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Jump In: The Valley’s best swimmin’ spots

Jump In: The Valley’s best swimmin’ spots

by Amanda Drane | Jun 2, 2015 | Articles, Featured, News, Wellness

Those coastal dwellers don’t even know what they’re missing. Sure, they can boast miles of swimmable water, waves, seagulls — the whole summer package. But do they have rope swings? Waterfalls surrounded by sylvan beauty? How about mountain water clean enough to...
Between the Lines: Violence Against Women is Kinda a Crime

Between the Lines: Violence Against Women is Kinda a Crime

by Kristin Palpini | Jun 2, 2015 | Articles, Between the Lines, Featured, News

Earlier this year, when Georgia’s Ebony Monique Dickens posted that “all black people should rise up and shoot at every white cop in the nation starting right now,” she got arrested. When Jeremiah Perez of Colorado wrote in the comment of a YouTube video in December...
Festie Season is Here; For a good time, plan ahead

Festie Season is Here; For a good time, plan ahead

by Kristin Palpini | Jun 2, 2015 | Articles, Arts, Featured, Leisure, Music

Like anyone who loves going to music festivals, I cannot tell you how many I’ve attended: 50, 75, 10 — After a while they all run together into a single hot, soggy time dancing under open skies marked by torrential downpours, mind-blowing sets, and epic antics. Make...
The Pour Man: The Wine of the Summer Is Gavi

The Pour Man: The Wine of the Summer Is Gavi

by Warren Johnston | Jun 2, 2015 | Columns, Leisure, The Pour Man

Last year, during a visit to Beaufort, S.C., a friend introduced me to his new favorite warm weather wine, Gavi, an Italian white wine from the Piedmont region. There’s nothing new about this crisp, dry wine — it’s been around since at least 1659 — but, it was unknown...
Nightcrawler: Cropping Up All Over

Nightcrawler: Cropping Up All Over

by Gary Carra | Jun 2, 2015 | Arts, Columns, Music, Nightcrawler

Two celebrations of area agriculture and audio sprout up on the local landscape this week. The first, Watermelon Wednesdays in Whately (watermelonwednesdays.com), began its 16th season May 28 with singer/songwriters Pat Alger, Jim Rooney, and Chris Brashear....
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