New Kicks: Rural arts nonprofits get nimble

Volume
17
/ Issue
17
November 25, 2020

ONLINE VERSION

Cover Design Credit:

Scott Southwick

Cover Photography Credit:

Camilla Calnan
Rural arts groups have to be nimble on their feet during the best of times. The pandemic has put the creative minds at new nonprofit Trillium Arts and the established Toe River Arts to the test. On the cover: Melvin AC Howell of Hendersonville

arts

  • Algebra and flame

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  • Basel-bound

    -by Jaye Bartell
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  • There’s Something about Joanna (Newsom)

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  • The profiler

    -by Webmaster
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  • Soundtrack

    -by Webmaster
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  • Smart Bets

    -by Xpress Staff
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food

  • Small Bites

    -by Mackensy Lunsford
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  • The Blackbird flies

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news

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    -by Jake Frankel
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    -by Jake Frankel
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    -by Webmaster
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  • Greening local public schools

    -by Anne Fitten Glenn
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    -by Webmaster
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    -by Susan Andrew
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opinion