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.
Forty Years of Clay: Clayspace Co-op
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.
Monday Night Contra Dances at the Grey Eagle Tavern
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.
The Wisdom Table at Sherry’s Bakery
Six days a week, the gentlemen 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.
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.
Keys to the Past
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.
The Postcard Collection of Durwood Barbour
Durwood Barbour of Raleigh preserved forgotten places and memories with 8,000 postcards from across the state.
Sharing the Music: Jim Ketch at the UNC Department of Music
Trumpet player and university professor Jim Ketch has never felt the need to choose between performing and teaching.
An Artist’s Perspective: William Mangum
Acclaimed watercolorist William Mangum recreates the world as he sees it through an art form he discovered largely by accident.
