Davyne Dial is the General Manager of WPVM radio, and has the goal of making the station the best in the region, if not the whole country.
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“Black Mountain was not only a wartime refuge for artists and intellectuals fleeing the Nazis but was also a hotbed of progressive education where many renowned postwar cultural figures were formed.”WSJ Black Mountain College was a unique school in North Carolina that revolutionized arts education. Founded in 1933, it emphasized the importance of art in…
Carl Sandburg Home in Flat Rock North Carolina Carl Sandburg, a renowned American poet, first gained recognition in 1914 when his “Chicago Poems” were featured in Poetry magazine and later published as a book in 1916. His most celebrated poem, “Chicago,” vividly portrayed the city as a bold, lively, and reckless “Hog Butcher, Tool Maker,…
Carter Center Initiative to Restore Trust in the US Election System – Democracy Under Siege As polarization increases, so does the risk of political and identity-based violence. The Network brings North Carolinians together who share a common concern for the future of our state and the mutual desire to build a more healthy democratic republic…
Cecil Sharp(1859–1924) Writing of his time in Madison County, Sharp describes a secluded and isolated mountain region with few roads and limited access to the outside world. The inhabitants spoke an old-fashioned form of English, using many obsolete expressions and pronunciations. Sharp discovered that singing was a universal practice in this community, unlike in modern…
Asheville’s own Thomas Wolfe “made it possible to believe that the stuff of life, with all its awe and mystery and magic, could by some strange alchemy be transmuted to the page” (William Gay). “Look Homeward, Angel is one of the most important novels of my life. . . . It’s a wonderful story for…
“We grew up founding our dreams on the infinite promise of American advertising. I still believe that one can learn to play the piano by mail and that mud will give you a perfect complexion” ~ Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald A Broadway Street marker in Asheville, North Carolina hints at a famous yet tragic figure tied…