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First Friday Dangermuffin takes the First Bank Stage at the Sunrise Theater on Sept. 7 from 5-8:15 p.m. for this free, family-friendly event featuring live music, good food and cold beverages. [...]

Finding meaning in the universe, however large or small By Jim Dodson While digging out an old flower bed this summer I found, of all things, a beautiful blue marble buried more than a foot deep [...]

September’s stars serve up a medley of sweet and sour By Astrid Stellanova September brings us the fall, thank the Lord! We get a respite from the sweat and vapors.  Now that it’s cool enough to [...]

The stealthy, predatory — and fascinating fish crow By Susan Campbell Everyone knows what a crow is, right? Well, no — not exactly. It is not quite like the term “seagull,” which is generic for a [...]

Crazy Bones He’s been going to the same tavern for 30 years, always sits on the same stool in the same spot. The bartender has been working since the day Clinton and Monica got caught. He [...]

The magic of muscadines By Jan Leitschuh As a Wisconsin transplant who fell in love with the South almost 40 years ago, I had never tasted a muscadine grape until the early 2000s. It wasn’t until [...]

Soaking in the songs of heartbreak By Janet Wheaton “Allen, Cole, Cunningham, Englehart,” the teacher read off the first four names from her alphabetized class list. We four girls filed out the [...]

An oral history recounts the grim realities of slavery By Stephen E. Smith Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo” is an oral history as told by Cudjo Lewis, a 95-year-old former slave who [...]

“If it doesn’t open, it’s not your door.” By Lee Pace With the Ryder Cup on tap for later this month, it’s fun and perhaps a bit revealing to hearken back to Pinehurst’s two Ryder Cups — the one [...]

Three drinks, three ingredients By Tony Cross I asked a close friend the other day what I should write about in my next column. She replied, “Like, how to make a drink.” She’s obviously not one [...]