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The former English teacher, who has overcome episodes of MS, says one of the lessons of Mt. Airy is that “we need to live our lives in the spirit of cooperation with others.”

Happiest Girl, Happiest Town

Mt. Airy, N.C.’s “other star,” country singer and author Donna Fargo, has overcome lots of adversity since her 1972 chart-topping hit, and still approaches every day with a smile.
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Martha Bruin Degen

Over the past 25 years, fiber artist Martha Bruin Degen has worked from her home studio in Staunton, where she has been expressing herself in a variety of artistic venues, including pen and charcoal sketches, printmaking and paper making.
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Vote Buying on the Honor System

A North Carolina writer/realtor, who lives in the mountains with his wife of 42 years, takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the election process.
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Patti Best, Painter

For as far back as she can remember Patti Best of Canton, N.C., has had a passion for art. Best chose to put that dream aside while she devoted her time to being a full-time mother and educator - home-schooling her children for the past 17 years.
Ray Russell, running the Boston Marathon.

If It’s WNC Weather, It’s Ray

Dr. Ray Russell, computer science professor, minister and marathoner, is also THE weatherman in the mountains, with a quarter million visitors a month to Raysweather.com.

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Knoxville Asian Festival, August 29-30,  Knoxville, Tennessee. Photo courtesy of Asian Culture Center of TN
Events

Fall 2026 Festivals & Events Guide

From the Virginias and the Carolinas to Georgia, Tennessee, and Kentucky, our annual compendium is the perfect travel companion. Inside,

4th of July Parade & Festival, July 4, Blowing Rock, North Carolina.
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Summer 2026 Festivals & Events Guide

From the Virginias and the Carolinas to Georgia, Tennessee, and Kentucky, our annual compendium is the perfect travel companion. Inside,

CALENDAR OF EVENTS