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23614
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Best-selling author of 'Water for Elephants' discusses her life since the success of the book and what inspires her new novel 'At the Water's Edge.'
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The Laurel of Asheville
(NoCar F 264 .A8 L28), Vol. 12 Issue 3, March 2015,
p64-65, por
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23997
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Cindy Threlkeld is the executive director of MANNA FoodBank; she discusses the challenges she faces in her position and how she ended up in Asheville.
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The Laurel of Asheville
(NoCar F 264 .A8 L28), Vol. 11 Issue 2, February 2014,
p86, por
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23987
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Murphy introduces readers to musician David Holt, whose tunes reveal information about music and life in the Southern Appalachians. Holt created the Appalachian Music Program at Warren Wilson College in 1975.
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The Laurel of Asheville
(NoCar F 264 .A8 L28), Vol. 11 Issue 1, January 2014,
p79, por
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22289
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Murphy explores the work of Akira Satake of Swannanoa, who excels in both pottery and music. He has a dedicated following in both pursuits. He is ten years into his pottery career, with gallery exhibits in Asheville and New York City's elite Calvin-Morris Gallery, and musically he is a master of the Japanese banjo, called a shamisen.
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24020
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Mountain BizWorks in a non-profit organization in Asheville that helps local entrepreneurs get their businesses up and running by providing start-up and expansion loans and training to clients.
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The Laurel of Asheville
(NoCar F 264 .A8 L28), Vol. 11 Issue 9, September 2014,
p100-101, por
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22291
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North Carolina has a growing reputation for continuing its moonshine tradition, only it's legal this time. Murphy visits five distilleries that honor the past while creating their own style of craft liquor. They are the Howling Moon Distillery (Woodfin); Troy & Sons Distillery (Asheville); Blue Ridge Distillery Co. (Bostic); Southern Artisan Spirits (Kings Mountain); and Carolina Distillery (Lenoir).
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24091
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The author discusses the French Broad River's name origins and the various myths surrounding its nomenclature.
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The Laurel of Asheville
(NoCar F 264 .A8 L28), Vol. 9 Issue 3, March 2012,
p56, il
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24108
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A coalition of groups launched an ambitious undertaking to codify tobacco barns in Madison County, recording the architecture and objects left behind in the barns.
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The Laurel of Asheville
(NoCar F 264 .A8 L28), Vol. 9 Issue 9, September 2012,
p54-55, il
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28532
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Tom Noblett is a volunteer who helps trap bears, tranquilize them, and attach tracking collars to them for the NC Wildlife Resources Commission and the NC State University. Noblett describes his many encounters with bears and gives advice on how to act around them.
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The Laurel of Asheville
(NoCar F 264 .A8 L28), Vol. 13 Issue 2, February 2016,
p82-83
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24083
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The author discusses the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina and its large impact on tourism in the area.
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The Laurel of Asheville
(NoCar F 264 .A8 L28), Vol. 9 Issue 11, November 2012,
p72-73, il
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