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29579
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Eudora Welty photographed daily life in the South before she became a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer. Through September 3, the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh will display eighteen of Welty’s early photos in its new exhibition, Looking South. The photographs feature portraits of farmers, churchgoers, porch sitters, and sharecroppers.
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29580
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In the hills outside Asheville, North Carolina, Bob and Judy McLean cultivate six thousand dahlia flowers covering three acres of what they call, Poppins Posies. Originally cultivated by the Aztecs, dahlias are perennial mountain flowers that survive until frost. The McLeans have grown hybrids of dahlias and their garden is now a small family business.
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29581
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This article highlights seven of the South’s best swimming pools found in seven different states. Among the list is the granite-encrusted subterranean pool at Omni Grove Park Inn, located in Asheville, North Carolina. The pool features liquid therapy, waterfalls, and an aquatic sound system playing music underwater for lap swimmers.
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34511
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This guide helps potential explorers where best to eat and drink in Asheville, North Carolina. Everything from hot dogs and doughnuts to the upscale duck confit is showcased, along with Asheville’s most well-known breweries and public houses.
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24769
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Born in Southwestern Virginia, Lee Smith is an American fiction author who has won a number of awards, including the North Carolina Award for Literature. In this autobiographical piece, Smith discusses her influences—including Appalachia, Eudora Welty, and James Still—and her journey as a writer.
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26723
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Deke Dickerson collects guitars that serve as a testament to great southern musicians and their musical instruments, including the first in his collection, a banjo from Charlie Poole of the North Carolina Ramblers.
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26724
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Different gardens in the south include two in North Carolina. Greyson and Garland Tucker’s “Secret Garden” in Raleigh was perfect for a romantic wedding while Jeremy Smearman restored a landscape in Highlands with a century-old history.
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26725
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Tommy Mitchell, an artist from Chapel Hill, turns his backyard space into a work of art in itself, and Erin Weston, located just south of Raleigh, grows magnolia plants with care and turns them into wreathes.
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27654
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Garden and Gun interviews North Carolina natives, the Avett Brothers, ahead of the release of their new album True Sadness.
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Garden and Gun
(NoCar AP 2 G247), Vol. 10 Issue 3, June-July 2016,
p33-35, il, por
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27655
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Photographer Burk Uzzle, best known for his iconic images of social upheaval in the 1960s, is a North Carolina native. Born in Raleigh, Uzzle became the youngest photographer ever employed by Life Magazine. His career has taken him all over the world, but now Uzzle focuses on documenting the South and North Carolina in particular.
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Garden and Gun
(NoCar AP 2 G247), Vol. 10 Issue 3, June-July 2016,
p42-43, il, por
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27656
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From Morehead City to Asheville, there are a number of unique places in North Carolina to catch delicious midday meals of regional food.
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31493
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North Carolina pit master Sam Jones is breathing new fire into the old-school smokehouse. The grandson of Pete Jones, founder of the Skylight Inn barbecue restaurant in Ayden, opens a new restaurant in Greenville with an expanded menu.
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Garden and Gun
(NoCar AP 2 G247), Vol. 10 Issue 2, Apr/May 2016,
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31544
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Celebrate the south’s bivalve renaissance at one of these new oyster bars. This article features two North Carolina restaurants, Sea Level in Charlotte and The Kathrine Brasserie and Bar in Winston-Salem.
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Garden and Gun
(NoCar AP 2 G247), Vol. 10 Issue 5, Oct/Nov 2016,
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23057
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Ten southern towns located less than ninety minutes from major cities provide small-town charm and an opportunity for weekend trips. Included in the list is Davidson, North Carolina, located on Lake Norman and just thirty minutes north of Charlotte.
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Garden and Gun
(NoCar AP 2 G247), Vol. 9 Issue 3, June-July 2015,
p91-105, il, por
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15.Keepers of the Flame by Edge, John T.; Portman, Jed Garden and Gun Vol. 9 Issue 3, June-July 2015
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23058
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Although barbeque making declined with the rise of fast food restaurants, there is now a resurgence of the craft. This article features five barbeque restaurants from Texas to New York, including Lexington Barbecue, located in Lexington, North Carolina and operated by the Monk family.
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Garden and Gun
(NoCar AP 2 G247), Vol. 9 Issue 3, June-July 2015,
p126-133, il, por
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