
by Erica Bell Benefit concert featuring: Little Anthony, Roger Kellaway, Yongmei Hu, Peter Beets, Bobby Caldwell, Frankie Previte, Samantha Landrum, Emily West, Lisa Sherman & the Asheville Symphony Orchestra. “The Many Moods of McCartney” is a consortium of talent benefit concert, featuring the Asheville Symphony Orchestra honoring Sir Paul McCartney’sContinue Reading
by Alice Sebrell Dan Rice at Black Mountain College: Painter Among the Poets focuses on the paintings and relationships of Rice, a Black Mountain College student, then teacher for 10 years. He was a friend and associate of Franz Kline, Robert Rauschenberg, Robert Motherwell, Willem deKooning and Mark Rothko, andContinue Reading
The Mississippi based band Rosco Bandana proudly describes itself as “the product of teenage rebellion and its consequences; of lost love, false starts and most of all lasting friendships.” by James Cassara It’s a time honored and familiar story; a group of kids, their lives consumed by music, take aContinue Reading
