The Bascom visual arts center in Highlands brings the community together through craft, art, and classes, all within a setting to take your breath away.
august 2010
A Slice of Summer
A summer favorite, watermelon adds flavor, color, and coolness to dishes in every course.
Southern Twang: The Story of the Banjo
Pluck one string, and images start forming: rural family gatherings, dirt-floor dances, and simple picking on a porch as the sun sets. Few instruments conjure place more powerfully than the banjo.
Simple and Sugary, Sweet Tea is a Symbol of the South
In our dining rooms and diners, we stir together a handful of humble ingredients to produce an amber elixir that tastes like the South and feels like home.
A Growing Collection
A quarter-century ago, Hillsborough resident W. Steven Burke bought two miniature buildings. Now, he has nearly 1,000, with no end in sight.
Fine Wine and World-Class Cuisine at On the Square in Tarboro
In an old building in a small town, a world-class culinary husband-and-wife team’s thriving restaurant with fine wine proves that Tarboro has a taste for quality.
Built to Stand: Old Stone House
Decades of neglect and abuse couldn’t shake the Old Stone House, a Rowan County landmark with a story to tell about our state’s early settlers.
Crowning a Queen
Merging her tough-minded newspaper personality with the glamour of beauty pageants, Denton’s Venus Wallace crossed borders in an effort to promote her tiny town.
On The Porch
Even when the space is still there — a front porch with room for a couple of rockers, maybe a swing — time to enjoy the tranquility seems to have moved just beyond our grasp.
