To Every Season, a Real Wilder

To Every Season, a Real Wilder

Laura Wilder of New York State is a distant cousin of Almanzo Wilder, husband of Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867-1957), who created a still-flourishing cottage…

Smoke ’em if You Got ’em

Smoke ’em if You Got ’em

In the same way that some former Western North Carolina tobacco farms are being repurposed through crop diversification, Clark Whittington transformed Midcentury cigarette-vending machines…

The Needle and the Drama

The Needle and the Drama

There’s so much fanfare around glass this season, thanks to the Dale Chihuly exhibit at Biltmore Estate and six months of companion events around…