Horizon behind me, no more pain: The Black Crowes land at Harrah’s Cherokee

When it comes to American rock music, you’d be hard-pressed to find a more talented and sonically important act than…
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Holding secrets can prove slippery

Kayden is doing her very best not to tell me about the preparations she and mom and Jack have made…
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Chris Cox’s warm, witty book about family

Search online, or in a library or bookshop, and you’ll find how-to books about parenting. Recent popular titles include “Simplicity…
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It’s about damn time: A conversation with Magnolia Boulevard

Coming in hot to the perform at 185 King Street in Brevard last Thursday evening, Magnolia Boulevard had barely enough…
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Trading resentment for gratitude

In “Untangling You” (Major Street Publishing, 2022, 208 pages), Dr. Kerry Howells explores the role of gratitude in life and…
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Medicine for living: Alexa Rose plays Yonder Community Market

On Sunday afternoon, as a good portion of Western North Carolina was experiencing rainstorms, the early summer sunshine broke through…
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If God is gone, then what’s left?

Sometimes a book finds you when you need it and don’t even know you need it. Over the last few…
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Blow the tannery whistle: Please butt out

At this point, I would like to tell you about my great-great grandfather, Bryant Carden, who joined the Confederacy. Bryant…
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Love, Dante, and a wild goose chase

I have always been a sucker for a good love story, so when I was told that J. M. Coetzee —…
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Rock’em, sock’em: Live wrestling comes to The Orange Peel

When he was just a kid, Cole Taylor vividly remembers the first time he watched wrestling on TV. It was…
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Mark Helprin, a great American novelist

Friday, May 30, was a banner day I’ll long remember. A soft Carolina-blue sky topped the Virginia hills and fields…
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Book honors George Ellison

Elizabeth and Quintin Ellison will share their poetry and photography book created with the late George Ellison, “Land of Blue…
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Asheville Poetry Review marks 30 years

In May, a very special anniversary issue of the Asheville Poetry Review was released for public consumption celebrating 30 years…
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