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Milling discusses the work and creations of Asheville glass carver Charles Donaldson. Donaldson spent fifteen years, beginning at age nineteen, traveling the world conducting studies of various cultures' arts and crafts. Seeking a nicer place to raise children, the family left California and settled first in Wilmington and, in 2001, in Asheville. Donaldson produces between sixty and eighty pieces a month. Many are shipped to galleries for sale. He does about twelve craft shows a year. One of the most popular pieces he sells is titled THE BRIDGE.
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Storyteller Connie Regan-Blake of Asheville maintains a busy schedule, performing nationally and internationally and conducting workshops to teach others the art of telling stories. A visit to her cousin, who was working in a library, started Regan-Blake on her storytelling career. In 1975, the two women decided to tell stories full-time, and for the next three years they performed around the country. They eventually settled in Asheville where Regan-Blake met her future husband. In July, the National Storytelling Network presented her with the 2006 Oracle Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of her “sustained and exemplary contribution to storytelling in North America.â€
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The Southern Appalachian Radio Museum is one of the state's smaller museums. It occupies a room in the Elm Building on the campus of the Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College. Volunteers discuss with visitors the assortment of transmitters, receivers, converters, code keys, ham radios, and other vintage items from the history of radio.
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Using the alphabet, the writers describe twenty-six interesting places to visit during the summer months. These include the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge, Bost Grist Mill, Charlotte Trolley Museum, Doughton Park, and the Zebulon Latimer House Museum.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 73 Issue 1, June 2005,
p78-84, 86-88, 90-92, il
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Toymaker Harold Garrison hand-carves old-time toys, like the hillbilly yo-yo and the gee haw whimmy diddle. Garrison is in his eighty-second year, stands 6'10,†and still lives at his old homeplace in Weaverville. His carving titled “Government Machines†earned him a spot in the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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Milling discusses the circuitous path that eventually led woodcarver Dennis Ruane and his wife to settle in downtown Waynesville. Ruane earned degrees from the universities of West Virginia and Wisconsin and was working on his doctorate when he decided to pursue his love of carving. He had never taken an art class before. He lived in Pennsylvania and Maryland before friends recommended that he explore the artistic happenings in western North Carolina. The family came to North Carolina in 1999, and in 2000, opened Hardwood Gallery in Waynesville.
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Not yet thirty years of age, Joshua P. Warren of Asheville is an internationally known expert on things paranormal. He has authored eight books, written newspaper articles, and explored almost one thousand paranormal locations. He has seen an apparition only once. He is the founder and president of the League of Energy Materialization and Unexplained phenomena Research (L.E.M.U.R.). This team of researchers conducts investigations using high-tech devices, including electromagnetic field detection, infrared and ultraviolet photography, sub-sonic audio recording, and three-dimensional photography.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 73 Issue 5, Oct 2005,
p148-150, 152, 154, 156, il
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