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February 2010 Table of Contents
PHOTO ESSAY
Beautiful Game
Hit a drive through the leaves in the highlands, flop a wedge over the water on the Outer Banks, and step in the footprints of legends at Pinehurst. In North Carolina, this is how we golf.
FEATURES
Keys to the Past by Michael Graff
Inside the walls of Kluttz Piano Company in Granite Quarry, old can become new, and forgotten can become remembered, as one family keeps alive a piano restoration business that opened more than 75 years ago.
Where Neighbors Meet
Most North Carolina towns have at least one. That place we’re drawn to. Not just for the food or the music or the service, but because of the friendships we’ve found there.
Back to the Good Old Days by Rachel Davis-Johnson
Greensboro’s old-fashioned drugstore, Brown-Gardiner, has served up great food and friendly conversation for more than 50 years.
Carolina Stockyards by Leah Hughes
The auction block may be the heart of Carolina Stockyards Company, but its soul lies down the hall in the busy diner.
Clear Run Grocery by Lydialyle Gibson
Most evenings, Clear Run Grocery sits dark and silent. But once a month, a bluegrass jam kicks up the dust and pulls in pickers and players from the surrounding Sandhills.
Sherry’s Bakery by Chip Womick
Six days a week, the gentleman of The Wisdom Table at Sherry’s Bakery in Dunn meet to solve the world’s problems — and keep each other’s egos in check.
Monday Night Dance by Jess Clarke
Once a week, fast feet heat up the dance floor at Asheville’s Grey Eagle Tavern as contra dancers convene for lively music and good company.
DEPARTMENTS
Editor’s Welcome
Our State Quiz
North Carolina’s country and general stores have provided provisions as well as a place for generations of Tar Heels to fraternize. Go back to the good old days of shopping with this month’s quiz on these rural and rustic retail establishments.
Letters From Our Readers
Tar Heel Books and Music
An Artist’s Perspective by Chris Hill
Acclaimed watercolorist William Mangum recreates the world as he sees it through an art form he discovered largely by accident.
Sharing the Music by Grant Britt
Trumpet player and university professor Jim Ketch has never felt the need to choose between performing and teaching.
Tar Heel Humor
True Love by Daniel Wallace
Tar Heel Towns
Elizabeth City by Chris Gigley
With the largest collection of Antebellum homes and buildings in the state and rich traditions like the Rose Buddies reception, the county seat of Pasquotank hums with history and community.
Tar Heel History
Botched escapes and two fires highlight the history of the prison-turned-museum.
Tar Heel People
Collecting Carolina by Josh Shaffer
Durwood Barbour of Raleigh preserves forgotten places and memories with 8,000 postcards from across the state.
Carolina Artist
Forty Years of Clay by Alli Marshall
In a 1,200-square-foot workspace in Asheville’s River Arts District, Clayspace founder Josh Copus and fellow ceramists make beautiful creations out of clay from a Leicester field.
Tar Heel Gardening
The Winter Dragon by L.A. Jackson
In addition to white flowers in the spring and orange-like fruits in the fall, Poncirus trifoliate adds interest to a leafless landscape with long, curved thorns.
Tar Heel Tastes
Syrup of the South by Chris Gigley
How Maple Creek Farm near Burnsville became the one and only maple syrup producer in North Carolina.
Carolina Kitchen
A Passion for Chocolate by Charlotte Fekete
Local chocolatiers Jael and Dan Rattigan of French Broad Chocolate Lounge share a coveted hot chocolate recipe, and we share cookie and brownie recipes to go with it.
Agenda
At the Center of Change by Mandy Stovall
Located in the building where four courageous men took a stand, the International Civil Rights Center & Museum opens in Greensboro on February 1.
Tar Heel Image
Dramatic Heights, submitted by Sabari Nath
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