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Interview with Gail Godwin about Grief Cottage

Started by Rob Neufeld in AC-T Book Reviews Aug 3, 2017.

Ellington in Asheville--a survey

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A Slice of Life: An Evening of Stories at Black Mountain Center for the Arts

April 21, 2018 from 7:30pm to 9pm
Saturday, April 21, 2018 at 7:30 pm, join nationally celebrated storyteller, Connie Regan-Blake, as she hosts her "Taking the Stage" workshop participants, for an enchanting evening of storytelling in picturesque Black Mountain, NC. You'll enjoy a variety of stories and storytelling styles featuring tellers Jane O Cunningham from Rome, GA; Gabriele Marewski from Black Mountain, NC; Christine Phillips Westfeldt - Fairview,…See More
Mar 21
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Writers Circle around the Table

We are located in Hayesville, NC. In April we begin our new season with outstanding Poet Mike James. Mike will read at Writers' Night Out in Blairsville, GA on Friday evening April 13. On Saturday, April 14, he will teach a class at my studio.Formally SpeakingThis class will focus on different types of traditional poetic forms such as the sonnet, the villanelle, and the sestina, and will also include other verse forms such as erasures, found poems, prose poems, and last poems.Contact Glenda…See More
Mar 12
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Rachel Carson, Silent Spring Chautauqua History Alive at UNC Asheville, OLLI Reuters Center, Manheimer Room

April 15, 2018 from 3pm to 4:30pm
Step inside the revolutionary book, Silent Spring as its author Rachel Carson reveals the reckless destruction of our living world. Written more than 55 years ago Silent Spring inspired the Environmental Movement and has never been out of print. And now you have a chance to ask the author, Rachel Carson, how this came to be. But these aren’t just performances. They’re a chance to step into Living History – to ask questions and go one on one with a women whose books shaped our country and our…See More
Mar 7
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"She looks like I look in my imagination right before I've had my coffee ... relaxed, bothered (by something, anything) and fully aware that I'm almost, but not quite, the center of the universe ... a feeling that quickly fades after that…"
Mar 4
Lynn Hamilton-Rutherford replied to Kathryn Stripling Byer's discussion Mary Adams's new chapbook COMMANDMENT
"This is so perfect ... the thought of every woman, who KNOWS what the men are thinking!  But now at least we have an idea! This makes me happy in a sad, lovely sort of way!"
Mar 4
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Mom in Her Writing Nook ...

She was working on the "About the Authors" section of "Echoes Across the Blue Ridge" when I captured this one morning. Though you can't see it, her coffee cup was within gentle reach that morning. Roxie is at her feet.
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Lexie likes to sleep in the sunshine even on cold days.
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Latest non-fiction book

In 1945 Indiana prohibited marriage between a white person and anyone with more than one-eighth "Negro blood." Yet Daniel (black) and Anna (white) gave up family, friends, and eventually even country to create a life together. Their 42-year marriage…
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Nancy Werking Poling replied to Rob Neufeld's discussion Bent Creek, the 4-part story
"Rob, Thanks for putting this into one document. I've been following the narrative in the Citizen-Times. I find it an added resource for my next writing project. In 1910 my husband's grandfather (1866-1947) showed up in Missouri and said…"
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Lee Ann Brown replied to Rob Neufeld's discussion Writer Olive Dargan rises from obscurity
"Great Article!  Heart wrenching about her destroyed manuscripts and letters and notes but I will look for more of Olive Dargan!     Lee Ann Brown"
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THE BANG BANG BROKERS HITS AMAZON PRIME WITH A BANG

Focusing on the aftermath of the 2008 Financial Crisis, The Bang Bang Brokers tells the story of a hedge fund manager (based on a composite of real life traders) who got rich off of predicting the subprime fallout. His guilt and suicidal impulses lead him to a chance meeting with a Latino Gang, headed by small time weed dealer Ramon (Erik Michael Estrada). In hopes that Ramon will kill him in exchange for the favor, Rolley (played by Donihue) robs a rival Black Gang, earning the pair a ton of…See More
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Bent Creek story

Settled around 1800 by builders of a forever community, Bent Creek came into the 21st century with its land now part of a U.S. experimental forest, and descendants still attached to the place and its traditions. Read major feature.

The Ellington in Asheville tour

Read how Art Deco trailblazer came to Asheville and what he did here (map included)

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Heroic stories of the homeless

Read about Dave Minneman and a lifelong sense of justice

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Heroic struggles of the homeless

Read the stories of Viola, Jim, and Kirk, told with great spirit and candor

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Asheville tourism past and future

Can we learn from the past and ask the best questions about the future regarding what is perhaps the No. 1 present historical force in our region?

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New George Ellison book

Elizabeth and George Ellison have collaborated on a book, Literary Excursions in the Southern Highlands, that offers a naturalist view of WNC. Read review by clicking on the image. .

Ron Rash's The Risen

Ron Rash's new novel explores buried guilt from the Summer of Love. He's in Asheville Sept. 21; and Sylva, Oct. 1. Read review and interview by clicking on the image. Photo by Kate Vukovich. .

