For nearly 50 years, a trip to Dots has been a summer standby.
City Portrait: Morganton
Sheltered by the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, the people of this Burke County city find art and music, history and natural beauty, in the gentle peaks that surround them.
Tandem Hang Gliding Offers New Mountain Thrills
A new perspective on the Blue Ridge. No jumping from mountains necessary.
From Bluegrass to Zydeco, Asheville Music Flourishes
Asheville won’t sit still for labels. Its inhabitants will smile and oblige mountain-music expectations with strings that threaten to ignite under a picker’s high-speed fingers. Sidewalk musicians will stage corner concerts, a gracious Asheville reception for guests drawn to the city for its celebrated jam sessions. But don’t dress the Asheville of your daydreams in a permanent pair of cowboy boots. And don’t brand it an unruly drummer too offbeat to march in time.
