Connect With Us
Facebook-f X-twitter Youtube Instagram

September 2018

Spartanburg

Spartanburg: From Mill Town To Art Town

Once upon a time, Spartanburg, South Carolina was known as the Lowell of the South, with upwards of 40 textile mills operating full tilt throughout the county. Now it has a new identity—as a center for artists and the art they create.
This view, looking south from Bluff Mountain, is of the North Carolina section of the Blue Ridge Parkway near Alligator Rocks.

Blue Ridge Parkway: A Loving Lament

Elizabeth Hunter, who began contributing to this magazine with its first issue and served as its award-winning columnist until her retirement at the end of 2014, also wrote dozens of articles, with care, awe and love, about the Blue Ridge Parkway.
It’s a full house on Main Street at the beautiful Historic Masonic Theatre.

Our Blue Ridge Towns: Riding the Art Train in Clifton Forge, Virginia

How does an out-of-the-way mountain town—pretty much left for dead a few decades back— make a comeback? It’s a long story that finally comes down to this: creativity and courage.
803714d8-b084-11e8-8ade-120e7ad5cf50-sig-9-18-copy

The Apples On The Hill

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree. —Martin Luther
Part of Radford, Virginia’s charm is the Riverway in Bissett Park along the New River.

Towns: Finding the Heart and Soul

The magazine debuts a new column this issue—one that goes deep inside the places where we live, the places we come to love.
VIEW MORE

Current Issue

Departments
Behind Blue Ridge Country

Even More Sweet Virginia Breezes

Casually cruising to Claytor Lake in southwest Virginia, I felt like I had come home – back to where it

April 12, 2018

CALENDAR OF EVENTS