COOL THOUGHTS
Even my summer-loving friends are getting tired of the seemingly endless heat of this year. An...
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Category: Our Town Arts
A Tale of Three Rainbows
Wispy clouds over the Asheville Watershed have a way of making themselves known. From the...
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ArtBeat: Knoxville arts events, Sept. 24-30
Your weekly guide to East Tennessee arts, music, theater, and entertainment. Sept. 24-30, 2026 On...
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A reward for the scene that waited
Being an Asheville photographer for over a decade, Badger has shot the venerable Mount Pisgah from...
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Hanging Out
A buttery colored quilt was hanging in the sun. Doesn’t that make you want to curl right up, in...
Read MoreArtBeat Weekly – Knoxville Area Events
Your weekly guide to East Tennessee arts, music, theater and entertainment. Sept. 17-23, 2026 On Stage Dial M for Murder – Clarence Brown Theatre, through Sept. 20. Jeffrey Hatcher’s adaptation of the classic...
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Mile High Sunrise
If you have followed us for long, you know I like sunrise. Sunsets are great, but for me, sunrise...
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Mixed Greens
Two hundred varieties of daylilies on fifty beautiful acres, and why I picked you to paint? ** Was...
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The Second Iteration of the Dolly Moon – a lunar corona over the Asheville Watershed
The passing of Dolly Parton on August 25, 2026, was the impetus for Badger’s initial...
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ArtBeat Weekly – Knoxville Area Events Sept. 3-9
Your weekly guide to East Tennessee arts, music, theater, and entertainment. Arts & Culture...
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ArtBeat Weekly – Knoxville area events
Your weekly guide to East Tennessee arts, music, theater, and entertainment. Arts & Culture...
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From shelf cloud to sunset: A Craggy Gardens experience
The goal to reach the top of Craggy Pinnacle in the Great Craggy Mountains north of Asheville had...
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