JAWS Are you afraid of sharks? If yes, answer this — have you ever actually seen the aquatic predator in person or even been near a coastal body of water in your life? If not, maybe it’s because you have seen JAWS — Steven Spielberg’s seminal, Academy AwardⓇ winning 1975 thriller about a quaint coastal […]
This story is published in partnership with Life & Thyme. Pepe Alvarez has dedicated his entire life to the fields. But in the early 2000s, after 30 years of working in landscaping, he was forced to make a change. This was around the same time Puerto Rico entered a devastating economic recession, the effects of […]
Violin-making student Cailen Campbell, of Weaverville, plays the first violin made by fellow student Kelly Sivy, who moved to Elkin from Alaska to study violin making under the tutelage of Joe Thrift. After years in artisan circles — from a decade touring with a famous roots jam band to making fine furniture for the Hanes […]