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    Author:   Kim Winter Mako

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    Miriam McNamara returns to Asheville to launch her new YA novel

    Posted on July 31, 2019July 29, 2019 by Kim Winter Mako

    Born in Ireland and raised in Virginia, the author first came to the Asheville area (which she called home for 17 years) as an undergraduate at Warren Wilson College.

    2.7 K views+ArtsLiterature

    How-to comedy series returns with a show about rules

    Posted on June 18, 2019June 13, 2019 by Kim Winter Mako

    ‘Rules and How to Break Them’ opens Thursday, June 20, and will run for six performances at The Bebe Theater.

    3.2 K views+ArtsComedyTheater

    Terpsicorp­s revisits a poignant topic with ‘Hunger’

    Posted on June 13, 2019June 7, 2019 by Kim Winter Mako

    Terpsicorps’ ‘Hunger’ returns to the stage Thursday-Saturday, June 20-22, at Diana Wortham Theater for the company’s 17th season. Its message is even more relevant today than when the ballet premiered in Asheville five years ago.

    3.6 K views2ArtsDance

    Montford Park Players opens the season with ‘Shakespeare in Love’

    Posted on May 9, 2019May 2, 2019 by Kim Winter Mako

    The Montford Park Players have performed Shakespeare’s plays since 1973. In recent years, the group has incorporated other classically inspired works into its line-up, including original work and plays for young audiences.

    2.6 K views+ArtsTheater

    Local filmmaker Jennifer Trudrung adapts a Stephen King short story for the screen

    Posted on April 5, 2019March 28, 2019 by Kim Winter Mako

    “The teacher in the book, Ms. Bird, comes off as an old and ugly schoolmarm,” Trudrung says. “I wanted to play up her femininity.” Inspirations for the role included Kellyanne Conway and Jeffrey Dahmer.

    3.5 K views+ArtsMovie News & Previews

    WNC farmers look to new business models after last year’s flooding

    Posted on March 27, 2019March 25, 2019 by Kim Winter Mako

    In April, Cane Creek Valley Farm in Fletcher will open two of its organic fields to the community through a new garden-share program that’s aimed at bolstering the small, family-owned operation against the damaging effects of weather events.

    2.8 K views+Farm & GardenLiving

    Storytelle­r Connie Regan-Blake releases an album

    Posted on March 7, 2019February 28, 2019 by Kim Winter Mako

    The tracks on the CD comes from the recording of a live show Regan-Blake gave at Black Mountain Center for the Arts in 2017. The stories are a mix of traditional folk tales and personal stories, and they’re suitable for all ages.

    2.9 K views+ArtsLiteraturePerformance Art

    The 12th annual Asheville Mardi Gras Parade is ready to roll

    Posted on February 28, 2019February 21, 2019 by Kim Winter Mako

    This year’s parade theme is Wild, Wild Asheville. “It can refer to the wild spirit Ashevilleans embrace, the wild nature that surrounds our mountain town, or the wild ingredients found in our beers and food,” says Diane Curry, Asheville Mardis Gras’ executive committee chair.

    4.7 K views4ArtsMusicPerformance Art

    Asheville’s complicate­d relationsh­ip with food franchises

    Posted on February 20, 2019February 18, 2019 by Kim Winter Mako

    Although WNC has deep love for its locally grown, independent businesses, many area restaurant and food franchises are owned and operated by proud Asheville residents.

    4.6 K views3Food

    Asheville podcasts tell local food and farm stories

    Posted on February 6, 2019February 4, 2019 by Kim Winter Mako

    A handful of Asheville-based podcasts showcase the area’s chefs, farmers and food culture.

    3.4 K views+FoodFood News

    The legacy of a celebrated UNCA writing and literature professor

    Posted on January 31, 2019January 25, 2019 by Kim Winter Mako

    “My greater goal was to give people access. To help people communicate,” says Dee James. Listening to other people’s stories promotes empathy and connection, she explains, helping us to understand parts of ourselves. 

    5.5 K views+ArtsLiterature

    Robert Turner discusses his new book and the Eat Your View movement

    Posted on January 30, 2019January 28, 2019 by Kim Winter Mako

    Turner believes the agrihood — a community built around a working farm — is a model that will help preserve farmland in Western North Carolina.

    3.6 K views+FoodFood NewsSustainability

    Why There Are Words literary series launches in Asheville

    Posted on January 14, 2019January 15, 2019 by Kim Winter Mako

    Six poets and prose writers — Christine Hale, Luke Hankins, Mackenzie Kozak, Thoreau Lovell, Mark MacNamara and former North Carolina Poet Laureate Shelby Stephenson — will kick off the first event of what will continue as a quarterly series.

    3.4 K views+ArtsLiterature
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