Asheville’s First Fresco Eyes Immortality
byThe Haywood Street congregation, home to the Downtown Welcome Table and a sanctuary to people searching for a sense of family, recently finished a…
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Comfort, Joy, and a New Leash on Life
byDecluttering influencer Marie Kondo blew up in 2019 after she told us to ditch every item in our homes that didn’t “spark joy.” An…
Overhaul in Triptych: Asheville Art Museum is Now Open
by“Appalachia has always been diverse — from those who were indigenous to the region to all those who migrated [here] for one reason or…
Ten Reasons to Be Thankful (that Holiday Shopping is Now Conflated with Leaf Season)
byBack in early October, with record highs being set daily, Asheville meteorologist Hunter Ward predicted that all the dryness would yield a brilliant leaf…
Stitching the Sewing Community Back Together Again
byIn their latest endeavor, legacy craft-gear manufacturer Diamond Brand Gear, having manufactured outdoor and mountain-lifestyle clothing and equipment since 1881, has helped launch an…
How Makers of All Kinds Reclaimed the World’s Vilified Creatures
byThose once-feared flying mammals don’t want to nest in your hair — bats are too busy gobbling mosquitoes with superpower abandon. Building protective bat…
So Much Craft That a Week is Ten Days
byDuring the local observance of the 10th Annual American Craft Week — a full ten days happening Friday, Oct. 4 through Sunday, Oct. 13…
13th Annual Lynn Boggess Exhibition
byThe Haen Gallery Heralded by The Haen Gallery for the 13th year in a row, one of the most remarkable American landscape painters of…
Folk School’s 45th Annual Fall Festival
byJohn C. Campbell Folk School OHeld each year on a remote but cheerful campus in Brasstown, NC, John C. Campbell Folk School’s annual Fall…
A Bunch of Ways to Go BIG in September
byLast fall, Steve Geddes of New Hampshire made national news for growing the biggest pumpkin in America. His record-cracking curcubit weighed in at 2,528…