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Studio Alive at The Bascom opens the working studios on the arts center's six-acre Highlands campus so visitors can watch artists throw pottery, print, weave, and …

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Four themed road trips cover Western North Carolina without repeating the usual overlook stops. Sasquatch lore runs from Haywood County's Boojum legend to the Sasquatch museum near Murphy. Film sites cluster at DuPont State Recreational …

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Ontos is a new Greek-inspired wine bar opening in Asheville, North Carolina, in Buncombe County. Greek wine is one of the least explored categories in American wine bars, built on indigenous grapes like assyrtiko, xinomavro, …

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Asheville has opened a vinyl listening bar, a venue built around high-fidelity sound where full albums play on a serious stereo system and conversation stays low. The format started in postwar Tokyo and has spread …

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The History of Food in Asheville, a lunch and learn led by historian Heath Towson of Mountaineer Motor Tours, runs Wednesday, August 26, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Hatchworks Coworking, 45 South Broad …

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Three Little Bears Retreat at 147 Nuwati Way in Bryson City relaunched in August 2026 as an all-inclusive, safari-style mountain resort on more than 65 acres adjoining Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Founder Matt McGee …

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Western North Carolina's 2026 apple crop is the best in several years, with Henderson County Extension expecting average to above-average yields. Summer heat pushed maturity earlier than normal, so picking started ahead of schedule. Pink …

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Asheville added restaurants across several neighborhoods this summer, including a second Thunder Burgerz Grill at 521 Haywood Road in West Asheville seating roughly 180 people, and the July 24 reopening of the Wendy's at 776 …

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The inaugural Mountain Valley Mile is a one-mile road race down Main Street in downtown Waynesville, North Carolina, starting at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 22. The course runs through downtown Waynesville, the Haywood County …

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Skyline Lodge in Highlands, North Carolina has earned a Travel + Leisure World's Best Award as one of readers' favorite resorts in the South. The 1929 property sits at 3,700 feet on a Macon County …