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Looking for something to do that’s thought-provoking and (perhaps even better) free? In the creative writing world, Warren Wilson’s MFA program has earned a stellar reputation. This week, you’ve a chance to hear why. Graduating students and faculty will be giving fiction and poetry readings and they’re open to the public. Listen and learn: The […]

Luckier than others

His first name is Sixto, but since the late ‘60s, he has performed under his last name only, Rodriguez. Yet unlike other one-name musical artists, a Prince, a Madonna, a Beyonce or a Liberace, his name isn’t a household word (unless your household is in South Africa, but that part of the story comes later). […]

Weaving your heart to your sleeve

Clothes that change color in response to your heart rate? Bed linens that glow to treat seasonal affective disorder, P.M.S. or migraines? Alarm clocks woven into your pajamas? Murmuring wallpaper? Did that picture just move? Joanna Berzowska’s “Krakow: A Woven Story of Memory and Erasure” uses electronic fibers to make parts of the scene fade […]

SoundTrack

The French Broad Brewery and Tasting Room is a pretty innocuous establishment. Children, pets and Brews Cruise tourists pack the cozy space. Even so, singer/songwriter Lyndsay Wojcik—she of the Noxzema complexion and shiny locks—looks like she might be more at home at a horse show than on stage at a bar. And then she starts […]