{"id":2,"date":"2015-08-14T02:35:53","date_gmt":"2015-08-14T02:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/66.135.61.203\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-08-27T08:14:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T12:14:31","slug":"laurel-asheville-lifestyle-magazine","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/","title":{"rendered":"Laurel of Asheville Lifestyle Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mks_col \"><div class=\"mks_one_half \"><!-- \/37258667\/tloa_336x280 --><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1466029947296-0\" style=\"height: 280px; width: 336px; margin: auto;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <!&#091;CDATA&#091; googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1466029947296-0'); }); \/\/ &#093;&#093;><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"mks_one_half \"><!-- \/37258667\/tloa_336x280_home_right --><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1466036033230-0\" style=\"height: 280px; width: 336px; margin: auto;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <!&#091;CDATA&#091; googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1466036033230-0'); }); \/\/ &#093;&#093;><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4846 size-full\" style=\"margin: 15px;\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/favicon_large.png\" alt=\"The Laurel of Asheville lifestyle magazine\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/favicon_large.png 160w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/favicon_large-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/favicon_large-65x65.png 65w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/><\/em>The Laurel of Asheville is available in both <a href=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/subscribe\/\">print and digital editions<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>We are delighted you have chosen us to be your gateway\u2014both through our popular print Asheville lifestyle magazine and our website\u2014to the arts, culture, and communities that comprise the remarkable area that is Western North Carolina. In these pages, you will find behind-the-scenes stories about the region\u2019s concerts, theatre and dance productions, festivals, restaurants, artists, and the multitude of locally-based businesses. We also enjoy bringing you features about the people and organizations who are caring for those in need, protecting our historic heritage, preserving our rich and diverse environment, and nurturing our cultural soul.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The Laurel of Asheville is available in both print and digital editions We are delighted you have chosen us to be your gateway\u2014both through our popular print Asheville lifestyle [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"template-modules.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Laurel of Asheville lifestyle magazine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Laurel of Asheville lifestyle magazine features stories on the arts, music, events, food, communities and recreation of Western North Carolina.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Laurel of Asheville lifestyle magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Laurel of Asheville lifestyle magazine features stories on the arts, music, events, food, communities and recreation of Western North Carolina.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Laurel of Asheville\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thelaurelofasheville\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-27T12:14:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/TLOA_SocialLogo.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AshevilleLaurel\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Laurel of Asheville lifestyle magazine\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/favicon_large.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-08-14T02:35:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-08-27T12:14:31+00:00\",\"description\":\"The Laurel of Asheville lifestyle magazine features stories on the arts, music, events, food, communities and recreation of Western North Carolina.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/favicon_large.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/favicon_large.png\",\"width\":160,\"height\":160,\"caption\":\"The Laurel of Asheville lifestyle magazine\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Laurel of Asheville Lifestyle Magazine\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Laurel of Asheville\",\"description\":\"The Arts and Culture of Communities Across the Mountains\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Laurel of Asheville lifestyle magazine","description":"The Laurel of Asheville lifestyle magazine features stories on the arts, music, events, food, communities and recreation of Western North Carolina.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Laurel of Asheville lifestyle magazine","og_description":"The Laurel of Asheville lifestyle magazine features stories on the arts, music, events, food, communities and recreation of Western North Carolina.","og_url":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/","og_site_name":"The Laurel of Asheville","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thelaurelofasheville","article_modified_time":"2026-08-27T12:14:31+00:00","og_image":[{"width":960,"height":960,"url":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/TLOA_SocialLogo.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@AshevilleLaurel","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/","url":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/","name":"The Laurel of Asheville lifestyle magazine","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/favicon_large.png","datePublished":"2015-08-14T02:35:53+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-27T12:14:31+00:00","description":"The Laurel of Asheville lifestyle magazine features stories on the arts, music, events, food, communities and recreation of Western North Carolina.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/favicon_large.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/favicon_large.png","width":160,"height":160,"caption":"The Laurel of Asheville lifestyle magazine"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Laurel of Asheville Lifestyle Magazine"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/#website","url":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/","name":"The Laurel of Asheville","description":"The Arts and Culture of Communities Across the Mountains","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":111,"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79954,"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/79954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}