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March 2010 Table of Contents

Photo Essay

Roughing It

The neighbors howl, peck, chirp, and crow. The food tastes best when fresh off a stick. And the conversations flow without distraction. Somewhere in our state, your campsite awaits.

Features

Concerts at the Courthouse by Bill Thompson

Judge Ola Lewis brings music to justice’s doorstep, giving Brunswick County residents a place to gather, whether they’re on trial or not.

A Carolina Calling by Michael Graff

Every time he straps on a headset, Woody Durham imagines speaking to just one person — you.

North Carolina Rivers by T. Edward Nickens

Rivers tell our story from the beginning of time. And still they beckon us, sending us downstream in a rush or ushering us along tranquil passages.

Plying the Pamlico by Laurie Prince

For nearly three decades, the Pamlico River took our writer’s family to wild places and etched itself into their memories.

Beyond the Rush by Diane Summerville Jakubsen

In our cities, wilderness tends to take its last stand along the rivers. A Durham river guide devotes his days to helping others experience the serenity still found along the Triangle’s urban waterways.

Back from the Brink by Jess Clarke

Slicing through western North Carolina on its way to the Gulf of Mexico, the French Broad River is thriving once again after years of abuse.

Paddling the Black by Kevin Adams

Regardless of the span of the journey, a trip on the eastern river is always an excursion into majesty.

Whitewater Woodstock by Jack Horan

On a single day each year, paddlers crash down the Green River in one of North Carolina’s most spectacular — yet least visible — competitive events.

Departments

Editor’s Welcome


Our State Quiz

North Carolina has hundreds of waterfalls of all sizes. Test your knowledge of these cascades with this month’s quiz on our state’s wonderful waterfalls.

Tar Heel Books and Music

Writing Home by Louisa Dang

Author Jill McCorkle has lived in other parts of the country, but she’s proud to say she’s a Southern writer at heart.

Music on Main Street by Diane Summerville Jakubsen

Beginning this month, six North Carolina towns play host to “New Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music,” an exhibition provided through a partnership between the North Carolina Humanities Council and the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service.

Tar Heel Humor

Longing for a River by Daniel Wallace

Tar Heel Towns

Asheboro by Chip Womick

Hip new restaurants, art galleries, outdoor sculptures, and some determined native sons and daughters have turned Asheboro into a place to be.

Tar Heel History

Carolina’s Magic Mountains by David Aaron Moore

In the early 20th century, people from all over the world came to Asheville seeking wellness. Today, they still do.

Tar Heel People

Walk Beside Me by Jeri Rowe

In his hometown of Kinston, Jimbo Perry is not just another defense attorney. He’s the guardian angel who guides the city’s youth.

Carolina Arts

Museum Qualities by Jennifer Bringle

Inside a historic brick building in downtown Salisbury, the Waterworks Visual Arts Center plans its next half-century, and a new generation of Rowan County children learns how artists work.

Tar Heel Gardening

Solomon’s Seal by L.A. Jackson

Pampered in a shady nook, the elegant perennial adds color and height to cultivated gardens from spring through fall.

Carolina Kitchen

Three Cheers for Cheerwine by Charlotte Fekete Why only drink Salisbury’s favorite fizzy beverage, when you can cook with it, too?

Tar Heel Tastes

Olympia Meals at River’s End

World-class hikers and whitewater rafters know all about this restaurant on the banks of the Nantahala River. It’s where river gods and mortals stop for great home-cooking.

Dates and Events

Flavor for Miles by Mandy Stovall

Celebrate the freshest, most enticing flavors the region has to offer at the Outer Banks Taste of the Beach Weekend, March 11-14.

Tar Heel Image

Water Power, submitted by Dave Randolph of Raleigh

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