If you’re going to channel your favorite writer, sometimes it helps to walk the streets they walked and stay in the places they stayed. And if that writer happens to be F. Scott Fitzgerald, you have a lot of options to choose from! Fitzgerald traveled extensively during his career, from his home in St. Paul,…
Celebrate the enigmatic Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald this month in Asheville! On Tuesday, March 10, 2020, the City of Asheville will mark Asheville’s fifth annual Zelda Fitzgerald Day, with festivities around town. Celebrate Zelda! events run all week, from Monday, March 9 through the following Saturday, March 14. As big fans of Zelda’s writing, painting, and…
Many stories fill the annals of Asheville’s history. Our fair city has seen centuries of electric moments and feats of derring do. There have also been countless moments of passion and quiet repose—including the kinds of moments shared between two young lovers with the rest of their lives ahead. Too many of those private moments…
They say most people live one life, but authors live as many as they can invent. Local historian Bruce Johnson has pared back the lives (imagined and of legend) of three infamous authors of Asheville’s Gilded Age in his new book, Tom, Scott, and Zelda: Following In Their Footsteps. What he has revealed are the…
For a long time, I thought Rock ‘n’ Roll was over; its time had come and gone. Of course, I was heartbroken. What could I do? But then Dave Grohl came along and continues to remind me I was wrong. Grohl now knows Asheville is a great town for music following his appearance at Warren…