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...
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...
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...
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...
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....