For Sally Spring, music is a bridge. It links her to places she’s been and people she’s met, and it always connects her to home.
Thinking Big
Artist Jon Hair doesn’t just create mammoth sculptures. He lives big, striving to create artwork that inspires.
Fragile Canvas
Beautiful etchings emerge as artist Rebekah Joy Brown transforms eggshells into art in her Franklin studio.
Keeper of Things Great and Small
An excitable rat terrier mutt scuffles underfoot as Sara Smith unlocks the side door to her Hayesville home and ushers . . .
About Face: Catawba Valley Pottery
The first time Diane Aurit encountered Catawba Valley face jugs, she was not impressed. But today, dozens of the quirky creations fill her office and bring a smile to her face.
No Place Like Home: Land of Oz in Beech Mountain
For years, Cynthia Keller couldn’t finish watching The Wizard of Oz, for fear of the Wicked Witch. Now, as caretaker of Beech Mountain’s Land of Oz, she wakes up every day in a house at the center of the wonderful land.
Malaprop’s
While overcoming the literary persecution of her childhood, Emöke B’Racz established Malaprop’s, Asheville’s signature bookstore and pioneered the downtown business revival.
A Gracious Host
Arthur Smith, a homegrown Carolinian, is one of the most admired and influential country music singers, songwriters, and entertainers in . . .
Life As He Saw It
Talmadge Moose grew up in Stanly County in the 1930s and ’40s. He worked in his dad’s country store and for his uncles on their farms. Although his love of drawing led to a successful career that won him national acclaim, he never strayed far from his roots.
