Kids Issue Part 1: My Great Idea
Volume
27
/ Issue 32
Cover Design Credit:
Scott SouthwickCover Photography Credit:
Caleb Wilson
For 2021, we asked kids and teens to submit art and writing around the theme of “My Great Idea.” As you’ll see, students came up with a bounty of intriguing ideas — from amazing new gadgets to improving our society — expressed in art, essays, poems and short fiction. Check back next week for more creative work in Part 2, along with our annual guide to area summer camps. On the cover: Evergreen Community Charter School third grader Caleb Wilson depicts a complex mind at work.
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Secret Agent 23 Skidoo takes on Bach and folk tales on new album
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo returns with his latest album, “The Beat Bach Symphonies,” a collaboration with the Asheville Symphony Orchestra and several international musicians.Local children’s author explores world religions
“Kids don’t actually care about what other people believe,” says children’s author Vicki Garlock. “They don’t care about dogma. A good way to educate kids is through traditions — holidays,…Story Medicine Worldwide celebrates 10-year anniversary
On March 12, Story Medicine Worldwide will kick off a three-day celebration, recognizing its 10-year anniversary. The local organization focuses on storytelling as a means of healing.Around town: Emerging Artists exhibit returns to Black Mountain Center for the Arts, plus free kids workshops, virtual fundraisers and more
Nationally recognized wildlife artist Bob Travers returns with his latest batch of students for the 15th annual Emerging Artists exhibit. Also: Wortham Center for the Performing Arts extends free online…food
Teaching kids to cook feeds culinary curiosity and builds confidence
Local chefs and cooking instructors offer tips for helping kids learn kitchen fundamentals.living
Green in brief: WNC gets $100K toward charging stations, RiverLink seeks storm drain adoptions
The charging station program, funded by the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality from part of the state's allocation in the Volkswagen emissions-cheating scandal, partially defrays the cost of installing Level…news
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Emergency care for pint-size patients
Mission Hospital recently opened an emergency department specifically for pediatric patients in Asheville. Doctors and parents alike say the dedicated 12-unit facility can make an emergency visit less stressful and…During pandemic, mentors take care of kids in a Big way
Whether adult or child, every participant in the local Big Brothers Big Sisters program has struggled with the limitations and restrictions imposed by the coronavirus pandemic on the one-to-one mentoring…Proposed state COVID-19 tax relief worries Buncombe officials
“We would end up basically having to raise taxes on everyone else to fund these rebates to businesses that we understand have had a tough year, but many of which…Richmond Hill residents hunker down for fight over proposed development
Richmond Hill residents, eager to preserve their quiet neighborhood from traffic and construction, will do just about anything to block plans to build nearly 1,400 residential units overlooking the French…opinion
Letter: Land conservation efforts have positive impact
"Permanently protected farms have helped preserve a portion of the county’s rich farming heritage, kept intact part of the rapidly vanishing agrarian landscape, maintained the viability of local food supply…Letter: No bridge, no Bluffs!
"Without the bridge, Richmond Hill will be torn apart — both figuratively and literally. Our community will bear the burden but not one benefit."Letter: Our land is more than a backdrop for development
"We ask why the developers don’t care. They’ve been taught architecture as though project sites were interchangeable background slides projected behind the main subject: the man-made structure."Letter: Could local Black artists ‘Advance Asheville’?
"Hiding history only tempts us to repeat it."Letter: Thumbs-down on vaccine decision
"I ask: Who is more likely to die from COVID — schoolchildren or seniors?"