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Jackson County, NC a Prime Spot to Experience Great American Solar Eclipse JACKSON COUNTY, NC (July 11, 2016) – Jackson County, North Carolina, is one of the few areas in North Carolina where visitors and residents can experience next year’s extremely rare celestial phenomenon—a total solar eclipse. All of the county’sContinue Reading

Write Across the Threshold by Carol Pearce Bjorlie, Rapid River Magazine Poetry Editor/Columnist DA CAPO Jane Hirshfield Take the used-up heart like a pebble and throw it far out. Soon there is nothing left. Soon the last ripple exhausts itself in the weeds. Returning home, slice carrots, onions, celery. GlazeContinue Reading

Avengers: The Age of Ultron *** ½ Short Take: An unbelievably convoluted plot, too many characters, and overbearing special effects made this a real endurance contest for me, but fans of the series will feel differently. Reel Take: “The time has come, the Walrus said, to talk of many things,Continue Reading

by James Cassara I’m wrapping up another year of music with a slew of new releases, highlighted by a couple of “just in time for the holidays” top flight (one not so much) reissues! Be sure to support the local record shop of your choosing. Purling Hiss Weirdon, Drag CityContinue Reading