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Martha Enzmann is a multifaceted artist--painter, puppeteer, educator, rug designer, sculptor, and toymaker. She and her husband moved from Minnesota to Todd in 1996 and renovated an old elementary school, turning it into the nonprofit Elkland Art Center. There she offers art classes while continuing her own work. She is also a creative force in designing parades, having done 35, two of which have been in France.
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WNC Magazine (NoCar F261 .W64), Vol. 6 Issue 3, May 2012, p22-23, il, por Periodical Website
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Reardon relates things to see and do on a visit to Bryson City. 1,300 year-round residents live there, and the town is a hub for outdoor activities in nearby national forests and parks.
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Phyllis Heil's mother frowned upon her whistling while she was growing up, preferring that she sing gospel hymns. In 2001, Heil, who lives in Hickory, began whistling, practicing, and building a repertoire. In 2004 she entered the International Whistlers Convention in Louisburg and took third place. She was named International Whistling Entertainer of the Year the following year; she has now won the award five times.
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David Holt is known for many accomplishments, among them winning four Grammys. In this article he shares from a thirty-year-old collection of thousands of photographs taken of people, famous and little known, who made old-time music in the Southern Appalachians and elsewhere.
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Harvey Littleton is the Father of American Art Glass, the instigator of the Studio Glass Movement. He pioneered the use of glass as an art form, and his experiments made it possible to move glassmaking from the factory to the individual artist's studio. In 1977 he came to Western North Carolina to be closer to the Penland School and to continue his work.
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WNC Magazine (NoCar F261 .W64), Vol. 6 Issue 3, May 2012, p64-71, il, por Periodical Website
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Richards reviews Marco Trattoria, a restaurant located in a former Brevard private home and owned by Shellie and Marc Dambax. Richards relates where Marc acquired his cooking skills for Italian and Mediterranean foods, dishes served, and Sallie's creativity in art.
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WNC Magazine (NoCar F261 .W64), Vol. 6 Issue 3, May 2012, p74-75, il, por Periodical Website
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