Owner, TrailBlazers Bar & Grill interviewed by Dennis Ray Rapid River Magazine: Tell us a little about TrailBlazers. Chef Jose Rosario: We are a family restaurant located in Pisgah Forest. The food we serve is prepared by skilled Chefs in house so you will taste the difference in freshness. QualityContinue Reading
interviewed by Dennis Ray Rapid River Magazine: How did you get into painting? Jeff Pittman: Well, my dad’s an artist, so I watched him paint as I was growing up, though I never gave it a try until moving here to Asheville in the late 90’s. I remember some failedContinue Reading
Marketing Manager of the French Broad Food Co-op interviewed by Dennis Ray Since 1975, the French Broad Food Co-op has been with the Asheville area. From its early beginnings as a buying club between families down by the French Broad River, to its current location on Broadway in downtown Asheville,Continue Reading
Producers of Laugh Your Asheville Off 2012 Interviewed by Dennis Ray The Laugh Your Asheville Off Comedy Festival (LYAO) is the country’s leading non competitive format stand up comedy festival. The festival prides itself on showcasing some of the country’s best untapped talent as well as delivering some of theContinue Reading
Interview with Emoke B’Racz & Linda Barrett Knopp by Dennis Ray Malaprop’s celebrated their 30th anniversary last month. The bookstore was also honored and recognized by the publishing industry in 2000 as the best in the country. First in the South! That next year Nancy Olsen of Quail Ridge BookstoreContinue Reading
Interviewed by Dennis Ray Brian Lee Knopp spent more than a decade as a private investigator in western North Carolina, working for private clients as well as attorneys. He wrote the bestselling book Mayhem in Mayberry: Misadventures of a P.I. in Southern Appalachia, where he tells what the profession isContinue Reading
Sheri Kahn is the Executive Director of the Fine Arts League of the Carolinas. She was born in New York City living in the Bronx as a child and moved to Greensboro, NC in the late 1960s. She holds a Master’s Degree in History and has taught at East TennesseeContinue Reading
by Dennis Ray Over the years, ceramic artist Steven Forbes-deSoule has had his work featured in a variety of group and solo exhibitions. His ceramics are also part of numerous corporate, private and museum collections throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe and Japan. He’s been featured in publications, such as CeramicsContinue Reading
Carol Branton Morrow spent her childhood in Winston-Salem, where her parents took every opportunity to instill in her their love of nature. This affair with nature has continued throughout her life and led her to live in the Asheville area. After a career in advertising, Carol picked up where sheContinue Reading
