One man’s hobby grew into a haven for serious music collectors and a bright spot for many who just want to plug into their past.
A Literary Community: Purple Crow Books
Owner Sharon Wheeler has reason to believe in Purple Crow Books’ success. She opened the store in a town populated by acclaimed writers and devoted readers.
The Hidden Garden
Throughout her career as a radiologic technologist, Frances Apple relied on the high-tech tools of her trade to reveal her patients’ conditions. Today, she uses those same X-rays to peer at the beauty within some unexpected subjects.
High Art: The Bascom
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.
Red Clay Culture
In central North Carolina, red clay is the sod beneath our feet, the bed from which nourishment springs, a source of work and of art. And for those of us whose roots are planted here, it colors who we are.
Fluent in Music
Acclaimed composer and Winston-Salem native Margaret Vardell Sandresky continues to speak through her award-winning compositions.
Follow the Sound: African American Music Trail
Musical treasures dating back to segregation are there to be discovered in the far-reaching corners of eastern North Carolina. The newly conceived African American Music Trail will help you remember them.
Two Easels, One Vocation: Originals Only in West Jefferson
Painting is a way of life for Lenore De Pree and Joan Bell, owners of Originals Only in West Jefferson.
Small Strokes
An avid fisherman from an early age, wildlife artist Duane Raver Jr. built a career on perfecting tiny details — the shimmer of a scale, the translucence of a fin.