Pre-Civic Center downtown

The Asheville Auditorium, pictured here, opened in 1940, constructed with WPA funding...see what followed by clicking on the image.

Treasures from archives

Pauline Johnson and Roman Blevins present "North Carolina History: From the Archives to the Classroom,” at Mars Hill University, Thurs., February 18, 3 p.m.

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Looking homeward with John Parris

John Parris, the late, beloved "Roaming the Mountains" author, often looked back to his home in Jackson County.

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Getting to know Firestorm

Firestorm Books and Coffee, the only full-service bookstore in West Asheville, is a cooperative that provides insight into anarchism.

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Legendary turkey hunters

Read about outdoorsman/writer Jim Casada's new book, and see chapter about one legendary hunter and renaissance man.

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See the timeline of Asheville and WNC historic events by clicking on photo.

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Vegan Studies Project

Laura Wright, WCU professor, authors a wide-ranging, clear survey of a subject of increasing significance..

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Historic photo

There were whiskey busts after Prohibition in the Thunder Road era, with distillers avoiding exorbitant taxes.

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RT Smith presence at App State

The legendary writer and editor has been placed in a Distinguished Chair at App State. He'll be making his presence known.

Click on photo for history of country club since Swannanoa hunt days.

Former slaves recall slavery

Asheville, 1937: four former slaves recall a past that hurts. Click on photo for more info.

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A crowd gathered outside the Asheville Citizen building to follow the scoreboard during the 1923 World Series. Click photo to read background story, see larger image.

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Asheville's African-American music mecca

Before integration, Asheville's black neighborhood and business centers nurtured gospel, jazz and classical music.  Read the full story.

Obscure no more

Read about Olive Tilford Dargan, playwright, poet and novelist, who followed her mountain characters to the mills and was dismissed as proletarian.  

 

Changing Madison Co.

Laura Boggess and Patricia Thompson have combed MHU archives to document changes in the Madison County landscape. See about Feb. 6, 3:30 p.m. presentation.

How's nature doing in WNC?

Read the story about nature-related issues that were big in the early 1990s are doing a quarter of a century later.

Hope of citizen science

Mary Ellen Hannibal is author of Citizen Scientist: Searching for Heroes and Hope in an Age of Extinction.  Read about her book and read her essay.

WNC sacred site in Hawk

Dellinger's Mill is the longest operating, family-owned, water-powered grist mill in the state.  The mill began operation in 1867 with 1850s machinery carted across the mountains.  Read what Jack Dellinger says.

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Community and Local History

Burton Street School

In  1925, children in the Burton Street community in West Asheville went an elementary school where the community center is now.  Read more.  See larger photo.

Akzona excavation, 1978

Landmark event--North Pack Square was razed; and the site for I.M. Pei's edifice cleared.  Read more.

James Vestus Miller

African-American leader Miller formed Miller & Sons Construction, specializing in churches and commercial buildings.  Read more.

Plott hounds on board

1942: hunters in Haywood County get ready to go chase bear.  Read more.

See more Community and Local History features.

Events

Jan. 25, 7 p.m., Banjo player and story-teller Dom Flemons at Blue Ridge Community College, Jan. 25.  More.

Jan. 25, 5:30 p.m., Dr. Kathy Ackerman, author of The Heart of Revolution: The Radical Life and Novels of Olive Dargan, at West Asheville Library.  More.

Feb. 3, 6 p.m., Silent Films at the Esmerelda Inn, Chimney Rock, Frank Thompson presents "Brother Bill," "The Masked Rider," and "Gilded Lies."  More.

Feb. 16, 6 to 8 p.m., UNC Asheville, Kristin Hannah (left), author of The Great Alone. More.


                                  

Blog Posts

Writers Circle around the Table

Posted by Glenda Council Beall on March 12, 2018 at 4:30pm

PULLING THE SCOTTY

Posted by Lynn Hamilton-Rutherford on March 7, 2018 at 1:36am

FAILED CHILDHOOD THEORIES

Posted by Lynn Hamilton-Rutherford on March 6, 2018 at 11:35pm

THE BANG BANG BROKERS HITS AMAZON PRIME WITH A BANG

Posted by Rap Monster on February 4, 2018 at 10:38am

Lil Dee aka @Rapmonster Has A Message For Church Hoes And It’s Nothing Nice

Posted by Rap Monster on January 26, 2018 at 10:54am

Kristin Hannah at UNCA February 16

Posted by Rob Neufeld on January 25, 2018 at 9:30am

Dom Flemons legendary musician at BRCC Jan 25

Posted by Rob Neufeld on January 17, 2018 at 3:00pm

Cherokee and WNC music and dance events

Posted by Rob Neufeld on November 15, 2017 at 3:00pm

The Real-Life Story Behind the Sam Blackman Mystery Series

Posted by Mark de Castrique on October 13, 2017 at 8:57am

Sample 8 Great Smokies Writers at Malaprop’s, Oct. 15

Posted by Rob Neufeld on October 6, 2017 at 9:00am

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