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November 1, 2026
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Blue Ridge antique apple hunter Tom Brown shares his passionate search and rescue of heritage apples and lost apple varieties in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
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.
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.
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.
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
Blue Ridge antique apple hunter Tom Brown shares his passionate search and rescue of heritage apples and lost apple varieties in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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25 Years of Rhythm and Roots at the Birthplace of Country Music
Twenty-five years ago, a small festival dedicated to the music forged from the hills of the Blue Ridge Mountains took
September 14, 2026
Singing in the Garden
Singing in the Garden: The Practically Perfect Pear
“There are only 10 minutes in the life of [the average] pear when it is perfect to eat.” —Abraham Lincoln,
September 1, 2026
