Museum Qualities
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.
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Small Towns
Asheboro
Hip new restaurants, art galleries, outdoor sculptures, and some determined native sons and daughters have turned downtown into a place to be.
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Clear Run Grocery
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.
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Camden County Jail
Botched escapes and two fires highlight the history of the prison-turned-museum.
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September: Blue Ridge Harvest
Perched on a Blue Ridge Mountain peak, the Historic Orchard at Altapass tends to tradition with heirloom apples, homegrown music, and globetrotting butterflies on their way home.
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June: The Swimmin’ Hole
Amenities at RiverPark at Cooleemee Falls may be new, but fun at The Bullhole goes back a ways at this gathering place on the South Yadkin River.
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February: Mardi Gras, Down East Style
It’ll be months before the sunseekers return to the Crystal Coast, but great music, free food, and community spirit bring out the crowds in Gloucester, despite February’s chill.
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Wake Forest
Celebrating its centennial, this central town offers old-fashioned affability with a modern twist.
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